History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 82

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532

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Goshen furnished 147 men in the war, her quota being 122, which makes 25 men above her quota. Large as was this number, we cannot forbear on this occasion looking back to the Revolution, to inquire in which struggle did we play the most important part. There were, all told, 231,771 men in our Revo- lutionary army ; but in the Rebellion our army num- bered 2,688,523, eleven times as many. Connecticut furnished in the Revolution 31,939, which was one- seventh of the whole army, and Goshen furnished 1 man out of every 1485 in the whole army. In the Rebellion Connecticut furnished 55,775 men, or about one-forty-eighth of the whole army, and Goshen fur- nished one man in every 14,278. Our country was so much less populous in the time of the Revolution that our little town of 1098 inhabitants had to bear twelve times as large a share in filling up the army as fell to her during the war of the Rebellion. But let it be remembered that our present population is not 200 greater than during the Revolution; and while in the Revolution we sent 1 man for every 6 in-

habitants, we in the Rebellion sent 1 man for every 8} inhabitants. The term of service, too, in our late war was much longer.

But the most significant fact is the much greater loss of life in our late war. Of 162 men in the Revolution, but 2 are known to have been killed, and 15 died of sickness, which is about 10 per cent.

The sad record of our rebellion is almost three times as great, viz., tweuty-nine per cent. Alike those pa- triots of the past and those of our own time claim our deepest interest.

INCIDENTS.

Among the incidents of the past, the burning of the "Blue House," as it was called, which occurred in 1767, was the most startling. It was struck by light- ning, two young men in it were killed, the house caught fire from the lightning in three places, and burnt in spite of the pouring rain, almost burning those who were struck down as well as the dead.

The hail-storm of July 15, 1799, was the most severe ever known in Goshen. The hail-stones were the size of hens' eggs, destroying all crops, and covering the ground in the forests with small limbs cut off by the stones. The large crops of grass standing were cut to pieces, and wholly disappeared. One young man was almost killed; covered with blood and bruises, he at last found a shelter.

The census of 1840 cannot be found in Washington, but in 1850 the population was 1457, a loss of 277 in twenty years; in 1860 it was 1381, a loss in ten years of 76; and in 1870 it was 1224, a loss in ten years of 157.

It seems a matter of surprise that, while our early fathers kept a record of births, deaths, and marriages, their sons should have kept none, and that from about 1789 up to 1855, a period of sixty-six years of our greatest population, there remains no record, except for five years a partial record, from 1847 to 1852. It is a disappointment deeply felt now, but what will it be to those who will vainly search for that record in the centuries to come ? This long period, therefore, remains a blank, only relieved by a private record of deaths kept by Mr. Luther Beecher from 1803 to 1824, a period of twenty years. Nor can we thank him as we would to-day for his service; and it would be most unjust should I omit to mention that honored father, Lewis M. Norton, who passed away in 1860, for to him we owe very much of our knowledge of our past history.

Our records are perfect since 1855. Looking over . these twenty-one years, to 1876, there have been dur- ing that time 200 marriages, 612 births, and 384 deaths. The largest number of marriages was in 1856, when 23 couples were married. The largest number of births was two years after, in 1858, when there were 38 births; and two years later still gives the largest number of deaths, viz., 30.

The largest family in Goshen is thought to be that of

* Among the many natives of Goshen residing elsewhere who did good service in our late war, we may mention Albert Wadhams, Esq., who served in a Hartford regiment, and who has, unlike any others re- membered, returned to live in his native town.

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one of our first settlers, Mr. Simeon Humphrey, who had nineteen children. The family of Miles Norton numbered eighteen children. If we may venture to estimate our average population at 1295, it would be safe to say that during the one hundred and thirty- eight years since Goshen was settled there have not been less than 1242 marriages and 3726 births, while to our graveyards have been borne 2311 of the dead.

From the record, in the early part of this century it appears that Goshen people lived on an average thirty-eight years, but for the last twenty-one years the record seems to make the period of life in Goshen thirty-three years.

POST-ROUTES, RIDES, AND OFFICES.

We borrowed from our mother-country all our early improvements, and one of the greatest of them, the post-office, did not exist in England until the time of Cromwell, in 1656. Charles I. had, it is true, in 1635, established a " running-post" from London to Edin- burgh, to go that four hundred miles and back in six days. Not until 1784, when as a town we were thirty- six years old, was there a general post-office in England. And at this time William Penn had established regu- lar posts from Philadelphia throughi to Maryland, posting notices of time of starting upon the doors of churches. But twelve years before, in 1672, a mes- senger was started to carry letters between Boston and New York via Hartford; and he was required to make the round trip in one month. Doubtless it was through a wilderness much of the way, with no bridges across the rivers. New York was made a general letter office in 1711.

