STONINGTON  , a township of New See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., in the S.E. corner of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound . Pop. of the township (1900), 8540 (of whom 1968 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born), (1910), 9154, including that of the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Stonington, 2083 . Stonington is served by the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford railway, which has repair shops here, by an electric See also:

• LINE

line connecting with New London, See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn., and See also:

• WESTERLY

Westerly, Rhode Island, and, in summer, by steamer to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

Watch See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill and See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

Block Island . Its See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is excellent, and it is a See also:

• PORT

port of entry, but its foreign See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is unimportant . The township covers an See also:

• AREA

area of about 45 sq. in., and includes, besides the borough of Stonington, the villages of Mystic, Old Mystic and Pawcatuck (which is closely allied with Westerly, Rhode Island) . Among the manufactures of the township are foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing presses, See also:

• SILK

silk machinery, fertilizers, spools, See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, and woollen, silk and See also:

• VELVET

velvet goods . See also:

• SHIP

Ship See also:

• BUILDING

building and fishing are among the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . After its See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in 1649 and the years immediately succeeding by See also:

• ENGLISH

English planters from Rehoboth in See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony (to whom a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected in 1889 in Wequetequock Burying Ground), the territory now included in Stonington See also:

• TOWN

town-ship was first a See also:

• PART

part of New London township, and then (1658), in accordance with a boundary decision of the See also:

• UNITED

United Colonies of New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, a part (under the name of Southertown) of See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, finally reverting to Connecticut in accordance with the new boundaries fixed by the Connecticut royal See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1662 . In 1664 it gained See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Connecticut; in '665 the name was changed to Mystic, and in '666 to Stonington . In the '8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• VILLAGE

village (now the borough) of Stonington (settled in 1752) See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a brisk trade with See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, Plymouth and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . Whaling and sealing were for many years important industries and a whaling See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of Stonington, Nathaniel B . See also:

• PALMER
• PALMER, EDWARD HENRY (1840-1882)
• PALMER, ERASTUS DOW (1817-1904)
• PALMER, GEORGE (1818-1897)
• PALMER, JOHN
• PALMER, RAY (1808-1887)
• PALMER, SAMUEL (1805-1881)
• PALMER, SIR CHARLES MARK, BART

Palmer, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 19th century, discovered Palmer See also:

• LAND

Land in the See also:

• ANTARCTIC
• ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Antarctic .

The village was the seat of military stores during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and was bombarded by a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1775 . In August '814 another British attack, by a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron under See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas M . See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy, was successfully resisted . The borough of Stonington, the first in the state, was incorporated in 1801 . See R . A . See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

Wheeler, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Town of Stonington (New London, 1900) .