PLAINFIELD, WINDHAM, CONNECTICUT
FAMILIES:
Adams, Blodgett, Fitch, Hall, Spalding, Warren, Whitney
Plainfield was granted to Governor John Winthrop about 1655. To the east of
Windham and incorporated in 1699, it was the third town organised in Windham
county. Then in the Quinebaug Country, the land was claimed by the sons of Governor
John Winthrop and Major James Fitch, as agent
and guardian of Owaneco. Despite the question of who owned land, settlers moved
in. See a list of 24 Dec 1702 freeholders.
On May 31, 1699, the inhabitants of the met to organize town government. James
Deane was chosen town-clerk and Jacob Warren, Joseph Spalding, Stephen Hall,
William Johnson and Samuel Adams were chosen selectmen. They immediately selected
Rev. Joseph Coit, the son of Dea. Joseph Coit of New London, to be their first
minister.
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