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Did an ancestor travel the '''Pequot Path''' of Rhode Island and Connecticut? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br>[[Image:{{PequotPathmap}}]]__TOC__ | Did an ancestor travel the '''Pequot Path''' of Rhode Island and Connecticut? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br>[[Image:{{PequotPathmap}}]]__TOC__ | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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'''Toll roads'''. Rhode Island and Connecticut developed turnpike (toll) systems for wagon roads in the early 1800s including most of the route from Providence to New London. The Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike (opened 1820), and the Hopkinton and Richmond Turnpike (opened 1820) in Rhode Island, and the Groton and Stonington Turnpike (opened 1818) in Connnecticut replaced the Pequot Path which was closer to the shore.<ref>Wood, map between 286 and 287; pages 315-16; map between 330 and 331; and pages 389-91.</ref> Most of these early pathways continue as roads today. Modern freeways usually parallel the older road systems. | '''Toll roads'''. Rhode Island and Connecticut developed turnpike (toll) systems for wagon roads in the early 1800s including most of the route from Providence to New London. The Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike (opened 1820), and the Hopkinton and Richmond Turnpike (opened 1820) in Rhode Island, and the Groton and Stonington Turnpike (opened 1818) in Connnecticut replaced the Pequot Path which was closer to the shore.<ref>Wood, map between 286 and 287; pages 315-16; map between 330 and 331; and pages 389-91.</ref> Most of these early pathways continue as roads today. Modern freeways usually parallel the older road systems. | ||
'''Decline'''. However, the use of early roads and turnpikes for moving settlers waned with the introduction of railroads. Settlers could travel faster, less expensively, and safer on railroads than on wagon roads. So, as railroads entered an area, the wagon-road traffic in that area declined. The first railroad from New London to Providence opened in 1839, but did not cause much decline in turnpike traffic. However, the railroad built in 1852 from New London to New Haven, which had previous connections with New York City, signaled the end of the toll roads. The next year, in 1853, the turnpikes from Providence to New London became public (free) roads.<ref>Wood, 391.</ref> | '''Decline'''. However, the use of early roads and turnpikes for moving settlers waned with the introduction of railroads. Settlers could travel faster, less expensively, and safer on railroads than on wagon roads. So, as railroads entered an area, the wagon-road traffic in that area declined. The first railroad from New London to Providence opened in 1839, but did not cause much decline in turnpike traffic. However, the railroad built in 1852 from New London to New Haven, which had previous connections with New York City, signaled the end of the toll roads. The next year, in 1853, the turnpikes from Providence to New London became public (free) roads.<ref>Wood, 391.</ref> | ||
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:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Connecticut U.S. Route 1] Stonington to New London in Connecticut. | :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Connecticut U.S. Route 1] Stonington to New London in Connecticut. | ||
=== | === Settler Records === | ||
Providence was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other English Puritan dissenters. New London was settled by English Puritans in 1646. The Indian footpath between these places and Boston attracted settlers who would be able to more easily get access to markets. Many of the earliest settlers along the Pequot Path would have been from Boston, Massachusetts area, and prior to that from England. Look at the earliest deeds, tax records, and histories of towns along the Pequot Path to learn the names of the first settlers. If you already know the name of a settler near the Pequot Path, you have a good chance of finding his or her genealogy in sources like: | Providence was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other English Puritan dissenters. New London was settled by English Puritans in 1646. The Indian footpath between these places and Boston attracted settlers who would be able to more easily get access to markets. Many of the earliest settlers along the Pequot Path would have been from Boston, Massachusetts area, and prior to that from England. Look at the earliest deeds, tax records, and histories of towns along the Pequot Path to learn the names of the first settlers. If you already know the name of a settler near the Pequot Path, you have a good chance of finding his or her genealogy in sources like: | ||