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Historic Mill in Mystic River , Connecticut The area that houses the Rossie Velvet Mill was primarily agricultural until the mid 19th Century, with its farmers providing goods to the shipbuilders and other businesses in Mystic. A small textile mill began operation on the bank of the Mystic River in 1850, on what are now the grounds of the museum, precipitating development as a modestly scaled...
Henrietta Mello Mayer has spent many years researching the descendants of Manuel and Mary Enos Silva. Their many US descendants stem from some of the earliest Portuguese to settle in Stonington, Connecticut, USA. She published her work in a slim volume, titled as this project is named. My family are direct descendants of this line, and the grateful beneficiaries of her work. As there is no curr...