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1694-May, and Daniel Westcott.
.. -- Oct., Daniel Wescott and Daniel Weer.
1695-Oct., David Waterbury.
1696-May, Lieut. Jonathan Bell.
" -Oct., Sergt. David Waterbury.
1697-Oct., Samnel Hoyt.
1698-Oct., Lieut. David Waterbury.
1699-May,
and Ens. Samuel Hoyt.
" -Oct., Samuel Hoyt and Jonathan Bell.
1700-May, Elisha Holly .. " -Oct., Lieut. David Waterbu y and Stephen Bishop.
Elisha Holly.
1701-May, ". - Oct.,
1702-May, Samuel Webb.
" -Oct., Lient. David Waterbury and Samnel Webb.
1703-May, Capt. John Clock.
" -Oct .. Samuel Hoyt. 1704-May, " -Oct.,
Elisha Hol.y.
1705-May, Capt. Jonathan Selleck and Lieut. David Waterbury. " - L'eut. David Waterbury.
1706-May, Capt. Jonathan Selleck and Lient. David Waterbury.
" -Oct., Lient. David Waterbury and Jonathan Selleck.
APPENDIX. 163
1707-May, Capt. Jonathan Selleck and Elisha Holly. " -- Oct., Stephen Bishop
1708-May, Capt. Jonathan Selleck
" -Oct., Stephen Bishop
1709-May, ..
.: --- Oct.,
1710-May, Jonathan Bates. " -Oct., Elisha Holly.
1711-May, 66 John Ambler. " -Oct.,
1712-May, Jonathan Bates and John Stone. " -Oct., Jonathan Bell.
1713-May, Elisha Hawley and Jonathan Bell. " -Oct.,
1714-May, Jonathan Bell and Jonathan Bates. * - Oct., John Stone.
1715-May,
" -Oct., Jonathan Bates and John Hoyt.
1716-May, John Hoyt and John Stone. " -- Oct., Jolin Stone and Samuel Hoyt.
1717-May, John Hoyt and Jonathan Bell. " -Oct., John Stone and John Hoyt.
1718-May, Samuel Weed and Jonas Weed. " -Oct., John Stone
1719-May, John Hoyt and John Stone. " --- Oct., and John Bell.
1720-May, .. John Stone.
1721-May, Samuel Weed. " -- Oct., John Stone.
1722-May, 4 .
" -Oct., .. ..
1723-May,
..
1724-May, .4
" -Oct., Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and Jonathan Bates.
1725-May, " -Oct., ..
..
.. : 1726-May.
.. " -Oct.,
1727-May, .4
" -Oct., Capt. Samnel Hoyt and Samuel Weed.
1728-May, Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and Capt. Samnel Hoyt " -Oct., Capt. Jonathan Bates and Capt. Jonathan Hoyt 1729-May, Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and Capt. Samuel Hoyt. " -Oct., Capt. Jonathan Bates and Capt. Jonathan Hoyt.
1730-Oct., Capt. John Bell
1731-May, Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and John Bell. " -Oct., John Hoyt and Jonathan Bates. 1732-May, .. " -- Oct., Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and John Bell. 1733-May, " -Oct., Samuel Hoyt.
Jonathan Bates.
1734-May, ..
Samuel Hoyt.
" -Oct., 1735-May, 59
Jonathan MIaltby.
4 66
HISTORY OF STAMFORD.
1735-Oct.,
Capt. Jonathan Hoyt and Jonathan Bates. Jonathan Maltby.
1736-May, " -Oct., 1737-May,
" -Oct.,
1738-May, " -Oct., ..
1739-May, " -Oct., 1740-May, Col. " -Oct., ..
1741-May,
..
" -Oct.,
1742-May, 44
" -Oct.,
1743-May, Col.
Jonathan Bates.
" -Oct.,
1744-May, Col.
Jonathan Maltby.
4 -Oct.,
1745-May, . 4
" -Oct., Col.
1746-May, " -Oct.,
..
Capt.
1747 --- May,
" -Oct., Capt. Nathaniel Weed and Abraham Davenport.
1748-May, Jonathan Hoyt
" -Oct., Col.
..
.. " -Oct., Col.
1750-May,
" -- Oct., ..
1751-May,
..
# -Oct.,
1752-May.,
" -Oct., ..
..
1753, May,
" -Oct.,
1754-May,
Jonathan Maltby
" -Oct.,
1755-May, "+ -Oct.,
1756-May, Jobn Holly. " -Oct., Col. Jonathan Hoyt
1757-May, " -Oct., 4 4 Abraham Davenport.
