The Hollister Family of America

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HON. RICHARD TREAT, SR.
Richard Treat, Sr., was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, and represented that town in the first general court in 1637. He was appointed in 1642 by the general court, in connection with Gov. Wyllys, Messrs. Haines, Hopkins, Whiting, and others, to superintend building a ship, and to collect a revenue for that object. In 1643 he was a colonial grand juror, and in 1644 a member of the general court to which he was several times re‰lected. From 1658 to 1665, he was an assistant magistrate of the colony and was named in the royal charter of Charles II. as one of the patentees. He was one of the collectors of the Fenwick tax and of the fund for the support of students in the college at Cambridge.

He married first, Joanna, by whom he had several children, among whom were Robert, governor of Connecticut for many years, and Joanna, wife of Lieut. John Hollister. His second wife Alice survived him, and is mentioned in his will. He died in 1669.


WILL OF RICHARD TREAT, SR.
The last Will and Testament of Richard Treat, Senr, of Wethersfield, in the Colony of Connecticut, in the manner and forme as followeth:

Imprimis. I being weak and infirme of body, but of sound understanding and of competent memory, doe resigne my soule to the Lord, hoping to be justified and saved by the merit of Christ & my body to be buryed.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, Mrs. Treat, after my decease, all the lands of what kind soever I stand possessed of, within the Bounds of Wethersfield, viz.: five acres of land lying in the dry Swamp, which I have improved and prepared for use, lyeing next to my Sonn James his land.

Item. One piece of Meadow lying in the great Meadow commonly called By the Name of Send Home.

Item. The one half or eight Acres next Home of that piece of Meadow land commonly called fill barne.

Item. The Home lott, By the playne barn side.

Item. The dwelling house that I formerly lived in, with convenient yard roome, and that end of the Barne on this side of the thrashing floore next the dwelling house, with one halfe of that Lott belonging to the said dwelling house lyeing next his Sonn Richard's house & Lott. Except my Wife and Son James shall agree otherwise.

Item. All my pasture land fenced in beyond my daughter Hollister's Lott.

Item. The use of two of my best cowes, which she shall choose which is, they shall continue and stand longer than my loving wife liveth, they shall be my eldest son Richard Treats. I give my loving wife the standing bed, bedding, bedstead, with all the furniture thereto belonging with the use of so much of the household Goods, during her lifetime, as she shall judge needfull for her comfort of what sort soever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my eldest son, Richard Treat, the full possession & Anfirmation [?] of the farm Nowag, with all the respective priviledges thereto belonging, with three of my youngest heifers.

Item. I give to my second sonn, Robert Treat, Tenn pounds.

Item. I give to my youngest sonn, James Treate, besides the land already made over to him, my Mill and grinding stone, farm Timber, Chains, stillyerds & my little Bible.

Item. I give unto my Sonn in law Mathew Campfield, Twentie pounds for that which is remaining of his portion.

Item. I give to my daughter Hollister Forty Shillings.

Item. To my daughter Johnson Tenn Shillings.

Item. My debts being payd, I give my loveing sons John Demon and Robert Webster, equally, all the rest of my Goods and Chattles, whatsoever, except Mr. Perkins' Booke, which I give to my Sonn John Demon, and my Great Bible to my daughter, Hon. Mr. Demon, and that money in my cousin Sam1 Wells his hand unto my Cousin David Demon [Deming], son of John Demon, Senr, & my desire is that my sonns in law John Demon, Robert Webster, & Richard Treat would be my overseers for their mutuall helpfullness to my loving wife, & endeavor to see the accomplishment this my last will and Testament, & for the ratification hereof. I have this Thirteenth of February, 1668, set to my hand & seale.

