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     Hugh Gaylord married Joan (?)³
Hugh Gaylord was born in 1553 at co. Somerset, England.²
Hugh Gaylord died on 21 October 1614 at co. Somerset, England.²
     EDV-10.

     Joan (?) married Hugh Gaylord.¹
Joan (?) was born in 1570 at co. Somerset, England.¹
Joan (?) died on 17 February 1629 at co. Somerset, England.¹
     EDV-10.

     Honor/Honour Treat was born before 19 March 1616 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.² She was baptized on 19 March 1616 at SS Andrew and Mary Church, Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.² She married John Deming Sr. at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.³

Honor/Honour Treat died on 21 November 1705 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Honor/Honour Treat was buried after 21 November 1705 at prob. Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Mar. 19, 1616
Pitminster
Somerset, England
Death:      Nov. 21, 1705
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Daughter of Richard & Alice (Gaylord) Treat. Honor was baptized March 19, 1615/16 at St. Andrew & St. Mary Church. at Pitminster, Somerset, England. Married John Deming in Wethersfield. Their child: Ebenezer Deming.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouse:
John Deming (1615 - 1705)

Children:
John Deming (1638 - 1712)*
Ebenezer Deming (1659 - 1705)*

Siblings:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)*
Robert Treat (1625 - 1710)*
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)*
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac
Record added: Feb 25, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34191673.²
     She witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^4,5,6

     John Deming Sr. was born in 1610 at Shalford, co. Essex, England; Fin A Grave says b. 1615.^1,2 He married Honor/Honour Treat, daughter of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

John Deming Sr. died in 1661.¹
John Deming Sr. was buried in 1661 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      1615
Shalford
Essex, England
Death:      Nov. 21, 1705
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Born in Shalford, Essex, England to Jonathan & Elizabeth (Gilbert) Deming. Married Honor Treat in 1637 in Wethersfield CT. Their child: Ebenezer Deming.

Family links:
Spouse:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*

Children:
John Deming (1638 - 1712)*
Ebenezer Deming (1659 - 1705)*
Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Created by: Linda Mac
Record added: Feb 25, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34191663.²
      ; from Ancestral Records: "a Deputy, 1649 to 1661, and one of the patentees of Connecticut, named in the Royal Charter of 1662."¹

; from Ancestry.com: [quote]Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II

John Deming , the immigrant ancestor, was one of the early settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut . He recorded his homestead here in 1641 as a house, barn, and five acres of land, bounded by High street on the west, the Great Meadow on the east, Thomas Standish 's house on north, and Richard Crabbe 's place on the south. The dates of his birth, marriage and death, have not been found. He married Honor, daughter of Richard Treat , whose second wife, Alice Gaylord , may have been her mother. It is very likely that she was his only wife, and the mother of all his children.

It is said by some genealogists that he was among the very first settlers of Wethersfield in 1635 , but proof is lacking, though it is very probable. The first mention on the public records after his house is recorded, was March 2, 1642 , when he was one of the jury of the "particular court." December 1, 1645 , he was among the deputies as J. Demon , and in 1656 as John Dement , when he was appointed one of a committee, as a deputy, "to give the best safe advice they can to the Indians." On May 21, 1657 , he was a deputy to the general court as John Deming , and the next year as John Dement . He was deputy at different courts until 1667 , and was also a litigant in several lawsuits.

He is one of those named in the famous charter of Connecticut , in which King Charles granted to them and to those who should afterwards become associated with them the lands of Connecticut , "in free and common socage," and established a colonial government with unusual privileges. He was among the first to obtain a lot across the river from Wethersfield , and within the boundaries of the town, on the "Naubuc Farms," afterwards incorporated into the town of Glastonbury . He obtained it in the year 1640 , appearing as John Demion . He probably never lived there, as he had a house in Wethersfield the next year, and he sold the land on the east side of the river to Samuel Wyllis before 1668 . He also owned land in Eastbury for which he was taxed in 1673 .

He became a freeman in 1669 , as John Deming Senior, together with John Deming Junior and Jonathan Deming . He bought much land in Wethersfield at different times, and some of this he gave to his sons before he died. He signed a codicil to his will February 3, 1692 , and this is the last recorded act of his life, and he very likely died soon after this year, though his will was not proved until November 21, 1705 .

There is no record of the dates of birth of his children, and the names of them have been taken from his will. He left his home lot with everything on it, as well as adjoining meadows, to his son Samuel . To his son David he left all the materials and tools in his shop. To his other children he left money and movable property. He appointed 932 his son Samuel the executor. His will shows that he was a man of some property and that he had some trade. David , who was left the tools, was a rope maker, but it is not known whether or not this was his father's trade. It is probable that his wife died before his will was made. Eunice and Sarah Standish , mentioned in the will as cousins, were daughters of Thomas Standish , whose land adjoined Deming 's. The connection of this family with that of Captain Miles Standish has not been found.

He was undoubtedly a prominent man in Connecticut colony affairs. Trumbull speaks of him as one of "the fathers of Connecticut ," and Hinman says that he held the office of constable of Wethersfield in 1654 , which shows that he possessed the full confidence of the governor. His name often appears on the records of the colony with the prefix Mr., a courtesy paid only to men of some prominence. It is also said that he was a representative at fifty sessions of the general court, while in Hollister's roll of deputies it is said that it was nineteen sessions.

Children: John , born September 9, 1638 ; Jonathan , about 1639 ; A daughter, about 1643 , married a Beckley , of Wethersfield ; Rachel , about 1644 , married John Morgan , of Wethersfield ; Samuel , about 1646 ; Mary , about 1648 , married John Hurlburt ; Mercy , about 1651 , married Thomas (or Joseph) Wright ; David , about 1652 ; Sarah , about 1654 , married Samuel Moody of Hartford ; Ebenezer , mentioned below. [end quote]³

     Johanna Treat was born on 24 May 1618 at South Trundle, Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.¹ She married Lt. John Hollister in 1641 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^2,1

Johanna Treat died in October 1694 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 76.¹
     She witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^3,4,5

     Lt. John Hollister was born in 1612 at Bristol, co. Somerset, England.¹ He married Johanna Treat, daughter of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, in 1641 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,2

Lt. John Hollister died on 3 March 1665 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

     Maj. Richard Treat Jr. was born before 9 January 1622/23 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.^1,2 He was baptized on 9 January 1622/23 at SS Andrew and Mary Church, Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.² He married Sarah Coleman in 1661 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.³

Maj. Richard Treat Jr. died in February 1693 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Maj. Richard Treat Jr. was buried in February 1693 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Jan. 9, 1623
Pitminster
Somerset, England
Death:      Feb., 1693
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Richard Treat, a son of Richard and Alice (Gaylord) Treat, was baptized January 9, 1622/3 at Pitminster, Somerset, England. His father Richard Treat brought his family to America soon after June, 1637 and settled in Wethersfield as one of its early settlers, and had landholdings recorded there by the February 24, 1640/1 land inventory.

Richard Treat, Jr. was commissioned Ensign of the Wethersfield Train Band in February 1652/3 and later was commissioned Corporal of the Colonial Troop of Horse on March 11, 1657/8. Both commissions were determined by Donald Lines Jacobus to belong to Richard Treat, Jr. rather than either belonging to his father, even though the commission as corporal could be considered a demotion from ensign, yet the scope of the latter "colonial" commission was greater than that of the local first "Wethersfield" commission.

