What is the history of Windsor, Connecticut?
Settlers from Plymouth Colony, in Massachusetts, founded Windsor after the Podunk Indians invited them to provide a mediating force between other tribes, and granted them a plot of land. The Pequot and Mohawk nationMohawk were at war, catching the Podunk in the crossfire and forcing them to pay tribute to the Pequots, who claimed their land. The Sicaog tribe made a similar offer to the NetherlandsDutch in New Amsterdam, but they declined to send settlers, since their interest in Connecticut was limited to the fur trade. After Edward Winslow inspected the site, William Holmes led a party there. The group arrived at Windsor on September 26, 1633, and the group settled near the present location of Loomis Chaffee School. In 1633, traders began meeting in the Windsor area on a regular basis. The first settlers were a group led by the Revs Maverick and Warham of about 135 people who trekked from Dorchester Massachusetts where they had first settled after coming on the ship “Mary and John” to
