Talk:Wethersfield, Connecticut

message: Sorry for the vandalism here.  This talk page was full of probably copyrighted song lyrics before I blanked it.  PoccilScript 00:48, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Although, to any recollection of mine, I have not been there, no doubt Wethersfield residents have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.170.118.4 (talk) 22:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: While Windsor may claim to be the states oldest "town" the State of Connecticut has recognized Wethersfield as being the oldest town.  Windsor was first settled as a trading post in 1633 making it the oldest English settlement (the oldest European settlement in Connecticut was in Hartford, settled by the Dutch in 1623 as a trading post.)   Wethersfield was settled in 1634 as a trading post and a town, that is to say a place with houses that people lived in with fields planted with crops, in 1634 and is generally regarded as the oldest town by historians.  
From: A History of Connecticut: Its People and Institutions By George Larkin Clark - 1914
We have given an account of the building of a trading house at Windsor in September, 1633; in the autumn of 1634, ten householders and planters, called "Adventurers," including the venturesome and trying pioneer, John Oldham, settled at Pyquag, or Wethersfield; building huts they broke the land and sowed some rye, thus starting agricultural life on the Connecticut, and during the following May about thirty more took up land there. In 1635, Windsor received the first installment from Dorchester, and a company direct from England.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.32.21.10 (talk) 18:55, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I can't find any docuementation that the state recognizes Wethersfield as anything but second oldest. I can find multiple that Windsor is the oldest, including this: . Are you referring to Weathersfield or Pyquag? If one equates Pyquag to Wethersfield, why not "trading post" to "trading post with houses"? A settlement is a settlement. Best,  Markvs88 (talk) 19:13, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't until the adoption of the Fundamental Orders in 1638/9 that a distinction between a town and other organized settlements was made. Prior to that time, the establishment of a place was pretty much determined by when it was first settled for whatever purpose. --Polaron | Talk 20:28, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A settlement is a settlement?  So Hartford would then be the first settlement due to Adrian Block founding of the House of Good Hope trading station in 1633?.  It's not because a trading post is not a settlement. A settlement is where various and assorted people come to build their homes and farm the land.  That would be Pyquaq-Watertown-Wethersfield and not Dorchester-Windsor. You need to shut off your computers and open some history books as this is a settled question and this continued insistence is an embarrassment to, and just reinforces how un-authoritative, Wikipedia is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.32.21.10 (talk) 17:00, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In the end, the Connecticut State Library and the Connecticut State Register and Manual and the State of Connecticut website all state that Windsor is the oldest town in Connecticut, which are as authoritative sources as any. --Polaron | Talk 17:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wethersfield is Connecticut's oldest town, Windsor is the states oldest English trading post.   

message: Please change Wethersfield to the oldest town in Connecticut. There is debate about this in the discussion page. Wethersfield was the first Connecticut settlement and Windsor was a trading post. Both Windsor and Wethersfield have the right to claim oldest town, and one should not be favored over the other. I think that the issue of "oldest town" should be forefront to the Windsor and Wethersfield pages, or perhaps have its own page altogether. A resource such as Wikipedia is most helpful when there is disagreement on an issue, as it can highlight the differences and serve as common ground.
Thank you. 
Mantoine614 (talk) 14:46, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: While it is indeed the case that either one of these towns can be argues to be the oldest town in Connecticut, the official list of towns in order of establishment in the Connecticut State Register and Manual as well as in the State Library website both show Windsor to be the oldest. It is best to defer to official state sources to avoid potential back and forth editing and internal inconsistency across the Connecticut articles. --Polaron | Talk 00:03, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To be specific, http://www.cslib.org/cttownsy.htm gives the order of settlement. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Mantoine614, 11 June 2011 

message: On a Dutch map of 1684 the town or region is called 'Weeters Velt' which means Field (land) of Weeter. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/New_Netherland_%27NOVI_BELGII_NOVAEQUE_ANGLIAE_NEC_NON_PARTIS_VIRGINIAE_TABULA%27.jpg 83.87.173.240 (talk) 10:23, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the town 

message: There are several others w/ claim of oldest, longest continuous FD. http://firehistory.org/?page_id=44 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djflem (talk • contribs) 15:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: FD

message: The climate is temperate.  In Wethersfield, there are long, cold winters.  With usually a lot of snow.  The temperature could drop to the teens and even negatives at night. In the summer it gets very hot and humid.  It could get up to the high 90s and 100s Stallion2 (talk) 21:12, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate