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Willington
Birthplace of
Jared Sparks
1789-1866, Historian
President of Harvard
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Birthplace of
Jared Sparks
1789-1866. Historian
President of Harvard
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XAP_town-of-willington-connecticut-a-war-memorial_Willington-CT.html
This monument
is erected by the citizens
of the
Town of Willington, Connecticut
in sacred memory and appreciation
of those brave men who went forth
in response to the call of our
country to fight for its freedom
and peace.
May 3…
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1727-1727. This edifice originally a Meeting House was donated by the Wilington Ecclesiastical Society to the Town of Willington for the use of the public and to perpetuate the memory of the forefathers and foremothers who with Christian fortitude…
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In 1720 a party of eight men, originally from England, bought sixteen thousand acres in this region and called it Wellington. One of these, Roger Wolcott, subsequently became governor of Connecticut (1750-1754).
After a century of farming the t…