Celebrate Connecticut 350 Years,Connecticut Historical Commission ------------------------------- posting towns UP TO 1700. WINDSOR- 1633 * settled by company from Plymouth Colony,Sept 1633. * prior to 1635, settlers bought the "Great Meadow" from the Indians, what is now north of Farmington. * settlers sold out in 1637/8 to Dorchester,Mass Bay Colony settlers. It was renamed Windsor. WETHERSFIELD--1634 * settled as Watertown 1634; renamed Wethersfield,1637 HARTFORD--1633 and 1635 * was a Dutch[NY]trading post," House of Hope",1633 * settled as Newtown,1635; renamed Hartford,1637 DEEP RIVER--1635 * formerly Saybrook,fort,then settlement,1635. Renamed Deep River in 1947; Indian name was Pattaquasset. NEW HAVEN--1638 * settled 1638,renamed Newhaven to New Haven,1640 MILFORD-1639 * named in 1640 GUILFORD--1639 STRATFORD- 1639; named in 1643 FAIRFIELD- 1639 GREENWICH- settled by English,1640; transferred from New York [Dutch] to English settlers,1656 STAMFORD--1641, named 1642 FARMINGTON- 1640, named Dec 1645 [farming town] NEW LONDON- 1646: settled as Pequot, renamed 1658 NORWALK- 1649; incorporated 1651 STONINGTON--1649; old name Souther Town by Massachusetts MIDDLETOWN--1651; named 1653 NORWICH--settled 1659; township 1662 LYME- set off from Saybrook,1665; old name East Saybrook KILLINGWORTH- "kenilworth" 1667 HADDAM- settled 1662; incorp. and named 1668 SIMSBURY-- settled and named 1670 WALLINGFORD--set off from New Haven,1670 WOODBURY-named 1673 SUFFIELD-- "abbreviation of Southfield",established in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1674; annexed to Conn.1749 DERBY- settled 1651, named 1675 ENFIELD--[Mass.Bay Colony] 1683; old name Freshwater BRANFORD- settled 1639; named 1653; set off from New Haven,1685 ---------------- These are just a few of the towns listed....if anyone would like the complete listing of later towns, can be had at 25 cents per page [8]plus postage+manilla env. $3.00. contact me personally ------------------- Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box