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Guilford (Conn.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Seward family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1254
Abstract:

Correspondence, legal papers, deeds, estate inventories and pencil portraits relating to the Seward family of Killingworth and Guilford, Connecticut. Also figuring in the collection are the Buell, Pierson, Smith and Steevens families.

Dates: 1729-1768

Taintor family collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1256
Abstract:

Legal and financial papers, including deeds, wills, estate inventories and receipts relating to families in Branford and Guilford, Connecticut, collected by the Taintor family. The families represented in the papers are Barker, Bishop, Foot, Fowler, Hill, Linsly, Monro, Rogers, Russell, Towner and Tyler.

Dates: 1668-1869, bulk 1720-1869

Talman family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 662
Abstract:

Deeds, leases, miscellaneous documents, and some correspondence of the Talman family, early settlers of Guilford, Connecticut.

Dates: 1683-1866