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CHAPTER LXIX.
STAMFORD ( Continued) .- THE SOLDIERY OF STAMFORD-THE HEROES OF FOUR WARS.
The French and Indiau Wars-List of Soldiers-Stamford in the Revo- lution-List of Revolutionary Soldiers-List of Stamford Loyalists- War of 1812-List of Volunteers. 701
CHAPTER LXX,
STAMFORD ( Continued).
The Indians-Early Rules and Regulations-Freeholders of 1701-Stam- ford in 1700-Stamford in 1800-Troubles of the Settlers under the New Haveu Jurisdiction -The Greenwich Troubles-Ecclesiastical Troubles-The First Heretical Outbreak-The Enraged Quakers .. 707
CHAPTER LXXI.
STAMFORD ( Continued).
The Stamford Advocate-The Stamford Herald-Stamford Borough- Stamford National Bank-The First National Bank-The Stamford Savings-Bank-Citizens' Savings-Bank-Woodland Cemetery-Fire De- partment-Yale Lock-Manufacturing Company-The H. W. Collender & Co. Billiard-Table Manufactory-St. John, Hoyt & Co .- E. L. Nicoll & Co .- Other Manufactories-Ship Canal-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad-New Canaan and Stamford Railroad-Union Lodge, F. and A. M .- Rittenhouse Chapter, No. 11, R. A. M .- Wash- ingtou Council, No. 6, Royal aud Select Masters-Physicians-Lawyers -Educational. 714
CHAPTER LXXII.
STAMFORD ( Continued).
Indian Name of Town-Representatives from 1641 to 1880-State Sena- tors-Selectmen from 1640 to 1879-Postmasters at Stamford-Probate District of Stamford-List of Judges to Present Time-Town Clerks from 1641 to 1881-Grand List, 1879-Population. 721
9
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER LXXIII. STAMFORD ( Continued).
First Church of Christ in Stamford-Long Ridge Congregational Church- Congregation of North Stamford-Saint John's Episcopal-St. Andrew's Chapel-Emmanuel Church, Shinoh-Baptist Churches-Methodist Episcopal Church-Methodist Episcopal Church, High Ridge-Long Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church-Bangall Chapel-Hamburg Ridge Chapel-Universalist Church, Long Ridge-Stamford Universalist Church-Catholic Church-First Presbyterian Church. 724
CHAPTER LXXIV. STRATFORD.
Geographical-Topographical-The Indians-The Indian Purchaso-Set- tlement of tho Town-Home-Lots and their Owners-Ecclesiastical Troubles-Detailed Account of tho Schisms which Resulted in the Settlement of Woodbury-View of Ancient Stratford. 750
CHAPTER LXXV.
STRATFORD ( Continued) .- THE REVOLUTION, ETC.
Gen. David Wooster-Stratford in 1781-Olden Time Accounts-Slavery -Old Fishing Place-Incident of 1812-Stratford Post-Office ..... 756
CHAPTER LXXVI.
STRATFORD ( Continued) .- WITCHCRAFT AND KNOCKINGS-RO- MANCE AND TRADITION.
Connecticut Witchcraft-Goodwife Bassct, of Stratford-Her Trial- Her Execution-The Stratford Knockings-The Stirling-Folsowie Mar- riage-The Blue Laws .. 759
CHAPTER LXXVII.
STRATFORD (Continued) .- CHURCHES, LODGES, SCHOOLS. The Congregational Church - Christ Church - Methodist Episcopal Church-Summerfield Church-Trinity Memorial Chapel-St. John's Lodge, No. 8, F. and A. M .- Oronoque Lodge, No. 90, I. O. of O. F .- The Stratford Academy-Present Condition of the Schools. 761
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
STRATFORD ( Continued) .- CIVIL AND MILITARY, ETC.
Original Name and Area-Representatives-Selectmen-Extracts from Records-Ear-Marks-Borough of West Stratford-Organization-First Officers-Officers from Organization to Present Time-Stratford of To- Day-Military. 768
CHAPTER LXXIX.
TRUMBULL.
Geographical-Topographical-List of Pioncers-Early Physicians-First Marriages-First Births-Schools-The Revolution-War of 1812- The Revolution of 1809-The Whipping-Post-Post-Offices-The Birth- place of Professor Benjamin Silliman. 772
CHAPTER LXXX.
