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He immigrated to America aboard the ship "The Hector" in 1637. He was a m o ng the founders of New Haven Colony, Southold, Long Island, and Rye, N e w Y ork. Many of his progeny later settled in both Southold, Long Islan d , a s well as Rye, Westchester County, New York. Excerpt from "The N e w H aven Colony" by Isabell MacBeath Calder, published by Yale Universi t y P ress in 1934: "Others (probably from the neighborhood, but not memb e r s of St. Stephens): Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Richard Beach, R i c hard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John Cooper, Arthur Halbidge, M a t hew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andrew Messenger, Mathew Moul t h rop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard Osborn, Edward Patteson, J o h n Reader, William Thorp and Samuel Whitehead. The group chartered the " H e ctor" of London. On June 26, 1637, John Winthrop recorded the arrival o f t h e group from London at Boston". The following is the passenger l i s t for the vessel Hector, which brought the passengers accompanying Jo h n D avenport and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut in 1637. There is anot h e r ship called the Hector that brought the first Scottish Highlanders t o N o va Scotia in the mid-1700's, but the Hector Heritage Foundation in N o v a Scotia states that the ship that brought the Davenport/Eaton party i s a d i fferent vessel. The Hector that brought the Davenport party t o Ma s sachusetts was a new vessel of 250 tons, which had already made a p re v ious passage to Massachusetts Bay. The records indicate that the shi p a c tually arrived in Massachusetts, but other references mention that t h e H ector also took the party to Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A pa s s enger ship list for the trip from Massachusetts Bay to New Haven, Con n e cticut has not been located. Passengers on the Hector sold their belo n g ings in preparation for the sailing, but then the English government i m p ressed the ship for the service of the crown. The owners petitioned f o r i ts release in January 1637, but the ship was not freed until May. A c c ording to the records of John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the ship a r r ived in Boston (from London England) on June 26, 1637. Passengers : J o hn & Elizabeth Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, Old Mrs. Eaton, his mot he r , Anne Eaton, second wife of Theophilus Eaton and daughter of George L o y d Bishop of Chester and widow of Thomas Yale, The children of Anne Ea t o n by her former marriage, Edward Hopkins, Richard Malbon, Nathaniel R o w e, William Andrews, Henry Browning, James Clark, Jasper Crane, Jeremy D i x on, Nicholas Elsey, Francis Hall, Robert Hill, William Ives, George S m i th, George Ward, Lawrence Ward, Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Ol d J e wry, Richard Beach, Richard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John C o o per, Arthur Halbidge, Mathew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andr e w M essenger, Mathew Moulthrop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard O s b orn, Edward Patteson, John Reader, William Thorp, Samuel Whitehead. W i l l of John Budd, Sr. The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Conn. "Kno w a l l men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers considerations h a v e given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the mill on Bl i n d Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his heirs fo r e ver, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Katherine B u d d thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twenty poun d s , pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all my esta t e i n chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of all fo r t h e good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, and aft er o u r decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle and t o p a y all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his wif e a n d Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these ar e t o e njoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been and t h e t rue intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a y e a r truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after t o b e J ohn Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have s e t m y hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine. J o h n Budd and seal Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards His mark F r o m: Edward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1 9 3 9, Pp 50-51 Residences: Hampton, Mass 1637 > New Haven, Conn (maybe t o S t amford) by abt 1639 > Southold, Long Island abt 1640 > then Rye, th en C o nn, now New York in the 1660's. House still standing: The home bui lt i n 1 649 in Southold, Long Island by Lieut John Budd is still standin g. I t h as been moved to Cutchogue, Long Island and is open for visitors . I t i s an historical landmark. Occupation: Land developer (was one of t h e d evelopers of Rye, New York), farmer (was reportedly shipping mercha n t i n England before migration). Death: Abt 1669, in Rye, New York (the n C o nn). Biography of John Budd, from the Frost Family Genealogy, pp 34 3- 4 N ote: It is sometimes difficult to ascertain if certain records b e long t o John Budd, Sr. or John Budd, Jr. nmt "JOHN BUDD was in New Hav e n, 1 639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in O c to ber, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was forme r l y granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is orde r e d that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his o t h er ground to make an 8 acre lot." In 1650 he is mentioned at Southamp t o n as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. Hi s n a me occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester County, 1 6 6 0, on account of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house i s s t ill standing. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now b el o ngs to Jonathan W. Huntting. John Budd figures in Indian deeds in Ry e , M ay 10, 1673, and granted, 1681-2, a meadow in Rye to Jon. Horton. [ N o te: I have seen in another reference that the "trouble with neighbors " m a y have been due to him following Quaker beliefs. nmt] [Budds] F ro m C alendar of N. Y. Col. Ms. Indorsed Land Papers in the office of th e S e cretary of State: April 29th, 1666. Indian deed to John Budd of a t ra c t of land in Westchester Twenty English miles west of Apanam is boun d e d on the south by Westchester Path and the East by Blind Brook on the w e s t by Mamorinack River and on the north bound are sixteen English mile s f r om the Westchester Path up into the country. June 17, 1720. A petit io n o f Capt. Joseph Budd and others praying for confirmation for a trac t o f l and in the township of Rye, known as Budd's neck, bounded on the e a st b y Blind Brook and Mill Creek, on the north by the WestChester Road a n d H arrison's Patent, on the West by Mamarroneck River or harbour and o n t h e south by the sound, containing 1250 acres, together with the smal l i s land lying in the Sound over against the aforesaid lands, one quart er m i les from shore, called Henn Island, containing ten acres, all of w hic h l ands were included in purchase made by John Budd (dec) under a li ce ns e from the Colony of Conn. of a tract of land lying on the main sho r e , then called Apanammis, butted and bounded on the east with a river c a l led Mockaquams, and on the south by the sea, against Long Island, and o n t h e west by a river called Pockotessewacke. July 7, 1720. Petition of C a p t. Joseph Budd and others for a patent of confirmation for 1500 acres o f l a nd in the town of Rye, Co. of Westchester. July 14, 1720. Report of J o s eph Budd, upon petition of Daniel Purdy and others in relation to lan d i n t he township of Rye. Dec. 21, 1721. Petition of Joseph Budd and ot he rs p raying a patent of confirmation for a tract of land called the Wh i te P lains. March 10, 1722. Description of survey of 4435 acres of land , C o . of West Chester commonly known by the name of White Plains, laid o u t f or Joseph Budd and others by Cadwallader Colden. " Frost Family G e n ealogy, pp 343-4 **************************** In May 1637, a ship cal l e d the "Hector" sailed out of London, bound for Boston in England's ne w l y established American colonies. Aboard this ship was a wealthy Briti s h s hipping merchant John Budd (c. 1599 - 1670), his wife Katherine Bro w n e (1606 - 1674, a woman of royal ancestry), and their children. Toget h e r, they were among my earliest ancestors to sail to America. Town Fou n d ing No. 1: NEW HAVEN COLONY In August 1637, an exploring party of Eng l i sh settlers sailed out of Boston Harbor, went down the coast several m i l es, and landed at a place that the Native American Indians called "Qu i n nipiac" (or "Long Water Place"). The explorers liked what they saw an d l e ft seven of their men to prepare the area for occupation by Puritan c o l onizers. On March 30, 1638, a large company of settlers sailed out of B o s ton for the new site. Among