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Colonial Connecticut
Find information about Colonial
Connecticut Genealogy to help with your genealogy research and to find your
Connecticut surnames and ancestors.
Connecticut Colonial
Timeline:
1636 - The Massachusetts Council
granted temporary commissions to four companies about to settle Connecticut.
1636 - Hartford, Conn., was
settled by a company under the Rev. Thomas Hooker
1638 - Captain John Mason was
appointed Major-General of the Connecticut forces.
1638 - First Sunday spent at New
Haven by the newly arrived Colonists.
1639 - Connecticut adopted a
Constitution of its own, the first Colonial Constitution framed by Americans.
1647 - Date of the New Haven
Compact between Governor Eaton and Rev. John Davenport.
1662 - Royal Charter granted to
the Patentees of Connecticut by Charles II.
1676 - The Connecticut troops
under Major Treat arrived at Narragansett for the second campaign against King
Philip.
1676 - The Connecticut Forces
returned home after the "Great Swamp Fight."
1687 - The Charter of Connecticut
was concealed in the Oak tree, to save it from surrender to the Royal
Governor, Andros.
1764 - The boundary line between
New York and Connecticut was settled by Royal order in Privy Council.
Source: A Year Book of
Colonial Times Compiled by the Rev. Frederick S. Sill, D.D. Member of the
Society of Colonial Wars, E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1899
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New England Early Genealogy Database
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Revolutionary War Rolls on Fold3
See images of the actual
regimental rolls from the National Archives. They are being put
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Search Revolutionary War Officers
Collection of Revolutionary Officers Information
on World Vital Records
Search Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83
This database is a collection of records kept by the National
Archives listing men who fought for the colonies during the war.
This database contains only those records available in the National
Archives and may not include all persons involved in the American
Revolutionary War. Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)Each
volunteer soldier has one Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR) for
each regiment in which he served.
Search Colonial Families in the U.S.
This database covers the families of the early
English colonies in America. Beginning with the first landing at
Jamestown this series covers families up through the start of the
American Revolutionary War and beyond into the Nineteenth Century. Many
vital records are included, as well as locations of births, marriages,
and deaths. In addition to containing family genealogies this database
also contains armorial bearings, or coats of arms, for some of the more
prominent families from England and Scotland.
Old Colony Ancestors Online
Access this database of
nearly 200,000 names with roots in Southeastern Massachusetts, complete
with citations, containing information on over 57,000 marriages, with a
total of more than 950,000 text records. Some families are followed for
only 2-3 generations, but many are traced for up to 15 generations. Once
a family moved beyond the Southeastern Massachusetts area, most reports
stop. Some are followed as they migrated westward into the Berkshires
and up into Vermont and upstate New York.
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