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Founders of Norwich Connecticut Memorial

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Founders of Norwich Connecticut Memorial

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Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Norwich was founded in 1659 by settlers from Old Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Reverend James Fitch. They purchased the land that would become Norwich from the local Native American Mohegan Tribe.

Majr. John Mason
Rev. James Fitch
Thomas Adgate
Robert Allyn
William Backus
John Baldwin
John Birchard
Thomas Bliss
Morgan Bowers
Richard Edgerton
Francis Griswold
Christopher Huntington
Simon Huntington
William Hyde
Samuel Hyde
Thomas Leffingwell
John Olmstead
John Pease
John Post
Thomas Post
John Reynolds
Jonathan Royce
Nehemiah Smith
Thomas Tracy
Thomas Bingham
John Bradford
John Gager
Thomas Howard
Thomas Waterman
John Tracy
John Calkins
Stephen Gifford
Josiah Reed
Richard Wallis
Stephen Backus
Richard Hendys
Robert Wade
Deacon Hugh Caulkins
John Caulkins
Norwich was founded in 1659 by settlers from Old Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Reverend James Fitch. They purchased the land that would become Norwich from the local Native American Mohegan Tribe.

Majr. John Mason
Rev. James Fitch
Thomas Adgate
Robert Allyn
William Backus
John Baldwin
John Birchard
Thomas Bliss
Morgan Bowers
Richard Edgerton
Francis Griswold
Christopher Huntington
Simon Huntington
William Hyde
Samuel Hyde
Thomas Leffingwell
John Olmstead
John Pease
John Post
Thomas Post
John Reynolds
Jonathan Royce
Nehemiah Smith
Thomas Tracy
Thomas Bingham
John Bradford
John Gager
Thomas Howard
Thomas Waterman
John Tracy
John Calkins
Stephen Gifford
Josiah Reed
Richard Wallis
Stephen Backus
Richard Hendys
Robert Wade
Deacon Hugh Caulkins
John Caulkins

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