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PORTRAITS and GENEALOGIES
By
MARY E. PERKINS
NORWICH, CONN.
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By Mary E. Perkins.
All 7-is^Jits reserved.
Press of The Bulletin Co., Norwich, Conn.
Coloii'd Map by Tlic Heliotypc Printing Co., Boston.
PREPACK.
np HIS book is one of a projected series of volumes, which will aim to give an account of the
old houses of Norwich, their owners and occupants, from the settlement of the town to
the year iSoo.
This first volume includes all the buildings on the main roads, from the corner of Mill
Lane, or (Lafayette Street), to the Bean Hill road, at the west end of the Meeting-house Green.
In the genealogical part will be found the first three generations of the earliest set-
tlers, but beyond this point, in order not to add to the bulk of the book, the only lines
carried out, are of those descendants who resided in the district covered by this volume, and
these, only so long as they continued to reside in this locality. An effort has been made to
follow back the direct line of each resident to his first American progenitor, but this has not
been feasible in every case, owing to the great expense of such a search, in both time and
money. In these difficult cases, a possible ancestry is sometimes given, marked by a line
across the page, in the hope that some descendant, through family papers or personal search,
may furnish the missing links, or prove another line of descent.
The records of the early land grants of Norwich are very imperfect, and various attempts
were made from the year 1672 to the beginning of the eighteenth century " to find the names of
the first purchasers and what estate each of them put in " to the town. The first book of
records give the bounds of estates, but not the measurements, and the second and third registers
vary, as other lands have been added to or .sold from the original grants. Then some of the
proprietors failed to record their home-lots, and the measurements and situation of these can
only be ascertained from the deeds of sale, so, in the map of 1705, it was found impossible to
accurately define the home-lots, or to give more than their approximate measurements or outlines.
In many cases, houses have probably, for a longer or shorter period, been occupied by
other tenants than those mentioned, but unless they were actual purchasers of the property, there
is often no trace of this occupancy, as leases were seldom recorded, and even in case of an
actual purchase, the grantee does not necessaril}' become an occupant, so mistakes are easily
made. It has been endeavored, when possible, by reference to deeds and other records, to dis-
tinguish between owners and occupants, but if any persons, through documents in their possession,
can rectify any errors in this respect, or in any dates of births, deaths, or marriages, or in lines
of descent, and will address P. O. Box 63, Norwich, Conn., such information will be gratefully
received.
In the long period of 140 years (1660-1800), many generations come and go, and new resi-
dents are continually appearing, .so space will not permit any very extended account of each
iv PREFACE.
individual, still the author hopes that the meagre details she has given of these lives of the
early inhabitants, may be of some interest to their descendants of the present da}'.
To mention all the genealogical and historical works consulted, and all the persons who
have furnished copies of pictures, dates, and many items of interest, would be impossible, so
the author must confine her acknowledgments to those who have made more substantial con-
tributions to the work : as to Donald G. Mitchell, who has generously given the colored map,
the frontispiece, which will recall to his contemporaries many old landmarks which have long
since passed away ; to the Hon. John T. Wait, who has supplied most of the anecdotes and re-
miniscences of the past which help to enliven these otherwise dry pages ; to H. \V. Kent of the
Slater Museum, who has furnished the map of 1705, and the Church plans of 1756 ; to Frederic
P. Gulliver, who has drawn the map of 1795 ; to Charles E. Briggs, who has contributed
photographs of the old Indian sites, and the relics of the last "Church on the Hill;" to
Henry McNelly and Edwin S. Barrows, who have given the author much information about the
old localities ; to J. Millar Wilson, by whose aid the material for the book-cover was procured ;
to Ruth H. Bond of New London, who supplied the cover design ; to the Town Clerk of
Norwich, Samuel H. Freeman, whose courtesy and helpfulness have been unfailing, and under
whose careful supervision, the old town books have been copied, fully indexed, and attractively
bound, and are now a pleasure to the eye, and accessible for reference ; to the Rev. Richard
H. Nelson, Rev. Charles A. Northrop, Herbert L. Yerrington and William H. Allen, for
access to the records and pamphlets of Christ Church and the First and Second Churches ; to Mrs.
Daniel F. Gulliver, for^the sketches of the lives of her father and grandfather, Henry Strong and
the Rev. Joseph Strong ; and last but not least to Ellen D. Larned, author of the History of
Windham County ; Mrs. George B. Ripley, Maria P. Gilman, Mrs. Frederic L. Osgood, Emily
N. Perkins, Sarah H. Perkins, Mrs. Henry Reynolds, and Mrs. Henry L. Butts of Norwich ;
Mrs. Clarence Deming and Louise Tracy of New Haven ; Julia Chester Wells and Elizabeth N.
Perkins of New York ; John Bliss of Brooklyn, L. L ; Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich ; Henry
R. Bond of New London ; Warren F. Kellogg of Boston, Mass., publisher of the New England
Magazine ; William Read Howe of Orange, N. J. ; William H. Shields of Norwich ; Rev.
Christopher Leffingwell of Bar Harbor, Me. ; and Joseph H. Carpenter of Norwich, who
by information furnished, and the loan of valuable books, newspapers, manuscripts, letters, &c.,
have greatly facilitated the author's labors.
M. E. p.
Norwich, Conn., Nov. 26, 1S95. ,
CONTENTS.
Chapter I.
Projected Settlement at Mohegan. — Deed of Land from Uncas, Owaneco and Attawanhood. —
Arrival of the Settlers. — Naming of the Town. — List of Settlers. — Indian Attack. —
Poem on Norwich by McDonald Clarke. — Description of Norwich by Mrs. Sigourney.
Chapter II.
Home-lots and Fences. — Houses and Furniture. — Modes of Heating. — Vehicles and Roads. —
First Turnpike-road and Toll-rates.
Chapter III.
Dress of the Early Settlers. — Law of 1676. — Fashions preceding and during the Revolution. —
Fashions of 1793. — Letter of Rachel Huntington. — Fashions of the 19th Century. — Enter-
tainments. — Guy Fawkes' Day. — Barrel-bonfires on Thanksgiving Day.
Chapter IV.
Classes, Trades, and Occupations. — Business Enterprises.
Chapter V.
John Reynolds' Home-lot. — Old Reynolds Homestead. — Journal of Abigail Reynolds. — Visit
to Lyme. — Small-pox. — Epidemics of 1792-3-4-5. — Drought of 1795. — Influenza of 1793.
Chapter VT.
Home-lot of Thomas Bliss. — Samuel Bliss, as a Merchant. — Inventory of Elizabeth (Bliss)
White. — Geometry Bridge. — Mills of Christopher and Elisha Lefifingwell. — Old Stocking
Shop. — Louis Barrel and William Cox. — Jackson Browne House.
Chapter VII.
Lt. Thomas Leffingwell's Home-lot. — Samuel Leftingwell, 2nd. — Col. Hezekiah Huntington. —
Capt. William Hubbard. — Love Letter of Daniel Hubbard to Martha Coit. — Boston Citizens
take refuge in Norwich at the beginning of the Revolution. — Hezekiah Williams. — Joseph
Strong. — Meteorological Disturbances of 1806-S.
Chapter \"III.
Lt. Thomas Leflfingwell's Home-lot, (continued). — House built by Thomas Leffingwell, 4th. —
Peabody Clement. — Capt. Samuel Leffingwell's House. — Judge John Hyde. — Samuel
Leffingwell's Stocking Factory. — Rufus Darby. — Capt. Philemon Winship's House.
vi CONTENTS.
Chapter IX.
Jonathan Pierce's Home-lot. — Col. Hezekiah Huntington. — John Hutchins. — Dr. Jonathan
Marsh, ist. — Dr. Jonathan Marsh, 2nd. — Anecdotes of Dr. Samuel Lee, and Dr. Benjamin
Dyer. — Jacob Ladd. — Family of Joseph Marsh.
Chapter X.
Thomas Letifingwell, 2nd's, First Grant. — Joseph Bushnell's Home-lot. — Bushnell House. —
James Lincoln's House.
Chapter XI.
Home-lot of Thomas Leffingwell, 2nd, (later Ensign T. L. ) — Old Garrison House on Sentry
Hill. — Thomas Leffingwell, 3rd. — House of Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, (now known as Edger-
ton House),
Chapter XII.
Home-lot of William Backus, Sen. — Stephen Backus, ist. — Stephen Backus, 2nd. — Leffingwell
Inn. — Ensign Thomas Leffingwell. — Benajah Leffingwell. — Col. Christopher Leffingwell. —
Leffingwell Row. — Stocking Factory, Mills and other Business Enterprises of Col. Leffing-
■^■ell. — War Correspondence. — Visit of Gen. Washington. — Ruth Leffingwell, (widow).
Chapter XIII.
William Backus' Home-lot (continued). — Footpath. — Opening of Lower Road or Cross Highway. —
Leffingwell Shop (later Strong Shop). — Shop in rear of Leffingwell Shop. — David Greenleaf's
House. — Jesse Williams. — (Widow) Mary Billings. — Timothy Lester. — House of Capt.
William Billings. — John Huntington, Jun. — Joseph Coit. — Charles Lathrop. — Goodell
Family. — Miss Sally Goodell's School. — Cary Throop's shop. — First Fire Engine House. —
Judah Paddock Spooner. — Thomas Hubbard and Ebenezer Bushnell. — William Leffing-
well. — Visit of Dr. Mason Cogswell. — John Huntington, Jun. — Epaphras Porter. — House
owned by Thomas Williams. — Rufus Sturtevant. — Ira Tossett. — Col. Leffingwell's Stone-
ware Kiln (later Charles Lathrop's). — ChristoiDher Potts & Son. — Cary Throop's Shop.
Chapter XIV.
Home-lot of Ebenezer Carew. — Old Carew Homestead and Shop. — Carew Lineage and
Family. — Changes in the Lower Road.
Chapter XV.
Rev. James Fitch's Home-lot. — Zebadiah Lathrop House. — Asa Lathrop. — Jabez Avery
House. — Rev. John Sterry. — Luther Case. — Capt. Joseph Winship's House. — Thomas
Tilden. — Hon. John T. Wait. — Rockwell Manning House. — William Baldwin. — Samuel
Manning House. — Diah Manning. — Revolutionary Services of Diah and Roger Manning. —
Asa Manning's Service in the War of 1812. — Jean Pierre Boyer, afterward President of the
Republic of Hayti. — William Clegg.
Chapter XVI.
Rev. James Fitch's Home-lot (continued). — Fitch Homestead. — Life and Family of Rev. James
Fitch. — Inscription on the Rev. James Fitch's Grave-stone. — Love Letter of Rev. Edward
Taylor to Elizabeth Fitch. — Theological Students. — John Waterman. — Eleazer Lord's
Tavern. — Winthrop Saltonstall and Judge Marvin Wait. — Asa Lathrop, — William
Lathrop. — Bridge Across the Yantic.
CONTENTS. vii
Chapter XVII.
Common Lands on Town Street. — Early Home-lots. — Highway Survey of 1705. — Old High-
way Over Sentry Hill. — Common Lands laid out in 1737-S.
Chai'TF.r XVIII.
Shop of Tracy & Coit. — Charles P. Huntington. — Epaphras Porter. — Jesse Huntington. —
Law Oflfice of Henry Strong.
Chapter XIX.
Shop of Huntington & Carew. — David Nevins' Shop. — James Lincoln. — William Cox. — House
of Thomas Harland. — Watch and Clock Trade. — Fire Engine.
Chapter XX.
Thomas Williams' House and Shop. — William Beard. — Naming of the Town Streets. — Cary
Throop.
Chapter XXI.
Brick School House. — Mrs. Sigourney's Early School Experiences. — Consider Sterry. — Hon.
John T. Wait's Early Teachers, Dyar Harris and Samuel Griswold. — Asher Smith. — George
Bliss.
Chapter XXII.
Col. Simon Lathrop's Shop. — Rufus Lathrop's Shop. — Old Primus and Flora. — Fire Engine
House. — Oldest Fire Engine of Norwich. — Subscription List of 1769. — Bills for Work on
Engine.
Chapter XXIII.
Slavery in Early Times. — Slave Advertisements and Bills of Sale. — Runaway Slaves. — Aaron
Cleveland's Articles Against Slavery. — Grave-stones of Bristo Zibbero and Boston Trow-Trow.
— Laws Against Slavery. — Anti-Slavery Society. — Records of Slave Births. — Abolition of
Slavery.
Chapter XXIV.
John Olmstead's Home-lot. — John and Elizabeth Olmstead. — Samuel Lathrop, 2nd. — Division
of Lathrop Property. — Col. Simon Lathrop's House. — Mason Controversy. — Campaign
Song. — Obituary Notice of Col. Lathrop. — Rufus Lathrop. — Jonathan Bellamy. — Aaron
Burr. — Lucretia and Rufus Huntington.
Chapter XXV.
John Olmstead's Home-lot (continued). — Thomas Lathrop. — Dr. Daniel Lathrop. — Madam
Jerusha Lathrop. — Mrs. Sigourney's Reminiscences of the Lathrop House and Family. —
Daniel Lathrop. — Stephen Fitch. — Mrs. Elizabeth (Coit) Gilman.
Chapter XXVI.
Simeon's Case's House. — Dr. Joshua Lathrop. — Mrs. Sigourney's Recollections of Dr. Lathrop
and His Wife. — Gardner Thurston.
viii CONTENTS.
Chapter XXVII.
Lathrop Drug Shop. — Drs. Daniel and Joshua Lathrop. — Benedict Arnold. — Solomon Smith.
— Dr. Joseph Coit. — Coit & Lathrop. — Daniel Lathrop Coit. — Ebenezer Carew.
Chapter XXVIIL
Thomas Lathrop's House. — Thomas Lathrop's Family. — Letter of Rev. David Austin. — Mrs.
Thomas Lathrop.
Chapter XXIX.
Josiah Read's Home-lot. — Josiah Read. — Capt. Richard Bushnell, — Great Snow-storm of
1717-18. — Capt. Benajah Bushnell. — Gift of Christ Church Lot to the Episcopal Society. —
Church Lot given by Phinehas Holden. — Capt. Joseph Coit. — Early Voyages. — Daniel
Lathrop Coit. — Thomas Coit. — Dr. Joseph Coit. — Journey to Europe of Daniel Lathrop
Coit. — Daniel Wadsworth Coit. — Old Elm Trees.
Chapter XXX.
Noah Mandell's Shop. — Jabez Perkins. — Old Elm Trees of Norwich. — Nathan Cobb. — Na-
thaniel Parish House. — Ebenezer Case. — Calvin Case. — Adgate Shop. — Samuel Case. —
James Norman's Home-lot. — Ebenezer Case House. — Asahel Case. — Joshua Prior House. —
Gideon Birchard. — Jeremiah Griffing. — Joshua Norman. — Elisha Birchard. — Mrs. Mary
Lathrop. — Hannah Dawson. — Joseph Smith. — Abial Marshall Lot. — Aaron Chapman's
House. — Matthew Adgate, 2nd. — John Huntington's House and Shop.
Chapter XXXI.
Home-lot of Dea. Thomas Adgate. — Dea. Thomas Adgate, 2nd. — Adgate Shop. — Matthew
Adgate. — William Adgate's House. — Lathrop Cotton Factory. — Joseph Lord's Shoemaker's
Shop. — Daniel Lathrojj's Shop. — Henry Cobb.
Chapter XXXII.
Christopher Huntington's Home lot. — Christopher Huntington, ist. — Christopher Huntington,
2nd. — Jeremiah Huntington. — Samuel Avery. — Caleb Huntington. —John Huntington. —
Ezra Huntington. — Malt House. — Old Huntington Homestead. — John Huntington, ist. —
Capt. Rene Grignon. — Isaac Huntington. — Isaac Huntington's Day-Book. — Benjamin
Huntington. — Poem by Benjamin Huntington. — Philip Huntington. — Joseph Gritifin.
Chapter XXXIII.
Land Owned by Josiah Read. — Jonathan Crane House. — Israel Lathrop. — William Lathrop. —
Reasons Given by William Lathrop and Wife for Joining the Separatists. — Capt. Ebenezer
Lathrop. — Jedediah Lathrop. — Felix Huntington, ist. — Augustus Converse, Sen. — House
Built by Felix Huntington. — Daniel Lathrop. — James Stedman. — George C. Raymond. —
Daniel Tracy's House. — Stephen Backus. — Capt. Elisha Leffingwell. — Charles Bliss. —
George Rudd.
CONTENTS. ix
Chapter XXXIV.
Home-lot and House of Thomas Sluman. — Thomas Huntington. — Barn-lot of Jonathan
Crane. — Blacksmith Shop. — Shop of Avery & Tracy. — Samuel Avery & Son. — Roger Hunt-
ington & Co. — Hou.se of William Lathrop, Jun. — Ezekiel Huntley. — Early Home Life of
Mrs. Lydia (Huntley) Sigourney. — First Inexperiences as a School-teacher. — Marriage to
Charles Sigourney of Hartford.
Chapter XXX\'.
Thomas Danforth's House. — John Danforth's House. — Lineage of Thomas Danforth. — Dan-
forth Shop.
Chapter XXXVI.
Land granted to John Elderkin. — Home-lot of Samuel Lathrop, ist. — Rev. John Lothropp (or
Lathrop). — Removal of Samuel Lathrop from New London to Norwich. — Abigail (Doane)
Lathrop. — Israel Lathrop. — Jabez Lathrop.
Chapter XXXVII.
Samuel Lathrop's Home-lot (continued). — Capt. Joshua Huntington. — Hannah (Perkins) (Hunt-
ington) Lynde. — Zachariah Huntington. — Judge Andrew Huntington. — Death of Lucy
(Coit) Huntington. — Hannah (Phelps) Huntington. — Bill of Wedding Dress. — Dr. Charles
Phelps of Stonington. — Lathrop Lots. — Felix Huntington Shop. — Samuel Danforth's Shop.
— Roger Huntington & Co.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Samuel Lathrop's Home-lot (continued). — House of Samuel Lathrop, 2nd. — Joseph Lathrop,
ist. — Joseph Lathrop, and. — Thomas Grist. — Early Meeting of the Episcopal Society at
the house of Thomas Grist. — Shop of John Grist. — Zephaniah Huntington.
Chapter XXXIX.
Samuel Lathrop's Home-lot (continued). — House of Col. Joshua Huntington. — Capt. Charles
Whiting's House. — Mundator Tracy.
Chapter XL.
Samuel Lathrop's Home-lot (concluded). — Zachariah Huntington's Shop. — Gen. Jedediah Hunt-
ington. — Samuel Loudon. — House of Gen. Jedediah Huntington. — Faith (Trumbull) Hunt-
ington. — Ann (Moore) Huntington. ~ Entertainment for French Officers. — Duke de Lauzun.
— Gen. Lafayette. — His Last Visit to Norwich in 1S24. — Gen. Ebenezer Huntington.
Chapter XLI.
Home-lot of Lt. Thomas Tracy. — Tracy Ancestry. — Division of Property. — Sale of the Tracy
Homestead to Israel Lathrop. — Daniel Tracy. — Accident at Lathrop's Bridge. — Purchase
by Daniel Tracy, 2nd, of part of the Tracy Home-lot from Israel Lathrop. — Samuel Tracy —
Maj. Thomas Tracy. — Ann Thomas (Tracy) Richards. — Shop of Capt. Charles Whiting. —
Charles Beaman. — Roswell Huntington. — Mundator Tracy.
X CONTENTS.
Chapter XLII.
Home-lot of Lt. Thomas Tracy (continued). — Dr. Solomon Tracy's Home-lot. — Simon Tracy,
ist. — Simon Tracy, 2nd. — Shop of Simeon and Jabez Perkins. — Nathaniel Townsend. —
Talleyrand.
Chapter XLIII.
Home-lot of Lt. Thomas Tracy (concluded). — Gov. Samuel Huntington. — Nathaniel Hunting-
ton, Jun. — Betsey Devotion. — Mrs. Gov. Huntington. — Public Life of Gov. Huntington. —
Death and Funeral. — Visit of Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell. — Gov. Samuel Huntington of
Ohio. — Frances (Huntington) Griffin. — Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin. — Asa Spalding. —
Luther Spalding.
Chapter XLIV.
Home-lot of Simon Huntington. — Simon Huntington, 1st. — Inventory of his Library. — James
Huntington. — Peter Huntington. — Col. Samuel Abbot. — Capt. Simeon Huntington. —
Francis Green of Boston and the Sons of Liberty. — Cemetery Lane.
Chapter XLV.
Home-lot of Simon Huntington (continued). — Philip Turner. — John Manly. — Thomas Dan-
forth. — Richard Charlton. — Charlton Family. — Jesse Charlton. — Samuel Charlton. — Capt.
Jacob Perkins. — Mrs. Martha Greene. — Capt. Russell Hubbard. — David Nevins. —
Drowning of David Nevins, ist. — Revolutionary Services of Capt. David Nevins.
Chapter XLVL
Home-lot of Simon Huntington (continued). — Simeon Carevv. — Joseph Carew. — Com. Gen.
Joseph Trumbull. — Business Life. — Visits to Norwich of Gov. Trumbull and his Wife. —
Mrs. Trumbull's Scarlet Cloak. — Com. Gen. Joseph Trumbull's Public Services and Death. —
Epitaph. — Amelia (Dyer) Trumbull's Costly Dress. — Newcomb Kinney. — Asa Lathrop.
— Alice Baldwin.
Chapter XLVII.
Home-lot of Simon Huntington (continued). — Grant to Simon Huntington, 2nd. — Samuel Abbot's
Shop. — Thomas Carey. — Daniel Abbot. — Capt. Joseph Carew. — Family of Capt. Joseph
Carew. — Joseph Huntington. — Hon. Jabez Huntington. — Obituary Notice.
Chapter XLVIII.
Simon Huntington's Home-lot (continued). — John Arnold. — Samuel Huntington. — Home-lot of
John Bradford. — Thomas Bradford. — Sale to Simon Huntington, 2nd. — Division of Simon
Huntington, 2nd's, Property. — David Rogers. — Cyrus and Lucy (Huntington) Miner. —
Lyman Roath's Shop. — Boy's Lending Library.
Chapter XLIX.
Simon Huntington's Home-lot (continued). — Andre Richard. — Daniel Needham. — Benjamin
Butler. — Anecdote of Benjamin Butler. — Dr. Benjamin Butler. — Gardner Carpenter. —
Rev. Hiram P. Arms.
CONTENTS. xi
Chapter L.
Home-lot of Simon Huntington (continued). — Gen. Jabez Huntington's Distillery and Cooper's
Shop. — Andrew Huntington. — William Bradford Whiting. — Emigrates to New York. —
Anecdote of Amjs wife of William Bradford Whiting. — Zenas Whiton (or Whiting). — His
Skill as a Bridge-builder. — Dr. Rufus Spalding.
Chapter LI.
Home-lot of Simon Huntington (concluded) and part of John Bradford's Home-lot. — Joseph
Carew's Shop. — Asa Lathrop's Shop. — Shop of Charles Gildon. — Isabella Gildon's School.
— Shop of Capt. Jacob Perkins. — Capt. Russell Hubbard. — David Nevins' Hat Factory. —
Samuel Gaine. — Simon Carew. — Jeremiah Leach's Shop. — Simeon Huntington's Store and
Blacksmitli Shop. — John Hughes. — Nathaniel Townsend. — Jabez Perkins. — Capt. Joseph
Gale. — Azor Gale. — Shop of Gen. Jabez Huntington. — Andrew Huntington. — Shop of
Zachariah Huntington.
Chapter LIL
Home-lot of John Bradford (continued). — Gen. Jabez Huntington. — Revolutionary Services. —
Illness and Death. — Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus. — Hannah (Williams) Huntington. — Col. John
Chester and His Wife, Elizabeth Huntington. — Gen. Zachariah Huntington. — Leader of the
Choir. — Family of Gen. Zachariah Huntington.
Chapter LIIL
Peter Morgan's Home-lot. — Rev. Joseph Strong's House. — Rev. Joseph Strong. — Henry
Strong. — ]\Iary (Huntington) Strong. — Robert Lancaster's House and Shop. — John
Lancaster.
Chapter LIV.
Home-lot of the Rev. James Fitch. — Maj. James Fitch's House. — Public Career of Maj. James
Fitch. — Alice (Bradfoi'd) (Adams) Fitch. — Family of Alice (Bradford) Adams. — Rev.
Samuel Whiting.
Charier LV.
Home-lot of the Rev. James Fitch (continued). — Illness of the Rev. James Fitch. — Efforts of
the Church to Procure a Settled Pastor. — Rev. Jabez Fitch. — Rev. Henry Flint. — Rev.
Joseph Coit. — Settlement of the Rev. John Woodward. — Disagreement about the Saybrook
Platform. — Dismissal of the Rev. John Woodward.
Chapter LVI.
Home-lot of the Rev. James Fitch (continued). — Sale of the Parsonage to Madam Sarah Knight. —
Lineage of Madam Knight. — Her Journal. — Removal to New London. — Edmund Gookin.
Chapter LVIL
Home-lot of the Rev. James Fitch (continued). — Curtis Cleveland's House. — His Lineage. —
Joseph Peck. — Elizabeth (Lathrop) (Carpenter) Peck. — Gardner Carpenter. — Andre
Richard. — Sylvanus Jones. — William Darby. — Capt. William Fountain. — Huguenot Ances-
try of Elizabeth (Rame) Fountain. — Capt. Philip Turner. — Joseph Peck. — Peck Tavern. —
Entertainments at the Tavern. — John Wheatley. — Service in the Revolution. — Deodat
Little. — Jonathan Trott. — Peace Celebrations. — Trott Lineage and Family.
xii CONTENTS.
Chapter LVIII.
Home-lot of Rev. James Fitch (continued). — Sylvanus Jones' House. — Ebenezer Jones. — Sale
of Lots. — George Wickwire's House. — Asa Lathrop's Shoe-shop. — Eliphaz Hart's Dwelling
House. — Sketch of the .Wickwire Family. — John Manly's Shop. — Thomas Danforth's
Shop. — William Morgan. — William Morgan's House. — James Noyes Brown. — Lineage of
James Noyes Brown. — Nathan Stedman. — Dr. Gurdon Lathrop. — Gerard Lathrop. —
Peter Lanman.
Chapter LIX.
Home-lot of Rev. James Fitch (concluded). — Jonathan Wickwire's House. — Jonathan Goodhue. —
Samuel Waterman's Shop. — Sketch of Goodhue Family. — John Perit. — Rev. Peter Perit. —
Inscription on Grave-stone. — Family of Rev. Peter Perit. — John Peril's Services in French
War and in the Revolution. — His Family. — Perit Shop. — Asa Spalding. — County House
and Jail. — Store of George D. Fuller. — Alexander McDonald. — Gurdon Lathrop. — Re-
moval of Gurdon Lathrop to a New Shop. — Burying-ground Lane. — Old Burying-ground. —
Death and Burial of French Prisoners. — Burial of a Pequot and a INIohegan Indian.
Chapter LX.
Home-lot of Maj. Mason. — Sketch of the Life of Maj. Mason. — Pequot War. — Death of Maj.
Mason. — Anne (Peck) Mason. — Sermon by Rev. James Fitch on the Death of Mrs. Anne
Mason. — Sketch of Maj. Mason's Family. — Capt. John Mason, 2nd. — Capt. John Mason,
3rd. — Mason Controversy About Indian Lands.
Chapter LXI.
Home-lot of Maj. Mason (continued). — Call E.xtended by the First Church to Rev. Benjamin
Lord. — Sketch of the Rev. Benjamin Lord. — Ann (Taylor) Lord. — Inscription of Tomb-
stone of Rev. Benjamin Lord. — Anecdotes of the Rev. Dr. Lord. — Inventory of Abigail
(Hooker) Lord. — Division of the Lord Property. — Ebenezer and Benjamin Lord. — Lucy
(Lord) (Avery) Perkins. — William Cleveland. — Cleveland Shop. — Rev. Joseph Howe.
Chapter LXII.
Home-lot of Maj. Mason (continued). — Nathaniel Lathrop, — Lathrop Tavern. — First Stage
Line to Providence. — Azariah Lathrop. — Anecdote by Hon. John T. Wait. — Augustus
Lathrop. — Burning of the Tavern. — " Sans Souci " Assemblies. — Poem by William Pitt
Turner. — Jabez Smith, Singing Teacher. — Theatricals and Wax Works.
Chapter LXIII.
Maj. Mason's Home-lot (continued). — First Courts in Norwich. — Building of First Court House. —
Second Court House. — Powder House. — Blowing Up of Powder House. — Boston Circular.
