Tag: #GuilfordCT
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Witness Stone Ceremony to Honor Cuff
Cuff was enslaved at the Whitfield House from 1772 to 1775 by Joseph and Sarah (Ruggles) Pynchon. He was a gardener, a teamster, and he may have served in the […]
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Former Enslaved Resident To Be Honored At Guilford’s Henry Whitfield House
By Richard Kaufman on Patch on April 25, 2025 GUILFORD, CT — An installation ceremony for a “Witness Stone” honoring Cuff, a former enslaved resident at the Henry Whitfield House, […]
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A Conversation with Guilford Community Television
We’re were delighted to share news about the Project with Guiford Community Television’s Matthew LeBow.
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Guilford Explores Its Hidden History with Slavery by Sharing 100 Names of the Enslaved
By Sue Braden in CT Insider on November 14, 2024 GUILFORD — In 1773, Theophilus Morgan Jr. “gifted” 1-year-old slave “baby Rose” to his 9-year-old granddaughter Rebecca Parmelee, an act that was […]
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Our Work in Guilford Continues
We gathered in Guilford on June 6, 2024, to remember Bristol. He is an ancestor of Witness Stones Project Chair Pat Pheanious. The installation was preceded by a talk at […]
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Guilford 2022 Installation Ceremony
On June 3, 2022, students from the Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School gathered to honor the lives of Cuff, Dinah, and Flora. We invite you to watch the ceremony here.
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Remembering Flora
By Ella Montalvo, Class of 2022, Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School It is scary to imagine that these people suffered on the very grass we walk on in our town […]
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Remembering Cuff
By Teagan Connellan, Class of 2022, Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School No birth records. No death records. No marriage records. No working records. Someone who wasn’t even seen as a […]
