The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. I, Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1038

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Capt. James Chamberlain also built, in connection with his son-in- law, Joseph Hilliard, of the Point (formerly a saddle-tree maker in Tol- land ), a " coaster," and loaded it with merchandise for Charleston, S. C., his son James going as the supercargo.

It was probably, also, about this time (the last of the 18th century) that Col. Elisha Mowry, a merchant of Smithfield, R. I., and who had an extensive trade with the West Indies, also had a store or warehouses at "the Point," and was a pioneer in developing its mercantile interest. Charles Jeneks (afterwards " General" Jeneks), who was in Mr. Mowry's employ as a lad, subsequently married his daughter, and was placed in charge of his warehouse.

Thus, although we lack the specifie data by which to trace the growth of this village, it is easy, in imagination, to see its development

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at the hands of three or four energetic business men; how, with its con- venient water-way to Hartford, its new roads, its ferry to the west side of the river, the fine agricultural country at its back, the distilleries which sprang up to put the crops into the most marketable form,' the advantages of situation, which made it the entrepot for the transportation of goods to Enfield, and later for the new industries springing up in Thompsonville, Warehouse Point became a prosperous active village. But. with the changes incident to extension of the canal on the west side the river, as well as of railroads on both sides the river: together with the changes in the agriculture of this region, by which tobacco has usurped the place of those crops which formerly gave employment to mills and distilleries, " the Point " of to-day retains little or none of the prestige of its early days. It has a fair local country trade, and but one noticeable manufacturing industry, that of the Leonard Silk Manufact- uring Company. It is also the seat of the " County Home for Children."

Shad. - Rev. Mr. Robbins's Diary (i. 741) says, under date of 13 May, 1818: " At Warehouse Point yesterday one seine took 4,000 shad, and another 1,000." The water being more shallow near the Enfield Falls than below, accounts for his remark following: " But few are taken down the river, on account of the water."

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Warehouse Point. - For a few years previons to the present century occasional services were hokl by clergymen of the Episcopal Church in the town of East Windsor, and the services of the Church of England were read to the small flock by Mr. William C. Warner, an Englishman, who, together with Gen. Charles Jeneks and Capt. James Chamberlain, was principally concerned in securing a church at the Point. On Sept. 27. 1802, seventy residents of East Windsor, Windsor, Enfield, and Ellington, signed, before Roswell Grant, J. P., an agreement asking the pastoral care of the Rev. Menzies Raynor, rector of Christ Church, Hartford : and, Oct. 11, 1802, a parish was organized, of which dames Chamberlain and Solomon Ellsworth were elected wardens. The frame of the only (and present ) church edifice was raised 6 Jan., 1809, on the public " green," or common, where it remained until its removal, May, 1844, to its present site on east side of Main street. It was consecrated by Bishop Brownell, 10 Oct., 1832: its first

"There were in East Windsor, in 1819, right, in 1890 nim, in 1998 thirteen, cider and brandy distilleries; and in 1820 East Windsor had 66 " riding carriages " as against 60 in Windsor. In 1796 East Windsor had three coaches which were taxed at $17.

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organ, purchased in 1835, was replaced by a larger one in 1859. Its rectors have been : 1

Rey. Menzies Raynor, 1802-1809.

Rev. Nathaniel Huse is several times referred to in Rev. Dr. Thos. Robbins' Diary, as the Epis. minister at W. Pt. 1811-1811. He was a native of Methuen, Mass .: grad. Dart. Coll. 1802; was afterward a rec- tor in N. Y. State.

Revs. B. Judd, 1819-1821 ; N. B. Burgess, 1822-1823 : 1. Bulkeley, 1823-1825.

Rev. Geo. W. Doane, D.D., 1825-1827, afterwards Bishop of New Jersey.

Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., 1827-1828. afterwards Bishop of New York.

