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Prichard, Leonard, button maker, I. 587. Prichard, Martha L., III. 863.
Prichard, Nathaniel, military service, I. 465.
Prichard, Roger (Ist), II. 201; various spellings of his name, 201 note.
Prichard, Roger (2d), I. 363; the wife of, 372; mentioned, 690; removes to Water- bury, II. 201.
Prichard, Roger (3d), military service, I. 390.
Prichard, Roger (4th), III. 1184.
Prichard, Samuel H., I. 688; II. 113, 203; III. 591.
Prichard, Spencer, I. 583.
Prichard, Sarah J., writes of colonial and revolutionary periods in this History, I. i., iii., v .; III. 965; appeals for pro tection of Grand street cemetery, I. 671; her published works, III. 964; writer of fiction, 965.
Prichard, Thomas, tory, death of, I. 459. Prichard, William, of Jefferson, Iowa, death of, II. 203.
Prichard family, the, death of seven members of, I. 371; mentioned, II. 201. Pritchard, Asahel, III. 1184.
Pritchard, Asher, military service, III. II82.
Pritchard, Cora LeRoy (Mrs. Charles W. Burrall), II. 422.
Pritchard, Levinia, II. 421.
Pritchard, M. L., architect, III. 1051.
Pritchard, Margaret S. (Mrs. Theodore I. Driggs), II. 369. 422.
Pritchard. W. B., his invention, II. 482. Pritchard, William L. G., III. 1227.
Pritchard, George (3d), I. 251; on com- mittee for naming streets. II. 46; biog- raphy, 421; connection with Warren & Newton Manufacturing Co., 421; con- nection with Hotchkiss & Merriman Manufacuring Co., 421; legislator, 422; military service, 422; III. 1186; men- tioned, 1079, II26, 1183 note.
Pritchard, Mrs. George, III. 1079. Progress, III. 998.
Proprietors, the first landed, I. 122; bach- elor, before 1700, 236; bachelor, in 1720, 293; original, 288, 292; death of seven, original, 213, 236, 292, 296, 298; names in Massachusetts Bay colony held by first, Waterbury, 82; relations of each man's propriety to purchase of township, 203; book, 214, 215, 219, 248; rights of, 280, 281, 286; ownership of native land, 40.
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Prospect, I. iv; roads to. 553.
Prospect hill, location, I. 247.
Protection, The New England Order of, Alexander von Humboldt lodge, No. 210, III. 1168; Anchor lodge, No. 40, II68; Brass City lodge, No. 244, II68; Mattatuck lodge, No. 187, 1168; Sher- idan lodge, No. 218, II68.
Prout, John, I. 361.
Pumroy, James, I. 363. Punderson, , settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Punderson, Daniel, military service, I.465. Punderson, David, military service, I. 446.
Punderson, John, I. 359.
Punderson's hole, location, I. 707.
Purdy, B. J., III. 1027.
Purdy John S., connection with Connecti- cut Indemnity association, II. 184.
Purdy, Sarah A. (Mrs. David N. Plume), II. 364.
Puritan, the great, exodus, 1630-1640, I.81; ancestors, Dr. Bronson quoted, 375.
Putnam, Edwin, president Novelty Manu- facturing Co., II. 393; his invention, 479,
Quassapaug (Quassapauge) lake, loca- tion, I. 2; II. 99; origin and meaning of name, I. 49, 50 and note; boundary between Mattatuck and Woodbury, 190. Quigley, C. V. J., III. 1206.
Quigley, Mary A. (Mrs. Cornelius Ma- loney), III. 986.
Quigley, William E., III. 1206.
Quinn, F. J., II. 123.
Quinn, Martin, III. 116I.
Quinn, William, III. 1172.
Quintard, Mrs. E. S., III. 901.
Rabe, O. G., III. 1155. Race, Oscar, III. IIIO. Race plain, location, I. 221, 707.
Rachon, William, III. 1162.
Rackliffe, William, III. 1073.
Railroad, Meriden, Waterbury and Con- necticut River, incorporated, I. 163; III. 568; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Co. purchase property of First Church society, III. 596; Naugatuck, projector, II. 157; incorporated, I. 47; II. 157; first officers, 157; road opened, 157; first time-table, 158; station, I. 240 ;. II. 159; track doubled, 159; leased to New York, New Haven and Hart- ford 159; presidents, 159; superin- tendents, 159; Watertown branch, 160; Union station, 163; New York and New England, its composite character, 160; incorporated, 161; and the Hartford, Providence and. Fishkill, 161; and the Boston, Hartford and Erie, 161; 161; its relation to. Waterbury, 162; Meriden branch, 163; Mad River Rapid Transit Co., projected, 453; see Trac- tion Co.