them were the Budd family. On April 16, 1 6 3 8, they landed at the new site to found New Haven Colony. Other ships f o l lowed, bringing more settlers. The settlers quickly began building th e i r new colony. In late 1638, they purchased the land from the Indians. J o h n Budd was assigned lot no. 56. On October 25, 1639, the settlers ele c t ed their community government. John Budd was among the men signing a F u n damental Agreement formally establishing New Haven Colony. Most of th e f i rst settlers at New Haven were Puritans -- a strict religious group t h a t later formed the basis for the Congregational Church and the Church o f C h rist in the USA. John Budd, however, was a member of the Church of E n g land, which became the Episcopal Church in America. Because he was no t P u ritan, Budd lived in some tension with his neighbors. At one point h e w a s fined by the New Haven magistrates for hiding and protecting Quak er s , a Christian group that the Puritans opposed and were trying to kee p o u t of New Haven. Town Founding No. 2: SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND In Septe mb e r 1640, John Budd left New Haven with his and some other New Haven f a m ilies on a ship bound for the northeastern edge of Long Island to est a b lish a settlement there, which they named Southold. Once again, he wa s o n A nglican adherent amid Puritans set on establishing a new communit y s t ructured around their specific religious and moral beliefs. Most of t h e o ther Southold founders had originally sailed under the leadership o f t h e Puritan cleric Christopher Youngs first from England to Salem, Ma ss a chusetts, in 1637 and from Salem to New Haven. In New Haven, Puritan l e a ders intent on establishing new religious communities in New England p e r suaded Rev. Youngs to sail across Long Island Sound with his follower s t o s ettle land on the island's North Fork that they had acquired from t h e i sland's Corchaug Indians. John Budd, who was beyond doubt the wealt h i est man in the new settlement, quickly established himself as one of t h e l eaders of the new community. Because Southold was included in the U n i ted Colonies of New England, its residents were expected to select De p u ties to attend the colonies' General Court in Hartford, Connecticut. B u d d was the first deputy appointed to the court by the people of Southo l d . Budd was also the town's first authorized officer to train the loca l h o me guard, a responsibility which earned him the title of Lieutenant . B u dd was apparently so highly respected and successful in this respon si b ility that, when he made a trip overseas in 1654, colonial records i n N e w Haven recorded that "By reason of Budd's absence Southold is left d e s titute of a fitt man to exercise the military company there since Lt. B u d d went to England." In 1649, Budd built his family a four-room home e a s t of town near a pond which became known as Budd's Pond. In 1658, he d e e ded the house to his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Horto n , a s a wedding gift. They moved the house 10 miles away to the village o f C u tchogue. (The structure, now known as "The Old House," still stands t h e re. It is the oldest European-style dwelling in New York State and is l i s ted on the Register of National Historic Sites. James Van Alst, the a r c hitect in charge of its restoration, described it as "undoubtedly the f i n est example of English domestic origin to be found in this country.") D e s pite his civic leadership, Budd's tenure in Southold apparently was o n e o f controversy as well. He was a major landholder in Southold. As su c h , he was legally accountable to the local general court (composed sol e l y of church members) who were required to review and approve or deny a n y s ettler's request to sell his home or land. Budd clearly possessed a s t r ong independent spirit, and in 1657 he sold some of his land without a s k ing "permission." As a result, he was sued by three other Southold se t t lers; the final disposition of this case is not clear. Budd clearly g r e w restless during his tenure at Southold. As in New Haven, Southold's g e n eral court governed the town in accord with strict Puritan standards, a n d B udd was still an Episcopalian. He apparently explored the predomina n t ly Episopalian settlements in Virginia, but decided against settling t h e re. Budd's true desire seems to have been to, in essence, establish h i s o wn colony, where he would be answerable to no one, and he was willi n g t o use his wealth to create this personnal domain. In 1661, he decid e d t o leave Long Island and