| 17th century |
| 1611-1650 |
artists of the age http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1651else.htm |
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early religious disputes http://www.colonialwarsct.org/disputes_history.htm |
| 1614 |
Adriaen Block, representing the Dutch, sails up the
Connecticut River. Dutch traders sailed up the Connecticut River around
the year 1614, and landed near Hartford. map link When Tom and I were growing up there was still a tree near Frost's Pint in Westport that was known as the Adriaen Block Tree -- a tree he used as a reference point in his travels along Long Island Sound.
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| 1618 |
William IVES b: 1618 in Ipswich,
Suffolk, Eng (Rachel Ives's Great Great Great Grandfather) |
| 1619 |
Joseph (or Christian
Joseph) Northrup one of the founders of Milford born 1619 Wilkersfeld,
Yorkshire Co.(?), England, immigrated (possibly from Bradford, Yorkshire
Co. England) to America, July 26, 1637 aboard the "Hector and Martin";
one of "Eaton and Davenport" Co. ships. died
Sept. 11, 1669. He married (1639, Milford, New Haven Co. Conn) Mary Norton,
daughter of Francis Norton and Mary Houghton. Their children were: Joseph,
Samuel, Jeremiah, John, Sophar, Daniel, William, and Mary.OR b. 1617 in Bradford,West
Riding,Yorkshire,England |
| 1633 |
The Dutch erect a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, on
the future site of Hartford.
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| 1633 |
John Oldham and others explore and trade along the Connecticut River. |
| 1633 |
Plymouth Colony sends William Holmes to found a trading post at Windsor.
Dutch traders had purchased land from the Pequot Tribe and made a permanent
settlement. John Oldham and others explore and trade along the Connecticut
River. |
| 1633 |
a major smallpox epidemic during the winter of 1633-34 |
| 1634 |
Wethersfield founded by people from Massachusetts.
|
| 1634 |
First English arrive in Windsor. |
| 1635 |
Fort erected at Saybrook by Lion Gardiner.
|
| 1635 |
Group from Dorchester, Massachusetts join Windsor settlement. First
English settlers in Windsor arrive in summer. |
| 1636 |
One of the most famous early Connecticut settlers, the Reverend Thomas
Hooker, traveled from Newtown (Cambridge),Massachusetts with a group of
colonists. They founded the town of Hartford which soon became an important
center of government and trade. |
| 1637 |
JOSEPH NORTHRUP, a member of the
Eaton and Davenport's company came from England in the ship "Hector
and Martha," landing at Boston, July 26, 1637. One of multitudes
of Protestant non-conformists emigrated to America in the wake of persecutions
of Puritans in England. |
| 1637 |
Trouble began between the settlers and the Pequot
Indians. The Indians wanted to take the lands that had been purchased
from the Mohegans. In that year, Captain John Mason led the colonists
to victory over the Pequots. Pequot war http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637_links.htm
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| 1638 |
New Haven Colony established by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton.
http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1638_new_haven_links.htm |
| February 1, 1639 |
the date the area then known as "Wepawaug"
was purchased from Ansantawae, chief sachem of the Paugusset Tribe. Settlers
began arriving shortly thereafter and began to build the town known as
Milford. |
| 1639 |
Because they wanted to create a plan for the type
of government they wanted, Thomas Hooker, John Haynes and Roger Ludlow
wrote a document which has been called the first written constitution.
This was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Many historians have said
that this was the basis for the United States Constitution. It was adopted
in 1639 by Freeman of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. At the same
time, the first Governor, John Haynes, was chosen.
|
| 1639 |
In 1639, members from the Eaton
and Davenport and the Sir Richard Saltonstall companies formed the settlement
of Milford, Conn. Joseph Northrup was among them. Their settlement was
made shortly after the Pequot War. |
| 1639 |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted by Freemen
of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor; John Haynes chosen first Governor.
