Richard Platt b. 28 Sep 1603 Ware Hertfordshire, England d. 13 Feb 1684 Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

1603 - 1684 (80 years)

Name	Richard Platt
Born	28 Sep 1603	Ware Hertfordshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Immigration	31 Jul 1637	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Immigration	from England
Name	Richard Platt [1]
Died	13 Feb 1684	Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut [1]
Person ID	I21308	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	George Platt, b. 13 May 1582, Ware Hertfordshire, England , d. 20 Apr 1609, Ware Hertfordshire, England (Age 26 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Mary Sell, b. 1584, Ware Hertfordshire, England , d. Aft 1618 (Age > 35 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	Between 1597 and 1598	Ware, Hertfordshire, England [1]
Notes	Married: 22´uª0 ´uª0 July´uª0 ´uª0 1593´uª ´uªGreat´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªMunden,´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªHertfordshire,´uª0´uª ´uª0 England ´uª0 1597-1598´uª ´uªWare´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªHertfordshire,´uª0´uª ´uª0 England´/uª
Family ID	F7607	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Wood, b. 10 Nov 1605, Roydon, Essex, England , d. 24 Mar 1676, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 70 years)

Married 26 Jan 1629 Roydon, Essex, England [1]

Notes

Married:

26 Jan 1628/29

Children

	1. Hannah Platt, b. 01 Oct 1643, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut , d. 1713, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 69 years) [Natural]
	2. John Platt, b. 11 Jan 1631, Ware, Hertfordshire, England , d. 06 Nov 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 74 years) [Natural]
	3. Samuel Platt, b. 09 Dec 1634, Ware Hertfordshire, England , d. 15 Sep 1635, Ware Hertfordshire, England (Age 0 years) [Natural]
	4. Isaac Platt, b. 10 Apr 1633, England , d. 31 Jul 1691, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York (Age 58 years) [Natural]
	5. Mary Platt, b. 11 Nov 1629, Roydon, Essex, England , d. 17 Jun 1669, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 39 years) [Natural]
	6. Josiah Platt, b. 16 Nov 1645, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut , d. 01 Jan 1724 (Age 78 years) [Natural]
	7. Joseph Platt, b. 01 Apr 1649, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut , d. Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut [Natural]
	8. Epenetus Platt, b. Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut , d. Sep 1693, Huntington, Long Island, New York [Natural]
	9. Sarah Platt, b. 11 Sep 1636, Ware Hertfordshire, England , d. 15 May 1670, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 33 years) [Natural]

Family ID F7599 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 28 Sep 1603 - Ware Hertfordshire, England
	Married - 26 Jan 1629 - Roydon, Essex, England
	Immigration - from England - 31 Jul 1637 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	Died - 13 Feb 1684 - Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Notes

