Connecticut Books

Connecticut History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies

Connecticut – A Bibliography of it’s History $24.95 (Published at $70.00) 
Edited by Roger Parks
University Press of New England 1986
This is a great resource for Connecticut research. Books are listed by Connecticut, counties and towns. look up your town of interest to find church histories, town histories, cemetery transcriptions and more. .
591 pages 9×12 hardbound

Family Secrets $12.0018th and 19th Century Birth Records Found in the Windham County, Connecticut, County Court Records and Files at the Connecticut State Library Archives, Hartford 

Marcella Pasay 
Baltimore: Heritage Books, 2000
(from the back cover) Did you ever wonder as to the reason for the paucity of births in early vital records? A hint of scandal or embarrassment associated with a birth may have made an ancestor reluctant to document it in a public record. This work is a compilation of Fornication and Maintenance of (Illegitimate) Child suits brought to the Windham County, CT, County Court from 1728 to 1847. All the towns of early Windham County are represented, plus towns in Tolland, Hartford, Middlesex, and New London Counties in CT; Dudley, Worcester Co., MA; Warwick, Providence Co., RI, and others. File records from the Archives were searched and any additional information was included. There are over three hundred cases in this book, each representing a birth which was most likely not recorded in the vital records. Previously unpublished marriage dates, names of alleged fathers, some maiden names, and even the names of midwives are revealed. Some file documents such as depositions were copied verbatim and both litigants (married and maiden names) and witnesses are indexed.
101 pages, 6×9 softbound, very good condition.

Genealogical Notes, or, Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. $119.95
Nathaniel Goodwin.
Hartford, Conn.; F.A. Brown; 1856.
     Memoir Of Nathaniel Goodwin. Genealogy Of The Goodwin Family. Adam Blakeman, Of Stratford, Conn. Leonard Chester, Of Wethersfield, Conn. Daniel Clark, Of Windsor, Conn. John Dwight, Of Dedham, Mass. William Edwards, Of Hartford, Conn. William Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. William Gurley, Of Northampton, Mass. John Hollister, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Hopkins, Of Hartford, Conn. Joiin Ingersoll, Of Hartford, Conn., And Of Northampton, Mass. Lewis Jones, Of Watertown, Mass. William Judson, Of Concord, Mass. And Of Stratford And New Haven, Conn. John Kent, Of Suffield, Conn, Richard Mather, Of Dorchester, Mass. Michael Metcalf, Of Dedham, Mass. Joseph Mygatt, Of Hartford, Conn. John Nott, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Porter, Of Windsor, Conn. Robert Sedgwick, Of Charlestown, Mass. Rev. Henry Smith, Of Wethersfield, Conn. Jared Spencer, Of Cambridge And Lynn, Mass., And Of Haddam Conn. Thomas  Spencer, Of Hartford, Conn. Reverend Samuel Stone of Hartford, Conn., Samuel Storrs of Mansfield, Conn., Samuel Carey, of Springfield, Mass. and of Enfield, Conn., Mathias Treat, of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Treat of Wethersfield, Conn., Andrew Ward of Wethersfield, Stamford and Fairfield, Conn., Governor John Webster of Hartford, Conn. in Hadley, Mass., Governor Thomas Wells of Hartford, Conn..
     Appendix: John Case of Windsor and Simsbury, Conn., Edwards Family, Goodrich Family, William Spenser of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., Family of Richard Treat, William Whiting of Hartford, Conn., John Lord of Hartford, Conn., Errata, Index. 
362 pages. Hardbound. Ornately embossed brown cloth binding.  Pages foxed. Chip at top of spine. Shelf wear. Binding is tight. Fair Condition. <G MA CT>

Genealogical Resources Southwestern Fairfield County Connecticut $14.95
Stamford, Connecticut: the Stamford genealogical Society, Inc., 1959
In the towns and cities of Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stanford and Wilton.
40 pages, 9 x 12 softbound, ex library, covers worn, good condition.

The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Story $25.00
Hartford: Pratt & Whitney, 1950
Nicely illustrated history of Hartford, Connecticut’s Aircraft company. 
Table of contents: Portfolio of Modern Aircraft, A Journey to Hartford, The Way the Weather Was, A Clean piece of Paper, Success, The Sky Becomes a Highway, Racing Days, Men at Work, Trouble, The War Years, The Journey Ahead.
173 pages, 9×12 hardbound, fading on cover & spine, some scratches on back cover. 2 pages stuck together in one spot leaving a small round mark. Good condition.

