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A HISTORY 
 
 OF THE TOWN OF 
 
 GREENWICH, 
 
 FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONN., 
 
 JUang Jmjoi|taitl ^iatisti^s 
 
 DANIEL M. MEAD, 
 
 ATTOENEY, ETC., AT LAW, GREENWICH, CONN. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 BAKER & GODWIN, PRINTERS 
 
 CORNER NASSAU AND SPRUCE STREETS. 
 1 8 5 7, 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by 
 DANIEL M. MEAD, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office for the District Court of Connecticut. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction ...... 
 
 Discovery ..... 
 
 Petuquapaen . . . ' . 
 
 Settlement ..... 
 
 Agreements with Neighbors 
 
 Trouble with the Indians 
 
 Legend of Labden's Rock .... 
 
 A New Expedition .... 
 
 The Successful Attack .... 
 
 Boundary on the West .... 
 
 Increase of Inhabitants, &c. 
 
 Items from 1665 to 1690 .... 
 
 Another Quarter of a Century : 1690 to 1715 
 Episcopalianism ..... 
 
 1715 TO Revolutionary War 
 
 French War ..... 
 
 The Revolutionary War .... 
 
 Incidents of the Revolution 
 Tryon's Expedition ... 
 Rivington's Press .... 
 
 Expeditions on the Sound .... 
 
 Skirmish beyond King Street 
 
 The Enemy's Excursion to North Stamford 
 
 Andrew Mead, Humphrey Denton, and Richard Mead 
 
 Mill and Docks at Mianus .... 
 
 The War of 1812 .... 
 
 Constitution of 1818 . i . . 
 Skimeton Parties .... 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Fairfield County 
 
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 211 
 
 Sovereigns of England 
 
 after the Settlement . 
 
 . 227 
 
 Governors of Connecticut . 
 
 227 
 
 Town Officers . 
 
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 . 229 
 
 Business Directory . 
 
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 235 
 
 School Districts . 
 
 .... 
 
 . 243 
 
 Indian Names 
 
 . . . 
 
 245 
 
 Chronological Table 
 
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 . 246 
 
 The Second Congregational Society 
 
 251 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Society 
 
 . 268 
 
 Christ's Church 
 
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 270 
 
 Emanuel Church, at Glenville . 
 
 . 273 
 
 Genealogy of the Mead Family 
 
 277 
 
 Genealogy of the Peck Family 
 
 . 295 
 
 Biographical Notice of 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah Peck 
 
 300 
 
 The Brundig Family 
 
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 . 306 
 
 The Bush Family 
 
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 806 
 
 The Close Family 
 
 
 . 307 
 
 The Curtis Family . 
 
 . . . . 
 
 309 
 
 The Dayton Family 
 
 
 . 311 
 
 The Field Family 
 
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 312 
 
 The Ferris Family 
 
 
 . 312 
 
 The Holmes Family . 
 
 . . 
 
 313 
 
 The Lyon Family 
 
 
 . 313 
 
 The Lockwood Family 
 
 
 313 
 
 The Palmer Family 
 
 
 . 314 
 
 The Purdy Family . 
 
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 314 
 
 The Brush Family 
 
 
 . 315 
 
 The Lewis Family 
 
 
 316 
 
 The Howe Family 
 
 
 . 317 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The author, when very young, was much 
 interested with the tales and ditties of olden 
 time; and was in the habit of spending the 
 days, not occupied at school, in the of&ce of 
 our present town-clerk, Samuel Close, Esq., in 
 searching the early records of the town. As 
 a result, many things of interest were found 
 upon the decayed and much-worn, early rec- 
 ords. We found too, that this town was the 
 scene of many important incidents, in the his- 
 tory of our country, which have never been 
 recorded on the pages of history; and that 
 the few that have been noticed by historians, 
 are mentioned in so vague and uncertain a 
 light as to be of little use to the public. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 We therefore set ourselves to work to col- 
 lect tlie more important facts and incidents 
 for publication, that our fellow-citizens might 
 have them in a convenient form for reference, 
 and that many facts which otherwise would 
 have been lost may be preserved. We have 
 not published matters of mere private interest ; 
 but only such things as appear to us to be of 
 importance to the public. Such as it is, the 
 volume is now before you. Its reliability 
 may be depended upon as far as it goes; 
 though no doubt many would have made it a 
 more voluminous work. 
 
 We have been especially indebted for as- 
 sistance to our obliging town-clerk, to Col. 
 Thomas A. Mead (and papers and reminis- 
 cences in his possession), and to several aged 
 people of the town. The other works to 
 which we have referred with advantage are, 
 O'Callaghan's History of the New Nether- 
 lands, Bolton's History of Westchester County, 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Trumbull's, Barber's and HoUister's Histories 
 of Connecticut, and others. 
 
 For our genealogy of tlie Mead family we 
 are indebted in part to a manuscript in the 
 possession of Titus Mead, Esq. Other genea- 
 logies are accredited properly on the pages of 
 the volume. 
 
 The Author's services are at the command 
 of any person, for assistance in collecting their 
 genealogies from the town or other records. 
 
 Dedicating this volume to his fellow citizens 
 of the town of Greenwich, the author would 
 Eemain their 
 
 Humble servant, 
 
 ' D. M. MEAD. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 DISCOVERY. 
 
 QuiNNEHTUKQUT, the olcl Iiidiaii name for 
 Connecticut, lying behind Long Island and a 
 Sound with one outlet almost impassable to 
 the unaquainted navigator, escaped for a while 
 the attention of the early European navigators. 
 And although John and Sebastian Cabot, in 
 1498, sailed along the whole coast of Nortli 
 America under the auspices of cross old 
 Henry VIII., yet they never caught a view 
 of Connecticut. Nevertheless, King Henry 
 deemed himself rightfully possessed of the 
 whole territory of North America, because, 
 forsooth, a few of his subjects had cast their 
 eyes on some of the jutting capes and prom- 
 ontories. In 1524, John Verazzano, a Floren- 
 tine adventurer, with an outfit under the 
 auspices of King Francis I. of France, sailed 
 2 
 
14 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 along nearly tlie same extent of coast more 
 leisurely, and lie more definitely explored its 
 bays and harbors. He lay witb his vessel fif- 
 teen days in the beautiful harbor of Newport. 
 Whether he visited New York Bay is still a 
 mooted question among authors. The French 
 maintain and the Dutch deny, that he did so. 
 But it is not claimed by any that he sailed 
 through the Sound ; and he must have passed 
 by without having seen the bays and harbors 
 of Connecticut. 
 
 Hendricke Hudson, on the 4th of September, 
 1609, with a mixed crew of English and Dutch 
 on board the Half-moon (Halve-Maan), sailed 
 gallantly into New York harbor. He pro- 
 ceeded up the North river instead of the East, 
 and searched for the Northwest Passage ; for 
 he sailed with the same purpose which actuated 
 the unfortunate Sir John Franklin three hun- 
 dred and fifty years later. Though Hudson 
 was in his own purj)ose unsuccessful, yet his 
 discoveries led to the early settlement of the 
 Island of Manhattan. The Dutch soon com- 
 menced trading with the Indians along the 
 shores of the Hudson, which river the Indians 
 called Mahiccannittuck. ' And then in the 
 early part of 1613, began the early settlement 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 15 
 
 of Niew Amsterdam under tlie command of 
 Hendricke Corstiaensen, wlio afterward became 
 noted as an adventurer. Four small huts 
 built at tliat time, were tlie small beginnings 
 of the present city of New York. 
 
 About this time there was a check upon 
 marine enterprise throughout all Europe. 
 The Dutch, being then the most extensive 
 navigators, recovered first from its effects. An 
 Ordinance, passed at Grravenhague by the As- 
 sembly, on the 27th of March, 1614, restored 
 to their navigators their customary activity. 
 A company of merchants fitted out a fleet of 
 five ships, and put them under the command 
 of three distinguished sailors, Adrien Block, 
 Hendricke Corstiaensen, and Cornelius Jacob- 
 son Mey. All arrived safely at Mew Amster- 
 dam on the " mouth of the great river of the 
 Manhattans " in the latter part of September 
 of the same year. Here they separated. It 
 was the intention of Block to sail farther up 
 the Hudson than the original discoverer had 
 done, while Corstiaensen should examine the 
 Southern coast of Long Island (Serwan-Hacky 
 or Mentoac, the land of shells), and Mey, his 
 other fellow-commander, should sail along the 
 coast of New Jersey. 
 
16 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 After the departure of his former comrades, 
 Block was coi^pelled by accident to relinquish 
 his design. His vessel was consumed by fire, 
 while yet lying at Niew Amsterdam filled with 
 provision for the projected expedition. But 
 the intrepid Dutchman, not disheartened by 
 the loss of his ship and the absence of his fel- 
 low-voyagers, immediately built a small vessel, 
 which he called the Kestless. Its length was 
 forty-four and a half feet, and its breadth 
 eleven and a half. This was the beginning of 
 ship-building in New York, now owning the 
 largest and fleetest ships in the world. 
 
 Not knowing whether the Hudson would 
 lead to a northwest passage or not. Block 
 would not venture in so small a vessel to find 
 out, but chose rather to explore the East 
 River. Accordingly, proceeding in this new 
 direction, the Restless passed safely through 
 a dangerous strait, to which Block gave the 
 name which it has borne ever since, calling it 
 " Hellegat, after a branch of the river Scheldt 
 in East Flanders." After reaching the open 
 sound he kept aloug the northern shore. Con- 
 sequently he made the first discovery of what 
 now forms Connecticut, when, from the deck 
 of his vessel, he and his crew looked upon the 
 
HISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 17 
 
 rocky hills of Greenwicli. This was in the 
 early part of 1614. As he passed by them, 
 he named the Norwalk Islands the " Archipele- 
 gos," and the Housatonic he called the " River 
 of the Red Mountains." Farther on he dis- 
 covered the Connecticut, and calling it Fresh 
 River, he sailed several miles from its mouth 
 upward. Descending again, he continued his 
 course through the Sound. Block Island yet 
 bears the name of the navigator himself Off 
 Cape Cod he fell in with his former companion 
 Corstiaensen, who had been exploring the 
 southern coast of Long Island. 
 
 The crew of the Restless then, having been 
 diverted this way by accident, were the first 
 to look upon our hills. Yet they passed by, 
 only seeing. This was ^ve years previous to 
 the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 
 .1620. We will now forget those European 
 visitors, and turn our attention to the native 
 Indians, and look at their situation as given us 
 by the various authorities, O'Callaghan in 
 particular. Not having seen the stranger vis- 
 itors, who passed them in a single day, they 
 little dreamed of the terrible destruction about 
 to come upon them by the hands of the 
 brethren of these very strangers who came 
 
18 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 thus boldly with their winged canoes into un- 
 known waters. Or if, perchance, some watch- 
 ful warrior ever on the look out, descried the 
 whitened sail, we have no record preserved by 
 the Indians of what was done at their council 
 fires, chronicling the curious expressions of 
 fear, of wonder, admiration, or bravery, which 
 were expressed by the fierce, wise old Chiefs 
 ><, and Sachems of Sioascock. But such excite- 
 ment, if any existed, gradually died away, and 
 the Indians returned to their more peaceful 
 and profitable employments of hunting, clam- 
 ming, and fishing. 
 
 PETUQUAPAEN. 
 
 On the present main road passing through 
 the town of Greenwich, about mid-way be- 
 tween Stamford and the ISTew York boundary 
 line, was situated this Indian village. The 
 plain, now called Stricklands, is divided by a 
 small brook bearing the same name, which 
 enters the western bank of the Myanos Eiver 
 and is thus emptied into the Sound. On the 
 west side of this brook, and close under a 
 rather abrupt eminence, on which now stands 
 the house of William White, Esq., were built 
 three rows of closely collected Indian huts 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 19 
 
 made of bark. " Tliese three rows were some- 
 what more than eighty yards in length, 
 stretching along under a high bluff covered 
 with tall oaks which sheltered the toTvn from 
 the chilling northwest winds." 
 
 On the plain, east of the hamlet and between 
 it and Strickland's brook, the wood and un- 
 derbrush had been cleared away and the 
 ground fitted for raising Indian corn. This 
 brook then ran more clearly than now, as a 
 distillery has since cast in its refuse and helped 
 the formation of a miry, creek mud. Here 
 the Indians drew up their canoes, after a fish- 
 ing excursion upon the Myanos or the neigh- 
 boring waters of the Sound. To the north, 
 far away for hundreds of miles, extended the 
 Green Mountains, abounding in game, which 
 the Indians residing at the very foot of that 
 beautiful range of hills, hunted both for plea- 
 sure and subsistence. To the southwest lay 
 an extended swamp, a part of which still 
 exists as such, which afforded a safe retreat to 
 the inhabitants when attacked by their enemies, 
 the Mohawks, a much stronger and fiercer tribe 
 of the northwest. 
 
 Northeast from this Indian village, and 
 about a mile north of the present village of 
 
20 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Dumpling Pond, was an Indian fort, known to 
 tliem as Betuckquapock, to wliicli they could 
 retire when any danger approached from 
 across the Sound. In such a situation, and one 
 seemingly so desirable for savage life, these 
 aborigines lived for centuries, unknowing and 
 unknown by European nations. It is not 
 wonderful that, in time of trouble, the Indians 
 should congregate here in great numbers, rais- 
 ing their tents by the side of the more per- 
 manent ones constituting the village. 
 
 The tract of land about Petuquapaen, ex- 
 tending from the Patommuck brook (now 
 a part of the boundary line between Stamford 
 and Greenwich) westward to the two streams 
 now known as the Brothers, was called by the 
 same name. "West of this was Miossehassaky, 
 extending from the Brothers to the By ram river, 
 which was called Armonck or Cokamong. On 
 the west bank of the By ram was another though 
 smaller village, called Haseco. This was not 
 far from the present village of Portchester. 
 
 Petuquapaen and Miossehassaky were nearly 
 equal in extent, together forming Sioascock. 
 Over this territory and Poningoe, w^hich was 
 on the west side of the By ram. Bonus was the 
 ruling Sachem. The tribe were Siwanoys. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 21 
 
 On the northwest of tliem were the Weeques- 
 queecks, who were the friends of the Siwanoys, 
 both belonging to the great tribe of Mohegans, 
 who were possessed of a great part of Quinneh- 
 tukqut (Connecticut). 
 
 Ponus had a brother named Wascussue, 
 who was the ruling Sachem of the Eippowams 
 or Stamford. Ponus had died previous to 
 1640, leaving several sons, who afterward be- 
 came powerful and influential chiefs, and had 
 much to do with the English and Dutch 
 settlers. The names of some of them were 
 Owenoke, Taphance, and Onox. 
 
 Before the discovery and settlement of this 
 part of the country by Europeans, this was 
 one of the most thickly inhabited sections of 
 the whole region. Those living regularly at 
 Petuquapaen were estimated at between three 
 and Rve hundred. And this number was in- 
 creased afterward to more than a thousand, 
 when others were driven by the Dutch from 
 their customary abodes near Mew Amsterdam. 
 
 SETTLEMENT. 
 
 On the sixteenth day of July, 1640, or 
 twenty-five years after the discovery of Green- 
 wich by Adrien Block, Captain Daniel Patrick, 
 a distinguished English pioneer, accompanied 
 
22 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 by Kobert Feaks, landed upon Greenwicli 
 Point, by the Indians called Monakewego, 
 and finally concluded a bargain with Owenoke, 
 one of the sons of Ponus, for that part of 
 Petuquapaen lying between the Asamuck 
 (the next small stream east of the Myanos) 
 and the Patommuck rivers. The brooks 
 Patommnck and Asamuck gave their names 
 severally to those portions of land lying next 
 west of them ; so that the land thus purchased 
 was more particularly called Patommuck. The 
 nature of the bargain will be most easily 
 understood from the deed itself, which we 
 have below transcribed from the early records 
 in the Town Clerk's office. It will be observed 
 that the deed prescribes no northern limit to 
 the tract, and we have no means of ascertain- 
 ing that there was any. 
 
 Wee Amogeron, Sachem of Asamuck, and Ram- 
 matthone, Nawhorone, Sachems of Patomuck, have 
 sonld unto Robert Feaks and Daniell Patricke all 
 theire rights and interests in all ye severall lands 
 betwene Asamuck river and Patomuck, which Pa- 
 tomuck is a littel river which divideth ye bounds be- 
 twene Capt. Turner's Purchase and this, except ye 
 neck by ye indians called Monakewego, by us Eliza- 
 beth neck, which neck is ye peticaler percbase of 
 Elizabeth Feaks, ye sd Robt. Feaks his wife, to be 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 23 
 
 hers and her heaires or assigns, forever, or else to be 
 at ye disposal of ye aforementioned purchasers for- 
 ever, to them and theire heaires, executors or as- 
 signs, and theye to enjoy all rivers, Islands, and ye 
 severall naturall adjuncts of all ye foremen tioned 
 places, neigther shall ye Indians fish within a mille 
 of aney english ware, nor invite nor permit any 
 other indians to sett down in ye forementioned lands : 
 in consideration of which lands ye forementioned 
 purchasers are to give unto ye above named sachems 
 twentie five coates, whereof they have reserved 
 eleven in part payment ; to witness all which, they 
 have hereunto sett theire hands this 18 July, 1640. 
 
 AMOGEEONE, 
 NAWHORONE, 
 AMFSETTHEHONE, 
 KEOFFERi^M. 
 Witness, — Robert A. Heusted, 
 Andrew Messenger, 
 his r mark. 
 Rasobibitt, \ 
 Saponas, / 
 
 WhONEHORONjV m • i 
 
 . '> Their marks. 
 
 Akeroque, 
 
 Pauonohas, 
 
 Powiatoh. 
 
 Keofferam hath sould all his right in ye above sd 
 to Jeffere Ferris. 
 
 Witness, — Richard Williams, 
 Angell Heusted. 
 
 These men were then acting with authority 
 
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24 IlISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 from tlie New Haven Colony. They were 
 botli noted personages in the early history of 
 New England. They had been the pioneers 
 in the settlement of many places, and were 
 ready to push out into the wilderness at any 
 time when the steady habits of the Puritans 
 threw too many restraints upon their conduct. 
 Elizabeth Feaks, the wife of Robert, had been 
 a widow, and was the daughter of Gov. Win- 
 throp. A few years ago there was but a 
 single descendant of Robert Feaks living in 
 Old Greenwich. Jeffere Ferris has many 
 descendants, a great part of whom never have 
 left the town in which he settled. 
 
 Capt. Patrick was an old soldier. He was 
 second in command in the famous Pequot war, 
 which terminated so disastrously to the Indians. 
 It was Patrick's division which made the suc- 
 cessful charge, and fired the fort. 
 
 Another distinguished man became a sort of 
 settler on this purchase during the year. Capt. 
 John Underhill was a cunning and crafty En- 
 glish officer. Though still young, he had seen 
 many trials, and learned much by experience. 
 He had been Bearer of Dispatches to Queen 
 Elizabeth, and a tool and confidential servant 
 of the talented but unfortunate Earl of Leices- 
 ter, whose courtship with the homely Queen 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 25 
 
 terminated so fatally. On tlie death of Essex, 
 UnderhiU enlisted in the army of Holland. 
 He tlien distinguished himself as a soldier ; 
 and when the Puritans were about to embark 
 on their perilous enterprise, he offered himself 
 for the position of commandant. But after- 
 wards, learning that the brave and popular 
 Miles Standish was thought of for that post, 
 he wisely withdrew his name. In a few years, 
 however, he came to Massachusetts, though 
 his principles were really too loose for the 
 rigid Puritans. He was compelled to depart, 
 and removing to New Hampshire, was made 
 governor of the Dover Colony. But Massa- 
 chusetts obtaining authority over that colony 
 also, he came and settled on a part of Capt. 
 Patrick's purchase in Greenwich. Kindred 
 spirits, both having been engaged in many 
 Indian battles, and of whom Deforest, in his 
 Indians of Connecticut, says, — ''Both these 
 men had been members of New England 
 churches; but their conduct had little corre- 
 sponded with their professions ; and, unable to 
 bear the restraint and frequent admonitions 
 which had met them in Massachusetts, they 
 had retired to these lonely shores, where 
 ministers and church committees were few and 
 
26 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 far between." Capt. Underliill afterwards 
 moved to Killingwortli ; but Capt Patrick 
 died at Ms own liouse in Greenwicli, as we 
 shall afterwards see. 
 
 With these men there were also some Dutch 
 and some English settlers. Among them 
 w^ere — 
 
 Jeffere Ferris, Angell Heusted, 
 
 Robert Heusted, Richard Williams, 
 
 Andrew Messenger, Everardus Bogardus, 
 
 John Winkelman, Cornelius Labden. 
 
 Others were spoken of, though not by name, 
 upon the records. They proceeded to build 
 their houses, and attended to the customary 
 duties of pioneers ; having little to do with 
 their neighbors until forced into contentions 
 which needed to be settled. 
 
 AGREEMENTS WITH NEIGHBORS. 
 
 The present town of Stamford was originally 
 settled under the name of " Wethersfield Men's 
 Plantation ;" and in October, 1640, a conten- 
 tion and difficulty arose between the two set- 
 tlements concerning their dividing boundary. 
 Accordingly, on the 2d of November of the 
 same year, a meeting was had of those ap- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 27 
 
 pointed to represent tlieir respective towns, 
 .and after considerable discussion tlie following 
 arrangement was effected : — 
 
 Wee, the underwritten, mutually Agreed that the 
 Dividing line betwene both our Plantations of Green- 
 wich and Wethersfield Men's Plantation shall begin 
 at Patommog brook, where thee path at present cuts, 
 and run on in a straight line to ye west end of aline 
 Drawne from ye sides of "Wethersfield Men's Plan- 
 tation River, which runs by theire towne plot, to bee 
 Drawne on a due west point towards Greenwich 
 bounds, a neat mile, and from ye west end of ye sd 
 line to run due North up into ye contrie, about 
 twentie miles ; These lines to run on ye meridian 
 compass. Nether will aney of lis or shall aney for 
 us object against this agreement upon ye account of 
 ye Indians ; although we shall at aney time hereafter 
 conclude a mistake in respect of what each one 
 bought, yett this to stand unalterable, without a 
 mutual consent on both sides. To Testifie which, 
 wee each for our own townes have sett to our hands 
 this 2ond Nov. 1640. 
 
 DANIEL PATRICK, 
 
 ROBT. FEKES, 
 
 ANDREW WARDE, 
 
 ROBERT COE, 
 
 RICHARD GILDERSLEEVE. 
 
 The first two of tliese were the representa- 
 tives of Greenwich, and the remainder from 
 
28 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Stamford. With tlie removal of this bone of 
 contention the inhabitants expected peace ; 
 but the Dutch began to reiterate their claims 
 against the English. The former seemed 
 determined, and hostility all but ripened into 
 war. As has been said, Greenwich was osten- 
 sibly purchased under the favor of the New 
 Haven Colony. But our settlers, not having 
 drawn much sustenance from that colony, and 
 perhaps being somewhat averse to some of its 
 laws, did not feel strongly bound to that 
 power. Hence, tired of contention and strife, 
 and withal, as they say, being convinced of 
 the rightfulness of the Dutch claim, they signed 
 over, in an agreement written at New Amster- 
 dam, of which the following is a translation. 
 Doubtless self-interest was looked at as much 
 as any thing, and the deed was done with an 
 eye to the stronger arm with which the Dutch 
 could defend them from the Indians. But 
 here is the record : — 
 
 Whereas, we, Capt. Daniel Patrick and Elizabeth 
 Feake, duly authorized by her husband Robert 
 Feake, now sick, have resided two years about five 
 or six miles east of the NewNetherlandB, subject to 
 the Lord States General, who have protested against 
 us, declaring that the said land lay witliin their 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 29 
 
 limits, and that tliey should not allow any person to 
 usurp it against their lawful rights ; and whereas, 
 we have equally persisted in our course during these 
 two years, having been well assured that his Majesty 
 the King of England had pretended some to this 
 soil ; and whereas, we understand nothing thereof, 
 and cannot any longer presume to remain thus, on 
 account both of this strife, the danger consequent 
 thereon, and these treacherous and villainous Indians, 
 of whom we have seen so many sorrowful examples 
 enough. We therefore betake ourselves under the 
 protection of the Noble Lord States General, His 
 Highness the Prince of Orange, and the West India 
 Company, or their Governor General of New Ne- 
 therlands, promising for the future to be faithful to 
 them, as all honest subjects are bound to be ; where- 
 unto we bind ourselves by solemn oath and signa- 
 ture, provided we be protected against our enemies 
 as much as possible, and enjoy henceforth the same 
 privileges that all Patroons of the New Netherlands 
 have obtained agreeably to the Freedonas. 1642, 
 IXth of April, in Fort Amsterdam. 
 
 DANIEL PATPJCK, 
 Witnesses, — Everardus Bogardus, 
 Johannes Winkleman. 
 
 Greenwich, from that time, became a manor, 
 and Capt. Patrick and Peaks were Patroons of 
 the Manor, with all the privileges of other 
 patroons. The two witnesses to their agree- 
 
30 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 ment were tlien residents of tlie Manor ; and it 
 was, doubtless, in a great measure owing to 
 tlieir influence tliat tlie agreement was ever 
 executed. 
 
 TROUBLE WITH THE INDIANS. 
 
 Wm. Keift became the Governor-General 
 of tlie New Netlierlands in the year 1638, or 
 two years previous to the settlement of Green- 
 wich, and four years before the writing was 
 signed ^Dlacing the town under the control of 
 that officer. He was the successor of Wouter 
 Von Twiller, the fat, good-natured Dutchman, 
 who had, by a kind and hospitable manner, in 
 a great measure conciliated the fierce Indians 
 about the settlements. But with the new 
 governor came a change. He was cruel- 
 minded and revengeful in the extreme. Hav- 
 ing collected some half-a-dozen advisers, all 
 congenial spirits, he brought the colony, and 
 all connected with it, into the greatest trouble, 
 by the extreme severity which he exercised 
 toward the natives. So revengeful was he in 
 his disposition, that sooner than let a crime go 
 unpunished he would take full vengeance upon 
 the relatives of the accused, when the criminal 
 himself had escaped. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 31 
 
 The Indians, during their visits to the 
 European settlements, after having tasted the 
 foreign fire-%oatei\ gave full displays of their 
 roguish inclinations, and were never scrupulous 
 in their bargains, frequently taking goods 
 without stopping to pay for them ; and in many 
 instances they robbed and murdered the in- 
 habitants. Returning to their own country, 
 they there, with a feeling of safety, often 
 boasted of their deeds in this line. And these 
 boasts were duly reported to the governor by 
 those straggling settlers who chanced to hear 
 them. 
 
 On the other hand, the traders, before bar- 
 gaining for furs, so befuddled the owners of 
 them as to get valuable articles for little or no 
 consideration, and not unfrequently having 
 made their victim well drunken, stole his 
 richest furs. Such a state of things could but 
 create strong feelings of animosity, and ripen 
 a spirit of hatred, already arisen, into open 
 war, whenever a conspicuous deed committed 
 by either party should rouse the anger of the 
 other. 
 
 Before the arrival of Keift, and as soon as 
 1626, an aged Indian was murdered, and his 
 furs stolen, by a company of traders, to whom 
 
32 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 he had offered his skins for sale. They secreted 
 the body, not observing his little nephew, w^ho, 
 hidden amid the bushes, had witnessed in 
 silence the horrid deed, and secretly vowed 
 eternal vengeance against the murderers of his 
 uncle. He was one of the tribe of Weeck- 
 quesqueecks, living north of Mamaroneck. 
 When a full-grown Indian, still bent on his 
 purpose, he watched anxiously the faces of the 
 various traders, that he might discern the 
 countenances of those upon whom he hoped 
 for full vengeance. As a result of his constant 
 search he fell in with one whom he recognized 
 — one Claes Corneliz Smitz, now become an 
 old man. On him he revenged his uncle's 
 death by a like punishment, and then fled. 
 This w^as the open act, out of which grew more 
 open and extensive hostility. A prompt 
 demand was made on his tribe for the mur- 
 derer. They replied that he had escaped to 
 Sioascock, and that they could not give him 
 up. Demand after demand brought but the 
 same reply. 
 
 The governor now resolved to punish the 
 whole tribe for the crime of the one who had 
 escaped. He then appointed the " twelve men^'' 
 with whom it was left to punish the Indians 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 33 
 
 as they saw fit and proper. After mature 
 consideration it was resolved to make two 
 distinct expeditions against tlie Indians ; one 
 against tlie tribe to which the Indian belonged, 
 on the east bank of the Hudson, and the other 
 against Petuquapaen, whither he was sup- 
 posed to have fled. Both these expeditions 
 were, however, delayed for a considerable 
 time by a difficulty which arose between Keift 
 and "The Twelve Men." Such was the im- 
 patience and haste of the former, that the 
 latter refused to comply with all his requisi- 
 tions. And the expedition, as then planned 
 against Petuquapaen, was never carried out 
 at all, owing partly to this delay, but more to 
 the total want of success which attended the 
 other. This, Keift undertook on his own 
 authority, and ordered Ensign Van Dyck to 
 collect and equip eighty men, and immediately 
 proceed against the Indians and inflict upon 
 them summary punishment. 
 
 The governor felt sure of complete success, 
 as this Hendrick Van Dyck had been in the 
 service of the colony for years, and was well 
 trained in Indian warfare. To make success 
 still more certain, a trusty guide had been 
 employed to conduct the party. They moved 
 
34 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 forward at tlie edge of tlie evening of a dark 
 and cloudy night, early in Marcli, 1642. An 
 injudicious halt was made by Van Dyck, 
 during which the darkness came on so thick 
 and fast that the guide was quite unable to 
 point out the way. The leader, thus dis- 
 appointed, and angry at his own foolishness, 
 led his men back to New Amsterdam, dis- 
 heartened at not having seen a single enemy. 
 
 Thus both these expeditions failed. 
 
 But another opportunity was soon offered 
 to the Dutch to take signal vengeance on their 
 enemies. Some traders from Staten Island 
 came up the Sound to trade with the Indians, 
 and barter rum for furs. Having treated one 
 until they had made him well drunken, they 
 robbed him of all his furs, and left him in a 
 helpless condition. Afterwards, becoming 
 sober, and fully aware of the treatment to 
 which he had been subjected, the enraged 
 Indian swore vengeance against the first 
 ^'' Swannehhi'''' whom he should meet. And 
 true to his oath, he killed one Dutchman and 
 an Englishman, whom he chanced to meet 
 together. The murderer fled to the Tankitekes, 
 a tribe of which Paeham, who was favorable to 
 the Dutch, was Sachem. They knew full well 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 35 
 
 that cruel measures were now likely to be 
 adopted against them. They therefore ex- 
 postulated with the Dutch for selling to their 
 people the '-'- cussed firewater ^"^ laying to its 
 charge all their troubles, and claiming that 
 they had been more wronged than the traders. 
 But Keift turned a deaf ear to all their 
 entreaties, and was fully bent on their blood- 
 shed and destruction. It was but a few days 
 after this, in February, 1643, that the power- 
 ful tribe of Mohawks came down upon the 
 tribes dwelling about New Netherlands in great 
 numbers, demanding a tribute, which, being the 
 stronger tribe, they were accustomed yearly to 
 exact from their weaker neighbors. These 
 Indians, now forgetting every thing but their 
 intense fear for the dreaded Mohawks, fled in 
 hundreds to the settlements of Manhattan for 
 protection. They were received with pre- 
 tended kindness and hospitality. But with 
 fiendish design, Keift secretly planned a strata- 
 gem to punish many for the crime of one. The 
 settlers, having received them into their in- 
 closures, and having prayed God to favor their 
 cruel purpose, commenced a terrible massacre, 
 thus graphically described by an eye-witness, 
 
36 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 in O'Callaghan's History of the Xew Nether- 
 lands : — 
 
 I remained that night at the Director's, and took 
 a seat in the kitchen near the fire. At midnight I 
 heard loud shrieks, and went out upon the parapet 
 of the fort, and looked toward Pavonia. I saw 
 nothing but the flashing of guns. I heard no more 
 cries of the Indians : they had been butchered in 
 their sleep. 
 
 The horrors of this night cause one's flesh to creep, 
 when we ponder over them even now, long after 
 their occurrence. Eighty Indians were slaughtered 
 at Pavonia, and thirty at Corlear's Hook, while 
 sunk in repose. Sucklings were torn from their 
 mothers' breasts, butchered before their parents' 
 eyes, and their mangled limbs thrown quivering into 
 the river or the flames. Babes were hacked to 
 pieces while fastened on their little boards — their 
 primitive cradles ! Others were thrown alive into 
 the river, and when parents instinctively rushed in to 
 save them, the cruel soldiers prevented their land- 
 ing, and both parent and ofispring were sunk into a 
 watery grave. Children of half a dozen years, de- 
 crepit men of three score and ten, shared like fates. 
 Those who escaped and next morning begged for 
 shelter, were killed in cold blood, or thrown into the 
 river. Some came running to us from the country, 
 having both hands cut off; some lost both legs and 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 37 
 
 arms ; some were supporting their entrails witli their 
 hands, while some were mangled in other horrid 
 ways, too horrid to be conceived. 
 
 And this massacre was conducted by the 
 governor so secretly, and with so much stra- 
 tegy, that the Indians for a long time laid the 
 cold-blooded deed to the Mohaw^ks. Many of 
 the Dutch, even, were so deceived. But after 
 some days, during which the Mohawdvs had 
 departed, the truth became evident ; and the 
 Indians on the eastern bank of the Hudson, 
 and on both shores of the Sound, rose wdth 
 one accord to demand blood for blood. And 
 if ever revenge can be justified, and rightfully 
 pursued, surely these poor, hunted Indians 
 may be justified in revenging this act, a more 
 barbarous one than w^hich was never recorded 
 on the pages of history. They made their first 
 attacks with such rage and fury, that the 
 question of the continuance of the Dutch at 
 the mouth of the Hudson was an extremely 
 critical one. They were soon forced from Long 
 Island, and. on the main land all their settlers 
 withdrew to the fort on Manhattan Island. 
 The few who were in Greenwich also with- 
 drew, leaving the English to take care of them- 
 selves as best they might. 
 
 3 
 
38 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 But once more fortune turned against the 
 Indians, and they were driven back in turn. 
 Reinforcements having arrived from Holland, 
 the colony were able not only to defend them- 
 selves, but also to drive their enemies far back 
 from their settlement. Great numbers of these 
 having hitherto lived on the northern coast of 
 the Sound, between Greenwich and Manhat- 
 tan, now retired to Petuquapaen and Betuck- 
 quapock, in Greenwich. Driven here from 
 their former homes, they became desperate, 
 and gave full vent to their native cruelty. 
 
 Among their acts, which are but very 
 vaguely described by history, was the murder 
 of the unfortunate Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, and 
 her son-in-law, Mr. Collins, with sixteen others 
 who lived in the wilderness somewhere in 
 Greenwich, near the present boundaries of 
 Greenwich and Stamford, by a party of In- 
 dians from Petuquapaen. Of this affair. De- 
 forest, in his Indians of Connecticut, says, — 
 
 The Indians desolated the Connecticut coast as far 
 east as Stamford, killing not only Dutch, but En- 
 glish ; for the English in this quarter were but few 
 in number, and had been compelled to submit to the 
 government of J^ew Amsterdam. The pretended pro- 
 phetess, Anne Hutchinson, who had taken refuge here 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 39 
 
 from her persecutors in Massachusetts, was among 
 the victims. Until the last moment, the Indians 
 came to the house in their usual friendly manner ; 
 then the liatchet fell, and the unfortunate woman 
 perished, with sixteen others, in the massacre. To 
 close the scene, the horses and cattle were driven 
 into their barns, the barns set on fire, and the help- 
 less animals roasted to death in the flames. 
 
 I^or was Capt. Patrick safe from the attacks 
 of tlie Indians. Mayn Mayano, a tall, stout 
 Indian cliief of Petuquapaen, sought to distin- 
 guisli himself by proving untrue the boast of 
 the whites, that one of them was equal to 
 several Indians. In fact, he wanted to reverse 
 the statement. Accordingly, Capt. Patrick 
 and two others of the settlers, were attacked 
 one day by this single brave. And though 
 they were armed, Mayn Mayano had killed 
 one and felled the other to the ground with 
 his tomahawk, before Patrick, the survivor, 
 could shoot him dead. He showed a wily 
 courage and daring, although he failed so en- 
 tirely of success. 
 
 One other tradition is the following, being 
 told in many different ways ; of which we ac- 
 cept the simplest, as being, probably, the 
 nearest to the truth. A rough old Dutchman 
 named Comelis Labden, was riding away from 
 
40 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the settlement in Old Greenwicli on horseback, 
 when lie discovered that he was pursued by 
 three Indians on foot. They could pass more 
 nimbly through the forest than he, and unless 
 he could free himself by some desperate at- 
 tempt, he well knew the destruction that 
 awaited him. In this strait he bethought him 
 of that steep precipice which still bears the 
 name of Labden's Rock, and resolved rather 
 to die by plunging down its depths than by 
 the torturing hand of the red man. Just as 
 his pursuers were about overtaking him, he 
 dashed over the steej), and they, too eager on 
 their pursuit, went headlong after him. Of 
 the whole mass of mangled flesh, Labden only 
 lived to tell the story, and that with his two 
 legs broken. This Rock still presents much 
 of its old appearance, and is visited by many 
 of the curious. The story in itself is too sim- 
 ple to suit all ; for many love the marvelous. 
 For the sake of such, we give a version of this 
 very tradition, as it appeared in 1854, in the 
 Stamford Advocate^ under the initials of C. 
 L. B. We will not stop to point out the 
 glaring inconsistencies, or to ask how, when all 
 so fearfully perished, the story became known. 
 Here it is in the writer's best style, without 
 any further comments of ours : — 
 
HISTORY OF GKEENWICH. 41 
 
 THE LEGEND. 
 
 BY C. L. B. 
 
 Soon after the settlement of New York by the 
 Dutch, a few English families emigrated to the 
 eastern part of Greenwich, and began a settlement 
 upon an eminence commanding an extensive view 
 of Long Island Sound. The names of these families 
 are now forgotten, with the exception of that of 
 Laddin (?) who, with his wife and daughter, a lovely 
 girl of sixteen surnmers^ located himself a short 
 distance in an easterly direction from the main 
 settlement. The little hamlet for some time con- 
 tinued to CDJoy the blessings of peace and security, 
 but its grateful quietude was soon to be disturbed 
 by its hostile neighbors, who were stimulated by the 
 Dutch traders to deeds of violence and revenge 
 against the English. 
 
 While Laddin (?) was one day occupied in his 
 usual occupation of clearing and cultivating his 
 farm, he was surprised at discovering the humble 
 dwellings of his neighbors enveloped in dense 
 clouds of smoke. Knowing full well the merciless 
 foes would next proceed to his own cottage, and 
 would complete their fiendish w^ork of devastation 
 and slaughter, he hurried thither with the utmost 
 speed, and prepared to defend it and his family to 
 the last extremity. Scarcely had he barricaded the 
 doors, and loaded his trusty musket, when the 
 savages with their passions whetted by the previous 
 
42 '"history of GREENWICH. 
 
 massacre, surrounded the house, yelling terrificallj, 
 and expecting to witness its speedy ruin with appa- 
 rent delight. But, stop! Laddin stands at the 
 window with his trusty weapon ; his resolute deter- 
 mination surprises them ; they deliberate for a 
 moment, then advances one (?) of the fiercest war- 
 riors with lighted torch in hand ; he approaches 
 within a few feet of the house, and falls the victim 
 of unerring marksmanship ; they are not thus to be 
 repulsed and deprived of their satisfaction, at be- 
 holding the hated pale faces writhing in the flames. 
 At the word of command on steps another (?) and 
 rolls back upon his former comrade with a heavy 
 groan ; another and another advance and share the 
 same fate ; then, with imearthly yells they rush upon 
 the house, en masse. They try to break down the 
 well-barred doors, hoping to capture and consign the 
 poor settlers to a more lingering torture, as vengeance 
 for their fallen brethren. 
 
 In this confusion, Laddin's wife and daughter 
 begged him to leave them to the mercy of the 
 Indians, and secure his own safety ; he steadily re- 
 fuses, determined to meet death with them and for 
 them ; but by earnest entreaties and solemn assu- 
 rances that life without him would be made worse 
 than death, he is at length moved to make the at- 
 tempt, with faint hopes that the foe would have 
 some respect for their sex and spare them. The 
 front door begins to open — all rush to enter, and 
 thus the back door is left unguarded. Now is the 
 time ; the heroic wife and daughter brace the door 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 43 
 
 against the savages, while with extreme reluctance, 
 the despairing man softly makes his escape in the 
 rear. Scarcely has he done this, when the door gives 
 way ; his beloved wife and daughter are dragged 
 from the house by the hair, tomahawked and 
 scalped before his eyes. Assistance to them was 
 impossible. He mounts his horse, which he had 
 concealed a short distance off, under a thick copse 
 of alder bushes. He knows not whither to flee ; 
 death is before and behind him ; the savages behold 
 him, and pursue. With despair stamped on his 
 manly countenance, he suddenly turns his horse's 
 head toward the well-known precipice, resolved not 
 to fall into the hands of inhuman victors. On came 
 his pursuers, and reached the summit of the barren 
 rock, to hear him cry out with a voice of thunder, — 
 " Come on, ye foul fiends, I go to join your victims!'* 
 A crash — and all is hushed. The rider and his faith- 
 ful steed shall here mingle their dust together. 
 
 Such is the tradition as increased by a 
 fertile imagination. And here we leave him 
 to ruralize in some other place, to conjure up 
 new ideas for the edification of the people ; 
 while we continue our chronicles. 
 
 A NEW EXPEDITION. 
 
 These attacks following one another rapidly, 
 were duly revealed by Captain Patrick, the 
 
4::t HISTOPwY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 patroon, to Governor Keift ; and lie resolved 
 not only to punish those outrages, but if pos- 
 sible, to exterminate the whole race. Indeed, 
 the actual settlers claimed this, as full protection 
 had been promised in the agreement of the 
 9th of April, by which the town had been 
 ceded to the Dutch. It was supposed that this 
 object could be accomplished by a force of 
 soldiers acting in unison with the settlers them- 
 selves, and that the Indians of Petuquapaen 
 would be cut off at a single blow. 
 
 Hence, not far from the 1st of January, 
 1644, a privateer, with two smaller vessels, 
 having been well armed and fitted out, left New 
 Amsterdam with a force of a hundred and 
 twenty men. They were under the command 
 of Captain Blauvelt, Capt. Joachim Pieterson 
 Kuyter, Lieut. Baxter, and Sergeant Peter 
 Cock. On Saturday, toward evening, they 
 landed on Greenwich Point (Monakewego). 
 And so great was their desire to surprise the 
 Indians, and such their haste to consummate 
 the object of their expedition, that their com- 
 mander thought it advisable to march imme- 
 diately against the encampment. Accordingly, 
 having received instructions as to their way 
 from Capt. Patrick, who for some reason did not 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 45 
 
 accompany tliem, tlie whole body set out. But 
 after proceeding some distance, it became evi- 
 dent that tliey bad missed tbeir way, and wan- 
 dered too far back into the country. Thus they 
 wandered about all niglit, and became wearied 
 and dispirited ; and tliey returned without hav- 
 ing found a clue to the object of their search. 
 Furthermore, they had doubtless given to the 
 scouts of the enemy a knowledge of their ap- 
 proach. They encamped next day near the 
 house of Capt. John Underbill, highly enraged 
 at their want of success. 
 
 On the following day, which was the Sab- 
 bath, the Dutch commandant met Capt. 
 Patrick at the house of Underbill, and an alter- 
 cation ensued. The soldier charged him with 
 deceit and treachery; that he purposely misled 
 them, and finally called him a liar. To resent 
 this the Englishman, who had hitherto re- 
 mained silent, spat in the Dutchman's face and 
 turning directly back, walked away. The 
 other, in turn, drew a pistol and fired a ball 
 through his head. For this homicide the sol- 
 dier was arraigned, but never punished. And 
 thus died Daniel Patrick, the pioneer settler 
 of Greenwich. He left a wife and one son. 
 The wife's name before marriage was Annetje 
 3* 
 
46 HISTOEY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Van Beyeren. As her name indicates, slie was 
 a Dutch woman ; and she afterwards married 
 one Tobias Feeck, sheriff of Flushing, Long 
 Island. 
 
 In a day or two, this company of soldiers 
 went off on another wild-goose chase into the 
 country ; when they met with but little better 
 success than before. True, they fell in with 
 a few old men, women, and children, whom 
 they mostly killed, saving a few who were 
 made slaves. Disappointed and vexed, they 
 soon after went back to New Amsterdam. 
 
 After this, John Underhill went to ISTew- 
 York, joined the company and was made com- 
 mander. Having first led his company against 
 the Indians of " Hemestede" on Long Island, 
 where the enemies were easily routed, he was 
 ordered to Greenwich. Meantime Keift had 
 sent scouts, to learn if the Indians were still 
 congregated about Petuquapaen. It was re- 
 ported that they were collected there in still 
 greater numbers, and that the greater part of 
 the women and children had been sent back 
 into the country. Underhill was glad to take 
 the command of this expedition for two rea- 
 sons; first, because it was necessary for the 
 protection and safety of his family, and the 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 47 
 
 preservation of his property tliat the enemy 
 should be dislodged from their stronghold, 
 so near his plantation in Greenwich ; and 
 secondly, that he might prove to the Dutch 
 that he was in no way connected with their 
 former failure and diso^race. 
 
 THE SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. 
 
 Accordingly, in February of the same year, 
 1644, Capt. Underhill and Ensign Van Dyck, 
 with a complement of a hundred and thirty 
 men, embarked at Fort Amsterdam for Green- 
 wich Point. They landed safely, just as a ter- 
 rible snow-storm was commencing. The snow 
 continued to fall throughout the whole day and 
 succeeding night. It had been their design 
 to proceed, as in their other expeditions, by 
 night, and take their enemies by surprise ; but 
 the continuance of the storm prevented the 
 accomplishment of their purpose for that night 
 at least. But on the following day the storm 
 cleared away, leaving between two and three 
 feet of snow upon the ground. However, they 
 immediately set out for Petuquapaen, advanc- 
 ing as fast as the deep snow would permit. As 
 had been intended, they reached the Myanos at 
 
48 HISTOEY OF GKEENWICH. 
 
 alDOut eiglit o'clock. They tlien halted for two 
 hours on the eastern bank of this stream. 
 Many had become quite fatigued, and they 
 now had ample time for rest. At ten o'clock 
 they resumed their march, and descending the 
 steep bank, they crossed the river, as they say 
 in their own report, where it " was about two 
 hundred feet wide and three feet deep." And 
 as the just-risen moon was brightening the 
 white snow with its light, they ascended the 
 western bank, and then " passing a steep ridge" 
 were afforded a beautiful view of the plain 
 below. In the distance, on the other side of 
 the plain, they could see the fires in and about 
 the village ; while between it and them, the 
 trees of the forest had been felled, that the In- 
 dian women might raise their only grain, the 
 Indian corn. The much-dreaded and long- 
 sought-for Petuquapaen is at last found. As 
 they advance still nearer with quickened stej), 
 they discover that the village consists of " more 
 than a hundred permanent huts arranged in 
 three rows, partially defended by a sort of 
 palisades," with many wigwams collected about 
 and scattering along under a "high bluff 
 sheltering them from the chilling northwest 
 winds." 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 49 
 
 Tlie inliabitants were on tlie alert, and by 
 no means unprepared to meet their assailants. 
 Tlieir women had been sent back to the old 
 fort Betuckquapock, near the present village 
 of Dumpling Pond. None but the painted 
 braves were left, and they were fully prepared 
 for the desperate struggle. They betook them- 
 selves to the trees on the slight rise of ground 
 now occupied by J. K. Stearns, Esq., on the 
 western bank of the Strickland brook. From 
 this cover they showered their arrows upon the 
 advancing foe. The soldiers then divided into 
 two parties, and from different directions poured 
 their deadly fire upon the Indians, who, when 
 thus attacked, found the trees an insufficient 
 protection. The brave Sinawoys fought long 
 and desperately ; but the arrow and the toma- 
 hawk, of necessity, yielded to the bullet, bayo- 
 net, and broadsword. More than once the 
 Indians made gallant charges, hoping to break 
 the lines of their enemies. But the incessant 
 firing thinned their numbers, and they at last 
 retired, leaving between one and two hundred 
 braves dead on the scene of the first terrible 
 struggle. At the more permanent inclosure 
 of the village they rallied, hoping there more 
 effectually to defend themselves, and resolved 
 
60 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 there to make their final, desperate struggle for 
 victory. Sheltered by the light palisades, if 
 so they may be called, they once more poured 
 forth incessant flights of arrows upon the Dutch. 
 The latter now advanced from the northeast 
 and the southeast in two divisions. 
 
 Fire was the enemy of the Indians, as often 
 as it was their familiar weapon in destroying 
 the habitations of the whites. And Under- 
 hill had learned its utility by his experience 
 at the celebrated Pequot fort. To cast a fire- 
 brand upon the row of dry bark huts and wig- 
 wams, was but the work of a moment ; and a 
 most terrible destruction now awaited them. 
 Roasted and tortured to agony by the fire, they 
 darted out here and there from the flames only 
 to be brought to the ground by the unerring 
 aim of the soldiery, who were on the alert for 
 the poor victims. Finally their horrid moans 
 and cries were hushed, and the flames and the 
 hissing of the boiling pools of blood died away, 
 leaving hundreds of crisped bodies on the 
 blood-stained snow. 
 
 And thus miserably perished from six hun- 
 dred to a thousand Sinawoy Indians, variously 
 enumerated by different authors. And of the 
 whole number of warriors that had been 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 51 
 
 gathered at tlie ancient village, only eiglit 
 escaped. All, besides these and twelve wlio 
 were taken prisoners at the first conflict on the 
 knoll, were cut off in battle. These prisoners 
 were sold as slaves, some to the English and 
 some to the Dutch ; for prisoners were then the 
 spoils of war. 
 