He came to Milford, CT in 1639. He served as a deacon in the Milford´uª0 ´uª0 Church. In his will he´uª0 ´uª0 left each of his children a Bible.
´uª0 Norwalk Land Records and "History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" Vol.´uª0 ´uª0 1,´uª0 ´uª0 p.483.
´uª0 Founder of Milfort, CT; arrived in America in 1638, Deacon, immigrated to America in´uª0 ´uª0 1638
´uª0 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18958634/person/737407337/photo/37c20e0b-c191-4ecd-941´uª0 4-5a816´uª0 188930d?src=records
´uª0 Notes for Richard Platt:
´uª0 Roydon, where Richard and Mary married, is four miles southeast of Ware.
´uª0 On 16 April 1609 was mentioned as son in the will of George Platte of Ware.
´uª0 On 13 July 1629 there was an "Order that Richard Platt of Ware and his apprentice´uª0 ´uª0 be´uª0 ´uª0 brought before certain justices, that some order might be taken to end the´uª0 ´uª0 differences´uª0 ´uª0 between them."´uª0
´uª0 On 25 April 1638 Westminster, England, Richard and Mary Platt signed a final´uª0 ´uª0 concord´uª0 ´uª0 to dispose of their lands and houses at Ware, receiving L42 for the´uª0 ´uª0 premises. Then they´uª0 ´uª0 prepared to sail for New England, but may have had to stay in´uª0 ´uª0 or near London for some´uª0 ´uª0 months while awaiting passage. They appear to have´uª0 ´uª0 crossed the Atlantic either in the´uª0 ´uª0 latter half of 1638 or the first half of 1639.´uª0
´uª0 It has been stated that the Platt family arrived at New Haven in August 1639, and´uª0 ´uª0 this´uª0 ´uª0 may be true, but Richard Platt is not among those who signed the covenant of´uª0 ´uª0 22´uª0 ´uª0 August 1639, and "Richard Plot" did not join the Church of Milford at New´uª0 ´uª0 Haven until´uª0 ´uª0 29 January 1639/1640. He was a free planter, according to Abbott in´uª0 ´uª0 Milford, New Haven´uª0 ´uª0 County, CT, in 1639. His home lot was #38, consisting of 4´uª0 ´uª0 acres and one rod, near the´uª0 ´uª0 corner of the present West Main and Cherry Streets. In´uª0 ´uª0 1669 he was chosen deacon of´uª0 ´uª0 the church at Milford. He appeared on the list of´uª0 ´uª0 freemen at Milford in October 1669:´uª0 ´uª0 "A List of the Freemen of Milford [October´uª0 ´uª0 1669] ... Richard Platt."´uª0
´uª0 In her will dated 9 November 1669, proved 20 November 1669, Sarah (Bryan?)´uª0 ´uª0 (Baldwin) Astwood of Milford appointed "my beloved brothers Richard Platt and´uª0 ´uª0 Thomas´uª0 ´uª0 Wheeler" overseers. Richard Platt and Thomas Wheeler were also´uª0 ´uª0 witnesses to the will.´uª0 ´uª0 Since Sarah's maiden name has not been proven, this´uª0 ´uª0 statement has led to much´uª0 ´uª0 genealogical speculation as to how she was related to´uª0 ´uª0 these men -- or were they merely´uª0 ´uª0 highly esteemed "brethren in the church"? If you´uª0 ´uª0 look to their descendants rather than´uª0 ´uª0 their antecedants, another possible´uª0 ´uª0 explanation suggests itself -- Sarah's grandson´uª0 ´uª0 Zachariah3 Baldwin (Richard2,´uª0 ´uª0 Sylvester1) was married to Richard Platt's granddaughter´uª0 ´uª0 Mary3 Atkinson (Mary2,´uª0 ´uª0 Richard1).´uª0
´uª0 The will of "Richard Platt of Milford in Ye colony of conecticutt" was dated 4´uª0 ´uª0 August´uª0 ´uª0 1683: It makes the following bequests:´uª0
´uª0 I give unto my son John Platt beside what I have formerly given him L26 & foure´uª0 ´uª0 bibles for his children. I give unto my son Isaac Platt L20 besides what I have´uª0 ´uª0 formerly´uª0 ´uª0 given him & for his children three bibles. I give unto my son Epenetus´uª0 ´uª0 Platt besides´uª0 ´uª0 what I have formerly given him L20 & for his children three bibles.´uª0
´uª0 I give my son in law Christopher Comstocke & his wife beside what I have´uª0 ´uª0 formerly´uª0 ´uª0 given him L22 & for his children 3 bibles. I give Samuel Bech [Beach]´uª0 ´uª0 beside what I´uª0 ´uª0 have formerly given him L6. I give Hannah & Deborah Merwin two´uª0 ´uª0 bibles.´uª0
´uª0 I´uª0 ´uª0 g´uª0 ive Elder [Daniel] Buckingham L5 toward bringing up his son to be a schollar.
´uª0 I give my son Epenetus L5 toward bringing up his son to be a schollar.
´uª0 I give my son Josia Platt beside what I have formerly given him the meadow on ye´uª0 ´uª0 far´uª0 ´uª0 side the creeke by stubby playne, & halfe the pasture or land by ye necke gate,´uª0 ´uª0 & the´uª0 ´uª0 land not yet taken in of my division, & halfe the pasture land below the two´uª0 ´uª0 orchards, &´uª0 ´uª0 five bibles for his children. I give Josia Whitmore & his sister two´uª0 ´uª0 bibles. I give my son´uª0 ´uª0 Joseph Platt's children two bibles.´uª0
´uª0 I give my son Joseph Platt all the remainder of my estate, housing, barnes, lands,´uª0 ´uª0 meadows, corne, cattle, horses, mares, sheep, hogs, movables, he paying the´uª0 ´uª0 legacyes´uª0 ´uª0 above named & debts.´uª0
´uª0 I make my son Joseph Platt my executor of this my last Will.
´uª0 I desire Elder Buckingham & my son Josia Platt to see this my Will fulfilled, & I´uª0 ´uª0 give´uª0 ´uª0 Elder Buckingham & my son Josia twenty shillings apiece for their paynes.´uª0
´uª0 [Signed] Richard Platt
´uª0 Daniel Buckingham and Josia Platt, witnesses
´uª0 The Inventory of the estate was taken 13 February 1684 by Samuell Ells, John´uª0 ´uª0 Streame,´uª0 ´uª0 and Sylvanus Baldwin. It totaled L547:05:07. (New Haven probate´uª0 ´uª0 records vol 1, part 2,´uª0 ´uª0 p. 138).´uª0
´uª0 The Platt stone in the Milford Memorial Bridge reads:
´uª0 "DEACON RICHARD PLATT
´uª0 Obit 1684
´uª0 MARY His Wife."
´uª0 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/y/Dennis-M-Frye/GENE3-0027.html´/uª
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Immigration:

"We don't know the name of the ship that the Prudden group sailed on, but we know, from a legal deposition sent back
to England later by one of the passengers, that it left on 31 May and arrived in Boston on 31 July."

Died:

13 Feb 1683/84

Sources
[S531] \i Winch/Proffitt Genealogy Database\i0, Winch, Randy, (Name: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=winch&id=I00210;), ) (Reliability: 3).