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1738	50 YEARS BEFORE CONNECTICUT'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Chusetown(present Seymour) part of Derby in New Haven County, Connecticut, laid out and named to honor Chief Joseph Mauwehu, nicknamed 'Chuse'. Falls Village (present Canaan) established in Connecticut. January 21, Ethan Allen born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Soldier, frontiersman and Leader of the Green Mountain Boys and Connecticut troops. April 9, John Bacon born in Canterbury, Connecticut. U.S. clergyman, judge and legislator.
1739	Bethlehem formerly part of Woodbury and originally spelled Bethlem, organized as a parish in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Falls Village (present Canaan) incorporated in Connecticut. Goshen, incorporated in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
1740	Behtlehem in Litchfield County, Connecticut, became an Ecclestiastical Society and parish of Woodbury. First American tinware made by Edward and William Pattison in Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
1741	January 14, Benedict Arnold, born in Norwich, Connecticut. Officer serving the American Revolution, shifted to the British in 1779. November 11, Jonathan Law, appointed governor of Connecticut (1741-November 6, 1750).
1742	May 13, Manasseh Cutler, born in Killingly, Connecticut. Congretional minister, leader of the Ohio Company of Associates. May 14, Nathan Brownson, born in Woodbury, Connecticut. Governor of Georgia (1781-1782).
1743	January 21, John Fitch, born in Windsor, Connecticut. U.S. steamboat transportation pioneer.
1745	The Eccestiastical Society gave people in the Hop Brok section of Manchester in Connecticut, the right to conduct a school. April 29, Ellsworth Oliver born in Windsor, Connecticut. Lawyer, diplomat, politician and third chief justice of the United States.
1746	East Hampton Parish in Middlesex County, Connecticut, incorporated. Also named as Three Mile Division.
1747	The General Court established the Andover Ecclesiastical Society, in Tolland County, Connecticut.
1748	Andover established in Tolland County, Connecticut.
1749	Enfield in Hartford County annexed from Massachusetts to Connecticut, area 33.8 sq.mi. (13km²). Coordinates 41°58'N-72°36'W. First permanent schools established in Bolton, Connecticut.
1750	Connecticut Hall, Yale University, a Georgian brick structure constructed in New Haven, New Haven County. Attractions & Recreation : Connecticut Hall National Historic Landmark. November 6, Roger Wolcott appointed governor of Connecticut (1750-May 9, 1754).
1751	Litchfield County established in Connecticut, seat Litchfield borough.
1752	Puritan refuge Mortlake included in the community of Brooklyn, Connecticut. Bounderies set for the Parish of Newbury, Brookfield in Connecticut.
1754	Newbury Parish (today Brookfield), settled in Fairfield County, Connecticut. March 24, Joel Barlow born in Redding, Connecticut. Author and poet 'The Hasty Pudding'. May 9, Thomas Fitch appointed governor of Connecticut (1754-May 8, 1766).
1755	April 12, the Connecticut Gazette printed by James Parker at New Haven, in New Haven County, Connecticut's first newspaper. June 6, Nathan Hale, born in Coventry, Connecticut. Revolutionary War hero of the Continental Army.
1757	Mount Carmel Society created in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut. September 28, first Congregational Church building dedicated to the parish of Newbury (present Brookfield) in Connecticut.
1759	Bethel part of Danbury, became a separate parish, the 'First Ecclesiastical Society of Bethel', Fairfield County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°22'N-73°25'W. Daniel Burnap, famous clock-maker, born in Andover, Tolland County, Connecticut.
1760	April 14, Town Meeting in Durham in Middlesex County, Connecticut, voted to build a hospital for infectious disease.
1761	Hartland town in Hartford County, Connecticut, incorporated. Land of the original inhabitants of Connecticut, the Pequots Native Americans, reduced to 989 acres.
1763	Brick State House erected on New Haven Green in New Haven County, Connecticut.
1764	February 23, William Eaton, born in Woodstock, Connecticut. Adventurer and U.S. Army Officer. October 29, The Hartford Courant published by Thomas Green in Hartford, Connecticut. The oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.
1766	May 8, William Pitkin appointed governor of Connecticut (1766-October 1, 1769).
1767	East Hampton incorporated, also named Chatham at that time, in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
1769	Ocober 1, Jonathan Trumbull appointed governor of Connecticut (1769-May 13, 1784).
1770	Congregational Church established in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.
1772	Great Swamp Society in Connecticut divided in Worthington and Kensington.
1773	Community life began in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°05'N-73°28'W. Attractions & Recreation : Weed Homestead(1680). Old Newgate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut, originally a coppermine, used to house prisoners.
