Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . fort in May, few years after that decissettlement of the section began,rows, John Packer. John Fish, and RobertIark are named as first settlers, 1652-5. ThePark family located at first on the east side ofthe rixer. From that time until near the year1800 this territory was occii|)ied and ownedchiefly l^y the liurrows. Packer. Fish, andPark families. Descendants of these, fromtime to time ha\e been honored with the chiefiiflic
Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . fort in May, few years after that decissettlement of the section began,rows, John Packer. John Fish, and RobertIark are named as first settlers, 1652-5. ThePark family located at first on the east side ofthe rixer. From that time until near the year1800 this territory was occii|)ied and ownedchiefly l^y the liurrows. Packer. Fish, andPark families. Descendants of these, fromtime to time ha\e been honored with the chiefiiflices in the town of (Irotoii and they have inturn proved an honor to the town. .Some of repute in the nation. In 1800, and for a nuinl)er of years laterthere were no public highways in West Mys-tic excepting the route from the ferry to I^ortHill, throu-h IcHUionnock to (iroton ttack Robert tercourse; and1748, running fipost road andexceptions the twith gates or b e Id;11 Id[ ilitate,pened these t\l)ent wa Ihe lerry was established nd long after therst settlements, with Robert ferry-lan. .\t one time there api)ears to ha\e been. the narrows, over to where the llm drovecemetery now is: hut the chief route was fromthe west side of the river across to Pistol IointliU the .Stonington sidi from whence the roadcontinued through that town. This ohl route HISTORIC GROTON through fr(jm New London is said to havelieen called the Kings Mighway. In 1805, Silas Beebe a native of Waterfordpurchased a tract of land and located at DevilsFoot Hill. title had been given becauseof the natural imprint of a foot in a rock onthe hill. The piece ..f rock as blasted somevears ago is now in the rooms of the County
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