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Perry, Joshua, II. 546.
Perry, Julius, II. 332.
Perry, Maria, plays second piano in Wa- terbury, III. 1062.
Perry, Nathaniel H., II. 375.
Pest house, the first, II. 133 and note.
" Pete" (Peters), Lemuel, military service, I. 465.
Petersen, Rev. Olof, pastor Swedish Bap- tist church, II. 692.
Petitjean, George, III. 1145.
Pettibone, John, military service, I. 393.
Pettingell, John H., II. 548.
Pettengill, Alison A., II. 548.
Pettengill, Rev. Amos, I. 646 and note, 547; his published writings, III. 955. Pfaff, John, III. 1079.
Phalen, Richard, III. 1115.
Phelan, Denis, II. 127.
Phelan, Ellis, II. 551; sketch of, III. 815; lawyer, 815; state secretary, Alabama, 815; soldier, 815.
Phelps, Charles, military service, III. 1188. Phelps, Hezekiah, military service, I. 465. Phelps, Noah A., quoted, I. 147 note.
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Phelps, Sarah (Mrs. A. N. Lewis), II. 513. Philanthropy, charity and reform, devel- opment of, II. 8; early, III. 880.
Philas, the negro of John Southmayd, I. 372.
Philip, Robert, II. 125. Philip's meadow, location, I. 218
Phillips, Elmer E., master English and Classical school, II. 529, 552.
Phillips, H. O., his invention, II. 481. Philosophical society, The, III. 1025.
Phippeny, Harriet M. (Mrs. Edward C. Lewis), II. 414.
Phipps, Mary A., artist, III. 1036.
Photographic society, III. 1043.
Photography, III 1041, 1043; first estab- lished as a business, 1042.
Physicians, early, II. 8; III. 828; down to the Revolutionary era, 829; Dr. Leav- enworth's sermon regarding, 829; Waterbury Medical association estab- lished, 832; early fees, 837 note; since 1870, 846; native, remove from Water- bury, 854
Pianos, the first two, III. 1062.
Pickering, George, III. 697.
Pickett, Allie, III. 918.
Pickett, Birdsey, III. 1199.
Pickett, Julia B. (Mrs. Stephen E. Bart- lett), III. 846.
Pickett, Orange M., connection with the American, III. 983 note; mentioned, II42.
Pickett, W. S., president Sunday School Union, III. 568.
Pickett, Turrell & Co., mentioned, II.448. Pierce, Aaron, III. 697.
Pierce, B. Frank, III. 1175.
Pierce, F. G., III. 1170.
Pierce, Gershom, III. 704.
Pierce, Martha L. (Mrs.George H.Tracy), II. 515.
Pierce, Wilson H., I. 629; II. 553; III. 817, III2; lawyer, 817.
Pierpont, Austin B., house of, I. 550; mentioned, II. 32; III. 577, 1154, 1155; military service, II82.
Pierpont, Charles J., gives land for East Farms cemetery, I. 678; mentioned, III. 664.
Pierpont, D. W., II. 461. Pierpont, E. A., II. 194 and note, 449,481. Pierpont, Luther, military service, III. II82.
Pierpont, Mary S. (Mrs. Joseph Welton), II. 32.
Pierpont, Seabury, II. 32; military ser- vice, III. 1182.
Pierpont, W. E., III. 1074. Pierpont, W. L., III. 1155.
Pierson, J. S., president Waterbury Gas Light Čo., II. 145.
Pierson, Job, at Straits mountain in 1733, I. 349; mentioned, 359.
Pierson, Hannah (Mrs. Daniel Crane), I. 630.
Pierson, Stephen, I. 358, 359.
Pierson, Thomas, I. 358.
Pigeon brook, I. 706.
Pike, Bertrand C., connection with the American, III. 982.
Pike, Rev. Cornelius, pastor Adventist church, III. 777.
Pike, Samuel, military service, I.392,396. Pike, William, military service, I. 391, 396. Pilgrim Fathers, United Order of the, Mizpah colony, No. 163, III. 1169.
Pilkington, J. H., his invention, II. 481. Pilling, James, III. III5.
Pilling, James C., quoted, I. 15 note.
Pillsbury, Rev. Benjamin, III. 708.
Pily hole, II. 62.
Pincus, Henry, III. 110I, II02.
Pine hill, location, I. 706; removal of, II. 400 note.
