Husteds of Old Greenwich and Some of Their Descendants

 

The first settlement of the Town of Greenwich was made on the eighteenth day of July, 1640, when Captain Daniel Patrick and Robert Feaks, formerly of Watertown, Massachusetts, as agents for the New Haven Colony, landed at Greenwich Point, which the Indians called "Monakewego," and purchased from them lands lying between the Asamuck and the Patomuck rivers, as described by the following deed. (Town records):

 Wee Amogerone and Owenoke, Sachems of Asamuck, and Rammatthone, Nawhorone, Sachems of Patomuck, have sould unto Robert Feaks and Daniell Patricke all theire rights and interests in all ye severall lands betwene Asamuck River and Patomuck, which Patomuck is a littel river which divideth ye bounds betwene Capt. Turner's Perchase and this, except ye neck by ye indians called Monakewego, by us Elizabeth Neck, which neck is ye peticaler perchace of Elizabeth Feaks, ye sd Robt Feaks his wife, to be hers and her heaires or assigns, forever, or else to be at ye disposal of ye aforementioned purchasers forever, to them and theire heaires, executors or assigns, and theye to enjoy all rivers, Islands, and ye severall naturall adjuncts of all ye forementioned places, neigther shall ye indians fish within a mille of aney english ware, nor invite nor permit aney other indians to sett down in ye forementioned lands; in consideration of which lands ye forementioned purchasers are to give unto ye above named sachems twentie five coates, whereof theye have reserved eleven in part payment; to witness all which, theye have hereunto sett theire hands this 18 July 1640.

Nawhorone, Amsetthehone, Keofferam

Witness: Robert A. Heusted, Andrew Messenger,

Rasobibitt ,  Saponas ,Whonehorn , Akeroque, Pauonohas, Powiatoh

Keofferam hath sould all his right in ye above sd to Jeffere Ferris.

Witness: Richard Williams , Angell Heusted.

ROBERT HUSTED was born 1596 in Somerset, England, and died 1652 in Stamford, CT. He married ELIZABETH MILLER Abt. 1618 in Frome, England. She was born in Frome, Dorset, England, and died 1654 in Stamford, CT.

 Name variations: Ewstead, Huste, Heustis, Heusted, Husted, Hustead, Huested

He was the son of Lawrence Huested. and possibly the grandson of John Huested, who may have been Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I. John was buried in the church of Newport, Isle of Wight. This line of Husteds traces to southern England, near London in the 1500s. There is some possibility that the name originated on the west coast of Denmark. The family maybe descended from Danish Vikings who raided and settled in southern England.

 In 1628, a Robert Hewste of Pilsdon, Dorset was listed on the Subsidy Roll for Dorset. Banks Dictionary of English Immigrants To America has Robert Husted of Weymouth Parish, Dorset. He is listed as a "husbandman". Founders of First American Families, lists Robert Hewstead of Pilsdon, Dorset

 From Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III Robert Husted, the pioneer ancestor, at the age of forty years, on March 20, 1635 embarked from Weymouth, England, in a ship bound for New England, and on his arrival settled for a time at Mount Wollaston, later Braintree, Massachusetts. He was one of a company of early settlers in Massachusetts Bay Colony, who in 1642, received a grant from the General Court, confirmed by authority of the Crown, of the land on Long Island Sound, in what became Fairfield county, Connecticut. 

Rev. Joseph Hull, an Anglican, was considered a non-confirming curate and was excommunicated in 1635. He sailed from Weymouth, England for New England on March 20 with a party of his congregation known as Hull’s Company.  After 46 days at sea their ship landed at Dorchester on 7 May 1635 and stayed there "a fortnight" before removing to Wessaguscus. On July 8, 1635, the General Court of Massachusetts passed an order permitting Rev. Joseph Hull's company of twenty-one families to settle at Wessaguscus, which was then incorporated under the name of Weymouth.. Weymouth Historical Society, History of Weymouth Massachusetts in four volumes, Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston. 

Robert Husted appeared as a member of Hull’s Dorset England parish in 1635. Robert Huste, husbandman, age 40, is listed as passenger 104 in Hull’s company, his family sailing later. Robert settled first in Weymouth, with other passengers. On January 27,1640, Robert and his family were offered a grant of land in Mount Wollaston [Braintree] of 32 acres of land, 4 acres for each family member, at a price of 3 shillings an acre. However, by July 1640 they had left for the New Haven Colony.

 On July 18, Robert Husted and his son, Angell, witnessed a contract for Daniel Patrick and Robert Feakes to purchase land from the Native American Indians in the area now known as Greenwich, Connecticut. Robert, on October 1642, was granted 7 acres of marsh and woodland in Stamford, Connecticut. In 1645, he purchased land in Greenwich, from Robert Feakes, and built another home.

