Norwich Historical Figures

Over the past 350 years there have been hundreds of notable residents of Norwich. The table below provides links to Iconic Norwich placemarks for more than 100 Norwich historic figures. In addition to the Norwich Notables, the table includes entries for all the original 35 proprietors, all the Mayors of Norwich from 1784-1951 and all the “Knights and Grande Dames of Norwich.” The individuals referenced in this table were active in the 1659-1959 time period.

The search function can help you find a particular person. The columns can be ascending/descending sorted by clicking on the small white triangles in the top row of the table.

If you click on the “Group” column, the entries will be sorted by the six groups: a) Knights of Norwich, b) Grande Dames of Norwich, c) Mayors, d) Norwich Notables, e) Proprietors, and f) Civil War Figures

First & Middle Name	Last Name	Year Born	Year Died	Street Number	Street Name	Group	Placemark Link
Uncas		1588	1683			Knights of Norwich	Click Here
William	Hyde	1598	1682	61	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Major John	Mason	1600	1672	100	West Town Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Deacon Hugh	Calkins	1603	1690	134	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Rev. Nehemiah	Smith	1605	1686	3	Wightman Avenue	Proprietor	Click Here
William	Backus Sr.	1606	1664	348	Washington Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Pease Sr.	1608	1677	232	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Lt. Thomas	Tracy	1610	1685	11	East Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Reynolds	1615	1702	320	Washington Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Robert	Allyn	1616	1683	190	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Dr. John	Olmstead	1617	1686	32	Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Thomas	Bliss Jr.	1618	1688	1	Bliss Place	Proprietor	Click Here
Richard	Edgerton	1620	1692	130	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Gager	1620	1703	80	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Deacon Thomas	Adgate	1620	1707	400	Washington Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Rev. James	Fitch	1622	1702	10	Elm Avenue	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Lt. Thomas	Leffingwell	1624	1714	348	Washington Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Christopher	Huntington	1624	1691	500	Washington Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Birchard	1628	1702	58	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Lt. Francis	Griswold	1629	1671	168	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Deacon Simon	Huntington	1629	1706	22	East Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Post	1629	1710	48	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Thomas	Post	1631	1701	120	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Calkins	1634	1702	140	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Lt. William	Backus Jr.	1634	1721	140	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Samuel	Hyde	1636	1677	65	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Jonathan	Royce	1638	1690	200	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Thomas	Howard	1639	1675	115	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Stephen	Gifford	1641	1724	70	East Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Tracy Sr.	1642	1702	220	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Deacon Thomas	Bingham	1642	1730	34	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Josiah	Read	1643	1717	60	Lathrop Lane	Proprietor	Click Here
Thomas	Waterman	1644	1708	24	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
Ensign Thomas	Leffingwell	1649	1724	348	Washington Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Sarah Kemble	Knight	1666	1727	8	Elm Avenue	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
Boston	Trowtrow	1706	1772	16	Huntington Lane	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Hannah Waterman	Arnold	1708	1759	299	Washington Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
General Jabez	Huntington	1719	1786	16	Huntington Lane	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Major John	Durkee	1728	1782		Bean Hill	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Samuel	Huntington	1731	1796	34	East Town Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Christopher	Leffingwell	1734	1810	348	Washington Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Thomas	Harland	1735	1807	357	Washington Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Benjamin	Huntington	1736	1800			Mayor	Click Here
Dr. Philip	Turner	1740	1815	29	West Town Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
General Benedict	Arnold	1741	1801	299	Washington Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
General Jedediah	Huntington	1743	1818	23	East Town Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Aaron	Cleveland	1744	1815	122	West Town Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
John McClaren	Breed	1748	1798			Mayor	Click Here