Pine hill road, II. 69.
Pine hole, location, I. 706; early name of Waterville, II. 26; the name, 26 note, 489 note.
Pine hole branch, location, I. 323.
Pine island, location, I. 244, 706.
Pine island falls, location, I. 706.
Pine island meadow, location, I. 706.
Pine island spring, location, I. 706.
Pine meadow, location, I. 242.
Pine mountain, location, I. 243.
Pine swamp, location, I. 218, 706.
Pine tree road, location, II. 86.
Pinney, E. W., almshouse keeper, III.885.
Pinney, Howard G., III. 1132.
Pin Co., Waterbury, mentioned, II. 440. Pins, place of making the first, I. 586; first maker of solid-headed, II. 320; au- tomatic machinery for early manufac- ture of, 366; importations to the United States, 366; sticking on paper described,
367; inventors of machines for, 367,375. Pitkins, Miss, her private school, II. 533. Pitts, John, III. TI4I.
Pitts, Richard, military service, I. 465.
Place, H. N., military service, III. 1190; mentioned, I200, 120I.
Place names, I. 29, 220; Indian and Eng- lish, 685, 718.
Plank Road Co., Waterbury and Chesh- ire, incorporated, I. 570.
Plantation, petition for a, I. 123, 124.
Planters, old, I. 79; characteristics of Mattatuck, 159.
Plating gold and silver by galvanic pro- cess introduced, II. 274.
Platt, Alfred, II. 169, 248, 296; biogra- phy, 394; the first in Waterbury to man- ufacture brass and copper wire, 394; in- vents method of manufacturing buck- wheat flour, 395, 473, 481.
Platt, Alfred L., II 395; sketch of. 397; pres- ident Platt Mill Co.,397; mentioned, 449.
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Platt, Alfred S., II. 397.
Platt, Alice, III. 899.
Platt, Bertha L.(Mrs. Jay H. Hart). II. 396.
Platt, Caroline, II. 396.
Platt, Charles E., II. 555; III. 839, 998; sketch of, 1087 and note; musician, 1087; mentioned, 1064.
Platt, Clark M., president Platt Brothers & Co., II. 394; mentioned, 395. 440, 446; III. 1023; biography, II. 396; button maker, 396; inventor, 396, 481.
Platt, E., Jr., his invention, II. 475.
Platt, Edward B, III. 1137.
Platt, Elizabeth, III. 899.
Platt, Enoch, III. 672.
Platt, F. G., II. 213.
Platt, F. W., his inventions, II. 481, 482; mentioned, III. 917, 1023.
Platt, Frances E. (Mrs. Charles H. Rus- sell), II. 248.
Platt, George L., his invention, II. 481.
Platt, Gideon (3d), I. 357; III. 625; mili- tary service, I. 465.
Platt, Gideon (4th), military service, III. 1181, 1183.
Platt, Dr. Gideon L., II. 81, 445, 447, 548; III. 630, 888, 911; biography, 838; pres- ident. New Havenn Medical society, 838; president Connecticut Medical society, 838; originator Apothecaries' Hall Co., 838. 873.
Platt, Helen I. W. (Mrs. Wallace H. Camp), II.294, 396; writes verse, III.944. Platt, Henry B., II. 115; military service, III. 1190.
Platt, Ida K. (Mrs. Lewis E. Perkins), II. 248.
Platt, Irving G.,II.449; his invention, 481; purchases St. Patrick's chapel, III. 746. Platt, John, I. 239.
Platt, Jonathan, sells hats, II. 196.
Platt, Joseph F., III. 1170.
Platt, Josiah, I. 361, 363, 364.
Platt, Leonard, manufactures button eyes, I. 584; inventor, 585; goes to England and buys Norway spruce, II. 31, 32; mentioned, 85.
Platt, Lewis A., president Connecticut Indemnity association, II. 186; holds other offices, 396; secretary Platt Brothers & Co., 394, 396; his invention, 479, 481; mentioned, 485, 486, 553; III. 1009.
Platt, Loren L., II. 114.
Platt, Dr. L. Tudor, II. 552; III. 839, 914.
Platt, Margaret P. (Mrs. Wilson N. Osborn), II. 248.
Platt, Medora, III. 1097.
Platt, Medora C. (Mrs. Walter H. Holmes), III. 839, 1099.
