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Winchester/Winsted CT history

Annals of Winchester, CT (includes Winsted, CT)

Winchester (and Winsted), Litchfield County, Connecticut

"Annals and Family Records of Winchester, Conn." is available!! 

Annals of Winchester, Conn., by John Boyd, originally  published in 1873, (643+ pages) is the definitive history of Winchester and Winsted, CT.  

(For anyone unclear about the geography:  Winchester is the township within which Winsted is located.  We get asked that question so frequently that it's worth saying it right up front.)

John Boyd, author of Annals of Winchester

The author (his picture is above; click it to see a larger image) spent 15 years documenting the entire history of the township (and the Borough of Winsted within it) from earliest times up through the centennial that was held in 1871.  His topics range from the original division of the Township and its (eventual) settlement all the way to the specifics of the industries of Winsted in 1873. 

He documents the settlers individually through the 1820s, generally noting where they came from, customarily describing their life while residents, and often listing their spouses and children.  Additionally, he frequently tells where people who left the township went (the Vernon area of Oneida County, NY, was one locale to which many Winchester families were drawn, for example).

Boyd provides detailed histories of the churches of Winchester and the Town's involvement in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War.  Also included are accounts of the political and geographic disagreements through the years, the effects of some of which are still evident in the Township today.  Part of the Winchester story is the history of technology in the area, and this is included as well. 

Now available!!

We're pleased to announce that, while we have discontinued the CD version of Annals of Winchester, it is now available as a download at a significant saving.

How to order the Winsted/Winchester CD-ROM for information about how to order this inportant resource!

 

What people said about the CD when it was originally published:

The Winsted Journal:  "One of the town's most treasured historical works has made a technological leap..."

A Librarian:  "This will help us preserve our two remaining original copies, and let people print out pages they want -- our originals have been too fragile to photocopy for some time."

"G. J.": "Thanks for bringing this wonderful book back to life.  I have been searching for this book for many years."

"J. M.": "It really is a page turner!  It is so well written, so forthright, colorful and heartfelt and detailed.  I felt I really got to know the early settlers of Winchester, to experience their hardships and struggles, their accomplishments and joys, and their great sense of community....Just wanted to thank you for republishing this book, a real glimpse into a bygone era.  It is a valuable resource."

Between the Lakes Group frequently re-indexes books we republish.  One excellent reason is that indexes in old history and genealogy books are often incomplete at best and misleading at worst.  However, Boyd did, for his times, a superb job of indexing.  The more we work with the book the more impressed we are at the attention to detail he devoted to his indexes -- an uncommon place to devote much care in those days, unfortunately.  Boyd's 643 pages include three indices (an index of names, an index of settlers, and an index of subjects), and all seem unusually complete. 

We did find lacking an index of locations (towns, villages, neighborhoods, streets) that would be very useful today in locating sites in Winchester and Winsted and in tracing in- and out-migrations.  We believe that we have added considerable value by creating a brand new index of locations.  Prediction:  people who THOUGHT they had researched this book will find whole new family connections.  

You can view THE FULL NEW PLACE NAME INDEX on this website.  It is also included in the downloadable file.

Winchester place name index TO VIEW IT!!

A somewhat peculiar omission in Boyd's book was a Table of Contents.  It seems like a small thing, and it's curious that he would not include one.  We have remedied that, too.  Because it's helpful in understanding the scope of the book, you can check the Table of Contents we created here, too, if you wish. 

Winchester Table of Contents to see the Table of Contents

To facilitate checking to see if this book is ultimately of interest to you, we also  summarize the indexes Boyd provided on this page.  See below.  (We eliminated page numbers in this section to save space and make the indexes less cumbersome to use on-line).

THANKS to Editor Michael Marciano and The Winsted Journal for their very supportive article about this project!  In the same issue that reported Winsted native Ralph Nader's now historic decision to again seek the Presidency on page one, the Journal gave republication of "Annals of Winchester" the entire first page of their second section!  Here's their headline:  "A Treasured Work Transferred to Compact Disc" -- and the first paragraph reads:

"One of the town's most treasured historical works has made a technological leap with the help of a publisher from Salisbury who has a passion for local history."

 

Boyd's Index of "Settlers and Inhabitants Specially Noted with their Family Records".  

(The names in Boyd's separate "Index of Names" (actually, surnames) follows this list.  Many surnames appear in the book that are NOT included in the list immediately below.)

Ackley, Levi

Adams, Mathew

Adkins, James

Agard, Aaron

Agard, Jos.

