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Huntington Southmayd and Mary Brainard were joined in marriage, Apr. 24th, 1834.
Silas Williams and Elizabeth Bates, of Durham, were joined in marriage, May 1st, 1834.
Jehial Johnson and Betsey Bowles, both of Middletown, were joined in marriage, Jan. 2d, 1834.
Thomas C. Camp and Betsey A. Parker were joined in mar- riage, June 11th, 1834.
Thomas and Zeruiah Parmelee were joined in marriage, Sept. 1st, 1834.
John Wadsworth, of the city of New York, and Maria Ched- sey, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Aug. 21st, 1834.
Henry Parsons and Jane White were joined in marriage, Sept. 7th, 1834.
Linus Coc and Maria Seward were joined in marriage, Sept. 15th, 1834.
Mr. Wedworth Wadsworth, of Monroe, Michigan, and Miss Margaret Swathel, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Dec. 25th, 1833.
Mr. Henry M. Coe and Miss Betsey Robinson, both of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 12th, 1834.
Hinchman Roberts, of Middletown, and Polly Nettleton, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Mar. 23d, 1835.
Cyrus Kelsey and Jane A. Fowler were joined in marriage, May 12th, 1835.
Henry Robinson and Phebe A. Southmayd were joined in marriage, Sept. 2d, 1835.
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TOWN RECORDS.
Morgan Davis, of North Madison, and Cynthia E. Davis, of South Killingworth, were joined in marriage, Sept. 27th, 1835.
Seneca Barnes, of Northford, and Mary Hart, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Nov. 1st, 1835.
Rev. Rollin S. Stone, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Miss Urania E. Stone, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Nov. 27th, 1835.
Evelyn Scranton, of Madison, and Eunice Davis, of Killing- wortlı, were joined in marriage, Jan. 24th, 1836.
Calvin Alby, of Saybrook and Maria Scranton of Durham, were joined in marriage, Jan. 14th, 1836.
Noyes Cone and Polly A. Lynn were joined in marriage, Apr. 30th, 1837.
Samuel Stevens and Harriet Bradley were joined in marriage, May 4th, 1836.
Samuel Wilcox and Eliza A. Parsons were joined in marriage, July 20th, 1836.
Silas Higgins and Susan Ives were joined in marriage, July 31st, 1836.
William Robinson and Jennett Elliott were joined in mar- riage, August 15th, 1836.
Elias Hale and Eliza Ann Miller were joined in marriage, Sept 26th, 1836.
Lucius P. Bryan, of Waterbury and Jennett White of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Aug. 25th, 1836.
Seymour White and Phebe C. Merwin were joined in mar- riage, Oct. 5th, 1836.
Aralon W. Russell and Emeline Curtiss were joined in mar- riage, Oct. 12th, 1836.
Talcott Parsons and Betsey M. Savage were joined in marriage, Oct. 31st, 1836.
Thomas Francis and Lydia D. Thompson were joined in mar- riage, Nov. 15th, 1836.
Obier Blakeslee and Sarah Ann Morse were joined in mar- riage, Dec. 14th, 1836.
Charles Ives and Phebe Ann Hull were joined in marriage. Ezekiel W. Lynn and were joined in mar- riage, Mar. 14th, 1837.
Hartwell and Eliza J. Nettleton were joined in marriage, Apr. 7th, 1838.
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Albert M. Sizer and Hannah S. Cone were joined in marriage, Dec. 24th, 1838.
Gaylord Newton and Nancy Merwin were joined in marriage, Dec. 5th, 1838.
Daniel Southmayd and Tamson Hickox were joined in mar- riage, Dec. 25th, 1838.
Henry Tucker and Rosella Ridel were joined in marriage.
Henry Bailey and Mary Parsons were joined in marriage, Aug. 12th, 1837.
Seth B. Cooper and Elizabeth Strong were joined in marriage, Aug. 6th, 1837.
Samuel W. Clarke and Eliza P. Ranney were joined in mar- riage, Dec. 6th, 1837.
William Peck and Hannah A. Coe were joined in marriage, Oct. 22d, 1837.
John W. Houseman and Eunice Spiner were joined in mar- riage, in 1837.
Linas Harrison and Miss E. Jones were joined in marriage, in 1838.
Henry E. Nettleton and Cornelia Camp were joined in mar- riage, Sept. 6th, 1839.
Heman Stone, Jun., of Madison, and Rachel D. Hale, of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, June 5th, 1839.
