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Personal data Nathaniel Foote 

• He was born on September 21, 1592 in Shalford, Essex, Eng.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Amy Sue Connolly, Luana Rampton, Arlene Hintze Roberts, Robert V. Bremer, Forrest Lewis, et al.

• He died on November 20, 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, he was 52 years old.
• He is buried before December 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT (Vlg. Cem.).
• A child of Robert Foote and Joan (Johan) Brooke
• This information was last updated on December 7, 2024.

Household of Nathaniel Foote

He is married to Elizabeth Deming.

They got married January 1615 at Shalford, Essex, Eng, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Foote  1616-1700 

Event (Alt. Marriage) January 1615 in Colchester, Essex Co., Eng .Source 1

Notes about Nathaniel Foote

Nathaniel Foote

Sources: Author: Connolly, Amy Sue; Rampton, Luana; Roberts, Arlene Hintze; Bremer, Robert V. Bremer; Lewis Forrest; et al.; Title: "Nathaniel Foote," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxix July MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5TV-XKX

"... Nathaniel Foote Last Changed: January 25, 2023 Robert V. Bremer Sex Male Last Changed: June 16, 2017 Forrest Lewis

Birth about 1592 Shalford, Essex, England Last Changed: April 19, 2023 Robert V. Bremer

Death before 20 November 1644 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... Reason:

No death rec found. See inv of estate of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, 20 Nov 1644, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed., Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 12-13 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Last Changed: April 19, 2023 Robert V. Bremer

Burial 1644 Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... Reason: Find A Grave # 28849438 - Werthersfield Village Cemetery. unmarked grave. The memorial can be found in the Town Green. Last Changed: February 15, 2023 Luana Rampton

1608 Will & Testament of Robert Foote, Yeoman of Shalford, Essex 27 January 1608 Shalford, Essex, England
– I give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniel Ffoote, forty pounds of lawful money of England. To be paid unto him by my Executor when he shall accomplish the age of four and Twenty years.

Occupation 21 September 1608 Apprentice to grocer in England at 16
Removed to 1630 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ...
Emigration 1630 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, ...
Arrival 1633 Massachusetts ...
Took the oath of freeman 1633 Massachusetts
Took the oath of F Granted Freeman status 1634 Watertown, Massachusetts ...
Granted Freeman status - Nathanell Foote 3 September 1634 Watertown, Massachusetts ...
Freeman made at the General Court at Boston, Sept. 3rd, 1634. 54 persons named for this session.

Land about 1635 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ...
Removed to 1635 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ...
Residence 1635 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ...
Migration about 1636 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... from Watertown, Massachusetts ...
Residence 1636 Wethersfield, Hartford, ... Connecticut, ...
Land 1640 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... A house on lot of ten acres on the east side of Broad Street, near the south end of the street

Office 1644 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... Delegate to the General Court
Estate Inventory 20 November 1644 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ...
Occupation One of the first settlers of Wethersfield, CT; MA Legislator

Spouses & Children

Nathaniel Foote Male 1592-1644
Elizabeth Deming Female 1595-1683
Marriage January 1615 Shalford, Essex, England

Children (8)

[1] Elizabeth Foote Female 1618-1700 [<-ancestress]
[2] Nathaniel Foote Male 1620-1655
[3] Mary Foote Female 1623-1685
[4] Joanna Foote Female 1625-1666
[5] Robert Foote Male 1627-1681
[6] Frances Foote Female 1629-1678
[7] Sarah Foote Female 1632-1673
[8] Rebecca Foote Female 1634-1701

Parents & Siblings

Robert Foote Male 1553-1609
Joan Brooke Female 1555-1634
Marriage 18 June 1576 St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Children (10)

[1] Robert Foote Male 1578-1646
[2] Mary Foote Female 1579-1639
[3] John Foote Male 1581-1608
[4] James Foote Male 1582-Deceased
[5] Joseph Foote Male 1585-1639
[6] Elizabeth Foote Female 1589-1659
[7] Daniel Foote Male 1590-1646
[8] Nathaniel Foote Male 1592-1644 [<-ancestor]
[9] Francis Foote Male 1594-1624
[10] Joshua Foote Male 1596-1655