Annals of Yale College, from Its Foundation to the Year 1831. 2d Ed., 1838. $45.00Ebenezer Baldwin.
New Haven: B. & W. Noyes, 1838.
History of the early days of Yale.
343 pages, 6 x 9 hardcover, Rebound, cover has some light staining, overall condition  is good for a book this old, text block is heavily foxed, top of last 10 pages stained. <con>

The Connecticut Granges: An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of the Patrons of Husbandry; Sketches of the State, Pomona and Subordinate Granges of Connecticut, with Valuable Statistics, Notices of Prominent Members, Portraits and Illustrations. $125.00 (very rare)
New Haven, Conn.: Industrial Publishing Co., 1900
History of individual Granges with biographies and many photos.
694 pages, 7 x 10 hardcover, no DJ, pictorial binding, b & w photos; good condition; light spots on front and rear cover, light spot and wear to top and bottom of spine.

A Village of Outcasts (lighthouse site, CT) $24.00  
Kenneth L. Feder
Mountain View, Calf: Mayfield Publishing Company 1994
This case study in historical archaeology tells the story of the archaeological investigation of the Lighthouse site located in the northwestern hills of Connecticut. This remarkable story brings to life the Native American, African-American slaves and European outcasts who came together and formed a thriving settlement between A.D. 1740 and 1860.
Table of contents: 
Chapter 1, ENCOUNTERING THE LIGHTHOUSE , 
Chapter 2, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HISTORY A Rationale for Historical Archaeology , The Unique Contributions of Historical Archaeology , The Colonization Process , Understanding the Physical World of the Historical Past 1,  Examining Health and Nutrition of the Historical Past , Documenting the Lives of the Disenfranchised and the Oppressed , Documenting Illicit or Illegal Behaviors 17 Evaluating and Revising Historical Accounts of Known Events , Conclusion.
Chapter 3, THE LEGEND OF THE LIGHTHOUSE , Lewis Sprague Mills: A Source for the Legend , The Legend of the Lighthouse: Molly Barber , The Legend of the Lighthouse: James Chaugham , The Theme of the Captive , The Exodus , A New Life in the Wilderness , The “Lighthouse” , The Legacy of the Lighthouse.
Chapter 4, SOURCES OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LEGEND , Mills’s Sources , The Mountain County Herald, 1854 , William Wallace Lee’s Centennial Address , Connecticut Courant Article , Winsted Evening Citizen Article , Lee’s 1868 Article , Eyewitness Account of J. E. Mason , Edmund Smiley’s Short History of Riverton , Conclusion. 
Chapter 5, DIGGING IN THE DOCUMENTS: SOURCES , An Introduction to the Primary Record , Family Records , Family Bibles , Personal Correspondence , Diaries , Diplomas , Institutional Records , Church Records , Educational Records , Newspaper Articles and Obituaries , Public Records , The Census , Federal Mortality Schedules , Military Records , Vital Records , Court Records and Probate , Tax Records , Land Records , Cemetery Records , Conclusion .
Chapter 6, DIGGING IN THE DOCUMENTS: THE PEOPLE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, First Encounter, Anonymous Census Records, Connecticut’s 1756 Census, Connecticut’s 1762 Census, Connecticut’s 1774 Census, The Primary Record of the Lighthouse People , James Chaugham 75 Molly Barber , The Late Eighteenth Century: 1770-1783 , Summary: 1770—1783 , The Late Eighteenth Century: 1783—1800 , The Death of James Chaugham , Probate, Dower Right, and the Estate of James Chaugham , The Family after James , Summary: 1783—1800 , Ragged Mountain: 1800—1820 , Summary: 1800—1820 , The Final Decades of the Lighthouse Community: 1820—1860 , The Sale of the Lighthouse , Summary: 1820—1860 , After the Lighthouse Was Abandoned , School Records , Life Goes On , Conclusion.
Chapter 7, DIGGING IN THE DIRT: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS , Field Methods , The Questions of Archaeology 1 , Where?, What?, When?, How?, Who?, Why?, 
Chapter 8, DIGGING IN THE DIRT: ARCHAEOLOGY, AT THE LIGHTHOUSE SITE , “Unearthing” the Story of the Lighthouse , Bringing the Dead to Life , Mapping the Site , The Pedestrian Survey , Categories of the Pedestrian Survey , Pedestrian Survey Indications.
230 pages, softbound, good condition.