John Bailey and Ursula Scranton were joined in marriage, Jan. 1st, 1839.
Nathaniel P. Mason and Orpha M. Squires were joined in mar- riage, July 1st, 1839.
Luzerne Elliott and Hannah Robinson were joined in mar- riage, Sept. 24th, 1839.
Samuel C. B. Prat and Phebe A. Coe were joined in marriage, Sept. 28th, 1839.
Israel Camp and Rachel H. Maynard were joined in marriage, Oct. 1st, 1839.
Joel Blatchley and Harriet Hull were joined in marriage, Aug. 8th, 1839.
Edward C. Hull and Clarissa Nettleton were joined in mar- riage, Oct. 9th, 1839.
Alonzo C. Clarke, of Haddam, and Freelove M. Scranton were joined in marriage, Nov. 28th, 1839.
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TOWN RECORDS.
Augustus Seward and Alpha M. Bailey were joined in mar- riage, Feb. 27th, 1840.
Ezra G. Johnson and Frances E. Andrews were joined in mar- riage, Apr. 19th, 1840.
William A. Parmalee and Mary J. Camp were joined in mar- riage, Aug. 13th, 1840.
Charles P. Chedsy and Sarah Squires were joined in marriage, June 2d, 1840.
John M. Auliffe and Matilda Robinson were joined in mar- riage, Aug. 16th, 1840.
Smith Samuel Baldwin, of Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, and Mary Fairchild, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 17th, 1839.
William E. Graham and Eunice Scranton were joined in mar- riage, Oct. 11th, 1840.
James N. Phelps, of Wallingford, and Lavinia Meeker, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Dec. 27th, 1840.
Abel Sanford, of Middletown, and Phebe Hull, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Dec. 29th, 1840.
Joseph S. Morse, of Durham, and Mary O. Nettleton, of Kil- lingworth, were joined in marriage, May 4th, 1841.
Samuel G. Stevens and Elizabeth Parmalee were joined in marriage. June 23d, 1841.
Joel Austin and Esther Parmalee were joined in marriage, May 12th, 1840.
Phinehas Nettleton, of Killingworth, and Lorinda Burr, of Haddam, were joined in marriage, Nov. 15th, 1840.
Henry D. Fowler, of Middletown, and Cynthia Curtiss, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Nov, 19th, 1840. '
James Minor and Elizabeth Leete were joined in marriage, Sept. 1st, 1841.
Charles G. Arnold and Betsey M. Smith were joined in mar- riage, Sept. 19th, 1841.
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Daniel B. Coe and Cynthia Robinson were joined in marriage, Sept. 1st, 1841.
Ichabod Avery and Martha Pomeroy were joined in marriage, Aug. 13th, 1841.
John R. Baldwin of Menden, Illinois, and Mary Ann Coe, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Jan. 23d, 1842.
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Alexander Camp and Abigail W. Maynard, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Feb. 22d, 1842.
Moses B. Barns and Martha J. Galpin were joined in marriage, Feb. 1st, 1842.
Timothy J. Coc and Ann M. Hull were joined in marriage, Jan. 3d, 1842.
Henry E. Bailey and Martha J. Brooks were joined in mar- riage, March 27th, 1842.
Henry W. Smith, of Durham, and Harriet M. Wamsley were joined in marriage, April 25th, 1842.
Benj. H. Carrier and Mary A. Strong were joined in marriage, May 2d, 1842.
Arelno Thompson and Betsey Lynn were joined in marriage, Sept. 11th, 1842.
Elijah Loveland, of Middletown, and Sarah Strong, of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, June 19th, 1843.
Edward Canfield and Eliza Robinson were joined in marriage, Nov. 22d, 1842.
David B. Rosseter and Caroline M. Rosseter, of North Guil- ford, were joined in marriage, Nov. 22d, 1842.
Hezekiah Bartholomew and Sally Neal, of Wallingford, were joined in marriage, Nov. 22d, 1842.
Isaac W. Hickox and Elizabeth White were joined in mar- riage, June 6th, 1843.
William Stevens, of Berlin and Adeline Atkins, of Middle- town, were joined in marriage, Sept. 25th, 1843.
Thomas H. Clarke, of Haddam, and Betsey M. Parsons were joined in marriage, Oct. 3d, 1843.
Alpheus Beach, of Northford, and Mary Skinner, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 21st, 1843.
Charles Pritchard, of Waterbury, and Harriet E. Jones of New IIaven, were joined in marriage, Nov. 13th, 1843.