 Robert purchased from Andrew Messenger thirty-one acres of meadow, upland and home lot with housing on it in  Stamford in 1648. "Know by all men these presents that I Andrew Messenger of Greenwich have sould to Robert Heusted of Stamford all my Right in land in ye same place all that is layd out or yt hereafter bee layd out with all Rights belonging thre unto with Sixteene acres of upland & five acres of meadow on Myanos Neck which is Promised to bee layd out & yt sd Andrew Messenger have sould unto ye sd Robert Heusted and home Lott & housing on it. With tenn acres of Meadow & upland more or les with all Rights & privileges beloning there unto which was John Rennolds wittness in hand this present ye 5 of October 1648."

In the Stamford land inventory on 6 March 1650[/1?], "Robert Hustis Senior" held six parcels: "a houselot with the barn and outhousing on it containing an acre & half"; "another homelot by the Ox Pasture, containing one acre and half"; "in the North Field six acres upland"; "in the South Field 8 acres upland more or less, with 7 acres of meadow adjoining to it"; "in the same field 6 acres waste land, upland, more or less at the furthest point of the field"; and "3 acres upland lying within the South Field gate" [Stamford TR 1:34-35].

Robert’s name appears often in the history of Greenwich and Stamford. He is recorded as having joined in sending a letter to Peter Stuyvesant, with concerns that some Stamford people were trying to get Greenwich settlers to move to Stamford.  Greenwich was under Dutch rule and was not as strict as the Puritans of Stamford.  It is unlikely that Husteds were strict Puritans as they did not choose to live in Stamford.  From 1640-1650 they, along with five other famlies, were the only residents of Greenwich.

Robert's will was "legally proued at Stamford 4th Nouem' 1654."  The Last Will & Testament of Robert Heusted ye Elder | vis | Namely Igive unto my sonn Angell all my Lands Lying in Grennich with theehowsing upon it : Also I give unto my sonn Angell a third part of myCattle : I give unto my sonn RObert all my Lands Lying in Stanfford &One Third part of my Cattle With all ye Howsing on ye Land this onlyexpected yt my Wiffe is to have being thereher Life time & to herMantanence for her Cattle from ofe ye land I give unto my Wiffe onethird part of my Cattle with all my household stuff & a stack of Wheatstanding on ye Land at grenwich onely my sonn Angell is to have 32bushels of ye sd Wheat further I give unto my sonn Angell halfe yeTackling belonging to ye workin Oxen as Cart & plow & other thingsbelonging there unto belonging to gether with a THird part of ye CorneI have upon ye Ground I give unto my sonn Robert ye other halfe of yeabove sd Tackling together with a third part of ye Corne upon yeground & I give unto my Wiffe ye other Third part of ye Corne upon yeground & I give unto my Dafter Ann tenn pounds which my two sonn areto pay her yt is to saye Angell 5 # & Robert 5 # also I give unto mysonns all my Deets this Will Datd this 8 day of July 1652 [witnesseswere RIchard Crab and William Newman]  

ELIZABETH MILLER  was the daughter of Lawrence and Joan (Smith) Miller of Frome, County Dorset, England. She was also granddaughter of Angell Smith, Gen. of Stratton, County of Dorset. Elizabeth died at Stamford in 1654

Will of Elizabeth Hustis entered October 16, 1654  Be known unto all men unto whome this present shall com or [?] concern yt I Elizabeth Hustis, (ye widow Robert Hustis deceased of Stamford, in the jurisdictis of New Haven in New England at this present sick in body, but of perfect mind & understanding not knowing how soon my chang may be, do mak my last Will in maner & wise following .

After my debts payed being lawfully discharged & my funerall expense discharged, I do give & bequeath [?] Angell Hustis of Grinwich, a steere calf now in the ca[ ] Stamford & also I do forgive & acquit him of a debt owed from him, in sum, seven pounds. Item, I do give unto my son Robert Hustis, one three year ould heifer, which of the two [?] best likely, also all my swine wt so ever, also two feth[?], also the bed I lye upon, also a paire of sheets of mine wch [?] maketh use of, and another in the hands of my daughter, also on red trucking cloath blanket, also two shirts, also f [?] & one iron pot & two bras pots, also three of my bigest puter platters, one whearof was given him formerly, also all my [?] vesells yt is two milk keelers, three bouls, three smal wooden [?], two beere barrells, a boning tub, a broad Keeler, also three pailes & [?] deepe tub and a churne. It. I doe give & bequeath unto [ ] of my daughter Anne, a heifer calfe in ye calf heard at [ ]. I doe give & bequeath unto [?] of my daugher Ann, the wife of Richard Hardy of Stamford, aforsaid, all my other world [?] whatsoever of any nature or kinde, making her my whole executrix, only paiing & delivering the legacies expressed. This is my free will & mind in the disposall o[f] goodes & wtsoever debts is due or shall hearafter be f[orthcoming] be due unto me, is to be demanded & received by my daughter Ann aforesaid & thearout to pay my debt or debts lawfully from me to be due, and to discharg my debts & funeral expenses therwith, if ther be overplus, then the sam to [?] amongst my three children, according to ther p.portion specified, but if it discharg not my debts & funerall [?] then each of ym according to the p.portis of my gift [?] is to pay and discharge same.

