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The Old Hawkins House, c. ~1750
Journal of an Historic Derby Connecticut Home
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Abel Gunn and Joseph Hawkins...men of the most solid worth, seeking not high places, but when called to them, could meet the responsibility with great manliness and much ability.
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Joseph and Abigail Hawkins House, c. 1670 by John Douglas Poole is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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Derby, Connecticut
The City of Derby was once an English settlement and trading post situated on the Housatonic River. It was incorporated on May 13th, 1675, via a motion by John Hulls and Joseph Hawkins, in a Hartford Connecticut Court of Election.
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Derby and Ansonia
Orcutt's History of the Old Town of Derby
Stratford and the Sea
Rev. Blakeman leading the first English settlers to Stratford, 1639
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