401 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — Near This Site In 1750 —

Near this site in 1750 The foundations were laid for Middletowns first Protestant Episcopal Church. This building, completed in 1755, was named Christ Church. The predecessor of the Church of the Holy Trinity. In this church the Right . . . — — Map (db m68011) HM

402 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — Settling Middletown —

About 1650, a handful of English colonists began settling Middletown – then called by its Native American name, Mattabesseck or Mattabesett. The first colonists did not come directly from England, but from early New England settlements like . . . — — Map (db m98604) HM

403 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — The deKoven House —

Middletown became of the richest towns in all New England in the 1700s. during that time, thousands of ships loaded with local products like lumber, barrels, horses, pigs, corn, butter, and beef. The ships sailed down the Connecticut River and . . . — — Map (db m98690) HM

404 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — The UNESCO Slave Route Project — Middletown, Connecticut: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage —

Launched in 1994, the International and inter-regional project ‘The Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage’ addresses the history of the slave trade and slavery through the prism of intercultural dialogue, a culture of peace and . . . — — Map (db m298165) HM

405 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — OL14 CT70 — Arabella — Witness Stone —

Across Lyme Street Also called Bella Enslaved before 1719 by Rev. Moses Noyes Willed to Sarah Noyes Mather 1729 Baptized 1734 — — Map (db m268187) HM

406 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — Connecticut River —

You are standing about three miles from the mouth of the Connecticut River, the longest river in New England. It measures over 400 miles from its source -- a series of linked, small lakes in northern New Hampshire, almost on the Canadian Border -- . . . — — Map (db m268368) HM

407 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — OL27 CT118 — Grace — Witness Stone —

Across Lyme Street Enslaved by Dr. John Noyes Willed 1733 to Mary Hudson Noyes Died 1735 — — Map (db m268186) HM

408 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — OL26 CT117 — Jube — Witness Stone —

Across Lyme Street Enslaved by Moses Noyes Jr. Willed 1743 to Moses Noyes 3rd Valued at 35 pounds — — Map (db m268182) HM

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409 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — Old Lyme —

As early as the 1640’s settlers from Saybrook cleared and planted land on the east side of the Connecticut River in what is now Old Lyme. The first recorded grant of land, in 1649, was to Matthew Griswold in the Black Hall quarter. By 1665 the . . . — — Map (db m302005) HM

410 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — OL28 CT119 — Warwick — Witness Stone — 1723-1793 —

Across Lyme Street Enslaved by Dr. John Noyes Willed 1733 to Mary Hudson Noyes Freed by Mary Noyes Ely 1743 "to be his own man" — — Map (db m268184) HM

411 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook — Old Saybrook — Qui Transtulit Sustinet —

Occupied 1635 under Sponsorship of Puritan Lords and Gentlemen — — Map (db m66458) HM

412 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook — Old Saybrook —

Occupied 1635 under sponsorship of Puritan lords and gentlemen — — Map (db m260436) HM

413 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Adriaen Block & New Netherland —

Captain Adriaen Block was a Dutch trader and privateer who journeyed to the Hudson River and Manhattan Island in 1611 to trade for fur with the Lenape people who lived there. Between 1611 and 1614, Block made four voyages during which he explored . . . — — Map (db m227279) HM

414 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Adrian Block • Dutch Exploration — Reported permanently removed

Adrian Block was an attorney and an explorer from the Netherlands that had an eye for profitable enterprise. The market for furs in Europe was tremendous in the early 17th century and Block was looking to make his fortune by selling beaver pelts . . . — — Map (db m182714) HM

415 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Battlefields of the Pequot War — Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort Historical Route —

The Pequot War was the first major conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America. It began in September 1636, lasted eleven months, and involved thousands of Native and English peoples who fought several major . . . — — Map (db m181051) HM WM

416 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Battlefields of the Pequot War — Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort Historical Route —

The Pequot War was the first major conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America. It began in September 1636, lasted eleven months, and involved thousands of Native and English peoples who fought several major . . . — — Map (db m182310) HM

417 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Battlefields of the Pequot War — Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort Historical Route —

The Pequot War was the first major conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America. It began in September 1636, lasted eleven months, and involved thousands of Native and English peoples who fought several major . . . — — Map (db m182709) HM

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418 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Battlefields of the Pequot War — Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort Historical Route —

The Pequot War was the first major conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America. It began in September 1636, lasted eleven months, and involved thousands of Native and English peoples who fought several major . . . — — Map (db m183079) HM

