^'"'^^^H ''^'i^ '"m university of Connecticut libraries BOOK 974.67.B789H c. 1 BRONSON # HISTORY OF WATERBURY CONNECTICUT 3 T153 ODOSSflbfl b ,vV3 THE &S /S.53 HISTORY OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT; THE OEIGINAL TOWNSHIP EMBEACING PEESENT WATEETOWN AND PLYMOUTH, AND PAETS OF OXFOED, WOLCOTT, MIDDLE- BUEY, PEOSPECT AND NAUGATUCK. APPENDIX OF BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY AND STATISTICS. BY IIENKY BRONSON, M. D. WATERBURY: PUBLISHED BY BRONSON BROTHERS. 1858. J6nfe^ Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, By henry BRONSON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. Printed by T. J. STAFFORD, State Street, (Stafford Building,) 2^ew na/ven. P U B L I S H E R S' NOTICE. TuE late financial crisis rendered it expedient to defer for a few months the issue of this volume. The publishers would regret this, had not the delay enabled them to add to the number of engravings which had been previously provided. Subscribers and others, it is hoped, will be more than satisfied. Besides the additions referred to, the work contains over one hundred pages of printed matter more than Avere anticipated when proposals were issued. In point of mechanical execu- tion, the publishers feel assured the book will occasion no disappointment, unless an agreeable one. Tliey have taken pride in it, and have not been actuated wholly by selfish motives. As a work of art, however, they do not take the chief credit to themselves. Unaided, they could have done little towards providing the numerous and expensive engravings which embellish the volume. The greater proportion of these have been furnished by the liberality of others — tliose taking a deep interest in the success of the undertaking. The author has sacrificed much time and labor, with the object of benefit- ing his native town, and presenting it with a reliable record of its past history. Of his success, it is unnecessary here to speak. It has been the aim of all interested, to make the book in substance and in form, worthy of the dead, honorable to the living, and acceptable to its immediate patrons. BROXSON BROTHERS, Publishers. Watkrbuuy, May, 1858. I^IIEF^CE, It is well known that my father, the late Bennet Broxson, spent much time in the collection of facts, historical, genealogical and tradi- tionary, relating to the early history of Waterbury. He began this work as early as 1820, and prosecuted it at intervals during the re- mainder of his life. His object was simply information on a subject which had been almost wholly neglected by others. He not only searched the Waterbury records, but he examined the records of Far- mington and Hartford, and opened a correspondence with those suppos- ed to have important knowledge of the old famillies of the town. Thus he gained a large stock of information, and about 1830, wrote a brief historical account of ancient Waterbury, which he delivered to his fel- low citizens, as an evening lecture, in the old meeting house. After- wards, several prominent individuals addressed him a letter, requesting him to write, for publication, a history of the town. He neglected to do this ; but when Barber was gathering materials for the Connecticut Historical Collections, he furnished a sketch of the old town, which, with slight alterations and some abridgment, was published in that work. Two or three years before his death, he re-wrote his lecture, amplifying and correcting it, and bringing it down to the close of the Revolutionary IV PEEFACE. war. As left, it would liave made, perhaps, fifteen printed pages. He also added to, and perfected in a certain sense, his genealogical tables. Two years after my father's death, with a design of preserving more effectually what had been done, I undertook myself to write a fuller his- torical sketch, using the papers which have been mentioned, and the notes and extracts from records from which these had been prepared. My labors then had no reference to publication. At this stage, the Messrs. Bronson Brothers proposed to publish a History of Waterbury, and applied to me to provide the manuscript. Knowing the labor and time which would be required, I declined. No one else, however, being willing to undertake the task, I reversed my decision, and reluctantly ' consented. I soon found, however, that in order to understand the sub- ject — to get hold of its spirit and to construe properly the facts — I must begin at the beginning and go over the entire ground anew. I have done this, and the present book is the result. Those who have been engaged in a similar undertaking need not be told the labor it has cost ; and those who have not would not comprehend me, though I should attempt to tell them. Deeming the early events of Waterbury in most need of a historian — in most danger of being lost — I have given much time and space to them. Modern history, particularly that which may be called post- Revolutionary, has not engaged so much of my attention. After 1800, the reader will find only items and fragments, with no attempt at a complete history. What I have neglected it is to be hoped some other person, who is willing to labor in a humble way without reward, will undertake. In what I have written, I have relied mainly on record evidence, and rejected traditional knowledge as untrustworthy. By pursuing this method, I have sometimes sacrificed popular attraction to truth or, in other words, history. It has been no part of my purpose to furnish en- PREFACE. V tertainment for the readers of legendary tales, though I might have done so with comparatively little labor. I have aimed to be correct in all that I have written and quoted. It cannot be, however, that I have made no mistakes. My authorities have sometimes been copies of the originals made by others, which in some cases had been re-written, possibly, more than once. Facts and dates given in letters of correspondence may have been relied on too implicitly. It is easier to criticise error in a work of this kind, than wholly to avoid it. It is common to plead " want of time " as an apology for shortcomings in this regard ; but I claim that no man has a right to make a book in haste. In my quotations from early rec- ords, I have preferred, in most cases, to give perfect transcripts of the originals, even to the matter of orthography and punctuation. My ob- ject in this has been to give the truest history, and to preserve portions of the record which might be lost. Thinking it improbable that any one would again go over the ground of my inquiries, at any rate, with equal advantages, I have endeavored to perpetuate what I could with authentic types. If the reader complains that I have introduced trivial subjects, and have spent too much time on things of little importance, I have only to say, that I have occupied myself with the matters which most interested those whose history I have written. They were men who gave their time to their own private affairs — to their individual, social, religious and material interests — and I must needs dwell upon these or be silent. Of those who have assisted me in the preparation of this work, I must mention particularly Mr. Philo M. Trowbridge. He has given me important aid in the examination of records and in furnishing me with extracts. He has had charge of the genealogies contained in the Appen- dix, and is chiefly responsible for that portion of the work. I have furnished him my own and ray father's collections of materials ; and from these and the original records, and his own independent inquiries, he has compiled the tables. These extended genealogies were not VI PKEFACE. contemplated in the original plan of the work. I designed to give a somewhat particular account of the orginal proprietors of Waterbury and their children, as I have done in Chapters XI and XII ; but the continuation of the subject in the Appendix was an afterthought of the publishers and others. This will explain how it happens that the gene- alogies of particular families are to be sought for in diflferent portions of the work. Mr. Sylvester Judd of Northampton has given me much information concerning the first settlers of Waterbury. Rev. William S. Porter of New Haven has kindly allowed me the use of his papers on the geneal- ogy of the early settlers of Farmington. In the preparation of this volume, I have found it difficult to divest myself of the idea that I am still a resident of my native town. Find- ing this, on the whole, a pleasant delusion, I have taken no pains to dispel it. From many passages in the work, the reader would infer that Waterbury had not ceased to be my dwelling place. I am mortified to find that there are a few errors which escaped notice till the sheets were printed. They are in part owing to my inexperience in reading proofs. The most important of them, it is hoped, have been corrected in the errata at the end. New Haven, December, 1857. INDEX TO ENGRAYIXGS. View of the City of Waterbury, Opposite Title Page. Portrait of Bennet Bronsox, Opposite Page 1 Plan of the Village of Mattatuck, " " 16 Portrait of Samdel Hopkins, D. D., " " 32 " Mark Leavenworth, " " 48 Map of the Old Township of WATERnriiv, ■ ■ 04 Portrait of J. M. L. Scovill, • " 80 " Dr. Isaac Bronsox, • " 1)6 Eli Terry, " " 11-2 Fac-similes, ■' • " 128 Portrait OF Samuel M. Hopkins, LL. I)., " " 144 William n. Scovill, • " 160 Deacon James Brown, " ' 176 Josiah Bronson, •' " 192 Dr. Ambrose Ives, " " 208 Captain Reuben Holmks, " " 224 Almon Farrell, " " 240 Deacon Aaron Bexkdict, " " 256 Alvin Bronson, " " 272 Seth Thomas, " " 288 John Buckingham, ' " S04 Green Kendrick, " " 320 Silas Bronsox, " " 352 Israel Holmes, ' " 384 Benedict AND Burnham Maxufacturixc; Co's Works, " " 432 Waterbury Brass Company's AVorks, " " 404 Scovill Manufacturing Company's Work.^, " " 496 Brown AND Brothers' Works, " " 528 Holmes, Booth and Haydens' Works, " " oCO ADDITIONAL COREECTIONS. The delay in the publication of this work has given the author an opportunity to add to the corrections which will be found at the end of the volume. Page 13th, 17th line from bottom, after date, insert (May 21, 16*77.) Page 19, 2d line from top, /or country, rcaJ county. Page 26, 6th line from top, /or 1673, read 1672. Page 43, 3d line from bottom, after 1686-7, erase the period and insert a comma. Page 86th, 4th line from bottom, erase the sentence beginning with "It will bo noticed." Page 191, 5th line from top — This John died an infant. A second John Stanley (baptized May 25, 1682,) m. Aug. 1710, Hannah, daughter of Dea. Samuel Porter, and Dec. 9, 1714, Mary AVriglit. He was made a bachelor proprietor in 1715, (see p. 120,) and died Sep. 8, 1748, having had three children. Page 191, 24th line from top — The Thomas Stanley who m. Anne Peck was not the son of Lieut. John of Waterbury, but of Capt. John Stanley of Farmington, and died April 14, 1713. It was his widow Anne, and not he, who d. May 23, 1718. (See p. 189.) Page 239, 13th line from bottom, /or school and, reafi school land. Page 326, add to the list of those engaged in the old French war, the name of Moses Cook, drunmicr. Page 421, 2d and 3d Hnes from top, /o7- Wealthy U. Upson, read Mrs. Wcalihy Hopkins Norton, (whose maiden name was Upson.) Page 462, 20th line from top, /or 1st, Euth Frisbie, 2d, Olive Warner, read 1st, Olive Warner, 2d, Ruth Frisbie. Page 486, last line, /or David, read Daniel. Page 487, 15th line from top, /or Charles, read William. Page 490, 6th line from bottom, erase Benjamin and insert Alma, m. Eli Curtis ; IV. Anna Maria ; V. Philomela ; VI. Benjamin. Other children d. in childhood. CONTENTS, CHAPTER I. Discovert of the Naugatuck Valley : Preparations for a Settlement, . . 1 CHAPTER II. The Settlement begun : Town Center, 12 CHAPTER III. Delinquent Subscribers, 24 CHAPTER IV. Subscribers who finally secured their Rights, 31 CHAPTER V. The Common Fence ano Common Field, 47 • CHAPTER VI. Indian Purchases : Incorporation of the Town: Sequestered Land.s,. .. . 62 CHAPTER VII. Mills, "79 CHAPTER VIII. Roads, Bridges, &c., 93 CHAPTER IX. Indian Wars : the Great Flood: the Great Sickness, 101 CHAPTER X. Bachelor Proprietors, 113 CHAPTER XI. Personal Notices of the first Settlers of "Waterbury, 129 / -"^ J Vlll CONTENTS. PER XII. J IS, CONTIXUED, ./.A.. CHAPTER XII. Pkksonal Notices of the first Settlers, contixued, ../..").... 167 CHAPTER XIII. Ecclesiastical Affairs : Mr. Peck's Ministry, , . CHAPTER XIV. Ecclesiastical Affairs : Mr. Southmayd's Ministry 215 CHAPTER XV. h^f Schools, . . . .^^^..^^^^ \^: y^--"^ CHAPTER X^O^^ 3 Population increases : Immigration, ^^..-r-rrT^ 243 — -^ CHAPTER XVII. The Settlement extends : new Societies, 250 CHAPTER XVIII. Mr. Leavenworth's Ministry : the third Meeting House, 283 CHAPTER XIX. Episcopacy in "Waterbury, 292 CHAPTER XX. Church and State : old French War, 315 CHAPTER XXI. Revolutionary History, CHAPTER XXII. After the War : Miscellaneous Items, , APPENDIX. I. Biography, 370 II. Genealogy, 458 III. Later Ecclesiastical Societies : Manufacturing : Statistics, 653 '^T^ZO^ J.XeUy. frintir. HISTORY OF ¥ATERBURY. CHAPTEE I. DISCOVERY OF THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY : PREPARATIONS FOR A SETTLEMENT. Moke than a ceutuiy and a quarter intervened between the discovery of America and the settlement by Europeans of any part of New England. In 1620, a small band of English Puritans, one hundred and one in number, including women and children, planted themselves at Plymouth, on the eastern shore of Massachusetts. For a long time, this feeble colony struggled for existence. At length, however, the English set- tlers became firmly established at Plymouth and the Massa- chusetts Bay. In the course of the years 163-i and 1635, sev- eral parties from Watertown, Dorchester and Newtown, (now Cambridge,) in the neighborhood of Boston, made their way through the wilderness to the banks of the Connecticut River, and established themselves at Wethersfield, "Windsor and Hartford. Mr. Hooker and his congregation of sixty persons 1 Z HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. came from JSTewtown and settled in Hartford. These towns, in their early infancy, in 1637, waged a successful war with the Pequot Indians, and conquered their country. Soon after the conclusion of this war, or in 1638, a small colony went from Boston, and settled at New Haven, Milford and Guilford. From 1637 to 1675, thirty-eight years, the inhabitants of Con- necticut, and indeed of all New England, enjoyed almost unin- terrupted peace. During this period of comparative quietness, the settlements in Connecticut were extended through the State, from north to south, on both banks of the Connecticut River, and from east to west in all the towns bordering on the sea-coast. In 1 61:0, the people of Hartford commenced a set- tlement at Farmington, being tlie first made in Connecticut away from navigable waters. From this time to 1673, small beginnings of settlements were made at Norwich, Derby, Wallinglbrd, Simsbury, Woodbury and Plainfield. Up to the last named date, with the above exceptions, the whole State, as now constituted, was a wilderness, in the possession of the native Indians. It is believed, however, that no Indian settlement existed, at the time of its discovery, within the limits of ancient Waterbury. The nearest wigwams were in Farmington, Derby and Woodbury, where native tribes exist- ed. The territory of Waterbury was claimed by the tribes of the two former towns. It was used as a hunting ground. It was first visited by white men in tlie pursuit of game. It appears that as early as 1657, some of the inhabitants of Farmington had become acquainted with a portion of the Naugatuck Yalley, and obtained from some of the native claimants, belonging to the Tunxis or Farmington tribe, a deed of a tract of land which secured to themselves certain rights and privileges therein mentioned. The deed, which is copied from the Farmington record, runs as follows : This Witnesseth that "Wee Kepaquamp and Querrimus and Mataueage have sould to William Lewis and Samuell Steele of ffarmington A psell or A trackt of Land called matetacoke that is to Say the hill from whence John Standley and John Andrews: brought the black lead and all the Land within eight: mylle: of that hill: on every side: to dig: and carry away what they will and To build on y' for y« Vse of them that Labor there: and not otherwise To improve: y® Land In witnes whereof wee; have hereunto set our: hands: and those: Indi- HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 3 ans above mentioned must free the purchasers from all Claymos: by any other Indyans: William Lewis Witnes John Steel Samuel Steele febuary: y« S^^ 1657 The niarke ^-^ of Kepaquamp: The mark ^^of Querrinius The mark of ^ iM^ ) A Mataneajrc Tlie abov^e deed is copied into Mr. Woodruff's sketch of the town of Litchfiehl, publislied in 1845. Mr. W. makes the fol- lowing remarks : " Precisely where the hill referred to in this deed was situated, I have been unable to discover, but from the subsequent claims of the grantees, from tradition, and from the deed itself, it would seem that it was in the southern part of Ilarwinton, and embraced that town, and also some portion of Pljaiiouth (then Mattatuck or Waterbury) and Litchfield. This purchase was made by the grantees in behalf of them- selves and a company composed of certain inhabitants of Farmington." It doubtless proved valueless for the purposes for which it was obtained, as we hear nothing further concern- ing the black lead. Another deed, bearing date the 11th day of August, 1Y18, from Petthuzso and Toxcrunuck, successors of the grantors, conveyed to the Farmington people the whole title to the above lands. The two deeds were the ground of a claim on the part of the grantees to the lands described ; but it was truly said that the territory north of Waterbury and west of Farmington had been conveyed by the Colony in Jan., 168G, to 4: niSTOKY OF WATERBUKY. the towns of Hartford and Windsor. Besides, there seems to have been a colonial statute in o]3eration, in 1718, and previ- ously, declaring that " no person or persons in this colony, whether inhabitants or not, shall buy, hire or receive a gift, or mortgage any parcel of Land or Lands, of any Lidian or Indi- ans for the future, except he or they do buy or receive the same for the use of the Colony, or for some plantation or vil- lage, or with the allowance of the General Court of this Col- ony," Nevertheless, the Farmington company, in 1718, re- ceived from the towns of Hartford and Windsor a grant of one sixth of the township of Litchfield, in consideration of their making over to said towns their interest in the disputed terri- tory. In process of time, certain hunters or explorers from Farm- ington, in their excursions into the western forests, discovered the flats or interval on the Naugatuck River, where the city of Waterbury now stands. They told their friends what they had seen. So favorable was their report, and such the disposi- tion of the early settlers to push out further into the forest, that tliey began at once to think of emigration. But at that period, according to the laws of the Colony, no person could acquire a title to Indian lands, or make a settlement upon them without the permission of the General Court. Having there- fore sent out from among themselves a committee to view the place for a new plantation, and obtained from them a favorable report, the Farmington people petitioned tlie " honered gen- eral court " for liberty to make a settlement. This was in the fall of 1673. The following is the petition referred to, preced- ed by the report of the committee spoken of : — We whos names are here under writen partly for our own satisfaction and for the satisfaction of some others haue bene too uieu matitacoocke in refarans to a plantation doo Judge it capable of the same, thomas newell Sean"" John warner Sean"" Richard Scmar Octtober: the 6: 1G73 Octob"- 9, 73 To the honerd generall court now siting In Hartford Houered gentlemen and fathers we being sensible of our great need of a comfort- able Subsistence doe hereby make our address to your selfs In order to the Same HISTORY OF WATERBURY. O Not Questiouing your care and faithfulness In y^ premisses: allso hoping of your frecness and I'eadyness to accomidate your poor suplicants with y' which we Judge to be: In your hands: acording to an orderly proceeding we therefore whose names are hereafter Inserted to humbly petition! your honors to take cog- nicanee; of our state who want Land to Labor vpon: for our subsistance & now hauing found out a track at a place called by y* Indians matitacoocke: which we aprihend maj- susfetiently acomidate to make a small plantation : we are therefore bould hereby to petetion your honors to grant vs y« liberty of planting y^ same with as many others as y' may be: capable comfortably to entertain and as for the purchasing of y« natives with your alowance we shall take care of: & so not to trouble with father Inlargements * * * * only desireing your due consideration & a return by our Louing ffreind John Lankton Thomas Newell Danioll wancr John Lankton abraham andrews John andrews Thomas hancox John waruer seineo"" John Carrington Daniell porter Dauiell andrews Edmund scott Joseph hancox John Standly Junior Thomas standly Abraham brouuson Obadiah richards Richard semer: Timothy standly John waner Junior william higgenson Isack brounson John porter Samuell hacox Thomas barnes John welton John Woodruff [State Records — Towns and Lands, Vol. I, p. 162.] Here is tlie action upon this petition : Oct. 1673 In answer to the petition of Seueral of the Inhabitants of the Town of Farm- ington that Mattatock that those lands might be granted for a plantation. This Court haue Seen cause to order that those lauds may be viewed sometime between this and the Court in may next and that rcporte be made to the Court in may next whether it be Judged fitt to make a plantation. The committee appointed are Lnt: Tho: Bull, Lnt: Rob' webster and Daniel pratt. [Nicholas Olmsted was afterwards substituted for Daniel Pratt, as a member of the Committee.] April 6, 7, 8, 9, 1674. We whose names are underwritten (according to the desire and appointment of y« honoured court) haue ueiewed y® lands upon Mattatuck riuer in order to a plantation, we do apprehend that there is about six hundred acres of meadow & plowing land lying on both sides of y« riuer besides upland conuenient for a towne plot, with a suitable out let into y« woods on y« west of y* riuer, and good feed- ing lands for cattell. 6 IIISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. The meadow & plowing land above written a considerable part of it lyeth in two peices near ye town plot, y« rest in smaller parcels, y« farthest of which we iudge not aboue fower miles from y® towne plot ; and our apprehensions are that it may accommodate thirty familyes Thomas Bull NicHo: Olmstkad Robert webster The " two jjieces near y® town plot " alluded in the above report, are probably tlie level river lands on the east side of the river afterwards called Manhan, or Mahan, Meadow, near which a final settlement was afterwards made, and the tract of meadow on the west side of the river near the mouth of Steel's Brook. The most distant piece " not above fower miles " was most likely the tract which at a later period was called Judd's meadow, now a part of I^augatuck. These natural meadows were looked upon with much favor by the early settlers, and were regarded not only as convenient but necessary to the ex- istence of a new plantation. On them they depended for fod- der for their " cattell " during the long and severe winters. Artificial meadows are prepared with difliculty and require much toil and time. They absorb capital, and appear only in the more advanced stages of society. The foregoing report of the committee showed the reason- ableness of the request of the " supplicants." The petition was granted, "and the Court appointed Major John Talcott, Lieut. Eobert Webster, Lieut. Nicholas Olmstead, Ens. Samuel Steel, Ensign John Wadsworth, a committee to regulate and order the settling of a plantation at Mattatuck." This com- mittee was composed of men of note, who bore honorable names, well known in the history of the Colony. Their titles attest the high consideration with which they were regarded. Major Talcott of Hartford was one of his majesty's justices of the peace, and assistant from 1062 to 1688, and treasurer of the Colony for nineteen years. He was distinguished for his gallantry and success in King Philip's war, in 1676. He commanded a body of five hundred and fifty English and Mohegans in several successful expeditions in that year. He died, leaving children, July 23d, 1688. The inventory of his estate amounted to £2,272. HISTORY OF AVATEEBURY. 7 Lient. Webster of Middletown and Hartford was a son of Gov. John Webster, and married a sister of Gov. Treat, by Avliom he had many sons and danghters. He was a respecta- ble man, though not distinguished like his father. He died in 1676, making his widow, Susannah, executrix of his wiU. His son Jonathan married a sister of John Hopkins, an early settler of Mattatuck. Lieut. Olmstead of Harlford was a son of James Olmstead, (who died in 1640,) and married a daughter of Joseph Looniis of Windsor. He was a Pequot soldier and apparantly a wild youth. In 1640, for his moral delinquencies, he was " ad- judged'' by "the P'^ticular Court" "to pay twenty pownd fyne to the country and to stand vppon the Pillery at Hartford the next lecture day, during the time of the lecture. He is to be sett on, a lytic before tlie beginning and to stay thereon a litle after the end." He was a de])uty in 1672, and in active service, as a lieutenant, in King Philip's war. He died in 1681, and was the father of several sons and daughters. Ens. Samuel Steele was the son of John Steele, an early settler of Hartford and a prominent man. He was born in 1626, and, together with his father, removed to Farmington at an early date, and became one of the original settlei-s of that town. He married Mary Boosy and had many children; Mary, Rachel, Sarah, Samuel, John, Benoni, James, Hannah, Ebenezer. In May, 1669, he was a deputy to the General Court in Hartford ; and in 1674, was approved as lieutenant of the Farmington "Traine Band." Late in life, he removed to Wethersfield, and died in 1685. He appears to have been a respectable but not a distinguished man. As a member of the committee, he was one of the most active, and was connected by marriage with some of the leading planters of Mattatuck. His sister Mary married Serg. William Judd,and his sister Sarah, Lieut. Thomas Judd ; while his brother John married a sister of the Judds. He is the only one of the committee who has left his name in tlie territory he assisted to plant, and connected it indissolubly with its physical features. Steel's Brook and the tracts of land upon its borders, Steel's Meadow and Steel's Plain, will pre- serve the memory of Samuel Steele. O IIISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. Ensign Jolm Waclswortli of Farmington, was a son of Wil- liam Wadsworth. of Hartford, and brother, I believe, of the famous Captain Joseph Wadsworth, of charter-oak memory. He was an assistant from 1679 to his death in 1689. Some of his descendants have been distinguished. The business of this committee was " to regulate and order," in the language of the record, the aifairs of the plantation ; to make rules for the planters and prescribe the conditions of set- tlement ; to select a site for the town ; to lay out the house lots and to dispose of them and of the other lands, so far as exj)e- dient, by grant ; to direct concerning highways and fences ; to consult with the people, and to watch over their best interests. They were expected to see to it that education, virtue and re- ligion were properly cared for in the infancy of the settlement, and to act with authority, when the emergency and the common weal required it. They were selected as the tem- porary guardians and the fathers of the plantation, with all the j)ower usually exercised by the town authorities. In fact, they were to found a town ; to organize it, and to supply it with locomotive force, until it got legs of its own. This done, their duties were ended, and their trust could l)e resigned. The assembly's committee, (called on the town records the Grand Committee,) thus constituted, in pursuance of their duties, drew up the following Articles of Association and . Agreement, which the proposed settlers signed : — Articles agred vpon and concluded by us whos names are vnder writen the Comity for settling a plantation att mattatucke as followeth that 1 Euery on[e] that is excepted for an inhabitant at matatueke shall have eight acres for a hous lott 2 We agre that the distribution of medow shall be proportioned to each person Acording to estats [propriety] noe person exceding a hundred pound alot ment except too or thre alotments which we the Comite shall lay out acording to our best discrestion 3 Also wee agree that all taxes and Ratts that shall be leuyed for defraying pub- lick charges shall be payed proportion ably acording to their medow alotments and this article to stand in full fore and vertue fine years next folowing the datt here- of and after the end and expiration of fiue yers all Ratts for defraying publike charges shall be leuyed and raised upon persons and estats acording to the law or custom of the coutry 4 We determin that every parson that tacks up alotments att mattatucke within HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 9 four }'er after the datt hereof shall build agood substan shall Dwelling house [at least eighteen feet in length and sixteen feet wide and]* nine foot between joynts with a good chimly in the forsaid place. 5 Itt is agred in case any parson shall faile of building as aforsaid: a dweling house upon his lott as is inioyned within the 4th article within the terme of four vers after the date herof shall forfit all his alotments att mattatucke and lose all his right and title therein buildings only Excepted to be dis posed to such: other meet parsons for im proue ment as shall be excepted by the Comity acording to the conditions of these Articles 6 And itt is also agreed that euery one to whom alotments are granted shall par- sonly tack up his resedenc as an in habitant att mattatuck in his own house within the term of four yeres after the date hereof and upon failler or defalte shall forfitt his lands and alottments att mattatuck to be improued as aforsaid by the comite 7 Itt is further concluded that Every parson that shall be posesed of lands att the said mattatock shall inhabit and dwell ther in his own House for the time and term of four yers after he hath built acording to the Tenu'' and true meaning of the fourth Article and untill the said foure yers be ended no parson shall haue pouer to mack any alynation or sale of the afor said lands of what he or they are posesed of 8 J'inaly itt is determined that all those parsons to whom alottments Are granted (by vs the comity) shall be ingaged to the forgoing Articles by a subscription of tlieir names or marcks And for a full confirnuition of the forgoing articles wee the comitie haue this thir tyeth of may in the yere one tliousand six hundred seuenty and four: sub- scribed our names We whos names are under writen doe Igag a^ "^^^^ Talcott faithful submission to and performance of the JJo^ert webster ~ . . , ... 1 1 ii ■ • r Nicholas ohnsted forgomg articles as wittness our hands this sixt ., „° . , , .H. bamuel steel of June in the yer lb74 J John wadsworth John Langhton loo Thomas Ilankox 100 John Andres loo William Judd 100 Thomas Juddl Ju'' 100 John Warner Jun 90 Edmun Scoot 100 Thomas Richarson 50 John wilton 080 William Higason 70 Abraham Andrus 080 John Carington 060 Isaac Brunson 090 Obadiah Richards 080 John Stanly Ju'' 100 Thomas NeweU [for] son 100 Samuell hicok Richard Seamor 085 100 Sargt John Stanly for son Daniel Warner 95 60 Abraham Brounson 080 John Warner sen 100 Isaac brounson ingageth for him John Judd 100 John Porter 080 Joseph Hecoks 060 * The clause in brackets is presumed to have been inadvertently left out in tlie record. I have supplied the omission from other copies. 10 IIISTOKY OF WATEKBUEY. Joh bronson Ju' 080 Thomas Jud seno"" for his j Thomas Gridly 080 son Sam" J"'^^*^ Danill Porter for son 090 Sam' ' Gridly 90, th newell* Soon after the signing of the articles of settlement, a new and more thorough exploration of the country was made, with a view of finding out its capabilities and deciding on a place for the center of the town. In the meantime, however, the committee took the precaution to extinguish any title to the land which was in the native or Indian proprietors. " Per order and in the name and behalf of the Genaral Court of Connecticut in New England," they purchased of certain In- dians, eleven in number, living in Farmington and belonging to the Tunxis tribe, (and took to themselves a deed of the same,) a certain tract of land at Mattatuck, lying on both sides of the Naugatuck River, ten miles in length from north to soutli, and six miles in breadth from east to west, but- ting east on Farmington bounds, south on Pegasset, (Derby,) west on Pegasset, Pomperang, (Woodbury,) and Potatuck, (Southbury,) and north on the wilderness. The consideration was thirty-eight pounds in hand, and "divers good causes," and the deed bore date Aug. 21st, 1674. It may be found in the second volume of the Waterbury Land Records, page 224, and is signed (by marks) by Caraachacpio, James, Putteko, Atumtacko, Alwaash, Spinning Squaw, Nosaheagon, John Compound, Queramousk, Chere, Aupkt. The witnesses are Samuel Willis, Benjamin Fenn and Philip Lewis. During the same season, a site was selected for the contem- plated village. It was the elevated ground on the west side the river, which, from this circumstance, has ever since been known by the name of Old Town Plat, or Town Plot. It was airy and showy ground, overlooking the alluvial lands upon the river. Here, three quarters of a mile west of the * Thomas Newell, Jr., was afterwards substituted for Samuel Gridley, and the name is placed here in the original. This document is taken from the second volume of the Waterbury Land Records, pages 221 and 222. It is in the hand of John Stanly, copied professedly from the original by direction of the proprietors, (in 1717,) after he removed from Waterbury, and certified by John Judd, then the town clerk. There are several copies of this paper to be found in the early volumes of the Town and Proprietor's Records, diflfering from one another in several (for the most part) unim- portant particulars. I have selected that which was fullest and seemingly most complete and authentic. HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 11 present city, the roads were laid out, the one nmning north and south, sixteen rods "wide.* This was cut in the middle, by an east and west road, running down towards the river, south of Sled Ilall Brook, eight rods wide. There was another cross- road at the south end, probably near the present highway over the hill from the south bridge. The home lots, eight acres in each, according to the articles of settlement, were ranged along the north and south street, thirty-two in number, sixteen on each side, the east and west road already referred to, divid- ing each " teer " in the middle, leaving eight lots on either hand. So much was done in the summer and fall of 1674, towards the settlement of Mattatuck, but it does not appear that any dwellings were erected. For some cause, not fully understood, the progress of the enterprise was suspended at this point. Perhaps the country, on a closer examination, did not prove so attractive as it had been represented. In the following year, however, there were new and obvious reasons for not pushing forward the enterprise. A more serious and pressing business presented itself, demanding attention. Early in the summer of 1675, the great Indian War of New England, commonly called King Philip's War, broke out. Connecticut, though not itself attacked, entered with spirit into the struggle. Her sons left their husbandry and followed Treat and Talcott to the scene of danger. All thoughts of new settlements were abandoned and many of those recently com- menced were broken up. For the present, the policy of the colonies was to concentrate themselves that their defense might be less difficult. It was a fierce and bloody war, in which the parties aimed at extermination. It was more destructive to the lives, property and immediate prospects of the country, than any which has taken place since. The whole weight of it fell upon New England, then containing about forty thou- * Afterwards, or January 15, 16TT, old stj-le, when a new site had been selected and approved for the town, the committee passed a new order respecting this road, as follows : — " we order the highway of sixteen rods wide that is already layed out north and south through the old town platt to be butt two rods wide and grant that the propriators of ecih side the said highway to butt upon the new highway for enlargement of their lots proportionally." 12 HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. sand people, (Connecticut perhaps ten thousand,) widely dis- persed in small settlements, and destitute of almost everything but stout hearts and a trust in Heaven. It was brought to a successful termination, without any assistance from the mother country, or the neighboring colonies, in the latter part of 1676, by the death of King Philip, an able, and, in many respects, a wise chief. Who among those who subsequently became the planters of Mattatuck were personally engaged in the war against King Philip and his confederates, I am -unable to say. I find, however, the following: A meeting of the Coimcill in Hartford Dec. 5, 1670. The Councill granted John Brunson of Farmington the sume of fine pounds, as a reparation for his wounds and damage rec*. thereby, and quarteridg and half pay to the first of this present moneth. [Col. Rec. II, p. 483.] There were, at this time, three persons bearing the name of John Bronson living in Farmington, John, John the son of John, and John, Jr., the son of Richard. Probably the ex- tract refers to John, the son of John, who went to "VVaterbury, and the reward was for injuries received in the war just closed. His father, though an old Pequot soldier, was now doubtless too old for active service. CHAPTER 11. THE SETTLEMENT BEGUN: TOWN CENTER. In the spring of 1677, the tranquillity of the colony being secured, the Farmington people began once more to think of making a settlement at Mattatuck. They were, however, dis- satisfied with the place selected for a village site. Though attractive from its sightliness and probable healthfulness, a closer examination brought to light disadvantages and objec- HISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. 13 tions of a decisive cliaracter. The many broad acres which it allowed for each man's home lot were hardly a recompense for its rocky sm-face and moderate productiveness. It was of diili- cnlt access from the east. It could be reached from the river lands (from which, in an important degree, subsistence was expected to be drawn) only by a long and steep ascent. Be- sides, a settlement upon the west side of the river would be liable, from the frequent floods which covered the flats, to have its communication with Farmington cut oflT. For the present, Farmington alone would connect the people with the civili- zation of the day, whence, for a time, must be obtained many of the necessities and all the comforts of life. There lived their friends, and there they would look for refuge, or succor, in case of a hostile attack from the Indians. There, too, for a time, they must resort for the regular ministrations and ordi- nances of the Gospel. In pursuance of a plan entertained by those most interested of changing the town center, a meeting of the proprietors was held and a committee appointed " to vew and consider whether It will not be for the benefit," &c. This is the first meeting of the ancient proj)rietors of Waterbury, of which we have any account. I infer, from the date, that it was held in Farming- ton, though the place is not mentioned. The vote passed at this meeting is recorded, and the record seems to be original. It is the oldest, by several years, of the Waterbury Records. The recorder is, apparently, the " John Standly, Jr.," who sub- scribed the articles of settlement, though his name does not appear — the same person who subsequently, for many years, is known as the clerk of the proprietors and the town. The vote is written in a business-like hand, somewhat brisker than that which characterized the clerk's performances at a later day. The record book is an old, dingy manuscript, of foolscap size, which I dug out of a mass of forgotten rubbish, found in a private family. The sheets are sowed through and through, in the middle, by a cord of unnecessary strength, and the whole is covered by coarse, brown paper turned over at the edge, with a broad margin and made fast with a thread. Many leaves are gone at the beginning and end, and those 14 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. wliicli are left, are rent and broken and exceedingly brittle when handled. Fifty fonr pages only remain. This is the first original Proprietor's Book, now in existence. Much of its contents has been copied, by successive clerks, into more recent books. The same has been done with the other earliest records, and the originals afterwards scattered and lost. Care has been taken by transcribing to preserve the evidences of property, particularly land titles ; but other matters have been regarded as of little account. The following is the vote referred to in the preceding para- graph :— At a metting held by the proprietors of mattatucke may the twenty first, 1&11, upon furder Considaration of some difeculty that doth atende them seting the towne whare It is now kid out theay made chois of deacon Judd, John Langhton sen' John andrus sean"" goodman Rote and John Judd and danell porter as a comite to vew & Consider whether It will not be more for the benefit of the propriators In Generah to set the towne on this east side of the River contenting themselfes with les hom lots prouided: those formerly laide out be secured to them: prouided also they thinke & conclude It so to be to aduis with the grande Comite and in conjunction with them they jine with liberty so so doe we the proprietors agre to act Acordingly not withstanding what Is alredy done. As the result of these movements, favored by the reason- ableness of the thing itself, the Court's committee changed the town center to the place where it now is, the planters " contenting themselfes with les home lots." The latter seem- ed disposed to settle as near as possible to the lands from which they expected to draw their chief sustenance. In consequence of this anxiety, they jeoparded health to some extent. They erected their dwellings, in many instances, upon ground which was wholly unfit for building purposes. Just at the center of the village, the land was low and wet, and in some instances, marshy, and covered with standing water. Even within the writers's memory, the road was made solid by logs, laid in " corduroy " fashion, and cows that got off the traveled path sunk deep and helplessly in the yielding mire. As the conse- quence of its low situation, the ancient town was often envel- oped in fogs, as the young city now is. A part of the sickness and mortality among the early planters, may, perhaps, be attrib- uted to damp dwellings and an unhealthy locality. Against HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 15 the evils of these, they could provide but a slight defense, on account of their straitened circumstances. Our fathers, looking to agriculture for support, did not select the most eligible part of the Naugatuck Yalley for a settlement. Indeed they could hardly have fared worse, within the limits of their future township. Had they gone up or down the river, and planted themselves in what is now Plymouth, or Nauga- tuck, they would have found better land, and have been in the former case no farther removed from their friends in Farmington. It is true, they would not have had, perhaps, as liberal a supply of meadow lands, ready cleared and prepared for tillage ; but these proved, in the end, an unsafe depend- ence. Had they crossed the river and established themselves in present Watertown, they would have found a good soil of superior agricultural capacity, for this part of the State. Mid- dlebury, too, that part of it embraced within the limits of the ancient town, though rough, has much strong land. But there was an objection to a locality so far west, with the Naugatuck* flowing between the settlers and the parent towii, which has already been alluded to. On the tenth day of September, 1677, the committee, being the grantees named in the deed from the Indians conveying the lands of Mattatuck, nuide over all their title and interest in the same to the proprietors of Mattatuck. By this act, liow- ever, they did not part with any of their authority in the man- agement of the settlement. This is the assigmnent, signed by John Talcott, only : — The aboue writen deed of sale we the said John talcot Nicholas olmsted and Samuel Steel do this tenth of September in the year 1077 asign and mack oucr aU our Right and tittle therein and thereunto vnto Thomas Judd John Stanly Samuell hickoks and Abraham brunson inhabitants of mattatuck to themselus heirs and asigns for euer and to the rest of the inhabitants belonging to the said mattatuck for them selves and their heirs and asigns for ever as wittness our hands the said inhabitants having payd the purches to our order the purchesers Lieut Webster being dead before our Asign Signed and delivered by us John Talcott * Naugatuck— in the Indian lan^age, N'avkotunl\ one large tree — is said to have been the original name of Iluraplireysville, (Seymour;) so called from a large tree which formerly stood near Rock Kimmon at Seymour. (Barber's Con. Uist. Col.) 16 niSTOKY OF WATERBUEY. Soon after this assignment, or in October next following, the committee in the exercise of their approj^riate functions, " ordered " that the inhabitants of the new plantation "shonld settle near together for benefit of Christian duties and defense against enemies." They also modified at a little later date, some of the conditions of settlement, in consequence of the un- expected delay which had taken place in the movement of the emigrants. I quote, the date being Jan. 15th, 16Y7, (16Y8, new style) :* We doe allso alow the propriators of mattatuck one yere for settleing them • selues on [in] the aforesaid mattatuck more than was first granted: not withstand ing any thing to the contrary and all publick charges to be borne one yer longer or more than is concluded in the third article datted may 30"' 1611 From various circumstances, it would seem that the first settlers came to this place some time in the summer of 1677, bnt at what precise date, I have been unable to ascertain. At any rate they were here on the tenth of September, as appears by the assignment of the Indian deed to certain persons, " in- habitants of Mattatuck." They came without their families, and erected some rude huts, for temporary shelter, on the banks of the river, near Sled Hall, so called. Having pnt in their winter crops, and made some preparations for the ensuing spring, most of them probably returned to Farmington, as the cold weather came on. In the spring following, some of the proprietors remov- ed their families to their new-found homes, and went to work. And serious work they had to do. But they were inured to it. Their hands were hardened by toil, and their hearts made * The old year began March 25th. Between 16S5 and 1690, the subject was first agitated of making a change, and commencing the year Jan. 1st. During this interval, some used old style and others new style. After 1690, the custom obtained, when giving a date from Jan. 1st to March 25th, of adding the new year to the old, in the form of a double date. Thus Feb. 5, 1710, old style, (which would be Feb. 5,_1711, new style,) was written Feb. 5, 17^. The custom, however, was not entirely uniform. Some began the year on the 1st of March, and on (and after) that day employed the new style. Our clerks were very careless, following no certain rule. Mr. Southmayd sometimes uses the double date, sometimes old style and sometimes new style. More usually, he employs new style for dates occurring any time in March. On the 14th day of March, 1752, it was enacted by Parliament that the year should commence on the 1st day of January. By the same act, eleven days were struck out of the month, and the third was called the fourteenth, to correct an error arising from the " procession of the equi- noxes." In this work, when referring to specific dates, I shall observe the custom of the eras concerning which I write, making at the time such explanation as may be necessary. HISTORY OF WATEEBURT. IT brave by successful encounter with difficulty and danger. They were neither drones nor cowards. They were tough men, and had come into a tough country — a country which, for easy tillage, was in striking contrast with the plains of Farmington. Though prepared for unceasing toil and much sacrifice, they probably did not expect the prolonged hardship, the great dis- couragements, and fearful calamities which kept the popula- tion of the colony stationary for more than thirty years. In the course of the summer of 1678, a few houses were erected on the newlj'^ selected site for the village. They were constructed of logs, after the fashion of the new settlements of the present day, with the naked ground, or in some cases, if the soil was wet, or the occupants were persons of taste and substance, with split logs, for a floor. They were " good and substantial dwellings," doubtless, (" mantion houses," they were sometimes called,) "'at least eighteen feet in length and sixteen feet wide, and nine foot between joynts with a good chimly " of stone and clay mortar, according to the re- quirements of the subscribed articles; but they were not what, at this day, would be called fashionable. They might have been picturesque, provided the spectator stood far enough off. We shall be obliged to guess how they were furnished; but I risk nothing in saying tliat they contained no tapestry carpeting or lace curtains. They in fact were designed for shelter, not ornament. According to tradition, there were, at a later period, forty of these rude log-houses, standing at one time, in the town center. The village streets were laid out, in the commencement, very nearly, in most cases, where they still are — three running east and west, something more than half a mile long, and three shorter ones running north and south, the four outside streets forming an irregular oblong square, the east being more than twice as broad as the west end. The west street on the map of Waterbury, published in 1852, is called Willow street; the east. Mill street and Cherry street ; the north. Grove street, and the south. Grand street and Union street ; while the central streets are named, one West and East Main, and the other Bank, North Main and Cook streets. No new roads of much 2 18 HISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. importance liave been laid outnntil about the commencement of the present cen tury. That part of Cook street, however, which lies between Main and Grove streets, previously to 1703, ran farther west than at present. It must have wound round between the hills west of Lyman W. Coe's house, coming into Grove street, probably a few rods west of the present junction, where the Brunt Hill road (Cook above Grove) commences. It passed west far enough to leave a house lot of four acres, owned by Benjamin Warner, between the road and the brow of the hill just east of the Little Brook, near the house owned by Andrew Bryan. In the conveyances of this four acre lot after it went out of the possession of "Warner, it is de- scribed as in two pieces, the larger one butting east, and the smaller west, on the highway. The town action, relating to this new road up the Brook is seen in the following extract from the town record : January: 25"^: 1702-3 y^ town with benimin worner exchanged y* highway on y6 west s^ worners hous lot next beniamin barns to let s"* worner haue y' hiway for a three rods highway throu his lot on y® hill sid on y^ east s^ his lot next y« litle brook and s"* worner is to extend southword in ye frunt of his lot to y^ sixt porst of beniamin barnses fenc y' is now set and to extend northward in y® deui- dent loyn next barns as fur as s*" barnses lot gos and to run to his own north east conr not to pergedis [&c.] Probably when the town was planned and the highways staked out, there was no road contemplated in the place of that which runs diagonally from Mr. Coe's, past Charles D. Kings- bury's to the east end of Grove street ; but subsequently, and before long, its convenience became apparent. It is mention- ed in connection with the grant of George Scott's (after- wards Benjamin Warner's) liouse lot, in December, 1687, and referred to " as the highway that runs over the Little Brook." After this road was nuide, the thought of a new and better road north, up the brook, doubtless suggested itself. The road w^hich now runs from Bank, across South Main, and up Union, to the top of the hill, being a continuation of Grand, seems not to have existed in the early history of the town. This appears from the descriptions of the home lots on the easterly side of Bank street, which were bounded west, HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 19 but not north or south, on highway. South Main street, so called, was laid out and made as a countrj road, not till after 1800 ; but there was, from an early date, a passage, called the Pine Hill road, from the south end of Bank street, near wliere Meadow street commences, running southeasterly in the general direction of Meadow street,* within the common fence, to the Mad River crossing, near the present bridge, and so on to Judd's Meadow, (Naugatuck.) A branch from this passage, communicatingwith what is now Union street, and the corn mill, (Scovill Manufacturing Go's Rolling Mill,) extended northeasterly, bounding in the rear, or on the southeast, some of the Bank street home lots above mentioned. I have been unable to find (as already suggested) any refer- ence at an early date, to what is now Union street, from Bank to Elm. I have not identified it as bounding any of the home lots, or any grants of land. And yet, it was probably includ- ed in the original plan of the village. A road, or path, such as I have referred to in the preceding paragraph, connecting the corn mill with the Pine Hill road running down the river, was required for the convenience of the people. I obtain no certain knowledge of it, however, till March 13th, 1730, when a highway was laid out, (which has been closed within the last thirty years,) beginning near the top of the hill, a little west of Elm street, " a little below Hopkins' Plain bars, from that highway that runs by the common fence, to that that goes to Judd's Meadow," at a stake on the brow of the hill, in the corner of Thomas Porter's lot, running across said lot south- wardly fourteen rods, then seven rods, " at the bottom of the hill within Deacon Clark's fence, where it empties into said highway that goes to Judd's Meadow, two rods wide." It came out near Charles Bronson's house. It was to be a " pent road," that is, to be closed at its upper end with a gate or bars. Its object appears to have been to shorten the distance to the mill, for the southern and southwestern inhabitants. Probably the survey above referred to is, for the most part, * The passage referred to, at the time the turnpike was made, (1801,) came into the latter near the house of John M. Stocking, (on the map.) ZU HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. only a resiirvey of an old road — tlie same wliicli has been allud- ed to as extending in the rear of the Bank street home lots, bound- ing them on the east. Union street, within the present century, came into South Main from the east, farther north than now, at a point nearly opposite the continuation of Grand street. Mill street, below the old mill, which thirty years ago ran close to the river, down to the place occupied by the Hotchkiss & Merriman Manufacturing Go's Factory, did not exist at an early period. The lot between the mill-dam and the river crossing, bounded easterly on the river, in 1718. Abraham Andruss' house lot next the river, below the crossing, bounded on the river in 1687 and 1704. The following extract relates to that part of Mill street which runs from the old corn mill to East Main street, by George W. Welton's house : — Water bury March y« 9"» 1720 we whose name are under writen ware formerly apointed aecomety with leftenante Judd by the town of Waterbury to lay out high- ways to the mill in persuante thare too we laid out a high way from the Rode that goes to farmingtown opposite against the south easte corner of the hous lot that is now thomas hikcox so to the mill foure rods wide at that ende next be fore mentioned rode and something wider towards the mill buting east upon doctor porters land and west upon the land that Stephen hopkins hous now stands on Benjamin Barnes mark Comety Stephen 2 Ubson Sen. his From another and earlier record, it would seem that the above was a re-survey of an old highway, or else that the committee previously appointed to lay it out neglected to do it. A copy of the record is given below. The old road re- ferred to, w^hich was to be changed, bore off more to the east than the present one. Desember 8 1712 de [deacon] thomas Judd abraham andrus s' Stuen upson was chosen a commity to run a hi way north from the mill between John hopkins and doc danll porter in order to chang it for land on west sid the mill plan of s^ hopkins and mak return to the town " The mill path," so called in the early records, now Cole street, which runs obliquely from East Main by Mrs. Zenas Cook's house (on the map) to the mill, was not apparently an I HISTORY OF WATEKBUKT. 21 original street, though it existed from an early period. I find it first alluded to in 1694, in connection with John Richards' house and honse lot. I believe there is no early mention made of that part of Cherry street which runs north and south, except incidentally. In December, 172-i, the town granted John Bronson liberty to run the lines by his house in a certain manner ; but he was " to leave a high way six rods wide against his house." His house (then the only one upon the street) stood just north of Solomon B. Miner's, (on the map.) Cherry street, at that point, was once much wider than now. The upper end of Cherry street, that portion of it which runs westerly across the Great Brook and terminates at North Main, was laid out by Daniel Southmayd, Dec. 1st, 1746, though doubtless it existed as a passage long before. It is described as " a highway at the upper end of Lt. John Bron- son's saw mill lot, beginning at the highway that goes by said Bronson's new barn, tlie first corner being at James Nichols' southeast corner, which is the first corner of the highway, running west twenty one rods to said Nichols' southwest corner, which is the northwest corner of said liighway, bounded north on said Nichols' land, three rods wide, the bounds being on the north side." Grove street was surveyed or re-surveyed, in two parts, Dec. 21, 1752. The east part began at Deacon Thomas Bron- son's clay pit pasture, (corner of North Main and Grove streets,) and ran west thirty-two rods to the southwest corner of Isaac Nichols' Little Brook pasture, terminating at the road that " goes north from Obadiah Worner's barn to Robert Johnsons house," (Cook street continued.) It was four rods wide. The west part began at the highway last mentioned " at the South East corner of William Adams lot," and ran west one hund)-ed and sixteen rods " to the highway that goes by Serg. Thomas Barnes house," (Willow street.) It was three rods wide. This highway doubtless existed from the beginning of the settlement. The original home-lots on West Main street were bounded on it on the north. Church street was laid out May 5th, 1S06. It ran south forty rods and was two rods wide. 22 HISTORY OF WATEKBUET. The following action of the grand committee related to East Main street. — (Joseph Gaylord lived on the north side of the street, on the corner of North Main.) Farmington November 27 1619: A meeting of the comitte for mattatuck Itt is determined that high way layed out by Lt. Samuell Steele att the east end of the town plat att mattatuck running eastward out of said town plat being thre rod wid shall always be and remain for publick and common vse which is between Joseph Gaylords lott and a hous lott reserved for such inhabitants as shall her- after be entertained I have given above all which I have been able to gather, concerning the old highways comprehended in the original plan of the town center. There is nothing on record regard- ing tlie most ancient roads as they were first laid out. What- ever we know is obtained from the re-surveys, incidental re- marks and the very imperfect memoranda, and often erroneous descriptions of the home lots, and the early land grants, w^hich " butted " on highways. In Feb. 1702-3, it was ordered by the town " that the high- ways layd out be recorded :" but this order appears to have been wholly neglected till 1716. The home-lots of the first settlers of Mattatuck were upon the central streets, most of them on that running east and west, a few on the one running north and south. The lots on the outside streets, and those that were situated most distant from , the center, were taken up at later dates, as there was occasion for them. They were staked out by the committee, and those first disposed of, distributed by lot, in the way the old town plot lots were designed to be, without reference to amount of proprietorship. They varied in size according to the desirable- ness of the locality, and " the make of the ground," natural disadvantages being compensated by additional acres. A majority of them contained two acres, but some had four, one five, and others only one and a half acres. Some eligible lots were reserved, and many outside ones, not so desirable, w^ere left for future settlers. These were disposed of by grant — by the committee, at first, and subsequently by the j)i"oprie- tors. Around the " Green," (Centre Square,) on all sides and so HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 23 west as far as the house of the late Bennet Bronson, the houses were numerous, the hand having been all taken up and built upon, except a tract near the present Episcopal Church, The lots on the south side of the road, except one at the east end, and those on the north side, except four at the east end, extend- ed through to the back streets. Previously to about 1700, there were no dwellings east of Dr. Jesse Porter's, north of C. D. Kingsbury's, south of a house on Bank street, marked on the map, " Timothy Ball," and west of the late B. Bron- son's. On the plan of the old town center, I have entered the names of the first settlers. When the block is omitted, it is to be understood that no house is expressly mentioned, (in some cases from inadvertence, probably,) as existing on the lot. There are no land records of Waterbury, attempting descrip- tion, that bear date earlier than 1687, immediately after the incorporation of the town. The lands granted by the Assem- bly's committee were not recorded at the time ; and those which were afterwards distributed by the proprietors, in pub- lic meetings, are not defined, except in the most general terms. For instance, in 1684, the proprietors granted to Daniel Porter " four acers in y^ wigwam swamp as near y^ loer end as may be so as to liaue the breath [breadth] of y« swamp." But in the year named, (1687,) something more was attempted. A record was made of each man's lots, and particularly of his house lot. This was made both in Hartford (on the colony records) and in "Waterbury. The description is of the brief- est sort, and in the most general terms. Boundaries are given, and the estimated number of acres ; and whether the title was obtained by purchase, or special grant. If a deed had been taken, the date of the signing and acknowledgment is given, with the name of the commissioner, or justice. These record- ed and very brief accounts, are afterwards referred to as evi- dence of title. On these chiefly, I have been obliged to rely in my attempts to locate the early planters of Waterbury, They are often so indefinite, so lacking in detail, so erroneous indeed, that it is a matter of the utmost difiiculty to make anything out of them. Distances are very rarely given, and points of compass, never, except in the most general way. 24 HISTOEY OF WATEKBURT. East is sometimes inadvertently used for west, and north for south, and vice versa. Tlie settlers often bought and sold, and exchanged houses and lots, and this circumstance has increas- ed the diificulty of ascertaing the earliest dwelling places of individuals. CIIAPTEE III. DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS. Of the thirty original subscribers to the articles of settle- ment, thirteen never became permanent proprietors of Water- bury. Tlieir names follow : John Warner, Sen., Daniel Warner, John Andruss, Abraham Bronson, Thomas Gridlet, John Porter, Richard Seymour. William Higason, Samuel Gridley, John Lankton, John Judd, Samuel Judd, William Judd. John Warner, Sen,, and Daniel Warner, father and son, whose names are in the first group, both intended to join the planters of Mattatuck, but died when about to remove, in 1679, in Farmington. The place of the father seems to have been filled by his son, Thomas Warner ; while the death of the son gave rise to the following action of the committee, which con- ferred his rights upon his widow. HISTOKY OF AVATERBUKY. iiO Farmington, November 26, 1679, Where as Daniel Worner with his Family were upoa the Remove to Mattatuck, And on that Juncture of time the Divine providence of God hath Removed the S^ Daniell out of the Land of the Land of* the Living. Out of compassion to his Relict & children left behind him, we do Grant the s** Relict shall hold her Allottments Firm and Good to her self and children not with standing any thing Contained In any Former Article to the Contrary, only advising her Self and Re- latives that a Dwelling house be Erected there with all possible Speed, and that Shee Inhabit there or some sufficient person to manage he[r] Lands & accommo- dations upon the place. By us John Talcott John Wadsworth Nicholas Olmstead Samuel Steel A true Record of the Original Attest John Southniayd, Clerk. It appeared early that there were several of the original sign- ers of the articles who had changed their minds, and had no longer any intention of becoming permanent settlers of Matta- tuck. They made a declaration to this effect, and the com- mittee permitted other applicants to take their places, Tliere were five of these persons who abandoned the enterprise at the outset, or in the first season, 16TT, before any houses were erected. No more than one of these is heard of as having been with the first planters of this town. Their names are in the second giouj). John Andruss. Benjamin Jones was accepted as a proprie- tor, in his stead. The name will again be mentioned in con- nection with his son, Abraham, an early settler. He was one of the committee of the proprietors, appointed May twenty- first, 1677, to take into consideration the expediency of remov- ing the town site. Abraham Bronson was a younger brother of John and Isaac Bronson, original signers and settlers. He was one of the as- signees named in the assignment of the first Indian deed to certain persons, " inhabitants of Mattatuck." Tliis was Sept. 10, 1777 ; so that he would seem to have been one of the first * So in the Record. 26 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKT. company of planters. But he sickened of the enterprise, and his place was filled Jan. 15, 1677-8, by John Scovill, Thomas Gridley, of Farmington, was a son of Thomas Grid- le}'^ of Hartford and Farmington, and brother of Samuel, an- other signer. His name is among those of the " eighty-four Proprietors of Farmington," in 1673. He was born 1650, and died in 1742. The vacancy made by his failure was supplied by Joseph Gaylord, Jan. 15th, 1677-8. John Porter, of Farmington, was probably a son of Robert, a subsequent settler and proprietor. David Carpenter was accepted for him, Jan. 15tli, 1677-8. The family will again be mentioned. Richard Seymour, of Farmington, was a son of Richard Seymour, of Hartford, Farmington and Norwalk. He was the leader of the settlement which was made at the Great Swamp, (afterwards Kensington,) to which place he removed in 1685. He was killed by the falling of a tree in 1710. His wife died in 1712. His sister Mercy married John Steel, the father of Ensign Samuel Steel, one of the State's Committee ; and his sister Mary married, in 1644, Thomas Gridley, another signer. Benjamin Barnes was accepted in his place, Jan. 15th, 1677, (1678, new style.) The six persons in the third group all had meadow allot- ments and divisions of the common fence assigned them, at, different times, from 1678 to 1681 ;* and from this circum- stance it is rendered probable that they were, for a time at least, residents at Mattatuck, with a prospect of securing their proprietary rights and becoming permanent settlers. William Higason. His name is on the list of proj^rietors of Farmington, 1672. He was born in 1648, and had several children — Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary. The last, mar- ried Clark Carrington, a son of John, an original propri- etor of Waterbury. Edmund Scott, Jr., was accepted for him and took his allotments, about 1680. Samuel Gridley, a " smith " and " trader," was a son of * The four first divisions of fence, of which a record has been preserved, were made between these dates. niSTOEY OF WATEfiBURY. 27 Thomas, and elder brother of Thomas above mentioned. He M^as born in 1647, and died 1712, having had eleven children. Thomas Newell, Sen. was made a proprietor in his place, prob- ably before 1680. John Lankton, or Langdon, was a deacon of the church in Farmington. He was one of the committee raised in May, 1677, to inquire into the propriety of removing the town site. He was a son-in-law of Thomas Gridley, had several children, and died in 1689. His rights as proprietor of Mattatuck were declared forfeited, " Feb. 5"^, 1680," and were afterwards con- ferred on John Hopkins, the miller. John Judd and Samuel Judd, were sons of Dea. Thomas Judd, of Farmington, to be hereafter mentioned. They neg- lected to comjjly with the articles of settlement, and, after a long indulgence on the part of the committee, their allotments were " condemned," Feb. 6th, 1682. (1682-3.) The commit- tee accepted of Abraham Andruss, 2d, or Jr., in the place of John Judd ; and at a later period, 1687, Samuel's right was bestowed on his brother Philip. William Judd was an elder brotlier of John and Samuel, above mentioned — a man of substance, of much influence and greatly esteemed. He was the most distinguished of the Judds, and promised to be the leading man among the plant- ers of Mattatuck He is usually called Sergeant William Judd, he having been confirmed sergeant of the Farmington train band by the County Court of Hartford, Dec. 4th, 1679. He was one of a committee to apportion the fence among the proprietors, appointed Jan. 15th, 1677-8, and was selected for a similar service, March 11th, 1678-9. At the same date, he was chosen, in company with Lieut. Steele and John Stanley, to lay out " the three acre lots " to the settlers, and was allow- ed the privilege of having his own lot laid out adjoining his house lot. From the nature of the duties assigned liim, and the way he is spoken of, I conclude that he was an inhabitant of Mattatuck at the dates mentioned, with the intention of remaining ; but some how the time allowed for building, &c., ran out, and on complaint, he along with other delinquents, was declared, under date of "Feb. 5th, 1680," to have for- feited all his rights. Here is the action of the committee : 28 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. In consideration of some of those persons that haue had alotments granted Att mattatuck we haue heard the alygations layed in against them and doe determin that deacon John langton william Judd and dauid carpenter haue forfited all their rights and tittles to those alotments granted to them att mattatuck not hauing at- tended [to] those articles to which thay haue subscribed. Afterwards, however, "William Judd's name again appears as a subscriber to the articles, he obligating himself to erect a dwelling, and to settle in the place, with his family, within one year after subscription. May 18th, 1680, he was at the head of a committee, on the part of Mattatuck, to settle bounds, with Derby, and a little later, June 9th, 1680, to set- tle bounds with Woodbury. A second time, however, he was a defaulter, and at length, his lands and rights of land were given, by the proj^rietors, to his son Thomas. His name dis- appears from the record after 1681. His house lot appears to have been on Willow street, a little north of the dwelling of the late Bennet Bronson. Of those who signed the articles after a settlement had been commenced, live got faint hearted, or for some other reason, failed to secure their projjriety rights. They are nam- ed below. All had meadow allotments and divisions of fence except the first. Thomas newell s*° Joseph Andruss David Carpenter Benjamin Judd John Root Thomas Newell, Sen., was an original settler of Farming- ton, and the father of John and Thomas Newell, proprietors. He was one of the petitioners to the General Court, in 1673, for liberty to plant a colony in Mattatuck ; but there is no evidence that he took any steps in the way of forwarding the enterprise after subscribing the articles. The "Thomas New- ell" whose name appears about 1679 as having fence assigned him to build, appears to have been his son, who took his place and became a jiroprietor. Joseph Andruss, I suppose to have been the fourth son of John Andruss of Farmington, another signer, and younger brother of Abraham Andruss, a proprietor. I know nothing HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 29 ol him except that he had a meadow allotment, and a divis- ion of fence assigned him in 1080. David Carpenter. There were two persons by this name in Farmington, father and son. The above is presumed to have been the son. He was born in 1647, and married Han- nah, a daughter of Richard Bronson of Farmington. He was accepted as a proprietor, Jan. 15th, 1677-8, in the place of John Porter, but his right was not declared forfeited till Feb. 5, 1680-1. He removed to ]^ew London. Benjamin Judd probably subscribed the articles and joined theplantersofMattatuck, within the first year of the settlement. He was a brother of "William, John and Samuel, and a son of Dea. Thomas Judd, of Farmington. Jan. 15th, 1677-8, he was appointed " to call out the proprietors in their turns to mend the highways." Feb. 6th, 1680-1, he was selected by the committee to lay out land which was granted to the mill. At the same date he was allowed an addition to his propriety so 2s to "mack it in valeu of one hundred pounds," and land was granted him as follows: Also we doe grant Benjamin Judd shall haue added to the north end of his House Lott some land to build one always prouided that the highway that runeth through the Towne in towne in that place shall be and remain four rods and a half wide to be layd out to him by the forsaid persons. At a later period, he signed a petition addressed to the committee, " in reference to herding of cattell," which was answered April 5th, 1682-3. Before the date of this answer, however, (Feb. 6th, 1682-3,) his allotments were all " con- demned" for not building according to articles, &c. But a year afterwards, Jan. 10th, 1683, he was allowed the " prive- ledg of reseasing" (entering again into the possession of) his allotments, on the conditions prescribed by the "act of Feb. 6th, 1682," which required a residence of " full four yers in a stedy way and manor," with his family. After this he is heard of no more in Mattatuck. John Root was the son of the John " Eoote senr.," who sub- scribed and was accepted " in behalf of one of his sons," Jan. 15, 1677-8. The father, called "goodman Rote," was one of the committee, in 1677, to take into consideration the expe- 30 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. diency of changing tlie village site. As to the son, his name is among those who had a division of fence in 1680, but he is spoken of no more. He removed to Westfield, (Mass.,) and died in 1687. There were then eighteen persons (including the two who died) who signed the articles — thirteen in 1674, and five in 1677 and subsequently— who failed to make good their pro- prietary rights. The following passage shows the way in which vacancies happening among the proprietors were filled by the com- mittee : Att a meeting of the Comity for mattatuck January 15, 16*77 Itt was agread and concluded: that we doc accept of John Roote seno"" subscribing to the arti- cles for Settling of mattatuck in the behalf of one of his sons and we accept of John Scouall on the Ace* of Abraham Bronson and benjamin barnes on account of Richard Seymour and of John Stanly Junior Joseph Gaylor on the account of Thomas Gridley [they] subscribing to submit to the articles aforsaid dated may 30* •" 1674 and in soo doing are excepted as inhabitants of the place dauid Carpenter subscribing in behalf of John Porter is excepted upon the same terms Below will be found what purports to have been copied from "the back side of the leaf where the original articles were filed." The new proprietors, of course, were required to take upon themselves the obligations of the old. The names of some of them are here met with. We whose names are here under written do ingage to stand by and fullfiU the Articls within written acording to the tru intent and meaning in all Respects aS witness our hands Thomas newil Seno' on the account of Sam Gridly Benjamin Barnes Thomas newill Sc John Scoval his Tmark John Stanly Junor for Joseph gaylor Benjamin Joans on the acount of John Andrus Edmund Scott Juno'' his c^ Benjamin Joans mark for william higasonc2 . , > . , ° oj Abraham Andruss , in rome of John Judd William Judd has his allotment(^^ granted to him by the comitee \o William Judd according to their act feb^ 5 leSuV* Steven upson subscribes on the account of a new lott this 29 of December 1679. The mark of Steven / upson i HISTOKY OF WATEBBUEY 31 CHAPTER IV. SUBSCRIBERS WHO FINALLY SECURED THEIR RIGHTS. The number of persons wlio signed the articles subsequently to 1674, and who ultimately became proprietors, is nineteen, making with the seventeen on the list of 1674 who made good their rights, thirty-six. I give below a complete cata- logue of their names, throwing them into several groups, placing the groups in the order in wdiich the individuals are known (or are supposed) to have subscribed the articles and complied with the conditions they imposed. Those of the two first groups signed in 1674 ; those of the third in 1677-8 ; those of the fourth about 1679; those of the fifth between 1682 and 1 705. The persons who have a star prefixed to their names had not made good their claims as proprietors, in Feb. 1682-3. Thomas Judd, £100 *Thomas Warner, £100 Edmund Scott, 100 Widow Warner, 60 John Welton, 80 *Thomas Newell, 90 Abraham Andruss, 80 Edmund Scott, Jr., 70 Isaac Bronson, 90 Stephen Upson, 50 John Stanley, 100 Benjamin Jones, 100 Samuel Hikcox, 85 *Abraham Andruss, 2d, 100 Joseph Hikcox, 60 John Bronson, 80 John Hopkins, 100 John Warner, 90 Thomas Judd, Jr., 100 John Newell, 100 [Robert Porter, 100] Samuel Scott, 50 *Thomas Hancox, 100 Richard Porter, 50 *Thomns Richason, 50 Thomas Judd (smith,) 100 *John Carrington, 60 Philip Judd, 80 *Obadiah Richards, 80 John Richards, 80 *Timothy Stanley, 95 Jeremiah Peck, 150 *Daniel Porter, 90 100 John Southmayd, 150 Benjamin Barnes, £3,130 *Joseph Gaylord, 80 *John Scovill, 80 32 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. The name of Timothy Stanley, in the above catalogue, oc- cupies the place of " Sergt. John Stanley for son," in the ori- ginal subscription list, he appearing to take possession of the al- lotment thus subscribed for by his father. In the same way, Daniel Porter (the son) and John ISTewell (the son) stand in the places of " Daniel Porter for son," and of "Thomas Newell for son." Thomas Judd, John Stanley, John Bronson, and John Warner, all signers of 1074, have, in each case, Jr. at- tached to their names in the original list, they having fathers bearing the same name. After they became inhabitants of Mattatuck the Jr. was omitted, and at length, when their sons had grown up, they were called Sen.., in each instance, except that of Stanley. Robert Porter's name is omitted (for what reason I know not) from all the lists of proprietors made out after 1688. But as he is on that list, owned a house and lived, and finally died, in Waterbury, in 1GS9, he would seem to have complied with the conditions of a proprietor. Besides, after his death, his son Thomas sold his lands, and in 1700, his £100 propriety, to John Richards, proving his rights had not been forfeited. We might suppose that Richards name, which appears not till after the death of Porter, was intended to occupy the place of the latter, were it not for the fact that the proprieties of the two are different, that of Richards being but £80. The following passage relates to the acceptance of Thomas Judd, Jr., as a j)roprietor : Hartford Jan 10''' 1683 [1683-4] Thomas Judd Jun' is acepted as an inhab- itant att Mattatuck his father thomas Judd having signified his desires of the game he the sayd Thomas Judd Junor subscribing to the act and order of the comity feb the 6 1682 ****** itt being determined by us the com- ittee in case any grant or any grants be made by the inhabitants of mattatuck to thomas Judd Junor in refarence too posesion of Any parsols or tracts of land it is hereby made void: and of none effect not with standing anything to the contrary Samuel Scott was made a proprietor soon after, receiving probably a part of a grant to Thomas Judd, Jr., "made void" by the preceding act of the committee. Matatuck Decembe y^ 30 1684 y« town granted to Samuel Scott half y= alot- ment formerly granted to thomas Judd junr with y' exception of four acres to be ■^t^/z/;7^ 'a^ u^/:iyvaM /;7^/ IIISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. 33 taken out of y* a lotment [for a?] great lot — and a deuition of meadow with y« Rest of y® propriators in y« next deuition of meadow land according to a fifty pownd a lot[ment] with y® hous lot an y^ south sd of Stephen ubson with thea prouisals y' he build a hous according to articles within four yeirs and Hue here after his hous be build and pay y« purchas of a fifty pound lot Samuel Scott's name disappears from tlie list of proprietors after 1088, that of Jonathan Scott occupying its place, the lat- ter having bought, April 28th, 1601, the house and all the lands divided and undivided, of his brother, in Waterbury. It seems there was some doubt about the proprietary rights of Stephen Upson, Richard Porter and Jonathan Scott. This doubt was finally the origin of a declaratory act in 1702-3, which seems to have settled the question : At a meeting of y« propriators in waterbury february 22*'' 1702 y« propriators de- clare y' y^ propriators for y^ first purchasing of y* place and such as stand pos- sesed of alotments according to y® gran comitya act with Stephen ubson Richard porter and Jonathan scott whos alotments ware excepted of y« commity as a fifty pownds a lot ment apeic shall be acknowledged propriatory inhabitants and to act in giuing a way lands in s-J propriatory ship and for y« futor no more to act in y" propriators meeting then one for a singell alotment Several of the signers had the amount of propriety for which they at first subscribed (given above) increased, on applica- tion, by the committee. Here are extracts from the record re- lating to Isaac Bronson's and Samuel Hikcox's rights. (Ben- jamin Judd, it will be remembered, forfeited his claim.) Upon further considaration we haue hereby granted benjamin Judd and Isaac brownson shall haue so much uplands aded to their alottments as shall mack their raedow alotments in valew of one hundred pounds and that adition to be aded to their respectiue eight acre lotts already granted feb. 6 1G80 Att a town meeting in mattatock decern 29"" 1682 : there was granted to sam'^ hickox an adition to his alotment so much land as shall make up his lot to be a hundred pouncf alotment and this addition to be aded to his eyght acer deuition y® com te [committee] granting y® same Tlie rights of Daniel Porter and Timothy Stanley seem also to have been augmented, each, £5 ; but I am unable to say when. Doubtless it was done by grant of the committee. The whole increase, in this way, was £35. 3 34: HISTORY OF WATEEBUET. It will be recollected that, in the articles of settlement, the committee reserved to themselves the right " to lay out two or three allotments at their best discretion." Tliis they exer- cised by setting apart, in the beginning, three proprieties of £150 each, for the common benefit — "for public and pious uses," — particularly for the maintenance of religion, and the promotion of education. These were called "great lots," ("greate lotes," on the record.) Two of them were given to Mr. Peck and Mr. Southmayd as they were settled suc- cessively in the ministry. A declaratory act was passed in 1715, relative to Jeremiah Peck's right, as follows : The Proprietors did conclude that Mr. Jeremiah Peck our former Minister in his hfe time was Invested with one hundred & fifty Pound propriety. The sum of all the subscriptions of the thirty-six persons in the above list, was £3,130. There were additions made after subscription to the rights of certain individuals, as already stated, in all of £35, which sum added to the other, makes a total of £3,165. Of this amount there was subscribed in 1674, by thirty persons, and afterwards represented by them, or by those who were accepted in equal numbers, in their places, the sum of . . £2,580 There was added to this " a new lot " for Stej)hen Upson, Dec. 29, 1679, the sum of - - - 50 For Isaac Bronson's addition, .... lo For Samuel Ilickox's addition, - - - - 15 For Daniel Porter's addition, . _ . _ 5 For Timothy Stanley's addition, . . _ . 5 For Samuel Scott's " half an allotment," - - - 50 For Richard Porter the other half, probably, of the same, 50 For Thomas Judd, Jr., probably a new allotment, - 100 For Mr. Peck and Mr. Southmayd, £150 each, - 300 £3,165 As a general rule, a propriety once subscribed for, and se- cured by a compliance with the articles, went in the name of the original signer. If a person sold out a part, or the whole inSTORY OF WATERBUKY. 35 of his riglit, or if lie died and liis interest was distributed among his heirs, the propriety was kept together on the record and stood in the name of the first owner. If a man had a claim, derived from others, he mnst show that he obtained his title by regular conveyance from the original owner. Rights in the undivided lands were transferred like other real estate by deeds, warrantee, or quit claim. A man, for instance, sold a £5 or £10 right or propriety, and the deed was recorded, the record being evidence of title. There are a few instances, however, in which the name was changed on a change of ownership. When Thomas Judd, Sen., died in 1702-3, his £100 right went into the possession of his son John, and John Judd's name, ever after, is entered in the place of his father's. Benjamin Jones died in 1689, and Capt. Thomas Judd, in 1715, purchased his right. From tliat date, Thomas Judd appears twice in the successive lists of proprietors, once as " Tliomas Judd," and again as "Thomas Judd Jones," while Benjamin Jones is heard of no more. Again, the original Tliomas Judd, Jr., conveyed, in 1721, to Samuel Hall of Wallingford, his propriety. After that, the right goes in the name not of Samuel Hall Judd, (according to the rule in the preceding case,) nor of Samuel Hall, but of "Thomas Judd, Jr. Halls." The above, three in number, are all the alterations of names which resulted from a change of ownership, (unless John Richards' name was substituted for Robert Porter in conse- quence of such a change.) And in adopting these, it will be observed, no uniform rule was followed. Tlie subscribers to the articles were, in the beginning, the joint owners of all the lands of the town, each having as many shares or " rights," so to speak, as he subscribed pounds. A person in the first instance, might subscribe for any sum, not exceeding a £100 allotment, according to article II, thus securing, within certain limits, such proportional interest as he pleased. This limitation was designed to prevent specula- tion, and to restrain individuals from obtaining too much land. The committee wished to secure actual settlers, and as far as consistent, equality of condition and possessions. The 36 HISTOKT OF WATERBUET. sum of all the subscriptions, as tliey at first stood, was £2,580, or twenty-five hundred and eighty shares. Each person, then, who had a £100 propriety, had a title to one-twenty-sixth part (within a fraction) of all the undivided lands in the township. The admission of new proprietors, or additions to the rights or shares of the old signers, of course diminished the propor- tion of each one whose propriety had remained unaltered- By augmenting the number of proprietors one-fifth, or rather by increasing the number of shares nearly one-third, a pound right came to have a greatly reduced land value. The cost of the original purchases of the Indians was borne by share- holders, according to each man's interest. Expenses incurred for the common benefit, were defrayed by the same rule. Roads and fences to inclose the common field, were built by a tax on shares. Article ni required that all public charges, in the first years of the settlement, should " be paid proportiona- bly to meadow allotments," and " meadow allotments " were proportioned to propriety. Each settler was to have, in the commencement, according to the articles, eight acres for a home lot. These eight acre lots, as has already been stated, were at first " located " on the old town plot ; but as the town center was changed, there was at that time no occasion to do more, and they were not regularly laid out and surveyed, till 1730. As there were not lots enough for all, a few of the original subscribers, and all the most recent ones, had to take their lots somewhere else.* * " Nov. 29, 1 726. It was by vote a greed that if the Committee for the Old Town platt Lotts Cant find all the Old Town platt Lotts for «1I the Original Proprietors, those that are Wanting may have Liberty to take them up in the Undivided Lands." Pro. Book, p. 80. The record of the laying out and distribution of these lots is particularly interesting, because it furnishes the first authentic list, as far as it goes, of the original proprietors of Waterbury. There are ihirty names, it will he noticed, corre.«ponding with the number who first signed the articles. If a signer had forfeited his right, his name is omitted, and that of a substitute, who had complied with the conditions, is inserted. There is one exception, however. David Car- penter's name is here, though he did not "fulfill." I don't know why it is found, and am unable to say who took his place. lea. Judd's name is entered twice, once, I suppose, for Benjamin Jones, whose propriety he bought in 1715. Lieut. Timothy Stanley's name is also inserted twice, once c-oubtless for that of somebody whose right he had purchased. Of the two "great lots," one was for schools and the other for the minister. The latter went to Mr. Peck. These last lots swell the whole number to thirty-two. "A list of the House Lotts on the Old Town Platt Set out by a Committee Lieut. Timothy Stan- niSTOEY OF WATEEBURY. 37 Tlie new house lots were distributed in the same way, each proprietor being entitled to one, the choice being determined by lot. " A three acre lot for pasture," seems also to have been granted by the committee, in the beginning, to each set- tler. This appears not from direct evidence, but from allu- sions like the following, under date of March 11th, 1678-0. And itt is ordered that Lieut samuel Steele Willuni Judd and John Stanly Jun"" Lay out to the proprietors their thre acre lotts that are granted to them accord- ing to former agreement. It appears that in addition to the above, each proprietor had eight acres (called his " eight acre lot ") granted him by a vote of the committee, Feb. 6tli, 1682-3 : — ly, Doctr Daniel Porter Senr & Deacon Thos Hickcox. We began on the West Teer, at the south End and found as follows : — 1. John Brounsons Lott Then we begun at the South End of the East 2. Edmund Scotts, Lott Teer & found 3. Isaac Brounsons Lott 1. Deacon Judds Lott 4. Samuel Hickcox senr. Lott 2. David Carpenters — 5. Doctr Porters — 3. Abraham Andrus — 6. A Great Lott 4. Lieut. Judds — 7. A Great Lott 5. Edmund Scotts Senr — 8. John Warner — 6. Lieut. Timo Stanleys — Then an Eight Road highway South of 7. Abraham Andruss, Cooper — Warners Lott that Runs East and West 8. Benjm Barnes — as the Lotts lye, 9. Thomas Newel's — 9. Thomas Richardsons Lott Tlien Eight Rods highway to Run East & West 10. Joseph Hickcox — or as the Lotts lie 11. Lieut. Tirao Stanleys — 10. Obadiah Richards Lott 12. John Newells — 11. Thomas Warners — 13. Benjra Jones — 12. John Scovils — 14. Lieut. John Stanleys — 13. John Carringtons — 1.1. Deacon Judds — 14. John Weltons — 16. John Hopkins — 15. Daniel Warners — 16. Thomas Juds — The several Lotts in the East Teer Butt west on highway. The several Lotts in the West Teer Butt East on highway. found by the Committee Daniel Porter Thomas Hickcox Timothy Stanlbv." The old, familiar names which we do not find in this catalogue, are those of Thomas Hancox, who signed in 1674, (but who afterwards forfeited his rights and was obliged to take his chance as a new subscriber,) and of Joseph Gaylord, who signed in 1677-8, and of several others who became proprietors at a later period — Stephen Upson, Ricliard Porter, Philip Judd, Jonathan Scott, John Richards, John Southmayd and John Judd, the last, however, being represented in the list by Lieut. Judd. All these, I suppose, omitting the last, had to go to the undivided lands for their eight acre lots. 38 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. Itt is Granted that ecth propriator as addisonal to ther former grants shall ecth inhabitant haue eight acrs pr man layed out to them in such places within their towne bounds as the inhabitants shall agre to be layed out by persons chosen by the inhabitants of the place. These several parcels of land, then — the town plot eight acre lots, the new home lots, the three acre lots for pasture, and the eight acre lots of 1682-3 — were distributed, at the outset, without reference to propriety. With these exceptions, and also with the exception of certain special grants hereafter to be referred to, the lands of Waterbury were, from time to time, as there was need of them for improvement, distributed among the proprietors in the way of division. The land thus obtained was called an allotment, and the same term was ap- plied to the proprietory right, or the right of allotment. These divisions were nothing more than dividends on shares, usually so many acres, or so many parts of an acre, on each pound propriety. There was occasionally, particularly in the early years of the settlement, a moditication of the rule which commonly gave some advantage to the small stockholders, or proprietors. The divisions were repeated at intervals, till there was nothing more to divide, or till the entire township passed into the hands of individuals. The first one was made at the time the settlement was commenced, under the direc- tion of the committee, when the meadows were distributed, or the "meadow allotments" taken up. The first made by authority of the proprietors themselves, was in 1688, and the last in 1801. The proprietors, as has already been mentioned, disposed of their lands by division, except in the cases in which reasons were supposed to exist for special grants. That the division might be equitably made, it was the practice to draw lots for a choice of lands. He who drew number one, was to have the first choice, having liberty to select from any of the lands proposed to be distributed. He who drew number two, had the second choice, and so on. A person's chance was his lot, and the thing acquired (the land) was also his lot. After the order of choice had been determined, a certain day, distant enough to allow time for examinino- the lands and making: a HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 39 selection, was specified, on wliicli the laying out was to com- mence. Running on from this fixed time, eacli proprietor was to have a day determined by his lot drawn, (sometimes two were to have two days,) on which he might take up his lands and have them surveyed by the town measurers. It he neglected to do this, in the time allowed, he must wait till all the others had had their turns. In some instances, in order to equalize the chances, or compensate for good or ill luck, the land to be drawn for was divided into two equal parcels, with a distinct lot for each, (two draughts^ the record says.) The first was drawn in the way described. In the second lot, he who had the first chance in the first drawing, now had the last, and he who before had the last now had the first, the order of choice being reversed. Certain regulations and re- strictions were established, at dilferent times, designed to govern action in taking up the lands, and to secure the com- mon weal, by preventing an abuse of privileges. The following extracts indicate the steps that were taken preparatory to the proprietors' first land division of 1688 : Att a town meeting in mattatuck decern 30 (1G84) the town determined that there should be adiuition of all y« undeuided meadow to each propriator accord- ing to his meadow allotment former grants exsepted Dec 31 1684 y® town mad choys of serg Judd sam" hikcox and Johnstandlya commity to uew and prepare al y* undeuided meadow for allotment * * * it was determined y' each man should haue y* charg of laying out hys lot Geneuary: 3^ 1686 y^ town declare y« worck of y* commity chosn deem 30"* (1G94) [1684] namely srg judd sr standly & sani" hickox was to uew and pre- pare all ye undeuided meadow up y^ great Riuer and up Steels brook and hancox brook and all y^ branches up y^ Riuer. I have been unable to ascertain how much land there was distributed in this division. At any rate, there was not enough to be foimd in the places indicated up the river and up Ilancox's and Steel's Brook, to give a full proportion to all the proprietors, so that several had to take a part of their al- lotments somewhere else. This division bears date April ITtli, 1688. I transcribe the record which gives a list of the proprietors who were congern- ed in this land distribution. It is the earliest formal list now 40 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. extant, made out after the town was incorporated, and under circumstances which give it authority. It is interesting and important. The amount of propriety is not stated. Timothy Standly Robard porter Stephen ubson thomas Judd jun' Samuell Scott Richard porter daniel porter Mr fraysr thomas Warner smith judd John brunson obadiah richards isaac brunson daniell warner John welton John standly edman scott juner John wornor Tho nuell John nuell jn hopkins John scouell ben barns John carrinton benjoanes thomas hancox Thomas Richason philipjudd Joseph gaylard abraham andrus senor Sam' ' hikcox Ensign Judd edman Scott senor abraham andruss junr Here are thirty-four names, two less than the full number, at a subsequent period. Who Mr. Frayser was, I know not. His name is not found, in any other instance, upon the record. It may, temporarily, have been substituted for that of Joseph Hickox, who had removed and recently died. Possibly Frayser was Ilickox's executor or administrator. We miss in this catalogue, Joseph Hickox and John Kichards. Doubt- less Richards had not yet become a proprietor. I have al- ready stated that he purchased Robert Porter's right, and that we ought to suppose that he afterwards stood in his place, were it not for a discrepancy in the amount of their propri- eties. K we deduct two from this list, and add two, and then again add Mr. Peck and Mr. Southmayd, afterwards made proprietors, we complete the catalogue, having thirty-six in number. The next land division, so far as can be gatliered from the records, was in 1691-2. The following passage is all I can find relating to it. It is taken from the old, unboimd Propri- HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 41 etors' Book, page 20tli, and it is in tlie liand of Jolm Stan- ley :— Att a meeting of the propriators in Watterbury: march the 15 1692^ there was granted : to ecth propriator : inhabetant a deuition of outlands of ten acres to a hundred pound alotment and fiue acres to a fifty pounde alotmente and so propor- sonable acording to mens alotments granted by the comity for the plas that is to say to thos that hould the poseson of the medow alotments by their own righte : ecth man to tacke itt up by suckseson after the lots are drawn the first too men to haue two days hberty to tack his land : and bringe in his report to ensign Judd who is to lay it out two them : and so to haue on day to two men. Besides the method by division, the lands were disposed of by grant. I have already referred to the home lots, the three acre lots and the eight acre lots, bestowed by the committee in the beginning. These grants were continued for the purpose of securing some common good, (as in the case of the grants to the mill and for the use of the ministry ;) or with the design of correcting inequalities and furthering the ends of impartial justice. One would suppose that our fathers need not have com- l)lained for want of land, considering their possessions. Some of them, however, considered themselves "straitened" as in- dividuals, and applied to the committee for relief. Relief was vouchsafed, as, for instance : And wharas steuen upson macks complaint that he is much straitened in his presant posesion of lands we grant ane adition acording to what the town se cans [&c] to be layd out by Tho Judd John Stanly and the present townsmen* febey 6 1080 And wharas Daniell Porter [and] Thomas richason mack complaint that they are in want of Land to improue we grant liberty to the towne to add to what they haue acording to their good discrestion and what shall be alowed by the towne shall be lay^ out [to] them by Benjamin Judd and John stanly and also to lay out what belongs to the mille and miler febey 5 1G80 Joh Stanley, it seems, was unfortunate in his allotments, and prayed for more land in the way of com]3ensation. The committee consented and advised the grant. 4:2 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. Upon the petion [petition of] sergent Jo stanly that he may be acomadated with four or fiue acrs of medow land up the river allthoug itt be four or fiue miles oif from the towne in considaration of the meannes of his Alotments we the comity doe aduis the inhabitants to a complyance tharunto: The forgoinge con- clution signed feb 7th 16S2 John Talcott John wadsworth Nicho Olmsted After the committee had withdrawn from an active parti- cipation in the aflairs of the plantation, the proprietors con- tinued to make special grants of land whenever occasion call- ed for them. At first, these grants were somewhat sparingly made, but they gradually became common, till at length the lands were given away with a profuse liberality. Often the object was to encourage some undertaking, or business, or trade, calculated to be beneficial to the people ; such as the erection of a saw mill, or fulling mill, or tan yard. "When there was no purj)ose but to distribute the land as fast as it could be improved, among those to whom it belonged, there was an endeavor to preserve a sort of equality — to regard the different and just claims of the recipiants. Land, however, was abundant and not sufficiently valuable or in demand, to make generosity a difficult virtue. A main design was to en- courage the settlement of the town, and extend the borders of agriculture. A wilderness was to be subdued, and workers were wanted. If a man proposed to take up a tract of land and cultivate it, he was considered as offering a fair equivalent for it. All were benefited by his labor. If a person follow- ed some trade, considered as of first importance in the new plantation, as that of a blacksmith or clothier, he was regard- ed with special favor, and a grant to him was allowed to be a good investment. If an individual, not an inhabitant, who would make a good citizen, could be induced by a few acres for jDasture, or a tract of boggy meadow, to settle in the town, the proprietors thought they made a profitable bargain. Jan. 21st, 1689-90, there were grants of land to many of the proprietors, seven acres to each, the lots to be improved as "hogfields" or hog enclosures. Into these the swine ap- HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. 43 pear to have been turned, in the snmmer season, to root the ground, to pick up the nuts and thus obtain their living. Tliese " iiekls " seem to have been east of the town, on and near Farm- ington road, in the neighborliood of the long wigwam. Hog Pound, or Beaver Pond Brook, and Turkey Hill. I quote a passage from the record : At the same meeting the proprietors granted to samuell hiekox s'' seauen a cers of hind on the hill on the west side of hoog pound broke on the same condition riehard porter had his jan 21 1689 One would naturally suppose that this use of land for keei^ing swine was the origin of the name Hog Pound, by which the district was known till a very recent period. But it will be observed that some of the tracts are located on Hog Pound Brook, showing that the name was in existence at an earlier period. Most likely, however, the lands had been em- ployed, in some instances, for a similar purpose, previous to the date of the grants named. Tlie district is now known by the more decorous name of East Farms. At first it was not usual for the proprietors to attach any conditions to the grants of land, except they were " not to pre- judice highways and former grants." At length, however, in- dividuals who had resided long enough in the town to se- cure their estates, began to show a disposition to leave. Jo- seph Ilickox removed in 1685, Tliomes Ilancox in 1687, and many others soon after. The course was then, to a considerable extent, changed. Those who were not proprietors, but the sons of those who were, no longer received unconditional grants. Sometimes they were to build a portion of the common fence as a consideration. Usually they were required to reside in town, not off and on, but "in a steady way," four years, often five, and occasionally even six years. Sometimes, particu- larly if they received house-lots, they were " to build a tenant- able house according to articles." Sometimes the proprietors themselves were subjected to conditions. For instance, Jan. 3d, 1686-7. Abraham An- druss, Sen., had five acres of land given him on Little Brook, which were to be forfeited if he went away in four years. 44 HISTORY OF WATEEBURT. Isaac Bronson and John Welton bad grants in 1694-5, whicli were to hold good only on condition they remained in the town fonr years. Similar restrictions were imposed in other cases. There was a distrust even of the fathers of the settle- ment. Many were gone away, and others were preparing to follow. These, taken in connection with other things to be noticed hereafter, occasioned, very naturally, the greatest dis- couragement. The frequent refusal of those who had signed the articles to comply with the conditions which they prescribed, and the laggard movements and long delays of those who intended ultimate compliance, were the cause of much dissatisfaction and early complaint on the part of the planters, and of strin- gent action by the committee. I quote : — Att a metting of the comite for mattatuck: on the 26 of nouembcr 1679: whereas we haue receiued information by some of the inhabitants belonging to that place that [some] of the propriators to whom alotments ware granted haue hitherto neglected the settlement of them selues and families there to the great discouragment and weakening of the hands of those: that are Alredy upon the place with their famelys We haue thought meet to determine and resolue that all such propriators as shall not be personally with their famelies inhabiting att mattatuck by the last of may next: enseuing and ther to abide shall forfitt all their title property and interest in any alotments granted to them att mattatuck to be disposed by the comity to such other as they shall aproue off Also we doe further determine that all such inhabitants as shall not erect a ■ mantion hous by the last of may come twelue month Acording to a former article to that purpose shall forfit all their right and title in lands att mattatucke aforsaid. Soon after, an order was passed designed to secure prompt action and faithfulness to engagements on the part of new subscribers. Further itt is agred by vs that in case any doe apere desiring alotments ther [they] shall subscribe to original articles and ingag allso to erect a dwelling hous acording to dementions [required by] said articles within one year after sub- scription and settle with his or their famelies vpon the place within that time oth. erwis to forfit all their grant of land and right therin: to be disposed to such others as the comity shall Judg meet feb 5 1680 Still there were hesitation and procrastination on the part of many proprietors. Some neglected to build, others to reside HISTORY OF WATERBURT. 45 in the place, and others to bring their families. Tlie com- plaints became londer and more frequent. The committee, for a long time reluctant to act, were finally obliged to take decisive measures. They passed the act known as the " Act of Feb. 6th, 1682." It declared the allotments of several de- linquent proprietors, Benjamin Judd, Samuel Judd and Thomas Hancox, " to be condemned as forfeited," uncondi- tionally. The same sentence was passed upon the allotments of Timothy Stanley, Joseph Gaylord, John Carrington, Abra- liamAndruss, cooper, Thomas Newell, Daniel Porter, Thomas Warner, Thomas Richason, Obadiah Richards and John Scovill; but upon condition of "their submition and ref- ormation with their cohabitation upon the place one complete yere as a dision all [additional] to the four yers Injoined " by the articles, their rights were to be restored. It also required new subscribers to reside in the place " the full term of four yers in a stedy way and manor with their famelies," and all persons accepted as proprietors, after its date, were to sign the act. Thomas Hancox signed it as a new subscriber. A few others, afterwards admitted, did the same. We wliose [names] are under writen doc siibscribe to a faithful! submition and obseruation of the act of the comity one the other side of this leafe fcbuary 6 1G82: subscribed this 4 of June 83 Thomas hancox genuary 10: 83 Thomas Judd Jun» May 26 S-t Robert porter June 13 BY philip Judd Timothy Stanley and the nine others whose names are men- tioned in the same connection, " submitted and reformed," and thus regained possession of their land. The act of removal to a new settlement in the time of which I am writing was a solemn thing. It was undertaken only after certain formalities and much prayer. The Bible was consulted, and the aid of the church sought. There was much and earnest endeavor to ascertain the indications of Providence. Then, as now, however, it was generally found, at last, that the finger of Providence pointed in the same di- 46 HISTORY OF WATERBUKT. rection as the inclinations of those who sought guidance. By this remark, however, I do not mean to impugn the motives or question the sincerity of our forefathers, or the good men of our day. The extract given below, is from the Farmington church record. It is an answer to an application for advice. The paper is very shrewdly written, and contains much wordly wisdom, to say nothing of its strong religious sentiment. We can see why the church was so reluctant to part with William Judd, though the very man the new settlement stood in need of. The record bears no date, but there are indica- tions that the time was as early as the spring of 1677-8. The Church having considered the desires of their brethren William, Thomas, John and Benjamin Judd, as also John Standly, Jun. touching their removal from us to Mattatuck, agreed as foUoweth : 1 In general, that considering the diverse difficulty and inconueniency which attend the plan toward which they are looking, and how hazardable it may be, for ought that appeareth, that the house and ordinances of Christ may not, for a long time at least, be settled among them — The Church doth advise the brethren, to be wary of engaging far until some comfortable hopes appears of being suited for the inward man, in the great things fore mentioned. 2. Particularly to our brother William Judd, that it having pleased God to deal so bountifully with him — that not many of the brethren with us have so large accommodations as himself, they see not his call to remove, on the account of Btraitness for outward subsistance, & therefore counsel him, if it may be with sat- isfaction to his spirit, to continue his abode with us, hoping God [will] bless him in so doing. 3. To the rest, though we know [not how] much they will be bettered as to land, all things considered, by there removal, especially .John and Benjamin Judd, and therefore cannot much encourage, yet if the bent of their Spirits be strong for going, and the advice fore given, touching the worship of God be taken, we shall not trouble, but say the will of the Lord be done. Of the above mentioned persons, only two, Thomas Judd and John Stanley, Jr., lived up to the articles and became proprietors ; though the others, particularly William and Ben- jamin Judd, found "the bent of their spirits to be strong for going," and apparently tried hard to like the enterprise, but finally gave it up, finding perhaps that they had misread the teachings of duty. HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 47 CHAPTER Y. THE COMMON FENCE AND COMMON FIELD. OxE of the first things to be attended to in the new settle- ment, was the building of fences for the protection of the crops and the meadow lands. The committee gave this sub- ject their early attention. I quote from their acts under date Jan. 15,1677,(1677-8):— We order the comon fenc one the este sid the riuer for securing the medows shall be made sufitiently by the last of may acording to the number of acrs of raedow land ecth propriator is seized of and we desire and apoint willum Judd, Thomas Judd and John Stanly to proportion the said fenc and lay out ecth person his just dues and being soe layed out: ecth person that shall neglect macking his just proportion shall be finable acording to the law of this colony. There was another order made regarding the " common fence," bearing date March 11th, 1678-9. By this, a new and additional division, it would seem, was to be erected, and the proprietors were required to make their respective proportions by the first of May, then ensuing. Wharas there is a mile of fence tharabouts yet to be erected: for securing thos lands that are under improuement from spoill of catle and swine wee doe aduise and order that willum Judd Thomas Judd and John Stanly Jun shall proportion and stacke out to ecth propriator his proportion with all sped conueni[ent] We further order that ecth propriator doe erect a sufisent fence vpon thoss re- spective places apointed [to him] for defenc of that land that no damage to either corne or gras by cattle or swine [be done] which fence shall be done betwixt this and the first of May next: Late in the spring of the next year, orMay22d, 1680, there was an order issued, signed by John Talcott and John Wads- wortli, for the building of three hundred and fifty rods of ad- ditional fence " forthwith ;" and each proprietor who neglect- ed his work till the first of June was to pay sixpence per rod, and for longer delay, sixpence per week. Further action upon the same subject was taken the succeeding year. Un- 48 HISTOKT OF WATERBURY. der date of Feb. 8, 1680, (1680-1,) tlie committee directed a portion of fence to be constructed by the first of April. The meadow lands np and down the river, on which the early settlers mainly depended for tillage and fodder, were regard- ed as particularly valuable. They were distributed in the be- ginning, but the lots lay in common ; that is, they were not separated by division fences. Fences were expensive and could not be afforded ; besides, on the low grounds they were liable to be swept away by the frequent floods. For the pro- tection of the meadows (as may be gathered from the preced- ing extracts and remarks) a "common fence" was erect- ed running along on the high ground, east of the river and west of the village, and extending a distance north and south. It was called " common," because it was for the equal benefit of all and was built and maintained by all. At this period, as no inhabitants dwelt upon the west side of the river, and no cattle were kept there, this single line of fence was deemed sufficient for the protection of the meadows. It was erected, in the first instance, and supported afterwards, by the propri- etors in proportion to the land each had to be inclosed — a given number of rods and feet to each acre. A man's partic- ular portion of fence was determined by lot. Beginning at the Mill River (Mad River) and running north, each man's position in the line was decided by the number drawn, num- ber one standing first, number two second, and so on. This being done, each person's portion of the work was measured and " staked out." In the first Proprietors' Book, so called, in the beginning of the volume, is the following entry : The first diuision [of fence] begins at the made riuer and soe runs northwards: till itt butts on the banke of the riuer: against stells [Steels'] meadow as itt falls by lott:— Then follow the names of the proprietors, beginning with Thomas Richason, in the order apparently in which the num- bers were drawn, with the length of fence, in " rods," " fete " and " inches," assigned to each, the amount of fence being, in every instance, proportioned to proprietorship. There are ^l^Z^^^^'^ ^.