Allen, John

Albro, Daniel

Alvord, David

Alvord, Eliphaz

Alvord, James H.

Alvord, John

Alvord, Jonathan

Alvord, Ruel

Andrews, Abm Sen.

Andrews, Theophilus

Andrews, Abm, Jr.

Andrews, Ens. Dan.

Andrews, Eli

Andrews, Major Lloyd

Andrews, Dan'l Jr.

Andrews, Elijah

Apley, Josiah

Arnold, Stephen

Avered, Capt. Josiah

Austin, David

Austin, David, Jr.

Austin, John

 

Bacon, Francis John

Bailey, Theodore

Balcom, John Jr.

Balcom, Jonathan

Balcom, Nathaniel

Balcom, Elias

Baldwin, Samuel W.

Baldwin, Norman

Baldwin, Reuben

Barbour, William

Barnstable, Wm.

Bartlett, Samuel

Bassett, Leonard

Beach, Adna

Beach, Caleb

Beach, Caleb (2)

Beach, Fisk

Beach, Horace V.

Beach, Joel

Beach, John

Beach, Rev. James

Beckley, Daniel Norris

Beckley, Richard

Beebe, James

Beebe, David

Benedict, Capt. Benj.

Benedict, Capt. Timothy

Benedict, Elijah

Benedict, John

Benedict, Timothy Jr.

Benedict, Timothy (3)

Benedict, Za'mon

Bishop, Harry

Bishop, Leverett

Bishop, Seth

Blackman, J. P.

Blackman, Nathan

Blackman, Peter

Blackman, Truman

Blake, Elijah

Blake, Jonathan

Blake, Harry

Blake, Ithuel

Blake, Allen

Boyd, James

Boyd, James M.

Boyd, John

Boyd, Samuel

Boyd, Thomas

Boggs, Rev. P.V.

Bragg, James

Bronson, Asahel

Bronson, Abijah P.

Bronson, Benoni

Bronson, Col. Ozias

Bronson, Dea. Levi

Bronson, Isaac

Bronson, Levi

Bronson, Ozias Jr.

Bronson, Salmon

Brooks, Asaph B.

Brooks, Samuel

Brooks, Chauncey

Broughton, Nathan

Bull, Merritt

Bull, Thomas R.

Bunnell, Eliab

Bunnell, William

Burnham, Daniel

Burr, Allen

Burr, Jehiel

Burr, Salmon

Burr, Erastus

Burr, Halsey

Burr, Roswell

Burton, John

Butrick, Cyrus

Byington, Jesse

 

Camp, Moses

Camp, Samuel

Cannon, Thomas

Cannon, Timothy

Carpenter, Bemsley

Case, Asher

Case, Wm. R.

Castel, Elijah

Castel, William

Caul, Charles C.

Caul, William

Chamberlin, Wm. Jr.

Chamberlin, Wm. Sr.

Champion, Nathan

Chase, Dudley

Chase, Gedeliah

Chase, George

Chase, Reuben

Chickley, William

Church, Hiram

Church, John

Church, Jonathan

Church, Uri

Cleveland, James C.

Cleveland, Orrin

Clark, Daniel

Clark, Samuel

Clark, Uzal

Clarke, Jesse

Clarke, Lemuel

Clarke, Lucius

Clarke, Nathan W.

Coe, Asahel

Coe, Daniel

Coe, David

Coe, Eben

Coe, James R.

Coe, Jehiel

Coe, Jon.

Coe, Jonathan

Coe, Nelson D.

Coe, Oliver

Coe, Robert

Coe, Roger

Colt, Richard

Cone, Daniel H.

Cone, Samuel

Cone, Warren

Cook, Aaron

Cook, Anson

Cook, Joseph

Cook, Reuben

Cook, Shubael

Cook Urijah

Corbin, Peter

Corbin, Peter Jr.

Corbin, Daniel

Crissey, David

Crissey, Israel

Crissey, Preserved

Crocker, James

Crocker, Wm.

Crowe, Henry B.

Crum, William

Curtis, Jared

 

Davis, William

Dayton, Archibald

Deer, John

Deer, Jonathan

Dodge, Joseph

Derby, John

DeWolf, Benjamin

DeWolf, Daniel

Doolittle, Jesse

Doolittle, Jesse Jr.

Doolittle, Lyman

Doolittle, Zera

Douglass, Israel

Drake, Moses

Drake, Rufus

Dunham, Jonathan

Dudley, George

Dutton, Nath.

