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Early Connecticut Marriages (Classic Reprint): As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800
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Since agriculture, both by necessity and choice, was in those trying times the only dependence of our sturdy ancestors, the possession of the necessary land with a little to spare became a common and prevail ing impulse; while the occasional cessation of Indian warfares gave the ambitious sons and later arrivals the increased courage to locate for themselves farther and farther inland. And all naturally resulting in new parish organizations and later by division of the old or the opening of new territory, into other incorporated towns. In each and every case the church serving as that nucleus around which a township was formed.
Since agriculture, both by necessity and choice, was in those trying times the only dependence of our sturdy ancestors, the possession of the necessary land with a little to spare became a common and prevail ing impulse; while the occasional cessation of Indian warfares gave the ambitious sons and later arrivals the increased courage to locate for themselves farther and farther inland. And all naturally resulting in new parish organizations and later by division of the old or the opening of new territory, into other incorporated towns. In each and every case the church serving as that nucleus around which a township was formed.
136 pages, Paperback
First published November 14, 2012
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