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Colonial Era Topic
By Connor Olson, June 15, 2020
Escalante Overlook
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near Harpers Corner Road 8 miles north of U.S. 40. |
| | From this spot in the fall of 1776, you might have seen a small expedition crossing the plains below, heading west into Utah. The group was led by Atanasio Dominquez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante, two Franciscan friars attempting to find a . . . — — Map (db m154613) HM |
| On Lane 36 (State Highway 231) at Santa Fe Drive (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north on Lane 36. |
| | By 1700 Comanches moved south from the northern Rockies onto the plains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. They raided the Apaches and Spanish settlements from the late 1600s until 1779 when the Governor of New Mexico, Don Juan Bautista . . . — — Map (db m64775) HM |
| On Main Street at Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Bethel
When this area was settled, soon after 1685, it was part of its present neighbor, Danbury. As population grew, residents petitioned the General Assembly of the Colony for parish status and a church closer than the center of Danbury. In 1759 . . . — — Map (db m114646) HM |
| On Broad Street at State Street, on the right when traveling south on Broad Street. |
| | Bridgeport
"The Park City"
The area that is now Bridgeport was settled in the mid-17th century by farmers from the older towns of Stratford and Fairfield. Centers of settlement were Stratfield, present North Avenue; Pembroke, now Old Mill Green; . . . — — Map (db m91834) HM |
| On Whisconier Road (Connecticut Route 25) at Obtuse Hill Road (Connecticut Route 133), on the right when traveling north on Whisconier Road. |
| | Brookfield
Parish of Newbury
The land which comprises the geographical area of Brookfield belonged to the towns of Danbury, Newtown, and New Milford. In 1754 the Parish of Newbury was incorporated by decree of the General Assembly with boundaries . . . — — Map (db m35170) HM |
| On Whisconier Road (Connecticut Route 25) at Obtuse Hill Road (Connecticut Route 133), on the right when traveling north on Whisconier Road. |
| | First Settlement 1710
Newbury Parish Incorporated 1754
Town of Brookfield Incorporated 1788
Pioneer Families
Dunning • Peck • Hawley • Smith • Northrop • Ruggles • Dibble • Merwin • Baldwin • Blackmanstarr • Wheeler
Presented By E.A. . . . — — Map (db m70962) HM |
| On Strickland Road at Loughlin Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Strickland Road. |
| | The Second Oldest Cemetery
in Greenwich
Laid out by the Selectmen
1723 – 24
Historic Society
Town of Greenwich 1982 — — Map (db m38745) HM |
| On Main Street at Wooster Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Marker Front:
Eight families came from Norwalk in 1685 to settle this area which the Indians called Pahquioque. They built their first homes a half mile south of here and made this green their common. The General Court in October 1687 . . . — — Map (db m22836) HM |
| On Wooster Street 0.1 miles from Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Oldest Cemetery 1684 Danbury Erected by Mary Wooster Chapter N.S.D.A.R. — — Map (db m23050) HM |
| On Main Street at West Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | In the spring of the year 1685, the first permanent settlement of Danbury was made. The eight determined families of Samuel Benedict, James Benedict, Thomas Barnum, Judah Gregory, Thomas Taylor, John Hoyt, Francis Bushnell and James Beebe settled . . . — — Map (db m71240) HM |
| On Renshaw Road at Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Renshaw Road. |
| | Darien
Originally part of Stamford, this area became Middlesex Parish in 1737. It was incorporated as the Town of Darien in 1820. Settlement had begun about 1700 when the first roads were cut “in the woods.” In 1703 a school district . . . — — Map (db m80136) HM |
| On Rings End Road at Pear Tree Point Road, on the right when traveling east on Rings End Road. |
| | Ring’s End
Landing
Earlier Called Clock’s Landing
Trading Center
Of Middlesex Parish
Part of Stamford from 1641 until
Incorporated as Town of Darien
May 20, 1826
Presented by Kiwanis Club of Darien
