He died in Arlington, Vermont, where several of his children had gone to live. He was a farmer.
In 1712 Ephriam Hawley is among the original proprietors of Newtown, CT, a settlement organized by his father. In 1717 his father deeded him 172 acres at White Plains, near Trumball, CT, "a rich piece of land" which has been occupied by his descendants until recent years. In 1727 Ephriam is recorded "of Stratford", next year he is "of Newtown" and in 1733 he is "of New Milford." Perhaps he owned land in each of these towns but made his own home in Newtown where in 1738 he is Selectman.
Ephriam became a large land owner in the southeast part of New Milford township, now called Bridgewater, a rough mountainous district with poor roads to this day. Here he lived 30 years, finally leaving this property to his fourth son, Nathan. He was the first settler of Bridgewater and in 1734 the New Milford church voted: "Mr. Ephriam Hawley and Mr. Joseph Benedict shall be freed
from paying the minister's rate for four months in the winter season this year in case they pay to a minister at Shepaug in Woodbury." Both these men had joined the New Milford church in 1729 with letters from the Newtown church. Ephriam Hawley lived on the east branch of Wawecoes Creek and Benedict's house was on Shepaug Neck. Yet in 1732 Ephriam is back in Newtown, voting with the congregtation to invite Rev. Elisha Kent to be their minister. In 1734 he deeded son Nathan, who the year before had married Kesiah Bunnell, land in the Neck at Bridgewater. Nathan continued to live on this remote farm the rest of his life, dying poor and sick. In 1760 Ephriam Hawley removed to Arlington, Vermont where his threeyoungest children already had gone. He died in Arlington in 1771.
of New Milford, Litchfield, CT
Samuel was probably born at Wethersfield before his parents moved to Stratford, where all the other children were born.
Inheriting from his father considerable property he added tohis land and when he died in 1734 he left his eight children very well off. In 1699 he was the largest land owner in the township except three. At his death, he gave son Ephriam besides other parcels a plot of 172 acres "as good land as there is in thetown."
He bought from the Indians the site where Newtown now stands and hewas one of the Properietors of this town in 1708. His son Benjamin married and took his bride Experience Dibble on the saddle in front of him for one long days ride into the wilderness to Newtown. When darkness fell, they camped, remaining on this spot they called"Land's End" which is held by their descendants to this day.
Samuel Hawley was a prosperous planter and many times an official of Stratford. The year his father died, 1690, Samuel was elected tothe legislature, and reelected seven times. For 80 years aHawley
served continuously in the colonial Legislature.Samuel Hawley married (1st) Mary Thompson, who died 1691 leaving six children. Samuel married (2nd) 1691 Patience Nichols, widow of Lieut. John Hubbell of Old Mill, near Bridgeport on whose land stood an old milestone marked 17 miles to New Haven. Her father was IsaacNichols of Stratford.
Samuel Hawley died in 1734 leaving will which gave land to widow Patience and to each of the eight children who survived him.
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Place of birth may be Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
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of Simsbury, Hartford, CT
Samuel was probably born at Wethersfield before his parents moved to Stratford, where all the other children were born.
Inheriting from his father considerable property he added tohis land and when he died in 1734 he left his eight children very well off. In 1699 he was the largest land owner in the township except three. At his death, he gave son Ephriam besides other parcels a plot of 172 acres "as good land as there is in thetown."
He bought from the Indians the site where Newtown now stands and hewas one of the Properietors of this town in 1708. His son Benjamin married and took his bride Experience Dibble on the saddle in front of him for one long days ride into the wilderness to Newtown. When darkness fell, they camped, remaining on this spot they called"Land's End" which is held by their descendants to this day.
Samuel Hawley was a prosperous planter and many times an official of Stratford. The year his father died, 1690, Samuel was elected tothe legislature, and reelected seven times. For 80 years aHawley
served continuously in the colonial Legislature.Samuel Hawley married (1st) Mary Thompson, who died 1691 leaving six children. Samuel married (2nd) 1691 Patience Nichols, widow of Lieut. John Hubbell of Old Mill, near Bridgeport on whose land stood an old milestone marked 17 miles to New Haven. Her father was IsaacNichols of Stratford.
Samuel Hawley died in 1734 leaving will which gave land to widow Patience and to each of the eight children who survived him.
of Parwich, Derbyshire, England
Joseph Hawley in 1629 came to Boston from Parwich, Derbyshire, England. In his will he leaves lands and dwellings in Parwich to his son Samuel Hawley.
He was born in 1603 and probably brought with him to America his first wife, who soon died here, without issue. He married (2nd) in 1646 in Wethersfield, CT, Katharine Birdseye. In 1650 Joseph Hawley bought land in Stratford, CT from Richard Mills. From 1650 to 1666 he was Recorder of Stratford, the first in its history. Stratford was settled in 1639 by fifteen families from Westhersfield and Hartford. In 1650 it numbered forty families. He recorded the births and deaths, marriages and land transfers, law suits and Town Meetings, all of which during these years are in his handwriting.He bought large tracts of land at Stratford and in 1671 stood at he top of the Tax List. He owned what is now the center of Bridgeport, leaving this valuable property to descendants who occupied it for 200 years. He left two-thirds of his 258 acres in Stratford to son Samuel who in turn left this plot to his son Ephriam Hawley.
Joseph Hawley bought from the Indians 5,000 acres of land for the town of Stratford and for himself got from them several hundred acres where later he established the town of Derby, CT. In 1678 he was a shipbuilder of Fairfield, Connecticut.
His public service was continuous from 1650 to 1690 when he died age 87. He is buried in the old Stratford cemetery, the stone above his grave still legible. He was Treasurer, collecting the taxes in grain and other produce which he stored and later shipped to other towns for sale. He kept the "ordinary" or inn, served on committees to survey land and fix boundaries about Stratford. In 1657 he helped draft a Patent for the town which established good title to landowners. He was Deputy to the General Assembly 1658 to 1687, was Commissioner and Justice 1682 to his death in 1690. He and Samuel Sherman were ushers at the Church "to seat every inhabitant both men and women in their proper seats."
In 1679 he sued the town of Derby for the fair value of his lands there taken by the settlers. His son Samuel Hawley then owned the land now known as Baldwin's Corners. The town of Derby was represented in the negotiations which followed by Richard Bryan, Alexander Bryan and Nicholas Camp.
He resided in Sepaug Neck; became an inflluential, well-to-do farmer; was enterprising in the interests of the town until after 1761, when he removed to Canaan or an adjoining town.
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Place of birth may be Litchfield County, CT
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<of Woodbury, Litchfield, CT>
of New Milford, Litchfield, CT
<of New Milford, Litchfield, CT>
of Woodbury, Litchfield, CT
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of Arlington, Bennington, VT
<of Arlington, Bennington, VT>