Revs. Chester Cleveland, bet. 1828-35 : Ransom Warner, 1835- 1838 ; Z. Mansfield, 1838-1841 : Joseph Scott, 1843-1844: Henry Il. Bates, 1844-1852 ; Charles S. Putnam, 1852-1853 ; Wm. K. Donglass, 1853-1855 ; H1. MeClary, 1855-1860 ; (. R. Fisher, 1861-1867 : Henry Olmstead, D.D., 1862-1867 ; Wm. W. Niles, D.D., 1867-1870 : Edward Goodridge, 1871-1883 ; Albert U. Stanley, 1884 : Frederick R. Sanford, 1885-1887 ; Alfred Poole Grint, Ph.D., 1888.

The Rev. Roger Searle frequently officiated here before his removal to Ohio. In 1886 this church had 130 communicants.

Methodist Episcopal Church at Warehouse Point, East Windsor. There had been Methodist preaching occasionally at Warehouse Point from the commencement of the century, but no permanent society was organized until 1822. A Methodist Society had been organized in the south part of Enfield, near Warehouse Point, about the commencement of the century, but it had become at this time near extinct. In 1814 Ephraim Randall and his wife, members of the Chestnut Street Church, Providence, R. 1., removed to this place, and in 1822 they invited Rev. Moses Fifield, then living in Springfickl, Mass., to visit them, which he did, and preached in a schoolhouse in that part of the village called King street. Soon arrangements were made, by the special request and assistance of Major Joel Hawkins, for Mr. Fifield to preach cach alternate Sabbath for a few months until the next session of the New England Conference. The meetings were held in the village church, which was soon after, and is now, occupied by the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Fifield organized a Methodist Society carly in the spring of 1822, consisting of Ephraim Randall, Beulah Chapin

1 Rec. Edward Goodridge, - Hartford Co. Mem. Hist.

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(widow), Hannah Abbe, who had been a member of the Congregational Church of the Seantie Parish, and Thomas Knight, who had been a member of the society before mentioned in the south part of Enfield. The society, being small and feeble, was for several years embraced in a eirenit in which there were several societies, including two or more towns. For the years 1823 and 1824 Mr. Fifield continued its pastor. In 1825 there were two ministers on the circuit. Revs. Elisha Frink and Benj. F. Lambord, the latter residing at Warehouse Point, supplied the pulpit there principally. In 1826 Revs. Erastus Otis and Daniel L. Fletcher were the preachers. In 1827 Mr. Otis was continued on the cirenit, and the Rev. Rufus Spaulding was his colleague. In 1828 Revs. Heman Perry and George Stone were the preachers. In 1829, Revs. George Sutherland and Edmond M. Beebe. In 1830, Revs. Hezekiah S. Ramsdell and Hor- ace Moulton. In 1831, Revs. John W. Case and Philo Hawkes. In 1832, Revs. Edmond M. Beche and Norris Day. In 1833 the society became independent, disconnected from the circuit, and the Rev. Charles Hayward became its pastor. The following persons have served the society as pastors to the present time: 1834, Rev. Windsor Ward : 1835 and 1836, Rev. Isaac Stodard: 1837, Rev. Square B. Haseall ; 1838, Rev. Ebenezer Blake: 1839 and 1840, Benjamin C. Phelps ; 1841. Rev. William 11. Rich- ards; 1842, Rev. Moses Stodard ; 1843, Rev. Abraham Holway ; 1844 and 1845. Rev. Frank N. Bill: 1816. Rev. Charles C. Barnes ; 1847, Rev. Frank- lin Fisk ; 1848 and 1849, Rev. Edward A. Lyon: 1850 and 1851, Rev. Sanford Benton: 1852, Rev. James Mather: 1853 and 1854, Rev. Abel Gardner: 1855, Rev. Lorenzo D. Bentley: 1856 and 1857. Rev. Henry W. Conant : 1858 and 1-59, Rev. John F. Sheffield; 1860, Rev. Win. S. Simmons; 1861, Rev. J. M. Worcester: 1862, Rev. C. Collard Adams ; 1863, 1864. 1865, Rev. Win. O. Cady : 1866, Rev. Robert Parsons: 1867 and 1868, Rev. John Cooper: 1869 and 1870, Rev. Lorenzo W. Blood ; 1871 and 1872. Rev. A. L. Dearing; 1873, 1874, 1875, Rev. John How- son: 1876, Rov. C. S. Morse: 1877. 1878, 1879, Rev. D. L. Brown ; 1880, 1881, 1882, Rev. E. S. Fletcher: 1883 and 1884, Rev. Wm. Il. Turking- ton : 1885, Rev. Henry Il. Martin. The society is in a prosperous state. Its property, consisting of a house of worship and parsonage, is free from debt. It has a membership of abont one hundred.

