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Researchers looking to solve riddle of old bones found in Ridgefield
Macklin Reid
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Redcoats? Rebels? Farm family? The old bones have yet to tell their story.
Four skeletons were dug up in late 2019 in clay-ish ground not far from where the Battle of Ridgefield was fought. The bones are expected to reveal their secrets through careful research ranging from DNA analysis to studies of buttons found with them to battle histories and family tree documents.
“All four of these individuals will be appropriately reburied I’m hoping in the Town of Ridgefield, where they belong with full military honors, with representatives of the American military, and Great Britain as well,” said Nicholas Bellantoni, Connecticut state archaeologist emeritus.