So a reader commented on the Slavery in Cheshire post asking about slaves in Prospect and connections to Milford. I started writing a reply but had to write a post instead. Slavery existed throughout the state of Connecticut, even in small towns like Prospect. And when you really start looking, you …
Whew! I finally have a chance to just sit and write. I thought I’d have some time to get some posts written after that last presentation I did in February but boy was I wrong. I did two presentations on two different topics last weekend! Monday night, at the Cheshire Historical Society, …
Hi folks, sorry for the hiatus, I was working like crazy getting ready for the presentation I gave at the Plainville Historic Center a few weekends ago. Now I’m preparing for a talk about Italians in Cheshire that I’ll give at the Cheshire Historical Society on April 20 and another about …
In honor of the great article Mike Torelli wrote about Jube Road for the Cheshire Herald I though we’d take a look back at some of the Herald’s predecessors like the Conn. Ec-Lec-Tic Weekly or the Cheshire Standard. Cheshire has had a few newspapers over the last 100+ years unfortunately …
Ahh, picnics. The idea of a picnic invokes thoughts of hot summer days, maybe a cool breeze. Some ice cold lemonade and slices of watermelon. Just what we need on a frigidly cold day like today. Social clubs were all the rage in the 19th century and early 20th. Clubs …
Re: William Peters william T Peters can be found on page 8 of the 1860 Cheshire Census along with his wife Etha and Children. In 1850 they lived in New Haven – Page 296/Census Etha, his wife was Born the illegitimate child of Ithiel Town – Died 1871 William T …
I recently pulled a box of diaries from the archives at work. The diaries span from 1868 to 1890 and were written by Alonzo E. Smith of Cheshire. Smith, well known in his day was a carpenter by trade, but he also acted as an undertaker, was an Assessor, Probate Judge …
A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of “old” Cheshire. My good friends Tom & Susan had their yearly picnic and as always “old” Cheshire was there. By “old” Cheshire I mean folks who were born and raised here, whose parents were born …
In many ways, Prince Freeman was the first ancestor I heard call. I know, that sounds crazy right? Being called by an ancestor. But over the many years I have been researching the lives of African and African descended people in Cheshire, of telling their stories, I have realized how …
I was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut as was my mother and grandmother. My family attended the First Congregational Church on the Green in Cheshire. I have always been a history geek – I was the kid at the family reunions inside with all my old aunts and uncles …
