Editing Marlborough, Connecticut (section)

==History==

The earliest inhabitants of present-day Marlborough, prior to the arrival of the English settlers, were the [[Podunk people]], an indigenous people who spoke an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]]. The town's origins can be traced back to 1648, when (John) Sadler's Ordinary, a rest stop from the colonical era, was established. This establishment, the second of its kind in [[Connecticut Colony]] after Hartford, served as a crossroads during colonial times. Travelers would stop to rest at the Buell House (now the [[Marlborough Tavern]]) located at the heart of what is now Marlborough center. Although the original Sadler's Ordinary (Inn) eventually went out of business, a new Sadler's Ordinary was built in a new location in 1970 and continues to operate today.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rhinelander |first1=David |title=Just an Ordinary Tale of an Early Colonial Tavern |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-07-31-9807310457-story.html |access-date=September 15, 2019 |publisher=Hartford Courant |date=July 31, 1998}}</ref>

In 1747, William Buell and Joel Foote petitioned the colonial General Court for permission to form an Ecclesiastical Society and establish the town of Marlborough. In 1749, they began constructing the [[Marlborough Congregational Church|First Congregational Church]] which was not completed until 1803.<ref>[http://www.marlboroughct.net/content/AboutMarlborough02.htm "Town of Marlborough."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724180005/http://www.marlboroughct.net/content/AboutMarlborough02.htm |date=July 24, 2008 }} Retrieved October 23, 2009.</ref> On October 13, 1803, Marlborough was officially incorporated, encompassing land from portions of three neighboring towns: [[Glastonbury, Connecticut|Glastonbury]], [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]] ([[New London County, Connecticut|New London County]]) and [[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]] ([[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland County]]).<ref>Conn. Spec. Acts 1803, 2:1157-1158.</ref><ref name="Connecticut Individual County Chronologies">{{Cite web|url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Connecticut/documents/CT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HARTFORD |title=Hartford County |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110043227/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Connecticut/documents/CT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |archive-date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref> The town took its name from [[Marlborough, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA333|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=333}}</ref> which was named after [[Marlborough, Wiltshire]] in [[England]].

By 1907 the town had a population of fewer than 305 residents. It wasn’t until the 1960s that Marlborough was rediscovered as a bedroom community for 
white-collar professionals working in Hartford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marlborough |date=October 28, 2011 |url=https://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/marlborough/ |publisher=CThistory.org |access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> A comprehensive history of the town titled [http://www.marlboroughhistory.com ''Reflections Into Marlborough's History''] was published in 2007.