 So quickly had this work of destruction been 
 accomplished, that the night was yet far from 
 being spent. The Dutch therefore, warmed 
 and cheered by the fires that had scorched and 
 crisped their enemies, spent the remainder of 
 the night upon the field ; and when the morn- 
 ing came and the sun had arisen and looked 
 upon the work of the preceding night, they 
 threw the dead bodies of the Indians into 
 heaps and covered them with the ashes of their 
 village and frozen earth and snow, and left 
 them without farther monument. Yet the 
 mounds thus formed bore testimony to the 
 place of the battle for many years. Tradition 
 has long pointed out with accuracy the place 
 of these mounds. An aged lady, Mrs. Howe 
 by name, who lived to the advanced age of a 
 hundred and two years, and who died some 
 forty years since, remembered these mounds 
 distinctly. Five of them she said were between 
 
52 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the present houses of J. K. Stearns, Esq., and 
 Mrs. Hitchcock, and twenty were scattered 
 about just across the lane southeast of the 
 present residence of William White, Esq., on 
 the land of Edward Mead. And some fifty 
 years, or more, ago, Joseph Sackett, who lived 
 close by, was digging with one of his men for 
 the purpose of covering potatoes from the cold 
 of winter, — which was then done by digging 
 four or five feet in the ground, — and came upon 
 one of these settled heaps, then mostly turned 
 to dust. But the good old farmer turned to 
 his man, whose name was Avery, and told him 
 to " throw in the potatoes any ivay^'' for the 
 bones couldn't hurt them if they were " Injins;" 
 and in they went, and I believe were kept safe 
 just as the old man had said. Bushels of flint 
 arrow-heads have been j)lowed up by the 
 owners of land on all parts of Strickland's 
 plain. Some of them are beautifully cut from 
 the finest white flint ; but the greater part of 
 them are rougher hewn, from blue flint. Their 
 old burial place as yet is not all extinct ; but 
 what remains is but a monument of the care- 
 lessness of the people of the neighborhood. 
 Not only is the place neglected, but absolutely 
 is being demolished by the penny grinders 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 53 
 
 wlio want dirt to fill in docks, or for some otlier 
 purpose. It should have been fenced long ago, 
 and protected from men who will take dirt 
 from dead men's bones. 
 
 This battle is equal to any ever fought in 
 Connecticut in the numbers of those engaged 
 in fight, in the fierceness of the contest, and in 
 the carnage and destruction made. And the 
 Indians in this part of the country never 
 recovered from the blow. True, a few desper- 
 ate ones hung about the settlements seeking 
 revenge ; but they soon melted away, and their 
 few descendants had none of their fathers' 
 ambition. Now none are to be seen. The 
 proud, civilized, and enlightened European has 
 driven the aborigines from the lands which 
 were theirs by discovery, inheritance, and 
 actual occupation. And now it is too late to 
 repair the injury. 
 
 Proud of their victory, the soldiers on the 
 next day after the battle began their return 
 march, ''Hlie Lord -enduing the wounded with 
 extraordinary strmigthr Great was the re- 
 joicing at New Amsterdam when the result of 
 the expedition was known. Public thanks- 
 giving was ordered by the Dutch authorities ; 
 and it is said by O'Callaghan in his History of 
 New Netherlands to have been regarded as a 
 
54 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 special Providence tliat when tlie attack was 
 made on Petuquapaen " tlie Lord had collected 
 most of their enemies there to celebrate some 
 peculiar festival^ But tlie results of tlie war 
 were most favorable to the settlers themselves. 
 What few Indians were left lived peaceably, 
 and brought rich furs to the whites in trade 
 for rum. This trade yielded of course a double 
 traffic to the w^hites, while it cheated and 
 wronged the aborigines. 
 
 Underhill, the hero of the battle, on returning 
 to JS'ew Amsterdam, took with him Elizabeth 
 Feaks, the widow of Robert Peaks, and married 
 her, each thus entering upon matrimony for 
 the second time. In the same year he settled 
 in Flushing, L. I. Again he moved to Killing- 
 worth, Ct., where he died in 1672. He was 
 artful and intriguing, and he had changed his 
 name before taking the command of the Dutch 
 forces to Hans Van Vanderhill. His son, 
 Nathaniel, emigrated from Killingworth to 
 Westchester county in 1685. 
 
 BOUNDAEY ON THE WEST. 
 
 The boundary line on the southwestern part 
 of Connecticut has been frequently changed ; 
 and probably we can do no better than give an 
 
HISTOEY OF GREENWICH. 55 
 
 account of the various changes here, although 
 we may be obliged to anticipate somewhat the 
 events of the history. As has been before said, 
 Patrick and Feaks bought under the New 
 Haven Colony in 1640 ; but they also, in 1642, 
 made over the town to the Dutch, they both 
 becoming patroons of the manor. This left the 
 western boundary of Connecticut to be the 
 Potommuck river, that is, the present boundary 
 line between Stamford and Greenwich. 
 
 But a treaty Avas made in Hartford in 1650, 
 making the boundary line as follows : to com- 
 mence on Long Island "on the westernmost 
 part of Oyster bay, so, and in a straight and 
 direct line to the sea ; and upon the main land 
 a line to begin on the west side of Greenwich 
 bay (i. e. all that bay within Capt's I.) and so 
 run in a northerly line twenty miles up into 
 the country, and after as it shall be agreed by 
 the two governments of the Dutch and New 
 Haven, provided said line come not within ten 
 miles of the Hudson river." (Hazard's State 
 Papers, vol ii., p. 218.) 
 
 This boundary was made without the parti- 
 cipation of the inhabitants of Greenwich. 
 Accordingly, some of the spirited ones con- 
 tinued on under their old customs and habits 
 
56 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 and laws, and regardless of tliose of Connecti- 
 cut. On tlie eastern bank of the Armonck 
 (Byram) river there was a little trading ham- 
 let at which the Indians, those which were left 
 of the once powerful tribe, used to purchase 
 theii^ firewater. Hence the place was called, 
 as it is properly spelled, By-rum, And during 
 the year 1656, "from representations previous- 
 ly made at New Haven that the people of 
 Greenwich lived in a disorderly and riotous 
 manner, sold intoxicating liquors to the Indians, 
 received and Jiarhored servants who had fled 
 from their masters^ and joined persons wnlaw- 
 fidly in rnarriage^^^ the General Court of that 
 colony resolved to assert their jurisdiction over 
 the town and bring its citizens to a more 
 orderly manner of demeaning themselves. In 
 May, the General Court sent a letter, calling 
 upon those living in Greenwich to submit to 
 its authority. They returned an answer couch- 
 ed in very spirited language, declaring that 
 New Haven had no right to set up such a 
 claim, and that they would never submit to its 
 authority unless compelled to do so by Parlia- 
 ment. But when the s]3irits of such men as 
 Eaton and Davenport pervade a body, it is not 
 easily driven from any position that has been 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 57 
 
 deliberately taken. The General Court passed 
 a resolve that unless the recusants should 
 appear in open court and make a formal sub- 
 mission by the 25th of June, Richard Crab and 
 some others who were most stubborn in their 
 opposition should be arrested and punished 
 according to law. This had the effect intend- 
 ed ; Crab and others who had been ready for 
 martyrdom, yielded with as good grace as they 
 could. This Crab will be mentioned hereafter, 
 and was a large landholder in town. (Colo- 
 nial Records and Hollister's History of Con- 
 necticut.) 
 
 This settled the matter for a time. But 
 when, in 1664, the Dutch surrendered to Col. 
 Richard Mcolls, the Duke of York's Governor, 
 the three Commissioners appointed to settle 
 the boundary line between the Duke of York's 
 patent and the colony of Connecticut decided 
 
 That the creek or river called Mamaronec, which 
 is reported to be about twelve miles east of West- 
 chester, and a line drawn from ye east point or side, 
 where the fresh water falls into the salt, at high 
 water mark, north-northwest to ye line of Massachu- 
 setts, shall be ye western bounds of ye said Colony 
 of Connecticut. 
 
 RICHARD NICOLLS, 
 GEORGE CARTRIGHT, 
 SAMUEL MAURICKE. 
 
58 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Again on the 28th of January, 1673, 
 
 The General Court ordered the bounds between 
 Greenwich and Rye to be from the mouth of the 
 Byram river, to run up the one quarter of a mile 
 above the great stone, lying on the cross-path, by 
 the sayd commons, upwards, between Stamford 
 bounds and the colony line, is to be equally divided 
 between them by a parallel line, with Stamford and 
 Norwalk to the end of their bounds, up in the 
 country. 
 
 ROBERT TREAT, 
 JONATHAN SELLICKE, 
 PETER DISBROW. 
 
 The town of Rye thus remained a part of 
 Connecticut until December 3d, 1683. But at 
 that date we find from Gov. Treat, of Con- 
 necticut, a letter formally bidding good-by 
 to those living west of the Armonck or Byram, 
 and making them over to the New York Gov- 
 ernor, Dougan. In 1696-97, Eye and Bed- 
 ford were again received into Connecticut. 
 And the western boundary was never finally 
 fixed until May the 14th, 1731, when the 
 present one was agreed upon. Greenwich, 
 however, since 1650, has formed a permanent 
 part of Connecticut. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 59 
 
 1645-1665. 
 
 A bliglit seems to have fallen upon the little 
 settlement dm^ing the five or ten years follow- 
 ing the summary destruction of the Indians on 
 the plain. In general, the Indians had never 
 shown so great animosity to the English as to 
 the Dutch settlers. And it was for this reason 
 that Capt Patrick refused to lead the Dutch 
 in their first expedition, and that the greater 
 part of the English settlers had not offered 
 their services in the more successful one. And 
 being now fully under the dominion of the 
 governor of the New Netherlands, few addi- 
 tions were made from honest Englishmen. 
 Still, they remained at their post, buying from 
 the Indians all the land they could afford, and 
 without hindrance or molestation they attended 
 to the usual avocations of early settlers. But 
 after 1656, when Connecticut had forced Crab 
 and his adherents to submit to her authority, 
 the prospects of the settlement brightened. 
 Crab or Crabbe, before coming to Greenwich, 
 had been a member of the first Assembly of 
 Connecticut, which was held in Hartford in 
 1639. Previously, he hadbought large tracts 
 
60 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 of land of tlie Indians in many places, and 
 sold it again in smaller parcels to the new set- 
 tlers. In 1656, he sold portions of his estate to 
 the ancestors of the Studwells, the Hobbys, 
 and the Hubbards. Peter Disbrow and John 
 Coe, who, with Thomas Studwell, afterwards 
 bought the greater part of the town of Rye, 
 settled here at about the same time. Jeffere 
 Ferris returned from Fairfield, where he had 
 gone upon the ceding of Greenwich to the 
 Dutch. Others came, many of them from 
 Long Island, when that was given over to the 
 authority of the Duke of York. Among 
 them were John Mead and John Hobby or 
 Hubbe. The deed under which John Mead 
 first held lands is given on the town records 
 as follows : — 
 
 These presents witnesseth an agreement made be- 
 twene Kichard Crab, of Greenwich, on ye one side, 
 and John Mead, of Heamstead, on Long Iseland, on 
 ye other side, viz. : ye said Richard Crab hath sould 
 unto ye sd John Mead all his houses and lands, yt 
 sd Richard Crab hath in Greenwich with all ye 
 Apurtenances, Rights & privileges, & conveniences, 
 yt Doth belong unto ye sd houses & lands, or shall 
 here after belong unto them, viz: ye house yt 
 Richard Crab liveth in, ye house yt Thomas Stud- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. Gl 
 
 well livetli in, with ye Barne yt is on ye other side 
 of ye bye waye ; also ye home lott y t ye house stands 
 on, being bounded with a fence lying about them 
 on ye northwest, against ye houselott ; also eightene 
 Acres of land in Elisabeth neck, more or less, being 
 bounded by ye sea on ye east and southeast, and a 
 fence on ye west, northwest, and ye north. 
 
 Also ye Rig, with 5 acres of Meadow lying in it, 
 more or less ; ye rig being bounded by ye sea on ye 
 southeast, william low on ye east, and ye fence on 
 ye northwest, & north ye hye waye & hethcut's 
 (Heathcote) & angell Heusteds on ye west; also 3 
 acres of meadow in ye long meadow, <fe 1 acre of 
 meadow by Ferris, bounded by Jeffere Ferris land 
 on ye southeast, and ye cove on ye west and north- 
 west ; also 5 acres of meadow in myanos neck, all 
 ye above specified I do hereby acknowledge to have 
 sould unto ye above sd John Mead, his heaires and 
 asignes, fully and freely to be possest forever, and 
 for ye quiet and full performance hereof, I have 
 hereunto subscribed my hand, anno 1660, October, 
 26 Daye. 
 
 EICHARD CRAB. 
 
 Adam Mott, ) ^tt.^ 
 
 _ _^ ' y Witnesses. 
 
 RoBT. Williams, j 
 
 The John Mead above referred to is not the 
 
 oldest John, but his son ; which latter having 
 
 himself a son John always went, as we too 
 
 shall call him, by the name of John Mead, 
 
 4 
 
62 niSTOKY OF GREENWICH, 
 
 senior. The first John had become an old 
 man, and all the purchases and other business 
 was done in the name of his son. Joseph 
 Mead, his only other child, is reported by tra- 
 dition to have died young, although it is not 
 improbable that he may have removed to New 
 Jersey or elsewhere, and become the ancestor 
 of another branch of the family. The brother 
 who remained here married a Miss Potter, 
 whose father afterwards owned Shippan Point 
 at Stamford ; and through her he afterward 
 received a considerable amount of property. 
 John — and many of his tliousand and one de- 
 scendants take greatly after him — was a queer 
 fellow, though honest and charitable. The 
 following anecdote, which has been preserved 
 by tradition, shows his character. One day 
 when he had become quite an old man, as he 
 was going for his grist on horseback to the 
 mill at Dumpling pond, before he reached the 
 Myanos, he overtook an old Quaker jogging 
 slowly along, loaded with a heavy budget. In 
 a real spirit of kindness, he offered to take the 
 Quaker's load upon his horse and thus give 
 him a lift on his journey. "ISTo," replied the 
 Quaker, " thee don't get my bundle, for I can 
 read men's thoughts. Thee wants to get my 
 
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HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 63 
 
 bundle, and then tliee'll run off. Thee don't 
 get my bundle." " Very well," was the sim- 
 ple reply, and so they went slowly on together. 
 At last they came to the brink of the Myanos. 
 Here Mr. Quaker was really in trouble. How 
 to cross a river, two or three feet deep, dry 
 shod was quite a puzzle. But he gladly ac- 
 cepted a second offer of assistance from the 
 horseman. The bundle was mounted in front, 
 John in the middle and the Quaker behind. 
 Arrived at the centre of the stream, in pre- 
 tending to adjust his stirrup, John Mead 
 caught the Quaker by the heel and gave him 
 a gratuitous bath. Such treatment was too 
 much for even Quaker forbearance, and the 
 victim with his hands full of pebbles would 
 have taken summary vengeance, had not the 
 other party threatened to put the bundle under 
 a similar course of treatment. This threat 
 and the lecture following it gradually cooled 
 off the fellow's anger. Mead informed him 
 that all had been done for his good, to learn 
 him a lesson. And the lecturer said he hoped 
 the stranger would never again profess to read 
 men's thoughts. " For," said he, " I asked you 
 to ride, kindly, in the first place, when you 
 refused ; but at the second time of asking, I 
 
.64 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 really intended to do as I have just done." So 
 saying, and tossing back the bundle, he rode 
 on, leaving his companion to apply the moral 
 as he thought proper. 
 
 As early as this date (1660), the settlers 
 felt the want of a minister ; and, although not 
 numbering perhaps more than twenty adult 
 male settlers, annually subscribed, or rather 
 taxed themselves, for preaching during a por- 
 tion of the year ; as did also Kye, which was at 
 this time included in Connecticut. But no 
 church was formed or pastor ordained. Dr. 
 Trumbull says, " Greenwich and Rye were but 
 just come under the jurisdiction of Connecti- 
 cut, and not in circumstances for the support 
 of ministers ; they had only occasional preach- 
 ing for a considerable time." 
 
 Several settlers, though living here about 
 this time made large purchases in the town- 
 ships of Kye, Northcastle, Harrison, Bedford, 
 and even as far oif as Westchester. Hence 
 we often see the names of John Coe, Thomas 
 Stud well, Peter Disbrow, Thomas Lyon, and a 
 number of others, figuring extensively upon 
 the records of those towns. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 65 
 
 ITEMS FROM 1665 TO 1690. 
 
 A few years must now be passed over with 
 but sliglit notice ; as tlie town records of tliat 
 period, from which we gain the most of our 
 information, are remarkably barren. Never- 
 theless the little settlement increased greatljr, 
 both in wealth and population. As has been 
 said, meetings were held regularly on the Sab- 
 bath, though but a part of the time attended 
 by preaching. In 1666 a school-house was 
 established. Mention of the school-house is 
 made, but we have no means of learning its 
 situation, or the name of the teacher. He, 
 no doubt, was revered more than most modern 
 pedagogues, since there was no minister, and 
 the largest landholder (John Mead) wrote 
 his name with a " his mark." At any rate 
 the school, thus early established, shows that 
 Greenwich, then as well as now, properly 
 valued the advantages of education. 
 
 In the year 1669, Daniel Patrick, the only 
 son of the original settler by that name, came 
 hither from Flushing, L. I., and opposed the 
 doctrine of " squatter sovereignty ^^^ by asserting 
 his claim to all the land which his father had 
 owned here, but which was now passed into dif- 
 
66 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 ferent hands. But as young Patrick, like Ms 
 father, was of a roving dis]30sition, a compro- 
 mise was easily effected, and "all his right, 
 title, and interest in any land or estate in the 
 settlement," were bought with a horse, saddle 
 and bridle, and fifty pounds ; with all which he 
 left for parts unknown. 
 
 The actual settlement, as we have said, was 
 made east of the Myanos river ; but about the 
 year 1672, a number of persons, mostly living 
 in town, though some, as Kev. Jeremiah Peck, 
 were even from other colonies than Connecti- 
 cut, purchased Miosehasseky from the few In- 
 dians yet living about the western part of the 
 town. These purchasers were twenty-seven 
 in number, and styled the "27 Proprietors of 
 1672." Their names are, we believe, nearly 
 all preserved in the town, and we give them 
 as we accidentally found them on a stray leaf 
 of the well-worn records : — 
 
 27 Proprietors of 1672. 
 
 Ephraim Palmer, Samuel Peek, 
 
 Jonathan Peynolds, or Joseph here's, ^ -' 
 
 Penolds, Angell Ileusted, 
 
 John Hubbe (Hobby), William Hubbard, 
 
 Stephen Sherwood, Samuel Ginkins (Jenkins), 
 
 Joseph Mead, William Katere, - 
 
HlftTOEY OF GREENWICH, 67 
 
 John Bowers, John Marshall, 
 
 Joseph Finch, Jonathan Lockwood, 
 
 William Eundle, John Renalds, 
 John Mead, ' Gershom Lockwood, 
 
 John Asten, James Seres, 
 
 Jeremiah Peck, Tliomas Close, 
 
 John Palmer, Thomas Close, Jun., 
 
 Walter Butler, Daniel Smith. 
 
 These kept separate records of their own, 
 and West Greenwich (by them called Horse- 
 neck), was entirely under their control. 
 
 In 1676, the people began, more than pre- 
 viously, it is said, to feel the need of having 
 the Gospel preached more regularly upon the 
 Sabbath. Accordingly, at a full meeting of 
 the voters of the tow^n, it was resolved to in- 
 vite some " suitable minister" to come and live 
 among them. Inquiries were immediately 
 made for some proper man, and upon the 
 recommendation of a certain Mr. Bishop, an 
 invitation was extended to the Rev. Mr. Wiz- 
 wale. For some reason, this call was never ac- 
 cepted ; and the town was two years longer 
 without a pastor. But, in 1678, an invitation 
 was given to the Rev. Jeremiah Peck, of Eliza- 
 bethtown, N. J. He was one of the proprie- 
 tors of the large tract of land on which Eliza- 
 bethtown is built : and it was no small recom- 
 
C8 HI8T0KY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 meudation of the man that he was one of the 
 " 27 Proprietors of 1672" at Horseneck. This 
 invitation was ahiiost immediately accepted ; 
 and in the fall of the same year Mr. Peck 
 settled in Greenwich, and became the pro- 
 genitor of the numerous Pecks still to be found 
 in Greenwich. The first salary paid to Mr. 
 Peck was fifty pounds with fincewood^ or sixty 
 witliout. He chose the latter. 
 
 In 1679, Thomas Close sold his land, lying 
 on both sides of the Myanos, which was a very 
 large tract, and purchased other land in the 
 southeastern part of the town. The house or 
 a portion of the house in which he lived a hun- 
 dred and sixty years ago, is claimed to be still 
 standing, half a mile southeast of the present 
 borough of Greenwich. 
 
 In 1681, took place the earliest marriage 
 that is recorded, although others must have 
 preceded it, by the Rev. Jeremiah Peck, — John 
 Mead, jun., to Miss Ruth liardey. 
 
 About the same time, John Banks and 
 Thomas Lyon received a large grant of land. 
 The whole tract consisted of four hundred 
 acres, and was situated in the angle made by 
 the Armonck or Byram river and the West- 
 chester path. 
 
 1684. Mr. Peck still continues to preach, 
 
HISTORY OF GKEKNWICH. C9 
 
 and for tlie same salary. In February of ttis 
 year tliey granted him a riglit to build him a 
 house anywhere north of the Westchester 
 path, and west of the Myanos river. The 
 meeting-house, however, was not far from the 
 head of the cove ; and why he wanted a house 
 so far from his church we are at a loss to con- 
 jecture. Still, as he obtained the grant, we 
 trust he made good use of it. 
 
 Up to 1685, Lieut. Lockwood had been the 
 leading and influential man in the town. This 
 year he died, and the people met in town's 
 meeting and passed resolutions deploring the 
 loss of so valuable a citizen. A saw and grist 
 mill was put up at Dumpling Pond. An old 
 mill building still marks the site, and doubt- 
 less contains some of the same timber. 
 
 In 1686 the town voted that all the land 
 lying in commons and belonging to the town 
 should be divided, and whoever should take 
 his share of the same should pay therefor six- 
 pence per acre. It w^as also voted that a line 
 of fence should be built on the front of this 
 land, along the Westchester path from the 
 Myanos to the Byram river. Each owner was 
 to put up that part of the fence before his 
 own land, and have it completed by the 1st 
 of April thereafter ; and for every rod un- 
 
70 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 finislied by that time was to pay a fine of six- 
 pence. During tlie year another grant was 
 made to Kev. Mr. Peck, of tlie use of certain 
 land as parsonage land for three years ; being 
 the first record of any grant of the kind in the 
 town. 
 
 1687. During this year, permission was 
 given to the citizens of the town to build fish- 
 pounds on the sea-shore " anywhere outside ye 
 feelds." John Mead, jun. was elected constable, 
 then the most remunerative as well as im- 
 portant office in the gift of the town. Gershom 
 and his brother William Lockwood, during 
 this year, agreed to build a bridge across the 
 Myanos at Dumpling Pond, and receive in 
 "payment " wliatever tlie town should see fit to 
 give after tlie worlc was doneP A good way 
 to insure good workmanshij), and at the present 
 day most builders would shrink from such a 
 test. The building used for church and town- 
 meetings was repaired, but to what extent 
 does not appear. 
 
 The number of legal voters in town now 
 amounted to about fifty, and the number of 
 inhabitants probably exceeded three hundred. 
 We find the following list of legal voters re- 
 corded in 1688, which may not now prove 
 uninteresting to readers : — 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 71 
 
 Jonatlian Lockwood, 
 
 Angell Hnsted, 
 
 Joseph Mead, 
 
 John Mead, 
 
 Joseph Ferris, 
 
 John Kenalds, 
 
 John Hubbe, 
 
 Meriam Hubert, 
 Jeames Ferris, 
 Jonathan Eenalds, 
 John Bowers, 
 Joseph Finch, 
 Meriam Hubert, Jun., 
 Thomas Lyon, 
 John Banks, 
 Thomas Close, 
 Frances Thorne, 
 Nathaniel Howe, 
 Joseph Pahner, 
 William Rundle, 
 Gershoni Lockwood, 
 John Marshall, 
 Daniel Smith, 
 Jonathan Huested, 
 Ebenezer Mead, 
 
 John 
 
 Ephriam Palmer, 
 
 Jeames Palmer, 
 
 Walter Butler, 
 
 Samuel Peck, 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah Peck, 
 
 John Mead, Jun., 
 
 Hen ere Rich, 
 
 Jonathan Mead, 
 
 Joshua Knapp, 
 
 George Hubbert, 
 
 Joseph Huested, 
 
 Angell Husted, Jun., 
 
 John Renalds, Jun., 
 
 Peter Ferris, 
 
 Thomas Hubbe, 
 
 John LLibbe, Jun., 
 
 Job Ferris, 
 
 Jonathan Lockwood, 
 
 Robert Lockwood, 
 
 Caleb Peck, 
 
 Joseph Mead,John Mead's 
 
 Son7 ^"/"* 
 
 Joseph Mead, Joseph 
 
 Mead's Son. 
 Joseph Knapp, Jun. 
 Tash. 
 
 It will be noticed that the names then 
 written Heusted, are now written Husted ; 
 Hubbe, Hobby ; Renalds, Reynolds ; Hub- 
 
HISTORY OF GREEN WICri. 
 
 bert, Hubbart, (fee. The name of Tash is, I 
 believe, tlie only one now unrepresented in 
 town. He was a sbephercl, employed by tbe 
 " Twenty-seven Proprietors " to watch their 
 herds on their commons. This fact proves 
 that Greenwich is indeed a portion of the land 
 of steady habits, and that her sons are great 
 lovers of home. 
 
 A little previous to this time, about 1686, 
 the Indians sold their almost last acre of ground 
 in the town. These lands were at the mouth 
 of the Myanos, on its western bank, and are 
 now in the possession of Capt. ISToah Mead, 
 who still possesses the veritable deed. 
 
 A controvei'sy arose in 1688 upon the sub- 
 ject of infant baptism. Mr. Peck refused to 
 baptize the children of non-professors, and for 
 the time was sup]3orted by a majority of the 
 members of the church. He claimed to be 
 unable to find any command enjoining such a 
 practice, and said we were constantly breaking 
 too many direct commands, whilst rigorously 
 obeying supposed but doubtful ones. The 
 question coming before the town meeting, 
 resulted as follows : — 
 
 At a towne meeting, may 21st, ye major part of 
 ye towne did pr vote Desire mr. Jeremiah Peck's 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 73 
 
 continuance, & going on in ye work of ye ministrye 
 — amoungst us. 
 
 Protest. 
 
 We John Mead, Sen., & Jun., Thomas Close, 
 John Hubbe, Sen., Jonathan Huested, do enter our 
 protest against ye above sd Rendering this our rea- 
 son, yt as is followeth, that this caule is not accord- 
 ing to ye rules of ye gospel Mr. Jeremiah Peck 
 refusing to baptise our children. 
 
 ye above sd John Mead Sen reasons are 
 
 because sd Jeremiah Peck hath Given him John 
 Mead offence. 
 
 It is to be feared that few of even church 
 members are as honest as said John Mead, 
 sen., in giving their reasons for opposing their 
 ministers. 
 
 In accordance with " this caule," Mr. Peck 
 continued to preach during the year. But 
 when that time had rolled around, there were 
 so many to whom he had "given offence," 
 that he was not again asked to continue, and 
 was dismissed in 1689, after having preached 
 here eleven years. Afterwards, he removed 
 to Waterbury in this State, with all his family 
 excepting Samuel and Caleb. 
 
 Furthermore it is recorded that " ye towne 
 per vote Jiathe agreed to hye a hulleP 
 
I* HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 ANOTHER QUARTER OF A 
 1690 TO 1715. 
 
 Nothing of importance is recorded in 1690. 
 Feeling the want of a minister, the town ap- 
 pointed a committee to procure one. John 
 Mead was appointed town brander, to keep a 
 record of the brands or marks of cattle and 
 slaves. 
 
 In 1691, Mr. Abraham Pierson, having re- 
 ceived a call from the committee appointed 
 during the preceding year, agreed to supply 
 the pulpit for a time, but refused to become 
 a settled pastor. He came here from New 
 Jersey, where he had settled soon after his 
 graduation at Cambridge in 1668. He had 
 there been successful and popular as a preacher, 
 and was dismissed after a pastoral labor of 
 more than twenty years. He accepted, dur- 
 ing the first year, of the same salary as had 
 been paid to Mr. Peck, choosing as did his 
 predecessor the sixty pounds without the fire- 
 wood, in preference to fifty pounds with. 
 Before this year no record is made of a tax 
 having been made, so lax were the records 
 kept. They now speak of the tax of a " penny 
 on the pound." 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. ^ '> 
 
 It was also voted to have a new meeting- 
 house ; and Jolin Mead, sen. and John Mead, 
 jun., John Hubbe, Daniel Smith, and Samuel 
 Peck, were appointed a committee to procure 
 materials and build the house. A subsequent 
 meeting made its dimensions thirty-two feet 
 long, twenty-six feet wide, and fifteen feet 
 high. A controversy which lasted for years 
 concerning the site, delayed the putting up of 
 the building. It was finally built upon a 
 small rise of ground, northwest of the old 
 burying-ground in Old Greenwich, where now 
 stands a small dwelling-house. 
 
 1692. No records of importance. 
 
 1693. The death of John Mead, jun., the 
 acting constable, was lamented by the people. 
 They called an extra town-meeting, and passed 
 resolutions deploring the loss of so estimable 
 an ofiicer. He was the grandson of the first 
 settler, and left three children. 
 
 1694. Mr. Pierson, having now preached 
 in the church, as indefinite supply, for three 
 years, left and settled in Killing worth in this 
 State. He afterwards was the most zealous of 
 all the ministers in founding Yale College at 
 Saybrook, and was elected its first rector or 
 president. Dr. Trumbull says of him, "At 
 
76 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 his death his loss was deeply felt, and the 
 friends of the College deeply lamented it." 
 
 1695. Although frequent mention has been 
 hitherto made in the records, of a school, we 
 have now for the first time the name of so 
 important a personage as the schoolmaster. 
 He rejoiced in the name of Thomas Preut. 
 The school-committee were Jonathan Eenalds, 
 Joseph Finch, and William Rundle. It was 
 voted that no person should be obliged to 
 help support the school who sent no children. 
 The committee were a security for the pay- 
 ment of the schoolmaster's wages. A com- 
 mittee was also appointed " to counte ye clab- 
 bords and ye shingles to tell how many each 
 peticular individual should bring toward ye 
 new meeting-house." A horse-bridge was 
 built by Jonathan Whelpley over the Myanos, 
 according to a vote of town. In payment, he 
 was to receive from each voter, ''one bushel 
 of good marchean table corn." He was also 
 to have the use of a horse and team of oxen 
 until the bridge was finished, which was to be 
 during the next summer. " The bridge to be 
 wide enough for a horse with two bushels of 
 corn on his back to pass without danger of 
 hitting the rails." 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. T7 
 
 The committee wliicli was appointed, after 
 the departure of Mr. Pierson, to procure 
 another minister, soon extended a call to the 
 Kev. Salmon Treat, " to come and settle among 
 them, and preach upon the Sabbath." He 
 came here, but like Mr. Pierson acted only 
 as stated supply. His reason for this was the 
 unsettled and divided state of the church, 
 which arose concerning the site of the new 
 church. During his first year, he received a 
 salary of "fifty-five pounds with firewood" 
 or ia.ve pounds more than had been before 
 paid. And as an inducement to a more per- 
 manent settlement, it was soon after increased 
 to sixty pounds. But the inducement proved 
 insufficient. 
 
 Below we have copied the town-list for the 
 years 1694 and 1695, which shows the com- 
 parative wealth of the town at that date. It 
 runs as follows : — 
 
 John Eundle, 
 
 . £102 10 
 
 
 
 Samuel Peck, 
 
 81 
 
 
 
 Joseph Ferris, 
 
 . 154 
 
 
 
 James Ferris and Son, 
 
 103 
 
 
 
 Robert Lockwood, , 
 
 . 61 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Heusted, 
 
 77 
 
 
 
 Joseph Finch and Son, . 105 ) 
 
78 
 
 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 John Hobby, 
 
 £94 15 
 
 
 
 Angell Heusted and Son, 
 
 33 10 
 
 
 
 John Heusted, 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 (Samuel Heusted, 
 
 45 10 
 
 
 
 Moses Ferris, 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Ferris, 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 Gersliom Lock wood & Son, 
 
 153 15 
 
 
 
 Joseph Knapp, 
 
 73 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Kundle, 
 
 47 5 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Mead, 
 
 8T 
 
 
 
 Daniel Smith & Son, 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 William Eundle, 
 
 60 10 
 
 
 
 William Hubbart, 
 
 40 10 
 
 
 
 Ruth Mead, widow of John 
 
 
 
 Mead, 
 
 22 10 
 
 
 
 Daniel Mead, 
 
 42 
 
 
 
 Zachariah Mead, . 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 Caleb Knapp, 
 
 39 10 
 
 
 
 Thomas Marshall, 
 
 34 
 
 
 
 Ebenezer Mead, 
 
 103 10 
 
 
 
 Joseph Mead, the tanner. 
 
 45 10 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Whelpley, . 
 
 45 
 
 
 
 John Marshall & Son, 
 
 165 10 
 
 
 
 Henry Eich, . 
 
 39 10 
 
 
 
 John Ferris, 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 Joseph Palmer, 
 
 38 12 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Mead, . 
 
 46 
 
 
 
 John Marshall, Jun., 
 
 69 
 
 
 
 John Rundle & Son, 
 
 43 14 
 
 
 
 Nathaniel Mead, 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 Timothy Knapp, . 
 
 47 6 
 
 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 79 
 
 Jolin Austen, 
 
 £31 
 
 
 
 Joseph Fincli, Jan., 
 
 29 
 
 
 
 Caleb Peck, . 
 
 . 28 
 
 
 
 Thomas Close, Jun., 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 Joseph Heusted, 
 
 . 64 
 
 
 
 Thomas Hobby, . 
 
 54 10 
 
 
 
 Ebenezer Kundle, 
 
 . 30 
 
 
 
 Stephen Holmes, . 
 
 31 5 
 
 
 
 Thomas Close, Sen., . 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 Angell Husted, Jun., 
 
 41 
 
 
 
 Elisha Mead, 
 
 38 
 
 
 
 Thomas Studwell, • 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 William Palmer, 
 
 39 
 
 
 
 John Kundle, Jun., 
 
 51 5 
 
 
 
 James Ferris, Jun., . 
 
 40 10 
 
 
 
 Thomas Butler, 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 Gershom Lockwood, Jun., 
 
 47 
 
 
 
 Joseph Lockwood, 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Knapp, 
 
 3i 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Hobby, 
 
 29 
 
 
 
 Joshua Knapp, 
 
 54 
 
 
 
 Samuel Mead, 
 
 87 10 
 
 
 
 Joseph Studwell, 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 John Banks, 
 
 76 10 
 
 
 
 Samuel Lyon, 
 
 88 10 
 
 
 
 Thomas Lyon, 
 
 57 12 
 
 
 
 Joseph Mead, not the tanner. 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 Joseph Close, 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 Total, 
 
 £2638 8 
 
80 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 1696. By this time so great a number had 
 removed from Old Greenwich to Horseneck, 
 that Mr. Treat preached at the latter place 
 one Sabbath out of three. He was again in- 
 vited by a unanimous vote of the town to 
 settle permanently; but he declined as firmly 
 as before. 
 
 According to the custom of several towns 
 in this vicinity, a bounty had hitherto been 
 granted, per head, to those killing wolves and 
 bears; but it was now found that Indians and 
 others went way back into the country, and 
 took many of these animals which could do 
 no harm to the people living in this town, 
 and created a continual drain upon the town 
 treasury. It was therefore voted to discon- 
 tinue a practice which, while it did no good, 
 was periodically filling the town with a set of 
 drunken Indians and lazy white men. The 
 bounty was then allowed only to the white 
 citizens of the town. 
 
 Ebenezer Mead was appointed by the town 
 to keep "a place of publick entertainment for 
 man and beast." John Finch, a mariner, ob- 
 tained permission from the town to build a 
 warehouse and dock at the mouth of Pato- 
 muck brook, on Elizabeth Neck. The select- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 81 
 
 men or townsinen for this year were, Daniel 
 Smith, Jonathan Heusted, Joseph Finch, and 
 John Hubbe. 
 
 1697. The Rev. Mr. Treat having received 
 a call to Preston, New London county, and 
 accepted it, went away, leaving the town 
 again without a minister. Through a com- 
 mittee of the town, invitations to settle were 
 addressed to several ministers. A Mr. Joseph 
 Morgan accepted the call, came to Greenwich 
 in the latter part of the year, and immediately 
 commenced his labors. His salary was sixty 
 pounds beside firewood. It was increased in 
 sixteen hundred and ninety-eight, to sixty- 
 five pounds. He then preached one half the 
 time at Old Greenwich and the other half at 
 Horseneck, there being a gradual moving on 
 the part of some of the inhabitants toward 
 the latter place. The selectmen for 1698, 
 were John Hobby, Timothy Knapp, and 
 Jonathan Heusted. 
 
 1699. Mr. Morgan still pastor. But his 
 popularity with a part of the town was wan- 
 ing. A sectional dispute had arisen between 
 the people of Old Greenwich and those of 
 Horseneck, and Mr. Morgan took sides with 
 the latter. The difficulty arose simply on the 
 
82 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 question of how mucli time should be devoted 
 to the Horseneck people by the minister; 
 they claiming one half and their brethren 
 being only willing for them to have one third. 
 The Horseneck people obtained the sympathy 
 of their minister, while lie lost the favor of 
 the people on the other side of the river. 
 The latter turned their anger upon Mr. 
 Morgan, and circulated slanderous stories 
 against him ; while the former became his 
 faster friends, and were ready on every occa- 
 sion to defend him from his calumniators. 
 
 It became evident early in the year 
 1700, that should Mr. Morgan choose to 
 remain, a division would be the inevitable 
 result of the difficulty. But Mr. Morgan, as 
 I think every minister is in duty bound in 
 such circumstances, chose rather to resign 
 than bring about a hopeless division, and sent 
 in the following, which is far more creditable 
 to the minister than to the people to whom 
 he speaks: — 
 
 Reasons Why mr Morgan hathe left preach- 
 ing. 
 
 Greenwich, Anno 1700, may 9, Mr Joseph Mor- 
 gan's reasons wherefore hee seeth cause to leave 
 ye work of ye preaching ye gospel in green wicb, 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 83 
 
 Imprimis^ because there is not a Unitle in ye place, 
 viz: Greenwich and Horseneck for ye publique 
 worship of god — 21y because I do not see a proba- 
 bilite of there coming in gospel order, having given 
 you warning long ago, yt if they were not pro- 
 moters of I would desert ye towne. 3^y, heoause I 
 see not yt masters of families do laye restrant upon 
 there families on ye sabbath nighty which is a hin- 
 drance of my worke: for by ye afore sd was 1 article, 
 yt I declare to ye towne, when I lirst came. & I 
 see several good reasons, yt I think most for ye 
 towne's advantage for me to desert ye towne. 
 
 Which several peticalers I have Publiquely at a 
 towne meeting 1700 may ye 6 then having exprest 
 my mind to ye towne. At which time I tendered 
 to hear reasons to ye outside of anything, yt any 
 person should bring against it expressing my desire 
 to remain with you if it might be f )r the best. I 
 not finding these things answered, I desire to leave 
 ye towne being loth in respect to those who will 
 want me, offering to help to ye outside of my skill to 
 gett another minister. 
 
 JOSEPH MOKGAN. 
 
 His request, Christianlike as it was, was 
 granted by the town. But the people at 
 Horseneck were unwilling to lose their favorite 
 minister ; and branching off and forming a 
 new society, they invited Mr. Morgan to 
 preach for them. 
 
84 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 We now find recorded the will of John 
 Mead, senior, or the second John who came 
 to this country. His will was written in 
 March, 1696, or thirty-six years after his set- 
 tlement here with his father and brother ; and 
 his death probably occurred in the same year, 
 when he was not far from eighty years of 
 age. He had been a prominent citizen, re- 
 spected not only for his even temperament 
 but for his energy and decision of character. 
 An anecdote given on a former page, shows 
 many points in his character. In another 
 part of this work will be found a table of all 
 of his descendants. Here is his will signed 
 by '' his marlcr 
 
 John Mead Senior^ s Will, 
 
 Know all men by these presents yt I John Mead 
 Senir. of Greenwich in ye collonie of Conecticiit 
 for ye love good will and affection which I have 
 and bare towards my natnrall sonn John Mead of 
 ye towne of greenwich, and collonie aforesaid, have 
 given and granted and by these presents do give 
 & grant unto my sd sonn, John Mead, now de- 
 seased for his sonn John Mead my grandsonn a 
 Sertaine persale of land and meadow lying and 
 being in greenwich being bounded by ye land 
 yt I John Mead Senir. bought of John Bowers 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 85 
 
 north ; and a line drawn from ye northeast corner 
 of ye land I bought of Angell Heusted, Junior, to a 
 grate rock lying in ye frunt fence. All ye land 
 lying in this compass with ye house as it is bound- 
 ed. Ye frunt of said land being bounded upon the 
 hywaye west. The reare upon ye sea southeast. 
 Upon these considerations following I give and 
 grant clearly, fully and absolutely ye above men- 
 tioned lands to him, his heairs and asignes: 7m- 
 jprimis^ yt hee fully confirme yt contract yt was 
 betweene his father and his uncle Ebenezer Mead. 
 211y yt hee pay to his brothers Jonathan and I^a- 
 than Mead, when they come to bee of age, five 
 pounds to each of them & to his sister Elizabeth 
 Mead fortie shillings. Item I give and fully grant 
 unto ye above sd John, two acres in ye home lott 
 insted of yt, which ye sd John, now deseased, had 
 of me in ye southfield, disposing of yt in ye south- 
 field as I see convenient. 
 
 Further, know all men by these presents yt I, 
 John Mead Senir. aforesaid for ye love, good will 
 and afection, which I have and beare towards my 
 naturall sonn Joseph Mead of ye towne of green- 
 wich, have given and granted and by these pres- 
 ents do give and grant fully clearly and absolutely 
 unto my sd sonn Joseph Mead his heairs & as- 
 ignes, a Sertaine parsale of land & meadow, lying 
 in myanos neck estemed seven acres, bo it more 
 or less, as it is bounded. Iteia^ I give unto my 
 said sonn Joseph Mead his heaires & asignes, 
 
 5 
 
86 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 three acres of land in Stanford Sonthfield near ye 
 upper gate, be it more or less as it is bounded. 
 
 Further, know all men by these presents, yt I, 
 John Mead Senior aforesd from ye love good will 
 and afection which I have and bear towards my 
 naturall sonn Ebinezer Mead of ye town of gren- 
 wich aforesd have given and granted, and by these 
 presents do fully clearely & absolutely give and 
 grant unto my sd sonn Ebinezer his heaires & 
 asignes a Persale of meadow in ye Hosack meadow, 
 estemed two acres and a balfe be it more or less ye 
 bounds being known by ye sd Ebinezer. 
 
 Further know all men by these presents yt I 
 John Mead Senior aforesd from ye love good will 
 and efection which I have and beare towards my 
 naturall sonn, Jonathan Mead, of ye towne of gren- 
 wich aforesd, I have given and granted, and by 
 these presents I do fully clearly and absolutely give 
 and grant unto my said sonn Jonathan his heaires 
 and asignes, a home lott, layed out to me at horse- 
 neck, and all my lands lying within Horseneckfield 
 & a Persale of land containing three acres more or 
 less, lying at ye southeast end of Widow Howe's 
 lott. 
 
 Further know all men by these presents yt I 
 John Mead Senior aforesd for ye love good will 
 and afection yt I have and beare towards my natu- 
 rall sonn, David Mead, of ye towne of bedford now 
 in ye government of New Yorke yt I ye said John 
 Mead Senior have given and granted, and by these 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 87 
 
 presents, I do fully clearly and absolutely give and 
 grant unto ray sd sonn David Mead his heaires and 
 asignes ye accommodation lying and being at bed- 
 ford, both lands and meadows, as it was granted to 
 me. 
 
 Further know all men by these presents, yt I 
 John Mead, Senior, aforesaid, for ye love, good will 
 & afection yt I have and beare toward my naturall 
 sonn, Benjamin Mead, of ye towne of grenwich, 
 aforesd, have given and granted, and do hereby 
 fully, clearly, & absolutely give and grant unto my 
 sd sonn, Benjamin Mead, those Persales of land, 
 hereafter exprest, viz. : five acres of land at Stick- 
 lin's brook, as it is layed out to me, and all my lands 
 and meadow lying and being at that place, com- 
 monly, called Coscob, as it is layed out to mee, & ten 
 acres of upland above ye road, added now to ye 
 five. 
 
 Further know all men by these presents, yt I, 
 John Mead Senior from ye love good will and 
 afection yt I have and beare towards my naturall 
 sonn, Nathaniel Mead, of yesd towne of grenwicb, 
 aforesd, have given and granted, and by these 
 presents do hereby give and grant unto my sd sonn, 
 Nathaniel, his heaires and asignes, an acre and two 
 rods of meadow in ye southfield, as it is bounded ; 
 likewise seven acres of land lying at a place called 
 Crock ; also two-thirds of my lands, as it shall be laid 
 out of that estate, in Patrick's list. 
 
 Further know all men by these presents yt I 
 
88 HISTORY OF GREENWlClt* 
 
 Jolin Mead Senior aforsd for ye love good will and 
 afection yt I have and beare towards my naturall 
 sonn Samll Mead, of ye towne of grenwich, have 
 given & granted, and by these presents do give & 
 grant, fully, clearely & absolutely unto ye sd Saml. 
 Mead, his heaires and asignes, oil my orcherd, item 
 all my on ye east side of ye bye waye by my house 
 both meadow & land & plowing land, bounded by 
 ye grate rock yt lyeth in ye fence of land of my 
 grandsonn, John Mead, & upon a straight line to ye 
 northeast corner of ye meadow land yt I John 
 Mead, aforesd, bought of Angell Husted Jr. Item, 
 all my land upon Elizabeth JSTeck, as it is bounded ; 
 item, all my alotment in Stanford eastfield, on Ship- 
 pan, which w^as my father Potters, as it is bounded 
 item yt persale of land I had of the overseers of my 
 father potter's estate, lying within Stamford bounds, 
 fronting ye liye waye by ye southfield, as it is 
 bounded. 
 
 Further know yt ye aforesd housing, land & 
 meadows I do freely give to him sd Samll Mead, 
 my sonn, his heaires and asignes as aforesd also a 
 persale of land lying by Gershom Lockwood, 
 bounded by ye hye waye, west by ye lands of my 
 Grandsonn John Mead southeast which persale of 
 land was not mentioned before. Provided, yt ye 
 sd Samll his heaires & asignes, do well and honor- 
 ably maintain his mother with a convenient roome 
 in ye house, such a room as his mother shall cheuse, 
 & with such other things as may be suitable for her 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH, 89 
 
 comfortable subsistence, during her widowhood, & 
 yt he paye out to his brother Kathaniel, aforesd, 20 
 pounds in Provesion paye, as it passeth from man 
 amouDgst us. Beginning ye payement of it after 
 my decease, and Faying ^ve pounds pr annum, 
 till tis payde. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand 
 & Scale, this 16 march, 1695-6. 
 
 his 
 JOHN -I- MEAD, 
 mark. 
 Signed and sealed in the ) 
 presence of ) 
 
 Salmon Treat, 
 Zachariah Mead. 
 Certified before me JONATHAN BELL, 
 
 Commissioner. 
 
 Mr. Mead was, as is supposed, buried in an 
 old burying-ground a little southwest from 
 the old one yet in existence on Greenwich 
 Point. All traces of this burial place are 
 now removed, the tombstones haviDg been 
 removed to form fences, and tlie place being 
 often plowed over without regard for those 
 sleeping the sleep of death there. The grave 
 of even William Grimes is now unknown, as 
 it has been recently plowed over by farmers 
 in the vicinity. And if those who enjoy to 
 
90 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 this day his bounty were disposed to erect a 
 monument to his memory, they could hardly 
 denote the place of his burial. 
 
 We here give a copy of his will with other 
 matters of record, as it appears upon the town 
 record. 
 
 William Grimes, of Greenwich, his will. 
 
 These testifie that I, weeliam Grimes, of this 
 towne of greenwich, being of perfect memory and 
 understanding, but being very sick in body, do give 
 all my lands to ye disposal of Joseph Mead, John 
 Eenolds and Eliphalet Jones, to bee Disposed of by 
 them in such a waye as thaye shall judge meet for 
 ye Inlarging of ye towne of grenwich, by accom- 
 modating such inhabitant or inhabitants as shall bee 
 admitted into ye towne in an orderly way, provided 
 they be such men as the aforesd Mead, Renolds & 
 Jones shall judge desirable for the promoting of 
 church and commonwealth. This, my Deade of gift 
 shall stand good and firme at ye time of my dessease. 
 
 Witness my hand, this : 18 : July, 1670. 
 
 WILLIAM GEIMES. 
 
 Witness, — -Ruth Ferris, 
 
 Debora Barlow. 
 
 Inasmuch as the Townsmen of ye towne of green- 
 wich have sent unto me for information about ye 
 Disposal of yt persale of land and meadow, which 
 was williara Grimes, to ye disposal of Joseph Mead, 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 91 
 
 John Eenolds and myself, to be disposed by them, 
 
 6 as they saw most advantageous to ye good & 
 
 proffit of thee towne of Greenwich ; so wee did, al 
 
 of us agreed, yt ye sd land should bee for ye use of 
 
 a minister, as performing ye will, & it ought to have 
 
 been so recorded & for as much as Joseph Mead is 
 
 now deseased, & 1 myself beine Kemote cannot act 
 
 in my own person about it, I do constitute my 
 
 Friend Joseph Ferris, of grenwich, to act in my 
 
 stead, with John Eenolds to see yt it bee setled and 
 
 recorded, as was firmly ordered. My mind is also 
 
 that when at anytime the towne shall be without a 
 
 minister, yt ye proffits of ye sd land shall go to helpe 
 
 mainetaine such as shall bee Imployed in teaching 
 
 children to Keade. 
 
 ELIPHALET JOITES. 
 
 Huntington, Apr 22, 1691. 
 
 This acknowledge by ye subscriber Eliphalet 
 Jones, ye date aforesaid. 
 
 JOHISr AEKOLD, 
 EPENETUS PLATT. 
 tJieire majesties Justices of ye Peace^ 
 County of Bwffolk^ on Long Island. 
 
 Greenwich, 1694, March ye 
 
 7 Day. Wee, namely, John Eenolds & Joseph 
 Ferris conserned in ye disposal of ye above so- 
 named Grimes land as doth above appear so for 
 ourselves our heaires & sucksessors now make this 
 following disposal to stand good and Authentic for 
 ever, namely, yt ye land & meadow yt was Grimeses 
 
92 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 be Disposd of to ye town for ye use of ye ministrie 
 of personage land, & if no minister Bee in ye place 
 ye proffit of ye sd land & medow be Improved to 
 help to maintan such as shall be Imployed to teach 
 children to Eead : and wee do jointly agree that 
 this our Disposal do stand good for ye method of ye 
 Improvement of ye towne, as witness our hands, ye 
 date above sd. 
 
 JOHN KENOLDS, 
 JOSEPH FEEEIS. 
 
 The above is brought in here for the sake of 
 the following agreement made in 1'704 or 1Y05. 
 "When the separation of the town into two 
 societies had become a plain, settled fact, the 
 tow^n through committees agreed upon the fol- 
 lowing division of ecclesiastical property, 
 which in 1705 was ordered to be recorded, 
 and thus appears upon a page of record : — 
 
 Articles of Agreement 
 
 Between ye Inhabitants on ye East sid of Myanos 
 Eiver and ye Inhabitants of sd Greenwich on ye 
 west sid of sd Mianos Eiver. 
 
