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At still later periods came the Foots from Branford ; the Woosters and Weeds from Derby; the Fords, Hotchkisses, Frosts, Royces, and later Cooks, from Wallingford ; the Todds, IIumastons, Tuttles and Potters, from North Haven ; the Reynoldses from Coventry ; the Roots from Farmington ; the Camps and Fenns from Milford.
* There was a law of the Colony made for the purpose of protecting the people against " persons of an ungoverned conversation," who might prove "vicious, chargeable and burthen- some to the places where they come," requiring that all persons before they could become in- habitants should be accepted by a major vote of the town. A few only of those admitted in Wa- terbury are recorded.
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By means of additions from without and the natural increase from within, the population of Waterbury rapidly augmented after about 1724. According to my estimate, there were, in 1727, over three hundred souls ; in 1734, nearly five hundred ; in 1737, about nine hundred, and in 1749, about fifteen hun- dred. The first enumeration was in 1756, when there were 1,829 ; the next in 1774, when there were 3,536.
There is in the old town book a list of the freemen of Wa- terbury, which, to those not familiar with the names, is of but little valne, owing to the omission of dates. The qualifica- tions of a freeman were " a quiet and peaceable behaviour and civil conversation," twenty-one years of age, and a freehold estate of the value of forty shillings per annum, or forty pounds personal estate. The list referred to is, in its com- mencement, in the handwriting of Thomas Judd, Jr. His catalogue contains twenty-seven names, and bears internal ev- idence of having been made out between 1698 and 1702. The persons named may be regarded as the freemen of Waterbury between those dates and afterwards. Whenever a person died or removed from the town, his name was crossed with a pen.
To this list of twenty-seven freemen, were added by the hand of Dea. Thomas Judd the names of seven persons, made freemen doubtless while he wastown clerk, from 1709 to 1712. Then six names are scrawled by John Judd when he was reg- ister, between Dec. 1713 and Dec. 1717. Then William Judd's record commences. He held office four years and du- ring the time, (no date being given,) made up a new roll. Four only of the names which are entered by him are new.
I give below the lists of the four successive clerks, omitting from the last, or William Judd's catalogue, all except the four new names :
Ensign Timothy Stanley, John Welton, Sen., Dea. Thomas Judd, Thomas Judd, Jr., Benjamin Barnes, Serg. Isaac Bronson, Joseph Gaylord, Sen., Abraham An- druss, Sen., John Hopkins, Stephen Upson, Edmund Scott, John Seovill, John Richards, Isaac Bronson, Jr., David Scott, John Judd, John Bronson, Samuel Hickox, George Scott, Thomas Richason, John Richason, Ephraim Warner, Jo- seph Gaylord, Jr., Samuel Stanley, Stephen Welton, John Warner, Sen., Obadiah Richards.
William Hickox, Joseph Lewis, Daniel Warner, Jonathan Scott, Richard Welton, Thomas Richards, Daniel Porter, Jr.
Thomas Clark, Thomas Hickox, Thomas Barnes, Jeremiah Peck, Stephen Up-
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son, Jr., William Judd, Sen., [son of Philip, sometimes called " William Judd, tailor."]
William Judd, [the clerk, ] Thomas Bronson, Stephen Hopkins, Ebenezer Bronson.
