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Links===* Naming Conventions * Indian Tribes of Connecticut =Indian Tribes of Connecticut=*Mahican>The northwestern corner of Litchfield County was occupied by the Wawyachtonoc, a tribe of the Mahican Confederacy of the upper Hudson, though their main seats were in Columbia and Dutchess Counties, N. Y. *Mohegan>The name means "wolf." They are not to be confused with the Mahican. Also called:>>R...
This subportal is part of the State of Connecticut Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities & Communities Ansonia Branford - Founders & Descendants Bristol East Haddam - 1600-1800
This project is for those that were born, lived, and died in Hartford County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. According to the 2020 census, the population was 899,498, making it the second-most populous county in Connecticut. Hartford County contains the city of Hartford, the state capital of Connecticut an...
Spring Grove Cemetery 2035 Main Street Hartford Connecticut 06120 USA Find a Grave: Find a Grave then enter the memorial number Ainsley, Mary Frances (nee Leonard) (1853-1940): Find A Grave Memorial# 88230503 Leonard, Harriet (nee Benden) (1816-1891): Find A Grave Memorial # 88230096 MacGregor, Emily Rose (nee Leonard) (1847-1910): Find A Grave Memorial # 124285942 MacGregor, James...
Wikipedia Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Incorporated as the "Collegiate School," the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train ...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in New Haven County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Following the process of unification of New Haven Colony with Connecticut Colony in 1664–65, cohesion could be improved. New Haven County was constituted by an act of the Connecticut General Court on May 10, 1666, along with Hartford County, Fairfield County, and New London County. The act estab...
In 1633 John Oldham from Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony explored the Connecticut River. The following year he and some companions built temporary housing and passed the winter at Wethersfield. With the arrival of warmer weather other settlers, many also from Watertown, arrived from Massachusetts Bay. >Wethersfield has its niche in history, being " Ye Most Auncient Towne " in Connecti...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in New London County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Adjacent Counties Windham County (north) Kent County, Rhode Island (northeast) Washington County, Rhode Island (east) Middlesex County (west) Tolland County (northwest) Hartford County (northwest) Suffolk County, New York (south)
Some 350 000 Finnish immigrants arrived in the United States and Canada during the years 1860-1930. In the 1920's they began to settle in Connecticut. A small but lively community of Finns was also formed in and around the town of Voluntown. This is a project for Finnish born immigrants in that area and for their descendants.
Wesleyan University Wikipedia Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, founded in 1831. Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and sciences, also provides graduate research in many academic disciplines, and grants PhD degrees primarily in the sciences and mathematics. Wesleyan...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419,[1] representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall po...
List of United States Representatives from Connecticut Connecticut's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2025: 1st district -- John B. Larson 2nd district -- Joe Courtney 3rd district -- Rosa DeLauro 4th district -- Jim Himes 5th district -- Jahana Hayes
Polytechnic Institute=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a private research university located in Troy, New York, with two additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut. It was founded in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. Built...
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public ...
University of Hartford (UHart) is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located mostly in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its 350-acre (1.4 km2) main campus touches portions of three municipalities: Bloomfield, Hartford, and West Hartford. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest lev...
College=Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,300 students. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, with a student to faculty ratio of 10:1.The college is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Confe...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Tolland County, Connecticut. Tolland County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,788. It is incorporated into 13 towns and was originally formed on 13 October 1785 from portions of eastern Hartford County and western Windham County. The county is included ...
This project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Middlesex County was formed from parts of Hartford and New London counties. Adjacent counties Hartford County (north) New London County (east) New Haven County (west) Suffolk County, New York (south) Cities, Towns and Communities: Centerbrook - Chester - Clinton - Cobalt - Cromwell - Deep River - ...
This project is for those that were born, lived, and died in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Litchfield County was created on October 9, 1751, by an act of the Connecticut General Court from land belonging to Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties. The act establishing the county states: That the townships of Litchfield, Woodbury, New Milford, Harwinton, New Hartford, Barkhempstead, Hart...
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford, the largest city in the South Central Connecticut...
"Oh, hey...THEY were born in Connecticut?! =If you were raised in Connecticut, or have lived here for any great length of time, you know all about "the usual" famous Nutmeggers we're taught about. Katharine Hepburn. Nathan Hale. Benedict Arnold. That guy from Cheers . Our greatest source of pride, Mark Twain, wasn't even born here. It's...not a big selection.This project is for learning about t...
Wikipedia The Taft School is a private, coeducational prep school located in Watertown, Connecticut, USA. The school was founded by Horace Dutton Taft in 1890. It has 596 students, about 485 of whom live on the 220-acre (0.89 km2) campus. Taft is a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization. The founder was the brother of President William Howard Taft. In its 125-year history, Taft has e...
Rosemary Hall=Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate; /tʃoʊt/) is a highly selective, private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Its history, academic influence, and reputation make it one of the leading schools in the United States.It took its present name and coeducational system with the merger in 1971 of two single-sex establishments, The Choate ...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Windham County, Connecticut. The area that is now Windham County became of interest to the English around 1635, but went unsettled for over fifty years due to its lack of access to the shore. John Winthrop the Younger took a strong interest to this land, purchased land from the Narragansetts, and was given permission by the court of Co...
The University of Connecticut , popularly known as UConn , is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut. It was founded in 1881. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston. It is a flagship university that is ranked as the best public national university in New England and is tied for 23...