Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Windham, Connecticut Colony was an early New England town in colonial Connecticut that served as the birthplace of future U.S. statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence Samuel Huntington.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
colonial town
former municipality
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
town
adjacentTo Canterbury, Connecticut Colony
Lebanon, Connecticut Colony
Mansfield, Connecticut Colony
bornIn Windham, Connecticut Colony
charteredBy Connecticut General Assembly
colonialEra 17th century
country Connecticut Colony
economy agriculture
small-scale industry
establishedAs separate town from Norwich and Lebanon
founded 1692
governmentType New England town meeting
hasBirthplaceOf Samuel Huntington
hasNotableResident Samuel Huntington
historicalPeriod colonial America
locatedIn British America
New England
North America
namedAfter Wyndham, England
nowIn United States
nowPartOf Windham, Connecticut NERFINISHED
partOf Thirteen Colonies
Windham County, Connecticut Colony
positionHeld President of the Continental Congress
primaryLanguage English
religion Congregationalism
timeZone UTC−05:00
underJurisdictionOf British Crown

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Samuel Huntington
bornIn
Samuel Huntington
placeOfBirth

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