Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameThomas HURLBUT 
Birth1598, England1906, p 144
Birthabt 16101922
Settlementabt 1640, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut1884, p 580,1923, p 358 Age: 42
Death1689, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut1864, p 406 Age: 91
Occupationblacksmith1518, p 17
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• Thomas Hurlbut came across the Atlantic, it is supposed, in the year 1635, for he was a soldier under Lion Gardiner, who built and had command of the fort at Saybrook, Conn. It is supposed that Thomas Hurlbut was one of the 11 passengers above referred to; but who his parents were, or when or where he was born, we have not been able to learn.1185, p 15
• [Thomas] was wounded by an arrow, in a battle with the Pequot Indians, at Saybrook, Feb. 22, 1637, as appears from a letter written by Gardiner, June, 1660.1906, p 144,1125, p 27
• Hurlbut was a blacksmith, and after the Pequot war, located and established himself in Wethersfield; and was one of the early settlers, and first blacksmith of the place, clerk of the Trainband, 1640; deputy, grand juror, and constable, 1644.1906, p 146
• [Thomas] was wounded by an arrow, in a battle with the Pequot Indians, at Saybrook, Feb. 22, 1637, as appears from a letter written by Gardiner, June, 1660.1906, p 144,1125, p 27
• Hurlbut was a blacksmith, and after the Pequot war, located and established himself in Wethersfield; and was one of the early settlers, and first blacksmith of the place, clerk of the Trainband, 1640; deputy, grand juror, and constable, 1644.1906, p 146
Spouses
Individual Notes
• The Christian name of the wife of Mr. Hurlbut was Sarah, but nothing further is known; no date of birth, marriage, nor death.1185, p 18
Marriageabt 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut1864, p 406; marriage only,1902