Joseph	Howland	1750	1836		Union Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Elisha	Hyde	1751	1813	192	West Town Street	Mayor	Click Here
Colonel Joshua	Huntington	1751	1821	11	Huntington Lane	Norwich Notable	Click Here
James	Lanman	1767	1841			Mayor	Click Here
Joseph	Otis	1768	1854			Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Calvin	Goddard	1768	1842			Mayor	Click Here
Deacon William	Cleveland	1769	1837	122	West Town Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Gurdon	Chapman	1782	1864	269	Broadway	Mayor	Click Here
Captain Samuel Chester	Reid	1783	1861			Norwich Notable	Click Here
Francis Asher	Perkins	1784	1864			Mayor	Click Here
William	Williams	1788	1870	9	Chelsea Parade	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Lydia Huntley	Sigourney	1791	1865	189	Broadway	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
John	Breed	1791	1865			Mayor	Click Here
Captain Erastus	Williams	1793	1867			Mayor	Click Here
Frances Manwaring	Caulkins	1795	1869			Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
Harriet Peck	Williams	1795	1880	9	Chelsea Parade	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
William Charles	Gilman	1795	1863			Mayor	Click Here
William Parkinson	Greene	1795	1864			Mayor	Click Here
Charles James	Lanman	1795	1870			Mayor	Click Here
Eliza Wait	Huntington	1796	1871	99	Washington Street	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
General Daniel P.	Tyler	1799	1882			Civil War	Click Here
Charles William	Rockwell	1799	1866			Mayor	Click Here
John	Dunham	1800	1878	194	Washington Street	Mayor	Click Here
Sarah L. Huntington	Smith	1802	1836			Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
William Alfred	Buckingham	1804	1875	307	Main Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
William Alfred	Buckingham	1804	1875	307	Main Street	Mayor	Click Here
Lafayette Sabine	Foster	1806	1880	315	Broadway	Mayor	Click Here
David	Ruggles	1810	1849		Sylvia Lane	Civil War	Click Here
Admiral Joseph P.	Lanman	1811	1874			Civil War	Click Here
Sarah Harris	Fayerweather	1812	1878		Jail Hill	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
William Lyman	Brewer	1813	1886			Mayor	Click Here
Charles A.	Converse	1814	1901	185	Washington Street	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
John Fox	Slater	1815	1884	228	Broadway	Knights of Norwich	Click Here
James Albert	Hovey	1815	1892			Mayor	Click Here
Lucius Wyman	Carroll	1815	1900	257	Broadway	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Amos Wylie	Prentice	1816	1894			Mayor	Click Here
Lorenzo	Blackstone	1819	1888	138	Washington Street	Mayor	Click Here
John W.	Stedman	1820	1896			Norwich Notable	Click Here
James Stedman	Carew	1821	1881			Mayor	Click Here
Hugh Henry	Osgood	1821	1899			Mayor	Click Here
Henry	Bill	1824	1891	270	Broadway	Norwich Notable	Click Here
General Henry W.	Birge	1825	1888			Civil War	Click Here
James Lloyd	Greene	1827	1883	28	Greene Avenue	Mayor	Click Here
Aaron Dwight	Stevens	1831	1860			Civil War	Click Here
General Edward	Harland	1832	1915			Civil War	Click Here
General William A.	Aiken	1833	1929	157	Washington Street	Civil War	Click Here
David C.	Case	1834	1861		Bean Hill	Civil War	Click Here
General James B.	Coit	1836	1894			Civil War	Click Here
General William G.	Ely	1836	1906			Civil War	Click Here
Increase W.	Carpenter	1836	1894			Mayor	Click Here
Charles Frederic	Thayer	1842	1915			Mayor	Click Here
Costello	Lippitt	1842	1924			Mayor	Click Here
George W.	Smith	1844	1916	7	Cliff Street	Civil War	Click Here
Calvin Luther	Harwood	1844	1910			Mayor	Click Here
Frederic Larned	Osgood	1849	1923	206	Washington Street	Mayor	Click Here
Stiles Asbel	Crandall	1851	1932			Mayor	Click Here
Howard L.	Stanton	1854	1936		Fairmount Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Jeremiah Joseph	Desmond	1856	1926			Mayor	Click Here
William A.	Slater	1857	1919	228	Broadway	Norwich Notable	Click Here
Timothy C.	Murphy	1859	1937			Mayor	Click Here
Edith C.	Roosevelt	1861	1948	130	Washington Street	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
Milo Robertson	Waters	1867	1932			Mayor	Click Here
Herbert Morgan	Lerou	1871	1959			Mayor	Click Here
Dr. Ier J.	Manwaring	1872	1958		East Great Plain	Grande Dames of Norwich	Click Here
Dr. Charles	Osgood	1876	1881			Mayor	Click Here
Allyn Larrabee	Brown	1883	1973			Mayor	Click Here
Lee Roy	Robbins	1886	1973			Mayor	Click Here
Danny	Murphy	1886	1952	75	Spring Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
William Joseph	Fitzgerald	1887	1947			Mayor	Click Here
Richard J.	Marks Jr.	1903	1977			Mayor	Click Here
Edward G.	Moran	1903	1981			Mayor	Click Here
Anthony Wayne	O'Connell	1907	1988			Mayor	Click Here
Lefty	Dugas	1907	1997	126	Providence Street	Norwich Notable	Click Here
James J.	Mullins	1908	1994			Mayor	Click Here
Edwin H.	Land	1909	1991			Knights of Norwich	Click Here
Richard L.	Norman	1910	2000			Mayor	Click Here
Morgan	Bowers	16??	1701	40	Sturtevant	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Bradford	1618c	1676	10	East Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here
John	Baldwin	1630c	1681	210	West Town Street	Proprietor	Click Here