- Bankside Farmers
The Bankside Farmers were a group of five men who established themselves along the
Long Island Sound south ofFairfield, Connecticut in1648 . The area is now known as Greens Farms, a section ofWestport, Connecticut .They were: Thomas Newton, Henry Gray, John Green, Daniel Frost and Francis Andrews.
Daniel Frost was born January 17, 1613 in
Nottingham, England and died February 23, 1682 in Fairfield. A small coastalpromontory , Frost Point, is named for Daniel Frost.Henry Gray was born November 23, 1617 in
London ,England . He worked as atailor with his elder brother William in London for a time. He arrived in New England in1639 . He married Daniel Frost's sister Lydia inBoston, Massachusetts in September of 1639. He came to Fairfield in 1640 and was a deputy from Fairfield from 1642-43. He died in 1658. Two roads in the area are named for him: Gray's Farm Road and Gray Lane.Greens Farms is named for John Green.
External links
* [http://www.friendsofsherwoodisland.org/Pages/History/H-GreensFarms.htm History of Green's Farms]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bobbistockton/fro.htm Frost Genealogy]
* [http://www.familytreelegends.com/trees/malcolmspiers/49/data/3554 Gray Genealogy]
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