TRUMBULL ( Continued) .- CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL IIISTORY.
Organization of Town-First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Select- men front 1797 to 1881-Representatives from 1798 to 1881-Ecclesias- tical History - Congregational Church - Trinity Church, Nichols' Farms-Grace Church, Long Hill-Methodist Episcopal Church, Nichols' Farms-Christ Church, Tashua-Military History ........ 776
CHAPTER LXXXI. WESTON.
Geographical-Topographical-Surface-Soll-The Pioneers - Congre- gational Church-Church Discipline-Military Academy-Civil His- tory-First Town-Meeting-Representatives from 1788 to 1880-Mill- tary Record. 805
CHAPTER LXXXII. WESTPORT.
Geographieal-The First Settlements in 1615-The Pioneers and their Locations-The First Grist-Mill-The First School in 1740-The Itevo- lutionary War-The Gallant Seventeen-Ilighways-Early Merchants -Taverns, etc .- The Whipping-Post-Early Regulations-Slaves, etc. -Early Customs-Physicians-Lawyers-Manufacturing - Commer- cial 811
CHAPTER LXXXIII. WESTPORT ( Continued) .- ECCLESIASTICAL.
Congregational Church, Green's Farms-Congregational, Saugatuck- Methodist Episcopal-Church of the Holy Trinity-Christ Church- Universalist Church 819
CHIAPTER LXXXIV. WESTPORT ( Continued).
The Press-The Saugatuck Journal-The Fairfield County Republican -The Westport Advertiser-The Westporter-The Westport and Sau- gatuck IIorse Railroad Company - Manufactures-Sloops-Temple Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 65-The T. A. B. Society-The First National Bank-The Westport Savings-Bank-Tho Fire Department-Ceme- 1
teries-Civil History-Incorporation of Westport-First Town-Meet- ing-Selectmen from Organization to 1881-Representatives from 1836 to 1881-Probate Judges from 1835 to 1881-Postmasters-Ilistorical Notes-Incident. 827
CHAPTER LXXXV. WILTON.
The First Settlement-Organization of the Parish-List of Early Set- tlers-Tho Revolutionary War-The British March through the Town -Firing of a Building-Secreting Valuables-List of Soldiers-Slavery -The Lease of a Slave-Ear-Marks-Price of Produce in 1777-The Silver-Mino-Statue of George III. . 843
CHAPTER LXXXVI. WILTON ( Continued).
Ecclesiastieal History-Congregational Church-St. Matthew's Church- Zion Hill Church-Other Churches 847
CHAPTER LXXXVII. WILTON ( Continued) .- MISCELLANEOUS.
Prominent Men-List of College Graduates-Postmasters-Burying- Grounds-The Ladies' Homo Missionary Association-Educational- The Wilton Academy-Wilton Division S. of T .- Civil History-Select- men from Organization to 1880-Representatives-Military Record- List of Soldiers .. 853
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
BETHEL.
Descriptive-Early Days-" Milking-Yard" - Manufactures - Miseella- neous-Ecclesiastical History S64
SUPPLEMENT S7
10
CONTENTS.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
PAGE
Roger Ludlow.
11
P. H. Skidmore
154
Samuel B. Sherwood.
11
Julius W. Knowlton.
155
Eliphalet Swift
11
David M. Read.
156
Thomas Burr Oshorne
11
Isaac Burrouglis.
157
Henry Dutton
12
Win. R. Higby
157
Isaac Toucey.
12
Frederick A. Bartram
158
Thomas B. Butler.
12
Asahel L. Lyon
158
Nelson L. White.
12
James W. Beardsley
159
Josiah M. Carter
I2
Stephen H. Nichols
159
Gideon Tomlinson
12
Henry Jones.
160
David Hill.
13
F. W. Parrott
161 162
Abram Baldwin.
13
Sherwood Sterling.
Roger M. Sherman.
13
Nathaniel Hewit
163
Taylor Sherman
13
Ezra Curtis.
164
Asa Chapman.
13
Charles B. Hotchkiss.
164
Charles Chapman
14
Jacoh Kiefer.