|
| 1640 |
At a General Court (town meeting),
held Nov. 24, 1640, the place was named "Milford." |
| 1641-50 |
elswhere in the
world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1641else.htm |
| 1643 |
Connecticut joins in forming the New England Confederation. |
| 1645 |
The Indians became hostile in 1645-6,
and guards were kept day and night. They went to church, carrying their
rifles with them. |
| 1646 |
New London founded by John Winthrop, Jr. |
| 1646 |
Milford 1646 map link http://history.rays-place.com/ct/milford/milford-map.jpg |
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he first meetinghouse http://history.rays-place.com/ct/milford/3-firstmeetinghouse.jpg |
| 1649 |
new England, Boston Smallpox, Boston his especially hard |
| 1650 |
Code of laws drawn up by Roger Ludlow and adopted by legislature. |
| In 1655 |
Christiaan Huygens discovered 'Titan,' Saturn's largest moon, and that what Galileo had thought were moons were actually rings. He was the first to note markings on Mars. He also applied Galileo's idea that a falling body does so in a straight line to planetary orbits, calculating "the radial force necessary to keep a planet in a circular path [is] mv2/r, where m is the mass, v the velocity, and r the orbital radius" (Grosser 1979:9). |
| mid-1650s |
Thomas Sydenham promoted the idea that diseases were organisms inside a host. He advocated direct observation and classification to determine the nature of disease, and introduced quinine and laudanum to English medicine. |
| 1651 |
Goodwife Bassett was hanged for witchcraft in Stratford,
Connecticut. 233 |
| 1651-60 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1651else.htm |
| 1653 |
Indians were again troublesome
in 1653 |
| 1653 |
An unknown person was executed for witchcraft in
New Haven, Connecticut. |
| 1653 |
Elizabeth Knapp was hanged for witchcraft in Fairfield,
Connecticut. 233 |
| 1658 |
The New Haven laws were severe: “If after they have suffered the law . . . and shall presume to
come into this jurisdiction again, every such male Quaker shall for the
second offence be branded on the hand with the letter H, be committed
to prison and kept to work till he can be sent away at his own charge,... |
| 1660 |
the colonists had become uneasy about their legal
standing with England. The colonies were still under English rule then,
but there were many disagreements about land claims. |
| 1661-70 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1661else.htm |
| 1662 |
Governor John Winthrop, Jr. went to England in 1662
to talk to King Charles II. He returned with a royal charter. This document
was important because it gave the colony a legal basis and the approval
of the King. |
| In 1665 |
Robert Hooke, in Micrographia, named and gave the first description of cells. He also described plant and animal fossils, comparing their microscopic structure to that of living organisms. Hooke also noted the 'black spot' in soap bubbles, and, independently of Grimaldi, hypothesized that light is "a 'very short vibrative motion' transverse to straight lines of propagation through a 'homogenous medium.' Heat [is] defined as 'a property of a body arising from the motion or agitation of its parts'" (Koyré 1965:223n2 |
| 1665 |
Union of New Haven and Connecticut Colonies completed. |
| 1665 |
The first division of any Connecticut town--Lyme's separation from
Saybrook. |
| 1666 |
New England Smallpox epidemic |
| 1666 |
William son of Joseph is born June
2, 1666 in Milford, CT. . He is the 7th child still living at the time
of his mother's will in 1683. His father, Joseph, one of the founders,
will live 3 more years. |
| 1667 |
On October 10, 1667 the Connecticut
General Assembly authorized the “making of a village on the east
river” that was to become Wallingford |
| 1668 |
some Ives sign a
covenant to settle in the new village, Wallingford. In the new village,
each planter was required to help build the community. Decisions were
made by a majority vote, with guidance from the Bible and Church. The
first homes built were log cabins with thatched roofs, and later frame
buildings of white oak. |
| 1669 |
Joseph Northrup died
Sept. 11, 1669, thirty years after the settlement of Milford marker in
the Founder's cemetary, Milford, CT. He was probably at least 48 years
of age. |
| 1671-1680 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1671else.htm |
| 1672 |
Connecticut exempted VICTIMS of sexual assault and
partners in sodomy under 15 from the death penalty. 4 |
| 1675-76 |
Connecticut participates in King Philip's War which
was fought in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. an account of the events
http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1675.htm |
| 1678 |
New England Smallpox epidemic |
| 1681 |
On December 23, colonists repealed the New England ban on Christmas
celebrations after 22 years |
| 1681-1690 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1681else.htm |
| 1684 |
Danbury was settled |
| 1687 |
Andros assumes rule over Connecticut |
| 1687 |
In October of 1687, the English Governor, Sir Edmund Andros, who
had been appointed by King James, came to Connecticut to take away the
charter and the colonists' legal rights. A large assembly was called to
discuss the situation, and the charter was put on a table. Suddenly, someone
put out the candles, and in the darkness the charter was taken away. Captain
Wadsworth of Hartford is credited with taking the charter and placing
it in a hollow spot in a large oak tree. This tree became known as the
Charter Oak (http://www.cslib.org/lbtleg.htm). |
| 1689 |
Connecticut resumes government under charter. |
| 1689 |
French and Indian Wars http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1689.htm
a series of colonial wars between Great Britain and France that lasted
three-quarters of a century. |
| 1691-1700 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1691else.htm |
| 1691-1700 |
artists writers and thinkers http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1651writers.htm
|
| 1692 |
Two Puritan Goodwives (Goodwife or Goody
was a term for less affluent wifes), Mercy Disborough of Compo (now Westport)
and Elizabeth Clauson of Stamford, were cried out upon by their neighbors
for an assortment of peculiarities and accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth
Clawson was acquitted of witchcraft in Fairfield, Connecticut. http://www.theshe-wood.com/pages/3/index.htm
Witch trials caused the death of 12 people in what is now the state of
Connecticut, according to Mary Ellen McClean of the Fairfield Historical
Society; 10 were women and two were men. Two women were killed in this
area. Goody (short for Goodwife, a title for lower-class women) Bassett
was killed in Stratford in 1651 and Goody Knapp was hanged in 1653 in
Fairfield. Mary Staples, the wife of Thomas Staples, one of the two founders
of Fairfield was also accused. Her accuser was the other founder of Fairfield,
Roger Ludlow. Staples was acquitted; her husband instead sued Ludlow for
slander and won.Witch trials caused the death of 12 people in what is
now the state of Connecticut, according to Mary Ellen McClean of the Fairfield
Historical Society; 10 were women and two were men. Two women were killed
in this area. Goody (short for Goodwife, a title for lower-class women)
Bassett was killed in Stratford in 1651 and Goody Knapp was hanged in
1653 in Fairfield. Mary Staples, the wife of Thomas Staples, one of the
two founders of Fairfield was also accused. Her accuser was the other
founder of Fairfield, Roger Ludlow. Staples was acquitted; her husband
instead sued Ludlow for slander and won. |
| 1693 |
ABT William marries
Mary Peck, dau. of Joseph Peck. Had at least 8 children all born in Milford.
