Abraham Post

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||||He was made a freeman in 1665, an ensign two years later, and became a lieutenant of the Saybrook Fort in 1680. He served quite often in various town positions and committees, mostly thoseconcerned with land surveying and dealing with the Indians (most notably, Uncas, Sachem of the Mohegans).
He left real estate valued at over 487 pounds. His eldest son Stephen received 121 pounds, the other children 52 pounds each. NEHGR 7/92

Abraham married Mary Jordan about 1663. Mary (daughter of John Jordan and Ann Bishop) was born about 1640; died on 23 Mar 1684 in Saybrook, CT. [Group Sheet]

1. Stephen Post was born on 3 Dec 1664 in Saybrook, CT; died on 16 May 1752 in Hebron, Connecticut.
2. Ann Post was born on 4 May 1667 in Saybrook, CT; died before 1691.
3. Abraham Post was born on 7 Jun 1669 in Saybrook, CT; died on 31 Jan 1748 in Saybrook, CT.
4. James Post was born on 14 Mar 1671 in Saybrook, CT; died on 20 Jun 1727 in Westbrook, CT.
5. Hester Post was born on 14 Dec 1672 in Saybrook, CT; died on 1 Jan 1673 in Saybrook, CT.
6. Daniel Post was born on 28 Nov 1673 in Saybrook, CT; died after 1741.
7. Jordan Post was born on 27 May 1676 in Saybrook, CT; died on 20 Jan 1748 in Hebron, Connecticut.
8. Joseph Post was born on 6 Feb 1678 in Saybrook, CT; died on 5 Dec 1728 in Westbrook, CT.
9. Mary Post was born on 24 Feb 1679 in Saybrook, CT; and died.
10. Elinor Post was born on 10 Feb 1682 in Saybrook, CT; died on 25 Dec 1740 in Saybrook, CT.

Abraham married Lydia Buckland. Lydia (daughter of William Buckland and Mary Bosworth) died before 1701. [Group Sheet]

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• Immigration: Abt 1635, Massachusetts
• Probate: 31 Aug 1659, Saybrook, CT

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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]

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Abraham married Ann Hunter on 26 Apr 1595 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. Ann was born in 1568 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England; died in Apr 1626 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas married Susannah Van Gelder about 1557. Susannah (daughter of Abraham Van Gelder) and died. [Group Sheet]

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