Windsorville is the modern name of what was known to our fathers, as well as to our childhood, as Ketch Mills (see p. 591 ). From the earliest the names of Loomis. Munsell, Ellsworth, Bissell, Har- per, ete., are associated with this locality. About the year 1800 Timothy Ellsworth's store inaugurated the active business of the place, which hitherto had only consisted of a saw and grist-mill. VOL. I .- 94

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About this time, also. Captain Cahoon opened a hotel, which was continued for many years, and until burned, 15th Angust, 1889. Early in the present century, also, Timothy Ellsworth erected here a large gin-distillery, in which Thomas Potwine, Jr., soon after became a partner, under firm name of Ellsworth & Potwine. About 1835 the partnership was dissolved, Ellsworth continuing the business until 1842, when the distillery and grist-mill were destroyed by fire ; and, in 1844, he erected a building for the manufacture of woolen cloth. Later it was sold to Mr. Henry Hollister, now of Berlin, Conn., and was in almost continual operation until 1st Jan., 1889, when it was burned, with all its machinery and stock, and a large boarding-house.

A post-office was established here in 1825 by the name of Ketch Mills, and later the postal name of the place was changed into Windsorville. For many years a daily line of stages passed here be- tween Hartford and Keene, N. Il .; it has long been discontinued. The Connecticut Central Railroad now passes through the place, the station supplying the village being Osborn Station.

About 1835 Summer Shepard commenced merchandising, and was appointed postmaster, continning in business until his death, in 1868. Both store and post-office are now conducted by A. S. Burley.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Windsorville (East Windsor). Church built 1829, at which time the first mention of East Windsor appears on the minutes of the General Conference : the name of Ketch Mills in 1839; the name of Windsorville, 1850. In 1876 the edifice was burned : in 1878 the present one dedicated.

Windsorville is a pleasant village, but, since the loss of the manu- factory, is much redneed in population and business.

Broud Brook is a neat little manufacturing village, which has grown up, since 1847, upon the banks of the stream of that name, which empties into the Seantie River, a little below the village, in the meadow land of Israel Harper Stiles. It comprises a large woolen mill ; three stores (of which that of Mr. C. A. Arnold is one of the largest in that part of the county ) ; a grist-mill (also owned by Mr. Arnokl, and on the Broad Brook ) ; two blacksmith and one wagon shops ; and "any number of rum-shops." The Springfield division of the New York d- New England Railroad has a station here.

The woolen mill referred to was commenced by the Phelps Man- facturing Company, organized 25th Feb., 1847, with a capital of $140,- 000. This company consisted of Bethuel Phelps, who hell 3,999 shares ; John and George E. Gibbons, 600 shares each; Albert Dennison, 400 shares ; F. E. Palmer (Agent), 1 share. Total, 5,000 shares, at $25 a share. This concern was merged, in July, 1848, into the present Broad

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Brook Manufacturing Company, organized with a capital of $200,000, and a large number of stockholders. It has prospered, until now it contains 19 sets of machinery, uses 1,000,000 pounds of wool per annum, and employs 400 hands. The building is 828 by 10 feet in size. 4 stories high, with several wings and additions. The present agent, Mr. Alex. Semple, has had charge of the works for nearly twenty years.

There is said to have been a mill erected here about 1834, which was burned. but of which we have no farther data. About 1848 there was a pearl button manufactory, operated by one Brown, in the old White Mill, which was swept away by the flood of 1869; and another button mill in Pearlville, about half a mile east of Broad Brook, erected about 1858, owned and run for a few years by A. Hamilton, and was finally burned. There was, also, at one time, a grist-mill and a tannery at Broad Brook, which are now extinet, and beyond the memory almost of the oldest inhabitant.