419 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Cypress Cemetery — The Ancient Burying Ground —

History of Saybrook Colony Saybrook Colony was established at the mouth of the Connecticut River, about 1/2 mile from this location, by English Puritans in 1635 under the leadership of Lieutenant Lion Gardiner who built a fort and laid out a . . . — — Map (db m182001) HM

420 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Fishing on the Connecticut —

Because of the combination of fresh and saltwater habitats at the river's mouth, a wide variety of fish species have the opportunity to feed, reproduce and/or establish populations. The Native American diet depended on this variety and . . . — — Map (db m227284) HM

421 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Fort Saybrook – 1635 —

The first fort at Saybrook Point, built in 1630, was similar to other English coastal settlements. Lion Gardiner designed the fort in the European tradition as a square, palisaded fortification containing several structures, surrounded by an . . . — — Map (db m182723) HM

422 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Lady Alice Fenwick —

. . . — — Map (db m181998) HM

423 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Lion Gardiner —

In 1635 Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, a tall redheaded military engineer, was engaged by Governor John Winthrop, Jr. to build a fort and lay out a town for the Warwick Patentees. His contract was for a period of four years at an annual salary of 100 . . . — — Map (db m182730) HM

424 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Old Saybrook Historical Society and the General William Hart House —

General William Hart House, 1767 The General William Hart House, 1767, on the National Register of Historic Places, is a Living Symbol of our American Heritage. This Georgian colonial was built by a young man of means from a prominent family . . . — — Map (db m239187) HM

425 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Say Brooke Fort —

Say Brooke Fort Commanded by Colonel George Fenwick At the mouth of the Great River Near this place stood the First English Fort in the Colony of Connecticut built in 1635 It was destroyed by fire in 1647. Beyond it on the bank of . . . — — Map (db m183083) HM

426 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Say-Brooke —

Founded November 1635. First English settlement on south shore of New England. Named for Viscount Say and Seale and Robert, Lord Brooke, two of the group of English nobility and gentry who, in 1632, received a patent from Robert, Earl of Warwick, . . . — — Map (db m180991) HM

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427 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — The Fenwicks —

George Fenwick, the only Warwick Patentee to settle in Saybrook, arrived here in 1639 to become its second Governor and to replace Lion Gardiner. With his wife and son, two sisters and servants, he took up residence in the great hall within the . . . — — Map (db m182728) HM

428 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — The First Church of Christ in Saybrook —

Organized in "the great hall" of the fort in the summer of 1646. — — Map (db m227275) HM

429 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — The Pequot War —

The English settlers had no trouble making friends with the native River Indians but found it impossible to pacify the Pequots, who in 1633 murdered a party of nine Englishmen at the mouth of the River. After Fort Saybrook was built, three . . . — — Map (db m182726) HM

430 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — The Saybrook Bar — Reported permanently removed

Ever since Adrian Block's discovery of the Connecticut River in 1614, the extensive bar at its mouth has been an obstacle for mariners, preventing vessels of deep draft from entering. The runoff from the source of the river in Canada traveling . . . — — Map (db m182715) HM

431 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — The Saybrook Bar —

Ever Since Adrian Block's discovery of the Connecticut River in 1614, the elusive bar at its mouth has been an obstacle to mariner, preventing vessels of deep draft from entering. The runoff from the source of the river in Canada . . . — — Map (db m227281) HM

432 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Welcome to Fort Saybrook —

Fort Saybrook Monument Park consists of nearly 18 acres, about eleven of which are marshland. The park adjoins the mouth of the Connecticut River, a major New England estuary and tidal river. It has been recognized by an international convention . . . — — Map (db m182719) HM

433 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Welcome to Fort Saybrook Monument Park —

Native Peoples Fort Saybrook Monument Park consists of nearly 18 acres, about 11 of which are marshland, and borders the Connecticut River called by Native Americans "quineteckut" or "long, tidal river." Prior to the arrival of Europeans in . . . — — Map (db m227286) HM

434 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Center — Winthrop and the Warwick Patent —

The Earl of Warwick, President of the Council for New England, received from King James I, the right to settle the area from Narragansett River to the Pacific. In 1631 he conveyed the Patent to 15 Puritan Lords and Gentlemen for refuge in case the . . . — — Map (db m182721) HM

435 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Westbrook — Benedict Arnold — America 250 | Connecticut —

