Silvio O. Conte

Silvio O. Conte

male, deceased (1991)
Boston College alumni, university of massachusetts amherst, Williams College, from Massachusetts, World War II, Italian…ConnecticutRiver
Silvio Ottavio Conte was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 until his death. Born to Italian...
Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block

male, deceased (1624)
Explorer of North America, New Netherland, long island sound, dutch, Native American, explorer…ConnecticutRiver
Adriaen Block (1567-1627) was a Dutch private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New...

John Mason

male, deceased (1672)
Massachusetts colonial, Connecticut colonial, pequot, Deputy Governor, Massachusetts Bay Colony, American colonial…ConnecticutRiver, Connecticut Colony
John Mason was born in England where he became an army officer. He migrated to New England in 1630. Within five years he had joined those moving...
John Oldham

John Oldham

male, deceased (1636)
Massachusetts colonial, Connecticut colonial, Charles River, derby, pequot war, Puritanism…ConnecticutRiver
John Oldham was an early Puritan settler in Massachusetts. He was a Captain, merchant, and Indian trader. His death at the hands of the Indians was...

John Russell

male, deceased (1692)
Connecticut colonial, Massachusetts colonial, clergyman, Regicide, Harvard, hadley…ConnecticutRiver
John Russell (1626 - December 10, 1692) was a Puritan minister in Hadley, Massachusetts during King Philip's War. As such, he is part of the Angel...
Samuel Morey

Samuel Morey

male, deceased (1843)
from Vermont, ConnecticutRiver, From New Hampshire, lake morey, American, internal combustion engine
Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an internal combustion engine and was a pioneer in...
John Ledyard

John Ledyard

male, deceased (1789)
Continental Army, Connecticut colonial, gibraltar, American, barbary coast, explorer…ConnecticutRiver
John Ledyard (November 1751 - January 10, 1789) was an American explorer and adventurer. Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut, the oldest son of...
Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk

male, 61 years old
from Bellows Falls, Vermont, From Boston, from Vermont, University of New Hampshire, Gold Glove Award winner, From New Hampshire…ConnecticutRiver
Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26, 1947 in Bellows Falls, Vermont) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for 24 years with the...
John Winthrop The Younger

John Winthrop The Younger

male, deceased (1676)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, Connecticut colonial, levant, Governor of Connecticut, new london, lynn…Connecticut politician, from Connecticut, ConnecticutRiver
John Winthrop (February 12, 1606-April 5, 1676), generally known as John Winthrop the Younger, was governor of Connecticut. He was born in Groton,...

Ephraim Williams

male, deceased (1755)
Williams College, King George's War, Fort Massachusetts, Battle of Lake George, Yankee Doodle, ConnecticutRiver
Ephraim Williams Jr. (March 7, 1715 - September 8,1755) was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern Massachusetts. Ephraim Jr....