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now owned by Horace Newton; next, William HI. Canfield. West end of Lane, west of Canfield's house, built by Elijah Ad- diee, pulled down. Next, Phineas L. Squires. Next, house built by Col. Samuel Camp; then Ozias Camp, now Phinehas Meigs. Next south of Doct. Goodrich, Widow Wilkinson and her son John, pulled down; new house built and occupied by William H. Harris, then Henry Williams, then Alfred Camp,"now his heirs. Next, Alanson P. Brainard. Next, David W. Robinson. Next, Parsonage. Next, David C. Camp. Next, Bela Davis. Next, formerly James Hickox, now pulled down. Next, 1790, Daniel Dimoek, then Anson Meigs, then Morris Stevens, now Samuel C. Camp. Next south, formerly James Wadsworth the first Town Clerk after the Patent was issued, then James Wads- worth, Jr., then Gen. James Wadsworth, then Wedworth Wads- worth, now James Wadsworth, -the oldest house in Durham. Next south, William Wadsworth, present Town Clerk, opposite, formerly John Noyes Wadsworth, and his three sons, John Noyes, William and James, then the said John Noyes Wadsworth, Jr., and his two sons, John and Wedworth, house pulled down, re- built by Wedworth Wadsworth, Jr., and consumed by fire. There was a house on New Haven road about fifty rods west of the above, owned by Southard, then Job Wheeler, now pulled down. Next south of Wadsworth's, formerly Kelsey, then Curtiss Par- sons, now William Shelley. Next south on Madison Turnpike, Job Wheeler. Next, on old road, Henry Strong. Next, Phin- eas Robinson. Next, Henry E. Norton. Opposite that, Jedediah Bemus, now pulled down. Next, formerly Daniel Hickox, then Daniel Hickox, Jr., now Almer Roberts. Next, east side, form- erly Seward's, then Abraham Seranton, then Hamlet Hickox, then Capt. Charles Robinson, now Lyman C. Robinson, Next, Widow Phebe A. Robinson. Opposite, formerly Benjamin Gil- lum, pulled down, rebuilt, occupied by Elizabeth and Hannah Gillum ; now Walter J. Chalker. Next south, George Atwell. Next, formerly Lieut. Abraham Seranton, who went with Ethan Allen and the Connecticut troops and surprised Ticonderoga ; and also in several battles in the Revolutionary war, fought Bur- goyne three times, and was present when he surrendered and saw him deliver up his sword. Israel Scranton and family occupied the same house, removed to Michigan, the house pulled down,
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new one built by Curtis C. Camp, now owned by Widow A. M. Sizer. West of this, on Guilford Turnpike, house owned by Charles Keyser, and one by Henry E. Bailey. Next south, form- erly Deac. Johnson; then Seth Tibbals, then Fairchild Camp. Next, Nathan Kelsey, now pulled down. Next, formerly Eliphaz Nettletown, pulled down, new house built by H. E. Nettleton. Next, Harvey Hubbard, then Smith Birdsey, then E. M. Hawley. On old road, first house, David Cone, now his widow and son Noyes. Opposite, Harvey Hull. Next formerly, house pulled down. Next, Nathan Crane, then Hamlet Hickox, now Henry E. Nettleton. Returning to the road leading to the South School House, where the house stands on the Rositer Lot, so called, near the Mill, was a house now pulled down, occupied by Caleb Seward, and where his first child was born, before he removed to the spot just north of George Atwell's. On the hill east, form- erly Jonas Bishop, then Jesse Atwell, now Bishop Atwell. Next east, formerly Abraham Scranton, then IIamlet Scranton who removed to Rochester, New York, and built the first frame house on the