165
Reuben Booth
14
Samuel C. Kingman.
165
Epaphras W. Bull
I4
Thomas T. Waterman
166
Moses Hatch ..
I4
James D. Frary
168
Elisha Whittlesey
14
Russell Tomlinson.
between 168, 169
Matthew B. Whittlesey.
14
John Brooks.
168, 169
Lyman D. Brewster
14
David B. Lockwood.
168, 169
Daniel B. Booth
15
Anos L. Williams.
176
Cyrus H. Beardsley
15
Ezra W. Wildman
176
Sidney P. Beardsley.
15
Johu W. Bacon
261
Orris S. Ferry
15
Charles Hull
262
Dwight Morris
15
Roger Averill.
264
James C. Loomis.
15
Edward Smith Davis.
264 265
J. F. Foot.
17
James W. Nichols.
266
John Davenport
17
Charles Brown.
273
Joel T. Benedict.
17
Oliver H. Perry.
359 360
Simeon H. Minor.
17
Samuel A. Nichols.
361
Frederick Scofield
18
William W. Wakeman
361
Joseph Wood.
Henry J. Beers
362
Benjamin T. Shelton.
18
Jesup B. Wakeman.
363 363
Charles Hawley
18
Edwin and Cyrus Sherwood.
Alfred A. Holly
19
Lyman Hull
John Bissel.
19
Ephraim Burr.
Truman Smith
19
Bradley H. Nichols.
Joshua B. Ferris.
19
Thomas A. Mead
William T. Minor.
20
Alvan Mead
Henry A. Mitchell
20
Lyman Mead.
398
James H. Olmstead
20
Solomon Mead
399
Francis M. Hawley
20
Conklin Husted
399 400
Calvin G. Child ..
21
James Husted.
400
Samuel Fessendeu.
21
James Husted, Jr.
400
George A. Davenport
21
William A. Husted.
401
Isaac M. Sturges.
21
Benjamin W. Husted
401 402
Rufus Blakeman, M.D
29
Odle C. Knapp.
403 403
Stephen Middlebrook, M.D.
39
Josiah Wilcox.
404
David II. Nash, M.D.
39 John G. Reynolds.
404
Ambrose Beardsley, M.D.
40
William T. Reynolds
405 406
Ezra P. Bennett, M.D
41
John R. Grigg
406
P. T. Barnum.
139
John Dayton
407 407
Alfred B. Beers.
142
Israel Peck
Daniel W. Kissam
143
David Banks.
408 408
Daniel N. Morgan
143
Nathan Finch
Sherman Hartwell
144
Shelton Family
417 419
I. De Ver Warner.
145
James B. Brinsmade.
419
Charles K. Averill.
147
D. W. Plumb
420
Isaac Sherman ..
147 William Wilkinson
421
R. B. Lacey
150 Royal M. Bassett
422
John L. Wessels
153 Edmund Leavenworth
423
A. A. Pettengill.
153 Henry Glover.
424
1
Elijah Middlebrook, M.D
39
William Brush
Wm. H. Nohle
62
Geo. A. Palmer.
Julius B. Curtis.
20
Benjamin Husted.
364 365 365 396 398
Amos S. Treat.
16
Jolın F. Beard.
James Stevens
17
Thomas B. Sturges
18
William F. Taylor. facing 22
Hanford Lockwood.
Jarratt Morford
I46
Nelson H. Downs.
11
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Thomas Punderson
424
John O. Northrop ..
090
John I. Howe.
426
Albert Barnes. 690
Charles Hubbell
between 426, 427
Theo. C. Rogers €91
F. G. and M. B. Perry
426, 427
Charles B. Wheeler.
William II. Dibble.
733
F. W. Wheeler.
Benjamin L. Waite
744
E. M. Beardsley, M.D.
435
James C. Johnson.
436
Samuel St. John.
446
Timothy Reynolds.
743
Selleck Y. St. John
447
Nathaniel E. Adams
743
Caleb S. Benedict.
449
John Clason
74.1
Ebenezer J. Richards
450
William W. Scofield.
744
William E. Raymond.
450
Seth S. Cook.
745
Russell L. Hall
451
David Waterbury.
746
Stephen Hoyt ..
451
Richmond Fox.
