The act also specified that the first town meeting should be held on Novemand that Jabez H. Finally, in 1797 the General Assembly granted their request, established town bounds, and declared that forever this shall be a distinct town to be known and called by the name of "Trumbull". For ten years their efforts were repeatedly blocked by the mother settlement. After proving that they could manage their own religious and educational interests, they began petitioning for complete independence. The North Stratford Society functioned in the same way as had that of Unity. In 1744 the parishes united and became the Society of North Stratford. The two villages petitioned the General Assembly "to annex the Long Hill parish with Unity". It was a small group of about 30 families that attempted the support of the church.įamilies from the Stratfield section of Fairfield began to settle in the western section and they also desired their liberty and were established as the society of Long Hill. The first church was erected near the intersection of Unity and White Plains Road. While the establishment of a church was paramount to all else in the parish, it was 1730 before a church was gathered. To enable them to do this they were obliged to levy a tax for the support of the village. By this act, the village remained a part of Stratford but the residents could erect and maintain a meetinghouse, "settle" and support a minister, and build and maintain a school. Their plea was granted and the village was to be called Unity. Other brave and venturesome families began to migrate here from their homeland and, in 1725, the northwest farmers of Stratford petitioned the General Court for "village privileges". John Williams and John Seeley were permitted the use of a gristmill on the Pequonnock River. A grant for a sawmill was given to James and Edmund Lewis and Ebenezer Curtis in 17.
Passage of time brought new families into this far-off area, and for their convenience, mills were needed. The "Farm Highway" (Nichols Avenue) was laid out in 1696 and at that time the records imply that the ground had been under cultivation but that the place was deserted. Land was surveyed and laid out to individuals about 1670, but it was not until about 1690 that Abraham Nichols and his family ventured into this wilderness and established themselves a home. Stratford retained its original bounds from 1639 to 1789 when territory was taken from it for the town of Huntington (Shelton). Trumbull was once part of an area known as Pequonnocke or Cubheag and is now known as Stratford, which also gave birth to Monroe, Shelton and part of Bridgeport.
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