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Katherine Harrison was a former maidservant of Captain John Cullick and the widow of Wethersfield's town crier. [13] Harrison was born in England and came to America around 1651. [14] She became a wealthy citizen of Wethersfield, Connecticut, after she inherited her husband's estate, worth one thousand pounds. Harrison experienced several legal ...
Wethersfield (/ ˈwɛð.ərsfild / WEH-thers-feeld) is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. [2] It is located immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 27,298 at the time of the 2020 census.
Andrew Warde was born in Sheffield, England, in 1597. [1] He emigrated to New England with the Winthrop Fleet, arriving at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1633. [2] In Watertown, Warde assumed early prominence as a man of affairs; he was made a freeman of the town on May 14, 1634. His name is recorded in the second book of inventory, as ...
The Connecticut General Statutes, also called the General Statutes of Connecticut and abbreviated Conn. Gen. Stat., is a codification of the law of Connecticut.Revised to 2017, it contains all of the public acts of Connecticut and certain special acts of the public nature, the Constitution of the United States, the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of ...
Katherine Harrison. Katherine Harrison was a landowning widow who was subject to a historically notable 17th century witch trial in Wethersfield, Connecticut. [1] Harrison was a servant earlier in her life, but when her husband who was a farmer died, she inherited property and wealth. Accusations of witchcraft followed this. [2]
On May 15, 1988, Wethersfield, Connecticut resident Richard Reihl, a gay man, was murdered by two teenagers. [1][2] Reihl's murder has been cited as a watershed moment for the LGBT community in Connecticut, and the anger surrounding his killing led to the passing of hate crime legislation in the state. [3]
He was baptized on August 28, 1584, at Pitminster, county of Somerset, England, the son of Robert and Honoria Trott, and died on April 27, 1669, at Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was an early New England settler who emigrated from Pitminster, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637. [1][2]
The 39-year-old licensed clinical social worker from suburban Connecticut used to joke that perhaps she was the mailman’s child. Her joke eventually became no laughing matter.