Nathaniel Foote
GEN: _FA1 GEN: DATE 1630 GEN: PLAC Came to America to Watertown, MA GEN: _FA2 GEN: DATE 1636 GEN: PLAC Went to Weathersfield, CT GEN: _FA3 GEN: DATE 1634 GEN: PLAC Was a freeman in Mass. GEN: _FA4 GEN: DATE 1642 GEN: PLAC Proprietor at Watertown GEN: _FA5 GEN: DATE 1641 GEN: PLAC Served as deputy in Weathersfield GEN: _FA6 GEN: DATE BET. 1643 - 1644 GEN: PLAC Served as juror in WeathersfieldAge 16 and a apprentice to Samuel Croyle, grocer of Colchester, on September 21, 1608. GEN: Nathaniel arrived at Watertown, MA in 1630, and was a freeman there in 1634. He removed to settle at Wethersfield, CT in 1636. GEN: 701. Nathaniel Foote (Robert, John)(1543) was born in St. Buttolph, Billingsgate, London, England, September 21, 1592.(1544) GEN: Nathaniel died 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, at age 51. GEN: He married Elizabeth Deming January 1614/1615 in Colchester, Essex, England.(1545) GEN: Conflicting evidence states that Nathaniel was born 1593 in Shalford, Colchester, England.(1546) Nathaniel's will was probated GEN: November 20, 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.(1547) GEN: The probate record for Nathaniel includes a complete inventory; it is recreated here with the spelling as found in the GEN: original: The Children: Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have £148 Robert Foote, about 17 years, to have £74 Frances Foote, GEN: about 15 years, to have £74 Sarah Foote, about 12 years, to have £74 Rebeckah Foote, about 10 years, to have £74 The Wyddow of GEN: sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion, £212 Imprs His purse and apparrell, £7-16-00 It. In neat Cattel and in Hay, £93-00-00 GEN: It. in horsse fleshe, £34-00-00 It. in hoggs, £66-60-00 It. in debts, £29-03-04 It. in Englishe Corne, £70-00-00 It. in goats, GEN: £3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. £6-00-00 It. in nayles, £1-10-00 Ite. Indean Corne, £8-00-00 It. in old Wheat and pease, GEN: £6-06-00 It. for certain things in the chamber, £2-00-00 It. for amunition, £5-00-00 Ite. for fouer beds with the furniture, GEN: £13-06-08 It. in fyne lynen, £5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests, 1 TGrunke, with other Implts. £5-00-00 It. pewter & GEN: brasse and other vseful vessells, £12-00-00 It. in husbandry tooles, £3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other GEN: necessary prvision for the howse, £8-10-00 It. in poultry, £1-00-00; somm: £380-17-00 GEN: FOOTE. GEN: Nathaniel Foote was in Watertown 1634; went to Wethersfield in 1636, where he became the richest landholder of his day. He GEN: was born in England in 1593. Died shortly before November 20, 1644. He married Elizabeth Deming (sister of John), 1615. GEN: She was born 1595 and died July 28, 1683. She married second, Governor Thomas Welles, about 1646. GEN: Nathaniel Foote was Deputy 1641, 1643, 1644. When the Pequot War was determined upon his name was mentioned in the Colonial GEN: records as one from whom supplies were to be purchased for the commissary service. GEN: "Nathaniel Foote, belongs, not to that class of men who fill a large place in the world's history because called by some great GEN: emergency into positions of power and influence,--but to that more meritorious class of pious and excellent persons, who walk GEN: meekly along the paths of common life, perform every duty, public or private, love and help their fellowmen, and act always as GEN: if in their great Task Master's eye. It is to such men that society owes at once its peace, stability and progress,--yet GEN: history takes no note of such, and hence, 'The world knows nothing of its greatest men.'"--Nathaniel Goodwin in the Foote GEN: Genealogy.
Nathaniel married Elizabeth Deming, daughter of Jonathan Deming and Elizabeth Gilbert, about 1615 in England. (Elizabeth Deming was born in Oct 1595 in Cholchester, So. Essex, England and died on 28 Jul 1683 in Wethersfield, Conn..) |
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