One of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut, Money Island is named after the legend that Captain Kidd buried his treasure here. The Thimble Islands are an Archipelago of small Islands in Long Island Sound, in and near the harbor of Stony Creek Connecticut in the southeast Stony Creek is a shorefront section of Branford Connecticut, centered on a Harbor on Long Island Sound, in the southeast corner of the town Branford is a town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, eight miles (13 km east of New Haven. William " Captain " Kidd ( c 1645 &ndash May 23, 1701) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his Treasure (from Greek θησαυρος Thesaurus, meaning "a treasure of the chest" is a Cognate) is a concentration of riches often one The island, 12 acres (49,000 m²) in size, bears an entire village of 32 houses. At this time, none is occupied year-round.