Like his father, he was one of the first settlers at Wallingford, and was active in civic affairs. He owned 500 acres, including land at Ten Mile Hill, Honey Pot and Bushy Hill.
Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Sources
↑ Adams, Charles Collard. “Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family.” (The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York) 1908. p. 161. https://archive.org/stream/middletownupperh00adam#page/161/mode/1up
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