Images of Historical Hartford

From the files of Stephen M. Lawson

Thomas Hooker sculpture by Frances L. Wadsworth (1950), located east of the State House. Image scanned from The Colonial History of Hartford - U.S. Bicentennial Edition, by William DeLoss Love (1974). The text on the four sides of the pedestal (not shown here), from the 1986 Register of the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, Inc., reads: THOMAS HOOKER 1586 - 1647 Founder of Hartford Pastor - Statesman "The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the Free Consent of the People." "The choice of public magistrates, belongs unto the people, by God's own allowance. And it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place, unto which they call them." Leading his people through the wilderness, he founded Hartford, in June 1636. Two years later he preached the historic sermon, which inspired the Fundamental Orders, and sowed the seeds of free Constitutional govenment in America. "As God has given us Liberty, let us take it." To the People of Hartford from the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, October 1950.

Founders Monument (1986), located in the Ancient Burying Ground, also known as the Center Church Cemetery. Image scanned from The Original Proprietors, by the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, Inc. (n.d.). Peter Grant, past Governor of the SDFH, wrote in the 1986 Register that: "The Council of the Founders organized the Ancient Burying Ground Association in 1982 as a committee of the Founders. An earlier organization of the same name was formed in 1836 and erected the Founders Monument in 1837. A brownstone obelisk which listed the names of the city's founders, the monument had deteriorated severly, despite various conservation efforts. "The Ancient Burying Ground Association determined that it was impossible to restore the 1837 monument. A replacement monument, carved from beautiful, durable Connecticut granite, was dedicated on August 6, 1986. While the new monument retains the size and proportions of the original, the Founders' names are now listed in alphabetical order. Several names, omitted from the 1837 monument, are now included." [Monument Base - East Face] Erected by the Society of the Descendents of The Founders of Hartford A. D. 1986 to Commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the City. This stone replaces the original sandstone monument of 1837

Names Inscribed on the Founders Monument of Hartford
(as listed in the SDFH 1987 Annual Report)

[East Face] In Memory of the FIRST SETTLERS of HARTFORD Jeremy Adams Matthew Allyn William Andrews Francis Andrews John Arnold Andrew Bacon John Barnard Thomas Barnes Robert Bartlett John Baysey Thomas Beale Nathaniel Bearding Mary Betts John Bidwell Richard Billing Thomas Birchwood Peter Blachford Thomas Blackley Thomas Bliss, Sr. Thomas Bliss, Jr. William Blumfield James Bridgeman John Bronson Richard Bronson Thomas Bull Thomas Bunce Benjamin Burr Richard Butler William Butler Clement Chaplin Dorothy Chester Richard Church John Clarke Nicholas Clarke William Clarke James Cole William Cornwell

[North Face] John Crow John Cullick Philip Davis Fulke Davy Robert Day Nicholas Desborough Joseph Easton William Edwards Edward Elmer Nathaniel Ely James Ensign Zachary Field Thomas Fisher John Friend Samuel Gardiner Daniel Garret John Gennings William Gibbons Richard Goodman Ozias Goodwin William Goodwin Seth Grant George Graves Bartholomew Greene Samuel Greenhill Thomas Gridley Samuel Hale Thomas Hale John Hall Stephen Hart William Hayden John Hayes John Higginson William Hills John Holloway William Holton Thomas Hooker Edward Hopkins John Hopkins Thomas Hosmer George Hubbard Thomas Hungerford

[West Face] William Hyde Jonathan Ince Thomas Judd Nathaniel Kellogg Ralph Keeler William Kelsey Edward Lay William Lewis, Sr. Richard Lord Thomas Lord Thomas Lord, Jr. Richard Lyman John Marsh Matthew Marvin Reinold Marvin John Maynard John Moody John Morris Benjamin Munn Thomas Munson Joseph Mygatt Thomas Olcott James Olmsted John Olmstead Richard Olmsted William Pantry William Parker Paul Peck William Phillips John Pierce Thomas Porter Stephen Post John Pratt William Pratt John Purchas Nathaniel Richards Thomas Richards Richard Risley Thomas Root Nathaniel Ruscoe William Ruscoe John Sable

[South Face] Thomas Scott Thomas Selden Richard Seymour John Skinner Arthur Smith Giles Smith Thomas Spencer William Spencer John Stanley Thomas Stanley Timothy Stanley Thomas Stanton Edward Stebbins George Steele John Steele George Stocking John Stone Samuel Stone John Talcott Thomas Thompson Thomas Upson Robert Wade William Wadsworth Henry Wakeley James Wakeley Samuel Wakeman Nathaniel Ward Andrew Warner John Warner Richard Watts Richard Webb John Webster Thomas Welles William Westley William Westwood John White Samuel Whitehead William Whiting John Wilcock Gregory Wolterton Thomas Woodford George Wyllys

Kinnexions    Freeman Family    Site Contents    Surnames    Contact Info

Modified: 2/6/00