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HISTORY

S E Y M OUR,

CONNECTICUT,

WITH

BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES.

(By W. CSHA^RfPE

RECORD PBINT.
SEYMOUE, CONN.
1879.

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View of the Falls and VioiNity in 1872.

Fob Histobt of SiTMonn.

Sarli@st Msntion.

^HE early settlers were too much occiipied in the arduoos labors required
in establishing homes in the wilderness to pay any unnecessary attention
to the recording of their transactions, and the merest mention here and
there, with occasional documents wmch hare been handed down, afford
but scant material for a narration of their lives, labors and liberties.
This portion of the valley of the Nangatuck was first distinguished by the
Falls, as the most remarkable feature of the kind in the length of the river.
The long ridge of rock, through an opening of which the water rushed, foaming
and tossing, into the depths below, were well known to the whites, as well as
the red men, at a very early date. The especially fine fishing below the rocks,.
and the abundant game on the forest-clothed hills and in the natural meadows
of the vales, were grand attractions • to the hunter, trapper and fisherman,
whether of aboriginal or Anglo-Saxon blood. Dr. Trumbull, is his history of
Connecticut, says that as early as 1633 there was a tribe of Pequot Indians
at the "Falls of the Naugatuc." '^
It appears from the early colonial records that the lands were generally
purchased of the Indians by the early settlers at a fair valuation ; indeed. Dr.
Trumbull, (p. 174^) says that "many of the adventurers expended more in
making setuements than all the lands and buildings were worth after all the
improvements they had made upon them." In the account of the settlement
of the controversy between Connecticut and Massachusetts in regard to the
boundary line, the 107,973 acres awarded to Connecticut were "sold in sixteen
shares, in 1716| for • • • a little more than a farthing an acre, and shows of
what small value land was esteemed at that day. It affords also a striking
demonstration, that, considering the expense ofpurchasing them of the natives^
and of defending, they cost our ancestors five, if not ten, times their value."
In 1664, Okenance or Akenanco was sachem of "Pagassett,"* and
Ansantwan (sometimes written Ansantawae,) were chiefs, as appears in a deed
given by them to Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, April 4th, 1664. Towtaemoe was
then a sachem of another portion of the valley, according to a deed given
Jan. 6th, 1664, by Lieut. Thomas Wheeler ofPagassett to Alexander Bryan
of Milford. The land conveyed was "bounded with Potatuck river southwest,
Naugatuck river northeast, & bounded on the northwest with trees marked by
Towtaemoe, sachem, containing forty acres, more or less."
"This name is spelled in various ways, as Pangassett, Pagnasack, jlcT Also the Nangatndc
varies in orthography from Nau-ko-tuok to Nagaatock. In copying old manuscript records the
original spelling of the names is followed, although there are sometimes different spellings in th»
game document.

G SBYMOCTR AND VICINITY.
Of the grants to settlers by the proprietors, in lawful meeting, the follow
ing from the Derby records is a specimen.
"The inhabitants of Pangassett met together on April the 5th, 1671, and
have granted to Ebenezer Johnson a tract of land bounded on the north side
with the common land, and on the west side with the great river, and on the
south side with the Devil's Jump, so called, and on the east with the common
land, and the said Ebenezer Johnson is engaged to build and fence and inhabit
on this land within the space of time of two years after the date hereof: and if
the said Ebenezer fulfill not the terms hereof the land is to return to the in
habitants again: and the said Ebenezer is to make a sufiicient highway
between his fence and the hill, and so maintain it."
On the first of April, 1692, "Huntawah and Conchupatany, Indians of
Paguasuck," sold to David Wooster "a certain parcell of land on the north
west side of Naguatock river, in the road that goeth to Eimmon, the long ,
plain soe called in the bounds of Derby, be it bounded with Nagatuck river
south and east, and north and west with the great rocks."
'Conquepotana and Ahuhtaway, chieftains at Paugusset, on the 17th of
June, 1685, in behalf of themselves and other Indians, sold to Robert Treat,
Esq.,. Samuel Eells, Benjamin Fenn, Thomas Clark, and Sylvanus Baldwin,
agents of Milford, a tract of land "lying above the path which goeth from
New Haven to Derby, and bounded with said path south, and a brook called
Bladen's brook, (on the south side of Scucurra,* or Snake Hill,) north, with
the line that is the bounds between New Haven and Milford, east, and the
line that is the bounds between Derby and Milford, west, which said land was
a mile'and six score rods in breadth throughout the length of it." The Indians
"reserved the liberty of hunting on this ground."' ;
'A purchase was made on the 29th of February, 1700, by Robert Treat,
Esq., Mr. Thomas Clark, Sen., Samuel Buckingham, Sen., Lieut. Sylvanus
Baldwin, and Ensign George Clark, agents for Milford, of a tract of land
'"lying northward of Bladen's brook, unto a brook called Lebanon brook,
bounded north by said Lebanon brook, east by New Haven land, south by
Bladen's brook, and west by the Hue between Derby and Milford ; said land
being a mile and six score rods in breadth." The consideration given for this
land was £15 in pay,f and 15s. in silver. The deed was signed by nine In--
dians, viz : Conquepotana, Ahantaway, Easquenoot, Waurarrunton, Won-
ountacun, Pequit, Suckatash, Durqmn, and Windham. This tract of land
was divided and laid out, in 1759, into one hundred and ninety-five shares or
rights and is commonly called the "two bit purchase," from the circumstance \
of . each buyer of a right pajing for the same two Spanish bits, of eight
twelve and a half cent pieces. This purchase now fonns the northwest part
of Woodbridge.' (Milford Record, Vol. ll.)
^Another and the last purchase of land within the old patent boun'ds of
Milford, was made by the same committee, on the 23d of February, 1702, of the
same Indians, for £5 in money, or otherwise, £7 10s. in pay,t bound south by
Lebanon brook, east by Milford and New . Haven line, north by Beacon Hill
river or Waterbury line, and west by the line between Derby and Milford ;
being a mile and six score rods in width. This was called the "one bit pur
chase,'" and was laid out in 1769, into one hundred and eighty-seven whole
share nghts. This land is now the western part of Bethany (Milford
Record, Vol. 15, page 281.) Tims it appears that Milford once extended
twenty miles north to Waterbury line, but its territory has been ceeded to
* Now callcil Skokorat. t See explauation of currency terms on page 8.

SEYilOLTR AND VICINITY. 7
help form other towns, till it is now contracted into a little tiiangle, of about
six miles in length on each side.' — Lmnberfs Ristory of the Cohtty of New
Haven. .
On the loth of Aug., 1693, a tract of land "known by ye name of Aces-
quantook and Rockhousehill, bounded south with ye Four Mile Brook, north
with ye Five Mile Brook, east with Woodbury road as it now is, and west
with ye Great River," was sold to "Wm. Tomlinson, Senior and Junior, and
widow Hannah Tomlinson, James Hard, Johnathan Lum and Tuuothy
Wooster," for twenty pounds, by Mawquash, Cheshconeeg, Neighbor Rutt,
Cockapatouch, Nonnawauk, Wouson, Keuxon, Raretoon, Tarchun, Rashkan-
noot, Chomasfeet, proprietors of Weeseantook, with the consent of their saga
mores. The acknowledgement was made before Justice Ebenezer Johnson.
Four Mile Brook is the stream flowing into the Housatonic at Squantuck, and
Five Mile Brook is the first considerable stream above.
On the 16th of April, 1700, Cockupatain, Sachem, and Runsaway, gentle
man Indians of Derby, for four pounds ten shillings, sold to Capt. El^nezer
Johnson and Ensign Samuel Riggs a piece of land "bounded southward with
J* littel river, eastward & northward with David Wooster his land & y* above
sd Captain's & Ensign's land & nugatuick river, westward & north with
• • ' * Indian purchase." The same day "Cockupatain and Huntaway,
Indians of Derby," sold to Capt. Ebenezer Johnson & Eusign Samuel Riggs
'"a certain parcel of meadow and upland lying at y* upward of Chestnut Tree
Hill, containing twent}' acres, more or less.
Derby, including what is now Seymour, was taken from Milford, one of
the six towns of the New Haven colony. It was incoi-porated by the authority
of New Haven in 1675, when there were in it only twelve families. The
bounds between Derby and Milford were not laid out till 1680.
The following list contains the names of all settlers of the town who had
taken the freeman's oath down to 1708.
Maj. Ebenezer Johnson, Stephen Piersoa, John Riggs,
Ens. Samuel Riggs, Joseph Hawkins, , Francis French,
Lieut. Thomas Wooster, Timothy Wooster, Dea. Aliel Holbrook,
William Nashbon, Samuel Brinsmaid, John Thoobals,
John Johnson, Edward Riggs, John Chatfield,
Ebenezer Harger, Joseph Moss, ' Jeremiah Johusoh,
John Durandj William Tomlinson, John Pringle,
Samuel Conors, Ens. Joseph Hulls, Samuel Nichols,
Josiah Colding, David Wooster, Johnathan Lum,
Deacon Isaac Nichols, Henry Wooster, James Hard.
John Davis, Ephraiin Smith, 
That wolves and panthers were still common is evident by the passage of
an act by the General Assembly in October, 1713, offering a bounty of forty
shillings to any person who should kill a wolf, catamount or panther, "and
half as much for every wolves' whelp."
In 1720, "it being moved by the proprietors of, and within the town of
Derby, that a deed of release and quit-claim of and in the lands of said
town," the Assembly granted that such deed be executed.
Among the military appointments by the General Assembly were those
of Joseph Hulls as ensign of the local "trainband" in May, 1707, lieutenant in
1809, and captain in 1716. Serj' Thomas Wooster was by the General Assem
bly appointed Lieutenant in October, 1706, and commissioned accordingly.

8 . ¦ : , . SEYIVIOUR AND VICINITT.
Samuel Nichols was appointed ensign in 1709. In 171^ John Riggs
waa appointed lieutenant, and in 1722 was made captain. He was one of
the deputies to the General Assembly in 1717, and again in 1722. ^"ene-
zer Johnson was a lieutenant colonel in the expedition to Port Royal, (N. a.),
in August, 1710, and soon after was promoted colonel. Ebenezer J^son,
Jr., was appointed ensign in 1816, and lieutenant in 1722. Samuel Bassett
was appointed ensign in 1822.
The duties of the train-band were often difficult and dangerous. The In
dians were numerous, and the history of the colony in those early days shows
but too well that constant vigilance was a condition of safety.
The tract of land just over the Oxford line and west of Little River, con
sisting of about one hundred acres, and known as the Park, was enclosed
about the middle of the last century by a Mr. Wooster for the purpose of
keeping deer. On one side of the inclosure there was an overhanging rock
from which the hunted deer would sometimes leap into the inclosure, much
to the discomfiture of the disappointed huntsmen. This was one of the parks
referred to by Peters in his history of Connecticut published in 1781.
In the olden time they were particular to give every man his title : mag
istrates and ministers were called Mr., church members were called brethren
and sisters, and those who were not in church fellowship were simply good-
man and goodwife. As there were frequent demands upon the military, they
were held in high, respect and all military titles were scrupulously observed.
The early records abound with the titles — ensign, sergeant, lieutenant, cjip-
tain and colonel. In christening infants scriptural names and religious terms
were most common, as for example. Content, Charity, Deliverance, Desire,
Experience, Faith, Grace, Hope, Justice, Love, Mercy, Makepeace, Patience,
Pity Praisegod, Prudence, Rejoice, Sillenee, Thankfiil, &c.
:' On account of the lack of money paynents were often made in produce
of various kinds. The following extract from the "Travels of Madam
Knight," who made a journey from Boston to New York about 1695, gives
a good representation of the currency of the time.
"They give the title of merchant to every trader who rate their goods according to the time an*'
¦peeie they pay in, viz., pay, money, pay as money, and trusting. Fay is grain, pork, and beef,
&C., at the prices set by the general court that year ; money is pieces of 8, ryals, or Boston or
Bay shillings, {aa they call.them,) or good hard money, as sometimes silver coin is called by them ;
also wampum, viz., Indian beads, wch. serves for change. Pay as money, is provisions as aforesaid,
one third cheaper than as the Assembly or generall court sets it, and trust as they and the merchaoV
agree for time. Now when the buyer comes to ask for a commodity, sometimes before the mer
chant answers that he has it, he sais, is your pay ready > Perhaps the chap replies, yes. What do
you pay in 1 sais the merchant. The buyer having answered, then the price is set; as suppose he
wanto a 6d. knife, to pay it is ISd., in pay as money, Sd., and hard money, its own value, 6d. It
seems a very totrioate way of trade, and what 'Lex Mercatoria' had not thought of." '

PHOTOOHAPHBO BT STOOVAHa.

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SIlYMOUTi.
Erected in 18^«.

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
The Congregational Chnrcli.

- -A sermon delivered in the Congregational
Church by Rev. S. C. Leonard, July 9, 18t6.
He that goeth and weepeth.
Bearing precious seed.
Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing.
Bringing his sheaves with him. — PsA.. 126: 6.
On the 12th day of March, 1817, (a little
]es8 thau 59^ years aj^,), five meo had a
meeting at oiir village— the influences of
which are around as to-day. There was a
house of worship— old aud ancomfortable,
but a house within which Ood bad been
honored, and where, He had recorded His
oanie — standing on the bill on the other
side of the river, and it is not anlikely that
the meeting was held within it.
' The five men who had come together from
' different points for this coonuil were well
able to consider a matter. Tbey composed,
indeed, a more remarkable company than
' they could then have known themselves
;..to'be. ¦ ''^:'-" •¦":; ' '
-;> One -was the Eev. Nathaniel W. Taylor,
-liaown, at that point of time, as the young
and promising pastor of the Center Church
in New Haven, 31 years of age, ordained to
the work he was then performiug- with
his whole heart in it — five years, lackiug a
. month, before. The theological depart
ment of Tale College, in which be was to
grow to the stature of a giaut, aud do a
work, and wield an influence which will
never die, had not then been opened for ia-
strnction. It was opened in 1322.
Another of the men was the Rev. Samuel
Merwin, pastor of the North Church and
Society in New Haven. He was a soiue-
'^wbat older man, and had been in the posi
tion which he was then faithfully and sno-
cessfaliy occupying for twelve years. It is
of special personal interest to me that his
coming here was the very year after be
had received to membership in bis church
four sisters, tenderly attached to each
other, one of whom was my own dear
''mother — the four, by this act, joining an
other of their number who had united with
the same church previously ; the names of
' each of the sisters awaking memories of a
happy childhood in my mind. They are all

up higher now. It was before I was born
that they, together with 13 others (one of
whom was my father), united at the early
spring communion season with Mr. Mer-
win's church, and you will not wonder that
the figures which stand for that year have
interest for me. Mr. Merwin wan the
pastor whom I loved, and from whom I
received religious instruction in my child
hood. The first Sunday school I ever at
tended was under bis pastorate. The af
fectionate pressure of his hand, one day
when I was a child, as he met me at the
close of a service, in a season of religious
interest, I have never lost the feeling of—
through the 43 years betweeo- to this day.
He had been told that I was desiring to
become a follower of Christ, and as he took
my hand in his, it seemed to me, that .with
out speaking a word, he condensed into the
loving pregaore of his hand a soal fall of
interest in my welfare. I never see his
name wilhunt feeling a thrUl of Joy. . ,
Another of the five men who came to-''
gether for the meeting at onr village was
the Bev. Bennett Tyler, then of South Bri
tain, pastor of the Congregational church
there, and at this time 34 years of age.
The Theological Seminary at East Windsor,
with which his now distinguished name is
associated in our thoughts, was 17 years in
the future, when the South Britain pastor
came to the meeting at Humpbreysville, as
our village was called then. Nobody could
have conjectured, at that time, that the
names of Taylor and Tyler, so peaceably
associated at this meeting would ever come
to have such relation to each other, as they
did in after years.
Another of the five men was the Bev.
Bela Kellogg. Seventeen years - before
(class of 1800) he bad been graduated at
Williams College and had afterwards
studied theology with the vigorous and fa
mous, and astnte pastor of the church in
Franklin, Mass., the man who took a sev
enty years course of hard stody and never
got tired of it — enjoyed it all the way
through; — who never shunned a subject
because it was difScnlt; and never hesita
ted over auy results to whictr his logic
brought him.

10 The remaining member of the party was
the Rev. Zuphaoiah Swift, who had then
been fur four years pastor of the aucient
church ill Derby, a, churuh 136 years old,
when be w.is called to it, aud when he
answered the call by beginning a genuine
life work with and for it — commencing a
pastorate which was to prove to be of more
than a third of a century (35 vears) in
length. The object of this meeting of these men
at our village was to organize a church of
Christ here, iif it should seem to be best.
> Tbey pri^pared themselves for the work
which they had been called to perform by
appointing the Eev. Zephaniah Swift mod
erator, and Nathaniel W. Taylor scribe.
, When tbey were ready, nine persons pre
sented themselves before them, producing
, letters of good standing in other Churches
;jOf Christ, and asking to be organized into
a church. The nine persons were : Joel
Beebe and wife, Bradford Steele and wife,
Ira Smith and wife, Louis Holbrook, Han
nah P. Johnson and Sally Wheeler.
The quest, ion was considered by the
conncil, the church was organized, and
the name by which it was called was
THE VUXAGE CHaRCH.
The vote which the council left on record
of the result which they reached on that
day is very brief, bat as distinct as it is
brief. Those are the words of it : "Voted,
The above named persons be and are hereby
organized into a church in this village.
This is not, however, the earliest charch
constituted here. Twenty-eight years be
fore this, on the 3d day of November, 1789,
twenty-six persons signed, a certificate set
ting forth that they had joined the Congre-
. gatioual society (evidently formed then)
in this part of the town and withdrew from
the Congregational charch in Derby, then
112 years old, to form a society in this por
tion of the town. I have in my hand the
document which lies at the basis of the first
Charch of Christ ever formed in what is
now oar village. [The document is pub
lished at the close of this article.]
A vigorous entering upon their new work
' this earlier christian company seem to have
had the will aud found the way to make.

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
Few in number though they were, tbey
resolutely procured a pastor and built a
house of worship.
The house of worship which was put up
at this time is of interest to us as the fint
Aouse of worship ever erected in our villiige.
It was placed on land which had been
owned by Mr. Isaac Johnson, and where the
M. E. Church now stands. It was built at
a sacrifice; it was built as those who erect
ed it could build it, with the means which
they could command. There was faith and
prayer mingled with the work, as it went
forward, I have no question. One who of
ten worshipped within it (Mrs. Sarah Jones,
afterwards of Erie, Pa., daughter of Brad
ford Steele) wrot« concerning it 20 years
ago, to her sister :
"I feel a pecnliar interest in that church,
well knowing its history from the first.
This is not its first struggle. I well remem
ber, when but a mere child, of seeing the
anguish of my mother's heart for its de
pression. » « • • The building was
where the Methodist church now stands.
I well remember when it was done off
(what doing off there was). It was divided
off into pews. It was neither lathed or plas
tered, and but poorly clapboarded. Many
times have I brushed the snow oS: the seats
before sitting down. Its exterior resembled
a bam more than a church. Still it was
beloved, and probably had as true worship
pers in it as those of modern style. * * '
You, my dear sister, know, as yet, but very
little of the straggles of our ancestors to
perpetuate the blessings we have enjoyed."
The man who was called by this early
church to miuister l;o it the gospel of the
grace of God, was the Eev. Benjamin Beach,
grandfatherof one of our respected citizens,
Sharon T. Beach. The Rev. Fonjamia
Beach preached the gospel to these earnest
christian people for about fifteen years. The
house, which was built either for or by him,
for a parsonage, is standing now, and ii
the second dwelling east of the preseot
house of worship of the M. E. Church-
next the new and tasteful parsonage which
has been built within the year past by the
Methodist society. The building which
was to be the first pastor's home was ready

for its- occupants very promptly— within a
iew months after the organization of the
little church (things seem to have been
done with a will then) — aud Mr. Beach
moved into, it in March, 1790, having
waited for a time for an opportunity to
bring his household goods from North
Haven on sna>w, which did not, however,
fall that winter, so as to render it possible
for him to do so.
Two outlines of sermons preached by the
Eev. Benj. Beach are before me. Time, yon
see, has left traces of its passage on the old
mannscripts. One of them was preached
in the year 1798, from Luke, 9 : 42. The
other is a fast day s ermon, preached from
U Kings, 19: 14—20, on the 25th ot April,
.1799, at the point of time when difflcal-
ties with France were iissuming a threat-
. euing, and even warlike, aspect ; difiScnl-
ties which were, to the joy of all, adjusted,
after a single, or rather a donble naval
engagement, in which the French frigate
Insurgents, and the American frigate Con-
st«llation were prominent. The sermon
was preached a year and five months before
the treaty, by which peace was restored,
was concluded, and nine months before
' the death of Washington. Of the genuine
patriotism of the writer, it leaves no room
for question. It has the true ring of the
words which were spoken abundantly from
our loyal Connecticnt pulpits, in the latter
part of the last century. There is vigor of
thought indicated by these old time-worn
manuscripts; there was a live mau be
hind them once. They indicate, I judge,
the possession, by this first pastor of
our village, of a good deal of the power
of putting things in a telling way. They
were, evidently, well adjusted to the time
to which they belonged, as every sermon
ought to be. One of them was preached
several times, and as the marks on the
margin of it show, once at Waterbniy.
The i-emains of this first pastor of our first
church lie in Milton, a parish of the famous
town of Litchfield ; famous not so much for
its rocks and its pure air, as for its men.
How large the church became withio
these fifteeu years of the faithful ministra
tions of its first pastor, I have not been

SEYMOUE AND YICINITY. 11
able to ascertain. I fear tber» are no
records of it in existence. The Rev. Mr.
Beach completed his work here, and re
moved to Milton, in 1805.
Then the church was for a time scatter
ed. But its members had the heart to
worship God and they went, some to Ox
ford, some to Great Hill, some to Bethany,
as they most conveniently could. After a
time the Eev. Zephaniah Swift beeiima
pastor of the church in Derby, and, with a
genuine interest in the welfare of tho
church, pleached for it occasionally.
But a new element had, in the meantime,
been introduced into our village. It had
taken a new name, and was the scene of a
new and busy life. One conld not hava
told, at that point of time, into what promi
nence it might rise. That man ot emi
nence, regarded as an ornament to th«
period in which he lived, scholar, historian,
poet and patriot. Gen. David HcMFBBETiv
had fixed npon this spot in onr valley t»
work out a noble idea which bad . taken
possession of his mind. He bad gained his
honors before he established his interests
here. His experience of life had been very
varied. He had seen the world in differ
ent phases of it; bad seen it,aiid had help
ed to mould it. He had been a successful
military mau. He bad been a personal
friend and associate of the great Washing
ton. He had been intimately connected
with the brave and unfortunate Kosciusko.
He bad been ambassador to two important
foreign courts, from which he returned,
bringing back to his native land — and to
this, his native town— the "tnie golden
fleece," as the phrase is in the inscription
on the shaft of granite which marks the
resting place of his remains, in the old
cemetery in New Haven. Ho died Feb.
21, 1818. He entered Yale college when
he was loy ears old, only.and wns graduated
when he was 19;— (class of 1771). He com
menced his enterprise here-pretoming to
his native valley from his residence abroad
— when he was 52, enriched by all his ex
perience, using his wealth freely, gather
ing into his plans all his broad resources,
and employing them~withont stint or nar .
rowuess. He laid the foundation of his

12
work, on the bank of our beautiful river—
and at one of the most beautiful points up
on it — in the year 1804; and in 1810, when
the new manufacturing company was in
corporated, the village was wearing his
name. The enterprise which Gen.. Humphreys
established here was, for its time, one to
be looked at by the whole region, and it
'carried the name of one village (fiuMH-
REYSVIU.E; to different and distant points;
made it .familiar at our nation's capitol,
aud honored by the presidents of onr re
public. Dr. Dwight, the able president of
. Yale College, who was personally, (and I
'think' intimately) acquainted with Gen.
'Humphreys, says of it:
*In Europe great complaints have been
^ada of manufactaring establishments as
^Jiavtng been, very cnmmouly, seats of vice
' and disease. Greu. Humphreys began this
.^with a determination either- to prevent
- these evils, or if this could not be done, to
xgivenp the design. With regard to the
¦ health of the people it is sufficient to ob
serve, thai from the year 1804 to the year
1810, not an individual belonging to the
institution died, aud it is believed that
among no other equal number of persons
' there has been Jess disease. (Dwight's
Travels, vol. HI, p. 393.>
- A journey, of which a very graphic rec
ord has come down to us, was made by
Pres. Dwight across our valley in the in
terval marked by the establishment of
¦ibis manufacturing institution:— in the au-
'tumn of 1811. He speaks of it with en
thusiasm. He bad an eye for natnral
beauty, aud he found it here. His words
are fairly aglow as he writes about the
spot which lies a few rods north of the place
on which this honse stands. He says:
- "The scenery at this spot is delightfully
romantic. The fall is a fine object. The
river, the buildings belonging to the insti-
. tution, the valley, the bordering hills,
farms and houses, groves and forests united,
form a landscape in a high degree inter
esting." (Travels, vol. HI, p. 394.;
•¦- Pres. Dwight seems to have been espe
cially interested in the moral aspects of
the manufacturiug enterprise of which he

SEYMOUR. ANDmCINlTY.
givesa detailed and very valuable account,
established here by Gen. Humphreys.
When Dr. Dwight wrote the account of
this journey he was near the end of his
life. He died a year and a month eariier
than Gen. Humphreys, and two months
before this ohnrch was reorganized.
Of course, in the year 1817, when the
council ot which Dr. Taylor was scribe as
sembled here, our village was much larger
than when the earlier church w:i» organ
ized. With the iufusion of new life which
it had received, it bad gained a new out
look. It bad passed through vicissitudes.
The war of 1312 had affected the manufac
turing industries of the place very greatly.
at first prosperously and then adversely.
But the new Church of the Living God
which was planted on that March day of
1817, had opportunity broad enough of
bearing fruit for the Master, on our hill'
sides and in our valley; and it seems to-.
have desired.to improve it. The facts are-<^
these: The charch was constituted on the
12th of March. Eighteen days later, on the
30th of March, the Bev. Zephaniah Swift, '
of Derby, was present at one of its meet
ings, and received 18 others into member- ¦
ship. One of the 18 who united with, the
new church, on that day, is living now, a
respected — and the oldest — member of our
church, and is spending on this Sabbath,
her 86th birthday, Mrs. Daniel White.
Two months aftor the church was organ
ized, the Eev. Bela Kellogg received otber
members. In the following September, six
months after its organization, others still
predeut«d themselves to unite with it, so
that when the church entered upon the
secoud year of its new existence, it bad
within it — their names enrolled on its re-
curds — between thirty and forty men and
women, wbo had chosen to stand up to de
clare themselves for Christ, and their read
iness to do work for him. Thirty-four men
and women in vital earnest, can do a great
deal. The christian age was introduced
with a company which conld have been
counted mure easily than this.
These 34 disciples of Christ, thus formed
into a new church, so beginning anew in
the christian work, wanted to dedicate to

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13"

the Master a new house of worship.?' So
tbey prayed to God, and talked the matter
over with each other. The result was that,
to the M. £. society, which had been pre
viously formed, the old buildiog, endeared
to many hearts, was sold, Sept. 22, 1818,
and the vigorous Church of the New Be
ginning, in duo time, as it could, built
for itself a new house, on the spot over
looking the river, on the eiistern side of
it, where the old Congregational burying
ground is now. The church began at once,
in 18W, to prepare for the work of building,
meeting for a time in the Bell school-
-house. The steeple was added to complete
the edifice in 1829.
^" Of those who ministered the gospel to the
L.ohuroh in the house of worship overlook-
tjng the river, some are remembered very
:!distinctly by individuals here to-day. One
'.of the earliest and most constant friends of
'the church seems to have been the Eev,
^Zephaniah Swift, of Derby. He gave it
^'oopnsel ; he gave it time ; he gave it work
&At one period of its early history he was
^placed at liberty, by vote of his own charch,
^to preach for it a fourth of the time, re-
¦?ceiving from it a fourth of his salary. This
'rcharch owes much under God to that mau,
'of stately dignity of bearing, but with a
' warm heart beating within him, good, and
.-true, and faithful ; the mau who made so
powerful an impression on at least one
who came under his inffuence, as to lead
him with extravagance of expression to
say, that it would be joy enough for him,
' if he conld ever get to heaven, to meet
Zephaniah Swift there.
The Eev. Bela Kellogg was never pastor
of the church, but ministered to it for a
time, not far from its beginning.
The Eev. Ephraim G. Swift was pastor
of the church from 1825 to 1827. He died
.;in August, 1858.
On the 11th day of May, 1828, the Eev.
Amos Pettingil received to membership
of the chnrch several individuals, among
whom were Isaac Sperry and wife, Albert
Carrington, Adaline and Emeline Sperry,
. and Olive Merriam. Of those who united
with the chnrch while the Eev. Ephraim

G. Swift was pastor, one only is a member
now, Mrs. Henry P. Davis. \
The name of the Eev. Charles Thomson
first appears under date of July 20, 1828.
He was installed pastor of the church io
April, 1830. His ministry within it was of
about five years in length. He seems to
have labored faithfully. I judge, from
what I can gather from the old records,
that he had genuine love of his work. It '
seems as if it were overflowing from his
pen,, at times, as he was making some of
the entries which we have in his hand--
writing. From what I hear about him and
his family, from those who were personally
acquainted with them, I should judge him
to have been a good man with an axcellent
wife. He came here from Dundaff, Pa.
He, too, has finished. his work on earth.
He died in Marchj 1855. Of those who dni-'
ted with the charch while the Bev. Charles
Thompson ministered to it,.tbree are mem
bers now : Mrs..' Maria Holbrook, Mrs.-
George Washburn, and Mrs.-B. M.Durand.
The ministry of the Eev. BoUin S. Stone
was also within this period. His arrange- -
meut with the church and society was a
peculiar one. He engaged to be responsible
for the weekly supply of the pulpit, with
the understanding that the Eev. Mr. Swift,
of Derby, should preach one half the time,
by regular and stated exchange, Mr. Story
spending the secular days of the week at
New Haven,, in the Theological Seminary.
This arrangement was continued for fifteen
months— from June 2, 1833, to Sept. 1, IKM,
 the relation was then severed, according
to his own record of the matter, " in peace ^
and love."
The Eev. John E. Bray ministered to the
chnrch for about seven years and a half —
from Sept, 1834, to April, 1842. Of those
who united with the charch within this
time, two only are members now: Deacon
David Johnson, and Mrs. Sarah Collins.
On the 26th of June, 1843, the Bev. Wil
liam B. Curtiss was called by the church
to become its pastor. His ministry was of
somewhat over six years in length. Ho
was a man who loved to work, and who
always found work to do, if it was to be
found— and it always was, and is. t ^

14
, When the Rev. Mr. Curtiss entered upon
his ministry here, the house of worship on
the other side of the river was not, by any
means, an old one. But the fact had be
come very apparent that it was not cen
trally located. As business developed, the
village grew away Irom it, instead of around
it, and the company who had chosen to be
'called The Village Church decided that
a new house ought to be built. And there
was enterprise enough to do it. It is this
house, within which we are now (one of
the easiest houses to speak in I have ever
used— of proportions confi>rmed to acoustic
law as fally as can be desired) which arose
out of the energetic purpose formed at that
time. The 20th day of April, 1847, was
dedication day within it; a day of joy ani
gladness. The Rev. Mr. Cnrtiss remained
rpastor of the church and society for two
and a half years longer— until Oct. 15,
1849. Of those wbo united with the church
while be ministered to it, six are members
ii'ow : Wm. Hall, Mrs. Emeline Bliss, Mrs.
Emeline Steele, Mrs. Laura A. Culver, Mrs.
Esther Canfield, and Chas. Durand.
r' Font years and nine days after this
house was dedicated to the worship of
God— on the 29th day of April, 1851— it
was opened for the first installation service
ever held within it. On that day the Eev.
E. B. Chamberlain was constituted pastor
of the church and society. The installation
sermon was preached by the Eev. Mr. Har
rison of Bethany. Mr. Chamberlain had
been here for nearly a year before this day.
The last record to which his name is signed,
as pastor, is under date of March 21, 1852 —
nearly a year later. His request to have
the pastoral relation dissolved was based
on the ground of ill-health, and was ac
ceded to by the chnrch May 20, 1852 — two
and a half years after his name first appears
:on-the records of the church. Of those
who nnited with the church while he min
istered the gospel to it, two are members
now : Mr. and Mrs. Boswell Kinney.
The Eev. J. L. Willard, now, and for
more than twenty years past the successful
pastor of the Congregational charch in
Westville, commenced his ministry here
Sept. 1, 1852, and continued it to May 1,

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

1355— two years and two-thirds. He left
very warm friends here, and has made very
warm friends elsewhere. Of those who
nnited with the church while he minister
ed to it, *wo are members now: Mr. and
Mrs. Sheldon C. Sanford.
About this time our village suffered the
loss of a heavy manufacturing industry
which involved the removal from the place
of not far from thirty families connected
with the congregation. Other disasters
followed. A wave of financial embarrass-.
meut swept over the land. It was a time
of dejection and discouragement, and this
church and society felt the inflaence of it .
keenly. ;.;-.,' j
Oa one of these days, a yonng man just
out of college was passing through onr vil
lage — ^Henry D. Northrop. He had never.
been ordained to the work of the ministry,/
but he had a soul aglow with the love of
Christ — he had something to say for
Christ, and he could »ay it. ' Mr. Wallace M. '
Tattle was not deacon of the chnrch at
that time, but he was soon to become such,':;
and he never did a wiser and better thing:
than when he sought out the young gradn-"-:
ate of Amherst College and almost com
pelled him to stop and work for Christ
here. It was the Lord's plan. The Lord or^
dained him first, and man ordained him'
afterwards. No such revival .as the Lord
gave him to see that winter, had, up to that
poiut of time, been witnessed, in connec
tion with the whole history of the cfatircb.
The Lord set his own seal to the work
faithfully and efficiently performed. The
time which seemed so adverse proved to bea*
glorious time in which to nurture faith to
wards God. The m inistry of the Rev. H. D.
Northrop here was commenced in August,
1857, and continued through the larger
part of the year 1858. Of those who nnited
with the church at that time, twelve are
members now : Henry P. Davis, Mi-s. Han
nah Canfield, Mrs. Harriet E. Denney, Mrs.
Emeline Ricks, Mrs. Fidelia E. Holden,
Miss Sarah L. Ormsbee, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
E. Lester, Mrs. William Losee, Miss Grills
E. Hnrlbnrt, Miss Grace E. Botsford and
Mrs. Mary Worth.
The ministry of the Eev. E. C. Baldwin

SEYMOUR; AND VICINITY.

was of a year in length, from May, 1859, to
May, 1860. The ministry of the Bev. Syl
vester Hine was of about equal length.
The ministry of the Rev. J. L. Mills, (now
professor io Marietta College, Ohio,) was of
about two years in length, from 1862 to
1864. The ministry of the Rev. George A.
Diokermaa was of a single year in length,
from 1864 to 1865. Of those who nnited
with the church within these years, seven
are members now. : Mr. aud Mrs. James L.
Spencer, Mrs. Augusta Lalbrop, Mrs. H. A.
Rider, Mrs. Lucy De Wolfe, Miss Huldah
De Wolfe, Miss Harriet Hotchkiss and Mrs.
.Raymond French. .
ijr On the first day of February, 1866, this
.honse was opened for another installation
^service. The Bev. A. J. Quick had accepted
4he call of the churuh and society, and on
\Ltttat day was constitnted pastor. The Eev.
'J. L> Willard, of Westville, preached the
ilDstallation ' sermon,, and the installing
:-p'rayer was offered by the Bev. C. S. Sher-
'man, of Nangataok. Mr; Quick's pastorate
l^was a brief one. The exact length of it I
-;bave been nnable to ascertain. The facts
Iwhich I have found are— that he was en-
^gaged as stated supply for one year cpm-
:menoing April 30, 1865 ; that his name is
to be found on the records, for the last
tiihe, as moderator of the church, under
date of April 19, 1867; and that be was
dismissed from membership on the 13th of
June, 1868 ; a little less than two and a
half years after his installation. Of those
who were received within the time covered
by his ministry, ten are members of the
chnrch now: Mr. and Mrs. James. Swan,
Mrs. S. J. Castle, Mr. and Mrs. Johu Whit
ney, Miss Francis Lounsbnry, William Bell,
Miss Catharine Bell, Miss Catharine C. Bur-
well and Mrs. Mary Lockwood.
.'On the 22d of May, 1868, this honse was
opened for an ordination service. The
Bev. Allen Clark was on that day, ordained
as an evangelist, by a conncil called by
letters missive issued by this charch, to
which Mr. Clark was then ministering.
The ordination sermon was preached by
Dr. Churchill, of Woodbnry, and the or
daining prayer was offered by Eev. C.
Chamberlain, of Oxford. In connection

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with the ministry of the Bev. Mr. Clark,
another glorious revival of religion oc^
curred. It is of such recent- date  only
eight years ago— that there must be many
very vivid recollections of it in the minds
of many of yon who are present. Of those
who united with the church within the
time covered by Mr. Clark's ministry,
twenty are members now : Joshua Kendall,
Mr. and Mrs. Charies P. Hard, Miss Emma
Lockwood, Miss Hattio M. Ford, Mrs.
James Eichardson, Mrs. A. A. Harrb, Mrs.
Frank H. Bassell, Mrs.William T. Fife, Mrs. -
Ella F. Beynolds, Mrs. E. A. Bobiuson, ;
Miss Hortie V. Swift, Henry B. Lockwood,.:
Charles Sherman, Mrs. E. C. Barr, Mrs. F. '
Boeker. William B. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs.,
Edwin C. Segears and Mrs. George Fowlerl
The 25th of November, 1369, was another.
ordination day. The Bev. H. P. Colliu;
was, at that time ordaiued to the work oJF
an. evangelist, by a council called by this '
charch. The ordination sermon waspreaeh- '¦',
ed by the Eev. Mr. Adamson, of Aoabnia,
and the ordaining prayer was offered by...'
the Eev. Mr. Gray, of Derby. The scribe of
the conncil was the Bev. Bobert C. Bell. t.
I have not been able to ascertain the
exact length, of the ministry of Mr. Collin',
here. His hand writinng appears, oa the
records of the church, for the first time
at date of July 13, 1869, and for the last '
time, as 1 judge. May 1, 1870, Of those -
who nnited with the church within the
years 1869 and 1870, sixteen are members '
now : Mrs. Laura E. Northrop; David Wil- -
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Boswell C. Canfield,
Eichard Evans, Mrs. Charles Bliss, Mrs. C.
J. Olinstead, Mrs. Juliette B.Hall, William
J. Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Osbom, Mr.
and Mrs. Bufus Spencerf Mr. and .Sirs.
George A. Benedict and Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Pierson. ;•. . . . ^
The ministry of the Bev. J." W. Fitch,
here, seems to have been of from one to
two years in length. His name appears
on the records, for the first time under date
of May 7, 1871, and for the last time, in
his own hand writing, under date of May
28, 1872. Of those who nnited with the
church within this time, two are members
now: Mrs. Pbebe A. Hohbell andT. B. Minor

v}'The Bev. William J. Thomson was in-
' stalled pastor of the chnrch and society on
: the 24th of January, 187X The installation
'aermon was preached, and the installing
prayer was offered by the Bev. J. L. Willard
, of Westville.' The ministry of the Eev. Mr.
;;Thomaon here was closed on the 27 th of
' October, 1874. Of those who nnited with
:, the chnrch within this period, six are mem-
'.bersnow: Mrs. W. J. Thomson, Mrs.'D.
'.Simpson, Miss Emma E. Beach, Miss Mar-
-'gaiefc Smith, Mrs. Benjamin B. Thayer and
Miss Libbie O. Lockwood.
^The ministry whioli has not yet
^ated, was commenced on the 15th
^Vemlje'i 1874. Ot those who have
^wit&'the charch since that date, all-
number — are members

termi-
of No-
nnited
-twen- now

py^nin©. in
Imts. and Miss Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. An-
j^irew-^Barr, Mrs. Isaac Losee, Charles
i^heard, W. L Warren, Charles J.Eeynolds,
ImIsb Jessie Swan,, Miss Sarah S. Osbom,
^^issMattie Osbom, Miss Eliza M. Creel-
fman, Mrs. Charlotte Hayman, Mr. and Mrs.
pEobert A. Weaver, Mrs. Mary A. Hurihut,
|>Ii88 Freddie Quiering, Miss Carrie L. Pick-
Jha'rdt, Miss Bertha E. Johnson, Miss Mary
%"&. Spencer, Miss Mary E. French, Mrs.
f'Annie E. Lyman, Frank H. Wyant, Walter
~^W. Dorman, Miss Ellen C. Hard, Miss
¦ Lydia A. Hard, Miss Mary A. Hill, Frank
A. Smith and Mrs. Sarah M., Lines. May
'^the number be increased, and there be
'added to the church a multitude of ench
' as shall be saved !
.';.'- Of those who have ministered to the
:' charch as deacoss, several have gone to
! their rest. The first deacon of the earliest
^'church was Mr. Baldwin of Derby. When
'vtho charch was reorgauized. in 1817, the
¦ two chosen to this service were, Bradford
" Steele ,and Nehemiah Botsford. They oo-
V.capied the office for almost all that remaia-
'.'ed to them of life. Deacon Steele, in Sep-
'. tember, 1840 — after nearly a quarter cen-
^.tury of service, and a little more than a
;; year before his death — asked to be released
from the performance of farther official du-
: ty, and, because of his age and infirmity, his
^'request was granted. Deacon Botsford had,
• a little before, made a similar request,
.1' which had been granted also.

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A hnadred years ago to-day, Bradford
Steele was a boy of not quite fifteen years
of age. But there was a dark war-clowl
coming up into view. It was seen from
our hill sides and onr valleys with very
great distinctness. Many brave men and
women looked upon it with the calmness of
heroic courage. Boys saw it, aud were
ready to take their share in what it involved^
'Bradford Steele was not quite sixteen
when he enlisted in the army which repre
sented the cause of freedom. Terrible
scenes he passed through. There was one
day memorieis of which seemed to lie
gleaming in his mind through his whole
long after life. It was the 32d day of Au
gust, 1777. He was taken prisoner and
treated with a crnelty which was merciless,^:
his very apppearance becoming so changed '
by what he endured, (and the boys of that
time could endure a good deal of hardship,'
without being greatly affected by it,) that
his own father, when he met him did not
at first know who he was. He diedia'J
peace, Dec. 23, 1841, at the ripe age of 80. '{
There have been very few firmer friends
of the church than Deacon Sheldon Kinney, '
now among those wbo have gone before.
It was out of a gift made by him to the
society that onr pleasant and convenient
parsonage has come. He was a mau, I
judge from what I hear about him, of a
clear head and a large heart. He was ap
pointed deacon of the church on the 6th of
September, 1840. The names of those wbo
have served as deacons for a longer or
shorter time I have tried to collect and ar
range in the order in which they have per
formed the service: Capt. Timothy Bald
win, appointed in 1789 ; Bradford Steele
aud Nehemiah Botsford, appoiuted in 1817;
Sheldon Kinney and Alfred Hull, 1840;
Andrew W. DeForest, 1844 ; William Kin
ney, Miles Culver and J. L. Spencer, 1853;
W. M. Tuttle, 1858; Charies Bradley, date
of appointment not recorded ; David John
son and Levi Lonnsbury, 1865; Joshoa
Kendall, 1868.
A very incomplete idea, (but still one of
some value,) of the religions influences ex
erted here within the century of onr ex
istence as a nation, may be suggested by

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an eunmeration of the houses of worship
which have been bailt.
- What is now Seymour was, at first, a part
of the old "jurisdiction of New Haven."
For a little less than forty years (1639-
1677) it was a part of Milford. For a hun
dred and seventy-three years (1677-1850), it
was a part of Deiby. For only twenty-six
years has it had an existence as a township
with its present name. And then we are wear
ing now onr fourth local name — Nankotunk
(meaning one great tree) the first ; Chuse-
town, the second; Hnmphreysville, the
third; Seymour, the fonrth ; each of the
names, but the first, being personal in their
reference; elevatting into prominent view
an individual ; the first name bringing into
prominence an object in nature. (They are
, all gone now.) -
^ In the township of Milford — of wliich
the land which is now covered by our vil-
lege was then a part-r-a Congregational
church was funned on the 16th day of Au
gust, 1639— the year after the beginning
at New Haven, 237 years ago. As the basis
of the plan on which this oldest church
was organized, those who were t<» consti
tute it took the text Proverbs ix, 1 : " Wis
dom hathbnilded her house, she hath hewn
'out her seven pillars," and selected seven
of their number to join together in cove
nant to be the charch, and to be called the
pillars, to whom the rest were afterwards
added. Thirty-seven years later, in 1677, the
Congregational charch in Derby was con
stituted. So it was two centuries ago,
lacking one year, that this charch. In what
then became onr town, was organized. It
was long ago for this continent. It was
only 93 years after the death of Lnther,
and it was 26 years before John Wesley
was hom, that this ancient church, only
five miles away from ns, was formed. It
was after that charch had been in exist
ence and doing its work about a handred
and thirteen years that Jesse Lee, one of
Wesley's followers, passed through, for the
first time, the place where it had been
standing nntil it had grown gray with age,
and hired a bell man to ring the people
ont that he might preach to them.

17
A CENTURY AGO TO-DAY,the father of Gen .
Humphreys had passed the middle of his
pastorate, of more than half a century io
length. A century ago to-day, the Rev.
Daniel Humphreys had been doing the
work of a pastor of the flock of Christ,
five miles from where we are, forover forty
years. Many times had he been over our
hills and through our valleys, on errands
for the Master. A century ago to-day, his
son David, (whom he had named after the
King of Israel, and whom he hoped would
make somethuig,) was a youug man 24
years of age, looking up into the future to
see what he could carve out of it. Those
who were living in this part of the town—
when they wanted to attend services of
pnblic worship— (and people in those days
expected to, and loere expected to)— went
to what is now Derby, to hear Mr. Hum
phreys—it was all Derby then. There were
families here a century ago who could hava
gained something by a steady going to
meeting, and it is to be hoped they did go.
The Indian Sachem whom we know best
as Chase, (Joe Manwehu,) was here a. cen-
tnty ago, probably not far from where we
are, only across the river; his wigwam
standing on the south border of the flat,
west of the residence of Mr. Baymond
French, beautifally set among a grove of
white oaks there. (He may have been,
jast then, iu the vicinity of where Dr.
Stoddard now lives.) A century ago his
yonngest child — Eunice- was an Indian
girl 14 years old, her father an athletic,
skillful hunter, with some knowledge such
as civilization has to give, hut with the io-
stinots of his race strong within him. 'At
some point of his long life (he died when
abont 80) he nnited with the ohnrch in
Derby. But even after he came to ftojM that
he loved the Lord, he i:R«te that he loved—
that which biteth like a serpent and sting-
eth like an adder.
The first honse of worship— that built
for the Eev. Benjamin Beaeh — was erected
86 years ago. The frame of it was proba
bly raised in the month of April, 1791. The
second honse of worship ever erected at
what is now onr village is the pleasant
and commodions one belonging to the

IS

Protestant Episcopal Church. The Epis-
.copal Society was organized Feb. 20, 1797.
This house was originally built by two
societies in union, but has been recon
structed at heavy expense, by the society
owning it now, into its present attractive
form. The third house of worship erected
at our village was the second Congrega
tional house, buit ou the hill overlooking
the river. This was commenced— or prep
aration was begun for it — in 1818. The
fourth is this house in which we are — the
third Congregational house — ^built in 1846.
The fifth is the house owned by the Metho-
dist.Episcopal Church. The corner stone of
this edifice was laid on Saturday, June
19, 1847. The sixth is the house built by
the Baptist Church. The church was or-
^ gauized in 1843, and the house was erected
in 1851. The house built by the congrega-
'.tion connected with the church of Borne,
is of more recent date. '-,
:^^.Sa there have been three years, not "far
apart, of the life of our village, which have
been, characteristically charch -building
years. This temple-building work, is of
itself, on the surface, I know, but it tra-
. pes away to something which lies deep
down in human hearts — interest in the
things of God's worship. It has self-denial
underlying it — aud mixed with it. There
is prayer and faith back of it and below it.
There has been a life lived within our vil
lage, invisible of itself, but which has
come to view in these results. It has been
quietly lived by many, It has been a bless
ing to ns.
: Within these sanctuaries which have
arisen from the impulses and purposes of
this life, (God aiding and blessing.) the
gospel of our salvation has been preached,
with earnestness and success. The health
ful influences exerted by these different
churches, through these 86 years of time
past, has been, to our village, an advantage
which cannot be estimated. These infln-
euees penetrate, to a greater or less extent,
business and social life, encouraging integ
rity, and honesty, and honor, and discour
aging evil. The mo re vigorous these church
es of our village are, the better will be the
village, as a place to have a home in — a

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place in which to spend, pleasantly aud use-
fuUy, these days which bear us along to
the end. Our days are all journey days-
days of travel along our life-way.
These churches of Christ have been
schools of the Master, from which a great
many have been graduated and called up.
These houses of worship have been centers
from which have radiated invisible tenden
cies toward what is good and true- forces
stimultive of elevating thought and feel
ing and action.
A charch becomes localized, as it builds
a honse of worship around itself. It gains
for itself a religious home. Then the home
feeling has opportuaity to act and react
within the religious nature. A church is
not infrequently moulded, to an extent-
its daily aud weekly life materially affected
— by the bouse which belongs to it, and to
which it belongs;- not as it belongs to
Christ, but as it *caa belong to earthly
things. ' :¦ -
The- whole history of this church, taken
in connection with the church out of which ,
it came, most naturally divides itself into ;
three periods, marked by the erection of its
three different houses of worship.
The first period of 27 years in length,
from the beginning in 1789 to the assem
bling of the Council of Five in 1817. This
is the pioneer period, the period of struggle
for the necessities of religious life. Of the
church, as it lived through this period, we
knew something, but much less than we
should be glad to know. The 27 years of
meeting within that house had sunshine and
shadow within them, as years have now.
There was trial bravely borne, and, proba
bly, trial not bravely borne. They were
years with days of weeping and days of
rejoicing within thisni. The 26 men whose
names are on this old paper — discolored by
these 80 years and more through which it
has come down to ns — represented families,
honseholds, with young and old in them,
and into which joy and sorrow came, aS' it
comes into our dwellings now.
This earliest chnrch gathers itsdf mosd
naturally, in our thoughts, around the man
who was, for 15 years its pastor; a man
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find Grod ; a man ready to do whatever his
hands found to do, and whose hands, both
of them, did find enough do.
The church, in this earliest period of its
history, is sometimes spoken of ns one of
what were called the "separate" churches
of the time.
The great awakening of 1740 — of the
time of Whitfield, and Edwards, and Bel
lamy — enkindled new zeal, and desire of
larger liberty than the relation which then
existed between the charch and. state al
lowed, and a number of churches arose as
the result of this feeling, which were known
as "separate" churches; some of them com-
posed of the better elements, and some of
the discordant ones. I do not, however,
find this chnrch ia any list which has come
to my knowledge thus far, of these churches.
' The fact that it was Congregational, aud
known as such, is not decisive, for the
separate churches— some of them— claimed
^to be more truly Congregational than any
.'others. . The single fact which I do find,
^relating to the matter is that its first aud
r- only permanent pastor had been, before he
'came here, -minister of a separate charch
in Prospect. I have found evidence enough
that this early chnrch was au earnest
^ church. There was human nature in it,
unquestionably. We find scars of misun
derstanding aud difficulty as we trace out
its history ; but this is not so strange a
thing in churches of other times as I wish
it was. After all the labor which I have
given to the gathering of every item of in
formation concerning it which I could find,
in any quarter, I think of it as a praying,
self-denying, earnest, energetic chnrch of
Christ; adjusted to its time, of course, as
it needed to be in order to be most useful;
hut loving, and serving the Master, and
obeying God rather than man. I look back
Qpon that first charch of onr place with a^
great deal of interest.
The second period is of 29 years in
length ; from the meeting of the Council
of Five in 1817, to the dedication of this
honse in which we are assembled. This is
the period of quietj steady work and pro
gress. The men whom we see ministering
to it-:— going in and ont of its house of

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worship, and of the dwellings of those who
composed its congregation — sharing joys
and sorrows with them — the Bev. Zepha
niah Swift, the Rev. Bela Kellogg, the Rev.
Ephraim G. Swift, the Rev. Charles Thomp
son, the Rev. Rollin S. Stone, the Rev.
John E. Bray and the Bev. William B.
Curtiss — form a company whom it is au
honor to the church to have bad within it.
Among the laymen who come into promi
nent view, within this period— [among
those who have gone home; of the liviu" I
will not speak] are Bradfonl Steele, Nehe
miah Botsford, Sheldon Kinney, Alfred
Hull, Ira Smith and Daniel White. Miles
Culver, energetic, self denying, generous,
prompt, serving the Master and loving to
do it, aud continuins to do it to the end,.
united with the church Jan.' 5th, 1845, not
far from the time when this house was
built. The third period is, up to this point of
time, of just 30 years in length, but open
for more to follow, of work for Christ, and
of blessings coming — to the worker in the
doing of the work, and to others through
the work.
The merest sketch of the history of this
church could not be, in anywise, complete,.
if it failed to include some notice of its
vigorous Sunday School, which has had
life within it which has helped itself and
other good things around it.
The Sunday School can be traced back to
the year 1823. The names of those who
have been superintendents of it, so far as
they can be collected, are: Joel White,
George F. DeForest, Andrew DeForest,
Sharon Y. Beach, W. M. Tuttle, P. B. Buck
ingham, George E. Lester, Bobert C. Bell,
Theodore S. Ladd, Andrew Y>.Beach and
James Swan. The present number of names
on its roll is 222.
But it has what is better than mere mem
bers — ^vitality — vigor. The weekly teach
ers' meeting is a very live meeting ; I never
saw anybody asleep in that meeting; and
teachers awake cannot easily help having
a school awake. Both the school and the
teachers' meeting breathe a little heavily
just now, as we are suffering this excessive
heat, but it is exhaustion oaly, not sleep.

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In the revival of last winter almost all
who came to Christ came from and through
our Sunday School.
. The superintendent is now an officer of
the church, elected annually by ballot.
This plan was adopted about four years
ago, (May 23, 1872.) Up to that time no
minute appears on the records of the church
of the names of the officers of the Sunday
School. Now they are put on distinct rec
ord every year.
There is one fact belonging to the origin
of the church in its later form, which I
have picked out of the old record with a
good deal of interest. In less than two
months after the church was organized,
and when its first deacons were chosen, (at
a meeting held May 9, 1817,) a librarian
for the Yillagb Church Lxbrary was ap
pointed. A committee of three also re
ceived appointment as a " Cotnmittee of
Selection;" their duty evidently under
stood to be to select books for this library.
Now to select books for a library involves
money, furnished by somebody; and that
threo men were needed on this commit
tee seems to indicate that there was
something important fur them to do. Now
to do anything important in the way of
selecting books, involves and implies a
good deal, aud more then than now.
I suppose this could not have been a
Sunday-school library ; if it was, the Sun
day school originated a good deal earlier
than the date which I have given. The
library is called a church library. In either
case the book power was recognized by the
young church, and it was determined to
make nse of it. What a marvelous power
has it become since that time !
This church has raised up, for service in
the great field of christian labor, one min
ister and one missionary. The minster is
the Rev. Ira Smith ; and the missionary is
the Rev. H. A. DeForest [class of 1832,
Yale], who went to Syria, returned with
the seeds of fatal disease in his system, and
so ended his work on earth. I am glad to
find that a missionary to that old land has
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certain what the connection was, I take ¦
the fact, as I have stated it, on trust, not
having had opportunity to verify it. I have
searched the old records for hU name but
have not, thus far, succeeded in finding it.
I shall trace ont the matter as fully as 1
can. It is certainly a benefit to us to have
such a point of contact with the great mis
sionary enterprise. To follow a missionary
of the cross, who is a personal acquaintance,
with prayer, and interest, and faith, is in
vigorating to the heart which does it, and
is honorable to Ood, whose service the
work is. .
The Rev. Robert C. Bell, now the efficient
pastor of the Congregational Church in
Darien, in this state, was, for a time, be
fore his entrance upon his ministry, a mem
ber of this church, and comes here to the -
family home. His name belongs to our
history.

I designed to say more about the revivals
which have occurred within the church,
noticing not only its larger ingatherings,
bat also its other harvests. It ought to be
characterUied by them to be true to its ori
gin, for the chnrch in> its later form was
born in a revival. In the record left by -
the Council of Five, of the work which they
performed on that 12th of March, 1817,
they say : — " The meeting proceeded to con
sider this application, and the state of this
village, especially the increase of godly
people in thejaresent revival of religion, and
are of the opinion that a compliauce with
the above request may conduce to the pros
perity of Zion." '
I desired also to, at least, mention some
of the lessons to be gathered from the facts
which I hava presented to yon. But 1 will
not. Yon are weary, and you can do this
work for yourselves. I will only express
the wish, which I find so distinctly iu my
heart that I cannot deny it some utterance,
that this church of the Lord Jesus Christ
may be ever tme to the Master, earnest in
the doing of his work, and receive of his
blessing till it shall overflmv. It has a Past.
May it have a Future !

HISTOllY OF SEV.MOUK. L'L
FIRST ORGANIZATION OF THE
CONGREGATIOIS^AL CHURCH,
IIV 1^S9.
The following is a literal copy of an old MS., fixing the date of the fonna-
tion of the first ecclesiastical society in Seymour :
Derby, November 3d, A. D., 1789.
This may sertify all whom it may concern, that the subscribers have joined
and paid towards the support of the Gospel at the Congregational Society, in
Derby, near Bladen Brook, and mean for the future to support the Gospel
there : Capt. Timothy Baldwin,
Asahel Johnson,
Gideon Johnson,
Capt. Bradford Steel,
Elisha Steel,
Isaac Baldwin,
Ebr. Turel Whitmore,
Amos Hine,
Bradford Steel, Jr.,
Medad Keney,
Hezekiah Wodin,
John Adye,
Ashbel Loveland,
Tranian Loveland,
Ebenezer Warner,
Leveret Pritchard, '
Levi Tomlinson,
John Coe,
Ebenezer Beacher Johnson,
Nathan Wheler,
Bezalel Peck,
Frances Forque,
Joseph Loines,
Moses Clark,
Philo Hinman,
Thomas Hotchkis. -
Sertifyed by me, Levi Tomlinson, Society Clerk.

II18T0RY OF SHVMOini.

COINS OF THE 0LDP:X TIME.

PINE TRKK SHILLING.

One of the most interesting of the early coins is the variety known as
the "Pine Tree Shilling," once known as the Boston or Bay Shillings, which
was issued at intervals for more than twenty-five years, though these coins
all bear the original date, 1652.

GKANBY COPPER.

I The earliest Connecticut com of which we have any reconl is the Granby
Copper, issued in 1737, by a Mr. Higley of Granby and made of copper from
Copper Hill, afterward the seat of the famous Newgate Prison. Within the
exergue of the reverse are three sledge hammers cro\vned. Another variety
with a similar obverse bears on the reverse the head of an ox, with the legend,
!^I. CUT. MY. WAY. THROUGH. As these pieces were only private
tokens and their issue quite limited, specimens are now rare and highly valued.

HISTOFuY OF SP^Y.MOUR.

CONNECTICUT CENT.

The above, issued by authority of the colony of Connecticut, (Auctori
Connec,) were struck only four years, viz : 1785-8, tlie further issue of money
by the colonies being then prohibited by Congress. The motto, "Inde et
Lib.," (Independence and Liberty,) was full of significence to the colonists,
after the long war for liberty and independence in which they had suffered so
much. Of the cents issued in these four years there are extant nearly a
hundred types, distinguished by the bust of Liberty facing right or left, by
the misspelling of the word AUCTOEi, as AUCTOPi, axtctobi, auctobe and
AUCION, by vaiiations in the punctuation, by correct obverses with a variety
of reverses, &c. The cents of 1787 are the most common, and the varieties
of this date the most numeious.

PH0T0OHARHED flV STOOOABD.

s«s©w tjSisy€h

fyiaiti

Erected in ijgj. Enlarged in iSjj^S.

SEYMOUR AND
TKINITY CHURCH.
PROTESTAKT EWSCOPAL.
At the request of Theophilos Miles, Jona
than Miles, and Benjamin Davis, a warrant
was issued by Levi Tomlinson, a Justice of
the Peace for New Haven County, directed
to Benjamin Davis, an indifferent person,
requesting him to give notice to all the
inhabitants professing the religion of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, residing with
in certain prescribed limits, to meet at the
house of Dr. Samuel Sanford, on' the 20th
day of Feb., 1797 ; then and there to form
au Episcopal Ecclesiastical Society.
This warrant was dated Feb. 13th, 1797,
and was served on thirty-nine persons, viz :
Reuben Lum, James Manville, Nathan
Mansfield, William Tucker, Benjamin Haw-
ley, Russell Tomlinson, Martin Beebe, Enos
G. Nettleton, Ephraim Wooster, Nathaniel
Holbrook, Jeremiah Gillette, Josiah Net
tleton, Philo Holbrook, Edward Hayes,
Nathan Stiles, Wilson Hard, William
Church, Abel Church, John Griffin, Daniel
Davis, Bowers Washband, Alexander John
son, Timothy Johnson, Joseph Johnson,
Charles French, Israel Bostwick, Moses
Riggs and John White. The persons met
at the time and place named in the warn
ing, (the house now owned by Mr. Henry
Wheeler), when Benjamin Davis was ap
pointed moderator, Samuel Sanford clerk,
and Joel Cbatfield, Israel French and
Jonathan Miles Society's Committee. As
there had been a union of the Parish of
Great Hill with the Episcopalians of the
new Parish it was concluded to call the
new organization Union Church.
Beyond the organization of the Society no
other business appears to have been trans
acted at this time, and the meeting adjourn
ed to meet at the same place at the end of
the week, Feb. 27th. At this meeting tbey
began in earnest to lay the foundation of
a honse for the Lord ; and Benjamin Davis,
Edward Hayes, Nathaniel Johnson and
John White were appoiuted a committee
to furnish materials for the bnilding of the
Chnrch. The land npon which the Chnrch
stands was purchased of Leverett Pritch
ard, and cost §60 ; the deed is dated March

VICINITY. 2.^
23rd, 1797. The comniittee to whom was
intrnsted the provision of funds and ma
terials for a church building immediately
coranieuced their labors, and if their ener
gy be judged by their success tbey are
outitled to the award of industry and per
severance. Early in the spring the comer
stone was laid by the Rev. Edward Blakes-
lee, then an assistant to Rev. Dr. Mansfield
of Derby, during the summer the build
ing was raised and before wiuter entirely
enclosed. After the bnilding had been in
closed the committee found the funds at
their disposal exhausted, and not willing
to involve the Society in debt, concluded
to suspend their work, and the finishing of
the building was reserved for a later day.
Seats were however provided, benches
made of slabs. To accomplish this much
great sacrifices were made ; for their num
ber was not only small and limited in their
worldly means, but they also had to con
tend against what was termed the "estab-.
lished order," viz : against the Presbyterian
influence which had at that time complete
power in the state, aud which regarded
every such effort as a direct attack upon
itself. Of this Charch Dr. Richard Mansfield
was the first pastor,and for bis support the So
ciety voted to pay him 3 pence ou the pound
ou the. grand list of 1797, He was at this
time rector of the Church in Derby. This
connection between the two parishesdoes not
appear to have been harmonions ; for early
in the year 1800, a committee wiis appoint
ed to devise some means for nuiting Derby
and this Society nuder one pastoral charge.
How long Dr. Mansfield continued iu the
rectorship of the Parish can not be cor
rectly ascertained ; but probably not longer
than 1802; for in that year a committee
was appointed to employ a clergyman for
one quarter of his time. But as he had
been settled for life, this Society assisted
in supporting Dr. Mansfield after his pas
toral connection had terminated, and con-
tinaed to do so for eighteen years, nntil
the time of his death in the year 1820.
Jonathan Miles was appointed the- first
delegate to the Couvehtion of this Diocese.
He was a member of the 13th annual con
vention, held iu the year 1798.

In tlie year 1302 the Union B.'ink wa.s es-
tnblished, ont of which a fund was to be
raised for the support of the ministry. Of
this bank Abijah Hull was treasurer. The
amount of subscriptions was about ^2,000,
by fifty-seven persons. This bank during
its existence proved a bone of contention,
and in 1811 action was taken for its disso
lution, and Bubaequently the notes and
money which constituted the bank were
returned to the original proprietors, they
paying interest on the same np to the year
1808. After the resignation of Dr. Mansfield
in 1802, the church remained for a year unsup-
plied. In 1803 a committee was appoiuted
to confer with committees from Oxford and
Derby, ih relation to employing a clergy
man with power to agree with Derby and
.Oxford for one year, or to make proposals
to the other committees, or either of them,
to confer with a clergyman for a settlement
and get his proposals, and report the same
to a subsequent meeting.. The clergyman
about whom they were to confer was Rev.
Samuel Griswold. These conferences were
nnsuccessful. The next year they succeed in settling
the Rev. Solomon Blakeslee; and yet he
only remained three months, when the ser
vices of the Rev. Calvin White was secured
for six mouths, at the end of which tima
he removed. In 1805 the Rev. Ammi Rodg-
ers was engaged for one-third of his time
for three months. At the expiration of
three months the engagement was renew
ed and a resolution expressing the satisfac
tion of the Society with his services was
adopted. This resolution was probably of
his own proposal, and designed to varnish a
character deeply stained with guilt. The
Society subsequently became convinced of
the charges made against him and he was
dismissed, how long he continued in the
Rectorship is not certainly known, but
probablynot more thau one year; for in
1807 the services of the Rev. Ambrose Todd
were secured fttr one-third of his time for
one year. Who succeeded Rev. Mr. Todd
the records do not show; but the Rev. Mr.
Blakeslee was again rector in 1810, in
which he continned nearly throe yeai-s.
_ In 1812 an effort was made to unite this
under one pastoral

church aud 0.\ford

SEYMOUR xVND VICINITY.
charge, but it failed. In 1313 the Rer.
JamesThompson became Rector, bntlie only
remained one year. In 1814 the Rev. Mr.
White was again employed. Like Mr.
Thompson his connection with the parish
was of short duration,and the followingyear,
1815, w« find the Rev. Chauncy Prindle,
Rector. In 1813 the Parish paid an assess
ment of §60 towards establishing a fund
for the supportof the Bishop.
At a meeting of the Parish, Jan. 29, 1816,
measures were taken to complete the
church, which np to this time had remained
in an unfinished state. Abraham Eugliab,
Josiah Nettleton, Theophilos Miles, Nathan
iel Johnson and Josiah Swift were appointed
a committee to obtain subscriptions to
wards this object; and in March of the
same year they were authorized to expend
the money thus raised. The amount sub
scribed was §1250, contributed by sixty-
three persons. The Church when finished
was consecrated Sept. 2nd, 1817, by the
Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, D. D.,
Bishop of the Diocese of New York. After
the consecration of the Church the Rev.
Mr. Thompson again became the Rector
and continned in that connection nntil
1819, when the Rev. Aaron Humphreys was
elected. In 1818 we find for the first time some
thing of the condition of the Parish, so far
as its strength was concerned, viz: number
of communicants, 45; number of families,
63; number of persons, 279; grand levy,
§7,420.95. In 1819 the Parish was drawn
into a law suit by its first Rector, the Rev.
Dr. Mansfield. The Parish became remiss
in paying its portion for his support, aud •,
to quicken its energies this suit was
brought. The Dr. gained his cause and
the Parish was compelled to pay np all
arrearages. The death of the Dr., April
11th, 1820, aged 96 years, relieved the Par
ish from this onerous charge. In 1821 a
new roof was placed on the church at a
cost of $60. In 1822 the slips were first
rented at public sale, the proceeds of tlie
sale amounting to §146.40. Up to this
time the salary bad been raised by a tax
on the grand list. In the evening of the
1st of June of this year, 1822, the steeple

SEYMOUR xVND VICINITY.

of the church was struck by lightning; to
repair the injury §182.88 was raised and
§182.84 expended. In 1822 the Rev. Stephen
Jewett became Rector of the Parish, and .
the following year made this report : num
ber of communicants, 50; baptisms, 2; mar
riages, 4; funerals, 5; families, 55. Mr.
Jewett coutiuued in'the Rectorship eleven
years ; and during his ministry there were
baptised 127 infants and eighty adults; 51
marriages were solemnized and H3 persons
were buried. In 1827 the Sunday School
School was started, and "the Society's
committee were appoiuted to superintend
and regulate its affairs and procure such
books as were required."
In the next year the bell was procured
at a cost of §256.19. , It was first used Aug.
12th, 1828, to toll the death of a son of Mr.
John S. Moshier. In the summer of the
same year a sum was raised by subscrip
tions for the purpose of painting the
church and fencing the burying ground,
amounting to §251, all of which was done
at an expense of §247. In the same year
Mr. Isaac Kinney presented the Parish with
a stove. Before this time the chnrch had
not been warmed. The first organ was
placed in the church about the year 1831.
It was built by Mr. Whiting of New Haven,
and in 1850 was enlarged and improved by
Mr. Jardine of New York, at an expense of
§505. . After the resignation of the Rev. Mr.
Jewett in 1832, the Rev. Charles W. Brad-
lew became Rector of the Parish and re
mained in that conneetiou one year, when
he was succeeded by the Rev. John D.
Smith at Ea.ster, 1834. Mr. Smith contin
ued in the Rectorship eleven years. In the
first five years he officiated iu this church
every Sunday; tbenext two years he divid
ed his services equally between this church
aud St. Peter's, Oxford. In 1841 this ar
rangement was ¦ discontinued, and Mr.
Smith again confined his labors to this Par
ish. In 1841 the chnrch underwent a com
plete repair at an expense of §150. The
wood work in th« interior was grained and
the pulpit lowered abont three feet; it
would have added much more to the con
venience . of the , hearers as well as the

sptiakec, if it had been cut down five feet
more; but the small reduction in height
was looked upon as a great innovation by
some of the older members of the Parish.
At Easter in 1845, Rev. Mr. Smith re
signed the Rectorship, of tho Parish, aud
the Rev. John Purvis became the Rector.
He remained two yeafs and during his
ministry he baptised six adults and t\yeii-
ty-six children, married three couple and
attended sixteen funerals. At this time
there were about on© hundred communi
cants connected with the parish. In the
summer of 1845 the church was painted on
the outside at the cost of §120, which was
defrayed by the ladies' sewing society.
The next spriug the ladies, furnished th^
church with"carpets, lamps and curtains
for the windows. At the resignation of
the Rev. Mr. Purvis the Rev. Abel Nichols
officiated as a supply one year, until Esister,
1848. At the annual meeting in 1847 a re
port was made of the indebtedness of the
Parish, which was §285.46. At the same
time the committee were "instructed to
procure from the grand list of the town the
amount the several members of the Parish
stand in said list and report the same to
the next meeting." This action was taken
with a view of taxing the members of the
Parish sufficient to pay its indebtedness.
Whether the prospect of a tax or dis>satis-
faction with the management of the atfairs
of the Parish or whether some other cause
operated, is not recorded, but the records
show that abont this time a number of the
members withdrew from its conuection and
left the burden which they had helped to
create to be liquidated by the more faith
ful, though not more • able," friends of the
chnrch. The report of the committee was
not made as directed,, and the debt was
not paid. From Easter, 1^48, nntil Sep
tember of that year the church remained
vacant, when the Rev. William F. Walker
assumed the charge of the Parish. He
was instituted into the Rectorship (the first
and last institution iu the Parish) Nov.
22ud, 1843, and continued iu charge until
January, 1851, when- he removed to New
York. He was subsequently tried by au
' ecclesiastical court and found guilty of

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iuiaioralities for which he vraa de
graded from the ministry, by Right Rev.
Bishop Warnwright, at the General Con
vention of 18.53. When he removed he
took with hira the Parish register, which
has not yet, and probably never will be re
turned, as the liist heard of it, it was be
ing used for a scrap book. The loss of the
register deprives the Parish of much valua
ble information in regard to the number of
communicants, baptisms, marriages and
deaths in the Parish for a long term of
years. After his degradation from the minis
try Walker lived a tragical life and died
from the effect of an overdose of medicine
prescribed for the relief of a nervous affec
tion, in the eariy part of 1876.
At the Easter of 1851 the Rev. Charles
6. Acly became Rector and remained two
years. For several years previous to this
a debt had been constantly increasing nntil
it amounted to §350 at the Easter of 1853,
which Mr. Acly succeeded in canceling he-
fore he left the Parish. The ladies' society
contributed §170 of the amount paid. The
Parish was now entirely free from debt.
In June, 1853, the Rev. O. Evans Shannon
became Rector of the Parish. At a meet
ing at Easter, 1856, the name of the Parish
was changed from Union to Trinity. At
this time the chnrch needed considerable
repairs; the timbers in the steeple were
much decayed and it was considered un
safe by those who carefully examined it,
the roof leaked badly, and the enlarge
ment and repair of the chnrch began to be
seriously talked about. At Easter, 1857,
a committee was appointed consisting of
Thomas W. Holbrook, B. W. Smith and
Sheldon Chnrch, to see what could be done
in regard to repairs, and to report at an
adjourned meeting. Their report was
made in the following June, that about
§2,100 had been subscribed to defray the
expense of the contemplated repairs, and
it was resolved to begin the work. The
plans of the alterations had been previous
ly made by Mr. Austin of New Haven. A
building committee was appointed, con
sisting of B. W. Smith, S. D. Russell and
Sheldon Church, the two former only acted.
At the meeting (vhlch resolved to begin

D VICINITY.
the work but four legal voters wore pre.s-
ent, viz: Harpin Riggs, S. D. Rus-nell and
Thomas W. Holbrook, Vestrymen, and B.
W. Smith, Parish Clerk, three of which
were in favor of the enterprise and one op
posed it; but after the decision was made
all acted iu perfect harmony throughout.
The last service was held in the old chhrcb
on the 5th of July, 1857. The expense of
the work amounted to §6,000. The ex
pense of furnishing the' church with car
pets, cushions, &c., and completing the
steeple above the bell deck was defrayed
by the ladies of the Parish, aud amounted
to over §300.
The church was consecrated by Right
Rev. Bishop Williams, on tho 11th of May,
18.53. The building was almost entirely
new, with the exception of the frame. The
number of slips were increased from forty-
two to seventy, and iu doing the work a
debt of §3,000 was contracted. To com
plete the church was no easy task with the
limited amount of money at the disposal
of the committee, and how the funds were
furnished is known only to those wbo had
the matter in charge. The collection of
subscriptions or the loaning of money was
made almost impossible by the financial
crisis which commenced earlv in Septem
ber after the work was begun, and caused
financial, ruin throughout tho country.
The committee received but little aid or
encouragement from men connected with
the Parish beyond its officers, and certainly
they neither received or expected any from
any other source; but on the contrary they
were ridiculed in every possible manner,
and it was {irophesied that the undertaking
would prove as disastrons as the "South Sea
Bubble," that the church wonld never be
completed, or if it was it never would be
paid for. The workmen were advised to
get their pay as they did their work or
they never would get it; but to their
credit they heeded not the advice. The
lumber merchant wa? told more than once
that he never wonld get pay for the lumber
furnished for the building, and a leading
merchant in the village refused to furnish
the committee with ten pounds of nails, on
the credit of the Pariah. Acting under

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29

these circumstances it is presumed that it
would be au affectation for the committee
to say that they were not considerably em
barrassed; and yet, when the church was
re-opened every bill of expense for the re
pairs had been paid with the exception of
§30 for painting and abont the same amount
due to one of the joiners. In 1864 the debt
contracted in rebuilding the charch was
reduced to leas than four hundred dollars.
It has been said that the committee re
ceived bat Itttle encouragement from the
men connected with the Parish, but the
same can not be said of the ladies, for they
rendered most valuable aid, not only by
the §800 which they contributed, but by
the cheerful encouragement which was be
stowed on every proper occasion. It will
be doing no iqjostice to other ladies to
mention in this connection the name of
Mrs. M. P. Shannon, the wife of the Rector.
Rev. Mr. Shannon resigned the charge of
the Parish the first of June, 1366. During
his ministry here there were 185 baptisms
performed, 105 persons were confirmed at
nine visits of the Bishop; 166 were buried
and 202 were joined in holy matrimony.
On the 18th of May, 1864, the steeple ot
-the church was again strnck by lightning,
but the damage done was but a few dollars.
On the first of April, 1866, the Parish bought
a house of Mrs. Lucy M. Beach for a Rec
tory, at a cost of §2,500. From the resig
nation of the Rev. Mr. Shannon to January,
1867, the Rectorship remained vacant.
Regular services however were maintained
by temporary supply. In the month of
July, 1868, the church was painted on the
outside at an expense of §290.53, of which
sum §267.73 was paid by the ladies of the
Parish. ^ The Rev. George Seabury entered npon
the Rectorship of the Parish on the second
Sunday in January, 1867. In the fall of
the year 1867 the church was closed for
two months; when the interior wood work
was grained and the walls colored, at the
cost of §800, over §600 of which was paid
by the ladies of the Parish. The chnrch
was re-opened on the last Sunday in Octo
ber. Before the re-opening of the church
an altar had been placed in the chancel at
the coat of 117.64, which was paid by the
ladies of the Parish; and soon after a
credence waa placed at the left of the
altar at the cost of §15.40, the gift of a
female member of the Parish. At Christ
mas of this year a prayer desk aud lect-
urn were planed in the chancel at the coat
of §70.50, which was raised by subscrip

tions, and soon after prayer books for the
altar and prayer desk at the cost of §29.
In December, 1870, a cabinet organ was
purchased for the Sunday School at the
cost of §130, raised by subscriptions. In
the summer of 1871 a new stone font was
placed iu the church. Thecost of the same
was §177.18, raised by the ladies of the
Pariah, the proceeds of a festival.
In 1872 hangings for the pulpit aud lec-
turn were provided for by subscriptions at
the cost of §26.50. In March, 1873, the
Rectory property purchased in 1866 for
§2,500, was.aold for the same sum and the
proceeds used to liquidate the debt incurred
through the original purchase. About the
same time subacriptions to the amount of
about §1000 were secured to cancel the
floating debt of the parish, (including the
balance, §400, of the debt incurred in 1857
for rebuilding the church), this substantial
ly freeing the Parish from debt.
The Rev. George Seabury resigned the
Rectorship of the Parish on the 21st of
April, 1375, after an encumbency of over
eight years. During his Rectorship 132
persons were baptised, 74 persons received
the rite of Confirmation, 169 persons were
admitted to the Holy Communion, 46 mar
riages were solemnized, aud the bodies of
128 were committed to the ground, "Earth
to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."
The present statistics of the Parish are
nearly as follows: families, 135; baptised
members of thechurch,410; communicants,
157. The loss of the Parish register in 1851
rendes it impossible to state the statistics
of the Parish with correctness previous to
that time. On the 27th day of June, 1875,
the steeple of the chnrch was the third
time strnck by lightning; the damage done
amounted to about §50.
Of the sixty-three persons who contribu
ted to defray the expense of finishing the
church in 1R16, not one is now living. Mr.
Isaac Kinney who died recently at the age
of eighty-five was the last survivor. Of
the slip holders in 1840, only two are slip
holders at the present time, viz: Dr. S. C.
Johnson and B. W. Smith, and only five of
the whole number are now living. The
subscription lists containing the names of
the contributors and the amount contribu
ted by each for church purposes, have in
almost every instance been carefully pre-
aerved, and if now published, would probab
ly prove more interesting to the public
than to the living subscribers. During the
first twenty-five years from the organiza
tion of the Parish eight clergymen were
employed for a specified leugth of time,
and in the next fifty-three years, nine,
four of whom had charge of the Parish over
forty-three years. Oh the 25th of Septem
ber, 1875, the Rev.-Edwiu J. K. Lessel be
came Rector of the Parish. B. W. S.

THE IOT)IANS.

The Quinnipiac Indians, who mostly lived around New Haven Harbor
claimed the land to the north and northwest as far as the Naugatuck, but it
was the Paugussetts who mostly occupied the valleys of the Housatonic and
the Naugatuck. They were not numerous for a section so well adapted to
yield liberal supplies to the hunter and the fisherman, for yeara before the
merciless Mohawks from New York, of the warlike Iroquois race, had raided
over this section, and the Connecticut Indians, who were of the peaceful
Algonquin stock, had been gi'eatly lessened in numbers.
The chief seat of the Paugussett Indians was at the mouth of the Nauga
tuck. On the triangular shaped tract of land which terminates at the junc
tion of the two rivers, was their headquarters, and on the east bank of the
Housatonic, about a mile above the confluence of the Housatonic and the
Naugatuck, was their fortress, to which they retreated in times of danger.
The last sachem at this place, Conquepotanah, died in 1731.
From the time of the first deeds from Indians to white men, in this
vicinity, in 1662 and 1664, (see pp. 5 to 7), the Indians continued to dispose
of their lands to the whites for probably about all they were worth at that
time. The Indians were evidently satisfied with their renumeration and seem
to have made no reprisals. Among those who sold the lands, and who were
evidently sachems and chiefs, were Ansantaway, also written Ansantwan and
Ansantawae', and his two sons Ockenuck, (Okenance, Akenanco and Ocke-
nungo,) and Tountonemo, (Toutaenio) ; also Conquepotana, (Conchupatany,
Conqiiepatana or Konkapotanauh, and Huntawah (Ahuntaway or Ahan-"
taway). Cheshconeeg, who lived near Squantuck in 1693, is also identified
with Chusqunnoog, who was in 1716 one of the grantors of a tract of land
north of the Waterbury and Woodbury bounds, extending firom the Nauga
tuck to the Shepang.

31' niSTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Referring to these sales of the lands, Dr. Anderson says : "It would be
interesting to consider somewhat carefully the natm-e of this primitive pro
prietorship, for it has decided bearings upon the great modem question of the
origin of property, and the significance of that ' institution ' in the histoiy of
civilization. It was said by Sir Edmund Andross that Indian deeds were
' no better than the scratch of a bear's paw ; ' and there are those at the
present day who, for different reasons from those which shaped the opinion of
Andross, would deny that the aboriginal ownership of the soil was of any ac
count whatever. Because their system was a kind of communism, their
rights amount to nothing in the eyes of these modem thinkers. The early
settlers, however, either fi'om a sense of justice or out of regard to expediency,
made it a rule to extinguish the titles of the natives by actual purchase. And
when we consider the value of money at that day, the ' unimproved ' condi
tion of the lands, and the fact that in almost all cases the gi'antors reserved
either large sections as huntiag grounds, or else the right to hunt everywhere
as before the sale, we can hardly say that the Indians were uufiiirly dealt
with. The Indian usually reserved, or at least supposed that he was reserving,
the right to hunt and fish everywhere, as before the lands were sold. In most
of the towns, he remained harmless and unmolested in the neighliorhood of
the settlements, fi-om generation to generation. ¦ The relations of the aborigi
nal inhabitants to the whites are well illustrated in the statement of an aged
citizen of Farmington, who died within the present century, and who was
born about 1730, ' that within his recollection the Indian children in the dis
trict school were not much fewer than those of the whites. In their snow
balling parties the former used to take one side and the latter another, when
they would be so equally balanced in numbers and prowess, as to render the
battle a very tough one and the result doubtful.' But, however good the in
tentions of the white man may have been, the transformation of the wilder
ness into a fruitful field must go steadily on, and the Red Man must in
evitably fall back, seeking' new hunting grounds. For example, the
Paugussets of the seacoast removed inland, as we have seen, and made their
principal seat at the lower end of the Naugatuck Valley, which thus became
practically a new settlement."
Joseph Mauwehu was the son of Gideon Mauwehu, a Pequot Indian,
who lived for a time in or near Derby, and afterward removed to Scatacook
and was chief of the Indians who collected there. Joseph was brought in his
boyhood to Derby Neck to live with a Mr. Durand till he arrived at man
hood, then was married to Sarah, of the Farmington Indians and settled in
the south part of Derby near Turkey Hill, but afterward removed to Nauko-
timk, now Seymour. Joseph lived at first near the Falls, afterwards in a
frame house built for him on the site where Dr. Thomas Stoddard now lives.
De Forest, in his History of the Indians of Connecticut, gives the following
account of Joseph Mauwehu : •

THE INDIANS. 33
" Here a few followers gathered round him, and during forty or fifty
yeai-s he played the part of a petty sachem. From his manner of pronouncin<^
the word < choose,' he was nick-named Chuce ; and he is still well remembered
in the village by the name of Old Chuce. He built his wigwam amon™- a fow
oak trees near the falls, and supported himself, after the fashion of his race
by fishing and hunting and by the produce of a little patch of ground. When
he took up his residence here, there were only two or three white families in
the vicinity, but others followed, and gradually built up a village, which for
many years was known by the name of Chuce-town. The sachem lived on
the most amicable terms with his civilized neighbors, and I have heard Lira
spoken of with feelings of evident kindness and sympathy by those who re
membered him. Anecdotes are preserved of him which show that he was
somewhat addicted to the use of ardent spirits, and considered rum or whisky
essentially superior as a beverage to cold water. He used to come when he
was thirsty to a fine spring bursting from a hollow rock at tho foot of a hill
and there used to sit on the bank by the side of the spring, and drink the
sweet water as it gushed from the rpck, and praise it, and say that'if there
was only another spring, just such a spring, of rum, flowing by the side of it
he would ask for nothing more, but would be perfectly happy."
The spring referred to was a few rods east of where Davis' Block now
stands, and the place is still marked by a well, the place havino- been
gi-adually covered with earth to the depth of ten or twelve feet. There nsed
to be a little lakelet south of the spring, three or four rods in length, abound
ing with small fish. This was drained abont 1845, and afterward filled in.
Among the traditions of this period is one of a white man named
Durand and an Indian who were hunting near the river about a mile below
the bridge. " Durand, seeing something moving in the bushes, which he sup
posed to be a deer, aimed at the place and fired. Hastening to the spot he
found he had shot an Indian, who, in his last agonies, asked for watier, which
Durand brought for him from the river. Tlie case was submitted to arbitra
tion, and during the discussion one of the Indian witnesses remarked, refer
ring to the Indian's bright leggings, that he never before knew of a deer
wearing red stockings. The Indians were, however, satisfied that the homi
cide was accidental, and ever aftei-ward ti-eated the white hunter in the most
friendly manner.
Mauwehu moved back to the falls for a while before he moved to Scatacook.
He had eight children, two sons and six danghters. His oldest son, Joseph,
enlisted as a soldier and went to Boston when hostilities commenced. After
his term of service closed on his way home he was poisoned and died, prob
ably by the opposers of the war. Three of his children died in childhood.
Elihu, his youngest son, was an unusually intelligent Indian.

;]4 HISTORY OF SEYMOUE.
The tribe of which Mauwehu was a member, claimed the land as far north
as Mattatuck or Waterbury. When the Indian census was taken by the
colony in 1774, there were four of Chuse's baud in Waterburj-, where the first
settlers were not particular to higgle with the Indians concerning the owner
ship of the land, but paid both the Farmington Tunxis and the Derby
Paugussetts for it. They were paid in hard cash, not with the baubles some
times used to cheat the Indians of their lands. The first deed was dated 1674,
but the same land was bounded more definitely and again purchased in 1685,
and the third time the Derby Indians were paid 25 shillmgs for " a small
piece of land north of the Derby bounds, west of Naugatuck river and south
of Toantick brook."
Of Eunice, a daughter of Mauwehu, and her children, De Forest said in
1850 : " Old Eunice, as she was commonly called, died a number of yeara
since. Her two children, Jim and Euby, 1 have often seen coming into my
native village, to sell parti-colored baskets and buy provisions and rum.
Ruby was short and thick, and her face was coarse and stupid. Jim's huge
form was'bloated with liquor ; his voice was coarse and hollow ; and his steps,
even when he was not intoxicated, were unsteady from the evil effects of
ardent spirits. At present, I believe, they are all in their graves!"
"Knowing little of European modes of life, and judging of the colonists
greatly by themselves, they supposed that the latter would cultivate but a lit
tle land, and support themselves for the rest by trading, fishing and hunting.
Little did they think that in the course of years the white population would
increase from scores to hundreds, and from hundreds to thousands; that the
deep forests would be cut down; that the wild animals would disappear; that
the fish would grow few in the rivers; and that a poor remnant  would
eventually leave the graves of their forefathers, and wander away into another
land. Could they have anticipated that a change so wonderful, and in their
history so unprecedented, would of necessity follow the coming of the white
man, they would have preferred the wampum tributes of the Pequots and the
scalping parties of the Five Nations to the vicinity of a people so kind, so
peaceable and yet so destructive." (De Forest, pp. 164, 165.)
"Chieftains of a v.auished race,
In your ancient burial place.
By your fathers' ashes blest,
Now in peace securely rest.
Since on life you looked your last,
Changes o'er your land have passed;
Strangers came with iron sway.
And your tribes have passed away.
But your fate shall cherished be
In the strangers' memory;
Virtue long her watch shall keep.
Where the Eed Men's ashes sleep."

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. 35
In the early days of New England not only negroes, but Indians, were
held as slaves to the whites. In the old records of Derby are occasional en
tries of Indian slaves. Following are deeds of this kind :
"Kuow all men by these presents that I, Joseph Gorham of Stratford, in the
county of Fairfield, in the colony of Connecticut, for and in consideration o'f sixty
pounds money iu hand received, and well and truly paid by Col. Ebenezer Johnson of
Derby, in the county of New Haven and colony aforesaid, to my full_ satisfaction and
content, have sold and made over unto the said Ebenezer Johnson "and to his heirs
executors aud assigns forever, one Indian woman named Dinah, of about twenty-six
years of age: for him, tlie said Johnson, his heirs, executors or assigns, to have, hold
and enjoy the said Indian woman Dinah as his and their own proper estate' from
henceforth forever, during the said Dinah's life; affirming the said Dmah to be my
own proper estat«, aud that I have in myself full power and lawful authority to sell
and dispose of the said Dinah in manner as aforesaid, and that free and clear of all
incumbrances whatsoever. In witness I set to my haud and seal in Stratford, this
eight day of June in the year of our Lord God 17SS. Samuel Frknch
Attorney for Capt. Gorham.
"Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of ns, t,
John Cuktiss,
JoiCN Leavenworth." 'jf
" Know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Jonson, widow of the late de
ceased Colonel Ebenezer Jonson of Derby, in the county of New Haven, in the colony
of Connecticut in New England, for the parently love and good will which I have
towards my beloved son Timothy Jonson of Derby, in the county and colony aforesaidi
and for divers other good and well-advised oonsiderationa me thereunto moving, have
given and do by these presents fully, freely and absolutely give, grant and confirm
unto my beloved son Timothy Johnson, him, his heirs and iissigus forever: that is to
say, one Indian woman called Dinah, and also a feather-bed that he hath now in pos
session; and by these presents I, the said Hannah Jonson, do give grant and confirm,
and firmly make over the above-named Dinah and feather-bed with all their privi
leges and profits; and untu him, the said Timothy Jonson, his heirs and assigns for-
eveir, to have and to hold, to occupy, use and improve, as he, the said Timothy Jonson,
his heirs and assigns, shall think fit, without any interruption, trouble or' molestation
any manner of way giveti by me, the said Hannah Jonson, or any of my heirs, execu
tors or administrators, or any other person or persons from, by or under me. And
furthermore I the said Hannah Jonson do by these presents for myself, my heirs, ex
ecutors aud administrators, covenant and promise to and with the said Timothy Jon
son, his heirs and assigns, that we will forever warrant and defend him the said
Timothy Jonaon, his heirs and assigns, in the peaceable and quiet possession and en
joyment of the above-named Dinah and feather-bed against -the lawful claims and
demands of all persons whomsoever. In confirmation of all the above-mentioned per-
tikuarlyes [particulars], I the said Hannah Jonson have herenoto set my hand and
seal this 22nd day of November, in the second year of the reign of our sovereign lord,
King George the Second, aud in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty-
eight. Hannah Johnson,
" Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
Joseph Hulls,
Charles Johnson.
"Derby, November 22, 1728.— This day Hannah Jonaon, the subscriber of the
above-written instrument, personally appeared and acknowledged this to be her own
free act and deed, before me Joskph Hulls, Justice of the Peace."

