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  2. Cheshire, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Cheshire, Connecticut was first settled in 1694 as part of Wallingford. It was then known as New Cheshire Parish. [5] After many attempts in securing their independence from Wallingford, New Cheshire Parish was granted secession and was later incorporated as a town in May 1780 as Cheshire. [6] The name is a transfer from Cheshire, in England. [7]

  3. Cheshire murders - Wikipedia

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    On July 23, 2007, two home intruders entered the home of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States.The perpetrators, Linda Hayes (known as Steven Hayes at the time) [b] and Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky, initially planned only to burgle the house, but went on to murder Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit.

  4. Cheshire Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Cheshire Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Cheshire, Connecticut. Centered on the junction of Main Street and Academy Road, the district's architecture is reflective of the town's development over two centuries, and includes many of its civic buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...

  5. History of Cheshire - Wikipedia

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    The history of Cheshire can be traced back to the Hoxnian Interglacial, between 400,000 and 380,000 years BP. Primitive tools that date to that period have been found.

  6. Timeline of Cheshire history - Wikipedia

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    1450: A group of Cheshire gentry successfully petitions the Crown against the introduction of a parliamentary subsidy. [63] 1452, 1455, 1459: Margaret of Anjou visits Chester. [54] [64] 23 September 1459: Many Cheshire gentry killed fighting on both sides in the Battle of Blore Heath, early in the Wars of the Roses. [65] 1470: Edward IV visits ...

  7. History of Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in 1663.Known as the "land of steady habits" for its political, social and religious conservatism, the colony prospered from the trade and farming of its ethnic English Protestant population.

  8. Wallingford, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Wallingford, Connecticut, is deeply woven into the fabric of early American history, from its founding to its connection with some of the most influential figures of the colonial era. Established on October 10, 1667, by the Connecticut General Assembly , Wallingford was founded by a group of 38 planters and freemen, including notable figures ...

  9. List of years in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the individual Connecticut year pages. In 1788, the Connecticut General Assembly of Connecticut Colony voted to break all ties with the British Empire , establishing itself as the State of Connecticut, amid the other Thirteen Colonies declaring independence and drafting constitutions during the American Revolution .