History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume II, Part 43

Author: Rockey, J. L. (John L.)
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York : W. W. Preston
Number of Pages: 1138

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Henry Weidemann was born in Kuhrhessen, Germany, in 1850. His father was John Weidemann. He came to America in 1872, and for eight years resided in New York city. He then resided in Spring- field, Mass., where he was foreman of a brewery. In 1883 he pur- chased the Lion Brewery in West Haven, and removed there. He has made many improvements in the property, adding steam power, an ice machine, etc., and has greatly enlarged and increased the busi- ness. He married, in 1883, Mary, daughter of John G. Schmelzle, of Springfield, Mass. In 1890 Adam Schmelzle became a partner with Mr. Weidemann. He is a son of John G. Schmelzle. He was born in Henermann, Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1861, came to America with his parents in 1870, and settled in Holyoke, Mass. In 1878 he went to Springfield, where he learned the brewer's business, remaining there until 1890, when he became a partner of Mr. Weidemann and removed to West Haven. He married, in 1884, Ida Prehn. Their children are: Louise, George and Christina.

Doctor William V. Wilson was born in Milford, Conn., December 26th, 1845. His father, Elisha Wilson, built the first telegraph line through the Naugatuck valley. He was also the inventor of the telegraph repeater about the year 1846, and an application was made for a patent for it about that time. This was one of the most suc- cessful inventions of the age. Without it long distance telegraphy

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of one, two or three thousand miles could not be accomplished on the single circuit over land lines. Elisha Wilson married Julia A. Benjamin, of Milford. They had eight children, of whom William V., Eugene B. and Lillian E., survived. Doctor Wilson was educated at Vale, graduating from the Yale Medical School in 1867. He located at South Brunswick, N. J., and practiced there for 18 years. He was surgeon for the Pennsylvania railroad in New Jersey for 12 years. From South Brunswick he went to Willington, Conn., and in 1887 located in West Haven. He is a member of the Connecticut State and Vale Medical Societies and vice-president of the Medical Practitioners' Protective Alliance of the United States. He was elected burgess of West Haven in 1890, and is chief of the fire department. He married Nellie H. Brayton, of North Adams, Mass., and his children are: Cornelia G. (deceased), Philip E., Nellie A., Nettie and Elizabeth B.

Stiles D. Woodruff, born in Orange in 1837, is a son of Jeremiah, grandson of Nehemiah, and great-grandson of Joseph, who was a resident of Milford. Nehemiah married Hannah Jones. Their chil- dren were: Hannah, Mary, Diantha, Harriet, John, Samuel and Jere- miah. Jeremiah Woodruff was born in 1811, and married Charlotte, daughter of David Nettleton. They had five children: Stiles D., George E., Charlotte E., Mary F. and Frank H. Stiles D. Woodruff has always been engaged in farming, making a specialty of seed grow- ing, in which he has been extensively engaged. In 1879 he was elected to the legislature, and was reëlected in 1880. He has been acting grand juror for upward of 20 years. He is a member of the Congregational church of Orange, and has been clerk and treasurer of the same for several years. Mr. Woodruff enlisted in the 27th Connecticut Infantry in 1862, and served nine months. He is a mem- ber of Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., of New Haven. He married in 1862 Elizabeth M., daughter of Bryan Clark, of Orange. Their chil- dren are: Frank C., Watson S., Robert J. and Mary R.

CHAPTER IX.

THE TOWN OF DERBY.

Location .- The Indians. - Early Trading Post .- Purchase of Lands .- The Proprietors .- Civil Government .- Extracts From Town Records .- Ferries, Roads, Bridges, Etc .- Early Commercial Interests and Shipbuilding .- Derby Village .- Burtville .- Bir- mingham and its Manufacturing Interests .- Merchants .- Hotels .- Banks .- The Press .- Post Office .- Physicians and Lawyers .- The Borough .- Fire Department .- Water Company .- Gas Company .- Street Railways .- Driving Park .- Societies and Lodges .- Soldiers' Monument.