— Tea Drinking Parties Prohibited. — Committee of Correspondence. — City Hall Built at New
London. — Removal of Court House. — Whipping Posts, Stocks and Pillory. — Early Sentences
of the Court. — Theatrical Entertainments. — Singing School. — Dancing Classes. — Re-
moval of Courts to the Landing. — Court House Used as a School House. — Destruction of
the Old Court House.
CONTENTS. xiii
Chapter LXIV.
First Meeting House of Norwich. — New Church Building Erected on the Rocks in 1O75. —
Seating of People According to Rank. — Repairing the Meeting House in 1705. — Bell Pre-
sented by Capt. Rene Grignon in 170S. — New Meeting House Built in 1713. — A Fourth
Church Building Begun in 1753. — Church Singing as Described by Mrs. Sigourney. —
Church Burned by an Incendiary in 1801. — New Church Erected Partly by Subscription
and Partly by Lottery. — Laying of Corner Stone for the New Church in 1801. — Lombardy
Poplars. — Names of Pastors of the Church.
Chapter LXV.
Home-lot of Stephen Gifford. — Family of Stephen Gifford. — Sale of Gifford Lot to the Town. —
Land granted as "Parsonage Land" to Rev. John Woodward. — Granted to Rev. Benj.
Lord. — Building of Court House on this Land in 1735. — Land Ceded by the Lords to the
Church Society. — Ebenezer Lord's House and Shop on Common Land. — Ebenezer Lord. —
Dudley Woodbridge. — Lineage and Family of Dudley Woodbridge. — Gurdon Lathrop
Occupies Woodbridge Shop. — Joseph Huntington. — Carew & Huntington. — Jos. & Chas. P.
Huntington. — Roger Griswold. — Family of Roger Griswold. — Public Life of Gov. Roger
Griswold. — Inscription on Tomb-stone — Incendiarism. — Huntington Shop and Griswold
House and Church Burnt in 1801. — Joseph & Chas. P. Huntington Build a Brick Store. — Brick
Store sold to Capt. Bela Peck, and later presented for a Chapel to the Norwich Town Church
by Mrs. Harriet (Peck) Williams. — Lot No. r, of Parsonage Lands, leased to Dudley Wood-
bridge and Roger Griswold.
Chapter LXVI.
Parsonage Lands. — Lease of Lot No. 2 to Jesse Brown. — Brown Tavern. — Jesse Brown's
Marriages. — Revolutionary Services. — Visit of Pres. John Adams and Wife to Norwich. —
Stage Lines to Hartford, Boston, Providence, and New York. — John and Ann (Brown)
Vernet. — Dr. I. Greenwood, Dentist. — Capt. Bela Peck. — Peck Library. — " The Rock
Nook Home."
Chapter LXVI I.
Parsonage Lands. — Lots No. 3 and No. 4 Leased to Joseph Carpenter. — Carpenter Family. —
Building of Joseph Carpenter's Shop. — Joseph Carpenter as a Goldsmith. — Gerard Carpen-
ter. — Seth Miner's House on Parsonage Land. — Sketch of Asher Miner and the Hon.
Charles Miner. — "The Judges' Chamber." — Judge William Noyes. — Judge Benjamin
Coit. — Judge William Hillhouse. — Judge Noyes in Family Prayer. — The Hon. Charles
Miner's I^ast Visit to Norwich.
Chapter LXVIII.
Early Schools and Schoolmasters of Norwich. — John Birchard. — Daniel Mason. — John Arnold.
— Richard Bushnell. — Thomas Eyre. — Jared Bostwick. — Old Brick School House on the
Plain. — Mr. Goodrich. — School E,Khibitions. — Dr. Daniel Lathrop's Endowment. — Ebene-
zer Punderson. — Sketch of the Punderson Family. — Tea Drinking Episode. — School
Reminiscences of the Hon. Charles Miner. — Mr. White. — Newcomb Kinney. — His Skill in
Penmanship, and Advertisement as a School Teacher. — Alexander McDonald. — As Author,
School Teacher and Bookseller. — William Baldwin. — Mrs. Sigourney 's Recollections of
William Baldwin.
xiv CONTENTS.
Chapter LXIX.
School Reminiscences of Mrs. Sigourney (continued). — Pelatiah Perit. — Rev. Daniel Haskell.
Chapter LXX.
Parsonage Lands (continued). — Gardner Carpenter's Store. — Nathaniel Townsend's Barber Shop.
Store and Baker House. — John Wheatley's Shoe Shop. — Nathaniel Patten's Book Store. —
Gideon Denison.
Chapter LXXI.
Parsonage Lands (continued). — Earliest Jail. — Second Jail (Burnt in 17S6). — Jailers. — Sims
Edgerton. — Dr. Benjamin Church. — John Barney, Jun. (Jailer). — Darius Peck. — Seth
Miner. — Ebenezer Punderson. — Escape of Prisoners. — New Jail Built on Opposite Side of
Green in 1815. — Office of Norwich Packet. — William Lax. — Darius Peck. — Joseph Car-
penter. — Beginning of "The Norwich Packet." — Alexander and James Robertson.
Chapter LXXII.
Parsonage Lands (continued). — Darius Peck House. — Gideon Denison. — Dr. Philemon Tracy. —
Mrs. Sigourney's Recollections of Dr. Tracy. — Medical Practice and Family of Dr. Tracy. —
Houses of Samuel and John Charlton. — Parmenas Jones House. — William Osborne House. —
Chapter LXXIII.
Norwich Town Green. — Early Trainings. — Nathaniel Lathrop's Shop. — Liberty Pole. — Field
Reviews. — The British and American Flags. — Scenes on the Green During the Revolution
and on the Yearly Training Days. — Military Uniforms. — Election of the Colored Governor. —
Games of Norwich Town Boys. — Anecdote by the Hon. John T. Wait.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF MAPS AND HALF-TONE PRINTS.
I. Colored Map of Norwich,
By Donald G. MiicIwU Frontispiece
The William W. Backus Hospital,
Thanksgiving Barrel-burning on Jail Hill,
Reynolds House, ....
Silhouette of Abigail Reynolds,
Bliss House
Old Stocking Spiop,
Jackson Browne House,
Lt. Thomas Leffingwell's House,
Site of Shantok Fort and Mohegan Burying-ground,
11. House Built by Thomas Leffingwell, 4th,
12. Capt. Samuel Leffingwell's House, .
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Probable Site of Joseph Bushnell's House,
Old Bushnell Apple Tree, ....
James Lincoln's House, ....
Home-lot of Ensig.n Thos. Leffingwell and Sentry Hill
House of Thomas Leffingwell, 4TH, .
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East Side of Leffingwell Inn, .
North Side of Leffingwell Inn,
Silhouette of Col. Christopher Leffingwell,
Fork of Roads. Site of Christopher Leffingwell's S
David Greenleaf's House,
Capt. William Billing's House, .
House Occupied by Judah Paddock Spoon
Zebadiah Lathrop's House, .
Jabez Avery's House
Capt. Joseph Winship's House,
Rockwell Manning's House,
Old Miniature of Diah Manning,
Samuel Manning's House,
Eleazer Lord's Tavern,
View of Yantic Looking South from the Bridge Back
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Thomas Harland's House.
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38. Clockface, by Thomas Harland, ....
39. Thomas Williams' House and Shop, ....
40. School House,
41. Old Fire Engine, Formerly Used at Norwich Town,
42. Old Fire Buckets, Formerly Beloncing to Levi Hunt
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43. House ok Dr. Daniel Lathrop, ....
44. Dining Room of Lathrop House (now owned by the
Misses Oilman) .
45. Corner Dining Room Closet, ....
46. Simeon Case's House
47. Dr. Joshua Lathrop's House
48. Old Lathrop Drug Shop
49. Thomas Lathrop's House, . . . • .
50. Garden Walk,
51. View from the Lathrop Terrace,
52. Approach to House of Daniel Lathrop Con, .
53. Daniel L. Coit's House
54. Old Elm Trees in front of Coit House, .
55. Nathan Cobb's House,
56. Plan of Norwich as in 1795, .... Drawn
57. Joshua Prior's House,
58. Old Norman House,
59. William Adgate's House,
60. Old Homestead of Christopher Huntington, .
61. Jeremiah Huntington's House, ....
62. Ezra Huntington's House
63. Daniel Tracy House and House Built by Capt
nolds on Site of Jonathan Crane House,
64. House Built by Felix Huntington,
65. Avery & Tracy Shop and House of Wm. Lathrop, Jun
(Early home of Mrs. Sigourney. )
66. Thomas Danforth's House
67. Capt. Joshua Huntington's Hoise (possibly built by
Samuel Lathrop, ist),
68. View from Capt. Joshua Huntington's Grounds,
69. Col. Joshua Huntington's House
70. Capt. Charles Whiting's House, ....
71. Gen. Jedediah and Gen. Ebenezer Huntington's House
72. Samuel Tracy House, .......
73. Gov. Samuel Huntington's House, ....
74. Portrait of Martha Lathrop Devotion (Wife of Rev
Ebenezer Devotion), ......
75. Cemetery Gate, Erected by " The Rural Society." near
or on Site of the Early Homestead of Simon
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81. Silhouettes of Whiting Family,
82. Jahez Perkins' House (the fourth white house to the left
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83. Corner ok Huntington Lane, with a View Down the
Town Street to the Gardner Carpenter House,
84. Gen. Jabez Huntington's House, .....
85. Rev. Joseph Strong's House,
86. Silhouette of Rev. Joseph Strong,
87. Curtis Cleveland's House and Peck Tavern, .
88. SvLVANUs Jones' House,
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90. John Perit's House,
91. John Perit's Store,
92. Burying-ground Lane,
93. Court House,
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99. Mourning Piece by Charlotte and Harriet Peck, .
100. Joseph Carpenter's House and Store, ....
loi. Old Brick School House
102. Dr. Philemon Tracy House, ......
103. Parmenas Jones' House, .......
104. Pencil Sketch of Norwich Town Plain about 1840,
105. View of the Plain in 1895
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LIST OF PORTRAITS AND MINIATURES.
1. Joseph Reynolds,
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. Henry L. Reynolds.
2. Enoch and Sally (Canfield) Reynolds,
Copied by permission of the owner. Miss Mary Reynolds, Washington, D. C.
3. William and Sally (Beers) Leffingwell,
Copied by permission of the New Haven Art School.
4. RuFus AND Hannah (Choate) Lathrop,
Copied by permission of the former owner. Miss Lucretia H. Grace.
5. Dk. Joshua and Mercy (Eels) Lathrop,
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. George B. Ripley.
6. Hannah Bill Lathkop,
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. George H. Ripley.
7. Daniel L. and Elizabeth (Bill) Coit,
Copied by permission of the owners, the Misses Gilman.
8. Lydia (Huntley) Sigourney,
Copied by permission of the owner, Rev. Francis T. Russell of Waterbury, Ct.
g. Gen. Jedediah Huntington,
Copied by permission of the owner. Miss Sarah L. Huntington.
10. Gen Ebenezer Huntington
Copied by permission of the owner, Miss Sarah H. Perkins.
11. Col. Simeon Perkins,
Copied by permission of the owner, Rev. Newton Perkins, of East 52nd Street, N.
12. Gov. Samuel Huntington of Connecticut
Copied by permission of E. Huntington of Painesville, O.
13. Gov. Samuel Huntington of Ohio,
Copied by permission of E. Huntington of Painesville, O.
14. Com. Gen. Joseph Trumbull, .......
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. L. R. Cheney of Hartford, Ct.
15. Joseph and Eunice (Carew) Huntington,
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. Daniel F. Gulliver.
16. Amy (Lathrop) Whiting,
Copied by permission of the owner, Thomas C. Brainerd, of Montreal, Canada.
17. Gen. Jabez Huntington, ........
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. Mary H. Childs of Florence, Italy.
18. Elizabeth (Huntington) Chester, in Youth and Old Age,
Copied by permission of the owner, Miss Julia Chester Wells, of West 31st Street,
19. Col. John Chester,
Copied by permission of the owner. Miss Julia Chester Wells, of West 31st Street,
20. Mary (Huntington) Strong, .......
Copied by permission of the owner, Mrs. Daniel F. Gulliver.
21. Ruth (Webster) (Perit) Leffingwell, .....
Copied by permission of the owners, the Misses Huntington.
22. John Perit, ...........
Copied by permission of the owner, P. Webster Huntington of Columbus, Ohio.
23. Dr. Benjamin Lord,
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25. William Brown, S
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PART I.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
ERRATA.
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"Winthrop" Saltonstall for "Gilbert" Saltonstall.
" second " election (1793) for " first" election of Gen. Washington.
"Frances" Huntington for "Hannah."
"Diadema" for "Jerusha" (Hyde) Butler.
CHAPTER i.
IN May, 1659, a large number of the inhabitants of vSaybrook appHcd to the
General Court at Hartford for permission to make a settlement at Norwich,
or, (as it was then called), Mohegan. The Court "considered," "approved," and
"consented to" the desire of "ye petitioners respecting Mohegin, provided y' within
ye space of three yeares they doe effect a plantation in ye place propounded."
The settlers evidently lost no time in arranging for removal, for in June,
1659, the three sachems of Mohegan, Onkos (Uncas), Ovvaneco, and Attawanhood
deeded to "the Tovvne and Inhabitants of Norwich" a tract of land, beginning
on the southern line "at the brooke falling into the head of Trading Cove," and
extending from thence east, west and north, on both sides of the river over a terri-
tory nine miles square.
The town was first known as Mohegan.* The first reference to it as Norwich
is in March, 166 1, when the constable at " Seabrook " is required to levy a certain
sum "upon ye estates of such at Norridge, as are defective in their rates." In 1662
it is "enrolled as a legal township." f This is all that is actually known of the
settlement of the town. The records, both of vSaybrook and of Norwich, are silent
as to the reasons for removal, the naming of the new township, and the arrival of
the settlers ; so on these matters we may speculate at will.
vSome may believe the tradition recorded in President Stiles' diary, that our
ancestors were driven from Saybrook by the immense flocks of crows and black-
birds, which infested the fields in May and June, and others that Maj. Mason, in one
*The original deed has not been found, but a copy was recorded at Hartford in 1663, and
later at Norwich and New London. These all vary somewhat in wording, but the fact that the
first entry was made after the town received its name may account for this phrase " Towne and
Inhabitants of Norwich."
f Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich, p. 71.
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of his numerous expeditions, perceiving the great natural advantages which this
Mohegan country offered for a settlement, persuaded some of his friends to leave
their level coast-lands for this more attractive region of wooded hills, and sheltered
vales, and rushing streams. We may suppose that any project of Maj. Mason's
would naturally meet with approval, and that, when it was seconded by the pastor.
Rev. Mr. Fitch, most of the settlers would be ready to follow, wherever their milita-
ry and religious leaders should show the way.
As the adventurers sailed up the river, the Indian stone fort, towering up on
Weequaw, or Waweequaw Hill, later called Fort Hill (now Jail Hill), may have sug-
gested the castle-crowned Norwich, on the other side of the water, perhaps to the
brothers Huntington, who are supposed to have emigrated from Norwich, England,
or perchance to William Backus, for whom the historian of the Backus' family
claims the honor of having named the town ; but the silence of the records on this
point, gives us all liberty to decide the matter for ourselves, and the erratic spelling
of the earliest manuscripts will allow us to christen the town Norwitch, Norwhich,
Norwig, Norige, or Norridge, as we prefer.
The number of first settlers is usually given as thirty-five, and this is based
upon a manuscript of Dr. Lord's, which says : " The town of Norwich was settled
in the spring of 1660 : the Purchase of sd Town was made in ye month of June,
1659, by 35 men." We learn from Miss Caulkins, that the number is altered in the
manuscript from thirty-four, and the name of John Elderkin is interlined, as if there
was some doubt of his right to be named among the first settlers.
In 1694, the inhabitants of Norwich, "being sensible of their neglect in not re-
cording at first settling, what was laid out in the first, second, and third divisions, as
also the names of the first purchasers," appoint Lt. Leffingwell, John Post, Lt.
Backus, Thomas Adgate, John Birchard, vSimon Huntington, Sr., and Jonathan
Tracy "to search out and do the best they can," to find the names of the original
settlers, what estate each one " put into the town and make return ; " but this elTort,
only thirty-four years after the settlement, to obtain a perfect registry of the first
proprietors, and their lands, seems to have been as unsuccessful as several former
ones in 1673, 1681, and 1684, and neither on these, nor on a later record, prepared
by Capt. James Fitch, can we entirely rely.
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Miss Caiilkins gives in her history of Norwich the names of twenty-eight men,
whom she believes to have indisputable claims to rank as first proprietors, and an
additional list of ten doubtful ones, bringing the number up to thirty-eight. Two
of these, Hendy and Wallis, though possibly among the first purchasers of land, can-
not be numbered among the first settlers, as Wallis did not come to Norwich to
reside until about 1670, and Hendy was probably never an actual resident of the
town. The Rev. E. B. Huntington, of vStamford, Ct., names thirty-six men, whom
he supposes to have been original proprietors ; but one of these was Richard Wallis,
and another was Caleb Abel, who in 1660 was only about fourteen years of age.
Now when Dr. Lord was ordained in 17 17, many were living, who were in
their boyhood, when the town was settled, and who must have often heard discussed
by their fathers these questions of proprietary rights, and the incidents of the settle-
ment, and from their testimony, this list of Dr. Lord's was probably prepared.
We have been unable to discover any trace of Dr. Lord's manuscript, but have
found a list naming thirty-five original settlers, in which John Elderkin's name
appears, and this, rather than make one of our own, we will adopt, believing that it
may possibly be a copy of the list of Dr. Lord. Among these names are several
which figure in IMiss Caulkins' doubtful list, but the entries of their home lots bear,
as do the others, the date 1659, and though the youngest* was at the time of the set-
tlement, only sixteen years of age, it is possible that he was considered old enough
to receive an allotment of land.
The following is the list, from which we shall exclude the name of John
Elderkin, as his earliest land grant was dated 1667, and we will assume that he did
not become an inhabitant until that year. This reduces the number to thirty-four.
With the wives and children, whose births are found on record, the whole number
of earliest inhabitants would amount to 143, but as it is probable that some of these
children did not survive until 1660, and very uncertain whether the wives of Thomas
Tracy, Robert Allyn, and William Hyde, were then living, we may conclude that
the correct number lies between 130 and 140.
* Thomas Waterman.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
First Setf/i'rs.
Maj. John Mason, .
Rev. James Fitch, . .
Thomas Leffingwell, .
Thomas Adgate,
Wilham Backus, Sr., .
Wives.
Anne, . .
Mary,
Mary
Ann,
Thomas Bingham, ....
(Stepson of W. Backus, Sr.)
WiUiam Backus, Jun.,
. Eh"zabeth,
(Son of W. B., Sr.)
Christopher Huntington, .
. Ruth, .
Simon Huntington, . .
. Sarah, .
Thomas Tracy, ....
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John Tracy, , .
(Son of T. T.)
Thomas Waterman,
John Bradford, Martha,
John Olmstead, Elizabeth,
William Hyde, (?), .
Samuel Hyde, Jane,
(Son of W. H.)
John Rejmolds, Sarah, .
Thomas Bliss Elizabeth,
Thomas Post, Mary, .
John Post, Hester, .
John Gager, Elizabeth,
John Birchard, .
Morgan Bowers,
Nehemiah Smith,
Christian,
Judah (?),
Ann,
Richard Edgerton, . . . Mary,
Robert Allyn, (?), . .
Jonathan Royce Deborah (?),
■John Baldwin Hannah, .
Childreji.
Priscilla, Samuel, John, Rachel, Anne,
Daniel, Elizabeth,
James, Abigail, Elizabeth, Hannah,
Samuel, Dorothy,
Rachel, Thomas, Jonathan, Joseph,
Mary, Nathaniel
(Elizabeth, Hannah,
- Bits hue II \ Richard, Joseph,
( Children. ( Mar}', Mercy,
Stephen,
William,
Ruth
Sarah, Mary, Simon,
Thomas, Jonathan, Miriam, Solomon,
Daniel, Samuel,
John, Sarah, Susanna, Joseph,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, Do-
linda, Samuel,
Sarah
Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Sarah, .
John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah, Sam-
uel, Rethiah,
John
Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Mercy, Nehe-
miah, Lydia, Ann, Mehitable, .
Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah,
John, Mary, Deborah, Hannah, .
John, Hannah, Sarah,
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First Settlers. VVroes. Children.
Francis Griswold, .... , .... Sarah, Mary, Hannah 5
Hugh Calkins, Ann, 2
John Calkins Sarah, .... Hugh, 3
(Son of H. C.)
Robert Wade, Susanna (?), 2
Thomas Howard, i
John Pease, i
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The lands of the new township were surveyed, and home lots assigned by
November, 1659, but it seems hardly probable that the settlers would brintj their
wives and children, so late in the season, to face the discomforts of the winter in
Norwich. A rude building may have been hastily put together for shelter, and
some of the men may have braved the cold and storms, constructing houses for the
families, who were to arrive in the spring. One building was certainly standing in
the spring of 1660, as a document of the General Court, dated June 9, 1660, thus
reads :
"Not many weeks now past, we are by sufficient information certified, that
one night at ye New Plantation at Monheage, some Indians, as will appeare, of the
Narragansetts shot 11 bullets into a house of our English there, in hopes, as they
boasted, to have slain him whome we have cause to honor, whose safety we cannot
but take ourselves bound to promote, our Deputy Gov'' Major Mason."
Another account says that 8 bullets were fired into an English house,
"wherein 5 Englishmen were asleep." Miss Caulkins thinks this may have been the
house of Alaj. Alason, which is said to have stood on the site of the Norwich Town
school-house at the south-east corner of the Green, but there is nothing in the record
to confirm this supposition.
We shall probably never know whether the families who were to settle in
Norwich, all arrived at the same time, or came one b}' one, as fast as homes were
ready to receive them. It is not probable that the family of Joseph Reynolds, whose
son Joseph was born in March, 1660, at Saybrook, or that of William Backus, Jun.,
whose eldest son William was born in the following May, arrived before the late
spring, or early summer of that year. But we know that Samuel Hyde and his wife
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were domiciled here by August, as their daughter Elizabeth, who came into the
world in that month, was the first child born in Norwich.
But whether all together, or in separate parties, the settlers no doubt came by
water from Saybrook, disembarked at the old Indian landing-place at the Falls, and
following the Indian trail, later know as Mill Lane (now Lafayette Street), through
No-man's Acre, along the banks of the Yantic, arrived at the corner, near the spot
where now stands the new William W. Backus Hospital. Here, sheltered by the
hills on one side, the meadows and lowlands spreading out to the west and south
along the river, formed the attractive spot chosen for the new settlement.
The highway had probably been roughly staked out, and the lands covered
with rocks, trees and underbrush, must have revealed more of "the Caledonian wild-
ness," which Mrs. Lydia Huntley Sigourney mentions as a feature of Norwich
scenery, and less of "the tender softness of the vale of Tempe," than characterizes
its present aspect.
Mrs. vSigourney, who was born in Norwich, always writes in glowing terms of
her early home. In a book published in 1824, entitled "Connecticut Forty Years
Since," and in other of her works, she gives many pictures of the town, and its inhab-
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itants. These carry us back about one hundred years, but farther into the past we
shall have to travel in imaginati(m, for we know of no earlier description of the town
and people than this.
One writer, who flourished in the beginning of this century, Macdonald Clarke
(b. 179S, d. 1S42), called by his contemporaries the "Mad Poet," though not a native
of the place, has written a little poem about Norwich, two verses of which we will
quote, as they voice the prevailing sentiment of many a lover of the old town.
"'Tis the village town, and many a voice,
And many a gladden'd gaze.
Have said 'twould be their dearest choice
Here to spend their fading days.
For this little white town,
Half-naveled among the rocky hills,
In summer's smile, or winter's frown,
The sweetest spot of memory fills."
"The wild villages among the Alps
Are far less lovely to the sight,
With a green coronet on their scalps,
Their brows bound with a band of light,
When sun-down sheds its golden glare
Across the silent air."
j\Irs. Sigourney describes Norwich* "as viewed from the eastern acclivity,"
seeming "like a citadel, guarded by parapets of rock, and embosomed in an amphi-
theatre of hills, whose summits mark the horizon with a waving line of forest green."
"Its habitations bear tew marks of splendour, but many of them retiring behind the
shelter of lofty elms, exhibit the appearance of comfort and respectability." " In
the northern division of Norwich" (the seat of the first settlement), may be found
"a society remarkable for the preservation of primitive habits." "A more moral
state of society can scarcely be imagined, than that which existed within the bosom
of these rocks. Almost it might seem as if their rude summits, pointing in every
direction, had been commissioned to repel the intrusion of vice."
Into this moral region, we are now about to enter. But before we walk
through the town, it would be well to know something of the customs, dress, style of
houses, and general surroundings of the people, whose acquaintance we are about to
make.
*" Connecticut Forty Years Since."
CHAPTER II.
THE home-lots of the first settlers were surrounded by high fences, the early
law requiring that those in front should be "a five rayle or equivalent to it,
and the general fence a three rayle." Later " a good three rail fence, four feet high,
or a good hedge or pole fence well staked, four and a half feet high " was allowed.
These were quite necessary, on account of the free range that the cattle, sheep and
swine enjoyed, the latter proving a great nuisance, so much so, that ma-ny laws were
passed, requiring that they be "yoked" or "ringed," even as late as 1757. Two
pounds were established at the ends of the town, but later, owing to the numerous
"strays," the number was greatly increased. Every man's cattle had a special ear
i^ark — one or more slits, variously shaped crosses, holes, &c., to distinguish them as
they fed in common, or wandered off to distant pastures. After a time, goat-raising
became a source of profit, and though no laws had then been made for their re-
straint, who can blame Joseph Tracy for impounding the fifty-four belonging to
Joseph Backus, which like a devastating army invaded his lands in 1722.
It is probable that, as in all new settlements, many of the earliest houses of
Norwich were log-houses ; but the nearness of the New London saw-mill, and the
fact that the services of experienced carpenters could be procured from there, would
lead one to believe that those of the " well-to-do " settlers were possibly of better
finish and construction. The smaller houses of this period were usually of one
story, or one story and a half, with two rooms, a kitchen, and a large "best " room
(often utilized as a bed room), upon the first floor, and rude sleeping places in the
attic above.
The -larger houses were of two stories, generally square, with a huge central
chimney, and a long roof, which, extending at the back of the house almost to the
ground, formed a one story projection called the lean-to in the rear. On the first
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floor were oenerally four rooms — the "(ircat Room" or "Company Room," or
" Keeping- Room " (as it was sometimes called), a large chamber, a kitchen, and a
pantry or milk-room. On the second floor were chambers, and very often a porch
chamber, which, according to the early deeds, seems to have been quite a feature of
the first Norwich houses. Heavy beams crossed the ceiling overhead, ran along the
sides of the wall, and down the corners, and these in the oldest buildings are rough-
hewn, often showing the mark of the axe. The doors and window shutters were
fastened with huge bars of wood, a feature still to be seen in some houses of ancient
date.
The kitchen was the principal room, and made a cheerful gathering place for
the family circle, with its rows of burnished pewter dishes on the dresser, the log
seats and high settle in the chimney corner, the deep cavernous fire-place, with its
imposmg array of cranes, kettles, jacks, spits, pot-hooks or trammels, and the fire-
dogs, on which the burning logs piled up against the huge back-log blazed far up
mto the chimney. Into one side of the chimney was built the oven, and over
the fire-place was a high shelf, and there were recesses for books, and closets in
most unexpected places. Hanging from the ceiling were the family stores of flitches
of bacon, venison, skins of wild animals, and strings of dried apples, ears of corn and
pumpkins. The floors were sanded, and before the introduction of glass the small
windows were of oiled paper. After glass came into use, the panes were at first
diamond-shaped with lead casings.
High chests of drawers, huge carved chests, stift' old-fashioned chairs, and
stools, and high-post bedsteads with hangings, formed the furniture of the other
rooms. The food was plain. vSamp, pounded maize, hasty puddings (or mush),
succotash and yokeug, baked beans, bean-porridge and Indian pudding, were staple
articles of diet. Norwich puddings were of huge size, and as famous among the
local wits as New London dumplings.
The open wood-fire was for a long time the only mode of heating. There
was no way of warming the churches, so that the women carried little foot stoves
and the men sat with their feet incased in large leather overshoes called "boxes."