site of that city. Next east, formerly Jabez Chalker, then Edmund Shelley, house pulled down, new house built by Charles Robinson, Jr. Next east, formerly Henry Hull's, pulled down. Next south, Jabez Chalker, now Ozias Chalker. Next, Joseph Nettleton. Next, Judson Francis, formerly Thomas Francis. Next, - Fowler. Next, formerly Nathan Fowler. On the road east, formerly Jeremiah Nettleton, now Sherman J. Nettle- ton. Next, formerly Simeon Pratt, now Hubbard S. Johnson and son, Charles B. Johnson. Next, formerly Sylvanus Hull, now Widow Levi Bailey. Returning on the east road, first Leon- ard Hull. Next, formerly Eliakim Hull, dead. Next, Eliakim W. Hull, now Hinksman Roberts. Next north, formerly Sam- ucl Meeker, then James Mucket. Next, on east side, formerly Isaac Loveland, then Seth Tibbals, now Arnold Umbah. Next, formerly Titus Loveland. Next east, formerly Titus Loveland, then Benjamin Chalker, now Widow Polly Chalker. Next west, formerly Crane, house burnt down, new one built by Ezra Love- land, now owned by Bela Davis, rented. Opposite, formerly Jo- seph Hull, then Amos Smith, pulled down. Next west, new house built by Samuel C. Nettleton. Next north, formerly Sim- eon Scranton, pulled down. Next west, in cross road, William
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Wadsworth's, rented. Following road north and east, first house, formerly Eliakim Strong, then Lyman C. Camp, then Moses Ste- vens, now Albert Sanderson. Next east, formerly Chas. Thomp- son, now Ichabod Avery. Next, near Haddam line, formerly David Lynn, then Birdseye, then Ebenezer Clark, Jr., now John Hickey. Near south end of back road, east of Wadsworth's, formerly Widow Burrett, and Israel, Charles and William, house pulled down, another built by S. Johnson, then owned by Thomas S. Camp, then W. G. Chauncey, burnt down. Next north, form- erly Charles White, now his widow, Hannah White. Next, formerly William Y. Bailey, then Harvey Robinson, then Anson Meigs and his son John. Opposite, formerly, Widow Wells, and Jonathan, Rachel and Mahitabel, also occupied by Elihu Hin- man, pulled down. Next north, east side, Russell Scranton, now his widow. Next, west side, formerly Zachara Hinman, also James Hinman, pulled down, new house built and formerly oc- cupied by James Hickox, now by John Hickox. Next north in 1780, Jonathan Squire, in 1783 Husted Hinman, pulled down. Opposite, formerly James Clark, now his widow. Next north, formerly Asher Coe, now George W. Strong, from 1720 house owned and occupied by Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, from 1756 by Col. Elihu Chauncey, house consumed by fire, new house built by Charles Chauncey. Next west, formerly David Squires and family on south side, now pulled down. Next west, Widow Sutliff and her son Ebenezer, pulled down, north side, house built by Asahel Strong, now Asa Fowler, next W. C. Fowler, rented, next from 1755 Elnathan Chauncey and wife and Na- thaniel, William, Catharine, Elihu, Elnathan, and Worthington Gallup, Town Clerk, now owned and occupied by W. C. Fow- ler. Next west on Main street, M. E. Church. Next, south F. J. Coe. Next, Dency Parsons. Next, George H. Davis and store. On the west side of the Green, Congregational Church. Next north, Academy and Centre School House. Next north, formerly Stephen Spencer and family, pulled down. New house formerly owned and occupied by Rev. David Smith and now by his heirs. Next, from 1790 Gideon Chittenden, pulled down. Next, on east side 1775, Jesse Cook, 1790 Thomas Cook, re- cently by Erastus Jones, now owned by W. C. Fowler, rented. Next north, 1760, Israel Godard, a Tory, property confiscated,