 

Eggleston, Daniel

Elmer, Hezekiah

Elmore, Joseph R.

Elmore, Nathaniel

Everitt, Andrew

Everitt, Dr. Josiah

Everitt, Elihu

Everitt, Josiah

Everitt, Noble J.

Everitt, Rev. Noble

Fay, Timothy

Fay, Wm.

Fay, Thaddeus

Filley, Wm.

Filley, Abraham

Filley, Remembrance

Forbes, Daniel

Ford, Harvey

Frisbie, Joseph

Frisbie, Elijah

Frisbie, Eli

Fyler, Silas

Fyler, Roman

Fyler, Stephen, Jr.

 

Gaylord, Henry L.

Gaylord, Nathaniel B.

Gaylord, Stephen

Gibbs, Warham

Gilbert, Samuel

Gilbert, Samuel D.

Gleason, Noah

Gleason, Samuel D.

Goff, David

Goodwin, Theodore

Goodwin, Russell

Goucher, William

Grant, Roswell

Grant, Miles

Grinnell, Michael

Grinnell, Rufus

Grinnell, Jasper

Griswold, Matthew

Griswold, Phineas

Griswold, Phineas Jr.

Griswold, Roswell

Griswold, Seth

Grover, Daniel

Grover, Timothy

 

Hall, Gideon

Hale, James

Hall, John B.

Hall, Reuben

Hall, Sylvester

Handee, Barzillai

Handee, Clemons

Handee, Cyrenus

Hart, Lewis

Hart, Luke

Hart, Samuel

Hart, Selah

Hart, Stephen

Hart, Willard

Hatch, Zepheniah

Hatch, Moses

Hawley, Eleazer

Hawley, Salmon

Hawley, Samuel

Hayden, Moses

Hayden, Samuel

Hayden, Seth

Hewitt, Joshua

Higley, Horace

Hill, Wait

Hills, Benomi

Hills, Beria

Hills, Chauncey

Hills, Hewitt

Hills, Ira

Hills, John

Hills, Seth

Hinsdale, Bissell

Hinsdale, Elizur

Hinsdale, Hosea

Hinsdale, Theodore

Hoadley, Samuel

Hoadley, Luther

Holabird, Wm. S.

Holcomb, Luther

Holmes, David

Holmes, Everett C.

Holmes, Ezra

Holmes, Joseph

Holmes, Rufus

Holmes, Seth

Holmes, Willard

Horton, Jesse

Hoskin, Joseph Jr.

Hoskin, Joseph Sr.

Hoskin, Silas

Hosmer, Thomas Jr.

Hoyt, Micajah

Hoyt, Nathaniel

Hoyt, Zeri W.

Hubbard, Elijah

Hubbell, Luman

Hubbell, Sillman

Humphrey, Augustus

Humphrey, Chauncey

Hungerford, Reuben

Hurlbut, Capt. Samuel

Hurlbut, Erastus G.

Hurlbut, Joseph W.

Hurlbut, Lemuel

Hurlbut, Leonard

Hurlbut, Martin

Hurlbut, Samuel Jr.

Hurlbut, Simeon

Hurlbut, Stephen

Jacklyn, Isaac

Jenkins, Benjamin

Johnson, Benjamin

Johnson, Isaac

Jopp, John

Judd, Benjamin

 

Kellogg, Eleaser

Keyes, William

Kimberly, Jacob, Sr.

Kimberly, Jacob, Jr.

Kingsbury, Geo.

Kirkum, Philemon

Kinney, Rev. Aaron

Kinney, Sheldon

Kinney, Nisus

Knapp, Rev. Joshua

Knowlton, Stephen

 

Leach, Alex

Leach, William

Lemly, Solomon

Loomis, Simeon

Loomis, Ichabod

Loomis, Thaddeus

Loomis, Arphaxad

Loomis, Abiel

Loomis, Alanson

Loomis, Ichabod Jr.

Loomis, Daniel

Loomis, Epaphras

Loomis, Dea. Lorrain

Loomis, Arab.

Loomis, Wait

Loomis, Oliver

Loomis, Asher

Loomis, Aaron

Lucas, John

Lyon, Christopher

 

McAlpine, John

McAlpine, Silas H.

McEwen, Gershom

McEven, Rev. Abel

McEwen, Robert

McEven, Robert (2)

McEwen, Samuel

Maltbie, John

Mallory, Amass

Mallory, Asa

Mallory, Elisha Jr.

Mallory, Elisha Sr.