William may have reached the age of 69 or 70. |
| 1697 |
In Wallingford, Connecticut,
Winifred Benham and her daughter Winifred, Jr. were excommunicated for
witchcraft and acquitted. |
| 18th century |
| 1700 |
In 1700 there was
much danger. It was a time of general alarm throughout the country for
four or five years. The colonists of New Haven and Milford had all along
purchased from the Indians the lands they settled upon, and in every way
treated the Indians kindly and fairly, but the hostility of these sons
of the forest was awakened by their fears of the growing numbers and power
of the whites, and the dawning consciousness that sooner or later they
would inevitably be driven from their ancient homes. If they could have
written history, it would go far to justify their hostility. |
| 1701 |
Thomas, (grandson
of Joseph I) was born to William Northrop and Mary Peck on March 16, 1701
in Milford, CT. Fifth of the 8 documented children. |
| 1701 |
Collegiate School (Later to become Yale) authorized by General Assembly. |
| 1702 |
Turnpike road from Pymouth to Salem (naugatuck) to connect with Strait's Turnpike (which appears to have taken many years to complete to New Haven) |
| 1701-1710 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701else.htm |
| 1701-1750 |
writers thinkers artists of the age http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701writers.htm |
| 1707 |
New Milford was settled |
| 1708 |
Saybrook Platform permits churches to join regional consociations.
|
| 1710-11 |
Newtown was settled (Newbury Parish was
settled 1754 became Brookfield 1788) |
| 1711-1720 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1711else.htm |
| 1713 |
The Governor and
company granted a Patent to Milford, dated May 22, 1713 |
| 1717 |
New Haven State House erected on the Green. |
| 1717 |
Scots-Irish immigration begins in earnest due to higher rent rates
in the Great Britain. |
| 1717 |
Collegiate School moves to New Haven; called Yale the next year. |
| 1719 |
Litchfield, CT Founded in 1719 |
| 1722 |
indication of land speculaion garnseytown sice it was such good land and could return far more to farners watertown and 1738 was incorporated as its own society the good land drew residents from waterbury and the notoriety brought settler from other towns
pork butter cheese grain merino wool sheep, |
| 1724 |
Dr, John Warner first physician in Watertown, b, Watertown moved to stratford and returned to Watertoen in 1724 |
| 1729 |
Road laid out from Waterbury to Westbury an adjustment to the road mentions country road that goeth to Woodbury (woodbury road mentioned as early as 1687 althought probably not much used then. It became more important as the French and Indian Wars broke out. It was likely used to communicate with Albany and the military posts lyung north. It connected Woodbury to Hartford and the river towns |
| 1730 ABT. |
THOMAS3 NORTHRUP
marries Abigail Terrill, dau. of Daniel Terrill . |
| 1730 ABT. |
Thomas and Abigail
Terrill Northrop removed to Newtown, Conn., and resided there until the
children were grown and settled. |
| 1731 |
CT Boundary Line http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731.htm |
| 1731-1740 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731else.htm |
| 1732-3 |
Worldwide Influenza epidemic |
| 1734 |
Isaac Northrup born
Aug. 6, 1734 to Thomas and Abigail Terrill in Newtown, CT. Isaac is the
3rd of 6 documented chikdren. Isaac, along with his brothers and sisters,
was born in Newtown before his father moved to New Milford, CT. |
| |
Isaac moved around a bit at least from
Newtown to Brookfield and probably then to the Chatham NY area. |
| 1736 |
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| 1738 |
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| 1739 |
Goshen organized (some early families of Wallingford
moved to Goshen in the late 1750s) |
| 1740 |
Manufacture of tinware begun at Berlin by Edward and
William Pattison. |
| 1740s |
Height of religious "Great Awakening". http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1740_s.htm |
| 1741-1750 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731else.htm
|
| 1745 |
Connecticut troops under Roger Wolcott help capture Louisburg. Nova
Scotia, Canada |
| 1747 |
Measles epidemic CT, PA, NY |
| 1751-1760 |
http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1751else.htm
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| 1751-1775 |
writers thinkers artists of the age http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1751writers.htm |
| 1754 |
THE FRENCH INDIAN WAR BEGINS |
| 1755 |
Connecticut Gazette of New Haven, the Colony's first
newspaper, printed by James Parker at New Haven |
| 1759 |
Measles epidemic North America |
| 1761-1770 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1761else.htm |
| 1761 |
North America Influenza epidemic
|
| 1763 |
Brick State House erected on New Haven Green |
| 1763 |
THE FRENCH INDIAN WAR ENDS.. |
| 1764 |
Connecticut Courant, the oldest American newspaper in continuous
existence to the present, launched at Hartford by Thomas Green. |
| 1764 |
Connecticut in deep economic straits
|
| 1765 |
Sharp opposition to Stamp Act.- The Eastern CT Sons of Liberty mobilized
violent opposition to the Stamp Act, confrontation with Stampmaster Jared
Ingersoll in Wethersfield |
| 1765 |
The English Parliament passed a law called the Stamp
Act. This law said that the American Colonies would have to pay to have
official seals, or stamps, as they were called, placed on all printed
documents such as deeds, licenses or newspapers. |
| 1766 |
Governor Thomas Fitch who refused to reject the Stamp
Act defeated by William Pitkin. |
| 1767 |
Still needing to raise money, the English Parliament
again attempted to tax the American Colonies by passing the Townshend
Act in 1767. This act placed a tax on goods sent to the American Colonies
from England. The most famous example of this was the tax on tea. In 1767,
tea was as important to most people as coffee is to many people today.