 1. That from the Dates of these there be a 
 liberty of calling encouraging and setling the 
 ministry of the gospel according to ye way of this 
 Colony of Connecticut in two Societies on ye west 
 side as well as on ye East sid of Myanos Eiver, 
 
HISTORY 0¥ GREENWICH. 93 
 
 2. That for ye encouragement of ye ministrye 
 in either sid of ye sd river there be a rate raised 
 annually by ye yearly list of ye towne of Greenwich, 
 of which ye one halfe to be collected for ye minister 
 of ye East side & ye other halfe to be collected for 
 ye minister of ye west side of Myanos Kiver, & yt 
 for ye present ye anual rate amount to forescore 
 pounds in provision pay. 
 
 3. That all public charges consarning ye minister 
 of ye gospel be equal, according to ye publick list. 
 
 4. That thirty acres of land at Horseneck be 
 registered ; and be continually for ye use of ye 
 ininistrie, according to ye way of ye sd Connecticut 
 Colony at Horseneck, in ye lieu of grimeses land 
 commonly called, which belong perpetually to ye 
 use of ye ministrye on ye East side Mianos River, 
 or Greenwich old town. 
 
 5. That je half of ye ordinary yearly salary for 
 ye minister in Greenwich be collected in proportion 
 according to ye public list of ye towne for ye minis- 
 trye residing at either place, whether Horseneck or 
 Greenwich Old Towne, provided the other place be 
 destitute of a minister. 
 
 6. That it be at ye liberty of each Society to 
 make choice of their respective ministers. 
 
 7. That ye general percell of land on ye east 
 side of Myanos river, made choice of by mr. bower 
 & entered upon ye towne records, be absolutely 
 given to ye minister on ye east side, provided he be 
 ordained, or Dy in ye place of his Improvement in 
 Greenwich, & that upon ye same provesion the 
 
9i HISTORY OF GREEN WICH. 
 
 lands the west side of ye sd river offered unto but 
 not accepted by sd mr. bower be absolutely given 
 and confirmed to ye minister of ye said west side. 
 
 8. That eney Right in common lands in Green- 
 wich mr. bower hath granted to him, or may have 
 granted to him, as large and full ***** 
 * * ^ * * * common lands be granted to 
 ye minister at Horseneck. 
 
 9. & Finally, that it is ye desire & agreement 
 of ye Inhabitants, both on ye east and also on ye 
 west side of Myanos River, that ye Articles be 
 obliging and binding upon themselves and their 
 associates. All ye above articles and primeses 
 were published unto & before ye towne. Ye sub- 
 scribers, Committee of six Inhabitants of sd Green- 
 wich, were appointed & ordered in ye name of ye 
 towne to subscribe theire confirmation of all & every 
 ye above articles. 
 
 On ye west side of Myanos, 
 
 EBENEZER MEAD, 
 JOSHUA KISTAP, 
 TIMOTHY KNAP. 
 
 On the East sid Myanos River, 
 
 SAMUEL PECK, 
 JOIT. REISrOLDS, 
 ROBERT LOCKWOOD. 
 Subscribed in presence of us, 
 
 JONATH. SeLLECK, 
 
 John Davenport, 
 Samuel hait, 
 David Waterbury. 
 
HISTOEY OF GREENWICH. 95 
 
 In 1702, some farther arrangements had been 
 made respecting Mr. Morgan, which resulted 
 in Mr. Morgan's acceptance of a call to preach 
 for six years more. 
 
 Up to 1Y03, all town meetings had been 
 held in Greenwich " old town ;" but it was 
 now voted that they should be held one half of 
 the time at Horseneck. And about this time 
 there was quite an emigration from the old 
 settlement to the western and northwestern 
 parts of the town. 
 
 At a Town meeting bareing Date May ye 3 
 1704 the town taking into consideration that which 
 hath formerly been Don by ye towne in order to 
 Mr. IN'athaniel Bowers selling in the towne hath 
 been ineffectual & considering Mr. bowers hath 
 promised to setel at Horsneck if ye inhabitants did 
 not call him to office on ye East sid Mianus river 
 & being informed mr. bowers Designs to leave ye 
 town these things considered ye towne pr vote 
 see cans & reson to invite Mr. Bower to setle at 
 Greenwich towne plott on ye west side Mianus 
 river which if Mr. Bowers sees cause to except, 
 Then ye town doth promis & Ingage to make suita- 
 ble provesion for himself & for setling him iu his 
 ministerial office. 
 
 At a town meeting, December ye 19 : 1704 : The 
 Town per vote grant Liberty unto Corinal hethcut 
 to build tow small sloops sum where about Mianos 
 river. 
 
96 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Furthermore, moved ye towne put it to vot 
 whether Mr. bowers should have fifty-five pounds, 
 and it passes in the Negative, 
 
 Furthermore, ye town pr vot do not Desire Mr. 
 Bowers to continue any longer in ye work of ye 
 ministry e in Greenwich. 
 
 ISTotwithstanding this vote, it appears tliat 
 Mr. Bowers was here in 1706, and we liave 
 been unable to ascertain w^hen he left, or if, 
 indeed, he preached at all after tlie last men- 
 tioned date. 
 
 Furthermore, ye Town per vot grant Liberty, 
 unto ye inhabitants on ye east sid mianus to beuld 
 a mill upon any strem where they shall think con- 
 venient. 
 
 Furthermore, the Town per vot do grant Liberty 
 unto the inhabitants of greenwich living on the 
 west side Mianus river, to build a tide mill upon 
 Sticklin brook or Coscob river themselves or to 
 imploy som other parson whom they shall think 
 fitt and likwise Do grant them use of ye streams 
 for that end. 
 
 After the town had thus given permission 
 to the inhabitants of Horseneck to build a 
 mill, a meeting was held of which the follow- 
 ing is the record : — 
 
 At a meeting of ye Inhabitants of ye town of 
 Greenwich on ye west side of Myanos river 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 97 
 
 legally warned &met on ye nineteenth day of June, 
 
 1705 Whereas ye sd inhabitants have had a 
 
 grant from ye town at a town meeting on ye 9th day 
 of January 1704, of ye stream of ye tide or creek of 
 Coscob river to own a grist mill, or imploy whom 
 the see cause therein the sd inhabitants have grant- 
 ed sd stream to Mr. Joseph Morgan, to build a grist 
 mill, and do there in oblige him, his heairs and 
 asines, to grind for ye inhabitantg of ye towne of 
 Greenwich for aboute one 12 part of all grain, & 
 do grant that toll, and do oblige him and his heaires 
 & asigns, to grind for said inhabitants what grain 
 they bring to mill on Tuesdays and Fridays forth- 
 with, not to hinder them for strangers, and do 
 oblig him, his heairs and successors, by virtue of ys 
 grant to keep a sufficient hous for to secure ye grain 
 yt is brought to sd mill. 
 
 This arrangement continued until 1^08, 
 when further action was taken in a similar 
 meeting. 
 
 EPISCOPALIANISM. 
 
 In the year 1704, Rev. George Muirson 
 (see Hawkin's Hist. No. 1, of Col. Church), 
 having been ordained, was appointed to the 
 mission of Rye. In one of his reports to 
 the Society sustaining him, he says: 
 
 I have been lately in the Government of Connec- 
 ticut, where I observe some people well aifected to 
 
yb HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the church, for those that are near come to my 
 parish on Sabbath days ; so that I am assm'ed an 
 itinerant missionary might do great service in that 
 province. Some of their ministers have privately 
 told me that, had we a bishop among us they would 
 conform and receive holy orders, from which as 
 well as all on the continent, the necessity of a bishop 
 will plainly appear. 
 
 Mr. Muirson was exceedingly zealous and 
 active in attempting to plant a missionary 
 Church of his sect of religion in this vicinity. 
 And he was warmly supported by the assist- 
 ance of Col. Caleb Heathcote, of Westchester 
 county. Col. Heathcote himself also wrote 
 frequently to the Society upon the subject, 
 and in his letters frequentlj^ complained that 
 great opposition was encountered, and stating 
 that Mr. Muirson had been forbidden to preach 
 by the justices of Connecticut, who had even 
 threatened to put him and all his hearers in 
 jail. 
 
 Col. Heathcote enters, in some of his letters 
 to the Secretary, upon a discussion of the gen- 
 eral affairs of the Church in New York, New 
 Jersey, and Connecticut. In his letter dated 
 Scarsdale Manor, Nov. 9th, 1705 (see Bolton's 
 History of Westchester County, Vol. H. page 
 106), he says :— 
 
HISTORY OP GREENWICH. 99 
 
 But bordering on Connecticut there is no part of 
 the continent, from whence the church can have so 
 fair an opportunity to make impressions upon the 
 Dissenters in that government, who are settled by 
 their laws from Rye parish to Boston Colony, which 
 is about 35 leagues, in which there are an abund- 
 ance of people and places. As for Boston Colony, 
 I never was in it, so can say little to it. But for 
 Connecticut, I am and have been pretty conversant ; 
 and always was as much in their good graces as 
 any man. 
 
 And now I am upon that subject, I will give you 
 the best account I can of that colony. It contains, 
 in length about 140 miles and has in it about 40 
 towns, in each of which there is a Presbyterian or 
 Independent minister settled by their law ; to whom 
 the people are obliged to pay, notwithstanding 
 many times they are not ordained; of which I have 
 known several examples. The number of people 
 there, I believe are about 2,400 souls. They have 
 an abundance of odd kind of laws, to prevent any 
 from dissenting from their church, and endeavor to 
 keep the people in as much blindness and unac- 
 quaintedness with any other religion as possible ; 
 but in a more particular manner the church, look- 
 ing upon her as the most dangerous enemy they 
 have to grapple withal. And abundance of pains 
 is taken to make the ignorant think as bad as possi- 
 ble of her. And I really believe that more than 
 half of the people of that government, think our 
 church to be little better than the Papists. And 
 
100 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 they fail not to improve everything against us ; but, 
 and I bless God for it, the Society have robbed 
 them of their best argument, which was the ill lives 
 of the Clergy that came into these parts. And the 
 truth is, I have not seen many good men but of the 
 Society's sending. 
 
 And no sooner was that honorable body settled, 
 and those prudent measures taken for carrying on 
 that great work, but the people of Connecticut, 
 doubting of maintaining their ground without some 
 further support, they with great industry went 
 through their colony for subscriptions to build a 
 College at a place called Seabrook. And the min- 
 isters, who are as absolute in their respective par- 
 ishes as the Pope of Rome, argued, prayed, and 
 preached up the necessity of it ; and the passive 
 obedience people, who dare not do otherwise than 
 obey gave even beyond their ability. A thing 
 which they call college, was prepared accordingly, 
 wherein I am informed, there was a commencement 
 three or four months ago. But notwithstanding 
 their new college here, and old one in Boston, and 
 that every town in the colony has one, and some 
 two ministers, and have not only heard them say 
 but seen it in their prints, that there was. no place 
 in the world where the gospel shone so brightly, 
 nor that people lived so religiously and well as 
 they: yet I dare aver, that there is not a much 
 greater necessity of having the christian religion 
 preached in its true light anywliere than amongst 
 them. Many, if not the greater number of them, 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 101 
 
 being little better than in a state of heathenism ; 
 having never been baptised nor admitted to the 
 communion. And that you may be satisfied what 
 I tell you herein is not spoken at random, nor 
 grounded on careless observation, Mr. Muirson's 
 Parish is more than three-fourths of it composed of 
 two towns, viz ; Eye and Bedford, which were first 
 settled under the Colony of Connecticut and of 
 people born and bred under that government, and 
 some time before my coming, had a minister, one 
 Mr. Denham, and had afterward two more. Wood- 
 bridge and Bowers at Rye and one Mr. Jones at 
 Bedford. And the people of Rye only had of this 
 county, the care to provide a parsonage house. 
 And notwithstanding all those great shows of reli- 
 gion, and that at such times as they were destitute 
 of a minister. 
 
 Greenwich and Stanford, the bounds of the for- 
 mer of which places join upon theirs and the other 
 is not above ten miles distant, where they were 
 always supplied. But they could not be said to 
 want the opportunity of having the Sacrament ad- 
 ministered to them, yet, I believe, 20 of them have 
 never received the communion, nor half of them 
 been baptized, as Mr. Muirson more fully will inform 
 you. And now I have given you an account of the 
 state of that colony, what will in the next place be 
 naturally expected from me, is to know my opinion 
 of the best and most probable way of doing good 
 amongst them. 
 
 There is nothing more certain, than that is the 
 
102 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 most difficult task that the Society have to wade 
 through, for the people are not only not of the 
 church, but have been, and are, trained up with all 
 the care imaginable to be its enemies. That to 
 make an impression under all those disadvantages, 
 is very difficult, though I hope not impossible. 
 And though, at first view, the prospect of doing any 
 good upon them is very little yet no doubt but the 
 most proper measures ought to be taken, leaving 
 the event to Almighty God. 
 
 In the remainder of his letter Col. Heath- 
 cote recommends that Rev. Mr. Muirson be 
 sent on a Missionary tour thoughout the 
 colony. 
 
 Afterwards, as late as July 15th 1740 (see 
 Bolton's History of Westchester County), 
 Rev. James Wetmore, in acquainting the So- 
 ciety with the success of his Mission, writes, 
 that beside his regular duty at Rye, he offici- 
 ated once a month at Stamford and Green- 
 wich. 
 
 No Episcopal Church was built in Green- 
 wich until 1747, when steps were taken for 
 that purpose, under Dr. Ebenezer Dibble, 
 Missionary. 
 
 March ye 18, 1708, at a meeting of ye inhabit- 
 ants on the west sid Mianus river, they vote as 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 103 
 
 followeth, yt Mr. Morgan should go and live by liis 
 mill for ye space of six years if he see occation for 
 it, & there keep a lad to tend his mill, and oversee 
 him therein himself, and continue in ye worke of ye 
 ministry e. 
 
 Caleb Knap & Jonathan Hobby & Jonathan 
 Renolds, benjamin Clos, henry rich Jo heusted 
 Stephen holmes & Gershom Lockwood, James 
 Ferris, Isaack How, Jonthan Finch : these all do 
 enter there protest against ye above sd act of Mr. 
 Morgan's going to ye mill. 
 
 During the same year another meeting was 
 held relative to the same subject, with the 
 following result : 
 
 At a meeting of je inhabitants of Greenwich on 
 ye west sid Mianus Kiver Anno 1708 July ye 2ond 
 ye above sd Inhabitants do vot yt Mr. Morgan shall 
 be settled up in ye place, & whereas there is a 
 difference in ye place concerning ye place of Mr. 
 Morgan's settlement, ye Inhabitants above sd by 
 vot Do Joyntly agree to leave it to ye ministers of 
 this county fully to determine & to say where Mr. 
 Morgan shall be setled, whether down at the mill, 
 or up in ye place amoungst us ; & to sett down 
 contented with their judgment in setlin Mr. Morgan 
 according to gospel order, ye inhabitants above sd 
 by vot Do make choice of Ebenezer Mead and 
 Caleb Knapp to go to ye ministers & give them ye 
 reasons of ye difference abot Mr. Morgan's living 
 at his mills. 
 
104 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 What the decision given by the Ministers 
 was, we have been unable to ascertain ; but 
 we find the following account on record, of 
 another meeting held during the same year : 
 
 At a meeting of ye Inhabitants of Greenwich 
 on ye west side of ye river, August ye 27, 1708, 
 vot as followeth, viz. : yt Mr. Ebenezer Mead, 
 Joshua Knap and Caleb Knap shall be there Com- 
 mitter to see if Mr. Morgan provideth himself with 
 a miller, and leaves his mills and betakes himself to 
 ye work of ye ministry, & to take from under Mr. 
 Morgan's hand that he relinquisheth ye thirty acres 
 of land, ye hous, & hom lott, in case he deserts ye 
 towne ; & in case Mr. Morgan faileth in ye premises, 
 then ye place ig to be at there Liberty, &' above 
 said Committee to take care to provide ye place 
 with another minister by ye last of September. 
 
 Oct. ye 17, Mr. Morgan Desired ye above sd 
 Committee to meet & give him a full answer, which 
 accordingly ye above sd Committee met & answered 
 that according to ye above sd towne act he was at 
 his liberty and likewise they was at their liberty to 
 provide ye place with another minister. 
 
 From this last record, it would appear that 
 Mr. Morgan chose rather to live at his mills 
 and not preach, than to preach and not live 
 at his mills. Doubtless this was the end of 
 his stated regular preaching, yet we do not 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 105 
 
 find that any other minister came here during 
 the succeeding half-dozen years. Possibly 
 and probably, the Horseneck Society had fre- 
 quent preaching by transient ministers ; and 
 no doubt Mr. Morgan preached for them 
 often, in the absence of others. 
 
 The materials for an elaborate history are 
 wanting during this period, and we must pass 
 over several years from this time with little 
 notice. 
 
 During the year 1713, it would seem that 
 the people freely discussed the question of a 
 re-union of the town in one ecclesiastical 
 society. This idea would doubtless be ridi- 
 culed now ; but it should be remembered that 
 in those days, distance was little thought of 
 by good church-going people, and the prevail- 
 ing fashions did not make so much time requi- 
 site for preparation as they do now. Besides 
 this, economy in society expenses doubtless 
 had its influence with many of the inhabitants. 
 The Second Society was at that time without 
 a regular pastor, and, if we judge properly 
 from the face of the records, the First Society 
 also. Hence, the project was so plausible, as 
 to receive the following attention at a town 
 meeting :— 
 
106 HISTOKY OP GREENWICH. 
 
 At a Town meetting held in green wich, Anno 
 1713 October the 5th day the town taking into 
 consideration where might be ye best place for to 
 erect a meeting house for ye unitting of the town 
 together, ye town by vot Do Judge that between 
 Joseph Closes house & Ephraim Palmers hous is ye 
 most suitable place in the bounds of ye town to 
 erect said house. 
 
 The house designated in tlie above extract 
 as Mr. Joseph. Close's, was near the present 
 residence of Jonathan A. Close, Esq., and that 
 of Ephraim Palmer was situated where Jose- 
 phus Palmer now resides. The place selected, 
 therefore, was nearly the geographical center 
 of the town. Indeed, it may then have been 
 the point most easily to be reached for 
 the then inhabitants, as previous to this 
 time the portions to the north and west of 
 this had become quite thickly settled. How- 
 ever, no church was ever built there, and the 
 design was entirely abandoned. 
 
 Another proof that there was no minister 
 here at that time, is the following; 
 
 At a Towne meeting held in Greenwich Dec. 
 ye 29ch day Anno 1715. Town meeting adjourned 
 to meet at minister's house. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 107 
 
 1715 TO EEYOLUTIONAEY WAE. 
 
 A reliable history of this period could 
 hardly be given. Tradition hands down to 
 us a few facts and ditties, while the record 
 gives us little worth preserving, besides the 
 ordinary annual elections and regular business 
 of the town. 
 
 At a Towne meetiDg held in Greenwich, Anno 
 1716, June the 15th daye, The Towne by vot Do 
 give & grant unto Mr. Justice Bush of N"ew York 
 the privilege of the stream of horseneck brook 
 below the contry road to build a grist mill or mills 
 upon, & sd Justice Bush is to build said mill within 
 two years time from this date, & to grind for the 
 inhabitants of Greenwich what grain they shall 
 bring to his mill to be ground, & not to put them 
 by for strangers, & he is to have liberty to gett 
 stones & timber upon common lands for buildings 
 and mill, & also to sett up a storehous upon said 
 landing, & said Justice Bush is constantly to main- 
 tain a sufficient grist mill upon sd stream, except 
 said mill should come to some accident by fire or 
 otherwise & said Justice Bush do not rebuild her 
 again within three years time, then the said stream 
 & Privileges to return for there use & benefit as 
 formerly ; & further, Mr. Ebenezer Mead & Angell 
 Husted & John Ferris are chosen to lay out the 
 
108 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 landing and highway on the Northside of horseneck 
 brook. 
 
 On the 22ond day of Dec. 1724 the town granted 
 liberty to Daniel Smith to build a wharf at the 
 mouth of Horseneck brook ****** for 
 ye use of ye towne. 
 
 A protracted lawsuit a few years since was 
 lost by tbe defendant, because unable to find 
 tbe above extracts upon the records ; and so 
 great is the age and wear of tbe book, tbat 
 but few searches would seriously endanger its 
 existence. 
 
 In 1717, tbe Second Society was provided 
 with another minister, tbe Rev. Ricbard Sack- 
 ett. Little seems to be known of him, even 
 by bis immediate descendants. He is spoken 
 of as a kind, mild man, and universally be- 
 loved by bis people. Mr. Sackett graduated 
 in middle life at Yale College, in tbe class of 
 seventeen hundred and nine, tbe largest class 
 that had then graduated in that College. He 
 preached in Greenwich until his death, which 
 occurred in 1727, ten years after his settle- 
 ment. 
 
 Upon the decease of Mr. Sackett, the Soci- 
 ety procured the services of Eev. Stephen 
 Munson, who was duly installed as pastor on 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 109 
 
 the 29tli day of May, A. D. 1728. Mr. Mun- 
 son was also a graduate of Yale College, in 
 the class of seventeen hundred and twenty- 
 five, and came to Greenwich immediately after 
 finishing his theological studies. He remained 
 pastor only two years, when he was, like Mr. 
 Sackett, who preceded him, taken from his 
 church by death. This occurred in May, 
 1730. 
 
 The pulpit of this Society was then filled 
 by various ministers until 1732, when the 
 church extended a call to Rev. Abraham 
 Todd, who accepted the call, and during the 
 next year was duly installed. Mr. Todd was 
 then a young man, having just finished his 
 theological studies. He had been graduated 
 at Yale College in the class of seventeen hun- 
 dred and twenty-seven. He remained pastor 
 of the church for forty years, when in the 
 year 1773 he died. Of his character, the du- 
 ration of his ministerial office over a single 
 church is, perhaps, a sufficient indication. He 
 is said to have been of a mild, easy disposition, 
 and many anecdotes are handed down to us 
 by tradition, concerning him. Although a 
 general favorite throughout the whole period 
 6 
 
110 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 of his ministry, lie iJ&y, like others, have had 
 some though few enemies. 
 
 It is related that during his ministry, many 
 of his hearers were out-spoken men, even ex- 
 pressing themselves publicly during worship, 
 as to the merits or demerits of the doctrines 
 advanced. Among this class of persons was 
 one Palmer, who was present during the ser- 
 vice on an occasion when an Indian Mission- 
 ary preached to Mr. Todd's congregation. He 
 preached fluently, and we presume w^ell ; and 
 so great an impression did his logic and elo- 
 quence make upon Palmer, that he exclaimed 
 at the close of the sermon, with great vehe- 
 mence, '' Let's swap Todd and buy the Injin, 
 he does a good deal the best." Mr. Todd, him- 
 self, was present ; but whether he thought it so 
 much the greater compliment to the Indian, 
 or a low estimate of his own powers, we are 
 not informed. 
 
 Some other facts relating to Mr. Todd, may 
 be found upon the succeeding pages of this 
 volume. 
 
 In 1Y35, according to Dr. Trumbull, one 
 Benj. Strong was installed at Stanwich ; but I 
 deem this a mistake, as no society was formed 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. Ill 
 
 there until some thirty or more years after 
 this date. It may be, indeed, that such a 
 minister occasionally performed service there, 
 but we have no record of the fact. Mr. Ben- 
 jamin Strong was graduated at New Haven, 
 in the class of 1734, and probably there may 
 be a mistake in the date given by Dr. Trum- 
 bull. 
 
 In 1740, Rev. James Wetmore, a graduate 
 from Yale College, and a convert from the 
 Presbyterian to the Episcopal doctrines, being 
 then settled at Hye, preached once a month 
 at Stamford and Grreenwich. In 1747, Rev. 
 Ebenezer Dibble, also a graduate of Yale, be- 
 came a missionary for the parish including 
 both Stamford and Greenwich. He was a 
 member of the class of seventeen hundred 
 and thirty-four. He became Master of Arts 
 in 1793, the title of Doctor of Sacred Theol- 
 ogy was conferred upon him by Columbia 
 College. His death occurred in 1799. After 
 preaching two years at private houses, the 
 communicants of the Episcopal Church built 
 a house of worship, it being the first in town. 
 Some of our oldest residents (Samuel Close, 
 Esq.) remember his preaching at the house 
 
112 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 of Moses Heusted, where William A. Heusted, 
 Esq., now resides. His long flowing white 
 hair, falling gracefully upon his shoulders, 
 gave him a reverential and dignified appear- 
 ance. 
 
 In 1745 and 1746, occurred the death of 
 an aged couple, Mr. Samuel Peck, Esq., and 
 his wife Ruth. They were buried in the old 
 burying ground at Old Greenwich, where 
 their tombstones still remain, upon which the 
 following epitaphs are quite legible. 
 
 Here lies the Here lies the 
 
 Body of Mrs. Ruth Body of Samuel 
 
 Peck, wife of Samll. Peck, Esqr., who 
 
 Peck, Esqr., who Died April ye2Stb, 
 Died sept, ye 17th, AD : 1746. 
 
 1745, about 83 Aged 90 years, 
 years of age. 
 
 The name of Samuel Peck, as well as that 
 of his wife, has occurred frequently in the 
 preceding pages of this history, and both are 
 often met with upon our town records. In 
 his day Mr. Peck was probably the most influ- 
 ential man in the settlement. He was the 
 son of Rev. Jeremiah Peck, and was born in 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 113 
 
 1656. He moved into town with his father 
 in 1676. Though not by any means the most 
 wealthy, yet, if we may judge from the im- 
 portant positions he held, he was probably 
 the best educated. He held the office of Jus- 
 tice of the Peace as long as his age permitted. 
 His wife was Miss Ruth Ferris, whose name 
 is frequently to be found upon the records ; 
 and she was a high-minded, influential woman. 
 Contemporary with these, when in the prime 
 of life, was Lieut. Gershom Lockwood ; but he 
 died some tv\^enty years before them. He 
 was the principal carpenter and builder in 
 the town, and filled many offices of trust and 
 importance. His grave, a few feet north of 
 Mr. Peck's, is marked by a tombstone with 
 this epitaph : 
 
 Here lyes ye Body 
 of Mr. Gershom 
 Lockwood, aged 
 77 years, dec'd 
 March ye 12th, 
 1718-19. 
 
 In the same grave-yard stands a tombstone 
 of a more recent date, through which is a 
 hole, which has been a matter of considerable 
 
114 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 speculation. As there was a sort of skirmish 
 in the vicinity, a report has gained some Cre- 
 dence, that a musket had sent a bullet entirely 
 through the stone ; but upon our making a 
 strict examination, we perceived unmistakable 
 marks of an auger, and we presume the hole, 
 though unused, was bored through for the 
 purpose of mending the stone, which at some 
 time had been broken. 
 
 FRENCH WAR. 
 
 During the French wars, as well as in the 
 Revolutionary, Connecticut furnished more 
 than her actual quota of men. We shall speak 
 only of the second French war here, as we 
 have no account of any detachment or com- 
 pany from Greenwich in active service during 
 the first war. That commenced by a declara- 
 tion of war on the part of Great Britain 
 against Spain on the 23d day of October, 
 1739. Great Britain contemplated raising 
 four regiments in America, to be transported 
 to Jamaica, there to effect a junction with 
 a powerful armament from the mother coun- 
 try. The expenses of victualing, transporta- 
 tion, and other necessaries were to be defrayed 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. ^ 115 
 
 by tlie colonies until tlie force should reach 
 Jamaica. Dr. Trumbull says, — 
 
 Connecticut engaged witli cheerfulness and expe- 
 dition in bis Majesty's measures. A special Assem- 
 bly was convoked in July, 1740, and it was enacted, 
 tbat " Whereas his majesty bas thought fit to declare 
 war against Spain, and hath appointed an expedi- 
 tion against the Catholic King in the West Indies, 
 and has given his orders and instructions, under 
 his royal sign manual, now laid before tbis assem- 
 bly by bis honor, the governor, for tbe raising 
 of such troops in tbe colony as sball voluntarily 
 enlist in the said service, to join tbe Brittisb troops 
 in a general rendezvous in tbe West Indies : and 
 whereas, it appears by said instructions tbat it is 
 bis majesties expectations, that the assembly will 
 provide victuals, transports and all necessaries for 
 tbe said troops, to be raised in this colony, except 
 their clothes, tents, arms, ammunition and pay, 
 until they arrive at the general place of the general 
 rendezvous, wbich important aifair this general 
 assembly, feeling most w^illing to exert themselves 
 to promote by a cbeerful conformity to his majesty's 
 instructions, therefore be it enacted, — ^Tbat there 
 shall be provided victuals, transports, and all 
 other necessaries for said troops, &c., until tbeir 
 arrival in tbe West Indies." 
 
 Committees were appointed to carry tbese meas- 
 ures into immediate effect. 
 
116 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Proclamation to carry out the king's com- 
 mand had already been made, and calls for 
 volunteers had been issued. The committee 
 appointed by the Assembly set themselves 
 thoroughly at work. Prominent and influential 
 men set themselves at work in each of the 
 counties to beat up volunteers. Though this 
 expedition fail, yet the colonies had raised 
 their four regiments, and Connecticut had fur- 
 nished her quota. At the same meeting of 
 the Assembly, large appropriations were made 
 for the defense of the coast of Connecticut, 
 and a small sloop-of-war prepared for the bet- 
 ter protection of the seamen in and about the 
 sound. 
 
 As was to be expected afterwards, on the 
 4th day of March, 1744, France declared war 
 against England. This brought the active 
 fighting to the northern frontier. The Indians 
 were excited to hostilities by the French, and 
 much trouble threatened the colonies. Con- 
 necticut exerted herself to the utmost. On 
 the lYth of June, 1745, the city of Louisburg 
 and the island of Cape Breton were delivered 
 up to his Britannic Majesty. " Towards the 
 close of the year [1747] the war languished, 
 and a general inactivity appeared among the 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 117 
 
 belligerents, indicating that tliey were nearly 
 exhausted, and verging to a general pacifica- 
 tion." 
 
 In the following April (April the 30th, 
 1Y48), both nations being heartily tired of a 
 war arising and maintained merely for na- 
 tional spite and hatred, preliminaries to peace 
 were signed at Aix-la-Chapelle ; and in a few 
 days a cessation of hostilities was proclaimed. 
 The final treaty was settled upon and com- 
 pleted on the 7th of October of the same year. 
 All prisoners and conquests were mutually to 
 be given up. The reasons for which either 
 nation entered into this war, are almost a mys- 
 tery. National jealousy and hostility may be 
 considered as the whole cause; and for pure 
 spite on the part of the old countries, the colo- 
 nies of each were subjected to great expense 
 and privation. 
 
 The peace which resulted from this treaty 
 was but of short duration. The French re- 
 newed their claim to a great portion of that 
 territory which had been ceded to Great 
 Britain by the twelfth article of the treaty of 
 Utrecht, and which had been confirmed by all 
 succeeding treaties. Their encroachments had 
 been commenced almost as soon as the first 
 6^ 
 
118 HISTORY OF GKEENWICH. 
 
 war had been ended, and in 1749 were fast ad- 
 vancing towards Ticonderoga. They were, 
 also, fast extending their line of forts from the 
 St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, and even 
 encroached upon the borders of Virginia. 
 Settling Virginians were driven from the 
 Ohio, and English trading merchants were 
 plundered and killed by the Indians, at the 
 instio-ation of the French. Active hostilities 
 may be said to have commenced in 1755, and 
 on the 18th of May, 1756, Great Britain de- 
 clared war against France, which was recipro- 
 cated by France in a similar declaration, early 
 in the following June. This is termed the 
 second French war. Connecticut was largely 
 drawn upon for troops. Young men were 
 pressed into the service. As Greenwich, in 
 the early part of the war, had no volunteer 
 company, several of the inhabitants of Green- 
 wich were pressed. James Green, now long 
 since dead, used to relate that while a com- 
 pany of young people, himself among the num- 
 ber, were quietly enjoying themselves at the 
 tavern (then kept by one Mead, but now 
 occupied as a dwelling-house by Epenetus 
 Sniffin, Esq.), they were surprised by a press- 
 gang, and several of them forced into the ser- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 119 
 
 vice, while he with a few others escaped from 
 a window. After this time, a regular volun- 
 teer company was raised. This company 
 seems to have marched directly to Ticonde- 
 roga in 1759, and joined the 3d Connecticut 
 regiment. One of the company, a Mr. Coit, 
 residing in King street, was mounted upon a 
 rather sorry nag, which by the time the com- 
 pany had reached Nine Partners, in Dutchess 
 County, had become quite leg-weary. And 
 Coit, thinking perhaps that all is fair in time 
 of war, took a noble horse from a pasturage 
 and turned his own there instead, without any 
 whys or wherefores with the real owner. His 
 new horse did him good service during the 
 company's stay at Ticonderoga, which was but 
 little more than a month ; and on his return 
 the company halted, that Coit might deliver 
 the horse to his owner. So well pleased was 
 the latter with the boldness of Coit, that he 
 made the whole company stop for the night 
 at his house, free of expense. After the war, 
 Mr. Coit went to Vermont and settled there 
 permanently ; several years after, having be- 
 come wealthy, he came to Greenwich in his 
 carriage, and visited all his old comrades of 
 the volunteer company. 
 
120 HISTOKY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 In 1755, Connecticut had furnished a thou- 
 sand men, at the commencement of the cam- 
 paign ; and after the contest at Lake George, 
 they sent as a reinforcement to the army, one 
 thousand more. In 1756, this colony raised 
 over two thousand five hundred men. This 
 was much more than her quota, and double 
 the number required by the king's commander- 
 in-chief In the following year, Connecticut 
 had more than six thousand men in actual 
 service. But on the 8th of March, 1759, it 
 was resolved by the Assembly : — 
 
 That the number of men raised last year was 
 greater than the colony could conveniently furnish ; 
 that many had died, and others had been disabled 
 and rendered unfit for service, in the last campaign ; 
 that numbers bad enlisted as recruits into his ma- 
 jesty's regiments ; and that others were employed 
 in the batteaux and carrying service, by which 
 means the number of the colony were diminished. 
 Yet that the salutary designs of his majesty might 
 as far as possible be answered, it was resolved, firmly 
 relying on his majesty's royal and most gracious 
 encouragement, that three thousand six hundred 
 men should be raised in this colony, consisting of 
 four regiments of ten companies in each. — (Trum- 
 bull's Hist.) 
 
HISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 121 
 
 Phineas Lyman was made the commanding 
 officer of the 1st Regiment ; Nathan Whiting, 
 of the 2d; David Wooster, of the 3d; and 
 Eleazer Fitch, of the 4th. All between the 
 ages of sixteen and sixty, were then compelled 
 to bear arms. The inhabitants gave of their 
 substance for the support of this war, and the 
 ladies of the various towns formed associa- 
 tions for the clothing of the soldiers. Mrs. 
 Abraham Todd was the president of such an 
 association in Greenwich. 
 
 Ticonderoga, against which the Connecticut 
 regiments were especially engaged, was evac- 
 uated by the French, after blowing up their 
 magazine, on the 27th of July, 1759. The 
 city of Quebec surrendered on the 18th of 
 September following. On March 12th, 1Y60, 
 it was resolved by Connecticut again to raise 
 ^ve thousand men ; and they went into the 
 field, commanded by the same officers. On 
 September 8th, 1760, Montreal and the whole 
 of Canada were given up to the kingdom of 
 Great Britain ; and peace followed as a natural 
 consequence. 
 
 An ancient powder-horn is still preserved 
 by Col. Thomas A. Mead, upon which is al- 
 most perfectly delineated, the relative posi- 
 
122 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 tions and forts of the hostile armies while at 
 Ticonderoga. This work was done by Dr. 
 Amos Mead, who was surgeon of the Third 
 Connecticut Regiment, while at Ticonderoga. 
 The horn beside this chart, has engraven upon 
 it this inscription ; — 
 
 Amos Mead 
 Surgn of ye 3d Conn Reg 
 Ticonderoga October 1759 
 
 At a town meeting March the 2d, 1756, it 
 was ^' Furthermore voted that Mr. Nehemiah 
 Mead should have liberty to sell the Town 
 stock of Powder as soon as he can conven- 
 iently to ye Towns best advantage and lay 
 out all the money that he shall sell said pow- 
 der for, in powder that is good and put the 
 same into Town stock as soon as he conven- 
 iently can." 
 
 1757, December the 3d, Monday, " Voted 
 to Mr. Edmund Brown and associates liberty 
 to build a saw mill on Horseneck brook at 
 Hangroot." By this agreement. Brown and 
 his associates were to build and keep in repair 
 the bridge at Hangroot, and be responsible 
 for damages that might thereby occur by 
 accident to any person. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 123 
 
 In 1758, the following record, taken with 
 other similar extracts, shows that the town 
 meetings were held alternately in all the 
 places of worship in the town : " At a Town 
 meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of 
 Grreenwich, legally warned and attended at 
 the House Built by the Professors of the 
 Church of England in the Society of Horse- 
 neck on the top of the great hill on the Third 
 Monday of December A. D. 1758 being ye 
 18th day of said month, &c., &c." 
 
 But on the fifteenth day of December 1760, 
 it was ''Further Voted to Build a Town 
 House and leave it to the authority and select 
 men how large it shall be and where it shall 
 stand." " Further voted that the Kate for 
 building the Town House shall be paid by 
 the first day of September next." 
 
 In 1762, we have the first mention of a 
 fund belonging to the town ; which is supposed 
 in some way to have resulted in the present 
 fund of the old Second School Society. A 
 committee was then appointed, consisting of 
 John Clapp, Silas Betts and Peter Mead, " To 
 take charge of one certain Bond of £l58.0s.0d, 
 and to divide the money equally according to 
 the Design of the Assembly for the use of the 
 
124 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 schools." This bond is afterward mentioned 
 upon the record each year, in connection with 
 a committee to secure and distribute the avails 
 of it. In 1767, it is spoken of as being se- 
 cured at Norfolk in the following manner: 
 " And whereas there are certain lands con- 
 veyed to the committee of the Town of Green- 
 wich and to their successors by Ezra Knapp 
 of Norfolk, which lands are lying in said Nor- 
 folk and are Designed for the use of schools 
 in Greenwich and as it appears Necessary that 
 some proper persons be appointed to Lease or 
 sell said land for the purpose aforesaid for 
 and in behalf of sd Town and to account 
 for the sales or profits thereof," a committee 
 was appointed for the purpose. The bond, 
 therefore, seems to have become worth as 
 much or more than the land on which it 
 had been secured, and to have been given up 
 in consideration of the land. Before given 
 up, the land at Norfolk subject to the mort- 
 gage was conveyed to Epenetus Holmes, also 
 of Norfolk. In discharge of the bond Mr. 
 Holmes conveyed some land in Greenwich, to 
 the town, together with his sloop. Hence — 
 
 At a town meeting, &c., Holden in Greenwich, 
 on October ye 17th, 1771, The Town per vote do ap- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 125 
 
 point the Present Select men for said Town their 
 Committee to sell the sloop and lands and outlands 
 conveyed to said Town by Epenetus Holmes ; said 
 sale to be accounted for to said town, for the use of 
 the schools ; and the select men are appointed to sell 
 said House and lands, Either together or separate, 
 as may best suit ye purchaser or purchasers, on the 
 day of the next annual Town Meeting, at 12 o'the 
 clock, noon, at the Town House at Horseneck, by 
 way of Public Yendue. Resolved in the affirma- 
 tive, and that selectmen or any one of them, notify 
 Mr. Epenetus Holmes by letter that the town expect 
 the interest Due on his mortgage, or if not, he may 
 expect, &c. 
 
 In llQl, the following petition was pre- 
 sented at town meeting, relating to the dock 
 at Coscob. 
 
 To the benevolent inhabitants of the Town of 
 Greenwich, in Fairfield County, the petition of Na- 
 thaniel Close, of said Greenwich, Humbly showeth, 
 that your Petr. being under a necessity of a store, 
 house, as his performing a weekly Pauquet or stage 
 boat from here to New York lays both him and the 
 inhabitants under a great disadvantage, in Respect 
 he hath no proper place to store the efiects of his 
 Freighters, nor for them to store what effects and 
 produce they severally bring when his vessel is not 
 there to Receive it ; which Disadvantage hath been 
 sensibly Felt during the last summer. He tliere- 
 
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126 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 fore Prays Liberty of this meeting, that he may be 
 permitted to build a store-house of 26 feet by 30, 
 adjoining the Bank, between the Dwelling house of 
 Mr. John Bush and the Gristmill of David Bush, 
 so as to leave about sixteen feet from said mill to sd 
 store, for a cartway, if need be, & that he may build 
 it by the bank adjoining thereto, & to sd mill Pond ; 
 and as your Petr. conceives a House so built would 
 Incommode no particular Person, but be a General 
 profit to the inhabitants, as well as your Petr. He 
 therefore hopes that you, gentlemen, in your Pru- 
 dence will grant Lis Request, and your Petr. as in 
 duty bound shall ever pray. 
 
 NATHANIEL CLOSE. 
 December 21st, 1767. 
 
 The above was passed, the acting select- 
 men were appointed a committee to select the 
 exact site of the building, which was after- 
 ward erected. 
 
 At a Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
 Town of Greenwich, legally warned and holden on 
 the 5th day of May, 1768, this question is put to vote, 
 whether this town, in conjunction with the Town 
 of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield, will send 
 their agent to the next ensuing Assembly to prefer 
 a memorial to sd Assembly, that the Court House 
 and Goal in said county of Fairfield may be built 
 at said Norwalk. Kesolved in the affirmative. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 127 
 
 Afterwards, in the following October, after 
 the session of the Assembly, in reference to 
 the same subject the town voted, that. 
 
 Whereas, the Town of Norwalk, in conjunction 
 with several other towns in the County of Fairfield, 
 Preferred a memorial to the General Assembly, 
 held at New Haven, in October last, and now lyes 
 before said Assembly to be heard at the adjourn- 
 ment, in January next, praying that the said Town 
 of i^orwalk may be the Head or county town, &c. ; 
 and whereas Mr. David Bush signed the same as 
 agent, for and in behalf of said Town. It is there- 
 fore now voted and agreed that this Town allows 
 and approves of the said David Bush's signing said 
 Memorial as agent for this Town, and he is hereby 
 fully Impowered and authorised in the name and 
 behalf of this town to appear and Prefer sd Memo- 
 rial to a Final determination in the General As- 
 sembly, and that it is the earnest Request and Desire 
 of the Inhabitants of this town, that the General 
 Assembly would take the matters contained in said 
 memorial unto their wise consideration, and Grant 
 the Prayer thereof, and that a copy of this vote may 
 be used in the Tryal of sd memorial, in order to 
 signifye the minds of the inhabitants of this town in 
 the premises. 
 
 In ms,— 
 
 Further voted, the Town in sd meeting Grant 
 Liberty unto David Bush, upon his Petition for 
 
128 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 building a mill upon sticklin's brook Sticklin's 
 brook under the overseeing of a Committee by sd 
 Town appointed to grind for Town Inhabitants, and 
 not to put them by for strangers. Yoted in the 
 affirmative. 
 
 Edward Brush, Nehemiah Mead, and Deliverance 
 Mead, Jabez Mead, jun., Nathaniel Finch and Caleb 
 Mead, enters their protest on ye proceedings of sd 
 meeting in sd vote. 
 
 In 1Y73, occurred the death of the Kev. 
 Abraham Todd, until whicli time he was pas- 
 tor of the church in the West Society of 
 Greenwich. For a period of more than forty 
 years he had enjoyed the confidence of his 
 people, adding many to his flock. Many laugh- 
 able ditties are related concerning him, which 
 only show a warm heart and an innocent life. 
 Unambitious and unpresuming, none of his 
 people would seem to have disliked him. 
 
 At a Town meeting, legally warned and holden 
 in sd Greenwich, on the 3d Monday of March, being 
 the 21st of said month, at the Town House of said 
 Greenwich, Anno Dom. 1774. 
 
 This Towne, Takeing into serious consideration the 
 Distressed Situation and alarming Prospect That 
 may occur, and in all human probability will occur, 
 by Entering Into a Controversy with Mr. Penne and 
 his brothers, as Joint Proprietors of the Province of 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 129 
 
 Pennsylvania, for a certain claim of Lands on or 
 Near ye Susquehannah River, claimed by a com- 
 pany of Purchasers, commonly called ye Susque- 
 hannah Purchasers, &c., &c. ; which claim having 
 never yet been prosecuted before the King in 
 Council, (which we apprehend to be the only 
 proper place of Decision.) "We, the said Inhabi- 
 tants, &c., assembled as above, are of opinion that 
 the Prosecuting said claims to said lands will be 
 Tedious and expensive, and of a Dangerous Ten- 
 dency to this Colony ; Not only subjecting the 
 Colony considered as such to pay the Expenses of a 
 litigation of a suit with Mr. Penn, but will or may 
 mediately Tend to a forfeiture of those Invaluable 
 Privelledges whereof we (as a Colony) are now pos- 
 sess'd. It is therefore voted by this meeting. That 
 Doct. Amos Mead and John Mead Esq. be and They 
 are hereby appointed to Go to Middletown in Con- 
 necticut, & on the last Wednesday of March In- 
 stant, and there to confer with the Delegates of the 
 other towns in this Colony, what is most proper to 
 be done and acted in this most interesting affair. 
 
 And further, this meeting is adjourned to the Day 
 of the Freemen's meeting, in April next, and their 
 Delegates now appointed are then to make report to 
 their Constituents of the Doings of said Congress, 
 and this meeting is accordingly adjourned to said 
 Day, at T o'the clock. Forenoon, to the usual place 
 where Town meetings are held. 
 
 This claim to lands west of the settlement 
 or colony of New York, was prosecuted be- 
 
180 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 fore tlie king. And the convention composed 
 of delegates like the above, sent Eliphalet 
 Dyer as their agent to England, where he ob- 
 tained the opinion of four of the most promi- 
 nent lawyers of Great Britain in favor of the 
 claim. They were Thurlow, Wedderburn, 
 Richard Jackson, and J. Dunning. After hav- 
 ing received this favorable report, the legisla- 
 ture appointed and commissioned Eliphalet 
 Dyer, Dr. Johnson, and J. Strong, to consult 
 and agree with William Penn, whether they, 
 with Mr. Penn or his agents should make an 
 amicable agreement, or submit the whole 
 matter to the king. The commissioners went 
 to Mr. Penn at Philadelphia ; but he would 
 consent to nothing. The colony of Connecti- 
 cut itself was divided in respect to the matter, 
 and thus matters stood when the war com- 
 menced. It is fortunate that Connecticut did 
 so assert her right, which Congress afterwards 
 recognized, and furnished her with those lands 
 from the sale of which our School Fund arose. 
 
 THE EEVOLUTIONAKY WAE. 
 
 In our account of this war, so destructive to 
 the property and happiness of the people of 
 the town of Greenwich, we shall first transfer 
 
HISTORY OF aRBENWICH. 131 
 
 to our pages every fact pertaining, to be found 
 upon tlie record books of the town, and then 
 relate such facts and incidents as may have 
 come to our knowledge by reliable tradition. 
 
 At a Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
 Town of Greenwich, legally warned and Holden on 
 Teusday, the 11th day of October, Anno Dom. 
 1774, A Letter is Kead from the Honorable Elipha- 
 let Dyer and Koger Sherman, Esq., from ye Conti- 
 nental Congress, at Philadelphia. It is proposed to 
 this meeting whether there shall be a committee ap- 
 pointed to Draw a set of Resolves and an answer to 
 said letter from said Congress, and to lay the same 
 before the next meeting of this town for their ap- 
 probation. Resolved in the affirmative, and 
 DOCTOR AMOS MEAD, 
 MESSRS. JOHN" MACKAY, 
 JESSE PARSONS, 
 are per vote appointed a committee for the purpose 
 aforesaid, on which the town per vote adjourned 
 their meeting to the 17th day of Instant October, 
 to the place where their annual Town meetings are 
 held in said Town, 
 
 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of 
 Greenwich, in the County of Fairfield, & Colony of 
 Connecticut, holden on the 17th day of October, 
 1774. 
 
 This Meeting takeing into their Serious consider- 
 ation the alarming State of American Liberty, do 
 
132 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 unanimously approve of and adopt as the Senti- 
 ments of the Inhabitants of this Town the Kesolves 
 of the Honorable House of Representatives of this 
 Colony, passed in their sessions at Hartford, in May 
 last. 
 
 And whereas Certain Acts of the British Parlia- 
 ment have appeared since the above resolves were 
 entered into ; Particularly an act for altering ye 
 Government of Massachusetts Bay, and another 
 for Establishing the Poman Catholic religion in 
 Canada, &c. 
 
 Pesolved by this meeting, that those acts are re- 
 pugnant to the free principles of the English Con- 
 stitution, and in a High Degree Dangerous to the 
 Civil and Peligious Liberty of both Brittish and 
 American Protestant subjects, and that notwith- 
 standing the Torrent of False and malicious asper- 
 sions pour'd forth by designing men, We believe 
 and declare the Contrivers and Devisors of these 
 and all such unconstitutional acts, Their Dupes and 
 Emissaries, to be the only enemies to our Gracious 
 Sovereign, and the Illustrious House of Hanover, 
 that we know of in his majesty's dominions. 
 
 Pesolved, that this meeting hereby approve of the 
 Honorable Congress of Delegates from the several 
 American Colonies, and will acquiesce and abide by 
 their final determination. 
 
 Pesolved, that as the Province of Massachusetts 
 Bay, especially the Town of Boston, is now suffer- 
 ing under the Iron Hand of Despotic Power and 
 
HISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 133 
 
 ministerial Influence, it is the Indispensable duty of 
 this town, in Imitation of ye noble Examples set np 
 by most of the Colony to contribute to the relief of 
 the oppressed and suffering Poor in said Town of 
 Boston, and that Messrs. 
 
 DAYID BUSH, 
 JOHK MACKAY, 
 BENJAMIN MEAD, Jr., 
 DANIEL MEREITT, 
 JAMES FEREIS, 
 NATHANIEL MEAD, Jr., 
 JOSEPH HOBBY, Jr., 
 
 be a Committee to receive and keep an exact 
 account of all donations that shall be Given by the 
 Inhabitants of this town, and Transmit the same to 
 the Select men of the Town of Boston, to be by 
 them appropriated for the purpose aforesaid. 
 Ordered by this meeting, that 
 
 DOCTOR AMOS MEAD, 
 MESSRS. JOHN MACKAY, 
 JESSE PARSONS, 
 
 be Desired to write to the Honorable members of 
 Congress for this Colony an answer to theirs of the 
 19th ultimo. Inclosing a Copy of the Present Doings 
 of this meeting, and transmit another copy thereof 
 to the Printer, at New Haven, in order to be 
 published. 
 
