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Judd, Thomas [aka: , Deacon]
b. 1608
d. 12 NOV 1688 Northampton, MA (age 80y)
Family:Family History:Thomas was living in Cambridge in 1634, and admitted freeman there in 1636. Shortly after that he helped settle Harford, CT, then Farmington, CT in 1644, and was one of the first settlers of Waterbury, CT.Family:
Thomas came from England perhaps Essex County 1633 or 4, and settled at Cambridge, removed to Hartford 1636, of which place he was an original proprietor. Savage II, 574. He was also one of the proprietors of Farmington 1644. Farmington first sent as deputies to the General Court, Stephen Hart and Thomas Judd, May, 1647. Thomas Judd was subsequently a deputy eighteen times up to 1679. He was one of the founders of the Farmington church October 13, 1652, Stephen Hart being the first deacon, Thomas Judd the second. Anderson's Hist. of Waterbury I, 122, discusses the question of whether Stephen Hart may not have to give place to Thomas Judd as a first settler. Thomas Judd had six sons, "every one of whom had some part in the settlement of Waterbury." "The wife of Thomas Judd died in Farmington about 1678," for Thomas Mason of Northampton died that year, "leaving widow Clemence with good estate and no children." December 2, 1679, Thomas Judd married this widow and lived with her on Pleasant Street. He was a selectman of Northampton, 1682. He died November 12, 1688, about eighty years of age. Administrators of his estate were appointed once or twice after 1708, and large tracts of land were distributed to his children and grandchildren several times between then and 1730.
Deacon Thomas Judd, immigrant ancestor, came from England in 1633 or 1634, and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he had a home lot granted to him August, 1634. In the Proprieters' Record of the Town of Cambridge, MA it was described as "West End one house and backside aboute fower Ackers John Barnard North West the highway to Wattertowne South west Thomas Scott south east the Comon North east." He had other land granted in 1635, and was admitted a freeman May 25 that year. He removed to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636, and had two acres for a home lot, near the "Charter Oak." He was one of the first proprietors and settlers of Farmington, Connecticut, and removed there from Hartford about 1644. His home lot was on the main street, and he was a substantial farmer and an influential man. He was deputy to the general court several times. He was a charter member of the Farmington church, and was its second deacon. He was selectman at Northampton, MA in 1682.
Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845
First Sttlers of the Colony.
Judd, Thomas, Hartford, 1639 and '41--deputy in '46-8-9. He probably is the same Thomas Judd who came from Cambridge to Hartford, and from thence to Waterbury in the first settlement of the town. Deputy and grand juror in '62--was frequently a deputy--a deputy in '63--freeman in '63. He had a grant of 400 acres of land if it could be found between his and the land of Anthony Hawkins, in '61. Perhaps of Farmington. (Thomas, of Waterbury, was the great grandfather of Jonathan, the first minister of Southampton, Mass.) He was an original proprietor of Hartford, and in the land distribution in '39.
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Marriage:2 DEC 1679 Farmington, CT
Spouse: Clemence, Widow Mason
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