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A local segregation of the magnetite occasionally found in this rock has in the past encouraged exploitation for iron, and pits have been opened on the north flanks of Dutton Mt. and of the hill northwest of Blakely Pond. The same mineral is frequently disseminated through both the gray and the hornblende gneisses, but the indications are that nowhere in the region has the ore been concentrated sufficiently to repay mining.
The belt of Stockbridge dolomite (Cambrosilurian) which occupies the East Canaan Valley, though covered with drift, approaches but probably does not pass the Norfolk line. The only area of limestone discovered in the town- ship is that of Crissey Hill, near the Windom place. This rock is a coarsely crystalline limestone or dolomite, abound- ing in chondrodite and other metamorphic minerals.
A granitic variety of the gray gneiss, quarried in Bald Mt., is the only valuable mineral product of Norfolk thus far successfully exploited."
THE FLORA OF NORFOLK.
(FROM " THE CHIMES," JULY 21, 1897.)
"Self sown my stately garden grows; The winds and wind-blown seed,
Cold April rain and colder snows My hedges plant and feed.
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"From mountain far and valleys near, The harvest sown to-day Thrive in all weathers without fear; Wild planters, plant away."
-Emerson.
"Among the many attractions of Norfolk, for the lover of nature the wild-flowers hold a prominent place. From early spring until late fall the botany enthusiast, or "bot- any crank," as he is commonly called, is sure to find some- thing of interest. About two years ago one of our summer visitors reported one hundred and ninety-seven wild- flowers that she had seen during her stay of four weeks. Long before the snow has left the hills, on a sunny south bank may be seen the bright yellow blossom of the Colts- foot and the modest little Hepatica. Later, nestling among the dry leaves, we find the large pink clusters of the Arbutus. On the hillside the fragrant Daphne, with its lilac colored blossoms covering the bare stems, is seen.
Now a large variety of flowers come crowding in so quickly one finds it difficult to keep in touch with all. Among them are Dutchman's breeches, or white-hearts, wild ginger root, blood root, violets, trilliums, bellwort and many others. About the last of May are to be found many dainty pink lady-slippers, and the greenish-yellow blossoms of the clintonia, and in some half-hidden nooks the Orchis spectabilis raises its delicate head. If you have a deal of patience and know in what direction to go, you may be rewarded by finding a few of the smaller yellow lady-slippers.
During the month of June the pastures and woods are gay with the pink azalea and laurel, and in the meadows the daisies and buttercups are opening their "golden eyes." One of the delights of the botanist's life is the Sphagnum- bog. Someone has said that the swamp is nature's sanc- tuary. "Truly, such a remote spot as this, so full of rare beauties, free from any suggestion of man, seems almost like a holy of holies, and we feel as if we had been some- what intrusive in our reckless search after loveliness."
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You must go well equipped with rubber boots and open eyes, for many are the pitfalls that await you. But who would not endure all the unpleasantness for the sake of the reward? If you go the last of June, many will be the ex- clamations of delight as you behold the beauties of the place. On all sides are different members of the coniferae family, some of them draped with long grey moss. A faint, fragrant odor comes to us as we look down and see blos- soms of the ledum latifolium, and note the leaves clothed with rusty wool underneath. Nearby is the marsh andro- meda, with its umbel of pale pink flowers. All around the roots of these we find the small flowers of the American cranberry. At a little distance we see the wild calla beside some treacherous pool. Here I would like to correct a statement made in one of our Connecticut papers, that the wild calla was found in only one place in Connecticut. I fear the writer never botanized in any other, for it grows in five different swamps in Norfolk. But to go back in our bog. Near the calla are the pure white blossoms of the fairy wand orchid. Here, too, are the beautiful rose purple flowers of the arethusa, and if it is not too late, a few of the funnel-shaped, white beard flowers of the buckbean and the pale pink blossoms of the kalmia glauca.
Near at hand we excitedly espy the "brimming beakers" of the pitcher plant,-winged, hooded leaves, relentlessly holding captive a host of unfortunate insects, which have been tempted into their hollows by the sugary exudations for which they have bartered their lives, for the downward and pointing bristles will prevent their escape. The plant is said to be nourished by the decomposing bodies of these captives, and we fancy that the great purple-red flowers which nod from their tall stalks have drawn their hue and vigor from the blood of a hundred victims. These are only a few of the wonders of the bog, but the more common ones we need not mention.