 Recorded by me, 
 
 ' JESSE PARSONS, Tovm Cleric, 
 1 
 
134: HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Copy of the letter to the Delegates, 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 
 19th nit., inclosing the Kesolntions of the Honor- 
 able Congress, and with the Highest grattitude re- 
 ceive the assurance of the earliest intelligence of 
 the proceedings of your Honorable Board, as soon 
 as they shall be made Public. "We have called a 
 meeting, and communicated to them your letter and 
 those proceedings, and do now inclose their resolu- 
 tions thereon. 
 
 We are. Gentlemen, your most obedient. Humble 
 servants. 
 
 AMOS MEAD, 
 JOHN MACKAY, 
 JESSE PAKSONS. 
 
 P. S. Upon enquiry into the Present State of 
 the magazine of this Town, the Inhabitants are much 
 surprised to find that the price of that most necessary 
 article for our defence, viz., Gunpowder, is now 
 doubled, which we are Desired to mention as worthy 
 the notice of your Honorable Board. 
 The Honorable 
 Eliphalit Dyer and 
 Roger Sherman, Esqs. 
 
 At the same meeting it was further voted 
 that " As the Town Stock of ammunition 
 wants a supply, there be a Committee appoint- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 135 
 
 ed to examine the state of the Town Stock of 
 Powder, Lead, &c. and the Selectmen are ap- 
 pointed a committee for that purpose and to 
 take care to supply what is wanting at the 
 expense of the Town." 
 
 On the 8th of February 1775, it was "Pro- 
 posed to this meeting whether they will send 
 Delegates to attend a County Congress at 
 Fairfield on the 19th of February instant pur- 
 suant to a letter from Fairfield Committee 
 agreeable to the Association of the Continen- 
 tal Congress, entered into and adopted by the 
 Honorable House of Kepresentatives of this 
 Colony and said Committee to attend on their 
 own expenses. Resolved in the aflfirmative, 
 and that 
 
 Doctor Amos Mead 
 and John Mackay, 
 
 be their Delegates for the purpose aforesaid." 
 On the 3d of December of the same year 
 (1775), the following persons were appointed 
 a '■'• Committee of Inspection and Safety T They, 
 beside their duties as a Vigilance Committee, 
 were empowered to appoint two or more from 
 their own number to attend the next County 
 Congress should any be called :— 
 
136 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Amos Mead, 
 
 Samuel Peck, Roger Brown, 
 
 James Ferris, Bezaleel Brown, 
 
 Jolin Mackay, David Wood, 
 
 Benjamin Mead, jun. Maj. Thomas Hobby, 
 
 Nehemiah Mead, Odell Close. 
 
 Col. Jolm Mead. Nathaniel Mead, jmi. 
 
 It was also, — 
 
 Yoted, that no body of men presume to assemble 
 together and go upon any expedition, unless by 
 order of the Honorable the Continental Congress, 
 the Honorable the General Assembly, the County 
 Congress, or Committee of Safety for this town, 
 either of whom are to ascertain the number and 
 direct the measures. 
 
 At a special meeting of the inhabitants of the 
 Town of Greenwich, legally warned and holden on 
 the 15th day of January, Anno Dotn. 1776, The 
 Town per vote Add to their Committee of Safety 
 the following persons, viz. : — 
 
 Israel Knapp, Jr. 
 Samuel Seymour, 
 John Hobby, 
 Messenger Palmer, and 
 Peter Mead, Esq. 
 
 In this meeting comes Jesse Hallock and pre- 
 sents himself to set up the Salt Peter works in 
 
HISTOKY OF GREENWICH, 137 
 
 this town, on encouragement Given by act of As- 
 sembly. 
 
 Jesse Parsons, who liad been the town clerk 
 for many years, died on the 26th day of July, 
 1776, and was succeeded in office by Col. 
 Jabez Fitch, who lived at the top of Putnam's 
 Hill, Bezaleel Brown was the moderator of 
 several successive town-meetings about this 
 date ; and Abraham Hays was frequently 
 elected grand juror. Both these men dab- 
 bled somewhat at the law ; and when a regular 
 attorney, by name William Thompson, came 
 here to practice, they laid their hitherto op- 
 posing heads together to overcome him in 
 their first encounter. Says Hays to Brown, 
 " Now you argue de nice points of law, and I 
 plackguard de debbel." How the case termi- 
 nated is not reported ; but tradition says that 
 Brown was well acquainted with law, and 
 Hays really could " plackguard de debbel." 
 Hays was born in Holland, and was of Jewish 
 descent. 
 
 March 11th, Anno. IT 77, the town voted to send 
 for the sixpounder and shot for the same, which had 
 been granted to them, on account of a memorial 
 addressed to the General Assembly. 
 
138 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 At a special Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
 Greenwich, legally warned and held at the Town 
 House in said Greenwich, on Monday the 14:th day 
 of April, 1777, The Town, by vote, made choice of 
 Nehemiah Mead to be moderator for this present 
 meeting. Further, the Town, by vote, make choice 
 of Messrs. 
 
 Titus Mead 
 Nehemiah Mead, 
 John Mackay, 
 James Ferris, 
 Enos Lockwood, 
 Koger Brown, 
 Daniel Merritt. 
 
 to be a Committee to inspect into, and see that the 
 Families of those who enter into the Continental 
 Army, shall be supplied with the necessaries of life, 
 at the prices as stated by law according to the Gov- 
 ernors Proclamation. Further, this meeting will 
 assist and support the ministers of Justice, in putting 
 into execution the act of the Assembly respecting 
 the stating prices. 
 
 Same was repeated at the next regular town 
 meeting. 
 
 During this year, Col. Enos, of Hartford, 
 was stationed in this town with Connecticut 
 troops. His quarters were, during a part of 
 the time at Palmer's Hill, and a part of the 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 139 
 
 time at the old Esquire Knapp place, now 
 occupied by J. K. Stearns, Esq. He, as well 
 as Col. Holdridge wlio followed him, is much 
 complained of by the old residents. Being 
 both, in the fashionable meaning of the word, 
 gentlemen, they were personally the possessors 
 of no courage, and at the times when they 
 were most needed were of the least benefit to 
 the inhabitants. Col. Welles w^ho succeeded 
 Holdridge is much better spoken of, and was 
 an excellent and brave officer. The foraging 
 of Col. Enos' troops was so excessive that the 
 town, at a legal meeting, voted : — 
 
 Whereas the troops of Col. Enos regiment quar- 
 tered in this town, have committed great outrages 
 upon the property of some of the Inhabitants of this 
 town (viz.), in burning rails, cutting young growth 
 of Timber, &c. Therefore, it is proposed to this 
 meeting, whether they will recommend unto the 
 Select men of this Town, to apply to the Field Ofii- 
 cers, for redress of the aforesaid grievances. Yoted 
 in the affirmative. 
 
 At a special Town meeting of the inhabitants 
 of the Town of Greenwich, legally warned and 
 held in said Greenwich, on Monday ye 12tli day of 
 January, 1Y78, in pursuance of the Kequisition from 
 
140 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 his Excellency the Governor, of ye 15th of Decem- 
 ber, 1777, communicate to the Inhabitants the Intro- 
 duction to, and the Articles of Confederation & Per- 
 petual Union between the States of America, that 
 the sense of the Town might be known thereon, the 
 town by vote made choice of Bezaleel Brown to be 
 Moderator of this present meeting. The said Arti- 
 cles being in said meeting deliberately read and 
 considered, were by vote, Nem Con,^ {no one oppos- 
 ing) accepted and approved. 
 
 It is proposed whether this meeting is willing, 
 that non-commissioned officer and soldier who is 
 draughted and voluntarily serves in this two months 
 expedition, receive a proportionable part of all the 
 fines paid in consequence of said draught. Voted 
 in the affirmative, and that the Selectmen receive 
 the said fines of the Town Treasurer and pay them 
 out accordingly. 
 
 Voted that the artillery men may have the Town 
 House for a guard-house, and have liberty to build 
 a chimney to it, and that the Town will be at the 
 cost of having Masons for that purpose. The Town, 
 by vote, made choice of Bezaleel Brown to be Bar- 
 rack-Master, to supply the troops with wood and 
 other necessaries. Meeting then adjourned. 
 
 On March of the same year Bezaleel Brown, 
 having been made lieutenant, was again chosen 
 chairman, and the fines of the militia were 
 disposed of, as the fines of the regulars had 
 
HISTOiiY OF GKEENWICH. 141 
 
 been disposed of at the meeting of the pre- 
 ceding year. 
 
 At a Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
 Town of G-reenwich, holden in the Town House of 
 said Greenwich, on Monday the 19th day of Decem- 
 ber, 1778, having made a choice of Bezaleel Brown 
 for Moderator, and Jabez Fitch for Clerk, the meet- 
 ing adjourned to the Meeting House. This meeting 
 taking into serious consideration the danger & dis- 
 tress of the inhabitants of this town, and the great 
 loss and damage sustained by many of the good 
 citizens thereof, occasioned chiefly by a number of 
 vile abandoned wretches, who have gone over to 
 and joined the common enemy of the United States 
 of America, against the laws of this State, and the 
 liberties and privileges of the good people thereof. 
 Thereupon, it is resolved by this meeting, that it is, 
 in their opinion, dangerous to the safety, liberties, 
 Peace and good Government of this town, that any 
 person that hath gone over to, and joined, aided or 
 assisted the common enemy of the United States, or 
 taken Protection under them to remain in this town, 
 or to return to it or ever be capable of obtaining 
 any settlement in it. Resolved, that is the opinion 
 of this meeting that the authority and selectmen 
 take all proper and legal steps to free the town of 
 all such vile Miscreants. Further the town then 
 voted for Capt Sylvanus Mead to be Barrack-Master 
 for the year ensuing. For Messrs,— 
 
142 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Sylvanus Mead, 
 Isaac Howe, 
 Reuben Randall, 
 Abraham Mead, 
 
 Jos i ah Ferris, 
 Matthew Mead, 
 Edmund Mead, 
 to be the Committee of Safety. 
 
 After the excursion of Gov. Tryon with his 
 band of Tories to Greenwich, the people and 
 the town at large were exceedingly poor. 
 Continental money was mucli depreciated in 
 value, and the town was reduced to such ex- 
 tremity that every thing belonging to it was 
 sold to such of the individual inhabitants as 
 could afford to buy. The town-house was sold 
 to Col. Mead for seven pounds lawful money, 
 or if paid in continental money, eighty-four 
 pounds, as one pound lawful money was equal 
 to twelve in continental money. Three or 
 four law-books belonging to the town were 
 also sold to different citizens, as appears by the 
 record. 
 
 At the close of tlie war, "At a special town 
 meeting, &c., on the 12tli day of August, 
 1783, the town voted for Benjamin Mead, 
 Esq., to be their moderator, &c," 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 14:3 
 
 The town taking into consideration the distress 
 to which the inhabitants there are reduced by the 
 war-ring and plundering of the Enemy and the 
 constantly quartering of troops for the defence of 
 this State in the town during the late war with 
 Great Britain and the great injury done thereby 
 and that it was brought to the town during the 
 course of a war undertaken for the defence and se- 
 curity of the common liberties of the State in which 
 it was understood and expected that the whole body 
 should bear the extraordinary burden and whereas 
 the General Assembly did make a grant for the 
 whole and make payment of a part of the damages 
 done at Danbury accidentally thrown on any par- 
 ticular part and considering it is altogether just to 
 us, have there upon agreed and voted that Brigadier 
 General John Mead be agent for the town to 
 make use of such measures by memorial to the 
 General Assembly or otherwise to obtain redress of 
 the town grievances in this behalf and for a repair 
 of the damages to the sufferers occasioned by the 
 war excepting to those sufferers who are known to 
 be inimical to the liberties and independence of 
 the United States of America. This meeting is ad- 
 journed to next Freemen's meeting day in Septem- 
 ber to begin immediately after freemen's meeting is 
 over. 
 
 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of 
 Greenwich convened in town meeting September 
 
144 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the 16tli 1783. The inhabitants resumed the con- 
 sideration of the grievances partly discussed at the 
 preceding meeting and on reading a copy of the 
 resolve of the Honorable General Assembly of this 
 State on a memorial preferred to said Assembly 
 by the representatives of this town in May last, 
 the inhabitants thereby agree in the following 
 propositions ; 
 
 Firsts That tlie commission granted to the com- 
 mittee decreed by said resolve does not empower 
 said committee to enter fully into the grievances 
 complained of, and damages done to the inhabitants 
 during the late war (not heretofore estimated) 
 as it extends only to losses and damages occa- 
 sioned by the enemy but does reach the losses and 
 damages occasioned by this being a garrison-town 
 and its inhabitants harassed and distressed by both 
 parties. 
 
 Second^ that from the confidence that the inhabi- 
 tants of this town have in the wisdom and justice of 
 the Legislature of the State they are persuaded that 
 nothing but the misrepresentations of some men 
 either through ignorance of their real sufi'ering or 
 worse motives could have induced that Honorable 
 body to appoint a Committee with such limited 
 powers as only warranted to consider lyartially 
 a subject that ought in Justice and Equity to be 
 taken upon a larger scale. 
 
 Thirdly^ That the burden of a war carried on for 
 the General defence of a State w^hether occasioned 
 by friends or foes ought to be borne as equal as 
 
HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. " 145 
 
 possible by the citizens at large and that unless the 
 principle is adopted and applied to the sufferings of 
 the inhabitants of the town they are so far from be- 
 ing on equal footing with the greater part of their 
 fellow citizens in the State that the contrary must 
 doom them to a species of oppression incompatible 
 with the equitable maxims of legislation. 
 
 FouTthly^ That the inhabitants of this town do 
 not entertain the most distant thought of an ex- 
 emption from such part of the public burden as 
 they are able to bear but when they view the pres- 
 ent alarming situation of the town for want of re- 
 sources occasioned by the check put upon their 
 industry for years past and the powers of Provi- 
 dence on their labor in permitting their crops of 
 wheat on which they chiefly depended to be cut off 
 this season should they under these circumstances be 
 called upon for a collection of their full proportion 
 of the state taxes they will be reduced to such hard- 
 ships as must terminate in uncomfortable ruin to 
 themselves and families ; 
 
 Whereupon it is agreed and voted by the said 
 inhabitants that Brigadier General Mead the town 
 agent do pursue such means^ by memorials to 
 the General Assembly at the ensuing October ses- 
 sion predicted on the foregoing sentiments or other- 
 wise as he may judge most eligible for the purpose 
 of obtaining redress of the grievances aforesaid by 
 the appointment of a judicious committee invested 
 with such power as the complicated distresses of 
 this town evidently require or in such other way as 
 
146 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the Honorable Legislature may in their wisdom 
 direct. 
 
 It was also '' Resolved by this meeting that 
 it is their opinion that the selectmen do not 
 take bonds of any person or persons that have 
 gone over to the enemy for the purpose of 
 making said person or persons inhabitants of 
 this town, or giving him or them a residence 
 therein." 
 
 On the 12th day of July, 1784, the people 
 having passed through the troubles of the war, 
 and now having some opportunity to turn 
 their attention to other topics, met and pre- 
 ferred the following solemn charges against 
 their minister the Rev. Jonatlian Murdoch 
 The original copy of these charges is in the 
 possession of Col. Thomas A. Mead. 
 
 Whereas, at a meeting of the Church of Christ, in 
 the West Society, hoi den at the House of Mr. Ben- 
 jamin Peck, in said Society, on the 12th day of 
 July, 1784. The said church Yoted that the Asso- 
 ciation of the Western District, in Fairfield County, 
 be called to meet on the 2ond Teusday of August 
 next, at the house of Capt. John Hobby, in said 
 Society, at 12 o'clock, at noon, then and there to 
 Enquire into all matter of Difference and Grievance 
 Subsisting between Mr, Jonathan Hurdock, the 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 147 
 
 Pastor, and the Churcli of Christ in this place, and 
 to give their pastoral advice thereon ; and that it 
 was also Voted that Amos Mead and Benjamin 
 Mead, Esqrs., be a Committee to call the said Asso- 
 ciation and to lay all matters of Ditlerence and 
 Grievance before them. 
 
 Pursuant to the above said appointment take leave 
 to offer the following matters of fact as the cause of 
 the Difference and Grievances subsisting between 
 the said Church and the said Pastor, viz. : 
 
 1st, with Kespect to his the said Pastor's public 
 performances as a Minister of the Gospel in this 
 place. 
 
 2d, with Kespect to his conduct since he was 
 settled in the Worke of the ministry in this place. 
 
 1st, as to the first, it is the opinion of this church 
 that the said Pastor hath not followed the apostolick 
 advice of Studying to make himself approved, 
 Kightly dividing the word of truth, &c.,— for in- 
 stance, in a discourse from the 13th chapter of Luke 
 & the 21th verse, " Strive to enter in at the straight 
 gate^ for I say tmto you that many will seek to 
 enter in and shall not le dbleP In which discourse 
 he said that striving and seeking meant the same 
 thing, and attempted to prove it. In another sermon 
 against oppression and high prices, he observed that 
 it was the crying sin of the land, for which the judg- 
 ments of God were on the land ; and in the close 
 observed that everybody had gone into it, so that 
 some must practice it, and could not live without it. 
 
148 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 He has lately in two sermons attempted to describe 
 Evangelical Eepentance, and did it in these words, 
 viz., that it consisted in an unfeigned sorrow for sin 
 <^ sincere intention to forsake it. There are many 
 others that might be mentioned. 
 
 2ond. His general mode of proof has not been 
 taken from the Scripture or Eeason of things, But 
 that he has heard so, that he believes it, and that he 
 verily believes it. 
 
 3d. That he dwells on general heads and does not 
 descend into particulars, or adapt them to the Con- 
 sciences of the hearers ; but so delivers himself that 
 it hath been frequently observed by his hearers that 
 a person might be a Deist, & not be offended, but 
 join with him. 
 
 Secondly, with Respect to his conduct since he 
 was settled in the work of the ministry in this place. 
 
 1st. That soon after he was Installed in this place 
 he began to enter into a multiplicity of Business, & 
 wickedly neglected his study, and has continued so 
 to do to this time. 
 
 2ond. That although he early took the Oath of 
 Fidelity to this State, and in the beginning of 
 the late War showed much zeal in the American 
 Cause in the pulpit as well as elsewhere, yet con- 
 trary to his said oath of Fidelity, in 1779, on or 
 about the lOtli day of July, he voluntarily went to 
 a Brittish officer with a flagg then at the house late 
 Seth Mead's, in this place, and there acknowledged 
 his Political Friendship to the British, and that soon 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 149 
 
 after he began to justify trade with the then enemies 
 of this State, among the people in this place, and In- 
 couraged it by his own example. 
 
 3d. In May, 1Y80, he was (with his own consent) 
 taken by Delancy's Core and Paroled, only to come 
 to their lines a prisoner when called for, but under 
 no restraint by his parole as to his preaching or 
 prayer. Yet after that he totally neglected in public 
 to pray for protection to us. Discretion to our 
 Councils, or Success to our arms, to the great 
 Grievance of the people here. 
 
 4th. That he was offered an exchange, but his 
 friendship to the British interest prevailed over his 
 oath of Fidelity & duty to his country as well as 
 people, and he refused the exchange. 
 
 5th. That on or about the 10th of October, 1779, 
 his cows were (as he said) taken from him on a 
 Friday night, and on the next Sabbath he went 
 after them down among the Enemy, he obtained a 
 permit to take them, he found them and sold tbem 
 and bo't British Goods with the money & brought 
 the Goods into this State, contrary to law, and in 
 thus doing he broke the Sabbath, set an ill example, 
 and broke covenant with the church in neglecting 
 his duty on the Lord's day. 
 
 6th. In 1780, in the summer season, he frequently 
 left the House of God in this place vacant in the 
 afternoon of the Lord's day, & without the consent 
 of the Church, in neglect of his duty here, went and 
 preached to the separate Baptists at their place of 
 
160 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 worship, thereby countenancing that separation, to 
 the great Greife of this Church and all the good 
 people here. 
 
 7th. In 1780, between fore and afternoon worship 
 on the Lord's day, he sent Mr. Samuel Peck, juii. 
 and called Mr. Silas Mead to his house, Mr. Benja- 
 min Peck being present ; he dunned him for what 
 they owed him, and desired them to do the same to 
 their neighbors. Yet not far from that time he 
 reproved Mr. Theophilus Peck for breaking the 
 Sabbath only for bringing back a sermon book in 
 his pocket on the Lord's day. In other instances 
 he admonished Mr. Philips, the Baptist minister, 
 against marrying upon the Sabbath as a great 
 Immorality, since which he has frequently practised 
 it himself. 
 
 8th. He has frequently and abroad knowingly 
 misrepresented and traduced this Church & society, 
 in perticular Capt. Marsh, before the ordaining 
 Committee at J^orth Stamford, in declaring that 
 this Society had never paid him in any thing but 
 Continental money, which words so spoken, he Mr. 
 Jonathan Murdock then knew were false, he himself 
 being possessed of the means of knowledge that 
 they were so. 
 
 9th. He has frequently, as this Church takes it, 
 been guilty of the breach of the 9th command in 
 denying facts and appealing in an unchristianlike 
 manner to the father of lights for confirmation of 
 what he said. Yiz. : — On or about the 30th ot 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 151 
 
 April last, before the Society's meeting in this place, 
 he publicly declared that the report that he had 
 refused to settle accounts with the people of this 
 society was without foundation, groundless and 
 false ; which declaration he, the said Mr. Jonathan 
 Murdoch, at the House of Mr. Henry Mead did in 
 a publick manner make a few days before. 
 
 10th. That the foregoing matters of Greivance 
 and many more which might be mentioned have so 
 disaffected the people in this place that there are 
 many who have left the Society and gone over to 
 and joined other denominations, and but few who 
 attend Mr. Jonathan Murdoch's ministry in this 
 place. 
 
 11th. That in the opinion of this church the 
 breach is become so great between the said Mr. 
 Jonathan Murdoch & this Church & great part of 
 the said Society that it can not be healed, but that 
 his usefulness is at an end in this place. 
 
 Upon these charges Mr. Murdock was heard, 
 and he was dismissed, being found guilty. He 
 appears to have been a man of but little mind 
 and energy, and at the time when dismissed 
 had no friends in the church whatever. He 
 graduated at New Haven in the class of seven- 
 teen hundred and sixty-six, with Dr. Timothy 
 Dwight, Dr. Backus, David Ely, Dr. David 
 Macclure and Dr, Nathan Strong. Soon after 
 
152 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 his settlement at Greenwich, he fell in love 
 with Miss Ann Grigg, a bouncing girl of six- 
 teen or seventeen, who was a much greater 
 lover of fun than of Mr. Murdock. He per- 
 secuted her with epistles of love, by bribing 
 the blacks to bear his messages to her, or 
 when that was impossible, by thrusting them 
 under her room door. The blacks gladly car- 
 ried his notes, and greatly enjoyed the reading 
 of them with Miss Grigg herself. Once, on 
 seeing him coming in at the door, she hid 
 away in the garret, while a favorite negro 
 woman politely informed Mr. Murdock that 
 she, in a spirit of fun, had climbed up 
 the chimney to hide from him. He, innocent 
 of any thought of a joke, really believed the 
 story, and put his head up the large winding 
 chimney to find her. Finally raising himself 
 high enough in the chimney with the greatest 
 difficulty, not only found her not there, but 
 also found his clothes covered with soot and • 
 his throat exceedingly well choked with hot 
 smoke. 
 
 He visited considerably in his parish ; and 
 on a certain visit at Mr. Theophilus Peck's, 
 where he was obliged on account of the dis- 
 tance, to take dinner, he was much surprised 
 
ISISTORY OF aREENWiCH. 153 
 
 when being seated at tlie table, tliat Mr. Peck 
 did not ask liis pastor to implore the divine 
 blessing, but that Mr. Peck performed the 
 duty himself, using the following words : " Oli 
 Lord! loe have a ivolf in sheep's clothing 
 amongst us. Put a hridle in his mouth and a 
 hooh ill his nose., and lead him hack to the place 
 whence he earned 
 
 INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Thus far we have given to our readers the 
 simple records of the town-meetings held dur- 
 ing these times so trying to true patriotism. 
 At the outbreak of the war, some, from their 
 loyal and religious zeal immediately sided with 
 the enemy. However, they did not at that time 
 openly avow their design. So little spirit 
 was shown on the i3art of the Tories within 
 the limits of the toion up to 1Y77, that a vote 
 sustaining the Declaration of Independence, 
 and the Continental Congress was passed in 
 town-meeting without a dissenting voice. 
 Yet there were disaffected ones, as the event 
 proved ; and before the war was finished, ninety- 
 two men had gone over to and openly joined 
 the ranks of the enemy from the second society 
 
154: HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 alone. A complete list of the names of these 
 is in the hands of the author, having been 
 made years ago by one of the Committee of 
 Safety. The number of family names in the 
 list is tliirty-fow\ And twelve of these names 
 are not now to be found in the town. The 
 immediate descendants of the others are but 
 few, and in many instances the race is quite 
 extinct. There seems to have been a doom 
 upon them and their descendants. 
 
 After the British had occupied New York, 
 there arose another class of men, much worse 
 than the first. This body was composed of 
 certain lawless characters, who seized upon 
 every opportunity for plunder with avidity. 
 They committed their depredations both upon 
 the Americans and their enemies. Old grudges 
 contracted before the war, were now satisfied 
 with relentless vigor. Hence, the Americans 
 sufi'ered most from these wretches. And inas- 
 much as they did by far the greater injury to 
 the Americans, they were often assisted by 
 British troops to carry out their foul cruelties 
 and barbarites, and were always sheltered by 
 the enemy when hotly pressed by the citizens. 
 They banded together to carry out their ne- 
 farious designs. Skulking about at night in 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 155 
 
 the woods and by-places, tliey would shoot 
 down the inhabitants when they least supposed 
 an enemy near. Their mode of warfare can 
 only be compared with that of the Indians in 
 the early history of the country. A few in- 
 stances will show the refinement of blood 
 thirstiness which they had attained at about 
 the close of the war. 
 
 Shubal Merritt, whose family is now extinct, 
 was one of these. With one of his boon com- 
 panions, he was once lurking about the village 
 of Rye for the accomplishment of some hidden 
 purpose. An aged man was plowing a field 
 hard by their hiding place, and as he diligently 
 pursued his labors backward and forward 
 across the lot, they were whiling away the 
 time by playing cards. Finally, Shubal pro- 
 posed a game to decide which should shoot 
 the victim. The result was against Shubal, 
 who, as the old man approached them slowly 
 with his team, deliberately raised his musket, 
 and shot him through the heart. After the 
 war was over, the murderer suffered his just 
 deserts. A son of his victim met him at 
 White Plains, face to face, and shot him dead 
 upon the spot. And so great was the feeling 
 of hatred to him on the part of the citizens, 
 that no notice was taken of the act. 
 
156 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Dr. Amos Mead, one of the Committee of 
 Safety, was so chased and hunted by these 
 men as to be obliged, with dog, horse, gun, 
 and blankets, to travel about back in the 
 country for a whole winter. He retraced by 
 night the tracks he had made by day, and 
 then moving off a short distance in another 
 direction, to spend the night in the first shel- 
 tered place that could be found. At the close 
 of winter, he came down to look at a field of 
 wheat, but when arriving at a certain point 
 he turned back, deeming it unsafe to proceed 
 farther. Soon after, one William Sackett, a 
 refugee, met him, and told him that ^ve men 
 bent on his life, had been hidden in that field 
 of wheat, with their muskets all aimed at a 
 certain point in the road where he must have 
 passed had he proceeded onward. Sackett 
 had not become so hardened but that he gave 
 this timely warning, and Dr. Mead wisely 
 retired again into the country. 
 
 Among the most inveterate Tories were a 
 family of the name of Knapp, living on what 
 is now known as the Tracy place. One of 
 them, Timothy Knapp, had been paying his 
 attentions with a view to marriage, to a 
 daughter of Titus Mead, then living in the 
 old house, at present Mr. Solomon Mead's, a 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 157 
 
 little nortlieast of tlie village. And on lier 
 refusing his band, lie proudly told her, that 
 sliesliouldyet speak to liiin^ and lie ivoiddin Ms 
 turn take no notice of her. This threat was 
 verified in a more terrible way than he inten- 
 ded. Horses were the most valuable booty 
 that the refugees could lay their hands upon 
 and knowing that Mr. Mead possessed a fine 
 animal, which he every night led up the oaken 
 stairs to his garret, Knapp with two of his 
 brothers went to the house to take it. Mr. 
 Mead had knowledge of their approach, and 
 stationed a man who was with him at a back 
 window up stairs. It was at dusk, and when 
 the three men had come to the door-step, after 
 some words, Mr, Mead fired, the ball passing 
 through the door and entering the heart of 
 Timothy Knapp. "Without waiting to see the 
 result of the shot, his brothers ran off in an 
 easterly direction ; and at the same time the 
 man stationed by the back window sprang out 
 and ran with all his might. The remaining 
 refugees, seeing him, and supposing it to be 
 their brother, called out, " i??m, Tlm^ Tun^'> 
 which made him run the faster. At last, the 
 daughter, opening the door and seehig Timo- 
 thy lying there, asked him if he were badly 
 8 
 
168 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 hurt. And lie making no answer, was found 
 dead. She had sjpoken to him^ and he had taken 
 no notice of her. On finding him dead, word 
 was sent to the family that his body was lying 
 as it fell on the door-step. They paid no at- 
 tention to the messenger ; and after the body 
 had lain there for a considerable length of 
 time, Mr. Mead buried it in a lot belonging to 
 the Knapps in a pair of bars, where they must 
 have driven over it in going out and in. 
 Afterwards, the family took up the body and 
 buried it close by the house where he was 
 shot ; and his bones still rest there. A line of 
 willow-trees now marks the spot, a little way 
 south of the house. 
 
 Many such incidents might be related, show- 
 ing the disposition of this class of our enemies ; 
 but a perusal of some of the incidents upon 
 the succeeding pages will more fully convey a 
 correct idea respecting them. 
 
 Another class not so violent in their indi- 
 vidual conduct, but equally inimical in other 
 respects, were those who under guise of per- 
 mits from the English, resided here without 
 molestation from the enemy, and in return for 
 this privilege, gave them sufficient and well- 
 timed information of the doings of Americans 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 169 
 
 in this quarter. There were quite a large 
 number of this class among us ; and we cannot 
 but deplore the situation of our forefathers, 
 thus situated with spies and villainous Tories 
 in their midst, and ready enemies close at 
 hand. 
 
 tryon's expeditioit. 
 
 The attack made upon Greenwich by Gov. 
 Tryon, and the escape of Gen. Putnam down 
 the precipice, are the most prominent incidents 
 in the history of the town. And it is an ex- 
 ceedingly difficult task for a historian, collect- 
 ing facts merely from tradition, with the as- 
 sistance of no other record than the official 
 report of the commanding officer, and short 
 letters written from a distant part of the 
 county. An officer, when forced to retreat 
 after being almost, or perhaps quite, surprised 
 at an outpost, feels in duty bound to represent 
 the facts in as favorable light as possible, to 
 avoid discouraging the patriots fighting for 
 their country. Putnam, according to his own 
 account, spent but little time in the village 
 while the enemy were here. And the letters 
 are obviously incorrect in many prominent 
 points. Here is Putnam's account : — 
 
160 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Cam]) at Reading March "-Ind^ 1779. 
 
 A detaclnnent from the enemy at King's bridge, 
 consisting of the 14:th, Mth and 57th British regi- 
 ments, one of the Hessians and two of the new 
 levies, marched from their lines for Horseneck on 
 the evening of the 25th, ult. with the intention of 
 surprising the troops at that place, and destroying 
 the salt works. 
 
 A captain and thirty men were sent from our 
 advance lines from Horseneck, who discovered the 
 enemy at Kew-Kochelle in advance. They retired 
 before them undiscovered as far as Ryeneck where 
 it growing light, the enemy observed and attacked 
 them. They defended themselves as well as posi- 
 ble and made their way good to Sawpitts where 
 they took advantage of a commanding piece of 
 ground and made some little stand, but the superior 
 force of the enemy obliged them to retire over By- 
 ram bridge, which they took up and by tliat means 
 had an opportunity of reaching Horseneck in 
 safety. 
 
 As I was there myself to see the situation of the 
 guards, I had the troops formed on a hill by the 
 meeting house, ready to receive the enemy as they 
 advanced. They came on briskly and I soon dis- 
 covered that their design was to turn our flanks and 
 possess themselves of a defile in our rear, which 
 would effectually prevent our retreat. I therefore 
 ordered parties out on both flanks with directions to 
 give me information of their approach, that we 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 161 
 
 might retire in season. In the meantime a column 
 advanced np the main road, where the remainder 
 of the troops (amounting to only about sixty), were 
 posted. We discharged some old field pieces which 
 were there, a few times, and gave them a small fire 
 of musketry, but without any considerable efi'ect ; 
 the superior force of the enemy soon obliged our 
 small detachment to abandon the place. 
 
 I therefore directed the troops to retire and form 
 on a hill a little distance from Horseneck, while I 
 proceeded to Stamford and collected a body of 
 militia, and a few continental troops which were 
 there, with which I returned immediately, and 
 found that the enemy, (after plundering the inhabi- 
 tants of the principal part of their efiects, and destroy- 
 ing a few salt works, a small sloop and a store,) 
 were on their return. The ofiicer commanding the 
 continental troops stationed at Horseneck, mistook 
 my orders and went much farther than I intended, 
 so that he could not come up with them to any ad- 
 vantage. I, however, ordered the few troops that 
 came from Stamford to pursue them thinking they 
 might have an opportunity to pick up some strag- 
 glers. In this I was not mistaken, as your Excel- 
 lency will see by the enclosed list of prisoners. 
 Besides these eight or nine more w^ere taken and 
 sent ofi", so that I cannot tell to which particular 
 regiments they belonged, one ammunition and one 
 baggage wagon were taken. In the former there 
 were about two hundred rounds of canister, grape 
 
162 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 and round shot, suited to three pounders, some slow 
 matches, and about two hundred tubes ; the latter was 
 filled with plunder, which I had the satisfaction of 
 restoring to the inhabitants from whom it was taken. 
 As I have not yet got a return, I cannot tell exactly 
 the number we lost, though I don't think more than 
 ten soldiers, and about that number of inhabitants, 
 but a few of which were in arms. 
 
 List of Prisoners taken at Ilorseneck on the '^^th. 
 
 tdt. 17th Eegiment, 15 privates ; 44:th do. 
 
 5 privates, 57th do. 3 privates, Loyal American 
 Regiment 5, Emmerick Corps 8. First battallion 
 of Artillery 1, Pioneers 1.— Total 38. 
 
 N'. B. Seven deserters from Emmerich^ s corps. 
 
 The following is from Barber's Historical 
 Collections of Connecticut, being extracts from 
 two letters from Fairfield county, dated March 
 1st, 1779, four days after the occurrence : — 
 
 The enemy have made an excursion within four 
 miles of Stamford, by the best accounts of about 
 1400 or 1500, under the command of Gov. Try on ; 
 they reached Horseneck on Friday morning about 
 9 o'clock ; at Stamford they were not alarmed till 
 ten o'clock, notwithstanding the enemy was discov- 
 ered at 9 o'clock the preceding evening by a small 
 guard of continental troops at East Chester, under 
 the command of Capt. Titus Watson, who were 
 obliged to give way though they fought on their 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 163 
 
 retreat, and some of them were wounded and taken 
 prisoners. Capt. Watson was closely pursued by a 
 light horseman whom he had the good fortune to 
 kill, and by the * -j^ * * * j-nade 
 his escape. Gen. Putnam was accidentally at 
 Stamford, but the continental troops were too much 
 scattered to be collected in season to oppose the ene- 
 my. About 200 militia, and a few continental 
 troops, fell in with the enemy's rear, jnst as they 
 were leaving Horseneck about the middle of the 
 afternoon, who killed eight or ten of them, and took 
 about fifty prisoners, who had made too free with 
 the liquor they had plundered. They destroyed a 
 small salt work, and burnt a schooner which lay at 
 Mianos creek. They plundered the inhabitants of 
 every thing they could lay their hands on, broke 
 windows, &c. and many families are stript of every 
 thing but the clothes they had on ; even the 
 house where Gov. Try on had his head quarters was 
 not spared. They retreated to Rye on Friday even- 
 ing, and next day to Kings bridge. Their retrea* 
 was so precipitate, that they left behind two wagons 
 loaded with plunder. 
 
 From the above reports, and from twenty 
 or more different accounts, some of which 
 have been handed down by the hottest of the 
 Tories, and some by over-zealous Americans, 
 we have arranged the following account of 
 tbe expedition, as being the most consistent 
 
164: HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 and reliable. It is necessary that we should 
 contradict some accounts, and even dispute 
 some of the facts stated by Gen. Putnam him- 
 self. We ask all, therefore, who would relate 
 the matter in a different manner, to look upon 
 our account in a spirit of leniency, remember- 
 ing that where there is so much disagreement 
 all cannot be right. 
 
 The headquarters at this time were at the 
 house of Captain John Hobby. Col. Hol- 
 dridge, of the vicinity of Hartford, an officer 
 much disliked by the Americans, was in com- 
 mand of the outpost. The house was situated 
 a few feet south of the one now occupied by 
 Henry M. Benedict, Esq. And a small guard- 
 house was erected in the corner of the yard, 
 but a few feet south of Mr. Benedict's western 
 entrance, close by the side of the street, of 
 which the carriage path ran more than its 
 width farther south than it now does. 
 
 Some say that this out-post was at the house 
 of the late John J. Tracy ; but this was a hot- 
 bed of Toryism. And further, those giving 
 this account say that Putnam arose from the 
 breakfast table, sprang upon his horse and 
 rode for Stamford ; in which case he could 
 have given no orders to the men who were 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 165 
 
 drawn up by the meeting-house ; which he in 
 fact did. We therefore take this account to 
 be a mistake. 
 
 On the evening of the 25th of February, 
 IY'79, Gen. Putnam was at Horseneck, quar- 
 tered with the picket guard, where it was his 
 custom to come almost every day to gain in- 
 formation of the doings of the enemy below. 
 That evening a ball was held at the house of 
 Moses Husted, Pecksland, on the same site 
 where is now the residence of William A. 
 Husted, Esq. Putnam attended, taking a 
 lady on his horse behind him, according to 
 the custom of those days. This lady, after- 
 wards Mrs. Rogers, was a daughter of David 
 Bush, of Coscob, living in the same house now 
 occupied by Greorge J. Smith, Esq. It was 
 late when he accompanied her home, so that 
 he did not leave her father's residence for 
 Horseneck until nearly daylight on the morn- 
 ing of the 26th. This fact has led many to 
 suppose that his headquarters were at Coscob, 
 which is evidently a mistake. 
 
 The day before (the 25th), a small company 
 
 of the Continental light horsemen, under Capt. 
 
 Titus Watson, consisting of about thirty men, 
 
 had been ordered forward by Putnam to 
 
 8* 
 
166 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 observe tlie doings of the enemy. They went 
 down nearly as far as New Rochelle, where 
 between eight and nine o'clock in the evening 
 they found the enemy approaching with De- 
 lancy's body of Tories in the van. The Conti- 
 nentals retired before them, but were discov- 
 ered and come up with. By reason of superior 
 numbers they were defeated, and many of 
 them were killed. The enemy drove them 
 from the stage road down into Milton, where 
 they managed to keep away from their pursu- 
 ers, crossing the heads of the creeks, many of 
 them hiding in the swamps. A few of them, 
 with Capt. Watson, succeeded in reaching 
 Byram bridge, which they had time to take 
 up when their pursuers were just in sight. 
 Watson with one or two others then rode 
 directly to Horseneck, with the company of 
 Tories in full pursuit. Five of them turned 
 southward and were pursued by a body of the 
 enemy, who came up with one of the fugitives 
 in the lot recently excavated by the New York 
 and New Haven Railroad Company, now 
 owned by Capt. Caleb W. Merritt. The 
 soldier was there shot down and the horse in- 
 humanly butchered, from which the inclosure 
 has since been known as the " horse lotP The 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 167 
 
 other four succeeded in reacliing the Myanos 
 in safety, where they were set across by Daniel 
 Banks. 
 
 The alarm was given to the picket guard by 
 Capt. Watson, but there was little or no time 
 to prepare for defense. The enemy had been 
 informed of the weakness of the outpost and 
 advanced steadily for it. Mr. Matthew Mead, 
 then a boy of twelve, was back of his father's 
 house, where Mr. Bush Mead now lives, when 
 he saw them at the top of the hill by Horse- 
 neck brook. His father sent him off with the 
 other children and the cattle, back in the lots, 
 where he reached a place of safety. The 
 Americans, warned by Capt. Watson, number- 
 ing, according to the various accounts, from 
 one to two hundred, having no cavalry, formed 
 in front of the meeting-house and fired a six- 
 pounder three times, which was a signal of 
 alarm, just as the Tories passed the house of 
 Mr. Matthew Mead. They then were walking 
 their horses, but when they came in sight of 
 Capt. John Hobby's they saw Putnam spring 
 on his horse at the barn with his coat on his 
 arm and ride with full speed to the meeting- 
 house, where the Americans were drawn up. 
 They now gave him full chase. He stopped a 
 
168 HISTOEY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 moment to order his men to retreat to a con- 
 venient distance, wliile lie should ride on to 
 Stamford for reinforcements. Being nearly 
 come up with, he dashed on; and by the 
 time he reached the precipice now known as 
 Putnam's hill, the commander of the Tories, 
 Thomas Merritt, of Westchester county, was 
 within two lengths of him. 
 
 The road, before reaching the brink of the 
 precipice, then ran nearly east and west, then 
 turning a short right angle ran north about 
 thirty rods, when it turned directly about and 
 ran south along under the precipice to about 
 five rods below the causeway forming the 
 present road, where it again turned eastward. 
 Putnam plunged his horse down this steep, 
 which being overgrown with stinted bushes 
 presented a wdld appearance, at a headlong 
 pace across the road at the foot of the hill into 
 the thicket which then lay between the post 
 road and the swamp now known as the " Ten 
 Acres," and pursuing a sort of drift-path 
 through the thicket till he was beyond the 
 present residence of Theodore H. Mead, Esq., 
 where he again took to the road. The hill 
 now presents a totally different aspect from 
 what it formerly did. And the hardest part 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 169 
 
 of Putnam's descent was after lie crossed the 
 road running along the side of the hill. 
 
 Some will have it, that he started down the 
 hill from the same point but took a south- 
 eastern course, reaching the road at the foot 
 of the stone steps, where the enemy had full 
 aim at him all the while. Others, that he 
 rushed headlong down the seventy-four stone 
 steps, placed roughly one above another for 
 the convenience of foot passengers, his weight 
 being two hundred and forty pounds. Others, 
 again, claim that he followed the road as long 
 as it ran on the top of the hill, and then set 
 off in a northeastern direction above the Ten 
 Acres. While the author has been coolly told 
 that he was in no danger of being taken at 
 all, and rode slowly around the hill as other 
 people did. We have carefully traced and 
 examined these different accounts, and have the 
 fullest evidence that the account first given is 
 correct, by the testimony of eye witnesses. 
 One of the many balls fired at him by the 
 Tories from the brink of the hill as he passed 
 through the bushes, passed through his hat. 
 Old Put on this occasion could not refrain 
 from his customary exclamation when in 
 trouble from the Tories, which he shouted as 
 
170 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the balls whistled thickly past him, '' God 
 cuss ye; vjJien I catch ye Til hang ye to the 
 next treeP 
 
 Col. Holdridge, who was in command of the 
 continental soldiers, retreated in an unsoldier- 
 like manner to Stanwich, while Putnam only 
 intended that he should retire a short distance. 
 From the account given of this officer, who 
 was a Hartford man, by the Americans, he was 
 totally unfit to be a soldier at all, and much 
 less an officer. 
 
 The citizens hung about the village as near 
 as they dared, hiding in the swamps and by- 
 places during the whole day, taking advantage 
 of every opportunity, by some daring feat, to 
 secure prisoners, and even fire upon the enemy. 
 
 About an hour after the arrival of the body 
 of Tories, Gov. Try on with his full force of 
 about twelve hundred men, took full posses- 
 sion of the town. He made his quarters at 
 the house of Mr. Henry Mead, who then kept 
 a public house on the present site of the res- 
 idence of Miss Sarah Lewis and Mrs. Mason. 
 The soldiers, meantime, separated themselves 
 into squads, and pillaged every house in the 
 neighborhood ; a large body of them visited 
 Coscob, where they destroyed the salt-works 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 171 
 
 which were upon Bush's Point, a small sloop, 
 and a sloop's store-house. 
 
 A party of them also entered the house of 
 Daniel and Joshua Smith, which was situated 
 a little way south of the present parsonage of 
 the Second Congregational Society. They 
 found this house deserted by all its inhabitants, 
 excepting a deaf old lady, the mother-in-law 
 of Joshua Smith. As they entered they saw 
 her standing at the head of the front stairs. 
 As she could not hear, she disobeyed their 
 orders to come down ; which so enraged the 
 soldiers that one of them sprang up stairs 
 and cut her down with his sword. After this 
 murder, the house was set on fire and burned 
 to the ground. This is said to have been the 
 only house wholly burned by the British. 
 
 The houses of those who held the enemy's 
 permits were safe from these depredations, 
 but the others were ransacked and plundered 
 of every valuable. The wagons brought to 
 carry back the plunder were filled to their 
 utmost capacity. After that, every thing was 
 destroyed. The farmers made granaries of 
 their garrets ; and the enemy, after cutting 
 holes through the garret and main-floors, 
 shoveled all the grain into the cellars, where 
 
172 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the cider barrels were knocked in, and all 
 •mingled in one useless mass. 
 
 The cider, however, was not all permitted 
 to run upon the ground ; but by the middle of 
 the afternoon, nearly all the privates had be- 
 come so drunken with it, as to be unfit for the 
 least defense. And so little guard was kept 
 by the enemy, that an American crept slyly 
 into the orchard by the Henry Mead house, in 
 the midst of the enemy, and fired a ball through 
 the clapboards, which whistled close by Gov. 
 Tryon's head and struck the mantle-piece, from 
 which it rebounded upon the floor. This 
 startled Tryon so much that he, without wait- 
 ing for his late dinner, gave immediate orders 
 for a retreat. The officers now experienced 
 the greatest difficulty in forming their men. 
 Many were beastly drunk, and a great number 
 made irregular marches, so that the Greenwich 
 men managed to take several prisoners. 
 Though several shots were fired at the enemy 
 before, their first man was killed in the road 
 opposite the cedar-tree, a little west of the 
 house of William Knapp. Others were 
 wounded, and the enemy was in a full and 
 disorderly retreat. The Americans so hotly 
 pressed upon their rear, that the drivers cut 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 173 
 
 their horses loose from an ammunition and a 
 plmider-wagon, and rode ojff after their com- 
 panions at full speed. The Americans had just 
 taken possession of them when Gen. Putnam, 
 with between one and two hundred conti- 
 nentals and militia, arrived from Stamford, too 
 late to render any assistance to the inha- 
 bitants. 
 
 This was an eventful day for Greenwich. 
 Houses though not burned were ruined, and 
 in the midst of winter. All provision had 
 been destroyed by the hostile army. And 
 the Tories, from that time for about a year, had 
 an almost complete mastery of the town. It 
 is absolutely impossible to depict the miseries 
 of the people who, loving the American cause, 
 were obliged to stay here until the next 
 season. 
 
 It seems that Putnam, as well as the inhab- 
 itants, supposed from the large number of 
 the enemy, they were to proceed farther on, 
 to Stamford and Norwalk. Hence, Col. Mead 
 early dispatched Mr. Titus Mead to New 
 Haven to ask of Gen. Silliman reinforcements. 
 The messenger arrived at New Haven a little 
 before six that evening, and Gen. Silliman im- 
 mediately issued his orders. The following is 
 
174 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 a copy of tlie one sent to Woodbury, taken 
 from Cothren's History of Woodbury : — 
 
 New Haven Feby 26th 1779, 6PM 
 Gent. — Mr. Titus Mead, a man to be depended 
 on, is this moment arriv'd express from CoL Mead, 
 with a message by word of mouth only, from Col. 
 Mead. For their circumstances were such that Col. 
 Mead could not write. He says when he left Horse- 
 neck (which was early this morning) a Body of 
 about 600 men and a Body of Horse, had pushed 
 up the road into Horseneck, and were on this side 
 of Knap's tavern ; and it was reported that a Body 
 of two or three thousand more were not far behind. 
 You are therefore directed to muster & march 
 your Regiments, forthwith to Norwalk to oppose the 
 enemy, & where you will receive further Orders, 
 loose not a moment neither by ISTight nor day. 
 G. SELLECK SILLIMAN, 
 BTigr Genl of foot and Col. Ct of Horse. 
 To Col. Mosely & Major Bull, Woodbury. 
 
 Of course, the early retreat of the enemy 
 rendered tlie execution of this command of 
 no avail. 
 
 The Tories now soon became possessed of 
 the entire town. Their headquarters were a 
 part of the time at the house of Mr. Abraham 
 Mead, where Mr. Oliver Mead now resides. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 175 
 
 This now being the neutral ground, was plun- 
 dered by both friends and foes ; and poor and 
 sickening indeed was the lot of those who were 
 obliged to stay here. 
 
 eivii^gton's peess. 
 
 Some time during the war, a paper was 
 published in the city of New York by one 
 Rivington. This paper was professedly, and 
 to all outward appearance, devoted to the 
 British interests. It was afterwards, how- 
 ever, known to have aided the Americans 
 much, and was under the control of Washing- 
 ton himself The hostile appearance of the 
 sheet, however, deceived the Americans as well 
 as their enemies. And about a half-dozen Green- 
 wich men resolved that the press should be 
 stopped; and they stole into the city, destroyed 
 the press, and bagged the type, which they 
 brought off with them, from the very midst 
 of a watchful enemy. Messrs. Andrew and 
 Peter Mead were the principal men of the 
 expedition. It is said that they only of the 
 company were able to carry the bags of type 
 from the printing-office to the street, and throw 
 them across the backs of their horses. After 
 
176 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 the type was brought to Greenwich it was 
 totally destroyed, except enough to print each 
 of the company's names, which the veterans 
 kept for a long time in memory of their ex- 
 ploit. 
 
 EXPEDITIONS ON THE SOUND. 
 
 While the enemy were in New York, their 
 vessels had almost complete command of the 
 waters of the Sound. There w^ere, however, 
 many daring men engaged in a sort of priva- 
 teering against them. Their hazardous ex- 
 ploits have formed the basis of many an 
 exciting tale, written by eminent authors, and 
 read by the American people of the present 
 day with great avidity. For a considerable 
 period during the war. Captain Andrew Mead 
 and Elnathan Close, of Greenwich, with quite 
 a large number of men, were engaged in this 
 business, and with great annoyance to the 
 enemy. They went upon their expeditions 
 provided with large whaleboats, which might 
 easily be hidden in the smaller bays along the 
 coast and glide through shallow w^aters in 
 escaping or attacking the enemy. 
 
