Captain thomas munson 1612 - 16853wg

Compiled by Timothy Lester Jacobs, SDFH Genealogist

THOMAS¹ MUNSON, CAPT., HARTFORD FOUNDER (JOHN^A) was baptized 13 Sep 1612 in prob Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, and d.

07 Mar 1685/86 in New Haven, CT. He married JOANNA ______. She was born abt.

Captain thomas munson 1612 - 16853wg

1611, and d. 13 Dec 1678 in New Haven, CT.

It is unknown what date Thomas Munson emigrated to the American colonies, nor where he first landed. It is certain that he had been in Hartford by 1637, as he was a veteran of the Pequot War of that year.

The date and place of his baptism is not completely certain, but is highly probable (see American Genealogist). His house lot in Hartford, comprising two and a half acres, was on the highway leading from the Cow Pasture to Mr.

Allen’s land; he also had a lot in the Soldiers Field in recognition of his service in the Pequot War; one parcel lying on the east side of the Great River of approximately two acres; another two acre lot on the Great