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Warner, John (2d), signer of petition for a plantation, I. 123; mentioned, 166, 181, 210, 252, 313, 346, 690, 709, 716; lot of, 169, 208, 222; town officer in 1700, 248. Warner, John (3d), born 1680, I. 167, 323, 326, 340, 362, 378, 691, 696; at Bucks hill, 303; on tax list for 1730, 308; mili- tary service, 383; first English male child born in Waterbury, 648 note.
Warner, John, the tailor, I. 693.
Warner, Dr. John, at Woster swamp, I. 303; on tax list for 1730, 308; his house, 324; mentioned, 328; physician, III. 829 Warner's meadow, I. 709.
Warner, Joseph, military service, I. 393, 413, 466; manages lay-out of village, 302. Warner, Julia V. (Mrs. Joseph B. Spen- cer), II. 50.
Warner, Justus, red house of, I. 221; mentioned, 459, 690; military service, 466.
Warner, Lois, III. 702.
Warner, Lucinda (Mrs.Elijah Hotchkiss), II. 204.
Warner, Mark, I. 459; II. 413.
Warner, Martin, military service, I. 466. Warner, Mary C., III. 1099.
Warner, Mary E. (Mrs. Henry W. Wad- hams), (Mrs. Orrin A. Robbins), III. 1205 and note.
Warner, Milton J., II. 556; III. 1064, 1082.
Warner, Obadiah (Ist), at Bucks hill, I. 303; on tax list for 1730, 308; petitioner from Up river, 330; mentioned, 362, 691.
Warner, Obadiah (2d), military service, I. 383; mentioned, II. 421.
Warner, Oliver J., III. 1126.
Warner, Phebe, ward of the town, I.374, 377.
Warner, Phineas D., III. 1073; military service, 1190.
Warner, Polly (Mrs. Isaac E. Newton), II. 421.
Warner, Rev. Ransom, II. 27, 660; mili- tary service, III. 1184.
Warner, Samuel (Ist), I. 217; at Judd's meadow, 303, 349; on tax list for 1730, 308; house of, 359; military service, 383. Warner, Samuel, Jr., at Judd's meadow, I. 303; on tax list for 1730, 309; men- tioned, 376; military service, 391.
Warner, Sarah, I. 166, 374; builds a fence, 268.
Warner, Sarah A., III. 1155, 1170.
Warner, Seth, deserts the enemy, I. 459, 483.
Warner, Sherman B., III. 910.
Warner, Stephen, I. 442; military ser- vice, 466; his saw mill, 580.
Warner, Thomas (Ist), his house lot, I. 154, 206, 208, 210, 225; mentioned, 155, 166, 175, 179, 689, 697; family, 175; builds a fence, 268.
Warner, Thomas (2d), I. 166, 280; his allotment, 344; military service, 396. Warner, U. A., III. 1176.
Warner, William H., II. 444; III. 1136.
Warner, Wooster, on committee for nam- ing streets, II. 46.
Warner, Wyllys, II. 243.
Warner & Prichard Manufacturing Co., II. 443.
Warner's good hill, location, I. 703, 716. Warner's meadow, location, I. 240.
Warner's mountain, lecation, I. 246, 716. Warner's saw mill, I. 580.
Warnes, Dr. F. A .. dentist, III. 871.
Warren, Alanson, II. 444.
Warren, Edward, military service, I. 466; mentioned, 469.
Warren, Frank, III. 635.
Warren, Samuel, first stone yard in Waterbury, III. 1052.
Warren & Newton Manufacturing Co., II. 419, 421, 443.
Washburn, Ebenezer, III. 697.
Washburn, Rev. Sanford, III. 706.
Washburn Manufacturing Co., mention- ed, II. 442.
Washburne, James V., II. 442.
Washington, Gen., orders Connecticut to service, I. 425; passes through Water- bury, 451; second visit to Waterbury, 453; dines with Joseph Hopkins, 454; tradition of, 554 note.
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Washington, the first Waterbury child so named, I. 455 note.
Washington's birthday, first celebration in Waterbury, III. 119I.
Wasp, The, III. 998.
Wass, John, I. 360.
