Thomas BURNHAM

(b. abt. 1617 , England d. abt. 1688 , Connecticut, Dominion of New England )

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Thomas BURNHAM was born abt. 1617 in England

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Thomas BURNHAM died abt. 1688 in Connecticut, Dominion of New England.
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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1659 - Purchases land in Connecticut from Native Americans
In 1659, Thomas Burnham (1617–1688) purchased the tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford from Tantinomo, chief sachem of the Podunk Indians. Burnham lived on the land and later willed it to his nine children. The town of Hartford once included the land now occupied by the towns of East Hartford, Manchester, and West Hartford. In 1783, East Hartford became a separate town, which included Manchester in its city limits until 1823.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

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