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Poquetanuck is a community in the town of Preston, Connecticut, located near the banks of a bay opening to the Thames River known as Poquetanuck Cove.
Historically, Poquetanuck was one of three distinct settlements in the town and was the site of shipbuilding activity.[1]
Poquetanuck includes a home built in 1754 by sea captain William Gonzales Grant. The Grant home, which currently houses a bed and breakfast inn, is reputed to be haunted.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ About Preston, Town of Preston website, accessed September 9, 2009
- ^ Captain Grant's, 1754, in Haunted Connecticut: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Constitution State, by Cheri Revai and Heather Adel Wiggins, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0811732967, ISBN 9780811732963
External links
[edit]- Captain Grant's Inn - Bed and breakfast inn