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…
Branford, Connecticut: "In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the...
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