1774	Ecclestiastical Societies of West Britain and New Cambridge established in Farmington West Woods, Connecticut. Frictions between Patriots and Tories in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Old Stone Congregational Church built in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Thomas Griswold House built in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1775	Town of Derby incorporated in New Haven County, Connecticut. Town of Bristol incorporated in Connecticut. April 30, Peter Harrison, died in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. British born architect. October 12, Lyman Beecher, born in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Presbyterian clergyman, father of Harrier Beecher-Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
1776	JULY 4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1777	The British under General William Tryon, burned Danbury town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. November 30, Nathaniel Pitcher, born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Governor of New York (1828-1829).
1778	Newbury town, name change into Brookfield and incorporated in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
1779	Barkhamsted town in Connecticut, incorporated. East Haven area in New Haven County, Connecticut, invaded by British General William Tryon. Washington incorporated in Connecticut, named after General George - Washington.
1780	- First textile mills in America began operations in Westchester, Connecticut. - May, Cheshire incorporated in New Haven County, Connecticut.
1781	'Blue Laws' purporting to list Sabbath regulations at New Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut. Blue laws were printed on blue paper and forbade regular work on Sundays. June, four regiments of the French Army, on their way to Virginia, marched through Andover parish in Tolland County, Connecticut, and camped along the Hop River. July 22, Tories disrupted services at the Middlesex Ecclestiastical Society Meetinghouse and captured the minister and forty seven other men.
1782	November, regiments of the French Army coming from Virginia, camped along the Hop River in Andover, Tolland County, Connecticut.
1783	First dictionary published by Noah Webster, born in West Hartford, Connecticut. Captain Richard Pitkin was granted a 25-year monopoly by the General Assembly of Connecticut, to manufacture glass. East Hartford incorporated as town (separated from Hartford) in Hartford County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°46'N-72°39'W. July 3, Congregational Church established in Burlington, Connecticut.
1784	First law school in America 'The Litchfield Law School' established in Litchfield, Litchfield County in Connecticut by Tapping Reeve. May 13, Matthew Griswold, eleceted governor of Connecticut (1784-May 11, 1786).
1785	Berlin (formerly Kensington) incorporated as town in Hartford County, Connecticut, from parts of Farmington, Middletown and Wethersfield. Coordinates 41°37'N-71°10'W. Bristol organized as a town in Hartford County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°41'N-72°57'W. Attractions & Recreation : American Clock and Watch Museum. East Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Coordinates 41°17'N-72°52'W, area 12,6 sq.mi (4,9km²). Attractions & Recreation : Branford Trolley Museum Middlesex County, established in Connecticut, seat Middletown. Cities/Towns/Boroughs/Places : Centerbrook, Chester, Clinton, Cobalt, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Fenwick, Haddam, Haddam Neck, Higganum, Ivoryton, Killingworth, Middlefield, Middle Haddam, Middletown, Moodus, Old Saybrook, Portland, Rockfall, Westbrook. Tolland County established in Connecticut, seat Rockville. Towns/Places : Amston, Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, East Willington, Ellington, Gurleyville, Hebron, Manchester, Mansfield, Mansfield Center, Mansfield Depot, Mansfield Hollow, Merrow, Rockville, Somers, Somersville, Stafford, Stafford Springs, Staffordville, South Willington, Storrs, Storrs/Manfield, Talcottville, Tolland, Turnpike, Union, Vernon, Vernon-Rockville, West Ashford, West Stafford, Willington. Attractions & Recreation : The Tolland Green Historic District. November 21, William Beaumont, born in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. U.S. Army surgeon and first observer of human digestion.
1786	Brooklyn in Windham County, Connecticut incorporated. Attractions & Recreation : Connecticut State Scenic Road, National Scenic Byway. Ellington, incorporated in Tolland County, Connecticut. Hamden in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 33 sq.mi (12,7km²). Nickname 'Land of the Sleeping Giant'. May 11, Samuel Huntington elected Governor of Connecticut (1786-January 5, 1796).
1787	Bethlehem town incorporated in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Emma Hart Willard, born in Berlin, Hartfort County, Connecticut. Women's education pioneer.
