Person:Robert Wade (36)

From The "Descendants of John Owen of Windsor Connecticut" dated 1941 we have John Owen Married Rebecca Wade of nearby Hartford, the daughter of Robert and Jemima Wade.

The name Robert Wade appears on the Hartford Settlers Monument as one of the 127 original settlers of Hartford in 1639.

From "Annals of Dorchester" we have a land record concerning Robert Wade dated 4 Jan 1635.

In the "Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut" the following appears "Robert Wade, Dorchester, 1635, removed soon to Hartford, where he was one of those who received land"

The name of Robert Wade appears in Hartford land records in Feb 1639.

In Aug 1657 Robert Wade was divorced from his wife, Jane or Joan, by the General Court at Hartford on the grounds of her refusal for 15 years to leave England and join him in the colony. (15 years goes back to 1642, which does not align well with the other dates of 1635 and 1639 as being in the colonies. Or perhaps his wife was here and then returned to England in 1642. Other than starting with the same letter the wife's name also does not match up well.)

Probate records dated June 1682 of Robert Wade mentions 3 daughters, but none named Rebecca! (Perhaps we have 2 different Robert Wades creating these records.)

To summarize we have a Robert Wade from England in Dorchester by 1635 and one of the founders of Hartford in 1639. Of much else we cannot be certain.