The settlement at Windsor was made in 1633 and was called Dorchester, but when the town was incorporated in 1637, the General Court changed the name to Windsor. Windsor has several daughter towns, formed from all or part of Windsor, including Barkhamsted, Bloomfield, Bolton, Colebrook, Coventry, East Granby, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Granby, Harwinton, Litchfield, Manchester, Morris, Simsbury, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Torrington, Vernon, and Windsor Locks.