{"id":36,"date":"2009-06-13T04:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T04:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noahsfinefood.com\/new\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2009-07-22T04:05:38","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T04:05:38","slug":"borough-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/noahsfinefood.com\/new\/about\/borough-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Borough History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Chesebrough first came                                                      to Stonington to Wequetequock                                                      Cove in 1647 on his way back                                                      to Boston from New London.                                                      He returned two years later                                                      in 1649 with his wife and                                                      four sons to settle on the                                                      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoningtonhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.noahsfinefood.com\/images\/shs.bmp\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>west                                                      bank at the head of that cove.                                                      In January of the same year,                                                      Thomas Stanton was appointed                                                      the official Indian Interpreter                                                      for the Colony of Connecticut                                                      and given the right to erect                                                      a trading house on the Pawcatuck                                                      River. He built this trading                                                      post the next year; two years                                                      later, Walter Palmer, Thomas                                                      Miner and Captain George Denison                                                      arrived. Many more families                                                      seeking homesteads soon followed.<\/p>\n<p>In 1658, Massachusetts claimed the town, naming it Southertown. Governor John Winthrop Jr. obtained the Connecticut charter from England in 1662, which set the boundaries of the town. The General Court changed the name from Southertown to Mystic in 1665, and renamed it Stonington in 1666. Originally, farming was the basis for Stonington&#8217;s reputation in the coastal and Caribbean trade; in time the town became known for its shipbuilding, sealing and whaling. Militia from Stonington and nearby towns repulsed two British attacks, once during the American Revolution, and again in the War of 1812.<\/p>\n<p>In the 19th century, Stonington prospered as a railroad and steamboat terminus  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbetween Boston and New York. Small businesses thrived and the Joslyn Fire Arms Company  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(later the Atwood Machine Company) and the American Velvet Mill provided jobs ashore  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhile the fishing fleet continued to thrive at sea.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Stonington&#8217;s heritage is preserved in                                                      its tree-lined village streets                                                      and historic houses. The Captain                                                      Nathaniel Brown Palmer House                                                      and the Old Lighthouse Museum                                                      tell the stories of the people                                                      who made Stonington one of                                                      the most charming and varied                                                      small towns in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoningtonhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stonington                                                      Historical Society<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Chesebrough first came to Stonington to Wequetequock Cove in 1647 on his way back to Boston from New London. 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