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- Although surrounding settlements at Steynton, Thornton, Priory, Liddeston and Hubberston /Hakin were established, they were little more than hamlets. The only man-made structures on the future site of Milford were the medieval chapel, and Summer Hill Farm, and its accompanying cottages.
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May 26, 2021 · The New Haven Colony is established by John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, and a group of fellow Puritans. The towns of Wethersfield, Hartford, and Windsor adopt the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. Settlers establish the towns of Fairfield, Guilford, Milford, and Stratford.
The town of Milford Haven was founded in 1793 by Sir William Hamilton, who initially invited Quaker whalers from Nantucket to live in his town, and then, in 1797, the Navy Board to create a dockyard for building warships. [1][2]
- New Haven Colony Founding
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John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton arrived in Massachusetts Bay with the intention of building a new settlement. Davenport was a Puritan minister, and Eaton was a well-to-do merchant, and each had experience in fitting out vessels for the Massachusetts Bay Company. The two ships that they chartered arrived in Boston on June 26, 1637. They learned ...
New Haven's government was created on October 5, 1639, when the founders and colonists adopted the Fundamental Agreement. This agreement was similar to that of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. According to its terms, a court composed of 16 burgesses, i.e. voting citizens, was established to appoint a magistrate and officials and to conduct th...
The Plantation soon had neighboring settlements established by other groups of Puritans from England. Additional independent towns (called plantations) were established adjacent to New Haven Plantation. Milford and Guilford were established in 1639, and Stamford in 1640. Southold on the North Fork of Long Island was established by settlers from New...
As mentioned earlier, the New Haven Colony did not have a charter. The same was true for Connecticut. John Winthrop Jr. represented Connecticut and New Haven when he petitioned King Charles II for a charter. This resulted in the Charter of 1662, which the colonists in Connecticut considered an overwhelming success, but the settlers in New Haven hat...
Nov 4, 2020 · In 1643, the New Haven Colony absorbed the previously independent plantations of Guilford, Milford, and Stamford, consolidating its position on the mainland. In spite of ongoing disputes with the Dutch over the settlements on the Delaware, trade with New Amsterdam was brisk and relations were generally good.
In 1839, Major W. K. Rains, along with his partners Charles Thompson and Samuel Peck, established a store and conducted business at Milford Haven, which was named after a fa-vorite spot in Wales by Major Rains. However, on some old maps the small village was called Pecksville after Samuel Peck.
New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. [1]
The Dutch gave New Haven its first name, Rodenberg A map drawn in 1614 by the Dutch sea captain, Adrian Block, marked native settlements along Long Island Sound from Milford to East Haven.
