Glastenbury for two hundred years: a centennial discourse, May 18th 1853, Part 11

Author: Chapin, A. B. (Alonzo Bowen), 1808-1858
Publication date: 1853
Publisher: Hartford, Press of Case, Tiffany and company
Number of Pages: 270


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1734, 6 4 1735, 6 4 " Heads not to pay." 6 4 Same as last year. Paid Mr. Easton £7, 5s.


1736,


1737,


Society voted " not to pay for a school-master."


1738,


5| Expense £4, 7s. 6d. and £3, 5s. 6d.


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Year.


Time.


Places.


1739, 1740,


6


2


" Jonathan Wickham for keeping school, £11, 5s."


Voted not to raise a tax, but to make a rate on children's heads, for what the Society funds and " Country money" will not pay.


1741, 6 3 1742, 6 3


Voted for schools, £16, 12s. " Country money amounting to £5, 8s. Paid Mr. Webster, £7, 4s. Stephen Andrews, £4, 14s., Jona- than Wickham, £14, 4s."


1743, 6 2


Paid " Mr. Easton, 3 w. and 3 d. £3, 1s. ; Gideon Hollister, 1 mo. £4, 5s .; Daniel Wright, 8 w. £4; Pelatiah Kilborn, 3 mo. 2 w. and 3 d. £15, Ss. 2d."


1744, 6 4


" David Dickinson, 6 w. 2 d. £7, 10s .; Mr. Easton, 4 mo. 1 w. 4 d. £16,10s. 8d."


1745, 6 2


" Stephen Andrews, £12, 10s. ; Jona. Wickham, £9, 7s. 6d. ; Jo- seph Easton, £4; Deac. Hollister, 1 mo. 3 w. £10, 13s. 9d."


1746,


4


" J. Wickham, 2 mo. £12, 10s .; John Kimberly, 5 w. £7, 10s .; Tho. Morly, 6 w. 3 d. £10, 2s. 7d."


1747, 6


4 "D. Dickinson, 1 mo. 3 d. £6, 6s. &d. ; E. Andrews, 1 mo. 3 w. £14; Capt. D. Hubbard, 3 mo. 1 w. 5 d. £27, 10s."


1748, 6 4 " E. Hubbard, 2 mo. £20; Job Wrisly, 2 mo. 3 d. £21; E. Crock- er, 3 w. 5 d. £9, 10s."


1749, 6 3" E. Hubbard, 2 mo. £20; Capt. D. Hubbard, 2 w. 3 d. and board- ing himself, £12, 5s. ; John Hill, 2 mo. 4 d. and boarding himself, £23,16s. 8d."


1750, 6 2


" Ens. Benj. Strickland, 3 mo. 3 w. 3 d. £54, 5s .; Tho. Hollister, 1 mo. 1 w. £17, 10s .; Capt. Hubbard, 3 w. 3 d. £15, 5s., each boarding himself."


1751, 6 Voted to build a school house. 3


1752, 6 4


"J. Goodale, 3 mo. £34, 10s .; Ab. Fox, £17; John Gustin, Jr. 6 w. £17."


1753, 6 1754, 6 6


3


Expense, £79, 10s.


1755,


4 4 Expense, £78.


1756, 6 6


4 Expense, £84. Added after £S, Ss.


1757. 1758, 6


" According to law."


1759, 1760, 11 2


" £15, 7s. 2d. half paid by society, half by children's heads."


1761, 11


3| Voted to build three school houses,-one 14 by 16, and the other two 12 by 14.


1762,


" To be paid by the society." Cost of the three houses, £56, 14s. 6d. Expense, £47, 11s. 5d. Expense, £25, 9s.


1764, 11 1765, 11


4 Expense, £25, 1s. 8d. "Heads of scholars to find fire wood."


1766, 11 1767, 11 1768, 11 4


" Time to be according to the list," and "the heads of children to find firewood," £24, 12s. 1d.


1769, 11


£32, 1s. 6d. according to the List.


1770,11 4 £26,19s. 6d.


1771,11 1772, 11 1773,12


" Wood to be got by the heads that go to school," £36, 1s


1774, 12


" Voted not to pay over £2, 10s. a month for keeping school."


1775, 12


A school house 24 by 18 to be built in the N. District, at a cost of £60. Expense of school £26, 17s. 7d.


1776, 12


A school house to be built in the E. District 20 by 16, with 5 win- dows, and 20 squares of glass in a window. Cost £35.


