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A. S. Gaylord.
HISTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
CONNECTICUT
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
Centennial Celebration
May 14 and 15, 1895.
Also a Sketch of Plymouth, Ohio Settled by Local Families.
COMPILED BY FRANCIS ATWATER.
PRINTED, ILLUSTRATED AND BOUND BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY MERIDEN. CONN. 1895.
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PLYMOUTH TRAINING GROUND. From a Drawing loaned by George Langdon
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PREFATORY WORDS.
T HIS book is hereby taken possession of for the insertion of a few PREFATORY WORDS,
to be spoken, independently of him whose production it is, to you whom it cordially greets, as, honoring it with your attention, you are now about to turn its pages, and aided by the illustra- tions which embellish it, peruse with more or less care its record of the people and the times that have been in this ancient town.
When residents of Plymouth made known their purpose to observe with appropriate celebration, upon May 14 and 15, 1895, the first centennial of the setting off of the town, among many to whom this intelligence was of great interest was one, who, born and reared till the period of youth in the town, had then gone elsewhere, an orphan boy, to seek, or rather under God to make his fortune, and after varied experience in the remote West as well as in the East had at length won his way to become the head of a leading publishing house located in one of the cities of Connecticut. Cherishing with fond and grateful affection the memories of his early years he recognized in the projected cele- bration an opportunity of rendering a tribute of filial regard to his native town. Hardly had the wish sprung up within him, akin to that which "heaved the breast" of the peasant poet of Scotland,
" That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make,"
before it matured into the purpose, which at length materialized in the result of a Souvenir History of Plymouth, a quarto volume of ninety-one pages, which appeared fresh from the press on the day of the Centennial celebration, and was one of the most appropriate and pleasing features of that memorable occasion. It had been accepted in advance as the only authorized publica-
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tion of the sort in connection with the day; and a thousand copies were donated to the town to aid in defraying the expenses incidental to the celebration. But the compiler having collected much valuable information beyond what entered into the Souvenir History in its original form, could not be content with so limited a publication ; neither was he willing that a work which of necessity had been hurriedly produced, with unavoidable errors detracting from its value, should be the finality of his endeavors to hand on to the future a volume which should be at once a contribution to the history of his native town, and a memorial of the first centennial celebration of its organization. It was in his purpose also that the book in its ultimate scope should include a full account of the centenary. Accordingly he regarded the volume issued at that time as a provisional publication pre- paratory to one more complete and accurate which should follow it at the earliest practicable date. Hence this book. It is the tribute of a son of Plymouth to his civic mother upon the hundredth anniversary of her life. The production of it has been a labor of love and has involved months of unwearied effort including many journeys and a large expenditure of means, not indeed without hope of pecuniary return, but with a generous purpose unrestricted by considerations of personal gain. It has not been the product of one hand alone, but while many col- laborators have contributed to it, the casting of the whole, and much of the composition of it, have been the work of him with whom the design of the book had its origin. As it now goes forth in its concluding form, that were an unworthy omission which should leave unspoken any mention of the public spirit, the amor patriae which has had expression in the production of this volume, as tender and true as was manifested by those other sons of Plymouth who wore the blue in the war for the Union. And so upon this opening page his appreciative townsmen and friends inscribe the name of
FRANCIS ATWATER,
with grateful acknowledgement of the honorable and amiable spirit manifested by him in giving being to this memorial.
Leverett Stearns Griggs.
INTRODUCTION.
T' HE history of the Town of Plymouth herewith presented is as near complete as can now be obtained. The early period is not as thoroughly covered as one could wish from the fact that the traditional circumstances handed down cannot at this late day be verified. The town records in the first years were loosely kept and afford meagre information, while to go still further back to those of Watertown and Waterbury, of which towns Plymouth was formerly a part, it is impossible to define strictly the portions relating to Northbury parish as it was then known. The author, however, in the matter now pre- sented, has taken great pains to have the details as near correct as it is possible to get them. The Souvenir History published as a feature of the Centennial Celebration of the incorporation of the town May 14 and 15, 1895, contained considerable here reprinted, but as it was accompanied with the request that any errors or omissions be corrected by those interested, it is pre- sumed as the book now goes forth the facts can be relied upon.