Platt, Nathan, his saw mill, I. 569; mili- tary service, 485; mentioned, III. 672.
Platt, Nirom B., sketch of, II. 248; men- tioned, 395; III. 907.
Platt, S. H., III. 1199.
Platt, Sarah E. (Mrs. Lewis J. Atwood), II. 364.
Platt, Sarah J. (Mrs. Jared P. King), II. 397.
Platt, Seabury B., II.395; lawyer. III.827. Platt, Dr. Walter B., II. 552; III, 839;
sketch of, 866; university professor, 866. Platt, William, III. 1149.
Platt, Willlam S., president Platt Brothers & Co., II. 394; biography, 395; his invention, 395, 481.
Plumbers, and Gas Fitters Union, III. II73.
Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters' Helpers local Union, No. 22, III. 1172.
Plume, David N., II. 364, 530; his inven- tion, 481,
Plume, David S., president Connecticut Electric Co., II. 146; president Water- bury Traction Co., 148; bank president, 178, 364; first president Steam Boiler In- surance Co., 187; biography, 363; estab- lishes manufactory in Newark, N. J., 363; treasurer Plume & Atwwood Man- ufacturing Co., 364; holds municipal office, 364; legislator, 364; his inven- tions, 482, 483; connection with Repub- lican Printing Co., III. 988; mentioned,
II. 149, 150, 440, 446, 484; III. 891, 893. Plume, Emily, II. 364; III. 1102. Plume, Frank C., II. 364.
Plume & Atwood Manufacting Co., site of plant, II. 69; incorporated, 361; offi- cers, 361; mentioned, 365.
Plum trees, The, I. 119.
Plum trees meadow. location, I. 232, 244. Plunkett, Bernard, III. 751.
Plymouth, first house, I. 313; first settler,
313; tax paying population in 1774, I. 415.
Plymouth Granite Co., mentioned, II.445. Poirier, Ulrich, III. III7.
Poisson, James. I. 362.
Poland, grants in, I. 120; location, 796.
Police department, II. 137, 141; Board of Commissioners 43. 138, 139; expenses, 1854, 39; first chief of, 47; first seven- teen public officers, 138; first foreman, 138; officers, 138, 139, 141; salaries, 47, 138; first station and city prison, 47 and note; chiefs under charter of 1871, 139; chief is uniformed, 139; number of ar- rests yearly since 1883, 140; estimate of criminal cases and arrests, 140, 14I.
Pollak, Mrs. Adelia, III. 904.
Pollak, Joseph, III. 903.
Pollak, B. & Co., III. 1041.
Pollard, Carrie (Mrs. Charles E. Lamb), III. 1225.
Pollard, E. S., his invention, II. 480. --
Pollard, Emma (Mrs. George E. Terry), III. 809.
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Pollard, Guy C., III. 117I.
Polley, J. Clarence, III. 1172, 1173. Polo, III. 1107.
Pomeroy, Anna G. (Mrs. William W. Rodman), III. 857.
Pomeroy, Jerusha (Mrs. William W. Rodman), III. 857.
Pond, Barnabas, military service, I. 465. Pond, Bartholomew, military service, I. 388, 391, 395, 414, 465.
Pond, Beriah, military service, I. 465.
Pond, Caroline A. (Mrs. Norman D. Granniss), II. 317.
Pond, E. L., III. 916.
Pond, Ira, military service, I. 465.
Pond, Moses, military service, I. 465.
Pond, Munson, military service, I. 465.
Pond, Lieut. Timothy, military service, I. 417, 465.
Pond, William B., III. 1153.
Pond hill, I. 707.
Ponderson, John, II. 234 note.
Poole, Rev. C. E., Swedish missionary, III. 782.
Poole, William F., II. 550; sketch of, III. 1015, 1016; publishes " Index to Period- ical Literature," 1015; librarian, 1015; develops library interests, 1016.
Poor, first provision for the, I. 290, 291; care of the, III. 880.
Pootatuck brook, I. 243.
Pope, Charles F., his invention, II. 482; connection with American Printing Co., III. 979; mentioned, 1099.
Popple meadow, location, I. 243, 707; mentioned, I. 359.
Population in 1774, I. 623; in 1790, 623; in 1800, 623; at close of Revolutionary war, III. 1179; in 1853, II. 34.
