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my age, except what appears in my Bible and what may be on the Record of the said town of Sharon. I resided in the said town of Sharon, when called into the service of the United States, and have, ever since the close of the Revolutionary war, resided in the said town of Sharon. I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated : On the Sth day of May, as I think, and in the year 1775, I entered in the 3d Company of the 4th Regiment, and served by order of the General Assem- bly of Connecticut, under Major Samuel Elmore, of said Sharon. There were two Lieutenants belonging to the com- pany, viz : Amos Chappel, of said Sharon, and Parmalee, of Bethlem. The Ensign was Shephard. The Colonel of the Regiment to which I was attached, was Colonel Hinman, of Woodbury, in said County.
" We marched in the said month of May to Lake George, from thence to Ticonderoga, and from thence to Crown Point, in the State of New York. A part of our Regiment lay at Ticonderoga, but our company was stationed at Crown Point. We remained at Crown Point, keeping guard and other duties, about three month; from thence I was marched with the quarter part of our Regiment to Isle au Noix, in Lake Cham- plain. General Montgomery was there, and General McDou- gal, and Capt. McCracken, and Maj. Brown were with us at Isle au Noix. We staid at this place but few days, when we went with General or Col. McDougal, Major Elmore and other officers, in order to go around St. Johns, but we failed and returned to Isle au Noix. A few days afterwards Capt. Wat- son, of Canaan, Capt. McCracken, of the New York troops, and Major Brown went with a large party of men, of whom I was one, for the purpose of penetrating through the woods, to Chambly, in Canada. We lay at Chambly a few days, and then I went to keep guard below Chambly. Col. Ethan Allen came to us there. We crossed the St. Lawrence river in the night, with Colonel Allen, a little below Montreal, and while preparing breakfast, the British force came upon us. We re-
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treated, and finally I was, with Colonel Ethan Allen and others, taken prisoner by the enemy. We were put on board a sloop in the river St. Lawrence, and put into irons two by two ; we were sent to Quebec, and kept in a prison ship till the last of November, 1775 ; from thence we were carried to Falmouth, in England, staid there fifteen days ; from thence we were sent to Cork, in Ireland, staid there about two weeks. Here Col. Allen was put aboard of a different ship from me. We next made land in Lisbon, in Portugal. During this voyage the prisoners were relieved from irons, and performed duty on ship board. From thence we made land next on the coast of North Carolina ; thence we were sent to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, where we were kept during the Summer of 1776. In the fall we were sent to the City of New York. We lay in the harbor of New York when Fort Washington was taken ; we heard the firing distinctly. We were afterwards confined in the French Church, in New York City. From thence two of us, that is myself and Roger Moore, of Salisbury, made our escape to Long Island, and from thence made our way to Saybrook, in Connecticut, and from there home to Sharon in the month of December, 1776, having been absent from home eighteen months. After this I was out at several alarms ; but I enlisted in the New York troops for nine months in the month of May, 1778. I was then residing in said Sharon. Our Lieutenant Colonel's name was Wisonfeldt, a Dutchman. His son was Lieutenant of the Company to which I belonged. The Major's name was Fish, the Colonel's name was Van Cort- landt, and in the Brigade of General Poor. I enlisted in Rhinebeck, in the State of New York, and soon after I joined the army at Valley Forge. We staid at Valley Forge until the British forces evacuated Philadelphis. We pursued them ; Gen'l Washington, Fayette, Steuben, Lee and others were with the army. I was engaged soon after in the battle at Monmouth. From thence the army, and I with them, marched to White Plains, in the State of New York. Our Regiment then marched up and crossed the North River at Poughkeep-
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sie, and went through New Paltz, to a place called then Mum- baccor, and there we were stationed thro' the Winter, until the expiration of my term of enlistment, and was then discharged, but had no written discharge, nor have I any written docu- ment by which I can prove this service, nor do I know of any person now living, whose testimony I can procure, who can certify to this service.
" I am well known in the town of Sharon, aforesaid, to Hon. John Cotton Smith, Hon. Ansel Sterling, Hon. Chas. F. Sedgwick, Cyrus Swan, Esq, and many others, who can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier in the Revolution. And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.'
" Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
ADONIJAH MAXAM.
PENSION OFFICE, April 17, 1857.
" I certify that the foregoing paper is a correct copy from the original, on file in this office.
J. E. HEATH, Commissioner."
APPENDIX G.
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The following are the graduates of colleges who have been citizens of Sharon :-
YALE COLLEGE.
NAME.
WHEN GRADUATED.
NAME.
WHEN
GRADUATED
Peter Pratt,
1736
John Searle,
1745
William R. Gould,
18II
Jonathan Elmer,
1747
Daniel Griswold,
1747
Ebenezer Blackman, 1817
Cotton Mather Smith, 1751
William Rockwell, 1822
Jeremiah Day,
1756
Thomas Davies,
1758
Richard Smith, 1825
Fisher Gay,
1759
John M. S. Perry, 1827
John Canfield,
1762
John Cotton Smith, 1830
Augustine Taylor,
I776
Milo N. Miles, 183I
Judson Canfield,
1782
Robert D. Gardner, 1833
John Cotton Smith,
1783
David C. Perry, 1833
Daniel Parker,
1798
Dan'1 D.T.McLaughlin 1834
Alanson Hamlin,
1799
John T. Andrew, 1839
William A. Taylor,
1803
George T. Pierce,
1843
William M. Smith,
1805
Henry Roberts,
1866
Henry J. Canfield,
1806
Milo L. Bennett, 1811
Milo L. North, 1813
Milton P. Orton, 1824
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
NAME.
WHEN GRADUATED.
NAME. WHEN GRADUATED.
Vinton Gould,
1797
Charles F. Sedgwick, 1813
David L. Perry,
1798
Chauncey G. Smith, 1814
David Beecher,
1804
Judah Ely,
1820
Cyrus W. Gray, 1809
John Cotton Territt, 1833
Orange Lyman,
1809
William R. Territt,
1871
UNION COLLEGE.
Alexander B. Bullions, 1842 |
UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
Grove L. Brownell, 1813 |
HARVARD COLLEGE.
John Williams,
1725 |
APPENDIX H.
THE following are the names of the children of the Rev. Cotton Mather Smith, with the dates of their decease :-
Elizabeth Smith, born June 20, 1759, died Jan. - , 1788. Juliana Smith, Feb. 12, 1761, " June 25, 1823. יו Apr. 18, 1782.
Thomas Mather Smith, John Cotton Smith,
July 2, 1763,
Feb. 12, 1765, 66 Dec. 7, 1845. Lucretia Smith,
July 20, 1767, - 1773.
Mary Smith,
66 Feb. 16, 1769, Dec. 10, 1801.
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THE following is a roll of the Representatives from the town of Sharon, to the General Assembly, commencing in 1755, when the town was first represented :-
MAY SESSION.
OCTOBER SESSION.
John Wiliams,
John Pardee.
John Williams,
John Pardee.
John Williams,
Josiah Strong. John Williams, John Pardee.
1759
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1760 Samuel Dunham, John Pardee. 1761 Caleb Jewitt, . John Gay. 1762 John Williams, John Pardee.
Josiah Strong, Caleb Jewitt.
John Williams,
1763 John Williams, Caleb Jewitt.
John Pardee. John Williams, Caleb Jewitt. John Williams, David Foster. John Williams,
1764 John Williams, Caleb Jewitt.
David Foster.
1765 John Williams, Caleb Jewitt.
Caleb Jewitt.
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1756 John Marvin,
1757 John Williams, Josiah Strong. 1758 John Williams, Samuel Dunham.
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MAY SESSION.
1766 John Williams, Caleb Jewitt. 1767. John Williams, Jeremiah Day.
1768 John Marvin, Thomas Pardee.
Simeon Smith. John Williams, Thomas Pardee.
1769 John Williams, James Pardee. 1770 Simeon Smith, Thomas Pardee.
John Williams,
Thomas Pardee.
John Williams, Caleb Jewitt. John Williams, Simeon Smith.
John Williams,
Simeon Smith.