He married Sarah Coleman (1642-1734), daughter of immigrant Thomas Coleman and his unknown first wife, in about 1660 and they had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Ensign Richard Treat died in Wethersfield at age 70 in 1693. His burial is likely in the Wethersfield Village Cemetery, but the marker was one of the perishable types from that time that is no longer visible.



Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouse:
Sarah Coleman Treat (1642 - 1734)

Children:
Sarah Treat Goodrich (1664 - 1712)*
Mary Treat Chester (1666 - 1748)*
Thomas Treat (1668 - 1712)*

Siblings:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)
Robert Treat (1625 - 1710)*
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)*
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*
Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Maintained by: Robert Treat
Originally Created by: Steve Goodrich
Record added: Jun 11, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71173964.²
     He witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^4,5,6

     Sarah Coleman was born in 1642 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ She married Maj. Richard Treat Jr., son of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, in 1661 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

Sarah Coleman died on 23 August 1723 at Rocky Hill, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

     Richard Treat was born on 14 February 1661 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Richard Treat died in 1663.¹

     Sarah Treat was born on 8 June 1664 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ She married Capt. Ephraim Goodrich on 20 May 1684 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., USA,
; his 1st wife.^2,3
Sarah Treat died on 26 January 1711 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 46.¹

     Capt. Ephraim Goodrich was born on 2 June 1663 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,2 He married Sarah Treat, daughter of Maj. Richard Treat Jr. and Sarah Coleman, on 20 May 1684 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., USA,
; his 1st wife.^1,2 Capt. Ephraim Goodrich married Jerusha Treat, daughter of Lt. James Treat Sr. and Rebecca Lattimer, on 25 December 1712 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband.³
Capt. Ephraim Goodrich died on 28 February 1739 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 75.²
     Reference: van de Pas cites: Ahnentafel of Sarah Goodrich, 2007 , Hoskins, Tony. nr.8.²

     Jerusha Treat was born in 1678 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ She married Thomas Welles on 17 May 1705 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 1st husband.^4,1 Jerusha Treat married Capt. Ephraim Goodrich on 25 December 1712 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband.¹
Jerusha Treat died on 15 January 1754 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

     Thomas Welles was born on 29 July 1662 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ He married Jerusha Treat, daughter of Lt. James Treat Sr. and Rebecca Lattimer, on 17 May 1705 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 1st husband.^1,2
Thomas Welles died on 7 December 1711 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 49.¹

     Mary Treat was born on 8 October 1666 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ She married Thomas Chester on 10 December 1684
; Ancestry.com Lusk Family Tree reports 4 children w/o details.²
Mary Treat died on 1 January 1747 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 80.¹

     Thomas Chester married Mary Treat, daughter of Maj. Richard Treat Jr. and Sarah Coleman, on 10 December 1684
; Ancestry.com Lusk Family Tree reports 4 children w/o details.¹

     Lt. Thomas Treat was born on 12 December 1668 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ He married Dorothy Hannah Bulkeley, daughter of Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley and Sarah Chauncy, on 5 July 1693 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^2,3

Lt. Thomas Treat died on 17 January 1712/13 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 44; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.^1,4
Lt. Thomas Treat was buried after 17 January 1712/13 at Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Dec. 12, 1668, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death: Jan. 17, 1712, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Aetatis about 44 years.
Lieutenant Thomas Treat, son of Corporal Richard and Sarah (Colemand) Treat, was born December 12, 1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. On July 5, 1693 he married at Wethersfield Dorothy Bulkeley, daugher of Dr.-Rev. Gershom and Sarah (Chauncy) Bulkeley.
Thomas and Dorothy Treat had 5 sons and 3 daughters from 1694-1710. Thomas died January 17, 1712/13 and was buried in Green Cemetery in Glastonbury. His wife Dorothy died before June 7, 1757.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)
Sarah Coleman Treat (1642 - 1734)

Spouse:
Dorothy Bulkeley Treat (1662 - 1757)*

Children:
Isaac Treat (____ - 1764)*
Richard I Treat (1694 - 1759)*
Thomas Treat (1699 - 1780)*
Dorothy Treat Baldwin (1704 - 1790)*

Siblings:
Sarah Treat Goodrich (1664 - 1712)*
Mary Treat Chester (1666 - 1748)*
Thomas Treat (1668 - 1712)
Inscription:
Here Lieth Bvried
The Body of Mr.
Thomas Treat Who
Died Janry the 17th
Anno Dom 1712
Ætatis Abovt 44
Years.
Burial: Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Created by: Jan Franco
Record added: Feb 22, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 24824420.⁵

     Dorothy Hannah Bulkeley was born in 1662 at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,5 She married Lt. Thomas Treat, son of Maj. Richard Treat Jr. and Sarah Coleman, on 5 July 1693 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,2

Dorothy Hannah Bulkeley died on 7 June 1757 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,5
Dorothy Hannah Bulkeley was buried after 7 June 1757 at Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: 1662, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death: Jun. 7, 1757, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Dorothy Bulkeley, daughter of Dr.-Rev. Gershom and Sarah (Chauncey) Bulkeley, was born about 1662 in New London, Connecticut. She married Lieutenant Thomas Treat, Jr. on July 5, 1693.
Thomas and Dorothy had 5 sons and 3 daughters in South Glastonbury. Thomas died January 17, 1712/3 and Dorothy died before June 7, 1757.

Family links:
Parents:
Gershom Bulkeley (1636 - 1713)
Sarah Chauncey Bulkeley (1631 - 1699)
Spouse:
Thomas Treat (1668 - 1712)
Children:
Isaac Treat (____ - 1764)*
Richard I Treat (1694 - 1759)*
Thomas Treat (1699 - 1780)*
Dorothy Treat Baldwin (1704 - 1790)*
Sibling:
Dorothy Bulkeley Treat (1662 - 1757)
John Bulkeley (1679 - 1731)*

Burial: Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Maintained by: Robert Treat
Originally Created by: Steve Goodrich
Record added: Jun 11, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71196607.⁵
     Reference: van de Pas cites: Ahnentafel of Sarah Goodrich, 2007 , Hoskins, Tony. nr.13.²

     Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley was born in January 1635 at Cambridge or Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Sarah Chauncy on 6 October 1659 at Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA.³

Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley died on 2 December 1713 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 78.^1,4
Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley was buried after 2 December 1713 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Dec. 6, 1636, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: Dec. 2, 1713, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. Peter Bulkeley and his second wife Grace (Chetwood) Bulkeley, was born on December 6, 1636 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. There he married on October 26, 1659 Sarah Chauncey, daughter of Harvard University president Charles Chauncey and his wife Catherine Eyre.
Gershom Bulkeley had training as a medical doctor, minister, and chemist, and functioned in each of these capacities in Hartford County, Connecticut, where he lived out his life, finally residing in Glastonbury where his daughter Dorothy was married to Thomas Treat, Sr.
Gershom and Sarah had 4 sons and 2 daughters from 1660-1679. Sarah died on June 3, 1699 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut and Gershom died on December 2, 1713 in Glastonbury. Both are buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery.
Family links:
Parents:
Peter Bulkeley (1582 - 1659)
Grace Chetwood Bulkeley (1602 - 1669)
Spouse:
Sarah Chauncey Bulkeley (1631 - 1699)*
Children:
Dorothy Bulkeley Treat (1662 - 1757)*
John Bulkeley (1679 - 1731)*
Siblings:
Edward Bulkeley (1614 - 1696)**
Mary Bulkeley (1615 - 1616)**
Nathaniel Bulkeley (1618 - 1628)**
Mary Bulkeley (1621 - 1624)**
Jabez Bulkeley (1626 - 1629)**
Gershom Bulkeley (1636 - 1713)
**Half-sibling

Inscription:
"Rev. and Hon. Gershom Bulkley died Dec. 2nd 1713, aged 77. He was honorable in his descent. Of rare abilities, excellent in learning, master of many languages, exquisite in his skill in divinity, physic and law and a most exemplary and Christian life. In certam spem beatae resurrectionis repositus."

Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Created by: Steve Goodrich
Record added: Jun 28, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 72173669.⁵
      ; from Find A Grave website: [quote]The tombstone of Rev Gershom Bulkeley of Wethersfield who died in 1713 and that of his son Edward Bulkeley who died in 1748 show the Bulkeley arms and it is but recently that a letter has been found of Rev Peter Bulkeley father of Gershom dated in 1613 and bearing the same coat. [end quote]⁵

Reference: van de Pas cites: 1. Bulkeley Genealogy , Jacobus, Donald Lines.
2. Ahnentafel of Sarah Goodrich, 2007 , Hoskins, Tony. nr.26.¹

     Sarah Chauncy was born on 13 June 1631 at Ware, Hertfordshire, England.¹ She married Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. Peter Bulkeley D.D. and Grace Chetwode, on 6 October 1659 at Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

Sarah Chauncy died on 3 June 1699 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 67.¹
Sarah Chauncy was buried after 3 June 1699 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Jun. 13, 1631
Herefordshire, England
Death: Jun. 3, 1699
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Sarah Chauncey, daughter of Rev. Charles Chauncey, the second president of Harvard University, and Catherine Eyre, married Gershom Bulkeley on October 26, 1659.

Sarah and Gershom had 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on June 3, 1699 in Wethersfield, and is buried in the village cemetery.


Family links:
Parents:
Charles Chauncey (1592 - 1671)
Catherine Eyre Chauncey (1604 - 1667)

Spouse:
Gershom Bulkeley (1636 - 1713)

Children:
Dorothy Bulkeley Treat (1662 - 1757)*
John Bulkeley (1679 - 1731)*
Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Created by: Steve Goodrich
Record added: Jun 28, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 72175174.²
      ; van de Pas cites: 1. Bulkeley Genealogy , Jacobus, Donald Lines.
2. Ahnentafel of Sarah Goodrich, 2007 , Hoskins, Tony. nr.26.¹

     Rebecca Treat was born in 1624 at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ She married Richard Smith in 1645 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.²

Rebecca Treat died in 1690 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
     She witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^3,4,5

     Richard Smith was born in 1617 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹ He married Rebecca Treat, daughter of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, in 1645 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

Richard Smith died in June 1690 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

     Gov. Robert Treat was born on 23 February 1625 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.¹ He married Jane Tapp on 25 December 1647 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA,
; His 1st wife.² Gov. Robert Treat married Elizabeth Powell on 17 October 1706 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.³

Gov. Robert Treat died on 12 July 1710 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 85.¹
Gov. Robert Treat was buried after 12 July 1710 at Milford Center Cemetery, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Feb. 25, 1625
Death:      Jul. 12, 1710
Milford
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA

Governor Robert Treat co-founded Newark, New Jersey with Jasper Crane and he was a founder of Milford, Connecticut. He was Deputy Governor of Connecticut from 1678-1683, Governor from 1683 to 1698, and Deputy Governor again from 1698-1708.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouses:
Jane Tapp Treat (1628 - 1703)
Elizabeth Powell Treat (1641 - 1706)*

Children:
Samuel Treat (1648 - 1716)*
Mary Treat Crane (1652 - 1704)*
Hannah Treat Mather (1659 - 1707)*
Abigail Treat Andrew (1660 - 1727)*

Siblings:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)*
Robert Treat (1625 - 1710)
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)*
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*

Inscription:
HERE LYETH INTERRED THE BODY OF COLL ROBERT TREAT ESQ. WHO FAITHFULLY SERVD THIS COLONY IN THE POST OF GOVERNOUR AND DEPUTY GOVERNOUR NEAR Ye SPACE OF THIRTY YEARS AND ATT. Ye AGE OF FOUR SCORE AND EIGHT YEARS EXCHANGED THIS LIFE FOR A BETTER JULY 12 ANNO DOM: 1710

Burial:
Milford Cemetery
Milford
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA

Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Feb 17, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 8485.⁴
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from CT State Library website: [quote]Robert Treat was baptized February 25, 1624/5 at Pitminster, Somerset, England, the son of Richard and Alice (Gaylord) Treat, and was one of ten children. His family immigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts about 1638, and by 1639 was in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Robert, then 16 years old, had moved on to Milford by November 1639 and is listed in the town records as one of those designated to survey lands, an unusual honor for his age. He returned to Wethersfield after the survey and was elected ratemaker (tax collector) there in 1647. In that same year, he married Jane Tapp, the daughter of Edmund Tapp. According to tradition, they were married at the Tapp house at a spinning bee on Christmas night. However, no record of the marriage appears in the State Library's Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records or Church Records Index.
     By 1649 the couple had moved to Milford, which was part of the New Haven Colony. There, with the lands he had purchased and with lands received from his father-in-law, Robert Treat became a holder of extensive properties. The residents of Milford elected him, on several occasions, to buy and divide public lands. He became known as a person who had a talent for settling boundaries and other disputes between people. He also served as a trustee, an executor of wills, and an appraiser of property, with his name in many of the early probate records.
     Robert Treat was a Deputy from Milford to the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1653. He served as chief military officer of Milford in 1654 and then four more years as Deputy, 1655-59. In 1660 he was appointed as a Magistrate of the New Haven Colony. Robert and Jane Treat's seven children were born in Milford.
     Charles I, King of England, had been condemned and beheaded in 1649 during Oliver Cromwell's rule. The judges of the Parliamentary Court that passed the king's death sentence were known as regicides. Charles II, Charles' son, was restored to power in 1660. He received information that two of the regicide judges, William Goffe and Edward Whalley, were hiding in the New Haven Colony. Charles II sent an order to the New Haven Colony in 1661 to find and arrest these judges. The New Haven colonial legislature ordered all officials of the colony to comply and make thorough searches in their home areas. Robert Treat ordered the Milford search, but Goffe and Whalley were not found. They did, however, stay there for some time afterward, and were reported to have had Robert Treat as a friend.
     Settlement of both the Colony of Connecticut and the New Haven Colony had started without official charters, at a time when there was much political upheaval in England. Conditions stabilized when Charles II was restored to the throne. Charles II began to interest himself matters concerning the American colonies, one issue being the legality of the Colony of Connecticut. Connecticut realized that if it did not send a representative to the king, penalties and unfavorable conditions could be imposed upon it. In 1662 the Colony of Connecticut sent John Winthrop, a consummate diplomat, to England to obtain a charter. The New Haven Colony did not send anyone. The king, in listening to Winthrop, decided to grant a charter, but merged the New Haven Colony with the Colony of Connecticut.
     The merger came as a surprise to most inhabitants of the New Haven Colony, and many of them were unhappy with the situation. Robert Treat, although upset, continued serving in his position as magistrate for four more years. Treat served briefly in the General Court of the newly-merged Colony of Connecticut but in 1666 moved to New Jersey, where he and several others purchased land for what became the town of Newark. He served as the Newark town clerk for a year and as Newark's delegate to the New Jersey colonial legislature from 1667 until 1672.
     In 1672, Robert Treat returned to Connecticut. He was immediately made second-in-command of the New Haven forces that were mustering for a war with the Dutch. From 1673-1676, he was elected as an Assistant to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut. The year 1675 saw an uprising of Native American tribes throughout New England, known as King Phillip's War after the English name for the Wampanoag Indian chief, Metacomet. Robert Treat was made Major and Commander-in-Chief of the Connecticut forces, which, under his leadership, helped save the town of Springfield, Massachusetts from destruction.
     The war ended in August of 1676, when King Phillip was killed. Treat was then elected as Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, filling in the remainder of the term of the preceding Deputy Governor, William Leete, who had been advanced to the governorship when Governor John Winthrop had died. Governor William Leete died in April of 1683. Robert Treat became acting governor, and then was elected to the post annually for the next fifteen years.
     One major problem that Robert Treat inherited as a new governor in 1683 was Sir Edmund Andros. Governor of New Jersey and New York until 1683, Andros had claimed since 1675 that his jurisdiction included much of Connecticut. He had sent armed forces to enforce the claim, but Connecticut turned them back. Connecticut appealed to England, but nothing was settled.
     By 1683, Andros had been made Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Thomas Dongan was the new governor of New York. Dongan continued Andros' policies by claiming all lands west of the Connecticut River for New York. Governor Treat and members of the Court of Assistants met with Dongan and, through diplomacy, were able to settle the matter with only the loss of the town of Rye to New York. However, the following years saw several writs issued against the Connecticut Colony in an attempt to divide Connecticut between New York and Massachusetts.
     Charles II died in 1685 and his brother, James, no friend of Connecticut, came to the throne. It was James' plan to unite all the New England colonies, and he appointed Andros as Governor of the Dominion of New England. Andros demanded that Connecticut give up its Charter.
     The Connecticut General Assembly was alarmed, for the Charter of 1662 was a generous one, and members of the Assembly feared that Andros would take away some of the liberties of the citizens of Connecticut. Governor Treat responded by diplomatically delaying the legal proceedings, over many months, on the grounds that some legal processes had not been done correctly and that Connecticut's appeal to the king should receive a response. But on October 31, 1687, Edmund Andros came to Hartford in person to receive Connecticut's Charter.
     An afternoon meeting was the main feature of Andros' visit. Governor Treat took the opportunity to speak of how the Colony of Connecticut had been built with hard work and sacrifice and what the Charter meant to the citizens. It was an era when speeches of several hours were not uncommon. According to legend, Treat spoke throughout the afternoon and into the evening, when the candles were lit. The Charter was on the table. Suddenly there was a rush of wind from a door, blowing the candles out. By the time they were relit, the Charter was gone, hidden in an oak tree (later known as the Charter Oak) until the danger was past.
     Andros never physically possessed the Charter of 1662, but still took control of Connecticut. Governor Robert Treat was made one of fifty advisors to Andros, and did what he could to maintain favorable conditions. King James was deposed in 1688, and Andros was thrown out of power in 1689. The Colony of Connecticut resumed its former government, with Robert Treat as governor. However, in 1692 a political crisis for Connecticut arose when the new governor of New York, Benjamin Fletcher, arrived with an appointment that gave him full power to command Connecticut's militia as well as the military forces of New York. Robert Treat refused to transfer command. The General Assembly of Connecticut voted to send Fitz-John Winthrop, the son of John Winthrop, Jr., to England to obtain a decision as to whether the Charter of 1662 was still valid, and 2,200 of 3,000 freemen backed up that vote. Winthrop left for England late in 1693 and made his case before the King and Queen early in 1694. A report prepared by the royal attorney and solicitor-general confirming the validity of the Charter of the Colony of Connecticut was ratified by the crown on April 19, 1694. The Charter formed the basis of Connecticut's government until a new state constitution was written in 1818.
     Robert Treat was seventy-six in 1692, and ready for someone else to serve as governor. Fitz-John Winthrop was elected in 1693, and Robert Treat was elected to the position of Deputy Governor, where he served for the next ten years.
     Robert Treat died July 12, 1710 in Milford and is buried in the Milford Center Cemetery. His first wife, Jane, died October 31, 1703. He had married again on October 24, 1705, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Powell) Bryan, the daughter of Elder Michael and Abigail Powell of Boston. She was twice widowed before marrying Gov. Treat. She died January 10, 1706.
     The grandson of Governor Treat's oldest son, Samuel, was Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
     Bibliography:
--- Champion, Henry. "Life and Character of Robert Treat," in Fish, Stuyvesant, ed. Anthon Genealogy. New York: privately printed, 1930 [CSL call number CS 71 .A62 1930].
Ford, George Hare. "Robert Treat: Founder, Farmer, Soldier Statesman, and Governor." Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society 8 (April 1914): 162-80 [CSL call number 974.62 N445p].
--- National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James White & Company, 1900, s.v. "Treat, Robert", vol. 10, p. 323 [CSL call number E 176 .N27].
--- Norton, Frederick Calvin. The Governors of Connecticut. Hartford: Connecticut Magazine Co., 1905 [CSL call number HistRef F 93 .N 88 1905].
--- Raimo, John W. Biographical Dictionary of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607-1789. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1980 [CSL call number E 187.5 .R34].
--- Scully, Charles A. Robert Treat, 1622-1710. Philadelphia, 1959.
--- Treat, John Harvey, A.M. The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat. Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press & Printing Company, 1893 [CSL call number 929.2 T712t].
--- World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 ed. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1994, s.v. "Charter Oak" [CSL call number AE 5 .W55 1994].
--- Portrait - There is no known portrait of Robert Treat.
Prepared by the History and Genealogy Unit, Connecticut State Library, April 1999. [end quote]⁵

