Richard Platt

1603 - 1684  (80 years)

• Name	Richard Platt  [1]
  Birth	28 Sep 1603	Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni   [1]
  Birth	28 Sep 1603	Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
  Christening	6 May 1604	Ware, Hertfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1684	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Burial	Feb 1684	Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Name	Richard Platt
  Death	13 Feb 1684	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I6026	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	George Platt,   b. 13 May 1572, Ware, Hertfordshire, England d. 20 Apr 1609, Ware, Hertfordshire, England (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Mary Sell,   b. 1572, Great Munden, Hertfordshire, England d. 13 Mar 1618, Ware, Hertfordshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F10405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wood,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 24 Mar 1675, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1628/9	Roydon, Essex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Platt,   b. 11 Nov 1629, Roydon, Epping Forest district, Essex, England, United Kingdom d. 17 Jun 1669, Middletown, Middlesex, Ct (Age 39 years)   2. John Platt,   b. 11 Jan 1632, Ware, Hertfordshire, England d. 6 Nov 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age 73 years)   3. Isaac Platt, >,   b. Abt 1633, Ware, Hertfordshire, England d. 31 Jul 1691, Huntington, Suffolk, NY (Age 58 years)   4. Samuel Platt,   b. 1634, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 15 Sep 1635, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 1 year)   5. Sarah Platt,   b. Bef 11 Sep 1636, England d. 15 May 1670, Milford, New Haven, CT (Age > 33 years)   6. Epenetus Platt,   b. Bef 2 Jul 1640, Milford, New Haven, CT d. 1693, Huntington, Suffolk, NY (Age > 52 years)   7. Hannah Platt,   b. Bef 1 Oct 1643, Milford, New Haven, CT d. Aft 1713, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age > 71 years)   8. Josiah Platt,   b. Bef Nov 1645, Milford, New Haven, CT d. 1 Jan 1724/5, Milford, New Haven, CT (Age > 79 years)   9. Joseph Platt,   b. Bef 1 Apr 1649, Milford, New Haven, CT d. 1703/4, Milford, New Haven, CT (Age > 54 years)   10. Hannah Platt,   b. 1 Oct 1643, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 28 Dec 1702, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 59 years)   11. Epenetus Platt,   b. 2 Jun 1640, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 13 Nov 1693, Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 53 years)   12. Josiah Platt,   b. 16 Nov 1645, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony d. 1 Jan 1724, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 78 years)   13. Joseph Platt,   b. 1 Apr 1649, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 5 Jan 1725, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F2895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Evelyn Beran notes: Roydon, where Richard and Mary married, is four miles southeast of Ware. On 16 April 1609 was mentioned as son in the will of George Platte of Ware. On 13 July 1629 there was an "Order that Richard Platt of Ware and his apprentice be brought before certain justices, that some order might be taken to end the differences between them." On 25 April 1638 Westminster, England, Richard and Mary Platt signed a final concord to dispose of their lands and houses at Ware, receiving L42 for the premises. Then they prepared to sail for New England, but may have had to stay in or near London for some months while awaiting passage. They appear to have crossed the Atlantic either in the latter half of 1638 or the first half of 1639. It has been stated that the Platt family arrived at New Haven in August 1639, and this may be true, but Richard Platt is not among those who signed the covenant of 22 August 1639, and "Richard Plot" did not join the Church of Milford at New Haven until 29 January 1639/1640. He was a free planter, according to Abbott in Milford, New Haven County, CT, in 1639. His home lot was #38, consisting of 4 acres and one rod, near the corner of the present West Main and Cherry Streets. In 1669 he was chosen deacon of the church at Milford. He appeared on the list of freemen at Milford in October 1669: "A List of the Freemen of Milford [October 1669] ... Richard Platt." In her will dated 9 November 1669, proved 20 November 1669, Sarah (Bryan?) (Baldwin) Astwood of Milford appointed "my beloved brothers Richard Platt and Thomas Wheeler" overseers. Richard Platt and Thomas Wheeler were also witnesses to the will. Since Sarah's maiden name has not been proven, this statement has led to much genealogical speculation as to how she was related to these men -- or were they merely highly esteemed "brethren in the church"? If you look to their descendants rather than their antecedants, another possible explanation suggests itself -- Sarah's grandson Zachariah3 Baldwin (Richard2, Sylvester1) was married to Richard Platt's granddaughter Mary3 Atkinson (Mary2, Richard1). The will of "Richard Platt of Milford in Ye colony of conecticutt" was dated 4 August 1683: It makes the following bequests: I give unto my son John Platt beside