Nathaniel Foote (21 September 1592 – 20 November 1644), was an early English immigrant and surveyor to

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who was born in

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. He was part of the settlement party that founded

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, the oldest town in that state. Foote's wife, Elizabeth, was the sister of John Deming, considered one of the "fathers of Connecticut." In 1635, he surveyed the boundaries between his hometown of Wethersfield and

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Notable descendants

According to the Foote Family Association of America, there are an estimated one million living

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nationals who are descended from Foote and his wife, Elizabeth Deming.

References

1592 births 1644 deaths People from colonial Connecticut Emigrants from the Kingdom of England {{US-bio-stub