1788	After the ratification of the Federal Constitution, first State House in America built in Connecticut. Newbury in Connecticut becomes the town of Brookfield. January 9, Connecticut CT, 5th state admitted to the Union Connecticut Today : one of the 13 original English colonies and one of the 6 New England states. Name origin in Mohegan Indian 'Quinnehtukqut' means 'Long River Place' or 'Beside the Long Tidal River'. Nickname 'The Constitution State', capital Hartford. Area 5,544 sq.mi.(14.358km²), 48th largest state. Counties 8 : Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, Windham. Attractions & Recreation : American Legion State Forests, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Beckley Iron Furnace Industial Monument, Bigelow Hollow State Park, Black Rock Lake, Black Rock State Park, Bluff Point State Park, Burr Pond State Park, Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, Chatfield Hollow State Park, Cockaponset State Forest, Colebrook River Lake, Collis P.Huntington State Park, Connecticut State Route 169, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Day Pond State Park, Dennis Hill State Park, Devil's Hopyard State Park, Dinosaur State Park, Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Fort Trumbull State Park, Gay City State Park, Gillette Castle State Park, Haddam Meadows State Park, Haley Farm State Park, Hammonasset State Park, Hancock Brook Lake, Harkness Memorial State Park, Haystack Mountain State Park, Hop Brook Lake, Hopeville Pond State Park, Housatonic Meadows State Park, Hunt Hill Farm, Hurd State Park, Indian Well State Park, John A. Minetto State Park, Kent Falls State Park, Kettletown State Park, Lake Waramaug State Park, Macedonia Brook State Park, Mansfield Hollow Lake, Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Merritt Parkway, Millers Pond State Park, Mohawk Mountain State Forest, Mount Tom State Park, Natchaug State Forest, Nehantic State Forest, Nipmuck State Forest, Northfield Brook Lake, Osbornedale State Park, Pachaug State Forest, Penwood State Park, Peoples State Forest, Putnam Memorial State Park, Quaddick State Park, Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Rocky Neck State Park, Salmon River State Forest, Seth Point Pierrepont State Park Reserve, Shenipsit State Forest, Sherwood Island State Park, Silver Sands State Park, Sleeping Giant State Park, Southford Falls State Park, Squantz Pond State Park, Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Stratton Brook State Park, Talcott Mountain State Park, Thomaston Dam, Topsmead State Forest, Wadsworth Falls State Park, Weir Farm National Historic Site, West Rock Ridge State Park, Wharton Brook State Park, West Thompson Lake.
1789	Ripton and New Stratford parishes in Connecticut broke off from Stratford to form Huntington town, named for Samuel Huntington.
1790	Population in Connecticut, 237,946 residents. Clockmaking activities begun in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Newgate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut, a Revolutionary War jail and first state prison in the U.S. March 15, Joseph Morgan Wilcox, born in Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. 3rd Infantry lieutenant who fought and died during the Creek War of 1813-1814. (Source : ADAH) July 8, Fitz-Greene Halleck, born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Poet "Alnwick Castle", "Burns", etc.
1792	A porpoise fishery started in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut. Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy established in Connecticut, one of the first educational institutions for women in the U.S. August 29, Charles Grandison Finney, born in Warren, Connecticut. Lawyer and president of Oberlin College in Ohio.
1793	Hatting production started in Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut. August 19, Samiel Griswold Goodrich, born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Author, publisher of chlidren's books.
1794	First town hall built in Brookfield, Connecticut. Congregational Church built by architect Lavius Fillmore in East Haddam, Connecticut. Eli Whitney of New Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut, invented the cotton gin. February 8, First insurance business activity started in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. July 5, Sylvester Graham, born in West Suffield, Connecticut. Clergyman and health advocate 'Graham Cracker'.
1796	January 5, Oliver Wolcott, elected governor of Connecticut (1796-December 1, 1797).
1797	May 26, Ralph Randolph Gurley, born in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. Administrator and spokesman of the American Colonization Society for deporation of Afro-Americans. October, The Boston Turnpike Company incorporated by the Connecticut legislature, with a franchise to build roads. December 1, Jonathan Trumble, Jr. elected governor of Connecticut ( 1797-August 7, 1809).
1798	Oxford incorporated in New Haven County, Connecticut. First town house built in Redding(Reading) in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin, started to manufacture muskets in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1799	A whitefish trade was developed in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut. November 29, Amos Bronson Alcott, born in Wolcott, Connecticut. Philosopher, reformer, teacher and member of the New England Transcendentalist group.
