Windham Residents Vote to Join Hartford County

Title

Windham Residents Vote to Join Hartford County

Description

Despite Windham's connections to Norwich and New London county, residents vote in September of 1693 to attach the town to Hartford County. At this time, the town of Windham comprises most of northeastern Connecticut.

Source

Ellen Douglas Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, Volume I: 1600-1760 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1874), 72.

Date

1693-09

Contributor

horn_allen

Abstract

Needs the map of Windham before the parish secessions.

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Windham Residents Vote to Join Hartford County,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/664.