Enfield Wedding

Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,212 at the 2000 census. It sits on the border with Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Windsor Locks to the south and the Connecticut River to the west.

Enfield was settled in 1679 by settlers from Salem, Massachusetts. Enfield was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1683. In 1750, the town seceded and became part of Connecticut.

The modern town of Enfield was formed through the merging of Enfield, Thompsonville, and Hazardville. Hazardville was named for Colonel Augustus George Hazard (1802-1868) who, during the American Civil War, manufactured gun powder in a part of the town known as Powder Hollow. In fact, in the 1989 film Glory boxes of gun powder can be seen with the words Enfield, CT printed on the sides.

Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" in Enfield. This sermon is one of the most famous sermons ever scripted. This was part of the Great Awakening Revival that struck New England and spread throughout Western Civilization.