Railway Co., Horse, Waterbury, men- tioned, II. 451; chartered, 147.
Railway Employees' Benefit association, The Waterbury Street, III. 1176.
Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of, R. J. Costello lodge, No. 423, III. 117I.
Rainor, Menzies, III. 697.
Rais, Adrian, his invention, II. 478, 482. Ramblers, Waterbury, III. 1112. Rametti, Frank J., III. IIII.
Ram pasture, boundary, I. 368; men- tioned, 667; location, 707.
Ram pasture lane, mentioned, I. 667; location, 707.
Randolph, Edward F., of New York city, II. 349.
Randolph & Clowes, II. 144 349; pur- chase plant of Brown & Brothers, 349; development, 349; seamless tube man- ufactory, 350.
Ranger, James, military service, III. 1188. Ranney, William W., II. 554; general secretary Young Men's Christian asso- ciation, 530.
Ransom, Nicholas, military service, I.465. Ransom, Theophilus, military service, I. 465.
Rasmussen, Hans, I. 703.
Rasmussen, James Peter, I. 703.
Rasmussen, Rasmus Clark, I. 703.
Ray, Francis, III. II62.
Read, Rev. John, assistant to Mr. Peck,
I. 234; called to First church, 234, 235;
mentioned, 250, 362, 709; lawyer, 237. Read, Joseph, III. 752 and note.
Real estate, earliest recorded transfer of, I. 113; value of, in early times, II. 238. Reardon, Emmet, III. 1008.
Reardon, Mary R. (Mrs. Michael J. Nel- ligan), II. 515.
Reare hill, location, I. 193, 247.
Recker, Adolph. III. 1150.
Records, books of, I. 124, 181, 215, 282, 302; missing, 228, 248. 292, 319, 333, 339, 404; see Mattatuck; family, 3- 166 Ap.
Rector's Assistant, The, III. 996.
Red Cross, Order of the, Unity lodge, No 36, III. 1166.
Redding, Thomas, III 1228.
Red Men, Improved Order of, III. 1155- II57; Goethe lager, No. 45, 1156; The Haymakers' association, 1157; The Degree of Pocahontas, Sequeses coun- cil, 1156 and note; Sequeses council, origin of the name, I. 30 note; Tunxis tribe, No. 10, III. 1155 and note; Toan- tic tribe, No. 22, 1155 and note; Uhland Stamm, No. 190, IJ56.
Reed, D. C., III. 1115.
Reed, Ella A., III. 1132.
Reed, Frank, III. IIII.
Reed, George A., editor, III. 996.
Reed, H. W., II. 442.
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Reed, James, III. 1228.
Reed, James V., I. 629.
Reed, Nathan W., III. 1117, 1143.
Reichenbach, Aurelius, III. 1158.
Reichenstein, Julia, III. 1159.
Reid, Bernard F., III. 1166, 1176.
Reid, Frank, III. 1228.
Reid, John, III. 732.
Reid, Mary (Mrs. Louis H. Stocking), III. 1224.
Reid, Thomas D., one of first five letter carriers, II. 170.
Reiley, Edward B., and the additional water supply, II. 100; mentioned, 139; III. 1168, 1169.
Reilly, Michael, III. 1160.
Reilly, Patrick, III. 728.
Reinecke, Herman, his invention, II.482. Remily, I. 642.
Reneaud, Milo S., III. 1142, 1146.
Republican, The Waterbury, estab- lished, III. 988; J. H. Morrow, editor, 988; its building, 988; becomes a morn- ing paper, 988; its aims, 990; Thomas D. Wells, editor, 988.
Republican Printing Co., II. 446; organ- ized, III. 988; David S. Plume, presi- dent, 988.
Republican (amateur), III. 997.
Reston, Thomas, III. 1163.
Reutter, Gustav, III. 1160.
Revivals, Great Awakening of 1740, I. 336, 338, 366, 375, 607; the Nettleton, 626, 627.