So, they were not happy about a higher price for their tea. For awhile
some people refused to buy the tea, but that that did not last long. |
| 1767 |
Thomas and Samuel Green launch newspaper which after many changes
becomes New Haven Journal-Courier. |
| 1768 ABT. |
ISAAC4 NORTHRUP marries Lydia
Marsh dau. of Elder Elihu Marsh at Brookfield, CT. (About age 34) |
| 1770 |
Abiah NORTHRUP daughter
of Isaac and Lydia Marsh born 16 APR 1770 in Brookfield, Fairfield, CT
or b: 1772 |
| 1771-1775 |
elsewhere in the world http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1771else.htm |
| 1772 |
Measles epidemic North America |
| 1774 |
Plague visits Cornwall and Dudleytown.
|
| 1774 |
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia
to begin to establish the rights of the colonies. All of the colonies
sent representatives. Silas Deane, Eliphalet Dyer and Roger Sherman represented
Connecticut. |
| 1774 |
Connecticut and Rhode Island prohibit further importation of slaves (although Rhode Island merchants remain in slave trade to other colonies). |
| 1775 |
Unknown Epidemic hits New England hard |
| 1775-6 |
Worldwide Influenza epidemic - one of the worst |
| 1775 |
Rachel Ives born to Charles and
Sarah Ives in Wallingford, CT on perhaps 17 MAY 1775 may be several years
later in 1880 New Haven Twp, Connecticut parents at Wallingford for New
Haven reference may be for christening |
| 1775 |
Job (5)NORTHRUP/OP
son of Isaac and Lydia Marsh born 21 SEP 1775 in Brookfield, CT |
| 1775 |
Battle at Lexington/Concord; Govenor Trumbell responds
to the news with troops and supplies. |
| 1775 |
Connecticut men help plan and carry out seizure of Ft. Ticonderoga.
|
| 1775 |
First gun powder mill in Connecticut started in East Hartford. |
| 1775 |
As soon as the news of the uprising at Lexington,
Massachusetts "Lexington Alarm."in April of 1775 reached Connecticut,
several thousand militiamen left Connecticut for Massachusetts. They were
under the command of Colonel Israel Putnam from Pomfret. Soon promoted
to General, it was General Putnam who said at the Battle of Bunker Hill
in Boston, "Don't fire until you see the white of their eyes." |
| 1775 |
There were a number
of Northrups among those at Lexington although I have not found any direct
ancestors. Although many/most Northrups were in support of the colonial
position, there were also a few Northrop/up "Loyalists". |
| 1776 |
Samuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William Williams and Oliver Wolcott
signed the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut. Most Connecticut
citizens supported it, but not all. In that same year, a young Connecticut
patriot, Nathan Hale, was captured by the British while on a spy mission
for General Washington. Before he was executed, Nathan Hale said, "I
only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." You
may see the statue of Nathan Hale at the State Capitol Building. |
| 1776 |
Society of Friends (Quakers) abolishes slavery among members. |
| 1776 |
After the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776,
Connecticut's Tories were identified and disarmed. Over 1,000 Loyalists
fled to New York to escape harsh treatment in Connecticut.(3) |
| 1776 on |
Once the
war began, Connecticut contributed men and provisions for the war effort.
Known as the "Provision State," Connecticut supplied food, including
corn, rye, wheat, oats, barley, flax, vegetables, and fruit from the fertile
Thames River Valleys.(4) Clothing, gunpowder and other weaponry were also
among Connecticut's contributions. |
| 1777 |
British troops under General Tryon raid Danbury. |
| 1778 |
Amos Northrop born probably Jan.
8, 1778, reported to be Chatham, N. Y. , but may be CT |
| 1778 |
Aner Bradley of New Haven gold and silversmith shop in Watertoen,, a few years later his son Aner starts tannery at back of property and expabded to make shoes s/o Phineas & Martha Sherman
Wait and son Garritt Smith merchants prob before or around the Revolution (Wait Census 1790 & 1800, Garritt 1810 & 20
Hostelries/inns on post Roads many different kinds of people Bishops Tavern on road from Litchfield to New Haven (james Bishop) farmer merchant and innkeeper Harry Fenn drove a stagecoach |
| 1779 |
Gen Tryon and Garth led raids on the saltworks at
Greenwich, and attacked New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk. |
| 1780 |
another possible birth year
for Rachel Ives |
| 1781 |
Benedict Arnold's attack upon New London and Groton
involves massacre at Fort Griswold. |
| 1781 |
Washington and Rochambeau confer at Webb House in Wethersfield. |
| 1781 |
One major Revolutionary War battle was fought in
Connecticut. This was at New London. On September 6, 1781, British forces
under Benedict Arnold landed at New London on the banks of the Thames
River. They captured Fort Griswold and burned many buildings in the town. |
| 1781 |
Washington and Rochambeau confer at Webb House in Wethersfield. |
| 1783 |
Meeting of 10 Anglican clergy at Glebe House, Woodbury, leads to
consecration of Bishop Samuel Seabury and beginning of Protestant Episcopal
Church in United States. |
| 1784 |
Tapping Reeve established the first law school in the United States
in Litchfield. |
| 1784 |
Woodbridge created from part of Milford and part of
New Haven in 1784. |
| 1784 |
Rev. Samuel Bird died in 1784, at the age
of sixty, from inoculation for the small-pox.( daughter, Mabel Sarah was married to Dr. Joel
Northrop of New Milford, May 15, 1777) |
| 1785 |
First Connecticut Register and Manual published. |
| 1785 |
John Fitch made first model of paddle-wheel steamboat |
| 1784 |
Earliest Connecticut cities incorporated--Hartford, Middletown, New
Haven, New London and Norwich. |
| 1784 |
Governor Trumbull retires from governorship. |
| 1784 |
Connecticut relinquishes Westmoreland area to Pennsylvania.