-v?^^ HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 4:9 twenty-six names in this list, including three "grate lotes," the latter having thirty-three rods and fifteen feet each — the proportion for £150 propriety. The entire length of this divis- ion of fence appears to have been two hundred and eighty- four rods, nine feet and ten inches, or seven-eighths of a mile. It was doubtless that portion which was first built, (in the spring of 1677-8,) it being more immediately necessary than other portions. This catalogue of names, on the record, is followed by a second division of fence, beginning at the north end of the last division and running northward. Then come thirty names, including the three great lots, and a line of fence amounting to two hundred and fifty-eight rods, one foot and three inches, or over three quarters of a mile. It was probably erected in the spring of 167S-9. The third division began at the Mill River and ran south three hundred and four rods, twelve feet and nine inches, or nearly one mile, and was par- celed out to twenty-seven proprietors, inclusive of the great lots, and seems to have been built in the spring of 1679-80. The fourth division continued the line south two hundred and seven rods, twelve feet, seven inches, or over three-eighths of a mile, and was distributed among thirty-seven proprietors, counting tlie great lots. It appears to have been made in the spring of 1680-81. The four divisions of common fence spoken of, (erected in the early parts of the four first years after the settlement,) two north and two south of the Mad River, in their whole length, measured a little over three and a quarter miles, the two northern divisions making somewhat more than half of the whole. A fifth division is spoken of in 1686-7. At any rate, additions were made to the fence from time to time, either way, as circumstances required. At an early period (before 1700) it seems to have reached Long Meadow Falls, about two and a half miles below the village, on the south ; and on the north, to have extended as far as Mount Taylor, four miles from the center. Before 16S5-6, it had crossed llancox Brook, as appears from the record which follows: 4 50 HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. Mattatock march y® last 16S5-6 y« town by uoat detrmined y* tho3 men yt haue fenc ouer hancox brook and northward from y« town be brought ouer to y« east s<* y« brook and set in y« rang on as good ground as they now stand for fencing y' is on y« rang y' is determined furder to fenc for y« securing of y« meadows. This removal offence seems to have been in pursuance of a plan for protecting the lands farther np the brook, and so crossing perhaps at a higher point. The lands to be thus se- cured were about to be divided among the proprietors, and brought under cultivation. It seemed to be the design to in- clude within the common fence all the lands which were most valuable for meadow and tillage. A lot at "Pine Hole," so late as 1733, is described in a deed as within the "common field," and as bounded east on the common fence. Near the village the common fence ran as follows : Be- ginning at Mill Kiver a little above the manufiictorj of the Hotchkiss and Merriman Manufacturing Company, at a point (where "it was agreed," March 31st, 1709, " by a mager uott to cat the fens cros the mad riuer in the comon line seauen rod") at the southeast corner of Abraham Andruss, Sen's house lot of three and a half acres, it ran northwesterly along the brow of the hill between said Andruss' land and the Mill Plain fifteen acre lot, (sometimes called Hopkins' Plain,) till it reached Union street, at " Union square." Thence it continued along the south side of Union street and the north side of the Plain above mentioned to the hill just west of Elm street, where there were bars and an entrance to the common field. Thence I can find no early traces of it till we come to the south meadow gate at the southwest corner of Bank and Grand streets. Probably, at the bars in Union street, it con- tinued westerly, in the line of that street, to the point named in Bank street, thus including within the common field the house lots of Stephen Upson, Samuel Scott and Richard Porter. Here it ran, at so late a period as 1790.* * This appears from a deed, dated Feb. 10th, of that year, from Thomas Porter to his son Phineas Porter, convej'ing, for £78 ISs. lawful money, a tract of land in the " common i3eld," e.stimated at seventeen acres, lying between Union street and the old roads running, one south- westerly from the Plain bars, the other southeasterly from Bank street. The boundary line is described in the i. eed as follows : " Beginning about two rods east of David Pritchard's IIISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. 51 From tlie corner of Bank street, the fence extended west in the south line of Grand street and in front of Stephen Upson's and John Welton's land and the burying yard to the Little Pasture (parsonage lot) and Willow street. Thence it passed up Willow street, on the westerly side, (leaving Benjamin Jones' and Dea. Judd's houses on the left) to West Main street and the "common gate." Thence it continued past John Scovill's in the west line of Willow street, up the hill and into the woods above. Afterwards, it appears to have borne off" more to the west till it reached the river's bank, opposite Steel's meadow, seven-eighths of a mile from the starting place at Mad River. A little farther on, it left the Naugatuck and extended in a more easterly direction, so as to include the better lands east and south of Hancock's Brook. In the above description, I have considered the home lots of Benjamin Jones, Dea. Judd and John Scovill as lying within the common field. This was undoubtedly the fact, although I do not find the circumstance alluded to in any con- veyance, or by any direct or incidental remark. The fence spoken of above was removed from time to time, farther westward, till it came to inclose the meadows, proper- ly so called, only. A portion of it, in the form of an old, broken stone-wall, may still be seen, standing where it was placed, after this process of removal was begun, up Willow street, north of the village, a little west of the road. East of the Mad Biver the common fence ran south and southwesterly, keeping on the west side of the mill lot of eight acres, and below occupying the high ground at some distance from the river. Soon after 1700, when people began to settle on the west side of the river, more frequent complaints were made of dam- age done to the common fields by cattle. In ITOl, the town resolved that all horses, cattle or swine found running at large dwelling house, [on the southwest corner of Bank and Grand,] extending eastward to the highway that goeth into the common field at the mill plain bars, then southward by the high- way till it comes to the highway that goeth to Salem, then by said highway to the firat corner, butting all sides on highway." At the date of this deed, and afterwards, the land on the borders of the Great Brook, lying within this tract, and for a considerable distance above, was an alder swamp. 52 HISTOKY OF WATERBURY. west of the river might be impounded. The following vote has relation to this subject : — April 6, 1702, y« propriators by uoate agree that who soeuer shall haue liberty to Hue on y^ west s"! y* fence or great riuer within our bounds shall submit to y* order of y« propriators as if they liued y^ east s*" y« common fenc as to our agreement of fencing or [our] meadows y* by reson of them we be not under nesesity of fencing on y« west s^ our meadows but y' theyr creators be pound fesent in any of our meadows, and they oblidged to keep theyr creators out of our feild, as if they were fenced round and he y' gos to Hue on y" west sid to subscrib this act in testimony of his submiting to it and he y' refuses to submit to this order not to be alowed to Hue on y^ west s^ It became more apparent, however, from year to year, that it would be necessary to construct a fence on the west side of the river, running down to and crossing it at each end, so as completely to encircle the common field. Some, however, so late as 1704, were in favor of extending the line on the east side south as far as Beacon Hill Brook, the southern boundary of the town, and of being content, for the present, with the additional security which that extension would afford. I copy the vote of the proprietors to show how this subject was dis- posed of : — [Voted] to fenc from y* east end of y* mountain against mount taylor on y« west s"* y® Riuer and so to y« falls in y« Riuer at y« lor end of y* long meadow and to make y« fenc good and substanchall aganst al orderly horses and cattell and sufficiant aganst too yeir olds and y« fenc to be uewed by the fenc-uewers. deak Tho judd Left Timothy Stanly Jo" Hopkins sen'' benjamin borns sen' &Tho. judd ju' was Chosen a com~ty to modeU y« land* in s<* feild and proportion y« fenc of s^ feild to each man acording to his propriaty & lay out to each man his part — y« lands on which y« fenc is to be laid is all y' is fit for plowing or mo- ing in s^ feild hauing Respect to y« fenc already layd out each man to keep his fenc alredy layd out to him and there being much land spoyled with y« flood y« oners of such land to be considred and abated in this diuition y' y« whol Rang of fenc of s"* feild may be equally proportioned to each propriator accord- ing to his benifit of lands in s^ feild as near as they can desemb"" 12 1704 Y« propriators agreed to leaue a mile at y« north end of y« loyn wher they began to measure on y" west sid where they intend to set y« fenc to be dun by y* propriators in a genaral way to be layd on y^ land yet undeuided as it shall be taken up march y« S"* 170-| * "To modell ye land " — to appraise the land, or rather to determine its relative value or quality, in order that an apportionment of fence on this basii might be made among the owners. I infer this to be the meaning of the phrase, from the connections in which it is used in the record. HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 53 Tliis last part of the fence was to be done by the propri- etors in their collective capacity until the undivided lands spoken of were taken up, when it was to be distributed among the owners of such lands according to usage. But the vote which I have given, dated December 12th, 1704^ and which determined the princij)le on which the new fence was to be divided among the proprietors, gave much dissatis- faction. At a subsequent meeting, April 10th, 1705, a modi- fication of the principle was sought and obtained. It was then determined — Y' y6 whole Rang of fenc quit round sd feild shail be equally diuided on y* acer alike of all sorts of land With in s'^ feild booth of plowing nioing up- land and paustor y' is allready layd out or giuea to any man and each man to maintain his fenc so layd out to him but the fenc already layd on y® east s"* [side] to remain and belong to them y* it belongs to not to remoue them but to be counted as part of their diuition as fare as it will go y® former act by this made uoid in exempting pastor lands considering waste land & modalizing This uoat was full but four or 5 acted aganst it and doctor porter one of them did protest aganst it. But there was delay in making the fence, and much mur- muring at the injustice of the last vote. By that vote, it will be noticed, each man's proportion of fence was to depend, as it did in the beginning, by order of the grand committee, on the number of acres he owned in the common field, without reference to the value of the land ; so that a person having twenty acres of valuable " moing " land had to build no more fence than he who had twenty acres of upland or " paus- tor," or who had a large proportion of waste lands barely worth fencing. But the argument was not all on one side. It would cost as much to fence the poor as the good land. An acre of the second or third quality increased the size of the field to be inclosed as much as an acre of the first quality. If a man's lands had been damaged by floods it might be claim- ed that it was his misfortune and not his neighbors' ; unless, indeed, the neighbors chose to share it with him. There was then some show of right in a per acre distribution of the fence. But those who claimed this at last yielded the point. Our fathers were friends of peace, and bore each other's burdens. 54 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. In order " for to attain a peicable preceding" the proprietors again agreed "to model y® land," " proportioning y" fenc to each propriator according to liis benifit," " abating for paustor lands, waste lands and lands spoyled with the flood." In fact, the vote that was passed on the 12th of Dec, 1704, was, with some slight alterations of orthography, &c., again adopted. This was on the 17th day of Dec. 1706. A new committee — Thomas Jiidd, Jr., John Hopkins, Sen., and Dea. Judd — was appointed " to model y land in sd feild & denid y^ fenc," while " Stephen ubson sen, John welton sen'' and abraham an- druss " were chosen " a com~ty to model y^ lands " of the first named committee. But this west fence was long in getting itself bnilt. The truth is, it was a great work for the people, considered as an addition to their other necessary labor, in their then weakened condition. But our fathers were men of pluck. Votes were taken and committees appointed, the land measur- ed and "modeled," and the work apportioned "according to interest and benefit ;" and at last a sort of board of relief was selected " to Regulate mistackes if any be and if any are over charged to haue it taken off and they y* want to haue it [;] but if any haue not enough fenc and it be not in y® loyn [line] staked out to takeitby sucsesioiiat y^ nortliend, y^ south ward to be first so sucsesiuely [April 12, 1708.]" The fence upon the west side, like that upon the east, was designed to inclose all the lands most valuable for culture which could be conveniently done. It ran along npon the high ground, in many places at a distance from the river, and the remains of it are still met with at certain points, in tlie form of a broken wall of stone. The whole quantity of divided lands included in the com- mon field, soon after the west side fence was built, when the entire common fence was apportioned, seems to have been six hundred and eighty-one acres. How much land there was un- divided, or which had not yet been taken up, may be gathered from the circumstance that one mile offence at the upper end, on the west side, was left, by the act of March, 1704-5, " to be done in a general way," and to be afterwards distributed to HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 65 those who sliould come into possession of the inclosed undivi- ded lands. One mile of fence may therefore be considered as the just proportion of the prospective owners — as the propor- tion which the undivided bore to the divided lands. As there were twelve miles of fence in the whole, six miles on each side the river, and as eleven miles represented six hundred and eighty-one acres, one mile should represent sixty-two acres. These sums added together, give seven hundred and forty-three acres as the entire contents of the common Held, at the time indicated. To show who were the owners of the divided lands in the common field, how they were distributed and how the fence was apportioned, at the period of which I am speaking, I give an extract : An aecountt of the number of the acurs of land cch man has to fens for generall feild as it was raesured by us: in march 1709 Thomas Judd Steun ubson John scoidl Abraham Andruss 27 Jeremiah Peck 30 Wid. Andruss 14 Doct. Porter 26 Benjamin Barnes 21 Richard Porter 10 Serg. Bronson 17 Thomas Porter 6 Isaac Bronson Obadiah Richards 10 John Bronson 9 John Richards 18 Wid. Bronson 8 Thomas Richason 13 Mr. Bull 4 John Richason 7 John Carrington 5 John Scovill 21 Joseph Gaylord 4 Edmund Scott 19 Benjamin Hickox George Scott 16 William Hickox 21 Jonathan Scott 1 Thomas Hickox 19 David Scott 11 Ebenezer Hickox i Mr. Southmayd 21 John Hopkins 22 Lt. Timothy Stanley 38 Wid. Jones 11 Samuel Stanley 29 John Judd 25 School Land 1 Philip Judd 15 Stephen Upson 24 Thomas Judd Jr. 23 Thomas Warner 6 Dea. Judd 47 Daniel Warner 2 Benjamin Judd John Warner 1 Mill Land 19 John Welton 18 Thomas Newell 1 Stephen Welton 11 Parsonage 18 Thomas Welton 1 56 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. The common fence was variously constructed according to the nature of the ground and the convenience of materials. It was made of rails laid in the form of the " worm fence," or of logs and poles, with the help of stakes. If stones were more abundant than anything else, these were laid into a wall. I find the hedge fence spoken of, its strength being increased by stakes. In some instances, a ditch was dug, and its effect augmented by rails or a hedge upon the embankment. The following order relates to the " suificiency " of the common fence. March: 20: 1691: an ordor What shall be counted soficien fenc for our meadows Rayl fenc to be: 4: foots high not exseeding: 6: inches between y« Rayls: too foots from y* ground upward — heg fenc: four foots and a half high: 5 stakes to each Rod and well Rought — ston fenc, three foots and nin inches in height — log or pool fenc four foots in height and well Rought — dich, too foots wid and Rayls or heg four foots in height from y* bottom of y® ditch to y* top of y* fenc and well Rought — And if there be any aduantag by resin of the land or plac where y« fenc is it is to be left to y« judgement of y« fencuewers what shall be soficant — By order of y* tounsmen abraham andrus John hopkins — aprill: y«: 6: 1692: this order to stand for y® fenc uewers to go by till y® town see cans to alter it Thomas Judd In the spring season, when vegetation began to start, it be- came the duty of each proprietor to put in good repair his portion of the common fence. The proprietors each year, in meeting, fixed upon the day beyond which the work should not be neglected. The day cbosen was usually between the tenth and fifteenth of March. Immediately after the expiration of the time for these re- pairs, the fence viewers, who were annually appointed by the town, were required to make a careful examination of the fence, to decide whether it was conformable to law, and an ade- quate protection for the lands inclosed. If they found it in- sufficient in any place, they gave notice to him to whom it belonged, requiring him to make it good in five days, accord- ing to the statute. In case this notice was neglected, it became the duty of the fence viewers to make the necessary repairs, and to charge the delinquent double the cost of the work, to be collected by warrant. If they were not able to make tJie HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 57 repairs, or " hire sufficient help to do the same, so that the common field may be timely secured," they were authorized by law To make complaint to the next Assistant, or Justice of the Peace ; and it shall be in tlie power of such Assistant or Justice of the peace, to issue out his warrant to the Constable of said Town, in which such common field is situate, or to the fence viewers, to impress men and teams sufficient to repair such defective fence, who shall be paid by such fence viewers for their labor, as they can agree, or as shall be determined by such Assistant or Justice of the Peace. [Acts and Laws, printed 1715.] Early in the spring, annually, there was a vote passed by the proprietors " to burn about the common fence." I give an example : March 6th 1709-10 The propriators agreed by uoat that the beating the Drum through the town ouer night shall be warning that the fence on the west side is to be burnt about the next day and on the east side the day following. In obedience to this summons, all the owners of the common fence sallied forth, each, I suppose, to look after his own. Wherever the fence was made of combustible material, they set fire to the dry leaves, grass and other rubbish in its imme- diate ncighborhod, preventing, by great watchfulness, its spreading to the woods, or destroying the fence. This being done, the woods and fields were burnt over without concern for the purpose of improving the pasturage. In this way, too, the damage which might have resulted from accidental fires, not infrequent, was prevented. Sometimes the firing of the woods was forbidden for a season, in order that the young trees might attain some growth. For instance, December 13th, 1713, '-it was voted that the east woods should not be fired for seven years," and " if any person shall fire the above woods, he shall pay 20s." Early in the history' of the town, there were two gates on the east side the river, frequently referred to, opening a pas- sage through the fence from the village to the common field. One of these M-as in Bank street, near Grand, and was called the south gate. It was not removed till recently — some twenty years ago. Tlie other was near the west corners of 58 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. Willow and West Main streets, and was known by the name of the west or common gate. This, it seems, was removed, at the date mentioned below, to a point farther west, some ten or twelve rods probably, and the common fence extended on either side down to it. The record, it will be noticed, does not convey a very clear idea. Genuary 25. 1*70^ y® town ordered y' y« west gate and fenc belonging to y* towp should be remoued belo deac judds barn to be directed by y^ towns men in seting of it down and John scouell to set y' part of his common [fence] y' frunts y» highway clos in y' highway where y® gate is to be set deac judd and John scouill hauing consented to haue theyr fenc next s"* highway from y^ common fenc doun to s"* gate to be accounted common fenc and proceded in y' respect by y* fencuew- ers as such. On the west side of the river there were no gates, but four sets of bars. The "west bars" were on the Woodbury road west of the present covered bridge. The " south bars " were on the way to Town Plot by the present K. E.. depot, crossing the river near the new bridge. The "Long Meadow bars "were on the road to Judd's Meadow, below the "riding place" at the lower end of Mad Meadow. "Isaac's Meadow bars " were on the road which ran up Manhan Meadow, crossing the river near the present fording place, and so on west through Steel's Meadow and over Steel's Brook towards Elon Clark's. For many years after the settlement of the town, there were no private fences except those which inclosed the home lots. Individuals relied on the common fence to protect their crops. Lands lying without this fence were for a time undivided. They were used by all for wood, timber, stone, pasturage, &c., and were called the " commons." The cattle, in the pasturing season, were kept in herds which were watched by a herdsman. I find an " order" of the committee relating to this subject : Wharas we receiued a paper signed by sarg' Thomas Judd Isaac bronson and benjamin Judd in refaranc to herding of cattell we doe order and apoint for the futur that the inhabitants att a towne meeting the maigor of the inhabitants so meete shall haue full pouer to resolue and determin the way and method for herding and to statt what shall be charged for keeping of cows and what shall be leuied one dry cattle april 5 1682. The sheep of the town were put under the care of a shep- HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. 69 herd, and thus kept from miscliief. I discover, liowever, no action on this subject earlier than ITOS. Att sheep meeting in waterbuey marcli=29=:17t 8 deac Judd John scouell and John Richason was chosen sheep mastors for this yir to order y^ prudensials of y® sheep and to hire a sheepord and see him pay"* as y* law directs by y^ owners of y« sheep The meadows and the lands near the river were convenient, required little clearing or expensive preparation, and were easily worked. On these and their home lots, the people re- lied for their crops. In consequence of the value of the lands Mdiich it embraced, the common field was an important in- terest. The proprietors gave much of their time to its concerns. They framed such regulations as were for the good of all. A major vote governed ; not a major vote of the proprietors, but of pounds of propriety. The Colonial Assembly granted general powers, and prescribed the mode of exercising them. After the fence had been " done up " in the spring, and the fence viewers had attended to their duty, seeing that every thing was fast, the haywards were sent out to impound such cattle, horses, sheep and swine as were found within the com- mon field. The owners of the imprisoned beasts were obliged to pay the poundage ; but if it appeared that the fence was more at fault than the beasts, those who had thus paid their money could oblige the delinquent fence owners to bear the loss. Here are regulations concerning the common gates or bars, the " baighting " of cattle, &c. : Dec. 12th, 1704, "the propriators by uoate agreed y' he y' lefs [leaves] opin y* com~on gates or bcrs [bars] in y« com~on feild should pay al y« damag y' is dun thereby and y' no man shal stak horses* in y« moing land in said feild or baight cattell after y« first of aprill till combing timef except they are at work by y" [them] and the fenc of s"* feild to be kcept up al y« yeir and hogs pound fesiaut al y« yeir * A horse was gtakedby making him fast to astalie driven into the ground, by means of a rope or cord several yards in length. He could thus be safely left to feed around for the distance which the rope would permit him to go. When the grass was cropped short in one place, the Btake was removed to another. t Coramoning time was the time fixed upon in the fall, after the crops had been removed, when all the owners in the common field turned in their cattle and horses for pasture. 60 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. Jan 7*'' l706-'7. The propriators agree y* when s** feild shall be opened to turn in cattell it shall be but one moneth and then y« cattle kept out and pounded as in y« sum~er and y* men shall turn into s'^ feild according to their intrist in it and no man to baight or stake in s'' field at no time but on his own land and takeing care of them and all yi brake this order to haue their cattle pounded or delt with as trespasors. Four years afterward, (or March 5th, 1710-11, " it was grd [agreed] on by note" tliat moneth^ (a common orthography of the day,) in the above record, " is intended for munth and with that amendation the act so stand yearly til the propriaters se cas [cause] to alter it." Verily, our fathers were getting critical ! The former clerk had left town, and a wiser one had succeeded to his place. The orthography of Thomas Judd, the schoolmaster, is cor- rected by his cousin, Thomas Judd, the smith ! Y« propriators [Dec 12th, 1704] granted liberty to any y* see cans to inclos in prticulor [to inclose his own land] for wheat or other corn This right was secured by statute. Any man might fence in his own land and thus improve it exclusively ; but he must in- close it at his own expense. If a man adjoining him chose to do the same thing, the division fence must be built by both in just proportion. Desemb. the 8 1707 it was uoated that nither hors nor cattel shold be baited or staked within the feeld from the fifteenth of april until the medows are clear furder it was noted that each propriator shold put in cretures according to ther propotion of fence. In the fall season after the grass had been cut and the crops removed from the common field, it was the custom to turn in the " cattle, horses and sheep " for pasture. It w^as the practice to name the day on which the fields should be " cleared," and when the people might turn in their cattle, &c. This was late in September or early in October. " Com- moning time " was looked forward to with great interest. At the appointed time, early in the morning, or immedi- ately after sundown, the whole town was astir. All the four footed beasts that lived by grazing were brought out, driven in long procession to the meadow gates, and " turned in " to HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 61 crop tlie fresh herbage. There they remained luxuriating and gathering fatness till the late autumnal frosts. The writer's recollections, extending back forty years, furnishes him with some refreshing scenes connected with the opening of the common field. Eoys who used to drive the cows a mile to pasture, hailed the time with lively feelings. There was a law of the Colony, at an earl}^ date, requiring every town and plantation " to make and maintain a sufficient pound or pounds for the impounding and restraining of all such swine, horses, cattle and other creatures, as shall be found damage feasant, and swine found unringed or unyoked." But the first record of the "setting up " of a pound in Waterbury is the following: Genuary: 'io'*": 1702-3 y« town uoted y' there should be a pound set up in y« South highway sum where neare y* south gate y* spot where to be set out by y« townsmen The next year a pound was ordered near the west or common gate, and Deacon Thomas Judd, who lived hard by, was ap- pointed pound keeper. Decembr y« 12=1704 y« propriators gaue juds meadow men leaue to setup a pound for ym selues on their own charg for impounding their own cattel and such as are left out in y« field when men are at worck with them there In 1735, the inhabitants of Korthbury (now Plymouth) were authorized by the town to erect a pound at their own ex- pense ; and in Dec. 1749, Northbury and "Westbury (Water- town) had each " liberty to build a pound at town charge." In February, 1753, Andrew Bronson, who lived on the southwest corner of West Main and Willow streets, obtained the consent of the town to remove the pound near his house, " farther westward in the lane," he being at the expense. There must have been pounds, or yards, for the confinement of cattle, &c., before the early dates above mentioned, as the law required. Hay wards were appointed by the town in 1681. The pounds ordered to be set up in 1702-3 and 1704, were probably designed to take the place of one or more of more ancient date, which had gone to decay. HISTORY or WATERBUKY. CHAPTER YL INDIAN PURCHASES : INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN : SEQUESTER LANDS. On the 29th day of April, 1684, certain Farmington Indians, (nine in number, including two squaws,) "in consideration of nine pounds already received, or good security for that pur- pose," granted to Serg. Thomas Judd and John Stanley, in the name and behalf of the proprietors of the township of Matta- tuck, an addition to the land which they formerly sold to Major Talcott, Mr. "Wadsworth, &c., and lying north of it. It extended north from the rock called Mount Taylor and an east and west line, to a tree marked by Captain Stanley and John Norton, Senr., being eight miles. The grant butted east on Farmington bounds, south on the former grant, (upon that which was formerly the Spinning Squaw's land,) west by a north and south line, which if extended south would run "four score rods from the easternmost part of Quasepaug Pond," north on the wilderness, an east and west line. This deed purports to have been given by " Patuckquo in the name and behalf and by order of Atumtockquo, Wa- wowas, Taphow, Judas, Mantow, Momantow's squaw, Mercy, Sequses (squaw,) and Quatowquechuck (Taphow's son.)" In the same year, on the second day of December, John Acompound, Hackatowsock and his squaw, Mantow, Warun- compound, Atumtocko, Spinning Squaw, Patuckco (squaw,) Sebockett, the same persons, for the most part, who are the grantors named in the deed of 1674, for " nine pounds in hand received or security sufficiently given," conveyed to the same party " one parcel of land at Mattatuck situated on each side of Mattatuck River, to extend from the said river three miles towards Woodbury," butting north on the rock called Mount Taylor, and a line running east and west from that point, east HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 63 on Fcarmington bounds, the line running from the rock called the " Ordinary " south to Beacon Hill Brook, or Milford, or New Haven bounds, south on Beacon Hill Brook and Pau- gasset, west on Pootatuck and Pomperaug. The tract of land here conveyed, it will be noticed, is tlie same, with a little more definite limits, as that granted in the deed of 1674. It was common in those times for the native proprietors to make claims to the lands wliich they had once sold, on the ground that they had been inadequately paid, or that they did not understand the import of their acts. Feb. 28th, 1684, (1685, new style,) Conquapatana (sagamore,) Awawas, Curan, Cocapadous, Tataracum, Kecasahum, Wen- untacum, Cocoeson, "Wechamunck and Werumcaske (Cocoe- sen's sister,) Arumpiske (Curan's squaw,) Notanmnck (Qur- an's sister,) twelve in number, of the Paugasset or Milford tribe of Indians, as I suppose, deeded to Thomas Judd and John Stanley, " per order and in the name and behalf of the pro- prietors of Mattatuck," " for divers causes and considerations thereunto moving and for the sum of six pound in hand," twenty parcels of land, " nine parcels on the east side of Naiiga- tuck River southward from Mattatuck town, which comprises all the land below, betwixt Beacon Hill Brook and the hither end of Judd's meadows, called by the name of Sqontk, and from Naugatuck Piver eastward to Wallingford and New Haven bounds, with all the low lands upon the brook formen- tioned; and eleven parcels on the west side of the first parcel," having certain relations not easy to understand, to Cedar Swamp, the middle of Toamtick Pond, Qnasepaug Pond, and "Woodbury bounds ; at the north part, butting east on " Nau- gatuck or Mattatuck Eiver," and at the south part, east on the lands fii-st mentioned. These twenty parcels of land seem to have been contiguous tracts, each having a distinct Indian name given in the deed, and lying in the southern and south- western parts of the township. They are included, it will be observed, in the first and third purchases from the Farming- ton Indians ; but were also claimed, it appears, by the Derby Indians. Without inquiring very particularly into the justice of the claim, it was thought expedient to extinguish it by pur- chase. 64 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. On the 28tli day of June, 1711, Cockapatane, Sagamore of " Saugosset " and Tom Indian, his son, for twenty five shillings deeded to the proprietors of Waterbury "a small piece of land " north of Derby bounds, west of Naugatuck River and south of Toantick Brook, Thus the limits of ancient Waterbury, as described by the several deeds from the Indians, extended from north to south eighteen miles, and from east to west, nine miles towards the northern line and six miles towards the south. The territory in question was all honestly purchased, most of it twice, and some of it three times. And it was bought not with baubles, but with hard cash. However it may have been in other cases, our ancestors did not get possession of their lands by robbery, or finesse. They were neither " filli- busters " nor cheats. What they had of this world's goods, which was but little, they paid for. Doubtless, those who conveyed their lands did not obtain possession by a method equally just. But it has been claimed that the Indian own- ers or occupants of the soil did not know the significance of a deed by which they parted with their titles, and could not comprehend the consequences of their acts.* But they did know what a sale meant. They did know in our case, (as there are the best reasons to believe,) as they signed the deeds with " marks uncouth," that they were selling their lands, and thus giving up the right of possession. And as for consequences, even the white purchasers had but the dimnest notions. Were they to wake up from their long sleep, and see what our eyes behold in the year 1857, their astonishment would be unmeasured. Nor w^as the price paid so entirely disproportionate to the thing bought. Sixty-three pounds — the amount of all the purchase money — was to the first planters of Waterbury, a large sum. It probably repre- sented as much wealth as the lands would have sold for at this day, had the country generally remained in the undisturbed possession of the savages. Civilization, industry, skill and thrift have made the Nauga- * Judge Church's Litchfield Centennial Address, p. 26. Wild e r II f^ s s tee/sisUrs ew Haven THE OLD TOWT^SUIP OF ^ AT?: R BURT. HISTORY OF WATERBURY. G5 atuck valley what it is. The wealth which exists here to clay has been created by their agency. The soil has been snbdued and improved, its incnmbrances removed and its capacities developed. Fences, bridges, roads, railways, mill-dams, mills, factories, store houses and dwellings have been built. Quar- ries have been opened, swamps drained, stones removed and trees felled. Farms have been stocked with hoi-ses, horned cattle, sheep and swine. Superior grasses have been introduc- ed and orchards planted. The Indians did none of these things — transferred none. Tliey conveyed the naked soil, (much of it literally naked,) without any improvements, and totally unfitted in its then natural state for the abode of civil- ized men. Tliey sold that of which they had a superfluity, and which they were incapable of putting to profitable use. It was the smallest fraction of a continent running to waste, awaiting a purchaser and the application of capital. The value which po23ulation and cultivation, labor, skilled and un- skilled, invention, science, capital and commerce have given, should be kept distinct from natural and inherent value. The former our fathers did not purchase, and did not obtain, and for which it did not behoove them to pay. The latter they bought, and like honest men, paid for it. Tliey thought they gave a fair equivalent — more indeed, perhaps, than they would have been willing to give, had it not been for their ignorance of better lands, at cheaper rates, farther west, and in other localities. If they took advantage of the ignorance of the natives, they lost more, it may be plausibly said, by their own lack of information. At any rate, for many long years they apparently considered their bargain a hard one ; and most likely, had it not been for their improvements, would have abandoned the settlement. Many did so, glad to escape at any necessary sacrifice. The wild Indian is not the precise being he is represented in many works of romance. He has been painted as possess- ed of certain manly traits, and the truth of the likeness, illus- trated by certain examples. But his general character is quite the reverse. lie is given to lying, cheating, thieving. He is lazy, thriftless, faithless, bloodthirsty. He lives like a rob- ber and a vagabond. His cunning and his courage are like 5 66 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. tliose that belong to certain beasts of prey. The only restraints he knows are those imposed by indolence and fear. Brought into contact with a civilized people, he learns all their vices, but not one of their virtues. He becomes a drunkard — an outcast. Every persistent attemj^t to civilize and Christianize him has resulted in the annihilation of the race. He is essentially, as is now generally admitted, untamable, as much so as certain wild animals. Attempts to improve him, do violence to his nature, and in a few generations sweep him out of existence. His character is essentially defective. He appears to lack the moral sentiments necessary to a higher life. These the appli- ances of civilization are inadequate to supply. I admit there is a diiference in different tribes, and that various degrees of partial improvement, among certain Indian races, have some- times resulted from the efforts of philanthropists. Neverthe- less, that the general fact is as stated, is undeniable. The Indian titles to the lands proposed to be included in the township being secured, the inhabitants of Mattatuck were prepared for a town patent, or act of incorporation. They presented a petition to the General Court at the May session of 1685, praying for "a Patent for the confirmation of their lands unto the present proprietors." They chose Serg. Thomas Judd and Serg. John Stanley " Patentees to take out a Patten for the townshijD." Other names, however — those of Robert, Porter, Edmund Scott, Isaac Bronson and John Welton — are inserted in the instrument itself. Probably the application was made at this particular time on account of the critical condition of the Colony. James II had ascended the throne of England and nothing good w^as expected from his reign. There was some delay, however, in obtaining the patent. In the mean time, three successive writs of quo warranto* were served on the Governor and Com- pany of the Colony, and it became evident that the Charter was doomed. The inhabitants of Connecticut were of course greatly alarmed. The people of the dififerent towms and settle- ments were in haste to get their land titles and town franchises secured by a patent from the local government, in anticipation * A warrant requiring the party summoned to appear in court and show by what authority the powers of government were exercised. HISTORY OF WATERBUKY, 67 of its dissolution. Thus they hoped to save themselves from the extortionate demands of royal governors. The General Court had authorized the governor and secretary of the Col- ony, in May, 16S5, " to give patents and deeds to the proprie- tors of every township of all lands and rights," &c. All the towns then existing availed themselves of the privilege, and the new plantation seized the opportunity to gain a similar grant. Mattatuck was invested with town privileges, in the usual way. May, 1686. Here is the form : — This Court Grants that Mattatuck shall be and belong to the county of Hartford and the name of the plantation shall for the future be Waterbury. [May 13, 1086.] The new town took the name of Waterbury on account of its numerous rivers, rivulets, ponds, swamps, " boggy mead- ows " and wet lands. Bury is another way of spelling boro ugh orburg, and s ignifies a dwelling ph ice. It is a pity the beau- Tiful oIcTTndiaii name of Mattatuck was not retained. But our Puritan ancestors regarded these native words as heathen- ish, and were in haste to discard and forget them. Latterly, they have been in some cases revived and applied to the new^ towns, to corporations and various local institutions and objects. Our friends down the river showed their good sense when they called their new town Naugatuck, (another beautiful name,) where the second settlement in the valley was made. Sir Edmund Andros, of charter memory, arrived in Boston, Dec. 1686. A7aterbury's patent was issued soon after, bearing "date Feb. 8th, 1686-7. Whereas the Generall Court of Connecticut liaue formerly Granted unto the inhabitants of Waterbury all those lands within these abutments viz upon New Haven in part & Milford in part & Derby in part on the south & upon Woodbury in part & upon the comons in part on the west & upon Comon land on the North: & east in part upon farmington Bounds & in part upon the comons & from the South to the north line extends Thirteen Miles in length & from farmington Bounds to Woodbury about nine Miles breadth at the North & some what less at the South end the sayd lands hauing been by purchass or otherwise lawfully ob- tayned of the native proprietors, And whereas the proprietors Inhabitants of Wa- terbury in the colony of Connecticut in Newengland haue made application to the Governor & company of the sayd colony of Connecticut assembled in Court the fourteenth of may one Thousand Six Hundred & Eighty fine that they may haue a patent for the confirmation of the afoarsavd lands as it is Butted & Bounded 68 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. afoarsayd unto the present proprietors of the sayd Township of Waterbury -which they haue for some years past enjoyed without Interruption Now for more full confirmation of the premises & afoarsayd Tract of land as it is butted and Bound- ed afoarsayd unto the present proprietors of the Township of Waterbury Know yoe that the sayd Gov & company assembled in Generall Court according to the commission granted to them by our late Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second of the blessed Memory in his letters patent bearing date the Three & Twentyeth day of April in the fourteenth year of his Sayd Ma''«' Reigne haue given and Granted & by these presents doe giue grant rattify & confirm unto Thomas Judd John Standly Robert Porter Edmund Scott Isaac Brunson John Wilton & the rest of the proprietors Inhabitants of the Towne of Waterbury & their heirs & assigns forever & to each of them in such proportion as they haue already agreed upon for the diuision of the Same all that a foarsayd Tract of land as it is butted and Bounded together with all the woods uplands arable lande meadows pastures ponds waters Riuers fishings foulings mines Mineralls Quarries & precious Stones upon and within the sayd Tract of lands with all other profits and comodities tnere- unto belonging or in any wise appertaining & we doe also Grant unto the afore named Thomas Judd John Standly Robert Porter Edmund Scott Isaac Brunson John Wilton, & the rest of the p'sent proprietors Inhabitants of Waterbury there heirs and assigns foreuer, that the foresayd Tracts of land shall be foreuer hereafter deemed reputed & be an Intire Township of it Selfe to haue & to hold the sayd Tract of lands & premises with all & Singular their appurtenances together with the priviledges, Immunities & franchises herein given & granted to the sayd Thomas Judd John Stanly Robert Porter Edmund Scott Isaac Brunson John Wilton & others the present proprietors Inhabitants of Wa- terbury their heirs assigns & to the only proper use and behoofe of the sayd Thomas Judd John Standly Robert Porter Edmund Scott Isaac Brunson John Wilton & the other proprietors Inhabitants of Waterbury their heirs & assignes forever according to the Tennore of his Ma^'^s Manor of East Greenwich in the County Kent in the Kingdom of England in fee & common' soccage & not in capitee nor Knight seruice they yeilding & paying therefore to our Soverigne Lord the King his heirs & successors onely the fifth part of all the oare of Gold & Silver which from time to time & at all times hereafter shall be there gotten had or obtained in Lue of all rents services dutys & demands what- soever according to the charter in witness whereof we have here unto affixed the seal of the Colony this eighth of febuary in the Third year of the reign of s"* Soueraigne lord James the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland france & Ireland King defender of the fay the of o^ Lord 1686: Pr order of the Generall Court of Connecticut John Alltn Secret'y At the May session of the General Court, in 1703, the Wa- terbury patent, as well as the patents of the other towns in the Colony, was confirmed in the following act : Whereas the Court did authorize May 14, 1685, the Governor & Secretary of the Colony to give Patents or deeds to the proprietors of every township [&c] of all lands & rights [&c] & did ratify all sequestrations, and donations, [&c.] it is hereby enacted that the several above mentioned lands with all the rights [&c.] HISTORY OE WATERBURY. 69 contained in the above mentioned Pattents shall be & remain full & clear estate to the Proprietors of the respective towns mentioned [&c.] & the lands sequestered & given to pubUc and pious uses shall remain forever for the same, [&c.] At the October session of 1720, the proprietors of Water- bury petitioned that a new " deed of release and quit claim of and in the lands within the town may be granted and be signed and sealed by the Honorable the Governor and the Secre- tary." The petition was granted and a patent furnished in a m(5re approved and ample form. One reason for this new deed appears to have been the neg- lect to enter the names of all the proprietors, the grantees, in the former deed. Other reasons were probably found in the irregular practices and informal proceedings of the pro- prietors in disposing of their lands, hereafter to be noticed. Tlie original patent, in the hand writing of Mr. Soutlnnayd, (except the date and signatures,) is in the writer's possession : To all people to whom these presents shall come, the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New England in America, send. Greeting, &c. Know Ye, that whereas all the lands contained within these abutments, Viz. beginning at a certain chestnut tree marked and stones about it, which is Water- bury's south west corner and Woodbury's south east corner, thence running north- ward thirteen miles to a small white oak tree marked with divers letters, and a heap of stones about it, which tree is Waterbury's north west corner and Woodbury's north east corner, thence running east eight miles till it strikes Farmington bounds, thence running south to the south west corner of Farmington bounds, thence east till it comes upon Wallingford bounds, and from thence a straight line to a certain chestnut tree, known by the name of the three sisters, which tree is Waterbury's south east corner, & Wallingford's south west corner, New Haven's north west corner, and Milford's north east corner, thence westerly a mile and six score rods to Milford's north west corner, thence south to Beacon Brook, thence westward as the brook runs, to a great rock marked on the west side of Naugatuck River, thence a straight line to the twelve mile stake, thence west to forementioned tree which is Waterbury's south west corner and Woodbury's south east corner, and is about five miles and a half in breadth at the south end of the bounds, butting west on Woodbury, north in part on Litchfield and in part on country land, to the east in part upon Farmington and in part upon Wallingford, to the south in part upon Milford and in part upon Derby. — Were purchased and lawfully obtain- ed of the Indian native proprietors, and have been possessed and improved, for the space of more than forty years, by the persons whose names are hereafter mentioned, being present inhabitants and proprietors of Waterbury, in the Coun ty of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut aforesaid. And Whereas King Charles the second, our late sovereign lord of England, &c., by letters patent, under the great seal of England, by writ of privy seal, bearing date the twenty eight day of April, in the fourteenth year of his reign, did give 70 HISTOEY OF WATEKBUKT. and grant and confirm unto us the said Governor and Company all the lands with- in the Colony aforesaid, in which those lands are included, and the said Governor and Company did in the year one thousand six hundred and eighty five. May the fourteenth, grant letters patent for the land above s"^ to Thomas Judd, Esq., John Stanley, Edmund Scott Isaac Bronson, and John Welton, and others the then in- habitants of Waterbury, whose names should have been then enrolled but were not, — For this and other reasons and good causes, the said Thomas Judd, Esq., and other the inhabitants, proprietors of Waterbury, now moving to us the Gov- ernor and Company in general court assembled, for the more sure making and firm establishing of the rights to us given of the lands aforesaid unto them accord- ing to the several descents, devises, grants, divisions, agreements, to them fallen, given, made, concluded, purchased, or purchases by them made or procured, ac- cording to, or as are, to be found in their town records, from time to time, as they come to the said Thomas Judd, and all other the inhabitants, proprietors of Wa- terbury, whose names are hereafter declared, and whereby their several rights, proprieties and properties and proportions are distinguished whether holden by them in fee simple or fee tail, or considered for life, or lives, or years, in severalty, or as tenants, joint-tenants, or as partners — Now Know Ye that we the said Governor and Company in General Court assem- bled, by virtue of the letters patent, to us given by our sovereign lord King Charles the second, of happy, blessed memory, have granted, remised, released and quitted claim, and by these presents, do fully and absolutely for us and our successors, give, grant, remise, release, and altogether for us and our successors, quit claim, ratify, approve and confirm in the quiet and peaceable and firm seizin and posses- sion of the said Thomas Judd, Esq., John Stanley, Edmund Scott, Isaac Bronson, John Welton, Capt. Thomas Judd, Esq., John Southmayd, Timothy Stanley, John Hopkins, Abraham Andruss, Sen., John Richards, Edmund Scott, the heirs of Abraham Andruss, Jr., the heirs of John Newell, the heirs of John Carrington, the heirs of Daniel Warner, John Scovill, Sen., Thomas Judd, the heirs of Joseph Gaylord, the heirs of John Bronson, Daniel Porter, Sen., the heirs of Philip Judd,' Thomas Newell, Jeremiah Peck, Jonathan Scott, Sen., Richard Porter, Stephen Upson, Sen., the School, the Parsonage, Samuel Stanley, Isaac Bronson, William Hickox, Thomas Hickox, Samuel Scott, Ephraim Warner, Thomas Upson, Thomas Andruss, John Bronson, Thomas Richards, Sen., John Barnes, Benjamin Warner, Thomas Bronson, Ebenezer Bronson, Samuel Porter, Obadiah Scott, the heirs of Thomas Welton, George Welton, the heirs of Stephen Welton, Ebenezer Hickox, Jr., Stephen Upson, Jr., the heirs of John Richards, Jr., Thomas Barnes, Samuel Warner, Sen., John Scovill, Jr., Ebenezer Richason, Thomas Clark, George Scott, Jr., David Scott, Sen., Jonathan Scott, Jr., John Welton, Jr., the heirs of John Richason, Stephen Hopkins, Joseph Lewis, WiUiam Judd, Daniel Porter, Jr., the heirs of John Judd, Timothy Hopkins, George Scott, Sen., Joshua Peck, Richard Welton, Benjamin Warner, Sen., Daniel Shelton, Joseph Prime, Josiah Piatt, James Fenn, Moses Blachly, [Blakeslce,] John Prout, Thomas Furney, [Turney,] Joseph Moss, Israel Moss, Richard Bronson, the heirs of Samuel Howard, Eliza- beth Wilson, Joseph Birdsey, the heirs of Thomas Richason, John Read, James Brown, the heirs of Serg. Jamuel Hickox, Hezekiah Rew, Ebenezer Hickox, Sen., Samuel Mix, Silvanus Baldwin, James Blachly, [Blakeslee,] Samuel Barnes, James Poisson, Samuel Warner, the heirs of Obadiah Richards, the heirs of Obadiah HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 71 Scovill, John Stanley, the whole right, title and claim which we have in or unto all the above said tract of land, bounded as abovesaid, with all the buildings, fences, orchards, trees, wood, timber, underwood, stones, precious stones, quarries, mines, minerals, lands, uplands, pastures, marshes, arable lands, meadows, swamps, rivers, brooks, creeks, ponds, springs, waterings, islands, upon or within the above said tract of land, and with the rights, members, appurtenances, hereditaments, and the rever- sion and reversions, remainder and remainders, royalties, privileges, whatsoever, of into, within and out of the premises, and any and every part and parcel of the same, to them and every of them, their heirs and assigns forever, according to their and each of their several parts, portions, proportions, shares, rights and interests, in, of and unto the lands above described, to be distinguished according to their several descents, devises, grants, divisions, agreements, and purchases, as of record appcareth, and by records of said town of Waterbury may be seen, (reference thereunto being had,) in this instrument — To have and to hold, to them the said Thomas Judd, Esq., John Stanley, Edmund Scott, Isaac Bronson, John Welton, Capt. Thomas Judd, John Southmayd, Timothy Stanley, John Hopkins and all others, the inhabitants, proprietors of Waterbury, whose names have been above declared, and to their and each of their heirs, according to each one's several proportions aforesaid, to their proper use, benefit and behalf for ever. And whereas, there is in the actual seizin and possession of the said Thomas Judd, John Stanley and others, the inhabitants and proprietors of Waterbury, sundry lands within the limits above described, called and known by the name of sequestered lands, sequestered by vote of the town of Waterbury and reserved for the town's use, intended to be improved and used by the inhabitants of said town as commonage, for the common and general feeding of cattle, for firewood, timber, stone, and any and all other the profits and conveniences thereof, without any regard to the distinction of shares, rights, proportions of interests, or property in the said lands — therefore upon motion made to us by the said present proprietors of Waterbury — We the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connect- icut, in New England, in America, in General Court assembled, do for ourselves and our successors, fully, freely and absolutely, remise, release, quit claim, ratify, approve and confirm, in the quiet and peaceable and firm seizen and possession of the said Thomas Judd, John Stanley, Isaac Bronson, John Welton, Capt. Thomas Judd, John Southmayd, Timothy Stanley, John Hopkins, and all other the pres- ent proprietors, inhabitants of Waterbury, as have been before named — the whole right, title and claim that we have had, or have in or unto the said sequestered lands above described, limited and bounded, as the records of the town of Wa- terbury will more fully show, (reference thereunto being had,) To have and to hold, to them the said Thomas Judd, John Stanley and others the proprietors above named, their heirs, successors and assigns, in equal proportion, as town commons, to be ever improved, used and occupied by them, the parties above named, their successors and assigns, in the way and manner above set forth, (which was the design and intent of the first sequestration,) without any distinc- tion and particular Hmitation of the yearly and constant profits arising therefrom to the several proprietors among themselves, and never to be impropriated, grant- ed, divided, or taken up in severalty, until three quarters of the proprietors, inhabit- ants of Waterbury, shall agree thereunto. The whole of what is in this instrument above released, quit claimed and con- firmed, To holdoi his Magesty, his heirs and successors, according to the tenor of 7ii HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. his Magesty's Manor of East Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in that part of the Kingdom of Great Britian formerly called England, in free and common soc- cage, rendering, yielding and paying therefor to our sovereign lord the King, his heirs and successors, for ever, only the fifth part of all the oar of gold and silver which, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, shall be gotten and obtained, in lieu of all services, duties and demands whatsoever, according to the charter of us the said Governor and Company granted, without any manner of claim, chal- lenge, or demand whatsoever, to be had or made by us, or our successors, in any manner of wise — In witness whereof, we have caused the seal of the said Colony to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of October anno Domo. one thousand, seven hun- dred and twenty, in the V*** year of the reign of our sovereign lord George of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King. G. Saltonstall Gov'. Hez. Wyllys. Secretary. It is manifestly the intention of the above deed to enumer- ate, as grantees, either individually or as the heirs of certain persons, ail those who, at the time, were owners of land, (or who had titles of land,) divided and undivided, in the town of Waterbury. Viewed in this light, the catalogue is full of in- terest. The five patentees of 1686 are mentioned in the begin- ning. Three of them were deceased. With the exception of these and of those persons whose " heirs " are referred to, the individuals named were living at the time. Several of them (most of those bearing unfamiliar names) were non-resident landholders. The following persons were not (and never had been) residents of the town : Silvanus Baldwin of Milford, Joseph Birdsey, James Blachly of New Haven, afterwards of Litchfield and Waterbury, Moses Blachly of New Haven, afterwards of Waterbury, Richard Bronson of Woodbury, James Brown of New Haven, after- wards of Waterbury, James Fenn of Milford, Samuel Howard (heirs,) Samuel Mix of New Haven, Israel Moss of Derby, Joseph Moss of Derby, Josiah Piatt of Milford, James Poisson, Joseph Prime of Milford, (Capt.) John Prout of New Haven, John Reed of " Lonetown," Fairfield County, Hezekiah Rew of Milford, Daniel Shelton of Stratford and Ripton, Thomas Turney of New Haven, Elizabeth Wilson of Hartford, (who held a mortgage on land of John Welton, Jr.) The patents, it will be observed, make Waterbury thirteen miles in length. As for breadth, that of 1686 describes it as nine miles at the northern part, and somewhat less at the south ; while that of 1720 speaks of it as eight miles broad at the north, and five and a half at the south end. These descrip- tions very essentially curtail the limits of the town, as they HISTOKY OF ^VATERBURY. 7d are set forth by the Indian deeds. Probably it was the inten- tion of tlie grantors, in thus describing the boundaries of the town, to avoid the possibiHty of encroaching on adjoining grants. It bordered on neighboring towns the limits of which had not yet been certainly determined. In truth, nobody knew, at the early dates of which I am speaking, how much territory there was that lay north of the Derby line and be- tween the Farmington and Wallinglbrd bounds on the east and the Woodbury bounds on the west. As the limits of Wa- terbury were finally settled, the town extended from north to south, on a meridian line, seventeen miles, and from east to west, at its broadest part, nine miles. Towards the southern extremity its sides approached, so that on the Derby and Mil- ford border it was but about five and a quarter miles across. Its average length may have been sixteen miles, and its aver- age breadth, eight and one third miles. It could not have contained less than one hundred and thirty-three square miles, or eighty-five thousand acres. These, divided equally among the thirty-six original proprietors, would have given twenty- three hundred and seventy acres of land to each — a pretty fair landed estate. The limits of the old town, as above defined, comprehend the present towns of Waterbury, Watertown and Plymouth, half of Wolcott, a small part of Oxford, the greater por- tion of Middlebury, more than a third of Prospect, and nearly the whole of Naugatuck. This tract of territory, which a com- mittee of the colonial government estimated as suflicient to maintain thirty families, now contains a poj)ulation of (say) fourteen thousand souls. In consequence of the lack of fixed landmarks, in the original deeds and patents of the township, AYaterbury was involved in frequent, protracted and expensive controversies, (which M'ere sometimes carried to the Assembly or the courts,) with the bordering towns. Throughout its entire boundaries, in fact, there seem to have been but three points which were fixed, and assented to from an early period. These were the " three sisters," (the southeast corner,) the mouth of Beacon Hill Brook, and a point " four score rods from the eastermost part of Quassepaug Pond," on the Woodbury road. The length of 74 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. but a single line, (and that a short one,) was given, till after the patent of 1720. This line ran " westerly " (that is, in some direction, towards the west) one mile and six score rods. It began at the " three sisters," a point which had been settled as the Waterbury southeast corner before 1720. The following extracts from the colonial and town records show (in part) what was done, from time to time, in way of settling the boundaries between Waterbury and other towns : May ys; 18: 1680: thes presents may srtefy y^ gen'i Court or whom it may con- sern y' we y^ agents of derby being desired and appointed by y^ inhabitants of our town y« 30"^ of aprill (1680) hauing full pour to conclude a loyn place or pla" ces of bounds: depending betwixt mattatock and derby and malce a final issue of ye matter before it corns to y« generall court and we y« agents of mattatock Wil- liam iudd Thomas Judd and iohn standly iur: being appointed by our committy to gain a complyance with our freinds ioseph haukins and able gun according to y^ tenor of y« premises so fare as it concerns these two plantations we do agree y' so ye generall court may giue their sanction upon it, do by theis presents determine betwein us as follows, y' y^ south bounds of mattatock do begin at a stack at derbe twelue miles end and from y' stack to extend a west loyn where derby and mattatock shall meet Woodbury bounds and from y' stake afores'' att the end of derbe twelue miles to go with a straight loyn to a ston marcked with: m: on ye north sid and: d: on y^ south sid lying on ye west s"* nagatock or mattatock riuer and from y' ston to ye mouth of becon hill brook where it falls into nagatock or mattatock riuer and y' brook to be ye deuident loyn east ward between mattatock and derby and this agreement is a finall issue or a full setteU ment of ye s"* bounds of mattatock and derby which is to all intents and purposes binding to them their heirs assigns and sucsesors as witness our hands ye day and date aboue men- tioned. derby agents Mattatock agents Joseph hawkins William iudd Able gun: Thomas iudd John standly iur To all whom it may concern be it known y' we herevnto subscribing as agents in ye behalf of ye Plantations of woodbury and mattatock by y® motion of hon- ourable freinds and weighty arguments as hereunto inducing haue had a meeting upon ye 29''' of iune 1680: in order to ye setling of boundarys betwein ye s^i two plantations and do fully and unanimosly agree and consent as foloweth uiz that there be a loyn run du east from ye westermost part of ye bounds agreed and concluded between mattatock and derby to mattatock riuer and so y' loyne to be run from y® s"* riuer too miles and twelue scor rods due west and then a loyn from ye eastermost part of ye great pond commonly called or known by ye name of quassapaug from such a part of ye pond as by us already agreed on four score rods due east and then a straight loyn from ye four score rod to ye a fore sd west corner betwein derby and mattatock and from ye afore sd coner or four scor rod due east from y® forsd pond ye bounds is agreed and concluded to run due north HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. 75 to ye extent northward of each plantations bounds and yt this our niutall agree- ment and firm settellment of y* deuident bounds betwein our plantations as aforesd is signified by our subscribing hereunto this twenty ninth day of iune in y^ yeir of our lord sixteen hundred and eyghty. Thomas Judd John Minor Isriell Curtis William Judd John Standly iur Joseph Judsou May 1681. This Court haue granted that the bounds for the plantation of mat- tatuck shall runn eight miles north from the town plott, as their stated bounds and doe confirme and rattify the boundaryes agreed upon by Mattatuck and Wood- bury plantations and the boundaries agred upon between Mattatuck and Derby inhabitants, which more at large is sett down in their subscribed papers by the hands of the committees appoynted by each plantation and Mattatock bounds on the east shall be upon Farmiugton bounds.* i\.prill^j'''=1703. Wee agree as followeth for boundrys betwein derby and Waterbury to run west ward from ye marked ston or y® west sd y^ riuer to a stone or rock on y" straight mountain with stones layd on it and to run a straight loyn to ye twelue mile stake and then run west from s^ stake by marked trees and sta- tions T a red oak with stones layd at y^ botom 2 ly a white oake 3" ly a red oake at ye noreast s*" of to antick pond 4 ly a white oake on a long redg of rocks south west from toantick pond for Waterbury for derby Timothy Stanly Ebcnczer Johnson John hopkins henery Woster obadiah Richards Edward Rigs We hereunto subscribing agents for Woodbury and Waterbury met together March 26th, 1744, and began at the known boundary east of Quassepaug pond and ran a line north two degrees west a straight line up to a stake with a heap of stones about it the north east corner of Woodbury bounds, and the north west corner of Waterbury bounds, and haue erected monuments in about eighty rods distance on s'' line, which monuments are described by marking trees near to them with 44 Ephraim Minor ^ Agents Samuel Hickox ) Agents for Thomas Knowls > for William Judd ) Waterbury Timothy Hinman ) Woodbury April the 23^, 1765. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, being by the towns of Milford and Waterbury appointed to settle the north and west lines be- tween the towns of Milford and Waterbury, with the assistance of two county surveyors for the County of Xew Haren — we began at the three sisters New Haven north west corner, Milford north east corner, Waterbury south east [corner] with Milford and from said corner we ran a due west line one mile and six score rods and made monuments once in eighty rods and at the end of said line we made a heap of stones by a white oak staddle, then southward forty eight rods to Derby north east corner, the south side of Beacon Hill River, which hnes we do agree * Copied from Cothren's Woodbury, Vol. I, p. 53, ib HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. and establish to be the lines between the towns of Milford and Waterbury. Sign- ed in Waterbury, upon the above date, by us John Lewis \ ^^^ , David Baldwin ^ o. 1 TT T ( Waterburv xx .. i t, , ( Milford Stephen Upson, Jr. V Aath' iarrand >■ „. , , \ Committtee -du- i, t> i \ Committee George Nichols ) Phinehas Peck ; March 27, 1768, the selectmen of Derby and Waterbury met at the twelve mile stake, and measured easterly to Beacon Hill Brook and westerly across Toantick Pond to the Wood- bury line, giving distances and points of compass. It was customary with the old towns, in obedience to the statutes provided in such cases, to appoint a committee of two or more persons, annuallj^, whose duty it was, in concert with adjoining towns, " to perambulate the bounds," in the month of March or April, and " to renew the monuments," or bound- marks, which were usually heaps of stones at the corners, and once in eighty rods in the lines. It was usual also to mark the trees and sometimes the stones, as guides to those who might follow. Tlie penalty for neglect to perambulate was five pounds. During the controversy with Farmington, about the dividing line, Waterbury passed a vote that it would not perambulate with her, but preferred to pay the fine. This was in April, 17-i8. Previous to February, 1680-81, all legitimate authority in the affairs of the settlement centered in, and emanated from, the grand committee. At this time, however, they relieved themselves of some of their responsibilities, and conferred certain powers and privileges, relating to local administration, upon the people themselves. A meeting of the comity for mattatuck febey 5 1680 att farmington itt was then determined by vs that thos towne ofesers that are chosen by the in habitants of sd mattatuck shall execut their respectiue ofeses and that for the futur the inhabit- ants of the place being orderly called and conuened by their maj'' voat shall haue liberty to chus their Tounsmen Constables suruayors fence viewers and haywards or any other siuel ofesers from time to time without any further order from the Comity. In 1682, the committee farther determined that the inhab- itants should have power to make regulations concerning the imj)Ounding o± cattle. After these dates, the committee, having got the infant town upon its legs, as they conceived, gradually withdrew from the HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. Y7 management of its aifairs. They now " advised," in cases in wliicli they formerly " ordered." They continued, however, to make proprietors, to regulate the conditions of preprietor- ship, to determine questions of forfeiture, and to make special grants of land for the common good, &c. The acts of the proprietors relating to these matters had no force until approv- ed by them. Their powers did not terminate, nor were their duties entirely at an end, till the incorporation of the town. In October, 1685, their numtjer had been reduced by death to two, a minority of the original committee. The General Court authorized the survivors to continue their functions, as follows : Oct. 1085. This Court appoint Major Talcott and Mr. Wadsworth to continue their powers as Committee for Mattatuck, notwithstanding the death of some of their number. The last official act of the committee which I have met with on our records is one relating to " the way of raising rates for defraying of the public charges," dated Dec, 26, 1685. It is an " order," signed only by Major Talcott, though it runs in the name of " we." There is, however, a " request and desire," signed by the " friend and servant [of the proprietors] John Wadsworth," dated Sept. 9, 1687, which asks that an oversight in laying out land may be corrected. At an early period, the proprietors, noticing that their lands, whicli were most valuable and conveniently situated, were gradually passing into the hands of individuals and beyond the control of the people at large, determined to provide against tiie possible evils which might result. They reserved certain large tracts for future occasions and the common good. Geneu: S"" 86 y^ Town by uoate granted y' all y" bogey meadows east from y* town fence too miles north and southward from y* town shall be sequestered for common lands and too miles east from \ « afore sd fenc. Another vote appears afterwards to have been passed, on the same day, which sequestered all the lands in the limits mentioned, making them common lands. Gen: 3: 86 y« town detrmined y' all y^ land on y" east sid y« fenc Round to y« Mill Riuer so to y* east mountain we say to dauids brook and to y^ east mountain all ye land in y' compas to be and belong as common land Several years afterwards, still another vote was passed, de- signed apparently to extend and explain the preceding. 78 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. Genuory y« (j'^=l1( miles from t« going down of y« hill beyond Thomas hikcox* hous east and then from it too miles north and too miles south and then to run at each end west to y« common fence. These votes gave origin to the terms sequester and seques- tered lauds, on our records. Tlie territory described lay east of the village, being two miles broad from east to west and four long. It was not regularly surveyed till April, 1716, when Lieut. Timothy Stanley and William Hickox were appointed to lay it out. It was set aside, irrevocably, for public uses, its benefits to be enjoyed by the inhabitants in common, without any reference to proprietory ownership. In the divisions and grants that were made, from time to time, no one had a right to locate his lands within its boundaries. It furnished pastur- age, fire-wood, timber, stone, &c., for all, as they stood in need. In several instances, when the public interest was likely to be promoted, grants of it were made to individuals on conditions. In process of time, it was found that lands layed out, on the supposed sequester line, overlapped and encroached upon the sequestered territory, thus giving origin to conflicting claims. To settle the difficulty, the proprietors voted, in 1Y63, that all lands laid out near the reputed line of sequester, should remain good. The sequester lands were kept sacred for many years, or were granted in small parcels for a common good. At length, ' however, they acquired value, and it was not so easy to keep the hands off tliem. Eight acres were distributed to each proprietor in 1715. In 1733, a vote was passed to have a reg- ular division ; but at a subsequent meeting, it was tbought " likely to be very prejudicial to the town " and " very imprac- ticable ;" so the former vote was reconsidered. In January, 1738-9, however, it was again concluded by the proprietors, to have a division of the sequestered land. One quarter of an acre on each pound propriety was distributed. This oj^eration was repeated in 1759 and afterwards, till the reserved lands were exhausted. I have not succeeded in finding the evidence that these acts of the proprietors were in conformity to the * Thomas Hickox's house stood on East Main street, near the house of the late Dr. Joseph Porter. HISTORY OF WATERBUET. T9 Assembly's confirming cact of 1703, and to the town patent of 1720. By the confirming act "the lands sequestered and given to public and pious uses [were to] remain forever for the same ;" while the patent declared that the sequestered lands, so called, should " never be impropriated, granted, divided, or taken up in severalty, until three quarters of the proprietors shall agree thereunto." In the recorded votes ordering the divisions which have been referred to, nothing is said about " three quarters of the proprietors " being in the major vote. Other tracts of land were sequestered at difl:erent times, to prevent a too rapid appropriation by individuals. There was a large tract in the northwest quarter, next the Woodbury line, at a place which became known as " the Village," and after- wards as " Garnsey Town," which was thus reserved, (I know not when.) It embraced some of the more valuable lands of the town. It was finally divided among the proprietors, the first division being in l^ov. 1722. March 13th, 1733, a tract of land in the northwest quarter, " one mile and a half each way from the centre," was seques- tered for the town's use. The tract embraced the present vil- lage of Watertown. Soon, however, the restriction was taken oft' this territory. CHAPTER YII. MILLS. In all new settlements, mills for grinding grain and sawing logs are considered as things of the first necessity. Tbey are a part of the labor-saving machinery which civilization in- vented at an early period. They perform the w^ork of many men, and do it more perfectly than it can be done by hand. 80 HISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. Food and shelter are the first things to be provided for in a new country, and these mills are almost essential in the pre- paration of the materials. Corn can be pounded in a mortar, or crushed between stones ; but it is a severe task, and none but a primitive people will long submit to it. Dwellings can be made mainly of logs prepared by an axe, with the assistance of clay and straw for the roof; but boards and other "sawed stuff" are almost essential for floors, dooi-s, &c. Our fathers, when they first came to this place, must needs go to Farming- ton for all their mill-work. They must travel a distance of twenty miles through a pathless wilderness, or waste their la- bor in imperfect attempts to supply their wants at home. The only way to escape from this alternative was to provide mills of their own. The State's committee, at an early period, took this matter into consideration, and under date of l^ov. 2Tth, 1679, advised as follows : We doe advise the inhabitants to build a sufficient com mill for the vse of the towne and keepe the same in good reparation for the same for the worck and servis of grinding come and for incoragment we grant such persons shall haue thirty [acres] of land layd out and shall be and remain to them and their heirs and Asigns for euer he or they maintaining the said grist mille as aforsaid for ever. Soon after, Stephen Hopkins of Hartford, erected a mill on Mill River (so called from this use of it) "for grinding corne." It stood where the Scovill Manufacturing Company's rolling mill now is, where a grain mill has ever since remained until within the last twenty-five years or so. The mill being built, the committee awarded to Hopkins the grant w^hich he had become entitled to, and added to it a house lot of two acres, a three acre lot and a £100 allotment. I quote from the record, under date of Feb. 5th, 1680, (1681, K S.) It is further concluded that steuen Hopkins who hath builte a mile att that plantation [mattatuck] shall haue that thirty acrs apointed and intailed in a former order to such as shall erect a mille theare and so much more land aded to the sayd thirty acrs as may aduance the same to be in value of one hundred pound alotment There is allso a house lott containing in estimation to acrs granted steuen Hopkins as conuenantly as may be to suit the mile and the for said Thomas Judd and John Stanly and the present townsmen to lay itt out to him and allso a thre acre lott: acording as the other inhabitants haue granted to be layed out by these same persons for him C'^^^^-i^6 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 81 Aferwards, (Aug. 8, 1682.) the town, in order to carry out the intentions of the committee in relation to tlie " hundred pound allotment," Granted to Stephen Hopkins that alotnient which was Decon Langton's with the prouision that one half of the said alotnient shall be intailed to the mill as the thirty acres is, in case the committy grant the same, causing the said Hopkins to subscribe as other inhabytants haue don : prouid [ed] also this grant fre us from all former iniagments respecting the miliars Lott This action of the proprietors was ratified by the committee, February 6th, 1682, (1683 N. S. ;) but John Hopkins, " the present miller," who was the son of Stephen, was named as the grantee. This is the record : In referance to what lands are granted by the inhabitants of mattatuck to John Hopkins the present miller we do well aprove of and in case they shall see cause to ease the intaile of any part the £100 Alotnient we shall not object: against itt The result of all this action was, John Hopkins, " his heirs and assigns," became entitled to the original grant of thirty acres, the sole condition being that " he or they maintain a grist mill for ever." He also became the owner, by grant, of Dea. Lankton's propriety and allotments, without conditions, except that a two acre lot and a three acre lot were entailed to the mill in like manner " as the thirty acres are." To remove all doubt and misapprehension in relation to the tenure by which the Lankton allotments were held, a vote was passed, after the town was incorporated, of which the following is a copy: Att a town meeting at waterbury december : 30'' : 1687: y* town granted John hopkins y* alotnient now in his possesion which was formerly deac langtons freely and absolutely to him and his heirs foreuer exsepting y' allotment in Isaacs meadow containing three acers and y' too acer alotnient in hancox meadow, which still abids intayld to y® mill as appears by y* town act febeur 13: 1682: we say theis too lots are intayled to y* mill as y« 30 acers was intayld by y® com- mity. [Pro. Book. Vol. I, p! 13.] Several years later, a misunderstanding or difficulty appears to have arisen between the miller and the town, possibly in conserpience of the dam being carried away by the floods, and a claim made upon the town to rebuild it. The result was a compromise and an agreement signed by Hopkins on the town book, " in y« presents of y* town." 6 82 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. Att a town meeting in waterbury genuary 30* 1699 or 700 y« town by uoat ingaged to make and maintain y« mill dam from y« east s"* of y* cornmill to y® hill on y« east sid y* Riuer for teen yeirs on theis conditions y' y® miler make and keep ye corn mill in good Repayer to do y« towns worck in grinding for them fifteen yeirs and maintain y^ dam from y* east sid y« mill to y* hill on y« west sid of y* mill extriordinarys exsepted. Boath on ye towns part and millers in y* presents of y® town I acsept tbeyr act and they doing what they promis I ingage to do min in makeing and main- taining the mill as witness my hand John Hopkins But the causes of misunderstanding were not yet all remov- ed. In less than three years a new compromise became ne- cessary, and John Hopkins signed another agreement on tlie town book " in presents of the town." This relates to the mill- place. Att a town meeting sep': 14: 1702: where as there has bin sura dificulty a bout ye mill place for a finall issue on y^ same y* town and miller agree y' y* property of ye mill place be and remain to him and his heirs foreuer as ye mill land is he maintayniiig a mill to do ye towns worck for euer but if ye miller fayl to maintayn a mill to do ye towns work in grinding theyr corn well corn being sutable to grind then ye property of ye mill place to return to ye town and priuiledges of it only they are to giue ye miller a resonable price for what is his own on ye mill place and if ye town and miller cannot agree to be prised by indefrent men in tes. timony of my complyance with ye town i have in presents of ye town set to my hand John Hopkins The matter of the mill place being settled, as a part of the compromise, probably, the following vote was passed : Att the same meting the town agree by uoat to tak of [off] the remainder of in- tail ment layd one John hopkins medow lot [s ?] a [and] gife him lefe to re[cord] it to him self as his one [own]. [Town Book, p. 103.] The word " lot," in the preceding vote, must, I think, have been intended for lots. If so, it is fair to conclude that the pieces referred to are the meadow tracts, one of three acres in Isaac's Meadow and one of two acres in Handcox's Meadow, which were a part of Dea. Lankton's allotments. This view is strengthened, if not proved to be the correct one, by the fact that soon afterwards, under date of April 8, 1703, tlie two lots in question were recorded, as though without any conditions, among the lands belonging to John Hopkins. [L. R. Vol. I, p, 1 7.] The mill lands, proper, are recorded by themselves. Genuary: 25th: 17, 1*700. The town voted [in consequence of apprehended trouble from the Indians] to fortify Ens. Stanley's house and if it should proue trouble- some times and y« town see they have need, two more should they be able. Att ye same meeting ye town agreed by uoate for y« building y* fort about ensign Standly's hous that the town go abought it forthwith, al men and boys and teams y* are able to worck and to begin to morrow, and he y' shall neglect to go on with the worck till it be dun shall forthwith pay to the aduantage of y» worck 2s 6d for a man and 6s for a team a day. Aprill: IS*"", 1703 y* town desired y^ towns men to prouid a town stock of ami- nition according to law as soon as they can conueniently and if need be to caus a rate to be mad for to purchis s^ stock. [At the next meeting in Oct.] the town mad choys of Left Timothy Standly for to keep ye town stock of ammonition: for ye town. [Each town was required by HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 103 statute to keep " a barrel of good powder, two hundred weight of bullets, and three hundred flints, for every sixty listed souldiers, and after that proportion.'' Left. Stanley commanded the train band ; of course it was meet that he should have the charge of the " military stores."] March y^=2o=1704= y« town agreed to fortifi Mr. Southmaid's hous, and deak judd Left Stanly and tho judd iur was appointed to stake out each man his proportion according to their gran leauey. In May, 170-i, the General Court designated Waterbury as one of tlie frontier towns. They ordered that ten men should " be put in garrison" in each of the towns of Danbury, Wood- bury, Waterbury and Simsbury. Feb 31 1706-7 the town agreed to buld the foert that is at left standlis strong, at the same meeting the act was past to build a nue foart at the east end of the town at the place wher they shall agre dek thomas judd was chosing comiti to asist the townsmen laying the s<* foarts out and to state euiri [every] man['8] pre posun [proportion] acording to his leui. An alarm was spread through the country early in 1707, in consequence of intelligence that the French and Indians of Canada were planning a descent upon the colonies. It was reported, too, that the Indians of Woodbury and New Milford — the Pootatucks and Wiantenucks — had formed an alliance with the enemy. A council of war was convened in Hartford in February, and it was resolved that the frontier towns upon the west, which were most ex]50sed — Simsbury, Waterbury, Woodbury, and Danbury — should be fortified with all possible despatch. As Waterbury had sustained great losses from the floods, it was resolved that the Governor and Council, as an encouragement to the w' ork, would recommend to the Assem- bly an abatement of the country rates (colony taxes) of the town.* The people of Waterbury bestirred themselves in due time. The work of " cutting bushes" was laid aside. A statute, in those days, required the selectmen of every town to warn every male person from fourteen years old to seventy (with certain exceptions) to work one day in each year " in cutting down and clearing the underwood in any highways, commons, or otlier j^laces agreed on by the town," the object being to improve the pasture, &c. It w^as this work doubtless tliat was * Trumbull's History of Connecticut, I, 235. 104 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. to give way to tlie pressure of impending war. I cojjy from tlie record : — June y^ 23 — 1707 y^ town by uoate considering our troubles and feere of an enemie do agree to lay a sid cuting busshis which was warned for this day till after micalmast, and this day forthwith to go abought finshing and repayring y® forts, and to finish them by wensday next at night [;] and he or they y' shall neglect to do their part of s"! foorts according to y® intent of this act and direction of y« com~ty shall be proseeded against by distress as y^ law directs in rates [;] y« price of y* worck to be stated by y« com~ty — att the same meeting Leiu~Tim~ Stanly serj. Isaac brunson and Stephen ubson sen' was chosen a com~ty with y« townsmen for y* above s'J worck. At the October Session, in 1707, the General Court made lil)eral grants of money to the frontier towns for their prompt- ness and zeal in fortifying themselves. Waterbm-y received £15, to be divided among its people according to the amount of labor performed. At the October (?) Session of the Assembly, in 1708, it was enacted, that two forts should be erected in Waterbury, and that garrisons should be maintained at the public charge at Simsbury and Waterbury, two in each place. Thus the gov- ernment assumed the responsibility and the expense of de- fending the people of Waterbury, The latter, however, still supported one of the forts at their own cost : — Novem' 15"' 1708 y« town agree to have three forts in y^ Town one built aty« , west end of y® Town on the cuntry account one at Leiu Stanlys on y« cuntry ac- count one at John hopkins hous on y® Town account — [Dec. 13, 1708] the fort to be bult at the west end of the town shall be bult about Mr. Southmayds hous. These fortiiications, so called, were distributed in such a way as to be of convenient access to the scattered population. They were constructed of logs or sticks of timber placed firmly in the ground, perpendicularly and close together, with a door prop- erly secured for passing in and out. The houses to be for- tified were thus surrounded by a high and strong wooden wall. Such a wall would afford very good security against Indian attacks. A small body of troops placed within one of the en- closures, well provided with guns and ammunition, and firing through crevices, could resist and beat oft' a large body of hos- tile savages. To these fortified houses all the people resorted at night, returning again in the morning to their houses and HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 105 tlie labors of the day. But, notwithstanding all that was done, tlie affairs of the settlement remained in a critical state. In the spring of 1709, the New England colonies, at the in- stance of the royal government, fitted out an expedition against Canada, which was to meet an English force at Boston and sail for Quebec. Of the three hundred and fifty men which Connecticut provided, Waterbury furnished four. The English fleet never arrived and the enterprise was a failure. One quarter or more of the troops, says Dr. Trumbull, died. Connecticut lost ninety men. In 1710, a party of Indians, or French and Indians, made a visit to Simsbury and Waterbury. In the south part of what is now Plymouth, they killed a man named Holt. (lie may have been a transient person, or a hunter from another town.) The place is called Mount Holt, from the circumstance of the nuissacre. It is a spur of Mount Toby. About the same time, some Indians came down from Canada, on their customary errand, and ascended a hill, or mountain, on the west side of the river, opposite Mount Taylor, to reconnoitre. They saw Jonathan Scott seated under a large oak tree, in Hancock's Meadow, eating his dinner, with his two sons, aged fourteen and eleven, at a little distance. Tlie Indians approached stealthily, keeping in a line with the tree and Mr. Scott. In this way they reached him unperceived and made him pris- oner. The boys took to their heels ; but the father, in order to save his own life, which he was given to understand would be taken if he refused, recalled his sons. Thus the three were captured. The Indians then retraced their steps rapidly with their prizes, having taken the precaution to cut off Scott's right thumb, in order to cripjjle him if he should make resist- ance. The wife of Jonathan Scott was Hannah Hawks, the daugh- ter of John Hawks of Deerfield. Her mother was killed in the Indian attack on that town on the terrible twenty-ninth of Februar}', 1704. Her only sister, Elizabeth, was taken pris- oner and put to death on her way to Canada. Her only brother John and his wife and three children, were also slain. Poor John Hawks was thus bereft of all his family except Hannah of Waterbury. AYhat must have been the anguish of 106 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. both when tliis new bereavement became known ! Hawks spent his latter days with his daughter in Waterbur3^ The following vote explains itself: [July aG"" mo] the town by vote gaue Jonathan Scott his town rat for 1Y09 for getting out of town wiliani stanerds wife [a transient person whom the select- men had warned out of town,] and in consideration of his present sureumstanses he being in captivity. The General Court, also, in 1711, abated the colony tax of Hannah Scott, " in consequence of her husband being in cap- tivity in Canada." After the peace, Jonathan Scott, with his eldest son, Jona- than, returned to Waterbury. The younger son, John, be- came accustomed to savage life, preferred it, and never return- ed. This preference, under similar circumstances, is not a solitary instance. AVhite people who have been a long time with the Indians, particularly if their acquaintance began in childhood, very generally become attached to them and their mode of living. It is far easier to make a savage out of, than into, a civilized man.* At the May session of 1721, Scott applied to the General Assembly for pecuniary assistance on account of the expenses of his captivity and his attempts to release his son. He was allowed ten pounds. In October, 1725, he again petitioned ; this time for aid to get his son out of bondage, and obtained a grant of £5. The capture of Scott and his sons, of course, produced great excitement among the inhabitants of Waterbury. The alarm was greater from their not knowing the extent of the danger, or the time an impending storm might break over them. Their utmost vigilance might fail to give them the needed warning. It was in this state of uncertainty that the following vote was taken : July 20, 1710 the town by uote mad chose of Mr. John Soth mad de Thomas Judd 1ft timothy standly sr John hopkins a comity to draw up in writing the sur- comstanses of the town in this tim of ware and represent to the general cort to be holden in New haven on agst 4 1710 by their dubotys to be by them presented to said cort The General Court made provision for the safety of the town, as appears from the colony records : ♦ See Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts, II, p. 128, note. HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 107 In consideration of the remoteness of the town of Waterbury from the County town and the committee of war appointed there, by reason whereof they cannot have so speedy relief up on the sudden approach of the enemy as is requisite — This Assembly do constitute and appoint John Ailing, Esq., Major Samuel Ells, Jeremiah Osborn, Esq., and Capt John munson or any three of them, to be a committee of war with full power up on the application of the inhabitants of said town of Waterbury, and in case of danger on the approach of the enemy, to raise and send men thither from New Haven County for their relief by scouting or lying in garrison there, as occasion may require. The next year, in consequence of tlie continued threaten- ing aspect of aftairs, the town appointed a committee as fol- lows : At a town meeting in waterbury Aprill 9"" 1711 the town by note mad chos of Mr. John Southmad 1ft Timothy Standly Thomas Judd: John Hopkins sr Isac brunson sr steuen upson gorg scott as a commity to writ to the commity of safety at new haven and to Represent our cas to said commity consarning our present fears of the common enymy to take their aduice and counsel in said afar It is difficult to picture to ourselves the condition of our forefathers at the time of which I have been speaking. They numbered only from thirty to thirty-three families throughout the whole period, there being one family less in 1713, accord- ing to my estimate, than in 1685. The whole population, doubtless, did not amount to more than two hundred souls. They were far removed from sympathizing friends, and were destitute of many of the comforts and all the luxuries of life. They toiled all day to wring a livelihood from an unwilling soil, and too frecpiently spent the night in watching. Their dwellings at this day would hardly be called tenantable. They all slejDt, during periods of supposed danger, in the fortified houses, as before stated. These were larger than the others, and were selected in part for that reason ; but the three, or the two, when but two existed, could not have properly accommodated so many. In the winter season, when all needed shelter, they must have been crowded to an inconvenient and unwholesome degree. Indian warfare is of a kind calculated to fill the breasts of a peaceful and exposed population with dreadful apprehensions and to chill the blood of the most courageous. The Indian proM'ls about by night and conceals himself by day and delights most to strike his victim unseen. The se- crecy of his movements is only equaled by his fleetness. He 108 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. disdains the arts and also tlie virtnes of civilized warfare. He falls upon the weak and unprotected, slaughters old men, women and children, waylays the traveler and tortures the captive. Cunning, treacherous, bloodthirsty, he dogs the foot- steps of his enemy and waits his chance. He may be beaten back, but he returns to the attack and is subdued with diffi- culty. It is not so much his object to obtain victory as to de- stroy his adversary and lay waste his country. This is the foe with which the early settlers of Waterbury were threatened. It does not appear that they were actually assailed, except in the instances mentioned ; but they were for long periods in a state of constant apprehension, expecting an attack and fear- ing surprise. The perplexing uncertainty and frequent alarms to which they were exposed, doubtless tried their fortitude, putting it to a severer test than the dangers of active and open war. In the latter, there are excitements and incentives which keep up the spirits. The idea of " glory " strengthens the arm and makes the heart courageous. But Indian warfare has few attractions. The laurels won in an Indian fight are not many. A wound received in some great civilized battle is deemed honorable, but there is little glory in being scalped. After the peace of IT 13, there was but little trouble or ap- prehension from the natives for several years. In 1720, how- ever, hostilities were begun, on the part of the Indians, on^ the eastern frontier of New England, when Canso, an English settlement in Nova Scotia, was attacked and several of its in- habitants killed. This outrage and others which followed led to a declaration of war by Massachusetts, in 1722. Connecti- cut was invited to join in the contest, but declined. She, how- ever, agreed to send a small force to protect the county of Hampshire from threatened attacks from the north and took vigorous measure to put her own frontier towns in a jjosture of defense. In the new town of Litchfield, a man (Capt. Jacob Griswold) was captured by a party of Indians and carried oflP, but he made his escape the first night. Soon after, (Aug. 1722,) one Joseph Harris was murdered near the place where Griswold was taken.* In 1724, the Assembly gave Water- bury authority to employ six men "to guard y^ men in * Morris's Statistical Account of Litchfield. HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 109 their outfields at the discression of y® commission officers of sd. Town." The authority thus given was exercised for about one month. Though danger was sometimes apprehended, the early col- onists of this State did not suffer much from the resident tribes of Indians in the nortli western part of the Colony. The lat- ter, few in number, w^ere generally peaceful and friendly. They may sometimes have regarded the progress of the wliites with jealousy and seriously contemplated hostilities; but, as a common thing, they courted their alliance and gave them kindly assistance in extremity. For a time, they regarded with satisfaction the growth among them of a new power which promised to protect them from tiieir dreaded enemies and oppressors, the Mohawks of the west, to whom they paid tril)ute. Still, our fathers w^ere essentially a martial people. They loved and honored a militarj^ life. 'No race of men ever iield in higher esteem individual bravery and strategical skill. The circumstances of their position influenced their opinions. The warlike virtues were to them a necessity. They were obliged to cultivate them for their own protection ; and what- ever such men seriously undertake they excel in. This conti- nent never could have been settled and subdued by a timid or even by an unmilitary people. There was a demand for war- riors and warriors of a superior order came forth. The early colonists attained the same excellence in the Indian fight tiiat Crom well's nen did in the pitched battle. They soon became an overmatch for the most warlike of their enemies. They beat them in their own mode of carrying on a contest. They fouglit for their firesides and their existence. They prayed for aid to the God of Battles ; but they did not despise carnal weapons, or neglect the lessons of worldly wisdom. They put their trust in Providence ; but they also kept their powder dry. Military titles were in high repute among the colonists. They were preferred to civil or ecclesiastical honors. A cor- poral was on the road to distinction. His office was occasion- ally, but not usually, attached to his name. A sergeant had attained distinction and his title was never omitted. An en- 110 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. sign or a lieutenant was lifted quite above the heads of his fel- lows. A captain was necessarily a man of great influence, whose opinion was taken in all the weighty concerns of a town. Few aspired to the exalted rank of a major. It was the reward of the most distinguished services. Major Talcott and Major Treat were rendered illustrious by their titles as well as their achievements. The drum was a favorite instrument among our ancestors, and was put to many uses. It answered the purpose of a town bell. It called the people to meeting on Sundays. It summoned them to the fortified houses at night. It gave the signal for the town gatherings on public business. It told the 2)eople when to turn out " to burn about the common fence." A law of the colony at the time of and after the settlement of Mattatuck, required that " all white male persons, from the age of sixteen to sixty years, except magistrates, justices of the peace, the secretary, church officers, allowed physicians, chyrurgeons, schoolmasters, representatives or deputies for the time being, one miller to each grist-mill, constant herdsmen and mariners, sheriffs, constables, constant ferrymen, lame per- sons, or otherwise disabled in body," should bear arms and be subject to military duty. Six days yearly were devoted to martial exercises, and a giiard in every town, in no case of less than eight soldiers, Avas required to be maintained on the sabbath and other days of public worship. This guard, how- ever, was dispensed with in 1714, there no longer being occa- sion for it.* The law also provided, that every train band of sixty-four soldiers should have a captain, lieutenant, ensign and four sergeants — that a train band of thirty-two soldiers should have a lieutenant, ensign and two sergeants, and that a train band of twenty-four soldiers should " have but two ser- geants," in all cases, exclusive of officers. The Mattatuck settlers probably organized themselves into a military company so soon as their numbers warranted this measure. There is no record showing this, and they were not at that period exposed to the attacks of an enemy, but such was the custom of the times. As early as 1682, they had two * Field's Middlesex County. HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. Ill sergeants in the persons of Thomas Judd, Sen. and John Stan- ley. (These individnals at that date ^vere so denominated.) They must then have numbered, at least, twenty-four soldiers besides ofiicers. In records bearing the dates of 1686, 1687, and 1688, Judd is, in a few instances, called ensign, but these are copied records, and a title which he afterwards bore, not found in the original, may have been applied to him negli- gently ; for, it will be observed, he is repeatedly styled ser- geant during the years mentioned. After Andros' usurpation and the resumption of the govern- liient under the charter in 1689, the Waterbury train band was found to number, at least, tliirty-two rank and file and became entitled to a higher grade of officers. It was then, Oct. 1689, that John Stanley was appointed and confirmed by the Gene- ral Court as lieutenant, and Thomas Judd, (Sen.,) as ensign. At the same time, Samuel Hickox (Sen.) and (probably) Tim- othy Stanley were chosen sergeants. Isaac Bronson and John Welton were the corporals. After Lieut, Stanley's removal from the town and Sergeant Ilickox's death, both about 1694-5, Ensign Judd was made lieutenant; Sergeant Timothy Stanley, ensign ; Corporal Isaac Bronson and (probably) Dea. Thonuis Judd, sergeants. Lieut. Judd died in 1702-3, and Ensign Stanley succeeded him in command of the company, M'hile Deacon Thomas Judd was made ensign. These continued to be the officers till 1715, when the soldiers of the company numbered, for the first time, sixty-four, and from this circumstance were allowed to have a captain. Lieut. Tliomas Judd (tlie deacon) was pro- moted to this high position, and Ens. John Hopkins was ap- pointed lieutenant. The next captains before 1732, were, suc- cessively. Dr. Ephraim Warner, AVilliam Hickox and William Judd. In 1732, the company was divided into two by author- ity of the Assembly. William Judd and Timothy Hopkins appear to have been the captains in that year. But during the period to which the preceding remarks im- mediately refer, Waterbury suffered severely from other causes than war. In Eeb., 1691, happened the Great Flood, so called. Owing to rains and the sudden melting of the snows, the river left its banks and covered the meadows, rising to a 112 IIISTOEY OF WATERBURY. height never known before or since. The water flowed along tlie low ground back of the house of Mrs. Giles Ives, and sub- merged a portion of the Green w^hicli is in front of the Epis- copal Church. Great damage was done to the river lands and sore distress was tlie consequence. A large proportion had been recently plowed, while the surface had been loosened and softened by the rains and the coming out of the frost. As a consequence, the soil was wholly washed away in many places, while that which remained was covered with sand and stones. Thus the suffering inhabitants saw their labors come to naught. Their best lands M^ere almost ruined and their hopes for the present blasted. This dreadful calamity was the cause of great discouragement. Many forsook the place in despair. We have recently had examples of what the Naugatuck can do in freshet-time. On the 13th day of I^ovember, 1853, there came down the valley, on short notice, such a body of water as had not been seen by the oldest persons living. Those not acquainted with the ancient performances of our usually quiet and orderly river, were astonished and in some instances dis- mayed. Some of the manufacturing companies suffered greatly from the washing away of their race-way embankments. Bridges were carried off. and in Derby (Ansonia) some persons were drowned wdio happened to be crossing a foot-bridge at the time it gave way. On the thirteenth of April, 1854, there was another great flood, the water rising in Waterbury within eighteen inches as high as in the previous November. At Derby, owing to a greater freshet in the Ilousatonic, the water was highest in April. The most recent of the great floods, previous to the two last, occurred in 1801. One reason, doubtless, why the floods of the Naugatuck do less damage now-a-days than formerly to the meadows upon its banks, is owing to the fact that the trees and bushes which once obstructed the current, forcing the water out of its natu- ral course and throwing it into eddies, have been removed. It is when water is resisted by a barrier, or is fretted continually by obstacles, that it becomes such a terriflc physical agent. r^--2^ -^ HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 113 111 October, 1712, a great sickness, mortal beyond example in the previous history of the town, broke out. It raged until September, 1713, carrying off, in eleven months, more than one tenth of the population. It was known afterwards, for a long time, as the Great Sickness. The well were not numerous enough to take care of the sick and bury the dead. Several families lost three of their number, and several others two. Of the twenty-one victims, (ten of them heads of families,) seven died between the sixth and twenty-tirst of March, 1712-13. CHAPTER X. BACHELOR PROPRIETORS. By reason of the Indian wars, the great flood, the great sick- ness and other causes incident to a new and feeble settlement, in want of almost everything, to say nothing of a laborious and niggardly agriculture, Waterbury did not flourish for a long time after its settlement. The population was as great (if not greater) in 1685 or 1686, eight or nine years after the planters left their Farmington homes, as at any time during the first thirty-five years. It was at the period first named that the pro- prietors, who had secured their rights, began to remove from the town. Joseph Hickox led the way, setting a very bad ex- ample. He may have been deficient in " backbone." He was in Woodbury early in 1686. He died there the next year, his being the first death among the old proprietors. In 1687, Thomas Hancox sold his house and returned to Farmington. Soon after, Benjamin Jones removed to New Haven and died in 1089. Thomas Xewell disappeared in 1690, going back to 114 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. Farmington. Samuel Scott followed him in the same year, or the year after. John Newell and John Stanley turned tlieir footsteps in the same direction, the first in 1694, the last early in 1695. Stanley was a prominent and most influential man, but not, it seems, of the iron mould required for the valley of the Naugatuck. His defection was much regretted. John Scovill went off in 1696 and brought up in Haddam. John Warner stuck by till about 1T03, when he too gave up and went back to Farmington. Joseph Gaylord's courage held out till 1707, when he followed his sons to Durham. Thomas Judd, Jr., town clerk and school master, whom the people de- lighted to honor, persevered in a course of well-doing till 1709, when, for some reason unknown to the writer, he removed to Hartford, (now West Hartford.) He was the last of the old proprietors of Waterbury who thought it their duty or for their interest to leave their brethren in the hour of darkness and peril. They numbered eleven in all. One only, Eichard Porter, went away at a later period. All the others continued at their posts and laid their bones in the town they had founded. During the period of gloom about which I have been writ- ing, many of the proprietors who remained were removed by death. The first who died w^as Robert Porter, the second, Philip Judd, both in 1689. The next was John Carrington, in 1690. Edmund Scott, Sen., died in 1691 ; Abraham Andruss, (cooper,) in 1693; Samuel Ilickox, a leading man, in 1694; John Bronson, in 1696 ; Jeremiah Peck, the first minister, in 1699 ; Obadiah Richards, late in 1702 ; Thomas Judd, Sen., second to none as a man of character, early in 1703 ; Thomas Richason, in 1712. There were ten in all, which number, added to the eleven that removed, makes twenty-one of the original proprietors who had disappeared in 1713, leaving fif- teen who were still living in Waterbury at that time. It has been often remarked that sickness and mortality are greater in the first years of a settlement than at a later period. While the first generation is short-lived, the second or third is often distinguished by unusual longevity. These facts are illustrated in the history of Waterbury. Its early inhabitants, IIISTOKY OF WATEKBUKY. 115 in too many instances, died young, while its later population is somewhat remarkable for instances of old age.* Besides the losses referred to, there were many young men, sons of proprietors, who either died or removed from the town during the period in question. The mortality among them was very considerable. The families of the proprietors who died, in many cases, left the place. This was the fact with the entire families of Philip Judd, John Carrington and Abra- ham Aiidruss, 2d, and parts of the families of Samuel Hickox, John Bronson, Obadiah Kichards and Thomas Kichason, If a proprietor removed, he, as a general rule, took all his near kindred with him ; or if any were left, they did not stay long. Thus tlie names of Hancox, Jones, Newell, Stanley, and Gay- lord, became extinct, temporarily or permanently. After several of the inhabitants had removed from the town, and the young men had manifested an inclination to follow the example on account of the gloomy prospects at home, the proprietors began to inquire what the emergency demanded. That their own sons should threaten to leave them in the midst of their trials, was the source of unaffected grief. Them, therefore, they thought to make contented by more liberal of- fers of certain pecuniary advantages. They resorted to the means that the fathers of the present age sometimes employ, when their children contract roving habits. That they might stick by their sires and thus manifest their attachment, they gave them an important portion of their estate. In a proprie- tors' meeting held in December, 1697, the proprietors granted to each young man certain lands and a propriety of £4U in the commons, all on certain conditions. For very good reasons, the new proprietors were not to have a voice in giving away lands. This limitation of power was designed to prevent them from helping themselves too liberally, as boys are wont to do, when they have free access to the paternal estate. I give be- low an exact copy of the record. * The oldest person that has died within the limits of ancient Waterbury was John Bronson, of Wolcott.who deceased in Nov., 183?, aged one hundred and two years and three months. The next oldest (who died in present Waterbury) was David Prichard, whose death took place Dec. 23, 173S, at the age of one hundred and one years and seven months. I have the names of sixty- two others who have died within the limits of the old township between the ages of 90 and 100. 