First Generation 1. Richard TREAT was born in 1584 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. He was Baptized on 28 AUG 1584 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. He signed a will on 13 FEB 1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. The Treat Family, by John Harvey Treat, A.M., The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893. p. 29 - 30. The last will & Testament of Richard Treate senior in the Colony of Connecticut in maner & forme as Followeth: Imprimis I being weak & Infirm of body but of sound understanding & of competent memory doe resigne my soule to the Lord hoping to be Justified & saved by the merits of Christ, & my body to be buryed. Item I give & bequeath to my loving wife Alis Treat after my decease all the land 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 & prepared for use lyeing next my sonn James land. Item, one peice of meadow lyeing in the great meadow Commonly called by the name of Send Home. Item the one halfe or eight acres next Home of that peice of meadow commonly clled fillbarne. Item the Home lott By the playne lain side. Item the dwelling house that I formerly lived in with convenient yarde roome and that end of the Barne on this side the threshing Floare next the dwelling house, with the one halfe of that Lott belonging to the said dwelling house lyeing next his son Richards house & lott except my wife & son James shall agree otherwise; Item all my pasture land fenced in beyond my daughter Hollisters lott; Item the use of two of my cowes which she shall chuse, which if they sahll continue & stand longer than my loving wife liveth they shall be my eldest sonn Richard Treats; Item I give to my loving wife the standing bed bedding bedsted with all the furniture thereto belonging with the use of so much of the household Goods during her life time as she shall Judge needful for her comfort of what sort soever. Item I give and bequeath to my eldest son Richard Treat the full possession & Confirmation of the farme of Nayog, with all the respective privileges thereto belonging with Three of my youngest Heifers. Item I give to my second sonn Robert Treat Ten pounds. Item I give to my youngest sonn James Treate besides the Lands already made over to him my mill & griding stone fann Timber Chaines, stillyards & my little bible; Item I give to my sonn in law Matthew Campfield Twentie pounds for the which is remayning for his portion; Item I give to my daughter Hollister Forty shillings; Item, to my duaghter Johnson, Tenn shillings. Item my debts being payed I give to my loving sons John Demon & Robert Webster, equally all the rest of my Goods & chattles whatsover except Mr. Perkins Booke which I give to my sonn John Demon (Deming) & my great Bible to my daughter Honour Demon, & that money in my cousin Samuel Wells his hand, unto my Cousin David Deming, son of John Demon senior. & my desire is that My sonn in law John Demon, Robert Webster and Richard Treat would be my overseers for their mutual helpfulness to my louing wife, & endeavoure to see the accomplishment of this my last will and Testament, and for the ratifycation hereof I have this Thirteenth day of February, 1668, set my hand and seale. Richard Treat Sen: (Seal) There is one expression in this document, "next his son Richards house," instead of "next my son Richards house," which would seem to indicate that Mr. Treat did not himself write the will, but that it was drawn up at his dictation. Probably he was too weak and infirm to do it personally. He died on 14 FEB 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Inventory of estate was completed on 3 MAR 1669/70 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. The Treat Family, by John Harvey Treat, A.M., The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893. p. 30. The Inventory of his estate was exhibited in Court, March 3, 1669 - 70, and is as follows: 34 pounds, 00 shillings, 00 pence Imp. Cattel & Swine. 05 pounds, 06 shillings, 00 pence Item several Goods in the house the particulars have been valued which are these that followe, in the Chamber next the Barne. 05 pounds, 15 shillings, 00 pence In the other Chamber. 02 pounds, 16 shillings, 00 pence More in the same chamber. 