3(; HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
The following entry is "verbatim et literatim":
"theae may certifi whome it may consarn that tobee a Ing.in that liv ed with me
I had of a moheg Indian at new london 30 7 years agoo. he liv ed with me 12 ye.ir
and is now aud has bin a free m.iu ever seno October the 6 1713 Ebenezer Johnson"
It is thought that Col. Johnson came in possession of Toby in .1688, the
year of the beginning of King William's war, and perhaps Toby was one of
the northern Indians in alliance with the French, taken prisoner in that war.
A tradition has been handed down that Col. Johnson, with his forces, sur
rounded an Indian village, and cut down, as they supposed, everj' one in it,
and that early the next moniing as the Colonel was walking over tlie scene
of the fight, a little Indian boy ran out of the bushes and clung to his leg with
such a pleading look that the Colonel spared him, and brought him to his
home by the Naugatuck. The manuscript quoted above seems to conflict
with this interesting narrative. ^
Tehee's name is perpetuated by the appellation "Toby's Eocks," as ap
plied to the rocky hills and cliffs south of High Eock, which, with the sur
rounding land, was given to him when he became a freeman.
The day of the Indian is passed, and that of the railroad and telegraph
has come; yet we do not need to ride or walk far from our daily haunts to find
a few mixed descendants of the aboriginees. These are mainly offshoots from
the Pequots. They have lived foj: a long time in a narrow valley where a
small sti'eam and a large one unite, a spot which they have named, as Mr.
Lossing tells us, Pish-gacli-ti-gock — "the meeting of the waters." The name
on white lips was changed to Scatacook, and the Indians became known as the
Scatacook Indians. During a former generation these wards of civilization
used to frequent the villages, peddling baskets and small wares to gain a live
lihood. At the beginning of the present century a remnant of the Paugussetts
were still living in VYoodbridge, bearing the name of Mack, and within a few
years some, who were supposed to be their descendants, have frequently been
seen in our streets offering for sale the baskets they had made.
Arrow heads of flint and quartz are still found in our fields, and oc
casionally an excavation reveals the resting place of some dusky wanior, dis
tinguishable only by the relics which kindred hands had placed in his grave,
hoping they might be of service to him in "the happy hunting grounds" to
which they supposed his spirit had taken flight.
The last -full blood Indian of this tribe, now reduced to a mere hand
ful, mixed with negro and white blood— was the famous Eunice Mauwehu.
She lived on a, state reservation, as do now her dwindlinir descendants,

SEY^IOUR AND VICINITY. 37
and died in 1859, aged about 104 years. Her father was the last chief who
ruled, and she was consequently, of royal blood— a princess, in fact, as she
would have been in name, had the tribal condition of her people continued
Until within a few weeks of her death, she often talked with freedom of
the Indians and their habits. It was interesting to hear her pronunciation
of the Indian words which have now become local property, and are attached
to so many places. In almost every instance the modem use of them is
merely a reduction of larger and more unmanageable ones— words which
as they are now used, have been shorn of a half or a third of theii- ori<rinai
syllables. She was intelligent, and accustomed to talk, and remembered
of course many curious things. She made a striking statement that she saw'
when a little giri, an old Indian who had seen King Phillip. The Indian was
telling her father of the personal traits and appearance of this doughty hero, and
narrating, perhaps, some of his unrecorded exploits; and she was a wrapt
listener to the conversation. To see an Indian who had seen King Phillip
was like putting your hand backward upon the vessel which landed on Ply-
muoth Eock. When one sits down to think the matter seriously over it
does not seem so long as it did since Columbus discovered America, or smce
William the Conqueror set foot in England, or in fact, since anything ancient
happened, when a lew memories pasted together cover an arc of time."

The Early Settlers-
Benajah Johnson and Timothy, his brother, who settled in what is now
Beacon Falls, came from Derby, but were natives of New Haven. Their
father lived in a house where the Exchange building stood in 1847, and had
eight sons. The wives of Timothy aud Benajah Johnson were grand daugh
ters of the Eev. Nathaniel Brewster, (son of Johnathan Brewster, who
came to Plymouth in the Mayflower,) of Setauket Village, Brookhaven, Long
Island, and great gi-andanghters of Eoger Ludlow, who was one of the four
principal men who came over from England in 1630 with Gov. John Wiu-
throp, and who began to settle the town of Dorchester, Mass. "Mr. Ludlow
was soon made deputy governor of Massachusetts. In 1636 he and and seven
others were invested by Massachusetts with all the powei-s of the government of
the new colony of Connecticut. He removed to Windsor, where he lived
till 1640, having been in the mean time appointed deputy governor of Con
necticut and to other high offices of tnist. In 1640 he and several others
bought of the Indians TJncou, including the region now called Stratford,
Bridgeport and Faii-field. The name belonged particularly to Faii"field, where
Gov. Ludlow and his associates lived, and which was fii-st discovered by Capt.
Mason when pursuing the Pequot Indians westward after their memorable
defeat in 1637. Thompson, in his histoiy of Long Island, speaking of Mr.
Brewster says: "He was a nephew of the Elder William Brewster of the May
Flower. He was a gi-aduate jp the firet class of Harvard College in 1642,
which consisted of nine young men.
During the Commonwealth, (from 1650 to 1660,) he was a minister in
Noi-walk, England, but on the restoration of monarchy, he returned to Amer
ica and was settled at Setauket, L. I., in 1665. His three sons, John,
Daniel, and Timothy had resided there several years before his airival from
England. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Eoger Ludlow, one of the most

eminent men of New England. Mr. Ludlow was a member of the council

:is SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
and deputy governor of Mass. and Conn. He composed the first code of
laws for the Connecticut colony, which was first published m 1050. Mr,
Ludlow's daughter Sarah, the wife of Mr. Brewster, was represented as a per
son eminently distinguished for her genius and lite . ary attainments. The three
sons of Mr. Brewster were men of excellent character and highly useful dur
ing their lives. The wife of Benajah Johnson was first married to Joseph
Hawkins of Derby, son of Johu Hawkins, Nov. 17th, 1720, when she was
19 years old. He or his son Joseph, who was the ancestor of the Hawkinses of
Derby, built the first house on Derby Point, where Birmingham now is, and
a store for the pui-pose of importing and selling West India goods. Tliis
house and store were torn down only a few years ago.
At this time the Housatouic below Derby was navigable fiir vessels wliich
could come np to where now is the rolling mill of the iron works.
This was the location of the store. There was no made latul bslow the cause
way, east of Binningham. Where the two rivers m^t was a kind of trian
gular lake, deep and free from mud. Joseph Hawldns died about the year
1725. He had a daughter Mary, boni Sept. 5tli, 1721, who married Ebene
zer Jud'd of Waterbury, Nov. 1 7th, 1742, and was the mother of Brewster,
Enoch, Ebenezer, Sarah, Da^id, Benajah and Amos Judd, also a son Joseph,
bom April 30th, 1724, who carried on business in the store mentioned above.
The widow Sarah (Brewster) Hawkins and Benajah Johnson were nianied
Oct. 10th, 1728, and they soon occupied, as pioneers, the first house in Sey
mour, which was built at the foot of the first hill north of the honse of Mr.
Chatfield, opposite the present house of VVilliam Gilyard. She took her name
from her grandmother, Sarah Ludlow. About 175ii he built the house which
was recently torn down to make room for Chatfield's present house. Tliej
had two chydren, Isaac and Zeviah. Isaac was born in 173.1 and died April
10th, 1813, aged 78 years. Zeviah was bom in 1739 and died May 2yth,
1816, aged 77 years. Isaac married Lois Hopkins, daughter of John Hopkins,
of Waterbury and first cousin of the celebrated diviui', Dr. Samuel Hopkias,
who was the son of her uncle Timothy. The date of their marriage was Jan-
nary 21st, 1758, by Eev. Mark Leavenworth, the pastor of the church in
Waterbury. Lois his wife, was born iu 1738. and died Oct. 16 h, 1814, aged
76 years. Zeviah the sister of Isaac was marrie 1 to Abiel Fairchild an 1
their house was about thi-ee-fourths of a mile northwest of Piuesbridge. Mr.
Fairchild was an excellent man. One of his neighbors said of him that he
was an "Israelite indeed, in whom there was no guile."
Benajah Johnson died April 13th, 1763, agel 59, and his remains were
earned on a horse litter to the original burying ground of Derby. His widow,
Sarah, died May 7th, 1773, at the house ' of her daughter Mrs. Fairchildl
Her remains were interred in a new burying ground which bad been begun
about five years previous to her death, — about 1768 — on a terrace above and
west of the Naugatuck railroad, about a mile above the depot in Seymonr.
This place of burial was abandoned before the year 1800, when the present
Pinesbridge cemetery was chosen and given by 'Alexander Johnson, son ot
Timothy. This eariy burjing ground of 1768 is now in the woods and over
grown mth buslies and entirely neglected. The last burial in it was that of
a mulatto by the name of Shubael, son of Pero, a pure blooded African.
When It was proposed to bury the remains of Shubael in the Pinesbridge
ground, Mr. Alexander Johnson forbid it and so they took them to the ground
in the woods. The grave stones of Benajah Johnson and Sarah his wife
were placed by their son Isaac and are still standing.

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Timothy Jolmson .and Abigail Brewster, sister of Sarah (Brewster) Hawkins
were married Feb. 21st, 1725. Their house was a little wav below Pines
bridge at a crossing p ace on the Naugatuck, where his grandson Elijah die.l
fJ^' ^^f,^^- o ^I'^'^J^^ ^"* **"** •^''"'^' Alexander, who was born in
1730, and died m Sept., 1817, aged 87. Timothy and his wife were both bur
ied in the old burying ground of Derby. When he first removed to this wild
place he found a youug Indian called Toby, who lived abont half a mile north
west of Pines bridge from which Tobj's Kocks took their name.
Mr. Johnson and his wife were very much annoyed by wild animals and
snakes, especially by beare wliich came down from Eock Eimmon and de
stroyed their crops. After a while they went back to Derby, where they
lived several years and then returned. Alexander Johnson and Hannah
his wife had a large family, mostly sons. Timothy, (bom Jan. 21st 1766 •
died Jan. 21st, 1836;) David, Elijah, Nathaniel, Charies and others.' There
was one daughter who manied Moses Clark of Nyumphs. Her maiden
name was Abigail Brewster Johnson and some now living remember her as
"aunt Nabby."
The dead were buried in Derby till about a hundred and ten years a'^o
when a few were buried in the burying ground opposite Eock Eimmon!
The principal mode of earning the dead to Derby was on ahorse litter which
was extemporized as follows : Two horses with saddles were placed with
their heads in the same direction, one forward of the other about seven or
eight feet, and a long stout linen bag turned or looped up at each end was put
over each- saddle to receive the ends of two long smooth and sti-ong poles, one
on each side of the horses and two or three cross pieces were put on the poles
between the horses On this litfa-r the colfin was placed lengthwise and
fasteuHd to the cross pieces by cords. As the horses moved on the bearers
walked on each side and steadied the coffin. The mourners and their neigh-
boi-s followed on foot and on horaeback. The roads in those days were narrow
and rough. When the distance from the house to the burning giound was
not more than two or three miles, the coffin., placed on a bier, was usually
borne oa the shoulders of bearers, four and four. The coffin was often made
of whitewood boards and colored with lamp black, but the most costly were
made of cheiTy. _
Capt. James Wheeler of Derby, living in the section known as Turkey
Hill, married Sarah Eiggs and had three daughters and seven sons, Samuel,
Moses. John W., David, James, Joseph, and Simeon. Capt. James Wheeler
died in 1768. Samuel built the first house in Nyumphs, the eastern part
of the town of Beacon Fal s, and around him settled bis brothers, Moses David,
and Jatnes. Simeon built on Eimmon and had two sons, Nathan and Timothy,
and a daughter who married Bradford Steele of Humpbreysville. Samuel
Wheeler was the father of Judge Abel Wheeler of Oxford, who built and
lived in the house now occnppied by S. P. Sanford. John W. Wlieeler was
the father of Mr. John Todd Wheeler, who recently died at a great age in
Seymour. He was bom at the honse of his Uncle James Wheeler, which
stood where the aged Sheldon Clark recently lived, north of the woolen fiictoiy.
Simeon's large two story house Avas where there is now a small honse right
opposite the factory next north of the covered bridge.
What is called Lopus was first settled by Zadoc Sanford and Hezekiah
Clark, grandfiither of Sheldon Clark, about the year 1700. He and bis
brother David lost their lives in the Eevolutionary War.

40 SEYilOUE AND VICINITY.
There were three principal ways to go from Derby to Waterburj- in those
old times. One way was on the east side of -"the Naugatuck by the house of
Benajah Johnson and his son Isaac, on Skokorat, then up over Beacon Hill to
Salem, &c. A second way was along the banks of the Naugatuck, crossing
the stream sixteen times. This was often the way in summer when the
stream was low. A third way was over Great Hill, Eock'us (Eock-house)
Hill, Quaker Farms, &c. When a man and his wife or daughter made the
jomney to Waterbury she rode behind him on a pillion.
The road across Great Hill was laid out previous to 1745, as appears in
cidentally in the following exti'act from the records :
To all whom it may concern, know ye, that we, the siibsaribers hereunto, at the desire of
the selectmen of Derbey, were hy the civil authority in Milford appointed and sworn to afix
and sett up hounds hetween a certain highway within the hounds of Derhey aforesaid, on a
place called the &reat Mill, the land on the Northward Mde of the Highway claimed hy Capt.
Sam'l Basitt on the rights of Saml. Sawley of Stratford, and on the Southward side of said
high-way claimed by Samuel Tomlinson, Abraham Wooster and Jonathan Lum. According
to sd. appointment we on the second Day of instant May did go upon the land, and consider-.
ing the records and hearing the witnesses there present, set up, afix and renew the bounds on
each side of sd. highway, and a heap of stones at the South west comer of said Basit^s lying
within the fence, and a heap of stones lying at the root of a great chestnut-tree that is blown
down at the Soutlteast comer of said Basitt's claim, are the true original corners of Si.
Mawley's piece of land as laid out by a Committee December 21, 1698, and that a straight
line from said Corners is the northward side of the Highway. And four rods Southward
from said heap of stones at the root of said Chestnut tree there is a heap of stones at the root
of a blaeic oak tree tn Sd. Johnathan Lum's fence, and another heap of stones bg Woodbury
road four rods Southxvard from a heap of stones at the corner of Sd. Basitt's land, lying
near to the comer of Sd. Tomlinson's land that was formerally Silvester Wooster's, and a
straight line from said comers is the Southward side of said Highway. Done by us, Derbey,
May 2d, 17^. Nathaniel Fairchild, )
Nathan Baldwin, VFreehoIders.^
Entered July the. Ist, A. D., 174.5. Thomas Clarkk, )
By me, Charles French, Begir.
Joseph Maincelm, or Chuse, about 1720 was presented by his father
with a tract of land "near the falls of the Naugatuc," where a little hand
of Indians gathered around and recognized him as their chief. At first there
were but two or thi-ee white families in the vicinity, but the number soon in- >
creased. Joe received the name Chuse from his manner in pronoimcing '
choose, and from this the place was called Chusetown for more than fifty
years. Chuse was a skillful hunter and captm-ed not only small game, but
occasionally a deer, wild turkey or bear. Finally the little tiibe became
scattered and in 1763, Chuse and Houde, sold their land to Ebenezer Keeney,
John Wooster and Joseph Hull, Jr. The following is a copy of the deed:
Know all men by these presents that we, Joseph Chuse, John Houde, Indians of D«%,
m th« County of New Haven, and Colony of Connecticut in Neio England, ivith the adciee of
Samuel Basel, Esqr, Agent for the said Indians, accmding to the Allowance and Libsrts
Given io Ebenezer Keeney, John Wooster .J- Joseph mai, Jr. of Derby in the county and
colony aforesaid by the genei-al assembly of the Colony of Connecticut on the first Tliursdag of
^?', ;^l '^"""i'" f"'^ ¦^"'^^ Chuse, John Honde, Indians a/aforesd-tvith tk
Uberty and advice as afor^d-do auit-cUim and make ore,- aud confirm unto the said Ele,ie.
zer Keeney, John Wooster c^- Joseph Hull, Jnr.,for the Consideration of Eight Pounds LawfuU

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY. 41
money to us paid by the said Ebenezer Keeney, John Wooster cf- Joseph Hull, Jr., which
id to our full satisfaction, and we the said Joseph Chuse <J- John Houde do by these Presents
Quitclaim, make over and Confirm to them, the sd Ebenezer Keeney, John Wooster and Joseph
Hull, Jr., a Certains Parcell of Land Lying in sd Derby at the Falls, so called. Bounded as
followeth, beginning at a heap of stones near the foot of the Gieat Bridge which is the original
comer of the Falls Land, and run east four rods to « heap of stones on the edge of ths hill
by a walnut tree, then run north 46 degs. west eleven rods to a heap of stones on the edge of a
knole, then West 14 Degs. north fourteen rods to a heap of stones four rods from tlie bank of
the river, then run north SiDegs. west fifteen rods to a heap of stones on the top of the high
bank, then run west 45 Degs. north to a heap of stones by the river Mghteen rods, and then its
bounded southerly and westerly armind to tlie first mentioned bounds near the foot of the
Bridge all the way on the river, taking in the falls Bocks, Containing one acre against the
falls and one acre and a half of land for highway to the said acre, with all the prevelidges
and appurtenances belonging to said falls and land, and we the said Joseph Chuse, John
Houde, Indians, as aforesaid do by these presents quitclaim, release and relinquish and make
over to them, tlie said Ebenezer Keeney, John Wooster and Joseph Hull, Jr., and to their
heirs and asmgns forevo" witluiut any molestation given by us or by our heirs or assigns. In
Confirmation of the premisea we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this forth day of
October, A. D., 1763.
Signed, Sealed and delivered
in presence of JOSEPH CHUSE
CHARLES FRENCH,
JOHN HOLBROOK, JOHN HOUDE

¦ Derby, in the County of New Haven, on the day and date above said personally ap
peared Joseph Chuse and John Houde, signers and sealers to the above instnime)tt and ac
knowledged the said instrument to be their free act and deed.
Before me, CHARLES FRENCH, Justice of the Peace.
It appears however, that some Indians remained in the vicinity long
after this, as at a town meeting held Mar. 8, 1780, "Capt. Bradford Steel and
Mr. Gideon Johnson were appointed a committee with full power to take
care of the Indian Lands in Derby, and let out the same to the best advan
tage for the support of said Indians and to take care that there be no waste
made on said land, and to render an account of their doings to said town of
Derby." Francis French, one of the original grantees of Derby, when it was set
apart from the Milford plantation, came over in the ship "Defence" in 1635,
being then but ten years of age. , Savage, in his Dictionary of First Settlers
of New England, says he came over with William, his * * • uncle, who
settled at Cambridge, Mass. The English records of emigration of about.
that time record the departure of One Francis, French, aged ten years, and
his mother. This Francis French was one of the selectmen of the town in
1666, when the usual pay of town officials for their services was 2s. 6d. per
day. His son Francis, bom Feb. 11, 1677, was the father of Israel French,
who built his house where now stands the house of William Gilyard, on Sko-
corat, in 1740, and so was a near neighbor of Benajah Johnson. This Israel
French married Sarah Loveland Sept. 11, 1739. He was elected a Surveyor
of Highway at a town meeting held Dec. 10th, 1764, and held the office
several years. As the highway to Derby was then little better than a forest
path, the office was probably no sinecure. His oldest son, David, bom in
1741, lived in Bethany, then a parish of Woodbridge. He was familiarly
known as King David, and the records mention him as a land holder of
Nyumphs in 1766, and years afterward as prominent among the early Metho
dists. He died Aug. 4^ 1821, aged 80 years. Another son of this pioneer,

42 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
Israel, was Charles, bora Dec. 19, 1765, who was the father of Raymond
French, Esq. Charles, brother of Israel French, was town clerk of Derby
thirty-four years. The family were remarkable for their tenacious memories.
It was said of Israel that after once hearing a sermon he could' repeat it from
memory with but little varation.
Richard, Baldwin, one of the original grantees of the town of Derby,
was a native of England, baptized there in 1622, and came over with lus
, father Sylvanus on board ship Martin. -Sylvanus was the-son of Sylvester,
"^'^from parish Ashton, Clinton, Bucks Co., Eng., who died in 1638 on ship
Martin. Richard bought land Oct. 10th, 1669, in the south part of Derby,'
of Ockemunge, (written also Okenuch and Okenug,) "sole sachem of Pau
gussett," Chupps and Nehawkumme.
He was selected by the General Court as "Moderator of the new settle
ment of Paugussett, and he was one of the committee appointed on the part
of the New Haven colony to effect the union with the Connecticut colony.
" Barnabas, son of Richard, was bom in,1665. About six hundred acres in the
south-west part of Woodbridge, which had been purchased of an Indian chief
. by his father, was conveyed to biwi by his brothers and sisters, and is largely
in the possession of his descendants to the present day. He died in 1741. His
son Timothy was bom in 1695 and died in 1766. Capt. Timothy, son of the
above mentioned, was bom Dec. 13, 1722, in what was then Milford, near the
Derby line, afterwards Woodbridge, Jan. 15, 1744, he was married to Sarah
Beecher, who died in 1794. He was in 1779 one of the committee to facilitate
the arrangements to strengthen the patriot army. He lived in what is now
Seymour, and in 1789 was the first signer of the petition for the establishment
of the first religious society formed in this place. See page 17. He had a slave
Peter, baptized Dec. 23rd, 1790. He died Dec. 22, 1800. His children were
Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1746, m. Simeon Wheeler of Derby, Oct. 10, 1764:
Timothy, b. 1749, lived in Derby, d. Aug. 30, 1822: Thaddens, b. June 22,
1751: Anne, b. Feb. 24, 1757, m. Edmund Clark of Derby.
Occasionally the records of public proceedings seem to indicate a large
proportion of the public men as residing in this part of old Derby. At the
town meeting held Dec. 10, 1764, Daniel Holbrook was chosen moderator ;
Charles French, town clerk ; Ashbel Loveland and Abiel Fairchild, grand
jurors ; John Howd, cne of the tything men ; and John Washband, surveyor
of highways. In 1765, (Dec. 9th,) Daniel Holbrook is again mentioned as
moderator of the town meeting, and Gideon and Nathaniel Johnson and John
Basit were chosen surveyors of highway. Daniel Holbrook lived on Skocorat
The practice of allowing cattle and swine to run at large on the common
lands made necessary some method of marking, and each proprietor had his
"earmark" duly recorded. Dr. Josiah Canfield's earmark was a swallow fork
, in the end of the left ear. (Entered Mar. 27, 1769.) Jonathan JVIiles' earmark
was a swallow fork in each ear and a halfpenny cut in the upper side of the
right ear. (Entered May 9, 1766.)

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OXFOItD.
As an adjoining town, carved, like Seymour, from what was once Derby
and whose boundary line has been changed from time to time,, so as to include
more or less of what is now Seymour, some account of the early history of
Oxford may properly be inserted here. The fii-st petition looking to the setting
apart of Oxford as a separate parish was made to the General Assembly in
May, 1740. A committee was appointed to investigate the case, and in May
¦1741, the petition was granted in the following words:
"Whereas npon the memorial of Timothy Worster, John Twitchel and
John Towner, &c., dwelling in the north and northwest part of the township
of Derby, Isaac Trowbridge, John Weed, Jonas Weed, Joseph Weed, Thomas
and Joseph Osbom, dwelling in the southwest part of Waterbury woods, in
the old society in said Waterbury, and Isaac Knowles, Joseph Towner
Eliphalet Bristol, John Tift and Aaron Bristol, dwelling in the southeast part
of tiie township of Woodberry woods in the parish of Southbeny, moving to
the General Assembly holden at Hartford, May, anno Bom. 1740, that they
might become one entire, distinct ecclesiastical society, and praying for a
committee, &c.; the said General Assembly did appoint a committee, who
accordingly making their report to the General Assembly at New Haven in
October last, and the same not being accepted; and the said General Assembly
in October last appointing another committee, Colo. Benjamin Hall, Capt.
Isaac Dickerman and Capt. John Fowler, to view and report, &c.: And
whereas the said last mentioned committee have to this Assembly made their re
port, that according to the direction of said Assembly they have repiured to
the abovesaid places, &c., and find and are of opinion, that it is necessary and
best that the said inhabitants be made a distinct, separate ecclesiatical society,
and that their bounds and limits be as followeth: Beginning at the mouth of
the four mile brook in Derby bounds, where the brook emptieth itself into the
great river, and to run as said brook runneth by said brook unto the bridge
that is between the dwelling houses of Abel Gun and John Holbrook; and
from said bridge by the highway that mnneth between the land commonly
called the Camp's Mortgage and the land called Quakers Farm Purchase, unto
the river called the Little river; and thence as the Little river runneth to Nau
gatuck river; and thence northerly, by said Naugatuck river, that being the east
bounds of said society, until it comes to the dividing line between the towns of
Derby and Waterbury; thence turning westerly and running as the line runneth
between the towns of Derby and Waterbury, as aforesaid, nntil it comes to the
southeasterly boundary of Thomas and Joseph Osbom's farm in the bounds of
Derby; and from thence to mn northerly to the northeast comer boundary of Jos.
Weed's farm in Waterbury town bounds; and from thence a northwesterly line
to the northeast comer boundary of Isaac Trowbridge's farm in said Waterbury
town bounds; and from thence to ran westerly, in the line of said Trowbridge's
farm, about sixty rods, to Woodbeiry town line; and thence to the northwest
corner of Isaac Knowles's farm in the township of Woodberry; and from the
northwest comer of said Knowles's farm a west line to the eight mile brook
in the bounds of Woodberry; and then by the said brook, nntil it comes to
the dividing line between the towns of Woodberry and Derby; and thence
to ran westerly in the line that divideth between the said towns of Woodberry
and Derby, unto the great river; thence by the river southerly to the first
mentioned boundary, theinouth of four mile brook; as by said report on file,
dated May the 7th, anno Dmn. 1741."

44 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
'¦'¦It is thereu:pon resolved by this Assembly, That the above said memori
alists, inhabitants of Derby, Waterbury and Woodberry, situate and living
within the bounds and limits above described, be and become together one
entire, separate and distinct ecclesiastical society or parish, subsisting and
known by the name of the parish of Oxford, and endowed \nth all powers
and privileges wherewith other parishes within this government are bylaw

endowed."

The members of the "Society of Oxford," as they termed themselves,
met for the first time and organized June 30, 1841. On the 6th of Oetober,
1741, in meeting lawfully wamed, it was voted, "by a two-thirds part of the
inhabitants by law qualified to vote and present in meeting, to build a meet
ing house, and to meet the assembly in their next session at New Haven, to
pray for a commission to appoint, order and fix the place whereon their meet
ing house shall be erected and built." Mr. Ebenezer Eiggs was appointed
agent to the General Assembly. The following is the order of the Assembly:
"Upon the report of Capt. Isaac Dickerman, Mr. James Talmadge
and Mr. John Hitchcock, appointed by this Assembly to affix the place
for the inhabitants of the parish of Oxford to build their meeting house
npon, &c., the said committee having viewed their circumstances, and have
set down a stake and laid stones to the same, at the south end of the hill,
commonly called Jack's Hill, and near the highway that runs on the east
pide the Little river, on land belonging to Bpl^aim Washboum, which said
place the said committee report to be the most convenient place for the said
inhabitants to build a meeting house upon : Eesolved by tMs Assembly, that
the abovesaid place be the place for the said inhabitants to buUd their meeting
house upon ; and the said inhabitants are hereby ordered to build a meeting .
house at the said place accordingly."
In May, 1743, "upon the prayer of Isaac Trowbridge, of Oxford parish,
in behalf of himself and the rest of the inhabitants of said parish, pray
ing this Assembly that they may be allowed to imbody into a church
estate and be impowered and enabled to settle a minister according to the
establishment of the churches in this government, &c.: Whereupon it is
granted by this Assembly, that the said parish of Oxford, by and wiih the
consent and approbation of the neighbouring churches, may imbody into
church estate, and are hereby allowed and impowered to proceed to and settle
a minister according to the establishment of the churches in this govisrament.''
Eev. Johnathan Lyman was ordained minister of the parish Oct. 4, 1745,
and received a settlement of 4500, to be paid in four yeariy installments, and
a salary of £125 per year. The next minister was Eev. David Bronson, from '
Milford, called Mar. 3rd, 1764, with a settiement of £200 and a salary of £60.
He served the parish forty years, dying in 1806.
The Episcopal parish of St. Peter's was organized in 1764 by Eev.
Richard Mansfield, the rector of the Derby church. The first settied clergy
man of this parish was Eev. Mr. Prindle.
Although a separate parish since 1741, Oxford was not incorporated as a
town until 1798. Father mention will be made in connection with contem
porary events.

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Tlie I*eriocl of thie lie volution.

The hardy pioneers who had made their homes among these hills and
vales, of good old English stock, and, in part, descendants of the puritans who
came over in the Mayflower, had grown stronger in their love of freedom, and
were prompt to second the resistance to the encroachments upon their liberty.
Meetings were held and arrangements made to send men, provisions and
clothing, to the extent of their ability, to the patriot army. Of necessity the
business was done in town meetings, but the records show that those living in
this section did their duty nobly.
As early as Nov. 29th, 1774, a special town meeting was called to con
sider "the doings of the Eeputable Continental Congress held at Philadelphia,
Sept. 5*^ 1774," Daniel Holbrook, moderator. They agreed that the proposal
of Congress was "a wise and judicious plan," and resolved that they would
"faithfully adhere to and abide by the association entered into by said Con
gress." The meeting also voted as follows: "That the Gentlemen hereafter
named be a Committee to see the same earned into execution, viz : Capt.
John Holbrook, M*^ Henry Tomlinson, Maj. Jabez Thompson, M' John Pickit,
Cap* Thomas Clark, M' Abraham Smith, Henry Whitney, Cap* Joseph Eiggs,
Lieu* Bradford Steel & Lieu* Ebenezer Buckingham. In case a county Con
gress should be agreed upon in this county, then the aforesaid committee shall
chuse and appoint two out of their number to attend such congress. Again
the town have taken into their consideration the needy & distressed circum
stances of the poor of the Town Boston, by the operation of a late act of Par
liament blocking up their Harbour, this Town is opinion that it is necessary
and their duty to contribute for their help."
In 1777 all male citizens of lawful age were required to take an oath of
fidelity. Among those who took this oath appear the following familiar names.
Rev, Daniel Humphrey, Charles French, Esq'^, John Davis, Esq'', Thomas
Clark, Esq', Cap* John Holbrook,* Agur Tomlinson, Joseph Durand, Benja
min Tomlinson, Cap* Joseph Eiggs, Abraham Basit, David DeForest, Philo
Johnson, John Coe,Daniel Chatfield, Euben Baldwin, Gideon Johnson,Nathan
Mansfield, Bradford Steel, Eleazer Lewis,* Ebenezer Keeney, Henry Tomlin
son,* Turel Whittemore, Abraham Beacher, Enos Bradley, Johnathan Hitch
cock, Noah French, Nathaniel French, Samuel French, John Howd, David
Johnson, Deacon Daniel Holbrook, Jn% Cap* Nathaniel Johnson, Abraham
Hawkins, Isaac Smith, Cap* John Tomlinson, Cap* William Clark, John
Botchford, Ashbel Loveland, Asahel Johnson, Cap* Joseph Lum, Joseph
Loveland, Jehiel Spencer, Ebenezer Johnson, Samuel Eussell, Zachariah
Fairchild, Freegift Hawkins, Edward Howd, Joseph Canfield, Silas Baldwin,

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Abijah Hull, Lewis Hubbell, Philo Holbrook, Eleazer Wooster. (^Specified
in records as living on Great Hill.)
At a to'wn meeting held Feb. 10*'', 1777, the following action was taken:
"Whereas the General Assembly of this state at their sessions at Middle-
town on the 18*'' day of December last past, by an act did regulate the prices
of a number of articles in s* act enumerated ; and whereas it appears to this
town that it is of the utmost consequence to the Community in general and
to this town in particular that said act should be immediately carried into
execution  Voted therefore that this town will by every legal measure en
deavour to have the directions of said act strictly complyed with, this town
being fully sensible that it is the duty of every friend to his country to sell &
dispose of the articles enumerated in the act of assembly fixing the price of
labour, provisions, &c,, at the prices at which they are therein stated. Therefore,
Voted, that those of us who have any of them beyond what we want for
our own consumption will readily and cheerfully sell them either for money
or produce at the price in said act stated : and that we will esteem all persons
who shall not do the same, enemies to their country, and treat them accord
ingly : Provided such person is properly convicted thereof before the Com
mittee of Inspection of this Town : whom we impower to take cognizance of
such offense."
That those who were serving their country on the field of battle were pro
vided for by those who remained at home, as far as their means wonld permit,
is shown by frequent votes of supplies and appointment of special committees
to see that the supplies were fiimished. On the 8th of Dec, 1777, John Coe,
David DeForest and Cap* Thomas Clark were appointed such a committee.
In Dec, 1778, Sam' Hull, David DeForest, Abraham Beecher, Cap* John
Tomlinson, Cap* Timothy Baldwin, Cap* John Eiggs, Lien* Samuel Wheler,
Sam' Basit, Dan' Holbrook, Jun', Cap' Joseph Eiggs, Euben Tucker, Cap*
, Nathaniel Johnson, Jos EusselL Noah Tomlinson, Thomas Clark, Esq% John
Howd, Cap* John Holbrook, Edward Howd, Thadeus Baldwin and others
were appointed a committee to provide clothing for the soldiers.
At a town meeting held Dec. 28th, 1778, it was voted to "give to each
soldier in the Continental Army that counts for the town of Derby Ten Pounds
money each in lew of the linnin overhawls, linnin shirts, and shoes that was
voted to them last year as a bounty," and a town tax was laid of one shilling
nine pence on the pound. Ensign John Humphrey was appointed to receive
the money and to pay it to the soldiers.
Notwithstanding the excitement caused by the war and the heavy taxes
upon tiie resources of the people, the schools were not forgotten, as tiie fol
lowing documents show. The first seems to define a district in the western
part of what is now Beacon Falls. The petition was granted in a town
meeting Dec. 13th, 1779.
"Considering the distance that a considerable number of the inhabitants
of the 4*'' & 5*" districts live from the center of said districts and the incon
venience it is attended with, we therefore whose names are under written,
desire to be set off to be an entire District. Signed and approved by us,
Joseph Davis, Abraham Basit, Sam' Smith, Jr., David Person, John Daris,
John Church, Isaac Beecher, Abraham Beecher, Ebenezer Eiggs, John
Eiggs, Bradford Steel, Committee. Beginning at the Stone Bridge at the
Iwer end of Mr. Abraham Basit's Little river meadow, from thence running
East to the top of the hill South of said Basit's, then mnning north vrith the
high-way to Capt. Joseph Davis' including said Capt Davis, and from thence
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north to the Lead of tiie bounds between Derby & Waterbury, includiuo- M"
Abigail Gunn's farm, then mnning West with the line to Waterbury road
then ranning South with th^ road down to Mr. Miles' bam, then running
West to Touantick brook, then running South with the brook to the bridge
over said Brook Southeast of David Twitchel's, and from thence southeriy
down to the road to the first mentioned bounds, including widow Euth
Bunnell." The following seems to describe what now constitiites the sub-districts of
Shrab Oak and Bungay, Seymour. Petition granted in a town meetino-
Dec 27th, 1779. °
"We the Subscribei-s whose names are underwritten desire the town of
Derby would permit us to be formed into a school district, to take in part of
the north district in the old society, and part of the Great Hill, and part of
the Eimmon District, bounded as followeth, be^ning at the mouth of
• Hassekee meadow brook, ranning northerly by Naugatuck river till it comes
to the upper end of Long Plain, so called, then running westerly to the north
side of the Park, then ranning southerly to the west side of John Botchford's
farm, then running southerly to Mr. Joseph Canfield's barn, then ranning
southerly to the highway twenty rods north of Nehemiah Botchford's house,
then running with the highway to Hassekee meadow brook, then ranning by
said brook to the first mentioned comer."
Bradford Steel, , Eunis Pritchard, Abra"" Wooster,
, ¦ Ashbel Steel, James Pritchard, Jr., Daniel Davis,
Hezekiah Woodin, Samuel Wooster, Benj" Davis,
. Ruben Perkins, * . William Gordin, Eben' Keeney,
Eanford Whitney, John Botchford, Wm. Keeney,
. Lewis Eiggs, Edward Harger, Theo"* Miles,
John Wooster, Josiah Washband, Jona" Miles.
John Eiggs, ) ^_„ .^
John TojiLiNSON, ] ^*»"''""^*-
The following is from the minutes of a town meeting held Mar. 8th, 1780.
"The town by their yoate appoint Capt. Bradford Steel and Mr. Gideon John
son a committe with fuU power to take care of the Indians' Lands in Derby,
and let out the same to the best advantage for the support of said Indians, and
to take care that there be no wast made on said land, and to render an ac
count of their doings to said town of Derby." At the same meeting it was
"voted that Abraham Hawkins, James Beard, Esq., Mr. John Humphrey,
Capt. Nathan Person, Mr. Noah Tomlinson, Major Nathan Smith, David
Tomlinson, Lieut. Levi Hotchkiss, Walter Wooster and Ebenezer Warner be
a committee to assist the officers of the several companies in the town of
Derby in raising their quota of men that shall be requested' iii this town for
the continental and state service, at the expense of the town, with discretion
ary orders to give such premiums as said com"* in their wisdom shall judge
reasonable." At a town meeting held June 27th, 1780, a rate of sixpence was voted
"to pay the bounty to the Contenental soldiers and to defray town charges,"
and Capt. John Eiggs, Capt. Daniel Holbrook and Capt. Bradford Steel were
"appointed a com*** to enlist contenental soldiers aud to pay them their
bounty." It was also voted "that the town shall give each man that shall enlist
himself as a soldier into the Contenental army during the war shall receive of
the town as a bounty the sum of £20, to be paid in bills of credit of this state

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at the tiuie the muster, and £20 pounds at the commencement of the second
year of their service, and twenty pounds at the commencement of the 3"*
year of their service. And all such as shall list for three years into the
contenental army shall receive in bills of credit of this iState £20 at the time
of passing muster, & £15 at the commencement of the 2'"' year of then:
service, and £10 at the commencement of the S"! year of their service.
And also all such persons as have or shall enlist into the contenental service
for one year and seven months from the date of these presents shall receive
£10 at passing muster, and £5 at the commencement of the 2'"' campaign.
By a vote at a town meeting held Nov. 13, 1780, it was provided that
two shu'ts, two pair stockings, one pair shoes, and 1 pair mittens should be
sent to each soldier.
In accordance with aii act of the Assembly for collecting and storing a
quantity of provisions, in the winter of 1780-81, the following prices were
allowed for produce received as taxes, in lieu of money; beef of the best
quality 5p. per pound, merchantable 4Jp., pork 5 and 6p. per pound, wheat
- flour 24p. per hundred.
In Nov., 1780, "Johnathan Hitchcock, Capt. Tho" Clark, John Howd,
Cap* John Tomlinson, M"^ Johnathan Lum, Jn', and Lieu* John Basit were
appointed a committee to class the people agieeable to a late act of Assembly
for filling up & compleating the state's Quotas of the Contenental Army," and
measures were taken to provide clothing for those already in the field. At a
town meeting held Dec. 11th, 1780, the following committee was appointed
to take care of the soldiers' families; Peter Johnson, Joseph Eussell, Thadeus
Baldwin, Daniel Holbrook, Isaac Smith, Benj. Basit, Jabez Thompson,
Christopher Smith, Andrew Smith, Johnathan Lum, Jn"^, John Basit, Josiah
Strong, Eobert Wheler, Isaac Beecher, Ebenezer Johnson, Abiel Fairchild,
Jn' and Noah Tomlinson.
Emancipation. At the same meeting it was "Voted that the authority
and selectmen be impowered and directed to give certificates to Capt. Daniel
Holbrook and Capt. John Wooster to free and emancipate their servants, Negro
men, on the condition that the said negro men inlist into the State Eig* to be
raised for the defense of this state, for the town, one year." At a town meet
ing held in 1781 it was voted that the selectmen give to the Eev* David
Humphreys a certificate or liberty to manumit his servants, Cambridge and
Cate his wife. .
. In April, 1781, the town was called on for men for the post of Horseneck,
and the selectmen were empowered to provide horses and accoutrements for
the service. In March, 1782, some who had been called on for service in the army
were released on payment of Fifty pounds and the required number of soldiers
for one year were obtained by the offer of bounties. A tax of two pence on
the pound was laid to pay the bounties. George Beard was chosen collector
for the Great Hill Society, and with Micah Pool was to be a committee to
enlist the number of soldiers required. Cap* Nathaniel Johnson was ap
pointed collector for the old Society and with Cap* Daniel Holbrook consti
tuted the committee of enlistment. Abraham Beecher was appointed collect
or in Oxford Society and Cap' Ebenezer Eiggs was associated with him as
enlisting committee. At a later meeting Ebenezer Plant was appointed to
assist in the Oxford Society. There were, here as elsewhere throuo-hout the
colomes, some who believed that they owed first and indissoluble allegiance
to King George III. Except these "loyalists," those who could best leave
home had freely volunteered early in the contest, and now those who re-

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mained, as freely contributed of their scanty means to fill the quota needed
to secure the final victory.
The names of those who served their country on the field of battle are
not all now to be found, but so many, as can be gleaned from old manuscripts
and records are given below.
Gen. David Humphreys, son of Eev. Daniel Humphreys, was bom in
Derby in 1752. As a boy he was passionately fond of books, and in 1767 he
entered college at the early age of fifteen, graduating with distinguished honor.
During his college course he eamed the title of "the young bard of Yale.''
As a poet he graced the progress of freedom and the pathways of libeiiy with
the flowers of his pen, and in this way helped to fire the hearts of patiiots and
hasten the growth of that public opinion which culminated in the establishment
of our republic. After a short residence in New York he returned to New
Haven county, and before joining the army in 1778, he wrote many poetic
effiisions, one of which was addressed to his friends in Yale College, of which
the following lines are a specimen. - ,
"Adieu, then, Tale ! where yoolhfal poets dwell,
' No more I linger by thy classic stream —
Inglorious ease and sportive songs, Farewell!
Thou startling elation, break the sleeper's dream."
He entered the army as captain and in 1778 had been promoted as aid
to Gen. Putnam with the rank of Major. Two years later he was appointed
aid to General Washington, which position he retained during the war, enjoy
ing the full confidence of the Commander-in-chief^ and sharing his toil and
danger. When the army of Cornwallis laid down their arms at Yorktown,
Oct. 19th, 1781, Humphreys had the honor to receive the English colors and
as a mark of approbation was dispatched to Congress "with copies of the returns
of prisoners, arms, ordnance, etc., and twenty -five stands of colors, surrendered,"
with a letter fi-om Washington warmly commending Col. Humphreys to the
thanks and consideration of the government for his' valor, fidelity and signal
services. In November following he was voted an elegant sword in the "name
, of the United States in Congress assembled," and in 1786 it was presented by
Gen. Kiiox. then Secretary of War, with imposing ceremonies. Congress
also commissioned him Lieut. Colonel, dating back his commission to his ap
pointment as aid to Washington. In 1784 he embarked for France in company
mth the brave but unfortunate Kosciusko; having on the appointment of
Mr. JeSerson as ambassador to France, been appointed Secretary of Legation.
In 1786 he returned to America and revisited the scenes of his youth.
Soon after his return, he was elected by his fellow citizens to be their
representative in the legislature of the State, and continued to be elected for
two years, when he viras. appointed to the (»mmand of a regiment raised for
the westem service. During the period that he held his office^ he remained
most of the time in Hartford; and, with Hopkins, Barlow and Trumbull, as
sisted in the publication of the Anarchiad. On the reduction of his regiment,
he repafred to Mount Vemon, and, continued with Gen. Washington until
1790, when he received the appointment of Minister to the court of Portugal,
where he resided seven yeara. He was tlien appointed Minister to Spain, in
which position he continued until 1802. He married a Spanish lady and thus
added to his influence and rendered easier a project he had formed for the
benefit of his native land. Kiiowingthe superiority of Spanish wool, he planned
to export some of the unrivalled Meiino sheep to the United States, and in
this he succeeded, though at great risk and cost, inasmuch asthe Spanish laws
forbade the exportation by stiingent laws. He obtained permission to purchase

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four hundred Merinos in the mountain pastures of Estremadura and employing
shepherds, drove them to the coast by night, remaining secreted by day.
During this trip and the voyage to America the number was rapidly reduced,
so that when landed at Derby dock they numbered only about one hundred.
This was the first importation of Merino sheep into the United States. Gen,
Humphreys then erected the first woolen factory in the United States in the
village which took his name — Humpbreysville — and in connection with which
the labor of his later years will be spoken of at length.
Capt. Ebenezer Dayton was one of the brave privateersmen of the Sound,
who annoyed the transports and boats of the tories and the British admiral
offered a large bounty for his head and that of Caleb Brewster, his cousin. Fear
ing to leave his family at their home in Brookhaven, L. I., he brought them
across the Sound to Milford. After remaining there a while, as a further precau
tion, he removed them to Bethany hill inWoodbridge. The robbery of the house
occupied by Mrs. Dayton at that place by a British company and a band of
tories is well described at length by Eev. Israel Warren in the book entitled
"Channcey Judd." Soon after the Revolution Capt. Dayton removed to
Chusetown, where he opened a tavern, afterward the home for a time of Gen.
Humphreys while he was establishing hi s woolen factory. Capt. Dayton, early
seeing the advantage to his public honse of a more direct communication with
Waterbury and the towns above, set about the project of opening the Dug
Eoad, which was finished about the beginning of the present century. Being
of a restless disposition, he, after a whUe, undertook an enterprise in Louisiana,
where he spent the latter part of his life. • .
Capt. Baymond Sanford, died in March, 1805, aged 53 years. E.
Meut. Jabez Pritchard, who enlisted in July, 1777, under Capt. Corns,
in the regiment of Col, Enos, was in command of the guard at Horseneck and
afterward under the command of Major Humphreys near Fort Independence.
In the conflict which occurred there, Lieut. Pritchard, with others, was taken
prisoner and confined, first at King's Bridge, then in New York, and afterward
on a prison -ship in the North Eiver. His commission was taken from him
by his inhuman captors and he was so ill treated that — ^like most of the other
prisoners on that infamous ship — he survived but a short time. His generous
character may be inferred from the fact that he might have escaped bemg
taken prisoner but that he would not abandon a wounded comrade, and that
he afterward divided his fiinds with a fellow prisoner, to which act of liberaUty
Bradford Steel ascribed his own recovery by means of the decent provision
and comforts which he was thus enabled to purchase.
Bradford Steel, son of Capt. Bradford Steel, bom in 1761, enlisted
July 10, 1777, at the age of sixteen, under Capt. Corris, regiment of Col.
Enos. Tho company was at first stationed at Horseneck, but was soon after
ordered to join a branch of the continental army under the command of Maj.
Humphreys. They marched to Peekskill and there joined the army and
marched to West Chester, about 2,000 strong and having two pieces of
artillery. At the battle near Fort Independence, (General Varnum, com
manding officer,) Steel, with Lieut. Pritchard and others, were taken prison
ers. One of the number becoming deranged under his sufferings, the British
soldiers beat him with their muskets, then tied him on a horse, took him to
King's Bridge and threw him over, leaving him with his head and shoulders
buned m the mud. At night Steel and thirteen companions were placed in
a small tent guarded by Hessian soldiers, and if any one pressed out tiie tent
cloth he was sure to feel the prick of a bayonet. Next day they were taken

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to the Sugar House, where most of the prisoners had nothing to eat for three
or four days. They were then allowed four ounces each of wormy sea biscuit
and four ounces of Irish pork daily.
Abont the Ist of December they were put on board a ship in the North
Eiver. After fifteen days the sinall pox broke out. Steel and twenty -five
others were taken to the hospital, where they had so little care that only four
of the number survived. Steel saw one man with his feet so fi-ozen that
after a time they dropped off at the ankles. One day while Steel was im
prisoned at the Sugar House, a well known tory came along and was all allow
ed by the guard to pass in. The prisoners seized him, dragged him to the
pump, and the old pump handle went np and down in fine style nntil he was
thoroughly drenched. He was then allowed to ran, the prisoners saying
good-bye to him with a shower of brickbats. Aug. 8, 1778, the few survivors
received tidings that they were to be exchanged. Said Steel, "On the next
day we were called out and paraded in the prison yard. To behold such a
company of living skeletons, one might almost imagine that the prophecy
concerning the dry bones had been fiUfilled in us." Aug. 16th, they landed
at Elizabethtown Point, and were marched to the meeting honse where the
exchange was effected. Steel and three others who were too much reduced
by their sickness and sufferings to be capable of farther military service, were
discharged and returned home. Steel recovered his health after some months ^
and was for many years a highly respected citizen of Humphreysville, and
deacon of the Congregational Society, dying Dec. 24, 1841, aged 80 years.
John White, son of Daniel White, died Feb. 19th, 1830, aged 73. G.
 Leach, fought under Washington seven years, was several times
badly wounded. M. ¦
Abram Bassett, died Nov. 17th, 1853, aged 81 years. E.
Theophilus Miles, died 1822, aged 83 years. E.
Truman Loveland. E.
Sergt. James Baldwin. '
Jesse Baldwin, brother to above.
Isaac Johnson, son of Benajah, died April 10th, 1813, aged 78. M.
Ezra Butler, afterward lived in the house now standing in the rear of
the house of Sheldon Tucker.
 Ball.
Jethro Martin, colored. Gen. Humphrey's servant, died in North Haven.
Received a pension from the government until his death. 
Joseph Mauwehu, (Chuse.)
Phineas Johnsm, from Pinesbridge.
Nathaniel Johnsm, from Pinesbridge, drafted, served till the close of
the war. Unus Lmnsbury, of Nyumphs, was a soldier in the jast French War
and in the Revolution.
C-Buried in the Congregational Cemetery ; ^Episcopal Cemetery ; if-Methodist. Cemetery.

52 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
The memorandum of Lieut. Jabez Pritchard, who was taken prisoner
with Bradford Steel and others, and died on board the prison ship, was brought
home by Steel, and contains the list of guards detailed at Horseneck fi-om
Sept. 15"* to 21^'. Most of the company were probably from this immediate
vicinity. The names are

Gideon Ailing,
Samuel Andress,
Abraham Bams,
Nathaniel Black,
Edward Bassett,
David Blakesley,
Corp. Bristol,
Corp. Candee,
Oliver Chatfield,
Caleb Chatfield,
Eeuben Canfield,
Martin Clark,
George Clark,
Channcey Clark,
Amos Collins,
Johnathan Cartright,
Jairas Congdon,
Joseph Deremore,
George Dachester,
Samuel Durand,

Isaac Durand,
Vespation Eastman,
Corp. Foot,
Amos Fox,
Joseph Hulse,
Johnathan Lyman,
James Leech,
James Lines,
Nathan Malloiy,
\ Major Morriss,
Abraham Murray,
Asahel Newel,
Ensign Osbom,
Lieut. Pierson,
Noah Peck,
John Prindle,
Jabez Pritchard,
. John Priestly,
Oliver Eoot,
Joseph Sanford,

Philo Sperry,
Jabin Sperry,
Job Sperry,
¦ Alexander Sperry,
Johnathan Sperry,
Corp. Smith,
Wm. Smith,
Lieut. Steel,
John S^vift,
Wm. Tomlinson,
Thomas Torrance,
Adam Vose, - z
David Whittemore,
Samuel Wood,
Hezekiah Woodmg,
Eli Washband,
Aaron Webster,
Bowers Washburn, -
married the widow of David
Wheeler, who died in the
revolutionaiy service.
James Yatman.

Ebenezer Durand,
That those who had sacrificed so much for freedom were prompt in more
peaceful times tio frame aright the new government may be seen from the
following resolution, adopted Oct. 8th, 1787 :
"Eesolved that this Town will instruct, and that it does hereby instruct
its representatives in the General assembly to use their influence to have a
Convention called as speedily as possible for the purpose of taking into con
sideration the Constitution proposed by the Federal Convention, agi-eeable to
the recommendation of Congress ; in hopes that the business may be entered
npon at an early period by the Legislature. , Voted and passed imanimously."
Cap* Daniel Holbrook and Cap* John Holbrook were appointed the dele
gates to the State Convention.

A lottery was established in 1782 by authority of the Town of Derby to
defray the expense of a highyvay fiom Derby to Woodbury, by the House-
tunnock river and Wesquantiic or Rock House Hill Purchase, the cost not to
exceed £500. Capt. Thomas Clark and Daniel Holbrook were to petition
the General Assembly for its consent and approval. John Humphrey and
Lieut Joseph Riggs were appointed to lay out the road. The same year
Ashbel Loveland was appointed to build a bridge over the Naugatuck "below
the falls." , *'

SE Y:\rOUR AND VICINITY.

OJ

Amity, embracing the present towns of Woodbridge and Bethany, waa
¦constituted a parish in October, 1739, in the following words :
¦ Whereas upon the memorial of Ebenezer Beecher, Jasper Gunn, and
the rest of the inhabitants of that part of the town of New Haven called
Chestnut Hill, and also of Bamabas Bald\vin, Joel Northrop and others to
the number ot fifteen, living on the northerly bounds of Milford, moving' to
the General Assembly at New Haven in October last that they might become
one entire distinct parish, and praying for a committee, &c., the said General
Assembly did appoint a committee, who accordingly making their report to
the General Assenibly at Hartford in May last, and the same not being ac
cepted ; and the said General Assembly in May last appointing another com
mittee, (viz.) Messrs. William Gould, William Ward and Joseph Thompson,
to view and report, &c. : And whereas the said last mentioned committee
have to this Assembly made their report, that according to the direction of
the said Assembly they have repaired to the above said places, &c., and find
and are of opinion that they, the above said inhabitants and farms, are able
and sufficient to support parish charges, and that their bounds and limits
ought to be as follows, viz : The north bounds in part upon the line between
New Haven and Wallingford, so far as from Ne-s? Haven north-west bounds
easterly to the West Eocks till it comes down to the south side of Samuel
Baldwin's land; thence westerly to the highway at the end of Sperry's
Farms ; thence southerly, keeping said highway that leads up the great hill
to Darby road ; then southerly at the rear of Westfield lots or second division
lots; then southerly till it comes to the south -side of Capt. Isaac Johnson's
farm ; then westwardly, between said Johnsons and that which was formerly
Jeremiah Osbom's fi^m, to Milford east line; then westwardly to a cross
. highway ; then keeping said highway to the south-east comer of Hogs
Meadow Purchase, so called, in Mlford ; then westerly -with the south line
of Hogs Meadow Purchase, to the partition line between Milford and Derby ;
then northerly, in said partition line, to Lebanon brook, so called ; then east
erly by said Lebanon brook to New Haven line ; then northerly in said line
between New Haven and Milford till it comes to New Haven north-west
comer bounds aforesaid ; excluding the lands in said Milford on the race be
tween New Haven hue and Hogs Meadow Purchase from the aforesaid south
bounds of the same, north to Derby road ;. and the lands of Fletcher Newton
and John Hind in said Hogs Meadow Purchase, and Ephraim GUlett and
his estate; and also exclusive of Samuel Sperry, Joshua Sperry and Jona
than Sperry, with their estates in New Haven bounds ; as per said report on
file, dated October sixth, 1738, doth appear :
It is therettpon resolved by this Assembly, That the above said memo
rialists, inhabitants of New Haven and Milford situated and living within
the bounds and limits above described, exclusive of the peraons and estates
above in said committee's report exempted and excluded, as also exclusive of
the lands of Capt. John Eiggs, Samuel Eiggs and Joseph Eiggs, lying
within the bounds of Milford, be and become together one entire, separate
and distinct society or parish, subsisting and faiown by the name of the
Parish of Amity, and endowed with all powers and privileges wherewith
other parishes within this government are by law endowed." Col. Records,
Vol. 8, pages 201-2. ' ^ "
Woodbridge was incorporated as a town in 1784, and was named fi:t)m
Eev. Benjamin Woodbridge,' the first clergyman, who was ordained in 1742.
This town has a fund of about five thousand dollars, given by Mr. Stephen

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Sanford, who it appears was a firm fiiend to the American cause during the
Revolution. His will read thus : "I also give to the society of Amity, in the
town of New Haven, for the support of a Presbyterian or Congregational
minister, in said society, he being a friend to this, and the United States of
America, after my wife's estate therein shall be ended," &c.
Eev. Daniel Humphreys, the father of General David Humphreys, for
fifty-four years the established minister of the First Society, died in 1787.
The foUwing is a copy of the inscription on his monument in the old Derby
burying ground:
The Hevd. Daniel Humphreys died Sept. 2d, 1787, in the 81 st year of his age. For more than
half a century he was the established minister of the first Society in this town. Mrs. Sarah Humphreys,
the affectionate wife of bis youth, and the tender companion of his advanced age, died July 29tb, 1787,
just five weeks before him. '
The seasons thus
As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll.
Still find them happy ; and consenting spring -
Sheds her own rosy garlands on their beads:
Till evening comes at last serene and mild.
When after the long vernal day of Life
Enamour'd more as more remembrance swells
With many a proof of recollected love.
Together down they sink in social sleep.
Together freed their gentle spirits fiy,
To scenes where love aud bliss inuuortal reign.
In 1789 the Congregational Society was formed by the withdrawal of
twenty-six persons from ^e Congregational church in Derby, as narrated in
the accoimt of the Congregational church of Seymour, on pages 10 and 17 of
this book. Capt. Timothy Baldwin was the first deacon of the new society
and Levi Tomlinson the next. The latter lived in the house on the Ansonia
road now owned by Judge Bronson. After losing three children he moved
to Ohio. The third deacon was Bradford Steel, Jun.
The first mention on record of any action leading to the incorporation of
the parish of Oxford as a separate town is in the record of a town meeting held
Dec. 28th, 1789: — Doct"^ Edward Canington and M'' Shadrac Osbom were
appointed a com^** to take into consideration all the circumstances of the town
respecting Oxford being made into a town.
In 1791 the first Methodist sermon in this vicinity was preached by Eev.
Jesse Lee and from that time meetings continued to be held in the open air,
in school-houses, and in dwelling houses, until 1818.
At this time there was a giistmUl at the mouth of Littie Eiver, known
as "Baldwin's Mill." The owner was Isaac Baldwin, a man of strong re
ligious opinions and an unwearying student of the Scriptures. The Bible was
kept near at hand and when the mill did not require his attention he improved
his leisure in conning the sacred pages, William Kelly, of Litchfield, who
was then a boy of eight or nine, living -with his parents above Pinesbridge,
said that when he came on horseback to the mill he would firequently find
Mr, Baldwin reading his bible. One day in the winter of 179- he went down
in the wheelpit to chop away the ice and was killed by the sudden starting of
the wheel. His remains were interred in Milton Parish, Litchfield. His
children were named Isaac, Esther, Sarah, and Eunice.
Bezaleel Peck owned the farm where Naaman Peck's house was since
built. He was one of the early Methodists.
Samuel Sanford, fi^jm Bethany, was the first physician who located here.
The following petition, in which he represented Chusetown, was granted at a
town meeting held Jan. 7th, 1793 :
"To the Inhabitants of the Town of Derby in Town Meeting assembled,
sir", we the subscribers, of s« Derby, Physicians, humbly beg liberty of said '

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town that we may have liberty to set up, the Enoculation of the Small Pox
in s* Town, as there is many of the inhabitants of said Town that have and
now are going into other towns for s* purpose, and the, yongue people much
exposed to have it the natural way if not enoculated, & we beg leave to sug
gest whether it be not for the advantage of this town to save as much of the
money in the town as may be, and your Petitioners are willing to be under
any restrictions as shall be thought reasonable, and are likewise of opinion
that they can enoculate as cheap it not cheaper than is done by other Phy
sicians in other To^vns. , EDWARD CRAFTS
SAMUEL SANFORlS,
Derby, Dec. 10th, 1792. LIBERTY KIMBERL Y.
The following is a copy of a report relative to the incorporation of the
town of Oxford accepted in a town meeting held Feb. 4th, 1793. Pao-es
203-204, Derby Records, B., M., D. & T. P.
To the inhabitants of the town of Derby to be assembled in a meetino-
of s* town to be held at the town house in s'^ Derby, on Monday, the 4*'' day
of Feby instant — we the subscribers, com*** appointed at a meeting of s* town
on Monday, the 7th day of Jan^ last, to go out and view the circumstances
and situation of s^ town respecting a division thereof, and to ascertain certain
boundaries and lines for s* division, and also to to take into consideration the
expense or burden of s* town, and all mattei-s relating to s* division^ and to
report our opinion thereon, beg leave to report ; — ^That we have attended to
s* business and mutually agreed on the following boundaries and lines of a
division of s* town, viz :^-begihning fifty rods above the mouth of Eight
Mile Brook by Ousatonic River, from thence ranning north-easterly to the
bend in Five Mile Brook at the foot of the hill, from thence running by s^
Brook to the bridge over s* Brook in Woodbury old road, from thence to the
south-east comer of Timothy Johnson's — ^formerly Abner Johnson's — dwelling
house, from thence a due east course to the Little River, from thence by said
Eiver to the mouth where it empties into Naugatuck River, from thence
crossing s* Naugatuck Eiver to the eastern shore, fi-om thence running up by
said Eiver on the east side of s* Eiver to the mouth of the brook at the
loweir end of old Eimmon Plain, fiom thence to the end of the hill on the
north-easterly side of s* brook at the lower end of s* Plain called- Pessemire
Hill, from thence on the ridge of s* Eock to the upper end of s* brook, from
thence a due east com-se to the Woodbridge line. Also agreed that all land
on either side of s* line where lands are divided by s* lines shall be put into
the List in either of the towns where the owner thereof resides so long as the
present owners shall possess the same. And it is further agreed that Oxford
or the new proposed town shall support one-half of the Falls Bridge, so long
as the present bridge shall stand ; and when the present bridge will not an
swer to repair and it is necessary that a new bridge to be built, then Oxford
or the s* new town shall at their own expense, build a good and sufficient new
bridge where s* bridge now stands, to the acceptance of s* town of Derby.
And it is farther agreed that any persons living near said line on either side
where the line divided their land shall have their choice on which town they
will belong, provided they make their choice in one year after s* division, and
shall belong where they enter ther List the fii-st year after s* division. And
it is further agreed that when a division of s* town shall be- completed, the
poor of s* town of Derby shall be divided to each town, and all other bur
dens which may arise in consequence of any existing circumstances, shall be

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equally borne by each of said towns if divided according to the List of each
town. All of which is submitted by vour most humble servants.
SAM' HULL,
DANIEL HOLBROOK,
THOMAS CLARK, Lor^^tu
CALEB CANDE, >^o^"'
Dated, Derby, Feb? 4'\ A. D., 1793. JOSIAH STRONG,
' - LEMAN STRONG, \
Leveret Pritchard, son of Sergt. Leveret Pritchard, who perished in the
war of the revolution, was a sergeant of the 8th Company of the '32nd Regi
ment of Connecticut militia in 1793. Following is a copy of his commission.
Daniel Holbrook, Esq% Lieu' Col° Commandant of the Thirty Second
Regiment of Militia in the State of Connecticut in America.
To Leveret Pritchard, Greeting: You being nominated by the Eighth
Company or train band in said Reg* to be a Serg* in S"* Company; Reposing
special trust and confidence in your fidelity, courage and good conduct, I do
by virtue of the Laws of this State me thereunto enabling, appoint and im
power you to take S* Company into your care as one of their Serg*' and
carefiilly and diligently to discharge that trast, exercising your inferior officers
and soldiers in the use of their arms according to the discipline of war ordained
by this State, keeping them in good order and commanding them to obey you
as their Serg*, and you are to observe all orders and directions as from time to
time you shall receive from one or other your superior officers pursuant to the
trust hereby reposed in you, and this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given.-
under my Hand in Derby, the 2"* day of May, A. D., 1793.
DANIEL HOLBROOK.
'Following is the roll of the company from the list left by Lieut. Pritchard.
The marked X were crossed off on account of death, removal to other townSj etc.
Ahira Anderson, X
Isaac Baldwin, X
Elias Baldwin,
Jesse Baldwin,
Silas Baldwin,
Samuel Bartist,
David Beach. X
William Beard,
Rubin Blake, X
Henry ' Carpenter,
John Church Caflrin,
John Churchel, ^
Timothy Churchel, X
Amos Clark,
Elias Clark,
Levy Clark,
Rufus Clark, X
Hezekiah Clark, Jun.,
Abel Church,
WUliam Church,
Worrin Cridenton,
Sheldon Davis,
Asey French,
Enoch French,
Jeremiah Grissell,

Simeon Gunn,
Jonah Harden,
Joseph Hawkings,
Samuel B. Hine,
William Hine,
Chancy Johnson,
David Johnson,
Elijah Johnson,
Levy Johnson, X
.Timothy Johnson,
Seley Judd,
John Kelley, x
Thomas Leavinsworth,
Zebulon Lines,
Ethel Lonnsbury,
Samuel W. Mitchell,
Sebra Molthrop,
Ebenezer Orsborn, X
Philo Page,
Salmon Parker,
Eleazer Patchen, X
John Perry, X
Thomas Pitcher, X
Asher Eheylee,
James Eiggs,

John Eiggs, 4th,
Samuel Eiggs,
John Sanford,
Moses Sanford, X
Abial Skeals, X
Elijah Smith,
Jesse Smith,
Lyman Smith,
John Spenser, X
George Steel,
Nathan Stiles, Jun.,
Oliver Stoddard,
Josiah Swift,
Thadias Thomas,
Cyras Tomlinson,
William Tomlinson, X
Benjamin Tuttle,
Abel Wheeler,
Moses Wheeler, Jun.,
Thomas Wooding,
Jacob Warner, X
William Wamer,
Josiah Worshbum, Jun,,
Henry Wooster, Jun.

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In a town meeting heldSept. 2lst, 1795, it was voted that to facilitate
the division of the town, Derby would divide its representation with Oxford
if set-off, each to have one representative. '
At the same meeting it was "voted unanimously that this Town (Derby)
. Eemonstrate ag' the Petition of Thad» Burr & his associates praying for
leave to build a bridge over Ousatonnack Eiver near Stratford ferry and
do hereby app* Mes" Leman Stone & John Howd our agents to Prefer a
Remonstrance to the General Assembly & toprepare all Needful Evidence
& Information to oppose Sajd Petition at the General Assembly."
Small Pox continued to be subject of legislation, and Dec. 11th, 1797 it
was voted that "twenty-six personsC arid no more be granted liberty to receive
the small pox, they to receive it by the evening of the 12th, and give bonds that
they remain at the dwelling house of Mr. Benj. Davis in Derby and not depart
the house until liberty be obtained from the authority and selectmen, and that
the physician "who inoculates them shall give bonds not to spread the small pox
aud that the bdflds be made payable to the selectmen, and that the selectmen
and civil authonty or their committee shall set limits to said house and have
the supeiintehdiug of the Physician and Patients, and that those who receive
the small pox shall pay all expenses and save the town harmless."
At this meeting 'Dr. Sanford of Chusetown, with Dr. Crafts, petitioned
for liberty to -."inoculate at s6me suitable place." At an adjourned meeting
held Dec. 17th pei-mission was given to inoculate in separate hospitals, under
the restrictions before established. The hospital established hy Dr. Sanford
was on the hill a little north of Castle Rock, convenient of access from his
house,, which stood on the northwest comer of West and Church streets.
In 1797 Rev. llichael Coate, circuit preacher, organized the Methodist
Society, including in its membership Jesse Johnson, Isaac Baldwin, Esther
Baldwin, Sarah Baldwin, Eunice Baldwin, George Clark, Lucy Hitchcock,
Silas Johnson and Olive Johnson. Tiinity church was built the same year.
Vide page 25. .
In 1798 an attempt was made to get a more direct road from Chusetown
to New Haven, the town -of Derby opposing it and appointing a committee to
"the General Court to oppose the granting of liberty to a turnpike company to
make a road from New Haven to Bimmon Falls, near Mrs. Dayton's, unless
the turnpike company will agree and become obliged to be at all the expense
of purchasing, making and repairing said road." Notwithstanding this the
arrangement was finally made, terminating at the lower bridge, then known
as the bridge "at the falls of the Naugatuck" or Eimmon Falls.
At first the road ran do^vn what is now Pearl and Main streets, but in
IS02 purchases of land were made fi-om Edmund Page, Lydia Keeney and
Moses Eiggs of a right of way direct to the bridge. The purchases were made
by "Henry Daggett and Thomas Pundei-son of New Haven, and Levi Tom
linson of Chusetown, committee of the proprietors of the Tm-npike Eoad fi-om
Thompson's Bridge m New Haven to the Falls Bridge in Chusetown." Page
sold 45 rods . of land 3 rods wide, 18 rods on the northeasterly line and 12
rods on the southwesterly line; bounded southerly on highway, easterly on
grantor's land, northwesterly on land deeded to said committee, and westerly on
grantor's land. D. E. Vol. 16, p. 197. Lydia Keeney sold "a part of her home
' lot containing sixty rods, being three rods wide and about twenty-five rods in
length, for the pmpose of extending the tm-npike road fi-om the highway be
tween the dwellinghouse and blacksmith shop of Edwin Page, in a direct line
to the Falls Bridge, running angling through the land of s"^ Lydia in a direct

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line with the s-^ turnpike extending southeriy of s"* Blacksmith Shop," for $70
Feb. 16th. D. R.^ Vol. 16, p. 198.
On the 22nd of February Moses Riggs of Oxford sold to the same pai-ties
"about one acre and thirty -five rods on the east side of the Naugatuck river,
running on the Southwesterly line a straight line from the northeast comerol
said bridge to about two feet easterly of the northeast comer of Edmund. Page's
Blacksmith Shop, fiom said bridge about fifty rods to Lydia Keeney's land,
bounded southerly On said grantor's land then easterly on land, deeded by s"
Keeney to the grantees and their associates, then northeasterly on the grantor's
land, and is three rods wide where it leaves s"* Keeney's land on the northerly
line and on the top of the hill four rods wide, and four rods opposite said corper
of said bridge, and is bounded northwesterly on highway. Said la^nd isfor the
purpose of extending the^Tumpike-Road from the highway near s* Bla&lrsinith
shop to said Bridge, D. R., Vol. 16, p. 199, The names — ^Thompson's Bridge
Tumpike and Rimmon Falls Tuippike, were both used to designate this road;
^ These deeds make the old blacksmith shop, comer of Hill and Pearl streets,
quite an important landmark. There was never any deed of the land, the
shop having been built on "proprietors' land," i. e. undivided land. When
.the right of location was questioned, it waa defended,;Qfl_the ground of a vote
of the town in 1798 which gave a title to any such land Occupied by buildings
standing at that time, at the same time forbidding' ftny farther unauthorized
appropriation of the public lands-. It was claimed that the blacksmith shop
.was there in 1798, and that the title was therefore good. To make sure that
the building, or some portion of it should continue to mark the spot, the north
side of the building was cut out and the stone wall built, and under such cir
cumstances it is probable that the exact location was preserved.
In making the tumpike, the cut on Hill street, below Washington Avenue,
was made in part by ponding. the brook crossing the intersection of HUl and
Pearl streets, and tuming the water down the cut, carrying the sand and
gravel into the river.
• In April 1798, John Eiggs, Caleb Candee and Charles Bunnell on the
part of the Parish of Oxford, and James Lewis, David Hitchcock and
Canfield Gillett on the part of "the old town," as a joint committee, reported
in addition to previous arrangements, that Oxford should pay £170 to the old
town in three annual installments, as a condition of the division of the town.
The Falls Bridge seems to have been a continued source of discussion .ind
expense, either for repairs or rebuilding. In March, 1802, arrangements were
commenced for building a new bridge, the expense to be home principally by
Oxford Tumpike Co. and Eimmon Tumpike Co., assisted by the town of D'erby
on condition that citizens of the town may pass toll free. A toll gate was to
be put up at the end of the bridge. In this year John Wooster sold his third
of the Falls property to Bradford Steel for $167, and Oct. 8th, 1803, Steel
purchased of Nathan Styles his share of the Falls property and also a separate
tract of land near by. Styles came fi-om Southbury and married a daughter of
Capt. Ebenezer Dayton. He had earned on business here a number of years
previous to 1802. ,
Bradford Steel had been carrying on business at the month of Little
Eiver, having his fulling mDl and dye shop at the foot of the hill, and his
finishing shop at the top of the hill east of the church. He lived in the old
house (still standing) until he sold it to Abiel Canfield. ,
Dp to this time the spinning wheel for flax and wool had been a neces
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the hand loom, reel, and cards,— soon superceded by carding machines.
Mothei-s and daughters were skilled in making stout and durable cloth as
well as in the preparation of woolen yam for mittens and stockings. Plain
ness of apparel was the mle and garments which had cost so many days of
tiresome labor by members of the household were not likely to be thrown by
for trifles. Steel made no cloth. The cloth dressed and finished by hun had
been woven on hand looms in the homes of the industrious weavers.
In 1803, Col. David Humphreys, afterward known as General Humphreys
who was to be so closely identified with the interests of the place, came and
purchased the Falls property, as appears by the deed in Derby Eecords, Vol.
17, page 30;. The deed was given Dec 13th and recites that "Col. David
Humphreys, how of Boston, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts," purchased
of Br-Vdford Steel, Bradford Steel, Jr., and George Steel, for the sum of
§^,647.92, "one certain piece of land lying in said Derby at a place called
'^yiiumon Falls, it being the same tract of land formerly deeded by John Howd
and Joseph Chuse, Indians, to John -Wooster, Ebenezer Eliimey and Joseph
'Hull, Jr., as may appear on Derby Eecords ; for a particular.description, refer
to said Eecords;. together with all the privileges, together with the saw milL
two fulling mills, clothier| ,8|iOP, and all the utensils, implements, and apparatiis
belonging to and used i^, -and appendant and appurtenant in and to the said
mills and clothiier's shop standing on said land, together with the buildin'^
thereon standing, together with tiie whole mill-dam across said Eimmon Falls^"
The merino sheep had been introduced inti) the counti-y and their great
^periority being immediately manifest, ' farmers were everywhere glad to
avail themselves of the opportunity to improve their stock. Gen. Humph-
. reys did not encourage speculation but distributed his sheep judiciously among
the farmers at $100 each, a price said to he less than the original cost. When
the price, rose to $400 he refused to seU, saying that he believed such sales
would lead to ruinous speculation. But soon the price of meiino/ bucks went
up to $1,500 and a few were even sold as high as §3,000, and e^-'es sold from
$1,000 to $1,500. John Bassett was offered $l,O0Q by Philo Bassett for a
full blooded merino ewe lamb eight days old and refused to take less than
$1,500. A few days after it was killed by a fox. Two young formers united
in buying a buck at $1,500 and the same day. it died by being choked
with an apple. But such mishaps checked the speculation but little, and it
rapidly extended throughout New England, Vemiont in particular heiag
quickly supplied with some of the mei-inos.
Gen. Humphreys considered it of great importance to the interests of
the country that manufactures, especially that of woolen cloths, should be
introduced, and with the nucleus of the "mills and clothiers' shop^ purchased
of Styles he immediately set about it. In 1806 he had the factory built which
still stands on Factory street, near the race. On the fifth and sixth of June
was raised the frame of the first woolen factory built in the United States.
The name "Chusetown" appears on the town Eecords as late as 1804, but
it was soon changed to Humpreysville in honor of Gen. Humphreys, and this

name was retained until 1850.

That he might the better carry out his plans Gen. Humphrey made several
other purchases of land, among others the two following April 25, 1804. Of
Nathan and Experience Wheeler, for $600, "one piece of land at a place called
> Northend, * * * lying on the west side of the highway, bounded northerly on
John Swift's land, westerly on the Naugatuck Eiver, southerly on land of
Daniel Tucker, Jr., then easterly on s" Tucker's land, then soutiierly on s*

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. Tucker's laud to the highway, then bounded easterly on highway to said Swift's
land, containing about 117 acres, more or less; also one other piece of land,
lying on the hill, bounded westerly on highway, northeriy on land of Henry
Wooster, Jr., tiien westerly on land of s* Wooster, then again northerly on
land of s"* Wooster, to tiie O'Cain land, then easteriy on the O'Cain land, then
again easterly on highway to land of Zephaniah Tucker, then southerly on s*
Tucker's land, then again easterly on s'' Tucket's land, then ranning westerly
to the highway, as the fence now stands, containing about thirty-five acres of
land, more or less, with the buildings belonging to s* pieces of land."
-Witnessed by John Humphreys, and John Humphreys, Jn
He also purchased of Nathan Wheler, a tract of 131 acres, adjoining
lands of John Swift, Daniel Tucker, David Treat, Levi Hotchkiss, Fitch
Smith, Capt. Eeuben Tucker, "common land," and highway, with another
piece of eight acres, for the consideration of $4,500.
Cattle, sheep and hogs still roamed at large on the common lands. One
item of the record says : — "David Humphrey's ear mark is a square half
penny the upper side the right ear. Entered May 15th, 1804. Per John
Humphreys, EegV ^¦ \ . ^ - . ¦ .
A road fi-om Shrub Oak to Derby Narrows was demanded by the people ,
of Woodbm-y and adjoining towns, and laid out in 1805. The following
resolution in regard to ii, was passed June 11th, "Voted that the select
men of the town of Derby be du-ected, and they are hereby directed
to take such measm-es as in their judgement shall appear inost pi-udent
and proper to procure the making of the Eoad they have lately laid out
on the west side of Naugatuck Eiver, from Shruboak to Derby Landing, and
cause the same to be well made at the expense of said town, and they are
directed to collect and apply to that use. any or all the monies due to said
Town as they may ^find themselves needful."
President Dwight, of Yale College, wrote an interesting sketch of
Humphi-eysville as he found it in the fall of 1811, which is here given :
"Within the limits of Derby, four miles and a half fi-oni the mouth of
the Naugatuc, is a settlement named by the Legislature Eumphreymlle,
from the Hou. David Humphreys, formeriy Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Madrid. At this place a ridge of rocks, twenty feet in height
crosses the river, and forms a perfect dam about two thirds of the distance.
The remaining third is closed by an ai-tificial dam. The stream is so liu-ge as
to fm-nish an abundance of water at all times for any works, which will proba
bly ever be erected on the spot. Those already existing are a grist-mill, a \
Saw-mill, a paper-mill, woolen manufactory, and a cotton manufactory, with
all their proper appendages, and a considerable number of other buildings,
destined to be the residence of the manufacturers, and for various other
pm-poses. • '•
A strong current of water in a channel, cut through the rock on the ;'
Eastern side, sets in motion all the machinery, employed in these buildings.
By tills current are moved the grist-mill ; two newly invented sheaiing raa-
chiues ; a breaker and finisher for carding sheep's wool ; a macliinefor making
rayellings; two jennies for spinniug sheep's wool, under the roof of the ,
grist-mill; the works in the paper-mill ; a picker: two more carding machines
for sheep's wool ; and a billy with forty spindles in a third building; a fuH-
mg-miU ; a saw-mill, employed to cut the square timber, boards, laths, &c.,
for the different edifices, and to shape many of the wooden materials for the
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connected with the clothier's shop ; and the various machinery in a cotton
manufactory, a building about one hundred feet long, tiiirty-six wide, and of
four stories, capable of containing two thousand spindles with all their neces
sary apparatus.
The houses can accommodate with a comfortable residence about one
hundred and fifty persons. Ten others in the neighbourhood will furnish
comfortable residences for upwards of one hundred aud fifty more. ' Gardens
on a beautiful plat in the rear of the manufactories, furnish all the vegetables,
necessary for the establishment. ,
The institution contains four broad and eight narrow looms, and eighteen
stocking-frames. The principal part of the labour in attending the machinery, in the
cotton and woolen manufactories, is done by women and children ; the former -
hired at from fifty cents to one dollar per week ; the latter, apprentices, who
are regularly instructed in reading,- writing, and arithmetic.
The wages of the men are from five to twenty-one dollars, per month.
In Europe great complaints have been made of manufacturing estab
lishments, as having been very commonly seats of vice, and disease. Gen
eral Humphreys began this, with a determination either to prevent these
evils, or if this could not be done, to give up the design. With regard to
the health of his people it is sufficient to observe, that from the year 1804 to
the year 1810, not an individual, belonging to the institution, died ; and it is
believed, that among no other equal number of persons there has .been less
disease. , With respect to vice it may be remarked, that every person, who is dis-
• covered to be openly immoral, is discharged.
At the commencement of the institution, discreet parents were reluctant
to place their children in it, fi-om unfavourable apprehensions concerning the
tendency of such establishments. Since that time they have been offered in
more than sufficient numbers.
In 1813, the Legislature, at the instance of Gen. Humphreys, passed a
law, constituting the select-men and magistracy of the several towns in which
. manufactories had been or should be established, visitors of these institutions.
This law required the proprietors to controul in a manner specified, the mor
als of all their workmen, and to educate the children, as other children in
plain families throughout the State are educated. The visitors were directed
to enquire annually, into the manner in which the proprietors conformed to
this law. The reports of the visitors in Derby, concerning the establishment
at Humphreysville, have been in a high degree honourable both to the pro
prietor and his people. 
The manufactures at Humphreysville are esteemed excellent. The best
broadcloth made here, is considered as inferiour to none which is imported.
Americans make all the machinery ; and have invented several kinds of
machines, which are considered as superiour to such as have been devised in
Europe for the same purposes.
Most of the weaving has been done in private families.
The scenery at this spot is delightfully romantic. The Fall is a fine object.
The river, the buildings belonging to the institution, the valley, the border
ing hills, farms, and houses, groves, and forests, united, fonn a landscape, in
a high degree interesting.
The people of this country are, at least in my opinion, indebted not a
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and for introduciug iuto the United States the invaluable breed of Spuuisli
sheep, known by the name of Merinos. One hundred of these animals he
procured to be brought by the connivance of the Spanish Court, from the
interiour of Spain to Lisbon ; and thence transported to Derby under his o^vn
eye. A few of them died in consequence of the voyage. The rest speedily
regained their sh-ength and ftesh, and from that time the breed, instead of
declining, has sensibly improved. For some years strong prejudices existed
in the minds of tiie farmers thi-oughout our country against this breed of
sheep. Gen. Humphreys has done more than any other man, perhaps than
'g,ll othei-s, to remove this prejudice, and to spread them thi-ough tiie country.
In this manufactorj- he has, I think, fairly established three points of
gi-eat importance. One is, that these manufactures can be carried on with
success ; another, that the workmen can be preserved in good health, as that,
enjoyed by any other class of men in the country ; and the third, that the
detexioration of morals in such institutions, which is often complained of, is
not necessary, but incidental, not inherent in the institution itself, but the
fault of the proprietor.
Derby, then including Oxford, contained in 1756, 1,000 inhabitants ; in
1774, 1,889; in 1790, 2,994. Derby alone contained in 1800, 1,878 iuhahi-'
tants ; and, in 1810, 2,051."

The employes of the works were mostly Americans, but it was necessary
to send to England at great expense for men who were skilled in some branches
of the work which were entirely new in this country. Among them were
John Winterbottom, fother of Mi-s. Ann S. Stevens, and Thomas Gilyard,
son of Edmund and Nancy Gilyard, bom in Leeds, England, March 20, 1786. •
He came to New York in the "Commerce" in the summer of 1807, having had
a very fine passage of 45 days^nd by packet to New Haven in tlu-ee days sail,
a quick trip for those times. He immediately commenced work for Humphreys
and worked for him until March 28th, 1810. In this year the manufacture
of stockings was earned on here on a considerable scale. This was new work
for Gilyard, but he soon learned it. He was an active member of tlie Methodist
Society for many years. His very interesting journal has furnished many
dates aud incidents for these pages.
In 1802 Canfield Gillett was appointed a' committee to make application
to the General Assembly for pei-mission to sell the land near Rimmon Falls
still belonging to the Indians, (D. R., B. M. D., p. 419,) but the permission \
was not gi-anted until 1810. The land was sold in 1812. Following is acopy '
of the deed to Gen. Humphreys. -
" Wliereas the General Assembly at their Session in May, 1810, authorized the SulscrOier,
Joseph Riggs of Derby, in New Haven County, to sell and convey certain lands lying in said
Derby, Humpreysville, the property of Philip, Hestw and Mary, ando other certain Indian
Proprietors, mder the direction of the judge of Probate for New Haven District, xvho has
orda-ed the subscriber to proceed in the sale thereof, now thereupon, in pursuaiance of said
authority and in consideration of three hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents
received to my full satisfaction cf David Humphreys, Esq., of Derby aforesaid, I, the said
Joseph Riggs, have remised, released and quiicUiimed, and do by these presents remise, rekme
and qmtclavn to said Humphrey, his heirs and assigns forever, the following described tm
pie^s 0/ land, part of said lands directed to be sold as aforesaid, one piece bounded soutlterln
and easterly on highways, northerly and westerly on said Humphreys' land, the other piece
^ri: Ji y ¦"^^estei-ly on highways, northerly on part of said Indian lands I have sold to ¦
Phebe Styles, and easterly 071 said Humphreys and said Styles, containing by estimation in
both pieces SIX acres and one half the whole lying easterly of said Humphrey's Fuctorm, md
comprehending the whole Indian Land excepting those contained in the conveyance to said

SEY^COLLR AND VICINITT. f;.3
I'hi-be Stiles, io have and to hold said remised and quitclaimed premises tohim, thesaid David
his heirs and assigns forever, so that said Indians and no2)ersnns under them shall hereafter
make claim to said remised premises, and I hereby covenant that I have full right to sell and
convey in manner aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 7th
day of Sept., 1812. -  ,
JOSEPH RIGGS ) SEAL I
Signed, sealed and delivered New Haven County ss. New Haven, Sept. 7, 1812
iu presence of Personally appeared JOSEPH KIGGS; signer
ELlZUli GOODllICII, and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and ac-
BENJAMIN BULL. knowledged tho same to be bis free act aud deed
Recorded March 9th 1813. before me.
JOHN L. LOUNSBURY. ELIZUR GOODRICH, Assistant.
The land refeired to in above deed as sold to Phebe Stiles consisted of 2
acres and 20 rods, "beginning five rods and three feet fi-om the northwest corner
of Col. Humphrey's new cellar, and running northerly by highway to Col.
David Humphreys' land, thence easterly to said Phebe's land, thence southerly
by her lands to lands this day conveyed to said Humphi-eys, and thence by said
land to place of beginning."
From the following extracts fi-om the toivn records it appears that another
tract of land was purchased for the Indians with the proceeds of the above
sales. "Whereas the General assembly, June 7th, 1813, autiiorized Joseph
Riggs to sell certain lands the property of Philip, Moses, Hester, Frank txnd
Mary Seymour, which lay in Derby and which descended to them fiom John
Howder (Howd), an Indian, and to lay out the avails in other real estate," a
tract of land was purchased "for $230 for' and in behalf of said Moses,
Hester and the childi-en- of said Maiy Seymour, the said Mary being de
ceased," — ^four acres, three quartei-s and eleven rods bounded north on James
Lewis, easterly and northerly on the lands of Isaac Short, and easterly on
Isaac Thompson, southerly on land of Peter Johnson, and westerly on high-
. way, "the children of said Mary Seymour (evidently Moses, Frank and Mary)
to have one undivided third. To Phillip, Hester and representatives of said
Mary, by Lewis and Betsey Prindle." Deed executed June 15th, 1813.
The War of 1812, calling for men and means fi-om every section of the
countiy, though it could but intei-rapt to some extent the progress of the
peaceful arts, did not prevent a continued growth of the manufactming in-
dustiies in Humphreysville. The busy hum of macliinery and the sound of
preparations for war Avere alike heard in our peaceful valley, A company of
artillery was formed in Humphreysville, including a few from Oxford, and
sent to New London and stationed at the fort at the mouth of the river
Thames. The following names of the members of the company have been
obtained fi-om inscriptions in our cemeteries and elderly people of the vicinity :
Col. Ira Smith, died Nov. 19th, 1822, aged 44 years  -
Capt. Daniel Holbrook, d. Dec. 28th, 1828, le 59.
Capt. Amadous Dibble, d. Sept. 25th, 1843, se 65.
Anson Baldwin,
Jesse Baldwin,
Abel Bassett, d. March 23rd, 1863, je 78.
Samuel Bassett, d. Sept. 28th, 1851, ai C7.
William Bassett.
James Bowman.
Lewis Broadwell, d. Sept. 6th, 1844, ai 53.
. Thomas Gilyard, d. Nov. 12th, 1853..
. -Jesse Hartshorn.
Chauncey Hatch, from Oxford.

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Daniel Holbrook, 2nd.
William Kinney, d. Jan. 7th, 1847, se 87.
Calvin Leavenworth, from Pines Bridge.
Isaac Leavenworth.
Theophilus Miles, Jr., d. March 15th, 1840, se 70.
John Moshier.
Ebenezer Northrop, d. Jan. 11th, 1835, eb 49.
Sheldon Tucker, d. Jan. 5th, 1843, jb 57.
Isaac White, d. Feb. 6th, 1862, ie 72.
Nathan Wooster.
The company was completed by a draft and Samuel Canfield was one of
those who were drafted. He was then apprentice to Elias Gilbert, a ma
chinist who worked in a shop which he had built near the comer of Hill and
Pearl streets, next to the blacksmith shop, now occupied by William J.
Eoberts as a dwelling. Canfield was then eighteen years of age and had
become so skillful a machinist that his employer, rather than lose his services,
hired a substitute in his place. Gilbert did the machine work for Gen.
Humphreys. William Humphreys, brother of Squire John Humphreys and
nephew of Gen. Humphreys invented several useful machines to facilitate the
manufacture of broadcloth, and the machines were built by Gilbert.
Gen. Humphreys was always ready to honor the memory of his brave
com-patriots. At a town meeting held April 12th, 1813, he - introduced and
the following resolutions, which were passed unanimously :
Resolved, that Isaac Hnll, Esq., a native of this town. Captain in the Navy of
theU. S., and lately Com mauder of their Frigate Constitution, with the aid of bis
gallant officers and ships companv and the smiles of Providence, having led the van
in the career of our naval glory, captaciug his Britanic Majesty's Frigate Gaerriere
commanded by Captain Dacres, has in our opinion deserved well of his country aad
is an ornament to tbe place of his nativity.
Resolved, that joining cordially in the nniversal applanse, bestowed by onr coan-
trymen ou Hull, Jones, Decatur, Baiubridge aud Lawrence, and their brave aud
alcillfal associates ia perils and triumphs, for their glorious naval achievements, we
judge vre have a light in onr corporate capacity without showing an undue partiality
to tbe first mentioned ofQcer or stepping aside from our municipal duties, to notice
mora particularly his exemplary merits from having better opportnnities of becoming
acquainted with them.
Resolved, that Messrs. John L. Tomlinson, William Humphreys and Pearl Crafts
be a committee to collect and digest such distinguishing aud illustrative facts on the
subject matter now before us as may be attainable and that tbey will cause the result
to be communicated to the public in such manner as they shall deem moat proper.
Resolved, that from the interruption of our Fisheries and navigation by war,
silver and gold we have not, to offer in costly demonstrations of respect aud esteem in
imitation of richer towns, yet what we have we freely give, to wit,, a tribute of
gratitude. Therefore, voted that Isaac Hull, Esq., being already constitutionally entitled to
the freedom of this corporation, the thanks of this town be presented to him in a box
made of heart of oak, the congenial growth of his native hills.
Voted, that the committee take order from the Selsctmen for the performance of
¦this service aud report their proceedings to a future meeting for the express purpoas
that a town Record be made for the perpetual remembrance of these transactions.
Voted, that the committee above named be directed to transmit to Capt. Hulls
certified copy of the foregoing resolutions.

