Nathaniel Foote | |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1592 |
Birth Place: | Shalford, Essex, England |
Death Date: | 20 November 1644 |
Death Place: | Wethersfield, Connecticut, British America |
Known For: | Founder of Wethersfield, Connecticut |
Occupation: | landowner, juror, |
Nationality: | English |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Deming |
Children: | Elizabeth, Nathaniel II, Mary, Robert, Frances, Sara, Rebecca |
Nathaniel Foote (21 September 1592 – 20 November 1644), was an early English immigrant and surveyor to Connecticut who was born in Colchester, England. He was part of the settlement party that founded Wethersfield, Connecticut, the oldest town in that state.[1] Foote's wife, Elizabeth, was the sister of John Deming, considered one of the "fathers of Connecticut."[2] In 1635, he surveyed the boundaries between his hometown of Wethersfield and Hartford.
According to the Foote Family Association of America, there are an estimated one million living United States nationals who are descended from Foote and his wife, Elizabeth Deming.[3]