Porcelain Manufacturing Co., mentioned, II. 437. Porter, teacher in Second Acad- emy. I. 600.
Porter, the daughter of Dr. Daniel, I. 372.
Porter, Abel, I. 575; II. 261; manufac- tures brass buttons, 275; the first gilt button maker in the United States, 297. Porter, Alma (Mrs. William Orton), II. 396. Porter, Dr. Amelia A .. sketch of, III. 850. Porter, Anna (Mrs. Richard F. Welton), II. 238, 336; III. 834.
Porter, Ansel, owner of Little meadow, I. 240; his house, II. 75; biography, 215; a New England farmer, 215; officer in war of 1812, 215.
Porter, Ansel Charles, sketch of, I. 240; II. 75, 86, 215; farmer, 215; III. 1070.
Porter, Ashbel, fence viewer, I. 276, 391; military service, 413, 442, 465; men- tioned, 642, 643.
Porter, Charlotte (Mrs. Aaron Benedict), II. 23, 300.
Porter, Chauncey, III. 834.
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Porter, Clark, bricklayer, III. 873 note.
Porter, Dr. Daniel (Ist). of Farmington,
first mentioned in Connecticut rec- ords, I. 108; salary as surgeon, I. 108, 109; signer of petition for plantation, I23; signer of plantation agreement in in 1674, 129, 292; considers town site, 144; his lot, 163; " Daniel the Boneset-
ter," III. 679; mentioned, 832 and note. Porter, Dr. Daniel (2d), land granted to, I. 54; mentioned, 156, 225. 282, 286, 288, 302, 573 note, 714; his lot, 163, 178, 179, 206, 210; draws for lot, 209; pur- chases land, 218; part owner of War- ner's meadow. 240; town officer in 1700, 248; repairs fort, 254; makes a fence, 269, 268; votes to extend the town fence, 271; death of. 298; his fulling mill, 578; sketch of, III. 832; physician, 828, 829; and Richard, their allotment at Hop swamp, I. 355.
Porter Mrs. Daniel (2d), I. 229.
Porter, Dr. Daniel (3d), on tax list for 1730, I. 306; mentioned, 694; sketch of, III. 833.
Porter, Dr. Daniel (4th), sketch of III. 833. Porter, Dr. Daniel (5th), I. 357, 548; his house, II. 14; sketch of, III. 834; army surgeon, 1184.
Porter, Daniel (6th), son of Richard, in Waterbury in 1729, I. 300.
Porter, Daniel (7th), military service, I. 393. Porter, David, I. 357.
Porter. David G., assists in preparation of this History, I. viii; finds Indian relics, 62; mentioned, II. 550; III. 682; univer- sity professor, II. 550; sketch of, III. 962; his published writings, 963.
Porter, Deborah, the widow, I. 299; on tax list for 1730, 306.
Porter, Dr. Denman, druggist, II. 197; III. 875.
Porter, Lieut .- Col. E. J., III. 706, 1070, II84.
Porter, Ebenezer, on tax list for 1730, I. 306; mentioned, 398; military service, 442, 465.
Porter, Rev. Edward, I. 562, 615; II. 546; III. 613; junior pastor, I. 616, 617, 618, 619; II. 259; his children, I. 618; manu- factures clocks, 619; II. 260.
Porter, Edward I .. sheriff, II. 37.
Porter, Eldad, military service, I. 465.
Porter, Ezekiel military service, I.452,465.
Porter, Ezra, military service, I. 465.
Porter, Fannie A., III. 578, 1154.
Porter. Hamlet Chauncey, the first bar- ber, II. 197. Porter, Mrs. Hannah, I. 643.
Porter, Henry C., II. 549.
Porter, Hepsibah, I. 332.
Porter, Horace, II. 169, 197; opens the Tontine, 224; merchant, 234; military service, III. 1184.
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Porter, Huldah (Mrs. David Taylor), II.235. Porter, Dr. Isaac G., II. 548; sketch of,
III. 862; teaches school, 862; president Connecticut Medical society, 862.
Porter. Dr. James, I. 309, 356, 557; on tax list for 1730, 306; his house, 355.
Porter, James (2d), I. 368, 413; provides clothing for soldiers, 442; his grist mill, 58I.
Porter, James (3d), I. 217, 218, 497; III. 577; builds a house, I. 357; military ser- vice, 465.
