Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Pomfret, Connecticut, USA? Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
The town was incorporated in 1713 and named after Governor Saltonstall’s estate near Pontefract (meaning broken bridge) in Yorkshire, England. Pomfret is bordered on the north by Woodstock, on the east by Putnam and Killingly, on the west by Eastford, and on the south by Brooklyn and Hampton...
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Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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"Thomas S. Harrison's, The Meadows, which stands near the Pomfret Stock-Farm, of which he is the owner, is a large and dignified old colonial mansion, so successfully re-arranged and enlarged as to command metropolitan luxury. Mr. Harrison is a resident of Philadelphia, but of recent years has spent a considerable portion of his time each year at his country home, in superintending the cultivation of his extensive property and adding to the local improvements of Pomfret."
The Connecticut Quarterly, Volume 2
Connecticut Quarterly Company, 1896)
The Meadows
"Thomas S. Harrison's, The Meadows, which stands near the Pomfret Stock-Farm, of which he is the owner, is a large and dignified old... Read MORE...
Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
Christ Episcopal Church, Pomfret, Conn.
Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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"Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States, serving 360 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates...
Opened October 3, 1894 by Founder William E. Peck and his wife Harriet Jones Peck, who designed the school's coat of arms, Pomfret's graduates have distinguished themselves in sports, government, the arts, sciences, business, and public service as philanthropists and activists..." wikipedia)
Pomfret School, Pomfret, Conn.
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1713 - (Pomfret, CT) - Purchased from area natives in 1686 and incorporated in 1713, Pomfret was named for Pontefract in Yorkshire, England.
Agriculture and various mills along the town’s plentiful waterways supported the settlers’ earliest ...Read MORE...
Agriculture and various mills along the town’s plentiful waterways supported the settlers’ earliest ...Read MORE...
1819 - Pomfret
Pomfret, a post township, is situated in the central section of the county, 40 miles northeast from ...Read MORE...
Pomfret, a post township, is situated in the central section of the county, 40 miles northeast from ...Read MORE...
1906
Pomfret, a post-village in Pomfret township (town), Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven...Read MORE...
Pomfret, a post-village in Pomfret township (town), Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
  
Timothy ADAMS
(7 September 1742, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 25 August 1834, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Mary CHAMBERLAIN
(1792, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 21 May 1869, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elizabeth DAVIDSON
(1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 5 March 1865, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA)
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Lucy DAVISON
(1791, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 20 March 1869, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA)
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Amasa GROSVENOR
(27 December 1776, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 4 February 1843, Carlisle, New York, USA (Grosvenor Corners))
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Caleb GROSVENOR
(15 August 1716 , Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 20 April 1788, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Moses GROSVENOR
(15 August 1741, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 16 March 1811, Carlisle, New York, USA (Grosvenor Corners))
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Dorcas GROVESNER
(1755, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 11 July 1847, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Rebecca H. HOLBROOK
(1776, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 17 October 1864, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Calvin HOLBROOK
(10 August 1758, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 4 August 1845, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA)
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Simeon LYON
(15 June 1745, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 1802, Naples, Ontario, New York, USA)
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Oscar Robert OSTBERG
(28 April 1891, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - , )
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John SABIN
(5 March 1757, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 22 April 1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Nathaniel SESSIONS
(10 June 1750, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 5 October 1824, Union, Connecticut, USA)
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Dorcas SHARP
(20 January 1738, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 11 April 1821, Carlisle, New York, USA (Grosvenor Corners))
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Cyrus STOWELL
(1768, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 13 February 1859, Peru, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elisha TROWBRIDGE
(3 March 1771, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 25 February 1856, Eastford, Connecticut, USA)
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James TROWBRIDGE
(28 February 1785, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 26 March 1871, Eastford, Connecticut, USA)
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Darius TRUESDELL
(16 January 1752, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 6 May 1808, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA)
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Eliza N. TUCKER
(1811, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 8 March 1890, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ephraim TUCKER
(23 May 1745, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 25 April 1823, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA)
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Elisha WILLIAMS
(August 1825, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 24 November 1878, Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Joseph BACON
(1 January 1666, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 31 May 1741, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Burton Sylvester BAKER
(5 October 1882, Eastford, Connecticut, USA - 21 August 1957, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Sarah CARPENTER
(7 May 1720, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 11 February 1793, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Abel CLARK
(1743, - 18 September 1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Esther CLARKE
(abt. 1651, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - 15 June 1738, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Ebenezer EATON
(1741, - 28 December 1776, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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John Willis FISK
(1758, - 14 September 1776, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Ebenezer GROSVENOR
(9 October 1684, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 20 September 1730, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Caleb GROSVENOR
(15 August 1716 , Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 20 April 1788, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Daniel HOLT
(1707, - 5 November 1776, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Pamela LANGLOIS
(March 1882, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon) - 7 December 1956, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Samuel LYON
(1720, - 23 August 1774, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Anna MARCY
(7 October 1687, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 30 June 1743, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Scarborough OSGOOD
(1757, - 6 April 1775, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Amos PAINE
(1708, - 19 September 1775, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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John PARKHURST
(29 April 1697, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - 22 October 1775, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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John SABIN
(5 March 1757, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA - 22 April 1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Anne SALISBURY
(19 January 1750, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove) - 6 March 1814, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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John SHARP
(14 July 1703, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA - 10 May 1779, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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William SHARP
(March 1674, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 20 November 1751, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Ephraim TUCKER
(1690, - 26 June 1774, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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John WELD
(1749, - 9 February 1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Abigail WHITE
(1677, , Massachusetts, USA - 5 February 1753, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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William SHARP (March 1674 - 20 November 1751) &
Abigail WHITE (1677 - 5 February 1753)
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Moses GROSVENOR (15 August 1741 - 16 March 1811) &
Dorcas SHARP (20 January 1738 - 11 April 1821)
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Simeon LYON (15 June 1745 - 1802) &
Martha BRONSON (5 April 1749 - 1838)
married 9 April 1767 |
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George Eugene MELTAUS (3 June 1919 - 9 August 1983) &
Louise Lillian TREMBLAY (3 March 1920 - 10 December 2007)
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Cemeteries in Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
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