Revolution, earliest intimation of ap- proaching war, I. 411; Waterbury in war of the American, 409; Waterbury pledges patriotism,411; beginning of, in Waterbury, 412; officers, 413; military companies in 1775, 416; Dr. Bronson quoted, 421; Connecticut Pay Abstract, 439; town bounty, 445 and note, 446; dif- ficulties in securing soldiers after 1779, 450; army passes through Waterbury, 454; soldiers from Waterbury, 457, 460, 485; number of, in, 470; first soldier to take oath of fidelity, 459; effect upon Waterbury, 492, 617, 618; soldiers buried in East Farms cemetery, 677; traditions regarding, 456, 457; last Waterbury survivor of, 315; military life since the, III. 1178, 1197.
Rew, - , settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Rew's grist mill, I 581.
Rew, Eliatha, military service, I. 465.
Rew, Hezekiah of Milford, purchases lands at Judd's meadows in 1717, I. 295, 349.
Rew, John, I. 376.
Rew, Mehetable, I. 374.
Reynolds, Clarissa E. (Mrs. Nathan Cooke), II. 273.
Reynolds, Frank P., III. 1228.
Reynolds, H. F., his collection of Indian relics, I. 72.
Reynolds, Henry, bound of farm, I. 260.
Reynolds, Henry J., II. 125.
Reynolds, James, III. 751, III9.
Reynolds, Dr. R. G., dentist, III. 870.
Reynolds, R. S., his invention, II. 482.
Reynolds, Samuel, military service, I. 388, 465.
Reynolds, Terrence, III. 1228.
Reynolds bridge region, I. 243.
Reynolds homestead, The, I 326.
Rhoades, Henry E., connection with the American, III. 982.
Rice, Anne (Mrs. Thomas Dutton), I.639. Rice, Archibald E., holds municipal office,
II. 37, 51; mayor, 45; biography. 50; president American Ring Co., 51; pres- · ident Apothecaries' Hall Co., 51; presi- dent Waterbury Lumber and Coal Co., 51; erects first High school building, 51; politician, 52; and the public schools, 503, 504; chairman of district commit- tee, 508; gifts to First church, III. 604; mentioned, II. 448; III. 604.
Rice, Edward J., II. 51, 121; III. 1200, I202, 1203, 1204, 1227.
Rice, Frank C., agent Adams Express Co., II. 165.
Rice, Frederick B., and additional water supply,II. 100; biography,213; secretary Waterbury Lumber and Coal Co., 213; secretary Apothecaries' Hall Co., 213; serves in Civil war, 213; holds municipal office, 214; children, 214; operator in real estate, 214; president Board of Trade, 486; mentioned, 83, 84, 186, 442, 453, 485, 532; III. 571, 899, 914, 1072, 1093 note, 1170, 1203.
Rice, Isaac, prisoner of war, II. 50.
Rice, Leverett E., II. 50.
Rice, Lucinda (Mrs. Preserved White), II. 385.
Rice, Mary B. (Mrs. Luzerne I. Munson), III. 878.
Rice, Lieut. Nehemiah, military service, I. 437, 482; mentioned, II. 546.
Rice, Phinehas, I. 663 note, 697. Rice, S. C., III. 568.
Rich, Ida, III. 918.
Rich, Mrs. Minnie D., her private school, II. 535.
Rich, Samuel, II. 547.
Richard, F. H., his invention, II. 482.
Richards, Abraham, military service, I. 393.
Richards, Benjamin, third settler at Judd's meadows, I. 348.
Richards, Lieut .- Col. Benjamin, I. 363, 688; tavern-keeper 411; military ser- vice, 414, 429, 432, 439, 449 note, 451, 465.
Richards, Lieut. Ebenezer, I. 322,376; mili- tary service, 387, 465; site of house, 716.
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Richards, Elijah, I. 703.
Richards, Huldah, widow, I. 449.
Richards, John, bachelor proprietor, I. 236, 292; mentioned, 299, 707; on tax list for 1730, 306.
Richards, Rev. John, II. 545; III. 620. '
Richards, Mark, at Valley Forge, I. 443; military service, 465.
Richards, Mary A. (Mrs. Hobart V. Wel- ton), II. 461.
Richards, Noah, I. 429.
Richards, Mrs. Noah, dies of small-pox, I. 437.
Richards. Obadiah, signs petition for plan- tation, I. 123; house and lot, 171, 206, 207, 208, 210, 252; children baptized, 172; mentioned, 179, 180, 211,225; builds a fence, 268.
Richards, Lieut. Obadiah, Jr., first known inhabitant of Watertown, I. 251; death of child, 370; mentioned, 376, 377; mil- itary service, 383, 387.
