History of Redding, Connecticut--First Settlement to Present Time

With Notes On The Adams, Banks, Barlow, Bartlett, Bartram, Bates, Beach, Benedict, Betts, Burr, Burritt, Burton, Chatfield, Couch, Darling, Fairchild, Foster, Gold, Gorham, Gray, Griffin, Hall, Hawley, Hill, Heron, Hull, Jackson, Lee, Lyon, Lord, Mallory, Meade, Meeker, Merchant, Morehouse, Perry, Platt, Read, Rogers, Rumsey, Sanford, Smith and Stow Families  

Unlike neighboring settlements that formed individually, Redding was originally part of the town of Fairfield Redding's early years were interrelated with the local Indians and their chief, Chickens Warrop The War of Independence first touched Redding on April 26, 1777 The author has provided two slightly different accounts of this conflict while Redding's involvement in the Civil War is documented in excerpts from town meetings Includes biographical sketches

Charles Burr Todd  

(1880), 2008, 5½x8½, paper, index, 288 pp

ISBN: 9780788412202

101-T1220