The Congregational Church of Broad Brook. In March, 1850, application was made to the Connecticut Home Missionary Society for aid to establish a church in the village, which then had a population of about 800. The Episcopalians already had a house of worship here, but had only a slender hold upon the people-an attendance of not over 30. Mr. Palmer, then agent of the Broad Brook Mills, had opened a hall, seating some 200 or 300 persons, which was well filled on Sundays and Sunday evenings, under the ministrations of Rev. Mr. Charles N. Seymour. The application was endorsed by Rov. Shubael Bartlett of Scantic parish. East Windsor, who stated that whereas, in 1816, there were not over 5 honses and 40 people, there were now 50 houses and ahont 800 people. The required aid was given by the Conn. H. M. Society, and a church of 20 members (6 male and 14 female) was organized 4th May, 1851, and was placed under the care of Rev. Mr. Seymour. On the 1st of January, 1854. a neat church edifice, built in 1853, was opened and dedicated by Rev. Shubael Bartlett, being the last public service that he ever performed. In 1865 a parsonage was built at a cost of $2,000: in 1866 a cabinet organ, cost $500 : a bell, costing $600, one-half of which were given by outsiders : 21 men volun- teered for the war, of whom 2 (belonging to the church ) lost their lives ; 1873. the sum of $4,000 was paid on the church, including a new organ : 1875, =350 was paid for a library ; 1879, a church debt of $1,200 was canceled. Membership : 1851, 20 : 1880. 135: 1884, 100. Revivals ; 1858, 10 admissions : 1866, 20 ; 1874, 31: 1878. 11.

Pastors. Rev. CHARLES N. SEYMOUR, deting pastor, 1850-53: b. Hartford, Conn .. 4th April. 1815 : grad. Trin. Coll .. ISTE ; Yale Theol. Sem .. 1843 ; pastor ordained Huntington, Conn., 26th June, 1844, to

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31st July, 1877 : pastor installed Whately, Mass., 8th March, 1853-27th April, 1859; pastor installed Brooklyn, Conn., 21st Dee., 1859-7th Oct., 1873 : pastor installed Tolland, 3d Dee., 1874 .- Yale Theol. Nem. Catal.

Rev. WILLIAM METCALFE BURCHARD, pastor installed 6th Septem- ber. 1854 : dism. 29th Dee., 1858; grad. Yale Coll., 1837; And. Theol. Sem., 1841; preached at Littleton, N. H., 1842; pastor ordained Boz- rah, Conn., 25th Oct., 1843-Oct., 1848 ; acting pastor Eastford, Com., 1852-53; acting pastor Hebron, Conn., 1853-54 ; pastor installed Broad Brook, Con., Sept., 1854-Dec., 1858; acting pastor Agawam, Mass., 1860-1863 ; Volumtown and Sterling, 4th May, 1864-25th March, 1868; arting pastor Montville, Com., April, 1868-April, 1871 ; since 1871, res., Washington, D. C .- And. Theol. Som. Cat.

Rev. TIMOTHY ALLEN HAZEN, acting pastor 1st Dee., 1859 to 1863; son of Rey. Reuben T. Hazen ; b. at Agawam, Mass., 24th June, 1826 ; grad. Wins. Coll., 1849 : studied at Theol. Instit. Conn. at E. W. and Union. Theol. Sem., New York city, where he grad., 1853; principal of Lenox Academy one year : preached at Dalton, Mass .. four years, from 11th Oct., 1854 ; acting pastor Broad Brook, 1859-1863 ; became pastor at So. Egremont. Mass., May, 1863 : afterwards served at Housatonic; also pastor at Goshen, Coun., since 7th Feb., 1872. - Durfee and Union Theol. Sem. Catal's.

Rev. MERRICK KNIGHT, acting pastor JJuly, 1863-Oct., 1867 ; grad. Amherst Coll., 1846; Theol. Instit. Conn., 1849; pastor appointed Chap- lin, Conn., 1st May, 1850-Dec., 1852; acting pastor Stafford, Conn., 1853-54; pastor installed Hebron, Conn., June, 1854-June, 1860 ; act- ing pastor Broad Brook, 1863-67 ; pastor installed Rock Hill, 6th Nov., 1867-1st April, 1872; acting pastor Torringford, Conn., April, 1872- March. 1875 : acting pastor New Hartford (South), April, 1875-79.