James Pardee. Ebenezer Gay, Thomas Pardee.
John Canfield, Caleb Jewitt.
Ebenezer Gay,
James Pardee.
James Pardee, Joseph Lord.
Ebenezer Gay, David Downs. John Canfield,
Ebenezer Gay.
Samuel Canfield,
David Downs.
Samuel Elmore. John Canfield, David Downs.
Ebenezer Gay, Josiah Coleman. John Canfield, Simeon Smith. John Canfield, Simeon Smith.
Simeon Smith.
I771 John Williams, Simeon Smith.
1772 John Williams, Simeon Smith. 1773 John Williams, James Pardee. 1774 James Pardee, Ebenezer Gay.
1775 Ebenezer Gay, James Pardee. 1776 John Canfield, Caleb Jewitt.
1777 John Canfield, Simeon Smith. 1778 Ebenezer Gay, James Pardee.
1779 John Canfield, Samuel Elmore. 1780 Samuel Elmore, James Pardee.
1781
1782 David Downs, Joseph Landers. 1783 Simeon Smith, David Downs. 1784 Ebenezer Gay, Josiah Coleman. 1785 John Canfield, Simeon Smith. 1786 John Canfield, Simeon Smith.
OCTOBER SESSION. John Williams, Jeremiah Day.
John Williams,
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MAY SESSION.
OCTOBER SESSION.
1787 Jonathan Gillet, Ephraim Marriner.
Jonathan Gillet.
Ephraim Marriner,
1788 Ephraim Marriner, Josiah Coleman.
David Downs.
1789 David Downs, Isaac 'Pardee.
Isaac Pardee.
1790 David Downs, Isaac Pardee. Phineas Smith.
Augustine Taylor,
1791 Phineas Smith, Augustine Taylor.
Judson Canfield.
Augustine Taylor,
Judson Canfield.
1793 Judson Canfield, John C. Smith.
Samuel Canfield.
Samuel Canfield,
David Downs.
1795 David Downs, James Pardee.
Enoch Parsons.
1796 Samuel Canfield,
John C. Smith,
John C. Smith.
Augustine Taylor.
1797 John C. Smith, Oliver Kellogg.
John C. Smith,
Samuel Canfield.
1798 John C. Smith, Oliver Kellogg.
Abel Patchen.
1799 John C. Smith, Abel Patchen.
John C Smith,
Isaac Pardee.
1800 John C. Smith, Oliver Kellogg.
George King.
Augustine Taylor,
1801 Oliver Kellogg, George King.
Isaac Pardee.
1802 Judson Canfield, Augustine Taylor.
Augustine Taylor.
1803 Judson Canfield, Daniel St. John.
Daniel St. John.
1804 Judson Canfield, Isaac Pardee.
Isaac Pardee.
1805 Judson Canfield, Isaac Pardee.
Daniel St. John.
1806 Judson Canfield, Isaac Pardee.
Judson Canfield,
John C. Smith.
John C. Smith,
Daniel St. John.
1792 Phineas Smith, Judson Canfield.
Phineas Smith,
David Downs,
I794 Samuel Canfield, David Downs.
Samuel Canfield,
John C. Smith,
John C. Smith,
Judson Canfield,
Judson Canfield,
Judson Canfield,
Isaac Pardee,
1807 John C. Smith, Judson Canfield.
David Downs,
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MAY SESSION.
OCTOBER SESSION.
John C. Smith,
Judson Canfield. Isaac Pardee,
1809 John C. Smith, Judson Canfield.
Simeon Blackman.
1810 Simeon Blackman, Oliver Kellogg.
Cyrus Swan,
18II Simeon Blackman,
Oliver Kellogg.
Samuel E. Everitt. Isaac Pardee,
1812 Oliver Kellogg, Samuel E. Everitt.
Samuel E. Everitt.
1813 Oliver Kellogg, Samuel E. Everitt.
Samuel E. Everitt. Cyrus Swan,
1814 Oliver Kellogg, Samuel E. Everitt.
Samuel E. Everitt.
Samuel Rockwell,
Daniel St. John.
