#7: Connecticut

Connecticut was founded in 1636, like Rhode Island, many of her earliest families had previously settled in Plymouth or Massachusetts Bay.

The Olmsteads and Wakemans would be among the first and become founders of Hartford. The Benedicts, St. Johns, Lockwoods and Scofields would arrive during the early to mid-1640s. The Webbs arrived in 1651. The Keeneys and Turner joined the fray during the 1670s. The Hazens and Nortons were in Connecticut by about 1710.

The call of open lands in the Ohio Valley would draw the last of the families west during the 1790s.