Person:Thomas Hungerford (4)

From Descendants of Thomas Hungerford

Lawsuit; Sep 1644; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 3. Math: Beckwith & Tho: Hungerford pl agt Will Edwards deft in an ac of slaunder. In the ac of math: Beckwith & Tho: Hungerford pl agt Will Edwards deft the Jury find for the pl damages 20s & Costs of Court.

Fine; 24 Mar 1653/54; New London, New London Co., CT 4. Thomas Hungerfoote for being Drunk Contrary to Law is fined accordingly 10ss

Lawsuit; 13 Jun 1655; New London, New London Co., CT 5. Tho: Hungerfoott plt Contra Tho: Rowell defendt in an Action of debt with the dammage to the valve of 37s 10d. In the Action betweene Tho: Hungerfoott plt and Tho: Rowell defendt the Courte adjudges the defendt to pay vnto ye plt det dammage thirty shillings and Costs of Courte.

Lands Recorded; 13 Jun 1655; New London, New London Co., CT 6. As the result of a petition to the court, "It is allso futher ordered with the good liking and to the full Satissfaction of Thomas Hungerfoot that the Towne of Pequott [New London] shall lay out and Record to the said Thomas Hungerfoot 40 acres of land in the neck of land to the Northward of John Prentice his land and Robert Hempsteed his land which doth fully answer all his demaunds against the said Towne of Pequott to this day."

From Hartford County Court and Probate Records, Book 3, page 6

Court July 9, 1663. The Inventory of Thomas Hungerford, of New London, was exhibited into Court, and Isaac Willey and Peter Blachford are appointed by this Court to husband the state, and pay debts that appear to be due from the state, and take care of the children, until the Court see cause to come to a distribution of the state.

From Hartford County Court and Probate Records, Book 3, page 15.

Court, May 10, 1664. This Court accepts the account of the payment of debts to the creditors of Thomas Hungerford, and do order that the estate be thus divied: To the relict the whole estate, she paying these portions, viz., To Thomas Hungerford, 7 pounds: to Sarah Hungerford, 4 pounds, and to Hannah Hungerford, 4 pounds,--the son to be paid at 21, and the daughters at 18.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Leach, F. Phelps. Additions and Corrections for Thomas Hungerford: of Hartford and New London, Conn. and His Descendants in America. (East Highgate, Vermont: F.P. Leach, 1932)
   2-3.

   "It is quite evident that serious misstatements have been made in some of the earlier writings on the family."
   
   Mr. Leach argues that Thomas Hungerford (1) was not brother of Sir Edward Hungerford, (2) did not come to New England in 1628, (3) did not own land in Norwich, Conn., in 1630 and (4) is not the Thomas Hungerford baptized in "Bremhill Parish" in 1602.
   
   "Miss Caulkins in her 'History of New London, Conn.,' shows him to have been a resident there in 1650, and lands were set off to him in 1651, and he was a constable in 1652. He was awarded '40 acres in the neck of land to the north of John Prentice, his land and Robert Hempstead, his land.' In Dec. 1652 he and John Pickett were given the land for fire wood on which Fort Trumbull now stands. The name of the first wife of Thomas¹ Hungerford is unknown and it is evident that she was not living in Nov. 1657, as under the date of 2 Nov. 1657, he wrote his sister Anne, at Ipswich, Mass., where she was living with her husband, John Leigh (Lee), thanking her for her offer to take his daughter Sarah. That the plans suggested in the letter were carried out is proven by the will of John Leigh probated 16 Sept. 1671, which contains a provision for 'Sarah Hungerfoot.' This will is on file in Salem, Mass. … Thomas¹ died in 1663 and the inventory of his estate taken 1 May 1663 showed property to 100£, 5s, 6d."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Thomas Hungerford, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
   705.

   "Thomas Hungerford died 1663 mar/1 _____ _____. Mar/2 ca 1658 Hannah Willey who m/2 Peter Blackford of New London & Haddam and mar/3 1673 Samuel Spencer of Haddam. She was the dau of Isaac Willey of New London. A proprietor 'by the courtesie of the town'; his home lot was on the west side of the road to the Cow Pasture; removed to New London about 1650, where he died."

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:498.

   HUNGERFORD, THOMAS, Hartford 1639, but not an orig[inal]. propr[ietor]. rem[oved]. to New London 1650, was constable 1652, and d[ied]. 1663, leav[ing]. wid[ow]. and ch[ildren]. Thomas, aged 15; Sarah, 9; and Hannah, 4. His wid[ow]. Hannah, d[aughter]. of Isaac Willey, was his sec[ond]. w[ife]. m[arried]. of course, but few y[ea]rs. bef[ore]. his d[aughter]. and mo[ther]. of only the last ch[ild]. She m[arried]. Peter Blachford, and, next, Samuel Spencer of Haddam, whither the fam[ily]. had rem[oved].
   
   THOMAS, Haddam 1692, s[on]. of the preced[ing]. had Thomas, I believe, perhaps John, and prob[ably]. others.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Hungerford, Thomas, New London, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   1:211.

   "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 2.
   
   Hungerford, Thomas, New London. Invt. £100-05-06. Taken 1st May, 1663, by Obadiah Breuen, Samuel Smith, Robert Royse. The children: Thomas, age 15 years, Sarah 9, Hannah 4 years.
   
   Court Record, Page 6—9 July, 1663: Invt. Exhibited. Isaac Willey and Peter Blatchford to care for the estate.
   
   Page 15—10 May, 1664: Order to Dist. the whole of the estate to the Relict, she to pay to Thomas Hungerford £7; to Sarah £4, to Hannah £4, at (Legal) age."