|
| 1784 |
Connecticut Act passed providing for emancipation at age of twenty-five of all
Negroes born after March 1784. |
| 1785 |
First Connecticut Register and Manual published containing information
about the State of Connecticut. |
| 1785 |
he settlement of Sherburne occurred around 1792 near the present day Sherburne village. The town was named after the tune "Sherburne" which was written by Daniel Read in 1783. The early inhabitants had a habit of frequently singing the tune of Sherburne, which was a great favorite with them.[2] Most of the earliest inhabitants and settlers of Sherburne were originally from the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Sometime around 1785 or 1786, which was two years after the Treaty of Paris and Treaties of Versailles were signed on September 3, 1783 ending the American Revolutionary War, the future Proprietors and Pioneers of Sherburne, New York left Kent, Connecticut and emigrated to Duanesburgh, Schenectady County, New York. After a few years residing at Duanesburgh, New York they had been unable to secure title to the lands on which they settled. It was at that point, that they resolved to move again as a body to the Chenango Valley, which had just begun to open lands in the Twenty Townships.[3] |
| 1787 |
Connecticut sent three representatives to the Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention; Oliver Ellsworth, William Samuel Johnson and
Roger Sherman. They made a great contribution to the new Constitution
by proposing the "Connecticut Compromise." This compromise settled
the issue of representation in the new congress. In the Senate all states
would be represented equally. In the House of Representatives they would
be represented according to the size of their populations. This compromise
is still part of the United States Constitution. |
| 1788 |
On January 9, 1788, the Convention at Hartford approved the Federal
Constitution by a vote of 128 to 40. Connecticut became the fifth state
to ratify the Constitution and to become a state in the United States
of America. |
| 1789 |
Oliver Ellsworth and William Samuel Johnson begin service as first
United States Senators from Connecticut. |
| 1790 |
First Federal Census It only asked
a few questions names of
heads of families, as well as gender and age classifications (for males only). It does help document some information, but leaves much
open to speculation. Census usually performed in the early summer months. |
| 1790 |
Charles Ives appears
in Census in Wallingford, CT the two females are probaby wife Sarah and
Daughter Rachel Ives |
| 1790 |
Isaac Northop in
Woodbridge, CT is probably the correct one (also one in Brookfield) with
One male over 16 (Isaac), 2 males under 16 (Job and Amos) and 4 females
(wife, Lydia, Abiah, |
| 1792 |
(Prob.) Abiah Northrop
Sister of Amos marries Samuel WALDO b: 8 NOV 1769 in South Dover, Dutchess,
NY in Chatham, Columbia, NY |
| 1793 |
clocks produced in Plymouth, CT |
| 1794 |
A local minister preached the first Methodist sermon in Watertown in 1800 a class was formed with Jesse Hayes as class leader. Hayes walked from his home in Woodbury to North Watertown to conduct 2 services each Sunday. In 1811 Rev Coleman formed a church in 1811 |
| 1795 |
Ct Western Reserve lands sold |
| |
NORTHRUP JOEL NY ALBANY DUANESBURGH 1790 14400 |
| |
NORTHRUP JOEL NY CHENANGO SHERBURNE 1800 111012111 |
| 1790 - 1930 |
Connecticut ranked at, or near, the top for
the number of patents granted per state.(5) This "Yankee ingenuity"
created diversity that helped to solidify the economy and secure it from
recessions and declines |
| 1792 |
First turnpike road company, New London to Norwich,
incorporated.
|
| 1792 |
First banks established at Hartford, New London and New Haven. |
| 1793-96 |
Old State House, Hartford, erected; designed by Charles Bulfinch |
| 1795 |
The Town of Chatham, NY was formed from the Towns of Canaan and Kinderhook
in 1795 |
| 1795 |
Connecticut Western Reserve lands (now Northeastern
Ohio) sold for $1,200,000 and the proceeds were used to establish the
School Fund. |
| 1795 |
First insurance company incorporated as the Mutual Assurance Company
of the City of Norwich. |
| 1796 |
Thomas Hubbard starts Courier newspaper at Norwich. In 1860 paper merges with
the Morning Bulletin and continues as Norwich Bulletin to present. |
| 1799 |
Eli Whitney procures his first Federal musket contract; Within next decade Whitney develops a system of interchangable parts,
applicable to industries. In his Haddam armory, Whitney produces high
quality, machine made muskets with standard, interchangeable parts using
unskilled labor. This was a major contribution to modern manufacturing
processes. |
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| late 1700s -early 1800s |
rapid out-migration of citizens earliest causes of migration was the Revolution.
