Social Rank of Richard Treat. Mr. Treat must have been a man of high social standing and of much influence in the town of Wethersfield, and in the colony of Connecticut. This is evident from the various positions of trust occupied by him. Titles once meant something. Not every one, as at the present day, had Esq. attached to their names. Even the prefix Mr. or Master was a mark of importance. It was then a title fully as high as Honorable is now. Generally speaking, not more the five freemen in a hundred had the title of Mr., and very few of the deputies and magistrates. By the General Court of Massachusetts, Sept. 21, 1631, "It is ordered, that Josias Plastowe shall (for stealing 4 basketts of corne from the Indians), returne them 8 basketts againe, be ffined V. and hereafter to be called by the name Josias, & not Mr. as formerly hee vsed to be." (Mass. Records, 1: 92) In the list of freemen of Wethersfield for 1659, only three besides Richard Treat, sr., are styled Mr., and he bore that title as early as 1642, and perhaps earlier. In 1695, out of a list of 114 legal inhabitants of Eastham, Mass., only two have the title of Mr., -- Mr. Sunderland, who was the schoolmaster and held in high respect, an Mr. Treat the minister. It is said that Mr. Treat was a deputy from Wethersfield as early as 1637, but there is no proof of this so far as I know and it is doubtful whether he was there as early as that. Certainly he is not mentioned as one in the Connecticut Records before 1644. He was cosen a juror, June 15, 1643, - a high position the, generally occupied only by the most prominent persons, and grand juror, Sept. 15 of the same year. (C.C. R. 1: 88, 93.) In April, 1644, he was chosen deputy, and was annually elected for fourteen years, up to 1657-8 (ib.1:103). He was elected assistant, or magistrate, eight times, from March 11, 1657-8 to 1665 (ib. 1: 310). Oct. 25, 1644, he and Mr. Wells were the committee from Wethersfield to receive money for maintaining scholars at Cambridge (ib. 1:112). In 1654, he was chosen on a committee to lay out lands granted by the town. In 1660, he was townsman, an office answering to the present selectmen. Oct. 4, 1660, he was appointed to examine Thirty mile Island, a valuable township, thirty miles from the mouth of the Connecticut, with a view to settlement. In 1663, he was appointed to procure a minister. He also held various other offices of honor and trust, which have been mentioned previously. March 14, 1660-1, the General Court of Connecticut applied to King Charles II, for a charter for their colony, which was granted April 23, 1662. It was a very liberal character. Richard Treat, and two of his sons-in-law, John Deming and Matthew Camfield were among the patentees: "CHARLES THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, & c.; TO ALL to whome theis shall come, Greetinge: WHEREAS, by the several Navigacons, discoveryes & successful Plantacons of diverse of our loveing Subjects of this our Realme of England, Several Lands, Islands, Places, Colonies and Plantacons have byn obtained and settled in that parte of the Contnent of America call New England, and thereby the Trade and Commerce there hath byn of late yeares much increase, AND WHEREAS, we hav byn informed by the humble Peticon of our Trusty and well beloved John Winthrop, John Mason, Samuel Willis, Henry Clerke, Matthe Allen, John Tappan, Nathan Gold, Richard Treate, Richard Lord, Henry Woolicott, John Talcott, Daniel Clerke, John Ogden, Thomas Wells, Obedias Brewen, John Clerk, Anthony Haukins, John Deming and Matthew Camfield, being Persons Principally interested in our Colony or Plantacon of Connecticutt in New England, that the same Consideracons, And some other parte thereof gained by Conquest, and with much difficulty, and att the only endeavours, expence and Charge of them and their Associates, and those under whome they Clayme, Subdued and improved, and thereby become a considerable enlargement and addicon of our dominions and interest there, - NOW KNOW YEAR" & c. (C.C. R 2:3-11.) He was a member of Governor Winthrop's Council, Dec. 17, 1663, and July 1, 1665 (ib. 15: 388). Mr. Treat was also a man of considerable wealth for those times and an extensive land owner in Wethersfield. At the laying out of the Naubuc farms, which consisted of lands on the east side of the Connecticut river, within the limits of what was then Wethersfield, but now Glastonbury, in 1640, or as early as 1639, the town gave him a large tract of land lot No. 36, 310 rods wide by the river, computing south from Roaring Brook, and extending back a long ways into the