 In one of their expeditions, they proceeded 
 by night to Ferry Point and seized upon a 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 177 
 
 small store vessel of the enemy, and brought 
 her off with them. She was anchored in a 
 small inlet known as Chimney Corner. The 
 prize was so valuable a one, that the enemy 
 pursued them with one of their war vessels. 
 The enemy anchored off Chimney Corner, at 
 a short distance from the shore. But the peo- 
 ple collected for the defense of the prize, and 
 fired upon them from behind a knoll with a 
 six-pounder, which was the only large gun in 
 the town. Their first shot struck upon the 
 deck of the pursuers, and wounded a dog, as 
 was supposed from his sudden and vehement 
 yelping. Other shots were fired, and replied 
 to by the enemy's guns. But finding it im- 
 possible to retake the vessel or damage the 
 people upon the shore, the British relinquished 
 their efforts and made sail. Mr. Andrew 
 Mead was wounded on this occasion in both 
 arms. As they were boarding the vessel at 
 Ferry Point, he first leaped upon her deck 
 and received two shots, one in either arm, 
 from the two marines on guard, who, so still 
 had been the approach, then perceived the 
 attack for the first time. This had been made, 
 however, by two divisions of the force on the 
 opposite sides of the vessel. Captains Mead 
 
178 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 and Close simultaneously mounted tlie sides 
 of tlie vessel, and while Mead was wounded, 
 Close and his division soon had possession of 
 the decks, and the force below quickly sur- 
 rendered with but little resistance. 
 
 Soon after this, the same body of men, under 
 Elnathan Close, went down into Cow Bay and 
 there seized upon a vessel, and had brought 
 their prize off Hempstead, when the wind 
 died away and the tide drifted her fast toward 
 the Long Island shore, which was in the full 
 possession of the British. Boats were sent 
 from the shore for the rescue. No alternative 
 remained but to relinquish the prize and seek 
 personal safety. This was accomplished by 
 all the Americans except one, Smith Mead, 
 who, either from chance or choice, remained 
 on board and was taken prisoner. Many sup- 
 posed this to have been willingly done on the 
 part of the prisoner, as he was soon after found 
 fighting upon the other side. He fought on 
 either side, whenever and wherever it appears 
 to have been to his interest to do so. He was 
 one of those who drove off the cattle of Abra- 
 ham Mead from Field Point, and after the war 
 was over had the boldness to solicit the aid of 
 the same family in procuring a pension. Al- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 1Y9 
 
 thougli this was refused, lie did, finally, obtain 
 one through others. 
 
 SKIRMISH BEYOND KII^G STREET. 
 
 One great disadvantage which the people 
 were subjected to during the whole war, was 
 the absolute want of bayonets. Few compa- 
 nies could be found wholly armed with these 
 valuable weapons. But Lieut. Mosher was 
 the commander of a small company of men, 
 who were amply provided with them. This 
 company may have been larger, but consisted 
 of but eighteen soldiers at the time here men- 
 tioned. Seven of them were from the farm 
 of Gen. Pierre Van Cortland of Cortlandtown, 
 about half-a-dozen of them from Greenwich, 
 and the remainder from the vicinity of the 
 town of Harrison. On the 4th of December 
 1781 (Heath's Mem. p. 324), Captain Eichard 
 Sackett of the same company was taken pris- 
 oner, having unwisely separated himself from 
 his company. The light horse of the enemy, 
 under Col. Holmes (a Tory) and Capt. Kipp, 
 attacked the company. The latter retreated 
 to the vicinity of a tavern recently kept by 
 William Merritt, in King street, where they 
 
180 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 formed, to withstand the charge of the troop of 
 horse. Without shelter of any kind, and 
 upon an open plain, these eighteen men suc- 
 cessfully stood charge after charge from the 
 troop. Lieut. Mosher ordered his men not to 
 fire a shot, but sternly to await the onset. At 
 the first charge. Col. Holmes, finding himself 
 repulsed, ordered Mosher to surrender or he 
 would cut them all to pieces. The only reply 
 vouchsafed by Mosher was, " Cut and he 
 damned;'''' and with silence he withstood the 
 first and second charges. But after the third 
 charge he ordered his men to fire on the retir- 
 ing troops, which they did with terrible execu- 
 tion. One man was killed, and eight dangerous- 
 ly wounded, Capt. Kipp, mortally. The horses 
 of Col. Holmes and Capt. Kipp, were also killed 
 under them. Mosher's men taking advantage 
 of the discomfiture of their assailants escaped 
 to a neighboring piece of woods, not having a 
 man even wounded. It is said to have been 
 the most astonishing feat, on the jDart of both 
 the ofiicers and men, that was enacted during 
 the whole war. Gen. Washington often spoke 
 of this aftair; and it was reported all over 
 Europe, to show the utility of the bayonet, 
 and that a small body of infantry thus armed 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 181 
 
 may successfully resist a strong body of cav- 
 alry. Several of the enemy were severely 
 wounded, before they were fired upon. 
 
 At one time during the war, the nearest 
 American outpost to 'New York in this quar- 
 ter, was at By ram. And the enemy being 
 bent upon a depredatory expedition to North 
 Stamford and Long Kidge, came suddenly in 
 the night and cut every one of the guard to 
 pieces. The next guard in their way was 
 posted at the site of a house now occupied by 
 Mr. Hancock at the right angular turn of the 
 road leading to Pecksland. Here they also 
 cut the guard to pieces, after having surroun- 
 ded the house. This whole expedition seems 
 to have been marked by bloody and horrible 
 deeds ; and it is said that Tarleton himself 
 commanded the force. The whole pojDulace 
 around collected and followed the enemy, to 
 attack and worry them on their retreat. An 
 ambuscade was formed at a defile in Kound 
 Hill near the residence of Roswell Mills, Esq., 
 where the road passes through steep rocks 
 overgrown with thick laurel. At other places 
 
182 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 on their return tlie Britisli and Tories were 
 sorely pressed, but here a deadly fire poured 
 in upon them killing and wounding great num- 
 bers. On that day in the retreat, one of their 
 regiments lost their standard, to their great 
 mortification and disgrace. 
 
 ANDEEW MEAD, HUMPHEEY DENTON, AND 
 EICHAED MEAD. 
 
 These men, more, perhaps, than any others, 
 deserve the highest praise for their brave and 
 daring acts. It was not so much their prov- 
 ince to counsel and advise as to act. " Old 
 men for counsel and young men for action? 
 Such men as Dr. Amos Mead, John Mackay, 
 and Abraham Mead, were of great service to 
 the inhabitants as counselors. They were 
 past the meridian of life. And one of them, 
 Dr. Amos Mead, had gained much experience 
 by active service in the French war. But was 
 any daring deed to be accomplished, where 
 hardy, brave, and reliable men were necessary, 
 the three former were always selected. After 
 all control of the town was lost by the Am- 
 ericans, by the destructive expedition of Gov. 
 Tryon, it was not safe for a patriot to remain 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 183 
 
 publicly in the limits for an hour. Yet tliese 
 three hung about the place, ready to assist the 
 defenseless population against the brutalities 
 of the Tories. Each possessed of his arms, a 
 faithful dog, and a fleet horse, they spent their 
 time about the village, hidden in the by and 
 secret places. The winter of 1780, was one 
 of the severest on record. The Sound was 
 frozen across, and a great amount of snow ac- 
 cumulated. Yet these men scarcely knew a 
 night, during the early part of that winter, in 
 which they did not sleep with their horses and 
 dogs among the snow. During that winter, some 
 dozen or twenty head of cattle, the most of 
 which belonged to Mr. Jerad Mead, were taken 
 off in haste by the Tories, and driven towards 
 New York. After much earnest solicitation 
 on the part of the owner, the trio consented 
 to make the most daring attempt of crossing 
 the enemy's lines to retake them. There 
 had been recently a storm of rain, which had 
 frozen as it fell and rendered the roads ex- 
 tremely slippery, and made a hard sharp crust 
 upon the snow. The pursuers, therefore, went 
 upon the sound with their horses, and kept the 
 ice as far as Mamaroneck, and then taking the 
 road could track the cattle by the blood which 
 
184 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Iiad trickled from tlie wounds of the bayonets 
 wliicli liad forced tlieni along. At Mount 
 Vernon they retook the cattle, and were re- 
 turning when they found they were pursued 
 by a body of the enemy under a lieutenant. 
 Their horses were tired by their swift ride, 
 and they soon knew that their only safety was 
 in separation ; and in that case even, one must 
 be inevitably taken. Accordingly, they left 
 the cattle and plunged separately in diiferent 
 directions. The enemy selected Kichard Mead, 
 pursued and took him prisoner. This was 
 about the middle of January, 1780. He was 
 taken to New York and thrown into the 
 famous Sugar House, where he remained for a 
 period of six weeks until exchanged. 
 
 These three men were held in high estima- 
 tion by the people. Their known patriotism 
 and courage, which could ever be relied on, 
 caused the other citizens, long after the 1\ evo- 
 lutionary war, to remember their acts with the 
 greatest gratitude. 
 
 Other facts might be recited and incidents 
 given. Many, beside Richard Mead, found 
 their way as prisoners to the Jersey Prison 
 Ship, the Provost, and the Sugar House ; but 
 we should swell the bounds of this volume to 
 
HISTORY OF GKEENWICH. 185 
 
 a greater extent than we intended, should we 
 make further narrations. 
 
 MILL AND DOCKS AT MIANUS. 
 
 Greenwich October 5th 1787. 
 
 Whereas apph'cation hath been made to the Se- 
 lectmen of said Greenwich by William, John, 
 Saniuel and Daniel Titus owners of the mills lately 
 carried off by a freshet from Myanos River in said 
 Greenwich, to call a town meeting that the inhabi- 
 tants may take into their consideration the propo- 
 sals made by the said Tituses, provided the town 
 give them liberty and a grant to build mills on that 
 part of Myanos river where Purdy began a dam 
 across near Capt. ISTathaniel Peck's in said Green- 
 wich, w^iicli proposals are as followeth ; 
 
 1st. The said mills to be built on said Purdy 's old 
 dam under the same restrictions as tc grinding for 
 the public as the mills above were. 
 
 2ond. To lay out public landings each side of the 
 river below the new built dam as far as may be 
 deemed necessary for the use of the public and to 
 erect and keep in repair a sufficient dock on each 
 side of the river, which shall be done by them their 
 heirs and assigns as long as they or any of them oc- 
 cupy said mills. 
 
 3d. The Flood-gate shall be so constructed as to 
 open something in the form of a field gate for the 
 
186 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 convenience of vessels and a crane shall be erected 
 for the purpose of hoisting boats and swinging them 
 over the dam by the said Tituses their heirs, and as 
 in the second article. 
 
 4th. They will also erect a good and sufficient 
 horsebridge across said river and keep it in repair 
 on or near said dam and likewise a good scow will 
 be kept in the mill-pond for the use of the public at 
 all times, they giving one day's notice previous to 
 the wanting of it. Wherefore and with the advice 
 of the civil authority of said Town, notice is hereby 
 given and the inhabitants of the town of Green- 
 wich are hereby warned to attend a town meeting 
 at the meeting-house in the West Society in said 
 Greenwich on Monday the fifteenth instant October 
 at two o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of 
 considering and discussing and granting or voting 
 any thing relative thereto, that they shall judge ex- 
 pedient, and the said John, Samuel and Daniel, 
 with the assistance of Col. Thomas Hobby, Jonah 
 Ferris, ISTathaniel Mead, Jonathan Coe and Abra- 
 ham Hays are hereby empowered to notify all tlie 
 inhabitants by reading to the legal voters in the 
 bearing of their families. 
 
 At the meeting, — 
 
 The foregoing petition was read and discussed 
 and the meeting voted to grant the prayer of the 
 petitioners with these alterations and restrictions — 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 187 
 
 That instead of a horse and foot bridge mentioned 
 in the petition, the petitioners are to erect and main- 
 tain a sufficient cart bridge across said river which 
 together with the mills and other articles enumerated 
 in their propositions are to be completed within four 
 years from the date of this grant, and that Messrs. 
 John Mackay, Jabez Fitch and Seth Palmer (the 
 present selectmen) with Messrs. Samuel Pepk, Sam- 
 uel Lockwoodjr. Nehemiah Mead, Abraham Mead, 
 and William Bush be a committee to covenant with 
 the petitioners in behalf of the town for the purpose 
 of conveying the right of this town to the premises 
 unto the petitioners and to ascertain the dimen- 
 sions of the landing places proposed in said petition 
 and that said committee go out at the expense of the 
 petitioners, and that what said committee or the 
 major part of them shall covenant and contract in 
 behalf of this town shall stand good and firm as if 
 tlie same were done at this meeting, and that should 
 the petitioners fail in their engagements with said 
 committee, the privileges hereby granted to them 
 will revert to the town. 
 
 Protest. 
 
 The following persons protest against the proceed- 
 ings of this meeting with respect to said town grant- 
 ing away the privileges of Myanos river to the 
 
188 HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 
 
 Messrs. Titus to set a mill on agreeable to tlieir re- 
 quest by petition. 
 
 Dated this October 15 th 1787, 
 
 MESSENGEK PALMEE, 
 DANIEL EEYNOLDS, 
 SETH PALMEE, 
 PETEE GAUFF, 
 JOHN W. PALMEE, 
 STEPHEN MAES HALL, 
 DENHAM PALMER, 
 JEEEMI^H EUNDLE, 
 STEPHEN PALMEE, 
 JOHN PALMEE. 
 
 On tlie 12tli of November, 1787, a meeting 
 was held to elect delegates to a convention to 
 be holden at Hartford on tbe first Thursday of 
 the following January, to ratify or disapprove 
 of the Constitution recommended by the 
 Federal convention. The election was by bal- 
 lot, and the result of the election was the ap- 
 pointment of 
 
 Dr. Amos Mead, 
 
 Col. Jabez Fitch 
 
 as such delegates. It was voted by the inhab- 
 itants of the town, to " aj)prove the doings 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 189 
 
 of the Federal convention lately lield at Phil- 
 adelphia, and thereupon direct their delegates 
 to use their influence in the convention to be 
 holden at Hartford on the first Thursday of 
 January next, to establish and ratify the Con- 
 stitution recommended by the said Federal 
 convention." 
 
 In 1^93, the town by a strong vote indicated 
 its opposition to the proposition of the legis- 
 lature to sell the western lands to create a fund 
 for the support and benefit of the clergy. The 
 prompt rebuke which this and other towns 
 gave to this legislature, saved us from a sort of 
 established religion, and gave us our present 
 school-fund. The resolution of the town against 
 the proposal of the legislature was passed with- 
 out an opposing vote. 
 
 In 1802, a proposition to build a town-house 
 was voted down. 
 
 In 1803, Elkanah Mead and Jabez Fitch 
 were sent as agents to the Assembly at New 
 Haven, to oppose the proposed Turnpike road. 
 Their opposition had little or no effect. 
 
 About this time the town was paying from 
 twenty to tvventy-five dollars yearly, for the use 
 of the meeting-house where they held their 
 meetings. 
 
 9* 
 
190 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 THE WAR OF 1812. 
 
 It is believed that Greenwicli, on lier own 
 land at least, lost no killed, wounded or mis- 
 sing during this war. Still many of the good 
 people of the town became too much alarmed 
 on certain occasions, to furnish much evidence 
 of their personal daring and valor. This war 
 was declared in June, 1812. In the spring of 
 the following year. Commodore Hardy, with 
 a British fleet appeared off the eastern end of 
 Long Island, and for a length of time had 
 almost complete control of the waters of the 
 Sound. Many vessels were burned or sunk 
 by the enemy. And they pushed through the 
 Sound almost or quite to Throgg's Neck. 
 During the season, an eastern sloop was chased 
 by one of the enemy's vessels, and run ashore 
 on Hog Island ; although there was a great 
 sufficiency of time for the crew to have run 
 her safely into Rocky Neck harbor, where she 
 could have been protected by the force upon 
 our shores. The British, having taken pos- 
 session of the sloop set her on fire, with her 
 sails all set in the same position in which she 
 had been run ashore. 
 
 At this time the people were greatly alarmed, 
 
HISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 191 
 
 lest the enemy should attempt to land. The 
 Pot-pie company of Horseneck was posted 
 upon Field Point; the Coscob company of 
 militia on Capt. ISToah Mead's Point, and a 
 company from North Stamford guarded Green- 
 wich Point. 
 
 During one of the nights when these points 
 were so guarded, Capt. Elijah Reynolds un- 
 dertook to bring his vessel round from Bush's 
 harbor into the Myanos river. Being seen and 
 well known from Field Point, he was permit- 
 ted to pass out. But the sentry at the mouth 
 of the Myanos, having hailed him to no pur- 
 pose, and supposing it might be an enemy, 
 fired upon him. However, lying close to his 
 deck, he passed on, appearing to take no notice 
 of his challengers. One of the sentries, Mr. 
 Peter Horton, now supposed it to be a real 
 live British vessel, and throwing down his gun, 
 and calling ujDon his locomotive powers, cried, 
 " Now legs ! if you ever did your daty^ do it 
 now ! " It is gravely said by those who heard 
 and saw him, that he tore down three rows ol 
 standing corn, in making his exit from the 
 place of danger. 
 
 Mr. Bush Mead, one of the Horseneck com 
 pany, having been sent from Field Point afte. 
 
192 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 some straw, found on being hailed by tlie 
 sentry wlien returning, that lie had after all, 
 so little discipline in the war, that he had for- 
 gotten the pass-word, and finally stammered 
 out in reply, " Straw ! straw for the beds ! " in 
 a doleful tone. 
 
 Mr. Selah Mead, was one of the sentries 
 upon Field Point, and seeing but little excite- 
 ment arising from the approach of the enemy, 
 put into execution a practical joke of his own. 
 Having stripped himself of his clothing, he 
 dropped without noise into the water, and 
 swam silently around the Point, where he found 
 another sentry sleej^ing, whom he suddenly 
 clasped around the waist, and shook him to 
 wakefulness. The other awoke the neighbor- 
 hood with his cries, supposing he was in the 
 power of a real, live, naked mermaid. 
 
 For some time this blockade of the Sound 
 continued impervious for all vessels. The 
 sloop Orion, Capt. Daniel Merritt, however, 
 watching her opportunity, when the whole 
 British fleet lay east of Greenwich point, slip- 
 ped out and sailed safely to New York. 
 
 After this time, the enemy's ships withdrew 
 to the eastern part of the Sound, and our 
 land-forces were withdrawn from the Points. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 193 
 
 In case of alarm the bells were to be rung. 
 And one fine morning soon after, the greatest 
 consternation was created by the fierce ring- 
 ing of the alarm-bells. Men hurried to and 
 fro, and the news spread like wildfire, that the 
 British had landed during the night upon 
 Greenwich Point. The militia collected hastily- 
 together, and the people, especially in the 
 eastern part of the town were in a terrible 
 flurry. Some of the Mianus people hastily 
 collected their furniture together, ready to be 
 transported and concealed in the Cat rocks. 
 Col. Ebenezer Mead having collected his forces 
 from this part of the town, hastened to the 
 scene of action, with all of his officers who 
 were willing to serve in that ever-to-be-re- 
 membered conflict. Arriving at the meeting- 
 house in Old Greenwich, about two miles from 
 the position known to be occupied by the sup- 
 posed enemy, they came to a dead halt. JSTone 
 were willing to proceed farther. The whole 
 company would not proceed in a body, neither 
 would any of the officers or men advance 
 singly to reconnoiter. At last the officers were 
 relieved from this emergency by the arrival of 
 Mr. Whitman Mead, who volunteered to ap- 
 proach the point of danger. And mounted 
 
191 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 "apon a fleet horse, bearing a white handker- 
 chief spread upon a cane, he set off to recon- 
 noiter. He found the supposed enemy to be a 
 fleet of American gun-boats under Commodore 
 Lewis, who had been in search of one of the 
 enemy's privateers during the previous night, 
 and had landed upon the Point for breakfast. 
 Mr. Mead so liked the joke that he stayed 
 with the Commodore much longer than he 
 should have done, and breakfasted with him. 
 
 Meantime, our forces were in a great agony 
 of suspense, supposing their scout had been 
 taken prisoner, and their flag of truce violated. 
 Finally, they found a seaman belonging to the 
 fleet, and took him prisoner. They of course 
 took him to be an enemy's spy, and he endured 
 a rigid examination, but was unable to per- 
 suade his captors of his true character until 
 the return of the flag of truce, whose bearer 
 explained all to the officers of our force. And 
 they, feeling that they had earned glory enough 
 for one day, disbanded and returned home. 
 
 However, lest some enemy of the country 
 might consider this a vulnerable point of 
 attack, we will assure our readers, that this 
 town furnished many brave soldiers for the 
 war of 1812, and is now nobly able to under- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 195 
 
 take lier own defense against any ordinary 
 force which might be brought to bear against 
 ns. The trouble in the case above related was 
 the uncertainty, and not the certainty, of the 
 approach of enemies. 
 
 The war was ended by the treaty of Ghent, 
 signed on the 24th of December, 1814, and 
 which was ratified by President Madison on 
 the lYth of the following February. 
 
 CONSTITUTIOIT OF 1818. 
 
 At a special meeting of the inhabitants of the 
 town of Greenwich, legally warned and holden on 
 the 25th day of March 1818, for the purpose of 
 taking into consideration and expressing their 
 opinion on the subject of a formation of a written 
 constitution of civil government for the state of 
 Connecticut, and to appoint surveyors of highways, 
 when the meeting voted as follows ; 
 
 That Isaac How be moderator. 
 
 Eesolved, that in all well regulated communities 
 of mankind it is essential to the public welfare that 
 there be a social compact originating in and ema- 
 nating directly from the people defining the powers 
 granted to their rulers and those retained, that it is 
 also the duty of the people from time to time to 
 ameud or frame anew, the charter of their rights, 
 
196 HISTOKY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 as experience may suggest, or change of circum- 
 stances may render necessary. 
 
 Eesolved, that whereas the people of this state 
 have, from immemorial, yielded an implied consent 
 to the present form of government, we feel no dis- 
 position to deny its legitimac}^ or to impair its obli- 
 gations, by denying the validity of acts and laws 
 made under it, but deeming it materially imperfect 
 in many important particulars, therefore we are in- 
 duced to declare our opinion that a written consti- 
 tution of civil government, made and approved by 
 the people will have a tendency to improve the in- 
 ternal peace and happiness of the state and promote 
 the general welfare. 
 
 Eesolved, that it be respectfully recommended to 
 the good people of this state to express their feelings 
 freely and publicly on this important subject. 
 
 Resolved, that the town clerk be directed to fur- 
 nish an attested copy of the proceedings of this 
 town meeting to the Kepresentatives from this town 
 to the next General Assembly and to the editors of 
 newspapers published at Hartford and Bridgeport. 
 
 On the 4tli of July of the same year, 
 
 Clark Saiiford, Esq., 
 Enos Lockwood, Esq., 
 
 were elected as delegates to the constitutional 
 convention which w^as holden at Hartford on 
 the fourth Wednesday of August. 
 
HISTORY OF GEEENWICH. 197 
 
 On the first Monday of October following 
 tlie constitution was ratified in town-meeting, 
 by a vote of ninety yeas and thirty-seven 
 nays. ^ 
 
 On the fifth day of May A. D. 1829, a special 
 town-meeting was held to take into considera- 
 tion measures to prevent the slaughter of sheep 
 by dogs. During the year, thirty-two of the 
 inhabitants reported that one hundred and 
 ninety-seven sheep, and one hundred and six- 
 teen lambs had been killed by dogs. The loss 
 was estimated at eight hundred and seventy- 
 six dollars. Besides these, many had been 
 killed which were not reported. 
 
 In 1832, it was " voted that we will receive 
 proposals from the building committee of the 
 Episcopal Society relative to building a town- 
 house." 
 
 " Voted that we wdll build a town-house, on 
 condition we can agree upon a proper place 
 for locating it, and upon proper terms." 
 
 In 1834 and 1835, the town-meetings w^ere 
 held at the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
 Mianus. 
 
 On the fifth of October, 1835, it was "voted 
 that the town of Greenwich build a town- 
 house to hold their public meetings in ; that it 
 be for that express purpose, and no other." 
 
198 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 " Voted that said house be built on or near 
 the ground where Seymour's blacksmith shop 
 formerly stood in Horseneck." Silas Davis, 
 Thomas A. Mead, William Timpany, were ap- 
 pointed a committee to " oversee and contract 
 for the same, and to consult the selectmen as 
 to size and shape." 
 
 On the 3d of December 1836, a town-meet- 
 ing was held on the site of this town-house, 
 which was not then completed. Since that 
 time the house which now stands at the junc- 
 tion of North street and the Turnpike, has 
 been the place for holding town-meetings. 
 
 SKIMETON PAETIES. 
 
 Much excitement used frequently arise among 
 the good people of the town, up to the year 
 1850, on account of what were known as Skime- 
 ton parties. The people fond of such things, 
 young and old, used to celebrate every tangible 
 wedding which took place within the precincts 
 of the town, with a turn-out of drums and 
 guns. A large six-pounder did much service 
 in this cause, and seems, indeed, of latter years 
 to have been the very life of these parties. 
 For when it made its sudden disappearance, the 
 practice went almost as suddenly out of exist- 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 199 
 
 ence. Some time in the montli of February 
 A. D. 1850, a large Skimeton party was lield in 
 the village, which is believed to have been the 
 last of the custom. We are indebted to an 
 anonymous writer for his account of this matter, 
 obviously intended to be poetic, and although 
 a failure in that respect in a great degree, we 
 believe it to be a correct and impartial account 
 of the affair. If it should be a little too personal 
 in some of its points, we hope the public will 
 forgive its insertion, for the value of the his- 
 torical relation. Nearly or quite all the parties 
 connected with the affair are yet living. Some 
 of the names are, of course, assumed. 
 
 The Last Shimeton. 
 
 'Twas late in winter, and Sabbath day ; 
 But what the month I'li never say. 
 Or first, or second, one or t'other, — 
 To remember is too much bother. 
 A happy day it was to many. 
 Nor should there be unhappy any ; 
 Yet truly was it most certain sure 
 That two were happy, if no more ; 
 For this good, very happy couple 
 In one were to be made, from double. 
 Ages well suited, sweet seventeen 
 Multiplied thrice — fifty-one, I ween. 
 
200 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Of the parties, no more need I say ; 
 To tell all, then, must hurry away. 
 Respected by all, they certainly were ; 
 To think not so, you surely err. 
 
 The sun goes down in all its splendor, 
 And to the roosts the chickens venture. 
 The guests have all come to see the fun, 
 And hear the two all knotted in one, 
 And kiss the hride in spite of the groom, 
 And see their own wives safe to their home, 
 And drink hard cider and eat sweet cake, 
 And with a good spree the dull spirit break. 
 
 The two stood up, and Dominy Gorse 
 
 Tied up a knot as strong as a horse. 
 
 The knot all tied ; the bride often kissed ; 
 
 The cake passed round ; and what each one wished, 
 
 The barrel below wasn't half drinked up ; 
 
 Enough was left for many a cup ; 
 
 When quickly spoke Father Gorse — quoth he, 
 
 " My dear, dear Sir, now truly tell me. 
 
 How would you act, and what would you do, 
 
 If the Skimeton should visit you ?" 
 
 " Oh ! no fear of that, good friend," Sir cried ; 
 
 "They'll not salute, Sunday night, my bride ; 
 
 But should they come, I've a barrel full 
 
 Of cider — the right sparkling, hard school. 
 
 Or rather, 'tis full I can make it, 
 
 Though now there is but one-third of it. 
 
 With water I can fill up the cask, — 
 
 In what way it came there none will ask. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 201 
 
 And none drunken from this will be found 
 When the cask I'll roll out on the ground. 
 They will eat this cake and drink this cider, 
 And then, like me so much the better." 
 
 Sir spoke like a man, so all will say ; 
 And they came not on that sacred day. 
 The guests that night departed in peace. 
 And those not over-crammed slept with ease ; 
 Though, doubtless, many had flighty dreams. 
 In which they saw great guns drawn by teams, 
 And loaded and fired, without dismay. 
 At the glass from windows jarred away. 
 
 Next day came ; and, though unsuspected, 
 A Skimeton had been collected. 
 Brush sold the powder, little knowing, 
 'T would cause so terrible a blowing. 
 The powder was made up in cartridges, 
 To load the gun in greater ease ; 
 The charcoal furnace was hunted up, — 
 All was right for the hardy troop. 
 
 Night soon came ; the B'hoys were on hand. 
 The chief addressed, in manner bland ; 
 Said he, "There will be no firing done. 
 But a Bridegroom treat for all and one." 
 He told to them what was said to Gorse ; 
 Then rose loud cheers, that made them hoarse, — 
 Long, loud cheers for the generous groom : 
 For cider they had plenty of room. 
 
202 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Then marched down the street, dragging their gun, 
 And, feeling well, were agape for fun. 
 Before the house, goodnatured, they halt, 
 Winking and blinking, waiting their malt. 
 
 But look as they are at that "hale band. 
 While I may group them all as they stand. 
 Of full-grown men I find there are five ; 
 Of boys thrice that, as I'm alive ; 
 Of outsiders, much as a full score ; 
 If cider comes out, there'll surely be more. 
 Oh ! what a bitter tale I could tell. 
 Of the young hopefuls I know full well. 
 Who stray'd from their mammas that night, 
 Among the outsiders here in plight. 
 But, as they'll 'scape the trial so dread. 
 Which fearfully hangs o'er each one's head, 
 And their bad deed will never be known. 
 But to their own consciences alone, 
 I'll forbear to give them the expose. 
 And let each one follow his own nose. 
 
 I've spent some time in grouping them all ; 
 They are waiting yet, and one doth call 
 A halloo to the gunner to fire, 
 Just to tell the groom that they're there. 
 *' Agreed," he cries, and plies the hot rod. 
 And the thundering peal breaks off the nod 
 Of all the sleepers in that region, — 
 When from the house comes forth a legion. 
 The happy crowd stand a little back. 
 Thinking Sir is coming with the cake. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 203 
 
 True, 'tis Sir, 'tis very, very true, 
 
 But no cake he brings, and they look blue. 
 
 Anli no kindness now by him is meant, 
 
 Prepared he is, and on war intent. 
 
 "War to the ram-rod ;" let come what will, 
 
 His dozen compeers will back him still. 
 
 The kind feeling's changed since wedding day, 
 
 For then 'twas thought 'twould be all O. K. 
 
 Sir seized the ram-rod, and held it tight, 
 
 And swore, if at all during the night 
 
 Any one dare to touch the big gun, 
 
 That same, and sure, would be a dead " mzm." 
 
 Outsiders now scamper, and the boys all run, 
 
 Leaving but few to tend to the gun. 
 
 They look for their chiefs — not finding one, 
 
 For they all left when the fracas begun. 
 
 So the few, at last, concluded to run , 
 
 Catching the rope, away they did bound, 
 
 And left Boss Sir the boss of the ground. 
 
 And back they went to the rendezvous. 
 
 Poor fellows, they didn't know what to do ! 
 
 But as each one felt tired and sad, 
 
 Concluded at last to go home to bed. 
 
 Yet with faithful heart they each resolved, 
 
 Of their cowardly fault to be absolved ; 
 
 When to-morrow's sun is out of sight, 
 
 With the favoring darkness of the night, 
 
 On the ground they'd again assemble, 
 
 Greater in force, and much more nimble ; 
 
 Courage from Coscob, and Glenville too, — 
 
 Borrow, and begin all anew. 
 
 Homeward went, but their sleep was troubled 
 
 With sights of a man whose size was doubled. 
 
204: HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 Huge ram-rod shouldered ever so bold, 
 Daring any with him to take hold. 
 
 Morning came ; they awoke from their dreams 
 And found their way with the sun's bright beams 
 Some, to pretty Glenville's happy vale, 
 And told to their friends their pitiful tale, 
 And gained recruits, a dozen or more, 
 "With fifer and drummer to go before. 
 Others, to Coscob, well known in fame 
 For the bravest sons in any game. 
 When CoscoB men their strength do try, 
 What they wish, is done, or I do lie. 
 Indeed by the time that sun-down came. 
 Some fifty, that I might call by name. 
 Were all ready on the coming night, 
 To man the gun and never know flight. 
 
 All gathered at night with fife and drum 
 
 At th'appointed place, with busy hum, 
 
 Each one cheered his brother's courage up. 
 
 Some cheered their own with drink from the cup. 
 
 Soon, to move on, the word was given, 
 
 And onward they went, dragging their gun ; 
 
 Arrived at the house, they met a crowd. 
 
 Brave defenders who scolded them loud, 
 
 Entreated, commanded, all in vain, 
 
 And all get wrathy as bad as Cain. 
 
 Both sides were naughty it must be said. 
 
 And things were coming all to a head. 
 
 When out spoke the bride-groom, and said he 
 
 "I've in hand a musket, you see, 
 
 'Tis loaded, 'tis cocked, 'tis ready to fire, 
 
 And he that toucheth off" this cannon dire. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 205 
 
 Shall never live to fire another, 
 
 I swear, at him, I'll pull the trigger." 
 
 This treat gave all a conniption fit, 
 But one fellow didn't mind it a bit ; 
 And a brave little fellow was he, 
 Coscob tinker Palmer, bold and free. 
 He faced .old musket and man behind. 
 Says he, " Mr. Sir, in you 'tis kind. 
 Me to shoot, and bereave my family ; 
 But than fire, you'll have more charity." 
 "No, I won't" was the thundering reply, 
 " Touch off" that gun and then you die." 
 " Fire and be darned ;" and he took the match. 
 And fired oflT the gun without a scratch. 
 If Sir fired at Palmer, then the sound. 
 When the cannon went off" was all drowned. 
 Sands was too small or Sir didn't aim straight, 
 For then to be shot wasn't Palmer's fate. 
 But what a noise that cannon did make. 
 Every thing got a terrible shake. 
 A score of glass lights ; all ranged in rows. 
 Came to the earth with terrible blows ; 
 Doors open ; and stoves jump two feet high, 
 Not minding the leap more than a fly ; 
 Success gives courage to Skimeton ; 
 The gun is drawn back at a stiff run. 
 But the charcoal furnace, that is lost 
 By some vandal, the fence overtoss'd. 
 Then arise free fights more than my pen 
 Shall lay at the door of any man, 
 But words were all the weapons of war. 
 Some could whip twenty and some still more. 
 10 
 
206 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 They brought back the gun and would have fired, 
 
 For by this time all really dared, 
 
 But damp the priming had got, and wet 
 
 By water, from a pail thrown on it. 
 
 At last fired it off and then drew it back, 
 
 When the powder was missing, alack. 
 
 A traitor must have been in their camp, 
 
 And, in the wet dew strewed it, so damp. 
 
 Gone ammunition ; no powder to burn. 
 
 Backward again, their swift steps they turn, 
 
 And two miles ride in a gig. 
 
 Of powder, to obtain a full keg. 
 
 Soon they return and met with success, 
 
 Exhibit their keg with a good grace. 
 
 Again to the field, though it is late. 
 
 And plant the old piece by Sir^s old gate. 
 
 No enemy 's there, the field is won, 
 
 The victory claimed by firing a gun ; 
 
 Another, another, and one more. 
 
 Till the number equals a full score. 
 
 And, at length, ammunition was spent. 
 
 And their weary step homeward they bent. 
 
 Their gun, they locked up, in the old barn, 
 
 There to keep it all safe until morn. 
 
 Then went to their homes to sleep quite sound, 
 
 And on the morning to brag all around, 
 
 How the gun was fired and battle won. 
 
 By the dauntless, the brave Skimeton. 
 
 But, a deed, I have now to relate, 
 A dark deed committed the selfsame night. 
 Of the men I'll not speak, nor say who, 
 But they were a bold and daring crew. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 207 
 
 Sheltered by darkness a lock they broke ; 
 
 Got in tbe barn by book or by crook ; 
 
 Stole out that gun and carried it off, 
 
 And certainly handled it quite rough. 
 
 They took it away and no one knows where 
 
 And I think very few ought to care. 
 
 It was hidden, many think, away 
 
 In a high loft very full of hay. 
 
 Or, 'twas hid in a potato heap, 
 
 Or, in the Sound had taken a leap, 
 
 But though a sharp search was strictly made, 
 
 They never found where the cannon laid, 
 
 Nor ever to tell, do I now care. 
 
 Yet the gun didn't travel that night very far. 
 
 But with his gun, in this manner lost. 
 
 Skimmeton quietly gave up the ghost. 
 
 But the end is not yet, no not yet. 
 
 The lawyers they must have a benefit. 
 
 'Tis an ill wind blows nobody good, 
 
 And so Sherifi" Seely understood ; 
 
 Warrant in hand, got all he could catch. 
 
 Though some fastened on him, their door-latch. 
 
 Then he scared one up into a tree, 
 
 But finally caught some twenty-three, 
 
 And brought them all in before a Squire, 
 
 To be dealt with by Justice so dire. 
 
 Though it seemed strange yet it is true 
 Of wily lawyers, the State had two. 
 The prisoners against these had but one, 
 To struggle against both all alone. 
 
208 HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 
 
 The Justice he said never a word, 
 Though every thing said, he surely heard. 
 Prisoners were charged with making a row ; 
 Wouldn't they catch it, wouldn't they now. 
 Wanting proof, some were freed in a huff, 
 Although they wan't half humbled enough. 
 The trial took some two I think days. 
 For they tried to get clear in many ways. 
 Lastly, they were bound over to Court, 
 But the prisoners didn't take the least hurt. 
 Indeed had no trial up there at all 
 The papers were wrong respecting them all. 
 
 The trial mentioned took place in the upper 
 part of the shop now used by Joseph E. E-us- 
 sel, Esq. ; Hon. Charles Hawley and Hon. 
 Joshua B. Ferris, of Stamford, were employed 
 for the prosecution, and Hon. "William T. 
 Minor, of Stamford, for the defence before the 
 justice. All of them were most able attorneys, 
 and with the bystanders, appeared to enjoy 
 the sport which necessarily arose at the trial. 
 
 In the year 1853, the town was set off as a 
 probate district by itself. Previously, it with 
 Darien and Stamford, had formed the Probate 
 District of Stamford. At the special meeting 
 then held for election of a judge, Augustus 
 Mead, Esq. was chosen. Since that the office 
 has been filled by Mr. Mead. 
 
HISTORY OF GREENWICH. 209 
 
 The road from Glenville to Byram bridge 
 on the west side of Byram river, was laid out 
 by Messrs. Hubbell and Shepard, Fairfield 
 County Commissioners, in 1856. This road 
 was contested strongly by the town authorities, 
 backed by a vote of the town. A lengthy 
 trial was held before the Commissioners, who 
 decided in favor of the road. The attorneys 
 employed by the petitioners were Julius B. 
 Curtis and Henry Button, Esqs. ; in behalf of 
 the town, Daniel M. Mead and Charles Hawley, 
 Esqs. Wm. H. Holly of Stamford was also 
 employed by a private citizen opposed to the 
 road. 
 
 And now the greater part of the interesting 
 historical matter relating to the town, has been 
 given. Should the author, in after days, find 
 opportunity to enlarge this History, he will be 
 able to record many interesting details. In 
 this volume, we have sought simply, and in 
 the smallest possible compass, to relate reliable 
 facts. With the Appendix, containing reliable 
 statistics of value, we now take our respectful 
 leave of the reader. 
 
AN APPENDIX 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 VALUABLE STATISTICS, 
 
 WITH A 
 
 psturg xrf i\xt ©tttifr i$mm in the (founfg* 
 
 ALSO, A 
 
 HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES; 
 
 WITH THE 
 
 GENEALOGIES OF SEVERAL FAMILIES, 
 
 AND 
 
 OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION. 
 
 BY THE AUTHOR. 
 
 COLLECTED rOR THIS WOIIK MOM RELIABLE AUTHORITIES. 
 
 FAIEFIELD COUNTY. 
 
 This county, extending from the Sound northward, 
 in a triangular form, nearly two thirds of the way 
 along the boundary line between New York and 
 Connecticut, is a populous, thickly settled, and very, 
 fertile district. It abounds in rocks and hills, which 
 render cultivation in many cases difficult. But the 
 fertility of the soil amply repays the hardest labor. 
 In 1855, the county embraced the following towns, 
 which are given, showing the comparative wealth 
 of each during that year, as reported by the Con- 
 necticut Register. 
 
212 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Bridgeport , 
 
 Brookfield , 
 
 Danbury , 
 
 Darien , 
 
 Easton 
 
 Fairfield , 
 
 Greenwich.. . . . 
 
 Huntington 
 
 Monroe , 
 
 New Canaan... , 
 New Fairfield... 
 
 Newtown 
 
 Norwalk , 
 
 Kedding 
 
 Eidgefield 
 
 Sherman 
 
 Stamford 
 
 Stratford 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 Weston 
 
 Westport 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Polls. 
 
 1,059 
 266 
 
 1,079 
 239 
 260 
 676 
 625 
 249 
 255 
 455 
 189 
 606 
 105 
 306 
 449 
 161 
 717 
 321 
 290 
 175 
 452 
 336 
 
 Valuation. Stores. Manufactories. 
 
 6,041,593 
 
 645,721 
 
 3,025,095 
 
 854,732 
 
 631,100 
 
 2,957,008 
 
 2,495,215 
 
 622,920 
 
 604,345 
 
 931,608 
 
 397,584 
 
 1,327,436 
 
 2,561,577 
 
 1,014,963 
 
 1,106,296 
 
 390,723 
 
 3,183,183 
 
 1,341,981 
 
 637,253 
 
 424,040 
 
 1,613,686 
 
 644,722 
 
 811,530 
 
 9,401 
 
 144,650 
 
 10,330 
 
 5,947 
 22,735 
 41,940 
 
 5,225 
 
 6,943 
 29,540 
 
 4,850 
 
 39,060 
 
 135,050' 
 
 20,930 
 
 22,140 
 
 3,897 
 112,520 
 11,195 
 13,758 
 10,120 
 73,850 
 
 6,171 
 
 484,750 
 
 15,225 
 
 125,894 
 
 3,230 
 
 1,450 
 
 3,750 
 
 34,200 
 
 5,650 
 
 2,450 
 
 19,375 
 
 3,050 
 
 237,150 
 
 21,425 
 
 9,157 
 
 153,945 
 
 9,990 
 
 15,366 
 
 4,300 
 
 19,800 
 
 900 
 
 The above towns were settled in tlie following 
 order : 
 
 Fairfield, or as the Indians called it, Unqiiowa, 
 was settled by eight or ten families, under a Mr. Lud- 
 low, the principal settler, in the year 1639. Ludlow 
 had been twice Deputy Governor of Massachusetts 
 Colony, and was twice elected Deputy Governor of 
 Connecticut Colony. He afterwards moved to Vir- 
 ginia. The first purchase comprised the parishes of 
 
APPENDIX. 213 
 
 Fairfield, Greenfield, Greensfarms, a part of Strat- 
 ford, a part of Reading, and the whole town of 
 Weston. The lighthouse on Fairweather Island, on 
 the easterly side of Black Rock harbor, is in Lati- 
 tude 41 deg. 8 min. 30 sees., and Longitude 73 
 deg. 12 min. 44 sees. Time, 4 h. 52 m. 51s. The 
 light is 52 feet above the sea, and may be seen at a 
 distance of 12.6 nautical miles. 
 
 Stratford, or in the Indian tongue Cupheag, was 
 purchased in 1639 by a Mr. Fairchild. Settlement 
 was commenced immediately. The principal early 
 settlers were John and William Eustice, Samuel 
 Hawley, Joseph Judson, and Timothy Wilcoxson. 
 At Stratford the first Episcopal Church was estab- 
 lished in Connecticut, under Rev. Mr. Muirson, of 
 Rye, in 1704. The latitude of Stratford Point Light- 
 house is 41 deg., 9 min., 4 sec. ; longitude, 73 deg., 
 5 min., 53 sec. Time, 4 h., 23 m., 52 s. The light 
 is 53 feet above the level of the sea, and may be 
 seen at the distance of 12.7 nautical miles. 
 
 Greenwich was purchased and settled upon in 
 1640, on the 18th of July, by Capt. Daniel Patrick, 
 Robert Peaks, Elizabeth Peaks, &c. The lighthouse 
 on Captain's Island is in latitude 40 deg., 58 min., 
 54 sec, and longitude 73 deg., 37 min., 6 sec. 
 Time. 4: h., 54 m., 28 s. Light is 62 feet above the 
 level of the sea, and may be seen at the distance of 
 13.4 nautical miles. 
 10^ 
 
214 APPENDIX. 
 
 Noewalk: was first purchased of the Indians in 
 1640. It then included part of New Canaan, Wil- 
 ton, and Westport. Tlie whole was purchased with 
 " 8 fathom wampum, 6 coats, 10 hatchets, 10 hoes, 
 10 knives, 10 seizers, 10 juseharps, 10 fathom to- 
 bacco, 3 kettles, 3 handsabout and 10 looking 
 glasses." The bounds were on the north, one day's 
 walk into the country, hence the name l^orwalk, 
 from North-walk. On petition of Nathan Ely and 
 Richard Olmsted, it was incorporated in 1649. On 
 the 11th of July, 1779, the village was burned to 
 the ground by the Tories under Gov. Tryon. The 
 loss of property as estimated by the General As- 
 sembly was $116,238 and 66 cents. Eighty dwell- 
 ings, with two churches, eighty-seven barns, seven- 
 teen shops, four mills and five vessels were con- 
 sumed. The lighthouse on Sheffield Island, one of 
 'the Norwalk Islands, is situated in latitude 41 deg., 
 2 min., 53 sec, and long. 73 deg. 24 min., 51 sec. 
 Time. 4 h., 53 min., 39 s. The light is 40 feet above 
 the level of the sea, and may be seen at the distance 
 of 11.6 nautical miles. 
 
 Stamford, or Eippowams, was purchased by Capt. 
 Nathaniel Turner in 1640. The boundary line be- 
 tween Greenwich and Stamford was settled in No- 
 vember of the same year. Turner paid the Indians 
 for the purchase, " twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve 
 hatchets, twelve knives, two kettles and four fathom 
 of white wampum." Thirty or forty inhabitants 
 
APPENDIX. 215 
 
 settled on tlie purchase in 1641. The variation of 
 the needle at Stamford in September. 1844, was 6 
 deg. 40 min. The Stage House Hotel is in latitude 
 41 deg. 2 min., 53 sec, and longitude 73 deg. 32 min., 
 
 SO sec. 
 
 D ANBURY, or Pahquioque, was first settled in the 
 summer of 1684. The settlement consisted of eight 
 families. The heads of the families were Thomas 
 Taylor, Judah Gregory, Francis Bushnel, James 
 Beebe, Thomas Barnum, Samuel Benedict, John 
 Hoyt and James Benedict. They were, with a single 
 exception, all from I^orwalk. Danbury is a half- 
 shire town of the county, containing Court House 
 and Jail. Bethel, a flourishing town, southeast of 
 Danbury, has been recently set off from it and been 
 incorporated as a town by itself. Danbury wa^ 
 burned by the British on the 26tli of April, 1777 ; 
 and the loss which incurred thereby amounted to 
 £15,862 ds. 7d. A hospital for the Americans was 
 kept at Danbury for some time during the war. 
 Two buildings of large dimensions were built for 
 that purpose. A great many sick were sent here 
 from White Plains, and about two hundred soldiers 
 were buried here during the war. When the British 
 made their attack, or rather committed their depre- 
 dations, upon the town of Danbury, they passed 
 through the village of Bethel. They were met, 
 while descending a hill, a short distance from the 
 village on the Reading road, by Mr. Luther Hoi- 
 
216 APPENDIX. 
 
 comb, an old inhabitant of Danbury. He was on 
 horseback, and rode to the top of a knoll in front of 
 the enemy, and turning about waved his sword as if 
 to an immense host behind him, shouting in tremen- 
 dous tones, "Z?(^^i5 the whole Universe^ Ireah off ly 
 Mngdomsy Upon this, the British not knowing 
 who might be against them besides the whole Uni- 
 verse, came to a full halt, planted their cannon, and 
 sent out the proper wings, while Mr. Holcomb 
 seized the opportunity to ride off with all speed to 
 a place of safety, even without his army. 
 
 New-Town, by the Indians called Pohtatuck, was 
 
 incorporated as a town in the year 1T08. The 
 
 Indian name was derived from a small stream which 
 
 empties into the Housatonic. The soil is quite fertile 
 
 ^and productive. 
 
 EiDGEFiELD, or Caudatowa, was settled by inhabi- 
 tants mostly from Korwalk, in the year 1708. John 
 Belden, Matthias St. John, Matthew Seymour, and 
 Samuel Keeler, were the most influential of the 
 early settlers. Their deed was dated the thirtieth 
 of September, and was signed by Catoonah, the 
 principal Indian chief. Just over the boundary line 
 is the cave, or rather the semblance of a cave, 
 where Sarah Bishop, thehermitess, lived during the 
 latter part of her life. She died in 1810. She dwelt 
 there alone, many of the superstitious regarding her 
 AS a witch. But ill treatment by one of the many 
 
^ APPENDIX. 217 
 
 unprincipled and detestable British officers, during 
 the Revolutionary War, is said to have been the 
 cause of her leading so singular a life among the 
 mountains. 
 
 New Fairfield was not settled until 1730. Set- 
 tlement was then made in what is called the lower 
 seven miles. The first minister was the Kev. Beca- 
 jah Case, who was ordained in 1742. 
 
 Reading, so called in honor of one of its first and 
 most influential settlers, was incorporated as a town 
 in May, 1767. Gen. Putnam's head-quarters were 
 here while stationed in this part of the country. 
 Under his command were the New Hampshire 
 brigade, two Connecticut brigades, a corps of infan- 
 try and a corps of cavalry. During the first paii^ 
 of their being under command at this station, the 
 soldiers were but indifi'erently fed and clothed. 
 While the legislature were in session, they were 
 on the point of marching to Hartford, to demand 
 . assistance from that body at the point of the bayonet. 
 Putnam, with his accustomed boldness, made them 
 a short and effective speech, in which he took occa^ 
 sion to point out to them the shame which would 
 come upon Con7iecticut men^ should the}^ carry out 
 their foolish designs. His speech satisfied them. 
 And shortly afterwards, by the exertions of Connec- 
 ticut women, none of them had reason to complain 
 of not being comfortably clothed. Two executions 
 
218 APPENDIX. 
 
 took place wliile Gen. Putnam was quartered here. 
 One, a youth of sixteen or seventeen, was shot for 
 desertion ; and the other was a Tory, named Jones, 
 of Eidgefield. One of the most distinguished men- 
 of Connecticut, Joel Barlow, LL. D. was born here 
 in 1755. He was a poet and a statesman. He 
 died Dec. 22d, 1812, at Zarnawica, a small village 
 in Poland, near Cracow. 
 
 Bkookfield, named after Rev. Mr. Brooks, their 
 first minister, was incorporated in 1788. Before 
 that time it formed portions of Newtown, Danbury, 
 and JS'ew Milford. Settlement had been made on 
 the tract some thirtj' years before. 
 
 The town contains 17 square miles, or 11,000 acres. 
 There ^re beds of limestone and marble in the town. 
 The soil is well adapted to the raising of grain. 
 