George H. Welton and Mary Nichols, both of Waterbury, were joined in marriage, Jan. 28th, 1844.
Leveret Marsden Leach and Lydia Maria Thayer, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, Feb. 7th, 1844.
Clement M. Parsons, of Durham, and Sarah IIill, of Haddam, were joined in marriage, Mar. 10th, 1844.
Jacob Johnson, 2d, of Middletown, and Harriet E. Smith, of Durham, were joined in marriage, June 19th, 1844.
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TOWN RECORDS.
Joseph H. Paddock, of Middletown, and Fanny M. Brainard, of Haddam, were joined in marriage, July 10th, 1844.
Noble Lewenronth, of Waterbury, and Louisa E. Davis, of Watertown, were joined in marriage, Oct. 15th, 1844.
Jerome Shelley and Jennette S. Ward were joined in mar- riage, Aug. 22d, 1844 ..
Jackson Mann, of Carlisle, Kentucky, and Lydia M. Elliott, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 6th, 1844.
Alonzo Brainard, of Haddam, and Diana Platt, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Dec. 15th, 1844.
Elisha Lines, of Waterbury, and Aun Carr, of Simsbury, were joined in marriage, Jan. 8th, 1845.
Lyman C. Robinson and Jane E. Canfield, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, Jan. 19th, 1845.
A. M. Griswold, of Killingworth, and Sophronia Fowler, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Jan. 23d, 1845.
Worthington Scranton and Lydia Bailey, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, March 10th, 1845.
Henry Riggs, of New Haven, and H. Amelia Hull, of Durham, were joined in marriage, March 9th, 1845.
John Leavitt, of New Haven and Sarah Skinner, of North- ford, were joined in marriage, Apr. 6th, 1840.
Hiram Miller, of Middlefield, and Catharine Shelley, of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Apr. 8th, 1845.
Justus I. Bailey and Eunice E. Lynn, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, May 4th, 1845.
John Jackson and Charlotte Angeline Field were joined in marriage, Aug. 31st, 1845.
James Wadsworth and Rosetta E. Robinson were joined in marriage, Sept. 8th, 1845.
Leonidas Maynard and Abigail Scranton were joined in mar- riage, Sept. 28th, 1845.
Nathan G. R. Southwick and Sarah Ann Nettleton were joined in marriage, Sept. 28th, 1845.
David N. Camp and Sarah A. Howd were joined in marriage, Nov. 25th, 1845.
Francis M. Fortes and Jane A. Camp were joined in marriage, Nov. 25th, 1845.
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Henry L. Miller and Mariah Miller were joined in marriage, Nov. 30th, 1845.
Nathan H. Parsons and Maria W. Sturtevant, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, May 14th, 1846.
Eli Hubbard and Georgiana Leach were joined in marriage, May 20th, 1846.
Timothy Smith and Harriet Ransom, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, Aug. 17th, 1846.
Mr. James S. Ely, of Meriden, and Miss Amelia S. Harrison were joined in marriage, Aug. 30th, 1846.
Mr. Franklin S. Smith, of Middletown, to Miss Lucy A. Thompson, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Sept. 27th, 1846.
Mr. George S. Morse, of North Haven, and Miss Clarissa Lynn, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Sept. 27th, 1846.
Mr. Stephen Bailey, of Durham, to Miss Nancy Merriman, of Wallingford, were joined in marriage, Oet. 25th, 1846.
Mr. Leander R. Parsons and Frances A. Camp, both of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Nov. 26th, 1846.
William R. Reynolds and Miss Martha N. Chamberlain, were joined in marriage, Nov. 26th, 1846.
Mr. Alanson Brainard, of Durham, and Miss Ellen Cook, of Northford, were joined in marriage, Aug. Sth, 1847.
Mr. Timothy Dwight Camp to Miss Mary Page, both of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Mr. Enoch F. Camp and Miss Mary A. Coe, both of Durham, were married, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Mr. Jerome Shelley and Miss Betsey Ann Thomas, both of Durham, were joined in marriage, Jan. 9th, 1848.
Joseph Adams, Esq., of Cleaveland, Ohio, and Louisa Clarke, of Middletown, were joined in marriage, Oct. 17th, 1847.
Andrew Hull and Ann Parsons, both of Durham, were mar- ried, June 5th, 1848.
Lester Cornwall, of Meriden, and Sarah M. Brainard, of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 6th, 1846.
Wm. S. Post and Catharine Elizabeth Howd, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Aug. 1st, 1848.