Some, such as the Loyalists, were forced out during the war. Others settled
in Vermont during the Revolution because Vermont did not levy taxes on
land.from Connecticut went to Iroquois land in New YorkThe Western Reserve,
an area of land bordering Lake Erie and Pennsylvania, was governed by
Connecticut until 1800. Small numbers of Connecticut citizens migrated
there during the 1790s and 1800s. stagnant agricultural
economy Many young people left Connecticut for the west, where land was
plentiful. Between 1780 and 1840, nearly 750,000 people left Connecticut |
| 1800 |
Connecticut faced
many changes to its population, economy, and government during the first
half of the 19th century. The new state quickly faced trouble with the
embargo that preceded the War of 1812. Without trade with Europe, Connecticut's
economy floundered. |
| 1800 |
census Amos Northrop
is in Kent Connecticut (About age 22). Female over 16 and under 26 is
likely to be Rachel Ives (now about 25). |
| 1800 |
Census finds Isaac
Northrop (shown as OP) in Hudson, Columbia County, NY (No northrup/op
in Chatham or Canaan, NY) is this the right one??? |
| 1800 |
A Job Northrop (likely
this Job is Amos' brother) is in Lenox, MA 23500 |
| 1801 or 1802 |
Amos' brother
Job marries Susan Cady. She is from Chatham NY. Job may have moved to
NY first or moved when he married Susan. ?? |
| 1800's |
insurance companies expand to cover fire and marine; early wool and cotton manufacturing;
increased demand for food - commercial agriculture begins; early 1800's steamboat became popular mode of travel |
| ~ 1800 |
Straight's Turnpike from New Haven to Litchfield completed |
| 1802 |
Brass industry begun at Waterbury by Abel Porter and
associates. |
| 1802 |
Beginning of packaged seed industry in Enfield |
| ~ 1803 |
Derby Turnpike from New Haven through Westville and Woodbridge to Derby |
| 1806 |
Noah Webster publishes the first abbreviated edition
of his dictionary of the American language. The full edition published
in 1828 contained 70,000 entries and largely replaced English dictionaries.
The American language now had a legitimate reference source. Find out
more about Noah Webster at the Noah Webster House Museum http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb |
| 1810 |
Danbury manufacturing hats; |
| 1810 |
Hartford Fire Insurance Company incorporated later to become the Hartford |
| 1810 |
Census no listing
for Amos Northrop. |
| 1811 |
Isaac Northrup dies 1811, Brookfield,NY? |
| 1812 |
Joseph Barber starts Columbian Register at New Haven.
In 1911 combined with New Haven Register and continues as Register to
present.
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| 1812-14 |
War of 1812 unpopular in Connecticut; new manufactures, especially
textiles, boom. |
| 1814 |
The Hartford Convention was held at the Old State
House. This meeting of Federalist leaders from Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, secretly adopted seven proposed
amendments to the Federal Constitution that were later accused of being
treasonous. Learn more about the Old State House on this page http://www.state.ct.us/emblems/sthouse.htm. |
| 1815 to 1835 |
ct changed from agricultural to manufacturing |
| 1815 |
First steamboat through the sound from NY to New Haven. Before that passengers and goods were transported in packets and depending on the weather could take up to a week. |
| 1815 |
First steamboat voyage up the Connecticut River to Hartford. |
| 1816 |
formation of Domestic Missionary Society |
| 1817 |
Erie Canal was built between 1817 and 1825 and provided the key link in a water highway to what would become the Midwestern United States, connecting to the Great Lakes at Buffalo. |
| 1817 |
Federalists defeated by reformers in political revolution. |
| 1817 |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet establishes a school for the deaf in West
Hartford on April 15, 1817. Among his first pupils is Alice Cogswell,
the daughter of a Hartford Doctor who was a member of the group who asked
Reverend Gallaudet to leave France and open this badly needed school. |
| 1818 |
New Constitution adopted by convention in Hartford and approved by
voters; ends system of established chur |
| 1820-23 |
fever epidemic starts in PA and spreads across the US |
| 1820 |
Census 1820 Amos 42 Kent ,( one
male 26 to 45) Rachel (one female 45 and over) Rachel would have just
turned 45 with the 5/17/1775 date Kent. Gerrit, b. Aug. 9, 1812, age 7
or 8 Chatham, N. Y. (one male under 10) Alvin, b. Apr. 15, 1803, Chatham,
N. Y (one male 18-26). |
| 1820 |
Captain Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington discovers the
continent of Antarctica. |
| 1822 |
Captain John Davis of New Haven becomes first man to set foot on
the Antarctic Continent. |
| 1822 |
Orange established (originally North Milford) in 1822
(also partly from New Haven) |
| 1823 |
Washington College (now Trinity) founded in Hartford. |
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| 1825 |
Erie Canal opens, attracting many farmers and farmhands
out west. |
| 1827 |
"New" State House erected in New Haven; Ithiel Town, architect. |
| 1828 |
The Farmington Canal is opened. Running from New Haven through
Farmington to the Massachusetts line, the canal operated until 1844. Boats
on the canal carried goods such as sugar, coffee and flour. Canals were
eventually replaced by railroads. http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/cthistory/81.ch.04.x.html |
| 1830 |
Canaan, NY and Fayette(sout of Seneca Falls alamost to Rochester),
NY Mormon revelations to Northrop Sweet, Joseph Smith |
| 1831-32 |
Asiatic Cholera (brought by English immigrants) |
| 1831 |
Wesleyan University founded in Middletown. |
| 1832 |
