In 1791, the Society for the Abolition of Slavery was founded in Hartford by Noah Webster and Farmington residents Rufus Hawley, Aaron Austin, Reverend Allen Olcott and Thomas Seymour.


I am not related to these people, just passing on this information, which comes from a website title "Slavery in New England" The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://www.stanleywhitman.org/slaverynewengland.html