It is to be regretted that only the fragmentary history of the ancient parish of Northbury in revolutionary times can be col- lated. It is known that several of her loyal sons gained honor- able distinction of which mention is made, that many others participated of whom no trace exists, and that the material facts which would be of great interest to the descendants of these soldiers, have been lost sight of and are beyond recall. This parish can claim one honor, however, that no other is entitled to, in being the birthplace of the last pensioner of the revolutionary war.
A feature of this volume which will be found interesting is a sketch of Plymouth, Ohio, settled by former well known residents of this town, the descendants of whom now number some 400 or 500, many of whom still reside there. There are other towns in Ohio called Plymouth, and to designate one from the other the
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one referred to has been named East Plymouth by the post office authorities.
The book is given up largely to biographical sketches and portraits, as it is due to the genius, skill and enterprise of the townspeople that Plymouth lays claim to such a grand historic career which every son and daughter may glorify and feel proud of. It was here that Eli Terry developed his wonderful inven- tions which made American clock-making what it is to-day. The names of Seth Thomas, Silas Hoadley, Chauncey Jerome, and Hiram Camp, all former residents of Plymouth, have since become famous in this line. In the past century the business has grown to vast proportions, and millions upon millions of clocks have gone forth from Connecticut alone. Other names deserving of the highest praise are those of James Terry and Sereno Gay- lord, who it is safe to say, were the successful founders of the cabinet and trunk lock business in this country. The local com- pany, which has grown to be a vast concern, owes its prosperity entirely to their forethought, perseverance and integrity.
The author, knowing of how much importance Plymouth has been to the country, has undertaken to preserve so much of its history as is now available, trusting, as the years go by that it will be appreciated and valued for its intrinsic worth.
CHAPTER I.
THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Act of Incorporation, Describing the Boundary Lines and the Stipulations to be Abided By-Disposition of the Poor of the Old Town-List of Incorporators- Grand List-First Officers-Full List of Representatives, Judges of Probate and Town Clerks.
T HE town of Plymouth was first made distinct as the society of Northbury in 1780, when it was incorporated with the society of Westbury under the name of Watertown, both societies being set off from Waterbury. In 1795 Northbury was set off as a town by itself, called Plymouth, under the following act of the legislature :
At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, in said State, on the second Thursday of May, Anno Dom., 1795 :
Upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the town of Water- town, showing to the Assembly that the said town and the same as now incorporated, including the parishes of Westbury and Northbury, and a part of the parish of Northfield, extends from east to west, on the north adjoining on Harwinton and Litchfield, about ten miles and a half; and from north to south, adjoining west on Woodbury and Bethlehem, about eight miles ; and from west to east, adjoining on the south on Waterbury, about nine miles ; and from south to north, adjoining east on Bristol, about five miles and a half; and that the same is so situated that it is very inconvenient to do this town business owing to the badness of the roads, length of the way, and other inconveniences, and also showing that the situation of said town and their amount in the list are sufficient to entitle them to be incorporated into two distinct towns, and that they are willing to be restricted to one representative from each town at the General Assembly, praying for relief as per memorial on file.
Resolved, by this Assembly, that all the land lying in the limits of said Watertown, west of the river Naugatuck, and
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South Street, Plymouth.
Main Street, Plymouth.
Winter Scene. South Street, Plymouth.