The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records [Vol. 3] $25.00 (out of print)
Branford, 1644-1850; Bridgeport, 1821-1854 
Lorraine Cook White, general ed. 
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company 1995 
The third volume in the transcription of the Barbour Collection of Connecticut town vital records covers the towns of Branford (1644-1850) and Bridgeport (1821-1854), and it contains the birth, marriage, or death records of no fewer than 30,000 persons. 
326 pages, new C-3

Muskets and Mansions the Greenwich, Connecticut Story $45.00
Daniel Knapp 
Greenwich, Conn. Fairview printers, 1966
Table of Contents: Twentie Five Coats, Marriage, Morals, Boundary and the Bible, Redcoats and Renegades, Century of Contrasts, the Nation Divided, the Railroad, Residential Greenwich, Modern Greenwich, a Photographic Essay. 
(From the end paper) in vivid prose and stunning pictures, Muskets and Mansions the Greenwich Story takes you through more than 300 years in the surprising history of one of America’s wealthiest, most beautiful suburban towns. From the stark, simple but momentous scene on the opening pages, when the first settlers signed a deed with the Indians in July 1640, to the concluding chapter on the development of Greenwich is a residential and community; Muskets and Mansions carries you through a series of unexpected events brimming with drama, humor, irony, excitement, valor, love and tragedy. Here in forceful, narrative style, our episodes that will come alive for all readers-and come as a shock to many others: the massacre of a thousand Indians at Petuquapaen-present day Cos Cob… The banning of all-male members from the first Congregational Church in old Greenwich… The pillaging of Greenwich by 1500 British, Hessians and Tories… Agricultural Greenwich in the mid-19th century… The coming of the Railroad… The First Commuters… The Civil War Saga of I Company-manned by men of Greenwich… The story of villains like “boss” Tweed… Heroes like revolutionary General Israel Putnam… Civil War major Daniel Mead… World War I aviation pioneer Raynal Bolling. Adding to the dimensions of the narrative are more than 175 photographs of Greenwich as it was-and Greenwich as it is. You’ll find the concluding photo essay on modern Greenwich-almost 100 pictures-unforgettable. Here, more clearly than any words can do it, is the Greenwich many believed to be the ideal community-the Greenwich that, like so much of America, could be buried by bulldozers, erased by erratic, fly-by-night developers. Muskets and Mansions, the Greenwich Story: a Rousing Readable Retelling of the past-and a Lesson for the Future.
237 pages, 9 x 12 hardbound, very good condition, dust jacket, edge worn and some rubbing on covers, Mylar protective cover.

History of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Vicinity Volume 2 $45.00
New York-Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917
This is a biographical volume only. Some photos.   Index:

