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BRANFORD , a township, including a 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 the same name, in New Haven See also:county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., at the mouth of the Branford See also:river and at the See also:head of a See also:short See also:arm of See also:Long See also:Island See also:Sound, about 7 M. E.S.E. of New Haven. Pop. of the township (1890) 4460; (1900) 5706 (1968 See also:foreign-See also:born);(191o) 6047; of the borough (1910) 2560. The borough is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway, and by an electric See also:line connecting with New Haven. A range of rocky hills commands See also:fine views of the Sound, the See also:shore is deeply indented, the See also:harbour and bays are dotted with islands, and the harbour is deep enough for small See also:craft, and these natural features attract many visitors during the summer See also:season. In Branford is the See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Blackstone Memorial library (1896), designed by See also:Solon See also:Spencer Beman (b. 1853) in the Ionic See also:style (the details being taken from the See also:Erechtheum at See also:Athens). On the interior of the See also:dome which covers the rotunda are a See also:series of paintings by See also:Oliver Dennett Grover (b. 1861) illustrating the See also:evolution of See also:book-making, and between the See also:arches are medallion portraits, by the same artist, of New See also:England authors—Longfellow, See also:Emerson, See also:Hawthorne, See also:Lowell, See also:Bryant, See also:Whittier, See also:Holmes and Mrs See also:Stowe. The library was erected by See also:Timothy B. Blackstone (1829-1900), a native of Branford, and See also:president of the See also:Chicago & See also:Alton railway from 1864 to 1899—as a memorial to his See also:father, a descendant of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Blackstone (d. 1675), the New England See also:pioneer.
The See also:principal See also:industries of Branford are the manufacture of malleable See also:iron fittings, locks and See also:general hardware, the See also:quarrying of See also:granite, and See also:oyster culture.
The territory of Totoket (now the township of Branford) was See also:purchased from the See also:Indians by the New Haven See also:Plantation, in
See also:December 1638, for eleven coats of trucking See also:cloth and one coat of See also:English cloth, but with the See also:reservation for a few Indians of what is still known as See also:Indian See also:Neck. In 164o the general See also:court of New Haven granted it to the Rev. See also:Samuel See also:Eaton (1596?-1665), a See also:brother of See also:Theophilus Eaton, on See also:condition that he brought See also:friends from England to See also:settle it. As Eaton went to England and did not return, Totoket was granted in 1644 to settlers mostly from See also:Wethersfield, See also:Conn., on condition that they should organize a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:state after the New Haven See also:model and join the New Haven See also:Jurisdiction. The See also:settlement was made in the same See also:year, and about two years later several new families came from See also:Southampton, Long Island, under the leadership of the Rev. See also:Abraham See also:Pierson (c. 1608-1678), an ardent See also:advocate of the church state, who was chosen pastor at Totoket. The See also:present name of the township, derived from See also:Brentford, England, was adopted about 1645. After the members of the New Haven Jurisdiction had submitted to Connecticut, Pierson, in 1666-1667, led the most prominent citizens of Branford to New See also:Jersey, where they were leaders in See also:founding See also:Newark. The borough of Branford was incorporated in 1893.
See E.
C. See also:Baldwin, Branford See also:Annals, in Papers of New Haven See also:Colony See also:Historical Society (New Haven, 1882 and 1888).
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