Watertown, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Watertown, Connecticut, USA? Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
More than 210 years ago the area that is now Watertown belonged to the local Paugasuck Indians. But in 1684, Thomas Judd and 35 other proprietors bought the land from the Indians and Town history began.
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Watertown, Connecticut, USA
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"...Gen. Meritt Heminway (1800-1886) started his "M. Heminway and Sons Silk Co." in Watertown in 1846. The company was the first to produce thread on spools which then made sewing machines possible. He built the factory down Echo Lake Road just past Deland Field on the left sort of opposite Daveluy's Pizza. He also created the pond on Steele Brook just north of the factory which is still called Heminway Pond. The whole operation was powered by waterwheels.
The company prospered and the Heminway name became known around the world..." facebook.com Florence T Crowell's Historic Watertown Connecticut Photo Gallery)
THE HEMINWAY AND BARTLETT SILK COMPANY, WATERTOWN, CONN.
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1780 - (Watertown, CT) - In 1738 the First Ecclesiastical Society of Westbury formed, and in 1780 the town separated from Waterbury and incorporated as Watertown.
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1819 - Watertown
Watertown is a post township, situated in the southeastern section of the county, 26 miles from...Read MORE...
Watertown is a post township, situated in the southeastern section of the county, 26 miles from...Read MORE...
1856 - A Fowl StoryThe New York Clipper contains an account, from a correspondent in Watertown, Conn., of a fight...Read MORE...
1906
Watertown, a post-village and summer-resort in Watertown township (town), Litchfield co., Conn., 6...Read MORE...
Watertown, a post-village and summer-resort in Watertown township (town), Litchfield co., Conn., 6...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Uri BRONSON
(22 March 1776, Watertown, Connecticut, USA - 3 July 1862, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Joseph GRANNIS
(12 March 1676, Watertown, Connecticut, USA - 1753, East Haven, Connecticut, USA)
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Experience HARMON
(1783, Watertown, Connecticut, USA - 16 October 1860, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Clark MANVILLE
(1776, Watertown, Connecticut, USA - 9 October 1854, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Frances MARTINDALE
(1751, Watertown, Connecticut, USA - 17 March 1825, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA)
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