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  • Story: Richard Treat's Family

    <p>&bull;V Children born and baptized in Pitminster, England : (1.) Honor,* b. 161G; bapt. March 19, 1G15-6; d. ; m. about 1037, Jolin Doming. (2.) Joanna, b. 1618; bapt. May 24, 1618; d. Oct. &mdash; 1694; m. ■ John Ilollistor. (3.1 Sarah, b. 1620; bapt. Dec. 3, 1020; d. ; m. about 1644, Matthew Campdeld. (4.) Richard, b. 1622-3; bapt. Jan. 9, 1622-3; d. about 1693; m. about 1061, Sarah Coleman. \ V (6.) Robert, b. 1624-5; bapt. Feb. 25, 1024-5; d. July 12, 1710; m., 1st, Jane Tapp; 2d, Oct. 24, 1705, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hollingsworth) Bryan, dau. of Michael Pow- ^ ' ell, of Boston. (6.) Elizabeth, b. 1027 ; bapt. July 25, 1627 ; d. ; m. about 1049, George Wolcott. (7.) Susanna, b. 1029; bapt. Oct. 8, 1029; d. 1705; m. about 1652, Robert Webster. 8. Alice, b. 1031-2; bapt. Feb. 16,1631-2; buried Aug. 2, 1033, in Pitminster. ) James, b. 1634; bapt. July 20, 1634 ; d. Feb. 12, 1709, in his 75th year; m. Jan. 26, 1665, Rebecca Lattimer. 10. Katharine, b. 1637; bapt. June 29, 1637; d. ; m. Nov. 29, 1055, Rev. William Thompson, or Tonison, of New Haven, by Gov. John Eudecott, at Boston, according to the Boston Records. He was the son of William and Abigail Thompson, who came from England about 1637, and settled in Braintree, Mass. He graduated at Har vard in 1053, and was a preacher in Springlield, Mass., in 1054-0. In March, 1057, he came to Stonington, Conn., with his family. Was employed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies acting for the London Society "for Propagating the Gospel in New England," as a Missionary to thePequot Indians, in 1058, at Wastuxet, in Westerly, R. I. Mr. Stanton, then Interpreter General of New England, was employed by the Commissioners as Interpreter to Mr. Thompson. About 1059, he resided in New Lon don, Conn. After 1601, his salary from the Society was withdrawn as he neglected the business, probably from ill health. 'March 14, 1600-1, he was made a freeman of Connecticut. In 1003, he left New Loudon in feeble health, and in Sept. 1004, was in Surry Co., Va. Oct. 11, 1004, he made a' tender of his property to the Court of Magis trates at Hartford, for the liquidation of a debt, being about to remove to Virginia; and Oct. 13, the. Court ordered the Constable of New London to take possession of his property. June 29, 16G5, he wrote a letter fromPixford Bay, Va., to his ''Loving brother Mr. James Treat of Wethersfleld," authorizing him to sell property in New Loudon, and that is the last that we hear of him. His death probably occurred soon after, though the date is unknown. Richard Treat in his will, Feb. 15, 1608-9, mentions "my daughter Johnson," but as the Boston Records state explicitly that she married Mr. William Thompson, who also calls James Treat "brother", meaning brother-in-law, the name Johnson must be a mistake or a misreading, for Tomson or Tompson, &mdash; and the mistake could occur very easily from a similarity of appearance of the names in writing,&mdash; or Johnson may have been the name of a second husband, though he is never heard of elsewhere. In the copy of Mr. Treat's will on record now at the State House, Hartford, Conn., the name is plainly Johnson. We have no record of any children. (See Sibley's Biographical Sketches of Graduates of II. U., pp. 354-357, Vol. 1.)</p>

  • Story: Richard Treat's Will

    <p>WILL OF RICHARD TREAT. The last will &amp; Testament of Richard Treate sen in the Colony of Connecticut in maner &amp; forme as Followeth : Imprimis I being weak &amp; Infirm of body but of sound understanding &amp; of competent memory doe resigne my soule to the Lord hoping to be Justified &amp; saved by the merits of&nbsp;Christ, &amp; my body to be bnryed. Item I give &amp; bequeath to my loving wife Alis Treat after my decease all the lands of what kind soever I stand possessed of within the Bounds of Wethersfleld : viz : five acres of land lying in the dry swamp which I have Improved &amp; prepared for use lyeing next my sonn James land. Item, one peice of meadow lyeing in the great meadow Conimonl}' called by the name of Send Home. Item the one hnlfe or eight acres next Home of that peice of meadow commonly called fillharne. Item the Home lott By the playnelain side. Item the dwelling house that I formerly lived in w,h