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From The Original Proprietors by Miss Mary K. Talcott:
DEACON EDWARD STEBBINS (STEBBIN), Cambridge, 1633; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634; on Committee to consider Endicott�s defacing the colors, May, 1635; an original proprietor of Hartford; his home-lot in 1639 extended from the Meeting-House Square to the street now Front St. He was constable, 1638; deputy various times from 1639 to 1656; leather sealer, 1659. His will is dated Aug. 24, 1663; inv. Aug. 19, 1668, L669. 2. His widow Mrs. Frances Stebbin�s will is dated May 20, 1670, and Nov. 12 1673; inv. Dec. 23, 1673; both wills name son, Mr. John Chester, now living in or near LondoU- Ch. : i. daughter; m. John Chester in England. >. ii. Mary, m. April 29, 1648, Walter Gaylord, of Windsor; d. June 29, 1657. iii. Elizabeth, m. (1) Robert Wilson, of Farmington, who died in 1656; (2) 1658, Thomas Cadwell (g. v.), of Hartford. iv. Lydia; m. Deacon John Wilson, of Hartford.
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