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 |
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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 W. | Backus | 1803 | 1892 | 330 | Washington Street | Norwich Notable | 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 |