Legendary Locals of Norwich

Norwich measured nine square miles in the 1659 deed that Mohegan chief Uncas gave to the brave English settlers from Old Saybrook. The names of the city�s streets and parks are testaments of the pride the community has in its town�s residents and history. Stories abound of Norwich natives and American revolutionaries like John Durkee, who made the king�s tax representative resign; scoundrel Maj. John Mason, who ordered the Mystic massacre of 100 men; and traitor Benedict Arnold, who burned the n