History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 145

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317


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" Jonathan and Mercy Rudd were married Dec. 19, 1678, and probably settled in Norwich about that time. His land east of the Shetucket was held by a deed of purchase from Owaneco, dated Dec. 10, 1683, and consisted of one hundred acres on Connoughtug Brook, and one hundred and eight acres betwixt Shunkhungannock Hill and Norwich bounds. He appears also to have had other lands.


" He died in 1689. In the distribution of his estate his wife received £60; the oldest son, Jonathan, £117 ; Nathaniel and Abigail, each £58 10s. 'At the desire of the widow, Joseph and Richard Bushnell, Nathan- iel Rudd, Thomas Tracy, and Caleb Forbes were ap- pointed overseers of the widow, children, and estate.'


" The first Peter Spicer was of New London in 1666, and died in 1695. The second Peter was of Norwich in 1702 and 1716. Samuel, adm. Dec. 20, 1715.


"Josiah (or Josias) Standish was a son of the re- nowned Miles Standish, of Duxbury. His first wife, Mary, 'dyed and was buried at Duxborough, July 1, 1665.' His second wife is supposed to have been Sarah, daughter of Samuel Allen, of Braintree. The earliest notice we obtain of him in this neighborhood is from a deed of sale dated Feb. 5, 1686, from 'John Parks, of the new plantation east of Norwich' (Pres- ton), to 'Capt. Josiah Standish, now in Norwich,' of one hundred and fifty acres of land 'over Show- tucket River upon the hill between Mr. Fitch's farm and Pocketannuck,'-consideration, £22. Witnesses, Thomas Bradford and Simon Huntington, Jr. The same year he purchased a thousand-acre right in Windham, near where Willimantic now stands.


"Capt. Standish died in 1690. The widow and son Miles were appointed administrators on his estate. We may assume that Samuel Standish, licensed to tan leather in Preston, 1706, Israel Standish, of Preston, 1709, Josiah, who went from Preston, and was one of the first settlers of Stafford, 1719, and Lois, who married Hugh Calkins in 1706, were children of Capt. Josiah.


" Miles Standish, of Preston, died in 1728; left rel- ict Elizabeth ; estate appraised at £919 11s. 3d.


" In his inventory are articles that harmonize well with his name, viz .: gun, sword, belt, pouch, and bullets, a Bible and confession of faith.


"John Starkweather was an early inhabitant. He died Aug. 21, 1703, leaving a widow and seven chil- dren between the ages of twelve and twenty-six years.


"Hopestill Tyler, 'an aged man,' died in 1733. He left a wife, Mary, and four children, viz. : Han- nah Buswell, Daniel, James, and Hopestill. Estate, £813. In the inventory of his wardrobe is 'a close bodied coat,' valued at £4 5s., a beaver hat, an orange- colored cloak, and a muff.


"Thomas Wedge. Deborah, relict of Thomas Wedge, died in 1703, leaving seven children, viz .: John, Mary, Joshua, Isaac, Deborah, David, and De- liverance. John Richards and John Tracy witnessed her will.


"Joshua was on the roll of Norwich inhabitants in 1716.


" Paul Wentworth, a son of Elder William Went- worth, of Dover, N. H., obtained from Owaneco, the Indian sachem, a lease of certain lands in Mohegan, to which he removed with his family. He was dis- missed, with his wife Katherine, from the church at Rowley, where he had lived, to the church at New London, June 29, 1707. But his name does not ap- pear on the list of church-members at New London. His farm, though within the limits of the ecclesiasti- cal parish, was at least ten miles from the church, and the intervening country was almost a wilderness. He afterwards purchased lands of David Francis in East Society, Norwich ; removed thither, and was accepted as an inhabitant of the town Dec. 20, 1715. He had thirteen children, all born before he came to this colony, the dates ranging from 1680 to 1700. He died in 1750.