In 1754, Dr. Franklin was appointed in charge of the post-office in America. During the twenty-five years previous to this time, it had required six weeks to go and return between Philadelphia and Boston. Dr. Franklin reduced this time to three weeks. But at this time, 1763, it took seventeen days for the mail- coach to go from London to Edinburgh, and so late as 1812 it took the mail-coaches six days to run from Paris to Geneva, three hundred and ninety miles. In 1766, ten years before the Revolution, what were called "flying-machines" (swift wagons) were put upon the route between New York and Philadelphia, which ran the cighty-eight miles in the time, then astonishingly short, of two days. Just before the Revolution, in 1775, a postmaster-general was ap- pointed, but we do not know how many offices had then been established. Fourteen years after 1789, when we were first fairly organized as a nation, there were but seventy-five post-offices in all our country. There were a few in Connecticut, but more in Litch- field County.

In the Courant of 1764 we find letters advertised · for persons, more (women had seareely any letters in those days) for men, in Salisbury, New Hartford, and other towns in this county. Two years later, 1766, as we learn in Mr. Kilbourn's " History of Litchfick,"

" Mr. William Stanton was a post-rider between Hart- ford and Litchfield. It is supposed he did not go as often as once a week, nor do we know that he brought any letters for the Goshen fathers as far as Litchfield. We are left wholly in the dark as to how they obtained their mail from our post-office in Hartford. The first notice of any post-rider going through Goshen is in 1789, when Jehiel Saxton, a post-rider between New Haven and Lennox, passed through, as we hear, at 'stated intervals.'" But those intervals are not stated to us. But the next year, as Kilbourn tells ns, "one of these primitive letter-carriers commenced his long and lonely ride over the almost interminable succes- sion of hills between Litchfield court-house and New York, leaving each place once a fortnight. That was a proud day for Litchfield." But a prouder day was at hand, for a post-office was established in Litchfield March 20, 1793, and Benjamin Tallmadge appointed postmaster. Thus, after fifty-five years' existence as a town, our letters and papers were in 1793 deposited in Litchfield. The next year, 1794, we find, for the first time in our history, the way opened for Goshen people to receive once a week their mail. In the " Litchfield Monitor," March 28, 1794, Mr. Ebenczer Burr, of Norfolk, advertises himself as a " post-rider from Litchfield, through Goshen, Norfolk, and Canaan, to Salisbury, and solicits patronage as such ; but re- quests all who need his services as county surveyor to call upon Mondays and Tuesdays, as he shall be away the rest of the week." No doubt by the above, or similar accommodation, our town was favored until August, 1805, when the Goshen post-ofhee was estab- lished, and Erastus Lyman appointed the first post- master.

The office was established in Norfolk in 1804, but not in Torrington until April 1, 1813. The post- office was established in East Goshen Nov. 17, 1819, David L. Parmele postmaster, with a salary of seven dollars, afterwards reduced to five dollars. This post- office was discontinued Oct. 18, 1838.

The North Goshen post-office was established June 11, 1832, Putnam Bailcy postmaster; and it was discon- tinucd June 12, 1838.

The West Goshen post-office was established July 10, 1849, Frederick Miles postmaster.

The seventy-five post-offices in our country in 1789 had increased in 1794 to four hundred and fifty, and when Goshen first had an office, in 1805, the number had risen to fifteen hundred and fifty-eight.

We may assume that Mr. Burr, the Norfolk post- rider, began in 1794, and brought the mail weekly to those who employed him. But we next find that we had one of that primitive class of letter-carriers liv- ing here in the Centre, Ephraim Leach, or "Pony Leach," as he was called. He went weekly from Liteh- field to Canaan from before 1800 (as we suppose) to 1809, or later; when another post-rider, Benjamin Beach, brought the papers, and probably letters also, from Norfolk through North Goshen and Cornwall