116 HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. Att a metting of y« propriators in waterbury december 2CA 1697. In order to y« getting such yong men y' desire to settell in y« town y« propri- ators grant to each one y* desires to settell for their incuragment or accomada- tion thirty acres of upland swam [p] and bogey meadow as alotment with a pro- priety in y^ commons according to theyr alotment with a hous lot and four acres for a pastor to be layd out to them by y« town measurer giuing them four years to build a tenantable hous not less than sixteen foots square and he y' takes up a lot and is not in way of improuement and shall not build accordingly shall forfit his lot [;] and what land has been giuen to any yong man shall be accounted as part of his lot [;] this act not to pregedes former grants nor highways [;] this act to be in force for al such as liue a mongs us as they shall com of age and desire this priuiledg and be acsepted by \® propriators but y« priuiledg of acting in giuing away land we do not give them [;] this alotment to be deemed a forty pound alotment in all diuisions and so to have theyr propriety in y« commons and after 2 [altered from "4"] years each alotment to be deemed at too [altered from "4"] pounds Estate in y^ bareing town charg: for 4 years, and after according as they improue according to law or y« apprisall of other lands in y* town and not to make sale of any but y* improued & subdued but if any dye here his heirs to poses his lands At subsequent meetings, certain regulations were establish- ed, designed for the government of the new jiroprietors in the taking up of their lands, &c. Att a meeting may 15: 1699 y« propriators granted y« yong men liberty to take up their thirty acers in three places and if any haue perticular grants of land to haue them counted in y^ 30 acres and not to hinder theyr pitches* and he y' has had 3 pitches to haue on [one] more. Dec 23 1700 the propriators granted that thos yong men that build in y« town plat shall haue six acers for a pastor not takeing it where it would do for a hous lot and they y' go out furder to build to haue four acers for a hous lot The vote of December, 1697, laid the foundation of what were afterwards called bachelor rights or accommodations. In order the more effectually to secure its objects, and to constrain, if possible, those who took advantage of it to remain in the town, the proprietors, at a subsequent period, so altered its conditions as to require those claiming its benefits to reside with them five years after building a house. This is the sup- plementary act : At ye same meeting [Feb. 22"*. 1702-3] y® proprietors took up y* obligation of y« yong men for subdueing and clearing as in y' act december 20'' : 1697 : and thos ye haue now built according to sd act to in habit fiue years from this day and * The \vor(l pitch in the record seems to be used in the sense of choice or lot. When a per- son selected his land and brought in an account of it to the measurer, he brought in his pitch. Each act of choice by which he selected a separate tract of land was a distinct pitch. HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 117 then their lands be their own, and others y' are now acsepted on bacheldors accomodations, and hereaftor shall be excepted shall build acording to said act and inhabit fine years after they haue build and then their lands be their own. This vote, so far as its action was retrospective — so far as it affected tliose " yong men " who had ah-eady been made pro- prietors under the act of December, 1697 — was plainly ille- gal ; and the attempt to enforce it was not persisted in. The custom of giving away the lands of the town, instead of disposing of them by division, was established as the fixed policy of the i^roprietors. This policy, because, probably, of some objection made to it, was declared in a vote, as follows : At a meeting of y® proprietors in Waterbury January 7th 1705-6 it being uoated whether y^ proprietors would diuide theyr commons according to purchase or no y® uoat past in y* negitiue y' they would not deuide their commons but in y» second uoate y' they would gie away their land to perticular men as they see cause or as they iudg men haue need of it. But notwithstanding these signal proofs of liberality and paternal regard, on the part of the proprietors, the youngsters, in too many cases, would not remain and claim their lands ; or if they made a show of staying, they frequently left the settle- ment when they had resided in it long enough to make sure of their bachelor riglits. This conduct was ungrateful, not to say provoking. Considering that the town had not, at this time, a single able bodied man to spare, one is tempted to call it cow- ardly. After several young persons had removed, under the circumstances named, the proprietors in meeting, January, 7th, 1705-6, voted, " to take the forfiture of all the lands that was given to Jos. Gaylord, Jun., Joseph Hickox, Abraham Andruss, Jr. and Benjamin Warner that they cant hold by the records." But the lands given to these persons proved to be beyond the reach of the givers, for their names were continued as proprietors. The proprietors' profuse liberality in giving away their lands and their marked partiality for those who dwelt among them, caused no complaint and no remark, so long as the lands had little value — so long as it was difficult to induce men to take them and improve them. But circumstances changed. It was found, in process of time, that in some parts of the town, there were richer lands than those first taken up. After 118 HISTORY OF AVATERBUKT. the peace of 1713, tlie population began to increase. The prosj)ects for "real estate" materially improved. Then it was that inquiries began to be made into the doings of proprietors. Self interest quickened the sense of right and justice. Those that had not participated in the grants made, saw distinctly the grievous wrong that had been done. Tliose persons that had removed from the town found that the proprietors that remained were rapidly stripping them of their estate, passing it over to others without consideration, for the sole purpose of obtaining permanent settlers. They complained as men would naturally do. They disputed the legality as well as the justice of the proceedings. They had originally, they claimed, an undivided right in all the lands of Waterbury which they had secured by purchase and deed, which right had been put be- yond a doubt by the town patent. What they had fairly purchased they had honestly paid for. And there was no equitable or lawful mode, they contended, by which this com- mon property could be disposed of, except by division among the proj^rietors according to ownership. A majority, they said, had no power to bind the minority, except in case of equal distribution. They furthermore complained that they had not been warned to those meetings of the j^roprietors which had made the extraordinary grants complained of. I copy from the records Dea. Stanley's communication protesting against the' obnoxious grants. There is pith in it, when the crust is once penetrated and the meaning arrived at : To the propriator inhabitance of Waterbury assembled april 12-1715 breth- ren andnabours I the subscriber haueing to grate disatisfaction Obserued the .way of your giuing or granting away of land To bring in inhabitance according to an act made for that purpos upon record desembr, 20 — 1697 which hath a derect tendensy to uialate and destroy and conterary to right ecquity and justis or any well digested reson to inuaid the property of the first purchesars i suppose it to be a truth not to be gainsayed that Those that were the first purchesurs of the land within the township did thereby aquere a right according to the proportion of what payments they made by order of the Comity for the setling of the place and the articles they fullfiUed and to be subdiuided as is at large comprised in the pattin [patent] to the then propriator inhabitanc and their heirs. I liaue no where seen that the antient propriators did impower the mager part by uoat to giue the land at their plesure — the receiued prinsiple I perceaue if I mestake not is that the majer parte of the propriators in comon may by uoat when aposed by the miner giue away from the miner when and as they pleas — that which is con- sequent upon it is that the majer may combien and giue it all to and amongst them HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 119 selves so that the miner shall haue nither land nor comonig [commoning] * * * * * for my own part to my best remembrance I haue neuer been warned to any propriatory meeting or at the making s-^ act in 1697 besure I was not there to my knowlidge — others haue not been warned as they haue told [me] but upon the whole i take this opertunity to declare and protest aganst the propriators proseding any father in gluing [or] granting any more in [accordance] with sd act to any purticolure person or persons and also i do protest aganst all the grants that haue been made according to sd act to make propriator inhabitance — i haue here unto sett my hand as one of the patentese and one of the first propriators and were posesed of one hundred pound right of my own and by distrbution of John [newel's] estate all his rigiit in the outlands fell to me — pray let there be no strife between us [&c]. John Standley witness Jeremiah peck Tliomas Clark. At the same • meetin<:; at wliieli John Stanley's protest was presented, tlie proprietors, as if to fortify themselves in what they had done, and to make sure the grants, passed a vote which is recorded as follows : It was inacted by voat that the land formerly giuen to the bacheldors* shall be ther one [own] exsepting thos that haue not fulltild the conditions nor like to fulfill them We agree that all the grants of land formerly giuen by the town and propria- tors shall stand good At the same time that this confirmatory act was passed, another, quite remarkable in some of its particulars, was voted. It appears to have been aimed at the bachelors. It attempted to break faith with them by cutting them off from future divisions of land ; and must have been without any binding force. On account of its objectionable features, the act was repealed in the following December. At the same time, a division of land was agreed upon, in Avhich each orig- inal proprietor having a £100 right was to have eighty acres and others in proportion, and each bachelor proprietor thirty acres. Eight acres of it might be taken up in the sequester- * The reader will understand that the bachelor proprietors were not all literal bachelors. They were men of different ages, married and unmarried, who applied for the privileges grant- ed in the acts of 1697 nnd 1702-3 and were accepted by the proprietors. They were, how- ever, all what may be called young men, though a few may have been over thirty. In a few in- stances, persons under twenty-one years of age were admitted as bachelor proprietors with the understanding that they were to have five years after they came of age to fulfill the condi- tions. 120 IIISTOEY OF WATEKBUKY. ed land. The lot appears to have been drawn Dee. 15th, 1715, and as a pacifying measnre, apparently, " it was agreed that Dea. John Stanley* should have the first lot for John Newel's lot," of which he was the owner. John Southmayd, as a com- pliment, w^as to have the second lot. There are, on the list of 1715, thirty-six original and fifty -two bachelor proprietors. A propritors meting in Waterbury desmbr the 20 1716 and it was acted by voat that the yong propriators shall be recorded in the 2 cond book of records with the prouisiall or conditions that the propriators laid on the sd bachelldor elot- ments Dotr Daniell porter and Edman Scott did protest against the act of the yong propriators hauing their lands Recorded in the book of records Dr. Porter was somewliat in the way of protesting in pro- l^rietor's meeting. The difiiculty in his case seems to have arisen from his having no sons yet old enough to be admitted as bachelor proprietors. He had therefore not been benefited but injured by the proceedings relating to them. He had afterwards, however, a son who was admitted. On the seventh day of February, 1720-1, a committee was appointed "to sarch the records and finde out what bachelurs haue fulfiled articles and whoo haue not fulfiled articles and macke returns to the propriators." A report was made to a meeting held the next day, as follows : We being apointed a eoraety to macke sarcli to finde out who ware admited upon bachulders acomedations and who have fufilled the condetions to macke the land theire owne and who have not fulfiled the articles — febeuary 8 1721 Those that haue fulfiled William hikcox John Gaylard Joseph Gaylard John worner ser thomas Richason John Branson ser Isarael Richason Stephen welltou Joseph hikcox Robert Scott John Richason thomas hikcox Richard welton Benjamin worner nathaniel Richason thomas Richards these on a gorg scott 40 poun dauid scott Vpropriaty John welton when we deuided * Two of Dea. Stanley's sons, John Stanley, Jr. and Samuel Stanley, appear to have been ad- mitted as bachelor proprietors this year, their names appearing in the division. John Stanley, Jr., lived in Farmington. I am unable to find thathe ever lived in Waterbury after his fathers' removal in 169j. Samuel Stanley resided in Waterbury, but went away before 1715. So far as it appears, neither of them could have been admitted proprietors in accordance with the votes of 1697 aud 1702-3, and neither could have complied with the conditions of those votes. I sus- pect the £40 proprieties were given them by special vote and unconditionally, or on easy con- ditions, for the purpose of removing the father's discontentment. HISTOET OF WATEKBUKY. 121 Isaac Brunson Eprim worncr samuell Stanndly Benjamin Barns jur thonias welton Joseph Brunson Stepen ubson jur Ebenezer Riehason benjamin Ricliards thomas Barns Stephen hopldns obediah scott ebenezer brunson thomas clark Those admited that haue not fulfiled but in a Hkely timothy standly ser timothy hopkins gorg scott jur John hikeox John scouell Jonathan scott jur Jonn standly jur William Judd daniell porter jur John Judd samuell scott thomas ubson John barns thonias brunson Joseph lewcs obediah richards abraham andrusjur thomas andrus benjamin worner jur samuell porter Ebenezer hikeox John Richards jur gorg welton Those that haue not fulfiled as we Judg william gaylord John woi-ner tailer Stephen hikeox moses brunson daniel porter richard son of Timothy standly John Hopkins }■ coniety Thomas Judd Atameating of the propriators of waterbury febeuary 8 1721 they agre by uote to axsepte y« return of the comety and order it to be entered upon record Thus, tliirty-eiglit persons were reported as having "ful- filed " the articles, eighteen as " in a likely way to fulfil," and five as having " not fulfiled." The last, of course, had forfeited their rights. The eighteen who were " in a likely way," were yet, I conclude, on probation, their five years not having expired. They all finally secured their rights. February 8th, 1720-1, there was a renewed attempt to make a considerable addition to the propriety rights of the old proprietors, and to increase their proportional interest in the undivided lands, thus counteracting, as far as might be, what had been done for the bachelors. A vote was passed aug- menting the proprieties of the original proprietors ; but they were to submit to the conditions of the acts of 169T and 1702-3, as to building, &c. ; and what their sons had received was to go towards the increase. But it was not satisfactory on account of the restrictions, and a year afterwards a modi- fied vote was carried : February 28^^, 1721-2 It was agreed upon by vote that where as an Act In February 8"", 1721 [altered from 1720] was grevious to some of our proprietors 122 HISTOKY OF WATEEBURY. we now Further Agree that Every original proprietor or propriety Shall have two bacheldor Lots upon an hundred pound propriety and proportionally upon Greater and lesser proprietyes with what was Granted Last February notwithstanding what their sons have had which bacheldor Lott Is Looked upon to be now 68 Acres And a forty pound propriety And the Obhgation upon those Granted In February S"" 1721 [altered from 1720] and now Granted to be taken ofi" And be free from Any Incumberance of building and cohabiting. And the Grant to the Bacheldors that were admited upon a forty pound propriety that they Shall have as a Division of fifty five Acres to Every bacheldor that has fuUfiUed Articles or In Away to fullfill articles as they are returned by A Committ)'^ Appointed for February and Recorded in the old proprietors Book, and for the future our De- visions shall be made upon Original proprietors with the addition made to their propriet}^ and upon bacheldor proprietors According to their propriety And It is the true Intent and meaning of the proprietors In this act and Shall be so taken and Explained that Every original propriety of one hundred pound shall have two bacheldor proprietyes and no more and so proportionably for Greater or Lesser proprieties and that all Devisions of all our Lands after this shall be made upon the present original proprietors and bacheldor proprietors that are already made Eacli original proprietor of £100 obtained by this act an immediate addition to liis propriety of two bachelor accommo- dations, amounting to £80, carrying with them the divisions which had already been made to the bachelors. Others were favored, in like manner, according to their existing interests, the addition being always eighty per cent, of the original pro- priety. Thenceforth, the vote declared, lands should be dis- posed of by division and the divisions shoidd be according to interest. Thus the system of unequal distribution and special grants, with its abuses, was put an end to. By far the largest proportion of the bachelor proprietors were sons of the original proprietors. About nine were grand- sons. The remainder, two only, Joseph Lewis and Thomas Clark, came from other towns. The last was the adopted son of Timothy Stanley. Nearly one quarter of them were made proprietors, in 1699 ; more than one third in 1715, and the re- mainder, with two or three exceptions, between these periods. The proprietors agreed, Nov. 27th, 1722, that there should be reserved, " for the use of the proprietors," six propriety lots, or rights, of £40 each. They were reserved to meet such contingencies as might naturally be expected to arise. It was determined that they should have all the divisions which had already been made on the bachelor lots, except " the eight acres n sequester," and all the future divisions. On the 28th of HISTORY OF WATEEBURT. 123 Nov. 1722, one of these lots was granted to Moses Bronson. It was the fifth propriety k)t, so called, and had been formerly giv^en to Bronson and forfeited. At the same time, the fourth propriety lot, (which had belonged to Daniel Porter, the son of Richard, and been forfeited by him,) was granted to John War- ner, son of Ephraim, and William Scott. The other four lots, the first, second, third, and sixth, were ordered, Nov. 29th, IT: 6, to be sold, and the money reserved for bnilding a new meeting honse. They broiiglit £202. These six lots were always en- tered, in the record, by tlieir numbers. To the fourth and fifth were added the names of the grantees or owners — tlius, "5th Propriety Lott, Moses Bronson," &c. There were some persons who were accepted as bachelor proprietors, who did not comply with the conditions and who therefore forfeited their rights. I give their names. William Gaylord, John Warner, " tailor,"* Stephen Hickox, Daniel Porter, son of Richard, Zachariah Baldwin, Jr., of Milford,f Obadiah Scovill, Samuel Warner and Moses Bronson, (after- wards re-admitted.) There were in the end, six forfeited propriety lots that re- mained in the hands of the proprietors. These were the six tliat were reserved, in 1622, " for the use of the proprietors." On the twenty'-eighth day of November, 1722, a list was made out for the purpose of a land division, containing the names of the original and bachelor proprietors. It is the first complete list to be found on record. We find here thirty-six original and fifty-seven bachelor proprietors, the first having, unitedly, £3,165, and the last, £2,280, propriety. If we add to these the six propriety lots of £10 each, the school lot of £150 and the ministry lot of £150, granted in 1715, we * On the eleventh of March, 1743-6, Ebenezer Warner, 3d, and George Nichols petitioned the proprietors for the bachelor right of John Warner (tailor) which they claimed to have pur- chased. The petition was addressed " To the worshipful! Moderator and Gentlemen Proprie- tors." The petitioners laid claim to all the lands laid out on Warner's lot— the thirty-eight acres at the date of his acceptance (1701) — the thirty acres of 1715 — the fifty-five acres of 1721-2 — the forty acres of 1723 — the forty acres of 1727 — the thirty acres of 1738-9 — " the sixteen acres and twenty rods in the village soon after ; in the whole amounting to two hundred and forty-nine acres and twenty rods." The meeting voted " not to do anything." t Baldwin was accepted in 1710, but in 1713, he sold all his right and title of lands in Wa- terbury with his hachelor propriety and all the improvements which he had made " with the building and other timber," to George Scott, and returned to Milford. 124 HISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. have a total of £5,985. To this sum must be addedthe increase of the old proprietor and school allotments, amounting to eighty per cent. (The new ministry lot did not have the bachelor addition.) Add this increase (£2,652) to the former total, (£5,985,) and we have a grand total of £8,637. On this amount, all the divisions of land were made in 1722 and afterwards. If we compare the list of original proprietors of 1722 with that of 1688, we shall observe several changes of names and a few additions. Capt. Thomas Judd, Wm. (meaning the son of William) stands in the j)lace of Smith Judd, as he was at first called. Thomas Judd, Jones, is substituted for Benjamin Jones. John Judd occupies the place of Ensign Judd. Joseph Ilickox, John Richards and Jonathan Scott stand in the places of Mr. Frayser, Robert Porter and Samuel Scott. Abraham Andruss, cooper, is written for Abraham Andruss, Jr., the elder Andruss now having a son who was a bachelor proprietor. Mr. Jeremiah Peck and John Southmayd are new names. " Timothy Stanley, original," is thus written to dis- tinguish his original from his bachelor propriety. With these exceptions, the names are the same as in 1688. Of the fifty-seven bachelor proprietors on the catalogue of 1722, the name of one, that of John Stanley, Jr.,* is sometimes omitted. The whole number of proprietors, original and bach- elor, counting Stanley, Jr., is ninety-three. Adding the six propriety lots, the school lot and the ministry lot of 1715, and we have one hundred and one proprieties entitled to land divisions. I copy below the list of iSTov., 1722, adding to the name of each proprietor the amount of his propriety before and after the bachelor addition. *" [March 111733-31} It was by vote Agreed and Concluded that they [the proprietors] Look upon John Standlies Jur Right to be Good to a Bacheldor Lott and he ought to have a note for his Land to be laid out and he Engaged that the Proprietors might have the Eight acres In the Sequester to be Disposed by them as they See Cause." In March, 1757, the proprietors again passed a vote in favor of John Stanley, Jr's right and directed his name to be added to the list of proprietors. HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. 125 ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS. Abraham Andniss, Sen., Abraham Andruss, Cooixt Benjamin Barns, Sen., Isaac Bronson, Sen., John Bronson, Sen., John Carrington, Joseph Gaylord, Sen., Thomas Hancox, Joseph Hickox, Son., Samuel Hickox, Sen., Lieut. John Hopkins, John Judd, Son., Philip Judd, ('apt. Thomas Judd, Wm. Thomas Judd, Jones, Thomas Judd, Jr., John Newell, Thomas Newell, Mr. JerQmiah Peck, Daniel Porter, Sen., £ 80 £144 , 10<> 180 loo 180 loo 180 80 144 GO 1U8 80 144 100 180 GO 108 loo 180 loo 180 loo 180 80 144 100 180 100 180 loo 180 100 180 90 162 150 270 95 171 Richard Porter, John Richards, Sen., Obadiah Richards, Sen., Thomas Riohason, Edmund Scott, Sen., Edmund Scott, Jr., Jonathan Scott, Sen., Sohn Scovill, Sen., John Southmayd, John Stanley, Sen., Timothy Stanley, original, Stephen Upson, Son., Daniel Warner, John Warner, Son., Thomas Warner, John Wclton, Sen., A Great Lot for Schools, 150 A Great Lott for the Ministry, 150 en 60 90 80 144 80 144 50 90 100 180 70 126 50 90 80 144 150 270 loo 180 loo 180 50 90 GO 180 90 162 100 180 80 144 Bachelor Proprietors, each having £40 propriety : Abraham Andruss, Jr. Thomas Andruss, Benjamin Barnes, Jr., John Barnes, Thomas Barnes, Ebeuezer Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Jr., John Bronson, son of Isaac, Joseph Bronson, Thomas Bronson, Thomas Clark, John Gaylord, Joseph Gaylord, Jr., Ebenezer Hickox, John Hickox, Joseph Hickox, Thomas Hickox, William Hickox, Timothy Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, John Judd, Jr., William Judd,* Joseph Lewis, Daniel Porter, son of Daniel Samuel Porter, Benjamin Richards, John Richards, Jr., Obadiah Richards, Jr., Thomas Richards, Sen., Ebenezer Richason, Israel Richason, John Richason, Nathaniel Richason, Thomas Richason, Jr., * William Judd, after 172-2, is generally " William Judd, bach, lott," to distinguish him proba- bly, from the original subscriber by that name who forfeited and who was his grandfather. 126 HISTOEY OF WATEEBUKY. David Scott, Samuel Warner, son of Thomas, George Scott, Sen., George Welton, George Scott, Jr., John WeUon, Jr., Jonathan Scott, Jr., Richard Welton, Obadiah Scott, Stephen Welton, Robert Scott, Thomas Welton, Samuel Scott, John Scovill, Jr., 1" Propriety Lot, John Stanley, Jr., . 2'' Tropriety Lot, Samuel Stanley, S-^ Propriety Lot, Lieut. Timothy Stanley, bachelor lot, 4"" Propriety Lot, Stephen Upson, Jr., John Warner, Thomas LTpson, William Scott, Benjamin Warner, Sen., 5'^ Propriety Lot, i Benjamin W^arner, Jr., Moses Bronson,f J Ephraim Warner, 6 Propriety Lot. John Warner, Sen.,* bachelor lot, In the early history of Waterbiiry, the town, for conven- ience, was divided in four sections. That part of it lying east of the Xaugatuck Kiver and north of the Farmington road was the northeast quarter. That part situated east of the river and south of said road was the south east quarter. Of the territory west of the river, that which lay north of the Woodbury road was the northwest quarter, and that south of said road was the southwest quarter. When deeds were given, the quarter in which the land lay was usually named. There was a land measurer for each quarter, whose duty it was to lay out the land within his territory. When a lot was drawn for a division, a certificate or " note " was given by the town clerk to each proprietor or claimant, directed to the town measurer, authorizing him to lay out on a certain pro- priety right and to the person to whom it was given, the agreed number of acres. These "notes" were written on small pieces of paper from three to four inches square, several of which are now in my possession ; some of them dating as far back as 1723. When a piece of land was found which suited the holder, which was often not till the lapse of many years, he got it measured and indorsed upon the paper. There * John Warner, Sen. bachelor lot— The Sen. is intended to distinguish him from "John War- ner, tailor," (son of Thomas,) who had been made a bachelor and forfeited. The bachelor lot characterizes the lot as distinct from the original propriety of his father, which is also written John Warner, Sen. + This name is omitted in the subsequent lists. HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. 127 must be many of these certificates, given for the later hind di- visions, still ontstanding and still nnsatisfied. After 1722, the land divisions were freqnent. In 1723, one acre on £1 was distributed, (or a " note " given for it ;) in 1727, one acre ; in 1730, forty acres, one rood, and ten rods on £100, in the "north west quarter;" in 1738-9, one quarter of one acre on £1 ; in 1747-8, one quarter of an acre ; in 1751, one half an acre ; in 1759, one half an acre on £1, and five acres "in sequester" on £100; in 1780, one quarter of an acre on £1, and two and a half acres on £100 " in sequester ;" in 1792, one half an acre on £1, and two and a half acres on £100 ; in 1802, one quarter of an acre on £1. Up to 171:5, there had been two hundred and forty-nine acres and twenty rods distributed on each bachelor propriety. In 1780, the number had been increased to four hundred and eleven acres and twenty rods. From this, an approximate estimate may be made of the quantity of land received, in the same time, by each original proprietor, or his representatives. Before the incorporation of the town, the land grants made by the proprietors appear to have been ratified by the grand committee. Any want of formality on the part of the pro- prietors would, I suppose, have been corrected by this subse- (pient ratification. But after Mattatuck was made a town, things were changed. The forms of law must be observed, in order that the titles to lands obtained by grant or division sliould be valid. These lands were parceled out at public meetings. Tliese meetings are called, in the records, some- times town meetings, at other times proprietors' meetings, (as will be observed from the record-extracts which have been made from time to time.) All the inhabitants of the place took part in them. So long as all who were of a proper age to act were proprietors, as they were for a considerable time after the settlement was begun, the evil might not be se- rious of a town meeting, so called, undertaking to transact proprietors' business. But, after a time, the case was ditfer- ent. Individuals began to make their appearance who owned no right in the undivided lands. At first, these were the grown up sons of proprietors. They all met in town meetings and voted, not only on the questions which concerned the 128 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. the town alone, but on those which related to the proprietors alone. Such questions were determined by a major vote. !No regard was had to the inequality of rights. He who owned £50 propriety had one vote, he who owned £100 had but one, and he wdio owned nothing had one. After the with- drawal of the committee, there was no power at hand to ratify proceedings and correct mistakes. How long these irregulari- ties were continued, I am not quite sure ; but there appears to have been no separate record of town meetings kept till December, 1698. And for many years afterwards, down cer- tainly to 1T13, these meetings occasionally granted lands, &c. At length, tlie error became manifest, and evil results were apprehended. Men perceived that they held their lands by an insecure tenure. The validity of claims based on town grants and town action was denied. The best interests of so- ciety — those interests connected with the security of landed property — were put in jeopardy. The people of Waterbury were not alone in their embarrassment. Other towns had un- consciously fallen into the same error. In some instances, proprietors attempted to correct the mistake by ratifying what the towns had done. It would not do, however, and the Gen- eral Assembly was at length called on to interpose. At the May session, 1723, an act was passed validating " all grants, divisions, or dispositions of common lands made according to ancient custom in town meetings," whether made before, or after, the towns were incorporated. It was, at the same time, enacted, "that no person whatsoever by becoming an inhabit- ant of a town, or by any other means against or without the consent of such proprietors, shall be taken or esteemed to have any estate, title, right, or interest " in the common or undi- vided lands of any towns. It was also enacted, that the pro- prietors, in their meetings, should " have full power, by their major votes, to be reconed according to their interest in the common land, to regulate, improve, manage, and divide such common land, in such manner and proportion as they shall see good." ?-^in<'--ni zcayner-: 9 fo^^r'^'-^y^e/af^ ^m.y^ ftopiw^:^^.^ XSv^:^.^^ \ -:«4A. ^t HISTOKY OF WATERURY. 129 CHAPTER XL PERSONAL NOTICES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF WATERBURY. Of the tliirty-four proprietors of Waterbiiry, who became settlers before 16SS, all, except four, were from Farming-ton. Abraham Andriiss, Sen., was from Fairfield, Joseph Gaylord was oi-iginally from Windsor, John Hopkins from Hartford and Benjamin Jones from , They were all farmers. Some of them had trades — such as are in most demand in new settlements — to which they devoted a part of their time, par- ticularly when the weather was unfavorable for farm work. There were among them a few men of substance ; but gener- ally they were in moderate circumstances. Xone was rich, none very poor. All labored with their hands. As to family and station, they were from the great " middle class '' — that which lies at^the fo undation of soc iety and which perpetuates the_r3£g.-J^ Several were honorably, or rather respectably^ ' connected, but there were no patrician families. ISTot one of them bore a name which was particularly distinguished in the early history of the colonies, with the exception of Hopkins, the town miller; and he is not known to have been a relation of Gov. Hopkins. I have not succeeded very well in tracing their origin. Farther investigations will discover more facts^ undoubtedly; but I have rarely been able to track them, in the ascending line, beyond Hartford, or the old towns of Connec- ticut. "\Ve may rest assured, however, that they had an anti- * Mr. Ilollister, in his History of Connecticut, (Vol. I, Chapter XX,) has taken some pains to show that the early planters of the Colony were of good descent and belonged to the better classes of the English people. In a certain sense I admit this. But it should be remembered that no other classes leave a permanent posterity. The vile, the dissolute, the infirm, the thrift- less, those of mean endowments, mental and bodily, die out by a natural law, leaving few im- mediate and no remote descendants. They perish from want, violence and internal rottenness. Their numbers are kept good only by accessions from without. Coming in contact with a stronger and better race, they are overrun and disappear. And it is well for humanity that it is so. Thus, by an invincible law of nature, " the better classes,"— not the " landed gentry " ne. cessarily — but those of sound mental, moral and bodily constitution — become the true and only progenitors of a people. Thus, virtue conquers vice, and strength overcomes weakness. 130 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. quity, and a very hoary one too. I have not consulted books of heraldry, partly, if you please, because I expected to make no discoveries in that quarter. I do not suppose the ancestors of the Judds, tlie Hickoxes, the Bronsons and the Weltons ever "bore arms;" and if the fact were otherwise, it would not make an unworthy descendant respectable. It would not save him from the pillory, or the halter. Those who are ambitious for coats of arms, may find them in ISTew York, on sale, cheaper than broadcloth.* jT^^t an early period, there was a law of the colony requiring \ marriages, births and deaths to be recorded by the town clerk, ■with penalties for neglect or delajj This law, however, seems to have been very imp'eiTectly observed in Waterbury. Dur- ing John Stanley's clerkship, no record of these things was kept, or at least, none has been preserved. The only item of the kind entered by him, is the birth of his son Timothy, in 1689. Thomas Judd, Jr., was made register in 1696, and in 1699, he appears to have commenced a record of marriages, births and deaths, and made it retrospective to some extent. If the male head of a family was then living in Waterbury, he, in some cases, gave an account of his children born in the town, with the date, and in a few instances of those born be- fore he joined the settlement. Thus, in the case of Abraham Andruss, Sen's children, the record begins with the birth, (place not mentioned) of the first child, in 1672; while in the instance of Isaac Bronson's children, it commences with the fourth child, being the first born in Waterbury, in 1680. It is impossible to discover from written evidence, the date of the first birth from European parents that occurred in the town; but the first registered birth was that of Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Mary Eichason, April 27, 1679. She m. John Warner, son of John, afterwards a deacon of the Westbury church. Richard, son of John and Mary Welton, registered by * Since the above wns written, I hare looked into Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry, (Lend., 1844.) I find there the following names, (to wit :) Andrews, Barnes, Branson, or Braunson, Carrington, Clark, Hancock, Hiccox, Hopkins, Jones, Judd, Lewis, Newell, Peck, Porter, Rich- ards, Richardson, Scott, Southmead, Stanley, Upton, Walton, Warner. Any one who is interested in this information and is out at the elbows can pursue the inquiry. It may be he will find something that will fit him — a " coat " on which are blazoned his for- gotten, and with which he may cover his dishonored, " arms." HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 131 Mr. Southmayd, Wcas born " sometime in March, 1680." If this date is intended for 1680, 7iew sUjle^ as it probably is, Eicliard Welton may be regarded, till evidence to the contrary is shown, as the first male child born in the Nangatnck Valley, above Derby. Family tradition concurs with the indications of the record. Marriages in olden tiines w ^ere c elebrated by the governor, "*") deputy ^^vernorj_ assistants, or commissioners. Clergymen ^ rarely performed the ceremony before 1700. Baptisms took place a few days after birth ; sometimes, when a magistrate or minister lived in the village, " immediately after," as the old record saitli. Until 1666, wills were probated and estates settled in the Court of Magistrates. At this date, the several counties, four in number, were established, and this business was given to the County courts. It was continued in these courts till the coun- ties were divided into probate districts. Waterljury at first belonged_to_IIa rtford Coun ty, and its probate business was (...■ do ne in jthe County Court of Hartford till 1719. At tliis / period the town was anxexed to the district of Woodbury. It thus continued till 1779, when the Waterbu ry Distric t was es- tablished. On the probate record of Hartford, Woodbury and Waterbury, I have been obliged to rely for many facts relating to the early settlers of Waterbury. ABRAHAM ANDRUSS, Sex. The name is usually spelled Andrews, though rarely or never on our record. He was the son of Thomas Andrews, who re- moved from Plartford to Bankside, in Fairfield, and who had four sons — John, Abraham, Jei'emiah and Thomas — and six daughters. His will bore the date of 1662. Abraham Andruss, Sen., was one of the thirty who signed 'x the articles of 1674. He had an £80 propriety, and was among the earliest settlers of Mattatuck. His name is on all the lists I of those who had early divisions of fence. He and Timothy Stanley were the first townsmen, or selectmen of the town, they being spoken of as holding this ofiice in 1681. He sub- / sequently occupied the same position in 1690, 1692, 1706, 1707, / 1711, 1716. He was town surveyor in 1700 and afterwards^ y'' 132 mSTORY OF WATEKBUEY. a deputy to the General Court at the May session, in 1712; one of the signers of the agreement to pay Mr. Peck £60 per year, in 16S9, and a frequent member of important committees appointed by tlie town and proprietors. On the whole, he was a man of considerable note among the first settlers of AYater- bury. Andruss had a *' house lot" I^ov,, 1687, at the west end of the village, near where the late Dr. Buckley lived. It was bounded east on Jolm Welton, west on " a great lot," (the cor- ner lot.) Nothing is said of a house. The lot was convej'ed, April 18th, 1696, to David Scott, and afterwards to Robert Scott, Thomas Judd, Jr. and John Southmayd. There is no house mentioned in any of the conveyances. January 22"^ 1680 [?] the town granted to abrabam andrus senor a peic of land buting on y« mill Riuer and on y« common fenc aganst s^ andruses tbree acre lot prouided it do not pregedis high wayes and he build a hous or set up a tan yard.* This lot was recorded in 1687, as four acres, and is described as butting north on the common, easterly on the river, south- erly on the common, westerly on the top of the hill. " March 10, 1701:," it was again recorded, and is mentioned as contain- ing 3^ acres, with a dwelling house, " butting south on the com- mon fence, north and west on the highway, east at the southeast corner coming to the river, and at the northeast corner falling four rods and a half from the mill river, so cattle may pass' safely over the river." It was situated below the mill, imme- diately below the present bridge, on the west side of the river, bounding on the river at the lower corner, and falling four and a half rods from it, next the road which came from the village. From the fact that a tan-yard is mentioned in the original grant, it is probable that Andruss was a tanner. In 1717-8, when it became necessary to provide for declin- ing years, Andruss conveyed to his youngest son, Thomas, lands, &c., as follows — (the deed is signed by a mark, and bears the date of January 4th, 1717) : * But few of the land titles of the first proprietors of Waterbury, acquired in the first years of the settlement, can be traced to specific grants from the Colony's committee, or the proprietors, or to land divisions, or to any other valid source. This is particularly the fact with the house lots. Those of the present generation who hold the lands referred to must rely for the good- ness of their titles on the validating acts of the Assembly. HISTOKY OF WATERBmiY. 133 For and in concediration of my son thomas andrus who now lives with me tacking the care of my self and my wife while we live unles my wife should be left by me and mary again and finding of us with a sutable and comfortable main- tenance and tacking the whole care of us both while we live both in sixnes and in helth and for the loue and good will which I do bare towards my son thomas * * * I giue him the whole of my teame and all the tackling there unto belonging both of Iron and wood and all tools that I have that is nesary to carry on hus- bandry work * * * * I give unto my son thomas all the lands I stand posest of within the bounds of Waterbury with the bulding fencing orcharding thare to belonging and the whole of my propriety in the undeuided land he to tacke posesion of the one half now and the other half at my deceas [&c.] When the new meeting house was seated, in 1729, " Good- man Andruss and his wife " were placed in the seat next the pulpit, on the west side, opposite the minister, this high posi- tion being due to their age and worth. But the poor man died soon after, or before December of the same year, he being the last (who settled in Waterbury) of the original thirty sub- scribers. His inventory, taken in Dec, 1731, amounted to £36, 15s. Abraham Andruss married Rebecca, a daughter of John Carrington, also an original proprietor. Their children were : — 1. Rebecca; born Dec. 16, 1672; married about 1696, William Hickox. 2. Mary; b. March 10, 1674-5; m. April, 1093, Daniel Warner, son of Daniel Warner of Farmington. 3. Hannah ; b. Sep. 8, 1678; m. "Zopher Xorthrup." 4. Abraham ; b. Oct. 14, 1680. He was admitted as a bachelor proprietor March 18, 1701 ; m. Nov. 5, 1702, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Stephens of Mid- dletown, by whom he had a son born in Waterbury, Sep. 6, 17(i3. He had a house and half an acre and twelve rods of ground in Feb. 1702-3, butted on all sides on highway, and situated, apparently, west and in front of the old mill, between " Union Square " and the Scovill Manuf'g Co's rolling mill. He remained, how- ever, only long enough to secure his propriety right. March 12, 1705-6, he sold his place to his father, and received in payment certain lands in Farmington, to which town he had already removed. He had five children born there between 1705 and 1712. Afterwards he turned up in Saybrook, where he was denominated " doctor." He was there in 1733. 5. Sarah ; b. March 10, 1683-4 ; m. Joseph Lewis, and d. March 6, 1773. 6. Rachel; b. July 11, 1686 ; m. Samuel Orvice. 7. John; b. July 16, 1688. He m. Martha Warner and removed early to Far- mington, where he had several children. He was there in 1710, 1715, 1723, and had returned to Waterbury in 1724, where his seventh and eighth children were born — the last in 1728. He hved in the southeast quarter, in 1730, near Judd's Meadow. In 1748-9 he was an inhabitant of Woodbury. 8. Thomas; b. " March 6, 1694." He became a bachelor proprietor in 1715, and married Marv, d. of John Turner of Hartford, Xov. 2, 1725, bv whom he had 131 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. three daughters born in Waterbury, the last in 1734. In 1731, he exchanged with Stephen Kelsey his house and hinds for a house and sixty-nine acres on the Wood- bury road, near the Woodbury Une. These last he sold, in 1735, to Thomas Mathews, Jr. of Wallingford, to which place he removed soon after. ABRAHAM ANDRUSS, Jr., or Cooper. He was caWedJunio?' because he was younger than his name- sake, the term in those days having no reference to family relationship. Tlie term cooper designated his occupation. He was a son of John (and Mary) Andrews. The father was an early settler of Farmington, and one of the first (and non " fulfilling ") signers of the articles for the settlement of Wa- terbury. He had seven sons, John, Abraham, Samuel, Dan- iel, Joseph, (who signed the articles, but never came to Water- bury,) Stephen, Benjamin, and three daughters, Mary, (the mother of Benjamin Barnes,) Hannah, (who married Obadiah Eichards,) and Kachel. He died in 1681, (his wife in May, 1694,) leaving legacies to several of his grandchildren, includ- ing John and Abraham Andruss and John Eichards. Abraham Andruss, Jr., or cooper Andruss, (born Oct. 31, 1648, baptized, April 2d, 1654,) had a £100 propriety and subscribed the articles "in the room of John Judd." His name is first mentioned in the allotment of the fourth division of fence. He was one of those who were declared, Feb, 6th, 1682, to have forfeited their rights. On promise of " submis- sion and reformation," however, he was again put in possession of his allotments. His name is on the list of proprietors in 1688, and on all subsequent lists. Nothing in particular is known of his standing. His house and a house lot of two acres were on the north corner of West Main and Bank streets, butting west on Daniel Porter and south on common land. He married Sarah, a daughter of Eobert Porter. They both joined the church in Farmington, Jan. 3d, 1686. He died May 3d, 1693, leaving his widow pregnant. His inventory amounted to£lT7, 17s. 3d.; and the estate was distributed, March 20th, 1694-5, according to law — one third of the movables and the use of the real estate during life, to the widow, a double portion of the remainder to the oldest son, Abraham, and equal shares to the other children. The family all remov- ed to Danbury, the widow having married James Benedict of HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 135 tliat place. In March, 1707, she relinquished her right to the real estate in Waterburj, and the homestead was taken bj the eldest son, Abraham. Andruss children, all mentioned in the settlement of the estate in 1707-8, were, as far as known: 1. Sarah ; baptized in Farmington March 9th, 1683-4, and m. Thomas Raymond of Norwalk, M'here they were both living in 1723. 2. Abraham ; baptized July 17, 1687, (?) in Farmington. 3. Mary; baptized in Farmington in 1689; m. James Benedict of Danbury. 4. Benjamin. 5. Robert.* Andruss propriety was owned by "William Judd, in 1721, and, in June of the same year, was sold to Samuel Whittlesey of Wallingford, for £1:2. BEXJAMIX BARNES. His father, Tliomas Barnes, was an original proprietor and settler of Hartford and a soldier in the Pequot war of 1637. For his services in that war, he received, in 1671, from the colonial Assembly, a grant of land of fifty acres. When the settlement of Farmington was commenced, he became a pro- prietor and settled in that place. He was appointed a ser- geant of the train-band in 1651, and became a member of the church in 1653. His wife was Mary, daughter of Thomas Andrews. He died in 1688. His children were : — 1. Benjamin ; b. 1653. 2. Joseph ; baptized 1655 ; m. July 8, 1684, Abigail Gibbs, and d. Jan. 23, 1740-1. 3. Sarah ; m. John Scovill. 4. Thomas ; m. June, 1690, Mary Jones, and became a deacon. 5. Ebenezer ; m. April 8, 1690, Debo- rah Orvis or Orvice, and died 1756. Benjamin Barnes was accepted as a proprietor of Water- bury, Jan. 15, 1677, (1677-8,) taking the place of Eichard Seymour. He was an early settler, but probably was not of the first company. He had no allotment of fence in the first * Mary Benedict and Abraham, Robert and John Andruss, " heirs of Abraham Andruss, coop- er," were all living in Danbury in 1754. (Wat. L. R., Vol. VIII, p. 514.) Whether this John Andruss was a son of cooper Andruss, or a grandson and represented Benjamin's interest, I am unable to say. 136 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. division; but his name is found in tlie other divisions. He signed the agreement with Mr. Peck, in 1689 ; was moderator of propi'ietors' meetings, in 1694-5 ; "grave digger " in 1699; townsman, school committee, lister, liayward, collector and grand juror, at different times; deputy to the General Court, in 1703. His house and home lot of two acres were on the corner of West and North Main streets, the lot being bounded, in 1687, easterly and south on highway, north on common and westerly on Samuel Hickox. The homestead and some out- lands he conveyed, in 1714, to his son Thomas, in considera- tion of the said Thomas taking care of him while he lived and paying his just debts, " and taking the care of Iiis father's wife, if he should haue one, with a comfortable mantainance, and the whole term of her being his widow." Afterwards, in 1728, the homestead, now two and a half acres, was conveyed to Joseph Smith, father and son uniting in the deed. When the new meeting house came to be seated, " Goodman Barnes," (still a widower, apparently,) along with other aged worthies, was voted into the first pew at the west end of the pulpit. Benjamin Barnes was married to Sarah . He joined the Farmington church March 22d, 1690-1. He died April 24, 1731, being the last of the original proprietors who be- came settlers as early as he. His wife died in the great sick- ness, Dec. 21st, 1712. Their children were : — 1. Benjamin; b. Sep. 1684 and d. in May, 1Y09. He was a bachelor proprietor, and his estate, being thirty eight acres and a £40 propriety, was distributed to his brothers and sisters. 2. John; b. Aug. 12, 1686, and was baptized in Farmington, (together with his brother, Benjamin,) Dec. 1, 1689. He became a bachelor proprietor at the age of 21 ; m. March 28, 1728, Mary, widow of Samuel Porter and d. of John Bron- son, and died March 21, 1763. His widow died Jan. 27, 1774. He had five child- ren, the four youngest of whom died in the great sickness of 1749. His occupa- tion was that of a "husbandman." He lived at Judd's Meadow, west of the river. 3. A son; b. May 10, 1689 ; d. the same month. 4. Thomas; b. May 11, 1690; baptized in Farmington, June 8, 1690. He had a bachelor lot, and was at different times selectman, school committee, constable, &c. He was a shoemaker and is called, also, "cordwinder." In Feb. 1718-19, his fiither gave to him, in the language of the deed, " fifty acres of land belong- ing to me which was given to my father by the generall court for pequot war serus." After the sale of his father's homestead, he lived, for a time, on the south- west corner of Cook and Grove streets. This place he sold, in 1735, to Jonathan Garnsey, and in 1752, lived on the west side of Willow street, a little north of HISTORY OF WATERBURT, 137 Grove, in a house which is still standing. He was a sergeant in the train-band, and m. "Jan. 4, 1721," Susanna, the d. of Edward Scovill of Haddam. They had six children. He died Nov. 29, 1772. His will, dated Dec. 1768, mentions his wife, Susanna, a married daughter, Susanna Tcrrel, and one son, Daniel. 5. Ebenezer; b. "March 15, 1G93," and d. "March 10, 1713." 6. Sarah ; b. Aug. 15, 1695, and m. Thomas Day, Jr. They lived in Colches- ter in 1723, and then sold all their rights of land in Waterbury to Thomas Barnes. 7. Samuel; b. "March 16, 1697 ;" m. June 4, 1722, Mary, d. of John Johnson of Derby, and had nine children. BRONSON. The name is usually spelled Browuson on the Ilartfoid and Bruuson on the Farmington records. John Bronson, the father of the Waterbury Bronsons, was early in Hartford. He is be- lieved, though not certainly known, to have been one of the company who came with Mr. Hooker, in 1636, of whose church he was a member. He was a soldier in the bloody Pequot battle of 1637. He is not named among the proprie- tors of Hartford in the land division of 1639 ; but is mention- ed in the same year in the list of settlers, who, by the "towne's courtesie" had liberty "to fetch woode and keepe swine or cowes on the common." His house lot was in the "soldiers held," so called, in the north part of the old village of Hartford, on the "Neck Eoad," (supposed to have been given for service in the Pequot war,) where he lived in 1640. Hinman, in his " First Puritan Settlers," thinks that his father, then an aged man, owning no land, Kichard by name, was with him. Nov. 9th, 16-10, he (John Bronson) and Andrew "Warner were fined five shillings "for putting their hogs over the Great Piver, and five shillings for every day they left them there." After the purchase of Tunxis (Farmington) by the Hart- ford people, John Bronson, about 1611, removed to that place. His house lot was on a road running out of the village in an easterly direction and half a mile distant. (Kichard Bronson, supposed to have been his brother, also an original proprietor and from Hartford, lived near by.) He was one of the seven pillars at the organization of the Farmington church, in 1652. He was a deputy to the General Court, in May, 1651, and at several subsequent sessions, and " the constable of Farming- 138 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. ton," who collected the rate for "j^Fort at Seahrook," in 1652. May 10th, 1670, " Cherry and will the indian with three of the milford Indians were adjudged to pay to him for sider they stole from him twenty shillings." His name is on the list of freemen of Farmington in 1G69. He died JSTov. 28, 1680.— Estate £312. His children were :— 1. Jacob ; b. Jan. 1641, m. Mary ; left posterity, and d. 170S. He lived in Farmington, in the society of Kensington. 2. John; b. Jan. 16M. 3. Isaac; b. Nov. 1645, baptized Dec. 7, 1645, in Hartford, by Mr. Hooker. 4. Mary ; m. an Ellis or Allis. 5. Abraham ; baptized Nov. 28, 1647. He signed the Mattatuck articles, but declined the responsibilities of a planter. He removed to Lyme, and m. Hannah, d. of Mathew Griswold, and d. at an advanced age, (Hinman says in 1647, which is probably a mistake,) leaving descendants. 6. Dorcas ; m. Stephen Hopkins of Hartford, father of John of Waterbury, and d. May 13, 1697. 7. Sarah; m. Ebenezer Kilbourn of Wethersfield. JOHN BRONSON. He was one of the thirty original subscribers, in 1674. The name is written "John Bronson, Jr." The "Jr." on the Farmington records was usually applied to the son of Eich- ard; which fact has led to the conclusion that the settler in Mattatuck was the son of Kichard, and not of John. I believe,' however, but am not entirely confident, that John of Water- bury was the son of John of Farmington. I find this language used on the Farmington records, under date of March 28, 1695 — " Land in Farmington belonging to John Browuson : son of John Brownson, at Watterbury." John, the son of the Waterbury John, lived in Farmington. But John, the son of Richard, appears also have had a son John. John Bronson was an early settler of Mattatuck. He is not, however, named in the second division of fence, whicli fact in- dicates that he vacillated for a time. He lived on the north side of West Main street, where William R. Hitchcock now resides, having a lot of two acres; bounded north and south on highway, east on Lieut. Judd, west on Thomas Eichason. He m. Sarah Yentris and d. 1796. His widow d. Jan. 6, 1711- niSTOEY OF WATEUBURY. 139 12. The inventory of his estate, amounting to £1^1, 6s. 6d., with £22, 3s. debts, was taken Nov. 7, 1690. The estate was dis- tributed by Isaac Bronson and Dea. Thomas Jndd, according to an order of the Court. The widow was to have a double part and the chiklren to share equally, leaving out the eldest son John: — It appearing to this court )' y« eldest soon has already receiued his full part by deed of gift from his father iu his life time and by his own acknowledgment in court — it is to be understood y» y« widow is to have one third part of y« rale estate during her naturall life and a double part of y« personal estate. Children : 1. John; b. 1670; d. June 15, 1716. He removed to Farmington (the part which is now Southington) and had several children. 2. Sarah ; b. 1672. 3. Dorothy; b. 1675; m. Stephen Kelsey of Wethersfield. They were both living in 1723, and deeded their right in their father Bronson's estate to their son Stephen Kelsey of Wethersfield, (afterwards of Waterbury.) 4. Ebenezcr; b. 1077 ; m. Mary Munn, Aug. 13, 1702, and d. May 23, 1727, leaving daughters, Elizabeth Knowles, Bethiah, wife of Lemuel Wheeler, and others. He lived and died in Woodbury. (See Cothren's Woodbury.) 5. William ; b. 1682 ; m. in 1707, Esther Barnes ; and d. in 1761, having had several sons and daughters. He removed to Farmington at an early date. To him his Cither's homestead was distributed "as his whole portion," valued at £14, 16s 4d. 6. Moses; b. 1686; m. Jane W^ait of Stratford, and d. Aug. 12, 1754. His widow and all his children, thirteen in number, are named on the Probate record as living at his decease. He was admitted as a bachelor proprietor Jan. 7, 1706- 7, and again in Nov. 1722, having the "fifth propriety lot," so called, which was formerly his own. It seems that he left Waterbury and was absent several years. His friends having no intelligence from him supposed him dead, and the Court, in 1712, ordered his brother William to take all needful care of his estate. (Hinman's Puritans.) He was discovered, however, the next year, in Stratford, where he re- mained some time afterwards, having several children born there. I find no men- tion made of him, as an inhabitant of Waterbury, from Feb. 1709-10, till after Nov. 28, 1722, when his bachelor lot was granted him a second time. Thomas Sherwood of Stratford assisted him in obtaining this grant, for which assistance, and for his journey, Bronson conveyed to him, by a quit claim deed, "one half of the one hundred and twenty three acres" of land-divisions then to be taken up, on the said bachelor's right. Bronson returned to Waterbury about 1723. He lived up the river on the west side. 7. Grace; b. 1689. 140 HISTORY OF WAl-ERBURY. ISAAC BROXSON. He was one of the original thirty subscribers, and is be- lieved to have been one of the first company who came to Waterbury, having a meadow allotment in the beginning and being named in all the divisions of common fence. He ap- pears to have complied promptly with all the conditions of the articles of settlement. He lived on l^orth Main street, a lit- tle north of the house of Augustus Brown, having a lot of four acres, bounded, in 1687, westerly on highway, southerly on John Stanley, northerly on John I^ewell and easterly on com- mon land. March 31, 1694, he purchased John Newell's house and lot of five acres next adjoining him on the north. Isaac Bronson was one of the patentees named in the fii'st town patent. He joined the Farmington church. May 15th, 1684, and w^as active in establishing a church in Watei'bury. He was a petitioner with Mr. Peck to the General Court for liberty " to gather " a church, and was one of its seven pillars at its final organization, in 1691. When the train-band was re-organized, after the town was incorporated, in 1689, he was appointed corporal. About 1695, he became sergeant, and ever afterwards was known as Sergeant Bronson. He was deputy in May, 1697, and Oct. 1701, and townsman, school committee, town surveyor, &c., at different times. He seems . to have been one of the most respected of the early settlers. When it became necessary to provide for his declining years, he deeded half his homestead, etc., to his youngest son Ebe- nezer, on condition as follows : — ^Tlie instrument is dated June 23d, 1714, and is signed by a mark, in consequence, doubtless, of feeble health. The grantor wrote, in his better days, a fair hand, for the times. Specimens of his writing may be seen in the old proprietors' book, (pamphlet form,) he having some- times acted as temporary clerk. Know ye that i Isack brounson senr [&c.] in consideration of my son cbcnezer brounson hoo now Hues with me finding of me and my wife mary brounson with a sutable and comfortable mantenance and takingthe whole care of us both while we Hue both in siknes and in helth I say for and in consideration here of I do giue and grant to my well be loueed ebinezer brounson [&c.] the one half of my hom lot upon which my dwelling hous now stands which land is esteemed two acres and a half be IIISTOKT OF WATERBUKY. lil it more or less as it lies buted and bounded south on samuell standly east on John brounson west on highway north on the remainder of my homsted. Then my whole right in the lot he bought of John Warner — Item, half my team two young heffers and a young mare and One half of all my tackling and Imploments belonging to a team To haue and to hold [&c.] Several years afterwards, or Dec. 2, 1718, Ebenezer relin- quislied his interest in liis fatlier's homestead, and his brother and brother-indaw, Thomas Bronson and Thomas liickox, in consideration of five acres of land on the Farmington road, being the Tailor lot, so called, valued at £8, received of Ebe- nezer, assumed the care of their father and mother. On the same day, the father deeded to Ebenezer, " that he may be sutably rewarded and incouraged for what he has done for us," one acre of his home lot. Isaac Bronson m. about 16G0, Mary, daughter of John Root of Farmington, a non-fulfilling subscriber of the articles. He d. about 1719, and his widow soon after. An inventory of his estate was presented to court, Feb. 29, 1719-20, by " Mr. Isaac Bronson," his son, with an agreement among the heirs as to its settlement, they giving bonds for the support of the widow. The oldest son was to have £7 more than the other sons, and the latter £7 more than the daughters, eight in all. The amount distributed was £386. Thomas Clark and John Richards were appraisers of the estate. Children : 1. I.saae ; b. ICTO, and died June 13, 1751. As early as March, 169-1—5, he (with others) had a grant of land out East, on the south side of the Farmington road, near Carrington Pond, (south of Timothy Porter's,) where he proposed to settle ; but the enterprise was given up. After his marriage, he purchased (April 24, 1704) of Ephraim Warner a house and lot on the northwest corner of Cook and Grove streets, where he perhaps lived for a time. He owned land at Breakneck Hill at an early date. In June, 1701, he purchased of Thomas Warner twelve acres on the south side of the Woodbury road. He went there to Hve before March, 1707, (X. S.,) and is considered as the first permanent settler of what is now Middlebury. According to a tradition of the family, his eldest son, Isaac, was the first child born (March 27, 1707) within the limits of that town. His house stood where Leonard Bronson now lives. He was a bachelor proprietor ; a deputy to the General Court in 1723 and 1733, and one of the most respectable and in- fluential men of the town for many years. 2. John ; b. 1673, and died about the close of the year 1746. His inventory amounted to £1,184, 4s. 8d. He is supposed to have lived first at Breakneck. His father owned a house there as early as April 6, 1702, and it is probable that John 142 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. occupied it. The latter had a house of his own at Breakneck and twenty-two acres of land, Feb. 27th, 1705-6, which he bought, by exchange, of Joseph Gay- lord, Sen. Afterwards, with his father's help, he built a house on the east end of his father's lot, on Cherry, near the junction of Walnut street. His father gave him the land, (on which the house had already been built, Jan. 29, l7u7-8,) two acres, butting east on highway, (which at this point was six rods wide,) west on his father's land, north on Benjamin Barnes' and south on Thomas Hickox's land. In April, 1743, he bought the old Hopkins' place ; but whether he lived on it, I am unable to say. He became a lieutenant of the militia and was, two or three times, selectman. He was licensed as a tavern-keeper by the New Haven County Court in 1730 and afterwards. It appears to have been his son John, who was also a lieutenant, who removed to Northbury about 1737, and afterwards to Amenia, N. Y. 3. Samuel ; born about 1676. He was a cooper, and lived in Kensington. 4. Mary; b. Oct. 15, 1G80; m. Dea. Thomas Hickox and died in 1756. She seems to have been a woman of great efficiency, and while a widow, managed her own business and property, dealing much in real estate. 5. Joseph; b. 1682, and d. May 10, 1707. His estate was distributed among his brothers and sisters in 1721, amounting to £24 — a £40 propriety being estimated at £5 and sixty-eight acres of land, (being dividends on it,) at £19. 6. Thomas; b. Jan. 16, 1686, and d. May 6, 1777. He was the fifth deacon (appointed 1750) of the Waterbury first church, his son Thomas being the sixth. He had a house and four acres of land on the corner of Cook and Grove streets? which he sold to Joseph Smith of Derby, Dec. 30th, 1726, for £145 ; butted west on heirs of George Scott and Thomas Barnes, all other sides on highway. The land he bought in 1717 of his brother John for £8. After the death of his father, he bought of his brother Ebenezer, (in 1726,) the family homestead, which he afterwards occupied. He was a Ueutcnant, and is so called on his gravestone. 7. Ebenezer ; b. Dec. 1688. He was baptized in Farmington, as were his older brothers and his sister Mary. He was a bachelor proprietor, and so were his brothers Isaac, John, Joseph and Thomas. He improved the old homestead for several years after the death of his father. In April, 1735, he bought of William Judd the place on the southwest corner of West Main and Willow streets, where he jived in 1744, and I suppose till his death, and where his son Andrew lived after him. In his will, he speaks of having already given his oldest son Andrew, " by way of acknowledgement of him as my eldest son, a yoak of steers, with £20 old tenor money, and some other small matters." He bequeathed to the first church in Waterbury, " forty shillings, lawful money, to lye in bank for the use and benefit of the church, the interest to be improved," so long as the church continue " in the present form and method," &c. He d. July 20, 1775. The amount of his in- ventory was £868, lis. 4d. He is called in deeds, " yeoman." 8. Sarah ; b. Nov. 15, 1691, and d. 1748. 9. Mercy ; b. Sept. 28, 1694, and m. Richard Bronson of Woodbury. HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. 143 JOHN CARRINGTON. He was an early settler of Farmington and one of the " eighty-four proprietors " of 1672. He signed the articles for the settlement of Mattatuck, in 1674, and appears to have joined the new plantation early ; for he is named in all the divisions of fence. He, however, neglected full compliance with the conditions of the articles, and was declared to have forfeited his rights, Feb. 6, 1682, (1682-3.) But little is known of him. He died in the early part of 1690, leaving a widow who deceased before the inventory was rendered, (June 30, 1690.) His son John was administrator and the estate amount- ed to £120, lis. John had £23, each of the other children £12. Benjamin Barnes and Thomas Judd, the smith, were appointed guardians of the three youngest children, with in- structions to put them out, and not to be overruled by John, the administrator. John Carrington's house lot of two acres was on West Main street, the south side, about where Leavenworth street now runs. It was bounded north and south on highway, east on Timi:>thy Stanley, west on George Scott. It was sold, in 1710, by tlie heirs, to Timothy Stanley and George Scott, for £12. Children : 1. John; b. l607, and d. 1602, in Waterbury. Benjamin Barnes and Thomas Judd, Jr. were administrators. The estate, amounting to £.59, 17s. 2d, was distribu- ted, his debts being first paid, to his brothers and sisters. He was a cooper. 2. Mary; b. 1672; m. Joshua Holcomb(?) of Simsbury. She was the wife of William Parsons of Farmington in 1721 and 1734-55. 3. Hannah ; b. 1675 ; m. William Parsons of Farmington, according to Mr. W. S. Porter. Should not the name be Joshua Holcomb of Simsbury ? 4. Clark; b. 1678 ; m. Sarah Higason, and lived in Farmington. He was there in 1721-2. 5. Elizabeth ; b. 1682 : m. John Hoskins of Windsor. 6. Ebenezer ; b. 1687 ; removed to Hartford, and died in Waterbury, adminis- tration being taken out, (in 1711,) by his brother-in-law, William Parsons of Hart- ford. He left no family. THOMAS CLARK. His grandfather, William Clark, came from England and settled in Dorchester, Mass., about 1637. Thence he removed to Xorthampton, in 1659, and d. in 1690. His son William, 144: III3T0RT OF WATERBURT. the father of Tliomas of Waterburj, after the hirtli of his children, removed to Lebanon, Conn. Thomas Clark was born (in ISTorthampton) Aprill4, 1690. His mother Sarah (Strong) was the sister of Timothy Stan- ley's wife. When a mere child, as tradition runs, his uncle Stanley visited his father's house in Lebanon and inquired, at first in a sportive way, which of his young nephews would go and live with him and be his boy, as he had none of his own. Thomas spoke up promptly and said that he would go. But as he was so young, it was finally arranged that his elder broth- er, Timothy, should accompany his uncle to Waterbury. But Timothy soon became home-sick and returned to Lebanon and Thomas was allowed to take his place, to become, afterwards, the adopted son and principal heir of Stanley. He was acce2:)t- ed as a £10 proprietor, Dec. 12, 1711. He became a " cloth- weaver," learning his trade of his uncle, with whom he con- tinued to live after marriage, managing the farm, and taking care of the " old folks." In June, 1713, his father, by adop- tion, deeded to him a part of his property, and at his death gave him a large proportion of the remainder, by will. After the decease of Stanlej^, Clark occupied the old homestead. Here he wove " plain cloth at ls-8d pr. yard,"* " checkerd shirtin at Is 3d per yard ;" " druged [drugget] at 12d. a yard ;" striped fiannel, &c., &c. He probably occupied himself at his loom during the winter season and in bad weath- er. He continued to cultivate his farm and exchanged its sur- plus products for the spare products of his neighbors' in- dustry. He had a slave, named Mingo,f who, when not need- ed at home, worked for those who wanted him, for hire. "When his sons became old enough — Timothy, Thomas, David — they occasionally labored at farm work, for others, frequent- ly with the team, and their wages were charged to the debt- ors by their father. The girls, too — Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Hepzibah — though belonging to one of the " first families " * The book in which he liept his " accounts," commencing in 1727, is now in my possession, having been loaned me by his granddaughter, Mrs. Aurelia Clark. t At Dea. Clark's death, Mingo was to be permitted to choose which of his master's sons he would live with. Being attached to his old home, he resided for a time with Thomas; but after the latter commenced keeping tavern, he did not like his occupaticn and went to live with Timothy, on Town Plot. lie died, worth considerable property, in ISOO. rAii'iua) nYJmm rpr'iB ■ J.Kelly. I^nhr.J^T HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. 145 of the town, and having more than the nsnal accomplish- ments of that time, frequently " went out to work " by the day, or the week, thus contributing to the support of a numer- ous family. Honest labor was in those days respectable, and none was too good to engage in it. In addition to his other business, Mr. Clark seems to have kept for sale some of the common goods which are found in a retail store,such as " shug- ger," molasses, salt, wine, " rumb," tobacco, nails. He ap- pears to have bought his goods sometimes in Derby and some- times in JSIew Haven. He also occasionally took boarders, and has several charges against the Colony for "victeling " sol- diers that were passing through the town. Being appointed a justice of the peace in 1730, (which office he held twenty- five out of the twenty -nine years of his remaining life,) he be- came somewhat acquainted with legal forms, and was often applied to to draw deeds, bonds, agreements and such simple writings as are most called for among a rural population. No man in his day succeeded more completely in securing the good opinion and entire confidence of his fellow towns- men, than Thomas Clark. He occupied positions of trust and responsibility. He was a selectman in 1834, 1736 and 1737 ; a town deputy in Oct. 1727, 1728 and 1736; town treasurer from 1755 to 1760 and a justice of the peace, as has been men- tioned. On Mr. Southmayd's death in 1755, he was chosen town and proprietor's clerk, and was continued in office till his decease. He wrote not an elegant, but a very legible hand. He was the third deacon of the church, being appointed in 1728 to succeed Dea. Plickox, who died in that year. Thomas Clark's son Thomas succeeded his father in the oc- cupancy of the homestead, and kept a tavern till his decease, Oct. 25, 1779. The house was the scene of some interesting events during the Revolutionary War. Capt. Lemuel Har- rison's dwelling was built, for the most part, ou the same foun- dations as the " old Clark house." JOSEPH GAYLORD. He was the son of Walter Gaylord and the grandson of Dea. William Gaylord of Windsor; the latter a leading man of that town. He was born May 13, 1649, and m. July 14, 10 146 HISTOKT OF WATEEBUKY. 1670, Sarah, d. of John Stanley of Farmington. Whether he removed from Windsor first to Farmington and then to Mat- tatuck, or directly from Windsor to Mattatnck, is uncertain. He was not one of the first subscribers of the articles ; but was accepted Jan. 15, 1677,(1677-8.) He came to Mattatuck early, probably in the spring of 1678, and is named in the four divis- ions of fence. Still, he did not keep his engagements, and his right was declared forfeited, Feb. 1682-3. But he "submit- ted," and by better performance, regained and perfected his title to an £80 pro^Driety. He is mentioned in all the lists of proprie- tors. He was collector of minister's rates in 1698, 1699 and IVOO. In 1687, his lot of three acres was on the corner of East and North Main streets — south and west on highway, north on John Stanley and east on common. This place, with the house and barn, he sold, Feb. 2, 1703, (1703-4,) to Stephen Welton, son of John, reserving a quarter of an acre at the east end on which his son Joseph had erected a dwelling. After this, he built a house at Breakneck, (or at any rate he owned one there with twenty-two acres of land,) which he sold and deeded, Feb. 26, 1705-6, to John Bronson, " son of Isaac," as already stated. Whether he lived for a time at Breakneck, I have no means of ascertaining with certainty, though it is probable he did. Most likely he sold out as a preparation for removing from the town. Several members of his family had already gone to Durham, and he soon followed, there being no traces of him in Waterbury after the sale referred to. I find him in Durham in the early part of 1708, where he died before 1713. Children : 1. Sarah; b. July 11, 1671 ; m. Thomas Judd, known as Thomas Judd, Jr. 2. Joseph; b. April 22, 1673; m. Feb. 8, 1699-1700, Mary, d. of Joseph Hickox, deed., of Woodbury, and had three children, Elizabeth, Joseph (died in infancy) and Thankful, all born in Waterbury. He was chosen fence viewer in 1698 and 1703, and admitted to bachelor privileges in 1699. He built a house on East Main street, on the east end of his father's lot. In April, 1702, the propri- etors granted him and his brothers John and William, and Richard Porter, " eight acres apiece, at the place they talk of going to live at on the west side [the river], provided they go and live there with their families." To this place, presumed to be Breakneck, where his father built a house, he (and the others) did not go. Afterwards, probably in 1703 or 1704, he and his brother John erected houses on Buckshill and removed thither. They were, however, not contented ; but soon HISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. 147 pulled up and went to Durham. Joseph had left as early as Jan. 7, 1705-6. The names of both and that of their father, and also of their brothers-in-law, Joseph and Stephen Hickox, are mentioned in the patent of Durham, in 1708. In Oct. 1708, for "eleven pounds in building and four pounds teen shillings to be dun in worck at &<> durrum," Gaylord deeded to Richard Welton his house and lot of seven acres at Buckshill — "east on highway, west on said Gayland's land, south on John Gayland's house lot, north on John Warner's house lot." Joseph Gayland, 2d, after having lived in Durham many years, removed to Wallingford. He and his brothers, John and Benjamin, and his sister, Joanna Royce, were in the latter place in 1722. "Joseph Gaylord, Jr.," was in Water- bury in 1730, apparently from Wallingford. 3. John ; b. April 21, 1677 ; was one of the first nine bachelor proprietors, ad- mitted March 26, 1799. He lived by the side of his brother Joseph on Buckshill^ having a lot of six and three quarter acres, butting north on Joseph Gaylord, Jr's house lot, east and south on highway, west on common, which he bought of " John AVarner of Buckshill." He removed with his elder brother to Durham, and finally to Wallingford, where he d. about 1753. His will was presented to the Probate Court in New Haven the first Monday in January, 1754, in M'hich he names six sons and five daughters. His estate in Wallingford amounted to £1,995, and in Farmington to about £560. Sarah, Joseph and John Gaylord, children of Joseph, Sen., were born in Windsor. 4. WiUiam. He was accepted as a £40 proprietor, March, 1701, but forfeited his right, removed to Woodbury and joined the church there, Jan. 13, 1706. He was among those taxed for the "North Purchase" in 1712, (Cothren, Vol I, p. 83.) Afterwards he removed to New Milford,* where he d. about 1753. His will was approved Nov. 23, 1753, in which is mentioned his wife Mercy and six children. He was an ensign, and his first wife's name was Joanna, who joined the church in Woodbury, Dec. 7th, 1712. His son Nathan, of New Milford, m. Hannah, d. of John Bronson, son of Isaac. 5. Benjamin. He lived in Durham. 6. Elizabeth; b. 1680; m. (the same day as her brother Joseph) Joseph Hickox, son of Sergt. Samuel, deceased. 7. Mary ; m. March 4, 1701-2, Stephen, son of Jolin Welton, 1st, and d. July 18, I7u9. 8. Abagail; b. in Waterbury, and bap. in Farmington, Nov. 7, 1686, and m. James Williams. They both lived in Hartford in March, 1722. 9. Joanna; m. Robert Royce. They were both of Wallingford, Nov. 1722. 10. Ruth ; m. Stephen Hickox, and lived in Durham. THOMAS HANCOX. He was an early settler of Farmington and one of the eighty-four proprietors of 1672. He was one of the first thirty who signed the Mattatuck articles ; but was dilatory in his * He is stated, erroneously, in the extracts from Mr. Griswold's sermon, in Barber's Con. Historical Collections, to have come from Windsor. 148 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. fence. He was among tlie delinquents whose allotments were condemned by the act of Feb. 16S2-3 ; but he subscribed (June 4, 1683) to the new conditions imposed by that act, "reform- ed," and was restored to his rights, having a £100 propriety. I cannot find that he did anything to preserve his memory in Mattatuck ; but he left his name to the brook and meadows at "Waterville. His house and home lot of one and three quar- ter acres were on the north side of West Main street. The lot was bounded north and south on highway, east on Thomas Newell and west on Kobert Porter. These Hancox sold, to- gether with other lands and his propriety right, in Feb. 1687-8, to Lieut. Judd, and quit the town, shaking the dust from his feet, perhaps. He probably left about the time of the above sale. He was in Farmington Dec. 22d, 1688, in Hartford June, 1695, and in Farmington, (Kensington,) again, Jan. 1720-21. Thomas Hancox m. March 17, 1681-5, Rachel Leonard of Springfield. Children : 1. Thomas; b. March 13, 1685-6, and lived in Hartford and Boston. 2. John ; b. Aug. 1, 1688, and lived in Springfield. 3. "William; b. March 1, 1690-91, and d. 1721. 4. Rachel; b. Feb. 7, 1692-3, and d. 1737. 5. Daniel; b. Jan. 1, 1694-5, and m. June 4, 1724, Rachel Porter. 6. Mehitabel ; b. Dec. 4, 1698, and m. Ebenezer Barnes. HICKOX. The planters of Waterbury bearing this name, Samuel and Joseph, are supposed to have been brothers, and sons of Wil- liam Hickox of Farmington, one of the original proprietors and first settlers of that town. The latter died early. The names of Samuel and Joseph are on the list of the proprietors of Farmington, in 1672. SAMUEL HICKOX. He was one of the original thirty, and is believed to have been a member of the first company that came to our town. He was one of the assignees of the first Lidian deed, and is named in all the fence divisions and proprietors' lists. So far as appears, he never once halted in the work he had underta- ken. He lived where C. B. Merriman now resides, having a HISTORY OF AVATEKBURY. 149 homo lot of two acres, bounded, in March, 1690-91, south on liighway, north on "highland," west on Joseph Ilickox's heirs, and east on Benjamin Barnes. He was called sergeant as early as 1686. When the train-band was organized, or re- organized, after the resumption of the colonial government under the charter, he was appointed sergeant and was ever af- terwards known as Serg. Samuel Hickox. He held different offices by appointment of the grand committee and proprie- tors — was townsman in 1682, &c. He was one of the leading men of the settlement, and died at his post, at a critical time, when men of the right stamp could be poorly spared. His inventory was taken Feb. 28, 1691—5, amounting to £13-1, Children : 1. Samuel ; b. 1669 ; m. April 16, 1690, Elizabeth, d. of John Plumb of Milford. He had a grant of land from the proprietors when he was but eighteen years old, " three acres at Pine swamp by the path that leads to the saw-mill." Jan. 20, 1692, he had two acres granted " on the side of chesnut hill near to his boggy meadow convenient for a yard," (for drying cloth ?) He lived on the corner of East Main and Cherry streets, where he had built a house before Sept. 1703. This place, bounded west on Stephen Welton and Samuel Stanley, north on John Bronson, south and east on highway, he conveyed, Jan. 26, 1705-6, to his brother Thomas, the latter having built him a barn and chimney and deeded to him sixteen acres of land at Judd's Meadow. The barn and chimney were proba- bly at Judd's Meadow, where Samuel "had set his house" as early as Dec. 21, 1702, and where he was certainly living before December, 1705. He was probably the first settler of Naugatuck. He erected a fulling-mill on Fulling-Mill Brook (so called from the mill) about 1709, and his house was by the brook. Some of his lands " ran across the road that led to New Haven." Samuel Hickox died in the great sickness, June 3, 1713, and his widow, Oct. 17, 1749. They had ten children, six of whom lived to be married. Ebenezer and John were bachelor proprietors. The first, after 1741, removed to Danbury and Norwalk, and the last, before July, 1720, to Durham. 2. Hannah; b. 1671; m. John Judd of Waterbury. 3. William; b. 1673; m. about 1696, Rebecca, d. of Abraham Andruss, (1st,) and d. Nov. 4, 1737. He was a bachelor proprietor and man of note — grand juror, school committee, surveyor, constable, townsman, (many times,) moderator of town meeting, captain m 1727, and deputy in 1728. He was always known by his military title. He Uved where the church of the First Congregational Society now stands. The place he bought of Joseph Hickox (son of Joseph, deed.) of Woodbury, May 17, 1699. The lot, containing two acres, was bounded, March 12, 1704-5, north on common land, south on highway, east on a house lot of the heirs of Serg. Hickox, deed., west on a house lot of the heirs of Phihp Judd, deed. The house lot which was Philip Judd's he afterwards purchased. Still later, he came into possession of three quarters of his father's homestead. In Sept. 1732, for £300, he deeded all to Samuel Camp, son of Edward, of Milford, seven 150 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. acres, with the house, barn, and mill-house, butted east on land of Joseph Smith, north on Samuel Scott, son of George, west on Dea. Clark, south on highway, re' serving one quarter part of his father's lot belonging to the heirs of Thomas Hickox, deed., and reserving also " twenty foot square of land down the hill near the mill house as it is stoned out." This property, with the same reservations, Camp (who then improved it) conveyed, in 1736, for £185, to Dea. Thomas Judd. Capt. William Hickox lost three sons in the great sickness of 1713. One son only, Capt. Samuel, survived him and had a family. His will bears date Jan. 4, 1732-3. Among his effects were Lewis, a negro man @ £140, and " fillis a negro woman" @ £100. 4. Thomas ; b. 1675 ; m. Mary, daughter of Serg. Isaac Bronson, and d. June 28, 1728. His widow married Dea. Samuel Bull of Woodbury, and died a widow. March 28, 1694, he had a grant of land, four acres for a house lot, on the west side of Carrington Brook, on the south side of the highway to Farmington ; but he does not appear to have built on it. He was made a bachelor proprietor in 1699 ; was grand juror, school committee, and townsman, at different times ; represented the town in the Legislature two sessions, in 1722 and 1723, and was appointed a deacon in 1724, being the second who had held this office in the church. He is called '' husbandman " in a deed. His residence was on the corner of East Main and Cherry streets, being the place he bought of his brother Samuel in 1705-6. He died in the prime of Ufe, much regretted. His estate was valued at £1,251, and his homestead at £140. 5. Joseph ; b. 1678, and m. Elizabeth Gaylord. He was accepted as a bachelor proprietor, March 26, 1699, and in the same month received a grant of land " on y* east side of y^ little brook buting on gorg scott hom lot being a triangle peace betweiu y« highways for a hous lot on condition y' he fence and improue it four yeirs not to pregedis y® high wayes nor hinder y* town coming to y« claypits." On this lot, which lay between North Main and Grove streets, east of Andrew Bryan's house, Hickox built a house, which he deeded, with three and a half acres of land, to John Judd, (1st,) Nov. 5, 1714, bounded east, west, north and south, on. highway. He obtained the office of "chimney viewer" in 1701 and 1703, and begat two children, Joseph and Hannah, both of whom (and also a sister, Ruth) were living in 1725-6. Being satisfied with what he had done for Waterbury, and having made fast his propriety right, he quit the place, going to Durham with the Gaylords, where he died in 1725. He was a carpenter. 6. Mary ; b. 1681 ; m. John Bronson, son of Isaac, and died " March 21, 1713." 7. Elizabeth; bap. Nov. 12, 1682; m. Dec. 1724, John Norton, (of Durham, previously of Saybrook ?) 8. Stephen; bap. April 12, 1685, and m. Ruth Gaylord. He was admitted a bachelor proprietor, Jan. 7, 1705-6 ; but soon caught the run-away fever and followed his brother and father-in-law to Durham, thus losing his bachelor right. He was one of those whose feelings were hurt that the proprietors should give away their lands so liberally, he having a small interest after the decease of his father. His death took place before 1737-8. He had sons and daughters, Sam- uel, Stephen, Ruth Johnson and Sarah Spelman. 9. Benjamin; b. 1686. He was "of Stamford" in 1715, and had a suit in the Superior Court at Fairfield] about a negro boy, Dunboy, whom he claimed and had attached. He was living in Norwalk in May, 1735. HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 151 10. Mercy ; bap. April 8, 1689. 11. Ebenezer; b. 1093. He chose, ia 170Y, his brother Wilham his guardian. He was in Danbury in June, 1722. JOSEPH HICKOX. I suppose him to have been younger than his brother Sam- uel. He subscribed the articles in 1674, and had a $60 allot- ment. He was early in Mattatuck, but was not there in " a steady way," I conclude; for though his name is in the first, second and fourth fence divisions, it is not in the third. He lived next west of his brother Samuel, between the latter and Philip Judd, having a lot of two acres. This lot, bounded north on common land, his son Joseph sold and conveyed, May 17, 1690, to his cousin William Hickox, as before stated. Only the scantiest memorials remain of Joseph Hickox, first. He was the first proprietor that left the settlement, (and the first that died.) He removed to Woodbury, (Sonthbury,) in the early part of 1686 ; joined the church there May 2d, 1686, and died in 1687. His estate amounted to £107 in AVa- terbury and £100 in Woodbury. JOHN HOPKINS. His grandfather, John Hopkins, settled at Cambridge, Mass., in 1631; was made a freeman in 1635, and removed to Hartford, in 1636, where he became a juror, in 1643. It is not known what relation, if any, he bore to Stephen Hopkins, who came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1620, or to Edward Hopkins, who ar- rived at Boston in 1637, afterwards governor of Connecticut. He could not, however, have been a near relative of the last. His will was dated in 1618, and the inventory of his estate taken April 14, 1654. He left a widow Jane, who after- wards married Nathaniel AVard, and two children, Stephen and Bethiah. The last married Samuel Stocking of Middle- town. Stephen Hopkins, the father of John of AVaterbury, made a freeman 1656, married Dorcas, daughter of John Bronson, 1st, of Farmington. He died about 1689, and his widow, May 10, 1697. His will bore date Sept. 28, 1680, and his in- ventory, (amounting to £591,) Nov. 6, 1689. His children named in his will, were : 152 HISTOKY OF WATEEBURY. 1. John ; 2. Stephen ; b. 1665 ; m. Sarah, d. of Lieut. Thomas Judd and Hannah . He had children, Thomas, Sarah and Eachel, and d. 1T04. 3. Ebenezer ; b. 1669, and m. Mary Butler, d. of Samuel of Wethersfield, Jan. 21, 1691. 4. Jo- seph ; m. Hannah, d. of Paul Peck of Hartford, April 27, 1693. 5. Dorcas; m. Jonathan Webster, May 11, 1681. 6. Mary ; m. Samuel Sedgwick. Jolm Hopkins, the son of Stephen of Hartford, came to Mattatuck to tend his father's mill. The mill was built ap- parently in 1680, and John probably took charge of it at that time. He did not however become a proprietor immediately. Perhaps he was not then of age. His name is not on either of the fence-division lists, so frequently referred to. The fath- er had a house lot granted him, Feb. 5, 1680-81, wdiich was probably intended for the son. The latter is first mentioned, Feb. 6, 1682, (1682-3,) when Dea. Lankton's forfeited allot- ments were confirmed to him by the committee. He was then called " the present miller." Jolm Hopkins was one of the most respected and influen- tial of the early settlers of Waterbury. He ground the peo- ple's corn, " corn being suitable to grind," and was one of the youngest of the original proprietors. He subscribed to the £60 settlement of the first minister; was townsman in 1692, and several times afterwards; constable in 1702 ; grand juror for two years; deputy in 1704, and many times from 1708 to 1726; justice of the peace from 1725 to 1729, inclusive. He held the office of town clerk in 1713. He wrote his own signature in a fair hand ; but his chirography was generally bad and his ink poor, making the records, as kept by him, difficult to deci- pher. He was also tavern keeper from 1712 to 1718, inclusive, and probably earlier, and "ordinary keeper" in 1714 and 1715. He obtained, too, military honors so much sought for in his day, being sergeant in 1714, ensign in 1715, and lieu- tenant in 1716. After the latter date, he was known as Left. Hopkins. When the new meeting house came to be seated in 1729, he was one of the revered dignitaries who were voted " into the first pew at the west end of the pulpit." John Hopkins' house lot was situated on the corner of East Main and Bank streets. It contained two acres, and was HISTOKY OF WATEEBURY. 153 bounded, Dec. 26, 1691, north and west on higliway, south on Thomas Warner, and east on common land. The house stood on Main street a little east of the lane put down on the map as Brook street. John Hopkins was a large landholder. He gave away much land during his life time to his children, hj deed ; still, he left a considerable estate. Pie died Kov. ]632, his inven- tory amounting to £1,251, 15s. His wife's name was Hannah , and their children were: 1. A daugliter; b. Dec. 22d, 1684, and d. Jan. 4, 1084-5— the death being the first recorded in the town. 2. John; b. March 29, 1C8C; bap. in Hartford and died in Hartford, Dec. 5, 1709. 3. Consider; b. Nov. 10, 1687; ni. Ehzabeth Graham, " rehct of George Gra- ham of Hartford," and died in Hartford in 1726. 4. Stephen; b. Nov. 19, 1689, and died 1769. He received "bachelor accom- modations," in 1712; was townsman in 1724 and afterwards; deputy many times after 1732 ; special agent to the General Court, in 1737 and 1738, &c. He was a prominent man in his day. His house was near the west corner of East Main and Mill streets. The lot his father bought of Richard Porter in May, 1711, described as " before Thomas Hickox's house, two acres, east, west and north on highway, south on common land." In Oct. 1713, the "town" granted to Stephen Hopkins one and a half acres, (laid out as two acres,) south of the above land, and adjoining to it. In June, 1718, the father deeded to the son his two acres, on which a house had been built, valuing both to him at £35. Afterwards, (Dec. 11, 1729,) the latter sold the house and lot of four acres, bounded north, south, east and west on highway, to Jonathan Garnsey, and Garnsey conveyed it, March 19, 1735, to Thomas Barnes. Stephen Hopkins I suppose to have assisted his father in the care of the mill. After the death of the latter, Stephen and Timothy, executors of the will of the deceased, sold out the mill and mill lands, the deed bearing date Jan. 1732-3. About this time, probably, (certainly before Oct. 7, 1734,) Stephen removed to Judd's Meadow, locating himself on, or near, the New Haven road and Fulling Mill Brook. 5. Timothy; b. Nov. 16, 1691, and d. Feb. 5, 1748-9.* He had a bachelor right granted him in 1715. He was a farmer; was called "yeoman" and "hus- bandman," in deeds, and had much to do with pubhc business. He was on seve- ral occasions, constable, seclectman, grand juror and moderator of town meeting. He was justice of the peace from 1734 to 1742 inclusive, and, for many years, a representative to the General Court. He obtained military distinction, and was made a captain in 1732. No man of the town seems to have had, in a greater de- gree, the confidence of the public. * On his tombstone, now standing, is this not unfamiliar verse : When this you see, Then think on me. 154: HISTOKY OF WATERBURY. Timothy Hopkins, after his marriage, lived with his father, the latter having conveyed to him, in June, 1719, by deed, one half of the house and homestead of two acres, valuing them to him at £40 advancement. After the decease of the father, the son became the owner of the whole ; and in April, 1740, added to it the lot (with a house) adjoining on the south, two and three quarter acres, bought of John Pun- derson of New Haven, and which Punderson purchased of James Johnson, bound- ed west on highway, &c. The entire lot, then called four and a half acres, the son conveyed "with the buildings, fencings, orcharding," &c., April 4th, 1743, to Lieut. John Bronson, for £540 old tenor, bounded southerly on Stephen Upson, easterly on Jonathan Baldwin's home lot, &c. After the sale of his homestead, Capt. Hopkins appears to have owned a house and other buildings beyond the hmits of the village, out East, whither he, per- haps, removed. 6. Samuel; b. Dec. 27, 1693. He settled in West Fpringfield. 7. Mary; b. Jan. 27, 1696-7; m. Samuel Hickox. 8. Hannah ; b. April 23, 1699, and m. Daniel Porter, 2d. 9. ; b. at same date as the last, and d. an infant. 10. Dorcas; b. Feb. 12, 1705-6, and m. James Porter. BENJAMIN JONES. He was accepted in the place of Jolm Andruss, and was not one of the first company of settlers. His name is first mention- ed among those who had allotments in the fourth division of fence, about 1680-81. But little is known of him. His house and lot of two acres were on the west side of Willow street, south of William Brown's dwelling. The land was bounded, in 1687, southwest on "a great lot," northeast on Thomas Judd's land and highway, westwardly on Ensign Thomas, Judd's land and eastwardly on highway. He removed to New Haven about 1689, where he bought of William Johnson of ]^. H., for £50, sixty-six and a half acres of land at a place on " West Side," (West Haven,) called Shepherd's Hill, " running to a highway next the sea." His propriety right of £100 was sold by his son Benjamin, in 1715, to Dea. Thomas Judd, for forty shillings, and was conveyed by the latter, in April, 1717, to his son William. Whence Benjamin Jones came, and from whom he de- scended, I am not informed. He was married to Hannah Spencer, at Milford, May 2d, 1661, and had a son Benjamin born there, in June, 1662. (S. Judd.) He died in New Haven, Dec. 30, 1690, and his estate was settled in the County Court of N. H. His widow, Hannah, was administratrix, and guardian of the only child, Benj amin. This minor son was not, of course, HISTORY OF WATERBUKT. 155 the one born in Milford, in 1662. The latter must have died, and another been born having the same name. Isaac Bronson and Thomas Judd, smith, took an inventory of the deceased man's estate in Waterburj. Benjamin Jones, 2d, had born in New Haven, between 1706 and 1722, Benjamin, Hannah, Ruth, Vinson, Martha and Ebenezer. JUDD. Thomas Judd, ancestor of the Judds of New England, came from England in 1633 or 1631, and settled first in Cambridge, near Boston, where lands were granted him in 1634. He re- moved to Hartford in 1636 and to Farmington about 1644, where he lived till 1679, and buried his wife. He then went to Northampton and married a widow Mason, Avho was child- less and had a good estate. There he died Nov. 9, 1688. He was the second deacon of the church of Farmington and a deputy from that town in 1657, and afterwards. His children were : 1. William, and 2. Elizabeth. Both of them were born between 1633 and 1636, but it is uncertain which was the oldest. 3. Thomas ; b. about 1738. 4. John ; b. about 1740. He was a non-fulfilling subscriber. 5. Benjamin; b. about 1642 — a non-fulfilling subscriber. 6. Mary; b. about 1644; m. June 1, 1662, Thomas Loomis of Windsor. 7. Ruth ; b. 1646-7, m. John, son of John Steele. 8. Philip ; b. 1649 and baptized Sept. 2, 1649. 9. Samuel ; b. about 1653. His fath- er subscribed the articles for him in 1674. He proposed join- ing the settlement in Mattatuck and had allotments of fence in the first and fourth divisions ; but he failed at the critical time, and joined his father in Northampton, where he died in 1721. William Judd, the eldest son of Dea. Thomas of Farming- ton and the father of Dea. Thomas of Waterbury, married Mary, daughter of John Steele, March 30, 1658, and died late in 1690, leaving an ample estate of £693. His inventory was presented to Court, Nov. 5, 1690.* His widow, Mary, died * I cannot reconcile these dates, taken from Mr. Sylvester Judd's Genealogy of Thomas Judd, with an entry on the Farmington record, which, under date of March 20, 1690-91, refers to " Thomas Judd son of William, both residents of Waterbury." Perhaps I have made a mis- take in copying. 156 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. Oct. 27, 1718, aged about eighty. The children's births are inferred from the baptisms, and the age given by the probate record. Their names were : 1. Mary ; b. 1658 ; m. Abel Janes of Northampton. 2. Tliomas ; b. 1662, (baptized Oct. 13, 1662.) 3. John ; b. 1667, and d. in Farmington, 1710, leaving three children. 4. Ea- ch el ; b. 1770; d. unmarried, 1703. 5. Samuel; b. 1673; m. Ann Hart, in 1710 and Abigail Phelps of Westfield, in 1725. He lived in Farmington, had children and died 1728. 6. Dan- iel ; b. 1675 ; lived in Farmington ; m. in 1705, Mercy Mitch- ell of Woodbury ; d. April 29, 1748, having had eight child- ren. 7. Elizabeth ; b. 1678 ; was living in 1718 unmarried. All the sons of Dea. Judd of Farmington, six in nnmber, signed the articles, first and last ; but only two became per- manent settlers of Waterbury. LIEUT. THOMAS JUDD. Thomas Jndd, the second son of Deacon Thomas of Farm- ington, was one of the original thirty. He subscribed as Thomas Judd, Jr. Afterwards, when his son Thomas became proprietor, he was known as Thomas Judd, Sen., and finally as Lieut. Thomas Judd. He was one of the first company of settlers, and discharged promptly all his obligations as a plant- er. He shirked no responsibility, and exposed himself to no censure or rebuke. He was one of the assignees to whom the first Indian deed was made over, in Sept. 1677, and was a grantee in the other and later Indian deeds. He is named in the first division of fence, and was one of the committee to lay it out, Jan. 1677-8. He had a like interest and a like agency in the other divisions. After his brother William abandoned the settlement, he was more than any other single person the leading man of the infant town. He was general- ly named by the grand committee as one of the persons who were to act in their absence, in certain emergencies. In the discharge of his duties as committee, John Stanley was usu- ally associated with him. Judd's name was nearly always men- tioned first, in part, perhaps, because he was older than Stanley. Thomas Judd lived on the north side of West Main street, next east of John Bronson, his lot of two and one quarter HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 157 acres, extending tlirono-h to the back street, bonnded, in Nov. 1G87, easterly on Daniel "Warner, westerly on John Bronson, &c. After his death, his son Tliomas took the old home- stead. Thomas Jndd was one of the patentees in the first town ]3atent. lie was called sergeant in 1682 and afterwards, and occasionally ensign, (in copied records,) in 1686, 1687 and 1688. After Andros had abandoned the government, and the Water- bury train-band became entitled to a lieutenant, John Stanley received the commission of lieutenant, and Judd that of ensign. Why this precedence was given to Stanley, the junior in age, I am unable to say, unless he had some important ad- vantage over his friend in military bearing. However, Judd was compensated. He was the first deputy to the General Court, (in May, 1689,) and was often reelected to the oifice. He was the first commissioner of the town, and was continued in ofiice till a law was passed requiring at least three or four justices of the peace in each county. He was then, (in 1699, or earlier,) appointed the first justice of the peace — a great honor ; and was annually reappointed till his death. In 1696, after Lieut. Stanley had removed to Farm- ington, he was promoted to a lieutenancy, the highest military office allowed in the town, till 1716. No doubt he bore him- self gallantly. Lieut. Judd died Jan. 10, 1702-3, " in the sixty-fifth year of his age," at a time when his assistance and counsel were much needed. His sons John and Thomas were administra- toi-s, and the inventory of his estate, amounting to £407, bore date Jan. 30, 1702-3. His wife, Sarah, daughter of John Steel of Farmington, died May 22, 1695, in '' the fifty-seventh year of her age." They were both members of Mr. Hooker's church in Farmington, in 1680. Children : 1. Thomas; born probably in 1663. 2. John. He received a grant of land as early as 1689-90 — four acres — to be his on condition that he remained four years in the town ; but his name is rarely mentioned till after 1700. He was not a bachelor proprietor, it not being the practice to admit as such any person who had come into possession of another's right, by inheritance or otherwise ; but in virtue of the right of his father which was distributed to him, he had an addition of two forty pound rights. He was 158 HISTOKY OF WATEEBUET. surveyor in 1703 ; grand juror in 1705 ; townsman in 1706 ; town collector in 1707 ; town treasurer in 1712, &c. In Dec. 1713, he was appointed town clerk, which office he held till his death. His chirography is atrociously bad — worse even than that of his immediate predecessors in office. His last record was a part of a deed from himself to John Welton, dated and acknowledged May 5th, 1717. The record was finished by his successor, William Judd. His decease took place in the latter part of 1717, (N. S.) The inventory of his estate, amounting to £305, was taken Jan. 3, 1717-18. Capt. Thomas Judd was guardian of the four young- est children, in 1720. John Judd had a house and hous6 lot of one acre and a half which he obtained by exchange, March 4, 1704, of John Warner, bounded east on Jonathan Scott's house lot, north, south and west on highway. This he exchanged, Nov. 5, 1714, with Joseph Hickox of Durham, said Hickox conveying to him a house and lot of three and a half acres, lying between Cook, Grove and North Main streets, butted north, south, east and west on highways, where I suppose Judd afterwards lived. 3. Sarah ; m. Nov. 17, 1686, Stephen Hopkins, Jr., of Hartford. Her death is recorded in Waterbury as having taken place May 11, 1693, in the twenty-eighth year of her age. She left a son, Thomas, and two daughters. PHILIP JUDD. He was tlie sixth son of Dea. Tliomas Judd, and m, Han- nah, d. of Thomas Loomis of Windsor. Not much is known of him. He subscribed the articles June 13, 1687, (having al- ready — in 1686 — received some land grants,) being accepted in the place of his brother Samuel. He signed the agreement with Mr. Peck, in 1689, and died soon after. His death oc- curred before the expiration of the four years required by the articles of settlement, thus securing his right to his family. He was the first of the original projjrietors who died in Wa- terbury. Ensign Thomas Judd and Thomas Judd, smith, ad- ministered on his estate. His inventory, taken Nov. 2, 1689, amounted to £237 in Waterbury, and £92 in FarmingtoU' He was much in debt. The family removed from Waterbury, and the children all settled in Danbury. Philip Judd's house lot of two acres (" y* fell to him by alot" ment") was on the north side of West Main street, next west of Joseph Hickox's home lot, and was bounded, March 27, 1708, west on Obadiah Eichards, deed., east on William Hick- ox, north on common, south on highway, (no house mentioned at this date.) The lot was sold, Nov. 1711, by Benjamin Judd, son of Philip, to William Hickox, for £8, 10s., butted north on George Scott's land, and on the other sides as described above. DISTORT OF WATERBDET. 159 Cliildren : 1. Philip ; baptized in Farmington, March 13, 1680-81. He settled in Danbury (Bethel Society,) and died between 1760 and 1Y65, leaving children. 2. Thomas ; baptized May 27, 1683, and died young. 3. Hannah ; baptized in F. Oct. 19, 168-i, and married Thomas Hoyt of Dan- bury. They were both living in April, 1721. 4. William ; baptized in F. July 3, 1687. He mar. Dec. 23, 1709, Mary, daugh- ter of Thomas Gridly of Farmington, where he had two daughters, Eunice and Elizabeth, born in 1710 and 1712-13. He removed thence first to Waterbury then to Danbury. He was in the former place in 1710 and in the latter in 1717 and 1720. He appears to have been the "William Judd, tailor," of the Waterbury records. 5. Benjamin; bap. in F. May 4, 1690. He was living in Danbury in 1711 and 1727. He became the owner of his father's £80 propriety and sold it to Timothy Hopkins. THOMAS JUDD, THE SOX OF WILLIAM. His name is first mentioned in the Waterbniy records, Dec. 31, 1685, when he had a grant of land from the pro- prietors " on ye north sid of his hous lot to bute on John Sconels thre acre lot." This house lot was one of two acres on Willow Street, north of John Scovill's, which had been granted to his father and forfeited, and then bestowed on the son. It is recorded as a part of the estate of the latter, nnder date of December 2G, 1691, which was granted by the committee. He is next mentioned, Jan. 3, 1686, (1686-T,) and again March 27, 1687, and again Sept. 29, 1687. His name is on the list of proprietors of 1688, and he was again grantee of the town Jan. 21, 1689, (1689-90,) and again Jan. 29, 1690, (1690-91.) At the latter date, he received twenty acres of upland and other lands, with the customarj^ provision, that he build a house and comply with the conditions of the articles.* March 20, 1690-91, he joined the church in Far- mington, and is described as of Waterbury. Sej)t. 23, 1690, he was chosen brander of the town, he to keej) a record of the horses branded. March 15, 1691, he had a division of upland, and Jan. 20, 1692, (1692-3,) a grant on Burnt Hill. May 17, 1691, the town appointed him to stake out a grant to John Richards. * The provision in this and other cases is not always sufficient evidence that the requirements of the articles as to building, &o., had not already been complied with. It seems often to have been inserted as a kind of form, and as a matter of safety should any dispute arise. 160 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. The above items, with the dates, I have given for the pur- pose of showing that Tliomas Judd, the son of William, was a resident of Waterbury from the latter part of 1685 to May, 1694:, in something like " a steady way." Why he was not a subscriber to Mr, Peck's £60 settlement in 1689-90, (as he ought to have been,) I am unable to say. That he was a pro- prietor during all this time there seems no sufficient reason to doubt. This would appear from his name being entered in the list of proprietors of 1688, and from a record of seven par- cels of land made in Jan. 1688-9, and Dec. 26, 1691, which lands were " granted him by the committee." The last par- cel, recorded under the last mentioned date, was " a hous lote of too acrs granted to his father as the aboue mentioned per- cels [the other six] were and after forfitur to him." At the last named date, too, he had a house lot of three quarters of an acre, on which his dwelling house stood, on the south side of West Main street, corner of Willow, butted north and east on a highway, south on the heirs of Benjamin Jones. Adopting the conclusion that Thomas Judd, the son of William, was made a proprietor before 1688, receiving his father's forfeited allotments, and that he had fulfilled the con- ditions of the articles and secured his right before the record of Dec. 26, 1691, I have been much perplexed with the fol- lowing entry, made in the Proprietors' Book by Tliomas Judd, Jr., and then copied by the same hand into the first volume of Land Records : — Att a town meeting in mattatock february 25: 1695 the town granted to Thomas Judd soon of willyam judd y« a lot ment formerly granted to y« aboue s** willyam Judd prouided he com and inliabit four vers in a settled or steady way from ye first of may next ensueing with the six acers granted for pastor excepted. However difficult to conceive it, I am persuaded there is a mistake in the date of this record. Were the considerations already offered insufficient to prove it, we might find in the record itself good ground for suspicion. Waterbui-y was never called Mattatuck after the town was incorporated in 1686, unless by mistake ; and a mistake would not be likely to occur eight years after a change of name. Besides, there is no evidence that Judd had left town so that he could have JK,22y.fi;.>aa:N.Y. HISTORY OF WATERBURY, 161 been properly invited, in 1695, " to come and inhabit fonr years," &c. I am persuaded, therefore, that the record quoted above should bear the date Feb. 25, 1685, (1685-6.) In the extract below, Thomas Judd, son of "William, is first called deacon : — Att a town meeting in waterbury march: 2Y 1696 y® town gaue liberty to deac judd for ye enlarging of his shop to make use of six foots of y^ highway at y^ east end of his shop so long as he improue it for y' end According to his tombstone, he was the first deacon of tlie Waterbury church. He was tliirty-three years old in 1695, (the date of his probable appointment,) and the fact that he was selected at that early period of life for so responsible a posi- tion, with no associate in ofiice for twenty-nine years, is a high tribute to the general good qualities of his head and heart. The merits of Dea. Judd seem to have been in a measure unknown until about the time he was made an oflicer in the church. After that, and particularly after the death of Lieut. Judd, no other man in the town received such substantial evi- dence of the people's confidence and regard. He was many times townsman, school committee, rate-maker, &c. In Oct, 1696, he was, for the first time, deputy to the General Court, being associated with Lieut. Judd, Afterwards he was often the associate, in the town's representation, of Lieut. Judd, Thomas Judd, Jr., or schoolmaster, Lieut. Timothy Stanley, Lieut. John Hopkins, Serg. Stephen Upson, and others, till 1733. After Lieut. Judd's decease he was made a justice of the peace, which ofiice he held -by annual ap2:)ointment till 1729. During this time, he w^as the sole justice for Waterbury till 1725. He was one of the receivers appointed by the Gen- eral Court, in 1703, of funds collected for the Saybrook school. When the ofiice of town clerk was made vacant by the re- moval of Thomas Judd, Jr., the deacon was chosen (April 26, 1709) to fill the place. He filled it, in a very poor way, jtill Dec. 1712. Writing (to say nothing of spelling) was, with him, the gift (better say infiiction) of nature. Dea. Thomas Judd was also a military man, and a very gal- lant one too, it is safe to say. He was made an ensign after Lieut. Judd's decease, in 1702-3, and held the place under Lieut. Timothy Stanley till 1715. He was then promoted and 11 162 HISTOKY OF WATEEBURY. became the first captain of tlie Waterbuiy traiu-band, tlie number of soldiers having readied sixty-fonr, thus giving the town the right to a captain. He branded horses and hammered iron, in a rough way, for the settlers. His " deal post" was a place for public advertise- ments. A record made by himself, 1709-10, says — "the decons deal porst is to be estemd a sine porst for sad town." He was usually called " smith," or the " son of William," till he became a deacon, and " deacon " till he was made a cap- tain, and " captain " the remainder of his life. Occasionally, after the death of Lieut. Judd, and particularly in legal docu- ments, he is termed " senior " or " smith," to distinguish him from his cousin of the same name. Capt. Judd, April 1, 1717, in consideration of lands at Great Swamp, conveyed to his only son "William, his house and all his lands in Waterbury, except the divisions on the £100 propriety he bought of Jones. After this, he appears to have lived with his son many years; but Oct. 19, 1736, he purchased for £185 of Samuel Camp the place which Camp bought of Capt. William Hickox, six acres, with certain re- servations, where the house of C. B. Merriman now stands. Here Capt. Judd perhaps lived for a season ; but in 1739, he sold out to Kev. Mark Leavenworth, for £250. Thomas Judd was married, Feb. 9, 1687-8, to Sarah, daugh- ter of Stephen Freeman, first of Milford, then of N'ewark, IST. J. He died full of years and honors. 