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1 After the Rev. Mr. Huit's death, in 1641, his widow had a dwelling on Pomeroy's land, The Land Records preserve this item: " Whereas Eltwed Pomeroy formerly give Mrs. Elizabeth Huit, in the time of her widowhood, in way of courtesy, to build her a house, by the help of her friends, adjoining to the end of his dwelling-house, to use for her own during her life, which she enjoyed, and after her death the said Elt wed Pomeroy took it for his own, at a price agreed upon between him and those which she desired as her overseers and friends to order that little estate which she left for her chil- dren, which price he hath payed as they appointed him."
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RANDALL, Philip, 1640 (D.), lot gr. 12 r. wide, S. of Holcomb; he built on W. side st .; d. 1648. llis son Abraham had the 13 acres whereon the homestead had been previously built, on E. side of st., opp. his father's. This, in 1678. he gave to his kinsman. Abraham (son of Geo.) Phelps, "that which was my dwelling house. E. side of the st.," breadth 12 r., showing that the father built W. and the son E. of the st., on the same lot.
RAWLINS, Jasper, 1640, had a lot, 9 acres, E. of Mill-highway. His name is ent. at top of a page, but no land ree'd; rem. and sold, 1644, land in W. with housing and appurtenances, to George Alexander, being then a resident of " Roxbury, in the Massachusetts." Savage says he came to N. E. in 1632; rem. with first settlers to Wethersfield, thence to Windsor, and ret. to R. before 1646.
ROCKWELL, William, 1640 (D.), lot gr. 169 r. wide, ext. 274 r. S. of ferry road. Te d. 1640.
Of his sons, John had the homestead, by deed from mother, 1652, where he res. and added, 1660. the lot of Joseph Clarke, dec'd, adjoining. Samuel was an early settler E. of Great River; after his mar, had the S. half of his father's lot. bd. W. by highway, and sold to Hannum, he to Saxton, he (with dwelling) to Timo. Buckland, 1661; he, 1677, to John Denslow. Jr.
ROSSETER, Dr. Bray (or Brian), 1640 (D.), lot gr. 20 r. wide; ext. 67 r. W. from Island road, on wh. his first ho. doubtless stood, but after the Great Flood of 1638 9 he built on higher ground near present R. R., his home-lot bdg. S. on present Union st .; rem. to Guilford 1652; ho. and lot sold, 1657. to Samuel Marshall, who, 1660, sold them to Anth. Hoskins. (?)
ST. NICHOLAS, Mr. John, 1639, lot gr 20 rods wide, next N. of John Drake, Sr., and ho, on it; he was a near neighbor of Rev. Mr. Huit, in Warwickshire, Eng., a member of his congreg , and a prominent parliamentarian, and rep. Warwick- shire in 1653;1 he was a curate in the Ch. of Eng, and had written a work on Baptism which he had dedicated to the Rev. Ministers in New Eng. It is not prob. that he, himself, came over; this, with the dwelling ho., was sold by his attys. to John (Sen ) and Jacob Drake, 1652.
SAMOS (Samways), Richard, 1610, lot gr. 12 r. wide, S. of Randall's (prob. includ. the present Henry Phelps ho.) sold to Samuel Gaylord; bo't Winchell's Jot, 12 rods first S. of present ferry road, where he d., 1650; wid. sold dwell. ho. and 3 acres to Stephen Taylor; it passed to Anth. Hawkins, who had purchased the ho. and lot S. of it (Rob't Watson's at the time-orig. Thos. Dibble's pl.): the 2 pl. were sold, 1656, to Jacob Drake, and by him to Sam. Gibbs, 1662.
SAXTON, Richard, 1646, bo't the Michael Try lot, prob. res, there; sold it to Thos. Parsons, owned the Stuckey ho. and lot; also, 1661, bo't the S. part of lot of Wm. Rockwell (dec'd) W. of st., and sold it, with the ho., to Timo. Buck land, 1661: it is uncertain whether he res. in either of the two last mentioned: ho't Humphrey Hyde's pl., 1653, near Old Mill, cor. Old Mill road and Pleasant St., where he prob. res., 1654, and d. 1676 " in war " (King Philip's).
1 A deposition made in 1684 by Geo. Griswold (then æ, abt. "7) State Archires, Pri- rute Controversies, 11. 190-221. Also memoranda furnished by J. Hammond Trumbull, Esq .. of Hartford. From these it seems that he loaned 9200 10 Mr. Wmn. Whiting, and Griswold (a friend of both) supposed the Ludlow lot was purchased with the view of its being transferred to Mr. St. Nicholas.