Abbott, E. T.	Adams, A. L.	Adams, C. B.	Adams, F. J.
Adams, H. H.	Adams, S. R.	Allen. L. M.	Allen W. E.
Ambrose, A. S	Anderson, N. H.	Armstrong. C. H.	Ashmore, H. E.
Ashmun, B. I.	Atkins, C. E. C.		Baldwin, C. A.
Baldwin, G. M.	Banks. D. T	Banks, J. W.	Barnes, Jennie C.
Barnes, R. W.	Barnum. P. T.	Barri, J. A.	Bartlett. F. A.
Bartley, W. J	Bartram, Joseph	Batcheller, W. H.	Beach. H. K.
Beardsley, F	Beardsley. J. E	Beardsley, M. B.	Beardsley. S.
Bedell, W. E.	Beeman, A. E.	Beers, A. B.	Beers, Edgar
Benham, F. N, Jr	Benham, F. N.	Benson. C	Bent, W.
Berg,       A.	Bernstein, Abraham	Bernstein, Benjamin	Berry, H. K.
Bilton, C. E	Birdseye, G. K.	Birdseye. I. W	Bishop. H. A.
Bishop, H. E.	Bishop. J. H.	Bishop. N. W.	Bitzer. Karl
Black, J. M. H.	Blakeman. J. H.	Blarney. W. F.	Boardman, W. B.
Bolster. D. H.	Bottomly, C. A.	Bowers, S. D.	Bowers, W. C.
Boyle. J. E.	Bradley, S. C.	Braitling. F. K.	Brandes. P. H.
Bray, E. S.	Brennan. F. J.	Brewer, Arthur	Brewer. D. E.
Bridge. L. I.	Bridgeport Morris Plan Co	Bridgeport Trust Co	Brooks, C. W.
Brown, Richard	Bryant. H. F.	Bryant. W. C.	Bryant. W. G.
Buchmiller, F. C.	Buckingham, C. B.	Buckingham. E. T.	Buckley, W. J.
Bullard, E. P.	Burn. John	Burnham. W. E.	Burns. T. F.
Burr, H. E.	Burr. W. O.	Burroughs. J. G.
Calhoun. C. M.	Calhoun, P. C.	Calhoun. W. H.	Callahan, J. H.
Calvin, C. V.	Canlield, A. H.	Canfield, H. O.	Cantwell, F. A.
Carlson, C. W.	Carroll. G. F.	Casey, J. H.	Catlin, L. S.
Challenger, H. S	Chapman, P. S	Child, F. S.	Chittenden, E.
Clark, A. H.	Clark, A. L.	Clark. F. E.	Clark. R. E.
Clark. W. R.	Clarke, C. R.	Clarke, H. M.	Clemens, Konrad
Cleveland, G. A.	Cockerell, J. T	Coggswell, G. W.	Cogswell, R. W
Cogswell. R. B.	Colgan, J. E.	Coops, F. H.	Cornell, J. A., Jr
Cowles, W. M.	Cranstoun, William	Crawford, G. E.	Cronin, J. M.
Crouch, C. C.	Crudginton, R. F.	Cullinan, J.J.	Curley. W. H.
Curran. P. J.	Curtis, F. B.	Curtis. F. L.	Curtis, H. B.
Curtis, L. B.	Curtis, Stephen		Dane, G. W.
Davenport, Daniel	Davenport, H. A.	Davis, C. F.	Dawe, Peter
Day, D. S.	Deckand, Flora L. (Clark)	Dee, W. V.	De Laney, A. L.
Dennison, Arthur	Dewhirst. E. W.	Dick, M. W.	Doan, E. A.
Doolan, James	Dorkin. Henry	Dougherty, W. J	Dowling. M. J.
Dowling. W F.	Downs. N. H.	Drouve. G F.	Dunning. E. W.
	Eames. C. S.	Eames, G. M.	Eckart. F. C.
Eckart, G. F.	Eisenman, C. E.	Ellison, C. W.	Elm Service Co
Elson. Irving	Evers. W. H.		Fairchild, G. W.
Farist. Joel	Farrell, R. G.	Farrell. W. H.	Faust, Bernard
Ferguson. Theodore	Ferguson, T. T      .	Ferrett, R. R.	Finkelstone. B. B
Finn, G. W.	Fitzgerald. H. D.	Flanagan. M. J	Flint. J. T.
Foley. W. F.	Fones, A. C.	Fones, Civilion	Forbes, R. L.
Ford. H. H.	For, H. M.	Foster, Carl	Frauenberger, E. W.
Fullmer G. C.	Funnell, G. L.		Garlick, E. E.
Garlick, S. M.	Garneau, P. A.	Gates, Harry D.	Gates, Hiram D.
Gaylord, E. L.	Gerber, J. W.	Godfrey. C. C.	Godfrey, E. A.
Gold, J, D.	Goldstein, H. A.	Goodwin, C. C.	Gould, W. W.
Goulden, G. G.	Grandage, Walter	Granger A. T.	Grant J. W.
Greene, C. F	Green E. R.	Greenstein, M. J	Grippin, W. A.
Griswold, R. N.

More index to appear.
830 pages, 9 x 12 hardbound, covers very worn, inside pages clean and tight.

History of the Old Town of Derby, CT 1642-1880   $ 65.00 (out of print) 
Samuel Orcutt
Baltimore, Maryland: Heritage 1998, (facsimile reprint of the 1880 edition)
A complete reprint of the text, as originally published in 1880. Reverend Orcutt presents a detailed account of the growth and development of Derby from its initial settlement through the post Civil War period, including a historical overview of the Native American tribes of Connecticut and their relationships with the town. Highlighted are the contributions of prominent citizens and families, the affairs of local government and clergy, and the establishment of businesses and industry, with assessments of their impact on changing town life. Brief histories are also provided for the neighboring towns of Oxford, Birmingham and Seymour. Includes extensive biographical sketches and a genealogy section containing every full name recorded in Derby before 1800 that could be found. 
844 pp., 2 vols., original full name plus subject index, illus., paper

Town of East Windsor CT Bicentennial 1968 $15.00
1968
Mostly photographs with a bit of history.
56 page pamphlet, good condition, minor edge wear. 

