I grew up in the Firelands or "Sufferers Lands" of north central Ohio. Many of our towns, townships and inhabitants share the names and descendants from the towns in Connecticut where their homes were burned during the Revolutionary War. These include towns and townships in Erie, Ottawa, Ashland, Huron and part of Lorain Counties-Danbury…
I grew up in the Firelands or "Sufferers Lands" of north central Ohio. Many of our towns, townships and inhabitants share the names and descendants from the towns in Connecticut where their homes were burned during the Revolutionary War. These include towns and townships in Erie, Ottawa, Ashland, Huron and part of Lorain Counties-Danbury, Fairfield, Florence, Greenfield, Groton, Huron, Lyme, Milan, New Haven, New London and Norwalk to name a few.
War is hell. Gen. Washington's breadbasket of central New York State was also burned by British Canadians and displaced Iroquois. That would be interesting to track if an outflow of people named their new towns after those of the Mohawk Valley.
I grew up in the Firelands or "Sufferers Lands" of north central Ohio. Many of our towns, townships and inhabitants share the names and descendants from the towns in Connecticut where their homes were burned during the Revolutionary War. These include towns and townships in Erie, Ottawa, Ashland, Huron and part of Lorain Counties-Danbury, Fairfield, Florence, Greenfield, Groton, Huron, Lyme, Milan, New Haven, New London and Norwalk to name a few.
War is hell. Gen. Washington's breadbasket of central New York State was also burned by British Canadians and displaced Iroquois. That would be interesting to track if an outflow of people named their new towns after those of the Mohawk Valley.
https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781550022711-the-burning-of-the-valleys