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bought of the State and rebuilt by Gen. James Wadsworth, now owned by W. C. Fowler, occupied by Charles Fowler. On west side, Daniel Hall and family, then Israel Camp, then William S. Camp, now John S. Camp. Next north, formerly tannery, now a dwelling, sorgo mill and T. J. Coe's store. East side, Mill. Next north, formerly Timothy Hall, wife and family, then Joel Blatchley, now his widow. East, Widow Hall and Asher Gil- lum, pulled down. North, Ebenezer Guernsey and family, then Lemuel Guernsey and family, then Bridgman Guernsey, now owned by Eli Hubbard and Brother. Next north, formerly Ben- jamin Picket and family, pulled down. Next, formerly Lemuel Camp and family, now occupied by the family of Edward P. Camp dec'd, and by Sophronia Camp. Next north, formerly Robert Smithson, then Heth F. Camp, then Doct. Jared Kirt- land, then Seth Strong, now Seth B. Cooper and family. Next, formerly Capt. Job Camp and family, then by Manoah Camp, house pulled down, new house built by F. Hubbard. Next, house built by Benjamin HI. Coe, then owned by Samuel Parsons, Town Clerk, now by his widow. Next, Ambrose Field and fam- ily, then by Doct. Lyman Norton, then Harriet Butler. Next, formerly Jerry Shaddock, then James Robinson, then Charles Miller, now B. B. Beecher. Next, formerly Moses Austin, now Joseph P. Camp, next north on the north corner, formerly El- nathan Camp, then Dennis Camp, now owned by Simeon S. Scranton, rented. Next, Academy. Next, formerly Phineas Camp, then Col. Seth Seward, now John Hull. Next, Nancy Johnson. Next, formerly Samuel Fenn Parsons, then John White, now owned by Merriam Manufacturing Company. Next, Merriam Manufacturing Company's Factory. Next, H. M. Coe, new house. Next, formerly Job Merwin, then Mary Ann Bow- ers, now John Clark. Next, Timothy Parsons, then Giles Rose, pulled down, rebuilt and owned by R. H. Shelley. Next, form- erly, Perez Sturtevant, now Oscar Leach. Next, William A. Parmelee, Town Clerk. Next, Alpheus W. Camp. Next, form- erly Reuben Baldwin, now Alanson Nettleton. Next, north District School House, burnt down and rebuilt. Next, Elias Miller. Next, formerly, Abial Camp, then Jabez Bailey, now owned by Daniel Southmayd, rented. Next, formerly Daniel Johnson, now Daniel Coakley. West side Main street, north
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house, formerly William Butler, pulled down, rebuilt, then Quar- tus Smith, now his heirs. Next south, Samuel Wells, house pulled down. Next south, Abiel Coe, then John Swathel's Tav- ern, now John Turner. Next south, Boston Samuel Parsons, pulled down. Next south, formerly Noah Baldwin, house pulled down, rebuilt by James Parmelee, then owned by Farron & Par- melee, then Meigs Hand, then Henry W. Bailey, now S. N. Dem- ing. Next, formerly, Phineas Squires, then James Rose, then Abner Newton, then Enos Rogers, now Simeon S. Scranton. Next, formerly Capt. Atwell, then Phineas Parmelee, now his widow. Next, L. M. Leach. Next, formerly James Bishop, dec'd. Next, house built by Elem L. Johnson, now owned by C. J. Haywood. Next, formerly Moffet, then Hall, now Mrs. Catlin, widow of Doct. Catlin, dec'd. Next, S. F. Leet. Next, formerly Parsonage, then Guernsey Bates, Phineas Squires, Par- sons Coe, Warren Walkley, now L. L. Parsons. Next south, built by Doct. Seth L. Childs, then owned by Doct. Benjamin M. Fowler, now