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THE
HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES
OF
ANCIENT WINDSOR,
CONNECTICUT;
INCLUDING EAST WINDSOR, SOUTH WINDSOR, BLOOMFIELD, WINDSOR LOCKS, AND ELLINGTON.
1635-1891.
BY HENRY R. STILES, A.M., M. D.
"I wish [this task] had fallen into some better hands, that might have performed it to the life. I shall only draw the curtain & open my little casement, that so others, of larger hearts & abilities, may let in a bigger light ; that so at least some small glimmering may be left to posterity what diffi- culties & obstructions their forefathers met with in first settling these desert parts of America."- Captain John Muson, (of Windsor, Ct .. ) in the Introduction to his Ilistory of the Pequot War.
Vol. I. HISTORY.
HARTFORD, CONN. : 5
PRESS OF THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD COMPANY. 1891.
For W-15€
Copyright, 1898 By HENRY R. STILES.
TO MY WIFE
SARAH (WOODWARD) STILES
1 Dedicate these Volumes
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE
LOVING AND UNWEARIED DEVOTION
TO MY INTERESTS, WHICH HAS MADE MY LIFE A HAPPY ONE, AND RENDERED IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER OF VALLE I MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED, WITHIN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, TO THE ELUCIDATION OF AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
WINDSOR.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE. OF WINDSOR, 1614-1635, 17-63
CHAPTER II.
1636-1650. . 64-80
CHIAPTER III.
THE CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF WINDSOR, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE TOWN
RECORDS,
81-97
CHAPTER IV.
THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF WINDSOR, . 98-102
CHAPTER V.
INDIAN HISTORY. .
103-121
CHAPTER VI.
NOTES ON THE PURCHASES OF WINDSOR'S LANDS FROM THE INDIANS,
.
122-132
CHAPTER VII.
DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN OF ANCIENT WINDSOR,
.
133-171
CHAPTER VIII.
ILISTORY, 1650-1675- EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS, . 172-189
CHAPTER IX.
AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL IHISTORY, 1662-1684,
190-219
CHLAPTER X.
KING PHILIP'S WAR, 1675-6, 220-230 .
CHAPTER XI.
ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVIL HISTORY - EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS, 1685-1729, ·
231-236
CHAPTER XII.
QUEEN ANNE'S WAR, 1702-1713; AND INDIAN WAR OF 1722-21, . 237-242
FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER TO THE SETTLEMENT
vi
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIII.
PAGE.
WINDSOR'S SHARE IN THE OLD FRENCH WAR, 1739-1762, 243-269
CHAPTER XIV.
ECCLESIASTICAL - IHISTORY OF FIRST OR OLD SOCIETY OF WINDSOR, 1711-1776.
270-280
CHAPTER XV.
ECCLESIASTICAL - IHISTORY OF WINDSOR THIRD (OR POQU'ONNOC) SOCIETY, .
1721-18441, 281-291
CHAPTER XVI.
ECCLESIASTICAL - WINTONBURY PARISH, OR FIFTH SOCIETY OF WINDSOR,
292-307 (NOW BLOOMFIELD), 1734-1891.
CHAPTER XVII.
WINDSOR'S SHARE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775-1783. 308-375
CHAPTER XVIII.
ECCLESIASTICAL - FIRST SOCIETY OF WINDSOR, 1776-1890, . 376-393
CHAPTER XIX.
THE SCHOOLS OF WINDSOR, 1636-1709, 396-408
CHAPTER XX.
FERRIES, INNS, STORES, TRADE AND COMMERCE, HOUSES, SLAVES, MAN- NERS AND CONVENIENCES, WITCHES, PHYSICIANS, LAWYERS, ETC .. 409-460
CHAPTER XXI.
WINDSOR, 1800-1891 -WINDSOR'S COLONIES, . 461-485
CHAPTER XXII.
BLOOMFIELD, 1835-1891. . 486-491
CHAPTER XXIII.
IHISTORY OF PINE MEADOW, NOW WINDSOR LOCKS, 1676-1890, 492-532
WINDSOR, EAST OF THE GREAT RIVER.
CIIAPTER I.
