Origin of Milford Settlers
Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire may be regarded as the centre from which emigrated the original settlers of Milford, Conn. The following Milford families appear to have come from Aylesbury or its vicinity: Fowler, the Baldwins, Beard, Hatley, Bryan, Fenn, East, Cooley, Fletcher, Bolt, Tomkins, Harvey, Gunn, Whitman, Welch, Lyon, Hynd, Piatt, Botsford, Rogers, Brookes, Benton, Miles, Brown, Tyrrel.
As the principal men of the New Haven colony were Londoners and were more or less engaged in merchandise, so the principal men of the Milford colony were from Buckinghamshire, and were engaged in agriculture;
The Lavender area in below map is Buckinghamshire:
Below is a map showing Milford in Connecticut:
There is more information at:
https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Coley-immigrant/6000000006585521052
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