Historic Times


YEAR Event
1600 Norwich was founded and settled.
1659 Mohegan Chief Uncas sold a nine square mile tract of land, of which a part became Lisbon.
1687 Newent was settled.
1695 Newent Township was purchased.
1700
1718 The Norwich North East Society petitioned the Colonial Legislation to establish a separate 45-acre parish in the crotch between the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers.
1722 The Colonial Legislation promulgated a resolution naming the parish Newent.
1723 The Newent Ecclesiastical Society erected a Meeting House and hired a minister.
1740 The Andrew Clark house was erected.
1745 Various "Lisbon" land deeds were surrendered to Capt. Samuel Bishop in their entirety.
1761 The Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross house was erected.
1786 Lisbon was incorporated as a separated town.
1790 The Keystone Bridge, the oldest freestanding bridge, was built for the U. S. Mail stagecoach route.
1795 Rev. David Hale built his parsonage.
1800
1808 The Town of Lisbon purchased the Conference House.
1810 The John Bishop house was erected.
1812 John Bishop transferred the deed to Joseph Bishop.
1837 The Norwich-Worcester Railroad built the first railroad tunnel in the USA through the bank on the Quinebaug River.
1858 The new Newent Congregational Church building was erected.
1861 Baltic Village separated from Lisbon.
1900
1932 The Anshei Israel Synagogue was built.
1953 The former town Conference House was moved next to the Newent Congregational Church.
1970 The Lisbon Historical Society was founded.
1987 The Lisbon Historical Society established the John Bishop Museum.
1993 The Lisbon Meadows Community Center barn burned.
2000
2003 The Lisbon Meadows Community Center barn and the shed attached to the John Bishop Museum were restored.
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