New York and other cities Cholera (thousands dead) |
| 1832 |
First Connecticut railroad incorporated as the Boston, Norwich and
New London. |
| 1832 |
Bethany created from Woodbridge in 1832 (originally
Milford) |
| 1833 |
1833 and completed in October 1836 Chenango Canal was a towpath canal that was built and operated in the mid-19th century in Upstate New York in the United States. It was 97 miles long and for much of its course followed the Chenango River, from Binghamton on the south end to Utica on the north end. It operated from 1834 to 1878 and provided a significant link in the water transportation system of the northeastern U.S., connecting the Susquehanna River to the Erie Canal.[2] |
| 1835 |
Revolver patented by Colt. |
| 1838 |
Railroad completed between New Haven and Hartford. |
| 1839 to 1841 |
The Amistad affair. http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/amistad/home.html |
| 1839 on |
Connecticut was on the frontlines of the political battlefield of the
Civil War.. Many of Connecticut's citizens were anti-slavery advocates,
participating in abolitionist societies and political groups. The Amistad
incident brought the anti-slavery issue to Connecticut's foreground in |
| 1840s-50s |
Peak of whaling from Connecticut ports and especially from New
London. |
| 1842 |
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford's first public museum,
was established. http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/index2.htm |
| 1843 |
Charles Goodyear develops vulcanizing process for rubber. |
| 1843 |
Civil rights of Jews protected through act guaranteeing equal privileges
with Christians in forming religious societies. |
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| 1844 |
Dr. Horace Wells uses anesthesia at Hartford. |
| 1846 |
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, the first life insurance
company, chartered in Connecticut. |
| 1846-50 |
Potato famine Ireland - fungus affects mainstay crop. |
| 1847 |
construction began September 1847 on the New York and New Haven Railroad ; the full line opened January 1849 |
| 1847 |
First American agricultural experiment station--at
Yale. |
| 1848 |
First cars passed througn on New York and New Haven railroad December 1848. (incorporated in 1844. |
| 1848 |
Slavery is abolished in Connecticut. Find more on abolition and
slavery at http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/slave.htm. |
| 1849 |
First teachers' college founded at New Britain (now Central Connecticut
State University). |
| 1851 |
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company started (under another name)
in Hartford. |
| 1852-3 |
Yellow fever epidemic US |
| 1853 |
Aetna Life Insurance Company started in Hartford. |
| 1857-59 |
Worldwide Influenza epidemic (one of disease's greatest epidemics) |
| 1858 |
Famous Charter Oak tree felled in a storm. |
| 1859 |
1859 news that oil was gushing out of a well near Titusville, thousands of adventurous Americans poured into the area, and a whole series of boom towns hastily sprang up. |
| 1860 |
Lincoln speaks in several Connecticut cities. |
| 1861-65 |
Approximately 55,000 men serve in Union Army; William Buckingham
wartime governor. The state provided many supplies for the troops. Uniforms
and other clothing, including textiles, brass buttons, rubber blankets,
ponchos and boots were manufactured in Connecticut. Arms, ammunition,
steamships, and cavalry equipment were also supplied by the "Provisions
State." In addition to equipment, Connecticut supplied over 55,000
men. Over 20,000 of them suffered casualties. |
| 1864 |
Travelers Insurance issues its first policy. |
| 1865 |
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company founded. |
| 1868 |
Land at Groton given by Connecticut to U.S. Navy for a naval station;
in April. |
| Between 1870 and 1900 |
the number of manufacturers in Connecticut
nearly doubled, as did the state's gross product.(6) Textiles and hardware
were the leading industries, but smaller manufacturing endeavors prospered
as well, such as typewriter and bell production.
The workforce that fueled the industrialization was drawn from the thousands
of immigrants who flooded Connecticut during the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. During the first half of the century, Connecticut received
only small numbers of immigrants. In 1850, only about ten percent of the
state's population was foreign born. This changed dramatically during
the second half of the century. |
| 1873-75 |
Influenza epidemic North America & Europe |
| 1875 |
Hartford made sole capital city. |
| 1877 |
The first telephone exchange in the world is opened
in New Haven, Connecticut. City of New Haven history http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/history/ |
| 1879 |
New Capitol building in Hartford completed; Richard Upjohn, architect. |
| 1880 |
New Haven still has horse trolleys; late 1880's electric trolley in Hartford
1880's - people working 14 to 16 hrs a day at average pay of $1.75 a day |
| 1881 |
Storrs Agricultural College founded (became University of Connecticut
in 1939). |
| 1890 |
Disputed election causes Morgan Bulkeley to continue two extra years
as governor (1891-93). |
| 1890's |
bicycling begins in full swing |
| 1890's |
Connecticut still had gas lamps on streets |
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| 1893 |
Bridgeport CT Harbor - so cold it froze and people could walk over to lighthouse on Long Island (I think this is on Long Island Ssound not all the way across the sound. |
| 1896 |
The first electric light socket with a pull chain was patented by Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, CT. |
| 1897 |
Manufacture of automobiles begun by Pope Manufacturing Company of
Hartford.
