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4 days ago · In 1653, Fairfield residents suspected Goodwife Knapp to be a witch. She underwent a multi-day trial overseen by Roger Ludlow — a founder of Connecticut — and was accused of having unique (or sinister) marks on her.
Jun 6, 2024 · They settled, along with Roger Clapp, Thomas Ford, Matthew Grand, Roger Ludlow and Humphrey Pinney, a strip of land in Massachusetts Bay Colony called Mattapan but later named Dorchester. [7] Gravesite Details
- George Hull
- [perhaps], Stockland, Devon, England
- 1590
2 days ago · These almshouses were founded by John Hosier, a Ludlow draper, who acquired their site in 1462. (fn. 1) They were in existence by 1482, (fn. 2) having presumably been built in Hosier's lifetime.
Jun 1, 2024 · Roger Ludlow purchased the land that would become Norwalk in 1640. Ludlow contracted with fourteen men for the original planting of Norwalk. In 1649, Richard Olmsted and Nathaniel Ely became the first two settlers.
Jun 5, 2024 · Historic photographs of Fairfield, Connecticut, from the collections of the Fairfield Museum and History Center.
1 day ago · Roger Ludlow purchased the areas east of the Norwalk River from Chief Mahackemo of the Norwaake (or Naramauke) Indians in 1640. Norwalk was settled in 1649, incorporated September 1651, and named after the Algonquin word noyank, meaning "point of land", or more probably from the Native American name "Naramauke".
5 days ago · A register of the time of Henry IV includes members of the Burley and Malehurst families, Fulk Pembridge of Tong, Sir Roger Acton, and Sir Hugh Mortimer. (fn. 52) As might be expected, the earls of March, lords of the manor of Ludlow, maintained close links with the guild.
