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East Windsor, 188 Eastern Point, 121
Easthampton, 338
Eaton, Gov., 311
Ecclesiastical affairs, 108-117; 486-500
Ecclesiastical History of Massachusetts, extract from, 112
Ecclesiastical Presbyterian establishment of Chesterfield Society, 608- 609
Eden, 273
Edford, 440 note
Edgar place, 288
Edgecomb, see also Edgecombe
Edgecomb,
, of Mount Edgecomb, England, 366, 393
Edgecomb, Elizabeth (-) (Mrs.), Hempstead, (Mrs. John Edgecomb), 366
Edgecomb, Hannah (Hempstead) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Edgecomb, Sr.), 366
Edgecomb, Joanna, 366
Edgecomb, John, 259, 264, 346; sketch, 366; 370
Edgecomb, John, 2nd, 366
Edgecomb, Nicholas, 366
Edgecomb, Nicholas, 2nd, 366
Edgecomb, Richard (Sir), 366
Edgecomb, Robert, 366
Edgecomb, Samuel, 241, 366
Edgecomb, Sarah, 366, 370
Edgecomb, Sarah, (Stallion) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Edgecomb), 346, 366
Edgecomb, Thomas, 366
Edgecomb homestead, 592
Edgecombe, see also Edgecomb, 84 note; 183
Edgecomb, Jesse, 677
Edgecomb, Samuel, 444, 445, 560 note
Edgecombe house, 190 note; 659, 677
Edgerton, James, 582-583
Edinburgh, 476 Edward and Margaret, (vessel), 237
Edwards, John, 96 note
Edwards, Rev. Mr., (of Northampton), 456
Edwards, Sybil (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Edwards), 96 note
Edwards, Tryon (Rev.), 452 note; 592, 679
Eel-grass Shoal, 650, 651
Eells, Nathaniel, (newspaper man), 655
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Eels, Nathaniel, (Rev.), (of Stonington), 450, 451 Eidlitz, Leopold, (architect), 591, 677 Eight Mile River, 169 Elce, see Ellis
Elderkin, . 103, 132, 355
Elderkin, Elizabeth (-) (Mrs.), Gaylord, (Mrs. John Elderkin), 159
Elderkin, Jedediah, (Col.), 518, 519, 520
Elderkin, John, 67 and note; 68, 82, 85, 88, 96, 108, 109, 154, 156; sketch, 158-159 and note; 191, 231, 306
Eldridge, Charles, Jr., 502
Eldridge, John, 657
Election day, 1733, 409
Eleventh Congregational Church, Boston, 421
Elijah (the Prophet), 491
Ellard, Benjamin, 402
Elliot,- 138, 385
Elliot, John, (of Windsor), 429
Elliot, John, (Rev.), (of Roxbury), 332
Elliot, Joseph, 146
Elliot, Joseph, (Rev.), 197
Elliott, Clark, 656
Elliott, John E., 669
Ellis, Christopher, 264
Ellis, John, 145
Ells, see Ellis
Ellsworth, (place), 353
Elly, Daniel, 475 note
Elmer, see Elmore
Elmore, Edward, 188 and note
Elmore, G., 188 note
Elsing, Abraham, relict of, 269
Elton, - 240
Ely, - 171, 252
Ely, (Col.), 526
Ely, Deborah, 351
Ely, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Richard Ely), 250
Ely, John, (Col.), 524 note
Ely, John, (Dr.), Capt. and Major, 521
Ely, Richard, 250
Ely, Ruhamah (Arnold) (Mrs.), 368
Ely, William, 213
Embargo act, 1807, 630
Emms, see Ames
Encroachments on highway compounded, 475 Endeavor, (vessel), 231, 236
Endicott, 113
Endicott, John, (Capt.), expedition, 29, 32, 33, 34
Engineers, U. S., 652
England, 13, 26, 39, 40, 41, 47 note; 69, 70, 86, 87, 95 note; 113, 114, 116, 119, 148, 149, 150, 166 note; 173, 175, 176 note; 195, 196 note; 213, 214, 224, 225, 226 and note; 227, 232, 244, 257, 269, 275, 280, 289, 296, 304, 311, 313, 332 note; 333, 335, 336, 345, 359, 367; and France, peace between, 382; great seal of, 385; 388, 389, 393, 394, 409, 410, 412, 413, 416 and note; 417, 422, 427, 436, 443, 445, 468, 478 note; 483, 484, 495, 498, 503, 507, 511, 512 note; 525, 537, 556, 564, 593, 661, 674, 684, 687 English grass, 402
