Author: Jeanne Majdalany
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ISBN: 9780788408939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The history is a combination of two works which were previously published in the late 1970's. They are now being offered as a single volume, covering the time period of 1641 to 1978: nearly three and a half centuries. The book's first part deals with the Cove, an area along the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, located mainly on the island in the cove between Stamford and Darien. The region's history goes back to 1641. The island was first used as a pound; then it became the center of a grist mill operation. By 1800 John William Holly had settled there and further developed mills producing dyes and drugs. Eventually the whole area was absorbed by the Stamford Manufacturing Company, where 500 men were employed. This section is also replete with photographs, maps and illustrations from both the 19th century and more recent times. In addition to presenting the history, it contains a full chart on the Holly family plus many references to other families in the area, which will all be extremely appreciated by researchers. The book's second part, a history of Long Ridge Village, covers the years between 1700 and 1800, and gives a detailed picture of this little community located ten miles north of central Stamford. Long Ridge Village was settled in 1717 by three enterprising men from Long Island: Thomas Brush Jr., Michael Waring and John White. They were soon joined by the Ingersois, Newmans and Todds, and the community began to flourish. In addition to a rich description of life in that time, the account includes maps, charts and genealogical data. This book brings back more than three centuries of history to enlighten those who have a special relationship with Stamford by having visited or lived there.
Author: Elijah Baldwin Huntington
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Category : Darien (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Author: Jeanne Majdalany
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ISBN: 9781556133947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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This important work chronicles the development of the Stamford settlement from its difficult and demanding early days to its later period of relative prosperity and independence. Details of the hardships and triumphs of the young village include: the constant threat of Indian incursion; the development of military order and strong defenses; King Philip's War, which decimated the Indian force; conflicts which arose with the Dutch over boundaries; and the struggle of Stamford to break free from New Haven to free itself of taxes levied by the Colony and its overwhelming judicial control. These are just a few of the notable incidents that occurrd during the first sixty days of Stamford's existance. Many aspects of everyday life are also described in this book. A lenghthy chapter provides outline genealogies covering the first three or four generations of all the families which arrived in the seventeenth century and stayed for an exteded period.
Author: Jeanne Majdalany
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ISBN: 9781556136108
Category : Stamford (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Author: Elijah Baldwin Huntington
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230314099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIV. LATER BIOGRAPHY. Ambler, David, son of Stephen and Deborah Ambler, was born in Stamford, April 29, 1739. He spent the first thirty-four years of his life in his native town, and won here a good name. In 1766 he united with the Congregational church. Our records, both church and town, show him to have been an active and efficient man, and when he removed to Woodbury, he soon won for himself there the reputation of a thorough, practical man, and was held in great esteem and honor. He was probably a grandson of our Abraham Ambler. He married in 1761, Olive A., sister of Rev. Benjamin Wildman, of Southbury, and in 1773, removed to Bethlehem society, then in the town of Woodbury, but since incorporated as a separate town. He represented his adopted town in ten sessions of the state legislature. Cothren's History of Woodbury says of him: "He had for a long period the supervision of the town affairs in the section where he resided; was an efficient magistrate, and during the revolution rendered important services to the country, as committee of safety and in procuring and forwarding supplies to the army. He died January 8, 1808." His widow moved to Bridgewater, N. Y., where she lived many years with her daughter. They had ten children. Bell, Thaddeus, was the son of Thaddeus and Mary (Leeds) Bell, and was born in Stamford, March 18, 175S-9. He was early brought forward into public lite, and for a pariod of a half century, was one of the most noted men in the town. For eleven sessions he represented the town in the 'legislature, and was much of his life employed in public business, for his town and county. But he is best known as one of the most earnest of our revolutionary patriots. The following tribute to his services in that...
Author: Elijah Baldwin Huntington
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Author: John Watson Alvord
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385131839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.
Author: Estelle F. Feinstein
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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In the early 1600s, a handful of restless inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony left Boston for Wethersfield, Connecticut, later continuing on to the site then known as "Rippowam." "Rippowam" became known as "Stamford," a sleepy New England village. But as New York began emerging as the preeminent city in America, Stamford, less than 40 miles away, was pulled into a new sphere. Even in the dawn of its own industrial prosperity in the 19th century, Stamford was the home of New York commuters. It was also the home of an increasingly diverse population. After eras of subsistence, then surplus, farming in the 17th and 18th centuries, industrial enterprise and trade in the 19th, and the postindustrial slump, Stamford today -- with sweet irony -- is the site of a large cluster of Fortune 500 companies who left New York behind.
Author: Elijah Baldwin 1816-1877 [ Huntington
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781346142067
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Author: Edward T. W. Gillespie
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Category : Stamford (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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