Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameNicolas Desborough - Direct Ancestor 
Birth16 Jun 1612, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Death31 Aug 1683, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, BNA
OccupationCarpenter/Cabinet Maker
FatherNicolas Disbrough - Direct Ancestor (1583-1612)
MotherMary - Direct Ancestor
Notes for Nicolas Desborough - Direct Ancestor
Nicholas served in the Pequot Indian War and for this service he received a grant of fifty acres on 11 May 1671.
He was Hartford's chimney viewer and surveyor of highways. He was oneof the few inhabitants of Hartford who was allowed to bring woodand keep sheep in the village comman. He was a furniture maker and some of his work is displayed at the Hartford Anthenaeum, aswell as the Metropolitan Museum of NYC. This information is recorded in "The Original Propietors of Hartford Connecticut,Vol. I, page 237.
He was Hartford's chimney viewer and surveyor of highways. He was oneof the few inhabitants of Hartford who was allowed to bring woodand keep sheep in the village comman. He was a furniture maker and some of his work is displayed at the Hartford Anthenaeum, aswell as the Metropolitan Museum of NYC. This information is recorded in "The Original Propietors of Hartford Connecticut,Vol. I, page 237.