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from Ancestry.com: [quote]From "Biographies of American & Colonial Governors" by Meckler.
TREAT, Robert, Governor of Connecticut
1683-1687, 1689-1698
     Born circa 1622 in Pitminster, Somerset, England, the second son of Richard and Alice (Gaylard) Treat (or Trott). A Congregationalist. Brother of Richard, James, Honor, Joanna, Sarah, Susanna and Catherine. Married circa 1647 to Jane Tapp, by whom he was the father of Samuel, John, Mary, Robert, Sarah, Hannah, Joseph and Abigail; after his first wife's death in 1703, remarried on October 24, 1705 to Elizabeth (Powell) Hollingsworth Bryan; no children by his second wife.
     Immigrated with his parents to America, probably late in the 1630's; later became one of the early settlers of the town of Milford in New Haven Colony. Was serving as a Deputy in the New Haven General Court by 1653, representing Milford; also named Lieutenant and Chief Military Officer of Milford in 1654. Selected as a Magistrate of New Haven Colony in 1659, a position which he held until he declined to serve in May 1664. Following the formal merger of New Haven with Connecticut in 1665, acted briefly as a member of the Connecticut General Assembly, but soon moved to Newark in East Jersey; served as a Deputy in the East Jersey Assembly from 1667 to 1672; also held office as Magistrate and Recorder of Newark. Returned to Connecticut early in the 1670's, and became an Assistant of that colony in 1673. From 1675 to 1676 played a major military role during King Philip's War, serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Connecticut forces deployed against the Indians. Elected Deputy Governor of Connecticut in May 1676, a position he retained until he succeeded the deceased Governor William Leete in April 1683.
     Except for the period between November 1687 and the spring of 1689, when Sir Edmund Andros governed the colony as part of the Dominion of New England, Treat served as chief executive of Connecticut from 1683 to 1698. A political moderate, Treat agreed to serve as a member of Andros' Council during the eighteen months of Dominion rule, but he also wished to avoid unnecessary encroachment by Crown officials. Consequently, after the demise of Andros, Treat advocated resumption of government under Connecticut's old charter, a charter which had never been legally invalidated. The impressive victory by Treat in the gubernatorial election of May 1689 was a major triumph over both the conservative Gershom Bulkeley, who claimed that the overthrow of Andros had been illegitimate, and the popular James Fitch, who attacked Treat's complicity with the Dominion government..
     Following his tenure as chief executive, the aged Treat continued to serve as deputy governor until 1708. He died on July 12, 1710.
     Bibliography: John Harvey Treat, the Treat Family (Salem, Mass., 1893); George W. Solley, "Major Robert Treat," Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Proceedings, V (1912), 62-78; George Hare Ford, "Robert Treat, Founder, Farmer, Soldier, Statesman, Governor," New Haven Colony Historical Society, Papers, VIII (April 1914), 163-80; Charles A Scully, Robert Treat, 1622-1710 (Philadelphia, 19599), DAB..
From the "History of Newark, NJ" by Joseph Atkinson (1878):.
FOUNDER OF NEWARK
     Robert TREAT is described as "the flower and pride of the whole company." In establishing and laying out the town he was among the most active and energetic. More than any other settler he is justly entitled to be remembered as THE FOUNDER OF NEWARK. To none more than to Treat is the Newark of today indebted for the natural beauty of its location, the order of its original plan, and the width and attractiveness of its leading thoroughfares, more especially Broad street. In evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow settlers of Newark, the town records tell that when the town was parceled into lots, he was given first choice by universal consent, and besides, two extra acres or lots in recognition of his services in negotiating for the settlement..
GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT
     He remained in Newark after its settlement only some six years, returning to Connecticut in 1672. In Connecticut he became more than ever a man of mark. Besides taking a commanding military position in early colonial Indian warfare, Treat served the Colony for thirty-two years as Deputy Governor and Governor. It is traditionally related that at the "Battle of Bloody Brook," between the Indians and the Colonists, Major Treat commanded the latter, and behaved heroically. It is said that in the action: "He that commanded our forces then and now us, (the Colonial Legislature), made no less than seventeen fair shots at the enemy, and was thereby as oft a mark for them." As Governor (of Connecticut) he was elected annually from 1683 until 1698. He died July 12, 1710, full of years and honors. He was in his 85th year. Trumball, Connecticut historian, justly says of this remarkable man: "Few men have sustained a fairer character or rendered the public more important services. He was an excellent military officer; a man of singular courage and resolution, tempered with caution and prudence. His administration of government was with wisdom, firmness and integrity. He was esteemed, courageous, wise and pious. He was exceedingly beloved and venerated by the people in general, and especially by his neighbors at Milford where he resided.".
SHE'D RATHER BE TREATED THAN TROTTED!
     He was twice married, his first wife being Jane Tapp, a daughter of one of the "seven pillars" of the Milford church. Like brave men generally, Treat appears to have been exceedingly timid and backward in the presence of the fair sex. That is to say, he was extremely backward in coming to the main point - a proposal of marriage. There is good authority for saying that once, while familiarly dancing his future wife on his knee, as was permissible by their disparity of age and long intimacy, the damsel brought her lover to a prompt decision by the suggestive expostulation: "Robert, be still that I had rather be Treatted than trotted.".
MISCELLANEOUS
     Gov. Treat left Newark a rich legacy in the persons of several estimable children. His son John, who married Sarah Tichenor, was a Justice of the Peace under Cornbury; represented Essex County in the Assembly when it was necessary that members should along with other requirements, own 1,000 acres of land or L500 in personal estate; was in 1712, Presiding
     Judge of the local court; and in 1731, held the military title of Major, like his distinguished father. The Governor's daughter Mary became the wife of Deacon Azariah Crane, who left his "silver bole" to be used by "the church in Newark forever," and who appears to have outlived all the original settlers. Governor Treat's "home-lott" was occupied by his daughter's descendants until the beginning of the present century (1800). On a portion of it now stands a noble monument not only to Robert Treat but to all the original settlers - the First Presbyterian Church of Newark. Though the name of Treat is extinct in Newark, and almost entirely so in the State of New Jersey, the Governor's descendants are numerous and representative of the best citizenship and the highest reputation. In New England and the West the Treats number not a few distinguished men in public as well as in private life..
TIMELINE OF GOV. ROBERT TREAT
(compiled by JTR from sources shown below)
--- Abt 1621 - born in Pitminster, Somerset, England ®154
--- Late 1630s - immigrated with his parents to America ®171
--- One of the early settlers of the town of Milford in New Haven Colony ®171
--- c. 1647 - married to Jane Tapp and they had children: Samuel, John, Mary, Robert, Sarah, Hannah, Joseph and Abigail ®171
--- 1649 - married to Jane Tapp ®154
--- 1653 - was serving as a Deputy in the New Haven General Court, representing Milford ®171
--- 1654 - Lieutenant and Chief Military Officer of Milford ®171
--- Commander in Chief of the Connecticut troops in King Philip's War ®69 ®154
--- 1659 to May 1664 - Magistrate of New Haven Colony ®171
--- 1665 - following the formal merger of New Haven with Connecticut in 1665, acted briefly as a member of the Connecticut General Assembly, but soon moved to Newark in East Jersey ®171
--- 1667 to 1672 - was Deputy in the Assembly of East Jersey ®69 also Magistrate and Recorder of Newark ®171
--- Early 1670s - returned to Connecticut ®171
--- 1673 - served as Assistant of Connecticut Colony ®171
--- 1676 - he was made Deputy Governor of the Province of Connecticut ®154
--- 1682 - Robert Treat Sr. of Milford, CT deeded to his son-in-law Azariah Crane and daughter Mary Crane of Newark, for a homelot of 8 acres at Newark (bounded) S. (by) Abraham Pearson, E., N. and W. roads; 6 acres of upland and meadow in the Cove, S.E. Samuel Swaine, S.W. a road, N.W. Josiah Ward, N.E. John Treat; 6 acres at Beife Point, N. the river, S. upland, W. Richard Lawrence, E. John Treat."
--- Robert's son John Treat, whose property abuts two of these tracts, remained in Newark. ®154
--- 1683-1698/1701 - Governor of Connecticut (except the period between Nov. 1687 and spring 1689) ®69 ®154 ®171
--- 1702-1708 - served as deputy governor ®171
--- 1703 - death of wife, Jane (Tapp) Treat
--- 24 Oct 1705 - married Elizabeth (Powell) Hollingsworth Bryan ®171
--- 12 Jul 1710 - died in Connecticut and was buried in the Old Burying Ground at Milford ®154
Reference Note 69: Three Centuries of New Haven, 1638-1938, by Rollin G. Osterweis, Yale Univ Press 1953
Reference Note 154: Jasper Crane Genealogy -- Co-Founder of Newark, NJ in 1666, Margaret Angevine Riggin, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 20 Nov 1971 (Revised 4 Sep 1975), Copy presented to the Historical Society of West Caldwell. on permanent loan from the West Caldwell Public Library Oct 1979
Reference Note 171: Biographies of American & Colonial Governors, by Meckler [end quote].⁶ He witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^7,8,9

