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Puritan Reconnaissance

When
1637
Where
New Haven harbor area
Part of
Founding of New Haven

A small Puritan party surveyed the New Haven harbor area and wintered there in 1637.

In 1637, a small party of Puritans conducted a reconnaissance of the New Haven harbor area. They remained in the region and wintered over, providing early European presence before the main settlement arrived the following year.

Sources

  1. New Haven, Connecticut Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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