Jonathan Selleck.
1758-May, Charles Webb and Jonathan Dibble. " -- Oct,, Jonathan Dibble and Charles Webb. 1759-May, Charles Webb and Abraham Davenport. " -Oct., Abraham Davenport and Charles Webb. 1760-May, Col. Jonathan Hoyt and Abraham Davenport. " -Oct., Abraham Davenport and Capt. Charles Webb.
1761-May, Capt. Charles Webb and Abraham Davenport. " -Oct., Abraham Davenport and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. 1762-May, Col. Jonathan Hoyt and Abraham Davenport.
=
Jonathan Bates. Jonathan Maltby.
1749-May,
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APPENDIX.
1762-Oct., Abraham Davenport and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. 1763-May, Col. Jonathan Hoyt and Abraham Davenport. " -Oct., Abraham Davenport and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. 1764-May, Col. Jonathan Hoyt and Abraham Davenport. " __ Oct., Abraham Davenport and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. 1765-May, Col. Jonathan Hoyt and Abraham Davenport. " -- Oct., Abraham Davenport and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. 1766-May, Capt. Charles Webb a. d Abraham Davenport. " -- Oct., Charles Webb and Col. Jonathan Hoyt.
1767-May, Capt. Charles Webb and Col. Jonathan Hoyt. " -Oct., Charles Webb.
1768-May, Capt Charles Webb and Benj. Weed. " -Oet., Charles Webb
1769-May, Capt. Charles Webb and Maj. David Waterbury. " -- Oct., David Waterbury and Benj. Weed.
1770-May, Capt. Chas, Webb and Maj. David Waterbury.
" -Oct., Benjamin Weed.
1771-May, Chas. Webb and Benj. Weed.
" -Oct .. 1772-May, " -Oct.,
..
1773-May, ..
·· -- Oct., ..
1774-May, David Waterbury and Thos. Young.
** -- Oct., Chas. Webh and David Waterbury.
1775-May, Col. Charles Webb and Col. David Waterbury.
'. - Oct., Benjamin Weed and Thos. Young.
1776-May,
Col. David Waterbury.
" -Oct., = John Davenport.
1777 -- May, John Davenport and John Hoyt, Jr. " -- Oct., Capt. Sylvester Knapp and Capt. Isaac Lockwood.
1778 -- May, Maj. John Davenport and Col. Charles Webb.
" -Oct., Capt. Daniel Bouton and Capt. Isaac Lockwood.
1779-May, Col. Charles Webb and Capt. Daniel Bouton.
" -- Oct., Capt. Daniel Bonton and Charles Webb. 1780-May, Col. Charles Webb.
" -Oct., Charles Weed and Charles Webb.
1781-May, Only record, in private journal of Gov. Trumbull. " -Oct., Charles Weed.
1782-May, Maj. John Davenport and Charles Weed.
" -Oct., Charles Weed and Maj. John Davenport. 1783-May, Gen. D. Waterbury and Charles Weed. " -Oct., Charles Weed and Gen. D. Waterbury. 1784-May, Maj. John Davenport and Charles Weed. -Oct., Charles Weed and Maj. John Davenport. 1785-May, Maj. John Davenport and Charles Weed. " -Oct., Charles Weed and James Davenport. 1786-May, James Davenport and Charles Weed. -Oct.
1787-May, James Davenport and Charles Weed.
46 " -Oct.,
1.788-May, John Davenport.
" _Oct., John Davenport and James Davenport.
1789- May, Jameg Davenport and Col. Joseph Hoyt.
468
HISTORY OF STAMFORD.
1789-Oct., John Davenport aud James Davenport. 1790-May, Maj. " -Oct., Benj. Scofield. William Fitch.
1791-May, Maj. " -Oct.,
1792-May, Maj .. Thaddeus Weed.
-Oct.,
1793-May, Maj. Benjamin Scofield.
-Oct.,
1794-May, David Waterbury and Thaddens Weed.
.. - Oct., Jolin Davenport ..
1795-May, David Waterbury
-Oct., John Davenport and George Mills.
1796-May, *Joshua King and William Forrester.
" - Oct., John Davenport and George Mills.
1797-May, George Mills and Noyes Mather. " -Oct., Noyes Mather and George Mills. 1798-May, George Mills and Noyes Mather. " -Oct., Noyes Mather and Isaiah Tiffany. 1799-May, Isaiah Tiffany and Isaac Lockwood. " -Oct., Isaac Lockwood and Nathan Weed, Jr.