Richards, Philena. I. 703.
Richards, Samuel, military service, I. 396, 465; death of, 467.
'ichards, Street, I. 494 note.
ichards. Thomas (Ist), his house, I. 282; on tax list for 1730, 307; mentioned, 322, 350; II. 625; at Judd's meadow in 1716, I. 349.
'ichards, Lieut. Thomas (2d), I. 329; i mentioned, 383, 388, 393, 395.
ichards, Timothy, I. 676,
¿ichards' brook, location, I. 707.
'ichards' hill, location, I. 246, 354.
'ichards mountain or Obadiah's hill, location, I. 251, 707.
'ichards swamp, location, I. 707.
Richards & Mattoon, mentioned, II. 167. Lichardson, -- , early proprietor, I. 82
richardson, Abby C. (Mrs. David S. Plume), II. 364.
Richardson, Ebenezer, on tax list for 1730, I. 307; at Woster swamp, 303; house of, 323, 562; furnishes bonds for townsmen, 369; mentioned, 374, 398, 554, 663 note, 690.
richardson, (Richason) John, bachelor proprietor. I. 236; mentioned, 249, 277, 285, 346, 686.
ichardson, John, I. 704.
richardson, John B., II. 555.
richardson, Rev. John W., pastor First Baptist church, III. 679.
richardson, Israel, bachelor proprietor, I. 236; death of, 285; mentioned, 360, 362, 363, 690, 701.
ichardson, Nathaniel, military service, I. 256; land voted to, 281; death of, 285; mentioned, 399. 554, 690.
ichardson, Tamar (Mrs. Stephen), ex- periences with Revolutionary soldiers, I. 457.
Richardson, Thomas, I. 156, 179, 180, 206, 208, 209, 2II, 225, 363; family of, 165; bachelor proprietor. 236; builds a fence, 266,268,272; death of, 285; grave-digger, 666; mentioned, 708.
Richardson, Thomas, tavern-keeper, II. 218.
Richardson, William D., III. 1157.
Richardson's island, location, I. 244.
Richason (Richardson), Mary (Mrs.
Thomas), mother of the first child born in Mattatuck, I. 285.
Richason (Richardson), Rebecca, first English child born in Waterbury, I. 648 note.
Richmond, Annie Le B. (Mrs. William I. Fletcher), III. 1016.
Richmond, Jacob, I. 406.
Richter, Rev. E. J., pastor of German Lutheran church, III. 779.
Ridge, J., his invention, II. 482.
Riding-chair, the first, II. 199.
Riggs, J. B., III. 635.
Riggs, John, I. 320.
Riggs, John P., military service, III. 1182. Riggs, Rachel (Mrs. Ira Smith), III. 622. Riggs, Thomas, III. 1120.
Riley, Finton, III. 732.
Riley, James H., III. 731, 733.
Riley, Patrick, III. 731.
Riley, William E., sketch of, III. 1213; officer in the Civil war, 1213.
Riley, Mrs. William E., II. 487.
Ringold, Rev.C. C .. pastor African Meth- odist Episcopal Zion church, III. 725, 916.
Ripley, Rev. William R., I. 619.
Riordan, E. P., III. 115I.
Riots, draft. III. 120I.
Risley, William E., sketch of, II. 388; connection with Rogers & Brother, 388; mentioned, III. 1126, II3I.
Rissland, Emil, III. 1156.
Ritter, Martha H. (Mrs. Edward Bryan), III. 624.
Ritchie, Alexander H., engraves steel plate portraits for this History, I. ix Riverside park, II. 75.
Rivet, George, III. 1162.
Roads, frontier, I. 261; early Woodbury, 553, 554; to Prospect, 553; to Watertown, 555, 563; constructed between 1730 1741, 558; country, to Litchfield, 558; to New Haven, 564;to Middlebury, 560; to Farm- ington, 218; Farmington road to Tim- othy Hopkins's hog-field, 555; Water- bury River turnpike, 266; turnpike. era of, 565-570; from Cooke street to Pine hole, 218; Town Plot to Platt's mills, 560; the old Cheshire to East Farms, 550; to Judds meadows, 559; to Thomas Porter's, 559; to Beaver meadows, 559; from Richardson house to Jonathan Scott's mill, 555; Buck's hill to Benja-
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min Warner's house lot, 555; history of the Bury, 570; earliest town-line, 560; the Hopkins, 556, 557; through Mad meadow, 557; to Waterville, II. 27; about ancient Centre square, 58; plank, I. 217, 570; early making and mending, 498.