The Franklin stove was not invented until 1741. Though the luigiish cannel coal
was occasionally used in the early part of this century, the hard anthracite did
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not come into general use until after 1820. The daughters of Daniel Lathrop Coit
used to tell how their hope and faith in this new fuel were shaken, when their
father brought from the West a lump of anthracite, placed it upon the burning logs
in the open fire-place, and the assembled household waited long and in vain for the
flame to appear. The draft not being strong enough, it obstinately refused to kindle.
As wealth increased toward the middle of the eighteenth century, the style of
building changed, the gambrel and other roofs replaced tlie lean-to, the beams and
stairways were often carved, wide halls extended through the house, the rooms
were heavily wainscoted, carpets were introduced, and deep window seats, and
larger windows with square panes of glass took the place of the small high windows
and diamond-shaped panes of the early days. Tall clocks, and more elaborately
carved chairs, sofas and lounges appeared. Oil portraits, paintings on glass, and
colored prints adorned the walls. China superseded the earthen and wooden ware,
and silver began to take the place of pewter.
Paint came into use on houses toward the middle of the eighteenth century,
and a cheerful coloring, principally red, but often yellow, blue and white prevailed.
One inventor}^ mentions a green house. Two colors were often used, one as a trim-
ming. The almost universal use of white pamt did not appear until toward the mid-
dle of the nineteenth century. Macdonald Clarke, in alluding to the changes in the
style of building of this latter period, writes : — •
" Houses in clusters hang around
These pleasant hills, like nestling grapes,
And ripening Taste I've lately found
Are giving them classic shapes.
The Corinthian and the Doric styles
Mi.x'd with the old hum-drum,
And some of our Grannies often smile
And say, 'What next '11 come?'"
For a long time the only way of getting from place to place was by horse-
back, on saddle or pillion, and rude carts were used for the conveyance of goods. In
1768, the first stage-coach line was established between Norwich and Providence,
running weekly, and leaving Lathrop's tavern every Wednesday morning.
Miss Caulkins relates that Samuel Brown set up the first chaise in Norwich,
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and was fined for ridint^- in it to meeting;-. wShe also says that "Col. Simon Lathrop's
effeminacy in this respect was excused on account of the feeble health of his
wife." Only six chaises, or gigs (as they are now called), were owned in Nor-
wich, at the time of the Revolution. "The owners of these six were: ist, Gen.
Jabez Huntington ; this gig was large, low, square-bodied, and studded with brass
nails, that had square and flat heads ; it was the first in town that had a top which
could be thrown back. 2nd, Col. Hezekiah Huntington. 3rd, Dr. Daniel Lathrop ;
this was regarded as a splendid vehicle ; it had a yellow body, with a red morocco
top, and a window upon one side. 4th, Dr. Theophilus Rogers. 5th, Elijah Backus,
Esq. 6th, Nathaniel Backus, Esq., of Chelsea ; this afterwards belonged to Capt.
Seth Harding." *
Mrs. Sigourney, in her " Connecticut Forty Years Since," describes this chaise
of Dr. Daniel Lathrop, when long past its prime : " This equipage (Madame Lath-
rop's), which moved rather slowly, was a chaise whose form displayed none of the
light and graceful elegance of modern times. Its heavy body was painted a dun
yellow, and studded thick at the sides and edges with brass nails. This supported a
top, whose wide and low dimensions jutted over in so portentous a manner, that had
a person of the height of six feet essayed to be benefited by its shelter, he must
have persisted in maintaining that altitude which Dr. Franklin recommended to
those who would enter his study. Its clumsy footstep, and uncurved shaft was
so near the ground as greatly to facilitate the exploit of ascending, and likewise
to diminish the danger of a fall in case of accident. This vehicle, which was of
venerable antiquity, was the first of its kind which had been seen in the streets of
Norwich. In those early days, it w^as viewed as a lamentable proof of aristocratic
pride, particularly as on the back might be traced the semblance of a coat of arms.
It was drawn by a heavy black steed, who some fifteen years before had been in his
prmie, and who had as much the habit of stopping at the abodes of poverty as
Peveril's Black Hastings had of turning towards the window of mourning. In
summer he was carefully guarded from the depredations of flies by a net made of
twine, while one of bleached cotton with tassels and balls, exquisitely white, over-
shadowed his huge frame, when he bore his load on Sundays to the house of God."
*Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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The early roads were rough cart-paths, or foot paths, and until about the
middle of the eighteenth century, there was little attempt to keep them in order.
In 1794, Dr. Joshua Lathrop, having observed "that Norwich Town Street has many
sloughs and bad places in it, which I don't see are like to be effectually mended in
the common mode of highway work," gives $300 to be laid out on the improvement
of the road, " beginning at the bridge below the widow Reynolds, and so round
the old street by Benjamin Huntington, Jun., Esq., to the Bridge at the upper end of
the Town Street."
The first road to New London was laid out about 1670, under the direction of
Joshua Raymond, who for his services was granted a large farm on the route, which
his descendants have recently sold. In 1789, an effort was made to improve this
road; money was raised by a lottery granted for the purpose, and in 1792, it was
made the first turnpike road in the United States. The toll-rate was as follows : —
Four-wheel carriages, 9 d.
Two-wheel carriages, 4^ d.
Loaded team, 3d.
Empty team, 2d.
Horse-cart, loaded, 2d.
Horse-cart, empty, id.
Neat cattle, etc., each, id.
Pleasure sleigh 3d.
Loaded sled or sleigh, 2d.
Empty sled or sleigh, id.
Man and horse, id.
CHAPTER III.
AMONG the early settlers, long- cloaks, hats with broad brims and steeple-crowns,
and square-toed shoes with enormous buckles were worn by both sexes.
The men often wore boots with short, broad tops. The doublet was also used by
both men and women, the former wearing it over a sleeved waistcoat, the sleeves
often slashed and embroidered. Stiffly starched ruffs, falling bands and deep linen
collars, gloves with heavily embroidered and fringed g-auntlets, and large breeches
tied with ribbons above the knee, later coming below the knee and fastened with
buckles, completed the prevailing costume for men. wSwords were suspended
from elaborately embroidered belts. Long hair, though much inveighed against,
remained in fashion until superseded by the wig. Laborers wore knit caps often
ornamented with a tassel, and leather clothing, though the latter was frequently
worn by the better sort.
Lender the pointed stomacher and gown with elbow sleeves, the women wore
petticoats of woolen, but soinetimes of silk or brocade, and fine, stiffly starched
aprons. The matrons wore caps, and silk and velvet hoods were much in vogue,
as well as the riding-hood — a short cape with hood attached.
In 1676 a law was passed in Connecticut forbidding anyone with an estate
of less than ^150, to indulge in gold or silver lace, gold buttons, ribbons, bone-lace,
&c., except the families of public officials, military officers, and those who had been
reduced from a state of affluence ; but these laws were little regarded, and the
style of dress became much more costly and elaborate in the eighteenth century.
In the early part of this latter period wigs were worn, but later the long
hair was combed back, powdered, and tied into a queue, which was bound with
black ribbon. The men also wore three-cornered hats, deep, broad-skirted coats,
sometimes black, but often gay in color, generally of broadcloth, but for full dress,
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of silk or brocade and trimmed with gold or silver lace ; large, deep-pocketed
under-waistcoats of holland, dimit}^ grogram, silk or velvet, often richly em-
broidered ; neck bands, and ruffled or lace-trimmed shirts, with a trimming of the
same at the wrist ; small clothes ornamented at the knee with buckles ; long stock-
ings often of silk, and buckled shoes. Long cloaks, sometimes scarlet in color
(Hopestill Tyler, of Preston, has in his inventory, 1733, an orange-colored cloak),
and " roquelaures" (long, buttoned surtouts), were also worn.
The high-heeled, pointed slipper of kid, silk or satin replaced for women the
square-toed shoe. For out-door wear, clogs, goloshes, and pattens* kept the fair
wearers out of the mud. Hoops appeared, and over the rich silk or satin under-
petticoat long trains were worn, which in the street were carried on the arm.
Ruffles of lace adorned the neck and elbow sleeves. The hair was powdered, and
brushed high over an under-cushion stuffed with wool, which necessitated for street-
wear the calash, an immense silken structure ribbed with whalebone, which could
be pulled and stretched at will over the mountain of hair, and which bobbed and
swayed with every motion of the wearer.
Miss Caulkins quotes from a Norwich paper of 1780, a poem ridiculing this
fashion :
" Hail, great Calash ! o'erwhelming veil,
By all-indulgent heaven,
To sallow nymphs and maidens stale,
In sportive kindness given."
" Safe hid beneath thy circling sphere,
Unseen by mortal eyes,
The mingled heap of oil and hair
And wool and powder lies."
This high head structure, according to the Norwich Packet, made the female
figure so
" Heavy above and light below
She sure must Tops-a-Turvey go,
Unless she's in proportion."
* Pattens were formed of iron rings raised on upright supports and holding wooden soles
fastened to tlie foot by leather straps. One of these curious specimens of foot-wear, belonging
to a Huntington ancestress, is still preserved by a New London resident.
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So hoops were introduced, as the poet goes on to sav : —
" Invention to complete the whole
Produced a thing just like a bowl
And placed it on the hip, sir.
Which kept them all in equipoise.
No longer now the sport of boys,
Nor prone to make a slip, sir "
Just before the Revolution, turbans of gauze or muslin, adorned with feath-
ers and ribbons, were worn, and a poem taken from a London paper, and printed
in the Packet, alludes to this Gallic fashion of " martialized " and " cockatooned "
heads. At this time great extravagance in dress prevailed. The daughters of
Gen. Jabez Huntington, Elizabeth, who afterward married Col. John Chester, of
Wethersfield, and Mary, who became the wife of the Rev. Joseph Strong, were
sent to a boarding school in Boston, and an outfit of twelve silk gowns was deemed
sufTficient for the needs of one of the daughters, but the instructress wrote to the
parents, that another gown of a rich stuff, recently imported, was absolutely
necessary to complete her wardrobe.
At the beginning of the Revolution all these rich goods of foreign manu-
facture were discarded, and long home-made gray woolen stockings, top-boots, and
garments of home-spun were adopted by the men, and simple gowns of domestic
manufacture by the women. But this period of simple attire did not last long.
After the struggle for liberty was over, the silks and satins again appeared, and
costumes were as costly as ever. The Norwich Packet of 1784 deplores "the
extravagance of the present day," inveighs against " the broadcloth coats, the silk
gowns, the powder and feathers, the ruffles and cardinals, the silk stockings, and
feet trappings, the feasts, the dancing parties, «&c ," and asks "where is that sim-
plicity of dress and manners, temperance in meats and drinks, which formed the
virtuous character of our illustrious ancestors ? O the degeneracy of the times ! "
In 1793, according to the Norwich Weekly Register, to be in the fashion, one
must have " a head, bonnet and all, as big as the head of a great pin, little tiny
straw hats, a waist as large as the aforesaid pin, and bent forward in the middle
at an angle of ijs'', petticoats," &c., as usual, "the whole supported on the tips of
the toes, and a little stick about three inches long at each heel."
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A youngs Norwich girl, Rebecca Huntington (b. 1779), daughter of the Hon.
Benjamin Huntington, and later the wife of William Gedney Tracy, of Whitestown,
N. Y., writes from New York, in 1797, to her sister Lucy : —
"I have bought two bands, which are the most fashionable trimmings for
beaver hats, a white one for the blue hat, and a yellow one for the black one, they
should be put twice round the crown, & fastened forward in the form of a beau
knot. Brother has got each of you a pink silk shawl which are very fashionable,
also many ladies wear them for turbans, made in the manner that you used to make
muslin ones last summer. George has given me one like them. The fine lace
cost 10 shillings a yard, & I think it ver}^ handsome, there is enough for two
handkerchiefs and two double tuckers, the way to make handkerchiefs is to set
lace or a ruffle on a strait piece of muslin (only pieced m the back to make it set
to your neck), & put it on so as to show only the rufBe, & make it look as if it
was set on the neck of your gown, many Ladies trim the neck of their gowns
with lace, & go without handkerchiefs, but I think it is a neater way to wear them
with fashionable gowns, it will not be necessary to have much more than half a
yard in the width of your tuckers."*
It was customary at this time, in the larger cities, to exhibit the fashions on
dolls imported for this purpose from Europe, so this young girl dresses a doll in
the latest style, to send to her sisters in the country. vShe writes : —
"I send a doll by Brother George, which I intended to have dressed in a
neater manner but really could not find time. It however has rather a fashionable
appearance, the cap is made in good form, but you would make one much handsomer
than I could, the beau knot to Miss Dolly's poultice neck-cloth is rather large but
the thickness is very moderate. I think a cap, crown and turban would become
you. I have got a braid of hair which cost four dollars, it should be fastened up
with a comb (without platting), under your turban if it has a crown, &- over it if
without a crown. Brother has got some very beautifull sattin muslin & also some
handsome tartan plad gingham for your gowns, there is a large pattern for two
train gowns of the muslin, which should be made three breadths wide, two
♦Copied from the original letter, by permission of the writer's granddaughter, Julia Chester
Wells, of West 31st Street, N. Y.
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breadths to reach to the shoulder straps forward, and one breadth to be cut
])art of the wa}' down before to <yo over the shoulder, and part of it to be
pleated on to the shoulder straps meeting the back breadths, and some of it to
go around the neck like the dolls— the pleats should be made pretty small,
and not stitched to the lining, but you should wear binders over your shoulders,
an inch and a half should be the width of your binders, (I must have done
writing this pretty soon, the last sentence if you observe is quite poetical — but
let me stick to my text Fashion). It is the fashion to have draw strings fastened
on the corners of the shoulder straps, by the sleeves on the back, and have a tuck
large enough for them to run in, made to cross on the back, run under the arms an
inch below the sleeves & tie before. I should advise you to have your gingham
ones made in that way with draw'd sleeves for sister Hannah, & I have seen as large
ladies as you with them, & I think they would look very well for you. Sleeves
should be made half a yard wide, and not draw'd less than seven or eight times,
I think they look best to have two or three drawings close together, and a plain
spot alternately. Some of the ladies have their sleeves covered with drawing tucks,
and have their elbows uncovered. If you dont like short sleeves, you should have
long ones, with short ones to come down allmost to your elbows drawed four or
five by the bottom — if you want to walk with long gowns you must draw the
train up thro' one of the pocket holes. I have bought some callico for chintz
trimmings for old gowns, if vou have any that you wish to wear short they are
very fashionable at present & yours that are trimmed with them should be made
only to touch the ground, there is enough of the dark stripe for one gown, & enough
of the light for one, there should be enough white left on the dark stripe to turn
down to prevent its ravelling. I gave 10 shillings for the callico & have been
laughed at for my foolish bargain but I am not convinced that it is foolish. The
Williams vStreet merchants ask three shillings a yard for trimmings like the wide
stripe, & two for the narrow. The kid shoes are of the most fashionable kind, and
the others of the best quality."
vShe writes again to her sister: "I am now engaged in making a gown for
myself which (I rejoice to tell you) Fashion (that tyraness) will permit to swing
above the dirty puddles and filthy scinque drains."
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The fashions of the early part of the nineteenth century were comparatively
simple. Mrs. Sigourne}^ says that frocks low in the neck, and with short sleeves
were worn for both winter and summer. A plain white frock, a broad blue or pink
sash usually passed over the shoulder, and shoes of the same color was the usual
costume on gala occasions of the young- girl of that period. The hair was worn
"full-mane or half-mane " (as Mrs. wSigourney's friend Nancy Maria Hyde had
christened their style of hair-dressing), the one meaning "the whole mass of tresses
pendent," the other "a portion confined by the comb, and falling gracefully over it."
The dress for winter and summer varied very little ; open-work stockings, kid slip-
pers, a leghorn hat tied down with ribbon, a blue satin pelisse lined with yellow, and
a white muslin gown being considered ample protection against the Boston east
winds by a Norwich belle, who was going to that city for a winter's visit. Petti-
coats were few and scant. No wonder that Rev. Joseph Strong, in one of his
anniversary sermons, alludes to " the pulmonary complaints," which, in the early
years of his ministry, formed "an awful besom of destruction." Even the huge
muffs, now seen occasionally unearthed from ancient attics, and which, in 1786, were
of such huge size, that the Norwich Packet says " a Hermit's beard bears nothing
in comparison," might at this period of light attire have proved some protection
against the keen and piercing winter cold, but even these were frowned upon by
English fashion writers, as rather "gross and bourgeois."
Men's coat tails became narrower at this period, powder was no longer used,
and the hair was combed over the forehead very much in the style of the " dude"
of later days. Ruffled shirts were still worn and high and full cravats. Blue coats
with brass buttons were fashionable, and tall beavers appeared.
Sleighing parties to some half-way tavern, tripe suppers, turtle entertain-
ments, afternoon tea parties, and dances which began early, and ended usually at
nine o'clock, (on ver}^ festive occasions at one), and where the simple refreshment
consisted of fruit, nuts, cake, and wine or cider, were the principal gaieties. Ordi-
nations were a mild form of dissipation, and the clergy showed their skill in
mixing the punch, which was a great feature of such occasions.
Thanksgiving day. Fast day. Election and Training days were the great
holidays of the year. The Weekly Register of November, 1792, hopes that "the
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'9
savage practice of makino- boniires on the evening of Thanksgiving may be
exchanged for some other mode of rejoicing, more consistent with the genuine
spirit of Christianity." Mrs. Daniel Lathrop Coit (b. 1767. d. 184S), used to tell her
grandchildren of the Guy Fawkes day. observed in Norwich in her childhood. An
effigy of straw was carried through the streets, and afterward burned, and she
remembered snatches of the doggerel sung: —
The rtfUi of November
You must al\va3-s remember ;
The Gunpowder Plot
Must never be forgot.
Ding ! Dong !
The Pope's come to town.
It is said that in Portsmouth, N. H., November 5th is still observed by
the boys with bonfires. Miss Caulkins mentions that Washington, in one of his
army orders, prohibited the soldiers from any demonstrations on Guy Fawkes or
Pope-day out of deference to our French allies, and that the New London boys,
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for the same reason, were persuaded during the war to give up their usual
celebration.
After the Revolution was over, Pope-day revived again, and the New Lon-
don authorities then prevailed upon the populace to substitute Sept. 6th, the day
that Arnold burnt the town, and to burn the traitor in effigy instead of the Pope.
Patriotic motives may have also influenced the Norwich boys to transfer their
annual barrel burning to our New England festal day, and long may they keep
up this custom, peculiar to the town.
CHAPTER IV.
GLAvSS distinctions were very marked in the early days of the country. The
title of Esq. (or "wSquire") was only used by ofificials and persons of dis-
tinction. Mr. was applied to clergymen, and deputies, and those known to be of
good English descent. Only a very few were allowed to write after their names
"gentleman," or "gent" (as it was often written). "Goodman" was the common
term for yeomen and farmers, and "goodvvife" or "goody" for their wives.
The office of deacon was highly esteemed, and also the positions of captain, lieu-
tenant, ensign, and sergeant in the train-bands. The term mistress designated
usually a young unmarried woman. Miss was not used until about the middle
of the eighteenth century.
Though some of the settlers of Norwich were probably of humble origin,
the greater part evidently belonged to the respectable middle classes of England,
and some could trace descent from the landed gentry. The civil war and re-
ligious troubles had probably either diminished or made away with their property
in many cases. They could bring but few household goods with them, as the
difficulties of transportation were so great. Money was scarce, even in England,
whence they came, so we find the great body of settlers, using all ways and
means to make a fortune.
The lands must first be cleared, and the houses built. As laborers and ser-
vants were scarce, everyone must lend a hand. Each village must have its
blacksmith, its cooper, weaver, shoemaker, carpenter and wheelwright, so in the
new settlements the skilful mechanic always finds a warm welcome and a pros-
perous livelihood awaiting him. Those, who have not already learned a trade,
find it for their interest to do so. Young men were obliged to serve an appren-
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ticeship, usually of seven years, ere they were considered capable of starting in
business for themselves.
The early laws of Connecticut allowed "no person or householder" to
"spend his time idlely or unprofittably," for the constables were instructed to
"use speciall care and dilligence to take knowledge of offenders in this kind,"
and to bring them before the courts ; so if we could have looked in upon our
forefathers in the early days of Norwich, we should have found them laboring to
fulfil the scriptural injunction of doing with all their might whatever their hands
found to do.
Farming operations were often combined with a trade, and those who were
fortunate enough to possess capital became merchants, and as money was scarce,
and country produce must often be taken in payment, cargoes of this were
shipped to foreign lands; and by these "ventures," as they were called, fortunes
were gradually accumulated. Almost all the prosperous merchants began life as
captains of merchant ships, and so acquired a knowledge of the needs and re-
sources of foreign markets. The hat, shoe, and carriage trades were especially
prosperous, as great numbers of these articles were shipped to the West Indies ;
so shoe-shops, hat and carriage factories and tanneries abounded. The black-
smiths carried on a thriving trade in farming tools, and, during the war, in fur-
nishing muskets and cannon for the army. A former inhabitant, writing of the
business activity of Norwich, as he remembered it one hundred years ago, com-
pared the place to a "beehive." The innkeeper was always an important member
of the community. In early times only well-to-do citizens were licensed to
keep an inn.
By the waters of the rapid Yantic and Shetucket, which at first were only
utilized for the town saw-mill and grist-mill, were soon located, in the eighteenth
century, fulling-mills, woolen-mills, foundries, oil-tuills, paper mills, cKrc, followed
in the nineteenth century by other industries, gradually increasing in number and
size until the present day.
Now, with this short preamble, let us be prepared not to expect too much
of our plain, quiet forefathers, as we start to wander through the town which
they founded two hundred and thirty-five years ago.
CHAPTER Y
STARTING from Mill Lane (now Lafayette Street), the first home-lot on the
left, as we enter the main highway, is that of John Reynolds,* of whose
antecedents we only know, that he came from that part of vSaybrook, which is now
Lyme, where he had married shortly before the emigration, Sarah, daughter of
William Backus, and brought with him to Norwich his wife and four children —
John, Sarah, Susanna, and Joseph. Four more children were born after his settle-
ment in Norwich — ^Lary, Elizabeth, Stephen, and Lydia. He was by trade a
wheelwright, and in his will he calls himself a kinsman of Ensign Thomas Leff-
ingwell.
The two following entries of his home-lot will show how the early records
vary. In the first book, it is described as of four and a cpuirter acres, abutting east
*Itis possible that John Reynolds may be a descendant of either Robert or John Reynolds,
early settlers of Watertown, who moved from there to Wethersfield. John Reynolds moved to
Stamford, and Robert is believed to have returned to Massachusetts. The same names occurring
in succeeding generations of the Norwich and Stamford Reynolds families may be an indication
of kinship.
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on the highway to the Landing Place, abutting north on the highway to the Great
Plain, west on land of Lt. Thomas Leffingwell, south-east on the way to the Mill,
with an addition on the south of six acres adjacent to it, abutting south on the land
of William Hyde, and south-east on the highway to the Mill.
The second book gives the following record : — Six acres and ten acres of
first division land, in all sixteen acres of meadow and upland, more or less, abutting
on the Town vStreet, and the way to the Mill 68 rods, "being a crooked line,"
abutting south on land of Samuel Hyde 52 rods, abutting west on land of Thomas
Leffingwell 31 rods,* "and the nor-west a crooked line being in length 10 rods,"
then abutting north on the highway T^d rods. The home lot was laid out in
November, 1659, the first division land in April, 166 1.
The highway to the Great Plain is the little lane between the Reynolds and
Bliss properties, which, crossing the river at "the fording place," joins "the Great
Plain path" near the residence of the late Hezekiah Rudd. This was ordered, in
1663, to be a pent highway, and so remained as late as 1793.
The house, and the land on which it stands, is still in possession of descend-
ants of the first John Reynolds, but the greater part of the land has recently
been sold by the family of Charles Reynolds (great-great-great-grandson of John
Reynolds, the first propietor), to the founders of the hospital. The house, the
framework of which, it is claimed, is the same that was erected by John Reynolds,
the first proprietor, still retains its huge central chimney, and many old-fashioned
features, though it has been greatly modernized. When first built, the entrance
door was on the south, and by this door still stands the old well. The present
street door opens into a hall, which was formerly a room, where the pillions and
saddles were kept. This was always known as "the pillion room."
John, the first-born son of the proprietor, was killed by the Indians, while
spreading flax "over Showtuckett River" in 1676. The account says that"Josiah
Rockwell and John Renolls, Jun., were found dead, and thrown down ye River
bank, theire scalps cutt off." The son of Josiah Rockwell, about thirteen years of
age, was carried off by the Indians, but soon afterward restored to his friends.
To his only remaining son, Joseph, John, according to the early custom, deeds
*This is the "Point" lot now belonging to the W. W. Backus Hospital.
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in 1690, the west "halfe" of the house and home-lot, and the other lialf in rever-
sion on the death of liiniself and wife. In this deed he mentions the pond soutli
of the house. This was probably the one reeently drained and filled up in the
laying- out of the hospital grounds.
Joseph Reynolds marries Sarah, daughter of Richard l-2dgerton. In 1711-12
he was allowed liberty "to sett the shop, he hath already sett up the frame of, to
sett the one halfe of sd sh(jp in the street, and so to continue during the towne's
pleasure." This may have been the old house which formerly stood facing the
south close to the street, near the present entrance to the hospital grounds.
In the early 3'ears of the century, this was occupied as a dwelling, and about the
middle of the century, was moved down the lane to a site back of the Reynolds
house, where it now remains. It is said to have been used formerly as a shop, but
no one remembers the date of its erection, and no record of it has been discovered.
In 17 14, Joseph Reynolds was licensed to keep a house of entertainment,
and in 1717-18 (his wife having died in 1714), he deeds to his son John, his house
and home lot, "except reserving" to himself "ye West Room," "ye Lodging-
Room, with ye Porch chamber" &c , "during my natural life," and then makes
the wise, (but in this case) unnecessary provision " if I do marry again, and it
shall please God to remove me by death, and leave my wife surviving that she shall
have ye free use and benifct of ye west rooms and ye Lodging Room," ike, " dur-
ing ye time of her living in sd house a widow."
This son John married in 1720, Lydia Lord, daughter of Captain Richard
Lord of Lyme, and his wife, Elizabeth Hyde, who was the first chUd born in
Norwich. This Lydia, Miss Caulkins says, "was an admirable Christian woman,
surviving her husband more than forty years, and dying in 1786, aged 92." On
her gravestone is inscribed, " Here lies a lover of Truth."
John and Lydia Reynolds had eight children, who married prominent in-
habitants of Norwich, Middletown, and Lyme. Their eldest son, John, while visitmg
friends on Long Island in 1752, was killed by a ridmg accident, his horse running
against a tree. His brother Joseph inherited the homedot after the death oi his
mother. He had married in 1755, Phoebe Lee, daughter of Elisha and Hephzibah
Lee of Lyme, and had eleven children. He died after a very short illness in 1792,
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and the house and home-lot came into the possession of the widow and son Elisha,
who was second mate on the ship Gen. Lincoln. Elisha was lost overboard in a
gale in 1799, while only three days out of New London. After the widow
Phoebe's death in 1818, the daughters, Phoebe and Sarah, reside with Capt. Giles
and Abigail L'Hommedieu, their sister and brother-in-law, who then owned the
homestead.
Many years ago an old manuscript record of the Reynolds family was found
in a Norwich Town attic, which says: "This family name is likely to become extinct
in this town as there is not any of this name that will probably keep it up. It may
truly be said of the most of those that descended from the first John, that they
have been smart, active, sensible men and women for a period of 148 years ; the
few relatives which now remain will in a short time be off the stage, and the name
will be forgotten, as there is not at this time, 1808, a man of the name living here."
This melancholy prophecy is not yet fulfilled, as after the death of Capt. Giles
L'Hommedieu, the nephews, Henry and Charles Reynolds, entered into possession
of the property, and the heirs of Henry Reynolds still retain the old homestead.
An old journal exists, written by Abigail Reynolds (Mrs. Giles L'Homme-
dieu), which gives such a vivid and interesting picture of a young girl's mind
and life one hundred years ago, that we venture to give a
few extracts from it. The spelling is ingenious and char-
acteristic of those days.
" I have seated myself down to contemplate on the
vanity of all human enjoyments, to read the book of Nature,
and beholde the misteries of Divine Providence. Nature has
put on its lovelyest charmes, and smiles in all its gayest
attire, the virder of spring breaths forth ambrosial sweets,
whence are these flowers but to please our sight, to capti-
igai eyno s. yate our senses, and to teach us admiration for the power
who formed them, and to teach us our own frailty, our own dissolution."
