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'''Fabyan''' (previously known as '''New Boston''') is a village in the town of [[Thompson, Connecticut]]. The former Indian village of [[Maanexit]] was located near what is now Fabyan and Maanexit was a [[praying town]] which was home to a population of [[Praying Indian]]s.<ref>PRAYING TOWNS" Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut Historical Series - Number 2 Second Edition 1995 www.nativetech.org/Nipmuc/praytown.html</ref> Fabyan started as a mill village, named New Boston, which contained a [[Tailor|clothier]] and a [[potash]] manufacturer as well as the New Boston Textile Company, which was purchased in 1908 by the Fabyan Brothers, who changed the name of the mill and village to Fabyan.<ref>Zachary Lamothe, "Fabyan, Connecticut," History, Travel https://backyardroadtrips.com/2020/06/02/fabyan-connecticut/ (accessed 11/17/20)</ref>