Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . e one acre to the pound on the list of each proprietor. A survey ofthe town was completed in 1734. In 1737, the proprietors voted asecond division of the lands, and to lay out one acre to the pound onthe list of each proprietor. About five years after, another divisionwas voted. 496 T II R I N G T O N, The first settler that moved into the township was E
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . e one acre to the pound on the list of each proprietor. A survey ofthe town was completed in 1734. In 1737, the proprietors voted asecond division of the lands, and to lay out one acre to the pound onthe list of each proprietor. About five years after, another divisionwas voted. 496 T II R I N G T O N, The first settler that moved into the township was Ebenezer Lyman,from Durham, with a young family, consisting of three persons only ;this was in 1737. Several young men had, however, labored in thetownship the summer previous. Jonathan Coe was the second personwho moved into the place; he also was from Durham. The principalsettlers were from Windsor and Durham. The settlement of this townwas slow. When the first minister, the Rev. Nathaniel Roberts, wasordained, in the summer of 1741, there were but fourteen families inthe town. As this was considered a frontier settlement at this time, afortification was erected not far from the center of the town. It wasincorporated in Northeast view of WoJcotiville, Torrington. Torrington is bounded north by Winchester, west by Goshen, eastby New Hartford, and south by Litchfield and Harwinton. It is aboutsix miles square, containing upwards of 23,000 acres. The surface ofthe town is uneven, with hills and valleys; the soil is mostly fertile,and well adapted for grazing. The township is well watered by theeast and west branches of the Waterbury or Naugatuc river. Thereare within the limits of the town 3 Congregational churches, 1 Baptist,and 1 Methodist. There are three post offices, viz. one in the first so-ciety, called the Torrington office, one in Torringford, the eastern sec-tion of the town, and the other in the village of Wolcottville. Wolcottville, the principal village in the
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