Old Saybrook, Connecticut: “SAY – BROOKE Founded November 1635. First English settlement on south shore of New England….
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Old Lyme, Connecticut: “As early as the 1640’s settlers from Saybrook cleared and planted land on the east…
Ansonia, Connecticut: “Here the first settlers came in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby. It is…
Newington, Connecticut: “1636 – Newington valley used by Wethersfield settlers as a source for pipe staves, building materials…
New Hartford, Connecticut: “In 1732 the Connecticut General Assembly gave Hartford and Windsor permission to establish seven towns…
Beacon Falls, Connecticut: “The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639….
Hamden, Connecticut: “Incorporated in 1786, this town was originally part of New Haven and was named for John…
Oxford, Connecticut: “Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New…
Shelton, Connecticut: "1639 - Stratford area settled, with present-day Shelton as the northern part. 1717 - Northern settlers...
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Danbury, Connecticut: “Eight families came from Norwalk in 1685 to settle this area which the Indians called Pahquioque….
East Haven, Connecticut: “This area, purchased by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton in 1638, was later…
Branford, Connecticut: "In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of...
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