Marble, David

Mars, Jupiter

Marsh, Rev. Frederick

Marshall, John

Marshall, Daniel

Marshall, Reuben

Merriam, William

Merry, Cornelius

Miller, Asahel

Miller, Joseph

Miller, Lewis

Miller, Sheldon

Mills, Chauncey

Mills, David

Miner, John

Miner, Phineas

Miner, Reuben

Miner, William

Mitchell, Joseph

Mitchell, Selden

Moore, Dr. Aaron

Moore, Simeon Jr.

Mott, Adam

Mott, Jonathan

Mott, Adam Jr.

Mott, Lent

Mott, Lent Jr.

Mott, Loammi

Munsill, Zacheus

Munson, Caleb

Munson, Hermon

Murray, David

Murray, Daniel

Murray, Ammi

Murray, William

 

Nash, John

Nash, Alva

North, Martin

North, Martin Jr.

North, Rufus

Norton, Levi

Norton, Levi (2)

 

Oakley, Hawley

Oakley, Alvah

Palmer, Enoch

Palmer, Ambrose

Palmer, Solomon

Parks, Nathaniel

Parks, Jonathan

Pease, Asaph

Persons, Alpheus

Persons, Timothy

Phelps, Benj. Frederick

Phelps, Daniel Sr.

Phelps, Daniel Jr.

Phelps, Lancelot

Pinney, Elijah

Platt, Daniel

Platt, Joseph

Platt, Levi

Platt, Sylvester

Platt, Levi Jr.

Porter, Eleazer

Potter, Daniel

Potter, Phineas

Potter, Sheldon

Pratt, Andrew

Preston, Ebenezer

Preston, Benjamin

Preston, Joseph

Preston, Samuel

Priest, Philip

 

Reynolds, Horace

Rice, Daniel

Richards, Eli

Riley, John C.

Roberts, George

Roberts, Joel

Roberts, Samuel

Rockwell, Alpha

Rockwell, B. B.

Rockwell, Edward

Rockwell, Elihu

Rockwell, Henry E.

Rockwell, John T.

Rockwell, Samuel

Rockwell, Solomon

Rogers, Jonathan

Rogers, Simeon

Rohrabacker, John

Root, Roger

Root, Gurdon

Rowley, Alpha

Rowley, Asher

Rowley, Ebenezer

Rowley, Elias

Rowley, Reuben

Rowley, Samuel

Rowley, Stephen

Russell, Giles

Russell, Nathaniel

 

Sanford, Henry

Sanford, William

Schovil, Stephen

Scovill, Reuben

Seymour, Jacob

Seymour, John

Seymour, Truman

Shattuck, Randall

Shaw, John

Shepard, Didymus

Shepard, Ebenezer

Shepard, James

Skinner, Benjamin

Skinner, Isaac

Smith, Asahel

Smith, Chauncey

Smith, Eleazer

Smith, Elisha

Smith, Elisha Esq.

Smith, Heman

Smith, Josiah

Smith, Oliver

Smith, Riley

Smith, Theodore

Smith, Zebina

Soper, Chester

Spencer, Elisha

Spencer, Grinnell

Spencer, John

Spencer, Norman

Spencer, Ozias

Spencer, Stephen

Spencer, Thomas

Spencer, Thomas (2)

Stanclift, Comfort

Stanclift, Samuel

Stannard, Abel

Stannard, Ezra

Stannard, Lemuel

Stannard, Seth

Stannard, William

Starkweather, Elijah

Starkweather, Roger

Storer, John

Strong, David

Strong, Edwin M.

Strong, Lyman

Sweet, James

Sweet, John

Sweet, Jonathan

Sweet, Peleg

Sweet, Reuben

Swift, Zephaniah

 

Talcott, Wm. O.

Tallmadge, David

Taylor, Eliud

Taylor, Silas

Thayer, Wheelock

Thompson, Dan

Thompson, Elijah

Thompson, Samuel

Thrall, Reuben

Thrall, Erastus

Tibbals, Abel

Tibbals, Nathan

Tolles, Amos

Treat, Salmon

Tucker, Reuben

Tucker, Isaac

Turrell, Darius

Tuttle, Geo.

Tuttle, Daniel G.

 

Videto, John, Sr.

Videto, John, Jr.

 

Wade, Amasa

Wade, Stephen

Wade, Isaac

Wade, Stephen

Wade, Amasa, Jr.

Wakefield, Luman

Walter, John

Walter, Lemuel

Walter, Andrew

Walter, Daniel

Ward, David

Waterman, Wm. Jr.

