Trumbull, Connecticut: History of Trumbull, Connecticut, Ephraim Hawley House, Joseph Judson, Pequonnock River, Nichols Farms Historic Distri

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: History of Trumbull, Connecticut, Ephraim Hawley House, Joseph Judson, Pequonnock River, Nichols Farms Historic District, Connecticut Route 25, Trumbull High School, Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation, Connecticut Route 108, Zachariah Curtiss House, Nero Hawley, A Great Jubilee Day, Robert Hawley, 1989 Little League World Series, Westfield Trumbull, Pinewood Lake, Pine Brook Country Club, Gregory's Four Corners Burial Ground, St. Joseph High School, St. Theresa Church, Connecticut Route 111, Old Mine Park Archeological Site, Connecticut Route 127, Hawley Lane Mall, Pretzelmaker, Christ Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial Ground, Unity Burial Ground, Christ the King Church, Truman Bradley, David Mallett Jr. House, Tungstite, Christian Heritage School, OLM.net, Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut, Bunker Ramo Corporation. Excerpt: Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut in the New England region of the United States, was settled owned and controlled by the town of Stratford from 1639 until May 1725 when the northwest farmer's of Stratford petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own separate village. They proposed calling their new village Nickol's Farm's after the family that owned a large farm in its center at the time. The new parish was approved in October 1725 and called 'Unity. In 1744, Unity merged with the Long Hill parish (organized in 1740) of the Stratfield section of Stratford to form the Society of North Stratford. North Stratford controlled its own religious and educational affairs. However, to have a voice in governmental functions such as adopting laws and establishing taxes, the inhabitants were required to attend town meetings in Stratford, an overnight journey. After ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly granted complete town rights in October 1...