As part of 150th . . . — — Map (db m80305) HM |
| On Calf Pasture Beach Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Norwalk’s first European settlers grazed their cattle on this property – hence the name “Calf Pasture.” Among these earliest arrivals was Matthew Marvin, who moved to Norwalk in 1651 (the year the town was founded). His son, . . . — — Map (db m53465) HM |
| On Gregory Blvd. at Marvin Street, in the median on Gregory Blvd.. |
| | This stone, erected December, 1895, commemorates the purchase from the aboriginal inhabitants, made February 26, 1640-1, by Roger Ludlow, Deputy-Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, framer of its first Code of Laws, and Founder of Norwalk, of . . . — — Map (db m53440) HM |
| On Center Road at Morehouse Road, on the right when traveling east on Center Road. |
| | [ front ]
Easton
North Fairfield, a part of the town of Fairfield, was purchased from the Aspetuck Indians in 1670 for thirty pounds and an amount of trucking cloth. In 1762 the Connecticut General Assembly established the parish of . . . — — Map (db m30939) HM |
| On Old Post Road at Oldfield Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Post Road. |
| | Built By
Andrew Roland
And His Wife Elizabeth
Daughter of Governor Fitch
1760
Their Son Saw the British Land
And Gave the Alarm — — Map (db m65124) HM |
| Near Beach Road at Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In memory of
Andrew Ward
Born in England 1597
One of the founders of
Wethersfield and Stamford
———
An honored citizen of
Fairfield Conn.
where he died in 1659
———
Member of a Commission . . . — — Map (db m27172) HM |
| On Old Post Road 0.1 miles west of Beach Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Home Of
Thaddeus And Eunice Dennie Burr
Here
Dorothy Quincy and John Hancock
President
Of The Continental Congress
Were Married in 1775
Burned By British in 1779
Rebuilt in 1790 — — Map (db m27371) HM |
| On Bronson Avenue at Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north on Bronson Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m27419) HM |
| On Hillside Road 0.1 miles north of Cherry Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Home Of
Dr. Hosea Hurlburt
1753
Surgeon in Connecticut
Continental Line — — Map (db m27565) HM |
| Near Beach Road 0.1 miles west of Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Marker front:
In 1639 Roger Ludlow and five companions, after serving in the Pequot War, purchased from the Indians a rich and abundant expanse of land which they called by the Indian name "Uncowaye." Shortly thereafter the name "Fairfield" . . . — — Map (db m27176) HM |
| On Old Post Road at Beach Road, on the left when traveling south on Old Post Road. |
| | This boulder commemorates
the settlement of Fairfield
by Roger Ludlow in 1639
and the burning of the Town
by the British July 8, 1779.
From the founding of the Town
the religious, military and civic life
of the people
has centered . . . — — Map (db m27227) HM |
| On Old Post Road at Oldfield Road, on the left when traveling west on Old Post Road. |
| | Site Of Original
Home Lot Of
George Hull
1590 – 1659
Farmer, Trader
Judge, Surveyor
And Legislator — — Map (db m27373) HM |
| On Beach Road 0.1 miles west of Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Former site of the
Buckley Tavern, c.1750 — — Map (db m27157) HM |
| On Beach Road at Sunnieholm Drive, on the right when traveling west on Beach Road. |
| | Built 1750 By
Nathan Bulkley
Pre-Revolutionary
Spared By British
When Town Was Burned — — Map (db m27153) HM |
| On Center Street at Harbor Road, on the left when traveling east on Center Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m27377) HM |
| On Beach Road at Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west on Beach Road. |
| | In
memory of
Revd John Jones
AB MA
The Revd
John Jones
was born in
Southampton England
in 1595 and was a graduate of
Queens College Cambridge
A Puritan divine of the
Church of England he was
the first pastor of the . . . — — Map (db m27174) HM |
| On Post Road (U.S. 1) at North Benson Road, on the right when traveling south on Post Road. |
| | Father of Connecticut, Author of the Fundamental Orders, Compiler of the Code of 1650, and Pioneer in the Development of American Constitutional Law.