1800-May,
". - Oct.,
1801-May,
Edward MeLaughhin.
" -- Oct., Wm. Waterbury 4th.
1802-May,
" -Oct., Nathan Weed and Noyes Mather.
1803-May, Isaac Lockwood and John Wm. Holly. " -Oct., Nathan Weed and Isaac Lockwood.
1804-May, and Jas. Stephens. " -Oct., Jas. Stephens and Thaddeus Bell, Jr. 1805-May, " -Oct., 66 Nathan Weed.
1806-May, Isaac Lockwood and Thaddeus Bell, Jr.
" -Oct., Josiah Smith and Nathan Weed.
1807-Oct., Thaddeus Bell and Ezra Lockwood.
1808-May, Wm. Waterbury 4th and Isaac Lockwood Jr. " -Oct., Isaac Lockwood and Jas. Stephens.
1809-May, Jas. Stephens and Isaac Lockwood, Jr.
" -- Oct., Smith Weed and Jas. Stevens. 1810-May, Jas. Stevens and Natban Weed. " -Oct., Thaddeus Bell and Jas. Stevens. 1811-May, Isaac Lockwood, Jr.
" -Oct., Henry Hoyt , Jr. and John Weed, Jr.
1812-May, Jolin Weed, Jr. and Henry Hoyt, Jr. " -Oct., Nathan Weed and Simeon H. Minor. 1813-May, John Weed, Jr. = " -Oct., Isaac Lockwood aud John Augur. 1814-May, Jas. Stephens " -Oct., Isaac Lockwood and Henry Close. 1815-May, Jas. Stevens and Thaddeus Bell.
*said, in pencil, to be from Ridgefield. Both names are probably by mistake credi- ted to Stamford.
APPENDIX.
1815-Oct., Isaac Lockwood and John Weed, Jr. 1816-May. John Brown, Jr. and Solomon Clason. " -Oct, Isaac Lockwood and John Brown, Jr. 1817-May, Jas. Stevens and Simeon H. Minor. .. - Oct., 1818-May, . . Thaddeus Bell. " __ Oct., ..
1819-May, Thad. Bell and Isaac Lockwood. John Augur. Joseph Wood and Chas. Hawley. Daniel Lockwood.
Chas. Hawley ..
..
Isaac Lockwood and T. Davenport. Chas. Hawley and Jotham Hoyt. Abel Reynolds. .. Simeon H. Minor.
S. H. Minor and Wm. Waterbury, Jr. John Bell. Wm. Waterbury and Sol. Clason. 16 Selleck Scofield. Selleck Scofield and Royal L. Gay.
Royal L. Gay and Joshua B. Ferris. Selleck Scofield
Joshua B. Furris and Seth Clason. Selleck Scofield and S. Lockwood. Andrew Perry.
Wm. T. Minor and Josephus Brush. Selleck Scofield and Wm. T. Minor. Wm. T, Minor and Josephus Brush. Selleck Scofield and Wm. T. Minor. Royal L. Gay.
Wm. T. Minor.
Amzi Scofield
Heth Stevens and S. Lockwood, Jr. Henry J. Sanford. Steph'n. B. Provost and Josiah Smith. Seth Miller and John Clasoo. Wm. T. Minor and S. B. Provost. James H. Hoyt and Chas. Brown. Wells R. Ritch and John Clason. J. D. Warren and Hickford Marshall. Chas. A. Weed and E. P. Whitney. Wm. W. Holly and Geo. Lounsbury. Chas. H. Leeds and Wm. W. Scofield. George Scofield. H. M. Humphrey and I. S. Jones. W. R. Ritch aad I. S. Jones. Morgan Morgans, and I. S. Jones. Selleck Scofield and J. D. Warren. J. B. Hoyt and Alfred Hoyt.
DARIEN. Thaddeus Bell. Henry Bates. John Weed, Jr. John Bell. Abraham Clock. Thaddens Bell. John Bell.
Jonathan Bites.
Holly Bell.
Edward Scofield John Weed, Jr. Edward Scofield. Holly Bell. Nathl. H. Vildmau
Edward Scofield. Wm. Andreas.
Edward Scofieldl. Gil. G. Waterbury.
Isaac L. Hoyt.
Benj. S. Reed. Ira Scofield. Benj. S. Reed. Lester St. John.