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SENSION, Matthew, 1640 (D.), lot gr. in Pal. 10 rods, now occup. by Mrs. Anson Loomis, bd. S. by the Burying Gd., and road leading to it at S. W. cor. Pali- sado-Green; bd. E. by the Green, 10 r. wide, 18 r. deep, or back to the Pali- sades. A record of the lot was made in the " Book of Figures," the record kept before the Court established a Town Clerk and records to be kept by him. This lot with ho, was sold to Walter (s. Dea.) Gaylord. Sension also owned one of the home-lots, on Backer Row, 27 r. S. of No. Sandy Hill road, 14 r. wide, afterwards found in poss. of Nich. Sension; rem. to Norwalk.
SENSION, Nicholas, 1643; ho't Weller's lot, Silver st. opp. Pigeon Hill road (1663, betw. John Moses and James Eno) and built thereon.
STAIRES (Stayres), (Sgt.) Thomas, 1638, had lot (perhaps his orig. one before Peq. War) on Backer Row: sold to Gibbs after 1641: also had ho, and lot in Pal. Gr. wide (on which the Chaffee brick house now stands) N. E. cor. of wh. is 30 rods S, of N. line of Cong. parsonage; this was sold by his att'ys to Rev. Mr. Huit. abi. 1640, who prob. res. there at time of his death; afterwards it passed to Mr. Clarke.
STILES, Mr. Francis, 1635 (Saltonstall's party), lot gr. 31 rods wide; this included the 18 r. lot. wh. he sold to Mr. Wm. Gaylord; rem. to Saybrook and sold pl. (pres- ent Chief Justice Ellsworth pl. and most of the lot S. of it,) to Robert Saltou- stall, and he to Nicholas Davidson, of Boston, whose wid. Joanna, sold it to losias Ellsworth. It is not certain where Stiles' ho, stood, but there is still a well near the brow of the hill, abt. the middle of the lot. wh. indicates the vicinity of his dwelling.
Henry, 1635 (Saltonstall party), lot gr. 42 rods wide; ext. from ferry-road on N. to the home lot of Wm. Gaylord, Jr .; his inventory, 1651, shows that he had a cel- lar (house), stable and barn: the ho. being of the cellar order of architecture wouldl indicate that it was located S. E. of the brook, prob, near Win. Gaylord; lot was bd. N. by ferry road.
John. 1635 (Saltonstall party), lot gr. 12 rods wide, adjoining that of Francis Stiles. The Col. S. W. Ellsworth ho. stands on this lot, and prob. the present div. fence stands on the orig. line.
Thomas, 1635 (Saltonstall party), lands not rec. John Bissell's land was bd. S. by Thomas Stiles, and he subsequently bo't 10 rods that had been Thomas Stiles'- prob. the lot rec. to Eglestone was orig. a part of T. S.'s lot.
(The grants to the Stiles brothers prob. ext. from 20 rods N. of the old Ferry road to a few rods S. of the ruins of the late Col. Ellsworth's house.)
STOUGHTON. (Ancient, or Ensign) Thomas, 1640 (D).), lot gr. 27 r. wide, from David Ellsworth's present S. line to abt, the present mile-stone (perhaps 2 r. further S. to line of S, fence of Parsons' lot): son Thomas inher. the homestead wh. has remained in the family to the present time; occup. now by the family of the late Harvey Stoughton. On this lot stood the "old Stoughton." or "old stone fort." - See page 141.
STRONG, Elder John, 1647 (D.), bo't the Thornton pl. (late Dea, Jasper Morgan pl.) which he and his father-in-law. Thomas Ford, bo't from T. when they first came to W .: he afterwards bo't out Ford, and res. here until his rem. to North- ampton, 1659.
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STUCKEY, George, 1640, bot land 12 rods wide on Backer Row, orig set to John Taylor ; built thereon, and sold to Richard Weller. 1645, and disappears from record.
TAYLOR, John, 1640, had orig. lot on Backer Row, 29 r. from cor, and 12 r. wide, soll to Geo. Stuckey, 1649 (see above), and had also a ho. in Pal. near N. W. cor. of Green, wh. his wid. sold to Begat Egelstone, 1651.
Stephen, 1642, m. Sarah (dau. Wm.) Hosford and had the Il. pl. where he res, until 1656: then sold to Thos. Ford, prob. rem. at once over the Great River, where he appears among the first settlers.