At the age of sixteen, she goes to Lyme to visit her relatives, the Elys
and the Griswolds. Here, she says, "a youth of brilliant appearance paid his ad-
dresses to me, and this was the first time in my life, that ever I was accosted
Joseph Reynolds.
i 76 6-18-44.
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with the language of love. I heard the sound, but felt not its imnioti(jns — my
young and bashful heart was quite eonfused at sueh an interview — words wanted
utterance, nor could I answer him, only with a blush."
She writes, that she found him of "a earacter not pleasing to me," but, by
the advice of friends gave him " admittiance " to vfsit her after her return home.
"The indifferance with which I treated him, prompted him to retalliate, and his
visit was delayed after the time appointed. I considered him as beneath my at-
tention, and resolved to treat him with no more than common civillity. My heart,
I was sure, was safe from his intrusion. I consider'' him void of that true dignity
which constitutes a man of honnor. Very unexpectedly he came to visit me. I
pretended not to know him during the whole evening. I treated him as one
who had taken lodgings for the knight, — poor youth was obleaged to make him-
self known, — requested my forgiveness, which I granted, after pointing out the
impoliteness he had treated me with, and forbad him to visit me more. He rose
in the morning before the sun, and left us while we war yit in silant repose,
this manieuvier put our family upon inquiry."
Another admirer soon appears, " a young lawyer of distinguished beauty,"
whom her brother Joseph met at the South. She is soon displeased that he should
attempt to make a conquest of her heart "of the affect of flattery." She writes
"he could not persuade me to think I was more than mortal," and she soon con-
vinced him that "he carried his compliments to far." After this "he put on
airs of respect, which I doughted he in reality felt, and took care to believe as
much as I thought proper." The admirer soon "retired to his father's seat in the
country," and shortly after this her two sisters "ware anockolated for the small
pox," and were absent from home for four weeks. " Overjoyed at their returne "
she "inconsiderately flew to meet them." "But," she writes, "how just was our
imprudence rewarded."
In four days after their arrival, she went to Saybrook to visit her relatives,
and was there "taken sick." "My secret conjectors ware, that I had the small-
pox, but I dare not make it known, and was willing to put that dismal idea from
me, as it afflicted my tnind, and added greatly to my bodily distress, — the third
night after my illness, — My good Mrs. Wood came into my room with a counti-
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nance which expressed a great tenderness and conscearn. She informed me my
disorder termmate in the small-pox— she was sure I had every symtom — altho my
fears ware great, yet theas words struck me like thunder. — The next day, I was
conveyed to a hospital — everyone in the hous ware intire strangers to me, and it
resembled the abode of savages more than that of sivilized people. I was taken
like an infant from the shays, and laid in a low bunck, instead of an ornamental
dress I was covered with rags. My friend Mary who accompany'' me to this
dreary place left me to the company of a noisy gang who felt not my distress."
She had the disease very badly, and writes, "This affliction was subsur-
viant to my good. While it disfigured my extarnal form, it was a lesson of vir-
tue to my soul." She returned to her parents "more a child of pity than of
pleasure." " M}^ appearance shocked every beholder." I had not been home more
than a fortnait, when Alfaret (this is the name she gives to her last admirer),
"came to visit me." She says she felt "quite disconscearted at his appearance."
He stayed three days, gave her "the olTer of his hand " and assured her she "had
his heart" but she considered "his love but momentary" and "refused to en-
courage him."
She then continues : " When he left us, I was blest with an indulgent
father, but now that loved voice is no more, but a fortnat after his diparture
Heaven was pleased to bereave «s of that tender parent. But that God of infi-
nite goodness, who bestows our blessings and preserves our lives has an un-
doughted right to us, and we must acquiesce in all his dealings. I can never
forget with what composure he bad adieu to everything mortal. C) what an
awful scean ! Death how frightful is thy appearance. I have seen but felt its
terrors, — his illness was from Saturday til Monday noon, when (I trust) all his pains
ware ended, the lo!''. of December, 1794, it is now two years since this bereaveing
stroke of Providence, and every sircomstance is still fresh in my memory."
Then follows a poem on her father's death, and many melancholy reflections,
which ended with another visit to Saybrook at the Lay's, and also at Ctov. Matthew
Griswold's. On her return home she became engaged to Giles L'Hommedieu. She
writes: "In the twenty-second year of my age, on the loth day of May, 1795, ^i*^
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T binde myself with the indisolviable tic of marriage to a man of my choice, happy
hour, never to be forgotten, and I hope never to be repented of."
After her marriage, she gives the account of two " voiges " taken with her
husband, who was a sea captain, in 1808-9, to \'irginia, which are extremely interest-
ing. In one part of her journal, she says : " I have retired to my chamber to
reflect on the maloncholy situation of the times" and then proceeds to tell of the
small pox epidemic in Boston, in 1792, which raged for two or three months,
" when all business was stopped, and a great part of the people left the town,
and great numbers ware swept away by this shocking disease," of the "pestilence"
which appeared in Philadelphia the summer following, "to which 'tis supposed one
third of the inhabitants fell a sacrafice." " Hundreds ware buried in a day. Some
ware well and dead in the course of a few hours." "Parents denyed children, and
children denyed parents thair assistance — when once they fell they had none to help,
the markets ware stopped, and those that ware left almost perished for want of
food." "Thair was no remedy for some time — almost everything was trved but
inaffectuas, till they applyed cold water and fresh air, which proved very beneficial
and releaved many."
" The next year after this disease broak out in New Haven, but proved not
so mortal as before, — to prevent its proving so fatal, when they first began to feel
this disorder, which took them \vith a violent pain in the head, and continual
puking, the phisions bled them almost to death, to take away the putrifaition
which made the disease more favourable."
" For the three last years the ajasient towns have been visited with dis-
tressing sickness called the canker rash." She also speaks of New York, as
afflicted, in 1795, with "the same voilent disease which raged first in Philadelphia."
In this same year she writes : "Connecticut has been at^icted with a severe dearth "
(the word " drouth " has been commenced, but the spelling uncertain, has been
partly erased and dearth substituted). " Our fealds, trees and wells have suffered
from its effects, — from May to February we have been blest with but few small
showers, — but none sufficiant to reach the springs." All these afflictions we may
suppose, like the small-pox, were also "subsurviant to good," and so perhaps was
the influenza which the Norwich Weekly Register alludes to as having "again
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made its appearance " in Norwich in 1793, "more than half the people being now
under the operation of it." Abigail L'Hommedieu died in 185 1, and her husband,
Capt. Giles, in 1859, in the ninety-fourth year of his age, just six days after the
celebration of the Norwich Bi-Centennial.
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CHAPTER VI.
JUST beyond the little lane or "highway to Great Plain" lies the home-lot
of Thomas Bliss, of five and a quarter acres, abutting east on the Town
street 20 rods, south on the highway to Great Plain 58 rods, west on the river 16
rods, and north on the land of Stephen Backus 36 rods. This extends from the
lane to the land of the late Benjamin Huntington.
Thomas Bliss was the son of Thomas Bliss, who was born in ( )kehampton,
in the parish of Belstone, C<mnty Devonshire, England, came to Braintree (now
Quincy), Mass., in 1635, and from thence went to Hartford, where he died in 1650.
His widow, Margaret, an enterprising, capable woman, went with her other
children to Springfield, Mass., where her descendants still remain. But the son,
Thomas, though a homic-lot had been assigned to him at Hartford, moved to
Saybrook. He married, in 1644, Elizabeth , and came with the first settlers
to Norwich in 1660.
His eldest son, Thomas, died in 168 1-2, and the father in 1688, leaving to
his only surviving son, vSamuel, the house and home lot. This Samuel Bli.ss mar-
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ried, in 1681, Ann, daughter of John Elderkin. He was a merchant, and among
the many valuable family papers owned by his great-great-g-reat-grandson, Mr.
John Bliss, of Brooklyn, L. I., are an account of vSamuel Bliss with Daniel
Johonnot, "the wine merchant of Boston," from 1704-6, for Rum, leather gloves,
"hogs fatt," pork, &c., for which Samuel gives country pay, in pork, beeswax,
" Baiberry wax," beaver skins, otter, mink, and " Deare " skins; another account
with a Mr. Leaske from 1703-6 in which Samuel Bliss is credited with 14 "bare"
skins, pork, " rackoon," mink, fox, and beaver skins &c. ; the New London cus-
tom house clearance of the sloop Ann, in April, 1697, with a cargo of wooden
ware, earthen ware and powder ; the bill of sale from John Richards and
Thomas Avery to Samuel Bliss, in 1705, of y^ part of the sloop Love and Ann
for ^^46, 9 s., I d. ; and another bill of sale dated 1700 from John Chandler of y^
part of the "brigantoon" Success, "about 54 tons burthen" for ^^37. In Aug.,
1705, Samuel Bliss ships to Barbadoes in the sloop Love and Ann, Richard
r
Ca/der, master, a new water hogshead, 1049 staves, and a horse, "paying frait for
said horse ten pounds if he lives, and nothing if he dies."
In 17 18, and again in 1722-3, he is accused of selling liquor to the Indians.
The fine for this offense was 20 s., one-half to go to the complainant ; and as the
Indian, Apeanuchsuck, when brought before the justice, and sentenced to pav a fine
of los., or to be " whipt 10 lashes on ye naked body," accused Samuel Bliss "yt he
sold him two pots of cider," he obtained the money necessary to pay the fine, and
doubtless went off rejoicing. Ann, the wife of Samuel Bliss, was disciplined by the
church in 1724 for "neglecting the ordinances of religion," but was "restored " to
all the privileges of membership in 1736. Her brother, John Elderkin, who had
also been "under discipline" was "restored" in i7.?5.
In 1729, vSamuel Bli.ss deeds to his second son, Samuel Bliss, jun., his house
and home lot, and dies in 1731. Samuel Bliss, Jun., had married, m 17 15, Sarah
Packer, probably daughter of John Packer, of Groton, and died in 1763.
The inventory of the sister of Samuel Bliss. 2nd, Elizabeth, widow of Capt.
Daniel White, of Middletown, who came back to the homestead after the death of
her husband in 1726, and died in 1757, is rather interesting as illustrative of the
dress of that period.
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To cjuote from Miss Caulkins, she hud "j^owns of brown duroy, striped stuff,
plaid stuff, black silk crape, calico, and blue camlet, a scarlet cloak, a blue cloak,
satin-fiowered mantle, and furbelow scarf, a woolen petticoat with a calico border, a
camlet riding' hood, a long silk hood, velvet hood, white hoods trimmed with lace,
a silk bonnet, 19 caps, a cambrick laced handkerchief, silk do., linen do., 16 handker-
chiefs in all ; a muslin laced apron, flowered laced apron, green taffety apron, 14
aprons in all ; a silver ribband, silver girdle and blue girdle, 4 pieces of flowered
satin, a parcel of crewel, a woman's fan, Turkey worked chairs, a gold necklace, a
death's head gold ring, a plain gold ring, sett of gold sleeve buttons, gold locket
silver hair peg, silver cloak clasps, a stone button set in silver, a large silver
tankard, a silver cup with two handles, do. with one handle, and a large silver
spoon."
Samuel Bliss, 2nd, leaves to his son John (b. 17 17), the house and home-lot.
From this son John, who died in 1809, the property passes to his son John
(b. 1748-9), who dies unmarried in 1815. John Bliss, 2nd, wills it to his brothers
Elias and Zephaniah. Elias was a bachelor, but Zephaniah had married in 1794,
Temperance, daughter of Ebenezer Lord, and grandaughter of the Rev. Benjamin
Lord. John Bliss, ist, (b. 1717), was distinguished as a bridge builder. A model
still remains in the possession of his great-grandson and namesake, John Bliss, of
Brookl)^, L. L, of a bridge built by him, and known as " Geometry Bridge." It is
thus described in a newspaper article of June 20, 1764:
" Leffingwell's Bridge over Shetncket River at Norwich Landing is completed. It is 124
ft. in length, and 28 ft. above the water. Nothing is placed between the abutments, but the
bridge is supported by Geometry work above, and calculated to bear a weight of 500 tons. The
work is by Mr. John Bliss, one of the most curious mechanics of the age. The bridge was raised
in two days, and no one hurt. The former bridge was 28 days in raising."
This bridge is supposed to have stood on the site of the present Laurel Hill
bridge. It is said that John Bliss, in early life, desiring to learn the art of paper
manufacture, journeyed on horseback to Germantown, there sold his horse, and
travelled on foot to Philadelphia, where was located a large paper factory, in which
he applied for employment as a common operative; and long after, he was able to
put the knowledge so gained to practical use in building for Col. Christopher
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Leffingwell the first paper mill in Connecticut, in 1766. He also built a chocolate
mill, and a grist mill for Christopher and Elisha Leffingwell.
From Elias and Zephaniah, the property passed to George, Sarah, and Lydia,
children of Zephaniah. After the death of George Bliss, the two sisters occupied
the homestead for many years, and dying, left it to a nephew, Charles Bliss, who
sold it, in 1885, to its present owner, Angell vStead. The house has always been
kept in good repair and though the chimney was rebuilt, has probably been other-
wise little altered since first erected, and still retains its old lean-to.
The small, old, gambrel-roofed house, which formerly stood near the lane,
and which was torn down in 1894, was at one time a stocking factory, and the traces
of red paint, its original color, and the faint outline of a stocking could still be seen
upon the door, just before its destruction. The first deed of the building, in which
it is called " the red shop," is dated 1809, but it is known to have been in existence
long before that date.
Now the shops in Norwich were many, and were constantly changing oc-
cupants, and the advertisements of those in this neighborhood, alwa3's locate them
indefinitely, "just below the shop of Christopher Leffingwell," or "a few rods
south of the store of Tracy & Coit." As this " red shop," and another between
the Sheltering Arms and the house of Mr. William Bliss on the corner, are the
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 35
only ones we know of, to which this description would apply, we assume that this
is the shop, in which Louis Barral or (Barrel) carried on his business of stocking
weaving in 1792, "a few rods south of Trac}' & Coit's store."
In 1784, Louis "Barrel" advertises that he has just moved into the shop
lately occupied by vSamuel Leffingwell, and as no advertisement has been found
between 1784 and 1792 to indicate a removal on the part of Barrel, we may sup-
pose that Samuel Leffingwell had also been an occupant of this building. Where
Louis Barrel (or Barral or Bariel) came from, we have not ascertained, but he
married in 1780, Mary Beckwith, and the births of two children are recorded in
Norwich, Mary (b. 1782), and Louis (b. 1784). The entries of baptism of Henry
(1781), and Lucretia (1787), children of Louis and Mary " Baral," are to be found
in the Christ Church records. In 1785, Louis ''Baral" buys land on Mill Lane
of Joseph Reynolds, and builds the house, at present occupied by Hunt, the
florist, and owned by Mrs. Goldsworthy. In the latter part of 1792, intending to
leave Norwich, he offers his house and shop for sale or to rent, and in 1795, ^^
is living in Northampton, Mass. Philip Hyde purchases the house in iSoo, and
after his death it is sold to David Yeomans in 1826, and in 1846 to Daniel Tree,
the father of Mrs. Goldsworthy. It is said that Mill Lane was later christened
Lafayette Street, to commemorate a call that Lafayette made at this house upon
Louis Barrel, who was a Frenchman. This was possibly in 1785, when the
General was in America for a short time.
There is no record of the lease of the shop, but in 1793, William Cox,
another stocking weaver, moves into Barrel's shop from his former stand " oppo-
site Col. Leffingwell's Long Row." Miss Caulkins says that both Barrel and Cox
were foreigners. William and Anna Cox, children of William and Sarah Cox,
were baptized, in 1780, in Christ Church, Norwich. The marriage probably of
William Cox, 2nd, to Polly Averill, of Preston, in 1809, is to be found in the
town records, and the births of two children, Olive (181 1), and Mary Abby
(1813). The William Cox who in 1837 marries Elizabeth Thompson, John Cox
who in 1829 marries Mary M. Baker, and George who marries ^laria Merryfield
in 1854, may also belong to this family.
This shop is said to have been at one time used as a turning shop by Elias
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Bliss, and also by the firm of John and Consider Sterry, and Epaphras Porter, as
the printing office for their paper, " The True Republican." This must have been
between 1804-7. -^.t the death of John Bliss in 1809, "the red shop" and garden
became the property of his son William (b. 1766), and the shop was converted
into a house (dimensions 40 x 13 ft.), which was sold by William to Elias Bliss
in 1826. George Bliss taught school here in the winter of that year. This old
building was for many years occupied by the Lowrey family, and at the time of
its destruction was owned by Angell Stead.
The north part of the Bliss lot, with a frontage of 5 rods, 17 links, was
deeded by John Bliss, in 1784, to his son Zephaniah. Shortly before 1783, Zephaniah
had built a house upon the lot, which, according to a deed in the possession of
Mr. John Bliss, of Brooklyn, resembled in "modle and dimensions 38 x 29 ft.,"
the house now standing on the west side of North Washington Street, just below
the corner of Lafayette Street, and now occupied by Thomas Moran, except that
the Zephaniah Bliss house had a lean-to in the rear. Zephaniah Bliss was not mar-
ried until 1794, so probably did not occupy the house, but Jackson Browne, an
Englishman, was living here in 1801, when it was burnt to the ground, and his
little daughter, Sophia, about seven years of age, perished in the flames. The
Browne family moved to the Teel House on the Parade (now the Park Church
parsonage, but formerly well known as the residence of Gen. William Williams).
Mr. Browne went later to Barbadoes, where he died in 1804. Mr. Charles Miner
thus alludes to the Brownes* in his recollections of Norwich. " Note that dashing
gentleman and lady on the fine pair of blacks. They have a foreign air. It is
Jackson Browne, supposed to be an agent of the British Commissary Department.
They do not stop to have a gate opened, but bound over it as if in pursuit of a
fox."
In 1828, the Bliss heirs sold this land to Mrs. Hannah Lathrop, widow of
Thomas Lathrop, who built the house now standing on the lot. The Bliss family
* Children of Jackson and Eliza Browne:
Louisa, ■]
jicks^o'n, j- ^^'^P^-' ^S°^' ^" ^^"^^ Church.
Thomas Sanford, J
Sophia — Perished in the burning of the house in 1801, aged 7.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
37
made many acquisitions of land, and perhaps the spirit which animated Samuel
Bliss, 2nd, to retard the buildini^ of the wSecond Church, in 1760, by his determi-
nation " not to sell an inch " of his adjoining land, has descended from generation
to generation, for the heirs still retain a large portion of their early grants.
CHAPTER VII.
JUST across the street from the Bliss home-lot, was that of Lieut. Thomas
Leffingvvell, with a frontage of 6i rods on the main road, and of 25 rods
on the highway leading into the woods (now the road by the Sheltering Arms).
It was first recorded as six acres, more or less, abutting west on the high-
way to the Landing Place, north on the highway into the woods, east " on the top
of the ledge of rocks," with an addition of 18 acres of "plow" and rocky land
adjacent, abutting south and west on the land of Christopher Huntington, and
south-east on the brook.
In the second record, the points of the compass have changed, the ledge
has moved to the north, and with the Christopher Huntington land on the south,
has become the property of Joseph Bushnell. This record gives the property
as "12 acres, — abutting north on the land of Joseph Bushnell 17 rods, abutting
west on the highway 86 rods, abutting south-east on the land of Joseph Bushnell
20 rods, abutting east on his own pasture land, with 10 acres of pasture land,
abutting west on his home-lot, and land of Joseph Bushnell, east on the Rocks,
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 39
and northerly to a point." These measurements brins^ the north line of the lot
beyond the old Samuel Lcffingwell barn, which stood, until within a few months,
north of the house of Thomas Gilroy.
This is the Thomas Leffingwell, who, about the year 1645, when Uncas
was besieged by the Narragansetts at his fort on Shantok Point, nearly opposite
Poquetanock, and reduced to a starving condition, "loaded a canoe with beef,
corn, and pease, and under cover of the night paddled from Saybrook into the
Thames, and had the address to get the whole into the fort." At the dawn of
day. Miss (^aulkins says, "the Mohegans elevated a large piece of beef on a pole,"
to show their enemies the relief they had obtained. When the Narragansetts
learned that the English had come to the assistance of Uncas, they abandoned
the siege. Trumbull says, " For this service, Uncas gave said Leffingwell a deed
of great part, if not the whole town of Norwich."
There is, however, no record of such a deed, but in 1667, Leffingwell,
petitioning the General Court to confirm to him some land offered by Uncas in
return for this great service, received 200 acres on the east side of the Shetucket
river.
At the time of Thomas Leffingwell's arrival in Norwich, he was in the
prime of life, about 37 or 38 years of age. According to a family tradition, cited
by Miss Caulkins, he came to America from Croxhall, County Yorkshire, England,
when 14 years old, but returned to England at the age of 21, and married Mary
White. He then came back to America, bringing with him a younger brother,
Stephen, 15 years of age. The births of four sons, Thomas, Jonathan, Joseph and
Nathaniel, and of two daughters, Rachel and Mary, are recorded at Saybrook.
Another son, wSamuel, was probably born in Norwich, though his birth was not
registered. It is possible that Jonathan and Joseph died before the family moved
to Norwich, as there is no further trace of them. Rachel married Robert Parke,
and Mary became the wife of Joseph Bushnell.
Lt. Lefifingwell took a leading part in the new settlement, was frequently
chosen townsman, and was one of the first deputies to the General Court, which
office he held for many years. He also served in the Courts of Commission, was
chosen ensign of the train-band in 1672, rendered important service in the Indian
40 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
wars, and in 1680 received his commission as lieutenant. He had many grants,
and made many purchases of land, and became a wealthy man for those days ;
but all these lands he divided among- his heirs before his death. Miss Caulkins
thinks this occurred about 17 10, but in September, 17 14,* Thomas Leffingwell
"(yeoman)" "in ye consideration of my comfortable maintainence Dureing my
naturall life, ... by my grandson Samuel Leffingwell " deeds him "all my home-lot
that is not disposed of before ye date hereof, with ye Buildings upon it," &c., &c. ;
and Richard Bushnell testifies that "ye subscriber, Thomas Leffingwell personally
appeared, and acknowledged the above written instrument to be his own voluntary
act and deed before me." At this time, Lt. Leffingwell must have been about
92 years of age.
The grandson Samuel (b. 1691) was the son of Lt. Leffingvvell's son Samuel,
who had married in 1687, Ann Dickinson. The mother and father both died in
1691, probably leaving the child to the care of the grandparents, and he grew up
to be the support and comfort of their old age. He married in 1725, Judith,
daughter of Christopher Huntington, 2nd, and lived in the old homestead until
1 73 1-2, when he bought two farms on Plain Hills, of Thomas Bingham and Samuel
Griswold, and sold his house and home-lot to his brother-in-law, Hezekiah Hunt-
ington. The deed reads, " bounded, beginning at the west corner by the Town
Street, from thence running east as the fence stands (abutting north on the street
or highway), to the slaughter-house." A later deed of this same property gives
this highway frontage as 3^ rods, which would locate the slaughter-house just
below the Sheltering Arms, and unpleasantly near the Leffingwell mansion.
Col. Hezekiah Huntington, son of Christopher Huntington, 2nd, was the
third proprietor of this house. He was born in Norwich, 1696, and married (i) 1719,
Hannah Frink, whom we believe to be a daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Miner)
Frink of Stonington, Ct. She died in 1746, and he married (2) 174S-9, Dorothy
(Paine) Williams, daughter of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Ransford) Paine and widow
of John Williams of Bristol, R. \.
In 1737, Hezekiah Huntington was appointed deacon of the First Church,
*Lt. Leffingwell must have died shortly after, as in Jan., 1714-15, Thomas Leffingwell,
2nd, signs his name without the Junior.
Old Indian Burying-ground at Mohegan.
Site of Shantok Fort.
LThese photographs are contributed by Charles E. Bkiggs, of Norwich, Conn., who, after many explorations of
the river shore in search of Indian relics, has decided that this is the only spot, which, in its natural features its
steep, easily defended .sides, the spring by the bank, and the remains of stone-work, answers to the description of 'the
old fort of Uncas. It lies near the Mohegan Station, north of the old burying-ground, and nearly opposite Poquetanock ]
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 41
and in 1746, he had a slight "difference" with his pastor, which was happily
"accomodated." This "difference" was not explained, but it may have had some
connection with the later accusation brought against him by Dr. Benjamin Wheat,
of sympathizing with the seceding vSeparatists, and allowing them to hold a meet-
ing at his house. This accusation was afterward retracted by Dr. Wheat, who
confessed that it was instigated "by a lack of brotherly love."
In 1 761, Col. Huntington was connected with John Ledyard of Hartford,
William Williams, Col. Eleazer Fitch, and Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, in a con-
tract to furnish supplies to the colonial army. He was prominent in all town affairs,
and the early Revolutionary movements ; was a deputy to the General Court for
many years; and in 1739 was appointed lieut. -colonel of the Third Regiment. He
was also a Judge of Probate and of the County Court ; and, while engaged in his
official duties, died suddenly at New London in 1773, and was buried in the Norwich
Town burying-ground, where, on his grave-stone may be read, " His piety, affability,
prayers and example, wisdom, and experience endeared him to his friends and
the State ;" and to this is added, —
"And all Judah and ye Inhabitants of Jerusalem
Did him Honour at his Death."
His widow Dorothy died in 1774 in her sixty-seventh year, after a short illness,
"having labored under bodily infirmities for many years."
Eight daughters and four sons were born to Hezekiah, but one by one the
children, and many of his grandchildren passed away; and at his death in 1773^
his grandson, Hezekiah Williams, son of his datighter Eunice, inherited the house.
This grandson (b. 1762), died in 1790, leaving a widow Dorothy and a young son,
Hezekiah, who died in 1815 aged 25, and Hinman mentions this coincidence,
related to him by Nathaniel Shipman, that Col. Samuel Coit and Col. Hezekiah
Huntington were both colonels of militia, and Judges of the County Court at the
same time. Nine children of each family arrived at maturity. In 1835, all that
remained of the blood of Col. Hezekiah Huntington was contained in the veins
of five children of the Hon. Frederick Wolcott of Litchfield, while Col. Coit's
descendants numbered over five hundred.
42 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
During the minority of Hezekiah Williams, the house was rented, and Miss
Caulkins says that Capt. William Hubbard occupied it for many years.
William Hubbard (b. 1740), was the son of Daniel Hubbard of New Lon-
don, and Martha Coit, daughter of John and Mehetabel (Chandler) Coit. Daniel
Hubbard (b. 1706), was the son of Rev. John and Mabel (Russell) Hubbard of
Jamaica, L. I., and descended from a long line of distinguished ancestors. His
great-grandfather. Rev. William Hubbard of Ipswich, w^as the historian of the
Indian wars. Daniel Hubbard graduated at Yale in 1727, was for a while a
tutor of the college, then settled at New London as a lawyer, and became High
Sheriff of New London county. He celebrated his appointment to this office, by
opening his house for the reception of guests at an evening entertainment, July
28, 1735. He was "of upright and honored life, religious and poetic."
The following letter addressed to
M^ Jhon Coit
att
N — London.
will show how his wooing was conducted 164 years ago :
" Honoured Sir «& Mad'", J blush & tremble on my knees while J study
how to approach your Presence, to ask of you a Blessing for which J have long
address'd y'' vSkies. From my first Acquaintance at your House I have wish'd my
Happiness thence ; nor have I yet found it in my Power to seek it from an Other.
My careful Thoughts with ceaseless Ardors commend y Affair to that Being, who
alone inspires a pure & refined Love. The Eye- Lids of y" Morning discover me
in my secret Places, with my first Devotions solliciting y^ dear important Cause ;
and y Evening-vShades are conscious to y'' Vows J make for y f'' Creature, who
next to Heaven holds the Empire of my Heart. And now while I write J pray
y*^ great Master of vSouls to incline yours to favour my Address. By y Love of
God J beseech you— Ye happy Parents of my Partner Soul— but J forbare till J
may be honoured with y'' Oppertunity of a personal Application. In y" mean time
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J consecrate my best wishes To y" Interest of y"" Family — & with y higliest Re-
spect subscribe my vSelf, JSir and Madam, y"" most devoted most humble Servan'
D. HURHARl)
Stonington, Decem'"' 1730"*
"The partner soul" and her parents were not unmoved by these ardent
protestations of love, and Daniel and Martha were married in August, 1731. After
the death of Daniel, the widow married in 1744, Thomas Greene, son of Nathaniel
and Ann (Gould) Greene of Boston, Mass., whose first wife was Elizabeth, daughter
of John Gardiner of Gardiner's Island. A portrait of the fair Martha, and one of her
second husband, Thomas Greene, painted by Copley, are in the possession of their
great-grandson, Rev. David Greene Haskins, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass.