Waterbury, archæological traces, I. 59; aboriginal owners and occupants, 37; an- cient territory, I; town officers in 1700, 248; in 1708, 289; in 1716, 126; in 1760, 381; in 1763, 275; in 1764, 401; first . selectman, 278; first justice of the peace, 231; town meetings in 17II, 263; in 1732, 312; in 1753, 378; in 1766, 404; town meeting opened by prayer, 3II, 408; early town meetings, 498; town site, 144; 219; II. 54; founders of the town, I. 163; early development, 203; immigration, II. 2; III. 727, 728; the name. I, 46 note, 184; first deputy to General Court of. Connecticut, 1689, 202; a town in 1689, 202; a compact vil- lage in 1700, 238; attempts to form an- other town, 278; first surveyor, 278; boundary in 1715, 283; division in 1715, 288; probate court at Woodbury, 311; lay-out of village, 302, 715; in Hart- ford county before 1728, 311; in New ven county since 1728, 311; itemized bill of indebtedness from 1747-1754 377; ac- counts in 1749, 1750, 372, 377; rate re- ceived, 400; population in 1774, 415; tax-paying in 1774, 1775, 415, 422; grand list in 1779, 500; in 1783, 502; wealth in I775, 416; separation of, from Water- town, 492; physical condition in 1783, 492; in 1798, III. 790; in 1837, II. 16 note; in 1853, 33,34; deaths in 1797-1830, I.158- 160 Ap .; ninth Connecticut borough, II. 13; list of wardens, 21, 22; borough tax in 1844, 93; charter keeper's oath, I. II4; first charter, 196, 197, 200; char- ter of 1853, II. 2, 53; of 1870, 2, 42, 43; of 1890, 44; first officers, 37, 38, 43; Board of Finance established, 43; at- tempt to make a county seat, 35; III. 792; City Court established, 792; ex- penses in 1864, II. 39; Court of Com- mon Council, first meeting, 38; ex- penses in 1854, 39; quorum, 39; its division, 43 and note; County Court appointed, I. 115; District Court, H. 37; Freeholders' Court, I. 361; Justice Court, III. 792; Police Court, 792, Su- perior Court, II. 37; III. 792; the court house, 793; first open appeal from, to church, I. 87; Board of Road Commissioners established, II. 43; Board of Fire Commissioners, I. 43; Board of Police Commissioners, 43; Board of Compensation, 43; Board of Water Commissioners, II. 95; seventh city in Connecticut, 14; expenses of city government, 39; manufacturing
prosperity, its relations to the war for the Union, III. 602; called "City of Brass " and "City of Bridges," II. 76; an agricultural community, 191, 192, 193; colony to Tallmadge, Ohio, I. 513; Family Records, I. 3-157 Ap .; see Mat- tatuck.
Watch Co., Waterbury, development
II. 399; long wind watches, 400; watches of a higher grade, 400; cen- tury clock of, at Columbian exhibition, 401, 402; officers, 402; mentioned, 440; D. A. A. Buck's invention of Water- bury watch, 473; The Waterbury Watch Factory Mutual Relief, III. 1177.
Waterbury river, I. 47 note, 53, 3II, 495.
Waterbury, The, II. 402; III. 996.
Waterbury, David and Mary, I. 364.
Waterbury Contracting Co., mentioned, II. 451.
Waterbury Co-operative association, mentioned, II. 453.
Waterbury Horse Nail Co, mentioned, II. 440.
Waterbury Manufacturing Co., privilege established, I. 588; mentioned, II. 397, 439, 445.
Waterbury Machine Co., mentioned, II. 437.
Waterbury Steam Carpet Beating Co., mentioned, II. 452.
Waterbury Woollen Manufacturing Co., I. 585.
Water supply, earliest, I. 145; of J. C. Booth, of D. F. Maltby, of F. J. Kings- bury, of J. M. L. & W. H. Scovill, II. 93; of S. W. Hall, of H. W. Hayden, 94; earliest, for manufacturing, 93; in 1800-1805, 92, 93 note.
Water system, charter of 1859, II. 94; Brown & Brothers' mill reservoirs, 94; in 1867, 40; Mayor Rockwell's project, 94, 102; N. J. Welton, first president board of water commissioners, 95, 100, IOI; McRee Swift, the first consulting engineer, 95; East mountain reservoir, 95; reservoir used for fishing privilege, III. IIIO; Cooke street reservoir, II. 96, 98; Prospect reservoir, 98; Rudolph Hering, surveys and report, 99; Rob- ert A Cairns recommends the West branch as source of supply, 99, 100; cost, 100; committee on additional wa- ter supply, 100.
