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Founders Of Windsor
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Windsor and Connecticut’s first Congregational Church were founded by a company that came to America on the Mary and John with its pastor, John Warham, on May 30, 1635, settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and migrated to Windsor in May and October 1635. This memorial was erected on the site of the first church building by the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Connecticut Branch, on May 30, 1930, and honors the founders of Windsor and the First Congregational Church in Connecticut, including George Alexander, Samuel Allen, Matthew Allyn, Alexander Alvord, Sergeant Benedictus Alvord, Jeffry Baker, Thomas Barber, John Bartlett, Thomas Bascomb, Thomas Bassett, Richard Birge, John Bissell, Mr. John Brancker, Thomas Buckland, William Buell, Joshua Carter, Mr. Daniel Clarke, Deacon Henry Clarke, Joseph Clarke, Captain Aaaron Cooke, Henry Curtis, Nicholas Denslow, Thomas Dewey, Thomas and Robert Dibble, John Dimbleton, John Drake Sr., Joseph and John Dwyer, Begat Eggleston, Lawrence Ellison, Sergeant Josias Ellsworth, James Eno, William Filley, Thomas Ford, Ambrose Fowler, Walter Fyler, Deacon William Gaylord, Francis Gibbs, Giles Gibbs, Thomas and Nicholas Gilbert, Johnathan Gillett, Nathan Gillett, Matthew Grant, Thomas Gridley, Edward and Matthew Griswold, Thomas Gunn, William Hannum, John Hawkes, Anthony Hawkins, William Hayden, Robert Hayward, William Hill, John Hillier, Thomas Holcomb, Elder William Hosford, John Hoskins, Simon Hoyte, William Hubbard, Reverend Ephraim Huit, George Hull, Michael Humphrey, John Hurd, Humphrey Hydes, Mr. Roger Ludlow, Joseph Loomis, Richard Lyman, James and Captain Samuel Marshall, Thomas Marshfield, Major John Mason, Miles Merwin, Deacon John Moore, Thomas Moore, John Moses, Thomas Newberry, Thomas Nowell, Richard Oldage, Thomas Orton, John Osbord, Richard Osborn, John Owen, Sergeant Nicholas Palmer, Elias Parkman, Edward Pattison, George Phelps, Mr. William Phelps, George Phillips, Humphrey Pinney, Eltwood Pomeroy, Samuel Pond, John Porter Sr., Philip Randall, William Rockwell, William and Dr. Bray Rossiter, John St. Nicholas, Robert Saltonstall, Richard Saxton, Matthew Sension, Sergeant Thomas Staires, Francis Stiles, Henry Stiles, John Stiles, Thomas Stiles, Ensign Thomas Stoughton, Elder John Strong, John Taylor, Stephen Taylor, Stephen Terry, Thomas Thornton, William Thrall, John Tilley, Peter Tilton, Michael Try, Owen Tudor, Richard Voure, Robert Watson, Richard Weller, Richard Whitehead, Arthur Williams, Roger and John Williams, Lieutenant David Wilton, Robert Winchell, Elder Witchfield, Mr. Henry Wolcott, John Wyatt, and John Youngs.
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