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- "Came to Saybrook, Conn from England in 1663 and later settled in Branfor d, Conn, where in 1666, he bought the home lot of Abraham Pierson, when t he latter removed...."[Hoadley10.FTW]
William was a Merchant and his shop adjoin his dwelling. He signed the Plantation Covenant of Branford on January 20, 1667-8 and was admitted a freeman in October 1669. He represented Branford in the General Assembly 168 5-1685, and was one of the patentees of the town February 16, 1685-6.
A selectman several years during 1673 and 1690, and at a twon metting he ld June 26, 1683, he was appinted to keep the "ordinary". The death of h is wife doubtless coased him to give up the tavern and his suvvessor was a ppointed March 28, 1687.
William was Called Captain in the town Records and doubtless commanded a company of Colonial Milita at some time,
William Hoadley [Hoadle], commonly called Captain, is the Ancestor of most of the Hoadley Family that bears this name in The Americas. He was born in England in about 1630. He first appears in the Saybrook area of Connecticut in about 1663. In 1666, he bought the home lot of The Rev. Abraham Pierson of Branford, CT. when the latter removed to N.J. This lot was on the west side of the public green where the Totoket House now stands, and there he conducted his business as a merchant, his shop being next to his dwelling house..
William Hoadley's name appears on the new Plantation Covenant of Branford, January 20, 1667-8. He was propounded as a freeman of the Colony at the May session of the General Assembly, May 13 1669, and was admitted in the following October. He was one of the representatives or deputies of Branford at nine sessions of the Assembly between 1678 and 1685, and one of the patentees of the town February 16, 1685-6. He was one of the selectmen several years between 1673 and 1690. At a town meeting held June 26, 1683, he was chosen and appointed to keep the ordinary in Branford. The death of his wife, perhaps, occasioned to lay it down, and his succesor was chosen to keep it March 28, 1687. In the time of Sir Edmund Andros William Hoadley was one of the grand-jurors at a court of quarter-sessions held at New Haven in June, 1688. He was one of a committee appointed October 11, 1686, to make application to the general court at Hartford for liberty for the town to embody into a church estate. In 1699 he was one of a committee to build a meeting house, and was often on committees to procure a minister for the town. The town gave liberty in December, 1701 to Mr. William Hoadley, senior, to build a pew in the meeting house for himself and family and two of his sons and their wives; he built it upon his own charge, and after his decease and his wife's, the pew to be at the town's dispose, they paying reasonable charges according to the value of it.
The name and time of death of his first wife are unknown. He had eight children according to the list taken January 17, 1676, but, the names of but seven are known and six survived him. He died in November or December of 1709, aged about 79 years. The date of his inventory is December 27th, and its amount L1,116 pounds. He left a will, but it was rejected by the probate court, and the settlement of his estate was the occassion of a fierce and long continued litigation among his heirs. This will has never been found and its provisions are unknown.
"An inventory of the estate of William Hoadley late of Branford, deceased, as it was taken by us Nathaniel Harrison and John Rose, Junior, December 27th, 1709."
The inventory fills four pages in Vol. III of New Haven Probate Records. The list is in the front of the Book - William Hoadley and his decendants.
He first married Mary Bullard - daughter of William Bullard [Buller] - & Mary Grissel - , Circa 1652. Born Circa 1628 in Barnham, Suffolk, England. Died 12 May 1703 in Branford, New Haven, CT.
William Hoadley [Hoadle], commonly called Captain, is the Ancestor of most of the Hoadley Family that bears this name in The Americas. He was born in England in about 1630. He first appears in the Saybrook area of Connecticut in about 1663. In 1666, he bought the home lot of The Rev. Abraham Pierson of Branford, CT. when the latter removed to N.J. This lot was on the west side of the public green where the Totoket House now stands, and there he conducted his business as a merchant, his shop being next to his dwelling house..
William Hoadley's name appears on the new Plantation Covenant of Branford, January 20, 1667-8. He was propounded as a freeman of the Colony at the May session of the General Assembly, May 13 1669, and was admitted in the following October. He was one of the representatives or deputies of Branford at nine sessions of the Assembly between 1678 and 1685, and one of the patentees of the town February 16, 1685-6. He was one of the selectmen several years between 1673 and 1690. At a town meeting held June 26, 1683, he was chosen and appointed to keep the ordinary in Branford. The death of his wife, perhaps, occasioned to lay it down, and his succesor was chosen to keep it March 28, 1687. In the time of Sir Edmund Andros William Hoadley was one of the grand-jurors at a court of quarter-sessions held at New Haven in June, 1688. He was one of a committee appointed October 11, 1686, to make application to the general court at Hartford for liberty for the town to embody into a church estate. In 1699 he was one of a committee to build a meeting house, and was often on committees to procure a minister for the town. The town gave liberty in December, 1701 to Mr. William Hoadley, senior, to build a pew in the meeting house for himself and family and two of his sons and their wives; he built it upon his own charge, and after his decease and his wife's, the pew to be at the town's dispose, they paying reasonable charges according to the value of it.
The name and time of death of his first wife are unknown. He had eight children according to the list taken January 17, 1676, but, the names of but seven are known and six survived him. He died in November or December of 1709, aged about 79 years. The date of his inventory is December 27th, and its amount L1,116 pounds. He left a will, but it was rejected by the probate court, and the settlement of his estate was the occassion of a fierce and long continued litigation among his heirs. This will has never been found and its provisions are unknown.
"An inventory of the estate of William Hoadley late of Branford, deceased, as it was taken by us Nathaniel Harrison and John Rose, Junior, December 27th, 1709."
The inventory fills four pages in Vol. III of New Haven Probate Records. The list is in the front of the Book - William Hoadley and his decendants.
He first married Mary Bullard - daughter of William Bullard [Buller] - & Mary Grissel - , Circa 1652. Born Circa 1628 in Barnham, Suffolk, England. Died 12 May 1703 in Branford, New Haven, CT.
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1630 - 1709 (79 years)