Water-wheel, earliest, II. 258.
· Water-powers, I. 578-591.
Water Power Co., Waterbury, I. 580; II. 450.
Waters, Abraham, military service, I. 39I.
Waters, Rev. Frank P., II. 554; sketch of, 644; pastor Third Congregational church, 644; children, 644.
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Waters, Dr. George H., dentist, III. 870; first to administer laughing gas, 870; mentioned, 1103, 1136.
Waters, George N., III. 1143.
Waters, William, III. 1141, 1172, 1173.
Watertown, first inhabitant, I. 251; first house, 251; early name, 320; ecclesias- tical society, 320; Christ's Episcopal church, 664; roads to, 324, 555, 563; an early mortgage, 325; land holders, 326; attempts to form a township, 449; in- habitants in 1774, 492; tax-paying pop- ulation in 1774, 415; reasons for divis- ion of, and Waterbury, 492; stores, 525; on stage line between New Haven and Albany. 566; Bishop's tavern, 568. Waterville, Indian occupancy, II. 27, 28; Bucks hill road to, I. 555; early name, II. 26 and note, 29; early land holders, 26, 27; roads to Waterbury, 27; the Methodist church founded at, 27; III. 701; early settlers, II. 27; Mac's brook, 27, 28; traditions, 28; the cave at, 28, 29, manufacturing industries, 28, 29, 30, 31, 435; Welton's grove of spruce trees, 31, 32; Grace Methodist chapel, 30; III. 720, 72I.
Watrous, Rev. Amos D., pastor First Baptist church, III. 676.
Watrous, William W., III. 1126.
Watson, George W., III. 914, 1165.
Wattles pond, change of name, I. 55.
Watts, James E., III. 1157.
Watts, John E., III. 1157.
Way, David, I. 653 note.
Way, Eben, I. 459.
Way, Estelle, III. 1099.
Way, J., his invention, II. 483.
Way, J. F., his inventions, II. 483.
Way, May, I. 350, 351, 653; his grist mill, 58I.
Way, Solomon, military service, I.417,466. Way, Thomas, military service, I.391, 396. Way, Titus, military service, I. 459.
Wayland, Chandler N., II. 121, 359, 360, 438, 522 note, 541 note; III. 976, 1079, 1099, I202, 1203; banker, II. 178, 359; biography, 359; president Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 359; military ser- vice, III. 1189.
Wayland, John E., II. 283, 360, 554. Webb, , III. 697.
Webb, Eunice, I. 356.
Webb, Gideon,military service, I. 396,397. Webb, J. N., his invention, II. 478; men- tioned, III. 572, 1I43.
Webb, James M., author "Mary's Vision," III. 944, 945.
Webb, Rebecca M. (Mrs. Reuben H. Smith), III. 1115.
Webb, Reuben, removes to the West, I. 356.
Webb, Samuel, military service,I.430,466. Webb, Samuel D., lawyer, III. 821.
Webb, Samuel F., II. 552.
Webb, W., his invention, II. 484.
Weber, Henry, his invention, II. 484.
Weber, Thomas, tailor, first sewing ma-
chine agent in Waterbury, II. 196 note. Webster, A. W., his inventions, II. 477, 484.
Webster, Arthur T., III. 1165.
Webster, Charles E., II. 551; sketch of, III. 1027; civil engineer, 1027.
Webster, Chauncey B., holds municipal and state office, II. 103, 212, 508; sketch of, 212; mentioned, 303 note; III. 1112; military service, 1190.
Webster, Daniel F., and additional water supply, II. 100; mentioned, 45 note, 440, 446, 552; III. 1009, 1169; sketch of, 812; lawyer, 813; children, 813; holds muni- cipal office, II. 45; III. 813; connection with Republican Printing Co., 988. Webster, Mrs. D. F., III. 573, 1026.
Webster, Elias W., II. 113, 114, 115. Webster, Elizabeth R., III. 1025.
Webster, John, military service, I. 391; mentioned, III. 1119.
Webster, John W., holds municipal office, II. 37, 44; III. 801; and the charter of 1870, II.42; mentioned, 179, 549; III. 735, 1008, 1009, 1027 note, 1077, III0, 1130, I198; and additional water supply, II. I00; chairman board of education, 508; biography, III. 801; lawyer, 792, 801; kinsman of Noah Webster, 802 note.