13 pounds, 11 shillings, 02 pence To several in the Kitchen which have been valued at 03 pounds, 12 shillings, 06 pence In the parlour 04 pounds, 10 shillings, 00 pence Oates & indian Corne & Salt 69 pounds, 10 shillings, 00 pence Total Inventory Jan: 69 aprised by: exhibited in Court, March 3d, 1667/70 John Deminge John Nott Robert Webster Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, Prepared by Cornelius B. Tyler, Privately Printed 1912. Book Reference No. UC-NRLF 4B 17 968, p. 265 He came to New England with his family in 1635, and settled in Watertown, but removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 1637, of which he was a leading citizen. He was juror and Grand Juror 1643, was chosen Deputy from Wethersfield to the Connecticut General Court, April, 1644, and annually re-elected fourteen years, 1644-57. He was elected Assistant or Magistrate eight times, from March, 1657-8 to 1664. He was Townsman 1660, March 14, 1660-1 the General Court applied for a charter for their colony, which was granted April 23, 1662. A man of considerable wealth and an extensive land owner. He was a member of Governor Winthrop's Council, December 17, 1663, and July 1, 1664. The Treat Family, by John Harvey Treat, A.M., The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893. p. 26 - 29. Richard Treat (Robert, Richard, William, John), was born 1584, in Pitminster, probably in the hamlet of South Trendle, now the parish of Trull, Somerset, England; baptized in Pitminster church, Aug. 28, 1854; died 1669-70, in Wethersfield, Conn., was alive Oct. 11, 1669, and the inventory of his estate was presented to court, March 3, 1669-70; married, April 27, 1615, in Pitmister, Alice Gaylard, who was baptized May 10, 1594, in Pitminster, when her name was spelled Gaylaud, and the daughter of Hugh Gaylard, who was buried Oct. 21, 1614, in Pitminster, and whose will is recorded in the Taunton Probate Court in 1614, but has utterly perished. When Alice Treat died is unknown, but she survived her husband. The tradition that Alice was a second wife, and that the name of the first wife was Joanna, who was the mother of Mr. Treat's children, has proved, upon investigation, to be unfounded. The name of Hugh Gaylerd appears in the Taunton Manor Register, 1753, Poundishord, for two Messuages and two furlongs of Bondland, and two acres of Overland in Smalecrosse, and one acre of Overland in Lakemead, in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Nicholas Gaylerd, and the said Hugh first surrendered one acre of Bondland called Southgrove, in Tything aforesaid, by surrender of John Gaylard (?Johane widow of Nicholas) to hold to said Johane a Messuage and land for residence, & c. His name also appears in the calendars in 1574, '81, '88, '92, '94, '96. Oct. 4, 1608, he surrendered a Close called Smalerest in the Tything of South Trendle, to son George Gaylard. Richard Treat was the son of Robert and Honora or Honour Trott, and the grandson of Richard and Joanna Trott, all of Pitminster. His great grandfather was probably William Trott of Staplegrove, and his great great grandfather was probably John Trott also of Staplegrove. He was baptized under the name of Trott, married under the name of Trett; his children were baptized by the names of Trott and Tratt,and he was called Treat when he died. The name of Treat first appears in 1647, and in 1664 he signed two different documents under the name of Treat and Treate. I find the following in regard to Richard Treat, or Trott in the Taunton Manor Registers. This is an exact copy: 1600. Poundisfor. "Ricus Trotte, p.i mesuage et dimid virgat terr nat i cotag cum s. ptm et iiij acr terr de our land in decem de southtrendle quond'm Hugonis Hollwell ex reddicoe Robti Trotte per s. Hend sub condicoe qd Honora Trotte relict eiusdem Robert Heat teneat et gardeat oia et singula p.miss Durant viduetat & c. Dat 4 Mar xlij Eliz. Bonds John Prist & Nichi Dolling." Translation. "Richard Trotte for one Messuage and half a Virgate of Bondland, one Cottage with its Appurtanaces, and four acres of overland in the Tything of South Trendle, late held by Hugh Holwell, by surrender of Robert Trotte, to be held by him under condition that Honora (Honour) relict of said Robert (Trotte) have hold and possess all and every of the Premises during her widowhood, & c. Given March 4th in the 42d year of Queen Elizabeth. Bondsmen, John Prist and Nicholas Dolling." This is the same land that was once held by his grandfather Richard and father Robert Trotte, 1571-72. Also same year, for four acres of Overland pasture in Hollimore in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Wm. Wills, by surrender of Robert