Burlingame Farm is a 275 acre working farm located in the old Mashentuck School District in Killingly, Connecticut snugly tucked in the valley between Mashentuck Mountain and Slater Hill. Brothers, Abraham and Stephen Burlingame came from Rhode Island and acquired the property from their cousins, Thomas and Andrew Ralph in March of 1818. Soon thereafter, Abraham and his wife, Sukey, purchased the interest of Stephen and raised their family. Sukey conducted the first school in the neighborhood in her parlor, cared for her family and neighbors and lived at the farm until her death at age 100 in 1893. Son Fenner stayed on the farm and through hard work and shrewdness prospered along with his father, raising crops and animals and selling chestnut wood to the new mills along the Whetstone Brook.

Fenner’s son, James operated the farm for many years raising horses, dairy cows, Angus cattle, chickens, pigs, ducks etc. He also conducted a meats and provisions store in Danielson.

Subsequent generations have continued the farm and still reside there including Connor O’Marra, son of Lynn (Burlingame) O’Marra and husband Tom. Connor is the 8th generation of the family to live at the farm. Farming operations are now generally conducted by Jim and Steve Burlingame and Tom O’Marra

Fenner Burlingame’s large 19th century barn has been recently restored by master barn restoration expert, Charles Thompson and is again a beehive of activity serving as home to our flocks of Registered Shropshire and Romney sheep and Madison, the goat. The even earlier English barn is next on the restoration project list.

Jim also grows a great selection of Christmas trees and a tenant farmer grows acres and acres of corn.