[Mr. Southmayd was chosen register in Dec. 1721, and he seems to have added, from time to time, (without date again,) the names of other freemen as they were admitted. ]
Obadiah Scott, Timothy Hopkins, Benjamin Warner, George Welton, Nathaniel Arnold, John Southmayd, Samuel Porter, Samnel Hickox, Ebenezer Hickox, Samuel Barnes, Thomas Richards, Jr., John Seovill, Joseph Smith, Thomas Andruss, Thomas Upson, John Upson, Jonathan Prindle, Thomas Hickox, John Barnes, Ebenezer Richason, William Scott, Samuel Scott, Jr., James Porter, Thomas Porter, Richard Welton, Jr., Obadiah Warner, Doct. John Warner, John Judd, John Bronson, Joseph Prime, Nathaniel Arnold, Jr., Henry Cook, John Andruss, William Scovill, James Baldwin, John Warner, son of Ephraim, David Scott, Joseph Judd, James Blakeslee, Stephen Kelsey, Daniel Porter, Gershom Scott, Gershom Fulford, James Johnson, Edmund Scott, son of George, Stephen Hopkins, Jonathan Garnsey, James Hull, Ebenezer Warner, Daniel Williams, Moses Bronson, Samuel Thomas, Thomas Judd, Jr., Sammel Camp, Jonathan Kelsey, Jonathan Scott, Jr., Samuel Seott, Sen., Obadiah Richards, Joseph Lewis, Jr., James Williams, James Prichard, Daniel How, Joseph Judd, Isaac Hopkins, Samuel Warner, son of Daniel, Stephen Welton, Samuel Judd, Joseph Hurlbut, Eleazer Scott, Ebenezer Warner, son of Ephraim, Jonathan Scott, son of Ed- mund, John Alcock, Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Porter, Nathan Beard, Caleb Thompson, Obadiah Scott, son of David, Isaac Bronson, Jr., Edward Scovill, Stephen Scott, Joseph Weed, James Nichols, Thomas Bronson, Jr., Thomas Mat- thews, Mr. Mark Leavenworth, Mr. John Trumbull, Jonas Weed, John Southmayd, Jr., Caleb Clark, Edmund Thompkins, Jonathan Foot, Timothy Judd, Stephen Judd, Ebenezer Waklin, Ebenezer Richards, George Nichols, Benjamin Bronson, Gideon Hotchkiss, Jacob Blakeslee, Robert Johnson, Stephen Welton, Jr., Joshua Porter, John Richason, Samuel Hickox, William Adams, Peter Welton, Silas Johnson, Josiah Bronson, Nathan Prindle, Abijah Richards, Zebulon Scott, Abra- ham Warner, Mr. Samuel Todd, Daniel Sonthmayd, Thomas Lewis, John Garnsey, John Warner, Jr., Ebenezer Porter, Samuel Reynolds, Abel Sutliff, John Weed, Samuel Lewis, Nathan Hubbard, Richard Seymour, James Bellamy, Ebenezer Baldwin, Ebenezer Trumbull, Caleb Humaston, Andrew Weed, Abel Doolittle, Roger Prichard, Jr., Abraham Andruss, Josiah Warner.
[At this point Mr. Southmayd commences by giving dates, thus :] Freemen made April 11, 1748-Andrew Bronson, Moses Terrell, Joseph Osborn, Benja- min Matthews, Jonathan Cook, Samuel Root, John Rew, Thomas Doolittle, Ste- phen Matthews, Samuel Darwin. April 10, 1749, James Prichard, Jr., David Humaston, Abel Camp, Joseph Upson, Elam Brown, Daniel Potter, Enoch Scott, Moses Cook, William Hickox, Abraham Hickox, Thomas Upson, Joseph Brown, Asahel Castle, Thomas Cole, Thomas Richards, Jr., Elnathan Judd, Stephen Upson, Jr., Moses Blakeslee, 3d, John Blakeslee. April 8, 1751, Solomon Moss, Samuel Porter. Sept. 17, 1751, John Brown, Joseph Sutliff, Isaac Judd, Bartholomew Ja- cobs, Aaron Harrison, Zachariah Sanford. April 13, 1752, Eliakim Welton, Thomas Welton, Jr., Ebenezer Ford, Reuben Blakeslee.
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE SETTLEMENT EXTENDS: NEW SOCIETIES.
BEFORE 1700, all the people of Waterbury lived in the town center or its immediate neighborhood. The house most dis- tant from the meeting house was, I believe, Daniel Warner's, (supposed to have been built before 1"00,) situated on the north side of the Farmington road, a little east of the dwelling marked on the map J. H. Sandland. Soon after the above date, the thoughts of the planters were turned to the more dis- tant parts of the town.