On the edge of at least one of the Norfolk swamps the American rhododendron is found.
Later in the season, among the dry woods, we find the
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Indian pipes and pinesap parasites, which sponge their board out of other plants. Haystack mountain furnishes a fine botanical garden. The bright yellow foxglove, the Venus's looking glass, the pink and white blossom of princess pine, the fragrant pyrola, orchids, not to mention the numerous varieties of Lycopods, help to make the climb up Haystack interesting. At least twenty-two different orchids have been found in Norfolk,-among them Spiranthes Romanzoviana, which is especially mentioned in Gray's Botany as growing in Norfolk, Professor Barbour as authority.
Many of the Compositae family also find their home in this section.
These are among the best known, most interesting and most characteristic of the wild flowers of Norfolk. But one has only to take a stroll through any quiet nook to see that these are a very few of the many flowers that deck our hills."
By two of the local botanists of note who have made a thorough study of the flora of Norfolk, and have found all of the orchids growing in this town, the following ex- tended catalogue of the "Orchids of Norfolk" has been kindly prepared:
Liparis liliifolia, Richard.
Liparis Loeselii, Richard. Corallorhiza odontorhiza, Nutt. Corallorhiza multiflora, Nutt.
Spiranthes Romanzoffiana, Cham.
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Spiranthes cernua, Richard.
Spiranthes praecox, Watson. Spiranthes gracilis, Bigelow.
Spiranthes simplex, Gray. Goodyera repens, R. Br. Goodyera pubescens, R. Br. Arethusa bulbosa, L.
Calopogon pulchellus, R. Br.
Pogonia ophioglossoides, Nutt. Orchis spectabilis, L. Habenaria tridentata, Hook. 66 virescens, Spreng.
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Habenaria hyperborea, R. Br.
dilatata, Gray.
Hookeri, Torr.
orbiculata, Torr.
blephariglottis, Torr.
lacera, R. Br.
psycodes, Gray.
fimbriata, R. Br.
Cypripedium parviflorum, Salisb.
pubescens, Willd.
spectabile, Salisb.
acaule, Ait.
In the year 1881, Dr. J. H. Barbour of Middletown, in this state, came to Norfolk, built and for many years occu- pied as his summer home "Ofora Lodge," near The Hill- hurst. Having taken up botany as a recreation, he found in this, his summer home, a most delightful field for his pastime and study.
Professor Barbour presented to the Norfolk Library a copy of "Gray's Botany," in which he had placed in manu- script, as part of the result of his study of the flora of Nor- folk, the following list of plants and flowers, which we are kindly permitted to insert in this volume:
"Plants found in Norfolk which are not common in other parts of Connecticut:
"Anemone cylindrica, Gray. (Long fruited anemone.) Nuphar Kalmianum, Ait. (Small yellow pond lily.) Arabis Canadensis, L. (Sickle-pod.) Viola rotundifolia, Michx. (Round leaved Violet.)
Sagina procumbens, L. (Pearlwort.) Oxalis Acetosella, L. (Common wood-sorrel.)
Nemopanthes fascicularis, Ref. (Mountain Holly.) Acer Spicatum, Lam. (Mountain Maple.) Desmodium cuspidatum, Hook. (Tick trefoil.) Vicia Cracca, L. (sp. of Vetch.) Geum strictum, Ait. (Avens.) Potentilla tridentata, Soland. (Three-toothed cinquefoil.) Rosa Blanda, Ait. (Early wild rose.) Tiarella cordifolia, L. (False Mitrewort.)
Ribes prostratum, L. Her. (Fetid currant.)
Circaea Alpina, L. (Enchanter's Nightshade.)
Sium Carsonii, Durand. (Water Parsnip.)