In witness, that that this the last Will & Teste, I, renoucing all other wills having formerly made, doe sett to my hand this Sixteenth of October Anno 1654
Witnesses
Jerimy Jagger the form of her mark
&Richard Mills

 ANGELL HUESTED (ROBERT1 HUSTED) was born 1620, Somerset, England and died 1706 in Greenwich, CT. He married REBECCA 1643 in Fairfield, CT. The consensus of most Husted and Greenwich historians and genealogists finds her to be the daughter of THOMAS SHERWOOD and ALICE TILER.    She was born 1625 in Ipswich, England, and died in Greenwich, CT.

 Angell HUSTED was a witness in July 1640, to the Indian deed of Greenwich, Old Town, to Robert Feakes and Daniel Patrick. By August, 1643 Angell Heusted was settled in Greenwich with a one room house and taking care of crops that have been planted on his farm, meaning he must have been there for the spring time planting.

 On October 6, 1656, Greenwich, represented by 12 men, submitted to the New Haven jurisdiction and was then told to "fall in with Stamford." On February 5, 1664, the Seven Proprietors made a formal request to the General Assembly in Hartford to be allowed to separate from Stamford and to support its own minister and lay out its own lands. The Seven Proprietors were John MEAD, Jonathan RENALDS, John HOBBY, Joseph FERRIS, Joshua KNAPP, Angell HUSTED, and Jeffrey FERRIS.

 Angell HUSTED, second son of Robert, was on a list of men living in Greenwich, CT when the New Haven court compelled them to come under legal jurisdiction of Stamford's deputies Richard Law and Francis Bell and New Haven's court. Angell is listed as a landowner and original patentee in 1665 and in 1672 he is listed as one of 27 proprietors of Greenwich. He was a legal voter in 1688. His Will of 5th of April 1706 lists his wife and sons Jonathan, Joseph and Angel Husted and daughter. Elizabeth Baldwin giving to each one shilling "having already given to them" and son Moses five shillings; with the remainder going to his sons John and Samuel . Jacobus p.317. His land purchased in 1672 is today known as Field Point in Greenwich. 

Other Days in Greenwich or Tales and Reminiscences of an Old New England Town Chapter VI, The Davis Dock Mr. "Ebenezer Mead & Angel Husted & John Ferris are "chosen to lay out the landing and highway on the "north side of Horseneck brook."

 Angell’s land transactions from Fairfield County deeds are:  

HUSTED,  ANGELL, 1665, one of the original patentees.
Dec. 30, 1670, granted part of the lowermost meadows lying south of the Westchester Path.
Dec. 29, 1686, granted twelve acres of land.
Aug. 4, 1683, deeded land to his son, David.
June 18, 1702, deeded land to his son, John.
1704, deeded land to his son, Angell.

 A monument erected in 1935 in Greenwich the by Angell Husted Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists reads:  In memory of the courageous men who founded the first settlement of the Town of Greenwich in the Connecticut Colony.

July 18-1640, Everardus Bogardus • John Bowers • Robert Feaks • Jeffre Ferris • Angell Husted • Robert Husted • Andrew Messenger • Daniel Patrick • Robert Williams • John Winkelman  

27 Proprieters of 1672 :John Asten • John Bowers • Walter Butler • Thomas Close • James Ferris • Joseph Ferris • Joseph Finch • Angell Husted • William Hubbert • John Hobby • Samuel Jenkins • Joshua Knapp • Gershom Lockwood • Johathan Lockwood • John Marshall • John Mead • Joseph Mead • Ephraim Palmer • John Palmer • Jeremiah Peck • Samuel Peck • William Ratleff • John Reynolds • Johathan Reynolds • William Rundle • Stephen Sherwood • Daniel Smith

Angell’s will is dated April 5, 1706. It mentions his wife, sons Jonathan, Joseph, Angell Jr., and daughter Elizabeth Baldwin; to each one shilling, having formerly given to them. To son Moses five shillings, residue to sons John and Samuel. The inventory of his will was attested to by his wife Rebecca on April 19, 1706.