Roaring brook, location, I. 707.
Roaring river, changes of name, I. 145, 210, 573 note; location, 707.
Robards, Ebenezer, military service, I. 396.
Robards, Elihu, I. 432.
Robards, Gideon, death of, I. 467.
Robbins, E. W., III. 1203.
Robbins, Eugene S., II. 556.
Robbins, Frank E., II. 555.
Robbins, George, III. 1205; biography, I225; military record, 1225.
Robbins, George D., II. 449.
Robbins, Dr. George O., health officer, II, 136; III. 884; mentioned, II. 553; sketch of, III. 848.
Robbins, Mary E. (Mrs. George A. Bryan), III. 623.
Robbins, Orrin A., II. 274; connection with the American, III. 981; publishes The Valley Index, 992.
Robbins, Rufus, death of, I. 485.
Robbins, Silas, III. III2.
Robe, Alonzo M., II. 115; police officer in 1857, 138.
Roberts, Abiel, military service. I.392 395. Roberts, Abiel, Jr., military service, I 465.
Roberts, Amasa, I. 705; his blacksmith shop, 706.
Roberts, David T., II. 553.
Roberts, George, III. 697.
Roberts, George W., II. 125; his inven- tion, 482; mentioned, III. 1136, 1137.
Roberts, Gideon, military service, I. 465. Roberts, Harry, II. 126.
Roberts, J. R., III. 916.
Roberts, Joel, military service, I. 392, 397, 443. 465; mentioned, 459 and note. Roberts, John T., III. 1156.
Roberts, Jonathan, military service, I. 414, 432, 465 and note.
Roberts, L. A., his invention, II. 482.
Roberts, Lucius, II. 113.
Roberts, Mary (Mrs. Isaac Rice), II. 50. Roberts, Seth, military service, I. 465.
Roberts, Stephen, almshouse keeper, III. 885.
Robertson, James, III. 1149.
Robie, Clara (Mrs. Charles C. Greenleaf), III. 1223.
Robie, Jennie (Mrs. Charles C. Green- leaf), III. 1223.
Robins, Rufus, death of, I. 477. Robinson, - -, teaches school. I. 600. Robinson, Ann J. (Mrs. Alfred J. Ship- ley), II. 295.
Robinson, E. A., his invention, II. 482.
Robinson, Edward, I. 588; II. 20, 249 295, 392.
Robinson, Elizabeth O. (Mrs. George C. Abbott), kindergartner, II. 536.
Robinson, G. L., architect, III. 1051.
Robinson, H. B., his invention. II. 482.
Robinson, James, military service, I. 439. Robinson, Rev. S. E .. pastor African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church, III. 726.
Robinson, Samuel S., II. 30; III. 1126.
Robinson, Thomas, I. 360.
Robinson, William, III. 1099.
Robinson, E. & Son, II. 392.
Rochambeau, Gen., and army march through Waterbury, I. 453.
Rock, Edward, III. 116I.
Rock house, location, I. 259. 707.
Rocking stones, I. 6.
Rockwell, Edwin L., connection with the American, III. 983.
Rockwell, Dr. Philo G., inaugurates city
improvements, II. 40; mayor, 44; III. 858; and the public schools, II. 503, 504, mentioned, 549; III. 883, 1130, 119I, I298, 1202; biography, 857; Connecti- cut surgeon-general. 858.
Rockwell, Mrs. Philo G., III. 607, 897. Rodden, Michael, III. 751.
Rodier, Hilaire, III. 1162.
Rodman, Charles B., III. 845.
Rodman, Dr. Charles S., has first tele- phone connection, II. 149; mentioned, 485, 552; III. 888, 891; site of residence, II. 534; sketch of, III. 844; ophthalmic surgeon, 845.
Rodman, Mrs. Charles S., as a musician, III. 1064.
Rodman, Emily T., III. 857.
Rodman, Fanny (Mrs. Charles H, Ham- lin), III. 857.
Rodman, Henry B., III. 857.
Rodman, Mary M., III. 845.
Rodman, Thomas W., III. 857.
Rodman, William. III. 857.
Rodman, Dr. William W., II. 548; inter- est in education, 503. 504; III. 857; sketch of, 857; author, 857; children, 857.
Roehm, Otto, III. 1108.
