A comprehensive account of the development of the six towns that comprised the Colony: Branford, Guilford, Milford, New Haven, Stamford and Southold (LI), ending with their absorption into Connecticut in 1664. There is a large amount of biographical data woven into the main text. Has about 130 pages of genealogical data for the towns mentioned above plus Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, New London and Saybrook.