1800	Population in Connecticut, 251,002 residents. Newfield, incorporated as Bridgeport and as a borough of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°11'N-73°11'W. May 9, John Brown, born in Torrington, Connecticut. Militant abolitionist. December 29, Charles Goodyear, born in New Haven, Connecticut. Vulcanization process Inventor.
1801	First Post Office established in Brookfield, Connecticut.
1802	April 14, Horace Bushnell, born in Bantam, Connecticut. Congregational mininister and theologian called 'father of American religious liberalism'.
1803	First town library, tax supported organized in Salisbury, Connecticut. General David Humphreys built a woolen mill on the Naugatuck River in Chusetown (present Seymour) at the Falls area, in New Haven County, Connecticut. Architect, Stephen Decatur Button, born in Preston, Connecticut. NOVEMBER 30 - LOUISIANA PURCHASE
1804	Chusetown (present Seymour) in New Haven County, Connecticut, changed name into Humphreysville in honor of David Humphreys. Enfield boundary established, in Hartford County, Connecticut.
1805	February 13, David Dudley Field, born in Haddam, Connecticut. Lawyer.
1806	Burlington incorporated, on the Farmington River in Connecticut. Canton town incorporated in Hartford County, Connecticut. Attractions & Recreation : Canton Historical Museum, Farmington River Trail. First factory town in America, established in Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1807	November 26, Connecticut bor Oliver Ellsworth, died in Windsor, Connecticut. Lawyer, diplomat, politician and third chief justice of the United States.
1808	A part of Bolton town in Connecticut set aside to form Vernon town.
1809	Samuel Merritt Comstock, born in West Centerbrook part of Essex, Connecticut. Responsible for making Ivoryton and piano parts center of the U.S. August 7, John Treadwell, elected governor of Connecticut (1809-May 9, 1811). October, Chaplin incorporated as an ecclestiastical society in Windham County, Connecticut.
1810	Population in Connecticut, 261,942 residents. Litchfield central village in Connecticut contained 125 houses, shops and public buildings. May 31, a Congregational Church was organized in Chaplin, Windham County, Connecticut. July 5, Phineas Taylor Barnum, born in Bethel Connecticut, international known circus showman. December 8, Elihu Burritt, born in New Britain, Connecticut. Peace crusader.
1811	January 24, Henry Barnard, born in Hartford, Connecticut. Educator, jurist and first U.S. commissioner of education. May 9, Roger Griswold, elected governor of Connecticut (1811-October 25, 1812). June 14, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Abolitionist, reformer, writer e.g. novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
1812	First post office established in Bolton, Connecticut, postmaster Samuel Alvord. January 3, Elisha Marshall Pease, born in Enfield, Connecticut. Governor of Texas (1853-1857). October 25, John Cotton Smith, elected governor of Connecticut (1812-May 8, 1817).
1814	A Methodist meeting house built in Burlington, Connecticut. April 8, British forces attacked Potapoug Point in Essex, Connecticut and destroyed 28 ships. July 19, Samuel Colt, born in Hartford, Connecticut. Inventor of the six-shot Colt revolver. December 15, New England Federalists Convention to protest war policy of U.S. President James Madison, held in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
1815	Guilford borough, formerly called Menunkatucket, in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 47,6 sq.mi (18km²).
1816	November 4, Stephen J. Field, born in Haddam, Connecticut. Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1817	Foreign Mission School opened in Corwall, Connecticut. May 8, Oliver Wolcott, elected second-term governor of Connecticut (1817-May 2, 1827).
1818	The Congregational Church in Connecticut was disestablished.
1819	Brooklyn appointed as Windham County seat in Connecticut. -Three tanneries and a woolen mill started in Colchester, Connecticut.
1820	- Population in Connecticut, 275,248 residents. - Darien town incorporated in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Area bought from the Siwanoys Native Americans. - Middlesex Parish in Fairfield County, Connecticut was granted independence from Stamford and named Darien.
1821	- Bridgeport incorporated as town, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
1822	- Frederick Law Olmsted, born in Hartford, Connecticut. Landscape, parkmaker architect.
1823	- First Methodist meetings held in Quarryville a section of Bolton in Connecticut. - Manchester incorporated in Hartford County, Connecticut. - New Stratford separated from Huntington to become Monroe town in Connecticut. - Orford Parish, incorporated as the town of Manchester, in Tolland County, Connecticut.