1816 Oliver Kellogg, Samuel Rockwell.
Israel Camp.
1817 Oliver Kellogg, Israel Camp.
Thomas St. John.
Oliver Kellogg,
1818 Hezekiah Goodwin, Thomas St. John.
Ansel Sterling.
1819 Oliver Kellogg, Ansel Sterling.
1820 Oliver Kellogg, Ansel Sterling.
1821 Ansel Sterling, Samuel R. Gager.
1822 Samuel R. Gager, Samuel Roberts.
1823 Samuel Roberts, Horatio Smith.
1824 Horatio Smith, Cyrus Swan.
1825 Ansel Sterling, Cyrus Swan.
1826 Ansel Sterling, Horatio Smith.
1817 Cyrus Swan, Calvin Gay. 1828 Cyrus Swan, Calvin Gay.
1829 Ansel Sterling, Samuel R. Gager.
1830 Charles F. Sedgwick, Clark Chapman.
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1831 Charles F. Sedgwick, Israel Camp.
1832 Israel Camp, Samuel E. Everitt.
1833 Clark Chapman, John C. Smith, Jr.
1834 Horatio Smith, John C. Smith, Jr. 1835 Ansel Sterling, Ralph Deming.
1836 Ansel Sterling, Zacheus W. Bissell. 1837 Ansel Sterling, Elmore Everitt.
1838 Elmore Everitt, Alanson Wheeler.
1839 Alanson Wheeler, Ralph Deming.
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1808 John C. Smith, Judson Canfield.
Simeon Blackman.
Simeon Blackman,
Cyrus Swan,
1815 Oliver Kellogg, Ansel Sterling.
Cyrus Swan,
Oliver Kellogg,
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1840 Elmore Everitt, Horace Reed.
1841 Zacheus W. Bissell, Richard Smith.
1842 John Cotton Smith, Jr., Eleazer Jenkins.'
1843 Lorenzo D. Smith, William Everitt.
1844 No choice.
1845 Charles Sears, William Knibloe.
1846 John P. Goodwin, Elmore Everitt.
1847 John P. Goodwin, Charles Sears.
1848 Ransom Smith, John Woodruff.
1849 Ransom Smith, James Orr.
1850 David S. Cartwright, Southard Hitchcock,
1851 John S. Jewitt, Gibbs W. Skiff.
1852 George D. Goodwin, Chauncey Reed, Jr.
1853 John C. Smith, Zacheus W. Bissell. 1854 John C. Smith, George B. Bates.
1855 Norman E. Wheeler, Horace Dunbar.
1856 Henry V. King, Henry St. John.
1857 Fitch Landon, James A. Bierce.
1858 Erastus A. Deming, Charles M. Parsons.
1859 Myron Dakin, Seth B. St. John.
1860 Henry T. Finch, Chesterfield Chapman.
1861 Reuben K. Hunt, Joel S. Chaffee.
1862 Asahel A. Hotchkiss, John H. PerLee.
1863 Harry Lockwood, David F. Lambert.
1864 Nathan Dunbar, Fitch Landon.
1865 Edwin N. Hartwell, Miles B. Lewis.
1866 Zacheus W. Bissell, David F. Smith. 1867 George D. Goodwin, Ralph Deming. 1868 Walter M. Patterson, Isaac N. Bartram.
1869 Edgar J. Reed, David L. Smith. 1870 John C. Smith, Baldwin Reed, 2d. 1871 Hilan Middlebrooks, Charles E. B. Hatch. 1872 George D. Goodwin, Isaac N. Bartram. 1873 John Boyd, Robert D. Livingston.
1874 Hermon C. Rowley, Ichabod S. Everitt.
1875 William E. Marsh, Baldwin Reed, 2d.
1876 John Cotton Smith, Isaac N. Bartram.
1877 Seymour A. Frayer, George M. Walton.
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL.
Judson Canfield, John Cotton Smith.
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SENATORS.
Ralph Deming, Charles F .. Sedgwick.
Horatio Smith.
JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT.
John Williams, Cyrus Swan,
Judson Canfield, Ansel Sterling.
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APPENDIX J.