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Aralia hispida, Vent. (Bristly Sarsaparilla.) Cornus circinata, L. Her. (Round leaved cornel or Dogwood.) Viburnum cassinoides, L. (Witherod.) Viburnum Opulus, L. (Cranberry-tree.) Lonicera ciliata, Muhl. (Fly Honeysuckle.) Aster macrophyllus, L. (Large leaved aster.) Hieracium aurantiacum, L. (Orange Hawkweed.) Tragopogon pratensis, L. (Salsify) (Goat's beard.) Lobelia Kalmii, L. (Kalm's Lobelia.) Chiogenes Serpyllifolia, Salisb. (Creeping Snowberry.)
Andromeda polifolia, L. (Andromeda sp.) Kalmia glauca, Ait. (Pale Laurel.) Rhododendron maximum. (Great Laurel.) Ledum latifolium, Ait. (Labrador tea.)
Moneses grandiflora, Salisb. (One flowered pyrola.)
Gentiana quinqueflora, Lam. (Five flowered gentian.)
Cynoglossum Virginicum, L. (Hound's tongue.) Mimulus luteus, L. (Yellow Monkey flower.) Myrica Gale, L. (Sweet gale.) Betula lutea, Michx. f. (Yellow birch.) Liparis Loeselii, Richard. (Twayblade.)
Spiranthes Romanzoffiana, Cham. (Sp. of Ladies' Tresses.) Goodyera repens, R. Br. (Rattlesnake plantain.) Habenaria hyperborea, R. Br. (Sp. of Rein-orchis.)
Habenaria orbiculata, Torr. (Great green orchis.) Streptopus roseus, Michx. (Twisted stalk.)
Trillium erythocarpum Michx. (Painted Trillnun.) Scheuchzeria palustris, L. Lycopodium annotinum, L. Lycopodium inundatum, L. Botrychium lanceolatum, Angstrom.
Asplenium thelypteroides, Michx. Phegopteris polypodioides, Fee. Phegopteris Dryopteris, Fee. Aspidium Bootii, Tuckermann. Woodsia Ilvensis, R. Brown.
The following are some of the ferns that Professor Bar- bour designated as found growing in Norfolk: Polypodium, vulgare, L. (Polypody.) Adiantum, pedatum, L. (Maiden-hair.) Pteris aquilina, L. (Common Brake.) Asplenium ebeneum. (Spleenwort.) 66 Filix-foemina, Bernh. Phegopteris polypodioides, Fee. (Beech Fern.)
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HARRY M. GRANT
CHARLES M. RYAN
WILLIAM
C. PHELPS
FRANKLIN ENG.CO
MERRILL HUMPHREY
AUSTIN . WOOSTER
WILLIAM C. PHELPS, [ORN SEPTEMBER, 1307.
THIS PICTURE OF HIM TAKEN AUGUST 1900.
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Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Fee.
66 Dryopteris, Fee.
Aspidium Thelypteris, Swartz. (Shield Fern.)
Noveboracense, Swartz.
spinulosum, Swartz.
intermedium, D. C. Eaton.
66 Boottii, Tuckerman.
66 cristatum, Swartz.
marginale, Swartz.
acrostichoides, Swartz. (Christmas Fern.)
Cystopteris, fragilis, Bernh. (Bladder Ferns.)
Onoclea sensibilis. (Sensitive Fern.)
Onoclea Struthiopteris, Hoffman.
Woodsia Ilvensis, R. Brown.
obtusa, Torr.
Dicksonia pilosiuscula, Willd.
Osmunda regalis, L. (Flowering Fern.)
66 Claytoniana, L.
cinnamomea, L. (Cinnamon Fern.)
Botrychium lanceolatum, Augs. (Adder's-tongue Family.)
matricariaefolium, Braun.
66 ternatum, Swartz.
66 Virginianum, Swartz.
Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. (Adder's-tongue.)
XXIX.
BRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
The following chapter, being for the most part a brief mention of the early settlers of this town and their de- scendants, has been gathered from a great variety of sources. That it is free from errors the compiler would by no means dare hope.
