Colonial grant of 80 acres, May 1671, for service in Pequot War.
Came to Hingham, Mass., 1635; removed to Windsor, CT, with first settlers, and served in Pequot War 1637. He came to New Haven, 1639, and moved to Fairfield by 1652. He settled in Westchester, NY by 1682, and died there abt. 1685.
At New Haven, he signed the Fundamental Agreement, June 1639, and took the oath of allegiance, 1644; had three in his family, 1641; sold his property there in Apr and May 1652
On May 26, 1674, he gave land in Fairfield to his dau. Priscilla wife of Cornelius Seeley; and it was recorded, 25 Nov 1678, that Thomas Bedient had land by gift from his father-in-law, Capt. Richard Osborn. |