Eenj. S. Reed. G. G. Waterbary.
Thomas Reed. Holly Bell. Nathan Roberts.
Chas. Brown. Holly Bell. Benjamin Weed. W. A. Cumming ..
Henry Morehouse.
1820- 1821 1822- 1823- 1824 1825- 1826 1827- 1828 1829 1830 1831- 1832- 1833- ** 1834- 1835- 1836- 1837 -- 1838- .. 1839- 1840 66 1841- 1842- 1843- “ 1844- ** 1845- 1846- 1847- 1848- 1849- 44 1850- 4 1851 1852 1853 1854- 1855- 1856 1857 1858 1859- 1860- 1861- ' 1862-4 1863-4 1864- . 1865- 00
470
HISTORY OF STAMFORD.
1866-May, J. D. Ferguson and Seth S. Cook.
Henry Morehouse. 1867- - .4 H. G. Scofield.
1868- " W. T. Minor and H. G. Scofield.
Ira Scofield.
STATE SENATORS FROM STAMFORD.
1643 & 4-Thurston Raynor. 1830 -Charles Hawley.
1646-Andrew Ward.
1850-Joshua B. Ferris
1647-Richard Law. James H. Hoyt.
1695-1701-Maj. Jonathan Selleck. 1859-Matthew F. Merrit.
1766-1784-Abrah.un Davenport. 1863-Morgan Morgans.
1790-1797-James Davenport. 1865-Charles W. Ballard.
2. TOWNSMEN OR SELECTMEN OF STAMFORD.
The following catalogne of " townsmen," or Selectmen, is as complete as the town records enabled the author to make it From 1642 to 1666 there are no records to show who were appointed ; and in 1673 the records which are otherwise inli, make no mention of the choice of townsme». The other years for which there is no record of a choice, are, 1681, 2 & 3, 1685. and 1699. Instead of copying the list, as chosen, I have simply indicated the year when each one was first chosen, and the number of years he served.
1640-Rev. Richard Deoton, 1 1677-Joseph Theal, 3
Matthew Mitchel, 2
1680-Samnel Dean, 1
.. Audrew Ward, 2 James Weed, 1
Thurston Raynor, 2 Jonas Weed, 11
.. Richard Crabb, 2
1684-Steven Bishop, 5 .. John Waterbury, 6
1641-John Whitmore, 1 Richard Law, 6
1686-Joseph Hoyt, 2 1687-David Waterbury, 11
1689-Daniel Scofield, 20
John Scofield, 2
Jobn Bates, jr., 9
.. John Holly, 4
1690-Eleazer Slason, 1
William Newman, 2
.. Richard Hardy, 3
Joseph Garnsey, 1
1695 -- Elisha Holly, 6
Richard Ambler, 2
1696-Jonathan Selleck, 1
1667-Peter Ferris, 7
Richard Webb, 2
.. Abraham Ambler, 13
1668-Robert Usher, 1
1701 -- Benjamin Green, 2
.. Jonathan Bell, 14 Jonathan Bell, 19
1669-John Green, 3
Joseph Ferris. 7
.. Francis Brown, 1
1703-Deacon Sam'l Hoyt, 6
1670-Jonathan Selleck, 1
1704-Capt. Joseph Bishop, 10
1709-J. hn Ambler, 2
Lient. Sam'l Weed, 14
.6 John Holmes, 2
1713-John Bell, 1
1714-John Slason, sen., 4
Denc. John Hoyt, 13
1674-John Bates, 3
Sam'l Blachley, 4
1676-Sammel Hoyt, 8
1716-Capt. John Knapp, 1 .. Capt. Sam'l Hoyt, jun., 17
Daniel Weed, 5
Daniel Westcott, 5
1717 -- Deac. Jonathan Hoyt, 1
1671-George Slawson, sen., 3 John Pettit, 1
Joshua Hait, 6
= John Slawson, 2
John Holly, sen., 1 1700-Richard Scoheld, 1 .. Samuel Holly, 1
.. Benjamio Hoyt, 1 1694 -- Increase Holly, 1
The most of the above served probably through the next twenty years, of which there is no record. 1666-Lient. Francis Bell, sen., 5
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APPENDIX.
