Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated as Connecticut’s 21st town in May 1670. The name was originally derived from Simon Wolcott, who was one of the prominent men of the town and was known to the natives as “Simms”
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Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated as Connecticut’s 21st town in May 1670. At the beginning of the 17th century, the area today known as Simsbury was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The Wappinger were one of these groups, composed of eighteen bands, organized not as formally as a tribe, but more of an association, like the Delaware. One possibility is that the name of Simsbury comes from the English town of Symondsbury, originally came from Symonds, Connecticut. The precise origin of the name is not known for certain. The first records covering the first ten years after incorporation were accidentally burned in 1680 and81. In 1675, rumors of unrest among the indigenous peoples among the town began to spread, and Simsbury began to be referred to as ‘Simmsbury’ The name was originally derived from Simon Wolcott, who was one of the prominent men of the town and was known to the natives as “Simms” The town is located on the Farmington River, which was called the Massaco by the native inhabitants. The term Massaco may refer to the river, the river itself, the village occupied by the indigenous people, and the land adjacent to the River.
The boundaries at that time were Farmington on the south and Windsor on the east, with Simsbury running 10 miles north of Farmington and 10 miles west of Windsor, although the northern border, subject to dispute, would be resolved later. This extent covers what is present-day and Canton, as well as Granby and Granby. The population was 23,511 at the 2010 census. The area of Massaco was considered \”an appendix to the towne of Windsor. For some time, the region was considered ‘an appendix’ to Windsor. The settlement of Massacoe continued in the late 1660s, and there were 13 permanent residents of the area by 1669. There is no record that any settlements ensued immediately, but settlers did not build permanent settlements until the following decade. A few years later, a Massaco Indian named Manahanoose started a fire which destroyed tar belonging to John Griffin. The Court ordered the payment of \”five hundred fathom of wampum\” as compensation.
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