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English house or houses, (built in Capt. Stoughton's time, 1637, 36 and note; 37 note; 67 note; 105
English officers of the customs, 239
English settlements on the Connecticut, 26
English trees, 16
Eolus, (Brittish vessel), 630 note
Epes, , 154
Epes, Lucy (-) (Mrs.), Bradstreet, (Mrs. Daniel Epes), 193
Epidemic fever and its victims, 198
Episcopal Church (Church of England), Established, 239; first 302; raising of steeple, 407-408; missionary to, 419, 440; mentioned, 420; formation of a society, 440-441; subscribes to build a church, 440; erected on Parade, 441-442; anecdote concerning steeple, 442-443; first officers and pastors, 444-445; difficulty during Revolution, 446-447; destroyed in 1781, 448, 553, 569; mentioned, 486, 495, 496; dwindles, 500; first and second St. James, 592-594; third St. James, 594-595; cost of first Episco- pal church, 594-595 note; on Main St., sold to Universalists, 599, 607; Bishop Seabury's remains transferred to vault of, 625, 626, 628 note; 678, 680
Episcopal Church (Meriden), 594
Episcopal missionary, 419, 440
Episcopal parsonage, mentioned 593
Episcopal Societies, 487, 587, 592
Episcopalians, (see also Episcopal Church), 421, 440, 592-595
Erving, 587
Erving, George W., 628
Erving, John, 512 note
Erving, Nancy, 512 note
Erving lot, 157 note; 621, 628
Essex, (England), 39, 40 and note
Essex, (vessel), 478
Estates, Colonial law respecting intestate estates, 412-413
Europe, 14, 22, 175, 239, 252, 444, 480, 542, 554 note; 630, 653
European service or trade, ship built for, 575, 578, 582
Eustis, Dr. (Gov.), 533
Events, events to 1700, 256-266; public events to 1760-1761, 473-475; events to 1774, 462-485; events to 1800, 573-585; events to 1815, 619-637
Excursion to Fisher's Island in 1739, 409
Executions, first, 410; of Sarah Bramble, 468; of Hannah Occuish, 576- 577; of Pequot Harry, 629; of a man named Sherman, 629-630 Exeter, 119, 649
Exon, 283
Experiment, (vessel), 641
Eyre, (Lt. Col.), 546, 550, 557, 558, 560, 563 note; 564
"Fair Harbour," proposed name for settlement, 64, 118 Fairbanks, Christian (Chapell) (Mrs.), 326
Fairbanks, Samuel, 431 and note
Fairfield, 146, 179, 279, 321, 322, 512, 524, 532, 671
Fairfield county, 184, 258, 265, 338, 658
Falkland Islands, 639
Falmouth, (Portland), Maine, 529
Fanning, Edmund, 96, 142, 145; sketch, 306-307
Fanning, Edmund, (Capt.), of Stonington, 307 note
Fanning, Edmund, (Col.), (cousin of Capt. Edmund), 307 note Fanning, Edmund, Jr., 307
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Fanning, John, 307 Faning, Mrs., 307 Fanning, Nathaniel, 307 note
Fanning, Thomas, 307 Fanning, William, 307
Fanning's Islands, 307 note
Fargo, - 373-374
Fargo, Aaron, 373
Fargo, Moses, 264, 373, 374
Fargo, Moses, Jr., 373
Fargo, Moses, (Sergt.), 514 note
Fargo, Ralph, 373
Fargo, Robert, 373
Fargo, Sarah, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Moses Fargo), 374
Fargo, Thomas, 373
Farmington, 85, 188 note
Farms on the river (west side), 95-96
Farnham, Peter (Sergt.), 294 and note
Farnsworth, H. P., 623
Fawkes, Guy, 481 Federal Constitution, 579
Federal St., (Pleasant St.), 62, 68, 134, 183, 278, 316, 594, 627, 678
Federal St., (Boston), 590
Female Academy, (Broad St.), 623, 681, (see item following)
