New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England

Tree: New England Hall Families Master Tree

Notes: County Seat is New London.

Name in use from 1666 until independence in 1783.

Southeastern New England was dominated by the Pequot people at the time of English colonization. They spoke the Mohegan-Pequot language and were one of the Algonquian-speaking tribes in the coastal areas. After years of conflict, the Colonists and their Indian allies defeated the Pequots in the Pequot War of 1637, ending their dominance. Two descendant Pequot tribes are recognized by the state today, as are three other tribes.

New London County was one of four original counties in Connecticut that were established on May 10, 1666 by an act of the Connecticut General Court, which states:

This Court orders that from the Paukatuck River wth
Norridge to ye west bounds of Homonoscet Plantation shalbe
for future one County, wch County is called the County of
N: London. And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe
held at N. London the first Wednesday in June and the third
Thursday in Septembr yearly.

New London County in 1666 consisted of the towns of Stonington, Norwich, New London, and Saybrook. The "Homonoscet Plantation" was settled in March 1663, at first as Kenilworth; but it was incorporated as the town of Killingworth in 1667. Several new towns were incorporated and added to New London over the next few decades: Preston in 1687, Colchester in 1699, and Lebanon in 1700. The settlements along the Quinebaug Valley were placed in New London County in 1697, and incorporated as Plainfield in 1699. By 1717, more towns were established in northeastern Connecticut and added to New London County between the Quinebaug Valley and the Rhode Island border.

Windham County was constituted from Hartford and New London counties on May 12, 1726, consisting of towns in northeastern Connecticut. New London County lost the towns of Voluntown, Pomfret, Killingly, Canterbury, Plainfield, and Lebanon to the newly formed county. In 1785, Middlesex County was constituted, consisting of towns along the lower Connecticut River Valley, taking away the towns of Killingworth and Saybrook from New London County. Several additional boundary adjustments took place in the 19th century: the establishment of the town of Marlborough in 1803, the transfer of the town of Lebanon from Windham County in 1824, and the transfer of the town of Voluntown from Windham County in 1881

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	Bradford, Captain John	20 May 1717	New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England	I16497	New England Hall Families Master Tree
2	Bradford, William	13 Apr 1734	New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England	I19928	New England Hall Families Master Tree
3	Fox, Lyman	14 Mar 1789	New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England	I16490	New England Hall Families Master Tree

Died

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Died		Person ID	Tree
1	Sprague, John Jr.	6 Mar 1728/29	New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England	I19532	New England Hall Families Master Tree

Married

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	Family	Married		Family ID	Tree
1	Bradford / Fitch	1764	New London County, Connecticut Colony, New England	F7869	New England Hall Families Master Tree