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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 ...
The Litchfield Law School of Litchfield, Connecticut, was the first independent law school established in America for reading law. Founded and led by lawyer Tapping Reeve, the proprietary school was unaffiliated with any college or university. (While Litchfield was independent, a long-term debate resulted in the 1966 recognition of William & Mary Law School, opened five years after Litchfield, ...
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the outlet of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut . The city is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The city had a population of 27,367 at the 2020 census.[4] The Norwich–New London metropolitan area includes 21 towns and 274,055 people.. Map showing the ...
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...
Killingworth is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 6,174 at the 2020 United States Census.[2] History Killingworth was established from the area called Hammonasset, taken from the local Native American tribe of the same name. The area originally incorporated the area of the present ...
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 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,[1] making it the second-most populous county in Connecticut. Hartford County contains the city of Hartford, the state capital of Connecticut...
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) Communities Map of New London County, Connecticut showing c...
This project is used to relate all units from Connecticut who served in the Union Army.
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,[2] New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford, the largest city in the South Central Connecti...
Wikipedia Kent School Kent School is a highly selective private, co-educational college preparatory school in Kent, Connecticut, United States. The Reverend Frederick Herbert Sill, Order of the Holy Cross, established the school in 1906 and it retains its affiliation with the Episcopal Church of the United States. Students at Kent come from more than 40 foreign countries and nearly as many ...
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...
Original Proprietors Of Hartford, CT., 1636 and History of Hartford===Profile Biographical Summaries:==The link below will open a document that contains fully cited profiles for all Hartford Original Proprietors formatted correct for geni.com profile "about me" sections. You should be able to simply copy and paste the citation into each profile :) [rstebbing] Full Profiles of Original Proprieto...
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the largest city in the Capitol Planning Region, and core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2...
Land was first occupied by a minimum of three Indian Tribes. These tribes included the Wangunks, Mohegans, and Nehantiks. The land which is now Haddam and East Haddam was purchased in 1662 for 30 coats, which was worth about 100 dollars at the time. In 1669 highways were established. The first families established homes along Creeks Row. These families included John Bates, Cone, David Brainerd,...
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 ...
Evergreen Cemetery is located on Green Hill Road in Killingworth, CT. The cemetery is a non-profit organization. Evergreen Cemetery was established in 1856 by local residents. The cemetery is non-denominational and is open daily from sunrise to sunset. Evergreen Cemetery Association This cemetery is located on Green Hill Road, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It's also known as...
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 Branford - Founders & Descendants Bristol East Haddam - 1600-1800 Enfield
Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is a traditional peer society to Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head, as the three senior class 'landed societies' at Yale. The society is known informally as "Bones," and members are known as "Bonesmen." Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Fairfield County was the home of many Native American tribes prior to the Europeans' arrival. People of the Schaghticoke tribe lived in the area of present-day New Fairfield and Sherman. From east to west the Wappinger sachemships included the Paugussetts, Tankiteke, and the Siwanoy. There were also Paqui...
Because of Indian troubles no effort was made to settle the Mashamoquet Purchase before 1694, when an equal division was made between the twelve shareholders in upland, lowland, and meadows. The meadows were most prized because of the hay easily obtained for oxen and cattle. In the division of land, James Fitch had given them "short measure," and to adjust the matter satisfactorily, he gave an ...
Connecticut College =Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. Connecticut College is a primarily residential, four-year undergraduate institution, with nearly all of its approximately 1,900 students living on campus. Students choose courses from 41 majors, including an interdisciplinary, self-designed major. The college was...
This project is for those that were born, lived, and died in Litchfield County, Connecticut.= Wikipedia =
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...
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...