Female Academy, (Green St.), 623, 669
Fenwick, , 27, 28, 43, 44
Fenwick, Alice, Lady, 172 and note; 173, 174
Fenwick, George, 250, (see item following)
Fenwick, George, (Col.), 172 and note; 173
Feoffment, Deed of, 428-429
Ferries, 401-403; (see also items following)
Ferry farm, 94, 402-403 and note
Ferry, Gales Ferry, 603
Ferry, Groton, lease, 89; 122, 134, 180, 191; touches at Point of Rocks, 238; 242, 258, 349, 355, 401, 402, 414, 460, 475, 659-660; horse ferry-boat, 660; steam ferry-boat, 660, 682 (see items follow- ing)
Ferry, Niantic, (Gutt Ferry, Rope Ferry), 121, 123, 264, 281, 298, 330, 341, 361, 402, 407, 459, 614-615 and note; 617
Ferry Stairs, 134, 191
Ferry Wharf, 180, 242, 258, 358, 411; built, 475; 476, 521, 624, 659, 660 Fevor, see Le Fevre
Field, Thomas P., (Rev.), 679
Field-piece, on Manwaring Hill, 550
Fire companies, first, 476; 658 Fire engine, First, 475 and note; 476
Fire lands, 570 Fire vessels, 534
Firgo, see Fargo
First alms and workhouse, 475
First births, 72
First book printed in Connecticut, see Saybrook platform First bridge over Bream Cove, 475
First burial-ground, see Burial-ground, Ancient (or Old)
First Church of Christ, Congregational, see Congregational Church, First First city meeting, 619 First city officers
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First Congregational Church, see Congregational Church, First First Court House (built 1724), first in eastern Connecticut, 263 First Custom-house officer, 92; first Federal collector, 648 First daily newspaper, 657
First deaths, 72
"First Ecclesiastical Society of New London," 487
First European woman at New London, 44
First execution, 410
First fire company, 476, first fire engine, 475 and note; 476
First house (or houses) at New London, 1637, 36 and note; 37 note; 67 note; 105
First light-houses, 474 and note
First meeting house, 108-109 ; view from cupola of, 110, see also Meeting- house
First mills, 403-404
First naval expedition, under authority of Congress, 509
First newspaper published in North America, 238, 375; first newspaper in Connecticut, 472 note, first newspaper in New London, 472 First parsonage, 140
First prison, 111, (see also Jail)
First school-house, 398
First Schoolmasters, 398-399
First settlers of Lyme, 175, 176
First steam navigation, 652-654
First steam vessel to cross Atlantic, see Savannah
First thirty-six grantees, 59, 60
First town acts, 56-72
First town clerks, signatures, 141
First vessels and their builders, 230-231
First whaling edict in Connecticut, 638
First white settler in Mohegan, 425
Fish, 452
Fish, John, 96, 310, 314; sketch, 315
Fish, John, Jr., 315 and note
Fish, Jonathan, 315
Fish, Martha, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Fish), 310, 315
Fish, Nathan, 315 note
Fish, Samuel, 259, 315 and note; 415
Fisher's Hook, 22
Fisher's (or Fysher's) Island (Fissher's Island), 22 and note; 23, 27, 39; grant of, 40; 41, 47 and note; 53, 99, 125, 190, 239, 251, 261, 345, 381; excursion to, in 1739, 409; fines for killing deer, 1734, 410; 411, 413, 510, 517, 524, 525, 530, 577, 638 note; 651, 661 Fisher's Island Hommocks, see Hommocks
Fisher's Island Point, 236 and note
Fisher's Island Sound, 61, 243, 651
Fisk, Daniel, (Rev.), 422
Fitch, 137, 185, 211, 424
Fitch, (Capt.), 392
Fitch, (-) (Mrs.), Adams (Mrs. James Fitch), 378