Of the sources of my information I would mention many valuable manuscripts left by Dr. Eldridge, to which access has been kindly given. Of the manuscripts I would specify some papers prepared at the request of Dr. Eldridge by Michael F. Mills, Esq., in 1857, a short time prior to his death. He was one of the last surviving sons of an 'orig-
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inal proprietor.' Also some papers prepared for Dr. El- dridge by James Mars, who in 1798, at the age of 8 years, was sold as a slave here in Norfolk by Rev. Mr. Thompson of Canaan to Mr. Elizur Munger, and who lived in this town much the larger part of his life. I must mention also here Mr. Norman Riggs, Mr. Lucius Pendleton, and Mr. Benjamin W. Pettibone. Accompanying Esq. Mills' papers is the following note, which will be of interest:
"May 18, 1857."
"Rev. J. Eldridge, D. D .:
Dear Sir :- You gave an invitation for people to hand in to you memoranda respecting the early settlers of the town. You will probably be flooded with them,-yet as I have time, and it seems to remove gloomy feelings, I have made some, and herewith send. If you can glean anything from them it would be a gratification to me; if not, they will be waste paper. I have written considerable more, which I shall look over. If I think it may be of use to you I shall hand it to you. My age and want of education is my ex- cuse for bad spelling and bad grammar."
With respect yours,
MICHAEL F. MILLS."
FROM ESQ. MILLS' PAPERS.
"Ezekiel Wilcox came from Simsbury. He located a mile east of the meeting-house. He married Rosanna Pettibone, sister of Col. Giles Pettibone. He, the said Ezekiel, died June 23, 1774, of the smallpox. Their children: Charlotte married Noah Amherst Phelps of Simsbury, son of General Noah Phelps. Rosanna mar- ried Eden Mills. Ezekiel married Olive Welch. The said Ezekiel, Sen., was selectman. The smallpox had commenced the natural way. One or two had it at the house of Abner Beach, about twenty-five rods south of the meeting-house. Mr. Wilcox came as far as the front of the meeting-house. Some one came out of Beach's house that had the smallpox and talked with Wilcox, as his business was to provide a place to remove them to, where the public would not be so much exposed. He there took the dis- temper. Mrs. Wilcox continued to reside upon the same location and kept a tavern until her death, October 15, 1813, aged 75. Mrs. Wilcox before her marriage, then Rosanna Pettibone, resided in Simsbury. She wished a wedden dress. She made a piece of checked linen,-about 40 or 50 yards,-for sale. Samuel Forbes having commenced and carrying on the iron business in Canaan, and employing a number of men, paid a high price for checked
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linen. Rosanna Pettibone took her checked linen on horseback, and in company with Benjamin Mills and his wife came through Torrington and Winchester to Samuel Mills', in the south part of Norfolk. The next day to her brother's, Giles Pettibone's, who ac- companied her to Mr. Forbes'. She sold her cloth. Mr. Forbes paid her in iron delivered in Hartford. She exchanged her iron for a wedden dress."
Probably at an earlier date than the trip mentioned above, when in pursuit of her wedding dress, Rosanna Pet- tibone started alone on horseback from her home in Sims- bury for Norfolk. The roads then were little more than a trail or bridle-path through a wilderness of "forest prime- val." Somewhere in New Hartford she lost the trail, in- tending to come through Winchester township, over Wal- len's Hill, through Colebrook to Norfolk. She was lost in the wilderness, but kept on, and when night overtook her stopped, alone in the forest, and spent the night, as it proved, near the location of the old Torringford Church, having got upon the trail leading to Torrington. The next day she made her way to her brother, Giles Pettibone's, in this town. That was doubtless a long, dreary night to Rosanna.
"William Walter came from Goshen. He located on the road north of Haystack mountain. He with Giles Pettibone were the first representatives. He was an eminent, pious Christian, yet in some of the last years of his life he was gloomy. Frequently when riding a-horseback in some lonely place where he had no reason to think any person heard him, he would offer a most humble and fervent prayer. He had two wives. He died in 1796. His children: William located south of Loon meadow. Joel on the road from Beech flats to Loon meadow, north of the pond. Stephen married Mercy Mills for his second wife; located on the same road, east of Joel. He afterward removed to his father's, north of Haystack mountain. He died 1800. Elijah located on the road east of Stephen Walters. Hannah married John Walter; lo- cated in the east part of the town. Heman, after Joel died, located on the same farm.