Roeske, Rudolph, III. 1144, 1159.
Rogers, Asa H .. II. 382, 383.
Rogers, Evan, III. 607.
Rogers, George W., II. 407, 408.
Rogers, Jennie M., III. 1075.
Rogers, Joseph, military service, I. 391.
Rogers, Josiah, buys land in 1729, I. 314, 316; blacksmith, 357, 364; military service, 388, 414, 442, 465; mentioned, 4II, 413, 707.
Rogers, Julia M. (Mrs. Edward T. Root), II. 190.
Rogers, Mary A. (Mrs. David B. Hamil- ton), II. 385.
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Rogers, Rev. Medad, called to pastorate Salem society, I. 642; mentioned, II. 546. Rogers, Sarah (Mrs. Josiah Atkins) (Mrs. Amos Culver), I. 482.
Rogers, Sarah E. (Mrs. Samuel M. Hop- kins), III. 825.
Rogers, Simeon, II. 382, 383.
Rogers, Theodore, II. 125.
Rogers, W. H., II. 441.
Rogers, William, II. 382.
Rogers, William S., musician, III. 1067, 1083; sketch of, 1083.
Rogers, Mrs. William S. (Julia A. Per- kins), III. 902, 1066.
Rogers & Brother, early site of plant, I. 585; II. 243, 319; removes to Waterbury, 383; first officers, 383; mentioned, 382, 438.
Rogers & Brother's Benevolent associa- tion, III. 1177.
Rogers & Hamilton Co., site of factory, I. 696; organized. 385; mentioned, II.44I. Roggy, John J., III. 1172.
Roland's swamp, I. 707.
Rolling mills, earliest, II. 365; list of, 365. Roper, Mrs. Charles, III. 1027.
Roper, J. H., II. 530.
Root, Anson A., III. 1126.
Root, Caroline (Mrs. Charles N. New- ton), II. 42I.
Root, Charles G., II. 553; III. 884, II65; sketch of, 813; lawyer, 813; holds mu- nicipal and state office, 814.
Root, Col. Chauncey, carpenter and joiner, I. 569; mentioned, III. 1184.
Root, Rev. David, revival during pastor- ate of, II. 25; mentioned, 547; III. 613; eloquence, 590; pastor of First church, 590; biography, 592.
Root, Edward T., insurance agent, II. 183, 190; biography, 190; holds munici- pal and state office, 190; service in Civil war, 190; mentioned, 417; III. 665, 1165.
Root, Frederick H., II. 190.
Root, George, cabinet maker, II. 198, 406, 407; mentioned, III. 734.
Root, Goodman, on committee to con- sider town site, I. 144.
Root, John, I. 150, 676; builds a fence, 268. Root, Joseph, military service, I. 456, 465. Root, Linford F., II. 555; lawyer and. legislator, III. 818.
Root, Martha (Mrs. Horace White), III. 592.
Root, Mary (Mrs. Isaac Bronson), I. 175. Root, Samuel, I 363; military service, 39I. Root, Samuel, military service, I. 465; III. II83.
Root, Samuel, manufactures pocket cut- lery, I. 581; mentioned, 569; II. 439, 547; III. 600.
Root, George, & Son, cabinet makers and undertakers, II. 198.
Rosa, Salvator, instructor of the Water- bury Brass band, III. 107I.
Rose, Cæsar, a negro, son of Violet Rose, II. 192.
Rose, Daniel, on tax list for 1730, I. 301, 307, 313.
Rose, Mary (Mrs. William Anderson, of Scotland), III. 616.
Ross, Charles H., III. 1231.
Ross, Leonora (Mrs. Charles L. Stock- ing), III. 1232.
Ross, Rev. Peter, pastor African Metho- dist Episcopal Zion church, III. 725.
Round hill, location, I. 247, 707; district, II. 75.
Round meadow, I. 707
Round meadow brook, location, I. 707.
Rouse, T., his invention, II. 48I.
Rowland, Rev. Edmund, II. 550; III. 887; sketch of, 658; rector St. John's Episcopal church, 658.
Rowland, Elsie (Mrs. Frederick S. Chase), II. 31I.
Rowland, Henry L., II. 251, 553.
Rowley, A., III. 1175.
Rowley, Alice (Mrs. Charles E. Stevens), II. 409.
Rowley, E., III. 1175.
Rowley, Eli, military service, I. 452, 465; deserts from the British, 459.