RICHARD TREAT, Sen. SEAL

1. 2. Honour TREAT   b. 19 Mar 1614/1615, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 19 Mar 1615/1616, Church Of St. Andrew & St. Mary, Pitminster, Somersetshire, England; d. 21 Nov 1705, , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
2. 3. Johanna TREAT   b. 24 May 1618, South Trundle, Pitminster, Somersetshire, England; c. 24 May 1618, South Trundle, Pitminster, Somersetshire, England; d. Oct 1694, , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
3. 4. Sarah TREAT   b. 3 Dec 1620, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 3 Dec 1620, , Pitminster, Somersetshire, England; d. 1673, Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
4. 5. Richard TREAT   b. 9 Jan 1622/1623, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 9 Jan 1622/1623, Trendale, Pitminister, Somerset, England; d. Feb 1692/1693, , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
5. 6. Robert TREAT   b. 25 Feb 1624/1625, Pitminster, Somerset, England; c. Pitminster, Somerset, England; d. 12 Jul 1710, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; bur. EST Jul 1710, Old Burying Ground, Milford, Connecticut.
6. 7. Elizabeth TREAT   b. 25 Jul 1627, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 25 Jul 1627, Trendale, Pitminister, Somerset, England; d. 1706, , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
7. 8. Susannah TREAT   b. 8 Oct 1629; c. 8 Oct 1629, Trendale, Pitminister, Somerset, England; d. 1705/1709, , Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. 1705/1709, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
8. 9. James TREAT   b. 20 Jul 1634, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 20 Jul 1634, Trendale, Pitminister, Somerset, England; d. 12 Feb 1708/1709, , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; bur. 12 Feb 1708/1709, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
9. 10. Katharine TREAT   b. 29 Jun 1637, Pitminster, Smrst, (Somerset), England; c. 29 Jun 1637, Trendle, Pitminster, Somerset, England; d. 29 Nov 1655; bur. , , Connecticut.
10. 11. Thomas TREAT   b. 1639, Pitminster, Somerset, England; c. Abt 1639, Pitminster, Somersets, England; d. Wethersfield?, Hartford, Connecticut.

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1. 12. John DEMING   b. 9 Sep 1638, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. 23 Jan 1711/1712, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
2. 13. Jonathan DEMING   b. 1639, Wethersfield, Connecticut; d. 8 Jan 1699/1700, Wethersfield, Connecticut.
3. 14. Francis DEMING   b. 1643, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
4. 15. Sarah, Twin DEMING   b. 1643, Wethersfield, Connecticut; d. 29 Sep 1717, Hadley, Massachusetts.
5. 16. Rachel DEMING   b. 1644, Weathersfield, Connecticut; d. Abt 1685, , New London, Connecticut.
6. 17. Richard, Twin DEMING   b. Abt 1644.
7. 18. Samuel DEMING   b. 1646, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. 16 Apr 1709, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
8. 19. Mary DEMING   b. 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
9. 20. Mercy DEMING   b. 1651, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. 17 Dec 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.
10. 21. David DEMING   b. Abt 1652, Wethersfield, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 4 May 1725, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
11. 22. Sarah DEMING   b. ABT. 1654, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 29 Sep 1717, Hadley, Ma.
12. 23. Hannah DEMING   b. 15 Oct 1656, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. Aft 1701.
13. 24. Ebenezer DEMING   b. 1659, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut; d. 2 May 1705, Wethersfield, Hartford , Connecticut.