TOWN OFFICERS.
THE following persons have officiated as magistrates in the town :-
Nathaniel Skinner,
Samuel Roberts,
Samuel Hutchinson,
John Williams,
Stephen Heath,
Daniel Griswold,
Israel Camp,
Joseph Lord,
Charles F. Sedgwick,
John Gay,
Oliver Kellogg, Jun.
John Canfield,
Jacob Chamberlain,
David Downs, Isaac Pardee,
Joshua B. Chaffee,
Augustine Taylor,
Richard Smith, Benjamin Hollister,
Judson Canfield.
Alanson Wheeler,
Daniel St. John,
John W. McKoy,
Calvin Gay,
Ransom Smith,
Samuel E. Everitt,
Zacheus W. Bissell, Samuel Roberts, Jun. Silas A. Gray,
Oliver Kellogg, Cyrus Swan, Ansel Sterling,
William Everett,
Samuel Rockwell, Horatio Smith,
Daniel Parsons,
Ralph Deming,
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Stephen Deming,
Ebenezer Blackman,
John Cotton Smith,
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Zalmon S. Hunt, Orrin Hutchinson, Andrew Lake, John Williams, Southard Hitchcock, Amos Prindle, James Orr, Eliakim S. Stoddard, Jr.
Eben W. Chaffee,
Harry Lockwood,
Norman E. Wheeler,
John T. Andrew, Fitch Landon,
Garry S. Morey, Samuel Elliott, Cyrus W. Gray,
William Stone, Horace Dunbar, Samuel S. Woodward, Ezra H. Bartram, Thomas N. Lucas, Heber Knibloe, Walter M. Patterson,
Judson St. John,
Charles E. B. Hatch,
Philo Juckett, Edgar J. R. Reed,
George Chamberlain, Robert D. Livingston,
Charles L. Prindle, Daniel Hall, Chauncey W. Morehouse.
TOWN CLERKS.
Nathaniel Skinner, Ebenezer Frisbie,
John Williams,
Daniel Griswold,
Samuel Canfield,
Israel Camp,
George King, Jun.
Henry H. Quintard,
Erastus H. Winchester,
James Orr, Harry Lockwood, James E. Watson, Aaron R. Smith,
Samuel L. Gager,
Robert E. Goodwin,
Charles C. Gordon,
J. Wade Ifughes.
The following Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Law have prac- ticed in the town :-
John Canfield, Judson Canfield, John Cotton Smith, Cyrus Swan, Joel T. Petit,
William G. Williams, Ansel Sterling, Charles R. Brown,
Chauncey Smith, Ebenezer Blackman, Charles F. Sedgwick, Frederick J. Fenn, Richard Smith, James Orr, Walter M. Patterson, J. Wade Hughes.
PHYSICIANS.
John Williams, Abner Peck, John Lee,
Daniel Griswold, Simeon Smith, Joseph Hamilton,
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Asbel Goodrich, David Doty, Jonah Barnes, Phineas Smith,
Samuel R. Gager, Samuel Rockwell, Simeon Blackman, Nathaniel Lowrey, John W. Smith, John Sears, Curtiss J. Hurd,
Elmore Everitt, Milo L. North, Ebenezer H. Conklin, Jehiel Abbott, Russell Everett, Ralph Deming, Horace A. Buttolph, Nathan S. Perry,
Chauncey Reed, Jr.
William W. Knight,
Charles H Shears.
APPENDIX K.
THE following Hymn, composed by the Hon. JOHN COT- TON SMITH, was sung at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Town Meeting, December 22, 1839 :-
O bless the Lord, whose mighty hand Led our forefathers o'er the main, To spread throughout this distant land, Fair freedom's just and gentle reign.
Not cold, nor want, nor foes array'd, Could the firm Pilgrim's zeal restrain, They trusted in their Saviour's aid, Nor did His servants trust in vain.
Through dangers, toils and anxious cares, God was their guardian and their stay ; And gave in answer to their prayers, The blessings we enjoy this day.
One century round these hills and plains, Have the Redeemer's praises rung, Still let them rise in lofty strains, From every heart and every tongue.
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