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 Woodstock Posted by:  king.hubi
N 41° 56.982 W 071° 58.550
19T E 253342 N 4648475
Historical marker highlighting the history and settlement of Woodstock, Connecticut. The marker is located along Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169) across the street from Roseland Cottage on the Roseland Cottage Common.
Waymark Code: WM918Z
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2010
Views: 9
This doublesided historical marker describes the history and settlement of Woodstock, Connecticut. The marker is located along Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169) across the street from Roseland Cottage on the Roseland Cottage Common.
Marker Text
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
WOODSTOCK
Near this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and
his party may have passed by way of the
Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now
Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostel to the
Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury,
Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel
Gookin visited a peaceful encampment of
Wabbaquassets living in the vicinity of
present-day Woodstock to preach from nearby
Eliot Rock, and sought to establish their
church among the natives of these lands.
King Philip's War broke out in 1675, during
which the Wabbaquassets deserted the area.
The site was chosen as a place of settlement,
and here on April 5, 1686, from Roxbury came
Peter Aspinwall John Gore
Thomas Bacon Benjamin Griggs
Henry Bowen George Griggs
Matthew Davis John Marcy
John Frizzel Ebenezer Morris
Nathaniel Gray Benjamin Sabin
Jonathan Smithers
known as the Thirteen Goers to found the Town
of New Roxbury, the first European settlement
in the area that became Windham County.
(Continued on other side)
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
WOODSTOCK
(Continued from other side)
Given the name "Woodstock" by Judge Samuel
Sewall in 1690 "…because of its nearness to
Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth…" the
Town remained a part of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony until 1749, when it seceded in favor
of becoming a part of the Connecticut Colony.
From these hills went Captain, later General,
Samuel McClellan following the alarums sounded
from Lexington and Concord in 1775, together
with 184 men, who responded in a greater
number than from any other town in the Colony.
Born here were Jedediah Morse, the "father of
American geography," and Henry C. Bowen,
founder of the INDEPENDENT, a pre-Civil War
anti-slavery newspaper; builder of Roseland
Cottage; benefactor of Woodstock Academy,
founded in 1801; and donor of Roseland Park.
The many small rural industries of 19th century
Woodstock are now represented by the making
of electrical components and plastics in a
community mainly agricultural and residential.
Erected by the Town of Woodstock
the Woodstock Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1980
More about the history of Woodstock can be found here. Across the street you'll see this nice looking red house, it's Roseland Cottage. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and it is also listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Furthermore it is a double-waymark, please check out WM7YHR and WM6119.
Enjoy your visit of Woodstock.
Marker Name: Woodstock
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1980
Additional Information: Not listed
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