Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . icut Agricultural Col-lege. The mother of these passed away Jan. 15,1883. and on Feb. 24, 1886. Dr. Case wedded, inHartford, Mrs. Emorette Holcomb. They have hadone child, Everett Erastus, born Sept. 9, 1888. WILLIAM HENRY POST (deceased), mer-chant and philanthrophist, whose death in 1809 casta gloom over the city of Hartford, traced his lineofdescent from Stephen Post, an English gentle-man, who was born in
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . icut Agricultural Col-lege. The mother of these passed away Jan. 15,1883. and on Feb. 24, 1886. Dr. Case wedded, inHartford, Mrs. Emorette Holcomb. They have hadone child, Everett Erastus, born Sept. 9, 1888. WILLIAM HENRY POST (deceased), mer-chant and philanthrophist, whose death in 1809 casta gloom over the city of Hartford, traced his lineofdescent from Stephen Post, an English gentle-man, who was born in Chelmsford, County ofEssex. This American progenitor of the family crossedthe ocean, with his wife and four children, in theship Griffin, in September, 103^. landing in B s-ton. He was a devout Puritan, and was one ofthe devoted flock which Rev. Mr. Hooker ledthrough the wilderness in June. 1636, to foundthe new colony of Connecticut, his name beinginscribed on the monument erected by the citizensof Hartford in honor of the citys founders in theancient burying-ground of Center Church. , however, did not remain in Hartford, re-moving to Saybrook, where he built a house at a.
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