The English population of central Connecticut explodes…

1636 CE

The English population of central Connecticut explodes in 1636 when clergyman Thomas Hooker leads one hundred settlers, including Richard Risley, with one hundred and thirty head of cattle in a trek from Newtown (now Cambridge) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the banks of the Connecticut River, where they establish Hartford directly across the Park River from the old Dutch fort.

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Hartford Hartford Connecticut United States View →

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Puritans View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → New Netherland (Dutch Colony) View → Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution) View → Plymouth Colony (English Colony) View → Saybrook Colony (English) View → (Connecticut) River Colony (English) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, English View → Colonization of the Americas, Dutch View →

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Hides and feathers View → Domestic animals View →

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Origins View → Commerce View → Faith View → Human Migration View →

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