Christ Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial Ground, Trumbull

Christ Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial Ground, Trumbull – Jerry Dougherty

The town of Trumbull is located in Fairfield County in the southwestern part of the state near the Long Island Sound. Settled in 1639 as part of the town of Stratford, Trumbull was incorporated in 1797 and took as its namesake the  Revolutionary War Governor Jonathan Trumbull. Throughout the 1800s, farming and light industry provided the town’s livelihood, but by the 20th century less than half of Trumbull’s land was still used for farming. Today, Trumbull is predominately residential with a thriving retail district and shopping malls.

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Places

Connecticut Freedom Trail. “Nero Hawley Gravesite,” 2017. Link.
“Trumbull Historical Society,” 2017. Link.

Documents

“Trumbull Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.

Books

Orcutt, Rev. Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Vol. 1. New Haven,  CT: Tuttle  Morehouse & Taylor, 1886. Link.
Hurd, D. Hamilton, ed. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Company, 1881. Link.
Trumbull Historical Society. Trumbull. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 1997.