Benedict Arnold was a Continental Army general before he defected to the British. In response, Americans burned Arnold in effigy. Arnold was born in Norwich, CT in 1741 and became a merchant in New Haven. After the Sugar and Stamp Acts . . . — — Map (db m311715) HM

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436 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Ansonia — Ansonia —

Here the first settlers came in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby. It is now part of the City of Ansonia, incorporated in 1889. South of this green is the home of General David Humphreys who, as aide-de-camp to General George . . . — — Map (db m25564) HM

437 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Beacon Falls — Beacon Falls —

The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639. Northern boundary of Milford was Beacon Hill Brook, separating the hunting grounds of the Paugasuck and Tunxis Indians. In 1675 the land became part of Derby. . . . — — Map (db m21932) HM

438 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Village — Bellamy - Ferriday House —

In This House Rev. Joseph Bellamy Held the Earliest Theological School 1738 – 1789 — — Map (db m48430) HM

439 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Village — Bethlehem —

Marker Front: The spring session of the 1703 General Assembly granted to the town of Woodbury the right to enlarge its bounds. Negotiations with the Indian inhabitants were successfully concluded and in 1710 a deed of sale, signed by . . . — — Map (db m26488) HM

440 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Village — Dr. Bellamy Meetinghouse —

Erected July 4, 1890 Here Stood The Meetinghouse Where Dr. Bellamy Ministered 1767 – 1790 — — Map (db m26509) HM

441 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bristol — Come Ye To The Waters —

Come Ye To The Waters Site Of 1749 – Old Mill – 1921 In Memoriam Ephraim Downs And Franklin Downs — — Map (db m33625) HM

442 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bristol, Downtown — Bristol —

Bristol was originally a part of Farmington. In 1663 an easterly portion called "Poland" was granted to Thomas Barnes and three others. The area which later became Bristol was allotted in 1721 to Farmington settlers. In 1727 Daniel Brownson built . . . — — Map (db m313339) HM

443 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Bristol, Federal Hill — New Cambridge (now Bristol) —

New Cambridge (now Bristol) Was Settled 1727 – 8 Since Early Days The Federal Hill Green Has Been Used As A Training Ground For Soldiers And A Playground For Children This Boulder Was Placed By Katherine Gaylord Chapter . . . — — Map (db m34240) HM

444 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Cheshire, Cheshire Village — Cheshire —

Settled in 1695 as Wallingford “West Farms”, this area obtained status as the village of New Cheshire in 1723. It was incorporated as a town in 1780. Cheshire became famous for its agricultural productivity and light manufacturing. Copper was . . . — — Map (db m22371) HM

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445 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Cheshire, Cheshire Village — First Church Of Cheshire —

The First Church Of Cheshire Congregational Second Meeting House On This Site 1737 --- 1826 Marker Placed May 1991 — — Map (db m22382) HM

446 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Derby — Derby —

[Marker front]: Birthplace of two distinguished wartime heroes General David Humphreys, aide-de-camp to General George Washington, accepted the British colors at the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. Friend of both Washington and . . . — — Map (db m25568) HM

447 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Derby — Ye Ancient Common —

Ye Ancient Common of the Founders of Derby 1654 – 1904 Erected by Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America — — Map (db m25607) HM

448 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Middlebury — Middlebury —

The name of the town derives from the central position its meeting house occupies, six miles from three older neighbors, Waterbury, Southbury and Woodbury. Winter ecclesiastical privileges, permitting local church services, were . . . — — Map (db m19689) HM

449 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Naugatuck — Naugatuck —

These lands were settled in 1702 by Samuel Hickox, Jr. of Mattatuck, now called Waterbury. Eight years later he began operation of a fulling mill, the first of many and diverse industries to follow. The earliest school was built in 1731 and the . . . — — Map (db m23917) HM

450 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Oxford — Oxford —

Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New Haven. Land was acquired in five purchases from the Paugussett and Pootatuck Indians. The first grant of settlement appears in Derby records of . . . — — Map (db m19478) HM

451 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Plymouth — First Congregational Church of Plymouth —

First Congregational Church of Plymouth The First Congregational Church had its beginnings as the Ecclesiastical Society of Northbury, established in 1739. The first meetinghouse was completed during the 1760s. The second meetinghouse was . . . — — Map (db m90830) HM

452 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Plymouth — Plymouth —

Plymouth First settled in the 1720's on land acquired from the Tunxis Indians, the Town of Plymouth, originally named Northbury, was incorporated in 1795. It includes the communities of Plymouth, Terryville, Pequabuck (formerly Susanville), East . . . — — Map (db m28095) HM

