. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. ?great sac-rifice. J o H NWlNTH- R o p, thefounder,\y a s theson ofJohnWin-throp \vholed fromEnglandthe sec-ond Puri-t a n enii-g r a t i o nand after-wards be-came governor of the Massachusetts BayColony. His paternal grandfather wasAdam Winthrop, of Suffolk, the younger Winthrop undisput-ably belongs the title of founder ofNew London, for he determined thelocation of the town and promoted itsinception with fervor and confidence,even to the extent of inve
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. ?great sac-rifice. J o H NWlNTH- R o p, thefounder,\y a s theson ofJohnWin-throp \vholed fromEnglandthe sec-ond Puri-t a n enii-g r a t i o nand after-wards be-came governor of the Massachusetts BayColony. His paternal grandfather wasAdam Winthrop, of Suffolk, the younger Winthrop undisput-ably belongs the title of founder ofNew London, for he determined thelocation of the town and promoted itsinception with fervor and confidence,even to the extent of investing liisentire fortune in the enterprise. Hewas l)orn in Kngland, February 12tli,1605. Wiien only 16 years of agehe entered the University of Dublin,where he Iemained for three yeare later he enlisted under thebanner of the Duke of Buckingham. OLD SCHOOL BUILDING-UNION AS IT APPEARS TODAY. The Old Union School. In Which Nathan Hale Once Taught, is One of the Citys Interesting Objects. It Still Remains, a Reminder of New Londons Heroic Part in the Stirring Times When All Other interests Were Sacrificed to the Spirit of 76. in the useless attempt to succor theProtestants of Rochelle, France. Hefirst arrived in America, November2nd, 1630, later returning to England,where he remained for about oneyear. In October, , he again cameto America and at once interestedhimself in the affairs of the name first given to New Lon-don—its Indian name—^was Nameaug. I n d i a nnam e swere de-scriptive,and Nam-eaug wassupposedto refer tofish, im-plyingthat thew a t e r sabout thetown af-fordedgood fish-i u g. Itw a s alsoknown asPequot,after thet r i b e ofI n d i a n sof thatname,whounder theSachem Sassacus, or Tatobam, ashe was often called, inhabited theregion which lay to the southeastof the Connecticut River settlem
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