In May 1636, Risley left Massachusetts with almost the entire company he had arrived with two and a half years earlier. They found John Winthrop to be too dictatorial. The group headed west through the wilderness, and after a month stopped in an area now occupied by the city of Hartford, Connecticut.
Within the year, the group started a collective government to fight the Pequot War. By the next year, they had adopted what is now generally considered the first written constitution in Western history, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. The group eventually signed a treaty with the Indians for a tract of land and settled down.
richard, risley, before, 1615, october, 1648, early, puritan, settler, massachusetts, colony, founders, hartford, connecticut, risley, sailed, from, england, july, 1633, ship, griffen, with, thomas, hooker, william, stone, john, cotton, john, haynes, they, arr. Richard Risley before 1615 October 1648 was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford Connecticut 1 Risley sailed from England on July 15 1633 in the ship Griffen with Thomas Hooker William Stone John Cotton and John Haynes 2 They arrived in Boston on September 4 1633 Richard RisleyPersonal detailsBornprior to 1615DiedOctober 1648Hartford Connecticut United StatesSpouseMary ArnoldIn May 1636 Risley left Massachusetts with almost the entire company he had arrived with two and a half years earlier They found John Winthrop to be too dictatorial The group headed west through the wilderness and after a month stopped in an area now occupied by the city of Hartford Connecticut Within the year the group started a collective government to fight the Pequot War By the next year they had adopted what is now generally considered the first written constitution in Western history the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The group eventually signed a treaty with the Indians for a tract of land and settled down The present day state capitol building in Hartford sits on the original Risley land grant 3 Risley died at Hockanum Connecticut of typhoid in October 1648 leaving his wife and three children ages two months to eight years References edit Founders of Hartford www cslib org http www cslib org foundhtfd htm Accessed 1 July 2007 Goold Roy D The First Risley in America The Risley Family Genealogy Volume 1 Founding of Connecticut amp The Pequot War www cypresscollege edu http socialscience cypresscollege edu lyerby connect htm Accessed 1 July 2007 nbsp This Connecticut related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Risley amp oldid 1125312890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
