Dea. Daniel Bidwell
Daniel Bidwell was born in 1655, the youngest son of John Bidwell of Hartford and Sarah Wilcox. His father was an early settler of the town and kept a tan yard on an island in the Little River.
He lived on the east side of the Connecticut River, the part of Hartford that later became East Hartford. In 1690 he and his brother-in-law built a sawmill at Burnside. In 1694 he was one of the witnesses to the will of William Pitkin, the colony's treasurer. In 1699 he was appointed the first constable. A constable kept the peace and served the court's warrants. In 1704 he sat on the committee "to appoint the houses to be fortified," choosing which houses would be strengthened to shelter families in an attack. He was a deacon of the church.
He married first a woman named Elizabeth. Their children were Daniel, born on 19 October 1682, and Elizabeth, born in 1687. He married second a woman named Dorothy. Their children were Dorothy, born on 18 August 1692, Mary on 18 September 1694, Hannah on 2 June 1697, Aaron on 5 December 1699, Ebenezer on 28 February 1702, William on 27 November 1703, and Lydia on 20 April 1706.
He died on 29 November 1719. His son William married Abigail Pitkin, the granddaughter of the man whose will he had witnessed.
Parents
Sarah Wilcox (d. 1690)
John Bidwell (d. 1687)
Children
William Bidwell (b. 1703)
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