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Windsor, Connecticut

1633 · 17th century

Windsor is a town on the Connecticut River north of Hartford, founded in 1633 as a trading post of Plymouth Colony and settled by colonists from Massachusetts, making it one of the oldest English settlements in Connecticut. With Hartford and Wethersfield it formed the Connecticut Colony.

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Connecticut Colony

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Windsor, Connecticut. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/windsor-connecticut
MLA: “Windsor, Connecticut.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/windsor-connecticut. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Windsor, Connecticut.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/windsor-connecticut.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Windsor, Connecticut’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/windsor-connecticut (Accessed: ).

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