conven ient yarde roome and that end of the Barne on this side the threshing Floare next the dwelling house, with the one halfe of that Lott belonging to the said dwelling house lye ing next his son Richards house &amp; Lott except my wife &amp; son James shall agree other wise ; Item all my pasture land fenced in beyond my daughter Hollisters lott: Item the use of Two of my best cowes which she shall chuse, which if they shall continue &amp; stand longer than my loving wife liveth they shall be my eldest sonn Richard Treats; Item I give to my loving wife the standing bed beddinsr bedsted with all the furniture thereto belonging, w,h the use of so much of the household Goods during her life time as she shall Judg needful for her comfort of what sort soever. Item I give and bequeath to my eldest son Richard Treat the full possession &amp; confir mation of the farme of Nayog, with all the respectiue privileges thereto belonging with Three of my youngest Heifers. Item, I give to my second sonn Robert Treat Ten pounds. Item, I give to my youngest sonn Jaines Treate besides the Lands already made over to him my mill &amp; grinding stone faun Timber Chaines, stillyards &amp; my little bible ; Item I give to my sonn in law Matthew Campfield Tvventie pounds for that which is re- mayning lor his portion ; Item I give to my daughter Ilollister Forty shillings. Item, to my daughter Johnson, Term shillings. Item my debts being payed I give to my loving sons John Demon &amp; Robert Webster, equally all the rest of my Goods &amp; chattels whatsoever except Mr Perkins Booke which I give'to in}' sonn John Demon [Dealing], &amp; my great Bible to my daughter Honour De mon, &amp; that money in my cousin Samuel Wells his hand, unto ray cousin David Deming, son of John Demon sen1' &amp; my desire is that My sonn in law John Demon, Robert Webster and Richard Treat would be my over seers for their mutual helpfulness to my lotting wife, &amp; endeavoure to see the accomplish ment of this my last will and Testament, and for the ratification hereof I have this Thir teenth day of February, 1G68, set to my hand and scale Richard Treat Sen : (seal) There is one expression in this document, " next his son Richards house," instead of " next my son Richards house," which would seem to indicate that Mr. Treat did not him self write the will, but that it was drawn up at his dictation. Probably he was too weak and infirm to do it personally. The Inventory of his estate was exhibited in Court, March 3, 1669-70, and is as follows : Imp. Cattel &amp; Swine &pound;34&mdash;00&mdash;00 Item several Goods in the house the particulars have") been valued which are these that followe V &pound;05 &mdash; 06 &mdash; 00 in the Chamber next the Barne j In the other Chamber &pound;05 &mdash; 15 &mdash; 00 More in the same chamber &pound;02 &mdash; 16 &mdash; 00 To several In the Kitchen which have been valued at &pound;13 &mdash; 11 &mdash; 02 In the parlour &pound;03&mdash;12&mdash;06 Oates &amp; Indian Corne &amp; Salt &pound;04&mdash;10&mdash;00 &pound;69&mdash;10&mdash;8 Jan : 69 aprised by John Deminge exhibited In Court John Nott March 3d 1669 Robert Webster 70</p>

  • Story: Social Rank Of Richard Treat

    <p>Social Rank of Richard Treat. Mr. Treat must have been a man of high social standing and of much influence in the town of Wethersfield, and in the colony of Connecticut. This is evident from the various positions of trust occupied by him. Titles once meant something. Not every one, as at the present day, had Esq. attached to their names. Even the prefix Mr. or Master was a mark of importance. It was then a title fully as high as Honorable is now. Generally speaking, not more than five freemen in a hundred had the title of Mr., and very few of the deputies and magistrates. By the General Court of Massachusetts, Sept. 21, 1681, "It is ordered, that Josias Plastowe shall (for stealing 4 basketts of conic from the Indians), returne them 8 basketts againe, be Sined V.1 and hereafter to be called by the name Josias, &amp; not Mr. as formerly hee used to be." (Mass. Records, 1 : 92.) In the list of freemen of Wethersfield for 1659, only three besides Richard Treat, sr., are styled Mr., and he bore that title as early as 1642, and perhaps earlier. In 1695, out of a list of 114 legal inhabitants of Eastham, Mass., only two have the title of Mr., &mdash; Mr. Sunderland, who