1719-Lieut. Joseph Webb, 9 Serg't John Scofield, 1
Jonas Weed, 9
.€ Benj. Hoyt, jr., 4
1725-Samuel Scofield. 3
1728-Capt. Jonathan Hoyt, 29
=
Maj. Jonathan Malthy, 20
1734-Lieut. John Waterbury, 4 1735-Lient. Samuel Weed, 3
1738-Joseph Bishop, 8
1740-Serg't Jonathan Clason, 7
1741-Serg't Samuel Scofield, 5 1742-Capt. Nathaniel Weed, 8
1746-Col. Abraham Davenport, 31
1747-Lieut. Jonathan Bell, 9 1750-Ensign John Holly, 21 1754 -- Serg't Stephen Ambler, 2 .6 Capt. David Waterbury, 1 Lieut. Eliphalet Seeley, 22 1756 -- Lient. Jonathan Selleck, 4 Capt. Stephen White, 1
1757-Col. Charles Webb, 20
1760-Samnel Broker, 1
1761-Serg't Samuel Bishop, 4
1763-Joseph Hasted, 2
.. Abraham Hoyt, 10
1769 -- Thomas Youngs, 2 Benjamin Weed, 2 1771-Gen. David Waterbury, 7
1775 -- Lieut. Samuel Hutton, 2
David Webb, 2
1776-John Bell, 3
Capt. Isaac Lockwood, 19 Thomas June, 1
1777-Deac. Joshua Ambler, 10 1777-Daniel Bouton, 2
= Ebenezer Ferris, 2
.. Capt. Sylvanns Knapp, 23 1778-Capt. Charles Smith, 12 1779-Capt. Gershom Scofield, 6 Capr. Reuben Scofield, 1 1780 -- Charles Weed, 5
Capt. Amos Smith, 2
1781-Isaac Weed, 2
Samuel Richards, 2
Serg't Jonathan Waring, 2 Jesse Bell, 2
1786-Lieut. Seth Weed, jr., 10
1789-Hon. James Davenport, 6
1790-Thaddeus Hoyt, 1
1791-Capt. Nathaniel Webb, 5 " Capt. Thaddeus Weed, 2 1792-Nathan Weed, jr., 8 1794-David Maltby, 1
1794- Stephen Rockwell, 1
" Frederick Hoyt, 1
1795 -Hon. John Davenport, 1
1796 -Josiah Smith, 12
.. Benjamin Weed, 1
1799-Amos Weed, 11 Alexander Mills, 1
1800-Carey Leeds, 1
Isaac Penoyer, 2 1801-Ezra Lockwood, 3
Wm. Waterbury, 4th, 9
1802 -- Thaddeus Bell, jr., 8
George Mills, 4
1807-Isaac Wardweil, 6 .. David Smith, 3d, 1
1809-Smith Weed, 1
66 Simeon H. Minor, Esq., 1
64 Carey Bell, 4
.. Seth Smith, G
1810 -- John Weed, jr., 8
Henry Hoyt, jr., 1
= Jeremiah Andreas, 1
Abishai Weed, 5
1811-Timothy Reynolds, 4 .6 John Browning, 2
1812 -- Jonathan Brown, 3
1813-Daniel Lockwood, jr., 8
1814-Isaac Lockwood, jr., 3
1815 - James Stevens, Esq., 3
Philo Weed, 3
1817-John Bell, 2
Solomon Clason, 3
1818-Epenetus Hoyt, 5
1819-Nathaniel Webb, 1
= Luther Weed, 1
Isaac Holly, 1 From this date there have been
but three Selectmen.
1810-Dr. Lockwood, 1
1821 -Joseph Wood, Esq., 3
Abishai Scofield, 3
1824-Jotham Hoyt, 6
Abel Reynolds, 6
1825 -- Theodore Davenport, 3
1828-David Hoyt, 1
1829-Ezra Knapp, 1
1830-Wm. Waterbury, 2
Selleck Scofield, 20
John Brown, 1
1831-Royal L. Gay, 20 1832-Benj. M. Weed, 8
1839-Heth Stevens, 6
1841-Edwin S. Holly, 1
Amzi Scofield, 1
472
HISTORY OF STAMFORD.
1842-Ebenezer Lockwood, 5
1847-Abishai Weed, 1
= Nehemiah Hoyt, 1 1856-Geo. Lounsbury, 1
1851-Charles Brush, 1
Nathaniel Lockwood, 1
1857-Stephen B. Provost, 1
1852-Philip H. Brown, 2
1858-Floyd T. Palmer, 2 = Josiah Smith, 1
Isaac Jones, 1
Nelson W. Smith, 1
1859-Wm. Wallace Scofield, 6
1861-Cephas Stevens, 4
1866-Charles Gaylor, 1
1854-Seth Miller, 1
= Wm. R. Lockwood, 3
= Lorenzo Meeker, 1
66 Lewis Raymond, 2
Hickford Marshall, 3
1868-Erastus E. Scofield, 1
DARIEN.