Fitch, Daniel, 427, 433
Fitch, Daniel, (Capt.), 428, 429
Fitch, James, 426
Fitch, James, (Capt.), 212, 249
Fitch, James, (Capt.), (of later date), 426 note
Fitch, James, (Major), of Norwich, 371
Fitch, Mary, 433
Fitch, S. P., 641
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Fitch, Samuel, (of Hartford), 152
Fitch, Samuel P., 583
Fitch, Thomas, 551 note Fitch, Thomas, (candidate for Lieut. Gov. 1740), 385
Fitch, Thomas, 2nd, (whaling merchant), 647
Fitzpatrick, Rev. Dr., 600
Flanders, 105 Flat Rock, 121
Fleet, American, vessels comprising first naval expedition under Con- gress, 509; American fleet blockaded War of 1812, 631, 637, 689-690
Fleet, Arnold's, mentioned 631
Fleet, British, 522, 524, 525, 526, 529, 530, 531; off Brest, 538; vigilance on coast, 1777, 544; descr. of fleet which attacked New London, in 1781, 546; 550, 568-569; blockaded by, War of 1812, 630- 636; Arnold's fleet mentioned, 631; 689
Fleet, Connecticut, 240, (1761) ; 477
Flemings, 105
Flora, (slave), 359
Flora, (whaling vessel), 643
Florida, 460
Floridian reefs, 603
"Flushen," 278
Flushing, L. I., 352
Fog Plain, 44, 95, 121, 315
Fones, Thomas, 40
Foote, Ann, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Stallion Foote), 308
Foote, Isaac, 308, 309
Foote, Malachi, 308
Foote, Margaret, 308
Foote, Margaret, (Stallion) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Pasco Foote, Jr.), 308, 309, 346
Foote, Martha, 308
Foote, Martha, (Wood) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Pasco Foote, Jr.), 308
Foote, Pasco, (of Salem), 308
Foote, Pasco, Jr., 264; sketch, 308-309; 346 (compare items)
Foote, Pasco, 3rd, 308
Foote, Stallion, 308, 309
Foote, Stallion, Jr., 308-309
Forbes, Caleb, 159
Forbes, William, 60
Ford, Elizabeth, 310
Fording Bridge, (Hampshire, England), 354
Formidable, (vessel), 575
Forster, Ebenezer, 313
Forster, Edward, 313
Forster, John, 312
Forster, Jonathan, 313
Forster, Jonathan, 2nd, 313
Forster, Mary, 313 Forster, Rebecca, 313
Forster, Samuel, 313
Forster, Susannah (Parker) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Forster), 306, 312 Forster, Susannah, 313
Forster, Thomas, 146, 235, 306; sketch, 312-313
Forster, Thomas., Jr., 313 Fort, Edward, 470
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Fort Griswold, (Groton Fort), 15, 31, 349, 350, 364; building of, 519- 520; 521; warning guns, 530, 532, 545; signal guns, 1781, 546- 547; 548, 549; Arnold views, 552; storming and massacre, 557- 568; descr. in 1781, 558; no block house 562; fire extinguished by Maj. Peters, 566-567; anniversaries of massacre, 571-572; 577, 603; flag staff struck by lightning, 607; 631; incident of. the "martial petticoat," 631-632 notes; evacuated by militia (War of 1812) 633; 674, left in charge of a sergeant, 684
Fort Hill (see also Parade), 117, 133, 161, 243; 626, Groton, 20; Po- quonock and Mystic, 96
Fort Hill Baptist Church, built, 436-437; dissolution of, 438-439
Fort Hill burial-ground, see Burial-ground, Fort Hill
Fort, Indian, Black Point, 617
Fort Jefferson, 343
Fort land, (vicinity of Parade), 134, 265, 389, 624
Fort Neck, 518
Fort Nonsense, see also Town Hill Battery, 529-530; 550, 552
Fort on Parade, 258, 358, 411, 509, 517-518; dismantled 521; 531; old magazine and battery destroyed, 553; 624, 627
Fort Slongo, 532
