Stephen Hart
Stephen Hart (unk.-1683) was listed as the first member of the Hart family of Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut in Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632 - 1875. This is the book from which Wilford Woodruff extracted many of his ancestors' names for proxy temple ordinances. He died before 31 Mar. 1683.
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