Capt. William Hubbard married in 1764 his first cousin, Lydia, daughter of
Capt. Joseph and Lydia (Lathrop) Coit, then of New London, but later residents
of Norwich. In 1773, he was established in business in Norwich as a member of
the firm of Hubbards & Greene. Their store was in that part of Norwich, then
known as Chelsea or the Landing. In the early part of his residence in Norwich,
Capt. Hubbard occupied the Benedict Arnold house, but in 1776, he had moved
to the Hezekiah Huntington house, and advertises in February of that year to sell
at this house a variety of articles, window glass, nail rods, coffee, sugar, brandy, &c.
In September of that year, he advertises again at his Landing Store. In 1777,
he calls upon "the humane and benevolent farmers" to furnish him with "a part
of that bounty Heaven has blessed them with," "that he may have it in his power
to sell to those who stand in greatest need."
In November, 1778, Lydia, his wife, died of consumption, having, as her
father, Joseph Coit, writes in his diary, " been in a decline 5 months and a half.
Most remarkable was her faith, patience and Resignation, even from the first to
the last — a day or two before her death, I asked her if she had no scruples that
she was deceived, and after a short pause, she answered, not the least, for, said
she, — I know whom I have believed I have the witness in inyself and ye spirit
of God witnesseth with my spirit that I am a child of God."
The Norwich Packet says: " Few of her sex were more esteemed or
* From N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register of October, 189.}.
44 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
engaging. An enemy to all forbidding moroseness, both of temper and conduct ;
she in life exemplified the fact that cheerfulness and piety are not incompatible."
William Hubbard married (2) about 1779, Joanna Perkins, daughter of
James and Joanna (Mascarene) Perkins of Boston, Mass. Joanna was of Huguenot
descent. Her great-grandfather, Jean Mascarene, a councilor of France, and of a
distinguished Languedoc family, imprisoned and finally exiled from France for
his devotion to the Protestant faith, wrote, while in prison : " Although my religion
passes for a crime, and I well know that but for my religion I should not be in
my present position, I make bold to justify this so called crime, and choose rather
to be the criminal I am, than to recover all I have lost." He lived for ten years
in exile, and died in 1698, aged thirty-eight years. His son, Jean Paul Mascarene,
the grandfather of Joanna Hubbard, fled from France to England, there entered
the army, rose to high rank, and was appointed governor and commander-in-chief
of the province of Nova Scotia, which office he held from 1740 to 1749. He then
retired to Boston, where he died in 1760, aged seventy-five.
In 1784, the firm of Hubbards and Greene dissolved partnership, and shortly
after William Hubbard moved to Boston. In 1788, his wife Joanna died, and in
1789, his eldest son William, and another son aged nine years, the child of his
second wife; and in 1790 he was again afflicted in the death of his daughter
Lydia, wife of Thomas Lathrop, and of another son, Joseph, aged twenty years.
The marble slab inserted in the tomb-stone of the Hubbard family in the Nor-
wich Town burying-ground, having been within the last year removed, and
destroyed, we will give the inscription entire :
"Tomb of Lydia Hubbard, daughter of Joseph & Lydia Coit,
& wife of William Hubbard, who died Nov. 2, 1778, aged 37 years,
also the remains of four children of William & Lydia Hubbard,
Lydia Lathrop, wife of Thomas Lathrop, who died Dec. 26, 1790,
aged 25, William who died vSept. 10, 1789, aged 22, Joseph who died
May 25, 1790, aged 20, Lucretia who died Oct. 14, 1775, aged 5.
" Each humane virtue their mild eyes exprest,
And a young heaven was opened in their breasts;
In the last hour their triumph shone complete,
And death disarm'd sat smiling at their feet.
And now, thou faithful stone, proclaim aloud,
A Christian is the noblest work of God."
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William Hubbard died in Colchester, Ct., in 1801, ag^ed 61 years. During-
his residence in Norwich, he was most active in all benevolent enterprises, and
gave largely to public improvements, notably the widening and beautifying of
Crescent vStreet, and the old cross highway.
At the beginning of the Revolution many Boston citizens sought a quiet
refuge in Norwich, among others, Dea. William Phillips, who, it is said, arrived
in a coach with outriders, and lived for a while in the Benedict Arnold house.
Rev. Joseph Howe of the New South Church, the family of Josiah Quincy, and
some of the Greenes also came to Norwich, the latter residing with Capt. William
Hubbard during their stay in town. It is said that when the Greenes returned
to Boston, that Zachary, an Indian runner, carried their little daughter in a basket,
fastened by a leather strap bound around his head.
Two of the daughters of Hezekiah Huntington, Eunice and Lucy, married,
the former John Williams in 1757, the latter Samuel Williams in 1741, possibly
relatives or sons of the widow Dorothy Williams, Col. Hezekiah's second wife.
John Williams, the husband of Eunice, was lost at sea in 1764, and his wife,
Eunice, died in 1766, leaving two children, John (b. 1760), and Hezekiah (b. 1762).
To Hezekiah, his namesake, Col. Hezekiah wills the house, and the two young-
men possibly live here while in business together in 1786. The shop, which they
advertise as a few rods south of Col. Christopher Leffingwell's, may possibly be
the one between their grandfather's house, and the house now known as the
" Sheltering Arms," for one formerly stood there, though we have not yet given
its history. Hezekiah later moved to the Landing.
John Williams. 2nd, died in 1787. In his will, he leaves a bequest to his
cousin, Dorothy Leonard (b. 1764), daughter of the Rev. Abiel and Dorothy
(Huntington) Leonard, to whom he seems to have been attached. Very shortly
after his death, in 1789, Dorothy marries his brother Hezekiah.
In 1790, Daniel Lathrop moves for a time into the shop formerly occupied
by Hezekiah Williams. It may be, that into the former Hezekiah Huntington
house John Sterry moved his book shop from the Landing in 1793, and possibly
he remained here until he purchased the Jabez Aver}" house in 1806. In 1797, he
seems to have been associated in business with Nathaniel Patten. In 1806, the
46 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
widow Dorothy Williams, as guardian to her young son Hezekiah, sells this house
to Joseph vStrong, son of the Rev. Joseph and Mary (Huntington) Strong, who
lived here for many years, and it is still called by old residents, " the Strong
house." Since the death of Joseph Strong, it has been bought and sold many
times, and is now owned by William H. Bliss.
About 1738, Hezekiah Huutington set out two elm trees in front of the
house, which flourished for seventy years, then met with a melancholy fate, accord-
ing to the journal of Abigail Reynolds, from which we will quote a little, for the
benefit of those who are interested in meteorological matters.
" 28. June, 1808, we experienced a violent tornado in Connecticut, it came
up on a sudden about three in the afternoon, & Blew for several minutes very
violent, attended with thunder, lightning, & rain in torrents, in New London one
boy killed while at school, i man in Lyme, one Girl in Stoonningtown with lightning
— the wind was much more severe in Norwich, Preston, & Lisbon. 2 large elm
trees which had stood seventy years ware blown up by the roots in front of Mr.
Joseph Strongs house, many fruit trees ware blown down, but in Lisbon whole
forrests ware laid flat, some of 100 acres, some of less, whole orchards ware blown
down, with many barnes, in Preston 19 barnes of i mile & half distance ware
blown down, but I do not hear of much dammage among the shipping."
"2 weeks previous to the tornado 15 June we experienced a severe hail
storm which cut down whole fields of grain, gardens, & swept everything before
it. Several days after the hails measured three inches in circumference."
''In the year 1806, June 6, at 11 in the Morn, the sun was eclipsed in some
places total which made it dark to lite a candle for a few moments to say half
an hour."
The question naturally arises, as to whether any part of the framework of
the original Leffingwell house still exits in the present structure standing on the lot.
Mrs. Henry Butts, who occupied the house about twenty-five years ago, relates that
when alterations were made in the interior, an old beam was uncovered, bearing a
date, which unfortunately she failed to write down, but figured at the time that the
house must then have been 175 years old, which would bring its present age to 200
years, and this would carry it back to the lifetime of Lt. Thomas Leffingwell.
; ■ |K3SSl«tfI!*?%a«BW!raSRa»-.-Ki-»'
CHAPTER VIIL
IN the first survey of town highways, this road on the nortli of the Leffingwell
lot, is described as "a highway turning out toward Wequanock by Thomas
Leffingwell's the younger, att his house two rodds wide, att the house of Joseph
Bushnell 5 rodds wide, between the lotts of sd Bushnell & the lott of Ensign
Thomas Leffingwell in the narrowest place 4 rodds wide, from thence to the
norwest corner of sd Leffingwells lot, from sd corner to Capt Bushnells lott 6
rodds 6 foot wide, from thence to the house that formerly belonged to vSamuel
Rood, and there to be 3 rodds wide, from thence to the common that is between
the pastures to be 3 rodds wide." This is later known as the Centre Hill road,
and more recently as the old Canterbury road.
In 1728, Samuel Leffingwell, 2nd, sells to Thomas Leffingwell, 3rd, "one
and a half acres of my home-lot, with part of hill adjoining at the east end, be-
ginning at the north-west corner of my home-lot, and abutting on the highway
and Benajah Leffingwell's slaughter house and yard 9 rods, 6 ft, to the south-east
corner of the slaughter house, then abutting south on Samuel Leffingwell's land
48 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
36 rods," &c., &c. Thomas Leffingwell, 3rd, gives this land, both by deed and
will, to his son Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, in 1733, and the latter buys in 1737-8
"the slaughter house," and land on which it stands, of Benajah Leffingwell, who
had inherited it from his father, Ensign Thomas. Some time after 1733, but at
what date we cannot tell, Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, built the house, (now the
" vSheltering Arms"), and a shop, which stood on the south part of the lot, on the
probable site of the old slaughter house. It is impossible to tell all the occupants
of this house from the time of its erection, as there is no deed referring to it
until 1783, when it is given to Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, by his father, and then
passes by inheritance successively, to Lydia, (wife of Rev. Levi Hart), in 1814 ; in
1820 to Elizabeth, widow of Peabody Clement, and in 1834, the Bliss heirs (Eliz-
abeth Clement, daughter of Peabody C, has married Charles Bliss) quit-claim to
Mary Ann Clement (the sister of Elizabeth Bliss), who in 1836 marries Gilbert
Huntington. Mrs. Gilbert Huntington sells the house in 1865 to Miss Eliza P.
Perkins, who sells it in 1878 to the Society of United Workers. Since that time
the house has well fulfilled for the sick and the suffering, the mission that its
name, the "Sheltering Arms," implies.
Miss Caulkins says in her history, that Jabez Perkins at one time occupied
a house on this road. It may have been that this was the house, as his wife was
a niece of Thomas Leffingwell, 4th. If Miss Caulkins' statement is correct, he
must have lived here prior to 1758, but no record of his occupancy has been
found. We have reason to believe that Capt. Joseph Coit, on his arrival from
New London in 1775, lived here for a time. His payments of rent were made to
Martin Leffingwell, son of Thomas, and it is possible that the house was con-
sidered as Martin's property, though not formally deeded to him by his father.
Martin died in 1781, and Andrew in 1782. In 1783, Thomas Leffingwell, 4th,
deeds the property, consisting of house and shop, to his only remaining son,
Thomas, Leffingwell, 5th. The house was then occupied by a Mrs. Cary. Peabody
Clement came here to live shortly before his death, which occurred in 1820. To
Peabody Clement, the town is indebted for the beautiful enclosed elm at the
foot of Washington Street, which he planted in his twenty-first year. He was
born in 1746, which would make the age of the elm at this date, about 128 years.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
49
The shop, which stood quite near the house of William Bliss, may be the one
which was tenanted in 1786 by Hezekiah and fohn \Villiams, and on their re-
moval, by Daniel Lathrop, for a short time in 1790. In April, 1791, Lester &
Hazen, cabinet makers, may have established their business here, a " few rods below
the store of Tracy & Coit." The partnership is dissolved in 1792, and Timothy
Lester carries on the business alone until X796, when he moves to the Greenleaf
house. This shop was moved from here about 1865.
Next above the "Sheltering Arms," lies the land, given by Lt. Thomas
Leffingwell to his son Ensign Thomas, and by the Ensign to his son Thomas, and
at the death of the latter in 173;^, it passes to his son .Samuel.
This Samuel LefSngvvell (b. 1722), probably lived for a time with his
widowed mother, in the homestead across the street. In the will of Lydia Lef-
fingwell, widow of Dea-
con Thomas, made in
1737-S, though not pro-
bated until 1763, she
leaves to Samuel, "nails,
boards &c preparatory
for building." It is pos-
sible that these materials
were designed for the
new house, which was
built upon this lot, just
north of the " Sheltering
Arms," either shortly
after the making of this will, or perhaps about the time of Samuel's marriage in
1744. We know certainly, that the old house, across the way, had disappeared,
and this new one was built, before 1759.
The first wife of Samuel Lefifingwell was Hannah, daughter of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Perkins) Buck of Southington, Ct. She died in 1761, and he married
(2) Sarah, daughter of Joseph and .Sarah (Paine) Russell of Bristol, R. I., and
(3) Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Chester) Burnham of Glastonbury,
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Ct. He had eleven children, who all died young, except Daniel (b. 1752), who
married in 1772, Elizabeth, daughter of Col John Whiting, and died in 1776.
Daniel Leffingwell left three daughters, Hannah, who married Peleg Tracy,
Betsey, who became the wife of Joseph Chapman, and Sarah Russell Leffingwell,
who married in 1798 Judge John Hyde, son of Ezekiel and Rachel (Tracy) Hyde.
Judge Hyde was for many years a citizen of prominence at Norwich Town, as
a lawyer, justice of the peace, postmaster, and judge of probate. Miss Caulkins
says of him " he is remembered also as a school teacher — a friend of the young,
and an enemy to all oppression." He died in 184S, aged seventy-four. Samuel
Leffingwell died in 1797. The house has become so identified with the Hyde family,
who occupied it for many years, that it is always mentioned even at this late
day as "the Hyde house." Abigail Hyde (b. 1800), a daughter of Judge John
and Sarah (Leffingwell) Hyde, married, 1822, Henry Harland, and her heirs still
own their great-grandfather's house, which, little altered since its first erection, is
now occupied by the House family.
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1774, the family of Capt. Samuel Leffingwell were
greatly excited over the advent of a burglar to their quiet household. A tank-
ard marked M. C, a silver can marked S. tt. R. and several spoons were missing.
A rather suspicious looking individual, dressed in a blue coat and yellow breeches,
with thick, bushy, light brown hair, appeared at the house the day before, and
when it was learned, that the same person had delivered a watch to a Norwich
jeweller, from which the maker's name had been erased, and wished the name of
Joseph Greenhill substituted, and also attempted to sell some melted bullion,
efforts were made to arrest him. A reward was offered and on Oct. 20th, he was
found at Pawtucket, and committed to "goal;" but alas! the old silver heirlooms
were already melted into bars. It was discovered that he was an old offender,
and bore the mark of amputation on his ears, which may have accounted for the
bushy nature of his hair. He was sentenced to Newgate prison, Simsbury, for
ten years. Capt. Samuel Leffingwell was one of the committee appointed in 17 86
to arrange for the division of the town. He received his captain's commission in
1758, was first selectman in 1774, and was one of the committee appointed by the
town to see to the enforcement of the non-importation agreement.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
SI
The small house, now occupied by Thomas Gilroy, just beyond the Samuel
Leffingwell house, is said to have been an old building, which was moved here
long- ago, but its early history is unknown. It was standing here in the year
iSoo. It is said to have been used as an office at one time by Judge Hyde.
Rufus Darby occupied it as a dwelling in the early part of this century. It is
,^^^ ' ^ '■■■;■;'...
possible that this may have been the building which Daniel Leffingwell used as
a stocking manufactory in 1776. After Daniel's death, his father carried on the
business. The advertisement reads : —
" At Samuel Leffingwell's Esq ; Stocking Manufactory are
now taken in,
Silk, Thread, Cotton and Worsted, to make into Stockings, Breeches-Patterns,
and all Fashions of Mitts, and Gloves, by the celebrated workman William Cox,
heretofore so well known and approved of, as an excellent workman at Christo-
pher Leffingwell's, Esq ; Stocking Shop : The said noted William Cox is now
engaged as a Foreman to Samuel Leffingwell's, Esq ; Stocking Manufactory, at
his house in Norwich," &c., &c.
"Norwich, Dec. 28, T778."
We have reason to think that wSamuel Leffingwell may have afterward
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moved to the shop on the main road (known recently as the Lowrey house), where
Louis Barrel was later located.
After passing the site of the Samuel Leffingwell barn, which has recently
been torn down, we come to a highway, turning off from the main road, toward
the woods. This is the continuation of the old Indian trail, leading over the hill
to the ford at the Shetucket. It is described in the old highway survey, as " a
highway turning up into the woods by Joseph Bushnells, between sd Bushnells
lot and Ensign Thomas Leffingwells lot fourteen rodds to the brook, and from
thence to be four rodds in width till it be past all the pastures." On the right
hand side of this road stands a small, old house, lately occupied by the Abner
family, and known for many years as the Mead house. This was built by Capt-
Philemon Winship, on land purchased of Samuel Leffingwell in 1772. In 1826,
it passes out of Winship possession, and in 1830 is purchased by John Mead, a
colored man, son of Samson Mead of Norwich, and here the old man and his
wife lived for many years, the former dying about 187 1, and the latter in 1869,
both aged 88. The property passed then into the possession of the Abner family,
and in June of this year (1895), was purchased by Gilbert Pierce. The father of
John Mead was a slave, in the days before slavery was abolished at the North.
Capt. Philemon Winship (b. 1735), was the son of Joseph Winship of Charles-
town, Mass. He came to Norwich with his brother Joseph. They were both sea
captains. He married in 1762, Mary, daughter of Nathan Stedman, a prominent
attorney of Norwich, and had four children.
Just beyond the Winship house stood the tan-yard of Jesse Williams, on
land purchased of Samuel Leffingwell in 1770. This is sold in iSoi to John Hyde.
Beyond this was the Wigwam pasture, where long after the law had been made,
forbidding any Indians to linger in the town, or any of the inhabitants to harbor
them under penalty of 20 s. fine, there still stood for many years an old wigwam,
the last vestige of Indian occupation. In the woods near by, were several of the
mortars, in which they ground their corn, but only one, we believe, is now
remaining.
CHAPTER IX.
ON the opposite side of the lane, stood formerly a large, square, gray house,
known as the Marsh house. This was torn down about twenty-three years
ago, but the remains of the cellar are still visible. It is one of the most beautiful
sites in town, the high ground back of the house, commanding an extensive view
in almost every direction. The lower part of the present lot was the land, which,
in 1705, the town sets apart "above the Cold Spring between the highwayes,
adjoining to Ensign Leffingwell's land by Joseph Bushnell's house" "for the
encouragement of a blacksmith to come and settle in the Town and do the
Town's work." This is granted in 1711-12 to Jonathan Pierce, who, with Ebenezer
Pierce, is voted in as an inhabitant in 17 14. It is difficult to say with any certainty,
who were the parents of Jonathan and Ebenezer Pierce. If they were brothers, we
have found no record of their birth. If only relatives, it is possible that Ebenezer
was the son of Thomas and Rachel (Bacon) Pierce, who came from Woburn,
Mass., to settle at Plainfield, Ct., at the end of the seventeenth centur}^ and
Jonathan may have been the Jonathan (b. 1693), son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Wilson) Pierce, of Woburn. To be sure, it is recorded that he died in 1694, but
the father is also said to have died in the same year, and there may have been
an error in the record, and Jonathan may have been one of the many children,
who are reported to have died in infanc}^, and who yet return to life again in a
most wonderful manner. Jonathan married, 17 15, Hannah Mix, and had four
children :
1. Jonathan, b. 1715-6, d. • . m. 1744 ]\[ary Gates.
2. Ann, b. 1717-1S, d. .
3. (Capt.) Moses, b. 1720. Drowned at sea 17S1. m. Thank-
ful , b. 172S-9, d. 1 82 1.
4. Cvi'KiAN, b. 1724, d. .
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OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
In 1719, Jonathan Pierce sells this land with all the buildings, orchard, &c.,
to Hezekiah Huntington, and moves to Preston. Hezekiah Huntington resides
here until the spring of 1732, when he moves to the Samuel Leffingwell house
on the "Town Street," and sells this house and land to John Hutchins, "begin-
ning at the north-west corner at a rock in Mr. Leffingwell's fence, thence abutting
north on Leffingwell land a bowing line inward 16 rods, thence abutting east on
Commons 4 rods 5 ft., then abutting south on the highway ii)4 rods, then
abutting west some ° south on the highway 8 rods, thence abutting west some °
north on the highway 2 rods, 6 ft. to the first corner" &c., &c., "except reserving
to myself the shop that adjoins the house, and the malt house and works." In
1746, John Hutchins straightens the "bowing inward" line on the north of the
property by purchasing additional land of Benajah Leffingwell, and in the same
year sells the house and land to Dr. Jonathan Marsh.
John Hutchins, whom we believe to be a descendant of the Haverhill,
Mass., family of that name, married, 1715, Jerusha, daughter of Joseph and Mary
(Leffingwell) Bushnell. He was a tailor by trade, with evidently some veterinary
knowledge as well, for in the settlement of Samuel Bliss's estate in 1 730-1, ^i, 5s.,
is paid to John Hutchins for " medicons for a sick horse," and 8s. for " curing
another of Ghistile." We believe that his first home was near the house of his
father-in-law, Joseph Bushnell, but where, we have not discovered. In 1726, he
purchases of his father-in-law, a lot of land, south of the vSamuel Leffingwell home-
lot. On this he builds a house, which he sells in 1730 to Absalom King, formerly
of Southold, L. I., which property passes later into the possession of Benedict
Arnold, who marries the widow King. John Hutchins fills the office of constable
in 1726, and 1727. In 1746-7, he sells to Dr. Jonathan Marsh the house and
home-lot, purchased of Hezekiah Huntington in 1732, and moves to another part
of the town.
Dr. Jonathan Marsh was the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Parsons) Marsh,
of Hadley, Mass., and great-grandson of John and Ann (Webster) Marsh, first of
Hartford, later of Hadley and Northampton, Mass. He is said to have studied
medicine with his brother-in-law. Dr. Ezekiel Porter of Wethersfield, Ct., and
married in 1747 Sarah Hart of Farmington. He was a surgeon in the army at
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Crown's Point in 1755-6. Dr. Ashbel Woodward writes : " Dr. Marsh was chiefly dis-
tiiii^'uished for skill in bone setting-. His death in 1766 was caused by the absorption
of virus, in treating a wound accidentally inflicted at a celebration of the repeal of
the stamp act in Hartford." He left four daughters and two sons. His daughter
Sarah married in 1769, Dr. vSamuel Lee, the inventor of Lee's pills, which sustain
their reputation to the present day. Dr. Lee was not only a skilled physician but
a great social favorite. He was also famous for his great strength. * It is said that
he once lifted a cart, in which were nine of the strongest men in Windham, by
placing himself under the axle. He could hop fort}' feet at three bounds. He
served also as an army surgeon. Dr. Marsh's second daughter, Abigail, married
John Ripley of Windham ; his third daughter, Hannah, married Dr. Joshua
Sumner, first of Windham, and later we believe of Middletown. The youngest
dauo^hter, Mary, married in 1783, Dr. Benjamin Dyer, (son of the Hon. Eliphalet
Dyer of Windham), who first opened a drug store in Norwich, but later moved
to Windham. Dr. Dyer was remarkable, as the late William Weaver narrates,
"for his short, pithy sayings, and terse laconic expressions." As a specimen of his
business correspondence, Mr. Weaver tells of a Providence merchant, who after
inspecting some of Dr. Dyer's dairy products wrote to him that he would like to
buy one half of a cheese. The doctor's letter was short and to the point :
" Dear Sir.
Whole or none.
B. Dyer."
Jonathan Marsh, Jun., was only twelve years old, when his father died, but
under the tuition of his mother, who claimed skill in the art of bone setting, he
became famous in that special department. It seems to have been a custom in
this family for the husbands to impart their medical knowledge to their wives. Dr.
Jonathan Marsh, Sen., may have seen the practical benefit of this in his sister
Mary's case, who, instructed by her husband, Dr. Porter, was enabled, after his
death, to carry on his practice for many years.
Dr. Jonathan Marsh, 2nd (b. 1754), married, 1776, Alice Fitch, daughter of
John Fitch, 3rd, of Windham. His death in 1798 was considered "a great public
* Lee Family Memoir.
56 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
calamity." It was said of him, "that he was ever ready to exercise his skill for
the relief of the distressed and the destitute." His widow at once advertises "that
she herself understands bone setting, and with the assistance of a partner will
carry on the business." Dr. Marsh left three daughters. One of these, Mary
Marsh, was teaching school in 1S03. She marries in iSii Bela B. Hyde of Rome,
N. Y., son of Benjamin Hyde, at one time of Franklin, later of Taberg, N. Y.
In 181 1, William Leffingwell sells to Jacob Ladd the land north of the
Marsh house, extending to the stone wall on the north of the present lot. This
had been the Leffingwell pasture, since the days of the old Ensign, passing from
him to his son Benajah, and then to Col. Christopher Leffingwell. In 181 6, the
widow, Alice Marsh, sells her house and land to Jacob Ladd. In 1824, Russell
Ladd sells to Ephraim Kittle. In 1830, the property is sold to Phinehas Marsh
(b. 1 801), the son of Joseph (brother of the second Dr. Jonathan Marsh), and
remains in the possession of this branch of the family until 187 1, when it is
sold to Monroe Huntington. The old house was then destroyed.
CHAPTER X.
VE will not wander farther up this road, but crossing- the street, and leaving
out the upper part of the Thomas property, (which, in the early days of
the settlement, belonged to Josiah Read), we will take the land which, fronting
on the road, begins about the middle of the Thomas garden, and extends to the
Edgerton property on the corner of the main highwa}-.
At a "towne" meeting, on Dec. 26, 1679, "one acker where he hath built
his house," is granted to Thomas Leffingwell, Jun. (later known as Ensign Thomas
Leffingwell), "and a small pees the quantity being about an acker more or less,
joyning to his father's home lot a lying betweene the cold spring and the brooke."
This small "pees," "being measured by the appoyntement of the towne, appears to
be but ;V4 of an acker, and is bounded upon the south upon the home-lot of
Leiftenant Leffingwell, upon the East bounded upon a small brooke, upon the
North and the West upon the highwayes, leaving out the spring called the Cold
Spring, leaving about 2 redds between the spring and his fence for cattels coming
to the water."
58 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
This three-quarters of an "acker" is the north part of the lot on the oppo-
site side of the street, just above where the old barn stood, which has recently-
been torn down. The cold spring is still there to refresh the weary traveller,
and passing "cattels" can still come "to the water." Other land was also added
to the home-lot grant, for in Feb., 1688, Thomas Leffingwell, Jun., sells to Joseph
Bushnell, " two acres of land more or less, which land ye sd Joseph hath built on,
and is bounded southward upon land of Thomas Leffingwell Jun., and westward
upon the commons, and northward on ye land of Josiah Read, and eastward on
the highway, (a highway for carting to lye open between the house of Joseph
Bushnell and his barne excepted.)" The small "pees" on the opposite side of the
highway is also included in this sale. The town also grants additional land to
Joseph Bushnell, and he now records his home-lot as of " two and a half acres —
beginning at a stone at the south-east corner " — from thence, it abuts east on the
highway it^Yz rods "a compassing line," — abuts north on Josiah Read's land 22
rods, — then abuts west on the street, and south-west on Commons 1834 rods to a
rock, thence south on land of Thomas Leffingwell, Jr., 7 rods to the first bound,"
" (part grant and part purchase, only highway excepted)." This extends from
about the middle of the Thomas garden to the south line of the house lot recently
occupied by Gilbert Pierce.
Joseph Bushnell, aged nine years, came with his step-father, Dea. Thomas
Adgate, and his mother, Mary, widow of Richard Bushnell, to Norwich in 1660.