was the schoolmaster and held in high respect, and Mr. Treat the minister. It is said that Mr. Treat was a deputy from Wethersfield as early as 1637, but there is no proof of this so far as I know and it is doubtful whether he was there as early as that. Certainly he is not mentioned as one in the Connecticut Records before 1644. He was chosen a juror, June 15, 1643, &mdash; a high position then, generally- occupied only by the most prominent persons, &mdash; and grand juror, Sept. 15 of the same year. (C. C. R. 1 : 88, 93.) In April, 1644, he was chosen deputy, and was annually elected for fourteen years, up to 1657-8 (ib. 1 : 103). He was elected assistant, or magistrate, eight times, from March 11, 1657-8 to 1665 (ib. 1 : 310). Oct. 25, 1644, he and Mr. Wells were the committee from Wethersfield to receive money for maintaining scholars at Cambridge (ib. 1 : 112). In 1654, he was chosen on a committee to lay out lands granted by the town. In 1660, he was a townsman, an office answering to the present selectmen. Oct. 4, 1660, he was appointed to examine Thirty mile Island, a valuable township, thirty miles from the mouth of the Connecticut, with a view to settlement. In 1663, he was appointed to procure a minister. He also held various other offices of honor and trust, which have been mentioned on pages 20 and 21. March 14, 1660-1, the General Court of Connecticut applied to King Charles II, for a charter for their colony, which was granted April 23, 1662. It was of a very liberal character. Richard Treat, and two of his sons-in-law, John Deming and Matthew Canifield, were among the patentees : "CHARLES THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, &amp;c. ; to all to whome theis shall come, Greet- inge: whereas, by the several Navigacons, discoveryes &amp; successfull Plantacons of diverse of our loveing Subjects of this our Realme of England, Several Lands, Islands, Places, Colonies and Plantations have byn obtained and settled in that parte of the <span style="font-size: x-small;">Continent</span> of America called New England, and thereby the Trade and Commerce there hath byn of late yeares much increased, and whereas, we have byn informed by the humble Peticon of our Trusty and well beloved John Winthrop, John Mason, Samuel Willis, Henry Clerke, Matthew Allen, John Tappan, Nathan Gold, Richard Treate, Richard Lord, Henry Woolicott, John Talcott, Daniel Clerke, John Ogden, Thomas Wells, Obedias Brewen, John Clerk, Anthony Hankins, John Deming and Matthew Camfield, being Persons Principally interested in our Colony or Plantacon of Conecticutt in New England, that the same Colony or the greatest parte thereof was purchased and obleyned for greate and valuable Consideracons, And some other parte thereof gained by Conquest, and with much difficulty, and att the only endeavours, expence and Charge of them and their Associates, and those under whome they Clayme, Subdued and improved, and thereby become a considerable enlargement and at Adicon of our Dominions and interest there, &mdash; NOW KNOW YEA" &amp;c. (C. C. R. 2: 3-11.)</p> <p>He was a member of Governor Winthrop's Council, Dec. 17, 1603, and July 1, 1664 (ib. 15: 388).</p> <p>Mr. Treat was also a man of considerable wealth for those times and an extensive land owner in Wethersfield. At the laying out of the Naubuc farms, which consisted of lands on the east side of the Connecticut river, within the limits of what was then Wethersfield, but now Glastonbury, in 1640, or as early as 1639, the town gave him a large tract of land, lot No. 36, 310 rods wide by the river, computing south from Roaring Brook, and extending back a long ways into the wilderness, some three miles. The exact size of this lot is not known, but is supposed to have contained about 900 acres. It was called the " farm of Nayog," and long known as the " Treat farm." &nbsp;Richard Treat, jr., inherited this farm. He also bought several homesteads. ' In 1641, he bought the house of John Whitmore, on the east side of High St., at the north end, with 12 1/2 acres of land around it, and also his lot No. 27, at Naubuc, of 54 acres. The same year, or a little earlier, he bought both of the homesteads of Matthew Mitchel, one on the east side, and the other on the west side of Broad St., both having dwelling houses and barns attached. He also purchased the homestead of Thurston Raynor, on the west side of Broad St., and his lot No. 6, containing 330 acres, across the river. These three &mdash; Whitmore, Mitchel, and Raynor &mdash; removed to Stamford, Conn. In 1659, he bought the homestead of Rev. John Russell, who went to Hadley, situated on the west side of Broad St. He gave away much of his property while alive. One of the lots which he owned in 1641, remained in the family down to about 1855. It was on Broad street. No one by the name of Treat now (1890) lives in Wethersfield. Autograph of Richard Treat, senior, and Alice Treat, his wife, Sept. 28, 1664.</p>