Doct. R. W. Matthewson. Next, formerly, Jer- emiah Butler, then Guernsey Bates, then L. W. Leach, now Cle- ment M. Parsons, Next, built by Henry Tucker, then owned by Guernsey Bates, now Parsonage. Next, formerly Joseph P. Camp's store, now L. W. Leach's dwelling house. Next, Fair- child's house, pulled down. Next, L. W. Leach & Son's store. Next south, formerly Guernsey Bates, house pulled down, now North Congregational Church. Next south, formerly Sherman and Phineas Spellman, then Daniel Bates, now Parsons Coe. Next south, formerly Elizur Hall, now owned by Nathan H. Parsons and Perez Sturtevant. Next south, formerly T. W. Baldwin's store, now Asher Robinson. Next, formerly, Munson Strong, now Alexander Camp. Next, built by Henry Robinson, then occupied by Doct. Chauncey Andrews, and now owned by his heirs. Next, Episcopal Church. Next, Sophronia Camp, rented. Next, formerly the north, Asa Chamberlain's house, then Curtis Parson's, then L. C. Hickox, dec'd. Next, Asa Cham- berlain's shop, now house, owned by Thomas C. Camp. Next, formerly Robert Smithson, then Asa Chamberlain, now Erwin White, and T. J. Coe. Next south, formerly Charles White, in the south east corner of Grave Yard, now pulled down-north of new Grave Yard on Back Lane, house owned by John King,
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pulled down. Next north, south of Mill Brook, Moses Robin- son, pulled down. Next north of Brook, formerly David Rob- inson, then Ebenezer Robinson 1783, then Ebenezer Robinson, Jr., now Charles Hickox. Next north, Andrew Robinson. Next, Doet. Ebenezer Guernsey, house pulled down. Next, form- erly Lemuel Guernsey, now Parsons Coe, rented. Nearly oppo- site, James Hinman, dec'd. Next south, Elias Camp. Next, formerly Jehial Hull, pulled down. Next, south west of Grave Yard, Timothy Dunn, pulled down. On the corner north, the Quarry District School House. Next, on north west corner, house built by Joel Blatchley, now owned by Harrison Church. Next, east side, formerly William Lyman, then L. W. Leach, burnt down. Next, Doct. R. W. Mathewson, rented. Next, formerly Israel Merwin, occupied by Jonathan Simons, negro, now pulled down. Next, formerly Hezekiah Talcott in 1783, pulled down, rebuilt by John Swathel, now H. N. Fowler. Next, on east side, Giles Rose, pulled down. Next, on west side, formerly Josiah Coe, then Abel Lyman, then James Lyman, then Alpheus Tib- bals, now Elizur Camp. Next east, Asa Chamberlain, then Asher Coe, then Jesse Smith, then David S. Smith. Next north and west, formerly Abel Coe, then James Parmelee, Silver Smith, now Alvin P. Roberts. Opposite, house pulled down. Next, Aaron Parsons, then Marcus Parsons, now the estate of Thomas W. Lyman, dec'd. Next east, Michael Frain. Next, George Galpin, now, 1866, the oldest man in Durham. Next north, Sim- eon Parsons, Town Clerk, now Joseph Chedsey. Next north, formerly Thomas Lyman, 1st, then Thomas Lyman, 2d, house pulled down, new house built, occupied by Thomas Lyman and Henry Lyman, then Thomas W. and Frederick, now by Freder- ick Lyman. Next north, Noah Lyman, house pulled down. Next north, Joseph and Charles Parsons, on west side, pulled down. They built on east side, pulled down and rebuilt and now owned by Jonathan Thayer. Next north, John W. Miller and son Charles. Next, Ithamer Parsons, pulled down. Oppo- site, Capt. Southmayd, pulled down. Next north, Charles Coe, then Parsons Coe, now Anson Squires. Commencing at Quarry School House, going west-first house near the bottom of the hill north side, formerly negro house, pulled down. Next west of crossway, Asher Robinson, house pulled down, rebuilt by Asher