TERRY, Stephen. 1637 (D.), lot gr. 144 r. wide, next S. Geo. Hall's. S. line W. of st. the N. side Sandy Hill road: rem. to Hurd lot on Broad st. and gave & orig. homestead to son John, on his mar. 1660. JJohn sold his part to Sam. Farns- worth, 1676, and rem. to Simsbury.
THORNTON, Thomas, 1640 (D).), Jot gr. but not ree. on Backer Row: sold ho, and land in Pal. (the present Dea. Jasper Morgan pl., it ext. W. of present line of road leading up to Pal. Green, was bd. N. and E. by Rivulet ferry road, and S. by Rivulet) to Thos. Ford and his son-in-law John Strong, abt 1647: was res, in Stamford. 1653. Strong was res. there 1654. This pps. owned by the late Dea. Jasper Morgan. E. of Strong's garden fence, a road turned down to the meadow, the same that now exists there. It was the oll Rivolet ferry road, spoken of more fully in another place.
THRALL, William, 1637. lot gr. 13 r. wide, adj. Bascomb, where he res, until 1646. when he and Rob. Wilson ho't Simon Hoyte's pl. in Hoyte's Meadow: div. ho. and land in the middle (the well and wood court to be enjoyed interchangeably) and res, there until 1654, when Thrall bo't out Wilson. His son Timothy had homestead.
TILLEY, John, 1636 (D.). in wh. yr. he was killed by Indians : lot rec. to his wife Eady (Edith?) who m. 2, Nich. Camp of Milford, and sold (by Thos. Dewey. "lawful att'y to Nich. Camp of M. and his wife Eady, formerly Eady Tilley ") to Robert Winchell .: after Samuel Gaylord bo't the adj. lot N. prob. 1646; this lot 5 r. 6 ft. wide, abt. S. line of Henry Phelps' lot: Winchell bo't the lot adj. S. side and (1664) the two were made over to his son Nath'l W.
TILTON, Peter, 1641, bo't lot 4 r. wide, next S. of Oldage, of Anth. Hawkins, wh. he sold before 1652 to John Bennett: bo't (prob. 1650) the Buckland home lot W of st. abt. 2 r. N. of the (Rainey) Sandy Hill road: on wh. he built (among the first to build on W. side) and sold to Samuel Marshall, 1659: rem. to Hadley, where he became a Magistrate.
TRY, Michael, 1640, lot gr. Fr. wide, on the Green and 6 at rear near the Palisades ; wife d 1646: sold to Rich. Saxton: he to Thos. Parsons, who res. there 1654. Try rem .; was living in 1660.
TUDOR, Owen, 1649, Mch. 1, bo't from John Wyatt, ho, and lands on the Island betw. Ambrose Fowler and Matthew Allyn.
VOARE (Vore, Vose), Richard, lot gr. 5 r. wide, E. side Broad st. (now occup. by Acad emy); res, here 1682. Itext. E. to the Island road, 67 r. He doubtless built at
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first on the Island road, but, after the Flood of 1638-9, res, on the higher ground, but prob. nearly, or quite as far E. as the Railroad. As late as 1662, the E. side of Broad St. appears to have been about where it now is. It was but 6 r. wide and ext. across Voare's and two adj. lots, taking 6 r. in width, for wh. they were to have compensation in land elsewhere. The distance betw. the Island road and this 6 r. road running S. from the Mill road, is stated to be "about 60 rods," which agrees with the present measurement. He also owned the meadow land betw. Rivulet and Mill Brook, where the latter empties into former, called upon rec. Voare's Point. "Whereas Richard Voare upon Mr. John Warham's request, formerly gave him liberty to build a little house upon his land joining the N. end of his [Vore's] then and now dwelling house for the use of his kinswoman Mary Jones to dwell in during her life, and at her death to give it to the said Richard; and the said Mary Jones being now deceased," Mr. Warham, 15 Dee., 1666, formally returned said land to Voar by deed, on record.
