| 1637 |
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Flight of Pequots, through Cupheag, to
last stand at Southport. |
| 1638 |
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This territory granted by Indians to Connecticut Colony for security.
Connecticut's first constitution drawn up by Roger Ludlow of Fairfield. |
| 1639 |
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First 17 settler-farmers settled at Cupheag, led by the Reverend Adam
Blakeman. First (now Congregational) church organized. |
| 1640 |
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Settlement called "Cupheag." Boundaries ordered, settled by
General Court. |
| 1641 |
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About this time the first meeting house was erected at Sandy Hollow. |
| 1642 |
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First representative (Philip Groves) sent to the General Government. |
| 1643 |
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(Settlement first called "Stratford." Palisade built across
Watch-house hill. Indians troublesome. |
| 1644 |
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(Watch kept nights and Sundays, militia called out several times - House
built on the hill for these soldiers 1645 - (gave the name
"'Watch-house" to hill now called “Academy Hill." |
| 1646 |
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Stratford gave six pounds, fourteen shillings "to maintain poor
scholars at Cambridge." |
| 1647 |
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General Court ordered taxes of Stratford and Fairfield, formerly
collected together as one plantation, to be collected separately. |
| 1648 |
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Town plot laid out. Roger Ludlow asked General Court to permit Moses
Wheeler to operate a ferry across what is now the Housatonic River. |
| 1650 |
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Town records begin. Town voted to pay half the salary of a schooImaster,
the parents of pupiIs sent, to pay the rest. |
| 1651 |
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Goody Bassett tried, and hanged, for witchcraft. |
| 1652 |
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Voted that "the present meetinqhouse be fortified as a place of
safety for women and children in times of danger.” |
| 1653 |
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Establishment of ferry at what is now Washington Bridge. |
| 1654 |
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Mill built al Old Mill Green by John Hurd Sr. and Thomas Sherwood Sr. |
| 1655 |
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Trouble with Dutch and with Chief Ninigret of the Narraganset nation. |
| 1656 |
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First Indian deed made. General Court confirmed right of soil to
inhabitants. |
| 1658 |
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General Court ordered planting land laid out for Indians, that peace
should prevail. |
| 1659 |
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Court assigned Golden Hill to Indians and settled titles of
plantations. First purchase of land
made in Stratford, for the town, by Moses Wheeler. |
| 1660 |
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Mention made that the first meetinghouse had been using a bell to summon
worshippers to services (other towns used a drum.). |
| 1661 |
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Joseph Judson made the Mohegan Hills land purchase for the town. |
| 1662 |
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Long Hill purchase, which included most of Trumbull, Monroe and Easton.
Connecticut and. New Haven Colonies united under one charter. |
| 1663 |
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James Blakeman sold mill at Old Mill Green and, the next year, built mill
at what is now known as "Peck's Mill." |
| 1664 |
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Dutch "New Amsterdam" became English "New York,"
causing peace of mind to Stratford and other nearby English settlements. |
| 1665 |
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The Reverend Israel Chauncey called to assist the aged Rev. Adam
Blakeman, who died this same year. |
| 1666 |
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Difficulties arising in first church, a second ecclesiastical society was
formed. Fairfield County, and three
other counties, organized. |
| 1667 |
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Permission granted to establish plantation at Newtown, soon abandoned. |
| 1668 |
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Regulation, or "advice," of Governor accepted concerning voting
privileges. |
| 1669 |
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Liberty granted for both Congregational societies to use the same
building for services at different times, |
| 1670 |
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A "Select school" authorized. |
| 1671 |
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White Hills purchase, for forty pounds. |
| 1672 |
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Stratford people made settlement at Woodbury. |
| 1673 |
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Militia companies of towns placed in county organizations. |
| 1674 |
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Defenses strengthened against any emergency. |
| 1675 |
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King Philip's War. -- Men drafted. -- provisions collected. |
| 1676 |
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War ended. |
| 1677 |
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Congregational burying ground laid out.
Attempts to distribute lots on Golden Hill stopped. |
| 1678 |
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Town voted twenty pounds to maintain a schoolmaster. General Court
reaffirms grant to Indians at Golden Hill. |
| 1679 |
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Boundary line settled between Fairfield and Stratford. General Court ordered that “present roads
from plantation to plantation shall be reputed the country roads, or “King's
Highway.” |