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Subject: [SACKETT-L] Kent, CT. and Warren CT.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:48:29 EDT

I did a search on AltaVista and found the following websites:

http://members.esslink.com/~channy/CTGuideWar.html

At this point we return to Litchfield, for a side trip through some of the
towns farther west. Warren, formerly a part of Kent, was settled about 1737.
The parish of East Greenwich was organized in 1750. In 1786, a town was
incorporated and named for a Massachusetts man, Gen. Joseph Warren, the
Revolutionary hero, who lost his life at Bunker Hill. The town consists of a
high plateau, bordered on the south by Lake Waramaug.


Leaving Litchfield on R. 25, the traveler may enter Warren by R. 341, or take
the more scenic Route 45, along the eastern shore of Waramaug and across the
hills to Cornwall Bridge. On R. 45, about a mile above the Lake, a dirt road
leads northwest to Above All State Park, 1456 feet elevation, with a fine
view to the west. About 12 mile south of the highway junction, we cross an
attractive hemlock ravine. The tiny village of Warren has an interesting
Congregational Church, with pilastered pediment, a good tower, and fine
interior woodwork. It was built in 1818, during the pastorate of Rev. Peter
Starr, who served for 57 years. The church sent 16 young men into the
ministry, including Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) the famous evangelist,
associated with the early history of Oberlin College; and Julian M.
Sturtevant (1805-1886) a member of the Illinois Band that went out from Yale,
and founder of Illinois College. About 1 1/2 miles north of the village, a
road turns west, 1/2 mile to a brick school house, built around 1793, one of
the oldest in New England in continuous use.

The blue-marked Mattatuck Trail runs from Prospect Mt. along abandoned roads
to Flat Rock, where connection is made with the Appalachian Trail coming east
from Kent Falls along the northern boundary of the town. (Flat Rock may be
reached at some seasons by car, on road to east just beyond Cornwall line.)
The signboard reads: "New Haven, 62 miles; Mt. Katahdin, Maine, 619 miles;
Mt. Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1439 miles."

Site mentions: Warren Public Library, Sackett Hill Rd, Warren, CT 06754,
860-868-219

http://members.esslink.com/~channy/CTGuideKent.html

Continuing our Journey on U.S. 7, which gains added beauty ,as it goes north,
we enter the town of Kent. As in the other northwestern towns, shares were
sold at auction, entitling the purchasers to take up land under certain
conditions. The sale for Kent took place at Windham in March, 1738, the bids
to start at £50 per share. The majority of the purchasers were from
Colchester, with others from Norwalk and Fairfield. Actual settlement began
the same year, and the town was incorporated in 1739. The name was taken from
the English county of Kent.

East of the village, R. 341 to Warren gives a delightful drive over the
hills. After passing a good lookout hill about 1 mile to the south, we reach
in 3/4 miles the two Spectacle Ponds. Above North Spectacle Pond is a
representative spruce-tamarack bog. North of this is an outlying portion of
Mohawk State Forest; a hill about a mile above the Pond gives a good view to
the southwest.

The original Kent settlement, a mile north of the village, is known as
Flanders, and it is here that we find our exhibit of old houses.

http://geocities.com/TheTropics/1926/litchfld.html

Litchfield was purchased from the Colony of Connecticut in 1719 by a company
from Hartford, Windsor and Lebanon, and given town privileges. Settlement
began the following year. The name was taken from Litchfield in the English
Staffordshire. The town is a high hill country, broken by stream valleys. It
has four centers: Litcbfield village, which was made a borough in 1817
(originally an incorporated "village," the only instance in Connecticut;) the
borough of Bantam (1915) where at one time there was considerable
manufacturing; Milton; and Northfield. There are large summer colonies.

The borough of Litchfield, one of the most attractive villages in
Connecticut, was the outpost and trading center for the northwestern
frontier, and for many years the county seat of Litchfield County. Wealth
accumulated, and by the end of the 18th century Litchfield had become one of
the main seats of culture in the State. There were several iron foundries
here, one of them specializing in ship anchors and chains.
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I'll have to study the full pages more thoroughly. But my first impression
is that Warren was formed from part of Kent. So the desigantion Warren
(formerly Kent) should read (formerly part of Kent). And the direct answer
to my question is that Warren was FORMED in 1786 from part of Kent. This
appears to have occurred after Violitty wrote her letter in 1786.

Thurmon

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