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Robinson, now owned by L. A. Stone. Opposite, Job Canfield, pulled down, rebuilt by Gaylord Newton. Next, south side, James Robinson, then Richard Robinson, then F. S. Field, now D. L. Davis. Next, Doct. Coles, then Stephen Robinson, then Noah Robinson, then Henry E. Robinson, now Alfred Jackson. Next, James Tibbals the 1st, then James the 2d, then David Tibbals, now pulled down. Next, Joseph Tibbals, and Eben- ezer Tibbals, pulled down, rebuilt by Samuel Tibbals, and now occupied by Samuel G. Tibbals. Next, Nathaniel Clark, pulled down. Next, Chittenden house, pulled down. Next, Alfred Burr on east side, rented. In same lot farther south, formerly Seth Strong, pulled down. On north side, Noah Norton, pulled down, rebuilt by Sylvester Ward, now Thomas Clingan. Oppo- site, Chauncey Burr, burnt down, then rebuilt, now Jerome Shelley. Next, Alfred Burr. Next west, Joseph Morse. Next, Dinah Freeman, negro. Next, formerly Dea. Ozias Norton, then Samuel Tibbals, pulled down, rebuilt by Charles Cypherman. Next, Samuel Reed, then Thomas Smith, negro, pulled down. Next on north side, Reuben Brown, pulled down. South side, built by Joseph Mattoon, then owned by Alanson Nettleton, now John Assman. Next, David P. Reed. Next, John C. Reed, pulled down. Next north, Salmon Reed. On new road, house built by Richard Hotchkiss, then owned by New York and Boston Railroad Company, now Jeremiah Kenedy. East on old saw mill road, formerly Bartholomew Bailey, now David Tibbals, rented. Following round easterly and south, formerly Timothy Dunn, then Daniel Bates, pulled down. Thence south, first house south of the old Seth Strong place,-Medad Norton, pulled down. Next on east side, Lewis Norton, removed to the west, pulled down. Next west side, Stephen Norton, pulled down. Next, Daniel Hall, then Joseph Tuttle, 1st, then Joseph Tuttle, 2d, now Stephen Bailey. On swamp lane road east, Blatchley house, pulled down. House south of Tuttles (Sabaday house drawn from the Green) pulled down. Next south, formerly Levi Parmelee, then Dea. Timothy Stone, then Dea. Dan Parmelee, than Alfred Camp, now Widow Thomas Miller. East on south side, Asher Canfield, then owned by Timothy Coe, pulled down. Next east, Levi Parmelee, then Dea. Timothy Stone, then Dea. W. P. Stone, house pulled down and rebuilt, now occupied by
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Senaca Barnes. South over the bridge, formerly James Wright, then James Wheton, owned by Timothy Coe, then Isaac Parmelee, then Samuel G. Stevens, now Newel E. Net- tleton. Next east of Barnes, north side, formerly Selden Hall, now Henry Williams. Next east, Dea. Isaac Parme- lee. Next, Timothy D. Camp-first house west of Widow Thomas Miller, formerly Joel Parmelee, then Horace Parme- . lee, now Frederick Parmelee. Next, west side School House. Next, Josiah Fowler, then Caleb Fowler, then Reuben Fowler, burnt down, rebuilt-then owned by Ezra Camp, then Colonel Osias Camp, then Abram Camp, now John K. Burr. South, was a House owned by Graves, pulled down-west, Elah Camp, now Eli S. Camp. Next, formerly Ezra Camp, pulled down, rebuilt and occupied by Ozias and Lyman Camp, then Elijah Coe, now J. B. Bailey. Next, on the mountain road was a house occupied by Thomas Smith, Negro, pulled down. Next south of Bailey's formerly Jefferson Ives, now Augustus Seward. Next, formerly Elias Camp, rebuilt