Joseph Hawley (captain)

For other people named Joseph Hawley, see Joseph Hawley (disambiguation).

Joseph Hawley (c. 1603–1690), may have been born in Parwich, Derbyshire, England,[citation needed] was the first of the Hawley name to come to America in 1629.[1][2] He settled at Stratford, Connecticut, by 1650, becoming the town's first town clerk or record keeper, tavern (ordinary) keeper and a shipbuilder.[3]

  1. ^ The Society of Hawley website retrieved on 5 May 2009
  2. ^ Men of Mark in America Ideals of American Life told in Biographies of Eminent Living Americans, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., L.H.D., 1906, Volume 11-page 30 [1]
  3. ^ A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut, Reverend Samuel Orcutt, 1886 Vol 1 page 290 [2]