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HISTORY OF
NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
Edited by J. L. Rockey,
Assisted by a corps of writers
In two volumes, Illustrated
- Volume I. -
Published:
New York:
W. W. Preston & Co.
1892

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. - GENERAL HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY

1
   - Location and Description
 - Natural Features, Topography, Geology, etc.
 - Discovery
 - Claims of the Dutch and English
 - Settlements at Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield
 - Settlement of Quinnipiac
 - Treaties with the Indians
 - Organization of Church and Civil Government
 - The Jurisdiction of New Haven
 - Union of the New England Colonies
 - Governor Eaton and his Successors
 - The Regicide Judges
 - Charter of 1662
 - Union of New Haven and Connecticut Colonies
 - New Haven County Formed
 - Town Organizations
 - Cities and Boroughs
 - Statistics
 - State and County Buildings
 - County Commissioners
 - The Courts of the County
 - Internal Improvements
 - General Military Matters
 - General Civil List		  
CHAPTER II. - TOWN AND CITY OF NEW HAVEN (CONCLUDED) 97
   - Location and Natural Features
 - General Description
 - Settlement and Development
 - Condition at the Beginning of the Present Century
 - Statistics
 - Municipal Organization
 - Town Clerks
 - City Government
 - City Police
 - Fire Department
 - Water Supply
 - Public Sewerage
 - City Buildings
 - Street Illumination
 - Trees and Parks
 - General Business Interests
 - Monetary "Institutions
 - Lawyers and Physicians
 - Post Office
 - Street Railways
 - Philanthropic and Social Institutions		  
CHAPTER III. - TOWN AND CITY OF NEW HAVEN (CONCLUDED) 144
   - Early School Teachers
 - Hopkins Grammar School
 - Other Early Schools
 - Later Select Schools
 - The Lancasterian School
 - Graded Schools Established
 - Present Condition of Public Schools
 - Yale University
 - The Periodical Press
 - First Congregational Church
 - North Church
 - Yale College Church
 - Third Congregational Church
 - Dixwell Avenue Church
 - College Street Church
 - Church of the Redeemer
 - Davenport Church
 - Howard Avenue Church
 - Humphrey Street Church
 - Taylor Church
 - Dwight Place Church
 - Ferry Street Church
 - Emanuel Church
 - First Presbyterian Church
 - Trinity Church
 - St. Paul's Church
 - St. John's Church
 - Church of the Ascension
 - St. Paul's Church
 - St. John's Church
 - Church of the Ascension
 - St. Thomas' Church
 - Christ Church
 - Grace Church
 - St. Luke's Church
 - All Saints' Chapel
 - Trinity Chapel
 - Methodist Churches
 - Baptist Churches
 - Lutherans
 - Second Adventists
 - Universalists
 - Hebrews
 - Roman Catholilcs
 - Cemeteries
 - Fair Haven
 - Westville
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 201		  
CHAPTER IV. - THE TOWN OF EAST HAVEN 217
   - Location and Natural Features
 - The Pioneer Settlers
 - Civil Organization
 - Bridges, Ferries, Roads, etc.
 - Industrial Pursuits
 - East Haven Village
 - Religious and Educational Matters
 - Cemeteries
 - Military Affairs
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 236		  
CHAPTER V. - THE TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN 248
   - Location and Description
 - Settlement
 - Early Religious Affairs
 - Reverend Benjamin Trumbull
 - Congregational Church
 - St. John's (P. E.) Church
 - Baptist Church at Montowese
 - Incorporation of the Town
 - Civil List
 - Public Improvements
 - Public Buildings
 - The Bradley Library
 - The Town Centennial
 - General Business Interests
 - Villages
 - Sabbath Day Houses
 - Slaves
 - Fishing Privileges
 - Taverns
 - Physicians
 - North Haven in the Nation's Wars
 - BIOGRAPHIES - 275		  
CHAPTER VI. THE TOWN OF HAMDEN 288
   - Location and Natural Features
 - Early Agricultural Industries
 - The Early Settlers and their Descendants
 - Population
 - Civil Organization
 - Town Poor
 - Town Hall
 - Town Clerks
 - Public Thoroughfares
 - Manufacturing Interests
 - Hamlets, Post Offices, etc.
 - Masonic Lodge
 - Schools
 - Mt. Carmel Congregational Church
 - Congregational Church in Whitneyville
 - Grace Church (Protestant Episcopal)
 - St. Mary's Church (Roman Catholic)
 - Hamden Plains Methodist Episcopal Church
 - The New Lebanon Mission
 - Cemeteries
 - Water Works and Parks
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 322		  
CHAPTER VII. - THE TOWN OF WALLINGFORD 340
   - Location and Description
 - Early Settlers
 - Growth of the Town
 - Second Centennial
 - Organization of Town and Early Records
 - Town Clerks and Probate Judges
 - Public Highways
 - Manufacturing
 - Wallingford Borough
 - Incorporation and Officers
 - Sewerage
 - Street Improvement
 - Water Department
 - Fire Department
 - The Wallingford Disaster
 - Gas Light Company
 - Banks
 - Building and Loan Association
 - Business Places
 - Post Offices
 - Public Buildings
 - The Press
 - Libraries
 - Yalesville
 - Tracy
 - East Wallingford
 - Physicians and Attorneys
 - Societies		  
CHAPTER VIII. - THE TOWN OF WALLINGFORD (CONCLUDED) 378
   - Educational Matters
 - Establishment of Religious Worship
 - First Congregational Church
 - The Wallingford Controversy
 - The Wells Society
 - The Wallingsford Baptist Church
 - St. Paul's (Protestant Episcopal) Church
 - The First Methodist Class
 - Yalesville M. E. Church
 - The Adventist Church
 - Yalesville Baptist Church
 - St. John's (Protestant Episcopal) Church, Yalesville
 - Second Advent Church of Wallingford
 - Holy Trinity (Roman Catholic) Parish
 - The Wallingford Community
 - Cemeteries
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 413		  
CHAPTER IX - TOWN AND CITY OF MERIDEN 456
   - Location and Description
 - Early Settlement
 - Ecclesiastical Organization
 - Civil Organization
 - Town Officers
 - Town Buildings
 - South Meriden
 - East Meriden
 - The City of Meriden
 - Location and Surroundings
 - Early Growth
 - Municipal Affairs
 - Police Department
 - Street Improvement
 - Public Parks
 - Water Department
 - Fire Department
 - Gas Light Company
 - Railway Interests
 - Manufacturing Interests
 - Banking and Other Monetary Institutions
 - General Business Interests
 - Inns and Hotels
 - Post Office		  
CHAPTER X - TOWN AND CITY OF MERIDEN (CONCLUDED) 516
   - The Periodical Press
 - Literary Notes
 - Physicians
 - Lawyers
 - Secret Orders
 - G. A. R. and Soldiers' Monument
 - Agricultural Societies, etc.
 - Meriden Ecclesiastical Society
 - First Meeting House
 - First Congregational Church
 - Center Congregational Church
 - St. Andrew's (P. E.) Church
 - First Baptist Church
 - German Baptist Church
 - M. E. Churches
 - Universalist Church
 - St. John's German Lutheran Church
 - New Emanuel Lutheran Church
 - St. Rose of Lima (R. C.) Church
 - St. Laurent's (French Catholic) Church
 - Young Men's Christian Association
 - State Reform School
 - The Curtis Home
 - City Mission Society
 - Meriden Hospital
 - Cemeteries		  
CHAPTER XI - MERIDEN - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 574
   - Nathaniel L. Bradley
 - Eli Butler
 - Andrew J. Coe
 - Lemuel J. Curtis
 - Charles H. S. Davis
 - Seth J. Hall
 - George E. Howe
 - Emily J. Leonard
 - Saxton B. Little
 - William W. Lyman
 - Edward B. Manning
 - Edward Miller
 - Samuel C. Paddock
 - Charles Parker
 - Cephas B. Rogers
 - John Sutliff
 - John Tait
 - Henry K. White
 - Horace C. Wilcox
 - Grove H. Wilson
 - Bertrand L. Yate
 - Personal Paragraphs		  
CHAPTER XII - THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE 657
   - Georgraphical and Descriptive
 - Early Settlers
 - Roads
 - Taverns
 - Small Pox
 - Civil Organization
 - Manufacturing Interests
 - Mines and Mining
 - Cheshire Village
 - West Cheshire
 - Brooksvale
 - Mixville
 - Cheshire Street
 - Other Localities
 - Railroads
 - Lodges and Societies
 - Solders' Monument
 - Educational and Professional Interests
 - Cheshire Congregational Church
 - St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
 - Cheshire Methodist Episcopal Church
 - St. Bridget's Roman Catholic church
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES		  
CHAPTER XIII - THE TOWN OF PROSPECT 732
   - Geographical and Descriptive
 - Civil Organization
 - Town Officers
 - The Roads
 - Town Poor
 - Business Interests
 - Educational and Religious Interests
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES		  
 