453 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Plymouth — Plymouth Burying Ground — 1747 —

Plymouth Burying Ground 1747 National Register of Historic Places Here lie buried Veterans of the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. The gravestones are in rows running north and south. The bodies were placed . . . — — Map (db m90734) HM

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454 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Plymouth, Terryville — East Plymouth and St. Matthew’s Cemetery —

The History of the East Plymouth and St. Matthew's Cemetery East Plymouth (also known as East Church), located at the boundary convergence of Bristol, Plymouth and Harwinton, became a distinct community largely because of events occurring in . . . — — Map (db m90893) HM

455 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Plymouth, Terryville — The Old Terryville Cemetery —

The Old Terryville Cemetery features the graves of over 120 of Terryville's earliest residents. The earliest grave is believed to be Francis A. Lewis, who died May 5th, 1832 at the age of one year and five months. The families interred here . . . — — Map (db m90665) HM

456 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Prospect — Prospect —

Marker Front: On the boundary where Waterbury and Cheshire met, homes were built as early as 1712. Schools were opened and, in 1778, a separatist church. The Congregational Church, “Columbia Parish,” was established in 1797 by . . . — — Map (db m22516) HM

457 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Seymour — Seymour —

High hills and deep valley – broad river and rocky falls. In 1650 “Nawcatock”, an Indian village. Today the river bears the name. In 1678, “Amaugsuck”, the fishing place where the waters pour down. From 1738, . . . — — Map (db m19991) HM

458 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Shelton, Huntington — Fort Hill —

Fort Hill On This Point Of Land The Pootatuck Indians Built A Fort In 1673 To Prevent The White Man From Coming Up The Ousatonic River — — Map (db m28322) HM

459 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Shelton, Huntington — Shelton —

Shelton 1639 – Stratford area settled, with present-day Shelton as the northern part. 1717 – Northern settlers established Ripton parish. 1789 – Ripton separated from Stratford and became the town of Huntington, named . . . — — Map (db m25614) HM

460 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Southbury — First Settlers of Southbury —

The stone marker in the enclosure represents thesite of the encampment of the first 15 settlers and their families from Stratford in the area known as Pomperaug in the spring of 1673. It was made a town and called Woodbury. The south section was . . . — — Map (db m226926) HM

461 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Southbury — South Britain Congregational Church —

South Britain Congregational Church Jehu Minor, First Pastor 1761 Twenty nine persons petitioned the General Assembly for four months winter preaching after traveling to Southbury for thirty years. 1766 First South Britain Ecclesiastic Society . . . — — Map (db m52786) HM

462 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Southbury — Southbury —

In 1659 this area was part of a large tract of land bought from the Paugussett Indians by prospective settlers from Stratford. The boundaries of this purchase, from which several towns were later formed, extended from the Pootatuck River on the . . . — — Map (db m12255) HM

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463 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Southbury, Woodbury Center — Woodbury —

In 1659 citizens of Stratford purchased from the Pegasset Indians the land, then called Pomperaug Plantation, that is now occupied by Woodbury, Southbury, Roxbury, Bethlehem and parts of Washington, Middlebury and Oxford. It was re-named Woodbury in . . . — — Map (db m17607) HM

464 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Thomaston — Thomaston —

Originally part of the Farmington Proprietors' purchase in 1684 of Mattatuck Plantation, the Thomaston area achieved independence in 1739, being set off as the Northbury Parish. In 1780 Northbury and Westbury united to form Watertown. By 1795 . . . — — Map (db m28139) HM

465 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — First Settlement of Waterbury —

The first settlement of Waterbury was made on land in this region about 1675. The settlement was abandoned during King Philip’s War and was resumed around the present Waterbury green after 1677. — — Map (db m23600) HM

466 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — Fortified House lf Ensign Stanley —

In this vicinity stood the fortified house of Ensign Stanley into which the colonists fled from unfriendly Indians 1700. The Clark Tavern which was repeatedly occupied by detachments of Revolutionary War soldiers and the Academy, . . . — — Map (db m116383) HM

467 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — Harrub Pilgrim Memorial —

Plymouth Rock does not mark a beginning or an end. It marks a revelation of that which is without beginning and without end. A purpose shining through eternity with a resplendent light undimmed even by the imperfections of men and a response an . . . — — Map (db m24216) HM

468 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — Present Settlement of Waterbury —