 Huntington was incorporated as a town in 1789. 
 Bev. Jedediah Mills was the first minister in what 
 is now Huntington. He was settled in 1724, and 
 the settlement began about 70 years previous to its 
 incorporation. 
 
 !N'ew Canaan was incorporated in 1801. It was 
 formerly a parish lying partly in Stamford and Nor- 
 walk, incorporated as a parish in 1731. In 1732 
 there were forty-seven members of the parish, 
 thirty from Norwalk and seventeen from Stamford. 
 Their first minister was Rev. John Eeels of Milford, 
 
APPENDIX. 219 
 
 who was ordained in June, 1733. He preaclied 
 until 1741. His death occurred at New Canaan in 
 1785, when he was in his 85th year. Rev. Robert 
 Silliraan preached there from 1742 until 1771. 
 William Drummond succeeded him in 1772, and 
 preached five years ; after which he was dismissed 
 and deposed from the ministry in 1777. Rev. Jus- 
 tus Mitchel then followed in the year 1783, and 
 preached until 1806, when he suddenly died. The 
 business of the town is mostly shoe and leather 
 manufacture. 
 
 Sherman, forming the northern angle of Fairfield 
 County, was originally a part of New Fairfield. 
 It was incorporated as a town by itself in 1802. It 
 has but few inhabitants, though the soil is good and 
 well adapted to the raising of grain of all kinds. 
 
 Wilton, though organized as a society in the town 
 of Norwalk in 1726, was not incorporated as a town 
 until 1802. The chief occupation of the inhabitants 
 is agricuhure. There is a silver mine in the limits 
 of this town, which has not been worked since the 
 Revolutionary war. Wilton is the birth-place of 
 Prof. Stuart, of Andover Theological Seminary. 
 
 Daeten, formerly known as the Middlesex Parish, 
 in the town of Stamford, was incorporated as a town 
 in 1820. Throughout the Revolution, a large num- 
 ber of the inhabitants of this district were Tories. 
 
220 APPENDIX. 
 
 Dr. Moses Mather was preaching in the Congrega- 
 tional Church on Sunday the 22d of July, A. D. 
 1781, when a party of Tories completely surrounded 
 the church and took most of the people prisoners, 
 only a few young men escaping through the win- 
 dows. Two shots were fired at these ; but they dare 
 fire no more, as three guns was the well known sig- 
 nal of alarm in this part of the country. All the 
 males were then tied two and two and led out of 
 the church, with the venerable Dr. Mather at their 
 head. The Tories also carried off some forty horses 
 belonging to the congregation which had assembled, 
 and marched the prisoners to the Sound shore, where 
 they were embarked for Lloyd's Neck on Long 
 Island. From thence they were taken to New 
 York, and confined in the Provost prison, where 
 they underwent the most severe treatment. The 
 following contains a portion of a poem entitled 
 
 A Poetical Relation of the CaiJture of the Congregation at 
 Middlesex, with an Account of their Sufferings, d'c, 
 while in cajjtivity ; hy Peter St. John. 
 
 Now to relate 'tis my intent 
 
 A sad and tragical event. 
 
 On what I write you may rely, 
 
 As I've the history lying by. 
 
 July the twenty-second day, 
 
 Where Christians meet to sing and pray, 
 
 In seventeen hundred and eighty-one, 
 
 An horrid action was begun. 
 
APPENDIX. 221 
 
 While to the Lord they sing and pray, 
 
 The Tories, who in ambush lay, 
 
 Beset the house with brazen face ; 
 
 At Middlesex it was the place. 
 
 A guard was placed the house before, 
 
 Likewise behind and at each door. 
 
 Then, void of shame, those men of sin 
 
 The sacred temple entered in. 
 
 The Rev. Mather closed his book, — 
 
 How did the congregation look ? 
 
 The reverend priest, the man of God, 
 
 Severely felt the smarting rod, — 
 
 Not by a whip do I pretend. 
 
 But by abuses from those friends. 
 
 How must he feel to see his sheep 
 
 Thus worried, whilst they silence keep. 
 
 Those demons plundered what they could, 
 
 Either in silver, or in gold. 
 
 The silver buckles, which we use 
 
 Both at the knees and on the shoes. 
 
 These caitiffs took them ; in their rage 
 
 Had no respect for sex or age. 
 
 And as they all were searching round. 
 
 They several silver watches found. 
 
 They who were placed as guards without, 
 
 Like raging devils ranged about, 
 
 Took forty horses to the shore, 
 
 Not many either less or more ; 
 
 With bridles, saddles, pillions on. 
 
 In a few minutes all was done. 
 
 The men which hence they took away. 
 
 Upon this sacred awful day. 
 
222 APPENDIX. 
 
 Was forty-eight, besides two more 
 
 They chanced to find upon the shore. 
 
 When to the shore they were conveyed, 
 
 The orders given they obeyed. 
 
 On board the shipping they were sent, 
 
 But greatly feared the sad event ; 
 
 As well they might, because they knew 
 
 Their captors were the Devil's crew. 
 
 They hoisted sail, the Sound they crossed, 
 
 And near Lloyd's neck they anchored first. 
 
 Then every man must tell his name ; 
 
 A list they took, and kept the same. 
 
 Now twenty-four of fifty men 
 
 Were ordered home again ; 
 
 The twenty-six who stay'd behind, 
 
 Most cruelly were they confined ; 
 
 On board the brig were ordered quick, 
 
 And were confined beneath the deck. 
 
 A nasty hole, with filth besmear'd, — 
 
 But 'twas no more than what they fear'd. 
 
 But to return whence I leh off, 
 They at our misery made a scoffj — 
 Like raging devils tore about, 
 Swearing they'd tear our vitals out ; 
 That they'd no quarter ever give. 
 Nor let a cursed rebel live ; 
 But would their joints in pieces cut;- 
 Then round the deck like devils strut. 
 Oh, human nature, how depraved ! 
 Can any mortal e'er be saved ? 
 
APPENDIX. 223 
 
 So void of good, so full of evil, 
 And wholly bent to serve the Devil. 
 July the four and twentieth day, 
 We all were sent to Oyster Bay. 
 
 We to the ferry came at last, 
 
 View'd by spectators as we past : 
 
 The gazing rabble, tory throng, 
 
 Would curse us as we passed along. 
 
 Ten thousand curses round us rung ; 
 
 But some would laugh, and some would sneer, 
 
 And some would grin, and some would leer. 
 
 A mixed mob, a medley crew, 
 
 I guess, as e'er the Devil knew. 
 
 To the Provost we then were haul'd. 
 
 Though we of war were prisoners called ; 
 
 Our irons now were ordered off, — 
 
 The standers-by would swear and scoff. 
 
 But 0, what company we found ! 
 
 With great surprise we looked around ! 
 
 I must conclude that in this place 
 
 We found the worst of Adam's race ; 
 
 Thieves, murderers, and pickpockets too, 
 
 And every thing that's bad they do. 
 
 One of our men found, to his cost, 
 
 Three pounds of York money he had lost ; — 
 
 His pockets picked, I guess, before 
 
 We had been there one single hour. 
 
 ***** ^ * 
 
 Full eighteen days, or something more, 
 We fairly were exchang'd before ; 
 
22J: APPENDIX. 
 
 Of the exchange they let us know, 
 Or from that place of bondage go. 
 That of the number twenty-five, 
 But just nineteen were left alive ; 
 Four days before December's gone. 
 In seventeen hundred eighty-one. 
 
 Bridgeport was formerly part of the parish ol 
 Stratfield, in the town of Stratford, and also a part 
 of the town of Fairfield. It was incorporated as a 
 town in 1821. The city of Bridgeport was incor- 
 porated as such in 1836, and is situated on the 
 mouth of the Pequanick river, at the head of a 
 liarbor two miles from the Sound. At the close of 
 the Revolutionary war, there were only twelve 
 houses where the city now stands. The population 
 in 1790 was only one hundred and ten, while in 
 1850 the population is seven thousand five hundred 
 and fifty-eight. Bridgeport is one of the county 
 towns for Fairfield County. The Court-house is as 
 good a one as can be found in the United States. 
 
 Monroe, formerly a part of Huntington, was in- 
 corporated in 1823. It contains about twenty-six 
 square miles. 
 
 Westport, formerly known by the Indian name 
 of taugatuck, was formed from the territory of 
 Fairfield, Weston, and JSTorwalk. It was settled as 
 part of those towns, and incorporated by itself in 
 1835. It contains about seventeen square miles. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 225 
 
 Weston was incorporated in 1787, being formed 
 by two parishes before that time belonging to Fair- 
 field. It was, however, settled earlier than 1740. 
 With Easton it contained nearly or quite forty 
 square miles. The first Methodist Society in ISew 
 England is said to have been at Bridgeport ; but the 
 first church built by that denomination of Chris- 
 tians was at Weston. It was known as Lee's 
 chapel. 
 
 Trxtmbull, containing a little more than twenty- 
 one square miles, was incorporated from North 
 Stratford in 1798. 
 
 Easton has been, some two or more years since, 
 incorporated as a town by itself, from Weston. 
 
 Bethel, formerly the southeastern corner of Dan- 
 bury, was incorporated as a town in 1855. 
 
 Popidatio7i. 
 
 Bethel, 
 
 Bridgeport, 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 Danbury, . 
 
 Darien, 
 
 Easton, 
 
 Fairfield, 
 
 Greenwich, 
 
 1830. 
 
 1850. 
 
 See Danbury. 
 
 2,800 
 
 7,558 
 
 1,255 
 
 1,360 
 
 4,311 
 
 5,964 
 
 1,212 
 
 1,454 
 
 1,212 
 
 1,432 
 
 4,222 
 
 3,618 
 
 3,801 
 
 5,040 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 Huntington, 
 
 Monroe, 
 
 New Canaan, 
 
 New Fairfield, 
 
 Newtown, 
 
 Norwalk, . 
 
 Reading, 
 
 Eidgefield, 
 
 Sherman, 
 
 Stamford, . 
 
 Stratford, 
 
 Trumbull, . 
 
 Weston, 
 
 Westport, . 
 
 Wilton, 
 
 The County, (in 1810, 42,739) 
 
 1830. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1,371 
 
 1,301 
 
 1,522 
 
 1,440 
 
 1,830 
 
 2,601 
 
 939 
 
 927 
 
 3,096 
 
 3,358 
 
 3,792 
 
 4,051 
 
 1,686 
 
 1,754 
 
 2,305 
 
 2,237 
 
 947 
 
 984 
 
 3,707 
 
 5,004 
 
 1,814 
 
 2,040 
 
 1,242 
 
 1,313 
 
 2,997 
 
 1,063 
 
 
 2,642 
 
 2,097 
 
 2,066 
 
 46,950 
 
 59,841 
 
 In population Bridgeport ranks the highest, Dan- 
 bur j next, then Greenwich, then Stamford, &c. 
 
 Variations 
 
 of Magnetic Needle for Fairfield 
 
 
 County. 
 
 
 Place. 
 
 Variation. When observed. 
 
 By whom. 
 
 Greenwich, 
 
 6°38' west. Sept. 1844. 
 
 Prof. Ren wick 
 
 Stamford, 
 
 6°40' •' " 
 
 (( 
 
 Norwalk, 
 
 6°46' *' " 
 
 u 
 
 Bridgeport, 
 
 6°19' " Sept. 1845. 
 
 a 
 
 Black Rock, 
 
 6°54' " " 
 
 (( 
 
 Legget's Station, 5°41' " Oct. 1847. R. H. Fauntleroy. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 227 
 
 Professional Statistics for 1855. 
 
 Attorneys in Fairfield County, . . . 51 
 
 Clergy in do do ... 108 
 
 Physicians in do do . . . 84 
 
 Sovereigns of England after the Settlement of 
 Greenwich^ 1640. 
 
 Cromwell. 
 His son, . 
 Charles II., . 
 James 11. , 
 William and Mary, 
 William III., . 
 Anne, . 
 George I., 
 George II., . 
 George III., 
 
 1658. 
 1660. 
 1685. 
 1689. 
 1694. 
 1702. 
 1714. 
 1727. 
 1760. 
 
 The latter ceased to reign in 1811, but lost the 
 colonies in 1776. 
 
 List of the Governors of Connecticut. 
 
 John Winthrop, . from 165 > to 1676, died. 
 
 William Leete, . . " 1676 to 1683, '' 
 Kobert Treat, . . '' 1683 to 1687. 
 
 Government was here interrupted for a year and a 
 
 half. 
 Eobert Treat, . . from 1689 to 1698. 
 
 Fitz John Winthrop, . " 1698 to 1707, died. 
 
228 APPENDIX. 
 
 
 
 Gurdon Saltonstall, . 
 
 from 
 
 1707 to 1724, 
 
 died. 
 
 Joseph Talcott, . 
 
 u 
 
 1724 to 1741, 
 
 u 
 
 jT Jonathan Law, 
 ^ Eoger Wolcott, . 
 
 u 
 
 1741 to 1750, 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1750 to 1754. 
 
 
 Thomas Fitch, 
 
 u 
 
 1754 to 1766. 
 
 
 William Pitkin, . 
 
 (( 
 
 1766 to 1769, 
 
 died. 
 
 Jonathan Trumbull, . 
 
 a 
 
 1769 to 1784. 
 
 
 ^Matthew Griswold, 
 
 a 
 
 1784 to 1786. 
 
 
 Samuel Huntington, . 
 
 a 
 
 1786 to 1796. 
 
 
 Oliver Wolcott, . 
 
 u 
 
 1796 to 1798. 
 
 
 Jonathan Trumbull, . 
 
 u 
 
 1798 to 1809, 
 
 died. 
 
 John Treadwell, . 
 
 (C 
 
 1809 to 1811. 
 
 
 ^^ Roger Griswold , 
 
 a 
 
 1811 to 1813, 
 
 died. 
 
 John Cotton Smith, 
 
 u 
 
 1813 to 1817. 
 
 
 Oliver Wolcott, 
 
 4< 
 
 1817 to 1827. 
 
 
 Gideon Tomlinson, 
 
 u 
 
 1827 to 1831. 
 
 
 John S. Peters, 
 
 a 
 
 1833 to 1834. 
 
 
 Samuel A. Foot, . 
 
 u 
 
 1834 to 1835. 
 
 
 John S. Peters, 
 
 u 
 
 1835 to 1838. 
 
 
 William W. Ellsworth, 
 
 a 
 
 1838 to 1842. 
 
 
 Chancey F. Cleveland, 
 
 u 
 
 1842 to 1844. 
 
 
 Roger S. Baldwin, . 
 
 a 
 
 1844 to 1846. 
 
 
 ,' Isaac Toucey, 
 
 a 
 
 1846 to 1847. 
 
 
 V ^ Clark Bissel, . 
 
 u 
 
 1847 to 1849. 
 
 
 * Joseph Trumbull, 
 
 u 
 
 1849 to 1850. 
 
 
 Thomas H. Seymour, 
 
 a 
 
 1850 to 1853. 
 
 
 Charles H. Pond, by res 
 
 ig- 
 
 
 
 nation of Seymour, 
 
 a 
 
 1853 to 1854. 
 
 
 Henry Dutton, 
 
 u 
 
 1854 to 1855. 
 
 
 William T. Minor, . 
 
 u 
 
 1855 to 1857. 
 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 229 
 
 The followino^ are tlie votes of the town for Electors 
 to elect a President and Yice-President of the 
 United States, since 1820, before which time the 
 Electors weie chosen by the Legislature: — ■ 
 
 In 1820, 
 In 1824, 
 In 1828, 
 In 1832, 
 In 1836, 
 In 1840, 
 In 1844, 
 In 1848, 
 In 1852, 
 In 1856, 
 
 Monroe rec'd 34. Opposition 0. Scattering 0. 
 
 Adams " 28. " 1. " 0. 
 
 Jackson " 24. Adams 89. " 0. 
 
 Jackson " 166. Opposition 73. " 47. 
 fiarrison 64. *' 0. 
 
 309. V Buren 337. " 6. 
 
 355. Clay 348. Birney 14. 
 
 316. Cass 234. V Buren 49. 
 
 371. Scott 310. Hale 20. 
 
 377. Fremont 385. Fillmore 119. 
 
 Van Buren " 102. 
 Harrison " 
 Polk 
 
 Taylor « 
 Pierce " 
 Bucliaiian " 
 
 The column in italics are the successful candi- 
 dates. When the town first began voting for electors, 
 little interest was taken in the result, which accounted 
 for the paucity of the votes cast. In the vote of 1856, 
 probably every vote was cast which ought to have 
 been deposited. Men were brought from their sick 
 beds, and the greatest excitement prevailed. 
 
 Town Officers in 1855. 
 
 Samuel Close, 
 Augustus Mead, . 
 Benjamin W. Husted, 
 Allen Sutton, 
 Levi Mead, 
 
 11 
 
 Clcrli and Register. 
 Treasurer, 
 
 Selectman. 
 
230 
 
 APPENDIS. 
 
 y. Augustus Mead, . 
 
 Toimi Agent, 
 
 ^William H. Dusenbury, 
 
 Constahle. 
 
 John Dayton, 
 
 u 
 
 Shadracli Smith, 
 
 u 
 
 Charles Ferris, 
 
 (C 
 
 Philander Button, 
 
 Grand Juror, 
 
 John B. Wilson, . 
 
 U (( 
 
 Calvin Purdy, 
 
 a (£ 
 
 Ard Knapp, . ^ . 
 
 Assessor. 
 
 Cornelius Ford, 
 
 u 
 
 John B. Wilson, . 
 
 << 
 
 Selah Savage, . 
 
 i.i 
 
 John K. Grigg, 
 
 u 
 
 James Wilson, 
 
 Board of Relief. 
 
 ^Augustus Mead, . 
 Edwin Keeler, 
 
 a u 
 
 a a 
 
 Seth Lyon, 
 
 Surveyor. 
 
 Wm. H. Dusenberry, 
 
 a 
 
 George J. Smith, 
 
 Collector. 
 
 *Jacob D. L. M. Armour, 
 
 Justice of the Peace 
 
 John Banks, . 
 
 u a 
 
 Gideon Close, 
 
 u a 
 
 Isaac 0. Close, 
 
 u u 
 
 George Derby, 
 
 a u 
 
 William A. Ferris, 
 
 u u 
 
 Nathan Finch, 
 
 u u 
 
 Conklin Husted, 
 
 u a 
 
 Ezra Keeler, 
 
 u a 
 
 Ard Knapp, 
 
 (( a 
 
 * All of this list did not take the oath, though all were elected. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 231 
 
 Seth Lyon, 
 ^Alvan Mead, . 
 
 >-AiigustusMead, . 
 \^rsLke Mead, 
 V^lkanah Mead, 
 ^^olomon Mead, 
 
 Justice of the ^ 
 
 U i 
 
 Fe 
 
 ii i 
 
 
 U i 
 
 
 ii i 
 
 
 Samuel Mills, 
 
 it i 
 
 
 Augustus R. Newman, 
 Selah Savage, 
 John B. Wilson, 
 
 a i 
 ii i 
 a i 
 
 
 Town Officers m 1856. 
 
 V Samuel Close, 
 
 . Cleric. 
 
 )( Joseph E. Brush, 
 ^Augustus Mead, . 
 
 Register. 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Allen Sutton, . 
 
 Selectman. 
 
 ^ Thomas A. Mead, . 
 
 a 
 
 ^Levi Mead, 
 
 a 
 
 /<Levi Mead, 
 George J. Smith, 
 
 Town Agent. 
 Collector. 
 
 William H. Dusenberry, 
 John Dayton, . 
 Philander Button, . 
 
 Constable. 
 Grand Juror. 
 
 Seth B. Downs, 
 
 a a 
 
 James Wilson, 
 
 Assessor. 
 
 /- Jabez Mead, jun. 
 
 a 
 
 Josephus Palmer, . 
 ^Elkanah Mead, 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 Benjamin Page, 
 ^ Solomon Mead, 
 
 Board of Relief. 
 
262 APPENDIX. 
 
 Ezra Keeler, 
 
 Board of Belief. 
 
 Isaac 0. Close . 
 
 a a 
 
 SetliLyon, . 
 
 Surveyor. 
 
 Wiiliam H. Dusenberry, 
 
 u 
 
 Kev. George H. Dunbar, 
 
 Sch. Visitor Sec. So 
 
 George A. Palmer, 
 
 
 Kev. Frederick Munson, 
 
 
 Seth Lyon, 
 
 
 Julius B. Curtis, . 
 
 
 Philander Button, 
 
 
 Merritt Geralds, 
 
 
 Wm. H. Dusenberry, . 
 
 
 Town Officers in 1857. 
 
 Samuel Close, 
 
 Cleric and Begister. 
 
 ^Augustus Mead, 
 Ard Knapp, 
 
 Treasurer, 
 
 Selectman. 
 
 /Titus Mead, 
 
 a 
 
 George Ferris, 
 
 a 
 
 George J. Smith, 
 
 Collector. 
 
 George J. Smith, . 
 
 Constable. 
 
 John Dayton, . 
 
 u 
 
 Charles Ferris, 
 
 u 
 
 B. F. Husted, . 
 
 a 
 
 George B. Christison, 
 
 a 
 
 Isaac Weed, 
 
 Grand Juror. 
 
 John B. Wilson, . 
 
 a a 
 
 ^ Jabez Mead, jun. 
 
 a (( 
 
 Gilbert P. Finch, . 
 
 u u 
 
 Henry Dayton. 
 
 a (( 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 John B. "Wilson, . 
 
 Assessor. 
 
 Jabez Mead, jun. 
 
 u 
 
 B. F. Hnsted, 
 
 u 
 
 Benjamin Page. 
 
 n 
 
 James Wilson, 
 
 Board of Relief. 
 
 Gideon Close, . 
 
 u u 
 
 Brush Knapp, 
 
 u u 
 
 William H. Dusenberry, 
 
 Surveyor. 
 
 Seth Lyon, 
 
 u 
 
 233 
 
 Board of School Visitors. 
 
 Gideon Close, Chairman. 
 
 Daniel M. Mead, Cleric and Acting Visitor, and 
 Examining Committee. 
 
 James H. Hoyt, Examining Committee. 
 
 Joseph K. Stearns, Acting Visitor, and Examin- 
 ing Committee. 
 
 Samuel Mills, . . Visitor. 
 
 Joseph E. Russell, . '' 
 
 Jacob E. Williams, . " 
 
 Silas Husted, . . " 
 
 George Derby . . " 
 
 Justices of the Peace for 1857. 
 
 ^ Joseph Brush, William, L. Lyon^ 
 
 C. Silas Burley, .^--Augustus Mead, 
 
 ^Gideon Close, ^. Drake Mead, 
 
 * Those in italics only, have taken the prescribed oath and are 
 acting justices. 
 
234 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 George Derby ^ 
 William A. Ferris, 
 Daniel M. Griffin, 
 Benjamin F. Husted^ 
 Conklin Husted, 
 Ezra Keeler^ 
 Ard Knapp, 
 
 Titus Mead, 
 Augustus K. Newman, 
 William Newman, 
 Samuel Peck, 
 Josejph E. Russel^ 
 Minot S. Scofield^ 
 James Wilson, 
 
 John B. Wilson. 
 
 Officers of the Borough for 1857. 
 
 tx 
 
 Solomon Mead, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 Samuel Close, . 
 
 Burgess. 
 
 Alvan Mead, 
 
 u 
 
 Thomas A. Mead, 
 
 (£ 
 
 Philander Button, . 
 
 (( 
 
 James W. Dominick, . 
 
 (C 
 
 Kobert W. Mead, . 
 
 Cleric and Treasurer, 
 
 John Dayton, . 
 
 Bailif. 
 
 Julius B. Curtis, . 
 
 Attorney. 
 
APPENDIX. 235 
 
 BUSINESS DIRECTORY 
 
 FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 
 
 TOWN OF GREENWICH, 
 
 FOR 1857. 
 
 BLACKSMITHING. 
 
 William Scofield keeps a blacksmitli-shop, con- 
 nected with the carriage-making business, in the 
 vilhige, a few feet north of Sniffin's Corner, on the 
 road leading to Pecksland and Glenville. 
 
 Ifoses Sargent keeps a shop on Bush's Point, at 
 Lower Coscob, near the ship-yard. 
 
 Ephrahn Lane also keeps a shop at Coscob Til- 
 lage ; all kinds of blacksmithing done. 
 
 Abraham S. Palmer keeps a shop at Mianus, con- 
 nected with a wheelwright's shop. 
 
 BOARDING- AND SELECT SCHOOLS. 
 
 Lewis Howe^ A.M., a graduate of Yale College, 
 is the principal of an excellent institution, situated 
 on a beautiful eminence, one door west of the Second 
 Congregational Church. All the branches of edu- 
 
230 APPENDIX. 
 
 cation, including music and the languages," are 
 taught. And every facility is offered to the student. 
 
 M7's. Hess keeps an excellent private school for 
 small children, in Mechanic street. 
 
 Philander Button, A.M., a graduate of Yale Col- 
 lege, is the principal of the Greenwich Academy, 
 on the corner of Main and North streets. All the 
 branches of an English education are taught, with 
 Latin and. Greek ; and the institution is in an ex- 
 ceedingly flourishing condition. 
 
 Prof. B. A, Korville, formerly Professor in West- 
 ern Reserve College, and Conductor of Music in 
 Centre Church, New Haven, has a full class in 
 music throughout the year, and receives those 
 desiring a thoroughly finished musical education by 
 the term, as boarders, at his" place of residence in 
 Greenwich Avenue. 
 
 Miss Elatliea Newman^ private school, at 
 Mianus, is much appreciated as an excellent school 
 by those in the vicinity. 
 
 BUTCHERING AND MEAT-SHOPS. 
 
 Henry Held keeps a shop for the sale of all kinds 
 of meat, on the west side of Greenwich Avenue, a 
 few rods from the corner of Main street. 
 
 Wm, H. Henderson. Shop in Greenwich avenue, 
 opposite Mead and Dayton's building. 
 
 Amos M. Brush <& Co. Shop at Coscob village. 
 
 J. Home cfe Co. Shop at Mianus. 
 
 Isaac 0. Close. Shop at Roundhill. 
 
APPENDIX. 237 
 
 CABINET-MAKEE. 
 
 Mr. Hunt. Shop in Greenwich avenue, connect- 
 ed with sash and blind making. 
 
 Stephen Stoothoff^ near Railroad Depot, connected 
 with general carpenter work. 
 
 CAEPENTEKING. 
 
 Isaac Weed. Shop in Greenwich avenue. 
 Charles Thnpany. Shop at the village of Ooscob. 
 
 William Eddy. Shop at Mianus. 
 
 William H. Lyon^ at East Portchester. 
 Many others are engaged in this business, but 
 these are the heaviest contractors. 
 
 C ARRIAGE-MAKING. 
 
 Joseph E. Russel^ one door north of Sniffin's 
 corner, on road to Pecksland ; connected with a 
 blacksmith's shop. 
 
 Elijah Lent. All kinds of finished carriage- 
 building, at the shop in Mechanic street. 
 
 COAL 
 
 For sale, by E. Ilusted, at Caleb W. Merritt's Dock. 
 
 CLOCKS REPAIRED. 
 
 -~- Jonas Mead^ jun.^ a few doors from Sniffin's 
 corner, on the road to Pecksland. 
 
 DRESSMAKERS. 
 
 Mrs. William E. Ferris^ in Mechanic street. 
 Mrs. Sarah Peck.^ at Humphrey Denton's. 
 11* 
 
238 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mrs. Gilbert Marshall and Miss Wilmof, at 
 Coscob. 
 
 The Misses Dames ^ at Mi anus. 
 
 FACTORIES. 
 
 Screw and Bolt Factory of Eussel, Birdsall & 
 Ward, on the Byram Klver, a half-mile below Glen- 
 ville. 
 
 Tinners'* Tools Factory of Josiah Wilcox, on 
 Bjram River, two miles north of Glenville. 
 
 Isham's Factory^ at Glenville. 
 
 Boiling Mills, Burrington Hiclcs, agent, on the 
 Mianus River, at Dumpling Pond. 
 
 Sash and Blind Factory of Charles Timpany, a 
 few rods north of Coscob village. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 Augustus Lyon keeps the Mansion House, on the 
 corner of Greenwich avenue and Main street. 
 
 Jacob T. Weed keeps Weed's Hotel, on Main 
 street, nearly opposite Greenwich avenue. 
 
 Mrs. Bancroft, on Main street. 
 
 Joseph E. Page keeps the Railroad House, at 
 Coscob Tillage. 
 
 ICE. 
 
 John Henderson will supply the people through 
 the season with pure crystal ice. 
 
 INSURANCE OFFICE. 
 
 Greenwich Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
 office over the Post-office. Augustus Mead, Presi- 
 dent / G. J. Smith, Secretary. 
 
APPENDIX. 239 
 
 ^' — Daniel M. Mead^ Attorney and Counselor for 
 Connecticut and New York, and Commissioner of 
 tlie Superior Court. Office in Mead and Dayton's 
 Building, on Greenwich avenue, second story, front 
 room. All kinds of conveyancing carefully attended 
 to. 
 
 Julius B. Curtis^ Attorney and Counselor at 
 Law, and Commissioner of the Superior Court. 
 Office in Lyon's Building, on Main street, second 
 story. All kinds of conveyancing carefully attended 
 to. 
 
 MERCHANTS. 
 
 Francis Dauohy, agent for William Hoyt Oppo- 
 site the head of Greenwich, avenue, in Main street.; 
 A very extensive assortment of dry goods and 
 groceries for sale. 
 
 Peter Acker keeps for sale a constant supply of 
 dry goods and groceries at the Old Stand, on the 
 corner of Greenwich avenue and Main street. 
 
 Ahi'aham Acker. Store in Lyon's Building, Main 
 street. 
 
 Joseph E. Brusli. Dry goods and groceries, on 
 the corner of Mechanic and Main streets. 
 
 John Henderson. Confectionery, Main street. 
 
 Benjamin Peck. General assortment of goods, 
 Main street, one door from Mechanic street. 
 
 Henry S. Banks, Glenville Bridge. Dry goods 
 and groceries. 
 
 Mosher <& Co., Glenville. Groceries. 
 
210 APPENDIX. 
 
 Gould Selleck^ Coscob. Dry goods and groceries. 
 ^ A. and E. Britsh c& Co. Dry goods and groceries, 
 Coscob Yillage. 
 
 LocTcwood P. ClarJc. Groceries, Coscob. 
 
 Joseph Home <& Co, Dry goods and groceries. 
 Mianiis. 
 
 Charles Ferris, do, Mianus. 
 
 New7nan and Hewes, dry goods and groceries. 
 Contractors for sewing and general tailoring. 
 
 Jesse L. Wessels, East Portchester. 
 
 MILLINERY. 
 
 Mrs, Coles, in Main street. 
 Mrs. Elliot, near Railroad Depot. 
 . The Misses Lane, at Coscob Yillage. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 '^ Dr, Darius Mead, Residence on the brow of 
 Putnam's Hill. 
 
 Dr. James H. Hoyt. Residence in the center of 
 the village, on Main street. 
 
 Dr. Bartow F. White. Residence is at Round-hill. 
 
 Dr. Charles C. Allen. Residence at Coscob Vil- 
 lage. 
 
 SADDLERY. 
 
 ^ William Mead, Shop a half-a-mile north of 
 Putnam's Hill. 
 
 Lpenetus Sniffin, on Sniffin's Corner in the Yil- 
 la2:e. 
 
APPENDIX. 241 
 
 SALOONS. 
 
 John H. Merritt. On Greenwich avenue. Oys- 
 ters and ice-cream all in their season. 
 
 John Henderson. On Main street, about the 
 center of Yilkge. All the delicacies in their season. 
 
 Joseph E. Page, at Coscob Village. All kinds 
 of refreshment in their season. 
 
 SHIP-YARD. 
 
 The ship-yard of Chard, Duff & Palmer, at 
 Coscob, has turned out many elegant, durable, and 
 fast-sailing vessels. 
 
 SEXTONS. 
 
 "-- Jonas Mead^ jun.^ of Second Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 John Hancock, of Episcopal Church. 
 
 Gilbert Marshall, of Methodist E. Church. 
 
 Others not known to the author. 
 
 SHOE-MAKINQ. 
 
 John Dayton, first floor of Mead and Dayton's 
 Building, in Greenwich avenue. An extensive 
 assortment of boots, shoes, and gaiters. 
 
 Marshall and Mead, three doors west of Green- 
 wich avenue, in Main street. 
 
 Isaac Olmsted, at Coscob. 
 
 Daniel Olmsted, at his residence on the road to 
 Pecksland. 
 
242 APPENDIX. 
 
 Jonathan Jessup^ at Mianus. 
 Henry Dayton^ at Mianus. 
 
 STABLES AND CONVEYANCES. 
 
 Edward Angevine. Stage line from Depot to 
 every part of the town. 
 John D. Elliot^ do. 
 Samuel Finches line from Banks ville. 
 
 TAILORS. 
 
 George Sillich^ at J. E. Brusli's store, in Main st. 
 J. Home (& Co., at Mianus. 
 Newman <& Hewes, Mianus. 
 
 WHEELWEIGHTS. 
 
 Jonas Mead^jun.^ at the Village. 
 Humphrey D. Mead & Co., at Glenville. 
 Robert M. Harris, at Mianus. 
 
 GRAND LISTS. 
 
 The following are the Lists of the town for several 
 consecutive years, in the earlier and later periods of 
 the history of Greenwich. 
 
 Date. List in Pounds. 
 
 1665, .... £1,434 Os. 
 
 1666, .... 1,607 ir 
 
 1667, .... 1,632 14 
 
 1668, .... 1,609 15 
 
 1669, .... 1,667 10 
 
 1670, .... 1,897 5 
 
APPENDIX. 243 
 
 1671, 
 
 £1,806 
 
 1672, 
 
 . 1,162 
 
 1673, 
 
 2,060 5 
 
 1674, 
 
 . 1,915 
 
 1675, 
 
 1,950 
 
 1676, thirty-six freeholders. 
 
 . 1,719 
 
 1677, forty do 
 
 1,822 
 
 1694, sixty-six do 
 
 . 2,638 8 
 
 
 List in Dollars. 
 
 1854, . . 
 
 $2,495,215 
 
 1855, 
 
 . 2,680,304 
 
 1856, 
 
 2,748,578 
 
 For a considerable period after the incorporation 
 of the town, it was by far the smallest in the valua- 
 tion of the Grand List. And while its valuation 
 was less than two thousand pounds, that of the 
 neighboring town of Stamford was more than six 
 thousand. They are now about equal. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN" GREENWICH. 
 
 The following are the names of the various school 
 districts in the town, with the number of persons be- 
 tween the ages of four and sixteen in each district, 
 on the first of January, 1857. 
 
 1. Old Greenwich, ... 79 
 
 2. Palmer Hill, . . . .33 
 
 3. Mianus East, .... 61 
 
 4. Mianus West, . . . .47 
 
 5. Steep Hollow, .... 105 
 
244: 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 6. Coscob, .... 
 
 . 108 
 
 7. Korth Coscob, . 
 
 58 
 
 8. Meeting-house, 
 
 . 321 
 
 9. 'North Street, . 
 
 39 
 
 10. Stan wicli, Upper, . 
 
 . 73 
 
 11. " Lower, 
 
 102 
 
 12. Eound Hill, 
 
 . 103 
 
 13. Pecksland, 
 
 40 
 
 14. Clabbord Kidge, . 
 
 . 43 
 
 15. Byram, including East Portcliester, 
 
 157 
 
 16. Factory, .... 
 
 . 51 
 
 17. King street, Lower, 
 
 32 
 
 18. " Upper, 
 
 . 51 
 
 19. Quaker Eidge, 
 
 55 
 
 20. Eiverville, 
 
 . 59 
 
 1627 
 
 Tbe school-houses of the Coscob and Meeting- 
 house school-districts were built in 1851, the former 
 at an expense of about $1,450, including the land, 
 the latter at an expense of about $8,000. A forty- 
 cent tax was laid in the Meeting-house district 
 for the purpose. The building committee were 
 Augustus Mead, Zaccheus Mead, and William L. 
 Lyon, Esqs. 
 
 North Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Factory, and 
 Pecksland districts, also built new houses about this 
 time. TheEiversville District has now (1857) com- 
 menced a school house of stucco. The building is 
 octagonal in shape, with a porch toward the south. 
 
 The East Portcliester District was set off by the 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 245 
 
 town about the 1st of December, 1856 ; and the se- 
 lectmen placed the boundaries soon after, which was 
 indorsed by the town at a succeeding town-meeting. 
 East Portchester is a thriving village, on the east- 
 ern bank of the Bjram river. The land on which 
 it stands was purchased from a neighboring farmer, 
 and laid out in building lots, only four or ^Ye years 
 since. It has built up so rapidly that there are now 
 ninety-four children within the limits of the school- 
 district. 
 
 INDIAN 
 
 Indian, 
 
 Patommog, 
 
 Asamuck, 
 
 Myanos', or Mehanas, 
 
 Petuaqupaen, 
 
 Betuckquapock, 
 
 Miossehasseky, . 
 
 Sioascock, 
 
 Minniwies, or Menusing, 
 
 Armonck, or Cokamong, 
 
 Pimpewig, 
 
 Haseco, 
 
 Poningoe, . 
 
 Mockquams, . . . 
 
 Quaroppas, 
 
 Quinnehtuqut, 
 
 Kippowams, 
 
 Mohiccannituck, 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Modern. 
 
 Patommuck Brook. 
 Asamuck Brook. 
 Mianus River. 
 Coscob and Old Green- 
 wich. 
 Dumpling Pond, 
 liorseneck and vicinity , 
 Greenwich. 
 Manursing Island. 
 Byram Piver. 
 Pimpewig Brook, 
 Portchester. 
 Town of Bye. 
 Blind Brook. 
 White Plains. 
 Connecticut. 
 Stamford. 
 Hudson River. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 /rr^. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
246 APPENDIX. 
 
 Sewanhacky or Mentoac, 
 
 land of shells, . Long Island. 
 
 Monakewego, . . Elizabeth, or Greenwich 
 
 Point. 
 Muhhekanno, . . Seven "Mohegan" tribes 
 
 on coast. 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 14:92. Columbus discovered America. 
 
 1494. J ohn and Sebastian Cabot discovered E'orth 
 
 America. 
 1524. John Yerazzani do. do. 
 
 1602. Bartholomew Gosnold do. do. 
 
 1609. Hendrick Hudson discovered Hudson Kiver. 
 1614. Adrien Block discovered Connecticut. 
 1614. Greenwich discovered by Adrien Block. 
 1620. Landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Kock. 
 1631. Old Patent of Connecticut issued. 
 1633. First house built in Connecticut by English. 
 1633. do. do. do. by Dutch. 
 
 1635. Famine in Connecticut. 
 
 1636. First General Court in Connecticut. 
 1640. Settlement of Greenwich. 
 
 1642. Greenwich ceded to the Dutch. 
 
 1643. Indians massacred at 'New Amsterdam. 
 1644:. First expedition against Petuquapaen. 
 
 1644. Capt. Daniel Patrick shot by a Dutch officer. 
 
 1645. Petuquapaen finally destroyed. 
 
 1650. Boundary line of Connecticut removed to 
 west side of Greenwich. 
 
APPENDIX. 247 
 
 1656. Eiotous inhabitants threatened by General 
 
 Court. 
 1656. Settlement by Mead, Studwell, Hobby, and 
 
 Hubbard, with several others, mostly coming 
 
 from Long Island. 
 1664. Boundary line removed to Mamaroneck Kiver. 
 1666. First school-house built. 
 
 1672. 27 proprietors purchased West Greenwich. 
 
 1673. Eye still accounted a part of Connecticut. 
 1676. Rev. Mr. Wizwale invited to preach. 
 1678. Rev. Mr. Peck came and settled. 
 
 1681. First recorded marriage is that of John Mead, 
 
 jun., to Miss Ruth Hardey. 
 1683. Boundary of Connecticut settled at Byram 
 
 River. 
 1685. Grist mill built at Dumpling Pond. 
 
 1688. Number of legal voters, forty-nine. 
 
 1689. Rev. Jeremiah Peck dismissed. 
 1691. Rev. Abraham Pierson preaching. 
 1691. Yoted to have a 7iew meeting-house. 
 
 1694. Mr. Pierson left Greenwich. 
 
 1695. Mr. Salmon Treat commenced preaching. 
 
 1695. Grand List £2,638 8s. 
 
 1696. John Mead's Will. 
 
 1697. Mr. Treat left the tovt^n. 
 
 1697. Rev. Joseph Morgan began preaching. 
 
 1700. Rev. ISTathaniel Bowers settles in Old Green- 
 wich. 
 
 1700. Rev. Joseph Morgan moves to Horseneck. 
 
 1703. Town-meetings began to be held one-half time 
 in Horseneck. 
 
248 APPENDIX. 
 
 1704:. Rev. George Muirson, an Episcopal clergy- 
 man, preached in Greenwich occasionally, he 
 being settled over the parish at Rye. 
 
 1705. Mr. Morgan builds mill at Indian Harbor. 
 
 1705. Final separation of the town into two religious 
 societies. Permanent articles of agreement 
 made. 
 
 1708. Mr. Morgan dismissed from active duty as 
 minister at Horseneck. 
 
 1707 or 1708. Mr. Nathaniel Bowers left preaching 
 in Old Greenwich. During a short period 
 here, neither society had a minister. 
 
 1713. A question of reunion of the societies arose, 
 which was never carried out. 
 
 1716. Mill and dock built at mouth of Horseneck 
 Brook. 
 
 1717. Rev. Richard Sackett commenced preaching 
 at Horseneck 
 
 1724. Horseneck Brook Dock enlarged. 
 
 1727. Rev. Mr, Sackett died. 
 
 1728. Rev. Stephen Munson settled at Horseneck. 
 1730. Rev. Mr. Munson died in May. 
 
 1732. Rev. Abraham Todd settled at Horseneck. 
 
 1739. War declared against Spain by Great Britain. 
 
 1740. Rev. James Wetmore, an Episcopal church- 
 man, settled at Rye, preached regularly once 
 a month in Greenwich. 
 
 1744. "War declared against France by Great Britain. 
 
 1745. Mrs. Ruth Peck, wife of Samuel Peck, died. 
 
 1746. Death of Samuel Peck, aged 90. 
 
APPENDIX. 249 
 
 1747. Eev. Ebenezer Dibble, D.D., an Episcopal 
 clergyman preached one half the time at 
 Greenwich, and the other half at Stamford. 
 
 1748. Peace concluded with France and Spain. 
 
 1749. First Episcopal church built. 
 
 1755. Second war with France begun. 
 
 1756. War actually declared in May. 
 
 1759. Connecticut troops at Ticonderoga, and a 
 company from Greenwich among them. 
 
 1760. Peace again concluded with France. 
 1763. Permission to David Bush to build a mill. 
 1768. Town petitioned to make Norwalk a shire- 
 town. 
 
 1774. On the 21st of March, the town takes prompt 
 action in opposition to a suit before the King, 
 in reference to western lands. 
 
 1774. On the 17th of October, the town takes 
 strong action in favor of a revolution, and 
 appoints a committee to raise sums by sub- 
 scription, to be sent to Boston. 
 
 1775. February the 8th, Dr. Amos Mead and John 
 Mackay were appointed delegates to a County 
 Congress. 
 
 1775. December 13th, thirteen persons were ap- 
 pointed a Committee of Safety. 
 
 1776. Jesse Parsons, Town Clerk, died July 26th. 
 
 1777. Pemonstrance against Col. Enos's conduct. 
 
 1778. January 12th, doings of Continental Congress 
 indorsed. 
 
 1778. December 14th, Tories outlawed. 
 
250 APPENDIX. 
 
 1779. Gov. Trjon makes his exj^edition to Horse- 
 neck on the 26th of February. Gen. Putnam 
 makes his daring escape from the band of 
 Tories under the command of Thomas Merritt. 
 
 1780. Town House and law books sold. 
 
 1781. The skirmish of King street. The Americans 
 under Lieut. Mosher, and the British under 
 Col. Holmes. 
 
 1783-4. Petition of the town to be released from 
 taxes for these years, and to be paid the 
 amount of damages sustained. 
 
 1784. The Church call the Consociation to dismiss 
 Pev. John Murdock. 
 
 1787. Liberty granted to the brothers Titus to 
 rebuild their mills at Mianus. 
 
 1787. Dr. Amos Mead and Col. Jabez Pitch ap- 
 pointed delegates to the convention to ratify 
 or disapprove of the Federal Constitution. 
 
 1793. The town oppose the clergy fund. 
 
 1802. Proposition to build a Town-house was voted 
 down. 
 
 1803. Opposed the Turnpike road. 
 
 1812. War broke out in June. 
 
 1813. Wondrous display of valor. 
 
 1818. Clark Sauford, Esq., and Enos Lockwood, 
 Esq., elected delegates to the State Constitu- 
 tional Convention, which was held on the 
 fourth Wednesday in August. 
 
 1828. A great many sheep killed by dogs. 
 
 1834. Town-meeting held at Methodist church, at 
 Mianus. 
 
APPENDIX. 251 
 
 1835. Yoted to build a Town House. 
 
 1836. Town meeting held at new house. 
 1850. The grand finale of Skimetons. 
 1853. Greenwich a Probate District. 
 
 1856. Trial of Glenville-road case. 
 
 1857. History of Greenwich published. 
 
 THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 The final separation of the second from the old 
 Congregational Society by their recorded agree- 
 ment did not take place until the year 1705. But 
 a virtual separation took place in 1700, when the - 
 Old Greenwich people, having contracted a dislike 
 for Mr. Morgan, because of certain favors which he 
 granted to Horseneck, refused to hear him, and 
 asked the Reverend ITathaniel Bowers to preach to 
 them; and the Horseneck people invited Mr. Mor- 
 gan to preach to them exclusively. A more minute 
 history of the doings of the town in relation to that 
 matter, may be found upon the preceding pages of 
 this volume. 
 
 Mr. Morgan seems to have preached regularly to 
 the congregation of the Second Society, only until 
 1708 ; after which time the pulpit was filled by him 
 and other transient preachers until 1717, when a 
 call was extended to the Rev. Richard Sackett, who 
 came and preached for the Society to the time of his 
 death, which occurred in 1727. He was succeeded 
 by the Rev. Stephen Munson, who came here in 
 
252 APPENDIX. 
 
 1728, built Mr. Solomou Mead's old house, and 
 preached until his death, which occurred only two 
 years after, in May, 1730. His next settled succes- 
 sor was the Kev. Abraham Todd, who settled in 
 1733 and preached until his death, which occurred 
 
 1773, after forty years' service as pastor. He was 
 buried in the old burying-ground, in Davis' lane. 
 In 1769 the Society " hy vote impowered Mr. Tod 
 to desire one or more persons to tune the Fsalm as 
 he shall see proper." 
 
 After the death of Mr. Todd (of whom, and the 
 pastors which preceded him, much more is said in 
 the body of this work). Rev. Amos Butler and 
 others supplied the pulpit for about a year. In 
 
 1774, Capt. John Grigg and Henry Mead, being 
 appointed a committee for that purpose, extended 
 a call to Rev. Jonathan Murdock. The salary 
 offered him was one hundred pounds, and a bonus 
 of two hundred pounds, one-third of which was to 
 be paid in three months, one-third at the end of the 
 first year, and the remainder at the end of the second 
 year. Mr. Murdock accepted the call, and had an 
 immediate settlement, Oct. 20th, 1777. " Further 
 the society voted that Mr. Murdock be appointed 
 to say when the Psalms shall be read line by line, 
 there being often several strangers who have no 
 book." During the year 1781, Mr. Murdock released 
 the Society from paying his salary, on account of 
 their poverty, and did not preach. 
 
 On the first Monday in April the Society fully 
 
APPENDIX. 253 
 
 concurred with the church in requesting Mr. Mur- 
 dock to unite with them in asking for his dismission, 
 after the question had been seriously considered 
 through several meetings. On his refusal to unite 
 with his church and congregation, the people pre- 
 pared the grave charges against him, found upon a 
 preceding page of this work. They finally, how- 
 ever, compromised the matter by the payment to 
 Mr. Murdock, of the one years' salary which he had 
 previously released ; and he united with his oppo- 
 nents and obtained a dismission. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Austen followed him, and preacbed as 
 supply for a period of six months, when Eev. Isaac 
 Lewis, afterwards Doctor of Divinity, preached for 
 three months with a view to settlement. After- 
 wards, on the 24:th of August 1786, a call to settle 
 was extended to him, which was answered by letter 
 On the 19th of the following September, as follows : 
 
 To the Church and Members of the West Society in 
 Greenwich. 
 
 Brethren and Friends, — Your choice of me as your pastor, 
 and the offers you have made for my temporal support, have 
 been duly considered. I thank you for the confidence you 
 have put in me, and for the generosity of your proposals. 
 Would, however, observe that in order to my reaping the 
 benefit from the parsonage lands, which, I have no doubt, 
 the society really intends me, it will be necessary that they 
 be put in proper repair, with suitable division fence. If the 
 Society will see this matter accomplished and your unanim- 
 ity continues, I will accept the important ofiice to which you 
 12 
 
254: APPENDIX. 
 
 have cliosen me. Humbly relyiog on the all-sufficiency of 
 Divine Grace to enable me to discharge its duties and earn- 
 estly requesting a union of your prayers with mine to the 
 Great Head of the Church, that the proposed relation may 
 be a mutual and lasting blessing, — 
 
 I am, Brothers, your cordial friend and servant in the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 ISAAC LEWIS. 
 
 The request of Mr. Lewis was granted, and he was 
 soon afterwards settled in the work of the ministry, 
 with one hundred pounds salary. 
 
 For several years previous to 1798, the subject of 
 a new meeting-house was brought up and discussed ; 
 but the subject failed to meet the approbation of the 
 Society, until, on the 15th of January, 1798, the 
 Society "judged it necessary to build a new meet- 
 ing-house. The question being put, there appeared 
 more than three quarters in the affirmative." 
 
 " Further voted that they accept of the proposals 
 of the subscribers. Then voted that Abraham 
 Husted be the Treasurer to receiv^e the subscribers' 
 money." The Society then voted that " Decoii 
 Abraham Mead" and Benjamin Mead, Esqs., be a 
 committee to superintend the purchase of materials, 
 and defraying the necessary expenses of building 
 said house. Yoted, that the above committee pro- 
 ceed, as soon as the season will admit, to build the 
 meeting-house. Further voted, that the committee 
 should contract to have it built by the great if they 
 think it necessary. The meeting dismist by vote." 
 "Kecorded by JOB LYOJST, Clerk." 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 255 
 
 SUBSCKIPTION LIST. 
 
