Sarah Post
1686 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Sarah Post was born on 1 Dec 1686 in Saybrook, CT (daughter of John Post and Sarah Reynolds); and died. Other Events:
- _UID: FABD6F8B206F4E0C866DF4C3D184532C18E5
Sarah married Timothy Backus in 1709 in Connecticut. Timothy and died. [Group Sheet]
2. John Post was born on 12 Apr 1657 in Saybrook, CT (son of John Post and Hester Hyde); and died. Other Events:
- _FSFTID: LHQ5-V21
- _UID: C3B7C1C6ADA740FE9343F245AA15F6C21743
John married Sarah Reynolds on 24 Dec 1685 in Connecticut. Sarah was born in Nov 1656 in Saybrook, CT; died on 11 May 1703 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet]
3. Sarah Reynolds was born in Nov 1656 in Saybrook, CT; died on 11 May 1703 in Norwich, New London, CT. Other Events:
- _UID: 8D521FC9179C4C7183550CDA0AD4B93BC784
Children:
- 1. Sarah Post was born on 1 Dec 1686 in Saybrook, CT; and died.
- John Post was born on 14 Jul 1689 in Saybrook, CT; died on 27 Nov 1717.
Generation: 3
4. 
John Post was born on 13 Sep 1629 in Otham, Kent, England (son of Stephen Post and Elinor Langley); died on 27 Nov 1710 in Norwich, New London, CT. Other Events:
- _FSFTID: LZBG-PHK
- _UID: 24971B877FC54552B692D203244A5360768A
Notes:
||||John was one of the founders of Norwich, Connecticut in 1660.
His wife, Hester Hyde, was the daughter of William Hyde. William was, according to family legend, cousin of Ann Hyde, the wife of James II of England while he was the Duke of York. Annwas the mother of Queens Ann and Mary of England.John married Hester Hyde on 31 Mar 1652 in Saybrook, CT. Hester (daughter of William Hyde and Mary (unknown)) was born about 1631 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 13 Nov 1703 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet]
5. Hester Hyde was born about 1631 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (daughter of William Hyde and Mary (unknown)); died on 13 Nov 1703 in Norwich, New London, CT. Other Events:
- _FSFTID: 9MVX-478
- _UID: E74178B88DB44896A53360806E96E9132F41
Children:
- Margaret Post was born in 1653 in Norwich, New London, CT; and died.
- Elizabeth Post was born in 1655 in Connecticut; and died.
- 2. John Post was born on 12 Apr 1657 in Saybrook, CT; and died.
- Sarah Post was born in 1659 in Connecticut; and died.
- Mary Post was born in 1662 in Connecticut; died in Nov 1705 in Connecticut.
- Abigaell Post was born on 6 Nov 1664 in Norwich, New London, CT; died in 1676.
- Samuel Post was born on 8 Mar 1668 in Norwich, New London, CT; died on 23 Apr 1735 in Norwich, New London, CT; was buried in Old Cemetary, Norwich, CT.
- Hannah Post was born in Oct 1671; and died.
- Lydia Post was born on 4 Mar 1674; and died.
Generation: 4
8. Stephen Post was born in 1596 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England (son of Abraham Post and Ann Hunter); died on 16 Aug 1659 in Oyster River, Saybrook, CT. Other Events:
- _FSFTID: 9M4L-RMR
- _UID: B6708F5EBBBC45B2A0EF0FF3E84ED5415E6B
- Immigration: Abt 1635, Massachusetts
- Probate: 31 Aug 1659, Saybrook, CT
Notes:
He may have come to America with the Reverend Thomas Hooker aboard the ship "Griffin" in 1634 or 1635, and settled at New Town, now Cambridge, Mass., on the south side of the Charles Rivernear Boston. He had twelve acres of land there. According to C.W. Post genealogy (see Post Family Bible), he came four months after Hooker due to the birth of a child.
Hooker was a strong believer in democracy. When John Winthrop, in a letter to Hooker defending severe restrictions on suffrage, said that "the best part is always the least, and of thatbest part the wiser part is always the lesser", Hooker replied with the often-quoted remark: "in matters which concern the common good, a general council, chosen by all, to transact businesseswhich concern all, I conceive the most suitable to rule and most safe fore relief of the whole." Some authorites say that Hooker, more than any other, deserves to be called the father ofAmerican democracy. His quest for democracy led Hooker and his congregation to seek a new site on which to build a new city. He is buried in lot 441 in the old cemetary at Main and GoldStreets in Hartford.
In 1635, Steven Post and over 100 other followers accompanied Rev. Hooker to the valley of the Connecticut River, where they founded the city of Hartford, Connecticut. The founder'smonument stands in the same old cemetary where Hooker was buried in 1647, and bears about 80 names. Among these are Stephen Post, William Hyde, Matthew Marvin, and Thomas Bliss Jr. and Sr.The current monument was erected in 1986, replacing the original sandstone one of 1837.
In 1649, Stephen moved to Saybrook (now Westbrook), Connecticut, where he made his home until his death in 1659. A notice of a Saybrook town meeting, January 7, 1655-6, exists whichmentions the presence of the following:
Thomas Adgate William Hide
Robert Bull Randall Marvin
Thomas Burchet William Parker
William Bushnell John Post
Robert Chapman Stephen Post
John Clark, Sen. Jonathan Rudd
Thomas Dunke Richard Tousland
Richard Edgerton Thomas Tracy
Francis Griswold William Waller
The inventory of his estate, taken by John Clarke, Thomas Leffingwell, and Christopher Huntington, was valued at 442 pounds.
Some sources, such as Major's C.W. Post, list his wife as Ellen Panton.Stephen married Elinor Langley in 1625 in Kent, England. Elinor was born about 1606 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England; died on 13 Nov 1670 in Saybrook, CT. [Group Sheet]
9. Elinor Langley was born about 1606 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England; died on 13 Nov 1670 in Saybrook, CT. Other Events:
- _UID: B169C6DCF8DD4D78B313DD1492E272736684
Children:
- Thomas Post died on 5 Sep 1701 in Norwich, New London, CT.
- Catherine Post and died.
- 4. John Post was born on 13 Sep 1629 in Otham, Kent, England; died on 27 Nov 1710 in Norwich, New London, CT.
- Abraham Post was born about 1640 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died about 1691 in Saybrook, CT.
10. William Hyde was born about 1606 in England (son of William Hyde); died on 6 Jan 1681 in Norwich, New London, CT. Other Events:
- _UID: B25744880569417BB25C496CDCAB21F76105
- Immigration: 1633, Newton, Massachusetts
Notes:
He was a follower of the Rev. Hooker, and followed Hooker to Connecticut, where he was a founder of Hartford (his name appears on the founder's monument in the old cemetery at Gold and Main Streets). Some sources have said that William was a cousin (unspecified degree) of Ann Hyde, the wife of James II of England while he was Duke of York. Ann was the mother of Queens Ann and Mary of England.
He was chosen surveyor of Highways in Hartford, 1641. He moved to Saybrook, then to Norwich in about 1660.William married Mary (unknown). Mary and died. [Group Sheet]
11. Mary (unknown) and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 7F9AC8BE4DF04CD3A7454002C96805A9088F
Children:
- Samuel Hyde and died.
- 5. Hester Hyde was born about 1631 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 13 Nov 1703 in Norwich, New London, CT.