Founded Fairfield and Made His Home Here from 1639 to 1654 — — Map (db m27141) HM |
| On Bronson Avenue 0.1 miles from Verna Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Site of "Verna"
Home of Timothy Dwight
Chaplain in Continental Army
Pastor of Greenfield
Founder of Academy
Poet of "Greenfield Hill"
President of Yale 1795 - 1815 — — Map (db m27421) HM |
| On Meeting House Lane 0.1 miles west of Hillside Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Site of Old Tavern Of Greenfield
1792 – 1812
At the Sign of The Black Horse
Here Rufus Putnam, Tallyrand,
Don Juadenes, Rufus King,
Joel Barlow and Tapping Reeve
Were Guests — — Map (db m27563) HM |
| On Mill Plain Road at Sturges Road, on the left when traveling north on Mill Plain Road. |
| | Site Of
Trinity Church
1790 – 1844
Rev. Philo Shelton
Rector For Forty Years
First To Be Ordained By
First American Bishop
Samuel Seabury — — Map (db m27376) HM |
| Near Beach Road at Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In memory
of
Thomas Sherwood
1586 – 1655
Puritan – Pioneer – Ancestor
A founder of New England
A first settler of Fairfield
Deputy to the General Court
Committeeman
Soldier of the Pequot War
and his wives . . . — — Map (db m27173) HM |
| On Maple Avenue at East Putnam Avenue (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling east on Maple Avenue. |
| | In memory of the courageous men
who founded the first settlement of
the Town of Greenwich
in the Connecticut Colony
July 18-1640
Everardus Bogardus •
John Bowers •
Robert Feaks •
Jeffre Ferris •
Angell Husted •
Robert Husted • . . . — — Map (db m18669) HM |
| | On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feaks landed on these shores in the name of the New Haven Colony to start a new settlement, later called Greenwich. This neck of land is called Elizabeth’s Neck after Mrs. Feaks.
The anchor above this . . . — — Map (db m2048) HM |
| On Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) at Church Street, on the left when traveling north on Monroe Turnpike. |
| | [ front ]
Monroe
On May 23, 1823 the General Assembly granted the incorporation of this town and named it in honor of the then President, James Monroe. The town’s roots, however, are much deeper as it was an offspring of the mother-town . . . — — Map (db m26096) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 124) 0 miles north of East Avenue (Connecticut Route 106), on the left when traveling north. |
| | This region was established in 1731 as Canaan Parish, a separate ecclesiastical society of the Congregational Churches of Norwalk and Stamford. Incorporated as a town in 1801. New Canaan encompassed the area of Canaan Parish with additional land . . . — — Map (db m46878) HM |
| On Connecticut Route 37 0.1 miles north of Brush Hill Road (Connecticut Route 39), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Front
In the year 1724 twelve men from Fairfield, Connecticut , came to this area to purchase land from the Indians who then inhabited it. They negotiated with Chief Squantz of the Schaghticoke tribe, who lived near the pond in this . . . — — Map (db m23060) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 25) at East Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | This area, then known as Quanneapague, was purchased from the Pohtatuck Indians in 1705. Settled from Stratford and incorporated in 1711, Newtown was a stronghold of Tory settlement during the early Revolutionary War. French General Rochambeau and . . . — — Map (db m21235) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 25) at Church Hill Road (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m26813) HM |
| On St. Paul’s Place, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This historic graveyard is one of the oldest in Norwalk. It predates the Revolutionary War and is the resting place of several patriots of the American Revolution. It is situated on the original grant of land given to the professors of the Church . . . — — Map (db m53461) HM |
| On Putnam Park Road (Connecticut Route 107) 0.1 miles east of Lonetown Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Home site of
“Lonetown Manor” where
John Read, Gentleman
after whom the town is named
settled in 1711
Title to the original 500 acres
was secured by colony grants
confirmed in 1714 by an Indian
deed from Chief . . . — — Map (db m26870) HM |
| On Lonetown Road (Connecticut Route 107) at Hill Road, on the left when traveling south on Lonetown Road. |
| | Originally part of Fairfield and unclaimed land, Redding was settled about 1711, made a parish in 1729, and incorporated in 1767. It was named for John Read, gentleman, lawyer, early landowner, and spokesman for the settlers. One of his land . . . — — Map (db m26814) HM |