SETTLEMENT OF WINDSOR FARMS AND HISTORY OF THE SECOND CHURCH AND SOCIETY OF WINDSOR, 1662-1768. 535-589
CHAPTER II.
THE NORTH OR SCANTIC PARISH (NOW THE FIRST SOCIETY IN TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR), 1754 1890, 590-613
CONTENTS. vii
CHAPTER III.
PAGE
THE DIVISION OF ANCIENT WINDSOR AND INCORPORATION OF EAST
WINDSOR, 1768,
614-617
CHIAPTER IV.
WAPPING PARISH (THIRD CHURCH OF EAST WINDSOR), 1717-1890, 618-626
CHAPTER V.
EAST WINDSOR'S SHARE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, . 627-721
(By Ruth T. Sperry of Eust Windsor Hill.)
CHAPTER VI.
IHISTORY OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF EAST WINDSOR, 1782-1845; AND OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF SOUTH WINDSOR, FROM 1845 TO THE PRESENT
722-734 TIME,
CHLAPTER VII.
EANT WINDSOR, 1790-1890, 735-787
CHAPTER VIII.
SOUTH WINDSOJ., . 788-806
CHAPTER IX.
ELLINGTON PARISH AND TOWN -FORMERLY A PART OF EAST WINDSOR,
NOW BELONGING TO TOLLAND COUNTY, 807-870
(By Rer. John G. Baird of Ellington, Conn )
APPENDICES.
A .- MATTHEW GRANT'S OLD CHURCH RECORD, 871
B .- THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE OF WINDSOR - By Dea. J. HI. Hayden, 891 C .- THE OLDEST ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -- By Dea. J. II. Hayden, 895 D .- THE PRESBYTERIANISM OF THE EARLIER CHURCHES OF NEW ENGLAND, 90I E .- RECORDS OF THE " 7TH," OR "4TH," OR NORTH SOCIETY OF WINDSOR, 903 F .- NATIVES OR RESIDENTS OF WINDSOR, EAST AND SOUTH WINDSOR. WINDSOR LOCKS, AND BLOOMFIELD, WHO HAVE REPRESENTED CON- NECTICUT IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT, 904
G .- EARLY RECORDS OF THE EAST WINDSOR CHURCH, . PETITION OF INHABITANTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT . RIVER, 1680, 916
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ILLUSTRATIONS-VOL. I.
PAGE
1. PORTRAIT OF (THE FIRST GOVERNOR) OLIVER WOLCOTT, Portrait of the Author, Frontispiece. Facing Dedication Page. Dedication Page.
3. Portrait of the Dedicatee.
Portrait of Jabez II. Hayden,
24
5. Map of Indian Purchases,
123
6. Facsimile of Autographs of Some of Ancient Windsor's Early Settlers, -. 133
P'lan of Ancient Palisado at Windsor, 1654,
137
8. Enlarged Plan of Palisado.
141.
10. Map of " Hayden's" - with Explanation,
145
11. Map of Windsor Settlers, 1633-1650.
149
12
Farsimiles of Pages of a Sermon by Rev. John Warham, 1662,
205
13.
Portrait of Rey David S. Rowland. .
377
14. Facsimile Autographs of Windsor Pastors, for 200 Years, . 382
385
16. Portrait of Capt James Hooker,
425
17. The Old Moore and Allyn Houses. Windsor,
431
18. 19 View of Broad Street Green, Windsor. 1891,
432 433
21. Portrait of the Chief Justice and Wife,
Facsimiles of Autographs of Some of Windsor's " Valiant Men of War,"
460
474
502
511
26. The Ilerlehigh Haskell House, Windsor Locks,
521
27. Memorial Ilall, Windsor Locks,
529
28. Portrait of Charles E. Chaffee,
530
29. The William Hayden Memorial Stone,
532
30. Facsimiles of Autographs of Some of East Windsor's Early Settlers,
534
31. Portrait of Rev. Jonathan Edwards and View of his Birthplace, East Windsor,
556
32. Facsimile of a Page of Rev. Timo. Edward's Rate Book, East Windsor. 1:26,
579
33. Facsimile of Sermon of Rev. Timothy Edwards, 1695,
34. Map of North Bolton Society, as set off from East Windsor. 1760,
588
35. Facsimiles of Early East Windsor Pastors,
591
36. Portrait of Rev. Thomas Robbins, D. D.,
725
37. View of the Old South Windsor Meeting-house, 1761-1845.
729
38. The Phelps Monuments in the Old Burying-Ground of East Windsor Ilill,
768
40. The Old Governor Roger Wolcott House, South Windsor.
:74
Portrait of William Wood, M.D., East Windsor Hill.