SEy.\IO[IR AND ViCIN-ITY. G.-,
While the tatliers were intent ou raising sheep the bovs had their deuarr-
raent in the new industry, and busied themselves to raise the teasels used in
dressing the cloth. Gen. Humphreys organized the boys of the factory into a
trainband, and furnished them with the articles necessary for drill. The silk
flag, beautifully embroidered by Lady Humj)hreys, is now in the possession of
Carlos French, Esq. The inscription is as follows:
-^ ^^^ Mi ^% ^-

( SHIELD )
hiTH VINES.)
]\IT>CCCX.
Reverse: Semi-circle of 10 stars, "HUMPHREYS VILLE," eagle,
aiTows and state emblems. ,
Gen. Humphreys died in 1818. His remains were inten-ed in New
Haven Cemetery. Upon the monument is the following inscription on two
tablets of copper inserted in the pedt^stal :
David Humphreys, LL. D. Acad. Scieiit. Philad. JIass. et Connect, et in Anglta Aqu;e Solis
et Regis; Societal, sucius. Patrise et libertatis amore accensus, juvenis vitam reipuh. integrani con"
secravit. Patriaiu arniis tuel)atur, consi1ii» auxit. literi^ exornavit, upud ?'Xteras gentes Concordia
Btabilivit.  In hello gerendo niaximi ducis Washington admiiistcr et adjutor: hi exercitu patrio
Cbiliarchus; in repuhlica Connecticntensi, niilitnni evocaturnm imperutor; ad aulam Lusitan. et
Hispan. legatns. Iheria reverous natale solun vellere vere aureo ditavit. In Historia et Poesi
scriptnr eximius ; iu artibus et scieiitiis exoolendis, quae vel ilecori vel usuni iiiserviniit, optimus ipse
etpatronus et exemplar. Onniiluis demuni officiis expletis, cursuq; vTIafeliciler^peracto, fato
cessit. Die XM Pebrnar. Anno Domini jiDCCCXViir, cum annos vixisset LXV.
This may be rendered as follows :
David Humpheevs, Doctor of Laws, Member of the .•Vcadeniy of Scieiic« of Philadelphia,
Massachusetts, and Connecticut ; of the Bath [Agricultural] Society, and of the Royal Society of
London.  Fired with the love of country and of liberty, he consecrated his youth wholly to the
service of the Kepublic, which he defended by his arms, aided by his counsels, adorned by his
learning, and preserved in harmony with foreign nations. In the field, he was the companion and
aid of the great Washington, a Colonel in the army of his country, and commander of the A'eteraii
Volunteers of Connecticut. He went Ambassador to the courts of Portayil and Spain, and return
ing, enriched his native land with the true golden fleece. He was a distinguished Historian aud
Poet ; — a model and Patron of Science, and of the oniameutal and useful arts. After a full dis
charge of every duty, and a life well spent, he died on the •2lst day of February, 1818, aged 65 years.

6G SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
Mii. .Mills, the \\ife of the pa.stor of Faii-fieid, and sister of General
Humphrey, died in 1815. When the British burned Fairfield, July 7th,
1779, she "fled on horseback, having put her best feather bed across the horse,
and came to old Derby. Tho parsonage and the church in which her hus
band had preached were burned to the gi-ound. She afterward had built for her
tbe house in the rear of that now occupied by Dr. J. Kendall, and tiiere re
mained until her death.
The representation of Hum])hreysville on the opposite page is from a
woodcut made either by Abial Canfield or by an English engraver in his
employ, for use as a trade mark in the papermill, which may be distinguished
in the" woodcut by the water wheel outside the mill. Between the papermill
and the dam was the gristmill, previously occupied by Nathan Stiles as a
woolen mill. At tbe right of tiie papermill was the sa«iuill. The large
building at the right of the sawmill was the woolen factory in which General
Humphreys made tiie first broadcloth ever manufactured in the United States.
At the right of the factory was the "Long House," built by General Humph
reys for dwellings for his employes. The building on the right and the
smaller one adjoining were used by Gen. H. as an office and storehouse. The
little building at the foot of the hill was a machine shop connected with the
woolen factory. The barn on the hill beyond the office spire belonged to
Abel Bassett.
There was a great revival in the fall and winter of 181C among the
Methodists. "Uncle Timothy" Hitchcock was one of the converts. Reuben
Harris was in charge. He lived in the house with Stiles Jolmson. The
summer of 1816 was known as "the cold summer." There was frost
every month in the year. In this year WoituU & Hudson sold out the
papermill to Ebenezer Fisher and Henry LeForge.
In 1817 the Congregational Society was organized. Title page 9. In
connection with tiie sale of the old church to the Methodists the following
from the records is of interest :
"Humphreysville, Oct. 31, 1817. At a meeting of the Brethren of the
Methodist Society, convened at the house of Timothy Hitchcock, for the
purpose of transacting business for the benefit of sd. society, Toted that
Robert Lees, Bezaleel Peck, Timothy Hitclicock and Stiles Johnson be ap
pointed a Cotnmittee to (mange business with a committee appointed by the
Gongregationalists relative to the old Meeting House in Humphreys Tille.
Robert Lees, Moderator.
^3'2nd, Voted, Newel Johnson — Secretary.
lySrd, Voted, Stiles Johnson, Bezaleel Peck, Robert Lees, Thomas
Gilyard, Timothy Hitchcock, Trustees for the said Methodist Society.'"
^'¦Copy of the Deed of the old Presbyterian Meeting-house in Humph
reys Ville :
To all people to ichom these presents shall come, greeting : Knoiv ye
that we, Bradford Steele, Sarah Steele, William Kenney,Ira Smith, Phebe
Stiles, & Philena Baldwin, of Derby in Neiv Haven Counttj, for the con
sideration of forty Dollars, redd to our full satisfaction of Stiles Jolmon,
Bezaleel Peck, Thomas Gilyard, Robert Lees and Timothy Hitchcock, do
remise and release and forever quitclaim unto the said Johnson, Peck,
Gilyard, Lees, and Hitchcock, for the use of the said Methodist Sodetij,
and unto their heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title and interest,
claim & demand whatsoever, as we the said releasors have or ought to have
in or to one certain House in Humphreys Ville, adjoining the biirying gwmd

OS SEYMOUE AND VlCiNITY.
ImUt fcf a lluii.^e i>/' I'uhlir Worship, to have uml to hold tlie aaid premises,
with all their appurtenances, -unto the said Releasees & their heirs &
Assigns forever, so that neither we the releasors, nor oitr heirs, wor any
other person under us or them shall hereafter have any right or title in pr to
thepretnises or any part thereof, but therefrom tee, and they are by these
presents forever debarred & secluded.
In witness ichereof ice have hereunto set our hands & seals this 22nd-
day of SepV, Anno Domini, 1818. BRADFORD STEELE, \_seaX]
SARAH STEELE, [seal]
IRA SMITH, [seaVl
PHEBE STILES, [seal]
WM. KEN NET, [seal]
PHILENA BALDWIN, [seal]
Signed, seated tt- delivered in presence of John Humphreys, Jr.,
Phebe Stiles,
Elias Baldwin.
Neic Haven Go. S. S., Derby, Sept. 22, 1818, personally appeared
B. 8., S. S., I. S., P. S., W. K. (& P. B., signers and sealers of the fwe-
going instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act d: deed.
before me. John Humphreys, Ju)Cr, Justice of the Peace.'"
In 1818, Stiles Johnson gave by will to the Methodist Society the ground
on which the church stands, with the green in front, also 8331 in money, of
which $134 was to be applied to repairs on the church, the 8200 to be kept
as a perpetual fund, tbe interest only to be applied for the support of
"regular Sabbath preaching." following is a copy of the clause of his will
making the bequest to the church : „.. '
2nd. — I tvill and bequeath to the Methodist Society in Humphreys Ville the land on
which the meeting house noiv stands, together with the Green in front of said House, to be in
the care of the Trustees of Mid house, for the benefit of said Sociitty, and I also give three
Hundred and thirty-four dollars of my Estate to be applied to the. support of the Methodist
traveling Preachers us long as there shall be regular Sabbath preaching in the aforesaid
Meeting House, which money shall be raised and paid out of my Estate as though it teas a
Debt to the Trustees of said House and tlie Interest annually applied us aforesaid. But if it
should be thought by the aforesaid Trustees more for the benefit of said Society, they may
apply any sum not exceeding one Hundred and thirty-four dollars io making further repairs
on said Honse, and the remainder to be ap^ylied. as aforesaid. But if the Traveling Couuet-
tion should neglect or refuse to supply said House as aforesaid then the Interest of said money
shall be given to such local pri-achers as shall for the time being supply their place according
to the discretion of the Trustees.
In May, 1822, the Humphreysville Manufacturing Company was incor
porated by act of the Legislature and organized Mith a capital of §50,0(K).
John H. DeForest was the first president and J. Fisher Leaming, secretary.
D. R., Vol. 22,- p. 439. The falls property was purchased of Lewis Wain of
Philadelphia Aug. 1st, for 810,000 ; being described in D. K., Vol. 22, p.
432, as follows :
Beginning "a fmv rods north of the east abutment of the Rimmon Falls bridge, at the
comer of the highway, thence bounded northerly on said DeForest, thence easterly and sosth-
erly on said DeForest, thence easterly on highivay to Bladen's Brook, thence norOierly on
Bladen's Brook to Naugatuck River, thence on said River to the dam, including the uholeof
the dam and all the ivater privileges appertaining thereto, then bounded southerly on said
Nangatuck River to a point where the highway sfrike-i said river, the nee easteriy on highway

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(0 said first mentioned bounds, with uU the mills, muniifavtories, ^- buildings standing thereon,
(one piece of land— north of '^Promised Land" to Bladen's Brook,) • • • one other
piece of land on the west side of Naugatuck River, opposite the manufactory, bounded xoest-
erly on highway, southoly on highway to (fte channel, where the stream sometimes crosses the
road, then bounded easterly on said channel to the Rimmon falls rock, thence mnning on said
Fall rocks, bounded easterly on said Naiujatuck River to the north side of the pathway leading
from the river up the hill io the road bounded northeasterly on John, William and Elijah
Hwinphreys' land, to the bars on the top of the hill at the highway, reserving a pasmeay to the
said John, William f Elijah Humphreys' land ^ to the burying ground, * • * contain
ing about Sixteen an-es, more or less, with the full, absolute 4- exclusive water privileges on
both sides the rivei;" 4'c.
The dam was soon rebuilt, the watercourse to the mills widened and
cotton machinery put in. There was then one store in the valley and one on
the hill near tiie Episcopal Church, DeForest lived at first in the Roth house,
on west side of south Main sti-eet, opposite Pearl street, till he built the house
now occupied by Raymond French, Esq., in which he lived until his death
in 1839. The shop in the fork of the road near the M. E. Church was built in
1825 by Newel Johnson, Isaac Kenney and Jesse Smith o^vning a portion of
the building. The upper part of the building was used by Johnson for a
cai-penter and cabinet shop and what coffins were required in the village
. were made there. Newel Johnson built the houses of Denzel Hitchcock and
others. Johnson's father lived in the house now occupied by Jeremiah Durand.
In 1828, Samuel R. Hickox, a local preacher from - Soutiibury, moved
into Humphreysville and took charge of the giist mill near the falls. Rev,
Amos Pettengill was the pastor of the Congi-egational church. Rev. Stephen
Jewett of the Episcopal church, and Rev. A. H. Sanford of tiie Methodist
church. In this year a bell was firat procured for the Episcopal church and
a stove put up in the church. Previous to this, foot stoves were the ouly
ineans of producing ai-tificial wai-mth in the churches. About this time
Judson English came from Hotchkisstown, now Westville, and bought out
the tannery on the premises now owned by Arthur Rider, previously run by
Benham. The bark mill was further south on the brook just below the rail-,
road crossing. About ten years later English sold out to George Kirtland '
and removed to Great Hill. The father of Judson was . one of the early
Methodists, and Judson was a class-leader when living in Hotchkisstown.
Always a very hard working man and strictly temperate, few men could beat
him in the field until he was nearlj' seventy years of age. He was always a
working member of the church of his choice, and a trustee and steward of
the Great Hill Society until his tleath.
In 1830, Leveret Pritchard was living on tiie knoll-opposite the saw-mill
still standing near the upper end of Maple street. Previous to that time he
lived in the house in the rear of Dr. J. Kendall's.
Chester Jones, a paper maker, built the north "Kirtiand house," and
kept a store in it. He afterward moved to Ohio, returning in a year or two,
and was for several years superintendent of the Humphreysville Manufac
turing Co's Papermill, living in the house close by. His wife was a daughter
of Dea. Bradford Steele. The house afterward owned by William Kinney,
was built by Jones. He aften\ard moved to Erie and died there. Ezekiel
Gilbert had kept a store below Squantuck on the river rofid, but about this
time he came to Humphreysville and kept the tavern on Broad street about
two years, when he built" the store now kept by H. Wj Randall. Moshier

70 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
tiieu moved back into tiie hotel and occupied it until his death. While Gilbert
was in the hotel Moshier lived in Mrs. Bliss' house, coraer of, north Main
and Day streets, and built tiie paper mill.
In 1831, George Kirtiand on behalf of the Methodist Society paid 8110
for the land for the parsonage, including the place now owned by Evan
Llewellyn, comer of Pearl and Grand streets, and the lot on the opposite
corner now owned by Ed^vin Smith, Grand street not having been opened
until many yeai-s after. The parsonage was bnilt the following year.
The Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. commenced tiie work of paper-
making in May with fom- employes, Chester Jones, Wm. Bates, Jane Patchen .
and Lois Thomson ; but increased tiie number during the month to sixteen.
In 1832 business was prosperous and local indushies remunerative. The
. Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. employed 18 hands and the ICth of April
commenced mnning night and day, making paper for the New Haven
Palladium and other papers. The mill produced not only news but tissue and
colored papers.
Bethany was incoi-porated as a town in this year, having previously been
a palish of Woodbridge.
At this time the store and house, corner of Pearl and Hill streets were
occupied by David Sanford, and Lyman Smith kept the store across the road,
in a building since removed. Sanford was called "Pitchfork Sanford." Years
before he kept the blacksmith shop on the Woodbridge road, and one day in
an altercation he Mlled a man with a pitchfork. Sanford was tiied, branded
and made to wear a cord around his neck the remainder of his life.
¦ Butter sold at fourteen cents a pound and oak wood at three dollars a
cord. Factory girls paid $1.12* per week foi* board. A hoi-se and wagon
could be hired to go to New Haven for one dollar. These were fair samples
of tbe prices of those times and illustrate the comparative purchasing value of
a dollar then and now. '
A "Caravan of Wild Beasts" exhibited near Moshier's tavern, in the
summer of 1834 and excited considerable interest, being probably the first
exhibition of the kind which ever passed through the village.
There was a great flood Jan. 31st, 1835, overflowing the lowlands, biit
doing no great damage.' May 4th was the annual training day and a general
holiday in the village.
The hard times of 1837, following years of prosperity and undue specu
lation, when the banks of New York and New Orleans alone failed to the
amount of a hundred and fifty million of dollars, could but seriously affect .
the fortunes of Humphreysville, though far less in proportion than larger
places generally, which had launched more deeply into the tide of inflation.
Most of the factories and shops continued tiieir work, though compelled for a
time by a lack of a reliable circulating medium to do business principally by
barter. The Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. however reduced its em
ployes to seven, and May Gth stopped entirely until the 9th of October, aud
the Cotton Factory shut down and remained idle until January IGth, 1838.
At this time there were three auger factories in the nllage, as follows :
. Raymond French, Blueville, where Rubber factory now stands.
Gilbert & Wooster, forges in Bennett Woostei-'s blacksmith shop, east
of row of maples shown in cut on page C7, filing room in the south part of
Gilbert's buikling on the comer of iMain and Hill streets, and finishing room
under the sawmill shown in cut of Humphreysville.
Walter French, near house now occupied by W'arren French.
Wm. Buiritt, now living in Waterbury, carried on the stove and tinware

VIEW OF THE CENTER IN 1838.

FROM BASRER'S HISTORICAL COLLECT10N8.

SEY-MOUR AND VICINITY. JL
business in the Lyman Smith Building, as successor to Burritt & Lewis
whose store and shop was in tiie Wheeler Building, at the foot of Falls Hill!
The firm had been dissolved in tiie fall of 1830, Edward Lewis goiu"- to
Birmingham, where he still continues in the same business. In the sprint- of
1839 Buiritt removed to Norwalk. Henry Bradley was then leamhig^his
trade -with Bmritt, and went witii him to Norwalk to complete his engage
ment, returning a few years later to pursue the same business with M. Brad
ley, now in Westville, under tiie firm name of H. & M. Bradley.
The merchants of the place were — Ezekiel Gilbert, store adjoining his
house, corner of Main and Hill streets; Wakeman & Stoddard, (Urf aud
Thomas,) store in Kinney's Building ; and Anthew DeForest, store in the
building now kept by Mr. Randall. Ezekiel Gilbert aftenvard sold out to
Humphrey & Wooster.
Jeremiah Coggswell, an Indian, was shot on Great Hill Jan. 30th, 1838,
by James Driver, in the house of the latter. From the evidence at the ex
amination held at Moshier's tavern three days after it appeared that Coggswell .
was drunk and quan-elsome, and was killed in self-defence.
There was a gi-eat flood Jan. 7th, and considerable damage done to the
paper-mill and other property.
Raymond French's auger factory was burned on the night of the 15th
of July, 1841, but with characteristic energy he soon rebuilt.
Miles Culver built a house on the upper plains. He was a valuable
member of the Congregational Church and also opened his doors to the
Methodist ministers, services being frequently held in his house by Revs.
Oliver Sykes and Sylvester Smith.
The Humphi-eysville Graveyard Association was organized in 1842.
Anything relating to the last resting places of so many of our deceased rela
tives and friends must always be an object of mournful interest and no apology
is needed for copying here the concise preamble and articles of association
from the Derby Records, Vol. 32, page 51.
"Whereas, B. W. Smith, Samuel Bassett and 93 others formed an Asso
ciation for the purpose of establishing a Village Grave Yard, and through Clark
Wooster, Joshua Kendall and Wales French, a committee of trust, did purchase
on the 26th day of Sept. 1842, one certain tract of land situatetl in Derby at
Hnmphreysville bounded and described as follows, viz: Westerly on highway,
southerly on land of Sarah Holbrook and John Lindley, easterly on the Nauga
tuck River, northerly on land of John Lindley, containing two and a half
acres — now therefore for the well ordering of the affairs of said Association,
and acting under the original articles of agi-eement, and in accordance with
an act of the General Assembly of this state entitled an act concerning Bury
ing Grounds and places of Sepulture, approved June 2, 1842^, do for ourselves
and successors form a body politic and coi-porate under the following articles
of Association, viz: —
Art. 1st. This Association shall be called and known by the name of the
Humphreysville Grave Yard Association.
Art. 2nd. The tract of Land described iu the foregoing preamble is hereby
appropriated to be forever used and occupied as a gi-aveyard, and for no other
purpose, and each original proprietor thereof in consideration of three dollar*
paid by him or her shall be entitied to one family lot in said Grave Yard. 12
hj 21 feet, and the surplus of ground shall be held in "eommon by this
Association and may be disposed of in such manner as the .Association shall
from time to time direct.

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Art. 3rd. No Proprietor shall at any one and the same time hold iu his
own right more than five family lots in s^ Grave Yard.
Art. 4th. This Association shall at any meeting called for that purpose
have power to lay taxes and order the collection thereof for the pui-pose of
defraying all needful expenses for repairs and improvements, provided that
each proprietor shall be taxed according to his right title and interest in said
Grave Yard. B. W. Smith,
Samuel Bassett,
Hnmphreysville, Dee. 14th, 1842. BuRiTT HiTCHCOCK.
Curtis Randall, who died Oct. 2nd, 1842, -tvas the first to be buried iu
the new grave yard.
The Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. sold their paper-mill to Hodge
& Co. Aug. 17th, 1843. The firm consisted of G. L. Hodge, S. Y. Beach
and Samuel Roselle. Rev. Moses Blydenburg, pastor of the M. E. Church,
lived on Great Hill, the Great Hill M. E. Church being then in a prosperous
condition. The son of this zealous laborer in his Master's vineyard is now a
prosperous lawyer in New Haven.
In '42 and '43 Anson G. Phelps and others talked of bnilding a dam at
Bryant's Plain and taking the water on the west side to Birmingham. Parties
along the line of the proposed canal generally were willing to sell at fair
prices, but one, a Mr. Booth, who owned considerable land in the proposed
line, demanded snch an exhorbitant price that the project was dropped for
the time. Mr. Phelps, however, made considerable purchases on the east
side of the river in and above what is now Ansonia, evidently preparing in a
very quiet way for the execution of some important undertaking which he
was not fully prepared to announce. ^
In 1844, Raymond French, John Dwight and Timothy Dwight, under
the firm name of Raymond French & Co., were manufacturing augers,
chisels, plane irons, &c., in their mill at Blueville, and finding their business
increasing beyond the capacity of the mill, they put np additional machinery
in the buililing at the mouth of Little River. Looking about for increased
facilities Mr. French went to "Eluneytown" and called ou Sheldon Church,
Avho owned considerable land along the river, and together they rowed up and
down the stream, noticing the surroundings and capacity of the stream.
Returning down the stream he noticed a ledge of rocks in the bed of the river.
Stepping out of the boat into tiie water, which, was perhaps three feet in depth,
he walked across, to ascertain the extent of the ledge. Finding it afibrded a
rock bottom nearly tiie whole width of the stream he immediately determined
that he would build a dam there. Mr. F. immediately bought a large tract
of land on both sides of the river and work commenced witiiout delay, to the
great surprise of the people in the village below, who thus saw the fi-uit plucked
while they were t.ilking about it. In a few days Mr. Phelps came up aud in
his blandest manner congratulated Mr. French on his enterprise, and wished
him success. Alter that not a week elapsed during the building of the dam
but that Mr. Phelps came up to note the progi-ess made. As the work pw-
gi-essed Mr. French fouud that the rock extended tiie whole width of the
river, making a sure foundation readv for the superstructure. The bend at
the west end was made to follow a turn of the rock. When the dam neared ,
completion Sir. Phelps claimed a portion of the power on the ground of his
owning so much land on either side where there was a fall below the dam.
Mr. F. had however acquired sufficint land on the west side, as he supposed,
to answer his purpose, either by actual deed or promise. Capt. Philo Holbrook

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had not yet given a deed, and probably without thinking of the eli'eet
was induced to sell to Mr. Phelps for a trifling sum the right to flow a small
stream back on his land. Mr. F. hearing of this went below Holbrook and
made a purchase of William Church, from the river to the hill, and Phelps
was checkmated. The result was that Phelps finally purchased the dam
and appurtenances Dec. 6th, 1844, (D. R., Vol. 32, p. 53-55,) and R. French
& Co. built tiie brick shops on the west side of Main street.
William Buffum purchased the cotton mill from the Humphreysville
Jlanufiioturing Co. July 1st, 1845, for $12,000 and tiie payment of 8300
auuually. The purchase iucluded land 100 by 132 feet, being 50 feet on the
frout and rear, and 10 feet at each end of the mill, "witii sufficient water to
drive the water wheel in a reasonable manuer for tiie purpose of proiiellin"^
machinery to an amount suitable to the capacity of the wheel, usiii"- the^
water advantageously and economically," &cc. D. R., Vol. 32, p. 98.° He
earned on tiie business until R. French & Co. sold their mill iu Blueville to
DeForest & Hodge, Oct. 31st,. 1845, for 85,000. D. R., Vol. 33, p. 87.
Portions of this property had been purchased by French & Upson of J C
AVlieeler, Nov. 21st, 1839, and Nov. 12th, 1840; and of Bassett & Smith
Oct. 27th, 1843. „
Some of the tradesmen of the place were — ^Robert J. Abbott, Apothecary
and Draggist; David B. Clark, tavernkeepeer; Jolm S. Moshier, tavern-
keeper; Hanison Tomlinson, general country store; Ransom Tomlinson,
dealer in meat, &c. , ' . -^
The first number of the Derby Journal appeared Dec. 25th, 184G, and
contained the following appeal to the people of the Naugatuck Valley to aid
in the construction of the Naugatuck railroad, 'v .
- "The New York and New Haven Kailroad Co. have contracted for the cjnstructiou of their
road, which is to be completed within the coming year. ,
This road will cross the Housatonic river a short distance above the present Washinston Bridge,
and from this pohit to Waterbury is probably from 25 to 23 miles. By following the Valley of the
Naugatuck from Waterbury, or some point above, to where that stream unites with the Housatonic,
and thence en tbe bank of that river to w^liere tbe line intersects the New York road, a very eaiy
grade would be obtamed, and at a very moderate expenditure. An act of incorporation for this roail
was obtained iu IS-IS, with power to commence.at Plymouth or Waterbury, and to terminate at New
Haven, Milford or Bridgeport, after passing through Derby. ^
, - ' * • « « j^ucii more might be said of the wants of the Naugatuck Valley, as well as of its
resources, its busmess, its large amount of yet unused water-power, and its enterprise, but my present
object is to direct attention to the subject, hoping that those more conversant with it will engage in
the cause, aud especially our northern friends." Humphreysville responded by subscribing $.t(),UOU.
, ' The Mexican War created quite an excitement here and the Humph
i-eysville Greys volunteered their services to the government to aid Gen.
Taylor. The official document to muster them into service was received on
the evening of Jan. 27th and read in the ai-raoiy of the Humphreysville
Greys, amidst much enthusiasm. The principal officers of the company were
G. W. Divine, Captain ; Charles W. Ston-s, 1st Lieutenant ; WDson Wyant,
2nd Lieutenant ; W. W^. Smith, Orderly Sergeant. The annory was over
Ezekiel Gilbert's store and Mr. Gilbert came out and said, — "Zach. was
whipped at one time, but he didn't know it and went on and conquered, and
he wifl be our next president." And he was, but for some reason the com
pany did not go to Mexico. Capt. Divine had served in tiie Florida War,
and Capts.' Wyant and Smitii afterward did efficient service in the war of the
rebellion. Clark Ford, now a resident of Seymour, was in the 9th New
England Regiment, (Thomas H. Seymour, Col.) and is said to have pulled down
the Mexican colore at Chapultepec. George N. Shelton, who was for many
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appointed Adjutant General by the Governor iu May, 1S47. Ransom Gay-
lord, a lawyer from Massachusetts, who had been teaching the Shrub Oak
school, went to Waterbury and there enlisted as a private.
The Congregational Church was commenced in 184G, (vide, page 13,)
and dedicated April 20th, 1847. . , ,
Daniel White rgpresented Humphreysville this year in the board of
selectmen of the to^vn of Derby.
There were three heavy freshets in the spring of 1847, viz: Feb. 3rd
and 8th, and March 20th. ^
The firm of French, Swift & Co. was formed in 1847, and April 5th,.
they bought the property on Littie River, now owned by Henry B. Beecher,
of James L. Spencer for $1,800. The firm consisted of Warren French,
Charles Swift, John F. Marshall, Lemuel Bliss, H. B. Beecher and H. A.
Radford, who were spoken of as the "six partners." A farther purchase was
made from Clark Wooster Dec. 17th.
A union Sunday school celebration of the Congregational, Episcopal aud
Methodist churches was held the first Thursday in September. The West-
^-iUe and Bethany Sunday schools were also invited and a grand holiday was
the result. • - - ,¦¦-.-.¦.
The upper dam was commenced this year by French & Dwight, and the
west abutinent and wall were built.
The works of French, Swift & Co. caught fire Dec. Gth, in the finishing
room, and the flames spread rapidly but were subdued after considerable dam
age had been done. ¦ -
> Albert J. Steele sold his furniture and undertaking business Dec. 20th,
1847, to Johnson & Bassett, David Johnson selling out to E. F. Bassett a
year later. The salesroom was in the building in the south angle of Main
and Hill streets, with a shop on the west side of Hill street, a little above,
and another with power in the rear of the sawmill, near the falls. Five
years later Mr. Bassett put up the building on the east side of Hill street for
¦ a shop and salesroom. ' "
Phonography and phonotopy was taught by Charles Randall and the
study was quite popular among the young folks.
Among the members of the Humphreysville Lyceum which met in tlie
basement of the Congregational Church in the winter of 1847-8, was Dr.
Yale, a botanic physician, who went to California in the time of the gold
excitement, and tlied there. The name of the Lyceum was changed to the
.Humphreysville Literary Association. Luzon P. Moms was the president.
Among the leading members were J. Kenilall, John W. Storrs, John L.
Daniels, Clement A. Sargent, George W. Divine and Henry Russell.
The cornerstone of the M. E. Church was laid June 19th, 1847, and the
; church was dedicated Jan. 18th, 1848. The following description of the
church was published in. the Derby Journal of Feb. 3rd :
' - The house ia Gothic in design, 40 by 60 feet in UimeDsious, with a.basenieDt al
most entirely above gronnd contaiuiag a conimodious lecture-room and two class
rooms. It has an excellent toned bell of 1,150 pounds weight. The slips, the ceiling,
the altar and the galleries .ire grained; tho scrolls on the slips are of black walnut.
The base on the pulpit is painted in imitation of Egyptian marble, and the pulpit
Sienna marble. The walls, above and below, are frescoed. The ascent from the base
ment to the vestibule, aud from thence to the galleries, is by a spiral staita in the
• steeple and turret. The windows in front, as also those in the steeple aud turret, are
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lamps are of black walnut. Tho cost of the buildiug is about five thousand dollars.
In the afternoon of the d.ay of dedication tho slips were routed, and the Trustees wilt
realize about $G00 therefrom.
Mr. Hotchkiss, of Birmingham, was the architect ; and he is justly deserving of
credit for the plan of the building— the proper proportion and beautiful symmetry of
which, favorably impress almost every beholder. The writer of this is authorized to
say that the building committee aud trustees ef the church take great pleasure in
giving publicity to the feeling of entire satisfaction which they entertain in reference
to those who have been employed in erecting the house — by the manuer in which
tbey have acquitted themselves.
To the Builda; Mr. Amog Hine, of Woodbridge, who has shown himself to be
both competent aud faithful. While engaged in the construction of the house he
has apparently identified himself with the interests of those by whom he was employed.
To the Masons, Mr. Jerry Bassett and Mr. Isaac Davis, both of this village the
former for the neat and substantial wall of the basement, togetjier with the titeps
both of which are pronounced second to none in this region ; the latter, who has done
himself great credit by the manner in which the walls were finished, in tbe plasterino-
and frescoing, above and below. r _
To ilie Painter, Mr. Martin, also of this village, who in the external painting and
.sanding of the house, together with the. internal work, has shown himself master of
bis business. — ^The work upon the pnlpit was done at his own suggestion and expense,
and is considered to be in excellent taste, presenting a beautiful contrast with the
base, as well as the other parts of the house. ^ :r . . . .
The trustees and members of tbe church take great pleasure in acknowledgiu"
the donation of the beautiful black walnut table, valued at twenty-six dollars, pre
sented by Mr. Albert J. Steele, of this village, the workmanship of Mr. David John-
sou, also of this village. . ; '
Great praise is also due to the ladies connected with the "Female Aid Society"
of this church, and others who have assisted in the work, for the neat aud tasteful
niauner in which they have furnished the church. — The carpets, the trimmings of the
pnlpit, the sofa, the chairs for the altar; together with tho lamps, are the result of
. their labors, and speak much for their zeal and diligence in the cause.
, While the members connected ' with this church congratulate themselves In
having by the good hand of God, so comfortable a place in which to worship the God
of their fathers, they are not insensible to the feeling of kindness and good will which
has prompted members of the sister chnrch to lend a helping hand in this enterprise.
May the good Lord reward them an huudred fold, in spiritual blessings. . C. S.,
The strip of land west of the church, now sun-ounded by rows of elms
and maples, was deeded to the Society, Oct. 31st, 1848, by Rev. Sylvester
Smith. D. E., Vol. 35, page 215. ,
"Commencing at a point on the line of the highxcay at the comer of the land this day
deeded to Medad K. Tucker^ and running easterly on sd highioag line S^^i; rods to the line of
this grantee, thence southerly on sd grantees line 14^*j rods to a point on Bennett Wooster's
line close by a maple tree, thence running the south side of sd tree on ad Bennett Wooster's
line Zf^ rods, thence northerly on Medad K. Tucker's line to the place of beginning, said last
mentioned line being Uj^ rods, containing an area of 43 rods, hereby saring and reserring
to myself the fee simple of sd land after the sd church shall fail to sustain a meeting house
where their house now stands, hereby only granting the use of sd land to sd church so long as
the same shall remain in the control and direction of the trustees of sd church during the
thue aforesaid solely for the accommodation of the Methodist E. Society of Humphreysville^
and when tlie sd Society ceases to maintain sd church in the place tchere it now stands, then
sd land is to revert to this Grantor, his. heirs and assigns." _ - .-

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The subject of temperance was prominent at this time and the Huiiiph-
reysville Total Abstinence Society had been organized for the purpose of
holding temperance meetings and in various ways advancing the temperance
cause. Mr. Isaac Losee, Sen., was the President of the Society in 1847.
There were at this time five liquor-selling establishments in the place. . In
April of tills year the officers of the Total Abstinence Society were John L.
Daniels, President ; Joshua Kendall and Julius Bassett, Vice-presidents ;
John W. Stons, Secretary and Treasurer; William Tuthill, James L. Spen
cer and Chai-les Swift, Standing Committee. '
' The other Temperance Association, Rock Spring Division, No. 12, S. of
T., was in a flourishing condition. In January its officers were : — John W.
Ston-s, W. P. ; Daniel I. Putnam, W. A. ; William W. Steele, R. S. ; John
Adams, A. R. S. ; William B. Curtiss, F. S.; James A. Stephens, C;
David Tucker, A. C. ; Charles Swift, I. S. ; Perry Cadwell, O. S. In the
fall they were^ohn W. Storrs, P. W. P. ; D. J. Putnam, W^ P. ; J. A. :
Stevens, W. A. ; John Adams, R. S. ; James L. Spencer, A. R. S. ; W. B. '
Curtiss, F. S.; WUson Wyant, T. ; David Tucker, C ; Austin R. Pardee,'
A. C. ; Wilson Hendryx, I. S. ; Edwin Wheeler, O. S. - , ; ....,;.;:
; _' ;* The New Haven Courier in Febraary contained the following in regard
to the proposed Naugatuck Railroad, the building of which was commenced ;
in April : -.• -'.¦'' •"^. 'i .: ¦ - : ,: ' .:-^::- . -y .¦'¦.¦ -¦¦.^- •.,.-:../
No busiuess man. can tloubt but that the trade of 30 or 30,000 people is worth
obtaining, or that it would be desirable to have this city a depot for the five miltious
-worth of manufactured goods annnally produced in that region. But the prenent^
tr.tde of that valley is nothing, absolutely nothing, to what it will, and must, be when
commnnication is opened by means of a railroad. We have the authority of tbe State |
Surveyor for saying, that the facilities for manufacturing on the Naugatuck are "
greater than on any other stream in the State, and the:ie facilities are not- as yet half"
or quarter improved. Besides the Naugatuck, there is an unimproved power ou tbe. '
Housatonic, at Birmingham, more than twice as great as all the power at Lowell, aud .
capitalists already have their eyes upon this, and it will be improved. ' ¦'
The Satiirday before May 25th, there was a tremendous hailstorm ac
companied by terrific thunder and lightning and torrents of rain. The ground^
was literally covered ^vith hailstones, many of which were as large as pigeons
eggs. As described by a wiiter of the scene, "It seemed for a few moments
as if all Iceland had been broken up and was being showered down on onr
devoted heails." One horse was so frightened that he ran, throwing out its .;
driver, who was seriously injured. . Other horses were so stupefied with feiir.
that it was with great difficulty that their drivei-s could urge them to places v
of shelter. , , . . > •,
Leverett Pritchard died June 4th, in the 83rd year of his age. He had
"been an inhabitant of the town fi-om his infancy, and his cliai-acter ever>
remained unspotted, so much so that his morality had become proverbial.
From his door the friendless were never spurned, and from his bounty the
hungry were fed and the naked clotiied. In him the needy and destitute .'
found a friend."— (Derby Journal.)
The Thursday before June 15th two men were covered by a landslide
about a mile above the village, where workmen were engaged iu making e:^-
cavations for tiie railroad. One of them was not fouud uiitil life was extinct. '
The railroad bridge across tiie Naugatuck was built under contract by Dwiglit -
& Frenfch. - _ . •
The new hall of Rock Spring Divisibn, at the west end of tiie Nauga- '
tuck Bridge, was dedicated ou tbe Fiidav evening before the 16th of Octeber. .

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George ^Y. Bungay was the principal speaker and a poem was read by John
W. Ston-s. On Tuesday evening, Aug. 1st, 1848, Gough made a powerful temper- '
ance speech in the M. E. Church, and on Monday aud W^ednesday evenings
of the same week he lectiired in the Congregational Church.
The telegraph came following close upon the railroad, and in November
was in operation. '
In tiiis year Mr. Hyde from Oxford, N. Y., called to see his native
place after an absence of thirty-four years. His fatiier had been drowned iu
the Housatonic River. His mother was buried iu the Methotlist cemetery.
His brotiier Abijah Hyde was then living in Quaker Farms. Orson Hyde,
the Mbnnon, was a brother of the.se. The old homestead was in the comer
"of tiie lot opposite Cedar Ridge school honse, now owned by Judge Munsou.
The Hydes were remarkable tor their good memories. Abijah and his brother
from York state were Methodists, and the York state man has sons who have
been noted as scholars in the M. E. Church.
A young man named Pitt was killed Nov. 11th, 1848, near the Bell
'. school house, by the bursting oif a cannon which was being fired in honor of
the election of General Taylor to the presidency. - \ . '
' i; ,/ Most of the maples near the M. E. Church were set out Oct. 28th, 1848,
by Rev. Sylvester Smith and his son. Two had been set out on thewest side
of the church some years before by Alva Davis. ;
:- Lewis Bunce lost about $4,000 by the burning of his papermill, Dec. 23,
¦ 1848. Stock to the amount of $675 was saved and he received $1,325
insurance. . . '
. The Rimmon paper Co. seems tlien to have been organized, as the D.
r R., Vol. 32, page 306, under date of Jan. 27th, 1849, refers to machinery of
the mill which was destroyed by fire and states that the Company has a paid
iu capital of $5,100. The stock was taken as follows : Andrew W. DeForest,
66 shares ; Burritt Hitchcock, 66 shares ; Eli Hayes, 36 shares ; Horace
Riley, 12 shares ; James H. Bidwell, 30 shares ; James Wallace, 20 shares ;
A. W. DeForest, Agt., 10 shares; total, 240 shares. Bunitt Hitchcock,
president ; A. W. DeForest, secretary. Bunce continued in charge of the
mill which was located near the mouth of Little River, where the Douglass
Manufachiring Co's lower shop now is.
The establishment of Humphreysville Academy is best recorded by
: quoting fi-om the prospectus issued at the time.
:^ :¦; "HUMPHREYSVILLE ACADEMY,
': :¦' HUMPHREYSVILLE. CONN.,
GEORGE E. GLENDINING, A. M., akd MRS. NANCY H. GLENMNINO, Peiscipals.
~ The selection of Humphreysville for an Academic Institution, has been made not more with
reference to the place ilselfthan to a wide tract of the surrounding country, for nhicb there have
seemed tc be educational demands.
Located iq. the romantic valley of the Nangatuck, Humphreysville is pecnliarly healthy;
and distant only ten miles from New Haven, sixteen from Bridgeport, and eighty from New York—
with all of which places it is connected by a railroad soon to be in operation, it is most easily accessible.
For the youth of the place and the countiy around it, a higher institution of leaming has ap
peared to be needed ; at the same time regard has been had youth of the cities, for whom there may
be here furnished, in connection with educational facilities at the most mad.erate rates, the safest
guarantees for health and morals. The course of instruction to be pursued iu Academy is designed to
meet the wants of pupils of both sexes, aud of various ages and destination. Whatever the pupils
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regarded as of little worth. ' ' ' In.struction will be given in all the branches of an Knglislj
education; in the Classics— Latin and Greek; in French and Music. » » *
The Prmoipals trust to the fruits of their labors so to commend them as to gain for their
Academy an extended patronage. At their commencement they offer their qualifications, experience
in teaching aud devotion to the work, as pledges to satisfy such as may commit pupils to their charge.
In addition they may refer to the Rev. W. P. Walker, Rector of Union Church, Humphreysville,
who has known them for many years in their office as teachers; to the principal inhabitants of Troy,
N. Y., where for nine years they taught successfully ; to the trustees of Cayuga Academy, Aurora,
New York, of which Mr. G. was more thau two years Principal ; to Professor Mills of New York
city, and to Professor Berteau of Brooklyn, L. I., in whose institutirm Mr. G. was more than two
years professor of Belles Lettres. Hnmphreysville, Feb. iSni, 1849.
Speaking of Glendining's Academy the Derby Journal said, "The
natural and picturesque scenery with which Humphreysville abounds, and the
quietness of the village, render it exceedingly well adapted for the location
of an institution of the kind."
The new comei-s were immediately received with favor. In May the
Academy" had alreaily forty-seven pupils. ,
Buffiim's Cotton Factory took fii-e Feb. 22nd, but the flames were sup
pressed before any great damage was done. Loss about $200. Insured, A
portable fire engine which was kept in the building was made to render good
sei-vice, the water being carried from the "canal" to the reservoir of the engine '
in pails and then forced in a stream against the building.
In March Nathan White made an engraving of the village, which was
spoken of by the Derby Journal as "very prettily gotten up and giving an
accurate idea of the place." ' -:
There were in operation one cotton factory, three paper mills, French &
Dwight's large establishment for the manufacture of augers, plane irons and
other edge tools; also three other auger factories and one ax factory.
A large building was being erected for the consfa-uction of cars. , '
Thiursday evening. Mar. 15tii, about 9 o'clock, French & Dwight's ma
chine shop was found to be on fire and was burned with all its contents. The
shop was an old wooden one and was well stocked with tools, patterns, &c
Loss from $2,000 to $3,000. It stood on tiie east side of the canal where is
now the tinning shop of the N. H. Copper Co.
John J. Rider was licensed as tavemer and all licenses to sell spirituous
liquoi-s were refused. Jacob Carter lectured on temperance Feb. 12th.
Julius Bassett sailed for California Jan. 23rd.
Joshua Kendall, D. G. W^ P., installed tiie officers of Rock Spring Di
vision Jan. 13th, as follows: William B. Curtiss, W. P. ; John Adams, ^
W. A.; JohnW. Ston-s, R. S.; William Hughes, A. R. S.; Edward F.^
Bassett, F. S. ; Henry Patterson, C. ; Alouzo T. Smith, A. C. ; Edward
Hotchkiss, I. S. ; E, Gainsby, O. S. ^ ¦
In April, Joshua Kendall was elected representative for the tovra of Derby.
The first locomotive came to Humphreysville on Thursday aftemooii,
May lOtii, 1849 ; and tiie fii-st passenger train on the foUowiug Monday,
May, 14th.
Wilson Weston had his left hand and arm severely mangled June 2Stii,
by tiie shears for cutting iron and steel, in the works of the Humphreysrille
Manufacturing Co.
The Rimmon dam was commenced this summer by Dwight & Frencli. -
The society of the "Daughters of Temperance" was instituted in August.
Friday, Dec. 14th, William B. Watson's horse was killed by a loco
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In June tiie small pox was prevalent ia- Blueville, the dreaded disease
having been brought in rags to the papermill.
Village Directory in 1849.
A lopathic Physicians, Josliua Kendall, S. C. Johnson, Tliomas Stoddard.
Attorney, H. B. Muuson.
Augers and bit manufacturers, Dwight & French ; French, Swift &
Co. ; and Hiram Upson.
¦¦ Ax manufacturer, Clark Wooster.
Boot and shoe dealer, William Hull. '
^ofawjc P7i2^*icwin, J. D. A. Yale.
Clergymen, Congregational, Willhim B. Curtiss ; Episcopal, William F.
Walker; Methodist, Charles Stearns; Baptist, William Dennison.
Cotton manufacturers, William Butlum, shii-tings, 500,000 yds. yearly,
consuming fifty tons of cotton, and running 54 looms. Forty-oue persons
employed. Sherman & Beartlsley were manufacturiug stocking yaru, batting
twine and carjiet warp. . ¦ ' ' ' '
Druggists, James Davis, Robt*rt J. Abbott. ^ :
Furniture manufa<iturers and dealers, Johnson Sc bassett.
l'-' Harness maker, Isaac N. Marthi.
Jwstice 0/ /Ae Peace, Albert J. Steele.
John Moshier kept the only livery stable, in connection with the tavern.
Mercliants, Lyman Smith, Lucius Blackmau, Downs & Sanford, Harri
son Tomlinson, Elias Hotchkiss, Humphrey & Wooster, Tuttle & Bassett,
and Lucius Tuttie. - ;
. Paper maJcers, DeForest & Hodge, manufactured 480,000 lbs. printing
paper yearly; Lewis Bunce, manufactured printing paper, clothiers' boards
arid press paper; Smith & Bassett, manidactured wrappiug, straw and
button boards.
Stove and ti7iware dealers, ^. liewis & Co.
Tailors, J. A. Stevens, Charles W. Ston-s.
The Humphreysville Copper Co. was organized in 1849 witii a"^capital
stock of $40,000. The first issue of stock was forty shares to S. C. Johnson,
Jan. 23rd. The proposal to establish a coppenuill here was first made by
Isaac Nathans to Raymond French. Mr. F. went to New York and made
inquiries in regard to the manufacture of copper, prices of stock and manu
factured goods, etc., and becoming satisfied that the business was then a
profitable one, returned and organized tiie company. J. W. Dwight was tiie
first president of the company. The directoi-s, Feb. 8th, were— Raymond
French, Harrison Tomlinson, George Rice and Sheldon Kinney. D. R.,
Vol. 32, page 309. "  -.__
>' In the spring of 1850 there was quite an exciting time over the flection.
The postmaster, Mr. Lum, had recently died aud Rev. Samuel Hickox was
talked of as successor, but John W. Storrs was finally appointed. The de
cision being partly a party matter, aided by religious preferences and preju
dices, it became evident in March tliat the matter would considerably aft'ect
. the spring election. Thomas Burlock of Ansonia was nominated by the
Whigs and Rev. Sylvester Smith of Humphreysville by the democrats. The
election was held in the basement of the Congiegational Church in Hum
phreysville. The fi-iends of the defeated candidate for pbstmaster rallied for
Rev. Sylvester Smith, and while IVIr. Burlock confidently expected a majonty
of 125, Mr. S. received a majority of 26. Rm-lock was a gi-eat politician,

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aud to be beaten by a local preacher aud a papermaker, was no less a surprise
than the success of the democratic ticket in a strong whig town.
The subject of dividing the town had not been agitated until after this
election, but now it quickly became prominent. Messrs. Dwight and French
led in the movement and Judge Munson was active in its advocacy. Why
no one proposed the name of Humphrey for the new town, we have been
unable to learn. The bill to grant the petition was prepared and printed with
the name "Richmond," but before it was put on its passage Judge Munson
came to Mr. Smith and suggested the name "Seymour." Mr. S. replied,
"It is short, our Governor and the Speaker of the House have that name,
and it is an eminent name in Connecticut, and we will have it the name of
our town." The bill was so amended and passed. Following is a copy of the
fff^rter^ of ihe ^awn of ^e^mour.
General Assembly, May Session, A. D., 1850.
Upon the petition of Leman Chatfield and othere praying for the incor
poration of a new town, as will fully and at large appear by their petition ou
tile, dated tbe th day of April, 1850, which petition has been duly served
upon the town of Derby and was duly returned to and entered ih the office of
the Secretary of this State according to law. . .
Resolved by this Assembly. That all that part of the town of
Derby lying northerly of the following described line, to wit: commencing at
the Housatonic River, thence mnning easterly in a straight line touching the
most northerly point of Martin B. Bassett's stone building on the east bank of
said river, thence running easterly in the same straight line to the north side
of the dwelling house now occupied by said Martin B. Bassett, thence in a
straight line easterly to the stone bridge in the highway, about twenty -five
rods westerly of the house occupied by Pearl Carpenter, thence fi-om said
bridge following down the brook that runs under said bridge, till it empties
into the Naugatuck River, thence fiom the mouth of said brook easterly, in
a straight line to the intersection of the line dividing the town of Wood-
bridge from the town of Derby with the centre line of the 'Rimmon Falls
Tm-npike road ; with all the inhabitants residing therein, be, and the same
hereby .ire incorporated into a distinct town by the name of Seymour, and tiie
inhabitants aforesaid, and their successora forever, residing withiu said limits
shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges and immunities which are
enjoyed by other to^vns in this State, -with the privilege of sending one repre
sentative to the General Assembly of this State.
Said new town shall support all bridges witiiin their bounds, (except such
as belong to turnpike companies or otiier corporations or individuals to support)
and be released ftora supporting any bridges without the limits of said new
town; shall pay and perform their proportion of the present debts and liabilities
of Derby, and be allowed tbe same proportion of its credits, including tiie like
proportion of the town deposit fund, and the same proportion of interest in the
almshouse land; and shall take and support their proportion of tiie present
town poor of said town of Derby; the proportion of tiie said new town in all
the respects aforesaid being as the list of that part of the new town taken from
the town of Derby tor the year 1849, bears to the whole list of Derby, in the
same year ; and tiie selectmen of the said town of Derby and Seymour ai'e
hereby empowered to apportion and divide the present to'wn poor, the debts.

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credits, town funds and alms. house land aforesaid, according to the rule afore
said ; and in case they should not be able to agree, then such apportionment
shall be made by Samuel Meigs, Esquire, of Oxford, whose decision shall be
final. And said town poor when so apportioned, shall be settied inhabitants
for all purposes in the respective towns to which they are set and said new
town shall be liable to maintain all such poor of tiie town from which it is
taken, as are or may be absent therefrom ; provided, such poor person or per
sons at the time of their departure belonged to the portion of said town of '
Derby hereby incoi-porated, or were residents therein as settied inhabitants at
the time of such departure therefrom.
Resolved further, That the collector of town and state taxes of said
Derby, be hereby authorized Io collect the several taxes already laid, in tiie
same manner as though this act had not passed.
Resolved further. That it shall be the duty of said new town to assume
and perforin the contracts and liabilities now subsisting between the town of
Derby and any other pei-son or persons for keeping in repair such portion of
the roads of the old town of Derby as lie within the limits of said new town,
and to save the said old town fi-om all expense therefrom.
Resolved furtlter. That the mileage of the said town of Seymour to
Hartford be forty -five miles, and to New Haven be eleven miles.
Resolved fnrther, That the firat meeting of said town of Seymonr shall
be held on the fourth Monday of June, 1850, at the basement of tiie Metho
dist Episcopal Chm-ch at Humphreys Ville, in said town of Seymonr ; and
Leman Chatfield, Esquire, (and in case of his failm-e to attend the same,
Harris B, Munson, Esquire,) shall be moderator of said meeting ; and said
meeting shall be wamed by setting up a notification of the same on a sign
post hereby established at the east end of the bridge over Naugatuck River,
at said Humphreys Ville, and at such other place or places as said persons
or either of them deem proper, at least five days before said meeting. And
said town of Seymour shall at said first meeting, have all the powers incident
to' other towns in the State, and full right to act accordingly, to elect town
officers ; and the officers so elected at such meeting shall hold their offices
until others are chosen and swom in their stead.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,, s s. ) I hereby certify that the foregoing
Office of Secretary of State, | is a true copy of record in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said State, at Hartford, this 12th day of September, A. D., 1850.
"^"^^
\ SEAL I ,'¦¦¦, jxo. P. C. MATHER, Secretary of State.
January, 1850, was a remarkably warm month, and- in the following
month the snows weye followed by heavy rains, raising the streams and caus
ing considerable damage. In tiie freshet of Feb. 10th and lltii the lower
bridge was considerably damaged and narrowly escaped being carried away.
There was also a high flood March 1st.
The water lease of S. Y. Beach's papennill expiring in this year, it was
pulled down and removed to its present locat'ion on Bladen's brook. Paper-
making was discontinued June 15th and resumed Sept. 2nd.
A town meeting was held June 24th in the basement of the M. E. Church,
as provided by the charter, Leman Chatfield presiding a* moderator. The
principal officers of the new town were as follows: . ..
• Selectmen, Leman Chatfield, Daniel L. Holbrook, Thomas Cochran.

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Cierk, Charles B. Wooster ; Toicn Treasurer, Sylvester Smith.
; Jurors, Burton W. Smith, Thomas Stoddard, George L. Hodge,

Town Clerk,
Grand l ,
Abel Holbrook, Charles L. Hyde, Walter B. Clark.
Constables, George H. Memck, Philo Beecher, Oliver H. Stoddard,
Hiram P. Jolmson, Roswell Humaston, John J. Rider.
Committee on Roads, Sheldon Kinney, Daniel L. Holbrook.
Tithingmen, Church Society— Burton W. Smith, Sheldon Hurd, Isaac
Lindley ; Methotlist Society— John L. Hartson, Jarvis Polly ; Congregational
Society— Medad K. Tucker, William H., Tuthill; Baptist Society— Sharon
Y. Beach, George L. Hodge ; Great Hill Methodist Society— WilUam C.
Smith, Roswell Humaston.
The second town meeting was held in the basement of the Congrega
tional Chm-ch, Oct. 30th, 1850. Leman Chatfield, Daniel L. Holbrook and
Thomas Cochran were elected selectmen; Charles B. Wooster, town clerk;
and Burton W. Smith, town treasurer.
I At the electors' meeting held Mar. 31st, 1851, Bennett Wooster was
elected the first representative of the Town of Seymour to the General
Assembly. /
The Baptist Society was organized in March, 1848, Rev. William Den
nison, fi-om White Hills, in charge. The church on Maple street was built
in 1851. Tythingmen were last elected for the church in October, 1859.
A union Sunday school festival was held Aug. 28th by the Baptist,
Congregational, Episcopal and Methodist Sunilay schools.
At the annual town meeting held Oct. 6th, the selectmen, town clerk
and ti-easurer were re-elected.
At a special town meeting held in January, 1852, it was voted to build
a new bridge over the Naugatuck, near Moshier's tavern, and Isaac B. Davis,
Philo Holbrook and Raymond French were appointed building committee.
At the spring election. Rev. Sylvester Smith was elected representative,
receiving 217 of the 354 votes cast. The follomng persons were elected
justices of the peace : — Harris B. Munson, Leman Chatfield, Sharon Y.
Beach, Isaac B. Davis, Charles B. Wooster, Philo Holbrook, George P.
Shelton, Daniel L. Holbrook, Samuel R. Hickox, Eli S. Cornwall.
At the town meeting in the basement of the Congregational Church in
October, Daniel Holbrook was elected fii-st selectman but declined to serve
another year. Isaac B. Davis, Sharon Y. Beach and Hai-pin Riggs were
then elected and Burton W. Smith was elected treasurer. A resolution
was passed authorizing the layout of a street past the house Denzel Hitchcock,
now known as High Street, also accepting Humphrey street as highway. The
following resolution was adopted:
Voted, that all Horses and Cattle be restrained from going at large npon the highways and
commons in Seymour (except that any man owning one cow only can by permission from any one
selectman, let her run at large provided she has a strap on her neck with the owners name on) and it
so found going at large shall he liable to be impounded and that the penalty for each animal so im
pounded shall be seventy-five cents, two thirds of which sum to be paid to the person or persons so
impounding the same, by the owner or owners of the animal or animals so impounded, and one-thinl
to the pound keeper.
Voted, that Sheep and Swine be restrained from going at large npon the higliways and commons
in said town, and if so found going at large shall be liable to be impounded, and the penalty tor each
Sheep or Swine so impounded shall be twenty-five cents, to be paid to the person or persous so im
pounding the same by the owner or owner of the Sheep or Swine so impounded eighteen cents, and
to the pound-keeper seven cents.
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and if so found going at large shall be liable to be impounded, and tbe penalty for each Goose so
impounded, shall be eight cents, one-half of which shaU be. paid to the person impounding the same
and the other half to the pound-keeper, by the owner or owners of the geese so impounded.
Voted that any inhabitant of said town may lawfully impound aU such creatures found go-mg
at large as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the person or persons impounding the same to give
notice thereof to the owner or owners of such creatures, if known, withiu twenty-four hours after im
pounding the same, and in case the owner or owners of such impounded creatures be not known by
the impounder, to inform forthwith one of the Constables of said town, whose duty it shall be to proceed
in the same manner as is by kiw prescribed for Constables when they are informed that creatures are
ioipounded for doing damage npon land, and the owners thereof is not known, and said Constable
shall be entitled to his lawful fees in the same manner as for creatures doing damage upon land,
provided that nothing in this vote or By-Law shall be so construed as to prevent the owner or owners
otsuch creatures from redeeming them from the person or persons while driving them to pound, by
paying the drivers fees.
Voted, that the foregoing By-Law be effectual from and after the 9Cth day of November, IS5%
uutil the first Monday in October, ISiS.
Voted, that the town clerk be directed to cause the foregomg By-Law to be published four weeks
successively in the Columbian Register printed in New Haven, also in the New Haven Palladium.
This by-law was re-enacted in 1853 and the penalties increased one-fourth.
In 1854 it was repealed.
The vote of the town for presidential electors, Nov. 2nd, 1852, was 
democratic, 258; whig, 105; fi-ee soD, 4.
. The Humphreysville Copper Co. was re-organized in 1852 and the capital
increased from $100,000 to $200,p00 by the addition of 4,000 shares of 625
each. S. R., Vol. 3, p. 123. The President of the company cei-tified that
the whole amount had been paid in Feb. 2nd. A large part of the stock
was taken in Humphreysville, the bank taking 700 shares. The directors of
the company then were — William Cornwall, Timothy Dwight, George F.
DeForest, Charles Durand and Harrison Tomlinson. In Febraary, 1853,
the directors were=John W. Dwight, William Comwall, Timothy Dwight,
Charles Durand, Nathan Peck, Jr., of New Haven, Raymond French, George
F. DeForest, Harrison Tomlinson and Sheldon Kenney of Seymour. The
works were gi-eatly enlarged and the business increased. Up to this time
the business had proved very lucrative, but after the enlargement the profits
decreased and the stock finally went down.
At the electors' meeting in April, 1853, H.B. IMunson was electetl rep
resentative by a majority of 82 in a total vote of 329. - ,
Prof. Gay, a graduate of Yale, opened a "high school" in Glendinning
Hall in August.
At the October town meeting Leman Chatfield, Harpin Riggs and Jabez
E. Pritchard were elected selectmen, and B. W. Smith, town treasurer.
On Sunday, Nov. 13th, there was a heavy rain all day, and during the
afternoon the river rose rapidly, until it was seventeen feet- and three inches
above low water mark at Derby. Such a flood had not been known for many
years, the water was said to have been fom- feet deep in the coppermill. T|he
south half of the railroad bridge was carried away, with the south abutinent,
and many other bridges above and below Seymour, including those at Pines
bridge, Beacon Falls and Ansonia. In the evening the Ansonia bridge was
carried away, and with it a young couple whose cries were heard far down
the river,but all attempts to rescue them in the darkness were unavailing.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 8th, 1854, there was another freshet which
again swept off the railroad bridge and also the dam of French, Swift & Co.
The next forenoon the dam which stood a little above where the rubbei-mill
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fur two months, and the July and August following were as exceptionally diy.
At the elector's meeting in April, H. B. Munson was elected representa
tive by a majority of 65 in a total vote of 293, and S. Y. Beach, Leman
Chatfield, Isaac B. Davis, Samuel R. Hickox, Daniel L. Holbrook, Philo
Holbrook, H. B. Munson, Luzon B. Moms, George P. Shelton and Charies
B. Wooster, justices of the peace.
From Thursday, April 22nd, to the following Simday morning there was
heavy and continuous ram, resulting in a flood on Sunday, when the water
rose eight or ten inches higher than in the November freshet. Great damage
was done throughout the valley. Derby Avenue was washed out fi-om Broad
stieet to Pine to the depth of three feet. The water at Derby was 19 feet 8}
inches above low water mark. A special town meeting was called and a
vote passed to build a breakwater at the west end of Broad street aud to fill
Derby Avenue where washed out. The work was done immediately and so
substantially that there has been no farther faouble at that point.
Feb. 7th, 18p5, the mercm-y stood 12° below zero, and the 11th, 10°
below. At the April election Luzon B. Monis was elected representative by
a majority of 45 in a total vote of 315. In Oetober Jabez E. Pritchard,
Henry Bradley and Philo Holbrook were elected selectmen, and B. W.
Smith, ti-easm-er. Charles B. Wooster was town clerk from the first election
after the incoi-poration of the town until he removed to New Haven in the
winter of 18G2-63.
The winter of 1855-G was remarkably severe. The snow lay from
eighteen inches to two feet in depth all through January, '56. The mercury
stood 13° below zero Jan. 9th at 7 a. m., 8° below Mar. 4th, and 10° below
Mar. 14th. The next summer was unusually warm. June 23rd the mercury
stood at 100° in the shade, and the 17th of July at 102°.
At the April election Luzon B. Morris was elected representative by a
majority of 58 votes. The justices elected were H. B. Munson, Henry
Bradley, C. B. Wooster, Philo Holbrook, D. L. Holbrook, Sheldon Church,
L. B. Monis, David Beach, B. W. Smith and Joseph Chipman.
A vote was taken upon the proposition to change the name of the town
from Seymour to Humphrey, the change being defeated by a vote of 117 to 81.
At the October election of 1856, Sheldon Church, Miles Culver and
Daniel L. Holbrook were elected selectmen; Hiram W. Randall, town
treasurer ; and George F. DeForest, Philo B. Buckingham and Luzon B.
Morris, school visitors. This was the first election of school visitora by the
town. Previous to this time they had been elected by the School Societies,
of which there two, the firet comprising the school distncts on the east side
of the river, and the second the districts on the west side.
Land was purchased of Alfied Blackman by Rev. James Lvnch of Bir
mingham, Sept. 24th, 1851, for a Roman Catiiolic Church. The land was
deeded to Rt. Rev. Bernard O'Riley of Providence, R. I., June 5th, 1855.
Work was commenced in the fall of 1855, and the edifice completed aud "
dedicated in the fall of 1856.
A vote for presidential electors, Nov. 4th, 1856, was— democratic, 192;
republican, 129 ; et al, 6.
Jan. 22nd, 1857, at 7 a. m., the mercury was 4° below zero ; 23rd,— 13°;
24tb,— 23°; 25th,— 10°; 26th,— 20°. 7 i '
There was a great freshet Feb. 7th, the water at Derby being 22 feet 3
inches above low water mark. The Housatonic britlge at Birmingham was
earned away. Henry C. Johnson was elected representative in April by a
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streets, had been incorporated in 1851 with a capitiil of 8100,000. In 1854
the General Assembly autiiorized an increase of tiie capital stock to $200 000
but the increase seems not to have been made, as on the 1st of January, 1856'
George F. DeForest, the president of the bank, reported the stock worth only
$116,775. In June, 1859, an addition of $100,000 to the stock was authorized,
and in June, 1860, pemiission was given to remove the bank to Ansonia. The
name was changed to Ansonia Bank in 1861.
The Naugatuck Railroad Company was incorporated in 1845. Timothy
Dwight, William DeForest and and Anson G. Phelps being amono- the
petitioners for the charter. The capital stock was at first $600,000 with the
privilege of increasing to one million dollars. The time in which the road
was to be built was extended in 1848 and 1853, and the stock increased to
§2,000,000. The Eagle Manufacturing Co. was organized June 27th, 1850, with a
stock of $50,000, for the manufacture of goods fi-om silk, wool and cotton.
Geo. Rice was the first president of the company. The stock was increased
to$100,OOOOct. 28, 1852; Geo. F. DeForest, president. In Januaiy, 1855,
Geo. P. Shelton, pres., and Harrison Tomlinson, sec, cei-tified to estimated
losses of $27,000 and assetts of $42,000, the indebtedness of the company bein"
about $60,000.
In 1851 the capital stock of the Humphreysville Manufacturing Co. was
estimated at $300,000, and the estimate was approved by a committee of the
Legislature. Pf. Acts, Vol. 4, p. 803. In 1859 the stock was reduced to
$150,000 by the distribution of property to the stockholders.
The Humphreysville High School Association was incorporated in 1851,
as follows :
Sec 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That ^ayrnoni French, Harrison Tomlinson, George
F. DeForest, Lucius Tuttle, Eli S. Comwall, Samuel Bassett. Philo B. Buckmgham, E. F. Bassett,
George H. Merick, Nehemiah Robbins, Oliver H. Stoddard, Clark Wooster, and all others, who now
are, or shall hereafter become associated with them, and their successors and assigns, be, and they
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Seymour High School
Association," and by that name they are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, take, hold,
occupy and enjoy, notes, bonds, mortgages and estate, real and personal, to an amount not exceeduig
twenty thousand dollars ; and the same to sell, transfer and convey at their pleasure; and shall also
be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended in
any lawful court; to have perpetual succession, and to have a common seal, and the same to alter
at pleasure. Sec. 2. The stock of said corporation, consisting of the bnilding or buildings, for the use of
said high school, such as may be from time to time erected, together with the lands which now are,
or may hereafter be owned by said corporation ; and all moneys, funds, notes, bonds, mortgages, real
and personal estate of any description, which now belong, or may hereafter belong to said corporation,
excepting donations, legacies, devises and bequests, shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars
each; aud each sliare shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote at all meetings of said corporation;
and said shares shall be deemed and held to be personal estate, and shall he transferable iu such
uauner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws, rules and regulations of said corporation.
Sec. 3. For the management of the affairs of said corporation, the members thereof shall, at
their first meeting, elect five trustees, who shall hold their office for the term of one year, at least,
from the time of their election, aud until others may aud shall be chosen hy said corporation, to sup
ply their places ; said trustees shall have power to fill auy vacancies which may occur in their number,
durmg the time of holding their office ; they shall have the immediate management and control of
the funds, property, and general concerns of said corporation, receive and disburse all
moneys belonging to said institution; regulate the course of instruction and the price of
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power of enacting sutli rules aud regulations conoemirig tbe conduct of students while inenilwrs of
said high school, astheymay deem proper; and a majority of them may, at auy time, expel or dismiss,
or suspend, as the case may require, such students as, for auy reasonable cause, they may consider
it improper to retain in the school; always provided, that the by-laws, rules and regulations shall
not be repugnant to the laws of this state, or of the United States.
Sec. 4. That hi all meetings of the trustees, a majority of the whole number shall be necessary
to form a quorum for transacting business of any kind ; and a vote of the majority of those presont
•shall be necessary to render any act done by them binding on said corporation.
Sec. 5. All meetings of the trustees shall be called at such times, in such manner, and ou
such notice, as the trustees hy their by-laws shall prescribe. And a meeting of the corporation may
at any time be called by vote of the trustees, or by a written request presented to the secretary or
the trustees or corporation, and signed by members of the corporation, who are owners of at least
one-third of the stock of said corporation ; and each meetmg of the corporation shall be wamed iu
such manuer as the trustees shall direct.
Sec. 6. In all meetings of the corporation, all the stockholders inay vote in person, or by
proxy, and one vote shall he allowed for each share.
Sec. 7. The books aud records of said corporation shall be always open to the inspection of
any of its stockholders.
Sec. 8. The use of such buildings as may belong to said corporation, shall be under the
dbrection of the trustees, and shall be appropriated to no other purposes than that of a school, unless
by the consent of a majority of the trustees expressed in writing under their bands, and prescribing
the terms on which, and the purposes for which, they are to be used.
Sec. 9. The members of this corporation shall have the power of appointing a committee to
consist of at least two, to.procure such instructors as may be necessary, and agree with them in re
lation to the terms ; and in case they shall neglect to do so, it shall be the duty of the trustees to
procure such itstructors as may he required.
Sec. 10. The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by George F. DeForest, Es
quire, or in case of his inability or neglect, hy Raymond French, of the to^vn of Seymour, at such
time and place, and with such notice as he shall direct; provided always, that this act may be
altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly. (Pr. Acts, Vol. 3, p. 20.
In 1852, Geo. P. Shelton, Raymond French, Philo Holbrook, Henry S.
Mygatt, Sheldon Banney, George F. DeForest, Harrison Tomlinson, John W.
Dwight, John Clark and Sylvester Smith were incorporated under the style
and title of the Seymour Savings Bank.
The Union Mercantile Co., was established Jan. Gth, 1852, with a capital
stock of $4,000, in shares of $25. There were sixty-four stock-holders, taking
from one to eight shares each. B. W. Smith was the first president of the
company, and John J. Rider the second. The store was in the building on
the north side of Broad street, at the west end of the Naugatuck bridge.
The American Car Co. was organized in the spring of 1852, with a stock '
of $150,000, one half of which was certified to be paid in May 14th, by I. H.
Lyman, Pres., and T. D-vvight, R. French and J. W. Dwight, a majority of
the directors. Sey. Town Rec, Vol. 3, p. 76. The stock was increased Sept.
1st, to $200,000. Of the additional shares J. W. aud Timothy Dwight each
took 800 and J. H. Lyman 400. S. R., Vol. 3, p. 82. Five large shops were
built on the "flat," with track laid to each, and a large business was done for
a time, until the business was moved west.
The Humphreysville and Salem Tumpike Co., organized in 1825 and
incorporated in 1832, was discontinued in 1856.
loeo^'^m"^'^^ Haven and Seymour Plank road company was incorporated in
1 -V. P*^'*^^^ named m the act were William H. Ellis, Zelotes Day
and William Hull of New Haven, Bevil P. Smith and Thomas Sanford of
Woodbndge, William A. Clark of Bethany, and Sylvester Smith and Sharon

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Y. Beach of Seymour. The capital was not to exceed $100,000, and the
rdiid to run from Seymom- through Woodbridge and Betiiany to Westville
bridge. The Woodbury and Seymour Plank Road Company was incorporated in
1852. Lems B. Candee,' Norman Parker, Charies B. Phelps, Reuben H.
Hotchkiss, Lewis Judd and William Gaylord were among the first stock
holders. The road from Seymour thi-ough Oxford and Southbury to Wood
bury is now the only road from Seymour on which toll ia collected.
The Upson Manufacturing Co. was organized in 1852 with a capital of
$6,000, by Hiram Upson, Horace A. Radford and Lucius Tuttle, lor the
mauufivcture of augers, bits, &c. The business was earned on where the
Douglass Manufacturing Co's lower shop now is, at the mouth of Littie
River. The property was sold by H. A. Radford to Charles Douglass in
1859. The shop was originally built by Timothy Dwight, Sr., son of Pres.
Dwight, in 1837, and by his heii-s sold to H. A. Radford.
The Hnmphreysville Copper Co., in addition to then- works- in Seymour,
had a wharf and mill in East Haven, and -were in 1853 authoiized by the
General Assembly to build a breakwater for the protection of their vessels
from the siu-f and winds while loading and unloading. Pr. Acts, Vol. 4, p.
798. The stock was increased Feb. 3rd, 1854, from 12,000 to 16,000 shares.-
The stock was cei-tified Jan. 30th, 1855, to have been paid in to the amount
; of 390,000, the property to be worth $525,000, and the bills receivable $75,
000; while the liabilities were $350,000. A new Humphreysville Copper Co.
was incoi-porated in 1855, (Pr. Acts, Vol. 4, p. 799j) the stock being placed
at $750,000 with liberty to increase to any amount not exceeding $1,000,OIM^,
and to purchase the stock of the old company. The parties named in the act
of incoi-poration were John W. Dwight, Wm. Cornwall, Geo. F. DeForest,
Hemy Bronson, Chas. Durand, Sheldon Kinney, Saml. K. Satterlee, Geo.
R. A. Bicketts and Henchman S. Soule. The New Haven Copper Co. was
organized Nov. 21st, 1855, with a capital stock of $400,000. John W. Dwight,
president; Geo. R. A. Ricketts, seci-etary. Mar. 12th, 1856, J. W. Dwight
and Wm. Comwall certified that the stock amounted to $300,000, all paid in,
Dwight having 4,080 shares, Cornwall 3,920, and Wm. W. Goddard 4,000.
S. R., Vol. 3, p. 226. The statement of the New Haven Copper Co., Jan.
20th, 1857, claimed assetts to the amount of $615,000 with $295,000 liabilities.
7900 shares of the stock were in the name of* the Humphreysville Copper Co.,
4000 were held by Wm. W. Goddard, and the remaining 100 by Dwight,
Comwall, DeForest and Ricketts. After various changes the company was
re-organized in 1872, the stock being o^vned by Lazarus Lissberger, president,
and Samuel Holmes, Thomas James and Frank Farrell, and under tiie present
able management is one of the heaviest (both literally and"fihancially,) and
most reliable of the industries of the town.
The Humphreysville Library Company was incorporated in 1854. The
following is the act of incorporation from Pr. Acts, Vol. 4, p. 1193-4.
Resolved by this Assembly, Sec. 1. That P. B. Buckingham, B. W. Smitli, G. H. Merrick,
Raymond French, Sylvester Smith, Samuel Bassett, Henry S. Mygatt, Ransom Tomlinson, Ashbel
-Storrs, L. B. Morris and Andrew Bassett, and their associates and such other persons as shall here
after be admitted members of said company, be and they hereby are made a body poUtic and corporate,
by the name of the. HumphreysvUle Library Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, and
have perpetual snccession,-and may have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure, ttnd
may hold real estate to the amount of one thousand dollars, and may increase their stock iu books
to the amount and value of five thousand dolhirs; and the stock of said company shall be divided

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into such shares ;i3 by the by-laws of said company shall be ordained aTid estabiislied. And tue first
meeting of said company shall be held on the third Monday of July next, at such hour and place as
shall be designated for that purpose, by notice signed by the said P. B. Buckingham aud B. W.
Smith, which shall be served by reading to each petitioner, or hy copy left at his usual place of abode
three days previous to said meeting; and thereafter the annual and special meetings of said company
shall be held at such time and place and on such notice as the by-laws of said company shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. The company at their annual meeting shall choose a secretary, a president, a vice-
president, a treasurer and seven persons to be a hoard of directors, who shall continue in office until
others are chosen to fill their places ; and if the company shall hereafter increase, the board of
directors may he increased, but shall at no time exceed eleven persons, exclusive of the president
and vice-president, who shall ex officio be members of the hoard of directors.
Sec. 3. The board of directors shall have a, general supermtendance of the library ; direct
in what manner it shall be kept, appoint a librarian and grant liim such compensation as they shall
judge necessary, adjust all accounts and exhibit the same once in every year to the company, select
and purchase hooks for the use of the company, and regulate from time to time the manner iu which
books shall be drawn from the library.
Sec. 4. The board of directors shall have the sole power of making by-laws relative to the
nse of the company's books, and the fines, penalties, and forfeiiures to he inflicted for auy injury to,
or loss, obstructions or undue detention of the same ; but no such by-law shall be of any force until it
has been engrossed and posted up fourteen days in the library room. Provided, that no fine, penalty
or forfeiture shall exceed the assessed value of the book or books so injured, lost, detained or destroyed.
Sec. 5. No person shall become a member of the company by purchase, without the consent
and approbation of the board of directors.
Sec. 6. The proprietor of each sliare of said stock shall pay annually into the treasury of
said company one dollar on each share held by him; and if the proprietor of any share or shares ot
said stock shall neglect or refuse to make such payment for the space of thirty days after the same
shall be due, and after having been notified of such neglect, in a manner to be provided by the board
of directors, each proprietor neglecting or refusing shall forfeit all his right, title and interest in said
campany, and shall cease to be a member of the same.
Sec. 7. These resolves may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the legislature.
The foregoing outline of the joint stock speculations of 1850 — 60, made
from the records with very little comment, includes companies that have
since prospered and been largely instrumental in bnilding up the place,
and others which by the heavy losses inflicted upon the stockholdei-s, have
since intimidated capital and sometimes hindered the development of merit
orious enterprises.
A portion of the town of Oxford was was annexed to the town of Sey
mour in 1854, as follows :
Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the town of Oxford lying southerly of a line
drawn from the town bounds, standing between the towns of Seymour and Oxford in New Haven
county, near the dwelling house of Mrs. Sabra Lindley ; thence running in an easterly direction
about one hundred and thirty-four rods, to a pile of stones on Diamond Rock, so called ; thence
running easterly about one hundred and twenty rods from the Naugatuck railroad; thence running
easterly to a pile of stones with a stake standing therein, on the town line between said Seymour and
Oxford, easterly of the dwelling house of Miles Culver, and southerly of the south end of Rock
Rimmon, so called, be and hereby is incorporated in and made part of the said town of Seymour, and
that the aforesaid lines and boundaries be the boundaries between said towns. (Pr. Acts, Vol. 4, p. 12fi5.
From Conn. Private Acts, Vol. 4, p. 1314 : —
Upon the petition of the Humphreysville and Salem Turnpike' Company, showing that here
tofore, to wit, at a general assembly of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford on the first
Wednesday of May, A. D., 1832, the said Humphreysville and Salem Tumpike Company was by a
resolve of the general assembly, duly mcorporated by the name of the "Humphreysville Turnpike
Company," with power to construct a turnpike road from the Palls bridge, so called, then in the
town of Derby, hut now the town of Seymour, to Salem bridge, iu the then town of Waterbury,
now Naugatuck, aud that said turnpike road was afterwards during the said year last meutioned
hid out aud constructed hy said company, and has ever since been kept open for public travel by

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said company, until on or about the IsL day of January, A. D., 180;J, when tlic same becarac uauK'».i
and valueless to said company, and has ever since been ahaiidoued hy them, and praying that the
said charter and resolve of incorporation may be repealed, as per petition on file :
Resolved by Uiis Assembly, That the charter of the Iluraphroysville and Salem Turnpike
Company, granted by a resolve of the general assenibly, at its M.ay session, A. D., 18-35, and all
powers aud privileges therein conferred, be and the same hereby is revoked aud repealed.
Tlief following resolution was adopted by the General Assembly in 1856
and made of no avail by the vote before mentioned : '
Resolved by this Assembly, That the name of the town of Seymour be and the same is here"
by changed to that of Humphrey, and by said name of Humphrey, the said town shall hereafter he
called and known. Provided, that this resolution shall not take effect until the same shall be ap
proved by a majority of the voters of said town, present at the next annual town meeting of said
town^or at some special meeting of said town duly warned and held for that purpose.
At the October election Henry Bradley, Edwin Smith and Abel Hol
brook were re-elected selectmen ; and B. W. Smith, town treasurer ; Martin
Kelley, James B. Fisher and John W. Bassett, tythingmen for the Episcopal
Society; Methodist, Smith Botsford, W. N. Stoi-rs, John E. Blackman;
Congregational, David Tucker, Philo B. Buckingham, Joshua Kendall;
Baptist, S. Y. Beach ; Roman Catholic, Patrick Tracey, James Robinson-
Great Hill Methodist Society, Eli Gillett, Clark Hull. 8. Y. Beach and
Joshua Kemlall were elected school visitors.
January, 1858, was noted as being remarkably warm, the mercury
averaging nearly fifty degrees higher than in January, '57.
At the spring election Charles B. Wooster was elected representative by
a majority of fifty -three, and B. W. Smith, Hai-pin Riggs, J. J. Wilcoxen,
S. L. Bronson, Abel Holbrook. C. B. Wooster, Joshua Kendall, Ebenezer
Fairchild, N. R. Wooster and Samuel Roselle, justices of the peace. When
the announcement of the completion of the first Atlantic cable was received
the people of Seymour, like the people of New England generally, united in
a general rejoicing by ringing of bells and firing of cannon.'
At the town meeting held Oct. 4th, the selectmen, town clerk and town
treasurer of the previous year were all re-elected ; the "poke by-law" -was
passed, and it was voted to lay a tax of 20c. on the dollar. P. B. Buckiug-
hara was elected school visitor for three yeai-s.
Ou Tuesday, Jan. 4th, 1859, the snow fell to the deptii of two and a
half feet. On Wednesday, Aug. 31st, a strong wind, passing over the place,
threw down the steeple of the Baptist church and caused considerable damage
in tho vicinity. At the April election Samuel L. Bronson was elected repre
sentative by a majority of 61. At the October election Henry Bradley,
Edwin Smith and Abel Holbrook were elected selectmen, Hemy S. Johnson,
town treasm-er; and S. Y. Beach, school visitor.
The waters of the Naugatuck rose very high Feb. 22nd71800, and the ice
broke up and was in many places piled high on the banks.
At the electors' meeting held April 2nd Carlos French was elected repre
sentative to the General Assembly by a majority of 179 over all other candi
dates. The justices elected were — B. W. Smith, H. B. Munson, Sheldon
Church, David Beach, J. J. Wilcoxen, Thomas James, Jr., C. B. Wooster,
S. L. Bronson, Elliott Bassett, John A. Cochran.
At tiie annual town meeting held in Glendining hall, Oct. 1st, Henry
Bradley, Edwin Smith aud Stephen D. Russell were re-elected selectmen;
Henry S. Johnson town treasurer; and Joshua Kendall, School visitor. A
tax was laid of 5A mills.

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The vote for president Nov. 0th was — for Douglass electors, 98; Breckeu-
ridge, 98; Lincoln, 134, et al, 4:. . , . .
In April 1861, Clark Wooster was elected representative by a majority
of twenty -nine. -r> n, -r , • -r^
At the annual town meeting held Oct. 7th, Henry Bradley, John Davis
and Stephen D. Russell were elected selectmen; David Betts, Jr., treasurer;
C. B. Wooster, school visitor. , _ _
Abel Holbrook was elected representative April 7th, by a majority of 34
votes. The following were elected justices of the peace: C. B. "Wooster, E.
W. Smith, H. B. Munson, Sheldon Church, E. R. Bassett, J. J. Wilcoxen,
Smith Botsford, John Chatfield, Edward Hoadley, James Baker.

SEYMOUE IN THE GEEAT EEBELLION.

At the first call of the President for volunteers there had been a prompt
response, many patriotic young men going forth in the first re^ments to
devote their lives, if it should so be, to their country, leaving home and family
to face the peril of a destractive war. As the war progi-essed and call after
call was made for more men, it became necessary to make greater eflorts to
fill the quotas, and those who remained at home conti-ibuted liberally to assist
those who went to the frout.
At a special town meeting held Aug. 2.5th, 1862, the following resolutions
were adopted: —
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be and hereby is appointed
to each volunteer soldier who has enlisted in any company forming in this
town for the military service of the United States since July 1st, 1862, or who
may hereafter enlist in such company for said service before the 3rd day of
September 1862, until the quota of men required of this town under the orders
of the President of the United States, or as apportioned by the Adjutant
General or Governor of this State, shall be filled, and said sum herein before
appropriated shall be paid to each and every volimteer so enlisting immediately
after such volunteer or volunteers shall have been mustered into the military
service of tbe United States.
Resolved, That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be required, be and is hereby appropiiated for the purpose of carrying the
foregoing resolutions iuto effect, and the selectmen or town agent of this town
are hereby authorized and instructed to procm-e a loan or loans on the credit
of this town of such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the .
amount appropriated under these resolutions as may be required to pay the
aforesaid appropriations.
Resolved, That the selectmen of this town be and hereby are empowered
and instructed to draw their order ou the treasurer of this town for the sum
of one hundred dollars in favor of each and every volunteer enlisted as afore
said, when such volunteer or volunteers shall have been mustered into the
service of the United States.
Resolved, That a tax of tiiree mills on tiie dollar be and hereby is laid
and assessed upon the Grand List of tiiis town next to be completed for the
pui-pose of defraying tiie expense of tiie foregoing appropriations.

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The following additional resolutions were adopted at a special meetin<'-
held Sept. 8th. ... '^
Resolved, That in addition to bounties heretofore voted by this town in
legal town meeting, a bounty of one hundred dollars be paid to each and every
person who has or may hereafter volunteer from tiiis town, and has been or
may hereafter be mustered iuto the military seiTice of this State or the United ¦
States since July 1, 1862, previous to the draft ordered by the Goveraor or
Adjutant General of tiiis State dated the 26th day of August 1862, until the
quota assigned to tiiis town shall be completed, unless such volunteer or
volunteers shall have already received a bounty in accordance with a previous
legal vote of this town, and that the selectmen be instructed to draw an order
on the town treasurer for the sum of one hundred dollars in favor of each
pei-son who has or may so volunteer, when he shall be accepted and mustered
into the military service of this State or the United States.
Resolved, That to caiTy out the intent of the foregoing resolutions the
sum of twenty^ve hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be required is
hereby appropriated, and the selectmen are hereby authorized to loan on the
credit of this town the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.
At a special town meeting held Aug. 3rd, 1863, a resolution was adopted
authorizing the selectmen to pay a bounty of $300 to any citizen of this town
who had enlisted or 'might enlist into the service of the United States under
the provisions of the Act of Congress approved Marcli 3rd, 1863, or who might
be drafted and accepted, and the town treasurer was authorized to boiTow
upon the faith and credit of the town such sums as might be necessary, not
exceeding in all $9,500.
In December an additional appropriation was made of $105 to each
man who would enlist under the call of the President datect Oct. 17th, 1863,
and for this and also the consolidation of the previous debt, the town treasur
er was authorized to issue six per cent bonds to the amount of $16,000.
At a special town meeting held Sept. 15th, ('64,) a tax of thirteen mills,
was voted for the pm-pose of defraying the expense of filling the quota of the
town under the last call of the President for volunteers. Th6 money was to
be kept in a separate fund called the Soldiers' Bounty Fund, and to be drawn
upon for no other purpose. The selectmen were authorized to draw an order
on the' fund fpr $300 in favor of each person who had or should enter the
military service of the United States, and be counted on the quota of the
town, until the quota should be filled. The selectmen were also; instructed
to use all reasonable diligence to fill the quota of the town.
At a special meeting held Dec. 19th, it was voted that $3,500 be appro
priated for the purpose of procuring volunteers to enlist into tiie seiTice of
the United States.  

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LIST OF SEYMOUE SOLDIEES
OF THE

It is but an act of simple justice to keep in affectionate and lasting remembrance the name aud
fame ot those who from amongst us have given the'u: lives that the nation night live. It is not for
us to honor them, but it is they who have honored us. — Col. A. H. Fejtn.

Ichabod E. Ailing, Coi-poral, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Aug. 20th, 1862. Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
John Baldwin, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 24th, 1804. Mus
tered out June 23rd, 1805.
Julius Bassett, mustered as Capt. Co. A, Fifteenth Conn. Vols., at Meri-
deu, July 10th, 1862. Killed in action March 8th, 1865, near Kinston, S. C.
Lorenzo M. Bassett, Co. A, First Artillery. Mustered in Nov. 23rd,
1863. Discharged, disability, June 17th, 1865.
Samtiel Bassett, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Dec. 16th, 18G3;
transfered to the Fifth Regiment. Mustered out July 19th, 1865.
Sheldon Bassett, Co. B, Fifteenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Mar. 13th,
1864 ; transfered to 7th Conn. Vols. Mustered out July 14tii, ,1865.
Samuel A. Beach, Sergeant, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered
in Aug. 8th, 18G2. Discharged, disability, Sept. 9th, 1862.
¦ Henry B. Beers, Co.K, Tenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct, 5th, 18C1.
Discharged, disability, Feb. 22d, 1863.
Bennett Benham, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered iu Aug. 9th, 18G2.
Mustered out June 13tii, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Howard Bliss, Co. H, 20tii Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 20tii, 1862.
Mustered out June 13th, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Andrew Bodge, Co. F, First Heavv Artillery. Mustered in May 23r(i,
1861. Wouuded at Battie of Malvern Hill. Discharged Mav 22iid, 18G4.
George E. Bodge, Co. F, Sixtii Conn. Vols. Mustered in Sept. 7tii, 1801.
Killed at tiie chiirge ou Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, S. C, July 18tli,

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Noyes E. Bassett, Co. I, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Mar 7th
1804. Transferred to Fifth C. V. Mustered out July 19th, 1865. '
Henry I. Booth, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 6th, 1862
Died in Washington, D. C, Jan. 4tii, 1863.
Edicard Botsford, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 19th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Edward Botsford, Co. E, Fifth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Julv 22nd
1861. Discharged for disability Dec. 17th, 1862.
Harvey L. Botsford, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. , Mustered in Aug. 5th,
1862. Discharged, disability, Feb. 21st, 1863, at Stafford Com-t House.
Henry I. Bradley, Co. B, Twelfth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Dec. 19th,
1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.
Matthew Brassil, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 16th, 1864.
Mustered out June 22d, 1865.
Wm. H. Bray, Sergeant, Co". G, Eleventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Dec. 1st, 1861. Discharged, disability, Nov.- 29th, 1862.
Royal L. Bronson, Co.' H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 25th,
1862. Died May 4th, 1863, of wounds received at Chancelloraville, Va.,
May 3rd.
Rodney 0. Bronson, Co. D., First Conn. Cavalry. Mustered in Nov.
27th, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 2nd, 1865.
Charles Broivn, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 19th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Philo B. Buckingham, mustered in as Major of Twentieth Conn. Vols.
Aug. 29th, 1862. Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, and sent to Libby
Prison. Exchanged and retm-ned to service. Promoted Lieut. Col. Mar.
22d, 1864. Made Brevet-Colonel by the President, by and with-the advice.
of the Senate, to date fi-om March 13th, 1865, for gallant and meritorious
seiTices during the campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas. Mustered out
June 13tii, 1865.
James E. Buckley, Corporal, Co. B, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Aug. 4th, 1862. Wounded Mar. 19th, 1865. Mustered out June 13th,
18C5. Owen Buckley, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept._19th, 1864. De
serted Nov. 21st, 1864.
Geo. B. Candee, Third Ind. Batterj-. Mustered in Sept. 23rd, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Wm. Carroll, 1st Vol. Batteiy. Mustered in Sept. 15th, 1864. Mus
tered out June 23rd, 1865.
Nicholas Cass, Co. C, First C. V. Heavy Artillerj'. Mustered in Dec.
8th, 1863. Mustered out Sept. 5th, 1865.
Thomas Chadwick, Co. F, Twelfth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Nov. 25tii,
1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1804. Mustered out Aug. 12, 1865.

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i7j CL-mmt, Co. B, Firat C. V. Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May 22d,
1861. Discharged May 21st, 1864 ; term expired.
Abraham Collins, Co. A. Tenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct. 29th,
1861. Discharged, disability, Feb. 22d, 1863.
Richard Condon, Co. E, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22d, 1861-
Re-enlisted Dec. 21st, 1863. Wounded. Mustered out July 19th, 1865.
Richard Conway, Co. B, First C. V. Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May
22d, 1861. Discharged May 21st, 1864 ; term expired.
Reuben Cox, Co. C, First C. V. Heavy Artillery. Mustered in Dec. 3rd,
1863. Deserted Aug. 5th, 1865.
Frederick Cross, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 24th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Denmis Crummey, Co. I, Twenty-Seventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in Sept.
9th, 1862. Lost an arm in front of Mary's Heights, Dec. 13th, 1862. Dis
charged Feb. 12th, 1863.
Wm. E. Curtiss, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 15th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Charles H. Davis, Co. 0, First Heavy Artillerv. Mustered in Dec. 4th,
1863. Mustered out Sept. 25th, 1865.
Harry W. Davis, Rifle Co. C, Third Conn. Vols. Mustered in May 14th,
1861. Honorably discharged Aug. 12th, 1861.
Zerah B. Davis, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 6th,
1862. Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
Charles Domingo, colored, Co. H, Twenty-ninth Conn.Vols. Mustered in
Mar. 2nd, 1864. Killed at Petersburg, Va., Sept. 3rd, 1864.
Patrick Donahue, Third Independent Battery. Mustered in Sept. 15th,
1864. Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Loren J. Farrell, Co. E, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in April 8th,
1862. Died Aug. 8th, 1862, at Harrison's Landing, Va.
Hugh Fitzpatrick, mustered in Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols., August
13th, 1862. Discharged for disability, Feb. 8th, 1863. Mustered in Co. B,
Seventh Conn. Vols., Dec. 21st, 1863. Died at David's Island, N. Y.,
Aug. 5th, 1864.
De Grasse Foioler, Second Lieut., Co* E, Fifth Conn. Vols. Mustered
in July 22nd, 1861. Resigned Sept. 23rd, 1864.
Charles French, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 5th,
1862. Wounded July 20th, 1864. Clustered out June 13th, 1865.
Harpin R. French, Co. K, Tenth Conn. Vols. Mustered iu Oct. 14th,
1861. Discharged Oct. 7th, 1864 ; term expired.
Herman B. French, Corporal, Co. F. First Heaw Artillery. Mustered
in May 23rd, 1861. Discharged, disability, Nov. 18th, 1861.

