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WINDSOR , a township of See also: Hartford See also:county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., on the Connecticut and Farmington See also:rivers, adjoining the See also:city of Hartford on the N. Pop. (1890) 2954; (1900) 3614, 596 being See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 4178. See also:Area about 27 sq. m. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & Hartford railway and by electric lines to Hartford and to See also:Springfield, See also:Massachusetts. Among the buildings are the Congregational 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, built in 1794 (the church itself was organized in 163o in See also:England), the See also:Protestant Episcopal Church (1864) and the See also:Roger See also:Ludlow School. In Windsor are the See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell School (for girls) and a public library (1888). The Loomis See also:Institute (incorporated 1874 and 1905) for the gratuitous See also:education of persons between 12 and 20 years of See also:age has been heavily endowed by gifts of the Loomis See also:family. See also:Tobacco and See also:market vegetables are raised in Windsor, and among its manufactures are See also:paper, canned goods, knit and woollen goods, cigars and See also:electrical supplies.'
In 1633 See also:Captain 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 See also:Holmes, of the See also:Plymouth See also:Colony, established near the mouth of the Farmington See also:river a trading See also:post, the first See also:settlement by Englishmen in Connecticut; a more important and a permanent settlement (until 1637 called New See also:Dorchester) was made in 1635 by immigrants from Dorchester, Massachusetts, led by the Rev. See also:John See also:Wareham, Roger Ludlow and others. In 1639 representatives from Windsor, with those from See also:Wethersfield and Hartford, organized the Connecticut Colony. Among the See also:original See also:land-holders were See also:Matthew See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant and 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 See also:Dewey, ancestors respectively of See also:General
' In the township of Windsor Locks (pop. 1910, 3715), immediately See also: north, See also:cotton See also:yarn and 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, See also:silk, paper, See also:steel and machinery are manufactured.
U. S. Grant and See also:Admiral See also:George Dewey; and Captain John See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason (1600—1672), the friend of See also:Miles See also:Standish, was one of its See also:early citizens. It was the birthplace of Roger See also:Wolcott, of the older See also:Oliver Wolcott (1726—1797),. of Oliver See also:Ellsworth (whose See also:home is now a See also:historical museum), and of See also:Edward See also:Rowland See also:- SILL
- SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
- SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)
Sill. Windsor has been called " The See also:Mother of Towns " ; it originally included the territory now constituting the See also:present township, and the townships of See also:East Windsor (1768), Ellington (1786), See also:South Windsor (1845), See also:Simsbury (167o), See also:Granby (1786), East Granby (1858), See also:Bloomfield (1835) and Windsor Locks (1854).
See H. R. See also:Stiles, See also:Ancient Windsor (2 vols., New York, 1891; revised edition).
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