'Near the northwest corner of the old burying yard, a gravestone is standing on which may be read, with some difliculty, the following inscription : — the first Here [lies] the body of THOMAS JUDD, ESQ. Justice Deacon & 1^ Captain in Waterbury, who died Jan'y ye 4th A. D. llil aged '79. HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 163 On tlie next stone close by, is another inscription witli these words : " Sarah Judd, wife of Deac. Thomas Jndd, dyed Sept. 8, 1T38, in y^ 69th year of her age." There are two errors in Dea. Jndd's inscription. He was not the first bnt the second justice, liis uncle, Lient. Judd, being the first ; and he was several years older than is stated. He must have been about 85. The inventory of his estate amounted to £2,279, 10s. lOd., being nominally larger than that of any inhabitant of Waterbury who had died before him. The currency, however, at this period was much depreciated. The silver headed cane of Captain Judd is now in the posses- sion of his descendant, Mr. Sylvester Judd of Northampton. Children : 1. William ; b. May 7, 1689 ; bap. in Farmington, April 5, 1691, and m. Jan. 21, 1712-13, Mary, d. of Stephen Root of Farmington, where he settled, at the Great Swamp, so called, (Kensington, now Berlin.) About 1715, he returned to Waterbury, was made a £40 proprietor, and received a special grant out of the common lands, "he to fence for it." His father deeded to him, in 1717, his house and homestead, on the corner of Willow street, now occupied by John S. Kingsbury, where they both lived for many years. In 1735, however, April 12th, the son, in the way of exchange, conveyed all " his lands and buildings in the stated hne of the common fence," (the place where he lived being included,) to Ebenezer Bronson, and removed to Westbiiry, where he d. Jan. 29, 1772. His farm lay in the southwest corner of the society, its southern border forming the boundary line. His first wife d. Dec. 11, 1751, having had nine children. He then married Widow Hope Lee, who survived him. Estate £579, 10s. William Judd, after his return from Farmington, soon became more or less of a pulilic man, and repeatedly occupied posts of honor and responsibility. He was constable in 1718, 1719 and 1728; townsman in 1722, 1723 and afterwards; school committee in 1730; deputy in 1729, 1730, 1731, 1736 and 1739 ; moderator of town meeting, 1738-9 and 1753, &c. After the decease of John Judd, in 1717, he was chosen town clerk, and continued to discharge the duties of the office till Dec. 1721, when Mr. Southmayd was appointed. He was, so far as appears, a competent and acceptable clerk. His penmanship is a great improvement on that of his immediate predecessors. In 1730, he reached the goal of military ambition and became a captain. 2. Martha ; b. Sept. 11, 1692 ; m. 1714, Thomas Cowles of Farmington, and d. 1768. 3. Rachel ; b. Nov. 13, 1694 ; m. Thomas Upson, son of Stephen, and d. July 19, 1750. 4. Sarah ; b. April 23, 1697 ; d. Nov. 3, 1725 or 1726. 5. Hannah; b. July 2, 1699, and d. "March 12, 1713." 6. Mary ; b. Jan 30, 1701 ; m. Timothy Hopkins. Y. Elizabeth; b. July 23, 1704; m. John Upson, son of Stephen. 164 HISTOKY OF WATEKBUEY. 8. Ruth ; b. May 9, 1*707; m. April 26, ll2l, James Smith of Farmington, and d. 1786. 9. Stephen; b. Nov. 30, 1709, and d. June 23, 1715. THOMAS JUDD, Jr. He was tlie son of Lient. Thomas Judd, and was accepted by the committee as a proprietor, at the desire of his father, Jan. 10, 1683, (1683-4,) with £100 right. His name is rarely mentioned for several years, except as the grantee of certain lands. It is fonnd, however, among the proprietors of 16S8, and the subscribers to Mr. Peck's settlement, in 1689. He was John Stanley's successor as register or town clerk,* being appointed June 4, 1696 — a compliment to his penmanship, as well as his general respectability. He retained the office till his removal from the town. He was, I imagine, in his mature years, the literarj^ oracle of the settlement. He wrote a very good, business-like hand, which, with some practice, is read with little difficulty. He was townsman in 1698, 1Y03 and 1704; town treasurer in 1699 and 1700, and constable in 1700.t After the death of his father, lie represented the town in the General Assembly, first in Oct. 1704, and then in the three succeeding October sessions. In these instances, with one exception, his name is entered as Thomas Judd, Jr., to distin- guish him from his colleague, Thomas Judd, the son of Wil- liam, he being, I suppose, a little younger than his consin, I suppose — but cannot prove it — that Thomas Judd, Jr., was the schoolmaster of Waterbury — that he taught, or tried to teach, the juveniles of the village, intellectual archery. I suppose so from the fact that he calls himself schoolmaster, in certain deeds, very soon after his removal from "Waterbury, where he had spent his whole previous adult life. But his teachings could have been but moderately successful. The urchin archers of liis day were not all apt scholars, idea-shoot- ing being a rather dull business, judging from their literary accomplishments when grown to manhood. Thomas Judd, Jr., lived on West Main street, on the south * The town clerk was always proprietors' clerk until a comparatively recent period, t The town officers were appointed In December for the ensuing year ; and when I speak of the time that a person held an office, I generally refer to the date of his appointment. HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 165 side, his being tlie foiirtli lot east from the corner of "Willow street. It contained two acres, and butted, Nov, 1687, north and south on higliway, east on Edmund Scott, Jr's land, west on John TVelton's land. He sold the place, April 1, 1701, to Robert Scott, and Scott sold it, with the same boundaries, Oct. 7, 1708, to his brother Edmund, " for a mare and Colt and £5, 12s." After his father's decease, in 1702-3, he became the owner and occupant of the old homestead, recorded, in June, 1705, as containing five acres, east on Obadiah Richard's house lot, west on the heirs of John Bronson, deceased, &c. He ajjpears to have been one of the most respectable men of the town ; but after having battled with adversity for twenty-five years, he turned his back upon his friends and quit the settle- ment. He removed in the early part of 1709, (^N". S.,) and settled first in Farmiugton, (where he lived in 1712,) and then in Hartford, (in the part called "West Hartford,) residing near the boundary line. The wife of Thomas Judd, Jr., was Sarah, danghter of Joseph Gaylord, Sen. They were married April 11, 1688, by Mr. Zachariah "Walker, Sen., of "Woodbury. He joined the church of Farmiugton, July 20, 1690, where he had two children, Thomas and Sarah, baptized Oct. 12, 1690. He died Aug. 24, 1724. His wife was dead in Feb. 1724-25. Children : 1. Thomas; b. March 28, 1690 and m. Hcpzibah Williams. 2. Joseph ; ) j d. an infant. 3. Sarah ; P" ^''^- "' ^^^^' I m. James Williams. 4. Elizabeth ; b. Oct. 18, 1695, and m. Joshua How. 5. Joanna; b. Sept. 12, 1698 ; m. William Scott, and died Jan. 25, 1771. 6. Joseph; b. April 21, 1701. In 1726, he bought a house and lauds of Oba- diah Scott in Waterbury, on Buckshill, where he settled. 7. Ebenezer ; b. March 3, 1702-3 ; lived in West Hartford, and d. 1734. 8. Mary ; b. April 2, 1706 ; m. Samuel Moss and was living with her husband in Wallingford, in 1737. 9. Rachel; b. Oct. 4, 1708 ; unmarried in 1738. 10. Abagail ; b. 1712, and m. Joseph Hall. JOSEPH LEWIS. He and a brother John were sons of Joseph Lewis of "Windsor and Simsbury, who died in 1706. He was the first man, an outsider and not an original proprietor, (if we except 166 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. Mr. Peck's sons,) tliat joined the settlement of Waterbnry. At wliat precise time he came I have no means of knowing. His name is first mentioned on the Town Book, Dec. 23, 1700, at which date he w^as ajDpointed one of the fence viewers. Had he been in the town much earlier than 1700, 1 think I should have discovered some traces of him. At vfhat period he was made a bachelor proprietor is not clear. With the exception of Thomas Clark, he was the only one of this class of proprietors who was not either a son or grandson of an original proprietor. He settled at Judd's Meadow, on the west side of the river, where he owned, from an early date, much land, obtained bj division and by purchase. The first reference made to his house was in Dec. 1714. He had doubt- less then been several years in that jiart of the town. His sons took up their residences near him. To Joseph, he gave, in 1728, soon after marriage, a house and lands near the Straits Mountain, valuing them to him at £150. To John he gave, in 1736, under similar circumstances, sixty acres of land with a house, estimating them " at £120 portion." Joseph Lewis was one of the respected and substantial men of the town. He was a cloth weaver by trade, and one of a committee to settle the bounds of Woodbury, as early as 1706. He was appointed to a similar duty in 1719, and again in 1730. He was town treasurer in 1711, and many years selectman. He was the town's deputy at the General Court for fifteen sessions between 1713 and 1741. In 1724, he was called sar- geant, and early in 1738, was chosen the fourth deacon of the church, Dea. Judd being now advanced in life. In his will he gave to the church (in his own language) " twenty six pounds money due to me by Mr. Mark Leavenworth by note of hand, which I give to y^ first church of Christ in Water- bury (now under the pastoral charge of y^ sd Mr, Leaven- woi-th) to be to y® use and benefit of sd church for ever." His estate w^as larger nominally than that of any deceased person of Waterbury which had previously been inventoried. It amounted to £5,628, 12s. 6d., when wdieat sold at 35 shillings or so per bushel. Joseph Lewis died in the fatal year of 1749, (Nov. 29.) His son Joseph, and his eldest son John's wife, died but a few HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 167 weeks before liim. His widow Sarah (Andrnss) died Marcli 5, 1773. His son Samuel was a deacon of tlie Waterbnry church, and afterwards the first deacon of the church in Salem, (Naugatuck.) Another son, Thomas, appears to have gradu- ated at Yale College in 1741, being a classmate of Samuel Hopkins, Jonathan Judd and Daniel Southmayd, all from Waterbury, the four making a fifth part of the graduating class. He became a cono:rea:ational minister. CHAPTER XII. PERSONAL NOTICES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, CONTINUED. NEWELL. Thomas Newell, (Sen.,) was one of the original settlers of Farmington, a member of the church, a freeman in 1669, and one of the eighty-four proprietors of 1672. He married Rebecca, a niece of John Ohnsted, and died Sept. 13, 16S9, leaving an estate of £700. His widow died Feb. 24, 1697-8. Children : 1. Rebecca ; b. Jan. 1613, and m. Joseph or Josiah Wood- ford. 2. Mary; b. March, 1645, and m. March 20, 1667, Thomas Bascomb of Northampton. 3. John ; b. Jan. 1647. 4. Thomas; b. March, 1650. 5. Hester; b. July, 1652, m. John Stanley of Waterbury. 6. Sarah ; bap. Feb. 18, 1655, and m. " Arter " Smith. 7. Hannah, or Martha ; bap. April 14, 1658, and m. Thomas North. 8. Samuel ; bap. Dec. 5, 1660; m. Dec. 20, 1683, Mary Hart. 9. Joseph; bap. April 20, 1664, and d. 1689, unmarried. Thomas Newell, Sen., was one of a preliminary committee who went to view Mattatuck, and one of the petitioners for " liberty of planting y^ same," 1673. He afterwards signed 16S IIISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. the articles, taking the phice of Samuel Gridley, but declined to join the new settlement. JOHN XEWELL. He (or liis father for him) seems to have been one of the original subscribers of 1674, the name being written " Thomas ISTewell, son, £100." He was one of the earliest settlers, be- ing on all the fence -division lists. He had a house and house lot on North Main street, next to Isaac Bronson, recorded, July 11, 1693, as five acres of land, north on John Stanley and Benjamin Barnes, east on common land, south on Isaac Bronson, west on highway. Newell's hill, a part of his home- stead, was named after him. If he did anything worthy to be remembered, history has taken no note of it. As early as Aug., 1694, he had removed to Farmington. He had con- veyed, in the preceding March, his house and homestead, (then bounded north on Richard Porter and Benjamin Barnes,) to Isaac Bronson. He died in 1696, Avithout a family, his broth- ers, Thomas and Samuel, being administrators. THOMAS NEWELL, (Jr.) He seems to have taken the right of £90 Avhich his father subscribed for, and which was at first Thomas Gridley's. He did not, apparently, go to Waterbury as early as his brother. His name is not mentioned in the first fence-division, but it is in the three others. He was among those whose rights were declared forfeited in 1682-3, but he " submitted " and regain- ed his propriety. His house was on the north side of West Main street, next east of Thomas Hancox. After Hancox left, he bought his lot (with the house) of Lieut. Judd, and added it to his own lot of one and three quarter acres, making in the whole three and a half acres. This is described Jan. 6, 1690, (1690-91,) as bounded east on John Bronson and west on John Warner, {Thomas Porter^ son of Robert, is written over John Warner.) Thomas E'ewell subscribed to Mr. Peck's settlement in 1689. Soon after, he followed the bad example set by Joseph Ilickox, Thomas Hancox and Benjamin Jones, and left the town. He was in Farmington ISTov. 6, 1690, where I hope he made him- self useful. He sold his homestead, March 2d, 1692-3, to HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 169 Thomas Ricliason for £G0. Afterwards, Isaac Bronson bought his right in the undivided lands. He married E'ov. 5, 1679, Elizabeth Wrothern, and died Oct. 25, 1723. His widow died Jan. S, 1730-40. The births of the children, except Susanna, are recorded in Farmington. Children : 1. Thomas; b. Oct. 1, 1081. lie had no family. 2. Shnoii; b. April 1, and baptized June 1, 1G83 ; m. Mehitable Bird and Mary Walli.s. 3. Susanna; bap. April 24, 1G87, and d. Sept. 24, 1704. 4. Joseph ; b. Nov. 1, 1689. He lived in Southington. 5. Ehzabeth ; b. Nov. 29, 1693. She m. Jonathan Lewis. 6. Sarah; b. Jan. 1, 1698. 1. Esther; b. Sept. 12, 17().5. Rev. JEREMIAH PECK. He was a son of Dea. William Peck, one of the company that made the first settlement in New Haven, in 1G38, and one of those who signed the fundamental articles in 1639. Dea. Peck was chosen deacon in 1659, and was one of the trus- tees of the Grammar School for many years, and died, leaving a small pi-operty, in Lyme, Oct. 4, 1694, aged 93. In his will, dated March 9, 1688-9, he names as his, the following children : 1. Jeremiah. He was born in London or its neighborhood. 2. Joseph, He was baptized in New Haven, Jan. 17, 1641 ; settled in Saybrook and afterwards in Lyme. 3. John. He m. Nov. 3, 1664, Mary Moss, and had four children, born in New Haven. He removed to AVallingford. 4. Elizabeth. She m. Samuel Andrews, and appears to have had five children born in New Haven. Of the Pev. Jeremiah Peck, the first minister of Water- bury, I shall give a more detailed account hereafter. His house and house lot, given him by the town, were on the north- east corner of West Main street, the lot being bounded, Feb., 1693-4, easterly on David and Robert Scott, east on Edmund Scott, north, south and west on highways. Mr. Peck's will, (which is a gift-deed,) bearing date " Jan. 14, 1696," is a document of some interest. It is recorded in the first volume of the Waterbury Land Eecords, page 6. It enumerates the books which seem to have constituted his 170 mSTOKY OF WATEEBUET. library. They are sixteen in number, all of them of a relig- ious character. His house and house lot he gave to his son Jeremiah. His other lands, divided and undivided, in Waterbury, and his husbandry implements, he gave to Jer- emiah and Joshua, they to provide for him and his wife, " in sickness and health, both cloaths, food and fisick," during life. The widow of Mr. Peck lived several years after his decease. I find her will recorded in the first volume of Land Records, bearing date Oct. 7th, 1706. It reads thus : I Joanna Peck y« relict of Mr. Jeremiah Peck give [&c.] to my daughter anna y* bigest puter platter a winscort cubard and here choys of too more platters [&] y« great table ; and to annas daughter y« draw box and a too yer old hefer — i giue to Jeremiahs daughter y^ brass pan only they are not now to com to y« pos- esion of it till after my death [&c.] The remainder of her estate she gave to Jeremiali and Joshua. She was still living in AVaterbury, Jan. 23, 1711 . Children : 1. Samuel; b. Jan. 18, 1658-9, at Guilford and settled in Greenwich. He was a justice of the peace and a prominent man of that town, and d. April 28, 1746. He is said to have had twelve children. 2. Ruth ; b. in New Haven, April 3, 1661 ; m. Jonathan Atwater, of New Ha- ven, " merchant tailor," June 1, 1681, and had ten children. 3. Caleb. He proposed to settle in Waterbury with his father, and had a grant of a house lot and other lands, provided he did so ; but he finally concluded to remain in Greenwich. 4. Anna ; m. 1690, Thomas Stanley, son of Capt. John of Farmington. 5. Jeremiah. He was a freeholder in Greenwich in May, 1689, and came to "Waterbury with his father. He had a house lot on Willow street, next to Benja- min Jones' home lot, and other lands, granted him on the usual conditions. Half of the school lot or propriety, it appears, was also given to him. In Aug. 1709, he purchased for £20 Israel Richason's house and home lot, on the corner of East Main and Cherry streets, but whether he ever lived in the house, I know not. He removed into the north palrt of the town a little before the Northbury society was organized. Jeremiah Peck was collector of town rates in 1703 ; constable in 1713, 1717 and 1723, and a deputy to the General Court in May, 1720 and 1721. He was one of the two first deacons of the Northbury church, appointed 1739. His wife was Rachel, the d. of Obadiah Richards, to whom he was m. June 14, 1704. He d. 1752, having had nine children, — Johanna, Jeremiah, Rachel, Anna, Mary, Phebe, Ruth, Esther, Martha. All except Esther survived their father. The mother had previously died. Dea. Peck's inventory amounted to £3,702, 12s. 6d. 6. Joshua. He was the youngest son. Nothing was said about him at the HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. lYl time his father settled in Waterbury, when his brothers were provided for ; for the reason, it is presumed, that he was then a minor. "March 28, 1694-5," [a mis- take probably for 1695, J he, for the first time, had a grant from the proprietors of four acres, for " a home lot where he can find it between this and the last of April next, he to build," &c. Joshua Peck is rarely named and does not seem to have been of "much ac- count," as the world goes. He may have been sickly or weakly. He conveyed to his brother Jeremiah, March 6, 1*728-9, all his "right, title, interest or demands in lands or proprietj' in Waterbury whether divided or undivided," in considera- tion of which, he, the said Jeremiah, or his heirs, was, in the words of the rec- ord, " to take care of me and find and provide for me good and sufQcient meat, drink, apparel, washing and lodging, and take care of me both in sickness and in health, so long as I live with him." He died Feb. 14, 1735-6, unmarried. PORTER. Daniel Porter, 1st, was early in tlie Colony. In March, 1644-5, lie was fined, by the "P'ticiiler Court," forty shillings for an offense against the rights of property. He was licensed to jDractice physic and chirurgery, in 1654, by the General Court. In 1661-2, it was ordered that his yearly salary should be paid out of the public treasury, while his fee-table was es- tablished by law. Though not an original proprietor, he set- tled early in Farmington, and was required to attend vipon the sick in Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, and occasionally in Middletown. In 1668, he was " freed from watching, wardeing and tryneinge," and in the next year had a special grant from the Court for his services.* lie was more particularly celebrated as a " bonesetter," and in 1671 his salary was increased thus : For the incouragement of Daniel Porter in atending the seruice of the country in setting bones, &c., the Court doe hereby augment his sallery from six pounds a yeare to twelue pounds p' annum, and doe aduise him to instruct some meet person in his arte. Daniel Porter's name is not on the list of the freemen of Farmington in 1669, but is found among the proprietors of 1672. He died in 1690. His wife's name was Mary. Their children were : 1. Daniel; b. Feb. 2, 1652-3. 2. Mary ; b. Feb. 5, 1654-5, and m. Eleazer Knowles of "Woodbury. 3. Kehemiah ; b. Oct. 24, 1656 ; m. Hannah Lum of "Woodbury, * This was a grant of 100 acres which the grantee took up near the northwest corner of Wal- lingford. It, however, proved not to be colony land, as supposed, and the Assembly granted, in 17'2S, on petition, to the grandsons of Daniel Porter, (Daniel Porter, son of Daniel of Waterbury, and Hezekiah Porter of Woodbury, son of Richard of New Haven,) 100 acres west of Housatonic or Stratford River. [Towns and Lands.] 172 IIISTOKY OF WATEEBUEY. and d. 1722. 4. Eicliard ; b. Marcli 21, 1658. 5. Anne ; b. 1660-61; not married. 6. John; b. Nov. 14, 1662; m. Ee- becca Woodford and Martba Kortli, and d. 1710. 7. Samuel ; b. Oct. 24, 1665 ; m. Abigail Humplireys of Simsbnry, and d. March 25, 1736. He was a doctor, and sncceeded to his father's business in Farmington. DANIEL PORTER, (Jr.) He signed the articles, (or his father did for him — " Daniel Porter for son,") in 1674. He had an old town plot lot and a meadow allotment in the beginning of the settlement, and a proportion of fence in all the divisions. His name is never mentioned on the earliest records, except as grantee or propri- etor. IN^o reference w^hatever is made to his occupation till Feb. 22, 1696-7, when he is called, in a deed, " bonesetter." After this he is termed, in the record, Doctor Porter. He may not have taken up the business of his father till after the death of the latter. His knowledge appears to have been empyrical, rather than scientific. There were but few educa- ted surgeons or physicians in the country, at that day. Cler- gymen not infrequently practiced the healing art. Dr. Porter had but little to do with the town business. He w^as town surveyor, however, in 1699 and 1719, and school committee in 1706. He had a house lot on the main street near the center of the village, where the Scovill House now stands, extending through to Grand street, containing about two acres. Adjoining lots are bounded on it, in 1687, but it is not then called a " house lot," acording to the custom. It does not seem to have been recorded at all. Jan. 6, 1696, the town granted him a piece of land, &c., " provided he build a tenantable hous within thre yeirs." This language by no means proves that he had not already built a house, (or bought one,) as the articles required ; nor indeed is it evidence that he did not own one at the time. Soon after he had taken a wife, his lot is called a house lot. It was bounded, in 1687, north and south on highway, w^est on Timothy Standley's house lot, east on Abraham Andruss, Jr's house lot. In March, 1707-8, he enlarged it by purchasing of Abraham Andruss, son of Abraham, deed., the place next his on the east, the considera- HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 173 tioii being £20 cash. After Porter's death, his son Thomas bought of the other heirs the whole property, four and a half acres, " excepting twenty foot square on the east side, joining the highway, to build a small house upon," which his brother James reserved for himself. Daniel Porter's death took place Jan. 18, 1726-7. His M^hole estate was appraised at about £1,265; his house and home lot at £190 ; his propriety right at £15 ; five cows at £20. His medical library consisted of " a bone set book, 2s." Much of his property he had given away to his children during his life-time. He left a widow, Deborah. She d. May 11:, 1765. Children : 1. Daniel; b. March 5, 1699 ; mar. Hannah, d. of John Hopkins, and d. Nov. 1-t, 1772. He was a bachelor proprietor and " bonesetter," and succeeded to his father's business and skill. July 5, 1725, his father conveyed to him, his eldest son, " that he may have conveniency of building and a house lot in the town, seven and a half acres at the east end of the town, north and east on highway, south on Mill River, west on bounds made by John Scovill, Sen., and Cap. Ephraim Warner," in 1770. This is the lot which hes between East Main street. Mill street, and the Mad River, on the northwest corner of which Porter built a house and lived. 2. James ; b. April 20, 1700. He too was a doctor, settled at Hop Swamp, and d. March 20, 1785. 3. Thomas; b. April 1, 1702. He lived on the east side of Bank street, near the Baptist church, and late in life removed to Salem. He died in Jan. 1797- He was frequently selectman, and became a captain. 4. Deborah ; b. March 6, 1703-4 ; m. James Baldwin. 5. Ebenezer ; b. Dec. 24, 1708 ; m. Mary, d. of John Hull of New Haven. 6. Ann ; b. April 28, 1712; m. Thomas Judd and James Nichols. RICHARD rORTER. He was not a proprietor of AVaterbury sufficiently earlj^ to have one of the old town plot lots, or an allotment of either of the four first divisions of fence. He was accepted by the grand committee, probably in 1684, having one of the smallest rights, (£50.) I do not find his name mentioned till 1686. In May, 1688, he had libert}^ to record his lands, hav- ing then, I suppose, complied with the conditions of a sub- scriber and proprietor. He had two acres "for a house lot," within the south meadow gate on the corner near the present corner of Bank and Meadow street, bounded, Dec. 1691, west, south and east on highway, north on Jonathan Scott. After- 174 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. wards, March 18, 1694-5, lie bonglit of tlie widow of Abraham Andriiss, Jr., for £26, a house and lot of three acres next ad- joining him on the north, " lying at y^ south east corner of y® town," east and west on highway, north on Stephen Upson and south on said Porter. Kichard Porter seems to have been a quiet man, having but little to do with public business. He was, however, surveyor in 1703 and 1704, town collector in 1706, school committee in 1709 and selectman in 1713. In 1712, he was chosen "to dig the graves;" and a hard time he must have had, for the great sickness was in the town. Afterwards, he removed from the place, for what reason, it does not appear. He staid, how- ever, through the dark days of the settlement. After Dec. 1716, when he was chosen hay ward, his name does not appear in the Waterbury records as an inhabitant. In Nov. 1718, he was in NewPIaven in the part called West Haven. He d, in 1739-40. His will, dated Kov. 13, 1738, was approved Feb. 1739-40, his son Ilezekiah being executor. In it he speaks of himself as " being weak of body by reason of age," alludes to his wife, to whom he gives his house, homestead and mova- bles, and to the heirs of Daniel of Simsbnry and Samuel of Waterbury, who had received their portions. His land and rights of land in Waterbury were to be divided equally among his other children, except John was to have " a double part he not being able to shift for himself so well as the others." Estate in ]^ew Haven £154; in Waterbury £199. Debts £28, I8s. Eichard Porter is called Doctor Porter on the probate record of I*^ew Haven, but never in Waterbury. Probably he took up the business of " doctoring " after his removal. His first wife, named Ruth, d. in Waterbury, Jan. 9, 1709-10. Children : 1. Daniel; b. before his father came to Waterbury. He was admitted a bachelor proprietor Jan. 5, 1707-8, and remained in Waterbury several years afterwards ; but he finally removed without having complied with the conditions of the grant and settled in Simsbury, where he had a family. ( A son, Joshua, settled in Waterbury.) He was a doctor and d. before his father. 2. Joshua; b. Aug. 7, 1688, in Waterbury, and d. Nov. 19, 1709. 3. Mary ; b. Jan. 14, 1690-91, and was living as Mary Northrop, at the time of her father's death. HISTORY or WATEKBTTET. 175 4. Ruth ; b. Oct. 1692, and was living as Ruth Cosset at her father's decease. 5. Samuel; b. March 30, 1695; m. Mary, d. of John Bronson, May 9, 1722. He was a bachelor proprietor, admitted in 1715. In Dec. 1722, his father deeded to him a part of his house lot in Waterbury, three acres, being the southeast part of the old homestead, southward and eastward on highway, northward on parson- age land, westward on the grantor's land. He d. 1727-8. 6. Hezekiah; b. Jan. 29, 1696-7, and d. Aug. 1702. 7. John; b. June 11, 1700; was living with Dea. Clark in 1730. 8. Timothy; b. Dec. 21, 1701 ; m. Mary, d. of Jonathan Baldwin, of Water- bury, Dec. 18, 1735, and Hannah Winter, Aug. 27, 1767. He had a house in the southwest quarter in 1754. In 1732, he lived in Stratford. 9. Hezekiah ; b. July 27, 1704. He was living in Woodbury in 1728, and in Waterbury when his father died. 10. Joshua; b. Nov. 5, 1718, his birth being recorded in New Haven. 11. Richard; b. Aug. 22,1722. 12. Lydia; was living as Lydia Pardee of New Haven, at her father's decease. ROBERT PORTER. He was a first settler but not an original proprietor of Far- mington. It is not known what relation, if any, lie was to Daniel and Tliomas Porter, also of F. He joined the ehurcli Oct, 13, 1652, was one of the freemen of 1669, and of the eighty-four proprietors of 1672. He first subscribed the articles for the settlement of Mattatuclv, as late as May 26, 1684. His name is on the list of proprietors of 1688, and it stands first among tlie subscribers to Mr. Peck's settlement. He had a house and house lot on the north side of "West Main street, one acre and a half, bounded, Feb. 1687-8, "northerly and southerly on high-way, easterly on Thomas Hancox his land belonging to Ensign Judd, west on John "Warner his land." This property his son Thomas sold, Jan. 1692-3, to Abraham Andruss, Jr. Eobert Porter m. 1611, Mary, d. of Thomas Scott of Hartford. Children : 1. Mary; b. Feb. 24, 1646, and m. Benjamin Andruss. 2. John; b. Nov. 12, 1648, and d. before 1686. 3. Thomas; b. Oct. 29, 1650; m. May, 1678, Abagail Cowles, and d. 1719. He was executor of his father's will, and the only surviving son and principal heir. He was a tailor by trade, lived in Farmington, and d. in 1719. 4. Robert; b. Nov. 12, 1652, and d. 1689. 5. Elizabeth; b. Jan. 11, 1653-4, and m. Thomas Andrews of Milford. 6. Joanna; baptized Jan. 6, 1655-6. 7. Sarah; b. Dec 20, 1657, and m. Abraham Andruss (cooper) of Waterbury, and James Benedict of Danbury. 176 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 8. Benjamin; b. March 18, 1659-60, and d. 1689, leaving his widow pregnant. She m. June, 1689, Edmund Scott, Jr.* 9. Hannah, or Anne ; b. April, 1664, and m. John Browne. 10. Hepzibah; b. March 4, 1666. Robert Porter married (after 1675) for his second wife, Hannah, the widow of Stephen Freeman of Newark, (East Jersey,) and the mother of the wife of Thomas Jndd, smith. He died in ] 689. The inYentory of his estate was taken Sept. 18, 1689,t and amounted to £179, 14s. in Waterbnry, and £79, 6s. in Farming-ton. The children named are Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah. OBADIAH RICHARDS. Thomas Eichards, the father of Obadiah of Waterbnry, was early in Hartford. He was one of those who, in 1639, had the privilege of getting wood and keeping cows on the common. He soon died, however, and his lands went into the possession of his widow, who brought up the children. At her death, in 1671, the estate went to the children, — John, (born in 1631, and married Lydia Stocking,) Mary Peck, (of Milford,) Thom- as, (married Mary, daughter of Dea. Parsons of Springfield, 1691,) and Obadiah. A son, Samuel, died before his mother. Obadiali Richards was an early but not a first settler of Farmington. He was " presented for freeman" to the Court, May, 1669 ; was one of the proprietors of 1672 ; took an ear- ■ ly interest in the Mattatuck enterprise ; was one of the origi- nal thirty, &c. There is evidence that he joined the settle- ment early, in the fact that he had an old town plot lot and a * "A paper whith EdmanScote cased to be entred [on record]— the contents now follow — f; Know all men whom itt may concerne that I Robert Porter: of watterbury haue formerly giuen to my sonn : benjamin: thre parsells of land folowing which being now desesed [deceased] my desire is that if itt pleas god to giue him an heire: that the lands herafter: men- tioned: may fall to it but as 1 desire the lord may requite the wife of my sonn desesed: so these are to declare that i doo sequester: the right to the: use of the lands following to the wife of my son aboue said desed during her naturall life: vis [viz:] — [here are enumerated seven piecev of land, twenty four acres in all] — all which parsells of land as they Ij- my dafter [daughter] aboue said shall and may quiatly pesably ocupy poses and injoy [&c.,] my hand and seale tliis 19 feb 16S9 Robert porter t There are discrepancies as to dates which I am unable now to reconcile. His gift deed re- lating to his son Benjamin's widow bears date Feb. 19, 1G59, which, in new style, should read Feb. 19, 1690 ; and yet, the said widov.- is stated on the record to have married Edmund Scott "sometime in June 16S9." ^ CRAVED Sy SAMUEL Sn J^f^rn^j /^^^crtxy^?^ yiV/v./>/«6-^/.'X HISTORY OF WATERBURT. lY7 proportion of fence in all tlie divisions. But lie had a tardy, slip-sliod way of doing things ; and when the crisis came, it was found that he had not rendered a full compliance with the conditions of the articles, and his allotments were condemned in 16S2-3. He mended his ways, however, and his rights were restored. As a grantee, I do not find his name earlier than 1685. Obadiah Eichards appears to have been one of the rank and file of the young town — an excellent man, it is safe to say. He had a house and home lot on the north side of West Main street, next west of Philip Judd's. The lot (" his by purchase as a planter ") contained three acres, and was the first (going from east to west) which ran through to the back street. It was bounded, Jan. 1703-4, west on Thomas Judd's house lot, east on a house lot belonging to the heirs of Philip Judd, deceased. Both Richards and his wife Hannah were members of Mr. Hooker's church of Farmington. After lingering for some time in poor health, he died Nov. 11, 1702. His inventory amounted to £138. (His widow died about May, 1725.) A year before his decease, he disposed of much of his estate by the following writing, which is recorded in Yol. I, Land Records, p. 102 : This wrighting made y^ seuenteenth of may one thousan seuen himdrcd and one witnesseth y* I obadiah Richards sen"^ [&c.] for good and lawfull resins do giue, [&c.] unto my well beloued children as followeth first hauing a pece of upland situated in s"* waterbury lying norwest from woster swamp by estimation fifteen acers butting on euery sd on com~on lands and I being by sickness layd by not al^le to labour and sd lands of no benefit without great chorg [charge] be- stoed on it and for y« incuragment of my too soous John and Obediah to build on and breck up sd lands y' I and my wife haue som Releife by it do by this giue y^ one half of sd land, to my soon John and y^ other half to obadiah & to obadiah my part of sd buildings y' sd John and obadiah haue begun on these conditions not to com to full posession of it till after my death and after y' to alow my wife four bushills of grain by y* yeir such as y« land produces if they improue it and my soons John and obadiah to haue sd lands and buildings after my deceas as their own free estate [&c.] 2ly to my soons Thomas and ben~in Richards my three acer lot y' lyes northward from y« town within y® com~"on fenc on y* same con- ditions yt John and obadiah has theirs [&c.] furder I sd obadiah Richards sen' to my eldest soon John my a lot ment att bucks meadow [&c.] for euer to be acount- ed to him and his acknowledgment as my eldest soon and after in other distributions to be but equaU with y« rest of my children — y« obligation of John and obadiah 12 178 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. to my wife if i dy before her is during her widowhood and thomas and benjamin is free from paying any obligation to my wife for y^ lot i luuie here giuen y"" as witness my hand and sealle 01;tadiah Richards Sen'' Children : 1. John; b. 1667. 2. Mary; b. Jan., 1669, m. George Scott. 3. Hannah; b. Nov. 1671, m. John ScoviU, (2d.) 4. Esther; b. June, 1673, m. Ephraim "Warner. 5. Ehzabeth; b. July, 1675, m. John Eichards, son of Thomas. 6. Sarah ; b. April, 1677, m. David Scott. 7. Obadiah ; b. Oct. 1, 1679. He was bap. in Farmington, March 14, 1679-80, at the same time with his sisters, Mary, Hannah, Esther, Elizabeth, Sarah. He was a £40 proprietor, admitted, Dec. 1700 ; one of the committee that settled the bounds with Derby in April, 1703, and a fence viewer the same year. Soon after, when his rights had been made sure, and thick gloom was settling over the plantei's of Wa- terbury, he made his escape, and was next heard of in Lyme. There he died about 1707. In 1720, his administrators, Jabez and Sarah Watrous, sold out his lands, rights, &c., in Waterbury, to Joseph Lathrop of Norwich for £30. 8. Rachel; b. May 6, 1683, m. Jeremiah Peck, (2d.) 9. Thomas; b. Aug. 9, 1685. He was made a bachelor proprietor in 1707-8 ; m. Hannah, d. of Stephen Upson, (1st,) and d. in 1726. Estate, £288. 10. Benjamin ; b. April 5, 1691. He was accepted as a bachelor proprietor as soon as he was of age, and d. June 2, 1714, without a family. His brother John was administrator, his estate going to his brothers and sisters. JOHN RICHARDS. He was the eldest son of Obadiah, hut appears not to have been an original proprietor. In 1700-1, Jan. 15, he purchased (of the executor) Eohert Porter's £100 right, and the purchase was recorded in a formal way. And yet, he is always named on the division-lists as an £80 proprietor. Pie is first spoken of " Jan. 21, 1689," when he had a grant of land of four acres, on the usual conditions of building and " cohab- iting four years." In December, 1690, he received twelve acres, " abought three quarters of a mile up y^ spruce brook aboue moun taylor on ye east sd y^ great riuer on y^ same conditions," &c. In 1692, Aug. 17, he got married, and soon after had a house on the west side of the "mill path." May 7, 1694:, the town granted him " liberty to let his house stand where now it is and to haue the land and to run to the rear of John Hopkins home lot he setting the fence on the north side the path that now leads to the corn mill and to relinquish that niSTOKT OF WATERBUET. 179 part of liis lot that runs the north side the path.''* Tlie lot was afterwards (" March 28, 1694-5 ") granted in a more formal manner, butted south on Stephen Upson, west on John Hopkins and a great lot and on Thomas Warner, and north on the path leading to the corn mill. This land, called three acres, witii the house, Richards sokl in March, 1698-9, to Thomas "Warner, taking in exchange Warner's house and lot on Bank street, near the present Baptist Church. Here he afterwards resided ; but in 1727, Sept. 28, he sold out for £100, conveying the property (two and three quarter acres of land) to Jonathan Prindle. John Richards seems to have maintained a respectable stand- ing, lie was several times collector of minister's rates, school committee, grand juror, &c. In 1700, 1701, 1712, 1713, 1720, he was selectman, and in May, 1723, a deputy to the General Court. He died early in 1735.— Estate £1,605, 10s. lOd. His will was dated June 7, 1733, and proved April 22d, 1735. Several children are named. His wife was Mary, a daughter of John Welton, to whom he was married Aug. 17, 1692. THOMAS RICHASOX. He was an early but not a first settler of Farmington, and was one of the eighty-four proprietors of 1672. In 167-4, he subscribed the articles for settling Mattatuck, and was suffi- ciently early in his movements, as a planter, to secure an old town j)lot lot, and a portion of fence in each of the four divisions. Though a very good man, apparently, ( I find him called Goodraanf Richason at an early date,) he had not a "steady way," or was slow in meeting his engagements, and his rights were declared forfeited in 1682-3. But like others in a similar predicament, he bestired himself and regained possession. He had but a £50 right, and complained to the committee, in Feb. 1680-81, that he was in want of land to * From this vote, it would seem that the land, at the time the house was erected, was common land, and Khat afterwards a road was run through it to the mill, leaving a small portion on " the north [or northeasterly] side." t This terra was formerly applied to persons of humble but respectable mediocrity as to character and position. ISO HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. improve. He had liberal grants at various times, and was a subscriber to Mr. Peck's settlement. Thomas Kichason owned a lot, in 168T, on the south side of the Green, west of Mr. Kendrick's ; but whether he had a house there and lived in it, I am unable to say. In March, 1792-3, he bought of Thomas Newel for £60 three and a half acres on West Main street, near where Samuel J. Holmes now lives, where he afterwards appears to have resided. The lot had on it two houses, (one of which had been Thomas Han- cock's,) and was bounded in 1708, " west on the Porters, " east on John Bronson, north and south on highways. Thomas Richason d. ITov. 14, 1712, and his wife, Mary, one week afterwards, ]^ov. 21, both victims of the great sickness. Three of their sons, John, Israel and Nathaniel, also d. of the pestilence before the close of the year. Children : 1. Mary ; b. Dec. 25, 1667. 2. Sarah; b. March 25, 1669. 3. John; b. April 15, 1672, d. Oct. 17, 1712. He m. Ruth, a daughter of John Wheeler, and Ehzabeth, a daughter of Nathaniel Arnold, Senr. He was admitted to bachelor privileges. May 15, 1699, but he had previously had liberal grants of land. The first of these was March 28, 1694—5 — " four acres for a house lot on the north side the highway that leads to Farniington, the east side the high- way that ranges by Serg. Stanley's lot into the woods north, he fulfilling the tarms of original articles." This lot was on the east corner of East Main and Cherry streets, and on it Richarson, himself a carpenter, built a house. It was recorded to him Jan. 1703-4, and was described as lying northeast from the town, south and west on highway, and north and east on common land. This place he deeded at about the last named date to his brother Israel, receiving in exchange a house and lot of one acre next his father on the west side. 4. Thomas. He had a grant of land March, 1695 ; was accepted as a bach, pro- prietor, March 26, 1699 ; remained in AVaterbury long enough to secure his right, and then removed to Wallingford. He was there in July, 1705. After his father's death, he returned to Waterbury, and was appointed fence viewer in 1713, "grave digger" in 1714, 1715 and 1716, and hayward in 1714, 1717 and 1718. In 1719, (March 30,) he sold his house and lot of six acres on the north side of West Main street, ( north and south on highway, east on Richards' land, and west on Ebenezer Richason's house lot, ) to Thomas Richards' and returned to Walling- ford, where he was living in 1722, a farmer. 5. Israel. He had a grant of land as early as March 28, 1694, four acres for a house lot, on the north side the town, "if it be there to be had, he fulfilling the tarms of the original articles." He became a bach, proprietor March 26, 1699. Before he had secured his right, he appears to have left the plantation. Dec. 21, 1702, the town granted him " liberty of two years before taking the forfeiture of HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. 181 his land and that if he come again in two years to live in the town to have his land, but if he do not then to lose his land that is now forfeited." lie returned, and was grave digger in 1707, and surveyor in 1708 and 1709. His name he signed by a mark in 1709. He lived at first on a lot of one acre next his father, which the latter gave him March, 1699-1700, bounded March, 1703-4, east on Thomas Richason's house lot, west on Jonathan Scott's house lot, north and south on highway. This he exchanged, in 1703, for his brother John's place. He d. of the great sickness, Dec. 18, 1712, a few weeks before his wife and his oldest child Mary. 6. Rebecca ; b. April 27, 1G79, and ra. John Warner, son of John. This is the first recorded birth in Waterbury. 7. Ruth ; b. May lu, 1681, became the second wife of Henry Castle of Wood- bury. ( Cothren. ) 8. Johanna ; b. Sep. 1, 1G83, m. Isaac Castle of Woodbury and Daniel Warner, 9. Nathaniel ; b. May 28, 1686. He was accepted as a bachelor, Jan 7, 1706-7 . March 13, 1710-11, the proprietors gave him "four scor acurs of land on the north sid the road to Woodbury up the grat brok est from breck nek hill, one this condition that he tak it as his hole proprity as a bachclders acomydation and coninhabit ten years in the town in a seteled way and bild a tenitabel hous acording to originell artycels in five yers and coinhabit 5 yers after bilding his hous." Lieut. Stanley, Edmund Scott and Jeremiah Peck protested against this act of the proprietors. Nathaniel Richarson, d. Nov. 3, 1712, his death securing his lands and rights which went to his brothers and sisters. 10. Ebenezer; b. Feb. 4, 1689-90. He was made a bach, proprietor March 5 1711-12, and m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Warner. He was one of the earliest settlers at Wooster Swamp, living near " Wooster Brook." He d. June 30, 1772. SCOTT. Thomas Scott of Hartford, an original proprietor, but not a settler, of Farinington, had a son Edmund and two daughters, Maiy, who m. Robert Porter, and Sarah, who m. John Stanley of Farming-ton. EDMUND SCOTT, Sen. He settled in Farmington, with children, at an early date, and m. the widow of Thomas Upson. His two youngest children, Robert and Joseph, were by her. He was one of the freemen of Farmington of 1669 and one of the proprietors of 1672. A subscriber of 1674, he was among the earliest that came to Mattatuck. His regular allotments of fence, &c., in- dicate that with him there was no vascillation of purpose, and that he discharged, seasonably, all his obligations. He is 182 HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. mentioned as grantee as late as Jan. 21, 1689-90, and d. soon after, before June 2, 1690. At the last date, his will was proved, but bis inventory, showing a small estate of $17, lis. 6d,, was not presented to Court till April, 1691. His nine children are named on the probate record, several of whom remained in Waterbury. Edmund Scott's house stood where Green Kendrick now lives. His lot contained two acres, and was bounded, Feb. 10, 168T-8, north on highway, south on common, east on John Carrington's land, west on Thomas Richason's land. His children were as follows, (not arranged probably in the exact order of age : ) 1. Edmund ; in. Sarah, widow of Benjamin Porter, June, 1(589. 2. Samuel; b. 1660, m. Feb. 1686-7, Mary Orviee. (W. S. Porter.) 3. Elizabetli ; m. Davis. 4. Hannah ; m. John Bronson, son of Richard of Farmington, Oct. 1664? 6. Jonathan; m. Hannah, d. of John Hawks of Deerfield, Nov. 1694. 6. George ; m. Aug. 1691, Mary, d. of Obadiah Richards, and d. Sep. 26, 1724, leaving an estate to be distributed of £605, 12s. He was a bach, proprietor, being admitted, it appears, Jan. 5, 1707-8, after he had been many years a married man. He had a grant of a house lot of four acres, as early as Dec. 1687, described as " on the highway that runs over the Little Brook [North Main street] at the northeast corner of the town to butt easterly on the brow of the hill, [near Andrew Bryan's house,] and so to run westerly over the brook and to butt northerly on a highway, [Grove street,] provided he build a house and live four years in the town." On this lot Scott built a house, and in Nov. 1702, it was recorded as butting west on a highway. He sold the place, Aug. 6, 1703, to Benjamin Warner, and in March, 1707-8, owned a house and lot of eight acres and a half on the north side of Grove street, near C. C. Adams' residence. George Scott was townsman for four years in 1698 and afterwards, surveyor in 1701, 1704 and 1717, and school committee in 1710 and 1711. He signed his name in 1702-3 by proxy. Obadiah Scott, his eldest son, had a bachelor lot, being accepted Dec. 13, 1713. He d. in 1735. George Scott, the second son, was also a bachelor, admitted in 1715. He d. without a family, in 1725, and his estate was distributed to his brothers and sisters. The third son, William Scott, had a half bachelor lot, granted in 1722, he and John Warner, son of Ephraim, dividing between them the " fourth propriety lot." 7. David ; was accepted as a bachelor proprietor at thesame time as his brother George. He had several grants of land, beginning as early as March 28, 1694, which were, of course, a part of his divisions on his £40 right. He was surveyor school committee, and grand juror, at different times; and in 1710, townsman. He lived on the homestead of his father, and in 1710, enlarged his lot by purchase of John Carrington's heirs. After his death, his heirs, "March 8, 1734," sold the property for £100, to James Blakeslee, described as three acres with a house, near the meeting house, north and south on highway, east on Dea. Clark, HISTORY OF WATERBIJRT. 183 west on Edmund Scott. He was a "husbandman." He m. June 10, 1698, Sarah, daughter of Obadiah Richards, and d. in 1727, his will being proved Dec. 5, of that year. 8. Robert ; was admitted as a £40 proprietor May lo, 1699. Land was granted him by the proprietors in Jan. 1692-3 and afterwards. He owned the house lot which had belonged to Thomas Judd, Jr., which he bought in 1701. This place he conveyed Oct. 1708, in consideration of a mare, a colt and a cow and £5, 12s., to his brother Edmund. After he had secured his bachelor right, he removed from the town, and was in Hartford in 1708, 1716 and 1725, a bachelor, apparently. His £40 right he sold to his brother Jonathan. 9. Joseph ; he lived in Farmington. I know nothing of him, except what may be gathered from the following extract from the Farmington record. It bears date Dec. 19, 1692, and illustrates Puritan manners and government. I suppose he was a literal bachelor. "The towne by vote gaue to Joseph Scott a Libertie to dwell a Lone prouided he do faithfully improue his time and be haue him self peasablely and honestly towards his neithbours and their Creatui-es and constantly attend the publique worship of god, and that he do give an account how he spends his time unto the townesmen when it shall be demanded." [Town Book, Vol. I, p. 49.] EDMUND SCOTT, Jr. He was a son of the preceding, and was accepted bj the committee, in the place of William Higason. He probably came to Mattatuck with his father and was made a proprietor when he became of age. He had a proj)ortion of fence in the second division, which would indicate that he had become a proprietor in 1678-9, and had a meadow allotment at that time. His father gave him, in Feb. 1682-3, the house which he had bnilt, or assisted to bnild, on the lot which the com- mittee had bestowed on him, (the son.) It stood on the south side of "West Main street, near where John C. Booth lives. Tlie lot contained two acres and was bounded, in June, 1691, north and south on highway, east on Mr. Peck's land, and west on Thomas Judd's land. He (Edmund, Jr.) conveyed it and the house, with the land which he had added to it, eight acres in the whole, in 1Y32, to his son Jonathan, the tract buttiug east on the heirs of David Scott, west on John "Welton's house lot. Edmund Scott, Jr., was townsman in 1701 and 1702, sur- veyor in 1710 and 1716, and grave digger in 1708, 1717, 1718, and 1720. He had a £70 right in the undivided lands. He d. at an advanced age, July 20, 1746, having outlived all the other settlers who became proprietors before 1780. — Estate £143. His wife d. Jan. 17, 1748-9. 184 HISTORY OF -WATERBrKY. Children : 1. A son ; b. Oct., 1690, amd d. Feb. 2d, 1690-1. 2. Sarah; b. Jan. 29, 1691-2, m. Samuel Warner, son of Thomas. 3. Samuel; b. Sept. 1694; became a bach. prop, in 1715; resided at Judd's Meadow and d. April 30, 1768. — Estate £294. His widow (Mary, daughter of John Eichards) d. Sept. 5, 1776. 4. Elizabeth ; b. March 1, 1696-7 ; m. Samuel Warner, sou of Dauiel. 5. Hannah; b. June, 1700, m. in 1744, Ebenezer Elwell. 6. Edmund; b. May 10, 1703, m. Martha, d. of John Andruss, Aug. 12, 1730, and d. March 23, 1733.— Estate £229. He lived at Judd's Meadow. 7. John; b. Sept. 21, 1707 ; m. Eunice, d. of Thomas Griffin of Simsbury, and d. March 14, 1756. (His widow was living in 1766.) He lived in the southwest quarter, at Judd's Meadow, near " Meshadock." 8. Jonathan; b. Aug. 4, 1711, and d. 1741, giving his property to his wife. SAMUEL SCOTT. He was admitted a proprietor, by act of the town, Dec. 30, 1684, receiving half an allotment of £100. He received, at the same time, a lionse lot on the east side of Bank street, all on condition that he should build a house according to the articles, and live in the town four years after building. These things he did. He was not in the town soon enough to have an early division of fence, or an old town plot eight acre lot ; but he was among those who participated in the land-division of 1688, after which time, his name disappears from the lists of proprietors. He did not remain long in the town after his propriety right had been secured. He probably left in 1689, or in 1689-90. He was not a subscriber to Mr. Peck's £60 settlement. April 28, 1691, he was " of Farmington," and at that date, sold and conveyed to his brother Jonathan all his lands, divided and undivided, in "Waterbury, including his house and house lot of two acres, the latter bounded north on Stephen Upson's land, south on Kichard Porter, west on high- way, east on common. He died in Farmington June SO, 1T45, aged 85, and his wife died ISTov. 28, 1748, aged 85. JONATHAN SCOTT. He was a son of Edmund, Sen., and is first mentioned on the records in Jan. 1689-90, when he received a grant of land on the west side of " Union Square," he to build a house and " inhabit " four years. It does not appear that he built upon this land. In Dec. 1690, he had ten acres granted him at Wooster Swamp, His name is not among the subscribers of HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 185 tlie agreement with Mr. Peck, he then probably being barely twentj-one years of age. He became a proprietor by pur- chase of his brother Samuel, April 28, 1691. Jonathan Scott had but little to do with the public business. He was fence viewer in 1702, 1709 and again in 1717 — noth- ing inore. His name is rarely found on the records, and it is difficult to find his " whereabouts " from recorded evidence, con- veyances, ifcc. At first, he may have lived in the house he bought of his brother, in 1691. Afterwards, before Jan., 1703-1, he resided on the north side, near the west end of West Main street, on a lot of one acre and three quarters, re- corded April 27, 1717, and bounded north and south on high- way, east and west on the heirs of John Eichason, dec'd. lie signed his name by proxy, as did several of his brothers. The story of his captivity by the Indians, in 1710, I have al- ready related. He ultimately, or soon after 1720, removed to Wooster Swamj:), in the north part of Watertown, near Scott's Mountain, where he built a saw mill, (spoken of in 1725, as belonging to him and his son Jonathan,) and lived with his sons. The tradition is that he was buried on Scott's Moun- tain, and his supposed grave is still pointed out. That part of the tradition, however, which relates to the circumstances and time of his death, as that he died by violence on his way to the north, at the hands of the Indians, after having had his tongue cut out, is without foundation in fact. He is believed to have been the earliest permanent settler of present Water- toM-n. He d. May 15, 1715, and his wife, April 7, 1741. Children : 1. A daughter; b. and d. Aug. 1695. 2. Jonathan; b. Sept. 29, 1096. After his return (in 1715) from captivity, he was made a £40 proprietor. In 1122, he was chosen pound keeper, and in 1723, surveyor, soon after which he appears to have removed to Wooster Swamp, at which place he had much land laid out on his own right and on that which was his uncle Eobert's. 3. John ; b. June 5, 1699. He is said never to have returned from his captiv- ity, in 1709. 4. Martha ; b. July 9, 1701 ; m. Joseph Hurlbut of Woodbury. 5. Gershom ; b. Sept. 6, 1703, and d. June 24, 1780. His father gave him a house and lands at Wooster Swamp in 1731. 6. Eleazer ; b. Dec. 31, 1705. His father gave him a house and three acres of land at Wooster Swamp in 1733. 186 HISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. 1. Danic4 ; b. Sept. 20, 1101. In 1735, his father gave hun a part of his home- stead, three acres. He was a doctor. JOHN SCOYILL. He was an early settler of Farmington, and a proprietor of 1672. As a proprietor of Waterbmy, he was accepted Jan. 15, 1677-8, as a substitute for Abraham Bronson. He probably did not join the settlement till late in 1678. His name is found in the second and fourth divisions of fence, and is on the list of those who had old town plot lots. He was one of those who tried the patience of the committee, till at last his rights were de- clared forfeited. He recovered his allotments by submitting, about the period probably of his majority. In exchange for the family home- stead, he received of Judd, about the time of his marriage, three acres at Stanley's Timber, so called, on the north side of the Farmington road, half a mile or more , from the meeting-house. Here he built a house and lived. The lot, with two acres which had been added to it, was recorded in June, 1703, as five acres, more or less, with a dwelling-house, east on Ensign Stanley, west on Abraham Andruss, deed., north and south on highways. In June, 1705, Warner conveyed his house and lot to John Warner, son of Thomas, receiving in exchange lands at Judd's Meadow. Soon afterwards, he removed into the south part of the town, settling on or near Fulling-Mill Brook, sometimes called Daniel Warner's Brook. There he is known to have had a house in Aug. 1708. He was once or twice fence viewer, but held no important public office. His first wife, Mary Andruss, died April 10, 1709. He d. Sept. 13, 1713, being the last victim of the great sickness of that and the previous year. His widow, Mary, who was a daughter of Thomas Richason, was living in 1730. His sons, Samuel, Ebenezer and Abraham, settled at Judd's Meadow. THOMAS WARNER. He was probably younger than his brother John, Sen., of Waterbury and Daniel of Farmington. He was not a first subscriber, but probably took his deceased father's propriety HISTOKY OF WATERBURY. 199 and allotments. He did not take effectual measures to secure his rights till after the forfeiture of Feb. 1682-3. Thomas "Warner was a subscriber to Mr. Peck's settlement. He held some unimportant town offices — was hajward, chim- ney viewer, surveyor. His house was on the eastern side of Bank street, where the Baptist Church now stands. The com- mittee voted in Nov. 1679, that his " siller " [cellar] might stand " without molestation according to an agreement made with Left. Samuel Steel." His lot contained, March 21, 1698-9, two acres and three quarters, and was bounded north on John Hopkins' house lot, east (before the above date) on John Rich- ards' house lot, " south on a lot which formerly belonged to the parsonage," west on highway. He convej'ed the place, at the above date, to John Richards, and received in exchange a house and three acres of land on the southwest side of the '' mill path," where he afterwards lived. Thomas Warner m, Elizabeth , and d. Xov. 21, 1714. His son Benjamin of JSTew Haven, was administrator on his estate. The " heighrs " made an agreement with him, by which he was to take care of the widow, " providing for her a comfortable j)lace to live in, and meat, drink, lodging, appa- rel, physic and nescessaries suitable, as long as she lives." As a compensation, they quit-claimed to him, the said Benjamin, all their interest in the estate of the deceased. Children : 1. Elizabeth ; m. Samuel Cliatterton. 2. Benjamin. The first time his name is met with on the record is in 1698 ? He was accepted as the owner of a bachelor right about 1*700. His father gave him a part of his home lot on the mill path, July 10, 1*702. Soon after, when he could do it without jeoparding his £40 right, and when true men were most need- ed, he removed to New Haven. There he had a daughter. Desire, born Aug. 23, 1704, and afterwards, Benjamin and Joseph. He is called Sen. on the list of pro- prietors, to distinguish him from Benjamin, the sou of Ephraim Warner, who is termed Jr. — (The third child born before 1680 I have been unable to find.) 4. John ; b. March 6, 1680-81, in Waterbury, as were the subsequent children. He was admitted as a £40 proprietor Dec. 23, 1701, and purchased, June, 1705, Dan- iel Warner's house and lot of five acres on the Farmington road. He was called tailor, that being his trade, to distinguish him from the other John Warners — John the son of John and John the son of Ephraim. Sept. 30, 1713, he deeded the land "with the fencing and building and fruit trees," which he bought of Daniel Warner, to Ebeuezer Bronson for £11, and the same day left the town. The lot was afterwards called, after him, the " tailor lot." For some reason, he was 200 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. cousidered as haYiug forfeited his baclielor lot. He appears to have returned to Waterbury at a later day, and to have been an inhabitant in 1*734-5. 6. Mary ; b. Dec. 9, 1682, and d. June 7, iVOo. 6. Martha ; b. April 1, 1684, and m. John Andruss, son of Abraham, Sen. 7. Thomas ; b. Oct. 28, 1687, m. Abagail Barnes, and lived in Farmington. 8. Samuel ; b. " March 16, 1690 ;" received a bachelor lot March 10, 1712, and was fence viewer and hay ward in 1714. lie lived at Judd's Meadow, and died about 1741. 9. Margaret; b. "March 16, 1693," and m. Ebenezer Richason, son of Thomas. JOIIX WELTOK Tlie family tradition is that he was originally from Saybrook. He was an early, but not a first settler of Farmington. lie was one of the eighty-four proprietors of that town in 1672, and a signer of the articles in 1674. He had fence in all the allotments except the iirst, and was probably in Matta- tuck as early as 1679. I do not learn that he was backward in complying with the conditions to which he had subscribed. Though not perhaps a leading man, he may have been a val- uable one notwithstanding. At any rate, he did not run away when he found that difficulty and danger were to be en- countered. He was one of the twenty-five that pledged them- selves to pay Mr. Peck's salary. At one time (in 1691) he got upon the road of military distinction, but some how ended where he began, with the rank of corporal. He was select- man in 1708, and town constable for eight years between 1698 and 1714. John Welton lived on the south side of TVest Main street, near where Mrs. Giles Ives' house stands. His house lot con- tained two acres, and was bounded, in 1687, east on Thomas Judd, Jr., west on Abraham Andruss, Sen.,* north and south on highway. In his old age, by deed dated March 2, 1726, he conveyed to bis eldest son John and to John's youngest son Oliver, (the latter to be " the proper heir," at the decease of his father,) liis house and home lot, and his " three acer lot lying within the meadow fence," (next east of the old burying yard,) and another lot over the river, on condition that he the said John should take care of the father (then living with the son) and provide for him during his natural life. * A record, made in June, 1708, when there had been changes of ownership, bounds the lot east on Robert Scott, and west on Thomas Judd, Jr. HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 201 John Welton's wife's name was Mary. Tliey had six child- ren before they left Farmington ; or at any rate, the first one horn in "Waterbnry is called the seventh. He died June IS, 1726, and his wife, Mary, Oct. 18, 1716. His son George was administrator. — Estate £136, 14s. Children : — (I am nnahle to find but five of the six born be- fore the father came to Waterbnry.) 1. Abigail; m. about 1691, Cornelius Bronsou of Woodbury. She was living a widow in 1742. 2. Mary; m. Aug. 17, 1692, John Eichards. 3. Elizabeth ; m. Thomas Griffin, and d. about the time of her fothcr. 4. John; m. "March 13, 1706," Sarah, d. of Ezekiel Buck, Jr. of Wethersfield, and d. April 3, 1738. His widow d. Sept. 5, 1751. He had a grant of a house lot from the proprietors as early as Jan. 1692-3, he to build and remain six years in tlie town. He had probably then just completed his twenty-first year. After- wards, (in 1707-8,) he was made a £40 proprietor. He was a weaver by trade ; surveyor in 1709 ; grave digger in 1726, 1727 and 1729, and wrote by proxy. He lived with his father, and probably improved the homestead after the death of the latter. 5. Stephen ; m. March 4, 1701-2, Mary, d. of Joseph Gaylord, and Jan. 28, 1712-13, Joanna Wetmore of Simsbury. He died March 13, 1713. He was ad- mitted a bachelor proprietor in due course, (March 26, 1699 ;) was chimney view- er in 1700, and collector of town and ministerial rates several times. His trade was that of a weaver. In Sept. 1701, he bought of Ephraim Warner a house and lot on the corner of Grove and Willow streets, (marked Francis H. Pratt.) After- wards, he resided on the corner of East and North Main streets, in a house he bought Feb. 2, 1703-4, of his father Gaylord. 7. Richard; b. "March, 1680," (reputed the first male child of European pa- rents born in Waterbury,) and d. in 1755. His wife was Mary, d. of Stephen Up- son. He received bachelor accommodations in May, 1699 ; was (apparently) a builder by trade, a townsman in 1723, and a sergeant of mihtia. He first bought the house and a lot of three acres on the corner of Grove and Willow streets of his brother Stephen, for which he gave "a horse and a young stear and a parcel of timber," the date of the purchase being Aug. 1, 1703. He afterwards, in 1711, " in consideration of a two year old heifer " conveyed the land (nothing is said of a house) to John ScoviU. Before this, or in 1708, he bought the house of Jo- seph Gaylord, Jr., on Buckshill, to which place he removed. 8. Hannah ; b. April 1, 1683, and m. Thomas Squire, Jr. She was living in 1742. 9. Thomas; b. Feb. 4, 1684-5 ; m. March 9, 1714, Hannah, d. of Josiah Alford, and d. April 19, 1717. He had two sons, both of whom d. young, and his estate was distributed in 1730 to his brothers and sisters. He received a bachelor lot in 1705-6. 10. George ; b. Feb. 3, 1686-7, m. Elizabeth , and d. Jan. 7, 1773.— Estate £311, OS. When he was sixteen years of age, his father bound him, for two years, to his brother Stephen to learn the weaver's trade. When the two years were com- 202 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. pleted, Stephen was to give him " a loom and all things or geers suitable for worck- ing one sort of plain worck." George was the fifth of his father's sons who re- ceived bachelor privileges, he being accepted Jan. I'TOo-G. When his right was secured, he removed to Stratford, where he was residing in 1715. He returned to Waterbury before Dec. 1721, and afterwards lived near Scott's Mountain, (northeastern part of Watertown.) 11. Else; b. Aug. 1690 : m. Griffin and lived in Simsburv in 1733. CHAP TEE XII I. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS : MR. PECK'S MINISTRY. It is well understood that New England was settled by Con- gregationalists from Old England, who desired to get quit of a church establishment which they did not approve, and to set up religious worship and a church government which should accord with their peculiar views. By settling in this far distant country they hoped to escape the persecutions which non-conformity had brought upon them at home. They loved civil liberty, but chiefly as a means of securing freedom for themselves in the cliurch. They sought to establish a govern- ment and a religion based on the Bible, and which should be administered, even in matters of detail, according to the Di- vine will. The colonists of Connecticut took good care to provide for the interests of religion. They were not slow in granting material aid. The committee for the settlement of Mattatuck, in accordance with a provision in the original articles, reserved three proprieties of £150 each, for public and pious uses. These were the three " great lots " mentioned in the early records. It was designed the minister should have one of them, " the mayger part of the inhabitants " to determine which. His was a larger interest tlian was allowed to any other individual. It was larger because the minister was a HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 203 more dignified and important personage tliau any otlier. The propriety was entitled, from the first, to all the divisions and privileges of the other proprieties. Besides the j)rovision which has been mentioned, the committee, Nov. 27, 1679, Dctermmed that the hous lott of two acres lying att the east end of the town, abuttting northwardly on thomas warners hous lott and a peec of meadow and swamp containing abought fifteen Acrs by estimation lying upon Steels brooke abutting vpon the north on Edman [Edmund] Scoote Jun' on Thomas Judd Junor on the east and on a hill south and west — And a peice of land: containing by estimation thre acrs lying in the pasture land comanly so called: Shall be and remain for the occupation and improuemcnt of the minister of the s^ towne for euer without any altaration or disposall vse or improuemcnt what soe euer. The house lot in the preceding extract was on the east side of Bank street, a little south of the present Baptist Church. It was called the "parsonage," and was exchanged, without any right, by the town, Dec. 30, 1679, with Stephen Upson, (it was afterwards recorded as belonging to said Upson,) for a lot of two acres, lying further to the east and south, and in the rear of Upson's house lot. This rear lot was afterwards sequestered by special act of the town, as follows : April: 10: 1699 y* town by uoat did sequester y' lot at y® east end of thomas worner Stephen ubson and richard porters hous lots to be and remain to y« pasnag. The lot of " three acres in the pasture land," afterwards called " the little pasture, " was the late " parsonage lot," lying between Willow street and the old "Long Cove," through which the Hartford and Fishkill Eailroad was laid out. The first settlers of Waterbury were, in a majority of instances, members of Mr. Samuel Hooker's church and society of Farmington. In removing, they deprived them- selves, for the most part, of the ministrations of the Gospel. As they were a " go-to-meeting " people, they felt this to be a sore deprivation. They not only had no regular preaching, but they had nobody to officiate at the burial of their dead, or to perform the ceremony of baptism. For many 3^ears they had to go to Farmington, twenty miles, to get their children baptized. They doubtless had occasional preaching. As they had a minister's house already built at the time Mr. Peck was invited to settle, they probably had a minister 204 HISTORY OF WATEEBUET. residing with tliem a part of the time. But tliey needed an ordained pastor of their own, and at the earliest moment, when their circumstances w^ould allow it, they took steps to procure one. Thej gave a " call " to Mr. Jeremiah Pock of Green- wich, as follows : Att a meeting of the propriators of watterbury march the eighteen: 1G89: [1690, N. S.] they did mianemussly : desir: m^ Jerimy peeclie sen'' of giinage : to setle with them in the worcke of the minestry : Att the same meeting for the incoragmente of m' pecke aboue said: the propriators gaue him the houss built for the minester : with the horn lote : att his first entarans ther : with his famely : Att the same meeting the aboue said propriators of waterbury granted : m'' Jeremy peek : of grinag : tlie other alotments : or seuerall deuisions : belonging to the minesters lote so called : prouided : he cohabit with them four yeres : : and if the prouidens of god: so dispos that he shod dye befor the four yers be out itt shall fall to his heirs. At the same meeting the proprietors Granted to Caleb and Jeremiah Peck the tno House Lotts Laid out to the great Lotts one buting westerly on Abraham Andruss his home Lott the other on ben Jones his home Lott and one of the Great Lotts of Medow with the Severall Divisions of upland upon Condition they build Each of them A tenentable house that Is to Say a house upon Each home Lott and dwell with ym four years. In order to provide for Mr. Peck's support, the proprietors entered into the following agreement. It bears no date, but is recorded in connection with the votes which gave the call, &c. It was probably signed at the same time, or soon after the votes were passed. There is evidence of this, (were any needed,) to be gathered from the names appended to it. In Considaration of settling the reuai-ant : M' Jerimy pecke in the worcke of *he menestry : amongst vs : in watterbury : we whos names : are vuder writen : doe ingage : to pay to the aforsaid : m' Jerimy pecke acording to our yerly gi-and leuy ecth: of us: our proportions of sixty: pounds by the yere: to be payed fifty: pounds in prouition pay : and ten pounds in wood and thus to doe yerly Robert porter : John brownson John newill Thomus Judd sen Samuel hickox Abraham andrews sen John standly Oljadiah richards Daniell warner: John wilton sen pllip Judd beniamin barns Edman scoote sen Abram Andrews Thomus richardson Isaac brownson Thomus Judd Ju Timothy standly Joseph gayler Thomus warner: John hopkins : Daniel porter : Edman scoot Ju steuen vpson Thomus newell Mr. Peck accepted the invitation extended to him. He j^ro- bably began to preach, regularly, for the AVatevbnry people, HISTOKT OF WATERBUKY. 205 as early as tlie summer of 1689, and removed into the town with his family, in the beginning of the foUowing year. But his formal settlement was delayed for some time. There Avas a law in existence, at this date, which declared "that no person, within this colony, shall in any wise imbody themselves into church estate, without consent of the general court, and approbation of neighboring elders." In obedience to this requirement, the following petition was drawn up and presented ; To the honored General Court our humble salutations presented : wishing all happiness may attend ye : we at least some of the Inhabitants of Waterbury being by the goodness of God, inclined and desirous to promoue [promote] the concerns of the Kingdom of Christ in this place by coming into church order : do find : which we well approue of: that it hath been ordered by the honoured General Court: that no persons within this Colony shall in any wise imbody: themsclues into church estate without the consent of the General Court and appro- bation of the neighbour churches, wee humbly request the consent of the honoured General Court now assembling : that we may as God shall giue us Cause and asssist- ance proceed to the gathering of a Congregationall Church in this place, and for the approbation of neighbour Churches we desire it and intend to seek it. So being unwilling too long to prevent your Honors from other emei-gent occasions. we in brcuity subscribe ourselues in all duty your humble Seruants in the name and behalf of the rest of our Brethren. Jeremiah Peck From Waterbury. 91. May. 1'2. Isaac Brounsoan The preceding document may he found in tlie first volume of Ecclesiastical Records, at Hartford. It is in Mr. Peck's hand writing, except the name of Isaac Bronson. It is written in a neat, almost elegant, hand. I liave given, in another place, fac similes of the signatures with the date. Tlie Court's action on the petition ]nay be seen as follows: May 1091. Mr. Peck and Isaac Brunson in the behalfe of the people of Water- bury petitioning this court [&c. ] This Court doe freely Grant them their request, and shall freely encourage them in their beginnings and desire the Lord to give them good success therein they proceeding according to call therein. It was a practice among the early Congregationalists of Connecticut, when a church was to be " gathered," to select from among the brethren seven persons (males) who were term- ed the seven pillars. These chose their officers, including the pastor, who was usually one of their number. After the church was organized, other members were admitted by v^ote who 206 HISTORY OF WATEKBTJRY. took part in the proceedings. Tlie Waterbnry chiircli is im- derstood to have been formed after this method with seven male members, who w^ere the pillars ;* but Dr. Trumbull states, in his History of Connecticut, that the method in ques- tion was peculiar to the churches of New Haven, Milford and Guilford ; " the churches in the other towns being gathered, by subscribing similar confessions of faith, and covenanting together in the same solemn manner, upon days of fasting and prayer. ]N"eighboring Elders and churches were present on those occasions, assisted in the public solemnities, and gave their consent." At what precise time the church of Waterbnry was organ- ized, I have been unable to ascertain. Dr. Trumbull says, " August 26th, 1669," and Mr. Farmer, in his Genealogical Eegister, gives this as the date of Mr. Peck's ordination. Probably Mr. Farmer copies from Trumbull. I once supposed that " 1669 " was a misprint for 1689, and that the last was the true time of Mr. Peck's settlement. Others have enter- tained a similar opinion. This, however, cannot be the proper explanation. Some of the Waterbuiy people were admitted members of the Farmington church as late as March, 1690-91, and their children were baptized there down to April, 1691. Indeed, Mr. Peck and " the brethren," as we have already seen, did not get permission of the General Court to " embody themselves" till the May Session, 1691. In all probability the installation, or ordination, took place soon after, possibly " August 26th," as in Trumbull. I say installation, or ordination, for it is not quite certain that Mr. Peck had been previously ordained, though he was then nearly seventy years of age. It has been supposed that he was an ordained minister while in Greenwich, and as strong circumstantial evidence that he was so, the recorded fact is adduced that he was complained of about the time of his removal to Waterbnry, by some of the people, in a formal manner, because of his " refusing to bap- tize their children."f If he had no authority to baptize, no- body could have complained of him for refusing, &c. And * Manuscripts of Bennet Bronson. + Manuscript letter of Darius Peck, Esq., Hudson, N, T., from whom I have received interest- ing information concerning his ancestor. I am also Ia,rgely indebted to Mr. Judd of North- ampton. HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 20T yet, if he had authority, why did he not baptize the chiklren of Waterbury, after he began to preach, and before his formal settlement ? " No half-way covenant " question, it is believed, existed here, as there probably did in Greenwich. At any rate, the children were those of professors, and yet Avere car- ried to Farmington for baptism. Again, it appears from the records of Greenwich that Mr. Peck performed the ceremony of marriage there as early as IGSl ; but the statute permitted no one to do this except magis- trates, commissioners, justices of the peace and ordained min- isters. Who the seven male members were I am unable to say with certainty, except that Isaac Bronson was one of them. Mr. Peck himself may have been another. There can be but little doubt that John Stanley and Thomas Judd, Sen. were also of the number. The other church members were Obadiah Kich- ards, Abraham Andruss, (cooper,) John Hopkins, (probably,) Joseph Gaylord, Thomas Judd, Jr., Benjamin Barnes, and Thomas Judd, sou of William. All these, except Mr. Peck and John Hopkins, had belonged to Mr. Hooker's church of Farmington, the four last having been admitted within two years. There were no other known male members of churches. Thomas Judd, the son of William Judd, or Thomas Judd the smith, was the first deacon of the Waterbury church. So says his tomb-stone, still standing, and there are not sufiicient reasons for doubting it. Still, there are some circumstances which render it improbable that he was appointed at the or- ganization of the church, in 1691. He did not become a church member till March 22d, of that year, he then being under twenty-nine years of age, as shown by the Farmington records. It is not probable that a man would have been cho- sen for deacon who had been a- member of the church but a few months, especially if he was young in years as well as religious experience. There were persons then living who had been long members, who were older and better known than Judd, some of whom, we may suppose, would have been se- lected in preference, had a deacon been chosen as early as 1691. John Stanley, Thomas Judd, Sen., and Isaac Bronson, for aught that appears, were every way qualified for a respon- 208 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. sible place in tlie infant church. Wliy some one of them was not made a deacon at the outset, I am unable to say. Thomas Jndd, known as the son of William, or the smith, was thus called to distinguish him from his uncle, and his cousin of the same name. He is uniformly thus termed, whenever mentioned in the records, previous to 1696. Had he been deacon at an earlier date, he would most certainly, unless from carelessness, have been so denominated. Such an office, in those days, when titles were not so cheap as now, was no slight aifair for a young man. It could not with decency have been forgotten or overlooked. For the first time, Judd is called deacon, on the town records, March 27th, 1696. This title was sufllciently distinctive, and afterwards, for many years, was applied to him with scarcely an exception, save in legal documents. At last, however, he won a more exalted honor. He became captain of the train-band, and the eccle- siastical was sunk in the military title. It appears quite probable then that Dea. Thomas Judd was not appointed to his office in the church till about 1695, four years after Mr. Peck's settlement. "Why the church shonld so long have neglected to make this appointment, I am unable to explain. Similar instances of delay, however, Avere occa- sional, and may have been common. No sooner had Mr. Peck been settled in the ministry, than the want of a meeting house became painfully evident. The ' following is a petition, copied from the colonial records, pre- sented to the General Court for assistance. I am not aware that the petitioners got any help : [May it] please the honourable Generall Assembly to take into their serious con- sideration the Condition and Request of your humble and louing seruants the in- habitants of Waterbury as to our Condition the prouidence of God and that in seuerall ways hath brought us low by losses of the fruits of the earth, losses in our liuing stock : but especially by much sickness among us for the space of the last four years: we liue remotely * * * our affaires cost us much Charge, pains and hardships, as to our Petition and that which we desirest is your encouraging and assisting of us we hope in the work : yet too heauy for us ; viz the building of an house conuenient for us to assemble in for the worship of God such an house we doe more and more find very great need of [&c.] much we could mention by way of persuasion : but we are preuented of time and we hope that a few words to the wise will be sufficient, it may be considered that we haue been often at Charges in sending forth horsmen for the timely discouery of an approaching cue- 7in^/^Tr:^< m^ HISTORY OF WATERBUKT. 209 mie which hath been or might haue been some safeguard to our neighbours in other Townes, for this our Scouting we haue had publique recompense, we also haue had farr more trouble than some other Towns in the Colonic by the Souldiers passing to and fro and their often entertainments with us which hath occasioned much expense of our time [&c.] We also are anformed that we shall not be the first that haue publique assistance in the like work in this Colonic we hope right worthy Sirs that you that are the Patrons of this Christian Commonwealth ; will be pleased to giue us further encouragement to build God's house — the encourage- ment which we doe particularly petition for is that our Publique rates may be giuen to us for the space of the four next ensuing years, we find in holy Writ that some whose spirit God hath Stirred up haue been famous in promoting such a work: as Dauid and Solomon, we hope and trust we shall haue a placid return fro~ our Worthies upo~ whom our eyes are: So we remain your humble and needy Petitioners and Seruants — From Waterbury Anno Domini — 91, October. 7. In the name and on the behalf of the rest of our inhabitants, John: Hopkins ) m ir , , i Townsmen. Thomas Judd ) Under the greatest discouragements, the "Waterbmy people went on with their enterprise of building a meeting house ; but they made slow progress. It was a serious work, and they were obliged to resort to various expedients. May IT 1694 y^ town by uoate agree to use or improue y« money y* now is or here after shall be due for wild horses y' are sould in y^ town — we say to improue it for y« helping build y^ meeting hous and to stand by y® oficers y' sell them and hereafter to a low thos y' bring in such horses y* one half. The wild horses referred to in the preceding extract were those that were found running wild without known owners, and which were occasionally caught and brought in.* I am unable to say when the new meeting house was finish- ed, or so far finished that it could be occupied ; but probably soon after the date of the town action concerning wild horses. It stood on the Green in front of the house marked on the map William H. Scovill, now owned by Dr. P. G. Eockwell, near the spot where the two next succeeding Congregational houses were placed. It was a small building without glass or gallery, suited to the humble circumstances of its projectors. It had doors upon the east, west and south sides, three in all. Mr. Peck was an old man when he became the minister of * The law required that every horse two years old should be branded with the town marlj by the town barnder. The brand for Waterbury was R. Thomas Judd, smith, was the first r«cord- ed town brander. 14: 210 IIISTOKY OF AVATEEBURT. Waterbniy. In a few years, his health broke down, and he was unable to preach. He was not well enough to officiate in baptism as early as June, 1697. Afterwards a minister was hired ; but Mr. Peck continued the pastor till his death, June Tth, 1699, at the age of 77. But few memorials remain of him during his residence in Waterbury. Appearances, however, indicate that he was a man of worth, and devoted to his people. If a minister's success is measured by the ad- ditions to his church, his was not great. There were but few accessions during his life, and for several years afterwards. It was a time of embarrassment and distress, as already related. The peaceful virtues of religion are not wont to prosper when the state is in jeopardy and men are suffering in their material interests. As a general rule, it is not the tendency, however much it should be, of war and worldly calamity, of sickness and bodily suffering, to improve the heart, or mend the life. Jeremiah Peck, according to Mather's Magnalia, was grad- uated at Harvard College, but his name is not upon the gen- eral catalogue of 1854. He was in Guilford, either preaching or keeping school, in 1656, (before which time, no trace of him has yet been found,) and married, Nov. 12th of that year, Johannah, daughter of Mr. Robert Kitchell, a prominent citi- zen of Guilford, (afterwards of Newark, N. J.) His son Samuel was born there Jan, 18th, 1659. In Jan. 1660, he was invited to take charge of the Collegiate School at New Haven, his father being at the time one of the trustees and the business agent. The following is an extract from the colonial record of New Haven : June 26 1G60 It was agreed that Mr. Peck now at Guilford should be school- master and that it should begin in October next when his half year expires there he is to keep the school to teach the scholars Latin Greek and Hebrew and fit them for the College and for the salary he knows the allowance from the Colony is £40 a year. This school is now called the Hopkins Grammar School, in consequence of the bequest of Gov. Hopkins. Besides the £40, Mr. Peck had the use of a house and some land. He probably began to teach in Oct. 1660, and continued until the middle of the next year. May £9th, 1661, the colonial record of New Haven says, " Mr. Peck the schoolmaster propounded HISTORY OF WATEKBUYY. 211 IG questions about the scliool wliicli the Court answered and Mr. Peck seemed to be very well pleased," In Sep. 1G61, Mr. Peck was again in Guilford, and while there, in the fall of 1661, received an invitation to preach in Saybrook. He entered into an agreement with the Say brook people, Sep. 25tli, 1661, by which he was to have £100 settle- ment in lands in fee and £55 in a house and lot, the last to revert to the town, provided he removed within five years. He was also promised a salary of £60 per annum, two firkins of butter to go towards it, the rest to be paid in corn and flesh at current prices, his maintenance to be increased if necessary. Some have supposed that Mr. Peck must have been ordain- ed at Say brook. The agreement he entered into, his £100 settlement and his building a house, look like arrangements for a permanent residence, and render the supposition plausible. After a time, the Saybrook people became dissatisfied with their minister, and Mr, Peck addressed to them the following communication : Anno Domini 63 feb. 2 Respected and loving ifriends the Inliabitants and planters of Seabroke I under- stand and that from divers [sources] that there is much Dissatisfaction with Reference to myselfe in respect of my proceding in the Ministry at least to a set- tlement and that there are desires in many to provide themselves with a more able Help: I do freely leave myself to the providence of God and the Thots of his people: and so far as I am any wayes concerned herein I doe leave the Towne wholly to their own Liberty to provide for themselves as God shall direct : and with respect to laying aside the future Term of years expressed in the Covenant as also of laying me aside from an Employment of so great a concernment I do desire that these Things may be duly considered and dealt tenderly in that I may not be rendered useless in further service for God : altho I am unworthy to be im- proved so I am yours in what I may as God shall please to direct and enable. Jkremiah Peck.* The controversy with Mr. Peck was settled Jan. 30th, 1665, (1665-6,) the town confirming and " giving him full possession of his accomodation." He appears to have left soon after, the town purchasing the house which he had built, for his suc- cessor, Mr. Buckingham. In 1661, Mr, Peck was concerned with others in the pur- chase of the Indians of a large tract of laud between the Rari- tan and Passaic rivers in 'New Jersey, on a part of which the * stiles' Itinerary, Vol. Ill, p. 122, Yale College Library. 212 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. city of Elizabetlitown now stands. In tlie next year, 1665, the union of the Connecticut and ISTew Haven colonies took place. Mr. Peck was one of those who perseveringly opj^osed the union. A party of dissatisfied persons, chiefly from Bran- ford, Guilford and Milford, headed by Mr. Pearson, determin- ed to remove. A committee was sent out to view lands on the Passaic, who made a purchase at ISTewark. A plantation covenant was entered into by the intended emigrants, which was " subscribed from time to time, until the removal, which happened June 24, 1667." The name of Pev. Jeremiah Peck, of Guilford, stands fourth on the list of subscribers. Mr. Peck removed to l^ewark in 1666 or early in 1667. He does not appear to have ofliciated regularly as a minister at Newark, or anywhere in New Jersey. In 1672, he and others purchased of the Indians a tract of land, now the western part of the town of Greenwich, over the people of which town he was invited to settle as a minister. He declined the call, but in 1678, it was renewed, and he accepted. In the same year, he removed to Greenwich. In consequence of Mr. Peck's poor health, the Waterbury peo- ple obtained, in 1698, the assistance of Kev. John Jones. He preached seven sabbaths, and for this service the town voted Nov. 14th, 1702, that he should have six pounds, to be raised by tax. From this delay of payment, we may infer that our ancestors, whatever other virtues they may have had, were not prompt in discharging debts. After Mr. Jones left, Eev. John Eeed preached, for a time. His performances pleased the people, and as Mr. Peck was not expected to recover, an invitation was given him to settle, as appears from the following town vote : Febeurary : 8: 1698-9 the town hauing by a comity giuen Mr. John Reed a Call to y« worck of y« mhiistrey amongst us acsept what they haue don in it and do now renew our call to him in order to y* worck of ye ministrey a mongst us Att ye same meeting the town granted to y« ministrey a salary of 50P by y« yeir prouition pay and lOP in wood and y^ use of y* pasnage lands y^ town for y« incuragement of Mr iohn Reed if he acsept promis to giue him 20P ayeir for too yeirs to be payd in labor and 1ft Judd deac Judd Ens Standly and srg brunson was chosen to present our proposals to &^ Mr. Reed and treat him consrning y« same Att y« same meeting y« town granted to y^ minister y' should settell and be an ordained officer in y* church after he has bin ordained too yeirs y® whole HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 213 of y* great lot with y« proprieti to be his own and to build him a hous 36 or 38 foots long and 19 foot wide [;] build two chimbleys from y^ ground a chamber chimbley [;] make or dig and ston a sellar clabbord y® hous and shingcl it [;] make one end of y« hous fit to liue in [;] which hous is to be y« ministers on y« same conditions y^ land is On the loth of May, 1699, the town voted to give five acres of upland to the minister that should settle, and July 10th, following, renewed the call which had been given to Mr. Reed. At length, Mr. R. declined the invitation, thinking, probably, that he could " do more good " somewhere else. But the people persevered, Mr. Peck being now dead. Att a town meeting august: 21: 1699 deac Thomas Judd was chosen a commity to indeviour by himself and y® best counsell he can take to get one to help us in y« worck of y« ministry and to bring a man amongst us upon probation in order to settellment if he can Sep: 12"^: 1699 John hopkins was chosen a comity with ye Deac for geting a minister In the mean time, the people went on with their enterprise of building a house for " y^ minister yt should settell." The old one had been given to Mr. Peck, and a new clergy- man would want suitable shelter. A committee, consisting of Deac. Judd, John Hopkins and Benjamin Barnes had already been appointed to superintend the work. The extracts below refer to this enterprise : March lOd: 1699 [1698-9] y^ town granted a Rate of &^ on ye pound for Carry- ing on y« work of y^ ministers hous to be Raysd on y^ present leauey acsepted. or proued at y® last October coui't in: 98: each man to do his proportion in worck and he y' fayls haueiug his worck appoynted or called to worck by y^ commity shall pay in prouition pay or y' which is equeuilent lun: 20d: 1699: the town mad choys deac thomas Judd to procure nay Is for y^ clabord and shingling y^ ministers hous and y* town ingag to pay for them in money or y' which is equiuelent where he byes them Att y® same meeting deac Judd John Hopkins and benjamin barns was chosen a comity for y^ carrying on y^ worck of y« ministers hous to y** perfeting y^ worck y« town has promised to do to it October: 12d: 1698: y« town granted a Rate of a halfpeney on y^ pound to be Rayed on y* new leuey which rate is to be payd in currant siluer money or y* which is equiuilent barcing its own charg to y® mcrkit for to bye uayls and glass for y® ministers hous* * I find at the beginning of the first book of town meetings what appear to be copies of sub- scription papers to furnish in part the means to pay for the work and materials for the minis- ter's house. They bear no diite, but they doubtless belong to the time of which I am writing, (1699.) John Bronson, Joseph Hickox, Samuel Hickox and John Scovill, subscribers, must have 214: HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. At first it was proposed to place the new minister's house on the house lot which had belonged to John Carringtou, deceas- ed, now owned by Green Kendrick, and to exchange for it the lot in the rear of Stephen Upson's house lot. Afterwards,, however, it was decided to set it on the " great lot," so called, which is now the corner of West Main and Willow street s owned and occupied by Mrs. Ambrose Ives. The following- vote, relating to this subject, was passed April 10th, 1699 : [The town agreed to] take of [off] y« obligation y' was layed on y' hous lot at y^ west end of y® town lying by Eobard Scotts hous lot and giue y® sd lot to ye minister alotment and set y^ minister on it. I know not what the obligation was which is referred to in this vote, unless the lot spoken of had previously belonged to the school propriety. been the sons of the original proprietors of the same name. Possibly the subscriptions for glass and nails may have been rendered unnecessary and void by the half penny tax. The names on it are not crossed, though those on the other are, (with the exception of Obadiah Richards and Israel Richason,) the cross indicating payment. Wheat for ye mason to pay after harvest Samll Standly half a bushill wheat thomas hilicox half a bushill Serg brunson half a bushill isriel richason half a bushill isriel richason one peck Joseph gaylord jur half a bushill deac judd one bushill obadiah riehards half a bushill John scouell half a bushill wm hilicoxhalf a bushill l>en barnes half a bushill benjamin worner half a bushill Ensign Standly half a bushill John welton half a bushill [altered to one tho Warner half a bushill bushell] John welton half a bushill setphen ubson half a bushell [altered to one sam. hilicox half a bushill bushell] Joseph hiiccox half a bushill Wheat for nayles and glass to finish ye ministers hous John Richards one bushill John brunson half a buss obadiah riehards half a bus John hopkins half a bush ensign Standly half a bus Jeremiah peck Left judd half a buss John Scouell half a bushill serg brunson half a busshill HISTOKY OF WATBEBURY. 215 CHAPTEE XI Y ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS: MR. SOUTHMAYD'S MINISTRY. The committee chosen to procure a minister, after Mr. Reed left, were successful. They obtained Mr. John South- mayd of Middletown. As early as IS^ovember 2d, 1699, he had satisfied the people of Waterbury that he was the man for them. He was not yet prepared for a settlement, but he continued to preach. He received several invitations before he yielded to the solicitations of the people. The progress of tlie negotiations is explained by the extracts below. Tlie pro- vision made for his support may also be seen : Nouembr: 2d: 1699: y« town mad choyc of Left thoma.s Judd Ensign timo. Standly dcac thoraas Judd srg Isaac brunson John hopkins a commity to treat [with] mr. John southmeat furder in order to y' worck of y^ ministrey a mongst us and for his incuragement in order to his settellment amongst us in y« worck of y® ministrey to ofer him what y« town haue granted to y« ministrey Att y« same meeting y« town granted to y« ministrey 40 pounds in hibour with what is dun al ready for fencing and cleareing y« hous lot and other lands for y« aduantag of y* minister y' shal settell amongst us December: 18d: 1699 y® Town granted to mr. John southmeat for his worck in y® ministrey amongst us for what we haue had and if he continue amongst us till y« first of march next a rate of too penc on ye pound according to our gran leuey and grain to pay to him wheat at 5s pr booshill Ry at 3s Indian corn 2s 6d poorck 3d pr pound beeff at 2d 4 pr pound all to be good and merchantable lun: 24d: 1700 Wheras y* town hauing had sum taste of mr. southmeets minis- trey declare themselves satisfied and are willing to acsept him as theyr minister to despenc y* word of god amongst them and desire y' y^ church in due season should settell him in gosple order amongst them Spt: 23: lYOl samll hikcox and willyam hikcox was chosen a commity for to gather y« 20P granted to y® ministrey in worck out of which by y« town order they are to macke a well for mr. southmaid and any Refuseing to do his propor- tion when cal there to by this act ye town impour y^ commity to distrain y^ es- tate of such persons for ye payment of his just due they glueing men seasonable worning Syt y^: 15: — ITOS y^ town granted mr. Southmaid his hous and lands and pro- priaty in lands to be his own when he is an ordained officer in y^ church here onely on these conditions y* if he leafe y^ town before ye too jelis are out after 216 HISTOEY OF WATERBUKY. his ordination then to return to y« town again but if he dy here in y^ time to be his heirs. Octobr ye I"": 1703 Serg Izaac brunson thomas Judd iun"' and Edman Scott was chosen to prouide what was needful for ye entertaining ye elders and mesen" gers for ye ordaining Mr Southmaid [ * * ] they [to] keep a fayr account of it and giue it to ye townsmen that it may be payd in ye town Ratt Early in 1704, there was unmistakable evidence that Mr. Soathmayd was about to yield to the importunities of his peo- ple and consent to be ordained. Five pounds had been granted him " in speci," in addition to the salary which had been offered him ; but now it was ordered that the vote which gave the five pounds addition should " be canseled," (a vote was canceled by crossing it with a pen,) and, at Mr. Southmayd^s suggestion, that ten pounds should be given him in labor, " to be payd according to men's gran leauey annual- ly." Benjamin Barnes, Sen,, and Stephen Upson, Sen., were added to the committee for "treating with mr. southmaid." March: 19"" — 1704 ye town desired their coramity chosen to treat mr. south- maid for a settellment amongst us in ghosple order to proceed to obtaine an ordi- nation of mr. southmaid as soon as may be with conueniencie Mr. Southmayd was at last settled over a church of twelve male members and the people of the town. Dr. Trumbull gives, as the date of his ordination. May i2th, 1T05, which is presumed to be correct. Why the ceremony was delayed so long may be perhaps conjectured. The truth is, "Waterbur^^, at that time, was not a very inviting field of labor. The peo- ple were few in number and poor. Some of their best men had died. Others had run away. They had not yet recovered from the efiects of the great flood. They were upon the bor- ders of civilization and in the midst of an Indian war. A gloom had settled over the prospects of the town. No wonder a young minister should hesitate and procrastinate. Besides, pastors, in those days, were "settled for life," or something ap- proaching it. They were not permitted to indulge in roving habits, or to seek frequently other and " wider " (more con- spicuous ?) fields of labor. They did not consider themselves at liberty to leave their flocks except for weighty reasons. Mr. Southmayd was settled on a salary of £50 in provision and £10 in labor, the same which was paid Mr. Peck and offered HISTOKY OF WATEEBUKY. 217 to Mr. Reed, except tlie first ministers were to liave wood in- stead of labor. This may seem bnt a small salary, in the eyes of the present generation ; but the truth is, in consideration of the times and the circumstances, it was a large sum. Few peo- ple can boast of having made greater sacrifices for the support of a regular ministry than the early inhabitants of Waterbury. In the midst of their calamities, numbering only about thirty families, they settled Mr. Peck, gave him a house, provided for his support, erected a meeting-house and a second dwell- ing-house for his successor, made provision for Mr. South- mayd's maintenance, gave hitn £40 in labor to fence and clear his home lot, &c., and a £20 " ratt in worck," besides con- tributing many " extras " not easy to enumerate, all in the space of a few years ; while, at the same time, extraordinary expenses were incurred for building forts, maintaining scouts and looking after the enemy. I doubt if the people of the present day would as patiently submit to equal privations to secure the benefits of religious teaching. A modification was made, by the agreement of the parties, in Mr. Southmayd's salary, Dec. 14, 1710, and the prices which provisions were to bear were fixed, as appears by the following town action : The town ablig themselus to pay mr. southmaid ten pound in wood at 8s per cord and fiftey pounds in prouison pay: : uis [viz] whet fine shilings pr busel ry at 3s per busel iudian corn at two shilings six pens per besel: porke at three pens per pound all to be good and marchantabul: befe and flaxe and other pay to be at a prise as mr southmaid and the party consarnd shal agre: : also mr southmad shal not be abligd to take aboue one thurd part of his rat in Indian corn and if any man se cans to pay any part of [the] rat in mony it shal be acsepted at two thirds: Ech man is hereby obliged to pay his rat yerly by the furst of febrywary [Same date] that artical too thurds in mony to be of no fors: but other ways as the party consard and mr southmayd shal agre Jan. 9, 1718-19 it was agreed that the ministery rate shall be sixty pound in mony for the yeare ITIS and if any pay in prouison it shall be exsepted at follow- ing prises wheat at six shillings ry at foure shillings ingun corn at three shiUings and sixpence a bushull to be marchantabul pork at 3 pence a pound flax at eaight pence a pound In 1720, the minister was to have " £G0 as money," wheat at OS., rye at 3s., corn at 2s. 6d., and ten pounds in wood, at half a crown a load for oak and three shillings for walnut. " Said sixty pound shall be paid or they [the town] will do 218 IIISTOKT OF WATEEBURY. tlieire endeauer tliat it shall be paid bj march next insuing the date heare of." Mr. Southmayd's salary, in 1729, was raised to " seventy five pounds in money," one seventh or eighth part of it, if de- livered by the middle of Jannary, to be received in wood, at such price as the parties might agree on. In 1730, it was raised to " the just sum of one hundred pounds in current money of ISTew England,"* In 1733, the town, after having at first refused to pay more than £80, agreed to give £90 money, wheat at 8s., rye at 5s. 6d., Indian corn at 4s., pork at 6d. per pound for that weighing two hundred pounds and forty- seven shillings per hundred for that weighing less. During the remainder of Mr. Southmayd's ministry, the salary varied from ninety to one hundred pounds. In 1738, in consequence of declining health, Mr. Southmayd asked for a dismission from his peo]3le. The following com- munication, expressing his desires, was laid before the town in town meeting: To the Deacons and Townsmen In Waterbury to communicate to the Church and Inhabitants of sd Town. Beloved Brethren and Neighbors I the Subscriber being under great Difficulty and Infirmity of Body and it being such as I fear Will never wear ofi", but In- crease and Grow upon me, makes my Care and Concern very Burthensome and Distressing So that the publicke work I am engaged In Is too much for me and having served you under very great difficulty now almost two years and being Quite descouraged as to getting well and finding that a sedentary life is very De-' structive to my health and being very far advanced in years and wilhng and desirous to Retire from my Pubhck work In the ministry In which I have been with you About 38 years to the best of my AbiUty and am now Desirous to Live more privately, I take this opportunity for these reasons and many more which might be mentioned to signify to you that I am willing and heartily De. sirous that you would get some person can affect and pitch upon to come among you to preach the Gospel here and to Be with you in order to a Settlement as soon as conveniently may be In the work of the ministry and I desire you would be as Speedy In the thing as may be for I think I cannot serve you any Longer, which Request I hope you will be most Ready and forward to comply with and oblige your friend and Distressed minister, who Sincerely Desires your welfare and prosperity both Spiritual and temporal and his own ease and freedome. ' Desiring the continuance of your prayers for me I subscribe my Self your well wisher John Southmayd. * la 1731, Mr. Southmayd gave a writing, dated Dec. 26th, which is recorded, by which, in view of the burdens of the town, he agreed to " acquit and discharge the town from all the rates that were granted, due, owing and payable to [him for his] labour among them from the year 1099 to the year 1723," inclusive. HISTOKY OF WATEEBUEY, 219 In replj, tlie town voted to call another minister, but ex- pressed a wish that Mr. Southmayd might continue to officiate " as far as he should be able." At the same time, a commit- tee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Isaac Bronson, Dea. Joseph Lewis and Thomas Clark, " to call a minister to preach the Gospel in order to a settlement." In this proceeding, however, they were required to " take the advice of the Eev. Mr. South- mayd and neighboring elders of the County, and proceed ac- cordingly." On the fourth of September following, they were instructed "to apply themselves to the Heverend Mr. Saml. "Whittlesey, Mr. Joseph ISToyes, Mr. Samuel Hall and Mr. Isaac Stiles for direction as to a suitable person to be applied to." There are no facts to show at what time Mr. Southmayd's official connection with the town was dissolved ; but it ap- pears to have been soon after his communication requesting a dismission, and before Sept. 4, 1738. He had an unset- tled claim against the town. Some question regarding this was submitted to " the Association convened at Meriden in "Wallingford in May," (1738.) In pursuance of a recommen- dation by this body, Mr. Southmayd made a proposal (Sept. 4, 1738) for a settlement of his claim. He proposed that the town should pay him one hundred pounds in money on or be- fore the first of March, 1740, " separate from any other grant already made," and that he should have the use of the little pasture during his life. If this offer was rejected, he express- ed a willingness to submit the question " to some indifferent persons to say what is just and reasonable to be done, [&c.] and abide by their judgment." The town decided, " by a full vote," to pay the one hun- dred pounds. Before, however, the money became due, or in January, 1740, certain persons, " calling themselves church- men," remonstrated against paying it. This remonstrance was signed by fifteen individuals. Thus was commenced, in an open form, a controversy be- tween the friends of Congregationalism and Episcopacy in Waterbury, and which ended, ere long, in confusion and dis- memberment. So determined was the opposition to the one hundred pound vote that Mr. Southmayd did not insist on his 220 HISTORY OF WATEEBCRY, legal rights, and. the money was never paid. He, however, retained the use of the "little pasture." Rev. John Southmayd graduated at Harvard College in 1697. Little is known of him before he came to "Waterhury. There is an anecdote, however, of his college life, which used to be related by the late Professor Hedge of Harvard. It runs thus : — Southmayd prepared a chair which was so constructed that when an unsuspecting person sat down in it, it suddenly gave way. When the Freshman class was entered, he would invite them, one at a time, to his room, (where his fellows had gathered,) and offer them the treacherous chair. All but the discomfited freshmen of course enjoyed the laugh. In the same class with Southmayd there was one by the name of Reed who was mischievous, and one Collins who was dissolute. A wag, to hit off the three, composed some lines which ran thus : — Bless'd is the man who hath not lent To wicked Reed his ear, Nor spent his life as Collins hath, Nor sat in Southmayd's chair.* Mr. Southmayd was chosen town and proprietors' clerk in Dec. 1721, and was continued in the office till his death, thirty- five years. He wrote a round, plain, and in earlier life, an ele- gant hand, contrasting pleasantly with the execrable chirogra- phy of some of his predecessors. Its jet-black characters still look fresh. All who have occasion to consult the records, must have their hearts drawn out in affection for the accomplished clerk. Soon after Mr. Southmayd's dismission from his pastoral charge, or in 1741, he was appointed a justice of the peace. He was again aj^pointed in 1747, and held the office till his death. He was a justice of the quorum from 1742 to 1746 inclusive, and a deputy to the General Court from 1740 to 1744 inclu- sive, and again in 1754. He was much respected, and occu- pied a large space in the history of the town of his adoption. Intelligent and judicious, his fellow townsmen honored him and deferred to him. They gave him many testimonials (such * Manuscript letter from Rev. Daniel S. Southmayd, Concord, N. H. 1S29. HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. 221 as they had to bestow) of their confidence and esteem. His honorable decent, at a time when family was of more acconnt than at present, assisted to give him character. He was one of the largest landholders of the town, having become so by purchase as well as by division. His patrimonial estate was large. As an evidence of his extraordinary wealth, it is stated that he brought from Middletown, after his father's death, fifty pounds in gold and silver — a sum which, had it been laid out in the purchase of the best lands of the plantation, at the low price then current, would, it was thought, have proved ruin- ous to the town, by giving the owner almost a monopoly of the soil.* John Southmayd died Nov. 14, 1755, aged seventy-nine years and three months, outliving all his children except Esther, and all the original proprietors, so called. He made a will appointing Rev. Mark Leavenworth his executor. He names, as his legatees, Esther Starr, Susanna Bronson's children, Anna Bronson, and his two daughters-in-law, "Meliscent Judd, my son John's w^ife that was, and Hannah Southmayd, my son Daniel's widow." He gave £10 to the first church of "VVater- bury, " to be ordered and disposed of by tlie pastor and dea- cons of said church in what way and method they shall think proper and best." His slaves he disposed of in the following- manner : — 4. My negro man Sampson and my negro Girl Fillis, if they be faithful, careful and industrious in helping to bring up my Grand children, AVilliam, Samuel, Anna, John and Daniel Southmayd, till the youngest be twelve years of age, then they may be free and live with any of my children they shall choose, or any other person, and if they live with any of mine, and should live to be a charge the charge to be levied out of my estate, except it should appear that those they have lived with have been considerably profited by them. The inventory of Mr. Southmayd's estate amounted to £1,997, lis. 8d. The homestead was valued at £133, 6s. 8d. ; library at £9, 6s. 4d. ; $250 propriety at £12, 10s. ; 2 brown cows, £4, 16s. 8d. ; 1 young bay horse, £5, 16s. Sd. ; 12 bushels rye, £1, 14s. Od. ; 4 bushels Indian corn, £0, 6s. 8d. ; 8 bushels oats, £0, 6s. 8d. ; 18 sheep, £3 ; Sampson and Phillis' time * Manuscripts of B. Bronson. 