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Three generations of Jonathan Latimers were early settlers of Simsbury, CT – Jonathan Latimer 1709 – 1788,  Jonathan Latimer 1738 – 1826,  and Jonathan Latimer, Jr. 1764 – 1852. Jonathan […]

When walking on Westledge Trail in the McLean Game Refuge, one may have a sense of something different beyond its natural surroundings. It’s a beautiful, forested hike that extends from […]

When early colonists first settled the West Simsbury hills of Simsbury, the area was virgin forest. They had an ample supply of wood to build their houses, mills and other […]

The 17th and 18th century colonial Puritans and Pilgrims of New England, such as those from Simsbury, CT, were very pious, so Christmas was just another day to devote to […]

The first European settlers of Simsbury, CT (a.k.a. the Massaco settlement) in the late 1600s were pious Puritans and Pilgrims (Puritan Separatists). To these Christians, the Bible was foremost. Worship […]

Simsbury residents – including West Simsbury farmers answered the call for revolution. Nearly 1,000 Simsbury residents, more than in any other war, served in the Revolution. Noah Phelps was the […]

A hike along McLean Game Refuge’s Westledge Trail in Pilfershire Simsbury includes an uphill section that goes in an east-west direction. This dirt road was referred to as the “Garrett […]

This is the currently published version 1.05 (2012) of my little paper about the homes and farms of Pilfershire, located in what is now the northwest corner of Simsbury Connecticut […]

Prior to discovering this map, I didn’t know that topographic maps even existed, knowing that present day “geodetic” maps are generated from data collected by airplane (and now satellite). But […]

Matson House doorstep tree. Around 2015.