WARIIAM, Rev. John, 1638 (D.), lot gr. 16 acres, bd. N. by Mill-brook: add 1642, Joseph Newberry's lot, 10 r. from the highway E. back 20 r. to " the Palisado on the hill," with the "frame and timber standing thereon." This " frame," or ho, stood first a little S. of where David Rowland's ho. now stands, whether he rem. after the Great Flood of 1638-9, to the higher ground, is uncertain, tho' until quite lately there was what trad. considered " the cellar-hole of Mr. Warham's house " on the hill near the present highway. The road to the ferry (Rivulet) turned at right angles directly in front of his ho, wh. stood on his S. line. Mill- brook was his N. bd. line, and his 16-acre lot ext. from the Rivulet to the W. beyond the lots lying S, of him. Hle bo't, 1644, the E. end of Joseph New berry's Jot wh. lay next him on the S., and wh. ext. from the highway on the E. " 20 r. to the Palisado on the hill." This is the only reference found to this Pal. As N. had "a franw standing," prob. on that portion of the lot lying on the lower level, possibly the Pal. did not inclose his, or Mr. W.'s house.
WATSON, Robert, 1616, bo't Thos. Dibble's pl., exch. it for Anth Hawkins' pl. ( 1650), hetw. Peter Tilton's and John Hawkes'.
WELLER, Richard, 1640, lot gr. 11 r. wide, on Silver St. betw. Mary Collins and Wm. Filley, wh. he sold to Nich. Sension, without ho. 1643, and bo't the Stuckey pl. on Backer Row, 1645; also, later, bo't the adj. lot with ho. built by Youngs: rem. to Farmington.
WILLIAMS. Arthur, 1640, had his father-in-law's, Joshua Carter's pl. first N. present ferry-road, prob. only 6 or Sr. wide, a & acre above the road and f acre on the E. side (E. end of lot was E. of ferry road): sold it 1658 9 to Thos, Ford, and disappears. Ford sold to John Strong, 1662, who res, there. W. also had rec. to him, 1640. a home-lot next W. of Rich. Birge, near Old Mill; did not build, but sold early to Daniel Clarke.
John, 1644, bo't 14 acres, next W. Pal. S. side ext. W. to top of hill: ho. opp. Backer Row road.
Roger, 1639 (1).), lot gr. 13 r. wide. E. side Broad St. next S. of Richard Vore: wife d. 1645. ret. to D. in or before 1647: sold to Capt. Benj. Newberry, who sub- seq. res, there.
WILSON. Robert, 1647, bo't half the Simon Hoyte pl. wh. he sold to Win. Thrall, 1654.
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WILTON, Lient. David, 1640 (D.). lot. gr. in Pal. 7 r. wide, next W. of Filer's, N. on Pal. Green, S by Rivulet: prior to 1654 add. by purchase the lots of Hill, Bas- sett, and Gibbs, and his name appears as sole prop'r in Pat. Plan of that date. The present Cong. C'h. stands a little E. of the middle of it: sokl the whole to Mr. John Witchfield, 1660; rem. to Northampton but d. in Windsor, 1677.
WINCHELL, Robert, 1637 (D.), lot gr. 12 r. wide (now bds. the N. of present Bissell's Ferry road); sold to Rich. Samos, or Samways, and bo't Tilly and Hanmum lots: homestead fell to son Vath'l. Samway sold his purchase to Anth. Hawkins, who prob. res. there after he had sold his first location to Robert Watson.
WITCHFIELD. (Elder and Mr.) 1640 (D.), lot gr. 16g r. wide (now Grace Prot. Epis. ('h. and Rev. Mr. Tuttle's pl.) no child ; wife d. 1659: in Spring of 1661, sold out to John Moore and bo't David Wilton's pl. in Pal. wh. he res. with his kinswoman Elisabeth Dolman, until her mar. with John (son of Walter) Filer, 1672, when he gave them the pl. There seems to have been an offer to sell this last named pl. for the res. of Rev. Nath'l Chauncey, Mr. W. reserving " the privilege of walking in the grounds and orchard." He d. 1678.
WHITEHEAD, Richard (" Goodman "). Savage, under Whitehead, says that Richard of Windsor " served on the jury at July Court, 1640. married Mary, widow of William Hopkins, and no more is known of him; but his wife was living in 1670 with her dau. Lewis." Under Hopkins he says, " William. Stratford, 1640, an assistant 1641 and 2. but it is unknown whence he came, when he died, or what wife or children he had. Perhaps it was.his daughter Mary who after his death, in virtue of a contract of marriage made by her mother Mary, wife of Richard Whitehead of Windsor (who was living 1670), with William Lewis of Farmington, 1644, became wife of William Lewis, son of the bargainer. If so we might infer that our Connecticut magistrate was then dead, and his widow who married Richard Whitehead was named Mary." It is shown by his will that Richard Whitehead had a wife Mary, a brother-in-law Hugh Hopkins, and a daughter-in-law Mary Lewis, who no doubt was the person who married William Lewis, Jr., of Farmington. Lewis married for a second wife Mary, daughter of the famous schoolmaster Ezekiel Cheever (Register, vol. 33, page 192). This son by the 2d marriage, Ezekiel Lewis, Jr .. gr. 11. (. 1695, was a teacher in Westfield and Boston, and afterwards a successful merchant in Bos- ton. - N. Eng. Gen. Blixt. Register. iii. 47-8; Hill's Old South Church Catu. logue. 324-5.