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Hollow. But we have now reached the era of turn- pikes, although we find no evidence of any stage run- ning on these turnpikes until the winter of 1812-13; then, for the first time, a stage appears in Goshen, running weekly from New Haven to Albany. But we do not know that the mail was carried on this stage until 1816, when it was carried once a week. In 1817, and for two years after, it ran with mail twice a week, and in 1820 three times a week. In 1821 com- menced our daily stage and mail. This was in con- nection with a daily steamboat from New York to New Haven. And now Goshen found herself upon a great route of travel, with a four-horse stage running through daily, and sometimes extra stages put upon the route, loaded with passengers from New York City en route to Albany to attend the winter sessions of the Legislature there. A branch route was cs- tablished through East Goshen to Norfolk, connect- ing also with Albany there, with sometimes a four- horse stage upon it, and both lines using four- horse or two-horse stages as occasion required. These stages continued up to about 1840. During these years, much of the time, a stage ran weekly through to Hartford from Sharon. But all these stages were discontinued when the Housatonic Rail- road was completed to New Milford in 1839, and to West Cornwall in 1842, giving us almost always since a daily mail.

Pine-apple Cheese .- Lewis M. Norton, of Goshen, Conn., was the maker of the first pine-apple cheese made in this country. He commenced making them in 1809, having seen a portion of an imported one, and obtained a patent for the process the following year.

Continuing to make from his dairy alone until 1845, he then erected a cheese-factory, the first, it is believed, in America. This factory still stands, and here have been made usually from ten thousand to fifteen thousand cheeses in number annually, weigh- ing from five to six pounds each. While com- paratively few pine-apple cheeses are in this county, the number of cheese-factories erected in this country since 1845 for making common cheese is large, and the quantity of cheese manufactured in them is enor- mous.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

GOSHEN (Continued).

ECCLESIASTICAL, CIVIL, AND MILITARY.

The Congregational Church-The Episcopal Church-The Methodist Episcopal Church-Methodist Episcopal Church, North Goshen-The First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Extracts from Records-Rep- resentatives from 1700 to 1880-Military History-The Heroes of Three Wars-The French War-War of the Revolution-War of the Rebellion-Names of Soldiers-Interesting Statistics.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

THIS church was organized in November, 1740, and at the same time Rev. Stephen Heaton was ordained

pastor. The following is a list of pastors from the organization of the church to the present time: Stephen Heaton, 1740-53; Abel Newel, 1755-81; Josiah Sherman, 1783-89; Asahel Hooker, 1791- 1810; Joseph Harvey, 1810-25; Francis H. Case, 1826-28; Grant Powers, 1829-41; Lavalette Perrin, 1843-57; Joel F. Bingham, 1859-60; William T. Doubleday, 1864-71; Timothy A. Hazen, 1873, pres- ent pastor.

The present deacons are Marcus D. F. Smith, Ed- ward Norton, and Francis M. Wadhams.

The first church edifice was erected in 1744, and was used until 1770. The second was erected in 1720, and occupied until 1832, when it was succeeded by the present building. Before the erection of the first church building worship was held in a house which stood by the "old ash-tree." So says Rev. Grant Powers in his address. The church edifice was re- paired in 1874.

WEST GOSHEN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI.

This church was organized in the winter of 1797-98 with the following members: Asaph Wright and wife, Helmnot Kellogg and wife, Melzar Howe and wife, Sarah Ives (known as Aunt Sal), Pamelia Nor- ton, Clarinda Howe, Ida Landon, and Anna Carr. These joined when the society was first organized or soon after. The first officers were Asaph Wright, Thomas Munson, and Alfred Walter.

The following is the list of pastors: 1797, Ezekiel Canfield, William Thatcher ; 1798, Ebenezer Ste- phens, Truman Bishop; 1799, Augustus Jocelyn ; 1800, Aaron Hunt, Elijah Batchelor; 1801, Peter Morraity, John Sweet; 1802, James Campbell, Lu- men Andrus; 1803, C. Morris, John Sweet; 1804, Zalmon Lyon, Eber Smith; 1805, Zalmon Lyon; 1806, Nathan Emory, Samuel Cochran ; 1807, Aaron Hunt, Jonathan Lyon ; 1808, Henry Eames, Andrew Prindle; 1809-10, Laban Clark, Reuben Harris ; 1811, James Coleman, Arnold Scofield; 1812, James Coleman, Benjamin Griffin ; 1813, William Swayne, Gad Smith, J. Reynolds ; 1814, Thomas Thorp; 1815, Samuel Cochran, Billy Hibbard; 1816, Samuel Coch- ran; 1817, E. P. Jacob, J. J. Matthias ; 1818, Datus Ensign, E. Canfield, T. Benedict; 1819, Datus En- sign, Ezekiel Canfield; 1820, Nathan Emory, Smith Dayton ; 1821, E. Washburn, Smith Dayton, John Nixon ; 1822, J. M. Smith, David Miller, Julius Field ; 1823, Daniel Brayton, Elbert Osborn; 1824, Arnold Scofield, Elbert Osborn ; 1825-26, Eli Bar- nett, John Lovejoy ; 1827, E. Washburn, F. Sizer, A. Bushnell; 1828, E. Washburn, Smith Dayton, J. Nixon ; 1829, B. Sillick, W. Wolcott; 1830, B. Sil- lick, L. C. Cheney, D. Stocking ; 1831, Luther Mead, Luman A. Sanford; 1832-33, Aaron S. Hill, Orlando Starr; 1834, Charles F. Pilton. This year Goshen became a station ; 1835-36, A. G. Wickware; 1837 -38, John Luckey ; 1839-40, David Osborn ; 1841-42, Thomas Ellis; 1843-44, Joseph D. Marshall ; 1845