1777, 12| 4| Voted to pay but £2 per month beside board.


1763, 11


Expense, £93, 15s.


Expense, £24, 12s. 6d. 3f. Expense, £27, 10s. 9d.


£33, 7s. 72d. including £5, 13s. for boarding Teachers. 4


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Year.


Time.


Places.


1775, 12 4| Voted to pay £5, a month, the school-masters to board themselves. Jonah Fox, South School, £15; Pelatiah Loveland, Middle South, £15; Eleazer Hubbard, North School, £12, 10s .; Aaron Hub- bard, East School, £15.


1779,16


" Voted to have no schooling the year insuing," subsequently recon- sidered, and voted " wood to be got by the polls." "£32, voted to each district." " Also, that the money for which the old school houses sold, should be taken to repair the Meeting House."


1750, 12 1751,12


" Voted to pay £4 a month States money."


1792, 12


"Districts which had no school last year to have their part of the money this. Expense £33, lawful money."


1753, 12 1754, 12


Paid 4 teachers £9, each, equal to £36. Voted " to build 3 school houses," the previous votes not having been carried into effect. " Voted £9 to each district."


1785, 12


1786, 12


At £3 a month.


1757,16


1758, 16


Districts to determine the time and place of schools, £48 voted.


1759, 16 90 to


96,


In 4 parts. Voted £12 to each district ; they to have 4 mo. school. After this year, (1796,) the school and the society meetings were distinct and separate.


EASTBURY SCHOOL SOCIETY RECORDS ; BEGINNING AT 1800.


1800. Voted £60, including Country and Loan moneys, for schooling.


1801 to 1803. Same rate.


1804. Voted £200, including Country and Loan moneys, and the same vote was continued year by year, to 1818.


Number of Scholars enumerated, and amount of dividends from the School Fund, according to the enumeration, in the several School Societies in the town of Glastenbury from 1820, when said distribution commenced, to this time.


GLASTENBURY.


EASTBURY.


Date.


Enumer-| Amou't. ation.


in $


Total.


1820, Oct., 1821, March,


372


130 20


1821, March,


695 66


243 25 312 75


566 00


1S21, Oct.,


705 66


246 75


1821, Oct., 1822, March,


382 66


133 70 171 90


564 00


305 60


" Oct., 1623, March,


690


241 50 345 00


66 Oct., 1823, March,


351


122 85


Oct., 1821, March,


706


247 10 353 00


66 Oct., 1824, March,


347


121 45 173 50


" Oct., 1825, Marclı,


722


252 70 361 00


Oct., 1825, March,


329 46


115 15 164 50


613 70


279 65


Date.


Enumer- Amou't. in $ ation.


Total.


1520, Oct.


66


167 40


297 60


1522, March,


317 25


66


175 50


586 50


298 35


66


600 10


294 95


Teachers " to have £24 a month including board."


" At 55s. a month, amounting to £33."


Voted £4S for schools.


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GLASTENBURY.


EASTBURY.


Date.


Enumer-| Amou't. ation. in $ !


Total.


Date.


in $ Enumer-| Amou't. ation.


Total.


