Portland, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Portland, Connecticut, USA? Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
The first European settlers came to Portland in the 1690s. They were attracted by brownstone, which was used both for construction and for gravestones. Proximity to the river meant that the stone could be transported far and wide, and the Portland brownstone quarries supplied to New York, Boston and even San Francisco, Canada and England. By the 1850s, more than 1,500 people were employed in the quarry industry. More than 25 ships transported the stone. By the 1850s, shipbuilding became more important as an industry, and the economic center of town shifted toward the Gildersleeve area. Immigrants from Ireland, then Sweden, then (to a lesser extent) Italy came to town to work the quarries.
It originally was part of Middletown and then known as East Middletown. In 1767, Chatham, which then included Portland and East Hampton, was founded.
The town was a part of Chatham until 1841, when it became separate. Its name comes from Portland, England, a place famous for its freestone quarries.
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1841 - (Portland, CT) Originally named East Middletown or Conway, then Chatham, it was incorporated as a town in 1841.
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1906
Portland, a banking post-village in Portland township (town), Middlesex co., Conn., on the New...Read MORE...
Portland, a banking post-village in Portland township (town), Middlesex co., Conn., on the New...Read MORE...
1949 - Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - Horse Meets Car...Last September in Portland a saddle horse became tired of the routine obstacle jumps and bolted...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
William H BLESSING
(2 July 1907, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 23 October 1984, Meriden, Connecticut, USA)
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Richard P. BROWN
(1797, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 5 May 1861, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Florilla BUCK
(31 July 1803, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 31 October 1884, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA)
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Mary COLEMAN
(27 July 1851, Portland, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Arvilla Jane DANIELS
(24 October 1839, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 31 January 1916, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA)
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Jeremiah GOODRICH
(22 September 1742, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 14 July 1823, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Edward JOHNSON
(29 April 1815, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 3 November 1872, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA)
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Theresa STACIA RUTKOWSKI
(10 May 1908, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 31 March 1995, Meriden, Connecticut, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Asaph ABBEY
(1776, - 7 December 1831, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Benjamin ABBEY
(1810, - 1 April 1865, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Samuel ABBY
(27 July 1726, Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA - 10 August 1806, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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John C. BROOKS
(1808, - 25 February 1852, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Alvin BROWN
(1814, - 9 June 1880, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Jeremiah GILDERSLEEVE
(1782, - 16 March 1857, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Obediah GILDERSLEEVE
(1728, - 5 January 1816, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Philip GILDERSLEEVE
(7 February 1757, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA - 26 October 1822, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Philip GILDERSLEEVE
(1816, - 12 October 1850, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Sylvester S. GILDERSLEEVE
(1829, - 2 October 1852, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Amos GOODRICH
(1762, - 15 January 1843, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Charles GOODRICH
(1723, - 15 July 1807, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Gershon GOODRICH
(1717, - 18 June 1789, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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H. Sherman GOODRICH
(1838, - 23 January 1875, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Hezekiah GOODRICH
(1746, - 21 April 1817, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Jeremiah GOODRICH
(1710, - 8 May 1793, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Joseph GOODRICH
(1783, - 7 February 1852, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Joseph GOODRICH
(1807, - 8 October 1879, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Joseph GOODRICH
(1814, - 29 March 1880, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Joshua GOODRICH
(3 March 1723, Middletown, Connecticut, USA - 23 October 1792, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Oliver GOODRICH
(1739, - 17 February 1811, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Reuben GOODRICH
(1763, - 20 January 1798, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Jeremiah GOODRICH
(22 September 1742, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 14 July 1823, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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William H BLESSING (2 July 1907 - 23 October 1984) &
Theresa STACIA RUTKOWSKI (10 May 1908 - 31 March 1995)
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