2Mi4 HISTORY OF WATEEBURT. " during the time of the will," £40. lie owned in call 818 acres of land, appraised at £1,471, 3s. Td. The standard of value appears to have been lawful currency, which, at this period, was at least eight times more valuable than old tenor currency. Several alterations and improvements of the meeting house were made during Mr. Southmayd's ministry, for the better accommodation and the increasing number of the people. [Dec. 13, 1708] the town granted to seueral of the young men Hlierty to buld a small seat or galerly in the meeting hous for themselfs to sit in it not [to] priig- odish the town or hous [At the same meeting the] town agree there should be a bem put up for a gal- lery at the west end of the meeting hous upon the town charg Febry 7: 1708-9: the town grant libutey to mr. Southmayd to alter and inlarg the set: at the west end of the pulpit: [Dec. 1-i, 1713] the town agreed that there shal be a galery bult at won end of the meeting hous: and that the dors and windows be repaired October the 26 — 17 15 the Town Granted a rate of half apeny on the pound as mouy for to purehes glass* for the meeting hous and the ouer plus for furder repairing of said hous March 7 — 1716 it was acted by uoat that there shold be ateen [a ten] pound i-ate made oute to be lade out about the galliry of the meeting hous and the sd rate is to be paid in prouition pay, wheat at 4 shilling per boshill and rie at too and eight pence pr booshill inden corn at 2 shillings and flax seuen pcnc pr pound Desembr the 19 (1716 at the same meeting it was acted by uoate to lay the foundation of the galiries of the meeting hous that is all three sides of the sd meeting hous Dec 16, 1718, " agreed by note to giue to jeremiah peek fifteen pound for what work he has dun to the meeting hous ali-ady and only further he is to finish the stairs and macke four window frames for the same money As the result of these movements, it appears that a gallery was put up at the west end of the meeting house for the pur- pose of making more seats, particularly for "the young men;" that the house was adorned with glass windows ; that the doors were repaired and the building generally remodeled (in mod- ern phrase) to suit it to the improved tastes of the times. All this seems to have been done at an expense to the town of fifteen pounds, Jeremiah Peck being the carpenter or con- tractor. * Up to this time, the house appears to have been unglazed. The glass of those days was diamond shaped. HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. 223 Tlie house now had additional seats, and it was fonnd expe- dient that it should be newly seated. It was customary with our fathers to go through with this formality periodically, even in the absence of special occasions like the present. The first seating of which there is a record was in 1702. At such times, the seats were all classified, and each person's place assigned him according to the rule of rank which had been agreed upon. Rank was determined partly by age and partly by list or taxable estate. The following extracts from the record of town meetings show the nature of the proceedings on this subject, after the alteration and repairs had been made. December 14 1719 it was agreed by uote that the meating hous should be seat- ed and the rule to do it by shall be by list of estate and by age reaconing one yeare in age to foure pound of estate At the same meeting thai-e was chosen for comity to seate the meatinghous cap Judd left hopkins docter porter December 28 1719 it was agreed by uote that the forshorte seate in the gallery shall be deamed eaquall [in rank] with the piller or 2 [nd] seate below, that is to say the 2 long seat[s] from the upper end At the same meating the above written act is made voide by passing a uote that the short seate in the gallery shall be eaquall or next to the short seate below At the same meating there was chosan by uote ens hikcox Joseph lewis Stephen ubson jur William Judd to sit in [the] fore short seate in the gallerre for the yeare insuing: and to tacke theire turns yearly out of the foure first seates But the people were not long satisfied with the old meeting, house, notwithstanding the improvements which had been made. A new, and it may be, faster^ generation had come on the stage. The old building was found to be too small, and otherwise inconvenient. It was antiquated in style, and an eyesore, doubtless, to the " young men." The matter was brought up in town meeting, and a vote was passed, Jan. 7th, 1722-3, " that we will Go about building a Meeting house as soon as we are able, and that we will build it upon the Green." It was also agreed to apply " to the General Court in May next to Get a tax on all the Land laid out within the Town Bounds, and the money to be Disposed of to the build- ing of a meeting house." Though Waterbury had now started on the career of " prog- ress," its advances were yet small. The people had not re- covered from the dire calamities of former days. They Mere 2M HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. still poor — out at the elbows; and the thought of new en- terprises discouraged them, (at least the more prudent of them.) At the next meeting, therefore, a disposition was evinced to be content with present accommodations and such improvements as might be added. A vote was passed, Jan. 28tli, 1722-3, appointing the townsmen and Lieut. Hopkins a committee " to make some alterations in the meeting house, as has been discoursed, that there may be more conveniency of siting, and the seats enlarged by taking up part of the stairs in the gallery and making seats there, and by stopping up the east and west doars and making there what seats the place will allow, and to mend the outside of the meeting house, and to raise the pulpit." I am not certain that the alterations contemplated in the above vote were ever made. If they were the people were not Ions: satisfied witli them. Their hearts were set on having; a new meetinghouse, and they believed themselves "able" to build one. As a preparation f(n- so formidable an undertaking, the proprietors voted, Nov. 29th, 1726, that the four proprietors' lots which remained out of the six which had been reserved, in N"ov. 1722, for special occasions, should be sold. Lieut. William Ilickox, William Judd and Timothy Hopkins were chosen a committee to dispose of them. They were sold, Jan. 9th, 1726-7, to John Thomson, Joseph Wells and David Jud- son, all of Stratford, for £262, money. Tlie purchasers be- came entitled to all the divisions, past and prospective. The following votes explain themselves. They indicate stir- ring times : Dec. 12, 1726 Agreed that we will build A meeting house forty foot wide and fifty foot Long December 26, 1726. It appearing that there was some Dissatisfaction about a vote taken Decern. 12"' 1726 with Eespect to the Dementions of a meeting house we did by vote conclude that we would build a meeting house as big as was then concluded Att the same Meeting It was agreed that the Comitty chosen to order that affair should have power to proportion the House as to Lenth and breadth with the advise of the workmen they shall agree with to build the house Making it of the same bigness as we have agreed upon Att the same meeting the Town made Choise of A Committy to order the Af!air of building A meeting house as we have agreed and to Receive the money of the Committy when they have sold the proprietors Lotts that were Devoted to the HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 225 design and to Agree with the workman that shall be set About the work and for A Committy were Chosen Left. John Hopkins Serj. John Scovill Isaac Brounson Sen. Dea. Thomas Hickox and Tho Clark [In March, 172G-7, Stephen Hopkins and Lieut Hickox were added to this committee ; but in December following, they were (witli some roughness, as I judge) put out of office — " put out from being Meeting house Committe," says the record.] At the same meeting [Dec. 26, 1726] we did by vote Impower them [the commit- tee] that what Timber should be gott by perticular persons the Committy shall have power to Cull the timber and Refuse what they shall think not sutable to be improved in the work Att the Same meeting the Town Granted a Rate of three pence on the pound to be paid Into the Committy by the last of may next for them to begin the work about the meeting house with Feb. 27, 1726-7 [it being represented] that the timber and Other materials that the Committy had Agreed for and procured over did the Rate of three pence on the pound Some thing Consider Able we did by A vote Agree to add three pence on the pound to the Rate Granted In December 26, 1726, makeing the Rate Six pence on the pound, the town Charge for the year 1720 shall be paid out of the Six penny Rate. June 2d 1727 It was by vote Agreed that the stakes set down at the east End of the old Meeting house shall regulate the seting of the new Meeting house, the North west Corner at the one stake and the South west Corner att the other stake. At the same meeting it was by vote agreed that in Laying the Sills of the Meeting house they shall be laid two foot from the Ground on the highest Ground, and the stone work or under pining to be done accordingly. March 13 1727-8 Lef Timothy Standly Declairing before the poprietors [meet- ing] that if they would quietly resign A Bacheldors Lott to Him belonging to his original Propriety which he had been Keept out of he would make Sale of It and dedicate the money there of to the building the meeting house we are now about building, where upon the proprietors did by their vote Declare that they did rcsighn the above sd propriety to the Said Lift Timothy standly he dedicating of It to the use above sd. March ISth 1728 [1727-8] the Town made choise of Mr Nathaniel Arnold and Stephen Hopkins to cul the Shingles that have been Gott by perticular persons to be laid on the New meeting house — at the same meeting the Town made choise of James Balding with them to the same work of culing the Shingles. Jan 13, 1728 [1728-9] the Town Granted a Rate of two pence on the pound on the List In 1728 to be Imployed In Carrying on the work of the New Meeting house Att the Same Meeting the Town by Vote agreed that the Committe for the Meeting House Shall procure the under flour In the Meeting House to be Laid Double Thus the worli went bravely on. It was a great enterjDrise, and drew heavily on the resources of the people. The neces- sary funds were raised in diiferent ways. The town laid taxes, as we have seen. Individuals made donations. Dea. John 15 226 HISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. Stanley (of Farinington) gave eight acres of land in tlie seqnes- ter, and tlie proi3rietors sold some of the common lands. The avails of the sale of wild horses were set apart as they had been when the former house was bnilt, in aid of the work. The house, it will he observed, was fifty feet by forty, or of '' that bigness ;" and as an illustration of the greatness of the work, as compared with the numbers and consequently the weakness of the people, it has been said that, at the time the frame was raised, the en- tire population of the town, men, women and children, could have found seats upon its sills. This saying possibly a little ex- aggerates the truth ; for "Waterbury must have contained, in 1727, more than three hundred souls. I iind in Dea. Thomas Clark's " account book," a charge against the town for " boording Mr. Thomas Dutten and his prentic from ye 10 april to the 4*i» of July in 1729— £7, 16s." I suspect, but do not know, that this Mr. Dutton was the " ar- chitect " of the new meeting house ; that he was of Walliug- ford, and the father of Thomas Dutton, avIio settled in West- bury, about 1757, and became somewhat celebrated as a church builder and wood carver. The "Waterbury meeting- house, according to the custom of the times, had some simple carved work in the interior. There is a brace in C. D. Kings- bury's barn, over the main door, which tradition says was taken from the old house, which may be regarded as a speci- men of the work which adorned that venerable building.-' It seems entirely sound. In June, 1729, the new meeting house, which stood close beside the old one and east of it, was so far finished that it could be occupied. It then became necessary for the town to enter upon the diflicult and delicate business of " seating " the inhabitants. This seems to have been conducted with a scru- pulous regard to the dignity of individuals. As the minister was the most reverend and respectable personage in the com- munity, it was meet that he and his family should be first cared for. The result is recorded by himself as clerk — " June 30th, 1729, the Town by vote gave me, John Southmayd, the Liberty of Chuseing a seat in the new Meeting-house, and I * It is a part of the tradition that this brace was a part of the Jirst meeting liouse. I have had some reason to fear, however, that it belonged to the second. HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 227 made clioise of tlie pew next the pulpit att the East end of the pulpit for my lamily to sit in." It was tlien voted that " the men should sit in the west end and the women in the east end of the new meeting house," and that " hut one head should be counted in a man's list." So much being done, the meeting adjourned for further delib- eration, perhaps. The next day, July 1st, after deciding " that age should be considered" in the business of seating, " Good- man Andruss and his wife, Lieut. Hopkins and his wife, Goodman Barnes, Serg. Upson, Sen"", and the Widdow porter were voted into the first pew att the west end of the pulpit." Andruss, Hopkins, Barnes and Upson were, at the time, at an advanced age, and were the oldest proprietors and earliest settlers then living in the town. They were the surviving fathers of the plantation. Hence the propriety of their occu- pying this high position in the new house — a place next in dignity t(^ the minister's. " Widdow porter" was the widow <^f Daniel Porter, lately deceased, one of the original thirty. To Dr. Warner, now somewhat advanced in life, was assigned the second seat from the pulpit, on the men's side. Having thus made a suitable provision for dignity and age, it was in order to look after the people at large. Having con- cluded " that all the males of sixteen years and upward should be seated," a committee was appointed, consisting of Dea. Thomas Clark, Samuel Hickox and Stephen Kelsey, to deter- mine the rank of the pews and to place the inhabitants in them, according to rule. The rule of individual rank was founded on age and list, as on former occasions, one year in age to be the equivalent of forty shillings in the list. In making out lists, the committee were directed to take the three last, " on which the three rates were granted for the building of the meeting house." 'No further movement appears to have been made towards finishino- the house till Dec. 1730. It was then voted " to 2:0 on to finish the meeting house galleries within six months." A year afterwards, " a rate of two pence on the pound was granted towards defraying the charge of finishing the meeting house, and also for the town charge of the year jjast." This house continued the place of worship for the Avhole 228 IlISTOEY OF WATEEBUEY. town till 1738, and for tlie first society till 1795, when a new lionse was erected. Repairs were made from time to time. In 1752, the town " voted to repair the meeting honse by hav- ing windows in front of twenty-four squares of seven by nine, or nine by ten, witb window frames." The old windows were to be nsed for the ends and back side. In 1769, " those who are seated in the seats " had permission, " at their own ex- pense, to turn them into pews." In the same year, I find on record evidence of growing relaxation on questions of morality and propriety. In December, the town voted, for reasons not given, " that men and their wives may be seated together in the pews !" It was not customary " in olden time " to have a chinniey or fire in the meeting house. It was cold sitting, in a winter's day, through a long sermon, but the people were tough. Those wlio lived at too great a distance to return home till the day's service was over, would resort, in the intermission, to the nearer neighbors. As society advanced, however, " the sabbath day house," so called, was built. There the more distant inhabitants repaired, the morning service over, to thaw their frosty limbs before a rousing fire. There they ate the dinner and drank the cider which they had brought from home. The first notice of sabbath day houses in Waterbury is in 171:3. In December of that year, " upon motion by some persons for liberty to set up saboth day houses in the highway, the town appointed a committee to hear the request and appoint what place they shall build on." Nothing, however, appears to have been done at this time, and in December, 1761, "the town gave liberty to such farmers as have a mind to build sabbath day houses of seting them in the highway against san- day hollow, on the north side, above Thomas Bronson's." They were allowed ground twelve or sixteen feet in width, and twenty rods long, which appears to have been imjDroved.'^ * The subject of burying yards may require a few remarks. The old yard on Grand street is not mentioned in the early records of Waterbury now in existence, except incidentally. It dates doubtless from the beginning of the settlement. There the dust of our fathers was laid, though no monuments identify the earlier graves. In the old ground (the northwest portion of the pre- sent yard) were deposited all the dead of the town till 1709. " Aprill 11 1T09 the seelect men of waterbury with the presens and consentt of samll hickox Layed outt and sequestered half an acur of land of said hickox one the southerd end of a hill at judds medow cald the pin[e] hill one the est side the riuer between thomas judd jur his land for a mSTOJRY OF WATEKBURY. 229 The State's committee and tlie proprietors of the towu, from time to time, as has already been stated, made the most liberal provision for the support of religion. IN'otwithstanding this, it was found, after Mr. Southmayd's settlement in 1705, that there was no adequate fund remaining. One £150 propriety reserved in the beginning, had been bestowed on Mr. Peck. A like pro- priety had been given to Mr. Southmayd. The mistake had been made of giving to the minister, instead of for the use of the minister. Only a few acres of land had been granted specifi- cally for this last object — a house lot of two acres, three acres in the little pasture, and fifteen acres on Steel's Brook. Under these circumstances, and to provide for the permanent maintenance of the ministry, the proprietors passed this vote : Dec. 13, 1715. It was agreed^by vote that in the division now to be hiid out there shall be a division of one hundred and fifty pound propriety laid out with it to be disposed of by the town for the encouragement of the Gospel in the town of Waterbury. This right was not entitled to the bachelor accommoda- tions ; and yet the divisions which, at difterent times, have been made on it, have amounted to many hundred acres, the income of which, had the land been well selected, would have supported^several ministers. But the benevolent intentions of our ancestors were defeated. The lands designed to have been kept sacred for the maintenance of religious institutions have, with a single small exception, disappeared, as liave the moneys derived from their sale. Soon after Westbury and Xorthbury were set off as distinct societies, dissensions began to prevail ; the people grew careless of their permanent interests ; and the burying plas for that part of sad town or any other as shall se cas to mak use of it for sad use thaer one sad day the wife of danell warner was buryd: layd out by us with consent of the naburliood. Thomas Jddd snr ) , « „ ,, This ground is on the hill on the east side of the present New Haven road, a little above the bridge in Naugatuck. When the writer was a boy, the earth often gave way on the precipitous western bank, carrying the exposed bones far down the hill towards the road. In December, 1734, a committee was appointed " to purchase at town cost half an acre of land out eastward near Joseph Atkins for a burying yard." This was on the Farmingtou road, and is, I suppose, the yard now used in East Farms district. In 1736, March 2d, the town bought for fifty shillings, of Elnathan Taylor, "one acre and fifty two rods up the river [' at Northeud,' or Northbury] on a plain by his house, or a little northward of it, and north of Twitch Grass Brook, a triangle piece, bounded east on highway,, west on Joseph Gillet's land, south on common land " — " for a Burying Place to be sequestered. and set apart for that use " — " to bury their dead in as they have occasion." 230 IIISTOKY OF WATERBUEY. town, in town meeting, decided, Jan. 7, 1739-40, " after a long discussion and mncli opposition," to sell the ministerial estate growing out of tlie grant of 1715, (as it liad antliority to do,) " taking mortgages for the principal and bonds for the inter- est." It was designed to distribute the avails among the diifer- ent societies. A portion of the land was sold by a special committee (of the town)^Samuel Hickox, Timothy Hopkins and John Bronson — as early as Jan. 24, 1739-40. Other pieces were disposed of soon after, the purchaser giving " se- curity for principal and interest yearly at some set time, either by surety or land." Mr. Southmayd, the town treasurer, was chosen to have the custody of the notes and bonds taken in payment, " and to deliver the same to the several societies' committees when orderly called for," and said committees were authorized " to sue out the notes and bonds of particular persons, if there be occasion." The special committee was also directed " to make sale of the remainder of the [ministry] land, if under circumstances that it may be sold." At the next meeting, held March 30th, 1741, it was agreed that "the ministry land sequestered by the grand committee might be sold and the use of the money be to the use of the ministry in Waterbury," This land, consisting of the three pieces al- ready referred to, the town, it is believed, had no control over. It could not be sold by the terms of the grant. It was to " remain for the use, occupation and improvement of the ministry of the town forever, without any alteration or disposal, [or other] use or improvement whatsoever," JSTothingj however, now remains, with the exception of the "little pas- ture," (the parsonage lot of the First Congregational Society ;) and how this happens to have been preserved is a marvel. In December, 1756, after it had been set at liberty by Mr. Southmayd's death, the proprietors voted that it should " be for the use of the several schools in the town of Waterbury, to be disposed of as the other school lands heretofore hath been." l!^ext the town concluded to try its hand. In December, 1757, it " voted that y« select men shall rent it [the little pas- ture] out for y® insuing year and put y^ money into y^ town treasury." But neither the proprietors nor the town could properly have any voice in the matter. Much less could they HISTORY OF AVATEKBUET. 231 divert it from its original purpose. The land was given by the colonial government by its committee, and tlie grant, along with others made " for pnblic and plons nses," had been ratified and made perpetual by the action of the General Court. Again, in ISil, when the funds with which the society was to 2)ay for the fonrth new meeting house were not forthcom- ing, the conmiittee who had charge of the business proposed to sell the parsonage lot. Bennet Bronson objected to this, and stated that the property conld not be sold by the terms of the gift. He, however, saw no objection to leasing the land for a series of years, by which an amount approaching its cash value might be secured for the treasury, and ottered liimself to take a lease for twenty years, paying for the same three hundred and forty-fonr dollars. The proposition was accepted. When the lease had run about eight years, Mr. Bronson died, when, by direction of his will, the little pasture returned to the society, worth, from good husbandry, and the rise of lands in the neigh- borhood, many fold what it was when it went into his posses- sion. May it remain for the use originally designed, '• with- out any alteration or disposal," forever."- Tlie friends of the Church of England attempted, at an early period, to obtain their proportion of the ministerial lands, or of the moneys arising from their sale. The town, however, took upon itself the business of distributing these funds, and the Episcopalians appear to have been out-voted in town meeting. In December, 1703, the town appointed Thomas Matthews, John Welton, Samuel Hickox, Jr., Abraham Hickox and David Warner, a "committee to examine the records con- sarning the ministerial lands and moneys, and make report to an adjourned meeting ;" but at the next meeting, in February, a proposition to hear the report was " answered in the nega- tive.'' But in 1770, the strength of the new sect was much augmented. They had become numerous in I^orthbury, West- bury and in all parts of the town. In this year, by uniting them- * Since the above was written, the land in question, all but a fraction, has been seized and ap- propriated, under its charter, by the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad Co. For about three quarters of it the company paid the society six thousand dollars. The money thus ob- tained has been invested in a house and lot on Leavenworth street, for a parsonage, now im- proved by the pastor. Rev. Sir. AVoodworth. Zoli HISTOET OF -VVATEEBUKT. selves with the friends of an equal clistribution of all the school moneys to all the societies of the town, they were able to com- mand a majority of the votes. A sort of " omnibns hill" was framed, which was passed March 12th, 1770. It embraced the two objects to which reference has been made. That part of it which relates more particularly to the ministerial funds is as follows : And whereas, likewise, there are certain moneys in the abovesaid town appro- priated to the support of the gospel arising from the sale of lands given by the proprietors, at their meeting Dec. 15, 1*715, to be disposed of by the town for the purpose above sd, and the church of England claiming their equal proportion of the same, the town, at their present meeting, taking into consideration the above sd claims with respect to the ministerial and school money, agree by vote that the above sd moneys be forever hereafter divided according to the above sd claims, and that the societies and parts of societies that shall hereafter be made shall be entitled to a like privilege. Against this entire vote, the committees (school and eccle- siastical) of the first society protested. The school committee's protest will be found in another place. That of the society's committee runs in this wise : Whereas the town of Waterbury formerly (when consisting of but one ecclesias- tical society) was possessed of certain large quantities of lands devoted to the use of the ministry in the same. And whereas, since the sd town has been divided into several ecclesiastical societies, the inhabitants of sd societies convened in a town meeting did formerly undertake by their votes to sell part of the sd lands, and to divide the interest of the moneys raised thereby to and amongst sd societies — And now the said inhabitants have also voted that a certain party called the church of England, (which had no existence in sd town when sdlands was granted to the use of the ministry therein,) shall have their equal proportion of s^ moneys, all which votes are an affringement on the property of the first society of sd "Waterbury and contrary to the laws of this Colony Therefore we the sub- scribers, society's committee in sd first society, do enter this our protest moi-e es- pecially against the last of the above sd votes made this day, as it is also against law and equity and the most important rites and interest of this society and against the common sence and practice of mankind, and request the same may be recorded in the office of the town clerk in sd AVaterbury. Dated March 12, ITTO. (Signed) Andrew Bronson, Joseph Hopkins, Ashbel Porter, Dan. Welton, Ezra Bronson, society's committee of the first society of Waterbury. In the spring of the following year, (1771,) the iirst society, by its agents, Joseph Hopkins and Ezra Bronson, petitioned the Assembly for relief. They said that all the ministerial lands had been sold, except the little pasture, for £303, 14s. 6d. — that the interest had been divided among the several par- HISTORY or WATEKBrKY. 233 islies till March, 1770, when a dissatisfied party of "West- biiry, long discontented because they had not a share of the moneys derived from the sale of the western lands, (with the aid of certain Church-of-England-men,) assembled and passed the obnoxious vote. In August past, (the memorial continued,) Capt. Samuel Hickox and Abraham Andrews, a commit- tee of Westbury, Jotham Curtis, a committee of Northbury, and Capt. Edward Scovill and Capt. Abraham Hickox of Waterbury, " for the professors of the Church of England," " met at the town clerk's office and carried ofi" about three quar- ters of the whole interest of said ministerial money," tfec. The petition, which prayed that the money might be return- ed, or an order passed concerning the disposal of it, was denied. But soon the Revolutionary war broke out. The Church-of- England-men sjanpathized with the mother country, and the vote which gave them a share of the ministerial money, was found in town meeting to be " a very jumbled, unin- telligible one, and as understood by some, illegal and un- just, and inconsistent with the design of the donors of said lands." The obnoxious vote, therefore, so far as it related to the Church of England, was " declared to be entirely vacated and of no effect." The other parts of the vote were to " stand." There was, perhaps, some informality respecting the meet- ing which passed this repealing vote, or in its action in refer- ence to the same ; for at a meeting held March, 1780, the vote was again passed, and j)ut upon record. When it was proposed that Westbury and Northbury should be'set off as a distinct town, and the consent of Waterbury was asked, it was given on condition that the new town should re- linquish all claim to the ministerial and school moneys. The act of incorporation said nothing about these moneys, and the question was left to be adjusted by the parties interested. In Dec. 1786, the town of Waterbury appointed Capt. Gideon Hotchkiss, Joseph Hopkins, Esq. and Mr. Daniel Byington a committee to settle "these matters" with WatertoM'n. In December, 1787, another committee was chosen, consisting of Joseph Hopkins, Esq., Capt. Isaac Bronson, Mr. Josiah Bronson, John Welton, Ezra Bronson and Samuel Lewis, Esquires, to meet a committee of Watertown to settle the " con- 234 niSTOKT OF wateebury. troversy," witli full power " to relincpisli siicli part of oiir claim to said property as they sliall judge prudent,"or to agree to leave the question to referees, or arbitrators. In April following, the committee reported that they could not agree, eacli party thinking right was on its side. In De- cember, 1788, a vote was taken and passed to choose a commit- tee " to negotiate the matter with Watertown," and to settle it in such manner as they might think prudent, lyrovided they could obtain favorable terms, &c. When Farmingbury came to apply for town privileges, in 1787 and subsequently, the people of the old town took the same position as they did in the case of Westbury and North- bury, and w^ere met by the same opposition. In October, 1793, pending an application to the General As- sembly for an act of incorporation, the town voted that if the society of Farmingbury would within eight days give the old town " a legal acquittance of all their right in the public min- isterial and school moneys and other property," &c., then the town would not appear against the memorial of Farmingbury. CHAP TEE XA". SCHOOLS. Connecticut has been long distinguished for its common schools. The Code of Laws established by the General Court in 1650 recognized their importance. It being one chiefc project of that old deluder Sathan [says this Code] to keepe men from a knowledge of the scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an un- knowne tongue, so in the latter times by perswading them from the use of Tongues, so that at least the true sence and meaning of the originall might bee clouded with false glosses of saint seeming deceiuers ; and that learning may not bee buried in the graue of o"' Forefathers, in Church and Common wealth, the Lord assisting our endeauors — It is there fore ordered by this Courte that euery Town- shipp [&c.]— [Trumbull's Col. Records, Vol. I, p. 554.] HISTORY OF AVATEKBURY. 235 The grand committee, when they reserved the three " great lots," doubtless had reference to tlie interests of education. I do not tind, ho-svever, the school lot particularly mentioned in any of their proceedings. It would seem that the proprietors ■were allowed some discretion in the disposition of at least two of the lots in question. When Mr. Peck came to be settled, as an inducement, one of the £150 i:>roprieties was divided, equally, I suppose, (in 1790,) between Jeremiah Peck, Jr., and " the school."* In doing tliis, the proprietors doubtless thought they were securing the " public and pious " ends con- templated by the committee. - There is nothing to show when schools were first set up in AYaterbury. A statute, however, required " that every Town having a less number of Householders than seventy shall Yearl}^ from Year to Year be provided of a sufficient school- master, to teach Children and Youth to Write and Read for one half of the year," and " that each Town shall annually pay Forty Shillings for every Thousand Pounds in their respec- tive Country Lists, towards the Maintenance of the School Master in tlie Town," &c. The earliest town record, on the subject of schools, bears the date of 1698. Here it is : Decembr: 19d 1698 y« town granted 3iis with )« last yeirs rent of y« scooU land for y'' incuragment of a scoU for four moneths or longer if it can be obtayued and deacen Thomas Judd Ensign Standly & John hopkins was chosen a committy to cndeuiour to procure one to keep scool to teach in righting as well as reading [The first volume of the record of town meetings commences with the date of the above entry, and with page 98th, the paging being continued, probably, from some former book. Whether any separate record of the proper business of town meetings was made previous to this time is not quite certain.] The extracts below show what was done by the town, from year to year, on this subject : December: 18d: 1699 y^ town granted 30 shiling and y^ scoal money for y* incuragment of a scoal for three moneths John hopkins benjamin barns and Stephen uljson was chosen a commity to hyre a scoal master for three moneths if they can Decembr: 21: 1702: benjamin barns senor and Stephen ubson senr was chosen a committy to hyr a scoolmaster for to keep scoal for thre moneths Att ye same meeting John Richards and John judd was chosen a committy to * This appears, not from record, but from a petition to the General Assembly, April, 1771, signed by the society's committee, in reference to the ministerial moneys. In the earlier divisions of fence, the three reserved proprieties were entered as " great lots." 236 HISTOET OF WATEKBUKT. hire a scoal dame for to keep scoal in y« sumer and for y' end tomake use of what money shall be left y' is due to y^ scool for y^ scoll land after y^ scool maste:" is payd [Dec. 5, 1704] serg. Isaac brunson and benjamin berns senr was chosen scool coni~ity to hire a scoolmaster to instruct in wrighting and reeding as long as they can and to haue what y^ country i.a lows for y' end and to hire a scoal dame to teach scool in y^ sumer and for y' scool to let ye scoll land at sum publick meeting to be improued for y^ sumer scool [&c.] [Dec. 9, 1*706] docf porter and iohn Richards was chosen scool com~t to hire a scool master for three moneths and a scoal dame for y^ sum— r as fare as y® scool money will go [Dec. 8, 1707] Stephen upson sen and John scouill and John Richason wer chosn comiti to se after the bulding a scool hous which the town by uoat pased to be bult and the sd hous is to be bult fourteen foot wide and sixteeen in length Desember 28 1709 [the same persons] ware chosen a commity to cary on the work of bulding a scoull hous in said town Fabry 20 1709-10 Thomas hickox was chosen a comity with dauid scott and Richard porter formerly chosen for this year for to hire a scool master to tech scoull and a dam if need be October ye 18 1720 it was agreed by uote that thay would haue a rate of twelue pound for the riging up the scoll hous and other charge in the town so far as it will go Thare was chosan for comety to see that the scol hous be dun and repared dauid Scott ser thomas brunson and Stephen hopkins 10 December 1723. It was Acted that the School Committe Shall yearly De- mand the Country money [the money required to be raised by the colony law ?] And the Money that the School Land was Let for and pay the School And yearly Give an Account at our great town Meeting of their Receivings and Disbursements and their account Shall be Recorded. The School Committe for 1723 which was Thomas Hikcox and Thomas Broun- son laid y"" accounts before the town that their Receivings were 6 — 9 — and their Disbursements to the school 6 — 9 — and that there was coming to the town 25 shillings in Doc. Worners hand and seven and six pence in Richard weltons hand for school land let to them. These votes and memoranda of tlie town clerk prove the earnest endeavors of the early people of Waterbmy, in a time of great embarrassment, to provide the means of an elementary education for the young. Though they appeared not to do as much, in every case, as the statute required, they doubtless did all that their circumstances permitted. It is impossible to ascertain who were the early schoolmas- ters and " school dames " of AVaterbury. There is reason, however, to believe that Thomas Judd, Jr., taught a school before he removed to Farmington, (early in 1709,) as has al- ready been suggested ? more than forty years after "Waterbury was settled, tliere seems to have been no school in the town except at the center, HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 237 and no school house except the small one sixteen feet bj four- teen, first occupied, probably, in 1710. There a school was taught by a schoolmaster for three or four months during the cold season of each 3- ear, and by a " school dame," " if need be," and one was to be liad, in the summer. Thus our fathers got the little schooling they possessed. Thus are accounted for their literary infirmities. They were rough farmers living in a rough country and in a rough age. They were skillful in chopping, grubbing, hoeing and " moin," but had little leisure or taste for letters. They had not, for a long time, what may be called an educated man among them, except their minis- ters. They furnished no graduate of college for the first forty years, and no graduate settled in the town for the first sixty- three years. After the population of the town had extended from the cen- ter in difterent directions, each neighborhood that would keep u]) a school,''and had a sufficient number of scholars, was allow- ed a proportion of the school money. The first notice of these outside schools is in 1730 : [Dec. 14, 1730] It was Agreed by Vote that at Judds Meadow According to their families they Shall have their School Money According to their list — And Woster Swamp and Bucks Hill Shall have the same privillidge provided Each party Keep and Maintain A school according to the Intent of the Law In that Ca^e. [Then follow lists of liimilies at these several places. It will be noticed that Isaac Bronson is]placed with the Judd's Meadow people.] Families at Judd's Meadow : — Serg. Joseph Lewis, Saml. Scott, John Andruss, Jos. Lewis, Jr., Edmund Scott, Jr., John Barnes, Saml. Barnes, John Johnson, James Brown, Ebenezer Hickox, Saml. Warnei', Sen., Saml. Warner, Jr., Isaac Bronson. At Woster Swamp : — Jonathan Scott, Sen., Jonathan Scott, Jr., Ger- shom Scott, David Scott, Samuel Thomas, Ebenezer Warner, Ebenezer Kichason, Doct. John Warner, Geo. Welton, Jas. Williams, Jos. Nichols, Jona. Kelsey, Abra- ham Utter, John Sutliff", Isaac Castle, Jos. Hurlbut, Henry Cook. At Bucks- hill : — Serg. Richard Welton, Richard Welton, Jr., Benj. Worner, John Worner, Obadiah Worner, Joseph Judd, Wm. Scott. Dec. 10, 1734 Voted that A School be keep by A School Master the Whole year Following As the Law Directs beginning In January Xext and to Be Keep Seven Months In the Town spot And Nine Weeks In the North west farms [Wooster Swamp] And Seven Weeks in the South farms [Judd's Meadow] provi- ded that there be not less than Seven Scholers In the School And If they fail In Any part of the Town the Money to Go to those parts of the Town that Maintain the School With Scholars. In 1717, an amended school law was passed, requiring each r^dO niSTOKY OF WATEEBUEY. town in the Colony having seventy families to maintain a school at least eleven months in a year. The above vote is the first indication that the families in Waterbnry had reached that nnmber, bringing them within the ]3rovisions of the law. Decern"' 12''^ 1*787 It was voted that [the School for the year ensiung shall be keept twenty one weeks in the town spott and twelve weeks at "Woster Society and six weeks up the river and six weeks att Judd's Meadow and also three weeks att Bucks Hill on such Conditions that said schools shall maintain seven Scholers at each School. It seems- intended in this vote to proportion the nnmber of weeks which the school was to be maintained, in these several places, to the number of scholars to be accommodated in each. The ^ame schoolmastjuuisually taug ht all th e schools, going Irom place _ to, place. After a new meeting house had been erected, it was ascer- tained that the old school house was not in keeping with the other improvements on the green. A-Jnovement was made in Feb. 1730-31, designed to £jacjiiie._a_new school house of increased dimensions and improved style. But the j)ro- ject was promj^tly voted down in town meeting. The people were not disposed to enter into new en t.erprises._ involving ex- pense. In December following, however, they changed their mind^, " and voted to build a school house of twenty foot square on the meeting house green." They changed agaiii on the twelfth of December, 1732, and "concluded that' they would not build a school house." At the same time they "al- lowed the charge of five pounds 9 shillings and sixpence, for geting and drawing timber for the school house, the timber to be the towns." We hear nothing more of the enterprise till December, 1743, Avhen the town " granted liberty to set a school house where the old house stood." Each school dis- trict or societ}Mjuilt.ttsjiB'XL house. In December, 1738, a vote was passed to divide the school moneys among the difierent societies " according to their lists of estate." In December, 1749, the first society of Waterbury was divided into four districts for school purposes, to wit. Town Plot, (town center,) Buclvshill, Jud d's Me adow and t Breakneck, each (provided fifteen scholars were furnished) to have its proportion of schooling and school money. HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 239 The school hinds which came from the half of the £150 propriety were at first rented. The rents were considered as at the disj)osal of the town. They were appropriated, for a time, to various public objects, besides the maintenance of schools, without apparently any show of right. I observe, however, no instance of such misappropriation after 1714. The renting of the school lands, the repair of the fences, and the care of them generally, occasioned much trouble and some loss. A committee was therefore appointed, in 1734, to devise a plan for the legal and proper disposal of these lands. They reported Dec. lOtli, and recommended That a Committee be appointed to make Sale of All the School Land and pro- priety belonging to the Same And that sd Committee make Sale of all the Meadow Lotts to the Highest Bider att Some public time and that sd Committee be Impow- cred to Give Deeds to Such persons as Shall Give most for sd Lotts and out Lands which Deeds Shall be held Good to the Grantee for the term of Nine Hundred Ninety Nine years and that the buyer Shall pay the Money Down or mortgage Lands for the Security of the principle and Give bonds yearly for the Interest of such Sums as he Shall Give for Such perticular Lands as he Shall So buy and that the sd Committee Shall Have A Seasonable time to [dispose of] the propriety and the Lands that are to be Laid out on Sd Eight and it is to be understood that the out Lands Is not to be Sold att a vandue but to be Sold to the best Chap that Said Committee Can find and that the uses of the money which the Above Sd Lands Shall Fetch Shall be Converted to the use of the School in Sd Town for the Said Term of Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine years. [Signed] Joseph Lewis, William Judd, Sam' ' Hikcox, Committee. The Above "Written Bill was past into a Tote. The sales commenced almost immediately. John Bronson, Jr., bought the school and in Bucks Meadow for 40s. and one penny per acre. Tliree and a lialf acres at Long Meadow- brought £14, 13s., Xathan Beard being the purchaser. Many parcels of divided lands not taken up were sold, at difterent times, for ten shillings an acre. The money obtained from the sale of these lands was to be managed by the school commit- tee, who were to put it out at interest, " taking mortgage se- curity from time to time." Dec. 11, 1738, a vote was passed to associate " the town clerk for the time being " with tlie committee in the management of these moneys. At the same time the town by vote directed that the receipts from the fund should be distributed annuall}^ among the different societies, accordino: to their several lists of estate. 240 IIISTOKY OF WATEEEUET. In settling the claims of the Hartford and Windsor proprie- tors to the lands in Litchfield County, the Colony obtained tlie quiet possession of seven townships in the western part of the County — Norfolk, Goshen, Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, Salis- bury and Sharon. By the act of 1733, the lands in these town- ships were to be sold and the money distributed for the sup- port of the schools in the Colony : Viz, those schools that ought to be kept in those towns that are now settled, and that did make and compute lists of their polls and ratable estate in the year last past, and such towns shall receive said money, every town according to the proportion of said Hst, and each parish to receive in proportion according to their own list given in as aforesaid the last year ; all which money shall be let out, and the interest thereof improved for the support of the respective schools aforesaid forever, and to no other use. [Old Statutes.] The money received by Waterbury from the sale of' these " Western lands," so called, remained, after Westbury and Northbury were set off, in the hands of the old society. The latter claimed, with some plausibility, that the new parishes were not entitled to any part of it, and declined to pay over any portion. The other parties contended for a share, the proportion to be determined by lists of estate. The contro- versy w^axed warm, and the town meetings w^ere agitated by it. In December, 1741, There having been considerable discourse about the money coming to the town for which the western lands was sold and granted for the use of the school, and not agreeing in what method it should be disposed of, [the town] did by vote agree that they would refer it to some indifferent gentlemen to be decided by them where the said money shall be disposed for the use above said, whether it belongs to the first parish, or should be divided among the several parishes, ac- cording to what their lists show in 1732. The " indifferent gentlemen" (who were named by vote) were Col. James Wadsworth and Col. Benjamin Hall. A com- mittee w\as appointed to wait on them, consisting of Capt. Hopkins and Scrg. Thomas Porter, (of the old society,) Capt. Hickox, (of Westbury,) and Dea. Blakeslee, (of Nortli- bury.) This plan of settling the difficulty, it is presumed, was not satisfactory to the discontented ]iarishes ; for, it will be observed, their lists were, in 1732, comparatively small. r-^ n^A^/n/L J. Jfelly I'rinttr- . HISTORY OF WATERBUET. 241 Nor is it probable that such a settlement, though mutually agreed on, would have been final. In ]751, the outside societies, now comprehending West- bury, Northbury and the part of Oxford belonging to Water- bury, secured by some means a majority of votes, in town meeting, and in December of that year, the following vote was passed : It was voted that all the monies giuen to the sd town for the use of the school in said town that said town drew by their list in 173'2, upon account of the sale of the new townships, or western lands, shall, for the future, be divided by the annu- al list of each parish, for the use of [the] school in each parish — and that A, B and C be a committee to take care of said monies, and see that the same be made use of according to the law in that case made and provided. And if either of said parishes shall neglect to keep a school according to law, then said committee shall have full power to divide the said monies to and between those parishes that shall keep their school as aforesaid, according to law ; that is to say by their respective lists as aforesaid. The committee afterwards named to stand in the jdace of A., B. and C. were Capt. Samuel llickox, Daniel Potter and Joseph Bronson. At the same time, certain individuals belong- ing to the tirst society, to wit, Dea. Thomas Clark, Doct. Ben- jamin Warner, Isaac Bronson, Eobert Johnson, James Nichols, Lieut. John Scovill, Samuel Scott, James Porter, Thomas Bron- son, Jr. and Lieut. Thomas Porter, protested against the vote, and desired that their protest might be entered on the records. --. But it was necessary that the town's committee should first | get control of the money in dispute which was now in the / possession of the school couimittee of the first society/ A vote was therefore passed, which is as follo"\\^r Whereas the first society in sd town have by thoir committee taken all the monies and bonds that was given to sd town for the use of a school in sd town as aforesaid into their possession, and used the same i'or the school of said society only, for some years past — It is therefore at this same meeting voted that A, B and C be a committee in the behalf of said town to make a lawful demand of sd monies and bonds of the said school committees of the said first society, and upon receiving of the same, they, the said A, B & C, are hereby impowered to change the same when they become changeable by taking said bonds and notes unto themselves and successors, as a committee for said town for the time being, and for want of said committee, to the select men of said town for the time being, so as said monies may be disposed of for the use of the school[s] of said town as afore- said, and in no other way. 16 2-i2 HISTOKY OF WATEEBUEY. X The subject, however, does not appear to have been final!}' / disposed of by the preceding action, and in March, 1770, it was again bronght before a town meeting. A vote was passed \ dechiring that thence forward the moneys derived from the sale \ of the western lands should be forever divided among the several I societies and parts of societies of the town, whether then in ex- i istence or which might be bronght into existence, according to 1 J:hej rsevcral " claims." This vote gave, of course, great dissatisfaction to the first society, and the school committee solemnly protested against it, as follows : Whereas the Hon. General Assembly [&c.] granted certain moneys [&c.] to the first society in Waterbury for the use of the schools in said first society forever* -^— And whereas the inhabitants, [&c.] convened in town meeting, have voted [&c.] contrary to the laws of the colony — Therefore, we the subscribers, school committee in sd first society, do enter this our protest against sdvote as being unlawful, inequitable and injurious to posterity — and request that the same may be recorded. — Dated this 12th day of March A. D. 1*770. [Signed] Jonathan Baldwin, Isaac Bronson, Jr., Ezra Bronson, Keuben Blakes- lee, committee of the first society of Waterbury. Also Mr. Isaac Bronson protested against the sd vote and desired the same might be recorded. When the new societies came to be made independent towns, the disputes concerning the school and ministerial moneys 'were renewed, the old town setting up an exclusive claim. Controversy, law-suits, derangements of the currency , and bad management finally settled all questions by dissipating 1 all the moneys. * This, it will be noticed, is not the language of the law that made the grant. HISTORY OF "WATERBURY. 243 CHAPTER XVL POPULATIOX INCREASES : BDIIGEATIOX. Previous to 1710, but a single addition liad been made to tlie j)opnlation of Waterbuiy from foreign sources — that of Joseph Lewis. AboutlTlO, or soon after, Thomas Clar k jo in- ed the settlement. In 1711, Zachariah Baldwin from Milfoi-d, made hTs^appearance, and was accepted as a £40 proprietor. In about two years, however, his courage had all oozed out. lie sold everything, including " building and other timber," and slipped away quietly. With these three exceptions, there were no accessions of settlers, or intended settlers, from other towns, till after 1720. The peace of 1713, however, had brought comparative quietness and security, and was followed by brighter pros]>ects^\ Removals became less frequent. The young men who had given so much trouble were with less difficulty constrained to settle around the family homestead. Some of those who had quit in the darker days of the settle- ment, returned. Such was the fact with Dr. Ephraim Warner, William Judd, Moses Bronson, Dr. John Warner and a few others. There was a moderate accession to the population from natural increase. !^-evio us to_ rr20^nuch the greatest proportion of the inhabitants lived in or near the town center. A few families, considerably less than a dozen in all, probabl}^, had settled at Buckshill, Judd's Meadow and Breakneck. The remainder of the town was^jtill a wilderness. From 1690 to 1713, the taxable list in thejown varied from £1,554 in 1694 to £2,415 in 1712. In 1713 it was £2,154 and in 1720 £2,757. Probably the population had not increased in proportion, at the last date. The first new name that appears on the town records, after 1720, was that of Gershom Fulford, son of Abraham, of Woodbury. He was admitted an inhabitant, Feb. 28, 1721-2, and received ^ grant of " eight acres of land in the seques- tered land," He entered into covenant with the town, as follows : 244 HISTORY OF WATERBIJRY. We the subscribers do covenant to and with Gershom Fulford that if the abore sd Fulford do come and cohabit in the above said town as our blacksmith and prac- tice his trade among us for the term of seven years next after the date above said and perform articles as our bachelors have done, that then the land given by sub- scription and by vote to be his own and his heirs forever — And if the sd Fulford do fail of this obligation, then the land given to him by subscription to return to the subscribers — We say this land to be taken up in the undivided land. Daniel Porter, ) ^ , t^ ir i Samuel Hickox. r'^^-^^^^"^^"!^"^-'^- Fulford succeeded Dea. Judd, (now somewhat advanced in life,) and was the second blacksmith of the town. In process of time, he was rais^ed to the dignity of town brander. He had a large family and died in AVatertown in 1790, aged 90. James Brown was one of the patentees named in the town ' j^ateivUjf 1720 ; but he was not then a resident of the place. He was, however, "of Waterbury" in Sept. 1722, and was, so ^j^r as can be ascertained, the fourth addition tojhe permanent popiilationjjf Jthe_fown,~Ti'^^ ontsMe^gnrces^after 1700. He wasthe second individual (Fulford being the tirst)1rQm^al]iroad not^ proprietor by grant, who becaine-a settler. His wife was Elizabeth Kirby, by whom he had eight children born in New Haven and two born in Waterbury. He settled on the 'New Haven road east of Judd's Meadow and was licensed by the County Court as a tavern keeper ; but soldout inl737to Josiali Terrel of Milford, removed to Westbury, and resided on what is now known as the " Buckingham place." He is memorable as being the first Churchman of Waterbury, and was in deris- ion called Bishop Brown. His death took place in 1760, at the age of seventy-five. In 1722 he wrote by proxy. The next permanent settler of Waterbury* appears to have been Kathaniel Arnold, Sen., of Hartford. He was appointed grand juror in Dec. 1723, and at the same time received a grant from the town of ten acres of land on David's Brook, on condition that he should abide in the town four years. He married the widow (and his son Nathaniel, born in 1704, the daughter) of John Richason, deceased. He lived on the north side of West Main street, near where William R. Hitch- * Samuel Chidester (so written) appears to have settled in the south part of the town 1722, but he disappeared about 1726, after having sold land to James Brown. HISTORY OF AVATEEBUKY. 245 cock now resides. He afterwards removed to Westbury, where lie died Sept. ] 3, 1753. His son, Capt, Nathaniel Ar- nold, settled at Wooster Swamp, had a larm there, and died May 12, 1777. AVilliam Ludington, of East Hay en, and John Williams, a clothier, had grants of sequestered land about the same time as Arnold, and on similar conditions. I suppose Ludington became a resident of tlie town, and thus secured bis grant of " eight acres in the sequestered laud ;" but I baye yet discov- ered no traces of him after tlie grant, till 1738, when he, or one bearing his name, was living in ISTorthburj, (afterwards so called.) I find no proof that John AVilliams, a clothier, accepted the ofler of the town, or became an inhabitant at all. After this, it does not seem to have been necessary to en- courage immigration by land grants or other rewards. Popu- lation flowed in spontaneously and with considerable rapidity. Names yet unheard of multiply upon the records. A large proportion of tlie new comers " located " themselves in the northwest and north parts of the town, (Watertown and Plym- outh,) these sections, till now having been entirely neglected. They came from various towns in the State, Milford, New Haven, (including North Haven and West Haven,) Derby, Woodbury, Wallingford, Branford, Wethersfield, &c., but more were from Milford than from any other place. James Blakeslee (at first written Blachly) came from West Haven, (then a parish of New Haven,) in 1723.* He lived on the corner of East and North Main streets, but in 1733 sold out to Stephen Sanford of Milford, and bought of the heirs of David Scott, a house and three acres of land on the south side of '' Centre Square," next west of Dea. Clark's. Isaac Castle, Joseph Hurlbut and Samuel Thomas came from Woodbury, and settled at Wooster Swamp in 1725. Jonathan Prindle, '• son of Eleazer of Milford, "f settled in the same neighbor- hood in 1727. Nathan Prindle, from Newton, a clothier, * This date and those which follow, refer to the time when the individuals named are first met with as inhabitants of Waterbury. t So says the Waterbury marriage record. Rev. A. B. Chapin, in his Sermon on the early Churchmen of Connecticut, lS39,says that Jonathan Prindle of Waterbury was of West Ha- ven. He may have been originally so. 246 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. liad a grant of two acres of land np Great Brook, in Jan. 1Y27-S, provided lie would build a fulling mill in fonr years. He was a resident of the town at that date. He sold out his house and mill in 1737, to [Nathaniel Arnold. Jonathan, Stephen and Ebenezer Kelsey were sons of Stephen Kelsey of Wethersfield and grandsons of John Bron- son 1st of Waterbmy. Jonathan came as early as 1725 ; Stephen in 1727 and Ebenezer before 1732. Jonathan moved to Bethlehem, then a part of Woodlniry, about 1735 or 1736 where he became a deacon. James Baldwin, from Xewark, K", J., settled at Judd's Meadow in 1727. He lived on Fulling Mill Brook in 1710, where he owned a grist mill, and died in Derby. John John- son of Derby settled at Judd's Meadow about the same time as Baldwin. His son Silence is first mentioned seven years later. James Johnson was in Waterbury as early as 1727. Joseph Smith of Derby came in 1727. l^athan Beard of Stratford set- tled in "Waterbury about 1728, and lived on the west side of Willow street, a few rods above Grove. Henry Cook was ad- mitted an inhabitant in Jan. 1728-9. James Williams of Hart- ford and Wallingford became a resident of the town in 1729 ; bought a house and some land in that year near the road to Scott's Mountain on Steel's Brook; built a corn mill and saw mill near where the factory of the Oakville Co. stands, the corn mill being in the boundary line which was afterwards drawn between Westbury and Waterbury. In 1739, he sold his house and half the mills to Stephen Welton, son of George. Robert Johnson, a shoemaker and tanner, came in 1729 and settled on Burnt Hill. Ephraim Bissell of Tolland first ap- peared in Jan. 1728-9, wdien he was admitted an inhabitant. John Sutliff settled in the northwest quarter near the river, in 1730. Nathaniel Merrel of Hartford became a settler in 1730. Abraham Utter came from New Haven in 1730, and Avas liv- ing near Scott's Mountain in 1735. Jonathan Garnsey of Mil- ford bought Stephen Hopkins' place, in Dec. 1729, which he exchanged with Tliomas Barnes in 1735. He finally removed to Westbury and settled in the part called Garnseytown. He became a deacon of the Westbury Church and died June 14, 1776. John Garnsey, also of Milford, came several years HISTORY OF AVATERBURY. 247 later, appearing first at Wooster and then in Nortlibury. Calelj Tlionison of 'New Haven settled in the southwest part of the town. He was admitted an inhabitant* in Dec. 1730. Ebenezer Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins and Isaac Hopkins, brothers, came from Hartford. They were nephews of John Hopkins, 1st, of Waterbnrj, and sons probably of Ebenezer. They all settled in Waterbnry about 1730. Isaac died in Wol- cott in 1805, aged 96. Joseph Nichols had lived on Long Island, but came to Waterbury from Derby. He settled at Wooster as early as 1730, and died 1733. Samuel Towner, Dea. Samuel Brown and Elnatlian Taylor (the last from North Haven) settled in the northwest quarter about 1731. James Hull and John Alcock from New Haven, Ebenezer Blakeslee of North Haven, and Joseph Gillet were admitted inhabitants in Dec. 1731. Thomas Blakeslee of New Haven settled in the northwest quarter, near the river, with a family, in 1731 or 1732. Moses and Jacob Blakeslee appeared several years later. Ebenezer Elwell of Branford settled in Northbury about 1732 and died in 1757. Joseph Lathrop of Norwich settled in West- bury (?) about 1732, had five children born in Waterbury, and returned to Norwich after 1745. Jonathan Baldwin came from Milford in 1733. He and his son Jonathan were both leading men of our town. James Prichard from Milford settled in Waterbury in 1733, and died in 1749. Daniel Curtis from Wallingford came to Waterbury about 1733 and settled in Northbury. Samuel, James, Ebenezer and Jesse Curtis ap- peared at later dates. Nathaniel Gunn of Derby settled in the southwest quarter (Guntown) in 1734, and had ten chil- dren, seven of them born in Waterbury. At still later periods came the Foots from Branford ; the Woosters and Weeds from Derby; the Fords, Hotchkisses, Frosts, Royces, and later Cooks, from Wallingford ; the Todds, Ilumastons, Tuttles and Potters, from North Haven ; the Reynoldses from Coventry ; the Roots from Farmington ; the Camps and Fenns from Milford. * There was a law of the Colony made for the purpose of protecting the people against " persons of an ungoverned conversation," who might prove "vicious, chargeable and burthen- some to tlie places where they come," requiring that all persons before they could become in- habitants should be accepted by a major vote of the town. A few only of those admitted in Wa- terbury are recorded. I 248 HISTOEY OF WATERBUKY. By means of additions from without and the natural increase from within, the population of Waterbnry rapidly augmented after about 1724. According to my estimate, there were, in 1727, over three hundred souls ; in 1734, nearly five hundred ; in 1737, about nine hundred, and in 1749, about fifteen hun- dred. The first enumeration was in 1756, when tliere were 1,829; the next in 1774, when there were 3,536. There is in the old town book a list of the freemen of Wa- terbnry, which, to those not familiar with the names, is of but little value, owing to the omission of dates. The qualifica- tions of a freeman were " a quiet and peaceable behaviour and civil conversation," twenty-one years of age, and a freehold estate of the value of forty shillings per annum, or forty pounds personal estate. The list referred to is, in its com- mencement, in the handwriting of Thomas Judd, Jr. His catalogue contains twenty-seven names, and bears internal ev- idence of having been made out between 1698 and 1702. The persons named may be regarded as the freemen of AYaterbury between those dates and afterwards. Whenever a person died or removed from the town, his name was crossed with a pen. To this list of twenty-seven freemen, were added by the hand of Dea. Thomas Judd the names of seven persons, made freemen doubtless while he was town clerk, from 1709 to 1712. Then six names are scrawled by John Judd when he was reg- ister, between Dec. 1713 and Dec. 1717. Then William Judd's record commences. He held ofiice four years and du- ring the time, (no date being given,) made up a new roll. Four only of the names which are entered by him are new. I give below the lists of the four successive clerks, omitting from the last, or William Judd's catalogue, all except the four new names : Ensign Timothy Stanley, John Welton, Sen., Dea. Thomas Judd, Thomas Judd, Jr., Benjamin Barnes, Serg. Isaac Bronson, Joseph Gaylord, Sen., Abraham An- druss, Sen., John Hopkins, Stephen Upson, Edmund Scott, John Scovill, John Richards, Isaac Bronson, Jr., David Scott, John Judd, John Bronson, Samuel Hickox, George Scott, Thomas Richason, John Richason, Ephraim Warner, Jo- seph Gaylord, Jr., Samuel Stanley, Stephen Welton, John Warner, Sen., Obadiah Richards. Wilham Hickox, Joseph Lewis, Daniel Warner, Jonathan Scott, Richard Welton, Thomas Richards, Daniel Porter, Jr. Thomas Clark, Thomas Hickox, Thomas Barnes, Jeremiah Peck, Stephen Up- HISTORY OF WATERBURT. 249 son, Jr., "William Judd, Sen., [son of Philip, sometimes called " William Judd, tailor."] William Judd, [the clerk,] Thomas Bronson, Stephen Hopkins, Ebenezer Bronson. [Mr. Southma^vd was chosen register in Dec. 1721, and he seems to have added, from time to time, (without date again,) the names of other freemen as they were admitted.] Obadiah Scott, Timothy Hopkins, Benjamin Warner, George Welton, Nathaniel Arnold, John Southmayd, Samuel Porter, Samuel Hickox, Ebenezer Hickox, Samuel Barnes, Thomas Richards, Jr., John Scorill, Joseph Smith, Thomas Andruss, Thomas Upson, John Upson, Jonathan Prindle, Thomas Hickox, John Barnes, Ebenezer Richason, William Scott, Samuel Scott, Jr., James Porter, Thomas Porter, Richard Welton, Jr., Obadiah Warner, Doct. John Warner, John Judd, John Bronson, Joseph Prime, Nathaniel Arnold, Jr., Henry Cook, John Andruss, William Scovill, James Baldwin, John Warner, son of Ephraim, David Scott, Joseph Judd, James Blakeslee, Stephen Kelsey, Daniel Porter, Gershom Scott, Gershom Fulford, James Johnson, Edmund Scott, son of George, Stephen Hopkins, Jonathan Garnsey, James Hull, Elienezer Warner, Daniel Williams, Moses Bronson, Samuel Thomas, Thomas Judd, Jr., Samuel Camp, Jonathan Kelsey, Jonathan Scott, Jr., Samuel Scott, Sen., Obadiah Richards, Joseph Lewis, Jr., James Williams, James Prichard, Daniel How, Joseph Judd, Isaac Hopkins, Samuel Warner, son of Daniel, Stephen Welton, Samuel Judd, Joseph Hurlbut, Eleazer Scott, Ebenezer Warner, son of Ephraim, Jonathan Scott, son of Ed- mund, John Alcock, Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Porter, Nathan Beard, Caleb Thompson, Obadiah Scott, son of David, Isaac Bronson, Jr., Edward Scovill, Stephen Scott, Joseph Weed, James Nichols, Thomas Bronson, Jr., Thomas Mat- thews, Mr. Mark Leavenworth, Mr. John Trumbull, Jonas Weed, John Southmayd, Jr., Caleb Clark, Edmund Thompkins, Jonathan Foot, Timothy Judd, Stephen Judd, Ebenezer Wakhn, Ebenezer Richards, George Nichols, Benjamin Bronson, Gideon Hotchkiss, Jacob Blakeslee, Robert Johnson, Stephen Welton, Jr., Joshua Porter, John Richason, Samuel Hickox, William Adams, Peter Welton, Silas Johnson, Josiah Bronson, Nathan Prindle, Abijah Richards, Zebulon Scott, Abra- ham Warner, Mr. Samuel Todd, Daniel Southmayd, Thomas Lewis, John Garnsey, John Warner, Jr., Ebenezer Porter, Samuel Reynolds, Abel Sutliflf, John Weed, Samuel Lewis, Nathan Hubbard, Richard Seymour, James Bellamy, Ebenezer Baldwin, Ebenezer Trumbull, Caleb Humaston, Andrew Weed, Abel Doolittle, Roger Prichard, Jr., Abraham Andruss, Josiah Warner. [At this point Mr. Southmayd commences by giving dates, thus :] Freemen made April 11, 1748 — Andrew Bronson, Moses Terrell, Joseph Osborn, Benja- min Matthews, Jonathan Cook, Samuel Root, John Rew, Thomas Doolittle, Ste- phen Matthews, Samuel Darwin. April 10, 1749, James Prichard, Jr., David Humaston, Abel Camp, Joseph Upson, Elam Brown, Daniel Potter, Enoch Scott, Moses Cook, William Hickox, Abraham Hickox, Thomas Upson, Joseph Brown, Asahel Castle, Thomas Cole, Thomas Richards, Jr.,Elnathan Judd, Stephen Upson, Jr., Moses Blakeslee, 3d, John Blakeslee. April 8, 1751, Solomon Moss, Samuel Porter. Sept. 17, 1751, John Brown, Joseph Sutliif, Isaac Judd, Bartholomew Ja- cobs, Aaron Harrison, Zachariah Sanford. April 13, 1752, Eliakim Welton, Thomas Welton, Jr., Ebenezer Ford, Reuben Blakeslee. 250 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. CHAPTER XYII. THE SETTLEMENT EXTENDS: NEW SOCIETIES. Before 1700, all the people of Waterbniy lived in tlie town c enter or its immedia te neighborliood. The house most dis- tant from the meeting house was, I believe, Daniel Warner's, (supposed to have been built before 1~00,) situated on the north side of the Farmington road, a little east of the dwelling- marked on the map J. H. Sandland. Soon after the above date, the thoughts of the planters were turned to the more dis- tant jDarts of the town. The first permanent settlement beyond the neighborhood of the old village appears to have been made at Judd's Meadow.* The lands here were taken up and improved earlier than any other which Avere so far removed from the town center. The first settlers were Samuel Hickox, Daniel Warner and Joseph Lewis. Hickox "located" himself on Fulling Mill Brookj where he had already built a house, Dec. 21, 1702. Here about 1709 he erected a fulling mill, which gave its name to the stream. His sons, Ebenezer and Gideon, settled in the same neighborhood. Daniel Warner is believed to have removed to Judd's Meadow a little later than Hickox, say about 1705. In that year he sold his house east of the village. He took up his residence near Hickox, on the brook, which was some- times called Daniel Warner's Brook. His house is alluded to Aug. 1708. His sons, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Abraham, re- mained in the south part of the town. Joseph Lewis settled on the west side of the river below the present bridge, and owned much land there which extended fer to the south. There are no facts which show the exact time of his settlement. * This name is first used in tlie Indian deed of lCSl-5. It came, doubtless, from Lieut. Tliomas Judd, who owned lands there at a very early date. It was first applied to the meadows upon the river, but afterwasds, the whole southern section of the town was thus designated. HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. 251 It may liave been soon after his marriage in 1703, and may have been not till several years later. Those who next established themselves at Judd's Meadow, (all I believe after 1714,) were John Barnes, Thomas Richards, Obadiah Scott, Samuel Warner, Ebenezer Richason, James Brown of West Haven, Samnel Barnes, John Andrnss, Samuel and Edmund Scott, sons of Edmund, Stephen Hopkins and Thomas Matthews. Several came over the line from Derby, and settled near the southwest Ijounds — the Johnsons, the Gunns and the Weeds. Buckshill was first settled about 1703, by John Warner, (af- terwards of Westbury,) Joseph Gaylord, Jr. and John Gay- lord. The Gaylords soon removed. In 1708, Richard Wel- ton bought the house of Joseph Gaylord, Jr., and became a permanent settler. He lived next to John Warner, on the south. The latter, after several years, removed. When Dr. Ephraim Warner returned from AVoodbury, about 1715, he seems to have gone to Buckshill. Several of his sons remained there, while he, after a few years, came down to the village to live. I find, in 1729, the following persons with families liv- ing on Buckshill — Serg. Richard Welton, Richard Welton, Jr., Benjamin Warner, John Warner, (afterwards of Korthbury,) Obadiah Warner, Joseph Judd, William Scott, Obadiah Scott, Edmund Scott ? son of George, John Welton ? Bjxn ikncck Hill is S])oken of on tlic town re cords as early as IGSS. Whencecame tlie name I know noL llarberin his 11 is- twTcal Collections, and Cothren in his History of Woodbury, are mistaken in their accounts of its origin. The name first given to the hill was in a little time applied to all that part of the town in which it is situated. Isaac Bronson, Sen., owned land at Breakneck at an early period, and had built a house there before April, 1702. Joseph Gaylord and John Bronson may have lived there temporarily ; but the first permanent settler was Isaac Bronson, eldest son of Isaac. He became a resident at Breakneck Hill probably as early as 1701 or 1705, certainly before March 27, 1707, when his oldest son Isaac was born. The first house which was erected in the northwest section of the town appears to have been built near what was after- wards called " the village," about 1701, by John and Obadiah 252 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. Richards, sons of Obadiali. The Indian disturbances at that period probably prevented its permanent occupation. "Rich" ards' house " and the buiklings are occasionally referred to in the laying out and conveying of land. In April, 1701, Abra- ham Andruss sold two acres on a hill westerly from Richards's land, where their house and barn is west of Wooster Swamp." The house is again mentioned in 1709. " The village," (so called,) mentioned in the last paragraph, was a tract of land in the northwest corner of the town, bor- dering on Woodbury and Litchfield, the fertility of which had been discovered at an early period, and which at an unknown date had been sequestered to prevent its being taken up in the ordinary land divisions. In Kov. 1722, the proprietors agreed to have a division of this sequestered land. At the same time, land was reserved for roads, and provision made for a village. I copy from the record : It was agreed by vote that in dividing of the sequestered land at the North West corner there shall be three tears of Lotts, viz, a highway next Woodbury of Two Rods wide, and then half a mile wide of Land to be laid out in lotts and then a highway of eight rods to run north and south, and then another tear of half a mile wide and then a nother highway of eight rods, and then a nother tear of lotts a half a mile wide and then a highway ou the east side of eight rods, [&c.] and the Committe in laying out the lotts to leave a four or six rod highway every half mile or there abouts through the tears, no lott to be divided. Several divisions were afterwards made of the village lands, but no settlement seems to have been begun there for some time. They were regarded as so much more valuable than the other undivided lands that, in some of the divisions, one acre was to be equal to five acres, (or at a later period, to two and a half acres,) in the other parts of the town. The " vil- lage" is now called Garnseytown, from the name of its early settlers, Jonathan Garnsey and his sons and John Garnsey. No permanent settlement seems to have been made in the northwest quarter till after 1720, when the superior agricultu- ral capabilities of that section became more fully known. The first permanent settlers were, apparently, Jonathan Scott, Sen., (he who was taken captive by the Indians,) and Ebene- zer Richason, son of Thomas. Scott (and his sons) lived on Scott's Mountain, and Richason on the road leading to the Mountain and near to it and to Steel's Brook, on the southwest HISTORY OF WATERBURT. 253 side of the latter, (the old Buckingliam place ?) 1Y21 may be named as the probable date of their settlement. Richason's house is first spoken of June 22, 1721. Afterwards, (1736,) I find him with the Northbury people and soon after in the sonthwest quarter. In 1750, he lived on the Woodbury road. In 1724, or perhaps in 1723, Dr. John Warner* (afterwards deacon) took up his residence on or near Steel's Brook and the road leading to Scott's Mountain and Wooster Swamp. Isaac Castle, Samuel Thomas and Joseph Hnrlbut, all of Wood- bury, sons-in-law, the two first of John Warner, and the last of Jonathan Scott, Sen., settled at Wooster Swamp about 1725. Jonathan Kelsey made his appearance about the same time. Afterwards came George Welton, (about 1726,) David Scott and James Williams, the last from Hartford. Besides the individuals wliose names are mentioned above, there were settled at " Wooster," (as the northwest part of the town was sometimes called,) in Dec. 1730, the following per- sons, having families, to wit : Jonathan Scott, Jr., and Ger- shom Scott, sons of Jonathan, Ebenezer Warner, son of John, Joseph Nichols, Abraham Utter, John Sutlift' and Henry Cook, seventeen in all, or fifteen besides Sutlifi" and Cook, who were not finally included in the society of Westbury. The fifteen all lived in the eastern and northern j)arts of the future l^arish, particulary along Steel's Brook and at Wooster Swamp. As early as Nov. 1727, a highway had been laid out for their convenience up the brook and so to the " village," which was afterwards continued to Litchfield. Hitherto, one half the settlers had been from other towns, and nearly the same proportion was continued in the years which immediate- ly followed. After 1730, the population increased rapidly and spread in every direction. Tlie people had become so numerous in 1732, and were so incommoded in attending meeting, that they began to think of obtaining for themselves " winter privileges ;" that is, the privilege of hiring for them- * John Warner was the first physician of Westbury, Thomas Foot was the second. The last came from Branford to Westbury about 17:!6. He was the son of John and Mary Foote, and settled on the place now occupied by his descendant, Hubert Scovill. He married Elizabeth Sut- liff and died Dec. 19, 1776. Both Warner and Foot were sometimes called into the old society to prescribe, as appears from " the account book" of Dea. Clark. 254 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. selves during the winter months, at their own expense, a min- ister, and of being exempt during the time from okl parish rates. In October, 1732, they petitioned the General Court as follows : That whereas a Considerable Xumber of famiUes in the Northwest Corner of the bounds of Waterbury town, by Reason of their Great Distance from y^ meeting house which is to Seuerall Nine miles and to those that are nearest about three and Exceeding bad way and more Especally by Reason of a great Riuer which is called Waterbury Riuer which for Great part of the winter and Spring is not pass- able, are debared the hearing of the word preached to the number of aboue thirty families, having mettto Gather Sepr 1*732 and appointed in behalf of us Your me- morialists the Subscribers then and there to petition to the town of waterbury for an abatement of our parts of the ministers Rate for the space of four months. Viz. the three winter mouths of this present winter coming and the month of march next in Case we Should hire a minister on our own Charge to preach the word among us which they the Rest of s^ town Refusing we haue appointed Deacon Samuel Brown and Lieut: Samuel Ueacock our Committee to Represent and Lay our Dificult Surcumstances before this Honourable assembly and the Humble prayers of Your memorialests Saml Brown and Saml Heacock in behalf of that part of the aforesd agrieved Inhabitants being for Considerable part of the year wholy Debared hear- ing the word of God preached, is that we may have the liberty to hire a min- ister for the space of those four months before mentioned (being the most Difi- cult part of the Year) at our own Charge and that we may also have an abatement of our parts of the ministers Rate and Be Discharged from paying the minister of the town of waterbury During s^ four months as we haue aminister among us Either for this present Year or for alonger time as You in Your Great wisdom shall think best, and your memorialests shall as in Duty Bound Ever pray. Dated oct. 4th: 1732. Saml Browx. Saml Heacok. [The preceding is from the original file, on tlie back of which are the following names, thirty-two in number, in one handwriting:] Cap. Wm. Heacock, Elmr. Warner, i^aml. Towner, Dr. John Warner, Elicazar Scott, Henry Cook, Mr. John Sutley, Ebnr. Kelsey, Joseph Hurlbut, Mr. Jonathan Scott, Senr., Jon'n Prindle, Elnathan Taylor, Jonathan Scott, Junr., Nathaniel Arnold, Isaac Caswell, [Castle,] Moses Brunson, Wm. Scofield, Joseph Nicols, Ebnr. Richardson, Thomas Jud, Junr., Jonath. Kelsey, David Scott, Obadiah Scott, Jon'n Foot, John Bronson, Edwd. Scofield, Saml. Heacock, Gershom Scott, Thomas Heacok, Saml. Brown. Saml. Thomas, Saml. Jud, A committee, consisting of Mr. Joseph Lewis and Mr. Ste- phen Upson, was appointed by the town to appear before the Assembly and oppose the movement ; but tlie prayer was HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. 'ZOO granted, notwithstanding, and the privilege aHowed for four years. In the midst of the movement of population to the north- west, or March 13, 1732-3, " the centre of the society that shall there be allowed " to the extent of one mile and a half each way, making a tract of three miles square, was seques- tered by the projDrietors for the town's use. The act Avas not to j)rejudice former grants and divisions not laid out. What its object was does not appear ; but I suspect it was de- signed to retard the settlement of that quarter of the town. At a meeting held Jan. 12, 174T-8, "the p>roprietors finding a sequestration made at Westbury of three miles square," did by their vote " set aside and make void " the same. In the spring of 1733, " the northwest inhabitants " asked the General Assembly, in a memorial, to set them off as a dis- tinct society. They said that they had hired a minister — Mr. Daniel Grranger ; that they " are universally suited in him," and flatter themselves that " he is not ill pleased " with them. The town, they continued, had already " agreed that there may be a society in the northwest quarter of the bounds in a convenient time," and had chosen a committee of six to run the parish lines. The petition was not granted. Under date of March Idth, 1733-4, the town voted, accord- ing to the record, to make no opposition to the application of the northwest inhabitants to the General Assembly for a com- mittee to fix the bounds of the new society, the expense being defrayed by the latter. A few days afterwards, at another meeting, the following action was had : Voted that a Committee be Chosen by the Town to Consider y* Scircumstances of the North West part of the Town and Settle A line In order to Make A Society — And Voted that the worshipfull Joseph Whiting Sq'', Cap. Roger Nuton of Milford, Capt John Russell of Branford be a Committee to Consider the Surcum- stances of the Town as Above Sd and to Settle a line as Above Sd. "When the question of the new society came before the Le- gislatui-e in May, 1734, the town resisted the movement. They resisted it on the ground that the vote of March'14th, previ- ous, was not in fact passed. The certificate of the moderator of the meeting, Isaac Bronson, was produced, which affirmed 256 HISTORY OF WATEEBURT. that in consequence of the absence of the stated clerk, Dea. Samuel Brown was chosen scribe, who neglected to say that tlie vote placed on record was negatived. Probably there were excitement and disorder in the meeting, and it was diffi- cult to say what was, or what was not, properly done. The selectmen furthermore certified that " the meeting was called for to procure town stock [ammunition] and no other business." Consequently, it was not competent to act on the subject of the vote, that not being embraced in the calk The result of all was that there was no action on the part of the Assembly. At a town meeting in October following, the vote of March 14:th was "nul'd and made void," it being "repugnant to the common interest of the town ;" while at the same time, the meeting resolved to choose a committee among themselves to "set out" the new society, " which will be more easy and for the better contentment of the town, than to commit it to strangers." In the meantime, however, the committee se- lected in the spring had attended to their work and " set out " the parish asked for. A petition was presented to the Legisla- ture, signed by twenty-three individuals, to ratify the doings of the committee and grant society-privileges ; but the re- quest was again denied. In PiiL._1736j^the northwestern people again petitioned to be set-oiEv^as a distincF soclet}^ They used the same argu- ments they luTxPurged T)eTore, such as their distance from the meeting house and their separation from it by a river which was often impassable. They represented themselves to num- ber forty-five families. Their request was refused, but they were allowed five months' winter privileges for two years. The petitioners, however, were not discouraged. They re- newed their efforts in May, 1737, unsuccessfully. In October of tlie^same year, the town appointed Mr. Joseph Lewis and Mr. Stephen Hopkins, (the town's deputies,) their agents to answer another memorial which had been prepared. At the same time, a vote was passed expressing a willingness that a legislative committee should " come to view all the circum- stances of the town." In answer to a petition, a committee was sent by the Assembly, consisting of Capt. John Riggs, Capt, Isaac Dickerman and Mr. John Fowler. They report- FDSrS ■ 'JJSL SABTAjN. oi>iu^^<^^^ / o^^^^^^c^e^t^y HISTORY OF -WATERBURY. 257 ed, in Maj, 1738, in favor of the petitioners and recommend- ed a division line. The line commenced at the southwest cor- ner of Capt William Jndd's farm at Woodbury bounds, and ran in the south line of said farm to the southeast corner of Joseph ^Nichols' old farm, thence to [James] Williams' corn mill, [now Oakville Co.,] thence straight to Jonathan Prindle's house, thence east to Waterbury river, thence up the river to the West Branch and up the Branch to Litchfield bounds. In connection with the report, there was given a list of the heads of fiimilies included within the bounds of the proposed society, with the number of persons in each. Thirty-seven families are thus enunierated, containing two hundred and thirty persons : John Smith, 8. Moses Brunson, 11. Stephen Scott, 4. Thomas Foot, 9. Samuel Hickox, 1-2. Obadiah Scott, 4. Samuel Thomas, 8. Caleb Clarke, 9. David Scott, 5. Thomas Hickox, 5. Daniel How, 9. Nathaniel Arnold, 10. Samuel Luis, 0. John Andruss, 6. Ebenezer Warner, 5. George Wellton, 10. William Andruss, 3. James Brown, 8. Samuel Judd, 5. Jonathan Scott, 3. John Warner, 4. Gershom Scott, 6. Jonathan Scott, 7. James Williams, 7. James Smith, 2. Eleazer Scott, 3. George Nichols, 6. Thomas Richards, 9. Jonathan Foot, 5. James Belemy, 1. Ebenezer Richards, 4. Ebenezer Baldwin, 3. Richard Semer 4. William Scovill, 6. .Jonathan Prindel, 7. Jonathan Garnsey, , 10. Thomas Judd, 4. The town remonstrated against the line recommended by the committee, claiming it ran too far south, and asked the appoint- ment of anew committee. The result w^as, another committee, consisting of John Fowler of Milford, Samuel Bassett of Derby and Gideon Johnson, was appointed. They reported in Oct. 1738, and advised the same division line. The report was adopted and the society incorporated by the name of Westbury. Soon after Westbury was made a distinct society, the people belonging to it began to make arrangements to build a meet- ing house, and applied to the General Court to direct as to its location and to fix a stake. The Court sent a committee, w^ho selected a place one third of a mile southeast of the present churches, a few rods east from the Litchfield turnj^ike, where the old burying ground is. 17 258 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. Tlie place for a meeting house being determined, the West- bury people applied to the town to provide the ground and the necessary public green. Accordingly, the town directed their committee for laying out highways in the "north east [it should be nortliwest] quarter," "to widen the highway so as to accommodate said house with a suitable green, according to their discretion, and to aw"ard satisfaction to the owners of the land." This was on the 2ith day of Dec. 1739, and in February following the committee, Juhn Judd and John Sco- vill, laid out the land as follows : Beginning at the southwest corner, a heap of stones, then east ten rods to a heap of stones, then ten rods north to a heap of stones, then west eleven rods to a heap of stones, then south eighteen rods to a heap of stones where we began — butting west on land left for a highway, north on Eleazer Scott's land, south on Stephen Scott's land, east on Eleazer Scott's land, or common land as set out by us. The land included in tliese lines, amounting to nearly one acre, belonged to Eleazer Scott, and as a remuneration for the same the committee awarded him " three acres of land to lay out in the undivided land, or fifty shillings in money." At what time the meeting house was finished I am unable to say, though 1741 has been named as the year, Kev. John Trumbull was the first minister. The Litchfield County (South) Church Manual says he was settled in 1739 ; but the inscription on his monument would make the time later, which' says tliat he " died Dec. 13, 1787, in the seventy third year of his age and the forty eighth of his ministry." Rev. John Trumbull (called Trumble in the early records) was born in Suffield in 1715. The ancestor of the family came from England and settled in Ipswich in 1645. His son, John, removed to Suffield and had three sons, John, Joseph and Be- noni. The first, John, w^as the father of the Eev. John Trumbull of Westbury. The second, Joseph, settled in Leb- anon, and was the father of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. The third, Benoni, was the grandfather of Benjamin Trumbull, D. D., the historian. Mr. Trumbull graduated at Yale College in 1735 and, at length, (in 1772,) became a member of the Corporation of that institution. His attainments as a scholar were respectable. HISTORY OF -WATERBITRY. 259 Sometimes lie fitted joung men for college, as most of the ministers of tliat day did. He appears not to have been dis- tinguished as a preaclier ; but the great influence he acquired over his people was obtained by his generosity, his hospitable manners and friendly intercourse. If one of his parishioners had lost a cow or had met "with a similar calamity, he would in- terest himself in the matter, head a subscription for his relief and persuade others to sign the same. It was said of him. that if one of his people turned Episcopalian, he would buy his iarm.* He was a large landholder and, for the times, was considered wealthy. Mr. Trumbull was not tall, but a stout, athletic man. He was sound, shrewd and humorous. Horses he was fond of, and bought and sold them, frequently, with success. On this account, he was sometimes, irreverantly, called jockey Trum- bull. He loved innocent sports, and had once been a great wrestler. A story is told of him, which, though it may not be wholly true, is probably not a pure invention. At any rate, it illustrates the manners of the times. The Waterbury and Westbury people were in the habit of meeting at some half- way place, in the long autumnal evenings, to contend as wres- tlers. They met around a fire and the sport was commenced by two second-rate athletes. When one was thrown, the van- quished called in another from his own side, the object being to vanquish the victor. Thus the experts were called out in succession, and he who remained last on his legs was the bully of the night. In several contests, at the time of which I am speaking, Waterbury had proved too much for Westbury. Mr. Trumbull heard of the defeat of his boys and partook of their mortification. On occasion of the next contest, he dis- guised himself and went down unknown, except to two or three, to give " material aid," if necessary. The wrestlers were called in one after another, till Westbury was again " thrown out," the Waterbury champion having grounded the last of the rival party. At this period, when the signs of ex- ultation on one side and chagrin on the other were becoming manifest, a stranger was dragged in from the outer circle of * Dr. McEwen's Discourse at the Centennial Celebration in Litclifield, 1S52. Zt)U HISTORY OF WATERBURY. the ring, to contend for tlie Westbnry boys. The parties placed themselves in position and began by "playing ronnd," to find each other's qnalities. After a little time, the stranger, watching his opportunity, canght his antagonist's foot and threw him npon the fire. Shonts filled the air and the victor disappeared. Great was the exploit and great the mystery of the aifair ; bnt the secret finally leaked out. The story reach- ed the ears of Mr. Leavenworth, and the next time he met liis brother Trumbull, he rebuked him for his levity, and censured him, particularly, for throwing his rival upon the fire, by which his clothes and flesh were scorched. Trumbull agreed that he had been guilty of levity, but as for the scorching, he thought it his duty to give his (Mr. Leavenworth's) parishioners a fore- taste of what they might expect after sitting under his preach- ing! Mr. Trumbull was married, July 3d, 1744-, to Sarah, daugli- ter of Mr. Samuel Whitman of Farmington. Their children, which are recorded in Waterbury, were 1. Sarah ; b. June 20, 1745. 2. A son ; b. Feb. 27, 1746-7. 3. Elizabeth ; b. March 17, 1747-8. The two last died in infancy. The births of John and Lucy are not on record. His widow Sarah and son John were his executors. To his widow, he gave his " negro wench Lemmon ; to his son John of Hartford, his negro girl named Mabel, his knee-buckles, gun and powder horns ; to his daughter Sarah Perkins, wife of Dr. Caleb Per- kins of Hartford, his negro girl Peg, then in her possession ; to his daughter Lucy Langdon, wife of the Pev. Mr. Langdon • of Danbury, one negro girl, " late now in her possession." He had a large estate of both real and personal property. He is called in deeds, " clerk," that being the legal appellation of a clergyman. The house in which Mr. Trumbull lived, and in which his distinguished son was born, may still be seen, standing on the east side of the road to Waterbury, a little south of the old burying yard. His successor in the ministry was Uriel Grid- ley, (settled in 1784.) The second meeting house was built in 1772,* and placed * Richardson's Sketch. HISTORY OF WATEEBUKT. in tlie present center of the village. A third one was dedi- cated in Janiiarj^, 1840, The earlj deacons of the Westbury clnirch were John War- ner, Jonathan Garnsey, Timothy Judd, Thomas ilickox, Sam- uel ITickox, Thomas Femi, Thomas Dutton. The settlement of Xorthbnry, (afterwards so called,) was commenced a few years after that of Westbury. The first settlers came from other towns, Litchfield, Branford, "W ailing- ford, ISTew Haven, Korth Haven, &c. Several of them took up their residences adjacent to the river on the west side. At this place and also on the opposite side of the river hard by, the greatest part of the population resided for several years. The first settler, so far as my enquiries have extended, was Henry Cook of Litchfield. He came with a family about 1728, and had a ftirm on which he lived on the west bauk of the river, not far from the Litchfield boundary. He is men- tioned as of Wooster in Dec. 1730, but that name at that pe- riod was applied, apparently, to all the northwest part of the town lying west of the Naugatuck. He had several sons, three of whom, at least — Jonathan, Ebenezer and Henry, Jr. — had families and resided in Xorthbury. John Sutliff, so far as appears, was the next settler. He came from Branford about 1730, with a famil}', and built on the west side of the river. He too, at this date, is spoken of as one of the " Wooster " people. After Sutlilf, came Sam- uel Towner, Elnathan Taylor, Jonathan Foot, Ebenezer El- well, Thomas Blakeslee, Isaac Castle, (from Westbury,) Daniel Curtis, Barnabas Ford, Gideon Allen, (from Guilford,) John Humaston, (from ]!:^orth Haven,) John SutlifiF, Jr., the three first before the close of 1731 and the others before Nov. 1736. These were immigrants from other towns. The first native inhabitants of Waterbury that appeared among them were, as far as I can learn, Ebenezer Eichason, (from West- bur}',) Lieut. John Bronson, Jr. and Obadiah Warner, all in 1737. The " up river " people, few in number, living west of the river, joined themselves to the northwest inhabitants in their earliest endeavors to obtain winter privileges, in Oct. 1732, Soon, however, as population increased, they found it expedi- ent to unite with their neighbors on the other side of the river 262 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. and to act independentlj. Thus united, tliey liad become so numerous in Oct, ITS-i, that some of them — Heniy Cook, Ehe- nezer Elwell and Samu.el Towner — on the ground of their liv- ing so far from the meeting house, requested the town to allow them and others to hire preaching the ensuing winter, and to abate their parish rates while they should thus hire. The town voted "to do nothing in the case." On the 26tli day of Oct. 1736, the request was repeated in writing, and was signed by twelve persons — all those whose names have been given as settlers at the time, except John Sutliff, Sen. They wanted the privilege for three years, three months in each year — December, January and February — with exemption from the customary ministerial rates during the time. The liberty asked for they wished to be extended to all those living " within two and a half miles of Barnabas Ford's now dwell- ing-house." The town voted to grant the request. But it seems there was a misunderstanding about the action taken on the subject, or possibly a change of views on the part of tlie majority; and the proposed exemption from parish taxes was afterwards denied. At a town n.eeting held April 18, 1737, " it was asked whether the said [northern] inhabitants shall be exenq^t from ministerial charge in the town for so much time as they shall hire a gospel minister among [them]" "in addition to a grant made them Sep. 29th," and an answer was given by vote in the negative. In May, the disappointed northern people applied to the General Assembly by petition. They said that they lived "on a tract of land about five miles square whereof Barnabas Ford's dwelling house was the center" — that the town voted (at the date above mentioned) that they might have a minister for three months for three years, " with exemption from minis- terial charges for the said term " — that they had employed a preacher, and now are forced to pay rates, &c. They asked winter privileges and the usual exemption from taxes. The petitioners M-ere John Sutliff, Sen., Henry Cook, Ebenezer Elwell, Barnabas Ford, Samuel Towner, Thomas Blakeslee, John How, Gideon Allen, Jonathan Foot, Isaac Castle, Sam- uel Frost, John Sutliff, Jr., John Ilumaston, Daniel Curtis, Amos Matthews, Ebenezer Bichason, Phineas Rovce — seven- HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. 263 ten in all. The town appeared against tliem by remonstrance, and the request was denied. In October, however, of the same year, (1737,) nineteen petitioners, Jolm Bronson, Obadiali Warner and John Garnsey (the last from Westbury) being new ones, renewed the application and were successful. Tliey were released from the usual parish charges for tliree months, December, January and February, in each year, for three years. In -May, 173S, the up-river people again petitioned. They asked to be exempted from ministerial taxes "for such time only as they had the word dispensed ;" that is, during all the year, j)rovided they employed a preacher of their own. The signers numbered nineteen, the names of Jeremiah Peck, Sen., Jeremiah Peck, (Jr.,) Samuel Curtis, Zachariah Sanford, Wil- liam Ludington, Caleb Humaston, appearing for the first time. They said that the nearest of them lived seven miles, the greater part eight and many nine or ten miles, from the meeting house, on the way to which they were obliged to cross the river (which was often deep and dangerous) nine times. The request was denied ; but in October (1738) it was repeated. There were now twenty-three signers, Jacob Blakeslee's name appearing among them for the first time. They spoke of their three years' privilege expiring with the month of February ensuing, and asked that it might be ex- tended for two years. They alledged that they had a popula- tion of 139, (as I read the figures,) and that to get to meeting at the town center, they had to remove bars and open gates at ten dilTerent places. (In the original, the word ten is writ- ten over the figures 17.) The petition was granted. After Westbury had been incorporated as a distinct society, in Oct. 1738, the way seemed open for the northern inhabit- ants. As they no longer helped support the town minister, the town looked upon the plan of a separate organization with indifference. At the October session of the Legislature, in 1739, a memorial was presented by John Sutlifi^ and Moses Blakeslee, agents, &c. It represented that the people were now Desirous of being made a society with the privileges of a society that ther may settle a gospel minister among them and have God's word preached and :iO-± HISTOEi' OF AVATEEBUEY. ordinances administered ; and having prayed said old society in said Waterbtiry to give them certain bounds and obtained a vote that they, said old society, will not oppose them [&c.] as by the vote may appear Sep. 18, 1739 Whereupon the memorialists humbly pray that this honorable Assembly would appoint a commit- tee and send them to view their circumstances, and state the line between said old society and sd inhabitants and to make return, [&c.] [Attached to this memorial are the following names ;] John Sutliff, William Ludiugton, Caleb Humaston, Moses Blakeslee, Amos Matthews, Jolm Garnsey, John Bronson, Noah Pangborn, John Sutliff, Jr., John Warner, Matthew Ludington, Thomas Blakeslee, Obadiah Warner, Barnabas Ford, Gideon Allen, Daniel Potter, Joseph Clark, [Jr.,] Faniucl Frost, Samuel Curtis, Jacob Blakeslee, John IIow, Joseph Clark, Daniel Curtis, Jeremiah Peck. Henry Cook, Zachariah Sanford Only four of these twenty-six signers were native or old in- liabitants of Waterbury — John Eronson, Obadiah Warner, Jeremiah Peck and John Warner. The committee asked for was appointed. They entered at once upon their duties and indicated the parish lines. On the west side, the line ran down the West Branch and Naugatuck Kiver along the West- bury boundary to Spruce Brook, " a little below Upson's Island," thence (easterly) a strait line to the falls of Hancox Brook, thence " strait to south side of Mr. Noyes farm," thence due east to the Farmington line, thence round in the old town boundary. The report was approved and accepted, and the so- ciety incorporated by the name of Northbury, all at the same session, Oct. 1739. The first record of the society of Northbury (the third soci- ety of Waterbury) is a warning for a meeting, on the applica- tion of John Sutliff, Ebenezer Kichason and Barnabas Ford, dated I^Tov. 10, 1T39, signed by Thomas Clark, justice of the peace, &c. The meeting was to be held on the 20th day of the month, at which time the first meeting took place. John Sutliff was chosen moderator, Barnabas Ford, clerk, and Moses Blakeslee, John Sutliff and Ebenezer Kichason [society's] com- mittee. They "maid choise " of Samuel Todd to be their minister and voted to give him £150 settlement. That is to say, we will get or cause to get sufficient timber for a house thirty- two foot long, twenty-five wide and fifteen foot between ients [joints — was not niSTOKY OF ^YATEEBURT. 265 15 feet the length of the posts ?] frame and set it up, dig and stone up a seller under all ye bigest rume, underpin y^ house, ruf it on each side fifteen inches and on each end eight inches, bord and couer y« house with short shingells, prouide all y* materials therefore, couer y^ sides and ends with rent claboards and prouide nalcs and clabords and make and put up a sutable number of Winder frames and finish all y« timber work of y® outside of y° house, find stone and build y« chimleys, two fire places below and 1 aboue, and seal the bigest loer rume and glaze it and pro- cure all the materials for it and prouide all y" hooks and hinges for all y^ rume and prouide all y« materials for doing y« work as above menchened, and y® same to be done workmanlike for Mr. Sam* todd by y^ 1" of October in y^ year 1740. [At the same meeting, Joseph Clark, John How, John Bronson, Thomas Blakes- lee and Gideon Allen were chosen to superintend the building of the house ; and a vote was passed freeing Jeremiah Peck, Daniel Curtis and Barnabas Ford from the charge of building.] At y6 same meeting, it was voted to give Mr. Samuel todd for y« two first years from ye first of last October £100 salary per year and his fire wood and two dayes work a man from sixteen to sixty [years of age] per year, one in summer and one in ye winter, and prouide comfortable house roome for him ye first year upon our own causte, and ye £100 per year to be paid each year in ye months of Oct. Nov. and Dec. — and after ye two first years are up to give him twel [twelve] pence upon ye pound to be his yearly salary, muny or publick bills of credit, until our list at ye lay raises 100 and [ * * ] pounds att y* rate of siluer at three and tnenty [shillings] per ounce; and y' to be ye stated salary, and two days work a man til twelue pence upon ye pound makes one hundred pounds as before speci- fide ; and to find him his fire wood so long as he shall continue in ye work of y® niinistrc anionge us. At a subsequent meeting, Marcli 8, 1740, (1739-40,) a rate of four pence on the pound in work and one penny in money- was laid. At the same time, Moses Blakeslee, Jeremiali Peck and Daniel Curtis w^ere appointed to present to Mr. Todd the " call " of the society and to receive his answer. The follow- ing is his reply, bearing date March 3, 1739-10 : To Jlr. Jeremiah Peck, Moses Blakeslee, david curtis — having rcseeued your call and proposals in behalf of ye sosiati to settle with you in ye work of y* min- istry, and hauing waid and considered them I declare myself willing upon them to settle with them in ye work of ye ministry, prouided they prosced to a regular ordanation upon or before ye eight day of may next and pray god you may be a blessing to rae and I to you. Sami' todd. It was decided that the seventh of May should be the day of the ceremony, at w^hich time, probably, the ordination took place. Afterwards, (Aug. 10, 1710,) the society granted to Lieut. John Bronson, in work or money, £3, 18s. for keeping the council. 266 HISTOKY OF WATERBURY. liev. Samuel Todd, tlie first minister of jSTortlibuiy, was the seventli cliild and fifth son of Samuel and Marj (" Tole ") Todd of Nortli Haven, and was born March 6, 1716-17. He was graduated at Yale College in 1734, at the age of 17." He married, August 31, 1739, Mercy, d. of Mr. Peter Evans of Korthfield. His children were, Alathea,t (b, Dec. 7, 1710,) Marj, Irene, Eliel, Alatheaj Lucj, Samuel, Lucy and Chloe. His house stood a few rods south of tlic meeting hon^e built during his ministry. About the time of Mr, Todd's settlement, the Great Eevival of Kew England commenced. He was at first, it is stated, opposed to it, or, at least, regarded it with distrust. He went to Stock- bridge to get a more intimate knowledge of its practical work- ings, and came back with opinions wholly changed. He at once introduced " conference meetings," and labored to rouse the feelings of his church and peo])le. The result was, many of his parishioners and finally a majority, including some of the principal men in both the church and society, turned against him, denounced his doctrines and measures, and at length ob- tained the control of the meeting house and established in it Episcopal worship. In Jan. 1712-3, tlie society refused to giv^e Mr. Todd "any thing for the sink of money," (depreciation of the currenc}",) but they agreed to pay him five pounds old tenor for not fin- , ishing his house in the stipulated time. In December, 1743, they voted to allow him £16 yearly, in place of two days' work each, and £12 old tenor for firewood. In 1745, he was to have for his salary " owne hundred forty five pounds old tenor money;" in 1747, £180; in 174S, £300 ; in 1749, £250 and £30 for firewood, payable in the depreciated old tenor currency. In 1755, he was to receive £46 lawful money, (specie currency) — wheat to be valued to him at 3s. 6d. per bushel, rye at 2s. 4d,, Indian corn at Is. 9d., oats at 10-Jd., pork at 3d, per pound, * The Manual of the Plymouth Church and Goodwin's Genealogy of the Foote Family say he was graduated in 1834, at the age of 15. The New Haven record gives his birth as above. The Genealogy affirms, also, that he died in 1789, aged TO, and that Mary Evans was his mother. t According to tradition, the first burial in Northbury was that of a little girl of Mr. Todd, who was drowned in a spring about IT41 . It was eight years before another death took place, when the lung fever made its appearance, of which thirty died. [Manuscript notes of the Rev. H. D. Kitchell, late of Plymouth Hollow.] HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 267 Feb. 12, 1756, Mr. Todd made a written communication to tlie society : Brethren and Friends — there are evidently many difficulties subsisting among us, in particular with regard to my support among you, j^ ^yhich we have great reason to suspect is one great ground and rise of all j^ rest y^ which is jus* ground of great Humelation and Lemmantatiou as greatly threttening our ruin lie offered to take as salary what might be raised by a con- tribution on the sabbath once in two months and what any miglit hand in at other times, with the grant of the " ministry money." The society accepted the offer. But the plan did not work, and a parish meeting the next year again voted Mr. Todd £-L6. This was to be his annual saLarj^ for four years. The fifth year it was to be £51 and afterwards £56 per annum, (currency of the specie standard, doubtless.) This arrange- ment was satisfactory to Mr. Todd. A good understanding, however, was not obtained, and in Dec. 1763, the society voted to choose a committee of wise and just men to hear and deter- mine whether said society had fulfilled their covenant agree- ment with Mr, Todd. Mr. Todd's ministry in N^orthbury was now drawing to a close. After having in vain tried to settle the difficulties with his parish by a council, he at length, with broken health, ask- ed to be dismissed. At a meeting the third Monday of April, 1764, the society voted that on account of difficulty about Mr. Todd's support, and his " prevailing bodily indispo- sition for some time past, whereby he is much disabled from carrying on the work of the ministry, as likewise his request to lay down the work of the ministry," they consented. At the same time, the meeting "maid choise of Dea. John Warner and Dea. David Dutton and Lieut. Danl. Potter to be a com- mitty to apply to y^ Association of this (Kew Haven) County for advice in order to have the pulpit supplyed and to bring in a candidate to preach." Soon afterwards, a communica- tion was received from Daniel Humphrey, John Trumbull, Benjamin Woodbridge and Mark Leavenworth, a committee of the xYssociation, lamenting their troubles and alienations, &c., and recommending the calling of a council to settle matters, or, if thought best, to dismiss Mr. Todd. 208 IIISTOllY OF WATEEBUEY. Mr. Todd appears to have been dismissed in August, 1764 ; and in Dec. following the society voted that thej "would leave all their diferances with Mr. Samuel Todd in his demands uj^on this society for and upon account of his sal- ary from time past untill this day unto indeferant gentlemen such as Mr. Todd and the sosiaty commity shall agree to have and abide by the doings of sd arebitrators, and Phineas Royce and Daniel Potter to assist the sosiaty commity herein." Mr. Todd removed from Northbury to Lanesboro, Mass., where he preached about two years. Thence he went to Adams, where he organized the first Congregational church in that place, and was its pastor till 1778. He took a deep interest in the Ee volution, was an ardent AVhig and, for a brief period, a chaplain in the continental army. He next lived for a short time at Northfield, with a son. About 1782, he removed to Orford, N". H., wdiere he resided w^ith his chil- dren, preaching occasionally in the new settlements, till his death, June 10, 1789. Mr. Todd's ardor, in the earlier years of his ministry, some- times got the better of his discretion ; but he is believed to have been a sincere man, devoted to his work and w^illing to suffer if need be in the performance of a supposed duty. It is affirmed that he had great decision of character and a mind of the full averao-e streno-th. o o After the dismission of Mr. Todd, Rev. Asahel Hathaway officiated for a time in Korthbury. On the 21:th of Sept. 17G4, the society made " choise " of him " to preach as a proba- shnner in order for settlement," and Dec. 17, 1764, invited him to become their settled minister. He declined. After- wards, in Jan. 1765, Mr. John Bliss was chosen to preach as a " probasliuner," and in April, Mr. Ephraim Judson was select- ed for a like service. At a meeting held the first Monday of July, 1765, the soci- ety, " by a iinevarsal note," expressed a desire to hear Mr. Andrew Storrs preach. A month afterwards, Mr. Storrs was requested to become a candidate for settlement, and on the last Monday of Sept., was " called to settel," by an " imevarsal note." The society agreed to give him, nnder date of Oct. HISTORY OF "WATEEBURY. 269 2S, 1765, £180 settlement to be paid in two years, £40 cash and £50 in provisions, each year ; and £60 salary for two years, £20 cash and the remainder in wheat, rye, Indian corn, &c. After the two jfirst years, the salary was to be £70 per year, £30 cash and £40 in wheat, rye and Indian corn, at the market price on the first day of January, annually, "allow- ing the expense of tranceport to market not exceeding in distance New Haven, Middletown or Hartford." Fire- wood was also to be furnished, and each " man " was to give two days' work yearly for two years. Mr. Storrs ap- appeared personally in the meeting and made known his ac- ceptance of the terms proposed. To make everything agree- able, a vote was passed " to chuse a committee to stand obliged for the payment of such purchases as Mr. Storrs shall make for a settlement." Mr. Storrs became the settled pastor of the church and society Nov. 27, 1765, and was continued in that relation till his death, March 2, 1785. He was born in Mansfield, Conn,, Dec. 20, 1735. He appears to have been indisposed for some time liefore his decease, so that a vote was passed, Dec. 16, 1784, " that the sosiaty committey should bee ortherized to assist Mr. Storrs to sopply the pulpit as far as it can be done by in- viting in the naboring jentcbuen minerstors to preach." Of Mr. Storrs, the Kev. Mr. Hart once said, in a manuscript sermon, " He is still remembered by our aged people with affectionate reverence as a wise and faithful pastor." After the death of her husband, Mrs. Storrs was authorized by the society, March 21, 1785, " to use the wood got lor Mr. Storrs." Authority was also given, June 6, to print 500 copies of the funeral sermon. The Rev. Simon Waterman succeeded Mr. Storrs, and was installed Aug. 29, 1787. He was dismissed Nov. 15, 1809. The Rev. Luther Hart was his successor. The early deacons of the Northbury church were Jeremiah Peck and Moses Blakeslee, (appointed 1740,) John Warner, David Dutton, Daniel Potter, John Sutlift*, Eliakim Potter,"-^ David Smith. * Dec. 9, 1VT4, "voted that Dea. Eliakim Pctter shall read the Psalm for the future.' (Society Record.) 