Nathaniel FOOTE

1592 - 1644  (52 years)

• Birth	21 Sep 1592	Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND   [1, 2]
  Emigration	1630	Watertown, Middlesex, MA   [3]
  Note	1633	Watertown, Middlesex, MA   [3, 4]
  	Nathaniel Foote's name is in the Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, when he took the oath of freeman in 1633.
  Probate	20 Nov 1644	Hartford, Hartford, CT   [4]
  	Nathaniel Foote died without a will, at a Particular Court in Hartford an inventory of his property and distribution of his real estate were exhibited and an order of court granting administration on his estate and directing a distribution to be made was passed.
  Residence	1634  [3]
  	In 1634 the first white settlement in the Connecticut Valley was made in Wethersfield, called by the Indians, "Pyquag" which means "The Dancing Place" or "Place for Games." Nathaniel Foote was one of the first ten who came to Wethersfield in 1636. It was a terrible journey. There was no road, only a narrow Indian trail through the savage wilderness. They walked, driving their cattle before them and were fourteen days on the way. They were in constant danger from wild beasts and Indians and were obliged to wade through streams and swamps, but no hardships caused them to turn back. Their reasons for going a hundred miles west of other settlements were, so they might "better maintain their minister, find larger accomodations for their cattle and welcome more of their friends from England." When the land in the valley was distributed, Nathaniel Foote was assigned a house lot of 10 acres, on the east side of what is now Broad Street. He gradually bought more till he owned about 400 acres.
  Death	Nov 1644	Wethersfield, Hartford, CT   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT   [3, 7]
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  Father	Robert FOOTE,   b. Abt 1551, Shalford Parish, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. 28 Jan 1607/08, Shalford Parish, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Joan BROOKE,   b. 18 Jun 1559, London, ENGLAND d. 10 Oct 1634, St. Leonards Parish, London, ENGLAND (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth DEMING,   b. Abt 1596, ENGLAND d. 28 Jul 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1615	North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8]
  Children	1. Elizabeth FOOTE,   b. 8 Sep 1616, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. 8 Sep 1700, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (Age 84 years)   2. Nathaniel FOOTE, II,   b. 5 Mar 1619, St. James, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (Age 35 years)   3. Mary FOOTE,   b. 1623, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (Age 61 years)   4. Lieut. Lieut. Robert FOOTE,   b. Abt 1627, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. Abt 1681, Branford, New Haven, CT (Age 54 years)   5. Frances FOOTE,   b. 1629, ENGLAND d. 3 Feb 1678, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA (Age 49 years)   6. Sarah FOOTE,   b. 1632, New Haven, New Haven, CT d. 1673, Stratford, Fairfield, CT (Age 41 years)   7. Rebecca FOOTE,   b. 1634, Watertown, Middlesex, MA d. 6 Apr 1701, Hadley, Hampshire, MA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F1580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Sep 1592 - Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND Marriage - Jan 1615 - North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND Emigration - 1630 - Watertown, Middlesex, MA Note - 1633 - Watertown, Middlesex, MA Death - Nov 1644 - Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Probate - 20 Nov 1644 - Hartford, Hartford, CT Burial - - Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S181] Eilers, Hazel Kraft, Foote Coat of Arms, 181. [S184] Foote Family Association, 184. [S130] King, Mrs. James A. (Nellie Clark), Some New England Families, (J. B. Savage Co., Printers, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922), 130. [S179] Foote, Abram W., Foote Family, (Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1907-1932), 179. [S182] Goodwin, Nathaniel, Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, (Hartford Press of Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1849), 182. [S180] Deming, Maud Kempa; Mary Frances Tryon, Deming Kin, 180. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S135] Brown, Rick, Rick Brown FGS, 135.