Wells, Asahel

West, David Jr.

West, Judah

Westlake, Samuel

Westlake, William

Westlake, John

Westlake, Thomas

Wetmore, Abel

Wetmore, Abel S.

Wetmore, John

Wetmore, Seth

Wetmore, Samuel

Wetmore, Samuel Jr.

Wetmore, John (4)

Wetmore, John 2nd.

Wetmore, Sam'l H.

Wetmore, Samuel (2)

Wetmore, Truman S.

Wheadon, Solomon

Wheadon, Stephen

Wheeler, Benjamin

Wheeler, Isaac

Wheeler, Nathan

White, Daniel

White, Oliver Jr.

White, Oliver Sr.

Whiting, Benjamin

Whiting, Christopher

Whiting, Lorrin

Whiting, Riley

Wilcox, Daniel

Wilcoxson, Elisha

Wilcoxson, Gideon

Wilkinson, Jesse

Wilkinson, Lewis

Wilkinson, Levi

Wilkinson, Miles

Williams, Jesse

Wilson, Abijah

Wilson, Abijah Jr.

Wilson, Daniel B.

Wilson, Nelson

Wilson, Reynold

Wilson, Zenas

Woodford, Benjamin B.

Woodford, E. Sterling

Woodford, Erastus

Woodford, Ezekiel

Woodford, Ezekiel Jr.

Woodford, Lester

Woodford, Lucius J.

Woodruff, Hawkins

Woodruff, Jonah

Wright, Charles

Wright, Freedom

Wright, Joel

Wright, John Jr.

Wright, Justus

Wright, Lt. John

Wright, Norton

Wright, Samuel

 

Names listed in Boyd's Index of Surnames

Abbott
Abby
Abernathy
Abrew
Abro
Ackley
Adams
Adkins
Agard
Albert
Albro
Alden
Aldridge
Alexander
Allen
Alvord
Ames
Anderson
Andrews
Andros
Andrus
Apley
Areularius
Armstrong
Arnold
Ashley
Atkins
Atwater
Atwood
Ausbon
Austin
Avered
Averet
Averit
Avret
Ayrault

 


Bachelder
Bacon
Bail
Bailey
Baird
Baker
Balcom
Baldwin
Ball
Bancroft
Bandle
Banks
Banning
Barber
Barbour
Barker
Barnes
Barnstable
Barnum
Barrett
Bartlett
Barton
Basney
Bass
Bassett
Batcheller
Battell
Beach
Beardsley
Beck
Beckley
Beckwith
Beebe
Beecher
Beeman
Beers
Belden
Belknap
Bell
Bellamy
Bellows
Bemis
Benedict
Benham
Benjamin
Bentley
Benton
Bernhardt
Berry
Bevins
Bidwell
Biederman
Bills
Bird
Birdsall
Birmingham
Bishop
Bissell
Blackman
Blake
Blakeslee
Blakesley
Bligh
Bliss
Bluit
Bogue
Boice
Booge
Booth
Borden
Boswell
Bosworth
Bouton
Bowdish
Bowers
Bown 
Boyd 
Bradford 
Bradley 
Bradner 
Bradshaw 
Bragg 
Brainard 
Breen 
Brew 
Brewer 
Brindle 
Brinsmaid 
Brintnell 
Bronson 3
Brooks 
Broughton 
Brown 
Brownson 3
Brusie 
Buchanan 
Buchler 
Buckingham 
Buckland 
Buckman 
Buel 
Bulcroft 
Bulkley 
Bull 
Bunce 
Bunnell 
Burdick 
Burgoyne
Burnham
Burnside
Burr
Burrall
Burritt
Burroughs
Burt
Burton
Bushnell
Butler
Butrick
Byington
Byron


Cable
Cadwell
Cady
Calahan
Caller
Calloway
Calvert
Camp
Camsell
Canfield
Cannon
Capron
Carhart
Carman
Carne
Carpenter
Carrier
Carrington
Carrol
Carter
Case
Castel
Castle
Catlin
Catling
Caul
Chamberlin
Chambers
Champion
Chapin
Chapman
Charles
Chase
Chatterton
Chaugum
Chauncey
Chickley
Christy
Chubb
Church
Clancey
Clapp
Clark
Clarke
Clary
Claudet
Clayborn
Clement
Clemmons
Cleveland
Cockey
Coe
Cogswell
Coit
Cole
Coleman
Collier
Collins
Colt
Colton
Comins
Commerford
Cone
Conklin
Converse
Cook
Cooley
Cooper
Corbin
Corey
Corley
Cothren
Couch
Covey
Covill
Cowdry
Cowles
Coy
Cramer
Cravath
Cresswell
Crisse
Crissey
Crittenden
Crocker
Cromwell
Crosby
Cross
Crowe
Crum
Culver
Cumming
Cummings
Cummins
Cunningham
Currie
Curry
Curtice
Curtis
Cutler

