SARAH HART, of Farmington, supposed to be the eldest child of Deacon Stephen Hart, and born in England, married, Nov. 20th, 1644, Thomas Porter, who lived on the lot adjacent to her father, a part of which has remained in the family, and was, in 1844, occupied by his descendant, Timothy Porter. They joined the church in 1653, and many of their des- cendants have been deacons, and some of them clergymen, among the latter, Ebenezer Porter, D. D., President of Andover Theological Seminary. Their children were Thomas, Samuel, Dorothy, Sarah, and Johannah. He died in 1697, and was then a deacon in the church.

[Information about the descendants of their child Thomas Porter and his wife, Lois Stanley, has been provided by Lyle Comstock.]

MARY HART, of Farmington, second daughter of Deacon Stephen Hart, of Braintree, Eng., Cambridge, Mass., Hartford and Farmington, Conn., born           , married                , John Lee, who lived on the lot next north of her father's place, viz., where the Phelps Hotel stands. They joined the church in 1660, and are the progenitors of the Lees of New England. He died in 1690, when second, she married, Jan. 5th, 1692, Jedediah Strong, (his third wife.) Their children, 1, John, born June 11th, 1659, married Dec. 27th, 1682, Elizabeth Loomis; 2. Mary, born Aug. 14th, 1664, married Dec. 28th, 1682, Stephen Upson; 3, Stephen, born April 2d, 1667, married Oct. 1st, 1690, Elizabeth Roys, of Wallingford; 4, Thomas, born in 1671, married Sept. 11th, 1707, Mary Camp, of Hartford, and were the parents of Jared Strong, Esq., of Southington; 5, David, born in 1674; 6, Tabitha, born in 1677, married Preserved Strong, of Northampton, son of her mother's second husband.

[ There are reports of Mary Hart's birth in 1640. This is consistent with the birth dates of her children, but I have no verification of this date.

After John Lee's death in Farmington in 1690, Mary Hart married Jedediah Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts on Jan 05, 1691/92. She died on Oct. 9, 1710, the day after a horse fell on her while crossing the falls at Hadley, Massachusetts. She probably died in Hadley or back in Northampton. There is a memorial for John Lee and Mary (Hart) Lee in the Old Farmington Cemetery. This was placed there by a descendant. I have no record of Mary having been transported back to Farmington for burial there.]

[Tabitha Lee and Preserved Strong are known to be ancestors of Lady Diana Spencer, through the following line:

Preserved Strong & Tabitha Lee, b. 1677, m. October 23, 1701
Joseph Strong & Elizabeth Strong (2nd Cousins)
Benjamin Strong & Lucy Bishop
Dr. Joseph Strong, b. Coventry, CT. March 10, 1770. Married Rebecca Young Sept. 8, 1796.
Eleanor Strong b. 1802 married John Wood March 13, 1823.
Ellen Wood, b. July 18, 1831; married Frank Work (A millionaire speculator, broker, banker, horseowner & protege of Comodore Vanderbilt).
Francis Eleanor Work, b. October 27, 1857; married Burke Roche of Twyford Abby, Middlesex, England.
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, b. Chelsea, England May 15, 1885; married Ruth Sylvia Gill Sept. 17, 1931.
The Honorable Francis Ruth Burke Roche, b. Jan. 20, 1936 married Edward John Spencer June 1, 1954.
Lady Diana Francis Spencer, b. July 1, 1961

What would Dea. Stephen have thought, if he knew that one of his g--gg grandsons would be a future king of England?]

MEHITABEL HART, of Farmington, third daughter of Deacon Stephen Hart, of Braintree, Eng., Cambridge, Mass., Hartford and Tunxis, Conn., born                    , married                John Cole, a grandson of James Cole, of Hartford, from whom Coles street derives its name. He settled in Farming- ton, on the place formerly owned by Anson Cowles. Both were members of the church. His sons removed to