1825, Oct.,


340


119 00


1826, March,


734 66


256 90 367 00


1826, March,


170 00


623 90


289 00


Oct., 1827, March,


711


248 85


Oct., 1827, March,


344


120 40


172 00


604 35


292 40


Oct., 1928, March,


706


247 10


Oct., 1828, March,


342


119 70


171 00


600 10


290 70


Oct., 1829, March,


677 66


236 95


Oct.,


346


121 10


1829, March,


294 10


Oct., 1830, March,


686


240 10 377 30


1830, March,


6€


191 95


617 40


314 10


Oct., 1831, March,


639


223 65


Oct., 1831, March,


345


120 75 159 75


Oct., 1832, March,


664


232 40 365 20


1832, March,


66


177 65


597 60


290 70


" Oct., 1833, March,


663 66


232 05 397 80


Oct., 1833, March,


314


109 90


188 40


629 85


298 30


Oct., 1834, March,


662


231 70


Oct ,


319


109 20 187 20


66 Oct., 1835, March,


688


0 80


Oct., 1835, March,


299


104 65


Oct., 1836, March,


690


241 50 3 00


Oct.,


298


104 30 208 60


Oct., 1837, March,


694


242 90


66 Oct.,


311


108 85


555 20


1837, March,


66


248 80


Oct., 1838, March,


650


227 50


Oct., 1838, March,


269


94 15 228 65


780 00


322 80


Oct., 1839, March,


643


225 05 578 70


1839, March,


66


100 45 25S 30


Oct., 1840, March,


613


214 55 551 70


66 Oct., 1840, March,


292


102 20


66 Oct., 1841, March,


618


216 30 618 00


66 Oct.,


282


98 70 282 00


Oct., 1842, March,


610


213 50 640 50


66 Oct., 1842, March,


315


110 25 330 75


Oct., 1843, March,


641


224 35 673 05


1843, March,


66


103 60 310 80


Oct , 1814, March,


617


215 95 647 85


Oct., 1844, March,


280


98 00 294 00


863 80


392 00


7 20


1834, March,


66


628 90


296 40


447 20


194 35


688 00


299 00


1836, March,


724 50


798 10


356 65


552 50


66 Oct.,


287


262 80


766 25


365 00


1841, March,


834 30


380 70


66


554 00


441 00


Oct.,


296


S97 40


414 40


66


173 00


575 45


Oct.,


349


122 15


351 45


575 10


310 50


Oct.,


323


113 05


312 90


803 75


358 75


66


355 50


353 00


338 50


1825, Oct.,


122


GLASTENBURY.


EASTBURY.


Date.


in $ Enumer-|Amou't. ation.


Total.


Date.


in $ Enumer- Amou't. ation.


Total.


1844, Oct.,


624


249 60


1844, Oct.,


276


110 40


1845, March,


624 00


1815, March,


6


276 00


386 40


Oct.,


329


131 60


Oct.,


256


102 40


1846, March,


329 00


1846, March,


256 00


358 40


Oct., 1847, March,


324


145 80


Oct.,


264


118 80


1847, March,


66


264 00


Oct., 1848, March,


338


152 10


Oct., 1848, March,


259


116 55


66


259 00


Oct.,


320


160 00


Oct.,


261


130 50


1849, March,


320 00


1849, March,


66


261 00


Oct., 1850, March,


313


156 50


Oct., 1850, March,


278


139 00


278 00


66


Oct.,


340


170 00


Oct., 1851, March,


264


132 00


1851, March,


306 00


176 00


Oct., 1852, March,


347


173 50


Oct., 1852, March,


6€


135 00 243 00


485 80


378 00


SOUTH GLASTENBURY.


Date.


in $ Enumer-|Amou't.[ ation.


Total.


1845, Oct.,


297


118 80


1846, March,


66


297 00


115 80


66 Oct.,


32S


147 60


1847, March,


328 00


175 60


Oct.,


339


152 55


1848, March,


66


339 00


491 55


Oct.,


351


175 50


1849, March,


351 00


526 50


Oct., 1850, March,


368


154 00


66


368 00


66


Oct.,


347


173 50


1851, March,


66


312 30


4S5 80


Oct., 1852, March,


344


172 00


66


309 60


181 60


382 80


66


338 00


490 10


375 55


480 00


391 50


313 00


469 50


117 00


237 60


369 60


270


312 30


873 60


460 60


324 00


469 80


552 00


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ACADEMIES.


Several efforts have been made in this Town, to establish schools of a higher order, and not without some temporary success. The old Academy on the Green, established in 1792, was, half a century ago, one of the best and most flourishing schools in the State, sought unto by individuals from the surrounding Towns. It aided in the discipline and training of some of our most active and energetic citizens, in that class which is now becoming advanced. At a later period an Academy was established at South Glastenbury, which met with good success, until the burning of the house. This put an end to the school, and the few who had borne the chief burden, becoming disheartened, the place has since been without any regular Academical instruction. No list of the teachers in these Academies has been preserved, but we learn from other sources, that among those who have filled these offices, have been the celebrated Noah Webster, LL. D., and the "learned Blacksmith," Elihu Burritt. The Academy at the South part of the Town, was at one period so flourishing, and embodied such a degree of active and energetic talent, that the pupils published a semi-monthly quarto paper, for some time. It was called the Tyro's Cas- ket, and did them credit, both in the matter and arrange- ment of the paper.


MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE.


The location of Glastenbury on the bank of the Connecti- cut river, offered strong inducements to persuade the people to enter into some kind of commercial enterprise. What the earliest of these were it is impossible to ascertain ; but we may reasonably infer from the votes of the town that " Pipe staves, clapboards and tar," formed the earliest articles of export. These had been carried off in such quantities as to raise great fears in the minds of our ancestors, of the utter destruction of the wood and timber in town. Accordingly, in the early part of the last century, we find the town pro-


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hibiting, by severe penalties, the exportation or wanton de- struction of timber of any sort.