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foote-50
Biography
Birth of Nathaniel, The Settler
Nathaniel Foote, son of Robert Foote and Joan (Brooke) Foote, was born about 1592,[1] (age 16 on 21 Sept 1608 - citing apprenticeship record).
Nathaniel's Parents
Nathaniel Foote is the son of Robert Foote, a yeoman of Shalford, County of Essex,[1][2] and is grandson of John Foote and Helen (Warren) Foote of Royston.[1] (Royston is located near Colchester England.) Nathaniel's mother is Joan (Brooke) Foote the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth (Whatman) Brooke of London.[2]
"Royston is a village in the extreme northeastern corner of Hertfordshire, on the border of Cambridgeshire... about forty miles north of London."[3] The town of Royston is about 2/3 in county Hertfordshire, and 1/3 in Cambridgeshire, which may explain why some biographers of Robert Foote give his birthplace as "Royston, Cambridgeshire, England" and others as "Royston, Hertfordshire, England". Unless someone finds a primary source to the contrary, we may as well agree with the Foote Family Association, and list his birthplace as Royston, Hertfordshire. Although Robert Foote is called "Robert of Shalford", this indicates the place he established his home in the country. Robert's father lived at Royston, (about 28 miles east of Shalford), and Robert and his brother John were probably born there.
Apprentice to Grocer
When Nathaniel Foote's father Robert Foote died in 1608, Nathaniel's older brother, Robert Jr, became the head of the house. Robert Foote Jr apprenticed his brother Nathaniel at the age of sixteen, to Samuel Croyle of Colchester, "grocer and free burgess", on 21 September, 1608, for a term of eight years or until his 24th birthday in the year 1616, ("eight years from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past".[1] A wholesale merchant, or as often called in those days "a grosser," was one who sold by the gross instead of by the pound or small quantity.
A short time after he finished his apprenticeship training, he married Elizabeth Deeming, in January of the year 1616, in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the sister of John Deeming, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield Conn. in the year of 1615. John Deeming was for many years the one of the magistrates of the "Colony of the Connecticut" and one of the Patenees named in it's charter.
Nathaniel's Profession
Even though Nathaniel's main profession in England was that of a Grocer, he became a farmer. He was also active in the public trusts of the town. He was appointed as a delegate to the "General Court" in the year 1644.
Nathaniel Foote was the first cousin of Sir Thomas Foote, Sheriff of London in 1649 and Lord Mayor of London in 1650. Sir Thomas Foote was the son of Robert Foote of Royston and the brother of Robert Foote of Shalford, who was Nathaniel's Father.
Marriage and Children
Nathaniel was married in 1615 to Elizabeth Deming, sister of John Deming who served the town of Wethersfield many years as Deputy and 1662 was one of the Patentees of the Royal Charter. Elizabeth, oldest child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Deming Foote was baptized in St. James Parish Church, January 14,1617 (or according to our reckoning,1618). Nathaniel, their oldest son, was baptized March 5th,1619 (1620), both children baptized in the same church, St. James, Colchester.
Nathaniel could not have turned Non Conformist until later, or the children would have been baptized in one of their chapels, as some of the others may have been, as we know nothing more until 1630, when we find our relatives as part of the contingent of Governor Winthrop's 1500 people coming at that time, Nathaniel with his wife and children: Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Frances and Sarah on the brig "Ann" with Sir Richard Saltonstall and settling at Watertown, Massachusetts (See Benjamin Trumbull's History of Connecticut 1798).
Later on a large part of the Watertown settlers, consisting mostly of the Colchester Party, went on and formed a new settlement on the banks of the Connecticut River, which they called Wethersfield, after the old Essex town they knew so well. Besides Nathaniel we find the names of Robert Francis, Thomas Welles and John Deming.
He first appears in Watertown MA in 1633 when he was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay. He was granted a homelot of 16 acres in Watertown MA, and two acres of marsh along the river. Rebecca was probably born here.
He removed to Wethersfield about 1636. In the 1640 original distribution of lands in Wethersfield, Nathaniel was assigned a house lot of ten acres on the east side of Broad Street, near the south end of the street. He became the owner of several others tracts of land, partly in the Great Meadow east of his house lot, upwards of 400 acres. He was a farmer, one of the largest landowners in Wethersfield, and across the Connecticut River in Glastonbury. He served as Deputy in 1641 and 1644.
Immigration
Before 1633 Boston, Massachusetts
The Movement To America
Sometime before the year 1633 the family moved from London, England to Boston, Massachusetts and then Watertown, Massachusetts. In the same year (1632 or 1633) Nathaniel took the "Oath of Freeman", as is indicated by the records of the "Colony of Massachusetts Bay." He was also one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut around the year 1635.