In 1672, Thomas Leffingwell, Jr , married Mary Bushnell, and in 1673, Joseph
married Thomas Leffingwell's sister Mary, and the brothers-in-law settled side by
side upon this road. They all lived to a good old age, Joseph Bushnell, dying in
1746 at ninety-five years of age, and Mary, his wife, and his sister Mary, both
dying in 1745 at the age of ninety-one. On Mary Bushnell's grave-stone is in-
scribed this testimony: —
" A virtuous woman, a loveing wife,
It was the habit of her life."
In 1708, Joseph Bushnell of Norwich (probably this Joseph, as his son
would certainly have been entitled Junior), "complained against himself" to
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59
Richard Bushncll, "Justice of the Peace," "for y' he had killed a Buck contrary
to law." He was sentenced to pay a fine of los., "one half to y'' county treasury
and one half to complainant." One is puzzled to know whether to admire Joseph
most for his conscientiousness or his shrewdness, as by his self-accusation, in the
abatement of the fine, and the value of the buck, he must have made a little
money. He was by trade a weaver.
After the death of Joseph in 1746, Jonathan Bushnell, whose house was in
the Wequonnock region, became the owner of the house and home-lot, and at his
death in 1758, "the old house in ye town near Dr. Marsh's," is set out to his
widow, Hannah, and in 1761, the land where Joseph Bushnell "last dwelt and
died," (with no mention of a house, though it was possibly still standing), is sold
to Dr. Jonathan Marsh. In 1789, the north part of the lot (now included in the
Thomas garden), is sold by Joshua and Hannah (Marsh) Sumner to Dr. Joshua
Lathrop, and is given by the
latter to his son Thomas.
The middle of the lot, ex-
tending down to the part
recently occupied by Gilbert
Pierce, was sold in 1780 by
John and Abigail (Marsh)
Ripley to Thomas Harland,
and is still retained by his
heirs. " The small pees " on
the opposite side of the road,
passed, in the distribution of
,.=»=-. g5,„~. Joseph Bushnell's estate, to
Job and Rebecca (Bushnell) Barstow, and was sold by them in 1748 to Samuel
Leffingwell. In the deed, it is called "the little orchard," and the old apple tree,
with its huge propped limb, which stands near the spring, may be one of the trees
planted by Joseph Bushnell more than 150 years ago.
When the old Bushnell house disappeared, we do not know, nor who occu-
pied it after the death of Joseph. There are remains of the foundation of a house,
'^'^S*-M,jj»-^-:
6o
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
and of an old well near the bars on the Harland property. The line of the wall
at the rear of this home-lot can still be traced above the rocks, at the back of
the former Pierce house. We should judge from the wording of the old highway
survey, that the barn must have stood north of the house. We have found no
traces of the highway between the house and the barn. In the latter part of
the eighteenth, and early part of the nineteenth century, a small one-story and
a half cottage stood on that part of the Bushnell lot, which is now the Thomas
garden, and was then owned by Thomas Lathrop. This cottage was occupied by
an old servant of his, named Ovvnie Douglass, and has long since disappeared.
In 1716, Joseph Bushnell deeds to his son-in-law, John Hutchins, who has
married his daughter Jerusha, the south part of the home-lot (site of the Pierce
house). This is sold in 1747-S to Dr. Jonathan Marsh, and is called the Hutchins'
"Calf or Close pasture," and in 1757, it is purchased by Thomas Leffingwell, 4th.
In 1784, Thomas Leffing-
well, 4th, sells a part of
this land, with a frontage
of 3 rods, \2% feet, to
James Lincoln, who
builds the house lately oc-
cupied by Gilbert Pierce,
where he lives until 1793,
when he moves across the
river to a house formerly
occupied by Hezekiah
Lefifingwell, near the
paper mill. He still owns
this house, which is tenanted by various persons, and at his death in 1807, it passes
to his daughter Hannah, who has married in 1801 James Day. The house was
at one time occupied by Thomas Lathrop's coachman, Anthony Church. In 1833,
it was sold by Capt. James L. Day, son of James and Hannah (Lincoln) Da}', to
Henry Harland, and is still in the possession of the Harland family.
CHAPTER XL
AFTER the sale by Thomas Leffingvvell, Jun., of a part of his grant to
Joseph Bushnell, the record reads "he hath reserved i6 rods of ground
about his house upon the side of the hill to himself." A second grant is also
given him b}^ the town of " a small parcel of land to build on, beginning at a
rock between Joseph Bushnell's house and his running southerly and abutting
east on the highway 12 rods, then running west up hill and abutting on Commons
7 rods, then running North-westerly and Northerly and North-east by the rocks
to Joseph Bushnell's line, thence runs East and abuts North 7 rods to the highway
on Joseph Bushnell's land." This is the rocky lot of land between the Lincoln
lot and the wall at the back of the Edgerton property, and here stood the house,
"founded upon a rock, and sheltered by the hill,"* which Miss Caulkins wrongly
believed to have been the house of Lieut. Thomas Lefhngwell.
Miss Caulkins. See History of Norwich, 1S66, p. 65.
62 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
In 1681, the town grants to "Thomas lepingwell, Jun , (later Ensign Leffing-
well), a small pece of land above his house to sett a barn upon." In 17 10, " Sargt."
Thomas Leffingwell, Jun., (Thomas Leffingwell, 3rd), is allowed to set up an end
to his new barn, not to exceed n foots into Common lands." In 1720, the same
"Sargt." Thomas is granted "liberty to fence in a yard on ye Commons at ye
north end of his barn, and to improve ye same for his use, so long as he shall
leave open to ye Commons for ye Town's use, so much of ye south part of his
own land there adjoining." Where this house and barn stood, we can only con-
jecture. From the wording of a deed of 1759, we should judge the house stood
within the first six rods of frontage above the Edgerton wall, and from another
land record, that the barn stood on the site of the Harland garden. In 1759,
the house had disappeared, whether burnt or torn down, we know not.
In 1700, Thomas Leffingwell, Jun., (afterward Ensign Leffingwell), buys
and moves into the house on the " Town Street" (later known as the Christopher
Leffingwell house), and he probably gives the house on the side hill to his son
Thomas (b. 1674), who has married, 1698, Lydia, daughter of Dr. Solomon Tracy,
though there is no formal deed of the property until 17x9, when Thomas Leffing-
well, 3rd, is living in the house.
In describing this lot, Miss Caulkins says " Sergt. Leffingwell was pecul-
iarly the soldier and guardsman of the new town,* and Sentry Hill was the look-
out post, commanding the customary Indian route from Narragansett to Mohegan.
A sentry box was built on the summit, and in times of danger and excitement,
a constant watch was kept from the height. Here too, in the war with Philip, a
small guard-house was built, sufficient for some ten or twelve soldiers to be
housed. It has of late been called Center Hill, an unconscious change from
Sentry."
In December, 1675, during King Philip's war, the inhabitants of Norwich
requested that a guard should be sent to protect them, " they bordering upon the
enemie and haveing so many in the field." The General Council sent ten men
from Hartford County, eight from New Plaven, and eight from Fairfield, " to lye
in garrison " at Norwich. This may have been the time when the garrison-house
*This description refers to Thomas Leffingwell, ist.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 6t,
was built, thoiioh we have found no mention of it on the records, and no allu-
sions to Sentry Hill, though at a later date, the name of Center Hill often
appears. If a guard-house had been built at this time, it would be natural that
such an important matter should appear on the town books ; but is it not possible
that the guard- house had been already built long before, at the time of the set-
tlement, and perhaps this was the very building into which the bullets had been
fired in 1660. How much more natural, that the first guard-house should be
erected here, on high ground, overlooking the Indian trail for a long distance,
than on the enclosed plain. As we can find no record to set us right, let us
suppose, that here, from the earliest years of the town, it stood, used as a shelter
and watch-tower for the first settlers, and as a garrison-house during King Philip's
war. By 1705 it may have disappeared, as in the highway survey, there is no
mention of it.
Thomas Lefitingwell, 3rd, (who is better known by his title of Deacon),
probably occupied his father's house, from the time of the latter's removal to the
main road, though he did not receive a deed of the property until 17 19. The
deed gives to him " the house and tan-yard, and home-lot on both sids of ye
highway, and ye Rock pasture above ye sd home-lot," &c. Thomas was by trade
a "tanner" and " cordwainer." He died in 1733, and in his will he bequeaths to
his " dearly beloved " wife, Lydia, " the halef of my now dwelling house for bur
one youse during her natural life," &c., and as he has already given a house and
barn, and "sum" land to his son Thomas, he gives to Samuel, "my well-beloved
sun, the now dweling houes I live in, and horn lot one both sids of the hieway,
with the barn, with the heither end of the pastor at horn, and the pastor up the
hill, lying between the two heyways with the woodland adjoyning tharto," &c.
Samuel, and his mother, Lydia, occupy for a time the old homestead, but before
1759 it has disappeared, and they are living in the house across the street, later
known as the Hyde house, and now occupied by the House family. We do
not know when the Leffingwell barn disappeared. The land between the Leffing-
well lot and the commencement of the high board fence on the Edgerton property,
was early common land, in part used as a branch of the highway which led down
over the hill. It came later into the possession of Thomas Leffingwell, 4th.
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OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
Coming down to the corner, we pass an old, square, gray house (still retain-
ing, in spots, some traces of its original red color), which has been known for
many years as the " Edgerton house." This stands on land, granted by the town
to vStephen Backus, and sold by him in 1704 to Dr. Caleb Bushnell. In 17 18,
Caleb sells to Thomas Leffingwell my "40 rods of land lying in ye crotch of ye
highwayes near Ensign Thomas Leffingwell's now dwelling house, on ye north-
east side of ye common street, near ye southeast end of the Norwich Town
plot," &c., "being encompassed with highwayes, which land hath an allowance for
a way through it to a shop." This land has a frontage on the street of 10 rods,
and abuts south on the highway 5 rods. Here Thomas Leffingwell (cordwainer),
builds a house, which he gives to his son Thomas, possibly on the latter's marriage
to Elizabeth, sister of Rev. Benjamin Lord, in 1728-9, but there is no record of
this transfer until 1732-3, the year of Dea. Thomas Leffingwell's death, when both
by deed and will, it is given to his son Thomas Leffingwell, 4th. In 1783, ten
years before his death, the latter deeds to his son Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, this
house, and also the house opposite (now the " Sheltering Arms"), and adjoining shop.
Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, was a bachelor. He died in 181 4, and wills these houses to
his sister, Lydia Hart, wife of Rev. Levi Hart of Preston. In 1820, Rev. Thomas L.
vShipman inherits from his aunt Lydia this house, which he sells in 1S33 to George
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
65
H. Edgerton. Both Thomas Leffino-well, 4th, and his son Thomas, 5th, were
strong tories, and remained to the end of the war, though threatened with prose-
cution and imprisonment, staunch in their allegiance to the king. Thomas
Leffingwell, 5th, insisted, to the last days of his life, that "the rebellion was all
wrono-."
CHAPTER XII.
ON the opposite side of the street, next to the Bliss property, began the home-
lot of the first William Backus, which, including the triangle of land at
the intersection of the highways, extended from the Bliss line to the lane south
of Gager's store. It consisted of six acres, "more or less," abutting east on the
highway ;^;^ rods, north on the land of John Olmstead 36 rods, west on the river
34^ rods, and south on the land of Thomas Bliss 37^ rods.
William Backus is supposed to have been an inhabitant of Saybrook as
early as 1637. He was a smith, or cutler by trade, and his first wife, Sarah, was
the daughter of John Charles of Branford, Ct. She died in Saybrook, and just
before removing to Norwich, he married Ann, widow of Thomas Bingham. On
his arrival at Norwich, his household probably consisted of his wife, his son
Stephen, and his step-son Thomas Bingham. Three daughters had married in
Saybrook, one only, coming to Norwich, Sarah, the wife of John Reynolds To
his eldest son, William, had been assigned a home-lot near Bean Hill. William
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 67
Backus, Sr., died soon after the settlement of Norwich, probably between 1661 and
1664, so the land is recorded as the home-lot of his son wStephen.
vStephen Backus married in 1666 vSarah Spencer (possibly a daughter of
Jared vSpencer of Haddam, Ct.), and had two sons and six daughters. Miss
Caulkins says that he removed to Canterbury in 1692, and died there in 1695.
We have not found the date of his death, but know that it occurred before 1700,
so the latter part of her assertion may be correct, but we doubt the removal to
Canterbury.
In April, 1700, Stephen Backus, 2nd, of Norwich, in exchange for " 150 acres
of land lying on Rowland's Brook at Peagsconsuck (Canterbury), a house to be
built on the land, and a yoke of oxen," sells the Backus home-lot to Sergeant
(later Ensign) Thomas Lefifingwell (yeoman), and this may have been the date of
the family removal to Canterbury. Sergeant Thomas Lefifingwell, leaving perhaps
his son Thomas, who had recently married, to occupy the house on the " wSentry
Hill " road, moved to the Backus homestead, and in May, 1701, is appointed
Ensign of the train-band (a title, by which he is later designated), and in July of
the same year, he is granted liberty by the town "to keep a publique house of
entertainement of strangers." This house was probabh' then enlarged to suit the
requirements of a tavern, and was known for many years, far and wide, as the
" Lefifingwell Inn."
The house is large and rambling, and many parts of it bear the marks of
great age. Some of the rooms are on a much lower level than others, and these
may indicate where additions were made to the original Backus homestead, for
this is one of the houses which claims to date from the settlement of the town.
The windows still retain their wooden shutters, the door its bar-fastening, and the
rooms are heavily wainscoted, the large north parlor panelled throughout. The
entrance door was formerly on the north of the house, and faced the old high-
way coming down over the hill. Either the course of this highway, or the desire
to have the house stand due north and south, may perhaps account for its singu-
lar position at the present da}'. It is said that in early times, slave auctions were
held at this north door.
Ensign Thomas was also a merchant, and we should judge from the word-
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ing of some of the deeds of neighboring property, that his " warehouse " stood
just beyond the inn, possibly where later stood the "Leffingwell Row." The shop
and the inn must have prospered, and the Ensign's revenues yearly increased until
his death in 1724, when he left the large estate, for those days, of ^9,793, 9 s.,
II d. His wearing apparel was valued at ^^27, his wig at 20 s., his silver watch
^t ;^5. The walking staff with the silver head, said to have been brought by
Lt. Thomas Leffingwell from England, descends from father to son, until, from
the fifth Thomas, it passed to his nephew. Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman.
His "rapier, with silver hilt and belt," and his "French gun" must have seen
constant service in the Indian wars, and his "three tankards," "two dram cups,"
and "four silver cups w'ith handles," form quite an array of silver for those days.
Ensign Thomas died intestate, so by agreement among the heirs, the widow Mary
received " the use of the south part of the house, with back lean-to and bedrooms
in sd lean-to," &c. P. Webster Huntington of Columbus, Ohio, remembers see-
ing some initials and the date 17 15, which were cut in a clapboard at this end of
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the house, but later alterations necessitated their removal. In these rooms Mary
lived, surviving her husband many years, and the inscription on her grave-stone
reads : —
I N
MEMORY
of an aged nursing
Mother of G O D ' vS N e w -
e n g 1 i s h Israel, viz. Mrs.
Mary L e f f i n g \v e 1 1 , wife
to Ensign Thomas Lef-
fingwell Gent" who died
Sept. ye 2^ A.D.
1745. Aged 91 years.
Of the sons of the Ensign, John lived near Bean Hill, and Thomas in his
father's old homestead on the "Sentry Hill" road. Ensign Thomas had given to
Benajah in 1717-1S, the deed of the north part of the home-lot, and in the division
of the property, Benajah received the rest of the land and house. The inn and the
store continued to thrive under his management, and his inventory shows the
tavern well provided to accommodate many more guests than in his father's day.
There are large stores of bedding, sheets, table-linen and kitchen utensils. One
is inclined to wonder in which of the chambers stood the bed with its " yaller "
bed-curtains and hangings, which was adorned with the " sute of plaid curtains,"
or "the streaked linen" or the "blew lintiwooley," and where we should find
" the bed that was Madam Livingston's," which, in the division of property, was
given to the widow Joanna. We should much prefer the silk quilt as a bed-cov-
ering to the "black frog coverlid," which, if adorned with very life-like represen-
tations of that animal, must have been a grewsome sight to the waking eyes of
some guest, who had partaken too largely of the landlord's tempting potations.
We would like to have looked into the kitchen, with its rows of pewter
dishes, brass kettles, and chafing-dish, shining on the dresser, and its copper ves-
sels and utensils of every description. In the "Great Room " or " Keeping" room,
we might find possibly the "Great Black Chair," the " turke work" chairs, and
some of the " straight-backed," standing stiffly against the walls, and in the guest-
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room, which we may fancy to be the north front room, commanding all the ap-
proaches to the Landing-, we might get a glimpse of some of the prominent
citizens, who had perhaps strolled iij to chat with the landlord and the guests of
the house, and get the latest news.
This room, which is panelled throughout, has cupboards in every possible
cranny, in which were stored perhaps the "blew and white china," the "decanters,"
the "silver tankards and flagons," the "large flowered beekers," and the "blew
and red beekers." In the evening, when the guests would gather round the
tables, to drink from the "double flint drinking glasses," their daily potions of
rum and Geneva brandy, cider or metheglin, undoubtedly, at times, the "two
beekers with handles," filled with flip, stirred with a red hot poker, were passed
from lip to lip, and jokes and stories were interchanged, until the curfew rang the
signal to retire.
Benajah had married in 1726, Joanna, daughter of Judge Richard Christo-
phers, a wealthy citizen of New London, and had a large family of sons and
daughters. His son, Benajah, settled early at the Landing. Hezekiah lived for a
time near the paper mill. Elisha also lived at the Falls, and Richard was a pros-
perous sea-captain, and died in the Mole of Hispaniola, while on a voyage in 1768.
At one time, in 1767, he carried 240 Acadians back to Nova Scotia, from which
they had been exiled in 1755. At Benajah's death in 1756, the property was
divided among his numerous children. Christopher received the house and home-
lot, and the widow Joanna, "the use of the Great South Room," and the same
"lean-to" rooms, which her mother-in-law, Mary, had formerly occupied, but these
she did not long enjoy, as she married in 1759 Col. John Dyer of Canterbury. It
is said that she took her chaise with her to Canterbury, which caused such a sen-
sation in that small town at its first appearance on the Sabbath day, that she was
obliged to postpone her church-going, until the congregation had assembled.
Christopher Leffingwell, at his father's death, was only twenty-two years of
age. He married (1) 1760 Elizabeth Harris, daughter of John Harris of New
London ; (2) in 1764 Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph Coit, then of New London,
but later a resident of Norwich ; and (3) in 1799 Ruth, widow of John Perit, and
daughter of Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia. By purchase and inheritance, he
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regained all the home-lot, except the land on which stood the Greenleaf and
Billings houses, and he also purchased a small piece of land adjoining on the
north, belonging to the Lathrop lot.
Many were the busmess enterprises of Col. Christopher Leffingwell, who is
still well remembered as one of the most prominent and public-spirited of citizens.
Miss Caulkins says that he was one of the first to begin the business of stocking
weaving in 1766, with an English superintendent, William Russell. In 1791, he
had 9 looms in operation, producing annually from 1200 to 1500 pair of hose, also
gloves and purses. Miss Caulkins also says that the long, low building, known as
"Leffingwell Row," formerly standing north of the house, was built by Col.
Leffingwell "after 17S0, to accommodate his looms and other utilitarian projects."
This possibly stood on the site of the old Leffingwell "ware-house," occupied by
the Ensign in 1705. The north shops of "Leffingwell Row " consisted of one story
and a basement, the south part was of two stories. In this south upper story, a
school was kept, in which, at one time, Judge John Hyde, and we believe also at
another period, Judge Henry Strong, were teachers. It is possible that until
"Leffingwell Row" was built, the old ware-house may have remained standing,
and here Col. Leffingwell may have started the stocking factory under the super-
intendence of William Russell, who was later succeeded by William Cox.
In 1784, Daniel Williams, "Taylor," occupied No. 2, Leffingwell Row. In
October, 178S, Alexander McDonald (book-binder), moves from the Landing into
the same No. 2. In 17S7, Thomas Hubbard and Christopher Leffingwell carry on
in partnership in this building, the manufacture of Breeches, Waistcoat pieces,
Stockings, Mitts, Gloves, &c. In 1791, Thomas Hubbard moves to his father's
former shop near the Green. For some time before 1787, David Nevins occupies
one of the shops in this Row, No. 5, as a hat shop, but in 17S7, moves to a shop
near Gov. Huntington's, formerly occupied by Capt. Russell Hubbard, and .shop
No. 5 is advertised as "having proper bow-room and other accomodations for a
hatter." In 17S8, Roswell Gaylord takes possession, and advertises to sells hats,
and buy shipping furs at " No. 5 Leffingwell Row," where he continues for several
years. In 1S13, Henry Strong has his law office in this building, but in the same
year moves to the opposite side of the street. There was also a cooper shop, and
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in the basement a potash shop. In 1814, the south two-storied part was sold to
Charles P. Huntington, who either pulls it down, or moves it away, and builds
a new store, which he occupies for many years, and in which was later located
the tin-smith, Jacob Miller, and at one time Henry McNelly, and later, Cady &
Gorman. In 1836, Leffingwell Row was sold by the Leffingwell heirs to William
C. Oilman, who sells it in 183S to Henry Harland. About fifteen or more years
ago, as the " Holly Tree Inn," it offered a resting-place and refreshments at a very
moderate rate to weary teamsters and pedestrians. It was burnt to the ground
in 1882, with the adjoining store of Cady & Gorman, and the land now forms a
part of the Huntington grounds.
Col. Christopher Leffingwell built the first paper-mill in Connecticut in 1766,
the Connecticut Gazette being printed on paper from his factory, in December of
that year. In 1770, with his brother Elisha, he started a fulling-mill and dye-house,
a grist-mill, and a chocolate- mill. A pottery was also among the enterprises of
Col. Leffingwell. He was an ardent patriot, and as one of the committee of
correspondence, appointed in 1775, "the chief labor" (as President Daniel Gilman,
of John Hopkins' University, says, in his historical discourse delivered at the
Norwich BiCentennial Celebration in 1859),* "of that arduous post, seems to
have fallen upon him."
" Five days before the battle of Lexington, we find John Hancock, presi-
dent of the provincial congress just adjourned, thanking Mr. Leffingwell for the
important intelligence he had communicated ; which appears to have been a full
private letter from England, giving an account of the action of the ministry."
" The first announcement of the battles of Lexington and Concord was ad-
dressed to him. . . . Col. Jedidiah Huntington writes to him a little later from the
camp at Roxbury, and Col. Trumbull from the camp at Cambridge, asking for
supplies. Whenever New London was threatened by the enemy's fleet, a mes-
sage was sent to Norwich, and more than once, Capt. Leffingwell and his light
infantry, went down to the defense of their friends at the river's mouth." It was
said that none of all the companies, who marched to the relief of New London,
equaled in order and equipments the light mfantry under Capt. Leffingwell.
* Pies. Daniel Oilman's Historical Discourse in "The Norwich Jubilee."
Col. Christopher Leffingwell.
1734-1810.
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"In May, 1776, Nicholas Brown of Providence, sends him muskets to be
forwarded to Gen. Washing-ton— relying on 'his well-known lead in the c(jmmon
cause, to send them as soon as possible.' At a later day, load after load of tents are
brought him to be forwarded with all expedition to the commander-in-chief." At the
beginning of the war, " he was one of those sagacious citizens of Connecticut, who
saw the importance, of promptly securing the forts upon Lake Champlain, and
who quietly united in sending a committee to Vermont, supplied with the necessary
funds, to engage the services of Col. Ethan Allen, and the Green mountain boys,
for that hazardous undertaking."
"Gen. Washington, in one of his visits, partakes of the hospitalities of the
Leffingwell home, and Gov. Trumbull sends his respectful apology that he is unable
to meet, at Mr. Leffingwell's, the commander-in-chief." *
Col. Leffingwell was the first naval officer of the port appointed under
the U. S. Government, in 1784. In that year, he contributed land toward the
opening of Broadway, and planted some of the fine elms, which are such an
ornament to the town. He died in 1810, and the house became the property of his
widow, Ruth Leffingwell, who lived to the good old age of 85, dying in 1840, and
leaving the house to the children of her granddaughter, Mrs. Benjamin Huntington,
who still retain possession.
* Oilman's Historical Discourse.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE road on the left, after we pass the Leffingvvell Inn, was, in 1661, "a
footway 6 foote broad through the home lots of Steven Backus, John Holm-
sted, and Mr. Fitch," coming out near the church and parson's domicile, whither
all paths led in olden times. This remained for nearh^ one hundred years a
pentway with gates and turnstiles at each end, and between the lands of the
several proprietors. In 1739-40, an attempt made to open a highway through
these lands, was voted down by a large majority, but in 1752, at the motion of
William Hyde, and sundry of the inhabitants of Norwich, and neighboring towns,
showing the great necessity of this measure, land was purchased of Benajah
Leffingvvell, the Watermans, and Col. Simon Lathrop, and a road 2 rods, 6 ft. wide
was laid out through this district; the part through the Letifingwell land, "begin-
ning at the Town Street between the Letifingwell shop and the little gate, and
running through sd home lot to Col. Simon Lathrop's home lot, touching sd
Lathrop's home lot a little southerly from ye style."
The road was soon completed, in spite of remonstrances from Col. Simon
Lathrop. According to Miss Caulkins, much was done to beautify and improve
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it, at a later date, by Capt. William Hubl)arcl. It was early known as "the road
through the grove," but after 1752, as the "cross road" or "cross highway."
"Tradition depicts it," Miss Caulkins says, "as a beautiful winding cart-path
along the river bank, over-arched with lofty trees, and crossing a rapid stream,
where the teamsters paused on a hot summer's day to refresh themselves and
their cattle in the shade." But though beautiful and romantic by day, adventurous
indeed were those, who dared to pass through it in the night-time. It is said that
in the early years of the town, a young man named Waterman, going to visit
his lady-love, who lived below the Plain, was hissed at by a rattlesnake, and
snapped at by a wolf, as he passed through the turn stile at the corner.^-'
About the middle of the nineteenth century, the road was filled out and
straightened, which process resulted probably in the destruction of many beautiful
trees, for long after, it was a sunny, dusty road, until the present time, when the
trees set out during the highway alterations by Wolcott Huntington, and in later
years by the Norwich Town Rural Association, are beginning to afford a pro-
tection from the noontide glare.
On the triangle of land, at the fork of the roads, stood the shop of Col.
Christopher Lefifingwell, built possibly, shortly after his father's death. Here he
sold goods of his own manufacture, and everything else that could satisfy the
needs of those days, and here he was later succeeded by his two sons, W^illiam
and Christopher.
William Leftingwell served as post-master from 1789 (when the office was
transferred from the Woodbridge shop on the Green to this shop on the corner),
till 1793. He advertises in 1790, that the eastern mail will close on Mondays and
Thursdays, and the western mail on Tuesdays and Fridays, at seven o'clock p. .m.
This gave plent}' of time to get the mails ready for the morning coach.
In 1793, William Leffingwell left Norwich, and entered into a business
partnership in New York with Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, as the firm of Leffing-
well & Pierpont. Christopher Leffingwell, Jun., carried on the post-office and
the store for a while, then went to Albany, and later we believe to Ohio. In
iSoi, the shop is occupied by the firm of Baldwin & Strong.
*Miss Caulkins' Hist, of Norwich.
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In i8oS, Joseph Strong purchased the store, which was of two stories,
painted yellow, with a gable roof, the gable end facing down the street. In front
of the shop was a level plot of land, which necessitated a high wall and basement,
and an approach by steps from the lower road. Behind the store was a lane, lead-
ing from the upper to the lower road, and on this side of the store was a high
door, where the carts loaded and unloaded their goods. Standing on the other
side of the lane, just behind the Leffingwell store, its site marked by the begin-
ning of the present picket-fence, stood another two-storied shop, with doors
opening on the lane and street. When this shop was built, and by whom, we are
unable to say, but as early as 1773, there was a shop standing "near the store of
Christopher LefUngwell," in which Thomas Harland began his watch-making
business in 1773, where Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, was located in 1776, in which
John Richards, in 1778, give swool-cards in exchange for well-tanned sheepskins,
and James Lincoln sells wool-cards in 1785, and Thomas Morrow advertises as a
weaver in 1786. All these announce themselves as "near the store of Christopher
Leffingwell," so we shall have to assume that they occupied this shop, or possibly
another on the same site. This building was later used as a store-house by Joseph
Strong. These two shops stood close to the walk on the upper road, and the walk
passed outside of the large elm tree on the corner, so the present sidewalk passes
over the site of Christopher Leffingwell's store. Both buildings were removed
in 1866.