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Eobart French, Co. A, Tenth Conn. Vols. :Mustcred in Sept. 2ist, 1801.
Discharged, disability, Dec. 2lst, 1861.
John W. French, Musician, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Auo-
20th, 1862. Mustered out June 13th, 1865. °
f
Robert H. Geissler, Sergeant, Co. C, Eleventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in
October 25th, 1861. Discharged, disability, June 25th, 1862.
Eyatt Gregory, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 21st, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Wm. Grogan, Co. 0, Eleventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in Nov. 14th
1861. Enlisted in U. S. Army Nov. 1st, 1862. '
John Hanley, Co. 0, First Heavy Artilleiy. Mustered in Dec. 8th, 1863.
Mustered out Oct. 9th, 1865.
Wm. Hawley, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 24th, 1864. Mus-
out June 23, 1865.
Richard E. Eayden, Co. B, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May
22nd, 1861. Discharged May 21st 1864 ; term expired.
James W. Hendryx, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug.
6th, 1862. Killed at the battie of Chancellorsville, May 3rd, 1863.
John W. Holconib, Co. E, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22ndj
1861. Re-enlisted Dec. 21st, 1863. Mustered out July 19th, 1865.
Charles B. Holland, Corporal, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mus
tered in Aug. 5th, 1862. TransfeiTcd to Invalid Corps. Mustered out Aug.
4th, 1865.
James Holeren, Co. F, Fifth Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22nd, 1861,
Ee-enlisted Dec. 21st, 1863. Mustered out July 19th, 1865.
Geo. W. Homan, Orderly-Sergeant, Co, H, Twentieth Conn. Vols.
Mustered in Aug. 6th, 1862. • Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville and confined
in Richmond prison. Exchanged and returned to service. Promoted
Second-Lieut. June 6th, 1865. Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
Calvin A. Hubbard, Co. E, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22nd,
1861. Ee-enlisted Dec. 21st, 1863. Wounded. Mustered out July 19th,
1865. Tliomas Hurlburt, Co. B, First Conn. Cavalry. Mustered in Nov. 19th,
1861, re-enlisted Jan. 1st, 1864. Imprisoned at Audei-sonville. Mustered
out Aug. 2nd, 1865.
Charles Isles, Third Ind, Battery. Mustered in Sept. 19th, 1864. Mus
tered out June 23rd, 1865.
Andreiv Jackson, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 17th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Wvi. B. Johnson, Sergeant, Co. B, Fifteenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in
July 22nd 1862. Mustered out June 27tii, 1865.

DC SEYMOUTl AND VICINITY".
Ralph Judd, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in June 22ad, 1SC4. De
serted Nov. 17tii, 1864.
Simon Lathrop, Co. A, Tentii Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct. 2nd, 1861.
Killed at Kinston, N. C, Dec. 14tii, 1862.
Williain Lee, Co. C, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in Dec. 3rd, 1863.
Mustered out Sept. 25th, 1865.
Leicis E. Leigh, Co. B, Fii-st Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May 22d,
1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.
Albert W. Lonnsbury, Co. H, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 9th,
1862. Taken prisoner at the battie of Chancellorsville, and sent to Libby
Prison. Exchanged and retm-ned to service. Mustered out June 13tli,
1865. Henry W. Lonnsbury, Co. A, Tenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct. 2d,
1861. Died Aug. 14th, 1862, at Newbem, N. C. • ^
Duane M. Lynde, Co. D, First Conn. Cavalry. Mustered in Nov. 28th,
1863. Mustered out June 28th, 1865.
Charles B. Lyons, Co. 0, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in Dec. 3rd,
1863. Mustered out Sept. 25th. 1865.
David LueJcett, colored. Corporal, Co. C, Thirtieth Conn. Vols. Mustered
in Feb. 22d, 1864. Mustered out Nov. 7th, 1865.
Albert McArthur, Co. C, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in Dec. 3rd,
1863. Mustered out Sept. 25th, 1865.
John McCormick, Co. B, First Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 23rd, 1864.
Deserted Aug. 10th, 1865.
Byron W. Munson, Co. G, First Conn. Cavalry. Mustered in Dec. 3i-d,
1863. Mustered out Aug. 2nd, 1865.
Marcus E. Munson, Co. R, First Conn. Cavahy. Mustered iu Dec. 21st,
1863. Died in Baltimore, Md., Mar. 11, 1864.
William Nicholas, colored, Co. A, Thirtieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Feb.
22ud, 1864. Mustered out Nov. 7th, 1865.
George O'Brien, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 20th,
1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3i-d, 1863.
Damid CClaughessy, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 23rd, 18G4.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Martin Perry, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 24tii, 1864. Mus
tered out June 23rd, 1865.
Edtvard D. Phelps, Co. F, Seventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in Sept. 9tli,
1861. Re-enlisted Dec. 22d, 1863. Mustered out July 20th, 1865.
Charles Prince, Co. B, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May 22d,
1861. Discharged May 21st, 1864 ; term expired.

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John T. Reynolds, Co. B, First Heavy Artillery. Enlisted Mav 22nd
1801. Discharged May 21st, 1864 ; term expired. '
John H. Riggs, Co. F, Seventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in Sept 9th
1863. Re-enlisted Jan. 2nd, 1864. Mustered out July 20th, 1865. ' '
Henry C. Rogers, Co. I, Second Artillery. Mustered in Aug. 13th, 1863
Severely wounded in the hand at the battle of Fort Fisher, Mar 25tb 1865*
Mustered out July 7th, 1865. ,' ' '
Henry Rose, Co. H, Twentieth Conn, Vols. Mustered in Aug. 8th, 1862
Wounded March 19th, 1865. Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
John Ryan, Co. H, 20th Conn. Tols. Mustered in Aug. 20th, 1862.
Wounded May 3rd, 1863. Discharged, disability, June 31st, 1865.
_ Patrick Ryan, Co. I, Twenty-third Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct. 9th
1862. Honorably discharged July 27th, 1863. Mustered in Third Ind'
Battery, Sept. 19th, 1864. Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Wm. E. Ryan, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Auff. 20tb
1862. Deserted Sept. 11th, 1862. , '
David W. Sharpe, Co. B. First Heavy Artillery. Enlistend May 22d,
1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1st, 1864. Highly commended by his 'superior offi
cers and recommended for promotion. Mustered out Sept. 25th, 1865.
Comelim Shehan, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 23rd, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Francis Sheldon, Third Ind. Battei-y. Mustered in Sept. 17th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
Sylvester Short, Co. F, Twenty-Third Conn. Vol^. Mustered in Sept.
8th, 1862. Honorably discharged at expiration of term of enlistment, Aug.
31st, 1863.
Anson Smith, Co. B, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in Jidy 22nd, 1861.
Geo. A. Smith, Co. E, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22nd, 1861.
Discharged July 22nd, 1864; term expired.
Wilbur W. Smith, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in as First
Lieut. Aug. 15th, 1862. Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville and confined in
Libby prison. Paroled and exchanged. Promoted Captain Jan. 28th, 1863.
Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
Jacob L. Still, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 20th,
1862. Wounded July 3rd, 1863. Transfen-ed to invalid corps Mar. 15th,
1864. Charles W. Sioift, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Ana:.
20tli, 1862. Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
Reuben W. Thayer, Co. E, Fifth Conn. Vols. Mustered in July 22nd,
1801. Re-enlisted Dec. 21st, 1863. AVounded. Mustered out July 19th, 1865.

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Wm. Thaye}-, Co. A, Tenth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Oct. 2nd, 18GL
Transfen-ed to Signal Corps, Sept. 26th, 1863.
Ransom P. Tomlinson, Co. B, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in May
22nd, 1861. Deserted July 8tii, 1861. Enlisted in Co. B, First Regiment
Cavalry, Nov. 2nd, 1861. Taken prisoner at the battle of the Wildei-ness,
confined at Libby and Andersonville. Exchanged and promoted First Ser
geant. Re-enlisted Jan. 4th, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 2nd 1865.
Lucius B. Truesdell, Co. D, First Heavy Ai-tillery. Mustered in Nov.
27tii, 1863. Killed in action Sept. 12th, 1864, near Petersburg. Aged 19.
Byron Tucker, Co. B, First Heavy Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 13th,
1864. Died at Broadway Landing, J&., Nov. 27th, 1864. .
Fredrick Tucker, Third Ind. Battery. Mustered in Sept. 17th, 1864.
Mustered out June 23rd, 1865.
' Wm. Uminger, Co. C, Eleventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in Nov. 14th,
1861. Wounded Sept. 17th, 1862. Discharged, disability, April 3i-d, 1863.
Hiram Upson, Jr., Sergeant, Co. F, Seventh Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Sept. 9th, 1861. Died June 18th, 1862, of wounds received at James
Island, S. C.
Aaron Walker, colored, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Dec.
28th, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 24th, 1865.
Wm. S. Ward, Musician, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Aug. 15th, 1862. Mustered out June 18th, 1865.
Atigustus WAtfe, Musician, Co. B, Fjrst Heavy Artillery. Mustered in
May 22nd, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1st, 1864.
James White, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 6th,
1862. Killed at Peach Pine Creek, Ga., July 20th, 1864.
Leslie B. Wooster, Co. C, First Conn. Vols. Mustered in Nov, 21st,
1861. Discharged, disability, June 23rd, 1862.
Geo. 8. Wyant, Sergeant, Co. H, Twentieth Conn. Vols. Mustered in
Aug. 7th, 1862. Died Dec. 15th, 1862.
Wilson Wyant, Captain, Co. E, Fifth Conn. Vols. Enlisted April 22nd,
1861 ; mustered in July 22nd. Resigned on account of disability, Jan.
31st, 1863.

It will thus be seen that notwithstanding differences of opinion which here,
as throughout the north generally, sometimes gave rise to dissension and
.bitterness, the town contributed liberally of men and means to suppress the
rebellion and sustain the Union, and our representatives in the terrible con
test acquitted themselves bravely in the defence of the "Red, AVhite and
Blue." '

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m

bldi©i's ©f tk© H©l3©lli©n

Enlisteil ElsewlierB, lint Bflried in Seyionr, or now ResMents of tlie Town.

James K. Adams, Co. R, 15th Conn. Vols. Mustered in Aug. 6th, 1862
Mustered out June 27th, 1865, at Newbem, S, C.
T. P. Aylesworth, Sergeant, Co. E, 5th Vermont Vols. Enlisted Auo-.
27th, 1861. Lost a leg at Fairfax, Val Honorably discharged Feb. 27th
1862. -¦¦ '. '
Geo. H. Bartlett, Co. B, 128th New York Vols. Mustered in Sept. 4th,
1862, at Hudson, N. Y, Mustered out July 12th, 1865, at Savannah, Ga.
- Edgar Beecher^ Co. K, 10th C. V. Mustered in Oct. 5th, 1861, from
Bethany. Died, Aug. 3rd, 1864, from wounds received at Deep Bottom,
Va. Buried in the Union Cemetery.
William Blake, Co. L, First Conn. Cavalry. Mustered in from Hartford,
Dec. 16th, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 2nd, 1865.
John H. Bradley, Co. I, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in from Hamden,
Aug. 14th, 1862. Wounded. Mustered out June 13th, 1865.
Geo. W. Burroughs, Co. D, 15th W. Va. Vols. Mustered in Sept. 8th,
.1862. Wounded at Winchester and Laurel Hill. Mustered out May
12th, 1865.
Henry R. Chamberlain, Co. F, 7th Conn. Vols. Mustered in from Red
ding, Nov. 4th, 1863. Mustered out July 20th, 1865, at Goldsboro, N. C.
Horatio S. Chamberlain, Co. A, 150th N. Y. Vols. Mustered in Sept.
6th, 1862. Mustered out June 8th, 1865; at Washington.
F. M. demons, corporal, Co. D., 23rd 0. V. Mustered in firom Hunting
ton, Aug. 30th, 1862. Honorably discharged Aug. 31st, 1863.
William S. Cooper, fi-om Winchester, Co. E, 2nd Conn. Vol. Artillery.
Enrolled July 31st, 1802. Promoted Corporal Oct. 4th, 1862; promoted
Sergeant Mar. 22nd 1863; promoted First Sergeant Jan. 13th, 1864;
wounded at the battie of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19th, 1864 ; promoted Sec
ond Lieutenant Feb. 4th, 1864, and assigned to Co. D. Discharged Sept.
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Clark Ford, Co. 1, 1st C. V. Heavy Artillery. Mustered in fr-oin Wood-
bridge, Feb. 10th, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 25th, 1865.
F. C. Gerard, coi-poral, Co. H, 23rd C. V. Mustered in from Naugatuck,
Sept. 2nd, 1862. Honorably discharged Aug. 31st, 1863.
William Halligan, Co. E, 52nd Mass., Vol.
Robert Healey, Corporal, Co. E, 22nd Ind. Vols. Mustered in Sept.
15th, 1861. Wounded at Perryville, Ken., Oct. 8th, 1862. Re-enlisted
December, 1864. Discharged Aug. 1st, 1865.
Joseph Hitchcock, corporal, Co. D, 22nd Conn. Vols. Mustered in from
Bloomfield, Aug. 23rd, 1862. Honorably discharged July 7th, 1863.
Joseph Ineson, Co. B, 20th Conn. Vols. Mustered in from Derby, Aug.
2nd, 1862. Wounded July 20th, 1864. Discharged, disability, Feb. 20th,
1865. Martin 0. Judson, Co. D, 20th C. V. Killed at the battle of Gettys-
burgh, July 3rd, 1863. Buried in Union Cemetery.
. Charles D. Kelsey, Co. E, 5th Vermont Vols. Mustered in Aug 14th,
1861. Honorably discharged Sept. 16th, 1864.
G. F. Kelsey, Co.C, 115th 111. Vols., died in '77. Buried in Union Cemetery.
James R. Matheics, Co. I, 27th C. V. Mustered in Sept. 1st, 1862, from
New Haven. Honorably discharged July 27th, 1863.
William Morris, Co. F, 12th Conn. Vols. Mustered in from Danhury,
Nov. 23rd, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1st, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 12th, 1865.
Richard Pearson, Co. K, 6th U. S. Cavalry. Mustered in Sept. 1st,
1861. Transferred fi-om 3rd Md. in October, 1862. Mustered out Sept.
3rd, 1864.
Benjamin B. Thayer, Co. E, 2nd C. V. Heavy Artillery. Mustered in
from Canton, Aug. 6th, 1862. Mustered out July 7th, 1865, at Washing
ton, D. C.
John Wooster, Mass. Battalion, Cal. Cavalry. Buried in Union Cemetery.

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tah^, J BBS to 1870.

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There was an extraordinarily heavy rain June 4th and 5th, 1862, followed
by a high flood. June was remarkable as a very rainy month and the
July following as a very dry one.
At the annual town meeting held Oct. 6th, 1862, Henry Bradley, John
Davis and Stephen D. Russell were re-elected selectmen; David Betts, Jr.,
treasurer; Owen Shannon, school visitor.
An old resident of the vicinity of Bladen's Brook says that the greatest
fi-eshet ever known on that stream occiu-red Feb. 7th, 1863.
At the annual town meeting in October, Harvey Hotchkiss, Stephen R.
Eider and Nathan Holbrook, were elected selectmen ; B. W. Smith, town
clerk; David Betts, Jr., treasurer; and John Chatfield, school visitor.
A teachers' institute was held in the CongTegational Church Jan. 7th,
8th and 9th, 1864, at which thirty-two teachers were present fi-om Ansonia, Bir
mingham, Seymour, Oxford, Naugatuck and Waterbury. Hon. N. D.
Camp of New Britain, lectured on Common Schools in the evening.
The Day Brothers' Rubbermill was burned on the night of March 18th,
but was immediately rebuilt.
The name of the "Stone Schoolhouse" district was changed to " Cedar
Eidge." At the electors' meeting held April 4th, 1864, H. B. Munson was
elected representative, and the following named persons were elected justices
of the peace: H. B. Munson, B. W. Smith, J. J. Wilcoxen, C:W. James,
.Wm. B. Stoddard, E. R. Bassett, Israel French, John Chatfield, Adonijah
French, Leonard Wyant.
At the annual town meeting held Oct. 3rd, Stephen R. Rider, Charles
A. Wooster and Nathan Holbrook were elected selectmen ; B. W. Smith,
town clerk ; C. W. James, treasurer ; and Frederick Durand, school visitor.
A resolution was adopted instiucting the selectmen and school visitors to
inquire into the expediency of establishing a graded school, to ascertain if
a suitable building could be rented for the pui-pose, the probable expense of
such school, and to report at an adjourned meeting to be held the following'
Saturday. The report was duly made and accepted, and it was voted that
a school of a higher grade be established. Burton W. Smith, Harvey Hotch
kiss and G. W. Divine were appointed a committee to establish and superin
tend the school, and to fix a rate of tuition sufficient to defi-ay the expense.
Glendinning Hall was leased for a schoolroom, and Miss Hermance was en
gaged as teacher.
At the electors' meeting held Nov. 8th there were 222 votes cast for the
democratic presidential electors, and 124 for the republican.

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At tlie annual town meeting held Oct. 2nd, 1SC5, Henry Bradley, Philo
Holbrook and Stephen D. Russell were elected selectmen; B. W. Smith,
town clerk ; C. W. James, h-easurer ; and O. Evans Shannon, school visitor.
At the spring election, H. B. Munson was elected representative to the
General Assembly.
The house of Capt. James Baker on Great Hill, was burned on the night
of Nov. 16th.
H. B. Munson was elected representative April 2nd, 1866. The justices
elected were J. J. Wilcoxen, H. B. Munson, Israel French, Leonard Wyant,
Norman Spen-y, B. W. Smith, C. W. James, E. R. Bassett, John Chatiield,
Elbert A. Peck.
At a special meeting held April 3rd, action was taken relative to building
a town-house with suitable provision for a high school-hoom, and at a subse
quent meeting it was voted to buUd, not to exceed 40x70 feet ; but at a meet
ing held May 18th, to act on a report of the committee as to plan and specifi
cations, the whole matter was indefinitely postponed.
The Fengot Coal Co. was organized in 1866, for the preparation of com
pressed fuel fi-om peat. A large swamp near the Woodbridge line was pur
chased, building erected, machinery obtained, and some of the fuel prepared
for use. The venttire proved unprofitable and the business was closed up at
great loss to the stockholders, one of whom stated that his patent fuel had-
cost him one thousand dollars per ton.
The Rimmon Water Company was organized July 2nd, 1866, and soon
after commenced building a dam at the place where an abutment had been
built in 1850. The work was vigorously pushed forward under the direction
of Raymond French, and finally completed and the gates closed Oct. 27th,
1867, at a cost of $65,000. , The pla.te or overflow is about 300 feet long and
the fall nineteen feet.
The selectmen elected Oct. 1st, were Wm. A. Fairchild, Samuel P. Davis
and Charles A. Wooster; to-wn clerk, Edward F. Bassett; ti-easurer, Na
than R. Wooster ; school visitora, Joshua Kendall and C. W. James ; high
school committee, G. W. Divine, Sylvester Smith and S. Y. Beach.
On the 15th of March, 1867, the Naugatuck rose rapidly until at the
mouth of the river it was fourteen feet and five inches above low water mark.
At the April election H. B. Munson was again elected representative to
the General Assembly.
In October Wm. F. Betts was elected town clerk ; Heni-y G. Hurd,
Stephen R. Rider and Adonijah French, selectmen; Henry Davis, town
treasurer and school visitor.
A series of revival meetings were commenced in the M. E. Chinch,
Rev. Joseph Pullman, pastor, December, 1867, and continued through Jami-
ai-y and February, 1868, resulting in quite a number of conversions. A
series of similar meetings were commenced in the Congregational Church
Feb. 9th, under the direction of Rev. Allan Clark.
On the 10th of February, 1868, tiie Naugatuck rose to thirteen feet and
three inches above low water mark at Derby.
At the electors' meeting held Api-il 6th, Carlos French was again elected
to representative, and H. B. Munson, Adam Newheim, E. R. Bassett, James
Howard, Israel French, Lewis Judd, ]\Iattiiias Bunyan, C. W. James,
Leman WTiitiock and Philo Holbrook were elected justices of the peace.
On the 4th of October, 1868, the Naugatuck rose to the highest point
reached in fifteeu years, while Little river and Bladen's brook were foaming

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torrents. .Two bridges ou Bladen's Brook were carried away aud the new
stone bridge by Ames' factory was much damaged. About thirty feet of the
wall of the raceway below Kalmia Mills, was also carried away, stopping all
the factories on the main stream.
At tiie annual meeting held Oct. 5th, 1868, Stephen H. Culver, Samuel P.
Davis and Geo. W. Divine were elected selectmen ; S. H. Canfield, town
clerk; Henry Davis, treasm-er; Joshua Kendall, school visitor; Joshua
Kendall and Henry B. Beecher, assessors; Joshua Kendall and Henry
Bradley, registrars of electors ; Joseph J. Wilcoxen, S. H. Canfield, G.
W. Divine, Ashbel Ston-s, Henry P. Davis, Israel French, grand jurora •
Sylvester Smith and Sharon Y. Beach, board of r.elief. The total vote was
359; average republican majority, 30.
At an adjourned town meeting held Oct. 12tii, the following resolutions
were adopted :
Resolved, That the selectmen be instructed to cause their annual report
to be printed, and have at least five hundred copies, to be left at the town
clerk's office on or before the 28th of September in each year, for distribution
among the voters of the town. Such report shall contain the amount of each
bill and to whom paid, the amimnt paid for the support of the poor out of
the Alms House, and for whom the expense was incurred, the amount
paid to each town officer for services, and any other information which
they may deem necessary to show the expenses and indebtedness of the town ;
to which shall be added the report of the town ti-easurer.
Resolved, That the school districts of this town be consolidated into one
school district, to be known as the Seymour School District, and that chapter
87 of the laws passed May session, 1867, are hereby refen-ed to and made
part of this regulation.
At an adjourned town meeting held Oct. 15th, the following named per
sons were elected a committee of the Seymour School District : Eli Gillette,
C. W. Ston-s, J. W. Bassett, Joshua Kendall, C. W. James, Harpin Riggs,
Joel R. Chatfield, Peter "Worth, Henry Davis. At the first meeting of
the school board J. Kendall was chosen chainnan ; Henry Davis, Secretary
and tieasurer ; and J. Kendall and Henry Davis, school visitoi-s.
The funeral of Carl Zm-cher, junior agent of the Kalmia Mills, Dec.
10th, was attended by a large concourse of his friends. He had resided in
Seymour four and a half yeai-s, and was highly esteemed by those who knew
him best.
The rebuilding of Smith's papei-mill, which was burned Jan. 11th, 1869,
was completed in March. The Kalmia Mills Co. contracted for thiee dwel
ling houses of four tenements each to be erected on Third street. Business
was tluiving and the place grew rapidly, the gTand list of the town exceed
ing $1,000,000. Messrs. Hendryx & Peck purchased the old-car shop north
of the depot and remodelled it into a store and several tenements.
At the April election Philo Holbrook was elected representative to the
General Assembly of 1869.
¦ The second meeting of the Seymour School District for the election of
members of tiie board, was held in the High School room Sept. 25th, and
Elliott R. Bassett, Samuel A. Beach and Hemy Davis were elected for
three yeai-s.
In October the town clerk and selectmen were re-elected : S. H. Can-
field was elected treasurer ; Joshua Kendall and Henry Bradley, registrars
of voters ; Joshua Kendall and W. W. Smith, assessors ; Ashbel Storrs, G.
W. Divine, N. R. W^ooster, Eli Gillette, J. W. Smitii and Nonoau Sperry,

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104
gi-aiid jurors ;
deaths. Kalmia Mills were closed the following winter, and in its failui-e seemed
to betoken decreased prosperity for the ensuing decade ; yet the place has
continued to gi'ow, and in 1877 the population was at least five hundl-ed more
than in 1870. The debt of the town, Which in 1869, was over twenty-three
thousand dollars, has virtually been paid, only two bonds, not yet due, being
outstanding, and these more than balanced by the assets of the town. The
various industries of the town are now improving and there seems to be no
reason why the season of depression through which we have just passed
should not be followed by prosperity and renewed growth.

TOWN CLEEKS, TEEASUEEES AND EEPEESENTATIVES.

TOWN

CLERKS.

TEEASUEHES.

REPRESESTATITES.

1850-

-Charies B.

Wooster.

Sylvester Smith.

?Sylvester Smith.

1851

u

((

Burton W. Smith.

Bennett Wooster. '

1852

u

((

<( ((

Sylvester Smith.

1853

i(

a

li ii

Hai-ris B. Munson.

1854

u

it

a a

li a

1855

u

u

11 a

Luzon B. Morris.

1856

u

ii

Hiram W. Randall.

It li

1857

u

a

\Burton W. Smith.

Henry C. Johnson.

1858

ii

ii

a a

Charles B. Wooster.

1859

u

u

Henry S. Johnson.

Samuel L. Bronson.

1860

ii

a

" —a

Carlos French.

1861

ii

a

David Betts, Jr.

Clark Wooster.

1862

ii

ii

a a a

Abel Holbrook.

1863-

-Bm-ton W.

Smith.

it a li -

Hairis B. Munson.

1864

a

li

Cornelius "W. James.

11 li

1865

a

ii

li a

u a

1866— Edward F.

Bassett.

Nathan R. Wooster.

11 a

1867-

-William F.

Betts.

Henry Davis.

li a

1868-

-Samuel H.

Canfield.

a a

Carlos French.

1869

ii

11

Samuel H. Canfield.

Philo Holbrook.

1870

ii

ii

" 11

Virgil H. McEwen.

1871

a

a

11 a

Smith Botsford.

1872

a

a

11 a

James Swan.

1873

a

a

" (4

Horatio N. Eggleston,

1874
18751876
1877 1878

a
"u a
a a

a
ii
a a a

" a
11 a
a li
a ic
11 a

Edmund Day.
Lewis A. Camp.
Henry P. Day.
Samuel A. Beach.
Albert B. Dunham.

* For '

I'own of Derby.

. Josbua Kendall represented the toWu of

Derby in 1849.

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SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF SEYMOUE.
1850-51, Leman Chatfield, Daniel L. Holbrook, Thomas Cochran.
1852, Isaac B. Davis, Sharon Y. Beach, Harpin Riggs.
1853, Leman Chatfield, Harpin Riggs, Jabez E. Pritchard.
1854, Harpin Riggs, Jabez E. Pritchard, Henry Bradley,
1855, Jabez E. Pritchard, Henry Bradley, Philo Holbrook.
1856, Sheldon Church, Miles Culver, Daniel L. Holbrook.
1857-8, Henry Bradley. Edwin Smith, Abel Holbrook.
1859-60, Hemy Bradley, Edwin Smith, Stephen D. Russell.
1861-2, Henry Bradley, John Davis, Stephen D. Russell.
1863, Harvey Hotchkiss, Stephen R. Rider, Nathan Holbrook,
1864, Stephen R. Rider, Charles A. Wooster, Nathan Holbrook.
1865, Henry Bradley, Philo Holbrook, Stephen D. Russell.
1866, Wm. A. Fairchild, Samuel P. Davis, Charies A. Wooster.
1867, Henry G. Hurd, Stephen R. Rider, Adonijah French.
1868-9, Stephen H. Culver, Samuel P. Davis, George W. Divine.
1870, Sharon Y. Beach, Nathan R. Wooster, Samuel P. Davis.
1871, Edwin Smith, Fiank 0. Gerard, Edwin Buckingham.
1872, Edwin Smith, Frank C. Gerard, Roswell N. Kinney.
1873, Lewis A. Camp, Frank C. Gerard, Roswell N. Kinney.
1874, Lewis A. Camp, Cornelius W. James, Samuel P. Davis.
1875, Lewis A. Camp, Cornelius W. James, Frederick M. Clemens.
1876, Lewis A. Camp, Frank E. Steele, Frederick M. Clemens.
1877, Lewis A. Camp, Frank E. Steele, Edward L. Hoadley.
1878, Horace A. Radford, Frank E. Steele, Edward L. Hoadley.
JUSTICES OP THE PEACE.
For lists previous to 1870 see foregoing pages.
1870, H. B. Munson, J. J. Wilcoxen, B. W. Smith, Israel French, Na
than Holbrook, Matthias Bunyan, Samuel Roselle, David Betts, Jr., Adam
Newheim, S. Y. Beach.
1872, H. B. Munson, Geo. A. Rogei-s, Wm. S. Cooper, Henry P. Davis,
Edwin Tomlinson, Geo. "W. Divine, "VV^ilson Wyant, Hemy B, Beecher, C.
W. James, Sheldon Tucker.
1874, G. W. Divine, James Swan, L. A. Camp, Ebenezer Fairchild,
W. N. Storrs, S. Y. Beach, S. P. Davis, W. S. Cooper, F. M. Clemens, C.
W. James. 1876, F. M. Clemens, Wm. R. Tomlinson, G. W. Divine, W. S.
Cooper, H. S. Chamberlin, J. W. Rogers, Samuel Butier, S. Y. Beach,
Ashbel Storrs, Theodore S. Ladd.
1878, Edwin Buckingham, Gustavo Becker, John W. Rogers, Frederick
M. Clemens, William R. Tomlinson, James Buckley, Horatio S. Cham-
heriin, Ashbel Stem, John Smith, William S. Cooper.

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fNTIL 1856 the schools were managed by districts and school societies.
The districts on the east sitle of the river constituted the Firat School
Society, and those on the west side the Second School Societ}'. The
meetings of the latter were held in the meeting house on Great Hill
•^f from 1824 to 1851, when the whole of the districts of Seymour were
united in one Society. The Naugatuck river was made the division line
between the two societies by an act of the Assembly in 1832. (Pr. Acts, Vol.
2, p. 1086.) In 1841 the boundaries were defined as follows :
We the School Committee of the Second School Society in the Town of Derby have laid and
established the fourth Day of June, A. D., 1842, the following described bounds and hmits to tbe
2(1 School Society in Derby, viz., commencing at the Town bounds hetween Derby and Oxford, on
the west side of the highway a few rods  of the House now occupied by Oliver Nettleton, thence
proceeding in a direct line south-westerly to the former site of the old District School House at
the center of which site we have laid bounds ; theuce proceeding in a direct line a little south of west
to bounds laid by us near an old cellar about three rods south of a large pine tree, said bounds on the
highway near the fence, thence proceeding in a direct line a little south of east to a large rock a little
off the road near tbe house of Jube VVeston, by a spring, on which rock we have laid bounds ; thence
proceeding in a direct Une south easterly to bounds laid by us on the highway about two rods  of
small house now occupied by the widow of Ephraim Allen and James Harding ; thence proeeediug
in the same direction until the line strikes Naugatuck river; from thence said district is bounded ou
the east and separated from the first society by Naugatuck river until it meets the line between-
Derby and Oxford, when it strikes the west side of the said river ; from thence said district is bound
ed on tbe north by said town line, running west until it strikes the bounds on the highway first com-
meuced at. Said boundaries of the above named district, so far as they have not been legally settleil
and defined before, are hereby settled and defined by ns. ANSON DAVIS, ? Society
JAMES C. TOMLINSON, S Committee.
At each annual meeting of the Second Society were elected a moderator,
clerk, treasurer, a society's committee of three, a 'visiting committee of nine,
and until 1840 the district committees were elected at tiie Society's meetings.
The Shrub Oak district appears to have been firat included in the Second
Society in 1831.
At a special meeting of the votera of the Great Hill School Society held
Sept. 30th, 1851, it was voted that the fund of the Great Hill School Society
be divided equally between tiie four tlistricts, and that the firat meeting of the

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School Society of Seymour be Jield in the Congregational Church iu Hum
phreysville. At the said firat meeting Daniel L. Holbrook was elected chair
man; B. W. Smith, clerk; G. F. DeForest, treasurer; Sylvester Smith, S.
Y. Beach and Harpin Riggs, society's committee; John B. Steel, collector;
and Joshua Kendall, visiting and examining committee. The numbers of the
districts were continued the same excejit tli.at the Falls district, now the Center
district, which had been known as the eighth, was made the sixth.
At a special meeting of tiie Seymour School District held Feb 1st, 1869,
it was voted to purchase a lot in tiie Pines and to build tiiereon a school-house
of sufiicient capacity to accomodate 160 scholars. A tax was to be laid suffi
cient to raise the sum of $6,000 to defray the expenses. The lot was pur
chased at a cost of $700 and is still held by the town, but on account of ob
jections to the location the school -house has not been built.
SCHOOL YISITOES OF THE TOWN OF SEYMOUE.
ELECTED IN SCHOOL SOCIETY MEETINGS.
1850 to 1855, Joshua Kendall.
1855-6, Sylvester Smith.
ELECTED IN TOWN MEETING, FOR THREE YEARS EACH.
The stars indicate those elected each year.
1856-7, George F. DeForest,* Philo B. Buckingham,* Luzon B. Morris,*
1857-8, Joshua Kendall,* Sharon Y. Beach.*
1858-9, Joshua Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach, Philo B. Buckingham,*
1859-60, Joshua Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach,* Philo B. Buckingham.
1860-1, Joshua Kendall,* Sharon Y. Beach, Philo B. Buckingham.
1861-2, Joshua Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach, Charles B. Wooster.*
1862-3, Joshua Kendall, Charles B. Wooster, Rev. Owen E. Shannon.*
1863-4, Rev. Owen E. Shannon, Frederick Durand, John Chatfield.*
F. Durand elected by the other visitora to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of C. B.Woosler.
1364-5, Rev. Owen E. Shannon, Frederick Durand,* John Chatfield.
1865-6, Rev. O. Evans Shannon,* Frederick Durand, John Chatfield.
1866-7, Rev. O. Evans Shannon, Frederick Durand, Cornelius W. James.*
P. Durand resigned May 21, 1867, and J. Kendall was elected to fill the vacancy.
1867-8, Joshua Kendall, Coraelius W. James, Henry Davis.*
ELECTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
1868-9, Joshua Kendall, Cornelius W. James, Hemy Davis.
1869-70, Joshua Kendall, Cornelius W. James, Henry Davis. 
1870-1, Joshua Kendall.
1871-2, Joshua Kendall, Edmimd Day, Harpin Riggs.
1872-3, Joshua Kendall, Samuel P. Davis.
18734, Joshua Kendall, Nonnan Speny.
1874-5, Joshua Kendall, Virgil H. McEwen, Nonnan Sperry.
1875-6, Joshua Kendall, Viigil H. McEwen, William C. Shai-pe.
1876-7, Joshua Kendall, Virgil H. McEwen, William C. Sharpe.
1877-8, Joshua Kendall, William C. Sliari)e.
1878-9, Joshua Kendall, William C. Sharpe.

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MEMBEES OE THE BOAED OF EDUCATION.
ELECTED IN UNION SCHOOL MEETING.
18GS, elected for one year— Cornelius James, Henry Davis, Eli Gillette.
For two years — Harpin Riggs, John W. Bassett, John R. Chatfield.
For three years— Joshua Kendall, Peter Worth, C. W. Storrs.
1869, Elliott R. Bassett, Samuel A. Beach, Hemy Davis.
Carlos French was elected by the hoard June 6tb, 1870, to fill the vacancy caused by tbe re-
 moval of Henry Davis^
1870, Harpin Riggs, Wilbur W. Smith, John W. Bassett.
1871, Joshua Kendall, Edmund Day, Thomas James.
ELECTED IN TOWN MEETING.
1872, Carlos French, A. Y. Beach, Samuel P. Davis.
A. Y. Beach resigned Nov. 12th aud S. H. Canfield was appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy.
1873, Sharon Y. Beach, Norman Sperry, H. N. Eggleston.
1874, V. H. McEwen, Joshua Kendall, Edmund Day.
1875, S. H. Canfield, Caries French, William C. Sharpe.
1876, Sharon Y. Beach, Frederick M. Clemons, Nathan Holbrook.
1877, Edmund Day, Joshua Kendall, Norman Sperry.
V. H. McEwen elected to fill vacancy caused hy resignation ot Norman Sperry, nntil the next
town election.
1878, S. H. Canfield, W. C. Sharpe, David Tucker, James Howard.
James Howard to fill vacancy for two years.

GREAT HILL SCHOOL, No. 1.
Tills is probably the oldest school in the town. An abstract of a volume
of the earlier records is given on pages 19 and 20.
At a meeting of the Second Society held Nov. 7th, 1831, Wm. Smith,
Samuel Wire and Samuel Meigs were appointed a committee to designate a
location for a new school-house in the Firat or Great Hill Distaict, and
decided upon the north-east angle of the roads below the present location of
the church. The district line was changed by vote of the school society Oct. 12, 1843,
as follows :
Resolved, That so much of the 1st school district, 2d society in Derby, be and hereby is, set
off to the 5th school district in Oxford, as lies north and west of a line beginning at the Oxford luie,
by the dwelling-house of Andrew S, Graham, running southeasterly to the comer of road leading
to Rock-house Hill ; thence by said road to the comer of land of Abel aud Benjamin English, near
the house of Christopher Smith ; thence northwesterly to Oxford line, including the house of Abel
and Benjamm English.
The lines were laid out anew Nov. 1st, 1843, as follows :
Whereas, The record defining the lines of the Great HillScbooI District ia the second school
society in Derby beiug lost, and the nndersigned committee being empowered by an act of the legis
lature of the State of Connecticut, passed 1841, to lay out new and establish old lines, do make
and establish the following lines, which shall constitute the school district of Great Hill, viz: Begin
ning eighty rods from the mouth of Toby Brook on 2d brook; thence in a straight hue to the north
east corner of Monroe Scranton's farm ; thence in a straight Une to Josiah Bassett's saw mill ; thence
in a straight Ime to the west side of the highway, running hy the dwelling-house formerly belonging
to Truman Hawkins, now Ansou Davii; thence on the west side of said highway until opposite a
pine tree standing near the Eowe place, so-called ; thence in a straight hue to the town bounds' lying
in the highway some thhrty or forty rods south of Stephen Baldwin's dwelling-house; thence on the
.town Une until it comes in a parallel hue with tbe road south of Abel and Benjamin EngUsh; theuce
following the lines of that part of said EngUsh farm lying north of said road to the town Ime ; thence

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on town Hue to a stone bridge near the dwelling-house of widow Ammon Tomlinson ; thence ou ths
town line to the northwest corner of Bennet Lum's farm, ai^joining Simeon Hinman's laud; thence
in a straight line to the place of beginning. The above lines shaU constitute and define the school
district of the Great Hill. . LUTHER FOWLER,)
EPHRAI5I SJIITH. } SociETT Committee.
Done to Derby, Nov, 1st, 1843. WM. D. LUM, >

In 1852, by joint action of the School Society and the 1st and 4th dis
tricts, the Squantuck district was consohdated with the Great Hill district,
and the lines were defined as follows :
Whereas, The legal voters of tbe school society in the town of Seymour, at a meeting warned
and held on the 3rd day of July, 1859, voted to annex the Squantuck School District to the First
School District in said school society; Therefore, We, the undersigned Society's Committee, hereby
establish the following described Unes and boundaries annexed, vue : Beginning at the Ousatonic
river, at the mouth, of the Old Field brook at the boundary of the school society line between Derby
and Seymour, running easterly ou said Une to tbe late dwelling-house of Philo Lum, deceased,
leaving said dwelling-house in the North District in Derby School Society; theuce mnning easterly
on school society line to a heap of stones on a rock at the west comer of Asa Bassett's htud, about
thirty rods southerly of the house occupied by Miles Bronson ; thence mnning northerly by the Bunga
School District to Josiah Bassett's saw mill ; thence northerly in a straight Une to the west side of
the highway at the east side of the Beard land, so called, southerly of the dwelling-house of Marcus
Davis ; thence on the west side of said highway till opposite a pine tree standing near the Rowe
pkce, so called ; thence north-westerly to the old town bounds in the highway, about thirty rods
south of tbe house. of Stephen Baldwin; thence west on.society line between Oxford and Seymour
to the west side of highway in front of the dwelling-house of Andrew S. Graham; thence south
westerly to the comer of the rdad leading to Sock-house Hill; thence by said road to the corner of
land of Abel and Benjamin English, near the house of Christopher Smith ; theuce north-westerly to
the school society line between Oxford and Seymour; thence on said line to stone bridge on Rock-
house Hill road, north of the Ammon Tomlinson place, so called; thence on society Une to the
north-west comer of Bennet Lum's farm, adjoining Simeon Hinman's land; thence straight Une to
the south end of Otter Rocks on the Ousatouic river; thenceby the east side of the Ousatonic river
to the first-mentioned bounds ; and the above-described Unes and boundaries hereby constitute the
boundaries of the First School District in Seymour. SYLVESTER SMITH, ) society's Committee
Dated at Seymour, Feb. 22d, 1855. HIRAM UPSON, \ society s Oommittel.
The above is a true record. Attest : B. W. SMITH, CixuK.
At a town meeting held Oct. 1st, 1877, it was voted that a new school-
house be built at an expense of $700 and that the location be changed to the
angle of the roads on the Hill near the house of Wm. R. Tomlinson. The
building was completed about the firat of January, 1878.
TEACHERS.

1826, Henry Scott.
1827, Eliza Knssell, Henry Burton.
1828; Maria Wattles, Simon Curtiss, Jr.
1829, Jane Tomlinson, Simon Cnrtiss, Jr.
1830, Catherine Umberfield, 6. Curtiss, Jr.
1831, Jane Fowler, Simon Curtiss, Jr.

1832, Betsey Tomlinson, John Biggs, Jr. -
1833, Jane Fowler, Simon Curtiss, Jr.
1834, Lilly VVakeiey, Johu Lindley.
18-35, Jane Fowler, Sihts Hurd.
1836, Sarah A. Benham, Simon Curtias.'Jr.
1837, Mary A. Smith, David Hawes.

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1838, Sarah Lindley.
1839, Miss Davis, John Lindley.
1840, Sarah E. Gilbert, Judson Candee.
1841, Sarah M. Osborn, John Lindley.
1843; Eliza. A. Mansfield, Merwin Bo wen.
1843, Ann Eliza Shelton, Abel Holbrook.
1844, C. A. Fowler, A. T. Hotchkiss. -
.1845, Elizabeth Durand, Merwin Bowen.
1846, Maria Chatfield, William Bristol.
1847, Jana M. Wooster, Albert E. Smith.
1848, Jaoe M. Wooster.
1849, Frances E. Wooster, Gid. H. Candee.
1850, Eliza Lum, Betsey Cable. ,/"
1351, Rossetta Bassett, Henry Harger.
1852, Mary Bradley, Charles Gillette.
1853, Augusta Sanford.
1854, Juliette Wooster, John Allen.
1855, Augusta Sanford, Clark £. Lum.
1856, Julia A. Fairchild, John Smith.
1857, Julia A. Fairchild, Marcus £. Hyde.

18.58, Nancy Sutton, R. S. Hininan.
1859, Mary F. Meacham, Clark E. Lum.
1860, Elvira W. Somers, Eben G. Wheeler.
1861, Elvira W. Somers, Jane E. Tyrrell.
1862, Jane E. Tyrell.
1863, France»E. Wheeler, H. A. Tomlinson
1864, Martha E. Davis. John Killon.
1865, Martha E. Davis, C. C. Burwell.
1866, C. C. Burwell, Martha E. Davis.
1867-8, Martha E. Davis.
1869, Sophia Davis.
1870, Virginia Davis.
1871, Emily A. Smitb,.Emmarette Sperry.
1872, C. E. Lum, E. Sperry, C. E. Lnm.
1873, C. E. Lum, 2 t ; Matilda Smith.
1874, Rufus Spencer, Lottie E. Booth.
1875, Rufus Spencer, Clara S. Eider.
1876, Clara S. Rider, Hattie Riggs.
1877, Josie E. Ladd.
1878,.Raf as. Spencer, Phoebe Tomlinson. -

SHEUB OAK SCHOOL, iJ^o. 2.
The records of the Shrub Oak District not having been handed over to .
the town clerk, are not now available, and but little account can be given of
it. The district seem to have been set ofi" Dec. 27th, 1779. See page 47.
The names of the teachers, so far as ascertained, are :
Winter terms of 1846-7, 1847-8, 1848-9, Frederick Durand.
Oct., 1861, to April, 1863, Rhoda Kendall.
Summer of 1866, Sarah Swift.
FaU of 1866 to Dec, 1876, C. C. Burwell.
Jan., 1877, to July, 1878, Harriet Riggs.
Sept., 1878, Josie E. Ladd.

BUJfGAY SCHOOL, ]S"b. 3.
Records not filed in town clerk's ofiice.
TEACHERS.
May, 1867 to Oct., 1868, Emma S. Tomlinson.
Oct., 1868, to July, 1869, Sarah M. Riggs.
Sept., 1869, to April, 1870, Alice Northrop.
April, 1870, to July, 1872, Sarah M. Riggs.
Sept., 1872, to July, 1873, L. Davis.
Sept., 1873, to July, 1874, EUen C. Hard.
Sept., 1874, to July, 1875, Hattie J. Riggs.
Sept., 1875, to 1878, Hattie Bassett.

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CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL, Xo. 4.
The fifth distaict was divided in 1837, the new district, called the seventh,
being bounded southerly by a line fi-om the mouth of Bladen's brook, easterly
to the Woodbridge line, passing south of the house of Samuel R. Hickox.
The firat meeting of the new district was held Aug. 30th, and arrangements
commenced for building a school-house. The location was selected by Joel
White, Isaac White and Joel R. Chatfield, and at a meeting held Sept. 20th
it was voted to accept the proposals of Solomon Terrell to build a stone school-
house, 18 X 25 feet, 7J feet clear, with sis windows of 24 lights and one of 9
lights, to be plastered inside and out, with a hall of five teet in width at one
end, and two doora from the haU j the whole to be completed for $175.
Terrell was afterward allowed $8 for extra work, and some slab benches and
sloping boards for writing-desks, with a stove and desk and chair for teacher,
completed this "temple of science" in time for the winter school. It was
tbund necessaiy to remove the partition in 1843 to enlarge the school-room.
The teacher was then paid $2.25 per week and requii-ed to "board around."
Board being then estimated at $1.75, the teacher?s ser\-ices were valued at
$4 per week, teaching fiye and one-half days. The next year' the price was
raised one dollar per week. In 1852 it became evident tiiat a larger school-
house was needed, and in July it was votetl to build 26 x 40 feet, but at a
subsequent meeting the matter was indefinitely postponed.
January 31st, 1868, it was voted to build a new school -house, and Smith
'¦'¦ Botsford, Ashbel Storra and Joel R. Chatfield were appointed building com
mittee. The size finally determined upon was 27i x 34 feet, to cost $1,700,
, including fiimitnre of the best patterns. The school-house was well built, by.'
Ashbel Storra, and is a credit to the distaict. Up to 1863 the building had
been known as the "Stone School-house." The name, "Cedar Ridge," was
then given to the school and has since been retained.
Charles Oatman was clerk of the distaict from 1837 to 1849, and Sylves
ter Smith fi-om 1849 until the schools of the town were consolidated in 1868.
The old stone building^ small, inconvenient, and antiquated, is yet the
subject of many pleasant reminiscences by teachers and scholars, now scattered
among the scenes of busy life, to whom the following list of teachers will
recall pleasant memories of by -gone days.
TEACHERS.
1841, A. T. Hotchkiss, winter term.
1842, Frances N. Thomas, two terms.
1843, Laura Tomlinson, George Bassett.
1844, Laura Tomlinson, H. B. Munson.
1845, Miss Fairchild, H. B. Munson.
1846,. Charlotte M. Smith, Jane E.Terrell.
1847, Annie Holcsmb, Wm. E. Holbrook.
1848, Henry Warren.
1849, Rosetta Bassett, Mr?. P. E. Clark.
1850,Ro9etta Bassett,. Mary A. Wooster.
1851, Miss Fairchild,. Frederick Durand.
1852, M. A. Wooster, Frederick Durand.
1853, Miss Hull, Frederick Durand.
1854, M A.. Wooster, Thomas Munson.

1855, Eliza Clark, Thomas Munson.
1856, Charles T. Hotchkiss, Miss Upson.
1857, Eliza J. Tuttle, two-t«rms. —
1858, Jane Doolittle, Clark Lum.
1859, Marietta Benham, David Hawley.
1860, Laura M. French, Joel F. Selleck.
1861, Kate McKay, Clark E. Lum.
1862, Lncy A. Atwood, two terms.
1863, Julia Leavenworth, W. C. Sharpe.
1864, Mrs. M. A. Gleason, Miss Swift.
1865, Josephine A. W^alker.
1866, Minerva B-dS.sett,-Miss Bradley.
1867, Mary Chatfield, three term*.
1863, Mary Chatfield..

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1369, Maiy Chatfield, Josephine Walker
• 1870, J. Walker, 2 t; L. C. Chatfield.
1871, L. Cornelia Chatfield.
1872, L. Cornelia Chatfield.
1873, L. Cornelia Chatfield.

1374, L. Cornelia Chatfield, C. F. Abbott
Libbie O. Lockwood.
1875, Libbie O. Lockwood.
1876, Clara F. Abbott, E. O. Lockwood.
1877-8, Libbie O. Lockwood.

1837, Isaac White.
1833, Jared Bassett.
1839, Sylvester Smith.
1840, Oliver Stoddard.
1841, Samuel Bassett.
1842, Hiram Upson. '
1843, JoelR. Chatfield,
1844, Smith Botsford.
1845, Israel French.
1846, Julius Bassett.
1847, Wm. B. Watson.
1848, David Johnson.
1849, Stephen H. Culver.
1850, George Merrick.

DISTRICT C03EJIITTEES. 1851, Ashbel Storrs.
1852, Samuel Hickos.
1853, Henry W. Benedict.
1854, Smith Terrell.
1855, Wm. B. Watson.
1856, David Johnson.
1857, Wm. F. Gilyard.
1858, Wilson Wyant.
1859, Wm. W. Dibble.
186U, Lorenzo M. Bassett,
1861-2, Smith Terrell.
1863-6, Ashbel Storrs.
1867, Joel R. Chatfield, (app. by Sch. Vis.)
1868, David Johnson .

THE BELL SCHOOL, No. 5.
In 1769 Joseph Johnson deeded a piece of land on the east side of Pearl
stareet, a little south of the house of Smith Terrell, for a location for a school
house, as follows :
Know all irES by these Pkesestts, that I, Joskph Johnson of Derby in the
County of Ne/w Haven, Collony of Connecticut, New England, do firmly set, remit ^ releas
unto the proprietors of the third Destrict for Schooling in Derby, one certain piece of landpitch
upon by the proprietors of the third Destrict, to set up a School House upon for the benefit of
Said Destrict, containing twenty feet square, for the term of Ninety 2^ne years Next Coming
the Date hereof, to have ^ to hold it for the use said schoolhouse.
Furthermore I the said Johnson do promiafor myself, my heirs. Executors ^ Adminis
trators, to defend the Same from all Claims and demands whatsoever. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th Day of may in the year of our Lord, one
thousand Seven hundred Sixty NiTie. '
Signed, sealed and delivered in presents of
Benjamin Crawford. • ,„„„T>rT i«^,rn«»,
Hezekiah Johnson. JOSEPH JOHNSON.
This school-house seems to have been occupied about forty yeara. In
that time the number of the distaict was changed to six, and in 1799 it was
known as the Chusetown District.
At a school meeting held in the school-house September, 27th, 1799,
Lieut. E. Beecher Johnson was chosen moderator and Bradford Steele, Jr.,
clerk. At this meeting Calvin Lines was engaged to teach the school six
months at $11 per month, or, if he should continue a year, he was to teach at
$10.50 per month. At an adjourned meeting, held October 7th at the house
of Joseph Johnson, Leroy Tomlinson and Bezaleel Peck were chosen a com
mittee "to pitch a stake for a school-house." . .
On the 21st of November, 1803, it was voted that Daniel Holbrook and
Amadeus Dibble be a committ;ee to repair the school-house and. build an

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addition 14 feet long with t^vo chimneys, the whole to be completed by Oct.
4, 1804, and painted Spanish broivn. Chauncey Johnson was elected district
committee. On the 8th day of February, 1804, the following persons were recorded as
residents of the district : " Levi Tomlinson, Esq., Joel Chatfield, Jesse Johnson,
Ebenezer B. Johnson, Amadeus Dibel, Daniel Holbrook, Jn"^., Enoch French,
Gibson Smith, Isaac Johnson, Amos Doi-man, Bezaleel Peck, Isaac Chais,
Ebenezer Peck, Charles French, John Wheler, Samuel Smith, Jarvis Do^vns,
Elephas Bradley, John White, Isaac Bostick, Joseph Johnson, Benjamin
Beach, Suneon Beach, Hezekiah Johnson, Erazmass Sperry, Ashbell Steel,
John Cra\vford, Lydia Keney, Phebe Dayton, Hanah Stodard, Nathan Stiles,
Silas Baldwin, Elezer Patchen, James Leach, Charles Deal, Mary Bartis,
Sebrie Molthroop, Bradford Steele, John Shenson, Hezekiah Tomson, Josiah
Swift, Lydia Cowel, Oliver Clark, Richard Freeman, Isrel French, Reuben
Davis. Sergt. Chattwcey Johnson, Clerk."
: At a meeting held Oct. 17th, 1805, the valuation of "good wood brought
to the school-house" was estimated at "$2 a chord, the Master to be the judge
of the size of the loads." Special committees were appointed to repair the
school-house nearly everj' year firom 1802 until 1812.
In 1810 John Ward was hired for the winter at $20 per month, he to
be his own collector, and John T. Wlieeler was appointed clerk. At an
adjourned meeting, held Nov. 22nd, the last vote to repair was rescinded, and
it was voted to have the school kept in Silas Baldwin's room until the firat
of May, 1811.
In October, 1811, Chester Jones was chosen clerk and another repair
committee appointed. On the 9th of December it was " Voted that there
should be 2 schools kept in s^ District."
"Voted, 2°*, that Col. Ira Smith & Capt. Josiah Swift be a Committee
for the south part of the District, & Amadeus Dibble & E. B. Johnson be a
Committee for the north part, to employ teaehera."
April 6th, 1812, it was "Voted that there should be two schools kept in
the District, one Man school & one Woman school, & the Free Money be
equally divided according to the time the school is kept." Stiles Johnson
was elected a committee " to employ a school Dame."
On the 15th of the same month Levi Tomlinson, Esq', Ira Smith, Josiah
Swift, Elias Gilbert and Bradford Steele were appointed a committee to look
for a place to build a school-house and to draw a plan. Several meetings
were called and adjourned without transacting any business, except employing
a male teacher in the south part of the district in the winter of 1812-13, and
a teacher for three months in the winter of 1813-14.
On the 7th of March, 1814, at a school meeting held at the store of
Jones & Keeney, it was "Voted that all needlework should be prohibited
firom school." At a meeting held the 25th of the same month the above vote
was rescinded and declared "null & void." The name Humphreysville firat
appears on the. i-ecord in 1814. The next winter it was voted to employ a
female teacher and to divide the money equally between the two schools of
the district. .1
. The school-house firat built on the location of the present Bell school-
house was long owned as joint stock property, as shown in the following deed
given June 1st, 1816 :

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Kiion' Ye, That I, Xi^wfl Jnh nson of Derby, hi New Haven Coiuity and State of CoiintnLi-
cut, for the the consideration of Ten Dollars received to my full satisfaction of John Wlieeler,
Newel Johnson, Elitts Gilbert, Bradford Steele, John Humphreys, Jr., Genl. David Humphreys,
Chester Jones, Seba Moulthrop, Stiles Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Edmund Steele, John Riggs,
Silas Baldwin, Samuel B. Hine, Jose2>h Johnson, Josiah Swift 4" Danl. Thompson, Do give,
grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Grantee, one certain piece or tract of land
situated in said Derby at Humphreysville, containing about six acres of land, bounded Southerly
on highway. Easterly and Nortlterly on sd Newel Johnson, Westerly on Seba Moulthrop. The
said piece of land has a School-House erected thereon and divided into one hundred shares, and
is oivned by the above named Grantees in tltefolloiving proportion, viz : to the said John Wheeler
twenty nine shares; Newel Johnson, thirteen; Elias Gilbert, thirteen shares; Bradford Steele,
seven; John Humphreys, Junr, five; Gen. David Humphreys, five; Cliester Jones, seven;
Seba Moulthrop, four ; Stiles Johnson, three; Jesse Johnson, two; Edmund Steele, two; John
Riggs, two; Silas Baldwin, two; Samuel B. Hine, two; Joseph Johnson, one; Josiah Swift,
one; Daniel Thompson, one.
In October, 1815, Chester Jones was elected committee and Newel
Johnson clerk.
"At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 5th School District at the
•School House in Humphreysville, held Oct. 30th, 1816, Newel Johnson was
appointed a special committee to obtain from Mr. Samuel Riggs his terms for
teaching a winter school," apparently without success, as a tew days later
Bradford Steele and Johnathan Beement were added to the committee.
On the 10th of December it was voted to employ Isaac Rowe as teacher
at $18 per month. April 13th, 1819, it was voted to employ Anna C. Martin
as teacher for the summer, "provided she can be had on reasonable terms not
to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per week."
Ebenezer Fisher was appointed collector Nov. 20th, 1820, and it was
voted that board be $1.25 per week. Smith &; Sanford then kept the store
.on the southeast corner of Pearl and Hill streets. On the 4th of December,
1820, it was "Voted that there be a stove purchased tor the benefit of the
destiict and made up in the school bill." Until that time the school-room had
been warmed by a fire in the large old-fashioned fire-place.
On the 12th of April, 1822, it was "Voted that Mr. Isaac Sperry be
employed to teach this school for one year if he can be obtained for ten dollars
pier month," and "that the district hire the school -house of the proprietora at
the rate of seven dollars a quarter."
From Nov. 9th, 1818, to Oct.,10th, 1825, Lyman Smith was clerk of the
..district, aud diuing this time the book was kept with a neatness and precisipn \
Seldom fouud in the old records.
;. At a meeting held Dec. 11th, 1822, David Beach was appointed district
coinmittee and Newel Johnson aud Daniel White were appointed a committee
to confer with the proprietora of the school-house for the- pui-pose of seeuig
:what the shares of the school-house can be purchased for. Provision was
[loadefor woodfor the stove and fireplace.
:. In the fall of 1823 the price of board was fixed at eight (Yankee) shillings
($1.33^) per week, aud it was voted to hire Mr. Sperry, provided that not
niore than $15 per month should be paid. If any scholars came fiom out of
"the district, they were to pay two dollars per quarter. Ebenezer Fisher,
committee. • -, On^the 29th of March, 1824, it was voted to hire Isaac J. Sperry for a
-year at $15 per month, and that he have an assistant for six months at S5
per mouth. The school-house was hired as before.

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Ic was voted, Aug. IGth, to release Mr. Sperry, to hire Aaron Pieraon
in his place, and to continue jVIiss Tuttie as assistant teacher.
Oct. 12th, 1824, Russel Clark was elected committee; David Beach Jn
collector; and Sheldon Tucker, treasurer. It was voted not to hire a teacher
unless he will board with the district. The committee was instructed to hire
lilr. Parsons (or Pierson) or Harlow P. Sage, wages not to exceed $15 per
month. Dec. 6th it was voted to employ an assistant teacher.
April 12tii, 1825, voted to hire Hariow P. Sage at $19 per month, he to
board himself, provided that should any choose to board him at $1 per week,
they might do so. An assistant to be hired if necessary.
Up to this time the business seems to have been wholly directed in dis
taict meetings, and the names most frequently occmring on the record are
"Chusetown Destrict" and 5th School District of the school society, but at a
meeting held Oct. 10th, 1825, Thomas Gilyard was "recommended to the
SchoorSociety to be appointed committee," and Isaac Losee was elected asst.
committee. Mr. Peraons was to be hii-ed. Wm. Humphreys, John De Forest
and Ebenezer Fisher were "recommended to the School Society as visitors."
In the spring of 1826 the committee were authorized to employ Mr.
"Persons (Aaron C?) at $16 per month, aud it was voted that each pi-oprietor
draw his rent firom the treasui-fcr.
Sept. 29th, 1826. Recommendations to school scoiety : Sheldon Tucker,
committee ; John H. De Forest, Wm. Humphrey, Ebenezer Fisher and John
Wheeler, school visitors. Voted to give Mr. Persons the preference for
teacher. Sept. 27th, 1827. Ebenezer Fisher, district committee ; Eilmrmd Steele,
school society's committee ; Newel Johnson, clerk ; J. H. De Forest, J. T.
Wheeler and Wm. Humphreys recommended to school society as visitora.
Voted to try to hire the lower story of the school-house for $18 per year.
April 8th, 1829, voted to give Mr. Hubbell the preference as teacher.
At a meeting held March 29th, 1830, it was voted to purchase fi-om fifty
to one hundred shares of the Bell school-house of the proprietors at one dollar
per share. It was voted (April 15th) to rescind the previous motion and to
purchase a lot and build a school-house. The latter vote was rescinded May
loth, and the former motion re-enacted. A tax of $200 was voted for the
piurchasmg and repairing the school-house. Geo. Kirtiand acted as moderator
Oct. 17th, 1831. Apr. 16, '32, the Committee had permission to employ a
teacher for each of the two rooms if they thought best.
Oct. 18th, 1836. Chester Jones, ti-easurer ; Denzel Hitchcock, clerk ;
Isaac Losee, asst. com.; Chas. Oatman, collector. Mr. Northrop was
engaged to teach the winter school. , ¦
. Mar. 7th, 1837. Thomas Ellis, moderator. Voted to-divide the district
aiid to ran the line from the mouth of Bladen's Brook, and go south so fair as
to ta^e in the house of Isaac White, and then a straight line to Woodbridge.
...,:^..At a meeting held April 15th, 1837, it was voted '.'to run the line
beginning at the" bank south of the mouth of Bladen's Brook, so called, and
run staaight to Woodbridge line, running far enough south to take in the
house of Samuel R. Heacox," and "to apply to the school society's committee
&r division." ' . ...•.-
: The following description of the District limits, firoui the', minutes of the
Fhrst School Society, was certified to by Almon Smith, Society's Clerk.
"Fourth District begins at tbe Dam across Naugatuck Eivef, rnuniug ilp the east
side of said river until you come to the biook emptying iuto said river, through the

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land furmevly belun^MUg to Henry Wooster; then .in easterly coarse to Woodbridge
line so as to take Isaac BJake and David Hotchkiss' dwelling-houses into the Fourth
School District."
"Fifth District begins at the Henry Wooster Brook, so called, by Naugatuck
River, running np northerly the east side of said river to Oxford line; then easterly
by said Oxford line to Woodbridge line; then southerly by said Woodbridge line uutil
it strikes the northerly line of the Fourth District ; then westerly by said Fourth
District to the place of beginning at the mouth of the Henry Wooster Brook at' the
Nangatuck River."
"Voted, that the society divide the said Fifth District, and that the bounds
commence on the Naugatuck River at a high blufif or bank about twenty rods south
of the mouth of Bladen's Brook; from thence to run easterly to Woodbridge Une,
passing by the south side of the house of Samuel R. Hickcok; and the north part of
the said Fifth School District shall constitute the Seventh District."
At a school meeting held Sept. 22d, 1840, it was voted "that a building
committee be appointed and that they be instructed to make a contaact for
repaiiing the school-house by cutting it down to one story high, putting on
new shingles and new pine clapboards, laying a new floor, painting the outside
with two coats of good paint and making such other repaira as they shall deem
necessary for a thorough repair in every respect." Bennet Wooster, George ¦
W. De Forest and Walter B. Clark were appointed committee on repairs;
At a meeting held Oct 1st, 1841, it was voted to buy Harrison Tomlin
son's lot on the Promised Land, on west side of the highway, and build a good
Bchool-house thereon, and a 15c. tax was laid Dec. 10th. Feb. 7th, 1842, the
tax was raised 5 cents. On the 15th of Febi-uary it was voted not to sell or
dispose of the old school-house.
On the 4th of September, 1842, it was voted "that the committee hire a
room on the Falls known as the Conference Room for a school this winter,"
but the vote was rescinded the 11th. On the 10th of May, 1843, it was voted
not to rent the upper story for a workshop, and the vote laying a tax of 20c.
for building pui-poses were rescinded June 22nd ; also, the vote fixing location
of new school-house. • The old school-house was cut down and repaired in the
summer of 1843. In August the committee were directed to sell the old bell
and pay the proceeds to the treasurer. In the summer of 1844 board wa*
estimated at eight shillings ($1.33^) per week, and the following winter at
$1.75 per week.
The school-house was appraised Jan. 13th, 1847, by Isaac J. Gilbert,
Ephraim Birdsey and Wm. M. Hull, at $360, and at a school meeting, held
Nov. 21st, it was voted that the 5th district pay to the 8th distaict $112.50
as their share of the district. The offer not being accepted by the distaict the
matter was left to the society's committee, who named $175 as the amount
to be paid. The new district was the one since known as District No. 8, and
now as the Center sub-district. No. 6.
A meeting was held June 10th, 1852, for the purpose of uniting with
the other districts in fonning a union high school, without any successful

action resulting.

DISTEICT COMillTTEES.

1833, Walter B. Clark.
1839, Walter B. Clark, Isaac Kinuey aud
Chester Jones.
1840, Amos Smith, Bennet Wooster uud
Sharon Y. Beach.

1841, Jeremiah Durand, Sharon Y. Beach.
1842, Thomas Cochran, Daniel White and
John W. Bassett.
1843, B. Wooster. (G. F . DeForest, clerk.
1844, Ezekiel Gilbert. " " .

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134.5, Daniel White. (W. B.Clark, clerk.)
1846, A. J. Steele. (H.Tomliuson, clerk.)
1847, David B. Clark. (S.Y. Beach, clerk.)
1848, Smith Clark. (H. B. Mn naon, clerk.)
1849, Medad K. Tucker. (J.B.Steele, "
1850-51, Thomas Stoddard.
lK>3-3, Joseph Chipman. (L. Sharpe,
1854, William S. Mallory. collector.)
1855, Stephen H. Culver.
1856, E. F. Bassett

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1857, David Beach. (H.B. Beecher, clerk
1858, H. B. Beecher. 1857 to 1859.)
1859, Edwin Smith. (L. Sharpe, collector
1860-Cl, John Davis. 1858 to 1861.)
186-2, J. W. Bassett.
1863, Henry P. Davis.
1864, J. Armstrong.
1865-7, W. E. Hendryx.
1868, A. W. Lonnsbury.

TEACHERS.

1843, Mr. Lum, two terms.
1844, Miss Lindley, summer term.
1846, Mr. Stuart, two terms.
1852, Miss Chatfield from Quaker farms.
1855, Leverett Mallory, Fred'k Durand.
1857, Leverett Mallory.
1859, Miss Wilcox, summer term.
1863, Ellen M. Clark.

April, 1864, to Mar., 1865, Mary Tomlinson.
April to Sept., 1867, Mary Tomlinson.
Jan. to April, 1869, Ella Davis.
April, 1869, to April, 1870, Lydia Payne.
April, 1870, to July, 1873, M. A.Hotchkiss.
Sept., 1873, to Jnly,1874, Emma J.Downs.
Sept., 1874, to Dec., 1875, M. A. Hotchkiss.
Jan., 1876, to 1878, Lottie E. Booth.

CENTER SOHOOli, No. 6.
This was set oft' from No. 5 in 1847. A "select school" had been kept
by Mra. Hodge in a building which stood near where the south end of the
pin-shop now is. , The building was taken for the district school and removed
above the cotton factory, to where the wool-room of Kalmia Mills now is, then
to where Second street terminates, above Maple street, and when the car-
shops were built it was removed to its present location.
TEACHERS.
1852, Charies W. Sharpe.
1867, Miss Coltingham.
1869 to July, 1875, Jessie C. Perkins.
Sept., 1875, to 1878, Maria U. Tucker.

SECOND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Established in September, 1878. Arthur L. Candee, teacher.

EIRST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
April, 1869, to Apiril, 1870, Mary A. Swift.
April to July, 1870, Cornelia A. Chatfield.
Sept., 1870, to July, 1872, H. A. Woodford.
Sept., 1872, to July, 1873, E. J. Downs.
Sept., 1873, to April, 1875, Sarah M. Eiggs.
April to Dec, 1875, Clara F. Abbott.
Jan., 1876, to 1878, Emma 3. Tomlinson.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Humphi-eysvUle Academy, established in 1849, during its continuance,
satisfied the demand for a school of higher grade, and perhaps for this reason
the High School Association, incorporated in 1851, failed of its purpose.
The Humphreysville Academy was very popular under the direction of Geo.
B. Glendining, and deseiTedly so. He was an efficient instructor, and drew
many pupils from neighboring towns as well as from distant cities. In 1853
he removed to a larger town towards New York and was succeeded by Fred
erick Durand, who taught two yeara in Union HaU. Mr. Gay, a graduate
of Yale, came in August, 1855, but continued only a few months. The
subject of a Union High School was agitated, but the meetings called to con
sider the subject were no avail until after the passage of a law authorizing the
establishment of such a school by the town, independent of school societies
and school districts. The school was permanently established in 1864.
Martha J. Morris was employed as assistant fix)m September, 1867, to De
cember, 1868. Since then no assistant has been employed in the High
School, but the establishment of the two intermediate departments has prac
tically made a high school of three grades, and only a new and commodious
school building is especially needed to place Seymour in the firat rank as
regards the facilities for common school education.
TEACHERS.
1864 to July, 1866, Miss Hermance.
Sept., 1866, to July, 1867, Frederick Durand.
Sept., 1867, to Dec, 1868, Prof. A. F. Reynolds.
Jan. to April, 1869, Martha J. Monis.
April, 1869, to April, 1870, Celia A. Stanley.
April to July, 1870, Miss S. A. Atwater.
Sept., 1870, to July, 1871, Mra. Lottie E. Bigelow.
Sept., 1871, to July, 1872, Lucy S. Merwin.
Sept. to Dec, 1872, Mary R. Deery.
Jan., 1873, to July, 1874, Arthur Kilgore.
Sept., 1874, to April, 1875, Frank H. Brewer.
April, 1875, to July, 1878, William H. Wamer. ~
Sept., 1878, Rev. C. W. Sharpe.

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G^HIS is one of the oldest Methodist societies iu Connecticut and at one
time ranked highest in strength and numbers in the Derby Circuit,
which then included the towns of the Naugatuck Valley as far as Wa
terbury. , Rev. Heman Bangs, who was presiding elder about sixty
years ago, said Great Hill was his main stay, and Rev. Elijah W^oolsey
circuit preacher in 1814, in his book called "The Lights and Shadows
of the Itinerancy," gives space to incidents of his experience on Great Hill.
It had been an old Presbyterian parish, the church standing near the Davis
place. Abner Smith was the pastor of the Presbyterian Society in 1814
and for many yeara preceding, but moved west soon after, and the piilpit was
by general consent occupied by Methodist clergymen. From the tune when
Rev. Jesse Lee proclaimed the "Glad Tidings" through the valley of the
Naugatuck, service was held here by his successors firom time to time, and a
prosperous church grew up. For a number of years, between 1810 and 1820,
Cyrus Botsford was chorister and was considered an excellent music teacher.
The choirs ih those days were large and some humorous anecdotes are told of
corrections made by Mr. B. when discordant notes were heard, when his
words were more emphatic than appropriate to the place. Mr. B. was four
times mairied and had seventeen children. Capt. Isaac Bassett and wife,
pand parents of Capt. Elliott Bassett, were among the first Methodists on
the Hill. The late Judson English was closely identified with the Great Hill
church for half a century. The eccentric George L. Fuller, pastor in 1845
and 1846, is still remembered by many residents of the Hill. Fearless and
unthihg in his Master's service, he labored with great success and many were
the anecdotes told of his labora. At one time in a revival meeting he preached
firom the parable of the swine, (Matt., viii: 30-32), and afterward passed
around among the congregation urging them to repentance. A young man,
T  'W  , replied to him very discourteously that there was no need of
it, since, according to the senuon, all the devils were drowned. The eccentiic
clergyman knelt in prayer and remembered the young man as follows : " Oh
Lord, we read in Thy blessed word that the swine rushed down into the sea
and were drowned ; but oh. Lord, one hog swam ashore, and here he is
right before us. Drive the devil out of him and make a man of hini," etc.
It is said that if the logic was not convincing, the whole-souled earnestness of
the preacher was, and apparently the prayer was answered. A man, at whose
house a prayer-meeting was to oe held one Saturday evening, sent an invita
tion to a neighbor, a staunch Presbyterian, to attend. He sent back word
that he wished to be excused as he "kept Saturday night,"J)ut he soon began
to attend the meetings aud continued to be a regular attendant for more than
thirty yeara. Anson Gillette was the first class-leader, over sixty-five yeara
ago. The present church edifice was built by subscription in 1853-4. Almost
the only preaching on the hill for the forty yeara preceding had been by the
Methodists, to whom the old Presbyterian church had been given up. The
church was dedicated on Wednesday, October 25th, 1854. The subscriptions
that day were $580, leaving a debt of only $300, which has since been paid.
Though the society is smaller now by reason of the draught upon it by the
flourishing manufacturing centers around, yet considerable improvements
have been made in and about the church in the past few years, and the
services of the sanctuary are well sustained.

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PAPER MAKING IN SEYMOUR.
tfe^HE first to establish the manufacture of paper in this place was General
nfl Humphreys. He built the firat paper mill in 1805, but soon sold it to
3t Worrull & Hudson. At this time the paper was made_ by hand. An
M engine for preparing the pulp was in use, but from this it was dipped
^; out into fine sieves, the size the sheet of paper was to be made, shaken
about to pack the fiber, a felt or flannel laid on, and the paper tipped
out on it. 125 sheets were so piled up, making, with the felts, a pile about
15 inches high. This was pressed in a screw press, then taken out of the felts
and hung on poles to diy, then pressed in l^ ream bunches. The next day the
sheets were "stripped" or separated and pressed in the dry press. Writing
paper was laid sheet by sheet between press boards with occasional iron plates
and pressed again. In 1816 Worrull & Hudson sold out to Ebenezer Fisher
and Henry LeForge. In 1817 Samuel Roselle, afterwards a partner, came
to the place and commenced work in the paper mill.
The mill was raised a story in 1825, and paper then first made altogether
by maehinery. The mill was sold to the Humphreysville Manufacturing
Company January 27th, 1831. This company commenced the manufacture
of paper in May, 1831, with but fom- employees — Chester Jones, Wm. Bates,
Jane Patchen and Lois Thompson, but duiing the month the number was
increased to 16, and afterward to 18. The 16th of April, 1832, they com
menced running night and day. They were then making paper for the New
Haven Palladium and other papers. Not only news but tissue and colored
papers were produced. It is evident that the circulation of the papers was
not very large firom the fact that 500 pounds of paper was considered a good
day's work at the time they were supplying several printing of&ces besides
making other kinds of paper.
The establishment was taken by George L. Hodge, Sharon Y. Beach
and Samuel Roselle August 17th, 1843, under the fii-m name of Hodge &
Co., this partnerahip continuing two yeara.
In 1845 the Humphreysville Manufacturing Company, by their special
agent, Timothy Dwight, sold the paper mill with a five yeara' lease of the
water to Ezekiel Gilbert, Sharon Y. Beach and Samuel Roselle, who carried
on the business five years under the firm name of Gilbert, Beach & Co. The
water lease expired in 1850, and as the Humphreysville Manufacturing Com
pany declined all ofters for a renewal, Mr. Beach bought out the other two
partners, pulled down the mill, and put it up again in "Blueville," on Bladen's
Brook, about a mUe east of the old location, where it has since remained.
Among the numerous pubhcations for which Mr. B. has furnished more or
less paper is Barber's History of Connecticut, New Haven Palladium, Regis
ter, Journal and Courier, the Waterbury American, and the Seymour Record.
In February and March of 1859 a large addition was built to the mill.
In September of 1860 the wooden flume was taken out and an iron one put
in. New machinery has been added from time to time, engines, boilere, cal
enders, &c., reservoira built on the hill near by to insure a full supply of pure
water, so much needed in the manufacture of paper, aud other improvements
made, until Mr. B. has about $20,000 invested in the busiuess, making a
large mill, furnished with tiie most approved machinery aud turning out large
quantities of superior colored papers, that having been made a specialty of the
mill for a number of years past.

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.- ,The first mill on the site of Smith's paper mill was built in 1831 under
the direction of John Biggs for John S. Moshier. The machinery was de
signed and built by Cyrus Lee, millwright, in whose employ were Smith
Botsford and Sheldon Hurd. Mr. Moshier purchased the land firom the Capt.
Merrick fai-m, once owned by Rev. Jesse Johnson, including the upper mili
site, now occupied by the rubber mill. Newel Johnson purchased the latter
and paid Moshier in work on the paper mUl. Johnson built a small dam near
the upper end of the present rubber mill dam, and buUt a small machine shop.
The paper mill was completed and commenced running in the spring of 1832.
William Bates was employed as superintendent and Samuel Bassett run the
paper machine. John Bodge was also employed in the mill, and so continued
until his death in 18G8, a period of thirty-nine years. At this time the wages
paid for work in paper mills varied firom one dollar for sixteen houra' work
to five shillings for twelve hoiurs.
Early in 1833 the paper mill passed into the hands of John C. WTieaier
and in April was leased to Daniel White for three years at an annual rent of
$600. Mr. White was then in the paper business at the Falls, and his lease
of that mill had one year longer to run. Sylvester Smith, who had been in
Mr. White's employ one year in the old mill, was now transferred to the
auperintendency of the new mill. During the year the most of the paper
made in the mill was of a fine quality, for books and periodicals. All paper
was then sold on six and nine months' credit. For about four years this noill
finmished the paper for reprinting Blackwood's Magazine and other foreign
. periodicals by T. Foster in New York.
' , Mr. White, being imsuccessful in business, gave np the mill in the spring
of 1834j and his successor (John C. Wheeler) gave Sylvester Smith a one-
quarter mterest in the business, Wheeler fundshing the capital. Their part-
- nership lasted three yeara. But firom 1834 the rimes were hard and the price
of paper fell off almost one-fourth. Wheeler, who was also in company with
Raymond French in the auger business, met with heavy losses in the hard
times of 1837. The dam was carried away in April, 1837, but rebuilt before
. July, and Wlieeler then risnted the mill to Smith & Bassett for fifty dollars a
month, to be paid in wrapping paper. This was the commencement of a
partnership which lasted nineteen yeara. Feb. lOthj 1340, Smith & Bassett
, bought the mill of John C. Wheeler for $4,220, payable in wrapping paper —
$200 every three months.
Straw was made into paper in this mill in 1837, and was the firat paper
made firom straw in Connecticut. Money was very scarce and for several
. years barter was more common than cash ; paper and augera being extensively
used as a circulating medium ia this vicinity. In -January, 1841, an addition
of twenty feet was built on the south end of the mill, j Other improvements
were made in 1846, but on the 29th of January, 18i-7,4he- paper miU %va3
entirely consumed by fire. The loss was abont $9,000 and the insm-ance waa
$3,500. With improved times and better facilities for making paper, all
seemed ready for increased profit when this fire occnrrsd. On Saturday,
March 13th, 1847, the frame of the new mill was raised, about 100 men being
. present. Daniel White had charge of the carpenter work and Smith Botsford
superintended the mill work. On Satiirday, July 17th, paper making was
resumed. In January, 1S55, Mr. Bassett sold his half of the mill to Mr. Smith.
During the time of their partnership a large proportion of the paper mads in
the mill was straw boards and button boards. Vflien they commenced the
. price of straw delivered at the mill was $5 per ton. In the last twelve years

132 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
of their partnership the mill was much u.sed in grinding and cleaning rubber,
which added much to the profit of the mill. But in 1855 this branch of the
business was closed up. The paper business was then poor for several yeara.
The panic of 1857 came and the prospects were gloomy. Then came the
sound of war and the tramp of ai-mies, and everything was uncertain. But
¦ in the spring of 1863 the paper business revived, and the sun of prosperity
arose on the old paperworks. Prices, improved, orders increased and .the
dream of profits was upon the mill owner. But another unlucky Friday came
and the paper mill was again burnt down, about noon of March 13th, 1803.
The loss was about $10,000 and the insurance $5,000. Fourteen tons of old
iron was sold firom the ruins. In two weeks the timber for the new mill was
on the ground. The main building was raised the last week in April. It
was 46 by 70 feet, and three stories high. The machinery was all put on the
lower floor, and two turbine wheels took the place of the large wooden ones.
. On the 4th of July the mill was so far completed that a festival was held in
it for the, benefit of sick and wounded soldiers. About five hundred people
attended, and with the music and speaking it was a pleasant affair. About
the 15th of August the mill was in running order.
A large bleach-house was added to the main building, and in the same
year an ell was added to the east side, 60 by 27 feet, two stories high. Ashbel
Storra planned and superintended the building, and Smith Botsford was the
master millwright. ' Perhaps it was the most complete mill for the work for
which it was designed tiiat had been built in the counta-y up to that time.
¦ During the next two yeara the mill did a successful business. _ •
: • In 1866 W. W. Smith took charge of the mill on a salary, and his father
retired fi-om the business. In 1867 an addition was made to the south end ¦
of the mill, a steam engine put in, and the manufacture of manilla paper
commenced. , . ., ¦
^ J On Monday evening, January llth, 1869, a fire broke out in the second
story of the ell part of the mill, and in a short time the whole building was
destroyed. The loss was about $30,000 and the insurance $14,000. Mr.
Amasa Trowbridge perished in the flames. At the cry of fire he left his
home and lost his life in the effort to save his neighbor's property. In three
months another mill was running in part, and at the end of five months fi-om
the date of the fire it was completed. The cost of this mill was nearly double
that which was built in 1863, so great had been the increase in the price of
labor and material. ^
In May, 1870, the mill was sold to Mr. W. W. Smith. This year was
remarkable for the long-continued drought. Nothing like it had ever been
known. In the summer of 1871 the dam was carried away, and Capt. Smith,
at great expense, brought the water down from Rimmon Pond in Naugatuck
River, put in a wheel opposite the mill, and applied that power, underneath '
the highway, to his mill, the new power going into operation in the firat week
in November. But another black Friday came November 10th, and in the
rainy afternoon the cruel .fire made short work of the mill. There were ten
policies of insurance of $2,000 each on the property, but the then recent dis-
astaous fire in Chicago had, so damaged several of the companies that a large
part of the insurance was lost. The whole loss by this fire was estimated at
$30,000. The mill was again rebuilt and has since been confined to the •
manufacture of a superior quality of manilla paper.
De Dorest and Hodge purchased the water privilege and buildings where '
the rubber works now are and changed it to a paper mill, ranning partly hy
steam, making fine calendered book paper. They soon sold out to Smith &

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Bassett, who continued the paper business, but added the grinding of rubber
They also hired the mill at the mouth of Littie River to giind rubber in and
even then were unable to do the work as fast as wanted. This mill at the
mouth of Littie River had been run as a paper mill by Lewis Bunce and
afterward by the Rimmon Paper Company. In 1854 Smith & Bassett sold
the upper mill to Austin G. Day, and it has since been occupied by the Day
Brothera in the rubber business exclusively.

SUPEERINGS OP REYOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.

IE following extract firom Ramsay's Histoi-y of the Revolution, published •
in Trenton in 1811, gives a good representation of the sufferings of pat
riots of the Revolution who were captured by the British, amono- whom
were Bradford Steele, Jabez Pritchard and others mentioned" in this
book in the account of the Revolutionary period.
, The priaooers captured by Sir Waiiam Howe m 1776, amounted to many hundreds. The
officers wefe admitted to parole, and had aome waste houses assigned to them as quarters : but the
privates were shut up in the coldest season of the year, in churches, sugar houses, and such like
large open buildings. The severity of the weather, and the rigor ot their treatment, occasioned the
death of many hundreds of these unfortunate men. The filth of the places of their coDfinement, in
consequence of fluxes which prevailed among them, was both oflTeDsive and dangerous. Seven dead
bodies have been seen in one building, at one time, and all lying in a situation shocking to humanity.
The provisions served out to them were deficient ia quantity, and of an unwholesome quaUty. These
' Buffering prisoners were generally pressed to enter into the British service, but hundreds submitted
to death, rather than procure a melioration of their curcumstances by enlistmg with the enemies of
their country. After General Washington's successes at Trenton and Princeton, tbe American
' prisoners fared somewhat better. Those who survived were ordered to be sent out for exchange, but
aome of them fell down dead m the streets, while attempting to walk to the vessels. Others were so
emaciated that their appearance was horrible. A speedy death closed the scene with many.
The American board of war, after conferring (December 1, 1777) with Mr. Bonilinot, the
commissary-general of prisoners, and examining evidences produced by him, reported among other
things, " That there were 900 privates and 300 officers of the American army, prisoners in tbe city of
Kew York, and about 500 privates and 50 officers prisocers in Philadelphia. That since the begin
ning of October, all these prisoners, both officers and privates, had 'been coufiaed -in prison ships or
' the Provost : That &om the best evidence the subject could admit of, the general allowance of
prisoners, at most, did not exceed four ounces of meat per day, and often so damaged as not to be
eatable : That it had been a common practice with the British, ou a prisoner's being first captured,
to keep him three, four or five days, without a morsel of meat, and theu to tempt him to enlist to
lave his life : That there were numerous instances of prisoners of war perishing in all the agonies of
hunger."
; About this tune (Dec. 24, 1777) there was a meeting of merchants in London, tor the purpose
of raising a sum of money to relieve the distresses of American prisoners then in England. The sum
subscribed for that purpose amounted in two months to 4647Z 15». Thus while human nature was
dishonored by the cruelties of some of the British in America, there was a laudable display of the
benevolence of others of the same nation in Europe. The American sailors, when captured by the
British, suffered more than even the soldiers which fell into their hands. The former were confined
ou board prison ships. They were there crouded together in such numbers, and their accommoda
tions were so wretched, that diseases broke out and swept them off in a manner that was sufficient
to excite compaasion in breasts of the least sensibility. It has been asserted, on as good evidence as
the case will admit, that in the last six years of the war upwards of eleven thousand persona died on
board the Jersey, one of these prison ships, which was stationed in East river~uear New-Tfork. On
many of these, the rites of sepulture were never or very imperfectly conferred. For some time after
the war was ended, their bones lay whitening m the sun, ou the shores of Long-Island.

124 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

STREETS OE SEYMOUR.

Birch, firom Washington avenue to Day street.
Begad, fi-om Main street to Derby avenue.
Cedar, firom River street, along foot of Castie Eock, to West sbreet.
Church, from West street, east, past Trinity church, to Jlill street.
Culver, firom First avenue to Grand street.
Day, firom North Main street to Pearl street.
Derby Avenue, firom interaection of Broad and West streets, southward. ,
Elm, firom Pearl street to house of Edwin Smith.
Factory, fi-om Main stieet to Kalmia Mills.
First, from Factory street to Maple street. :-''-'"'
First AVENXTE, from Grand street to Culver street. - ' '. '-'-
GeaUD, from Washington avenue to Pearl street. -
Grove, fiom Derby avenue to Cedar street, past house of B. W. Smith.
High, from Pearl street, opposite M. E. Church, to Culver street.
Hill, from Main street, southward, formerly Rimmon tumpike, ' - r;-
HUMPHREY, from Pearl street to house of Isaac Losee.
James, from Main street to Washington avenue. '^Z-
Main, running north towards Pinesbridge and south towards Ansonia.
Maple, from Main street to West street, near house of E. L. Hoadley.
Mill, from River street, northwest, to West street.
MONSON, from Grand street to Culver street.
North, firom Day street, 'north, to North Main street.
Oak, from Derby avenue to Cedar street, past house of Frederick Emery. '
Pearl, from South Main street to Day street.
Pine, from Broad street to Derby avenue.
Raymond, fr-om Factory street to foot of Third street.
Rimmon, from Maple stieet, north, over Rimmon Hill.
River, from West street to Maple street. - - - > '
Rose, from Derby avenue to Cedar street, past house of S. C. Ford.
Second, from Raj-mond stieet, north, to the river.
Third, from Maple stieet, south, to Raymond street. ;
Third Avenue, from Grand street, south, to Culver street.
Walnut, firom HUl street, near house of S. C. Ford, to Pearl sti-eet.
Washington Avenue, (Promised Land,) from Hill street to Main stieet.
West, from interaection of Broad stieet and Derby avenue, towards Oxford.
Vine, from Derby avenue to Cedar street, south of house of C. W. Storra.

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NOTES EROM DWIGHT'S TRAYELS.

Published in 1822. .

From Derby the road crosses Naugatuc river; and thence proceeds by the side of the Hooes-
tennnc to the near neighbourhood of its fountains in New-Ashford. Frura Derby to Kent the course
is nearly North-West; and throughout the whole distance to New-Milford is almost literally on the
bank. The valley is every where narrow ; and the prospect hmited on both sides by hills of consid
erable height. A few of these are bold, masculme bluffs, with rude precipices, whicit may be called
nagnificent. Almost all of them present declivities, too steep for convenient cultivation, covered
. With a soil toe unpromising to tempt the labours of the husbandman. At times it 13 sandy ; at others
rocky; and at ethers cold. Hence this region is more thinly populated than any other, of equal
extent, within the limits of Connecticnt. The houses, also, are few ; and most of them indifferent
¦ buildings. In the parish of South-Britain, eighteen miles from Derby, and twenty-six from New-
Haven, there is a small exception to these remarks. The rest of the tract is solitary; and, with the
aid of a road generally sandy and heavy, is far from inviting excursions of pleasure.
Tou will remember, that these observations are applied only to the narrow valley of the
Hooestennuc, through which we passed; extending rarely more than a mile in breadth;, and
generally not more than one fourth of a mile. As soon as these steep hills are ascended, theirsnrface
presents a good soil, and sprightlier scenery, had numerous population and flourishing settlements.
The first township, along the skirt of which we passed after we had left Derby, is Oxford ;
' formeriy a part of that township. Oxford is a collection of hills and vallies, generally covered with
a strong soil. The inhabitants are universally farmers. It includes two Congregations; a Presby
terian and an Episcopal plurality ; and, in 18U0, contained 1 ,410 inhabitants; in 1810, 1,413.
Immediately North of Oxford lies the township of Southbury, along a tributary stream of the
Hooestennuc. Its surface is pleasant; and the soil,, excellent. It is divided into two parishes; the
Town, and South-Britain. The town is a pretty collection of houses, chiefly on a single street,
running from North to South. The parish of South-Britain is small. That part of it, which borders
upon the Hooestennuc, presents the only specimen of soit scenery on our road, nntil we reached
New-Milford. The expansion here was wider, the hills more handsomely shaped, aud the river
adorned with several intervals. The soil was better than in the parts through which we have passed
before. Here, also, was a scattered hamlet, tho inhabitants of which appeared to be in better
circumstances. Southbury contains two Presbyterian congregations. In the year 1774, it waa a
part of Woodbury. In 1790, it contamed 1,738 mhabitants : m 1800, 1,757; and in ISIO, (a part of
- it havmg been taken off to form the township of Middlebury,) 1,413.— [Vol. Ill, pp. 396-7.]
New-Haven is the shire town of the County of New-Haven, in a State distinguished for the
rigid execution of its laws. Of course all the capital punishments in the County have been inflicted
here. The whole number of these in one hundred aud seventy-five years^ has-been thirteen. Of
thes», five were whites ; five were Indians ; and three were blacks. Of the whites, one was a
stranger taken up as a spy, as he was pass'ing through this town, and executed, pursuant to a sentence
of a court martial. Three of the remaming four were natives of England. It does not appear, that
any inhabitant of this town, or County, ever suffered death by the hand of law. There ia no reason
to conclude, that the people of this County are more distinguished for then: morals than most of the
other settlements, which have been established for any length of time. In this respect, (tho paucity
of capital punishments,) New-England may be compared with Scotland, and Switzerland; and will
suffer uo disadvantage by the comparison. — [Vd- IV, p. 334.]
There is not a spot on the globe, where so little ia done to govern the inhabitants; nor a spot,
where the inhabitants are so well governed, or, perhaps, in more appropriate terms, where the state
of society ia so peaceable, orderly, and happy. A recurrence to the manner, in which elections are
carried on here, as described in a former part of these letters, will enable you to compare them with

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your own. Those in vour country liave been riescvibe.l to me on various occasions, by authority
which cannot be questioned. Tbey are scenes of riot, tumult, and violence. Ours are scarcely less
decent than religious assemblies. — [Vol. IV, p. 335.]
The people of New-England have always had, and have by law always been required to have,
arms in their hands. Every man is, or ought to be, iu the possession of a musket. The great body
of our citizens, also, are ti-ained with a good degree of skill, and success, to military discipline. Yet
I know not a single instance, in which arms have been the instruments of carrying on a private
quarrel. * * * On a country, more peaceful and quiet, it is presumed, the sun never shone.
» * • In Connecticut, the government, whether of the Colony or the State, has never met with
a single serious attempt at resistance to the execution of its laws. » * * Our laws provide
effectually for tho c-omfortable maintenance of all the poor; who are inhabitants; and, so long as
they are with us, of poor strangers, in what country soever they are bom ; and, when they are sick,
supply them with physicians, nurses, and medicines. The children of the poor are furnished with
education and apprenticeahips, at the public expense. — [Vol. IV, p. 336-7.]
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ARIEL CANFIELD,
A soldier of the Revolution, was born April 6th, 1753. He enlisted in the
company of Capt. Pierson as piper. May 8th, 1777, and marched to New
Haven the same day, where he remained with the forces for the protection of
the city and harbor during the term of his service. He mairied Maiy Barlow
of Stiatford Dec. 23d, 1779, and lived in West street, the second house on
tbe left; fi-om Chm-ch street, still standing. He had a shop in the rear, where
he manufactured brass and pewter buttons, buckles, sleigh bells, metal tags,
&c. The pewter buttons were cast in moulds. He employed an English
engineer to cut the dies nsed in making the figures upon the buttons, for
military and other uses. He aftei-ward purchasud of Bradford Steele the
house east of the Episcopal church and built a shop near by. He died Dec.
6th, 1812, aged 59 years and 7 months.
REV. ALONZO B. PULLING,
Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church a portion of 1876 and 1877, laboring
zealously and efficiently for the good of those under his pastoral care. "A
good minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, put in trust \vitli tiie Gospel." He
became superannuated at the end of his pastorate and continued to reside at
East Village, with the exception of his pastorate in Seymour, until his death.
He united, with his conference in the spring of 1846, and filled important
charges with marked fidelity and acceptability, remaining almost without
exception the full terra allowed by the church. He served in the New Milford
charge twice, the first term of two yeara and the second three years. He
leaves a good record, and has been called fi-om labor to his reward. "Well
done good and faithful servant."
MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS,
The gifted writer, was the daughter of Johu Winterbottom, junior partner
of T. Vose & Co., successora to General Humphreys in the manufacture of
broadcloth. She went to school in Slicftield, Canaan aud other places, and
wrote her firat composition -an epigram upon a boy in her father's employ-
at the age of seven. The first composition she published was- an address to a

¦A

LUGRAND SHARP.