1820-John Bell, 1
John Weed, 2
= Henry Bates, 12
1821-John Bell, jr., 2 Richard Bates, 1
1822-John Weed, jr., 8
Henry Morehouse, 3
1826-Enos Wilmot, 8 1854-George Mather, 1
1830-Wm. H. Bates, 3
1831-Jeremiah Andreas, 2
1832-Abraham Clock, 4 Holly Bell, 5
1757-Nathan Roberts, 1 .. John N. Scofield, 4
1837-Wm. Andreas, 13
Jacob Lockwood, 4 16 John Holmes, 10
1839-Daniel Beers, 1
1861-John D. Farrington, 1
.. Elisha Seeley, 1
1862-Legrand Winters, 1
1840-Edward Scofield, 3
1844-Joseph Muther, 4
1849-Benj. S. Reed. 6 1850-Nathaniel A. Bouton, 1
1867-Holly Bell, 4
1868-Sam'l Sands, M. D., 2
3. TOWN CLERKS.
Richard Law, 1641-1664. Jona. Selleck, 1664-1668. John Holly, sen., 1668-1670.
Abram Ambler, 1670-1686. Jona. Bell, 1687-1699. Samuel Holly, sep., 1699-1708. Elisha Holly, 1708-1709. Stephen Bishop, sen., 1709-1722. Lient. Sam'l Weed, 1722-1738.
Joseph Bishop, 1738-1760. Samuel Jarvis, 1760-1775. John Hoyt, jr., 1775-1806. Samuel Hoyt, jr., 1806-1819. Seymour Jarvis, 1819-1843.
Wm. H. Holly, 1843.
Roswell Hoyt, 1843-1844.
Edwin Scofield, jr., 1844-1868.
DARIEN.
1820-Joshua Morehouse. 1822-Darins K. Scofield.
1828-Joshua Scofield.
1844-Ira Scofield.
1831-Edward Scofield.
1856-Henry Gorham.
1838-Abram Clock.
1839-Geo. H. Wallace.
1855 -- Wells R. Ritch, 12 .. Edward Gay, 1
.. Charles Brown, 1
1853-Edwin Scofield, jr., 1
Walter Searls, 1
1851 -- G. G. Waterbury, 1
Isaac Weed, 1 1852-Henry Gorham, 4
1855-George R. Stevens, 5 = Chas. A. Bates, 1
1856-Chas. Hoyt, 1
1858-Walter H. B .. tes, 2
1860-Isaac L. Hoyt, 1
1863-Ira Scofield, 6
1864-Edward O. Page, 1
1840-Chas. H. Waterbury. 1842-Jas. N. Gorham.
1857-John S. Waterbury.
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APPENDIX.
4. TREASURERS.
John Stone, 1713.
Samuel Hoyt, 1807-1819.
Samnel Weed, 1733.
Seymour Jarvis, 1819-1843.
Abraham Davenport, 1779.
Royal L. Gay, 1844-1857.
Ebenezer Weed, 1779-1790.
Welles R. Ritch, 1857-1861.
John Hoyt, jr., 1790-1802.
Stephen B. Provost, 1861 -- 1862 Welles R. Ritch, 1862-1868.
5. POSTMASTERS IN STAMFORD.
Abraham Davenport, down to 1820. Sands Seeley, twice.
Hon. James Stevens.
Roswell Hoyt, twice. Theodore J. Daskam, since 1861.
John Brown. William Hoyt, jr.
D.
STAMFORD BUSINESS,* 1868.
This list will show how early any of the parties indicated were in bnsi- ness in the town, and is as full and accurate, as the time allowed the author to make it.
Adams, Nathaniel E., architect and builder,
1827
Arnold, A. C., do do 1860
Alphonse, John W., fruit and confectionery, police,
1863
Alphonse, Charles, police,
1865
Avery, Horace, blacksmith, three hands.
Brown, Philip H., mason, eighteen men,
1840
Billard & Nichols, sash and blinds, nine hands,
1861
Barker & Avery, blacksmith at Ring's End,
1860
Barber, Mrs., boarding honse,
1867
Buxton & Webb, builders, eight hands,
1844
Brown, Samnel C., livery,
1862
Benjamin, Ralpb, billiards.
