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Owing to his conflict with Cotton, discontented with the suppression of Puritan suffrage, and at odds with the colony leadership, [7] Hooker and the Rev. Samuel Stone led a group of about 100 [14] who, in 1636, founded the settlement of Hartford. It was named for Stone's birthplace, Hertford in England. [15] They founded the Connecticut Colony.
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.
Connecticut Opera – Founded in 1942 and performing three fully staged operas per season, primarily at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford. [154] Connecticut State Capitol – This large Gothic-inspired building is located atop Bushnell Park and features many statues and engravings on its exterior. It is topped with a gold ...
Valley Advocate and Hartford Inquirer newspapers begin publication. [4] 1976 – Connecticut Transit Hartford founded. 1979 Hartford Whalers hockey team active. Charter Oak Cultural Center established. 1980 Population: 136,392. [23] City Place I built. 1987 Hartford Karma Thegsum Choling established. [24] [25] Carrie Saxon Perry elected mayor.
The Connecticut Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, was founded in Hartford in 1764. [ 58 ] Connecticut was a staunch supporter of the American Revolution, with a fifth of the state's male population serving in the war.
Pages in category "Founders of Hartford, Connecticut" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Richard Risley (before 1615 – October 1648) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. [1] Risley sailed from England on July 15, 1633, in the ship Griffen with Thomas Hooker, William Stone, John Cotton, and John Haynes. [2] They arrived in Boston on September 4, 1633.
Sergeant Thomas Spencer (March 29, 1607 – September 11, 1687) was a notable early settler of Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" who came from England to the United States. He was born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England to Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread. [1]