JOSEPH HUSTED (ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTED) was born 1652 in Greenwich, Connecticut, and died 1717 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He married probably SARAH SEYMOUR Abt. 1683, daughter of THOMAS SEYMOUR and HANNAH MARVIN. She was born 1658 in Norwalk, Connecticut. 

 He is listed as a legal voter in 1688.  From: Mead, Spencer P. Ye History of He Town of Greenwich:  Joseph Husted was said to be deceased by 1718. Joseph Husted, 15 Nov 1683, granted 3 acres of land.  Joseph Husted, 23 Aug 1700, granted a parcel of land.  Joseph Husted, 21 Feb 1721, deeded land to his son, David Husted

  Joseph participated in establishing the boundary between Connecticut and New York: "1696, July 7th, `Ye towne. Being informed yd Rye people have Impropriated land within our towne Bounds wherefore ye town for their better satisfaction do apoint yt ye towne men of Rye be aquainted by a Line from our Towne Clerk yt ye Towne do Intreate yt the Dividing Line between each towne may bee sam as formerly ordered. In order to which ye Town have apointed Thomas Close Sr., Joshua Knap & Joseph Heusted to Run sd line with those apointed by our neighbors at Rye.'

 "The records show that, July 31, 1701, `Where as it is Reported yt several Persons have conterary to ye Law of ye Colonie & to ye great damage of ye Inhabitants of ye towne made a purchas or purchases of ye Indian Natives of Land or Lands Lying within ye Limitts of ye Town pr vote make or (appoint) Thomas Close Sen'r, Ebenezer Mead, Thomas Marshall, Sergeant Knap & Joseph Heusted, to make Serh unto such Elegal purchase& use their Best Indeavor according to ye best of their discresion in ye Towne behalfe to gaine Mainetaine or defend all ye Towne lands formerly granted pr generall court to ye Township & conffirmed bye ye patent

 `KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that wee Waspahing Eleg John Cack and Wohoness Indians belonging to ye town of Greenwich, for & in consideration of the value of twenty five pounds of Lawful money of this collonie to us in hand paid, by Thomas Close, Ebenezer Mead, Joshua Knap & Joseph Husted & Thomas Marshall of ye town of Greenwich, ye County of Fairfield in his majesties Collonie of Connecticut & these asosiates of Inhabitant of ye Town of Greenwich where of we do hereby acknowledge the recept & ourselves therewith full & intirely satisfied have granted bargained sold sett over and delivered and do by these presents according to ye just and due form of law in that case mad & provided do bargain & sell a certain parsell of land lying & being in ye bounds of sd. Greenwich, Bounded Easterly by biram river westerly by ye Line that parts N. Y. & Greenwich according to parties granted by Connecticut East & North by ye line that parts Connecticut Collony & New York & sout it comes to a point where ye line between N. Y. & Greenwich parts from said parsell of land to sd Thomas Close, Joseph Husted & Ebenezer Mead, Joshua Knap & Thomas Marshall & their asosiates there heirs executors administrators and assigns to ye only proper use & behoof of them sd. Thomas Close. Joseph Husted, Ebenezer Mead Joshua Knap & Thomas Marshall and their asosiates, their heirs, executors, administrators & assigns forever & we sd. Waspahing & Wohorness for ourselves our heirs executors administrators & assigns forever to ingage to warrant & defend sd. Land from all former Grants sales or bargains whatsoever.

"In Witness our hands and seals in Greenwich This twenty third day of December one thousand seven hundred & one."

 Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol II : Hustead (III) Joseph , son of Angell Hustead , was born in Greenwich, Connecticut , about 1662 . He married Sarah , maiden name unknown. Children: David ; Sarah , Abigail , Jonathan , John

MEAD, JONATHAN, and his wife, April 13, 1718, sold all their right, title, and interest in the estate of Joseph HUSTED, deceased.

 SARAH Seymour. I have yet to find documentary proof that Seymour was Joseph's wife’s surname. However, there is a great deal of information that points that way. The Husted family originally settled in Stamford. Her stepmother was from Stamford, her daughters' names are Marvin and Seymour female names. Her sister married Timothy Knapp, whose father along with Angell Husted was an original proprietor of Greenwich. Some of Angell's children married Knapps. She first appeared in genealogy records as Sarah Seymore, which is how whatever record was originally uncovered showing her as Joseph's wife probably recorded her. 

 DAVID HUSTED (JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTED) was born 1685 in Greenwich, Connecticut, and died 1776 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He married JOHANNA BRUNDAGE 1718 in Greenwich, CT, daughter of JOHN BRUNDAGE and HANNAH BROCK. She was born 1697 in Greenwich, CT, and died 1776 in Greenwich, CT. 

JOHN HUSTED (DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born 1731 in Greenwich, CT, and died Aft. 1800 in Coxsackie, New York. He married ANN. She died after 1800. in Coxsackie, NY.

