Excerpt from History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, With a Genealogical Register of Stonington FamiliesHaving been frequently requested by my friends to write and publish a History of Stonington, from its first settlement in 1649 to the present time, has induced me to undertake the task of its compilation and in so doing have spared no labor of research into all of the available sources of historical information, includ ing the Connecticut Charters and records of the Town and Churches here and regret that from their imperfect records, I have not been able to produce a more perfect book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.