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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Talcott , John 1630 -1688 (search)
Talcott, John 1630-1688
Military officer; born in Braintree, England, about 1630; came to the United States with his father, and settled in Boston, and later in Hartford, Conn.; was made ensign of colonial troops in 1650; became captain in 1660; elected a deputy of the colony of Connecticut; treasurer of the colony in 1660-76; and was one of the patentees named in the charter granted to Connecticut in 1662 by Charles I. He served in the Indian War of 1676 as major, and in June of that year, at the head of the standing army of Connecticut, accompanied by 200 Mohican and Pequod Indians, fought a successful battle at the Housatonic.
He was promoted lieutenant-colonel during the war. Many of his official papers are preserved among the State records in Hartford.
He died in Hartford, Conn., July 23, 1688.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 2 : civil History. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 4 : civil History. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 5 : civil History. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12 : civil History. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23 : civil officers . (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, T. (search)
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Talcott, John (otherwise written Talcot, Tallcott, Tailcott, Taylcot, and Taylcott), was one of the earliest inhabitants, and resided on the easterly corner of Brattle and Ash streets; he was a large land-holder, and a man of energy and influence; he was one of the first Board of Selectmen 1634-5, and a Representative or Deputy in the first General Court which admitted Deputies or Committees, as they were first styled 1634, and was reflected to the same office the two succeeding years; he rem. with Hooker to Hartford 1636, and was one of the leading men of that town and of the Connecticut Colony; Selectman 1643, 1644, and 1648; Deputy to the General Court 1637– 1639; frequently an Assistant; and a Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1662, and 1663. He was the ancestor of the Talcotts in Hartford, and of the former Attorney-general of the State of New York.
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Taylor, John, by w. Katherine, had Joseph, b. about 1651.
John the f. went to England in 1
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Index of names (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Index to genealogies. (search)