move to an area that was at the time on the v e r y southwestern edge of the Connecticut Colony. Town Founding No. 3: R Y E , WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK In January 1660, three residents of Gr e e nwich, Connecticut â Peter Disbrow, John Coe, and Thomas Stedwell â n e gotiated and purchased from the native Mohegan Indians a tract of l an d s outhwest of Greenwhich known as Peningo Neck. The land stretched o n t h e west from a stream known as Blind Brook east to Long Island Sound . T h e sale apparently did not include an island in the Sound and just o ff t h e shore, so in June 1660, the three men purchased this land (Manus sin g I sland) as well. In May 1661, they purchased additional land on th e n o rth edge of Peningo Neck. Disbrow and the others in his party appar en t ly were more interested in securing title to land than in settling i t i m mediately. This created an opportunity for someone else to take the l e a d in establishing a new community, and as a successful and wealthy bu s i nessman, John Budd was quick to take advantage of the opportunity. On N o v ember 8, 1661, Budd concluded his separate negotiation with a Mohegan c h i ef to buy a large (4,800-acre) piece of land immediately across Blind B r o ok from the Disbrow company's landholdings. This land became known as B u d d's Neck. On November 12, 1661, Budd added to his landholdings by pur c h asing from the Indians some islands that were in the immediate vicini t y . In June 1662, Budd then acted with Disbrow, Coe, and Stedwell joint l y t o purchase yet more land directly north of Budd's Neck. One of the f i r st buildings constructed in this new community was Budd's Mill, at th e m o uth of Blind Brook. He operated the grist mill, which proved to be v e r y successful with the new inhabitants of Peningo Neck. Disbrow select e d t he name of Hastings for his new holdings. He apparently also consid e r ed Budd's lands to be part of the new Hastings town, whose settlement h e i n tended to oversee. Budd obviously had other ideas. He was determine d t h at his personal landholdings would be a separately governed colony, a n d b y the fall of 1664, he had assigned to his lands the name of Rye, p r o bably because of his family's close connections with the town of Rye b a c k in his native England. Moreover, Disbrow had planned Hastings with t h e i dea that each settler would be given equal property. Budd took a mo r e b usiness-like approach and (as in Southold) preferred to sell off po r t ions of his land without first obtaining the permission of the town. D i s brow regarded this behavior as a threat to the future of "his" colony . F o r the next several years, Budd and Disbrow battled in court over wh os e a pproach was to predominate. In the course of that legal action, it w a s a greed that the name Rye would be assigned to the entire Peningo Nec k s e ttlement area. The more substantial issues, however, were still unr es o lved in 1669, when John Budd turned over his landholdings in both So u t hold and Rye to his son, John Budd, Jr., and retired from public life . D e spite his contentiousness with Disbrow and resulting legal conflict s, B u dd quickly established himself as a political leader across the en tir e H astings/Rye area (again, much as he had in Southold). Biographer L i ly W right Budd describes his responsibilities as follows: ... John Bud d w a s elected the first representative when Hastings [formally] submitt ed t o t he jurisdiction of Connecticut on 26 January 1662 and he was ele cte d a s Hastings' first Deputy to the General Court in Hartford on 26 M ar ch 1 663.... At the session of the General Court in Hartford on the 8t h o f O ctober 1663, "Lnt John Bud" makes his appearance, and "is appoynt ed C o mmisioner for the Town of Hastings, and is invested with Magistrat ica l l power within the limits of that Town." As magistrate Budd was "co mm i ssioned to grant warrants" and "to marry persons," and he had clear a u t hority to arrest "such as are ouertaken with drinke, swearing, Sabboa t h b reaking, slighting of the ordinances, lying, vagrant persons, or an y o t her that shall offend in any of these." As noted above, John Budd r et i red from public life 1669. He died in Rye in 1670 and is presumed to h a v e been buried in a private family plot a short distance north of Budd ' s M ill. . -- MERGED NOTE ------------ He immigrated to America aboard the ship "The Hector" in 1637. He was a m o ng the founders of New Haven Colony, Southold, Long Island, and Rye, N e w Y ork. Many of his progeny later settled in both Southold, Long Islan d , a s well as Rye, Westchester