Person:Joseph Hatch (3)

Joseph Hatch was baptized with a brother and two sisters as appears on the record book of the West Parish of Barnstable as follows: 3 Aug 1701 - Amie ye wife of Joseph Hatch of Falmouth being admitted a little before - Joseph, Ichabod, Amie, Rebecca of Amie wife of Joseph Hatch

Joseph's mother, Amy died in 1709-10 and having arrived at his majority the same year, soon set out to carve his fortune and establish a home of his own. A new township was being laid out to the west of Mansfield, CT named Coventry. The first entry in "The First Book of Records of Lands in ye Town of Coventry Anno 1710" concerns Joseph Hatch. At that period it was quite an essential passport ot citizenship in a new abode to have not only a clean bill of health, manners and morals, but assurance of sound financial standing, hence the following: Know all men by Thes presents that peter mason of New London in the colony of conetticut have and doe by these presents fully freely and absolutely discharge and acquit Joseph Hattch near covntry in the colony of conetticut on the west side of willamantick River and the conry of harford from all sute actions Bill, Bonds and accts whatsoever from the begining of the world unto the day of the date hereof forever more amen. Siged and deed this 27th of Desember. Anno c Dome. Peter Mason

Before 1713 Joseph Hatch and family had emigrated from Falmouth on Cape Cod to Windsor, a Plymouth Colony in CT

Joseph Hatch paid 85 pounds for 300 acres in Coventry from Evenezer Sarlls

Under date of July 23, 1714 Peter Mason of New London sold to Joseph Hatch and Nathaniel Rustiuner in the town of Coventry 200 acres lying at the north end of Coventry on the west side of the river called Willlamantick.

He purchased tracts of land in 1714, 1715 and 1720. The north boundary of the town was unsettled when in April 1713 roads were being laid out and allotments of land to individuals were being made. This fair county six miles square, the General ASsemble in a petition dated 9 May 1713 was asked to incorporate as the town which in 1715 received the name of Tolland

Joseph appears to be one of the first permanent settlers of Tolland perhaps the first as his son Joseph born 12 Sept 1715 tradition names as the first male child born in that town. As Joseph Hatch owned much property near the Coventry-Tolland boundary, it is possible that no transplanting was necessary, as he may have found himself on the Tolland side when the survey deciding the boundary line between the towns was mae.

In any case, soles of some of his Coventry holding fix approximately the

date of his becomming a townsman of Tolland.

From the very earliest pages of the town records it is evident that Joseph Hatch was a man of great importance and was invaluable to te new town which he served efficiently as counselor and leader in a multitude of ways. The much worn pages of town meeting records disclose the follow items...Joseph was to have 40 acres . Joseph Hatch was voted the tavern keeper for the year, Joseph Hatch shall be selectman for the year 1721, Joseph Hatch shall be sirveyor of highways for the year, In Oct 1722 the General Assembly approved Joseph Hatch as Lieutenant of the trainband in Tolland. No Captain is mentioned. This is the earliest date of any military organization in Tolland, and it may be concluded that Joseph Hatch was the commanding officer of Tolland's first company to which he gave service for nearly thirteen years.

They chose Lt. Joseph Hatch, caption; Ensign John Huntington LT, and Joseph Pack Ensign Signed Ebenezer Nye, Military Clerk

In the State Library at Hartford among original military papers is the folowing bearing the artograph "Joseph Hatch, Captt. which tells the tale of his retirement ten years later. "Tollon, May 19, 1735. The Train Band chose Mr. Samuel Chapman of Tollon, Capt. Signed Joseph Hatch Cap

There are many entries jin the Town Records of committee, being moderator of meetings

He was laid at rest in the Old Burying Ground. The inscription on his stone reads: In Memory of Capt. Joseph Hatch, died April ye 27, 1750 in ye 62 year of his age.

Tradition affirns that Capt. Joseph Hatch died while on a visit to Falmouth. His will which was proved at Barnstable, MA, May 8, 1750 was probable made during or just prior to his last sickness. It is natural that Capt. Joseph Hatch should have been in Falmouth, it being the home of his daughter Mercy, the wife of Capt. Samuel Shiverick and of his brother Ebenezer Hatch, who had inherited theancestral home. A man of his large property interests in various places would make frequent trips to Falmouth. His grave is near those of Capt. and Mrs. Shiverick, but there is no stone to indicate that either wife rests beside him. - Pack

Before 1713 Joseph Hatch and family had emigrated from Falmouth on Cape Cod to Windsor, a Plymouth Colony in CT

Joseph like most of his brothers and sisters settled in CT and was a first settler in Coventry and in Tolland and a first tavern keeper. He was one of the Grantees on the deed of the Windsor Committee and was living in Coventry CTin 1713. The next year he was a petitioner for land s there. He was the first Military officer in that part of CT. October 1722 he was commissioned a FT and in May 1725 was promoted to Captain. He was also a selectman. He bought land in Kent, CT and in Lee and Lenox, MA.

In 1750 Joseph died in Falmouth while on a vist ith his children living there. Rebecca was appointed guardian of the three youngest children. Pack

1.   Pack - Thomas Hatch of Barnstable.
2. ↑ Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976)
   67.

   Joseph, s. Joseph and Amey, Aug. 3, 1689

3. ↑ Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976)
   240.

   Joseph, Capt., s. Joseph and Amey, Apr. 27, 1750, a. 61 y. GR1

4.   Capt Joseph Hatch, Jr, in Find A Grave.
5. ↑ In Oct 1722 the
   General Assembly approved Joseph Hatch as Lieutenant of the trainband in
   Tolland. No Captain is mentioned. This is the earliest date of any
   military organization in Tolland, and it may be concluded that Joseph
   Hatch was the commanding officer of Tolland's first company to which he
   gave service for nearly thirteen years.