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The New Town planners had the task of striking a balance between building houses, shops and factories at just the right pace. If the factories were not built fast enough, there was a risk that Hemel Hempstead would develop into a dormitory town. Gradually, a variety of light industries were attracted to the district.
Although Hemel Hempstead is a "New Town", the area has a past that goes back a long way. Originally covered in forest, the land was gradually cleared, and there is some evidence that New Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age man lived in the area, although not all at the same time. The origin of the word Hemel probably came from "Haemele" which ...
Oct 7, 2021 · Forgotten NY correspondent. On the colonial landscape of Long Island, the town seats of Jamaica and Hempstead had an identical history and appearance. Both were founded during the Dutch period by English settlers fleeing the harshness of Puritan rule in New England. Both were built within a grid of streets and included a prominent church ...
The Old Town Hall Hemel Hempstead Old Town Gadebridge House (demolished 1963) In the 18th and 19th centuries, Hemel Hempstead was an agricultural market town. Wealthy landowners built a few large country houses in the locality, including The Bury, built in 1790, and Gadebridge House, erected by the noted surgeon and anatomist Sir Astley Cooper ...
- History of Hempstead Settlers Before Arriving on Long Island
- Hempstead, Long Island
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Brief Timeline
1. 1630 July: Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony settled by Sir Richard Saltonstall and Minister George Phillips. (Source: Watertown-Mass: History & Tourism) 2. 1634: Wethersfield (known as Watertown until renamed on Feb. 21, 1636/7) settled by John Oldham and 9 others. (Source: Wethersfield Historical Society: History) 3. 1635: Rev. Richard Denton & Rev John Sherman lead more families from Watertown to Wethersfield. (Source: A Primary Source History of the Colony of Connecticut, By Ann Mala...
Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1. 1634: John Oldhamleads nine other adventurers to what would eventually become the Weathersfield settlement. This was prior to official sanction by the authorities in Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1. 1635 Ma[rch 29]: A "dismission" was granted by the church of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony to the following settlers:Note: this event is recorded in the first court record for the Colony of Connecticut, on April 26, 1636. 1. 1.1. Andrewe Warde 1.2. Rev. Jo[hn] Sherman 1.3. Jo[hn] Stickland 1....
Wethersfield, Colony of Connecticut (originally Watertown, Connecticut River Colony
1. 1640 Oct 30: Two Wethersfield settlers are deputied to negotiate with New Haven officials on terms for purchasing the land, for what will become Stamford. Their names are: 1. 1.1. 1. Andrew Ward 1.2. 2. Robert Coe
Purchase (1643), First Settlement (1644) & Early Proprietors (1644 - 1647, 1673 & 1698) of Hempstead
1) 1643: Two representatives, on behalf of the dissatisfied settlers at Stamford, New Haven Colony, negotiate a deed with the local Native Americans to purchase Hempstead: 1. 1. Rev. Robert Fordham 2. 2. John Carman 2) 1644: Between 30 – 40 families (of which, about 23 were from Stamford) settled at Hempstead. These 23 families, names below, are mentioned in the sources: 1. 1. Rev. Richard Denton 2. 2. Capt. John Underhill 3. 3. Andrew Ward 4. 4. Edmund Wood 4.1. - Jonas Wood [Oram] 4.2. - Je...
Colonial Patents for Hempstead
1) 1644 Nov. 16 (new style): Six patentees are named in the Kieft Patent for Hempstead. This patent was granted by William Kieft,the fifth director of New Netherland. The English patentees are: 1. 1. Rev. Robert Fordham 2. 2. John Stricklen 3. 3. John Ogden 4. 4. John Carman 5. 5. John Lawrence 6. 6. Jonas Wood [Oram] 2) 1666 March 6: Seven patentees are named in the Nicolls Patent (1666) for Hempstead. This patent was granted by Richard Nicolls, the fist English governor of the colony of New...
Adams, Sherman W., The history of ancient Wethersfield Connecticut, vol. 1, pt. 1, ed. Stiles, Henry R. (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1904), pp 19-29.Jan 11, 2021 · The present City of New York, consisting of five boroughs, came into existence on January 1, 1898. This article focuses on what the five-borough city replaced.This is important because the consolidation of 1898 (and others which preceded it) wiped off the map many jurisdictions which genealogists are going to encounter in their research.
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Hempstead may have been named after Hemel Hempstead in the English county of Hertfordshire, where village founder John Carman was born. [7] Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of Heemstede in the Netherlands, as this was an area from which many Dutch settlers of New Netherland originated.