 He appears in the nine partners Patent, Dutchess County, NY in 1700's. His land in 1760 bordered that of Lewis Barton and Ebenezer Titus, Lott 21, in the town of Standford. His land was again mentioned in a deed description in 1778 and he was near David Southerland, John Adsit, etc. He was a Path Master in 1771, from the Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, edited by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

 On 15 June 1784, he sold 128 acres in lott 21, subdivision lot 3 in Nine Partners, to Lemuel Castle for L404. He probably left the area about this time going to Coxsackie and settling between Seth Chapins and Stephen Quimby. In 1790 & 1800 he is recorded on the census there.

 Lineage Book - Page 93 by Daughters of the American Revolution – 1936 John Husted m. 1748 Ann . John Husted was a private in the 6th regiment, Dutchess County, New York militia. He was born, 1731, in Greenwich, Conn.;

 "John Husted was considered a Whig on a roll of Whigs and Tories, ca. Dec.1777. He was llisted as a "Good Whig" on a *Return of Delinquents in Col.Hopkin's Regiment, with Lists of Such as Are Whigs, Neutrals or Doubtful,and Tories *, dated Haights, High Lands, June ye 10th 1779, Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York .An Historical & Genealogical Study of all 18th CenturyInhabitants of the Patent by Frank J. Doherty.

ROBERT HUSTEAD (JOHN5 HUTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born 1755 in The Highlands, Duchess County, NY, and died 1838 in Fayette County, PA. He married SARAH MCDONALD, daughter of ALEXANDER MCDONALD and SARAH ARCHER . She was born 1765, and died 1842 in Fayette County, PA.  

 

From the New England Historic Genealogical Society Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III

Introduction
For the user of this set of volumes to understand what is being presented, we must define carefully the scope of the Great Migration Study Project. Who were the participants in the Great Migration? What information is being collected on these people?

Criteria for Inclusion in The Great Migration Begins
The first phase of the Great Migration Study Project attempts to identify and describe all those Europeans who settled in New England prior to the end of 1633. The date was chosen because of the steep increase in migration beginning in 1634 and continuing for the rest of that decade (see Robert Charles Anderson, "A Note on the Pace of the Great Migration," The New England Quarterly 59 [1986]:406-07). As a rough estimate, about 15 percent of the immigrants to New England arrived in the fourteen years from 1620 to 1633, with the remaining 85 percent coming over in half as many years, from 1634 to 1640.

FROM "GREAT MIGRATION":

Robert Huestis
ORIGIN: Bridgeport, Dorsetshire.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the "Marygold" (on 20 March 163[4/]5, "Rob[er]t Huste, husbandman," aged 40, was enrolled at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, as a passenger for New England on the "Marygold" [Hotten 286; GMN 7:9]).
FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston.
REMOVES: Stamford by 1642, Greenwich.
ESTATE: On 27 January 1639/40, "Robert Hewstead hath a Great Lot granted unto him at the Mount [Braintree] for eight heads, 32 acres, paying 3s. an acre" [BTR 1:45].
In 1642 "[Robert Hust]ice" was granted a houselot at Stamford [TAG 10:42, citing Stamford TR 1:6]. On 5 October 1648, "Andreu Messenger of Greenwich" sold to "Robert Heusted of Stanford all my right in land in the same place, all the land that is laid out or that shall hereafter be laid out with all rights belonging thereunto with sixteen acres of upland & five acres of meadow on Myanos Neck ... and ... a homelot & housing on it with ten acres of meadow & upland ... which was John Rockwel's" [Greenwich LR 1:8]. In the Stamford land inventory on 6 March 1650[/1?], "Robert Hustis Senior" held six parcels: "a houselot with the barn and outhousing on it containing an acre & half"; "another homelot by the Ox Pasture, containing one acre and half"; "in the North Field six acres upland"; "in the South Field 8 acres upland more or less, with 7 acres of meadow adjoining to it"; "in the same field 6 acres waste land, upland, more or less at the furthest point of the field"; and "3 acres upland lying within the South Field gate" [Stamford TR 1:34-35]. In his will, dated 8 July 1652 and proved 4 November 1654, "Robert Heusted the elder" bequeathed to "my son Angell all my lands lying in Greenwich with the housing upon it, also ... a third part of my cattle"; to "my son Robert all my lands lying in Stanfford & one-third part of my cattle with all the housing on the land, this only excepted, that my wife is to have being there her lifetime & to be her maintenance ... [and] one-third part of my cattle with all my household stuff"; to "my daughter Ann ten pounds" [GreenwichLR 1:30; Stamford TR 1:109-10; NYGBR 129:199].

