English – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:33:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 The Mohawk / Mahican War ends ../../../the-mohawk-mahican-war-ends/ ../../../the-mohawk-mahican-war-ends/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:06:35 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2376 c 1624 – c 1628

]]> ../../../the-mohawk-mahican-war-ends/feed/ 0 The Pequot War begins ../../../the-pequot-war-begins/ ../../../the-pequot-war-begins/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:32:22 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2349 c 1634 – c 1638

Pequot_war

A conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of English from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymoth, Saybrook colonies and their Indian allies, the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes

John Underhill is Captain of the Massachusetts Bay colony militia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot_War

]]> ../../../the-pequot-war-begins/feed/ 0 Puritan Theophilus Eaton founds the New Haven Colony ../../../puritan-theophilus-eaton-founds-the-new-haven-colony/ ../../../puritan-theophilus-eaton-founds-the-new-haven-colony/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:54:14 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2864 c Summer 1637

– Home to the Quinnipiac

– Presently New Haven, Connecticut 

– A handful of settlers stay over the winter while others go back to Massachusetts Bay Colony and return with 500 the following spring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Colony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven

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KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

After 600 to 700 Pequots are massacred at Mystic they abandon their land and villages in small bands

English officials call for the remaining Pequot to be hunted down months after the war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot_War

]]> ../../../the-pequot-war-ends/feed/ 0 500 Puritan settlers arrive at the New Haven Colony ../../../500-puritan-settlers-arrive-at-the-new-haven-colony/ ../../../500-puritan-settlers-arrive-at-the-new-haven-colony/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2014 23:18:42 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2868 – Theophilus Eaton and Reverend John Davenport’s company includes settlers from Hertfordshire, England and their Reverend Peter Prudden

– A self-governing commonwealth, founded by Puritans, New Haven is an independent colony not supported by a Royal charter or legal title from England

]]> ../../../500-puritan-settlers-arrive-at-the-new-haven-colony/feed/ 0 John Carman crosses the Long Island Sound with the first thirty-plus families from Stamford to settle Hempstead ../../../john-carman-crosses-the-long-island-sound-with-the-first-thirty-plus-families-from-stamford-connecticut-to-settle-hempstead/ ../../../john-carman-crosses-the-long-island-sound-with-the-first-thirty-plus-families-from-stamford-connecticut-to-settle-hempstead/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:47:24 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=499 c Spring 1644

(conflict: 17 families by certain accounts)

– the first English settlement in what is presently Nassau County

– prominent families Denton, Raynor, Pettit, Wood, Smith, Thompson and Hicks are included

– Stamford, Connecticut 

– Hempstead, North Hempstead

]]> ../../../john-carman-crosses-the-long-island-sound-with-the-first-thirty-plus-families-from-stamford-connecticut-to-settle-hempstead/feed/ 0 Peter Stuyvesant provisionally cedes New Netherland to the English ../../../peter-stuyvesant-provisionally-cedes-new-netherland-to-the-english/ ../../../peter-stuyvesant-provisionally-cedes-new-netherland-to-the-english/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:19:57 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2414 – When four English frigates sail into New Amsterdam’s harbor (New York Harbor) and demand New Netherland’s surrender

surrender-new-netherland

Stuyvesant leaving New Amsterdam

– On September 6, 1664 his delegates sign the official Articles of Capitulation

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

 

]]> ../../../peter-stuyvesant-provisionally-cedes-new-netherland-to-the-english/feed/ 0 New Amsterdam is reincorporated under English law as New York City ../../../new-amsterdam-is-reincorporated-under-english-law-as-new-york/ ../../../new-amsterdam-is-reincorporated-under-english-law-as-new-york/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:30:02 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2418 c June 1665

– Named after the Duke of York, brother to King Charles II, who he succeeds as King James II

– Presently the Province of New York  include the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont as well as portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York

]]> ../../../new-amsterdam-is-reincorporated-under-english-law-as-new-york/feed/ 0 The New York Colony divides into 12 counties, Hempstead becomes part of Queens ../../../the-new-york-colony-divides-into-12-counties-hempstead-becomes-part-of-queens/ ../../../the-new-york-colony-divides-into-12-counties-hempstead-becomes-part-of-queens/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:12:29 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1708 Albany

Cornwall

Dukes

Dutchess

Kings

New York

Orange

Queens

Richmond

Suffolk

Ulster

Westchester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York

 

]]> ../../../the-new-york-colony-divides-into-12-counties-hempstead-becomes-part-of-queens/feed/ 0 The British seize the Hempstead area from the Dutch ../../../the-british-sieze-the-hempstead-area-from-the-dutch/ ../../../the-british-sieze-the-hempstead-area-from-the-dutch/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:55:42 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=511 c 1699

– Dutch rule ends

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