Book 2: Records of the Colony of Jurisdiction of New Haven. From May, 1653 to the Union. Together with the New Haven Code of 1656
(Originally published in 1858, about 630 pages.)
Book 3: Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649
(Originally published in 1857, about 555 pages.)
Contents:
Indian deeds of the plantation of New Haven
The names of all the freemen of the Courte of Newhaven
New Haven Colony records
Index
Book 4: Inscriptions on Tombstones in New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800
(Originally published in 1882, about 145 pages)
Book 5: The East-Haven Register. In Three Parts
Part I. Containing a history of the town of East-Haven from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800; also, an account of its boundaries, iron-works and mills, division of lands, controversies with New Haven and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastical affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natura history and curiosities, roads and public lands, Part II. Containing an account of the names, marriages, and births, of the families which first settled, or which have resided in East Haven from its settlement in 1644 to the year 1800,
Part III. Containing an account of the deaths in the families names in the second part from the yea 1647 to the end of the year 1823
(Originally published in 1824, about 223 pages.)
Contents:
Part I. East-Haven register
Chapter I. New-Haven purchased and settled...
Chapter II. Concerning the boundaries of the town
Chapter III. Concerning the iron works and mills
Chapter IV. The general history of the town...
Chapter V. Ecclesiastical affairs
Chapter VI. Schools and education
Chapter VII. Population and Taxes
Chapter VIII. Losses by war
Chapter IX. Natural history--tornado and curiosities
Chapter X. Roads and public lands
Part II. The Family Record
Part III. The Death Record
Book 6: Historical Sketches of Meriden
(By G.W. Perkins. Originally published in 1849, about 117 pages)
Book 7: An Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut, and Men Who Have Made It. From Earliest Settlement to Close of its First Century of Incorporation, A Century of Meriden, "The Silver City," Issued as the Official Souvenir History by Authority of the General Committee at the Centennial Celebration, June 10 to 16, 1906
(Originally published in 1906, about 1,236 pages.)
Contents:
Part I.
Chapter I. Historical Sketch of Colonies of Connecticut and New Haven. First Notices of Territory of Meriden. Disputes between the two Colonies Relative to Dividing Line.
Chapter II. Jonathan Gilbert, Meriden's first Landowner. Meriden Farm. Edward Higbee's Indian Purchase. Andrew and Jonathan Belcher own Farm. Old Tavern and Stone House or fort.
Chapter III. New Haven Colony's Purchase of Land of Indians. Rev. John Davenport's Letter to Governor John Winthrop. Early Extent of Territory Included Under Name of Meriden.
Chapter IV. Origin of the Names of Meriden and Pilgrims' Harbor.
Chapter V. Founding and Settling of Wallingford. Hop Lands. Dogs' Misery, Pilgrims' Harbor, Milking Yard, Falls Plain or Hanover, Hanging Hills Woods.
Chapter VI. Northern Half of Meriden. Purchase from Adam Puit, Indian. Dispute with Middletown. Setting off of Parish of Meriden, 1728.
Chapter VII. Grants of Farms to James Bishop and William Jones. Magistrates of Colony of Connecticut. Some Old Meriden Farms.
Chapter VIII. Further Account of Old Meriden Farms and Landowners. Capt. Josiah Robinson's Tavern.
Chapter IX. Old Meriden Farms Cont. Rev. Theophilus Hall.
Chapter X. Old Farms Cont.
Chapter XI. Building of First, Second and Third Metting Houses. Church and Parish History.
Chapter XII. Metting House Hill and Broad Street Cemeteries. Inscriptions and Epitaphs.
Chapter XIII. Life in Meriden During the Eighteenth Century. Industries. Wallingford and Meriden Stores and Store Keepers. Taverns. Mining. Early Physicians.
Chapter XIV. Indians. Negro Slaves and Slavery.
Chapter XV. Witchcraft Persecutions in Wallingford.
Chapter XVI. Meriden and Wallingford in the Wars.
Chapter XVII. Tories in Meriden and Wallingford.
Chapter XVIII. Bangall. Further Account of Meriden Farms and Landowners. Wallingford and Middletown Boundry Disputes. Mt. Lamentation, Leonard Chester's Adventure. Beset Mountain.