747
Aaron Jelliff, Jr.
452
William H. Trowbridge, M.D.
747
Samuel Comstock
453
Channecy Ayres, M.D.
748
Francis E. Chichester
453
Charles C. Lock wood 749
B. B. Kellogg.
457
Theodore J. Daskam
745
Alexander B. Brush
457 458
Eben Fairchild
796
H. H. Wildman
458
Reuben Fairchild.
797
Henry Sanford
475
Le Grand G. Beers
797
Julius Sanford
47G
Miles Beardsley 798
Frederick Sanford
477
Elliot M. Beardsley
798
Josiah Sanford.
478
David S. Edwards. 798
Genealogy of the Sanfords
478
John E. Summers
793
D. C. Gately
481
Andrew Tait
800
Lemuel F. Camp ...
481
William Tait.
801
Wm. Platt.
482
George Dyer, M.D.
801
Clark Bissell 55G
Frederick S. Sterling ..
801
Dudley P. Ely 567
The Brinsmade Family.
802
Edward P. Weed. 568
Charles Beach
802
James W. Hyatt
568
Plumb B. Gregory
803
Asa Hill
569
J. H. Williams
803
.Jacob Lockwood.
570
Chas. Isaacs.
571
Jolın C. Mallett
804
Thomas Benedict
571
Theodore A. Mallett
804
Joseph W. Hubbell
572
Anson Richards
573
Samuel Seelcy.
804, 805
Aaron Sherwood.
805
Thos. Sanford
623
G. W. Bradley
facing
806
Lemuel Sanford
624 G24
D. D. Coley
810
Jonathan R. Sauford
625
Richard H. Winslow
835
John W. Sanford
625
Morris Ketchum
83G
Jesse L. Sanford
62G
Daniel Nash
839
Wm. H. Hill
62G
George B. Bonton, M.D
810
Walker Bates.
626
Cortes Merchant
627
Burr Jennings 841
842
T. M. Abbott.
628
Eli Couch
842
Naslı Couch.
628
Sturges Bennett
862
H. B. Rumsey
629
Lewis and Elbert Olmsted
S63
Moses H. Wakeman, M.D.
629 John B. Sturges.
863
Wm. Burr Hill
630 Samuel Keeler 863
Daniel C. Ryder.
630
William H. Taylor 864
Ebenezer F. Foster
630 Willis Judd. $74
Samuel S. St. John.
682
George M. Cole .. 874
D. H. Valden
683
Thaddens Betts
875
Wni. W. Beers
G83
Elbert E. Edwards
804
Albert S. Coan
between 804, 805 =
David M. Fillow
573
IIcnry A. Ogden
808
James Sanford.
The Fairchild Family
795
Enoclı Knapp
Alfred Hoyt.
741
Isaac Selleck
742
Isaac Quintard. 739
434 435
PAGE
Edward Merchant.
628
Francis Bulkley
John W. Taylor 841
12
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Portrait of Charles Brown ......
facing
273
FAIRFIELD.
Portrait of John Gould facing 317
Residence of John Gould.
318
Mrs. Wm. W. Wakeman .. 342
Portrait of Oliver H. Perry.
359
Thomas B. Sturges. = 360
Samuel A. Nichols
361
Residence of H. J. Beers
362
Portrait of H. J. Beers ..
between 362, 363
William W. Wakeman 362, 363
Edwin Sherwood
.facing 363
Jesup B. Wakeman. 363
Residence of Cyrus Sherwood.
facing 364
Portrait of Ephraim Burr ..
.between 364, 365
Bradley H. Nichols
.facing 365
GREENWICH.
Residence of Samuel Adams. .between 368, 369
William A. Husted
facing 372
Solomon Mead .between 376, 377
¥
(Street View)
376, 377
Hanford Lockwood.
380, 381
Portrait of Silas D. Mead
facing 384
Residence of Lyman Mead.
.between 388, 389
Portrait of Thomas A. Mead
.facing 396
Alvan Mead.