T HE town of Derby is on the western border of the county, about nine miles northwest from New Haven and a little more than that distance north of Long Island sound. As created by the charter of 1675, it extended 12 miles north from the Two Mile brook, and the northeastern corner was seven and a half miles east from a point on the Housatonic; the southeastern corner was two and a half miles east from that. stream, the river forming the southwestern boundary and separating the town from Fairfield county. This area of about 14,000 acres of land has been reduced to about one-fourth that number of acres, by the formation of new towns, only the south- eastern part of the old town remaining. Here, where is the junction of the Naugatuck with the Housatonic, the first settlements were made. Adjoining the present Derby are Ansonia, on the north; Woodbridge and Orange on the east and southeast.

In aboriginal times this locality was known as Paugasuck, which name was corrupted by the English into Paugassett. The general features are variable, hilly lands predominating, the level lands being confined mainly to the areas along the streams, and are small in extent. Ascending the Housatonic from the point of confluence a mile or two, at a marked bend of the river is the point which from the first has been called Derby Neck, where some lands were early tilled. Southeast are the pleasantly elevated lands on which is located Bir- mingham, with the intervale along the Naugatuck, on the east, as meadows or lowlands. Beyond the Naugatuck the ground ascends gradually until it culminates in a beautiful elevation, called Sentinel hill, which is cultivated to its summit, and which is a most attractive object, with its orchards and verdant fields. Southwest is another elevation, called Turkey hill, which appears to have been a favorite resort of the Indians. North from this are hills encroaching upon

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it was desired to know " whether Pangassett should be attached to their town." But before the proprietors of the post gave answer, their interests were sold to Richard Baldwin and others, of Milford, and thenceforth the interests of this locality were practically con- trolled by that town. Hence, when the general court gave liberty to the people of Paugassett to form themselves into a separate village, Milford declared that such a such a step would be injurious to its in- terests, and opposed the measure; and this opposition Milford success- fully maintained more than 20 years, retarding the development of this section.

In 1657 and 1659 other Indian lands were purchased of Sagamores, the title to which was confirmed in 1664 and 1665 by the chief sachem of the Paugasucks, Okemuck, after which matters were upon a more substantial basis. In 1666 the records of the plantation were begun by Abel Gunn, a young man apparently well qualified for the work. From his early Pangassett records we learn that the Milford men who had purchased the interests of Stephen Goodyear and his New Haven associates were: Jolin Burwell, Richard Baldwin, Samuel Hopkins, Edward Riggs, Thomas Langdon, Edward Wooster, Francis French, John Brown, Isaac Platt, Robert Denison. In a short time the Bur- well interest passed to Henry Bottsford, and Hopkins' to John Smith. Soon after 1665 a village was officially founded, after the manner of those times, and the first division of lands made. Each one of the ten proprietors received a home lot of about one and half acres; up- lands about four acres; and meadow lands about three acres. This village was in that part of Derby called "Old Town " or "Up-town." But not all the proprietors lived there. Edward Riggs and Francis French had selected lands and built houses on the hill, about a mile east, and it is probable that the only houses in the village at that time were those of Edward Wooster, at the north end, and of Thomas Langdon. On Birmingham point Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler had a house, in which he lived from 1658 for about six years, when he re- turned to Stratford and sold his land to Joseph Hawkins, for whom the locality was afterward named.

It is probable that of the ten proprietors Edward Riggs and Edward Wooster were the first to here permanently settle, locating on their lands about 1651. The latter lived at the upper end of " Old Town " and farmed the meadow lands below Ansonia, growing hops. Ile died in 1689, and his homestead passed to Doctor John Durand. When his estate was divided, in 1694, 12 children shared in it; and from him descended the Woosters in the western part of the county. When Wooster first settled in Derby, and for some years later, his surroundings were an unbroken forest, infested with wild animals which were bold and numerous. The wolves especially were annoy- ing and ate up much of the pioneer farmer's stock. Other wild animals injured his growing crops. So isolated was the condition of

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these settlers, at Paugassett, that the general court contemplated their removal unless others should be added to their numbers to give them the advantages of a settled community.