| On Rockwell Road at Perry Lane, on the left when traveling west on Rockwell Road. |
| | c. 1730
Ensign
James Benedict
Cobbler's Shop and Home — — Map (db m32243) HM |
| On Old Branchville Road near Nod Hill Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Old Hundred
1783
This Structure Was Originally
The Store of Lts. Joshua King And
James Dole, Later Used As A Resi-
dence Known As "Old Hundred." — — Map (db m30464) HM |
| On Catoonah Street at Main Street (Connecticut Route 35), on the right when traveling east on Catoonah Street. |
| | The Fire District in Ridgefield was organized in 1896 following the devastating fire of 1895. Ex-Governor Phineas Lounsbury was an early benefactor of the Department and the new engine company took his name. The firehouse is also the site of . . . — — Map (db m32050) HM |
| On Ridgebury Road at George Washington Highway, on the right when traveling south on Ridgebury Road. |
| | Ridgebury, "The New Patent," was one of the last land purchases made by the Proprietors. Tradition says that the First Congregational Church in Ridgebury had its beginnings in the "New Patent Meeting House" as early as 1738. In 1768 the . . . — — Map (db m32052) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 35) at Branchville Road (Connecticut Route 102), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | The First Recorded Plan for settlement was in 1697 when a group of Congregationalists primarily from Norwalk petitioned "to purchase of the Indians a certain tract of land lying about 14 miles northward of the town of Norwalk to settle a . . . — — Map (db m32048) HM |
| On Main Street at Prospect Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | The Smith Tavern stood on the site of the present library. Ebenezer Smith arrived from Milford in 1709 and was assigned Lot # 26. He opened a small tavern in his home. By 1797 a new building was erected on the site by Amos Smith, who ran a . . . — — Map (db m24806) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 35) 0.1 miles north of Gilbert Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built by Benjamin Stebbins for his daughter Sarah and her husband Amos Baker, a Revolutionary War Hero, the first surgeon in Ridgefield and the originator of the famous Baker Apple. — — Map (db m23602) HM |
| Near Howe Avenue (Connecticut Route 110) at New Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On Howe Avenue (Route 110) at Roberts Street, on the right when traveling north on Howe Avenue. |
| | [ front ]
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 . . . — — Map (db m25614) HM |
| On Connecticut Route 39 at Gaylordsville Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 39. |
| | Originally part of New Fairfield, which was purchased from the Indians in 1729, the area then known as the Upper Seven Miles was separately incorporated as the Town of Sherman in 1802. The town was named for Roger Sherman who, as a young man, had . . . — — Map (db m23070) HM |
| On Atlantic Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Atlantic Street. |
| | 1776 1976
First Congregational Church
A crude, square, wooden structure surrounded by a stockade was erected near this site in 1641-2. It was the first meeting house of the Church of Christ. Later the First Congregational Church. Four members . . . — — Map (db m38752) HM |
| On Grove Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Grove Street. |
| | 1776 1976
St. John's Episcopal Church
In 1774, St John's, the first Episcopal Church in this area, was built here on land granted by the town. Struck by lightning that same year, the original building was repaired and endured for a hundred . . . — — Map (db m38767) HM |
| On Atlantic Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Atlantic Street. |
| | This tablet has been placed by Stamford Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate
The Settlement of Stamford in 1641
During that year, twenty nine men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. . . . — — Map (db m38609) HM |
| On Shore Road 0.1 miles east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "Mac’s Harbor”
Traditional Landing Place of Stratford’s First Settlers
In the spring of 1639 under leadership of the Rev. Adam Blakeman
On the right, at the inner end of the harbor stood the First Meeting House and burial ground, and . . . — — Map (db m48426) HM |
| On Academy Hill at Elm Street, on the left when traveling east on Academy Hill. |
| | Academy Hill
Historic District
Established April 14, 1988
First known as Watch House Hill, where the first settlers manned a blockhouse and a palisade to guard the town from threats of Dutch and Indian attack.
