Quiambaug is an area of Stonington, Connecticut , consisting primarily of the valley of the Mistuxet Brook and Quiambaug Cove, and comprising roughly one-sixth of the town .
6-647: One of the first four settlers of Stonington, Thomas Miner , built his house in Quiambaug in 1653. His diary of life there in the 17th century. The entries for 1668 are available at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6228An . Quiambaug Cove was one of the largest producing area of commercial oysters in Connecticut in 1900. Notable residents have included the sailor Nathaniel Fanning and explorer Edmund Fanning , FBI Director L. Patrick Gray , artist Ellery Thompson , and writer L. Rust Hills . The Quiambaug valley includes
12-638: The Lyon's Whelp . In the introduction of The Diary of Thomas Minor, Stonington, Connecticut 1653-1684 , it states the name of the ship was the Arabella . It landed in Salem, Massachusetts on June 14, 1630. He quickly moved to Watertown , and then on to Charlestown , after typhus fever broke out in Salem. In Charlestown, Minor met Grace Palmer, whom he married in 1634. She was the daughter of Walter Palmer . The couple eventually had seven sons and three daughters: In 1636,
18-662: The Minors moved to Hingham . After several years in Hingham, the family moved south to the Wequetequock area of present-day Stonington, Connecticut , where Minor and his son Ephraim helped found the Road Church. In about 1653, Minor bought land west of Stonington, across Quiambaug Cove near present-day Mystic , and built a house for his family. Around this time he began one of the few diaries to survive 17th-century New England . It covers
24-702: The Quiambaug Fire District and the Quiambaug Volunteer Fire Department. Thomas Miner Thomas Minor (23 April 1608 – 23 October 1690) was a founder of New London and Stonington, Connecticut , United States, and an early colonial New England diarist. Minor was born in Chew Magna , in Somerset , England, on April 23, 1608, to Clement Miner (born Feb 23, 1585; died Mar 31, 1640). In 1629, he emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts , aboard
30-460: The original proprietors of Voluntown, Connecticut . Between 1683 and 1684, Minor contracted with an individual in England to investigate his genealogical line and determine how his surname was historically spelled (Minor versus Miner). The response he received is a classic example of fraudulent genealogy. The pedigree and family coat of arms sent back to Minor were proven to be mostly falsified in
36-510: The years 1653 to 1684 and was published in book form in 1899. Minor was active in public affairs in both New London and Stonington. He was commissioned as the captain of the Stonington militia company in 1665. Both he and his sons served during King Philip's War . His son, Lieutenant Thomas Minor, appears on the list of Connecticut men who volunteered for service in King Philip's War who were
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