Rev. EDWARD TRUMBULL HOOKER, 17th June, 1868, to 3d June, 1869: sou of Rev. Edward W. Hooker, D.D .; grad. Wmns. Coll., 1860 ; served in Co. A. 8th Vt. Vet. Vols., Jan., 1864, to close of war in 1865 ; studied theol. in Chicago and at Theol. Instit. Con .; pastor installed Broad Brook, 1868-1869; acting pastor Middletown, Conn., 30 July, 1869, to Sept., 1872 ; acting pastor New Orleans, La., 1872-75; pastor Castleton, Vt., 1875. - Durfee.

Rev. LYSANDER TOWER SPAULDING, 21st Nov., 1869-1st May, 1877 : grad. Amh. Coll., 1861; Theol. Instit., Con., 1864 ; pastor ordained West Stafford, 27th Dee., 1864-24 Aug., 1867; pastor installed Essex, Conn., 24 Oct., 1867-12th Oct., 1869 ; acting pastor Broad Brook, 1869- 77; acting pastor Chester, Conn., June, 1877, until his death there, Sth July, 1878. - Minutex Gen. Conference, 1878.

Rev. JOSEPH A. FREEMAN, acting pastor, 1877-81.

Rev. ROBERT C. BELL, 11th Ang., 1881-sometime in 1885.

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Rev. JEREMIAH C. CROMER, served a year.

Rev. DAVID E. JONES, the present pastor, was installed 19th Jan., 1887.

The Deacons at the present time are William II. Thompson and George C. Whiton, and the present membership 40 males and 82 females.

Physicians. On an oldl map of Warehouse Point, made about the close of the last century, we find the names of Dr. JOHN BANCROFT, and Dr. JOSEPH EGGLESTON, of whom we know nothing further. Dr. M. L. FISK came to Broad Brook about 1842, and removed to Warehouse Point in 1864. The biography of this excellent physician and faithful man will be found in the Genealogies. Dr. E. K. LEONARD came here in 1864 : removed to Rockville in 1879. Dr. H. O. ALLEN came here in 1879, and still remains in practice.

Notes on the Schools of East Windsor. These, for lack of existing data, are necessarily fragmentary. Prior to 1768, when East Windsor was separated from the old town, school matters, "east side of the Great River," were controlled by the town meeting of the people of Windsor.

About the first item we have is in " 1702, April 27th, James Young- love began to keep school," and June 22, 1702, " James Younglove began to keep school at Podunk" - and the following is " an account how the school money is divided " :

" To that part of Seantuck -

s. d. 1 09 03

[Teaching] in this part 17 days

To that part where the meeting hous is 3 09 00 In this part One month and 14 days and half To the lower part [Podunk] 3 10 09

In this part one month and 15 days and half

The list on which the school tax was laid was 1,787 10 00 "1

The Stoughton Mss., from which we learn this, preserves many evi- dences that the east side people were not negleetful of the education of their children - as, " April 14, 1703, Samuel Tudor began to keep school at the meeting-house and is to keep there seaven weeks wanting day "- his compensation being 9 pence per week.

About 1726, " Mehetabel Stoughton, of Marshfield, England," as her name is written on an old pamphlet among the Stoughton papers, seems to have been teaching here in East Windsor - probably a private school. "June ye 6th five of Major [afterward Gen. and Gov. Roger ] Wolcott's [children ] came to school, Sarah was absent from school 6 days, the other four children left school, Angust 220," - Martha Edwards came

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to school June ye 7th, 1726, and was absent 13 days, she left school Sep- tember ye 14th. There is, also, a bill of Miss Mehetabel against Maj. Roger Woleott, viz. :

By schooling Sarah Wolcott 7 weeks at & pence

0-4 08

Hepzibah 10 and 4 days at $ pence 00

07 01

Josiah 10) .. 00

06 10

.. .. Eppefras 10 27

(.) 02

.. Erastus 10

1 00

05 01

Total

01 08 10

On another page she made the entry that her " schooling [for 1726] came to £02-08x .-- 10/."

