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Robert Hustis

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Robert Hustis

Birth
Pilsdon, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
1654 (aged 58–59)
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked. Former cemetery now lies under the modern city grid.
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Robert Hustis probably originated in Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England. He was likely a brother of Henry Hustis, and a son of Robert Hustis, both of Pilsdon.

He removed to Bridport, Dorsetshire, England by 1616.

Removed to the parish of Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England after February 1622, where he was listed on the susidy roll in 1628 as a landholder by copy in Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred.

At the age of 40, Robert Hustis, husbandman, sailed for Boston from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England after 20 March 1634/35, and later sent for his family.

Granted 32 acres in Mount Wollaston, Massachusetts [Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts] on 27 January 1640 for 3 shillings an acre.

Removed to Greenwich, New Netherland [Old Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut] by 18 July 1640.

Obtained a grant of 7 acres in Stamford, New Haven Colony in 1642.

Bought 31 acres and a home lot in Greenwich on 5 October 1648.

On 6 March 1650[/51?], he owned two home lots of 1½ acres each, 23 acres of upland and 7 acres of meadowland in Stamford.

He died between the writing of his will on 8 July 1652 and its probate on 4 November 1654.

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Robert Hustis married
(1) Anne Moone on 6 April 1616 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England and
(2) Elizabeth ______ circa 1622, perhaps in Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England.

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The Last Will & Testament of Robert Heusted the Elder, viz, Namely:

I give unto my sonn Angell all my Lands Lying in Grennich with thee howsing upon it : Also I give unto my sonn Angell a third part of my cattle : I give unto my sonn Robert all my Lands Lying in Stanfford & One Third part of my Cattle With all the Howsing on the Land this only excepted that my Wiffe is to have being there her Life time & to her Mantanence for her Cattle from ofe the land I give unto my Wiffe one third part of my Cattle with all my household stuff & a stack of Wheat standing on the land at grenwich onely my sonn Angell is to have 32 bushels of the said Wheat further I give unto my sonn Angell halfe the Tackling belonging to the working Oxen as Cart & plow & other things belonging there unto belonging to gether with a Third part of the Corne I have upon the Ground I give unto my sonn Robert the other halfe of the above said Tackling together with a third part of the Corne upon the ground & I give unto my Wiffe the other Third part of the Corne upon the ground & I give unto my Dafter Ann tenn pounds which my two sonn are to paye her that is to saye Angell 5£ & Robert 5£ also I give unto my sonns all my Deets this Will Datd this 8 day of July 1652

Sealed & delivered in the presence
of thes wittnes
Richard Crab
William Newman

(From Greenwich Town Deeds, volume 1, page 30, with a similar version in Stamford Town Records, volume 1, page 93. The will, bearing the signature of the testator, was presented to the court at New Haven on 23 May 1657.)
Robert Hustis probably originated in Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England. He was likely a brother of Henry Hustis, and a son of Robert Hustis, both of Pilsdon.

He removed to Bridport, Dorsetshire, England by 1616.

Removed to the parish of Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England after February 1622, where he was listed on the susidy roll in 1628 as a landholder by copy in Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred.

At the age of 40, Robert Hustis, husbandman, sailed for Boston from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England after 20 March 1634/35, and later sent for his family.

Granted 32 acres in Mount Wollaston, Massachusetts [Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts] on 27 January 1640 for 3 shillings an acre.

Removed to Greenwich, New Netherland [Old Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut] by 18 July 1640.

Obtained a grant of 7 acres in Stamford, New Haven Colony in 1642.

Bought 31 acres and a home lot in Greenwich on 5 October 1648.

On 6 March 1650[/51?], he owned two home lots of 1½ acres each, 23 acres of upland and 7 acres of meadowland in Stamford.

He died between the writing of his will on 8 July 1652 and its probate on 4 November 1654.

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Robert Hustis married
(1) Anne Moone on 6 April 1616 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England and
(2) Elizabeth ______ circa 1622, perhaps in Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England.

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The Last Will & Testament of Robert Heusted the Elder, viz, Namely:

I give unto my sonn Angell all my Lands Lying in Grennich with thee howsing upon it : Also I give unto my sonn Angell a third part of my cattle : I give unto my sonn Robert all my Lands Lying in Stanfford & One Third part of my Cattle With all the Howsing on the Land this only excepted that my Wiffe is to have being there her Life time & to her Mantanence for her Cattle from ofe the land I give unto my Wiffe one third part of my Cattle with all my household stuff & a stack of Wheat standing on the land at grenwich onely my sonn Angell is to have 32 bushels of the said Wheat further I give unto my sonn Angell halfe the Tackling belonging to the working Oxen as Cart & plow & other things belonging there unto belonging to gether with a Third part of the Corne I have upon the Ground I give unto my sonn Robert the other halfe of the above said Tackling together with a third part of the Corne upon the ground & I give unto my Wiffe the other Third part of the Corne upon the ground & I give unto my Dafter Ann tenn pounds which my two sonn are to paye her that is to saye Angell 5£ & Robert 5£ also I give unto my sonns all my Deets this Will Datd this 8 day of July 1652

Sealed & delivered in the presence
of thes wittnes
Richard Crab
William Newman

(From Greenwich Town Deeds, volume 1, page 30, with a similar version in Stamford Town Records, volume 1, page 93. The will, bearing the signature of the testator, was presented to the court at New Haven on 23 May 1657.)


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