" Benjamin, his seventh son, married, in 1726, Me- hitable Carrier. Jared Wentworth, son of Benjamin and Mehitable, born in 1728, married Abigail Wilson, of Ashford. The residence of this couple was in the western part of Norwich, near Bean Hill. One of their daughters, Zerviah, born April 12, 1767, was united, Nov. 28, 1790, to Ezekiel Huntley. The only child of this union, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, acquired a literary fame second to that of no female in the coun- try. Her numerous writings, in prose and verse, are all of a pure and elevated tone, calculated to charm, console, and entertain all willing readers, and partic- ularly to mould and invigorate the character of the young.


" Williams. Several of this name settled here at an early date.


" Owen Williams is mentioned in 1669. He obtained a grant of land in 1670, 'near Brewster's in the path that goes from Showtuck to Pocketannuck.' He died in 1680, leaving a family.


"Joseph Williams, adm. 1702, and a vote passed that he be 'entered as a whole share man respecting lands.'


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" John Williams, apparently an original emigrant, not connected with others of the- name in this neigh- borhood, appears early in the next century among the inhabitants. According to family traditions, he came from Wales, and was born in 1680. His first wife was Hannah Knowlton. His residence was at Poquetan- nock village, but within the bounds of Norwich, as is evident from his serving repeatedly as one of the selectmen of the town, in 1721, 1728, and afterwards. He died early in the year 1742, leaving a widow, Mary. His will provides for his only son, Joseph, and sons-in-law, Nathaniel Giddings and James Geer. His estate comprised the homestead farm, a grist-mill, fulling-mill, a wharf, and two warehouses at the Land- ing. Among his personal effects were five negroes, valued at £600. Total estate, £21,727.


" The following is a contemporary notice of his death, Jan. 12, 1741-42:


". Capt. John Williams died at Pockatonnoek of pleurisy after 7 days' illness. Ile was a good commonwealth's man, traded much by sea and land with good success for many years, and acquired wholly by his own industry a great estate. He was a very just dealer aged about 60 years.'


" Brig .- Gen. Joseph Williams, of Norwich, one of the purchasers of the Connecticut Reserve, was a grandson of Capt. John. He died Oct. 3, 1800, aged forty-seven.


" Ebenezer Witter, of Preston, died Jan. 31, 1711 -12. He left a wife, Dorothy, and seven children,- Joseph, Ebenezer, William, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorothy, Hannah. Estate, £729.


" Daniel Woodward, of Preston, died in 1713; left wife, Elizabeth, and twelve children from eleven to thirty-three years of age. Daniel Woodward, Jr., administered on the estate.


" In 1718 the proprietors of Norwich east of the Shetucket were enumerated. The list ineludes only property-holders who were voters and paid rates to the ministry : Benjamin Brewster, Jonathan Brewster, John Clark, Obed Cook, John Downs, Mr. Samuel Fitch, David Francis, John Glover, Matthew Hunt- ington, Andrew Huntington, Greenfield Larrabee, Nathaniel Larrabee, John Larrabee, Daniel Leffing- well, Nathaniel Leffingwell, Daniel Mix, James Mix, Daniel Roath, John Rockwell, Joseph Rockwell, Jo- siah Rockwell, Samuel Rockwell, John Williams, Joseph Williams.


"To these were added Mr. Worthington, if he settle there; Isaac Huntington, in right of Matthew Coy ; and three half-share men, -Hezekiah, Benjamin, and Jabez Fitch."


War of the Revolution .- The records of Preston show that its inhabitants were early and determined in opposing the measures of the British government which led to the Revolution. As far back as 1770 they voted in town-meeting to use no goods imported from Great Britain, and prohibited the sale of such in town, and at the same time appointed a committee to enforce the observance of their vote. In July, 1774, they passed resolutions of sympathy with Boston,


and protested against the acts of Parliament passed in hostility to that town and to the colony of Massa- chusetts. Later in the same year they appointed a Committee of Observation and Correspondence, whose duty was to see that the inhabitants of Preston and all persons within the limits of the same complied strictly with the several acts of the Provincial Con- gress. They were also to communicate with the towns of this and the neighboring colonies on matters of public interest and safety.