Renamed Meeting House . . . — — Map (db m25814) HM |
| Near Main Street (Connecticut Route 110) at Manor Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
May 1, 1985
This Estate Owned by the Boothe Family
For Many Generations Was Willed
To the Town of Stratford by
David Beach . . . — — Map (db m25907) HM |
| Near Main Street (Connecticut Route 110) at Manor Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This 1820’s home was built over the original foundation of the 1683 house and has been altered four times since then. David and Stephen Boothe’s renovations of 1913 added stained glass windows, four safes in the walls, and several . . . — — Map (db m25911) HM |
| On Academy Hill at Main Street (Connecticut Route 113), on the right when traveling east on Academy Hill. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m25764) HM |
| On Academy Hill 0.1 miles east of Main Street (Connecticut Route 113), on the left when traveling east. |
| | In Memory Of
Captain John Carpenter
Born in London, England, 1628
Settled In
Stratford, Connecticut
Before 1646
He commanded the Jamaica Fusiliers
In the Defense of Fort James, New
York, When the Dutch Fleet Of
William of Orange . . . — — Map (db m25766) HM |
| On Broad Street at Monument Place, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street. |
| | This Gate Is the Gift of Columbia University In the City of New York In Grateful Memory of Samuel Johnson the First President of King’s College In the Province of New York 1754 – 1763 A.D. And of His Son William Samuel Johnson the First . . . — — Map (db m25815) HM |
| Near West Broad Street at Beardsley Avenue. |
| | [Left Plaque]
In honor of
the men and women
who planted in the wilderness
the early homes of Stratford,
who fought bravely and suffered patiently
in the War of the American Revolution,
and who left to their descendents
a . . . — — Map (db m26099) HM |
| On Elm Street at East Broadway, on the left when traveling north on Elm Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m25818) HM |
| On Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 127) at Main Street (Connecticut Route 111), on the left when traveling north on Church Hill Road. |
| | Jonathan Trumbull
1710 – 1785
Revolutionary Patriot Statesman Merchant
Governor of Connecticut
1769 – 1784
“The Constitution State” “The Nutmeg State” “The Provisions State”
The . . . — — Map (db m26305) HM |
| On White Plains Road (Connecticut Route 127) at Unity Road, on the right when traveling north on White Plains Road. |
| | The northwest farmers of Stratford formed the Village of Unity in October, 1725. They united in 1744 with the Long Hill parish of the Stratfield section of Stratford to become the Society of North Stratford. The Society controlled its own religious . . . — — Map (db m88049) HM |
| On Norfield Road 0.1 miles east of Weston Road (Connecticut Route 57), on the left when traveling east. |
| | [ front ]
Weston
Originally the Nor'field parish of old Fairfield (1639) to the south, present Weston was divided into long lots circa 1670, commencing our agricultural development. By 1757 there were enough families to become a separate . . . — — Map (db m30800) HM |
| On Myrtle Avenue at Church Lane, on the left when traveling north on Myrtle Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m30789) HM |
| On Jesup Road at Taylor Place, on the right when traveling east on Jesup Road. |
| | Jennings Trail
Jesup Green
Here stood the William H. Jessup House
Later owned by William Taylor.
