David is believed to have spent part of his minority with some of the Bacheller families. On 14 Aug 1679, he was admitted a resident of Salem at the pleasure of the Selectmen; his employer is not stated. He served in King Philip's War and is listed among those serving under Capt. William Turner from 7 Apr 1676. On the Salem freeman's list of 18 Apr 1691, he removed to Medfield and was recorded there on 5 Jul 1697 when Thomas Waterman of Norwich deeded to him about twenty acres of land with a house located in West Farms. The deed recorded him as being a "Tayller" and in a deed of 1703, as a "yeoman." He settled in Norwich West Farms, Conn., which afterward became the town of Franklin. In Franklin histories his homestead is plainly marked on maps and his descendants remained in the same location. During his more than forty years of residence, Norwich mentions him often as a physician, being the first of that profession to settle there. He and his wife were among the original members of the church was deacon of the 2nd Church from that time until his death. A selectman in 1709, he is reported to have built a sawmill in Beaver Brook which ran about 100 rods north of his home in 1713. He taught school in Norwich for a time.
DAVID, [and JOSEPH,] Reading, perhaps brs. of the preced [Thomas' son, Benjamin). serv. in Philip's war as soldiers at Hadley Apr. 1676, and were freem. 1691. [Savage 2:369]
DAVID, [and JOSEPH,] Reading, perhaps brs. of the preced [Thomas' son, Benjamin). serv. in Philip's war as soldiers at Hadley Apr. 1676, and were freem. 1691. [Savage 2:369]
David is believed to have spent part of his minority with some of the Bacheller families. On 14 Aug 1679, he was admitted a resident of Salem at the pleasure of the Selectmen; his employer is not stated. He served in King Philip's War and is listed among those serving under Capt. William Turner from 7 Apr 1676. On the Salem freeman's list of 18 Apr 1691, he removed to Medfield and was recorded there on 5 Jul 1697 when Thomas Waterman of Norwich deeded to him about twenty acres of land with a house located in West Farms. The deed recorded him as being a "Tayller" and in a deed of 1703, as a "yeoman." He settled in Norwich West Farms, Conn., which afterward became the town of Franklin. In Franklin histories his homestead is plainly marked on maps and his descendants remained in the same location. During his more than forty years of residence, Norwich mentions him often as a physician, being the first of that profession to settle there. He and his wife were among the original members of the church was deacon of the 2nd Church from that time until his death. A selectman in 1709, he is reported to have built a sawmill in Beaver Brook which ran about 100 rods north of his home in 1713. He taught school in Norwich for a time.
DAVID, [and JOSEPH,] Reading, perhaps brs. of the preced [Thomas' son, Benjamin). serv. in Philip's war as soldiers at Hadley Apr. 1676, and were freem. 1691. [Savage 2:369]
DAVID, [and JOSEPH,] Reading, perhaps brs. of the preced [Thomas' son, Benjamin). serv. in Philip's war as soldiers at Hadley Apr. 1676, and were freem. 1691. [Savage 2:369]
Inscription
"HERE LIES INTERRED THE BODY OF
DEACON DAVID HARTSHORN WHO
SERVED GOD IN THE CHURCH OF
CHRIST IN NORWICH FARMS IN Ye
DEACONS OFFICE AND WAS A WELL
APROVED DOCTOR OF PHISYCK - WHICH
A LONG AND LASTING BLESING
FROM THE HAND OF GOD WAS Ye FRUIT
OF HIS FAITHFUL L---S - WHO
FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS NOVEMBER
THE 3d 1738 IN THE 82
YEAR OF HIS AGE"
(Footstone)
"DEACON DAVID
HARTSHORN DOCr
OF PHISYCK DIED
NOUEMBER Ye 3rd
1738 ... "(balance under soil)
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