Samuel S. Spencer, of Middletown, and Mary A. Jackson, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 1st, 1848.
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Horace Wooding, of Hamden, Conn., and Catharine Bailey, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Oct. 1st, 1848.
Stephen D. Lane and Sarah A. Potter were joined in marriage, Dec. 4th, 1848.
Martin M. Chalker and Frances A. Richmond were joined in marriage, July 9th, 1849; also, at the same time, Walter J. Chalker to Hannah Jane Robinson.
Richard H. Hotchkiss and Ann Nettleton were joined in mar- riage, Aug. 17th, 1823.
F. P. Chaffee, of Middletown, and Ellen A. Hull, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Sept. 15th, 1851.
Henry Ward, of Middletown, and Maria A. Newton, of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, May 13th, 1852.
Lucius M. Knowles, of Durham, and Elisabeth R. Shelley, of Madison, were joined in marriage, June 13th, 1852.
Levi Fowler and Mary L. Munson, both of Northford, were joined in marriage, Oct. 11th, 1852.
Edwin Gatzmer, of Philadelphia, Penn., and Mary Jane Fow- ler, of Durham, were joined in marriage, Sept. 1st, 1853.
Joseph P. Camp, Jr., and Caroline E. Robinson, both of Dur- ham, were joined in marriage, June 28th, 1854.
Henry E. Bemus and Hannah Sulivan were joined in marriage, Sept. 28th, 1860.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, - DURHAM, May 25th, 1866. 5
I hereby Certify, that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Town Records, as recorded in this Office; and I hereby Certify, that the foregoing Proprietors' Records are a true Copy of the original.
Attest,
WILLIAM WADSWORTH.
Town Clerk.
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Town Clerk .- 1865 .- William Wadsworth.
Select Men .- 1865 .- L. M. Leach, George Atwell, Gaylord Newton.
Justices of the Peace .- 1866 .- William Wadsworth, Israel C. Newton, Wm. H. Walkley, Henry Tucker, Elias B. Meigs, Henry S. Merwin, Wm. A. Hart. ₹
Electors Admitted .- March 26th, 1866 .- Timothy E. Hawley, John W. Johnson, Howard A. Camp, Henry H. Church, George D. Seward, Frederick Wimlar, Frederick J. Hart, Wm. T. D. Coe, Charles M. Camp, John D. Hart, Philipp Reinhardt.
Electors Admitted .- March 28th, 1866 .- Daniel W. Priest, Robert M. Murdock, Silas W. Fowler, Eckford J. Morse, Fred- erick H. Parker, Lucius H. Foot.
Representatives .- 1866 .- William Wadsworth, Oscar Leach.
NOTE AND CORRECTION.
There being an error in the average age at death, in Durham, as published in the Sanitary Article, p. 226, the following table has been prepared to correct that error and to show, at a glance, the healthfulness of Durham, as compared with the State at large, according to the registration returns for ten years,-and with Massachusetts and Rhode Island, those being the only ad- joining States that have registration laws; and with the United States, according to the two last census returns.
Durham. Conn. Mass. R. Island. U. States.
Death to Population,
1 to 59
1 to 52
1 to 55
1 to 45
Average age at Death,
46
31.40
30
29.40
22.7
Do. do. Males, 43
30.19
29
28.13
22.85
Do. do. Females, 49
32.63
31
30.43 22.55
Consumption, per cent.,
8 15.67
16.7
13
14
Zymotic Disease, do.,
17호 30
29
293
32
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APPENDIX A.
APPENDIX A.
EXTRACTS FROM THE PROPRIETORS' RECORDS.
"At a Town meeting at Durham, ye 14th,# 1707, then voated and granted by ye Town of Durham to Joseph Seaward, Caleb Seaward, John Sutliff, Hez. Talcot, Lieut. Parsons, and such others as shall be by. them admitted to joyn them, the streame that runs from the eastern ledges or rocks in Durham bounds, one branch turning southward of ledges, down toward Samerica ledges; the other branch turning northward along on the west- ward side of the rock or ledges eastward of the Town of Dur- ham, toward the old road from Guilford to Middletown: yt is to say : ye town granted by voates to the assigned men them yr heirs or asigns the sd streame with ye land and places fiting for daming to stay the water of sd brook, and also what land shall be necessary for to set down or place a saw-mill, and roome sufesient to bring to sd mill, and lay loggs and timbers with sofccient liberty to cary off timber to advantage, all ye afore sd grant, or grants, to ye afore sd men, their heirs or assignes, to build a saw-mill upon the sd streame at such place as shall by ye sd grantees be judged to be the most sutable, convenient and advantageous to the fore-mentioned grantees yr acomplices, or their successors, so long as the sd grantees shall uphold and maintayn the sd saw-mill, and provided sd grantees build sd saw-mill by ye last of March, in 1709; notwithstanding at such time as a corn-mill be built on sd brook, the sd mills shall not prejudice each other; but what charge sd saw-mill shall be out in daming for advantage of corn-mill, sd corn-mill owner o1 owners allow reasonable consideration or satisfaction for sd dam- ing and ponding."
