Early Colonial America

  • William Rockwell’s Move to Windsor: A New Beginning

    William Rockwell’s Move to Windsor: A New Beginning

    After several years in Dorchester, William Rockwell moved to Windsor, Connecticut. The book places this move in the spring of 1637, noting both the land grants associated with his settlement there and the uncertainty caused by missing early records. By the mid-1630s, pressure on land and opportunity beyond Massachusetts Bay drew many Dorchester settlers westward

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