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Chapters: Census-Designated Places in Tolland County, Connecticut, Towns in Tolland County, Connecticut, Columbia, Connecticut, Coventry, Connecticut, Vernon, Connecticut, Andover, Connecticut, Hebron, Connecticut, Bolton, Connecticut, Somers, Connecticut, Mansfield, Connecticut, Tolland, Connecticut, Willington, Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Mansfield Center, Connecticut, Ellington, Connecticut, Coventry Lake, Stafford, Connecticut, Union, Connecticut, South Coventry, Connecticut, Crystal Lake, Rockville, Connecticut, Stafford Hollow, Connecticut, Hydeville, Connecticut. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Coventry, Connecticut - According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.4 square miles (99.4 km ), of which, 37.7 square miles (97.7 km ) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.7 km ) of it (1.67%) is water. Coventry was named in October 1711, the first town in the colonies to be named "Coventry" for Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom. The first house in Coventry, CT was said to have been built near the shore of Lake Wangumbaug by Nathaniel Rust, a Hartford, CT man, originally of Northampton, Massachusetts. The entire Rust family is said to have made their final move to Coventry from Massachusetts in a group of a dozen families in 1709. Along with Nathaniel Rust, the names of some of the earliest settlers were David Lee, Thomas Root, Samuel Gurley, Ebenezer Searl, Joseph Petty, Benjamin James and Benjamin Carpenter. Four other settlers were also of Northampton, MA and two from Reading, MA. The land was said to have originally been given to men from Hartford by Joshua, Indian sachem. The Connecticut General Assembly, held in Hartford in 1706, appointed William Pitkin, Joseph Tallcot, William Whiting, and Ric...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=108844
