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Groton, Connecticut, USA - Odd Fellows Home, 1907

Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

The New London County town of Groton sits between the Thames and Mystic Rivers on the eastern end of the state’s shoreline. Europeans settled this Pequot land in 1650, and, in 1705, Groton separated from New London...
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Groton has been the home of the General Dynamic Electric Boat Division, which supplies the U.S. Navy with submarines, since 1899. courant.com

The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.
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Odd Fellows Home, 1907

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Town Hall, Groton, Conn.

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The Griswold, Eastern Point, Groton, Conn.

"...Previously located on Eastern point in Groton CT the Griswold Hotel was a shining example of the decadent atmosphere of the early 20th century and the development of seaside communities as popular summer retreats..." sites.google.com/ a / uconn.edu/ 3102bonnie/

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Diving Tower - Submarine Base

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Hotel Griswold

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Machine Shop, New London Ship & Engine Co., Groton, Conn.
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Office of New London Ship and Engine Co., Groton, Conn.
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Public School, Groton, Conn.

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Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn.
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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Groton, Connecticut, USA

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female ancestorHannah NEWTON (, Groton, Connecticut, USA - 15 November 1849, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorAaron STARK (1608, , England (United Kingdom) - 2 June 1685, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
male ancestorJames AVERY (22 April 1620, Abbotskerswell, Devon, England - 18 April 1700, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
male ancestorJohn FISH (21 January 1621, Market Harbough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England - 1689, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
female ancestorJoanna (Joane) GREENSLADE (1622, , Devon County, England (Devonshire) - 1697, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
male ancestorNicholas CADY (1627, , England (United Kingdom) - 14 May 1712, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
female ancestorMartha IRELAND (ELAND) (1633, Market Harbough, Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England - 1673, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
female ancestorAbigail INGRAHAM (1636, - 9 September 1715, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
female ancestorHannah BREWSTER (3 November 1641, Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - 11 December 1711, Groton, Connecticut, USA)

Ancestors Who Were Married in Groton, Connecticut, USA

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male ancestorAaron STARK (1655 - 29 April 1721) and female ancestorMehitable SHAW (1654 - 1714) married 27 November 1676
male ancestorChristopher AVERY (23 January 1680 - 20 January 1753) and female ancestorPrudence PAYSON (1 March 1680 - 1726) married 1 April 1714
male ancestorWilliam MORGAN (March 1693 - October 1729) and female ancestorMary Ann AVERY (2 July 1693 - April 1780) married 3 July 1716
male ancestorJonathan LATHAM (28 May 1716 - 22 December 1796) and female ancestorMary AVERY (17 February 1713 - 2 September 1799) married 1737
male ancestorWilliam MORGAN (17 June 1723 - 11 April 1777) and female ancestorTemperance AVERY (14 September 1725 - 7 October 1801) married 4 July 1744
male ancestorWilliam LATHAM (10 May 1742 - 27 June 1792) and female ancestorEunice FORSYTH (1743 - 5 March 1799) married 15 September 1764
male ancestorChristopher MORGAN (27 October 1747 - 15 July 1831) and female ancestorDeborah LEDYARD (19 May 1749 - 22 April 1807) married 16 February 1768
male ancestorJohn BARBER (11 June 1747 - 22 March 1816) and female ancestorElizabeth DENISON (19 November 1748 - ) married November 1770
male ancestorPeleg R BILLINGS (24 September 1800 - 4 May 1858) and female ancestorAbby C BALL (1796 - 8 November 1871) married 4 November 1821
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