The first permanent settlement beyond the neighborhood of the old village appears to have been made at Judd's Meadow." The lands here were taken up and improved earlier than any other which were so far removed from the town center. The first settlers were Samuel Hickox, Daniel Warner and Joseph Lewis. Hickox "located" himself on Fulling Mill Brook, where he had already built a house, Dec. 21, 1702. Here about 1709 he erected a fulling mill, which gave its name to the stream. His sons, Ebenezer and Gideon, settled in the same neighborhood. Daniel Warner is believed to have removed to Judd's Meadow a little later than Hickox, say about 1705. In that year he sold his house east of the village. He took up his residence near Hickox, on the brook, which was some- times called Daniel Warner's Brook. His house is alluded to Aug. 1708. His sons, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Abraham, re- mained in the south part of the town. Joseph Lewis settled on the west side of the river below the present bridge, and owned much land there which extended far to the south. There are no facts which show the exact time of his settlement.
* This name is first used in the Indian deed of 1684-5. It came, doubtless, from Lieut. Thomas Judd, who owned lands there at a very early date. It was first applied to the meadows upon the river, but afterwasds, the whole southern section of the town was thus designated.
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It may have been soon after his marriage in 1703, and may have been not till several years later.
Those who next established themselves at Judd's Meadow, (all I believe after 1714,) were John Barnes, Thomas Richards, Obadiah Scott, Samuel Warner, Ebenezer Richason, James Brown of West Haven, Samuel Barnes, John Andruss, Samuel and Edmund Scott, sons of Edmund, Stephen Hopkins and Thomas Matthews. Several came over the line from Derby, and settled near the southwest bounds-the Johnsons, the Gunns and the Weeds.
Buckshill was first settled about 1703, by John Warner, (af- terwards of Westbury,) Joseph Gaylord, Jr. and John Gay- lord. The Gaylords soon removed. In 1708, Richard Wel- ton bought the house of Joseph Gaylord, Jr., and became a permanent settler. He lived next to John Warner, on the south. The latter, after several years, removed. When Dr. Ephraim Warner returned from Woodbury, about 1715, he seems to have gone to Buckshill. Several of his sons remained there, while he, after a few years, came down to the village to live. I find, in 1729, the following persons with families liv- ing on Buckshill-Serg. Richard Welton, Richard Welton, Jr., Benjamin Warner, John Warner, (afterwards of Northbury,) Obadiah Warner, Joseph Judd, William Scott, Obadiah Scott, Edmund Scott? son of George, John Welton ?
Breakneck Hill is spoken of on the town records as early as 16SS. Whence came the name I know not. Barber in his His- torical Collections, and Cothren in his History of Woodbury, are mistaken in their accounts of its origin. The name first given to the hill was in a little time applied to all that part of the town in which it is situated.
Isaac Bronson, Sen., owned land at Breakneck at an early period, and had built a house there before April, 1702. Joseph Gaylord and John Bronson may have lived there temporarily ; but the first permanent settler was Isaac Bronson, eldest son of Isaac. He became a resident at Breakneck Hill probably as early as 1704 or 1705, certainly before March 27, 1707, when his oldest son Isaac was born.
The first house which was erected in the northwest section of the town appears to have been built near what was after- wards called " the village," about 1701, by John and Obadiah
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Richards, sons of Obadiah. The Indian disturbances at that period probably prevented its permanent occupation. "Rich- ards' house " and the buildings are occasionally referred to in the laying out and conveying of land. In April, 1704, Abra- ham Andruss sold two aeres on a hill westerly from Richards's land, where their house and barn is west of Wooster Swamp." The house is again mentioned in 1709.
" The village," (so called,) mentioned in the last paragraph, was a tract of land in the northwest corner of the town, bor- dering on Woodbury and Litchfield, the fertility of which had been discovered at an early period, and which at an unknown date had been sequestered to prevent its being taken up in the ordinary land divisions. In Nov. 1722, the proprietors agreed to have a division of this sequestered land. At the same time, land was reserved for roads, and provision made for a village. I copy from the record:
It was agreed by vote that in dividing of the sequestered land at the North West corner there shall be three tears of Lotts, viz, a highway next Woodbury of Two Rods wide, and then half a mile wide of Land to be laid out in lotts and then a highway of eight rods to run north and south, and then another tear of half a mile wide and then a nother highway of eight rods, and then a nother tear of lotts a half a mile wide and then a highway on the east side of eight rods, [&c. ] and the Committe in laying out the lotts to leave a four or six rod highway every half mile or there abouts through the tears, no lott to be divided.