Porter, James W. B., III. 1125.
Porter, Jane E. (Mrs. Joseph C. Welton), II. 337; III. 682.
Porter, Dr. Jesse, physician and surgeon, I. 569; III. 833; mentioned, II. 20, 518; and the Roman Catholics, III. 730; sketch of, 833.
Porter, John, signer petition for planta- tion, I. 123; leaves Waterbury before 1677, 151; mentioned, 150; his lot, 170; builds a fence, 268.
Porter, John, I. 356.
Porter, John, joins the enemy, I. 459.
Porter, John, III. 1054 note.
Porter, Dr. Joseph, physician and sur- geon, I. 569; III. 834; inocluates with small-pox II. I33; sketch of, III. 834.
Porter, Joseph(2d), military service, I. 465. Porter, Joseph (3d), first burgess, II. 15. Porter, Joseph (4th), II. 682.
Porter, Joshua, I. 332.
Porter, Julia S. (Mrs. Mark L. Sperry), II. 215, 292; III. 1099.
Porter, L. H., newspaper proprietor, III. 992.
Porter, Lemuel, manufactures clocks and chairs in Waterville, II. 28; mentioned, I. 569; III. 625, 1120, II25; military ser- vice, 1181.
Porter, Leonard, III. 1128.
Porter, Levi G., I. 562; II. 276; cabinet maker, 259; manufactures brass but- tons, 275.
Porter, Levinia (Mrs. Joseph Porter), III. 834.
Porter, Mark, I. 356.
Porter, Mary, I. 313.
Porter, Mary A., her private school, II. 533; (Mrs. K. Arvine), III. 682.
Porter, Melicent, III. 1237 and note.
Porter, Nathan, II. 252.
Porter, Nellie, III. 1147.
Porter, Rev. Noah, quoted, I. 118 note.
Porter, Olive (Mrs. Moses Hall), II. 23, 368; III. 834,
Porter, Orlando, makes clocks, I. 586.
Porter, Col. Phineas, I. 240; military service, 414, 416, 422, 426, 427, 430, 431, 439, 441, 451, 465, 491; march of his company to New York in 1775, 470; mentioned, 497, 575; II. 202, 215, 222.
Porter, Polly Ann, memorial to, III. 578. Porter, Preserve G., II. 113.
Porter, Dr. Preserved, I. 486; and Larry the slave, II 28: sketch of, III. 833. Porter, Reuben, III. 1128.
Porter, Richard, I. 162; proprietor in 1677, 203; town officer- in 1700, 1712, 248, 289; his lot, 268; fence viewer, 275; men- tioned, 281, 363; signer of plantation agreement in 1674. 292; removes to New Haven, 355, 357, 362; grave digger, 666. Porter, Robert, I. 159, 163, 182, 225; lot assigned to, 170, 693, 695; proprietor in- habitant, 197, 203; death of, 212, 213, 236. Porter, Lieut. Samuel, land leased to, I. 294; mentioned, 339, 642, 643, 708; mili- tary service, 388, 413, 414, 442, 465.
Porter, Samuel (2d), military service, III. II82.
Porter, Samuel M., II. 252, 439.
Porter, Sarah (Mrs. Abraham Andrews), I. 163.
Porter, Sarah E., teacher English and Classical school, II. 529.
Porter, Stephen, II. 547; III: 1128.
Porter, Thomas (Ist), on tax list for 1730,
I. 306; mentioned, 313, 351, 357, 368, 373, 378, 564; gains possession of minis- try lands, 339; at Judd's meadows in 1735, 349; military service, 381, 383, 387; tavern-keeper, 714.
Porter, Thomas (2d), soldier at Crown Point, 1756, I. 393; tavern-keeper, 486; mentioned, 642.
Porter, Thomas (3d), biography, II. 251; business connections and success, 252; president Washington Memorial asso- ciation, 252; his invention, 481.
Porter, Thomas W., II. 253.
Porter, Deacon Timothy (Ist), his house at Hop swamp, I. 356; mentioned, 376; takes oath of fidelity to the State, 459. Porter, Timothy (2d), I. 448; III. 625.
Porter, Timothy (3d), I. 586; II. 533; III. 673 note, 883; purchases town farm land, II. 8; first regular ice dealer, 195; projects the Waterbury Brass Co., 332; memorial to, III. 578; biography, 679; farmer, 680; pioneer brick maker, 680 and note; deacon and preacher, 681 and note; politician, 682; holds town office, 682; children, 682; philanthropist, 682. Porter, Dr. Timothy, I. 449; sketch of, III. 833.