792
FACSIMILE AUTOGRAPHS.
PAGE
PAGE
1. Matthew Grant.
13. Eliakim Gaylord,
500
2. Jabez HI. Hayden,
1:1
14. Ezekiel Thrall,
500
15. Peletiah Birge,
501
-1
Rev. Samuel Tudor.
284
17. Seth Dexter.
509
5. Elder Ashbel Gillet,
301
18.
llarris Haskell,
520
6. Thomas Hayden.
311
19.
Herlehigh Haskell.
520
Nathaniel Hayden,
311
20.
Ebenezer Grant,
650
Jabez Haskell.
321
21.
Benoni Oleott,
651
Hezekiah Hayden,
323
23. Capt. Hezekiah Bissell,
667
11. Samuel Denslow,
495
24. Aaron Bissell, Town Clerk,
786
t2. Abraham Dibble,
.196
25. Frederie Ellsworth. Town Clerk, 786
431
Portrait of Hon. Il. Sidney Hayden,
20. The Chief Justice Ellsworth Mansion, Windsor, }
23. Portrait of Gen. William S. Pierson.
24. Map of Pine Meadow (now Windsor Locks), 1276, .
25. Portrait of Charles H1 Dexter,
39. The Grant Mansion, South Windsor
3. Intry in Church Record by Rev. Mr Mather. 1688, 219
16. Jacob Russell,
503
Brig .- Gen. Erastus Wolcott,
655
10. Samuel Wing,
11. The Old Wolcott Homestead, South Windsor,
9. View of the Old Stone Fort, S
15 First Congregational Church of Windsor,
(PORTION OF) PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION, 1859.
W HILE engaged, some years since, in tracing the genealogy of my family, I became deeply interested in the history of the ancient town where they first settled. This interest gradually deepened into a conviction that its history ought to be written ere it was too late. There were other heads and hands, as I thought, better fitted than mine to undertake this labor: but, failing to enlist their services, I reluctantly undertook it myself. I was, at that time, in very poor health, and suf- fering from a serious affection of the eyes, which totally incapacitated me from any continuous effort at reading or writing. Thus prevented from the pursuit of my profession, I felt the necessity of something, which, by occupying my mind, should relieve me from the constant con- templation of my physical sufferings, as well from the still greater dis- comfort of idleness. Seeking the country for its genial influences upon my weakened frame, I spent my time among the pleasant seenery of Ancient Windsor, visiting among friends and relatives, and drinking in, from aged lips, rich stores of historie lore. Meanwhile, taking ad- vantage of an occasional "favorable spell" of eyesight, .I cautiously used it, in examining the old written records, and in marking such portions as were necessary to be transcribed. These were afterwards copied for me by my brother, WILLIAM L. STILES (now deceased), and the large stores of material thus gained were collated and read to me; and thus, gradually, reading when I could, thinking when I could not read, and trusting my thoughts to the ready pen of an amanuensis, the skeleton of the history was construeted. From time to time, as my eye- sight improved, I visited the old records, each time bringing away with me new material. Many times my health and eyesight failed me, but, visiting Windsor for the benefits of its air and sunshine, I never gave up the purpose of writing its history if my life should be spared. Gradu- ally, and to an extent which, if I had imagined before I undertook it, would probably have deterred me from the labor, the work grew on my hands; but to the Great Physician I humbly record my gratitude, that with the increased burden has also come an increase of strength, and that to-day I enjoy a degree of health which I once scarcely dared to hope for.
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(PORTION OF) PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
These circumstances, however, I would not mention here, except for the hope that they may explain and exeuse, what perhaps might seem to others inexcusable, faults of omission and commission.