 

Daley
Dana
Daniels
Darbe
Davis
Daw
Day
Dayton
Dean
Dear
Dearthick
Decker
Deer
Deland
Deming
Dempsey
Dennan
Dennen
Dennis
Denny
Denslow
Derby
Detert
Dewey
DeWolf
Dexter
Dibble
Dickinson
Didsbury
Dill
Dilley
Dimick
Dimock
Diomedes
Dixon
Dodd
Dodge
Dolphin
Doolittle
Dorman
Doughty
Douglass
Dowd
Downs
Doyle
Drake
DuBois
Ducher
Dudley
Dugan
Dunham
Dunn
Dunning
Durand
Durgin
Dutton
Dwight

Earne
Easton
Eaton
Eddy
Edgecomb
Edwards 
Eels 
Eggleston 
Eldridge 
Ellsworth 
Elmer 
Elmore 
Elwell 
Emerson 
Emmons 
Eno 
Ensign 
Evans 
Evarts 
Everett 
Everitt
Evitts 

F. Miss 5
Fairchild 
Fairweather 
Fanning 
Farnsworth 
Farragut 
Farrand 
Fay 
Felix 
Ferris 
Field 
Filer 
Filley 
Finn 
Fitch 
FitzGerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleming
Flowers
Flynn
Foot
Foote
Forbes
Forcier
Ford
Foresby
Fosket
Foster
Fowler
Fox
Frasier
Freeman
Fremont
French
Frisbee
Frisbey
Frisbie
Frissell
Fuller
Fyler

Gage
Gale
Gallagher
Galpin
Gannon
Gardiner
Garrett
Garrison
Garson
Gascoigne
Gaskill
Gaston
Gates
Gay
Gaylord
Gibbs
Giddings
Gilbert
Gilleck
Gilles
Gillett
Gilman
Gleason
Gloster
Glynn
Goddard
Goff
Goffe
Gold
Goodenough
Goodman
Goodrich
Goodwin
Goucher
Gould
Granger
Grant
Graves
Gray
Greeley
Green
Greene
Gregory
Greiner
Grenell
Griffin
Grinnell
Griswold
Grover

Haggarty
Hague
Hale
Hall
Hallett
Hamilton
Hamlin
Hancock
Handee
Harden
Harmer
Harris
Harrison
Hart
Hatch
Hawkins
Hawks
Hawley
Hayden
Hayes
Haynes
Hazeltine
Hazzard
Healy
Hendricken
Henshaw
Herderson
Hermance
Hermandy
Herrick
Hewitt
Hickox
Hicks
Higley
Hill
Hills
Hinkley
Hinman
Hinsdale
Hiscock
Hitchcock
Hoadley
Hodge
Hodges
Holabird
Holcomb
Hollister
Holmes
Homan
Hooker
Hopkins
Horne
Horton
Hosford
Hoskin
Hosmer
Hotchkiss
House
Howard
Howe
Hoyt
Hubbard
Hubbell
Hudson
Hulbert
Hull
Humiston
Humphrey
Hungerford
Huntington
Huntting
Hurd
Hurford
Hurlbut
Hyde

Irving
Isaacs
Isaiah da Scanno
Ives

Jacklyn
Jackson
James II
Jaqua
Jaques
Jarvis
Jefferson
Jencks
Jenkins
Jennings
Johnson
Jones
Jonson
Jopp
Joslin
Judd
Judson

Keegan
Keeler
Keen
Keeney
Kellogg
Kelsey
Kent
Kermann
Keyes
Keys
Kies
Kilborn
Kilbourn
Kilburn
Kimberly
King
Kingsbury
Kinney
Kirby
Kirkham
Kirkum
Knapp
Knowlton

Laird
Lake
Lamb
Lambert
Landon
Larned
Latham
Lathrop
Latimer
Latourette
Lawrence
Lawton
Leach
Leaming
Leavitt
Lee
Lemley
Leo da Saracena
Leonard
LeRoy
Lewis
Lina
Lincoln
Litchfield
Lockwood
London
Long
Loomis
Lord
Losaw
Lotherington
Lovejoy
Loveland
Lucas
Lyman
Lynch
Lyon