270 HISTORY OF WATEKBUEY. The people of Nortlibuiy, before they were incorporated as a distinct society, had built a lionse, designed for the common uses of the people but called a school house, in which they met for public worship. The land on which it was erected, ap- pears to liave been owned by Jolm llow. This land How- conveyed, Sept. 6, 1733, "for a valuable consideration," to John Southmayd, clerk, Sonthmayd, " for good causes and con- siderations," quit-claimed the same, at the same date, to Mr. Jolm Sutliff, Ebenezer Richason, John How, Thomas Blakeslee and Barnabas Ford and the rest of the inhabitants living within two miles and a half of said Barnabas Ford's now dwelling house," &c. The land is understood to have been a donation to the future society from John How. It is described in South- may d's deed as One acre near sd Ford's dwelling house in Waterbury on which said inhabitants have already set up a house under the denomination of a S[chool ?] house for the sd inhabitants to meet in to carry on the public worship of God on the sabbath, [&c.] bounded to the west on land left for a highway and How's land, south on Barnabas Ford's land, cast and north on said How's land. [Land Records, Yol. V, p. 15.] Soon after the settlement of Mr. Todd, the Churchmen of Is"orthbury obtained a majority of the A'otes, and took exclu- sive possession of the house of worship.'" The votes are alledged to have been eighteen, of which eleven were on the side of the majority ; but this number could not have com- prehended all the legal votes in the society. As a conse- quence of this movement, the Congregational minority were obliged to look for quarters elsewhere. The society therefore voted, Oct. 6, 1740, to apply to the General Assembly for a committee " to stake a place to set a meeting house," and aj)- pointed John Bronson agent to take charge of this business. The Assembly did nothing, and in the following May, (1741,) another petition was presented by Moses Blakeslee, Thomas Blakeslee and John Bronson, a committee. They asked for the interposition of the Assembly, saying " your honors are sometliino; informed of our circumstances which are trulv * This house stood in Plymouth Hollnw, at the intersection of the north and south (or river road) and the east and west road running through the center, near the spot where tlie scliool house lately stood. HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. 271 great and very distressing," &c. It appears that the previons meetings of the society and the votes appointing the officers liad heen irregnlar. In consequence of this fact, and of the " broken and confused state of affairs," the Assembly appoint- ed Benjamin Hall of Wallingford and John Riggs of Derby, a connnittee, who were authorized " to call and conduct a so- ciety meeting and to advise and give an opinion about a place f affinni and estab- liii a ri^Bt. Am. in. : T.e- lias a eecoaadaij ©bjecL The. cffiteiiisti' mesffitei ' ^ '~ :^ sceouanit of the princi- ple it inTCMved- TSlt ' - .to enslaTe them 5 or at leaBttj, to onrtail ft-. . . :l-ied liie exeHn^ve privillege of lerynng. _ — ninig their own taxesi. Tlney insisted l ,: '■-'■ r _--_-:.;.: -c-.i^iaticm shonldgo togetSner, and that as tJney luad no Toice in Parliament, the lats- ter conM not, li^tfinilly, impoee on them taxes. The revo- iMiosiiainr stoon iras- alieady g;atlaering;' and mon'e minds were Bliinped with pirolooBnd emoltioiDi. TSictee who "believed in the Talidifrjr of Presbjteiiam ordination and the independence of the American cAmiDrdbiee — wi&o abliL«»ied pielaer almost as mneh as tiner did tlae pcjpe — were qnick to see the religious beariiDgs of the. qneetions familiar was he Avith the great English poets, that he would often entertain his friends by repeating the more valuable portions of their writings. Milton and Pope were favorite authors. Dr. Hopkins was well known as one of a circle of distinguished lit- erary characters and poets, who, out of the State, were called the " Hartford wits." He was associated with Trumbull and Barlow in the composition of the " Arnachiad," a satirical poem, designed to show the precarious condition of the State under the old confederation. He was afterwards concerned in the production of the " Echo," and " The Politi- cal Green House." The last was first published in pamphlet form ; the other papers in the gazettes of the day, in Hartford and New Haven. The more celebrated of the poems known to be exclusively Hopkins' are the Hypocrite's Hope, and an Elegy on the Victim of a Cancer Quack. After Trumbull, he was the most eminent satirist of his day. He pub- lished nothing with his name. * See a biographical sketch in Thacher's American Medical Biography, prepared by Drs. Thomas Miner and Samuel B. Woodward. 4:16 HISTORY OF WATEKBUET. In person, Dr. Hopkins was tall, lean, stooping. His features were large, his eyes liglit, with a strongly marked countenance and uncom- monly long limbs. In youth, he was muscular and athletic. When a volunteer in the army of the Revolution, a party of officers were at- tempting to fire a '* king's arm " held in one hand with the arm extend- ed at full length. What others could not do, Hopkins, to the aston- ishment of all, accomplished with ease. Dr. Hopkins received from Yale College the honorary degree of A. M. in 1784. He was one of the founders of the Connecticut Medical Soci- ety, and while he lived, took an active part in its proceedings. He died, in the midst of his usefulness, April 14, 1801. SAMUEL MILES HOPKINS, LL. D. The subject of this memoir, the son of Samuel and Molly (Miles) Hopkins, and a descendant in the fifih generation of John Hopkins, was born at Salem, in Waterbury, on the 9th May, 1772. At his death, which occurred in the village of Geneva, New York, in Oct. 1837, he left behind him an autobiography in manuscript, from which it will be most convenient to draw an account of his early years and recollections. The house in which I was born [he writes] stood about a quarter or half a mile south of the principal dwelling on the Hopkins farm, and was occupied by my father as it had been by his father and perhaps grandfather before him. I mention it on account of a tradition, which I imperfectly remember, to this ef- fect. My grandfather's oldest brother, John, was to have removed to some l\ir distant place, (Stockbridge, I suspect ;) but going there he found danger from the Indians, and so returned and lived in this house, the one my grandfather did op was to occupy. This great uncle John, I remember. I have therefore seen a man who in eflFect was driven back by fear of Indians to within fourteen miles of New Haven. In 1826, I visited the old Hopkins place — no change except the slow workings of time upon wooden buildings a century old. But the grape vine was gone, and the huge apple and pear trees were rotting down with age. I remem- ber a scene, which must have happened at the house where I was born, in the spring of 1774, when I was twenty-three months old ; memory now presents to my view that house ; the door yard and the stone foundation and embankment as they were ; and when more than fifty years after I saw the same place, I found the pic- ture entirely faithful. I well remember hearing my grandfather, in the fall of 1774 read much in the papers about " Ty," for so the name of Ticonderoga was written for brevity, and I remember feeling a sentiment of feverish dislike at the frequent repetition of the senseless sound. From that time my recollections furnish a good many pictures of men and things pertaining to Revolutionary times. Hence my frequent remark that perhaps the period of my life embraces up to this time the most interesting period of sixty years in civil history that has yet occurred. I remember something of the young men hurrying ofiF to meet Burgoyne ; and APPENDIX. 417 the deep and anxious solicitude with which my father and his neighbors would talk of public affairs. I remember my father being absent with the militia who marched in defense of New York, in 11^ &, when I was a few months more than four years old. I very well remember the rejoicings at the capture of Coi-nwallis. I have seen General Washington ; been a Uttle acquainted with the elder Adams, and with Jay, Schuyler, Chnton and Pickering; have been a good deal ac- quainted with Charles Coatesworth Pinkney and John Marshall ; and have been conversant in business of the bar with that very extraordinary man, Aaron Burr, and that very admirable and wonderful man, Alexander Hamilton. If then we add, that the entire history of the Federal constitution, and the entire revolutions of Europe from 1789 come within my fresh recollections, you will admit that we must look forward and not backward for a more important period in temporal afiPairs. After spending several years witli the family of his uncle, Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, attending the free Grammar School, and reading medicine, Mr. Hopkins, in 1787, entered the Sophomore class in Yale College. I passed three years [he says] at New Haven ; ardent, intensely studious, fac- tious, infidel, opinionated ; loving my friends devotedly, and beloved by them. I scarcely doubted but I was to accomplish some great thing upon the earth. By the diligent improvement of time I laid in a stock of knowledge upon many sub- jects, particularly history, for the study of which I have had no other opportunity. The spirit of Yale College was at that time a spirit of literary ambition and of in- fidelity. I was not in good favor with the Faculty, and took no pains to con- ciliate their good will. But they gave me one of the three Enghsh orations, which were then reputed the highest appointments. I refused to attend at commence- ment ; and they refused me my degree ; and the degree of Doctor of Laws, con- ferred when my second son entered Yale College, was the first and only one I ever received. Having resolved on the profession of the law, I entered, in the fall of 1791, the office of Judge (then Mr.) Reeve in Litchfield. His law school contain- ed more than twenty pupils and was already celebrated throughout the union. He was altogether an admirable man, of a purity, sincerity and guilelessness of heart, such as I have seen in few men in this world. His daily lectures were most happy, from his admirable faculty of carrying always on a view of the history and reason of every principle. I have no doubt but his lectures are yet felt and long will be, in their happy influence upon the juridical department of our country's pub- lic economy. At a subsequent time he became a most devoted Christian. After only eighteen months' study, Mr. Hopkins was unexpectedly, and in violation of a general rule, offered an examination for admission to the bar. In April of the same year, (1793,) he removed to Pough- keepsie, N. Y., and put himself under the tuition of two young lawyers of excellent reputation, well known subsequently as Chancellor Kent, and Judge Radcliff of Brooklyn ; with both of whom he maintained an uninterrupted friendship of forty years. In three weeks of intense ap- plication, he acquired such a knowledge of the practice of the New York courts, then reputed a mystery demanding three years clerkship, as to 27 418 HISTORY OF WATEKBURT. pass a successful examination. His license was dated May 9tli, 1793, the day he was twenty-one years old. Col. Burr, who aimed to attach to himself young men of talent and energy, made the motion for liis admission, and subsequently presented him a library of choice law books, saying he " might settle it in his will, if he chose." Mr. Hopkins, however, insisted on paying him the full value of the books. He began business as a lawyer in the young village of Oxford, Che- nango Co., where be drew his first law draft " on the head of a barrel, under a roof made of poles, and in the rain, which was partly kept from spattering the paper by a broad-brimmed hat." In 1794, he removed to New York City, on the invitation of James Watson, Esq., who entered into an extensive and liberal arrangement with him for the survey and sale abroad of Virginia lands. In the pros- ecution of this scheme, Mr. Hopkins visited England and the continent of Europe during the years 1796 and '97. I had obtained [he says] upwards of 300,000 acres, such as I thought I could safely and honorably recommend. American lands had become disgraced by the operations of Robert Morris and others, and I finally failed of my object. But I lingered in Europe with the assent of Mr. Watson, partly with the distant hope of better success, but more to seize that opportunity of enlarging my knowledge of men and things. Besides my business, my object was to see and learn all I could. I attended Parliament, and heard Pitt, Fox and Sheridan ; the House of Lords, and saw Loughborough on the woolsack ; the King's Bench, and saw Lord Ken- yon, Ashurst, Gross and Lawrence ; the Common Pleas, and saw Buller and heard him give an opinion, and no man in England gained my admiration more than he. Once or twice I was on the point of concluding a great operation. The Bank of England stopped paying specie. Then came the mutiny at the Nore, the reverses of the Duke of York in Fhinders and the success of the French. Many capitalists thought of seeking some safe investments in America, but did not love very plainly to avow it ; and on the whole, the firmness of the British nation under ac- cumulated difficulties inspired me with great respect for the national character. The summer and autumn of 1797 he spent in Paris, attending the lectures of Fourcroy and Charles, and studying the French character and objects of curiosity in art and science. He witnessed the coup d'etat of the 18th Fructidor, and the reception of Bonaparte on his return from his Italian campaign, and observed to Joel Barlow, his fellow lodger, that he was satisfied the French never could maintain self-government. His account of the manner in which the elections were conducted, by or- dering bodies of troops into all the large towns and placing opposition candidates under arrest, would serve as a very accurate description of the freedom of elections under Louis Napoleon. Returning from abroad, Mr. Hopkins engaged in the practice of law APPENDIX. 419 in the city of New York, where in the year 1800 he married Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Rogers, Esq., who still (1857) survives. In 1810, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. B. W. Rogers of New York, Mr. Hopkins purchased two tracts of land on the Genesee River, and engaged on a large scale in the business of farming. Though conducted with great energy and skill, the enterprise, from the over- throw of credit and the disappearance of currency following the war, turned out unfortunately. One of the most delightful dreams of my fancy, [he observes,] in going to the "West, was to have my parents near me, so that we might live in each other's society, and some in turn might close the eyes of the others. It was otherwise ordered; and I already Ijegan to see the clouds of disappointment gathering around my establishment. I cleared land, fenced fields and multiplied my sheep. I built a house, a village, and mills and farm buildings. From the river, my operations extended back to the pine woods, near three miles. But I made these improvements at the enormous war prices of labor and produce ; and when in turn I had the wheat of one hundred acres to sell, it would not command, in cash twenty-five cents per bushel, for any quantity, great or small. The wool of fifteen hundred sheep sold proportionally low, or nearly so. Of these sheep, a select flock of three hundred, full merinos, were bred with more care, I presume, than any other man had ever used. Losses came upon losses like the beating of hai 1 ; but the greatest was that money disappeared from the country, and property ceased to have any but a very low exchangeable value. When afterwards I came to sell my Moscow estate, at a loss of $50,000 compared with its late saleable value, I deemed the sale rather a fortunate escape. Mr. Hopkins removed to the city of Albany, and resumed the prac- tice of law. His studies had led him to pay particular attention to the subject of crime and punishment; and in 1826, he was appointed by the Legislature commissioner, with two associates, to arrange and super- intend the whole penitentiary system of the State. He engaged in this work with characteristic enthusiasm. He corresponded, traveled, experimented with great pains in relation to prison diet and rations, en- lightened public opinion by a series of essays, recommended the Auburn or silent system of penal labor, and with his fellow commissioners built and governed the State's prison at Sing Sing. The subject of prison dis- cipline continued greatly to interest, and more or less to occupy him, dur- ing the remainder of his life. He withdrew entirely from legal practice, removed to the village of Geneva, and spent his last years, enjoying an ample competence, in literary pursuits, horticulture, the society of friends and religious and philanthropic labors. He died a triumphant Christian death, October 8th, 1837. At different times of his life, Mr. Hopkins represented his fellow citi. 420 HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. zens in the state and national Legislatures, and presided as one of the judges of the western district of the State of New York. He left behind him at his death an unfinished work on jury trials, and another nearly complete consisting of aphorisms in ontology, exhibiting the application •of demonstrative reasoning to moral truths. Some of the above details may perhaps be more minute than the inte- rest of the subject will justify to ordinary readers. But supposing the object of these memoirs to be to furnish in a limited compass a distinct impres- sion of the men described, it was judged this would be best efiected in the present instance by leaving him in part to speak for himself. The autobiography from which the brief extracts of this sketch are taken was by the writer merely designed for the instruction of his children ; but it is believed the use here made of it will involve no breach of confidence. Mr. Hopkins, though admirable as a converser and the delight of the social circle, was not distinguished as a public speaker, either at the bar or in the senate. In politics, he had no success, and indeed almost no ambition. He had a generous kind of instinct which always made him a member of the losing party. He was a Federalist; a Clay man; an Anti-Mason ; a Whig ; a zealous advocate of Temperance ; a coloniza- tionalist and a hater of slavery. For near the last twenty years of his life, he was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a living, exem- plary Christian. He was generous minded and careless of his own in- terests to a fault ; naturally impulsive, but thoroughly self-disciplined ; full of warm sympathies and a model of refined courtesy in social life. Few men have had more attached friends or left a larger circle of genu- ine mourners. In person, Mr. Hopkins was about six feet in height, and perfectly formed for strength and acti\aty. He was a rapid walker, a bold rider and was fond of a good horse. He retained possession of all his physical and mental activity up to the seizure of the attack which terminated his life. His biography contains little or nothing of attractive incident or public interest. It is the life of a man of fine powers, who was never highly successful in the pursuit of either fame, honors or wealth ; but who was unspeakably happy in this, that the discipline of life chastened his spirit, and brought him through many trials to the experience of a peace that passelh understanding and a hope full of immortality. Dr. AMBROSE IVES. He was the son of Abijah, and the grandson of Abraham Ives ; was born in Wallingford, Dec. 30, 1786, and died in Waterbury, Jan. 31, APPENDIX, 421 1852, He studied medicine with Dr, Cornwall of Cheshire, and settled in Wolcott about 1808. Here he married, March 30, 1817, Wealthy U, Upson, and was engaged in an extensive practice till 1827. He then removed to Wallingford to look after his deceased father's estate. After an interval of two years, he resolved to resume his professional business, and settled in Plymouth. There he soon obtained a large practice. In 1834, he became interested in the manufacture of gilt buttons at "VVaterville and took charge of the business. In 1 837, he re- moved to Waterbury, and in 1839 sold out his interest at Waterville. Soon after, he bought into the company of Brown & Elton, and contin- ued in this connection till his decease, but without himself engaging in the management of the business. As a physician, Dr. Ives was sound, discriminating and skillful. No practitioner in the vicinity in which he lived was more deservedly esteem- ed for strong common sense and matured judgment. As a business man, he was enlightened, sagacious and stable. Few men understood human nature more perfectly, or could see farther into the course of events de- pending on the human will. By able management and financial skill he succeeded in acquiring a large property. Dr. Ives was not tall, but stout, and in the latter part of his life be- came somewhat corpulent. He preserved the plain and economical habits of his early life. In conversation, he was shrewd, intelligent and facetious. He had a fund of anecdote and illustration, and abounded in witty and humorous remarks. Few were more companionable or in- structive. Rev. JONATHAN JUDD Was the third son of Capt, William Judd, and the grandson of Dea, Thomas Judd, and was born in the village of Waterbury, Oct. 4, 1719. He entered Yale College, and was graduated in 1741, being the class- mate and bosom friend, as well as first cousin, of Samuel Hopkins, 2d. He became the first minister of the second precinct or parish of North- ampton, now the town of Southampton, where a church was gathered and he ordained June 8, 1743, a few months before the ordination of Mr. Hopkins. The two were correspondents for many years ; but at last an alienation of feeling, followed by non-intercourse, took place, in conse- quence of a difterence in theological views. Mr. Judd remained the faithful pastor of the Southampton church for sixty years, and died July 28, 1803. The house which he built in 1743, and which was surround- ed by a palisade in the French and Indian wars for security against sur- prise, is still standing in a good state of preservation. By direction of 422 HISTOKT OF WATERBUKY. his will his sermons were burned, to the number of nearly three thou- sand. Two or three had been published.* Mr. Judd married, Nov. 28, 1743, Silence, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Sheldon of Suffield. He had seven children, all of whom survived the father. Of the sons, the second, Sylvester Judd, was the father of Syl- vester Judd now of Northampton, extensively known for his historical and genealogical researches. The last was the father of Rev. Sylvester Judd, (recently deceased,) of Augusta, Maine, celebrated as a preacher, public lecturer and literary man, and the author of several books of much merit. JOHN" KINGSBURY Was the son of Nathaniel Kingsbury, and was born in that part of Norwich now called Franklin, Dec. 30, 1762. In his boyhood, he labored on the farm with his father ; but at the age of seventeen, was sent to his uncle. Dr. Charles Backus, an eminent minister of Somers, to prepare for college. In the following year, he entered Yale College ; but he soon left, and engaged as a marine on board a privateer. He made two cruises, and assisted in taking two prizes. Before his return from the last cruise he was taken dangerously ill, and was in a critical condition for a long time. After recovering, he returned to college and graduated in 1786. He then went to Waterbury, and taught in the new academy about one year. In the spring of 1788, he entered the Law School of Judge Reeve, at Litchfield, and in 1790, was admitted to ithe bar in Litchfield county. His health was poor, and he did not immediately enter upon the practice of his profession ; but in the fall of 1791, he settled in Waterbury and opened a law office. Three years :afterwards, (Nov. 6, 1794,) he married Mercy, the eldest daughter of Dea. Stephen Bronson, by whom he had four children, Charles Denizen, Julius Jesse Bronson, John Southmayd and Sarah Susanna, all of whom ■except the last survived their father. His wife died of pulmonary -consumption, March 21, 1813. In 1793, Mr. Kingsbury was chosen town clerk, and held the office •much of the time till 1818. In 1796, he was appointed a justice of the 'peace, and was continued in office till 1830. Seventeen times between 1796 and 1813, he represented the town in the Legislature. On the ■death of Judge Hopkins, in 1801, he was appointed to fill the vacancies an the Probate and County Courts. He was continued as judge of Pro- * Genealogy of the Judds ; by Sylvester Judd, 1867. APPENDIX. 423 bate for tlie District of Waterbury till 1834, and as a judge of the County Court (the last year presiding judge) till May, 1820. Judge Kingsbury acquired, in an eminent degree, the confidence and respect of the community in which he lived. He held many public offices, and always discharged his duties ably, faithfully and acceptably. From the death of Judge Hopkins to the time of his decease, no man in the town was more honored, respected and beloved. Judge Kingsbury was a popular man, but he became so in conse- quence of the benevolence of his character, his kindly sympathies, his agreeable manners and many excellent qualities. He never sacrificed principle or consistency. He was a good neighbor and trusty friend. Lively in his manner, easy in conversation, often facetious in his remarks, his company was sought by persons of all ages and classes. His long aquihne nose, the benevolent smile which usually played upon his countenance, and his winning way, can never be forgotten by those who knew him. Judge Kingsbury was always delicate in health, and for the last twenty years, or more, of his life, had strong consumptive tendencies. He died at the house of his son-in-law, William Brown, (with whom he had re- sided several years,) of an obstruction of the bowels, August 26, 1844. Maj. JULIUS J,. B. KINGSBURY "Was the second son of John Kingsbury, and was born Oct. 18, 179Y. As in his youth there was no school in Waterbury of a higher grade than a district school, he was sent from home and pursued his studies at different times with the Rev. Dr. Tyler, then of South Britain^ the Rev. Mr. Hart of Plymouth and Daniel Parker of Ellsworth, a society of Sharon. In 1819, he obtained through the influence of David Daggett, then a member of Congress, the appointment of cadet at the Military Academy at West Point. He left this in- stitution, in regular course, in 1823 ; was attached as lieutenant to the second regiment of infantry, and ordered with a detachment of troops to Sault Ste. Marie, at the outlet of Lake Superior, to as- sist in building the fort called Fort Brady. Here he remained three or four years, under Maj. afterwards Col. Cutler, during which time (while on leave of absence visiting his friends at the East) he married Miss Jane Stebbins, of New York, sister-in-law of Capt. W. Becker, also of the 2d regiment. Next, he was ordered with a detach- ment by sea to New Orleans and Nacogdoches, then on our southwestern frontier. Afterwards, he was stationed for a time at Mackinaw and Fort Gratiot. During the Black Hawk war in 1832, he was at Chicago, 42i HISTORY OF WATERBURY. attached to the commissary department, and saw much hard and dan- gerous service. While there, he purchased for STOO about 36 acres of land on the North Branch of the Chicago River, near its junction with the South Branch, and about two acres on the south side of the Main River, the latter tract in the heart of the present city, and the former but a little way distant. The land is still in the possession of the family, and is now thought to be worth several hundred thousand dol- lars. When the purchase was made, Chicago was in its infancy, con- taining, in 1832, according to M'Cullock, but five small stores and 250 inhabitants. Kingsbury was afterwards at Fort Niagara. Still later, during the dis- turbances on our northeastern frontier, he was stationed at Hancock Barracks, Houlton, Maine. Thence, after the breaking out of the Semi- nole war, he was ordered, with his command, to Tampa Bay, Florida. There he remained three years, (with the exception of a short interval ;) and his constitution was so broken by the combined influence of climate, exposure and fatigue, that he never recovered. On his return to the North, he was stationed at Sacketts Harbor, and afterwards a second time to Fort Brady. He left this last post early in 1847, to join Gen. Scott before Vera Cruz. He assisted in the capture of that place, and was more or less engaged in all the battles which occurred on the march to the city of Mexico. For his good conduct in one of the engagements near the city, he was breveted. Throughout the campaign, he acted as lieut. colonel of his regiment, though he was at that time only a captain. While in Mexico, Capt. Kingsbury was attacked by a severe brain fever, which seriously threatened his life. When he had recovered sufficient strength, Gen. Scott sent him home " on sick leave." In Dec. " 1848, having partially regained his health, he was ordered with a part of his regiment to California, where he remained nearly two years. While there, he was promoted and transferred to the sixth regiment. He returned home in the summer of 1850, but too much out of health to be fit for duty. He spent the next two years at Washington and with his friends at the East, on sick leave. He then started to join his regiment at St. Louis; but was detained at Detroit by the illness of himself and family, where he was compelled to spend the winter, (1852-3.) While at Detroit, owing to some misunderstanding with the War Department, not implicating his integrity or honor, his name was stricken from the army roll. Conceiving himself to have been unfairly treated, he declined to make any explanation, or to hold any communi- cation with the department. Before his death, however, he settled all his accounts with the government and received a balance which was APPENDIX. 425 found due him. He died in Washington, when on the point of leaving for the East, of malignant dysentery, July 26, 1856, His remains were brought to Waterbury, where he was buried, according to his expressed wishes, in the old burying ground by the side of his father. Maj. Kingsbury was a brave and skillful ofBcer, who was always equal to the duties imposed upon him. He was nearly thirty years connected with the army, and though sometimes charged with indolence and pro- crastination, was ever distinguished for honorable conduct. He lost his health and ruined his constitution in the public service. Long before his death, the seeds of certain dissolution had been planted in his sys- tem. His loss was a sore bereavement to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He was estimable and respectable in all his relations, and his memory will not soon be lost. He left behind him a widow, a daughter who married Capt. Buckner, recently of the U. S, Armv, and a son named Henry, who is now a cadet at West Point. His eld- est son, Julius, died in California several years ago, MARK LEAVENWORTH Was born in New Haven, August 31st, 17*74, and died in Waterbury, Sept. 5th, 1849, aged 75 years. His father, Jesse Leavenworth, a grad- uate of Yale College and a captain in the Revolution, was a man of much enterprise, and previous to the war was largely engaged (for the times) in the shipping interest. His mother, Katharine Leavenworth, was a woman of great spirit and firmness, as was instanced by her in- sisting on remaining at her residence, during the invasion of New Haven by the British, while her husband was absent conveying their children to a place of safety, and when nearly all the inhabitants had lied. At the age of ten years, the subject of this notice removed with his father to the county of Caledonia, in Vermont, at which time there was not a white man living within thirty miles in the direction of Canada, and but one family within many miles of their residence. The father owned what are now the towns of Danville and Peacham, At the age of four- teen, becoming dissatisfied, he determined to return to Connecticut. He performed the journey on foot and alone. The distance was near three hundred miles. After his return to New Haven, he resided in the family of his uncle, Mark Leavenworth, Esq., who sent him to a school, (Mansfield's,) where he studied geometry, navigation and sur- veying, intending to go to sea, an idea which be afterwards relin- quished. Further than this, his school education was limited, being confined to reading, writing, geography and a good knowledge of arithmetic. 426 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. After leaving scliool, he was engaged in mechanical pursuits. He was employed for a number of years with Jesse Hopkins of Waterbury, in that branch of the silversmith business which was applied to making knee and shoe buckles. Near the period of his majority, the fashions having changed, this branch of the business became worthless. At the age of twenty-one years, he married Anna, the daughter of Moses Cooke of Waterbury, (a woman of placid temper, excellent sense and great moral worth,) and commenced life with no other capital than great energy, a determined will and uncommonly industrious habits. They had seven children, six of whom arrived at the age of maturity, of whom the eldest two alone survive. After his marriage, he engaged in the manufacture of axes and steelyards, and also the mountings of small arms, (guns,) such as ramrods, bands and bayonets. At this business he employed a number of hands until the year 1800. In the fall of that year, he left for South Carolina and Georgia with steelyards and axes. This was an adventure wnich at the time called forth more re- mark and excited more wonder than the circumnavigation of the globe would in our day. In the year 1801, in company with his brother, Dr. Frederick Leavenworth, he collected a drove of mules in Vermont and New Hampshire, which were driven to South Carolina and Georgia. He continued in this business about five years. He returned in the summers, and employed himself in constructing one or more of Whit- ney's cotton-gins. The gin was then a recent invention. After ceasing to go South, he commenced the manufacture of clocks, in which busi- ness he was for many years extensively engaged. In 1829, in addition to the clock business, he became interested with his son, B. F. Leaven- worth, and his son-in-law, Green Kendrick, in the manufacture of gilt ' buttons. In 1835, he ceased to manufacture clocks, and engaged per- sonally in the manufacture of gilt and cloth buttons, with his son-in-law, C. S. Sperry, which he continued till his death. He was a pioneer in manufacturing in the town of Waterbury. By reading and observa- tion, he became a man of much intelligence. He was benevolent and public spirited. He was a member of the Congregational church, with which he and his wife united in 1817. — She died April 9th, 1842. In person, Mr. Leavenworth was of middle stature, his frame com- pactly and firmly knit together, and his constitution good. Though not always fortunate in business, he was a man of untiring industry, and indomitable energy and perseverance. It was when laboring under embarrassment that these traits were most conspicuous. When others would have despaired, he saw reason for redoubled effort and more untiring application. Under a load which would have broken the back APPENDIX. 427 or crushed the spirit of an ordinary man, he moved with freedom and cheerfulness. If bad 'luck overtook him, he was always ready to try again, and never failed to find something to comfort him. "When the storm came upon him in 1837, and he was obliged to yield, he con- soled himself with the reflection that he " stood it longer than the United States Bank." And it may be added that he recovered sooner. Mr. Leavenworth had one of the kindest, of hearts. He was well in- formed, sociable, sensible and shrewd. There was sometimes an archness and a dry humor in his remarks, particularly on character, which ren- dered his familiar conversation quite attractive. Gen. DANIEL POTTER Was one of the thirteen children (the twefth, chronologically) of Dea* Daniel Potter, and was born in Northbury, Feb. 15, 1758. He grad- uated at Yale College in 1780, married, Jan. 25, 1781, Martha, daugh- ter of Caleb Humaston, Esq., and settled, as a farmer, in Northbury, then a parish of Watertown. He was a representative to the General xVssembly several times, both before and after Northbury was made (in 1795) a distinct town. He was a man of a vigorous intellect and a sound judgment, and exerted a wide influence. His tall, erect and manly figure was a fitting tabernacle for a mind like his. Gen. Potter had four children, Horace, Ansel, Minerva and Daniel Tertius. He died April 21, 1842, and his wife April 28, 1842.* MARK RICHARDS Was the youngest child and fifth son of Abijah Richards, and was born July 15, 17 GO, in a house which stood on the west side of Cook street, near where Noah Bronson now lives. He was the great grand- son of Obadiah Richards, one of the first planters of "Waterbury. His mother was Huldah Hopkins, the eldest daughter of Timothy Hopkins, and sister of Samuel, Daniel and Mark Hopkins. She possessed the strength of mind which belonged to her family, and attended per- sonally to the proper training of her son, who was not quite thirteen years of age when his father died. When the Revolution broke out, in 1775, Richards was too young to enter the army ; but he caught the spirit of the times. W^hen he be- came sixteen, an age which entitled him to shoulder a musket, he de- * Isaiah Potter, the son of Dea. Daniel and Martha (Ray) Potter, was born in Northbury, July 23, 1746 ; graduated at Yale College in 1767, in the same class as John Trumbull ; was or- dained at Lebanon, N. H., in Aug. 1772 ; retired from his charge in Sept. 1816, and died by his own hand in August, 1817. He published a Masonic sermon delivered at Hanover, N. H., 1802. 428 HISTORY OF WATEEBURY. termined to join the army. That his design might not be defeated by the interference of friends, he left his bed in the night, passed out of the ■window, and repaired to the camp of Gen. Wooster and enlisted. In the morning, the family was, of course, much alarmed. At last, infor- mation was received where the truant boy could be found, and his eldest brother. Street, was sent to bring him back, without fail. On applica- tion to Gen. Wooster, and after a statement had been made of the cir- cumstances of the case, permission was obtained for the young recruit to return. He declined doing so, however, most peremptorily ; and de- clared that, as he had made an engagement with his country, he would fulfill it, and see the game played out. As he was of a determined and persevering disposition, importunity was seen to be useless, and the dis- appointed brother returned reluctantly to his sorrowing friends. The soldier-boy remained with the army through the war; was with the suffering troops at Valley Forge, in the winter of 1777-8 ; was present in many battles, and died a pensioner. After the war, Mr. Richards went to Boston and became the partner of his brother Giles,* a man of enterprise and mechanical skill, who carried on the business of making wool and cotton cards by hand. The Messrs. Cutters and William and Amos Whittemore, the last the invent- or of the famous card making machine, were also partners. The busi- ness was prosperous. In 1796, on account of his wife's health, Mr. Richards removed from Boston and settled in Westminster, Windham County, Vt., where he became a tradesman. He was soon chosen to represent the town in the Legislature of the State, and was eight years a member of that body, between 1801 and 1834 inclusive. In 1806, 1807, 1808 and 1809, he was high sheriff of the County; in 1812 and 1824, one of the electors of president and vice-president of the U. S.; in 1813 and 1815, a member of the State Council. He served four years as a representa- tive in Congress, being elected in 1816 and reelected in 1818. In 1830, he was chosen lieutenant governor of the State. Mr. Richards was distinguished for good sense, great industry, method in business, and punctuality in all his engagements. Till the close of his life in 1844, he retained the high respect and entire confidence of his friends and fellow citizens. Soon after he went to Boston, he mar- ♦ Giles Richards, second son of Abijah, married Sarah, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Adams of Roxbury, Mass., and had children— 1 . Giles, Jr. ; 2. Adams, who removed to Ohio ; 3. George, of Paris, (France ;) 4. Sarah, the first wife of Amos Lawrence, Esq., Boston ; 6. Mary, who married John K. Adan, Boston. Giles Richards was ultimately unfortunate in business, and died at Dedham, Mass., much respected. 1 APPENDIX. 429 ried Ann Dorr, -svidow of Joseph Dorr of Boston, and daughter of Jo- seph Riiggles of Roxbury, Mass., a woman of good family, by whom he had several children. Two only, daughters, suivived him, one of whom married the Hon, William C. Bradley, formerly member of Congress from Vermont, and the other Hon. Samuel W. Porter of Springfield, Vermont. JAMES MITCHELL LAMSON SCOVILL. He was J. bg" eld est born of James and Alathea (Lamson ) Scovill, ami the grandson of Rev. James Scovill. He was born Sept. 4, 1789, and died May J 6, 1857. His early education was obtained at the dis- trict schools. According to his own account of himself, he was a " wide awake " youth, and kept the pedagogues busy. At the age of seventeen, he became a clerkiu his father's store. In 1811, Sept. 19, he and Frede- rick Leavenworth bought out the factory, machinery, tools and stock of Abel Porter & Co., and in connection with David Hayden commenced the raanufj^cture of gilt and brass buttons, under the name of Leaven- worth, Hayden & Scovill.* Some of the work was done in the old grist mill. Mr. Hayden was the only practical button maker in the compa- nv^^Mr^^covilf sold the goods and attended to the out-of-door busi- ness. When traveling, he improved every chance to pick up old copper. About once a month, he made a journey to the iron mill at Bradleyville, Litchfield, and waited to have his brass rolled. On one of his return trips he had an old copper still in his sleigh. As there was no other place to ride, he got inside. Afterwards he was overturned, but drawing his head within, he rolled down the hill uninjured. About 1811, the Waterbury Woolen Co., under the superintendence of Austin Steele, commenced operations. James Scovill and Leaven- worth, Hayden & Scovill were stockholders. When peace was de- clared, woolen goods went down, and this investment was a total loss. Leavenworth, Hayden & Scovill continued business, with very mod- erate success, till the fall of 1827, when Dr. Leavenworth and Mr. Hayden sold out) and William H. Scovill bought in. Dr. L. got for his one third ♦ The names of all the partners were introduced into the partnership name at the particular request of Mr. Hayden. He had had some painful experiencesVhich made him strenuous on this point. His name was not known in the firm of Abel Porter & Co, While a member of this company, without much knowledge of the forms of business, he went to New Haven to draw money out of the bank. He drew a check, signed the company's name, and presented it to the old New Haven Bank. The officers did not know him. He must bring evidence of his individual identity and partnership relation. The day was spent in fruitless endeavors to find the needed proof. Of course he was in a towering rage, and showered epithets upon the stupid bank ofiB- cials. He returned home without money enough to pay gnte fees, unburdening himself to the rocks and trees on the way. 430 mSTOKT OF WATERBUEY. interest about $6,000. The new firm toot the namepy. M. L. & W. H. Scovill. They went on prosperously till 1829, when they met with a severe loss by the burning of their factory. It was immediately rebuilt, and the business soon became more extensive and flourishing than ever. In 1840, S. M. Buckingham and Abram Ives became interested in the button business, which was now carried on under the name of Scovill & Co. J. M. L. & W. H. Scovill continued the manufacture of rolled brass and plated metal, which had now become an important interest. They also associated themselves with John Buckingham, under the name of Scovills & Buclcingham, in the making of patent brass butts, the busi- ness being carried on at the place now owned by the Oakville Pin Co., on Steel's Brook. About 1842, they began the manufacture of Daguerre- otype plates, and soon did an extensive business in th &c., and Thomas Benedict was chosen one of the delegates by the town of Jamaica. He held a lieutenant's commission from Gov. Nichols, * The early generations of this family are taken from a parchment record, now in possession of the family, whicli has the appearance of being an ancient document. 46i HISTOKT OF WA.TERBURT. dated April Y, 1665. During the same year, he removed to Norwalk, Conn., with his family. In 1666, he was chosen town clerk and select- man of Norwalk. The office of town clerk he held many years at 20s. per year, and was deputy to the General Court in May, 1670 and 1675. The office of deacon he held many years in the church of Norwalk, and " used the office to the satisfaction of the church, until his death," which occurred in his 73d year. Ch. : I. Thomas; II. John; III. Samuel; IV. James; V. Daniel; VI. Betty, m. John Slanson, of Stamford; VII. Mary, m. Lieut. Ohnsted of Norwalk, Nov. 11, 1670 ; VIII. Sarah, m. Dec. 19, 1679, James Beebe, who was one of the early set- tlers of Danbury ; IX. Rebecca, m. Doct. Samuel Woods, who was born and educated in England, and settled in Danbury. 5. Thomas, son of Tho. (4,) m. Mary Messenger of Jamaica, L. I., and settled in Norwalk. Ch. : Mary b. 1666 ; Thomas, b. 1670 ; Han- nah, b. 1676 ; Esther b. 1679 ; Abigail, b. 1682, and Elizabeth. 6. Dea. John, son of Tho. (4,) m, Phebe, dau. of John Gregory, of Ncrwalk, Nov. 11, 1670, and d. at the age of 89. His wife d. 1749. Ch : I. Sarah ; II. Phebe, b. 1673 ; III. John, b. 1676 ; IV. Jonathan ; V. Benjamin, settled at Ridgefield, about 1720, was deacon and select- man ; VI. Joseph, settled at Ridgefield; VII. James, b. 1685, settled at Ridgefield ; VIII. Mary ; IX. Thomas. 7. Samuel, son of Tho. (4,) m. Rebecca Andrews, of Fairfield. He purchased, with his brother James, and others, in 1685, lands in Dan- bury and began a settlement there. Ch. : Joanna, b. Oct. 22, 1673 ; Samuel, b. March, 1675; Thomas, b. March 27, 1679; Rebecca, Esther, Nathaniel and Abraham (?) 8. James, son of Tho. (4,) m. Sarah Gregory, of Norwalk, May 10, 1676, and settled at Danbury. Ch. : Sarah, b. June 16, 1677; Rebecca, Phebe, James, John, Thomas and Elizabeth. 9. Daniel, son of Tho. (4,) m. Mary Marvin of Norwalk, settled at Danbury. Ch. : Mary, Daniel, Mercy and Hannah. 10. Thomas, son of Tlio. (5,) m. Rachel, dau. of Mr. Samuel Smith of Norwalk. Ch. : I. Mary, m. Daniel St. John, of Norwalk; 11. Thomas, m. Deborah, dau. of Jonathan Waters, Esq., of Jamaica ; III. Samuel ; IV. Daniel; V. Rachel, m. Eliasaph, son of Danl. Kellogg of Norwalk ; VI. Nehemiah ; VII. Sarah, m. Daniel Hayt, of Norwalk. 11. John, son of Dea. John, (6,) had John, Matthew, Caleb, Nathan- iel, Annah and Phebe. 12. Joseph, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Joseph, Gideon, Annn, Pit- man, Jonathan, Mary, Ezra and John. 13. Bknjamin, son of Dea. John, (6,) ha'i Benjamin, Timotliy, John. Samuel, Daniel, Amos, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Thankful. HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 465 14. James, soi* of Dea. Johu, (6,) had Sarah, Ruth, Peter, Hannah, Phebe, James, Martha, John and Thomas. 15. Thomas, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Ebenezer, David, John, Thom- as, Betty and Setli. 16. Samuel, son of Thomas, (10,) ra. Jemima, dau. of John Kesler, of Norwalk. Ch. : Jemima, Samuel, Mary, Daniel, Stephen, Sarah, Abi- gail, Esther and Rachel. 17. Daniel, son of Samuel, (16,) m. Sarah llickox. He lived in Daiibury. Ch. : Samuel, Daniel, Amos, Noah, b. 1*737, Aaron, b. Jan. 17, 174 5, Ruth, Sarah and Mary. 18. Rev. Xoah, son of Daniel, (17,) graduated at Nassau Hall, in 1757, was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church in Wood- bury, Oct. 22, 1760, and died in 1813. Ch. : I. Ruth, m. Hon. Nathan- iel Smith ; H. Hon. Noah B., b. April 2, 1771, was an eminent lawyer ; HI. Gen. Thomas. 19. Aarox, son of Daniel, (17,) m. E-ither Trowbridge,* of Danbury Dec. 13, 1769 ; removed to Waterbury the same year, and settled in the east part of what is now the town of Middlebury ; became a leading man in the town ; was active in the Revolutionary war ; represented the town in the Legislature, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He d. Dec. 16, 1841, aged 97. His wife d. March 16, 1833. Ch. : I. Re- becca, b. Aug. 31, 1772, m. Eli Clark of Waterbury, and had Joseph, Polly, Maria, Harriet, Edward, Eli B., Timothy, James ; H. Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1774, d. Nov. 5, 1781; HI. Polly, b. April 24. 1777, m. Asa Ly- man, and had Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Caroline, Louisa, Theodore and Dwight; IV. Amos, (see p. 370,) b. July 6, 1780, m. Ann Stone, of Litchfield. Ch. : Harriet Ann, Amelia C. and George Amos ; V. Sally, b. Aug. 22,1782, is unmarried, and lives on the old homestead, in Middlebury; VL Aaron, b. Aug. 9, 1785; VH. A son, b. March 16, 1788, died April 25, 1788; VIL Esther, b.Aug. 11, 1789, m. Dr. Jacob Linsley, of Middlebury ; is a widow and lives in Waterbury. 20. AAR0x,f son of Aaron, (19,) m. Charlotte Porter, of Waterbury Sept. 1808. Ch. : I. Charlotte Ann, b. March 27, 1810, m. Scovill M. Buck- ingham, May 18, 1835 ; IL Frances Jennette, b. Nov. 22, 1812, d. Feb. 13, 1830; HL George W., b. Nov. 26, 1814, m. Caroline R., dau. of Austin Steele, of Waterbury, Feb. 8, 1838. Ch.: Mary Caroline, Fran- ces Jennette, George Henry, Aaron Austin, and Clara Louisa; IV. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1817, m. Cornelia M. Johnson, of Waterbury, Oct. * She was a descendant of William Trowbridge, of New Haven, who was a son of Thomas Trowbridge, the progenitor of all of the name in this country. tSee p.«S. 30 466 HISTOEY OF WATEEBLTtY. 1, 1845. Ch. : Amelia Caroline, Charlotte Buckingham, and Cornelia Johnson; V. Mary Lyman, Sept. 24, 1819, m. John S. Mitchell, of New Haven, Jan. 3, 1838, and had Charles B.,b. 1840, d. 1854. BLAKESLEE.* 1. Thomas Blakesley first appeared at Hartford about 1 641. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven in 1644, but was at Bran- ford in 1645, where he lived some years. He removed thence to Guilford, and died at Boston in 1674, leaving a wife, Susanna, and ch, as follows : Aaron, Moses, Miriam, wife of Samuel Pond, and Abigail, wife of Ball. 2. Samuel,! probably a brother of Thomas, (1,) and ancestor of the Blakeslees who settled early at Woodbury, Waterbury, &c., was a planter at Guilford in 1650, and m. Dec, 3, the same year, Hannah, dau. of William Potter of New Haven, to which place he removed, and d. in 1672, leaving four ch., viz : John, Mary, Samuel and Ebenezer. The births of his ch., as found on record, were : I. John, b. Oct. 22, 1651 ; n, a son who d. 1672 ; HI. Hannah, b. Oct. 22, 1657, d, 1669 ; IV. Mary, Nov. 2, 1659 ; V. Samuel, April 8, 1662 ; VI. Ebenezer, b. July 17, 1664; VII. Hannah, May 22, 1666; VIII. Jonathan, March 3, 1669, d. 1669. 3. John, son of Samuel, (2,) lived at New Haven, and d. in 1713. He had by his wife, Grace: I. John, b, July 15, 1676, d. 1723, leaving a family ; II. Hannah or Anna, b. Aug. 6, 1681, m. Moses Sperry, Jan. 1, 1705 ; III. Moses, settled in Waterbury. 4. Samuel, son of Samuel, (2,) settled at West Haven, m. Nov. 20, 1684, Sarah Kimberly, and removed to Woodbury. The first six of his ch. were bap. at Woodbury, Aug. 1697. The births of his ch. re- corded at New Haven are as follows : I. Samuel, b. Jan, 28, 1685, settled in Woodbury, (Roxbury soc, ;) 11. Miriam, b. May 2, 1688 ; III. Jona- than, b. Jan. 6, 1690-91; IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 1692 ; V, Anna, b. Dec. 2, 1694 ; VI. Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1696 ; VII. James, b. April 27, 1699, settled in Waterbury; VIII. Mehitable, b. Aug. 31, 1702; IX. Tilly, b. March 18, 1705, settled in Woodbury, (Roxbury soc.) He m. Mary Brown of New Haven, Feb. 7, 1728-9. * This name, on the early records, is written in twentj--five or more different ways. It is now generally spelled as above. t There is a tradition among his descendants, that two brothers of the name of Blakeslee came from the west of England, designing to settle in the Plymouth Colony, and that one of them died on the passage. The other came to Plymouth, where he died in the early days of the Colony, leaving one son, who was placed with a blacksmith in New Haven, Conn., to learn the trade. It is also asserted thnt the brothers brought an anvil with them, and that it was seen but a few years since in Roxbury, Conn. APPENDIX. 467 5. Ebenezer, son of Samuel, (2,) d. Sept. 24, 1725. His ch. were : I. Ebenezer and II. Hannah, (twins,) b. Feb. 4, 1685 ; III. Susannah, b. May 21, 1689; IV. Grace, b. Jan. 1, 1693-4, m. Ebenezer Ilumber- ston, Oct. 13, 1718; V. Abraham, b. Dec. 15, 1695 ; VI. Isaac, b. July 21, 1V03. 6. Deacon Moses, son of John, (3,) m. Sarah Benton of Hartford, Jan. 1, 1702. He removed to Waterbury about 1739, and settled on land previously (about 1722) laid out to him, on what is now called Town Hill, in the east part of the present town of Plymouth. His house stood near the residence of the late Oliver Stoughton. He was appointed deacon of the church at the time of its organization in 1 740, in which he was an active and influential member, as he also was in the society and town. His ch. as recorded at New Haven were : I. Moses, b. Sept. 2, 1702, d. 1728; II. Aaron, b. April 25, 1704, d. young; III. Abner, b. Jan. 25, 1705, d. 1726 ; IV. Sarah, b. March 3], 1708 ; V. Jesse, b. March 30, 1710, had a family in New Haven ; VI. Dinah, b. Jan. 21, 17] 1-12 ; VII. Job, b. Dec. 8, 1713 ; VIII. Job, Dec. 18, 1714; IX. Aaron, Feb. 18, 1716-17, remained at New Haven, had a family; X. Hannah, b. March 25, 1718-19 ; XLThebe,b. March 12, 1721-2, m. Henry Cook, Aug. 30, 1 744 ; XII. John, b .Dec. 1 5, 1 723, settled in Water- bury, Northbury soc; XIII. Marah, b. Jan. 29, 1726-27, m. Benjamin Upson, May 30, 1743; XIV. Moses, b. Jan. 25, 1728-29, settled in Waterbury. 7. James, son of Samuel, (4,) settled in Waterbury, m. Thankful, dau. of Sergt. Stephen Upson of Waterbury, Sept. 15, 1724, and d. Jan. 12, 1784. His ch. were: I. Reuben, b. Jan. 18, 1726, m. Rhoda , and d. Jan. 4, 1813. Ch. : Reuben, b. 1763 ; Mehitable, b. 1765 ; Louis Anna, b. 1768; Rhoda, b. 1771 ; Samuel, b. 1773; James, b. 1775, and Griswold, b. 1777. H. Tilly, b. June 10, 172 8, and had Ar- chibald, b. 1752, and Thankful, b. 1755, III. Mehitable, b. Aug. 12, 1732. IV. James, b. Feb. 5, 1735. 8. John, son of Moses, (6,) settled near his father, m. Olive, dau. of Samuel Curtis, March 14, 1745. Ch. : I. John, b. March 3, 1746 ; II. Amasa, b. Jan. 15, 1748, m. Esther Barker, and had Miles, b. 1772, Lyman, b. 1774, Eneas, b. 1776. He settled in Plymouth. HI. Joel, b. Aug. 19, 1750, m. and settled in Plymouth. He had Linus, Ran- som, Betsey, Erastus and Amanda; all dead except Ransom and Bet- sey. IV. Enos, b. July 12, 1752; V. Obed, b. Aug. 29, 1754; VL Olive, b. March 29, 1758, m. Elnathan Ives; VH. Lettis, b. 1760, d. 1761 ; VIH. Lettis, b. May 27, 1763, ra. Ira Pond; IX. Jared, b. July 8, 1765. He is living and has a fiimily in Plymouth ; X. Sally, b. Aug- 20, 1768, m. Stephen Seymour ; XL Curtis, b. Feb. 16, 1770, d. young 4:68 HISTORY OF WATEKBURT. 9. Moses, son of Moses, (6,) m. Dec. 24, 1753, Hannah Dunbar of Wallingford, and had : I. Asa, b. Sept. 30, 1754 ; II. Caleb, b. Oct. 22, 1756, d. 1757 ; III. A daughter, b. April 1, 1758 ; IV. Moses, b. May 12, 1760. 10. I have not been able to find the connection of the following with the preceding. I presume, however, they are descended from Samuel, (2.) Capt. Thomas B., son of Ebenezer of New Haven, settled in Wa- terbury. His first four ch. are recorded at New Haven, the others at Waterbury. He was the firsi captain in Northbury society. He d. Jan. 2, 1778, and his wid. Mary d. April, 1792. Ch. : I. David, b. Nov. 2, 1722 ; II. Reuben, b. March 9, 1724-5 ; III. Moses, b. June 30, 1727 ; IV. Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1729, d. 1750; V. Submit, b. 1731, d. 1750 ; VI. Experience, b. Jan. 3, 1734-5 ; VII. Lydia, July 6, 1737, m. Stephen Blakeslee, Jan. 1757; VIII. Esther, b. Aug, 6, 1739; IX. Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1741. 11. David, son of Capt. Thomas, (10,) m. Nov. 29, 1743, Phebe Todd of New Haven, who d. Oct. 4, 1744. He m. 2d, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan How, May 18, 1752, who d. May 6, 1799. Ch. : I. Thomas, b. Sept. 17, 1744, m. Lydia Bradley, Aug. 14, 1764, and had Aseneth, b. March 28, 1765; Bethiah, b. March 30, 1767; Chloe, b. Feb. 13, 1769 ; Mabel, b. March 31, 1771 ; II. Eli, b. March 22, 1753, m. L. Cur- tis, Oct. 31, 1773, and had Prue, b. June 25, 1775, and Orpha, b. Nov- 3, 1776 ; III. Asa, b. May 23, 1756 ; IV. Phebe, b. June 14, 1758 ; V. Ede, b. Oct. 21, 1760, d. 1771 ; VI. Bede, b. Nov. 9, 1762 ; VII. Adna, b. Jan. 31, 1765 ; VIII. David, b. July 22, 1771. 12. Redbei^, son of Capt. Thomas, (10,) m. Mary, dau. of Barnabas Ford, Sept. 19, 1748. Ch. : I. Ruth, b. Feb. 4, 1749; II. Submit, b- Feb. 14, 1751; III, Silas, b. Nov. 30,1752; IV. Enos, b. May 11, 1755 ; V. Lois, b. Oct. 30, 1757 ; VI. Eunice, b. Feb. 14, 1760. 13. MosES, son of Capt. Thomas, (10,) m. Nov. 17, 1746, Mehitable, dau. of Gideon Allen. Ch. : L Hezekiah, b. Jan 27, 1748 ; II. Keziah, b. Sept. 20, 1749, d. in 1755; IH. Amos, b. Jan. 10, 1752, d. 1755 ; IV. Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1754 ; V. Keziah, b. May 21, 1756 ; VI. Rachel, March 31, 1758 ; VIL Vodice, b. July 4, 1760, d. 1760; VIH. Vodice, b. Sept. 8, 1761 ; IX. Amos, b. Nov. 26, 1763 ; X. Zuar, b. Feb. 1766 ; XL Grace, b. July 21, 1768. 14. Jacob Blakeslee had the following ch., four of whom are re- corded at New Haven. He removed to Waterbury, where his two last ch. are recorded. He d. March 25, 1767. Ch.: I. Abner, b. May 15, 1731 ; H. Anna, b. Oct. 6, 1733 ; IIL Gad, b. Dec. 13, 1735 ; IV. Asher, b. May 23, 1738 ; V. Noah, b. Dec. 13, 1740 ; VL Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1743. APPENDIX. 469 15. Abner, son of Jacob, (14,) m. Thankful, dau. of Samuel Peck, Sept. 25, 1*755, and had : I. Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1V56; II. Jacob, b. Sept. 14, 1758; III. A son, b. Sept. 4, 1761, d. young; IV. Clement, b. June 30, 1763 ; V. Micajah, b. April 22, 1766 ; VI. Ziba, b. July 9, 1768; VII. Abner, b. May 21, 1771. 16. AsHER, son of Jacob, (14,) ra. Oct. 26, 1762, Mary, dau. of John Huraaston of Litchfield, and d. May 3, 1814. Ch. : I. Selah, b. Jan. 30, 1764; II. Salmon, b. Jan. 30, 1766 ; III. Anna, b. Nov. 15, 1767; IV. Gad, b. Jan. 10, 1770; V. Asher, b. Nov. 17, 1771. BRONSON. 1. John Bronson of Hartford and Farmigton, bad ch. : Jacob, John, Isaac, Abraham, Mary, Dorcas and Sarab. (See p. 137.) 2. Jacob, son of John, (l,)had Samuel, Jacob, of Kensington, Roger, of New Milford, Isaac, of Lyme, Elizabeth and Rebecca. 3. John, son of John, (1,) was one of the first settlers of Waterbury. Ch.: John, Sarah, Dorothy, Ebenezer, William, Moses and Grace. (See p. 138.) 4. Serj. Isaac, son of John, (1,) had, I. Isaac; II. John; III. Samuel ; IV. Mary; V. Joseph; VL Thomas; VIL Ebenezer; VIII. Sarah; IX. Mercy. (See p. 140, and Cothren's Woodbury, p. 505.) 5. MosES, son of John, (3,) had ch. : I. Eunice, b. Dec. 23, 1714, m. Eliakim Welton ; IL Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1717, m. John Warner; III. Na- than, b. Sept. 5, 1719, m. Williams, went to Alford; IV. Martha, b. June 14, 1721, m. Hill ; V. Elnathan, b. Oct. 2, 1723, m. Rachel Hill ; VI. Charity, and VIL Commfort, twins, b. Mar. 29, 1726, Comfort, m. Martin ; VIII. Esther, b. Feb. 6, 1728, m. Peck; IX. Jeru sha, b. Feb. 9, 1730, ra. Thomas Williams ; X. Jemima, b. May 25, 1732 XL William, b. May 30, 1734, went to Alford, Mass; XII. Moses, b, June 19, 1736 ; XIIL Naomi, b. March 28, 1739, m. Jonathan Hughes, 6. Isaac, son of Isaac, (4,) had ch. : I. Jerusha, b. Nov. 8, 1703, m, Paul Welch of New Milford ; IL Isaac, b. Mar. 29, 1707 ; IIL Anna, b Aug. 23, 1709, m. 1st, Daniel How, 2d, Isaac Tuttle; IV. Josiah, b June, 1713 ; V. Mary, b. May 29, 1716, m. James Hine of New M ford; VL Nathan, b. May, 1719, d. 1722; VIL James, b. Oct. 27 1721, d. 1725; VIIL Patience, b. April 14, 1725; IX. James, b Oct. 22, 1727. 7. Lt. John, son of Isaac, (4,) had cb. : I. Mary, b. April 9, 1698, m. 1st, Samuel Porter, 2d, John Barnes, and d. 1774 ; IL John, b. April 23, 1701 ; III. Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1704, m. Nathan Gaylord, lived in New Milford; IV. Jemima, b. Aug. 27, 1706, m. Stephen Hopkins; V. 470 HISTOEY OF WATERBrET. Joseph, b. JulylS, 1V09 ; VI. Benjamin, b. Oct. 2, 1711 ; VII. Tamer, b. March 14, 1V30, m. Joseph Nichols ; VIII. Ezra, b. April 24, 1732 ; IX. Phebe, b. Marcb 23, 1734, m. Nathaniel Richardson. 8. Lt. Thomas, son of Isaac, (4,) had ch, : I. Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1710- 11; II. Stephen, b. Nov. 25, 1712, d. Dec. 30, 1712; III. Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1714, d. 1715 ; IV. Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1716, m. Ebenezer Warner. 9. Ebenezer, son of Isaac, (4,) had ch.: T. Susanna, b. Ap. 29, 1718, m. William Adams; II. Andrew, b. Nov. 23, 1720; III. Mary, b. Oct. 1723, m. Jonathan Baldwin and d. May 17, 1821 ; IV. Samuel, b. Mar. 16, 1726, d. 1726; V. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 9, 1730, d. 1730 ; VI. Thant- fiil, b. Oct. 15, 1733, d. 1750; VII. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 1, 1738. 10. Elnathan, son of Moses, (5,) m. wid. Rachel Hill of New Fair- field, Dec. 26, 1744. He had ch.: I. Jesse, b. Sept. 11, 1745; II. Es- ther, b. Sept. 22, J 747 ; III. Jerusha,b. Jan. 15, 1749-50 ; IV. Hannah, b. Feb. 29, 1751-2 ; V. Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1753. 11. Nathan, son of Moses, (5,) m. Obedience, dau. of Thomas Wil- liams, Feb. 22, 1749-50. She d. March 13, 1753, and he m. 2d, wid. Abigail Lewis, June 29, 1769, who d. Nov. 17, 1800. Ch. : I. Reuben, b. Nov. 28, 1750 ; II. a dau. b. Feb. 17, 1753. 12. Isaac, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Eunice, dau. of Thomas Richards, July 3, 1734, who d. Sept. 6, 1749, and he m. Abigail, wid. of Caleb Munson, Nov. 22, 1750, and d. Dec. 7, 1799, a. 93. His ch, were, I. Lois, b. Jan. 26, 1735, m. Isaac Prichard of Waterbury, d. 1824 ; II. Isaac, b. Oct. 2, 1736 ; IIL Hannah, b. Jan. 31, 1738-9, m. Timothy Clark, d. 1815; IV. Lydia, b. June 29, 1741, d. Sept. 1749 ; V. EH, b. June 30, 1743 ; VL Patience, b. Dec. 12, 1746, d. Sep. 6, 1749 ; VIL Setb, b. Dec. 7, 1748 ; VHL Titus, b. Oct. 15, 1751 ; IX. Abigail, b. Aug. 12, 1753, m. Ambrose Ilickox. 13. Lt. JosiAH, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Dinah, dau. of John Sutliff, July 23, 1735. She d. Sept. 10, 1736, and he ra. Sarah, wid. of David Leavenworth of Woodbury, May 15, 1740, who d. Aug. 28, 1767, and he m. 3d, Rebecca, wid. of Moses Hurlbut of Woodbury, Dec. 23, 1767. She d. June 6, 1797, and he m. 4th, wid. Huldah Williams, June 12, 1798. He was born at Breakneck. Blest by nature with a robust constitution, a cheerful, buoyant spirit and an iron will, he was emi- nently fitted to grapple with the many difficulties incident to the times in which he lived. He was shrewd, calculating and social ; became a lieutenant, secured wealth, aud obtained an honorable position in soci- ety. With less of the puritan strictness which characterized most men of his day, he was a professor of religion, and died, at a good old APPENDIX. 471 age, Feb. 20, 1804. His cb, were, I. Lucy, b. Sept. 10, 1736, m. James Porter of Middlebury ; 11. David, b. June 25, 1741; III. Abel, b. May 30, 1743, a pbysician; IV. Zuba, b. April 28, 1745, m. Abner Munson; V. Ruben, b. June 5, 1747 ; VI. Thaddeus, b. July 22, 1749 ; Vir. Josiab, b. Feb. 1, 1751-2 ; VIII. Elijah, b. May 15, 1755. 14. James, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Sarah, dau. of Josiah Brocket of Walliugford, Aug. 22, 1750. Ch. : I. Roswell, b. Sept. 9, 1751 ; II. Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1754, m. John Adams; III. Levi, b. June 12, 1757 ; IV. Asahel, b. Nov. 28, 1759; V. Thankful, b. Mar. 5, 1762, ni. Amos Hinman ; VI. Jesse, b. July 1, 1763. 15. John, son of John, (7,) m. Comfort, dau. of William Baldwin of Stratford, March 28, 1728. He lived at Jerico, ou the Naugaluck, in Northbury, till 1759, when he removed to Nine Partners, N. Y., and be- came a Baptist deacon. Ch.: I. Rhoda, b. March 30, 1729, m. Joshua Graves; IL Amos, b. Feb. 3, 1730-1 ; IIL Hannah, b. March 6, 1734, m. David Foot; IV. Thankful, b. Sept. 6, 1736, m. Moses Foot of Waterbury, Aug. 12, 1756, d. Sept. 5, 1757 ; V. Mary, b. Feb. 25, 1738-9, m. x\aron Foot of Harwinton and Sheffield, d. Feb. 10, 1824; VL John, b. Dec. 22, 1742; VIL Chloe, b. Dec. 29, 1745, m. Col. Barker of Nine Partners, N. Y. 16. Joseph, son of John, (7,) ra. Anna, dau, of Rev. John Soutbmayd, June 1, 1732. She d. Aug. 12, 1749, and he m. 2d, Mary, dau. of Lt. Gershom Fulford, May 2, 1750, and d. Sept. 19, 1771. Ch. : L Me- liscent, b. Dec. 24, 1734, d, 1735 ; IL Eldad, b. July 1, 1736, d. 1749 ; IIL Desire, b. July 9, 1738, m. Jonathan Guernsey; IV. Seba, b. Sept. 23, 1740 ; V. Anne, b. May 22, 1751, m. Herman Munson; VL Bela, b. May 7, 1757. I find in addition to the preceding the births of no less than six still born children on record. 17. Benjamin, son of John, (7,) m. Lois, dau. of Thomas Richards, March 14, 1738, and d. Nov. 16, 1745. His wid. m. Silas Hotchkiss. Ch. : L Hannah, b.Nov. 16, 1738, d. same month ; IL Ruth, b. Sept. 30, 1739, ra. Samuel Scovill; IIL Chloe, b. Dec. 2, 1741, d. 1742; IV. Samuel, b. Dec. 10, 1742; V. Benjamin, b. May 8, 1746, d. Dec. 22, 1765. 18. Capt. Ezra, son of John, (7.) He was one of the honored men of his time ; was town clerk, town treasurer, a representative to the As- sembly, a justice of the peace, and commissary in the Revolution. He m. Susanna, dau. of Thomas Judd, Sep. 6, 1753, and d. Sept. 1, 1795. She d. Oct. 13, 1828, aged 90. Ch. : L Lt. Michael, b. March 25, 1754 ; II. Hannah, b. March 26, 1757, m. Wm, Leavenworth ; IIL Mark, b. Aug, 4, 1762 ; IV, Susanna, b, March 6, 1766, m. Stephen "VVelton ; V. 473 HISTORY OF WATERBUEY. Aune, b. Dec. 26, lllO, m. Joseph Cook; VI. Meliscent, b. June 27, 1*773, m. William Durand. 19. Thomas, Esq., son of Lt. Thomas, [S,) m. Susanna, dau. of Rev. John Southmayd," Sept. 25, 1734. She d. Aug. 13, 1741. He then m.' Anna, dau. of Stephen Hopkins, Esq., Jan. 9, 1746, aud d. June 25, 1759. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. June 30, 1735; H. Susanna, b. Dec. 7, 1736, m. Rev. Elijah Sill; HI. Daniel, b. March 8, 1739 ; IV. Samuel, b. June 21, 1741, d. 1741 ; V. David, b. Sept. 25, 1748, d. 1750; VI. Thomas, b. March 10, 1751; VII. Anne, b. Sept. 28, 1752, m. Joseph Upson ; VIII. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1755 ; IX. Ruth, b. Feb. 23, 1759, m. Dr. Jesse Upson. 20. Dea. Andrew, son of Ebenezer, (9,) m. Marj^, dau. of Lt. John Scovill, Feb. 9, 1745-6, and d. Dec. 1799. Ch. : I. Amasa, b. June 8, 1746, d. 1752; II. Esther, b. Jan. 21, 1747-8, m. Daniel Bronson, in 1770 ; III. Amasa, b. April 1, 1750, d. 1753 ; IV. Mary, b. April 23, 1752 ; V. Thankful, b. Aug 27, 1755 ; VI. Lucy, b. June 27, 1760, m. Samuel Porter; VIL Samuel, b. Nov. 1, 1762; VIII. Sylvia, b. Nov. 20, 1764; IX. Andrew. 21. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, (9,) m. Miriam, dau. of Richaid Nichols, April 7, 1763, and d. May 6, 1808. His wife d. July 12, 1812. Ch. : L Joseph, b. March 1, 1764 ; IL Amzi, b. April 12, 1765 ; IK. Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1766, d. 1767; IV. Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1767; V. Susan, b. May 7, 1769, d. 1782 ; VL Ebenezer, b. Nov. 14, 1771, ra. and had five or six ch., and d. July, 1840, in the State of New York; VII. Harvey, b. Feb. 21, 1774; VIIL Clarissa, d. Aug. 26, 1778 ; IX. Clarinda; X. Isaac. The last three were b. April 18, 1778; XL Susa, b. Feb. 14, 1784. 22. Capt. Isaac, son of Isaac, (12.) He m. Mary, dau. of Josiah Brocket of VVaUingford, Feb. 13, 1755, and d. April 15, 1826, aged 90. His wife d. Aug. 1, 1816. Ch. : L Eunice, b. Dec. 4, 1755, d.in 1775 ; II. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1757, m. Eblem Hill, supposed to be living in Ash- tabula Co., Ohio, at this time; HI. Isaac, b. March 10, 1760, (see p. 370 ;) IV. Laban, b.Feb. 14, 1762, d. 1801 ; V. Ethel, b. July 22, 1765, (see p. 374 ;) VL Chauncey, b. Dec. 31, 1767, d. 1768 ; VIL Hannah b. May, 1769, m. Eli Hine, Oct. 30, 1792; VIIL Sarah, b. March 21, 1775 ; IX. Virtue, b. March 22, 1778, m. Nancy Carrington, d. 1815 or 1816, in Ontario Co., N. Y. 23. Eli, son of Isaac, (12,) m. Mehitable, dau. of Capt. Enos At- water of Wallingford, March 4, 1773, and d. Sept. 30, 1816. Ch. : L Enos, b. March 31, 1774, (see p. 384.) IL Mehitable, b. Nov. 29, 1775, d. 1777 ; IlL Mehitable, b. May 7, 1778, m. Eli Thompson ; IV. Diantha, APPEISIDIX, 473 1). April 11, 1780, ra. Amos Curtiss ; V. Capt. Pliilo, b. May 15, 1782, m. Ciiloe, dau. of Major Samuel Bronson. He was a deacon, a frequent representative to the Legislature, and most excellent man, and d. at Geneva, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1855 ; VI. A son, b. Oct. 31, 1784, d. young. 24. Dea. Seth, son of Isaac, (12,) ra. Cbloe, dau. of George Prich- ard, Nov. 27, 1770, and d. Oct. 11, 1828. His wid. d. Jan. 10, 1805. Ch. : I. Anna, b. Jan. 19, 1773, m. Kelsey of Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; II. Chloe, b. Dec. 28, 1777, m. David Tyler of Middlebury, went to Ptut- land, N. Y., and still lives ; III. Jonas, b. Sept. 25, 1779, m. Melinda Baldwin, is deacon of a Congregational church, and now lives in But- land, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; IV. Marcus, b. Sept. 8, 1781, m. Rebecca Thompson, and is now living in Middlebury ; V. Asa. (?) 25. Titus, son of Isaac, (12,) m. Hannah, dau. of Moses Cook, Feb. 11, 1779. Ch. : I. Jairus, b. Dec. 9, 1779, m. Irene Mallory of Wood- bury, Jan. 11, 1804, is now living in Talmadge, Ohio. Ch. : Charles C, Butler, Zuria, Bennet, Maria, Cornelia and Harriet. II. Horace, b. Feb. 15, 1782, m. Charry Thompson, is now living in Middleburv. Ch. : Alfred H., Horace C, John T., Eliza, Mary, Caroline, Sarah and Joseph, in. Augustus, b. June 24, 1784, m. Nancy Bradley, d. in Ohio, 1838 ; IV. Esther, b. Oct. 19, 178G, m. John Hine, is a widow, lives in New Haven. Ch.: Harriet and Mary. V. Titus, b. Nov. 27, 1788, ra. Sally Richardson, d. in 1853. He was a pioneer settler at Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, Mich., and Davenport, Iowa, d. Jan. 1853, while on a visit to his native place, Middlebury. VI. Hannah, b. April 18, 1791, d. in 1851. VII. Sally, b. Sept. 13, 1794, ra. A. Benham, and is now living in Middlebury; Ch. : Wi!liam,John,Eno?, Sarah and Franklin. VIII. Leon- ard, b. June 24, 1797, m. Nancy Ricliardson, wid. of M. Piatt. Ch. : Julia Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1820, d. Sept. 1841, Geo. F., b. Jan. 21, 1821, Catharine, d. young, Isaac P., b. May 22, 1826, and Edward L. 26. David, son of Lt. Josiah, (13,) m. Anna, dau. of Daniel Porter, March 1, 1772, and d. July 23,1799. His wid. d. Nov. 16, 1814. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1774, m. E. Stone; IL David, b. Feb. 3, 1777 ; IIL Anna, b. Nov. 3, 1778, m. Zerah Brown. 27. Doct. Abel, son of Lt. Josiah, (13,) m. Lydia Benham, Dec. 15, 1768, Avho d. June 6, 1782. He ra. 2d, Esther Hawkins, Oct. 24, 1784, and d. Aug. 2, 1805. Ch. : L Sarah, b. June 2, 1871, d. young ; II. Abel,b. Oct. 1, 1775 ; IIL A son, b. Feb. 2, 1786, d. next day ; IV. Lydia, b. March 21, 1787, m. Col. E. Judd; V. Elvira, b. Aug. 1789, m. Joseph Hall ; VL Sarah, b. April 1, 1791, m. Eben Abbott; VIL Joseph Perry, b. Sept. 25, 1794, is living in Watertown ; VIII. Homer, b. March 20, 1796, now living in Egremont, Mass. 474 niSTOKY OF waterbuey. 28. Reuben, son of Lt. Josiab, (13,) m. Jemima, dau. of Lt. Samuel Porter, Nov. 1, l770. Ch. : I. Edmund, b. July, 1V72, d. 1774; II. Samuel, b. Sept. 1774. 29. Thaddeus, son of Lt. Josiab, (13,) m. Abigail Wilmot, Dec. 10, 1772, wbo d. May 25, 1793, and he ra. 2d, Anne Hitchcock, Jan. 5, 1794, and d. March 2, 1825. Ch. : I. Abigail, b. June 1, 1773, m. D. Prichard ; II. Uri, b. May 30, 1778, m. Anna Atwood, Dec. 5, 1799 ; III. Olive, b. March 17, 1779, m. David Howe ; IV. Lucy, b. March 21, 1781, m. Amasa Gaylord ; V. Jerusha, b. May 21, 1784, m. Sherman Curtis ; VI. Jared, b. June 18, 1791, lives in Middlebury ; VIL Ruth, b. May 17, 1793, ra. Stephen Atwood of Woodbury. 30. JosiAH, son of Lt. Josiah, (13,) m. Tabitha, dau. of Ezekiel Tut- tle, Jan. 20, 1780. Ch. : L Truman, b. Jan. 5, 1781, d. in Ohio; H. Alvin,b.May 19, 1783, (see p. 450 ;) IIL Josiah, b. Sep. 19, 1786, lives at Onondaga, N. Y. ; IV. Edward, b. Sep. 1, 1789, resides at Cleveland, Ohio ; V. Nancy, b. Feb. 27, 1793, lives at Onondaga, N. Y. 31. Elijah, son of Lt. Josiah, (13,) m. Lois, dau. of Stephen Bun- nell of Wallingford, March 10, 1778. Ch. : I. Giles, b. Feb. 13, 1780, d. leaving one son and two daus. ; II. Irene, b. May 28, 1 782, m. Roswell Hull of Killingworth, resides there, has four sons, and two daus. ; III. Sabra, b. March 9, I784,m. Jonathan Blake of Winchester, resides there, has one son and two daus. ; IV. Selah, b. Feb. 26, 1786, d. at Oswego, N. Y., had one son and one dau,; Y. Silas, b. Feb. 15, 1788, resides in the city of New York. His father (a Middlebury farmer) having a large family, it became necessary for the children, at an early age, to look out for their own support. Silas had only a limited common school education, and for four years followed the trade of a carpenter, and joiner. Not satisfied with his future prospects, he resolved to try his fortune in the State of Georgia, where he followed the mercantile business for fifteen years. In the year 1830, he removed to the city of New York, and commenced the business of an importing and jobbing dry goods merchant. In 1835, he suffered severely from the memor- able fire of that year. But by great energy and perseverance, he soon overcame his losses. As his business increased, his health becoming somewhat impaired, he gave up his dry goods business, and has for the last few years devoted himself to a commission business, which he still continues. He is unmarried. VI. Elijah, b. Jan. 1, 1794, resides in Tenn., has five sons and two daus.; VII. Amos, b. Nov. 23, 1795, resides in Tenn., has one son and one dau. ; VIII. Polly, b. Dec. 3, 1797, m. Henry S. Wheeler, lives in Middlebury. 32. Roswell, son of James, (14,) m. Susanna, dau. of William APPENDIX. 4:75 Adaras, Nov. 25, IVTS. Ch. : I. Benoni, b. Sept. 25, 1114, d. 1777; II. Roswell, b. Jan. 26, 1777, lives ia Clinton, N. Y.; III. Mille, b. Feb. 2, 1779, d. Aug. 1826; IV. N"ancy, m. Stephen Stone, d. 1828; V. Garry, b. 1791, m. Maria Richardson, d. in 1841. 33. AsAHEL, Esq., son of James, (14,) lived in Middlebury, m. Esther, dau. of Stephen Upson, Feb. 12, 1784, d. April 22, 1850. Ch. : I. Sally, b. Dec. 1, 1784, m. Daniel Tyler of Middlebury; II. William, b. May 27, 1787, m. Almira Tyler, dau. of Roswell, d. Sept. 1856 ; III. James, d. June, 1816 ; IV. Doct. Tracy, lives in Newton, Ohio ; V. and VI. Almy and Amy ; Alray m. Lyman Camp of Middlebury, Amy d. young; VII. and VIII. A&abel and Esther, b. 1800 ; Asahel d. young, Esther d. 1826. 34. Jesse, son of James, (14,) m. Esther, dau. of Xatlian Osborn of Woodbury, Sept. 30, 1784. Ch. : I. Benoni, b. March 1, 1786; II. Marshal, b. Nov. 22, 1787; III. Alvari, (dau.) b. Aug. 30, 1789; IV. Leman, b. Jan. 15, 1792. 35. Capt. Amos, son of John, (15,) m. Anna, dau. of Jacob Blakeslee, June 3, 1751, and settled on the homestead at Jerico, which was given him by his father in 1759. He was a prominent man in Northbury, now Plymouth, and d. Sept. 2, 1819. Ch. : I. Lucy, b. Nov. 1, 1752, m. Isaac Barnes, d. at Camden, N. Y. ; II, Phebe, b. March 30, 1*754, m. 1st, Seymour, 2d, Stephen Sanford, and d. at Medina, Ohio, in 1835 ; IIL Tamer, b. Feb. 1, 1756, d. 1757; IV. Zerah, b. Jan. 22, 1758, m. Aaron Welton, and d. at Medina, Ohio, in 1836 ; V. Sylvia, b. Feb. 3, 1760, d. April, 1776 ; VL Tillotson,b. Jan. 8, 1762, (see p. 376 ;) VIL Noah, b. Aug. 6, 1764, d. 1766; VIIL Noah M., b. July 15, 1767, m. Betsey Ives of Plymouth, lives at Medina, Ohio, to which place he re- moved in 1815, and became one of the original settlers and proprietors. He has been a judge of one of the Ohio courts. IX. Amos, b. Sept. 3, 1769, m. Hannah Thomas, d. at Springville, Pa., in 1825; X. Anna, b. Jan. 20, 1113, m. Joseph Chatfield Alcox of Wolcott ; XL Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1774, m. 1st, Solomon Barker, 2d, Darius Orton, and 3d, Wm. Wiatt, and d. at Medina, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1855; XII. Sylvia, b. Nov. 22, 1776, m. Medad Alcox of Wolcott. 36. Seba, son of Joseph, (16,) m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Eickox, July 5, 1764. They both d. in Ohio, in 1816. Ch : L Levi, b. July 24, 1765, m. Sarah Prindle, May 23, 1783, and had ten ch. ; IL Olive, b. July 3, 1766 ; IIL Ager, b. Jan. 1, 1768, ra. Clarissa, dau. of Michael Bronson, d. Dec. 11, 1825 ; IV. Joseph, b. June 3, 1769 ; V. Anna, b. Feb. 5, 1771 ; VL Seba, b. Sept. 26, 1772 ; VIL Herman, b. Dec. 18, 1774; VIIL Thomas G., b. April 19, 1776 ; IX. Abraham, b. April 476 niSTOEY OF avateebuey. 11, 17Y8; X. Mary, h. March 13, 1Y80, m. Arc! Welton ; XL Bela, b. April 3, 1782; XII.— b. 1784 ; XIII and XIV. Southmayd and Daniel, b. Sept. 3, 1786. Southmayd d. April 23, 1814. 37. Maj. Samuel, son of Benjamin, (17,) m. Temperance Spencer, May 30, 1776, who d. July 31, 1785, and he ra. Huldah Williams, Dec. 1786, and d. July 21, 1813. Ch: I. Benjamin, b. March 19, 1777; II. Samuel, b. March 31, 1779; III. Chloe, b. Aug. 5, 1781, m. Philo Bronson; IV. Temperance, b. March 18, 1784; V. Isaac, b. Aug. 18, 1787, d. 1787; VI., Sally, b. Oct. 14, 1791, d. 1798 ; VII. Isaac, b. Sept. 11, 1793 ; VIII. V^illiam, b. June 27, 1795, d. 1795 ; IX. John, b. Dec. 29, 1796; X.Ezra R., b. Oct. 19, 1801, d. 1805. 38. Lt. Michael, son of Capt. Ezra, (18,) m. Eunice, dau. of Joseph Nichols, Julys, 1776, and d. July 25, 1822. His widow d. 1841. Ch: I. Clarissa, b. Sept. 30, 1776, m. A. Bronson ; II. Horatio Gates, b. Oct. 2, 1777, d. Oct. 23, 1825 ; III. Hannah, b. Feb. 12, 1780, m. Joel Scott; IV. Ezra, b. Dec. 6, 1783. 39. Mark, son of Capt. Ezra, (18,) m. Esther, dau. of Joseph Hop- kins, Sept. 16, 1784, and d. 1797. His widow d. Jan. 19, 1814. Ch : I. Henry, b. Aug. 4, 1787 ; Nancy, b. June 21, 1789, m. Cyrus Clark, Esq.; III. a dau., b. 1792, d. young; IV. Esther, b. Jan. 28, 1794, d. 1795 ; V. Edward. 40. Deacon Stephen, son of Thomas, Esq., (19,) m. Sarah, dau, of Caleb Ilummaston, May 17, 1764, and d. Dec. 15, 1809. His widow Sarah d. July 27, 1822. Ch : I. Mercy, b. Dec. 17, 1764, m. John Kingsbury, Nov. 6, 1794, and d. March 21, 1813 ; II. Jesse, b. June 9, 1766, d. Feb. 4, 1788, unmarried ; III. John, b. Aug. 14, 1768, d. Jan. 22, 1782 ; IV. Susanna, b. Dec. 26, 1770, d. Oct. 21, 1773 ; V. Con- tent Hummaston, b. May 14, 1773, d. March 28, 1806, unmarried; VI. Bennet, b. Nov. 14, 1775, d. Dec. 11, 1850. (See p. 379.) VII. Su- sanna, b. April 6, 1780, m. Joseph Burton, June 23, 1805, d. July 14, 1811. 41. Deacon Daniel, son of Thomas, Esq., (19,) m. Esther, dau. of Dea. Andrew Bronson, July 19, 1770. She d. June 24, 1719, and he d. Nov. 2, 1824. Ch : I. Leva, b. March 25, 1771, d. 1775 ; IL Noah, b. Sept. 9, 1773, m. Huldah, dau. of Jacob Sperry, Dec. 28, 1795. Shed. 1829. He m. 2d, Chloe, dau. of Ward Peck; IIL Asa, b. Nov. 8, 1775, drowned in 1780; IV. Leva, b. April 19, 1778, d. in 1800 ; V. Balinda, b. May 21, 1780, d. 1798 ; VL and VII.— b. Nov. 9, 1782, d. the same day; VIIL Esther, b. April 25, 1784, m. William Comes; IX. Orra, b. June 3, 1786, m. Philander Porter, and d. Jan. APPENDIX. 477 II, 1836; X. Asa, b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. Rutli Prindle ; XT. Andrew, b. Dec. 14, 1791, d. 1792. 42. Thomas, son of Thomas, Esq., (19,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Samuel Hickox, Aug. 25, 1774. His wife d. March 15, 1813, and he died the next day. Ch : I. Molly, b. March 18, 1775, m. Daniel Hickox, d. March 24,1813; H. Sally, b. 1777, d. in 1840; HI. Eliza- beth, ra. Titus Foote of Watertown, March 12, 1804, d. Oct. 8, 1841; IV. Anne, b. 1786, m. Bela Hotchkiss, d. April 18, 1840. 43. Joseph, son of Ebenezer, (21,) m. Sarah, dau. of Doct. Preserved Porter, Dec. 23, 1784, and d. 1851. His wife d. Sept. 1839. Ch : I. Sarah G., b. July 21, 1785, d. 1794 ; H. Nancy F., b. Aug. 13, 1787 ; HI. Lavinia, b. Sept. 9, 1789; IV. Cloe, b. Jan. 28, 1791; Y. Pre- served P., b. May 1, 1794. 44. Amasa, son of Ebenezer, (21,) m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Frost, Jr., March 31, 1788. Ch : I. Lucina, b. Dec. 21, 1789 ; II. Billy, b. Nov. 14, 1791, d. 1794; III. Philomela, b. Jan. 21, 1794; IV. Billy A., b. June 14, 1796 ; V. Samuel M., b. Jan. 2, 1800; VI. Julius G., b. Dec. 21, ISO I ; VII. Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1805. 45. Ethrl, son of Capt. Isaac, (22,) ra. Hepzibah, dau. of Joseph Hopkins, Esq., Dec. 30, 1787. (See p. 374.) Ch : I. and II. twin?, b. Sept. 11,1790, d. same day; HI. Alfred, b. Oct. 13, 1791, d. 1792; IV. Erastus, b. Feb. 18, 1793; V.Betsey, b. May 6, 1795; VI. Em- ma, b. Sept. 7, 1797; VII. Isaac, b. Aug. 19, 1800, d. Dec. 31, 18 00; VIII. Isaac H. (See p. 375.) 46. Bennet, son of Stephen, (40,) ra. Anne, dau. of Richard Smith, of Roxbury, May 11, 1801. She d. March 4, 1819, and he m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Benjarain Maltby, of Branford, May, 1820. She d. June 12, 1840, and he ra. 3d, Nancy, dau. of Jacob Dagget, of New Haven, May 27, 1841. He, Bennet, d. Dec. 11, 1850. (See p. 379.) Ch: I. Geoi-ge, b. Feb. 27, 1802, d. July 21, 1822; II. Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1804, ra. June 3, 1831, Sarah Miles, dau. of Samuel Lathrop, and grand-dau. of Joseph Lathrop, D. D., of West Springfield, Mass. ; III. Jesse, b. Feb. 8, 1806, d. April 14, 1831, unmarried. He was a physician in North Haven; IV. Thomas, b. June 4, 1808, d. April 20, 1851; V. Elizabeth Anne, b. March 3, 1812, d. April 6, 1845, unmarried; VI. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1814, d. Aug. 12, 1814; VII. Harriet Maria, b. Sept. 13, 1815, m. Dec. 8, 1841, Zina K. Murdock, of Madison, now of Meriden ; VII. Rebecca Tainter, b. Feb. 10, 1822, m. Douglas F. Maltby, and d. Aug. 8, 1845 ; VIII. Susan, b. Jan. 19, 1824. 478 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. BROWN. 1. Francis Brown m. Mary Edwards in England, came to tbis coun- try, and settled in New Haven. He was one of the company who came to New Haven in advance of the Colony, and spent the winter of 1637 and 1638 in a hut located on what is now the corner of Church and George streets. He signed the Colony Constitution in 1639. Ch. : Lydia, John, Eleazer, Samuel and Ebenezer. 2. Samuel, son of Francis,. (1,) m. Mercy Tuttle, May 2, 1667. Ch. : I. Abigail, b. March, 11, 1669, d. young; H. Sarai, b. Aug. 8, 1672 ; HI. Rachel, b. April 14, 1677 ; IV. Francis, b. Oct. 7, 1679 ; V. Gideon, b. July 12, 1685; VI. Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1699. 3. Francis, son of Samuel, (2,) m. Hannah Ailing, April 11,1705. Ch. : I.John, b. May 14, 1706 ; II. Samuel, b. Oct. 6, 1708 ; III. Mehitabel, b. April 9, 1711 ; IV. Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1 7 13 ;V. Timothy, b. April 10, 1716. 4. Stephen, son of Francis, (3,) m. Mabel Bradley, Sept. 27, 1739. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Feb. 26, 1740-41 ; II. Mabel, b. May 26, 1743 ; III. Sybil, b. Dec. 28, 1745 ; IV. Stephen, b. Jan. 15, 1750-61 ; V. Olive, b. May 28, 1756 ; VI. Rebekah, b. May 30, 1757 ; VII. Phebe, b. July 8, 1759. 5. Stephen, son of Stephen, (4,) settled at Windsor, m. Eunice Loomis, Nov. 1775. Ch. : I. James, b. Dec. 2, 1 776 ; II. Stephen, b. April 30, 1778, m. Ruth M. Loomis, d. in Bloomfield, Jan. 27, 1842 ; III. Bradley, b. Dec. 13, 1679, d. Sept. 16, 1845, in Champion, N. Y. ; IV. Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1781, m. John Robinson, and d. in Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 1846 ; V. Sarah, b. Jan. 27, 1782, m. N. Parsons of Charlemont, Mass. ; VI. Mar- tha, b. Dec. 23,1784, m. Ichabod Loomis, is living in Cheshire, Mass.;' VIL Rebecca, b. Dec. 1786, is living in Bloomfield, Conn. ; VIII. A son, b. Feb. 11, 1789, d. in infancy ; IX. A son, b. April, 1790, d. in infancy ; X. Jesse, b. May 17, 1791, now living in Paulding Co.,'Ohio; XI. Melinda, b. Feb. 14, 1795, m. Wm.P.Briggs, d. in Richmond, Vt., March 15, 1849 ; Xn. Oliver, b.Dec. 23, 1798, now living in Waterbury ; XIIL Mabel P., (by second wife,) b. Feb. 12, 1812, resides in Granby, Mass. 6. Col. James, (see p. 387,) son of Stephen, (5,) settled in Waterbury about 1798, m. Levinia Welton, and d. July 24, 1848. Ch. : I. Philo, b. Jan. 26, 1803 ; IL William, b. June 16, 1804 ; IIL Mary Ann, d. in infancy; IV. Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1811 ; V. James, b. July 2, 1815. 7. Oliver, son of Stephen, (5,) m. Lucy Hicks of Cheshire, Mass., Oct. 20, 1824, and located in Pittsfield, Mass. In May, 1836, he re- moved to Waterbury. Ch. : I. Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. in infancy; 11. Oliver J., b. Aug. 9, 1827, m. Emily Latimer of Simsbury ; IIL Lucy J., b. June 2, 1830. APPENDIX, 479 8. Philo, son of James, (6,) m, Esther, dau. of Giles Ives. Cli. : I. William Henry, b. April 6, 1827, m. Ellen A. Ives of Hartford; II. Cornelia A., b, April 10, 1834, m. Theodore S. Buel. 9. William, son of James, (6,) m. Sarah S., dau. of Judge Kings- bur)', who d. May 30, 1840, and he m. 2d, Rachel Vienna, dau. of Asa Fenn of Middlebury, March 25, 1844. Ch. : I Marcia Bronson, b. July 31, 1832, d. Dec. 14, 1851 ; II. Robert K., b. Dec. 6, 1833, m. Elizabeth N. Middlebrook of Bridgeport; III. Eliza Jane, b. April 1, 1836 ; IV. A son and a dau., b. May 1, 1840, d. in infancy; V. Frederick James, b. Sept. 30, 1855. 10. Augustus, son of James, (6,) m. Frances Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Burton. She d. April 10, 1851, and he m. Sophia, dau. of Jacob De Groff of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1856. Ch. : I. Charles Augus- tus, b. Jan. 11, 1845 ; II. Francis Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1848. 11. James, son of James, (6,) m. Charlotte E., dau. of Oliver Todd, of Plymouth. Ch. : I, Frances Augusta, b. April 1, 183G, d. Jan. 19, 1837 ; II. Sarah Josephine, b. Sept. 30, 1839 ; III. Rosa Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1849. BUClvINGHAM. 1. Thomas Buckingham came from England to Boston with Da- venport, Eaton and Peter Prudden, June 26, 1637. In April, 1638, he went to New Haven, and thence to Milford in Nov. 1639. Hinman says that he, Thomas, was a Welchman, and that he died in Boston, in 1657, while there on business. He. m. first, Hannah, and second, Ann. His children were, I. Hannah, b. 1632, in. Welch; II. Daniel, b. 1636, m. 1st, Sarah Fowler, 2d, Mrs. Alice Newton. He was a sergeant of militia, also an elder of the church at Milford. He d. May 2, 1711. His cb. were Daniel, Mary, Thomas, John, Gideon, Josiah, and perhaps others; HI. Samuel, bap. June 13, 1641, m. Sa- rah Baldwin, Dec. 14, 1663. (See paragraph 2, and onward, for his descendants.) IV. Mary, bap. March 27, 1643 ; V. Rev. Thomas, bap. in 1646. Where he was educated, is not known. He was at Wethersfield and Hartford, as early as 1664, and continued some time at Hartford, where he m. Esther, dau. of Thomas Hosmer, Sept. 20, 1666. He received a call from Saybrook, where he Avas or- dained in 1670, and continued to preach until his death, which oc- curred April 1, 1709. He was a fellow of Yale College. He held a higb rank among the clergy of his time, and the strict Puritans of the Colony, and was one of their leaders. 480 HISTORY OF WATEKBURY. 2. Samuel, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Sarah Baldwin, Dec. 14, 1663. He resided at Milford, where he d. April 9, 1700. He liad the fol- lowing ch. : I. Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1664, m. Barnabas Baldwin; II. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1666, d. in childhood ; III. Samuel, b. Oct. 7, 1667, d. Feb. 21, 1668; IV. Samuel, b. Nov. 1, 1668; V. Hannah, b. March 24, 1670-71; VI. Tuomas, b. June 25, 1672, m. Mary , d. about 1703 ; VII. Ann, b. June 17, 1674 ; VIII. Mary, b. March 13, 1676; IX. Hester, b. May 4, 1677, m. Richard Piatt. 3. Samuel, son of Samuel, (2,) m. Sarah , and d. Oct. 29, 1708. Cb: I. Thomas, b. about 1699, m. Mary Woodruff, Jan. 9, 1723; II. Nathaniel, b. about 1701, m. Sarah Smith, May 30, 1728; III. Mary, b. about 1703. 4. Thomas, son of Samuel, (3,) m. Mary Woodruff, Jan. 9, 1723. She came to Westbury, now Watertown, with her son Thomas, and d. 1790. Their ch. were as follows: I. Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1724, m. Gideon Piatt, Feb. 28, 1756 ; II. Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1725-6, d. July 16, 1726 ; III. Thomas, b. May 19, 1727, settled in Waterbury ; IV. Epinetus, bap. Jan. 10, 1731, d. unmarried ; V. Hannah, bap. Aug. 13, 1733, m. Abner Gunn, of New Milford ; VI. Benjamin, bap. Jan. 2, 1736-7, settled in New Milford about 1760. 5. Thomas, son of Thomas, (4,) m. Sarah Treat, removed in 1772 from Milford to Waterbury, the southwestern part of what is now called Watertown, and d. Jan. 27, 1796. His widow Sarah, d. Jan. 11, 1802. Ch. : I. Sarah, m. Gamaliel Clark; II. Jean, m. Richard Bryan; III. Isaac, d. young; IV. Epenetus, m. Ann Welton ; V. Mary, m. 1st, Eli Hickox, 2d, Bradley, and d. Sept. 7, 1837 ; VI. David, b. March 14, 1760; VII. Dan, m. Philena Garnsey. Mary and David remained in Watertown ; the others removed to the State of New York. 6. David, son of Thomas, (5,) m. Chloe, dau. of John Merril, March 14, 1785, and d. Feb. 6, 1832. She d. Dec. 18, 1841. Ch : I. John, b. Oct. 17, 1786; II. Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1790, m. William H. Merriman, son of Charles Merriman,^ of Watertown ; III. Chloe, * He, Charles, was son of Amasa and Sarah Merriman, of Wallingford, and was born Aug. 2:), 1762. He enlisted into the army of the Revolution as a drummer, in 177G,— became drum- major, and served through the war. He m. May 16, 1784, Anna Punderson, of New Haven, and settled in AVatertown, where he commenced the business of tailor, which he was com- pelled to relinquish in consequence of ill health After having " ridden post "from New Haven to Suffield, four years, and made a voyage to the West Indies, he commenced the mercantile business in Watertown, in which he continued until 1S29. He had a genial nature, and was distinguished for decision of character and stern integrity. His death occurred Aug. 26, 1829. His wife survived him, and d. at Watertown, April 1, 1844, aged SO. Their ch. were : I. APPEXDIX. 481 b. Dec. 13, 1798, m. Thomas B. llickox in 1818, and removed to Ohio in 1837. Ch : Mary, (d. 1852,) Dauiel, John B. and Elizabeth. IV. David, b. May 28, 1801, m. Emeliiie, dau. of Caleb Hickox, in 1823, who d. April 11, 1835. He d. Dec. 18, 1842, leaving a dau. Chloe E., b. Aug. 29, 1827, who in. Moses S. Beach of N. Y., Sept. 2, 1845 ; V. George, b. Oct. 2, 1807, m. Betsey, dau. of Levi Merriam, May 13, 1834, and removed to Ohio. Ch: George E., Mary and Sarah. 7. John, son of David, (6,) m. Betsey, dau. of James Scovill,Sept. 10, 1809, and resides in Waterbury. His ch. are: I. Scovill M., b. Aug. 10, 1811, m. Charlotte Ann, dau. of Aaron Benedict, May 18, 1835, and has a son, John A., b. April 1, 1839 ; H. Mary, b. May 17, 1815, m. Abram, son of Doct. Ambrose Ives, Feb. 25, 1839; has a djiu. Sarah C, b. March 16, 1840. CASTLE. 1. Hexry Castle emigrated from Stratford to Woodburv witli the early settlers of the last named place, and d. in 1098. His descend, ants are somewhat numerous at Woodbury, Roxbury, Waterbury and vicinity. The First church records of Woodbury show that he had ihe following ch. : I. Henry ; IL Samuel ; III. Isaac ; IV. Abigail ; V. Mary; YI. Mercy; all bap. at Woodbury by Rev. Zecheriah AValker, Sept. 1686; VIL William, bap. 1688. 2. Henry, son of Henry, (1,) was a leading man in tliat part of Woodbnry (Roxbury soc.) where he resided. lie had three sons and three daughters. (See Cothren's Woodbury, p. 528.) 3. Samuel, son of Henry, (1,) m. and had a dau. bap. at Woodbury in 1693. 4. Isaac, son of Henry, (1,) lived in Woodbury, and had : I. Isaac, bap. Aug. 9, 1707, settled in Waterbury; II. Samuel, bap. Aug. 9, 1707; in. Sarah, bap. March, 1708; lY. Daniel, bap. Oct. I7l7; Y. Israel, b. April 18, 1722. Charles P., d. 1794 ; II. Betsey, m. Doct. Samuel Elton, a well known ph}'>ician of Watertown. She Is living, a?ed about TO ; III. William H., b. Sept. 26, 1T8S. He m. Sarah Buckingham, as above, nnd settled in Watertown — was an enterprising merchant — removed to Waterbury, where he now resides. Ch : Charles B., b. Oct. 9, 1S39, m. Margaret, dau. of Doct. Edward Field, and lives in "Waterbury; Sirah A., b. Sept. 27, ISIl, m. 1st, Thomas C. Morton, and 2d, James M. L. Scovill ; Joseph P., b. Sept. 24, 181-3, m. Julia, dau. of Hawkins Judd ; David, b. 1S16, d. 1831 ; Henry, b. March 25, 1820 ; IV. Nancy, b. 1792, d. young ; V. Nancy, b. Oct. 8, 1798, m. Ist, Eiward E. Porter, 2d, Rev. Dr. Holcomb, Oct. 28, 1827; VI. Charles P., b. Aug. 7, 1793, — became a merchant, removed to Savannah, Geo., and d. there, July 10, 1S35; VII. Anna, b. July 7, 1801, m. Edward Hickox, and d. Aug. 19, 1342 ; VIII. Frederick, b. Aug. 7, 1303, also a merchant; removed to Georgia, and d. in Alabama, Nov. 1,18.36; IX William Punderson, b. Sept. 6, lSi).5, also a merchant ; removed to Augusta, Geo., and d. Sept. 3, lSo9 ; X. George F., b. Aug. 5, 181/8, m., lias a family and is living in Watertown. 31 482 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. 5. William, son of ITenry, (1,) lived in Woodbury, and his ch. were : I. Ann, bap. Jan. 1, 1721 ; II. Ruth, bap. June 2, 1723; III. John, bap. May 29, 1729 ; IV. Mercy, bap. May, 1727 ; V. Setb, bap. June, 1729 ; VI. Phineas, settled in Waterbury; VII. Tabiatha, bap. Oct. 14, 1733. 6. Isaac, son of Isaac, (4,) settled in Waterbury and ra. Tapher, dau. of John Warner, Jan. 21, 1723. She d. July 20, 1740, and he m. Dec. 21, 1740, Lydia, dau. of Richard Scott of " Sunder Land." His ch. were: I. Asahel, b. Aug. 28, 1725; II. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1727; HI. Mary, b. Oct. 25, I730,m. Wm. Judd in 1752, and d. in 1777 ; IV. Lydia, b. Feb. 25, 1735 ; V. Abisha, b. Jan. 26, 1738 ; VL Tapher, b. Oct. 3, 1741 ; VIL Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1743 ; VIIL Isaac, b. Feb. 5, 1745, d. 1760; IX. Mehitable, b. Sept. 5, 1747 ; X. Richard, b. Dec. 5, 1749 ; XL Daniel, b. Feb. 16, 1752; XIL Amasa, b. April 6, 1755; XIIL Jedediah, b. July 2, 1757. 7. Capt. Phineas, son of William, (5,) was b. at Woodbury, March 25, 1731, and bap. May 2, 1731. He m. Mary Dickerman of Ham- den, who was b. Sept. 2, 1743. He settled in Waterbury, was captain in the French and Indian war, and also served in tlie Revolution. He d. Sept. 25, 1815, and his wid. Mary, d. Dec. 20, 1817. Co.: L Mehit- able, b. Jan. 24, 1768, ra. Ashbel Upson and settled inAVolcott; II. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1770, m. Woodward Hotchkiss and settled in Pros- pect, (see Hotchkiss family ;) IIL Tabiatha, b. March 19, 1772, m. Barrett, settled in Berlin, lost her husband and m. Frederick Hotchkiss of Prospect and d. in 1850; IV. Rhoda, b. April 3,1774, ra. Eber Smith of Burlington, and d. Sept. 1, 1805; V. Phineas, b. April 25, 1776, m. Olivia Deane and settled in Camden, N. Y. ; YL Esther, b. April 24, 1778, m. James Alcott and settled in Wolcott ; VIL Seth, b. June 12, 1780, m. Olive Stephens, settled in Salina, N. Y. ; VIIL Chloe, b. June 3d, 1782, d. 1807 ; IX. Samuel D., b. Nov. 3, 1784, m. Sarah Brockett, removed to Camden, N, Y. ; X. Sally, b. Aug. 15, 1788, m. Thompson, and soon after died. All of this f;imily left or have children, except Chloe, and most of them large families. Many of them lived to great age. 8. Asahel, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Deborah, dau. of Gideon Allen, May 22, 1745, and had : L Tapher, b. Feb. 24, 1746 ; IL Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1747 ; IIL Joel, b. Dec. 30, 1751 ; IV. Simeon, b. May IS, 1753 ; V. John, b. April 24, 1755. 9. Abisha, son of Isaac, (6,) ra, Miriara, dau. of Ebenezer Bradley, March 14, 1760. Ch. : I. Bradley, b. Dec. 5, 1761, d. 1777 ; IL Asher, b. May 10, 1763 ; IIL Sarah, b. April 29, 1765 ; IV. Philo, b. Feb. 16, appp:ndix. 483 1768 ; V. Molly, b. July 16, lYTO ; YI. Rosanna, b. July 17, 1775; VII. Samuel, b. April 24, 1777. CLARK. 1. Thomas,* son of William, of Northampton, Mass., and Lebanon, Conn., m, Sarah, dau. of John Strong- of Windsor, June 27, I7l7, and settled in Waterbury. Sarah, his wife, d. Sept. 10, 1749, aged about 53, and he m. 2d, Mary, wid. of Benjamin Harrison, July 30, 1760, and d. Nov. 12, 1764. His ch. were, L Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1718, m. Ben- jamin Harrison, Jr.; II. Timothy, b. March 22, 1720-1, d. Nov. 22, 1727; IIL Sarah, b. Dec. 13, 1723, ra. Stephen Upson; IV. Han- nah, b. Jan. 31, 1726-7 ; V. Hepzibah, b. Oct. 17, 1729, m. Joseph Hop- kins ; VL Timothy, b. May 19, 1732 ; VIL Esther, b. June 22, 1735, m. Phineas Porter ; VIII. Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1737-8; IX. David, b. April 25, 1740. 2. Timothy, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Hopkins, Dec. 4, 1756. She d. Oct. 21, 1757, and he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Isaac Bronson, June 13, 1759. She d. Sept. 15, 1783, and he m. 3d, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Porter. He d. Sept. 18, 1824. Ch. : L Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1757, d. May 6, 1770; IL Asahel, b. July 10, 1760, d. Dec. 16, 1787; IIL William, b. June 11, 1763, m. Sarah Carring- ton of New Haven, April 14, 1785; IV. Eli, b. Oct. 2, 1764; V. Molly, b. Oct. 10, 1766, d. Sept. 14, 1856. 3. Thomas, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Hine of New Milford, March 20, 1765. Ch. : I. Daniel, b. Dec. 30, 1765, d. in infancy; IL " Rusha," b. July 13, 1767, d. March 7, 1813 ; IIL Sarah, b. June 5, 1770, m. Lemuel Harrison; IV. L^aniel, b. April 19, 1772; V. Aure- lia, b. Feb. 8, 1779, (the family record says 1780,) now living, unm., 1857. 4. David, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Nichols of Lebanon, Oct. 27, 1772. He had one child, Hannah, b. June 5, 1774, and m. Reuben Adams. 5. Eli, son of Timothy, (2,) m. Rebecca, dau. of Aaron Benedict, Dec. 20, 1792, and d. bee. 20, 1843. Ch. : L Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1793, d. Sept. 7, 1816 ; IL Polly, b. July 31, 1796, m. Merlin Mead of South Salem, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1820; IIL Maria, b. March 12, 1799, m. 1st, Solomon Smith of N. Y., May 13, 1820, who d. April 10, 1822, and she m. 2d, John T. Baldwin, of New Milford, Oct. 27, 1831 ; IV. * See p. 143 of this work. 48-i HISTORY OF WATERBURY. Harriet, b. Nov. 30, 1802, ra. Edward Seovill, Aug. 21, 1823; V. Ed- ward, b. June 4, 1805, m. Caroline Smith, and 2d, Maria Stone; VI. Eli Benedict, b. Feb. 22, 1808, m, Cornelia DeWett ; VII. Charles, b. Nov. 20, 1810, m. Harriet Blakeslee, and settled at Cayahoga Falls, Ohio; VIII. Mary Ann, b. July 30, 1813; IX. Timothy B., b. Nov. 10, 1815, m. Elvira Calkin and removed to Iowa; X. James, b. Sept. 18, 1818, m. Sarah Maria Silliman, and settled at Iowa Cit}', Iowa. 6. Daniel, son of Thomas, (3,) m. Polly, dau. of Isaac Lewis, Feb. 10, 1793. She d. and he m. Polly Hitchcock. Ch. : I. Thomas, b. March 11, 1794; II. Isaac Lewis, b. June 25, 179G; III. Nancy, b. Sept. 19, 1799. Other families of the name of Clark have resided in "Waterbury, The following are some of them. Joseph Clark's will was proved Feb. 2, 17G2, by which it appears be had ch., as follows: I. Joseph, d. Jan. 15, 1749-50; 11. Lydia, rn. Wheeler; III. Hannah, m. Plum ; IV^. Tabiatha, m. Al- lyn ; V. Deborah, m. Sanford of New Haven ; VI. Diana, m. Curtiss ; VH. Lucy, m. Benjamin Matthews. Joseph, son of Joseph above, m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Clark, of Southing-ton, Dec. 8, 1741, and d. Jan. 15, 1749-50. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1743; 11. Abner, b. May 12, 1745 ; IIL Ruth, b. Aug. 28, 1747 ; IV. Lydia, b. Oct. 5, 1749. JoHX Clakk, son of Joseph, m. Hannah, dau. of Stephen Brooks of Farmington, Sept. 9, 1747. Ch. : L John, b. May 11, 1748. Samuel Clark, the son of Joseph, d. Qe\)t. 28, 1749. Caleb Clark, of Waterbury, d. July 29, 1768. He had a son, Daniel, who m. April 12, 1759, Elizabeth, dau. of John Dowd, of Mid- dletown. Ch. : L Daniel, b. April 12, 1760, d. next day ; II. Phebe, b. Dec. 6, 1762 ; IIL Truman, b. Nov. 12, 1764. John Clark was born at Milford, about 1765. He settled in Water- bury and ra. Mille, dau. of Herman Munson, also of Waterbury, April 9, 1788. After the birth of his children, he removed to New Milford, and thence, in 1818, to Medina, Ohio. He d. in 1829. His wid. was living in Ohio. 1855, aged 85. Ch. : L Sherman, b. Aug. 29, 1789 ; II. Polly, b. Nov. 19, 1791 ; IIL bansom, b. April 8, 1794; IV. Bela Bronson, b. Oct. 1, 1796 ; V. John Lines, b. Aug. 8, 1799 ; VL Amos, b. Dec. 3, 1801 ; VII. Jeremiah, b. Jan. 4, 1804 ; VIII. Anson, b. Dec. 10, 1806, graduated at Kenyon college, Ohio, became an Episcopal clergyman, has held, successively, the rectorship of the parishes of St. Andrew's, Eiyria, St. Paul's, Norwalk, St. Philip's, Circleville, and St. Timothy's, Massillon, all in Ohio. In 1854, he accepted the rectorship APPENDIX. 485 of Emmanuel cliurdi, in tlie city of Roekford, Illinois, wLere he now lives; IX. Abel, h. July 12, 1812. COOK.* 1. Henry Cook was at Plymoutli, Mass., before 1640. lie had sons, Isaac, John, Henry and Samuel. Isaac is supposed to have remained at Plymouth, and John to have settled at Middletown. Henry and. Samuel settled at Wal ling-ford, and are the ancestors of most of the name of Cook in Connecticut, and of many in various parts of the country. 2. Samuel, son of Henry, (1,) was among the first settlers of Wal- ling-ford, and signed the fundamental articles of that town in 1670. He m. 1st, Hope, dau. of Edward Pai'ker of New Haven, May 2, 1667, 2d, Mary Roberts, July 14, 1690. lied, in March, 1702, aged 61. He had a son, Samuel, b. March 3, 1668. 3. Hknry, son of Henry, (1,) was early at "Wallingford. He had a son, Henry, who settled in Waterbury. 4. Samuel, son of Samuel, (2,) m. 1st, Hannah Merriman, about 1690, who d. May, 1713, and 2d, Elizabeth Bedell of Stratford, and d. Sept. 1725. He had five sons and nine daus. One of his sous, Moses^ settled in Waterbury. 5. Henry, son of Henry, (3,) was admitted an inhabitant of Water- bury in 1728. Ch. : Ebenezer, Samuel, Henry, Thankful and Jon- athan. 6. Moses, eldest son of Samuel, (4,) was b. in Wallingford, Nov. 6, 1716. He m. Sarah , and settled in Branford, where three of his children were born. He removed thence to Waterbui-y, where his wife died in Jan. 1760, and he m. Dinah, wid. of Benjamin Harrison, who d. in Oct. 1792. He was struck on the head with a "flat-iron " by an Indian, who mistook him for another person, and d. Dec. 12, 1771, (see p. 368.) Ch. : I. Charles, b. 1741, d. Aug. 11, 1764 ; II. Moses, b. May 30, 1744 ; HI. Sarah, b. June 13, 1747, d. April 5, 1823, unm. ; IV. Esther, b. 1750, m. Joseph Beebe ; V. Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1752, m. Benjamin Baldwin; VI. Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1755, m. Titus Bronson ; VII. Lydia, b. May 27, 1765, m. Hickox. 7. Ebenezer, son of Henry, (5,) settled in Northbury, and m. Phebe, dau. of Moses Blakeslee, May 10, 1744. Ch. : I. Huldah, b. April 26, * The ancestors from whom most of tlie Cooks in New England trace their descent, came from Ilereford-shire and Kent, in England. The ancestral branch from whom those of the name trace their origin, now resident in various parts of this State, came from Kent, and were of the Puritan stock. 486 IIISTOEY OF AVATERBUEY. 1745 ; IL Joel, b. Aug. 5, 174G ; III. Justus, b. May 25, 1748, grad. Yale Coll. ; IV. Jonah, b. Aug. 11, 1750; V. Eri, b. Oct. 20, 1752; VI. Rozell, b. May 1, 1755, grad. Yale Coll.; VII. Nise, b. April 17, 1758 ; VIII. Arbe,b. April 4, 17G0 ; IX. Lurenda, b. Sept. 20, 17G4 ; X. Uri ; XL Ebenezer, became a clergyman and resided at Montville, Conn. 8. Henry, son of Henry, (5,) ra. Hannah, dau. of Nathan Benham of Wallingford, Nov. 7, 1745, and settled in Northbury. Ch. : I. Thank- ful, b. Jan. 12, 1747; II. Mary, b. Marcb 30, 1748, d. June 11, 1760; HI. Sarah, b. March, 1750, d. June 15, 1760; IV. Zuba, b. Dec. 24, 1751, d. June 17, 1760 ; V. Lemuel, b. Dec. 7, 1754, d. June 24, 1760 ; VL Selah, b. Dec. 19, 1756 ; VIL Trueworthy, b. Sept. 29, 1759. 9. Jonathan, son of Henry, (5,) m. Ruth, dau. of William Luttington of North Haven, June 15, 1735, and settled in Northbury. Ch. ; Jon- athan, b. March 29, 1736 ; II. Jesse, b. Feb. 1, 1739 ; HI. Titus, b. May 2, 1741 ; IV. Sarali, b. Oct. 31, 1744 ; V. Abel, b. May 18, 1747. 10. Moses, son of Moses, (6,) m. Jemima, dau. of Joseph Upson, Nov. 4, 1766. She d. March 6, 1821 ; he d. Dec. 28, 1831. Ch. : L Jo- seph, b. Nov. 4, 1767 ; II. Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1769, d. Dec. 8, 1835, iinra. ; HI. Daniel, b. Jan. 5, 1773 ; IV. Hannah, b. March 5, 1775, m. Horatio Upson ; V.Anna, b. March 8, 1778, m. Mark Leavenworth; VL Elias, b. Dec. 26, 1783, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Bartholomew of Plymouth, Nov. 16, 1813. She d. and he m, 2d, a Mrs. Bartholomew, and d. March 14, 1847. 11. Joel, son of Ebenezer, (7,) ra. Dinah Dunbar, Nov. 17, 1768. He lived in Northbury. Ch. : L Levi, b. Sept. 17, 1769, d. nnm.; II. Chloe, b. June 25, 1771, m. Emblem Barnes; III. Zenas, b. July 7, 1773 ;' IV. Dinah, b. March 26, 1775, m. Jerome; V. Iluldah, b. Dec. 29, 1777, m. Truman Johnson; VI. Uri, b. Dec. 24, 1779 ; VIL Lucy, m. John Elden ; VIII. Sally, d. in early life ; IX. Phebe, m. Joel Griggs ; X. Joel, m. Polly Russell in Bradford Co., Pa. 12. Joseph, son of Moses, (10,) m. Anna, dau. of Ezra Bronson, Esq., Aug. 1792. He d. Nov. 26, 1855 ; his wife ten hours afterwards. Both were buried in one grave. Ch. : I. Edward Bronson, b. Marcb 18, 1793 ; IL Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1794; IIL Su-san Judd, b. Oct. 25, 1797, m. Mark Leavenworth, Nov. 1844, and d. Dec. 16, 1848 ; IV. Sally Leavenworth, b. Oct. 29, 1799, m. Solomon Curtiss of South- ington; V. Nancj^ b. Nov. 16, 1801, m. William Scovill of Middle- town, in 1828 ; VL Nathan, b. Jan. 8, 1804 ; VIL George, b. April 8, 1806, d. Jan. 19, 1815 ; VIII. George William, b. Feb. 28, 1811. 13. David, son of Mo^es, (10,) m. Nov. 25, 1799, Sally, dau. of Jacob APPENDIX. 487 Sperry of Cheshire. Ch. : I. Marcus, b. Sept. 12, 1800, d. Feb. 9, 1821 ; II. Sarab P., b. Aug. 1804, m. Thos. B. Segur, in 1826; III. Moses Stiles, b. 1812, m. Polly S. Tolles in 1844. 14. Zenas, son of Joel, (11,) m. 1st, Polly Lewis of Plymouth, Feb. 1800, whod. in June, 1809, and he m. 2d, Betsey, dau. of Col. Phiueas Porter, May 20, 1810. He d. in Waterbury, April 25, 1851. She d. Oct. 185 V. Ch. : I. William, b. April 17, 1802, m. Marilla Plumb, and removed to Michigan; II. Sarah Curtiss, b. Jan. 16, 1807; III. Geo. Lewis, b. June 5, 1809, now deceased; IV. Lucian Porter, b. March 18, 1811, m. Sarah Judd, and removed to Georgia; V. Harriet M., b. Dec. 9, 1812, ra. Henry P. Peck of Berlin ; VI. Catharine L., b. July 2, 1815, in. Augustus Smith of Plymouth, and removed to New Haven ; VII. Mary E., b. March 27, 1818. 15. Edward Bronson, son of Joseph, (12,) m. Sept. 11, 1831, Dolly, dau. of Charles McClallan of Lancaster, Mass., and has a dau. Susan L., b. Aug. 1, 1833. He established the "Waterbury American," a well managed, weekly newspaper, in 1845-6. 16. Samuel, son of Joseph, (12,) ra. Charity Warner, Nov. 7, 1813, and d. in 1835. His wid. ra. Leveret Candee of Watertown. An only dau. Ann Maria, b. Sept. 8, 1815, ra. Leveret E. Rice, Dec. G, 1832. 17. Nathan, son of Joseph, (12,) m. Clarissa, dau. of Russell Rey- nolds of Plymouth, May 31, 1826, and has one son, Walter Hart, b. Sept. 26, 1837. IS. George William, son of Joseph, (12,) grad. Yale Coll. in 1837, and m. Sept. 26, the same year, Emily C, dau. of Tho. Johnson of Mid- dletown. Ch.: I. Gertrude E. H., b. Oct. 29, 1838 ; IL Francis B., b. Sept. 14, 1840, d. June 29, 1841 ; III. Ella S., b. Oct. 7, 1842. DE FOREST. 1. Three brothers, Hendrick, Isaac and David De Forest, (or De la Forest,) came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth cen- tury. Hendrick and Isaac settled in New York. Hendrick soon died, and it is believed without children. The descendants of Isaac are nu- merous. One or more of his children settled in or near Albany, and in- termarried with the Dutch ; hence the name became corrupted, and many of his descendants are called De Frees, De Frieze or De Frest. David settled in Stratford, Conn. The following are his descendants in the male line. 2. David, above, who settled in Stratford, d. in 1721, left si.K sons, as follows: David, b. 1702; Samuel, b. 1704; Isaac, b. 170(3, 488 niSTORT OF wateebijry. d. without descendants in the male line ; Edward, b. 1708; Henry, b, 17 10; Benjamin, b. 1716. 3. David, son of David, (2,) bad sons : Samuel, no male issue ; David, Hezekiab, Elibu, Ephraim. 4. Samuel, son of David, (2,) bad sons: Joseph, b. 1731; Samuel, b. 1739, no male issue; Nehemiah, b. 1743 ; David, b. 1745; Josiah, b. 174S. 5. Edavard, son of David, (2,) had, Isaac, b. 1736; Elibba, b. 1738 ; Edward, b. 1743; John, b. 1,745; AVilliam, b. 1752, no male i.ssue ; Joseph, b. 1758. 6. Hexry, son of David, (2,) had, Henry, b. 1750; Timothy, b. 1751 ; David, b. 1755. Neither of them had sons. 7. Benjamin, son of David, (2,) had Hezekiab, b. 1745; Xehemiah, b. 1748, no issue; Benjamin, b. 1749; Isaac, b. 1758; Oihniel, b. 1761. 8. David, son of David, (3,) had, Eliud, b. 1769; Samuel; David, no male issue ; Isaac; Clark, b. 1772. 9. Hezekiah, son of David, (3,) had Uriah, no male issue ; Hezekiab, b. 1770 10. Elihu, son of David, (3,) had, Joseph, no male issue ; David L., b. 1763 ; Benjamin, no male issue ; Bill Clark, no male issue. 11. Ephraim, son of David, (3,) had, Nathan, b. 1765; Zalmon, b. 1770 ; Henry, b. 1778 ; Samuel, b. 1784, no sons ; Ephraim B., b. 1787. 12. Joseph, son of Samuel, (4,) had, Samuel; Abel, b. 1761 ; Mills, b. 1763, no male issue; Elihu, b. 1777; Gideon. 13. Nehemiah, son of Samuel, (4,) had, William, b. 1773; Lock- wood, b, 1775 ; Philo, b. 1779 ; Delauzun and Charles. 14. David, son of Samuel, (4,) had, Isaac N. ; David L. ; Samuel ; Joseph. The first three had no sons. 15. Isaac, son of Edward, (5,) had Benjamin. 16. Elisha, son of Edward, (5,) liad, Isaac, b. 1768, no male issue; Daniel, b. 1771, had Albert, who d. without male issue. 17. Edward, son of Edward, (5,) had James, no male issue, 18. John, son of Edward, (5,) had, Curtis; Philo, b. 1772 ; John ; Edward ; the two last no male issue ; James had a son James. 19. Joseph, son of Edward, (5,) had, I. William, b. 1787, had sons, Charles P. and George ; 11. Joseph, b. 1790, had W^illiam, Curtis W , Ransford S., John D., and Daniel A.; III. Mitchell, b. 1797, had sons, Daniel and William; IV. Curtis, b. 1803, had William, Darwin and Charles. APPENDIX. 4S9 20. Hezekiaii, son of Benjamiu, (7,) had, Philo, b. 17S2, and Samuel A., b. 1784. 21. Benjamin', son of Benjamin, (7,) had, David C, b. 1774; John IL, b. 1776; Benjamin, b. 17S0 ; Ezra, b. 1782. 22. Isaac, son of Benjamin, (7.) had, Alonzo, b. 3 788? Lemuel, b. 1788; Aaron, b. 1790; Isaac, b. 1794; Grandison, b. 1797. None but the first had male issue. 23. Othniel, son of Benjamin, (7,) had, Linson ; Sidney, no male issue ; Charles. 24. Eliud, son of David, (8,) had, I. Iliram, b. 1793, had ^Yilliam J. ; II. Charles, b. 1796, had Harvey B. ; III. William, no sons; IV. Samuel, b. 1800, no sons ;_V. David L., b. 1804, had John E. and Cyrus R. ; YI. Edward, b. 1806, had Charles E. and Samuel E. 25. Samuel, son of David, (8,) had, William, no male issue ; Ileury, do.; Ira. 20. Isaac, son of David, (8,) had, I. David, who had Legrand and David L. ; II. Harvey, had George and Alanson B. ; III. Lewis, no male issue; IV. Isaac J., had Josiah and Samuel J. 27. Clark, son of David, (8,) had, L Curtis, b. 1804, who had Sam- uel C, Ransille B. and William W.; H. Jared, b. 1807, had \Yilliam U. and Giles A.; IIL William C, b. 1811, had John W., Henry W., Daniel W. and Isaac; IV. George, b. 1812, had Sylvester, Charles 11. and James. 28. Hezekiah, son of Hezetiah, (9,) had, I. Hiram O., b. 1794 ; II. Legrand, b. 1802, who had George B., Charles E. and Stephen C. 29. David L., son of Elihu, (10,) had, I. Archibald, b. 1787, no male issue; II. Alfred, b. 1791, do.; HI. Benjamin, had David L., Ben- jamin and Alfred A. 30. Xatiian, son of Epliraim, (11,) had, I. Henry, b. 1790, who had Edward, James, Iliram and John ; II. Samuel J., b. 1793, had George S. ; III. Silas G., b. 1794, had Gilbert; IV. J. Iloyt, b. 1806, had George ; V. Charles, b. 1808, had George and Charles. 31. Zalmon, son of Ephraim, (11,) had, I. John AV., no male issue; II. William S., b. 1815, had James H. 32. Hexry, son of Ephraim, (11,) had Henry E., b. 1818. 33. Ephraim B., son of Ephraim, (11,) had, L William S., b. 1812, who had Albert; IL Samuel H., b. 1827; IIL David C.,b. 1822, had Charles II. 34. Samuel, son of Joseph, (12,) had, I. Marcus, no male issue ; II. Legrand, do. ; III. William C, had Joseph and Samuel. 35. Abel, son of Joseph, (12,) had, I. Henry, who had William H. 490 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKT. and Charles ; IL Mills, no male issue ; III. William ; IV. M. Delau- zun, had Samuel M. 36. Gideon, son of Joseph, (12,) had, I. Lee, who had George and Henry S.; II. Abel B. ; III. Cyrus H., had Charles, Heraan and James ; IV. Charles A., had Charles A., A. Henry, Dewitt C. and Ed- ward ; V. Tracy R., had Cyrus H., Lewis G., Charles L. and Albert W. 37. William, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had, I. Isaac, who had Thomas and William ; IL Lockwood M. ; IIL William, bad Edward ; IV. Marcus. 38. Lockwood, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had, I. W. Wheeler, b. 1794 ; IL George B., b. 1806, and had Benjamin L. and George B. ; III. Henry G., b. 1820, had Eobert W. and Lockwood ; IV. James G., b. 1822 ; V. Frederick L., b. 1825. 39. Philo, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had Delauzun, b. 1808, who had George and William. 40. Delauzun, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had William B., b. 1811, who had William A. 41. Joseph, son of David, (14,) had, I. Isaac N., b. 1809, who had Moulton, Newton, Henry C, Theodore, Joseph and Charles; II. John J,, b. 1811 ; in. James G., b. 1817, and had John and Frank. 42. Benjamin, son of Isaac, (15,) had, I. Isaac, b. 1791, who had Benjamin, Andrew and David ; II. David b, 1801, had David. 43. PuiLO, son of John, (18,) lived in Woodbury, had, I. Marcus, b. 1794, who had John P., George and Marcus ; IL George, b. 1804. 44. PiiiLO, son of Hezekiah, (20,) had, I. Charles, who had Charles; II. David D., had George H. and Frederick C. ; IIL John ; IV. Wil- liam, had Edward ; V. George. 45. Samuel A., son of Hezekiah, (20,) had, I. Charles, who liad Wil- liam L. and Francis E. ; II. Spencer H. 46. David C, son of Benjamin, (21,) and founder of the " De Forest Fund" of Yale College, had a son, Carlos M., b. 1813. 47. John H., son of Benjamin, (21,) had, I. George S., b. 1812, who had Henry W. ; IL Henry A., b. 1814 ; IIL Andrew W., b. 1817, had Edward L. and Charles S. ; IV. John W. 48. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, (21,) had, I. John, b. 1806, who had Erastus L. ; II. Samuel S., b. 1811 ; IIL Benjamin. 49. Ezra, son of Benjamin, (21,) had, L David W., b. 1809; IL Benjamin C, b. 1814, who had David W., Benjamin D. and Ezra. 50. Alonzo, son of Isaac, (22,) had, L Benjamin S., b. 1806 ; II. Ezekiel M., b. 1808; III. Samuel S., b. 1811, had Frank B. ; IV. Aaron G., b. 1814. APPENDIX. 401 51. LiNsox, son of Othniel, (23,) bad, I. Cliarles U., b. 1821 ; 11. Linson, b. 1822, had William H. 52. Charles, son of Otbuiel, (23,) bad, I. Cbarles B.^ b. 1819, wbo bad Cbarles E., Clarence R., Benjamin and William 11. ; II. Benjamin, b. 1821 ; III. Alfred, b. 1822; IV. Otbniel, b. 1826; V. David, b. 1828; VI. Tbomas B., b. 1832; VII. William H., b. 1837; VIII. Linson, b. 1839. GUERNSEY, ou GARNSEY. 1. Tradition says that John Guernsey emigrated from the Isle of Guernsey, near England, and settled at Milford, Conn., and that he is the progenitor of the following fomily. 