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Dutch fur traders from New Amsterdam, now New York City, set up trade on the site as early as 1623, following Adriaen Block's exploration in 1614. The Dutch named their post Fort Goede Hoop or the 'Hope House' (Huys de Hoop) and helped expand the New Netherland colony, roughly analogous to the modern-day New York, New Jersey & Connecticut Tri-State Region, to the banks of the Connecticut River.
William Parker (1618–1686) [1] was an early Puritan settler in the Connecticut Colony and one of the founders of Hartford.He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the summer of 1635 after sailing from London on May 21, 1635, aboard the ship Mathew.
The city of Hartford is the location of 145 of these properties and districts, including 7 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the other properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county, including 14 National Historic Landmarks, are listed separately. Eight properties and districts straddle the border between ...
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Jeremy Adams, also known as Jeremiah Adams (c.1604/5—August 11, 1683), [1] was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. He was also the founder and first proprietor of Colchester, Connecticut, which was established on land owned by Adams, known as "Jeremiah's Farme". [2] [3] [4]
John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. [1] [2] Skinner was a member of Thomas Hooker's party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England. [3] He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor. [4]
Thomas Bull on the Hartford Founders Monument. John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony described Thomas Bull as "a godly and discreet man". [10] Thomas Bull died in October 1684. He was interred alongside his wife, Susannah Bull, in the Central Congregational Church burying ground in Hartford, CT. His monument there reads, "Here ...
1662 – Hartford serving as capital of Connecticut Colony. [1] 1670 – Indian treaty signed. [3] 1701 – Hartford and New Haven designated joint capitals of Connecticut Colony. 1720 - “Hartford Hills” separate to form the town of Bolton. 1758 - Noah Webster born here, publisher of Grammatical Institute of the English Language [1]