When was guilford ct settled

Updated Feb. Land from the Ruttawoo [East River] to Agicomook [Stone Creek] was signed over to the Englishmen for a wagonload of trinkets: 12 coats 12 hatchets 12 hoes 12 knives and an equal number of spoons 12 fathoms of wampum 12 pairs of shoes and pairs of stockings 2 English coats 12 glasses 12 hats 4 kettles and 12 porringers. Guilford Links Guilford homes: Take a walk around town and see some of the houses that our family has called home. Home lot map : Find the family's first parcels on a copy of the town's original property map.

Oldest portrait: Town Clerk Ebenezer Chamber of Commerce : The latest happenings in Guilford and Branford. Henry Whitfield Museum Connecticut's oldest house houses Ebenezer's one-hand clock , which once topped America's first clock tower. The Attic. Find Your Twig. Guilford, Conn. Honor Roll. The Guilford colony prospered, with rich fields and orchards supplemented by food and income from the sea. The modest thatched homes around the town green were replaced by fine colonial , and then Federal and later style houses.

The 19th century saw increases in industry, including shipbuilding, carriage-making, iron foundries, granite quarries, and canning of food. The coming of the railroad gave another boost to Guilford's economy, and the line linking New Haven and New York City with New London , Providence and Boston still goes right by the center of Guilford. Chicago, IL: Arcadia, Rockey, J.

History of New Haven County, Connecticut. New York: W. Preston, Lambert, Edward. Smith, Ralph. Albany, NY: J. Munsell Printer, All men were expected to serve the community and colony in a wide variety of public offices, from governor to hayward the official in charge of fences and livestock enclosures.

Women had few rights of their own, but contributed to society as they believed God had ordained—as wives, mothers, and church-members, their work focused on hearth and farm.

The English legal system prevailed, overseen by a general court that met regularly. Records provide a glimpse of daily life—issues concerning property boundaries, wayward livestock, occasional slander, and slight of religious and civic obligations.

Well into its second century, little criminal activity was present in the orderly community. Guilford was dealt a major blow in the late s and early s, when several prominent men died and still others returned to England during the Commonwealth era. The Rev. Whitfield left his flock to return to England during that era of expanded freedoms. Guilford survived, due in part to the commitment of the Rev. John Higginson, who previously had taught school and assisted Whitfield, and William Leete, who for over 40 years led his people as magistrate, Deputy Governor, and Governor.

The house lots, the core of settlement, were first structured near the Guilford Green. Guilford was a farming community from its earliest days.