J Christopher Kervick

J. Christopher Kervick is an instructor of local history at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. He recently completed three terms as First Selectman of his hometown of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and, prior to that, served as a Connecticut Judge of Probate. He has been practicing law for over 36 years. A 1984 graduate of Fordham University, he is a 1987 graduate of Catholic University, Columbus School of Law.His boyhood home was just three hundred yards west of the Windsor Locks Canal ...See more

J. Christopher Kervick is an instructor of local history at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. He recently completed three terms as First Selectman of his hometown of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and, prior to that, served as a Connecticut Judge of Probate. He has been practicing law for over 36 years. A 1984 graduate of Fordham University, he is a 1987 graduate of Catholic University, Columbus School of Law.His boyhood home was just three hundred yards west of the Windsor Locks Canal (originally known as the Enfield Falls Canal). In 2001, the State of Connecticut hired him to conduct a title search of the entire canal. The title search sparked his fascination with the story behind the canal, especially the plight of the over four hundred unidentified Irish immigrant laborers who built the canal, some of whom lost their lives in the effort. See less