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southwest of the west branch of said river, and the inhabitants within the said limits, shall retain the said name of Watertown, and shall have and retain all the books of records belonging to said towns, and shall have and retain all the privileges insistant to any other town in this State, except only that said town shall hereafter send but one Representative to the General Assembly of this State, and that the said town of Watertown shall hereafter support all the poor who resided within its limits on the 5th day of May, A. D., 1795, except one Mable Ludington, of said Watertown-and that all the lands lying within limits of the original town of Watertown, east of the river Naugatuck and northeast of the west branch of said river, and the inhabitants living within those limits, be incorporated into a distinct town by the name of Plymouth, with all the privileges and under the same regulations of any other in this State, except only that said town last mentioned shall hereafter send but one Representative to the General Assembly of this State, and that said town of Plymouth shall hereafter maintain all the poor who resided within its limits on the 5th of instant May and also maintain the said Mable Ludington, and the now town of Watertown shall maintain all the bridges within its limits, and also all bridges across the west branch of said river Naugatuck, and that the said town of Plymouth shall maintain all the bridges within its limits except the bridges across said west branch. And that the new town of Watertown shall pay to the said town of Plymouth, agreeable to stipulation by them heretofore made, the sum of eighty-seven pounds, ten shillings, lawful money, to be made in two equal payments, the one-half to be paid in four months from the rising of this Assembly, and the remainder to be paid in one year from the expiration of said four months, and the whole which remains unpaid at the end of said four months to be on interest from that time until paid, and that the said town of Ply- mouth shall have a town meeting on or before the roth day of July next, to choose town officers for the said town, which said town meeting shall be warned by a warrant signed by David Smith, Esq., posted on the public sign-post in said town, at least five days before holding said meeting. and the said David Smith, Esq., shall be moderator of said meeting, and said town shall then and there proceed to appoint a Town Clerk and other town officers for said town, who shall continue in office until the 14th day of December, or until others are chosen in their room, and that all the debts and credits of said original town of Water- town shall be equally divided between the said new town of Watertown and Plymouth, according to their respective lists in the A. D., 1794; and whereas. Samuel Hickcox. Jr .. and Boadice Williams, who now resides within the limits of the present town of Watertown. were not taken into consideration in the division of the poor of the original town of Watertown, it is to be understood that if said Samuel Hickcox, or both the said Samuel and the said Boadice Williams shall necessarily become chargeable to the respective towns to which they belong. the expense of their support, while so chargeable, is to be paid by the
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said new towns in proportion to the respective lists of their polls and rateable estate, but if the said Boadice Williams shall become necessarily chargeable and the said Samuel shall not be so chargeable, then the new town of Watertown shall be at the whole expense of the support of the said Boadice Williams, while so chargeable.
A true copy of records examined by George Wyllys, Secretary.
The foregoing is entered agreeable to an attest and copy of the records of the General Assembly by
J. A. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.
The list of incorporators were as follows, including a few female tax payers :
David Adkins.
Timothy Atwater.
Ebenezer Alling
Joseph Barnes.
James Alling.
Eliphalet Barnes.
John Alling.
Isaac Barnes.
John Atwater.
Caleb Barnes.
Solomon Alling.
Dan Barnes.
Zopher Barnes.
Ambrose Barnes.
Daniel and Isaac Bartholomew.
Ambrose Averit.
(This person is probable the same as "Ambrose Avery" in 1795).
Samuel Alcox.
Eli Baldwin.
Amos Avery.
Amos Blakslee.
Moses Blakslee.
Gad Blakslee.
Ebenezer Bradley, Sr.
Abner Blakslee.
Abner Blakslee, Jr.
Noah M. Bronson.
Micajah Blakslee.
Amos Bronson.
Asher Blakslee.
Amos Bronson, Sr.
Asher Blakslee, Jr.
Ambrose Bunnell.
Samuel Blakslee.
Hezekiah Bunnell.
Jared Blakslee.
Titus Bunnell.
Adna Blakslee.
John Brown, Sr.
David Blakslee.
Hezekiah Brown.
Eli Blakslee.
Ebenezer Bailey.
Joel Blakslee.
Stephen Brainard.
Salmon Blakslee.
Micah Blakslee.
Jude Blakslee.
Zadoc Curtis.
Bela Blakslee.
Isaac Curtis.
Nathaniel Barnes.
Jesse Curtis.
Nathaniel E. Barnes.
Eli Barnes.
Ebenezer Barnes.
Justice Andrus.
Daniel Adkins.
Eliasaph Barker.
Silas Booth.
Abel Baldwin.
Thaddeus Baldwin.
Gilbert Beach.
Asahel Bradley.
Zachariah Beckwith.
Levi Bassett. Miles Curtis.
Elihu Curtis.
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INCORPORATORS OF PLYMOUTHI.
Oliver Curtis.
Samuel Curtis. Benjamin Curtis. Arba Cook.
Lemuel Cook.
Justice Cook.
Ira Gaylord.
Samuel Camp.
Cyrus Gaylord.
Ephraim Camp.
Lemming Gaylord.
Isaac Camp.
Samuel Gilbert.
Benajah Camp. Elam Camp.
Paul Griggs.
Riverus Carrington.
Hosea Gridley
Ebenezer Cowles.
Benoni Hough.
Moses Cowles.
Zachariah Hitchcock.
Reuben Culver.
Nathaniel Hall.
Daniel Culver.
Benjamin Hall.
Amasa Castle.
Jacob Hall.
Abel Clark.
Zacheus How.
Abraham Heaton. Abraham and Jacob Heming- way. Benjamin Hickcox.
Dana Dunbar.
Joel Hickcox.
Aaron Dunbar.