Porter, Timothy H., II. 549; III. 682; sketch of, 834.
Porter, Truman, military service, I.465,646. Porter, Ward B., III. 1148.
Porter, William, clock maker, I. 587; men- tioned, II. 22.
Porter, Abel, & Co., manufacture gilt buttons, I. 502, 575; site of building, II. 16 note, 275 note; mentioned, 264, 275. Porter Brothers & Co., II. 252, 394.
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Porter & Deacon, III. 1019.
Possner, Hugo, III. 1074, 1075.
Post, Garritt P., II. 437.
Postal communication, early, I. 489; II. 63, 168.
Post Office, locations, II. 46, 69; the post boy, 153; established, 168; ad- vertised letters, 169; the first local mes- senger, 170; street boxes introduced, 170; domestic money order system in- troduced, 170; Sunday mail inau- gurated, 170; lock boxes introduced, 170; first foreign money order, 170; postal notes first used, 170; free de- livery, 170; special delivery system, 170; civil service rules, 1893, 171; stamp agencies established, 171; the first post- master, 235; postage stamps, III. 1056 note; Horace Hotchkiss' reminiscences; II. 168; Elisha Leavenworth's remin- iscences, 169; successive postmasters, 169, 170, 17I.
Potostocks (Porterstocks), Indian place name, I. 22I.
Potter, Ambrose, I. 446; military service, 429, 465.
Potter, Lieut. Daniel, I. 364; military ser- vice, 388, 465, 485; selectman, 402.
Potter, Daniel (2d), II. 546.
Potter, Elam, II. 546.
Potter, Eliakim, military service, I. 465.
Potter, Erastus P., his house, II. 34.
Potter, Franklin, I. 679.
Potter, G. H., his invention, II. 482; men- tioned, III. II43.
Potter, George, II. 123.
Potter, Rev. Isaiah, II. 546; his published writings, III. 955.
Potter, J. D., evangelist, visits Water- bury, III. 566.
Potter, Lake, military service, I. 465; origin of his name, 485.
Potter, Lemuel, military service, I. 465. Potter, Lyman, II. 546.
Potter, Mary (Mrs. Eli J. Manville), II.410. Potter, Nancy (Mrs. Samuel Chipman), II. 156.
Potter, Samuel, military service, I.397,465. Potter, Rev. Samuel, I. 679; III. 672; pas- tor early Baptist church, 673.
Potucko Assembly of Royal Society of Good Fellows, origin of name, I. 33 note. Pound, the first, I. 249, 270; the second, 249; site of the, 274; at Judd's meadow, 346; the four gates, 274; keepers, 270. Poverty street, I. 707.
Powell, Elsie (Mrs. Calhoun), teacher in Second Academy, II. 520.
Powell, Harriet, teacher in Second Acad- emy, I. 600; her private school, II. 533. Powell, J., his invention, II. 482.
Power, James, military service, I. 465.
Powers, Dr. Peter, house lot of, I. 380; mentioned, 399.
Pratt, D. & H., manufacturers, I. 583.
Pratt, Edward L., II. 114, II5.
Pratt, Francis H., II. 86.
Pratt, Frederick F., III. 1172.
Pratt, Henry A., II. 551.
Pratt, Jared, manufacturer, I. 587.
Pratt, Jennie (Mrs. Charles J. Gilbert), II. 207.
Pratt, Julia, III. 702.
Pratte, Alfred, III. 1162.
Preface, I. iii.x.
Presbyterian, the word as used in Con- necticut, III. 585 note.
Press, The, III. 998.
Pressey, William L., connection with the American, III. 982.
Preston, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Preston, Amasa, military service, I. 465. Preston, Eliphalet, military service, I. 396. Preston, Col. Ephraim, military service, I. 393, 395.
Preston, Hachaliah, military service, I.465. Preston, Jonathan, military service, I. 391, 465. Preston, M. B., II. 450.
Prétat, Charles E., sketch of, III. 1037; artist and sculptor, 1037.
Prétat, F. E., his invention, II. 482.
Pribble, Joseph, military service, I.417,465.