On the river the Jessups built wharves
and warehouses in the late 18th
century where grain was stored awaiting
export by sail. The . . . — — Map (db m30645) HM |
| On Myrtle Avenue at Avery Place, on the left when traveling north on Myrtle Avenue. |
| | Wheeler House
Orig Date 1795
Remodeled 1860's
Westport Historical Society
[ lower medallion ]
The National Register
Of Historic Places
Recorded Property — — Map (db m31203) HM |
| On Danbury Road (U.S. 7) 0.2 miles south of Cricket Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m30643) HM |
| On Danbury Road (U.S. 7) at Cricket Lane, on the left when traveling south on Danbury Road. |
| | [ front ]
Wilton
Although this region was settled in 1651 as part of Norwalk, the first dwelling house here was built in 1706. The village of Wilton with parish privileges was granted by the general Assembly on May 12, 1726. The Town of . . . — — Map (db m32256) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 202) at Ensign Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Avon
This area, formerly Northington or the North Parish of Farmington, was settled in 1645non land that had belonged to the Tunxis Indians. It prospered as a farming community and, in 1830, after the construction and opening of the Farmington . . . — — Map (db m33019) HM |
| | State Tree of Connecticut
White Oak
Constitutional Convention
July 1, 1965
John deKoven Alsop
Delegate — — Map (db m94515) HM |
| On Kensington Road at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Kensington Road. |
| | Berlin
This land, granted to settlers in 1661 and 1668 by the General Court of Connecticut, was also purchased from the local Mattabesett Indian tribe. Founders of the community include Sergeant Richard Beckley, who came north on the trail from New . . . — — Map (db m46041) HM |
| On Park Avenue (Connecticut Route 178) at Bloomfield Avenue (Connecticut Route 189), on the left when traveling north on Park Avenue. |
| | Bloomfield
In 1736 fifty-one inhabitants petitioned for parish privileges in what is now Bloomfield. They called the parish Wintonbury, using parts of the names of the three towns they came from Windsor, Farmingtonand Simsbury. It remained . . . — — Map (db m97354) HM |
| On North Main Street at Laurel Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | [ front ]
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 . . . — — Map (db m33237) HM |
| On Memorial Boulevard at Downs Street, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Boulevard. |
| | Come Ye To The Waters
Site Of
1749 – Old Mill – 1921
In Memoriam
Ephraim Downs
And
Franklin Downs — — Map (db m33625) HM |
| On Bellevue Avenue at Queen Street, on the right when traveling north on Bellevue Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On George Washington Turnpike at ielman Highway (Connecticut Route 4), on the right when traveling east on George Washington Turnpike. |
| | [ 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 |
| On Albany Turnpike (U.S. 44) at Canton Green Road, on the right when traveling east on Albany Turnpike. |
| |
Settlement of the area later called Canton, originally part of Simsbury, began in 1737 with the erection of the Richard Case II home on East Hill. The earliest homes were constructed along “Cherry’s” brook. The settlers’ name for the . . . — — Map (db m87925) HM |
| On Lovely Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Route 44 began as the Indian’s Northwest Path. It became the Hartford to Albany Road during the French and Indian War in order to move troops and equipment. In 1984, it became the Albany Turnpike, a toll road.
