Thurmon (& Tom & All), Many thanks for your post about Thomas Hooker and other early settlers in Massachusetts and Connecticut. An aspect I am unclear about is the relationship between the Hooker migrants who went from Newtown to Hartford and the other settlers who founded New Haven. My interest here relates, of course, to John Sackett of New Haven (and perhaps an elder John) who Weygant believed emigrated with Simon the colonist. I believe the earliest record we have of John of New Haven is that of the court case of 4 August 1641 when "John Seckett servant to Mrs. Stolyon for goeing about to slaunder and reproach his said Mrs, was admonished to tender to his Mrs such satisfaction as she might accept, wch was referred to Mr. Goodyeare to determine." The family tradition as recorded by Weygant has the alleged John Sr and his three-year-old son John Jr travelling to Boston with Simon on the February 1631 Lyon and then eventually finding his way to New Haven after a period in the company of Roger Williams at Plymouth and Rhode Island. However, we have no other research evidence to support this tradition and it would seem equally possible that John Sackett of New Haven arrived with the Davenport company of 1638. Regards, Chris