Fort Trumbull, 15, 36 note; 68 note; 121; situated on Mamacock, 122; built and named, 519-521; warning guns, 530, 546, 548; descr. in 1781, 549; 550; flagstaff shivered by lightning, 607; evac- uated by Militia (War of 1812), 633, 637; descr. and history, 651-652; garrison in 1820, 666; left in charge of a sergeant, 683-684
Fort WilliamHenry, 471
Forth, John, 39
Fortification, three points fortified 1652, 85; six points fortified 1675, 183; petition to mother country, 1680, 257; memorial to gov- ernor, 1744, 385-386; appeal to King threatened, 387; second memorial rejected, 389-390; petition to King drafted, 390; re- ports on, 517-519; 621 note, 676 (see also, Fort on Parade; Fort Griswold; Fort Nonsense; Fort Trumbull)
Fortune, (vessel), 276, 396 Fortune Prison, 537
Forty-niners, 646-647
Fosdick, , 287, 379
Fosdick, Capt., 574-575
Fosdick, Anna, 344
Fosdick, (Anna (Shapley) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Fosdick), 343
Fosdick, Esther (Updike) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Fosdick), 344
Fosdick, John, 343, 344
Fosdick, John, 2nd, 344
Fosdick, Mary, 344
Fosdick, Mercy, 344
Fosdick, Mercy (Picket) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Samuel Fosdick), 286 and note; 344, 368 Fosdick, Nicoll, 537
Fosdick, Nicoll, (Capt.), 625
Fordick, Nicoll, (collector of customs), 649
Fosdick, Ruth, 344
Fosdick, Samuel, 397, 621 note
Fosdick, Samuel, (Capt.), 264, 286 and note; sketch 343-344; 368
Fosdick, Samuel, Jr., 344
Fosdick, Stephen, 343
Fosdick, Thomas, 389
Fosdick, Thomas, (Deacon), 344
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Fosdick, Thomas, (graduate of Yale 1746), 668
Fosdick, Thomas U., 532
Fosdick, Thomas Updike, 534
Fosdick lot, 344, 621, 627
Fosdick's Neck, 344
Fossecar, see Fossiker
Fossiker, , 61
Fossiker, John, 60, 66, 75
Foster, Emerson, (Rev.), 586
Foundation of the town, 39-50
Founders of New England, of what class, 113
Fountain, Aaron, 264, 339
Fountain, Susannah (Beebe) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Aaron Fountain), 339
Four Mile River, 617
Fowler, Joseph, 409
Fox, Bathsheba (Rogers) (Mrs.), Smith, (Mrs. Samuel Fox), 202, 212, 322, 370
Fox, Benjamin, (son of John), 371
Fox, Benjamin, (son of Samuel), 370
Fox, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Fox, Jr.), 371
Fox, Ezekiel, 502
Fox, Hannah, (of Concord), 371 note
Fox, Hannah (Isbell) (Mrs.), Stedman, (Mrs. John Fox), 272, 371
Fox, Isaac, 370, 436
Fox, Joanna (Mrs.), (Mrs. Samuel Fox), 370
Fox, John, 259, 264, 272, 370, 371 and note; 377
Fox, John, Jr., 371
Fox, Mary (Mrs.), (supposed to be daughter of Andrew Lester), (Mrs. Samuel Fox), 370
Fox, Mary (Lester) (Mrs.), (daughter of Daniel Lester, 2nd), (Mrs. John Fox), 371
Fox, Samuel, (died 1727), 198, 202, 212, 262, 264, 322; sketch, 370-371
Fox, Samuel, (trustee in 1729-30), 436
Fox, Samuel, Jr., (son of Joanna), 370, 371
Fox, Samuel, Jr., (son of Mary), 370, 371
Fox, Sarah (Larrabee) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Fox), 371
Fox, Thomas, (of Concord), 370, 371
Fox, (vessel), 477
Fox families of Montville, mentioned 371
Fox's Mills, 371
Foxen, (friend and counselor of Uncas), the wisest Indian, 54; 128, 250 note
Foxen, (son of Uncas), 250
Foxen's, 93
Foxen's Hill, 57 and note; 70, 75, 84, 88, 248, 306, 363, 369
Foxon, see Foxen
France, 40; peace between France and England, 382; war with France, 388; 389, 468, 527 note; 537, 538, 542; emigrants or exiles from, 579-580; French Republic, 580, 603