Windsor records show but little trace of "Goodman " Whitehead. He had, in 1640, a lot 10 rods wide on what was known as " The Island," directly oppo site the lot of Henry Wolcott. Sen., and about 15 rods south of the road to the Island, on west side of street; died early - and his wid. sold the place to Thos. Orton, who. in 1665, sold (with dwelling) to Simon Wolcott. This location was among the "best families" of Windsor - the Wolcotts, Phelpses, Loomises, etc. -inferentially, then, his social status was high.
On page 55, vol. i. of the Colonial Records of Connecticut, the name of Richard Whitehead appears in the list of "The Jury," July 2. 1640. He probably failed to bring in to the recorder his land for record, as none is entered in the Land Record under his name; but Hlenry Wolcott the younger has a lot bounded north by Goodman Whitehead, and Christopher Wolcott has a lot bounded south by Richard Whitehead, under date of 1610. The same lot, without date, VOL. I .- 22
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is sold to Thomas Orton by Mary Whitehead, widow. On the map of the first settlers of Windsor, in volume 2 of the Memorial History of Hartford County, the lot of Whitehead appears between the lots of George Phelps and I1. Wol- cott, Jr. Mr. Whitehead's name does not appear in Matthew Grant's Old Church Record of births, marriages, and deaths
RICHARD WHITEHEAD of Windsor upon Connecticut River in New England in the parts of America. 26 April 1645, proved 26 June 1645. Whereas there is or was lately due and owing unto my daughter in law Mary Lowes the sum of one hundred pounds, being a portion given unto her by my wife, hereafter named, whilst she was sole and unmarried, which money was entrusted with my brother in law lugh Hopkins and by him, by and with the consent of my said wife and daughter, delivered unto me for the use of my said daughter etc. I do therefore hereby give and bequeath unto the said Mary Lewes the sum of thirty pounds, in ready money or goods to be transported over to her, to her liking, towards the satisfaction of her said portion; and I do give and confirm the gift and delivery of several goods and chattels unto her towards further satis- faction thereof, which my wife hath already delivered unto her, which goods «te. were of the value of thirty pounds more. And I give and bequeath unto the said Mary Lowes, and her heirs forever. my message or tenement, with the backside, orchard and garden and all edifices and bniklings upon the same built and standing, lying in knoll in the county of Warwick in the kingdom of England, and now or late in the tenure, use or occupation of Thomas Milles and John Shakespeare or one of them, which said message is known by the sign of the Crown; which said premises I conceive are of the value of forty pounds more, which I give towards further satisfaction of her said portion.
To wife Mary Whitehead and her heirs and assigns forever all my lands, tenements and hereditaments lying in New England, also my goods, cattle and chattels upon condition that she shall pay and satisfy unto my said daughter in law Mary Lewes so much more money as will satisfy unto her and fully make up her said portion of one hundred pounds. To my brother John Andrewes of Clifton thirty pounds to secure him for the five pounds a year lying upon his lands due to my brother Edward Whitehead for his life. To John and Edward Whitehead, sons of my said brother Edward, twenty pounds to be equally di- vided between them when they shall attain their several ages of one and twenty years. To Joane Whitehead, daughter of my brother Matthew White- head, twenty shillings. To John Andrewes, son of my brother John Andrewes of Clifton twenty shillings. To my sister Joyce Fisher forty shillings and to her son Richard Fisher forty shillings and to her daughter Mary Fisher forty shillings. There is a demand made by my kinswomen Hannah, Sarah, Rebecca and Abigail Higgins of some part of their mother's portion unpaid to their father, which I am confident was fully satisfied and paid: yet that there shall be no clamor about the same and upon condition that they shall arquite all de- mands concerning the same I do hereby give them twenty shillings a piece. To my friend Mr. Thomas Fish of Wedgeneckt Park five pounds in part of recompence for my diet and great charge and trouble that I have put him to. To my maidservant Dorothy Underwood ten shillings. I hereby constitute and ordain the said Mr. Thomas Fish and my said brother John Andrewes executors and John Rogers, Edward Rogers, Matthew Edwards and William Smith of Langley to be overseers.