 We, the subscribers, inhabitants of the West Society in 
 Greenwich, do promise to pay unto Abraham Husted, the 
 sum in money annexed to our several names, viz. one third 
 of such subscribed sum on the first day of March next, and 
 one third on the first day of June next, and one third on the 
 first day of October next, to be appHed to the only purpose 
 of and for building a meeting house or a church for public 
 worship in said Society, which house is to be made of wood, 
 and in length fifty-two feet, in width forty feet, and in height 
 twenty-one feet, with a steeple of a suitable length and to 
 be set on the same spot of ground or within eight rods of 
 the same where the present house stands, which money so 
 subscribed shall by the said Husted be paid to such persons 
 or person who shall by the subscribers be appointed to 
 superintend the purchase of materials and defraying the 
 necessary expenses of completing said house, and this sub- 
 scription to be in force if three thousand dollars are sub- 
 scribed, if not to be void. 
 
 Dated at Greenwich the 23d day of November, 1797. 
 
 SUBSCRIBERS NAMES. 
 
 Amos Mead, 
 
 $125 
 
 Lois Holly, 
 
 $5 
 
 Richard Mead, 
 
 125 
 
 Jerusha Graham, . 
 
 .' 100 
 
 Abraham Mead, 
 
 250 
 
 Peter Avery, 
 
 2 
 
 Zaccheus Mead, 
 
 60 
 
 Joshua Banks, 
 
 5 
 
 Jared Mead, 
 
 125 
 
 Nathaniel Ferris, 
 
 2 
 
 Jonah Mead, 
 
 125 
 
 John Banks, 
 
 5 
 
 Benjamin Peck, . 
 
 40 
 
 John Addington, 
 
 9 
 
 Robert Mead, 
 
 125 
 
 Henry Grigg, 
 
 . 10 
 
 Nehemiah Mead, jr., . 
 
 70 
 
 Stephen Holmes, 
 
 15 
 
 Peter A. Burtis, . 
 
 60 
 
 David Holmes, 
 
 . 10 
 
 George Lockwood, 
 
 80 
 
 Nehemiah Mead, 
 
 80 
 
 Wm. Skidmore, . 
 
 30 
 
 Peter Husted, 
 
 . 70 
 
 Joseph Reynolds, 
 
 20 
 
 Abraham Husted, 
 
 70 
 
 Phebe Mead, 
 
 5 
 
 Joshua Mead, 
 
 . 100 
 
256 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Ebenezer Mead, 
 Job Lyon, 
 Isaac Weed, 
 George More, 
 Peter Mead, 
 Margaret Knapp 
 Jabez Fitch, 
 Amos Green, 
 Benj. Holmes, 
 Ebenezer Hubby- 
 Squire Hubby, 
 Squire Hubby, 
 Squire Holly, 
 Noah Stiles, . 
 Isaac Holly, 
 Reuben Holmes, 
 Hardy Mead, 
 Shadrach Mead, 
 Martha Ritch, 
 Lydia Reynolds, 
 Theophilus Peck, 
 Solomon Peck, 
 Thomas Hubby, 
 Charles Peck, 
 Jeffery Felmetta, 
 John Hobby, 
 Justus Sackett, , 
 Nathaniel Mead, 
 Jacob Fletcher, 
 Thomas Hubly, 
 Jabez M. Hobby 
 Hezekiah Hobby 
 Peter Moe, 
 Stephen Davis, 
 Justus B. Mead, 
 Israel Peck, . 
 Titus Mead, 
 Abraham Mead, 
 Amos Mead, 
 Samuel Peck, jr., 
 Gideon Close, . 
 
 jr 
 
 45 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 46 
 
 5 
 
 60 
 5 
 10 
 SO 
 25 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 25 
 15 
 10 
 25 
 4 
 12 
 20 
 8 
 15 
 20 
 15 
 20 
 25 
 10 
 10 
 80 
 15 
 15 
 3 
 10 
 10 
 80 
 40 
 10 
 10 
 15 
 10 
 
 Abraham Reynolds, 
 Joshua Mead, 
 Robert Mead, . 
 Daniel Banks, . 
 Sarah Mead, . 
 Nehemiah Mead, jr 
 Ebenezer Mead, 
 Abraham Mead, 
 Ambrose Reynolds, 
 Eliphalet Peck, . 
 John Mills, 
 James Knapp, . 
 Charles Lyon, 
 Nathaniel Peck, 
 Caleb Lyon, . 
 Oliver Fairchild, 
 Gilbert Peck, 
 Nathaniel Finch 
 David Brown, 
 Robert Peck, jr., 
 James Brown, 
 Gilbert Close, 
 Hannah Peck, 
 Samuel Peck, 
 Nathaniel Mead, 
 Gideon Peck, 
 David Mead, . 
 Benj. Mead, 
 Caleb Lyon, jr., 
 Reuben Green, jr., 
 Elisha Belcher, 
 Isaac Peck, jr., . 
 Jabez Husted, 
 Levi Ingersoll, . 
 Daniel Davis, 
 Matthew Mead, . 
 Matthew Mead,jr , 
 Silas Mead, jr., and 
 Abner Mead, 
 
 Total, 
 
 $10 
 
 30 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 70 
 
 $3,076 
 
 It will be noticed that the names of some are re- 
 peated moi'e than once, they having made an addi- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 257 
 
 tional subscription in order to secure the raising of 
 the three thousand dollars, which was called for'. 
 The house was placed ten or twelve feet south of the 
 old one, and the former house was moved out of the 
 way and left standing for use during the building of 
 the new one. After the completion of this build- 
 ing, which was not walled, David Webb, Orrin 
 Marvin, and Enos Knapp were appointed arbitrators, 
 to decide whether the building was completed in a 
 workmanlike manner. Their decision was against 
 the builders ; and they decreed that the amount of 
 four hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents should 
 be deducted from the amount to be received by the 
 builders. The seats were taken out of the old house, 
 and put in the new one. The cost of the steeple 
 was $197,33. 
 
 FIRST SALE OF PEWS. 
 
 0. 1. To Isaac Lewis, D.D., 
 
 Gratis, 
 
 " 2. 
 
 " Nehemiah Mead, 3d, 
 
 $8 50 
 
 " 3. 
 
 " Jerad Mead, 
 
 . 6 00 
 
 " 4. 
 
 " Joshua Mead, 
 
 4 50 
 
 " 5. 
 
 " Benjamin Mead, 
 
 . 5 00 
 
 " 6. 
 
 " Dr. Shadrach Mead, 
 
 4 50 
 
 " 7. 
 
 " Richard Mead, . 
 
 . 3 50 
 
 00* 
 
 " Eichard Mead, 
 
 3 75 
 
 " 9. 
 
 " Gilbert Peck, 
 
 . 2 00 
 
 '' 10. 
 
 " Solomon Peck, 
 
 1 00 
 
 " 11. 
 
 " Abraham Mead, 
 
 . 2 00 
 
258 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Ko. 12. To Benjamin Mead, 
 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 
 Silas Mead, 
 Benjamin Holmes, 
 Zaccheus Mead, . 
 JSTehemiah Mead, 
 Robert Mead, 
 Jonathan Close, 
 Peter Mead, 
 John E. Cosine, 
 Gilbert Close, 
 Abraham Mead, 
 Stephen Waring, 
 Peter A. Burtis, 
 
 Total, 
 
 3 
 
 00 
 
 . 2 
 
 50 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 . 1 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 75 
 
 . 2 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 25 
 
 . 3 
 
 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 . 5 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 00 
 
 $97 50 
 
 At the sale of the next year (1803), the same 
 pews sold for $202 50. The sexton was paid fifteen 
 dollars, for taking care of the church and ringing 
 the bell. The latter was imported from England, 
 at a cost of one hundred dollars, by Benjamin Mead, 
 as may be seen by his bill of sale to the Society, re- 
 corded in their books. 
 
 The origin of the Society's fund was in a subscrip- 
 tion, made to and accepted by the Society, in 1816. 
 The subscription was to be void unless two thousand 
 dollars were raised, and the amount was to remain 
 upon interest during the pastorate of Dr. Lewis ; and 
 after the cease of his ministry, the avails of it were 
 to be devoted to the support of the ministry. The 
 following persons contributed to the fund : — 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 259 
 
 Rev. Isaac Lewis, D.D., 
 
 $50 
 
 Joshua Mead, . 
 
 $50 
 
 Abraham Mead, 
 
 . 150 
 
 Robert Mead, 
 
 . 50 
 
 Jabez Mead, 
 
 100 
 
 Stephen Waring, 
 
 50 
 
 Samuel Peck, 
 
 . 25 
 
 Isaac Holly, 
 
 . 25 
 
 Elisha Belcher, 
 
 100 
 
 Alvan Mead, . 
 
 50 
 
 Zophar Mead, 
 
 200 
 
 David Mead, 
 
 . 50 
 
 Isaac Mead, 
 
 200 
 
 Jonathan Mead, Jr., 
 
 50 
 
 Daniel S. Mead, 
 
 50 
 
 Ambrose Reynolds, 
 
 50 
 
 Noah and Jonas Mead, 
 
 100 
 
 Gideon Close, 
 
 50 
 
 Zenas Mead, . 
 
 100 
 
 Israel Peck, 
 
 80 
 
 Nehemiah Mead, Jr., . 
 
 100 
 
 Eliphalet Peck, 
 
 85 
 
 Darius Mead, Jr., . 
 
 25 
 
 Piatt Mead, 
 
 15 
 
 Reuben Holmes, 
 
 15 
 
 Elnathan Husted, . 
 
 50 
 
 Zaccheus Mead, 
 
 50 
 
 Jehiel Mead, Jr., 
 
 40 
 
 Timothy Walker, 
 
 25 
 
 Silas H. Mead, 
 
 50 
 
 Jabez M, Hobby, 
 
 25 
 
 Samuel Close, 
 
 6 
 
 Hezekiah Hobby, 
 
 20 
 
 Seymour Hobby, 
 
 25 
 
 Nathaniel Hibbard, 
 
 50 
 
 Jonah Mead, 
 
 100 
 
 Job Lyon, 
 
 50 
 
 Obadiah Mead, 
 
 35 
 
 Shadrach Mead, 
 
 50 
 
 Caleb Husted, 
 
 . 15 
 
 Gilbert Close, . 
 
 50 
 
 Amos Husted, . 
 
 25 
 
 Isaac Peck, Jr., 
 
 50 
 
 Aaron Husted, 
 
 25 
 
 Elias Purdy, 
 
 25 
 
 Total, 
 
 2,475 
 
 In 1818, Rev. Isaac Lewis, D.D., requested to be 
 relinquislied from taking further care of the church, 
 after having acted as pastor of the church for thirty- 
 fourjQ^Y^. The Society voted that he should never 
 lack their support, and invited his son. Rev. Isaac 
 Lewis, jun., to become their pastor, with a salary of 
 eight hundred dollars. He accepted, and was in- 
 stalled soon after his letter of acceptance, which was 
 dated on the 2d of November, A. D. 1818. At the 
 next sale of pews the amount of $299 50 was real- 
 ized. In 1821, it was " Yoted, that hereafter, in all 
 cases each person w^ho shall bid off a pew in the 
 meeting-house, shall procure another person, to the 
 
260 APPENDIX. 
 
 acceptance of the committee, as security, both of 
 whose names shall be entered by the Clerk, and shall 
 be considered as joint purchasers of said pew, and 
 a failure of such security being procured, said pew 
 shall be again put up for sale, and such person 
 shall be debarred from bidding again during that 
 meeting." 
 
 In 1822, for the first time, the meeting-house was 
 warmed by a stove. This innovation was struggled 
 against by many, but the minority were obliged to 
 endure the innovation. 
 
 In 1827, Silas Harvey Mead, Calvin Mead, Lu- 
 ther Mead, Heman Mead, Levi Mead, Darius Mead, 
 Obadiah Mead, Jehiel Mead, Nathaniel Knapp, 
 Isaac Peck, 3d, Seymour Hobby, Allen Hobby, 
 Gilbert Close, and Sarah Mead, withdrew from this 
 Society for the purpose of forming the North Green- 
 wich Congregational Society. 
 
 In 1828, a lightning-rod was erected upon the 
 steeple. During this year, the Society united with 
 the church in desiring the dissolution of the pastoral 
 relation existing between them and the Rev. Isaac 
 Lewis, jun. Mr. Lewis at first opposed this action ; 
 but finally the matter was arranged, and he con- 
 sented to leave, after nearly ten years' ministry. 
 
 On the 10th of September, 1828, it was " Voted, 
 that Rev. Noah C. Saxton receive pay at the rate of 
 six hundred dollars per annum at the termination 
 of his labor, &c. He, with others, filled the minis- 
 terial office until 1829. The Society directed the 
 fund agents (Zenas Mead and Thomas A. Mead) to 
 
APPENDIX. 261 
 
 pay to the North Greenwich Society so much of the 
 fund as had been subscribed by the persons now 
 members of that Society ; and afterwards by another 
 vote, to pay them so much as had been subscribed 
 by persons living north and west of Pimpewig 
 Brook. 
 
 In 1829 Rev. Albert Judson acted as supply, at 
 the salary of six hundred dollars, and at a special 
 meeting on the 29th of May, in the same year, a 
 call was extended to the Rev. Simeon I^orth, who 
 did not accept, although a full salary of eight hun- 
 dred dollars was offered. Afterwards, on the 7th of 
 January, 1830, a call was extended to the Rev. Joel 
 Mann. The vote was 33 yeas, 5 nays, and 14 silent. 
 He was at first offered a salary of seven hundred 
 dollars, which he refused. By a vote of twenty- 
 three to ten, eight hundred dollars was then offered 
 him, which he accepted. It was further voted that 
 the ground lying northeast of the church (the present 
 parsonage place), should be purchased, and that a 
 parsonage house should be erected upon it at a cost 
 not to exceed the sum of two thousand three hun- 
 dred dollars. Out of his salary Mr. Mann was to 
 pay a four per cent, rent for the use of this parson- 
 age. This was protested against by Stephen Waring, 
 William Husted, Ephraim Mead, William Mead, 
 Joshua Reynolds, Ambrose Reynolds, jun., Drake 
 Mead, Benjamin Reynolds, Daniel Peck, Drake 
 Mead, and Peter Mead, on various grounds, but 
 chiefly that inasmuch as this is an agricultural com- 
 12^ 
 
262 APPENDIX. 
 
 munity, the minister sliould be like to them ; and the 
 old parsonage land, which was by this arrangement 
 to be sold, should be retained for the minister to 
 farm upon. They cited, in support of this objection, 
 the course of life pursued by the venerable Dr. 
 Lewis, and Eev. Piatt Buffet, of Stanwich. 
 
 Mr. Mann wrote a long letter of acceptance, 
 dated June 12th, 1830. The barn, cistern, &c., at- 
 tached to the parsonage were built in 1831. Also 
 during this year, the old barrel pulpit was removed 
 by individuals having obtained permission from the 
 Society, and a more modern one was substituted. 
 
 By a note, dated Nov. 23d, 1835, Mr. Mann re- 
 quested the Society to unite with him in asking for 
 his dismission, and at a special meeting held the 
 same day, the Society concurred. The Consociation, 
 however, refused to dismiss him ; whereupon he 
 again applied for a separation, bringing certain 
 charges against the church, the principal of which 
 was laxity m discipline. Hezekiah Hobby, Samuel 
 Close, Drake Mead, John Knapp, A. P. Smith, Wm. 
 A. Husted, and John C. Sanford (who wished to 
 unite with the Society at Portchester), withdrew 
 from the Society. Also Arad Peck and Solomon 
 Peck. Upon the second application, Mr. Mann was 
 dismissed, after five years' ministry. 
 
 On the 30th of March, 1837, a call was extended 
 to the Rev. Noah Coe, who accepted and was soon 
 after installed. 
 
 In 1839 a special m,eeting was called to reconsider 
 
APPENDIX. 263 
 
 a former action of the Society in granting to persons 
 the right to erect sheds for horses upon the parson- 
 age ground. The former action was sustained, how- 
 ever, and the sheds were built. Those who opposed 
 the project, were Zenas Mead, Darius Mead, Solo- 
 mon Mead, Isaac Mead, Augustus Mead, Abra- 
 ham D. Mead, Zophar Mead, Joshua Reynolds, 
 Ambrose Reynolds, Jerad Reynolds, Benjamin 
 Reynolds, Job Lyon, Isaac Lyon, Eliphalet Peck, 
 B. W. Husted, Isaac Mead, jun. The principal 
 reasons set forth in their objections were that the 
 congregation would be disturbed by the noise of 
 carriages passing to and from the sheds, and that 
 the encroachment upon the parsonage ground would 
 be too great. However, the sheds were placed 
 much nearer the church than was at first intended. 
 
 On the 23d of April, 1845, the Society united 
 with the church in asking for the dismission of Mr. 
 Coe. He refused to concur. 
 
 " 1st. Because it is unnecessary to the accom- 
 plishment of your wishes, for you could call the 
 Consociation in your own right. 
 
 " 2ond. Because I could not by any act of mine 
 share in the responsibility of the measure proposed." 
 
 After receiving this answer, the Society by a vote 
 of thirty-one to six, with the church, called the 
 Consociation. 
 
 And after a serious and stormy controversy before 
 the Consociation, Mr. Coe was dismissed after an 
 eight years' ministry. Rev. Frederick G. Clark now 
 
264: APPENDIX. 
 
 preached for more than a year as supply, receiving 
 a salary of six hundred and fifty dollars. Kev. Mr. 
 Henry, and Eev. Mr. Bushnell, an excellent preacher, 
 also acted as supply until the 28th of August, 1847; 
 when the Rev. Joel H. Lindsley, D.D., was tendered 
 a call to settle. The vote upon this question stood 
 thirty-one yeas and two nays, with one blank. He 
 is now (Jan. 1857), the pastor of the church, receiving 
 seven hundred dollars salary, with a present an- 
 nually of two hundred dollars, and the free nse of 
 the parsonage and its appurtenances. 
 
 On the 7tli of December, 1852, a committee was 
 appointed to take into consideration the building of 
 a new church. After various meetings, nothing was 
 accomplished until finally, on the 11th of April, 
 1856, it was decided by a vote of thirty-five to seven, 
 to build a church of stone, according to a plan pre- 
 sented by the committee. Its position to be a little 
 northeast of the present site, but so near as to render 
 the removal of the old church necessary. The 
 building, in its whole length, including a lectnre- 
 room, to be one hundred and thirty-eight feet. Its 
 extreme width, one hundred and ten feet. The tower 
 upon the sontheastern corner to be one hundred feet 
 high, and the spire upon the opposite front corner, 
 two hundred feet. 
 
 The building was contracted for by Robert W. 
 Mead, Esq., one of the largest subscribers, at the 
 following estimate : 
 
APPENDIX. 265 
 
 Mason work, including stone furnished, cut, and set, $10,000 
 Cartage, breaking stone, and sand, . . 4,100 
 
 Plastering, including lime, sand, and lath, . 1,000 
 
 Brick, $400, Lime, $1,200 . . . 1,600 
 
 Carpenter, including materials, iron work and cartage, 10,500 
 Slating roof, .... 1,200 
 
 Glazing, $600, painting, $500, . . . 1,100 
 
 Spires, if of wood, including slating, . 1,600 
 
 Digging, for masons, $100, iron work, $80, . 180 
 
 Architect and contingencies, . . 1,220 
 
 Total, . . $32,500 
 
 The final vote in reference to entering into this 
 contract was decided by twenty-eight yeas and six 
 nays. About this time, Messrs. Mills II. Husted, 
 Wm. H. Mead, Jacob D. L. M. Armour, Zaccheus 
 Mead, and Augustus Mead, withdrew from the 
 Society. 
 
 The Society's officers for the year 1857 are — ■ 
 
 Moderator — Lewis Howe, Esq., 
 r Thomas A. Mead, 
 
 Committee^ \ Kehemiah Howe, 
 [ Philander Button, 
 
 (7^^^^_Eobert W. Mead, 
 
 Treasurer — Kobert W, Mead, 
 
 Collector— D2imQ\. M. Mead, 
 
 Fund Agent — Zenas Mead and Thomas A. Mead. 
 
 The use of the pews for the year 1855 sold for the 
 sum of one thousand and seventy-six dollars. For 
 1856, nine hundred and seventy-four dollars. 
 
266 APPENDIX. 
 
 We give here the epitaph of the Rev. Isaac 
 Lewis, D.D., who was buried in his private bury- 
 ing-ground, a little north of the present residence 
 his daughters. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Lewis D.D. 
 died 
 August 27. 1840, 
 
 in the 
 95 year of his age 
 He was born in Stratford and was educated at Yale 
 College. Was the faithful Pastor of the Congregational 
 Church in Wilton eighteen years, and of the Congregational 
 Church in this place thirty-three years. 
 
 In his social relations, he was kind and affectionate ; for 
 piety and learning eminently distinguished. 
 
 In the same grave-yard are the remains of Rev. 
 Piatt Buffet, marked by the following : 
 
 Rev. Piatt Buffet. 
 
 Departed this life 
 
 May 25th 1850 
 
 in the 86th year of his age 
 
 He was born on Huntington, Long Island 
 
 1754 
 
 Graduated at Yale College 
 
 1791 
 
 Studied Divinity with Rev. Dr. Edwards 
 
 Was licensed to preach the Gospel by 
 
 the New Haven Association. 
 
 He was ordained and constituted pastor of 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 267 
 
 the Congregational Church 
 
 in Stanwich 
 
 By the Consociation of Fairfield West 
 
 on 25 may lYGS. 
 
 He died peaceful and happy in the 
 
 full assurance of that faith in Christ 
 
 which he preached to others for 
 
 more than half a century. 
 
 List of Ministers of the '^d Society, 
 
 Began to Name, 
 
 preach. 
 
 1700. Joseph Morgan, 
 1717. Eichard Sackett, . 
 1728. Stephen Munson, 
 1733. Abraham Todd, . 
 1774. Jonathan Murdock, 
 1786. Isaac Lewis, D.D., 
 1818. Isaac Lewis, jun., 
 1828. JSfoah C. Saxton, . 
 1830. Joel Mann, 
 1837. Koah Coe, . 
 1845. Frederick G. Clark ^ 
 1847. Joel H. Lindsley, . 
 
 * The salaries as paid at the commencement of each minister's 
 term of service. In many instances the sums were increased. 
 
 f Mr. Morgan, with others, preached from 1708 to VlVl 
 occasionally. 
 
 \ Out of this salary Mr. Mann paid a four-per-cent. rent for the 
 new parsonage. Mr. Coe and the succeeding ministers have not 
 paid this or any other rent. 
 
 § Besides this amount, Dr. Lindsley receives the free rent of the 
 parsonage, and an annual present of $200. The rent of the par- 
 sonage is worth from two hundred and fifty to three hundred and 
 fifty dollars, 
 
 Left Preaching. 
 
 Salary.* 
 
 1708.t 
 
 £ 
 
 . 1727. 
 
 
 1830. 
 
 
 . 1773. 
 
 
 1783. 
 
 £100 
 
 . 1818. 
 
 100 
 
 1827. 
 
 $800 
 
 . 1829. 
 
 600 
 
 1836. 
 
 t800 
 
 . 1845. 
 
 700 
 
 1847. 
 
 650 
 
 
 §700 
 
268 APPENDIX. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY OF HORSENECK. 
 
 This Society was formed on the 14th day of No- 
 vember, A.D. 1843. The mutual agreement by which 
 this association was formed, is recorded upon the 
 records of the Society as follows : 
 
 Whereas the members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church resident in Horseneck, in the town of Greenwich, 
 Fairfield Co., Conn., desire to make provision for the main- 
 tenance of the public worship of God according to the 
 usages and doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 
 said Horseneck as may be considered necessary. 
 
 Therefore we the undersigned for the accomplishment of 
 the above named object do hereby by mutual agreement 
 associate ourselves together as a religious society for the 
 maintenance of the public worship of God according to the 
 said usages and doctrines of the said Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in said Horseneck, by the name and style of the 
 Horseneck Methodist Episcopal Society ; by which name 
 and style the said Society is to be called and known ; which 
 said society we do hereby constitute to be subject to all the 
 incidents and liabilities to which rehgious societies and con- 
 gregations are by law subject and possess and enjoy all 
 rights powers and privileges given by law to religious so- 
 cieties and congregations. 
 
 And we hereby declare this meeting at which the under- 
 signed are present to be the first meeting of said Society 
 the same being holden by us all this 14th day of November, 
 A. D. 1843 at the school house in said Horseneck. And 
 we do hereby appoint John A. Merritt clerk of said Society 
 to continue in office until another be chosen and sworn in 
 
APPENDIX. 269 
 
 his room. And we also appoint Jonathan A. Close, Elisha 
 Halsted, Gilbert Marshall, Solomon S. Gansey and Benja- 
 min Peck jun. to be the committee of the said Society to 
 order the affairs of said society according to law. 
 
 And we do hereby fix on the school house ia Horseneck 
 Society as the place of holding the meetings of said society 
 until the society shall otherwise direct and we direct that 
 the clerk of this society shall cause the articles of association 
 to be recorded in the records of this Society. 
 
 We also appoint Elisha Halsted Treasurer of this society. 
 We also fix on the first Monday of November as the time 
 when the annual meetings of this society shall be holden 
 until the society shall otherwise direct. 
 
 Witness our hands this 14th day of November A. D. 
 
 1843. 
 
 SOLOMON S. GANSEY, 
 ELISHA HALSTED, 
 JOHN A. MERRITT, 
 GILBERT MARSHALL, 
 JOHN M. WEED, 
 JONATHAN A. CLOSE, 
 BENJAMIN PECK, JUN. 
 
 On the 14th of November, 1848, the following 
 united with the Society. 
 
 Gilbert Lent, 
 
 Samuel Slagle, 
 
 Samuel Minor, 
 
 William Funston, 
 
 Wm McF. Howard (withdrawn), 
 
 John Marshall, 
 
 William Barmore, 
 
 Charles Gorse. 
 
270 APPENDIX. 
 
 And on or soon after the 8th of December, 1851, 
 
 Charles Owen, 
 Drake Marshall, 
 Richard Burns, 
 David H. Smith, 
 Samuel Riker, 
 Samuel Burns, 
 Humphrey D. Mead, 
 John Dayton. 
 
 On the 22d of January, 1844, by unanimous con- 
 sent it was voted to build a meeting-house. The 
 dimensions were thirty feet by forty-five. The 
 building committee then appointed were Elisha 
 Halsted, Jonathan A Close, and Benjamin Peck, jr. 
 This building was immediately commenced, and soon 
 completed. 
 
 The ministers of this Church have been in the 
 following order — 
 Rev. Rufus C. Putney, 
 
 " Benjamin Redford, 
 
 " Jacob C. Washburne, 
 
 " Charles Gorse, 
 
 " John A. Selleck, 
 
 " G.L. Fuller, 
 
 " P. L. Hoyt, 
 
 " George Dunbar, 
 
 " Senaca Howland, present minister. 
 
 Christ's chuech. 
 With respect to the early labors of Rev. Mr. 
 Muirson of Rye Parish, assisted by Caleb Heath- 
 
APPENDIX. 271 
 
 cote, in the early part of the eighteenth century, for 
 the benefit of the Episcopalian faith in this town, 
 the reader is referred to the body of this volume. 
 
 Later in the same century. Rev. James Wetmore, 
 also of Rye parish, preached once a month in 
 Greenwich, as may be gathered from preceding 
 
 In 1747, Rev. Ebenezer Dibble, a graduate of 
 New Haven, began his labors as a missionary for 
 Greenwich and Stamford. 
 
 In 1749, upon the petition of several people the 
 town granted them liberty to build an Episcopal 
 Church upon the brow of Putnam's Hill. It was 
 accordingly built there, where are yet many grave- 
 stones marking the site. 
 
 Dr. Dibble preached here for a long time, al- 
 though the author is not informed of the particular 
 time at which he resigned the pastoral charge. He 
 used frequently to preach at the house of Moses 
 Heusted, on the site where William A. Husted, 
 Esq., now resides, and that within the memory of 
 persons now living. He is described as a venerable 
 man, of dignified appearance, his long white locks 
 flowing gracefully over his shoulders. 
 
 Rev. Amzi Rogers, afterwards preached here, but 
 when or for how long a time we are unable to 
 ascertain. There appears to have been a period 
 when there was but little permanent preaching. 
 
 During the great September gale of 1821 (some 
 say 1823), the church upon the brow of the hill, 
 
272 APPENDIX. 
 
 which had been built in 1749, was blown down. 
 The roof was blown off at one gale, and the build- 
 ing completely demolished at the other. 
 
 Ohrisfs CTiuTch was raised July 4th, 1832. In 
 November 1833, the Rev. Robert Davis was invited 
 to take charge of the Parish. On May 4th, 1834, 
 the Church was consecrated by the Right Rev. 
 Thomas Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of 
 the Diocese. There were also present at the conse- 
 cration, the Rev. Ambrose Todd, Rector of St. 
 John's Church, Stamford, Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
 D. D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, l^orwalk, and 
 the Rev. Robert Davis, the minister of the Parish. 
 The Rev. Frederick Beasely, of Penn., was also 
 present. 
 
 Mr. Davies continued in charge of the Chutch 
 until July, 1834, when he relinquished the cure. 
 On the 9th of September following, the Rev. Joseph 
 H. Nichols, was unanimously invited to the pasto- 
 ral charge of the church ; and having accepted of 
 the call, he entered upon the duties of the cure on 
 the 14th day of the same month. He resigned the 
 pastoral charge in February A. D. 1839. 
 
 On the 5th of April following, the Rev. Benja- 
 min M. Yarrington, was called to the pastoral duties 
 of the church. On the 15th of the same month he 
 accepted the call, and entered upon the duties on 
 the 27th of the same month. 
 
 April 20th, 1840, being Easter Monday, after the 
 usual election of church wardens and vestrymen. 
 
APPENDIX. 27S 
 
 the Rev. B. M. Yarrington was unanimously elected 
 the Rector of Christ's Church by the members of 
 his parish, and accordingly signified his acceptance. 
 
 Emanuel Chuech at Glenyille, was consecrated 
 on the 22d of April, 1842, by Right Rev. Thomas 
 Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of the 
 Diocese. Present, Rev. Ambrose Todd, D. D., 
 Rev. William C. Mead, D. D., Rev. John Purves, 
 Rev. Mr. Howell, Rev. B. M. Yarrington. Also, of 
 Diocese of New York, Rev. Thomas Coit, D. D., 
 Rev. Mr. Harris and Rev. Mr. Partridge. 
 
 The church erected in 1832, was torn down in 
 1856, and a beautiful stone edifice was erected. 
 During the year 1856, the services were held at the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. The following is a 
 correct account of the consecration of the new edi- 
 fice taken mostly from the Churchman, a New York 
 paper : — 
 
 " This church was consecrated on "Wednesday the 
 14th of January A. D. 1857. There were of the 
 clergy, besides the Right Rev. the Assistant Bishop 
 of the Diocese, and the Rev. B. M. Yarrington (the 
 Rector), the Rev. Drs. Mead, Todd, and Harris (of 
 JSTew York), and Rev. Messrs. Carter, Leffingwell, 
 Potter, Purdy, Purves, Robertson, Short, Stimson, 
 Williams (of Ridgefield), Williams (of New Canaan), 
 Yermilye ; and from the Diocese of N. York, Messrs. 
 Bull, Partridge, Rnmney, Peck, and Weaver. The 
 day being extremely fine, and the sleighing good, 
 large numbers of the inhabitants of the vicinity, to- 
 gether with many from the neighboring cities and vil- 
 
274 APPENDIX. 
 
 lages, were also present on the occasion ; and the 
 church, which is capable of seating nearly six hundred 
 adults, was densely crowded, so much that the nave, 
 aisles, and every other portion of the building where 
 standing room could be obtained, were quite filled. 
 The Eequest to Consecrate was read by the Rector, 
 and the Sentence of Consecration by Dr. Todd. 
 Morning prayer was commenced by Rev. Mr. Bull, 
 Rev. Mr. Weaver reading the First Lesson, Rev. 
 Mr. Purdy the Second Lesson, Rev. Mr. Purves the 
 Creed, Prayers, and Litany, Rev. Mr. Yermilye the 
 Epistles, and the Rev. Mr. Stimson the Gospel. 
 The music was very good, and iu the choir were 
 Mrs. Bostwick, of Calvary Church, ISTew York, 
 Miss Juliet Davis, formerly of the same church, but 
 now a member of Rev. Mr. Yarrington's congrega- 
 tion, and Rev. Mr. Riggs of l!^ew York. The sermon 
 was preached by the Bishop, from the following 
 text : ' The time worsJiijpers shall ivorship the 
 Father in spirit and in truths — John, iv. 23. 
 
 " The Offertory was then proceeded with, the sen- 
 tences being read by the Rector. The offerings 
 amounted to one hundred dollars, which will be 
 applied to the liquidation of a remaining debt on 
 the church of about one hundred dollars. The 
 Prayer of the Whole State of Christ's Church 
 Militant was said by Dr. Mead. The Communion 
 Service was performed by the Bishop, who was as- 
 sisted in administering the Holy Sacrament to the 
 clergy by Dr. Mead ; and the Rector, Dr. Mead, 
 Rev. Mr. Stimson, and Rev. Mr. Yermilye, ad- 
 
APPENDIX. 275 
 
 minstered to the laitj. After which the Benedic- 
 tion was pronounced by the Bishop. 
 
 " We understand that the Rev. Mr. Yarrington has 
 been rector of this parish for the last seventeen 
 years. When he entered upon the charge, he had 
 but one male, and some twenty female communi- 
 cants. He has now, of both sexes, about one hun- 
 dred communicants. And his congregation, though 
 small is full of vigor, as is shown by the fine church 
 they have erected, the whole expense of which, in- 
 cluding -furniture, has been about $15,500. The 
 free-seat system, we learn, will not be fully carried 
 out in this church ; but free seats will be reserved for 
 strangers and for the poor. The style of the edi- 
 fice is middle pointed. The material employed in 
 the construction of the main walls is rubble-stone 
 from quarries in the vicinity; the quoins, the window- 
 jams, the doorways, the dressings, &c., being of 
 Caen stone. The whole length of the building in- 
 cluding chancel, is about one hundred and seven 
 feet ; and the width, including tower and butresses 
 about sixty feet ; and consists of chancel, nave, 
 north and south aisles, having a west porch, a tower 
 on the north side at the west end. There is a small 
 gallery at the west end, intended only for the organ 
 and choir. The tower and sacristy occupy positions 
 difi*erent from those in most churches, in order that 
 the main entrance shall face the street. The chancel 
 is some seventeen by nineteen feet, and the tower 
 is sixteen feet square. The hight of the tower and 
 spire is about one hundred and seven feet. The 
 
276 APPENDIX. 
 
 churcli is capable of seating five hundred and fifty 
 adults. The roof is open, of good pitch, and is 
 covered with slate. In it are dormer-windows, 
 giving it the efi'ect exteriorly of a clerestory. The 
 internal frame-work of roof, nave, arches, pillars, 
 &c., is of pine ; and the panels of the ceiling are 
 plastered. The seats are without doors, and as well 
 as the furniture are of chestnut. The altar is of good 
 size, and has a handsomely carved panel in front. 
 The pulpit is on the north side against the chancel 
 arch, and the reading-desk occupies the same posi- 
 tion on the south side. The font stands in front of 
 the chancel. It is of small size, constructed of mar- 
 ble, and was used in the old church. The chancel- 
 window is large, and of geometrical tracery. It 
 contains in its four departments, effigies of the four 
 Evangelists with their symbols in very rich glass ; 
 and it also has appropriate symbols in the head of 
 each light. At the west end of the church is a 
 magnificent window. The side lights of the nave, 
 are in couplets with ornamental glass in their heads. 
 This is thought by many to be the finest country 
 church in the State. Mr. Frank "Wills is the arch- 
 itect, Mr. Doremus furnished the glass, and Nicholls 
 & Washburne were the builders." 
 
 Table of Ministers. 
 
 Ebenezer Dibble, began to preach . . 1747. 
 
 Amzi Rogers, " '' . 
 
 Robert Davies, " " . . 1833. 
 
 Joseph H. ISricholls, " " . . 1834. 
 
 Benj.M.Yarrington," " . . 1839. 
 
APPENDIX. 277 
 
 GENEALOGY OF THE MEAD FAMILY, 
 
 BY 
 
 D. M. MEAD. 
 
 John Mead was one of two brothers, who emi- 
 grated from England about the year 1642. The 
 family was then an ancient and honorable one, 
 though it is not within the author's means to trace 
 their genealogy previous to their emigration to this 
 country. One of their ancestors had been the 
 friend and the physician of the talented though 
 not very amiable Queen Elizabeth. One of two 
 brothers emigrated to Yirginia, where the family 
 still exists. The other, John Mead, with his two 
 sons came to ISTew England about the year 1642. 
 The name is spelled Meade as well as Mead. Many 
 claim that they emigrated from Greenwich, Kent 
 Co., England ; but we have not fallen in with any 
 direct proof of the fact, and this town was known 
 by its present name long before the settlement of 
 the Mead family. John Mead and his two sons, 
 John and Joseph, having tarried awhile in Massa- 
 chusetts, first settled at Hempstead, Long Island, 
 where they remained until October, 1660, when the 
 two sons came to Greenwich and bought land of 
 Richard Crab and others, which was deeded to John 
 18 
 
278 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mead, lie being the elder. Either John, the father, 
 never came to Greenwich, or if so, he took no active 
 part in life, now having become quite an old man. 
 His son Joseph left no children in this town. He 
 may have died yomig, or left no issue, or may have 
 emigrated to a different part of the country. 
 
 John Mead the second, died 1696, married Miss 
 Potter, of Stamford, and left, as appears by his will 
 given on the preceding pages of this volume, eight 
 sons, and tradition says three daughters, viz., John, 
 Joseph, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, David, 
 Samuel, Abigail, Mary, and Susan or Susannah. 
 
 Jolin^ the first son of second John, died in 1691, 
 while in the office of Constable of the town. Mar- 
 ried Ruth Hardey^ and left John, Nathan, Jonathan, 
 and Elizabeth, ("We regret our utter inability to 
 trace this branch of the family farther.) 
 
 Jonathan^ the third son of second John, had a son 
 Elnathan, who had Elnathan, Eunice, — married Jo- 
 seph Close, — and Deborah. Second Elnathan left, I. 
 Ehiathan, who had Elnathan and Sarah. This last 
 Elnathan had 1. Hibbard, 2. Solomon, the father of 
 William, Seth, Sarah, Tyler, Charles, Thomas, and <r 
 Solomon. 3. Tyler, the father of Mary, Hetty^ Abel^. I 
 and Floy. 4:. Sarah. II. Henry, marrred Elizabeth/fH 
 Denton, and left Charlotte7~tienry, Artimas, By^}^' 
 theny, Priscilla, Lavinia, and Martha. III. Abra- 
 ham, married Ruth Lyon and left 1. Abram, 2. 
 Esbon, 3. Jotham, 4. Enos, 5. Daniel, 6, Lemuel, 7. 
 Isaac, who married Polly Mead, who left Darius 
 
APPENDIX. ^79 
 
 (married Emilj Goodrich and left Samuel G. and 
 four others), Julia Ann, and Lucinda (married Ben- 
 jamin Reynolds). 8. Job, who married Elsie Mead, 
 and left Zaccheus (who married Laura Mead and 
 has Hannah), Abraham (married Miss Selleck and 
 has some children), Amanda, Emmeline, Eliza 
 (married Isaac Lyon). 9. Zebulon, married Miss 
 
 Marshal and left (married Isaac Mosher), and 
 
 (married Isaac Babbitt), and Eliza. 10. 
 
 Manoah, married Electa Mead, and leaves Mary, 
 and Ophelia (married Livingston). 11. Eunice, 
 married first, Solomon Mead, second, BeDJamin 
 Weed of N'orth Stamford. 12. Ruth, married Major 
 Brown. TV. Stephen, who had 1. Stephen, who had 
 Jane (married Mr. Gulliver), and Betsey (married 
 Mr. Glover). 2. Israel, who has James (married 
 Miss S. Lester, and has Emmeline, James, Marilda, 
 and Daniel), Alexander (married Harriet Lester, 
 and has Elias, Gordon, Sidney, Angeline, Mary, and 
 Nancj), Alfred (married Marilda Ferris, and has 
 Orlando and Anne), Mary (married Daniel Lester), 
 Israel (married Susan Mead, and has Mary, Albert, 
 Cordelia, Lucian, John, A., and Mary L)., Lemuel, 
 (married Hurlbut, and has Henry, Mary, and Ste- 
 phen), Stephen (married Tibitha Mead, and has 
 Asaph E.) and Hiram, who has two children. ?>. Ed- 
 ward, who has Edward, Betsey (married Lord), Lu- 
 cinda, and Esther. 4. James, who had Mary (married 
 William Lawrence), and John Wolcott (married 
 Lucinda Wood and has William, Benjamin, Albert, 
 Mary Jane, and Betsey Ann). 5. Amos, had Harvey, 
 
280 APPENDIX. 
 
 Gilbert, Albert, Amy, and Sarah. 6. Matthias, 
 married Miss Lyon, and left William, Amy, Mark, 
 Luther, Alfred, Orrin, Eunice (married Green), and 
 Fanny. 7. Albert, had Hannah, Mary, Malcom, 
 Edmund, Sarah, Albert AV., Olive, Hannah, Abram, 
 and Nancy. 8. Eunice, married Orra Piatt. 9. Wil- 
 liam, married Hannah Barmore, and has Susan 
 (married Israel Mead, and has Ann and others), 
 Ann (married Abraham H. Close), Mary (married 
 Horace Mead, and has William H., Silas, and Ann 
 Augusta), William Albert (married Ann- Barmore, 
 and has Emma, William, Mary, Adalaide, Joseph- 
 ine, and infant). Elizabeth (married Green), Henrj'-, 
 Benjamin, Lucian, Hannah (married Brush Knapp), 
 Emily, John Eandolph, Caroline (married Elbert 
 White, of Stamford), and Sarah. 10. Mary, mar- 
 ried Job Brown, of Stamford, 
 
 Ehenezer^ fourth soiioi second John, was born in 
 1663, and married Sarah Knapp, of Stamford, and 
 left Ebenezer, Caleb, Sarah, married Jonathan 
 Hobby, Hannah, married John Hobby, Jabez, 
 David, Abigail, married Isaac Holmes, Susannah, 
 married Moses Husted, Jemima, married Moses 
 Knapp. 
 
 The second Ebenezer was born October 25th, 
 1692, and died May 3d, 1775. He married Hannah, 
 of Eye, N. Y., on the 12th of December, 1717. His 
 children were — 
 
 Ebenezer^ born October 8th, 1718, died Feb. 25th, 
 1758 ; married Mary Mead, and left I. Ebenezer, 
 married Nancy Mead, and left 1. Nancy. 2. Han- 
 
APPENDIX. 281 
 
 nah. 3. Marilda, married T. Boughtou. 4. Ebe- 
 nezer married first, Zetta Mead, and second, 
 Elizabeth Holmes, and had by his first marriage,' 
 Rev. Ebenezer (by his first wife, Maria Lester, he 
 had William, died young ; Ebenezer, married in 
 Pennsylvania, calling his oldest son Ebenezer ; and 
 Maria ; — by his second wife, Mary A. Lyman, one 
 son, Theodore), Hannah (married Selah Mead), 
 Almira (married Rev, Mr. Piatt), Emmeline (mar- 
 ried Catru) ; by second marriage, Mary E., Enoch 
 (married in Vermont, and has James R., and Mary 
 E., with others), Zetta (married Rev. Mr. Day), 
 Nancy died young, Lydia A. died young, and 
 Theodore H. Mead (married Miss Mead, of Nor- 
 walk). 5. Hannah, married Timothy Walker. 6. 
 Jabez, married Laura Davis, and left Col. Jabez, 
 (married Miss Mary J. Hobby, and left Lucina Ja- 
 nette (married Mr. Reynolds, Harriets R., Herman 
 H., Arthur D., and Edward E). ; Amy, and Martha 
 (married Silas Husted). 7. Amy, married Epenetus 
 Lockwood. n. Hannah, married Elkanah Mead, 
 and left Hannah, Sarah, and Amos. HI. Enoch, 
 died Sept. 18th, 1807, aged 52, married Jemima 
 Mead, who died April 4:th, 1837, aged 82. Their 
 children were, 1. Solomon, married Miss Gilbert, 
 and left Mary, Enoch, Gilbert, Laura, and Thurza. 
 2. Alfred, married Mary Brundage. 3. Thurza, 
 married Joseph Brundage. 4. Laura, married Joel 
 Todd. 5. Henry, died aged 11. 6. Rufus. 7. 
 IsTancy. 8. Sarah, who died May 19th, 1784, 
 
282 APPENDIX. 
 
 Silas^ second son of second Ehenezer^ was born May 
 22d, 1720, died 1817, married Mary Mead, who was 
 born 1724, and died 1787. Their children were, I. 
 Silas, born 1748, and died 1813, married Sarah 
 Mead, and left 1. Sarah, 2. Francis, and 3. Silas 
 Harvey, who married Harriet Mead, and left Sarah 
 M. (married Selah Savage), and Silas D. (married 
 Emily L. Close, and has Myrtilla M., and others). 
 II. Abner, born 1750, died 1810, without issue. III. 
 Aaron, married Sarah Mead, daughter of Eliphalet 
 Mead, and left 1. Aaron, of Cross river, married 
 Miss Finch. 2. Allen, of Greenburg, married 
 Mabel Todd. 3. Amos, of Cross river. 4. Anna, 
 married Isaac Seely. 5. Lucinda, married Joseph 
 Banks. 6. Sarah, married Mr. Hoyt. 7. Mary, 
 married Harvey Keeler. lY. Mary. Y. Mary. 
 YI. Calvin, married Deborah Mead, daughter of 
 Jehiel Mead, and had, 1. Leander, of Quaker 
 Eidge, married Anna Mead. 2. Luther, of Ohio, 
 married Alice Mead, and had William Martin, 
 Thomas L., Joseph, Thurza and Anna, with others. 
 3. Thurza, married Mr. Palmer. 4. Myrtilla. 5. 
 Lisetta, married Obadiah Peck. 6. Marcus, married 
 Harriet Sturges, and has William E., Elizabeth S., 
 and Alice. 7. Riifus, married Anna Water bury, 
 and has Lucinda, Harriet, Stephen, Catherine, 
 Sarah. 8. Mary Jane. 9. Heman, married Mar- 
 garet West, and has Marcus W. 10. Lucinda. 
 
 Hev. Abraham^ third son of second Ehenezer^ was 
 born June 15th, 1721, and died on Long Island, 
 aged 22. 
 
APPENDIX. 283 
 
 Jonas, the fourth son of second Ehenezer, born 
 1723, died 1783, mamedj^^'Si^, Sarah Ferris, recent?, 
 Sarah Howe, and left 1. Solomon. II. Edmund, 
 who left 1. Solomon. 2. Maria. 3. Benjamin, 
 married Elizabeth Holmes, and left Edmund, Abi- 
 gail, and others. 4. Obadiah, who married Alia 
 Mead, and left Benjamin and others. 5. Polly, 
 married Judge Keed of Bedford. 6. Sarah, married 
 Benjamin Mead. 7. Halph, married Sarah Holmes. 
 8. States, married Lydia Mead first, and second, 
 widow Hannah Glass, HI. Noab, married Eliza- 
 beth Peck, and having no children, adopted Charles, 
 the son of Deacon Jonas Mead. lY. Rev. Mark, 
 married Hannah Mead, and had 1. Jonas, who 
 married Abigail, daughter of Zenas Mead, and had 
 Isaac L. (married Esther A., daughter of Daniel S. 
 Mead), Emmeline, and Lucretia. 2. Dr. Sylvester 
 Mead, of Wilton. Y. Deacon Jonas Mead, married 
 Hannah Mead, and has 1. Charles, married Rachel 
 E. Sackett, and has Sarah A., Whitman S., Mary 
 E., Charles, and others. 2. Hannah, married Ben- 
 jamin Mead, of Rye. 3. Mark, married Deborah 
 Howe, daughter of Jonas Howe. 4. Milo. 5. 
 Sarah. 6. Sarah. 
 
 Ren). Solomon Mead, fifth son of second Ehenezer, 
 removed to South Salem, N. Y., from Greenwich, 
 first pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that 
 place, was born 1725, and died 1812, married first, 
 Hannah Strong, and second, Hannah Clark, and left 
 I. Andrew, who married Miss Barton, and had 
 
284 APPENDIX. 
 
 Thomas, Benjamin, Alice, Lucy, Hannah, and 
 Maria. II. Theodosia married Mr. Smith. III. 
 Clark, of Lewisborongh, married Miss Gilbert, and 
 left Merlin, Eichard, Eufns, Sophia, Laura, Khoda, 
 and Linns. lY. Martin, of Lewisborongh. 
 
 Delivermice^ the sixth son of second Ehenezer^ was 
 born May 4th, 1728, and died May 3d, 1785, mar- 
 ried Abigail Howe, and had I. Elisabeth born 1760, 
 and died 1823, married Job. Lyon, II. Sarah born 
 1761, died 1812, married Silas Mead. IIL Eachel, 
 born 1763, died 1831, married Whitman Mead. 
 lY. Hannah born 1765, married Joshua Mead, and 
 left Solomon, who married Miss Mary E. Dayton, 
 and has a daughter born Feb. 14th, 1857. Y. Jabez 
 died young, YI. Eobert born 1768, died 1836, 
 married Prudence Mead, and left an only son Ed- 
 ward, who was born in 1809, and married Susan A. 
 E. Merritt, daughter of Capt. Daniel Merritt, she 
 being born in i814, and left 1. Daniel M., born 
 June 2d, 1834, married Louisa S., daughter of 
 Thomas A. Mead, born June 29th, 1834. They 
 were married June 16th, 1856. 2. Mary A., born 
 July 22d, 1836, married John G. Clark of Bedford, 
 on the 17th of December, 1856. 3. Sarah E. 4. 
 Amelia. 5. Susan C. 6. Catharine M. 7. Eobert. 
 8. Edward W., and 9. Augustus. YII. Huldah, 
 born Feb. 26th, 1773, still living, married Zophar 
 Mead. YIII. Ephraim, born in 1775, married Zuba 
 Mead, and left, 1. Mary, married Willis J. Merritt, 
 of ISTorwalk. 2. Huldah, married Daniel S. Mead. 
 
APPENDIX. 285 
 
 3. Thurza died young. 4. Alithea died young. 
 
 5. Jane, married Elkanali Mead. 6. Isaac H., mar- 
 ried Mary E., daughter of Zopliar Mead of New 
 York, and has Ephraim. 7. Elisabeth L. 8. 
 Ophelia died young. 9. Mithea. IX. Jabez Mead, 
 born 1777, died 1839, married Sarah Knapp, and 
 left, 1. Julia B. 2. Mary E., married Ealph Sackett. 
 3. William K., married Miss Sackett, and has several 
 children. X. Zenas Mead, born 1779, married 
 Mary Lashlers, and has 1. Abigail, married Jonas 
 Mead. 2. Lucretia died young. 3. Deborah died 
 young. 4. Plenry. 5. Julia, married Isaac Peck. 
 
 6. Eliza, married Lock wood P. Clark. 7. Lyman, 
 married Miss Sarah Acker, and has two children. 
 XL Mary, who was next older than Kobert, died 
 young. 
 
