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  1. Joseph Wadsworth: Birth: 1682 in Hartford, Conn. Death: 24 AUG 1778

  2. Jonathan Wadsworth: Birth: 1683 in Hartford, Conn. Death: 23 JUL 1739

  3. Ichabod Wadsworth: Birth: 1688 in Hartford, Conn. Death: 05 MAY 1778 in Hartford, Conn

  4. Hannah Wadsworth: Birth: 1690 in Hartford, Conn. Death: 30 AUG 1786

  5. Elizabeth Wadsworth: Birth: in Hartford, Conn. Death: 1721


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Note:   Joseph Wadsworth is referred to as Sargeant in order of Council dated Sept 6, 1675. He was appointed Lt. in January 14, 1675, and Capt, by order of the General Assembly October 14, 1697, although he appears as Capt in the list of Deputies elected of the General Court. King Phillip War was being waged when the three brothers were "profounded for freeman" and that Joseph was taking an active part in it as shown by the order of Council. No paintings exist and only a record of a few acts remain of Capt Wadsworth, who "secured the Charter of the Colony in a very troublesome season", and who stands out boldly as the first genuine hero born in New England. From these acts, the rugged soldier in homespun who in his day tilled the soil of Connecticut, fought the Indians, risked his life in defense of the Colony's rights, defied a Colonial Governor and was finally in his old age admitted to the bar, where he was time and again called on to defend himself in suits which could be traced to his high temper and sledge hammer manner in settling disputes. In May 1703, Capt Wadsworth was again named as one of he Deputies for Hartford in the Lower House of the General Assembly, re-elected in 1704 & 1705. In 1712 at the ripe age of 64, he became a member of the legal fraternity, but as to what cases he won or lost in this field of contention, the records of the Colony are silent and nothing more is said of him until his temper boiled over during the May session of the General Assembly in 1715, in which he was fined twenty schillings. Capt Wadsworth died in 1730 and is supposed to be buried in the cemetery corner of Main & Gold Streets, Hartford, but there is no gravestone to his memory. His will was approved and recorded March 2, 1730-1. Quotes: "Wadsworth of The Charter Oak" by W. H. Gocher, 1904, pg 358, 367, 368. 378


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