Pribble, Samuel, military service, I. 465. Price, Harriet H. (Mrs. Samuel Taylor), II. 295.
Price & Lee Co., The, of New Haven announce the publication of a History
of Waterbury, I. iii; publish The Waterbury Directory, III. 1020.
Prime, Joseph, I. 362.
Princen, A., III. 75I.
settles in Waterbury Prindle,
about 1735, I. 333.
Prindle, Rev. Chauncey, sketch of, I. 655; rector at Northbury, 663; rector Christ's Episcopal church, 664; rector St. Michael's Episcopal church, 665; mentioned, II. 109, 546; III. 1184.
Prindle, Ebenezer, military service,I. 396. Prindle, Lieut. Jonathan, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 301; on tax list for 1730, 306; his farm, 322; mentioned, 323, 376, 383, 695; his house, 378; military service, 387. Prindle, Nathan, new inhabitant in 1729,
I. 301; on tax list for 1730, 306; military service, 396; his fulling mill, 578, 588. Prindle, Nathan and Mary, I. 363.
Prindle, Sarah P. (Mrs. Asaph Hodges), II. 182.
Prindle hill, location, I. 707; II. 86.
Prindle hill road, II. 86.
Prindle's island, I. 266.
Printing Co., Waterbury, mentioned, II. 446.
Prichard, Pritchard, variation in spell- ing, II. 201 note.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
Prichard, the widow, I. 372.
Prichard, Abraham, military service, I. 396; mentioned, 703.
Prichard, Amos, military service, I. 429; takes sick soldier to Southington, 448; military service, 465.
Prichard, Benjamin (Ist), I. 362, 688.
Prichard, Mrs. Benjamin, I. 373.
Prichard, Benjamin (2d), of Milford, II.201. Prichard, Benjamin (3d), military service, I. 465.
Prichard, Bennet, I. 583.
Prichard, David (Ist), his house, I. 169; men- tioned, 274; land laid out, 1837, 293; his record of seating the meeting house, 299; joiner, 487; biography, II. 202; longevity, 202; death of, I. 166; II. 202; pound master, 202; carpenter and joiner, 202.
Prichard, David, Jr., carpenter and joiner, I. 569; makes clocks at the Green shop, 587; II. 202; cabinet maker, 198, 202; biography, 202; men- tioned, 270, 471; makes spoons, I. 583. Prichard, Dr. David, II. 82, 271, 418, 548; sketch of, III. 862; children, 863; his house, 863; manufacturer, 863.
Prichard, David (4th), III. 863;
Prichard; David (5th), III. 863.
Prichard, E., his invention, II. 482.
Prichard, Elihu, tory, death of, I. 459.
Prichard, Eliphalet, tory, returns after war, I. 459.
Prichard, Elizur E., manufacturer, I. 584; II. 270; button and clock maker, I. 587; site of house, II. 16 note; men- tioned, 78, 418, 425, 435; III. 863; director Waterbury bank, II. 176; biog- raphy, 270; financier. 270; business connections, 271; purchases Charles isl-
and, 271; personal characteristics, 272. Prichard, Elnathan, military service, I. 392. Prichard, Frank, of Brunswick, Ohio, II. 203.
Prichard, Gains, military service, I. 396,397. Prichard, Gaius, III. 1184.
Prichard, George (Ist), military service, I 465; death of, 669; mentioned, II. 202. Prichard, George, Jr., military service, I. 446. 465.
Prichard, Isaac, military service, I. 391, 465; mentioned, 402, 442; II. 202, 42I. Prichard, Isaiah, military service, I. 465. Prichard, Lieut. Jabez, military service, I. 465.
Prichard, James, pound keeper, I. 274, mentioned, 359, 360; II. 202; military service, 383; grave-digger, III. 666; called Cousin Prichard, II. 201; inven- tory of his estate, 202.
Prichard, Jared, military service, I. 465. Prichard, Jonathan, military service. I. 396. Prichard, Joseph, of Milford, I. 676; removes to Waterbury, II. 201.
Prichard, Joseph, military service, I. 465.
Prichard, Julius Smith, of Brunswick, Ohio, II. 203.
Prichard, Katharine, family records in this History, I. vi .; succeeds Miss Clark as teacher of a private school, II. 534; her Cottage Place school, 535; her transcription from stones in Grand street cemetery, I. 668; mentioned, III. I238.
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