THE NAMES OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE COM MONWEALTH OF CONNECTICUT Following are the names of those male members composing the "Hooker Party" that in June, 1636, emigrated from Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass., to Connecticut and founded that Commonwealth. *MR. THOMAS OLCOT *MR. THOMAS WELLS MR. GEORGE WILLIS MR. WM. WHITTINGE *MR. RICHARD WEBB Names marked with a were land owners in Newtown prior to their emigration into Connecticut. Mr. Samuel Stone and Mr. Wm. Goodwin, two of the Hooker Company, in 1636 negotiated a treaty with and pur FOUNDERS OF COMMONWEALTH OF CONNECTICUT 193 chased lands from Snuckquasson, the Sachem; and the sale of lands was confirmed by Joshua his successor, which included all lands on both sides of the Connecticut River within the boundry of the town of Hartford, between the towns of Wethersfield and Glastonbury and Windsor, extending easterly three miles and six miles westerly from the River. (Manwaring's Hartford Probate Records, Vol. 1, 65 to 68.) |