Asahel Hickcox.
Miles Dunbar.
Seaman Hickcox.
David Dunbar.
James Hill.
Amos Dunbar.
David Humiston.
Jesse Humiston.
Ashbel Humiston.
Seth Hungerford.
Eliasaph Doolittle.
Benjamin Hull.
Ira Hull.
Eliphalet Hartshorn.
Gaius Hills.
Elnathan Ives.
Robert Jerom.
Eldad Jerom.
John Fancher.
Ithiel Fancher.
Esther Johnson.
Chandler Johnson.
Harvey Judd.
Elijah Jordan. Brainard Lindsley.
Thomas and William Lattin.
Oliver Loomis.
Isaiah Loomis.
Samuel Lewis.
Samuel Fenn, Jr. Jesse Fenn. Jason Fenn. Jacob Fenn. Aaron Fenn. Eber Fenn.
Isaac Fenn. Gershom Fenn.
Abijah Fenn. Lyman Fenn. Elisha Frost.
Elijah Fenton.
Ebenezer Goss.
Solomon Griggs.
Joseph Clark. Jehiel Clark. William Crosby.
Jere Cooper.
Joel Dunbar. Jonathan Dunbar. Enos Dutton.
Ebenezer Darrow, Jr. Asa Darrow. Titus Darrow.
Ezra Dodge.
Ira Dodge. Thomas Dutton, Jr.
Timothy Jones.
Ebenezer Ford.
Amos Ford. Enos Ford.
Daniel Ford.
Samuel Fenn.
David and Jonathan Luding- ton. Joel Langdon. Benoni Moss. William Munson.
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GRAVEYARD.
Old Graveyard, Plymouth.
Thomaston Reservoir, on Plymouth Hill
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FALLS AT
Falls at Greystone, Plymouth.
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THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Obadiah Munson.
Samuel Sanford.
Isaac Miller
Samuel Sanford, Jr.
Thomas Merchant.
James Shelton.
Thomas Merchant, Jr.
David Shelton.
Zebulon Mosier.
Ziba Seymour.
Daniel Mead.
Abel Seymour.
Mead Merrills.
Stephen Seymour.
Daniel Mills.
Amos Seymour.
Isaac Morris.
Gideon Seymour
Lydia Matthews.
Selah Seymour.
Caleb, Jr., and Simeon Mat- thews.
Titus Seymour. John Sutliff.
Gideon Northrop.
Abel Sutliff.
Joseph Northrop. John Osborn.
David Sutliff.
Abner Osborn.
Samuel Sutliff.
Samuel Pardee.
Samuel Thomas.
Stephen Pardee.
James Thomas.
Samuel Potter.
Edmund Thompkins.
Jacob Potter.
Edmund Todd.
Zenas Potter.
Samuel and Oliver Todd.
Thomas Potter.
Samuel Tuttle.
Lake Potter.
Lemuel Tuttle.
Ira Potter.
Bostwick Tuttle.
Eliakim Potter.
William Tuttle.
Daniel Potter.
Ozias Tyler and Ozias Tyler, Jr.
John Painter.
Victory and Beach Tomlinson.
Thomas W. Painter. Lent Parker.
Jesse Turner. Amzi Talmage.
Caleb Preston.
Eli Terry.
Noah Preston.
Noah Upson.
Jesse Penfield.
Reuel Upson.
Ashbel Upson.
Anna Upson.
Noah Warner.
Lyman Warner.
John Warner.
James Smith.
John Warner, Jr.
David Smith.
James Warner.
Aaron Smith.
Chauncey Warner.
Elijah Warner.
Joseph Warner.
Selden Scovil.
Aaron Warner.
Eleazer Scovil.
Ozias Warner.
Oliver Stoughton.
Thankful Sanford.
Anna Sanford
Eli Sanford. Jesse Sanford.
Joel and Eri Sanford.
Thomas Way. Samuel Way. Eli Welton.
Anna and Asa Welton.
Aner Woodm. Jesse Woodin.
Lemuel Sperry. Jesse Scovil Sele Scovil.
Benjamin Warner.
Samuel Royce. David Royce. Jacob Royce. Samuel Reynolds. Daniel Rowe.
Bethuel Turner.
Jonathan Pond.
Lucas Sutliff.
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Eri Woodin.
Gideon Woodruff.
Joseph A. Wright.
John Williams.
Ambrose Ward. Obed Williams.
Antipas Woodward.
