General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Lieut
BIOGRAPHY: "'Pedigree of the Late Samuel Hurlbut and his wife Jerusha (Higgins) Hurlbut,' Henry H Hurlbut, 1861.
"Lieut Thomas Hurlbut, Sen, time and place of birth unknown, but is presumed to have been a native of Old England, and born about 1615 or 16. He was a Lieutenant of the first company that garrisoned the Fort at Saybrook, Conn, 1636, and served in the famous Pequot War in 1637.  He was a Blacksmith, and established himself at Wethersfield, Conn, where he was one of the first settlers as well as the first Blacksmith.  He was a man of good standing in the place, was Clerk of the 'Train Band', 1640, Deputy to the General Court, &c.  For his services in the Indian War, the Assembly voted him a grant of land, October 12th, 1671, and it is supposed that he died soon after that time. -E Stearns. 
"Arrived from Scotland on theship 'Bachelor' in August of 1635.
"Mayflower Quarterly, Feb 1993, p 39."
Taken from RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project:  Kate's Notes.

BIOGRAPHY: (I printed the Excerpts From Lionel Gardiner's Journal, about the Pequot War, in Jan 2001.  I tried the links again in Feb 2003 to see if they were still active, but they were not.  Thomas Hurlbut is mentioned eight times, and the journal is an informational piece about the conditions and circumstances of the time.  I wouldbe willing to scan the 12 page journal for anyone interested in reading it.)

BIOGRAPHY: From Memorial History of Hartford County - Wethersfield (p437):
The following are the names of additional settlers, nearly all from places otherthan Watertown, some directly from England.  Some came as early as 1635, but most of them between 1636 and 1640; none later than 1645:--
...Thomas Hurlbut.

BIOGRAPHY: From Memorial History of Hartford County - The Pequot War (p50):
At Saybrook Captain John Underhill, with nineteen men, joined Captain Mason'sarmy, and twenty men were sent back from Saybrook more effectually to guard the river settlements, which had been left in an exposed condition, so that no morethan seventy of the men gathered out of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield went forward to the great battle.  Of these, so far as it has been possible to recover their names, Dr Trumbull has made the following enrollment:---
From Hartford:  ...Tho* Hollybut (Hurlburt), ...

BIOGRAPHY: From Ancestry - First Settlers of the Colony:
Hurlbut, Thomas, Wethersfield, one of the first settlers,juror in 1645--appraiser of Elson's estate in '48--was fined 40 shillings for excess in prices in '42--clerk of training band in Wethersfield in '40.  He wasa man of good standing, often on the jury and deputy--supposed to be the brother of William at Windsor.  He was the ancestor of many of the name in Litchfield county.  Constable in '64.