 Dr. A^nos, the seventh son of second Ehenezer^ 
 married Miss Ruth Bush. Their children were, I. 
 Richard, married, first, Sarah Mead ; second, Rachel 
 Mead, who left, 1. Thomas A., who married Hannah 
 Seaman, of Kew York, and has Louisa S. (married 
 Daniel M. Mead), Thomas R., Seaman, Abigail R., 
 Elisabeth H., Adelia, Zophar, and Lucinda P. 2. 
 R. Elisabeth, married George Webb. 3. Sarah A., 
 married Joseph Brush of Coscob. By his first wife 
 Richard had Sophia, married Mr. Demill. IL 
 Thomas, who died at the commencement of the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 Edimtnd, the eighth son of second Ehenezer^ was 
 born 1732, sailed for the West Indies, October 25th, 
 1755, and was never afterwards heard from. 
 
286 APPENDIX. 
 
 Hannah^ the first daughter of second Ehenezer 
 was born 1735, and died June 25th, 1757, aged 22 
 years. 
 
 Jctbez^ the ninth son of second Ehenezer was born 
 in 1737, March 3d, and died September 14th, 1766. 
 
 Jared^ the tenth son of second Ehenezer was born 
 December 15th, 1738, married Lydi'a Smith, and 
 left, I. Zetta, married Ebenezer Mead. II. Daniel 
 S., married Eachel Mead, and left, 1. Daniel S., who 
 married Hnldah, daughter of Ephraim Mead, and 
 left Esther A. (married Isaac L. Mead), Ophelia, 
 Daniel S., Oliver, Abram, Hnldah, and others. 2. 
 Jerad, married Miss Watson from Maine, and left 
 several children. His sloop was run into bj a 
 steamboat, opposite Bntter Hill on the Hudson, and 
 he with all his crew were drowned. 3. Zetta. 4. 
 L. Delia. 5. Elisabeth, married, first, Mr. Odle, 
 second, David B. Mead. 4. Adeline died young. 
 5. Edwin, married Miss Eeynolds, of Bedford. 6. 
 Silas M., who married Miss Elathea Reynolds, of 
 North Street, and has some children. HI. Lydia, 
 married Mr. Lockwood. lY. Alma. Y. Hannah, 
 married Deac. Jonas Mead. YI. Jerad, married 
 Anna Armstrong, and leaves Am mi A. YII. Alvan, 
 married Eliza Peck, and has Ralph P., of California, 
 who married a lady there. Warren B. do. do. 
 Cornelia G., who married Mr. White, of California. 
 Melancthon W., and Elam C. 
 
 Abraham^ eleventh son of second Ehenezer, born 
 December 14th, 1742, died in 1827 or 8, married 
 Keziah Howe, and left, I. Deborah. II. Zophor, 
 
APPENDIX. 287 
 
 married Huldali Mead, and left 1. Abram. 2. 
 Amelia, married Isaac Lyon. 3. Louisa, married 
 Mr. Stafford. 4. Oliver. 5. Esther. 6. Sarah. 
 7. Mary E. IIL Isaac, married Clarinda Mead^ 
 and left Augustus, who married Sarah Husted. lY. 
 Oliver, and several other children of Abraham. 
 Mead, who died young. 
 
 A large number of the family trace back their 
 origin to Mr. Titus Mead, though it is not exactly 
 determined who his father was ; he was a nephew 
 to the second Ebenezer. His children were — I. 
 Andrew, who married Amy Hobby, and had Lucy 
 M., who married Titus Mead, grandson of 1st Titus. 
 II. Titus married Eunice Hobby, and had — 1. Delia, 
 married Obadiah Mead. 2. Hobby, married Miss 
 Wood. 3. Sophia, married Philander Mead, and 
 has Philander, Sophia (married Hobby), Charlotte, 
 Edward, Nelson. 4. Ann. 5. Shadrach, married 
 Miss Waite, and has Ann Maria, Cordelia, Titus, 
 Swain, Waite, and Lyden. 6. Sarah. 7. Andrew, 
 married Miss Waite, and haS' — Mary, James, Joseph, 
 Julia and Philander. 8. Fanny, married Mr. Green. 
 9. Martin, married Miss Waite. 10. Titus, married 
 Lucy M. Mead. 11. Eliza, married Mr. Peck. 12. 
 Charlotte, married Mr. Seaman. 13. Eunice, mar- 
 ried Mr. Young. III. Jabez, married Elizabeth 
 Hobby, and has — Augustus married Miss Mead, 
 Bethia married Higley, Hiram married , Har- 
 riet married Lake, Annice married Lake, Nancy 
 married Legget, Anna married , Edwin mar- 
 
288 APPENDIX. 
 
 ried Miss Chandler. lY. Shadrach, married Miss 
 Hobby. Y. Hardy, married Eacliel Brown, and 
 bad — Alice, Eliza, William, Kachel, Sarah, Andrew, 
 and Amy. YI. Ira, married Nancy Marshall. YH. 
 Eacliel, married Eeuben Green. YHI. Sarah, mar- 
 ried Jasper Mead. 
 
 Caleb Mead was the second son of tlie First 
 Ehenezer. He left — I. Elkanah, married Hannali 
 Mead, and left — 1. Hannah, married D. Husted. 
 2. Sarah, married Benjamin Smith. 3. Amos, who 
 married ^r^^ Alice Belcher, and second'M.'^rj Purdy, 
 and left Edgar died yonng ; Elkanah (married Jane, 
 daughter of Epliraim Mead, and has Catbarine L., 
 and others), Stephen Waring (married Miss Mackay, 
 and left one child), Catharine (married Wm. L. 
 Lyon), Sarah (married Amos M. Brush), Evelina 
 married (Stephen Howe, of Bedford), Mary P. (mar- 
 ried John G. Clark, of Bedford). II. Jonah, mar- 
 ried j^r^?^ Mary Mead, second Eachel Husted, and 
 third Hannali Mead. By his first wife^ be had, 1. 
 Eachel, married Daniel Close. 2. Lot. 3. Drake, 
 died young. 4. Mary, married Andrew Hubbard. 
 By his second wife^ Electa married Manoah Mead, 
 and Zuba married Epbraim Mead. By his last 
 wife^ 1. Drake, married Miss Knapp, and has 
 Cornelius, and AYilliam J. (married Miss Kate 
 Carroll). 2. Hannah. III. Abel, who had Zadok, 
 Benjamin, Phebe, Lucy, and Fanny. lY. Jemima. 
 Y. Deborah, married Jebiel Mead, and had, 1, 
 Deborah. 2. Jehiel, who left Lewis, Henry, Wil- 
 
APPENDIX. 289 
 
 liam, Mary, Mary Ann, and Handford. VI. 
 Stephen. YII. Zadok. YIII. Eebecca. IX. Han- 
 nah. X. Mary, married Jabez Peck. XL Ca- 
 leb, married Miss Hobby, and had Eachel, Amy, 
 Huldah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Caleb (who had Har- 
 vey), Fanny married Selleck, Hanford, Charlotte 
 married Selleck, Mills H., Samuel, and Joseph. 
 
 Benjamin, fifth son of second John, left a son 
 Eenjamin, who had, I. Benjamin, whose children 
 were, 1. Mary. 2. Anna, married first David 
 Mead, second James Baily. 3. Theodosia, married 
 Edmund Mead. 4. Obadiah, killed during the 
 Revolutionary War, said to have been engaged to 
 be married to Charity Mead. 5. Phebe, married 
 Jehiel Mead. II. Thaddeus, who left, 1. Edward 
 Mead, of Somers, married a Miss Finch, and left 
 Squire Mead, John, Elizabeth (married Henrj 
 Lane), Anna (married James Banks), Clarissa (mar- 
 ried Mead Sutherland), Sarah (married David Hor- 
 ton), and Hannah. 2. Ebenezer, married Abigail 
 Chapman, and had Harvey (married Amy Brown), 
 Whitman, Solomon" (married Nancy Ferris), and 
 Edward. 3. Amaziah, married Miss Jessup, and 
 has William and others. 4. Benjamin, left Solo- 
 mon. 5. Sarah, married Stephen Sutherland. 6. 
 Mary, married Noah Lyon. 7. Martha, married 
 Andrew Quick. 8. Tamar, married Benjamin Jes- 
 sup. III. Sylvanus, who had, 1. Whitman, mar- 
 ried Rachel Mead, and left Mary (married John 
 Sackett), Zophar (married Miss Martha Seaman, 
 and left Araminta, Mary Elizabeth married Isaac 
 
290 APPENDIX. 
 
 H. Mead, and Sarah A), Whitman (married Grace 
 Cornell, and left Grace married Cornelius Minor, 
 and Henrietta, who died young). 2. Piatt, who mar- 
 ried Deborah Peck, and had Sackett, Sylvanus, Sarah 
 (married John Bobbins), Hannah (married Daniel 
 Peck), Gideon, Nathan, and Harriet (married Brad- 
 ley Redfield). 3. Gideon, who married Mary Miller, 
 and left Underhill, Mary, and Maria. 4. Asel, mar- 
 ried Anne Mead, and had Martin (who had Alva, 
 John, Amaziah, and Asel), Henry (who had Wil- 
 liam H., and David), Levi (who has Joseph and 
 otliers), Mary (married Mr. Baily), and Hannah. 
 lY. Gideon, left Gideon. Y. Edward. YI. Wil- 
 liam, who had William, Abigail, and Anne. YII. 
 Benjamin, left Margaret, married Hon. Nathan 
 Bockwell, Elizabeth, married Brown, of Somers, 
 Sarah, married Joshua Peck, Mary, married Sylva- 
 nus Ferris, Bachel, married Caleb Lyon, jun. 
 YHL Sarah. IX. Elizabeth, married Tlieophilus 
 Peck. X. Keziab, born February 1707, died in 
 the latter part of 1808, married Isaac Howe. XL 
 Eliphalet, born 1708, died 1796, left, 1. Elipbalet, 
 
 born 1738, died 1808, married Miss Anne , and 
 
 left Anne, and Darius who married Hannah Peck, 
 and left Anne (married Leander Mead), Alia (mar- 
 ried Obadiah Mead), Iluldah, Alva (married Jane 
 Arundel, and had Samuel E., Hannah E., Samuel 
 E., Leander, Hannah E., and Mary E), and Adelia. 
 2. Jehiel, married Deborah Mead. 3. Jesse, mar- 
 ried Rachel Knapp, and left Jesse (married Miss 
 
APPENDIX. 291 
 
 Compton, and had William, Elizabeth, and George), 
 Elizabeth (married Daniel Yan Yard), Kachel 
 (married Eichard Djckman), Rebecca, and Dimious 
 (married Richard Loyd). 4. Abigail, born 1717, 
 died 1796. 5. Libeus, married ^r^^, Hannah Ben- 
 edict, and second^ Widow Pocock, and has, Eli, 
 Martin, Jared, Hannah, Abby, Clarissa, Eliphalet, 
 Sarah, and Sibah. 6. Eli, married Deborah Brush, 
 and has Polly, Obadiah, Orson, Hannah, and Cyn- 
 thia. 7. Sarah, married Aaron Mead. 8. Nancy, 
 married Ebenezer Mead. 9. Rachel, married Ben- 
 jamin Knapp. Xn. Rachel, by second wife. XIII. 
 Obadiah, had Phebe and Mary. XIY. Zebediah, 
 left Henry, born 1754, Hannah, born in 1755, 
 Lydia, born in 1757, and Levi, born in 1761. XY. 
 Nehemiah, left, 1. Lucy, married Isaac Howe. 2. 
 Sarah, married Richard Mead. 3. Rachel, mar- 
 ried Charles Weed. 4. Nehemiah, married Miss 
 Richards, and left Samuel (who left a daughter, Eliza- 
 beth Stillson), William H. (who married Abby Jane 
 Mead), James, Sarah, Laura (who married Zaccheus 
 Mead), and Caroline. 5. Clarinda, who married 
 Isaac Mead, and left Augustus. 6. Bethiel, who 
 married Stephen Davis. 
 
 Nathaniel^ the sixth son of the John who bought 
 land in Greemoich^ had, I. Gen. John, who left 
 John, the father of Seth, Walter, Hipsibeth mar- 
 ried J. Simmons, and Alice married Peter Mead. 
 II. Capt. Matthew, had, 1. Matthew, who left 
 Matthew^ Clemence (married Ralph Ritch), Hannah 
 
292 APPENDIX. 
 
 (married H. Merritt), Justus (married Nancy Han- 
 ford and has Joseph, Justus, Matthew, Andrew J., 
 Eliphalet and three others), Mary^ Thomas^ A7noSj 
 Williaiii (married Ehza Lawrence, and has Jane 
 Eliza, and others), and Hobby. 2. Justus bad Susan 
 (married Lewis Eldridge), Bush, Walter, James, 
 Joseph (married Mary Taylor, and bas Louisa, 
 Joseph G., Mary D., James H., Samuel B., Ara- 
 bella, and others), Eebecca (married Drake Mar- 
 shall), Anne (married John Craft), and William, 
 who died young. 3. Bush bad Matthew (married 
 Polly Eay, formerly Miss Marshall, and has two 
 children), Eliza (married Harry Ferris), Susan 
 (married John Matthews), Sophia A. (married 
 Joseph E. Russel, Esq.), Bothena (married Capt. 
 Caleb Holmes), William Henry (married Miss Per- 
 melia Ray, and has John and George). III. Na- 
 thaniel, left, 1. Jaspar, the father of Bush. 2. Na- 
 thaniel. 3. William, married and left John, Gilbert, 
 Natlimiiel^ William, Charity, Hannah, and Mary. 
 4. Charity. 5. Rachel. 6. Betsey. 7. Anna. Na- 
 thaniel^ the grandson of first Nathaniel, married 
 Prudence Wood, of Long Island, and had, I. Epen- 
 etus. 11. Nathaniel, who married Miss Brown, and 
 left Nehemiah, Nathaniel, William, Tyler, Epene- 
 tus, Walter, Harvey, &c. III. Joshua, who mar- 
 ried, 1st, -, 2d, Hannah Mead, and left, 1. 
 
 Prudence, who married Robert Mead, and left Ed- 
 ward. 2. Polly, married Isaac Mead, and left Rev. 
 Darius (who married Miss Goodrich, and left 
 
APPENDIX. 293 
 
 Samuel G., and others), and Lucinda (married Ben- 
 jamin Reynolds, Esq.). 3. Jonathan, who moved 
 with his children, Horace, Samuel B., Albert and 
 others, to Hancock Co., Illinois. 4. Joshua, of 
 
 Roundhill, who married Miss Mary , and 
 
 left Selah^ married Zetta Mead, Hannah^ Rachel^ 
 and Elmira. 5. Darius, a physician living on the 
 brink of Putnam's Hill, married Miss Lydia Bel- 
 cher, and left, Robert W. (married Clarissa Shel- 
 don), Zalmon (married Miss Scribner, and leaves 
 Frederick B., Mary A., and one other), Frederick 
 (married Miss Scribner, and has some children), 
 Julia (married Philander Button, Esq.), and Henry 
 W. 6. Rachel Mead, married Daniel S. Mead. 7. 
 David, married Miss Chloe , and left, Leon- 
 ard (married Miss Frances Studwell, and left two 
 or three children), Theodore, Robert (married in 
 Ohio), David W. (married in Ohio), Clarissa, and 
 Rachel. lY. David, married Anna Mead. Y. 
 Israel. YI. Halsey. YII. Jonathan, married 
 Miss Lyon. YIH. Hannah, married Mr. Wheeler. 
 IX. Dimny, married Thaddeus Husted. X. Theo- 
 dosia, married Benjamin Close. XL Robert. XII. 
 Daniel S. XHL Isaac. 
 
 We regret that in the haste with which this part 
 of the family genealogy has been prepared, we 
 have not time to correct and extend the number 
 and names of the descendants of Joshua the tJiird 
 son of the third Nathaniel, and also of his brothers. 
 Their descendants may, however, easily trace it for 
 
294 APPENDIX. 
 
 themselves, as it is not a great length of time since 
 the children of this Nathaniel were some of them 
 alive. The author would recommend such branches 
 of the family to write out distinctly their genea- 
 logy upon the blank leaves hereinafter provided for 
 the purpose. 
 
 Samuel^ the seventh son of the John who lought 
 land here^ or second John^ left, I. Peter, who had, 
 1. Peter, who had Mary, Peter, Deborah, Luckner, 
 Anna and Sandford (who married Cynthia Husted, 
 and has Alexander, Hannah, Maria, William H. 
 H., and others). 2. Zaccheus had Msie (who mar- 
 ried Job Mead, and had Zaccheus married Laura 
 Mead, Amanda, Abraham married Miss Selleck, 
 Emmeline, and Eliza married Isaac Lyon), Hannah 
 married Kev. Mark Mead. 11. Zaccheus. III. Sam- 
 uel, who left Charlotte, Henry, Artemas, Betheny, 
 Priscilla, Lavinia, Martha. 
 
 Arms. sa. a chev. between three pelicans, or. 
 vulned. gu. 
 
 The author, in collecting the above genealogy, 
 has been especially assisted by a manuscript found 
 in the possession of Titus Mead, Esq., and a collec- 
 tion in the appendix of Bolton's History of West- 
 chester county, vol. ii. 
 
APPENDIX. 295 
 
 GENEALOGY OF THE PECK FAMILY. 
 
 DARIUS PECK, Esq., OF HUDSON, N. Y. 
 
 WITH REMAEKS BY THE AUTHOR. 
 
 The great portion of the Peck family of this 
 country are descended from William Peck, a 
 merchant of England, who was born about the 
 year 1600, died October 4:th, 1694. His second 
 wife was named Sarah. He is said to have been 
 one of the company of Eaton, Davenport, and 
 others, who emigrating from London, England, or its 
 vicinity, arrived at Boston on the 26th of July, 1637, 
 and became the first settlers and planters at JSTew 
 Haven in the spring of 1638. He was chosen 
 deacon of the church there in 1659, and was long 
 known as Deacon William Peck of New Haven. 
 His children were : 
 
 I. Kev. Jeremiah Peck, born in England in 1623, 
 and died at Waterbury, June 7th, 1699. He mar- 
 ried /rs^ Johannah Kitchell at Guilford, November 
 12th, 1656. He was a man of good education. 
 Taught school at Guilford in 1656, and was teacher 
 in the Grammar and Colony School at New Haven 
 
296 APPENDIX. 
 
 during 1660 and 1661. Became a minister of tlie 
 congregational order, and began to preach at Say- 
 brook in the fall of 1661, and continued to preach 
 there until 1665, when he removed to Guilford, and 
 in 1666, or 1667 removed to Newark, New Jersey, 
 with many others, who were dissatisfied with the 
 union of the colonies of New Haven and Connec- 
 ticut; then being also a joint owner, and patentee 
 with other associates, of a large tract of land at 
 Elizabethtown, N. J. In 1672, he became one of 
 the twenty-seven proprietors of common lands in 
 Greenwich, Conn., which was confirmed to the pro- 
 prietors by Gov. Treat in 1697. He continued to 
 reside at Newark and Elizabethtown until 1678 ; 
 when he received a call to preach in Greenwich. 
 Here he preached until dismissed for refusing to 
 countenance the doctrine of half-way covenant, in 
 1689. He then received a call to preach at Water- 
 bury, where, as at Greenwich, he became their first 
 settled pastor. His widow was living there in 1711. 
 His children were, 1. Samuel, born at Guilford, 
 Jan. 18th, 1659, died at Greenwich, April 28th, 
 1696 ; married Kuth Ferris and left Samuel, Jere- 
 miah, Joseph, David, Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Theo- 
 philus, Peter, Kichard, of whom an account is given 
 below. 2. Euth, born at New Haven, April 
 3d, 1661, married Jonathan Atwater, of New 
 Haven, on the 1st day of June, 1681. She 
 had ten children, born between 1682 and 1698. 
 3. Caleb, the father of a great part of the family 
 
APPENDIX. 297 
 
 living in Greenwich, had Rev. Jeremiah's home 
 lot and other rights in land here. 4. Anne, married 
 Thomas Stanley, of Farmington, in 1690, where she 
 afterwards resided. 5. Jeremiah, who was a farmer 
 at Waterbury, where he married Rachel Richards, 
 and died in 1752. He was there the constable for 
 a series of years, and Deputy to the General Court, 
 as well as Deacon of the Northbury Church. He 
 had one son, Jeremiah, beside nine daughters. 6. 
 Joshua, who was also a farmer at Waterbury, and 
 died unmarried on the 14th of February, 1736. 
 
 II. John, the second son of William Peck, mar- 
 ried Mary Moss, of Kew Haven, on the 3d of No- 
 vember, 1664. He first resided at New Haven, 
 where four of his children were born, until 1689, 
 when he removed his family to Wallingford. 
 
 III. Joseph, born at New Haven in 1641, after- 
 wards settled in Lyme, Conn. 
 
 N lY. Elisabeth, born also at New Haven, married 
 Samuel Andrews, and had a very numerous family. 
 Samuel the son of the first Saonuel^ was born at 
 Greenwich in 1688, where he died in middle life. He 
 left three children, I. Samuel, who was born April, 
 1720, at Greenwich, married Mary Ferris, and died 
 Jan. 29th, 1793. Was known as Deacon Samuel 
 Peck. II. John, who married Sarah Adams, and 
 died in 1771. His widow died in 1815, at the 
 residence of her son Abijah, at Clifton Park, N. Y. 
 The children of John were, 1. John, born Nov. 
 12th, 1742, at Greenwich, married Sarali Northrop, 
 
298 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 and removed his family from Greenwich in 1772 to 
 Nine-Partners, now Milan, Dutchess Co., New York. 
 Afterwards, he removed from thence to Sherbourne, 
 and soon after (in 1794) to Norwich, Chenango Co., 
 where he died Sept. 19th, 1819. He had ten chil- 
 dren, two of whom died in infancy, and the others 
 had large families. The three oldest of these were 
 born in Greenwich, and the others in Dutchess Co. 
 He was a continental soldier in the Eevolutionary 
 War. 2. Heth, born in Greenwich, married Eachel 
 Eoselle, and was shot by a Tory in the Revolution- 
 ary War. 3. Nathan, born also in Greenwich, was 
 drowned in Long Island Sound. 4. Abijah, born 
 in Greenwich, April 3d, 1758, was a clergyman, 
 married Mindwell Close, and died Nov. 12th, 1848, 
 at Clifton Park, New York. He was in the army 
 during several campaigns in the Revolutionary 
 War. After the war, he resided at North Salem, 
 Westchester county, nntil 1784, when he removed 
 to Galaway, Saratoga county, and in 1794 removed 
 to Clifton Park, in the same county, where he re- 
 sided at his decease. He was ordained a minister 
 in 1801, and left four sons and four daughters, all 
 of whom married and had children. 5. Sarah, 
 born in Greenwich in 1750, married Wilson North- 
 rop, and died at Clifton Park, Saratoga county, 
 Feb. 28th, 1841. 6. Abigail, born in Greenwich, 
 -married Alexander Baird, and died in Herkimer 
 county, New York. 7. Ruth, born in Greenwich, 
 married William Kinch, and died at Tinmansburgh, 
 
APPENDIX. 299 
 
 N. Y. 8. Elisabeth, born in Greenwich, married 
 Joseph Young, and died at Otsego, JST. Y. 
 
 III. RutK^ dccughter of the second Samuel^ born 
 in 1724, in Greenwich, married Nehemiah Haight, 
 and died Sept. 3th, 1807. Her husband was the 
 first Deacon of Stanwich Church. 
 
 Jeremiah^ the second son of first Samuel^ was born 
 in Greenwich, 1690. 
 
 Josejyh, the third son of first Samuel^ was born 
 in Greenwich, 1690. 
 
 " Damd^ the fourth son of first Samuel^ was born in 
 Greenwich in 1694. 
 
 Nathaniel^ the fifth son of first Samuel^ was born 
 in Greenwich in 1697. Settled in Old Greenwich, 
 though some say Flushing, L. I. 
 
 Eliphalet^ the sixth son of first Samuel^ was born 
 in Greenwich in 1699. He settled and died in 
 Greenwich. 
 
 Theophilus^ the seve7ith son of first Samuel^ was 
 born in Greenwich in 1701. He lived in Green- 
 wich. He early removed from Old Greenwich to 
 Pecksland, where he had twelve children, six sons 
 and six daughters. The locality took its name from 
 him. 
 
 Peter ^ the eighth son of first Samuel, was born and 
 lived in Greenwich. His descendants mostly live 
 at Glenn's Falls, New York. 
 
 Richard, the ninth son of first Samuel, was born 
 in Greenwich, but his descendants live at Flush- 
 ing, L. I. 
 
300 APPENDIX. 
 
 From the above, the author presumes that every 
 member of the family may trace their Genealogy 
 with entire accuracy. Many facts relating to indi- 
 viduals of this family, may be found upon the pre- 
 ceding pages of this volume. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE 
 
 REVEREND JEREMIAH PECK, 
 
 DARIUS PECK, ESQ., OF HUDSON, K Y. 
 
 Key. Jeremiah Peck was born in London, En- 
 gland, about the year 1623, and was the oldest son 
 of William Peck, a merchant ; and in 1637, at the 
 age of about fifteen years, emigrated to this country 
 with his father, who was one of the first settlers of 
 the New Haven colony in the spring of 1638, and 
 for many years a deacon of the church at New 
 Haven, Conn. He was a man of good education, 
 acquired in part before he left England, and per- 
 fected in this country. His name is contained in a 
 list of Connecticut ministers, in the Magnalia of Cot- 
 ton Mather, and he is noticed in the Genealogical 
 Register of Farmer; and both mention him as liav- 
 
APPENDIX. 301 
 
 ing been a graduate of Harvard College ; but, tbougli 
 he may have been and probably was a student, he 
 was not a graduate of that institution. Little is 
 known of his early history until 1656, when he 
 taught school in Guilford, Conn., where on the 12tli 
 of November of that year he married Joannah, a 
 daughter of Robert Kitchell, one of the first princi- 
 pal planters of that town. His oldest son, Samuel 
 Peck, was born there, January 18, 1659. He con- 
 tinued his school at Guilford until October, 1660, 
 when, having been appointed the previous June of 
 that year, he became the teacher of the Grammar 
 school at l^ew Haven. This was a colony school ; 
 and in it were taught Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. 
 Young men were fitted for college, and it was 
 attended by young men from other colonies. 
 
 He continued the teacher of this school until the 
 fall of 1661 ; when, becoming a congregational 
 minister, he commenced preaching occasionally to 
 the peo})le at Saybrook, Conn., whose minister, the 
 Rev. James Fitch, had the previous year removed 
 to Norwich, Conn. In the spring of 1662, he was 
 settled at Saybrook. In 1661 there was some dis- 
 satisfaction with his ministry there ; and he gave 
 them liberty to procure a successor, ofiering to yield 
 his claim under their agreement of settlement, if the 
 cause of religion could thereby be promoted. His 
 address on the subject to the inhabitants and plant- 
 ers of Saybrook evinces a warm heart, a proper ap- 
 preciation of the sacred duties of his profession, and 
 14 
 
302 APPENDIX. 
 
 a Christian resignation to the will of Providence 
 and the desires of his people ; but it does not appear 
 that there was then any action in the matter. He 
 was the owner of considerable real estate at Say- 
 brook, and seems to have had a partiality for that 
 species of property. In the year 1664, he, with 
 several others, principally from Long Island and 
 Connecticut, purchased of the Indians a large tract 
 of land in ISTew Jersey, lying on the sound separat- 
 ing that State from Staten Island, and between the 
 Raritan and Passaic rivers. The purchase was 
 confirmed to him and seventy-eight others by let- 
 ters patent, dated October 28, 1664, from Eichard 
 Nichols, the first English colonial governor nnder 
 the Duke of York. This tract embraces several 
 towns in Essex and Middlesex counties, New Jer- 
 sey ; and, the city of Elizabethtown being located 
 npon it, was then and still is known as " Elizabeth- 
 town" and " Elizabethtown Grant," and its purchasers 
 and patentees as the " Elizabethtown Associates." 
 
 He continued to discharge his official duties at 
 Say brook until sometime in 1665, when he removed 
 with his family to Guilford, being succeeded at 
 Say brook early in 1666 by Rev. Thomas Bucking- 
 ham. No reliable account is found of the time and 
 place of his ordination. Trumbull and Farmer 
 both state it to have taken place, August 26, 1669, 
 at Waterbnry, Connecticut ; but that town was not 
 then settled, nor was he then a resident of Connec- 
 ticut. He was probably ordained at Saybrook dur- 
 
APPENDIX. 303 
 
 ing liis ministry there ; of which, however, there is 
 no direct evidence, but much incidental evidence of 
 his having been ordained prior to his removal from 
 Saybrook to Guilford, in 1665. 
 
 By the union of church and state in the colonies, 
 up to about this period, Congregationalism had be- 
 come the established religion. All civil as well as 
 ecclesiastical power was vested in the church ; and, 
 especially in the New Haven colony, none could be 
 freemen, hold office, or vote, but members of the 
 church in full communion. The New Haven colony 
 had been included in the charter granted to Con- 
 necticut by Charles H. in 1662. By this charter 
 the right of voting, holding office, and other civil 
 immunities were not restricted to church members ; 
 and many of the leading ministers and inhabitants 
 of the New Haven colony were violently opposed 
 to any union with Connecticut under the charter, 
 believing that it would mar the purity and order of 
 their churches, and have a bad influence on their 
 civil government. After a powerful but unsuccess- 
 ful resistance of about three years, the union of the 
 two colonies was finally effected in 1665 ; but many 
 were so irreconcilably hostile to the union that they 
 resolved to emigrate from the colony. Among them 
 was Bev. Jeremiah Peck, who, with his father-in- 
 law, Robert Kitchell, and others of Guilford, Rev. 
 Abraham Pierson (afterwards minister at Green- 
 wich, &c.), and most of his church and congrega- 
 tion of Branford, and many other prominent indi- 
 
304: APPENDIX. 
 
 viduals of Milford and Kew Haveo, in 1666 entered 
 into a "Plantation Covenant" preparatory to a re- 
 moval to I^ewark, IST. J., providing " for the main- 
 tenance of the purity of religion professed by the 
 Congregational Churches," and also that their civil 
 affairs should ''be carried on according to God and 
 godly government," and as they had heretofore 
 been in the New Haven colony. Kev. Jeremiah 
 Peck probably did this the more readily from his 
 then owning lands at Elizabethtown, in the imme- 
 diate neighborhood of the intended settlement. He 
 removed to Newark, N. J., in the spring of 1666, 
 and resided there and at Elizabethtown until 1678. 
 No evidence is found of his having been a settled 
 minister in New Jersey. In 1670 he was invited 
 by the people of Woodb ridge, N. J., to become 
 their pastor ; but he did not accept their call. 
 
 The first settlement of the town of Greenwich, 
 Conn., was made in 1640, on lands purchased of the 
 Indians lying east of the Myanos river, a navigable 
 stream, running southerly through the center of the 
 town into Long Island Sound, the Indians still re- 
 taining the title to that part of the town lying west 
 of the Myanos, and between it and the Byram. In 
 1672 this tract was purchased of the Indians by 
 twenty-seven proprietors, of whom was Rev. Jere- 
 miah Peck, the title to which was confirmed to 
 them by Governor Treat in 1697. At the time of 
 this purchase he resided in New Jersey, and during 
 the whole period of his residence there, serious con- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 305 
 
 ilicts and violent civil commotions often occurred 
 from the demand of quitrent from the associates in 
 the Elizabethtown purchase, of whom he was one, 
 in behalf of the proprietors. Lord Berkely and Sir 
 George Cartaret, against which the associates set 
 up their title derived from the Indians. In this dis- 
 turbed state of affairs, in connection with his pur- 
 chase at Greenwich in 1672, he had a sufficient mo- 
 tive for a removal from Elizabethtown. His visits 
 to Greenwich to look after his land there led to a 
 call, in 1676, by the people of that town to settle 
 with them in the ministry, which, however, was not 
 accepted by him ; but in 1678 he had another call 
 from them, which he accepted ; and removing late 
 in the fall of that year from Elizabethtown to 
 Greenwich, he became the first settled minister of 
 that town. 
 
 Previous to this time the town had only had oc- 
 casional supplies. His pastorate there was a very 
 useful one, continuing until 1689 ; but he did not 
 escape the agitation and disturbance, then not un- 
 common in other churches, occasioned by the intro- 
 duction of what was called " Half -way Covenant ^^^ 
 allowing of the baptism of children of n on- commu- 
 nicants. Agreeing with the Rev. Mr. Davenport, 
 President Chauncey, and many other leading minis- 
 ters of that day, he was decidedly opposed to the 
 decree of the synods of 1657 and 1662 to that 
 effect. His refusal to conform to it was the cause 
 of considerable dissatisfaction in the minds of a 
 
306 APPENDIX. 
 
 minority of his chnrcli and congregation, which (? ) 
 induced him, in 1689, to accept the unanimous in- 
 vitation of the residents of Waterbury, Conn., to 
 settle with them in the ministry. He removed 
 from Greenwich to Waterbury the same year, and 
 became the settled minister of the church at Water- 
 bury on its organization in 1691, and continued his 
 official duties there until a short period before his 
 death, which occurred June 7, 1699.* 
 
 He appeared to have had considerable talents, 
 energy, and enterprise, and though largely interested 
 in lands in New Jersey and Connecticut, was a man 
 of great usefulness, both as a teacher and clergy- 
 man, in his day and generation. 
 
 BRUNDIG FAMILY. 
 
 The inhabitants of Greenwich bearing this name 
 are descended from one John Brondish or Brondig^ 
 who w^as one of the first proprietors of Manursing 
 Island and Rye Neck, in 1662. His sons were 
 John, Joseph, Daniel, and Joshua. 
 
 BUSH FAMILY. 
 
 Justus Bush in 1737 was one of the proprietors 
 of Rye. His wife was named Anne. His sons 
 were named Bernardus, Henry, and Abraham. 
 
 * He came to Boston in the ship Hector, June 26, 1637. 
 
APPENDIX. 307 
 
 Though Henry's descendants, many of them, live in 
 Greenwich, the author has been unable, in the haste 
 with which this was collected, to fully trace them. 
 Abraham married Ruth daughter of Gilbert Lyon, 
 and had — 1. Abraham, who left William, of King 
 street, the father of William S., Andrew L., Hobart, 
 and Newberry. 2. Gilbert. 3. Anne, married Jon- 
 athan Fisher. 4. Sarah, married Tliomas Theall. 
 5. Elizabeth, married Ezra Wetmore. 6. Rebecca, 
 married Daniel Merritt. 
 
 CLOSE FAMILY. 
 
 This family are quite numerous at the present 
 day. They were settled (Bolton's Hist. Westches- 
 ter Co., vol. ii.) formerly at Langsley, near Mac- 
 clesfield, England, A, D. 1486. The word Cloughes, 
 now contracted into Clowes and Close, is an old 
 Saxon word, and signifies a cliff or cleft in a valley 
 between high hills. Tliomas Close removed to 
 Greenwich in or about 1661. He had four sons, 
 Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin, and John. 
 
 From the second of these, viz., JosepJu the family 
 at ]S"orth Salem claim their descent. He was born 
 in 1674, removed to E"orth Salem in 1749 and 
 died in 1786. Before he removed from' Green- 
 wich, he lived near the present residence of Jona- 
 than A. Close. He married Rebecca Tompkins, 
 who died in 1761. Their children were — 1. Joseph, 
 2. Elizabeth, 3. Solomon, 4, Sarah, 5. Rachel, 6. 
 Thomas, 7. Benjamin, and 8.Rebecca. 
 
 Solomon, the second son of this Joseph^ was born 
 
308 APPENDIX. 
 
 June 23cl, 1706, and died 1788, aged 82. He mar- 
 ried Deborah Brush and had ten children, viz. : I. 
 Solomon, of J^orth Salem, who left — 1. Mrs. Pad- 
 dock, 2. Phebe, married Epenetus Wallace, a phy- 
 sician of JSTorth Salem. II. ISTathaniel, of North 
 Salem, born 1732, and died in 1773 and left — 
 1. Nathaniel. 2. Jesse. 3. Isaac. 4. Deborah, 
 who married Thomas Chapman. 5. Kachel. 6. 
 Sarah. 7. Matilda. III. Deborah. lY. Hannah. 
 Y. Rev. John Close, of North Salem, a graduate 
 of Princeton, and born in 1737, and died in 
 1813. He was preaching at New Windsor in 
 1792. He married a Miss Weeks, from Long 
 Island, and left two daughters, who live at Water- 
 ford, New York, where their father died. YI. Sa- 
 rah. YII. Jesse, who died at Half Moon Point, on 
 the 29th of June, 1758, aged 17, while in the 
 military service of the colony. YIII. Rev. Da- 
 vid Close, a Presbyterian minister of Paterson, 
 N. J. He suffered much in the Revolutionary war. 
 He was a graduate of Yale, and died in the town 
 of Paterson, in Putnam county, in 1783, aged 41. 
 IX. Rev. Tompkins Close was a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, and died, aged 27, at Fishkill, on the 26th of 
 September, 1770. X. Mindwell, who married 
 Elizabeth Mead, and died on October 22d, 1762. 
 Benjamin, the third son of the Thomas who emi- 
 grated to Greenwich, had nine children^ — to wit : 
 Benjamin, Martha, Elizabeth, Reuben, Jonathan, 
 Nathaniel, Samuel married Miss Mead, Mary, and 
 Nathaniel. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 309 
 
 Samuel, the seventh son of Benjamin, married 
 Miss Mead and had eight children— to wit: Samuel, 
 who died while engaged in the Kevolutionary war, 
 Elnathan, an active partisan in the war, Henry M. 
 Close married Kosina Brundage, Benjamin, Jona- 
 than, Daniel, Hannah married Peter Mead, and 
 Deborah married Zacchens Mead. 
 
 Henry M Close, the third son of Samuel, married 
 Kosina Brundage, and had Samuel, an only son. 
 
 Samuel, son of Henry M. Close, for more than 
 twenty years the Town Clerk of the town of Green- 
 wich, married Eliza Hobbie, and left— 1. George 
 W, Close, who married Miss Esther Smith, daugh- 
 ter of Cul. Smith, of Long Island, and has Samuel, 
 George W., Esther, Caroline, and one other. 2. Re- 
 becca is the daughter of Samuel. 
 
 THE CURTIS FAMILY. 
 
 BY J. B. CURTIS, ESQ. 
 
 William Curtis embarked in the ship Lion, June 
 22d, 1632, and landed December 16th of the same 
 year, in the eighth year of the reign of Charles L, 
 at Scituate, Massachusetts. He brought with him 
 four children, Thomas, Mary, John, and Philip, and 
 shortly afterwards another son, named William, was 
 born. William the first removed from Scituate to 
 Roxbury, with his family, from whence John, Wil- 
 liam, and their mother removed to Stratford, Conn., 
 where the moiher died in 1655. 
 
 2d. Ca;pt William Curtis (his name is spelled 
 
310 APPENDIX. 
 
 Curtice), was a man of high standing in Connecti- 
 cut. He was a member of the General Court ten 
 or twelve years, from Stratford, often a Commis- 
 sioner or Justice of the Peace, and from year to 
 year appointed on committees of importance, in 
 various parts of the colony. He was appointed 
 Nov. 23d, 1673, Captain of the forces raised in 
 Fairfield to serve against the Dutch at New Am- 
 sterdam, now New York. In October, 1675, he 
 was appointed by the General Court, Captain of the 
 sixty men to be raised in Fairfield County, to serve 
 in King Philip's war, with power to appoint his 
 inferior officers. In May, 1676, he was appointed 
 with Mr. Samnel Sherman, Commissioner for Strat- 
 ford and Woodbnry. He died at Stratford, Dec. 
 21st, 1702. His will bears date Dec. 15th, 1702, by 
 which it appears he had eight children, Daniel, 
 Ebenezer, Zachariah, Josiah, Joshua, Sarah, Eliza- 
 beth, and Jonathan. 
 
 3d. Capt. Josiah Curtis^ lived and died at Strat- 
 ford, 1745. His children were William, Josiah, 
 Abraham, Benjamin, Peter, Matthew, Charles, 
 Abigail, Eunice, Mary, and Mehitable. 
 
 4th. Benjaiain was born Dec. 25th, 1704, and 
 died July 28th, 1783. He, with his brothers Josiah 
 and Matthew, settled at Newtown, and Benjamin 
 there had sons Nehemiah and Benjamin. 
 
 5th. Benjamm^ had sons by his 1st wife, Philo 
 and Benjamin. By his 2d wife he had Epenetus 
 and Divine. 
 
APPENDIX. 311 
 
 6th. Philo, had sons Nichols, Carlos and Philo. 
 and daughters Fatima, Huldah, Polly, and Betsey. 
 
 7th. Nicliols Curtis was born in 1784, and died 
 in April, 1852. His children were, Charlotte N. , 
 born June 1820, and Julius B. Curtis, born Dec. 
 10th, 1826. The latter removed to Greenwich, 
 Conn., where he now resides, having married Miss 
 Mary Acker. 
 
 Ar7ns. Az. a chev. dancettee btw. three mural 
 coronets, or. crest a lion sejant ppr. supporting with 
 his dexter foot a shield of the arms. Motto — Sepere 
 et aude. 
 
 DAYTON FAMILY. 
 
 David Dayton came to Greenwich from Long 
 Island in the latter part of the eighteenth century. 
 A brother came with him named Jacob, who never 
 married. David^ married Elizabeth Osborne, and 
 had, 1. Betsey, married Jonah Brundage. 2. Jacob, 
 married Sarah Brown, and had Samuel B. Dayton 
 (who married Mary E. Husted, and has Mary E. Day- 
 ton). 3. Sarah Dayton, married William E. Wood. 
 4. David Dayton, married Elizabeth Brush, and had 
 John Dayton (who married Matilda Selleck, and 
 has Mary Francis). Sarah Dayton (married George 
 Selleck), Charles, Henry, Mary, Elizaleth (mar- 
 ried Solomon Mead), David, and George. 5. Amy, 
 married Benonah Bundle. 6. Mehitable. These 
 Daytons now all reside in Greenwich. 
 
312 APPENDIX. 
 
 FIELD FAMILY. 
 
 Bolton, in his history of Westchester county, says, 
 that the name of Field is frequent in Doomsday 
 Book, and is there often interchanged with Lea, 
 which is a word having the same signification. 
 
 John Field, of Ardsley, county of York, England, 
 was a distinguished mathematician and astronomer. 
 He married Jane Amyas, of Kent, and left Kichard, 
 Christopher, John, Mathew, Thomas, James, Mar- 
 tin, William. 
 
 Robert, the oldest son of James, w^ho was the 
 oldest son of Mathew, the fourth son of John Field, 
 emigrated from England and settled in Flushing, 
 L. L, in 1645. He left Anthony, Benjamin, and 
 Robert, who were the ancestors of the family in this 
 country. 
 
 FERRIS FAMILY. 
 
 This family is plainly of E'orman origin. Henry 
 de Ferriers, a IS'orman, obtained from William the 
 Conqueror large grants of land in the counties of 
 Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire. John 
 Ferris and Jeftery Ferris appear to have been ac- 
 tive pioneers in the settlement of many new places 
 in this country. It is probable, though not certain, 
 that they were brothers. 
 
APPENDIX. 813 
 
 HOLMES FAMILY. 
 
 John Holmes emigrated from Beverly, York- 
 shire county, in 1660. He first settled in Bedford, 
 IS". Y. A full account of this family may be found 
 in the Appendix to Bolton's history of Westchester 
 county. 
 
 LYON FAMILY. 
 
 This family claims to be of Scottish origin. 
 The name of John Lyon occurs in the history of 
 Massachusetts as early as 1648. John Lyon, a de- 
 scendant of the above, removed to the town of Rye, 
 in Westchester county, and was a large landholder 
 there. His son, John's fourth son, was named 
 James, who was the proprietor of Byram Point, 
 and left five children. 1. Daniel. 2. David. 3. 
 Benjamin. 4. Wolsey. 5. James. 
 
 LOCKWOOD FAMILY. 
 
 The name of Lockwood is traced back as far as 
 1470, when Annie, only^ daughter of Richard Lock- 
 wood, married Thomas Ilenshaw, who thereby be- 
 came possessed of a large estate in Staffordshire, 
 England, Those of the name in Greenwich, Stam- 
 ford, and Brundridge are probably descended from 
 " Edmund Lockwood^ freeman, 18th May, 1631, 
 was of Cambridge, Mass., in 1632, and probably 
 
314 APPENDIX. 
 
 removed to Connecticut with Messrs. Hooker and 
 Stone." Lieut. Jonathan Lockwood and Lieut. 
 Gersbom Lockwood were in their day prominent 
 and influential men in the town. 
 
 Anns. — Arg. a fesse btw. three martletts, sa. 
 Crest. On the stump of an oak erased, ppr., a 
 martlett, sa. 
 
 PALMER FAMILY. 
 
 William Palmer, of Westchester, died about 
 1670, and left Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel, Obediah, 
 and Thomas. 
 
 PUPDY FAMILY. 
 
 This family are descended from Francis Purdy, 
 an early settler of Fairfield, who died there, in 
 1658, His sons were Francis, John, and Samuel. 
 
 All these families and many others, if so disposed, 
 may easily trace out their complete genealogies by 
 reference to the town records and good standard 
 histories of the present day. 
 
 (The following wei^ handed in just in time to go 
 to press). 
 
APPENDIX. 316 
 
 BRUSH FAMILY. 
 
 BY MISS EMILY C. BRUSH. 
 
 Two brothers of this name came from Long Is- 
 land to Greenwich soon after the year 1700, though 
 the exact time appears uncertain. Of these, Ed- 
 ward had a son named Benjamin, who married 
 Sumantha Reynolds, and had I. Fanny, married 
 William Rundle. 11. Edward, the father of 1 Re- 
 becca, who married John Hoyt, Esq. 2. Elma C, 
 who married Job Husted, Esq. 3. Joseph E. who 
 married Miss Mary C. Wright, and has Edward. 
 4. Shadrach M., who married Emmeline Ingersoll, 
 and has Sumantha, William P., and Shadrach A., 
 6. Mary A., who married Mills Hobby Husted. 6. 
 Sumantha. 11. Joseph, who married Sarah Mead, 
 daughter of Richard Mead, Esq., and has 1. Amos 
 M., who married Sarah P. Mead, and had Joseph 
 B., Richard M., Amos E., and Augustus. 2. Rich- 
 ard E., who married Miss Mary Kelly, and lives at 
 Stanwich. 3. Elizabeth S., who married Dr. James 
 M. Hoyt, a physician, of Greenwich. 4. Mary 
 Louisa, who married Lewis Howe, A. M., Principal 
 of the Collegiate Institution of Greenwich. 5. Jo- 
 seph E. B. 6. Emily C. 7. Benjamin P. 8. Stella 
 P. 9. George W. 10. Catherine. 11. Julia, and 
 some others, who died young.' lY. Benjamin, who 
 married Clarissa Sackett. Y. Sarah, who married 
 Deacon Joel Wright. YI. Sumantha, who married 
 David Hobby, Esq. YII. Deborah, who married 
 Mr. Fitch, of Peeykill. YIIL Piatt, who married 
 Maria Close. IX. Edmund Burke. 
 
316 APPENDIX. 
 
 THE LEWIS FAMILY. 
 
 MISS SARAH LEWIS. 
 
 The great-grandfather of the Eev. Dr. Isaac 
 Lewis, came from England about the year 1675. 
 Two of his brothers accompanied him to America, 
 one of whom settled on Long Island, and the other 
 at or near Cape Cod. 
 
 The first-mentioned had four sons, viz. : James, 
 Edmund, Benjamin, and Joseph. Of these Ed- 
 mund, the grandfather of Dr. Lewis, was born in 
 1683. He married a lady by the name of Beach, 
 and settled in Stratford, Conn. He was Counselor 
 of the State, and first Judge of the County Court. 
 He died in 1758. He had four sons and several 
 daughters. The sons were Sevignor, Edmund, 
 IN'athaniel, and Ichabod. Nathaniel was born in 
 1717, married the daughter of Mr. Zechariah 
 Beardsley, of Ripton Parish (now the town of 
 Huntington), where he went to reside. He had 
 four sons and three daughters. One of the sons 
 died in infancy. Zachariah, the eldest, died at 
 Huntington in early life, leaving a widow and one 
 daughter, whose descendants (it is supposed) are 
 still residing in that place. ]N"athaniel, the youngest, 
 married a Miss Worcester. Their children were 
 five in number, three sous and two daughters, all 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 117 
 
 of whom subsequently removed to the State of New 
 York, a large proportion of them to Augusta in tlie 
 vicinity of Utica, where their families still reside. 
 Two of the sisters, Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Ilawley, 
 died in the vicinity of Huntington, leaving children 
 and grandchildren, most of whom continue to re- 
 side in that part of the State. The family of the 
 third sister removed to Ballston, N. Y., where some 
 of them, it is supposed, are still located. 
 
 Dr. Isaac Lewis, the second son of his parents, 
 (who lived to grow up to manhood), was horn Feb. 
 1st, 1746. Graduated at Yale College in 1765. 
 Was ordained to the work of the ministry and 
 pastor of the church in Wilton, toward the close 
 of the year 176S, and shortly after in December of 
 the same year married Miss Hannah Beale, daughter 
 of Matthew Beale, Esq., of New Preston, a native 
 of England. They had six sons (of whom one died 
 in infancy), and three daughters. 
 
 Further particulars respecting this family may be 
 obtained of Miss Sarah Lewis, or Eev. John N. 
 Lewis, both of Greenwich, Conn. 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY. 
 
 About the year 1696, Isaac Howe removed from 
 Darien, where several of the name were then set- 
 tled, to Coscob in Greenwich. He was the father of 
 several children, some twelve or fifteen. Of these^ 
 one, named Isaac, had also a very large family, of 
 15 
 
318 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 whom Isaac, the third, settled in Pecksland, and 
 
 married Elizabeth , and had four sons and 
 
 nine daughters. The sons were named Jonas, Isaac 
 (who died young), jSTehemiah, and Kev. Samueh 
 The daughters were (here given without regard to 
 the order of their ages) Laura, Lucy, Cornelia, 
 Betsey, who married Rufus Knapp, of Stamford, 
 Sally, who married Gilbert Close, one who died 
 young, Keziah, Esther, Eachel. 
 
 Of the sous, I. Jonas, married Anna Mead, and had 
 1. Allen, who married a daughter of Daniel Lyon, 
 of North Coscob. 2. Isaac, who married Miss Finch, 
 and removed to the State of Ohio, where he has 
 George, Anna, and one other. 3. Deborah, who 
 married Mark Mead, jun. 4. Lewis, who married 
 Miss Mary L. Brush, and has Anna M., Joseph B., 
 and one other. II. Nehemiah, married a daughter 
 of Isaac Llolly, Esq., and has a son, AVilliam A. 
 Howe. III. Samuel, who married a daughter of 
 Rev. Piatt Buffet, and lives at 'New Haven, having 
 two children, named Theodore L. B. Howe and 
 Charlotte E. Howe. 
 
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