History of the Second Church in Hartford Connecticut 1670-1892 $55.00 
Edwin pond Parker
Hartford, Connecticut: Belknap and Warfield 1892
Table of contents: A Struggle for Existence, Pastorate Reverend John Whiting, Hartford People Two Centuries Ago, Ministry of Rev. Thomas Buckingham, Ministry of Rev. Elnathan Whitman, D. D., Ministry of Rev. Benjamin Boardman and of Reverend Dr. Abel Flynt, Dr. Joel Harvey Lindsay, Reverend Cornelius C. Vanarsdalen, Reverend doctors Oliver Ellsworth Daggert and Walter Clarke, Supplementary, Appendices: Some of the original papers relating to the controversy and the church in Hartford, 1656-59, Pastors and Deacons of the Church, Officers of the Society, Etc., Catalogue of the Early Members of the church in the records Of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths.
435 pages, good condition, shelf wear, corners bumped, spine has a little wrinkle.

Historic Lebanon Conn. – Highlights of a Historic Town $29.95
Rev. Robert G. Armstrong, D.D.
Lebanon, CT: First Congregational Church 1950
Brief highlights of some major events and people of the town of Lebanon. I saw this book in a catalog for $187.00!
Table of Contents: The early days of Lebanon, The early ministry, The story of the Meetinghouse, Governor John Trumbull, John Trumbull: patriot, artist, architect, William Williams: signer of the declaration of independence, Dr. William Beaumont: backwoods physiologist, Two famous Lebanon schools, Governor Buckingham: Christian statesman, Conclusion.
79 pages, hardbound, covers are fade, edge wear, owner’s name in pen on inside cover.

Maritime Mystic, Conn. $15.00
Virginia B. Anderson
Mystic, CT: The Marine Historical Association, 1962
The story of Mystic form the beginning until the close of the age of sail.
Table of contents: The Mystic River Area, Political Development of the Area, Industries and Trade ashore, The Sea-Borne Economy, End of an Era, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index
88 pages, 7×10 softbound, as new

Naugatuck, Connecticut Congregational Church Records, 1781-1901  $34.00 (Out of print)
Helen S. Ullmann. 
Baltimore, Maryland: Heritage 1987
Naugatuck was part of Waterbury, Connecticut until 1844, about the middle of the era covered by these abstracts. All personal data has been abstracted from the records. It consists mainly of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, admissions, and transfers of membership, but there are also occasional references to disciplinary actions or other matters. The entries are arranged alphabetically and give the genealogical data in a concise format along with a citation to the original records; the latter are available on microfilm.  
143 pp., 8.5×11 paper (New Book)

Our Yankee Heritage – The Making of Greater New Haven CT $25.00
Privately printed, 1951, 2nd ed. 1957
This is an industrial history of the area, nicely illustrated. Table of contents: Early Days, Independence, New Enterprise, Wheels, Machines for Freedom, War and Peace, The Pace of Progress, the Modern Way, The Electronic Age, today and Tomorrow, Postscript, Calendar, Bibliography, Index.
400 pages + 38 page index, 6×9 green cloth hardbound, minor wear, very light stains on cover, good condition

19th Century Historians of New Haven Connecticut $15.00
Richard Hegel
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1972
A survey of the general field of 19th American historiography
Leonard Bacon
John Warner Barber
Edward Rodolphus Lambert
Edward Elias Atwater
Charles Herbert Levermore
Summary of New Haven 19th Century historiography
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
105 pages, 6×9 hardbound, good condition some light marks on cover

Annals of Norwich, New London County, CT, in the Great Rebellion of 1861-65 $ 49.95 (out of print)
Malcolm McG. Dana
Baltimore, Maryland: Heritage 1998, (facsimile reprint of the 1873 edition)
The state of Connecticut furnished nearly fifty-five thousand men to serve the Union in the Civil War. This book is intended to present the military records of those who went from the town of Norwich (over 1,300 in the Army and about 90 in the Navy). In addition, it gives an account of what was done at home in Norwich by the citizens and the town in its corporate capacity during the same period
The book has about two dozen chapters, and begins with the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, in April 1861 by the army of the Confederate States. The narrative proceeds through the main milestones of the Civil War, but from a Norwich perspective, giving details of formations of companies and regiments, and raising of funds to buy uniforms to outfit them, as well as contributions during the war of food and other supplies. There is a muster roll of soldiers in three months’ service; first, second and third companies; and an account of the call for three years’ men. The book discusses units of the fourth (later first artillery), fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, eighteenth, twenty-first, twenty-sixth and thirtieth regiments, as well as the first Connecticut Cavalry and the various Naval flotillas and the four blockading squadrons.
The book touches on topics such as the campaign in the west, the riot in New York, manufacture of arms in Norwich, obituaries of the 167 from Norwich who lost their lives in the conflict, captives in rebel prisons, the surrender of the confederate forces, the death of Lincoln, charities of the war, indebtedness following the war. There is an index of Norwich residents and an index of battles and military engagements, as well as a 14-page roll of honor, and a general muster roll of all Norwich soldiers listing about a thousand names. 
395 pp., illus., every name index, paper