The Massachusetts Historical Collections, fourth series, volume four, contain a letter from this com- mittee, dated Aug. 20, 1774, addressed to the Com- mittee of Correspondence for the town of Boston, in which, after referring to the condition of public af- fairs, they say,-


"Capt. Belcher, who is one of our committee, and a zealous friend to the liberties of this country, waits on you with this, and will acquaint you with the spirit of our people, and give you a copy of the doings of our town on the 11th of July last. He will also bring you a small sum of money towards the relief of your poor. For these our subscriptions are still out, and we expect to make up in all about fifty pounds lawful money.


[Signed] " SAMUEL MOTT, per order of Committee."


To this communication a reply was made Aug. 24, 1774, saying,-


" We have received by Capt. Belcher your letter of the 20th, and the sum of money you were kind enough to send for the support of our poor, and it gives us pleasure amidst our sufferings to find our brethren deter- mined to aid and support us while we are struggling for American free- dom.


[Signed] " JOSEPH WARREN, per order of Commitlee."


From the military rolls in the Connecticut State Li- brary it appears that in April, 1775, on hearing of the skirmishers at Concord and Lexington, three com- panies of militia were enrolled in Preston, commanded respectively by Capt. Ebenezer Witter, William Belcher, and Roger Billings, and held in readiness to march for the relief of Boston should their services there be found necessary. But it appearing by the intelligence next received that no further hostilities were occurring, they were after a few days' waiting dismissed. Immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill, however, in June of the succeeding year, two of the companies at least, those of Capts. Witter and Belcher, and probably also that of Capt. Billings, were again enrolled and at once placed in active service, and from thence forward until the close of the war the town of Preston continued to furnish its full pro- portion of men for the field, and to provide for them when necessary during their term of service. In 1781 a committee was appointed by the town to enlist from it fifteen soldiers for three years' service, being author- ized to offer them £6 bounty in silver, or such other articles as they might be willing to receive as an equivalent for it, together with forty shillings per month wages, made equal to them in Indian corn at three shillings per bushel, and good pork at three pence per pound, they to receive in addition all bounties, clothing, and refreshments given by the State or Con- tinental authorities. Later in the year a further


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committee was appointed to divide the town into twenty classes, each class to furnish one soldier, and thus fill up the town's quota in the Continental army.


The Connecticut State records show by quarter- masters' receipts there on file that in 1777 the select- men of Preston sent to that part of the army stationed on the Hudson River four bales of clothing for the use of the soldiers from that town, and again the same year, and for the like purpose, arms, blankets, and accoutrements of the value of £67 1s. 6d. At the commencement of the war, however, with their in- complete organization and restricted means, it was not always practicable for either the town or State to promptly meet all the necessities of their condition, and instances are not wanting where the requisite provision was made by individual sacrifice. One such deserves to be commemorated. At the session of the General Assembly, May, 1777, Ebenezer Witter, of Preston (as appears by the legislative record), pre- sented a memorial, stating that on the 20th of June, 1776, he had been by the General Assembly appointed a captain in Col. Selden's regiment, to serve to Dec. 25, 1776, that he did serve and until the regiment was discharged, but that no means had been furnished him with which to pay his company, and that, fearing lest the failure of payment might be a detriment to the service, he had hired four hundred pounds lawful money, and with the same had paid off all his soldiers to save the credit of the State, and for the sum so ex- pended he asked to be reimbursed.


Civil and Military .- The petition of the inhabit- ants of the town for incorporation was presented to the Legislature in 1686, and signed by the following per- sons : Thomas Parke, Sr., Thomas Parke, Jr., Thomas and Jonathan Tracy, Hugh Amos, Jonathan Rudd, Caleb Forbes, John Amos, John Rude, Peter Branch, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Rose, Daniel Brewster, Na- thaniel and John Parke, Charles Williams, Jonathan Geer, Edward Litell, and James Smith. The petition was granted in January, 1687.


The plantation act is dated Jan. 15, 1686, in which fifteen persons are named, viz .: Hugh Amos, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Benjamin Brewster, Caleb Forbes, Capt. Samuel Mason, Ephraim Miner, John Parke, Thomas Parke, John Plumbe, Thomas Rose, Jonathan Rudd, John Stanton, Jonathan Tracy, and Thomas Tracy.


INTERESTING DOCUMENT.