Several divisions were afterwards made of the village lands, but no settlement seems to have been begun there for some time. They were regarded as so much more valuable than the other undivided lands that, in some of the divisions, one acre was to be equal to five acres, (or at a later period, to two and a half acres,) in the other parts of the town. The "vil- lage" is now called Garnseytown, from the name of its carly settlers, Jonathan Garnsey and his sons and John Garnsey.
No permanent settlement seems to have been made in the northwest quarter till after 1720, when the superior agricultn- ral capabilities of that section became more fully known. The first permanent settlers were, apparently, Jonathan Scott, Sen., (he who was taken captive by the Indians,) and Ebene- zer Riehason, son of Thomas. Scott (and his sons) lived on Scott's Mountain, and Richason on the road leading to the Mountain and near to it and to Steel's Brook, on the southwest
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side of the latter, (the old Buckingham place ?) 1721 may be named as the probable date of their settlement. Richason's house is first spoken of June 22, 1721. Afterwards, (1736,) I find him with the Northbury people and soon after in the southwest quarter. In 1750, he lived on the Woodbury road. In 1724, or perhaps in 1723, Dr. John Warner* (afterwards deacon) took up his residence on or near Steel's Brook and the road leading to Scott's Mountain and Wooster Swamp. Isaac Castle, Samuel Thomas and Joseph Hurlbut, all of Wood- bury, sons-in-law, the two first of John Warner, and the last of Jonathan Scott, Sen., settled at Wooster Swamp about 1725. Jonathan Kelsey made his appearance about the same time. Afterwards came George Welton, (about 1726,) David Scott and James Williams, the last from Hartford.
Besides the individuals whose names are mentioned above, there were settled at " Wooster," (as the northwest part of the town was sometimes called,) in Dec. 1730, the following per- sons, having families, to wit : Jonathan Scott, Jr., and Ger- shom Scott, sons of Jonathan, Ebenezer Warner, son of John, Joseph Nichols, Abraham Utter, John Sutliff and Ilenry Cook, seventeen in all, or fifteen besides Sutliff and Cook, who were not finally included in the society of Westbury. The fifteen all lived in the eastern and northern parts of the future parish, particulary along Steel's Brook and at Wooster Swamp. As early as Nov. 1727, a highway had been laid out for their convenience up the brook and so to the " village," which was afterwards continued to Litchfield. Hitherto, one half the settlers had been from other towns, and nearly the same proportion was continued in the years which immediate- ly followed. After 1730, the population increased rapidly and spread in every direction. The people had become so numerous in 1732, and were so incommoded in attending meeting, that they began to think of obtaining for themselves " winter privileges ;" that is, the privilege of hiring for them-
* John Warner was the first physician of Westbury. Thomas Foot was the second. The last came from Branford to Westbury about 1736. He was the son of John and Mary Foote, and settled on the place now occupied by his descendant, Hubert Scovill. lle married Elizabeth Sut- liff and died Dec. 19, 1776. Both Warner and Foot were sometimes called into the old society to prescribe, as appears from " the account book " of Dea. Ciark.
