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Richard Treat (Treate)

Male 1584 - 1669  (84 years)


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  • Name Richard Treat (Treate) 
    Born Aug 28, 1584  Pitminster, South Trendle (now Trull), Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Feb 1668/69  Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Deputy (Wethersfield) to Connecticut Legislature April 1644 - Oct. 1657.  Assistant, Connecticut Colonial, May 1658 - May 1644.  Patentee -- Royal Charter of Connecticut from Charles II of England, 1662.  One of the twelve appointed Assistants of said Company established in said Royal Charter.  Ensign -- Wethersfield Trainband, Feb. 1653.  Corporal -- Connecticut Colonial Troop, March 1658.
          Richard was baptized under the name Trott, married under the name Trett; his children were baptized as Trott, and Tratt, and he was called Treat when he died.
          It is not known when he came to the colonies.  Some theorized he settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1637, but he is first recorded at Wethersfield, CT September 6, 1641, when he recorded his purchase of John Whitmore's house, barn and 12-1/2 acres of land.
          On November 13 1654, Richard and his son Richard were censured by the Particular Court saying "there is several in Wethersfield hath not upheld theire howses upon theire home lotts according as the Law requires ...."
          He was one of the judges who presided over the witchcraft trial of Nathaniel Greensmith and his wife, in December of 1662.
      Extracts from the Pitminster Church, Pitminster, Somerset, England, visitor brochure concerning the Trott / Treat family:
      ?The present organ was built by Messrs. Minns of Taunton in 1905 and has an oak case presented by John Harvey Treat of America, who also gave the clock tower in 1903.
          The name Treat is also connected with the oldest bell in the present ring of eight bells. The bell of 1630 was cast at Nvnehead, a few miles away, by two brothers from a famous family of bell-founders, Richard and Roger Purdie. In all, three bells were then cast at the order of the young Vicar, Walter Travers, but the question of payment caused discontent among some folks in the parish. They were led by one Richard Trott, a respected yeoman. Some years after the case had been heard in the Bishop's Court at Wells, Richard Trott, (then aged 53) emigrated to the New World with his large family. He became a leader of the English colony of Connecticut (his surname then spelt as 'Treat"), his son Robert was made Governor and one of his very numerous descendants signed the Declaration of Independence.  His story is told on the memorial tablet fixed to the north wall.?
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      Plaques found in the Pitminster Church, Pitminster, Somerset, England include:
        IN MEMORY OF RICHARD TREAT, ALIAS TROTT, BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH AUG. 28 1584 WHO EMIGRATED TO NEW ENGLAND WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1637 AND WAS CREATED ONE OF THE PATENTEES OF THE CHARTER OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, BY KING CHARLES II IN 1662. HIS SON ROBERT TREAT WAS BAPTIZED FEB. 25 1624 AND WAS DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY FOR 30 YEARS. THIS BRASS WAS ERECTED IN 1902 BY THEIR AMERICAN DESCENDANT JOHN HARVEY TREAT OF AMERICA
          THE EAST WINDOW WAS DEDICATED BY THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS THE REVEREND GEORGE LEONARD CARY ON 2ND JULY 1989. IT WAS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE AND FRIENDS OF PITMINSTER CHURCH INCLUDING DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD TROTT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM W. TREAT
    Person ID I1337  mykindred
    Last Modified Jun 26, 2005 

    Father Robert Treatt (Trott),   b. 1538, Trendle, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1599, Pitminster, South Trendle (now Trull), Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Honor (Honora) (__),   b. 1542, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 17, 1627, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 1562  Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Robert TROTT TREAT. Died Feb 1598/99. Son of Richard TROTT TREAT and Joanna (Mrs Ri Trott) ---. Married Honora (Mrs R Trott) ---, died Sep 1627. "Robert Trott ..... baptized probably in the hamlet of Trendle, now Trull, parish of Pitminster; bur. Feb. 16, 1599, in Pitminster. .....
      Children, baptized in Pitminster:
      1. ALICE, bapt. Feb. 4, 1564.
      2. JOHN, bapt. Sept. 10, 1570; bur. May 7, 1633; m. April 24, 1598, Edith Priest.
      3. MARY, bapt. Feb. 6, 1575; bur. ---; m. Oxt. 8, 1597, Robert Babb, widower. son of Richard Aplin. ..... TAMSEN, bapt. May 16, 1581.
      6. RICHARD, bapt. Aug. 28, 1584; d. --- 1669, Wethersfield, Conn.; m. April 27, 1615, Alice Gaylerd [sic]."
    Family ID F613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Gaylord,   b. May 10, 1594, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1670 and 1680, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Apr 27, 1615  Church of Saint Andrew and Mary, Pitminster, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Richard and Alice (Gaylord) Treat of Pitminster, Somerset, England bore their second son, Robert Treat, about 1622.
    Children 
     1. Honor Treat,   b. circa 19 Mar 1615/16, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1705, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     2. Joanna Treat,   b. May 28, 1618, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1694, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Sarah Treat (Treate),   b. Dec 03, 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1673, Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Richard Treat, II,   b. circa 9 Jan 1622, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1693, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     5. Governor Robert Treat,   b. Feb 23, 1622, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 12, 1710, Milford, New Haven county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     6. Elizabeth Treat (Treate),   b. 1627, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     7. Susanna Treat (Treate),   b. circa 8 Oct 1629, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1705, Hartford, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     8. Alice Treat (Treate),   b. 1632, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1633, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     9. James Treat (Treate),   b. Jul 20, 1634, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 12, 1709, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     10. Katherine Treat (Treate),   b. 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1700, Washington parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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