Edward Riggs lived a mile east of "Old Town," on the farm still called the Riggs place. The house was fortified against possible attacks by Indians and in the summer of 1661 sheltered the Judges Goffe and Whalley, who occasionally spent a few days here. Edward Riggs became one of the planters of the new colony, at Newark, N. J., and removed in 1666; but his son, Ensign Samuel Riggs, remained on the homestead and from him have descended the Riggs who at one time constituted such a large part of the population of north- western New Haven. A granddaughter of Samuel Riggs, Sarah, be- came well known as the beloved Lady Humphreys, mother of General David Humphreys.

The third permanent settler appears to have been Francis French. In 1661 he occupied a house half a mile east from Edward Wooster, with whom most likely he was related. He came from Milford and had been identificd with Paugassett earlier, as a single man. He was frequently called upon to serve in a public capacity and was most faithful in the performance of his duties. His death occurred in February, 1691, when he was but 66 years of age. Francis, his son, afterward occupied the homestead and also became well known. The descendants of the French family became numerous in the Naugatuck valley, a number still remaining.

Of the other proprietors Thomas Langdon lived here but a short time, when he removed, as did also John Brown, the latter going to Newark before 1668. John Smith remained in Milford, but his son, Ephraim, came to Derby and participated in its affairs, before 1667. It is thought that Richard Baldwin also retained his residence in the mother town, his descendants coming to live upon his Derby lands. Joseph Hawkins, in 1665, bought the point of land between the two rivers, including the warehouse at the trading post, and built a new house, which his son, Joseph, occupied. This family became numerous in this section.

Abel Gunn was not one of the ten original proprietors, but was intimately connected with the first settlers and their affairs, keeping their records from 1666. He married a daughter of John Smith, of Milford, but having no children of his own, gave his property to Abel Gunn, son of his brother, Jobamah, who was a prominent citizen of what is now the western part of the town of Naugatuck. A hundred years ago this family was very numerous and important in the western. part of the county.

Several Johnson families were enrolled among the early settlers. Ebenezer Johnson settled in Paugassett about 1668, and married a daughter of Edward Wooster in 1671. He reared eight children, who had numerous descendants. Colonel Ebenezer Johnson lived on the

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southeast part of Sentinel hill, not far from Samuel Riggs, and the two were for many years the most important men in the town, and were, in time, large land owners along the Naugatuck. Jeremiah Johnson was of another stock, coming from New Haven in 1672, but also lived on Sentinel hill. His youngest child was born in 1684 and his descendants became very numerous in Derby and in other towns along the Naugatuck.

In 1670 Stephen Pierson and Jeremiah Johnson, Jr., were recorded as being among the settlers, and the possessions were enlarged by pur- chases of lands between the Housatonic and the Naugatuck, as far north as West Ansonia. Much of this was long known as the Hawley pur- chase, and the following year it passed under the control of the Pau- gassett company, which now had as additional members, John Tib- bals, Jonas Tomlinson and Moses Johnson. Soon after Doctor John Hulls and Jabez Harger were enrolled among the proprietors and set- tlers, the former being the first physician, and also built the first mill. He removed to Wallingford in the course of 20 years, but some of his family continued in the town. Jabez Harger lived on Sentinel hill, east of Edward Riggs. He died in 1678, but his widow and 10 chil- dren long survived him, and their descendants took rank among the leading people of the Housatonic valley. In 1675 12 families resided in old Derby, and as many more were listed to soon settle there. Four years later the proprietor's list was enlarged by the addition of Isaac Nichols, Samuel Brinsmade, John Pringle, William Tomlinson and Isaac Nichols; and a short time later lands were allotted to Hope Washburn, William Washburn, John Davis, John Johnson, John Beach, Jonas Lum, Joseph Guernsey and Henry Williams. The same year Abel Holbrook and Daniel Collins were among the proprietors. In most cases the lands allotted were selected in the most fertile sec- tions, in the valleys or most attractive upland parts of the old town. In 1685 the estates and persons were 38 in number. For several years there was an increase of a few proprietors each year, when a decrease took place, and there were less persons in 1699 than 12 years earlier. In 1700 there were about 50 estates; 18 years later the number was some eight or ten larger, and was composed of the following persons: Colonel Eben Johnson, Captain Joseph Hulls, Ensign Samuel Riggs, Abel Gunn, John Johnson, Jabez Harger, Ensign Samuel Nichols, William Moss, Isaac Tomlinson, Abiram Canfield, Lieutenant John Riggs, John Hulls, Eben Harger, Mr. John Durand, Francis French, Jonathan Hill, George Black, John Munson, Andrew Smith, Jonathan Lum, John Davis, William Washborn, Samuel Moss, John Weed, Stephen Pierson, Jr., Thomas Wooster, Samuel Tomlinson, William Tomlinson, John Twitchell, John Towner, Samuel Bowers, Josiah Baldwin, Mr. Samuel Gunn, Samuel Bassett, Peter Johnson, Abraham Tomlinson, Joseph Hawkins, Samuel Washborn, Timothy Wooster, John Pringle, John Tomlinson, Joseph Smith, John Smith, Sr., Eph.