by Elias and John S. Camp, now Joel Austin. Next west, formerly Joseph Camp, then David Graves, then Caleb Ives, then Joel Ives, now Heber G. Ives. Next south, Thaddeus Camp, now Dana Coe's widow. Next, William Strong, removed to New Connecticut, then James Potter, then Albert Munson, then Isaac Page, now Henry Page. Next, Joseph Bartholemew, pulled down. Next, Ransom Doo- little, now Levi Allen. Next, formerly Brister, Negro, now James Brainard. Next, Joel Austin, rented. Next, at north end of Pistapaug Pond, formerly Enos Austin, then Captain Joel Curtis, then Daniel Thompson, house burnt down, rebuilt by Obediah Smith, house blew down. House on Howd road, owned by Stephen Mix. Going east on New Haven Turn- pike,-south-west District School House, first house South, Abram Coe, then Merrick R. Coe. Next, Buel Strong, pulled down. Next, Abram Coe, now his daughter, Widow Peek. Next, Leman Bartholemew, now Lucius Foot. Next William A. Hart. On old road, just south of the line in Guilford, near the Lime Kiln, was a house owned and occupied by Timothy Elliott, Sen.,-his children were Timothy Elliot, Jr., William R. Elliott, both born in this house, also Willis Elliott and Henry Elliott, all deceased. Next north, Samuel Hart, Sen., pulled
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down, rebuilt by Samuel Hart, Jr. Next north, Daniel Hart, now Henry Maltby. Next, John Hart, now Catharine Hart. Next, Samuel Coe; house pulled down. Next Timothy Coe, pulled down, rebuilt by William C. Coe. Next east, Eliphaz Parmelee, rebuilt by Eli Parmelee, pulled down and rebuilt by F. T. Elliott. On Pent road south, David Pardee, house drawn to Guilford. North of F. T. Elliott, formerly Timothy Stow, pulled down. Next, formerly Jerry Norton, then Joseph An- drus, pulled down, rebuilt by Sherman Camp. Next, formerly Nathan Ozias Camp, now Nathan S. Camp. East on old high- way, Thomas Spencer, pulled down. North of N. S. Camp, School House, burnt down. Next, Thomas, Log House pulled down. Next north, formerly Harvey Seward, pulled down. North of School House on Turnpike, formerly Enos S. Camp, now his widow. Next north, Medad Hocum, then Orin Bar- tholemew, then Elah Camp, 2d, removed to Meriden, then Wil- liam H. Maltby, now Simeon S. Camp. Next north, formerly Union District School House, pulled down. Next, Timothy El- liott, now Luserne Elliott. Next, formerly Deacon Seth Seward, then Deacon Dan Parmelee and his son Dan Parmelee, Jr., then Samuel Birdseye, moved to Middlefield, then Augustus Howd, now Samuel G. Stevens. Next, formerly Noah Parmelee, re- moved to Guilford, house pulled down, rebuilt by Enoch F. Camp. Next, Selden Stevens, now Eleazur Bailey. On the Saw-Mill road, formerly Timothy Coe, then Abram Camp, now F. S. Smith. Next north, Ransom Prout. On old road west of Meeting-house hill, Samuel Bartlett, moved away. On the road south of Wilkinson Hill was Doctor Cole's house and four others, all pulled down, the occupants moved to the Black River country.
Now beginning at the North School House, first house east, formerly Jesse Austin, then James Bates, then Captain Dan Southmayd, now his son Daniel. North, Daniel Smith, house pulled down. East, Miles Merwin, Sen. Next east, formerly Samuel Fairchild, then Abial Baldwin, then Aaron Baldwin, now Miles Merwin, Jr. Next, on south side, Henry S. Merwin, Next, Bridgman Guernsey, house pulled down, rebuilt by Eli- sha Southmayd, now Huntington Southmayd. Next, Oliver Coe, Sen., then Oliver Coe, Jr., then Oliver and William Coe.
