Branford, Connecticut, Purchased by the New Haven Colonists from
the Totokett Indians in 1638--First Settlements Were Made in
1644--First Church of Logs Surrounded by Stockade to Protect from
Indians--Guards at the Gate during Service--Church and Town Records
Preserved at Branford--John Plum, the First Town Clerk--Style of
the Second Church Building and Character of its Services--Rev.
Timothy Gillett its Pastor--He Taught an Academy in Addition to his
Pastoral Work--Prominent Families of Branford--Intelligent Character
of the People--De Tocqueville’s High Estimate of this “Leetle
State”--Branford in 1779.....15-22