According to the records of "The Original Distribution of Lands Around Wethersfield" recorded in 1640, a short time after arriving in Wethersfield in 1635, Nathaniel received a ten acre lot on the east side of Broad Street. This land was near the south end of the street. Additionally, he became the owner of several other tracts laying in part in the great meadow east of his house and containing to 400 acres of land.
Death and Summary of Estate
He died intestate at Wethersfield in 1644. Inventory amounted to L380-17-00, and was taken 20 November 1644 by Richard Tratte, Samuel Smith and Nath: Dickinson. The Children are listed: Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have L148-00-00; Robert Foote about 17 years to have L74-00-00; Frances Foote about 15 years to have L74-00-00; Sarah Foote about 12 years to have L74-00-00; Rebeckah Foote about 10 years to have L74-00-00. (Two other children were already married.) The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion L212-00-00. The inventory included his purse and apparell, meat cattell and hay, horses, hogs, English corn, goats, carts, ploughs, Indian corn, old wheat and pease, ammunition, four beds with the furniture, fine linen, and other household goods and about 200 acres in various plots of land. He was buried in the ancient burying ground in the rear of the Meeting House.
Will
Nathaniel's will was probated 20 Nov 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co CT. The probate record for Nathaniel includes a complete inventory, copied here with the spelling as found in the original. The Children: Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have 148 pounds; Robert Foote, about 17 years, to have 74 pounds; Frances Foote, about 15 years, to have 74 pounds; Sarah Foote, about 12 years, to have 74 pounds; Rebeckah Foote, about 10 years, to have 74 pounds. The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion, 212 pounds Imprs His purse and apparrell, 7 pounds-16-00 It. In neat Cattel and in Hay, 93 pounds-00-00 It. in horsse fleshe, 34 pounds-00- 00 It. in hoggs 66 pounds -00-00 It. in debts, 29-pounds-03-04 It. In Englishe Corne, 70 pounds-00-00 It., in goats, 3 pounds-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. 6 pounds-00-00 It. in nayles, 1 pound, 1 pound-10-00 Ite. Indean Corne, 8 pounds-00-00 It. in old Wheat and pease, 6 pounds-06-00 It. for certain things in the chamber, 2 pounds-00-00 It .for ammunition, 5 pounds -00-00 Ite,for fouer beds with the furniture,13 pounds -06-08 It. in fyne lynen 5 pounds-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards,2 chests,1 Trunke,with other Impits, 5 pounds-00-00 It. pewter and brasse and other vseful vessels,12 pounds -00-00 It. in husbandry tools, 3 pounds -00-00 It. in biefe, butter, and cheese and other necessary prvision for the howse, 8 pounds -10-00 It. in poultry, 1 pound-00-00. somm: 380 pounds - 17-00. The Land; ten acres of home lotts with one dwelling howse and 2 barnes with other buildings therevppon, 4 acres of home lotts, 6 acres of meadow with an acre of swampe, 20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp, 7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp, 20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground, 4 acres in bever meadow, 27 acres of Swampe Ground, 81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River, being 3 miles in length, (endorsed by the inventorers, Richard Trott, Samuel Smith, and Nathaniel Dickinson)[5]
Sources
? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nathaniel Foote's English Relatives, TAG Vol 53 (1977), pages 201, 205
? 2.0 2.1 The Brookes of London: Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote, by Janic Greene Valore, Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Glade Ian Nelson, TAG Vol 55 (Oct 1979), page 203
? Lieutenant Joshua Hewes; a New England pioneer, and some of his descendants, pages 9 - 12
? Kevin Avery (contributor), Ryan Curtis (originator), Find A Grave Memorial# 28849438, created Aug 07, 2008.
? Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, 2001, pages 540ff.
Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Nathaniel Foote, pages 540 - 544
Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Vol. 1, page 655
Early CT Probate Recs 1635 to 1650, p. 461. Nathaniel Foote inventory taken Nov 1644 in Wethersfield.
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Last Changed: January 21, 2019 Amy Sue Connolly"

Author: Symonds,Tania; Title: "Family tree Symonds," (Publication site: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Publisher: Genealogy on-line, Publication date: xiv Dec MMXXIII)

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"Personal data Nathaniel Foote
Source 1
He was born on September 21, 1592 in Shalford, Braintree District, Essex, England.
He died on November 20, 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, he was 52 years old.
He is buried in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America.Source 2
A child of Robert Foote and Joane Brooke

Household of Nathaniel Foote
He is married to Elizabeth Deming.

They got married January 1615 at Colchester, Essex, England, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

Joanna Foote 1610-1672
Elizabeth Foote 1616-1700
Rebecca Foote 1634-1701

Sources

1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com"
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