Mackune
Macune
Maddra
Mallory
Maltbie
Manchester
Mangan
Mars
Marsh
Marshall
Martin
Marvin
Mason
Mather
Mathews
Matson
Maybee
McAlpine
McBeth
McCauley
McCrary
McCullock
McCune
McDermot
McDoel
McDonald
McEntire
McEwen
McFarland
McGuire
McNeil
Meacham
Mead
Meeker
Meekin
Meigs
Merriam
Merrill
Merriman
Merry
Miles
Millard
Miller
Milliman
Mills
Miner
Minor
Mitchell
Monel
Monroe
Monson
Mooney
Moore
More
Morgan
Morley
Morris
Morse
Mott
Mudge
Mullen
Munger
Munro
Munsill
Munson
Murdock
Murray

Nash
Neal
Nearing
Neth
Nevins
Newell
Newman
Newton
Noble
Norcross
North
Northrup
Northway
Norton

Oakley
Ogden
O'Gorman
Olcott
Olmsted
Orr
Orton
Orvis
Osborn
Overton
Oviatt
Owen

Race
Rainsford
Rankin
Ranney
Ransom
Raymond
Reed
Reeve
Reidy
Reynolds
Rhodes
Rice
Richards
Richardson
Riley
Rising
Robbins
Roberts
Robins
Robinson
Rockwell
Rodman
Rogers
Roherbacher
Rohrabacher
Rood
Root
Roraback
Rose
Rossiter
Rowe
Rowley
Royce
Rugg
Russell
Rutherford

Packard
Page
Palmer
Pantry
Parcels
Parkant
Parke
Parker
Parks
Parmele
Parsons
Partridge
Patterson
Patton
Payne
Peake
Pearson
Pease
Peck
Pellett
Pendleton
Percival
Perkins
Perret
Perry
Persons
Pettibone
Pettit
Phelps
Phillips
Phippenny
Pickett
Pierce
Pierpont
Pierson
Pine
Pinney
Pitkin
Platt
Plumb
Plummer
Poisson
Polk
Pomcroy
Pond
Pool
Porson
Porter
Potter
Pratt
Presber
Prescott
Preston
Price
Priest
Prince
Proper
Pryor
Putnam

Quigley
Quinn

Sacket
Sage
Salter
Sanderforth
Sanford
Saxton
Schermerhorn
Schmidt
Schofield
Schovil
Scott
Scoville
Scrimgeour
Seaman
Sedgwick
Selden
Senior
Sexton
Seymour
Shattuck
Shaw
Sheffield
Sheldon
Shelley
Shelton
Shepard
Sheridan
Sheriden
Sherman
Short
Shortman
Showers
Silliman
Simons
Simonson
Skinner
Slack
Slocum
Smalley
Smith
Smollet
Snediker
Soper
Spaulding
Spencer
Sperry
Spicer
Spring
Squire
St. Clair
St. Francis d'Assissi
St. Margaret of Cortona
Stabell
Stack
Stancliff
Stanclift
Standley
Stanley
Stannard
Stanton
Staples
Starks
Starkweather
Starr
Stearns
Steele
Steese
Stetson
Steuben
Stevens
Stevenson
Stewart
Stickney
Stillman
Stone
Stoneman
Storer
Stow
Stowe
Strickland
Strong
Stuart
Sumner
Swain
Sweet
Swift

Talcott
Tallmadge
Tayler
Taylor
Teeter
Tencellent
Terrill
Terry
Tew
Thayer
Thompson
Thorburn
Thorne
Thornton
Thorp
Thrall
Tibballs
Tiler
Timpson
Todd
Tolles
Towne
Tracy
Trafford
Treat
Trenck
Trowbridge
Trull
Trumbull
Tucker
Tuller
Turner
Turrell
Tuttle
Twiss
Tyler

Utley

Vaill
VanBuren
VanDeusen
VanKleek
VanOustrom
Vaughn
Veber
Videto
Vogel
Voorhies
Vore
Vrooman

 

Wade
Wadsworth
Wakefield
Walker
Walter
Ward
Warner
Warren
Washington
Waterman
Watson
Wattles
Waugh
Weaver
Webb
Webster
Wedge
Weed
Weirs
Weiss
Welch
Weld
Welles
Wells
Wentworth
Wenzell
Wesley
West
Westcott
Westlake
Wetherby
Wetmore
Whaples
Wheadon
Wheeler
Wheelock
Whiffler
White
Whitehead
Whitford
Whiting
Whitman
Whitmore
Whitney
Whittlesey
Wicker
Wilbraham
Wilbur
Wilcox
Wilcoxson
Wilder
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Willard
William and Mary
Williams
Wilmot
Wilson
Witherspoon
Wolcott
Wood
Woodall
Woodford
Woodruff
Woods
Woodward
Woodworth
Wooster
Worthington
Wright
Wyllys

Yale
York
Young

 

Be sure to check the new index of place names appearing in Boyd's Annals of Winchester that we prepared for this CD-ROM (included in the downloadable file as well).  