Feb. 26, 1708, the Town granted the use of the same stream to David Robinson to build a corn-mill, with the provision that if he or his successors should fail to continue the mill, "then *Month wanting.
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the said stream or brook is to return to the Town to be by them disposed as they see cause."
The above extracts are in hand-writing of CALEB SEAWARD, Town Clerk.
At an earlier period the Town granted the use of Allyn's Brook to Thomas Stanley and John Sutlief for a corn-mill, undoubtedly, with similar reservation. This is recognized as having been made book 4, page 64 of the Town Records, though the original entry in the Proprietors' book must have been on the missing leaves.
The extracts which follow are in the hand writing of JAMES WADSWORTH, Town Clerk.
"At ye same Town meeting, March 28, 1710, the Comete (Samuel Fairchild, Joseph Gaylord, and William Seward,) cho- sen by ye Town at a meeting, August 23rd, 1709, to lay out a High-way across ye swamp or meadow (westward of Joseph Hickox', see page 24), made theire returne to the Town, as fol- loweth, viz. : Yt upon Octobr 26, 1709, the said Comete, acording to ye power given them by ye Town as above is men- tioned, did begin to lay out sd High-way at a certaine white oke tree, mentioned in ye Town's instructions, to them given, and from sd tree, they measured two rods northward, and two rods southward, laying on heapse of Stone at ye end of each of sd measures ; between which heapse of Stone is the Breadth of ye High-way, which is foure rods, and from sd white oake Tree ye sd Comete provided and layed out ye said High-way a cross ye swamp or meadow, extending it a mile in Lengh from ye sd Tree, and in severall places they marked out the breadth of sd Highway. They allso set out ye breath of ye sd High-way at ye end of ye sd mile, at ye north side, (or end) of it thay marked a beach staddle : and at the south side or Corner thereof they maked, a Maple Tree; and between ye sd beach, and Maple there is ye breadth of the High-way, namely, foure rods; allso ye said Comete informed ye Town in theire returne yt the poynt that they run in laying out ye sd High-way was from sd white oak Tree, where they began, was half a poynt by ye Compass
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to ye South ward of ye west; which returne of ye sd Comete of sd Town at sd meeting, by voate, was accepted, and ordered it to be Recorded, which is accordingly done, as by the Town was ordered." (This is the road south of Phinehas Meiggs' House, see page 24th.)
"At the same Town meeting, viz., October 8th, 1714, the Town by voate, did then grant to Nath'll Sutlief, Caleb Seaward, Joseph Seaward, and Sam'll Seaward, John Seaward, and such others as they shall admit to joyne with them, of the Town of Durham, them, and their sucksessors, to build and uphold a sawmill and dam suitable for a sawmill on the west branch of Coginchauge River, at the falls of sd brook, eastwardly or northeastwardly of Fowler's and Johnson's farms upon sd Branch or Brook, pro- vided it be no reale prejudice to any particular person."
This mill was erected on private property, which had previously been allotted by the Town, so that there is no provision for the land on which it was erected, to revert to the Town.
" Dec. 2d, 1728, Ezra Baldwin, praying libertie to set up and continue a smith's shop neare Allyn's brook, in the High-way. The Town, by theire major vote, made choyse of Captain Henry Crane and David Baldwin to view the place, and if sd persons shall think it convenient they shall lay out a place for sd shop, and then sd Baldwin may build and continue a shop at such place, but when sd Baldwin shall faile maintaining sd shop, the land shall return to the Town againe."