397
S. Hartwell
144
I. De Ver Warner.
145
Jarratt Morford
146
C. K. Averill
147
Isaac Shermau
148
R. B. Lacey
150
John L. Wessels
152
A. A. Pettengill
153
P. H. Skidmore.
154
J. W. Knowlton
155
David M. Read
between 156, 157
W. R. Highy
156, 157
facing Isaac Burroughs 157
F. A. Bartram. 158
= A. L. Lyon. between 158, 159
Residence of James W. Beardsley facing 159
Portrait of Stephen Nichols
159
Ileury Jones facing 160
F. W. Parrott.
161
Sherwood Sterling
162
Nathaniel Hewit
163
Ezra Curtis between 164, 165
Charles B. Hotchkiss
164, 165
S. C. Kingman
164, 165
Jacob Kiefer
164, 165
Thomas T. Waterman facing 166
James D. Frary.
168
Russell Tomlinson .between 168, 169
לל
John Brooks
168, 169
David B. Lockwood
168, 169
BROOKFIELD.
Portrait of A. L. Williams facing 175
Ezra W. Wildman
176
DANBURY.
House where Gen. Wooster died 184
Portrait of John W. Bacon. facing 261
Charles Hull.
262
Roger Averill between 264, 265
E. S. Davis
264, 265
John F. Beard
facing 265
James W. Nichols 266
DARIEN.
Outline Map of Fairfield County facing 9
Portrait of Sidney P. Beardsley.
15
James C. Loomis.
16
Amos S. Treat
Joshua B. Ferris,
19
Julius B. Curtis.
20
George A. Davenport between 20, 21
I. M. Sturges ..
20,21
William F. Taylor
facing 22
Rufus Blakeman, M.D
29
David H. Nash, M.D.
39
Ambrose Beardsley, M.D.
40
Ezra P. Bennett, M.D. 41
BRIDGEPORT.
Map of Bridgeport in 1824. facing
94
Portrait of N. Wheeler. 100
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company. 101
Portrait of W. H. Perry. 102
Soldiers' Monument, Bridgeport 104
View of Seaside Park, Bridgeport, from Pier.
105
Residence of I. De Ver Warner
108
Views in Beardsley Park
between 126, 127
Residence of Mrs. George Sanford
facing 128
Portrait of P. T. Barnum.
139
Alfred B. Beer's
142
D. W. Kissam.
facing
142
D. N. Morgan
143
Lymau Mead
between 398, 399
Solomon Mead.
398, 399
Benjamin Husted
400, 401
James Husted, Jr. 400, 401
facing 401
Wm. A. Husted
401
Hanford Lock wood ..
between 402, 403
O. C. Knapp.
402, 403
Josiah Wilcox
.facing 403
Wm. Brush 404
between 404, 405
Wm. T. Reynolds,
404, 405
John R. Grigg.
406, 407
George A. Palmer
406, 407
Israel Peck
406, 407
Jolin Dayton
406, 407
Nathan Finch
408, 409
David Banks.
408, 409
HUNTINGTON.
Portrait of G. A. Shelton, M.D .between 416, 417
E. N. Shelton.
416, 417
David Shelton .facing 418
N. H. Downs
419
D. W. Plumb
420
William Wilkinson
421
Royal M. Bassett.
422
= Edmund Leavenworth
423
Henry Glover
424
Thomas Pundersou
425
John 1. Howe.
426
Charles Hubbell .between 426, 427
Portraits of F. G. and M. B. Perry
426, 427
MONROE.
Portrait of Charles B. Wheeler facing 434
E. M. Beardsley
435
66 F. W. Wheeler. 435
James C. Johnson .. facing 436
NEW CANAAN.
Portrait of Samuel St. John ..
facing 446
S. Y. St. John.
447
-
Benjamin W. Husted.
=
Jolın G. Reynolds
398
Conklin Ilusted
105
18
PAGE
13
CONTENTS.
PACK
Portrait of Caleb S. Benedict. .facing 449
E. J. Richards .betwoen 450, 451
William E. Raymond.
450, 451
Russell L. Hall
450, 45I
Stephon Hoyt.
450, 451
Aaron Jelliff, Jr. facing 452
Samuel Comstock .botween 452, 453
Francis E. Chicbestor. 452, 453
NEW FAIRFIELD.
Portrait of B. B. Kellogg. facing 457
H. H. Wildman. 458
A. B. Bruslı
betwoen 458, 459
Enoch Knapp.