Place name index to Annals of Winchester to view that index now.

 

Winchester/Winsted:  questions and answers

Question:  Is this about Winsted, CT, too?

Answer:  Definitely.  Winsted is a city (called a Borough in Boyd's time) located within the Town of Winchester.  Although Boyd elects to deal with "Old Society" Winchester separately from the Borough of Winsted ("Winsted Society"), each gets roughly half the book.  The same kind of information (who came, when they came, where they came from, what they did when they were in Winchester/Winsted, when they left, where they went when the left, and who their children -- in some cases grandchildren --were) is present in abundance for both rural Winchester and more urban Winsted. 

 

Question:  When will this CD-ROM be available?

Answer:  The CD, priced at $20.00, is no longer available.  We now offer Annals of Winchester as a downloadable file at a major price reduction.    Please   How to order the Winsted/Winchester CD-ROM for ordering information.

 

Question:  Does Between the Lakes Group publish material about Litchfield County, CT?  About other locations?

Answer:  Yes to both.  We've republished several about Litchfield County and its localities.  Particularly see the Winchester/Winsted page to begin with, but here are some other Litchfield County localities:  

"Scrap Book of North Canaan" (as well as some records from the old Pilgrim Church in North Canaan). 

Scrap Book of North Canaan to go to the page about that publication.

"New Milford: 230 Years" (which includes Two Centuries of New Milford as well as other material).

New Milford: 230 Years to go to the New Milford pages.

"Lime Rock: an Illustrated Walking Tour" (history -- Lime Rock was the capital of a national industrial corporation and the home of a US Senator who was Chairman of the National Democratic Party at one time -- and pictures and ephemera)

Lime Rock: an Illustrated Walking Tour to go to the Lime Rock pages.

"The Clergy of Litchfield County" (Arthur Goodenough's classic about the history of religion, churches, and clergy in a county where all counted for very much.)

Clergy of Litchfield County to read about Clergy of Litchfield County

"The History of Litchfield" (White's compendium of the history of that township.

History of Litchfield to read about The History of Litchfield

We also have a number of shorter books and articles about Litchfield County available for download, and downloads currently available about other locations as well. 

Catalog of local history and genealogy to go to our catalog.

 

Question:  My budget is limited.  How expensive is the Winchester/Winsted download?

Answer:  It is priced at $4.50.  How we do business at Between the Lakes Group  for information about how to order this CD.

 

Question:  I would like to exchange e-mails and post queries about the history and genealogy of the Town of Winchester and the City of Winsted.  Any suggestions?

Answer:  Thanks for asking!  At Between the Lakes Group, when we mount a local history project we usually create an e-group about the project and the subject at "Yahoo!Groups".  These e-mail groups are free, and some that we have started are very popular.  One such group we established has over 130 members and there are usually numerous posts each day.  Others have only a handful of members and there are relatively few posts.  We have created an e-group for Winchester and Winsted.  If you would like to join the group -- and you can leave at any time -- simply Subscribe to the Winchester e-group to send an e-mail to WinchesterCT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  The success of this group is up to you!  (It's been inactive lately, but why not be the person who brings it back to life?)

 

Question:  I don't like books on computer.  Can I get this book in printed form?

Answer:  While original copies of Annals of Winchester, CT are not common they do occasionally turn up.  We located the copy we reprinted in preparing the CD in a rare book store some time ago.  Prices of rare books change frequently and are based on many factors, including condition.  Annals was also reprinted in paperback a few years ago.  We have not seen the paperback edition and cannot comment on it in terms of quality or completeness.  The most recent price we have seen listed for the paperback reprint was $47.00 plus shipping and handling. 

Note that you may also find Annals of Winchester available as a free download from various sites providing this valuable service.  Please consider, however, that these free downloads do NOT include the index of place names, and are lower resolution page images than the download we provide.

 

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Litchfield Couny: histories to go to the main Litchfield County histories page.

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