From The History of Milford, written in 1939 by the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, p. 57:

In 1703 Colonel Robert Treat, with representatives of 111 Milford persons, had secured a patent to 84 square miles of New Haven County land at Weantinogue (Weantinock) at the surprising low cost of eight mills per acre. This area, together with Bridgewater and parts of Brookfield and New Preston, became the present town of New Milford, and received its name in October, 1703. The first settler, John Noble, came into the region from Massachusetts in 1707; the first town meeting was held in 1713 (a year after incorporation), all meetings prior to 1715 being held in Milford. Although the names of many Milford people are prominent in town affairs, only two Milford planters, Samuel Prindle and Isaiah Bartlett, were first settlers within the limits of New Milford plantation, an area that enjoys the distinction of being Connecticut's largest township.

New Milford, Pennsylvania, and Talmadge, Ohio, were settled largely by Milford pioneers....

For photos and a chronological history of New Milford, visit the New Milford Historical Society online.