2. Joseph, said to be the son of John, (1,) appears at Milford, not as a free planter in 1639, but as an after planter; but John, his re- puted father, does not appear on record among either class of planters, or otherwise, that I have been able to discover. Joseph ra. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Coley, Sen., April 10, IG13, and had, Joseph, b. Jan. 13, 16V4; Hannah, b. March 4, 1678, and probably others. 3. Joseph, son of Joseph, (2,) m. Elizabeth Disbrow, of Horseneck, who probably d. at Milford. He m. 2d, Eleanor, and removed to Wood- bury, Bethlera society, where his wife d. Sept. 15, 1753, aged 77. His death occurred Sept. 15, 175 4, aged 80. Ch. : I. Joseph, b. 1700; IT. Ebenezer, b. 1702 ; HI. Jonathan, b. 1704 ; IV. and V. Peter and John, b. April 6, 1709; VI. Betsey, m. Joshua Baldwin, and remained at Milford. 4. Joseph, son of Joseph, (3,) ra. Rachel , and settled in West- bury. Ch : I. Mary, ra. Solomon Steele, Oct. 16, 1760; II. Joseph, b. 1730; III. Ebenezer, b. 1731; IV. Philena, m. David Biown of Bethlem; V. Anna, m. Daniel Steele; VI. Bethel, d. 1760, aged 22; VH. Abijah, b. about 1743; VIII, Job, b. 1744 or '46, d. unmarried, Feb. 18, 1825 ; IX. Rachel, d. May, 1751, aged 16. 5. Ebenezer, son of Joseph, (3,) settled early in Durham, Conn. Cli. : Lemuel, Ebenezei', (a clergyman,) Eleanor, Rhoda, Catharine? Mary, Sarah and Anna. 6. Dea. Jonathan, son of Joseph, (3,) m. Jan. 6, 1724-5, Abigail Northrop of Milford, who d. Oct. 18, 1756, and he ra. 2d, Widow De- sire Scovil, Mar^h 10, 1757, and d. June 14, 1776. His widow d. Jan. 2, 1795, aged 87. He bought land in Waterbury in 1729, and re- moved thither early in 1730, and settled near the present residence of Doct. Porter, East Main street. He and his brother purchased land in 492 HISTORY OF AVATERBUET. the northwest section of what is now Watertown, where he built a house and soon removed his family. The location is still known as Guernsey Town. Dea. Jonathan's two first ch. were born at MiUbrd ; the others in Waterbury. They were as follows: I. Abigail, b. Oct. 29, 1'726, m. Eliphalet Clark, and d. June 11, 1746 ; 11. Jonathan, b. Feb. 28, 1729; III. Amos, b. July 3, 1731 ; IV. David, b. April 12, 1734; V. Sarah, b. July 7, 1736, m. Timothy Foote, and d. Oct. 22, 1777 ; VI. Samuel, b. Feb. 8, 1739; VII. Isaac, b. Dec. 11, 1741. 7. Peter, son of Joseph, (3,) m. Anne Gunn of Milford, Dec. 9, 1731, and removed to Bethlem. Ch. : I. Solomon, m. Nov. 15, 1764, Sarah, dau. of James Kasson of Bethlem; II. Richard, m. Eunice Mallory of Washington. She belonged to the family that was murdered by Daven- port. He removed to Colebrook — had a son, Milo, who became a phy- sician, also a dau. Polly, who d. in Bethlem, July 9, 1788, aged 18; III. Anna, b. 1734, ra. Ebenezer Guernsey, d. Feb. 6, 1804 ; IV. Eliza- beth ; V. Abigail ; VI. Sarah. 8. John, son of Joseph, (3,) m. Ann, dau. of Dea. Jeremiah Peck, and grand-dau. of Rev. Jeremiah Peck. He settled in Litchfield, North- field society, removed thence to Amenia, N. Y. Ch. : I. John, b. Oct. 28, 1734, m. March 24, 1757, Azubah Buel; II. x\nna, b. Oct. 1736; III. Peter, b. Nov. 13, 1738, went to Stanford, N. Y., where he has de- scendants; IV. Nathan, b. May 14, 1741, settled in Northfield, and re- moved thence to Half Moon ; V. Dorcas, b. Feb. 23, 1744; VI. Noah, b. Aug. 18, 1746, settled in Northfield, m. June 7, 1770, Hannah IIol- lister, and d. Sept. 18, 1820; VII. Daniel, b. May 30, 1749, went to Ballston, N. Y., thence to Upper Canada; VIII. Lois, b. June 15, 1751 ; IX. Eunice, b. Nov. 17, 1754 ; X. Isaac, b. Jan. 20, 1758. 7. Joseph, son of Joseph, (4,) ra. Mary Brown, April 3, 1764, lived in Watertown. His wife d. Nov. 6, 1806, aged 71 ; he d. Nov. 2, 1817. Ch. : I. Mary, b. June 14, 1755, ra. Amos Hitchcock ; H. Anna, b. Dec. 10, 1757, m. Col. Aner Bradley, and d. July, 1844 ; IIL Bethel Chaun- cey, b. March 27, 1760, m. Betsey Mallory, and had Joseph, Landon, Chauncey, Bethel, Charlotte and Betsey. Charlotte m. Henry S. At- wood and Betsey ra. Harvey Atwood; IV. Moranah, b. March 1, 1762, m. Demas Judd ; V. Lucy, b. May 22, 1764, m. Dr. E. Davis, and d. Sept. 1827; VL Joseph, b. June 18, 1766, m. Rachel, dau. of Samuel Guernsey, and had Joseph, Harriet, Rena, Smedley, Hawkins, Jennette and a ch. that d. young ; VII. Philena, b. April 28, 1768, ra. Dea. Buck- ingham ; VIII. Theodore, b. April 16, 1770, m. Diodema Beach ; IX. Anthony, b. Aug. 18, 1773, ra. Melliscent Sldlton, who d. May 25, 1839> aged 66, and he m. 2d, Martha B. Skilton, June 7, 1841, and d. Dec. 30, APPENDIX. 493 1848. He had no issue by first wife ; by second wife, Javvis and Clem- entine ; X. Friend, b. June 23, 1775, m Sarah Castle, who d. Oct. 23, 1801, and he m. Mary A. Atwood, and d. Oct. 20,1835. His eh. were: Denrif, b. Sept. 22, 1796, m. Esther Bryan; Augusta, m. Ilawkins. 10, Ebenezer, son of Joseph, (4,) m. Anna, dau. of Peter Guernsey. He lived in Bethlem, and d. Feb. 6, 1804. Ch. : I. Rachel, m. Titus Hotchkiss of Waterbury ; II. Eunice, in. Ebenezer Church ; III. Philo, m. Irena Murray, went to Genesee, and d. about 1807 ; IV. Peter, b. Oct, 20, 1767, m. Lucina Minor of Woodbury, June 4, 1793, and d. Oct. 11, 1824. His ch. were, Lucy, m. O. Cowles ; Mary, m. Joel At- wood; Melliscent, b. Oct. 12, 1801, m. Willis Downs, now of Wood- bury ; Julia, b. Dec. 1805, d. 1828 ; Harriet, b. 1808, ni. Harlow Rus- sell of Watertown ; Susan, b. 1811, d. young; V. Anna, ra. Moses "Wright of Colebrook; VI. Abijah, b. April 1, 1774, m. Anne Hotch- kiss of Waterbury, April 16, 1797, and d. Oct. 16, 1846. He had Ebenezer, b. 1798, m. Maria Cowles of Bethlem; Althea, b. 1799, m. Asahel Hotchkiss, and d. in Sharon, Sept. 9, 1836 ; Hannah, m. Amos Hotchkiss of Sharon; Doiha, b. 1803 ; Minerva, b. 1805; IIeinieit;i, b. 1808, m. Amos Clark of Watertown. 11, Abijah, son of Joseph, (4,) m. Lucy Bellamy, who d. May 28, 1805, aged 60. He m. 2d, Araminta , and d. May 22, 1819. Ch. : L Frances, b. March, 1778, m. March 10, 1799, Solomon G. Steele, and d. in 1802 ; H, Silence, b. July 14, 1781, m. Tola Webster, Feb. 10, 1804; IH. William, b, Jan. 25, 1784, m, March 13, 1805, Hannah Parker of Wallingford, and had Nancy Ann, Joshua Sherman, Philena, John J. and Rebecca; IV, A dau., d, young. 12, Jonathan, son of Dea. Jonathan, (6,) m. Desire, dau. of Joseph Bronson, June 5, 1755, and d, April 10, 1805, in Watertown. She d. Dric, 1796. Ch.: L MeUicent, b. March 24, l7o6, d. Aug., 1756; IL Mellicent.b. May 21, 1757, ra. Lieut. Osborne, Dec. 6, 1771, d. in 1803 ; IIL Daniel, b. July 18, 1760, m. Huldah Seymour, of Water- town, removed to Blue Lick, Indiana, and d. April 28, 1840. He had, William, m. Hannah French, and was drowned, May, 1839 ; Sey- mour, m. Blakeslee of Watertown, and resides at Blue Lick, In- diana ; Grey ; Mellicent, m. Isaac Townsend ; Anna, m. Brigtrs ; Polly, m. Jacob Lane ; Bronson, m. Kelly, and lives in Iowa ; IV, Southmayd, b. April 10, 1763, m., Sabra Scott, of Watertown, and had Raphael, who (1. in 1837; Laura, m, Nehemiah Clark; Rebecca, m, Asahel Stone, of Michigan ; Jonathan, resides in Michigan ; Amanda, wife of Jonathan Comer of Ashlev, Ohio ; V, James, b. March 27, 49 i mSTOKY OF WATERBUET. 1767, m. Anner Blalceslee of Plymouth, June 3, 1798, who d. Marcli 14, 1801, and he m. 2d, Deborah, dau. of Deacon David "Wilcockson of Huntington, Jan. 12, 1806. He d. Nov. 23, 1853 ; his widow, Jan. 10, 1854, aged 83. He lived in Watertown. Cli. : Adele, b. Aug. 19, 1799, d. Dec. 1, 1799 ; Anner, b. July 4, 1807, m. David H. Curtiss of Woodbury, April 26, 1829; Maria, b. Aug. 3, 1809, ra. William Bas- sett of Litchfield, July 25, 1832, and resides in Watertown ; David B., d. Sept. 1, 1828, aged 14; VI. Sidney, b. May 7, 1772, m. Abner Hard of Watertown, Nov. 10, 1814. 13. Amos, son of Dea. Jonathan, (6,) m. Esther, dau. of Joseph Blake of Waterbury, Feb. 16, 1756. Ch. : I. Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1756 ; n. Amos, b. Oct. 23, 1758, went to the State of N. Y., had two ch.; HI. Esther, b. June 9, 1760, d. Sept. 5, 1780; IV. Joel, b. Jan. 1], 1763, m. 1st, Strickland, 2d, Fanny Judd of Windsor, N. Y., had by his first wife, William and Blake, by 2d, Mary P., Ruth M. and Fanny P.; V. Eldad, b. Sept. 5, 1764, m. Strickland, and went to the State of N. Y. ; VI. Annis, b. 1766, d. same year ; VII. Annis, b. I767,m. Stowe ; VIII. Ruth, b. March 2,] 769, m. S. Atwood, d. in 1801 ; IX. Parthena, b. March 6, 177 I, m. Osborne; X. Phebe, m. Whitmore of Harpersfield, N. Y.; XL Sybil, m. AVells. Amos, the father of this family, removed to the State of N. Y., where he died. 14. Danmel, son of Dea. Jonathan, (6,) m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Judd, June 6, 1754. She d. in 1776, and he m. iVbigail Turner, and removed to Harpersfield, N. Y. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. April, 1755, m. Doolittle; IL Irene, b. Sept. 19, l7.'i6, m. Dea. Dayton of Wa- tertown, and d. Feb. 27, 1788 ; IIL David, b. March 3, 1758, m. Mary, dau. of William Judd, removed to Harpersfield, N. Y., and had a child, which d, in 1791, also Hannah, Miranda, Pamelia, Sally and Polly; IV. Rebekah, b. March 30, 1760, m. Christopher Merriam, of Watertown ; V. Olive, b. May 4, 1762, m. James Merriam, and d. Feb. 16, 1798 ; VI. Isaac, m. Judd, and lived at Harpersfield, N. Y. ; VH. Sarah, ra. Mattoon, and went to Vt. ; VIII. Elizabeth, m. Harrison, and went to Whitestow^n, N. Y. ; IX. Ezra ; X. Esther. 15. Samuel, son of Dea. Jonathan, (6,) m. Rachel Latimer, of Mil- ford, (?) May 10, 1764, who d. in 1765, and he m. C. Smedley and d. at Naugatuck, in 1819. Ch. : I. Samuel, b. April, 1765, went to Canada, and d. there ; II. Rachel, b. Aug. 13, 1767, m. Joseph Guernsey, Jr.; IH. Irene, (?) b. May 22, 1770 ; IV. Currence, b. May 28, 1772,— probably others. AFrENDIX. 495 16. Isaac, son of Dea. Jonathan, (6,) is said to Lave settled in Northampton, Mass., where he m. Gulliver and d. soon after. 17. John, son of John, (8,) had in Litchfield, Azubah, b. July 6, 1758 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1760, He removed to Amenia, N. Y., where he had Isaac, Lois, Eachel, Ebenezer and Rhoda. 1 8. Noah, son of John, (8,) lived in Northfield. Ch. : I, Hannah, b. May 10, 1771, m. Thomas Merriam, of Watertown, and had eight cb. ; IL Rachel, b. Sept. 3, 1773, m. Isaac Clark of Watertown, and had seven ch. ; IIL Samuel, b. Aug. 31, 1775, m. 1st, Laura Johnson, 2d, Mabel Heaton ; IV. Noah, b. Eeb. 5, 1778, d. 1778 ; V. Anna, b. Aug. 12, 1779, m. Levi Heaton, and d. about 1818, — had five ch. ; VI. Clarissa, b. March 18, 1782, m. Elijah Warner, and had four ch. ; VIL Polly, b. May 27, 1785, m. Gervase Blakeslee ; VIH. Noah, b. 1787, d. 1788 ; IX, John, b. March 20, 1789, m. Laura Morse and resides in Northfield ; X. Noah, b. April 16, 1793, m. Amanda Crosby ; XL Caroline, b. 1797, d. 1801. HARRISON. 1. Thomas Harrison, from England, settled in New Haven, in tliat part now East Haven. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, April 4, 1654. He had three brothers who came with him to this country, viz: Richard, Benjamin and Nathaniel. Richard was a few years at Branford, but removed to New Jersey. Nathaniel and Ben- jamin settled in Virginia. Benjamin, it is said, was grandfather of the late President William H. Harrison. Thomas m. 1st, the wid. of John Thompson of New Haven, and 2d, wid. Elizabeth Stent, Marcli 29, 1060. His ch. were, Thomas, b. March 1, 1657; Nathaniel, b. Dec. 13, 1658; Elizabeth, b. Jan, 1667 ; John; Samuel; Isaac and Mary. 2. Thomas, son of Thos. (1,) m. Margaret Stent, dau. of his step- mother. Ch. : I. Lydia, b. 1690 ; II. Jemima, b. 1692 ; HI. Thomas, h. Oct. 12, 1694, removed to Litchfield ; IV. Abigail, b. Nov. 17, 1696 ; V. Benjamin, b. Aug. 7, 1698, settled in Waterbury ; VI. Joseph, b. May 25, 1700 ; VIL David, b. Feb. 7, 1702 ; VIH. Aaron, b. March 4, 1704, d. 1708 ; IX. Jacob, b. Oct. 23, 1708, d. 1748. 3. Thomas, son of Thos. (2,) m. Elizabeth Sutliff", April 21, 1721, and lived for a time in the east part of North Branford. He purchased 1000 acres of land in Litchfield, in the eastern part of the parish of South Farms, to which he removed in 1639. He gave 100 acres of land to each of his nine sons, reserving only 100 for himself. He was chosen deacon of the First church in Litchfield in 1755. Ch. : Thomas, Ephraifti, Gideon, Titus, Abel, Jacob, Lemuel, Elihu and Levi. 496 HISTORY OF AVATERBCTRT. 4. Benjamin, son of Tbos. (2,) m. Oct. 19, 1720, Mary , and settled in Fanningbury parish, Waterbury. He d. in 1760, leaving his wife Mary and ch., viz: Abigail, ni. Warner; Benjamin and Aaron. 5. Lemuel, son of Thos. (3.) m. "in his 24lh year," Lois Barnes, Feb. 18, 1762, and d. Sept. 9, 1807. Ch. : L Timothy, b. 1763, d. 1800; IL Lemuel, b. 1765, m. Sarah, dau. of Thos, Clark, is living in Waterbury; IIL James, b. 17G7; IV. Phebe, b. 1769, d. 1797; V. Worster, b. 1772 ; VI. Onley, b. 1774 ; VIL Lois, b. 1776 ; VIIL An- drew, b. 1779, d. 1810 ; IX. Caroline, b. 1785. 6. Benjamin, son of Benj. (4,) ra. Dinah, dau. of Benj. Warner, Dec. 24, 1741, and d. March 13, 1760, in his 39th year. Ch. : L James, b. Oct. 1742, d. 1760 ; IL Jabez, b. Oct. 1744 ; IIL Lydia, b. Sept. 1747 ; IV. Samuel, b. Sept. 1750, d. 1750; V. Rozel, b. Dec. 1751 ; VL Dan- iel, b. July, 1754, m. Phebe Blakeslee, 1774. 7. Aaron, son of Benj. (4,) m. Jerusha, dau. of Obed Warner, Oct. 26, 1748. He was chosen deacon of the church in Farmingbury, (now Wolcott,) at its organization, Nov. 18, 1773, which office he continued to fill until his death. Ch. : L Jared, b. 1749; Mark, b. Aug. 1751, ra. Rebecca Miles, 1775 ; III. Samuel, b. March, 1753 ; IV. David, b. Marcli,l756 ; V. John, b. Dec. 1758, d. 1776; VI. Lucy, b. March, 1762. HICKOX, niCOX, HIKCOX, HECOCK, IIICKCOCK, 1 "^1 ?r/ m APPENDIX. 497 Ham; KI. Samuel; IV. Abraham; V. John; IV Rebecca; VII. Rachel; VIIL Hannah. 5. Dea. Thomas, son of Simuel, (1.) C!i. : I. Thomas, b. Oct. 2 5, 1701; ir. Mary, b. May 28, 1704, d. April 30, 1703; III. Mary, b. March 9, 1706-7, m. Dea. .John Warner; IV. Sirah, b. Jan. 2, 1709- 10, ra. Daniel Benedict; V. Mercy, m. Isaac Hopkins; VI. Amos, b. Aug. 19, 1715; VII. Jonas, b. Oct. 30, 1717 ; VIIL Smiil. b. Aug. 30, 1720; IX. Susanna, b. March 25, 172 i, m. (>jorg3 Xich )ls. Djc. 15, 1741 ; X, James, b. June 26, 1726, d. young. 6. Eben'ezer, son of Samuel, (1,) m. 1st, Esther Hine, Dec. 1714, 2d, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Stevens of West Haven, Aug. 28, 1729. He removed to Bethel soc. in Danbury. His ch. recorded in Water- bury, were as follows: I. Esther, b. July 10, 1715, m. Stephen Kelsey, son of Stephen of Wethersfield, Aug. 25, 1733; 11. Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1716; III. Ambrose, b. Sept. 2, 1718; IV. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1720, m. Richard Nichols, Aug. 10, 1744; Y. Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1722 ; VI. Ebenezer, b. July 21, 1730; VII. David, b. Jan. 30, 1732; VIII. John, b. April, 17, 1734 ; IX. Seth, b. Dec. 5, 1741. 7. Ebsxezer, son of Samuel, (3,) settled in Bethel soc, Danbury, about 1725. He had sons, Ebenezer, Maj. Benjamin and Capt. Samuel. 8. John, son of Samuel, (3,) m. Miry, dau. of Joseph Gay lord of Durham, Nov. 18, 1719, and probably had children. 9. Gideon, son of Samuel, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Stephen Upson, Aug. 15, 1734. Ch.: I. James, b. Feb. 11, 1734-5, drowned, Feb. 12, 1744-5 ; 11. Jemima, b. Nov. 24, 1736, m. Ira Beebe, Aug. 1758 ; III. Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1739; IV. Sarah, b. June 3, 1744, m. Austin Smith; V. James, b. Nov. 28, 1746; VI. Lucy, b. June 20, 1749; VII. Gideon, b. May 4, 1752 ; VHI. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1754. 10. Capt. Samuel, son of William, (4,) xn. Mary, dau. of John Hop- kins, March 8, 1721, andd. May 13, 1765. She d. Aug. 19, 1768. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Oct. 30, 1721, m. Richard Seymour, May 20, 1740, d, July 15, 1744; II. Mehitable, b. Nov. 22, 1723, ra. Stephen Seymour, March 18, 1741, d. May 9, 1767; III. William, b. Jan. 14, 1725-6; IV. Abraham, b. Jan. 11, 1727-8 ; V. John, b. July 26, 1730; VI. Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1733; VII. Dorcas, b. July 11, 1736, m. John Welton, Jan. 5, 1758. 11. Thomas, son of Dea. Thomas, (5,) m. Miriam, wid. of Samuel Richards, April 19, 1738, and d. Dec. 28, 1787. His wife d. March 13, 1780. Ch.: I. Thomas, b. April 4, 1737; II. Susanna, b. March 30, 1739; III. Daniel, b. Dec. 16, 1742; IV. James, b. Jan. 19, 1747-8, d. 1749 ; V. James, b. May 8, 1755. 32 498 HISTORY OF WATERBUKT. 12. Amos, son of Dea. Thomas, (5,) m. Mercy, wid. of Benjamin Richards, March 15, 1V40. Shed. July 19, 1787. He d. March 1, 1805. Ch. : T. Freelove, b. April 28, 1741, m. Stephen Scott, Nov. 30, 1758; II. Amos, b. March 18, 1742-3, d. 1749; III. Elisha, b. March 3, 1744-5: IV. Mercy, b. Jan. 25, 1746-7, d. 1752; V. Amos, b. Nov. 12, 1749 ; VI. Joseph, b. March 12, 1752. 13. Dea. Samuel, son of Dea. Thomas, (5,) was one of the early set- tlers of Westbury, and contributed much towards the establishment of the good state of society, which has ever prevailed in that town. He was a dea. in the church, capt. of the militia, representative to the Gen- eral Assembly, &c. He gave freedom to the only slave he ever owned. He m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. or George Welton, Nov. 26, 1741. She d. June 7, 1809, and his death occurred April 6, 1811. Ch.: I. Jonas, b. Aug. 20, 1742, m. Abigail, dau. of Eliphalet Clark, in 1766, and d. in Sept. 6, 1826; II. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1744-5, d. same month; III. Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1746, d. 1749 ; IV. Samuel, b. June 9, 1749; V. Elizabeth, b. April 29, 1752, m. Thomas Bronson, Aug. 25, 1774; VI. Hannah, b. Aug. 24, 1754, ra. John Nettleton, Jr. and d. Aug. 8, 1784. He d. Sept. 19, 1808 ; VIL Eli, b. June 17, 1757, m. Mary Bucking- bam, and d. April 30, 1788. She d. Sept. 25, 1827 ; VIII. Josiah, b. Sept. 9, 1760. 14. Ambrose, son of Ebenezer, (7,) lived in Waterbury, m. Eunice, dau. of Caleb Clark, Dec. 11, 1740, and d. June 1, 1792, a. 74. Ch. : I. Ambrose, b. Aug. 28, 1741, m. Mary, dau. of John Dowd of Middle- town, June, 1762, and had Eunice and Gideon ; II. Ruth, b. Dec. 18, 1743, m. AbijahWilmot; III. Gideon, b. April 19, 1746, d. 1763; IV. Margery, b. Oct. 6, 1748 ; V. Marcy,b. Sept. 26, 1752 ; VI. Ebenezer, b. May 29, 1754 ; VII. Benjamin, b. April 19, 1756, d. 1769. 15. Jo^^J, son of Ebenezer, (6,) m. Lydia Kellogg, March 29, 1757. She was b. April 5, 1740. Ch, : I. John, b. Sept. 24, 1759, d. Sept. 1776; II. Lydia, b. Jan. 2, 1762, m. Jesse Richards; III. Seth, b. Jan. 6, 1764, d. March 5, 1773 ; IV. Jesse, b. Nov. 4, 1769 ; V. Rachel B., b. July 3, 1771, m. Stephen Camp ; VI. Seth, b. Sept. 22, 1773,— was living in 1856, at New Canaan; VII. Eliaseph, b. May 29, 1776, d. Oct. 7, 1777 ; VIII. Peninah, (?) b. Feb. 15, 177S, m. Ezra Hoyt ; IX. Melliscent, b. Sept. 14, 1780, m. Jonathan B. Benedict. 16. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, (7,) had a son Zar, who was father of Rev. Laurens P. Hickok, D. D., formerly pastor of the Congrega- tional churches at Kent and Litchfield, Conn. From Litchfield he went to the Western Reserve College, where he was a professor several years, and thence to the Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y., where he APPENDIX. 499 was also a professor. He is at present (1856) in Union Col., Roches- ter, N. Y. 17. Maj. Benjamin, son of Ebenezer, (7,) had a son Eli, who was father of Benjamin Eli Hickox of New York City. 18. Capt. Samuel, son of Ebenezer, (7,) had sons, I. Daniel, m. and had Ely, Plinley, Starr, Nathaniel Hoyt and Amos. Plinley is father of Rev. Henry, of Elmira, N. Y., also of George S. and Francis S. of New York City ; H. Noah, had John and Harvey of New York City ; III. Amos, d. at Fort George, in 1814. 19. Samuel, son of Gideon, (9,) m. Eleanor, dau. of Obadiah War- ner, June 4, 1761. She d. Nov. 14, 1767, and hem. 2d, Charity Dixon, Nov. 10, 1768. Ch.: I. Asee, b. Aug. 14, 1762; H. Enos, b. April 22, 1764 ; HI. A dau., b. Nov. 24, 1765 ; IV. A son, b. Sept. 3, 1767 ; V. Silvia, b. Jan. 20, 1770; VI. Charity, b. July 15, 1773 ; VII. Sam- uel Johnson, b. Oct. 31, 1775 ; VIII. Sophia, b. July 26, 1778. 20. James, son of Gideon, (9,) m. Hannah, dau. of Austin Smith, Nov. 28, 1766. Ch. : I. Olive, b. May 7, 1774. 21. Gideon, son of Gideon, (9,) m. Phebe, dau. of Austin Smith, Aug. 29, 1771. Ch.: I. David, b. Dec. 8, 1772; II. Sarah, b. April 1:^,^774; III. Polly, b. March 4, 1777; IV. Hannah S., b. July 2, 1781. 22. AViLLiAM, son of Capt. Samuel, (9,) m. Lydia Seymour, April 4, 1745, who d. June 19, 1762, and he m. 2d, Abigail, dau. of Edmund Scott, Jan. 12, 1763. Ch. : I. William, b. Jan. 14, 1746 ; II. Consider, b. June 21, 174S; III. Abigail, b. July 28, 1751, m. Thomas Welton ; IV. Lydia, b. July 29, 1757 ; V. Rebecca, b. Oct. 14, 1759 ; VI. Chloe, b. Feb. 7, 1764; VII. Hannah, b.Oct. 31, 1765 ; VIII. Asahel, b. Nov. 22, 1767. 23. Capt. Abraham, son of Capt. Samuel, (10,) m. Jemima, dau. of Thomas Foote, April 19, 1748. Shed. May 20, 1779. Hed.in 1777 or 1778, in the British army. Ch. : I. Mary, b. July 2, 1748, m. Seba Bron- son ; H.Lucy, b. Feb. 13, 1749-50, m. Simeon Scott; HI. Jesse, b. April 12, 1752 ; IV. Jared, b. Jan. 15, 1756 ; V.Joel, b. April 8, 1858 ; VL Timothy, b. Jan. 5, 1761 ; VH. Abraham, b. June 2, 1765 ; VIIL Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1767 ; IX. Preserved, b. Nov. 6, 1768. 24. John, son of Capt. Samuel, (10,) m. Aner, dau. of Doct. Benja- min Warner, July 1, 1754. Ch. : I. Asa, b. Jan. 23, 1755; II. Joanna, b. Sept. 7, 1756; IH. Sabra, b. Aug. 21, 1759; IV. Aner, b. March 24, 1761 ; V. Lncinda, b. March 6, 1763; VL John, b. Jan. 14, 1765; VH. Mary, b. March 16, 1767 ; VIIL William W., b. Feb. 1, 1769 ; IX. Sarah Anna, b. Jan. 7, 1771. 500 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 25. Thomas, son of Dea. Thomas, (11,) m. Lois, dau. of Thomas Richards, July 17, 1*760. She d. May 11, 1764, and he m. 2d, Thank- ful, dau. of Stephen Seymour, May 12, 1765. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. May 12, 1762 ; II. Lois, b. March 29, 1766, d. 1766 ; IIL Thomas, b. Oct. 19, 1776 ; IV. Lois R., b. Oct. 29, 1769 ; V. Mark, b.May 23, 1773 ; YI. Ira, b. March 24, 1775 ; VII. Isaac, b. July 5, 1778. 26. Daniel, son of Dea. Thomas, (11,) m. Sibel Bartholomew, or Williams, Jan. 15, 1766, who d. April 2, 1774, and he ra. 2d, Phebe Orton, July 5, 1775. Ch.: I. Caleb, b. Oct. 18, 1766, m. Scovill, and d. March 9, 1813. He was father of Edward Hickox of Water- town. IL Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1769, m. Polly Brown, and d. Oct. 21, 1823 ; III. Mary.b. May 5, 1771, d. 1772 ; IV.Chauncey,b. July 12, 1773; V. Eleazer, b. July 25, 1776 ; VI. Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1778 ; VII. Uri, b. Aug. 8, 1779; VIIL Merriam, b. Aug. 1, 1781; IX. Sybbel, b. Oct. 13, 1783. 27. Samuel, son of Samuel, (13,) m. Dec. 5, l77l, Sarah Scovill, who d. Oct. 1, 1776. He d. Sept. 9, 1778,— no ch. 28. JosiAH, son of Samuel, (13,) m. Phebe, dau. of John Stoddard of W.jodbury, Dec. 2, 1779, and d. Sept. 20, 1786. Ch. : L Hannah, b. April 6, 1781, m. Asa AVoodward, April 6, 1801. She d. April 14, 1851. Ch. : I. Charles S. Woodward— resides in Northfield. II. Sam- uel, b. Jan. 17, 1783, m. Huldah Bradley, and d. Oct. 1839. He had a Son Samuel Josiah, b. Oct. 20, 1806, and d. Oct. 18, 1832. IIL Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1786, d. Jan. 10, 1787. 29. Jesse, son of John, (15,) m. Betsey Hoyt, Nov. 24, 1791, — resid- ed in New Canaan, until his ch. were born, — removed thence to Sarato- ga Co., N. Y. — thence to Cayuga Co., and d. near Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1826. Ch. : I, John IL, b. Nov. 27, 1792, d. Jan. 14, 1841 ; IL Albert, b. July 23, 1797— removed to Michigan about 1820, and lives, (1857,) in Blis>field, Lenawee Co., Mich. ; III. Emeline, b. Nov. 13, 1800, m. Doct. George R. Powers, and d. Oct. 24, 1854 ; IV. Emilia, b. July 23, 1802, m. S. A. Holbrook ; Y. Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1804, m. Rev. Solomon Stearns, and lives in Somerset, Mich. ; YI. Rev. S. , b. 1809, d. Oct. 7, 1820. 30. Samuel J., son of Samuel, (19,) m. Laura, dau. of Amos Culver, Oct. 15, 1800. Ch.: L Selden, b. Sept. 22, 1801, d. 1803 ; IL Sally, b. Aug. 3, 1804; lY. Samuel H,, b. April 16, 1810— perhaps others. 31. Jesse, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) m. Hannah Strong, July 27, 1775, who d. Dec. 21, 1778, and he m. 2d, Rhoda Thomas, April 26, 1780. She d. Feb. 20, 1781, and he m. 3d, Hannah, wid. of Nathaniel Tompkins, Aug. 16, 1781. Ch. : L Zenas, b. June 7, 1776 ; IL Molly, b Dec. 17, 1777; IIL A son, b. Feb. 14, 1781— perhaps others. APPENDIX. 501 32. Jared, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) m. Rachel, dau. of Caleb Mer- rills, Feb. V, 1777. Ch. : I. Lucy, b. Dec. 6, 1777 ; II. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 16, 1779; III. Jemima, b. April 25, 1780 ; IV. Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1782, d. July 22, 1785 ; V. Hannah, b. July 22, 1785; VI. Asa, b. Sept. 12, 1787; VII. Eri, b. Feb. 19, 1790; VIII. Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1792 ; IX. Jared, b. June 8, 1794 ; X. Rachel, b. Sept. 5, 1797. 33. Joel, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) removed in 1814, with his family, to Susquehanna Co., Pa., where he resided until his death in 1817. His sons, Spencer and James W., reside in the same county and have children. 34. TiMOTEir, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) ra. Sarah, dau. of Richard Nichols, May 3, 1781. She d. Jan. 24, 1813. He d. Dec. 8, 1835. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. June 27, 1782 ; II. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1783 ; III. Polly, b. Nov. 13, 1784; IV. Abraham, b. May 23, 1786 ; V. Huldah, b. Aug. 4, 1787, ra. James Chatfield; VI. Leonard, b. Sept. 15, 1788 ; VIL Laura, b. Oct. 1, 1790; VIII. Palmyra, b. Jan. 1, 1792 ; IX. Nan- cy, b. Feb. 23, 1793, d. 1801 ; X. Lydia, b. Dec. 17, 1794; XL Chloe, b. June 13, 1797, ra. Jacob Tallniadge, d. 1848 ; XIL Sherraan, b. Sept. 29, 1798, m. Sally Camp, April 22, 1824; XIIL Vina, b. June 30, 1800, d. 1822; XIV. Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1802 ; XV. William, b. Sept. 12, 1803. 35. Abraham, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) m. Tamer, dau. of Jabez Tuttle, F'eb. 24, 1784. Ch. : I. Ruth, b. Nov. 9, 1785; IL "Oraiena," b. Nov. 11, 1788— probably others. 36. Preserved, son of Capt. Abraham, (23,) m. Rachel, dau. of Capt. Hezekiah Brown, Oct. 3, 1786. Ch. : L Samuel, b. March 8, 1787 ; II. Sally M., b. May 17, 1789— probably others. 37. John, son of John, (24,) m. Lydia, dau. of Moses Cook, ]\Iay 1, 1786. Ch. : L Carlos V., b. Feb. 9, 1787, d. Aug. 4, 1787 ; II. Alonzo G., b. July 22, 1788; IIL Sidney, b. July 17, 1790, d. 1791 ; IV. Sid- ney, b. Aug. 3, 1792, d. 1794; V. Asa Wra. Warner, b. April 1, 1795 ; VI. Carlos V., b. Sept. 30, 1797. 38. John H., son of Jesse, (29,) m. Mary Lockwood, who was b. Sept. 28, 1795. He resided in Western New York. About 1823, he removed to Union Co., Pa., in 1828 to Lewiston, in 1836 to Chambers- burg, and in 1839 to Harrisburg. He was run over by cars on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, at Harrisburg, and d. Jan. 14, 1841. His ch. were as follows: I. W^ilHam O., b. Oct. 6, 1815, m. Caroline L. Ilutter of Allentown, Pa., Sept. 10, 1840. She was dau. of Charles L. Hutter, and was b. Dec. 26, 1818. The ch. of William O. are, Alice M., b. June 25,1841; Edwin H., b. Nov. 14, 1814; William O., b. 502 HISTOEY OF WATERBURY. Feb. 12, 1849, and Caroline, b. March 29, 1852. 11. Henry C, b. April 26, 1818, m. Margaret Parke of Susquehanna Co., Pa., Nov. 17, 1841. His eh. are, Theodore C, b. Aug. 20, 1846, and Josephine C, b. Sept. 19, 1848; m. Charles N., b. May 1, 1821, resides at Bedford, Pa., is a dentist; IV. Elizabeth S., b. June 5, 1825, m. Jacob Mann, and resides in Fulton Co., Pa. HOPKINS. 1. John IIopkixs, of Hartford, had ch., Stephen and Bethia. (See p. 151.) 2. Stephen, son of John, (1,) had John, Stephen, Ebenezer, Joseph, Dorcas and Mary. 3. John, son of Stephen, (2,) had John, Consider, Stephen, Timothy, Samuel, Mary, Hannah and Dorcas. 4. Stephen, son of Stephen, (2,) lived at Hartford. Ch. : Sarah, bap. Aug. 21, 1687 ; Rachel, b. 1789 ; Thomas, b. 1792, and others. 6. Ebenezer, son of Stephen, (2.) resided at Hartford. Ch. : I. Ebe- nezer, bap. Nov. 19, 1693, d. young ; II. Jonathan, bap. June 28, 1696 ; HI. Ebenezer, b. June 25, 1700; IV. Mar}^, b. Jan. 30, 1705 ; V. Ste- phen, b. Aug. 8, 1707, settled in Waterbury; VI. Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1708, settled in Waterbury ; VII. Sarah, b. June 25, 1710. 6. Joseph, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch.: I. Mary, bap. March 10, 1700; II. Hannah, b. 1702; HI. Dorcas, b. March 18, 1704; m. Tim- othy Bronson; IV. Ruth, b. Nov. 9, 1707; V. Joseph, b. Jan. 14, 1711. 7. Stephen, son of John, (3,) settled in Waterbury, m. Susanna, dau. of John Peck of Wallingford, in 1 71 7. She d. Dec. 2, 1755, and he nV. 2d, Abigail, wid. of John Webster of Farmington, May 25, 1726, and d. Jan. 4, 1769. Ch. : I. John, b. July 20, 1718 ; II. Stephen, b. June 28, 1721 ; HI. Anna, b. Sept. 25, 1723, m. Thomas Bronson ; IV. Su- sanna, b. Nov. 10, 1725, d. 1748; V. Mary, b. June 4, 1728, d. 1735 ; VI. Joseph, b. June 6, 1730 ; VII. Jesse, b. Feb. 12, 1733, d. 1754 ; VIH. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1735, d. 1748 ; IX. Lois, b. June 22, 1738, m. Isaac Johnson of Derby ; X. David, b. Oct. 14, 1741, d. 1748. 8. Timothy, son of John, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Thos. Judd, June •25, 1719, and d. Feb. 5, 1748-9. Ch. : I. Samuel, b. Sept. 17, 1721, (see p. 399 ;) II. Timothy, b. Sept. 8, 1723, m. Jan. 14, 1741-2, Jemima, dau. of Abraham Scovill of Simsbury ; HI. Iluldah, b. Dec. 22, 1725, m. Abijah Richards; IV. Hannah, b. April 11, 1728, m. Thos. Upson ; V. Sarah, b. May 25, 1730, m. Timothy Clark ; VI. James, b. June 26, 1732, d. July 4, 1754 ; VII. Daniel, b. Oct. 16, 1736, (see APPENDIX. 503 p. 408;) Vni. Mary, b. June 27, 1737, m. Jolin Cosset; IX. Mark, b. Sept. 18, 1739. (See p. 410.) 9. Stephen, son of Ebenezer, (5,) settled in Waterbury, m. Jemima, dau. of John Bronson, Feb. 26, 1729-30. Ch. : I. Noah, b. Jan. 26, 1730-31; II. Roswell, b. May 18,1733; III. Micali, b. March 9, 1734-5. 10. Isaac, son of Ebenezer, (5,) lived in Waterbury, (Wolcott,) m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Hickox, Sept. 21, 1732. She d. May 27, 1790. Mr. Hopkins d. Jan. 13, 1805. Ch. : I. Obedience, b. Sept. 1, 1733, d. 1736; 11. Simeon, b. April 30, 1735, d. 1736 ; III. Bede, b. Nov. 21, 1737, m. Samuel Judd ; IV. Simeon, b. Nov. 19, 1740 ; V. Irene, b. 1742-3 ; VI. Ruth, b. Dec. 26, 1745, d. 1752 ; VII. Ore, b. June 18, 1748, d. 1749 ; VIII. Mittee, b. Dec. 14, 1750, d. Nov, 1806 ; IX. Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1753 ; X. Welthe, b. June 2, 1756 ; XI. Ruth, b. Dec. 10, 1759, m. 1st, Ziba Norton, 2d, Thos. Welton. 11. John, son of Stephen, (7,) lived in Waterbury, m. Sarah, dau. of Benajah Johnson of Derby, Dec. 13, 1749. She d. and he m. 2d, Pa- tience , who d. July 23, 1802. He d. May 12, 1802. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Oct. 1, 1750, m. Stephen Culver; II. Susanna, b. Sept. 26, 1752, d. 1776 ; HI. and IV. Mary and Mabel, b. Nov. 25, 1755, Mary m. Eli Curtiss, an attorney, Mabel ra. Rev. Camp ; V. Lois, b. Nov. 13, 1757, m. John Hotchkiss; VI. David, b. Aug. 24, 1762, m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Thompson of West Haven, July 4, 1791. He, David, is father of David Hopkins, Esq., and grandfather of Enos Hop- kins, both of Naugatuck. VII. Rhoda, b. Sept. 29, 1767, m. Frederick Hotchkiss of Prospect, and went West; VIH. Patience, b. July 22, 1709, d. 1770; IX. John, b. 1770, d. 1771 ; X. Patience, b. Dec. 10, 1774, d. unm.; Xl. Susanna, b. May 19,1780, d. Oct. 1780; XII. John, b. Feb. 19, 1782, d. young. 12. Stephen, son of Stephen, (7,) lived in Waterbury; m. Patience, dau. of Daac Bronson, Oct. 11, 1744. She d. June 3, 1746, and he m. Dorothy, dau. of James Talmage of New Haven, Nov. 16, 1747. She d. Oct. 22, 1761. Ch. : I. Anne, b. Oct. 1, 1744 ; II. Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1748, m. Molly, dau. of David Miles of Wallingford, June 27, 1771 ; had a son, Samuel Miles, (see p. 416;) HI. Samuel, b. June 19, 1750, d. April 14, 1801 ; IV. Stephen, b. April 22, 1754, d. 1782 ; V. Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1757; VI. Esther, b. Aug. 29, 1760, d. Nov. 4, 1761. 13. Joseph, son of Stephen, (7,) m. Ilepzibah, dau. of Thos. Clark, Nov. 28, 1754. She d. July 29, 1800. He d. 1801, (see p. 411.) Ch. : I. Livia, b, Aug. 27, 1755, m. Benoni Upson, D. D., (see p. 443 ;) I. 504 HISTORY OF WATEEBrKY, Asa, b. Sept. 1, 1757; III. Joseph, b. Jan. 9, 1760, removed to Rut- land, N. Y. ; IV. Daniel, b. April 8, 1762, settled in Hartford; V- Esther, b. Feb. 25, 1764, m. Mark Eronson ; VI. Jesse, b. May 20, 1766 ; VII. Hepzibah, b. May 14, 1768, m. Ethel Eronson; VIII. Han- nah, b. May 31, 1770, m. Stiles Thompson of Middlebury ; IX. Sally, b. Nov. 17, 1772, d. at Hudson, N. Y., unm. 14. Makk, son of Timothy, (8 ) ra. Electa, dau. of Rev. John Sar- g-eant of Stockbridge, Jan. 31, 1765, (see p. 410.) Ch. : I. Archibald, b. March 25, 1766 ; 11. Henry, b. Dec. 28, 1767, d. in 1788, unm. ; III. Sewall, b. July 27, 1769 — had one son and five daus. ; IV. John Sar- geant, b. Aug. 27, 1771— had ch. ; V. Louisa, b. July 17, 1774; VI. Effingham, b. 1776, d. early. 15. Simeon, son of Isaac, (10,) lived in Waterbury, m. Lois. dau. of Obadiah Richards, Nov. 15, 1764, and d. May 4, 1793. Ch. : I. Han- nah, b. Aug. 5, 1765 ; II. Sarah, b. June 2, 1767 ; III. Electa, b. July 8, 1770 ; IV. Isaac, b. Jan. 11, 1773 ; V. Lois, b. July 21, 1775 ; VL Richards Obadiah, b. Jan. II, 1778 ; VIL Polly, b. Sept. 19, 1779; YIH. Harvey, b. June 9, 1782. 16. Asa, son of Josepli, (13,) removed from Waterbury to Hartford. He m. Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin Payne, Dec. 1, 1784. She d. Sept. 17, 1791, and he m. Abigail, dau. of Peter Eeiiham of Welhersfield, Oct. 16, 1793, and d. Dec. 4, 1805. Ch. : I. Catharine Payne, b. Oct. 24, 1785; H. Amelia, b. Jan. 4, 1787 ; IIL Maria, b. Oct. 16, 1790; IV. Henry, b. Sept. 3, 1794 ; V. Rev. Asa T.Hopkins, D. D., first settled at Pawtucket, R. I., afterwards pastor of the Eleeker st. Church, Utica, N. Y., and still later, of the First Presbyterian church, Euftalo, N. Y., where he d. Nov. 27, 1847. 17. Joseph, son of Joseph, (13,) m. Ruth, dau. of Abijah Gilbert of Salem, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1784. He settled in Waterbury, removed thence to Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Ch. : L Anna, b. March 9, 1786 ; IL Gilbert, b. Dec. 1787 ; HI. Rebecca, b. March 21,1790 ; IV. Sophia, b. Dec. 26, 1791; V. Jesse, b. Feb. 23, 1794, d. 1818; VL Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1796 ; VIL Eliza, b. Dec. 2, 1798 VIII. Henry, b. Feb. 10, 1803 (?) IX. Mary Ann, b. March, 1806 (?) X. Emily, b. April, 1808. 18. Jesse, son of Joseph, (13,) m. Betsey Goodwin of Hartford, Dec. 3, 1794. She d. Feb. 14, 1799. Ch. : L Betsey, b. Dec. 8, 1795 ; IL Sally G., Sept. 13, 1798, (see p. 412.) 19. Anne, dau. of Joseph, (17,) m. Josiah Tyler of Rutland, N. Y. Ch. : Jessie Hopkins and Josiah Bennet. 20. Gilbert, son of Joseph, (17,) m. Betsey Sherman of Rutland, N. Y. Ch. : Ann, Gustavus, Maria, Samuel, George, Morris and Jane. APPENDIX. 505 21. Rebecca, dau. of Joseph, (lY,) ra. Abel Doolittle. Ch.: \Yilliam, Eliza, Henry and Justus. 22. Sophia, dau. of Joseph, (17,) m. William Sill of Rodman, N. Y. Ch. : Mary, John Sterling, Edward and Elizabeth. 23. Joseph, son of Joseph, (IV,) m. Pamelia Picket of Gouverneur, N. Y. Ch. : Bower, Sara, Emily, Brayton and others. 24. Eliza, dau. of Joseph, (17,) m. Rev. Banks, and after- ■vvards, Mr. Holgate of Utica, N. Y. Ch. : Jane, Frances, Asa Hopkins and Arbella Eliza. 25. Henry, son of Joseph, (17,) m. Celestia, dau. of Dea. David Tyler of Rutland, N. Y., in 1829. Ch. : Charles, Catharine, Martha, Mary Ann and Henry Tyler. 26. Mary Ann, dau. of Joseph, (17,) m. George M. Foster, Esq. of Ogdeusburg, N. Y"". Ch. : none. 27. Emily, dau. of Joseph, (17,) m. Israel Lamb, Esq. of Ogdensburg, N. Y. Ch.: Frances, George and two others. HOTCHKISS. 1. Samuel Hotchkiss, (probably from Essex, England, and traditional brother of John of Guilford, Conn., whose name was written Hodgke, Hodgkin, Hotchkin, &c.,) was at New Haven as early as 1641. In Aug. 1642, he m. Elizabeth Cleverly, and d. Dec. 28, J 663, leaving children as follows: I. John, b. 1643, remained at New Haven, and m. Eliza- beth, dau. of Henry Peck, Dec. 4, 1672. His descendants are numer- ous, and found in many parts of the country. He had a son, Capt. John, who m. Mary Chatterton at New Haven, in 1694, and settled early at Cheshire, who had a son John, b. in 1694. The last named John had Jason, b. in 1719, who was father of Sarah, who m. William Law, and became the mother of Jonathan Law, Esq., now of Cheshire ; II. Samuel, b. 1645, m. Sarah Tallmage, in 1678, settled at East Haven, and d. in 1705. He Lad, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, James and Abigail. III. James, b. 1647, probably d. without issue ; IV. Joshua, b. Sept. 16, 1751, lived at New Haven; V. Thomas, b. Dec. 1654, m. Sarah Wil- mot, Nov. 28, 1677, and d. 1711. He had ch., among whom were, Samuel, Anna and Sarah ; YL Daniel, b. June 8, 1657, m. Esther Sperry, June 20, 1683, and d. in 1712. He had, Eliza, Daniel, Oba- diah, Rebecca and others. 2. Ens. Joshua, son of Samuel, (1,) was married twice or oftener. He was a leading man at New Haven. Ch. : I. Mary, b. April 30, 1679 ; II. Dea. Stephen, b. Aug. 12, 1681, settled at Cheshire; HL Martha, b. Dec. 14, 1683, m. Thomas Brooks of New Haven, in 1702, who settled at Cheshire, and is the ].rogenitor of most of the name now rasiding in 506 HISTOKY OF WATEEBUKT. the last mentioned place ; IV. Priscilla, d. 1688; V. Abraham, settled at Bethany, had three daughters ; VI. Desire, d. in 1*702; VII. Isaac, b. June, 1701, settled at Bethany, and had a large family, among whom were, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; VIII. Jacob, b. Feb. 7, 1704, settled on the old homestead, at New Haven, but afterwards removed to Ham- den, and had ch. Some cf his sons remained at Hamden. One of them removed to Derby. 3. Dea. Stephen, son of Ens. Joshua, (2,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Sperry, at New Haven, Dec. 12, 1704. He bought lands at Cheshire, in 1706, and removed thither the next year. His ch. were, I. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1705 ; H. Elizabeth, b. 1706, d. young; III. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1708, m. Nathan Barnes ; IV. Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1710, m. Stephen Atwater ; V. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1712 ; VI. Dea. Gideon, b. Dec. 5, 1716, and settled inWaterbury; VII. Stephen, b. Dec. 1, 1718, ra. Thankful Cook, and had, Esther, Thankful, Susanna and Stephen ; VIII. Silas, b. Nov. 22, 1719, m. wid. Olcott; IX. Hannah, b. Feb. 23, 1722 ; X. Bathshua, b. Sept. 1, 1726, m. Ralph Lines; XL Benjamin, b. Feb. 1, 1728, m. Elizabeth Roberts; XIL Noah, b. Nov. 24, 1736, d. Jan. 13. 1760. 4. Dea. Gideon, son of Stephen, (3,) ra. Anna Brocket, June 18, 1737, who d. and he m. 2d, Mabel, dau. of Isaac Stiles of Southbury. He settled in the southeast part of Waterbury, about 1736, and when the society of Salem was organized he was made a deacon of the church. He was one of the founders and active supporters of the cburch and society of Columbia, (now Prospect,) was a leading man in the town, and served in both the French and Revolutionary wars. He d. Sept. 3, 1807, having lived to see 105 grand ch., 155 great grand ch.,' and four of the fifth generation. Ch. : I., Jesse, b. 1738; II. David, b. April 5, 1740, ra. Williams ; IIL Abraham, d. 1742 ; IV. Abraham, b. 1743, d. Oct. 29, 1806 ; V. Gideon, b. Dec. 1744, ra. and had ch., among whom was Jesse, who m. Elizabeth King. Both he and his wife d. in 1833, of the cholera. They had a son, Geo. A., who now resides in Indiana. VL Hudlah, b. June 27, 1747, m. Josiah Paine; VII. Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1749, m. Reuben Williams ; VIII. Amos, b. Nov. 24, 1751 ; IX. Submit, b. June 2, 1753, m. David Paine; X. Titus, b. June 26, 1755, ra. Rachel Guernsey; XL Eben, b. Dec. 13, 1757, m. Mary, dau. of Gideon Sanford of Cheshire, Feb. 15, 1781, and had ch., among whom was Gideon Mills, now living in Prospect, on or near the old homestead; XIL Asahel, b. Feb. 15, 1760; XIIL Benoni, "died before born, July 27, 1762 ;" XIV. Mabel, b. May 23, 1764, m. Chaun- cey Judd, and d. May 5, 1797; XV. Phebe, b. Aug. 3, 1765, m. Reu- ben Williams, and d. 1789; XVI. Stiles, b. Jan. 31, 1768, m. Polly APPENDIX. 507 Ilorton, and had Amanda, Sherman, Demas, Marshall, and a dau. who d. young. He lived in Prospect; XVIL Olive, b. Nov. 21, 17G9, m. William Jones; XVIII. Melliscent, b. May 16, 1771, m. David San- ford ; XIX. Amzi, b. July 3, 1774, resides in Meriden. 5. Jesse, son of Dea. Gideon, (4,) m. a dau. of Peter Mallory of Stratford, Oct. 2, 1759, and d. in the army, Sept. 29, 1776. lie had, I. Asahel, b. 1760; II. Charity, b. 1761; III. Bulah, b. 17G2; IV. Gabril, b. 1763; V. Rebecca, b. 1765; VI. Temperance, b. 1767; VII. b. 1768; VIII. Chloe, b. 1771 ; IX. Anna, b. 1772; X. Huldah, b. 1774 ; XL Jesse, b. 1776. 6. David, son of Dea. Gideon, (4,) m. Abigail Douglas of Meriden, Nov. 21, 1763, who d. April 5, 1775, and he m. 2d, Todd, July 5, 1775; Ch.: I. Aseneth, b. 1764; II. Sarah, b. 1766; III. Fred- erick, b. 1768 ; IV. Levina, b. 1770 ; V. Amraphel, b. 1772 ; VI. Cyrus, b. 1774; VII. Charles Todd, b. 1776 ; VIII. Abigail, b. 1778; IX. Gil- lard, b. 1780 ; X. Peninah, b. 1783. 7. Abraham, son of Dea. Gideon, (4,) lived in Watertown, m, Sarah, dau. of John Weed, Dec. 28, 1767, and d.Oct. 29, 1806. Ch.: I. John, b. 1768 ; II. Ezra, b. 1772 ; III. Lois, b. 1773 ; IV. Uannah, b. 1775 ; V. Joel, b. 1781 ; VL Benjamin, b. 1786. 8. Amos, son of Dea. Gideon, (4.) m. Abigail, dau. of Ephraim Scott, Dec. 24, 1772. Ch.: L Woodward, b. Oct. 19, 1773 ; IL Sabra, b. July 19, 1777; IIL Avera, b. April 5, 1779; IV. Molly, b. Feb. 9, 1783; V. Orel, b. April 11, 1785, d. 1789 ; VL Amos IL, b. Feb. 18, 1788 ; VIL Orren, b. April 1, 1792, settled in Naugatuck ; VIIL Abigail O., b. Sept. 10, 1779, d. 1804. 9. Asahel, son of Dea. Gideon, (4,) m. Sarah Williams, March 22, 1781, who d. in 1794, and he m. 2d, Phebe Merriam of Cheshire, June 7, 1794; Ch. : L Sally, b. 1781; IL Curtiss, b. 1783; IIL Dyer, b. 1785, has a family, lives in Naugatuck; IV. Esther, b. 1788; V. Tem- perance, b. 1797, ra. Andrews, resides in Sharon, Conn.; VI. Asahel A., b. 1799, resides in Sharon, has a family; VIL Marcus, b. 1801, lives in Naugatuck, has a family; VIIL Phebe Maria, b. 1S05. 10. Woodward, son of Amos, (8,) m. Polly, dau. of Capt. Phineas Castle, April 2, 1797. They are both living and reside in Prospect. Ch. : I. Castle, b. May 10, 1798, m. Artemesia Stillman of Burlington, Conn., and removed to Ohio; IL Wm., b. Aug. 1800, m. Elizabeth Thorndike of Va.— settled in Ohio, and d. in March, 1842 ; III. Rhoda, b. Jan. 25, 1803, m. F. M. Benham and removed to Ohio; IV. Polly, b. July 3, 1805, m. Ilervey Norton and settled in Western N. Y. ; V. Julius, b. July 11, 1810, ra. Melissa, dau. of Enoch Perkins of Oxford, 508 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. Conn., April 29, 1832, and at present resides in Middletown. He was the first mayor of the city of Waterbury ; VI. Albert, b. April 10, 1813, ra. Abbey Benio of Middletown, and d. Jan. 22, 1844; VII. Sarah C, b. Sept. 8, 1818, and d. Nov. 1848. JUDD. 1. Dea. Thomas Judd* of Farmington had ch., Elizabeth, William, Thomas, John, Benjamin, Mary, Rulh, Philip and Samuel. 2. William, son of Dea. Thomas, (1,) had, Mary, Thomas, John, Rachel, Samuel, Daniel and Elizabeth. 3. Lieut. Thomas, son of Dea. Thomas, (1,) had, Thoma*, John and Sarah. 3. Dea. Thomas, son of William, (2) had, William, Martha, Rachel, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Ruth and Stephen. 5. Thomas, son of Lieut. Thomas, (3,) had, Thomas, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joannah, Joseph, Ebenezer, Mary, Rachel and Abigail. 6. John, son of Lieut. Thomas, (3.) m. Hannah, dau. of Serg. Samuel Hickox, April 16, 1696, and d. in 1717. His wid. d. July 17, 1750. Ch.: L Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1697, d. March 12, 1713; H. John, b. June 28, 1699; IH. Samuel, b. Nov. 6, 1703; IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1705, d. 1706; V. Thomas, b. July 10, 1707; VL Benjamin, b. Aug. 28, 1710; VIL Ebenezer, b. 1713. 7. Capt. William, son of Dea. Thomas, (4.) m. Mary Root, and d. Jan. 29, 1772. Ch.: I.Timothy, b. Dec. 28, 1713 ; II. Stephen, b. Aug. 17, 1715; IH. Hannah, b. Sept. 12, 1717, d. unm. ; 'V. Jonathan, b. Oct. 4, 1719, (seep. 421;) V. A dau., d. without a name ; VI. Elnathan,b. Aug. 7, 1724 ; VL Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1727, m. 1st, Thomas Richard.s, 2d, Hiirlbut; VIIL William, b. Jan. 12, 1729-30; IX. Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1732, m. Benjamin Richards. 8. Joseph, son of Thomas, (5,) returned from Kensington and set- tled in present Naugatuck. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Royce of Wallingford, Nov. 10, 1726, and d. Feb. 16, 1750. His wid. d. May 14, 1770. Ch.: L Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1727; H. Phebe, b. May 10, 1729; HI. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1732, m. Abner Lewis, and lived in Sandersfield, Mass. ; IV. Lois, b. Jan. 9, 1735, d. 1750; V. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 23, 1737; VL Ruth, b. May 23, 1740, m. Abraham Lewis: VII. Abigail, b. June 23, 1742-3, d. 1750. 9. Lieut. John, son of John, (6,) m. Mercy, dau. of Samuel Bronson * For a full account of the three first generations of this family, see p. 155 of this work. The reader is also referred to an extended genealogy by Sylvester Judd, Esq., of Northampton, Mass. APPENDIX. 509 of Kensington, Jan. 6, 1731-2. She d. 1737. He d. May 11, 1797, Ch. : I. Jemima, b. Nov. 12, 1732, m. David Taylor, 1760, d. 17G1 ; II. Samuel, b. Dec. 26, 1734; III. Noah, b. Oct. 13, 1737. 10. Samuel, son of John, (6,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of David Scolt, Jan. 13, 1730-31; lived in Watertown— d. Jan. 30, 1793. Ch. : I.Asa, b. Sept. 29, 1726; II. Esther, b. Aug. 11, 1728, m. Cyrus Stovve ; III. Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1731, m. David Garnsey ; IV. John, b. Aug. 4, 1733. 11. Thomas, son of John, (6,) m. Ann, dau. of Daniel Porter, May 11, 1732, and d. 1739. His wid. m. James Nichols. Ch. : I. Michael, b. Sept. 7, 1733, d. Oct. 8, 1734; II. Michael, b. Aug. 24, 1735 ; III. Susanna, b. Jan. 23, 1737-8, m. Ezra Bionson, Esq., Sept. 6, 1753. 12. Benjamin, son of John, (6,) m. Abigail, dau. of Gilbert Adams of Simsbury, Jan. 8, 1738. She d. Nov. 7, 1755. He removed from Waterbury to Ilarwinton — was a physician. Ch. : I. A dau., b. April 30, 1739; II. Benjamin, b. June 6, 1740, d. young; III. Thomas, b. April 12, 1743 ; IV. Annis, b. Nov. 25, 1744, m. an Alford ; V. Joel, b. July 15, 1748, m. Mercy Hickox ; ch., 1, Uri ; 2, Benjamin H., who now lives in Watertown; 3, Randall ; 4, Uri ; 5, Lucy ; VI. Benjamin, b. Jan. 8, 1755. 13. EuEXEZER, son of John, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Hawkins of Derby, Nov. 17, 1742, and removed to Chiremont, N. H. Ch. : I. Hrewster, b. Jan. 12, 1744, was in the Revolutionary war, removed to New Hampshire; II. Enoch, b. July 21, 1745, m. Iphenia Warner, no ch. ; III. Ebenezer, b. May 28, 1747, went to New Hampshire; IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1749, d. 1755 ; V. David, b. Oct. 11, 1750, d. unra. ; VI. Benajah, b. Sept. 15, 1762, d. in the Revolutionary service ; VII. Amos, b. Sept. 11, 1755, no ch. ; VIH. Hawkins, m. Annis Butler; IX. Sarah, m. Ephraim Page ; X. Mary, m. Benjamin Alden ; XI. Hannah. 14. Timothy, Esq., son of William, (7,) graduated at Yale College in 1737, lived in Westbury, was a magistrate, &c. He m. March 29, 1744, Mary, dau. of Thomas Clark. She d. Nov. 8, 1744, and he m. Melliscent, wid. of John Southmayd, Oct. 9, 1749, who d. March 26, 1763, and he ra. 3d, Ann, wid. of Benjamin Sedgwick, and mother of Judge Theodore Sedgwick. He m. 4th, Mary, wid. of Samuel Foote. S!ie d. Oct. 1782. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Nov. 1 1, 1751, m. an Andruss, and lived in Binghampton, N. Y. ; II. Parthenia, b. Aug. 6, 1754, m. Avery Skilton, March 26, 1771. He was a son of Dr. Henry Skilton from England, and lived in Bethlem and Watertown. She d. March 30, 1829. HI. AlK-n S., b. Oct. 5, 1756, lived in Northfield— removed to Windsor, N. Y.— had eleven ch. ; IV. Giles, b. Oct. 30, 1758, d. Sept. 3, 510 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. 1759 ; V. Melliscent, b. Aug. 21, 1760, d. Aug. 30, 1762 ; VI. Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1763, d. May 26, 1763. 15. Stephen, son of William, (7,) m. Margary, dau. of Caleb Clark, May 31, 1743. She d. Feb. 11, 1746-7, and lie m. 2d, Mary, dau. of Thomas Wheeler of Woodbury, April 28, 1748, who d. Aug. 11, 1749. He then m. Lydia, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Warner of Woodbury, March 13, 1751. She d. June 2, 1763, and he m. 4th, Else, wid. of Phineas Matthews, Nov. 10, 1768, and d. Oct. 12, 177 1. His fourth wife d. with her son Erastus at Jefferson, N. Y., Aug. 1799. Ch. : I. Thomas, b. Feb. 9, 1743-4, removed to Harpersfield, N. Y. — had eight ch. ; H. Lydia, b. Sept. 18, 1745, m. Justus Daily; HI. Daniel, b. May 9, 1749, d. Aug. 1749; IV. Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1751-52— was a sol- dier in the expedition to Quebec, where he d. Feb. 2, 1776, of small- pox ; V. Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1753, m. Abijah Baird, lived at Harpersfield ; VI. Freeman, b. Aug. 10, 1755 — was in the expedition to Quebec. He d. at Lockport, N. Y., March 5, 1840— had thirteen ch. ; VII. Stephen, b- May 1, 1757, settled in Harpersfield, N. Y. — no ch.— d. Jan. 8, 1821 ; VIII. "Margret," b. Jan. 23, 1759, m. Noble Atwood ; IX. Eben War- ner, b. April 12, 1761, removed to Middlebury, Vt., and d. there, Sept. 18, 1837— had four ch. ; X. Erastu?, b. June 29, 1771, m. Ruth Hick- ox, and went to Jefferson, N. Y., where he d. May 22, 1837. He had nine ch. 16. Elnathan, son of William, (7,) m. Miriam, dau. of Samuel Ricliards, Nov. 28, 1752. He lived in Westbury, and d. there Jan. 3, 1777. His wid. d. at Paris, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1806. Ch. : I. Richard Samuel, b. Oct. 16, 1753, d. in Clinton, N. Y., April 6, 1821— left no ch. : II. Clarinda, b. May 16, 1755, d. unm. Nov. 29, 1804 ; III. Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1757, d. unm., March, 1790; IV. Dotha, b, Feb. 26, 1760, m. Maj. Joseph Cutler — had 11 ch. and d. at Buff'alo, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1833; V. Consider, b. June 13, 1762, d. next day; VI. Melliscent, b. July 7, 1763, m. Samuel Prentice — went W^st, had 5 ch., and d. Feb. 23, 1828 ; VII. Miriam, b. April 12, 1766, m. Smith Arnold. He be- came a Methodist minister and lived in various places in N. Y. ; VIII. Elnathan, b. Dec, 7,1773, removed to Paris, N. Y., thence to Troy, Mich., was a physician, and d. Sept. 4, 1845. 17. William, son of William, (7,) m. Mary, dau. of Isaac Castle, Nov. 2, 1752, who d. March 12, 1777, and he m. 2d, wid. Sarah Green of Stamford, Oct. 1778. He removed to Harpersfield, N. Y., and thence to Jefferson, where he d. Nov. 22, 1815. Ch.: I. Demas, b. Sept. 10, 1753, ni. Maranali Garnsey, removed to Jefferson, N. Y., and d. Sept. 22, 1840— had 14 ch. ; II. Balmarine, b. Sept. 20, 1755, m. Abigail APPENDIX. 511 Thompson, lived in Huntington, Conn., and d. May 19, 1840 — bad 10 cli.; III. William, b. April 1, iToS — went to Jefferson, N. Y., d. Aug. 24, 1839 — was a Revolutionary pensioner ; IV. Mary Root, b. Dec. 21, 1V59, m. Daniel Garnsey and went to Harpersfield, N. Y. ; Y. " Luce," b. July 2, 1764, m. Isaac Garnsey — went to Harpersfield ; YI. Shelden, b. July 10, 1767, d. 1768; YII. Shelden, b. Oct. 17, 1768, lived at Scipio, N. Y., and d. May 12, 1806— bad 4 ch. ; VIII. " Perthena," b. Dec. 3, 1771, unra. IX. Marvin, b. May 16, 1775, settled in Jefferson, N. Y. — had 1 son. 18. Isaac, son of Joseph, (8,) m. Anna, dau. of Daniel "Williams, June 23, 1751-2. He lived at Judd's Meadow, and d. June 10, 1808. His wid. d. July 1, 1822. Ch.: I. Roswell, b. Nov. 6, 1752, m. Lois Scott, June 17, 1777. He lived in Salem and had 9 ch. ; II. Rosanna, b. Oct. 6, 1754. m. 1st, Edward Perkins, 2d, James Brown; HI. Isaac, b. Nov. 19, 1756, m. Patience Hammond, and settled in Woodbridge, Conn. — had 7 ch.; IV. \Yalter, b. Nov. 11, 1758, m. Margaret Terril, May 3, 1782, lived in Salem so3., and d. April 2, 1833— had 6 ch. ; Y. Apaline, b. Jan. 25, 1761, m. Elias Lounsbury of Bethany ; VI. Chaun- cey, b. July 8, 1764, lived in Salem, was in the Revolutionary war, m. 1st, Mabel, dau. of Gideon Hotchkiss, 2d, Eunice French — had 10 cli. ; VIL and VIH. Anna and Ruth, b. July 6, 1767 ; Anna d. in 1773— Ruth m. Andrew Smith, and had 5 ch. ; IX. Milla, b. Oct. 1769, m. Isaac Perkins of Bethany; X. Reuben, b. May 28, 1772, m. Dorcas Smith, had 2 ch. and d. at Bethany, July 4, 1840; XL Asel, b. June 23, 1776, m. Polly Johnson, and d. at Bethany, Oct. 13, 1834— had 4 ch. ; XII. Harvey, b. Dec. 3, 1778, lived in Salem, m. 1st, Jemima Hickox, Dec. 25, 1800, who d. Nov. 1, 1803, and he m. 2d, Mrs. Lucy Twitchel, formerly a Hinman, Aug. 12, 1810 — had 7 ch. 19. Ebenezeu, son of Joseph, (8,) m. Anna Charles, Feb. 7, 1765, who d. Aug. 10, 1782, and he m. Betsey, dau. of Nathan Hill of Cheshire, Oct. 8, 1782. He was then residing in Goshen. She d. Nov. 23, 1807, and he m. 3d, Mary Hurlbut, Jan. 28, 1808, and remov- ed to Cornwall, Vt., and thence to Onondaga, N. Y. His wife d. June 25, 1821. He d. Sept. 27, 1823. Ch. : L Charles, b. March 2, 1766, d. 1779 ; II. Abigail, b. March 31, 1768, m. David Landon ; lived and d. in Solon, N. Y.; IIL Allin, b. March 19, 1770, d. 1772; lY. Allin, b. March 9, 1772, m. Clarissa Palmer; lived in Orwell, Vt., and thence removed to the State of N. Y. — was drowned about 1817 — left 6 ch.; V. Amzi, b. Dec. 21, 1774, unm. ; VL Anna, b. March 16, 1777, m- Reuben Dibble, and lived in German, Chenango Co., N. Y. — both dead; VII. Asa, b. Feb. 11, 1780, m. Sarah Burdick, lived in German, left 2 512 HISTOKT OF WA.TERBURY. daus.; VIII. Ambrose, b. Aug. 23, 1783, m. Nancy Johnson of Soutli- bury, Conn,, Dec. 16, 1806 ; resides at Marcellus, N. Y, — a deacon — has 5 ch.; IX, Ruth, b. Oct. 19, 1785, m. Constant Fenn, resides in Onon- daga, N. Y,; X, Esther, b. April 19, 1789, d, wlien 12 years old, 20. Capt, Samuel, son of Lieut, John, (9,) m. Bode, dau, of Isaac Hopkins, March 31, 1763, She d, March 20, 1810. He kept a public house on the north side of West Main street 52 years, and d. Sept, 11, 1825, Ch. : I, Mary, b, Feb. 20, 1764, m, Timon Miles of Waterbury, Aprils, 1785, d, June 2, 1845; II, Olive, b. July 21, 1767, unm,, d. Nov. 3, 1849 ; III, John, b. April 11, 1769, d, 1769; IV. Sarah, b. Nov, 18, 1771, m. Israel Holmes from Greenwich, Sept. 9, 1773, lived in Waterbury and d. March 19, 1821; V. Hannah, b, June 7, 1774, unm,, resides on the old homestead; VI, Samuel, b. June 5, 1777- 21. Noah, son of Lieut. John, (9,) m, Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Prindle, July 10, 1760. He lived in Watertown and d, Sept. 3, 1822. His widow d. March 19, 1838, aged 99, Ch, : I. Jemima, b. Aug, 10, 1761, m. Samuel Woodward; II, Harvey, b. May 5, 1763, went to Coventry, N, Y.,— had four ch, ; IIL Michael, b, Feb. 19, 1765, went to the State of New Yt)rk,— had 6 ch, ; IV. Eleazar, b, Aug. 22, 1769, lived in Watertown — had ch. ; V, Susannah, m. Ebenezer French, d. Oct. 31, 1832; VL Leverett, b. about 1774, m. Olive C. Steel and re- sided in Bethlem, Conn. He d, Dec, 11, 1841. His wid. d. Feb. 20, 1848. Ch,: Garwood, has ch. — resides in the State of New York; 2. Anna, m. Titus Pierce and resides in South Britain; 3. Daniel, resides in the State of New York ; 4, Erasmus, lives in Ohio ; 5, Leverett P., resides in Bethlem, has ch. ; VII, Bethel, graduated at Yale College in 1797 — long a minister of the Episcopal Church, He received the de- gree of D, D, from Washington College in 1831 ; VIII. Hannah, m- Demming; IX, Jonathan, — was an Episcopal minister at Cam- bridge, Md, ; X, Elijah, d, Dec, 24, 1794, a, 10 ; XI. Hannah, d. Nov. 13, 1833. 22, JoHXj son of Samuel, (10,) m, Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Rich- ards, April 10, 1755, and lived in Watertown, She d, March 22, 1779> and he d. Dec, 23, 1793. Ch. : I. Levi, b. March 16, 1756, d. July 21, 1756 ; IL Levi, b. Oct., 1757, m. Eunice Hubbard and had 10 ch. He lived in Watertown and d. Nov. 30, 1810; IIL Abigail, b. July 3^ 1760, d, 1760; IV, John, b, June 27, 1661, went West; V, Chandler, b. April 3, 1763; VL Abigail, b, April 7, 1765; VIL Susanna, b, March 19, 1769 ; VIL Annah, b. Sept, 26, 1772 ; IX, Esther, b, Feb. 11,1775, 23, Asa, sou of Samuel, (10,) m, Melliscent, dau, of Samuel Silkrigs, APPENDIX. 513 June 27, 1761. Ch. : I. Mercy, b. Nov. 29, 1761 ; II. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1763 ; III. Melliscent, b. March 29, 1765 ; IV. Asa; V. Elkanah ; VI. Alpheus. 24. RoswELL, son of Isaac, (18,) ra. Lois Scott, June 17, 1777. Cli. : I. Esther, b. June 17, 1778, ra. Samuel Peck; II. Leava, b. Feb. 7, 1780, m. Rev. Samuel Potter; III. Anna, b. Oct. 1, 1782, m. Russel Chamberlain of Kent; IV. Tamer, b. Sept. 22, 1784, m. Ira Pond of Camden, N.Y.; V. Chloe, b. Sept. 1,^1786, m. Russel Chamberlain after the death of Anna ; VI. Roswell C, b. May 20, 1789— went to Illinois; VII. Lois A., b. June 12, 1791, m. Baird Candee of Nauga- tuck; VIII. Laura, b. July 30, 1794, unra.; IX. Asahel, b. Aug. 15, 1797, m. Polly Piatt of Waterbury. 25. Samuel, son of Capt. Samuel, (20,) m. Cleora, dau. of Benja- min Baldwin, Aug. 30, 1798. She d. Dec. 9, 1809. He m. 2d, Polly, dau. of Jesse Beecher of Woodbridge, April 5, 1812, and d. March 19, 1813, aged 36. His widow d. Aug. 30, 1815, in her 33d year. Ch. : I. Elizabeth Cook, b. Aug. 23, 1800, m. James Morriss of Cussewaga, Pa.; n. Sophia Hopkins, b. Aug. 6, 1805, d. Aug. 25, 1815. 26. Chandler, son of John, (22,) m. Scott, and d. Dec. 21, 1791. Ch. : I. Harvey, b. 1787, left home while young and was never heard of more; II. Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1789, m. Ephraim Nettleton of Waterbury and had 2 ch. ; HI. Chandler, (posthumous,) b. July 20, 1792, m. Grace Lum of Southbury, Aug., 1819, and had 3 sons and 2 daughters — resides in Watertown. Stephen Judd of Waterbury, was in West Hartford, Aug., 1751; parentage unknown. He m. Sarah Russel of Wallingford, Jan. 18, 1776, and d. July 10, 1820. Ch. : L Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1776, m. Bet- sey Clark of Wallingford, Oct., 1800— had 8 ch.— lived in Southing- ton ; II. Stephen, b. Jan. 29, 1780, m. Pamela Stilwell of Cairo, Green Co., N. Y., and removed to Ohio; IIL Elizabeth, b. 1782, m. John Tuttle, d. at Waterbury in 1848; IV. Hepzibah, b. May 23, 1784, m. Joseph Root of Waterbury; V. Jesse, b. Oct. 11, 1786, — lives in Greenwood, Steuben Co., N. Y., where he m. Mary Stotenburg ; VI. Nabby Curtis, b. April 10, 1791, m. Amasa Roberts of Middletown ; Vn. Snlly Russell, b. Nov. 1, 1793, d. 1794; VIIL Sarah Ann, b. Aug. 18, 1795, m. Jesse Lambert of Waterbury; IX. Harvey, b. Aug. 25, 1798, ra. Sally Brown, Dec. 31, 1821, and had Samuel C. and Harvey. He d. in Ohio in 1833 ; X. William Russell, b. May 9, 1802, married and had ch. — lives in Waterbury. 33 514 HISTORY OF WATEEBrRY. KENDRICK. John, the grandfather of Green Kendrick, was a Virginian, supposed to be of the second or third generation from the original ancestor from Massachusetts. lie was a tobacco planter, and had four sons, — John, William, James and Benjamin, and four or five daughters. He was born about the year 1Y35, and died in 1810. John, his eldest son, the father of Green, removed to North Carolina about tbe year 1*786, and was a tobacco planter, until the invention of the cotton gin, by Whit- ney, when he became a cotton planter. He was a man of ability, integ- rity, and eminent usefulness in all matters pertaining to the church, the State and society. He was a deacon of the Baptist church, was born in 1764, and d. 1823. The wife of the above John Kendrick was Martha Dinldns, dau. of John Dinldns, a wealthy planter, believed to have been of Welch de- scent. She was b. in 1765, and d. in 1825 ; was a woman of many virtues, fulfilling the duties of life with a scrupulous regard to the pre- cepts of the Bible. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom became heads of families. There were eight sons, and three daus. Green was the seventh child, and is the only survivor. Green Kendrick was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, April 1, 1798. From seven to ten years of age, he attended a common country school, to and from which he walked more than three miles, night and morning. From ten to nineteen, he labored on the planta- tion, attending school at such brief intervals as his duties on the planta- tion would allow. For two years during the latter part of the time, he enjoyed somewhat better educational advantages than was common for the sons of planters at that time. He was very ambitious, both in his labors in the field and in his studies, and thus accomplished more than most others with whom he was associated. His father taught him in- dustry and necessity made him frugal. At the age of nineteen, after teaching a common school nine months, he obtained a place in a country store, where he remained about a year, when he procured a more desir- able position as salesman in a store in Charlotte, the County town. In a little more than a year he purchased the stock of goods of his employer on a credit, and commenced business on his own account. In 1823, he married Anna Maria, dau. of Mark Leavenworth of Water- bury. The death of his father, which occurred about this time, put him in possession of additional means. He continued the mercantile business at Charlotte until the spring of 1829, when he closed it and APPENDIX. 515 removed to Waterbur}-, where he engaged in the manufacture of clocks, under the name of Mark Leavenworth &Co., and in that of gilt buttons, under the name of Leavenworth & Kendrick. Since then he has con- tinued to be interested to some extent in the manufacture of the various articles for which Waterbury is somewhat distinguished. In 1845, 1847 and 1848, Mr. Kendrick was a member of the House of Representatives of Connecticut. In 1846, he was elected to the Senate, and was chosen Lieut. Governor in 1851. In 1854, he was again a member of the House, and speaker after the resignation of L. F. S. Foster, who was elected to the United States Senate. Through- out the session of 1856, he was the speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives. LEAVENWORTH.* 1. Thomas Leavenworth settled in Woodbury, prior to 1682. Whence he came, I am not informed. He died Aug. 3, 1683, at which date the inventory of his estate was exhibited to the Court of Probate, of Fairfield Co., and his estate was ordered to be distributed to his widow, one third to his eldest son, a double portion to his second child, a daughter, and to his third child, a son, a single portion — names not given. In the settlement of John Leavenworth's estate, the names of the two sons are found to have been, Thomas and John. Thomas set- tled in Stratford and is the progenitor of the Waterbury and Wood- bury Leavenworths. Of John, I have no definite information, but am led to believe he had no male issue. 2. John, brother of Thomas, (1,) also settled in Woodbury, and d. previous to Nov. Y, 1702, when Thomas Leavenworth of Stratford was appointed administrator of his estate, Feb. 28, 1704. The court order- ed the estate to be distributed to Thomas, the administrator, and to John, brother of the latter. 3. Thomas, son of Thomas, (1,) settled in Stratford, Ripton parish, where he had land recorded, Jan. 1702, " near Mill River." He d. in 1748 ; his widow, Mary, in 1758. The following are mentioned as his children, May 5, 1734. (In his will, dated July 6, 1748, and in the will of Mary his widow, dated May 11, 1758, Edmund and Ebenezer are * I am aware that my account of the genealogy of this family will not agree with the genealogical tree belonging to the family, which was published a few years since ; neither will it correspond with the sketch found in Woodbury His., p. 614, especially the first paragraph in that work, as the first part of that sketch was taken from that tree by the special request of members of the family. The genealogy here given, has been drawn from various records, with the utmost care, and may be relied upon as fact. The investigations I have given the public records, convince me that the tree was drawn from that untruthful story-teller, tradition. P. M. T 516 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. omitted. ) Cb. : I. Edmund, remained at Stratford, and d. between July 12 and Aug. 15, 1783, leaving a wife. Abigail, and ch. In tbe distribu- tion of his estate, Gideon and Edmund are named as his sons ; II. James, remained at Stratford ; III. Ebenezer, of Ripton parish, Strat- ford, d. in 1734, gave his estate to his father, and to his brothers and sisters, (as here named ;) IV. John settled in Woodbury and d. in 1783, aged 77 ;* V. David of Woodbury, d. April 10, 1735; VI. Zebulon, settled in Woodbury, and d. in 1793; VII. Mark, b. 1711; VIII. Thomas, settled in Woodbury ; IX. Mary, m. Joseph Perry ; X. Hannah, m. Nicholas Moss; XI. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1721, m. Abner Perry. 4. James, son of Thomas, (3,) remained at Stratford, m. Hester Trowbridge, Aug. 23, 1720, and d. 1759. Ch. : I. Mahitable, b. July 28, 1721, ra. Waterman ; II. Tamer, b. May 28, 1727, m. Hurd ; III. Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1729 ; IV. Daniel, b. March 25, 1731; V. Ann, b. April 14, 1733, m. Lake; VI. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1735; VII. James, b. July 6, 1737; VIII. Esther, b. Jan. 27, 1739; IX. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 22, 1743, d. before 1759. 5. Rev. Mark, (see p. 283,) son of Thos., (3,) settled in Waterbury. He m. Feb. 6, 1739-40, Ruth, dau. of Jeremiah Peck, and grand-dau. of Rev. Jeremiah Peck. She d. Aug. 8, 1750, and he m. Dec. 4, 1750, Sarah, dau. of Jesse Hull, of Derby. He d. Aug. 20, 1797. His wid. Sarah, d. May 7, 1808, aged 82. Ch. : I. Jesse, b. Nov. 22, 1741 ; II. Mark, b. May 26, 1752, grad. Y. C, m. the wid. of Wm. Sherman, (son of Roger,) went to France with Joel Barlow, and d. in Paris, in 1812 ; II. Joseph, b. Jan. 19, 1755, d. 1756 ; IV. Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1756, m. Doct. Isaac Baldwin, and had three daughters, two of whom, Sarah and' Esther, m. Doct. Edward Field ; the other, Rebecca, d. unm. ; V. William, b.Feb. 23, 1759; VI. Nathan, b. Dec. 11, 1761, d. 1797; VII. Joseph, b. June 15, 1764; VIII. Elisha, b. Oct. 13, 1766, m. 1st, Mrs. Russell, 2d, Stone of Derby — had one son by first wife. 6. Samuel, son of James, (4,) had ch., and among them Joseph, b. in 1773. 7. Jesse, son of Rev. Mark, (5,) grad. Y. C. in 1760, m. July 1, 1761, Catharine, wid. of Capt. Culpeper Frisbie of Branford, and dau. of Mr. John Conkling of Southampton, L. I. She d. June 29, 1824, aged 87. Ch. : I. Melines Conkling, b. Jan. 4, 1762, grad. Y. C. in 1781, and went South. In 1801, he m. Mrs. Ann Lamar, of Augusta, Geo., and continued to reside in that city until his death, wliich occurred July 20, * See Woodbury His., p. 614; also for the children of David, Thomas and Zebulon. APPENDIX. 517 1823 ; 11. Rutli, b. Feb. 25, 1764, m. Capt. Moses Elkins of Peachara, Vt., and removed to Canada, where she d. and wliere several of her ch. now reside; III. Dr. Frederick, b. Sept. 4, 1766; IV. Catharine, b. 1768, m. 1st, Dennis, 2d, Thos. Peck, and d. June 25, 1815, leav- ing a son and two daughters; V. Jesse, b. Aug. 1771 ; VI. Mark, b. Aug. 31, 1774. 8. William, son of Rev. Mark, (5 ) ni. Hannah, dau. of Ezra Bron- son, Esq., May 1, 1781. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. June 20, 1784, m. Joel Walters of New Haven, and had sons, Rev. William, James, and a dau. Caroline, perhaps others; II. William, b. June 20,1786, m. Fanny, dau. of Abel Porter, and had a dau. Sarah, who m. B. P. Watrous ; is now Mrs. Nash of Akron, Ohio. 9. Doct. Frederick, son of Jesse, (7,) m. Fanny, dau. of Abner Johnson, May 19, 1796. Ch. : I. Lucia, b. March 24, 1797, m. Rev. Asa M. Train, of Miiford ; II. Eliza, b. Dec. 7, 1798, m. C. D. Kings- bury ;* III. Frederick A., b. June 13, 1801, and d. about 1809 ; IV. Abner J., b. July 12, 1803 ; V. Fanny A., m. Nathanial Worden, of Bridgeport; VI. Elisha. 10. Jesse, son of Jesse, (7,) removed to Danville, Vt., early in life, where he resided until his death, Jan. 1, 1830. He m. 1st, Nancy Pope, 2d, Martha Morrill. Ch. : I. Catharine, m. Hazelton ; II. Doct. Frederick; III. Nancy, d. 1821; IV. Fanny, m. Hazelton; V. Maria, d. 1824 ; VI. Melina, d. 1825 ; VII. Jane, b. 1817 ; VIII. Mark, b. 1828. * Joseph Kingsbury, from whom C. D. Kingsbury is descended, is supposed to have emigrated from England to Boston, prior to 1610. He settled at Haverhill, Mass., and had a son Joseph* 2. Joseph, son of Joseph, (1,) settled at Norwich Farms, now Franljlin, Conn., about 1(585. The farm on which he settled is still owned and occupied by members of the family. He had six sons ; the youngest was named Nathaniel. 3. Nathaniel, son of Joseph, (2,) had 9ch. who lived to mnnhood, but all d. in early or middle life, except John and Jacob. Thejlast mentioned was a colonel in the U. S. army, and d. in. 1837 or 8, aged 81. 4. John, (see p. 422,) son of Nathaniel, (3,) was b. at Norwich, Dec. 30, 1762. He settled in Waterbury, and m. Marcia, dau. of Dea. Stephen Bronson, Nov. 6, 1794. She d. March 21, 1813. He d. Aug. 26, 1844. Ch.: I. Charles D., b. Nov. 7, 1795; II. Julius Jesse Bronson, b. Oct. 18, 1797; III. John Southmayd, b. Nov. 18, 1801; IV. Sarah Susanna, b. Nov. 6, 1807, m. William Brown, and d. May 30, 1S40. 5. Charles Denison, son of John, (4,) ra. Eliza, dau. of Frederick Leavenworth, (9,) March 3, 1821. Ch. : I. Fredericli John, b. Jan. 1, 1823, m. Alathea R., dau. of Wm. H. Scovill, April 29, 1851. Ch., Wm. Charles and Mary Eunice ; II. Sarah Leavenworth, b. April 1, 1840., 6. Maj. Julius J. B., (see p. 423,) son of John, (4,) m. Jane C. Stebbins, of N. Y. Ch. : I. Julius H., d. iu California ; II. Walter ; III. Mary Jane, m. Capt. S. B. Buckner, U. S. army ; IV. Henry W., now of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. 7. John Southmayd, son of John, (4,) m. Abbey H., dau. of Daniel Hayden, Jan. 25, J82T. Ch. : I. James D., b. Nov. 22, 1827, d. May 7, 1831 ; II. Geo. B., b. Sept. 6, 1829 ; III. Marcia A , b. May 1, 1832, m. R. Ware, May 1, 1856 ; IV. Sylvia E., b. Sept. 7, 1834, ra. E. D. Griggs, May 1, 1854 ; v. James D , b. Sept. 7, 1836, d. Jan. 19, 1837 ; VI. Harriet A., b. June 15, 1839 ; VII. Abbey S., b. June 20, 1842 ; VIII. John J. D., b. July 27, 1845. 518 HISTOEY OF WATERBUEY. 11. Mark, (see p. 424,) son of Jesse, (7,) m. Anna, dau. of Moses Cook, wlio d. April 9, 1842, aged 64, and he m. Susan J., dau. of Joseph Cook, Nov. 1844. She d. Dec. 15, 1848, aged 51, Ch. : I. Doct.- Melines Conklin^^, b. Jan. 15, 1Y96, has been a surgeon in the U. S. array, and is an eminent botanist; 11. Anna Maria, b. Feb. 10, 1Y98, m. Hon. Green Kendrick; III. Mark M., b. May 13, 1800, d. July, 1825; IV. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 27, 1803, m. Jane Bar- tholomew, was murdered in California ; V. Harriet, b. July 19, 1807, d. May 25, 1808 ; VI. Harriet H., b. May 19, 1810, d. March 23, 1833; VII. Catharine E., b. Aug. 1, m. Corydon S. Sperry, d. Feb. 9, 1855. 12. Joseph, son of Samuel, (6,) m. Tamer, dau. of Benj. Richards, Jan, 12, 1797. Ch. : Harriet, b. Nov. 19, 1798 ; Hannah, b, Sept. 16, 1800 ; Joseph S. b. Dec. 2, 1802, d. 1841 ; Samuel E., b. Aug. 11, 1805, d. 1814; Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1811, d. 1838 ; Mary G., b. Sept. 6, 1814 ; Sarah Ann, b. Aug. 9, 1817. LEWIS. 1. Joseph Lewis, of Windsor and Simsbury, had sons, Joseph and Jolin. 2. Dea. Joseph, (see p. 165,) son of Joseph, (1,) settled in Waterbury, and m. Sarah, dau. of Abraham Andruss, April 7, 1703, He d, Nov. 29, 1749, his wife March 6, 1773. Ch. : A dau., b. Aug. 12, 1704, d. Sept. 1704; IL Joseph, b. July 12, 1705; IIL Sarah," b. April 29, 1708, m. Obadiah Warner; IV. John, b. April 14, 1711 ; V. Mary, b. June 10, 1714, m. Daniel Williams; VI. Rev. Thomas, b. Aug. 6,, 1716, grad. at Y. C. in 1741, became a Congregational clergyman; VII. Samuel, b. July 6, 1718 ; VIIL Abraham, b. Feb. 1721, d, young. 3. Joseph, son of Joseph, (2,) m. Mary, dau. of John Slaughter of Sims- bury, Nov. 12, 1727. She d. April 4, 1738, and he m. Elizabeth He d. Oct. 22, 1749. Ch. : L Elisha, b. Jan. 30, 1728-9 ; IL Samuel, b.Feb. 8, 1730-31 ; HL Damaras, b. April 22, 1734, m. Samuel Scott; IV. Joseph, b. Oct. 16, 1736; V. Abraham; VI. Rhoda, d. May 2, 1767. 4. John, son of Joseph, (2,) m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Munn of Woodbury, Dec. 4, 1734. She d. Sept. 30, 1749, and he m. Amy, dau. of Capt. Samuel Smith of New Haven, May 29, 1750. Ch. : I. David, b. April, 1736, d. 1754 ; IL John, b. Dec. 1740 ; IIL Sarah, b. April, 1743 ; IV. Amy, b. May 24, 1751 ; V. Samuel Smith, b. Sept. 7, 1753; VL David, b. April 11, 1756. 5. Dea. Samuel, son of Joseph, (2,) m. Hannah, dau. of Ilezekiah APPENDIX. 519 Rew, May 19, 1743. She d. in 1759, and he ra. Eunice, dau. of Ephraim Beebe of Saybrook, Nov. 7, 1763, He d. April 11, 1788. Ch. : I. Abraham, b. Oct. 21, 1744, d. 1749 ; II. Rev. Amzi, b. Oct. 9, 1746, was graduated at Y. C. in 1768, and became a clergyman ; III. Olive, b. Dec. 10,1749; IV. Lucy, b. March 18, 1753, ra. Simeon Por- ter; V. Mary b. 31, 1755, d. 1759 ; VI. Prue, b. Jan. 16, 1759, m. Nathan Porter; VII. Hester, b. May 3, 1765, m. Lucian Spencer; VIII. Molle, b. March 9, 1768, m. Culpeper Hoadley ; IX. Samuel, b. June 4, 1770, d. while a member of Y. C. ; X. Asahel, b. Aug 8, 1772, d. aged 37, leaving a large and respectable family ; XI. Eunice, b. Dec. 10, 1775, m. 1st, Ebenezer Fairchild, 2d, Elias Scott, both of Oxford. 6. Elisha, son of Joseph, (3,) m. Tamer, dau. of Samuel Hale of New Haven, June 14, 1750. Ch. : I. Jabez, b. Sept. 10, 1751 ; II. Tamer, b. Dec. 28, 1752 ; HI. Brazilla, b. March 28, 1754; IV. Naboth, b.June 24, 1756. 7. John, son of John, (4,) was a capt. in the Revolution. He m. Sarah, dau. of James Gordon, Nov. 17, 1763. Ch. : I. Anna, b. Jan. 5, 1765; II. Ezra, b. May 28, 1768; HI. Leva, b. July 20, 1770 ; IV. .John, b. July 16, 1772; V. Chauncey ; VL Sarah; VIL Alanson ; VIH. . 8. Abraham, son of Joseph, (3,) m. Ruth Judd, Nov. 9, 1767, who d. April 20, 1814. Ch. : I. Rhoda, b. June 6, 1769 ; H. Ansel, b. July 18, 1772, m. Lydia Merrill, and had eleven ch. 9. Samuel Smith, son of John, (4,) m. Abigail Baldwin, Feb. 22, 1776, and d. in 1842. Ch. : L Rev. Thomas, b. April 13, 1777, grad. Y. C. in 1798, and d. in Georgia, March 3, 1804 ; IL Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1781 ; III. Milo, b. Oct. 22, 1789, resides in Naugatuck. PORTER. 1. Doct. Daniel Porter of Farmington, had ch. : Daniel, Mary, Nehe miah, Richard, Ann, John and Samuel. (See p. 171.) 2. Doct. Daniel, son of Daniel, (1,) had, Daniel, James, Thomas, Deborah, Ebenezer and Anne. (See p. 172.) 3. Richard, son of Daniel, (1,) had, Daniel, Joshua, Mary, Ruth, Samuel, Hezekiah, John, Timothy, Hezekiah, Joshua and Richard. (See p. 173.) 4. Doct. Daniel, son of Daniel, (2,) had, I. Preserved, b. Nov. 23, 1729 ; II. Dr. Daniel, b. March 17, 1731, was a surgeon in the army, and d. at Crown Point in 1759, unm.; IIL Hannah, b. June 16, 1733, m. Obadiah Scovill ; IV. Timothy, b. June 19, 1735 ; V. Susanna, b. July 17, 1737, m. 1st, Daniel Killam of New Haven, July 4, 1758, and 520 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 2d, John Casset of Simsbury, Sept. 1767 ; VI. Anna, b. Dec. C, 1738, m. Daniel, son of Josiah Bronson ; VII, Jemima; VIII. Elizabeth. 5. Doct. James, son of Daniel, (2,) had, I. Huldah, b. Dec. 8, 1733, m. 1st, Fairchild, 2d, David Taylor ; II. James, b. Nov. 19, 1737 ; III. David, Aug. 11, 1746. 6. Capt. Thomas, son of Daniel, (2,) had, I. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1728, m. Enoch Scott ; II. Ashbel, b. Feb. 2, 1730; III. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1732, m. Joel Sanford; IV. Eunice, b. April 19, 1734, d. unm.; V. Thomas, b. May 9, 1736 ; VI, Phineas, b. Dec. 1, 1739 ; VII. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1741, m. Timothy Clark; VIII. Simeon, b. June 18, 1744, m. Lewis, and went to Ohio; IX. Sybbel, b. Aug. 8, 1747, d. young; X. Dorcas, b. Aug. 2, 1751, m. Erastus Bradley of New Haven. 7. Ebenezer, son of Daniel, (2,) bad, I. Lydia, b. April 9, 1741, m. Abel Beeeher of New Haven, Aug. 31, 1764 ; II. Asa, b. Aug. 7, 1743 ; III. , b. 1745, d. 1745; IV. Mary, b. June 14, 1749, d. March 22, 1760. 8. Samuel, son of Doct. Richard, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of John Bron- son, May 9, 1722. Administration was granted on his estate March 22, 1727-8, and only one ch. is mentioned. The wid. m. John Barnes. Ch., as recorded, Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1723 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 12, 1725. 9. Timothy, son of Richard, (3,) m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Jonathan Baldwin, Dec. 18, 1735, and 2d, Hannah Winters, in 1767. Here- moved to Stratford. Ch., recorded in Waterbury ; I. Sybbel, b. March 23, 1737 ; IL John, b. Feb. 22, 1739, m. Phebe Curtiss of Wallingford, Nov. 7, 1770; III. Lois, b. Feb. 6, 1743 ; IV. Mary, b. May 8, 1745 ; V. Mark, b. March 27, 1748 ; VI. Ruth, b. May 17, 1750 '; VIL and' VIH. Timothy and Lucy, b. June 8, 1753. 10. Preserved, son of Daniel, (4,) m. Sarah Gould of New Milford, April 8, 1764, who d. in 1780. He m. 2d, Lydia Welton, Dec. 9, 1781, and d. Oct, 23, 1803, Ch. : L Hannah, b. Nov, 10, 1766, m, Joseph Bronson; II, Levinia, b, July 21, 1767, m, Doct. Joseph, son of Doct. Timothy Porter, and d, Nov, 18, 1848 ; IIL Isaac, b. July 27, 1770, d. June 25, 1772 ; IV, Isaac, b. March 27, 1774, m. Amarilla, dau. of Joel Hickox, still living, and has a son, Preserved Hickox, in Newark, N, J, V, Jesse, b. Oct, 31, 1777. 11. Doct. Timothy, son of Daniel, (4,) m. Margaret, dau. of Gideon Skinner of Bolton, Conn. She was b. Sept. 27, 1739, and d. April 12, 1813. Hed. Jan. 24, 1792. Ch. : I Daniel, b. Sept, 23, 1768; H. Sylvia C, b, Feb. 24, 1771, ra. 1st, John King of Bloomfield, N. Y., 2d, Nathan Rose of Avon, N.Y., and d.Feb.l4, 1813; IH. Dr. Joseph, b, Sept. APPENDIX. 521 8,1772,111. Levinia, dau. of Preserved Porter — no ch. ; IV. Olive, b. July 26, 1775, m. Moses Hall and d. May 30, 1845. He d. Jan. 29, 1857 ; V. Anna, b. April 5, 1777, m. Richard F. Welton, Dec. 16, 1804; VI. Chauncey, b. April 24, 1779 ; VII. Timothy Hopkins, b. Nov. 28, 1785. 12. James, son of James, (5,) m. Lucy, dau. of Josiah Bronson, Nov. 9, 1762. Shed. Oct. 14, 1776, and he m. Mary Gambel, April 23, 1778. He d. Nov. 10, 1822. Ch. : I.Jesse, b. June 25, 1763; II. Dorcas, b. June 11, 1766, ra. Ward Peck, Jan. 22, 1784, and d. May 11,1847; HI. A son, b. Nov, 22, 1768, d. same day; IV. James, b. Aug. 3, 1772; V. Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1779; VI. Reuben, b. Oct. 24, 1780; VII. Melinda, b. April 26, 1783; VIII. Clarinda, b. Oct. 15, 1789 ; IX. Josiah, Aug. 30, 1792; X. Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1793. 13. David, son of James, (5,) m. Esther, dau. of Dea. Timothy Hop- kins, Dec. 7, 1775. He d. April 4, 1826, and his wid. d. Sept. 27, 1831. Ch.: I. Silas, b. Oct. 21, 1776 ; II. AVilliara, b. March 18, 1782 ; III. David, b. June 22, 1783. 14. AsHBEL, son of Thos. (6,) m. Hannah, dau. of John Morris of Stratford, Nov. 24, 1762. Ch. : I. Sybbel, b. Aug. 21, 1764 ; II. Ash- bel, b. Nov. 16, 1766; III. Elias,(?) b. Jan. 16, 1769; IV. Uannah, (?) b. Jan. 8, 1771. 15. Thomas, son of Thos. (6,) m. Mehitable, dau. of Daniel Hine of New Milford, Dec. 12, 1758. She d. June 1, 1837, aged 98. Ch. : I. Sybbel, b. Nov. 10, 1759; II. Rebecca, b. June 5, 1761, m. Jared By- ington ; III. Truman, d. Sept. 8, 1763 ; IV. Ethel, b. 1765, and d. March 2, 1797. 16. CoI.Phineas, son of Thos. (6,) m. Esther, dau. of Thos. Clark, July 12, 1770. She d. March 18, 1772, and he m. 2d, wid. Melliscent, Lewis, dau. of Jonathan Baldwin, Dec. 23, 1778. Hed. March 9, 1804. Ch.: I. Esther, b. March 13, 1772, m. Levi Beardsley, Jan. 5, 1789, and d. Sept. 5,' 1808 ; IL " Orissana," b. Nov. 1, 1779, d. July 8, 1781 ; UL Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1782; IV. Ansel, b. Aug. 2, 1784; V. Orlando, b. May 8, 178 7 ; VL Betsey, b. April 14, 1790, m. Zenas Cook, and d. Oct. 12, 1857. 17. Asa, son of Ebenezer, (7,) m. Deborah Fuller, Oct. 22, 1765. Ch. : L Asa, b. June 6, 1767 ; IL Climena, b. Jan. 8, 1770. 18. Samuel, son of Samuel, (8,) m. Mary, dau. of Stephen Upson, Dec. 9, 1747, and d. Jan. 8, ] 793. His wife d. March 23, 1780. Ch. : L Ebenezer, b. Jan. 24, 1750 ; H. Jemima, b. Nov. 13, 1752 ; III. Sam- uel, b. Oct. 7, 1755. 19. Isaac, son of Doct. Preserved, (10,) ra. Amarilla, dau. of Joel 522 HISTORY OF WATEKBUKY. Hickox, Nov. 13, 1799, Ch. : I. Sarah Gould, b. April 6, 1800; II. Preserved H., b. Sept. 9, 1803, m. Caroline Keene, and resides at New- ark,' N. J. — no ch. 20. Doct. Jesse, son of Preserved, (10,) m. Comfort, dau. of Chaun- cey Camp, June 6, 1808. She was b. March 1, 1786, and d. Aug. 10, 1855. Ch.: I. Denman Camp, b. May 22, 1810; II. Sally Ann, b. May 6, 1812, m. Lewis Hotchkiss, who d. — no ch. ; III. Adelia, b. April 15, 1815, m. David S. Law and d. March 13, 1857 ; IV. Preserved G., b. Jan. 18, 1822. 21. Daniel, son of Timothy, (11,) m. Ana, dau. of Ingham, and grand-dau. of Israel Clark of Soutbington, June 9, 1789. She was b. Oct. 17, 1770, and d. March 20, 1831. Ch. : L Horace, b. Sept. 30, 1790; IL Timothy, b. Jan. 30, 1792 ; IIL Elias, b. May 14, 1795; IV. Alma Anna, b. April 12, 1800, m. AVilliam Orton, Jan. 1822, and d. Feb. 25, 1823, leaving a dau. Caroline ; V. Daniel, b. May 20, 1805, — a physician, became insane in 1845; VI. Joseph, b. July 11, 1807, d. Jan. 5, 1812. 22. Chauncet, son of Timothy, (11,) m. Sylvia Brockway, at Scho- dack, near Albany, N. Y. He d. at Pittsford, in that State, May 17, 1836. Ch. : I. Chauncey, d. in childhood ; II. Sylvia Rose, b. Jan. 19, 1807, m. Lieut. Richardson, of the U. S. Army; III. Olive Ann, b. March 9, 1809, m. R. S. Williams of Avon, N. Y. ; IV. Caroline, b. June 7, 1811, m. George W. Chyler, a lawyer of Palmyra, N. Y. ; V. Margaret, b. May 9, 1814, m. Ephraim Goss, a lawyer at Pittsford, N. Y.; VL Jane Maria, b. Nov. 21, 1816; VH. Chauncey H., b. Aug. 11, 1818; VIIL Mary E., b. May 18, 1821 ; IX. Sarah L., b. Jan. 25, 1824 ; X. James IL, b. Nov. 5, 1826. 23. Hon. Timothy IL, son of Doct. Timothy, (11,) m. Lucy, dau. of Judge Moore of Angelica, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1811, and d. at Olean, N. Y., Dec. 1845. Ch.: L Willard, b. Aug. 7, 1812, d. July 26, 1819; IL Joseph Hopkins, b. April 11, 1818 ; IH. Olive M., b. July 27, 1820, d. Feb. 26, 1821 ; IV. Harriet M., b. June 7, 1822 ; V. John, b. April 25, 1824; VL Lucy, b. Aug. 6, 1826, d. Feb. 8, 1831 ; VIL Timothy, b. April 20, 1828, d. April 6, 1829 ; VIIL Willard, b. June 8, 1830 ; IX. Edward, b. March 20, 1832; X. George, b. Feb. 25, 1834; XL James, b. Sept. 16, 1835; XIL Andrew, b. Aug. 11, 1839, d. Oct. 6, 1841. 24. Silas, son of David, (13,) m. Polly, dau. of Benjamin Strong of Southbury, Dec. 21, 1802. Ch. : L Edwin, b. Feb. 25, 1804 ; IL Es- ther, b. June 8, 1806. 25. Truman, son of Thos., (15,) m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Thomp- son of New Haven, Jan. 1, 1784. Ch. : I. Margaret, b. Nov. 23, 1784 ; APPENDIX. 523 II. Minerva, b. Oct. 24, 1788; III. Julius, b. Aug. 26, 1790; IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 7, 1793; V. Alma, b. Feb. 9, 1795; VI. Sally, b. Sept. 25, 1801; VII. Myretta, b. June 24, 1803 ; VIII. Hector, b. Aug. 11, 1805; IX. William, b. Oct. 20, 1807, d. March 30, 1809. 26. Ansel, son of Phineas, (16,) m. Lucy, dau. of Ward Peck» April, 1806, — was an officer in the war of 1812, and d. Oct. 9, 1814. Ch, : Phineas, d. aged 10 months: II. Melliscent, d. aged about 7 ; III. Ansel Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1811, m. Ruth Ann, dau. of Cyrus Sherman of Woodbury, — has had two ch. 27. Orlando, son of Phineas, (16,) m. Olive, dau. of Samuel Frost, and went to Pa., and d. at Harrisburg, Jan. 1, 1836. Ch. : I. Eliza M.,d. young; II. Mary M., b. July 2, 1816, m. 1st, Bartis, 2d, Doct. Bradford, — is living near Wilksbarre, Pa.; III. George Phin- eas, m. Julia Worthing, of Kingston, is a Methodist preacher. 28. Ebenezer, son of Samuel, (18,) m. Sarah, dau. of Ephraim Bee- be, Aug. 31,1774. Ch. : I. Daniel, b. Aug. 26, 1775; II. Asa, b. Jan. 26, 1778; III. Samuel E., b. July 20, 1782; IV. Ezra, b. May 27, 1785 ; V. Olive, b. Feb. 23, 1787, d. March 13, 1787; VI. Aaron, b. Feb. 23, 1790, d. same day. 29. Samuel, son of Samuel, (18,) m. Sybbel, dau. of Obadiah Mon- son, Jan. 28, 1778. Shed. Feb. 5, 1794, and he m. Lucy, dau. of Dea. Andrew Bronson, Nov. 22, 1795. Ch. : L Lucy, b. Nov. 14, 1778 ; II. Eunice, b. March 23, 1780, d. May 1, 1780 ; III. Stephen, b. Sept. 22, 1781 ; IV. Obadiah, b. July 24, 1783; V. Azubah, b. July 6, 1785; VL Mar-shal, b. June 4, 1788; VIL Samuel M., b. May, 1790; VIIL Shelden, b. March 31, 1792; IX. L. Bronson, b. Sept. 8, 1799; X. Leonard, b. July 23, 1802. 30. Horace, son of Daniel, (21,) m. Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer Fris- bie, May 20, 1811. Shed. April 11, 1844, and he m. Esther M. W. Hull, Nov. 23, 184.5. Ch.: L Horace Clark, b. March 9, 1812, d. Aug. 11, 1831 ; II. Hannah C, b. Sept. 1, 1813, m. Christopher L. Ward, of Towanda, Pa., has a .son Henry; HI. Hamlet C, b. July 11, 1815, d. Aug. 9, 1834; IV. Hobart C, b. Feb. 2, 1819, ra. Jerusha, dau. of Benj. Bronson, has two ch. ; V. Henry C, b. April 20,1825, ni. Eliza E., dau. of Nathan N. Betts, of Towanda, Pa., is a physician ; VI. Mar- garet A., b. July 27, 1846; VIL Sarah E., b. Aug. 19, 1849. 31. Timothy, son of Daniel, (21,) m. Clara, dau. of Ebenezer Frisbie. She d. Nov. 18, 1821, and he m. Polly Ann Todd, Dec. 20, 1824. Ch. : L Joseph, b. June 5, 1812; IL Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1815; III. Jane E., b. Feb. 1818 ; IV. Timothy H., b. Feb. 16, 1826 ; V. Nathan 524 HISTORY OF WATEEBDEY. T., b.Dec. 9, 1828 ; YL Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1831 ; Yll. David G., b. March 8, 1833 ; VIII. Samuel M., b. May 17, 1835. 32. Elias, son of Daniel, (21,) m. Alma Tyler, Jan. 22, 181V,— has one child, James, b. March 26, 1818. PRICHARD. 1. Roger Prichard came from Springfield, Mass., to Milford, Conn., previous to Dec. 18, 1653, at which date he married Elizabeth Slough of Milford. He had sons, Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph was b. Oct. 2, 1654, Benjamin Jan. 31, 1657. The last m. , Nov. 14, 1683. 2. Benjamin and James Prichard removed from Milford to Water- bury about 1733. Roger Prichard, also from Milford, settled at Water- bury in 1738. They were all married and had children previous to their settlement in Waterbury. 3. Benjamin, (2,) m. 1st, Mary Andrews of Milford, Jan. 20, 1712-13, and 2d, Hannah Marks, July 4, 1733. He d. in 1760, leaving ch. : I. John ; II. Benjamin ; HI. Nathaniel ; IV. Elnathan ; Y. Desire, b. July 7, 1734 ; VI. Jonathan, b. Oct. 19, 1739 ; VII. Esther. 4. James, (2,) m. Elizabeth Johnson of Stratford, Dec. 25, 1721, and d. 1749. Ch. : I. James, b. Jan. 31,1722-3; II. George, b. Oct. 5, 1724; III. Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1726 ; lY. Isaac, b. Sept. 20, 1729 ; Y. John, b. July 25, 1734, d. 1749 ; VI. David, b. April 7, 1737 ; YII. Anna, b. April 4, 1740. 5. Roger, (2,) m. 1st, Hannah Northrup of Milford, March 8, 1715-16, and 2d, Sarah , and d. May 18, 1760. Ch.: I. Roger; II. Sarah, m. Joseph Fenn, Jr.; III. Ann, m. Stephen Bradley; IV.' Phebe, b. April 16, 1731, ra. Warner; V. Abigail, b, March 15, 1733, d. before 1760; VI. Sibella, b. June, 1736, d. young; VII. Abraham, b. Oct. 12, 1737 ; YIII. Amos, b. Aug. 27, 1739 ; IX. Elihu, b. Oct. 27, 1741. 6. James, son of James, (4,) m. Abigail, dau. of Ebenezer Hickox, Aug. 7, 1740, and had, I. Jabez, b. Feb. 18, 1741 ; II. Jerahiah, b. April 13, 1743 ; III. Elisha, b. Oct. 1, 1745, d. 1749 ; IV. "James the Less," b. April, 1748, d. 1749; V. James, b. June 4, 1750; VI. Abigail, b. May 14, 1752. 7. George, son of James, (4,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Hotch- kiss of New Haven, Feb. 8, 1 744-5, and d. Oct. 21, 1820. His wife d. Feb. 17, 1802. Ch. : I. Chloe, b. Sept. 30, 1745 ; II. George, b. April 4, 1747 ; III. Patience, b. Dec. 10, 1748, d. 1749; IV. Patience, b. May 8, 1751; Y. John, b. April 3, 1753; YI. Isaiah, b. March 30, APPENDIX. 525 1755; VII. Didymus, b. April 27, 1757, d. 1758; VIIT. Hannah, b. Dec. 5, 1758 ; IX. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 7, 1762; X. Kebecca, b. Sept. 16, 1765. 8. Isaac, son of James, (4,) ra. Lois, dau. of Isaac Bronson, Oct. 4, 1758. Ch: I. Jared,b.May 15, 1760 ; II. Lidda, b. April 24, 1763, and others. 9. David, son of Jaraes, (4,) m. Ruth Smith. Ch. : I. Archibald, b. June 25, 1758; II. Ruth; III. Miriam; IV. Philo; V. Sylvia; VI. Molle, d. 1772; VII. Molle; VIII. David; IX. Damon, b. Nov. 5, 1777 ; X. Sally, b. June 28, 1780. 10. Roger, son of Roger, (5,) m. Ann Buggbe of Derby, Feb. 16, 1742-3. Ch.: I. Philenor, b. May 18, 1744; II. Sybel, b. Oct. 25, 1 745, d. 1749; III. Elihu,b. Sept. 19, 1747, d. 1749 ; IV. Elihu, b. July 19, 1749, d. 1751 ; V. Ann, b. April 24, 1752; VI. Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 1754; VII. Eliphalet, b. Dee. 2, 1756 ; VIII. Elihu, b. May 23, 1759. 11. Abraham, son of Roger, (5,) m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas Smith of Derby, March 13, 1766, and had, I. Reuben, b. Sept. 30, 1766 ; II. Abigiil, b. Jan. 28, 1768; III. Sybel, b. Oct. 21, 1769, d. Nov. 1769 ; IV. John Smith, b. Oct. 27, 1770, d. 1773; V. Sarah, b. 1773; VI. ; VI. Phebe, b. March 20, 1778. 12. Amos, son of Roger, (5,) m. Lydia Blakeslee, May 26, 1768, who d. 1771, and he m. 2d, wid. Mary Adams, Aug. 20, 1777. Ch. : I. Lydia, b. April 12, 1769; II. Amos, b. Oct. 22, 1770 ; IIL Roger, b. May 17, 1777, d. 1779 ; IV. Sabra, b. Jan. 6, 1780; V. Roger, b. May 7, 1782; VL Orra, b. Oct. 26, 1783; VIL Elias, b. Jan. 28, 1786; VIIL Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1788 ; IX. Ruth, b. Oct. 17, 1791. 13. George, son of George, (7,) m. Hannah Williams, Dec. 24, 1767. Ch, : L Didimus, b. May 28, 1769 ; IL Jane, b. Sept. 23, 1771 ; III. Cbloe, b. Oct. 23, 1773 ; IV. Ezra, b. Oct. 10, 1775. 14. Archibald, son of David, (9,) m. Sybil, dau. of John Smith of Canterbury, Oct. 28, 1782. Ch. : L Julius C, b.June 15, 1784, d. 1788; IL '-Softey," b. Aug. 28, 1786 ; IIL Adelia. 15. Philo, son of David, (9,) m. Sabra Johnson, Dec. 17, 1783. Ch. : L"Suky," b. July 26, 1784. 16. David, son of David, (9,) m. Anne, dau. of Benjamin Hitchcock, Nov. 9, 1797. Ch. : L Minerva, b. June 22,1798; IL William, b. March 20, 1800 ; III. Julius Smith, b. Feb. 14, 1802 ; IV. Elizur E., b. Sept. 19, 1804 ; V. Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1806 ; VL Sally H, b. Aug. 29, 1808; VIL Dr. David, b. Oct. 24, 1810; VIIL Samuel H., b. May 27, 1813 ; IX. Charlotte L., b. June 27, 1816. 17. JoH.v, sou of Abraham, (11,) m. Anna, dau. of Eben Hotchkiss, 526 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. March 25,1806. Ch. : I. Eben, b. Nov. 6, 1806, II. Beza, b. April 22, 1808. I have not found the connection of the following with the pre- ceding. JosKPH Prichard, son of of Milford, m. Rebecca, dau. of Jan\es Smith of Waterbury, Aug. 2, 1761, and d. at Saybrook, Oct. 23, 1775, aged 35. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1763 ;' 11. Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1765 ; III. Thomas Gaius, b. Oct. 3, 1768 ; IV. William, b. June 4, 1771 ; V. Elizabeth, b. April 14, 1774. RICHARDSON. 1. Thomas Richardson or Richason had ch., Thomas, Mary, Sarah, John, Israel, Rebecca, Ruth, Johannah, Nathaniel, Ebenezer. (See p. 179.) 2. John, son of Thomas, (1,) had ch., I. Ruth, b. Feb. 10, 1701-2, m. 1st, John Hill, 2d, Moses Doolittle; II. and III. b. Sept. 4, 1703, and d. the same month ; IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1704, m. Nathaniel Arnold, Jr. ; V. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1707, m, Nathan Prindle ; VI. Sarah, b. April 28, 1710, m. Samuel Weed; VII. John, b. March 5, 1713, d. before Nov. 28, 1749. His estate was distributed to his four sisters or their children. 3. Israel, son of Thomas, (1,) had ch.: I. Mary, b. April 16, 1699, d. Dec. 5, 1712; II. Hannah, b. April 2, 1705, m. John Scott; III. Joseph, b. June 11, 1708; IV. Israel, b. Aug. 28, 1711, lived in Sun- derland, Mass. 4. Ebenezer, son of Thomas, (1,) had ch. : I. Phebe, b. April 22, 1716, d. Jan. 9, 1717; II. Phebe, b. Dec. 15, I7l7; HI. Thomas, b. Dec. 7, 1720; IV. Joseph, b. Sept. 24, 1725, d. young; V. Nathaniel, b. April 8, 1729; VI. Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1731. 5. Thomas, son of Ebenezer, (4,) m. Abigail Way, April 8, 1756, who d. Jan. 21, 1775, and he m. 2d, Eunice, wid. of John Hickox, April 15, 1776. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. June 8, 1757, d. Jan. 13, 1772 ; II. Irene, b. March 15, 1759, d. July 6, 1774; III. Chloe, b. July 26, 1761, d. Feb. 25, 1776; IV. Israel, b. Sept. 25, 1764, d. March 29, 1772; V. Abigail, b. May 24, 1769, d. April 8, 1772; VI. Anner, b. March 13, 1771, d. April 20, 1772; VII. Thomas, b. June 12, 1777 ; VIII. Margaret, b. Aug. 14, 1779, m. John Beecher ; IX. Eunice, b. Dec. 21, 1781, m. Samuel Porter. 6. Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer, (4,) .m. Phebe, dau. of John Bron- son, April I, 1752, and d. Oct. 31, 1792. His wife d. April 6, 1811, Ch.: I. Joseph, b. March 28, 1754, d. June 16, 1773; H. Tamer, b! APPENDIX. 527 Sept. 13, 1*758, m. Stephen Hotchkiss; III. Ruth, b. Dec. 15, 1761, m, Ashbel Osborne, June 9, 1785 ; IV. Phebe, b. June 17, 1765, m. Joseph Bartholomew, d. Oct. 1800 ; V. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 3, 1769, ra. Mehitable Clark, lived in Middlebury, had 14 ch. and d. Feb. 1826; VI. Hannah, b. May 22, 1772, d. July 20, 1773 ; VII. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 28, 1774 ; VIII. Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1779, ra. Reuben Upson. 7. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, (6,) m. Comfort Stone, April, 1794. She d. March 29, 1756. Ch. : I.Maria, b. Jan. 6, 1795, m. Garry Bronson ; II. Nancy, b. March 8, l797,m. Merritt Piatt, May,1815. He d. Sept. 1815, and she m. Leonard Bronson, April 14. 1819 ; III. Julia, b. 1799, d. 1800 ; IV. John Bronson, b. Nov. 1804, graduated at Dartmouth College, is a clergyman at Pittsford, N. Y. He ra. Maria, dau. of Philo Bronson, in 1832, who d. in 1834, and he m. in 1836, Susan A., sister of his first wife, who d. April, 1856 ; V. Nathaniel S., b. 1810, gradua- ted at Y. C, is an Episcopal clergyman, has been settled at Watertown and Derby, and is now editor of the Chun-h Review. He m. Lydia, dau. of James Murdock, D.D., of New Haven ; VI. Mtrritt P., b. 1816, d. the same year; VII. Samuel S., b. Dec. 1817, d. at Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 4, 1842, while a member of Union College. SCOTT. 1. Edmund Scott, of Farraington and Waterbury, had ch., Joseph, Edmund, Samuel, Jonathan, George, David, Robert, Elizabeth and Han- nah. (Seep. 181.) 2. Edmund, son of Edmund, (1,) had Sarali, Samuel, Elizabeth, Han- nah, Edmund, John, Jonathan. (See p. 183.) 3. Jonathan, son of Edmund, (1,) had Jonathan, John, Martha, Ger- shom, Eleazer, Daniel. (See p. 184.) 4. George, son of Edmund, (1,) had, I. Obadiah, b. April 5, 1692; H. George, b. March 20, 1694, d. May 9, 1725, unm. ; II. William, b. March 3, 1696 ; IV. Elizabeth, b. April 4, 1698, ra. Gamaliel Terrel and went to New Milford ; V. Zebulon, b. Jan. 10, 1700, d. 1701 ; VI. Samuel, b. April 26, 1702 ; VII. Edmund, b. Sept. 4, 1704 ; VHI. Ben- jamin, b. April 30, 1707, d. Dec. 1725 ; IX. Ephraira, b. June 16, 1710, d. Feb. 27, 1744-5. 5. David, son of Edraund, (1,) had, I. Hannah, b. March 21, 1698-9; 11. Hester, b. Aug. 1700; HI. David, b. May 12, 1701; IV. Ruth, b. Sept. 29, 1704, m. Jonathan Kelsey ; V. and VI. Martha and Mary, b. Jan. 1707; Martha, d. April, 1707; VII. Elizabeth, b. May 7, l709,m. Samuel Judd ; VIII. Stephen, b. March 12, 1711 ; IX. Obadiah, b. Dec, 4, 1714. 528 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 6. Samuel, son of Edmund, (2,) ra. Mary, dau. of John Richards, Jan. 13, 1725, and d. April 3, 17G8. Ch. : I. Gideon, b. Sept. 22, 1725 ; 11. Lois, b. March 20, 1727 ; III. Abraham, b. April 26, 1729, d. Jan. 8, 1730-1 ; IV. Isaac, b. April 26, 1729; V. Abraham, b. Oct. 18, 1731, d. Nov. 8, 1732; VI. Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1733; VII. Sarah, b. April 4, 1735, ni. Edmund Scott; VIII. Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1738, m. Damaras Lewis; IX. Jemima, b. Nov. 23, 1740, m. Jeremiah Peck, Jr. 7. Edmund, son of Edmund, (2,) m. Martha, dau. of John Andruss, Aug. 12, 1730, and d. March 23, 1733. His wid. m. Ebenezer Warner, April 18, 1734. Ch. : L Jemima, b. May 2, 1731, d. May 16, 1735 : IL Comfort, b. July 22, 1733, m. Obadiah Scott. 8. John, son of Edmund, (2,) m. Eunice, dau. of Thos. Griffin of Sims- bury, Oct. 29, 1730. He d. March 14, 1756. Ch. : L Amos, b. Feb. 19, 1732; IL John, b. Jan. 30, 1734, d. in 1766, no issue; III. Edmund, b. Jan. 9, 1736, m. Sarah Scott, and d. about 1760, no issue; IV. Abra- ham, b. March 18, 1739, "killed with thunder," April 7, 1750; V. Eu- nice, b. Jan. 4, 1741, d. Aug. 12, 1759; VL Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1743, m. Moses; VII. Jonathan, b. Oct. 1745, d. 1749; VIIL Reuben, b. Aug. 15, 1747 ; IX. Abraham, b. May 11, 1750, d. March, 1753; X. Abel, b. Nov. 19, 1756, m. Anne Perkins of New Haven, Jan. 30, 1776 — had ch. 9. Jonathan, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Hurlbut of Woodbury, July 14, 1725. She d. May, 1727, and he m. 2d, Re- becca, dau. of Samuel Frost of Branford, July 29, 1729. He d. May 16, 1745. Ch. : L John, b. May 6, 1726; IL Abel, b. Aug. 3, 1730 ; in. Thankful, b. May 10, 1732; IV. Phebe, b. May 24, 1734; V. Re- becca, b. Oct. 3, 1736 ; VL Rachel, b. Nov. 3, 1739 ; VII. Eben, b; July, 1747. 10. Gershom, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Mary, dau, of Jonathan Fen- ton of Fairfield, Nov. 17, 1728, and d. June 24, 1780. Ch.: L Wait, b. Aug. 17, 1729; IL Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1731, ra. E. Scott; IIL Sarah, b. Sept. 1735; IV. Mary, b. May 17, 1739 ; V. and VI. Gershom and Ann, b. June 9, 1744. Gershom d. June 29, 1778. Ann m. Amos Hotchkiss. 11. Doct. Daniel, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Hannah, dau. of David Way, and d. April 2, 1762. Ch. : L Esther, b. May 23, 1750 ; H. Jona- than, b. Sept. 29, 1751 ; IIL John, b. April 30, 1753 ; IV. Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1755, d. Aug. 31, 1759; V. Eleazer, b. May 24,1756; VL Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1757, d. Sept. 15, 1759; VII. Hannah, b. Jan. 16, 1759; VIH. Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1760. 12. Obadiau, son of George, (4,) m. Hannah, dau. of Ezekiel Buck of APPENDIX. 529 Wethersfield, Oct. 10, 1716, and d. in 1735. His wife d. June 12, 1749. Ch. : I. , b. June 20,1717; 11. Zebulon, b. June 16, 1718; III. Mary, b. 1720, d. Sept. 1722; IV. Enoch, b. Oct. 1722; V. Comfort, b. Jan. 31, 1723; VI. George, b. Nov. 10, 1725; VII. Oba- diah, b. Jan. 6, 1727 ; VIII. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 20, 1730. 13. William, son of George, (4,) m. Johannah, dau. of Thos. J add of Hartford, Nov. 30, 1727. She d. Jan. 25, 1771. Ch. : I. Benjamin, b. Sept. 6, 1728 ; II. Timothy, b. April 21, 1731; III. Anne, b. Jan. 11, 1734, d. Oct, 30,1749; iv. Rachel, b. Sept. 27, 1736, d. April 2, 1766 ; V. Patience, b. Nov. 1748, 1740. 14. Samuel, son of George, (4,) m. Presilla, dau. of John Hull of Derby, Sept. 26, 1727. Shed. Sept. 23, 1735, and he m. 2d, vvid. Lois Striclin, May 4, 1756, who d. Nov. 29, 1762. He m. 3d, Eunice Ashley of Hartford, March 17, 1763, and d. Sept. 15, 1790. Ch. : I. Sybel, b. July 6, 1730, d. March 1, 1798, unra.; II. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1732, d. Sept. 1, 1814, unm.; III. Ebenezer, b. April 18, 1735, ra. Mary Weed; IV. Eunice, b. June 11,1738; V. Samuel, b. April 10, 1744, d. Sept. 20, 1749 ; VI. Ashley, b. June 17, 1764. 15. Edmund, son of George, (4,) m. Martha, dau. of Robert Royce of Wallingfurd, March 26, 1730. Ch. : I. Mary, b. March 23, 1731 ; II. Robert, b. Aug. 3, 1733, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gamaliel Terrel, Dec. 29, 1762 ; III. Noah, b. Jan. 24, 1736, d. May 9, 1737; IV. Ebenezer, b. March 23, 1738", d. same day ; V. Martha, b. May 2, 1739 ; VI. Abi- gail, b. July 3, 1742; VII. Comfort, b. April 24, 1745; VHI. Noah, b. April 4, 1748 ; IX. Lydia, b. March 23, 1751. 16. David, son of David, (5,) ra. Hannah, dau. of William Hickox, Jan. 25, 1735. Ch. : I. Zadock, b. Oct. 15, 1733, d. 1746 ; II. Nathan, b. Aug. 23, 1735, d. 1748; HI. David, b. June 22, 1738; IV. Pa- tience, d. May 9, 1747 ; V. Hannah, d. June 29, 1754 ; VI. Submit, b. Dec. 22, 1746 ; VII. Sarah, b. June 8, 1749, m. Wait Smith. 17. Stephen, son of David, (5,) m. Rebecca, dau. of John Wolsey of Jamaica, L. I., April 9, 1734, and d. March 25, 1744. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1736, d. Sept. 11, 1749; II. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1738; III. Wolsey, b, April 13, 1741, d. in Watertown, Dec. 12, 1794. 18. Obadiah, son of David, (5,) m. Mary, dau. of John Andruss, May 20, 1733. Ch. : I. and 11. twins, d. young; III. Eliphas, b. Jan. 3, 1735 ; IV. Obadiah, b. April 12, 1737; V. Jesse, b. May 30, 1739; VI. Barnabas, b. March 7, 1741 ; VII. Abigail, b. July 3, 1746 ; VIII. Margaret, b. July 30, 1748; IX. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1750; X. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1753 ; XI. Ruth, b. Nov. 1756. 19. Gideon, son of Samuel, (6,) m. Phebe Barnes, April 15, 1755. 34 530 HISTORY OF WATEKBUET. She d. April 25, 1760, and he in. Hannah, wid. of James Brown, Oct. 4, 1762. She d. Sept. 12, 1766. Ch. : I. Lois, b. Oct. 17, 1756 ; 11. Caleb, b. July 11, 1758; III. Mary, b. June 25, 1763 ; IV. Alathea, b. March 18, 1765. 20. Isaac, son of Samuel, (6,) ra. Anne, dau. of Ebenezer Frisbie of Sharon, Oct. 31, 1753. She d. Dec. 3, 1766, and he m. Sarah Smith, March 4, 1767, who d. Feb. 12, 1783. Ch.: I. David, b. Jan. 25, 1755,— drowned, May 10, 1773; II. Moses, b. Feb. 16, 1756, d. Dec. 21,1773; III. Thaddeus, b. April 25,1757; IV. Leva, b. Sept. 27, 1758, d. Jan. 15, 1775; V. Mesibah, b. Aug. 10, 1760, d. Sept. 23, 1782 ; VL Abner, b. May 10, 1762 ; VIL V^ealthy, b. July 22, 1764 ; VIIL Abraham, b. Aug. 2, 1766. 21. Amos, son of John, (8,) m. Dorcas, dau. of Ebenezer Warner, April 4, 1759. She d. May 14, 1763, and he ra. 2d, Lois, wid. of Ezekiel Scott, Sept. 12, 1763. Ch. : L Eunice, b. Feb. 23, 1760 ; IL Diana, b. March 14, 1762, d. March 12, 1763; IIL Amos, b. May 3, 1764; IV. John,b. April 4, 1766 ; V. Edmund, b. June 7, 1768 ; VI. Lois, b. Dec. 31, 1770; Vn. Djicas,b.Nov. 1, 1773. d. 1774; VIIL Levi, b. July 3,1775. 22. Zebulon, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Warner, April 18, 1748, and d. May 12, 1798. His wife d. June 21, 1798, aged 72. Ch. : L Simeon, b. March 1, 1750; IL Huldah, b. Nov. 7, 1753, m. John Powers; III. Daniel, b. May 4, 1757, d. June 10, 1762; IV. Justus, went to Wallingford, Vt., and had a large family. 23. Enoch, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Thos. Por- ter, May 14, 1750. Ch.: L Hannah, b. May 19, 1751 ; II. Eunice, b. Oct. 15, 1752; IIL Enoch, b. Oct. 6, 1754; IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1757; V. Uri, b. Aug. 2, 1759; VL Prue, b. April 6, 1761 ; VIL Es- ther, b. Sept. 22, 1763; VIIL Mille, b. March 21, 1766; IX. Mark, b. 1758. 24. Ezekiel, son of Obadiah, (12.) m, Lois, dau. of John Fenn, April 13, 1758, and d. Jan. 20, 1759. Ch. : I. Ezekiel, b. Jan. 3, 1759. 25. Obadiah, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Comfort, dau. of Edmund Scott, April 8, 1751. She d. April, 1798. He d. Sept. 1810. Ch. : I. Annis, b. April 2, 1753 ; II. Mercy, b. July 2, 1755 ; III. Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1757; IV. Martha, b. Jan. 29, 1761; V. Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1763, d. Oct. 30, 1765 ; VI. Patience, b. June 21, 1766; VIL Edmund Andru>s, b. Oct. 17, 1771. 26. Benjamin, son of William, (13,) m. Mary, dau. of Obadiah Ptich- ards, Jan. 13, 1757. Ch. : L Hannah, b. May 12, 1758 ; H. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1762 ; IIL Chloe, b. Feb. 18, 1767, m. Elijah Terrel. APPENDIX. 531 « 27. AsuLEv, son of Samuel, (14,) m, Martha, dau. of Benjamin Jud- son of Stratford, April 25, 1787, and d. May 15, 1842. His wid. d. Dec. 1848, aged 83. Ch. : I.Betsey, b. Dec. 29, 1787, m. James Street; II. "Catey," b. Jan. 15, 1793, m. Miles Morris, and d. July 8, 1837 ; III. Lewis, b. Dec. 14, 1796, d. 1827 ; IV. Edmund, b. April 13, 1799 ; V. Emma, b. June 28, 1801. 28. Stephen, son of Stephen, (17,) m. Freelove, dau. of Amos Hick- ox, Nov. 30, 1758. Ch. : I. Freelove, b. May 0, 1759 ; II. Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1761 ; III. Stephen, b. April 23, 1763 ; IV. Uri, b. May 13, 1765. 29. Eliphas, son of Obadiah, (18,) m. Hannah, dau. of Gershom Scott, Feb. 14, 1757. Ch.: I. Nancy, b. Dec. 4, 1759; II. Jesse, b. Sept. 6, 1762 ; in. Irene, b. Nov. 16, 1767 ; IV. JareJ, b. March 22, 1771. 30. Obadiah, son of Obadiah, (18,) ni. Hannah, dau. of John How, March 10, 1755. Ch. : I. Hvnnah, b. Sept. 28, 1755 ; 11. Olive, b. Sept. 23, 1757 ; III. Lucy, b. July 26, 1760 ; IV. Jesse, b. May 2, 1763 ; V. David, b. June 22, 1765; VI. Rose, b. Nov. 6, 1768. 31. Barnabas, son of Obadiah, (18,) m. Rebecca, dau. of Doct. Ephraim Warner, Nov. 15, 1764. She d. Sept. 22, 1773. Ch.: L Sabra, b. Jan. 14, 1766 ; II. Orpha, b. Nov. 10, 1767 ; IH. Margaret, b. Dec. 5, 1769, d. in infancy ; IV. Margaret, b. Nov. 5, 1772. 32. Thaddeus, son of Isaac, (20,) m. Orange, dau. of Thos. Ham- mond, May 23, 1782. She d. March 21, 182G. Ch. : L Levi, b. Oct. 27, 1782 ; H. Moses, b. Feb. 28, 1785 ; III. Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 1786; IV. Anna, b. Feb. 1, 1788, d. June 22, 1802 ; V. Philo, b. Oct. 6, 1790 ; VI. Mabel, b. July 8, 1792, d. Oct. 24, 1803 ; VIL Moses, b. April 14, 1795; VIII. Thaddeus, b. Oct. 19, 1797, d. Oct. 29, 1797; IX. Tru- man, b. Nov. 4, 1798, d. Oct. 19, 1803 ; X. Isaac, b. May 8, 1801 ; XL Bazaleel, b. May 1, 1803. 33. Abner, son of Isaac, (20,) m.Aleathea, dau. of John Bradley of New Haven, Feb. 5, 1783, and d. March 13, 1812. Ch. : L Lucy, b. Aug. 29, 1785 ; IL Clary, b. Feb. 14, 1788 ; IIL Eldad, b. April 25, 1791 ; IV. Deborah, b. Nov. 1, 1793; V. Alathea, b. April 2, 1796; VL Wealthy, b. Oct. 7, 1798; VIL Phebe, b. April 6, 1801, d. Oct. 4, 1805 ; VIII. Phebe Elmira, b. Aug. 15, 1805 ; IX. Marcus, b. June 18, 1807. 34. Simeon, son of Zebulon, (22,) m. Lucy, dau. of Capt. Abraham Hickox, March 9, 1775, and d. Aug. 28, 1828. His wid. d. Feb. 19, 1829. Ch. : I. Jemima, b. Nov. 21, 1775, m. David Hungerford, April 2, 1804 ; IL Joel, b. May 15, 1777, m. Hannah, dau. of Michael Bron- son, Feb. 15, 1796 ; III. Prue, b. Oct. 4, 1778, d. Sept. 12, 1780 ; IV. 532 HISTORY OF WATERBUKY. • Elizabeth, b. March 19, 1780; V. Daniel, b. March 1, lY82 ; VI. Mark, b. Sept. 30, 1783; VII. Titus, b. Sept. 7, 1785, m. Rhoda, dau. of Na- thaniel Hall, Dec. 1808; VIII. Jesse, b. June 10, 1787, m. Susan, dau. of David Downs, Aug. 7, 1811 ; IX. Prudence, b. March 7, 1789; X. Linus W., b. March 27, 1791, m. Minerva, dau. of James Nichols, Feb. 8, 1818. 35. Uri, son of Enoch, (23,) in. Esther, dau. of Abiel Roberts, Dec. 26, 1780. Ch. : I. Silas, b. July 22, 17«1 ; II. Rusha, b. Aug. 7, 1783 ; III. Alpheus, b. Sept. 30, 1785. 36. Mark, Titus and Jesse, sons of Simeon, (34,) went to Springfield, Pa. Mark has one son and one dau., Titus two sons and a dau., and Jesse six sons. SCO V ILL. 1. Serg. John Scovill, son of John of Waterbury and Haddam, had ch., John, b. Jan. 1, 1694; Obadiah, b. April 23, 1697 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1700; William, b. Sept. 7, 1703 ; Hannah, b. March 19, 1706-7 ; Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1710-1 J. 2. Lieut. John, son of John, Jr., (1,) had ch.: I. Obadiah, b. Oct. 9, 1725 ; II. Mary, b. March 31, 1727, ra. Andrew Bronson ; IIL John, b. Nov. 24, 1729, d. young; IV. Asa, b. April 4, 1732 ; Y. Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1734-5, m. Jabez Tuttle ; VL John, b. Oct. 27, 1738; VIL Stephen, b. Aug. 19, 1740; VIIL Timothy, b. June 27, 1742; IX. Annis, b. May 23, 1744 ; X. Annis, m. Nathaniel Selkrigg. 3. Lieut. William, son of John, Jr., (1,) had, I. Anna, b. March 25, 1731, m. Rev. Eleazer Prindle and d. in 1789; II. Rev. James, b. Jan. 27, 1732-3 ; IIL Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1735 ; IV. Abijah, b Dec. 27, 1738 ;' V. William, b. Feb. 9, 1744-5; VL Darius, b. May 15, 1746, m., had ch. and removed to the State of N. Y. with his family. His son Selah remained in Watertown and m.Sabrina Foote — had a sun Hubert, who resides in Watertown and has ch. 4. Edward, son of John, Jr., (1,) had ch., I. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1740- 1 ; IL Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1744-5, m. Ruth Norton, Nov. 26, 1770, and d. March 21, 1778. 5. Obadiah, son of John, (2,) ra. 1st, Hannah Hull of Norwalk, July 14, 1752, who d. Aug. 22, 1756, and he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Danl. Porter, June 11, 1760. She d. June, 1766 and he d. March 19, 1768. Ch. : L Sarah, b. Nov. 9, 1752; IL David, b. Jan. 26, 1756 ; DL Anna, b. Feb. 4, 1761, d. April 9, 1781 ; IV. David, b. June 5, 1762, d. March 19, 1768. APPENDIX. 633 6. Asa, son of John, (2,) m. Lois Warner, Dec. 10, 1755. Ch. : I. Selah, b. June 20, 1757; II. Amasa, b. Dec. 22, 1758; III. Selden, b. July 6, 17G0; IV. Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1766; V. Daniel; VI. Obadiah, ra. Mille Nichols, Dec. 6, 1790. 7. John, son of John, (2,) m. Anna Barnes, Sept. 14, 1763, and d. Sept. 15, 1807. Ch.: I. Truman, b. Feb. 24, 1764; II. Reuben, b. Oct. 2, 1765 ; III. John, b. Feb. 17, 1768, d. same year; IV. John, b. Aug. 12, 1770, d. Oct. 10, 1830; V. Anne, b. Dec. 27, 1772; VI. Clarissa, b. Feb. 24, 1776. 8. Timothy, son of John, (2,) m. Jemima, dau. of Doct. Danl. Por- ter, April 7, 1762, and d. June 22, 1824. Ch. : I. Timothy, b. Nov. 28, 1762; II. Noah, b. Jan. 27, 1765 ; III. Daniel, b. Dec. 12, 1766, d. 1767; IV. Jemima, b. Jan. 3, 1768, d. 1783; V. Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1770; VI. Sylvia, b. Aug. 28, 1773; VII. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1775 ; VIII. David, b. Jan. 4, 1780. 9. Rev. James, son of William, (3,) m. Amy, dau. of Capt. George Nichols, Nov. 7, 1762. Ch. : I. James, b. March 19, 1764, settled in Waterbury ; II. William, b. 1766, m. Ann Davidson, d. in 1851 ; III. Hannah, b. 1768, m. Daniel Michean ? and d. 1846 ; IV. Rev. Elias, b. 1771, ra. Elizabeth, dau. of William Scovill, and d. in 1841 ; V. Samuel, b. 1773, m. 1st, Deborah Gilbert, 2d, Mary Smith; VI. Daniel, b. 1776; VII. Sarah, b. 1777, m. Doct. C. Hathaway, d. in 1846; VIII. Edward, b. 1779, ra. Polly Bates, d. 1840; IX. Henry, b. 1781, ra. Mary Cunningham. 10. Samuel, son of William, (3,) ra. Ruth, dau. of Benjamin Bron- son, Dec. 19, 1756. She d. Aug. 18, 1761, and he m. 2d, Harts- horn, May 3, 1765. Ch. : I. Anna, b. May 13, 1759; II. Ruth, b. Aug. 12, 1761 ; III. Uri, b. 1765, m. Melliscent, dau. of Samuel South- mayd, Oct. 17, 1784, who d. Oct. 1796. Ch. : 1. , b. Aug. 15, 1785 ; 2. Chester, b. 1787 ; 3. Southmayd, b. 1789 ; 4. Sarah, b. 1791 ; 5. Ruth Ann, b. 1793; 6. Geo. Chester, b. 1795. 11. William, son of William, (3,) ra. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Brown, Dec. 24, 1767, and d. Aug. 13, 1827. Ch. : I. Bethel, b. June 6, 1769, d. 1775; II. Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1771, d. 1774; III. William, b. Sept. 29, 1773 ; IV. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Elias Scovill ; V. Samuel, ra. Ruthy Langdon — lives in Watertown, has Sarah, Mary and William. 12. James, son of Rev. James, (9.) m. Alathea, dau. of ]\Iitchel Lam- son of Woodbury, Nov. 16, 1788, and d. Nov. 26, 1825. Ch. : L James Mitchel Larason, b. S^pt. 4, 1789, m. Sarah, dau. of William H. Merriman, Oct. 9, 1849 ; ch., James Mitchel Lamson, b. Sept. 3, 53i HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. 1850; Sarah Alathea, b. Feb. 14, 1852; Ilenry William, b. Nov. 11, 1853 ; II. Betsey, b. May 12, 1792, m. Sept. 10, 1809, John Bucking- ham ; III. Sarah H., b. March 25, 1794, m. Aaron Hitchcock, in 1821 ; IV. William H., b. July 27, 1796, m. 1st, Eunice Davies of Ogdens- burg, N. Y., July 2, 1827, who d. Nov. 25, 1839, and- he m. 2d, Re- becca H. Smith of New Haven, March 23, 1841, and d. March 27, 1854. His wid. d. Aug. 4, 1854. Ch., Alathea Ruth, b. March 21, 1828, m. Frederick J. Kingsbury; Mary Ann, b. May 3, 1831 ; Thomas John, b. June 9, 1833, d. May 22, 1839 ; Sarah IB, b. July 13, 1839, d. Nov. 4, 1839; William Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1842 ; James Mitchel Bam- son, b. June 15, 1843, d. Feb. 8, 1846 ; Nathan Smith, b. April 3, 1847, d. May 22, 1849. V. Edward, b. Dec. 31, 1798, m. Harriet Clark, Aug. 21, 1823 ; VI. Amy M., b. Feb. 9, 1801, d. April 30, 1804 ; VII. Caroline, b. July 4, 1803, m. Rev. William Preston, Oct. 1, 1842 ; VIII. Maria A., b. Aug. 14, 1805, m. Hon. Joel Hinman, 1825 ; IX. Mary, b. July 23, 1808, m. Rev. Jocob B. Clark, April 28, 1829, and d. May 2, 1842 ; X. Stella Ann, b. May 19, 1811, d. Sept. 12, 1815. 13. Selah, son of Asa, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Abial Roberts, Nov. 6, 1784. Ch. : B David, b. Sept. 6, 1787 ; II. Mark, b. July 24, 1789 ; III. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 25, 1791. UPSON. 1. Thomas Upson, of Hartford and Farmington, had ch., Thomas, Stephen, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth. 2. Serg. Stephen, son of Thos., (1,) had, Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Tabiatha, John and Thankful. (See p. 193.) 3. Stephen, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch. : B Sarah, b. March 8, 1714, d. 1714; II. Sarah, b. July 26, 1715, ra. Gideon Hickox, Aug. 15, 1734; III. Stephen, b. Dec. 9, I7l7 ; IV. and V. Joseph and Benja- min, b. Aug. 14, 1720 ; VI. Mary, b. May 2, 1724, m. Samuel Porter, Dec. 9, 1747; VII. and VIII. Ebenezer and Thankful, b. Sept. 29, 1727, Ebenezer d. in 1749; Thankful m. Ebenezer Johnson, Oct. 15, 1756 ; IX. Jemima, b. April 8, 1730, d. in 1736 ; X. Hannah, b.Sept. 29, 1735, m. Jesse Sperry, May 8, 1759. 4. Thomas, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch. : I. Thomas, b. Dec, 20, 719; IB and III. Mary and John, b. Jan. 21, 1721,— John d. 1741 ; IV. Josiah, b. Jan. 28, 1724-25; V. Asa, b. Nov. 30, 1728; VB Timothy, b. Oct. 8, 1731 ; VIB Amos, b. March 17, 1734 ; VIII. Sam- uel, b. March 8, 1737 ; IX. Freeman, b. July 24, 1739, d. 1750. 5. John, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch. : I. Daniel, b. March 19, 1726 ; II. Elijah, b. Feb. 11, 1727-28, d. young; III. Elijah, b. Feb. 5, 1730- APPENDIX. 635 31, d. 1732-33 ; IV. Hannah, b. Nov. 17, 1733, ra. Silas Merriraan ; V. Martha, b. May 1, 1736, m. William Barnes; VI. John, b. March 31, 1739 ; VII. James, b. Nov. 4, 1742 ; VIII. Elijah, b. May 6, 1745. 6. Stephen, Esq., son of Stephen, (3,) m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Clark, Jan. 14, 1749-50, and d. March 27, 1769. His wid. d. Sept. 29, 1813, a. 90. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1750, d. Sept. 25, 1757 ; II. Olive, b. Feb. 18, 1753, ra. Isaiah Prichard ; III. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 11, 1755, d. Sept. 20, 1757; IV. Stephen, b. Sept. 12, 1758, was shot in N. Y. in 1776; V. Esther, b. Sept. 21, 1760, m. Asahel Bronson, Feb. 12,1784; VI. Sarah, b. July 15, 1763, m. Stephen Gilbert of South Salem, N.Y.; VII. Mark, b. Feb. 21, 1766, m. Susanna Allen, and d. July 19, 1820 ; VIII. Daniel, b. March 7, 1769. 