Gov. Robert Treat immigrated in 1659 to New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; England->CT
from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Robert Treat
Arrival Year: 1659
Arrival Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 1936
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Robert
Annotation: Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470.
Source Bibliography: FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-I
Page: 291
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.¹⁰ He was Governor of Connecticut, also:
Tax Collector, Wethersfield, 1647
Deputy, New Haven Colony General Court, 1653,1655-1659
Chief Military Officer of Milford, 1654
Magistrate, New Haven Colony, 1660-1664
Town Clerk, Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1667
Newark Delegate to New Jersey Legislature, 1667-1672
Assistant, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1673-1676
Deputy Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683, 1699-1709 between 1683 and 1698 at Connecticut, USA.⁵

     Jane Tapp was born in 1628 at Benneington, Hertfordshire, England.¹ She married Gov. Robert Treat, son of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, on 25 December 1647 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA,
; His 1st wife.¹
Jane Tapp died on 8 April 1703 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

     Elizabeth Powell was born on 16 June 1641 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ She married Gov. Robert Treat, son of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, on 17 October 1706 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

Elizabeth Powell died on 10 January 1707 at Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 65.¹

     Elizabeth Treat was born on 25 July 1627 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.^1,2 She married George Henry Wolcott before 1649
; According to their FAG memorials, their dau. Ann was born in 1649.³
Elizabeth Treat died on 8 July 1668 at Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 40.²
Elizabeth Treat was buried after 8 July 1668 at Burial location unknown ; From Find A Grave:

     Susanna Treat was born on 8 October 1629 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.¹ She married Robert Webster on 10 November 1653 at Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA.²

Susanna Treat died before 7 November 1705 at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; date her will was proved.³
Susanna Treat was buried before 7 November 1705 at Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Oct. 8, 1629
Pitminster
Somerset, England
Death:      Nov., 1705
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Susanna Treat, bapt. Oct. 8, 1629 at St. Andrew & St. Mary Chh. at Pitminster, Somersetshire, England, the 7th child and 5th dau. of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord. Susanna d. testate (will dated Jan. 20, 1698/9) prior to Nov. 7, 1705 when her will was proved. The inventory of her estate was made Nov. 12, 1705.

Her lengthy will names all of her then living as well as deceased children and numerous grandchildren, which was followed by an agreement dated May 2, 1709 by twelve of the named heirs agreeing to the settlement of their mother and grandmother's estate.

On Nov. 10, 1653 probably at Wethersfield, Conn. (the town in which her parents resided), Susanna m. Robert Webster, 5th child and 4th son of Gov. John Webster and Agnes Smith, bapt. Nov. 17, 1619 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England. He d. testate at Hartford, Conn. betw. May 20, 1676, the date of his will, and June 29, 1676 when his estate inventory was taken.

Susanna and Robert had eleven children who are outlined in their father's memorial.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouse:
Robert Webster (1619 - 1676)

Children:
Jonathan Webster (1656 - 1735)*
William Webster (1671 - 1722)*
Elizabeth Webster Seymour (1678 - 1754)*

Siblings:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)*
Robert Treat (1625 - 1710)*
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*

Inscription:
At the time of Susanna's death the only cemetery in existence at Hartford was the Ancient Cemetery, formerly called the Center Church Cemetery of Hartford's First Congregational Church. But, by the mid 1800s Susanna had no extant gravestone, if she had one to begin with.

Burial:
Ancient Burying Ground
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Feb 26, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 48836275.³
     She witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^4,5,6

     Robert Webster was born on 17 November 1617 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England.¹ He married Susanna Treat, daughter of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, on 10 November 1653 at Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

Robert Webster died circa 31 May 1676 at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,2
Robert Webster was buried after 31 May 1676 at Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Nov. 17, 1619
Cossington
Leicestershire, England
Death:      1676
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Lieut. Robert Webster, bapt. Nov. 17, 1619 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England, the 5th child and 4th son of Gov. John Webster and Agnes Smith. He d. testate at Hartford, Conn. betw. May 20, 1676, the date of his will, and June 29, 1676 when his estate inventory was taken.

On Nov. 10, 1653 probably at Wethersfield, Conn., Robert m. Susanna Treat, bapt. Oct. 8, 1629 at St. Andrew & St. Mary Chh. at Pitminster, Somersetshire, England, dau. of Ens. Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord. Susanna d. testate (will dated Jan. 20, 1698/9) prior to Nov. 7, 1705 when her will was proved. The inventory of her estate was made Nov. 19, 1705.

"At a General Court of Elections held 18th May, 1654, Robert Webster was confirmed as a Leiftenant [at] Middletown for the ensuing year, according to the motyon of the Towne." [Middletown TR]

Notwithstanding the record of his eldest four children either being b. or at least recorded as b. at Middletown, Conn., Robert was a member of the Hartford 1st Chh. and separated from that Chh. as the fourth man to sign the 1669 Chh. covenant in full communion upon the founding of the Hartford 2nd Chh. Yet, none of his children appear in the baptism records of either the Hartford 1st or 2nd Church.

Robert and Susanna had eleven children; only the four oldest appear in the Middletown vital records:

• i. John Webster, b. Nov. 10, 1653 at Middletown, Conn., d. testate Dec. 6, 1694 at Hartford, Conn; m. by 1678, Sarah Mygatt, dau. of Jacob Mygatt and Sarah Whiting. Seven children of the family. The widow Sarah m. 2) Nov. 20, 1698 at Hartford as his 2nd wife, Lieut. Benjamin Graham, by whom she had two more children and survived him. Lieut. Graham m. 1) Abigail Humphrey, dau. of Michael Humphrey and Priscilla Grant, by whom he had five children. Abigail (Humphrey) Graham d. June 27, 1697 at Hartford. Lieut. Graham d. testate at Hartford betw. Feb. 4 (date of his will) and Feb. 15, 1724/5 when his estate inventory was taken.

• ii. Sarah Webster, b. June 30, 1655 at Middletown; m. Nov. 15, 1677 at the Hartford 1st Church, Joseph Mygatt, brother of Sarah's brother John's wife. They had nine children of whom seven survived beyond infancy. Joseph d. testate in 1698 at Hartford. The widow Sarah m. 2) Dec. 13, 1722 at Hartford, Bevel Waters, who died testate at Hartford before Mar. 13, 1729/30, the date his inventory was taken. The widow Sarah (Webster)(Mygatt) Waters died testate before Mar. 6, 1743/4 when the inventory of her estate was made.

• iii. Dea. Jonathan Webster, b. Jan. 9, 1656/7 at Middletown, d. testate at Hartford before July 23, 1735 when his estate inventory was made; m. 1) May 11, 1681 at Hartford, Dorcas Hopkins, dau. of Stephen Hopkins and Dorcas Bronson. She d. circa 1695 at Hartford. Six children of the marriage. He m. 2) Jan 2, 1695/6 at Hartford, Mary Judd of Farmington, CT by whom he had one child, s. Benjamin in 1698.

• iv. Susannah Webster, b. Feb. 26, 1657/8 at Middletown, d. in 1688; m. May 11, 1681 at Hartford as his 1st wife, John Graves, by whom she had two children, daus. Elizabeth and Mehitable.