Chapter XIX. 1806 -- Meriden a Town. The Village Streets.
Chapter XX. Early Struggles of Meriden to become a manufacturing Town. Success Crowns the effort.
Chapter XXI. Merchants of the Middle of the 19th century. Hotels. Places of Amusement and Resort. Town Hall. Conflagrations. Meriden a City, 1867. Newspapers. Early Lawyers. Conclusion.
Appendix.
List of Representatives in the General Assembly. State Senators. Town Clerks. First Selectmen. Judges of Probate. Mayors of the city. City Clerks.
Early Vital Statistics.
Early Vital Statistics. Marriages. Baptisms and Burials.
Part II.
Meriden in the Civil War
Part III.
Manufacturies
Book 8: Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Conn., Erected Prior to 1800. Together With a Few of the Aged Persons Who Died After That Date
(Originally pulished in 1889, about 67 pages.)
Book 9: The History of Guilford, Connecticut, From its First Settlement in 1639
(Originally published in 1877, about 221 pages.)
Book 10: History of the Town of Hamden, Connecticut, With an Account of the Centennial Celebration, June 15th, 1886
(Originally published in 1888, about 359 pages.)
Contents:
Part I. Celebration of the Centenary
Initiatory proceedings
Hamden centeenial celebration
Opening prayer
Opening address
Governor Harrison's address
The flag of our Union
Prof. S.E. Baldwin's address
Addresses and remarks
The loan exhibition
Part II. Historical and descriptive
Title, boundaries and topography
Sketch of the geology
History of mining in Hamden
Forest trees
Agriculture
Public works
Manufacturing industry
Schools and education
Ecclesiastical history
Military history
Extracts from the town records
The poor of the town
Population
Societies
Family history notices (Contains brief Genealogies & Biographies)
Taxation and land records
List of Freemen admitted
list of Selectmen elected
List of Representatives and senators from Hamden
Book 11: History of Cheshire, Connecticut from 1694 to 1840. Including Prospect, Which, as Columbia Parish, Was a Part of Cheshire Until 1829
(Originally published in 1912, about 574 pages.)
Contents:
Chapter one. Quinnipiac colony--discovery of site, and settlement of New Haven-- the regicides--colony of Connecticut
Chapter two. The new village--King Philip's war--Church Society--layouts of land--list of proprietors
Chapter three. Permanent settlement--discovery of Copper--another division of lands--school and church matters
Chapter four. First Church Society--description of houses--the spelling lesson--list of freemen, 1730--money values
Chapter five. Church services described-- war declared, 1753--copies of orders and proclamations--the stamp act--tax lists
Chapter six. Opposition to English taxation--slave owners--Cheshire's part in the Revolutionary War
Chapter seven. Church dissensions--establishment of Cheshire Academy--buidling of the Farmington Canal
Chapter eight. The separatists--Methodist Society formed--Barytes mines--some old accounts--additional names of soldiers
Parson Hall's records
Parson Foot's records
Town records of Cheshire
Congregational church records
Deaths-tombstone records
Deaths in Cheshire, from town records-not in "Tombstone list."
Record of burials from Episcopal Church
List of freemen
Amasa Hitchcock's records
Marriages from Wallingford records
Book 12: The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1641-1880. With Biographies and Genealogies
(Originally published in 1880, about 965 pages.)
Contents:
Indian History
Chapter I. Primitive condition
Chapter II. Ethnographic history
Chapter III. Chuse and the last families
Chapter IV. Further authentic records
Chapter V. The Indian as an enemy
History of Derby
Chapter I. Paugasuck and Paugassett
Chapter II. Derby. 1675-1680
Chapter III. A mill, a meeting house, and war
Chaper IV. Education, enterprise and improvements
Chapter V. Dissenting Derby and the Episcopal Church
Chapter VI. Derby in the Revolution
Chapter VII. After the Revolution
Chapter VIII. The town of Oxford
Chapter IX. Commercial enterprises
Chaopter X. The first church of Derby and the War of 1812
Chapter XI. Roads, bridges an floods
Chapter XII. Birmingham
Chapter XIII. The dam and Shelton
Chapter XIV. Ansonia
Chapter XV. The town of Seymour
Chapter XVI. The War of the Rebellion
Biographies
Genealogies
Appendix
Index