PORTRAITS

  
  Banks, Nehemiah 414
  Bradley, Justin 238
  Bradley, Nathaniel L. 574
  Burleigh, Cecil A. 324
  Butler, Eli 578
  Capewell, George J. 717
  Coe, Andrew J. 580
  Coe, Levi E. 584
  Cornwall, Edward A. 718
  Curtis, Lemuel J. 586
  Davis, Charles H. S. 590
  Downes, William E. 206
  Francis, William 418
  Goodyear, Robert B. 278
  Hall, Seth J. 592
  Hallenbeck, George M. 424
  Harrison, Benjamin F. 426
  Horton, Sanford J. 722
  Howe, George E. 594
  Hubbard, Leverett M. 428
  Humiston, Daniel 725
  Ives, Titus B. 726
  Judd, Morton 434
  Lanyon, James 728
  Leonard, Emily J. 596
  Little, Saxton B. 600
  Lyman, William W. 602
  McGaughey, James D. 438
  Manning, Edward B. 603
  Miller, Edward 604
  Mix, Norris B. 330
  Paddock, Samuel C. 608
  Parker, Charles 611
  Reynolds, William T. 280
  Rogers, Cephas B. 612
  Simpson, Samuel 446
  Stiles, Ezra 282
  Stiles, Isaac L. 284
  Sutliff, John 615
  Swift, Edwin D. 334
  Tait, John 616
  Todd, F. Hayden 286
  Townsend, James M. 212
  Tuttle, Henry 336
  Wallace, Robert 450
  White, Henry K. 618
  Wilcox, Horace C. 621
  Wilson, Grove H. 622
  Yale, Bertrand L. 624
  Yale, Charles D. 452
 


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