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY. 127
friend, a student in Yale College, printed in the isaw Haven Post. In 1832
she married Mr. Edward Stephens of Plymouth, Mass., and in 1834 published
the "Polish Boy." Two years later she started a literaiy magazine in Port
land, Maine, and in it wrote her firat story and published "The Tradesman's
Daughter." In 1838 she became editress of the Ladies' Companion, in New
York, and published "Mary Derwent," "The Deluded," and other serials.
Later she was with George R. Graham and Edgar A. Poe on Graham Mao-a-
zine in Philadelphia, at the same time acting as co-editiresa with Charles" J.
Peterson, of Peteraon's Magazine. Mra. Stephens and Mr. Petereon have
been associated for over thirty yeara. Abont twenty yeara ago Mra. Stephens
published the original of "Fashion and Famine" in Peteraon's Magazine,
which was afterwards printed in book form, being the first book she ever pub
lished. Her published works now include about thii-ty novels, a "History of
the War" in two volumes, and two humorous works. The opening scenes of
"Bertha's Engagement" are laid here, and also the story of "Malvina Gray."
She is now a regular contributor to Peteraon's Magazine and other publica
tions. Her story of "Fashion and Famine" had a circulation of over 80,000
copies.
SQUIRE DAVID FRENCH,
The oldest son of Israel French, was a patriot of the Revolution, going to
Boston after the battle of Bunker Hill to assist in resisting the encroachments
, of despotism. He was trial justice of the north part of the town of Woodbrido-e
for many years, and tried more cases than any other justice in Woodbridge.
The late Judge David Dagget of New Haven said that he had pleaded a
great many cases before 'Squire David. He represented the town of Wood-
bridge in the General Assembly twenty successive semi-annual terms. He
. firat built his log-house in Nyiimphs, at a place which he afterwards gave to
his son Luther. He was for many yeara a deacon of the Firat Congi-egational
Church of Bethathy under the Rev. Samuel Hawley, but when Rev. Geoi-ge
Whitfield vi.sted this country he became a convert to his views of experimental
religion, and afterwards was a regular member of the new sect of Methodists,
which soon spread over the country like a great tidal wave. He was never
one of the enthusiastic kind, but earnest and strongly sincere. All his public
life he was much accustomed to public speaking, and used often in the General
Assembly to encounter the celebrated Pierpont Edwards. He. had a strong
: voice and expressed his opinions with energy and confidence. These opinions,
whether religious or political, were always such as to command respect. He
died Aug. 4th, 1821, aged 80 years.
LUGRAND SHARP,
Son of Thomas and Mary Sharp, was bom in Ridgefield, Ct., June 1st, 1797.
He was a great-grandson of Thomas Sharp of Newtown, who emigrated fiom
England to Stratford in 1700, and was one of the original thirty -six proprietors
and a surveyor of the the town of Newtown. Thomas Shai-p, 3rd, purchased
lands in Oxford, near Zoar Bridge in 1804 and settied there, but died in 1805,,
Lugrand being then but eight yeara of age. In 1821 he purchased the place
in Southford on which the Abbott mansion now stands. In 1823 he mairied
OliTe M., daugher of Ebenezer Booth, cabinet maker, who built the house,
dam and factory since owned by Rev. William Cutis, knife manufacturer.
He was an earnest and efficient laborer in the Methodist society foi-med at
Southford, of which Rev. Samuel Hickox of Seymonr wa~s the firat pastor.
' It was to a gi-eat extent due to his eftbrts that a union meeting-house was soon
built at Southford, and a class formed at Quaker Farms, of which he was the

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first leader. His house was always open to the hard-working itinerant
preachers of those days, and he continued to be one of the most active membera
of the Southford church until 1843, when he sold out and came to Humphreys
vUle, now Seymour. In 1849 he built the house on HiU street, which" he
afterwards occupied until his death. He was for several years superintendent
of the Sunday school, and aftei-wards an active member of it until witliin two
or three years of his death. He contiibuted liberally to such reUgious and
benevolent causes as received his approval, giving over $1,500 to the mission
ary cause during the last nine years of his life. He died May 1st, 1876, aged
78 yeara. His last years were literally and fully devoted to the service of
the Lord, and when, his last sickness came he felt that his work was done and
he waited in patience for the Master's call.
SAMUEL WIRE
Waa bom at Greenfield HiUs, Fairfield, Feb. 8th, 1789. He came to Hum
phreysvUle when thii-teen years of age to learn the clothing business under
General Humphreys. At the age of twenty-three he married the sister of the
late General Clark Wooster, who died after several years of happy 'married
life, without chUdren. - Mr. Wire soon afterwards commenced the manufacture
of satinet warps in the south part of Oxford, and married his second wife, who
was the daughter of David Candee. He represented the town at several
sessions of the General Assembly and held other important oflSces of trust,
being at one time the most influential politician in town. In 1847 he removed
to New Haven, where he was a constable for several yeara and then city
sheriff. He was one of the oldest Freenftasons in the State, and a member of
Franklin Chapter and Harmony Council. He was a man of genial disposi-,
tion, faithful and upright. He died May 3rd, 1874, aged 86 years. . .

IN MEMORIAM.

In the Rimmon burying-ground, on a bluff on the west side of the Nau
gatuck, are seven gravestones with the foUolving ioscriptions :
Susanna, wife of Lieut. Thomas Clark, died Apr. 1, 1768, aged 29 years.
Phoebe, wife of David Johnson, Aug. 6, 1777, in the 47th year of her age.
In memory of Joseph Riggs, son of Mr. Joseph and Misti-ess Anna Rigg^,
who departed this life March 22, 1794, in the 8th year of his ao-e.
Joseph Riggs died Mar. 19, 1791, in the 38th year of his age, who was a
pattern of industiy, a firiend to virtue, and a piUar of society.
In memory of David Johnson Riggs, son of Mr. Joseph and Mistiess Anna
' Riggs, who departed this life March 24th, 1794, in the 15th yeai- of his age. -
In memory of Mrs. Sarah, relict of Mi-. Benajah Johnson, who departed this
hfe May 7, 1773, aged 72 yeara. » f
Thomas Clark, died Oct. 11, 1797, aged 33 years. /
• DEATHS, ARKANGED ALPHABETICALLY.
Abram Bassett, Nov. 17th, 1853, aged 81 yeara.
Samuel Bassett, Sept. 28th, 1851, aged 67 years. ; .
Betsey, wife of David Beach, Oct. 9th, 1822, ag'ed 21 yeara
Mra. Beebe, Nov. 15th, 1822^ aged 70 yeara.
Mrs. Charies Benham, June 1st, 1822, aged 27 yeara
Dorcas Bradley, Dec. 3rd, 1814, aged 92 yeara.

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Betsey Broadwell, March 10th, 1821, aged 33 years.
Lems Broadwell, Sept. 6th, 1844, aged 53 years.
Huldah, wife of Stephen Booth, Feb. 2nd, 1848, aged 70 yeara.
Annie Case, Nov. 10th, 1821, aged 68 years. Residence, Skokorat.
Joel Chatfield, June 14th, 1836, aged 79 yeara.
Ruth, wife of Joel Chatfield, Nov. 2nd, 1831, aged 62 yeara 6 months
Sheldon Church, Nov. 8th, 1873, aged 76 years.
Laura, wife of Sheldon Church, Feb. 10th, 1871, aged 73 vears.
WUliam Clark, Oct. 24th, 1834, aged 70 yeara.
Miles Culver, July 28th, 1857.
Phebe Dayton, widow of Capt. Ebeu"^ Dayton, March 18th, 1827, aged 77 yra
John H. DeForest, Feb. 12th, 1839.
Capt. Amadeus Dibble, Sept. 25th, 1827, aged 65 yrs. Residence, Skokorat.
Mary, wife of Capt. Amadeus Dibble, March 7th, 1826, aged 29 yeara.
Raymond Dibble, Nov. 17th, 1826, aged 29 yeara.
Joseph Durand, Aug. 6th, 1792, aged 84 years.
Anna, wife of Joseph Dm-and, Feb. i4th, 1778, aged 64 years.
Samuel Durand, Feb. 18th, 1852, aged 68 years.
Nathaniel French, Nov. 13th, 1780, aged 64 yeara.
Samuel French, Feb. 2nd, 1883, aged 78 years.
Charles French, Esq., Nov. 9th, 1783, aged 79 years.
Enoch French, May 21st, 1824, aged 64 years.
Hannah, wife of David French, Esq., Aug. 19th, 1823, aged 19 yeara.
WUliam French, Oct. 16th, 1823, aged 37 yeara.
Nancy, wife of WUUam French, July 13th, 1823, aged 19 yeara.
WUliam Gerling, Nov. 25th, 1814, aged 60 years. From England.
Ezekiel GUbert, July 6th, 1848, aged 55 years.
Sarah Hurd, wife of Ezekiel Gilbert, Nov. 16th, 1870, aged 76 yeara.
Thomas GUyard, Nov. 12th, 1853, aged 67 yeara.
Annie GUyard, Jan. llth, 1821, aged 61. Born at Hightown, Yorkshire, Eng.
Mra. Jona. Harden, April 10th, 1822, aged 51 years. Residence, Skokorat.
MatUda Hatte, Nov., 1814, 15th daughter of Stephen Hatte.
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Hickox, Dec. 9th, 1841, aged 26 years.
Timothy Hitchcock, Aug. 5th, 1820, aged 72 years.
Capt. Daniel Holbrook, Dec. 28th, 1828, aged 59 years. Residence, Skokorat
¦ Lois, wife of Capt. Daniel Holbrook, March 10th, 1827, aged 63 years.
David Humphreys, 2nd, March 21st, 1814, aged 28 yeara.
David Humphreys, 3rd, Dec. 2nd, 1814, aged 3 years. - ^
George, son of WiUiam Humphreys, Esq., July 8th, 1828. ~"
Hon. John Humphreys, Jr., June 29th, 1826, aged 53 yeara.
Alexander Johnson, Sept., 1817, aged 87 years.
'Benajah Johnson, April 13th, 1763, aged 59 yeara. -
; Sarah, wife of Benajah Johnson, March 7th, 1773, aged 72 yeara.
Chauncey Johnson^ Dec. 26th, 1814, aged 37 yeara.
Ebenezer Johnson, Sept. 25th, 1792, aged 31 years.
Ebenezer Johnson, Feb. llth, 1830, aged 38 years.
;¦ . _ Eleanor Allen, wife of Ebenezer Johnson, July 3rd, 1870, aged 76 yeara.
EUjah Johnson, 1847, aged 75 years.
Hepsibah Johnson, April 13th, 1823, aged 43 years.
Hezekiah Johnson, Nov. 15th, 1826, aged 70 years.
Isaac Johnson, April 10th, 1813, aged 78 years. Residence, Skokorat.
Lois, wife of Isaac Johnson, Oct. 16th, 1814, aged 76 yeara.
Rev. Jesse Johnson, Oct. 21st, 1829, aged 56 years.

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Jesse Johnson, Jr., Feb. 9th, ISlilJ, aged 2.5 yeara.
Joseph Jolmson, June 26th, 1818, aged 59 years.
Stiles Johnson. Oct. 4th, 1818, aged 30 years. Residence, Skokorat.
Timothy Johnson, Jan. 21st, 1836, aged 70 yeara. Residence, Pinesbridge.
Zeviah Johnson, May 29th, 1816, aged 77 years.
Abraham Kenney, Oct. 29th, 1822, aged 30 yeara.
Isaac Kinney, Aug. 18th, 1875, aged 85 years and 6 months.
Anna Church, wife of Isaac Kiuney, Jan. 24th, 1868, aged 64 yeara.
Wife of William Kenney, Sr., March 9th, 1827, aged 70 yeara.
William Kinney, Jan. 7th, 1847, aged 87 yeara.
Elijah Kirtiand, May 25th, 1831, aged 31 yeara.
John Lane, July 6th, 1834, aged 26 years.
Jonathan Miles, Feb. 2oth, 1830, aged 85 yeara.
Mra. Jonathan Miles, Oct. 5th, 1822, aged 70 yeara.
TheophUus Miles, Nov. llth, 1822, aged 83 years.
Theophilus Miles, Jr., March 15th, 1840, aged 70 yeara.
Ebenezer Northrop, Jan. llth, 1835, aged 49 years.
Miss Lucy Norton, Dec. 31st, 1809, aged 30 yeara.
John Pitt, Nov. lltii, 1848, kiUed by the burating of a cannon.
Ebenezer Peck, Sept. 20th, 1813, aged 70 years.
Hiram Randall, Dec. 14th, 1833.
Betsey, wife of Moses Riggs, Sept. 12th, 1828, aged 40 yeara.
John Riggs, Nov. 14th, 1855, aged 84 years.
Mary, wife of John Riggs, Dec. 15th. 1827, aged 53 yeara.
David Sanford, March 7th, 1842.
Dr. Samuel Sanford, Jan. 25th, 1803, aged 38 yeara.
Jason Skeels, Nov. 1st, 1855, aged 40 yeara.
Col. Ira Smith, Nov. 19th, 1822, aged 44 yeara.
Jesse Smith, 1831, aged 65 years.
: Sarah, wife of Jesse Smith, Feb. 1820, aged 55 yeara.
James Spencer, May 30th, 1827, aged 30 years.
Capt. Bradford Steele, April 18th, 1804, aged 09 years.
Mary, wife of Capt. Bradford Steele, Oct. 16th, 1788, aged 57 yeara.
Deacon Bradford Steelej Dee. 23rd, 1841, aged 80 years. .
Norman Steele, July 9th, 1822, aged 40 years.
Abiram Stoddard, Nov. 23i-d, 1855, aged 79 years.
Eunice, -wife of Abu-am Stoddard, Aug. 23r(l, 1855, aged 69 yeara.
John StoiTS, March 18th, 1841, aged 42 yeara.
Mark Tomlinson, Oct. 2nd, 1822, aged 36 years.
Sheldon Tucker, Jan. 5th, 1843, aged 57 yeara.
Zephaniah Tucker, Sept. 18th, 1848, aged 89 yeara.
Smith Washburn, May 21st, 1823, aged 28 yeara.
John Todd Wheeler, (born May 4th, 1777), died Sept. 3rd, 1868, M. 91 yrs. 4m.
Sarah Clark Wheeler, Aug. 14th, 1823, aged 47 years.
Almira Chatfield Wlieeler, Dec. 12th, 1873, aged 82 yeara and 6 months.
Sally Wheeler, Aug. 14th, 1823, aged 47 yeara.
Simon Wheeler, Sept. 22nd, 1794, "aged 24 years.
Daniel White, May 6th, 1854, aged 76 years.
Isaac White, Feb. 6th, 1862, aged 72 years.
John White, Nov. 17th, 1830, aged 73 years.
Abigail, wife of Marchant Wooster, Dec. 18th, 1832, aged 78 yeara.
Grace, wife of Clark Wooster, Jan. 1st, 1826, aged 27 years.
Henry Wooster, May 30th, 1815, aged 79 yeara.

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Elizabeth, wife of Henry Wooster, Sept. 7th, ITbG, aged 44 vcars.
John Wooster, Aug. 2nd 1804, aged 84 years.
' Eunice, wife of John Wooster, Nov' 17th, 1799, aged 74 years
John Wooster, Oct 27th, 1823, iE. 00. Arrived fi-om England Sept 5th 1819

MORNmG STAR LODGE, No. 47, E; & A. M.
The time-honored order of Free Masonry is repre
sented in this town by a lodge which has reached the
venerable age of seventy-four years. Morning Star
Lodge was constituted under a charter from the 31. W.
Stephen Titus Hosmer, Esq., Grand Master of the
Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted
Masons for the State of Connecticut, bearing date, or
rather granted the 18th day of October, A.D. 1804. The petitionera to whom
the charter was granted were Adam Lum, Veren Dike, SUas Sperry, Geo. W.
" Thomas, Benjamin Candee, Lewis Wakelee, E. C. Candee, Joel Finch, Ar
nold Loveland, William Hurd, Wm. Bronson, Daniel Candee, Abel
Wheeler, Samuel Riggs, WiUiam Monis, Levi Candee, Nathan Davis,
Charles Monson, Jessie Scott and Moses Candee, "Brethren of the Honora
ble Society of Masons residing in the town of Oxford." ,
Abel Wheeler is named in the charter as first Master, Levi Candee as
Senior Warden and WUliam Morris as Junior Warden.
-:, In 1832, so much had the principles of the order been misrepresented.
that the following declaration was prepared by the Grand Lodge, signed by
membera of the order generally thi-oughout the State, and published, not only
in the Masonic proceedings, but in the newspapers of the day, and helped to
a great extent to allay the prejudices against the order. Appended is the
declaration and the names of signera who lived in this vicinitj'.
Whereas, charges have been made against the Institution of Freemasonry, accusing the
whole Fraternity^with having adopted and cherished principles dangerous to the community and re
pugnant to morality and religion; and from tbe silence of the members of our Institntion concerning
theae accuaations, many persons have supposed or may suppose that we admit the truth of these
charges, or that we cannot conscientiously deny them:
. We, the officers and members of the Grand Lodge of the State of Connectieut, and of the
subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction, have come to the conclusion that justice to ourselves and
. a decent regard for the opinions of our fellow-citizena, demand from us a-public avowal of the prin
ciples of the Order, and of the nature and tendency of the Institution. A declaration on this subject,
dated December 31st, 1831, having been made and published by our brethren of the Masonic Frater-
. nity iu the State of Massachusetts, to which we fully assent, as it is strictly true in all respects, we
, have adopted the same, and now beg leave to present it to the public.
WBB ®BQ&SmST'SQi^*
Whebeas, it has been frequently asserted and published to the world, that in the several de
grees of FEEEMASONKY, as they are conferred m the United States, the candidate, on his initia
tion and subsequent advancement, binds himself by oath, to sustain his Masonic brethren in acts
which are at variance with the fundamental principles of morality, and incompatible with his duty as
a good and faithful citizen. In justice, therefore, to themselves, and with a view to establish trcth
and expose IMPOSITION, the nndersigned, members of the Masonic Fraternity, and many of us the
recipients of every degree of Freemasonry known and acknowledged in this country, do most sol
emnly DENV the existence of any such obligation in the MASONIC INSTITUTION, as far as our

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SEYilOUR AND VICINITY.

knowledge respei;tively extends. And we do iilso solemnly avfr, that no person i» admitted to tbt;
Institution, without first being made acquainted with the nature of the obligations which he will be
required to incur and assume.
Freemasonry secures its members iu the freedom of thought and of speech, and permits each
and every one to act according to the dictates of his own conscience in matters of religion, and of
his personal preferences in matters of politics. It neither knows, nor does it assume to inflict npon
its erring members, however wide may be their aberations from duty, any penalties or punishments
other than Admonilio7i, Suspension and Expulsion.
The obligations of the lustitution require of its members a strict obedience to the laws of God
and man. So far from being bound by any engagements inconsistent with the happiness aud pros- .
perity of the nation, every citizen, who becomes a Mason, is doubly bound to be true to his God, his
. country, and his fellow-men. In the language of the "Aucient Constitutions" of the Order, which
are printed and open for public inspection, and which are used as text-books in all our Lodges, he is
"required to keep and obey the moral law, to be a quiet and peaceable citizen, true to his govern
ment and just to his country."
Masonry disdains tbe making of proselytes. She opens the portals of her asylum to those only
who seek admission, with the recommendation of a character unspotted by immorality and vice. She
simply requires of the candidate h'ls assent to one great fundamental religious truth, — the existekcb
AKO Provioeiice of GOD, and a practical acknowledgement of those infallible doctrines for the
government of life, which are written by the finger of God on the heart ef man.
Entertaining such sentiments, as Masons, as Citizens, as Christians, and as moral men, and
'deeply impressed with the conviction that the Masonic Institution has been, and may continue to
be, productive of great good to their fellow-men; and having "received the laws of the Society, and
its accumulated funds, in sacred trust for charitable purposes," the undersigned can neither renounce
, nor abandon it. ; '
We most cordially nnite with our brethren of Massachusetts, in the declaration and hope,
that, "should the people of this country become so infatuated as to deprive Masons of their civil
rights, iu violation of the written constitutions and the wholsome spirit of just laws and free govern
ment, a vast majority of the Fraternity will still remain firm, confiding in God and the rectitude of
their intentions for consolation under the trials to which they may be exposeil."

Newel Johnson,
John L. Daniels,
Ebenezer Fisher,
John S. Moshier,
Josiah Nettieton,
Henry Leforge,
David Sanford,
Hiram Upson,
Daniel Hitchcock,
Leman Chatfield,
Sheldon Canfield,
Henry Wooster,
Oliver H. Stoddard,
J. H. De Forest,
Chester Jones,
Isaac White,
Henry C. Atwood,
Seth Crosby,
Thomas Buxton,
Henry Buxton,
Garry Riggs,
Henry A. McGary,

Lyman Riggs,
Gad Hitchcock,
Smith Clark,
John Smith,
Sidney R. Wildman,
Charles Ransom,
Chauncey Haines,
Daniel Hyatt,
Samuel Riggs,
Chauncey M. Hatch,
John M. Hart,
David M. Clark,
Samuel Wire,
Minot Barnes,
Edward Booty,
Levi Candee,
Thomas A. Dutton,
Samuel Meigs,
James W. Hurd,
Daniel Smith,
Joseph Clark,

Seth Green,
Sheldon Beebe,
George Gunn,
Jacob Rockwell,
Thomas M. Hedden,
David Candee,
David McEwen,
Noah Stone,
Nathan B. Fairchild,
Isaiah Candee,
WiUis Smith,
Harry Osborn,
Ethel Blackman,
John Stoi-ra,
Roswell Cable,
Nathan J. Wilcoxon,
WUliam Morris,
Jesse Joy,
Alfired Harger, '
PhUo Wooster,
Ashbel Baldwin,

George B.

Piatt

Charles Morgan,
The Lodge met in Masonic Hall, Oxford, untU 1844, when owing to
decreased numbers from removals and other causes, the sessions were sus
pended. If was re-organized May 14th, 1851, with George B. Glendining as

SEYIMOUR AND VICINITY. 133
Master, David J. McEwen Senior Wardeu, and Alfred French Junior
Warden, and removed to Seymour. E. G. Storer was then Grand Secre
tary; Since this time the lodge has prospered and its total membership
from the date of the charter untU now, has been about three hundred and
seventy-five. MASTEES OF THE LODGE.

1804, Abel Wheeler.
,1805, Abel Wheeler.
1806, Abel Wheeler.
1807, Levi Candee.
1808, Abel Wheeler.
1809, WUliam Morris.
1810, David J. McEwen.
1811, WUliam Morris,
1812, Chauncey M.. Hatch.
1813, Levi Candee.
1814, David J. McEwen.
1815, Levi Candee.
1816, David J. McEwen.
1817, Chauncey M. Hatch.
1818, David J. McEwen.
1819, Merrit Bradley.
1820, Merrit Bradley.
1821, Merrit Bradley.
¦1822, Samuel Wire.
1823, Chauncey M. Hatch.
1824, David M. Clark.
il825, Cyrus Humphreys.
1826, Jesse Joy.
1827, Jesse Joy.
1828, John M. Hart.
1829, John M. Hart.
1830, Henry C. Atwood.
1831, Henry C. Atwood.
1832, Henry C. Atwood.
1833, John M. Hart.
1834, John M. Hart.
1835, John M.Hart.
1836, David M. Clark.
1837, David M. Clark.

1838,1839:1840;184i:1842:1843: 1851
1852:1853:1854: 1855:
1856: 1857:1858:1859:I860;
18611862:
1863: 1864:1865:1866:
1867 186S:1869:1870:18711872:
1873: 1874:1875:1876:
1877 1878:

William Hinman.
John M. Hart.
David M. Clark.
Garry Riggs.
John M. Hart.
Charles Ransom.
George B. Glendining.
David J. McEwen.
Harris B. Munson.
Joseph Chipman.
Joseph Chipman.
Stephen D. RusseU.
Ashbel Storrs.
Stephen D. RusselL
ElUiu D. Foote.
Israel French.
PhUo Buckingham.
George W. Divine,
Ashbel Storra.
Samuel P. Davis.
Samuel P. Davis.
Samuel P. Davis.
Samuel P. Davis.
Samuel P. Davis.
Stephen R. Rider.
Stephen R. Rider.
Stephen R. Rider.
Henry A. Rider.
WiUiam S. Cooper.
William S. Cooper.
WUliam K. Holmes,
WiUiam K. Holmes.
WUliam K. Hohnes.
WiUiam HaUigan,

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SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

MEOHAKIOS' LODGE, No. 73, I. O. O. P.

Institued May 27th, 1851.
chaetek membees.

W. W. White.

Horace A. Radford, Julius Bassett, John Scott,
Martin Kelly, John HUton, Charies Newton, John Davis,
Daniel J. Putman, H. P. Davis, John L. Hartson, J. A. Stevens,
W. J. Merrick.
Geo. E. Lester and Wm. A. Hughes were the firat candidates for initiation.

NOBLE GEANDS.

Julius Bassett,
Daniel J. Putman,
Martin Kelly,
W. J. Merrick,
John A. Hartson,
Harpin Davis,
W. W. White,
Wm. A. Hughes,
George E. Lester,
Hemy Bradley,
John Davis, 2nd,

R. W. Scott,
A. G. White,
David Tucker,
H. T. Booth,
Mitchell Vincent,
Charles Newton,
George Upson,
John Hilton,
H. A. Radford,
A. J. Beers.
W. E. Henthyx,

Peter Ward,
F. H. Beecher,
W. D. BisseU,
JohnW.Woodmfi;
W. S. Cooper,
John Wliiting,
Sylvester Smith,
W. D. Dibble,
Ed. D. Phelps,
James K. Adams,

Harvey Rugg,
E. C. Brown,
J. W. Smith,
Samuel Butler,
Robert Healy,
S. A. Beach,
James E. Buckley,
Charles Edwards,
W. H. WiUiams,
Charles P. White.

SECEETAEIES.

W. J. Merrick, H. T. Booth, M. K. Tucker,
H. Davis, George E. Lester, James K. Adams,
Wm. A. Hughes, Mitchell Vincent, W. S. Cooper, .
Geo. Leavenworth, A. G. WTiite, Peter Ward,
James Davis, Frank H. Beecher, J. E. Buckley,

E. C. Brown,
J. W. Smith,
M. H. Pope,
H. S. HaUigan,
F. A. Rugg.

HUMPHREY LODGE, No. 26, K. of P.
Instituted Feb. 8th, 1871.
chaetee members.

S. H. Canfield,
W. G. Mitchell,
George Rogers,
F. M. Lum,

C. W. James,
W.N. Storrs,'
S. C. Tucker,
Charles French,
M. R. Castie.

F. H. Beecher,
V. H. McEwen,
George Smith, .
D. C. Castle,

"WORTHY CHANCELLOES.
1871, First term, Samuel P. Davis, Second term.

1872,

1873,

1874,
1875,
1876,1877, 1878.
W. G. Mitchell,
^illiam N. Ston-s,
William H. Williams,
WiUiam H. WUliams,
Frank H. Beecher,
WiUiam H. WiUiams,
WUliam H. WUliams,
George A. Rogera,
William S. Cooper,
WUliam H. WUUams,
Charles Short,
Virgil H. McEwen,
Frank H. Beecher, ¦
WUliam H. WUliams,
Joseph H. Smith.
SEYMOUR AND VICINITY. 135

UPSON POST, No. 40, G. A. R.
Oeganized in 1873.
Wm. S. Cooper, post commander; Joseph Ineson, adj.
Re-oeganized Feb. 16th, 1876.
1876, Horatio S. Chamberlain, post commander; Woos-
'ter B. McEwen, adjutant.
1877, James E. Buckley, post commander; Edward
S. Downs, adjutant.
1878, Henry R. Chamberlain, post commander; James E. Buckley
adjutant.
PRIENDLY SONS OE ST. PATRICK.
This society is composed of members of Irish birth and their ,descend-
ants, without reference or regard to religion or poUtics. •
The society was organized at Stiapp's Hall, Nov. 2nd, 1872, by the follow
ing-named persons : WiUiam Hayes, Dennis O'CaUaghan, Matthias Bunyan,
Francis McMorrow, Charles McCaithy, Michael Regan, Patrick Mahoney,
Daniel Mahoney, William Mahoney, Jeremiah Driscol, John Coleman, John
Bradley, Timothy O'Brien, Peter SulUvan, Edward Strapp, WUliam Colbert.
. At the first meeting the following officers were elected: President,
WUliam Hayes ; vice-president, Peter Sullivan ; secretary, Matthias Bunyan ;
treasurer, Dennis O'CaUaghan ; marahal, Francis McMorrow ; standing com
mittee, Edward Strapp, WiUiam Colbert, William Mahoney, Charles McCarthy.
At the last last annual meeting held May 4th, 1878, the following
oiBcers were elected : President, Patrick Sheehan ; vice-president, Jeremiah
DriscoU ; tieasurer, Dennis O'CaUaghan ; secretary, WiUiam CKDonnell ; ,
marshal, Patrick Mahoney ; standing committee, Daniel McCarthy, Charies
McCarthy Patrick Mahoney, Patrick Crowley.

SEYMOUR BIBLE SOCIETY.
Joshua Kendall, president ; Rev. S. C. Leonard and Rev. J. Vinton,
^rice-presidents ; T. B. Minor, secretaiy ; H. A. Radford, treasurer ; L. A.
Camp, depository.

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SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

ELECTORS OE SEYMOUR, Nov. 5th, 1878.

Emery E. Adams,
James K. Adams,
Daniel Ag-new,
Rufus Alcott,
Jeremiah Andrews,
Denizen D. Andiews,
Richard Aspden,
Morris Atwood,
Heman R. Atwater,
Frank P. Aylesworth,
Gustavo A. Becker,
Alonzo Baldwin,
Edwin Baldwin,
Edward M. Bald\vin,
WUliam J. Ban-,
George H. Bartiett,
Charles H. Bassett,
Edward F. Bassett,
Elliot R. Bassett,
Frank G. Bassett,
Isaac Bassett,
John W. Bassett,
Noyes E. Bassett,
Samuel Bassett,
WUbur Bassett,
WUliam R. Bates,
Charles Bay,
Samuel A. Beach,
Sharon D. Beach,
Sharon Y. Beach,
Burr P. Beecher,
Frank H. Beecher,
Frederick Beecher,
Henry B. Beecher,
Philo Beecher,
VirgU M. Beecher,
Abel J. Beers,
Charles M. Beers,
Herachel G. Beera,
William Bell,
David Betts,
William Blake,
Winfield Blake,
George Blakesley,
Frederick Boeker,
Albert Booth,
John Bowen,

Lyman Botsford,
Lucius Botsford,
Smith Botsford,
Harvey L. Botsford,
Edwin Botsford,
Charles S. Botsford,
Henry Botsford,
Charles Bradley,
Edward B. Bradley,
Henry Bradley,
John H. Bradley,
Leonard Bradley,
Abraham H. Bristol,
Nicholas Brockway,
Nicholas Brockway, Jr.,
Edward C. Brown,
Valentin Buchele,
Edwin Buckingham,
Hem-y Buckingham,
Isaac Buckingham,
Virgil Buckingham,
WUlis Buckingham,
James E. Buckley,
Matthias Bunyan,
George W. Burroughs,
Nathan A. Brushell,
Samuel Butler,
Dennis Cahill,
Dennis Callahan,
Lewis A. Camp,
Samuel P. Camp,
DeForest Canfield,
Frank E. Canfield,
Samuel Canfield,
Samuel H. Canfield,
Carl Carlson,
Harvey Carpenter,
Heber P. Carpenter,
Jay Carpenter,
Smith T. Carpenter,
Nicholas Cass,
DeWitt C. Castle,
John H. Castle,
Martin R. Castie,
Thomas W. Chadwick,
Henry R. Chamberlain,
Horatio S. Chamberlain,

Hiram Chatfield,
Howard Chatfield,
Joel Chatfield,
Joel R. Chatfield,
Heman Childs,
Charles Church,
Noyes Church,
John Clancv,
Albert E. Clark,
Daniel W. Clark,
Andrew J. Clearwater,
William H. Cleary,
Frederick M. Clemons,
Lyman A. Clinton,
Thomas P. Cochran,
John A. Cochran,
WilUam Colbert,
James Condon,
James Condon, 2nd,
Patrick Condon,
WUliam Coney,
Michael Conroy,
Owen Conroy,
David R. Cook,
Timothy Cooper,
WiUiam S. Cooper,
Frank Couverette,
Ariin N. Crittenden,
Daniel Crowley,
Florence Crowley,
¦ Pata-ick Crowley,
Timothy Crowley,
William A. Crowther,
Dennis Crummy,
Stephen H. Culver,
S. Hart Culver,
Michael Cunningham,
Owen Cunningham,
John T. Curry,
John Daily,
John Davenport,
Burr S. Davis,
George S. Davis,
Hemy P. Davis,
Isaac H. Davis,
John Davis,
John Davis, 2nd,

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

1 orr

Leonard A. Davis,
Lewellyn Davis,
Marcus Davis,
Samuel P. Davis,
Zerah B. Davis,
Edmund Day,
Henry P. Day,
Austin G. Day,
Theodore L. Decker,
John W. DeForest,
Samuel R. Dean,
Alva G. DeWolf,
WiUiam W. Dibble,
George A. Divine,
George W. Divine,
George P. Doolittie,
Oliver Doolittle,
James Donahue,
Walter W. Dorman,
Henry Downs,
Isaac Downs,
WUUam A. Downs,
Jeremiah Driscol,
Albert B. Dunham,
Henry A. Dunham,
Daniel T. Dimham,
Joseph E. Dupee,
Jeremiah Durand,
Charles Edwards,
George S. Edwards,
Horatio N. Eggleston,
Adolph F. Eibel,
Frederick Emery,
Richard J. W. Emery,
David Evans, Jr.,
Jacob Faber,
Ebenezer Fairchild,
Ira G. Farrell,
Patrick FitzgibbonS,
Michael Fogarty,
Frank J. Ford,
John B.Ford,
Lyman H. Ford,
Philo James Ford,
Samuel C. Ford,
John T. Foraey,
George Fowler,
Thaddeas Fowler,
Raymond French,
Carlos French,
Adonijah French,
Charles H. French,
Hiram French,

John W. French,
Warren French,
Dwight Garrett,
George B. Garrett,
Lewis GaiTett,
Frank O. Gerard,
David Geary,
EU Gillett,
Lucius Gillett,
Thomas F. Gilyard,
WilUam F. Gilyard,
Stephen B. Gregory,
Charles H. Gmld,
Joseph Hagan,
Albion A. Hall,
WUUam P. Hall,
Harvey S. Halligan,
WUliam Halligan,
Alfi-ed E. Hanchett,
Charles Hanchett,
Charles F. Hard,
Cornelius Hai-d,
Frederick Hams,
Charles Hawkins,
Joseph Hawkins,
Samuel Hawkins,
WUliam Hayes,
Robert Healey,
Wilson E. Hendryx,
Samuel Hickox,
David R. HUl,
George H. HUl,
Charles N. Hinman,
Joseph Hitchcock,
Edward L. Hoadley,
Andrew Holbrook,
Charles F. Holbrook,
Horace Holbrook,
Nathan Holbrook,
PhUo Holbrook,
Thomas C. Holbrook,
WUliam Holbrook,
WiUis R. Holbrook,
John Holloway,
WUliam K. Holmes,
George H. Homan,
George W. Homan,
Charles D.Houghtaling,
Wm. N. Houghtaling,
Burton 0. Hotchkiss,
Harvey Hotchkiss,
Burr A. Howard,
James Howard,

Sidney A. Hubbell,
William Howes,
DeWItt C.Hull,
John C. Hull,
Charles R. Hurlburt,
Thomas E. Hurlburt,
Charles L. Hyde, ,
Henry J. lies,
JeiTed lies,
Joseph Ineson,
Cornelius W. James,
Thomas L. James,
George A. James,
David Johns,
Thomas Johns,
David Johnson,
John R. Johnson,
Sheldon C. Johnson,
Thomas James,
WUliam B. Johnson,
WiUiam C. Johnson,
John Kelleher,
Charles D. Kelsey,
F. Xavier Kempf,
Joshua KendaU,
Roswell N. Kinney,
Walter S. Kenney,
Henry Kershaw,
John King,
Frederick Kokenwrath,
Theodore S. Ladd,
Martin Laughlin,
George Leavenworth,
Geo. B. Leavenworth,
William Leahy,
George E. Lester,
Stephen C. Leonard,
Evans Llewellyn,
Evans A. Llewellyn,
Edmond Libby,
'Washington I. Lines,
Albert A. Lockwood,
Charles H. Lockwood,
Henry B. Lockwood,
Isaac Losee,
Isaac Losee, Jr.,
WUliam Losee,
Frederick G. Losee,
Albert W. Lounsbm-y,
John Lounsbnry,
Ernest Luedus,
James Lyon,
John Lyon,

:i3SPatrick Mahoney,
Eli Mallory,
Charles MauweUler,
Henry MauweiUer,
John R. Matthews,
Robert A. Matthews,
Robert McKay,
George C. Munger,
John McLane,
Charles McCarty,
Daniel McCarty,
John McCarty,
Hugh McCormick,
Virgil H. McEwen,
Michael McNurney,
John T. Miles,
Sheldon Miles,
John H. Miller,
Thomas B. Minor,
Howard F. Moshier,
William Molan,
James Morris,
John E. Morris,
WUliam Morris,
Harris B. Munson,
Harris B. Munson, Jr.
Dennis H. Munson,
Michael Nagle,
Julius H. Newton,
Michael Ney,
WUliam B. Nichols,
Henry D. Northrop,
John O'Brien,
WiUiam O'Donnel,
Frederick O'Meara,
Josiah A. O'Meara,
Charles J. Osborn,
Noah A. Osbom,
John Owens,
John F. Parker,
Briggs M. Parmelee,
Ira A. Parmelee,
Ira B. Parmelee,
Wallace A. Parmelee,
John J. Peck,
Frederick C. Peck,
Edward G. Peck,
Jesse D. Perkins,
Henry Perthes,
Charies H. Pickett,
Christian Pickhart,
Richard Pierson,
Matthew H. Pope,

SEYMOUl^ AND VICINITY.

Frederick Popp,
Jabez E. Pritchard,
Frederick W. Pultbrd,
Horace A. Radford,
Edward H. Randall,
Hiram W. RandiiU, '
Samuel H. Rankin,
Joseph Reigel,
Charles E. Reynolds,
William B. Reynolds,
Henry A. Rider,
Harpin Riggs,
John H. Riggs,
William J. Roberts,
George F. Robinson,
Harvey N. Rogera,
Isaac Rogers,
John W. Rogera,
Isaac Rood,
Henry Rose,
Samuel Roselle,
Frederick A. Rugg,
Harvey Rugg,
Frank H. RusseU,
Stephen D. Russell.
Patrick Ryan,
Thomas Ryan,
Thomas Ryan, 2nd,
William Ryan,
James Samuels,
Sheldon Sanford^
Henry C. Schneider,
John Schofield,
David Scranton,*
Thomas Sharpe,
WUliam C. Sharpe,
John Shay,
Michael Shay,
Patrick Sheehan,
Terrence Sheridan,
William B. Sherman,
Charles J. Short,
George A. Simpson,
Burton W. Smith,
Charles Smith,
Edwin Smith,
George Smith,
George A.. Smith,
George H. Smith,
George W. Smith,
James M. Smith,
John W. Smith,
Joseph H. Smith,

Matthew Smith,
Eobert N. Smith,
Samuel R. Smith,
Theodore L. Smith,
Traver Smith,
WUbur W. Smith,
William Smith,
William C. Smith,
Abel V. Somers,
Charles Spencer,
Charles E. Spencer,
James S. Spencer,
Willard James Spencer,
George C. SpeiTy,
Marcus Sperry,
'Nonnan Spen-y,
John Spiers,
Henrj- Spoonheimer,
Henry J. Spoonheimer,
John Spoonheimer,
Timothy Squires,
Frank E. Steele,
Jeremiah Stever,
Thomas Stoddard,
Arthur L. Stoi-ra,
Ashbel Stoi-ra,
(3harles W. Storra,
WUUam N. Ston-s,
Henry W. Stratton,
Ira A. Stuart,
Levi B. Stuart,
John Sullivan,
Peter Sullivan,
James Swan,
WiUiam B. Swan,
Daniel S. Swan,
Smith TerreU,
Theodore S. Terrell,
Benjamin B. Thayer,
Gotiib Theurer,
Daniel B. ToUes,
Edwin TomUnson,
James W. Tomlinson,
William R. Tomlinson,
William E. Treat,
Charles C. Trumpbour,
David Tucker,
Medad K. Tucker,
Sheldon C. Tucker,
Cornelius Tm-k,
Thomas Urel,
James H. Van Buren,
Joseph Vinton,

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

Peter Ward,
Egbert R. Wamer,
Charles F. Warren,
Wilford I. Warren,
George H. Washband,
Charles H. Weaver,
Lazarus G. Weaver,
Charles WeidUch,
WUliam J. Welch,
Charies S. WeUer,

. Andrew W. Weston,
Frederick Weston,
Wilson Weston,
Henrv Wheeler,
Charles P. White,
George B. White,
Nathan F. White,
Joseph Whitely,
Joseph J. Wilcoxson,
Frank G. Williams,
Total, 489.

139

Leroy Williamson,
Bennett Wooster,
Charles A. Wooster,
Nathan R. Wooster,
Eugene A. Wyant,
Frank H. Wyant,
Hem-y L. Wyant,
Leonard Wyant,
Wilson Wyant,
Samuel L. Bassett.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MERCHANTS.
Atwood & Betxs, dealers in Clothing^ Books and Stationery, No. 3 Davis'
Block.
B. F. Bassett, dealer in Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, and
General Furnishing Undertaker, Maple street, near Fh-st.
S. Y. Beach, dealer in Coal and Lumber, corner of Main and Maple streets.
Buee P. Beechee, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Main stieet.
Heney Beadley, dealer in MiUinery and Fancy Goods, HuU's Building.
S. W. Buckingham, dealer in Beef, Pork, Poultiy, &c.. No. 4 Davis' Block.
John A. Cochean, Agt., dealer in Groceries and Provisions, comer of HiU
and Pearl streets.
Heney A. Dunham, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Main sti-eet, near
- depot; ¦ '
Geo. S. Edwaeds, dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Hardware, Cutleiy,
&c., corner of Maple and Second streets.
James Howard, dealer in Meat, &c.. Main street, below Hill street.
McEWEN & Camp, dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, School Books, &c..
Maple street, near First.
J. N. Popp, Merchant Tailor, Third street.
M. M. Randall, dealer in Dry Goods and Groceries, comer of Main and
Broad streets.
JAS. L. Spencee, dealer in Beef, Pork, Lard, &c., Main st., south of depot.
C. W. Stoees, dealer in Dry Goods, Hardware, Newspapers, Magazines,
• &c., James' Building, next door to post-oflice.
David TUCKEE, dealer in Flour, Grain, Feed and Fertilizera, comer of Main
and Broad streets. -
WooSTEE, Dean & Buckingham, dealers in Dry_ Goods, Hardware,
; Lumber, Coal, etc., Brick Store, opposite the depot.
PHYSICIANS.
^ " *Membees of the CojSTJecticpt Medical Socibtt.
S. C. Johnson,* house comer of Church and West streets.
Joshua Kendall,* house comer of Church and West sti-eets.
F. W. PuLFORD, Homeopathic, house on Pearl street.
Thoslas Stoddaed,* house corner of Main and Pearl streets.
Egbeet R. Waenee, house comer of Maple and Second streets.
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARJES.
S. H. Canfield, James' Building, Main street.
Geoege Smith, No. 1 Davis Block. ^ ^

140 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
HOTELS.
WooSTEE House, A. B. Dunham, Proprietor, comer of Second and Ray
mond streets.
Seymouk House, Peck & Riggs, Proprietors, Broad street.
HuMPHBEY House, J. W. Meredith, Proprietor, First street.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES.
A. B. Dunham, comer of Second and Raymond streets.
John Holloway, Broad street, east of Congregational church.
H. A. RiDEE, Main sti-eet, near foot of HiU stieet.
' John Spiees, Derby Avenue, south of Congregational church.
¦ ^ MISCELLANEOUS.
F. P. Ayleswoeth, Plain and Ornamental Hak-work, Church stieet.
WiLBUE Bassett, Painter, Hill street, south of Pearl street.
IVlES. WiLBUE Bassett, Dressmaker, HUl street, south of Pearl stieet.
N. A. Beushell, Barber and Hair-dresser, Main street, near post-office.
Smith T. Caepentee, General Carting, Pearl stieet.
Mes. G. W. Divine, Dressmaker, house Maple street.
E. Faiechild, Carriage Making and Repairing, Maple street.
Mes. Geoege Fowlee, Dressmaker, residence on Firat avenue.
Philip Heil^ian, Boot and Shoemaker, No. 2 Davis' Block, room 4.
. W; I. Lines, Painter, Chestnut street.
Isaac Losee, Boot and Shoemaker, No. 1 French's Building.
Michael MgNueney, Blacksmi thing and Repairing, Maple stieet, near
' covered bridge.
Sheldon Miles, manufactm-er of Clock Cord, Banding, Fish Lines, &c.
John H. Millee, Shoemaker and dealer in Confectionery, Broad stieet.
William Moeeis, Harnessmaker, comer of Maple and First streets.
H. B. Munson, Attorney at Law, office James' BuUding.
Heney Schneidee, Barber and Hair-dresser, No. 5 Davis' Block.
A. H. Scranton, Newsdealer, No. 3 French's BuUding.
Thomas Shaepe, Carpenter and BuUder, corner of Hill street and Washing
ton Avenue.
W. C. Shaepe, Printer and Publisher, No. 2 Davis' Block, second floor.
B. W. SanTH, Insurance Agent and Notary PubUc, comer of Derby Avenue
and Grove streets.
James SivnTH, Machineiy and Repairing, Factory street, foot of Raymond st.
General Blacksmithing in shop attached to Machine Works.
G. C. Sperey, Painter, house MUl street.
Ashbel Stores, Carpenter and Builder, house North street.
L. B. Stuart, Jeweler, No. 3 French's Building.
B. B. Thayee, Trackman, residence Derby avenue.
W. H. Williams, Attorney at Law, office James' Building. ^

SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.

1-U

WOKKS OF

cr.A.Di-i:Eis s"WJL2sr,

SUCCESSOR TO

THE DOUGLASS MAMFACTURIKG GOMPAM,
(ESTAm-ISnKD IN 1356),
MAKOFACTCRER OP
AUGEES, AUGEE MTS, GIMLETS, HOLLOAV AUGEES,
EXPANDING BITS, PATENT AUGER HANDLES, BORING
MACHINES, CHISELS, GOUGES, DRAWING
KNIVES, SCREW-DRIVERS,
REAMERS, ETC.

H. B: BEECHER,
Successor to FEENCH, SWIFT &. CO.,
(ESTABLISHKP l.V 1847), 
MAKDFACTDREU OF
AUGERS, AUGER BITS, HOLLOW AUGERS, &c.

HUMPHREYSVILLE MANUFACTURING CO.
JIAS0FACTCRERS OP
AUGERS, AUGER BITS, &c
Geoege H. Robinson,
David 'E. Cook,

NOEMAN SPEEEY,
Maecus Sperey.

142 SEYMOUR AND VICINITY.
THE NEW HAVEN COPPER COMPANY.
Thomas James, President.
Franklin Farrell, Secretary and Treasurer.
Directors : Thomas James, Franklin FaiTell, E. C. Lewis, Thomas L. James
and Alton Farrell.

THE EOWLER NAIL COMPANY,
Carlos Feench, President. Lewis H. Bristol, Secretaiy.
MANUFACTirREKS OP
VULCAN HORSE-SHOE NAILS.

UNITED STATES PIN COMPANY,
Henry L. Hotchkiss, President. Lewis H. Bristol, Secretary.
Caelos Feench, Treasurer.

H. P. & E. DAY,
MAinjPACT0RER3 OP
RUBBER PEN-HOLDERS, PROPELLING PENCILS,
SURGICAL APPLIANCES, &c.

S. Y. BEACH,
JLANUPACTURER OP
PRINTING AND COLORED PAPERS.

CARLOS FRENCH,
MAKUFACTtTRER OP

W. W. SMITH,.
MANUFACTURER OF

RAYMOND FRENCH,
MANUPACTURER OP
PLAIN AND STEEL PLATED OX SHOES.

SEY^rOUK AND VICINITY. 143
AUSTIN G. DAY,
MAHUFACTCRER OF
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE.

GARRET & BEACH,
MANUFACTURES OP
GERMACJT GIMLET BITS, CAST STEEL RE AIMERS AND
SCREW DRIVER BITS.
Lewis L. Gaeeett. Sajviuel A. Beach.

THE SEYMOUR RECORD,
Published every Thnraday morning at
THE SEYMOUR PRINTING OFFICE,
No. 2 Davis' Block. W. C. Sharpe, Editor and Publisher.

INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.

When the war of the Revolution broke out, the Churchinen of Water
bury, of Connecticut, of New England were seen ranged upon the side of
the parent country, and against the rebel colonists. They were royalists, or
tories. They had reasons satisfactory to themselves for their opinions and
conduct. They wished the success of the British government because on that
success depended their hopes of worldly distinction and religious privilege.
On that they supposed that they must rely for the permanent ascendancy of
the Episcopal Church in America — ^its doctrines, its faith, and its worahip.
To England they were bound by the stiongest ties. From that countiy their
parish clergymen had from the first received a great part of their support.
They owed it a debt of gratitude, which if they could not repay, they were
unwiUing to forget. They had always been the weaker party, had been ridi-
iculed in their weakness, and sometimes voted out of their just rights. Their
feelings had not been conciliated, and they had come to hate the whigs heart
ily. They now hoped that their wrongs would be redressed. The Episcopal
clergy of Connecticut and of New England took the lead in opposition to the
war. They kept np a correspondence with the Society [for Propagating the
Gospel] at home, of which they were beneficiaries, in which they expressed
their views fi*eely of the merits of the controveray, and gave information of
the state of the country. The loyalty of their own church was a subject for
fi-equent comment and congratulation. Dr. Eichard Mansfield, of Derby,
wrote in December, 1775, that he had preache'd and taught quiet subjection
to the king and parent state, and that he was well assmred that the clergy
in general of the colony of Connecticut had done the same. Of the one
hundred and thirty families under his charge, one hundred and ten, he con
tinued, are firm and steadfast friends to govemment, and detest and abhor
the present unnatural rebellion, and all those measures which led to it. Fur
ther on, he remarked " that the worthy Mr. Scovill [of Waterbury], and the
venerable Mr. Beach [of Newtown] have had stUl better success, scarcely a
single pei-son being found of their congi-egations but what hath persevered
steadfastly in his duty and loyalty."— [History of Waterbury.
Among those who sympathized with and gave aid to the British forces were
Henry Wooster, who lived about a mUe below the Falls, a brother of John

Ui-, HISTORY OF SEYJIOUR.
and Thomas Wooster who Uved in what is now Oxford, aud David Woos
ter, Jun., who lived in Gunntown, in what is now Naugatuck, near his father,
David Wooster, Sen. Upon the bluff east of the Naugatuck, and about a
quarter of a mile below the Falls, stood, in 1780, a tavern kept by Turel
Whittemore— in fact it is stiU standing in tiie house now occupied by Martin
Castie, having been raised a story and enlarged. One Saturday evening in
March, 1780, there were gathered in the littie barroom, Henry Wooster, Jan.,
his cousin David W^ooster, Jun., from Gunntown ; Samuel Doolittie, living
not for distant but within the Umits of New Haven, and othe'ra of the neigh
borhood. Alexander Graham, having a commission from the British General
Howe, made his appearance and sought to raise a party among the tories pres
ent, for an expedition to Bethany to rob the house of Capt. Ebenezer Dayton,
previously a merchant of Brookhaven, L. I., who had brought his famUy and
goods from Long Island for safety. With him had come other patriots and "
left their valuables in the house taken by him, so that the tory consphators
expected to secure valuable booty by despoiling this refuge of the whigs dur
ing the absence of its defendera. A pai-ty was formed, consisting of Alexan
der Graham, David W^ooster, Hemy Wooster, Jun., Samuel Doolittle, and
three othera. The next Tuesday evening they proceeded to Dayton's honse
iu Bethany, he being in Boston. About midnight they burat into the house,
seized and bound Mrs. Dayton, ransacked the house, and canied off about
£450 in gold and silver, and other valuables, after destroying much property
wliich they coiUd not cany away. Hastening towards Nangatuck, they met
a young man named Chauncey Judd, and, lest he should expose them, they
compelled him to go with them. The robbers hid several days in the honse
of David Wooster, Sen., GunntOM'n. From there they went to the house of
John Wooster, known as "Capt. John," who kept a tavei-n in the southern
part of Oxford. The house stood just l3ack of where the house of David C.
Riggs now stands, and was pulled down but a few yeara since. This Capt.
Wooster was a great hunter, and had inclosed several hundred acres on the
hiUs in the rear of his honse, as a deer park, and the place is stUl known as
" The Park." After being warmed and fed, they went to a bam a little ways
south of the house belonging to Daniel Wooster, where they remained during
the night and the next day, and after several narrow escapes, made their way
to Derby, and, taking a boat, rowed down the river, closely pureued by
horaeinen on the shore. They arrived at the mouth of the river but just
ahead of their pursuera, and escaped across the sound to Brookhaven. A
purauing party crossed the sound at night and captured the robbers, except
one who escaped through a window into the woods. Chauncey Judd was
released and the stolen goods retaken. Graham was found to be a deserter
from the continental army, with a British commission in his pocket, and was
sent to Morristown, tried by court martial, condemned and executed. The
others were put on trial in the Superior Court at New Haven, with Da
vid Wooster, Sen., Noah Candee, Daniel Johnson, William Seeley, Francis

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. 1.^7
Noble, and Lemuel Wooding, Whitteraore's barkeeper. Two of the accused
Scott and Cady, were allowed to turn state's evidence. All the others were
found guUty. David Wooster, Henry Wooster, Jun., and Samuel Doolit
tie were each sentenced to a fine of £50, and unprisonment for four years in
the Newgate state prison. Noah Candee and David Wooster, Sen. were
fined each £500 and impiisoned nine mouths in Hartford jaU. Daniel John
son was fined £250 and imprisoned nine months. Francis Noble was fined
£50 and imprisoned one year. WUliam Seeley was fined £25 and impris
oned nine months. Lemuel Wooding was fined £25 and imprisoned six
months. In addition, Capt. Dayton recovered heavy damages in civU suits
against the different parties, amounting to several thousand pounds. Sir.
Judd also recovered £800 from the robbera and their accessories, for dam
ages to his son. This summary punishment was as discouraging to the
¦ tories of tiie vicinity as it was encouraging to the straggling patriots.

NAMES OF SOLDIEES IN ADDITION TO PEEYIOUS LISTS.
war op the revolution.
De. Jesse Baldwin, surgeon.
Abeaivi Bassett, son of Abraham Bassett.
Joseph Sanfoed. war of 1812.
David Sanfoed, son of Capt. Raymond Sanford.
Capt. Enos Lum, son of William Lum, of Great Hill.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Charles D. Houghtalling, enlisted from Greenfield, Mass., firat in
receiving ship Ohio, and trahsfen-ed to gunboat Azalea, as landsman. Dis
charged at navy yard, Philadelphia.
Theodoee S. Ladd, Company H, 15th Connecticut Volunteera. Mus
tered in from Naugatnck, July 25th, 1862. Discharged on account of disa
bility, August 10, 1863, at Hampton, Va. Re-enlisted September 3, 1867,
and served untU the close of the war.
Julius H. Newton, Company H, 20th Connecticut Volunteera. Mus
tered in from Bethany, August 15, 1802. Mustered out June 13, 1865, at
Washington, D. C.
Charles H. PicivETT, Company H, 15th Connecticnt Volunteei-s. Mus
tered in from Naugatnck, August 5th, 1862. Mustered out June 27th, 1865,
at Newhurn, N. C.
Gael Caelson, Company A, 3rd Vennont Volunteera, enrolled August
23rd, 1864. Discharged July llth, 1865, at Hall's Hill, Va.

NOTES FROM THE SCHOOL RECORDS.

GREAT HILL DISTRICT, No. 1.
The following particulara are from a book in the possession of Mr. Sam
uel P. Davis of Great Hill, consisting of the records of the 8th District of
the town of Derby, afterward the first district of the town of Seymour, from
1766 to 1810.
June 26, 1767, Henry Tomlinson elected district committee, Samuel
Basit, collector.
Dec. 8, 1769, at house of H. Tomlinson, B. Tomlinson, moderator. Voted
to hire a Master for the winter and that what overplus there might be should
be nsed to pay a Mistiess in the summer.
From the record of the meeting held Dec.- 12, 1770, at the school-house,
at 5 P. M., it appears that it was not the custom to hire the teacher for the
winter untU December. The meetings were usually held in the aftemoon.
Jan. 13, Jonathan Miles, moderator. A motion was made to divide the
school. The meeting adjoumed to the first Monday in March, at 4 p. M.,
at which adjourned meeting an adjournment was again made to March 23rd,
when it was voted " that those persons that send their children to Henry
Wooster's school shall have their proportion of the school money according to
their list."
At the meeting held Nov. 2, 1772, Benjamin Tomlinson, moderator, no ac
tion is recorded, except to instruct the committee to hire a teacher for the
winter, at his discretion.
The next meeting recorded was held Dec. ye 14th, 1774. Micah Pool was
chosen "one of the committee," and Samuel Russell, clerki  
It was voted that warnings of the next meeting be posted at the houses of
Joseph Canfield, George Beard and Capt. John Lum, six days before the
meeting. Nov. 13, 1775, B. Tomlinson, moderator; Christopher Smith was chosen
one of the committee.
Probably owing to the troublous times at the be^nning of the Revolution,
no meeting seems to have been held in 1776, but Nov. 27, 1777, B. Tomhn-
son was again moderator. An adjournment was taken from the schoolhouse to
the house of George Bard, Dec. 11, but no business transactions recorded.

]r,0 HISTORY OP SEYMOUE.
Sept. 2, 1778, voted to Lire a schoolmaster three montiis, " and pay the
master pr. tiie poll of the scholer after the publick money is gone."
June 12, 1780, Micah Pool, moderator ; adjourned to June 19th, and voted
to hire a mistress at six shillings pr. [torn off— probably week] " and to pay
schoolmistress pr. tiie pool of the schcdlera."
Oct. 10, 1780, at the house of James ManvU ; Mio^i Pool, moderator;
Henry, Tomlinson appointed collector.
Feb. 15, 1781, Joseph Tomlinson, moderator ; voted to hire a master until
April 1, and pay by " poll of the scholars." Daniel Tomlinson voted clerk.
Nov. 14, 1781, Philo Holbrook voted clerk. The next record is Nov. 23,
1784, when peace again prevaUed, and the school, which very likely had been
suspended by the necessities of the war for independence, was again awarded
the attention it deserved, by those lovers of home, church, school, and free
government. The meeting was held at the house of Geo. Bard ; Zachariah
FairchUd, moderator. It was " voted to build a schoolhouse on the highway
near Mr. John Hawley's." Building committee, Ebenezer Lues, Webb Tom
linson,  Hawkins, Jonathan Lum, Jr., and  Pool. " Voted Mr.
George Bard, Mr. Jonathan Lum, Jr., Mr.RusU Tomlinson, Committe."
Nov. 28, 1785, Webb Tomlinson, moderator ; voted a rate of six pence on
the pound be collected on the list of 1784 to finish the schoolhouse, John
Hawley, collector. Voted that the warnings for meetings be put up at the
schoolhouse and Geo. Bard's shop. Voted SamT Russel be one of the com
mittee in place of Jonathan Lum, Jr.
March 20, 1780, at the house of John Hawley ; Henry Tomlinson, modera
tor; John Hawley voted "committyman in room of Joseph Hawkins, also
Russell Tomlinson, Sam'l Russell and James Manville, Committee."
Nov. 22, 1787, Josiah Nettleton, moderator.
Dec. 20, 1788, Christopher Smith, moderator, rate laid of 3d. on tiie £,
list of 1788, Webb Tomlinson, collector. Samuel Russell, Russell Tomlin
son and James Manville, committee.
" Octobee the 25, A. D., 1790.
"At a la^vful meeting lawfully wamed and attended, voted Mr. Samuel
Russel moderator. 2nd voted Mr. Henry Tomlinson a school Committee in
the room of Mr. Samuel Russel. 3d voted Mr. Abel Holbrook clerk for
this eighth School district, it fourthly voted that tiie committee should hire
a school master for this school according to theii- discretion for the ensuing
year and pay the Master by the pool of the scholar."
Mar. 21, 1794, voted Natiianiel Holbrook, Russel Tomlinson and Jonathan
Lum, committee.
Nov. 9, 1795, voted Enos G. Nettieton, clerk ; E. Tomlinson, J. Lum, Jr.,
and James Bassett, committtee.
Nov. 6, 1796, J. Lum, Nathan Mansfield and N. Holbrook, committee;
Enos G. Nettleton, clerk.

HISTORY OF SEr.MOIHL ir,l
Nov. 27, 1797, voted E. G. Nettieton, J. Lum and N. Holbrook, commit
tee ; voted to hire a master four months " by the poll of the scholar."
Nov. 6, 1798, Amos Bassett, moderator ; Abram English, clerk • voted
that the eighth district be divided iuto two districts.
Oct. 11, 1799, J. Lum, moderator j Abram English clerk ; J. Lnm N.
HoUirook and Ephraim Wooster, committee ; voted to hire a master five
months. Dec. 3, 1800, Eleazer Lewis moderator; David Tomlinson clerk; A. Eng
lish, Moses Fenton, and Richard Holbrook, committee ; Nathaniel Holbrook
collector. Dec. 23, 1800, voted Reuben Lum and AVUson Hurd committee in addition
to above; and to hire another master and to " di\ide the money accordiu"- to
the poll of the scholara belonging to the first district."
March 14, 1801, voted to hire a teacher twelve months, the school to be kept
in the meetinghouse as long as the weather will permit, then to be contin
ued in the school-house.
Nov. 5, 1801, voted John Lum, Jr., Moses Fenton and Isaac Bassett, com
mittee ; David Tomlinson, clerk.
From the record of the meeting held Nov. 12, 1802, it was voted that " the
public money of the Great Hill School Society shall be applied to such
schools as the committee think proper,"and a provision was made that those who
were unable to pay the schooling of their children should not be' assessed there
for, thereby manifesting their beUef that it was for the public good that the
free education of the children of the poor should be provided for.
April 25, 1803, voted that a rate of six mills on the dollar be laid to repair
the school-house.
. Oct. 18, 1803, David Tomlinson, collector; J. Lnm, Richard Holbrook
and James Bassett, Committee. Voted to hire a teacher for five months.
"At a legal meeting of the First School District in Great Hill School So
ciety, holden at the school-house in said District, Monday, the 18th of March,
1805. First, voted Mr. AbnerTibbils, moderator ; 2nd, voted David Tomlinson,
.^ clerk ; 3rd, voted Mr. Johnathan Lum, Benjamin English and WUson Hurd
a school committee for the firat district ; 4th, voted Mr. Benjamin English a
collector of Miss Rebecca French's bill; 5th, voted Ephraim Wooster collec
tor for the year ensuing."
Nov. 4th, 1805, J. Lnm, moderator j David TomUnson, clerk; J. Lum,
A. English and Wilson, Hurd, committee. Doct. Lum to see to tiie school-
house, Nov. 19th, 1806, same clerk, and moderator elected ; Richard Holbrook
and Abin. English committee.
Nov. 30th, 1810, John Smith, moderator; D. Tomlinson, clerk; adj. to
W. A. Gillett's ; Jared Mansfield and John Smitii, committee; Capt. J.
Nettleton, collector. "Voted that wood pr. load should be 84 cts. and board
ing teacher 7 cts. per meal or 87*c. per week.

152 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
SHRUB OAK SCHOOL.
Conimittfle, Teaehera, Summer. Teachers, Winter.
1847-9, Lyman Botsford, Frederick Durand.
1850, Warren French, Frances Wooster.
1851, Hiram Upson,
1852-3, Charies Swift,January 4th, ia52, voted to unite with other dlstrlcta in forming a Union School
1854, Warren French,
1855, David Lonnsbury, Augusta Sanford, Leverett Mallory,
1856, " " Leverett Mallory.
1857, Chas. R. Huriburt,
1858, James E. Fisher,
1859, Charles Daniels,
1860-4, Stephen R. Rider,
1865, Amos G. White, 1866, B. W. Smith,
1867, Joseph J. Wilcoxon, 1868, Charies W. Storrs,
BELL SCHOOL, No. .5.
Teachers, Summer, Teachers, 'Winter.
1832, Mra. Travis, - . . Isaac Sperry.
1833, Miss Piatt, .... Ann Benham.
1834, Miss WUliams, . . John Northrop.
Hiss Williams kept a select school, 1835-7.
1835, James Green, . . . John Lindley.
1836, Miss Huntington, . . John Northrop.
1837, Miss WUliams, . . . John Lindley.
1838, Miss Benham, . . Wales Buckingham.
1839, Miss White, . . - Mrs. Wheeler.
CENTER DISTRICT, No. 6.
Committee. Teachers, Summer. Teachers, Winter.
1846, John Bodge. P. B. Buckingham.
1847, Ransom Tomlinson, P. B. Buckingham. P. B. Buckingham.
1848, Crownage Lounsbnry. P. B. Buckingham.
1849, Frederick Lord, Jane M. Wooster.
1850, Elijah Losee, Charles W. Sharpe.
1851, Nathan Tomlinson, Stephen S. Mallet.
..r,-^ . School Building moved north of the house of S. T. Beach.
18o2, Albert Allen.
1854, S. Y. Beach, Laura A. SpeiTy, E. M. Bradley.
1855, Thomas James, E. M. Bradley.
1856, " " School-house moved to its present location.
18o7, Peter Worth, Betsey Leek.
S' ^" . " M. A. Wilcox, E.L. Tuttle.
1800, Evan Llewellyn, Cornelia E. Sherwood, Cornelia E. Sherwood.
}^ah P1"'?,B^ Buckingham, " « Rhoda Kendall.
1862, David Betts, Jr., Rhoda Kendall, " "
1863, Ira E, Parmelee, " u u u
1864, Henry Kershaw, " «
1865, Mark Lonnsbury, " u
1866, " " (
1867, Christian Quering, Miss Coltingham.

GENEALOGIES

" The sacred tie of family, which reaching backward and forward, binds
the generations of men together, and draws out the plaintive music of our
being from the solemn alternation of cradle and grave — the black and white
keys of life's harpsichord ; the magical power of language, which puts spirit
in communion with spirit in distant periods and climes ; the great sympathies
of country, which lead the Greek of the present day to talk of 'the victories
we gained over the barbarians at Marathon'; the mystic tissue of race, woven
fer back in the dark chambera of the past, and which after the -vicissitudes
and migrations of centuries, wraps up great nations in its broad mantle ; those
significant expressions which carry volumes of meaning in a word — ^Forefather,
Parent, ChUd, Posterity, Native Land : these all teach us, not blindly to
worship, but duly to honor the past, to study the lessons of experience, to scan
the high counsels of man in his great associations, as those counsels have been
developed in constitutions, in laws, in maxims, in traditions, in great, un
doubted principles of right and wrong, which have been sanctioned by the
general consent of those who have gone before us ; thus tracing in human
institutions some faint reflection of that divine wisdom which fashioned tbe
leaf, that unfolded itself six weeks ago in the forest, on the pattern of
the leaf which was bathed in the dews of Paradise in the morning of crea
tion."— Hon. Edwaed Eveeett.
. Genealogical research is becoming more frequent and the data are more
highly valued with the lapse of yeara. The following collection is made up from
town records, family records, old manuscripts, colonial and town histories, and
the recollection of our older citizens. Where descendants of the old settlera
hare interested themselves to furnish additional particulara, or where the re
cords have been more full, the genealogies are more complete. The fol
lowing abbreviations are used; b. for bom; m. for married; d. for died.
D. E.— Derby Records ; •""* — volume of births, marriages and deaths. The
figures preceding names indicate the individuals descended from the same
ancestor, and are for convenience of reference. The figures on the right
indicate the generation, thus — John* indicates the fourth generation from the
first of the name given.

1.-34 HISTORY OF SKYMOUR.
FRENCH.
Feancis,! one of the first settiers of Derby, (see p. 41,) m. Lydia  -. Chil
dren: 'Lydia, b. Aug. 21, 1662, d. Sept. 7, 1664; * Elizabeth, b. June 20,
1064; 5 Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1606 ; ^Mary, h, Sept. 4, 1668, d. Oct. 20, 1077;
'Dorah, b. Sept. 20, 1070; ^Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1672; ^Susannah, b. June
6, 1675; 1 "Francis, b. Feb. 11, 1677 ; "(Name torn off the record), Nov.
1, 1679. Frances^ died Feb. 14, 1699.
»°Feancis,* m. Anna Bowera, Sept. 2, 1703. Children: ^sNathaniel,
d. Nov. 13, 1770, aged 64; i<Saniuel,d. Feb. 2, 1783, aged 78; i^Charles,
town clerk of Derby thirty -four years, d. Nov. 9, 1783, aged 79; ^ ^Israel.
* ^Iseael' was one of the first settlers of the north part of Derby, now
Seymour, Sarah Loveland, Sept. 11, 1739. Children : i ^David, b, 1741,
d. Aug. 4, 1821 ; i« Israel; isEnoch, the miller; 2 "Bowers; 2 1 Charles, b.
Dec. 19, 1765.
^'' David,* the oldest son of ' ^Israel, married Lois Lines of Bethany, He
firat lived on Nyumphs Hill, but after a while built in Bethany, then the north
part of Woodbridge, at the place now occupied by Justus Peck, His cliildren
were: ^^David, 2^Adonijah,2«Luther (of Beacon HUl), ^s^saph, ^sHarr}-,
2'Sarah, ^sHannah, ^^Doi-cas, '"Hepzibah, 'iLydia, '^Lois.
22DAVID'. Children: '* Stiles (of New Haven); 'eCharles; '^Hannali,
m. Sheldon Clark; ^sEmma, m. Joel White of Oxford; 'SEliza, m. John
Sanford, d. 1877 ; ^"Hanuah, ra.  Doolittie, Uved in Hamden.
2 'Adonijah' was a justice of the peace and several times one of the rep
resentatives of Woodbridge. Children: •'^^jonijah, * 'Miles, ?^Lois; <*Har-
riett, m. Jared K. Ford.
2iCHAELES,*b. in town of Derby, Dec. 19,1765; Anna Woodcock, b.
iu Milford, Aug. 20, 1763, m. Feb. 23, 1784;- Charles,* d. AprU 14, 1814;
Anna, d. Dec. 24, 1859. Children :
* "Sally, b. Nov. 14, 1784, m. Erastus Sperry, Dec. 20, 1803.
*iPolly, b. Oct. 26, 1786, d. Nov. 11, 1794.
"Wales, b. Oct. 12, 1788, m. Betsey Hitchcock, April, 1810, died in N.Y.
Mai-ch 5, 1814. ' His widow died in New Milford in 1820.
s 'Grant, b. Oct. 13, 1790, d, Sept. 29, 1794.
* "Raymond, b. July 29, 1792, d. Sept. 27, 1794.
5 -'Alfred, b. Aug. 22, 1794, m. Lydia Hotchkiss, d. June 23, 1859.
*6Graut, b. July 28, 1796.
"Polly,b. Aug.28, 1798, m. Joseph RusseU, Dec. 23, 1817, d. May 27, 18C5.
s'Susanb. July 28, 1800.
5 9Han-iett, b. March 20, 1803, d. INIay 5, 1804.
« "Raymond, b. Jan. 7, 1805, m. Olive Curtiss, Dec, 11, 1833.
siCharies, b. Oct. 1, 1807, m. JiUia Speny, Aug. 20. 1831.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. 155
7 "Nathan, m. Lucy Johnson, Sept, 2, 1773. Children : ' > Eunice, b. May
8, 1775 ; "Asa, b. March 26, 1777. 
^Raymond, son of Charles and Anna French, m. Olive Curtiss, Dec. 11.
18:53. Children : —
"Carlos, m. Julia H. Thompson of New Milford.
¦•?Ann, m. Coraelius W. James of Seymour.
¦^'Sarah, m. Judge W. B. Stoddard of New Haven.
'^Harriett, m. Samuel H. Canfield of Seymour.
1 9 Enoch* m. Comfort  , died Sept. 27, 1852. Children: "William,
b. Sept. 29, 1783, d. Oct. 16, 1823; T4]si-ancy, b. Dec. 22, 1785, m. WiUiam
Bassett, Jan. 29, 1811 ; ^ sBird, of Salisbury, b. Oct. 1, 1797, m. Eliza Tharp,
Aug. 2, 1822 ; ^sPamelia, b. Sept. 16, 1799, m. Isaac Bassett, Sept. 8, 1822 ;
"Enoch, b. Jan. 8, 1803, d. May 12, 1824; "Israel, b. Jan. 29, 1805, m.
Caroline ToUs, Feb. 8, 1829.

'"Waltee Feench mamed Laura Storrs, and came to Humphreysville
from Mansfield. He firat introduced the manufacture of augers in what is
now Seymour. Tlie firat were made in the old shop comer of Hill and Pearl
stieets, Mr. F. being associated ¦with Col. Ira Smith. Soon after, Mr. F. built
the house on West street fomierly occupied by John Washburn, and buUt a
shop a little east of the house now occupied by Warren French. He afterward
superintended the works of Gen. Clark Wooster, whose shop stood on the
river bank opposite where the works of James Swan now stands. His shop
was closed in 1844, and Walter French returned to Westville, to commence
the manufactm-e of augera there. Wales French bought the shop by the saw-
miU, and, with his brother Warren, earned on the business about two yeara,
when Wales sold out and removed to Westville. The children of Walter
French were: ^^wiujain^ sayvajTen, **Watson, ^^Wesley, *?Wales,
"'Washington; «8E]jza, m. Levi Gilbert of New Haven; ^^ Emily, m.
Henry McCoy of Branford; »"EmmeUne, m. Lemuel Bliss of Humphreys
ville. '2 William, m. MUenna Martin. Children: "^Isabel, m. S. C.Ford;
'''Samuel. "Wareen, b. Nov. 10, 1804, m. Lucinda Riggs, Nov. 21, 1823. Chil
dren: 9'Harpen R., 9*Hei-mau B., s^Laura M., 9«Walter J.
*' Wesley, m. 1st, Harriet, daughter of Rev. Samuel Hickox, 2d, Mary
Boughton.

15r, HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
BOOTH.
1, RiCHAKD Booth,' was bora in England in 1607, came to Stratford,
Conn, in 1640, m. Elizabeth Hawley. Children : 3, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12,
1641, m. John Minor ; 4, Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1643 ; 5, Ephraim, b. Aug, 1,
1648; 6, Ebenezer, b, Nov. 19, 1651 ; 7, John, b. Nov. 5, 1653; 8, Joseph,
b. March 8, 1656 ; 9, Bethia, b. Aug. 18, 1658; 10, Johannah, b. March
21, 1651.— [Stratford Records, vol. 1, p. 24.
- 6, Ebenezee,* in. Sarah Fairchild. Children : 12, Ebenezer, b. 1081,
d. 1729; 13, Benjamin; 14, Edward; 15, Deborah; 16, Elizabeth ; 17, Abi
gail. Ebenezer^ was made a freeman in Hartford court, May 13, 1765, from
Stratford. 12, Ebenezee,' m. Maria Clark, Sept. 8, 1709, settled in Newtown, d.
in 1729. ChUdren : 18, Ebenezer, b. 1710 ; 19, Deborah ; 20, Ann ; 21,
Maiy ; 22, Eunice ; 23, Abia ; 24, Abner.
18, Ebbnezee.* ChUdren : 25, Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1740, d. 1741 ; 26, Ebe
nezer, b. Aug. 27, 1743; 27, Elijah, b. Oct. 30, 1745; 28, Ashbel, b. Oct'.
19, 1747; 29, David, b. Oct. 4, 1749, d. 1753; 30, Nathan, b. July 19,
1751; 31, Amos, b. Aug. 17, 1752 ; 32, David, b. Oct. 8, 1754; 33, Amos,
b. Dec. 18, 1758; 34, Amy, b. March 8, 1760; 35, Mary, b. March 17, 1762.
26, Ebenezee,^ m. Olive Sanford, Nov. 20, 1766, Uved in Newtown,
and was by trade a cabinet maker, d. June 4, 1740. OUve, b. March 27,
1744, d. June 10, 1805. Children: 37, Amy, b. Wednesday, Aug, 12, 1767,
m  Sherman, d. April 29, 1798 ; 38, Joel b. Saturday, June 17, 1709, d.
Oct. 4,1794; 39, Olive, b. Thursday, Nov. 7, 1771, m.*"  Glover, d.
June 17, 1794; 41, Rachel, b. Sunday, Oct, 16, 1774, d. Jan. 31, 1777; 42,
Rachel, b. Oct, 6, 1777, m.  Glover, d. Feb. 23, 1801 ; 43, Ebenezer, b.
Sunday, Dec. 24, 1780, d. Oct, 17, 1836.
43, Ebenezee,^ m. Anna Han, Jan. 11, 1802.
Anna Han was the daughter of Michael Han, who emigrated from Germany in 1752. He worki-d
for Capt. Johnson of "Poverty" district, Newtown, several year.^, then removed to South Britain,
anil teuvled mill. He married Kuth Squire, sister of Solomon Squire, about 1760. He was one of
the first memliers of the South Britain Presbyterian church, having been one of the petitioners to
the General Assembly for the division of the Southbury church. (Hist. Woodbury, p. 232.) He
was early amon^ the defenders of his adopted country, having been at the battle of Crown Point,
N. Y.,May 10, 1775, under the command of Col. Seth Warren. He died June 19, 1816, and was buried
ill the Kraveyard in Pierce Hollow, about a mile north of South Britain. His children were Mary,
Benedict, iVlichael, Rnsanna, Ruth, Olive, Jacob, James, aud Anna who was born Sept. 1-2, 1779,
and died Nov. 18, 1867.
Children of Ebenezer* and Anna Booth :
44, Charies, b, October 21, 1802, m, Maria Booth, daughter of H, Treat
Booth of Woodbridge, who was the sou of Dr. Peter Booth of MUlord.
Charies died in Seymour, Dee. 12, 1848. Children : 45, Henry Treat, b. May
12, 1820, d. in Washington, D. C, Jan. 4, 1863 ; 46, George, 47, Louisa.
48, Olive Maria, b. July 31, 1804, m. Lugi-and. Sharpe, d. March, 8, 1864.
49, Rosette, b. July 3, 1807, m. Wilson E. Hendryx, m. Oct. 14, 1830.
Children : souarry E., si Andrew B,, ^ a James W., * 'WUbur A,
54, Mary Ann, b, Nov, 23, 1815, m, David Sackett.
55, Harry, b. Oct. 2, 1813, d. Oct. 2, 1825.

HISTORY OF SEVMOUR. I57
BALDWIN.
iHeneyi, and his wife AUce, of Dundi-idge, England, in his wUl dated
1599, mentions his sons ^Richard, 'Sylvester, •'John and ^Robert.
'Sylvestee* m. Jane WUlis in 1590, d. in 1638. Children : « John
'Henry, ^Richard, » William, 1 "Sylvester.
i»Sylvestee' m. Sarah -Bryftrn. He sailed for America on ship Martin,
and died on the passage in June, 1638. ChUdren : 1 » Sarah, baptised April
22,1621; i2]jichard, baptised in England, Aug. 25, 1622, d. in Milford,
July 23, 1665; "Mary, Feb. 19, 1625 ; > '•Martha, baptised April 20, 1628 ;
» 'Samuel, Jan. 1,1632, buried June 4,1632; »«Elizabeth, baptised Jan.
25,1633; bmied Jan. 31, 1633 ; "John, "Ruth.
"RiCHAED* was a leading man in Milford and one of the purchasera of
Paugassett from the Indians. (See page 42.)
, "Baen ABAS®, youngest son of i^Richard, was bora in 1665, d. 1741.
Children: ^oximothy; ^ixheophUus, b. 1699; sagyi^anus, b. 1706, m.
Mary, daughter of Francis French^
2 "Timothy*, son of Bamabas, b. 1695, d. 1766.
"Capt. Timothy', son of 2"Timothy«, b. Dec. 15, 1722, m. Sarah Beech
er, Jan. 15, 174|, who died in 1794, in her 74th year. Children : 24garah,
b. April 11, 1746, m. Simeon Wlieeler of Derby, Oct. 10, 1764; ^sTimothy,
b. 1749, m. 1st, Sarah, daughter of Murray Lester of Poughkeepsie, 2d,
Charity Somera, and left no children ; 2 6Thaddeus,b. June 22,1751; ^T^nne,
b. Feb. 24, 1757, m. Edmund Clark of Derby.
i'siSAAO', the miUer, son of "TheophUus*, b. April 18, 1740, m. Philene
Pardee of Derby, Dec. 24, 1766, livetl in Woodbridge, Bethlehem and Derby,
d. Jan, 4, 1799, PhUene d. July 1826. Children : 29Kachel, b. Sept. 30,
1767, d. 1786; '"Rachel, b. Sept. 30, 1769; 'i Isaac, b. Nov. 24, 1780,
m..Louina Rowe, removed to Litchfield ; ' 2 Elias, b. Jan. 16, 1773; "Elizer ;
'^Eunice; '*Louis, b. Nov.- 17, 1780; '^Eliphalet, b. 1785; "Lyman,
Aug. 1,1786.
'^Chaeles', son 22Sylvanus*, b. 1751.
»»Seymoue», son of Charies, b. 1807, m. Mary Candee of Oxford.
* "Charles C.», sou of '^Seymour*, b. 1834, residence Cleveland, Ohio,
attorney at law, secretary of the Westem Reserve and Northem Ohio Histor
ical Society, and author of the Genealogy of the Baldwin Family.
"Lyman', m. Nancy Candee, daughter of Moses Candee of Oxford.
CMldren: *iDr. Edwin C, of Baltimore ; ^^juiji^s, of Beach Pond, Pa.;
*'Alvin, **Amanda, m.  Cushman; ¦•^Mary, m.  Huntington;
"Emily M., m.  Olmstead, of Y'oungsville, Sullivan Co„ Ohio.
**Louis, m. 1st, Maria Somers. Ch.: * ' Aleta, b. 1808, m. Smitii Clark ;
m. 2nd, Lorinda, daughter of Jesse Baldwin. Ch.: ^^AU^ert L., m. DeUa
Youngs; * "George W., ^lAnn Maria, m. Edwin Hyde of New Haven;
"Mary, m. Thomas Cypher of New York ; ssEditha, m.  — Allen, of
New Haven; * "Charles.

15,^ HISTOliY OF SEYMOUR.
BEACH.
1 Samuel Beach, who came to New Haven ft-om Enghmd, married first.
Miss Sanford, second. Miss Potter.
^Benjajiin, only son of Samuel, m. Miss Blackley and had three sons,
of whom Benjamin, 2d, the first settled preacher ih what is now Seymour,
was one,
'Benjamin. Children : ^Giles, died in North Haven at the age of 82 ;
"Lydia ; «Titus, who built the first mill where Sharon Y. Beach's papermiU
now stands, d. in Clymer, Chatauqiie Co., N. Y. ; . 'Mercy ; » Joel ; ^David,
d. iu Oxford; ^ "Simeon; Benjamin, 2d, died in Comv/all at the age of 79
years. < Giles, m. Mary Dayton. ChUdren: "Body, b. April 1, 1790, ra.
Samuel Hemingway of Montowese; i^ Joseph B., m. Julia Cui-tiss ; I'Ben-
jamiuH, ; Abram, m, Rhoda Dorothy, lived in Fair Haven; i*Ancy, b,
"June 1, 1805, m. George Minor of Montowese; '"Sharon Y, Beach, b. May
21, 1809.
i*Shaeon Y. Beach", has been engaged in the manufacture of paper in
this place for nearly forty yeara, (see page 120,) and has been a zealous advo
cate of the temperance reform. Duriug the existence of the Baptist church
of Seymour, he was one of its most eflicient supporters. He was one of the
firat in Seymour to move in calling public meetings in aid and support of the
govemment at the breaking out of the rebelUon, conti-ibuting liberally of his
time and means, and when Company H. of the 20th C. V. was being organ
ized he offered an additional bounty of $10 for each man who should enlist
in the quota of Seymour, and when the company was completed he went to the
camp and gave the sum promised to each man from Seymour, to the amount
of $270. He was one of the selectmen of the town in 1852 and 1870, justice
of the peace a number of years, one of the school visitors of Seymour five
years, and a member of the Board of Education most of the time since the
consolidation of the districts in 1868. He married Adaline Sperry, Oct. 4,
1832, Children :
i« Geoege W, Beach, bom in 1833, In 1850 he entered service of the
Naugatuck BlaUroad Company as clerk at Seymour, and also filling any place
upon the road as caUed upon. This position he filled with success, familiarizing
himself with the details of the business and the methods of railroad work.
In 1851 he was placed in the oflBce at Waterbury as second clerk, but was fre
quently sent to various stations on the road, thus becoming acquainted all
along the line. In 1855 he was appoiuted agent at Naugatuck, and iu 1857
he was caUed upon to act as conductor of a passenger train, taking charge of
the general ticket agency. In 1861 he became agent at Waterbury, and in
1868 succeeded Charles Waterbury as superintendent of the road, which office
he has since held, and in v.'hich he has become generally aud favorably
known throughout the Naugatuck valley. He is a deacon of the First

HISTORY OP SEYMOUR. l.Vj
Congregational church in Waterbury, superintendent of its Sunday school
and was one of the delegates to the convention in New York which organized
the Christian Commission for the relief of soldiers during the War of the Re
bellion. He represented Waterbury in the legislature in 1870 and 1871.
i'Andeew Y. Beach, for some yeara general ticket agent of the Nau
gatuck Railroad, and now general freight agent of the Consolidated Railroad
at Springfield, Mass. ; m. Mary Woodford.
IB Emeline E.
»9Shaeon D. Beach, paper manufacturer, Seymour, m. Elizabeth, daugh
ter of Stiephen R. Rider.
^"Theodore B, Beach, ticket agent of the Naugatuck Railroad at Waterbury.
RiCHAED Beach^ was one of the early settlers of New Haven, and mar-
the widow of Andrew Hull about 1640. ChUdren: Marj', b. June, 1642 j
Benjamin, b. Oct. 1644 ; Azariah, b. July, 1646 ; Mercy, 1648.
AZAEIAH,* settied in KUUngworth. ChUdren : Richard, b. Oct. 19, 1677;
'Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1679; Benjamin, b. Jan. 14, 1682.
Benjamin,' m, Dinah Birdsey of Stratford. Children : Joseph, b. Oct.
24, 1710; Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1712.
Joseph,* m. Experience  , lived in Durham and Tonington.
ChUdren: Miriam, b. Dec. 5, 1734; Hannah, b. May 17, 1736; Phebe,
b. April 4, 1738 ; Benjamin, b. March 25, 1740 ; Experience, b. Sept. 10,
1744; Dinah, b. Nov. 2, 1751 ; Joseph, b. July 26, 1753.
Jesse BEAcrf, Esq., of Derby, m. Sally Wheeler, July 30, 1792.
Children; Lucy Mariah, b. Feb. 23, 1794,- Sally Keziah, b. Sept. 9, 1796.
(D. E.*""*, p. 210.) Jesse Beach was chosen moderator of the town meeting.
Dee. 11, 1809.
DURAND.
Three Huguenot brothers came over from France and settled — one in Mil
ford, one in Derby, and one in Oxford. . i' . - , ¦ " . * ,
2, Joseph,* of Derby, d. Aug. 6, 1792, aged 81. Anna, wife of Joseph,
d. Feb, 14, 1788, aged 64,
4, Nehemiah,^ son of John, of Oxford, b. Dec. 8, 1753, d. Aug. 10, 1824 ;
m, Euth Jones, b, Dec. 9, 1758, d. JMay 25, 1816. < hUdren :
6, Hannah, b. May 12, 1789, d.Nov. 18, 1818. , 7^ ' .
, .. / 7, Polly, b. 1791, m. Isaac Kmney, d. Sept. 23, 1827.
^ 8, John, b. 1798, d. Oct. 3, 1819.
10, Jeremiah, b. March 22, 1800.
10, jEEEjynAH,'. m. Betsey Maria Kenney, Dec. 25, 1827. ChUdren :
11, Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1828, m. Edwin A. Lum, of Waterburj-.
12, Maria A,, b. Feb. 22, 1831, d. Aug. 29, 1848.
13, Charies William, b. Oct 2, 1834, m. Maria HiU Of Oberiin, Ohio.
Mercy, daughter of Noah and Damaris Durand, d. May 8, 1748.— D. R.,
vol. 6, p. 2, ¦

100 HISTORY OF Sl'llkl'MOUR.
HOLBROOK.
John,! m^ Abigail.
JoHN.^ m.  Nichols, daughter of Rev. Mr. Nichols of Newtown. Chil
dren : "Philo, 6Abel, 'Richard, ^Nathaniel, ^Austin. They were all in the
Revolutionary war. Philo was at Danhury when General Wooster was
kUled. Nathaniel served through the whole of the war, and was present at
the surrender of General Burgoyne. He brought home a musket, through the
breech of which a ball from a " King's arm " passed at Saratoga, as he raised
it to his shoulder to take aim. He had sons named ^ "Daniel*, ^iCyrus*.
John* had a negi'O slave named Titus, who wished to go and fight for, the in
dependence of the colonies, but as the sons were all gone, John told him that if
he would stay and help him till the war was over he would then give him his
freedom and a tract of land. He did so, and the road which passed the land
which was given to him is still known as Titiis' lane.
"Philo' m. Eleanor Wooster, daughter of Squire John Wooster. Chil
dren: i^Abijah, '"Sarah, '^Eunice, "Sabra, m. Ist, Ebenezer Riggs, 2d,
Cnrtiss Lindley.
1* Abijah,* m. Sarah Webster. ChUdren : i^Thoinas W. and i^Sarah,
'Richard,' m. 1st, Mrs. Sarah Lum, Sept. 13, 1797, d. Soy. 21, 1798,
2d, Gracey Hawkins, Oct. 6,' 1799. ChUdren : ^"Daniel Lum, b. Nov. 21,
1798; 2 6 Sarah, b. July 31, 1800; ^Tphiio, b. March 12, 1802; ^sAustui,
Jan. 21, 1804 ; « sRichard,' Nov. 19, 1805. D. R.^""* p. 230.
'*Capt. John Holbeook died Jan. 28, 1801, aged 74. Esther, his
wife, died Feb. 5, 1795, aged 63.
'"John Holbeook, Je., m. Huldah Fox, July 7, 1774. Huldah died
April 1, 1796. ChUdren : ' "Hannah, b. Jan. 6, 1775 ; "John, b. April 29,
1777; '^Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1780 ; '» David, Dec. 27, 1782; ""Nabby,
b. Jan, 24, 1785 ; "Sally, b, June 9, 1787, d. May 27, 1788, D. R.^* p. 230.
«Capt Abel,' m, Hannah Clark, of Oxford. Children: * 2 Thomas C;
¦•'Patty, m, Joseph Piatt of Southbury ; **Sir William, *"Hannah, *"Abel,
* 'Esther, **Abel* m. Olive Pierce of Southbury. ChUdren : «82fathan, m. Ellen,
daughter of William R. Tomlinson ; * ^ Esther, m. Lawrence MitcheU of New
town. ="Capt. Philo Holbeook", who died Nov. 17, 1878, was for some years
in command of a vessel saUihg between New Haven and the West Indies.
He became a member of Momiog Star Lodge, F. and A. M., Oct. 10, 1826,
was one of the original stockholdera of the Seymour Savings Bank in 1852,
justice of the peace from 1852 to 1858, one of the selectmen of the town of
Seymour in 1855 and in 1865, and represented the town in the legislature iu
1869. He was held in high respect by his fellow townsmen, who had so often
called upon him to fill offices of trust and honor.
" 2 Thomas C", m. Maria Benham. ChUdren: ""William E., "JCharles
F., "2NoyesB. '

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. jOi
eiCoL, Daniel Holbeook*, son of eoDanieP, m.  Hitchcock
built place now occupied by Joel Chatfield for his oldest son. Children •
62Daniel, 6'David, ""Josiah, ssAbel.
620APT. Daniel', m. ElizabethM. Riggs. ChUdren : ""Daniel, "'Hanr
«8Samuel. ^ , ^ j,
' ""Daniel", m. Harriett, (b. 1798), daughter of Moses Riggs. Served in
the company of Capt. Abraham Hubbard, Conn. Militia, in the war of 1812.
ChUdren :
"» Willis, b. Aug. 19, 1818, m. M. Maria Smith.
'"Horace, b. Jan. 18, 1821, m. Mary A., daughter of Styles Tucker.
'^David, b. June 24, 1826, m. Cynthia Smith.
S '^Eliza, b. May 16, 1829, m. Clement A. Sargent.
"'Haeey, son of Capti Daniel', m. Nancy Davis. Children : ' 'Nancy M,,
'"Mary.