1863
Birchard, James, cabinet, at Darien depot,
1865
Brooks, Wm. H., barber,
1860
Bouton, Samuel M., carman,
1865
Bunten, Cornelian, blacksmith and carriage maker, eight men,
1844
Bunten, Aurelian, de. do. do., fonr men, 1847
Bostwick, John, jr., carpenter.
Bates, Chas. E., coal and fuel, at Ring's End,
1864
Bernhard, T. & Bro., fancy dry goods and millinery,
1868
Benas, Manrice, cigars and tobacco,
1865
Boettger, Mrs, Clara, millinery,
1868
Barret, Isaac, carman.
Briggs, S., Union House, (built 1844, ) successor to Theodore Searls,
1864
Beers, Miss S. A., fancy goods, at Darien depot, 1868
Broadway, W. H., grocer, Quintard's Block, 1868
1867
Brown, Francis H., music conservatory,
Bostwick & Waterbury, grocers, fonr hands,
1865
* Excepting such as is already recorded in the preceding pages.
61
Alex. Mills, 1802-1807.
Bates, Mrs. Fred., fancy goods,
474
HISTORY OF STAMFORD.
Butler, J. K., telegraph at depot, two assistants,
Buxton, Edwin, shoes, at Turn of River,
1833
Buxton, Nelson, do. do. do.,
1836
Buxton, John H., do. do. do.,
1838
Clark, David H., insurance and real estate agent and auctioneer,
1800
Crabe, Allen L., cooper in North Stamford.
Cook, M. L., fancy goods,
1865
Cook, Mrs. C., hairdresser,
1866
Christie & Clancy, Misses, milliners,
1867
Card & Hill, painters,
1856
Crawford, James S., photographer.
1861
Crombie, Richard, tailor,
1834
Cohen, W., tailor, three hands,
1862
Curtis, Hiram, baskets,
1850
Combs & Provost, carriage makers, eight hands,
1846
Daskam, B. J., grocer,
1835
Daskam, T. J., insurance agent and deputy assessor,
1861
Dibble, Wm. H., boarding-house, Strawberry Hill,
1847
Dayton, George, cooper in North Stamford.
Dann, Seth, do.
1865
Dean, Geo. W., marble yard,
185€
Daniel, James, painter, seven hands,
1851
Dammyer, John C., painter, four handa,
1864
Davis, Theodore, sash and blind,
1855
Dix & Cousin, shoes, at Darien depot, thirty-six hands,
183€
Dean, Seth, cooper, at North Stamford.
Ells & Gogan, painters,
1845
Fairchild, Robert, builder,
1861
Fox, Jacob, clothing merchant and tailor,
1659
Ficket, John B., carpenter, in Darien.
Ferris, De Forest, carman.
Gifford, carriages, at Long Ridge, four hands,
1856
Goldy, Henry, builder, ten men.
Guernsey, William.
Gardner, jr., Thomas.
Gorham & Garland, grocers, in Darien,
1850
Goff & Ellwood, soda and sarsaparilla,
1868
Hicks, John H., billiard saloon,
1867
Holly, Alexander N., hardware and lumber,
1849
Hoyt, jr., Ww., dry goods,
1826
Hoyt & Leeds, grocers,
1826
Hoyt, Lyman, cabinet, seven hands,
1837
Hoyt, James H., carpenter.
1855
Hoyt & Ayres, grocers,
1862
Hoyt, John W., restaurant, Cornucopia.
1866
Hoyt, J. A., shoes, two men.
1860
Hobbie, Chas. A., carriage and blacksmithing, tive men, Darien,
1850
Harper, Robert, music.
Hay, William, carman.
Hathaway, B. F., civil engineer,
1837
Dixon, G. H., grocer at New Hope,
Dean, Isaac, shoes, at Deanville.
Finney, Henry & Bros., blacksmiths, West Stamford.
Hoyt, George, ticket agent at depot,
APPENDIX.
475
Hubbard & Holly, dry goods and tailoring,
1855
Hurlbutt, W. P. & L. H., merchant tailors, fifteen hands, Hallock, Wm. H. H., mason. Hendricks, Wm., photography,
1861
Johnson, Lewis, boating.
1840
Johnson, Sam'l H., boating.
1861
Jerman, W. H., shoes, six men,
1851
Jessup & Lockwood, builders.
Jones, Thaddeus, carman,
1810
Jenniogs, W. H., dyeing.
Jennings, Mrs. L. A., dressmaking, Madam Demorest's agent.