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selves during the winter months, at their own expense, a min- ister, and of being exempt during the time from old parish rates. In October, 1732, they petitioned the General Court as follows :
That whereas a Considerable Number of families in the Northwest Corner of the bounds of Waterbury town, by Reason of their Great Distance from ye meeting house which is to Seuerall Nine miles and to those that are nearest about three and Exceeding bad way and more Especally by Reason of a great Riuer which is called Waterbury Riner which for Great part of the winter and Spring is not pass- able, are debared the hearing of the word preached to the number of aboue thirty families, having mett to Gather Sepr 1732 and appointed in behalf of us Your me- morialists the Subscribers then and there to petition to the town of waterbury for an abatement of our parts of the ministers Rate for the space of four months, Viz. the three winter months of this present winter coming and the month of march next in Case we Should hire a minister on our own Charge to preach the word among us which they the Rest of sd town Refusing we haue appointed Deacon Samuel Brown and Lieut: Samuel Heacock our Committee to Represent and Lay our Dificult Surcumstances before this Honourable assembly and the Humble prayers of Your memorialests Saml Brown and Saml Heacock in behalf of that part of the aforesd agrieved Inhabitants being for Considerable part of the year wholy Debared hear- ing the word of God preached, is that we may have the liberty to hire a min- ister for the space of those four months before mentioned (being the most Difi- cult part of the Year) at our own Charge and that we may also have an abatement of our parts of the ministers Rate and Be Discharged from paying the minister of the town of waterbury During sd four months as we have aminister among us Either for this present Year or for alonger time as You in Your Great wisdom shall think best, and your memorialests shall as in Duty Bound Ever pray.
Dated oct. 4th: 1732.
SAML BROWN.
SAML HEACOK.
[The preceding is from the original file, on the back of which are the following names, thirty-two in number, in one handwriting :]
Cap. Wm. Heacock, Ebnr. Warner,
Saml. Towner,
Dr. John Warner,
Elieazar Scott, Henry Cook,
Mr. John Sutley, Ebnr. Kelsey,
Joseph Hurlbut,
Mr. Jonathan Scott, Senr., Jon'n Prindle,
Elnathan Taylor,
Jonathan Scott, Junr., Nathaniel Arnold,
Isaac Caswell, [Castle,]
Moses Brunson,
Wm. Scofield, Joseph Nicols,
Ebnr. Richardson,
Thomas Jud, Junr., Jonath. Kelsey,
David Scott,
Obadiah Scott, Jon'n Foot,
John Bronson,
Edwd. Scofield,
Saml. Heacock,
Gershom Scott,
Thomas Heacok,
Saml. Brown.
Saml. Thomas,
Saml. Jud,
A committee, consisting of Mr. Joseph Lewis and Mr. Ste- phen Upson, was appointed by the town to appear before the Assembly and oppose the movement ; but the prayer was
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granted, notwithstanding, and the privilege allowed for four years.
In the midst of the movement of population to the north- west, or March 13, 1732-3, " the centre of the society that shall there be allowed " to the extent of one mile and a half each way, making a tract of three miles square, was seques- tered by the proprietors for the town's use. The act was not to prejudice former grants and divisions not laid out. What its object was does not appear ; but I suspect it was de- signed to retard the settlement of that quarter of the town. At a meeting held Jan. 12, 1747-8, "the proprietors finding a sequestration made at Westbury of three miles square," did by their vote " set aside and make void " the same.
In the spring of 1733, " the northwest inhabitants " asked the General Assembly, in a memorial, to set them off as a dis- tinct society. They said that they had hired a minister-Mr. Daniel Granger ; that they "are universally suited in him," and flatter themselves that " he is not ill pleased " with them. The town, they continued, had already "agreed that there may be a society in the northwest quarter of the bounds in a convenient time," and had chosen a committee of six to run the parish lines. The petition was not granted.
Under date of March 14th, 1733-4, the town voted, accord- ing to the record, to make no opposition to the application of the northwest inhabitants to the General Assembly for a com- mittee to fix the bounds of the new society, the expense being defrayed by the latter. A few days afterwards, at another meeting, the following action was had :
Voted that a Committee be Chosen by the Town to Consider ye Scircumstances of the North West part of the Town and Settle A line In order to Make A Society -And Voted that the worshipfull Joseph Whiting Sqr, Cap. Roger Nuton of Milford, Capt John Russell of Branford be a Committee to Consider the Surcum- stances of the Town as Above Sd and to Settle a line as Above Sd.