WHEELER.
'James Wheelee, ra. Sarah Johnson, May 19th, 1736. Children : —
'Sarah, b, Dec, 27, 1737, d. March 31, 1764; 'Samuel, b. Sept. 24, 1739;
"Simeon, b. Apr. 15, 1741 ; "Ruth, May 20, 1743, d. Sept. 1, 1764 ; "James,
b. Apr, 6, 1745 ; 'a daughter b. March 1, 1747, d. in infancy ; 'Joseph, b.
May 14, 1748; ^Moses, b. July 28, 1750 ; «'Anna,b. Ang.10,1752; "David,
b. May 14, 1754; "John, b. June 2, 1756; "Elijah, b. Dec. 22, 1758;
'"Hannah, b. May 25, 1761 ; '"Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1764. 'James, Sen., d. in
May, 1768, aged 52 yeara. Sarah, his wife, d. in Sept., 1812, aged 92 yeara.
Mrs, Lois Wheeler, the mother of James Wlieeler, died Sept, 11, 1767, aged
87 yeara,
'*John Wheelee, m. Sybil Todd. ChUd :— '"John Todd, b. in 1777.
'"John Todd Wheelee, m. Sally Clark, who died in 1824, leaving
an only child, "John Clark Wheeler.
"John C. Wheelee, m. Charlotte Chatfield, who died in 1831. ChU
dren : "Henry, isFrances, *»John, *'Sarah.
Children of ^^John C. and Charlotte Wheeler.
"Heney, m. Nancy Hotchkiss. ChUdren : — ^**Charlotte, ^'Frances, *"Mary,
^Henry, ^"Elizabeth, d. aged two and a half yeara ; *'John, d, aged eight
yeara. ''Frances, m. O. 0. Putiiara. ChUdren : ^mox&, ^'Linda, '"Frank.

102 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
*»JOHN, m. Alice Stanbury of N. Y. Children :—" Josephine, =*Alice,
"Elizabeth, '"Marie.
*'Saeah, m. Charles E. Converse. Children: — "Charles, '"Almira,
"Alfred. Children' of ^"Henry and Nancy Wheeler.
**Chaelottb, m. Charles L. Lockwood. ChUdren : — ^"Fanny, '^Louise,
""Bessie, "'Mamie, "*Flora.
"Feances, m. George W. Ely. ChUdren :— "SHenry, ""Leonard, "= Agnes.
**Maey, m. WUliam E. Lowe. Children :— ""Gerald, "'Henry, "'Charlotte.
*®Heney, unmarried. Children of ^^Frances and 0. 0. Putnam.
*«Fl0EA, m. V. S. Woodruff. ChUd :— "^Frances.
»LiNDA, m. V. S. Woodmff.
'"FeANK, died aged nine yeara.
Children of ^John and Alice Wlieeler.
"Josephine, d. in 1853, aged 2 yeara and 3 months.
'*Alioe, m. O. M. Bogart, Jr. ChUd : — ^* Alice.
"Elizabeth, unmarried.
'?Maeeb, d. in 1876, aged 12 yeara.
Children of '^Sarah and Charles E. Converse.
"Chaeles, m. Addie Shultz. Child : — "'Sally.
'"AlmieA, m. George Claflin. ChUd: — " 2 John.
"Alfked, unmarried.
John Todd Wheelee, who died in 1868, aged 91, was an old resident
of the town of Seymour, and was born in the northem part of the old town of
Derby, then caUed Nyumphs, now Beacon Falls. His father, John Wheeler,
removing to the then great west, left him then a babe with his grand-parents
Todd, who lived at Derby Landing, who brought him up nntU their death,
which left him to be hired out until he was of age. At twenty he purchased
his time and married Sally Clark of Woodbridge and settied in Humphreys
vUle, now the town of Seymour, following the vocation of a merchant until
within a few years of his death, being one of the town's most energetic and
best citizens. His only child, a son, John C. Wheelee, at an early age
entered into business with him, was a merchant and manufacturer of augers
and paper for many years, until he removed to the city of New York, where
he now Uves, aged 82. He had six chUdren by Charlotte Chatfield, his wife,
four of whom are stUl living ; the eldest, Henry, now a resident of Seymour,
and John, Francis and Sarah all Uving in the city of New York.
John Wheelee, youngest son of John Todd Wheeler, born in Hum
phreysvUle in 1823, removed to New York in 1843, early in life took much inter
est in public affaira as a democrat, in 1852, at the age of 27, was elected to

HON. JOHN WHEELER.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUK. ^a;
Congress from New York City, and took an active part iu the exciting times upon
the question of the Repeal of the "Missouri Compromise," otherwise called the
"Kansas and Nebraska bill," in the 33d Congress, Upon its being made a
party question, admitting slavery north of Missouri, he, with a few other
democrats, took bold and open ground against it, and was the only member
from the city of New York (of six democrats) who voted against the bUl.
He was re-elected to the 34th Congress — was renominated by the democracy
in 1856 for the 35th Congress, but declined ; was a war democrat when
it required nerve so to be, was a strong opponent of the Tweed Riu"-
going ont of Tammany Hall and joining with the honest portion of the
democracy and other citizens for their overthrow. He was one of the most
active of the famous Committee of Seventy which overthrew that infamous
ring, was one of the leadera in the movement which elected William
H. Havemeyer mayor, and one of the men who obtained from the Leg
islature at Albany the Charter of 1873. On the passage of that Charter,
Mayor Havemeyer appointed hiin President of the Department of Taxes
and Assessments, one of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and
a Commissioner of Accounts, which positions he has held from May, 1873,
for over six yeara, doing his utmost for a reduction of the expenses and taxes
of the city. He was prominently named among the candidates by the
regular democracy and independent citizens in 1878, for Mayor, but decUned
to enter the contest.
The following extiact from the N. Y. Tribune of May 19th, 1879, wUI
show the estimation in which Mr. W. is held in New York. Referring to
his appointment by the General Assembly of the State of New York as a
member of the Commission to Revise the Tax Laws, the Tribune said : —
"Mr. Wheeler is well and most favorably known for his administration of
the Tax Office, and it is to him that the people of this city wiU chiefly look
perhaps for such a reasonable and prudent re-adjustment of the tax system as
wUl divide the burden fairly among all classes of property."
Mr. Wheeler is a modest, unassuming man, an Episcopalian, having been
Vestryman and Senior Warden of the Anthon Memorial Church for Tuany
years, and Superintendent of the Sunday School of said church for twelve
yeara. "Simeon Wheelee, m. Sarah, daughter of Capt. Timothy Baldwin.
Children:— "SRuth, b. Sept. 17, 1765, m. Dea. Bradford Steele, d. Feb. 20,
1856 ; ""Nathan, m. Experience Washbum ; ""Timothy, ""Sarah, m. EU San
ford, d. May 23, 1820, aged 80; "'David, d. Dec. 21, 1829, aged 53, un
married. 'Joseph Wheelee, m. Lucy  . Children : — ^"*Sally, b. Oct. 2,
1774, m. Jesse Beach July 30, 1792; "'WUliam, b. Apr. 3, 1779; ""Nancy,
b. Mar. 1, 1782 ; "iWhittelsey, b. Sept. 19, 1784 ; «* Joseph, b. Aug. 11,
1787 ; "'Polly, b. May 19, 1791.— (D. R.,*""* p. 212.

164 HISTORi' OF SEYMOUR.
UPSON.
'Thomas Upson was a resident of Hartford in 1638, and afterward an
original settier and proprietor of Fai-mington. He married Elizabeth Fuller
in 1646 and died July 20, 1655. ChUdren :— *Thomas, 'Stephen, "Mary,
"Hannah, "Elizabeth.
'Stephen,* of Waterbury, in. Mary Lee, Dec. 29, 1682, and died in 1735,
aged 85. Children :— 'Mary, "Stephen, 'Elizabeth, '"Thomas, b. Mar. 1, 169^,
"Hannah, '*Tabitha, "John, '"Thankful.
'"Thomas,^ of Wolcott, m. Rachel Judd, -May 28,1749. ChUdren:—
i"Thomas, '"Mary, "John, '"Josiah, "Asa, *"Timothy, *'Amos, **Samuel, b.
Mar. 8, 1737, *'Freeman.
Capt. **Samuel," of Wolcott, m. Ruth Cowles, Apr. 5, 1759, d. Feb. 25,
1816, aged 79. ChUdren :-^Mary, *" Archibald, *"Isaac, *'Obed, b. Jan. 2,
1767 ; *»Harvey, *'Samuel, '"Ruth, "Jerasha, '*Manly, "Betsey.
2'Obed," b. in Wolcott, m. Sybil Howe and lived in Waterbury.
Children:— '"Laura, »"Hu-am, '"Maria, "Lena, 'SGany, "Lutiier, ""Isabel,
"'Eunice, * 2 Caroline, "'Charlotte.
'"Hieam", m. Sarah Harrison. Children :
* "Harriett, m. Harpin Riggs of Seymour.
""Charles N., of Waterbury, m. Juliette Warner.
""William A,, Uves in Kensington, m. Sarah Terrill.
"'Martha Maria, m. James Smith of Derby.
""Hiram, Jr., kiUed in the war of the rebellion.
"9 George F., lives in Springfield.
""Edwin Leroy, d. aged 2 J years.
* 'Sarah, m. George W. Beach of Waterbury.
* 2 Henry 11., d. aged 17 years,
"'Esther P., m. Leroy Upson.

ELLIS.

Rev. Thomas Ellis was bom in Martyn, Flintshire, North Wales, Jan.
1, 1800. He emigrated to America Apr. 1, 1824, settled in Humphreysville
and married Chariotte Clinton, Apr. 19, 1829. He joined the M. E. church
in 1829 and in 1833 received a license as local preacher. He joined tbe
New York conference in 1839 and became an efficient minister of the gospel.
His chUdren were — Mary J., m. William S. Eno of Pine Plains, N, Y. ;
Adam C. and Matthew H., lawyera of New York, all bom in Humphreys
vUle. Rev. Mr. EUis died at Pine Plains, N. Y., May 31, 1873. His wife
died at Hyde Park, N. Y., June 8, 18G0, aged 51 yeara.

ABIRAM STODDARD, M. 1).

The Coat of Armes of the Antient Family of Stoddard, of London.
Sa. 3, Estoiles and a bardure gu, Crest out a ducal coronet a dsmihorse
salient, erm.
Motto : — Festvna Lente. Be in haste, but not in a hurry.
The name Stoddard is derived from the office of Standard-Bearer, and was
anciently written De-La-Standard.

In the office of Heraldry, England, the following origin of the Stoddard
Family is found :
William Stoddaed, a knight, came from Normandy to England, A. D.,
1066, with WUliam the Conqueror, who was his cousin. Of his descendants,
we find record of RuKABD Stoddaed, of Mottingham, Kent, near Eltham,
about seven miles from London Bridge, where was located the family estate
of about four hundred acres, which was in possession of the" family in 1490,
how much before is not known, and continued till the death of Nicholas
Stoddaed, a bachelor, in 1765.
Thomas Stoddaed, of Boyston.
John Stoddaed, of Grindon.
William Stoddaed, of Eoyston.
John Stoddaed, of Royston.
Anthony Stoddaed, of London.
Gideon Stoddaed, of London.
Anthony Stoddaed, of London.
William Stoddaed, of London.
Anthony Stoddaed, of London.

1G(> HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
'Anthony Stoddard came from England to Boston about 1039. He
was admitted Freeman in 1640, was a representative in 1650, 1659, 1660, and
during twenty successive years from 1605 to 1684, He married first, Maiy,
dan"-hter of Hon. Emanuel Downing" of Salem, who, with Lucy his wife,
was admitted to the church in Salem Nov, 4th, 1638, and sister of Sir
George, afterward Lord George Downing, by whom he had three sons :
*Solomon, b, Oct. 4, 1643, d, Feb, 11, 1729.
'Samson, b. Dec. 3, 1645, d. Nov. 4, 1698.
"Simeon, b. 1650, d. Oct. 15, 1730. Simeon was member of an artillery
company in 1675. He had three sons : Anthony, b. Sept. 24, 1678,
d. Mar. 11, 1748; David, b. Dec. 5, 1685; Jonathan, b. Feb. 5, 1688.
He married second, Barbara, widow of Capt. Joseph Weld of Roxbnry,
who died AprU 15, 1654, by whom he had two chUdren :
"Sarah, b, Oct, 21, 1652,
"Stephen, b. Jan. 6, 1654.
He married third. Christian (about 1655), whose family name is unkno\vn,
by whom he had ten children, as follows :
'Anthony, b. Jtme 16, 1656.
"Christian, b. Mar. 22, 1657, m. Nathaniel Peirae.
'Lydia, b. May 27, 1660, m. Capt. Samuel TureU.
'•Joseph, b. Dec. 1, 1661.
"John, b. AprU 22, 1663.
'*Ebenezer, b. July 1, 1664.
"Dorothy, b. Nov. 24, 1665.
'"Mary, b. Mar. 25, 1668.
'"Jane, and Grace, b. July 29, 1669.
Anthony Stoddard, Sr., d. Mar. 16, 168f .
*SOLOMON, graduated at Haivard in 1662 and was librarian of the college
from 1667 to 1670, preached two years in Barbadoes to the dissentera, and in
1672 became the settled minister of Northampton, Mass. He married Mra,
Esther Mather, Mar. 8, 1680. ChUdren :
'"Mary, b. Jan. 9, 1761, ra. Eev. Stephen Mix, who graduated at Har
vard in 1690.
"Esther, b: June 2, 1672, m. Nov. 6, 1694, Rev. Timothy Edwards, who
' graduated at Harvard in 1691. Their fifth child, Johnathan, b. Oct-
5, 1703, graduated at Yale in 1720, elected president of Nassau Hall
College in 1757, and became president of Princeton College in Jan.,
1758, in which position he continued until his death,
'"Samuel, b, Feb. 5, 1674, d. Mar, 22, 1674,
"Anthony, b. Jime 6, 1675, d, June 7, 1675,
*»Aaron, b. Aug, 23, 1676, d. Aug. 23, 1676.
*'Cliristain, b. Aug. 23, 1676, m. Rev.WUliam WUliams, who graduated at
Harvard in 1683, and was settled as minister in Hatfield 06 years.

JOSEPH NETTLETON STODDARD,

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PHOTOaMAfHED IV STODDARD.

SEYMOyfi,
Erected in l>?*-dlr7'.

I.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. I07
**Anthony, b. Aug, 9, 1698, d. Sept. G, 1760.
*'Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1680, m. Rev. Samuel Whitman, who graduated at
Harvard in 1696 and settled as minister in Farmino^ton.
*"John, b. Feb. 17, 1682, gi-aduated at Harvard in 1701, for many yeara
one of the Governor's council, also Chief-Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, Judge of Probate, &c.
*"Israel, b. Apr. 10, 1684, d. a prisoner in France.
*"Rebecca, b. 1686, m, Joseph Hawley, d. January, 1766,
*'Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1688, m. Rev. William Williams, who graduated
at Harvard in 1705 and settied as minister in Weston, Mass.
**ANTH0NY^ graduated at Harvard in 1697 and settied as minister in
Woodbury, where he continued sixty yeara, m. first, Oct. 20, 1700, Prudence
WeUs, who died in May, 1714; second, Jan. 31, 1715, Mary Sherman who
died Jan. 12, 1720. Children : '
*«Mary, b. June 19, 1702.
*'Solomon, b, Oct. 12, 1703, d. May 13, 1727.
'"Eliakim, b. Apr. 3, 1705, m. Joanna Curtiss, d. in 1750.
"Elisha, b. Nov. 24, 1706, m. Rebekah ^ci-man, resided in Woodburv
d. in 1766, tiMjj>U •"
''Israel, b. Aug. 7, 1708, d. May 30, 1727.
"John, b. Mar. 2, 1710.
'"Prudence, b. Oct. 12, 1711, m. Joseph Curtiss.
""Gideon, b. May 27, 1714, ra. Olive Curtiss.
""Esther, b. Oct. 11, 1716, m. Preserved Strong.
"Abijah, b, Feb. 28, 1718, m. Eunice Curtiss.
'"Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1719, m. Daniel Munn.
"¦Eliaktm", m. Joanna Cnrtiss in 1729, resided in Woodbury, ChUdren :
"John, b. Jan. 26, 1730, d. Jan. 22, 1795.
""Israel, b. Jan. 28, 1732, m. EUzabeth Reade, d. Aug. 8, 1794.
"'Anthony, b. Oct. 21, 1734, m. Phebe Reade, d. in 1785.
"*Joanna, b. July 16, 1738, m. Reuben Squares.
"'Pmdence, b. Sept. 24, 1740, m. John Marchant.
""Eliakim, b. July 25, 1742, d. in childhood.
""Seth, b. Dec. 2, M44, m. Hannah Noyes.
""Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1747, m. Israel Woodward, d. Dec. 18, 1703.
"'Eliakim, b. Dec. 11, 1749, d. in Canada.
^John", m. Mary Atwood, resided in Watertown. ChUdren :
""Samson, b, Oct, 25, 1752, d, Nov. 11, 1809.
"'Abiram, b. Oct. 25, 1756, d. Oct. 25, 1776, in the revolutionary anny.
'"WeUs, b. July 1, 1759, m. Sarah Hickox, d. in 1840,
"'Phebe, b. Feb. 19, 1760, m. Josiah Hickox, d. Sept.-25, 1827.
"*John, b, JiUy 1, 1763, ra. Sarah Woodward, d. Feb, 24, 1821.
''Submit, b. Mar. 17. 1766. d. Sept, 7, 1775.

308 HISTORY OP SEYMOUR.
"^' Joanna, b. Feb. 19, 1767, m. Eri Parker, d. June 5, 1847,
""Mary, b, June 11, 1771, m, Randall Judd of Woodbury, d, in 1845.
-"^Sarah, b. May 13, 1773, m, James WUUams, d. Dec. 20, 1809.
"Israel, b. Feb. 15, 1776, m. Polly Wilson, lived in Camden, N. Y., was
Supervisor nineteen yeara. Justice of the Peace twelve yeara, member
of Assembly four years, and County Judge eight yeara, d. Apr. 4, 1859.
""Eliakim, b. Aug. 10, 1779, m. Lois Matthews, d. Feb. 28, 1860, was a
Methodist minister.
""Samson", m. first, Susannah Nettleton, who died Apr. 24, 1779 ; second,
Amy Goodwin, who died Sept. 16, 1827, whose ancestors came in the Ma.v-
flower. He resided at Watertown, Ct. Children :
"'Prudence, b. Aug. 11, 1775, m. James Atwood of Woodbury, d.
Feb. 19, 1833.
""Abiram, b. Jan. 27, 1777, d. Nov. 26, 1855.
"•Susannah, b. Mar. 26, 1779, m. Wheler Atwood of Woodbury, d.
June 15, 1833.
«*William, b. Sept. 29, 1781, graduated at Yale in 1804, m. a Miss
Stone, was a physician, died in Mobile, Ala., in 1817.
"'Goodwin, b. May 8, 1783, m. Ann Warner, was a Methodist preacher
and Presiding Elder in Oneida Conference.
""HaiTey, b. Apr. 14, 1785, m. Selima Martin, residence, Waverly, 111.
""Anna, b, Aug. 17, 1788, m. WiUiam Tolls, d. Sept. 24, 1846.
""Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1791, m. Phebe Minor, d. Aug. 4, 1828.
"'Abieam', graduated at Yale in 1800, m. Eunice Clark and settled in
HumphieysvUle as physician. He was representative from Oxford in the
General Assembly in 1814 and held offices of public trust in Derby for
many yeara. He was a man of large intelligence and great energy and en
durance. Children :
"STheresa, b. Jan. 26, 1806, d. in 1814.
'"Jonathan, b, Oct, 9, 1807, graduated at Yale College in 1831, was a
lawyer, and successfully followed his profession for many years in New
Haven, Conn,, was appointed U, S, District Attorney for the District
of Connecticut by President Polk in the year 1845, which office he
held four years ; was appointed District Attorney for the county of
New Haven, 1853, and continued in said office tUl July 20, 1854;
d, April 28, 1855,
"Susan H,, b. Aug. 3, 1809, ra. Sheldon C. Johnson, M. D., of Seymom-.
'*Thoinas, b. Mar, 11, 1813, ra, Esther Ann Gilbert,
"Joseph Nettleton, b. Nov. 12, 1815, d, Nov, 28, 1859.
'"William, b. Jan, 6, 1818, studied law in New Haven, where he con
tinned to reside tUl the time of his death, gained many friends by his
genial and social manners, and earned the reputation of a tiiorough
scholar and an able advocate, d, in New Haven, Ct., Mar, 16, 1858.

MARIA THERESA STODDARD.

GENEALOGY. KjO
"Maria Theresa, youngest daughter of Abiram and Eunice Stoddard, b,
June 2, 1825, went to Maryland during the War of the RebeUion, to
aid in caring for the sick aud wounded soldiers, contributing liberally
of her ample means for their comfort and for the alleviation of their
sufferings.

'*ThomAS, son of Abiram and Eunice Stoddard, graduated at Yale Medi
cal School in 1836, m. Apr. 19, 1839, Esther Ann GUbert, b. July 31, 1819.
ChUdren :
'"Francis Eunice, born Jan. 13, 1840, mamed Nov. 30, 1861, Samuel
L. Bronson, born Jan. 12, 1834, graduated at Yale, 1855 ; at the
Law School, 1857; was Judge of the New Haven City Court and
afterward Judge of the Court of Qommon Pleas for several yeara ;
now practicing law at New Haven.
Children: (77) Thomas Stoddard, (78) Josiah Harmar, (79) Mtiry Esther, (80) Sarah Frances,
(81) Ezekiel Stoddard.
"*Sarah G., b. Apr. 6, 1842.
"Ezekiel, b. Nov. 14, 1844, wholesale raerchant in New Haven and a
director of New Haven County National Bank ; m. Mary De Forest
Burlock.
Children: (84) Thomas Burlock, (85) Esther Ann, (36) Mary, (87) Zonis Ezekiel.

"Joseph Nettleton, son of Abiram and Eunice Stoddard, m. Dec. 10,
1838, Sophia Buddington, b. June 2, 1818, resides in Westrille. Children :
""WUliam B., b. Sept. 27, 1839. Resides in WestvUle.
"'Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1843. Studied law in Albany Law School.
. ""Sophia Theresa, b. Mar. 9, 1845.
' "Goodwui, b. Apr. 2, 1847.
9*Robert J., b. Aug. 2, 1855.
"Joseph B., b. Feb. 13, 1859.

SAMUEL HICKOX.
Samuel Hickox, of Waterbury, appeara to have previously resided at
Farmington, died in 1693, Childi-en, with ages in 1694 :
Samuel*", fiannah*", WUliam**, Thomas*", Joseph", m. Ruth FafrchUd
Nov. 3, 1697, and settied in Woodbury ; Mary'", EUzabeth'*, Stephen'^ Ben
jamin', ra. Hannah Skeel and settled in Woodbury ; Ebenezer*. The sons
spelled the name Hickcock.

170 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
RBYNOLD3 HiGlCOX of TorriDgtou, IU. Oct. 8, 1770 ; d. Sept. 13, 1S2S.
His wife d. Sept. 18, 1832. Children :
Randall, b. Oct. 15, 1786 ; d. May 8, 1836,
Olive, b. Mar. 10, 1782 ; in. Sheldon Morris of Middlebury; d. in May, 1845-
Samuel R., b. in Torrington, Jan. 12, 1790 ; d. Mar. 14, 1861.

Rev. Samuel R., a local preacher, son of Reynolds Hickox, removed from
Torrington to Waterbui-y, then to Southbury, and in 1828 to Seymour. He
married Sarah Osborn, who was born Mar. 28, 1789, and died Jan. 26, 1868,
Children :
Harriett, b, Sept. 19, 1810, m. John Wesley French, d. Oct. 16, 1837.
Samuel, b, Feb, 20, 1814; in, 1st, Elizabeth Spencer Jan. 6, 1839; who
d. Dec. 9, 1841, aged 26, leaving one child, Harriett E,; m. 2nd, Eliza M
White, Nov. 9, 1854.
Col. John Davis, son of Joseph and Mai-y Davis of Oxford, b. Feb.
2, 174", m. Apr. 10, 1782, Mehitable, daughter of Reuben Thomas of New
Haven. Children :
Sarah, b. Mar. 31, 1783, d. Dec. 6, 1808,
Anson, b. Sept, 5, 1785, m, SaUy Prudden of Milford,
Traman, b. Mar, 13, 1787, m. Mary Allen of Woodbridge, •
John, b, Sept. 8, 1788, m, Laura Riggs, Oct. 16, 1813, d. Aug, 8, 1848.
Lucretia, b, Sept. 22, 1790, ra. Samuel Mallory and went west.
Mary, b. May 28, 1792, m, Abijah Hyde of Oxford.
Chary, b. Feb. 8, 1794, ra. Peter Prudden of Milford.
Nabby, b. Dec. 21, 1795, m. Harvey Osborne of Oxford,
Nancy, b. Dec, 21, 1795, m. Cyrus Humphrey of Oxford, d. Aug. 25,1820.
¦ Children :— Bernard, m. Sarah, dau. of Benzel Hitchcock, d. in Jaaaary, 1S54.
Nancy, m. G. Burton Eobinson, d. in Febmary, 1854.
Joseph Wheeler, b. Aug. 13, 1798, m. Henrietta Newton of Woodbridge.
Children : — Jonah N., m.  Bassett, moved west.
Dewitt, a lairyer, residence Milwaukee, Wis.
Joseph Burritt, d. Nov. 4, 1854.
Sheldon, b. Sept. 3, 1800, d. May 30, 1813,
Le\vis, b, Jan. 26, 1803, m. Lucinda Perkins of Oxford. Children :
Dr. Henry, of Wallingford, m.  Beecher of Bethlehem.
Mary, m. Charles W. Stovrs of Seymonr.
I^ank, m.  Lane of Cxford,
Burritt, b. July 12, 1806, m. Sarah Electa, dau. of Hiram Osborn of
Oxford. Children :
• Jay, m. Anna Fairchild i Saiah, m. Frederic Cable ; aud Bernard, all living in Ovrego, N. V.
Julia Maria, b. July 4, 1810, m. Ebenezer Eiggs of Oxford, d. Aug. 9,1844.
Col. John Davis was born Sept. 27, 1755, d. Nov. 27, 1848, aged 93 yeare.
His wife was born Apr. 12, 1764; d. Dec, 27, 1852, aged 88 years.

G!<mEALO(^Y. 171
Anson Davis, sun of Col. Johu Davis of Oxford, iii. Sept, 5, iSil, Sally,
daughter of Samuel Prudden of Milford. Children :
Sheldon, b. Jan, 1, 1813, ra. Marietta, dau. of Abel Church.
Sarah Ann, b. Mar. 10, 1815, m. Luman Chapman.
Anson RUey, b. Mar, 30, 1818, m. Mary Newton Ailing.
Marcus, b. Oct. 9, 1820, m. Sarah M. Greene.
Delia Maria, b. Oct. 25, 1822, m. John F. Coxhead of Poughkeepsie,
d. in April, 1878.
Harpin, b. Feb. 24, 1825, ra. Mary Chatfield of Chestnut Tree HUl.
Homer, b. Oct. 15, 1827, living in Nevada.
Samuel Prudden, b. Sept. 1, 1831.
Martha Ellen, b. July 11, 1834, principal of St. Catharine's Hall,
Augusta, Me. '
Victoria Sophia, b. Sept. 21, 1837, m. John F. Coxhead.

John Davis, Je., son of Col. John Davis, ra. Laura, daughter of John
Riggs ; d. Aug. 8, 1844. Mra. Laura Davis d. Feb. 20, 1855. Children:
John, m. Jennette, dau. of Lyman Wheeler, d. in 1872. Lived in Oxford.
Isaac B., m. Ann, daughter of Sheldon Tucker. Lives in Hartford.
Otis, d. in 1842.
Wm. Hart, m. Frances Mallett.

Capt. Teuivian Davis, son of Col. John Davis, m. 1st, Dec. 6, 1808,
Mary, dau. of Roger Allen of Woodbridge, who died Feb. 13, 1832 ; 2nd,
Mar. 18, 1832, Statira Ball of Bethany, who died Apr. 24, 1854; 3rd, Oct.
24, 1854, Sophia Mallory of MUford. He died May 19, 1868, aged 81 years.
Children :
EmUy, b. Aug. 19, 1810, m. Aug. 5, 1830, C. Lockwood Adams, d. Feb.
2, 1854. 0. L. Adams d. May 25, 1841.
David Allen, b. July 29, 1812, d. Mar. 20, 1847.
Clark, b. Mar. 31, 1815, ra. Jan, 23, 1842, Mary A. Tofiey of N. Y.
Marietta, b. Aug. 22, 1817, m. May 6, 1838, Nathan W. Morgan of Pa.,
d. July 24, 1855.
An infant, b. Sept. 25, 1819, d. Dec. 20, 1819.
Emerette, b. Jan. 24, 1821, m. Jan. 10, 1841, Harrison Tomlinson, who
died Nov. 25, 1855.
John, b, Oct. 7, 1823, ra. Oct. 13, 1847, Jennette G. Allen.
Lydia Perkins, b. Feb. 15, 1826, m. Jan. 1, 1845, John R. Tomlinson,
d. Nov. 2, 1852.
BmT, b. Jan. 7, 1828, m. Mar. 31, 1850, Mary J. Mallett.
Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1830, m. Nov. 22, 1848, Hart C. Hubbell.
Benjamin, son of Nathan and Eunice Davis, b. Mar. 20, 1746.

172 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
HULL.
Alfeed Hull, a descendant of Joseph HuU, 3rd, the fatiier of Gen,
WUliam Hull and grandfather of Commodore Isaac Hull, was bom Oct. 25,
1785, m. Oct. 21, 1806, Sally, daughter of Jonathan Lum. ChUdren :
John Clark, b. Jan. 25, 1808, m. July 25, 1830, Sarah Tomlinson.
Eliza, b. Feb. 27, 1814, ra. Amos Glover Bassett.
Frances, m. Judge James G. HasweU of Hardinsburgh, Ky.; Anna.
Sarah, b. Oct. 21, 1820, m. Sept. 12, 1841, John J. Rider, d. Aug. 21,
1864. ChUdren:
HaiTiett EUzabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1842.
John Alfred, b. Apr. 12, 1844.
Mary Bennett, b. Jan. 7, 1846.
EUen Frances, b. Mar. 17, 1847.
Charles Augustas and Eliza. John J. Kider was bom J.in. 20, 18-20, died Jan. 7, 1871.
William, b. July 7, 1825, m. Eliza, dau. of Amos Smith of Woodbridge.
Residence, New Haven.
John Clark Hull, son of Alfred and Sally Hull, m. July 25, 1830,
Sarah, dau. of David and Sarah Tomlinson, b. Dec. 5, 1814. Children :
Mary, m. Egbert Coggswell of New Preston.
Charles, m. 1st, Isora Taylor of Oregon, d. Jan. 27, 1868; 2nd, LUly,
dau. of Marcus Davis of Great Hill. Residence, Ansonia.
De Witt, m. Juliette Brown of Harwinton. Residence, Seyraour.

BR,0-A.I>^WELL.
Lewis Beoadwell, a soldier of the War of 1812, ra. Betsey, only .
daughter of Abiel and Mary Canfield, and raade scythes with Ira Smith in
a shop on the bank of Little river, opposite where the auger works of James
Swan now stand, using the first triphamraer ever set up in the place. He
died Sept. 6, 1844, aged 53 years. Betsey d. March 10, 1821. Children :
Luther, bora in, 1811, m.  Twitchel of Oxford. Residence, Ohio.
David B., b, in 1813, m, Catharine Schermerhorn, d. June 19, 1879,
James, b, 1815, ra, Margaret Skiene, removed to Ohio.
Lewis, b. in 1817, m. Mary A. Lyon.
Sarah, b. in 1819, d, in 1837, aged 18 years,
Jacob, b, in 1821, ra. Susan Henry, removed to Ohio, d. in 1871.

Lewis*, son of Lewis and Betsey Broadwell, ra. Mary A. Lyon. Children:
Homer, m. Ellen Clark of North Haven. Child:
Alice May, born in 1867, died in 1868.
Mary A. Residence, Fair Haven,

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

In 1791, Rev. Jesse Lee, the pioneer of Methodism in New England, came
to Derby, and — hiring a bellman to ring the people out —he preached to them
in the shade of some trees in what is pbw known as Derby Uptown, on the
east side of the Naugatuck, then deeper than now, and navigable to that
place. The seed then sown by tbe wayside has brought forth an hundred
fold. Among the hearera were John Coe and Ruth, his wife, who invited
him to preach in their house on his next visit. This invitation he accepted
a few weeks later, and extended his work to Chusetown, by which name the
settlement at the Falls of the Naugatuck was then known. From that time
Derby was included in the circuit, which embraced nearly all of what now
constitutes the New Haven an Bridgeport districts.
In 1792, Middletown was made the head of the circuit, which embraced a
large part of Middlesex and New Haven counties. This section was no ex
ception to the general persecution of the new denomination, and from pulpit
and fireside warnings were given against the innovators, but Lee and his co-
laborers, like brave men of God as they were, continued to sow broadcast the
seeds of tiuth. John and Ruth Coe, and Mr. and Mrs. Hinman, were the
fii-st fruits of their labora here, and soon brought their infant sons for baptism
at the hands of Rev. Jesse Lee. Mr. Coe's son waa baptised .John Allyn,
and Mr. Hinman's son Jesse Lee. John A. Coe grew to manhood as an
earnest, efficient Christian, and settled in what is now Beacon Palls, whei-e
' one of his grandsons still resides, and is one of the most honored residents of
that place, having been repeatedly elected to the legislahire and various offi
ces of ttust in the town.
The first society in Derby was fonned in 1793, with Johu Coe as leader, and
was visited by the venerable Bishop Asbury. Those of the membera who
lived in Chusetown were first organized as a separate society in 1797. The
members were Jesse Johnson, Isaac Baldwin, Esther Baldwin, Sarah Baldwin
and Eunice Baldwin. Daniel Rowe of Derby was the leader. ThefoUow-
ing names were soon added : George Clark, Lucy Hitchcock, Sila^ Johnson

17-1- HISTORY OF SEY.MOUR.
and Olive Johnson. The ministers preached where they found open doora,
once or more in Mrs. Dayton's tavem, the house now owned by William Hull,
at the comer of Maiu and Pearl streets, also in the house of Mr. -Stiles, now
the residence of Dr. Stoddard. Some yeara later they preached in the ball
room of the Moulthroup tavem on the northeast of Hill and Pearl streets.
The preachers upon the circuit from 1791 to 1800 were, —
1792, Rev. Richard Swain and Rev. Aaron Hunt.
1793, Rev. Joshua Taylor and Rev. Benjamin Fisler.
1794, Rev. Menzies Raynor and Rev. Daniel Ostrander.
1795, Rev. Evan Rogera and Rev. Joel Ketchum.
1796, Rev. Joshua Taylor and Rev. Lawrence MeCorabs,
1797, Rev. Michael Coate and Rev. Peter Jayne.
1798, Rev. Augustus Jocelyn.
1799, Rev. Ebenezer Stevens.
1800, Rev. James Coleman Rev. Roger Searle.
Rev. Jacob Brush, Rev. George Roberts, Rev. Jesse Lee, Rev. Freeborn
Garrettson and Rev. Sylvester Hutchinson served as elders.
These itinerants were generally stalwart men, strengthened by daily horse
back rides and hardened by exposure to all extremes of the weather. Most of
them were men of fair culture, of great mental strength, , of ready wit and
glowing oratory, of fervid piety, and of marked success as evangelists. Many
of them attained a good old age, and the churches which they organized have
grown into large and powei-fiU congregations.
For a long time the society continued small, and encountered much preju-
(Uce and some persecution. At one time while a meeting was being held in
the house of Isaac Baldwin, which stood on the flat east of H. B. Beecher's
augur factory, the persecutors went up on a ladder and stopped the top of the
chimney in time of preaching, so that the smoke (h-ove the people out of the
house. Squibs of powder were often thrown into the fire in time of worship,
to the great annoyance of the people. One who was acquainted with the sab-
quent life of many of these disturbera of worahip, relates that a curae seemed
to follow thein, and that most of them died in the prime of life. The preach
ers on the circuit from 1801 to 1810 were, —
1801, Rev. Abijah Bachelor and Rev. Luman Andrus.
1802, Rev. Abner Wood and Rev. James Annis.
1803, Rev. Abner Wood and Rev. Nathan Emory.
1804, Rev. Ebenezer Washburn and Nathan Emory.
1805, Rev. Ebenezer Wasbum and Rev. Luman Andrus.
1806, Rev. Luman Andrus and Rev. Zalmon Lyon.
1807, Rev. Wm. Thatcher, Rev. R. Harris and Rev. O. Sykes.
1808, Rev. James M, Smith and Rev. Phineas Rice,
1809, Rev, Noble W. Thomas and Rev. Coles Carpenter.
1810, Rev. Oliver Sykes and Rev. Jonathan Lyon.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. 175
The elders of the district were. Rev. F. Ganrettson in 1801-2; D. Ostran
der in 1803-5; William Thatcher iu 1806; and Joseph Crawford from 1807
to 1810.
Among tiie early Methodists living on Great Hill were Anson Gillette and
wife, Avith five sons and two daughtere: Mra. David TonUinson, with one son
and three daughtera; Capt, Isaac Bassett and wife, with one son and six
daughtera ; and James Tomlinson and wife.
Freeborn Garrettson held the first quarteriy meeting in this place in the old
Congregational raeeting-house in 1803. Moses Osborn, a zealous local preach
er residing in Southbury, by his faithful labora in Derby and vicinity durin-
fouror five years, prepared the way for a great revival in 1809, when seventy
peraons were converted in the Neck school-house. Most of Hiese joined the
Congregational church, but several farailies joined the M. E. church, and add
ed to its influence in the town. For several yeara the work went on • now in
Stiati'ord, then at HumphreysvUle, §,nd then at Nyumphs, and in other places.
In 1811 the preachers were Rev. Zalmon Lyon and Rev. Jesse Hunt • in
1812, Rev. Aaron Hunt and Rev. Arnold Scholefleld. In 1813 Middletown
circuit was divided, and Stiatford was made the head of the new circuit and
Rev. Ebenezer Washburn and Rev. James Coleman were the preachers.
Stratford, Milford, Derby, Humphreysville, Nyumphs, Great Hill, Quaker's
Farms, George's HUl, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Newtown, East VUlage,
Stepney and Trumbull, were included in the cfrcuit.
In 1814, Rev. Nathan Bangs was presiding elder of the New Haven Dis
trict, aud Rev. Elijah Woolsey and Rev. Henry Ames were the preachers on
this circuit. This year, preaching was divided — half a day at Humphreysville,
half a day at -Nyumphs, and once a fortnight at Derby Neck. It was a re
vival year at the Neck and on Great Hill, The two brotiiers, Samuel and
David Durand, and their wives, were added to the little chnrch in the littie
red school-house which stood a Ittle north of where the Great Hill church now
stands, Samuel was a good singer. In 1815, Rev. Elijah Hebard and Rev.
Benoni English were the preachfira on this circuit — but Mr. English soon lo
cated at HumphreysvUle and went into business. This year Walter French,
a resident of Humphreysville, received license to exhort, and afterwards a
Ucense to preach, aud was very useful here and in other parts of the circuit.
He had a good memory, a ready utterance, and often spoke with great pow
er and success. He died in 1865, aged over eighty yeara.
When Rev. Nathan Bangs was presiding elder, in 1816, he came and
preached in the Bell school-house, and made his home with Stiles Johnson, on
the Skokorat road, opposite Thomas Gilyard's place. After some cautions from
careful brother Johnson against doch-inal preaching, the elder went down in
the evening and preached a free salvation to a crowded house, giving Calvin
ism its portion in due season, as was the custom, and such was the power of
his words on the congi-egation, that when the preacher, in closing, inquired

170 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
" Who will have this salvation ? Let those who will seek it arise,'' the whole
congregation stood up with one accord and a revival ensued. In 1817 tiie so
ciety numbered fifty -six membera.
The legislature of the state authorized the division of the shares of its sur
plus war tax of 1812 among the reUgious denominations of the state ; but the
Methodists refused their portion of the money. At a quarteriy conference
held at East VUlage, January 9, 1818, Rev. O. Sykes was appointed to com
municate with the trustees of the state on the subject, but no person had
been authorized to receive rejected funds. The afilicted brother returned,
still burdened with unwelcome charity. At the quai-terly conference of August
in the same year, held at Humphreysville, Rev. Aaron Pierce and two othera
were appointed a committee to write to the treasurer of the state, and if he
could not receive the Methodist portion of the money, to draw up a petition
in behalf of this circuit, to the General Assembly, for liberty to return theh
proportion of said money. Liberty was gianted and the funds returned to the
state. The rising church, though struggling with crushing difficulties, would
not sacrifice her honest independence of the state. The fathera were fully
committed to the voluntary principle for the support of the Gospel.
An extensive revival commenced at a watch meeting in the old meeting
house, on New Year's eve of 1818. In this year the Congregational Society
conveyed the " meeting-house " to the Methodist Society. (See page 66.)
Jesse and Stiles Jolmson, sons of Isaac Johnson, who died in 1813, with
their wives and many of their relations had joined the Methodist society.
Jesse Johnson was afterwards a local preacher, aud a close student of the
Bible, but became insane, and after a long confinement died in 1829. The two
brothera were buried in the cemetery in tbe rear of the church. StUes, who
died Oct. 4, 1818, by his will gave the land on which the church stands to the
Methodist society, and also $334 in money. (See page 68.) The old meet
ing-house was soon after made a two-story building, but no paint was used
inside or outside. In 1819 tbe membera of the church constituted three
classes. The leadera were Robert^ Lee, Timothy Hitchcock and Orrin Peck,
the latter class being in Woodbridge, The members of the class of Timothy
Hitchcock were, Cynthia Johnson, widow of Stiles Johnson, Thomas and
Lois Gilyard, Jared and Sally B, Bassett, (daughter of Stiles Johnson,) Tim
othy and Urania Hitchcock, Anna Davis, widow of Reuben Davis, Bezaleel
and Martha Peck, Alva Davis, and his wife Polly, daughter of Capt. Daniel
Holbrook, Hepzibah Johnson, daughter of Jesse Johnson, and Sheldon Hitch
cock, son of Timothy Hitchcock, The circuit preachers from 1816 to 1820
were Rev. Nathan Emory, Rev. Arnold Scholefield, Rev. Reuben Harris,
Rev. Ezekiel Canfield, Rev. Samuel Bushnell, Rev. Aaron Pierce, Rev.
Beardsley Northrop, Rev. David Miller and Rev. Bela Smith, The circuits
were large, aud two preachera were usually appointed to each circuit each year,
to alternate at the different stations.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. 177
The quarterly meetings of those times were largely attended and exceed
ingly interesting, the people going from all parts of the circuit on Saturday,
and putting up with the people in the vicinity of the place where the meetings
were to be held, so as to be ready for the services of the Sabbath. In the
afternoon they heard a sermon, after which came the quarterly conference
composed of all the stewards, class leaders, exhortera and preachera on the
circuit. The presiding elders were present on such occasions and drew lar^-e
congregations, the people usually expecting to hear strong doctrinal sermons
which were usually very effective. At one of these meetings on Great Hill
in 1820, Rev. E. Washburn, presiding elder, fifteen persons were converted
in one afternoon.
From 1821 to 1830, the memberahip on the circuit was much increased as
the fruit of revival in different places. The preachera were Rev.' James
Colman, Rev. Laban Clark, Rev. E. Bamett, Rev. John Nixon, Rev. Eli
Denniston, Rev. WUUam F. Pease, Rev. Julius Field, Rev. Samuel D. Fer
guson, Rev. Valentine Buck, Rev. John Luckey, Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg,
Rev. Reuben Harris, Eev. John Lovejoy and Rev. Laban 0. Cheney. The
presiding eldera were Rev. Samuel Merwin, Rev. Samuel Lnckey, Rev. D.
Ostiander and Rev. Laban Clark.
In 1828 this part of the circuit was separated and called Hnmphreysville
and Hamden. Samuel R. Hickox, a local preacher from Southbury, moved
into Humphreysville in 1828, and had charge of a grist miU on the falls, keep
ing boardera from the cotton mUl. He was a good preacher and was a great
help to the church in this place. In 1829 Thomas Ellis, a Welshman and a
spinner in the cotton raUl, was converted and joined the church here, of which
his wife was already a member. He had been a wild young man and a great
singer. It was said that he could sing all night without repeating a song.
But in two years after his conversion he had forgotten them all. He was an
important addition to the church on account of his musical abUity.
In 1831 Daniel Smith was appointed to the circuit, and was assisted by
WUliam Bates, a local preacher residing in Humphreysville. In that year
a camp meeting was held in a woods west of where the Catholic church of
Binningham now stands, and continued eight days. On the Sabbath ten thou
sand people were supposed to be present, and the fruit of the meeting was
abont one hundred converts. Rev. Sylvester Smith, afterwards long identi
fied with the interests of the church, was present during the whole of that re
markable meeting. In this year the churches in South Britain and Middle
bury were buUt, and the foundation of one at Waterbury laid, and the buUd-
ing of a paraonage in HumphreysvUle commenced. Three hundred dollara
worth of books were sold on the circuit, a large amount of missionary money
raised, and the preachers' salaries paid in full. In April, 1832, Sylvester
Smith, a local preacher from Hotchkisstown, now WestviUe, where he was
firat Hcensed in March, 1830, moved into this village. Rev. Daniel Smith

17S HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
was continued on the circuit, and Rev. Robert Travis was preacher in
charge. The parsonage was not quite ready for Mr. T., but in a few days
after his arrival in town he moved into it. It was built by the two brothera
Lane, from Monroe. After this time the church was an ecclesiastical society
under the statute and known as the Methodist society of Humphreysville.
In 1833, Rev. Thomas Bainbridge and Rev. Chester W. Tumer were the
preachers on the circuit — ^Mr. B. occupying the paraonage. Tumer was a
single raanj who afterwards mamed the sister of Rev. J. D. Smith, of the
Episcopal church. Mr. B. was a good preacher and a sweet singer. The next
year Rev. Humphrey Huraphries and Rev. John Crawford were the preachers,
Mr. H. moving into the paraonage. Rev. Josiah Bowen had charge of the cir
cuit in 1834r-5. In the middle of 1836 he moved out of the paraonage into a
house at Derby Neck, where he remained untU he died not long since. On the
first of October, 1836, Rev. Sylvester Smith moved into the parsonage and
occupied it four yeara at an annual rent of fifty doHars. Rev. David Miller
was preacher in charge two yeara, residing at Great Hill, and cfosing his term
of service in May, 1839. Rev. Owen Sykes had been an assistant preacher
for several years. Thomas Ellis received license to preach in 1833, and did
good service on the circuit until 1838, when he joined the conference and be
came a successful itinerant. He died in triuraph, in May, 1873, aged sixty-
eight.. . .
Since 1839 Birmingham was a station separate from ns, so it was with
Waterbury. Middlebury and South Britain sustained a pastor ; so that only
Humphreysville, Great HUl, Pleasant Vale and Pinesbridge remained in the
Derby circuit.
In 1840 and 1841 Rev. Thomas Sparks was the preacher in charge, resi
ding at South Britain, and Rev. Ezra Jagger in 1842 and 1843, residing at
Great HiU and assisted in his second year by Rev. M. Blydenburgh. L. At
water, a student at Yale, was also a vei-y effective assistant.
On Saturday, March 19, 1842, a quarterly meeting coramenced at South
ford. Presiding Elder Carpenter being absent, Sylvester Sraith preached.
Sunday moming was very pleasant, and after love feast, it was found impos
sible for more than half the people to get into the chapel. Sparks occupied
the piUpit, and Smith went below and took his stand in the school-room and
preached with half his congregation outdoors. It was a memorable time. These
were prosperous years for the church at Humphreysville, after a period of de
pression. Rev. Moses Blydenbm-gh was pastor in charge in 1844, and lived on
Great HUl. Mr. B. died in 1848, aged 31 yeara, leaving a wife, and one son,
now a lawyer in New Haven. The next two years Rev. George L. Fuller
had charge of the cfrcuit, residing on Great HUl. Three of his children were
buried there. In the fall of 1846 a subscription was opened for a new chm-ch
edifice, and Sylvester Smith led with the sum of six hundred dollara. The
buming of the paper mill of which he was half owner, involving a heavy loss.

HISTORY OF SEYilOUR. 179
did not abate his zeal ; tor, during the year he increased his subscription to
eight hundred dollara. One brother who did not at first set down his name
gave one hundred dollars ; another man changed from twenty to one hundred
doUara, and a good woman changed her subscription fi-om ten to eighty dol
lars. Rev. Charles Stearns moved into the parsonage in May, 1847, and remain
ed two years in charge of this circuit. He found the society commencincr
the new church. The old meeting-house was sold for one hundred doUars,
and torn down, and the new one buUt in the same place. Jared Bassett, as
sisted by Isaac Bassett, built the stone work, and all labored to the extent of
their abiUty, giving what they could in raoney and then turning out and labor
ing with a zeal and ardor worthy of the cause. The comer stone was laid on
Saturday, June 19, 1847. Rev. E. W. Smith, of Birmingham, was the speak
er. Sylvester Smith deposited the case under the stone after announcing
its contents. Eev. Charles Steams, pastor, conducted the services, and was
assisted by Rev.Wm. B. Curtiss, of the Congregational church. Amos Hine, of
Woodbridge, was the contractor for the building, except the stonework. (See
p. 74.) The bell, from Meneely's foundry in Troy, was raised to its place in
November. Its weight was eleven hundred and fifty pounds. In this year a
board of trustees was first appointed by the pastor in charge, and vacancies
were afterwards filled by the official board.
The church was dedicated on Tuesday, January 18, 1848, by Bishop Janes,
who preached from Ezi-a vi, 16. In the evening he preached again. The
collections amounted to $292,83. The whole cost of tbe house, bell, and
furniture, was $5,800, and of this the society owed $800. On the day of
dedication, the slips rented for $580, and the average amount of annual rents
in the firat ten years was about $550.
All the elm trees near the church were obtained and set within a year after
the dedication, under the direction of Rev. Sylvester Smith, by his son WU
liam E. Smith, who was kUled in the war, Sept. 1, 1864. The firat two in
front nearest the house of Mr. Tucker, were set on the day of the presidential
election in 1848.
In May, 1849, Eev. Seneca Howland was in charge of what in the next
year was set off from Derby as the town of Seymour. He remained two
yeara, and some additions were made to the church. Twenty-three came for-
word as seekers at his first watch meeting. Eev. David Osbom was pastor
of Seymour and Ansonia one year, from April 1851 to Apiil 1852, and it was a
prosperous year in both places ; over one bundled conversions reported. The
second year the Great Hill church was in a separate charge. His successor
for two years was Eufus K. Reynolds, an energetic and useful man.
Rev. WUliam T. HUl was the pastor in 1855-6 for the two churches—
Seymom- and Great HiU. In his first year, (this being his first appoint
ment,) there were sixty-seven conversions and fifty additions to the church.

ISO HISTORV OF SEYiMOUR.
Fifteen adults were baptized at one time. Twenty-four of the converts
were fi-om the Sunday school.
Rev. Thomas Stevenson was pastor in 1857-8. He was a good and suc
cessful preacher. Rev. L. P. Perry was the pastor in 1859-60, confining his
labors to this village, and was a faithful and nseful minister. Albert Booth
was the pastor in the conference year commencing in April, 1861.
At the Conference of 1862 George Lansing Taylor was appointed to Sey
mour, this being his first itinerant work. In his first year the missionary
collection was increased fi-om $28 to over $100. In his second year the
Society raised $1,200 doUara towards paying off the church debt, and there
were a number of conversions. He was an earnest and fearless defender of
the "stara and stripes," and in those troublous days spoke boldly for "the
Union, one and inseparable."
In the summer of 1864, in the pastorate of Rev. A. B. PuUing, a festival
was held in a car shop on the flat, and later in the season, another in the
Messra. Day's new brick factoiy above the paper raUl. Tbe net proceeds of
the two were $800, and the church was out of debt. Mr. P. reraained until
the spring of 1866, when Sylvester Smith was appointed to the charge for
one year, and the church edifice was painted outside. It being the centen
nial year of American Methodism, Mr. Smith preached eight sermons on
the subject. Nineteen peraons who had on the previous year joined on pro
bation were received into full memberahip. Eev. Joseph Pullman was pastor
in 1867-8, and was eminently successful, receiving sixty-five probationera at
one time near the close of the firat year. Eev. Bennett T. Abbott was pastor
in 1869-70.
Rev. Joseph Smith was pastor the next three yeara, 1871-3, and proved
himself an able minister of the New Testament. Previous to 1864 two years
was the limit of the pastoral term in the M. E. Church. In 1864 the Gen
eral Conference extended the limit to three yeara. Rev. Joseph Smith was
the first pastor who preached in the Seymour M. E. Church three consecu
tive years, and when his time expired by limitation, he was generally beloved
and esteemed by the members of the society for which he had labored faith-
ftiUy, earnestly and irapartiaUy. In former yeara Mr. Smith, as a local
preacher, residing in Waterbury, had done much good service here in con
nection with our pastors. E. H. Frisbie and James Wiswel, local preachers
in New Haven, also rendered much good service. Sylvester Smith, during
his forty years residence here was a most active laborer and liberal giver m
the church,
Eev. WUliam R. Webster officiated as pastor of the church from April,
1874, to AprU, 1876, laboring with much zeal wherever there seemed to be a
prospect of doing good. The lot east of the church was purchased of
Edwin Smith for $500 in 1870, with the intention of buUding a parsonage
thereon as soon as should seem practicable. Mrs. M. A. Sackett canvassed

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the society for funds to pay for it, and by her zealous perseverance succeeded
in collecting the larger portion of the amount. The balance was paid sub
sequently from funds received from the legacy of Mra. Kirtiand. In the
spring of 1875 the subject of buUding a parsonage adjoining the church was
agitated and finaUy a,t an official meeting, consisting of the stewards, class-
leadera, trustees and superintendent, held at the parsonage, April 26th 1875
the pastor presiding, it was voted to offer the "Kirtiand Place" and the old
parsonage for sale, preparatory to building a new parsonage. An ofier being
received the board of trustees met and appointed Warren French an ao-ent to
sell the old paraonage for $2,000, and Lugrand Sharpe, Warren French and
W. C. Sharpe were appointed a building committee. Plans and estimates
were obtained and the contiact was awjirded to Thomas Sharpe for $2,300.
A large and commodious parsonage was erected, the total cost for the buUd
ing, fence, well, &c., bemg $2,630, of which $2,000 was met by the sale of
the old paraonage. The paraonage, with the handsome shade trees around it,
is said to be the pleasantest in the Nangatuck valley.
In April, 1875, Rev. E. H. Dutcher was sent by the conference for the
ensuing year. The dissensions which seemed at the time of his coming to
be ended, rapidly revived during his pastorate, and had a disastrous effect
upon the interests of the society. Under his inffuence the annual meetings
of the society, which had for so many years been held under the sanction of
the laws of the commonwealth, were discontinued, and a ruling was made by
him and sustained by the presiding elder that there was under the law of the
church no such thing as a Methodist society, and that the separate organiza
tions could only be known as Methodist churches. During his pastorate the
amount contributed by the membership for the missionary cause dwindled to
$13, including $3 interest on the Gilyard legacy. During the eight yeara
previous^ when Lugrand Sharpe was coUector, the amounts contributed were
—year commencing in April of 1867, $65.75 ; 1868, $107.33 ; 1869, $91.95 ;
1870, $158.73; 1871, $64.50; 1872, $68.22; 1873, $67.00; 1874, $61.00 j
as shown by the published minutes of the New York Bast Conference.
In April, 1876, the conference appointed Rev. Charles A. Tibbals, for the
ensuing conference year. In December he very abraptly resigned to join the
Protestant Episcopal comraunion. Eev. A. B. Pulling, who was pastor of the
society in 1864-5, was appointed by the presiding elder to fill the vacancy
untu the next session of the conference, and — ^notwithstanding his feUing
health — ^labored eamestly and efficiently for the good of the society.
The old pnlpit was reraoved in the spring of 1876 at the request of Mr.
Tibbals, and in February, 1877, an elegant black walnut pulpit was presented
to the society by H. B. Beecher, Esq. It. was first occupied Feb, 4th by Rev.
Aaron Pierce of East ViUage, who was the pastor of the church in 1848,
and his aged form and hoary locks, white with the frosts of eighty-nine winters,
as he preached from 2 Tim., 4-7, constituted an occasion long to be re
membered.

IS- HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
In the spring of 1877 Rev. J. Vinton became pastor of the church. Iu
the following fall, in connection with an effort to advance the temperance
cause, a revival commenced. Artiiur J. Smith, the first convert, son of Rev.
Joseph Smith, had long been a leader among the young people, and was then
instrumental in leading many of his old associates to the cross. Feeling
called to the ministry he left the Recoed office, where he had been era-
ployed, to attend the Collegiate Institute at Hackettstown, N, J., preparatory
to entering college. This revival resulted in the conversion of about thirty
peraons. During thti following winter there were several conversions at Great
HUl, under the labors of Rev. J. Vinton.
The year 1868 was a notable one in the history of the church. It was de
cided to renovate the church, and on Sunday moming, June 27th, an appeal
was made for funds for the work, and $225 was quickly pledged. The work
was soon commenced and in all about $900 was raised and laid out in fresco
ing the audience room, repairing and refurnishing the lecture and class rooms,
repainting the whole interior, putting on a new roof, &c. At a festival held
adjoining the church July 4th $103 was raised, and $283 was subscribed at
the re-opening Aug. llth, and the whole expense of the improvements was
soon paid. There were several conversions during the yc^ar. In the two
years — Api-U, 1867, to April, 1869, about fifty united with the church on pro
bation, of whom nearly forty have been received into full memberahip,
¦ The finances of the church, under the efficient direction of the pastor, have
been well kept np and notwithstanding the extensive outlay there has been
no increase of debt. The contributions of the church for regular expenses,
repairs, &c., from April, 1878, to AprU, 1879, were over $2,000, with a total
memberahip at the close of the year of one hundred and sixty.
The whole church property, at Seymour and Great Hill, is estimated at
$13,000, with a debt of only $662, on the parsonage.
TEUSTEES.
Oct. 31, 1818, Stiles Johnson, Bezaleel Peck, Robert Lees, Thomas Gil
yard and Timothy Hitchcock.
Wales French was elected a trustee AprU 2nd, 1840.
Sylvester Smith was elected April 10th, 1843,
Jan, 26th, 1846, Rev. George L. Fuller appointed truistees as foUows : —
Thomas Gilyard, Jared Bassett, Merritt Osborn, Samuel R. Hickox, Sylvester
Smith, Warren French, Burritt Hitchcock, WUUam B. Watson and Wilson
Wyant. Apr. 3, 1846, Lyman Hartson -vice Thomas Gilyard, resigned.
Sheldon MUes vice WUson Wyant, resigned.
1861, Jared Bassett, Sylvester Sraith, Warren French, Sheldon Miles, Henry
W. Benedict, Smith Botsford and WiUiam N. Storra.
Sept., 1866, elected for one year, Albert W. Lonnsbury, Sheldon Miles
and Willis Umberfield, For two years, Jared Bassett, Smith Botsford and

HISTORY OF HKY:irOUR. Igo
Wilson E. Hendryx. For three yeara, Sylvester Smith, William N. Stoirs
and Warren French.
Since 1866 three trustees have been elected by ballot annually in Septem
ber, by the adult male membera of the church.
1867, Sheldon MUes, Willis Umberfield, W. W. Dibble.
1868, Smith Botsford, A. W. Lounsbnry, C. C. Nugent.
1869, Sylvester Smith, Warren French, W. N. Storrs.
1870, Sheldon MUes, S. H. Rankin, W. W. Dibble.
1871, W. C. Sharpe, Lyman Botsford, T. S. Ladd.
1872, H. B. Beecher, Warren French, W. N. Storra.
1873, Lugrand Sharpe, A. W. Lounsbnry, WUliam Gilyard.
Edwin Smith, elected to fill vacancy vice Lyman Botsford, resif^ned.
1874, W. C. Sharpe, WllUara B. Johnson, James K. Adams.
T. S. Ladd, elected to fill vacancy vice WUUam GUyard, resio-ned
1875, H. B. Beecher, W. N. Ston^, Sheldon MUes. " • •
1876, W. W. Dibble, H. C. Rogers, D. H. Munson.
1877, W. C. Sharpe, James K. Adams, Joseph Hitchcock.
1878, H. B. Beecher, W. N. Sti)rra, Sheldon Miles.
Warren French, elected to fiU vacancy vice H. C. Rogers, removed.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
I
George Kirtiand came to Seyraour in 1825, and in 1826 or 1827 he started
a Sunday school with five children of his own, the number increasing the
fii-st year to 27. He tried to establish a library for the Sunday school, both
himself and a Mr. Fisher contributing books and money. He kept up the
school six or seven yeara, when it was discontinued for a time.
The Superintendents since the re-organization of the school, so far as I
have been able to learn, are :
1841-2, Samuel R. Hickox. 1866-7, William N. Stom.
1843-8, Lugrand Sharp. 1868, Sheldon Miles.
1852, John Adams. 18C9, William C. Sharpe.
1853, Frederick Durand. 1870-1, WiUiam N. Ston-s,
1854, WUliam A. Hughes. 1872, WiUiam W. Dibble.
1855, WUliam MaUorj-. 1873, Samuel Butier.
1856-7, Albert W. Lounsbui-y. 1874, Charles N. Blanchard.
1858, WUliam MaUory. 1875, Samuel Butier.
1859, Warren French. 1876, Edward N. Botsford.
1860-1, WiUiam N. Storrs. 1877, Henry C. Rogers.
1862-5, Henry W. Benedict. 1878, Samuel Butier.
In 1862 there were 777 volumes in iho lil>rary. 1879, GcOrge E. Stockwell.
In 1S65, 851 volumes.

KEY. JOHIST BOWEE,
FIRST MINISTER AT DERBY.
The first clergyman of Derby was Rev. John Bower, who was settied
there in 1672 and died in 1688. He was a graduate of Harvard College,
class of 1649. He was a son of George Bower, or Bowera, found in Scituate, *
Mass. in 1637, in Plymouth in 1639, and who removed to Cambridge. George
lived in Cambridge on the east side of North Avenue, not far from the rail
road bridge. There his wife Barbara died, 25th March, 1644. He ra. 2"'i
Elizabeth Worthington, and had Jerathmeel, b. 1650. George Bowers had
some teouble with his son Benamuel, for in May, 1652, he was complained of
for rending a deed with several articles between them. Yet in 1656 he con
veyed twenty acres in Charleston next Cambridge line to Benamuel. He
voted several years but at the same com-t in 1652 was fined for it, not being
a sworn freeman. Both offences were complained of by Thomas Danforth,
who apparently raade it warm for him. He died late in 1656, his will of 8th
Nov. being proved 30th Dec. of that year, and his widow married 25th June,
1657, Henry Boutell or Boutwell. He had two daughtera — Patience, ra.
Humphrey Bradstieetf and Silence ; and by his first wife two sons, undoubt
edly born in England. Benamuel of Cambridge, who suffered imprisonment,
whipping and fines as a quaker, and Rev. John, gi-aduated at Harvard
College in 1649. John was a school master in Plymouth, perhaps (says
Savage) the earliest in the business.
New Haven was early ambitious to have a classical school, which how
ever was maintained with difficulty, so few ^vished to study "Latten."
"8th Nov., 1652, the Governor informed the Court that the cause of
calling this meeting was about a school master to let them know what he
. hath done in it ; he hath written a letter to one Mr. Bower, who is school
master at Plymouth and desireth to come into these parts to live."
Dec. 20th, 1652, the Governor had received a letter fi-om Mr. Bower,
who was willing to come but could not untU spring because he was engaged
in Plymouth until April and he wished to know what the town expected.
The town declared he might "for the worke and the paye" have the terms
Mr. Hanford had. The terms with'Hanford in 1651 were, he was "to have
"^£29 a yeare and the towne to pay for his chamber and dyet, (which they
"have agreed with Mr. Atwater for, for 5s per week.) That his paye bee
"goods and some of it such as wherewith he may buy bookes and defraye
"charges in his travel. That he have Hbertie once a yeare to goe see his
"friends which was propounded to be in harvest time. That if he be called
"away (not to the same worke) but some other employment which may be

18(i HISTORY OF SEYiMOUR.
"for tiie honor of Christ he may have libertie, and for tiiis he will teach the
"children of this towne, (having the benefit of strangers to himself) after
"they arc entered and can reade in ye Testament to perfect them in English
"aud teache them their latin tongue as they are capable and to wriglit."
The arrival of Mr. Bower is noticed 21st June, 1653, and he boarded
with Thomas Kimberly. His predecessor had trouble with scholars not 'far
enough advanced for his school, and May 1st, 16.54, a complaint was made
that Mr. Bower was so employed in teaching children their letters that the
"Lattin" suffered, so two townsmen were deputed to send such children home.
3rd AprU, 1600, Mr, Bower informed the town that there were in this high
school, only eighteen scholars, and sometimes but six or eight present, and he
wanted to know "whether they would have a schoole or no schoole," This
year closed his seven yeara service. We hear of him next in Guilford, where
in 1660, says Smith, he purchased an estate and supplied the pulpit for three
or four yeara until Mr, Joseph Elliot was settled, which was in 1004, In
another place Mr. Smith says John Cotton arid Mr. Bower jointly supplied
the pulpit. He was not as popular as Mr. Elliot after him.
In 1066 on the removal of a part of the planters of Branford to New
Jersey, with their pastor, Mr. Pierson, he engaged Mr. Bower to preach in
his place, and himself paid him to the end of that year. The people gave a
formal call to him Jan. 6th, 1667, to become their pastor, voting to allow him
for the next year forty pounds and a days work from every planter. They
renewed it year by year adding to the salary.
In May, 1671, he was invited to settle there and accepted Dee, 3i-d of
that year but left in 1672, He had previously meditated removing to Derby,
as 18th AprU, 1671, Derby granted him twelve acres for a home. 18th
Nov., 1673, the planters there voted to build him a house, and it is recorded
next that the first year Mr. Bower is wilUng to take what the inhabitants
would voluntarily give, as tbey are at great expense in building.
In 1681 and again in 1682 they voted him fifty pounds for a yeara salary.
Mr. Bower's will is recorded in Derby records as well as at New Haven, It
is dated Jan, 8th, 1684, (1685),* It is very short, speaking of him as being
"A copy of Mr. Bower's will — from tbe Town Eecords of Derby — no date to
the record. The last tvill and testiment of Mr. John Bower of Derby, being very iveak of body
but of perfect understanding and memory, do leave these lines as my last will and testament.
Impri. My will is ijt after my decease, my dearly beloved wife, Bridget Bower, shall
have ye disposal of my whole estate, to dispose of it amongst our children, as she shall see
cause, he desiaring yt ye birthright may be remcmbei-ed if lie cary it loell to his honored
mother, as witness my hand, this eight day of jenuary, one thousand, six hundred eighty four,
ABELL GUN. A P rt>
JOB FRISBIE. -4-oh-n 5 olAJ' &¦)!?.
The will no doubt was written by another, while Mr. Bower was sicU, and
signed by him, and the bad spelling may be due to tho scribe or recorder.

IimTORY OF SEY.MOUR. IS7
very weak in body and giving his wife Bridget the fuU disposal of his estate
care of the chUdren, &c., desiring y* ye birthright, [ie. double portion) may
be remembered if he carry it well to his honored mother," He died 14th
June, 1687. His widow continued to reside in Derby, where she died 19th
May, 1720. Her house is mentioned in 1701, the pound being "as you go to
Mrs. Bower's, her house."
In 1676 he joined with the Rev. Zachariah Walker of Woodbury in a
letter urging defence of Woodbury and Derby "as would be the firat attacked."
He manied at New Haven, Bridget Thompson, daughter of Anthony
Thompson of New Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Bower's had at least the following
children, perhaps more.
Ruth, bapt. 20th Dec, 1657, ra. 2nd Dec, 1674, Jolm Frisbie of Bran
ford, and had chUdren— John, 23i-d May, 1676; Edward, 24th Jan., 1678;
Rebecca, 14th Nov., 1679 ; Hannah, 18th Jan., 1681 ; Samuel, 10th Feb.,
1683; Ruth, 6th Dec, 1685, d. 26th May, 1688; Joseph, 15th Aug., 1688.
As widow and administi-atrix of her husband, she deeds 20th Jan., 1700 to
her son Samuel, with assent of her son John. Mr, Savage says she m, 2nd,
WUliam Hoadly.
Mary, m, 1682, Samuel Nichols.
Samuel, 5th Nov., 1665.
John, bom at GuUford, 3rd Dec, 1667.
Ann, ra. 2nd Sept., 1703, Francis French of Derby.
Nathaniel. The latter does not appear in Savage's Dictionary, but
29th Dec, 1707, Mra. Bridget Bower deeds to "ray beloved son Nathaniel
Bower of Greenwitch, in the county of Fairfield." He removed to East
New Jersey and in the grant for Derby appear the minor heira of Nathaniel
Bower in East New Jersey, deceased. He was Rev. Nathaniel, minister of
the first church in Greenwich in 1700. He succeeded Mr. Wakeman at
Newark, New Jersey, and was succeeded shortly after Aug., 1716, by Mr.
Whittlesey in Newark. He is beyond all question the Rev. Mr. Bower of
Eye — in 1696, and remaining there until 1700, when he was "settled" at
Greenwich. The period of his stay at Bye was while the people of Rye
"revolted" from New York to Connecticut, which revolt apparently arose in
considerable degi-ee at least, from religious feeling. In 1700 the town ordered
his salary to be paid "in specie as followeth, wheat at five shillings per bushel,
and all other provisions pay equivalent," His salary was fifty pounds.
SAMXJEL,bom in 1605, m. 1st, in 1687, Ruth Wooster of Derby, daughter
of Edward Wooster from MUford. He ra. 2nd, 4th Nov., 1691, Lydia
French, daughter of Francis and sister of the husband of Ann Bower. She
was bom 28th Sept., 1670. He was several times constable, (then an office
of high honor), and was alive as late as 1708. He had children at least
Lydia, bom Aug. 2nd, 1692.
Eebeckah, born March 9tii, 1694, died Dec. 7th, 1712.

1S8 TTISTOKY OP SICYMOTJR.
Kezziah, born March 2nd, 109g.
Miriam, born April 5th, 1703, m. Oct. 7tli, 1724, Ephraim Washbon.
Samuel, born Dec. 2nd, 17 — (torn off) who ra. a wife Sarah, and had a
a daughter born in Derby, Jan. 8th, 1729.
John, bom in 1667, appears in Derby in 1693, and continued there, hold
ing various places of trast. He was surveyor in 1705, collector in 1706,
deputy to the legislature in May, 1708, dying in September of the same year
and styled Mr, He is identified beyond question by a deed from his luother
in 1707. It is generally said that he was minister for a while in Rye. This
is a mistake, originating with Mather in his Magnalia, who put at Rye in
1696, IMi-. Bower, H, C. (Harvard College). This was John the first, but
out of date. Trumbull in his history of Conn, says John Bower removed
from Derby and settled at Rye about 1688. Mr. Savage makes it the Sen.
John — ^but it appeara plainly in Mr. Baird's History of Rye, p. 281, that the
only Bower of Rye was Nathaniel. Mr. Baird adds he knows nothing of
Nathaniel's antecedents which we here set forth.
To help the confusion that has existed as to the Johns — there was in
Greenwich a John Bower, neither of these as in Vol. IV of Faii-field Pro
bate Records is his will 1693, who gives to his daughter-in-law Judah
Renolds and sister Hester Bukley ? John of Greenwich was 43 yeara old in
1681. There was also in 1672 a Mr. John of Oxford, Mass., who had a son
in South Middletown, Conn. I do not know what children this second John
of Derby had, but a third Mr. John m. Nov. 22nd, 1732, Sarah Riggs, died
26th Jan., 173^, and April 18th, 1739 his widow married Rev. Mr. Daniel
Humphreys. They had at least a daughter, Sarah, bom Aug. 18th, 1736.
Rev. Daniel Humphreys and his wife Sarah above named were parents
of General David Humphreys, born 1752 or 1753 — ^from whom Seymour
was first named HumphreysvUle.
Anthony Thompson of New Haven, (the fiither of Bridget, wife of John
Bower), with his wife, two children and brothera John and William em
barked at London in 1637, on board tho Hector with Gov. Eaton, Rev. Mr.
Davenport and others of the New Haven colony, arriving at Boston June 20th,
1637. They were among the first settlers at New Haven, where he signed
the compact, June 4th, 1639.
Anthony died March 23rd, 1647, making a nuncupative will in the
presence of Rev. Davenport and Robert Newman, which was proved May
27th, 1650. He left fifteen pounds to Bridget, (daughter of his first wife),
to be paid her at the age of eighteen years, provided she disposed of heraelf
in man-iage with the consent and approbation of her mother and the elders of
the church then being. As she married a clergyman and the classical school
teacher of New Haven, it is to be hoped tiic widow and eldera were not
averse to the match,
Anthony had children, John and Anthony, when he came, Bridget was
bom here. He married 2nd, Catherine, and had two daughters by her ;

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Hannah, who married a Staunton; and Lydia, who married Isaac Crittenden •
and one son, Ebenezer, 15th Oct., 1648, who was bora some months after
the will and probably posthumous.
He remembered the daughters and the widow while she was his widow.
She forfeited her share by marrying Nicholas Camp in 1652, but she was still
loved by her step children, for Anthony gave his property to his brother John
sister Bridget, his three half sisters, children of "Goodwife Camp " and his
"mother-in-law," ie. step-mother.
WUUam, the brother of the firat Anthony, died 24th April, 1683 leav
ing neither wife or chUdren. He gave property to his nephews and neices
calling them cousins, and among them his "beloved cousin Brid"-et Bower."
The Thompsons might bo presumptively from the neighborhood of many
of the New Haven emigrants, to-wit: Kent, London and Hertfordshire but
Bridget's brother Ebenezer died in Guilford in 1676 and is called a Scotch
man. , Possibly the Thompsons had moved from Scotiand to London. An
thony evidently was respected in New Haven, for it appears by the Colonial
Records that he was very often chosen by the court as a committee man or
an arbitrator in case of doubt or trouble.
In March, 1643, he was vrith several others at training fined "6d for
foole (foul) guns." There were fined in all, thirty-eight men, so we judo-e the
service was not much better than Falstaff's motley company. In 1647 it was
charged that "the last night he watched he fell asleep." The only effect
seems to have been that Richard Osborne who made the charge, was made
to " pay 40s. fine to the town for his slanderous reproach layed on the watch-
raaistera, which he was not able to make out or prove." Osbome had also
to acknowledge his " sinne " in general court. In 1648, Anthony Thomp
son having deceased, another was chosen in his place as " collector for the
coUedge corne."
His nuncupative will, raade May 27, 1650, was not allowed as a legal
wiU, but it was ordered that the wife should administer upon the estate
"according to the particulars in this wilting contained," which would seem
about as well as if it was a legal will. This left out poor Ebenezer as though
he had no business to be bom after his father died. Barnabas Baldwin, b.
September, 1665, son of Richard, the "moderator," of Derby, who (died in
testate in July of the same year, was similarly punished.
PETITION FOE A CHTJECH AT DEEBY.
For the following petition to the general court at Hartford we are in
debted to Hon. Charles J. Hoadley of Hartford. It is written and signed by
Mr. Bower. To the Hpn^able Gen" Court at Hartford we humbly crave leave to
pr sent as followeth : -
We may truly say as sometimes said good Nehemiah in somew* a- like
case, that G* hath put into o'^ hearts & y* for some space of time and desirous

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we are all now & y' as one man to build the L.'^ o' G'^ an house & to end"'
the enjoy™' of a cch state according to y« order of the Gospell amongst
o'^selves in this place where divine providence hath cast us, wch if the L*
shall grant unto us, we shall say w"" the psalmist y' our lives are fallen in
pleasant places & y' we have a goodly heritage, especially if y' y® name of o'
little citty, (if it shall co'e to y') may be Jehovah Sham'ah the L* is there.
The causes moving hereunto are
1 Gods com'and 1. Hagg 8. Go build the house wch relates to Christ's
visible cch so termed : 1 Tim : 3, 15 : The house of G* wch is ye cch of ye
living God.
2 Christ's com'and : 6 Math : 33 : /first seek the kingdo'e of G* vvch re
lates to a church State : the vissible cch of Christ on earth being y* kingdo'e
of he a' or of G* on earth 25 Math : 1.
3 The great cent™' G* takes to breathe in y* counsi' of saints in a ch state &
y* above all other societies 87 ps 2 : 132 ps 13 so on : That is ray rest etc.
4 The promise of G**^ presence w"*" & blessing upo' his cch: 20 Exo'^ 24: 87
ps 5. 6.
5 The practise of true beleving ones in primitive times to embody yms in a
cch state though but few : of w"^ y* N. T. gives abundant proof
6 We desire to be under a cch watch, wch of all watches is the most strict
12 Heb 15. Looking diUgently.
These & such like consideratio's have put us upo' our forementioned de
sires & in order to the further prosecution of y* same, we did in the 1"' place
make our addresses unto the throne of grace for guidance & to seek of G^ a right
way for us and our little ones / After this we sent unto the churches of Chiist
next adjacent & we have (as will appear by y^ lettera) their consent and ad
vice to up and bee doing in wch respect we may set up o"^ Ebenezer & say
hitherto y" L'' hath helped & set before us an open door And hereby we are
the more embolned according to o"^ boundin duty humbly to entreat (Hon"
fathers of the Com'onwealth & nourishers of Gods Israel) that you wU please
to cast a favorable aspect upo' these o"^ desires & y' o' looking w*ever of
obliguity or huraan frailty yo"^ honors may have espyed or may now in these,
wch might justiy impedim*, and give us leave to buUd an house for o' God
and with y" leave under God by his assistance we wHl say : as 15 Exod 2 he
is 0^ God and we will prepare hi' an habitatio' our fathers God & we wUl
exalt hi'.
Hon" fathers, if G* shall so dispose of yo' hearts as to abbet, encourage,
assist, protect us in this raatf we wil yet againe set up o' Ebenezer & say be
hold he hath set before us an open door & no man can shutt it. If it shall be
object'', we are poor : A. G**^ ordinances will enrich us, 6 Math : 33 : 3, Pro.
9, 10 but if you are few & small : we would answer in the Lords own words
4 Zach : 10, who hath dispised the day of smaU things. We i-ead y* instrii-

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ments have been too maney, never too few for G** to work by : & therefore
through G"* we shall do valliantly.
Y" hon" humble supplicants & faithful servants in the nam© of the rest
of 0' brethe* & neighbo"
Derby : the 6th of May, 1678. -^ ^-n^oVx/e, -jf.
JOHN HULLS,
JOSEPH HAWIHNS.
- Note. — In the original m and other letters are frequently omitted and the omission is indicated
by a wave line over the preceding letter. No snch type being available, the omissions have here been
iudicate<l by apostrophes. TEOUBLE WITH INDIANS.
In the firat volume of Cothren's History of Woodbury is an interesting
letter from Rev. Mr. Walker of Woodbury, and Rev. Mr. Bovver of Derby,
relating to the removal of inhabitants from their places on account of the
Indians and securing of these two plantations. The original is on file in Hart
ford in the handwriting of Mr. Walker and signed by both :
" To ye Honoured Gen*^ Court convened at Harttord Octob^ 12th 1676
we whose names are hereunto subscribed do humbly propose as foHoweth :
That whereas y* providence of God hath so ordered that by means of late
tioubles brought upon y® country we the inhabitants of Woodbury and Derby
have been necessitated to remove from o'^ dwellings And a more favorable
aspect of Providence at y* present inviting us to a return & y® necessity of
many of o"^ famiUes in part inforcing it yet forasmuch as we cannot be assured
but ye Uke danger may again arise we make bold before such o' return to re
quest this honoured Court to resolve us in one important inquiry viz in case
the war w*'' y« Indians should be again renewed what we may expect & trust
to from yo authority of this Colony in order to o"^ protection & safety ? We
humbly request that o'' inquiry may neither be judged offensive nor con
cluded irrational tiU ye following grounds of it be considered :
1 First we cannot be insensible of tf^ former experience viz : that in a
time when danger threatened y« loudest & o'^ two plantations afores* were
probably in greatest hazzard we were not only without any other help but o-^
own for y® guarding of o^ ould place but o"^ own also w"^ were indeed too few
were taken from us time after time being pressed from.y* sea-side towns
when occasionally they came thither about necessary business whereby we
had more proportionally to o"- members fi-om o'^ two plantations imployed in y«
publick service then (we suppose) any other town of ye Colony ; And as by y"
means we were forced to a removaU so r in we had not the least benefit of
any guard for y® safety of o'' peraons or goods.
2 Neither can we be insensible how unable many persons will bee after
a second remove to those plantations without mine to y« families to retmn
again to these older plantations ; partly by means of ye chaFgeableness of such
removes & partly by means of what disapointments we have already met with.

H)-J HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
3 TliirJly we desire ye iiuittiall obligation betwixt rulers & subjects may
be considered viz : y' as y" latter owe subjection respecting both ye persons &
estates ; so y'' former are obliged to protect both according to y"* best ability
providing that they may lead a quiet & peceable life.
4 Let it be considered ; that though formerly the country had cause
enough because sin enough to beget au expectation of affliction yet y"^ was
little or no expectation y' it should arise from such means before it did begin ;
the experience y^ fore of so unexpected an affliction affords (notwithstanding a
present seeming cessation) ye more cause to expect ye like again sooner or
later especially so little of refformation any where appearing : H therefore
new-begun & remote plantations may not in such hazzards have any promise
of just protection y® non-encouragin* of such (as will endanger their desertion)
so it will discourage any other persons from erecting any other for y^ inlarge-
ment of y^ Colony & whether y' wUl not be much to y^ disadvantage of y®
Colony we leave upon inquiry.
5 The secureing of those two plantations of Woodberry & Darby will ac
cording to second causes be one of y^ most considerable securities in a time
of such dangers unto y® two western counties viz, of New Haven & Fairfield
for it can hardly be expected y' any strength of Indians will adventure to set
upon any lower plantation till they have attempted ours above & if they fail
they will be y® more shy of pounding themselves by coming lower.
6 Though we cannot affirm yet we are not without some reason to sus
pect (& y* fore only propound it as a conditionall argument) that y® charges
expended in other colouies for garrisoning some of their out towns & fetching
offe y,® peraons & goods of some others will come upon account in y" publick
charges of y® war to be proportionably borne by ye three Colonies which if it
be this Colony wiU not be so much y" shorter in y® bill of expenses because
they have not done ye like & vertually fined to ye other Colonies because they
had not as extensive & generall a care of y"' out plantations y* were most ex
posed to danger as other Colonies had of theira.
We humbly request yo"^ consideration of y® premises & y* yo'' worships
will so far regard o' infant plantations as to afford us some intimation of yo''
pleasure concerning this o'^ inquiry.
Yours in all due observance
-p-oh-n ^0 i^aic. in ye behalfe of Derby.
ZECHARIAH WALKER in ye behalfe of Woodberry.

OENEALOOY. j;,;-

CAJVF'IELI).

Thomas Campfield was in Milford as early as 1646, and in 1668 his
name appears as proprietor of the home lot No. 55 in the original town plot.
In 1669 he was recorded a fi-eeman, and May 13, 1669, he was confirmed
"Serjeant of the Train Band" of Milford. He was admitted into the church
at MUford in 1657. In 1686 he was taxed on £154. His wiU is dated Feb.
23, 1687. In his inventi)ry, dated Aug. 22, 1689, (£482,ls.,2d.,) are mentioned
his three manied daughters, Sarah, Phebe and Elizabeth, his daughter Abigail,
and three unmarried daughters, and his two sons as executora. He married
Phebe  . Children : =^homas, b. Oct. 14, 1654 ; d. in 1712 ; 'Mary, b.
Jan. 1, 165f; ^Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 16|g; 'Hannah, b. Nov. 20, 1667;
^Mehitabel,' b. July 2, 1671 ; ''Jereiiuah, 'AbigaU ; *Sarah, m. Josiah Piatt,
Dec. 2, 1669; and '"Phebe.
t
"Thomas, Jr., son of Thomas and Phebe, (spelled his name Camfield),
had children: "Rebecca, b. Jan. 23, 1682; »*Thomas ; "Israel, b. May 24,
1684; i*Abiel. Milford Eecords of Apr. 30, 1712, speak of land deeded by
Israel and Abiel, sons of Thomas Camfield, late deceased, to Thomas, their
older brother.

'^Abeel', son of Thomas, (name spelled Canfield,) removed to Derby
and m. Euth Washbora Sept. 12, 1717. The name occasional ly appears
npon record as Abiram. Children :
1= Joseph, b. Oct. 1, 1719, m. Sarah Sti'lson Sept. 3, 1746, d. July 14, 1784.
'«John, b. Mar. 31, 1721.
"Abiel, b. May 30, 1723, d. Mar. 1.3, 1741.
"William, b. Oct. 29, 1725; m. Hannah Lumm, d. Sept. 30, 1761.
'^Samuel, b, Dec. 26, 1727, m. Mary Bassett Apr. 3, 1754.
'"'Josiah, b. Dec 22, 1729, d. Jan. 1, 1737.
^'David, b. Feb. 5, 1734, d. Nov. 23, 1741.
'''Dr. Josiah, b. Dec. 31, 1739, m, 1st, Jan., 1, 1767-, Anne Nichols,
who died Oct. 20, 1768; 2nd, Feb. 28, 1769, Mrs. Naomi Davis;
chUd, ^'Abigail, b. Sept. 9, 1770.

194 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
AbieP gave to his son Joseph a house and land on Bungay as appeara by
the deed which reads as follows :
. Kcceived to Kecord December i2(l, 1754, and Recorded in page 395 of Derby 6 Eook, by me.
Charles Fbench, Clert.
To ALL TEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COMB GKEETUS'GS
Know ye that I Abial Canfield of y« Town of Derby in y' County of New Haven in
his Majesties Collony of Connecticnt in New-England Do for y" Parential love good will
and affections that I have and do bear to wards my Son Joseph Canfield of s'' Derby
with other good Causes and considerations me hereunto moveing : Do by theae pres
ents Give: Grant. Bargain, Alien : make Over convey and Confirm unto to him y s""
Joseph Canfield and to bis heirs and assiga for ever one certain percell of Land
Scituate within y» Town Ship of Derby above s*. Lying and being within that tract
of Land called Camps Mortgage : Containing by Estimation Thirty Acres be it more
or less Bounded East and Westerly on High ways: Northerly or y" Land of m' John
Brinsmaid Southerly on ye Land of Sar"' Jonah Smith together with one Dwelling
House and orchards thereon Standing: WitUall y"' previlidges and Appurtenances
there unto belonging to Have And to Hold all y° above Granted and Bargained premisses
withall y« privilidges and Appnrtenano"' thereof unto him y° 8* Joseph Canfield and
to his heirs and assigns tor Ever : to his and their own proper nse &, benidt as a good
ludefeasiable Estate in Pee Simple : Without any manner of trouble or Molestation
Given by me y" s* Abial Canfield or any other person or persons in Name or Steed In
confirmation of y^ premisses I y" s* Abiall Canfield have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal this twenty fourth Day of June in y° Twenty first year of y"= Reign of onr soverign
Lord George y« Second of Great Brittian King &c A,: D. 1847. ABIEL CANFIELD
Signed Sealed and Delivered ? Ebenezer Keeney
In presence of ) Abigail Eiggs juner
Derby in y" County of New Haven on y« Day aud Date above written
then and there M' Abill Canfield persouly appeared and Aoknoledged y'
Above written Instrument with y" signing and Sealing y" Same to be hia
own free act and Deed before me Sam" Riggs Justice of Peace
AbieP died in 1772 and his will was proved at New Haven in June of
that year, John Canfield, executor. In it he mentions his grandson Samuel,
son of Dr. Samuel of Derby, deceased, also his grandsou Abel, son of WU
Uam. Riitii d. Sept. 24, 1784, aged 87 years.

I'JOSEPH", oldest son of Abiel and Ruth, m. Sept, 3, 1740, Sarah,
daughter of Moses Stilson, b, Apr. 23, 1726, d. Jan. 25, 1793. Children :
**Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1748, d. Oct. 31, 1749.
^Ruth, b. Feb. 20, 1750.
"^Anne, b. Oct. 17, 1751.
"Abiel, b. Apr. 6, 1753, m. Mary Barlow, d. Dec. 6, 1812,
'"'Sarah, b. Mar. 19, 1755.
^^Charity, b, Feb. 1, 1758, d, Feb. 2, 1758.
^''Abraham, b. June 20, 1759, m, Oct, 6, 1784, Mabel, dau, of Isaac and
Lois Johnson, b, Nov, 27, 1766, and had children ;
31, EtUelinda, b. Feb. 15, 1736, (32) Urania, b. Mar. 6, 1788.
^^Daniel, b. ]\Iar. 21, 1761, m. Anna Hurd, d, Dec. 25, 1818.