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    <p>RICHARD TREAT: FIRST GENERATION. Richard1 Treat {Robert, Richard, William, John), was born 1584, in Pittninster, probably in the linmlet of South Trendle, now the parish of Trull, Somerset, England; baptized in Pittninster church, Aug. 28, 1584; died , 1(569&mdash;70, in Wethersfield, Conn., was alive Oct. 11, 1669, and the inventory of his estate was presented to court, March 3, 1669-70; married, April 27, 1615, in Pittninster, Alice Gaylard, who was baptized May 10, 1594, in Pittninster, when her name was spelled Gaylaud, and the daughter of Hugh Gaylard, who was buried Oct. 21, 1614, in Pittninster, and whose will is recorded in the Taunton Probate Court in 1614, but has utterly perished. When Alice Treat died is un known, but she survived her husband. The tradition that Alice was a second wife, and that the name of the first wife was Joanna, who was the mother of Mr. Treat's children, has proved, upon investigation, to be unfounded. The name of Hugh Gaylerd appears in the Taunton Manor Register, 1573, Ponndisford, for two Messuages and two Furlongs of Bondland, and two acres of Overland in Smalecrosse, and one acre of Overland in Lake- mead, in the Tythingof South Trendle, late of Nicholas Gaylerd, and the said Hugh first surrendered one acre of Bondland called Southgrove, in Tything aforesaid, by surrender of John Gaylard ( ? Johane widow of Nicholas) to hold to said Johane a Messuage and land for residence, &amp;e. His name also appears in the Calendars in 1574, '81, '88, '92, '94, '96. Oct. 4, 1608, he surrendered a Close called Smalerest in the Tything of South Trendle, to son George Gaylard. Richard Treat was the son of Rouert and Honora or Honour Trott (p. 16), and the grandson of Richard and Joanna Trott (p. 14), all of Pittninster. His great grandfather was probably William Tkott (p. 14) of Staplegrove, and his great great grandfather, John Trott (p. 13) also of Staplegrove. He was baptized under the name of Trott, married under the name of Trett; his children were baptized by the names of Trott and Tratt, and he was called Treat when he died. The name of Treat first ap pears in 1647, and in 1664 he signed two different documents under the name of Treat and Treate. I find the following in regard to Richard Treat, or Trott in the Taunton Manor Registers. This is an exact copy : 1600. Ponndisford. "Ricus Trotte p. i mesuage et dimid virgat terr nat i cotag cum s. ptm et iiij acr terr de'ouMand in decern de southtrendle quond'm Hugonis Ilolhvell ex reddicoe Robti Trotte per s. Hend sub condicoe qd Honora Trotte relict eiusdem Robert Heat teneat et gardeat oia et singula p. miss Durant viduetat &amp;c. Dat 4 Mar xlij Eliz. Bonds John Prist &amp; Nichi Dolling." Translation. "Richard Trotte for" one Messuage and half a Virgate of Bondland. one Cottage with its Appurtnnancvs, and four acres of Overland in the Tything of South Tren dle, late held by Hugh Holwell, by surrender of Robert Trotte, to be held by him under condition that Honora (Honour) relict of said Robert (Trotte) have hold and possess all and every of the Premises during her widowhood, &laquo;&amp;c. Given March 4th in the 4 2d year of Queen Elizabeth. Bondsmen, John Prist and Nicholas Dolling." This is the same land that was once held by his grandfather Richard and father Robert Trotte, 1571-72 (page 15).