Source:Phelps, Noah A. History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642 to 1845

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Source History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642 to 1845
Author Phelps, Noah A.
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Place Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Year range 1642 - 1845
Subject History, Vital records
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Type Book
Publisher Press of Case, Tiffany and Burnham
Date issued 1845
Place issued Hartford, Conn.
Citation
Phelps, Noah A. History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642 to 1845. (Hartford, Conn.: Press of Case, Tiffany and Burnham, 1845).
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A register of marriages, births and deaths in the families of the first settlers for Simsbury appears on pages 168-175.

"This Register is compiled chiefly from an old manuscript book in the possession of James Loomis, Esq. of Windsor, 'made out May 18, 1674,' from an older book then stated to be full; to which additions were made, during a few years, after 1674. These books unquestionably contain the records kept of these events, by the several clergymen who officiated at Windsor, during their occurrence. The one, from which these extracts are made, is in a mutilated condition, and in many places, illegible. It does not of course contain the births of children born before their parents removed to Windsor, nor, generally, after they settled in Simsbury.

In compiling this Register, a considerable amount of matter, in addition to the above, has been derived from the state records, and from the town records of Windsor and Simsbury …"