Francis, Simeon, 657
Franklin, Gov., 551
Franklin, John, Sir, 684
Franklin, Margaret (Mrs.), (of Boston), 416 note
Franklin, (place), 571
Franklin St., 664
Free School-house (Old England), 363
Freebetter, Edmund, (pen name), 656 Freedom, Early advocates of, 505-506
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Freehall, (Ireland), 433
Freeman, , 448 Freeman, Jordan, 560 note
Freeman, see voters
French, Elizabeth, 272
French and Indian War; arrival of French neutrals, 469-470; news paragraphs, 470-471
French and Indians, captives of (1701), 349-350
French emigrants, 579-580
French islands, supply of powder from, 508, 579
French neutrals, (exiles), 469-470
"French people," 469
French Protestant Church, (Boston), 421
French ships in port, 1779, 542
French wars, 335, 347; incidents of, 381, 358, 361, 435, 604
Fresh River, see Connecticut River
Frink, Andrew M. (Mayor), 620
Frink, Capt., 549
Frink, David, 663
Frink, Hannah (Prentis) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Frink), 329
Frink, John, (of Stonington), 192
Frink, John, (Lieut.), (of Stonington), 329
Frink and Prentis, (whaling firm), 647
Frink house, 351
Frisius River, see Thames River
Fry, Elizabeth, 270
Fry, Mary, (afterward Mrs. Walter Harris), 269
Fry, Mary, (cousin of Mrs. Walter Harris), 270
Fry, William, 269 note
Fryer, 113
Fulling-mill, 264
Fulton, (steamboat), 652
Funeral customs, 267
Furniture and tools, (early), 268
Gager, 61,93
Gager, Elizabeth, 158
Gager, John, 59, 66, 74, 93, 97, 154; sketch, 159; 268
Grager, John, Jr., 159
Gager, Rebecca (Lay), (Mrs.), Raymond, (Mrs. Samuel Gager), 292 Gager, Samuel, 159, 292
Gale, Luther, 595
Gale, great gale of September, 1815, 615 note
Gales Ferry, (Galetown), 13, 603, 632
Galestown, see Gales Ferry
Gallop, 37
Gallop, Ben-Adam, (born 1655), 291, 329
Gallop, Ben-Adam, (field officer in 1777), 532
Gallop, Benadam, (member of Committee of Correspondence), 502 Gallop, Capt., 184
Gallop, Christobel, 292, 351
Gallop, Elizabeth, 292
Gallop, Esther (Prentis) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Benadam Gallop), 329
Gallop, Goodwife, (of Mystic), 144
Gallop, Hannah, 292
Gallop, Hannah (Lake) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Gallop), 87, 98 note; 154, 291 Gallop, John, (of Massachusetts), 291
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Gallop, John, Jr., (Capt.), 29, 68, 74; autograph, 79, 87, 98 and note; 154, 184, 278; sketch, 291-292; 351
Gallop, John, 3rd, 291
Gallop, Maj., 526 Gallop, Margaret, 292
Gallop, Mary, 292
Gallop, Nathan, (Col.), 532, 559
Gallop, Samuel, 291
Gallop, William, 291
Gallows Lane, 468
Gallup, see Gallop
Galway, Ireland, 342
Gammon, Catherine, 363
Gammon, Thomas, 363
Gard, John, 146
Gardiner, 408
Gardiner, Anne (Robinson) (Mrs.), (Mrs. James Gardiner), 471 Gardiner, Benajah, 403 note; 610
Gardiner, David, 670
Gardiner, Hannah, 301
Gardiner, James (Capt.), 471 and note
Gardiner, John, 301, 383, 384, 398, 416
Gardiner, John, Jr., 241
Gardiner, Jonathan, 486
Gardiner, Joseph, (Capt.), 241
Gardiner, Lion, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 note; 173
Gardiner, Mary (Adams) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Jonathan Gardiner), 486 Gardiner, Nathaniel, 640
Gardiner, Sarah, 671