458, 459
NEWTOWN.
Residence of Wm. Platt facing 459
New York Belting and Packing Co.'s Works. 471 =
Portrait of H. Sanford. 475
66 Julius Sanford
476
Fredorick and Josialı Sanford. facing 478
478
Portrait of D. C. Gately
480
Lemuel F. Camp .. 48]
NORWALK.
Portrait of Clark Bissell facing 556
Dudley P. Ely 567
Edward P. Weed. between 568, 569
James W. Hyatt. 568, 569
Asa Hill.
facing 569
Jacob Lockwood.
570
Chas. Isaacs.
571
Thos. Benedict. between 572, 573
Joseph W. Hubbell.
572, 573
Anson Richards
572, 573
David M. Fillow
572, 573
REDDING.
Portrait of Thos. Sanford. .facing 623
Lemuel Sanford. .between 624, 625
James and Stephon Sanford. 624, 625
Jonathan R. Sanford. 624, 625
J. W. Sanford 624, 625
¥ Jesse L. Sauford .facing 625
William H. Hill
Walker Bates
between 626, 627
Cortes Merchant.
626, 627
Edward Merchant.
.facing 628
T. M. Abbott .between 628, 629
Nash Couch
628, 629
H. B. Rumsey
628,629
M. H. Wakeman, M.D.
628, 629
William B. Hill .. facing 630
D. C. Ryder .. .betweon 630, 631
Ebenezer F. Foster.
630,631
RIDGEFIELD.
Residence of D. H. Valden facing 664
Phincas C. Lounsbury. 66
678
Portrait of Samuel S. St. John 682
D. H. Valden. between 682, 683
W. W. Beers " 682, 683
SHERMAN.
Portrait of John O. Northop.
facing 690
Albert Barnes.
69I
Theodoro C. Rogers
691
STAMFORD.
Portrait of George Baker 716
Isaac Quintard. .facing 738
Wm. HI. Dibble 739
Benjamin L. Waite 740
Alfred Ifoyt
741
Portrait of Isaac Selleck farIng 742
Nathaniel E. Adams, between 742, 743
Timothy Reynolds. 742, 743
= Jobu Clason. 744, 745
= W. W. Scofield. 744, 745
= Seth S. Cook facing 745
David Waterbury 740%
Richmond Fox between 746, 747
W. If. Trowbridge, M.D 746, 717
Chauncey Ayres, M. D. 748, 749
= Charles C. Lock wood. 748, 740
T. J. Daskaın facing 749
STRATFORD.
Map of Ancient Stratford. facing 750
First Episcopal Church in Connecticut
703
TRUMBULL.
Residenco of Aaron Sherwood, facing 776
Joseph II. Williams 782
Old Home of Lewis Fairchild. 794
Portrait of Ebon Fairchild 795
46 Daniel Fairchild between 796, 797
P. N. Fairchild 796, 797
Le Grand G. Becrs facing 797
Elliot M. Beardsley 798
¥ Miles Beardsley between 798, 790
D. S. Edwards 798, 799
40 John E. Summers. facing 739
Andrew Tait. between 800, 801
William Tait.
800, 201
Frederick S. Sterling.
800,201
George Dyer, M.D
800, 801
Ali Brinsmado
802, 803
Charles Beach
802, 803
Plumb B. Gregory
facing 803
J. II. Williams 803
Elbert E. Edwards .facing 804
Residence of Elbert E. Edwards. between 804, 803
John C. Mallett (with portrait) 804, 805
66 T. A. Mallett (with portrait).
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Portrait of Albert S. Coan.
801, 8 5
Samucl Seeley
804, 505
WESTON.
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facing 80G
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WESTPORT.
Memorial Church of tho Holy Trinity facing 825
Residouce of Mr. J. L. Phipps ..
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Residence of tho late Morris Ketchum. 836
Portrait of Morris Kotchum .facing
$36
Views at " Hokanum".
.on pages 837, 838
Portrait of Daniel Nash
facing $39
Georgo B. Bouton, M.D. 840
¥ John W. Taylor. between 840, 841
Burr Jennings. $40, 841
Francis Bulkley
facing $42
WILTON.