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raim Smith, Ensign Eben Johnson, John Chatfield, Jeremiah Johnson, Benjamin Stiles, Stephen Pierson, John Tibbals, Joseph Nichols, Abraham Pierson, Abel Holbrook, Joseph Johnson, Mary Wooster, Abraham Binto, Michael Denman, James Humphreys, Samuel Brins- made.

Of the foregoing estates, but few were valued at more than $100, viz .: Colonel Eben. Johnson, £146; Captain Joseph Hull, £226; Abel Gunn, £158; Lieutenant John Riggs, £160; Andrew Smith, £101; Thomas Wooster, £117; Joseph Hawkins, £157; Jeremiah Johnson, £106. The total estates were rated at £3,823. In 1725 the valuation was £5,310.

The population now increased steadily, and the number of pro- prietors was also increased, there being, when the fourth division of land was made in 1756, 83 proprietors, many being the children of the first settlers.

Of the first settlers at the landing J. W. Barber said :* They " were Thomas Parsons, Samuel Plumb, Joseph Hull, Ebenezer Chat- field, Ebenezer Johnson and two families of Weeds. Thomas Par- sons' house stood on the ground where the Episcopal church now [1836] stands; Plumb located himself about half a mile north. Joseph Hull, the great-grandfather of Commodore Hull,t had his house about half a mile north of Plumb; Chatfield settled a little north of Hull; Johnson built his house about a mile southeast of the Landing; he was a captain, afterward a colonel. The Weeds located themselves about a mile northeast of the Landing, at a place since called Squabble Hole. This place is said to have derived its name from the circuin- stance of the two first families who lived there having much conten- tion with each other."

An effort was made by the settlers of Paugassett, as early as 1655, to secure corporate privileges as a township, the general court, at New Haven, having been petitioned to that end. But the inhabitants of Milford were so strenuously opposed that the project was for the time being abandoned. The area of the plantation having been enlarged by the purchase of more Indian lands, which had the effect of attract- ing other settlers, the petition was renewed, and upon proper represen- tation was granted by the general court at Hartford, May 13th, 1675.4

* See Historical Collections, p. 198.

+ Joseph Hull, 3d, was the father of Lieutenant Joseph Hull and General William Hull. The latter was born in Derby, January 24th, 1753, and when 20 years old graduated from Yale. He served with distinction in the revolution, and with scarcely less credit, though under adverse circumstances, in the war of 1819. He died in November, 1825. Lieutenant Joseph Hull was the father of Commodore Isaac Hull, who was born in Derby, March 9th, 1775. He was a brave, skillful sea captain, and Isaac also early imbibed a love for the sea and naval affairs. His service in the war of 1812 as commander of the frigate " Constitution " gave him undying fame. He died at Philadelphia, in 1843.

# A more satisfactory charter was granted in 1720, and some writers date the incorporation of the town from that period.

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Captain John Nash, Captain William Curtiss and Lieutenant Thomas Munson were appointed a committee on the bounds of the new town, and to see to the proper distribution of the lands " so as may be best for the upholdment of a plantation as it is now granted to the ill- habitants,"

"The plantation of Pawgasuck (or Pawgassett) is by this court named DERBY,* and is freed from Country Rates for three years, next following, they defraying their own charges."

