The first settlement of the Town of Greenwich in the Connecticut Colony was founded on July 18, 1640, by Everardus Bogardus, John Bowers, Robert Feaks, Jeffre Ferris, Angell Husted, Robert Husted, Andrew Messenger, Daniel Patrick, Robert Williams, and John Winkelman. In 1672, twenty-seven proprieters were John Asten, John Bowers, Walter Butler, Thomas Close, James Ferris, Joseph Ferris, Joseph Finch, Angell Husted, William Hubbert, John Hobby, Samuel Jenkins, Joshua Knapp, Gershom Lockwood, Johathan Lockwood, John Marshall, John Mead, Joseph Mead, Ephraim Palmer, John Palmer, Jeremiah Peck, Samuel Peck, William Ratleff, John Reynolds, Johathan Reynolds, William Rundle, Stephen Sherwood, and Daniel Smith.