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Branford 1644 – 2019. Branford celebrated its 375th anniversary in 2019 and the Blackstone Library collaborated with the 375th Committee to provide fun and interesting facts about Branford every Friday throughout the year. Listed below you will find additional information and links about each of these places, people and facts.
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 ...
Dec 3, 2020 · The Branford Center Historic District, roughly bounded by Route 1, the Branford River, and Monroe and Kirkham Street, was the focus of early community life. Originally part of the New Haven Colony, the Town of Branford was settled in 1644 by a group of English settlers recruited from Wethersfield by the leaders of New Haven.
settled as a summer colony beginning in the 1860s. Branford's initial settlement began in 1638 along the Branford River. Short Beach is 2-1/2 miles from the town center, and while the earliest extant building in the district was constructed in 1860, a significant concentration of dwellings was not present until the 1870s. Documentation of
Old maps of Branford, Connecticut on OldMapsOnline. Branford, Cheshire, N. Haven. 1893. D.H. Hurd & Co. 1:9k. 26. New Haven sheet.
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.
Feb 6, 2023 · The town in early maps was called Brentford before being shortened to Branford. Established in 1644, Branford grew during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the late 18th century, the first shoreline community, Stony Creek, was settled.