Asahel, Samuel. 1857. None of the family or descendants re- main in Norfolk. William Walter, Jun., was a mason by trade. He was building a chimney of stone. Some people looking on and examining it said to him, You leave great holes. Walter replied,
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It is impossible to build a stone chimney so tight but what the rats will run in, and it is policy to leave holes large enough for the cats to follow them.
"Deacon David Frisbie married a daughter of Esquire Everett of New Milford. He came from New Milford to Norfolk; located in Loon meadow district, two miles east of the meeting-house. He was a carpenter, a house and shop joiner by trade. He was from a family which had been favored with education and instruction beyond most families of that day. Two of his brothers received a college education. One was a minister of the gospel; the other a lawyer, and settled in Virginia. Mr. Frisbie early embraced the prinicples of religion. He was a firm believer in the doctrines and principles advanced by Dr. Bellamy and Doctor Edwards. He was attached to reading, especially the Bible and the writings of Doctor Edwards. Few laymen in those days were as well versed in theology as he was. He believed firmly in the decrees of God. He took great delight in discussing the subject of religion, the attributes of Deity and the free agency of man. He took an active part in religious meetings, and was ever ready to devote time to religious conversation. He was chosen deacon of the church and served a number of years, sustaining an eminent Christian charac- ter. He removed late in life from Norfolk to Winsted to live with Willard Holmes, who married his daughter. His wife's father and mother residing in New Milford, used frequently to visit Mr. Fris- bie, Esq. Everett and his wife being small of stature, rode on horse- back from New Milford to Norfolk upon one horse. Mr. Frisbie's children; Olive, died. Polly, married a Lewis. Irene, married Earl P. Hawley. John Calvin married Laura Mills, daughter of Law- rence Mills.
David married Mercy Walter, daughter of Stephen Walter. Martin Luther died in Virginia.
John Calvin Frisbie now (1857) resides in the town of Scott, N. Y. Miranda married Willard Holmes of Winsted, and at his house in 1837, Deacon David Frisbie died, at the age of 87 years.
"Jedediah Richard's family came from Hartford. Jedediah Jun. came, being one of the purchasers under the first contract with the state, which was given up. He located in the east part of the town near Colebrook, on the farm now owned by William Nor- ton. Soon after the second purchase his father, Jedediah Sen., and a brother came and settled near him. The son Jedediah mar- ried a Stewart. They had nine sons, who lived to be men grown. In 1824 he went with his wife and his nine sons, all remarkable for health and strength to Wadsworth, in the state of Ohio. In the summer of 1855 there were but two of the family living. Roswell, son of Jedediah Richards 2nd, married Betsey Austin. Had five sons. One son, Salmon (1857) living in Norfolk.
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The Rev. A. R. Robbins made a visit to Mr. Jedediah Richards 2d. The men were in the field harvesting. Mr. Robbins walked to the field. Jedediah Richards 1st, Jedediah Richards 2d and Jede- diah Richards 3d were a reaping. Jedediah Richards 4th, a boy of about ten years old, was there at work. Mr. Robbins enquired if the boy could reap. They replied he could. Mr. Robbins said get him a sickle, which they did. Mr. Robbins stood for some time to see them reap, and said, "Few have seen what I have; four gener- ations, all of the same name, reaping together in the same field." (This was doubtless on the farm owned and occupied many years by William J. Norton.) "Jedediah Richards 2nd died 1811. Jede- diah 3d used frequently to remark that he had taken the 'Hartford Courant' for a great many years, and that he made it a point every week to read it through by course; that he could confidently say that nothing had been published in the Courant for years that he had not read.
Charles Pardee lived west of Jedediah Richards.
Reuben Munger located about half a mile west of the meeting- house. His sons Jonathan and Edmond were among the first settlers of the south part of Ohio. Reuben, Nathaniel and Dudley were early settlers of Middlebury, Vermont. Elizer remained upon the old homestead. Died 1828, aged 67. One of Mr. Munger's daughters, Abigail, married Benjamin Maltbie. One of her sons, Elon, resides in Norfolk.
