Nathaniel Foote

Nathaniel Foote (21 September 1592 – 20 November 1644), was an early English immigrant and surveyor to Connecticut who was born in Colchester, England. He was part of the settlement party that founded Wethersfield, Connecticut, 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 Hartford.

According to the Foote Family Association of America, there are an estimated one million living United States nationals who are descended from Foote and his wife, Elizabeth Deming. Notable living and deceased descendants of Foote and Deming include:

• Warren Buffett - billionaire
• Emerson Foote (1906-1992) - one of three founders of Foote Cone & Belding (advertising agency)
• Amelia Earhart - famous American pilot
• Carl Edwards - former American race car driver
• Nathaniel Foote III (1682-1774) - one of three founders of Colchester, Connecticut
• Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846) - governor of Connecticut
• Charles A. Foote (1785-1828) - member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
• Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) - U.S. Navy admiral and abolitionist
• Elisha Foote (1809-1883) - U.S. Commissioner of Patents
• Rensselaer William Foote (1815-1862) - U.S. Army colonel
• Abram W. Foote (1862-1941) - lieutenant-governor of Vermont
• Jonathan L. Foote - noted American architect
• Paul D. Foote -notable Physicist, Exec. Vice PresidentGulf OilResearch & Development Co. 1927 - 1953- Assistant Secretary of Defense1957-58
• Adam Foote - professional ice hockey player.
• Callan Foote - professional ice hockey player.
• Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th President of the United States
• Hugh Hefner - founder of Playboy
• Sarah Jessica Parker - actress
• The Poston Family - stonemasons, academics, philanthropists.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe - author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Arthur De Wint Foote - Civil engineer of the American West and husband of Mary Hallock Foote - Author and Illustrator of the American West
• William Chirico - Software Engineer & Volvox Founder