Webster, Josephine (Mrs. George M. Al- lerton), III. 802.
Webster, Nellie C. (Mrs. George R. Wei- ton, II. 337.
Webster, Osee, clerk in 1758, I. 395.
Webster, Robert, I. 124; on committee to arrange settlement of Mattatuck, 126. Webster, William G., II. 29.
Wedge, Charles, I. 706.
Wedge's saw mill, I. 589.
Weed, -, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Weed, Andrew, I. 399.
Weed, Elijah, military service, I. 417, 466.
Weed, Jesse, military service, I. 466.
Weed, Joanna (Mrs. Amos Osborn), I. 713. Weed, John, I. 335, 374, 399; at Towantic meadow in 1732, 349
Weed, Jonas, I. 335; at Twelve-mile hill in 1733, 349.
Weed, Joseph, I. 335; at Straits moun- tain in 1733, 349.
Weed, Nathaniel, military service, I. 392. Weed, Samuel and Sarah, I. 363.
Weed's estate, sale of, I. 389.
Weeden, J. Frank, proprietor Franklin house, II. 226.
Weeden, John H., II. 123, 226; III. 774, 1064, II25; his invention, II. 484. Weeden, Mrs. John H., II. 226.
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Weeden, William N., II. 400; III. 1099; sketch of, II. 403; developes Water- bury watch, 403; manufacturer scien- tific toys, 403; children, 403; inventions, 478, 484.
Weeks, Elizabeth (Mrs. Edwin Burn- ham), I. 622 note.
Weeks, Rev. Holland, I. 619; II. 547; III. 613; sketch of, I. 620; pastor First church, 620; reminiscences of, 621 note; published sermons, III. 954, 955.
Weible, Daniel G., III. 1145.
Weible, Samuel F., III. 1175.
Weiss, Dr. Charles X., dentist, III. 871.
Weiss, Joseph, III. 1008.
Welch, E. N., II. 30.
Welch, Henry L., sketch of, II. 30; man- ufacturer, 31; mentioned, 446.
Welch, Michael. III. 1109.
Welch Hosiery Co., H. L., II. 29, 30, 446.
Weld, F. Floyd, II. 80; death of, 107; health officer, 136.
Weld, Frederick E., II. 552.
Welles, Dr. Noah, sketch of, III. 869.
Welles, daughters of Dr. Noah Welles, (Mrs. Henry G. Ludlow), (Mrs. William Johnson), III. 869.
Wells, A. H., his invention, II. 484.
Wells, Alfred, II. 424, 429; III. 1200, I202; sketch of, II. 428; officer in the Civil war, 428, 429; connection with White & Wells, 429.
Wells, Mrs. Alfred (S. Jeanette Caswell), II. 428.
Wells, Anna (Mrs. David Burritt), II. 246.
Wells, Anna E. (Mrs. J. Watson White), II. 428.
Wells, Charles N., II. 428.
Wells, Chauncey, II. 428.
Wells, David, receives bounty, I. 446; military service. 466.
Wells, Florence S. (Mrs. C. H. French), III. 859.
Wells, Hannah K., II. 428.
Wells, John, I. 358.
Wells, Martha C., II. 428; III. 902.
Wells, Nancy M. (Mrs. Richard P. Moses), (Mrs. J. Watson White), II. 428.
Wells, S. J., III. III2.
Wells, Thomas D., II. 555; III. 884; con- nection with Republican Printing Co., 988; sketch of, 991; editor Water- bury Republican, 991; holds public office, 991; author, 991; and the charter of 1890, 991.
Wells, H. & D., jewelers, II. 199.
Wellington & Madden, mentioned, II. 105. Welton, A. W., & Porters, II. 252.
Welton, Abi, I. 648.
Welton, Abiah (Mrs. Thomas Fenn), I. 516.
Welton, Adaline (Mrs. Mills), her private school, II. 535.
Welton, Rev. Alanson W., I. 648. Welton, Amasa, I. 459.
Welton, Andrew, II. 543.
Welton, Arad, I. 459. 543.
Welton, Arad W., incorporator Water- bury and Cheshire Plank Road Co., I. 570; mentioned, II. 252; biography,304; connection with manufacturing inter- ests, 305, 353; president Waterbury Clock Co., 379; military service, III. II82.
