REV THOMAS HOOKER AND REV SAMUEL STONE - CO-FOUNDERS OF HARTFORD CT

Rev Thomas Hooker



Rev Samuel Stone


Hartford, CT - These are two statues of the co-founders of Hartford CT. Unfortunately, Thomas Hooker gets all the credit, he even has a parade in his honor, "The Hooker Day Parade". Well, I am here to right a wrong; Samuel Stone is the co-founder of Hartford. In 1636 they led their congregation from Newtowne (Cambridge) MA to the area now known as Hartford. Originally they called the town Saukiog after the Indians that lived there but then renamed the town Hartford after Stone's home town of Hertford England.

The statue of Stone appears to be a copy of one in Hertford.