1858
June, Hanford, carpenter.
Jones, Lewis, flour and feed at mill, High Ridge.
1865
Jones, N. D. & Co., fish market,
1863
Jones, Daniel H., carman.
Keeler, J. H., carman, successor to his father, who was here in Knapp, Charles H., mason.
1841
Knappe & Crossner, barbers, succeed Andrew Schmidt.
1862
Knapp, Sylvester L., grocery and dry goods, at Roxbury.
Knapp, David H., shoes, at North Stamford.
Knapp, John B., harnesses, 1865
Ketcham, Oliver & John, oyster trade.
1857
Leeds, E. A., livery, successor to his father,
1845
Lounsbury, H. I., shoes, four men,
1857
Lockwood, James L., stoves and tinware, nine hands,
1847
Lockwood & Haight, druggists, successors of the Drs. Lock wood,
1848
Lockwood, Wm. W., news office, books and stationery.
Lockwood, Wm. A., blacksmith, four men,
1852
Lockwood, Sylvester, blacksmith, at Long Ridge,
1844
Lockwood, Samuel, dentist,
1840
Leeds, R. A., gate fixtures, inventor and manufacturer,
1867
Lockwood, V. B., grocer,
1863
Lounsbury, C. W., stoves and tinware, st Darien depot,
1867
Lum, H. B .. , stoves and tinware, seven hands,
1851
Mather, M. S. & J. C., successors of George, Darien depot,
1830
Merritt, Mrs. H. V., dressmaker, eighteen hands,
1856
McCoun, Samuel, billiards, Quintard's Block,
1864
Miller, C. O. & Co., dry goods, four hands,
1868
Miller, R. S., grocer,
1855
Morgan, O. A., shoes,
1860
Morgan, O. B., grocer,
1867
Moore, Hampton, plastic s'ate,
1864
Moore, John, harness,
1868
Morris, Mrs. E. F., millinery, succeeds Mrs. N. A. Weed, four hands, 1859 Monroe & Thompson, painters.
1867
Kennedy & Burke, restaurant,
Lehigh, John, stair builder,
1862
Lownds, Geo. L. & Son, builders, ten men,
1847
Lockwood, Edward R., cooper, at Long Ridge.
McQuhae, George, blacksmith, three hands,
1862
Matthews, Jas. L., flour and feed, mill at River Bank.
1867
Jones, Charles & Co., dry goods, five hands,
Jacobs, P. S .. grocer,
Kirk & Scofield, builders, four hands,
476
HISTORY OF STAMFORD,
Morgan, Alonzo B., carman.
Newman, John, carriage and blacksmith, at High Ridge,
1849
Nichols, Charles H., carpenter.
1856
Nichols, Emma C., millinery,
1863
Payne, E. T., dentist,
1863
Provost, William, blacksmith, West Stamford,
1818
Price, William, grocer, three hands,
1852
Peck, J. A. & Co., grocers, at River Side.
Provost & Drew, grocers,
1868
Palmer, W. & Son, grocers, at Long Ridge.
Powelson, C. G., watch work and sewing machines,
1840
Palmer, Hannah, milliner,
1860
Prior, A. M., oyster trade.
Playford, Thomas, fresco work.
Reed, J. W., hats and furs,
1835
Renoude, Jarvis, cabinet,
1846
Richards, Ambrose, carpenter, in Darien.
1858
Scofield, John A., painter, seven hands,
1854
Scofield, Charles H., dry goods, five cierks,
1851
Scofield, Henry, carpenter.
Scofield, M. S., carpenter.
Scofield, Oliver & Son, coal, fuel and building materials,
1848
Scofield, S. N., cooper, North Stamford.
1848
Scofield, H. G., civil engineer,
1866
Scofield, Chas. W., mason.
Scofield, Edward, miller, North Stamford.
Scofield, S. W., house furnishing goods,
1861
Scofield, H. L., meat market,
1660
Schlocker, Geo. P., landscape gardening and rustic work,
1850
Silliman & Morrison, druggists, succeed S. C. Silliman,
1857
Saunders, Wm. H., blacksmith and carriage making, N. Stamford,
1849
Shaw, W. F., grocer,
1857
Shaw, James, carpenter, in Darien.
Shaw, Fred., do. do.
Slater, Charles, cooper, North Stamford.
1859
Seeley, Albert, Stamford House, (built 1810, )
1837
Smith, A. T. & Son, millers, Long Ridge,
1857
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