In the boughs of the many branched elm tree, in front of the Christopher
Leffingwell shop, some years before the middle of this century, the boys of Nor-
wich Town built an arbor, to which they could ascend by means of a rope, and
which, when the rope was also drawn up, formed as delightful and inaccessible
a retreat, as a boy's heart could desire. It is' said that under this tree the troops
assembled, the day they marched to Lexington.
Opposite the store of Christopher Leffingwell, and just beyond the "Leffing-
well Row," stood a house, which was built by David Greenleaf, on land purchased
of Hezekiah, son of Benajah Leffingwell, in 176 1. It was built possibly about 1763,
the date of David's marriage to Mary Johnson.
David Greenleaf was a goldsmith. He was born possibly in Bolton, Mass.,
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11
in 1737, where his father,
Dr. Daniel Greenleaf, was
a practicing; physician.
His grandfather, Rev.
Daniel Greenleaf, was a
physician in Cambridge,
Mass., for some years,
then, in 1706, became a
preacher, was ordained
pastor of a church in
Yarmouth, Mass., where
he remained for twenty
years, then removed to
Boston, and opened a drug store on Washington Street. David's uncles were
wealthy and influential citizens of Boston. One of them, Hon. Stephen Greenleaf,
was the noted Tory High Sheriff of Suffolk County. Another brother. Gen. William
Greenleaf, married Sally Quincy, sister of the famous Dorothy Ouincy, wufe of
Gov. Hancock. David Greenleaf .sold his house to Jesse Williams in 1769, and
removed to Boston. He is later said to have resided in Coventry, Ct. From 1769
to about 1772, the house was owned and occupied by Jesse Williams.
We believe that this is the Jesse Williams, who married in 176S Sarah
Williams of Stonington, but whether he is the Jesse Williams (b. 1741-2), son of
Samuel and Mary Williams of Stonington, or the Jesse (b. 1735-6), son of Jedediah
and Hannah (Dawson) Williams of Preston, or some other Jesse Williams, we
know not. Besides this house, he owned a tan-yard just beyond the Philemon Win-
ship (now Abner) house. After 1772, we find no further trace of him, and think
that he probably died between 1772 and 1775, and that his widow, wSarah, married
in the latter year Charles Charlton of Norwich.
In 1774, this house passes into the possession of Capt. William Billings. In
1796, the widow Mary Billings is living in it, having rented her other house across
the way. In this year it was sold to Timothy Lester, the cabinet maker, whom we
suppose to have occupied at that time a shop near the house now known as the
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Sheltering Arms. He moves his place of business to his new home, where he
resides until his death. His heirs sell the property in 1854 to the family of its
present owner.
Beyond the store of Christopher Leffingwell, on the same side of the street,
stood a house built probably about 1758 by Capt. William Billings, who in 1757
had married Mary, widow of Nathaniel Richards, and daughter of Benajah Lef-
fingwell. Nathaniel Richards was the son of Capt. George Richards of New
London. The date of his marriage to Mary Lefifingwell has not been found, but
he probably died shortly after. Capt. William Billings was the son of Capt. Roger
Billings, and grandson of William Billings, both prominent citizens of Preston.
His mother, Abigail Denison, was a great-granddaughter of the renowned Capt.
George Denison of Stonington, and his wife. Lady Ann Borrodell, Boradil, or
Borrowdale, as it is variously written. William Billings was a sea captain, and died
"universally lamented," of a fever, in Dominica, while on a voyage to the West
Indies in 1774. At the time of his death, he owned not only this house, but also
the Greenleaf house on the other side of the street. In 1796, "the widow
Billings," (whose only remaining son, Richard LetSngwell Billings (hatter), had
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died in 1795), was living- in the (ireenleaf house, and this house, known as "the
widow BilHng-s red house " was occupied by other tenants, perhaps by the family
of John Huntington, Jun., who was living here in 1806, when it was sold by the
Billings' heirs (Mary Billings having died in 1805), to Joseph Coit, of the firm of
Tracy & Coit. In 1S07, Joseph Coit died, and the house was, we believe, owned
and occupied for a time by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Prentice. From 1820 to 1824,
Charles Lathrop lived here. He had married in 1793, Joanna, daughter of Col.
Christopher Leffingwell. In 1824, the house was sold to William, Sally and Lucre-
tia Goodell, the son and daughters of Capt. Silas Goodell of Norwich. The lane
on the north is mentioned for the first time in this deed.
In the old Rufus Lathrop house, later in a little building in her own grounds,
and again, in the old brick school-house opposite Gager's store, and in several
other locations, Miss Sally Goodell taught the rising generation of Norwich Town.
Raps on the head with a thimble, suspensions from the wall in bags, the tying
of bashful boys to the apron strings of pretty girls, to whom they had presumed
to whisper during school hours, were punishments that linger yet in the memories
of some of her pupils ; but though painful at the time, these were the severest
penalties which her gentle nature could inflict, and her scholars seem to cherish
none but tender recollections of their former teacher.
Across the street, nearly on the site of the small house, which stands quite
back from the street, stood after 181 1, the blacksmith shop of Gary Throop, and
also near by, it is said, the first fire-engine house.
Nearly opposite the foot of the lane, which leads by Gager's store, stands
an old brown house, which, in the first deed that mentions it, seems to be the
property of Col. Christopher Leffingwell, and to have been built between 1768 and
1774. It was at this latter date occupied by Judah Paddock Spooner, who, born
in 1748, was the son of Thomas Spooner (a carpenter), who had moved from New
Bedford to New London. Thomas Spooner's daughter, Rebecca, married in 1763
Timothy Green, printer and editor of the New London Gazette, and Judah mar-
ried in 1770 Deborah, daughter of Nathan Douglass of New London. Judah
was for a time a carrier of the New London Gazette, and not only wrote the
New Year's address, but satires and other articles for the paper. In 1773, he came
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to Norwich to establish a printing office, in partnership with his brother-in-law,
Timothy Green. At this same time, the Robertsons and John Trumbull began to
publish the Norwich Packet.
Judah Paddock Spooner remained in Norwich for five years, and in that
time brought out an edition of Watts' Psalms in 1773, and of the Manual Exer-
cise as ordered by his Majesty in 1774, various school books and almanacs. Dr.
Hopkins' dialogue concerning African Slavery in 1776, and Paine's Common
Sense.
At the time of the Revolution, leaving his family in Norwich, he marched
to Boston, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, where, having delayed to
fire a last shot, as his comrades were retreating, he was slightly wounded in the
side. He was afterward in the privateer service, and was captured and imprisoned
in the old prison ship, " Jersey," at Brooklyn, N. Y. From here he returned with
a broken constitution.
He then went to Hanover, N. H., then belonging to Vermont, and here
published a newspaper, but when New Hampshire claimed the east side of the
river, he removed to Westminster, Vt., and in 1781, commenced the "\"ermont
Gazette," or " Green Mountain Post-Boy." In 1783, he sold out and returned to
New London, but a few years later went back to Vermont to join his brother,
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who was editing' the " VeniKMit Journal" at Windsor. Here, he was at that time
persuaded by a man named Matthew Lyon, to start a paper called " The Free-
man's Library " at Franklin, \'t. Lyon was indicted for too radical and seditious
writings, and wSpooner again relinquished his business, and soon after, discouraged
and disheartened, died at the home of one of his daughters. His wife, it is said,
taught school for many years at New London and Saybrook, and was distinguished
"for her piety, prudence, talent and culture."
In 1790, Col. Christopher Leffingwell gives this house to his son William.
At that time it was occupied by the brothers-in-law Thomas Hubbard, and Ebenezer
Bushnell, who then moved to the house just beyond the church, where they pub-
lished, for several years, "The Weekly Register."
William Leffingwell was born in 1765, and married in 17S6 Sally Beers,
daughter of Isaac Beers, the well-known bookseller of New Haven. They were
married by the Rev. Achilles Mansfield, uncle of the bride, the evening before
the commencement, which was to make the bridegroom a bachelor of arts. We
do not know for a certainty, whether William Leffingwell occupied this house for
the few years longer that he remained in Norwich, but v/e think it possible that
he did. Where he lived from 17S6 (the year of his marriage), to 1790, we also do
not know, but think it must have been in one of the houses in this neighborhood,
possibly the Billings house. We would like to know in which house he entertained
Dr. Mason Cogswell in 1788, who writes in his diary, that "turkey and pompion
pie" and "everything in nice order" graced the board. Samuel Huntington, Jun.,
and Daniel Lathrop were among the guests, and the late Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon of
New Haven, in his review of the Cogswell journal,* says : — " It could not but be a
pleasant party, — six at the table, all young, four gentlemen, as well as the hostess,
overflowing with memories of Yale and New Haven," and "that smart girl," Joanna
Leffingwell, "with her pleasing countenance, expressive eye, and good manners."
Dr. Bacon also says that " those who knew Mrs. William Leffingwell long' afterward,
when she had become a grandmother, and especially those who were acquainted with
her housekeeping, cannot but understand that this dinner was not only well got
up, everything in nice order, but well enlivened and brightened by her sprightly
* The New Englander of January, 1S82.
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talk." Dr. Cogswell was again entertained at the Leffingwells', in a circle of "no
less than sixteen ladies besides many supernumeraries."
In 1793, William Lefifingwell removes to New York. In 1809, he retires
from active business, and moves to New Haven, where, as Dr. Bacon says, he
resided till his death in 1834, in a stately but old fashioned mansion on Chapel
Street, at the corner of Temple Street, with a terraced garden, which extended half
way up to College Street. He was considered the richest citizen of New Haven.
One of his daughters, Caroline Mary, married Augustus Russell Street, and her
daughter Caroline, married Admiral Foote. Mrs. Street built and endowed the
School of Fine Arts in New Haven.
This old mansion of William Leffingwell was built by Jared Ingersoll
before the Revolution ; was purchased by Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia in
1782, as a wedding present for his daughter Sophia, wife of Thaddeus Perit ; was
sold in 1809 to William Leffingwell, and after his death became the residence of
Mrs. Street, and later of her son-in-law, Admiral Foote.
In 181 r, William Leffingwell sells his house in Norwich to Epaphras Porter.
At that time it was occupied by John Huntington, Jun., father-in-law of Epaphras
Porter. He had moved here probably about 1806, from the widow Billings house
across the way. Epaphras Porter lived here until his death, and the house is still
called by old residents "the Porter house." He married in 1806, Lucretia, daughter
of John Huntington, was a bookseller and bookbinder, and in connection wath the
Sterrys, carried on a marble paper manufactory, and edited a paper called "The
True Republican."
John Huntington (b. 1745), was the son of James and Elizabeth (Darby)
Huntington. He married in 1773, Abigail, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Anne
(Backus) Abel. He was a saddler, and in 1774 was in partnership with Daniel
Carew in a shop formerly standing just north of the Harland house. In 1777, he
enlisted in Capt. William Richards' company of the First Regiment for three
years. He was at Reading in 1779, and on the first of January, 1780, he was on
the muster roll of Col. Comfort vSagis' regiment as sergeant. His wife died in
1 8 14, and he died in 18 15.
Back of the Porter house stood a small house, which was built by Thomas
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Williams, possibly the one who resided on the upper road. He bought the land
of Col. Christopher Leffingvvell in 1774. This house is purchased in 1797 by Rufus
Sturtevant, a former paper-maker of Milton, Mass., who had married in 1794, Polly
Manning. In 1797, it passed into the possession of Asa Spalding, and in 1816, it
was sold to Epaphras Porter. It was torn down about 1850. It is not known
who were its various occupants, during all the years of its existence.
At one time in 181 1, and for some years after, a rather entertaining old
colored man lived here, named Ira Tosset, who was famous for his hearty laugh-
ing powers, and a benevolent lady who resided in the neighborhood used to make
him frequent presents, only asking in return that he should laugh for her, which
he did to order, with a will which made the neighborhood resound. This Ira was
the last of the old African Governors.
A path twenty feet wide led from this house to the lot on the north, on
which stood Col. Leffingwell's (later Charles Lathrop's) stone-ware kiln and shop.
This was one of the numerous enterprises of Col. Leffingvvell, started about the
time of the Revolution, in which he was succeeded by his son-in-law, Charles
Lathrop, in 1793. It is possibly the one mentioned in Prime's " Pottery and Por-
celain" as advertised in a newspaper of 1796, in which Christopher Potts & Son
are named as successors of Charles Lathrop. In 181 1, it was the shop of Cary
Throop, "subject to removal on notice to that effect," and before 1816 it seems
to have disappeared.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE land beyond the pottery kiln, extending to the brook, was the garden
and barn lot of Ebenezer Carew, part of which was inherited from his
wife's grandfather. Col. Simon Lathrop, and part purchased in 1776 of Rufus
Lathrop. The land on the north side of the street, now a precipitous sandy bank,
much cut away in places, was formerly a sloping grassy incline where, after the
marriage of Ebenezer Carew and Eunice Huntington in 177 1, the bride's grand-
father. Col. vSimon Lathrop, presented them with a house-lot (frontage 6 rods).
Here Ebenezer, who was a carpenter, built his house and shop. In 1776, he
purchased the adjoining land on the south (frontage 3 rods), of Rufus Lathrop.
The shop, which in the early part of this century was occupied as a house by
Lydia and Thankful Jones, daughters of Benjamin and Thankful (Vergason)
Jones, has long since disappeared. About the middle of this century, the house
was moved across the street, and is now owned by Mrs. Moore, and occupied
by several families. All that remains to indicate the former situation of the old
homestead, is a clump of lilac bushes, standmg up on the bank, almost directly
opposite its present site.
In the early part of the eighteenth century, three brothers. Palmer, Joseph
and Thomas Carew came to Norwich. Palmer married in 1730, Hannah Hill of
New London. Thomas married in 1724, Abigail, daughter of Daniel Huntington,
and Joseph in 1730, Mary, the sister of Abigail.
A Thomas* Carew came in 1679 to Boston, in the ship Benjamin from
Barbadoes, and it is possible that he was the ancestor of the Carews who
came to Norwich. A Thomas Carew, possibly this Thomas, or perhaps his son.
* Possibly son or brother of Richard Carew, who at that time owned a plantation in Bar-
badoes.
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married, sometime before 1700, Anna Tompson (b. 1676), daughter of Benjamin
Tompson, the famous sehoolmaster and town clerk of Braintrce, Mass., who,
according- to the record of his successor in the last named office, was " a Practi-
tioner of Physick for about 30 years, during which time he kept a Grammar
School in Boston, Charlestown, & Braintry & having left behind him a weary
world, 8 children, & 28 grand- children, he died Apr. 13, 17 14, & lieth buried in
Roxbur}', iVtatis sue 72." On his tombstone, he is called "the Renowned Poet of
New England." Benjamin's father was the Rev. William Tompson, the first
pastor of Braintree, and also one of the earliest missionaries sent to evangelize
Virginia, whom Cotton Mather describes in his Magnalia as of
"Tall comely presence, life unsoiled with stain."
The births of John and Thomas Carew are recorded in Boston, and a
daughter Anne is soon after born in Braintree. The records of birth of Palmer
and Joseph have not yet been found. Benjamin Tompson had a daughter Elinor
who married (i) Rev. Elcazer Moody, and (2) Rev. Thomas Symmes of Boxford,
and we must acknowledge that the mention of " my aunt Elinor Symmes " in the
will of Joseph Carew, forms the very slender clue, by which this lineage was
traced, but we think, as far as it goes, it is probably correct.
Ebcnezer Carew (b 1745), was the son of Joseph and Mary (Huntington)
Carew, and married in 1771, his cousin Eunice (b. 1747), daughter of Jonathan
and Eunice (Lathrop) Huntington. According to the Norwich Packet, Eunice
Carew died in 1785, in the thirty-eighth year of her age, '"after languishing five
years under a hectick disorder," and Ebenczer married in 1786, Mehetabel Gar-
diner (b. 1753), daughter of Samuel and Abigail Gardiner of New London. Her
parents were cousins, and both were grandchildren of John, the third "Lord of
Gardiner's Isle."
In 1779, Charles Staebehen from Berlin, proposes to teach the French
language, and asks those desirous to learn, to call upon him at Ebcnezer Carew's.
Ebenezer Carew died in iSoi, and his son Ebenczer (b. 1.778), lived for a
time in the homestead, and married in 1S15, Sally, daughter of Edward and
Mercy (Denison) Eels of Stonington. In iSor, he took the drug business of Daniel
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Lathrop Coit, in the shop on the side-hill next to Dr. Joshua Lathrop's house, as
Mr. Coit was intending to move to New York.
The road between the Carew house and the one next above, described in
former days, a long, winding curve, crossing the brook by a bridge, but about the
middle of this century, under the superintendence of Wolcott Huntington, the
present road was filled in, and made to lead in almost a straight line to the
church. It was possibly about this time, that the Carew house was moved across
the street.
CHAPTER XV.
THE brook, which we are now approaching-, formed the eastern bound of the
Rev. James Fitch's home-lot, which, beginning- at the river, and following
for part of the way the line of the brook, and beyond this, the eastern bound of
the oldest part of the cemetery, came out on the street leading by the Green,
just north of the house of Miss Grace McClellan, and from here the street front-
age extended to the river. The record gives the home-lot as ii acres, " more or
less," of meadow and upland, abutting south on the river 41 rods, east on land
of John Olmstead 20 rods, south on land of John Olmstead 8 rods, east on Thomas
Adgate i4>^ rods, north on Lt. Thomas Tracy 15 rods, east on Lt. Thomas Tracy
8 rods, 4 ft., north on land of Simon Huntington 18 rods, east on land of Simon
Huntington 29^ rods (changed in the record from 19 rods, 12 ft.), the line then
runs 2 rods east over the brook, then north 2 rods, 4 ft., then north-west 4 rods,
then abuts north on the land of Simon Huntington 8}4 rods (changed from 14
rods), to the street, then the line runs south, south-west and south to the river
69^ rods, abutting north-west and west on "the Town Green," and "west on the
highway. Three acres of this land is given by the Rev. James Fitch to
his eldest son James, which includes the old part of the cemetery, and all that
part of the home lot, north of the cemetery lane. In 1702, the rest of the Fitch
home lot is sold to John Waterman, and the Waterman heirs later dispose of the
land on the north side of the street to various purchasers.
The small house just beyond the brook, was built by Zebadiah Lathrop
shortly before 1790, on a part of the Fitch home-lot (frontage 6 rods, 10 1.),
purchased of Dr. Joshua Lathrop, to whom it had been conveyed in 1768. In
1792, Zebadiah deeds it to his son Asa. In 1800, Asa sells it to Moses Cole or
Cowles, and since that time, it has had many owners. In 1S24, it is purchased
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by the widow Mary Clegg ;
in 1836, it is sold to Charles
Robinson; in 1858, Nancy
Chapman becomes the
owner. It is now owned
by Thomas McGarrity.
Zebadiah Lathrop
(b. 1725), was the son of
Nathaniel Lathrop, who
kept the tavern on the
Green. He married Clor-
inda Backus (b. 1730),
daughter of the Rev. Simon Backus, and his wife, Eunice Edwards, a sister of the
celebrated Rev. Jonathan Edwards of Stockbridge, Mass., and daughter of Rev.
Timothy Edwards of East Windsor, Ct. One may infer that Clorinda Lathrop was a
superior woman, as her mother and grandmother were highly educated for those
days ; the former, after receiving from her father a collegiate education, spending
some time at a finishing school in Boston. Zebadiah and Clorinda had four sons
and one daughter. The son Asa, who inherited the home, was a shoemaker.
He married in 1793, Rachel, daughter of Ebenezer Jones. He occupied for a
time a shoemaker's shop on the Green near the residence of his father-in-law.
The house, standing on high ground next to Zebadiah Lathrop's, is also on
Fitch land, which was sold
in 1760, by Nathaniel
Backus (to whom it had
been conveyed by the
Waterman heirs), to John
Avery, and by John Avery
in 1762, to Jabez Avery,
who builds the house.
The frontage of the lot
was i3'_> rods.
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Jabez Avery (b. 1733), was the son of John and Lydia (Smith) Avery of
Preston. He is said to have married (i) Lydia (though the record of his
first marriage we have not found), and (2) in 1761 Lucy, daughter of Richard and
Lucy (Perkins) Bushnell. He was a coachmaker, and died in 1779 of the small
pox, leaving a widow and seven small children, five sons and two daughters.
His widow, Lucy, died in 1788. In 1776, John Saltmarsh, a leather breeches-
maker from London, "just arrived from Lyme," advertises "to make all sorts of
of doe and buckskin breeches at Jabez Avery's near the Court House." A black-
smith shop formerly stood between this house and the Zebadiah Lathrop house,
but this had disappeared before 1790. In 1806, the Jabez Avery heirs sell this
house to John Sterry.
John Sterry (b. 1766), was the son of Roger and Abigail (Holms) Sterry
of Preston. He married in 1792, Rebecca Bromley, daughter of Bethuel and
Arabella (Herrick) Bromley of Preston. After serving an apprenticeship, John,
and his brother. Consider, began business as booksellers and bookbinders at Nor-
wich Landing. They were self-taught, and in many ways, remarkable men, with
a special genius for mathematics. They wrote and published "The American
Youth," a new and complete course of arithmetic and mathematics, the first
volume of which appeared in 1788. In 1793, they removed to Norwich Town, and
John occupied for some years, we believe, the Strong house, and there for a time
established his book store. In 1795, he was associated in business with Nathaniel
Patten, as the firm of vS terry & Patten. In 1806, he moved to this house on the
" cross highway." Without previous instruction in the art, he undertook, and
carried on successfully the manufacture of marble paper, m companv with
Epaphras Porter, and with the latter, and his brother Consider, issued from
1804 to 1807, a newspaper called "The True Republican." About 1816, he
operated also a silk-spinning factory. In ]8oo. he assisted in organizing the
First Baptist Church of Norwich, of which he was ordained Elder, an office
which he held till his death in 1823. Miss Caulkins says :— " He was a fluent
and forcible speaker, and large demands were made upon him in the way of
preaching and exhortation." His salary was " a mere pittance." As one of his
sons remarked :— " He preached for nothing, and furnished his own meeting-house."
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He was a devoted Free Mason, and the following account of his funeral was
taken from the journal of a thirteen-year old school girl :
Thursday, Nov. 6th. "This morning, I heard the bell toll for Mr. Sterry,
pastor of the Baptist Church in Chelsea, who died after a lingering illness, which
he bore with Christian fortitude."
Friday, Nov. 7th, 1823. "This afternoon the Rev. Mr. Sterry was buried
with masonic honors — the procession attended the mourners from the house of
the deceased to the Court House, where a sermon was preached by Eldef Wilcox
— the procession was then formed again, and proceeded to the burying-yard —
first came a man with a drawn sword — ^then stewards with white rods— after these
a long procession of masons with white aprons which is their badge of mourning
— then the Holy Scriptures on a black velvet cushion borne by the oldest member
of the lodge — then stewards with black rods — then the hearse with four clergy-
men for pall-bearers — followed by the mourners and other citizens. When they
arrived at the grave the masons formed a circle around it, and the service was
read by Dr. Eaton — then they threw into the grave a white apron as the emblem
of innocence, and a right-hand glove then they walked round the grave, and each
one cast in a sprig of evergreen."
In 1829, the property was sold to Luther Case.
In 1753 and 1756, Capt. Joseph Winship buys that part of the Fitch land,
which is now the property of the Hon. John T. Wait, and Mrs. Cynthia Backus.
He purchased the part nearest the Green (frontage 5 r., 12 ft.), in 1753, ^^"^ land
adjoining the Avery lot (frontage 8 r., 12 ft.), in 1756. Before 1761, he resides
with his brother-in-law, Samuel Manning, who has married his sister Anna.
About 1761 he builds the house now occupied by the Hon. John T. Wait.
Capt. Joseph Winship (b. 1727), was a descendant of Edward Winship of
Charlestown, Mass. He, and his brother Philemon, with whom he came to Nor-
wich, were both sea captains. Joseph married in 1750, Elizabeth, daughter of
Jabez Lathrop, and had four sons and four daughters. We read in the town
records, that "Capt. Joseph Winship sailed from New London, the nth of Octo-
ber, 1765, and was spoke with on the coast the i8th of December following in a
storm, and hath not since been heard of, but 'tis supposed was lost in sd storm.
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his son Joseph being on board with him." His daiighter EHzabeth, at the age
of fourteen, was summoned to appear before Justice Richard Hyde in 1770, and
answer to the heinous charge of walking "in the street" with another young
girl, and some young boys of the town on the Sabbath Day, "upon no religious
occasion." In 1S05, the Winship heirs sell the house and land, to Asahel Case,
who moves here from the upper road. In 1S31, the property is sold to Thomas
Tilden, and in 1842, is purchased by the Hon. John T. Wait. A drive, or "gang-
way," as it was called, branched off from the old highway near the house now
owned by Mrs. Backus, and passing in front of the Winship house, led up to the
Avery homestead. This was purchased by Mr. Vv^ait in 1S42, and is now a part
of the main highway.
In 1783, and 1785, Frederick and Rockwell Manning purchase in two parcels,
the land on which now stands the house of Airs. Backus. In the 1783 purchase,
a hatter's shop was included. In 17S6, Rockwell Manning purchases the share of
his brother Frederick, and builds the house, which stood for many years on the lot,
and a few years ago was purchased by Fitch Allen, and moved down the street
next to the Porter house, where it is still standing. Rockwell Manning advertises,
in the Norwich Packet of 1785, that he "carries on the stone-cutting and engraving
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business at his house in the City of Norwich, or at the house of Mr. William
Bingham's in Canterbury. Any that are desirous of having the American
marble which makes elegant Tables - _ - ,
may be furnished by sd Manning."
In 1793, he deeds his house and land
in Norwich to his son, Mansur, and
daughter, Sally, who sell in i8c6
and 1S09 to Luther Spalding. In
181 1, the property is purchased by
William Baldwin, who, we believe,
resides here till his death. In 1820,
his widow, Ahce Baldwin, in ex-
change for a house on "Pork Street," '
sells this house to Nabby (Lord) Tracy, wife of Mundator Tracy. Nabby Tracy
died in 1821, and Eleazer Lathrop afterward occupied the house for many years.
When the old house was moved from the lot a few years ago, the present
house of Mrs. Backus was erected. We have not been able to find the record
of birth or parentage of Rockwell Manning, but he married in 1783 Sarah
Answorth of Canterbur}^ and had two children, Mansur (b. 17S3), and Sally
(b. 1788).
In 1750, David and Elizabeth Waterman sell 40 rods of land, "lying near
our small dwelling house bounded by the highway to the Burying Place, at the
north-east end of our lot," to Samuel Manning. This lot extended 12 rods, 3 ft.,
on the highway to the Burying Place, then south 17'' w 6f2 rods, then north-west
13 rods, 3 ft., to a point to the first corner. Here Samuel Manning builds a
house. In 1753, he sells one-half of this house to his brother-in-law, Joseph Win-
ship, and the two families reside together until 1761, when Joseph deeds his share
of the house to Samuel.
Samuel Manning (b. 1723), was the son of Capt. John and Abigail (Winship)
Manning of Windham, Ct., and a descendant of William Manning, a prominent
and wealthy citizen of Cambridge, Mass. He married in 1746, his own cousin
Anne, daughter of Joseph Winship of Charlestown, ]\Iass., and came to Norwich
Diah Manning.
1760-1815.
Driim-Hajor of Washington's body-g-aard. who carried to Maj. Andre
his last "breakfast on the morning of his execution.
[Copied from one of those old miniatures, in which the face alone is painted, the coat is of cloth, and fitted to
the figure, and the hair is made of wool or fia.x, and tied into a queue.]
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93
to reside. He died in 1783, and the widow Anne, danghter Euniee, and son
Diah inherited the house, and the garden and shop were left to the son Roger,
who died shortly after, and this part of the property passed later into the posses-
sion of the Winships, and a part of it was sold to Eliphalet Carevv, who in 1S16,
sells it to William Clegg. The shop, which stood on Roger Manning's land, may
have been the hatter's shop, which was later sold to Frederick and Rockwell Man-
ning, but of this we are not certain.
Diah Manning (b. 1760), married in 17S4, Anna Gilford, daughter of James
and Susanna (Hubbard) Gilford. He was for many years the bell-ringer of
Norwich Town and a famous drummer as well. Both he and his brother, Roger,
serv^ed as drummers during the Revolutionary war. In 1775, Roger was in Col.