GENEALOGY. i;,,-,
^ "Abiel', oldest son of Joseph and Sarah Canfield, m. Mary Barlow of
Stratford Dec. 23, 1779. See page 126. ChUdren :
3*Abiel, m. Eunice, daughter of Capt. Bradford Steele, removed to Ohio.
^^Sarauel, b. 1797, m. Mary Allen, d. Apr. 17, 1879.
- ^Clark, ''Lewis.
''Betsey, m. Lewis BroadweU, d. in 1821.
''Lockwood, b. 1782, d. Feb. 18, 1803.
Abiel Canfield made many purchases of laud on the west side of the Naugatuck and south
of Little river, among which wore the following, which may help to give an idea of the " aucient
landmarks " :
May 10, 1784, from Theophilus Miles, a piece ot land " lying at a place called Camp's mortgage,
containing twenty rods of land, begining at the northeast corner of said peace of land, neare to a
well in the highway, and then runing northwesterly by the highway ten rods to a heap of stones,
and then runing southerly throe rods to aheap of stones, and then runing easterly ten rods to a heap
of stones, and then runing northerly one rod to the first mentioned corner; bounded north ou high
way, west and south and east on my own land." Witnessed by James Eiggs and Thomas Clark
Justice of the Peace.
Dec. 6, 1790, from James Pritchard of Bethlehem, Litchfield co., for the consideration of £-20,
" one certaiue peace or parcel of land situate iu the Township of Derby, ooataiuing three acres
be it more or less, lying in Camp's Mortgage on the Little Kiver Road, said peace of land being
part of the land owned by Nathaniel Wooster, Decst.— bounded East on highway, north on
Susaanah Cornishea land, west on Johnathan Miles' land, south on Daniel Wooster land." Wit
nessed by John Davis and Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace.
Aug. 22, 1791, from Samuel Sanford, for £17, one piece lying southward of John Cornishes
house, the other west of sd. Cornishes house, commencing at corner of John Kowe's land, running
westward 44 rods on highway, southward 35 rods on Johnathan Miles' land, thence eastward 21 rods
on Abiel Canfield's land and northward 9 rods on John Rowe's land; witnessed by Simeon Curtiss
and Thomas Clark, Justice of the Ppace.
July 2, 1796, from Jesse Smith, nine rods of land between lauds of said Canfield and Smith, wit
nessed by Jesse Baldwin and Levi Tomlinson, Justice of the peace.
Feb. 9, 1805, from George Steele, for $500, a piece of land bounded northerly and westerly by
highway, easterly on land of the heirs of Isaac Baldwin, 1^ acres with house and barn ; and two
acres bounded southerly by highway aud northerly and easterly on Johnathan Miles' land. Wit
nesses, Philo and Levi Tomlinson.
The same date, from George Steele, Wm. and Milo Keney, for $650, one piece bounded westerly
on highway, southerly on land of Abijah HuU, easterly on Naugatuck river, northerly on land of
heirs of Isaac Baldwin and said Steele, 5^ acres ; and 14 acres bounded southerly on highway and
land of Leverett Pritchard, westerly on land of sd. Pritchard aud Josiah Washborn, uorthecly ou
laud of Philo Holbrook, and easterly on land of Johnathan Miles.

"Samuel^, son of Abiel and Mary Canfield, m, Mary Allen, who died
Oct. 5 ; 1841, aged 38 years. Children :
^''Ann, d. Jan. 16, 1858, aged 30 years.
*"John M., d. Apr. 14, 1858, aged 29 years.
*^Elsie, d. Sept. 10, 1848, aged 18 years.
"George, d. May 25, 1853, aged 18 years.
?•Harriett, m. Henry T. Booth. Children :
45, Alida ; (46) Hattie, m. Frank A. Cotter of Ansonia ; (47) Lottie E-. and (48) Mary.
^Samuel H., m. Harriett, daughter of Raymond French, Esq.
'"Edwin H.

190 HIS'lORY- OF SEYMOUR.
At the time of the second war with Great Britain, Samuel Canfield was an
apprentice learning the trade of machinist with Elias Gilbert. He was
drafted, and Mr. GUbert hired a substitute rather than lose his assistance.
Years after, in company with Hiram Upson, he carried on the manufacture
of augers in what are now James Swan's chisel works, and afterwards worked
for Dwight and French and the HumpreysvUle Manufacturing Company
about twenty years. For the twenty years preceding his death he Uved in
retirement at his residence near Trinity church. He died April 17, 1879,
aged 82 years.
''Daniel,' third son of Joseph and Sarah Canfield, m. Feb. 11, 1789,
Anna, d. of Zedock Hurd of Woodbury, b. Aug. 13, 1765. Lived on Bun
gay, south of the schoolhouse. ChUdren :
"^Esther, b. Mar. 5, 1790, m. Sheldon Eanney.
"Charity, b. Oct. 24, 1792, d. Oct. 1, 1793.
"WUliam, b. Sept. 18, 1792.
""Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1796, m, Frances Eason.
»?Julia Ann, b. Apr. 10, 1799.
*'Almira, b. Dec. 5, 1801, m. Charles Bradley.
"^Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1804.
=9CaroUne, b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. Treat Botsford.
s^Judson, b. AprU 8, 1806, m. Sarah MUes,
"John*, son of Abiel and Ruth Canfield, ra. 1st in March, 1751, Elizabeth
Johnson, who died Sept. 8, 1751 ; 2nd, Mrs. Martha Judd, Nov. 20, 1753.
ChUdren: David, b. Nov. 6, 1754; Bette, b. Mar. 26, 1756; MoUe, b. June
1, 1758 ; Eunice, b. Nov. 17, 1760. ^^,^ j,^^
"WilliAjI^, m. Hannah Lumm Mar. 6, 1774. ChUdren, Abel, b. May
29, 1755 ; Hannah, b. May 30, 1756.

19DR. Samuel", son of Abiel and Ruth Canfield, ra. Apr. 3, 1754, Mary
Bassett, and d. in 1766. Children: Samuel, b. July 13, 1756 ; Sabra, b.
Feb. 15,1758; Suze, b. Nov. 6, 1759; Seba, b. Jam 2,1762; Salle and
Derby Eecords.

GENEALOGY. lUT

lilG^G^S.

Edward Riggs settled in MUford in 1640, and was aftei-wards one of the
first settiers of Derby. Savage says Samuel Riggs of Milford m. in 1667 a
daughter of Richard Baldwin and reraoved to Derby.

Edward Riggs of Derby, probably a descendant of Edward of Milford,
and Lois Osbom of Waterbury were married by Rev. Mr. Mansfield May 19,
1759. ChUdren :
Moses, b. Apr. 10, 1760, m. Susannah Tucker.
Edward, b. Jan. 24, 1762.
David, Thoraas and Isaac.
Moses Riggs, son of Edward and Lois, a soldier of the Revolution, ra.
Susanna, daughter of Samuel Tucker. Children :
Sheldon, m. Rebecca Lingham.
Leman, m. Patty Clark.
Moses, m. Grade Holbrook.
¦ Simon,
Thomas, m. Watie G. Smith.
Clara, m. 1st, David Johnson; 2nd, John Nichols.
Susan, m. Ezra Bassett.
Harriett, ra. Daniel Holbrook.
Eliza, m. Levi Johnson.
Garry, m. Sally Clark.
EsBirazER Riggs, ra. Rachel Peck of Waterbmy July 5, 1733. Children :
Rachel, b. May 31, 1734, d. May 25, 1740.
Esther, b. July 24, 1736. ,
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 17, 1738, d. May 29, 1740.
Rachel, b. Jan. 23, 1741. 
Louis, b. July 25, 1743, d. Aug. — , 1751.
Eunice, b. Oct. 14, 1745.
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1748.
Jereraiah, b, July 1, 1750.
Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1753.
Ebenezer Riggs of Oxford m. Julia M.,dau.of Col. JohnDavis. Children:
Lucinda, m. Henry, son of Sheldon Church of Seymour.
Dewitt, unman-ied.

1<)S HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Hoiner, m. Mary E. Davis of New Rochelle, N. Y., daughter of Capt.
Clark Davis, and granddaughter of Capt. Traman Davis. Resides at
Washington, D. C.
Bemice, m. Charles Meiggs of Oxford.
N. Clark.

Joseph Riggs, ra'. Mabel Johnson Feb. 20, 1739. Children :
Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1740.
John, b. Apr. 10, 1742.
Joseph, b, July 21, 1746.
Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1750, d. Sept. 21, 1700.
Mabel, b. May 5, 1759.

John Riggs, Esq., son of Joseph and Mabel, ra. Elizabeth Hawkins.
He died June 18, 1814, and his wife died Oct. 3, 1815. ChUdren :
John, b. Dec. 22, 1771, ra. Jan. 1, 1793, Mary Beecher.

John Riggs, son of John and Elizabeth, ra. Jan. 1, 1793, Mary, dau. of
Isaac and Hannah Beecher. Qhildren :
Maria, b. May 7, 1793, d. June 4, 1813.
Laura, b. May 7, 1795, m. John Davis Oct. 16, 1813, d. in 1854.
Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1798,m. John S.Moshier, Oct. 27, 1816, d. Feb. 9,1877.
John H., b. Jan. 6, 1801, d. Oct. 10, 1805.
Lucinda, b. May 20, 1804, m. Wan-en French, Nov. 21, 1823; d. » 20, '76,
Thirza, b. Oct. 26, 1807, m. 1st, John Humphrey, 2nd, Joshua Kendall.
John, b. Oct. 25, 1811, d. Nov. 14, 1855.
Harpin, b. Dec. 9, 1813, ra. Harriett Upson May 17, 1840.
Henry, b. Jan. 15, 1816, ra. Mary Ann Bradley, d. in 1864.
John m. 2nd, Mar. 6, 1829, Betsey Hawkins, b. Apr. 26, 1786, d, July
18, 1849.

Harpin Riggs, son of John and EUzabeth, m. Harriett, dau. of Hham
and Sarah Upson May 17, 1840. ChUdren :
John H., b. Apr. 5, 1841, ra. Adella Kennedy May 17, 1866, Children :
Alice Lonisa, Lizzie Atwood, John Harpin.
Royal B., b. Oct, 6, 1844, m, Mary Dunn.
HUam U., b. Dec. 20, 1846, d. July 4, 1852.
Louiza B., b. Sept, 4, 1849, m. Norman Sperry Nov. 24, 1869.
Sarah M., b, June 6, 1852, ra, Geo, A, Jaraes May 26, 1875. CMld:

Florence H.

Harriett, b. Apr. 2, 1856, m. Joseph G. Redshaw of Ansonia Sept, 18, '78.
Mary B.,b. Feb. 4, 1859,m. Gilbert E.Osborne of NewHaven,Nov, 7, '78.

GENEALOGY. lOO
Capt. Gillette was taken by the British at the time of the Revolution
as he was returning with a valuable cargo after an absence of four or five
years. His vessel and cargo were held by the enemy, but he was after a time
released. Anson, son of Capt. GiUette, b. Feb. 3, 1773, m. 1st, Oct. 11, 1795,
Sarah Hull, b. Jan., 1769, d. Aug. 28, 1800 ; 2nd, Mar. 10, 1801, Betsey
Mansfield, b. Nov. 30, 1777. Children:
David, b. Dec. 16, 1796, d. in Golconda, III., in 1822.
WiUiam, b. Aug. 16, 1798, d. Sept. 11, 1803.
SaUy, b. Dec. 23, 1801, m. Judson English, Mar. 23, 1828.
WiUiam, b. July 31, 1804, m. Amaritta Johnson.
Isaac, b. Dec. 7, 1805, m. Harriett Hurd, d. May 22, 1833.
EU, b. June 1, 1810, ra. Eliza Bassett.
Lucius, b. June 11, 1812, d. Nov. — , 1878.
PhUo, b. Sept. 30, 1814, m. Mary Bassett.
Mary, b, Dec. 23, 1816, d. May 26, 1817.
Charles, b. May 15, 1818, d. Mar. 13, 1819.
' Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1820, ra. Albert J. Downs of Squantuck.
Betsey, b. Apr. 8, 1823, ra. Abner White, moved to Bradford co.. Pa.,
d. Mar. 8,1848.

Eli Gillette, son of Anson and Sarah, m. EUza, dau. of Ezra L. Bassett
of Oxford. ChUdren :
EmUy, m. F. M. Cleraons. ChUdren :
Bertha, m. Apr. 20, 1879, Walter W. EadoMe of Oxford j Arthur F. and Walter.
Wilbur F., m. Amelia Rice. Residence, New Haven.
Sarah A., m. Edwin W. Clark of Derby.
LUlie M.,
Augusta, d.

Ephraim Gillette, m. Pervis  . Children :
Freelove, b. Aug. 10, 1729.
Mary, b. Mar. 10, 1726-7.
Philo Gillette of Rocker's Hill, ra. Mary, dau. of Ezi-a Bassett.
ChUdren :
Martha, m. David Hawley of Oxford. Child, Cliflbrd.
Dexter, m. Emaretta Sperry. ChUd, Walter.

200 HISTORY OF SEY]\IOUR.

jroHP^soiv.
Peter Johnson' of Fairfield, had three sons.
Moses, with his wife Mary, removed to Woodbury, and died Oct. 30,
1713, aged 62.
Ebenezer m. Elizabeth Wooster and reraoved to Derby.
John, d. in 1659.
Col. Ebenezer Johnson^ m. Nov. 23, 1671, Elizabeth, dau. of Edwiu
Wooster ; removed to Derby in 1676. Children :
Elizabeth, b. in 1672.
Eunice, b. Aug. 22, 1678.
Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1680.
Peter, b. Oct. 9, 1684.
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1686.
- Israel, b. Apr. 13, 1689.
Ebenezer, Sr., was a fireeman in 1678, long one of the chief men of Derby,
and its representative to the General Assembly in 1685. His name is recorded
in the list of the proprietors of Derby in 1717. Among the many purchases
ft-om the Indians made by him was one AprU 15, 1700, recorded in D. R.,
Book 1, p. 52, from Cockupatain and Ahuntaway, of " a certain quantity of
land at Rimmon, bounded^ southward with y* little River, Eastward & north
ward with David Wooster his land & ye afors* Captaine & Ensigne then- land,
Naucatug River Westward, & Northward with Tobie y* Indian's purchase,"
On the 18th of April, 1704, he purchased ft-om Jaraes Howd " a certain
parceU of upland lying & being easterly of Road that goeth to Woodbury
against y® land called Quakers Fanne, bounded Northerly with a splitt Rocke
& stones in ye cleft thereoff, easterly with a white oake tree, westerly with a
chestnut tree, southerly with a chestnut tree, eighty rods long on each side, 62
rods wide att each end, containing 31 acres more or lesse." D. R., Book l,p.80.
In D. R., Vol. 3, p. 43, is a record of a sale to Ebenezer Johnson in 1709,
on account of a squaw, of land extencUng from the Naugatuck river east to
Miltbrd bounds, and from Beacon HUl Brook to Lebanon Brook.

LrEUT. Ebenezer Johnson', son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, m. Haunah
 , d. in 1751. ChUdren :
Benajah, b. in 1704; d. Apr. 13, 1763.
Timothy, ra. Abigail Brewster, Feb. 21, 1725, They bad but one son,
i^Alexander, b. in 1730, d. in Sept., 1817.

ra. John Riggs.

Ann ra. Samuel Hitchcock.
Sarah m. James Wheeler, May 19, 1736.

GENEALOGY. .^Ol
Benajajh Johnson*, son of Ebenezer aud Elizabeth, m. Oct. 10 1728
Mi-s. Sara (Brewster) Hawkins, who died May 7, 1763, aged 72 years. Children:
Isaac, b. in 1735, ra. Lois Hopkins, d, Apr. 10, 1813.
Zeviah, b. in 1739, m. Abiel Fairchild, d. May 29, 1816.
Benajah Johnson bought of Johnathan Lum for ^200 a tract of land " lying
in the Nortii pmchase near Bladens Brook, so called, containing ninety-six
acres, be it more or be it less, bounded northward on the land of Sam" Tom
linson, eastwardly on common land, southwardly on land of Daniel Wooster
late of Derby, deceast, westerly on highway." Dated "y* seventeenth day of
December, in the ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, Georo-e y«
Second of Great Britain, King, & A. D. 1735." D. R., Vol. 4 p. 157. °

Isaac Johnson, son of Benajah, m. Lois Hopkins, who was born in 1738
and died Oct. 16, 1814, aged 76 years. Isaac d. Apr. 10, 1813, aged 7S
years. Children :
Susannah, b. Nov. 24, 1763.
Ruth, b. Mar. 31, 1765.
Mabel, b. Nov. 27, 1766.
Jesse, b. in 1773, d. Oct. 21, 1829.
StUes, b. in 1782, d. Oct. 4, 1818. ^

AlexA-NDER Johnson', son of Timothy and AbigaU, ra. Hannah 
He lived at Pinesbridge, in the house stiU standing a little north of the house
of Williara Gillette, and gave the land for the Pinesbridge cemetery. ChUdren:
Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1766, d. Jan. 21, 1836.
David, Elijah, Nathaniel, Charles.
Abigail Brewster ra. Moses Clark of Nyumphs.
Ruth, b. in 1693, ra. Thomas Leavenworth.

Asahel Johnson m. Lois  Children:
Lois, b. Mar. 11, 1766.
EUsha, b. Oct. 27, 1767.
Gideon Johnson, son of Jeremiah, m. Lydia Beecher of New Haven,
Mar. 24, 1749.
A sister of Gideon m. Thaddens Baldwin of Woodbridge.

Ebenezer Beecher Johnson, b. Nov. 24, 176,3, m. May 25, 1785,^
Hannah P. Clark, b. Aug. 13, 1766. Children:
GaiTy, b. Nov. 5, 1792, ra. Harnett Hotchkiss.
Chaiy, b. Jan. 27, 1795, m. James Do^vns of Monroe, Oct. 14, 1815.
Children, Clark B., b. Oct. 3, 1816 ; Chary Ann, b. June 16, 1318 ; James B., b. Feb. 21, ISiS-

202 HISTORY OF SEYIMOUR.
Hannah Betsey, b, JMar, 23, 1S(>2, m. June 15, 1820, David Beach, d.
Oct. 9, 1822. Child, Hannah B.
Ebenezer B. Johnson d. Sept. 17, 1846. His wife Hannah d. July 24,1847.

Garry, son of Ebenezer B. and Hannah P. Johnson, m. May 1, 1817
Haniett Hotchkiss, b. Mar. 29, 1798. Children :
Garry B,, b, Apr. 9, 1817, m. Huldah Dolittle. Residence, Bethany.
David, b. Mar. 11, 1819, m. Ruth Ann Scott. Residence, Seymour.
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1821, ra. Robert Hodge.
Andrew, b. Oct. 5, 1823, m. Elizabeth Davis.
Betsey, b. Oct. 21, 1825, m. John Scott.
Harvey, b. Dec. 17, 1827.
Clark, b. May 4, 1830, m. Mrs. Eliza Snell.
Albert, b. Oct. 17, 1833, ra. Eliza J. Tuttle, residence Ansonia.
Noyes, b. in 1836, m. Julia 
Harriett E., b. Oct. 1839, m. Geo. G. Lewis. Residence, Shelton
Martha A., m. Fred Neuschler. Residence. Ansonia.

Israel Johnson, m. Elizabeth Wakling May 28, 1740. ChUdren :
Charles, d. Oct. 28, 1763, aged 22 years.
Elijah, d. Nov. 11, 1763, aged 18 years.
' EUzabeth, d. Nov. 15, 1763, aged 2 yeara.

Rev. Jesse Johnson, son of Isaac and Lois, m. Hepzebath  , d.
Oct, 21, 1829. Hepzebath d. Apr. 13, 1824. ChUdren:
Sally B., b. Sept. 6, 1797, m. Jared Bassett.
Isaac, b. Apr. 2, 1799.
Jesse, Jr., b. Mar. 28, 1801.
Hepzibah, b. Jan. 28, 1803.
HaiTy, b. Mar. 30, 1805.
SaUy, b. July 12, 1807.
Lois Emily, b. Feb. 24, 1810.
Stiles, b. May 14, 1813. D. R.^""*, p. 433.

Hezekiah Johnson m. Rebecca Johnson Dec. 12, 1784. Children :
EUzabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1786.
Newel, b. May 22, 1789, d. in Westville June 11, 1879.

Ebenezer Johnson, b. in 1761, d. Sept. 25, 1792. Buried in the
Cemetery adjoining the M. E. Church.

GENEALOGY, o,-)3
Gideon Johnson, son of Ebenezer, m. Sarah, dau. of Dr. Crittenden of
New Haven, m. in 1835, aged 86 years. His house stood in the an-rle of the
road where Day and Peari streets meet. Died in 1835, aged 36. Childi-en-
Sheldon Crittenden, ra. Susan H. Stoddard.
Hopie, m. Henry L. Noble, d. in Cleveland, O., in 1869.
•  /
Sheldon 0. Johnson, son of Gideon, m. May 19, 1828, Susan H., dau.
of Abuam and Eunice Stoddard. Residence, Seymour, Ct. ChUdren':
Charies Napoleon, born March 4, 1829. Graduated in Yale College
1857. Studied law in ToUand with Judge Waldo, and engaged in'
practice in New Haven in 1857, died Nov. 12, 1867.
Henry, bora Nov. 10, 1830, married Oct. 10, 1853, Ellen E. Botsford,
who died July 21, 1861. He resided in Seymour, Conn., tiU 1861,'
when he reraoved to New Haven. Is a merchant. He representeil
the town of Seymour in the Legislature in 1857, was one of the
committee to locate the new county jail at New Haven, and was ap
pointed on other important tinsts whUe a member of the Assembly.
Oscar, born Jan. 10, 1833, died Oct. 17, 1833.
Oscar F., born March 13, 1834, died Nov. 29, 1836.
Oscar Eugene, born Nov. 28, 1836. Removed to San Francisco in 1802.
Josephine W., born Oct. 10, 1838, married AprU 9, 1863, Gustavus
B. Elliot, Esq., a lawyer in New Haven.
Harold St. Clair, bora Jan. 29, 1841.
Louis Le Grand, bora Feb. 18, 1843, died May 14, 1843.
Susan Stoddard Clark, bora Sept. 15, 1844.
Sarah Crittenden, bora Sept. 20, 1851, m. John T. Forsey.

STEELE.
John Steele', b. in Essex co., Eng., appears first on the records at
Dorchester in 1631, only ten years after the arrival of the Mayflower. He
was one of the proprietors of Cambridge in 1632, as were also George and
Henry Steele. In 1635 he led a band of emigrants through the then pathless
wilderaess to the bank of the Connecticut river, where they laid the founda
tion of the city of Hartford. For twenty -three years he represented the new
settlement in the Colony Court and for twenty years he was the recorder of
the town of Hartford. His last years were spent in Farmington, where he
died Nov. 25, 1665. He m. 1st, Rachel, who died in 1653; 2nd, Mercy
Seamer, who died iu 1665. He had eight children, among whom was

204 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
John Steele'^, m. "Mercy Warner in l(i4.>, and d. in 165^. They had
six children, among whom was
Samuel Steele', b. Mar. 16, 1652, Uved in Hartford, ra. Sept., 1680
Mercy, dau. of Major Wra. Bradford. She died in 1720. He died in 1710
had five sons and two daughters, among them Thomas and Lieut. John.
Thomas Steele*, son of Samuel and Mercy, b. Sept. 9, 1681, m. May
10, 1709, Susannah Webster, who d. Nov. '27, 1757. He Uved in West
Hartford, had eight children, died in 1757.

Capt. Bradford Steele, b. in 1735, m. 1st, Mary  , d. Oct.
16, 1788, aged 56 years ; 2nd, Sarah Wheeler. Capt. Bradford d. Apr. 18,
1804, aged 69 years. Sarah died May 13, 1826, aged 80 years.

Dea. Bradford Steele, son of Capt. Bradford, ra. Mar. 9, 1785, Ruth,
dau. of Simeon Wheeler. ChUdren :
Edmund, b. Apr. 4, 1788, ra. Anna Tucker, d. Apr. 8, 1840.
Sally, b. May 7, 1791, ra. Chester Jones Nov. 20, 1808. Children:
Susan Minerva, b. in Aug. 1809, m. William Brewster of Erie, Pa.
Sarah Maiia, d. Nov. 18, 1877.
Mary Ann, b. in August, 1811, m. Clark McSparren of Erie, Pa. ¦
Julia Malinda.
Kuth Emmeline, m'. W. C. Curry of Erie, Pa.
Chester Bradford, m. Caroline Smith, lives in East Saginaw.
Louisa, m. Dr. Wm. MagiU of Erie, Pa.
Ashbel, b. Aug. 8, 1793, d. Sept. 23, 1794,
WiUiam, b. Feb. 14, 1798, ra. Betsey Northrop Nov. 1, 1819; d. Nov.
24, 1874. Children:
John, Traman, "Walter (living in Ansonia), George, Mary.
Burr, b. June 7, 1800, ra, Betsey Mallett Nov. 7, 1822, d. Aug. 11, 1823.
Child, Burr S., b. Mar. 19, 1824, d. Sept. 4, 1844. Betsey d. Apr. 7, 1824.
Susan, b. Dec, 17, 1802, d. Oct. 11, 1804.
Almyra, b. Feb. 22, 1810, m. 1st John W. Holcomb Nov. 23, 1832 ;
2nd, Henry P, Davis Sept, 2, 1849,
Mrs, Ruth Steele was born Sept. 17, 1765, and died Feb. 20, 1856, aged
90 years and 5 raonths.

Edmund Steele, son of Dea. Bradford and Ruth, ra. Nov. 24, 1809,
Anna, dau, of Zephaniah Tucker, b. Nov. 27, 1783. ChUdren :
Albert J., b. Feb, 22, 1812, d. Jan. 6, 1878.
John Burton, b. June 10, 1814, d. Aug. 22, 1854.

Albert J. Steele, son of Edmund and Anna, ra. Feb. 11, 1835, Julia,
dau. of Chester and SaUy Jones, who died July 29, 1863. Children :
Sarah Ann, b, Oct. 17, 1836.
Susan Maria, b. Mar. 28, 1840,
Julia Frances, b. May 2, 1843, d. Feb. 29, 1844.

GEXEALOGY. 20-3

Albert Edmund, b. Oct. 29, 1845, d. Oct. 19, 1858.
Oriana Louisa, b. July 2, 1852.

John Burton Steele, son of Edmund and Anna, m. May 11, 1845
Emmeline A. Stuart of Bridgewater, b. July 13, 1819. Children :
Oelestia, b. Sept. 29, 1846, m. Edward B. Bradley Nov. 29, 1866.
Frank E., b. Aug. 20, 1848.
Almira Steele, daughter of Dea. Bradford and Ruth, m. 1st, Nov. 23
1832, John W. Holcomb, b. Jan. 16, 1812. Children :
George S., b. Dec. 23, 1835, d. Oct. 17, 1842.
Jolm W., b. Nov. 2, 1843, m. Rhoda L. Langdon, Sept. 24, 1867.
Mary B., b. Apr. 1, 1838, m. Samuel Howd, July 4, 1871.
Man-ied 2nd, Sept. 2, 1849, Henry P. Davis, b. May 16, 1818. Children :
George Smith, b. May 24, 1850, m. Martha M. Cushen Oct. 2, 1872.
Burr Steele, b. Dee. 22, 1851.
Alice Almira, b. Feb. 2, 1854, m. Joseph T. Beard Mar. 27, 1872.

Bt^SSETT. .
Samuel Bassett m. Sarah  . Children :
John, b. Nov. 14, 1751.
Abraham, b. Mar. 21, 1753, d. Nov. 17, 1833.
Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1759.
Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1761.
Abraham Bassett, son of Samuel and Sarah, m. Mai-j-  . Lived
on Bungay in house now occupied by Robert Healey. Mary Bassett died
Dec. 25, 1849, aged 90 years. ChUdi-en :
Abrara, d. Nov. 17, 1853. 
Sarauel, m. 1st, Mary Lyman j 2nd, Laura Phanton.
Abel, m. Martha Peck, d. Mar. 23, 1863, aged 78.
Jared m. Sally, d. of Jesse Johnson.
Marcus, m. Mary Ann Rogera.
Glover, in. 1st, EUzabeth Baldwin ; 2nd, Nancy Gilyard.
Grace m. Bronson Wheeler of Southbury.
Lucinda, d. Oct. 8, 1878, aged 90 years.
Harvey,
Abijah, m. Polly Durand.

200 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Gloveu Bassett, son of Abraham mid Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1793, ui.lst
Oct. 5, 1820, Elizabeth Baldwin, b. Oct. 17, 1793, d. Oct. 1, 1838; 2nd,
Oct. 21, 1839, Nancy Gilyard. ChUdren :
Araos, b. Oct. 5,1820, ra. Keziah H.Rowe Sept. ll,1845,d. Aug. 31,1802.
Jane, b. Oct. 23, 1822, m. WUlis Baldwin and d. Sept. 8, 1849.
Louisa, b. July 6, 1825, d. Feb. 10, 1826.
Elizabeth A., b. Apr. 4, 1829, d. May 17, 1853.
James Harvey, b. Oct. 25, 1835, d. Nov. 22, 1872.
Williara G., b. May 8, 1844, d. Dec. 2, 1862.

Amos Bassett, son of Glover and Elizabeth, ra. Sept. 10, 1845, Keziah
H. Rowe, who died Oct. 26, 1873. Children :
Frank G., b. Sept. 28, 1847, m. Hattie L. Storrs Jan. 9, 1878.
Isaac H., b, Apr. 30, 1849, m. Sarah Sanford July 31, 1809.
Alice J., b. Apr. 30, 1851, ra. Robert Healy Sept. 13, 1866.
Mary E., b. Apr. 14, 1854, d. Sept. 2, 1874.
George A., b. Dec 30, 1857, d. Sept. 15, 1858.
. Hattie K., b. Oct. 10, 1860.
Jared Bassett, son of Abraham and Mary, m. Sally, daughter of Rev.
Jesse Johnson. Children :
Julius, m. 1st Augusta Ann Lake ; 2nd, Sarah Lura. Children :
Erederick B., Heber L., Sarah E., Augusta A., Kora. '
George, ra. Laura Tomlinson. Children :
Minerva M., Elizabeth E.
Sheldon, m, Elizabeth Sperry, lives in Woodbridge. Children :
Ida A., Hattie.
Sarah, ra. Sylvester P. Smith of Birmingham. ChUdren :
Elizabeth, Joseph H.
Thomas G., m. Catharine A. Lake. ChUd :
Nellie C.

Joseph Bassett, ra. Sarah Hawkins Nov. 16, 1748. "Children : Samuel,
b. June 25, 1751; Tafeene, b. Jan. 12, 1762; Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1764; Rhode,
b. Feb. 12, 1769.

John Bassett, m. Naomi Wooster Oct. 6, 1743.
Samxtel Bassett, m. Sarah Bochford Oct. 26, 1748.

Joseph Bassett and Molly Henman were married March 18, 1779.
Children :
Sheldon, b. Feb, 14, 1780.
Nancy, b. Mar. 22, 1782. d. p., bmd,i56.
Laurey, b. Mar. 13, 1784.

IrENEALOCJY.

S II A. It I> E

21)1

Thomas Sharpe, born in England about 1580, was appointed assistant
to Endicott, the new Governor of Massachusetts, in 1029. He sailed from
London on the Arabella in the fleet with Winship, and was present at the
court held on the ArabeUa March 23rd, 1029. He was the sixth member
of the Boston Church.
He filled his office of Assistant to the Governor, as it was then termed and
member of the Council of Massachusetts Colony without interruption until
1031, wheu he embarked at Salem witii Sir Richard Saltonstall and family on
board the Lions Whelp, April 1st, and arrived in London April 30th.
Winthrop'a New England, Young's Chronicles of Massachu-setts, etc.
Thomas Sharpe came from England in 1700, settied in Stratford, m.
Lydia, daughter of Wm. Dickirison, and gi-anddaughter of Rev. Frederick
Dickinson, in 1701, and in 1708 was one of the thirty-six men to whom
the General Assembly granted the township of Newtown. He sold the lands
he had purchased in Stratford and removed to Newtown. Among the transfers
made by him at this time was one of land in Stratford to Samuel Hawley of
Derby in exchange for said Hawley's right in the town of Derby, Jan. 23,
170|, recorded in Derby Records, book 2, p. 101, land records. At a to\vn
meeting (in Newtown) held Sept. 4, 1711, Thomas Sharpe was appointed
surveyor of highway, an office which was then no sinecure, as the town
records of the highways laid out through the lands nntU then almost untrod
by the feet of white men will attest. By the several divisions among the pro
prietors of various tracts of land as fast as surveyed dm-ing two or three years
following, he and his heirs acquired several hundred acres of land, the larger
part of the township being still unsurveyed and undivided. . He died in 1712,
leaving five children. His wife Lydia survived him about forty years. A
protest made by her Dec. 15, 1751, still appears on the Newtown records, re
lative to lands of which she was unjustly deprived.
Thomas, b. Mar. IS, 1702, died April 17, 1765, aged 63 years.
Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1703. 
WiUiam, b. Aug. 19, 1705.
John, b. Feb. 1, 1708.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 18, 1712.
Thomas Sharp, son of Thomas and Lydia, m. Feb. 17, 1745, Sarah,
dau. of Richard Crozier and granddaughter of William Crozier, lived iu
Newtown. ChUdren :
Thomas, b. May 28, 1746, ra. Mary Treadwell, d. Mar, 14, 1805.
Lydia, b. Dec. 16, 1748.

2().S HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
John, b. Nov. 12, 1750, m. Phedina Luke Nov. 2.3, 1772, d. at Harlem
in 1777. ChUdren:
Lncy, bom Oct. 11, 1773; Kena, bom Aug. 4, 1776.
Eliakim, b. Dec. 5, 1752, m. Hester Wetmore Nov. 25, 1773.
Jesse, b. Jan, 30, 1755.
Sarah, b. Mar. 25, 1760, m. John Blake Vose. Children:
John, Abby (m.  Smith of Stratfoi-d), Lncy, Lydia, Euth.

Thomas Sharp, son of Thoraas and Sarah, ra. Mary Treadwell, removed
to Ridgefield and afterward to Oxford, near Zoar Bridge, where he died Mar.
14, 1805. ChUdren :
Polly, b. June 30, 1771, ra. FrederickGalpin of Woodbury, d. Oct. 30, 1851.
Children : Stephen, Curtiss, PoUy, Maria and Leman.
Lydia, b. Apr. 18, 1774, d. Jan. 28, 1778. ¦
Floranna, b. Feb. 20, 1778, m. Corydon Kelsie of Vermont, d. in 1841.
Mary Ann, b. July 11, 1781, m. Joseph ITiompson of West Haven, d.
Mar. 23, 1765. ChUdren :
Fanny, Cynthia, (m. Sherwood £., Stratton), Louisa, Jedathnn, Charles, George, Lucinda^
Joseph and Jaue.
Amy, b. July 11, 1783, m. Seth Sherwood Stratton, d. Aug. 6, 1843.
Daniel, b. Apr. 22, 1785, m. Polly Bennett, d. Mar. 28, 1870, ae 84y, 11m.
ChUdren: Sherman Judson^ m. Aphia!E. Wheeler; and Legrand, father of Samuel and Jane
<m. Ira Beardsley of Monroe).
PhUander, b. Mar. 24, 1787, m. Sarah Davis, d. Apr. 30, 1859, aged 72.
Children : Eugene, George, Alfred, Eliza, m.  McEwen.
Henry, b. Oct. 7, 1789, ra. Polly Sherman, d. Oct. 27, 1823, aged 33.
Children: TTrzelia, m. Kev. Thomas Clinghan ; Henrietta, m. TViHiam TVakenian. of New
Hayeu ; Walker.
Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1791, d. May 20, 1820, aged 28.
Abia, b. Dec. 7, 1791, d. June 28, 1817, aged 25.
Lugrand, b. in Ridgefield June 1, 1797, d. May 1, 1876, aged 78 y. 11 m.

Lugrand Sharp, son of Thomas and Mary, m. Sept. 28, 1823, Olive
M. Booth, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna Booth of Soutliford, who d. Mar,
8, 1864. He purchased a homestead in Southford, where he lived untU Apr.
1843, when he removed to Seymour. ChUdren :
Mary A., ra. John James of Ansonia.
Olive Maria, m. Albert W. Lonnsbury of Seyraour.
Elizabeth, m. Eev. Walter CharaberUn of the Newark Conference.
Henry, d. in Southford, Apr. 10, 1832, in his second year.
John Wesley, d. in Seyraour, Jan. 29, 1849, aged 16.
Thomas, m. Lottie McLain ; residence, Seymour.
Daniel Smith, d. in Seymour, Aug. 27, 1849, in his 13th year.
William Carvosso, m, Vinie A. Lewis of Monroe, residence, Seymour.
Andrew Benedict, d. in Southford, Nov. 27, 1842, in his 2nd year.
David Watson, m. Emily Lewis of Monroe, residence. New Haven.

GENEALOGY. 2o9
ELlAiviii Sharp of Monroe, son of Thomas and Mary, m. Nov. 25 1773
Hester Wetmore, b. Sept. 16, 1756, d. in Mar. 1839. ChUdren : ' '
Andrew, b. Aug. 17, 1775, d. Nov. 26, 1790.
Betsey, b. Nov. 5, 1776, m. Burr TomUnson.
Mabel, b. Oct. 11, 1779.
Ruth Ann, b. June 10, 1784.
^ Lydia Ann, b. Slar. 22, 1788, d. Feb. 7, 1817, buried in Huntington
Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1789.
John W., b. Aug. 10, 1791, d. Nov. 7, 1815, in Liverpool, Eng., where
he had gone in a vain endeavor to recover the family estate.
Annice, b. Aug. 10, 1791, ra. John W. Robert and removed to Ohio.

Jesse Sharp had children :
Sally, ra  Yale. '
John, b. 1690, ra. Kate Dawson, d. Oct. 27, 1825.
WUliam, m. the daughter of Moses Beardsley.
Lydia, m. Williara Dart.
Nancy, m  Dart, brother to WUUam.
. Hepsey, m. Israel Calkins.
David, went to sea while, young and never returned.
In Vol. 11, p. 126 of Derby Records, Jesse Sharp is named as one of the original proprietors of the
" Quaker Farms Purchase," and a tract of liind was set ofi' to him " at a place called Good Hill Itocks
on the easterly side of the highway adjoining the Great Eiver, beginning at Joaeph Wooster's north'
west comeV atsd. river, beanng northerly nmety-two rods to a he.ip of stones on a rock, thence eii;hty-
two rods easterly to Joseph Twitchell an<l .Toseph AVooster's comer, thence to the boiuids be<aui al one
hundl-ed and thirty -two rods, * * * a middle bound at the end, of sixty rods upon the highway ou
the Kiver, * * • likewise another piece of land lying westerly on highway next to the Kiver fur the
purpose of a fishing place, forty-four rods long, boandetl at the north end at a little l)rook at butnut
tree, with a bowing line to a middle bounds at "Wiekup tree, thence southei'Iy to a great rock with
stones on it." Zachariah Hawkins, )
John Tomussos, Jcom't.
John Holbkook. >
John Sharp sold land ITov. 4, 1807, to William Sharp asfoUows: "lyingiu said Derby at the lower
end of Paul's Plain so-caUed, bounded westerly on Ousatonick Kiver, southerly on a small brook,
easterly on the Ousatonick Tumpike road Sl K"oi-therIy part on Philo Eassett's laud &. part on Kussei
Tomlinson's land." A subsequeut tiausfer of this hind la wituessd by David Sharp and Philo Bassett.
Aug. 16, 1811, John Sharp bought ot" David Judson '* a certain piece of land Ijing in Derby at a place
called FaUs Plain Bocks aud is bounded West on highway, south on lands formerly belonging to Kussell
Tomlinson." -

Amy Sharp, dau. of Thoraas and Mary, m. Seth Sherwood Stratton of
Bridgeport. Children: 
Seth Legrand, m. Nancy Stetson of Boston. ChUdren :
Joan, Nancy and Jane died young.
Augusta, m.  Marks of Stratford.
Adaline, m. Maria Hinmau.
Legrand, m.  HubbeU.
George, waa in the army; John.
Sherwood Edward, m. Cynthia, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann
(Sharp) Thompson of West Haven. Children :
Jane, Elizabeth, Charles S., (Tom Thumb), and WiUiam. ~ —
Laurena, m. Shelton B. Stratton. Children :
Charles T.; Shelton B.; and Primcis, m. Daniel Bostmck.

210 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Losaeua, ni. Elijah Peet. Children :
Laura Ann, m  Beach ; Harriet Losaeua, m. Lemuel Sherman ; .Jane Eliza, m. Elilm
Taylor of Eaaton.
Daniel, m. Susan Curtiss of Stratford. Children :
Elizabeth m. Frank Booth of Stratford, and has three children, -Freddie, Suaan, Plura.
Edward Curtis.
Henry T., ra. Caroline MUls of Westport, d. Nov. 29, 1874. ChUdren:
Antoinette AmeUa, m. Beiyamiu Anson Fielda ; Frederick Thomas, Emma Caroline, AUce
Louisa, Frank Sherwood.
Sherman Sharp, son of Daniel and Polly, m, Aphia Emmeline Wheeler,
d. in Seyraour in Dec, 1866. Children :
Minot, m. Jane Hawkins of Quaker Farras. Children :
Frank Newton and Carrie Estella.
Rev. Charles W., graduated at Yale, in 1861, ra. Helen Bradford of
Binghampton, N. Y.; now principal of Boydton Institute, Boydton,Va.

TOMIHIVSOPf,
Jonas Tomlinson*, emigrant, settled on Great HUl about 1680. He had
two sons, Jonas* and Agur*.
Henry Tomlinson', son of Jonas^, m. SybU', dau. of Agur'. Children :
Elizabeth, m  ._ Thorpe.
Annie, m  Nathan Mansfield.
 ra  Givens.
 ra  Waters, whose dau. m. Dea, Neheraiah Botsford,
Patience, ra. Yelverton Perry.
Henry, Jr., ra. Sally, dau. of Benjamin Davis.

Henry Tomlinson*, son of Henry and Sybil, m. Sally, dau. of Benjamin
Davis. ChUdren:
WUliam, ra. Amy Curtiss. ChUdren :
Harry and KusaeU of Bridgeport.
Sheldon.
Marcus, m. Polly Driver. Children :
Sheldon, m. Rhoda Farrtngton of Boston, lived in Charleston, Mass.
Natha^, Jeimette and Khoda.
RusseU, b. Dec. 23, 1754, d. June 22, 1809.
Charles.Henry.Permelia, m. Joseph Vicker,

GENEALOGY. 'jn
Russell Tomlinson=, Esq., of Great Hill, son of Henry and Sally, m.
Apr. 26, 1779, Agnes Cortelyou of New Utrecht, L. I., b. Mar. 10 1764!
Lived for a time where Samuel P. Davis now Uves. Children :
Sarah, b. Mar. 14, 1780.
Isaac, b. May 26, 1782.
Peter, b. Nov. 18, 1784, m. Esther Holbrook, d. Dec. 17, 1823.
Simon, b. May 22, 1787, m. Charity Hurd, d, Aug. 25, 1818.
James, b. Aug. 18, 1789, drowned in the Housatonic Apr. 22, 1804.
Betsey, b. Apr. 29, 1792, ra. Charles Bacon.
RusseU, b. Mar. 27, 1801, ra. Sarah BurweU of Brookfield.
They had one daughter, Mary.
Jaraes C, b. Mar. 4, 1806, m. Laura Tomlinson.

David Tommnson, b. Feb. 5, 1778, m. Sept. 26, 1779, Sarah«, dau. of
RusseU TomUnson, b. Mar. 14, 1780. David TomUnson died Aug. 3, 1862
aged 84 years and 6 months. His wife Sarah died April 16, 1867, aged 87
years and 1 month. Children :
EUza, b. May 4, 1801, m. Elijah Baldwin Jan. 6, 1820, d. June 4, 1822.
Mary, b. Mar. 5, 1803, d. Oct. 4, 1803.
David, b. Sept. 1, 1804, m. Nancy Hayes Sept. 24, 1825.
Augustus, b. Nov. 12, 1806, m. Dorcas English Apr. 17, 1830.
Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1808, m. 1st, John Lane Nov. 24, 1831; 2nd, Roger
Newton Whittelsey Aug. 19, 1838 ; 3rd, Sarauel Camp May 15, 1843.
Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1810, ra. Jane, dau. of Sheldon Canfield, ITov, 10,
1831, d. July 18, 1839.
Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 1812, m. 1st, Samuel Russell Apr. 21, 1833; 2nd,.
Edward Russell Dec. 17, 1849.
Had one dan., Mary E., m. Benjamin Bristol Nov. 7, 1878.
Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1814, m. John C. Hull July 25, 1830.
Isaac, b. May 24, 1817, m. Eliza Baytis Oct, 15, 1839, d. Oct. 31, 1853.
Simon, b. Apr. 11, 1820, ra. Maria Lewis Apr. 23, 1843,

Peter Tomlinson*, son of RusseU and Agnes, m. Esther Holbrook, b.
Sept, 7, 1783, d. Feb. 10, 1854. Children : 
WUliard, b. Aug. 22, 1820, d. Dec. 7, 1832.
Peter and Edwin, b. Dec. 17, 1823.

Simon Tomlinson*, son of Russell and Agnes, m. Aug, 28, 1806, Charity
Hurd, b. July 3, 1780, d. in April, 1842. ChUdren:
Agnes, b. Jan. 22, 1808, m, George Wagner of Southbury.
WiUiam R., b. Sept. 15, 1809, ra. 1st, Phebe, 2nd, Hcnnah, daughters
of Edwin Bassett.
Catharine A.^ b. Oct, 5, 1811, ra. Wm. Shelton of Ohio.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Charles H., b. May- 11, 1813, ni. E.sther, dau. of Wm. Smith, removed to
Indiana.
George, b. Sept. 29, 1814, m. Delia, dau. of Arad Skeels of Birmin^hara.
Mariette, b. Feb. 2, 1810, m. 1st, Harry Johnson, 2nd, Legrand Beunett.
Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1818, ra. Charles Benton of Sharon.

Isaac Tobilinson*, son of Russell and Agnes, m. Grace, dau. of Reuben
Lum. Children :
Jennette, m. Sherman Prescott of New Haven.
James, m, Milly Miles of Derby.
Mary, m, Anson F. Colt of New Haven. ' ¦ ,- . .
Peter, m. ;..  Canfield of Derby. -~- ' ' ' " /
Betsey, m.*-^fvis?=»JSi^4teCkaBS©ldi«£8iNew;,Haven. '¦ .' ; , ' -;
Isaac, died in chUdhood.

James C. Tomlinson*, son of Russell and Agnes, raarried Laura Tom
linson. Children : s
Agnes, Elizabeth, V Mary A., WUliard, Edward, Isaac, Laura.
John R., m, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Truman Davis of Naugatuck.

' Annie Tojilinson*, dau. of Henry=i and SybU, m. Nathan Mansfield.
ChUdren :
Betsy, b, Nov. 30, 1777, ra, Anson GUlette.
SaUy, ra. Cyrus Holbrook.
Had one son, and one daughter who married Benjamin Chatfield. Both died young.
Annie ra. Wra, Dyer of BerUn, Ct. Had three sons.
Jared ra. Eunice Jennings. ChUdren :
Stephen, Nathan and Eliza Ann, who m. Abram Fowler.

Isaac Tomlinson, m  Hawkins. ChUdren :
Isaac, in. Lucretia Webster of Oxford.
Grace, m, Samuel Lake. Children :
Jennette, d. nnmarried ; George, Uvea in New Haven.
Ammon, m. Hannah 
Silas, ra. Polly Hawkins.,
Truraan, b. July 7, 1780, ra. Nancy Perry, d. Dec. 25, 1846.
Laura, m. David Beecher.

Trttman Tomlinson, son of Isaac, m. Nancy, dau. of Yelverton Perry
and Patience Toralinson of Oxford. Mrs. Nancy, d. Nov. 8, 1841. ChUdren :
Bom iu Cistleton, Vt.
Ransom, b. Apr. 29, 1808, m. Nancy Bates of Oxford, d. in July, 1872.
ChiUhen : Martha, ni. William Riggs, Uving in Orange.

GENEALOGY. 313
Nancy, m.  WoUe, Jiving In Hobokon, N. J.
Perry, m. Emma  , living in Portland, Oregon.
Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1810, ra. Joel R. Chatfield. ChUdren :
John, m. Anna Leigh.
Edwin, m. Kate Tomlinson.
Hiram.Ransom, m. Sarah, dau. of William Gilyard.
Mary.
Charlotte, m. Jerred Kimberly.
Hattie.Joel, m.  Keast.
EmUy, b. Jan. 24, 1812, m. Capt. PhUo Holbrook, d. in Nov. 1859.
Children : Frederick, m. Dotha Kimberly.
Andrew.Boyal.
Julia, m. Howard F. Moshier.
Philo, Jr., living in Oregon.
DauieL Nebraska.Hermon.
Harrison, b. Apr. 25, 1814, m. Jan. 14, 1841, Emerett, dan. of Capt.
Truman Davis of Naugatuck, d. Nov. 25, 1855. ChUdren :
Mary, Emma S., Hattie, m. Horace D. Chatfield of Birmingham ; Clara and Henry Harri
son, died in infancy.
Laura, b. Aug. 4, 1816, m. George Basseit of Seymour, d. in Meriden
Mar. 25, 1855.
Bom in Monckton, Vermont.
Minerva, b. Dec. 7, 1818, ra. Benjamin Nichols of Oxford. ChUdren :
Nancy M., m. George A., Tomlinson of Ansonia.
Arthur, died in infiincy.
John, unmarried.
Bom in Oxford, Ct.
John Givens, b. Mar. 23, 1821, resides in Portland, Oregon.

One Jonas Tomlinson d. Oct. 2, 1796. One Agur had a negro slave Feb.

7,179L D. R.i«°*139.

Levi Tomlinson, Esq., m. Amelia  Children :
Urania, d. Oct. 1, 1794, aged 1 year and 11 months.
Amelia, d. Sept. 29, 1794, aged 16 years.
Levi, d. Sept. 23, 1794, aged 9 years.
Phebe, May 11, 1794, aged 3 years and 10 months. .

3P E 3Et R- ^iT.
Arthur Perry' came to Stratford about 1675 and married Anna, only
daughter of Joshua Judson, about 1676. He had thirteen chUdren, viz.:
WUliam, b. in June, 1677.
Anna, b. in Jan., 1679.

L'il: HISTORY OF SEYTMOUE.
Samuel, b. in Feb., 1681, m. Elizabeth 
Sarah, b, in Jan., 1682.
EUzabeth, b. in Sept., 1684.
Yelverton, b. in Aug., 1686.
Seth, b. in Jan., 1688,
Ruth, b. in May, 1690.
Daniel, b. in Apr., 1692.
Joshua, b. in Dec, 1694, d. at Ripton in 1688.
Caleb, b. in Aug., 1696.
Deborah, b. m Mar., 1698.
Josiah, b. in Aug., 1699.
It is thought that the Arthur above mentioned was a son of Arthur Perry
of Boston, 1638 to 1652, bom too near his father's death to be mentioned in
his wUl.

Samuel Perry*, son of Arthur, bom in Stratford, ra. EUzabeth 
had a son Abner^, who had a son Caleb*, the father of Yelverton Perry', m.
1st,  Hawley of Huntington, by whom he had one daughter, SaUy, who
married Silas Hawkins of Oxford ; 2nd, Patience, dau, of Henry and SybU
Tomlinson of Derby, by whom he had four sons and three daughters, John*,
Frederic*, Hermon*, Azariah Hawley*, Laura* and Nancy*, b. Oct. 1, 1783,
d. Nov. 8, 1841.

John Perry*, b. in Oxford, Oct. 19, 1767, married Anna Beardsley, who
died Nov. 26, 1836. He died March 13, 1852. ChUdren :
Charies'', b. Apr. 24, 1796, m Oxford, d. in faU of 1861. Married Maiy
Ann Paine. Children :
Frederick, Chailes, Harriet, Adam Clark. All dead but youngest
Philo", b. Feb. 11, 1798, drowned June 12, 1800.
John\ b. Nov. 12, 1801, d. July 15, 1839, leavrag one chUd,
Charles, b. Sept 20, 1835, d. Sept. 12, 1842.
Nancy', b. Sept. 3, 1803, m. Cornelius Pugsley of Stamford, Dutchess
CO., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1831. ChUdren :
Henry, Cornelia, Van Allen, Jacob, Charles.

Frederick Perry*, of Southbury, m. Mary Strong. ChUdren :
Andrew, resides at Southbury, unmarried.
Betsy, ra.  Smith, then Osborne. Left no children. Died in
Southbury in 1874.
Charles, ra. Maria Curtiss of Southbury.
Had one son, Hermon, who married Josephine Mitchell of South Britain.
Sophia, ra.  Raymond,
Dau. Mary, m  Steue of Southbury.

GENEALOGY. 215
Hermon Perry*, of Baltimore, Md., m. Susannah Henry. Children :
Hermon, died unmarried.
WilUam, died unmarried.
Albert, ra.  Lake.
Susannah, ra. Geo. W. Waters.
Laura Perry*, m. David Smith of Kent, Ct., removed to Dutchess co.,
N. Y., and died there.

_,.AzARiAH Hawley Perry*, bom in Oxford Sept. 21, 1780, m. Mar. 6,
1809, Polly Leavenworth, b. Aug. 27, 1789, in Huntington. He died Nov.
21, 1826. She died May 31, 1871. Had one chUd, Jane'', b. in Huntington,
Mar. 11, 1811, m. David Shelton of Huntington May 4, 1830. David Shel
ton died June 2, 1872. They had one daughter, Mary Jane", bom Feb. 8,
1833, who married Edwin Wooster of Birmingham May 23, 1860 ; died
Jiine 4, 1864. Edwin Wooster was drowned ia the Housatonic river near
Birmingham, Apr. 20, 1876.
Nancy Perry*, m. Truman Tomlinson. See Tomlinson Genealogy.

k: I IV IST E "5f .
Ebenezer Kxnney, b. in 1718, ra. Betty Davis Dec. 7, 1738. He died
Jan. 10, 1795. She died in Nov., 1784. Children :
Lucy, b. Dec. 3, 1739, d. Nov. 27, 1861.
Corafort;, b. Oct. 11, 1741, d. May 2, 1771.
Eunice, b. Aug. 31, 1743.
Betty, b. Sept. 20, 1745.
Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1748.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 27, 1750, d. in May, 1777.
AbigaU, b. Feb. 11, 1753, d. Oct. 4, 1769. 
Ethel, b. Mar. 17, 1755, d. in Oct., 1838, aged 82 years.
WiUiam, b. July 16, 1757, d. Jan. 7, 1845, aged 87.
Medad, b. May 31, 1759, d. in May, 1794, aged 35 years.
Lncy, b. Sept. 20, 1761. D. R.^""* P- 7.
William Kinney, son of Ebenezer, m. MilUe Steele, b. Dec, 15, 1760,
d. Mar. 9, 1827. ChUdren:
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 28, 1779, m. Betsey Buckingham, d. Apr. 2, 1851.
She d. Dec. 29, 1846.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Sheldon, b. Oct. 12, 1781, m. Esther, dau. of Daniel Canfield, d. June
13, 1873, aged 91 y. and 8 ra. She was b. Mar. 6, 1790, d. May 30, 1852.
WUliam, b. Aug. 20, 1783, m. Anna Smith, d. June 25, 1856. She
died Sept. 28, 1867, aged 76 years.
Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1785, m. Anson Chatfield, d. June 28, 1863.
Children: Divine, Marietta, Susan.
Sally, b. Nov. 10, 1787, m. Sheldon Nichols, d. Oct. 25, 1863. Children:
Sheldon, WUUam, Lncena.
Isaac, b. Feb. 13, 1790, d. Aug. 18, 1875.
Lucmda. b. Oct. 2, 1792, m. Capt. William Lum, d. Aug. 9, 1825.
Medad, b. Dec. 18, 1794, ra. Rebecca White, d. Feb. 6, 1830. She died
: May 2, 1826, aged 32. ChUdren:
Koswell, Maiy, PoUy, Ann, John.

Ebenezer Kinney, son of WilUam, m. Betsey Buckingham, b. Apr. 19,
1783, Children:
Betsey M., b. Jan. 29, 1804, ra. Jeremiah Durand.
William, b. Sept. 27, 1806, d. Jan. 1, 1847.
George, b. Nov. 2, 1816, d. Oct. 16, 1847.
-' Lester B,, b. Feb. 4, 1819.

William Kinney, son of WUUam, m. Anna Smith. Lived in the house
on HUl St., now occupied by John Kelleher. ChUdren :
Mary Jane, ra. James Johnson of Bridgeport.
Sarah Grace, m. Isaac White, Uved in Derby.
Miranda, m. Clark Lum of New Haven.
Esther Ann, m. Medad K. Tucker. -

Dea. Isaac Kinney, son of WUliam and MUle,m. 1st, Polly Durand, b.
July 3, 1796, d. Sept. 23, 1827; 2nd, Dec. 16, 1828, Anna Church, b. Sept.
20, 1803, d. Jan. 24, 1868. ChUdren :
Isaac Heber, b. Mar. 7, 1830, d. Feb. 13, 1851.
Chariot D., b. Mar. 27, 1832, living m New Haven.
Frederick C, b. Nov. 28, 1836, died July 30, 1854.

Charles D. Kinney, son of Isaac and Anna, m. 1st, Jan. 25, 1857,
Martha J. Wilder, b. Dec, 3, 1835, d, Oct. 23, 1871; 2nd, July 16, 1874,
Ella A. Burwell. ChUdren :
Frederick N., b. Feb. 2, 1860.
Charies H., b. Feb. 17, 1866,

GENEALOGY. >,-^7
L O XJ IV S B TJ R. ^^.
Joslah Lounsbury came from Rye, Westchester co., N. Y. to New
Haven, m. Ruth Lines May 7, 1724, removed to Bethany, Uved nearly oppo
site where Win. Lounsbury now lives. Children :
Timothy*, m, Hannah Smith and Uved to be 86 years of age. Children :
 , a boy, died young.
Timothy,
Eri,
Lucy, m. James Hotchkiss, moved to Homer, N. T.
Eunice, m. Truman Prince, had but one child. Castle, died young.
Stephen*, ra.  Sperry. ChUdren :
Ellas, m. 1st, Appalina Judd, 2nd, Mary Perkins.
Hezekiah, father of Mrs. Thomas Cochran.
Feany and Irena.
John*, b. Jan. 18, 172*, ra. Ruth Perkins Apr. 4. 1751. ChUdren :
Jaims, b. Jan. 14, 1752.
Bduamin, b. Apr. 11, 17S3.
Richard, b. Aug. 20, 1754.
Ethal, went west.
Ethan, d. a bachelor.
Mary*, b. Feb. 12, 172 1.
Josiah*, b. Aug. 5, 1729. Children :
Linns, m. Prudence Scott ChUdren :
Josiah, father of Ransom, Calvin, Obadiah, AnceL
Amelia, m. Daniel Davis.
\ Esther, m. Edmund MaUory of HnlTs HiU.
Patty, m. Titns Smith.
Samuel*, was a soldier of the Revolution, died in Farmington over 80
years of age.
Ruth*., m.  ToUes.

Timothy Lounsbury', son of Timothy* and Hannah, m'. Hannah French.
Timothy Uved to be nearly 86 years of age, his wife nearly 70. ChUdren :
Dorcas*, m. Jabez Wilcox.
Timothy, m. Mary Ann Clark.
Lewis, m. Charity, dau. of Amos Clark of Nyumphs.
Daniel, m. Sarah, dau. of David Wooding of Bethany.
Jesse, m. Bede, dau. of Jesse Bradley of Bethany.
Hannah, m. Herschel Sanford of Prospect.
Smith, m. Jennette Tomlinson.
AUen, m. Maria, dau. of Elam Cook of Cheshire.
Eunice, m. 1st, Vincent Brown, 2nd, McDonald Fisher.
Mary, m. Burritt Hitchcock, son of Timothy.
Dr. John of Oxford, ra. Mary, dau. of Wm. Church. ChUdren :
Emma, Tully. '
George, m.  ^ — Austin of Prospect.

21S HISTORY OF SEYMOUI'v.
Eri, ra, Sally Carrington. Children :
Polly, Sarah, Rebecca, Abraham, Lucy, Isaac, Lucretia, Harriet, WiUiam, Harlo.
The preceding portion of the Lounahnry genealogy was furnished by Dr. John Lounsbury of Oxford.

Jairus Lounsbury was said by his sons to have come from Vennont to
New Haven and settled near where the jail now stands. He raarried Amelia
Chapman who died at the age of 83 years. He was in the Revolutionary
service, and died aged 96. Children :
Collins*, b. July 19, 1783, m. and lived in Vermont, d. aged 80.
Clarissa, b. Feb. 11, 1791, ra. John Garasby. Children :
Albert, John Henderson, Alfred, Edwin, Sarah, Lnciua.
Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1794, ra. Harvey Finch. ChUd:
Crownage.
Victory, b. Sept. 8, 1795, m. Loraine Baldwin.
Sally, b. Apr. 13, 1800, m. RusseU Moulton. ChUdren :
Ann Julia, m. Ely ah Losee of Norwich.
Amanda, m. Capt. Alden Powers. ChUdren :
Frank, Sarah, Luthera, Benjamin.
Bei^amin, shot in San Francisco, Cal. '
Mary.
Crownage, b. May 20, 1803, ra. Saraantha Hotchkiss, d. Feb. 28, 1879,
aged 76 years. She died Feb. 28, 1877. ChUdren :
William H., m. Jnlia Ann Ladue of Mattawan. Child, Jennie.
Mark, m. Ann Webster of Thompson ville. Children: Annette Eliza, Etta Maria, Norman
"Webster.
Sarah, m. Chatmcey Hooker, near Holyoke, Mass.
David, b. Aug. 15, 1805, ra. Jane Patchen died in New Haven April 1,
1877, aged 72 years. . ChUdren :
Lewis, Martha, Eliza, Mary, Maria.
Probably Jairus was the son of John, (2), of Bethany and went from there to Vermont, where he mar
ried Miss Chapman, whose father was kiUed by the Ladians when she was an infant

Victory Lounsbury, son of Jairus and AraeUa, m. Loraine, dau, of
James and Sarah Baldwin, who d. Nov. 25, 1868, aged 73 y. and 8 ra. ChUdren:
Fanny, b. Feb. 2, 1817, ra. Byron Tucker. Child:
LilUe, m. Oscar L. Woodruff; chUd, Bemice.
George W., b. Aug. 27, 1819.
John, b. Sept. 8, 1821, ra. Lucinda Summers. Child :
Gertrude, m. Matthiaa Smith ; child, Mand Lizette.
Charies W., b. Jan. 23, 1824, d. Oct. 13, 1826.
Albert W., b. Jan. 6, 1826, ra. OUve Maria Sharpe.
Henry W , b.- June 29, 1829, ra. Dec, 20, 1850, Mary A., dau. of Ben
jamin and Harriett Bradley of New Haven, d. Aug. 14, 1862. ChUdren:
Charles, Uving in New Haven, Mich. '
Harriet Jane,, m. July 22, 1874, David Eviins, Jr.
ChUdren: David Otia and Benjamin Bradley.
Edward Beivjamin.
Jane, b. Nov, 6, 1832, m. Lucius Canfield of New Haven, Mich.
Children : Alauson, Horatio, Oscai'.

GENEALOGY. o^g
Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1834, m. David W. Riggs of Pinesbridge. ChUdren •
Fi-ancia, m. Harris Osbome.
Fred 0., m. Sarah Isbell, who d. in Apr., 1379,
Elmer, Edward, Dudley.
Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1836, m. John H. Miller, d. May 2, 1867. Children-
George B., d. Ang. 2, 1867, age<l 3 years; Eda.
Charies, b. Sept. 4, 1838, d. Sept. 15, 1850.
Ellen, b. Sept. 14, 1843, m. Frank Couvrette, d. Apr. 12, 1878, aged 34
years. Children :
Aithnr B., Alice B., d. in July, 1873, aged 11 raonths.

Elias Lounsbury', son of Stephen*, m. 1st, Appolina Judd. ChUd:
Elias, father of Elizur of Westville.
Married, 2nd, Mary Perkins. ChUdren:
Major, Newel, Marlin, Belus, Ursula.

T XJ C Ii E K, .
Daniel Tucker came from Long Island, m. Elizabeth  . Children:
Capt, Euben, b. Mar. 1, 174|.
Gideon, b. Apr. 17, 1746.
Jo8eph,b. July 1,1748.
Zephaniah, b. in 1759.
Zephaniah Tucker, blacksmith, Uved uptown, Derby, d. Sept. 18, 1848,
aged 89 years. ChUdren :
Sheldon, b. Mar. 6, 1786, d. Jan. 5, 1843.
Anna, b. Nov. 27, 1783, m. Edmund Steele.
Betsey, m. Rev. Nathaniel G. Huntington. 

Sheldon Tucker, m. Nancy Kinney, b. Nov. 23, 1793, d. Sept. 19,
1831, Children:
Medad K, b. Jan. 28, 1815.
Mariah A., b, Sept. 23, 1819, m. Isaac B. Davis.
Sheldon, b. Mar. 6, 1824, d. Aug. 18, 1825.

Medad K. Tucker, son of Sheldon, m. Esther A. Kinney. Has one son,
Sheldon, m. Mary E., dau. of Hemy B. Beecher.

2L>0 HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
HITCHCOCIEi.
Ebenezer Hitchcock' of New Haven, m. Rebecca Thomas, Mar. 23,
1747. Their son, Timothy* was born Nov. 8, 1748.

Timothy Hitchcock* of Bethany, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca, m.
Abigail  , who d. aged 99 years and 7 months. He d. Aug. 5, 1820,
aged 72. Children :
Tiraothy.DenzU H., b, Dec. 7, 1786, d. Jan. 24, 1850, aged 63.
Clark, m. AbigaU Perkins, removed to Baltimore.
AbigaU, d. in 1873, unmarried.
Anna, ra. Dilavan Wooster of Watertown.
Elizabeth, ra. Darius Driver of Bethany.
Thyra, ra. Arlon Hine, removed to Cleveland, Ohio.
Lydia, ra. Samuel Driver of Bethany.
The following inscription from a Bible ahowa the exceUeut character of the writer:
"Thia Bible is the Gift of Timothy and Abigail Hitchcock to their son Denzil Hitchcock, who wa*
bom Dec. 7th, A. D., 1786, in the Parish of Bethany, town of Woodbridge, county of New Haven and
State of Connecticut
"My son, I beseech yon not to let this Book he by you neglected ; read it with care and attention;
meditate on the truths and doctrines it contains with deught ; and endeavor to govern your life and con
versation agreeable thereto.
"That God may grant yon Grace to avoid sin; Patience under trials ; quiet resignation to Provi
dence; A Proaperoua life; and a happy Eternity, is the eameat Prayer of your Afifectionate Father,
Timothy Hitchcock." 
Denzil Hitchcock', son of Timothy*, m. Betsey, dau. of Elias Carring
ton of MUford. Children :
Henry Nelson, d. Mar. 25, 1825, aged 2J years.
Henrietta.Sarah C, m. 1st, Oct. 24, 1847, Bernard Humphreys, who d. Jan. 9,
1854; 2nd, George B. Robinson Dec. 4, 1854.
Bernard Humphreys bought out Albert Steele's cabinet business aud at one time waa engaged in
papermaking in company with Andi'ew De Forest.
TmoTHY Hitchcock', b. in August, 1781, m. 1st, Rayner Twitchell;
2nd, Mrs. Amanda Bassett ; d. in New Haven Dec. 5, 1878, aged 97 y. and
4 ra. Children :
Sheldon, m.  dau. of Capt. Auger of New Haven, d. in New
Haven in Aug., 1877.
Burritt, m Mary, dau. of Dr. Timothy Lounsbury, of Bethany. Resi
dence, New Haven.
^Sarah, ra. Clark Webster of Oxford.
Lucinda, m. Joel Chatfield. Children : *
Clark nndLncinda.

Jonathan Hitchcock m. Abigail Beecher Jan. 21, 1747,
Samuel Hitchcock m. Ann Johnson Jan. 20, 174 J, ChUd:
Samuel, b. June 8, 1750. D. e. Vol. 6, p.

GTONEALOGV.
BEECHES,

A Mr. Beecher, with his wife and son, from county Kent, England, is said
to have embarked in the first ship which brought emigrants to New Haven
(The first settlers came overiand from Mjissachusetts.) He died before the
vessel sailed. His wife was persuaded by the other emigrants to continue
with the company, with her son Isaac, from whom aU the New Haven families
of the name are said to have descended, and from whence the name has
spread throughout the country, numbering amoug the direct descendants the
Bev. Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn. For her services as physician and
midwife, the first Mrs. Beecher had a portion of land voted to her by the town
of New Haven, which remained in the family until quite recently. On a part
of it the City Hospital now stands.
John Beecher, Uved in New Haven. Children :
John, b. Aug. 9, 1671. Jemima, b. Feb. 11, 1681.
Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1672. Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1683.
Johanna, b. July ,21, 1677. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 12, 1686.

Joseph Beecher, son of John, Kved in New Haven. Children :
AlUs, b. Jan. 28, 1695. Hezekiah, b. June 14, 1703.
Joseph, b. Nov. 22, 1698. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 7, 1706.
Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1700. Eliphalet, b. May 31, 1711.

Joseph Beecher, 2nd, m. Sarah Ford May 15, 1729, Uved in New
Hayen, Children:
Joseph, b, Feb. 14, 173J, m. Esther Potter Feb. 28, 1754.
Moses, b. Feb. 2, 173|.
Timothy, b. Feb. 8, 173*. >
Abel, b. Nov. 17, 1737.
Titus, b. July 5, 1740. 
Amos, b. June 10, 1743. New Haven Records^ Tol. 1.

Isaac Beecher of Derby, m. Hannah Ball, d. in Sept., 1789. ChUd :
Mary, b. July 3, 1775, m. John Riggs Jan. 1, 1793, d. Dec. 16, 1827.

EzEA Beecher of West Haven m. Mary Tiowbridge, who died in South
bury aged 92 years. His son, Nathaniel, lu. Dinah Smith of West Haven
and lived in Southbury.

22 HISTORY OP SEYMOUR.
Lewis Beecher, sou of Nathaniel aud Dinah, m. Martha Peck. Children:
Louis L., m. Polly Fairchild, lived in New Haven.
. Sarah M., ra.  Bartholomew, lived in New Haven.
Henry B., auger manufacturer of Seymour.
Eliza A., in. Major Eussell Norton of New Haven.
Mary J., m. George Fowler of New Haveii. Child :
Frederick, m. Mary Boot.

Henry B. Beecher, son of Lewis and Martha, m. 1st, Betsey A.
White ; 2nd, Mary FairchUd. Children :
Ann, m. William W. Joy of Ansonia. Children :
Frederick and WUUe.
Frank H., m. Nellie A. Thompson.
jMary E., ra. Sheldon Tuc'ker of Seymour.

STEELE.
ADDITIONAL.
Walter W. Steele of Ansonia, son of WUliam Steele, b. Jan. 28
1824. m. Mary E. Carter of Wolcott, Sept. 23, 1850. He died Sept. 20,
1874. Children:
Arthur WUlis, b. Mar. 18, 1852, d. Aug. 24, 1852.
Mary Frances, b. Apr. 5, 1855.
Truraan Bradford, b. Aug. 21, 1858.

JO HIV SO IV.
ADDrriOKAL.
Hezekiah Johnson in. Dec, 12, 1784, Rebecca Tuttle, dau. of Abraham
and Elizabeth Tuttle, b. Feb. 14, 1756, d. May 1, 1830. Hezekiah, b. Nov.
6, 1749, d. Nov. 15, 1826.
Newel Johnson, son of Hezekiah and Rebecca, b. May 22j 1788, d.
June 11, 1879; ra. 1st, Oct. 21, 1809, Betsey, dau. of Benjamm aud Martha
Molthrop, who d. Feb. 7, 1810; 2nd, Sept. 2, 1810, Esther Carrington, dau.
of Elias and Content Carrington of Milford, who d. Mar. 9, 1866. He re
moved from Humphreysville to Westville in 1833. ChUdren :
Sheldon N., b. May 5, 1811, d. Jan. 27, 1853.
Betsey Julia, b. May 1, 1813, d. July 6, 1872.
Richard MUes, b. Nov. 8, 1814, d. Jan. 26, 1874.
Esther Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1817.
Almira Minerva, b. Jan. 6, 1821.
Eliza Augusta, b. Sept, 10, 1836.

GENEALOGY. 223
^^VOOSTER.
Samuel Wooster, m. Mary  . Children :
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 25, 1761, d. Nov. 24, 1855.
MUton, m.  '¦ Welton.
Dilavan, ra. Anna, dau. of Timothy Hitchcock.
Josiah, m. Elizabeth Terrill.
Philo, m. Sarah, dau. of Philo Hawkins.
Nathaniel Wooster of Quaker Farms, son of Samuel and Mary, m.
Feb. 5, 1788, Charity  , b. July 26, 1767. Children :
Mamie, b. Sept. 23, 1788.
Grace, b. Jan. 9, 1791, m. John Smith.
Anna Maria, b. Nov. 13, 1793; d. Oct. 29, 1794.
Bennett, b. Oct. 13, 1795; m. Sarah, dau. of Truman Bassett. ChUd :
Charles B., m. Mary A. Booth. Kesldence, New Haven.
Clarissa Maria, b.Mar. 4,1796, m. Lewis Buckingham of Oxford. Children:
Mark, living in Ansonia.
Martha, m. Styles French of New Haven.
Henrietta, went west.
Henry.
Joel, killed in the war of the rebellion.
Nathan R., b. Nov. 18, 1810, ra. Antoinette, dau. of Truman Bas-sett.
Mark, b. Jan. 26, 1815, d. July 2, 1839.
Grace Wooster, dau. of Nathaniel and Charity, m. John Smith of
Quaker Farms. • Children:
Edwin, ra. Betsey A., dau. of Harvey Johuson of Ansonia, Residence,
Seyraour. Child :
France!), m. Bobert N. Smith.
Lncy, died young.
Mary, ra. Joel Wheeler of Oxford.
Lam-a.Bennett, died young.
George, m.  , dau. of Luther Moulthrop. Residence, Ansonia.

B^LI>T%^ITV.
ADDITIONAL.
JAjVIES Baldavtn m. Sarah Perkins. Children :
Elias. Anson.
Stephen, m. Betsey HubbeU.
Loraine, m. Victory Lounsbury.
Jesse, m. Jane, dau. of Capt. Isaac Botsford. ChUd : Jabez.
Charlotte.

L'L"4 [ITSTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Stephen BALi)WiN,sou of James and Sarah, m. BetseyHubbell. Children
George R., ni. Emily Grace Spen-y of Oxford.
Eliza Ann, m. Isfc, Lewis Williams of Naugatuck; 2nd, Jabez Pritchard.
Lucy Jane, m. Hobart ChurchUl of Waterbuiy.
Sarah Maria, m. Robert Twitchell of Naugatuck.
Frederick L., m. Addie Way, lives in Oxford.

»a: O XJ L T H R, O I* .
Mathew Moulthrop, m. Jane  and reraoved from New Haven
to Sterrey River in 1662. ChUdren : *
Mathew, Jr., m. Hannah Tompson.
Elizabeth, ra. John Gregory in 1663.
Mary.

Mathew Moulthrop, 2nd, ra. Hannah Tompson in 1662. Children :
Hannah, b. Apr. 20, 1665.
John, b. Feb. 5, 1667, ra. Abigail Bradley.
Matthew, 3rd, b. July 18, 1670.
Lydia, b. Aug. 8, 1674.
Sarauel, b. Apr. 13, 1679. ¦
Keziah, b. Apr. 12, 1632.

John Moulthrop^, m. AbigaU Bradley June 29, 1692. Children :
AbigaU, b. Aug. 12, 1693.
John«, b. Mar. 17, 1696.
Mary, b. in 1698.
Sarah, b. in 1701, m. Adonijah Monis.
Dan*, b.Dec. 1, 1703;m, 1st, Hannah Belcher, 2nd,Lydia How. Chihhen:
Dan, Charles, lost at sea; Timothy; Hannah m. Israel Lindsley; Enos, Enoch ; Sarah, m.
EUsha Andreas; EU, m. Mary Moulthrop ; Lydia ; MabeL
Israel*, b. June 7, 1706.
Joseph and Timothy.

John Moulthrop*, m. Sarah  . ChUdren :
John', Stephen, Mehitabel.
Sarah, ra. 1st, Timothy RusseU, 2nd, John Pardee.
Mary, m. John Dawson, Jr.

AbigaU, ra. Dan Goodsell.

GENEALOGY.
John Moulthrop', m. Abigail Holt. Children :
David^, ra. ^epsibah Hotchkiss. ChUd: David''.
John. Reuben, m. Hannah Street Nov. 18, 1792. Children:
Daniel Bowen, Maria, Chirissa. Daniel, Delia. Syduey, Eeuben.

Enoch Moulthrop=, son of Dan*, m. Mary Hotchkiss. Children :
Dan, Lydia, Mary, Betsey, Silas, Timothy.
Israel Moulthrop*, ra. Lydia Page. Children:
Samuel, m. Sarah Dennison.
Jacob, died in the French war.
Timothy; Lydia, ra. John Fuller in 1766.
Loris, m. Charles Page in 1765.

Samuel Moulthrop, ra. Sarah Dennison. Children :
Josiah, b. May 30, 1754, m. Mrs. Lydia Sraith July 4, 1792. Children :
Desire, b. Apr. 16, ITM; Jared, b. Mar. 9, 1795; Samuel S., b. May 5, 179T.
Desire, b. Nov. 16, 1756, m. Moses Tompson in 1776.
Jared, b. Jan. 20, 1759.
Jacob, b. Aug. 29, 1762, m. 1st, Abigail Pardee; 2nd, EUzabeth Good
rich. Children :
Abigail, Betsey, Eunice, Leonard, Bela, Sarah, Damaris.
Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1764.
Mercy, b. Sept. 9, 1767.
Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1769.
Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1773.
James, b. Oct. 14, 1776.
Israel, b. in Sept., 1779.
Joseph Moulthrop, m. Mary Wheden. Children : Elihu, Jude ;
Adonijah, lost in French war; Hannah, Rhoda, Mary, Lucretia, Abigail.

Joseph Moulthop, m. Lucretia Bradley iu 1766. ChUdren : Abijah,
Joseph, Jared, Rhoda, Irene, Channcey.

Elihu Moulthrop, m. Mary  . Children : Jared, Polly, Adonijah,
Elihu; Esther and Matthew, 3rd, who m. Mary  . Children:
Jane, b. Dec. 13, 1694, m. Thomas Hodge ; Matthew, b. in Sept., 1696 •
Joseph, h. in Oct., 1698; Mary, b. June 1, 1701, m. Gideon Potter; Martha'
b. Feb, 18,1703; Mathew, b. Feb. 1, 1705; Benjamin, b. Mar. 2, 1707;
Aslier, b. Jan, 28, 1710; Dorothy, b. Dec. 1, 1712, m. Isaac Granniss.

226 HISTORY OF SEYMOUIi-
Matiiew Moulthrop, 1th, m. Surah Gnumis.s. Children : Thankful, b.
in Nov., 1728; Joseph, b. in Dec, 1730; Sarah, b. in Jan., 1732; Mabel, b. Sept.
6, 1735; Mathew, b.Nov. 9, 1743; 2nd wife, Hannah Way, had David, b.
March 23, 1748. David, ra. Rachel Swayne. ChUdren: John, Martin,
Major, Polly, Swayne.
Benjashn Moulthrop, son of Elihu, had Benjamin July 20, 1735,
Elizabeth, Mary, Benjamin.
Benjajmin Moulthrop, Jr., m. Thankful Granniss in July, 1761.
Children :
Benjamin.Seba, b. Nov. 23, 1770, d. July 8, 1831, aged 60.
Mary and Elizabeth.
" Seba Moulthrop, son of Benjamin and Thankful, m. Catharine Fowler,
b. Aug. 16, 1780, d. May 22, 1859. He built the hotel, or tavem, as it was
then called, comer of Hill and Pearl streets, in 1812, and kept it about twenty
years, when he died. Children:
WUUam Fowler, b. Aug. 3, 1798, ra. Eunice Bassett Sept. 2, 1821, d.
in AprU, 1864,
Luther, b. Nov. 17, 1800, d. in 1866, m. Jennet Candee Dec. 19, 1830.
Huldah, b. Jan. 26, 1803 ra. Jan. 19, 1852.
Mary, b. June 28, 1806, m. Amos Wheeler Apr. 24, 1825.
Clark, b. Dec. 6, 1812.
Betsey, b. Sept. 8, 1820, d. Aug. 5, 1847.
Grannis, b. Nov. 17, 1822.
Huldah Moulthrop m. Isaac Rowe Apr. 4, 1824. Isaac Rowe, Sr.,
and his twin brother Fred, born Aug. 16, 1799, came from Brattleboro, Vt.,
with Gen. Humphrey in 1811. Isaac was bom Aug. 16, 1799; drowned in
Lake St. Clair, Mich., Dec. 15, 1830. Children:
Huldah Keziah^ b. Feb. 17, 1825, d. Oct. 26, 1873.
Isaac Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1828; m. Sarah A. McGraw in Seymour
Mar. 16, 1851.
Catharine, b. Jan. 4, 1831; ra. George S. Wyant Dec. 24, 1850, Children:,
Frank H., Eugene A., m. Mary Hard ; Helen I., d. Apr. 17, 1859 ; Nettle E., George E.

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^^^tL^c^o^i^ W^oaJl
SHELIDOIV CL^RK, ESQ.

Cmimsed from a sketch by Prof. SiUiman tinaty loaned/or the purpose Iry the Secretary of Tale CoUaje.
A little beyond our northern boundary, in Chestnut-tree Hill, is a tract
of land owned by Yale College, given by one who is well worthy of a sketch in
these pages. Sheldon Clark, a brother of Mrs. Abiram Stoddard of Seymour
was born in Oxford Jan, 31, 1785, and died April 10, 1840, aged 55 years. His'
father died when he was very young and he was adopted by his grandfather
Thomas Clark, Esq., with whom he remained until the death of this venerable
ancestor at the age of 82, April 5, 1811. The gi-andson wished to obtain a
liberal education, but his grandfather disapproved of such a course as a waste
of time and money, and he had no extraordinary opportunities for education
except about a year at South Farms, in Litchfield, in 1805 and 1806. 'But
his active mind prompted him to diligently read such books as he could ob
tain and thus cultivated habits of intellectual exercise and independence of
character. The death of his gi-andfather left him free to pursue such a course
as his own judgment dictated, and he applied for advice to Prof. Silliman of
Yale College and passed the autumn and winter of 1811-12 in a course of
study in connection with the recitations and discussions of President Dwight.
Amohg his numerous manuscripts is one dated January, 1812, giving an ac
count of a dream or vision of the general judgement. The language is
elevated and beautiful and the imagery splendid and sublime. It is remark
able for deep seriousness and reverence for the heavenly world. Ten years
later he called on Prof. SiUiman and stated that the twenty thousand doUars
left him by his grandfather he had by industry and economy increased to
twenty-five thousand, that he had no family, and might never have one, and
that he was disposed to appropriate at least a part of his estate to the encour
agement of leaming. He therefore deposited $5,000, to be placed at com
pound interest nntil it should amount to a suflBcient sum for the establishment
of the Clark professorship. In 1824 he gave $1,000 for the puipose of estab-
Ushing a scholarship. This new instance of liberality excited additional in
terest in the hardworking O-^ford farmer, whose example had now placed him
at the head of the benefactors of this ancient literary institution. In 1829 he
presented to the College an excellent telescope, with a focal length of ten feet
and an aperture of five inches, made to his order, and costing over $1,000. He
was elected to the legisla'ture from Oxford in 1825 and for several succeeding

228 HISTORY OF SEY".MOUR.
years. His sentiments and mode of thought may perhaps best he expressed
in his own words, as in tbe following extract from a letter written by him in
reply to acknowledgments of one of his bequests : "OXFOBD, Nov. 29th, lesi
" Kespected FniExna — ^Man is a child of circumstances. WTiile some are bom to ease and plenty,
seldom meet with disappointments, aie surrounded by benevolent friends, always ready to assist, to
comfort, and to afford them the most ample means of enjoying the highest degree of mental culture ;
others are boi-n to poverty aud servitude, unassisted, even by their nearest relatives, aud denied the
privilege of obtaining a good common school education, and are often dispirited by disappointments. >
" It was my destiny to belong to the latter class. Early in life I had a tender father, who was in
possession of a large amount of property. He intended, aud often promised, that I should have aUberal
edttcaUon— but, alas, before I was old enough to prepare to enter CoUege, he died, and the estaU proeed
to {h! insolvent.
" Thus aU my fond hojws of having a Uberal education were frustrated, and I was left fatherless
and penniless in a hard, unfeeling, selUsh world, to provide, by my own industry, to satisfy those posi
tive wants congenial to poor hiunan nature. It fcU to my lot to live, till I was of age, with my grand
father, a hard working, parsimonious tanner, but I was aUowed the privilege of reading occasionaUy,
ou Sundays, stormy days, and in the long nights of vrinter. From these opportunities of reading, I was
soon convinced that the power, the honor, and glory of nations, consisted in, and depended upon, their
great men. What has Greece, or Kome, or any nation of antiquity transmitted to posterity, woilhy of
esteem and admiration, but the achievements of their heroes, and the productions of their artists, poets,
aud phUosopbers ? Aud what else can we trausmit to succeeding ages, to distinguish us from the im-
lettered savages that roamed at large in the uncultivated wilds of America wheu discovered by onr
fathers? EuU of this idea, and animated with an ardent desire to promote the honor and happiness of
my own native country, I felt deteimined to do aU I could to patx'ouize and encourage literature aud
science, to provide the means of affording our Uterary and scientific genius a finished education.
"Oft when toiling with ceaseless assiduity to accompUsh that object,! have been poiutedat,by
my feUow -citizens, with the fiuger of scoi-n, and taunted by the tongue of ridicule. But for aU this I
felt a reward in the anticipation of promoting the honor, aud glory, and happiness of my beloved
country. I never dreamed of personally receiving the grateful acknowledgments of one of the most
respectable c^dlegiate classes in the world. This I assui'e you, my dear friends, is a full, a rich compen
sation for aU the labor, the hardships and privations I have suifered."
From his wUl, made in 1823, the foUowing is taken :
"Knowing the uncertainty of Ufe — ^thinking that we must always be prepared to die— feeling that
It is our duty to do all the good in our power, and believing that part of my property wiU do more good
if given to enconmge literature than it would to descend according to law, L Sheldon Clark, of Oxford,
am voluntarUy aud of my own accord, disposed to make the foUowing will :
"I wish to be buried in a deceut manner, and to have flecent grave-stones at the discretion of my
executors. It is my will, that my just debts and my funeral expenses be paid out of my movable
estate. I give and bequeath to the Corpoi-ation of Yale CoUege in New Haven, aU my homestead farm
where I now live, with its buildmgs and appuitenauces— also, aU the land that was given to me by uiy
grandfather, Thomas Clark, Esq., on the eiist side* of the road that runs north and south of Mr. Samuel
Tucker, with its buUdings and appurtenances— also, aU my land that hes north of the road that nms
by where Geoige Drake now Uves— also, my meadow that lies a few rods west of Kiramon school-house,
and also, aU my Ked Oak farm, &c.
"Funds being so liable to be lost by bad security, it is my wiU, that the lands I have given to said
Corporation shaU never be sold, but that they shaU be let or routed, in such way and manner, as the
President and FeUowe of said Yale CoUege, and their successors, forever, shaU judge to be for the best
interest of said institution. It is my wUl, that the annual income of s.'vid lands shall be annuaUy appro
priated for the advancement of Uteratnre iu said Yale CoUege, in such a manner as its President aud
Fellows, aud theh- successors forever, shaU deem the best and most beneficial for said institution ; but
no part of said donation or income ahaU ever be appropriated to erect or repair buUiUngs.
" I also give and bequeath to the Corporation of Yale CoUege ia New Haven, aU the money I shaU
have ou hand and all tho notes I shaU have due me at the time of my decease, (except throe hundred
aad thirty-four dollars for Chesnut-tree hiU school district,) to be appropriated for the beuoflt of 8.ii>l
Yale CoUege, as its President and FeUows, aud theu- successors forever, shall think sh.-vU be for its best
good, and the most conducive to its prosperity aud honor."

*l'he house aud homestead farm were on the west sulc of the road.

GEXEALOGY. ^,„,,
He then gives in form, and with certain conditions, the above named sum
to the Chestnut-tree hUl school district. Ho gives also to his three sisters a
valuable farm, which feU to hira from his and their brother, besides other lands
acquired after his wUl was made; also, all his personal estate not othermse
disposed of; and on his death bed he expressed a wish, that the sisters should
receive each one thousand dollars. v
He named Abel Wheeler, Esq., of Oxford, and Benjamin SUliman of
New Haven, his executors, but Judge "Wlieeler did not survive him. He
died AprU 11, 1840, from injuries received by a fall from a scaffolding in his
bam. Under his extreme suftenngs not a word escaped him as to his°future
prospects : he remarked only, that he had endeavored to do all the good in his
power, and as these pages show, his efibrts were not in vain.
A large concourse of friends and neighbors and people of the vicinage
with several of the officers of the college and the clergy attended him to his
last home. A long retinue of rural vehicles wound slowly down the hi'^h
hills and along the deep valleys to a secluded burying ground, which he had
been instrumental in arranging, on a quiet and beautiful plain, shaded by
pines and watered by the murmuring current of a branch of the Housatouic.
A neat marble slab records his name as "a distinguished benefactor of Yale
CoUege." Such indeed he was. His benefactions to the institution, includ
ing the funded interest that had accumulated to the time of his death
amounted to full thirty thousand dollars — three tunes as much as any other
individual had ever given.
This object was not accomplished without a long course of stern self-
denial — with great industry and severe economy. Mr. Clark expended very
little on his own personal accommodation. The plain farmer's house remained
as his grandfather left it, without decoration and almost without repair; the
furniture was of the humblest kind, but a warm welcome was given to his
friends and to strangers, with ample provision not only of the produce of a
fanner's cultivation and care, but occasionally, with a free hospitality in
rarer things.
HLs policy was, to augment as far and as fast as possible, his productive
capital ; he attempted no improvements in his agriculture ; he hardly preserved
fences and buildings in statu quo; little return of manure- was made to his
hard worked soils, and even his wood aud timber, were, to a certain extent,
sold for money and cleared away tor market, by other hands. He kept his
raoney always at work — loaned all the cash he did not need, (and his personal
wants were few) — required his interest and payments at the day — but was ex
actly just iu his dealings — prompt to give his adnce when desired, and kind
in his treatment of all. His hoarding was not for himself; wife and children
he had none, and he laid by his thousands^the results not of traffic or specu
lation, but of laborious thrifty industrj^ — to furnish the means of a superior
education to the children of others, and to generations yet uuborn.

•_:>(!

HlSTOItY OF HEY^MOUR.

SEYMOUK AT THE CENTENNIAL.

James K. Adams,
Morris Atwood,
Miss Flora Bassett,
Edward F. Bassett,
Samuel A. Beach,
Mrs. M. A. Beach,
Harry R. Beach,
C. E. Beach,
Sharon Y. Beach,
Mrs. S. Y, Beach,
Sharon D. Beach,
David Betts, Jr.,
Mrs. David Betts,
Lottie E. Booth,
Edward N. Botsford,
Edward B. Bradley,
Mrs. E. B, Bradley,
Edward C. Brown,
Lewis A. Camp,
Samuel H. Canfield,
DeWitt C. Castle,

NAME.S OP visitors.
John Castle,
Martin R. Castle,
Mrs. O. S. Chatfield,
Sheldon Chur(;h,
J. A. Clark,
F. M. Clemons,
Mrs. S. A. Cooke,
BuiT S. Davis,
John Davis, 2d,
Mrs. Martha E. Davis,
Nettie E. Davis,
Samuel P. Davis,
Zerah B. Davis,
Austin G. Day,
Mrs. A. G. Day,
Edmund Day,
Mrs. Edmund Day,
Henry P, Day,
Theodore Decker,
A. G. DeWolfe,
H. H. DeWolfe,

Marv Dibble,
Sarah G. Dibble,
M. A. Doolittle,
Mary Doolittle,
Mrs. E. L. Doolittle,
Albert B. Dunham,
Daniel T. Dunham,
Geo. S. Edwards,
Mrs. Geo. S. Edwards,
Charles Edwards,
Horatio N. Eggleston,
Mrs, H. N. Eggleston,
Ada M. Eggleston,
Mrs. Josephine Elliott,
Mrs. S. E. Fairchild,
G. B. Flagg,
Hattie Ford,
Mrs. S. C. Ford,
Friend C. Ford,
Mrs. Friend C. Ford,
John T. Forsey,

HISTORY OF SFA'MOUR.

