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Obadiah Bruen was born in Bruen Stapleford, England, and immigrated to N e w E n g l and with his wife Sarah in 1640. He settled first at Plymouth Co l o n y , a nd then at Gloucester, Massachusetts (1642), where he was town s e l e c t man (1643) and a representative to the Connecticut General Court ( 1 6 4 3 - 1651). He was one of the early settlers at Pequot (later New Londo n ) , C o n necticut, and served as the town clerk (1651 -1666) and as a rep r e s e n tative from New London in the Connecticut General Court (1(165 2-1 6 6 6 ) . H is name is the only name from New London to appear on the royal c h a r t e r for the colony of Connecticut. In 1666, he joined an association t o f o u n d a c olony on the Passaic River called Milford (later Newark, New J e r s e y ). He was one of the signers of the deed to purchase land from the I n d i a n s along the Passaic River (July 11, 1667). William Starr Myers, Pr o m i n e nt Families of New Jersey (Baltimore, Md: Clearfield, 2000),1160; F r a n c e s Manwaring Caulkins, History of New London, Connecticut: From the F i r s t S u rvey of the Coast in 1612 to 1852 (2nd ed., New London: [s. n.], 1 8 6 0 ) , 1 55-6; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, ([Bosto n : S a m u e l G. D rake, 1847-1869]), vol. 19 ( 1865), 108.
Both these websites have a lot of sources and information on Obadiah:
https://www.geni.com/people/Obediah-Obadiah-Bruen/6000000000769976801
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruen-24
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1606 - Aft 1680 (> 75 years)