Jesse Weed.
Samuel Wheadon,
Allyn Wells.
The following persons are particularly mentioned as tax payers residing outside the town limits :
Jonathan J. Truesdell, Bristol.
Abner Wilson, Harwinton.
Widow Gaylord, Bristol.
Watertown, August 20, 1794.
A true Copy of the List of Polls and Rateable Estate, together with the Assessments of the Society of Northbury, as made out by us, the subscribers.
SAMUEL ROYCE,
LAKE POTTER, AARON SMITH, CHAUNCEY WARNER,
Listers under oath.
Sum total of Northbury List, £11,072-12-3
Additions.
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273-12-1
Fourfolds,
294- 2-0
£11,640- 6-4
December 29, 1794.
Sum total of Watertown List, £24,743-11-3
On the original List the above Certificate precedes the names.
FIRST TOWN OFFICERS.
Wednesday, June 24, 1795.
At a town meeting held agreeable to the resolve of the General Assembly for incorporating the town of Plymouth, of which David Smith, Esq., was appointed Moderator, the fol- lowing town officers were appointed, viz. : Joseph Allyn Wright, Town Clerk or Register; Aaron Dunbar, Joseph A. Wright and Abram Weston, Selectmen; Ozias Tyler, Elisha Frost and Eli Barns, Constables; Jesse Scovil, Amos Ford and Amzi Talmadge, Grand Jurors; Joseph Allyn Wright, Town Treasurer ; Ashbel Upson, Miles Dunbar, Noah Miles Bronson, Robert Jerome, Tythingmen; Elisha Frost, Lake Potter and Chauncey Warner, Listers; Elisha Frost, Collector of State Taxes; Antipas Woodward, Keeper of the Pound Key ; Jude Blakeslee, Sealer of Leather; Antipas Woodward, Sealer of Weights and Measures; Ozias Tyler and Levi Bassett, Com- mittee to Remove Encroachments from Highway ; Aaron Dun- bar, Town Agent; Timothy Atwater, Jason Fenn, Elias Doo- little, Elihu Curtiss, Amos Ford, Jesse Turner, Ozias Tyler,
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF PLYMOUTH.
Gorge. Devil's Backbone, Plymouth.
Articles used to Seal Weights and Measures. Supposed to be 100 Years Old.
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Ephraim Camp, Selah Scovil, Edmond Todd, John Atwater. Noah Warner, James Smith, Eli Welton, Samuel Reynolds and Benjamin Hickcox, Surveyors of Highways; Timothy Atwater and Aaron Fenn, Fence Viewers.
Voted, That the Selectmen be a committee to settle the account of debts and credit of the old town of Watertown between the present town of Watertown and Plymouth.
Voted, That the time of holding the annual town meeting in this town be at nine o'clock in the morning of the second Mon- day in December.
Voted, That this meeting be dismissed.
Test., J. A. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TOWN.
While Northbury (now Plymouth) was a part of Watertown, it appears that one of the two representatives was from North- bury. The legislature held two sessions each year, one in May and one in October, and there were two elections in each year. The name of David Smith appears frequently in the list of rep- resentatives from Watertown. His titles on the record are Mr., Major, and Colonel. He is known by tradition as General. He lived in the house Mrs. Curtiss now occupies, and had a store near by.
David Smith, 1796, 1797.
Lake Potter, 1798.
Daniel Potter, 1799, ISOo.
David Smith, ISO1.
Lake Potter, IS02.
David Smith, IS03-4-5.
Lake Potter, ISO6-7-S.
Daniel Potter, ISO9, ISIO. David Smith, ISII.
Lake Potter, IS12, sp'g session.
David Smith, IS12, fall session. Lake Potter, IS13.
Calvin Butler, IS14. Jacob Hemingway, IS15.
Calvin Butler, IS16, IS17.
Roderick Stanley, Oct., IS17. Calvin Butler, May, ISIS.
Jacob Hemingway, Oct., ISIS. Jacob Hemingway, 1819. Jacob Hemingway, May, IS20. Gideon Woodruff, Oct .. IS20. Calvin Butler, 1821, 1822. Thomas Mitchell. 1823, IS:4.
Elijah Warner. Jr., 1825.
Ransom Blakeslee, IS26, IS27. Calvin Butler, IS2S.
Samuel Guernsey. 1829, 1830.
Elijah Warner, Jr., 1831. Silas Hoadley, IS32.