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-46, David L. Marks ; 1847, Isaae Sanford ; 1848-49, Rufus K. Reynolds ; 1850-51, David Miller; 1852, Charles R. Adams; 1853-54, Daniel W. Lounsbury ; 1855, Henry Burton; 1856, William Silverthorne ; 1857-58, Alexander MeAlister; 1859-60, William Ross; 1861, George W. Allen ; 1862-64, James D. Bouton; 1865-67, Samuel F. Johnson ; 1868-69, Wil- liam H. Stebbins; 1870-72, William Brown ; 1873-75, David S. Stevens; 1876-78, Cornell S. Dikeman ; 1879-80, Francis M. Hallock.

The first church edifice was built in_1809-10 by Benjamin Roberts, assisted by Brace Stoddard. This building is now (1881) occupied by George Herrold. The "L" part is an addition situated near the Goshen Centre Cemetery. The present edifice was erected in 1835-36, nearly on the old site.

The present officers are H. G. Wright, E. S. Rich- ards, A. B. Diekinson, J. B. Thompson, H. O. Beach, Smith Beach, Morris Lnthill, and Daniel S. Beach.

The first Methodist sermon was preached in the briek house now occupied by H. G. Wright by Eze- kiel Canfield. After a society had been organized it met in a school-house which stood west of the village of West Goshen, and subsequently on the second floor of the house now occupied by Hobart Griswold, east of the village.

The first organized Sunday-school was established in the spring of 1827, with David Wooster as superin- tendent.

The Episcopal church was built in 1767, and stood near the East Street burial-ground. It was abandoned in 1788. The first Methodist quarterly meeting was held in the barn of Capt. Jabez Wright, in West Goshen. The North Goshen Methodist church was built about 1842.

The Catholie chapel was built in 1856.

THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING.

The first town-meeting in Goslien was held Dee. 6, 1739, when the following officers were chosen : Moderator, John Beach ; Seleetmen, Jolın Beach, Samuel Pettibone, Nathaniel Baldwin, Samuel Tur- ner, and Benajah Williams ; Constables, Samuel Ilin- man and Gideon Hurlbut ; Grand Jurors, Samuel Towner, Abel Phelps, and Isaac Hill ; Listers, Chris- topher Graham, Timothy Tuttle, and Abraham Par- meley ; Surveyors of Highways, B. Phelps, Isaac Hill, and Nuthan Baldwin ; Town Clerk, Samuel Pet- tibone ; Horse Brunders, Gideon Hurlbut, Benajah Williams, and Josephi Heacock ; Fenee Viewers, Dan- iel Richards, Benjamin Bishop, and Benjamin Phelps. At this meeting it was

" l'oted, That the selectmen shall ascertain the pluces of holding the meetings for pulillek worship of God."

EARLY MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHIS.

" Mabel Phelps, the daughter of Benjandin Phelps, was born April tho 24, 1739, and died the 22d day of Sep., 1739.

" Bildad, the son of Benjamin Phelps, died the 28 duy of August, 1739.

" E. C. IlIll and Martha Dible were married Jan. 3, 1716.

" E. C. 11111, son of E. C. Il11, was born Oct. 24, 1717.

" Gideon Juribut and Mary Deming, tho daughter of Thos, DemIng,

were married together in the evening after tha 30th day of December, 1725.

" Before Daniel Goodrich, Justice peace.

" Marriage of Timothy Tuttle and Hannah Waddams, which was Jan. 27, A.D. 2742 or 43.

" By ye Revd Mr. Heaton.

