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. - Orcutt
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.
Favorite Books
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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