"Asahel Case and his wife, Dorotha Phelps, were from Sims- bury. He located on the Winchester road, four miles south of the center. His children; Joseph, married Lydia Mills. They removed with the first settlers to Northern Ohio. Abel. Nathan married a Munger. They were early settlers of Middlebury, Vt. Aashel Jun., married Eunice Everet :- lived in the south end district in Norfolk. Children: Mary married James Swift. Asahel Everet Case, married Huldah Curtis. Dorotha married Philo Smith. Salmon, married a Peerson. The said Asahel senior had thirteen children. He died 1809, aged 81. Asahel Jun. died 1840, aged 84.
"Aaron Case, son of Asahel Jun., lived on the old place where his grandfather lived and died. His son, Hiram lived on the old place, and died there from 'grinder's consumption,' contracted by grinding scythes in a scythe shop. Another son Dea. Aaron, was for years a business man in Winsted (and died there early in 1900).
Rachel married a Markham. Flora married the same Mr. Mark- ham as his second wife. Mary married an Alvord. Fanny married Dea. Asahel G. Phelps. Cynthia married a Stillman.
"The Pease family that came to Norfolk were descendants of John Pease from Yorkshire England, who landed at Martha's Vine- yard 1632. A pamphlet of the Pease family was published by Fred-
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erick S. Pease of Albany. Nathaniel Pease married Eunice Allen. He died at Norfolk March 28, 1818, aged 93. His wife died March 21, 1807. He afterward married Mrs. Pickett. He removed from Enfield to Goshen, and about 1765 to Norfolk. Mr. Pease located on the old road to Canaan, about a hundred rods east of the Canaan line. He was a tanner, currier, and leather dresser by trade. He carried on boot and shoe-making extensively for those days, frequently employing ten or twelve men. He came into the shop one time, looked rather sharply, said to his workmen, some of you use too much wax on your thread. My customers complain. One of the workmen replied, it is not I. I sew clear around the shoe without waxing. Mr. Pease replied, you are the man. If any more of your shoes rip I will turn you up. Mr. Pease had thirteen children.
1 Phineas, married Betsey Lawrence; children, Flavius, Phineas, Peter, Hiram, Alonzo, Sally, Pela, Polly, Betsey, Amelia, Amanda.
2 Calvin, married Sally Ives; children, Salmon, Pruden, Sally.
3 Louisa, married Giles Pettibone, son of Col. Giles Pettibone; children, Sally, Polly, Louisa, Julia, Eunice, Jonathan Humphrey, Susan, Charlotte L., Desiah Humphrey.
4 Allen, married first, Rachel Tibbals; children, Harlow, Electa; married second, Tamsin Sears; children, John S., Eunice.
5 Nathaniel, married Jerusha Hall; children, Dudley, Grove, Almira, Betsey.
6 Obadiah, married Deziah Pettibone, dau. of Col. Giles Petti- bone; children, Augustus P., Obadiah, Deziah, Harriet, Emily.
7 Dudley, died young.
8 Eunice married Edmond Akins; children, Harry, Betsey.
9 Electa married Ahijah Pettibone; children, Ahijah, Maria, Martha, Sally, Augustus P., Hiram.
10 Betsey married Ozias Pettibone of Granby; had five sons.
11 Flavius died young.
12 Earl P., married Mary Ives, daughter of Joseph Ives; chil- dren, Joseph Ives, Richard Henry, Roger Sherman, Mary Eliza.
13 Martha, died at three years of age of hyprophobia, having been bitten by a cat.
"Soon after Mr. Nathaniel Pease came to Norfolk he and a neighbor went to Sandisfield on foot on business. In the afternoon they started for home through the woods. It was cloudy and they had not proceeded far when a dense fog came on; they could not tell the points of compass and soon they were lost. They found a large tree turned up by the roots, the body lying several feet from the ground. By breaking limbs etc. they made a shelter where they passed the night, and when the sun came out the next day they were able to make their way home.
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"Capt. Titus Ives located on the road to Canaan near the town line. He died in 1810. His children were: Joseph, Sherman, Hannah, who married Samuel Tibbals. Sally, married Calvin Pease, Howell, George, John and Erastus. All had families. They and their descendants have all left Norfolk." (Capt. Titus Ives lived in the house that is now the residence of Nathaniel S. Law- rence, adjoining the former Holt, now the Eldridge farm. The original road to Canaan passed this house.)
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