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| John is said to have been the son of John of Braintree in county Essex, a minor and the only surviving son at his father's death in 1604. In 1606 he was mentioned as a minor in the will of his grandfather, who left him L40 to be paid at age 21. On 22 June 1632 sailed from England in the "Lion" with Rev. Hooker's company, bringing with him children John and Mary; they arrived at Boston 16 September 1632. He was at Cambridge in 1632, where he had Samuel, and was made freeman 6 November 1632. He was representative at the first assembly in May 1634 and again Mar 1634/5, May 1635, Mar 1635/6, and May 1636. Soon after that he removed with Hooker and the great emigration to Hartford. His home lot in the distribution of 1639 was on the east side of Main St.; house stood on the present corner of Main & Talcott Streets. Lt. Col. Talcott wrote in his memorandum book: "The kitchen that now stands on the north side of the house that I live in was the first house that my father built in Hartford, in Conn. Colony, and was done by Nicholas Clark, the first winter that any Englishman rought or built in Hartford, which was in the year 1635. My father and mother and his family came to Hartford in the year 1636 and lived first in said kitchen, which was first on the west side of the chimney. The great barn was built in the year 1636 and underpined in 1637, and was the first barn that was raised in the Colony. The east side of this house that we live in and was my father Talcott's deceased was built with the porch that is in the year 1638, and the chimneys were built in 1638." John Talcott served as deputy at the first Court in 1637 and every year continuously until 1654, when he was chosen Governors Assistant and one of the two Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. He was also Treasurer of Connecticut Colony 1654-1659. The Talcott genealogy tells that he was "styled 'The Worshipful Mr. John Talcott'." The inventory of the estate of John Talcott of Hartford amounted to L1645-8-4. His will dated 17 January 1659/1660 left bequests to wife and two sons (a daughter previously died) and grandchildren. He was buried Hartford. His name is on a monument erected by the citizens of Hartford to perpetuate the memory of the founders of the Colony of CT. On 29 March 1660, Rev. John Davenport of New Haven wrote to Gov. John Winthrop Jr.: "I am sorry for your loss of Mr. Talcott, whose decease I heard of, but not how his deseases were found incurable, 'till I received your letter of the 27th, whereby it is most clear to me that no art of man could cure him." On 17 May 1660 Mr. Bray Rossester, "for and in consideration of his pains in coming to and attending Mr. Talcott in his sickness", was allowed L5, and paid out of the Treasury.24 | ||||||||||
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