Rowley, St. John, first organist St. John's Episcopal church, III. 647. 1064.
Rowley William, I. 449, 484; clothier, 487; manufacturer, 585.
Rowley, William, Jr., manufacturer, I. 586; mentioned, III. 1120.
Rowley farm, The, I. 586.
Royal Society of Good Fellows, Patucko assembly, No. 229, III. 1168.
Royce, Elijah, military service, I. 465.
Royce, James, I. 364.
Royce, Lieut. Nehemiah, I. 364; military service, 431, 465.
Royce, Phineas, military service, I. 387, 465; mentioned, 442.
Royce, Samuel, military service, I. 465.
Roys, Harlow, tanner, I. 585; mentioned, II. 443.
Royse, , settles in Waterbury about I735, I. 333.
Royse, Allen, military service, I. 391.
Royse, Lieut. Asa, military service, I. 392.
Rubey, William H., III. 1052.
Rucum hill, location, I. 707.
Ruddick, Hamilton, II. 407; his inven- tion, 482
Ruggles, Nathaniel, III. 704.
Rumrill, John, I. 362.
Ruscoe, J. S., III. 572.
Rusher, Cora E., III. 1167.
Rusher, Henry P., III. 1167.
Rushton, Henry, II. 87.
Russel, John, I. 218.
Russell, Annie, III. 899.
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Russell, Bertis I., III. 1168, 1169.
Russell, Charles H., II. 248.
Russell, Charles R., III. 1168.
Russell, Christopher C., III. 1176.
Russell, Clara, III. 918.
Russell, E., his inventions, II. 482.
Russell, Rev. Francis T, biography, II. 524; dramatic reader, 525; lectures, 525; children, 525; rector St. Margaret's school, 522, 524, 525; pastorates. 525; college professor, 550; mentioned. 550; III. 665, 904, 1093, 1099; reads Epis- copal service at First church, 609; assist- ant rector St. John's Episcopal parish, 659; memorial gift to Trinity Episcopal church, 667; published writings, 955 and note; dramatic pupils, 1097.
Russell, Mrs. F. T., death of, II. 523; connection with St. Margaret's school, 524; memorial to, 525 note.
Russell, Gordon, II. 524.
Russell, H. S., III. 1112.
Russell, Helen (Mrs. James S. Brown), II. 246.
Russell, Henry A., II. 550.
Russell, Huntley, II. 524, 530; III. 1099.
Russell, Dr. Isaac N., I. 68; III. 1165; dentist, 871.
Russell, Mrs. I. N., III. 899, 1026.
Russell, Israel W., site of house, II. 16 note.
Russell, James E., II. 554; III. 1156; lawyer, 817.
Russell, John, III. 672.
Russell, Lambert, makes buttons, I. 589.
Russell, Ransom, button maker, I. 583; III. mentioned, 1066.
Russell, Riverius, military service, I. 465.
Russell, Sigourney, II. 524, 530.
Russell, Stephen D., III. 672.
Russell, Sterne, II. 482.
Russell, Thomas, III. 1228.
Russell. Rev. W., pastor First Baptist church, III. 676,
Russell, Mrs. William, quoted, I. 626; mentioned, 628.
Russell, William N., military service, III. II86.
Russian refugees, Waterbury city lodge, III. 903.
Rutter, William, his leather factory, I. 218, 586; connection with Waterbury Leather Manufacturing Co., II. 443.
Ryan, John, III. 1023.
Ryan, M. J., III. 1116.
Ryan, Patrick F., III. 1228.
Ryder, Dr. George B., dentist, III. 871. Ryder, Mrs. George B. (Mrs. Charles W. 'S. Frost), 847.
Sabbath, laws for observance of, I. 201. Sabbath day houses, mentioned, I. 361; earliest, 367; in the highways, 368; "Sabbady " houses, 651; see Meeting- houses.
Sachsenhauser, Maria, III. 1159.
Sackett, Mrs. Lydia, donates site for Mill
Plain chapel, III. 577; donates land for Pine Grove cemetery, 789.
Sackett, Rev. Seth, I. 646; II. 543 note. Sacred Heart, league of the, III. 751, 759, 765, 768.
Sagar, Shadrach, I. 363.
Sage, Allen, III. III9.
Sage, David, from Wales II. 425.
Sage, Harriet, III. 1167.
Sage, Dr. Russell G., dentist, III. 870. St. Aloysius cadets, III. 75I.
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