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The first known Branford post office was at the Lock Shop at the eastern end of Main Street in the early 1800s and successive offices were generally in the homes of the respective postmasters. Branford’s first permanent Post Office was built in 1912 at the corner of Main Street and Hillside Avenue under the guidance of Branford postmaster H. Guy Linsley.
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 ...
An area called Totoket, which became Branford, was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech Indians in 1638 by the first English settlers of New Haven. Previously, the Dutch in the New Netherland settlements set up a trading post at the mouth of the Branford River in the 17th century, the source of the name "Dutch Wharf", also known as "Dutch House Wharf" and the Dutch House Quarter. [2]
Jun 4, 2014 · June 4, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Branford. Town: Branford. Settled: 1639–1644 under New Haven jurisdiction. Land set off from: New Haven, 1685. Connecticut is currently divided into 169 “towns” with distinct geographical boundaries. These boundaries changed as parishes were set off from larger town-tracts, and the towns we know today ...
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.
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.
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Sep 30, 2023 · Branford, a banking post-borough and watering-place of New Haven co.. Conn., on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 8 miles ESE. of New Haven. It has manufactures of locks, general hardware, malleable iron, etc. Pop. in 1890, 4460; in 1900, 2473.
