Stephen Post

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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]

1. Thomas Post died on 5 Sep 1701 in Norwich, New London, CT.
2. Catherine Post and died.
3. John Post was born on 13 Sep 1629 in Otham, Kent, England; died on 27 Nov 1710 in Norwich, New London, CT.
4. Abraham Post was born about 1640 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died about 1691 in Saybrook, CT.

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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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Peter married Maragrietje Bogert on 13 Sep 1539. Maragrietje and died. [Group Sheet]

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