Derby, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Derby, Connecticut, USA? Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Derby was settled in 1642 as an Indian trading post under the name Paugasset. It was named after Derby, England, in 1675. Derby was incorporated on May 13, 1775.
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Derby, Connecticut, USA
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Derby, Connecticut, USA
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Bridge over Housatonic River
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1675 - (Derby, CT) Settled as a Native American trading post in 1654, it was named after Derby, England, in 1675.
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1681 First water-powered grist mill opened in Derby
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1819 - Derby
Derby, an ancient commercial post town, is situated upon the eastern side of the Ousatonick river,...Read MORE...
Derby, an ancient commercial post town, is situated upon the eastern side of the Ousatonick river,...Read MORE...
1819 - First industrial training school, established by Josiah Holbrook in Derby
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1833 – A family of Bethany Indians resettled in Derby by the selectmen is wiped out by smallpox; there are in all six men, three squaws, and three children; only the children survive the epidemic.
The family, named Mack, support themselves by making baskets and by hunting. They are among the...Read MORE...
The family, named Mack, support themselves by making baskets and by hunting. They are among the...Read MORE...
1859
DERBY, a township of New Haven co., in the state of Connecticut, 44 m. SW of Hartford, watered by...Read MORE...
DERBY, a township of New Haven co., in the state of Connecticut, 44 m. SW of Hartford, watered by...Read MORE...
1870 - Housatonic Dam opened in Derby
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1882 - HIGH WATER AT DERBY. The Scene at the Ousatonic Dam - Freshets of Past Years. BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 25.- The steady down pour of rain during Saturday, both day and night, caused the ...Read MORE...
1908 - SPEEDING MOGUL BLOWS UP.Trainmen Hurt, Locomotive and Cars Wrecked, and Tracks Torn Up.
Special to The New York...Read MORE...
1916
Derby, der'be, a banking city of New Haven co., Conn., in Derby township (town), on the Housatonic...Read MORE...
Derby, der'be, a banking city of New Haven co., Conn., in Derby township (town), on the Housatonic...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Hannah L. DAVIS
(1796, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 13 September 1879, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Bird FRENCH
(1796, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 6 November 1870, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eleazer HAWKINS
(27 November 1706, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 1734, Derby, Connecticut, USA)
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Joseph HAWKINS
(14 February 1669, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 21 April 1732, Stratford, Connecticut, USA)
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Zadock HAWKINS
(abt. 1733, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 20 October 1777, , Connecticut, USA)
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Samuel HULL
(25 January 1777, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 19 March 1844, Ansonia, Connecticut, USA)
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Lillian Frances STEVENS
(11 January 1952, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 30 November 2005, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Tabitha TOMLINSON
(1645, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 1691, Derby, Connecticut, USA)
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Damaris WOOSTER
(20 February 1708, Derby, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Timothy WOOSTER
(12 November 1670, Derby, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Joseph HAWKINS (3 April 1642 - 12 October 1682) &
Abigail HOLBROOK (21 May 1648 - 1681)
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Eleazer HAWKINS (27 November 1706 - 1734) &
Damaris WOOSTER (20 February 1708 - )
married 13 December 1727 |
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Zadock HAWKINS (abt. 1733 - 20 October 1777) &
Lydia WILMOT (23 July 1734 - 4 August 1820)
married 4 August 1754 |
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