Gardiner, Sarah, (Saltonstall) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Gardiner), 384 Gardiner, William, 408
Gardiner's Bay, 293, 524, 526, 529, 531, 568 note; 651
Gardiner's (Gardner's) Island (Isle of Wight), 121, 239, 301, 398, 416, 517, 568, 670
Gardiner's Lake, (Mashapaug, Mashipaug, Twenty Mile Pond), part of ancient bounds between New London, Norwich and Colchester, 122, 335, 427, 430
Gardiner's Wharf, 471
Gardner, see Gardiner
Garland, (Capt.), (British), 637
Garlick, Joseph, 77
Garmand, George, 146
Garrett, Harmon, 52, 129, 130
Garrett, Katherine, 410, 530 Gary, Anna (Douglas) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Nathaniel Gary), 300 Gary, Nathaniel, 300
Gas Company, see New London Gas Company
Gaylord, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), 159
Gazette, 343 note; 527, 656 note Geares, George, 259 Geer, Amos, 502
Geer, George, 97 and note; 146, 157; sketch, 373; 415
Geer, Robert, (Capt.), 354, 373 Geer, Robert, (Sergt), 420
Geer, Sarah (Allyn) (Mrs.), (Mrs. George Geer), 157, 373
General Assembly, 249, 252, 259, 325, 382, 387, 389, 391, 398, 399, 402, 409, 420, 431, 457, 466, 469, 504, 507, 513, 528, 570, 619, 622, 658
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General Court, 55, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 75-76, 78, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98 note; 101, 103 note; 104 and note; 106, 118, 126, 127, 135, 137, 142, 144, 149, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 165, 169, 171, 177, 180, 182, 185, 199, 201, 207, 208, 219, 223, 227, 230, 248, 249, 250 note; 258, 259, 260, 280, 282, 285, 297, 299, 311, 312, 327 note; 332, 333, 353, 377, 380, 410, 427, 429, 431, 436, 451, 615, 638 General Neck, 98, 116
Genius of Liberty, 522
George I, 382 George II, 387
George III, 473
George, , 605
George, (Bishop), 597
George family, 604
George Henry, (whaling vessel), 684
Georgia, 389 Gerard, (Beckwith (Mrs.), (Mrs. Robert Gerard), 298
Gerard, Robert, 231, 298
Germantown, 533
Gerrard, see Gerard and Girard
Gesbie, John, 77
Ghosts, Ash Swamp ghost, Mile Brook ghost, 122
Giant, The, 170
Giant's Cover, 49
Giant's land, The (Gyant's), 170, 252
Giant's Neck, 165, 170
Gibbons, William, 152
Gibbs, Robert, 233
Gibraltar, 483, 484, 485, 538
Gibson, Roger, (living in 1680), 264 (see items following)
Gibson, Roger, (living in 1774), 622
Gibson, Roger, (from Edinburgh), 476
Gibson, Roger, (from Glasgow), 457 note
Gibson, William, 251, 252, 262, 264
Gifford, Hannah (Gallop), Mrs.), (Mrs. Stephen Gifford), 292 Gifford, Stephen, 292
Gilbert, Joseph, 436
Gilbert, Samuel, 264, 428
Girard, see also Gerard, 579
"Give away" (game), 94
Glasgow, 457 note
Glasgow, (British ship), 509
Glasgow, University of, 433
Glebe house built, 445
Gloucester, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 77, 82, 96 note; 112, 113; Rev. Richard Blinman, 114; 147, 148 and note; 155 and note; 158 and note; 265, 275, 286, 303, 306, 311, 331 and note; 338, 370
Gloucester (England), 114
Gloucestershire, 114
Goat Island, 190
Goddard, 475 note
Goddard, George Willard, 669
Goddard, Giles (Dr.), 440, 441, 444
Goddard, Hezekiah, 627, 628
Goddard, John Calvin, 668
Goddard, William, 244
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Gold, Spanish, 460-468 Golden Hill, 595, 627, 628
Golden St., 627, 628, 344, 584
Good Hope (prison ship), 528
Gookin, , 19
