- Edward Wooster
Edward Wooster (1622 –
July 8 1689 ) was an English early pioneer ofColonial America , and "the first permanent settler in Derby" , Connecticut.Overview
Edward Wooster was born in
England in 1622.In 1642, he enters the record as one of the first colonists of
Milford, Connecticut .In 1651, he received permission to settle an area known as "Paugusset".
In 1669, he was appointed
constable ofPaugusset .Edward Wooster died on
July 8 , 1689.Wooster's
tombstone in Derby states:Derby website, op. cit.: " In memory of Edward Wooster 1622 – 1689 ": " The first permanent settler in Derby — 1651 — ": " "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ": " and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose" "
References
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* Cite web
author = Derby website
date =2003-10-21 webpage
title = Tombstone of Edward Wooster
work = Derby History Quiz Archives
url = http://www.electronicvalley.org/Derby/QUIZ/Pages/wooster.htm
archiveurl = http://webcitation.org/query?date=2007-08-13&url=http://www.electronicvalley.org/Derby/QUIZ/Pages/wooster.htm
archivedate = 2007-08-13; Endnotes
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