All posts tagged "New Haven Colony"
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6.2K4Business and LaborThe Dutch in New England: More Than Sinterklaas and Koekjes
Today the remnants of the colonial Dutch in New England are pretty much limited to the region’s outer rim: At Smith’s Castle...
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11.0K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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9.1KCrime and ScandalThe 1635 Perplexing Death of Maid Mary Sholy
In 1635, Mary Sholy had the tragic misfortune of meeting William Schooler. Schooler was not the sort of man the early settlers...
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9.3K3ConnecticutUnequal Justice for the Gay Puritans of New Haven Colony
Gay Puritans in 17th century New Haven Colony were better off with money than without. Without wealth or social standing, they could...
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7.6K1New England PlacesSix French Place Names in Six New England States
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
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21.4K4MassachusettsHow The Old Deluder Satan Act Made Sure Puritan Children Got Educated
In 1675, William Scant of Braintree, Mass., came before the court for breaking a law called the Old Deluder Satan Act: He had...
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12.1K13ConnecticutDivorce, Murder and Madness: The Puritan Tuttles of the New Haven Colony
William and Elizabeth Tuttle sailed to America in 1635 to become one of the founding families of the New Haven Colony. Arriving...
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7.8K10bostonA Brief History of Town Meeting, From Election Cake to Lemon Meringue Pie
Town Meeting wasn’t exactly what the Puritans had in mind when they came to New England to build their cities on a...
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23.2K6ConnecticutThe Puritan Divorce Allows Escape From the Chain of Matrimony
When Elizabeth Luxford found out her husband James already had a wife, she went straight to the Court of Assistants in Massachusetts...
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85.4K32ConnecticutWay More Than the Scarlet Letter: Puritan Punishments
In their rigid enforcement of community standards, New England’s Puritan punishments often often included the bilbo, the cleft stick, the brand, the ear...
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