</p> <p>Also same year, for four acres of Overland pasture in Ilolliraore in the Tything of Spilth Trendle, late of Win. Wills, by surrender of Robert Trotte, &amp;c. ; also for three acres of Overland, called Stoney Downe next the road in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Agnes Hering, by surrender of Robert Trott &amp;c. ; also, for two Cottages with Courtyards containing (blank) in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Richard Aplyn, by surrender of Robert Trott, &amp;c. See also the Calendars for 1C01, '18, '19, '22, and '30. The family lived in the hamlet of Trendle, now the parish of Trull, in the parish of Pitminster, a large parish and village 4^ miles south of Taunton, now in the Hundred of Taunton Dean, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The soil is clay and the chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, roots and pasture land. The population was 1382 in 1881. The res ervoirs of the Taunton water works are in this parish. Barton Grange, anciently the resi dence of the Priors of Taunton, is at the foot of the Blagdon Hills, and the park contains some magnificent oaks and elms. Blagdon 1J miles southwest, Howleigh 1&pound; miles west, Feltham 1 J miles south, and Lowton 2 miles west from the church, are hamlets in the parish. John and Robert Trott, doubtless distant "cousins," now reside in the parish. According to Collinson's history of Somerset, p. 5, Vol. 1, in 1791, Pitminster comprised five hamlets: Blagdon, 17 houses; Leigh, 57 houses; Fulford, 23 houses; Trendle (now Trull), 30 houses ; Duddleston, 28 houses. The village of Pitminster contained 38 houses, and the whole number of inhabitants was 1036. This manor, anciently called Pipemins- tre ami Pipplemenstre, is mentioned in the Domesday book, 1086, and was given by King Hardicnute to the church of Winchester. In the time of King Stephen, the church of Pit minster was appropriated to the priory of Taunton, by Henry de Blois, bishop of Win chester. It is dedicated to St. Andrew and St. Mary. The present structure is not very ancient but built upon the ruins of one of the Saxon times. It is eighty-eight feet Ions;, and forty feet wide, in the perpendicular style, consisting of a chancel, nave, two side aisles, south porch and western tower with a spire and five bells. There are some ancient and richly carved benches, a finely carved stone pulpit and reredos, and some very interesting altar tombs to the Coles family, dating from the 16lh and 1 7th centuries. Two of the windows are stained. The sittings are for four hundred people. (See frontispiece.) Trull, anciently North and South Trendle, is a parish and village lying between Pit minster and Taunton, two miles south from the latter and on the high road to Honiton. It was formerly in the Hundred of Poundisford, now in that of Taunton Dean. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. In 1881, the population was 960. The church of All .Saints formerly belonged to the priory of Taunton. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1670; marriages, 1677. The earlier ones have been lost. The fabric is built of local stone, of the perpendicular period, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch, and an embattled western tower of two stages, with pinnacles, and contain ing six bells. Some of the ancient 16th century benches have very richly carved ends. One represents the ordinary Sunday procession of a small parish church of the period, and includes (1) a boy in short surplice, carrying a cross; (2) a man in fleshed trunk hose and short surplice, carrying a candle or torch ; (3) a similar figure, wearing a maniple on the left arm and carrying a reliquary; (4) a man in a long surplice, holding an open book, probably a deacon or second priest ; (5) the priest, vested in a fringed alb and embroidered cope, and holding an open book; neither holy water nor incense is shown. Another bench end represents the instruments of the Passion and the figure of a cock; two more bear the letters S and W respectively, the latter letter being upheld on the peaks of two birds ; at the back of the furtherest seat are eight panels, ornamented with the linen pattern and bearing. this inscription: "John Waye Clarke here," and "Simon Wartnan, maker of this&nbsp;worke, Ano Dni 1560." Our ancestors must have sat in tl ese very seats. On the back of the pulpit are figures of St. John the Evangelist, and the four Latin Doctors ; there is an ancient screen of carved oak and six stained windows. The church was restored in 1862. (See Kelly's Somerset Directory, 1889, pp. 308, 309, 374.) If the early Trull regis ters had not perished they would doubtless supply many gaps in the family history.</p>

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