17th Century Timeline

• 1614 - First recorded European contact with Norwalk by Dutch navigator Adriaen Block.
• April 20, 1640 - Daniel Patrick purchased the land west of the Norwalk River and east of the Five Mile River
• February 26, 1641 - Roger Ludlow purchased the land east of the Norwalk River.
• 1649 - The first settlers arrived from Hartford.
• 11 September 1651 - Norwalk was incorporated as a town.
• 1677 - Thomas Hyatt House was constructed.