The present settlement of Waterbury was made on land in this region. The original settlement known as Town Plot was abandoned during King Philip’s War and the town site was moved to this location in 1677. The Mattatuck Historical . . . — — Map (db m116385) HM

469 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — St. James Church —

Established from England in 1732 by the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In 1797 re-named St. Johns Church — — Map (db m36069) HM

470 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Waterbury — Waterbury —

A settlement was authorized here in 1674 as Mattatuck, a name changed to Waterbury when the area was admitted in 1686 as the 28th town in the Colony of Connecticut. It then included all or parts of the later towns of Watertown, Plymouth, Wolcott, . . . — — Map (db m250595) HM

471 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Watertown — Jonathan Scott and Hannah Hawkes —

[ west side ] To commemorate the suffering and torture inflicted by the Indians upon Jonathan Scott and Hannah Hawkes, his wife, the first permanent settlers of Watertown, this memorial is erected by the Waterbury and Watertown Chapters . . . — — Map (db m31165) HM

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472 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Watertown — Rev'd John Trumbull —

Sacred to the Memory of the Rev'd John Trumbull senior Pastor of the Church of Christ in Westbury And one of the Fellows of the Corporation of Yale College; Who died December 8th AD 1787 In the Seventy third Year of his Age, And . . . — — Map (db m31162) HM

473 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Watertown — Watertown —

The local Paugasuck Indians sold this area of land to Thomas Judd and thirty-five other proprietors in 1684. The First Ecclesiastical Society of Westbury was formed in 1738 and in 1780 Westbury separated from Waterbury, was named Watertown, and soon . . . — — Map (db m18931) HM

474 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Woodbury, Woodbury Center — Ancient Trading Path —

In past times the ancient paths in Connecticut were formed by large animals as they moved with the seasons and migrated to salt deposits. The Native Americans followed these same paths as they hunted these animals, traded with other tribes and also . . . — — Map (db m112637) HM

475 ► Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Region, Woodbury, Woodbury Center — Glebe House —

¼ Mile West At The GLEBE HOUSE The Episcopal Clergy Chose Samuel Seabury First Bishop, 1783 — — Map (db m17639) HM

476 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Ashford, Warrenville — Ashford —

This area, part of the Wabbaquasset Indian country, was deeded to Captain James Fitch of Norwich in 1684 by Owaneco, sachem of the Mohegans. An earlier one having failed to act, a new committee was appointed by the General Assembly in May, 1710 to . . . — — Map (db m93606) HM

477 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Brooklyn —

Formerly Mortlake, first settled 1703, made a town on 2nd Thursday of May, 1786. Home of General Israel Putnam prior to and after the Revolution. Town landmarks include: Meeting House on the Green, built 1771 by First Ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m93440) HM

478 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Israel Putnam —

In the field behind this stone after the close of the French and Indian Wars, returning from many expeditions to Ticonderoga, Fort Edward, Quebec, Montreal, Havana, Detroit, and New Orleans, lived Col. Israel Putnam. Here with his wife . . . — — Map (db m93633) HM

479 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn, Pomfret Center — Israel Putnam's First Home —

400 Feet due East of this tablet was the site of the first home of Israel Putnam in the Colony of Connecticut In 1739, he bought 514 ½ acres of the adjacent land from Governor Belcher at £5.0.0 per acre. In 1740, here he came . . . — — Map (db m124379) HM

480 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford — John Perry —

In Memory of John Perry Eastford’s first settler 1710 Erected by Eastford Historical Society 1977 — — Map (db m122916) HM

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481 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Killingly, Danielson — Killingly —

Front Settled in 1700 and incorporated in 1708, Killingly was the forty-second town established in Connecticut. In 1653, the second John Winthrop obtained a grant of a large tract of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and . . . — — Map (db m93380) HM

482 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Abington Congregational Meeting House —

Abington Congregational Meeting House Built 1751 Placed on National Register of Historic Places September 19, 1977 by United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m123852) HM

483 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Abington Meeting House — Qui Transtulit Sustinet —

Abington Meeting House Erected 1751 Oldest Now Standing In Connecticut — — Map (db m123851) HM

484 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Pomfret —

The Town began as the “Mashamoquet Purchase,” 15,100 acres brought by twelve proprietors in 1686 from James Fitch of Norwich, who had acquired it from the Indian sachem, Owaneco. In 1713 the Town was incorporated and named for Pontefract in . . . — — Map (db m1621) HM

