A group led by Puritan minister Thomas Hooker left Boston in sixteen thirty-six and went west.

1636年，清教徒牧师托马斯·胡克领导的一群人离开波士顿，向西进发。

Not until long after the congregation of Thomas Hooker from Newtown blazed the way into the Connecticut River Valley did the king of England give Connecticut a charter of its own (1662) and a place among the colonies.

直到来自纽敦的托马斯·胡克 (Thomas Hooker) 的会众开辟了通往康涅狄格河谷的道路后不久，英格兰国王才授予康涅狄格州自己的宪章 (1662) 并在殖民地中占有一席之地。