History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut $39.95
Norman Litchfield & Sabina Connolly Hoit, PH.D
Oxford, Conn.: 1960, privately printed.
Table of contents: Foreword, The Men Who Settled Milford and Derby, The Settling of Oxford, The Indians and the Deeds They Gave, The New Parish of Oxford  Some Early Social and Business Problems, Men of the Early Times, Slaves in Oxford, Taverns and Tavern Keepers , The Revolution, The Incorporation of Oxford, The Town Greens, Roads and Turnpikes, Bridges; Zoar, Pine’s and Stevenson , Ocean Borne Commerce, Grist Mills and Saw Mills, Small Factories, Men of Oxford during Industrial Prosperity, Steamboats and Railroads, Customs in the Nineteenth Century, The Temperance Movement, Masonic Societies, The Civil War , A Blacksmith of 1865 , Agricultural Society and the Grange , The Seymour Record, Historical Celebration, 1932 , Tercentenary Celebration , World Wars I. and II, American Legion, Post Offices, Stores, and Stages Churches, Schools and P.T.A, Physicians and Health , Cemeteries, Public Library, Town Hall Building, Selectmen’s Reports, Town Finances, Changes to Map of Oxford, Industry in Oxford Today Fire Department Lions Club, Selectmen of Oxford, Town Clerks, Judges of Probate, Postmasters Ambulance Association, Boy Scouts, Epilogue
328 pages, hardbound, good condition, covers have some fading.

The History of Ridgefield Connecticut $59.95
George L. Rockwell (signed by the author)
Ridgefield, Connecticut: privately printed by the author, 1927.
Nice history with lots of lists of citizens and dates, interesting pictures and commentary.
Table of contents: Purchase of the Township, Settlement of the Town, the Indians of Ridgefield, Settlers Rock, Colonial Life and Activities, the Oblong, Highways and Stagecoach Routes, Town Meeting in Town Affairs, the French and Indian War, Revolutionary Period, the Battle of Ridgefield, Further Incidents of the Revolutionary War, the French Troops, Ridgefield Man in the Revolution, Individual Records of Revolutionary Soldiers, the Stebbins House, War of 1812, Sarah Bishop-the Hermitess, the Keeler Tavern, the Congregational Church, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, the Ridgeburry Churches, The Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Christian Science Society, Peter Parley, Minor Wars, the Civil War, the World War, Fraternal and Social Organizations, Associations and Reminiscences: the American Flag Company, the 49ers from Ridgefield, the Ridgefield Fair and Cattle Show, the Fire 1895,the Titicus Flood, the Ridgefield press, Schools and Libraries, Former Industries of the Town, Cemeteries, Sketches: the Districts of Farmingville and Limestone, Personal and Biographical Sketches, the Physicians and Ridgefield, Ridgefield of the Present, from Records of Vital Statistics Ridgefield, Connecticut: Births to about 1827, Marriages to about 1819, Copy of the Will Made by Daniel Sherwood of Ridgefield, Connecticut 1749, Other Purchases from the Indians, Delegates from Ridgefield to the Constitutional Convention of 1818, Delegate from Ridgefield the Constitutional Convention of 1902, Presidential Electoral 1880, Delegates to National Conventions, State Senators and Other Officials, Ridgefield Probate District, Proprietor’s Deeds, the Population of Ridgefield, Representatives to Legislature, Selectmen, Town Clerks, Town Treasurers, Family of Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll, Grace Ingersoll, King Family, the Dauchy Family, the Beers Family, Abijah Resseguie, the Lounsbury Family, the Rockwell Family, the Hurlbutt Family, Bibliography, Index.
583 Pages, 6 x 9 hardbound, Stain on the Cover, Edge Wear, Corners Bumped, Title Page Is Splitting from Binding, Binding Is Loose, All Pages Intact.