As early as 1756, we find an excise master of spiritous liquors, but whether on those manufactured or imported, is not certain. About the same time we find " Surveyors and Packers of Tobacco ;" also, " Gaugers and Packers of Pork and Beef," all of whom were required to be under oath. The amount or extent of the trade in these articles, of course can not be known, but that it was considerable, may reason- ably be inferred from the fact that generally two, and not un- frequently three persons were appointed and sworn to each of these offices. To the articles of export already mention- ed, that of fish was added in 1762.


We may also infer, that the manufacture of brick, which was carried on in this town for many years, was in success- ful operation, previous to 1766, as we find the town in that year voting to build a bridge "over the brook by Matthew Miller's, to be made with a brick arch at the cost of the town."


POWDER. At what time the manufacture of this article commenced in Glastenbury, we have been unable to ascer- tain. It must have been, however, several years previous to 1777, and seems to have been carried on to a considerable extent. Hence, the town was never under the necessity of ap- plying to the Legislature for powder to make up its quota, the home manufacture always exceeding the home consumption. The manufacture of the article was brought suddenly to a close on the 23d of August, 1777, by the blowing up of the Powder Mill, which was situated in the valley now occupied by the Hartford Manufacturing Company. By this accident six persons were killed, either dying instantly or within twen- ty-four hours after. The names of the persons killed were : George Stocking, Sen., in the fiftieth year of his age ; George Stocking, Jr., in the twenty-eighth year of his age; Hezekiah Stocking, in the twenty-second year of his age; Nathaniel Stocking, in the nineteenth year of his age ; Isaac Treat, son of Samuel Treat; Thomas Kimberly, Esq., in the thirtieth year of his age.


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The mills were rebuilt by Col. Howel Woodbridge, and the manufacture of the acticle continued for some time, but was at length abandoned.


GLASS. The manufacture of this article in Glastenbury is of more recent occurrence, and yet unknown to the great body of the people. The Glass Works, as the place of man- ufacture is called, were situated in Wassuc, on the road to Colchester. The principal article of manufacture and which was continued for eight or ten years, was that of dark glass bottles. The distance from market, the difficulty of procur- ing good materials, but more particularly of good workmen, caused the enterprise to be abandoned some thirty years since. The buildings and apparatus were subsequently used for a time in the manufacture of cobalt, but this enterprise also failing to pay, was also soon abandoned.


COTTON. The mills of the Hartford Manufacturing Com- pany are among the oldest in the State, it being nearly fifty years since the manufacture of cotton cloth was commenced at Nayaug. Another cotton mill is that of the Wassuc Com- pany, about a mile and a half above the Hartford Compa- ny's mills, on Roaring Brook. In 1845 these mills run 5,690 spindles, consumed 374,500 pounds of cotton, manufacturing cloth to the estimated value of $84,000. The number of males then employed was 70, the number of females 120.


WOOLLEN. The number of mills for the manufacture of this article is three; that formerly called Hopewell, but now Nayaug Mills, on Roaring Brook, between the cotton mills already described ; Roaring Brook Mills, on Roaring Brook, a mile and a half above Wassuc cotton mills, at the place usually denominated Sparksville, and the Eagle Mills on Sal- mon Brook, in the northern part of the town. These mills, in 1844, consumed 188,616 pounds of wool, producing 6,000 yards of Cassimere, 161,912 yards of mixed Satinets, and 45,000 yards of mixed Tweeds, at an estimated value of $146,242. To these must be added one mill for the man- ufacture of Stockinett, recently introduced, the consumption tion of wool and the yearly value of manufacture being un- known. The amount of business at these mills is much as


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in 1845, except at the Roaring Brook Mills, in which it has been very considerably increased.


IRON. The first manufacture of iron in this town is sup- posed to have been by Mr. Talcott Camp, who erected a forge for the manufacture of bar iron, bringing the ore for that pur- pose from a long distance, considerable of it coming from the State of New York. Subsequently, Messrs. Samuel and John Hunt were engaged in the same business. They had the mis- fortune to be burnt out, but rebuilt their works and continued to manufacture for a time, when circumstances compelled them to stop. Still later we find John Hunt and Elijah Hodge en- gaged in the same business. In the early part of this cen- tury, Messrs. Joseph and Thomas Stevens were engaged in the manufacture of ship irons, and for that purpose erected a trip hammer forge near the residence of the Misses Smith, but were compelled by the neighbors to abandon the enter- prise, on the ground that a trip hammer was a nuisance in the midst of a village. One forge yet remains, which when in operation, has been chiefly occupied in the manufacture of anchors for ships, a branch of business attended with very considerable profit or loss.


