Truman Bradley or Truman Mauwee (c. 1826–1900) was a Schaghticoke Native American who lived in the village of

Nichols Nichols may refer to: People *Nichols (surname) *Nichol, a surname Places Canada * Nichols Islands, Nunavut United States * Nichols, California, an unincorporated community * Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California * Nichols, Connecticut * Nic ...

Trumbull, Connecticut Trumbull is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders on the cities of Bridgeport and Shelton and the towns of Stratford, Fairfield, Easton and Monroe. The population was 36,827 during the 2020 census. Trumbul ...

. He was a descendant of Gideon Mauwee, the first Schaghticoke Sachem. Bradley moved to Nichols in 1840 and was a contemporary with William Sherman, Chief of the

Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation The Golden Hill Paugussett is a state-recognized Native American tribe in Connecticut. Granted reservations in a number of towns in the 17th century, their land base was whittled away until they were forced to reacquire a small amount of territor ...

, who lived in the village of Nichols Farms at the Golden Hill Reservation in the mid-19th century. Bradley married Julia M. Kilson in March 1846, and together they had three daughters. The Bradleys are buried in the Nichols Farm's Burial Ground. Bradley is believed to have lived in the

Ephraim Hawley House The Ephraim Hawley House is a privately owned Colonial American wooden post-and-beam timber-frame saltbox house situated on the ''Farm Highway'', Route 108, on the south side of ''Mischa Hill'', in Nichols, a village located within Trumbull, Co ...

as early as 1840, working the farm for the widow Sarah Hawley-Nichols after her second husband Isaac Nichols died. Bradley purchased the house in 1881 from Charles Fairchild. At the time, the property was called the Sarah Hawley homestead. Bradley renovated the house in the

colonial revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

architectural style in 1881, turning it into a two family home, before selling it to Clarissa Curtiss in 1882.Trumbull Land Records Vol. 12, p. 126

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*Reverend Samuel Orcutt, ''History of the Old Town of Stratford, Connecticut'', Fairfield Historical Society, 1886 *Charles Brilvitch, ''A History of Connecticut's Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe'', The History Press, 2007

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Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
People from Trumbull, Connecticut 19th-century Native Americans Trumbull, Connecticut 1820s births Year of birth uncertain 1900 deaths Schaghticoke tribe {{NorthAm-native-stub

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