OF

WALLINGFORD,

CONN.,

FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1670 TO THE PRESENT
TIME, INCLUDING

MERIDEN,

WHICH WAS ONE OF. ITS PARISHES UNTIL 1806,

AND

CHESHIRE,

WHICH WAS

INCORPORATED IN 1780.

BY

CHARLES HENRY STANLEY DAVIS, M. D.,

MEMBER OF THE N. E. HIST. AND GEN. SOC.; COR. MEMBER OF THE WIS-
CONSIN, MINNESOTA AND CHICAGO HIST. SOCIETIES; MEMBER

1.

OF THE NEW HAVEN COL. HIST. SOC.; ONE OF THE VICE
PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN PHIL. SOC., ETC.

"Haply thine eye its ardent glance had cast
Through the dim shades, the portals of the past;

By the bright lamp of thought thy care hnd fed

From the far beacon lights of ages fled,

The depths of time exploring to retrace

The glorious march of many a vanquished race."

MERIDEN, CONN.:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1870.

HEMANS,