Fabyan, Connecticut
Fabyan Dam
Fabyan (previously known as New Boston) is a village in the town of Thompson, Connecticut, United States. The former Indian village of Maanexit was located near what is now Fabyan and Maanexit was a praying town which was home to a population of Praying Indians.[1] Fabyan started as a mill village, named New Boston, which contained a clothier and a potash manufacturer as well as the New Boston Textile Company, which was purchased in 1908 by the Fabyan Brothers, who changed the name of the mill and village to Fabyan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ PRAYING TOWNS" Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut Historical Series - Number 2 Second Edition 1995 www.nativetech.org/Nipmuc/praytown.html
- ^ Zachary Lamothe, "Fabyan, Connecticut," History, Travel https://backyardroadtrips.com/2020/06/02/fabyan-connecticut/ (accessed 11/17/20)
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