Welton, Lieut. Ard, blacksmith, I. 486; makes fire arms, 586; II. 205, 257; men- tioned, 543.
Welton, Artemisia (Mrs. Lauren Frisbie, Ist), II. 348.
Welton, Benjamin, military service, I. 466; mentioned, II. 304.
Welton, Benjamin S., military service, III. 118I.
Welton, Benoni, military service, I. 429, 466; joins the enemy, 459.
Welton, Mrs. Byron D., II. 487.
Welton, C. R., military service, III. 1203. Welton, Caroline, daughter of Richard F. Welton, II. 238.
Welton, Caroline J., sketch of, III. 904, 905, 906; death of, 906; gift to Water- bury, 906 and note; philanthropist, 906. Welton, Daniel (Ist), I. 432.
Welton, Daniel (2d), military service, I. 430, 467.
Welton, David (Ist), I. 430; military ser- vice, 452, 467.
Welton, David (2d), II. 112, 113, II5; leg- islator, 470; connection with Scovill Manufacturing Co., 469, 470; military service, III. 1186.
Welton, Ebenezer, I. 374; III. 702, 705.
Welton, Mrs. Ebenezer, II. 702.
Welton, Edwin D., II. 423, 461; III. 1126; his inventions, II. 484.
Welton, Eliakim (Ist), his house, I. 562. · Welton, Eliakim (2d), military service, I. 393.
Welton, Elijah, military service. I. 467. Welton, Ellen (Mrs. Horace C. Johnson), III. 1034.
Welton, Ellen C. (Mrs. James E. Coer), II. 337; III. II34.
Welton, Emily J., III. 668, 895; (Mrs. Edward L. Frisbie), II. 337, 348; III. IO26.
Welton, Ephraim, builds first house on Welton's hill, I. 360.
Welton, Ephraim W., II. 113, 114, 238.
Welton, Eri, military service, III. 1182. Welton, Eunice, I. 362.
Welton, Eunice C. (Mrs. Owen E. Scott), II. 32.
Welton, Ezekiel (Ist), I. 360, 362.
Welton, Ezekiel (2d), military service, I. 397, 459 Welton, Francis, II. 117.
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Welton, Frank R., II. 190; his invention, 484.
Welton, Franklin L., I. 167 Ap .; II. 188; and early water supply, 94; connection with City Savings Bank and Building association, 179; insurance agent, 183, 184, 190: sketch of, 190; children, 190. Welton, G. R., II. 440.
Welton, George, at Woster swamp, I. 303; on tax list for 1730, 309; mentioned, 322, 359, 376, 558, 697.
Welton, George H., holds municipal office, II. 37.
Welton, George L., II. 190.
Welton, George W., II. 238; biography, 336; connection with manufacturing interests, 336.
Welton, Hannah A. (Mrs. Edward L. Frisbie), II. 348.
Welton, Harriet A. (Mrs. George B. Lamb), II. 415, 461.
Welton, Harriet M (Mrs. Leveritt D. Kinea), II. 337.
Welton, Heber H., finds arrow-heads, I. 70; mentioned, II. 27, 32; site of resi- dence, 28.
Welton, Henry B., first architect, III. 1046.
Welton, Hobart L., III. 461.
Welton, Hobart V., II, 31, 303 note, 533; III. 883; legislator, II. 33; president Savings Bank and Building associa- tion, 179; connection with Waterbury Brass Co., 332, 461; biography, 459; suggests building first iron bridge in Connecticut,460; builds first bridge with stone arch in Waterbury, 460; his carvings in wood and stone, 461; gift to St. John's Episcopal church, III. 657.
Welton, Mrs. Heber H. (Ellen J. Garri- gus), II. 32.
Welton, Irving N., III. 1169.
Welton, Isaac, II. 543.
Welton, James, military service, I. 467. Welton, Job, I. 432 ; military service, 467.
Welton, John (Ist), signer plantation agreement in 1674, I. 123, 292; men- tioned, 155, 156, 240, 248, 357, 360, 690, 706; II. 304; first selectman, 156; fam- ily, I. 167; his lot, 207, 208, 250; planter, 323.
Welton, John (2d), bachelor proprietor, I. 236; on tax list for 1730, 309: grave- digger. 666.
Welton, John (3d), I. 373.
