Deacon Richard Platt

• Male 1603 - 1684
• Title: Deacon
• Born: 28 Sep 1603 - Ware Hertfordshire, England [1]
• Gender: Male
• Immigration: 31 Jul 1637 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts from England
• Name: Richard Platt [1]
• Died: 13 Feb 1684 - Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut [1]
• Person ID - I21308 - Jerry Milo Johnson Last Modified: 23 Oct 2013

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• Father: George Platt, b. 13 May 1582, Ware Hertfordshire, England d. 20 Apr 1609, Ware Hertfordshire, England
• Relationship: Natural
• Mother: Mary Sell, b. 1584, Ware Hertfordshire, England d. Aft 1618
• Relationship: Natural
• Married: Between 1597 and 1598 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
• Family ID - F7607 - Group Sheet
• Family : Mary Wood, b. 10 Nov 1605, Roydon, Essex, England d. 24 Mar 1676, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut 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
2. John Platt, b. 11 Jan 1631, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, d. 06 Nov 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
3. Samuel Platt, b. 09 Dec 1634, Ware Hertfordshire, England d. 15 Sep 1635, Ware Hertfordshire, England
4. Isaac Platt, b. 10 Apr 1633, England d. 31 Jul 1691, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York
5. Mary Platt, b. 11 Nov 1629, Roydon, Essex, England d. 17 Jun 1669, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut
6. Josiah Platt, b. 16 Nov 1645, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 01 Jan 1724
7. Joseph Platt, b. 01 Apr 1649, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
8. Epenetus Platt, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Sep 1693, Huntington, Long Island, New York
9. Sarah Platt, b. 11 Sep 1636, Ware Hertfordshire, England. d. 15 May 1670, Milford, Fairfield County,

Connecticut Source: http://jerrymilojohnson.com/ancestryproject/genealogy/getperson.php...

Settler (4778/2382) Immigrated to Millford in 1640

The first ancestor of the name in the United States, was Richard Platt.

"Richard Piatt, son of Joseph Piatt, was baptized Sept. 28, 1603." This is claimed as an extract from the parish records of Bovingdon, a village near Hertford, England. (DISPROVED)

The Platt progenitor, Richard Platt left England in 1638, and landed at New Haven. Richard Platt had eighty-four acres of land in and around New Haven. His name is on the list of free-planters made out in 1646 ; he was chosen a deacon in the first church in Milford in 1669. It is recorded that his wife, Mary, died in January, 1676. He made his will in 1683.

From A SPECIAL COMPILATION OF THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF RICHARD PLATT, BORN IN WARE, COUNTY HERTFORD, ENGLAND & ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF BOTH NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT AND MILFORD CONNECTICUT < PDF >

Married With Children - In England

Richard Platt was married to a local lady, Mary Wood, on January 26, 1629, at the town of Roydon, which is about four miles southeast of Ware. Richard and Mary started having children before they eventually departed to the new frontier in America in 1638, with sons John (born in 1632) and Isaac (born in 1633), plus daughters Mary (born in 1629) and Sarah (born in 1 636); one other son, Samuel was born in 1634 but died a year later as an infant. There is no documented explanation of how Richard earned his livelihood while married and raising his family in England. However, it is assumed that he most likely lived the life of a farmer as that was the livelihood he pursued after coming to America.

... But our progenitor, Richard Platt came to this country in 1638, and landed at New Haven. In the records of the colony of New Haven we read that Richard Platt had eighty-four acres of land in and around New Haven. In the Milford records we read that he was enrolled among its first settlers, Nov. 20, 1639, having four in his family. "He had probably brought with him from England his children, Mary, John, Isaac and Sarah; for his first child baptized in Milford, by the record, was Epenetus, July 12, 1640. Subsequently were baptized, Hannah, October 1, 1643; Josiah, 1645, and Joseph in 1649." After his arrival in New Haven, Richard Platt acquired possession, among others, of several acres of land in what is now the best part of the Elm City; (it was on the south side of Chapel street, near College street, adjoining the ground of Peter Prudden,) in what was called the "Hertfordshire quarter.' But the project of founding the township of Milford, nine miles west of the city, was soon after matured, and he threw in his lot among the sixty-six who formed themselves into a church organization, August 22, 1639, before they departed from New Haven, and proceeded to carry out the enterprise of settling that flourishing township. Richard Platt is on the records as a landowner. His name is on the list of free-planters made out in 1646; he was chosen a deacon in the first church in Milford in 1669. It is recorded that his wife, Mary, died in January, 1676. His daughters, Mary and Sarah, too, probably died before the father made his will, in 1683, for in it he makes bequests to their children instead of to them. He leaves something to each of his five sons in addition to what he had given them before. It is quite noteworthy that he left to one of his heirs a legacy "towards bringing up his son to be a scholar." This thought and this expression betray a profound interest in the best things in life. The fact, too, that he left by will a Bible to each of his nineteen grand-children, sh ows in rough pioneer days how sincere and earnest he was in his Christian profession and life, and that he regarded the divine word as a precious legacy to his descendants. He appears on the records as one of the witnesses to the will of Peter Prudden. Richard Platt's estate was estimated at about 600 pounds sterling. He died in1684. The place where he was buried is not known, as no stone has been found to mark his grave. was probably in his orchard.

In August, 1889, at the late interesting and noteworthy commemoration of the settlement of Milford 250 years ago, his name was mentioned with honor, and among the coping stones of the beautiful memorial bridge erected over the Wapawaug, to perpetuate the memory of the early settlers, a stone was placed with this inscription:

66 DEACON

RICHARD PLATT,

Obit 1684.

MARY, HIS WIFE."

This among the cap-stones in the bridge was placed there by the liberality and thoughtfulness of one of his descendants, the late Prof. Johnson T. Platt, of New Haven.

The sons and daughters of Richard as nearly in the order of their precedence as we are able to determine, were Mary, John, Isaac and Sarah, then those who were baptized in Milford, Epenetus, Hannah, Josiah and Joseph. It should be stated that Richard and his sons John and Josiah are recorded among the original purchasers and proprietors of New Milford. But John finally went to Norwalk, Isaac and Epenetus to Huntington, L. I.; only Josiah and Joseph remained in Milford, the first home of the family.

• Deacon Richard Platt Find A Grave Memorial# 36015769
• Founders Cemetery Memorial Site, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• Plot: Buried in his orchard lot#38 W Main & Cherry , Milford, CT

NOTE:

• Could he have been born September 28, 1603 and baptised 6 May 1604? from Find a Grave Richard, son of George and Mary Platt, was baptised 6 May 1604 at Ware, Hertford/

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References

1. https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=55718+david+hyde+pierce...
2. Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 30 2020, 11:02:26 UTC
3. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2020, 6:25:05 UTC
4. Platt genealogy in America, from the arrival of Richard Platt in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638. by Platt, Charles, 1905- “Richard Platt of Milford, Connecticut.” Page 17. < Archive.Org >
5. A SPECIAL COMPILATION OF THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF RICHARD PLATT, BORN IN WARE, COUNTY HERTFORD, ENGLAND & ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF BOTH NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT AND MILFORD CONNECTICUT < PDF >
6. Platt, George Lewis. The Platt Lineage: A Genealogical Research and Record. (1891). Page 16. < GoogleBooks >
7. Source: http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I00002&tree=Platt
8. Source: Lineage Papers of Robert Forsyth Little, Jr. for the Society of the Colonial Wars.
9. https://websites.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g2165.htm
10. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/PlattDNA?iframe=ycolorized Group 1 PLATT R-M269 Richard Platt of Ware, Hertfordshire, England & Milford, CT Line