5 Crucial Dates in 17th Century Colonial Connecticut History That May Impact Your Genealogy

The records of your ancestors are shaped by what was happening around them. Sometimes that was changes in law; sometimes changes in politics; sometimes warfare; something else.

Here are five crucial dates in the history of 17th century colonial Connecticut that may impact your genealogy research:

• 1633: The establishment of the House of Hope, the Dutch trading settlement to the south of the current city of Hartford.
• 1635: The first settlement at Saybrook Colony.
• 1637: The settlement of New Haven Colony and Connecticut Colony.
• 1639: The Fundamental Orders of the Colony of Connecticut.
• 1665: Unification of New Haven Colony and Connecticut Colony.

What else was happening in this period? King Philip’s War, to start!