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THOMAS ORTON (b. 18 Jul 1613, d. 23 Dec 1688)

THOMAS ORTON was born 18 Jul 1613 in ENGLAND, and died 23 Dec 1688 in FARMINGTON, CT.. He married MARGARET PELL OR PRATT on 16 Jun 1641 in WINDSOR, CT..

Notes for THOMAS ORTON:
In just what year Thomas Oryton reached Windsor, we have no means of learning. One record makes 1636 the date of his settlement there but the church records of the town show that he was married there 16 Jun 1641, to Margaret Pratt. The name as written in the records seems to read Pall or Paul, but inasmuch as the latter names are otherwise unknown in Windsor, While a Pratt family is found there, the probabilities point to the latter name. Both he and his wife joined the church at Windsor, and his name occurs in various township transactions of that time.

Thomas Orton was one of the eighty-four original owners and settlers of Farmington, CT. He owned two houses at the center, one located nearly opposite the present bank and the other a short distance east of the hotel, just at the bend of the Hartford road. He also owned many tracts of land in the valley and on the mountain side and also in the northern part of the town, which was called Nod or Little Nod, but which now constitutes the town of Avon. He was one of the wealthiest of the original proprietors. In 1672, a list of the estates of the town was agreed upon by which the valley lands, at fir held in common, should be divided. The division seems to have been based on the property that each of the original proprietors was already possessed of Thomas Orton comes eighth in this list.

More About THOMAS ORTON and MARGARET PELL OR PRATT:
Marriage: 16 Jun 1641, WINDSOR, CT..

Children of THOMAS ORTON and MARGARET PELL OR PRATT are:

+JOHN ORTON, b. 17 Feb 1646/47, WINDSOR, CT., d. 1696, FARMINGTON, CT..