"To Samuel A. Coit, Esq., of Preston, in New London County, one of his majesties Justices of Peace for said county, comes Joshua Douner, of said Preston, and complains and prosecutes in behalf of our sovereign Lord and King against Consider Tiffany, of said Preston, and says that the said Tiffany with sundry other persons who were good and faithful subjects of our Lord and King, being at the dwelling house of the Rev. Mr. Asher Rossiter, of said Preston, sometime in the month of March last past, the said Tiffany, not having the fear of God before his eyes, and being moved and instigated by the Devil to move and stir up strife, envy and discord among neighbors, and to give the said Mr. Rossiter and others an ill opinion of said complainant and to lessen his, the said com- plainant's character, he, the said Tiffany, did wittingly, willingly and


wickedly contrive, make and publish the following false sentences and reports (viz.) Dr. Douner, meaning complainant, says that Mr. Rossiter cannot pray and is a man of no religion and that Panl Parks was not such a fellow as Mr. Rossiter was to go to the tavern a Sabbath day night and buy tickets, which false reports spoken as aforesaid has a direct and natural tendency to disturb, disquiet and destroy the peace, order, friend- ship and unanimity among neighbors and is against the peace of our sovereign Lord and King, his crown and dignity, and contrary to the laws of this colony in the colony law book, page 143, entitled an act for the punishment of lying, and page 185, entitled an act against breaking the peace, the complamant having given bond for prosecution as the said law directs and prays for process against said Tiffany that he may be had on examination on the premises and dealt with as the law directs. Dated at Preston the 22d day of April, A.D. 1760.


" JOSHUA DOUNER."


Long Society .- " This ecclesiastical society com- prised a long and comparatively narrow strip, lying east of the rivers Shetucket and Thames. Well might it be called Long,1 for it originally extended over the whole eastern border of the Nine-miles-square, from Plainfield to Poquetannock, and this line of the origi- nal purchase, in its liberal measurement, was proba- bly ten or twelve miles.


"The farmers on this side of the rivers petitioned the town as early as 1699 to be released from paying ecclesiastical rates in Norwich, on account of the great inconvenience they found in attending divine worship, by reason of the ferry and their distance from the town plot. After crossing the river at the old fording-place it was necessary to traverse a tedious winding path around the Chelsea hills to get into the town street and pass on to the meeting-house. The desired permission was not then granted, but twenty-one years later they were freely allowed to become a distinct parish, and sixty acres of land set apart for their first minister.


" The church was constituted in 1726, under the Rev. Jabez Wight, the first and only pastor ever set- tled among them. Mr. Wight was a native of Ded- ham, Mass., and a graduate of Harvard College. His wife was Ruth Swan; they had four sons, who became worthy members of society. He died in 1782, and the church seems to have died with him. No regular public worship was held, and the mecting-house was allowed to decay and fall to pieces.


" In 1786, Long Society was annexed to Preston, and instead of the designation of '5th of Norwich,' took that of '2d of Preston.'


"In the year 1817 a fresh attempt was made to es- tablish a worshiping assembly in this old society. A new meeting-house was built upon the ancient site, which was open to all denominations of Christians. The services were kept up for a time on the system of voluntary contributions, but could not be perma- nently maintained, and soon ceased altogether.


"In August, 1837, still another effort was made, and at this time a small Congregational Church was gathered with the assistance of Rev. Anson Gleason, who had been officiating as a missionary at Mohegan. The communion-plate belonging to the old church of


1 Sometimes called " Fifth Society," and also " East Norwich."


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Mr. Wight, which had not been used for forty years, was brought out on this occasion. The attempt to re- suscitate the church, however, was not successful. The members soon disbanded, and in 1857 the edifice was sold to the town of Preston for municipal use.


"The ancient burial-ground of Long Society lies around this building. Here we find the names of many of the early inhabitants,-Corning, Fitch, Gid- dings, Haskell, Harvey, Hilliard, Pride, Roath, Tru- man, Wight, Williams, etc.


"One of the oldest inscribed stones perpetuates the memory of the first deacon of Mr. Wight's church :


"'Here lais the body of DEACON BENJAMIN FITCH, died Octr 19, 1727, in ye 37th year of his age.'