• v. Lieut. Samuel Webster, b. circa 1660, d. testate Feb. 1, 1743/4 at Hartford; m. at an unknown date, Elizabeth Reeve (q.v. Reave), dau. of Robert Reeve and Elizabeth Nott, b. in Dec. 1666 at Hartford. She d. testate before Dec. 3, 1745, the date her estate inventory was made. There are no known children of the marriage.

• vi. Robert Webster, Jr., Esq., b. circa 1662, d. testate at Hartford before Oct. 8, 1744, the date his estate inventory was made. He m. 1) Sept. 10, 1689 at Hartford, Hannah Beckley, dau. of John Beckley and Hannah Deming of the Beckley Quarter at Wethersfield, b. circa 1670 at Wethersfield, Conn. She d. circa 1715. Eight children of the marriage. Robert m. 2) circa 1718, Sarah Edwards, dau. of Joseph Edwards of Wethersfield, and widow of Sgt. Jonathan Colfax (q.v. Colefax). She had five children by her 1st husband, and d. Feb. 15, 1724/5 at Hartford. There were no children of her marriage to Robert Webster. He m. 3) July 30, 1731 at Hartford, Susanna Baker, dau. of John Baker and Lydia Baysey, who d. before Jan. 6, 1746/7 when letters of admin. were granted to her bro. William Baker.

• vii. Joseph Webster, b. circa 1664, d. testate betw. Mar. 3 and May 2, 1750 at Hartford; m. 1) Jan. 23, 1695/6, Mary Judd, by whom he had two children; m. 2) May 11, 1726 at Hartford, Hannah Willet, dau. of Nathaniel Willet and Hannah Adams, and wid. of Bayse Baker. She was b. circa 1672. She had eleven children by her 1st husb. and none by Joseph Webster.

• viii. Benjamin Webster, b. May 1, 1670, who perhaps d. young.

• ix. Ens. William Webster, b. July 2, 1671 at Hartford, d. intestate in June 1722 at Hartford, Conn; m. Nov. 28, 1700 at Hartford, Sarah Nichols, b. circa 1678 at Hartford, dau. of Capt. Cyprian Nichols and his wife Mary. Nine children of the family. The widow Sarah m. 2) May 13, 1725 at Hartford as his 2nd wife, Samuel Catlin, by whom she had no children, and d. Dec. 12, 1762 at Wintonbury Parish at Hartford County (now Bloomfield, Conn.)

• x. Elizabeth Webster, b. Feb. 8, 1672/3 at Hartford, d. May 15, 1754 at Hartford; m. Dec. 19, 1693 at Hartford, John Seymour, Jr., s. of John Seymour and Mary Watson, b. June 12, 1666 at Hartford. He d. testate May 16, 1748 at Hartford. Eleven children of the family.

• xi. Mary Webster, b. circa 1676, d. Sept. 27, 1706 at Hartford; m. Nov. 7, 1690 as his 2nd wife, Thomas King, s. of John King and Sarah Holton, b. July 14, 1662 at Northampton, Mass. He d. Dec. 12, 1711 and his estate was distributed in 1714. It is unclear which of the four children included in the estate were by Mary Webster versus by King's 1st wife, Abigail Strong.


Family links:
Parents:
John Webster (1590 - 1661)
Agnes Smith Webster (____ - 1667)

Spouse:
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)*

Children:
Jonathan Webster (1656 - 1735)*
William Webster (1671 - 1722)*
Elizabeth Webster Seymour (1678 - 1754)*

Siblings:
William Webster (1614 - 1688)*
Thomas Webster (1616 - 1686)*
Robert Webster (1619 - 1676)
Anne Webster Marsh (1621 - 1662)*

Inscription:
At the time of Robert's death the only cemetery in existence at Hartford was the Ancient Cemetery, formerly called the Center Church Cemetery of Hartford's First Congregational Church. But, by the mid 1800s Robert had no extant gravestone, if he had one to begin with.

Burial:
Ancient Burying Ground
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Feb 26, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 48836185.²

     Alice Treat was born on 16 February 1630 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.¹
Alice Treat died on 2 August 1633 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 3.¹
     She witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^2,3,4

     Lt. James Treat Sr. was born before 20 July 1634 at Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.^1,2 He was baptized on 20 July 1634 at SS Andrew and Mary Church, Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, co. Somerset, England.² He married Rebecca Lattimer on 26 January 1665 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.³

Lt. James Treat Sr. died on 12 February 1709 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹
Lt. James Treat Sr. was buried after 12 February 1709 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Jul. 20, 1634
Pitminster
Somerset, England
Death:      Feb. 12, 1709
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Lieut. James Treat, Sr., youngest son & 9th child of the Wethersfield, Conn. immigrants Richard Treat, Esq. & Alice Gaylord, bapt. July 20, 1634 at St. Andrew and St. Mary Church, at Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. He d. testate Feb. 12, 1708/09 at Wethersfield, Conn., Æ 75. He has no known gravestone marking the place of his internment, but is assumed to be interred at Wethersfield Village Cemetery where his wife and many of his immediate descendants are buried.

James m. Rebecca Latimer, dau. of John and Ann Latimer, early settlers of Wethersfield. Rebecca was b. Oct. 6, 1646 at Wethersfield and d. there Aug. 23, 1734, Æ 88 (g.s.)

The Treat Gen. cites the date of marriage as Jan. 26, 1664-5, but there is no primary source that confirms it. Rather than the first child being b. 15 months later, the date of marriage would be more believable if it was actually June 26, 1665, indicating the first child was born 9 months and 5 days after marriage. As an historic perspective, after detailing more than 200 ancestors of very early New England, it was rare that the first child was born more than 11 months after the wedding night.

An extended bio will be added later. The known children were all b. at Wethersfield, but only some of them have recorded dates of birth in the Wethersfield records, with the respective extant gravestones of those without a recorded date of birth helpful in isolating the approximate year of their birth:

• i. James Treat, Jr., Esq., b. Apr. 1, 1666 at Wethersfield (VRs), d. there Feb 18, 1741/42, Æ 76 (g.s.); m. 1) Dec. 17, 1691 at Wethersfield, Prudence Chester, dau. of Capt. John Chester & Sarah Wells (q.v. Welles), b. Dec. 10, 1666 at Wethersfield. She d. May 25, 1727 at Wethersfield (g.s.) They had 7 children of record at Wethersfield. He m. 2) after May 1727, Hannah Wright, dau. of Ens. Samuel Wright and Mary Butler, the widow of Daniel Boardman. She was b. betw. 1662-1663 at Wethersfield, and d. there Feb 25, 1745/46, Æ 83 (g.s.) There were no children of this latter marriage. Hannah had 11 children by her 1st husband, who d. Feb. 20, 1724/25, Æ 67.

• ii. Jemima Treat, b. Mar. 15, 1667/68 (VRs), d. Oct. 5, 1755 at Newington, Conn., Æ 87 (g.s.); m. Dec. 17, 1691 at Wethersfield, Stephen Chester, the older brother of Jemima's brother James' wife Prudence, b. May 26, 1660 at Wethersfield. He d. Feb. 9, 1697/98 at Wethersfield, Conn. Three children of the family.