General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn., from Its First Settlement. 2d Ed  $150.00
C.F. Sedgwick
Armenia, N.Y.: Charles Walsh, 1877.
CHAPTER I – Containing a Concise History of Events which Led to the Sale and Settlement of the Township.
CHAPTER II. – An Account of the Measures Proposed and Executed for the Sale and Settlement of the Township.
CHAPTER III – Incorporation of the Town‑First ‘Town Meeting‑List of Officers Chosen‑Settlement of Rev. Peter Pratt‑First Meeting House‑Alarming Sickness:
CHAPTER IV  – Indians in Sharon.
CHAPTER V – Ecclesiastical Affairs‑Deposition of Mr. Pratt ‑His Subsequent Career‑Litchfield County when Organized Settlement of Mr. Searle Ellsworth Society‑Rev. Mr. Knibloe ­Dismission of Mr. Searle.
CHAPTER VI – A History of the Moravian Missions in Sharon.
CHAPTER VIL – Rev. Cotton Mather Smith‑Census‑Church of England Missions‑Organization of the Episcopal Parish‑New Meeting House‑Rev. George Whitfield.
CHAPTER VIII – Events of the Revolutionary War.
CHAPTER IX – Incidental Events‑Disastrous Fire in Sharon Valley‑Small Pox‑Casualties‑Shays’ Rebellion‑Excise Duties.
CHAPTER X – Methodist Society in Sharon.
CHAPTER XI – History of the Ecclesiastical Society Continued.
CHAPTER XII – The War of the Rebellion.
CHAPTER XIII  – Biographical Notices‑Family Sketches, Genealogies, Etc.
APPENDIX A – Form of Deeds Given by the Government’s Committee to the Purchasers of Rights to the Common Land in Sharon.
APPENDIX B – Patent of the Town of Sharon.
APPENDIX C – Rev. Cotton Mather Smith’s Reply to Rev. Dr. Trumbull’s Circular.
APPENDIX D – Copy of the Deed by which the Indians Conveyed Away their Last Claim of Title to Lands in Sharon.
APPENDIX E – List of Names of Soldiers of the Revolution, belonging to the Town of Sharon, who served in 1776, taken from the Controller’s Books, in Hartford.
APPENDIX F – Narrative of Adonijah Maxam.
APPENDIX G – Graduates of Yale College who have been Citizens of Sharon.
APPENDIX H – Names of the Children of the Rev. Cotton Mather Smith, with the dates of their decease.
APPENDIX I – Roll of the Representatives from the Town of Sharon to the General Assembly.
APPENDIX J – Town Officers.
APPENDIX K – Hymn composed by the Hon. John Cotton Smith, and sung at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Town Meeting.
207 pages. Hardbound. No DJ. Good Condition, corners bumped, minor dents on back cover.

Homes and Doorways of Old Wethersfield CT $35.00
Wethersfield, CT: The Wethersfield Women’s Association, 1927
Pictures of homes and doorways with brief captions. Map with some early home sites
48 pages, title page has a 1 inch tear, some spotting on some pages, good condition.