what I have formerly given him L26 & foure bibles for his children. I give unto my son Isaac Platt L20 besides what I have formerly given him & for his children three bibles. I give unto my son Epenetus Platt besides what I have formerly given him L20 & for his children three bibles. I give my son in law Christopher Comstocke & his wife beside what I have formerly given him L22 & for his children 3 bibles. I give Samuel Bech [Beach] beside what I have formerly given him L6. I give Hannah & Deborah Merwin two bibles. I give Elder [Daniel] Buckingham L5 toward bringing up his son to be a schollar. I give my son Epenetus L5 toward bringing up his son to be a schollar. I give my son Josia Platt beside what I have formerly given him the meadow on ye far side the creeke by stubby playne, & halfe the pasture or land by ye necke gate, & the land not yet taken in of my division, & halfe the pasture land below the two orchards, & five bibles for his children. I give Josia Whitmore & his sister two bibles. I give my son Joseph Platt's children two bibles. I give my son Joseph Platt all the remainder of my estate, housing, barnes, lands, meadows, corne, cattle, horses, mares, sheep, hogs, movables, he paying the legacyes above named & debts. I make my son Joseph Platt my executor of this my last Will. I desire Elder Buckingham & my son Josia Platt to see this my Will fulfilled, & I give Elder Buckingham & my son Josia twenty shillings apiece for their paynes. [Signed] Richard Platt Daniel Buckingham and Josia Platt, witnesses The Inventory of the estate was taken 13 February 1684 by Samuell Ells, John Streame, and Sylvanus Baldwin. It totaled L547:05:07. (New Haven probate records vol 1, part 2, p. 138). The Platt stone in the Milford Memorial Bridge reads: "DEACON RICHARD PLATT Obit 1684 MARY His Wife." She records parents for Deacon Richard Platt. She cites the following sources: 1. Title: Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut Author: John Insley Coddington Abbrev: Coddington Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist Abbrev: Richard Platt Page: 30:236. Parish Registers of Ware, co. Hertford, 1558-1650. Text: Baptisms. 1604 Richard Platte, 6 May 2. Title: Families of Ancient New Haven Author: Donald Lines Jacobus Abbrev: Jacobus Publication: Salem MA: Higginson Book Co., 1994 Abbrev: Families of Ancient New Haven Page: pp. 144-161 3. Title: Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut Author: John Insley Coddington Abbrev: Coddington Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist Abbrev: Richard Platt Page: 30:233-238 4. Title: English Ancestry of Richard Platt (1604-1685) and Mary Wood (1605-1676) Author: Douglas Richardson Abbrev: Richardson Publication: Synopsis of article pre-published to Platt list, rootsweb.com, 1998 Abbrev: Platt & Wood Ancestry 5. Title: Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut Author: John Insley Coddington Abbrev: Coddington Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist Abbrev: Richard Platt Page: 31:155-170 6. Title: Families of Early Milford Connecticut Author: Susan Woodruff Abbott Abbrev: Abbott Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979 Abbrev: Families of Early Milford Page: pp. 547-551 7. Title: Platt Genealogy in America from the Arrival of Richard Platt in New Haven Connecticut in 1638 Author: Charles Platt Jr. Abbrev: Charles Platt Publication: New Hope, PA: 1963 Abbrev: Platt Genealogy Page: pp. 17-26 8. Title: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Author: Donald Lines Jacobus Abbrev: Donald Lines Jacobus Publication: New Haven CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1930-1932 Abbrev: Families of Old Fairfield Page: 1:483-487 9. Title: Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1665-1678 Author: J. Hammond Trumbull Abbrev: Trumbull Publication: Hartford CT: 1852 Abbrev: Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Page: pp. 523-526 10. Title: The Story of the Memorial in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford Author: Morris W. Abbott Abbrev: Morris Abbott Publication: Milford CT: 1971 Abbrev: Milford Memorial Page: p. 12 11. Title: Milford Church Records. Admissions, First Church, 1639-1687 Author: Donald Lines Jacobus Abbrev: Jacobus Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist, 1939, Vol. 16 Abbrev: Milford Church Records 1639-1687 Page: pp. 28-29 12. Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Clarence Almon Torrey Abbrev: Torrey Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985 & 1992 Abbrev: New England Marriages Page: p. 590 Text: Richard Platt (1604-1684, 1685) & Mary Wood (1605-), in Eng; b 1633, 26 Jan 1682/9; New Haven/Milford CT. 13. Title: Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut Author: John Insley Coddington Abbrev: Coddington Publication: New Haven: The American Genealogist Abbrev: Richard Platt Page: 30:237. Parish Registers of Roydon Text: 1628 Richard Platt and Mary Woode ware maried the 26th of January [1628/9] 14. Title: The Merwin Family in North America Publication: Miles Merwin Association, Milford, CT 1978 Abbrev: Merwin Family Page: p. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, Evelyn Beran. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-shulsen&id=I4609.