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Samuel Orcutt (1824–1893) was an American
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
and
genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...
. He is the author of many books on
Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
towns and family histories. Orcutt also wrote a history called ''The Indians of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Valleys'' (Hartford, Conn. : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1882).


Books

* ''Henry Tomlinson, and his descendants in America : with a few additional branches of Tomlinsons, later from England'' / by Samuel Orcutt. ( alem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co., 2007? * ''A history of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut'' / by Rev. Samuel Orcutt. ( ew Haven, Ct.: Published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1887) * ''The history of the old town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 : with biographies and genealogies'' / by Samuel Orcutt and Ambrose Beardsley. (Springfield, Mass. : Springfield Print. Co., 1880) * ''A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut.'' ( ew Haven, Conn. : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor 1886) * ''History of the town of Wolcott (Connecticut) from 1731 to 1874, with an account of the centenary meeting, September 10 and 11, 1873; and with the genealogies of the families of the town.' (Waterbury, Conn., Press of the American printing company, 1874) * ''History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882'', (Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard company, 1882) * ''History of Torrington, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1737, with biographies and genealogies.'' (Albany, J. Munsell, printer, 1878)


References

1824 births 1893 deaths Historians of the United States Historians of Connecticut American genealogists {{US-historian-stub