Elijah Warner, Jr., IS33.
Eli Potter, IS34-5-6.
Silas Hoadley, IS37. Tertius D. Potter, 1838, IS39.
Apollos Warner, IS40. John S. Warner, 1842.
Heman Welton, IS43.
Henry Terry, 1844. Barnabas W. Root, IS45.
Silas B. Terry, IS46.
Levi B. Heaton, 1847, IS48.
John C. Lewis, speaker, 1849.
Sereno Gaylord, IS50. Ammi Giddings, IS51.
Edward Thomas, I852.
Silas Hoadley, IS53.
Rollin D. H. Allen, IS54.
Lewis F. Grant, IS55. Ammi Giddings, 1856. Wm. E. McKee, 1857.
Noah A. Norton. IS58.
George Langdon, 1859. James Terrv. 1860.
Hiram Pierce, 1861.
Samuel T Salisbury, 1862.
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Gaius A. Norton, 1863. Seth Thomas, 1864.
Henry Sturgiss, 1865.
N. Taylor Baldwin, 1866. Seth Thomas, IS67.
Aaron P. Fenn, IS68. Edward Dailey, IS69.
Timothy B. McNamara, ISS3.
Homer E. Cook, ISS4.
Ira M. Bevans. ISS5.
Edgar L. Pond. 1886.
Horace Fenn, ISS7.
Willis G. Barton. ISS9.
Randall T. Andrews, 1874.
Abijah W. Welton, IS75.
Walter H. Scott, IS76.
Lyman D. Baldwin, 1877.
Rollin D. H. Allen, 187S.
Lyman D. Baldwin, IS79. Jason C. Fenn, ISSO. N. Taylor Baldwin, ISSI. Enos Blakeslee, ISS2.
Erastus Fenn, 1893. Henry E. Stoughton, 1895.
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
Calvin Butler, IS33-1841. Elisha Johnson, 1842, 1843.
C. R. Butler, 1844.
Henry B. Graves, 1845.
Elisha Johnson, IS46.
Henry B. Graves, IS47. Barnabas W. Root, IS48.
Elisha Johnson, IS49, 1850.
Ammi Giddings, IS51, 1852. Elisha Johnson, 1853.
Ammi Giddings, IS54.
Aaron D. Wells, 1855.
Ammi Giddings, 1856-1864. V. R. C. Giddings, 1865-1868. Augustus H. Fenn, 1869, 1870. Geo. Pierpont. 1871, 1872. Augustus H. Fenn. 1873-1875. Geo. Pierpont, 1875. Geo. W. Cole. 1876. 1877.
Byron Tuttle, IS78-ISSI.
Abijah W. Welton, ISS2. Byron Tuttle, ISS4, ISSS. I891. Horace Fenn, IS91. Jason C. Fenn, 1893-1895.
TOWN CLERKS.
Joseph A. Wright, 1795-1815. Calvin Butler, IS15-1835. Edwin Talmadge, IS35-1838. Calvin Butler, 1838, IS39. Egbert T. Butler, 1840. Calvin Butler, IS41. Calvin R. Butler, 1S42. Elisha Johnson, 1843. Abraham B. Doolittle, 1844. Malcolm N. Butler, 1845. Elisha Johnson, IS47. Ammi Giddings, I852.
Elisha Johnson, 1853. Barnabas W. Root, 1854. Ammi Giddings, 1856. V. R. C. Giddings. 1865.' Augustus H. Fenn.t Geo. Pierpont, 1873. Augustus H. Fenn. 1874. Geo. Pierpont, 1875. Edwin M. Talmadge, IS79. Frederick E. Beach. ISSS. Oscar D. Beach, IS90. Jason C. Fenn, IS91-1895.
* Resigned April 5. 1869.
+ Appointed to fill vacancy, 1869.
Wilbert N. Austin. 1891.
Thomas J. Bradstreet, 1870. Lyman D. Baldwin, IS71. N. Taylor Baldwin, IS72. George A. Stoughton, 1873.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH.
Pastoral Scene in Plymouth.
Circular Dam, Pequabuck.
Wooden Bridge at Thomaston, Recently Demolished.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY HISTORY.
The Wilderness of the Naugatuck Valley First Penetrated by a Hunting Party in 1657 -- Tunxis Tribe of Indians Original Proprietors- Part of Waterbury, Later Parish of Northbury, and One Hundred Years Ago Incorporated as Town of Plymouth.
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