1776 House was an old home . . . — — Map (db m102423) HM |
| On Bridge Street (Connecticut Route 179) at Bridge Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Bridge Street. |
| | Offspring of Connecticut Original Charter Oak
Troop 77 Collinsville
Boy Scouts of America
April 25, 1964 — — Map (db m92430) HM |
| On Center Street at Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling south on Center Street. |
| | East Granby
This area, first settled in 1664, was one of four Congregational parishes in Simsbury. The Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical Society in 1786 became a section of Granby, and in 1858 was incorporated as the Town of East Granby. An unusual . . . — — Map (db m97408) HM |
| On Main Street at Carroll Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | East Hartford
This part of the lands once inhabited by the Podunk Indians saw its first permanent colonists in 1655, when Thomas Hooker and his followers came from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to found Hartford. The east side of the Connecticut River . . . — — Map (db m74248) HM |
| On Main Street at Phelps Place, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Historic Center Cemetery
Authorized 1709
“Center Cemetery is one of Connecticut’s most interesting and important 18th century burial grounds, and is one of the most striking examples extant of the mixing of Connecticut River Valley . . . — — Map (db m74928) HM |
| On Scantic Road near Phelps Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | East Windsor
Separated from Old Windsor and constituted a township on the “second Thursday of May A.D. 1768”. In this area was the Nortin Society of Old Windsor, organized in May 1752. Ferry service established by John Bissell in 1641 . . . — — Map (db m113964) HM |
| On Enfield Street (U.S. 5) at S. Road, on the left when traveling north on Enfield Street. |
| | Enfield
Settled 1680
Established as the township of Enfield, 1683, this area was part of the Springfield Plantation granted to William Pynchon and others by the Massachusetts General Court. Springfield was settled in 1636, but no effectual grants . . . — — Map (db m113909) HM |
| On Enfield Street at Spier Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Enfield Street. |
| | Near this site the first church building in Enfield was erected by pioneer settlers in 1684.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113886) HM |
| On Enfield Street at Spier Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Enfield Street. |
| | To Honor the Memory of the Founders of the Town of Enfield. Who led by John Pease, Jr. and his Brother Robert made the First Settlement in 1680.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113885) HM |
| On Montieth Drive at Farmington Avenue (Connecticut Route 4), on the right when traveling east on Montieth Drive. |
| | [ front ]
Farmington
On January 16, 1640 the Connecticut General Court empowered a committee to "view those parts by Vnxus Sepus wch may be suitable" for settlement. Soon afterward a small group of families traveled nine miles westward . . . — — Map (db m33066) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) at Carrington Lane, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Farmington
Laid Out 1640
As Tunxis Plantation
A Trading Center
Of Frontier Area — — Map (db m34239) HM |
| Near Colt Highway (U.S. 6). Reported missing. |
| | In the middle 1800s, it is believed, the cave was the home of Farmington’s mystery man, Will Warren. He was a poor farmhand with no property of his own. He refused to attend the village church on Sundays and spent his free time with the few Native . . . — — Map (db m92260) HM |
| On Hubbard Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Hubbard Street. |
| | The
First Meeting House
Stood Near This Spot
In 1692
Timothy Stevens
Pastor
Connecticut Tercentenary
1635 1935 — — Map (db m98861) HM |
| On Main Street near Hebron Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Formerly part of Wethersfield, the town was named for Glastonbury in England. Its thirty four original farms, running from the River three miles east “into the wilderness,” were the first officially surveyed by Connecticut Colony, . . . — — Map (db m98863) HM |
| On Main Street at Whapley Road, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Kimberly Tract
This land is part of the original grant east of the great river made to John Robbins of Wethersfield in 1640. The original lot of 132 acres – 22 rods wide – extended three miles from the river into the hills. With Eleazar . . . — — Map (db m98902) HM |
| On Main Street at Morgan Drive, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m98865) HM |
| On Main Street at Morgan Drive, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Site of Second Meeting House
First Church of Christ
Congregational
1735 – 1837
News of the battles of Lexington and Concord
reached here while Rev. John Eells was
preaching and was announced from the pulpit
April 28, 1775 . . . — — Map (db m98901) HM |
| On Salmon Brook Street (Connecticut Route 10) at Meadow Gate Road, on the left when traveling south on Salmon Brook Street. |
| | Granby
Settled as the Salmon Brook section of Simsbury early in the 18th century, and established as a separate ecclesiastical society in 1736, Granby became a separate town in 1786. From the beginning, farming was the main endeavor of the . . . — — Map (db m97450) HM |
| On Main Street at Gold Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Abel Buel
1742 – 1825
Engraver, Counterfeiter
Coined the 1786 Fugio Cent
And the Connecticut Cooper,
Had a shop on this site — — Map (db m52555) HM |
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