7. Joseph, son of Stephen, (3,) m. Comfort, dau. of Obadiah Scott, Feb. 13, 1744-45, and d. Aug. 7, 1749. His wid. d. Nov. 28, 1814, a. 91. Ch.: I. Jemima, b. July 14, 1746, m. Moses Cook, Nov. 4, 1766 ; II. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 7, 1748, m. Mary, dau. of Andrew Bronson. 8. Bekjamin, son of Stephen, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Dea. Moses Blakeslee, Nov. 17, 1743. He lived in Northbury. Ch. : I. Paiel, b. June 12, 1744, m. Deborah, dau. of Samuel Peck, April 23, 1766 ; II. Susanna, b. Jan. 12, 1746, m. Benj. Gaylord, and d. in 1818 ; III. Lois, b. May 12, 1748, m. Israel Terrel ; IV. Joseph, b. May 5, 1750, m. Anna, dau. of Thos. Bronson, Feb. 13, 1771 ; V. Benjamin, b. July 3, 1752 ; VI. Jesse, b. Nov. 28, 1754, d. 1755 ; VII. Jesse, b. May 25, 1756; VIII. Noah, b. Sept. 26, 1758; IX. Asahel, b. April 25, 1762, m. Mehitable, dau. of Capt. Thos. Castle, and settled in Wolcott ; X. Mary, b. June 22, 1765; XL Sarah, b. July 23, 1768. 9. Samuel, son of Thomas, (4,) m. Ruth . Ch. : I. Mary, b. Feb. 1759, m. Joseph Minor ; II. Archibald, b. April 26, 1761, d. 1782 ; IIL Isaac, b. Dec. 22, 1763 ; IV. Obed, b. Jan. 2, 1767; V. Harvey, b. Nov. 11, 1769; VL and VII. Samuel and Ruth, b. Aug. 16, 1772 ; VIIL Jerusha, b. June 27, 1775, d. 1775; IX. Manly, b. March 12, 1777; X. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1779. 10. Mark, son of Stephen, (6,) had ch. : I. Olive, m. Joseph Blakeslee, II. Esther; III. Sarah, d. unm. ; IV. Lucena, m. William Stowe ; V. Lucius, d. aged about 62 ; VI. Rosetta, d. unm. ; VII. Jesse, m. Esther L. Hotchkiss, resides in Waterbury ; VIII. Sarah Ann ; IX. Davis, d. aged 22. 11. Daniel, son of Stephen, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Adams. She d. June 29, 1830, and he m. wid. Phebe Kirtland of Woodbury, Sept. 4, 1831, who d. May 4, 1845. He d. Oct. 1, 1654. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. May 8, 1797, d. Dec. 6, 1822 ; H. Alvin, b. Dec. 4, 1798. 636 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. m. Mary Sperry, and lives in Mich.; III. Daniel, b. May 16, 1801, m. Nancy Hotcbkiss — no ch., lives in Watertown ; IV. Minerva, b. March 10, 1803, d. June 6, 1822; V. Polly Maria, b. Dec. 29, 1805, d. Jan. 19, 1807; VI. William, Nov. 1, 1807, lives in Middlebiiry, unm.; VII. Merlin, b. Feb. 28, 1810, m. Emily Beecher of Naugatuck, — residence, W^oodbury ; VIII. Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1813, m. David Summers, lives in Woodbury; IX. Thomas Clark, b. Dec. 20, 1819, ra. 1st, Harriet Morris of Woodbury, Avho d. July 12, 1853, and m. 2d, Cor- nelia Pease of Vt., lives in Waterbury. 12. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, (8,) m.Mary, wid. of Thomes Clark, Jan. 24, 1780, and d. July, 1824. His wife d. June 13, 1816. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. June 12, 1783. (See p. 443.) 13. Thomas, son of Thomas of Farmington, (4,) m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Timothy Hopkins, May 28,1749. She d. June 6, 1757. He d. Sept. 5, 1764. Ch. : I. Benoni, (see p. 443,) b. Feb. 14, 1750, m. Leva Hopkins; II. Charles, b. March 8, 1752 ; III. Sylvia, b. June 7, 1756, d. 1764. 14. Charles, son of Thomas, (13,) m. Wealthy Hopkins, May 26, 1773, and d. April 29, 1809. His wid. d. Dec. 28,1783. Ch. : I. Wash- ington, b. Sept. 2, 1775, d. April 15, 1813 ; 11. Lee, b. May 7, 17 78; IIL Gates, b. July 18, 1780. 15. Reuben Upson, son of John, and grandson of John? (5,) m. Han- nah, dau, of Nathaniel Richardson, Dec. 25, 1798. Ch. : I. Reuben, b. Aug. 28, 1799, d. May 12, 1802; II. Phebe, Oct. 13, 1801, and pro- bably others. WARNER. 1. JoH.v Warner, of Hartford and Farmington, had ch. : John Daniel, Thomas and Sarah. 2. John, son of John (1,) (see p. 195,) had Ephraim, John, Robert, (see Cothren's Woodbury, p. 752,) Ebenezer and Lydia. 3. Daniel, son of John, (1,) had Daniel, John, Abigail, Samuel and Thomas. (See p. 198.) 4. Thomas, (see p. 198,) sou of John, (1,) had, Benjamin, John, Mary, Martha, Thomas, Samuel and Margaret. 5. Doct. EphraIxM, (see p. 196,) son of John, (2,) had, I. Margaret, b. Feb. 16, 1693, d. March, 1693 ; IL Ephraim, b. Oct. 29, 1695, d. Dec. 28, 1704; IIL Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1698; IV. John, b. June 24, 1700; V. Obadiah, b. Feb. 24, 1702-3; VL Esther; VH. Ephraim; VIII. Ebenezer. 6. Doct. John, (see p. 196,) son of John, (2,) had, L A dau., b. July APPENDIX. 537 22, 1699 ; II. Rebecca, b. Nov. 24, 1703, m. Samuel Thomas of Wood- bury ; III. Ebenezer, b. June 24, 1705; IV. Lydia,b. Feb. 23, 1V06-V; V. John, b. in Stratford, March 31, 1717. 7. Daniel, son of Daniel, (3,) had, I. A son, d. young; II. A son, b. and d. March, 1795-6 ; III. Samuel, b. April 16, 1798; IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1704-5, m. Huff; V. Ebenezer, b. April 11, 1706; VI. Abraham, b. Nov. 16, 1708 ; VII. Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1710-11 ; VIII. Mary, b. July 16, 1712, m. Isaac Tuttle of Woodbury, April 15, 1731. 8. Samuel, son of Thomas, (4,) had, I. and II. twins, d. young ; III. Mary, b. July 5, 1718, m. Robert Drakely of W^ood bury, July 14, 1751 ; IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 1720, m. Timothy Warner; V. Thomas, b. June 22, 1722, ra. Huldah Warner, and d. without issue; VI. Benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1724, d. April 22, 1760; VII. and VIII. Thankful and Pa- tience, b. March 10, 1727; Thankful ra. Thomas Hammond; IX. Han- nah, b. Aug. 20, 1729, m. Abraham Adams; X. Stephen, b. Sept. 30, 1731, m. Fhebe Baldwin; XL Phebe, b. Feb. 6, 1735-6, m. Wait Wooster ; XII. Martha, b. July 21, 1738 or 1739, m. Charies Warner. 9. Doct. Benjamin, son of Ephraim, (5,) ra. Haniiah, dau. of Josiah Strong of Colchester, March 17, 1720, and d. April, 1772 ; his wife d. April, 1785, aged 85. Ch. : I. Josiah, b. April 10, 1721, m. Rebecca Brown; II. Dinah, b. Feb. 11, 1723, m. Benj. Harrison; HI. Reuben, b. Oct. 12, 1725, d. March 28, 1727 ; IV. Margaret, b. Nov. 9, 1727, m. Oliver W^elton ; V. Reuben, b. Sept. 21, 1729 ; VI. David, b. Nov. 27, 1731, m. Abigail Harrison; VII. Benjamin, b. Jan. 26, 1734; YIII. Anna, b. Jan. 31, 1736, ra. John Hickox, Jr.; IX. Ephraim, b. June 26, 1738, m. Lydia, dau. of Samuel Brown, March 30, 1760, and d. May 20, 1808,— wife d. July 20, 1815— no issue; X. Eunice, b.Aug. 2, 1740, in. John Hickox 3d ; XL Aid, b. Nov. 1, 1742, m. Elizabeth Porter. 10. Dea. John, son of Ephraim, (5,) m. Esther, dau. of David Scott, Dec. 17, 1724. She d. Feb. 18, 1726, and he m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Hickox, Oct. 3, 1728, who d. in 1784. He d. Sept. 7, 1794. Ch. : L Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1729, d. Sept. 4, 1730; H. Phebe, b. Jan. 8, 1732 ; IIL Annis, b. Jan. 3, 1735; IV. James, b. Dec. 11, 1739, ra. Eunice Dutton; V. Mary, b. Oct. 9, 1742, d. April 21, 1745; VL Elijah, b. March 21, 1746; VH. John, b. Oct. 14, 1749, ra. Anne Sutliff. 11. Obadiah, son of Ephraim, (5,) m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Lewis, Feb. 1, 1726-7. Ch. : '. Jerusha, b. Oct. 13, 1727, ra. Aaron Harri- son; IL Lydia, b. June 6, 1729; IIL Obadiah, b. June 20, 1731, d. June 25, 1750 ; IV. Esther, b. Nov. 9, 1733, d. Feb. 1746 ; V. Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1735; VL Lois, b. Mirch 30, 1733, m. Asa Scovil ; VIL 538 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. Enos, b. Aug. 11, 1740, d. Sept. 1, 1749; VIII. Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1742-3, ra. Aaron Terrel ; IX. Eleanor, b. Jan. 13, 1743-4, m. Samuel Hickox; X. Agnis, *b. Feb. 24, 1747; XT. Irena, b. July, 1749, m. Abijab Warner; XII. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1751. 12. Ebenezer, son of Ephraim, (5,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Bronson, April 2, 1740, and d. Oct. 5, 1805, aged 94. Ch.: I. Noah, b. Nov. 21, 1740, d. April 6, 1759 ; II. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 17, 1742, d. Dec. 21,1746; III. Margaret, b. Oct. 6, 1744, m. Richard Wei ton ; IV. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 16, 1748, d. Aug. 13, 1750 ; V. Jemima, b. Nov. 5, 1749, d. Nov. 7, 1751; VI. Annis, b. March 21, 1752; VII. Eliza- beth, b. March 17, 1754, m. Ard Welton, d. 1827; VIII. Justus, b. March 27, 1756, m. Rena Warner, went to Ohio and d. in Liverpool, O., April 16, 1856 ; IX. Mark, b. Dec. 22, 1757, m. Foote, d. in 1815 ; X. Jemima, b. May 17, 1761. 13. Ephraim, son of Ephraim, (5,) m. Eleanor, dau. of Wm. Smith, of Farmington, Feb. 14, 1739, and d. Nov. 5, 1768. Ch. : I. William, b. Sept. 13, 1740, m. Mary Chambers; II. Abijah, b. Jan. 5, 1743, m. Rena Warner; III.* Rebecca, b. June 15, 1745, m. Barnabas Scott; IV. Epha, b. April 29, 1748, m. Elizabeth Perkins of New Haven; V. Seth, b. Oct. 4, 1750, d. Oct. 23, 1751 ; VI. Seth, b. Jan. 5, 1753 ; VII. Eleanor, b. Sept. 28, 1757 ; VIII. Esther, b. May 30, 1760. 14. Ebenezer, son of John, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Richard Welton, Jan. 22, 1729, and d. Feb. 16, 1750. She d. April 7, 1747. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. June 25, 1730, d. Feb. 24, 1750; II. Dorcas, b. July 1, 1732, m. Amos Scott; III. Phebe, b. Aug. 1, 1735; IV. John, b. March 10, 1739, d. Nov. 8, 1750. 15. John, son of John, (6,) m. Sarah, dau. of Moses Bronson, Oct. 26, 1743. He d. before Dec. 2, 1760. Ch. : I. Ellen, b. Sept. 2, 1744, d. Sept. 20, 1746 ; II. Ellen, b. Oct. 23, 1746 ; III. Bela, b. Sept. 20, 1748; IV. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 15, 1750. 16. Samuel, son of Daniel, (7,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Scott, Dec. 21, 1719. Ch.: I. Daniel, b. Aug. 27, 1720, d. at Cape Breton ; II. Timothy, b. July 26, 1722 ; HI. Nathan, b. July 6, 1724 ; IV. Eliz- abeth, b. March 26, 1726, m. Zebulon Scott; V. Thomas; VI. Nathan, b, Dec. 25, 1729; VII. Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1732, m. George Scott; VIII. Huldah, b. May 17, 1734, m. 1st, Thos. Warner, 2d, Saml. Wil- liams; IX. Enos, b. June 14, 1736; X. Susanna, b. Aug. 3, 1738, ra. Ephraim Bissel, Nov. 5, 1756 ; XI. Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1742, m. Anne Camp. 17. Ebenezer, son of Daniel, (7,) m. Martha, wid. of Edmund Scott and dau. of John Andruss, April 18, 1734. Ch. : Jemima, b. July 2, APPENDIX. 539 1735 ; II. Benajah, b, Jan. IV, 1738, d. 1741 ; III. Benajah, b. Jan. 8, 1742. 18. Abraham, son of Daniel, (7,) m. Keziah, dau. of Richard Wel- ton, Dec. 12, 1734, and d. Nov. 23, 1749. Ch. : I. Charles, b. Jan. 18, 1736. m. Martha Warner; II. Levi, b. March 16, 1738; III. Ziibah, b. July 12, 1740 ; IV. Keziah, b. Oct. 6, 1742 ; V. Sylvia, b. May 18, 1745; VI. Daniel, b. April 18, 1748. 19. Stephex, son of Samuel, (8,) ra. Phebe, dau. of James Baldwin of Derby, Nov. 13, 1754. Ch. : I. Melliscent, b. Oct. 27, 1755; II. Roxanna, b. April 13, 1757 ; III. Bade, b. July 6, 1761 ; IV. Diana, b. Jan. 4, 1764; V. Anna, b. Nov. 11, 1765; VI. Arba, b. April 13, 1768; VII. Reuben, b. Oct. 11, 1773. 20. JosiAH, son of Dact. Benjamin, (9,) m. Rebecca, dau. of James Bronson, May 26, 1748, and d. Aug. 26, 1750. His wid. d. Jan. 5, 1756. Ch. : I. Ozias, b. Aug. 21, 1749, m. Tamer Nichols. 21. David, son of Doct. Benjamin, (9,) in. Abigail, dau. of Benj. Harrison, Dec. 11, 1753. Ch : I. Josiah, b. Oct. 6, 1754, m. Anne Prichard; II. Aaron, b. Nov. 24, 1756, m. Lydia Welton ; HI. Ura- nia, b. Oct. 1, 1758 ; IV. James H., b. Dec. 18, 1760 ; V. Benjamin, b. Nov. 17, 1762. 22. AtiD, son of Doct. Benjamin, (9,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Doct. Daniel Porter, Jan. 12, 1764, and d. April 30, 1824. His wid. d. Aug. 21, 1835, aged 90. Ch. : I. Joanna, b. 1764, m. Samuel Gunn, had several ch. and d. in Ohio; II. Lydia, b. 1766, m. Samuel Alcox, lived in Wolcott; III. Ephraim, b. 1768, was drowned 1786; IV. Elizabeth, b. 1769, m. Osborn, went to Black River; V. Prudence, b. 1772, removed to Camden, N. Y. ; VI. David, b. 1774 ; VII. Irena, b. 1775, ra. twice, is living in Pa. ; VIIL Ard, b. 1777 ; IX. Hannah, b. 1780, m. Anson, son of Ozias Warner ; X. Asahel, b. 1782; XL Chauncey, b. 1785, resides in Fulton, Ohio, has ch. ; XIL Susan, b. 1789, m. Levi, son of Ozias Warner. 23. James, son of Dea. John, (10,) m. Eunice, dau. of David Dutton, Jan. 1, 1761, and d. May 27, 1819. His wife d. May 7, 1815. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Oct. 2, 1761 ; II. Noah, b. Aug. 1763, d. Sept. 18, 1820 ; IIL Lucinda, b. Sept. 20, 1765, m. Elijah Hotchkiss ; IV. Eunice, b. April 3, 1769, d. Aug. 30, 1769; V. James, b. Jan. 25, 1771, d. Jan. 15, 1773 ; VL Eunice, b. May 31, 1773, m. Eli Terry; VH. James, b. Nov. 1, 1775. 24. Elijah, son of Dea. John, (10,) in. Esther, dau. of Thos. Fenn, Nov. 19, 1767. Ch. : L Lyman, b. May 22, 1768 ; II. Chauncey, b. June '64:0 HISTORY OF WATEEBUET. 11, 1770, m. A. Tallmage; III. Rosetta, b. Feb. 25, 1773 ; IV. Elijah; V. Apollos, m. Cbloe Wilcox of Simsbury. 25. John, son of Dea. Jobn, (10,) m. Anne, dau. of Dea. John Sutliff, Sept. 22, 1773. Ch. : I. Chloe, m. Enos Dutton ; II. Martha, b. Jan. 24, 1775, m. Victory Tomlinson ; III. Eliel, b. Oct. 1776, m. Amanda 0^born ; IV. Aaron, b. 1780, ra. Polly Camp, d. 1839 ; V. Abijah, b. 1784, m. Betsey Fenn; VI. David, b. 1786, m. Anne Atwater; VII. John S., b. 1789, m. Emily Lord ; VIII. Anne,b. July 20, 1792, m. A. G. V^elton. 26. Joseph, son of Obadiah, (11,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Wakely, Jan. 13, 1763, who d. in 1767, and he m. Huldah Nichols. Ch.: I. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1763, d. young; 11. Joseph, b. May 12, 1765, d. Sept. 14, 1845 ; III. Sarah, b. April, 1767 ; IV. Obadiah, b. 1770, d. Sept. 14, 1845. 27. Abijah, son of Ephraim, (13,) m. Rene, dau. of Obadiah Warner, Dec. 13, 1764. Ch.: I. Garmon, b. Aug. 2, 1765; II. Lucy, b. Oct. 23, 1766; III. Agnis, b. Dec. 25, 1769; IV. Rene, b. Oct. 10, 1771 ; V. Rebecca, b. Feb. 24, 1773. 28. AViLLiAM, son of Ephraim, (13,) m. Mary, dau. of Thos. Cham- bers, Dec. 8, 1762 ; Ch. : I. Austin, b. Dec. 18, 1764 ; II. Loretta, b. Jan. 30, 1767; probably others. 29. TiMOTHV, son of Samuel, (16.) m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Warner, Feb. 25, 1745; Ch. : I. Naomi, b. Jan. 4, 1746, m. Samuel Webb; II. Mindwell, b. Aug. 14, 1749; III. Rosanna, b. Aug. 1, 1753 ; IV. Lucy, b. Nov. 9, 1655; V. Jesse, b. Nov. 12, 1757 ; VL Rene, b. Nov. 1, 1759; VII. Consider, b.May 9, 1762. 30. Samuel, son of Samuel, (16,) m. Anne, dau. of Abel Camp, May 6, 1760. Ch. : L Levinia, b. Sept. 16, 1761; IL Antha, b. Sept. 25, 1764 ; IIL Bede, b. July 5, 1766; IV. Thankful, b. July 8, 1768. 31. Charles, son of Abraham, (18,) m. Martha, dau. of Samuel Warner, April 2, 1759. Ch. : L Orpha, b. June 11, 1760, d. June25, 1760 ; IL Orrin, b. May 1, 1762 ; IIL Lucena, b. April 12, 1764; IV. Levi, b. Nov. 22, 1766; V. Asa, b. July 15, 1769. 32. OziAS, son of Josiah, (20,) m. Tamer, dau. of Richard Nichols, Oct. 9, 1770. Ch. : L Rena, b. April 16, 1771 ; IL Eunice, b. April 2, 1773 ; IIL James, b. Oct. 18, 1774; IV. Anson, b. Aug. 9, 1778 ; V. Tamer, b. Aug. 13, 1780; VL Lydia, b. March 14, 1782 ; VIL David, b. Feb. 20, 1784; VIIL Levi, b. Feb. 14, 1786, ra. Susan, dau. of Ard War- ner, removed to Springville, Penn., has a large family. 33. JosiAH, son of David, (21,) m. Anna, dau. of Roger Priohard, Jan. 6, 1774. Ch. : L David, b. Aug. 17, 1774 ; II. Anne, b. Sept. 1, 1776; IIL Polly, b. Oct. 5, 1779; IV. Anna, b. June 1, 1781,— per- haps others. APPENDIX. 541 34. David, son of Ard, (22,) m. Louis Sutliff wid. of Ira Tompkins. Ch. : I. Amanda, b. 1810, m. John B. Terry, of Bristol ; II. Vienna, b 1815, m. and resides in East Haddam ; III. Betsey, b. 1718, m. Reuben Tyler. 35. Ard, son of Ard, (22,) m. Mary, dau. of Seba Bronson. Ch. : I. Maria, m. lives in Ohio; II. Mary, m. Gen. David B. Hurd ; ch., Mary M., Elizabeth J., Margaret L., Hellen N., and Caroline ; III. Elizabeth, m. Danl. Barheller, resided in 111., d. Nov. 1855; IV. Nancy, m., lived in Illinois, — is deceased ; V. Sherman B., ni. Lydia Hall of Southbury, has one ch., Arthur 0.; VI. Charles A., m. Mary Ann Thomas of Bethany — has ch. ; VII. Maria, m. Col. Levi Bolster of Maine ; ch., Edwin S., Juliett M., Horatio A., Mary H., Jane E., M. Harriet ; VIII. Abram J., graduated at Trinity Coll., Hartford, — is an Episcopal clergyman in 111. 36. AsAHEL, son of Ard, (22,) m. Lowly Andruss. Ch.: I. Anna, m. C. Case, went to Syracuse, N. Y. — has ch.; II. Chauncey, resides in Syracuse, has been married twice ; III. Sarah Jane, m. Sumner Van- hosen of Cliicopee, Mass. — has ch. ; IV. Wolcott, enlisted, went to Mex- ico and has not been heard of since the taking of Vera Cruz. 37. Ansox, son of Ozias, (32,) ra. Hannah, dau. of Ard Warner, (22,) Ch. : I. Ei>hraim,m. Mary Whitney — both dead — left a dau. ; II. Charity, m. Chauncey Royce of Bristol — has four ch.; IIL G. Porter, m. Eunice Terrell and had 3 ch.; IV. Emeline J., m. Charles Ball of Southington, has ch. ; V. Charlotte H., m. 1st, Wm. Thompson, 2d, H. Bronson, of Prospect. WELTON. 1. JoFiN Welton (see p. 200) had ch. : John, Stephen, Abigail, Mary, Elizabeth, Else, Richard, Hannah, Thomas, George and Esther. Stephen had no sons, Thomas but one, who d. young. In the following, the descendants of John, Richard and George are given separately. First Family, or John's Posterity. 2. John, son of John, (1,) had, L John, b. June 28, 1707; H. Eze- kiel, b. March 4, 1709, went to Nova Scotia; III. George, b. Aug. 16, 1711 ; IV. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 31, 1713 ; V. Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1716, d. young; VL Thomas, b. Feb. 23, I7l8; VII. Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1722; VIIL Oliver, b. Dec. 14, 1724 ; IX. Silence, b. Dec. 24, 1727. 3. John, son of John, (2,) m. Elizabeth Hendrick of Fairfield, Feb. 12, 1739. Ch.: I. Lois, b. May 9, 1744 ; H. LuH; b. March 9, 1748, d. 1749. 642 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. 4. Ebenezer, son of John, (2,) had, I. Nathaniel, b. April 4, 1742, d. April 23, 1777 ; II. Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1744; III. Mercy, b. Sept. 15, 1747; IV. Ebenezer, b. July 14, 1750; V. David, b. July 27, 1752, d. 1757 ; VI. Phebe, b. April 11, 1755 ; VII. David, b. June 5, 1760. 5. Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer, (4,) m. Martha, dau. of Thomas Tat- tle of New Haven, Feb. 6, 1764. Ch.: I. Sarah, b. March 10, 1765 ; 11. Ilezekiah, b. Nov. 30, 1766 ; III. Uri, b. June 30, 1768; IV. Na- thaniel, b. March 10, 1770; V. Jarvis, b. Feb. 26, 1772 ; VI. Allen, b. March 11, 1774 ; VII. Elias, b. July 18, 1776. 6. Hezekiah, son of Nathaniel, (5,) m. Hannah, dau. of Levi Welton, had ch., — went West. 7. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, (5,) had, Horace; Laura, m. John Hotchkiss ; Charry ; Maria, m. Freeman Sanford ; Garry. 8. Horace, son of Nathaniel, (7,) m. 1st, Julia, dau. of Asahel Finch, 2d, Susan Hilchcock. Ch. : L Edwin, b. June 26, 1824; IL Augustus, b. March 16,1826; IIL James, b. March 16, 1829; IV. Julia, b. Dec. 23, 1733; V. David, b. Dec. 26, 1835; VL Stella, b. March 9, 1837; VII. Nelson, b. Oct. 17, 1841; VIIL Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1841 ; IX. William, b. Sept. 28, 1849 ; X. Ellen, b. March 22, 1852. 9. James, son of Horace, (8,) m. Augusta Boyd of Simsbury. Ch. : Georgiana and Adella. 10. Garry, son of Nathaniel, (7,) had Eliza and Nelson. 11. David, son of Ebenezer, (4,) tn. Sarah, dau. of Jabez Tuttle, June 20, 1781. Ch. : I. Daniel, b. Nov. 19, 1781 ; H. Jabez, b. May 30, 1783; III. David, b. June 27,1785; IV. Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1789; V. Lucina, m. Osborn. 12. Daniel, son of David, (II,) m. Susanna Selkriggs, and had William, George, Annis, Sarah and Mary. 13. George, son of Daniel, (12,) m. Charlotte Smith, and had Sarah, George and Daniel. 14. Jabez, son of David, (11.) m. Betsey Moore of New Haven. Ch.: L Ebenezer, b. Nov. 22, 1805; IL Rebecca, b. Jan. 27, 1809, m. 1st, Tyler Bronson, 2d, Lucius Beach; III. David, b. Aug. 26, 1812; IV. Polly, b. Sept. 1814, m. 1st, Cornelius Munson, 2d, Marvin Minor; V.Francis, b. Jan. 26, 1717. 15. Ebenezer, son of Jabez, (14,) m. Mary Rice, and had Charles. 16. David, son of Jabez, (14,) m. Huldah Bronson. Ch. : Frances E., David F. and Albert B. 17. Francis, son of Jabez, (14,) m. Lucretia, dau. of Ozias Hubbard of Guilford. Ch.: Isidora L., b, Jan. 4, 1848 ; Ann C, b. Oct, 14, 1858. 18. Thomas, son of John, (2,) m, Mary, dau, of R, Cossett of Simsbury, APPENDIX. 54:3 Sept. 15, 1742. Ch. : I. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 29, 1*743 ; IT. Reuben, b. Feb. 19, 1746 ; III. Ailing, b. July 14, 1748, d. 1749; IV. Ailing, b. May 15, 1750, d. 1750 ; V. Bethel, b. Aug. 9, 1751, d. 1763; VI. Lucretia, b. Jan. 20, 1754; VII. Rosetta, b. Feb. 10, 1757, d. 1757; VIII. Levina, b. April 20, 1759 ; IX. Shubel, b. July 29, 1761 ; X. Bethel, b. July 18, 1767. 19. Reuben, son of Thomas, (18,) m. Rhoda Hull of Wallingford. Ch. : I. Jolinson F. ; II. Eri ; III. Polly, m. Obadiah Warner ; IV. Eze- kiel ; V. Lucretia, m. William Pendleton ; VI. Rosetta, m. David Ed- wards; VII. Phila, m. William Smith ; VIII. Lovisa. 20. Eri, son of Reuben, (19,) m. Alma Baxter. Ch. : Orrin, Julia Ann, Lucius B., Mary, Ransom W., Edward, Charles, Sarah, Eri. 21. EzKKiEL, son of Reuben, (19.) had, Lovisa, Alma, Harriet, Jennet, Merritt, Miranda, Sarah, Mary and Hiram. 22. Mekritt, son of Ezekiel, (21,) m. Clarissa, dau. of Elias Prichard, and had Henrietta. 23. Ezekiel, son of Thomas, (18,) m. Mercy, dau. of Ebenezer Wel- ton, Oct. 1765. Ch.: L Eri, b. Feb. 8, 1768; H. Cephas, b. April 25, 1771 ; III. Gracina, b. March 7, 1774. 24. Oliver, son of Jolin, (2.) m. Margaret, dau. of Benjamin Warner, Dec. 14, 1749, and d. Nov. 10, 1809. She d. Jan. 17, 1823. Ch. : L Anne, b. Dec. 14, 1749, d. 1753 ; H. Ard, b. Aug. 19, 1752 ; HI. Ben- jamin, b. Sept. 27, 1754;' IV. Arad, b. Feb. 26, 1758, Avent to Virginia, m. and had daughters; V. Margaret, b. Oct. 27, 1763. 25. Ard, son of Oliver, (24,) m. Sept. 13, 1773, Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Warner, and d. July 9. 1803. She d. April 15, 1827. Ch. : I. Annis, b. Sept. 13, 1774, m. Lyman Warner of Northfield, and d. July, 1844 ; H. Erastus, b. Aug. 6, 1776, d. Aug. 1849; IIL Margaret A., b. Feb. 25, 1779, m. Lemuel Porter, went to Ohio, and d. in 1806 ; IV. Isaac, b. Oct. 2, 1785, d. Feb. 17, 1806, while a member of Y. C. 26. Erastus, son of Ard, (25,) m. Abigail Church, who d. Feb. 23, 1846. Ch. : L Polly, b. July 24, 1797, ra^ Jared S. Hall, July, 1834 ; H. Shelden, b. Nov, 7, 1799; IIL Ard, b. Feb. 24, 1805,— resides in Charleston, S. C; IV. Isaac, b. Aug. 25, 1806 ; V. Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1809, in. Joseph Hine, July 20, 1836. 27. Shelden, son of Erastus, (26,) m. Betsey Jordan, Sept. 12, 1825, who was b. Sept. 17, 1803. Ch.: Adaline E., b. Nov. 11, 1826 ; Bird- sey S., b. Aug. 17, 1831 ; Hiram E., b. Oct. 14, 1734. 28. Ard, son of Erastus, (26,) m. Caroline, dau. of Richard F. Wel- ton, who d. Oct. 1,1831, aged 26. Ch.: L Margaret A., b. Jan. 4, 1827 ; Ellen E., b. Oct. 18, 1829, ra. Horace Johnson, Sept. 7, 1852. 544: HISTORY OF WATERBURT. 29. Isaac, son of Erastus, (26,) m. Feb. 22, 1841, Eunice P. Oviatt of Ohio, where he resides. She was b. Aug. 28, 1809. Cb. : Emily, b. May 3, 1843 ; Lucretia, b. May 16, 1845; Luthera, b. May 16, 1845. 30. Benjamin, son of Oliver, (24,) m. Agnes, dau. of Enos Gunn. Ch. : Anne, b. May 10, 1780 ; Willard, b. Jan. 14, 1782 ; Abel G., b. Feb. 15, 1785; Benjamin S., b. March 5,1791; Arad W., b. May 1, 1794. 31. Abel G., son of Benjamin, (30,) ra. Anna, dau. of John Warner. Ch. : I. George, was drowned when a young man ; II. Jane, m. Luther Hoadley ; III. Abijah, m. Elizabeth Upson, has a dau. ; IV. William, m. Elvira Atkin?, ch., Jane and Harriet ; V. John ; VI. Henry, m. Mrs. White — one child. 32. Benjamin S., son of Benjamin, (30,) ra. Gray. Ch.: Peter, deceased ; Caroline, m. Chidsey ; Grey, d. young. 33. Arad W., son of Benjamin, (30,) m. Sally Smith. Ch. : I. Ellen, b. April 17, 1817, m. Chas. Wooster, d. July 16, 1843; II. Oliver, b. Aug. 24, 1820, d. Jan. 26, 1842; III. Andrew A., b. Aug. 27, 1823, d. Dec. 3, 1841. The two last d. while members of Trinity Coll. IV. Noah B., b. March 21, 1829, m. Eliza Baldwin of New Haven ; ch., Oli- ver, b. July 8, 1853. Second Family, or Richard's Posterity. 34. Richard, son of John, (1.) had, I. Richard, b. 1701 ; II. John, b. July 13, 1703; III. Stephen, b. March 12, 1706; IV. Mary, b. June I, 1708 ; V. Thomas, b. Oct. 25, 1710, d. Dec. 1, 1780 ; VI. Keziah, b. Dec. 1, 1713, m. Abraham Warner; VII. EHakim, b. Jan. 21, 1715, d. Nov. 20, 1794; VIII. Tabitha, b. Feb. 17, 1720, m. Edward Neal— lived in Southington ; IX. Ede, b. April 24, 1729, m. Lewis, d. aged 21. 35. Richard, son of Richard, (34,) m. Anna Fenton. Ch. : I. John ; II. Anna ; III. Titus, d. unm.; IV. Abi, m. Fenn of Watertown. 36. John, son of Richard, (35,) m. Dorcas, dau. of Capt. Samuel Hickox, Jan. 5, 1758, who d. June 13, 1815. He d. Jan. 22, 1816. Ch.: L Abi, b. Nov. 2, 1758, d. 1828, unm.; H. Mary, b. June 10, 1760, m. Phelps, d. 1811 ; IIL Anna, b. Feb. 11, 1762, d. 1803, unm.; IV. Titus, b. July 3, 1764; V. Richard F., b. April 17, 1763, d. May 9, 1829 ; VL John, b. Oct. 28, 1769 ; VIL Dorcas, b. Oct. 29, 1771, d. 1793 ; VIIL Adrian, b. Feb. 15, 1775, d. Oct. 20, 1804 ; IX. John, b. Jan. 13, 1778, d. April 2, 1813. 37. Titus, son of John, (36,) m. Polly Hickox. Ch. : I. Julia A., m. Selden Shelton of Plymouth, went to Western N. Y. ; II. Alanson W. ; APPENDIX. 545 III. Ciirlos, b. 1792, d. 1799; IV. Dorcas, rn. Reuben Hickox ; V. and VI. Carlos and Titus, I). April 10, 18Ul, boili d. young; VII. Sarah, b. 1803, d. 1809 ; VIIL Wni. Samuel, b. 1806, d. 1817 ; IX. Mary. 38. Richard F., son of John, (36.) m. 1st, Sarah Annah Ilickox, 2d, Anna, dau. of Dr. Timothy Porter. Ch. : I. E|)hraim W. , II. Richard F., m. Loveland ; III. Lydia A., m. Anson Lane ; IV. George \V. ; V. Joseph ; VI. Caroline, b. Nov. 6, 1805, m. Ard Welton. 39. Adrian, son of John, (36 ) tn. Sally Clark. Ch. : I. Mary Ann, ra, Reuben Judd, d. Dec. 21, 1837, aged 40 ; II. Sabrina, b. 1799, d. 1852; III. Horace Clark, b. 1801, d. 1854. 40. John, son of John, (36,) m. Abiab Hull. Ch. : I. Manvil ; II. Leonard ; III. Adrian ; IV. Charles, m. Sally, dau. of Thos. Judd. 41. Rev. Alanson, son of Titus, (37,) m. Eleanor Tuttle, d. at Detroit. Ch. : Samuel, Mary and John. 42. Ei^HKAiM W, son of Richard F., (38.) ra. Polly, dau. of Lemuel Nichols. Ch. : Sarah Ann, ra. William Hoadley ; John; George; Eithraim ; Henry and William. 43. George W., son of Richard F., (38,) m. Harriet Minor, who d. May 26, 1839, and hem. Mary Ann Graham. Ch. : Harriet Minor, Mary, Emily J., Ellen C. and George Richard. The last d. Aug. 5, 1855. 44. Joseph C, son of Richard F., (38,) ra. Jane, dau. of Timothy Porter. Ch. : Caroline. 45. Horace C, son of Adrian, (39.) m. Sophia, dau. of Daniel Brad- ley. Ch. : I. William A. ; IL Frederick A., in. and has a son, Byron. 46. George, son of Ephraim W., (42,) m. Mary Nichols, who d. in 1855. Ch.: Sarah, Ellen and Charles. 47. William A., son of Horace C, (45,) m. E!iza, dau. of Leonard Pilchard. Ch. : Lewis F., d. 1849 ; Frederick L. and William P. 48. Stephen, son of Richard, (34 ) ra. Dec. 13, 1731, Deborah, dau. of John Sutliff, and d. April 30, 17.^9. Ch. : I. Martha, b. Nov. 19, 1732, d. 1735; IL Levi, b. Nov. 10, 1734, d. 1736; UL Martha, b. March 1, 1736, m. J. Grilley ; IV. Dinah, b. May 2, 1738 ; V. Levi, b. March 6,1741; VL Stephen, b. Jan. 7, 1744; VH. Thomas, b. Dec. 22, 1749, d. 1751 ; VIII. Thomas, b. Nov. 22, 1751. 49. Levi, son of Stephen, (48,) m. Mary, dau. of Richard Seymour,- who d. in 1768, and he ra. 2d, Molly Hull. Ch. : I. Deborah, b. March 28, 1762 ; IL Lydia, b. Oct. 28, 1763 ; III. Stephen, b. Oct. 1, 1765; IV. Molly, m. Jesse Silkrigg of Wolcott; V. Hannah, ra. Uezekiah Welton ; VL Cynthia Rosanna, m. Michael Harrison ; VII. Lavinia, m. 35 54G HISTORY OF WATEEBLEY. James Brown ; VIIT. Disa ; IX. BetPey, ra. Camp; X. Philo, m, Bhikesly, removed to N. Y. State. 50. Stkphkn, sot) ofSte]lHTi, (48,) m. Lucy Tlmmas. Cli. : Lemuel, Levi, Dinah, Liun", Zilpali, Eiiliu, Asher, Alfred, Betsey and liine. 61. Thomas, son of Stephen, (48,) in. Abigail, dau. of Li. iil. Wm. Hickox, June L'2, 1772, wlio d. Jan. 13, 1791. He m. 2d, Paith Tiiom- as,3d, Ilannali,dau. of Lt. Jaied Hill, and d. April, 18.35. Cli. : L Sey- mour, b. Jidy 2. 1772 ; II. Sarah, b. Dec. 18. 1773, d. 1774 ; HI. Jared, b. July 15, 1774; IV. Elias, b. Jidy 18, !77(),m. Rhoda Prindle of Watertowu ; V. Sarah, b. Dec. 12. 1778, m. Levi Hall of \Vol-;ott ; VL CIdoe, b. Nov. 2, 1780, m. John Barnes ; VIL Lydia, b. Jidy 21, 1783; VHL Fanny, b. April 1, 1785; IX. Laura, b. Feb. 1787; X. Kansom, I). July 18, 1789, went to Canada; XI. Thomas IL; XH. Faith N., m. Street Todd ; XHI. Herschel, b. 1797, d. 1842. 52. Sevmouu, son of Thomas, (51,) m. Olive Harrison. Ch. : Harri- son, Sophronia and John P. 63. Jared, son of Thomas, (51.) m. Philoniela Norton. Ch.: Abbe ; Ziba; En)ily ; Orestes; Leonard; Fanny ; Delia A., m. Daniel, son of Elias Clark, is the only living dau. of this family ; Aimira; Maiyett. 64. Hkrsciiki., son of Thomas, (oL) m. Eunice dau. of I.)avid Prin- dle (^f Watertuwn. Ch.: David T. ; Channcey P., m. Jennet Cleve- land, and h;id, Dwight, Caroline and Ella; Sherman E. ; ILmnahA.; Ranslin N. ; Hector E.; Her>chel O. 65. David T., son of Herschel, (54 ) m. Isf, Polly Nichols, 2d, Caro- line Turner. Ch. : Everet and two danghter.-i. 56. Sherman E, son of Her.schel, (54.) m. Caroline Cleveland, who d. June 15, 1856. Ch.: Hattie. 57. I-iANSLiN N., son of Her.-chel, (54,) m. Mary, dau. of Edward Scott. Ch.: Mary and an(jther dau. 58. Thomas, son of Richard. (34,) m. Lydia Utter, 2d, Lydia Warner. ■ He lived on Bucks hill — had no ch. — adopted his nephew, Ridiard Wel- ton. His wife survived him, m. Dr. Preserved Porter, and d. Oct. 1821, aged 92. 69. Eliakim, son of Richard, (34 ) m. April 28, 1736, Eunice, dau. of Mos.'8 l^ronson. Ch. : L Eliakim, b. Sept. 22, 1736, d. June 8, 1821 ; n. Eunice, b. Got. 19, 1738, m. David Roberts; HL Avis, b. Aug. 13, 1740, m. Tiiaddeus Barnes; IV. Richard, b. Oct. 10, 1743, d. Feb. 26, 1822; V. Eli, b. Oct. 10, 1746; VL Moses, b. June 25, 1749; VH. Aaron, b. Feb. 19, 1752; VIIL and IX. Henoni and Benjamin, b. Feb. 18, 1756. Benoni d. unm., Benjamin d. young. 60. Eliakim, son of Eliakim, (59,) ni. Amy, dau. of Ebenezer Bald- APPENDIX. 547 win, who d. Jan. 3, 1829, ajred 87. C'l.: I. Eben, h. June 24, 1764 ; n. Eliakim, b. l)w. 1-3, 1763; III. Amy, I). Sept. 25, 1770,.!. 1770; IV. Josej)!), b. S-pt. 6, 1771. a. 1774; V. M rk, b. April 27, 1773; VI. Amy, b. April 4, 1776; VII. Avice, b. M uvh 12, 1779, d. 1779; Vlll. Joseph, b. March 29, 1780; IX. Moses b. March 16, 1783, d. Sept. 14, 1829 ; X. Micock, b. March 9, 1787, d. 17.-8. 61. Richard, son of Eiiakim, (59 ) m. M irgaret, dan. of El>enezer Warner, April 27, 1766. She d. Oci. 19. 1768. and he ni. 2 1, Han- nah Davis, Aug. 7, 1770, who d. D.-c. 11, 1839. Ch. : I. Noah, b. Feb. 15, 1767, d. Jan. 26, 1847 ; II. Richard Warner, b. Oct. 10, 1768, d. Dec. 1768; III. Richard, b. M ly 10, 177 •,d. Sept. 28, 1807; IV, MarG:aret, b. July 2, 1772, in. D miel Steele;* V. Thomis, b. Dec. 8, 1774, d. April 18, 1856; VI. Lydia, b. April I, 1777, ni. Davi.l Rob- erts of Iknlington, and d. Ang. 31,1.-28; VII. Hannali. b. (M. 10, 1779, m. David Warner — went to G-Mieseo. N. Y.; VIII. Joseph Davis, b. April 15, 1783, d. Jan. 16. 1825; IX. Bela, b. Sept. 9, 1787, d.Oct. 16, 1822. 62. Eli, son of Eiiakim, (59,) m. Anna Baldwin. July 1, 1771. Ch. : Eli, b. Ang. 10, 1772; Asa, b. Nov. 24. 1773; Phebe, b. Sept. 29, 1775, d. 1777; Eunice, b. Aug. 12, 1777; l^enoni, b. April 19, 1780; Anna ; Printha. 63. Eu, son of Eli, (62 ) had, Joel, P.ennet, Eli and Asa. 04. Eli, son of Eli, (63.) m. Rlioda Wilson. Ch. : I. Elmore, m. Sarah Ann Clevelan.l ; ch., I. Homer ; II. Jane ; III. iiuth. 65. Asa, son of Eli. (62.) m Feim. Ch. : I. Sel-l.-n ; II. Hiram, m. Harriet, dau. of Timotliy Hal', d. leaving no ch.; HI. Lyman; IV. Emily, m. Simeon Philips; V. IL'man. 66. Heman, son of Asa, (65,) m. 1st, Adaline Blakeslee, 2d, A. Carter. Ch. : Oliver Blakeslee and another si.n. 67. Mo'^Es, son of Eiiakim, (59,) m. Betta Woosier. Ch. : Andrew and E'izur. 68. Akron, son of Eiiakim, (59,) m. Zera Bronson, Jan. 13, 1777. Ch. : Tamar, b. Feb. 28, 1778; .lunia, b. Dec. 1779; Harvey, b. Oct. 28, 1780, d. 1782; Harvey, b. Nov. 2, 1782. 69. Ebev. son of Eiiakim, (60.) m. Si a , dau. of Tifus Barnes, and moved to Ohio with hia faudly. Ch. : Avice, Sarah, Selden, Jacob, Elisha, Caroline, Eben and Polly. * Rev. AsHORL Stkrlr, a son of Daniel by a first wife, was horn in Waterbury, .Tan. 31. 179S. He now resides in Washington City, and is the author of a recent work evincing Inborious re- search, entitled " Chief of the Pilgrims, or the Life and Times of William Brewstei ." He mar- ried a descendant of Klder Brewster. — U. B. 548 HISTORY OF WATEEBUEY. . 70. Eliakim, son of Eliakim, (60,) m. Loly,dau. of Titus Barnes, Jan. 3, 1788, and went to Ohio with his family. Ch. : I. Orasena, b. March 10, 1790, m. Thos. Worden ; 11. Micha B., b. Aug. 13, 1792, m. Wealti)y Upson ; III. Sherman P., b. Oct. 24, 1796, d. 1797; IV. Sherman P., b. Oct. 8, 1798, in. Ruth Upson; V. Sally M., b. July 7, 1801, m. in Ohio. 71.. Mark, son of Eliakim, (00.) m. Sally Davis, and removed to the State of N. Y. Ch. : Samuel, Truman, Amy, Iliram, Harriet, Almira and Dorcas. 72. Joseph, son of Eliakim, (60,) m. Ellen, dau, of John Warner of Plymouth, and went to the State of N. Y. Ch. : Norman, Charlotte, Warner, Emeline and Eliakim. 73. Moses, son of Eliakim, (60.) m. Iluldah, dau. of Titus Hotohkiss of Wolcott, Aug. 20, 1810. Ch. : I. Milo, b. 1811, d. young; II. Julia, b. Nov. 22, 1813, m. Andrew Hough ; III. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1820, m. Franklin Hall; IV. Ilnl.lah, b. Sept. 12, 1823, m. Edward Pratt; V. Hester, b. April 6, 1825, ra. lliram Curtiss ; VI. Mary, b. April 25, 1827, m. Joel Hungerford. . 74. Noah, son of Richard. (61.) m. Nabby Chidsey of East Haven, in 1791, 2iJ, Ellen Cowles Dec. 1804, who d. Nov. 26, 1848. He lived in Harwinton. Ch. : T. Miles, b. June 15, 1793; II. Margaret A., b. March 28, 1800, d. 1803; III. Aaline, b. June 15, 1803, m. Willard Hitchcock of Burlington, April 3, 1822, and went to .Vt. ; IV. Nabby, b, Nov. 17, 1805, m. Charles Judson, May, 1826; V. Margaret A., b. Jan. 2, 1808, m. Enoch Marks, May, 1826 ; VI. Noah E., b. Aug. 12, 1811, d. Oct. 1848 ; VII. John J., b. Feb. 2, 1814 ; VIII. Lester C, b. April 20, 1S17; IX. Elvira, b. April 25, 1821, m. Rev. Collis Potter,' of Plymouth, in 1851; X. Bela A., b. Dec. 25, 1823; XI. Jane, b. July 12, 1827, m. Jared Smith of Harwinton in 1854. 75. Miles, son of Noah, (74,) m. Jan. 1815, Nancy, dau. of Stephen Graves of E. Plymouth. Ch.: I. Street C, b. Sept. 8, 1816 ; II. Xiinnus, b. Dec. 16, 1817. d. Aug. 9, 1822 ; HI. Albert, b. May 7, 1820 ; IV. Carlos, b. April 3, 1822 ; V. X. Aianson, b. March 17, 1824 ; VI. Ruth Adaline, b. July 14, 1826, m. Eben Coll of Plymouth, April, 1845; VII. Nancy Ann, b. Jan. 25, 1830, m. Ral|»h Humphrey of Ansonia, Nov. 1853 ; VIII. Major G., b. June 21, 1832 ; IX. Marvin B., b. June 21, 1832 ; X. Emily W, b. April 17, 1836. 76. NoahE., son of Noah, (74,) m. Mahitabel Bulkley in 1832, and 2d, Lydia J. Chidsey in 1836. Ch.: Charlotte A., Noah J., Ellen J. and Seymour H. APPENDIX. 549 77. John J., son of Noah, (74,) m. Maria Wilcox, April, 1840, who d. Sept. 1847. Ch. : Charles, b. 1841 ; Ellen M., b. 1846. 78. Lester C, son of Noah, (74,) in. Corra Mathews of Bristol, Sept. 1845, — is now living in Henry Co., 111. Ch. : James M., Ellen A. and Merritt Ilobert. 79. Bela A., son of Noah, (74,) resides in 111., m. Jane Merritt, has a son. 80. Street C, son of Miles, (75.) m. Aaline Smith of Orange, N. J., Sept. 1841. Ch. : John S. and Alanson. 81. Albert, son of Miles, (75.) m. Susan A. Bidwell of Northfield, Jan. 1842. Ch. : Francis G., Mary E. and George VV. 82. Carlos, son of Miles, (75,) m. Maria E. Peck of Farmington, Nov. 1846, who d. Feb. 1850, leaving a son, Henry A. 83. X. Alanson, son of Miles, (75.) is an Episcopal clergyman, and rector of St. Matthew's church, Cambridge, Henry Co., 111. He m. Uar riet F. Root of Guilford, Vt., Sept. 4, 1853, and had a dau., Ellen E. 84. Richard, son of Richard, (61,) m. Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Gunn, March, 1797. She d. July 20,1851. Ch. : I. Artemesia, b. April 15, 1798, m. Lauren Frisbie, Nov. 28, 1821 ; II. Edward, b. Jan. 19, 1800; HL Merritt, b. April 5, 1802; IV. Amy, b. April 18, 1804, m. Mortimer Jordon of Ala.; V. Hannah M., b. July 10, 1807, m. Nathanial Hawkins of Ala. 85. Edward, son of Richard, (84.) m. Laura Brown. Ch. : Richard, Noah A., Caroline A. and Martha A. 86. Merritt, son of Richard, (84,) m. went South, is now in Califor- nia with his family. Ch. : Lamson, Amy and Lydia E, — probably others. 87. Thomas, son of Richard, (61,) m. Sybil Cook of Wallingforo, Jan. 3, 1797. She was b. Oct. 10, 1778. Ch. : L Lyman, b. June 15, 1798; H. Evelina, b. Jan. 23, 1800, ra. Anson Downs, Oct. 26, 1823; HI. Minerva, b. March 19, 1802, ra. Burton Payne, Feb. 3, 1828; IV. Sally D., b. Sept. 5, 1807, d. 1808 ; V. Sally D.. b. June 14, 1810, m. Henry Bronson, Oct. 4, 1832; VL Nancy, b. April 12, 1812, m. Frederic A. Bradley, May 22, 1836. 88. Lyman, son of Thos. (87,) m. Minerva, dau. of Benjamin Judd, Dec. 24, 1822. Ch. : Henry A., b. Dec. 2, 1823 ; Franklin L., b. Dec. 11, 1827; Nelson J., b. Feb. 15, 1829. Henry A. is m. and has one ch., Thos. H. — Franklin L. is also m., has had three ch., one only is living. 89. Rev. Joseph D., son of Richard, (61.) m. Eunice, dau. of Victory Tomlinson. Shed. Feb. 20, 1832. Ch.: L Julia xM., b. July, 1809, m. Geo. 550 HISTORY OF WATERBUKT. Wainor ; TI. Ilobert V., b. Oc-t. 28, 181 1, m. Adaline, daw. of Lutlier Rirh- ards cd'Vl., and liis rli. are, Edwin 1),!.. 183(1, Sarah (""., b. 1839, Harriet A., b. 1850 ; lII.Jope].b, b. May in, 1814, ni. Mary, dau.of Seabury Pier- pont. Cb., Hebt-r U., b. 1837, Eiinite C, b. 1839, Lucy A., b. 1841 ; IV. Henry, I. St-pl. 27, 1824, tn. Lucy Haird of Bufialo, N. Y. 90. Bela, son of Richard, (61,) m. April 16, 1817, Polly, dau. of Benjamin Morehouse of Washington, Conn. She was b. Nov. 27, 1792. Ch.: L Hi. hard, b. Jan. 7, 1820, m. Abby Mitchel, May 10, 1853, has two children, Melly M. and Kit hard ; IL Hawley Seymour, b. Oet. 13, 1821, m. Eliz:i Merriam, Dec. 19,1844. Ch. : Bela and Richard. Third Family, or George's Posterity. 91. George, son of John, (1,) had oh. : L Stephen, b. Oct. 27, 1713 ; n. Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1715, d. 1738; IIL Peter, b. Sept. 28, 17I8; IV. Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1721 ; V. Hannah, b. June 11, 1723; VL James, b. Oct. 9, 1725 ; VIL Josiah, b. June 10, 1728, m. Martha, dau. of Jonathan Kelly of Woodbury, d. in 1758, no ch. ; VIII. Dan, b. May 19, 1731. 92. James, son of George, (91,) was the first male child* b. (Oct. 9, 1725) in that part of Waierbury, now Waterlown. He m. Mary, wid. of Joseph Prichard of Milford, in 1703. 93. SrEPHKN, son of Geoige, (91.) m. Aug. 27, 1741, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Welton. She d. Nov. 1, 1776. Ch. : L Elijah, b. Aug. 13, 1742 ; IL Samuel, b. Nov. 2, 1744 ; IIL Jesse, b. Nov. 23. 1746 ; IV. Amasa, b. April 26, 1749; V. Daniel, b. April 1, 1752, d. 1753; VL "Achsah," b. Sept. 15, 1754 ; VIL Josiah, b. Feb. 17, 1759. 94. Elijah, son of Stephen, (93,) m. Feb 23, 1769, Hannah, dau. of Isaac T\ler of Wallingford. Ch. : Daniel M., b. Aug. 14, 1770 ; Isaac, b. Jan. 11, 1775 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 3, 1778 ; Stephen. 95. Sa ML' EL, son of Stephen, (93,) m. Jerusha Hill, Nov. 23, 1770, and d. May 9, 1777. Ch. : L Anna, b. Dec. 23, 1770 ; IL Jonathan, b. Feb. 14,1774; ch., George, Samuel, Edward and Stephen ; IIL Lydia, b. Oct. 18, 1776. 96. Jesse, son of Stephen, (93,) m. Sarah, dau. of Isaac lyler of * The first permanent settlers of Westbury, so far as my inquiries have extended, were Jona. than Scott, Sen. and Dr. (afterwards De-iCon) John Warner. These had no children after their removal thither. Isaac Castle from Woodbury settled there about 17 5, and had born (and re- corded ill Waterbury) a son, Asahel, August 28, 172.% (as I read the figures.) Samuel Thomasi another settler, had a daughter, Mabel, also recorded in Waterbury, b. Aug. 14, 172j. (See p. 253, of this work.)— H. B. APPENDIX. 551 Wallingfoid, Dec. 13, 1770. Cli. : Parthonia, b. July 4, 1772; Abi- gail, b. March 5, 1774 ; Eiios, b. Sept. 29, 1776 ; Jest mill," (by lightning it is said,) April 7» 1685. His wife, E izabeth, d. in Northampton, Aug. 13. 1690. Ch. : I. Experience, m. Medad Pomery, Nov. 21, 1661; II. Freedom, bap. at Dorchester, in 16 + 2, m. Jedediah Strong, Nov. 18, 1662; III. Thankful, m, John T.iyh.r, Dec. 18, 1662 ; IV. John, an only son. 2. Jonv, son of Henry, (1,) lived in Northampton till after the death of his father. He removed first to Westfield, and then to Lebanon, Conn. He m. Anna Dewey, of Westfield, dau. of the emigrant, Thos. Dewey of Windsor, May 18, 1671. Ch. recorded in Northampton : I. * I am informed that he hid a brother John, who came with him to Mass., — became a Q^iaker, was banishe 1, went to R I., w is a\,'iin banished and his estate confiscated. He is supposed to have gone to Virginia, as the numerous families of that name, now found at the South, origina- ted in that State. 552 HISTORY OF WATEEBCKY. Elizabeth, b. March IV, 1672, m. Stephen Lee of Westfield, in 1691 ; 11. Jolin, bap. April 2, 1674; 111. Samuel, b. March 20, 1676, d. Oct. 20, 1676; IV. Henry, b. March 18,1680; V. Thomas, b. April 22, 1682 ; VI. Lrael, b. Feb. 6, 1685. 3. Capt. Israel, son of John, (2.) m. Abigail Beard of Huntington, and removed to that part of Waterbury, now Watertown, about 1750. They lived together in the married state 69 years, and d. at the ad- vanced ages of 93 and 96. Ch.: I. Nathan; II. Abel, b. April 1, 1736-7; HI. Israel; IV. John; V. Asa, m. Esther Roberts, noiss.; VI. EMjah ; VII, Anna, m. Asa Curtiss ; VIII. Eunice, m. Wait Scott ; IX. Abigail, d. in infancy ; X, Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1750. 4. Nathan, son of Israel, (3,) m. 1st, Sarah Hickox, 2d, Eunice Painter, July 1, 1731, Ch. : Moses, Hawkins, Aatepas, John, Na- than, Sarah, Lois, Polly and Laura. 5. Abel, son of Israel, (3.) m. Lucy Atwood, March 20, 1765. Ch.: I. Rebun S., b. Jan. 9, 1766; IL Eunice, b. March 18, 1767; IIL Lucy, b. March, 1769, d. 1770; IV. Abel, b. Oct. 13, 1770; V. James, b. Sept. 25, 1772; VL David, b. Oct. 26, 1774; VII. Lucy, b. July 23, 1776; VIIL John, b. Aug. 12, 1778; IX. Jerusha, b. April 2, 1781; X. Kussel, b. 1783. 6. Israel, son of Israel, (3,) m. Abigail, dau. of Eliakim Stoddard, Oct. 28, 1765. Ch.: Israel B., b. 1767 ; Pamelia, b. 1770; Abigail, b. 1772 ; Anna, b. 1774 ; Asa, b. 1779. 7. John, son of Israel, (3,) m. Lydia Trowbridge, July 13, 1786. Ch.: William, b. May 3, 1787; Rebecca, b. July 9, 1789 ; Abigail, b. June 30, 1791 ; Lucius. 8. Elijah, son of Israel, (3,) m. Margary Richards. Ch. : Truman,' Sally, Minerva and Dotha. 9. Dr. Samuel, son of Israel, (3,) ra. Mary Griswold. Ch. : Mary, Laura, Samuel Bayard, Elijah, Griswold, Rufus, Iletiry and Charles. Samuel B. was a distinguished physician, first of VVethersfield then of Worces- ter, and afterwards of Northampton, Mass., where he died in 1850. He had charge of the Hospital for the Insane in Worcester. Rufiis gradu- ated at Y. C. in 1816, became a tutor and d. in 1824. Henry was a physician in Middletown of great promise, and died in 1832. Charles is now a well known practitioner of medicine in Middletown. They were all born in Torringford, to which place the father removed in early life. III. LATER ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETIES: MANUEACTURING: STATISTICS. After the matter of the preceding pages had been arranged, and the book far advanced in the printing, there were put into my hands certain documents relating to the more recently organized churches of Waterbury, and the manufac- turing interests of the place. 1 insert them here, in some instances giving only summaries. The slietch of the Baptist church which immediately follows has been already printed. THE BAPTIST CHUKCH IX WATERBURY. In preparing a sketch of the History of the Baptist Church in Waterbury, great difficulty has been experienced from the imperfection of its records during the earlier years of its existence. Indeed the history of the church, as here presented, from the time of its organization to the year 1836, a period of 33 years, has been mainly taken from Association minutes, the records of neighbor- ing churches, and the personal recollections of those who still survive. In the year 1791, November 7th, a number of the members of the ancient church of WaTlingford, (now Meriden,) were organized into a distinct body, known for a time as the Second Baptist church in Wallingford. Among this number were Zenas Brockett, David Frost and Isaac Terrell, the first Baptists in the town of Waterbury.* For several years it was their custom, and the custom of those afterwards associated with them, to visit the church of their adoption at least once every month, and this journey, a distance of twelve miles, they usually performed on foot. By these brethren, meetings were established and conducted in the town of Waterbury, and in 1803^ Xovember 10th, a church was organized of those previously connected with the Second Baptist church in Wallingford. Preeminent in this movement were the brethren whose names are above recorded ; men who deserve a cherished and honored memory as leaders of the infant church, and as Christians of tried integrity of character and purity of life. Poor in the riches of this world, but rich in those graces that find favor with God, this little band maintained for twelve years, with most unwavering fidelity, their regular meetings without a settled pastor. And their humble labors were bleSsedT^a a gradual but uninterrupted growth. During this period they were favored from time to time with the administration of the ordinances by elders Samuel Miller and Daniel Wildman, and occasionally by elders Dethick and Fuller. * There were Baptists in Waterbury l«t Society who bore lists, as early as I76T, as appears by papers of that date relating to Farmingbury's petition to the Assembly for society privileges. — H. B, 654 HISTOKY OF WATEEBCRY. In the autumn of 1815, brethren Samuel Potter and Jesse Frost were ordained co-pastors of the church. Durirg this joiLt pastorate the church erjoyed an un- usual degree of peace and harmony, and many a season occurred which made the place of worship verily the house of God and gate of heaven. In 1817, Xov. loth, the church, which had attained a membership of nearly one hundred, was divided by the formation of the Woodbridge and Salem church. For this purpose 60 members were dismissed, embracing those residing in the southern part of Waterbury, (now Naugatuck,) and the adjoining towns of Woodbridge (Bethany) and Hamden, leaving but about thirty with the original church, and these in temporal prosperity by no means the most favored. Elder Samuel Potter took charge of the new church, while Elder Jesse Frost remained with the old.* Soon after the constitution of the Woodbridge and Salem church, the church in Waterbury erected a house of worship in the northeastern section of the town, which they continued to occupy until the completion of their present house in 1835. In the year 1827, Elder Jesse Frost, their pastor, was removed by death. The duty of leading the church then devolved upon Dca. Timothy Porti r, who had been called by them to accept licensure about a year previous, and who, from this time till 1835, a period of about eight years, gratuitously ministered unto them and performed the various duties of the pastorate. During this period, the prosperity of the church was constant and marked. Each year witnessed accessions to the number of converts by baptism. In 1828, a special refreshing was enjoyed, when twenty-three were baptized ; and another in 1831, when thirteen were in like manner added to the church. So marked at this time was their spiritual prosperity, as evinced by union and fellowship, as well as in their assemblies where they were wont to meet, that many of the old disciples still look back with earnest longing for a return of the former days. The ordinances were administered during this period by Elder I. Atkins and Elder Samuel Miller, and after his death by Elder William Bentley. The church now began to suffer much from the inconveniences and inadequacy of their house of worship. TtiiSjaUidHgh located two and a half miles from the centre of population, with benches only for seats, and no means of warming in winter, had yet become too straitened for their numbers, so that their meetings were not un- frequently held in the neighboring groves. Finally, after anxious and mature de- liberation, they decided to erect a new house of worship in the center of the town. This was known to be a great undertaking, but they felt that the interests of the cause demanded the effort, and they determined cheerfully to incur the burden. They entered into a written compact to subject themselves to a voluntary assess- * The Woodbridge and Salem church, now extinct, seems to deserve in this connection a passing notice. After the separation, for six years it enjoyed a continual manifestation of the Divine Presence, so that from sixty it increased to one hundred and fifteen members. In 1826, ita number was reduced to eighty-eight. In IS2S-9, God's presence was again manifest, and forty- five were added -by baptism, making about one hundred and thirty actual members. Prom this period the number gradually declined, till in 1843 the church ceased to be recognized as a member of the Association. Their pastor, ^:lder Samuel Potter, was removed by death in IS33, Dec. 2. They were then for a time led by Elder David Bradley, and finally, after an ititt-ival of some years, by KIder Jacob Sloper, their last pastor. Some of the members afterwards united with the church in Waterbury, and some still remain scattered over the mountains and through the valleys. APPENDIX. 000 ment, the basis of which should be the grand list of the town, apportioned by a committee appointed from their own number. In case any member should feel aggrieved, 1 e might appeal to another committee taken from the church, and finally to one selected from a neighboring church. Upon this basis, tin y went forward and erected their present house of worship, at a cost of about ^O.uUO, completing it in the year 1835. Rev. Russell Jennings was then chosen their pastor, whose acceptable labors were bTes.sed in a largely iuereased congregation, and by two special outpourings of the Spirit in the years 18S6 and 1838, in which forty were baptized. He resigned in 1838, and the church was supplied during the year following by Rev. E. Savage and Rev. \V. Russell. In 1839, Rev. ^P.Watrous succeeded lo the pastorate, during whose minis- tration eighty-one were baptized. He was succeeded by Rev. W. S. Smith in 1840, who remained only a few months. From 1840 to 1844, the church was witkout^a-pastor. The congregation, however, was regularly supplied with the preaching of the Word by Rev. G. Allen and Rev. I. Atkins. It was during this period that occurred those dark days of their hislory which so severely tried their hearts and faith. A large debt had remained upon their house at the time of its com- pletion. Still the debt was not unexpected. But soon after the church was finished, occurred the great financial crisis of 1837, fiom whose disastrous influence no section of the country was exempt, and whose shock was especially felt by the brethren of Waterbury who had struck hands for building the house of God. Still they struggled on as best they could under the heavy burden, until the yeas 1843 and '44. And it was only when they had voluntarily submitted to three assess- ments, each of 170 cents upon the dollar of the grand list of the town, (so that the assessments had amounted to more ban $'i5o upon every SluCO listed, and over $100 for every person whose head alon-e stood in the list ;) it was only when they had seen trusted ones prove f;ilse and the faithful well nigh crushed, their house of worship attached by fraudulent claims, and closed for an entire year except from sun to sun on the Sabbath, to save it from passing legally from their hands ; it was only when they had been driven to the Legislature ior a " Confirming Act," and to the Courts of Chancery for the vindication of their rights ; it w as only after a series of struggles and sacrifices of this character, by which their resources had become exhausted and their strength and numbers wasted, that they resolved to appeal to neighboring churches ior assistance, as their only remaining hope. That assistance was cheerfully and liberally granted. About $700 were thus receivBd, by which, in addition to a fourth subscription in the church, nearly equal to each of the preceding three, they became in 1847 entirely free from pecuniary embarrassment. In 1844, Rev. A. Darrow was called to the pastorate, who continued to fulfill its duties till 1847. In 1845 the church was revived, and nineteen added by bap- tism through his labors. In October, 1847, Rev. N. M. Perkins became pastor of the church, and continued to labor with great acceptance for six years. During his labors, the means and influence of the church were greatly extended, and forty-one w^ere added to it by baptism. He resigned in April, 1855, and was suc- ceeded by Rev. Joseph A. Bailey, with whose labors the church is still favored. In him the church is now most happily united, and through him has been greatly prospered, both in a large increase to the congregation and the addition by bap- tism of forty-seven to the number of its members. The present number of members is two hundred and thirty-one. 556 HISTORY OF WATERBUET. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WATERBURY. Of the early history of Methodism in Waterbury, but little is now known. It is remembered, however, by some now living, that as early as the year 1796 there were a few of this then despised persuasion residing in different parts of the town, mostly near what is now its easterly boundary. Bishop Asbury, in his Journal, under date of Sept. 23d, 1*796, mentions passing on his way from East Hartford to Stratford, through Waterbury, Salem and Oxford, and of preaching at Waterbury in the " Separate meeting house." The location of this meeting house the writer has not been able to ascertain. Again, the Bishop, recording his attendance at a quarterly meeting at Litch- field, Sunday, Aug. 3d, 1800, says : " On Sunday morning we had a living love feast. Some from Waterbury were fervent in spirit, serving the Lord." The names of these fervent Christians so worthy of special notice are not handed down to us. A " class " was formed of those residing in the east part of the town, but such of its members as were not scattered by removal or death afterward united with a little society organized in Prospect. The present Society was organized in the summer of 1815, at the house of James Wheeler, about half a mile above Waterville, by the Rev. Samuel Cochran, then preacher in charge of the Litchfield Circuit. It consisted of only five per- sons, viz : James Wlieeler and wife, Samuel R. Hickox and wife, and Azuba Tut- tle. The little band held their meetings during the first year at the same house, . having preaching once in two weeks on Tuesday evenings. Reverends Billy Hibbard and Smith Dayton were colleagues with Rev. Samuel Cochran at that time, and Rev. Nathan Bangs was presiding elder of the Rhinebeck District, to which Litchfield Circuit then belonged. They ftftervvard held meetings at the house of David Wheeler, a little east of Waterville "at " Pine Hole," and in the east center school house which stood near what is now the northerly point of Union Square. Being " voted out" of the school house, their ark found for sev- eral years a welcome resting place in the dwelling of Widow Mary Peck, a " mother in Israel," whose memory will long be gratefully cherished in the church she loved. Her dwelHng was the low red house still standing on East Main street, near the Pin Factory. Meetings were also held occasionally at the residences of Widow David Wheeler at Pine Hole, Mr. Timothy Ball at Bucks Hill, &c. Still later a room was obtain- ed for a time in the Franklin House, and for a year or two preceding the erection of their first house of worship, meetings were held in the academy, and oc- casionally in the old school house, the doors of which were again opened. During the whole of this period there was no Sabbath preaching, except occasionally, when a local preacher could be obtained. The circuit preachers came around once in two weeks preaching on week day evenings. Thus for sixteen years the little society struggled on, unpopular with men, but enjoying the favor of God; poor in this world's goods, but rich in faith; at no time numbering more than twenty or thirty members, and without a convenient place of worship ; yet claiming the promise of our Lord, (and often realizing its fulfillment,) that " Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." But the summer and fall of the year 1831 will long be remembered by this APPENDIX. 557 and other churches of Waterbury as a season of gracious revival. Among the Metlibdists the work commenced under the preaching of Rev. Heman Bangs, then preacher in charge of Derby Circuit, (to which Waterbury belonged from 1829 to 1832,) and continued with great power under his ministry and that of his colleague, Rev. Daniel Smith, they visiting Waterbury often during the revival. Many were added unto the Lord, and the society was increased from less than thirty in ftum- ber to about one hundred. Such an accession rendered a more commodious place of worship necessary, and in January, 1832, it was decided to build a meet- ing house fifty-l«et long and thirty-six feet wide. This building still stands on the corner_of_yniori_square and Scovill street. It was completed at a cost of about $2,7ut did not sui vive long. It servedi_however, to awaken an interest in favor of education. An attempt was made to put up a huilding for an academy, by subscription. TheTTame was raised and the outside covered, but here the means provided were exhausted. When the enterprise was about to be abandoned, Stt-phen Bionson, Benjamin Upson. Dr Isaac Baldwin :ind J.ihn Curtis pmpused to finish the house on condition they should have the control Of it till the tnoney they sliodd advance was refunded. Thus the building was got in readiness for occupation in tlie fall of 17S5 Two schools were then opened, one for each sex. That for girls was under the care of Mr. Badger above mentioned. David Hale, a brother of Capt. N^ithan Hale of Revolutionary memory, hnd charge of the boys in the second story. Jeremiah Day, late president of Y ile College, and Bennet Bronson Wen^amQn,^_h|sjiupils. The schools were for a time very pro-perous, the scholars the fir*t winter numbcing about one hundred and fifty. After a time the schools ran down, and the academy, a two story wood building, standing in the midst of what appeared to be a flag swamp, with .a "gambrcl roof " and a hell (the first in the town) on the summit, was removed. It was removed (before the new meeing house was built) to make wny for military parades, and placed on the line of the road just west of Wil. liam R. Hitchcoi-k's. Here the upper ro in was used for school:! and the lower for re'iie master's chair. Twenty years ago, the school house was removed back into the middle of the 'ot and fitted up for dwellings, where it now stands. The bell was removed to the new stone arndemy which was erected about l>3fi, on the ground next east of Capt. Harrison's house. It now hargs high in the belfry of the;" high schoo " building, where, once more, at stated intervals, it gives out its unwelcome warning to reluctant boys and giddy girls. ^93^ 660 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 1791, at £4. Capt. Samuel Judd stands debtor for the third, Feb. 19, 1791, £4. The last, a taverner, is credited with one gin sling, 7d., and one load of wood, 2s. 6d. A little after 1800, Harrison commenced work in a little shop on the south side of North Main street, on the Little Brook. He constructed a water wheel, bring- ing the water to it in logs laid across the road. This is said to have been the first water wheel for driving manufacturing machinery erected in Waterbury. (See Waterbury American.) It furnished the power for making the pinions and wheel teeth and other parts of the clock. The lease of the land (about 3(5 rods) on whicTi the shop, water wheel and logs already existed, bears the date of April* 15, 1802. It was given by Stephen Bronson, and expired in seven years. After a few years, the business passed into new hands, and was transferred to the site of the lower grist mill, on Mad River, where a better and more uniform supply of water could be had. Subsequently, Harrison removed to New York, where he died in reduced circumstances In its new location, the clock business was carried on, somewhat extensively, by Col. William Leavenworth. After the war of 1812, however, he became embarrassed and fled the State. He subsequently lived in Albany, and died in November, 1838. His factory and the water privilege, after' a long interval, were purchased, in 1830, by the Beecher Manufacturing Co., and converted into a broadcloth mill. This company failed, and the property is now owned by the American Suspender Co. About 1810, the late Mark Leavenworth, in company with Wm. K. Lamson and Anson Sperry, 1st, commenced the manufacture of wooden clocks near the beginning of the Bucks Hill road, where he afterwards had his boarding house. Subsequently, Mr. L. occupied a shop upon the brook farther to the east, and extended his business. Except some silver buttons that were made by Joseph Hopkins at an early date, (see p. 411,) the first metal buttons manufactured in Waterbury are under- stood to have been made before 1800, of block tin or pewter, by Henry, Samuel and Silas Grilley, brothers, on Bunker Hill. The buttons were cast in moulds, the eyes being at first of the same material ; but soon an improvement was intro- duced and wire eyes were employed. The manufacture of gilt buttons (which laid the foundation of the brass and cop. , per business) was begun in 1802 by Abel Porter, Daniel Clark, Silas Grilley and Levi Porter, under the partnership name of Abel Porter & Co. (The manufacturing had been previously carried on, to a limited extent and with only partial success, in Attleboroiigh, Mass.) The company commenced operations in a building still standing on the east side of South Main, near the junction of Meadow street. It took about eighteen months to get the business started. Levi Porter soon sold out his interest to the other partners. They employed eight or nine hands, all Yankees, and made buttons of various forms, convex, concave, and oval, the face only being gilded. Gold was employed liberally, sometimes $3 worth being applied to a gross, for which they obtained as much as ten or twelve dollars. Their brass ingots they carried into the west part of Litchfield, to a place called Bradley ville, where it was rolled in an iron mill. The metal was brought back in strips in a very rough state, and passed between steel rolls two inches in diameter moved by horse power. Thus it was smoothed and finished. All the other work was done by hand. The business proved profitable. APPENDIX. 561 In Sept. 1808, David Hay den became a partner, and the company bought the old mill place and began to use water power. In August, 1809, Silas Grilley sold out to his partners. Two years later, the latter sold out to Leavenworth, Hayden & Scovill, as mentioned in the biographical notice of Mr. Scovill, p. 429. 'For the origin of the brass business, see the notice of Dea. Benedict, p. 448. I add below some statistical matters relating to the manufacturing interests of Waterbury. Most of the companies mentioned are joint stock companies. The list is not supposed to be entirely complete, but it will give some notion of the magnitude of the manufacturing business of Waterbury. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Company; manufacturers of brass in sheets, brass and copper wire, brass tubing, German silver, &c. ; successors of others who commenced making brass in 1826, wire about 1831, and German silver in 1834. The present company was organized in 1843. Present capital, $400,000.* Waterbury Brass Company; manufacturers of brass in sheets, brass and cop- per wire, brass kettles, German silver, &c. The company was organized in April, 1845, and has a present capital of $300,000. Scovill Manufacturing Company; manufacturers of rolled and sheet brass, German silver, plated metal, brass butts, hinges, daguerreotype plates, cases, mat- tings, preservers, &c., and gilt buttons. Present capital, $300,000. f Brown & Brothers; organized under the joint stock law in 1853; manu- facturers of sheet brass and German silver, brass, copper and German silver wire and tubing, brass kettles, copper rivets and burrs. Capital, $200,000. Holmes, Booth & Haydens. The company manufactures brass, German silver, plated metal, daguerreotype plates, mattings and preservers, copper and German silver wire, &c., and was organized Feb. 1853. It has a capital of $330,000. The five brass and copper companies named in the preceding list, each owning a first class mill, (the Waterbury Brass Company owns two mills,) have a capital of $1,530,000; employ on an average 775 hands; pay in wages $275,000 per annum; consume 3,600 tons of coal per annum, and produce about $2,550,000 worth of manufactured goods per annum. American Pin Company ; manufacturers of pins and hooks and eyes; was organ- ized in 1846. Present capital, $100,000. The making of hooks and eyes was commenced in Waterbury in April, 1836, by Brown & Elton. Mattatuck Manufacturing Company. It was organized in 1847. The compa- ny made cloth buttons till 1852. It then began the manufacture of lamp tubes, and afterwards of silver and German silver thimbles, brass ferules, umbrella and parasol furniture, &c. It employs $40,000 capital. Waterbury Hook and Eye Company; manufacturers of hooks and eyes, gilt brass cornices and curtain bands, brass curtain fixtures, copper rivets, brass nails and other small brass wares. The company was organized in 1849, and has a capital of $55,000. At present it is doubtful whether curtain cornices can be made with a profit in this country, no attempt hitherto made having succeeded. There is * For a more particular account of the origin and history of the business of this company, see the biographical notice of Aaron Benedict, page •)48. + For a more particular account of the origin and history of the business of this company, see the biographical sketch of J. M. L. Scovill, page 429. 36 562 HISTORY OF WATERBDRY. reasonable ground to hope, however, that the Waterbury Hook and Eye Company will be successful. Watkrbury Button Company ; manufacturers of metal buttons. It was organ- ized in 1849, but the business was commenced in 1824, by A. Benedict and others. It employs $45,000 capital. Lane Manufacturing Company ; was organized in January, 1850, and makes buttons. Capital, $20,000. Waterbury Knitting Company ; manufacturers of shirts, drawers, and half hose; was organized in 1850. It commenced with a capital of $100,000, but now employs $200,000. Waterbury Jewelry Company ; manufacturers of buttons, plated ware, forks, spoons, butter knives, &c. ; also, belt clasps and other brass goods ; was organized in 1851. Present capital, $30,000. Blake & Johnson ; manufacturers of hardened steel rolls, machinery to order, hair pins, rivets, &c. ; was organized Feb. 1852. Present capital, $16,000. Oakville Company; was organized in 1852, and manufactures solid headed pins. Its present capital is $75,000. William R. Hitchcock & Company. The company was organized in 1852, and manufactures covered buttons and hooks and eyes. The business (that of making covered buttons) was commenced in 1837, by Wm. R. Hitchcock, J. M. L. Scovill and W. H. Scovill, under the name of W. R. Hitchcock & Co. The present capital is $35,000. American Ring Company. The company was organized in 1852 ; manufactures hollow rings from brass and tin, saddle, harness and carriage hardware, and buttons of all kinds; has a capital of $16,000. E. Robinson & Son. The company was organized in 1852; makes cloth but- tons and has a capital of $4,000. Waterbury Buckle Company; organized 1853; manufactures buckles, belt clasps, steel ornaments, &c. Present capital, $29,900. Waterbury Gas Light Company; organized in 1854; furnishes gas from coal. Capital, $100,000 ; tons of coal consumed per annum, about 500. F. M. Perkins & Company; organized in 1854; manufacturers of ivory and steel carriage trimmings, and fine pearl coat and vest buttons. Present capital, $20,000. Charles W. Johnson. The company was organized in 1855, and produces machinery of all kinds. Present capital, $3,000. H. A. Matthews ; bought out the Hope Manufacturing Company in 1856, and manufactures carriage and harness trimmings. American Suspender Company; present organization in Jan. 1857; manu- facturers of suspenders. The business was commenced by the Hotchkiss & Merri- man Manufacturing Company, in 1843. Present capital, $180,000. Farrel Foundry and Machine Company ; manufacturers of iron and brass cast- ings, machinery, heavy mill gearing, shafts, &c. The company was organized in 1857, and has a capital of $40,000. The business was commenced by " The Foundry Company," in 1851. Waterbury Clock Company; manufacturers of clocks and time pieces ; organ- ized in 1857 ; cap'.tal, $60,000. American Flask and Cap Company ; manufacturers of powder flasks, shot belts, shot pouches, gun wads, percussion caps, dram flasks, measuring tapes, &c. The company was organized in April, 1857, and has a capital of $125,000. APPENDIX. 563 Union Kxittixg Company ; manufacturers of woolen wrappers, drawers, &c., having a capital of ^50,000. City Manufacturing Company ; manufacturers of patent lamp tops, lamp tubes, &c., having a capital of $10,000. Hayden Manufacturing Company ; metal button makers, &c., having a capital of $S,000. D. B. HuRD. He manufactures button eyes, button backs, window blinds, sta- ples, &c., and employs a capital of $10,000. B. H. Morse. He manufactures pocket cutlery, and employs a capital of $50,000. L. Pritchard. He makes buttons, and employs a capital of $10,000. All the companies and business firms above named, have an aggregate capital of about $2,908,000; employ on an average about 2,730 hands ; pay in wages, per annum, about $760,000 ; consume annually about 7,600 tons of hard coal, and manufacture goods to the amount of about $4,300,000 per year. Waterbury belonged to Hartford County till May, 17 '28, when it was annexed to New Haven County. ^— — Till Oct. 1719, the probate business of Waterbury was done in the County Court of Hartford. At that time, the Woodbury District was formed and Water- bury annexed to it. In May, 1779, Waterbury was made into a distinct district. The district now comprehends Waterbury, Wolcott, Middlebury and Naugatuck. Plymouth was made a new district in 1833, and Watertown in 1834. Prospect at present belongs to the Cheshire district, and Oxford is a district by itself. Judges of Probate of tJie District of Waterbury, and the dates of their Appointment. 1779, Joseph Hopkins. 1843, Alfred Blackman. 1801, John Kingsbury. 1844, Norton J. Buel. 1830, Joel Hinman. 1846, AVillard Spencer. 1840, Norton J. Buel. 1847, Norton J. Buel. 1842, John Peck. Since 1849, the Probate judges have been chosen by the people. Recorders or Town Clerks of Waterbury, with the dates of their Appointment. John Stanley. 1787, William Leavenworth. 1696, Thomas Judd, Jr. 1793, John Kingsbury. 1709, Dea. Thomas Judd. 1804, Abner Johnson. 1712, John Hopkins. 1806, Ashley Scott, 1713, John Judd. 1812, John Kingsbury. 1717, William Judd. 1817, Ashley Scott. 1721, John Southmayd. 1831, Elisha S. Abernethy. 1755, Thomas Clark. 1837, Willard Spencer. 1764, Ezra Bronson. 1839, Charles Scott. 1782, Michael Bronson. 1840, Norton J. Buel. 1784, Asahel Clark. 1841, Solomon B. Minor. 564 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. Waterbury Lists. Year. Persons. Estate. 1690, 37, £1,893. 1691, 43, 1,859. 1692, 43, 1,640. 1693, 46, 1,630. 1694, 43, 1,554. 1695, — , 1696, 40, 1,562. 1697, 42, 1,640. 1698, 49, 1,742. 1699, 47, 1,700. 1700, 48, 1,871. 1701, 50, 1,994. 1702, 52, 2,050. 1703, 57, 2,145. 1704, 52, 2,261. 1705, 62, 2,047. 1706, 55, 2,165, 10s 1707, 49, 1,958. 1708, 50, 2,108. 1709, 43, 2,119. 1710, 2,159. 1711, 2,218. 1712, 2,415. 1713, 2,154. 1714, 2,070, lis 1715, 2,115, 16. 1716, 2,289. 8. 1717, 2,414, 10. 1718, 2,599, 11. 1719, 2,646, 1720, 2,757, 5. 1721, 2,762, 11. 1722, 3,077, 15. 1723, 3,427, 11. 1724, 3,573, 11. 1725, 3,812, 6. 1726, 4,002, 7, 1727, 4,234, 11, 1728, 4,534, 18. 1729, 4,879, 15. 1730, 5,024, 15. 1731, 6,392, 15. 1732, 6,742. 1733, 7,146, 19. 1734, 7,951, 8. 1735, 1736, 8,092. 1737, 8,377, 13. 1738, 8,405, 2. 8d. Year. 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1788, Estate. I 8,830, lis 9,446, 9. 9,491, 5. 10,174, 3. 10,693, 0, 6d. 11,209, 6, 9- 12,492, 7. 13,380. 13,790, 18. 15,277, 1, 6. 15,674, 2, 5. 16,910, 3, 3. 17,762, 10, 6. 18,632, 14, 10. 17,635, 18, 7. 20,953, 15, 3. 20,862, 13, 3. 21,837, 17, 6. 23,145, 13, 8. 23,204, 0, 6. 24,395, 8, 5. 23,853, 11, 6. 25,208, 18. 26,107, 19, 5. 25,304, 10, 4. 25,939, 10, 9. 28,101, 4, 8. 27,959, 17, 3. 30,660, 17, 9. 32,291, 14, 6. 33,386, 8, 4. 35,364, 19, 10. 35,806, 2, 5. 35,110, 5, 1. 36,146, 7, 5. 39,826, 18. 41,243, 2, 9. 37,756, 3, 6. 40,455, 5, 3. 38,504, 18, 9. 42,499, 6, 6. 19,784, 12, 8i. 20,534, 6. 19,230. 17,015, 5. 16,795, 14, 10. 565 A List of the Polls and Ratable Estate of Waferbury in 1737. (The polls of persons over 70 years of age were not taxable after Gideon Allyn, John Andruss, Nathaniel Arnold, Nathaniel Arnold, Jr., William Andruss, John Alcock, Samuel Barnes, Ebenezer Bronson, Joseph Bronson, Ebenezer Baldwin, Thomas Bronson, Jr., Lieut. Thomas Bronson, Moses Bronson, John Bronson, Jr., James Brown, James Baldwin, Thomas Blakeslee, Lieut. John Bronson, John Barnes, Thomas Barnes, James Blakeslee, Ephraim Bissell, Jonathan Baldwin, Josiah Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Jr., Samuel Bronson, Nathan Beard, Isaac Castle, Daniel Curtiss, Henry Cook, Thomas Clark, Caleb Clark, Samuel Camp, Nathan Coxwell, Ebenezer EhvcU, Jonathan Foot, Barnabas Ford, Thomas Foot, Samuel Frost, Gershom Fulford, Jonathan Garnsey, John Garnsey, Nathaniel Gunn, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Hickox, John How, John Humaston, Nathan Hubbard, £74, 12s. 85. 85, 2, 46. 22. 45, 4. 66, 2. 89, n! 69, 6. 34, 8. 54. 105, 14. 68. 105. 127. 65, 6. 63, 16. 161. 65, 9. 60, 8. 63, 18. 26, 10. 59, 9. 34, 18. 77 4. 50, 8. 47, 12. 64. 41. 33. 66. 116. •i7. 10. 93, 2. 21. 74. 62. 57, 10. 94. 32. 53, 16. 78, 12. 52. 117, 15. 181. 77 14. 41, 12. 39. 26, 10. Isaac Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, Jr., Daniel How, James Hull, Samuel Hickox, Timothy Hopkins, Wid. Mary Hickox, Gideon Hickox, William Hickox, Thomas Judd, Thomas Judd, Ebenezer Judd, John Judd, Silas Johnson, Robert Johnson, John Johnson, William Judd, Joseph Judd, Samuel Judd, Stephen Kelsey, Jonathan Kelsey, Joseph Lewis, Samuel Lewis, John Lewis, Amos Matthews, Thomas Matthews, Natluuiirl Merrel, Benjamin More, George Nichols, Nathan Prindle, Thomas Porter, Ebenezer Porter, Daniel Porter, John Punderson, James Porter, Timothy Porter, James Prichard, Jeremiah Peck, Jonathan Prindle, Phineas Royce, Ebenezer Richards, Thomas Richards, Ebenezer Richason, John Richason, Hezekiah Rew, Obadiah Richards, Mary Richards, John ScoviU, May, 1721.) £49, 12s. 82. 30, 6. 44. 63, 18. 151. 151, 8. 60, 12. 97, 18. 6, 14. 45, 10. 22, 19. 39, 12. 43, 8. 9. 103, 4. 38, 4. 30, 18. 46, 14. 30. 153. 41. 42, 4. 35. 49, 2. 2^■. 21. 71, 10. 18. 54. 41. 52, 6. 3, 12. 62, 14. 30, 6. 55, 4. 69, 4. 95, 10 31. 38, 10. 95, 12. 92. 43, 6. 566 HISTORY OF WATERBURT. y Jonathan Scott, ) son of Edmund, \ £63, 16s. John Welton, £ 6. John Warner, tailor. 98, Is Gershom Scott, 58, 8. Dr. John Warner, 63, 2. Eleazer Scott, 59. Richard Welton, Jr., 50, 17. Samuel Scott, Sen., 83, 6. Daniel Williams, 42, 12. John Sutliff, 91, 4. Eliakim Welton, 25, 6. John SutHff, Jr., 22, 18. Richard Welton, 63. Jonathan Scott, 36, 12. Thomas Welton, 25. Jonathan Scott, Jr., 64. George Welton, 65. Daniel Scott, 23, 12. Ebenezer Warner, ) son of John, f 26, 4. Joseph Smith, 22. John Smith, 97,' 4. Stephen Welton, Jr., 32. James Smith, 29. James AVilliams, 22. Edward Scovill, 40, 10. Benjamin Warner, 56, 18. John Scott, 23, 18. Samuel Warner, son of Daniel, 55, 8. Stephen Scott, 38. Obadiah Scott, 37, 18. Samuel Warner, 18, 4. WilHam Scovill, 72, 10. Ebenezer Warner, 3d, 35. David Scott 65, 18. Joseph Weed, 40. Samuel Scott, ) son of George, \ 42, 18. Ebenezer Welton, 26. Ebenezer Warner, \ son of Daniel, j 39, 12. WiUiam Scott, 39. Stephen Welton, Sen., 55, 4. Samuel Thomas, 34, 4. Abraham Warner, 41. Samuel Towner, 88. Jonas Weed, 35. Josiah Terrill, 66, 17. Obadiah Warner, 47. Caleb Thomson, 40, 12. John Weed, 40, 7. Stephen Upson, 114. Ephraim Warner, 28, 12. TOPULATION 01 Waterbury. 1688, about 180. 1790, 2,937. 1694, 165.* 1800, 3,256. 1713, 180. 1810, 2,874. 1727, ' 850. 1820, 2,822. 1734, 450. 1830, 3,070. 1737, 900. 1840, 3,668. 1749, 1,500. 1845, 3,395. 1756, 1,829. 1850, 5,137. 1774, 3,536. 1790, 1800, 1810, Population of Watertown, (incorporated 1780.) 3,170. . I 1820, 1,439. I 1840, 1,615. 1,714. 1,500. 1850, 1,442. 1,533. 1800, 1810, Population of Plymouth, (incorporated 1795.) 1,791. 1820, 1 830, 1,758. 2,064. 1840, 1850, 2,205. 2,568. 1800, 1810, Population of Wolcott, (incorporated 1796.) 948. 952. 1820, 1830, 943. 844. 1840, 1850, 603. * The Wads worth manuscript says that in 1694, " Waterbury was a small town, though very compact. It contained twenty-five families." — [Barber's Historical Collections of Connecticut, APPENDIX. 56T Population of Oxford, (incorporated 1198.) 1800, 1,400. I 18-20, 1,G83. I 1840, 1,626. 1810, 1,453. 1830, 1,762. 1850, 1,562. Population of Middleburt, (incorporated 1807.) 1810, 847. I 1830, 816. I 1850, 763. 1820, 838. I 1840, 761. | Population of Prospect, (incorporated 1827.) 1830, 651. 1840, 548. 1850, 674. Population of Naugatuck, (incorporated 1844.) 1850, 1720. Commissioners for Waterbury. May. 161)0, Ens. Thomas Judd. 91, Ens. Thomas Judd. 92, Ens. Tiiomas Judd. 93, Ens. Thomas Judd. 1694, Ens. Thomas Judd. 95, Ens. Thomas Judd. 96, Ens. Thomas Judd. 97, Mr. Thomas Judd. Justices of the Peace. rol, Lt. Thomas Judd. 2, Lt. Thomas Judd. 3, Lt. Thomas Judd. 4, [Ens. Timothy Stanley ?] 5, Ens. [or Dea.] Thomas Judd. 7, Thomas Judd, Esq. 8, Mr. Thomas Judd. 9, Mr. Thomas Judd. 10, Dea. Thomas Judd. 14, Mr. Thomas Judd. 15, Mr. Tiiomas Judd. 16, Capt. Tiiomas Judd. 17, Capt. Thomas Judd. 18, Capt. Tiiomas Judd. 19, Capt. Thomas Judd. 20, Capt. Thomas Judd. 21, Capt. Thomas Judd. 22, Capt. Thomas Judd. 23, Capt. Thomas Judd. 24, Capt. Thomas Judd. 25, Capt. Thomas Judd, Jolin Hoplvins. 26, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hoplvins. 27, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hoplvins. 28, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hoplvins. 29, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins. 30, [Record worn.] 31, Mr. Thomas Judd. 32, Mr. Thomas Judd. 33, Mr. Thomas Judd. 34, Capt. Timothy Hopkins. 35, Mr. Timothy Hopkins. 36, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark. 37, Timothy Hopkins, 1737 Thomas Clark. 38, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark. 39, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark. 40, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark, John Southmayd. 41, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark, John Southmayd. 42, Timothy Hopkins, Thomas Clark, Samuel Hickox. 43, Samuel Hickox. 44, Samuel Hickox. 45, Samuel Hickox. 46, Thomas Clark. 47, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, Thomas Matthews. 48, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, Thomas Matthews. 49, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, Thomas Matthews. 50, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark,' Thomas Matthews. 51, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, Thomas Matthews. 52, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, Thomas Matthews, Daniel Southmayd. 53, John Southmayd, Thomas Clark, 568 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 53, Thomas Matthews, 1769, Timothy Judd. Daniel Southmayd. 70, Thomas Matthews, 54, John Southmayd, Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Clark, Caleb Humaston, Thomas Matthews. Timothy Judd, 65, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, John Southmayd, 71, Thomas Matthews, Thomas Matthews, Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Bronson, Jr. Timothy Judd, 56, Thomas Clark, Caleb Humaston, Thomas Matthews, Jonathan Baldwin, Thomas Bronson. Samuel Lewis. 5*7, Thomas Matthews, 72, Thomas Matthews, Thomas Clark, Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Bronson, Jr. Timothy Judd, 58, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, Thomas Bronson, Samuel Lewis. Thomas Matthews. 73, Thomas Matthews, 59, Thomas Clark, Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Matthews, Timothy Judd, Thomas Bronson. Jonathan Baldwin, 60, Thomas Clark, Samuel Lewis. Thomas Matthews, 74, Thomas Matthews, William Hoadley. Joseph Hopkins, 61, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, Thomas Matthews, Timothy Judd, John Hopkins. Samuel Lewis. 62 Thomas Clark, 75, Thomas Matthews, Thomas Matthews, Joseph Hopkins, Joseph Hopkins, Jonathan Baldwin, Caleb Humaston. Timothy Judd, 63, Thomas Clark, Samuel Lewis. Thomas Matthews, Joseph Hopkins, hr- 77, Thomas Clark, Caleb Humaston. Thomas Matthews, 64, Thomas Clark, Timothy Judd, Thomas Matthews, Jonathan Baldwin, Joseph Hopkins, Samuel Lewis. Caleb Humaston. 78, Thomas Clark, 65 Thomas Matthews, Thomas Matthews, Joseph Hopkins, Timothy Judd, Caleb Humaston, Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Judd. Samuel Lewis. 66 Thomas Matthews, 79, Thomas Clark, Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Matthews, Caleb Humaston, Timothy Judd, Timothy Judd. Jonathan Baldwin, 67 Thomas Matthews, Samuel Lewis, Joseph Hopkins, Phineas Eoyce. Caleb Humaston, 80, Thomas Clark, Timothy Judd, Samuel Lewis, Stephen Upson. Jonathan Baldwin, 68 Thomas Matthews, Ezra Bronson. Joseph Hopkins, 81, Thomas Clark, Caleb Humaston, Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Judd, Samuel Lewis, Stephen Upson. Ezra Bronson. 69 Thomas Matthews, 82, Thomas Clark, Joseph Hopkins, Samuel Lewis, Caleb Humaston, Jonathan Baldwin, APPENDIX. 509 Ezra Bronson. Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, Samuel Lewis, Ezra Bronson, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, Samuel Lewis, Ezra Bronson. 85, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, 84 1785, Samuel Lewis, Ezra Bronson. 86, Thomas Clark, Jonathan Baldwin, Samuel Lewis, Ezra Bronson. 87, Thomas Clark, Samuel Lewis, Ezra Bronson, John Welton. Deputies to the General Court. 1689, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 170(1, 1, May Session. Ens. Thomas Judd. Lt. John Stanley, Ens. Thomas Jiidd, Ens. Thomas Judd, Lieut. John Stanley, Ens. Thomas Judd. Sergt. Timothy Stanley. Lieut. Thomas Judd, Ens. Timothy Stanley, Lieut. Thomas Judd, Sergt. Isaac Bronson, Lieut. Thomas Judd, Ens. Timothy Stanley, Lieut Thomas Judd, Lieut. Thomas Judd, Dea. Thomas Judd, 2, Lieut. Thomas Judd, Dea. Judd, 3, Dea. Thomas Judd, Mr. Benjamin Barnes, 4, Mr. John Hopkins, 5, Ens. Thomas Judd, Mr. Stephen Upson, 6, Mr. Thomas Judd, 8, Mr. Mr. 9, Mr. Mr. 10, Mr. Mr. 11, Mr. Mr. 12, Mr. Mr. 13, Mr. Mr. 14, Mr. Mr. 15, Mr. Mr. Timothy Stanley, Thomas Judd, Timothy Stanley, Thomas Judd, John Hopkins, Stephen L^pson, Timothy Stanley, John Hopkins, John Hopkins, Abraham Andrews Thomas Judd, John Hopkins, John Hopkins, John Scovill, Thomas Judd, John Hopkins, October Session. Ens. Thomas Judd. Ens. Thomas Judd. Ens. Thomas Judd. Ens. Thomas Judd. Timothy Stanley. Lieut, Thomas Judd, Dea. Thomas Judd. Lieut. Thomas Judd, Dea. Thomas Judd. Lieut. Thomas Judd. Mr. Thomas Judd. Lieut. Thomas Judd. Lieut. Thomas Judd, Sergt. Isaac Bronson. Lieut. Thomas Judd, Dea. Thomas Judd. Ens. [or Dea.] Thomas Judd, Thomas Judd. Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. Thomas Judd, Jr. Mr. Thomas Judd, Thomas Judd. Mr. Thomas Judd, Senr. Mr. Thomas Judd, Junr. Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. Thomas Judd, Junr. Mr. Timothy Stanley, Mr. John Hopkins. Mr. Timothy Stanley, Mr. John Hopkins. ' Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Judd. Mr. Timothy Stanley, Mr. Thomas Judd. Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. Stephen L^pson. Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. Ephraim Warner. Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins. 570 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 1716, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, May Session. Capt. Thomas Judd, Lieut. John Hopkins. Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. Ephraim Warner, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. Ephraim Warner, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. Ephraim Warner, Mr. Jeremiah Peck, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Ephraim Warner, Mr. Richard Welton, Mr. John Richards, Mr. Isaac Bronson, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. Thomas Hick ox, Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Hickox, Capt. Thomas Judd, Capt. William Hickox, Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. William Judd, Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. William Judd, Capt. William Hickox, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Capt. William Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. William Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Capt. William Judd, Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. John Southmayd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. John Southmayd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. John Southmayd, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Mr. John Southmayd, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Mr. John Southmayd, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. John Scovill, October Session. Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins. Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. Timothy Stanley. Capt. Thomas Judd, Mr. John Hopkins. Mr. Jeremiah Peck, Mr. Ephraim Warner. Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. William Hickox. Mr. Thomas Hickox. Mr. John Bronson, Mr. Thomas Hickox. Mr. Thomas Hickox. Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Thomas Hickox. Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Clark. Mr. Thomas Clark. Mr. William Judd, Mr. Stephen Upson. Mr. William Judd, Mr. Timothy Hopkins. Joseph Lewis, Stephen Hopkins. Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Stephen Hopkins. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Isaac Barnes. Mr. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. Samuel Brown. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Clark. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Capt. Samuel Hickox, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Capt. William Judd, Mr. Timothy Hopkins. Mr. John Southmayd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins. Mr. John Southmayd, Mr. Joseph Lewis. Mr. John Southmayd, Capt. Samuel Hickox. Mr. John Southmayd, Capt. Stephen Upson. Mr. John Southmayd. Mr. Thomas Matthews. APPENDIX. 571 May Session. 1746, Mr. Joseph Bronson, Mr. Timothy Judd, 4*7, Capt Timothy Hopkins, Capt. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. James Baldwin, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Timothy Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Mr. Timothy Judd, Capt. Daniel Sonthmayd, Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. Jonathan Garnsey, Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. Timothy Judd, Mr. John Southmayd, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Ephraim Warner, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Gideon Hotchkiss, Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Gideon Hotchkiss, Mr. John Lewis, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. John Lewis, Capt Timothy Judd, Mr. John Lewis, Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Stephen Upson, Jr. Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Stephen Upson, Mr. Jonathan Baldwin, 68, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, Mr. Samuel Hickox, n9, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, Capt. Samuel Hickox, 70, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Capt. Samuel Hickox, 71, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Matthews, 72, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Timothy Judd, 73, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, Capt. Timothy Judd, 74, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, 75, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, October Session. Capt. Timothy Hopkins. Capt. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. James Baldwin. Capt. Timothy Hopkins, Capt. Daniel Southmayd. Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. Timothy Judd. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Timothy Judd. Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. John Warner. Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. Ephraim Warner. Capt. Daniel Southmayd, Mr. Timothy Judd. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Caleb Humaston. Mr. Timothy Judd, Mr. Thomas Bronson, Jr. Mr. Gideon Hotchkiss. Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Gideon Hotchkiss. Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Stephen Hopkins. Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Thomas Matthews. Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. John Lewis. Capt. Timothy Judd, Capt. George Nichols. Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. John Lewis. Mr. Ephraim Warner, Mr. Stephen Upson, Jr. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Blr. Ephraim Warner. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Steplien Upson. Mr. Jonathan Baldwin, Mr. Samuel Lewis. Capt. Jonathan Baldwin, Mr. Samuel Hickox. Mr. Samuel Hickox, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin. Capt. Samuel Hickox, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Matthews. Capt. Timothy Judd, Mr. Joseph Hopkins. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Timothy Judd. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Jonathan Baldwin. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Bronson. 572 HISTOKY OF WATEKBURY. May Session. 1716, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Brouson, 77, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Bronson, 78, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Ezra Bronson, 79, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Ezra Bronson, 80, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Jotham Curtiss, 81, Mr. Abner Johnson, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, 82, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Abner Johnson. 83, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Col. Phineas Porter, 84, Mr. Eli Bronson, Capt. John Welton, 85, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton, 86, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton, 87, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton, 88, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton, 89, Capt. Isaac Bronson, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, 90, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton, 91, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. John Welton, 92, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Isaac Bronson, 93, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Isaac Bronson, Jr. 94, Mr. Isaac Baldwin, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, 95, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Aaron Benedict, 96, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. John Kingsbury, 97, Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. William Leavenworth, 98, Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Jared Byington, 99, Mr. Richard "Welton, Mr. Ethel Bronson, 1800, Mr. Richard Welton, Mr. Ethel Bronson, 1, Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Ard Welton, 2, Mr. Ard Welton, Mr. Ethel Bronson, 3, Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Ethel Bronson,'* October Session. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Bronson. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Bronson. Mr. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Ezra Bronson. Capt. Jotham Curtiss, Thomas Fenn. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Samuel Lewis. Mr. Joseph Hopkins. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Eli Bronson. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. John Welton. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. John Welton. Mr. Isaac Bronson, Mr. Isaac Baldwin. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. John Welton. Mr. Isaac Baldwin, Mr. John Lewis. Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Mr. Aaron Benedict. Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. William Leavenworth. Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Jared Byington. Mr. Jared Byington, Mr. Richard AVelton. Mr. Richard Welton, Mr. Ethel Bronson. Mr. Ard Welton, Mr. James Scovill. Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Ethel Bronson. Mr. Ard Welton, Mr. Abner Johnson. Mr. Abner Johnson, Mr. Timothy Gibbard. * In the Connecticut Courant of the time, Ethel Bronson and James Scovill are named as the epresentatives of Wateibury in May, 1803. APPENDIX. May Session. October Session . 1804, Mr. Abner Johnson, Mr. John Kingsbury, Mr. Timothy Gibbard, Mr. Eli Bronson. 5, Mr. Eli Bronson, Mr. Timothy Gibbard, Mr. John Kingsbury, Noah Baldwin. 6, Noah Baldwin, Asahel Bronson, Asahel Bronson, Nimrod Hull. 7, John Kingsbury, Thomas M. Culver, Eli Bronson, Nimrod Hull. 8, Thomas M. Culver, Giles Brocket, Ximrod Hull, Andrew Adams. 9, Giles Brocket, Andrew Adams, John Kingsbury, Giles Brocket. 10, Noah Baldwin, Noah Baldwin, John Kingsbury, Andrew Adams. 11, Daniel Steele, Daniel Steele, Andrew Adams, Andrew Adams. 12, John Kingsbury, John Kingsbury, Truman Porter, Truman Porter. 13, John Kingsbury, John Kingsbury, Truman Porter, Truman Porter. 1*, Cyrus Clark, Cyrus Clark, Frederick Hotchkiss, Frederick Hotchkiss. 15, Andrew Adams, James Scovill, William K. Lamson, Truman Porter. 16, Andrew Adams, Andrew Adams, James Scovill, Daniel Steele. 17, Daniel Steele, James M. L. Scovill, Timothy Gibbard, Timothy Gibbard. 18, James M. L. Scovill, Ashley Scott, Timothy Gibbard, Andrew Adams. bl3 Watertown Representatives. May Session. 81, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Maj. Jesse Curtis, 82, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Capt. Phineas Royce. 83, Capt. Thomas Feiin, Capt. Nathaniel Barnes, 84, Capt. Samuel Hickox, Capt. Nathaniel Barnes, 85, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Maj. David Smith, 86, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Col. David Smith, 87, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Daniel Potter, 88, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Col. David Smith, 89, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Wait Smith, 90, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Col. David Smith, 91, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. David Smith, October Session Capt. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Jesse Curtis. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Phineas Royce. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Nathaniel Barnes. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Nathaniel Barnes. Capt. Samuel Hickox, Maj. David Smith. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Maj. David Smith. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Daniel Potter. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Daniel Potter. Capt. Thomas Fenn, Col. David Smith. Col. David Smith, Capt. Daniel Potter. Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. David Smith. Mr. Elijah Woodward, Mr. David Smith. 574 HISTORY OF WATEEBUKY. May Session. 1792, Mr. Elijah Woodward, Mr. David Smith, 93, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Joseph A. Wright, 94, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Joseph A. Wright, 95, Mr. Aner Bradley, Mr. Joseph A. Wright, 96, Mr. Thomas Fenn, 97, Mr. Aner Bradley, 98, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Thomas Fenn, 3, Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd, 4, Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd, 5, Thomas Fenn, 6, Samuel W. Southmayd, 7, Thomas Fenn, 8, Samuel W. Southmayd, 9, John H. Deforest, 10, Garret Smith, 11, Samuel W. Southmayd, 12, Samuel W. Southmayd, 13, Garret Smith, 14, Garret Smith, 1.5, John H. Deforest, 16, David Baldwin, 17, Samuel Elton, 18, Amos Baldwin, 99, 1800, 1, 2, October Session, Mr. Elijah Woodward, Mr. Daniel Potter. Mr. Thomas Fenn, Mr. Joseph A. Wright. Mr. Elijah Woodward. Mr. Thomas Fenn. Mr. Aner Bradley. Mr. Thomas Fenn. Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd. Mr. Thomas Fenn. Mr. Thomas Fenn. Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd. Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd. Mr. Thomas Fenn. Mr. Samuel W. Southmayd. Samuel W. Southmayd. Samuel W. Southmayd. Samuel W. Southmayd. Samuel W. Southmayd. John H. Deforest. Garret Smith. Samuel W. Southmayd. Samuel W. Southmayd. Garret Smith. John H. Deforest. John H. Deforest. David Baldwin. Samuel Elton. Amos Baldwin. 1795, 96, 97, 98, 99, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, May Session. Mr. David Smith, Mr. David Smith, Mr. David Smith, Mr. Daniel Potter, Mr. Daniel Potter, Mr. Daniel Potter, Mr. Lake Potter, Mr. David Smith, Mr. David Smith, Mr. David Smith, Lake Potter, Lake Potter, Lake Potter, Daniel Potter, Daniel Potter, Daniel Potter, Lake Potter, Lake Potter, Calvin Butler, Jacob Hemingway, Calvin Butler, Calvin Butler, Calvin Butler, Plymouth Representatives. October Session. Mr. David Smith. Mr. David Smith. Mr. David Smith. Mr. Lake Potter. Mr. Daniel Potter. Mr. Daniel Potter. Mr. David Smith. Mr. Lake Potter. Mr. David Smith. Mr. David Smith. Mr. David Smith. Lake Potter. Lake Potter. Lake Potter. Daniel Potter. Daniel Potter. David Smith. David Smith. Lake Potter. Calvin Butler. Jacob Hemingway. Calvin Butler. Frederick Stanley. Jacob Hemingway 575 [IDDLEBURY RePRESESTATITES May Session. October Session. 1808, Isaac Bronson, Aaron Benedict. 9, Aaron Benedict, David Thompson. 10, Aaron Benedict, Aaron Benedict. 11, Eli Bronson, Eli Bronson. 12, Eli Bronson, Eli Bronson. 13, Eli Bronson, Eli Bronson. 14, David Thompson, Nathaniel Richardson. 15, Nathaniel Richardson, Philo Bronson. 16, Pliilo Bronson, Nathaniel Richardson. 17, Philo Bronson, Philo Bronson. 18, Pliilo Bronson, Philo Bronson. The members from Waterbury of the Convention of Connecticut, in Jan. 1788, to ratify the Constitution of the United States, were, Joseph Hopkins and John Welton. They both voted in favor of the Constitution. . Episcopalians of Nortiibury i warned to meet and orga7ii Solomon Allen, Abner Blakeslee, Titus Barnes, Asher Blakeslee, Eli Blakeslee, Hosea Blin, Moses Blakeslee, Samuel Blakeslee, Philo Bradley, Amos Bronson, Ebenezcr Bradley, Noah Blakeslee, ' Jude Blakeslee, Ebenezer Bradley, Jr. John Brown, Thomas Blakeslee, Wid. Abigail Blakeslee, Joab Camp, Abishai Castle, Zadoc Curtis, Amasa Castle, Ezra Dodge, Samuel Fenn, Ebenezer Ford, Jesse Fenn, Lemuel Fancher, Cephas Ford, Barnabas Ford, Isaac Fenn, N October, 1*784, being the Names of the Persons ze themselves hito a Society referred to p. 312. Enos Ford, Daniel Ford, Amos Ford, Cornelius Graves, Benjamin Graves, Simeon Graves, Zaccheus How, Eliphalet Hartshorn, Eliphalet Hartshorn, Jr., Jesse HumastOR, David Ludington, Zebulon Moshcr, Chauncey Moss, Jacob Potter, Samuel Peck, Jr., Samuel Potter, Gideon Seymour, David Shelton, Ezekiel Sanford, Jr., Abel Sutliff, Jr., Samuel Scovill, Jr., Jesse Turner, William Tuttle, Thomas Williams, Eli Welton, Thomas Way, Ozias Warner, Thomas Williams, Jr. Samuel Way. INDEX, A. Bronson, Lt. Josiah, 470 Andruss Family, 131 Capt. Ezra, 471 John, 25 Philo, 473 Joseph, 28 Silas, 474 Abraham, Sen., 131 Noah M., 475 Abraham, Jr., 134 Brown Genealogy, 478 Abraham, 3d, 133 Dea. James, 387 John, 133 James, 244 Thomas, 133 Capt. Hezekiah, 321 Arnold, Nathaniel, Sen., 244 Beebe, Lt. Ira, 343 Rev. Jonathan, 293 Blakeslee Genealogy, 466 Alcott Genealogy, 459 James, 245 Amos Bronson, 457 Rev, Solomon, 303 Dr. William A., 447 Dea. Moses, 46*7 Adams Genealogy, 458 Capt. Thomas, 468 Articles of settlement of Mattatuck, 8 Barnes Family, 135 Benjamin, 135 B. John, 136 Bronson Genealogy, 137 469 Thomas, 135 John of Farming ton, 12, 137 Butler, Calvin, 388 Abraham, 25 Barber, Rev. Horace V. 305 John 1st of "Waterbury, 138 Benedict Genealogy, 463 Serj. Isaac, 33, 140 Dea. Thomas, 463 Rev. Tillotson, 304, 376 Amos, 370 Isaac, Jr., 141 ; fined for Aaron, 465 breaking the Sabbath, Dea. Aaron, 448 318 ; his petition, 318 Buckingham Genealogy, 479 Dr. Isaac, 370 Rev. Mr., 283 Ethel, 374 Burning about the common fence, 57 Isaac H., 375 Boundaries, settlement of. 74 Bennet, 379 Buckshill settled. 251 Enos, 384 Break-neck HiU settled. 251 WilUam, 139 Bars, common. 68 Moses, 139 Birth, first on record. 130 John 2d, 141 first male on record. 130 Joseph, 142 first in Westbury, 660 Thomas 1st, 142 Bridges, 98 Ebenezer, 142 Burying yards, 228 369 Lt. Michael, 344 Brand, town. 209 Hon. Alvin, 450 BiUs of credit. 284 37 578 Carpenter, David, 29 Carrington, John, 143 John, Jr., 143 Clark Genealogy, 143, 483 Thomas, 143 Rev. Anson, 484 Castle Genealogy, 481 Isaac, 245 Capt. Phineas, Cook Genealogy, Calkins, Israel, taken prisoner, Clerks of town, 563 Commissioners of town, 567 Committee, grand, 6 their last act, 77 Church, 1st of Waterbury organiz- ed, 206 ; members of, 207 ; Bap- tist, 553; Methodist Episcopal, 556; Catholic, 558; 2d Congre- gational, 558 Church and State, 315 Congregationalism, the established religion, 315 Clocks, 316, 435 Churchmen of Waterbury, 219, 330 Clergy, Episcopal, " 332 Constitutional Convention, mem- bers of, 575 Currency, depreciation of, 284 Button, Rev. Aaron, 388 Rev. Matthew R. 389 Henry, LL. D., 455 De Forest Genealogy, 487 Deed, Indian, of 1657,2; of 1674, 10; deeds of 1684 and 1685, 62, 63; of 1711, 64; of 1674, assign- ed by committee, 15 ; of release from General Court, 69 Deacons of Waterbury, 29, 291 ; of Westbury, 261 ; of Northbury, 269 Deaths of proprietors, 114 Dayton robbery, 374 Deputies of Waterbury, 569 of Watertown, 573 ; of Ply- mouth, 574; of Middle- bury, 575 E. Ecclesiastical affairs, 202 Episcopacy in Waterbury, 231, 292 ; names of churchmen, 294 ; town votes £12 for a site for a church, 295 ; church built, 295 ; petition for parish privileges, and names of petitioners, 296 ; glebe lands, 297 ; parish votes, 300 ; second house I of worship built, 306 ; dedicated, 307 ; Rev. James Scovill's letter, 328 Episcopacy in Westbury, 300; names of churchmen, 308 ; house of worship built, 308 ; second house of worship, 309; church funds, &c., 309 Episcopacy in Northbury, 310 ; names of some of the members, 311; society organized, 312 ; new church erected, 313 ; fund, 311, 314 243 303 390 456 390 action of 46 47, 62 47, 62 5 102, 103, 104 111, 112 237 237 237 257 Fulford, Gershom, Foot, Rev. David, Foote, Ebenezer, Samuel A., Fenn, Dea. Thomas, Farrell, Almon, Farmington church 1677-8, Fence, common, Field, common, owners in. Forts, Floods, Families at Judd's Meadow, Wooster Swamp, Buckshill, Westbury, Farmingbury petition for -winter privileges, 279 ; not granted, 280 ; again petitions with success, 280 ; made a society, 282 ; a town, 282 Freemen, list of, 248 French army passes through Water- bury, 359 Fulling mills, 91 Gridley, Thomas, 26 Samuel, 26 Gaylord Family, 145 Joseph, Sen., 145 Joseph, Jr., 146 John, 147 William, 147 Griswold, Rev. Alexander V., 304 Green, Rev. William, 304 Guernsey Genealogy, 491 Dea. Jonathan, 491 Gates, common, 57 Higason, William, 26 Ilancox, Thomas, 147 Hickox Genealogy, 148, 496 Sergt. Samuel, 148 Joseph 1st, 151 Samuel 2d, 149 579 Hickox, William, 149 Dea. Thomas, lo(i Joseph 2d, 150 Steplien, 150 Benjamin, 150 Dea. Samuel, 498 Rev. Laurens P., 498 Hopkins Genealogy, 151, 502 John, of Hartford, 151 Stephen, of Hartford, 151 John, of Waterburj, 152 Rev. Samuel, 398 Samuel, D. D., 399 Daniel, D, D., 408 Mark, 410 Joseph, Esq., 411 Jesse, 412 Dr. Lemuel, 414 Samuel M., LL. D., 416 Stephen, of Waterbury, 153 Timothy, 153 Hurlbut, Joseph, 245 Hart, Rev. Seth, 304 Rev. Luther, 393 Hoadley, David, 396 David, Jr., 456 Holmes, Capt. Reuben, 396 Israel, 457 Harrison Genealogy, 495 Hotchkiss Genealogy, 505 Dea. Gideon, 506 Herding, 58 Home lots, 11, 22 Houses, log, erected, 17 Horses, wild, 209 Highwavs, 17, 93 Hogfields, 42 I. Ives, Dr. Ambrose, 420 Incorporation of Waterbury, 67 Indians kill Holt, 105 capture Scott, 105 Indian character, 65, 107 J. Judd Genealogy, 155, 508 Dea. Thomas, of Farmington, 155 Sergt. William, 27, 46, 155 Benjamin, 29 159 Thomas, Jr., 32 164 Lt. Thomas, 156 Philip, 158 William, son of Philip, 159 Philip, Jr., 159 Dea. Thomas, 159 208 Capt. William, 163 John, 157 Rev. Jonathan, 421 Samuel, 27 John, of Farmin gton. 27 Jones, Benjamin, Judd's Meadow settled, Justices of peace, Kingsbury Genealogy, John, Maj. Julius J. B. Kendrick Genealogy, Green, 154 250 567 517 424 422 513 514 Leavenworth Genealogy, 515 Rev. Mark, 616 ; his ministry, 283 ; is chaplain in tlie French Avar, 289 ; reproves Samuel Root for sleeping in meeting, 289 Mark, son of Jesse, 425, 518 Lankton or Langdon, John, 27 Lewis Genealogy, 165, 518 Dea. Joseph, Joseph, sentenced, Ludington, William, Lyon, Rev. James, La Fayette, Gen. Luxuries after the Revolution, Lists of Waterbury, List of polls and estate in 1737, Lands, Record of, 23 ; divisions of, 38, 39, 40, 41, 124, 127 ; se- questered, 77, 80, 82, 84, 91, 203; sold, 239 ; grants of, 42, 127 ; given away, 117; ministerial, 203, 229; school, Little pasture, 203, 165 322 245 293 358 365 564 665 230 M. Mansfield, Rev. Richard, 293 Mcrriman Genealogy, 480 Manufacturing in Waterburv, 411, 559 Mills, 79 to 93 ; mill place, 86 ; mill lands, 84 Meeting house, petition respecting, 208; alterations of, 222; seating of, 223 ; votes respecting a new meeting house, 224; it is par- tially finished, 226 ; seating of, 227 ; vote to finish it, 227 ; third meeting house, 291 Minister's propriety, 34 Minister's house, 204, 213; subscri- bers names, 214 Middlebury petition for winter priv- ileges, 276 ; made a society, 278 ; a town, 279 Miscellaneous items, 367 580 N. Newell Family, 167 Thomas and others petition- ers in 1673, 5 Thomas, Sen. 28, 167 Thomas, Jr. 168 John, 168 Naugatucli, origin of name, 15 New settlers, 243 Navigation of the Naugatuck, _ _ 101 Non-intercourse with Great Britain, 335 Northbury settled, 261 ; names of set- tlers and petition for winter priy- leges, 262 ; incorporated as a so- ciety, 264 ; petition to the Legis- lature for a committee to estab- lish boundaries of the society, . ■ 264; first society meeting in- vites Mr. Todd to settle, be ac- cepts and is ordained, 265 ; his dismission, 268; Rev. Andrew Storrs, 269 ; early deacons, 269 ; first house of worship, 270 ; first meeting house, 270; second meet- ing house, 274; seating of the same, 274 0. Olmstead, Lt. Nicholas, 7 Oxford parish incorporated, 276 Peck, Rev. Jeremiah, 34, 169; in- vited to settle at Waterbury, 204 ; he accepts, 204 ; agreement with, 204; his death, 210; his resi- dence at New Haven, Guilford, Saybrook, Newark and Green- wich, 210 Peck Genealogy, 169 Dea. Jeremiah, 170 Jeremiah, Jr., lYO Caleb, 170 Samuel, 170 Joshua, 171 Porter Genealogy, 171, 519 Doct. Daniel, of Farmington, 171 Doct. Daniel, of Waterbury, 172 Doct. Daniel, Jr., 173 James, 173 Thomas, 173 Richard, 173 Doct. Daniel, son of Rich- ard, 174 Samuel, 175 Timothy, 175 Rev. Edward, 290 John, 26 Robert, 175 Porter, Thomas, of Farmington, 175 Potter, Gen. Daniel, 427 Prindle, Jonathan, 245 Nathan, 245 Rev. Chauncey, 303, 309 Prichard Genealogy, 524 Petition of inhabitants of Farming- ton for a settlement at Mattatuck, in 1673, 4 Petition of Rev. J. Peck and Isaac Bronson for permission to organ- ize a church, 205 Petition of Isaac Bronson, Jr., 318 Patents of Waterbury, 67, 69 Protest of John Stanley against pro- prietors giving away lands, 118 Probate Courts, 563 ; judges of, 563 Pounds, 61 Puritans, character of, 243 Population, increase of, 243, 566 of Waterbury, 362, 566 Physicians of Waterbury, 291 Perambulation, . 76 Proprietors, first meeting of, 13 rights, amount of, 34 names of, 9, 24, 31, 40, 55, 70, 125 bachelor, 113 to 120; original and bachelor of 1722, 125; vacan- cies of how filled, 30; subscribers who secured their rights, 31; votes of, of 1697 and 1702-3, 116 Root, John, 29 Samuel, 289 Richards Genealogy, 176 Obadiah, 176 John, 178 Hon. Mark, 427 Obadiah, Jr., 178 Thomas, 178 Benjamin, 178 Richardson Genealogy, 179, 526 Thomas, " 179 John, 180 Thomas, Jr., 180 Israel, 180 Nathaniel, 181 Ebenezer, 181 Reed, Rev. John, invited to settle, 212 Report of committee to view Matta- tuck, 5 ; action of the Court on the same, 6 Roads, 17, 93, 357 Removal of proprietors, 113 Revival of 1740, 296 581 Representatives of "Waterbury to Sickness of 1712, 113; of 1749 324 Gen. Court, 569 ; of Watertown, Slaves, 320 573; of Plymouth, 574; of Middle- Slavery aboUshed in Conn., 323 bury, 575 ; to Constitutional Con- Saw mills. 90 vention in 1788, 575 Scouts, 102 Subscribers to the articles of settle- S. ment. 9 Steele, Ens. Samuel, 7 Subscribers, delinquent, 24,45 Rev. Ashbel, 547 who secured their Stanley Familv, Capt. John, 188 rights. 31 188 Streets, original village. 17 Lt. John, 13, 41, 118, 189 Settlers, first, of Waterbury, per- John, Jr., 191 sonal notices of. 129, 167 Samuel, 191 Settlers, new, notices of, 245 Timothy 2d, 191 Society, 1st, first meeting of, 283 Lt. Timothy, 191 Southmayd, Rev. John, 34, 187 ;in- T. vited to settle, 215; ordained, Talcott, Maj. John, 6 216 ; asks the town to procure Terrv, Eli, 435 another minister, 218 ; offices Todd, Rev. Samuel, 266 which he held, 220 ; inventory of Thomas, Samuel, 245 his estate, 221 Trumbull, Rev. John, 258 Southmayd, John, Jr.f 188, 287 John, LL. D., 441 Capt. Daniel, 188, 434 house. 260 Samuel ^f., 435 Town meetings, 334 346 Seymour, Richard, 26 Tax pavers of 1760, 277 ; of 1737, 565 Smith, Maj. David, 349 lists, &c.. 362 Scovill Genealogy, 186 Town plot, old, 10, 14, 36, 37 John 1st," 186 new. 17 Sergt. John, 187 Townsmen and constables first cho- Lt. John, 187 sen, 76 Rev. James, 299 301 Train band. 110 J. M. Lamson, 429 Tories, 347 ,352 ,354 WilHam H. 431 laws against, 352 Small pox, 357 Scott Genealogy, 181 527 IJ. Jonathan, and his two sons. Upson Genealogy, Sergt. Stephen, 193 taken by the Indians, 105 184 193 Thomas, 181 Thomas, of Hartford, 193 Edmund, Sen., Edmund, Jr., Samuel, 32 181 183 184 Stephen, Jr., Stephen, Esq., Benoni, D. D., , 194 443 443 George, 182 Thomas, of Waterbury 194 John, 184 John, 194 Robert, 183 Joseph, 183 Y. Jonathan, Jr., 185 Eleazer, 185 Village lots. 252 Dr. Daniel, 186 W. David, 182 Storrs, Rev. Andrew, 269 Webster, Lt. Robert, 1 Smith, Junius, LL. D., 432 Wadsworth, Ens. John, 8 Settlement of Waterburv begun, 16 Warner Genealogy, 195 Schools, 234 ; votes of the tois n re John of Farmington, 24, 195 specting them. 235 John, 195 School lands, sale of. 239 Daniel 1st, 25 , 198 house, 238 Daniel 2d, 198 moneys, 240 Doct. John, 196 Sheep, 59 Samuel, 200 Sabbath day houses, 228 Thomas, 198 Warner, Doct. Ephraim, 196 Benjamin, 199 John, son of Thomas, 199 Ebenezer, 198 Robert, 198 "Welton Genealogy, 200 John, 200 John, Jr. 201 Stephen, 201 Richard, 201 Thomas, 201 George, 201 Capt. John, . 446 Woodward Genealogy, 551 Weeks, Rev. Holland, 290 Waterman, Rev. Simeon, 269 Wooster, Rev. Benjamin, 446 Washington, Gen. 358 Tear, old and new. 16 Waterbury incorporated. 67 origin of name. 67 patents of, 67, 68, 69 petitions Gen. Court, for abatement of taxes, 208, 325 Wooster Swamp, 252 Westbm-y settled, 252 ; petitions for winter privileges, 254 ; peti- tions for a distinct society and is opposed by town, 255 ; again pe- titions with success, 256 ; location of its meeting house, 258 ; its early deacons, 261 ; incorporated as a town, 275 War, Indian, 101; King Philip's, 11 ; French, and names of soldiers engaged in, 326 War, Revolutionary, 329 ; officers of alarm companies, 340 ; names of men who left Wa- terbury intending to join the enemy, 354 ; La Fayette, Washington and the French army, 359 ; clothing furnish- ed, 341 ; names of soldiers in the war, 349 ; provisions furnished by Watertown, 360 Wild horses, . 209 COERECTIONS. Page 123, 22d line from top,/o>- 1622, read 1722. 142, last line, for Sept. 28, read Sept. 29. 173, 19th Une from top, /or 1770, read 1720. 371, 4th line from bottom, erase traveled in Europe. 374, 12th line from top, /or 1798, read 1796. 374, 13th line from bottom, /or 86th, read 85th. 374, 14th Une from bottom, for 1839, read 1838. 377, 15th and 16th Hncs from top, /or by invitation of the Episcopal Con- vention, read in compliance with the wishes of the Episcopal clergy 582 Warner, Doct. Ephraim, 196 Benjamin, 199 John, son of Thomas, 199 Ebenezer, 198 Robert, 198 "Welton Genealogy, 200 John, 200 John, Jr. 201 Stephen, 201 Richard, 201 Thomas, 201 George, 201 Capt. John, , 446 Woodward Genealogy, 651 Weeks, Rev. Holland, 290 Waterman, Rev. Simeon, 269 Wooster, Rev. Benjamin, 446 Washington, Gen. 358 Year, old and new. 16 Waterbury incorporated, 67 origin of name. 67 patents of, 67, 68, 69 petitions Gen. Court, for abatement of taxes, 208, Wooster Swamp, 252 Westbury settled, 252 ; petitions for winter privileges, 254 ; peti- tions for a distinct society and is opposed by town, 255 ; again pe- titions with success, 256 ; location of its meeting house, 258 ; its early deacons, 261 ; incorporated as a town, 275 War, Indian, 101; King Philip's, 11 ; French, and names of soldiers engaged in, 326 War, Revolutionary, 329 ; officers of alarm companies, 340 ; names of men who left Wa- terbury intending to join the enemy, 354 ; La Fayette, Washington and the French army, 359 ; clothing furnish- ed, 341 ; names of soldiers in the war, 349 ; provisions furnished by Watertown, 360 Wild horses, 209 Page 138, loth line from top, /or lti47, read 1747. Page 138, 17th line fi-om top — Mr. Kill)ourn, in his " Kilbourn Family," state? that Sarah Bronson m. John Kilbourn. Page 150, 11th and 12th lines from bottom, /<»• of Durham previously of Say- brook ? read of Farmington. Page 169, 3d line from top, /or ^Vrothern read Wrotliam. Page l7o, 18th line from top, /or but not read and. Page 181. Erase the paragraph ne.xt after "Scott." Tlionias Scott had an only son, 77io7nas, and 3 daughters, Mary, Sarah, and Klvnihrth. I know not whose son Edmund Scott, Sen. was. Page 183, 13th and 14th Hnesfrom top, erane I suppose he was a literal bachelor. Page 186. Erase the four last lines. The error arose from misunderstanding Mr. Porter's manuscript. John Scovill is not known to have but one child, John. Page 290, 2d line from bottom, for where he died, read and died in New New Haven. [For other corrections, see the beginning of the volume.] COREECTIONS. Page 123, 22d line from top, /or 1622, read 1722. 142, last line, for Sept. 28, read Sept. 29. 173, 19th line from top, for 1770, read 1720. 371, 4th Hne from bottom, erase traveled in Europe. 374, 12th line from top, /or 1798, read 1796. 374, 13th line from bottom, /o7- 86th, read 85th. 374, 14th hne from bottom, for 1839, read 1838. 377, 15th and 16th Hnes from top, /or by invitation of the Episcopal Con- vention, read in compliance with the wishes of the Episcopal clergy and laity. 377, last Hne but one, for Rev. Dr. Noble's, read Rev. Mr. Noble's. 387, 11th hne from bottom, for the Brown & Elton Co., reacZ Brown & Elton. (The sentence is badly constructed.) 398, 5th line from top, /or 1852, read 1832. 398, 11th line from bottom, for St. Louis, read Jefferson Barracks. 422, 10th line from bottom, for Denizen, read Denison. 423, 4th hne from bottom, /or Becker, reatZ Bicker. 423, 6th hne from bottom, erase the clause in parenthetic marks. 430, 4th hne from bottom, /or "Washington College, read Trinity College. 431, loth hne from top, for Lawson, read Lamson. 450, 8th line from top, for Alvan, read Alvin. 450, last line, for Gilbert, read GiUet. 451, 6th, 8th, 20th and 2Sth lines from top, for Gilbert, read GiOet. 452, 5th and 20th hnes from top, for port, read post. 459, 12th line from top, /or John Alcott, read John Alcocke. 495, 4th hne from bottom, for 1639, read 1739 ? University of Connecticut Libraries