County, New York. Excerpt from "The N ew H a ven Colony" by Isabell MacBeath Calder, published by Yale Universi ty P r ess in 1934: "Others (probably from the neighborhood, but not memb ers o f S t. Stephens): Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Richard Beach, R ic ha rd Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John Cooper, Arthur Halbidge, M a t hew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andrew Messenger, Mathew Moul t h rop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard Osborn, Edward Patteson, J o h n Reader, William Thorp and Samuel Whitehead. The group chartered the " H e ctor" of London. On June 26, 1637, John Winthrop recorded the arrival o f t h e group from London at Boston". The following is the passenger l i s t for the vessel Hector, which brought the passengers accompanying Jo h n D avenport and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut in 1637. There is anot h e r ship called the Hector that brought the first Scottish Highlanders t o N o va Scotia in the mid-1700's, but the Hector Heritage Foundation in N o v a Scotia states that the ship that brought the Davenport/Eaton party i s a d i fferent vessel. The Hector that brought the Davenport party t o Ma s sachusetts was a new vessel of 250 tons, which had already made a p re v ious passage to Massachusetts Bay. The records indicate that the shi p a c tually arrived in Massachusetts, but other references mention that t h e H ector also took the party to Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A pa s s enger ship list for the trip from Massachusetts Bay to New Haven, Con n e cticut has not been located. Passengers on the Hector sold their belo n g ings in preparation for the sailing, but then the English government i m p ressed the ship for the service of the crown. The owners petitioned f o r i ts release in January 1637, but the ship was not freed until May. A c c ording to the records of John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the ship a r r ived in Boston (from London England) on June 26, 1637. Passengers : J o hn & Elizabeth Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, Old Mrs. Eaton, his mot he r , Anne Eaton, second wife of Theophilus Eaton and daughter of George L o y d Bishop of Chester and widow of Thomas Yale, The children of Anne Ea t o n by her former marriage, Edward Hopkins, Richard Malbon, Nathaniel R o w e, William Andrews, Henry Browning, James Clark, Jasper Crane, Jeremy D i x on, Nicholas Elsey, Francis Hall, Robert Hill, William Ives, George S m i th, George Ward, Lawrence Ward, Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Ol d J e wry, Richard Beach, Richard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John C o o per, Arthur Halbidge, Mathew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andr e w M essenger, Mathew Moulthrop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard O s b orn, Edward Patteson, John Reader, William Thorp, Samuel Whitehead. W i l l of John Budd, Sr. The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Conn. "Kno w a l l men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers considerations h a v e given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the mill on Bl i n d Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his heirs fo r e ver, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Katherine B u d d thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twenty poun d s , pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all my esta t e i n chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of all fo r t h e good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, and aft er o u r decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle and t o p a y all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his wif e a n d Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these ar e t o e njoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been and t h e t rue intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a y e a r truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after t o b e J ohn Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have s e t m y hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine. J o h n Budd and seal Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards His mark F r o m: Edward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1 9 3 9, Pp 50-51 Residences: Hampton, Mass 1637 > New Haven, Conn (maybe t o S t amford) by abt 1639 > Southold, Long Island abt 1640 > then Rye, th en C o nn, now New York in the 1660's. House still standing: The home bui lt i n 1 649 in Southold, Long