Mrs. J. T. Forsey,
Lewis L. Garrett,
Dexter A. Gillette,
Harvey S. HaUigan,
Frederick HUton,
Andrew Holbrook,
Charies F. Holbrook,
Rilla Hurlburt,
Thomas E. Huriburt,
Thomas James,
George A. James,
Lizzie £. James,
N. A. Johnson,
Mrs. S. C. Johnson,
Susie S. Johnson,
Marie Kissam,
Fanuie Kissam,
Theodore S. Ladd,
George Leavenworth,
Libbie O. Lockwood,

Virgil H. McEwen,
Mrs. y. H. McEwen,
Bernard H. Merrick,
Frank K. Mitchell,
Sheldon Miles,
Mrs. Sheldon Miles,
W. C. Noyes,
Mrs. Noyes,
Josephine L. Northrop,
Christian Pickardt,
Horace A. Radford,
Mrs. C. C. Radford,
S. H. Rankin,
Martha B. Reynolds,
Minnie E. Reynolds,
Sarah L. Reynolds,
WUliam B. Reynolds,
George A. Rider,
WUliam C. Sharpe,
Burton W. Smith,

•J-.M

James Smith,
Mrs. Sara Smith,
WUliam Smith,
John Spiers,
H. V. Swift,
James Swan,
Wm. B. Swan,
Rev. Chas. A. Tibbals,
Emma Tomlinson,
Lloyd L. Weaver,
Mrs. Lloyd L. Weaver,
Lazarus G. Weaver,
Charles H. Weaver,
Henry Wheeler,
Mrs. Henry Wheeler,
Nellie White,
Charies H. WiUiams,
Eugene A. Wyant.

GREAT HILL ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY.

At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the Colony of
Connecticut, holden at New Haven on the second Thursday of Octo
ber, A. D., 1775.
Upon the memorial of Timothy Russell and others, inhabitants of Derby,
living within the limits of the firet Ecclesiastical Society, and in the Umits of
Oxford, showing that their situation is such that they cannot conveniently at
tend public worahip in said societies, especially in the winter season, praying
that they may be exempted from Ministerial Taxes to each of their respective
societies for four months in each year, and that they may be empowered to tax
themselves for the support of the gospel among themselves for said terra as
per mera' on file.
Resolved by this Assembly, That the memorialists and aU such persons
living in the following Umits, (viz.) beginning at the Five Mile Brook, where
the County Road that leads to Woodbury crosses said brook, and then down
said brook to the Great River, from thence down said river to a small brook
that falls into said river in Amos Bassett's farm, and from thence to the
mouth of Haseky Meadow brook, where the same empties into the Nauga
tuck river, including the dwelling houses of Amos Bassett and Benjamin
Bassett, and from thence np said Naugatuck river to the bridge by the falls,
and from thence up the road to the corner of Daniel Wooster's meadow by the
Little river, and from thence to the dwelling house of Abner Johnson (ex
cluding said house), and from thence to the first mentioned station ; be, and

L'.'.L' HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
are hereby empowered to tax them.seh'e.s for tlie support ui puljlic worship
among themselves for the term of four months months in each year, and they
are hereby exempted from paying any ministerial taxes, during said term
towards the support of the gospel in each of the other societies ; this act to
continue during the pleasure of this assembly, provided and on condition they
uphold, support and carry on public worship among themselves as proposed.
A true copy of Record. Examined by ^EORGE Wyllts, Secre'.

At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Con
necticut, holden, at Hartford on the second Thursday of May, 1779.
Upon the memorial of John Holbrook and others, inhabitants of the
southwesterly part of the township of Derby, praying this assembly to grant
and enact that that part of the town of Derby laying within the followin»
bounds, (viz.) beginning at the southeriy corner of Benjamin Bassett's land by
the Great river running thence a straight line to the mouth of Haseky
Meadow's brook where, it empties into the Naugatuck river, thence up
said river to the New Great bridge, thence running northwesterly as
the county road runs, to the easterly corner of Daniel Wooster's meadow
thence running to Abner Johnson's dwelling house, leaving the same on the
north side of said line, from thence to the five-mile brook, where it crosses
Woodbuiy road leading to Derby, thence down said brook to the Great river
and from thence down said river to the first raeutioned boundary, be consti
tuted and raade an Ecclesiastical Society by the name of the Great HiU
Society, with all the privileges, immunities and advantages that other Eccle
siastical Societies by law have and enjoy.
Resolved by the Assembly, That all the mhabitants dwelling in that part
of the township of Derby, laying within the above described Unes and bounda
ries be, and the same are hereby constituted and made an Ecclesiastical
Society by the name of the Great Hill Society, vnth all the priviledges, im-
munUies and advantages that all other Ecclesiastical Societies by la'w have
and enjoy.
A true copy of Record, Examined by Georoe Wyllys, Secre*.

INDKX.

The lists of names on pages 130 to 139 aad 230-1, being axr.-mged alphabeticaUy, are not indexed.

Abbott, C. F., 112, 117.
Eev. B. T., 180.
Eobert J., 73, 79.
Acly, Eev. Charles G., 28,
Adams, James K., 99, 134, Va.
C. Lockwood, 171.
John, 76, 78, 183.
Adamson, Eev. Mr., 15.
Adye, John, 31.
AUen, Albert, 152.
Ephraim, 106, 157.
Jennette G., 171.
- ' John, 110.
Mary, 170, 171, 195.
Eoger, 171.
Ailing, Gideon, 52.
Ichabod £„ 92.
' Mary Newton, 171.
American Car Co., 86.
' Ames, Eev. Henry, 175.
Amity, 53.
Ajiderson, Ahira, 56.
Annis, Bev. James, 174.
Andreas, £Usha, 224.
Andress, Samuel, 52.
¦ Andrus, Eev. Luman, 174.
Armstrong, J.,- 117.
Atwater, L., 178.
Mr., 185.
S. A., 118.
Atwood, Henry C, 132, 133.
.Tames, 168.
Lncy A., 111.
Mary, 167.
Wheler, 168.
Atwood & Setts, 139.
Anger, Capt., 820.
Austin, Miss, 217.
Aylesworth, F. P., 99, 140.
Bachelor, Eev. Elijah, 174.
Bacon, Charles, 211.
Baiubndge, Eev. Thomas, 178.
Baird, iff., 188.
Baker, Capt. James, 90, 102.
BaU,  , 51.
Hannah, 221.
Stivtira, 171.
Bald^tin Fajiily, 157, 223.
Anaon, 63.
Bamabas, 42.
E. C, Eev., 14.
Edward N., 183.
Edward, 93.
Ehas, 56, 68.
Elvjah, 211.
EUzabeth, 203, 206.
Esther, 57, ITJ.
Eunice, 57, 173.
I8aac,21.54,56,57,ir3,n4, 193.
James, Sergt. 31, 218.
Jesse, 51, 56, 63, 157.
"Jesse, Dr., 147.
John, 92.
Loraine, 218.

B.ildwin, Lorinda, 157.
Nathan, 40.
PhUena, 63.
Eeuben, 45.
Eichard, 42, 197.
Sarah, 57, 163, ITJ, 213.
Silas, 45, 56, 113, 114.
Stephen, 108. 109.
Thaddeus, 46, 48, 201.
Timothy, 16.
Timothy, Capt., 21, 46, 163.
¦WiUis, 206.
Baugs, Heman, Eev., 119.
Nathan, Eev., 175.
Bank of North Ameiica, 85.
Baptist Church, 82, S9.
Bailow, Mary, 126, 1D4, 195.
Bamett, Eev. E., 177.
Barnes, Abraham, 52.
Minot, 132.
Bartholomew, Mr., 222.
Bartis, Mary, 113.
Bartist, Samuel, 36,
Bartlett, George H., 99.
Henry W., 112, 182, 183.
Barr, Mrs. E. C, 15.
WUliam J., 15.
Andrew, 16.
Bassett fc Smith, 73.
Bassett Eajiilv, 205.
Abel, 63.
Abram, 51, 123, 147.
Abraham, 45, 46, 147.
Amanda, Mrs., 220.
Amos, 151, 221.
Amos G., 172.
Andrew, 87.
Benjamin, 48, 231.
Capt. EUiott, 89, 119.
Capt. Isaac, 119, 175-
Edward, 52.
EdwardE.,74, 85,10-2,104,139.
Edwin, 211.
Eliza, 199.
EUiott E., 90, 101, 102, 103,
108, 119.
Eunice, ffi6.
Ezra, 197, 199.
George, 111, 213.
Hannah, 211.
Hattie, no.
Isaac, 131, 135, 179-
James, 150, 131.
Jared, 75,112, 176, 179,182,20-2.
John, Liexzt., 43.
John W., 89, 103, 104, 108,
116, 117.
Josiah, 103, 109.
JuUos, 76, 73, 92, 112, 134.
Lorenzo M., 92, 112.
Martin B., 80.
Maiy, 193, 196, 199.
Minerva, 111.
Noves E., 93.
Phebe, 211.

¦ Bassett, Philo, 209.
Eosetta, 110, 111.
Samuel, 9, 40, 42, 63. 71 72
85, 87, 1-21, 128, 149.
Sally B., 176,
Sheldon, 92.
Truman, 223.
"WUbur, 140, Mrs., 140.
¦WilUam, 63, 155.
Bates, Ella A., 216.
Nancy, 212.
WilUam, 70, 120, 121, 177.
Baytis, EUza, 211.
Beach Family, 158.
Anilrew T., 19, 103.
Benjamin, EeT.,10,11,17, 113.
Betsey, 123.
David, 56, 84, 89, 114, 133,
117 202.
Emma £., 16.
George W., 164.
Jesse, 163.
Lucy M., Mrs., 29.
SamnelA.,92,103, 104,108,134.
Sharon T„ 10, 19, 72. 61. 82,
84, 87, 89, 10-2, 105. 107,
108,116,117,120,139,152.
Simeon, 113.
Beach's Paper Mill, 81, 120.
Beacon EaUs, 37, 39.
Beacon EiU, 6.
Beard, George, 48. 149, 150.
Joseph T., 205.
¦Wiffiam, 56.
Beardsley, Anna, 214.
Ira, 208.
Moses, 209.
Becker, Gustave, 103.
Beebe, Joel, 10.
Martin, 25.
Sheldon, 132. Mrs. 128.
Beeches Family, 221. .
Abraham, 43, 46.
Abigail, 220.
BiuT P., 139.
Edgar, 99.
Frank H., 134.
- Hannah, 193.
Henry JB., 74, 103, 105, 117,
141, 174, 181, 183, 219.
Henry Ward, Eev., 221.
Isaiio, 46, 43, 193.
Lydia, 201.
Mary, 193.
PhUo, 82.
Sarah, 42, 157.
Beement, Jonathan, 114.
Beers, A. J., 134.-
Henry B., 92.
BeU, Catharine, 15.
Eev. Eobert C, 15, 19, 20.
WUliam 13,
BeUamy, Eev. Mr., 19.
Benedict , George A.,  .
Henry W., 183.

iA-h

filSTORY OF SEYilOIJR.

BeuUiim, Ann, 152.
Bennett, 92.
Charles, Mrs., 128.
Maria, 160.
Marietta, 111.
Mra. Charles, 123.
Sarah, 109.
Benton, Charles, 212.
Bennett, Legrand, 212.
Polly, 208.
Bethany, 6, 41, 70.
Bethany Church, 127.
Betts, David Jr., 80, 101, 101,
105, 132.
WiUiam F., 10-2, 104.
Bidwell, James H., 77.
Bigelow, Lottie E., 118.
Bii*dseye, Ephi'aim, 116.
Birdsey, Dinah, 159.
Birmingham, 38.
BisseU, W. D., 1.34.
Black, Nathaniel, 32.
BlicHey, Miss, 153.
Blackman, Alfred, 84.
Ethel, 132.
John E., 89.
Lucins, 79, ^
Blacksmith Shop. 58.
Bladen's Brook, 6, 113, 116.
Blake, Isaac, 116.
Enbm, 56.
WiUiam, 99.
Blakeslee, David, 32.
Bliss, Howard, 92.
Lemuel, 74, 155.
' Mrs. 70.
Mrs. Charles, 15.
Mrs. Emeline, 14.
BlueviUe, 7-2. 73.
Blydenburgh. Eev. Moses. 3*2,
33, 34, 72, 178.
Board of Education, 107.
Bochford, S.-irah, 206.
Bodge, George E., 92.
John, 121, 132.
Boeker, Mrs. F., 15.
Rev. Edward, -25.
Eev. Solomon, 26.
Bogai-t, O. M. Jr., 162.
Boudinot, Mr., 123.
Booth Family, 156.
Albert, 130.
Anna, 203. '\
Andres, 90. ,
Ebenezer, 127, 208.
Frank, 210.
H. Treat, 93, 134, 136, 195.
Huldah, 129.
Lottie E., 110, 117.
Maria, 156.
Mary A., 223.
OUve M., 203.
Peter, Dr., 156.
Booty, Edward, 132,
Bostick, laa.io, 113.
Bostwick, Daniel, 209.
Israel, 23.
Botsford, Charles S., 136,
Cyrus, 119,
Ellen E., 203.
Grace E., 13.
Harvey L,, 93.
Isaac, Capt., 223.
John, 45, 47.
Lyman, 152, 136.
Nehemiah, 16, 19.
Nehemiah, Dea,, 210.
Smith, 89, 90, 104, 111, 112,
121, 122, 182, 183,
Treat, 196.
Bounties to Soldiers, 90, 91.
EoutweU, Henry, 183.
Patience, 135.

BoutweU, .Silence, 13,).
Eowou, Merwin, 110,
Kev. Joaiah, 178.
Bower FAiHLY, 185.
Anna, 154,
John, Eev., 185, 192.
Bowman, -Tames, 63.
Bradford, Helen, 210.
Mercy, 204.
¦WiUiam, Major, 204.
Bradley, Charles, 16, 196.
Atiigail, 224.
Bede, 217.
Benjamin, 218.
Dorcas, 123.
Edward B., 205.
Elephas, 113.
Enos, 43.
HaiTiett, 213.
E. M., 152.
H. & M., 71.
Henry I., 93.
Henrv, 71, 84, 89, 90, 101, 10-2,
103, 103, 134, 139.
Jesse, 217. '
John H., 99, 133.
Leonai'd, 139.
Lucretia, 225.
Mary, HO. .
' Mary Ann, 198.
Merritt, 71, 133.
Miss, 111.
Bradlew, Eev. Charles W.. 27.
Bradstreet, Humphrey, 185.
BrassUl, Matthew, 98.
Brav, Eev. John E., 12, 13, 19,
WUUam H., 93.
Brewster, Abigail, 39, -200.
Nathaniel, .37.
WiUiam, 204.
Bridges, 1.92.
Bristol, Aaron, 43.
Benjamin, 211.
Corp., 52.
¦WiUiam, 110.
Broadwell Fashly, 172.
Betsey, 129.
Lewis, 63, 1-29.
Bronson, Henry, 87.
MUes, 109.
Eev. David, 44.
Eodnev O., 93.
HoyalL,, 93,
Samuel L., 89, 104, 169.
WiUiam, 131.
Brown, Charles, 93.
E. C, 134,
JuUette, 172,
Vincent, 217,
Brush, Rev. Jacob, 174.
BrusheU. Nathan A., 140.
Bryan, Sarah, 157.
Buck, Eev. Valentine, 177.
Buckingham, Betsey, 215, 216.
Edwin, 105.
Ebenezer, Lieut,, 43,
Lewis, 213.
Philo B,, Col,, 19, 84, 85, 87,
68, 89, 93, 107, 133, 152.
Samuel, Sen., 6.
Samuel "W,, 139,
"Wales, 152.
Buckley, Jas.E,, 93, J05, 134, 135.
Owen, 93.
Buddingtou, Sophia, 169.
Buffum, WilUam, 73, 78, 79.
Bnliley, Hester, 183.
Bunce, Lewis, 77, 79, 123.
Bungay, 47.
George W., 77,
Bunyan, Matthias, 102, 105, IS."!.
Burgoyne, Geu,, 160. ¦
Burlock, Thomas, 79.

Burlock, Maiy DeForest, 161).
Burton, Henry, 109.
Burr, Thaddeus, 57.
Burritt & Lewis, 71.
Burrougiis, George W., 99.
BuiTitt, WiUiam, 70.
Bumell, Catharine C, 15, lib
Euth, 47,
Sarah, 211.
Bushnell, Eey, Samuel, 176.
Business Directory, 139.
Butler, Ezra, 51.
Samuel, 105, 134, 183.
Buxton, Henry, 132.
Cable, Frederic, 170;
Eoswell, 1^.
Cadwell, Perry, 76.
Cady,  , 147.
Cam-in, John Church, 56,
Calkins, Israel. 209,
Camp's Mortgage, 43,
Camp Lewis A., 104, 105, 133.
N, D., Hon., 101.
Samuel, 211.
Candee, Arithur L,, 117,
Bei^iamin, 131.
Caleb, 56.
Corp, 52.
Daniel, 131.
David, 123, 13-2.
E. C, 131.
Geo. B., 93.
Gid. H., 110.
Isaiah, 13-2.
Jennette, 226.
Judson, 110.
Levi, 131, 13-2, 133.
Lewis B., 87.
Mary, 157.
Moses, 131, 157.
Nancy, 157.
Noah, 146, 147.
Canfield Family, 193.
Abiel, 126, 17-2.
Betsey, 172.
Dauiel, 216.
Esther, 14, 216.
Ezekiel, Eev., 176.
Hannah, Mrs., 14.
Joseph, 45, 149.
Josiah, Dr., 4-2.
Lucius, 218.
Mary, 172.
Eeuben, 52.
Eoswell C, 1.3.
Samuel, 64.
Samuel H.103, 104, 108, 134, 139
Sheldon, 132, 211.
 , 212.
Capital Punishment, 123.
Carlson, Carl, 147.
Carpenter, Coles, Eev., 174,
Henry, 56.
Pearl, 80.
Smith, 140.
Carrington, Albert,
Betsey, 2-20.
Content, 222.
EUas, 2-20, 222,
Esther, 222.
SaUyj218.
Carroll, Wm., 93.
Piesidine Elder, 173.
Carter, Jacob, 78.
Mary E., 222.
Cartright, Jonathan, 52,
Case, Annie, 129.
Cass, Nicholas, 93.
Castle, D. C, 134.
Martin, 146, 134.
S. J., Mrs., 15.
Cemetei-ies, rTuion, 71,

T-IISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

Cemetery, Pinesbridge. 3.3, 39.
Eimmon, 36, 39, 198.
Centennial Ex., Vis. to, 230.
Chadwick, Thomas, 9.3.
Chais, Isaac, 11.3.
Chamberlin, Betsey, 110,
C, Eev., 15.
E. B., Eev., 14.
Henry E., 99, 135.
Horatio S., 99, 103, 133.
"Walter, Eov., 208.
Change of Name, 84.
chapman, Amelia, 218.
Luman, 171.
Charter of the Town, 80.
Chatfield, Anson, 316.
Benjamin, -212.
Caleb, 5-A
Charlotte, 161, 16-2.
Daniel, 45.
Horace D„ 213.
.Toel 1st, -25, 113, 129, 161, 220.
' Joel E., 103, UI, 112, 213.
John, 90, 101, 102, 107.
Johu E., 108.
Leman, 81, 82, 83, 84, 104, 132.
L. CoraeUa, 112, 117.
Maria, 110.
Mary, 111, 112, 171.
Miss, 117.
Oliver, 52.
Euth, 129.
, Cheney, Eev. Laban C, 177,
Chestnut-tree HiU, 7.
Chipman, Joseph, 84, 117, 133.
Church, Abel, 20, 25, 56, 171.
' Anna, 130, 216.
Henry, 197.
, John, 46.
' Laura, 129.
, S Marietta, 171.
Mary, 217.
¦ " Sheldon, 28, 72,34, 89, 90, 103,
1-29, 197.
' AViUiam, 25, .50, 73, 217.
.- ChurchiU, Dr., 15.
Hobart, -2-24,
John, 56.
Timothy, 36.
Chuse, 17, 36, 40, 41, 59.
Chusetown, 40, 57, 59, 17.
Chn.setown District, 112, U5.
Claflin, George, 162.
Clark, AUan, Eev., 15, 102.
Araos, 56, 217.
Chauncey, 52.
. , D.avid B., 7.3, 117.
David M., 1*2, 13.3.
Edrannd. 157.
Edwiu W., 199.
EUen, 172.
EUen M., 110, 117.
Elias, 56.
' EUza, 111.
Eimice, 168.'
George, 52, 57, 173.
George, Ensign, 6.
H.innah, 160.
Hezekiah, 39.
Hezekiah, Jun., 56.
John, 86.
Joseph, 1.32.
Laban, Eev., 177.
Levy, 56.
Mana, 136.
Martin, 52.
Mary Ann, 217.
Moses, 21, 39, 201.
Oliver, 113.
Patty, 197.
' P. E., Mrs., 111.
Enfus, 36.
BnsseU, 113.

Clark, Sallv, 161, Ui% 197.
Slieldoii, .39, -2-27.
Smith, 117, 132, 157.
Susanna, 128.
Thoraas, Sen.; 6, 40.
Thomas, Esq., 43, 46, 5C, 195,
2-28.
Thoniiis, Capt., 45, 46, 53.
Thomas, Lieut,, 128.
Timothv, 217.
¦Walter "B., 116, U7.
WUliam, 129.
¦William A., 86.
WUliam, Caiit., 45.
Clement, Eli, 94.
Clemons, Frederick M., 99, 103,
103, 199.
Clinghan, Eev. Thoin,is, 208.
CUn'ton, Charlotte, 164.
Coate, ¦Kev. Michael, .17, 174.
Cochran, Thomas, 81, 82, 103,
116, 217.
John, A., 89, 139.
Coe, John, 21, 45, 46, 173.
Euth, 173, /'
John AUyn,. 173.
Cogmiwell, Egbert, 173.
Jeremiah, 71.
Coleman, Eev. .James, 174, 173, 1'77
John, 135.
CoUin, Rev. H, P., 13.
CoUins, Mrs. Sarah, t3.
Amos, 52.
Abrahain, 94.
Colbert, WiUiam, 135.
Colt, Anson F., 212.
Cornish, Susaunah, 195.
Johu, 195.
Cotter Frank, A., 195.
Cort«lyou, Agnes, 211.
Condon, Eicliai-d, 94.
Conference Rnom, UC.
Cou'idon, .Jairus, 52.
Cougi'ftgational Chureh, 9.
Connecticut Cents. 24. y,
Conviettc, Fi-ank, 219.
Converse, Claries E., 162.
Conway. Richnrd, 94,
Cooper, Wm. S,, 99, 103, i:;3-4-5.
Cook, Elam, 217.
ComwaU, Willuim, 83, 87.
Eli, S., 82, 83.
Cotton Factory, 73.
Cotton, John, 186.
Coltiugham, Miss, 117, 152.
Cowles, Euth, 164,
Cowel, Lydia, 113.
Cox, Eeuben, 94,
Coxhead, John F., 171.
Crafts, Dr. Edward, 55, 57.
Crawford, Benjamin, 112.
John, Eev., 113, 178.
Joaeph, 175.
Creelman, EUza M., 16.
Cridenton, Woi-rin, 36.
Crittenden, S.irah, 203.
Dr., 203.
Crosby, Seth, 132.
Cross, Frederick, 94.
Crowley, Patrick, 135.
Crozier, Eichard, 207.
WUUam, 207.
Sarah, 207.
Culver, irUes, 16, 19, 71, 84, 88,
106, 129.
Lanra, Mrs., 14.
Stephen H., 103,103,112,117.
Crummy, Dennis, 94.
CuriencT in 1695, 8.
Curry, W. C, 204.
Cnrtiss, Amy, 210.
Eunice, 167.
Joanna, 167.

Curti3.s, ,]olm, 3,=i.
Joseph, 167.
¦fulia, 158.
Maria, 214.
Olive, 134, 107.
Simeon, 195.
Simon, 109.
Susan, 210.
"WiUiam B., Rev., 13, 19, 76,
78, 79, 179.
WiUiam E., 94.
Cushen, Martha M., 205.
Cushman, Mr., 157.
Cutis, Eev. Wm., 127.
Cypher, Thomas, 157.
Dachester, George, .3-2.
Daggett, Judge David, 127.
Danforth, Thomas, 135. '
Daniels, John L., 74, 76, 132.
Charles, 152.
Dai-t, WUlLim, 209.
Daughters of Temjiei-ance, 78.
Davenport, Eev. Mr., 138.
D-Wis Family, 170.
Alva, 77, 176.
Anna, 176.
Anson, 106, 108.
Beiuamin, 25. 47, 57, 210. —
Betty, 21.3.
Chailes H., 94.
Clark, Capt., 198.
Dimiel, 23, 47. 217. — "
Elizabeth, 20-2.
EUa, 117.
Emerett, 213.
Haipin, 134.
Henry, 10-2, 104, 107. 108.
Henry P., 10.5,lt7,134,-204,205
Henry W., 94, 103.
Isaac B., 75, 82, 84, 103, 219.
James, 79.
John, Ist, 43. 46, 90.
Johu, 2nd, 198.
John, 3i-d, 101, 103, 117, 134.
Johu, Col., 170.
Joseph, 46, 195, 193.
L., 110.
LiUy, 172.
LyiUa, 21-2.
Marcus, 109, 137, 17-2.
Martha E., UO.
Mary E., 193.
Miss, 110.
Mi-8. Henry P., 13.
Mm. Naomi, 193. —
Nancy, 161.
Nathan, 131.
PoUy, 176.
Eeuben, 113, 176.
SaUy, 210.
Samuel P., 10-2, 103, 103, 107,
108, 133,- 149, 211.
Sarah, 208.
Sheldon, 56.
Sophia, no.
- "Truman, Capt., 198, 21-2, 213.-
Virginia, 110.
Zerah B., 94.
Dawson, Johu, Jr., 224.
Kate, 209.
Day, Austm G., 123, 143.
Edmund, 104, 107, 108.
H. P. &. E„ 123, 142. 180.
Henry P., 104.
Zelotes, 86.
Dayton, Capt. Ebenezer, 50,129,
146, 147.
Mrs., 146, 174.
Phebe, 113, 129.
¦"Mary, 158.
Deal, Charles, 113.
Deery, Maiy E., 118.
DeForest 4, Hotlge, 73, 122.

2.3R

HISTORY OE SEYHMOUR.

DuVnre.ii, Aniiiow, "W., Iti, 71,
77, S-20.
David, 45, 46.
George S\, 19, 83,4-5-6-7, 116,
George "w., 116.
H. A.. 20.
John H., 63, 69, 115,129, »2.
WUUam, 85.
Derby Journal, 73.
Deremore, Joseph, .52.
Denney, iilrs. Harriett E., 14.
Dennison, Sarah, 225,
Denniston, Eov. EU, 177,
DevU's Jump, 6.
WUUam, 79, 82.
DeWolfe, Alva G,, 131.
Huldah, 15.
Mrs. Lucy, 15.
Dibble, Capt. Amadeus. 63, 112,
113, 129.
Mary, 139.
Ravmond. 129.
WaUam W., 112, 134, 183.
Dickerman, Capt. Isaac, 43, 44.
Dickinson, Eev. Frederick, 207.
Lydia, 207.
DUce, Veren, 131.
Divine, G. W., 73-4,101-2-3-5,133.
Mrs. G. W., 140.
DoUttle, Hnldah, 202.
Jaue, 111.
Samuel, 146, 147.
Domingo, Chas., 94.
Donahue, Patrick, 94,
Doi-man, Amos, 113.
Walter "W., 16.
Dorothy, Ehoda, 158.
Douglass, Chas., 87.
Downing, Mary, 166,
Hon, Emanuel, 166,
Sir George, 166.
Downs, Albert J., 199.
Edward S., 133.
Emma J., 117.
James, 201.
Jarvis, 113.
Downs & Sanford, 79.
Drake, George, 220.
Driscol, Jeremiah. 135.
Driver, Darius, SKO.
James, 71.
PoUy, 210.
Samuel, 2-20.
Dunham, Albert B., 104, 140,
Henry A., 139.
Dunn, Mary, 193.
Durand Fajiily, 159.
Anna, 129.
Charles, 14, 33, 87.
David, 175.
Ebenezer, 52.
EUzabeth, 110,
Frederick, 101, 107, 110, 111,
117, 118, 152, 183, 183,,
Isaac, 52.
Jeremiah, 32, 69, 116, 216.
Joseph, 129.
Mrs. B. M., 13.
PoUy, 205, 216.
Samuel, 52, 129, 175.
Dutcher, Eev. E. H, 181,
Dutton, Thomas A., 132,
Dwight, Pres, of Tale, 12,60,125,
John W., 7-2, 79, 83, 86, 87,
Timothy, 72, 83,85, 86,37,120,
Dwight & i-iench, 78, 80,79, 196.
Dyer, Wflham, 212.
Eagle Manufacturiug Co., 83,
Eason, Frances, 196.
Eastman, Tespatian, 52.
Eaton, Gov., 133.
Edwards, Charles, 131, 134,

Edward.s, Qeovae 3,, IS'.
Pierpont, 127,
Timothy, Kev,, 166.
EUs, Samuel, 6.
Eggleston, Horatio N., 104.
Electors of Seymour, 133.
EUiot, Gustavus E., 203.
Joseph, 186.
Ellis Faihly, 164.
Thomas, 113, 177, 178.
"VVUliam H., 86.
Ely, George "W., 162.
Emancipation, 48.
Emory, Eev. Nathan, 174, 176.
EngUsh, Abel, 103, 109,
Abraham, 26,
Abriim, 131.
Benjamin, 108, 109, 159.
Beuoni, Rev., 175.
Dorcas, 211.
Judson, 69, 119, 199.
Eno, "WiUiam S., 164.
Episcopal Church, 13, 25.
Evans, David ,Jr., 218.
,, Eichard, 15.
FairchUd, Abiel, 38, 4-2,
A Tina., 170.
Ebenezer, 89, 105, 137, 140.
Julia A., no.
Miss, 111.
Nathan B., 132.
Euth, 169.
Nathaniel, 40.
Sarah, 156.
"WiUiam A., 10-2, 103.
Zachariah, 45, 150.
Fairfield, 37.
FaUs of the Naugatnck, 5, 40, 41.
FarreU, Frank, 87.
Loren, 94,
Farrington, Ehoda, 210.
Fengot Coal Co., 102.
Fenn, Benjamin, 6.
Fenton, Moses, 151,
Ferguson, Eev. Samuel D., 177.
Field, JuUus, Rev., 177, 183.
Fields, Ben,iarain Ansou, 210.
Fife, Mrs. WilUam T., 13.
Finch, Joel. 129.
Harvey, 218. '
Fi8her,Ebenezer, 114-13, 120, 132.
James E., 89, 152.
Fisler, Eev. Benjamin, 174.
Fitch, Eev. J. "W., 13.
Fitzpatrick, Hugh, 94.
Five Mile Brook, 7.
Foot, Corporal, 52.
Foote, Elihu D., 153.
Ford, Clark, 73, 100.
Hattie M., 15.
Jared K., 154.
Lyman H, 137.
Samuel C, 153.
Sarah, 221.
Forque, l"rances, 21.
Foi-sey, John X,, 203.
Foster, T., 121.
Four MUe Brook, 7.
Fowler, Abram, 212.
C. A., no.
Catharine, 2-26.
De Grasse, 94.
George, 2-22.
George, Mrs., 14, 15.
Jane, 109.
Johu, Capt., 43.
Lnther, 109.
Fox,Amos, 52.
Huldah, 160.
Freeman, Eichard, 113.
Freemasonry, 131,
Freemen in 1708, 7,

Fkexch i'.VMIL-/, 154,
Asa, 56.
Adonijah, 101, 102, 105.
Alfred, 133.
Carlos, 63,89,102, 104,108, 139
Charles, 23, 40, 41, 42, 45 94
113, 134, 193. ' '
David, 41.
David, Esq., 127, 1-29.
Enoch, 36, 113, 129.
Francis, 41, 137, 187.
Hannah, 217, 129.
Harpin R., 94.
Harriet, 195.
Herman, B., 94.
Hobart, 95.
Israel, 25, 41, 101, 10-2, 103,
103, 112, 113, 127, 133.
John ¦W., 93, 170.
Laura, 111.
Lydia, 187.
Mary, 157.
Nancy, 129.
Nathaniel, 43, 129.
Noah, 45.
Eaymond, 2, 10, 17, 42, 69,
70, 71, 7-2, 79, 83, 85, 86,
87, 102, 1-21, 195.
Raymond, Mrs., 15.
Rebecca, 151.
Samuel, 33, 45, 1-29.
Wales, 71, l»i.
¦Walter, 50. 175.
"Warren, 7t, 152, 181-2-3, 193.
"WiUiam, 129.
French & Dwight, 73.
French, E. & Co., 73.
French, Swift & Co., 74, 79, 83.
Freshets, 70, 71, 74, 81, 83, 84,
89, 101, 102.
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 133
Frisbie, Job., 186, 187.
E. H., 180.
FuUer, EUzabeth, 164.
George L., Rev., 119, 178, 182
John, 225.
Gainsby, E., 78.
Galpin, Frederick, 208.
Garrettson, Eev. Freeborn, 174-5
Gay, Prof., 83, 113.
Gaylord, Eiauson, 74.
WiUiam, 87.
Geissler, Eobert H.. 93.
Gerard, Frank C, 100, 103.
Gerling, "Wm., 129, 132, 133.
Gilbert, EUas, 61, 113, 114, 106.
Esther Ann, 168, 169.
Ezekiel, 69, 71, 73, 1-29.
Isaac J., 116.
Levi, 155.
Sarah E., UO.
GUbert, Beach & Co., 1-20. "
GUbert &. Wooster, 70.
Gillette Family, 199.
Anson, 119, 175.
Chas., 110.
EU, 89, 103, 108, 137, 212. ^
Ephraim, 53.
Jeremiah, 23.
W. A., 151.
Wm., 201.
GUyard, Anna, 129.
Lois, 176.
Nancy, 205, 206, 116, la).
Sarah, 213.
Thomas, 62, 63, 115, 129, 175,
176, 182, 183.
"WilUam, 38, 41, 112, 213.
Givens,  , 210.
Gleason, M. A., UI.
Glendining, Geo. B., 77, 73, US,
132, 133.

HISTORY OP SEY:\r0UR.

237

Giemliujng, Xaucy H., 77.
Glenduiing Academy, 77,78, \33.
Glover, — — , 150,
Goddard, WUliam W,, 87,
Goodrich, Elizabeth, 225.
Ehzur, 63.
GoodseU. Dan, 224,
Gordin, WiUiam, 47.
Gorham, Joseph, 35.
Gough, John B., 77.
Graham, Alexander, 146.
Andrew S., 108, 109.
George E., 1-27.
Granby Copper, 23.
GraudListof Seymour, '69. lOi
Granniss, Isaac. 223.
Sarah. 2-26.
Thankful, 2-26.
Gray, Eev. Mr., 13.
Great HUl Ecclesiastical Soo., -231
Great HUl M. E. Church, 119.
Great HiU Eoad, 40.
Great HUl School, 19, 47, 108.
Green," James. 15-2.
Sarah M., 171.
Seth, 13-1
Gregory, Hyatt, 95.
John, 224.
/Grogan, Wm., 95.
Griffin, John, 25.
Grissell, Jeremiah, 56.
Griswold, Eev. Samuel, 26.
Gunn, Abel, 43, 186.
AbigaU, Mrs., 47.
George, 132.
Simon, 56.
H.iines, Chauncey, 132.
HaU, Col. Benjamin, 43.
HaUigan, Harvey, S., 134.
WiUiam, 100, 133.
. H.tn, Michael, 1.56.
Hanford, Mr.. 135.
Hanley, John, 95.
', Samuel, 40.
Hard, Charles, F., 15, 137.
Cornelius, 137.
EUen, C, 16, UO.
James, 7.
Lydia, A., 16.
Mary, 226.
Harden, Jonah, 36, 129.
Harding, James, 106.
Harger, Alfred, 132.
Ebenezer, 7.
Edward, 47.
Henry, 110.
Harris, Aa. A. A., 13.
1 , Eeuben, Eov., 174.
Harrison, Eev. Mr., 14.
Sarah, 164.
Hart, John M., 132, 133.
Hartshorn, Jesse, 63.
Hartson, John L., 82, 134.
Lyman, 132.
, Hasssikee Meadow Bi-ook,47,231,
232.
HasweU, James G.. 173.
Hatch, Chauncy M:., 63, 132, 133.
Hatte, Matilda, 129.
Havemeyer, William H., 163.
Hawes, bavid, 109.
Hawkins, Abi-aham, 45, 47.
Betsey, 193.
EUzabeth, 198.
Freegift, 43.
Jane, 210.
John, 38.
Joseph, 38, 56, 130.
PhUo, 223.
PoUy, 212.
Sai'a, Mrs., 201.
Sarah, 206.

H;i\vkiu3, Siliis;, -21-1.
Tnimau, 103.
Zachariah, 209.
 , 150.
Hawley, Bei^amin, ffij.
David, 199,
EUzabeth, 156.
John, 15ft.
¦ Samuel, 40, 207.
Samuel, Ecv.,y-27.
WilUam, 9.3.
Hayden, Eichard E., 95.
Hayes, Edward, 25.
Eli, 77.
Nancy, 211.
'WiUi.-un, 135.
Hayman, Mi-8. Charlotte, 16.
Healey, Eobert. 100, 134,2^3.206.
Hebaid, Eev. EUjah, 173.
Hedden, Thomas M., 132,
Hcilmau, PbiUip, 140,
Hemingway, Stimuel, 158.
Hendryx, James, W., 93.
¦W. E., 76,117,134,135.1.36.183.
Hendryx & Peck, 103.
Henry, Snsan, 17-2, 213.
Hermance, Miss, 101. 118.
Hickox Fajult, 169.
Elizabeth, 129.
Harriet, 155.
Josiah, 167.
Sarah, 167.
Samuel R., 69, 79.82,84,111-12.
U5-6, 127, 177. 182, 183,
High School, 77, 83, 101.
High School Association, 85.
High School Boom, 102.
Highways, 52, 60. 124.
Hifl, Maria, 1.39.
Mary A., 16.
¦WiUiiun T., Rev., 179.
HIU street, 87.
HUton, John, 134,
Hine, Amos, 21, 73. 179.
Arlon, 220.
Samuel B., 114.
Sylvester, 15.
¦WiUiam, 56.
Hinman, Jesse L., 173.
Mai-ia, 209.
Molly, 206.
Philo, 21.
Simeon, 109.
WiUiam, 133.
HrrcHcocK Fasoly. 320.
Betsey, 154.
Burritt, 72, 77, 182. 217,
Daniel, 1.32.
Denzel, 69, 8-2, 113, 170,
Gad, 13-2.
John, 44.
Jonathan, 45, 48.
Joseph, 100, l,3-3.
Lucy, 57, 173.
Sanmel, 200.
Sheldon, 176.
Thnothy, 60, 129. 176, 182,-^3.
Urania, 176.
Hoadley, Edward L., 90, 105.
William, 187.
Hobart, EiglitRev. John H., 26.
Hodge, George L.. 72. 32. 120.
Sirs., 117.
Eobert, 202.
Thomas, 225.
Hodge &. Co., 72, 1-20.
Hog^ Meadow Pin-chase, 33.
Holbrook Fajuly, 160.
Abel, 82, 89,90,104-5,110,130.
Cyrus, 212.
¦ Daniel, Capt.. 47. 48, 52, 6:1,
7-2, 129, 176.
Daniel, CoL, 161.

h.>lbnj.>k. iJiiuiel Jr„ \12 w.
Dauiel L., 81, 8-1
Daniel, 4th,4-2, 45-6, 5B « f t
Daniel, .3tli, 197
Esther, 211.
Gracie, 197.
John, 43, 219.
•John, Capt., .15, 4B, 3-2, 160.
Lois, 129.
Louis, 10.
Maria, Mrs., 13.
Xathiin, 101. 103, 103.
Nathaniel, 25, 130, 131,
Philo, 25, 85, 130.
PhUo, Capt., 46, 72, 82. 84
86, 103-9-4-5, -213.
Richard, 151.
Sarah, 71.
Thomas W., 23, 16B.
"WiUiam E., IU.
Holcomb, Annie, IU.
John W., 9.3, 204, -205.
Holden, Mi-s. FideUa E., 13, 14.
Holeren, James, 9.3.
HoUaml, Charles B., 95.
Holloway, John, 140.
Holmes, Samuel, 87.
WUliam H., 133.
Homan, George "W., 95.
Hooker, Chauncey. 218.
Holt, Abigail, 225.
Hopkins, Dr. Samuel, 38-
Lois, 201.
Hosmer, Stephen T., 131.
Hotchkiss, A. T., 110. 111.
Charles T.,1U.
Davhl, 116.
Elias, 79.
Harriet, 15, 201, -202.
Harvey, 101, 105, 137.
Hepsibah, 225.
Levi, Lieut., 47.
Lucy, 217.
Lydia, 154,
Mary, 22.3.
Mary A., 117.
ilr., 75.
Nancy, 161.
Reuben H., 87.
Samanttia, 213.
Thomas, 21.
Houghtalling, Chailes D.. 147.
Housatonic VaUey, 1-25-
Howard, James, 10-2, 103,
Howd, Ed-ward, 43, 46, 63, 78.
John, 40-l-2-.3-«-8. .37-9.
Samuel, 203.
Howe, Lydia, 224.
Sir WiUiam, 123.
SybU, 164.
"VViUiam, 123.
Howland, Andi-ew, Mi-s., 159,
Eev. Seneca, 179.
Hubbard, Abraham, Capt.. 161.
Calvin A., 95.
HnbbeU, Betsey, 224.
Hart C. 171.
Lewis, 46.
phebe. A., 15.
 ,209.
Hughes, WUUamA., 78.134, ISX
Hull Family, 172.
Abyah, 26, 46, 195.
Alfred, 16, 19.
Andi-ew, 159.
Beigamin, 63.
Isaac, 64.
John Chirk, 89, 211.
Joseph, 35, 40, 41, 59.
Juhette, Mrs. 15.
~Mi.ss, 111.
Samuel, 46, 56.
Sarah, 199.

2.3S

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

[lilll.Wui, M., 11, Til, h;, Lin. 171
El!l.4e, .Jo.-*ejill, J-.1.
Humaston, Ko.sweU, 32,
Humphrey & Wooster, 71, 79,
Humphrey, proposed name,84,89
Humphrey Lodge, No, -26, K. of
P., 134.'
Humphreys, Aarou, Eev., 26.
Bernard, 220.
Cyrus, 13.3, 170.
D„ Rev., 17, 45, 48,54, 188.
David, Geu,, U, 17, 49, 59,
64, 63, 113, 114, 120, 126,
128, 129, 188.
Da-\-id, 3ud, 129.
I David, 3rd, 129.
David's, Gen., Flag, 63,
Elijah, 69.
George, 124,
John, 47, 52, 63, 69.
John, Ensign, 46, 47,
John, Jr,, Hon., 129, 114.
John, Lieut., 52,
WUUam, 69, 115, 129,
Humphreysville, 60.
HumphreysviUe Academy, 77.
Humphreysville Copper Co.. 79,
83, 87.
HumphreysvUle Graveyai-d As
sociation, 71,
HumphreysviUe Greys, 7:1.
HumphreysviUe High School
Association, 85.
HumphreysvUle Libi-ary Co., 87.
HumphreysviUe Lyceum, 74.
HumphreysvUle Mfg. Co., 68,70,
85, 120',
HumphreysvUle & Salem I'urn-
pike Co., 86.
HumphreysviUe Total Absti
nence Society, 76.
- Humphries, Rev.Humphrey,178
Hunt, Rev. .Jesse, 173.
Aiai-on, Rev., 174, 175.
Huntington, Miss, 152.
Nathaniel, Rev. G., 219.
Hurd, Anna, 194-5-6.
Charity, 211,
Harriett, 199,
Henry G., 102, 105,
James W., 13-2,
Sarah, 129.
Sheldon, 8-2, 121.
Silas, 109.
WiUiam, 131.
WUson, 25, 151.
Zedock, 196,
Hurlburt, Charles K,, 1.32,
Mary A., 10.
Orilla E., 14.
Thomas, 95, 137.
Hutchin.sou, Rev. Sylvester, 174,
Hyatt, Dauiel, 132,
Hyde, Abyah, 70, 77, 170.
Charles L., 82.
Edwin, 157.
Marcus. UO.
Mr., 77.
Oi-son, 77.
Hes, Charles, 95.
Indians, 31 to 37.
Indian Lands, Sale of, 5, 6, 7, 63,
40, 41, 42.
Indian Lands, Value of 5,
Ineson, Joseph, 100, ia3,
Isbell, Sarah, 219.
Jackson, Andiew, 95.
Jagger, Rev. Ezra, 173.
James, CoraeUusW., 101-2-3-5-7
134. 1
George A., 198.

.r,iines, John, -Jdr^
'i'houia,H, .i7, s'l, U).-<, U)i.
Janes, Bishop, 179,
J.irdine. Mr., 27.
Jaj-ne, Eev. Peter, 174,
Jennings, Eunice, 212.
Jewett, Eev. Stephen. 27, 69.
Jocelyn, Rev. Augustus, 174.
,JoH2fsox Family, 200.
Abner, 53, 2:11.
Alexauder, 23, 33, 39, 129.
Amiiritta, 199.
Ann, 220.
Asahel, 21, 45,
Benajah, 37, 38, 41, 128, 129.
Bertha E., 16.
Capt., 130.
Charles, 35.
Chauncey, 56, 113, 1-29.
Cynthia, 176.
Daniel, 146, 147.
David, 16, 45, 56, 74, 73, 112,
128, 197.
Ebenezer, 6, 36,45, 48,113,200
Ebenezer B., 21, 112.
Ebenezer, Capt., 7.
Ebenezer, Col., 8, 33, 129.
Ebenezer, Maj., 7.
Eleanor, 129.
EUjah, 39, 56, 129.
Elizabeth, 196.
Gideon, 21, 41, 42, 43, 47.
Hannah, 33, 39.
Haunah P„ 10.
Harvey. 212, 22:».
Henry C, 84, 304.
Henry S., 89, 104.
Hepsibah, 129, 176,
Hezekiah, 112, 113, 129,
Hiram, 82,
Isaac, 10, 51, 53, 113, 194,
Jesse, Rev,, 57, 113, 114, 121,
. 173, 176, 129, 206,
James D,, 216,
Jesse, Jr,, 113, 130,
Joseph, 25, 11-2, 113, 114. 130,
Levi, 56, 197.
Lois, 194, 129.
Lucy, 135.
Mabel, 194, 193.
Nathaniel, Capt., 25, 26, 42,
46, 43, 51.
Newel, 69, 114, 115, 121, 133.
OUve, 57, 174.
Peter, 48.
Phebe, 138.
PhUo, 45.
Phineas, 51.
Sally, 205, 206.
Sarah, 38, 128, 129, 161.
-. Sheldon C, 29, 19. 139, 168.
Silas, 57, 173.
StUes, 68, 113, 114, 130, 175,
182.
Thnothy, 23, 35, 37,39, 56,130
WUUam B., 95, 183.
Zerviah, 130.
Jones, Anna, 204.
Chester, 69, 70, 113, 114, 115,
116, 13-2, 204.
Ruth, 139.
Sarah, 10, 204,
Jones & Keeney, 113,
Joy, Jesse, 13-2, 133,
WUliam W., 22-2.
Judd, Appalina, 217.
Chauency, 146.
Ebenezer, 33.
Lewis, 87, 102.
Martha, Mrs., 196.
Rachel, 164,
Ralph, 95,
RandaU, 168.

LTiulsi'm, A.Ltiiii, -,'1.1,
David, mi).
Joshua, 213,
Justices of the Peace, 105,
Kalmia MiUs, 103, 104.
Keast, Catharine, 213.
KeUeher, John, 216.
KeUey, John, 56.
Martin, 89, 134.
KeUogg, Bela, Rev., 9, 12, 13, 19,
Nathaniel, Eev., 177.
Kelsey, Charles D., lOO.
G. T., 100.
Kelsie, Corydon, 208.
Dotha, 213.
KendaU, .Joshn.i, 15, 16, 69, 74
76, 78, 89, 104, 107, 108,
135, 10-2, 103, 139, 198.
Ehoda, 152, 110.
Kennedy, AdeUa, 198.
Kershaw, Henry, 132.
Ketchum, Eev. Joel, 174.
KUgore, Arthur, 118.
Killon, John, UO. '
Kimberly, Jerred, 213.
Libei-ty, 53.
Thomas. 186.
KlN>-EY FAinLY, 215.
Abraham, 1.30.
Betsey Ann., 159.
Ebenezer. 59.40,41,47,45,194.
Esther A., 219.
Isaac, 27, 29, 69, 130, 116, 159
Lydia, 57, 113.
Me<Uid, 21.
MUo, 193.
Nancy, 219. ,
EosweU N., 13, 14, 105.
Sheldon, 16, 19, 79, 82, 83, 86,
87, 196.
¦William, 16, 47, 63, 69, 130,
Kinneytown Dam, 72.
Kirtiand, Eiyah, 130.
George, 35, 69, 70, 113. 183.
Mrs., 181.
Knowles, Isaac, 43.
Ladd, Josie E., UO,
Theodore S,, 19, 103, 147,183,
Ladue, Julia A., 313.
' Lake, Augusta Ann, 206.
Catharine A., 206.
Miss, 215.
Phedina, 208.
Saranel, 212.
Lane, Brothers, 178.
John, 211, 130.
Langdon, Rhoda L., 203.
Latm-op, Augusta, Mrs., 15.
Simon, 96.
Leach, James, 51, 52, 113.
Leaming, J. Fisher, 68.
Leavenworth, Calvin, 64.
George, 134.
Isaac, 64.
John, 35.
Julia, IU.
Mark, Rev., 38.
PoUy, 213.
Thomas, 56, 201.
Lebanon Brook, 6.
Lee, Cyrus, 131.
Jesse, Rev., 119, 173, 174.
Mary, 164.
Robert, 176, 13-2.
"WilUam, 96.
Leek, Betsey, 152.
LeForge, Hemy, 120, 13-2.
Leigh, Anna, 212.
Lewis E., 96.
Leonard, Mrs. S. C, 16,
Eev. S. C, 135.

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

ortr

LeaSbU, llev, E, ¦!. IC, 96.
Tjester, CleorgeE., 14, 19, 13-1.
Miirray, 157,
Sarah, 157.
Lewis, Edward, 71.
Eleazer, 45, 131.
EmUy J., 208.
Geo. G., 202.
Maria, 211.
Vmie A., 208.
Lewis, E. &Co., 79,
Lindley, Curtis, 72.
Lindsley, Isaac, 83.
Isi-ael, 2-24.
Johu, 71, 109, UO, 152.
Miss, 117.
Sabra, 88.
Sarah, 110.
Lines, Calvin, 112.
James, 52.
Joseph, 21.
Lois, 154.
Sarah M., 16.
Washington I., 140,
Zebulon, 56.
Lingham, Rebecca,
Lissberger, Lazarus, 87.
Little Elver, 7.
LleweUyn, Evan, 70, 152.
Lockwood, Charles L., 162.
. Elizabeth O., 16, U2.
Emma, 15.
Henry B., 13.
Mary, Mrs., 13.
Long Plain, 47.
Lopus, 39.
Lord, Frederick, 133.
Losee, Ely ah, 153, 218.
Isaac, 16, 64, 76, 113, 140.
WiUiauLMrs., 14.
LomrsBUEY Family, 217.
Albert "W.,96,U7,182,18;j,203
, Crownage, 152. ,
David, 152.
Ethel, 56.
Francis, 15.
Henry W., 96.
John L., 63.
Levi, 16.
Liuus, 51.
Mark, 152.
Timothy, Dr., 2-20.
Victory, 2-23. i
Lovejoy, John, Eev., 177.
Loveland, Arnold, 131.
Ashbel, 21, 45, 52.
Joseph, 45.
Sarah, 41, 154.
Tmman, 21, 51.
Lowe, ¦WiUiam E., 162.
Lncket, David, 96.
Lnckey, Eev. John., 177.
Samuel, 177.
Ludlow, Eoger, 37.
' Sarah, ^.
Lues, Ebenezer, 1.30.
Lnm, Adam, 131.
Bennett, 109.
Clark, 110, IU, 216.
Edwin A., 159.
EUza, UO.
Enos, Capt., 147.
, Frank Mt, 134.
Grace, 312.
Hannah, 193, 196.
John, Capt., 149.
John, Jr., 150, 151.
Joseph, Capt., 45,
Jonathan, 1, 40, 150, 17-2, 201.
Jonathan, Jr., 48.
Mr., (teaiiher), 117.
Philo, 109.
Eeuben, 25, 151, 212.

Lum, y:ir,ili, 172, -jOii.
Siiiab, Mra., lUO.
¦WiUiam, Capt., 216.
AVilUam D. 109, 147.
Lyman, Annie E., 16.
1. H., 86.
Johnathan, Rev., 44, 52,
Mary, 205,
Lynch, Rev. James, 84.
Lynde, Duane M., 96.
Lyon, Jonathan, 174.
Mary L., 172.
Zalmon, Eev., 174, 175.
Lyons, Charles B., 96.
MagiU, Dr, ¦WilUam, 204.
Mahoney, Daniel, 135.
Patrick, 135.
WUUam, 135.
MaUett, Betsey, 204.
Frances, 171.
Mary J., 171.
Stephen S., 13-2.
Mallory, Edmund, 217.
Leverett P., 117, 1.32,
Nathan, 52,
Samuel, 170.
Sophia, 171.
¦WiUiam, 117, 183.
Mansfield, Betsey, 199.
Eliza, 110. ¦
Jared, 131.
Nathan, 25, 43, 150, 310, 212.
Eev. Mi-., 197.
ManviUe, James, 25, 150.
Marchant, John, 167.
Marks,  , 209.
Marshall, John F., 74.
Martin, Anna C, 114.
Isaac N., 79.
Jethi'o, 51.
MUenna, 153.
Mr., 75.
SeUma, 168.
Mather, Mrs. Esther, 166.
John P. C, 81.
Matthews, Lois, 168.
James E., 100.
Mauwehu, Eunice, 17, 30.
Joseph, 17, 3-2, 33, 40, 51, 39.
Eichai-d, Dr., 35, 26, 44, 143.
McArthur, Alliert, 96.
McCarthy, Chailes, 135,
Daniel, 133.
McCombs, Rev. Laureuce, 174.
McCormick, 96.
McCoy, Henry, 135.
McEwen, David J., 133, 133, 203.
VirgU H.,104, 106,107,108,134
"Wooster B., 135.
 , 208.
McEwen & Camp, 139,
McGaay, Henry A., 132.
McGraw, Sarah H.. 226.
McKay, Kate. HI.
McLain, Lottie, 208.
McMorrow, Francis, 135,
McNurney, Michael, 140,
McSparren, Clark, 204.
Meacham, Maiy F., UO.
Mechanics' Lodge, I.O.O.F,, 134
Meigs, Charles, 198.
Samnel, 80, 108, 132.
Merino Sheep, 59.
Merriam, OUve, 13.
Merrick, Capt., 121.
GeorgeH., 82,85,87, 112.
¦W. J., 134.
Merwin, Rev. Samuel, 9, 177.
Lucy S., 118.
Meteorological Notes, 76.
Methodist Episcopal Chuich,13,
37.

-Ml-th.i.ii.^t, Episcop;!! Churuh.
iieiluest to, (>3.
, Deeds to, 66, 73.
Description of, 74,
History of, 173-183.
Maples by. 77.
Middlebury, 125.
MUes, Jon.athan, 23, 42, 46 47
130, 149, 195.
MiUy, 212.
Sheldon, 140, 182, 183.
TheophUus, 25. 26,141, 47, 51,
64, 130, 195.
Miller, D.avid, Rev., 176, 178.
John H., 140, 219.
MiUtary Titles, 8.
MUitia, 56.
Ofticers of 7.
Mills, CaroUne, 210.
Rev. J. L., 15.
Minor, George, 158.
John, 136.
Phebe, 168,
Thomas B., 135.
MitcheU, Samuel W., 56.
William 6., 134.
Mix, Eev. Stephen, 166.
Morgan, Charles, 132.
Nathan W., 171.
Morning Star Lodge, No. 47, F.
& A. M, 131.
Morris, Adoniiah, 224.
Luzon B., 74, 84, 87, 104, 107.
Martha, 118.
Mi^or, 52.
Sarah, 196.
Sheldon, 170.
"WiUiam, 100, 131, 132, 133.
Moshier, John S., 27, 64, 73, 97,
121, 13-2, 198.
Howard F., 213.
Moulthrop Family, 224.
Benjamin, 222.
Lewis, 223.
Seba, 56, 113, 114.
Moulton, Eussell, 218.
Muun, Daniel, 167.
Muuaon, H. B.,79, 80, 81, 8-2, 83,
84, 90, 101, 102, 104, 105,
117,133, 140.
Byron W., 96.
Charles, 131.
Dennis H., 133.
Marcus E., 96.
Thomas, 111.
Murray, Abraham, 52.
Mygat;t, Henry S., 86, 87.
Nathans, Isaac, 79.
Nangatuck Riihroad,73,76, 78,85.
Naukotunk, 17.
Nehawkumme, 42.
Nettleton, Enos G., 25, 150.
Josiab, 26, 133, 150, 151.
Susanna, 168.
Newel Asahel, 52.
New Haven & Seymour Flank
Eoad Co., 88.
Neuschler, Fred, 292.
Newheim, Adam, 102, 105.
Newman, Eobert, 183.
Newton, Charles, 134.
Fletcher, 53.
Henrietta, 170.
JuUus H., 147.
Nicholas, Wm., 96.
Nichols, Abel, Eev., 27.
Anne, 193.
Benjamin, 213.
John, 197.
Eev. Mr., 160.
Samuel, 187.
Sheldon, 216.

2-10

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

^richo'uj, "^Villia.-u D., 1...
:s'ix(iii, i:i-v, ,ri.!ni, 177.
Xoble, Vrlinoi.s, M7.
Honrj' L,, 203.
Northrop, Beardsley, Itev., 176.
Betsey, 204.
Ebenezer, 64, 301,
H, D,, Rev., 14.
Jolm, 152.
Laura E., Mrs., 15.
Mr., 113.
Nortou, Lncy, 130,
Major Russell, 222,
Noyes, Haunah, 167,
Nugent, C. C, 183.
Nyumphs, 39, 41.
Oatman, Chas., Ill, 113.
O'Brien, George, 96.
Timothy, 135.
O'CaUaghan, Dennis, 135.
Ockemunge, 42.
'bChmghessy, David, 96.
O'DonneU, WiUiam, 133.
Old Coins, 23, 24.
Old Field Brook, 109.
Olmstead, Mrs. C. J., 13.
 , 137.
O'EUey, Et. Eev. Bernard, 84.
Ormsbee, Sai-ahL., 14.
Osbom, David, Eev., 179.
Ebenezer, 56.
Ensign, 52.
Gilbert E., 198.
Harry, 132, 218.
Harvey, 170.
Joseph, 43.
Lois, 197. '
Mattie, 16.
Merritt, 182.
Moses, 173.
Noah, 15.
Sai-ah, 170.
Sarah M., UO.
Sarah S., 16.
Thomas, 43.
Ostrander, Rev. Daniel, 174-5-7.
Oxford, 39, 83, 123.
lucorpor-atiou of, 34, 33.
Parish of, 43.
St Peter's, 44.
Page. Charles, 224.
Edmund, 57.
PhUo, 58.
Paine, Mary Ann, 214.
Papermaking in Seymour, 7-2,120
Pardee, Abigail, 223.
Austin R., 76,
John, 224.
Park, 8, 47.
Parker, Eri, 168.
Norman, 87,
Salmon, 56.
Parmelee, Ira E., 152.
Patchen, Eleazer, 56, 113,
Jaue, 70, 120.
Patcber, Jaue, 218.
Pattei-son, Henry, 78.
Paugussett, 5, 6, 31, 43.
Pease, Rev Wm. T., 177.
Peck, Bezaleel, 21, 54, 112, 113,
Ebenezer, 113, 130. [176,183.
Edward G., 138.
Elbert A., 10-2.
Justus, 154.
Martha, 176, 205, 222.
Naamou, 54.
Nathan, Jr., 83,
Noah, 52,
Orrin, 176.
Peet, EUjah, 210,
Perkins, Aoigail, 220.

rerlriii,-., .J.-siH C,, in.
Luemihi, 170.
Mary, 017, -JtlJ,
Peter, 170,
Ruben, 47,
Euth, 217.
Sarah, 2-23.
Pero, 33.
Pekry FAJtn.Y, 213.
John, 56.
Martin, 96.
Nancv, 212.
Eev. L. P., 130.
Yelvertim, 210, 313.
PettingU, Ebv. Amos, 13, 09.
Phanton, Laura, 203,
Phelps, Ansou G., 72, 73, 83.
Charles B., 67,
Edward D,, 96, 134.
Pickett, John, 43.
Eachel, 197.
Pickhaidt, Carrie L., 16.
Pierce, Rev. Aaiou, 176, 181.
Pierson, Aaron, 113.
David, 46.
Elizabeth C, 15.
Lieut., 52.
Nathan, Capt., 47.
Rev. Mr., 186.
Eichard, 100.
Pinesbridge, 33, 39.
Pine Tree Shilling, 33.
Pitcher, Thomas, 56.
Pitt, John, 77, 130.
Plant, Ebenezer, 48. '
Phitt, Geo. B., 132.
Josiah, 193.
Miss, 152.
Poe, Edgar A., 127,
Poke By-law, 89.
PoUy, Jarvis, 82.
Pool, Micah, 48, 149, 130.
Pope, M. H., 134.
Postmasters, 79.
Potter, Esther, 221,
Gideon, 223.
Miss, 158,
Pound By-law, 82.
Powers, Alden, 218.
Pi-eacott, Sherman, 212.
Priestly, John, 52.
Prince, Chas., 96.
Truman, 317,
Prindle, Eev. Chauncey, 26, 44.
John. 52.
Pritchard, Ennis, 47.
Jabez E,, 83, 84, 105, 334,
Jabez, Lieut., 50, 52, 123, 138.
James, Jr., 47, 195.
Leverett, 31, -25,56,69,76, 195.
Olive, 160. •
Praddeu. Peter, 170.
SaUy, 170, 171.
Samuel, 171.
Pngsley, ComeUus, 214,
Pulford, Frederick W., 139.
Pulling, Rev. A. B,, 126, 180,181.
PuUmau, Eev. Joseph, 102, 180.
Purvis, Rev. Johu, 27.
Putnam, Daniel I., 76, 134.
O. C, 161.
Quaker Farms, 40, 127.
Quaker Farms Purchase, 43.
Quick, Rev. A. J., 15.
Quiering, JFreddie, 16.
Clmstian, 132.
RadcUffe, Walter W., 199.
Eadford, H.A., 74,87,105,134,135
EandaU, Charles, 74.
Hiram, 130.
Hiram AV., 69, 71, 84, 104.

RaiidiiU, M. M,, 139.
Kankiii, '6. H,, iS'.i.
Kansuni, Charles, 13-2, 1'>.'J.
Eaj-mond,  -, 214,
Raymond French & Co,, 72,
Raynor, Rev. Menzies, 174,
Reatle, Elizabeth, 167.
Phebe, 167.
Redshaw, Joseph G., 198.
Regan, Michael, 135.
Representatives, list of, 105.
Eevolution, Incidents of, 145.
Eevolutionary period. 43.32.
Soldiers, 38, 39, 49, 52, 147.
Sufterings of 123.
Reynolds, A. F., Prof, 118.
Charles, J., 16.
EUa F., Mrs., 15.
John v., 97.
Judah, 188.
Rufus K., 179.
WiUiam B., 138.
Eheylee, Archer, 56.
Eice, Amelia, 199.
George, 79. 85.
Eev. Phinehas, 174,
Richardson, Mrs. James, 13.
Ricks, Mrs. Emmeline, 14.
Ricketts, Geo. R. A., 87.
Eider, ChiraS., 110.
Elizabeth, 159.
Henry A., 69, 13-2, 133.
John .J., 78, 82, 86, 17-2.
Mrs. H. A., 1.3.
Stephen R., 101-2-3,133,132-8.
Eiggs Family, 197.
Abigail, 194.
Anna, 128.
Betsey, 130.
David, 128.
David C, 146.
David W., 219.
Ebenezer, 44, 46, 170.
Ebenezer, Capt., 48.
EUzabeth M., 161.
Garey, 132, 133.
Harpm, 33, 32-3-9, 103-4-7, 164
Harriett, UO, 161.
James, 195.
John, 46, 58, 109, 121, 130,171,
200.
John, Capt., 46, 47, 53, 36.
Johu H., 97, 114, 133.
Joseph, 53, 63, 1-28.
Joseph, Capt., 55, 46.
Joseph, Lieut., 52.
Laura, 170, 171.
Lowls, 47.
Lucinda, 155.
Lyman, 132.
itary, 130.
Moses, 25, 58, 130, 161.
Samuel, 53,56,114,131,13-2,194
Samuel, Eusign, 7.
Sarah, 39, 110, 117, 188.
RUey, Horace, 77.
Rimmon Burying Ground,39,128
Rimmon Dam, 74, 78.
Eimmon District, 47.
Eimmon TTill, 3S.
Eimmon Paper Co., 77, 123.
Rimmon Water Co., 10-2.
Roads Across Great HiU, 40.
Roads, Shrub Oak to Derby Nar
rows, 60.
Eoads to Waterbury, 40.
Eobbins, Nehemiah, 85.
Eobert, John ^W., 209.
Eoberts, Eev. George, 174,
Eobinson, Geo, B,, 170, 220,
James, 89.
Mrs. E. A., 15.
Rocker's HUl, 7, 40, 58.

HISTORY OP SEYMOUR.

2-11

Rock Rimuiou. 'J!',
I'uck .Spriug Divisiou, 76, 7S.
KockweU, Jacob, 133.
Rogers, Ammi, Eev., 26.
Evan, Rev., 174.
Geo. A., 105, 134.
H. C, 97, 183.
John W., 103.
Mary A., 205.
Roman Catholic Church, 18, 84.
Eood, Isaac, 138.
Eoot, OUver, 52.
Eose, Henry, 97.
Eoselle, Samuel, 7-2, 89, 103, 1-20.
Eowe, Daniel, 173.
Isaac, 114, 336.
John, 195.
Keziah, 306.
Eubbermill Burned, 101.
Ttagg, Fred A., 134.
Harvey, 134.
EnsseU, Eliza, 109.
Frank H., Mrs.', 115.
Henry, 74.
Joaeph, 46, 48, 154.
Samuel, 43. 149, 150, 311.
Stephen D., 38, 89, 90, 101,
102, 103, 133.
Thnothy, 2-24, 231.
Eyan, John, 97.
Patrick, 97.
"WUliam E., 97.
Sackett, David, 156.
Mary A., 180.
Sage, Harlow P., 115.
: Saltonstall, Sur Richard, 207.
! Sanford, Augusta, UO, 152.
A. H., Rev., 69.
' , David, 70, 130, 133, 147.
Eli, 163.
Herschel, 217.
Joseph, 52, 147.
John, 56.
' Miss, 138.
Moses, 56.
OUve, 156.
Raymond, Capt., 30, 147.
Samuel, Dr.,35,54-5-7,130,195
Sarah, 206.
Sheldon C, 13.
S. P., 39.
Thomas, 86.
Zadoc, 39.
Sargent, Clement A., 74, 161.
Satterlee, Samnel K., 87.
Schermerhorn, Catharine, 172.
Schneider, Henry C, 140.
Scholefield, Rev. Amold,175,176
Schools of Seymour, 106.
Beacon Falls, 46.
Bell, 112, 153.
Bungay, 47, 110.
Cedar Ridge, UI.
Center, 107, 117, 132.
' Consohdation of, 103.
' First Intermediate, 117.
7 Great Hill, 108, 150.
I High, 101, 108.
I - Second Intermediate, 117.
' Shrub Oak, 47, 106, UO, 132.
I Squantuck District, 109.
^School Societies, 106, 108.
ISohool Visitors, 107, 118.
Bcott, Henry, 109.
f Jesse, 131.
' , John, 202, 134.
Prudence, 217.
Euth Ann, 202. -
E. W., 134.
 , 147.
ScovUle, Mr., 145.
Scranton, Amos H., 140.

Scr-.lnton, Monr"e. 103,
Si'ucuiia, 1>.
Seahui-y, Kov. Geo., -iSJ.
Seamer, Mercy, 203.
Searl, Rev. Roger, 174.
Seeley, WiUiam, 146, 147.
Segears, Edwin C, 15.
Selectmen of Seymour, 105.
SeUeck, Joel F., IU.
Seymonr, Mary, 63.
Thomas h., 73.
Seymour and New Haven Plauk
Road Co., 86.
Seymonr and Woodbury Plauk
Road Co., 87.
Seymour Bible Society, 135.
Seymour boundaries, change, 88.
Seymour in the RebeUion, 90.
Seymour Record, 143.
Seymour Savings Bank, 86.
Shannon, M. P., Mrs., 29.
O. E., Eev.,28,29, 101,10-2,107
Sharpe Family, 207.
Charles "VV., Eev.,117,118,152
David W., 97.
Lugrand, 18, 117, 127, 156,
181, 183.
Mary, 127.
Olive Maria, 218.
Thomas, of Boston, 307.
Thomas, of Sti-atford, 307.
Thomas, of Newtown, 127.
Thomas, of Oxford, 303.
Thomas, of Seymour, 140,131
"WUUam C, 107, 108, 111.
139, 140, 181, 183.
Sheard, Charles, 16.
Shehan, ComeUus, 97.
Sheldon, Francis, 97.
Shelton, Ann Eliza, UO.
Geo. P., 73, 74, 82, 84, 85, 86.
Shenson, John, 133.
Sherman, Charles, 13.
C. S., Eev., 15.
Lemuel, 310.
Mary, 167.
PoUy, 308.
Eebekah, 167.
 , 136.
Sherman & BeardslOT, 79.
Sherwood, Cornelia E., 153.
Short, Sylvester, 97.
Charles, 134.
Shubael, 38.
Shultz, Addie, 162.
SiUiman, Beigamiu, 239.
Simpson, Mrs. D., 16.
Skeals, Abial, 56.
Skeel, Hannah, 16!j.
Skeels, Jason, 130.
Skiene, Margaret, 172.
Skokorat, 6, 40, 41, 42.
SmaU Pox, 54, 57, 79.
Smith, Abner, Eev., 119.
Abraham, 45.
Albert E., UO.
Almon, 115.
Alonzo T., 73.
Amos, 116, 172.
Anna, 316.
Anson, 97.
Arthur J., 182.
Bela, P^y., 176.
BevU P., 86.
Burton"W. 33-9,71-2.3.4.6-7-8-9
90, 101-2-4-5-7-9, 140, 152.
Caroline, 204.
Charlotte M., 111.
Christopher, 108, 109,149,150
Corporal, 53.
Cynthia, 161.
Daniel, 133.
Daniel, Eev., 177.

Smith, D.ivid, 215.
Dmaii, 2-2t.
Edwin, 70, 89,10.),lo0, l~.i->-iJ
Elyah, 56.
EUza, 17-2.
EmUy, no.
Ephraim, 109.
Ephraim G., Rev., 19.
Esther, 213.
E. "W., Eev., 179.
Frank A., 16.
George, 134, 139, 223.
George A., 97.
Gibson, 113.
Hanuah, 217.
Ira, Col., 10, 63, 113, 130, 133
Ira, Eev., 19, 30, 68.
Isaac, 45, 43.
James, 140, 164.
James M., Eev'., 174.
Jesse, 56, 69, 130, 195.
Johu, 105, UO, 13-2, 151, 223.
John D^ Eev., 27, 178.
John W^ 103.
Joseph H., 134.
Joseph, Eev., 180, 182.
Lydia, Mrs., 225.
Lyman, 56, 70, 71, 114.
Margaret, 16.
Mary A, 109.
MatUda, UO.
Matthias, 218.
M. Maria, Mrs., ICl.
Nathan, M%jor, 147.
Samuel, Jr., 46, 113.
Sarah, 130.
Sylvester, Rev., 75, 77, 79,
82, 86-7, 10-2*4-7.9, 111,
112, 131477-8-9, iaais-2-s.
Sylvester P., 206.
Titus, 217.
Watie G., 197.
VrUbur W"., Capt., 73, 97,
103, 108, 132.
"WiUiam, 52, 103, 212-
WUUam C, 82.
¦William E., 179.
WaUs, 13-2.
 , 208, 214.
Smith & Bassett, 79, 121, 123.
Smith & Saiiibitl, 114.
Smith's Papermill, ia3, 131.
Soldiers ot the Eevolution, 3S,
39, 49 to 52, 147.
War of 1812, 63, 1-17.
Mexican War, 73.
¦Waiof the RebeUion, 9-2, 147.
Somers, Elvira W^ UO.
Charity, 157.
Soule, Heuchman S., 87.
South Britain, 125.
SonthbuiT, 123. .
Southford, Union Chnrch, 127.
Sparks, Eev., Thomas, 178.
Spencer, Elizabeth, 170.
James L., 15,16,74,76,130, 139
Mary E., 16.
John, 56. - —
Eufus, no.
r, AdaUne, 13, 158.
Alexander, 53.
Elizabeth, 206.
Emmaretta, UO, 199.
Emmeline, 13.
Erastus, 134.
Erazmass, 113.
George C, 140.
Grace, 224.
Isaac J., 13, 114, 1.53.
Jabin, K.
Job, 52.
Joshna, 53.
Jonathan, 52, S3.

242

HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

.SpeLi-y, Jnlla, 1,71,
Laiir.i .v., i5-i.
Miss, 217.
NoiTuau, 102, 10:1,107,108,193
PhUo, 52, 53.
Eufus, Mrs., 13,
Samuel, 53,
Silas, 131,
Shelton, David, 213.
WUUam, 211,
Skeels, Arad, 212.
DeUa, 312.
SueU, Mrs, Ehza, 202,
Spiers, John, 140.
Squantuck, 7, 52.
Squantuck School, 109,
Squares, Eeuben, 167,
Squire, Ruth, 156.
Solomon, 156.
Stanbury Alice, 162,
Stanley, CeUa A,, 118,
Steiu-ns, Rev. Chas., 79, 179.
Steele Fajhly, 203, as,
Albert J., 71, 75, 79, 117, 220.
Ashbel, 47, 113.
Deacon Bradford, 10, 16, 19,
21, 39, 50, 53, 69, 113, 114,
123, 126, 130, 163, 204.
Bradford, Lieut., 45, 52.
Bradford, Capt., 31, 41, 45,
46, 47, 50, 130, 195, 304,
Edmund, 114, 115, 319,
EUsha, 31.
Emmeline, Mrs., 14.
Eunice, 195.
Frank E., 103.
George, 56, 146.
John B., 107, 117.
Mary, 130.
Millie 215.
Norman, 130.
Sarah, 10, 68.
.•• WUUam W., 76.
Stetson, Nancy, 309.
Stevens, Ann S., Mrs.. 62, 1-26-7.
Ed-waid, 137.
James A., 76, 79, 134.
Rev. Ebenezer, 174.
. Stevenson, Eev. Thomas, 180.
Stiles, Mr., 174.
Nathan, 25, 113.
Nathau Jr., 56.
Phebe, 63.
StUl, Jacob L., 97.
StUsou, Saiah, 193, 194.
Stockwell, Geo. E., 133.
Stoddard Family, 165,
Abiram, Dr., 130, 203,
John, 82, 83, 130,
OUver, 112,
OUver H., 56, 132.
Eunice, 130, 303.
Thomas, Dr., 17, 36, 79, 8-2,
117, 139, 174.
Hannah, 113,
Snsan H,, 203.
WiUiam B., 101.
Stone, Leman, 57.
Miss, 163,
Noah, 133,
EolUn S,, Rev., 12, 13, 19.
Stone Bridge, 46.
Storer, E. G., 133.
Storrs, Ashbel, 22, 87, 103, 112,
122, 133, 140.
Charles W., 73, 79, 103, 108,
139, 152, 170.
Hattie L., 206.
John W., 7i, 76, 77, 78, 79, -
John, 130, 132,
Arthur L,, 134.
¦WilUam -N., 89, 105, 18-2, 183.
Laui-a, 153.

.Strapp, E'lvv-anl, l^.".,
Strauoni liri(i',r,-, 57
Stratton, Seth Sheiwi)oil,2u8,-209
Shelton B., 209.
Streets, High, 82.
Names of, 1-24.
Humj)hrey, 72.
Strong, Josiah, 48, 56.
Leman, 56.
Mary, 214.
Preserved, 167.
Stuart, L. B., 140.
Mr., (Teacher), 117.
SulUvan, Peter, 135.
Summers, Lucinda, 218.
Sutton, Nancy, UO.
Swain, Rev. Richard, 174.
Swan, James, 15, 19, 104, 103,
141, 135.
Jessie, 16.
Swayne. Rachel. ^6.
Swift, Charies W., 97.
Charles, 74, 76, 132.
Ephraim, Rev. G., 13, 19.
Hortie V., Mrs., 15.
Johu, 52, 60.
Josiah, 26, 56, 113, 114.
Mary A., 117.
Sarah, 110, 111.
Zephaniah, Rev., 10, U, 1-2,
13, 19.
Sykes, Eev. O., 71, 174, 176, 178.
Talmadge. .James, 44.
Taylor, Elihu, 210.
General, 77.
Isora, 172.
Rev. Geo. L., 130.
Rev. Joshua, 174,
Teacher's Institute, 101,
Teachers, names of, 109, 110,111,
117, 118.
Temperature, Notes on, 84, 89.
Terrill, EUzabeth, 223,
Jane, UO, IU,
, Sarah, 164,
Smith, 112.
Solomon, 111.
Tharp, EUza, 135. '
Thatcher, Rev. WUliam, 174, 175
Thayer, BeDjamiuB,, 100, 148.
Mrs. B. B., 16.
Reuben W., 97.
WUUam, 98.
The Fowler Nail Co., 132.
The New Haven Copper Co., 87,
14-2.
Thomas, Francis N., 111.
George "W"., 131.
Rev. Noble W., 174.
Thadias. 56.
Thojipson Faiuly, 183.
Anthony, 188.
Bridgett, 187.
Charles, Eev., 13, 19.
Cynthia, 209..
Darnel, 114.
Hannah, K4.
Jabez, 48.
James, Eev., 26.
.Joseph, 208,- 209.
Mary Ann, 209.
Moses, !SS.
Thomson, Eev. Wm. J., 16.
Hezekiah, 113.
Lois, 70, 120.
Major Jabez, 45, 48.
Mehitable, 170.
Eebecca, 220.
Eeuben, 170.
Thorpe,  , 210,
Tibbals, Rev. C. A.. 181,
Tibbils, Abner, 151.

Tift, John, 43,
Tit\e.i, CivU and -Military, 8,
Toby's Eock, 36, 39, 46. '
Todd, Eev. Ambrose, 26.
SybU, 161.
Toffey, Mary A., 171.
ToUes, Miss, 217.
ToUs, Caroline, 155.
WiUiam, 168.
ToJiLEfsoN Family, 210.
Agur, 45.
Ammon, 109,
Benjamin, 149.
Betsey, 109.
Burr, 209.
Cyras, 56.
Daniel, 150.
David, 47, 151, 172, 175, 311.
David, Mrs., 175.
Edwin, 105.
EUen, 160.
Emma S., 110, 117.
George A., 213.
H. A., 110.
lTaTiTiiib_ 7,
Harrison, 73, 79, 83, 85, 66,
116, 117, 171.
Henry, 45, 150, 149, 214.
' James, 175.
James C, 106.
Jane, 109. {
Jennette, 217.
John, 209. ,
Johu E., 171.
John, Capt., 45, 46, 47, 48.
Joseph, 150.
Kate, 213.
Laura, 111, 206, 211, 212.
Leroy, 112.
Levi, 21, 25, 54, 113, 195.
Mark, 130. ' \
Mary, 117. i ¦: '
Nathan, 152. • ')
Noah, 46, 47, 48. /
Patience, 214.
Phebe, UO. - (
Phih), 195. V
Ransom, 73, 87, 93, 152.
Rev. Nathaniel W., 9, 10.
Eussell, 25, 150, 209, 211.
Samuel, 40, 201. ;
Sarah, 172, 211. ;
Sybil, 214. 1
Truman, 215. i
"Webb, 150.
WiUiam, 7.
WUliam E., 5-2,56,105.109,161
Torrance, Thomas, 52, 53.
Touantic Brook, 47.
Towner, Joseph, 43.
Tovrahouse, 102.
Town Clerks, List of, 104.
Town Debt, 104.
Town Eeports, 103.
Town Treasurers, last of, 104.
Tracey, Patrick, S9.
Traimng Day, 70.
Travis, Mrs., 152.
Eev. Eot>6rt, 173.
TreadweU, Mary, 307, 203.
Treat, Eobert, 6.
David, 60.
Triuity Church, 23.
Trowbridge, Amasa, 12-2.
Isaac, 43, 44.
Mary, 2-21.
Truesdell, Lucius B,, 93.
Tucker Family, 219.
Ann, 171.
Anna, 204.
Byron, 98, 218.
Daniel, Jr., 59, 60,
David, 76, 89, 108, 134, 139,

HISTORY" OF SEYMOUR.

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'XncktT, Frederick, 1)3,
Mai-ia M., 117.
Mary, 161.
Medad K., 75, 82, 117, 134,
179, 216.
Reuben, Capt., 46, 60.
Samuel, 197, 2-28.
Sheldon, 115, 130, 171.
Sheldon C, 105, 134. 219, 3-22.
Styles, 161.
Susannah, 197.
WUUam, 135.
Zephaniah, 60, 130, 204.
Turkey HUl, 39.
Turner, Eev. Chester "W., 178.
TuthUl, WaUam, 76, 82.
Tuttle, Abraham, 2-:^.
Benjamin, 56.
E.L., 152.
EUza, IU, 115, 202.
Lucius, 79, 82, 85.
Eebecca, 222.
WaUace M., 13, 14, 16, 19,
Tuttle <t Bassett, 79,
T-witchel!, David, 47.
John, 43.
Joseph, 209.
Miss, 72.
Rayner, 220.
Eobert, 224.
TTmberfleld, Catharine, 109.
WUUs, 18-2, 183.
TTminger, WiUiam, 98,
Hncon, 37.
Union Bank, 36.
TTnion Mercantile Co., 86.
United States Pin Co., 142.
Upsou Family, 164.
George, 134.
¦ Harnet, 198.
Huam, 79, 87, 98, 109, 112,
132, 15-2, 198.
Leroy, 164.
Miss, 111.
Sarah, 198.
Upson Manufacturing Co., 37.
Upson Post, No. 40, G.A.R.,135
Value of Indian Lands, 3.
Vicker, Joseph, 210.
VUlage Directory in 1849, 79.
Vincent, MitcheU, 134.
Vinton, Rev. Joseph, 182, 135.
Vose, T. & Co., 126.
Adam, 53, 53.
John B., 310.
Wagner, George, 211.
Wamright, Rt. Rev. Bishop, 28.
Wakelee, Lewis, 31.
Wakeley, LUly, 109.
¦Wakeman, Mr., 187.
WiUiam, 308.
Wakeman & Stodddard, -Tl.
Waldo, Judge, 203.
Walker, Aaron, 98.
Josephine A., HI, 113,
Wm. L., Eev., 27, 77, 79.
Zacharish, Eev., 187.
Wain, Lewis, 68.
- Ward, John, U5.
Peter, 134.
WUUam, 53, 56.
WiUiam S., 98.
WUUam H., 118.
AVai-ner, Ann, 168.
Ebenezer, 21, 47.
Egbert E., 139.
Jacob, 56.
JnUette, 164.
Mercy, 204.
WUliam H., 118.

"Wairtiii, Heuiy, 111, 1.^-^.
Col. Seth, 1,36.
"WUford I., 16.
Washband, Bowers, '25.
Eli, 52.
John, 42.
Josiah, 47.
Washbon, Ephi-aim, 188.
Washborn, Josiah, 95, 57.
Washbum, Bowers, 42, 52.
Ebenezer, Rev., 174, 175, 177
Ephraim, 44.
Experience, 163.
George, Mrs., 13.
John, 155.
Josiah, 56, 57.
Euth, 193.
Smith, 130.
Washington, Gen., 123.
"Watei-s, George W., 215.
 , 210.
Waterbury, Charles, 158.
Watson, Wm. B., 78, 112, 132.
Wattles, Maria, 109.
Way, Adiie, 2-24.
Hannah, 236.
"Weaver, Robert A., 16.
Webster, Aaron, ^.
Ann, 218.
Chirk,J20,
Eev. Wm. E., 180.
Sarah, 160.
Susannah, 304.
 -, 21-2.
"Weed, John, Jouas, Joseph, 43.
"Weld, Capt., Joseph, 166.
Barbara, 166.
"WeUs, Prudence, 167.
"Welton, Miss, 223.
"Wesquantuc, 52.
Weston, ¦WUson, 78, 139.
Jube, 106.
Wetmore, Hester, 208, 209.
¦Wheden, Mary, 335.
¦Wheeler FAinLY, 161, 39.
Abel, 56, 131, 133, 2-29.
Almira, 130.
Amos, 336.
Aphia E., 210.
Bronson, 205.
David, 52.
Edwin, 76.
Experience, 59,
Hemy, 35, 139.
Jmnes, 20O.
Joel, 233.
John C, 113, 114, 1-21, 162.
John, Hon., 162.
John T., 39, 113, 115, 130,16-2.
Lyman, 171.
Moses, 56.
Mrs., 152.
Nathan, 21, 59.
Eobert, 48.
Euth, 204.
Samuel, Lieut., 46, 47.
Sarah, 204.
Sarah C, 130.
Sally, 10, 159.
Simeon, 204.
Simon, 130, 157.
¦White, Abner, 199.
Amos G., 134, 153.
Augustus, 98.
Calvin, Eev., 36.
Charles P., 134.
Daniel, 19,74,114,116,117,131.
Daniel, Mrs., 12.
EUza M., 170.
Isaac, 111,112,115,130,132,216
James, 98.
Joel, 19, HI.
John, 25, 51, 113, 130.

^VIli^e, Mi,M, 13-2,
Nathan, 78,
Eebecca, 316. '
W. W., 134.
¦Whiteley, Joseph, 139.
¦Whitfield, Eev. George. 19 1-27
"Whiting Mr., 37.
¦^Vhitlock, Leman, 102.
¦Whitmau, Eev. Samuel, 167
¦Whitney, John, 15.
Henry, 45.
Eanford, 47.
¦Whittemore, Ebenezer Tui-el, 21
45, 146, 147. '
David, 5-2.
W. H., 134, 140.
¦Whittlesey, Eoger Newton, 211.
"Wilcox, Jabez, 217.
M. A., 153.
Miss, 117.
WUcoxson, Nathan J., 132.
Joseph J., 89, 90, 101, 10-2,
103, 105, 153.
WUd Animals, Bounty for kiU-
ing, 7.
"Wilder, Martha J., 316.
EUzabeth, 30-2.
"WUdman, Sidney R., 132.
"Williams, Davici, 15.
James, 163.
Lewis, 114.
Miss, 153.
Rt. Eev. Bishop, 28.
WUUam, Rev., 166.
WiUis, Jaue, 157.
"Wine, Samuel, 108, 128, 132, 133.
"Winterbottom, John. 6-2, 126.
"Winthrop, John, 37.
¦Wiswel, James, 19).
•Wolfe,  , 213.
Wood, Eev. Abner, 174.
Samuel, 52.
Woodbrid|e, 6, 41, 63.
Eev. Eet^amin, 53.
¦Woodbury and Seymour Plank
Road Co., 87.
Woodcock, Anna, 154.
"Woodford, H. A., 117.
Mary, 159.
Woodin, Hezekiah, 21, 47, 5-2.
Thomas, 56.
TVooding, David, 217.
Lemuel, 147.
"Woodi-ufr, John"W., 134.
Oscar L., 218.
V. S., 162
"Woodward, Israel, 167.
Sarah, 167.
"Woolsey, Rev., Elgah, 119, 173.
"Wooster Family, 3-23.
Abraham, 47.
Bennett, 70, 73, 82, 104, 116.
Charies A., 101, Ice, 105.
Charle8B.,82, 84,89,90,104,107
Clark, Gen., 71, 74, 79, 85,90,
„ 104, 128, 155.
~ Daniel, 146, 193, 201, 331,232.
David, 6, 146, 147, 300.
David, Jun., 146, 147.
DUavau, 220.
Edward, 187.
Edwin, 20O, 215.
Eleanor, 160.
Eleazer, 46.
EUzabeth, 131, 200.
Ephraim, 23, 131.
Eunice, 131.
Francis E., UO, 152.
Grace, 130.
Henry, 56,110,116,130,132,145
Henry, Jun., 146, 147, 149.
JaneM., 110, 132.
John, 40, 41, 100, 131, 145,160.

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HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.

^\'0".^t^-r, .Jc'.jli, Capt., 4.-'. I !",
.J05f--)h, -JUS
.Tuli'jtte, Ifl,
Leslie B,, 93.
Maiy A„ UI.
Naomi, 206.
Nathimiel, 193,
Nathan R,,89,102,103,104,105
PhUo, 132,
Ruth, 167,
Samuel, 47,
Silvester, 40.

\V'ni>-lt.jf, SLuifiOil, 4-J,
Tlinin;i.s, 14u.
Ti..iOthv-, i;i.
Walter," 47,
Wooster, Dean & Buckingham,
139.
Wooster Park, 8.
"VVorruU & Hud.son, 120.
Wortli, Mrs. Maiy, 14.
Peter, 103, 103, 1.3-2,
¦Worthington, EUzabeth, 185.
¦Wyant, Frank E., 16.

Wyaut, Geoige S,, O'l, 2-30.
Leoaard, 101, 1'):.'.
PoUv, Wi'.
AVUsou, 73, 76, 98, 103, 112,
182,
WyUis, George, 232,
Tale, M, D., 74, 79, 209.
Tatman, James, 52,
Toungs, Delia, 157,
Zurcher, Carl, 103.

EREATA AIS^D ADDlTIOIsrS.

Page 41, fourth Uue from bottom of page, the term King was applied to David, son of Squire David.
Page 72, tenth line, Smulall shoidd be lAndley.
Page 90, eighth line, after " April 7th," insert " 1862."
Page 108, under "Great HiU School," second line, for pages 19 and 20, and 149 to 151.
Page 134, add H. B. Beecher to list of charter members of Mechanics' Lodge, and Samnel P. Davis and
and W. C. Sharpe to Ust of charter members of Humphrey Lodge.
Page 162, third Une from bottom, for John Todd Wheeler read John C. Wheeler.

ILLUSTEATIONS

ViE-w OF THE Falls and Vicinity,  Frontispiece.
Pine Tree Shilling,  page 23
GK ANET CoPPEE,  23
Connecticut Cent.,  24
Geneeal Humphrey,  49
Hompheeysvuxe in 1815,  67
Humphreysville in 1838,  70
Lugrand Shasp,  127
James Swan's Mechanics' Tool Works,  141
Hon. John ¦Wheelee  163
Abiram Stoddaed, M. D.,  165
CoAi OF Arms of the Stoddard Family,  165
Joseph Nettleton Stoddard,  166
Maria Theresa Stoddard,  168
Sheldon Clark, Esq.,  227
Centennial Art Gallery,  230

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