The Settlement of Stamford in 1641
This tablet has been placed by Stamford Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate
The Settlement of Stamford in 1641
During that year, twenty nine men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. Imbued with the spirit of the founders of of New England, they built a permanent and enduring settlementof landowners and freemen. The eleventh colony to be founded in Connecticut.
The names of the original settlers are.
Robert Bates • Francis Bell • Samuel Clark • Robert Coe • Richard Crabb • Richard Denton • Jeffrey Ferris • Daniel Finch • Robert Fisher • Richard Gildersleve • Jeremy Jagger • John Jissop • Richard Law • Matthew Mitchell • Thomas Morehouse • John Northend • Thurston Rainer • John Reynoulds • John Seaman • Samuel Sherman • Vincent Simkins • Henry Smith • Andrew Ward • Thomas Weeks • John Whitmore • Edmund Wood • Jeremiah Wood • Jonas Wood H. • Jonas Wood O.
November 11, 1931
Marker is at the intersection of Atlantic Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Atlantic Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