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From "Biographies of American & Colonial Governors" by Meckler TREAT, Robert, Governor 1683-1687, 1689-1698 Born circa 1622 in Pitminster, Somerset, Englan d, the second son of Richard and Alice (Gaylard) Treat (or Trott). A Congregati onalist. Brother of Richard, James, Honor, Joanna, Sarah, Susanna and Catherine . Married circa 1647 to Jane Tapp, by whom he was the father of Samuel, John, Mary, Robert, Sarah, Hannah, Joseph and Abigail; after his first wife's death i n 1703, remarried on October 24, 1705 to Elizabeth (Powell) Hollingsworth Bryan ; no children by his second wife. Immigrated with his parents to America, prob ably late in the 1630's; later became one of the early settlers of the town of Milford in New Haven Colony. Was serving as a Deputy in the New Haven General C ourt by 1653, representing Milford; also named Lieutenant and Chief Military O fficer of Milford in 1654. Selected as a Magistrate of New Haven Colony in 1659 , a position which he held until he declined to serve in May 1664. Following th e formal merger of New Haven with Connecticut in 1665, acted briefly as a memb er of the Connecticut General Assembly, but soon moved to Newark in East Jersey ; served as a Deputy in the East Jersey Assembly from 1667 to 1672; also held o ffice as Magistrate and Recorder of Newark. Returned to Connecticut early in t he 1670's, and became an Assistant of that colony in 1673. From 1675 to 1676 pl ayed a major military role during King Philip's War, serving as Commander-in-Ch ief of the Connecticut forces deployed against the Indians. Elected Deputy Gov ernor of Connecticut in May 1676, a position he retained until he succeeded the deceased Governor William Leete in April 1683. Except for the period between November 1687 and the spring of 1689, when Sir Edmund Andros governed the colon y as part of the Dominion of New England, Treat served as chief executive of Co nnecticut from 1683 to 1698. A political moderate, Treat agreed to serve as a member of Andros' Council during the eighteen months of Dominion rule, but he a lso wished to avoid unnecessary encroachment by Crown officials. Consequently, after the demise of Andros, Treat advocated resumption of government under Con necticut's old charter, a charter which had never been legally invalidated. The impressive victory by Treat in the gubernatorial election of May 1689 was a ma jor triumph over both the conservative Gershom Bulkeley, who claimed that the overthrow of Andros had been illegitimate, and the popular James Fitch, who att acked Treat's complicity with the Dominion government. Following his tenure as chief executive, the aged Treat continued to serve as deputy governor until 17 08. He died on July 12, 1710. Bibliography: John Harvey Treat, the Treat Famil y (Salem, Mass., 1893); George W. Solley, "Major Robert Treat," Pocumtuck Valle y Memorial Association, Proceedings, V (1912), 62-78; George Hare Ford, "Robert Treat, Founder, Farmer, Soldier, Statesman, Governor," New Haven Colony Histo rical Society, Papers, VIII (April 1914), 163-80; Charles A Scully, Robert Trea t, 1622-1710 (Philadelphia, 19599), DAB. _____________________________________ _________________ From the "History of Newark, NJ" by Joseph Atkinson (1878): FOUNDER OF NEWARK Robert TREAT is described as "the flower and pride of the w hole company." In establishing and laying out the town he was among the most ac tive and energetic. More than any other settler he is justly entitled to be rem embered as THE FOUNDER OF NEWARK. To none more than to Treat is the Newark of today indebted for the natural beauty of its location, the order of its origina l plan, and the width and attractiveness of its leading thoroughfares, more esp ecially Broad street. In evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fe llow settlers of Newark, the town records tell that when the town was parceled into lots, he was given first choice by universal consent, and besides, two ext ra acres or lots in recognition of his services Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Of, Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Prob. New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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1. 25. John DEMING   b. 7 Dec 1694, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Jan 1763, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.
2. 26. David DEMING, Lt.   b. 29 Dec 1696, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 17 Feb 1771, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3. 27. Samuel DEMING   b. 12 Jun 1699, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 1773, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
4. 28. Honor DEMING   b. 16 Dec 1701.
5. 29. William DEMING   b. 10 May 1705, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1792, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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She was around 15 when treated by John Winthrop, Jr., in 1667

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1. 30. John DEMING   b. 19 Oct 1728, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. Jan 1790, Sandisfield, Ma.
2. 31. Daniel DEMING   b. 1 Dec 1730, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. AFT. 1763.
3. 32. Honor DEMING   b. 11 Mar 1732/1733, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
4. 33. Jabez DEMING   b. 1742, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; d. 16 Oct 1799, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.
5. 34. Lucy DEMING