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Hazen Family Tree - Stephen Post, Hartford Founder

Stephen Post - Founder of Hartford, Connecticut
Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Map of Hartford, 1640

Stephen Post was born in June 1604 to parents Abraham Post and Ann Hurst Post and baptized in Hollingbourne, Kent, England on June 24, 1604. On October 17, 1635 he married Elinor Panton in Langley, Kent. They had five children:

            Katherine        b. 1627        d: 1693
            John                b. 1629        d. 1711
            Thomas           b. 1631        d. 1701
            Joseph             b. 1633        d. 1633
            Abraham         b. 1639        d. 1694

Stephen, Elinor, Katherine, John, and Thomas migrated to Massachusetts in 1634 and settled in Cambridge. In 1636, they joined a group of about 100 people who went with the Rev. Thomas Hooker to found the town of Hartford, Connecticut. 

Stephen was a carpenter, and several records indicate he was involved in the building of the new Hartford Meetinghouse. He was contracted to "clapboard" the meetinghouse. He also served on several court cases in Hartford involving the building trade. 

On January 26, 1642, he was elected to be the Harford constable. He was the owner of at least 112 acres of land, including a house and houselot "on the south side of the river". 

Stephen and his family relocated to Saybrook, Connecticut in 1649. He was one of the first 43 proprietors of the town. On March 20, 1650, the Connecticut Court (legislature) chose Stephen Post and Thomas Tracy to complete the "Forte and dwellinghouse to bee erected for the use of the country". The old Saybrook Fort was in use during the Pequot Wars, but was burned to the ground in 1649. The new fort was built on a site closer to the river, but no longer exists. 

Stephen Post died in Saybrook on August 16, 1659. No will or division of property has been found, but the inventory taken at his death indicated his estate was worth £442, including £168 of real estate. Some interesting items in his inventory include his carpentry tools, a pit saw, a crosscut saw, two Bibles, one musket, one "small gun", and two swords.  Note that book ownership, including Bibles, was rare at this time, and experts often use the ownership of books to denote that a person could read and write. 

The burial locations for Stephen and his wife Elinor are unknown.


Hartford Founders Monument, side three
including the name of Stephen Post



Stephen Post > Thomas Post > Sarah Post > Sarah Vinson > Christopher Pease > Theodora Pease > Solomon Hazen > Solomon Hazen > Norman Hazen > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen >
Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.    Charts H-B and H-Main




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