In her will, dated 16 October 1654 and proved 20 November 1654, "Elizabeth Hustis (the widow Robert Hustis deceased of Stamford)," bequeathed to "Angell Hustis of Grinwich" livestock; to "my [son?] Robert Hustis" livestock and other moveables; residue to "my daughter Ann, the wife of Richard Hardy of Stamford," she to be executrix [Stamford TR 1:95; NYGBR 129:199-200].
BIRTH: About 1595 (aged 40 on 20 March 163[4/]5 [Hotten 286]).
DEATH: Between 8 July 1652 (date of will) and 4 November 1654 (probate of will), and probably closer to the latter date.
MARRIAGE: (1) Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, 6 April 1616 Anne Moon [NYGBR 129:196-97]. She was buried at Bridgeport on 1 February 1621/2 [NYGBR 129:196-97].
(2) By an unknown date Elizabeth _____. She died between 16 October 1654 (date of will) and 20 November 1654 (probate of will).

CHILDREN:
With first wife
i MORGAN HUESTIS, bp. Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, 10 August 1617 [NYGBR 129:196, 200]; no further record.
ii ANNE HUESTIS, bp. Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, 14 March 1618/9 [NYGBR 129:196, 200]; no further record.
iii DEANES HUESTIS, bp. Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, 23 September 1621 [NYGBR 129:196, 200]; no further record.

With second wife
iv ANGELL HUESTIS, b. say 1624; m. (1) by about 1645 _____ _____; m. (2) after 1673 Rebecca (_____) Reynolds, widow of Jonathan Reynolds [TAG 73:201-6].
v ANN HUESTIS, b. say 1626; m. by about 1644 Richard Hardy [NYGBR 129:200-1].
vi ROBERT HUESTIS, b. say 1628; m. Stamford 7 January 16[55/6] Elizabeth Buxton [Stamford TR 1:67; NYGBR 129:201-6].
COMMENTS: We have given Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, as the origin of this immigrant, as this is the last certain English residence for him, but Gordon L. Remington makes the likely suggestion that he next resided at Pilsdon in the same county [NYGBR 129:197].
On 18 July 1640, "Robert Heusted" witnessed the deed of purchase of Greenwich from the Indians [Greenwich LR 1:455]. He had substantial land holdings in both Greenwich and Stamford and resided at both places [NYGBR 129:199].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1954 George E. McCracken published a brief article on the wife of Angell Huestis [TAG 30:127-28]. In 1998 Gordon L. Remington published a more detailed analysis of the marital career of the same man, correcting McCracken in some places [TAG 129:201-6].
In 1998 and 1999 Gordon L. Remington compiled an extensive and detailed treatment of this immigrant, with special emphasis on his son Robert [NYGBR 129:1-12, 97-108, 191-206, 276-84, 130:54-60, with the information on the immigrant at 129:191-201]. We have relied heavily on Remington's work on this family, especially for the marriages of the children of the immigrant.

 

·  Change Date: 29 May 2003 at 01:00:00

Father: Lawrence HUESTED b: 1545 in Weymouth, , England

Marriage 1 Moon, ANN b: ABT 1606 in Frome, Dorset, England

• Married: 6 Apr 1616 in Bridgeport, Dorset, England

Children

1. Morgan HUESTED b: 1617
2. Anne HUESTED b: 1618
3. Deanes HUESTED

Marriage 2 Elizabeth

Children

1. Angell HUESTED b: ABT 1624 in , Somerset, England
2. Ann HUESTED b: ABT 1626 in , Somerset, England
3. Robert HUESTED b: 1626 in , Somerset, England

ROBERT HUSTEAD (JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born 1755 in The Highlands, Duchess County, NY, and died 1838 in Fayette County, PA. He married SARAH MCDONALD, daughter of ALEXANDER MCDONALD and SARAH ARCHER . She was born 1765, and died 1842 in Fayette County, PA.

 The Highlands is located between Fishskill and Peekskill on what is today Hudson Highlands State Park. He appears on the Pittsburgh payroll in Dunmore’s War of 1774. He served as a private and a payment is due him from West Virginia in 1775 for flour barrels he made for the militia. His occupation must have been a cooper. He apparently received Bounty Land for his service and there settled at least for a brief time in what is now Harrison County, WV.. In 1788 he acquired 400 acres on both sides of Booth’s Creek, near Hustead Fork. He and Sarah sold this property in 1791. His name appears a Hughsted on these land records.

 Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol II (VI) Robert (2) Hustead, son of John Husted, was born on the Highlands, Dutchess county, New York , March 7, 1755 , died in Fayette county, Pennsylvania , June 26, 1838 . He served in the revolutionary war under Captain James Booth, and also under Captain Zadock Springer . After the war he settled in Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land and followed his trade of cooper; he was also a manufacturer of tobacco. He was a man of substance and occupied a leading position in the township.  

