WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — Three families (the Dexters, the Coffins and the Haskells) played central roles in the life of the most elegant house ever built in Windsor Locks – the Ashmere estate. Seth Dexter and Jabez Haskell were early settlers in Pine Meadow, which later became Windsor Locks.
Seth Dexter’s daughter, Harriet Clark Dexter, married Edwin Douglas in 1834. Edwin Douglas was the “onsite engineer” during the construction of the Windsor Locks canal. Seth gave his daughter, Harriet… (View original article)