Island by Lieut John Budd is still standin g. I t h as been moved to Cutchogue, Long Island and is open for visitors . I t i s an historical landmark. Occupation: Land developer (was one of t h e d evelopers of Rye, New York), farmer (was reportedly shipping mercha n t i n England before migration). Death: Abt 1669, in Rye, New York (the n C o nn). Biography of John Budd, from the Frost Family Genealogy, pp 34 3- 4 N ote: It is sometimes difficult to ascertain if certain records b e long t o John Budd, Sr. or John Budd, Jr. nmt "JOHN BUDD was in New Hav e n, 1 639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in O c to ber, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was forme r l y granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is orde r e d that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his o t h er ground to make an 8 acre lot." In 1650 he is mentioned at Southamp t o n as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. Hi s n a me occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester County, 1 6 6 0, on account of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house i s s t ill standing. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now b el o ngs to Jonathan W. Huntting. John Budd figures in Indian deeds in Ry e , M ay 10, 1673, and granted, 1681-2, a meadow in Rye to Jon. Horton. [ N o te: I have seen in another reference that the "trouble with neighbors " m a y have been due to him following Quaker beliefs. nmt] [Budds] F ro m C alendar of N. Y. Col. Ms. Indorsed Land Papers in the office of th e S e cretary of State: April 29th, 1666. Indian deed to John Budd of a t ra c t of land in Westchester Twenty English miles west of Apanam is boun d e d on the south by Westchester Path and the East by Blind Brook on the w e s t by Mamorinack River and on the north bound are sixteen English mile s f r om the Westchester Path up into the country. June 17, 1720. A petit io n o f Capt. Joseph Budd and others praying for confirmation for a trac t o f l and in the township of Rye, known as Budd's neck, bounded on the e a st b y Blind Brook and Mill Creek, on the north by the WestChester Road a n d H arrison's Patent, on the West by Mamarroneck River or harbour and o n t h e south by the sound, containing 1250 acres, together with the smal l i s land lying in the Sound over against the aforesaid lands, one quart er m i les from shore, called Henn Island, containing ten acres, all of w hic h l ands were included in purchase made by John Budd (dec) under a li ce ns e from the Colony of Conn. of a tract of land lying on the main sho r e , then called Apanammis, butted and bounded on the east with a river c a l led Mockaquams, and on the south by the sea, against Long Island, and o n t h e west by a river called Pockotessewacke. July 7, 1720. Petition of C a p t. Joseph Budd and others for a patent of confirmation for 1500 acres o f l a nd in the town of Rye, Co. of Westchester. July 14, 1720. Report of J o s eph Budd, upon petition of Daniel Purdy and others in relation to lan d i n t he township of Rye. Dec. 21, 1721. Petition of Joseph Budd and ot he rs p raying a patent of confirmation for a tract of land called the Wh i te P lains. March 10, 1722. Description of survey of 4435 acres of land , C o . of West Chester commonly known by the name of White Plains, laid o u t f or Joseph Budd and others by Cadwallader Colden. " Frost Family G e n ealogy, pp 343-4 **************************** In May 1637, a ship cal l e d the "Hector" sailed out of London, bound for Boston in England's ne w l y established American colonies. Aboard this ship was a wealthy Briti s h s hipping merchant John Budd (c. 1599 - 1670), his wife Katherine Bro w n e (1606 - 1674, a woman of royal ancestry), and their children. Toget h e r, they were among my earliest ancestors to sail to America. Town Fou n d ing No. 1: NEW HAVEN COLONY In August 1637, an exploring party of Eng l i sh settlers sailed out of Boston Harbor, went down the coast several m i l es, and landed at a place that the Native American Indians called "Qu i n nipiac" (or "Long Water Place"). The explorers liked what they saw an d l e ft seven of their men to prepare the area for occupation by Puritan c o l onizers. On March 30, 1638, a large company of settlers sailed out of B o s ton for the new site. Among them were the Budd family. On April 16, 1 6 3 8, they landed at the new site to found New Haven Colony. Other ships f o l lowed, bringing more settlers. The settlers quickly began building th e i r new colony. In late 1638, they purchased the land from the Indians. J o h n Budd was assigned lot