Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-05-24

Hampton
Was named for the parish Of Hamp-
Ton IN Mlddiesex, England. The gen
erai assembly passed the act in Octo-
Der, 1856, That the inhabitants Of the
Second Society OF Nindham and those
OF Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury,
Mansfield and FIRST Society OF Wind
nam be constituted a town by the name
OF Hampton" Each OF the above men
toned towns gave land. The First So
ciety was called Canada parish and
from the word came Kennedy,
"klnne, ana kinney" Authorities
differ as to the derivation of this name,
from the Dominion OF Canada. Fa-
Their Hennepin says the Spaniards
we're the original discoveries of the
country, but upon landing they were
disappointed in the general appear
ance OF the country, and expressed
their feelings by saying, III eapa d.
nnada," Cape Nothing
Sir John Barlow says the Portu-
guese, who first assembled the St Law
renee, believing it to be a passage TO
the Indian sea, expressed disappoint-
ment when they discovered their mis-
take by saying Canada" Nothing
here" This the natives are said to
have remembered and repeated to the
Europeans who arrived later, who
thought ii must be the name of the
country. Some think it was named
Tor the first man to plant colony OF
French in the country, Monsieur Cana.
Pere Francis X. Charlevoix, a mis-
sionary and historian who gave his
name TO a county and village IN Miehi-
gan, says the word originated with
the IrOquois Indians, "kanata' or
"kanadan meaning, "a collection of
huts. a village, a town." which the ear
ly settlers mlstook for the name OF the
country. Others say Indian words
Kan, "a mouth" and ada, "a coun-
try" hence 1.-THE mouth OF the coun-
try" originally applied to the mouth
of the st. Lawrence.
There is respectable authority that
the Gasperians and Indians, who
dwelt on the borders OF the bay of
Chaleur, called themselves Canada
quea"; that word meant province or
country" Brant, the Indian chieftain,
who translated the gospel into his own
language, used the word canada for
village. The Huron-Iroquois Indian
word, "Kanata," was sometimes ap-
piled by the early settlers to relig-
ious society or parish. We have the
name in Connecticut.
Builds Frat House
Canada parish received its name
from the name of David Canada,
who, it is believed, built the first house
in this section and kept the first tav-
ern. His name doesn't appear on car
~ records, but others supposed TO be
his sons are there.
Family names in England were de-
rived principally from seven sources:
/. Places in Normandy and Eng
land.
?. Localities: John-at-the-wells be-
came John ate Wells, later Wells; IN
like manner originated Wood, Heath,
Park,
3. Pationymics. The Saxon form !;
John the son of William became Will
/ hanson, Williams or Wilson; Robert
the son of Richard became Robert
Richardson, Richards, Dickson, or Dix
on. The Norman form: Roger fils
or fitz (son of Gilbert became Roger
I Fitz Gilbert. The Welsh form; John
APP (son of Ryce became John Price.
4. Occupations: John lie Smith
became later John the Smith and final
! ly John Smith; likewise were adopted
Carpenter, Barber, Miller, and Shep-
herd.
5. Offices: King, Marshall, Bur
CESS, Bailiff (or Bailey, Forester or
Foster.
6. Personal characteristics: Long,
Short, White, Brown, Read (Redl
Rich, and Swift.
Z. Animals, Birds and Fishes:
Lamb, Martin, Fish, and Fiske.
4 In 1923, three neighbors from lps-
witch, Massachusetts - Grow, Fuller
and Kimball-settled on three beauti-
full hills, giving their names TO the
hills of Hampton.
During the Revolutionary War the
women Of Canada parish sowed and
reaped, had their husking parties and
spinning bees, cuttings and apple par
ings and in all ways worked for lib
erty and the maintenance Of their fam
lilies.
Women Celebrate