Gorden, , (commissary) (of South Carolina), 421 note
Gordon, Capt. (British), 637
Gorges, Ferdinando, Sir, 366
Gorton, Sarah (Rogers) (Mrs.), Haynes, (Mrs. Stephen Gorton), 437 Gorton, Stephen (Elder), 436; ministry of, 437-438; driven from pulpit, 438; removes to western part of state, 439
Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., 671
Goshen, Waterford, 95
Goshen Neck, 121
Goshen Reef, 538
Gove, John, 243
Governor Trumbull, (vessel), 540
"Governors of the Bay," 30
Grace and Ruth, (vessel), 240
Graham, Thomas, Sir, Lord Lyndock, 654
Grammar School, New London fined for not having, 1682, 252, New Lon- don complained of for want of, 1700, 253; established 397-399; in the North Parish, 400; mentioned, 419; sketch, 620-622
Grand Jury, 253
Grand list, first, 85; for 1708, 1709, 380; for 1775, 501; 1860, 686
Grand Pedee River, 654
Granite St., 62, 67, 68, 69, 108, 577, 629, 659, 677
Grant,
, (Beckwith) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Benjamin Grant), 298
Grant, Benjamin, 145, 298 and note
Grant, Benjamin, Jr., 298 note
Grant, Christopher, 298 note
Grant, S. B., (Rev.), 679
Grant, Soldier grant, 65, 170-171
Grantees, first thirty-six, 59-60; of 1650 and 1651, 67-68; from Cape Ann, 70; various, 75-78, 85-86; early grantees of Indian's lands, 427-428
Graves, Admiral, 531
Graves, Irene (Prentis) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Naboth Graves), 330
Graves, Joanna, 445, 447
Graves, John (Rev.), of Providence, 445 and note
Graves, Matthew (Rev.), ministry of, 445-447 and notes; compelled to relinquish pulpit, 446; retires to New York, 447; death, 447; acts as pall-bearer for Rev. Eliphalet Adams in 1753, 486
Graves, Miriam, 366 Graves, Naboth, 330
Gray, Lucy (Palmes) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Samuel Gray), 189 note; 360
Gray, Samuel, 189 note; 360
Great Awakening of 1741, 420, 449-461, 597, 616
Great Bank of Newfoundland, 639
"Great Bay," see Long Island Sound
Great Britain, war with, 14; 113, 118, 235, 238, 303, 304, 354, 366, 390, 407, 444, 484; second war with, 630-637, 648, 649, 674; see also Revolution
Great Cove, 164
Great Eastern, (vessel), mentioned 673
Great Gull Island, 121
Great Hill, 121, 613
51
Great Neck, 57 note; 81 and note; 122, 202, 206, 264, 265, 287, 339, 347, 398, 400, 523, 613-614 Great Neck Road, 356 Great Pond, 122 "Great Ship," 242 Great Stanbridge, (Essex), 39
Green, see also Greene
Green, Bartholomew, 357
Green, Elizabeth (Prentis) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Samuel Green), 330
Green, James M. (whaling merchant), 647
Green, Jane (Pygan) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Jonas Green), 341
Green, John, 472
Green, Jonas, 260, 264, 330, 341
Green, Jonas, (settled in Maryland), 471-472
Green, Mr., (printer), 405
Green, Mrs., (wife of deacon Green), 379
Green, Nathaniel, 472
Green, Nathaniel, (Lieut.), 391, 392
Green, S. H., 655
Green, Samuel, 488
Green, Samuel, (Col.), 656 note
Green, Samuel, (living in 1805), 655
Green, Samuel, (son of Jonas), 330
Green, Samuel, (son of Timothy, died 1752), 472
Green, Samuel, Jr., (son of Samuel and grandson of Timothy), 472 note Green, Thomas, (son of Samuel), 472 note
Green, Timothy, Green St. opened through land of, 628
Green, Timothy, (died 1758), 471, 486, 488; death of, 489
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