wilderness, some three miles. The exact size of this lot is not known, but is supposed to hav contained about 900 acres. It was called the "farm on Nayog," and long known as the "Treat farm." Richard Treat, Jr., inherited this farm. He also bought several homesteads. In 1641, he bought the house of John Whitmore, on the east side of High St., at the north end, with 12-1/2 acres of land around it, and also his lot No. 27, at Naubue, of 54 acres. The same year, or a little earlier, he bought both the homesteads of Matthew Mitchel, one on the east side, and the other on the west side of Broad St., both having dwelling houses and barns attached. He also purchased the homestead of Thurston Raynor, on the west side of Broad st., and his lot No. 6, containing 330 acres, across the river. These three Whitmore, Mitchel, and Raynon - removed to Stamford, Conn. In 1659, he bought the homestead of Rev. John Russell, who went to Hadley, situated on the west side of Broad St. He gave away much of his property while alive. One of the lots which he owned in 1641, remained in the family down to about 1855. It was on Broad street. No one by the name of Treat now (1890) lives in Wethersfield. Included on page 29 is the Autograph of Richard Treat, senior, and Alice Tret, his wife, Sept. 28, 1664. Richard TREAT and Alice GAYLORD were married on 27 APR 1615 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. Alice GAYLORD (daughter of Hugh GAYLERD and Alice ALWYN) was christened on 10 MAY 1594. She was born in 1594 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. Richard TREAT and Alice GAYLORD had the following children: +2 i. Honor TREAT (born in 1616). +3 ii. Joanna TREAT (born in 1618). +4 iii. Sarah TREAT (born in 1620). +5 iv. Richard TREAT (born in 1622/23). +6 v. Gov. Robert TREAT (born in 1624/25). +7 vi. Elizabeth TREAT (born in 1627). +8 vii. Susannah TREAT (born in 1629). 9 viii. Alice TREAT was christened on 16 FEB 1631/32 in Pitminister, Somersetshire, England. She was born in 1631/32 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She died in 1633 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She was buried on 2 AUG 1633 in Pitminister, Somersetshire, England. +10 ix. James TREAT (born in 1634). +11 x. Katharine TREAT (born in 1637). 12 xi. Thomas TREAT was born about 1639 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. Second Generation 2. Honor TREAT (Richard-1) was christened on 19 MAR 1616 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She was born in 1616 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She died on 21 NOV 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Honor TREAT and John DEMING were married about 1637 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. 3. Joanna TREAT (Richard-1) was Baptized on 24 MAY 1618 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She was born in 1618 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She died in OCT 1694 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Joanna TREAT and John HOLLISTER were married about 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. John HOLLISTER (son of John HOLLISTER) was born between 1608 and 12 in Bristol, Bristol, England. He died in APR 1665. He died on 24 NOV 1711 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume III, Genealogies A- H, by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960. Freeman - Wethersfield, Connecticut - 1643. Joanna TREAT and John HOLLISTER had the following children: +13 i. John HOLLISTER (born in 1644). +14 ii. Capt. Stephen HOLLISTER (born in 1658). +15 iii. Elizabeth HOLLISTER. 4. Sarah TREAT (Richard-1) was born in 1620 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She was christened on 3 DEC 1620 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She died in 1673 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Sarah TREAT and Matthew CAMPFIELD were married about 1644 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. 5. Richard TREAT (Richard-1) was christened on 9 JAN 1622/23 in Pitminister, Somersetshire, England. He was born in 1622/23 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. He died in FEB 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Richard TREAT and Sarah COLEMAN were married about 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah COLEMAN (daughter of Thomas COLEMAN and 1st wife) was born in 1638/39 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 23 AUG 1734 in Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut. Richard TREAT and Sarah COLEMAN had the following children: +16 i. Sarah TREAT (born on 8 JUN 1664).