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  2. Thomas Hooker - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting ...

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  5. Connecticut Colony - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hooker and his people traveling. Despite the refusal of Thomas Hooker's request for removal, settlers continued to pour into the valley. In May 1635 the Saybrook Colony was established at the mouth of the Connecticut River. [22] Considerable amounts of emigrants from Massachusetts also settled in the recently established town of ...

  6. Frederic Edwin Church - Wikipedia

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    Frederic Edwin Church was a direct descendant of Richard Church, a Puritan pioneer from England who accompanied Thomas Hooker on the original journey through the wilderness from Massachusetts to what would become Hartford, Connecticut. [1] Church was the son of Eliza (1796–1883) and Joseph Church (1793–1876).

  7. History of the Connecticut Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted on 14 January 1639, and the document has been referred to as the world's first written constitution. At the urging of influential preacher Thomas Hooker, the Connecticut legislative body (or General Court) began secret committee meetings to discuss drafting the orders in June 1638. The Council ...

  8. Meghan Markle's high school photo leaves royal fans baffled ...

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    An old photo of Meghan Markle from over 22 years ago has resurfaced -- and it's leaving royal fans baffled.. In the snapshot posted by the Instagram account Velvet Coke last week, the future ...

  9. First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground

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    It is the oldest church congregation in Hartford, founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker. The present building, the congregation's fourth, was built in 1807, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1] The adjacent cemetery, formally set apart in 1640, was the city's sole cemetery until 1803.