death_place birth_place birth_date article_title name
windsor , connecticut , united states england 1617 william filley
 william filley
william filley

william filley was one of the founders of windsor , connecticut , usa .
he helped establish a trading post on the connecticut river near present-day hartford despite dutch threats .
the local tribe of algonquian-speaking native americans resented the location of the town site , as they considered the ground it stood on to be sacred .
however , the tribe remained somewhat friendly for a time as the settlement served as a buffer against the more war-like pequots and mohawks .
filley fought in the pequot war .
all of the children filley had with his wife margaret survived to adulthood , an unusual circumstance in the 17th century .