I have endeavored to make this history a treasury of all that was valuable and interesting to Ancient Windsor, and to impress upon it the broad seal of undoubted authenticity. I have preferred to imitate the pious zeal of Old Mortality, who wandered through " bonnie Scotland," not raising new monuments, but carefully removing from decaying tomb- stones the thick moss, and reverently chiseling deeper the almost effaced inscriptions which preserved the blessed memories of the " covenanting forefathers." Such, I conceive to be the work of the true historian; and whenever I have found material garnered by other hands, I have availed myself of their labors, with the same freedom which I would myself allow in like circumstances and with full acknowl- edgment therefor.
HENRY R. STILES, M.D.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 1859.
Acknowledyments for valuable assistance rendered, are due to Miss Lucretia and Mary Stiles (now deceased ), of Windsor, Conn.
Hon. H. S. Hayden, of Windsor, Con.
Jabez Il. Hayden, of Windsor Loeks, Conn.
Fred. B. Perkins (then Librarian of Conn. Hist. Soc.), of Hartford, C'onn.
Chas. J. Hoadly, LL.D., State Librarian, Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, of Hartford, Conn. Hon. Gideon Welles,
John W. Barber, New Haven, Com.
Edward Hall.
llon. Benjamin Piney, of Ellington. Sidney Stanley,
Dr. Ashbel Woodward, of Franklin, Con.
Rev. Edward C. Marshall, { of New York City. Horace Dresser, 1
Samuel IF. Parsons, Esq-, | Middletown, Conn. Edwin Stearns,
And to the TOWN CLERKS of all the towns formerly comprised within Ancient Windsor.
PREFATORY NOTES TO SUPPLEMENT, 1863.
T THREE years ago, when I published the History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn .. I was indneed, if not compelled, by a superabundance of material, to give my subscribers, without additional charge, over 300 pages more than was promised them - an act of gener- osity which, as it is easy to see, was much more advantageous to them than to me. And when, at last, relieved from the burdens of authorship and financial cares, I felt that I certainly had fully paid (both principal and interest ) my share of the debt of love which I owed to the old town of Windsor : and little dreamed that I should ever again put myself in harness for her historieal benefit. But, unfortunately for my "sweet dream of peace," I found myself inwrought into old Windsor's history and interests. I could not henceforth be an uninterested looker-on ; I found myself still tracing out the lines of her ancient families, and that - shall I confess it ?- there was an indefinable charm for me in all that pertained to Windsor history. Many errors 1 detected in the printed volume -some of clerical, some of typographical origin - some evident faults of commission, and not infrequently a fault of omission. These were to have been expected ; the utmost circumspection could not have guarded entirely against them, in a work of such multiplicity of names, dates, etc. Correspondents, also, constantly furnished new suggestions, ingenious elucidations, "missing links," and "unknown quantities," which threw new light and value upon my printed page. New sources of authority also came to light, by the discovery of ancient records in un- thought-of hiding-places. What wonder is it, then, that the notes which gradually enriched the margins of my library copy of the Windsor His- tory, soon grew so voluminons as to suggest the idea of a supplement ? For what genealogist or historian who, when he has found a new fact, or a " migget," is not willing, like the woman in the parable, to call his friends and co-laborers together, saying. " Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost " ? Therefore, I have compiled this Supplement ; if it convicts me of shortcomings in my former work, it will, at least, assure my friends of my desire to make good any deficien- cies. and to add to their pleasure and profit. And now, as 1 lay down my pen from correcting the last proof of this Supplement, I feel that my " labor of love" for Ancient Windsor is finished. If the citizens of that venerable town have need, in the future, of the services of a historian, they need not apply to their true friend,
HENRY R. STILES, MI.D.
WOODBRIDGE, N. J., Nov., 1862.
Acknowledyments for help rendered (additional to those named in former preface) are due to Mr. D. WILLIAMS PATTERSON of Newark Val- ley, N. Y. ; Mr. IHIRAM B. CASE and Rev. GEO. B. NEWCOMB of Bloom- field, Conn., and Mrs. ELIZA MILLS RUNDALL of Seneca Falls, N. Y.
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION, 1891.