"At the same meeting, viz., February 11th, 1728-9, the Town, by theire major vote, upon the petition of Ebenezer Gurnsey, gave libertie to sd Gurnsey to build and continue a Tan house, and other conveniences to carry on the Tanners' trade, in the High-way, up on or neare the branch of Allyn's brook, in the greate street west of the place allowed to Ezra Baldwin to set his shops on, and sd Gurnsey is allowed a piece of Land for that service of sixte foot in length and thirte foot in breadth, and no more; and the present select men, at the charge of sd Gurnsey,
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are to bound out sd piece of land; always provided, that if it so happen that the Tanner's trade be not managed and carryed on at said place, then the said piece of Land shall be layed open, and the building and works set, or to be set there-upon, shall be removed, and sd Land be at the free dispose of the Town, as formerly."
Durham is bounded on the west by a mountain ridge of a trap formation which underlies the west portion of the Town. The eastern range of hills dividing Durham from Haddam is a granitie formation, as are Pisgah and Park's ledges. The Town plat, and the north-eastern part of the township are underlaid by a red sand-stone formation, some of it of an excellent quality for architectural purposes. A large part of the monuments in the old burial ground is of this material. The hewn stone in the south building of Yale College was carted from a quarry in Durham. Eli Whitney, Esq., at the first establishment of his celebrated Gun Manufactory in New Haven, obtained the mate- rial for his grind stones from the red sand stone formation in Durham. The supply of the material is inexhaustible. All that is necessary in order to its furnishing a revenue to the town are railroad facilities.
The old burying ground was bounded north by the parson- age lot. Encroachments have been made upon these grants, so that the two grants were separated by what is now claimed or occupied as private property, to the injury of the rights of the Town.
APPENDIX B.
DWIGHT'S TRAVELS, PAGE 216, VOL. I.
" Durham is situated on a handsome elevation, bounded on the east by a considerable range of hills, with a large valley com- posed of meadows and pastures on the west, and limited at the distance of four or five miles by mountains belonging to the
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Middletown range. This township has been distinguished many years for a very fine breed of cattle. Two oxen presented by some of the inhabitants to General Washington, furnished a dinner for all the officers of the American army at Valley Forge, and all their servants. These oxen were driven almost five hundred miles, through a country nearly exhausted of its forage; yet one of them, a steer, five years old, weighed two thousand two hundred and seventy pounds."
APPENDIX C.
THE AQUEDUCT COMPANY.
In the year 1798, February 22d, the Aqueduct Company was formed, consisting of nineteen members, who subscribed $460. BENJAMIN PICKET was appointed president, ELNATHAN CAMP, secretary, GUERNSEY BATES, treasurer. A judicious constitu- tion was formed. In October 1798 the Company was incorpo- rated by an act of the Legislature. The water was brought in logs from a spring of pure soft water north of the limits of Durham, in the Town of Middletown, The last meeting of the Company was on April 20, 1810. The last officers of the Com- pany were, Capt. JOHN JOHNSON, president, DENNIS CAMP, clerk, Col. SETH SEWARD, treasurer.
In the year 1830, on the 10th of September, a new Company was formed, consisting of twenty members. In May 1831 the Company was incorporated. MANOAH CAMP was chosen presi- dent; JOHN J. WALKLEY, treasurer ; PHINEHAS PARMELEE, secretary. The water is brought from the same spring, denomi- nated Cold Spring, in lead pipes, along Wood Street, and is a great convenience. The present officers are, PARSONS COE, pre- sident ; W. A. PARMELEE, secretary and treasurer; PARSONS COE, H. W. FOWLER, J. N. DEMING, directors.
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APPENDIX D.
On page 343 the marriage of " Jeremiah Leaming and Abigail Turner, July 4th, 1716, by Thomas Ward, Justice," is men- tioned, and on page 255 the baptism of their son Jeremy Leaming, by Rev. Mr. Chauncey, with the baptisms of other children, is re- corded.
JEREMIAH LEAMING, baptized as above stated, May 12th, 1716, graduated at Yale College, 1745. Studied theology, and very soon embraced Episcopacy, at the suggestion of Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, and soon after began as lay reader at Nor- walk, 1746, and soon after removed to Newport, Rhode Island, when the Episcopalians of that place, at their own expense, sent him to England that he might receive ordination at the hand of a Bishop, that he might officiate as catechist and assistant clergy- man for them. He returned in September 1747, and produced certificates from the Bishop of London that he had been duly ad- mitted to Holy Orders, both as priest and deacon, and also a letter from Dr. Bearcroft, Secretary of the venerable Society for the Propagation of Religious Knowledge in Foreign Parts, signify- ing the approval of Mr. Leaming as teacher, and an assistant to the Rev. Mr. Honeyman at Newport, and they being satisfied with his vouchers, he entered immediately on the duties of his office.
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