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A History of the town of
GREENWICH,

Fairfield County, Connecticut
with
Many Important Statistics
by Daniel M. Mead
Attorney, etc., at Law, Greenwich, Conn.
Published:
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers
Corner Nassau and Spruce Streets
1857
387 pages


CONTENTS:

  Page
Introduction 5
Discovery 18
Petuquapaen 18
Settlement 21
Agreements with Neighbors 26
Trouble with the Indians 80
Legend of Labden's Rock 41
A New Expedition 43
The Successful Attack 47
Boundary on the West 54
Increase of Inhabitants, & c. 59
Items from 1665 to 1690 65
Another Quarter of a Century: 74
Episcopalianism 97
1715 to Revolutionary War 107
French War 114
The Revolutionary War 130
Incidents of the Revolution 153
Tryon's Expedition 159
Rivington's Press 175
Expeditions on the South 176
Skirmish Beyond King Street 179
The Enemy's Excursion to North Stamford 181
Andrew Mead, Humphrey Denton, and Richard Mead 182
Mill and Docks at Mianus 185
The War of 1812 190
Constitution of 1818 195
Skimeton Parties 198


APPENDIX.

Fairfield County 211
Sovereigns of England after the Settlement 227
Governors of Connecticut 227
Town Officers 229
Business Directory 235
School Districts 243
Indian Names 245
Chronological Table 246
The Second Congregational Society 251
Methodist Episcopal Society 268
Christ's Church 270
Emanuel Church, at Glenville 273
Genealogy of the Mead Family 277
Genealogy of the Peck Family 295
Biographical Notice of Rev. Jeremiah Peck 300
The Brundig Family 306
The Bush Family 306
The Close Family 307
The Curtis Family 309
The Dayton Family 311
The Field Family 312
The Ferris Family 312
The Holmes Family 313
The Lyon Family 313
The Lockwood Family 313
The Palmer Family 314
The Purdy Family 314
The Brush Family 315
The Lewis Family 316
The Howe Family 317
 
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