no. 56. On October 25, 1639, the settlers ele c t ed their community government. John Budd was among the men signing a F u n damental Agreement formally establishing New Haven Colony. Most of th e f i rst settlers at New Haven were Puritans -- a strict religious group t h a t later formed the basis for the Congregational Church and the Church o f C h rist in the USA. John Budd, however, was a member of the Church of E n g land, which became the Episcopal Church in America. Because he was no t P u ritan, Budd lived in some tension with his neighbors. At one point h e w a s fined by the New Haven magistrates for hiding and protecting Quak er s , a Christian group that the Puritans opposed and were trying to kee p o u t of New Haven. Town Founding No. 2: SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND In Septe mb e r 1640, John Budd left New Haven with his and some other New Haven f a m ilies on a ship bound for the northeastern edge of Long Island to est a b lish a settlement there, which they named Southold. Once again, he wa s o n A nglican adherent amid Puritans set on establishing a new communit y s t ructured around their specific religious and moral beliefs. Most of t h e o ther Southold founders had originally sailed under the leadership o f t h e Puritan cleric Christopher Youngs first from England to Salem, Ma ss a chusetts, in 1637 and from Salem to New Haven. In New Haven, Puritan l e a ders intent on establishing new religious communities in New England p e r suaded Rev. Youngs to sail across Long Island Sound with his follower s t o s ettle land on the island's North Fork that they had acquired from t h e i sland's Corchaug Indians. John Budd, who was beyond doubt the wealt h i est man in the new settlement, quickly established himself as one of t h e l eaders of the new community. Because Southold was included in the U n i ted Colonies of New England, its residents were expected to select De p u ties to attend the colonies' General Court in Hartford, Connecticut. B u d d was the first deputy appointed to the court by the people of Southo l d . Budd was also the town's first authorized officer to train the loca l h o me guard, a responsibility which earned him the title of Lieutenant . B u dd was apparently so highly respected and successful in this respon si b ility that, when he made a trip overseas in 1654, colonial records i n N e w Haven recorded that "By reason of Budd's absence Southold is left d e s titute of a fitt man to exercise the military company there since Lt. B u d d went to England." In 1649, Budd built his family a four-room home e a s t of town near a pond which became known as Budd's Pond. In 1658, he d e e ded the house to his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Horto n , a s a wedding gift. They moved the house 10 miles away to the village o f C u tchogue. (The structure, now known as "The Old House," still stands t h e re. It is the oldest European-style dwelling in New York State and is l i s ted on the Register of National Historic Sites. James Van Alst, the a r c hitect in charge of its restoration, described it as "undoubtedly the f i n est example of English domestic origin to be found in this country.") D e s pite his civic leadership, Budd's tenure in Southold apparently was o n e o f controversy as well. He was a major landholder in Southold. As su c h , he was legally accountable to the local general court (composed sol e l y of church members) who were required to review and approve or deny a n y s ettler's request to sell his home or land. Budd clearly possessed a s t r ong independent spirit, and in 1657 he sold some of his land without a s k ing "permission." As a result, he was sued by three other Southold se t t lers; the final disposition of this case is not clear. Budd clearly g r e w restless during his tenure at Southold. As in New Haven, Southold's g e n eral court governed the town in accord with strict Puritan standards, a n d B udd was still an Episcopalian. He apparently explored the predomina n t ly Episopalian settlements in Virginia, but decided against settling t h e re. Budd's true desire seems to have been to, in essence, establish h i s o wn colony, where he would be answerable to no one, and he was willi n g t o use his wealth to create this personnal domain. In 1661, he decid e d t o leave Long Island and move to an area that was at the time on the v e r y southwestern edge of the Connecticut Colony. Town Founding No. 3: R Y E , WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK In January 1660, three residents of Gr e e nwich, Connecticut â Peter Disbrow, John Coe, and Thomas Stedwell â n e