• iii. Samuel Treat, Sr., b. Feb 17, 1670/71 (VRs), d. Mar 5, 1732/33 at Wethersfield, Æ 63 (g.s.); m. Nov. 22, 1716, prob. at Windsor, Conn., Sarah Wolcott, who d. Apr. 10, 1743 at Wethersfield, Æ 53 (g.s.) Two children of the family, but only one, Samuel, Jr., reached maturity and left descendants.

• iv. Rev. Salmon Treat, b. circa 1672, d. Jan. 6, 1762 at Preston, Conn., Æ 90 (g.s.); m. 1) Dorothy Noyes, dau. of Rev. James Noyes & Dorothy Stanton, b. June 22, 1675 at Stonington, Conn. She d. at Preston, Conn. Dec. 6, 1714, Æ 40 (g.s.) He m. 2) Nov. 6, 1716 at Preston, Conn., Mary, wid. of Capt. John Park(e), whose identity is not established. There are no known children of the second marriage and when & where 2nd wife Mary d. is not of record. Nine children by wife Dorothy.

• v. Richard Treat, b. circa 1675, d. testate May 7, 1713 at Wethersfield, age not stated; m. Nov. 23, 1704 at Wethersfield, Catherine Bulkeley (q.v. Bulkley), dau. of Rev. Dr. and Hon. Gershom Bulkeley and Sarah Chauncey, b. circa 1681. She d. betw. Aug 25, 1706 and May 1712 before both her father and husband. One child, dau. Katherine (q.v.) Neither Richard or his wife have known gravestones.

• vi. Jerusha Treat, b. circa 1678, d. Jan. 15, 1754 at Wethersfield, Æ 76 (g.s.); m. 1) May 17, 1705 at Wethersfield as his 2nd wife, Capt. Thomas Chester, s. of Capt. Samuel Chester & Elizabeth Hollister, b. July 29, 1662 at Wethersfield. He d. intestate Dec. 7, 1711 at Wethersfield, Æ 50. Four children of the family. Jerusha m. 2) Dec. 25, 1712 at Wethersfield as his 2nd wife, Capt. Ephraim Goodrich, s. of Ens. William Goodrich, Sr. and Sarah Marvin, b. June 2, 1663 at Wethersfield. He d. Feb. 27, 1739/40 at the Rocky Hill section of Wethersfield (now Rocky Hill, Conn.), Æ 74 (g.s.) Two children of the family. Ephraim Goodrich's 1st wife was Sarah Treat, dau. of Ens. Richard Treat, Jr. and Sarah Coleman, b. June 8, 1664 at Wethersfield where she d. there Jan. 26, 1711/12, Æ 48 (g.s.) Ephraim and Sarah (Treat) Goodrich had 7 children.

• vii. Lieut. Joseph Treat, b. circa 1681, d. Sept. 5, 1756 at Wethersfield, Æ 76 (g.s.); m. July 16, 1713 at Wethersfield, Mary Robbins, dau. of Capt. Joshua Robbins, Esq. and Elizabeth Rose, b. July 10, 1692 at Wethersfield. She d. Sept 17, 1760 at Wethersfield. Three children of the family.

• viii. Mabel Treat, b. circa 1684, d. bef. Mar. 1718/19; m. May 24, 1716 at Hartford, Conn. (by Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, 2nd Chh.) as his 2nd wife, Samuel Stanton, s. of Thomas Stanton, Jr. & Sarah Denison, bapt. May 21, 1682 at Stonington, Conn. He m. his 3rd wife, Lois Cobb at Stonington Mar. 19, 1717/18 and d. Jan. 19, 1770 at Stonington. He had nine recorded children by his 1st and 3rd wives, but no child by Mabel is of record, suggesting she died soon after the marriage.

• ix. Rebecca Treat, b. circa 1686, d. Dec. 26, 1753 at Wethersfield, Æ 68 (g.s.); m. Dec, 27, 1704 at Wethersfield, Ebenezer Deming, Jr., s. of Ebenezer & Sarah Deming, b. May 5, 1678 at Wethersfield. He purportedly d. Apr. 16, 1763 at Newington, Conn. Six children of the family.


Family links:
Parents:
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouse:
Rebecca Latimer Treat (1646 - 1734)

Children:
James Treat (1666 - 1742)*
Jemime Treat Chester (1668 - 1755)*
Samuel Treat (1670 - 1732)*
Salmon Treat (1672 - 1762)*
Jerusha Treat Goodrich (1678 - 1754)*
Joseph Treat (1681 - 1756)*
Rebecca Treat Deming (1686 - 1753)*

Siblings:
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)*
Robert Treat (1625 - 1710)*
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)*
James Treat (1634 - 1709)

Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Feb 04, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47595840.²
     He witnessed the immigration of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord in 1637 at Massachusetts or Connecticut, USA; England->MA/CT?
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1630
Arrival Place: America
Family Members: Husband Richard; With 9 children
Source Publication Code: 3230.10
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Alice
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of will administration or other mention in the New World. Extracted from four series of abstracted English records appearing in the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1903 and 1916. Much
Source Bibliography: HOFF, HENRY B. English Origins of American Colonists, From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1991. 287p.
Page: 47
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Richard Treat
Arrival Year: 1620-1650
Arrival Place: Connecticut
Source Publication Code: 275
Primary Immigrant: Treat, Richard
Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes.
Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987.
Page: 144
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.^4,5,6

     Rebecca Lattimer was born on 6 October 1646 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.^1,2 She married Lt. James Treat Sr., son of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, on 26 January 1665 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.¹

Rebecca Lattimer died on 23 August 1734 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA, at age 87.²
Rebecca Lattimer was buried after 23 August 1734 at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; from Find A Grave:
Birth:      Oct. 6, 1646
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Death:      Aug. 23, 1734
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Rebecca Latimer, eldest known child of the Wethersfield, Conn. immigrant settlers John & Ann Latimer, b. at Wethersfield Oct. 6, 1646 where she d. Aug. 23, 1734, Æ 88.

In circa 1665, Rebecca m. Lieut. James Treat, bapt. July 20, 1634 at Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. [It is otherwise claimed that the date of marriage was Jan. 26, 1664/5, but there is no primary record that confirms a specific date. Such date is suspicious on its face, as the first child of record was b. almost 15 months later in April 1666 when in that era it was very normal for the first child to be born under 11 months following the wedding night.]

Lieut. James Treat & Rebecca Latimer had ten children of record at Wethersfield, who are outlined in their father's memorial.


Family links:
Parents:
John Latimer (____ - 1662)
Ann Latimer

Spouse:
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*

Children:
James Treat (1666 - 1742)*
Jemime Treat Chester (1668 - 1755)*
Samuel Treat (1670 - 1732)*
Salmon Treat (1672 - 1762)*
Jerusha Treat Goodrich (1678 - 1754)*
Joseph Treat (1681 - 1756)*
Rebecca Treat Deming (1686 - 1753)*

Siblings:
Rebecca Latimer Treat (1646 - 1734)
John Latimer (1651 - 1728)*
Bezaleel Latimer (1657 - 1686)*
Inscription:
Wethersfield Inscriptions (1899), p. 122.

Here lies the Body
of that Godly
woman, Mrs. Rebecca
Treat, who Dec'd
Aug'st 23rd 1734.
Aged 88 Years.

On the day Rebecca died she was 87 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 88.

Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Plot: ancient burying ground (A-13-r)

Maintained by: Don Blauvelt
Originally Created by: Marie Bonafonte
Record added: Jul 14, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20454299.²