Norwalk After Two Hundred Fifty Years

Author : Samuel Richards Weed
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334747199
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Norwalk After Two Hundred and Fifty Years; An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town; 1651 September 11th 1901 written by Samuel Richards Weed and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Norwalk After Two Hundred and Fifty Years; An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town; 1651 September 11th 1901: Including Historical Sketches of Churches, Schools, Old Homes, Institutions, Eminent Men, Patriotic and Benevolent Work, Together With the Record of Soldiers and Sailors Enlisted in Norwalk From 1676 to 1898 Ludlow's purchase of Norwalk was at about the date of the distinguished man's removal from Windsor to Fairfield. This occurred, it is probable, some time in 1639, and within the next year Norwalk was his owner ship. During the ten years purchase and settlement in terim Ludlow was busied with court and other matters, but did not, it would seem, entirely forget his possession on the hither side of the Sasco. The pioneer settlers ar rived during 1650-51, and on Septemper 11, 1651, their new home was ordered to be a towns. Empowered now to sue and eligible to be sued, the little com panic entered upon the sea of corporate existence. Proper officials were chosen and in 1652 their first minis ter, Rev. Thomas Hanford, was called. This well fur hished man here remained and ministered for somewhat over fifty years. The town gradually grew in population and its settlement limits gradually spread. Parish off shoots-wilton, Canaan, Saugatuck - anon sprang from the parent stock and the towns centre was transferred from its cradle (east Norwalk) to the point of the rocks, afterward many years known as The Bridge, 110w N orwalk proper. The enterprising and expanding city of the South N o-rwalk of 1901 bore, for a long periodthe name of Old \nell, the settlers designation of the same territory being Over the River. Besides the N orwalk and South N orwalk of the present century East Norwalk has grown to comprise a large and important constituency, and West Norwalk, Broad River, Silver Mine, Winnipauke and Cranbury are ourishing sec tions and districts, the interest-history of which places is elsewhere in this work presented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."