H OW grim Fate must laugh at the puny resolves of men ! Despite my firm resolve, as expressed in the last sentence of the Prefa- tory Note to the Supplement of 1863; despite the weaning influences of over twenty years of engrossing and more personally important profes- sional duties, I found myself, in 1883, shortly after my return from a prolonged residence in Scotland, again fingering the (to me sweet, but nevertheless unprofitable) husks of Windsor History. Finding that some grains of value yet remained to be shaken out of them, I weakly yielded to their fascination ; and here I am again, posing as " the Wind- sor historian," in what may (in view of my years, ete. ) presumably be considered as " positively my last appearance."
The circumstances under which this history was originally under- taken are sufficiently detailed in the Preface to the first edition (1859). That edition, consisting of 700 copies, was published at a loss, as was also the Supplement, of which only 150 copies were printed, in 1863. Is- sued at a time when such works were far less common than they now are, its objeet and value were not then appreciated, as they since have been, by many of those who should have been interested therein. But, within the thirty years which have now elapsed since its appearance, American History and Genealogy have assumed a new interest in the publie mind ; new fields in Windsor history have been explored by other sons of Windsor, and for the past fifteen years I have been in constant receipt of inquiries from antiquaries and others interested in tracing their family records, seeking to obtain copies of the work, urging me to issue a new edition, and offering for my nse much new matter, valued corrections, etc., etc., and I have finally yielded to the desire so widely and sincerely expressed.
Fortunately, several of those who assisted me in my earlier work are still alive ; new and willing hands from a younger generation are ex- tended to help; much new material has been collected in special fields of research, and far better work has been accomplished, I trust, than would have been possible thirty years ago.
I esteem it a most fortunate circumstance that the same kindly
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PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED ) EDITION.
Providenee which has spared my life and health so that I might, at this time, revise and perfect the work of my youthful years, has also spared that of my venerable and beloved friend, Mr. JABEZ H. HAYDEN of Wind- sor Loeks, Conn., to whom was due so much of the value of the first edi- tion. Nature certainly designed him as the historian of his native town, but the multiplicity of his business cares, conjoined with his modesty, has prevented him from forestalling me, as by right he should have done, in this historical work. I have only to thank him for the help which he has rendered, as earnestly and freely, to this revision, as he did to the original work.
While the whole work (genealogies included) has been so thor- oughly revised and rewritten as to be, virtually, a new work ; yet that portion which relates to the east-side towns (East and South Windsor, and Ellington) is peculiarly so. When writing my original history, I found that Dr. HORACE C. GILLETTE of South Windsor, since deceased, had in preparation a work which covered these towns subsequent to the Revolutionary period; and I therefore relinquished that portion of my intended labor, and contented myself with giving their history down to 1768, at which time their territory ceased to be a part of Windsor. Dr. Gillette, however, never carried out his purpose,* and this has imposed upon me the labor of preparing, in full, the history of the three towns east of the Connectieut river. Here, also, Providence has supplied me with a most efficient helper, in Miss RUTH T. SPERRY of East Windsor Hill, to whose unwearied enthusiasm and tact in the collection of mate- rial, both historical and genealogical, the good people of East and South Windsor will owe far more than they can ever repay. The Rev. JJOIN G. BAIRD of Ellington has also contributed a new and most excellent chapter on the history of that town.
Acknowledgments are also specially due, from Miss Sperry and my- self, to Judge H. B. FREEMAN, the obliging enstodian of the Hartford County Probate Records, and to the Town Clerks of all the towns to which we have occasion to apply ; especially to Mr. SAMUEL II. PHELPS of Windsor, and Judge MAILON H. BANCROFT of East Windsor. To Mr. ELIZUR COOK, final proof-reader in the establishment of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., printers of this work, we are indebted for valuable additions and corrections to our Lists of Soldiers in the War of the Civil Rebellion.
For most of the autograph-facsimiles used in this work, we acknowl-
* All that he practically accomplished was the publication of certain " Letters" on the History of South Windsor, in the Hartford Times of the following dates :
1857: March 18, 23; April 6, 16; May 1, 20; June 19; August 5, 26, 27; Oct. 27; Nov. 4, 24; Dec. 15.