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Next east, William Bishop, pulled down. Next, David Brooks, then Joseph Southmayd, now John Southmayd's barn. Next, Edmund Fairchild, pulled down, rebuilt by Huntington Southmayd, now John Southmayd. Next, Samuel Bates, then Jolın Coe, now William Coe. Opposite, James Bates, then Daniel Bates, then Isaac Newton, removed to Lenox, Mass., then Joseph Southmayd, then William Southmayd, house pulled down and new one built, now occupied by Samuel B. South- mayd. Next east, Burwell Newton, Sen., pulled down, new house built by Roger and Elisha Newton, now occupied by Eli- sha and his son, Israel C. Newton. Next east, south side, Cur- tiss Bates, then Abner Newton, now Roger W. Newton. Nearly opposite, new house, John B. Newton. Next east, formerly John Newton, removed to Greenfield, Mass., one of the first set- tlers in that town, then Daniel Southmayd, Sen., then Abner Newton 2d, now a resident of Union Centre, N. Y., then Elisha Newton, then Dea. Samuel Newton, house rebuilt by Deacon Samuel Newton, now occupied by his widow and daugh- ter. Next east, Daniel Smith, then Guernsey, pulled down. Next, on the hill, formerly, Thomas Stevens, then Burwell New- . ton, Jun., now deceased. Next, Picket, then James Picket, then Deacon William Foot, then James P. Foot, now Edwin Priest. Opposite, formerly Samuel Squires, then Deacon William Foot, now Admiral Clark. Next east, house owned by Walkley, now pulled down. Next north, near Middletown line, formerly Oliver Clark, then Hezekiah Clark, known as the specie Counterfeit Money Factory. Now going south on south road towards Durham, first house, John Camp, then Thomas C. Camp, now Henry Par- sons. Next, south-east of Saw-Mill Brook, M. T. Merwin, rented. Next east, formerly Leander White, now Talcott Parsons. Next, house built by Guernsey Camp, then owned by Asahel Harvey, now Seth R. Parsons. Next south, formerly Selden Stevens, then owned by Elizur Goodrich, rented, now Richard Payne. Next house, west of Saw-Mill Brook, Theodore Blim. Next, Leander White. Next, formerly Joseph Smith, then Joseph Smith, Jr., then Ichabod Avery, now owned by Henry Tucker, rented. Next, on north side, formerly Rejoice Camp, and his brother Hezekiah, then Anson Squires, then Henry Tucker, pulled down and new house built. Next west, on south side, new house,
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Miles T. Merwin. Next west, formerly Isaac Baldwin, then Jehiel Hull, then Russell Scranton, now owned by Henry Tucker, rented. Next north, in Brick lane, Abijah Curtiss and son, Samuel Curtiss, then Seymour White, then Noah Merwin, now his widow. Opposite, west side, formerly John White, now Sophronia Camp, rented. On the corner, south end of Brick Lane was a distillery on west corner, and tannery on the east corner, both pulled down. Next west, first house on south side, James Curtiss, then James Picket, now Wil- liam H. Walkley. Opposite, John Curtiss, then Benjamin H. Coe, then Doctor W. R. Griswold, a Surgeon in the army in the last war, removed to Easton, house now owned by Henry II. Newton. Next west, south side, the heirs of John Johnson, deceased. He was the maker of nearly all the free stone grave stones, in the Old Grave Yard. The stones were quarried in Durham.
PLACES TO WHICH THE EMIGRANTS WENT.
As early as 1737, Ebenezer Lyman went to Torrington, fol- lowed by Jonathan Coe. About 1750 a number of families em- igrated to Granville, Massachusetts. Emigrants also went to Hartland, Connecticut. About 1786, others went to West Stockbridge and Richmond, Massachusetts. In 1788 several families emigrated to Durham, New York, and others since 1800. About 1790, the Wadsworths, went to Geneseo, New York. In 1796, several went to Whitestown, Oneida County, New York, among whom were Henry Crane, Camp Parmelee, Kirtland Griffin, Abraham Camp. The Pickets and others, went to Green- field, Massachusetts. Some, as early as 1761. June 12, 1812, Deacon Ozias Norton and his son Leveret went to Carleston, Ohio; and Jerry Norton to Atwater. Later than this, Lewis Norton, Ozias Camp, Samuel Johnson, Ichabod Curtis, and others settled in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Samuel Curtis set- tled in Medina, in the same State, and became a deacon there. Elah Camp went to Meriden, Thomas Spencer Camp removed to Michigan, and Ozias Camp to the city of New York, and others elsewhere.
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