Welton, John (4th), son of Richard, mili- tary service, I. 388, 467; mentioned, 4II, 413, 442, 453, 487. 679; delegate to convention to ratify constitution of United States, 491; holds public office, 514; sketch of, 514; children, 515. Welton, John (5th), I. 703; II. 238.
Welton, Joseph, his house, I. 27, 245, 266; finds Indian relics, 70, 71, 72; his saw mill, 591; mentioned, 679; sketch of, II. 31; farmer, 31; his spruce tree for- est. 31; children, 32; his invention, 484. Welton, Joseph C., II 238, 461 note; president Waterbury Brass Co., 383, 337; biography, 337; connection with brass industries, 337; wood carver, 337; president of Oakville Pin Co., 337. Welton, Rev. Joseph D. II. 31, 459; III. 660, II44; his private school, II. 533; memorial to, III. 657.
Welton, Josiah, military service, I. 467. Welton, Lavinia (Mrs. James Brown), II. 206, 244, 246, 344.
Welton, Lucy A. (Mrs. Austin B. Pier- pont), I. 32.
Welton, Lydia (Mrs. Preserved Porter), III. 833.
Welton, Lydia A., II. 238.
Welton, Lyman, II. 109; III. 1005.
Welton, Margaret A. (Mrs. George E. Perkins), III. 840.
Welton, Martha, widow, I. 499.
Welton, Mary E. (Mrs. George E. Bis- sell), II. 337.
Welton, Moses, joins the enemy, I. 459. Welton, Nathaniel, military service, I. 396; dies of small pox, 437.
Welton, Nelson J., his record of remov- als from Grand street cemetery in 189I, I. 674; holds municipal and state office, 167 Ap .; II. 46, 109; and the charter of 1870, 37, 42; survey of paths on Green, 64; mentioned, 81. 83, 86, 87, 88, 103, 188, 303 note, 508; III. 735, 789, 893, 1008, 1025, 1027 note, 1125, 1126, 1129, 1130, II31, 1198; water commissioner, II. 94, 95, 10I, 102; biography. 109; president water board, 109; civil and hydraulic engi neer, 109; free mason, 109; connection with City Savings Bank and Building association, 179; insurance agent, 183, I84.
Welton, Noah, I. 459.
Welton, Noah B , II. 550.
Welton, Oliver, military service, I. 388. 392, 396. 397; mentioned, 459; gift to St. James Episcopal church, 652.
Welton, Oliver, II. 543.
Welton, Lieut. Peter, military service, I 388, 413; mentioned, 442, 448; his charges for burial of John Welton, 449. Welton, Richard, first (?) white male child born in Waterbury, I. 167, 648; II. 109; bachelor proprietor, I. 236: mentioned, 299, 345, 383, 649, 708; at Bucks hill, 303; tax list for 1730, 309; freeholders court at his house, 361.
Welton, Richard, Jr., at Buck's hill, I 303; on tax list for 1730, 309; mentioned, 383, 514, 648.
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Welton, Richard, I. 494 note, 495.
Welton, Lieut .- Col. Richard, I. 703; II.
117,138,III.1184; holds municipal office, II. 37; stage driver, 155; III. 1187, 1196, I197; sketch of, 1187; military service, II86.
Welton, Richard F., sketch of, 238; men- tioned, 336.
Welton, Richard F. (2d), II. 238.
Welton, S. B., his invention, II. 484.
Welton, Samuel, military service, I. 467.
Welton, Sarah C. (Mrs. D. W. Pier- pont), II. 461.
Welton, Shubael, military service, I. 467. Welton, Stephen (Ist), bachelor propri- etor, I. 236; mentioned, 313, 357, 361. Welton, Stephen (2d), I. 326,378; furnishes bonds for townsmen, 369.
Welton, Stephen, military service, I. 388, 393, 397.
Welton, Stephen, I. 413; military service, 429, 445, 467.
Welton, Stephen, takes first oath of fidel- ity, I. 459; military service, 467.
Welton. Thomas (Ist), house of, I. 323: planter settler near Steele's brook, 323; death of, 323.
Welton, Thomas (3d), military service, I. 467.
Welton, Titus, I. 703.
Welton, Willard, II. 547; lawyer, III. 826; military man, 826; farmer, 826.
Welton, William S. H., I. 648.
Welton's boggy meadow, I. 353.
Welton's brook, location, I. 353.
Welton's hill, part of ancient Scott's mountain, I. 325; boundary, 360, 707. Welton's island, I. 207.
