Fourth Generation

32. Captain Samuel TALCOTT¹⁹ was born in 1634/35 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on 10 Nov 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Captain Samuel son of the worshipful Mr. John Talcott and Dorothy Mott, his wife, was probably born in Newton, now Cambridge, Mass., about the year 1634 or 35, married Hannah, daughter of the Hon. Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon, his wife, (born June 9, 1644), Nov. 7, 1661.
Hannah, wife of Capt. Samuel Talcott, died in Wethersfield, Feb. 2, 1677/8, and he married Mary ----------, Aug. 6, 1679 by whom he had no issue.
Capt. Samuel Talcott died in Wethersfield, Nov. 10, 1691. His will which he made the preceding April, will be found below. His widow Mary died Jan. 5, 1710-11, ae. 73 years.
Capt. Samuel was graduated at Harvard College in 1658, and made a freeman in 1662. His father settled him upon land which he possessed, in Wethersfield. From 1669 to 1684 he was Commissioner for Wethersfield; from 1670 to 1684, Deputy to the General Court, of which he was Secretary, in the absence of Col. Allyn, during the October session of 1684. May 16, 1676 he was appointed "one of a standing committee to order measures and dispose of such affairs as shall be necessary to attend to in the intervals of General Court. May 12, 1677, confirmed Lieutenant of Wethersfield Trained band; Oct. 14, 1679, Lieutenant of the Troop; Oct. 16, 1681, Captain of the Troop of Hartford of Hartford Co. From 1683, except during Andros' administration, was Assistant till his death.
Capt. Samuel, was one of the original proprietors of the town of Glastenbury, and owned the lot which was purchased by his Father, in 1643, of Samuel Sherman and Richard Gildersleeve, "being 44 rods wide, running back from the river three miles to the great wilderness." It is still owned by his descendants. He was the scholar of the family, and to him, his Father bequeathed all his books, except his "Martyr Book," which he gave to his son John. From these two sons, John and Samuel are descended all of the name Talcott in America.
The wife of Capt. Samuel Talcott was a daughter of Capt. Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon, who resided in Springfield, Mass. Capt. Elizur Holyoke was the son of Edward Holyoke and Prudence, daughter of Rev. John Stockton, of Farnsworth, Suffolk Co.,, England. He married Mary, daughter of Hon. William Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass., Nov. 20, 1640, and had John, b. Aug. 27, 1641; d. Oct. 8, 1641. John, b. Aug 5, 1642; d. Feb. 6, 1712. Hannah, b. June 9, 1644; m. Capt. Samuel Talcott, of Wethersfield, Conn., Nov 7, 1661; d. Feb 2, 1678; a daughter born dead, May 21, 1646. Samuel, b. June 9, 1647; d. Oct. 31, 1676. Edward, b. Aug. 8, 1649; d. June 16, 1708. Elizur, b. Oct. 13, 1651; m. Mary dau. of Jacob Eliot, Jan 2, 1678; d. Aug. 11, 1711. Mary, b. Nov 14, 1656; m. James Russell; he d. Aug 11, 1711; she d. July 14, 1678.
Mary, the wife of Capt. Elizur Holyoke, died in Springfield, Oct. 26, 1657. Her monument, which is still standing in that place, bears the following inscription:
"Here lies the body of Mari, wife of Elizur Holyoke, who died Oct 26, 1657.

"She that lies here was, while she stood,
A very glory of Womanhood;
Even here was sown most precious dust,
Which surely will rise with the just."

Capt. Elizur Holyoke married, 2nd, a Stebbins, who was 1st widow of John Maynard, and 2nd widow of Robert Day, of Hartford. She died Oct. 24, 1688. Capt. Elizur Holyoke died in Springfield, Mass., Feb 6, 1676. He was a prominent man in the Colony of Massachusetts, and held various offices of trust under the Government. His Father, Edward Holyoke, of Tamworth, Suffolk Co., England, was married to Prudence, Daughter of the Rev. John Stockton, of Kinholdt, England, June 18, 1612, and had Elizur, m. Mary Pynchon, Nov 20, 1640. Elizabeth, m. George Keyser. Ann, m. Thos. Putnam, Oct 7, 1643. Susanna, m. Michael Martin, Sept. 12, 1656. Sarah, m. --------- Andrews.
Edward Holyoke resided in Lynn, Mass., as early as 1630, and was admitted freeman in 1638. After residing for a time in Springfield, Mass., he returned to England and died at Rumsey, where he had large estates, May 4, 1660. He had two children born and died before he came to America, Edward, who died Dec. 30, 1631, ae. 13; John, who died in 1635.
Mary Pynchon, wife of Capt. Elizur Holyoke, and mother in law of Capt. Samuel Talcott, was the daughter of the Hon. William Pynchon, one of the original settlers of the Colony of Massachusetts. He was one of the Patentees of the Charter of Charles the First, granted to Massachusetts, March 4, 1629. He was chosen Assistant Magistrate by the General Court of the Massachusetts Company in London, Oct. 20, 1629. Came to this country in 1630, and settled in Roxbury, Mass. He was subsequently chosen Treasurer of the Company and removed to Springfield, Mass., of which town he was one of the original proprietors. He returned to England in 1652, and died at his seat at Wraisburg on the Thames, Oct., 1662, ae. 72 or 74 years. He had by his first wife, who died in New England, Aug., 1630, John, b. 1625; Amy, dau. of Gov. George Wyllys, Oct. 30, 1645; she d. Jan 9, 1698, ae. 74; he d. Jan 17, 1703. Anna, m. Henry Smith, returned to England. Margaret, m. Capt. William Davis, Dec 6, 1644; d. July 3, 1653. Mary, m. Capt. Elizur Holyoke, Nov. 20, 1640; d. Oct 26, 1657.
The Hon. William Pynchon married a 2nd wife, Frances Sandford, who died at Wraisburg, Buckinghamshire, Eng., Oct. 10, 1657.
The Hon. William Pynchon was the son of John Pynchon and -------- Orchard, and was probably born in Springfield, Essex Co., England. The Father of this John, was John, son of Nicholas Pynchon, of Wales, who was sheriff of London in 1532. John lived in Weittle, Essex Co., and married Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Empson, had six children. William, m. Rose Reeding; John, m. --------- Orchard (Sir) Edward; Agnes, m. Thos. Chicele, of Hingham Ferries; Elizabeth, m. George Gates, of St. Edmonds Bury; Jane, m. Andrew Pascal, of Springfield, Essex Co.
John died in 1573, and his widow, Jane, married Dr. Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State.

Captain Samuel TALCOTT and Hannah HOLYOKE were married on 7 Nov 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Hannah HOLYOKE was born on 9 Jun 1644 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 2 Feb 1677/78 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Captain Samuel TALCOTT and Hannah HOLYOKE had the following children:

+57	i.	Coronet Samuel TALCOTT.
58	ii.	John TALCOTT20 was born in 1663 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died after 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died young.
+59	iii.	Hannah TALCOTT.
+60	iv.	Elizur TALCOTT.
+61	v.	Deacon Joseph TALCOTT.
+62	vi.	Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT.
+63	vii.	Rachel TALCOTT.
+64	viii.	Sargent Nathaniel TALCOTT.

Captain Samuel TALCOTT and Mary ------------- were married on 6 Aug 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary ------------- died on 5 Jan 1710/11 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. She was born.