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+== History ==
+The Dutch were the first to establish a settlement in Connecticut at Hartford (Suckiaug) in 1633. British Massachusetts settlers began migrating into Connecticut in the 1630s. Settlers from Watertown, MA moved to Wethersfield (Pyquag) in 1634. Settlers from Plymouth and Dorchester, MA moved into Windsor (Mattaneaug) in 1635. In 1635, Puritans from Newtown, Cambridge, England emigrated to Hartford. In 1646, settlers independently founded New London (Nameaug).
+Quinnipiac (New Haven) was founded in 1638. The New Haven Colony included several shoreline towns:
+* Guilford (Menunketuck, 1639)
+* Milford (Wepawaug, 1639)
+* Southold, Long Island (1640)
+* Stamford (Rippowam, 1641)
+* Branford (Totoket, 1644)
+In 1662, an English Royal charter established Connecticut as a separate colony from Massachusetts and the New Haven Colony was absorbed into Connecticut. Long Island towns became part of New York.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 201. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
 == Sources ==
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 * '''Windham County''' (1726) Windham County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/599011?availability=Family%20History%20Library Divorce papers, 1726-1907].
 * [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/615996?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Connecticut Divorces: Superior Court Records for the Counties of New London, Tolland, and Windham, 1719-1910''] by Grace Louise Knox and Barbara B. Ferris. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987).
-== History ==
-The Dutch were the first to establish a settlement in Connecticut at Hartford (Suckiaug) in 1633. British Massachusetts settlers began migrating into Connecticut in the 1630s. Settlers from Watertown, MA moved to Wethersfield (Pyquag) in 1634. Settlers from Plymouth and Dorchester, MA moved into Windsor (Mattaneaug) in 1635. In 1635, Puritans from Newtown, Cambridge, England emigrated to Hartford. In 1646, settlers independently founded New London (Nameaug).
-Quinnipiac (New Haven) was founded in 1638. The New Haven Colony included several shoreline towns:
-* Guilford (Menunketuck, 1639)
-* Milford (Wepawaug, 1639)
-* Southold, Long Island (1640)
-* Stamford (Rippowam, 1641)
-* Branford (Totoket, 1644)
-In 1662, an English Royal charter established Connecticut as a separate colony from Massachusetts and the New Haven Colony was absorbed into Connecticut. Long Island towns became part of New York.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 201. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
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