" Inscription on the Gravestone of Rev. Mr. Wight.


""Sacred to the memory of Rev. Jabez Wight, late Pastor of the Church of Christ in the d Society in Preston, who in the 56th year of his ministry and 82d. of his age, on the 15th day of Sept., 1782, Entered into the joy of his Lord.


"* Zion may in his fall bemoan, A Beauty and a pillar gone.'


" An obituary notice of Mr. Wight says of him,-


"" Fond of retirement from the bustling world, he was apparently never so happy as when traveling the road of an unnoticed humility.'"


Mr. Wight was succeeded by Roswell Whitmore and Jacob Allen. Dr. Benjamin Lord, of Norwich Town, preached Mr. Wight's ordination sermon in 1726, which was published. The records speak in 1758 of a meeting-house and a minister then settled in the "East Society of Norwich." None has been settled since his death. After that the meeting-house was opened to all denominations who chose to occupy it. The second house was built in 1817, and subse- quently sold to the town for a town house. At one


time it was voted that any one in the society might invite a minister of any denomination to preach, and a collection would be taken up to pay him. The records often speak of unsuccessful efforts to raise money to support preaching for six months at a time. An attempt was made to resuscitate this waning church in October, 1837, but paucity of members and inefficiency finally prevailed, and it was disbanded in 1857.


Congregational Church in Preston .- This church was organized Nov. 16, 1698, and Rev. Salmon Treat was the first pastor. His successors have been as fol- lows: Asher Rosseter, Jonathan Fuller, Lemuel Tyler, John Hyde, Augustus B. Collins, Nathan S. Hunt, Elijah W. Tucker.


The church was very small for forty or fifty years, having become reduced during the ministry of Mr. Rosseter to seventeen, and numbering only twenty- eight at the death of Mr. Tyler. In the next fifty years it increased to more than one hundred, being nearly as large as at any time in its history. A large fund renders the support of the gospel very casy. The house of worship was repaired and remodeled in 1849.


Hall's Mills, situated at Hallville, in the town of Preston, are owned by Joseph, Benjamin, and George


Hall, constituting the firm of Hall Brothers. These mills came into their possession in 1862. Previous to this it was known as the Old Kimball Factory, where custom and roll-carding was done for many years. In 1866 its building and water-power was enlarged to a three-set mill, which was run in the manufacturing of woolen yarn until June 3, 1873, at which time it was burned, and rebuilt as a wool-scouring mill. Started in 1874 cleaning and scouring California wool. During the past year (1880) they have added a new five-set woolen-mill, which is now running in the manufacture of colored flannels.


REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1693 TO 1881.


1693 .- Capt. Benj. Brewster, Lieut. John Morgan, Ensign John Parke.


1694 .- The. Tracey, Lieut. John Morgan, John Parke.


1695 .- Lieut. John Tracey, Jos. Freeman, Tho. Rose.


1696 .- Tho. Tracey.


1697 .- Ensign John Parkes, Joseph Freeman.


1698 .- Caleb Fobes.


1699 .- Lieut. Jonathan Tracie, Ensign John Park, John Parker.


1700 .- Jonathan Tracie, Thomas Tracie.


1701 .- John Parks, Thomas Tracie.


1702 .- Ensign John Parks, John Stark weather, John Richards.


1703 .- Caleb Fobes, William B.Hling, John Richards.


1704 .- Capt. John Parks, Caleb Fobes, Daniel Brewster.


1705 .- Thomas Tracy, Caleb Fobes. Daniel Brewster.


1706-Capt. John Park, Lieut. Daniel Brewster.1


1707 .- Capt. John Parke, Ensign Wm. Billing, Lieut. Daniel Brewster.


1708 .- Lieut. Daniel Brewster, Caleb Fobes, Daniel Brewster.


1709 .- Capt. John Parke, Thomas Tracy, Daniel Brewster.


1710 .- Daniel Brewster, Thomas Tracy, Capt. John Park, Jonathan Tracey.


1711 .- Capt. John Parks, Daniel Woodward.


1712 .- Capt. John Park, Lieut. Daniel Brewster.


1713 .- Capt. John Parke, Lieut. Daniel Brewster, John Richards, Ensign Wm. Billings.


