The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut: Including East Windsor, South Windsor, and Ellington, Prior to 1768, the Date of Their Separation from the Old Town; and Windsor, Bloomfield and Windsor Locks, to the Present Time. Also the Genealogies and Genealogical Notes of Those Families which Settled Within the Limits of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Prior to 1800C. B. Norton, 1859 - 922 pages |
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Page vi
... give it the preference , even at the ex- pense of having my work censured as incomplete , by many who naturally expect to find lengthy biographies of Windsor's eminent sons . I preferred to leave them to other pens , and to content ...
... give it the preference , even at the ex- pense of having my work censured as incomplete , by many who naturally expect to find lengthy biographies of Windsor's eminent sons . I preferred to leave them to other pens , and to content ...
Page ix
... give the dates , texts and general outlines of the discourses of the Rev. Messrs . Warham and Huit , in Windsor ... gives an abstract , of deep interest , as showing the ' politics which were preached by the ablest and best of the ...
... give the dates , texts and general outlines of the discourses of the Rev. Messrs . Warham and Huit , in Windsor ... gives an abstract , of deep interest , as showing the ' politics which were preached by the ablest and best of the ...
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... give it for a goodly heritage unto men of a different mould and nobler aims . England , at this time , was overcast by the thick gathering cloud of civil and religious persecution . Church and State were becoming more and more exacting ...
... give it for a goodly heritage unto men of a different mould and nobler aims . England , at this time , was overcast by the thick gathering cloud of civil and religious persecution . Church and State were becoming more and more exacting ...
Page 12
... " , and the point near where Holmes landed is occupied by a fishing hut , and called by the boatmen on the river , Old Point Comfort . give notice to William Holmes , lieutenant and trader , 12 HISTORY OE ANCIENT WINDSOR .
... " , and the point near where Holmes landed is occupied by a fishing hut , and called by the boatmen on the river , Old Point Comfort . give notice to William Holmes , lieutenant and trader , 12 HISTORY OE ANCIENT WINDSOR .
Page 13
... give notice to William Holmes , lieutenant and trader , acting on behalf of the English Governor of Plymouth , at present in the service of that nation , that he depart forthwith , with all his people and houses , from the lands lying ...
... give notice to William Holmes , lieutenant and trader , acting on behalf of the English Governor of Plymouth , at present in the service of that nation , that he depart forthwith , with all his people and houses , from the lands lying ...
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