Portrait of Sturges Bennett facing 862
Lewis Olmstead between $62, 863
Elbert Olmstead 802. 863
Samuel Keeler 862, 863
John B. Sturges. facing $63
66 William II. Taylor 8G4
BETHEL.
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George M. Cole ... $74, 875
SUPPLEMENT.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
CHAPTER I.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
FAIRFIELD County is located in the southwestern part of the State of Connecticut and is bounded as follows: On the north by Westchester Co., N. Y., and the counties of Litchfield and New Haven, in Connecticut ; on the east by Litchfield and New Haven Counties; on the south by Long Island Sound; and on the west by the counties of West- chester, Putnam, and Dutchess, in the State of New York. It is separated from New Haven County by the Housatonic River, which also separates it in part from Litchfield. The southern part is deeply in- dented by the waters of the Sound, which form some of the best harbors on the Connecticut coast. Oysters and clams of excellent quality are found in abun- dance along the coast.
The surface of the county along the Sound is level and very fertile. In the interior and northern parts it presents, chiefly, a bold outline of irregular hills and deep valleys. The soil is generally strong and fertile, and the county is one of the richest farming- districts in the State.
Fairfield County is not rich in minerals, for neither the useful nor the precious metals abound to any ex- tent,-at least, not in paying quantities. About fifty years ago iron-ore was found in the southwestern part of Reading, near Branchville, but after being worked a short time was abandoned. Coal was dug for about thirty years ago near Georgetown, and a silver-mine was worked in 1765 in the northern part of Wilton. Silica and feldspar quartz have been found in large quantities in the eastern part of Ridgefield and the western part of Reading, which are now being worked quite extensively.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
Fairfield County was organized at a Court of Elec- tion held at Hartford May 10, 1666, at which time John Winthrop was Governor of the colony.
The bounds of the county were described as fol- lows: "This court orders that from the cat bounds of Stratford to ye west bounds of Rye shalbe for future one county wch shalbe called the County of Fairfield, And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe held at Fairfield on the second Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday in November yearly.",
At the date of organization of the county it em- braced but five towns-viz., Fairfield, Stratford, Nor- walk, Stamford, and Greenwich. As the population increased other towns were formed, until at the present time there are twenty-three civil subdivisions, as fol- lows : Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Da- rien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Huntington, Mon- roc, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.
In 1701 "Cap" Nathan Gold was appointed Judge of the Countie Court and Conrt of Probates in the countie of Fairfield."
" Justices of the Peace and Quorum appointed for the Countic of Fairfield are : M' Richard Blackleech. M' John Wakeman, M' Mathew Sherwood, M' Peter Burre. Justiees of the Peace appointed for the Conn- tie of Fairfield are : Capt" James Olinsted, Capt" John Minor, Capt" James Judson, M' Sam" Hoyt, Mr Sam Peck, M' James Beebe."
CIVIL OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1792. JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT.
Hon. Joseph Platt Cook, Chief Judge ; Hon. John Chandler, Lemuel Sanford, Philip Burr Bradley, Hon. James Davenport; David Burr, Clerk.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Robert Fairchild, Daniel Judson, Robert Walker, Abijah MeEwen, Daniel Fairchild, Abraham Brins- made, Abjah Sterling, Deodare Silliman, Daniel Morse, Joseph Strong, Sammel Squire, Andrew Row- land, Ebenezer Jessup. George Burr, Thaddens Betts, Eliphalet Loekwood, Mathew Mead, Samuel C. Silli-
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HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
man, John Davenport, Jr., Charles Webb, Reuben Scofield, Amos Mead, Jabez Fitch, Samuel Wake- man, John McKay, Benjamin Mead, John Benedict, Daniel Corley, Eli Mygate, Daniel Taylor, Thaddeus Benedict, Danbury; Thomas Taylor, Nehemiah Beardsley, James Potter, Zacchæus Towner, Alexan- der Stewart, Jabez Bottsford, William Edmonds, Henry Peck, Stephen Betts, Thaddeus Benedict, Redding; Daniel Duncan, Timothy Ruggles, Elisha Mills, Daniel Bernet, Joseph Smith, John Sherwood, James Clark, Dudley Baldwin, Philip Nichols, David Burr, Daniel Towner, Jabez H. Tomlinson, Andrew Hill.
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