" Marriage of Sam' Norton and Mary Lucas, which was November ye 27, 1740."

LIST OF GOSHEN FIRST PROPRIETORS AND NUMBER OF LOT

DRAWN.

Name. No.

Aaron Cook (drew choice).

Capt. Stephen Lee. 28

Benajah Williams

William Whiting .. 30

Amos Thomson

4 Samuel Pettibone ..

Ye School.

5 Daniel Trall

Benjamin Frisbie 33

Samuel Roberts

Gideon Leet 34

John Moses.

John Beach ..

Abraham Parmelee

Timothy Bigelow

Stephen Goodwin

Lemuel Roberts

Capt. William Ward,

Samuel Lewis.

Timothy Tuttle ...

Jeremiah How

David Hall.

Ye Minister

Daniel Harris

Juseph Cook.

Thomas Towzer

No name.

Andrew Parmelee.

Daniel Harris.

Timothy Baldwin

John Thomson,

Isaac Ilill. 18

Samuel Gaylord

Samuel Hopson

Thomas Marvin

Capt. John Buel +7.

Macuck Ward.

Samuel Humphrey

Ebenezer Hill.

Thomas Adams.

Daniel Richards

GOSIJEN SOLDIERS IN THE FRENCH WAR, 1754-62.

Lieut. Timothy Gaylord, Lient. Daniel Lee, Manna Humphrey, killed;

Moses Wilcox, Thomas Wilcox, Ellaha North, - Humphrey, died ; John Wright, Ashbel Humphrey, Nathaniel Stanley, Jr., Stephen Tuttle, Charles Richarda, Josiah Roys, John Doud, Benjamin Reeves, Jacob Beach, Munson Winchel, Johu Musson, John Wilcox, Joel Dibble (prisoner).

GOSIIEN IX THE REVOLUTION .*

The following is a list of soldiers who entered the army from this town during the war of the Revolu- tion :

Georgo Dear, Ichalxxl Tuttle, killed; John Musson, Samuel Richmond, Leverit Kellogg, Seth Hayden, Ambrose Beach, Abraham Beach, Martin Beach, Josiah Bartholomew, Jacob Duwd, Jeremiah Hurl- but, Martiu Nash, Oliver Griswold, Thomas Lucas, Jabez Norton, David Wright ; Captaina Asaph Hall, Asa Francia, Stephen Good- win, Medad Hilla, Tiowthy Stanley ; Lieutenant Mosca Lyman, John Riley, Thomas Converse, James Thomson, Mathew Smith, Jeaac Pratt, Milca Norton, Theodore l'armelee, Augustus Ililla, Dr. Elisha Sill, died.

Theodore Androwe, Edamind Beach, Amos Beach, Medad Beach, Israel Beach, Joho Bench, Julius Beach, Obed Beach, William Beach, Flsk Beach, Sammel Baldwin, Brewin Baldwin, Janac Ballwin, Asa Brooks, Joseph Brooks, James Brown, Thnothy Huel, Jonathan Buel, Joseph Butler, Abel Butler, Isaac Butterick, Caleb Carr, John Carr, Nathan Carter, Thouma Castle, Moses Cook, Cyprian Collins, Philo Collins, Ambrose Collins, Ichabod Chapin, Jamon Duvis, Joel Davis, Jonathan Dear, George Dear, Jr., Jonathan Denilng, John Doud, Davld Francis, Joel Gaylord, Joseph Gaylord, Titun Gaylord, Stephen Goodwin, Jr., Alexander Griswoll, Adlno Hale, Juatus Hale, David Hart, Samuel Hayden, Seth Bills, John Hobbe, David llolmes, John lloy, Lewis Hinman, Uri lill, Jazaninh Ilowe, Simeon Humphrey, David Humphrey, Charles Humphrey, David Worlburt, David Ives, Jewe Judd, Jonathan Kettle, Bradford Kel- logg, Samuel Kellogg, Timothy Knapp, Ephraim Leech, Elihu Lewis, Nehemiah Lewis, Ebenazer Lewia, Seth Lock wood, Mathew Lock wood, Elisha Mayo, Jeptha Merrils, Noah Merrils, Isaac Miles, Caleb Milen, Stephen MIIx, Robert Morris, Solomon Morse, Lent Mott, Thomas E. Manson, - Murray, Nathaniel Newall, Seth North, Stephen North, Alexander Norton, Aaron Norton, Eber Nor- ton, John Norton, Joseph Norton, Medlad Norton, Nathan Norton,

· Contributed by Fatward Norton.