 He was a member of the Baptist church, and a Democrat in politics. He married, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1781, Sarah McDonald, born May 10, 1765, died in Fayette county, in 1842. Children: John; Alexander, David, Lydia.

 Lewis Barton was in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and handled the probate of Robert Husted, b. 1755. Robert is buried in Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery-Smithfield and his grave is marked as a Revolutionary War Patriot. .  

JOHN HUSTEAD (ROBERT6, JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born February 19, 1782 in Fayette County, PA, and died October 23, 1846 in Fayette County, PA. He married JANE MILLER  . She was born in Virginia in1787, and died 1869 in Fayette County..

  Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol II (VII) John (2), son of Robert (2) Hustead , was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania , February 19, 1782 , died October 23, 1846 . He was reared and educated in his native township, and followed the occupation of farming throughout the active years of his life. He established his family home in Georges township, Fayette county, where he was highly regarded as a man and citizen.

  He was a member of the Baptist church, and a Democrat in politics, thus following in his father's footsteps. He married Jane Miller, born June 5, 1787, died 1869, of Welsh and Scotch parentage. Children: Robert, born April 4, 1806, David, February 19, 1808, Alexander, October 17, 1810, died August 6, 1863; Belinda, July 19, 1811, Sarah , January 28, 1815 ; Mary , July 5, 1817 , Moses , August 16, 1820 ; Lydia Jane , January 23, 1822 , died February 15, 1822 ; James Miller. OBERT8 HUSTEAD (JOHN7, ROBERT6, JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born April 04, 1806 in Fayette County, PA, and died Aft. 1880 in North Union Twp., Fayette County, PA. He married REBECCA HUMBERT, daughter of ABRAHAM HUMBERT and HANNAH JONES . She was born 1809 in Georges Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and died 1884.

(Jane’s father could have been James Miller who appears in various Fayette county census1790-1820). 

ROBERT HUSTEAD (JOHN7, ROBERT6, JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born April 04, 1806 in Fayette County, PA, and died Aft. 1880 in North Union Twp., Fayette County, PA. He married REBECCA HUMBERT, daughter of ABRAHAM HUMBERT and HANNAH JONES. She was born 1809 in Georges Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and died 1884.

 He was a Democrat, and a member of the Baptist church, as was his wife. He married Rebecca, who died January 29, 1884, aged seventy-three years. Children: 1. Eliza deceased. 2. Jane lives at Uniontown. 3. Hannah married Merchant Collier, a farmer of Georges township. 4. John, deceased. 5. William, of whom further. 6. Abraham, deceased, married Sarah Junks. 7. Moses, deceased, married Martha Dunn . 8. Estep, died in infancy. 9. Mary, deceased, married James Curry. 10. Robert, died young. 11. Alsesta, married Fuller Hogsett, a coal operator of Uniontown. 12. James Fuller, married Jennie Dearth, of Uniontown .

 Robert Hustead, eldest son of John and Jane (Miller) Hustead, was born in Nicholson township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1806, died 1866. He grew up at the home farm, his father's assistant, but after his marriage located in Georges Township, Fayette County, where he owned and operated a good farm.

 He and Rebecca appear in the 1880 Census.

 ABARAM HUSTEAD (ROBERT8, JOHN7, ROBERT6, JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2 ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born January 12, 1840 in Fayette County, PA, and died February 04, 1906 in Fayette County, PA. He married SARAH JANE JUNK 1870 in Fayette County, PA, daughter of THOMAS JUNK and NANCY HESLET . She was born 1842 in Fayette County, PA, and died 1916 in Fayette County, PA.

 In 1880 Abaram was farming in Georges Township. Later he owned and operated the Enterprise flouring mill in Uniontown, located just east of the B&O railroad tracks. He sold the mill in 1901. It was destroyed by fire in 1904 and was then valued at $25,000.00. The family lived at 63 Lincoln Street in Uniontown in 1900. 

 ELIZABETH MARY HUSTEAD (ABARAM9, ROBERT8, JOHN7, ROBERT6, JOHN5 HUSTED, DAVID4, JOSEPH3 HUESTED, ANGELL2, ROBERT1 HUSTEAD) was born 1875 in Uniontown, PA, and died 1949 in Solon, OH. She married HENRY CORNELIUS PAUL 1901 in Uniontown, PA, son of EDWARD PAUL and SOPHIA Schlemmer.

 

A wonderful, well researched book that documents  the history of the Massachusetts Company in England, Boston and Watertown.  Seton was a resident of Greenwich and gives us a great history of the founding of the town and it's realtionships with New Amsterdam and Connecticut.  Recommended for anyone interested in it's history and that of Elizabeth Fones Winthrope Feakes Hallet.