485 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Putnam and The Wolf —

Following her tracks through one day and night in the early snow of December 1742 to the Connecticut River and back, the early settlers of this region here discovered the den of the She Wolf that had for years devastated their flocks and had so . . . — — Map (db m115835) HM

486 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — Cargill Falls Mill —

On this site, Benjamin Cargill operated a grist mill originally built in 1730, adding a distillery and other shops in 1760. The Pomfret Manufacturing Company later built the Pomfret Cotton Mills to produce textile products in 1807; it is the . . . — — Map (db m126039) HM

487 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson — Thompson —

The territory which the Nipmuc Indians called “Quinnatisset”, now included in the town of Thompson, was settled in 1693. The first settler, Richard Evans of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, purchased 200 acres in the vicinity of Quinnatisset . . . — — Map (db m273485) HM

488 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — The Town Pound —

Hitching Post # 3 Animal control was a topic of government interest in Union early on. At a town meeting on December 25, 1738 Alexander McNall, (Union’s first settler) was chosen fence viewer and Amos Stickney and W. Robert Paul were continued . . . — — Map (db m123871) HM

489 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Union —

Union Incorporated 1734 This was the last town to be settled east of the Connecticut River, because of its rough terrain and poor soil. In 1633 John Oldham, an adventurer from Massachusetts, obtained from the Indians here specimens of black lead . . . — — Map (db m113802) HM

490 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Plaine Hill — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

Front John Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited “Wabquisset” in 1674 to preach to upward of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon after, King Philip''s war broke out and by August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Providence . . . — — Map (db m123515) HM

491 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Woodstock —

Near this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, . . . — — Map (db m123401) HM

492 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Barkhamsted, Pleasant Valley — Barkhamsted —

Barkhamsted Named for Barkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England, this area was part of the Western Lands granted by the proprietors of Windsor to 108 persons of that town in 1732. The first highway through the town was the New Country Road, better . . . — — Map (db m29849) HM

493 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Burlington — Burlington —

[ front ] Burlington The original inhabitants of the part of Farmington known as West Woods were Tunxis Indians. Early settlement by white man was scattered. The first house of record, noted in an estate inventory of 1725, was that of . . . — — Map (db m33174) HM

494 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Canaan, East Canaan — Cannons for War, Iron Nails During Peace — The "Iron Prince" -- Samuel Forbes — Tri-Corners History Council Historic Marker —

Here on the Blackberry River, Samuel Forbes (1729-1827) developed and ran an empire of iron works that provided cannon and ship anchors during the Revolutionary War and iron nails, tools and mill parts during the subsequent early development of . . . — — Map (db m304230) HM

495 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Canaan, Falls Village — Canaan —

The Town of Canaan, established in 1738, is known as Falls Village because of the Great Falls of the Housatonic where a power company dam was built in 1912-13. Early industrial prominence resulted from a saw mill and grist mill built at the Falls . . . — — Map (db m41850) HM

496 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Colebrook, Winsted — Colebrook —

[ front ] Colebrook The last town in colonial Connecticut to be settled, Colebrook was named after a town in Devonshire, England. The reason is now unknown, The year 1765 saw Benjamin Horton, leader of a trickle of settlers, arrive amid . . . — — Map (db m30003) HM

497 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Colebrook, Winsted — Hale Barn and Trail —

In front of you stands the Hale Barn, a vanishing example of 18th century barns that once graced much of the Connecticut countryside. Today, it is owned by the Colebrook Land Conservancy and is protected along with the 38 acres upon which it . . . — — Map (db m30240) HM

498 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Cornwall, Cornwall Bridge — Cornwall —

Cornwall This area was once part of the Western Lands ordered surveyed by the Legislature in 1731. Yale Lands were surveyed and three hundred acres were set aside for income for Yale College in 1732. At an auction in Fairfield in 1738 the town was . . . — — Map (db m41824) HM

499 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Goshen — Goshen —

[ front ] Goshen The town was settled in 1738 and incorporated in 1739. Many of the early residents came from Wallingford and Farmington. The Congregational Church was founded in 1740. An Episcopal society existed prior to 1776. During . . . — — Map (db m30229) HM

500 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Hartland, East Hartland — Hartland —

[ front ] Proprietors from Hartford, those whose names appeared on the tax lists of 1720, were originally given the western land grants called Hart(ford)land, now known as the Town of Hartland. The first permanent settler in this area was . . . — — Map (db m29853) HM

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