43 14

Elijah How

Samuel Hinman.

Capt. Joseph Bird

Nathaniel Baldwin ..

Jonah Case.

Nathaniel Baldwin

David Buttolf

Timothy Baldwin.

Benjamin Phelps. 27

Samuel Baker ..

Stephen Lee

Ye Ministry.

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Nathaniel Norton, Oliver Norton, Ebenezer Norton, N. Stanley l'ar- melee. Elisha Peck, Stephen Peck, Daniel Pickett, Thadens Porter, Robert Rood, Jesse Roys, Josiah Roys, Silas Richmond, John Seely, Ebenezer Shepard, Richard Sill, Abraham Smith, Asher Smith, - Scott, Charles Squire, Justus Squire, Jesse Stanley, Timothy Stanloy, William Starr, John Thomson, Elijah Towner, Timothy Tuttle, Jonathan Wadhams, Abraham Wadhams, John Walter, Jonathan Wheadon, Job Wilcox, Jacob Williams, Jacob Williams, Jr., John Willoughby, Thomas Wire, Charles Wright, Freedom Wright, and Jabez Wright.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1756-1882.

1756 .- Gideon Thompson, Samoel Nash.

1757 .- Capt. Moses Lyman, Capt. John Beach, Samnel Nash, Gideon IIurlburt.

1758 .- Samnel Nash, John Beach, Stephen Ileaton, Gideon Thompson. 1759 .- Gideon Thompson, Capt. Samuel Pettibone, Capt. Nathaniel Baldwin.

1760 .- Capt. Moses Lyman, Ebenezer Norton, Samuel Nash, Samuel Pettibone.

1761 .- Capt. Moses Lyman, Capt. Samuel Pettibone, Capt. John Beach, Capt. Samuel Nash.

1762 .- Capt. Samnel Pettibone, Capt. Moses Lyman, Capt. Samuel Nash, Capt. Ebenezer Norton.

1763-64 .- Capt. Moses Lyman, Capt. Samuel Nash.

1765-66 .- Capt. Moaes Lyman, Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Samuel Nash.

1767 .- Capt. Moses Lyman, Capt. Edmund Beach, Capt. Samuel Nash, Nehemiah Lewis.

1768 .- Capt. Samuel Nash, Capt. Ebenezer Norton, Stephen Heaton.

1769 .- Capt. Ebenezer Norton, Edmund Beach, Capt. Samuel Nash, Abraham Parmeley.

1770 .- Capt. Samuel Naslı, Capt. Edmund Beach, Capt. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Jonathan Bnel.

1771 .- Capt. Samuel Nash, Capt. Elisha Sill, Capt. Ebenezer Norton, Ste- phen Goodwin.

1772 .- Capt. Jonathan Buell, Capt. Samuel Nash, Capt. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Edmund Beach.

1773 .- Ebenezer Norton, Stephen Goodwin, Asaph Hall.

1774 .- Capt. Samuel Nash, Asaph IFall, Col. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Ed- mund Beach.

1775 .- Col. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Samuel Nash, David Thomson.

1776 .- Col. Ebenezer Norton, Asaph Hall, David Thomson.

1777 .- Col. Timothy Stanley, Capt. Asa Francis, Col. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Asaph IIall.

1778 .- Col. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Samuel Nash, Daniel Miles.

1779 .- Capt. Asaph Hall, Capt. Asa Francis, Giles Griswold.

1780 .- Capt. Asaph Hall, Capt. Asa Francis, Capt. Stephen Goodwin. 1781 .- Abel Newell, Asaph Hall.

1782 .- Abel Newell, Capt. Elisha Sill, Capt. Asaph Hall, Daniel Miles. 1783-84 .- Capt. Elisha Sill, Daniel Miles.

1785 .- Capt. Elisha Sill, Daniel Miles, Capt. Asaph Hall.

1786 .- Adino IFale, Capt. Asaph Hall.

1787 .- Samuel Hopkins, Ebenezer Norton, Daniel Miles.

1788 .- Daniel Miles, Adino IIale.

1789 .- Daniel Miles, Adino Hale, Capt. Asaph IIall.

1790-91 .- Ebenezer Norton, Adino Hale.

1792 .- Capt. Asaph Hall, Adino Itale. 1793-96 .- Samuel Hopkins, Adino Hale. 1797 .- Birdsey Norton, Adino Hale. 1798-99 .- Samuel lhopkins, Adino Hale, Birdsey Norton.

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History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 82

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1532

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532