As we have already seen (p. 578), the learned pastor of this parish, Rev. TIMOTHY EDWARDS, trained many young men in his own family. both for college and the ministry. And the same may be said, though in a less degree, of his successors in the pastorate, Revs. Perry, MeChire, and Robbins. Besides their individual labors in this direction, the ear- lier ministers paid much attention to the public educational affairs of their parishes ; and, as late as the Rev. Mr. Robbins's and MeClure's day (1828), the pastor maintained a regular visitation of all the schools within the town ; and, in default of any official examining boards, ex- amined candidates and gave certificates of capability and character to would-be teachers.

From Mr. Roe's Ecclesiastical History of East Windsor, we find that the first recorded amount raised by tax for schooling in the North parish was 820, while the salary paid to the Rev. Mr. Potwine was £60. This was in 1753-4-5; and the first schoolhouses appear to have been erected in Main street, and the two were erected probably at about the same time. The first regular districting of the parish took place in 1766, and the report of Messrs. Ebenezer Bliss, David Skinner, and Lem- uel Stoughton, appointed a committee for the purpose is dated Feb. 27, 1766. Its substance, as far as can be gleaned from the record, is :

" That there shall be four schools, viz. :

" 1st. On the west side of Seantic River to comprehend all north of the meeting- house, west of said river to a mile and a half from Great River.

"2d. East of Seantic, to comprehend all east of said river, south of the center line and west of the land called Sequestered Land.

"30. To comprehend all east of Scantic River, north to Entiell.

"4th. To comprehend all west of Seantic River, and south of the meeting-house, a mile and a half from the Great River."

Those who understand the bounds of the parish will be able to esti- mate, from these data, the distances which their ancestors, when chil- dren, had to travel through storms and cold to the places where the rudi- ments of education must be obtained : to some of them, at least, it was

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a practical illustration of " knowledge being obtained under ditfi- rulties."

The teachers must also have had their share of patience and indus- try, and been willing to do much for small pay - for at this period, thirty pounds was all the money raised for the support of schools, and that was paid in grain - wheat 48., rye 3x,, and Indian corn 2s, per bushel.

In December, 1771, a new district was set off east of Seantie, viz. :

" Voted, To make a district of schooling of the south-east corner of the society, ex- tending north of Ketch Brook, to include Simeon Barber and Roger Loomis, and ex tending west to the east end of the three mile lots, including Jerijah Bissell who lives on the east end of said lots, and to extend east and south to the bounds of the society."

Thus matters remained until 1781 -when a committee was ap- pointed to rearrange all the districts as they thought best and report to the society. On the 31st December, 1781, the committee made report.

After dividing the parish into six districts -three on the east of Seantic and three on the west -and running the several boundaries, they close as follows :

" All which is submitted to your ) Wishing you better wisdom by your most - the blessing

obedient humble servants, ) of peace. AARON BISSELL, AMASA LOOMIS, Committee. THOMAS FOSTER,

" The above report was accepted with the following alterations, viz. :

" That Samuel Bartlett be set and belong to the school district north of the high way between Israel Stiles and said Bartlett -- and that John Bartlett be set and belong to the south district of schools west of Seantic River in the woods -and that William Bartlett, now living at Seantie Mills, belong to the school district cast of Scantie River, as reported."

At a meeting of the North Society, held in December, 1789, a peti- tion was presented from the inhabitants of Warehouse Point to be set off as a distinct school district. The petition was granted and the bounds defined as follows :

" Beginning at the north-west corner bounds of East Windsor, when running South along the line of Connectient River to the south side of a lot of land lately owned by Timothy Thrall, then east by the south line of said land within forty rods of the Coven try road, then north the same distance from said road to Entield line, then west to the first-mentioned bounds."

In December, 1793, at a meeting of the society, it was

" Foted, That the south east district of schooling commonly called Ketch- Mill dis- triet be divided, and the Ketch Brook as it runs through said district be a dividing line of said district."

The last aet which appears upon record of this ecclesiastical society in reference to common schools, is dated 9th day of November, 1795. The usual two pence on the pound was voted for the use of schooling

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The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. I, Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909 Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company Number of Pages: 1038

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1038