Wit: Fran: Eede. Hester Fishe, Cr: Fishe, Michael Perkins.
Proved by John Andrewes, power reserved for Thomas Fish.
Rivers, 87.
N. Eng. Gen. Hist. Register, 1890.
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WOLCOTT. Mr. Henry, Sen., 1636 (D.), lot gr. 10 r. wide; his home lot of 12 acres was W. of those of Joseph Loomis and John Porter, and ext. from the highway at "the two bridges" on N. 24 r. wide, to the So Island road, where it was 46 rods wide, this constitutes the W. side of the Island: also, 22 acres in the Great Meadow, and 8 in Plym. Meadow, besides large tracts of upland, and lands also E. of Conn. River. His dwelling stood on the Island abt. 25 r. S. of the So. Island road on E. side of st. near the brow of the Meadow hill, where there can still be seen evidences of the site of a ho .: scattered stones being visible -- tho' frequent plowing has filled the cellar.
llenry, lunt., 1636 (1).), lot gr. 12 r. wide, next S. of his father's, ext. from foot of Meadow on E. to the Swamp W. abt. 54 rods: after death of his bro. Christo- pher, he had the homestead.
Christopher, lot gr. 6 r. wide, next N. of his father's, ext. from the meadow "through the Great Swamp " to the higher ground W. That portion W. of st. he sold to Geo. Phelps. His bro. Simon had his place.
WYATT, John, (1649), appears on rec. only when his lot of 2 acres, betw. Ambrose Fowler and Matthew Allyn (near S. end of the Island, ext. from the meadow on E. to upland W. of the Swamp, prob. only 5 or 6 r. wide) was soll, 1 Mch. 1649, to Owen Tudor.
YOUNGS, John, 1641, bo't Wiliam Hubbard's lot on Backer Row, 29 r. wide: sohl it " with appurtenances " (prob. ho.) to Walter Hoyte, 1649.
Marrow Grand xments 1652 1677
L'abir At. Hagen Student of Windsor History, 1810 91.
[These autographs are thus coupled at the end of this chapter, in cordial recogni- tion of services which - though rendered at an interval of 200 years - have made such a chapter possible. - H. R. 8. |
CHAPTER VIII.
HISTORY, 1650-1675. EXTRACTS FROM THE TOWN ACTS.
1650, August 21. "It was ordered by the Town that whereas there is an order of the country that there shall be 10x, paid by the country for every Wolf that shall be killed within the jurisdiction; now it is ordered that there shall be 58. added by the town for every Wolf that shall be killed within the bounds of the town, within this year next ensuing." (Bk. i. 1.)
The following extract shows a rudeness of demeanor which we should think unbecoming in a Sabbath congregation of the present day. Mr. Warham and several of the magistrates resided on the south side of Windsor River. The meeting-house was but a short distance from the ferry, and half the congregation would of course arrive there at the same time - all of whom could not go over together.
October 23d. "It was ordered by the townsmen that upon the Lord's days, meet- ings, and all other days of public meetings, none shall go into the canoe before the mag- istrates and elders, when they or any of them go [personally over], and that there shall not at any time go above 35 persons at a time into the great canoe, and not above six per- sons at a time in the little canoe, upon penalty of 5d. for every such transgression; and if any children or servants transgress this order, their parents or masters shall pay the penalty aforesaid, or if they refuse to do it the name of the person so offending shall be returned to the court." (Bk. i. t.)
Robert Hayward was this year miller in Windsor, and was freed From jury duty while tending his mill ( Col. Rec.).
January, 1650-1. An agreement was made with John Brooks to keep the ferry over the Rivulet for one year from the 25th of March eu- suing. Ile was to carry all who call from sunrise to evening. No one should have power to take the boat from him. lle was to have " > [-] pounds " per annum in wheat, peas, and Indian corn in equal proportions. " He is to take pay of strangers - that pass through the town, but he is not to receive pay for such as come about any business in the town, which are of Hartford or Wethersfieldl." "Also, the town are to make a place fit for him to dwell in before the 25th of Dee., to be 10 feet in breadth and 15 in length. Also, he is to have his wages brought in by the Sth of January next. Also, if it shall so fall out that the [ house ] be not ready by the time aforesaid, the town shall provide a house to put his corn in, and he is to attend two several days which shall be appointed to receive his wages; but if all his wages should not be
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