About us
This project is for anyone who has ancestors from Connecticut at any time. This is a Y-DNA/MT-DNA project. All halpogroups are welcome. This Project was created on August 24, 2020
Important Dates in Connecticut History
1614 Adrien Block explored coast of Long Island Sound. Sailed up the Connecticut River up to Hartford.
1620s Dutch settlers began moving into the region
1630s English settlers from other New England colonies moved into the Connecticut Valley
1631 The Earl of Warwick signs the “Warwick Patent,” a deed of conveyance granting land rights in what is now southeastern Connecticut.
1633 Dutch West Indian Company built a fortified trading house on the south bank of the Little River, now park river, a tributary river of the Connecticut River
1633 Windsor Settled
1634 Wethersfield Settled
1635 Engineer and soldier Lion Gardiner is hired to erect a fort at Saybrook, establishing the Saybrook Colony at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
1636 Hartford settled
1636 The Pequot War begins
1636 The Colony of Connecticut is formed when the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield join together.
1639 adopted a constitution called the "Fundamental Orders." It is considered the first document to establish a democratic representative government.
1639 John Haynes is chosen as Connecticut’s first governor
1662 the Connecticut Colony was granted a Royal Charter from the King of England making it an official English colony.
1662 John Winthrop Jr. acquires a royal charter meant to unite the colony of Connecticut with the New Haven Colony. It ends up serving as Connecticut’s constitution for the next 156 years.
1665 Authorities complete the unification of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies.
1701 Yale University is founded in New Haven
1788 January 9, Connecticut ratified the new Constitution and became the fifth state to join the United States.
Two Federally Recognized Native American Tribes in Connecticut today are
Mashantucket Pequot Nation:
PO Box 3060
Mashantucket, CT 06339
PO Box 3060
Mashantucket, CT 06339
Other Tribes
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation:
P.O. Box 208
North Stonington, CT 06359
Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe:
935 Lantern Hill Road
Ledyard, CT 06339
Schaghticoke Indian Tribe:
PO Box 111
Kent, CT 06757
P.O. Box 208
North Stonington, CT 06359
Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe:935 Lantern Hill Road
Ledyard, CT 06339
Schaghticoke Indian Tribe:PO Box 111
Kent, CT 06757