Welton's lot, location, I. 344.
Welton's meadow, location, I. 243, 244, 716. Welton's meadow brook, I. 360.
Welton's mountain, location, I. 246.
Welton's saw mill, I. 591.
Wendehack, August, III. 1156, 1159.
Wendehack, Otto, III. 1159.
Wennig, Paul, III. 1108.
Wentworth, Frank L., II. 255, 450.
Wenzel, Louis, II. 126; III. 1079.
West, A. M., architect, III. 105I.
West, Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Hopkins), I. 635.
West, Florence H. (Mrs. Frank B. Man- ville), II. 409.
West branch, I. 221 note; tributary Naugatuck river, I.
West branch rocks, location, I. 716.
Westbury, families at time of settlement, I. 322; early spelling of name, 322; parish, 322, 326, 328, 335; meeting- house, 329, 561; site of first, 328; road to Bucks hill, 324; first burial, 329; burying yard, 675; first physician, III. 829.
Westcott, Alice (Mrs. John G. Daven- port), III. 641.
West farms petitions for winter privi- leges in 1760, I. 398.
West Indies, early Waterbury manufac- tures shipped to, I. 277, 501.
Weston, Frederick, III. 1141.
Weston, N., II. 197.
Westside bars, location, I. 716.
Westside district, II. 75.
Westside hill, location, I. 247, 717; origin of name, 354.
Wetmore, Abner, military service, I. 396.
Wetmore, Benjamin, military service, I. 391; mentioned, 676.
Wetmore, David, military service, I. 39I.
Wetmore, Elias, military service, I. 391. Wetmore, John, I. 358.
Wetmore, Josiah, military service, I. 467.
Wetmore, L. W., II. 302 note.
Wetmore, Timothy, I. 450.
Whalen, Timothy, III. 728.
Wheaton, Ellen (Mrs. Alonzo R. Morgan), III. 852.
Wheedon (Whedon), Samuel, military service, I. 391, 395.
Wheeler, Abel, III. 1120.
Wheeler, Alonzo, button maker, I. 582.
Wheeler, David, III. 702.
Wheeler, E. H., his invention, II. 484.
Wheeler, Frank W., editor, III. 995, IT67.
Wheeler, George H., III. 1153.
Wheeler, Gertrude S., III. 1064.
Wheeler, Harriet (Mr. Edward O. Goss), II. 291.
Wheeler, H. H., III. 998.
Wheeler, James, early resident of Water- ville, II. 27; III. 701, 702 and note.
Wheeler, Katharine (Mrs. George F .. Swain), II. 555.
Wheeler, Mary S. (Mrs. Charles E. Web- ster), III. 1028.
Wheeler, Sally M. (Mrs. Elizur W. Keeler), II. 255.
Wheeler, Lieut. Samuel, I. 283; military service, 391, 398; mentioned, 455; his saw and carding mills, 580.
Wheeler, Lieut. Thomas, I. 37, 47.
Wheeler, Wilson & Co., II. 210.
Wheelwrights and blacksmiths, II. 199. Whelan, Walter, I. 537.
Whipping-post, auctions at the, I. 500; location, II. 62; last used, 62; abol- ished, I. 537.
White, - - (Mrs. Enos. Bronson), III.
999.
White, Mrs. A., III. 1I4I.
White, Albert M., II. 440; his invention, 484. White, Alice (Mrs. Henry E. Maltby), II. 463.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
White, Anna S , II. 428.
White, C. L., II. 125.
White, Mrs. Charles, III. 1156.
White, Chauncey H., II. 428; III. 998.
White, Edith S., II 387.
White, Edward L., connection with Wa- terbury Watch Co .. II. 401, 402, 428; manager of White & Wells, 424; biog- raphy, 428; children, 428; mentioned, 530. 552; III. 998, 1093, 1099.
White, Elijah, III. 1199.
White, Mrs. Emma, III. 1157.
White, Emma L. (Mrs. Alexander C. Min- tie). II. 387.
White, Franklin R., II. 125; his inven- tion, 484; mentioned, III. 1144, 1I45, I229.
White, George L., sketch of. II. 427; pres- ident of the White & Wells Co., 427; secretary of Southford Paper Co., 427; holds municipal office, 427; mentioned, III. 1099, II02.
White, Mrs. G. L., II. 427; III. 1099, II02.
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