1825	- The Connecticut Historical Society established in Hartford.
1826	- Madison in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 36,3 sq.mi (14km²), land purchased from the Mohegan Native Americans. - May 4, Frederick Edwin Church, born in Hartford, Connecticut. Landscape painter, member of the Hudson River school. - May 31, John William DeForest, born in Humphreysville(present Seymour) in Connecticut. Author and first American fiction writer, works e.g. 'Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty'.
1827	- Newgate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut, ceased operating as a prison and re-opened as a mine. - May 2, Gideon Tomlinson, elected governor of Connecticut (1827-May 4, 1831).
1828	- A hatter started in Colchester, Connecticut. - Carpet industry begun in Connecticut, by Orrin Thompson at Thompsonville in Hartford County. - December 25, Theodore Low De Vinne, born in Stamford, Connecticut. Autho of scjolarly books, works e.g 'The Practice of Typography'.
1829	October 15, Asaph Hall, born in Goshen, Litchfied County, Connecticut. Astronomer, discoverer of the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos (Source Encyclopedia Britannica).
1830	- Population in Connecticut, 297,675 residents. - Avon, incorporated as a separate town in Connecticut. Named for the Avon River in England. - The Tolland County Bank started activities in the Tolland Board of Education Building in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
1831	- Phineas Taylor Barnum, circus showman, published The Herald of Freedom in Bethel, Connecticut. - Prudence Crandall, American Educator and Reformer, invited to open a school for young women in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. - Wesleyan University founded in Middletown, Middelesex County, Connecticut. - May 4, John Samuel Peters, elected governor of Connecticut (1831-May 1, 1833). - July 6, Daniel Coit Gilman, born in Norwich, Connecticut. Educator and first president of the John Hopkins University.
1832	- Bethany town in New Haven County, Connecticut, separated from Woodbridge and incorporated. - American Educator and Reformer, Prudence Crandall admitted a black girl Sarah Harris in the school for young women in Canterbury in Windham County, Connecticut.
1833	- Colonel A. G. Hazard developed a powder industry near Enfield in Hartford County, Connecticut. - The Prudance Crandall House, first private school for African American girls opened in Canterbury, Connecticut. - Windham in Sussex County, Connecticut, chartered as a borough. - May 1, Henry Waggaman Edwards, elected governor of Connecticut (1833-May 7, 1834).
1834	- New town house built in Redding(Reading) in Fairfield County, Connecticut. - First friction matches made by Thomas Sanford in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. - May 7, Samuel Augustus Foot, elected governor of Connecticut (1834-May 6, 1835). - September 9, Prudence Crandall, American Educator and Reformer closed the school for young women in Canterbury, Windham County Connecticut, outraged parents ransacked the school because a black girl had been admitted.
1835	Wintonbury, renamed Bloomfield and incorporated as town in Hartford County, Connecticut. Coordinates 41°50'N-72°44'W. 'School Societies' Kilinworth and Clinton established, Connecticut. May 6, Henry Waggaman Edwards, elected second-term governor of Connecticut (1835-May 2, 1838). September 10, Torrey William Harris, born in North Killingley, Connecticut. Educator, lexicographer, philosopher.
1836	- Bridgeport incorporated as city in Fairfield County, Connecticut. - Town of Chester incorporated in Middlesex County, Connecticut. - The first tack company in the U.S. founded in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut by Edward Shelton.
1837	- Iron Works Aqueduct Company formed in Brookfield, Fairfield County, to supply water from the local mountain springs in Connecticut.
1838	- Educator and jurist Henry Barnard, founded the 'Connecticut Common School Journal and Annals of Education' in Connecticut. - Killingworth southern portion incorporated as Clinton town in Connecticut. - The Cheney family in Manchester Connecticut started the world's largest silk mill activity. - April 10, Frank Stephen Baldwin, born in New Hartford, Connecticut. Inventor of the Monroe calculator. - May 2, William Wolcott Ellsworth, elected governor of Connecticut (1838-May 4, 1842). 50 YEARS AFTER CONNECTICUT'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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1770	Congregational Church established in Farmington, Hartford County, CT.
1794	February 8, First insurance business activity started in Hartford, Hartford County, CT.
1814	December 15, New England Federalists Convention to protest war policy of U.S. President James Madison, held in Hartford, Hartford County, CT.
