. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. prin-cipal city: and no doubt they werehighly gratified l)y this concession ofthe Legislature. It was then in order lljlil lllll STREET. 10 Picturesque 1Rew Uondon. to name the fair river of the Mohe-gans the Tliames, Imt at just whatdate it derived the name, hestowed inhonor of its famous prototype in Eng-land, is not certain. The earliest inhabitants of NewLondon came from Cape Ann, Massa-chusetts—Gloucester jjeople to whomthe sea furnished a living, and towhom New
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. prin-cipal city: and no doubt they werehighly gratified l)y this concession ofthe Legislature. It was then in order lljlil lllll STREET. 10 Picturesque 1Rew Uondon. to name the fair river of the Mohe-gans the Tliames, Imt at just whatdate it derived the name, hestowed inhonor of its famous prototype in Eng-land, is not certain. The earliest inhabitants of NewLondon came from Cape Ann, Massa-chusetts—Gloucester jjeople to whomthe sea furnished a living, and towhom New London seemed homelikein that respect at least. Parson Rich-ard Blinman, who, previous to his im- tliis time something about the Indianswhom they were to dispossess, butwith whom they had little trouble, forthe natives were in the main well dis-posed toward the palefaces whentreated with any degree of ground for dwellings andfor agricultural purposes was a heart-breaking task, as one may readily un-derstand who is at all familiar withthe rocky country which stretchesback from the waterside to the bor-. THE HEMPSTEAD HOUSE—OLDEST BUILDING IN NEW LONDON. HEMPSTEAD STREET. NEAR JAY. Built in 1678. by Sir Robert Hempstead, Who Came from England, and Was One of the Founders of Hempstead, Long Island. He Came to New London About 1643. The House Has Been in Possession of the Family and Descendants for Two Generations. It is Still Owned by One of the Family. migration to this country, occupiedthe pastorate in Chepstow, Monmouth-shire, England, was the spiritual andtemporal head of the pioneers. Therule in early colonial days was obedi-ence to ecclesiastical authority, and itwas cheerfully rendered as a matter ofright in all things. The settlers came prepared forhardships and privations. They wereaccustomed to the rigors of the NewEngland climate, and they knew by ders of the State of Coiniecticut. Theearly settler, however, was not a manto be dismayed by obstacle
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