“For nearly two hundred years after the first white settlement here in 1648, the area east of the Saugatuck River belonged to the…
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“This community was settled in 1648 as Pochong, an Indian word meaning at the confluence of two rivers, the Pochoug and the Menunketesuck,…
A part of Indian land bought in 1638 for New Haven, North Haven was incorporated in 1786. The center area was settled in 1670…
Bridgeport, Connecticut: “The Park City" "The area that is now Bridgeport was settled in the mid-17th century by farmers from the older towns...
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut: “SAY – BROOKE Founded November 1635. First English settlement on south shore of New England. Named for Viscount Say and…
Old Lyme, Connecticut: “As early as the 1640’s settlers from Saybrook cleared and planted land on the east side of [the] Connecticut River…
Ansonia, Connecticut: “Here the first settlers came in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby. It is now part of the City…
Newington, Connecticut: “1636 – Newington valley used by Wethersfield settlers as a source for pipe staves, building materials and pasture lands. Pipestave Swamp,…
New Hartford, Connecticut: “In 1732 the Connecticut General Assembly gave Hartford and Windsor permission to establish seven towns in the colony’s Western Lands….
Beacon Falls, Connecticut: “The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639. Northern boundary of Milford was…
Hamden, Connecticut: “Incorporated in 1786, this town was originally part of New Haven and was named for John Hampden, noted English statesman. In…
Oxford, Connecticut: “Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New Haven. Land was acquired in…
Shelton, Connecticut: "1639 - Stratford area settled, with present-day Shelton as the northern part. 1717 - Northern settlers established Ripton parish. 1789 -...
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Danbury, Connecticut: “Eight families came from Norwalk in 1685 to settle this area which the Indians called Pahquioque. They built their first homes…
East Haven, Connecticut: “This area, purchased by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton in 1638, was later known as East Farms. It…
"In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the English fashion...
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