History of the Town of Wolcott Connecticut 1731-1874 $79.95
Rev Samuel Orcutt
Charlestown, Mass: Acme Bookbinding. 1997 reprint of the 1874 edition
Table of Contents:
First Society in Wolcott: First Settlers, Formation of the First Society, Assembly Act, Warnings, First Meeting, Adjourned Meetings.
Building a Meetinghouse: Committee to Stick the Stake, Notification, Order of the Court, the Deed, the House Built, Officers Chosen 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774.
Obtaining a Pastor: Grant of a Tax, First Call, Mr. Jackson, Second Call, Mr. Gillett, Organization of the Church, Declarations, First Members, the Ordination of Mr. Gillett.
Mr. Gillett’s Ministry: Graduate Appeal, His Father, a Library, Church Discipline, Revival, Results, Repairs on Meetinghouse, Singing Additions, Mr. Gillett at Home, His Salary, He Closes His Labors, Doings of the Council.
Mr. Woodward’s Ministry: The Call, Letter of Acceptance, Subscription, His Labors, Completion of the Meetinghouse, Dedication, Mr. Woodward’s Salary, Rate Bill, His Death.
Reverend Mr. Hart’s and Reverend Mr. Keys Ministry: The Call, His Ordination, Football, His Labors, His Death, Mr. Keyes, Urgent Invitations, Council, Dr. Beecher’s Sermon, Sunday School, Efficiency of the Church, Mr. Keys Resignation and Dismissal.
Without a Pastor: the Meetinghouse Full, Payments of Debts, Improvement in Singing, Deacon Isaac Bronson, His Gratuitous Labors Five Years, Journal of Reverend Erastus Scranton, The Revival, Dr. William A. Alcott, Sunday School, or Procuring a Bell, Subscription, Improvement of the Meetinghouse, Reverend Nathan Shaw, Reverend Seth Sackett, Reverend W. F. Vail, Pew Holders According to Age.
Ministries of reverends J. D. Chapman and Arron C. Beach: Antislavery, Burning of the Meetinghouse, Second Society Organized, Efforts to Rebuild the Church, a Council Coal, Its Findings, Mr. Chatman Dismissed, Difficulties Settled, Reverends Zaphaniah Swift, Reverend A. C. Beach, This Settlement, His Labors, His Dismissal.
Reverend Stephen Rogers, Lent S. Hough, W. C. Fiske: Mister Rogers Settlement, His Illness, He Resigns, Reverend Lent S. Hough, Letters of Commendation, a Communion Service, Revised Articles of Faith, Mr. Hough Closes His Labors, Reverend Mr. Fiske, He Resigns after Three Years, Reverend S. Orcutt, the Home Missionary Society.
Officers and Members of the Church: the List of Ministers, List of Deacons, Clerks of Church, Moderators, Clerks of the Society, Treasurers, Prudential Committees, School Committees, Members of the Church.
Part Two The Episcopal Church
Organization of the Society: Episcopalians Early in Wolcott, Withdrawal from the First Society, Call for the First Meeting, Minutes of the First Meeting, Officers, Building a House of Worship, As I Given by the Town, the House Built.
Organization of the Church: Early Records, a List of Ministers, Clerks, Society Committees, Wardens, Vestry Men.
Part Three Civil History
The Town Incorporated: Votes of the Society, A Memorial, Act of the Assembly, Poor, First Town Meeting, Hills of Wolcott, Streams in Wolcott.
The First Settlers: Farmington Part, Waterbury Part, Wolcott Center in 1800, The Public Green, The Will Place, Atkins Will, Woodtick, Hotels, Highways.
Public Schools: the Districts, Expenses, Will of Addin Lewis, Whipping Post, Law, Smallpox, Burying Grounds, Yankee Peddlers, Taxes.
Roll of Honor: List of Freemen, Town Officers, State Officers, Revolutionary Soldiers, Soldiers in the late war.
Biography: John Alcock, Captain John Alcock, A.  Bronson Alcott, Dr. William A. Alcott, Reverend William T. Alcott, Joseph Atkins Sr., Deacon Joseph Atkins, Reverend A. C. Beach, Reverend J. W. Beach, Deacon Isaac Bronson, Timothy Bradley, Reverend James D. Chapman, Reverend W. C. Fiske, Judah Frisbie, Rev Alexander Gillet, Rev. Timothy Gillet, Dea. Aaron Harrison, Rev. Lucas Hart, Lucas C. Hotchkiss, Rev. Lent S. Hough, Capt. Heman Hall, Ephraim Hall, Dr. Ambrose Ives, Rev. John Keys, Simeon H. Norton, Dr. John Potter, Rev Nathan Shaw, Seth Thomas, Rev. Benoni Upson, D. D., Rev Henry B. Woodward,
The Centenary Meeting
Opening of the Meeting
Remarks by: A. Bronson Alcott, Editor E. B. Cook, Hon. B. G. Northrop, Rev. W. H. Moore, Simeon H. Norton.
List of aged persons
The Centenary poem
Wolcott People removed to Meriden
Isaac Burritt’s Remarks
Hon. Elihu Burritt’s Remarks
Antiquities
Judge W. E. Curtiss’s Remarks
George W. Seward’s
Dea. Samuel Holmes
Rev. Mr. Hillard’s
Genealogies of Families
Alcott, Atkins, Barnes, Bartholomew, Beecher, Bradley, Brockett, Brooks, Bronson, Brown, Byington, Carter, Churchill, Curtiss, Fairclough, Finch, Frisbie, Frost, Gillet, Hall, Harrison, Higgins, Hitchcock, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Hough, Johnson, Kenea, Lane, Lewis, Lindsley, Merrill, Minor, Moulthrop, Munson, Nichols, Norton, Pardee, Parker, Peck, Plumb, Potter, Prichard, Richards, Rogers, Root, Rose, Scarritt, Seward, Slater, Smith, Somers, Sperry, Stevens, Sutliff, Thomas, Todd, Tuttle, Twitchell, Upson, Wakelee, Warner, Welton, Wiard.
608 pages, very good condition.