Robert and Angell Husted appear and the following facts are learned:

July, 1639.
Captain Daniel Patrick and his family move from Watertown, Massachusetts to an area west of Stamford, Connecticut called Monakewaygo by the Native Indians living there. Jeffery Ferris owned land in Stamford, Connecticut and also claimed a portion of land at Monakewaygo, which he called Greenwich.

July, 1640.
Robert Husted is said to be living in a weigwa in an area of Connecticut just purchased by the New Haven Colony, called Rippowam by the Native Indians, now a part of Stamford, Connecticut. Robert is waiting to purchase his land from the New Haven Colony. Jeffery Ferris had made a home west of Stamford at what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. Captain Daniel Patrick was living near the same area of Greenwich, and in May 1640, his Lieutenant Robert Feake and Robert's wife Elizabeth moved from Watertown, Massachusetts to Greenwich, Connecticut. Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake set up a deal to buy the land from the Native Indians. Daniel Patrick apparently wrote the land deed document and wishing to have as many Englishmen as possible to witness the signing, had with him Robert Husted and his son Angell Heusted, Jeffery Ferris, and two young adventurers, Andrew Messenger and Richard Williams who had just arrived in the area. Captain's Daniel Patrick and John Underhill, were each in charge of security for certain areas of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, along with other duties to aid the Governor, John Winthrop. Robert Feake by way of marriage to Governor John Winthrop's widowed daughter in law Elizabeth, was made a Lieutenant to Captain Daniel Patrick. Tobias Feake was a nephew of Robert Feake and owned a small sailing sloop [or boat], hauling goods or people along the New England coast.

July 18, 1640.
Robert Husted, and Andrew Messenger witness the main land deed purchase of Greenwich by Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake. Jeffery Ferris also recieved land on this document, with Angell Heusted and Richard Williams as his witnesses. Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Feake, was given an area of land called Monekewego by the Indians, already named Elizabeth Neck on the document.

July, 1642.
Angell Heusted tells Robert Feake he wants to leave Stamford, Connecticut and move to Greenwich, Connecticut. Robert Feake offers to sell Angell some land. At this time Angell is unmarried

August, September, 1643.
Angell Heusted is already settled in Greenwich with a one room house and is taking care of crops that have been planted on his farm. He must have been there for the spring time planting. Angell tells friends that he is going to Wethersfield, Connecticut to marry a woman named Rebecca.

June, 1646.
Robert Husted, along with his home at Stamford, had another home in Greenwich, and walked three or four miles from Greenwich to Stamford, Connecticut along with his son Angell and Rebecca Heusted, and the families of Thomas Sherwood, Robert Feake, Richard Crab, John Coe, and the wife of Daniel Patrick to attend the wedding of Thomas Lyon and Martha Winthrop, who wanted to be wed in the English territory of Stamford, not in the Dutch territory of Greenwich.
Angell Heusted and his wife Rebecca, along with other friends, help with the birth of a baby by Elizabeth Feake. At this time Angell and Rebecca Heusted are also expecting a baby.

October 31, 1647.
Robert Husted his wife Elizabeth, Angell Heusted and wife Rebecca, along with the families of Thomas Sherwood, Richard Crab, Tobias Feake attend a Harvest Festival at the home of William and Elizabeth [Feake] Hallett, who were now "married". Elizabeth Husted brought sugar coated raisins and Rebecca Heusted brought loaves of wheat bread. They were celebrating the Harvest Festival to give thanks for the years crop havest and held it on All Hallows Eve to celebrate [Halloween]. Robert Feake had been "mentally unstable" and left for England, leaving Elizabeth. Elizabeth was not yet "legally" divorced from Robert under Dutch law, so William Hallett and Elizabeth [Feake] chose to marry each other using their own "vows of marriage". Later a legal Dutch divorce was granted and they were legally married, but with numerous legal problems in between times.

March 15, 1648.
Robert Husted still owns a small cabin by the Rippowam River in Stamford. When William and Elizabeth [Feake] Hallett are taken from "Dutch " Greenwich and placed in custody at "English Stamford" for not being "legally married" under English law, Robert Husted lets them stay in his unused cabin.

September 18, 1649.
When the town of Greenwich was still under Dutch rule, a letter was sent to the Governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, with concernes that some Stamford people were trying to get Greenwich settelers to move to Stamford, in order to make Stamford a more profitable town. The letter was sent by four men from Greenwich: Robert Heusted, Richard Crabb, Thomas Sherwood and John Coe

September 18, 1649.
When the town of Greenwich was still under Dutch rule, a letter was sent to the Governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, with concernes that some Stamford people were trying to get Greenwich settelers to move to Stamford, in order to make Stamford a more profitable town. The letter was sent by four men from Greenwich: Robert Heusted, Richard Crabb, Thomas Sherwood and John Coe