SHIP BUILDING. The first ship built in this town, if not in the colony, was built by Samuel Smith in 1649, and has been continued more or less, on both sides of the river, from that time to the present. It was extensively carried on in Glastenbury for many years, but confined mostly to the smaller classes of vessels, including sloops, schooners and brigs, and varying in their capacity, from fifty to five hundred tons burden. Of those who have engaged in this branch of business at Nayaug, Capt. Roswell Hollister seems to have exceeded every other individual in that part of the town, having built more than a hundred sail. In the northern part of the town, the Welles's, the Sellews, the Hales, have been at different periods, extensively engaged in this business. To these must be added the names of Hubbard, Shipman, Jones, Gaines, Gildersleeve, and others, who have also pur- sued the same business in this town. The launching of a ship of the larger class was for a long time, an event of inter-


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est to the whole community, as appears from the following extract from the private Journal of one of our citizens, long since departed :


" 1794, October 30th. Went to launching of a ship of 500 Tons; not less than 3,000 persons were present."


That these launchings were not of unfrequent occurrence, appears from the same Journal, from which we learn that on the 26th of April, the 31st of August and the 21st of Sep- tember, 1785, the same individual was present at three differ- ent launchings. These seem to have been among some of the most important of the merry-makings of those days, balls being frequently held in the evening.


PLATED WARE. The plating of ware with silver, by means of the galvanic battery, is carried on very extensively by the Messrs. Curtis, at Pratt's Ferry, in the north-west part of the town.


INK, SHAVING SOAP AND SHOE-BLACKING. The establish- ment of Mr. Williams for the manufacture of these articles, though recent, has already become important, the quantities of each article manufactured being large and deservedly in repute. A daily use of the shaving soap for some years, en- ables us to bear testimony to its excellence, as having those superior qualities which should pertain to everything proceed- ing from Glastenbury.


GUNS. There is a small establishment in the southern part of Eastbury, where guns of a very excellent quality are manufactured, though on a limited scale. The celebrity of the arms here manufactured is proved by the fact, that nearly all of them are immediately taken up by the government of the United States.


DISTILLATION. This branch of business was formerly car- ried on to a considerable extent in this town, but has now nearly ceased. The only remaining distilleries are some two or three small ones for cider, but which do not perform busi- ness enough to make any considerable difference in the result of the total business of the town, whether mentioned or not.


COOPERAGE. The manufacture of staves and casks for a


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foreign market, has been here a very considerable branch of business from the beginning, and was for many years restrain- ed and regulated by a private law of the town. At the pres- ent time this branch of business is less than it was a few years ago, especially at Eastbury; yet, including the manu- facture of powder casks at South Glastenbury, it must amount to thousands of dollars annually.


PRODUCE. The estimated amount and value of the pro- ductions of Glastenbury for 1845, was as follows :


Value.


Indian Corn,


18,121 bu.


$13,590.75


Wheat,


414 bu.


455.40


Rye,


12,784 bu.


10,227.20


Oats,


8,127 bu.


3,250.00


Potatoes,


29,485 bu.


11,794.00


Turnips,


2,670 bu.


534.00


Hay,


4,680 tons,


47,350.00


Fruit,


20,765 bu.


2,602.00


Tobacco,


26,250 lbs.


1,706.45


Butter,


5 9,955 lbs.


8,393.70


Cheese,


16,167 lbs.


1,293.36


Honey,


1,300 lbs.


143.00


Broom Corn,


12,870 lbs.


625.00


Seed of same,


· 1,250 bu.


500.00


Onions,


490 bu.


147.00


Hops,


270 lbs.


54.00


Flax,


200 lbs.


26.00


Charcoal,


107,300 bu.


9,667.00


Shad,


340 bbls.


2,650.00


Other fish,


800.00


Wool,


7,361 lbs.