Trotte, & c.; also for three acres of Overland, called Stoney Downe next the road in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Agens Hering, by surrender of Robert Trott & c.; also, for two Cottages with Courtyards containing (blank) in the Tything of South Trendle, late of Richard Aplyn, by surrender of Robert Trott, & c. See also the Calendars for 1601, '18, '19, '22, and '30. The family lived in the hamlet of Trndle, now the parish of Trull, in the parish of Pitminster, a large parish and village 4-1/2 miles south of Taunton, now in the Hundred of Taunton Dean, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The soil is clay and the chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, roots and pasture land. The population was 1382 in 1881. The reservoirs of the Taunton water works are in this parish. Barton Grange, anciently the residence of the Priors of Taunton, is at the foot of the Blagdon Hills, and the park contains some magnificent oaks and elms. Blagdon 1-1/4 miles southwest, Howleigh 1-1/2 miles west, Feltham 1-3/4 miles south, and Lowton 2 miles west from the church, are hamlets in the parish. John and Robert Trott, doubtless distant "cousins," now reside in the parish. According to Collinson's history of Somerset, p. 5, Vol. 1, in 1792, Pitminster comprised five hamlets: Blagdon, 47 houses; Leigh, 57 houses; Fulford, 23 houses; Trendle (now Trull), 30 houses; Duddleston, 28 houses. The village of Pitminster contained 38 houses, and the whole number of inhabitants was 1036. This manor, anciently called Pipeminstre and Pipplemenstre, is mentioned in the Domesday book, 1086, and was given by King Hardicnute to the church of Winchester. In the time of King Stephen, the church of Pitminster was appropriated to the priory of Taunton, by Henry de Blois, bishop of Winchester. It is dedicated to St. Andrew and St. Mary. The present structure is not very ancient but built upon the ruins of one of the Saxon times. It is eighty-eight feet long, and forty feet wide, in the perpendicular style, consisting of a chancel, nave, two side aisles, south porch and western tower with a spire and five bells. There are some ancient and richly carved benches, a finely carved stone pulpit and reredos, and some very interesting alter tombs to the Coles family, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Two of the windows are stained. The sittings are for four hundred people. Trull, anciently North and South Trendle, is a parish and village lying between Pitminster and Taunton, two miles south from the latter and ____ the high road to Honiton. It was formerly in the Hundred of Poundisford, now in that of Taunton Dean. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. In 1881, the population was 960. The church of All Saints formerly belonged to the priory of Taunton. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1670; marriage, 1677. The earlier ones have been lost. The fabric is built of local stone, of the perpendicular period, consisting of chancel, have of three bays, aisles, south porch, and an embattled western tower of two stages, with pinnacles, and containing six bells. Some of the ancient 16th century benches have very richly carved ends. One represents the ordinary Sunday procession of a small parish church of the period, and includes (1) a boy in short surplice, carrying a cross; (2) a man in fleshed trunk hose and short surplice, carrying a candle or torch; (3) a similar figure, wearing a maniple on the left arm and carrying a reliquary; (4) a man in a long surplice, holding an open book, probably a deacon or second priest; (5) the priest, vested in a fringed alb and embroidered cope, and holding an open book; neither hoy water nor incense is shown. Another bench end represents the instruments of the Passion and the figure of a cock; tow more bear the letters S and W respectively, the latter letter being upheld on the peaks of two birds; on the back of the furthest seat are eight panels, ornamented with the linen pattern and during bearing this inscription: "John Waye Clarke here," and "Simon Warman, maker of this worke, Ano Dni 1560." Our ancestors must have sat in these very seats. On the back of the pulpit are figures of St. John the Evangelist, and the four Latin Doctors; there is an ancient screen of carved oak and six stained windows. The church was restored in 1862. If the early Trull registers had not perished they would doubtless supply many gaps in the family history.