1858: Jan. 5, 19; Feb. 2; March 3; May 1,
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edge the courtesy of the publishers of the Memorial History of Hartford County.
THE PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPT AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Among the principal original authorities consulted, are:
1. Records of Town dets, (town clerk's office, Windsor, ) in 4 vol- umes, of which the first (size, 9 by 74 inches, parchment covered, 50 double pages) contains the records from 6 May, 1650, to 31 Dec., 1661. Several of the first pages of this volume have crumbled away by age.
Vol. Il., similar in size and covering to the above, 81 (double ) pages. contains records from Feb. 6, 1666, to 26 Oet., 1700. Ten pages of this volume are devoted to lists of town rates, and pages 51, 52 to a record of town ways.
A volume of 52 (double) pages, without cover, and altogether in a very dilapidated condition, contains records from Dec., 1700, to Dec. 7, 1714 ; and probably belongs to preceding volume.
Vol. III., of larger folio size, leather binding, 147 (double) pages, con- tains records from Dec., 1768, to Dec., 1830.
2. A Record of Acts of Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in Windsor, folio, parchment covered - very dry reading.
3. A little volume of same size as the earlier volumes of Town Acts, in parchment binding, entitled " A Book of Town Wayes,"-and as such often referred to in our chapter on Plan and Distribution of Ancient Windsor. It is transcribed by TIMOTHY LOOMIS, third town clerk, from the original, by his predecessor, invaluable Matthew Grant.
4. A volume similar in size to the above, in parchment cover, filled mostly with ancient Town Rates, Lists, etc., about 1672-1676.
5. Land Records, 1640 to the present day. The original first vol- ume is still in existence. The copy, now in use in the clerk's office, was copied by Timothy Loomis, in 1723, as we learn from the following town vote: April 8, 1723, " Voted to pay Timothy Loomis £20, 12x., to be paid out of the town rate for his transcribing the first book of town rec- ords of lands." Also, the volume of Land Records in Secretary of State's office, Hartford, referred to in note to p. 544.
6. Matthew Grant's Oldl Church Record, the original of which is in the custody of the Connectient Ilistorical Society, our copy (APPEN- DIX A.) being from an accurate transcript by JABEZ H. HAYDEN, Esq., carefully compared with the original, for this Revised Edition.
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PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION.
7. Henry Wolcott, Jr.'s Shorthand MS. Volume, thus described : " Among the papers deposited in the library of the Conn. Hist. Society, some years since, was a stout little vellum-covered volume, of nearly 400 pages, clearly-written in a puzzling shorthand, with no clue to the subject, or the writer's name. It finally attracted the attention of Hon. J. Ilam- mond Trumbull, who is as ingenious in such matters as he is persever- ing in his researches: he succeeded in deciphering it, and found it to consist of notes of sermons and lectures, delivered in Windsor and Hart- ford, between April, 1638, and May, 1641, in regular course. The writ- er's name is not given, but his birthday is noted on the first leaf of the volume, and this and other facts identify him as Henry Wolcott, Jr., and it is a curious fact that the only record of his birth is found among these hieroglyphics, and the date has been hitherto unknown. These notes give the dates, texts, and general outlines of the discourses of the Rev. Messrs. Warham and Huit, in Windsor, and of the Rev. Messrs. Hooker and Stone, at Hartford, during the sessions of the General and Particular Courts. Among the former is one delivered by Mr. Ware- ham, Nov. 17, 1640, . at the betrothing of Benedict Alvord and Abraham Randall,' from the text, Eph. vi. 2, ' Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.' The preacher ' improved' the theme . for teaching the betrothed lovers that marriage is a warfaring condition,' and 'for reproof to those who think nothing is needed for marriage but the consent of the parents.' In the face of these solemn admonitions, it appears from the Windsor records that both were duly married before the expiration of the year-the happy Benedict to Joan Newton and Abraham to Mary Ware. 'Among the latter discourses are Mr. Hooker's two Election Sermons, of May 31, 1638, and April 11, 1639. Of the first, from the text. Deut. i. 13, Mr. Trumbull gives an ab- stract of deep interest, as showing the 'politics' which were preached by the ablest and best of the Puritan Fathers."
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