There were, at this time, living within the newly constituted plan- tation 12 families, viz .: Edward Wooster, Francis French, Stephen Pierson, John Hulls, Joseph Hawkins, Samuel Riggs, Ephraim Smith, Abel Gunn, Jeremiah Johnson, Jabez Harger, Ebenezer Johnson, John Tibbals. Lands had also been granted to 11 other families, upon their representation that they intended " to come forthwith," viz .: Reverend John Bowers, George Beaman, Deacon Abel Holbrook, John Brinsmade, Captain John Beard, Henry Tomlinson, Nicholas Camp, Jonas Tomlinson, Joseph Hawley, Henry Bottsford, Moses Johnson. Some of these were already living in the town as single men, and a few, probably, never occupied their lands.

The earliest town records are exceedingly brief, imperfect and not all of them, evidently, have been preserved. From various sources, however, a list of the selectmen or townsmen, as they were called for about one hundred years, with the exception of a few years missing, has been compiled + and from which the following names are gleaned. Among the different persons who were honored by an election to that office, prior to 1715 were: Samuel Riggs, Ebenezer Johnson, John Hulls, William Tomlinson, Edward Wooster, Jeremiah Johnson, Sr., Isaac Nichols, John Hubbell, Francis French, Ephraim Smith, Abel Gunn, Philip Denman, Samuel Nichols, John Davis, Nathan Nichols, Samuel Brinsmade, Thomas Wooster, John Bowers, Joseph Hulls, Abel Holbrook, John Tibbals, Jonathan Lumm, Stephen Pierson, Ebenezer Harger, Joseph Hawkins, Adino Strong, Abel Gunn, Jr., Stephen Miles, Edward Riggs, Jeremiah Johnson, Abraham Pierson, John Pringle, Josiah Baldwin, John Twitchell, Andrew Smith, Samuel Bowers, John Riggs, William Moss. These names also fairly repre- sent the families living in the new town up to that period. From three to five townsmen were chosen each year.

Since 1715 the first selectmen of Derby have been: 1715, Joseph Hawkins; 1716, Captain Joseph Hulls; 1717, Jeremiah Johnson; 1718, Captain Joseph Hulls; 1719, Joseph Hawkins; 1720, Samuel Brinsmade; 1721, Lieutenant John Riggs; 1722, Jeremiah Johnson; 1723, Sergeant Samuel Brinsmade; 1724, Ensign Samuel Bassett; 1725, Captain John Riggs; 1726, Timothy Wooster; 1727, Francis French; 1728, Ensign

* Probably named for Derby, England, the native place of some of the in- habitants of Paugassett.

t See Beardsley's History.

