. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . lled Cam-bridge). Hav-nes later became the first Governor of this little Connecticutcolony. Among the interesting things brought back from England by Mayor Cheneywas the photograph of the baptismal record on parchment in All Saints Church,which gives an account of the baptism of Samuel Stone in these words:—July 1602. Samuell, soone of Jhon Stones was baptyzed 30th. In parentheses under the photograph appears this note:— One of the founders of Hartford, Conn. 1636. Another interesting relic in the old church is the baptismal
. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . lled Cam-bridge). Hav-nes later became the first Governor of this little Connecticutcolony. Among the interesting things brought back from England by Mayor Cheneywas the photograph of the baptismal record on parchment in All Saints Church,which gives an account of the baptism of Samuel Stone in these words:—July 1602. Samuell, soone of Jhon Stones was baptyzed 30th. In parentheses under the photograph appears this note:— One of the founders of Hartford, Conn. 1636. Another interesting relic in the old church is the baptismal font which was used tobaptize Stone. The Mayor of the Coimecticut town made several speeches, which he has beentoo modest to give us but we feel sure that he did justice to the occasion. Hisvisit was of particular interest both to England and America for the reason thatwithin the last nine years, our Hartford has had a Mayor who was a lineal descend-ant of one of the principal personages connected with the founding of the town, and HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. From Htstory of Antiquities of New England. A cw i ork and A eu.^ Jersey REV. THOMAS HOOKER AND HIS CONGREGATION ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY FROMNEWTOWNE (NOW CAMBRIDGE) TO FOUND HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT another Mayor who could trace his ancestry back to Hooker. Americans will alsobe interested in the number of Hadhams in the vicinity of the borough of Hertfordwhich reminds them of the variations of the same name in New England. Hartford, Connecticut, received the following message, sent over after ColonelCheneys return home:— Borough of Hertfordin theCounty of HertfordEngland. At a Quarterly Meeting of the Council ofthe Borough of Hertford, duly convened andholden at the Town Hall, Hertford, onWednesday, the 29th day of July, 1914, at6 oclock in the evening, was Unanimously Resolved:— That the Members of this Council have received with the utmostpleasure an Address from the Mayor, Aldermen and Councilmen ofthe Cit
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