2,208.30


Wood, sold of,


2,382 cords,


8,337.00


Lumber,


547 tons,


2,461.00


Brooms,


11,000


1,540.00


Cigars,


4,700.00


Mechanics' Tools,


1,500.00


Leather,


3,940 hides,


14,500.00


Cabinet ware,


1,000.00


Boots and Shoes,


1,780.00


This account of the industrial pursuits of Glastenbury should not be closed without some mention of the advanta- ges offered by this town for manufacturing. There are few


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towns in the State, none certainly in this part of the State, furnishing water power of such extent and durability as this. Roaring Brook offers not less than nine or ten water privi- leges within three miles of the river, most of them with fall sufficient for any ordinary purpose of manufacture. Besides these, there are several locations on the Brook and its branch- es, affording good mill seats. Another recommendation of this stream is, that being short, and fed mostly by springs, it is a never failing stream, and being rarely so much affected by the severest droughts as to interfere with the mills. The other streams in town, though smaller and less lasting, fur- nish numerous privileges for the smaller kinds of machinery.


And still another advantage which might be readily obtain- ed at Glastenbury, is that of a rail road, cheaply built and easily maintained, from East Hartford to Norwich, or to con- nect with the " Air Line Road" at Marlborough, and which should convey the goods and manufactures of the several companies of Glastenbury and Marlborough, to and from the very doors of their establishments. It is not too much to say, that such another convenient arrangement of rail road and manufactory, can hardly be obtained in the country at the cost of this. Whether some of the best and most convenient locations for business shall be suffered to remain idle, must depend upon the fact, whether capitalists and traders can be made to see and pursue their own best interests.


MILLS.


1667. The first grant for a saw-mill in Glastenbury was made by the General Court to Thomas Harris, in 1667, who was to have forty acres of public land to encourage him therein. Mr. Harris having conveyed his property in the mill to Messrs. Joseph Bull and John Bidwell, Jr., they petitioned the General Court for an additional grant of land for the benefit of the mill. The Court accordingly granted 200 acres in fee with liberty to take timber from any common land. These 240 acres were laid out in May, 1671. This mill was intended to have been erected beyond the three mile lots, but upon a more careful survey, the mill was found to


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stand on the east end of the lot of Samuel Hale, and the owners were obliged to petition the General Court for a con- firmation of title.


1706. Leave was given by the Town to Serjeant John Hubbard, Thomas Hale, Sen., John Gaines and William Johnson, to erect a Saw-mill on Roaring Brook.


1712. The Town voted, " that there shall be a saw-mill built upon either of the branches of Roaring Brook (at Wassuc) by the persons named as follows, Gershom Smith, Thomas Hollister, Jonathan Judd, Samuel Brooks, Ebenezer Kilborn and Thomas Kimberly." At the same time the Town granted lands suitable for erecting a mill upon and for pondage, with privilege in the common for cutting timber ; to be built in one year-and land to revert to the Town when the mill should be discontinued. This mill was erected by Smith, Judd, E. Kilborn, with the assistance of John Kilborn and Joseph Tryon, and was " situated on the northernmost branch of Roaring Brook, a little above or north-east of the place where the old road leading from Hartford to New London crosses it."


1715. Permission granted to Ephraim Bidwell, Joseph Smith and Gershom Smith to build a corn or grist mill on Salmon Brook, the dam to be on their own land.


1728. Benjamin Hollister, permitted to build a saw mill on Roaring Brook at Nayaug, and "is to have liberty to transport planks, boards, slit work, or any other sawed at said mill."


1728. Samuel Gaines, Robert Loveland, Timothy Hale and Richard Smith, authorized to build a saw mill on Sal- mon Brook, in Great Swamp, on the land of Daniel Wright, with the same privileges as that at Nayaug.


1730. Voted, That John Hubbard, Jr., attend to building a saw mill on Roaring Brook, where the old one was.


1749. Liberty granted to Capt. David Hubbard, to erect a corn mill over Blackleach River.


1754. Liberty granted to "Jeduthen Smith to build a corn mill on his own land at the upper end of the Town, at the


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south end of Candlewood Hill, where an old saw mill was · built."


1756. Liberty granted to " Samuel Goodrich to build a saw mill on Roaring Brook on his own land near the Cran- berry marsh."


1767. Liberty given to Thomas Matson, " to build a saw mill on the brook near his house, provided it does not ob- struct or flow any highway."


1767. And also to Thomas Hunt, "to build a saw mill where the old saw mill stood, near where William Fox now dwells."


1767. Also to David Hodge, " to build a saw mill on the deep gutter on Ephraim Goodrich's land."


1769. Liberty given to John Hodge, " to build a grist mill on his own land on Roaring Brook."




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