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| 1900 |
First United States Navy submarine, Holland, constructed
by Electric Boat Co. John Holland http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/submarines/sub100.html. |
| 1901 |
First American state law regulating automobile speeds. |
| 1902 |
Constitutional Convention held; proposed new constitution defeated
in a statewide referendum. Elmer H Northrop of Darien, Charles H Northrop
of Newtown(maybe brookfield)are among the representatives and D. Ward
Northrop Middlesex County |
| 1905 |
General Assembly adopted public accommodations act ordering full
and equal service in all places of public accommodation. |
| 1905 |
Alvin Jennings Northrop born |
| 1905 |
Benjamin Chester
Webster, Jr. born |
| 1906 |
diptheria epidemic in NY. |
| 1907 |
The first Boy Scout Troop in Connecticut (Troop 1)
was established in East Hartford. |
| 1910 |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy moves to New London. |
| 1911 |
Connecticut College for Women founded at New London. |
| 1912 |
Margaret Gwendolyn
Northrop born |
| 1916 |
Polio epidemic (Infantile paralysis) |
| 1917 |
U.S. Navy Submarine School formally established at New London Naval
Base, Groton |
| 1917-18 |
Approximately 67,000 Connecticut men serve in World War 1. Connecticut
again took its position as the "Provisions State" during both
of the World Wars. Connecticut used its manufacturing economy to support
the war effort, providing ammunition, firearms, and textiles. |
| 1918 |
Spanish Influenza (more people died in the war from influenza than from wounds some Army training camps had 80% death rate from influenza.) |
| 1920 |
University of New Haven founded. |
| 1920 |
Fairfield Burr Recollection http://history.rays-place.com/ct/fairfield-life.htm |
| 1920s |
1920s brought a general prosperity to the state, as
it did much of the country. Popular culture was forever changed by the
growth of the radio and film industries, and the automobile became a solid
fixture in American transportation |
| 1921 |
West Haven created from Orange in 1921 (Originally Milford) |
| 1927 |
University of Bridgeport founded. |
| 1929 |
Immediately following the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Connecticut's
manufacturers remained optimistic, but their confidence did not hold for
long. |
| 1930 |
50,809 Connecticut workers were unemployed. |
| 1932 |
number of unemplpoyed had risen to 140,000.(12) Public
and private welfare agencies were overwhelmed by the increasing numbers
of needy people, and were much relieved by the New Deal. |
| 1930 |
By 1930, seventy-five percent of Connecticut's population
was foreign born1932 St. Joseph College founded in West Hartford. |
| 1936 |
Floods cause enormous damage in Connecticut River Valley. |
| 1938 |
Hurricane and floods produce heavy loss of life and property. the
Great Hurricane of 1938 http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/weather_history_38.html. |
| 1938 |
First section of Merritt Parkway opened. |
| 1939 |
First section of Wilbur Cross Parkway opened. |
| 1941-45 |
Approximately 210,000 Connecticut men serve in World War II. Wartime
brings tremendous amount of work to Connecticut's defense industry. With
the wartime boom come housing shortages and increased immigration for
the jobs. During the Second World War, demands on the manufacturing economy
were increased. Millions of government dollars were invested in Connecticut's
economy, creating a war boom of unprecedented proportions. |
| 1943 |
General Assembly established Inter-Racial Commission, recognized
as the nation's first statutory civil rights agency. |
| 1944 |
Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford took 168 lives. |
| 1947 |
Fair Employment Practices Act adopted Outlawing job discrimination.
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| 1948 |
Thomas Webster Northrop born |
| 1950-52 |
Approximately 52,000 Connecticut men serve in Korean
War, |
| 1952 |
Polio epidemic US |
| 1952 |
Elizabeth J Northrop born |
| 1954 |
Nautilus, world's first atomic-Powered submarine, launched
at Groton. |
| 1955 |
Serious floods cause heavy damage and loss of life. |
| 1955 |
Shakespeare Memorial Theater opened at Stratford. |
| 1957 |
University of Hartford founded. |
| 1957 |
Ground broken for first building in New Haven's Oak Street redevelopment
area. |
| 1958 |
129-mile Connecticut Turnpike opened. |
| 1959 |
General Assembly votes to abolish county government (effective 1960);
also to abolish local justice courts and establish district courts. |
| late 1950s & 60s |
winters saw some very deep drifting snows |
| 1960 |
Ground broken for first building in Hartford's Front Street redevelopment
area; now known as Constitution plaza. The 1960s saw a number of urban "redevelopment efforts" in Connecticut |
| 1962-65 |
Rubella (German measles) epidemic worldwide |
| 1962-75 |
Approximately 104,000 Connecticut men and women served in the
armed forces during the Vietnam War era. |
| 1964 |
General Assembly creates six Congressional districts reasonably equal
in population. |
| 1965 |
Constitutional Convention held. New Constitution approved by voters. |
| 1966 |
First elections held for reapportioned General Assembly under new
Constitution. |
| 1972 |
Under constitutional amendment adopted in 1970, General Assembly
held first annual session since 1886. |
| 1974 |
Ella Grasso, first woman elected Governor in Connecticut. |
| 1980 |
Alvin Jennings Northrop dies |
| 1981 |
Worldwide AIDs epideic |
| 1990 |
Eunice S. Groark, first woman elected lieutenant governor in Connecticut. |
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| 2001 |
Reapportionment Commission creates five Congressional
districts due to national population shifts identified in the 2000 census.
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By the early 1800's farming was still a major occupation here in Connecticut, and they sent the produce to markets, but as the factories went up with their promises of riches, more and more farmers left their farming jobs, to find out they were stuck in a situation that was neither lucrative or beneficial to them.
Job5, b. Sept. 21, 1775, Brookfield.
bapt. South Salem, N. Y. (church record), Aug. 17, 1755. His father removed
to Lenox, Mass., where Job lived for a time on his father's farm, but
removed to Monroe Co., N. Y., near Rochester, about 1793. M., 1st, Sarah
(???), who d. Aug. 26, 1786, at Lenox; m., 2d, Sept. 10, 1795, Sarah Bennett,
at Lenox. He d. aged 93 years. Six children recorded at Lenox, of "Job
and Sarah."