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Samuel Bassett; 1729, Francis French; 1730, Gideon Johnson; 1731, Isaac Tomlinson; 1732-3, Lieutenant Ebenezer Johnson; 1734, Samuel Tomlinson; 1738, William Moss; 1739-40, Captain Samuel Bassett; 1741, Francis French; 1742, Samuel Bassett, Esq .; 1743, Joseph Johnson; 1744, Samuel Riggs; 1745, Samuel Tomlinson; 1746-52, Captain Timothy Russell; 1753, Abiel Fairchild; 1754-5, Timothy Russell, Esq .; 1756-8, Abiel Fairchild; 1760, Samuel Bottsford; 1761, Captain Abel Gunn; 1762, William Clark; 1763, Captain Jabez Thompson; 1764, Captain James Wheeler; 1765-6, Captain Zachariah Hawkins; 1767-9, Joseph Hulls, Jr .; 1770, Joseph Riggs; 1771, Captain John Tomlinson; 1772, Deacon Eliphalet Hotchkiss; 1773, Elijah Hotchkiss; 1774, Cap- tain John Tomlinson; 1775, Colonel Jabez Thompson; 1776, Captain Nathan Smith; 1777, Abraham Beecher; 1778, Abraham Hawkins; 1779, James Beard, Esq .; 1780-1, Abraham Hawkins; 1782, John Humphreys; 1783-6, Captain Daniel Holbrook; 1787, Isaiah Strong; 1788, Abijah Hull: 1789, Eliphalet Hotchkiss; 1790, Abijah Hull; 1791, Captain John Riggs; 1792, Reuben Lumm; 1793, Abijah Hull; 1794, Captain Ebenezer Riggs; 1795, Reuben Lumm; 1796, Captain Ebenezer Riggs; 1797, Captain Joseph Riggs; 1798, Reuben Lumm; 1799, David Hitchcock; 1800-1, Levi Hotchkiss; 1802-4, Reuben Lumm; 1805, David Hawkins; 1806-7, David Hitchcock; 1808, Sheldon Curtiss; 1809, Wilson Hurd; 1810, Sheldon Curtiss; 1811-15, Reuben Lumm; 1816-19, Sheldon Curtiss; 1820, Robert Gates; 1821, Sheldon Curtiss; 1822, Shel- don Smith; 1823-5, Sheldon Curtiss; 1826, Abiram Stoddard; 1827-8, Sheldon Curtiss; 1829, Josiah Nettleton; 1830, Isaac Tomlinson; 1831, Lyman Chatfield; 1832, William Lumm; 1833, Sheldon Curtiss; 1834, Ezekiel Gillett; 1835, Daniel L. Holbrook; 1836, Sheldon Smith; 1837, Daniel L. Holbrook; 1838, Leman Chatfield; 1839, Sheldon Smith; 1840-2, Leman Chatfield; 1843, Robert Gates; 1844, Samuel French; 1845, Robert Gates, Jr .; 1846, Sidney A. Downes; 1847-9, Sheldon Smith, Jr .; 1850-1, Sidney A. Downes; 1852, Sheldon Smith, Jr .; 1853, Truman Gilbert; 1854-60, Sheldon Smith, Jr .; 1861-3, Fitch Smith; 1864, John Lindley; 1865-6, Egbert Bartlett; 1867, Willett Bradley; 1868, Horace Casterline; 1869, Nathan C. Treat; 1870 3, Egbert Bart- lett: 1874-6, William B. Bristol; 1877, Henry Somers; 1878-82, Erwin W. Webster; 1883-6, Robert O. Gates; 1887, John B. Quillinan; 1888, Joel M. Wheeler; 1889, George H. Peck; 1889-90, Charles S. Chaffee. Associated with the latter as selectmen in 1890 were Dickerman Bas- sett and John O'Hara. Henry J. Smith and Patrick McManus also served on the board of selectmen, a number of terms, within the past ten years.

Charles E. Clark has acceptably filled the office of town treasurer, a number of years.

The compilation of a complete list of town clerks, for the reasons above given, has also been impossible. But it is believed that the names and years below given indicate nearly all elected to that office;

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1666, Abel Gunn, with the Reverends Joseph Webb, in 1691, and John James, in 1701, each a few years until a regular clerk was elected; 1711, Stephen Miles; 1713, John Pringle; 1720, Joseph Moss; 1723, Timothy Russell: 1744, Charles French;# 1784, John Humphreys; 1805, Josiah Dudley; 1811, John L. Tomlinson; 1816, Sheldon Curtiss; 1835, Sheldon Bassett; 1838, Julius Hotchkiss; 1839, Sheldon Bassett; 1840, Joseph P. Canfield: 1861, Thaddeus G. Birdseye; 1863, Sylvester Barbour; 1864, Thaddeus G. Birdseye; 1866, Charles E. Baldwin; 1868, Sidney A. Downs; 1869, Samuel M. Gardner; 1873, John C. Reilly; 1874, Henry J. Smith; 1876, Chester A. Hawley; 1879, Daniel E. McMahon; 1884, Reuben H. Tucker; 1889, Daniel E. McMahon.

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History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume II, Part 43

Author: Rockey, J. L. (John L.) Publication date: 1892 Publisher: New York : W. W. Preston Number of Pages: 1138

Author: Rockey, J. L. (John L.)
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York : W. W. Preston
Number of Pages: 1138