CT	1738-1838 LITCHFIELD COUNTY Timeline 10 Topics
1738	January 21, Ethan Allen born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Soldier, frontiersman and Leader of the Green Mountain Boys and Connecticut troops.
1739	Bethlehem formerly part of Woodbury and originally spelled Bethlem, organized as a parish in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Goshen, incorporated in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
1740	Behtlehem in Litchfield County, Connecticut, became an Ecclestiastical Society and parish of Woodbury.
1751	Litchfield County established in Connecticut, seat Litchfield borough. Cities/Towns/Boroughs/Villages : Bakersville, Bantam, Barkhamstead, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colbrook, Colebrook, Cornwall, Cornwall Bridge, East Canaan, Falls Village, Gaylordsville, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Lakeside, Lakeville, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Morris, Nepaug, New Hartford, New Milford, New Preston, New Preston-Marble Dale, Norfolk, North Canaan, Northfield, Northville, Oakville, Pequabuck, Pinemeadow, Pleasant Valley, Plymouth, Riverton, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sharon Valley, South Canaan, South Kent, Taconic, Terryville, Thomaston, Torrington, Twin Lakes, Warren, Washington, Washington Depot, Washington Green, Watertown, West Cornwall, West Woods, Winchester, Winchester Center, Winsted, Woodbury.
1777	November 30, Nathaniel Pitcher, born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Governor of New York (1828-1829).
1784	First law school in America 'The Litchfield Law School' established in Litchfield, Litchfield County in Connecticut by Tapping Reeve.
1787	Bethlehem town incorporated in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
1811	June 14, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Abolitionist, reformer, writer e.g. novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
1829	October 15, Asaph Hall, born in Goshen, Litchfied County, Connecticut. Astronomer, discoverer of the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos (Source Encyclopedia Britannica).
CT	1738-1838 NEW HAVEN COUNTY Timeline 26 Topics
1738	Chusetown(present Seymour) part of Derby in New Haven County, Connecticut, laid out and named to honor Chief Joseph Mauwehu, nicknamed 'Chuse'.
1755	April 12, the Connecticut Gazette printed by James Parker at New Haven, in New Haven County, Connecticut's first newspaper.
1757	Mount Carmel Society created in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1763	- Brick State House erected on New Haven Green in New Haven County, Connecticut.
1774	Old Stone Church erected in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Thomas Griswold House built in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1775	Town of Derby incorporated in New Haven County, Connecticut. April 30, Peter Harrison, died in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. British born architect. October 12, Lyman Beecher, born in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Presbyterian clergyman, father of Harrier Beecher-Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
1779	- East Haven area in New Haven County, Connecticut, invaded by British General William Tryon.
1780	- May, Cheshire incorporated in New Haven County, Connecticut.
1781	- 'Blue Laws' purporting to list Sabbath regulations at New Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut. Blue laws were printed on blue paper and forbade regular work on Sundays.
1785	- East Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 12,6 sq.mi (4,9km²).
1786	- Hamden in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 33 sq.mi (12,7km²). Nickname 'Land of the Sleeping Giant'.
1790	July 8, Fitz-Greene Halleck, born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Poet "Alnwick Castle", "Burns", etc.
1792	- A porpoise fishery started in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1794	- Eli Whitney of New Haven in New Haven County, Connecticut, invented the cotton gin.
1798	Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin, started to manufacture muskets in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1799	- A whitefish trade was developed in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1803	- General David Humphreys built a woolen mill on the Naugatuck River in Chusetown (present Seymour) at the Falls area, in New Haven County, Connecticut.
1804	- Chusetown (present Seymour) in New Haven County, Connecticut, changed name into Humphreysville in honor of David Humphreys.
1806	- First factory town in America, established in Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut.
1815	- Guilford borough, formerly called Menunkatucket, in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 47,6 sq.mi (18km²).
1826	- Madison in New Haven County, Connecticut, incorporated. Area 36,3 sq.mi (14km²), land purchased from the Mohegan Native Americans.
1832	- Bethany town in New Haven County, Connecticut, separated from Woodbridge and incorporated.
1836	- The first tack company in the U.S. founded in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut by Edward Shelton.
CT	1738-1838 NEW LONDON COUNTY Timeline 2 Topics
1785	- November 21, William Beaumont, born in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. U.S. Army surgeon and first observer of human digestion.
1797	- May 26, Ralph Randolph Gurley, born in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. Administrator and spokesman of the American Colonization Society for deporation of Afro-Americans.
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