Andover Historical Marker
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Walt_Felix
N 41° 43.688 W 072° 22.072
18T E 718921 N 4622939
In 1967, The Conn General Assembly approved legislation directing the Conn Historical Commission to "provide an appropriate marker describing the time, place and circumstance of the founding and subsequent history of each of the towns in the state.."
Waymark Code: WMKX3K
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2014
Views: 3
ANDOVER
The first settlement was made in 1713 in the southeast part of the present town. Portions of Lebanon, Hebron, and Coventry joined to form the Ecclesiastical Society of Andover, which was recognized by the General Assembly in May, 1747.
Daniel Burnap, famous clock-maker, was born here in 1759. Major John Hutchinson Buell, native and resident of Andover, served throughout the Revolution and later in the Indian wars in Ohio.
Rochambeau's army of six thousand marched through Andover in 1781 to the siege of Yorktown in Virginia and camped here on their return trip the following year.
In 1848 the town was incorporated, the railroad came, and small industries prospered.
Erected by the town of Andover
the Andover American Bicentennial Commission
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1976
Marker Name: Andover Historical Marker
Marker Type: Roadside
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1976
Additional Information: Not listed
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