1714 .- Capt. John Park, Lieut. Daniel Brewster, Ensign Wm. Billings.


1715 .- Capt. John Park, Lieut. Daniel Brewster.


1716 .- John Park, John Brown, Capt. Daniel Brewster.


1717 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, Wm. Billing, John Freeman, John Brown.


1718 .- John Freeman, John Amos, Capt. Daniel Brewster, Joseph Kenny.


1719 .- John Brown, John Freeman, Capt. Daniel Brewster.


1720 .- Caleb Fobes, Thomas Rose.


1721 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, Moses Belcher, John Brown.


1722 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, Thomas Rose, Caleb Fobes, John Keeny.


1723 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, Thomas Rose, Joseph Gates, John Cook.


1724 .- Joseph Gales, Thomas Rose.


1725 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, John Brown.


1726 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, John Brown, John Ames, Caleb Fobes.


1727-28 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, John Brown.


1729 .- Joseph Winter, Thomas Rose, Joseph Billings.


1730 .- Joseph Witter, Joseph Billings, John Cook.


1731 .- Capt. Daniel Brewster, Julin Cook, Joseph Witter.


1732 .- Hezekiah Packer, John Cook, Joseph Witter.


1733 .- John Brown, Hezekiah Packer, Jedediah Tracey, Mark Williams.


1734 .- John Brown, Hezekiah Packer, Jedediah Tracey.


1735 .- Jedediah Tracey, John Cook, Joseph Gates, John Brown.


1736 .- Hezekiah Park, John Cook, Mark Willianis.


1737 .- Jedediah Tracey, John Cook, Hezekiah Parks.


1738 .- Jedediah Tracey, JJohn Cook.


1739 .- Jedediah Tracey, Nathaniel Brown, Hezekiah Park.


1740 .- Wm. Witter, Joseph Billings.


1741 .- Hezekiah Parkes, Joseph Billings, Nathaniel Brown, Samuel Morgan.


1742 .- Ilezekiah Parkes, Joseph Billings, Capt. John Avery, Capt. Sam- nel Coit.


1743 .- Samuel Morgan, Capt. Samnel Coit, Capt. John Avery, Nathaniel Brown.


1 The names of deputies without towns appear in the record for 1706.


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1744 .- Samuel Morgan, Capt. Ebenezer Leonard, Wm. Wittar, Nathaniel Brown.


1745 .- Wm. Wittar, Capt. Ebenezer Leonard, Samuel Morgan, Nathaniel Brown.


1746 .- Win. Wittar, Capt. Samuel Coit.


1747 .- Humphrey Avery, Roger Billings, Samuel Morgan, Capt. Eben- ezer Leonard.


1748 .- Joseph Wittar, Nathaniel Brown, Sam'l Morgan, Elijah Belcher. 1749 .- Wm. Wittar, Maj. Samuel Coit, Samuel Morgan, Roger Billings.


1750 .- Samuel Morgan, Samuel Coit, Capt. Wm. Wittar, Capt. Ebenezer Leonard.


1751 .- Cyprian Strong, Maj. Samuel Coit, Samuel Morgan, Nathaniel Brown.


1752 .- Capt. Wm. Wittar, Capt. Roger Billings, Capt. Samnel Morgan. 1753 .- Capt. Wmn. Wittar, Maj. Samuel Coit, Capt. Samuel Morgan, Capt. Nathaniel Brown.


1754 .- Capt. Win. Witter, Maj. Samuel Coit, Capt. Samuel Morgan, Capt. Daniel Gates.


1755 .- Wm. Witter, Samuel Brown, Capt. Samuel Morgan, Nathaniel Brown.


1756 .- ''apt. Wm. Witter, Jolin Tyler, Capt. Samuel Morgan, Nathaniel Brown.


1757 .- Capt. Wm. Witter, Nathaniel Brown, Capt. Samuel Morgan, Maj. Samuel Coit.


1758 .- Capt. Wm. Witter, Nathaniel Brown, John Tyler.


1759 .- Sammel Morgan, Capt. Nathaniel Leonard, Capt. Wm. Witter, Nathaniel Brown.




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