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.