gotiated and purchased from the native Mohegan Indians a tract of l an d s outhwest of Greenwhich known as Peningo Neck. The land stretched o n t h e west from a stream known as Blind Brook east to Long Island Sound . T h e sale apparently did not include an island in the Sound and just o ff t h e shore, so in June 1660, the three men purchased this land (Manus sin g I sland) as well. In May 1661, they purchased additional land on th e n o rth edge of Peningo Neck. Disbrow and the others in his party appar en t ly were more interested in securing title to land than in settling i t i m mediately. This created an opportunity for someone else to take the l e a d in establishing a new community, and as a successful and wealthy bu s i nessman, John Budd was quick to take advantage of the opportunity. On N o v ember 8, 1661, Budd concluded his separate negotiation with a Mohegan c h i ef to buy a large (4,800-acre) piece of land immediately across Blind B r o ok from the Disbrow company's landholdings. This land became known as B u d d's Neck. On November 12, 1661, Budd added to his landholdings by pur c h asing from the Indians some islands that were in the immediate vicini t y . In June 1662, Budd then acted with Disbrow, Coe, and Stedwell joint l y t o purchase yet more land directly north of Budd's Neck. One of the f i r st buildings constructed in this new community was Budd's Mill, at th e m o uth of Blind Brook. He operated the grist mill, which proved to be v e r y successful with the new inhabitants of Peningo Neck. Disbrow select e d t he name of Hastings for his new holdings. He apparently also consid e r ed Budd's lands to be part of the new Hastings town, whose settlement h e i n tended to oversee. Budd obviously had other ideas. He was determine d t h at his personal landholdings would be a separately governed colony, a n d b y the fall of 1664, he had assigned to his lands the name of Rye, p r o bably because of his family's close connections with the town of Rye b a c k in his native England. Moreover, Disbrow had planned Hastings with t h e i dea that each settler would be given equal property. Budd took a mo r e b usiness-like approach and (as in Southold) preferred to sell off po r t ions of his land without first obtaining the permission of the town. D i s brow regarded this behavior as a threat to the future of "his" colony . F o r the next several years, Budd and Disbrow battled in court over wh os e a pproach was to predominate. In the course of that legal action, it w a s a greed that the name Rye would be assigned to the entire Peningo Nec k s e ttlement area. The more substantial issues, however, were still unr es o lved in 1669, when John Budd turned over his landholdings in both So u t hold and Rye to his son, John Budd, Jr., and retired from public life . D e spite his contentiousness with Disbrow and resulting legal conflict s, B u dd quickly established himself as a political leader across the en tir e H astings/Rye area (again, much as he had in Southold). Biographer L i ly W right Budd describes his responsibilities as follows: ... John Bud d w a s elected the first representative when Hastings [formally] submitt ed t o t he jurisdiction of Connecticut on 26 January 1662 and he was ele cte d a s Hastings' first Deputy to the General Court in Hartford on 26 M ar ch 1 663.... At the session of the General Court in Hartford on the 8t h o f O ctober 1663, "Lnt John Bud" makes his appearance, and "is appoynt ed C o mmisioner for the Town of Hastings, and is invested with Magistrat ica l l power within the limits of that Town." As magistrate Budd was "co mm i ssioned to grant warrants" and "to marry persons," and he had clear a u t hority to arrest "such as are ouertaken with drinke, swearing, Sabboa t h b reaking, slighting of the ordinances, lying, vagrant persons, or an y o t her that shall offend in any of these." As noted above, John Budd r et i red from public life 1669. He died in Rye in 1670 and is presumed to h a v e been buried in a private family plot a short distance north of Budd ' s M ill. .

Birth	16 Dec 1592	Banstead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	21 Nov 1620	Chichester, Sussex, England - Katherine Browne
Immigration	26 Jun 1637	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death	3 Oct 1669	Rye, Westchester, New York, United States

Spouse	Katherine Browne (1591 - 1670)
Child	Katherine Budd (1621 - 1634)
Child	John Budd (1625 - 1684)
Child	Mary Budd (1625 - )
Child	Jane Budd (1626 - 1695)
Child	Sarah Budd (1627 - )
Child	Joseph Budd (1628 - 1722)
Child	Anna Budd (1637 - )
Child	Judith Budd (1639 - 1681)
Child	Joshua Budd (1640 - )