This tablet commemorates
the founding of the
Baptist Church of Willington
by
Reverend Hubbel Loomis
A.D. 1828
Erected by the
Federated Churches of Willington
to perpetuate its own motto:- . . . — — Map (db m230459) HM
This edifice originally a Meeting House was donated by the Wilington Ecclesiastical Society to the Town of Willington for the use of the public and to perpetuate the memory of the forefathers and foremothers who with Christian fortitude . . . — — Map (db m1623) HM
This monument
is erected by the citizens
of the
Town of Willington, Connecticut
in sacred memory and appreciation
of those brave men who went forth
in response to the call of our
country to fight for its freedom
and peace. . . . — — Map (db m101966) WM
In 1720 a party of eight men, originally from England, bought sixteen thousand acres in this region and called it Wellington. One of these, Roger Wolcott, subsequently became governor of Connecticut (1750–1754).
After a century of farming . . . — — Map (db m1622) HM
