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Settled: 1644: Incorporated: 1685: ... Branford is a shoreline town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, ... as the Lake is a reservoir for Branford. ...
The Harrison House on Main Street in Branford, Connecticut was built in 1724 by Nathaniel Harrison 2nd (1692-1760) having received the land from his father Nathaniel 1st (1658-1727). Nathaniel 1st was the grandson of Richard Harrison who settled in Branford from New Haven in 1645. The two Nathaniels were active in town and colony affairs.
History of Lake Saltonstall. Photograph by Mason Foote Smith from the collection of the Branford Historical Society. The body of water between the towns of Branford and East Haven was known to the Quinnipiac Indians as “Lonotonoquet” or Tear of the Great Spirit. The English settlers who came in 1644 called it the Great Lake.
Apr 1, 2021 · The Branford Congregational Church was the primary purchaser of Totoket land at Indian Neck. The image of the signatory marks of Micael, Andrew, and Henry (detail), Quinnipiac deed from Micael, Andrew, and Henrym Indians of Branford, to John Russell, Isaac Harrison, and Noah Rogers (1743), Gen Mss File 160, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, Yale University
History of Branford. In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the English fashion" to the Mattabesec Indians for land known as Totokett (Tidal River). The first permanent settlement was established in 1644 when people from Wethersfield came to Totokett, later renamed Branford ...
Sep 30, 2023 · A beautiful pond called Saltonstall's lake lies between Branford and East Haven. The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory.
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The Owenego on Linden Avenue has been in continuous operation since 1847. MILL PLAIN was settled about 1700 by the Palmer, Barker, Harrison, and Bartholomew families who farmed the land well into the 20th century. Most of Branford’s ice was cut at Mill Plain and a small cemetery pays tribute to those early settlers.