When the question of the new society came before the Le- gislature in May, 1734, the town resisted the movement. They resisted it on the ground that the vote of March 14th, previ- ous, was not in fact passed. The certificate of the moderator of the meeting, Isaac Bronson, was produced, which affirmed
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that in consequence of the absence of the stated clerk, Dea. Samuel Brown was chosen scribe, who neglected to say that the vote placed on record was negatived. Probably there were excitement and disorder in the meeting, and it was diffi- cult to say what was, or what was not, properly done. The selectmen furthermore certified that "the meeting was called for to procure town stock [ammunition] and no other business." Consequently, it was not competent to act on the subject of the vote, that not being embraced in the call. The result of all was that there was no action on the part of the Assembly.
At a town meeting in October following, the vote of March 14th was "nul'd and made void," it being "repugnant to the common interest of the town;" while at the same time, the meeting resolved to choose a committee among themselves to "set out" the new society, " which will be more easy and for the better contentment of the town, than to commit it to strangers." In the meantime, however, the committee se- lected in the spring had attended to their work and "set out " the parish asked for. A petition was presented to the Legisla- ture, signed by twenty-three individuals, to ratify the doings of the committee and grant society-privileges ; but the re- quest was again denied.
In Oct. 1736, the northwestern people again petitioned to be set off as a distinct society. They used the same argu- ments they had urged before, such as their distance from the meeting house and their separation from it by a river which was often impassable. They represented themselves to num- ber forty-five families. Their request was refused, but they were allowed five months' winter privileges for two years. The petitioners, however, were not discouraged. They re- newed their efforts in May, 1737, unsuccessfully. In October of the same year, the town appointed Mr. Joseph Lewis and Mr. Stephen Hopkins, (the town's deputies,) their agents to answer another memorial which had been prepared. At the same time, a vote was passed expressing a willingness that a legislative committee should " come to view all the circum- stances of the town." In answer to a petition, a committee was sent by the Assembly, consisting of Capt. John Riggs, Capt. Isaac Dickerman and Mr. John Fowler. They report-
Aaron Benedict
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ed, in May, 1738, in favor of the petitioners and recommend- ed a division line. The line commenced at the southwest cor- ner of Capt William Judd's farm at Woodbury bounds, and ran in the south line of said farm to the southeast corner of Joseph Nichols' old farm, thence to [James] Williams' corn mill, [now Oakville Co.,] thence straight to Jonathan Prindle's house, thence cast to Waterbury river, thence up the river to the West Branch and up the Branch to Litchfield bounds.
In connection with the report, there was given a list of the heads of families included within the bounds of the proposed society, with the number of persons in each. Thirty-seven families are thus enumerated, containing two hundred and thirty persons :
John Smith, 8. Moses Brunson, 11. Stephen Scott, 4.
Thomas Foot,
9. Samuel Hickox, 12. Obadiah Scott, 4.
Samuel Thomas, 8. Caleb Clarke, 9. David Scott, 5.
Thomas Hickox, 5. Daniel How, 9. Nathaniel Arnold, 10.
Samuel Luis, 9. John Andruss, 6. Ebenezer Warner, 5.
George Wellton, 10. William Andruss, 3. James Brown, 8.
Samuel Judd, 5. Jonathan Scott, 3. John Warner, 4.
Gershom Scott, 5. Jonathan Scott, 7. James Williams, 7.
James Smith, 2. Eleazer Scott,
3. George Nichols, 6.
Thomas Richards, 9. Jonathan Foot, 5. James Belemy,
1.
Ebenezer Richards, 4.
Ebenezer Baldwin, 3. Richard Semer 4.
William Scovill, 6. Jonathan Prindel, 7. Jonathan Garnsey, 10.
Thomas Judd, 4.
The town remonstrated against the line recommended by the committee, claiming it ran too far south, and asked the appoint- ment of a new committee. The result was, another committee, consisting of John Fowler of Milford, Samuel Bassett of Derby and Gideon Johnson, was appointed. They reported in Oct. 1738, and advised the same division line. The report was adopted and the society incorporated by the name of Westbury.
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