Israel Putnam's regiment, and Diah in the Eighth regiment under Col. Jedediah
Huntington. At Valley Forge, in 1778, both the brothers were among the picked
men chosen to serve in Washington's body-guard.
Diah Manning's son, Asa (b. 1795), was also a drummer in the war of 1812,
and from the history of Norwich, we quote his own account of the battle of
Lundy's Lane. " There were some 45 of us Norwich boys, who fought at Lundy's
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Lane, some of whom laid down their lives on that bloody field, and all fought
with courageous gallantry. We brought off our flag, though it was shot from the
staff, and riddled with 30 or 40 bullet holes."
The family of Diah Manning were extremely kind in their attentions to a
young Haytien mulatto, who had been taken prisoner in iSoo, by an American
ship, during the Haytien war, and brought with several others of his countrymen
to Norwich. This young mulatto, Jean Pierre Boyer, afterward became the Presi-
dent of the Republic of Hayti, and nearly twenty years afterward, sent a present
of $400 each to the widows of Consider Sterry and Diah Manning, in return for
their kindness to him in his captivity. The family of Diah Manning continued
to reside here until 1S13, when the house is sold to William Clegg, a recently
naturalized Englishman, whose occupation was that of a blacksmith.
CHAPTER XVI.
JUST across the street from the Manning house, stood the house of the Rev.
James Fitch. At the time of his occupancy, there was no road through
the property, only a narrow foot-path, and the house stood, probably, facing the
Green, about on the site of the one now occupied by William Lathrop. Rev. James
Fitch was born in 1622, in the town of Bocking, Essex Co., England. His father
was a clothier, and evidently a man of means. In his will, probated in 1632, he
leaves ^100 to his son James, "to be paid him when he shal be a batchelor of art
of two yeares standinge in the univ'sity of Cambridge," and also "^^30 a year from
the tyme of his admission to be a scholler in Cambridge until he be or have
tyme then to be a master of arts." In his will, he remembers his loving friends,
Mr. Hooker and Mr. Nathaniel Rogers, who were possibly the two distinguished
divines, who afterward came to New England. The widow Anne and three of
the sons, Thomas, Samuel, and Joseph, came to America in 1638.
At the time of James's arrival in this country he was only sixteen years
of age. He finished his theological studies imder the direction of the Rev.
Thomas Hooker of Hartford. In 1646, he was ordained pastor of the church at
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Saybrook, and here he remained until 1660, when, though urgently desired to stay
in Saybrook, he finally decided, after much meditation and prayer, or as Dr.
Strong-, in his anniversary sermon, says, " under the influence of imperious circum-
stances," to go with the majority of his church members to found the town of
Norwich.
Shortly after his arrival at the new settlement, the Hartford church extended
to him a flattering call to be their pastor, but though this offered him a wider
field and greater influence, his only reply was, " With whom then, shall I leave
these few poor sheep in the wilderness.?" He was devoted to his people, and
they retained to the last a deep affection for him.
Mr. Fitch was considered a man of great learning, and was called by Cotton
Mather, "the holy, acute and learned Mr. Fitch." A few of his writings remain :
— A sermon preached on the death of Mrs. Anne Mason, wife of Major Mason,
and a small volume containing a treatise on the reformation of those evils, which
have been the procuring cause of the late judgments upon New England ; the
Norwich Covenant, which was solemnly renewed by the church, March 22, 1675,
and a brief discourse proving that the first day of the week is the Christian
Sabbath. He preached in 1674, the oldest election sermon on record in Connec-
ticut, from the text, " For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round
about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." Mr. Fitch took a deep interest
in the Indians, learned their language, preached to them, and befriended especially
those who were rendered homeless by King Philip's war. He obtained a grant
of land for them to settle upon, on Waweekus Hill, near Bozrah, but for some
reason, the settlement was never made. But in 1678 a small Indian village was
formed between the Shetucket and Quinebaug rivers. These Indians were called
" the vShowtucketts." They lingered here for a while, but gradually became extinct.
In 1676, during a great drought, the Indians, having exhausted all their
incantations, applied to Mr. Fitch, who promised to pray for rain, if Uncas would
acknowledge, before all his people, that the Indian powwows had been in vain ; and
that if rain should come in answer to Mr. Fitch's prayer, he should know that
God had sent it. As Mr. Fitch says, " the next day there was such plenty of
rain that our river rose more than two feet in height."
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The Indians were warmly attached to Mr. Fitch, and gave him several
grants of land, one of 120 acres near what is now the town of Lebanon, and
another of a tract five miles in length, and one in breadth, called "Mr. Fitch's
Mile." These lands now form part of the town of Lebanon, the name of which
was suggested to Mr. Fitch, by the height of the land, and a large cedar forest,
lying within the limits of the Mile.
In 1694, Mr. Fitch was rendered unable to preach by a stroke of palsy, but
though his people were obliged to seek another pastor, they paid yearly to Mr.
Fitch from ^30 to ^70 until his death. In 1695, a settlement was made in
Lebanon, to which removed four of Mr. Fitch's sons, Jeremiah, Nathaniel, Joseph,
and Eleazer ; and in 1701, Mr. Fitch retired there to end his days. He died in
1702, in the eightieth year of his age, and lies buried there in the old cemetery.
On his gravestone is a long Latin inscription, said to have been written by his
son. Rev. Jabez Fitch, which, translated, reads : —
"In this tomb are deposited the remains of the truly Reverend Mr. James
Fitch ; born at Bocking, in the county of Essex, England, Dec. 24, 1622 :— who
after he had been well instructed in the learned languages, came to New England
at the age of 16, and passed seven years under the instruction of those eminent
divines, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Stone. Afterward he discharged the pastoral ofiEice
at Saybrook for 14 years, from whence, with the greater part of his church, he
removed to Norwich, and there spent the succeeding years of his life, engaged in
the work of the Gospel, till age and infirmity obliged him to withdraw from pub-
lic labor. At length he retired to his children at Lebanon, when scarcely half a
year had passed, when he fell asleep in Jesus, Nov. 18, 1702, in the Soth year of
his age. He was a man for penetration of mind, solidity of judgment, devotion
to the sacred duties of his office, and entire holiness of life, as also for skill and
energy in preaching, inferior to none."
Mr. Fitch married (i), in 1648, Abigail, daughter of the Rev. Henr}' Whit-
field of Guilford, who, as his successor in the ministry, Rev. Thomas Ruggles,
writes, was " a well-bred gentleman, a good scholar, a great divine, and an excellent
preacher." He was the son of an eminent English lawyer, and was settled at
one time over a parish at Ockham, Co. Surry. Censured by Bishop Laud for
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not reading the royal proclamation for sports on the Sabbath, he resigned his
living and came to America in 1637. Later, he went to found the town of
Guilford, Ct., where he officiated as minister for 12 years. He built as a house
for himself, and also as a fort for the protection of the settlers, the stone house,
which is still standing in Guilford. In 1650, he returned to England, and died
at Winchester, where it is said that he was settled as a minister. His daughter,
Abigail Fitch, died in 1659, and in 1664, the Rev. James Fitch married Priscilla,
daughter of Major John Mason. He had a large family of sons and daughters.
James, the eldest son, resided for a while in Norwich, then went to found the
town of Canterbury ; Samuel settled in Preston, Daniel at Montville, John in
Windham ; Jabez lived in Ipswich, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., and Jeremiah,
Eleazer, Joseph, and Nathaniel, made their homes in Lebanon. The daughters
are said to have been very handsome and attractive. Abigail, the eldest, married
Capt. John Mason, 2nd ; Hannah, Thomas Mix or Meeks ; Dorothy became the
wife of Nathaniel Bissell ; Anna of Joseph Bradford ; and Elizabeth married
the Rev. Edward Taylor, who had been one of her father's theological students.
A quaint and curious love-letter from the Rev. Edward to his lady-love, is still
extant. On the letter, is drawn a carrier dove with an olive branch in its mouth,
and this inscription on its back, " this Dove and olive branch to you is both a
post and emblem too."
The address reads : —
" For my friend and only beloved
Miss Elizabeth Fitch
at her father's house in Norwich."
"Westfield, Mass, S'.'l day of the 7"! Month, 1674.
"My Dove
" I send you not my heart, for that I hope is sent to Heaven long since, and
imless it has awfully deceived me it has not taken up its lodgings in any one's
bosom on this side the royal city of the Great King ; but yet the most of it that
is allowed to be layed out upon any creature doth safely and singly fall to your
share.
" So much my post pigeon presents you with here in these lines. Look not (I
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entreat you) on it as one of love's hyperboles. If I borrow the beams of some spark-
ling metaphor to illustrate my respects unto thyself by, for you having my breast
the cabinet of your atTections as I yours mine, I know not how to offer a fitter
comparison to set out my love by, than to compare it unto a golden ball of pure
fire rolling up and down my breast, from which there fiies now and then a spark
like a glorious beam from the body of the flaming sun. But alas I striving to
catch these sparks into a love letter unto yourself, and to gild it with them as
with a sunbeam, find that by what time they have fallen through my pen upon
my paper, they have lost their shine, and fall only like a little smoke thereon
instead of gilding them. Wherefore finding myself so much deceived, I am ready
to begrudge my instruments, for though my love within m}' breast is so large that
my heart is not sufificient to contain it, yet they can make it no more room to
ride into than to squeeze it up betwixt my black ink and white paper. But know-
that it is the coarsest part that is couchant there, for the finest is too fine to
clothe in any linguist and huswifry, or to be expressed in words, and though this
letter bears but the coarsest part to you, yet the purest is improved for you. But
now, my dear love, lest my letter should be judged the lavish language of a
lover's pen, I shall endeavor to show that conjugal love ought to exceed all
other love.
" ist. appears from that which it represents, viz : The respect there is betwixt
Christ and his church. Eph. 5th, 25th, although it differs from that in kind ; for
that is spiritual, and this human, and in degree, that is boundless and transcend-
ant, this limited and subordinate ; yet it holds out that this should be cordial
and with respect to all other transcendant.
" 2nd. Because conjugal love is the ground of conjugal union, or conjugal
sharing the effects of this love, is also a ground of this union.
"3rd. From those Christian duties which are incumbent on persons in this
State as not only serving God together, a praying together, a joining in the ruling
and instructing their family together, which could not be carried on as it should
be without a great degree of true love, and also a mutual giving each other to
each other, a mutual succoring each other, in all states, ails, grievances ; and how
can this be when there is not a love exceeding all other " love to any creature ?
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And hereby if persons in this state have not love exceeding all love, it's with
them for the most part as with the strings of an instrument not tuned up, when
struck upon makes but a jarring harsh sound. But when we get the wires of an
instrument equally drawn up, and rightly struck upon, sound together, make
sweet music whose harmony doth ravish the ear ; so when the golden strings of
true affection are strung up into a right conjugal love, thus sweetly doth this
state then harmonize to the comfort of each other and to the glory of God when
sanctified. But yet, the conjugal love must exceed all other, yet it must be kept
within bounds, for it must be subordinate to God's glory, the which that mine
may be so, it having got you in its heart, doth offer my heart with you in it
as a more rich sacrifice unto God through Christ, and so it subscribeth me yr
true love till death.
Edward Taylor."
Several other young men studied for the ministry with the Rev. Mr. Fitch.
Rev. Eliphalet Adams of New London was under his instruction, also the Rev.
Samuel Whiting of Windham, who married, in 1696, Elizabeth Adams, the half-
sister of Eliphalet, and step-daughter of Maj. James Fitch.
The date of the death of Priscilla, wife of Rev. James Fitch, is unknown.
In Feb., 1702, the Rev. James Fitch and his son Daniel, to whom he has deeded
part of the house, sell the property to John Waterman (husbandman), in all, 9^^
acres, with the buildings — bounded south on the river 41 rods, west on the high-
way leading to the river 31 rods, bounded north on ]\Iaj. James Fitch 64 rods, abut-
ting east 20 rods on land formerly John Olmstead's, south 8 rods on Olmstead land,
east 14^ rods on land of Thomas Adgate, and bounded north 15 rods on land
of Thomas Tracy.
John Waterman (b. 1672), was the son of Lt. Thomas and Miriam (Tracy)
Waterman, whose home-lot was on the road to Bean Hill. He married (i) 1701,
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Adgate) Lathrop, who died in 170S.
He married (2) 1709, Judith Woodward, daughter of Peter Woodward of Ded-
ham, and sister of the Rev. John Woodward, second minister of the Norwich
church. He married for the third time, in 1721, Elizabeth Basset, possibly daugh-
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. loi
ter of David Basset of Boston, Mass., and if so, of Huguenot descent. He had
eleven children. One of his daughters, Hannah, married (i) Absalom King and (2)
Benedict Arnold, and was the mother of the traitor. After the death of John
Waterman, the widow and her son, David Basset Waterman, lived in the homestead
until 1755, when they transfer the property to Nathaniel Backus, Jr., husband of
Elizabeth Waterman, and he sells it to Eleazer Lord, who at that time is residing
on a farm in the Weciuonnock region. In 1760, Eleazer Lord, Sen., deeds to
Eleazer Lord, Jun., one acre of this lot (which is the corner where the house of
William Lathrop now stands), abutting 4 rods on the cross-lot highway, and 30
rods on the highway to the river. There is no mention of a house on the prop-
erty, and it is probably about this time that Eleazer Lord, Jun., builds the one
now standing on the lot, which, according to family tradition, was built in
forty days. Eleazer Lord, Sr., was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Pratt)
Lord of Saybrook, Ct. He married (r) Zerviah, daughter of Dea. Thomas Leffing-
well, and again in 1754, Abigail, widow of Thomas Mumford of Groton, Ct.
Eleazer Lord, Jun., married, in 1753, his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of the
Rev. Benjamin Lord, and had two daughters, Nabby (b. 1754), and Elizabeth,
(b. 1757). The former married (as second wife), Mundator Tracy in 17S6, and
Elizabeth married, in 1780, Asa Lathrop (b. 1755), son of Nathaniel Lathrop, 2nd.
P^leazer Lord, Jun., must have built his house sometime between 1760, when the
land is deeded to him by his father, and 1773, the year his father's will is made,
in which the house is mentioned. Here he keeps an inn for manv years, which
was much frequented by the lawyers, who came to attend the sessions of the
court at Norwich. Among the constant patrons of the Lord tavern were two
New London lawyers, Gil-bert Saltonstall (son of Gen. Gurdon Saltonstall), and
Judge Marvin Wait.
Judge Marvin Wait was born at Lyme in 1746. He was the son of Richard,
and Elizabeth (Marvin) Wait of Lyme, and married for his first wife, in 1779,
Martha (or Patty) Jones of New London, and (2), in 1805, Harriet (Babcock)
Saltonstall, widow of Gilbert Saltonstall, and (3), in 18 10, Nancy Turner, daughter
of Dr. Philip and Lucy (Tracy) Turner of Norwich. He was a successful lawyer
in New London, and for a time a partner of Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons of
I02 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
Revolutionary fame. He retired from practice in 1800, was frequently a member
of the State legislature, was a judge of the county court, a presidential elector at
the first election of Gen. Washington, and was one of the council appointed to
dispose of the lands belonging to the vState, and to establish a school fund. He
died at New London in 1815. His wife returned to Norwich to reside, and died
here in 1851. He had seven children by his first wife, one of whom, Harriet,
married Francis Richards of New London, and another, Eliza, married Jedediah
Huntington of Norwich, who as a memorial of his wife, established and endowed
the Eliza Huntington Memorial Home for aged ladies. By his second wife, he
had one son, Marvin (b. 1806), who resided for a time in Norwich, and died in
Pensacola, Fla , in 1832, aged 26. Judge Wait's last wife was the mother of the
Hon. John T. Wait, one of the most prominent lawyers of Norwich, and a member
of Congress from 1876 to 1887, who, though eighty-four years old, still attends to
an extensive law business, and is as hearty and vigorous, with a memory as clear,
and a mind as keen, as in his younger days.
Eleazer Lord died in 1809, leaving his property to his two daughters and
his grandchildren.
In 1810, Asa Lathrop moves to the inn to reside. His wife, Elizabeth, had
died in 1805. Asa dies in 1835. The property descends through Asa's son, Eleazer,
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and the daughters, to William Baldwin Lathrop, son of Eleazer and Jerusha
(Thomas) Lathrop, who still owns and occupies his great-grandfather's house.
Shortly after the town was settled, a horse-bridge was built across the
Yantic at the west of the Fitch lot, which, owing to frequent and disastrous
freshets, was being constantly rebuilt. The more substantial wooden bridges
later erected met the same fate. The present structure is of iron.
CHAPTER XVII.
To understand the division of lands on the east side of the main highway,
from the Edgerton house to " Peck's corner," it will be necessary to first
locate the lands allotted before 1705, the date of the earliest highway survey.
At the settlement of the town, all the land on the east side of the street, except
perhaps the home-lot of Josiah Read, was the town "commons," that is, land left
open for general use, where the cattle could range at will.
The records of the Read lands vary so much, and are so confused with
purchases from, and sales to Jonathan Crane, who came to Norwich about 1679,
that, though it is easy to fix the probable site of the house, it will be impossible
to entirely settle the question of bounds. The Read barn was on the lot now occu-
pied by the dwelling of Miss C. L. Thomas. The house stood probably near, or
on the site of the present residence of Gardiner Greene. The property was owned
in 1705 by Richard Bushnell.
Just north of the Read house (leaving the Read home-lot a frontage of
about 12 rods), began the orchard or barn-lot of Dea. Thomas Adgate, having a
frontage of about 18 rods on the Read (later Bushnell) cartway, leading over the
hill. The houses, standing at this time on the opposite side of the street, were
that of vSamuel Lathrop, 2nd, where the Misses Gilman now reside, and the
Adgate homestead on the upper part of the meadow below the house of Jabez
Lathrop. This house of Mr. Lathrop was possibly the former home of Deacon
Christopher Huntington, 2nd, and north of this, on the lot now occupied by the
Rogers and Yerrington houses, stood the dwelling of the first Christopher Hunt-
ington, which, in 1705, was in the possession of his son John.
The Jonathan Crane house (owned in 1705 by Israel Lathrop), stood on the
I. Jol^n Ketjnolds Hom&Lol , 1659 h r si division of land, /^^/ |
Occupied bijJos ReLjOolds, //^i"
E. roini Lol" owned bu Lh. Thomas LeffifApwell
HI Thomas Bliss HonneLol-, /S5d. House occbi^ Samuel Bliss, /7^5.
I?. L^. Thomas Leffinowells Home LoK 1659. Livmo l^ere, /705
1 Land oranl-ed U 5^ephen Backas Sold l-o Or Caleb Basbnell bi^SkphenSackus^Jr/Z^^
B Ension Thomas LeffiHowell s rirsV HomeLol'y^7.9 Occupied buThos.Lefbnowell 3' 1703
^. Josepb Bushnells HomeLoK Purchase S' GranV^ /g^S. Livino lnere,/7^5".
M. JoSiah Read S barn I oK Purchased o(- JonalKanCr<3ne. Owned bu Richard Bushnell, //^5
IX Josiah Reads HomeUt , /^55(?'j Owned bi^ Richard Bashnell,/7^5 j
X. Oea Thomas Adpal-£S orchard 3n<^ barn I oh.
XI. Jonalin^n Cranes HomeLot", /6S5 Owned bi^ Israel Lamrop, 1705-
TIT. Chns^opber Hunhnpl-on I5f S Home[.o\JS59 Owned 2<probablu occ bi^JohnHumtmoi-on,/ 7^5- .
XDl. Chrisl-Qpher Hunbnobn ^ntj Pa rj- of his Faliaers Home LoK/^59. Livlno bere,/ 7^5-
M. Dea Thomas Ad oafe , /^J9. L ivmoViere,/ 7/75- l,
m. John Olmsfeads HonneLoL 7^55. Occupied bu Samuel Lallnrop, 2(), /705-
M William Bachus Ist's Honne Lol-, 7559. Occupied bi^ EnsionThos Leffioowell, 1705.
M Rev James Fifch (Pari- ol bis Home Lo^),/^J5. Occupied bij Johr^Waterrr^ah , J705.
M Maj John Masons Home Lol, 755^. Grar^l-ecS bi^ Church 1-0 Mr.Woodvv/ard , JJOO-
m. Parf of Rev.Mr Fikhs HomeLol,76'55. Sef oFf for burL|ing oroand . /S99
M. Maj JamesFilchs HomeLokParfofRev.JdsFil-chsHomeLoL/^^a
Occupied bi^ Rev/.JohnWoodwarc!, 17 05.
5n."Mee^ng House" Plain Old Meehn^ Mouse sHIl sl-andm^ . I703
OT St-ephen G'ffords Home LoK Houseprobablijdisjppeared "Parsonaoe " Und 1705.
ffl. Simon Hunbngl-ons Home Lot/^55 (N.rlhsfde of sWeeK) House builf bi^ JohnArnold
OvNne<) hu Simon HunHnol-or* , Jr , /705-
SX5. Simon HuniinoUnJrS HomeLoK ParUf his falbers HomeLoF Given fohim .n /6SS-3
Li\/ino nere^/TO 0.
5 innon Hunhnofon 5r s Home Lol-, /^55. Liv/ino here m 1705-
IXS. LhThosTraCLj's WoVf\e\^o\.JS59. Easl- house occ/ 7^5", buD-anielTracu Cross denol-es
former sik of UT.TracLjS house, prokablq disappeared before /705 \Nes\- house occu-
piecJ bui Dr SolomonTrdcu . 1105 ■
John Bradford s Howe Lo^, /^55 Owned bu S.'nnon HunHnohn ,Jr , 1705.
Samuel Lamrop I si s Home Lo|- PurchasecJ,/^^^^ Nor[h house occ bu Jos L^fhrop^ HOS
Ooum house occ bu IswclLalhrop, I105
M Thomas Slumans Home Lof, /<f^3. House probablij disappeared before, \10b.
ouses shil sbndinp. (895
uses disappeared , 1895.
uses possiblu exisKmo.
^ ^ 189^.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 105
Lovett lot at the junction of the cross-roads, and the grounds extended below
the Rudd house. The south part of the Rudd property, and the land on which
now stands the house and barn of George Raymond, was owned formerly by
Josiah Read, but, in 1705, was the orchard of Israel Lathrop.
We will now give the 1705 surv^ey of the old highway, leading from the
bridge over the Yantic, near the Norwich Town depot, to Mill Lane (now Lafay-
ette street), but the part we shall especially consider, extends from Peck's corner
to the Edgerton house.
HIGHWAY SURVEY OF 1705.
"The highway between Mr. John Woodwards^ lot and the lot of John Waterman- from
the river to the Meetinghouse green to be four redds wide, and from sd Woodwards lot to the
southeast corner of the Parsonage^ lott to be seven rodds & eleven foot, and from the Parson-
age lott square cross the Green, att the north end of the Meeting-house^ to Mr. Woodwards^
fence to be twenty-three rodds and nine foot, and from the northwest corner of sd Wood-
wards lott, cross the Green to the northeast corner of the Parsonage Lott. where it joynes to
Simon Huntingtons" orchard, is ten rodds, and att the house of sd Simon Huntington^ four
rodds wide, and from thence to the brook att Israel Lothrop's'* four rodds wide and of the same
widdth five or six rodds beyond the brook and then the highwaye widens gradually to the south-
east corner of sd Israels'' house lot, and from thence to the northeast corner of the lot belonging
to the heirs of Christopher Huntington, Senior,'" the way to be nine rodds and ten foot from sd
Huntingtons corner to Lothrops'' orchard four rodds wide, and from the southwest corner of
sd Lothrops orchard to the fence of Christopher Huntington'- five rodds wide, and from sd
^Mr. John Woodward's lot is that now occupied by the school-house, Sterry and Hale
houses, and extended from the Green to the river.
-John Waterman's lot is where the William Lathrop house now stands.
3 The Parsonage lot extended from the chapel to Mediterranean lane.
^Probably the first old Meeting house, no longer in use.
■"^This is the home-lot of Mr. Woodward, and extended from the Burying-ground lane to
the present house-lot of Rev. Wm. S. Palmer.
''Simon Huntington's orchard was on the site of the house now owned by Rev. William
Clark.
"This is either the house of Simon Huntington, Jun., which stood on the site of the house
recently occupied by Rev. C. A. Northrop, or the house of the first Simon Huntington, which stood
between the Young and Dickey houses.
■*This is the brook at the residence of Mrs. John White.
'•'The corner by the house of Ira Peck.
'"The corner by the house of H. Yerrington.
"Lot where the Lovett, Rudd, and Raymond houses stand.
'-The Jabez Lathrop and Potter houses stand on the former home-lot of Christopher Hunt-
ington, 2nd.
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Huntingtons fence up hill eastward to the north corner of Thomas Adgates'-' lot seventeen
redds and six foot, att the house of sd Adgate^^ from his fence up the hill to his barn nine
rodds two foot, from the southwest corner of Capt. Bushnellsi'' lott formerly belonging to Josiah
Read westward to Thomas Adgates fence nine rodds from the northwest corner of sd Bush-
nellsi" lott which lott joins to Joseph Bushnells' • lott from sd corner to Sargt. Samuel Lothrops' "
fence westward ten rodds and thirteen foot, from the southwest corner of Joseph Bushnell's barn
lott to sd Lothrops fence westward nine rodds, and from sd lothrops fence up the hill east-
ward to the fence of Joseph Bushnell on the west side of his house^" twenty-five rodds ten foot,
from Ensign Thomas Leffingwells ware-house-" up the hill to his lot by his barn-i nine rodds
wide, the street between Lt. Thomas Leffingwells-- and Samuel Blisses--' home lotts and so to
to the mill path to be four rodds wide," &c.
A great width of open land or " Common " is included in the general term
"highway" from Christopher Huntington, 2nd's, house to Lt. Thomas Leflfingwell's,
but the traveled road for carts and horses, turning up the hill just beyond the
Adgate house, led back of where now stands the Thurston and Donahue houses,
and branched near the Harland house ; one branch coming into the main road
nearly opposite the Leffingwell Inn, and the other passing back of the Edgerton
house into the Sentry Hill road. Another highway turned " out of the Town
street by Samuel Lothrops between the lots of Capt. Richard Bushnell att the
narrowest place three rodds wide." This is the present highway between the
houses of Miss C. L. Thomas and Gardiner Greene.
Beyond the Adgate house, was the ravine mentioned by Miss Caulkins,
i^The orchard and barn lot of Thomas Adgate are now a part of the propert}' occupied by
Gardiner Greene.
'^The Adgate house stood in the upper part of the meadow just below the Jabez Lathrop
house.
1^ Lower corner of the property now occupied by Gardiner Greene.
'"The northwest corner of Miss Carrie Thomas' house-lot.
''The Joseph Bushnell lot began half way across the garden of Miss Carrie Thomas and
the house faced on the upper road.
'**The Samuel Lathrop lot extended from Gager's lane to the north garden wall of the
Gilman grounds.
'■'The site of the Bushnell house was possibly near the bars in the lot above the Pierce
house on the Sentry Hill road.
-"The ware-house stood possibly on the later site of Leffingwell row.
-'The barn stood possibly where now is the Harland garden.
--Now the residence of William Bliss.
^^Now the residence of Angel Stead.
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" with a pitch of several feet, through which, in times of abundant rain, a gurgling-
stream, formed by rivulets trickling down Sentry Hill passed into the dense alder
swamp below." This was "the dark and dolorous swamp,* antecedently the haunt
of wolves and venomous serpents, from whence it is said, often at nightfall low
howlings issued, and phosphorescent lights were seen, very fearful and appalling to
the early planters."
Mr. Henry McNelly remembers being told in his youth by an old resi-
dent, of his having heard an old lady narrate, that she once saw a bear shot in
this swamp, now a fair and open meadow. For wild animals abounded in those
early days, wolves, foxes, wild cats, deer and bears, and rattlesnakes were so
numerous that large premiums were offered for their destruction.
On Feb. 4, 1737-8, the proprietors order in meeting that some common
lands shall be sold, and appoint Messrs. Hezekiah Huntington, Simon Tracy and
Richard Hyde "a commete " to sell "some of ye sd Common land lying in the
Town platt between Ebenezer Lothrop's orchard and ye end of ye hill by Thomas
Leffingwell's house and to attend ye following method, (viz.) to convey and lay
out Lotts of sd Land and number the same, No Lott to be more than 4 Rods
wide fronting on the street Westward, and so to run up ye Hill Eastward, leav-
ing a highway on the hill at ye Rere of ye Lotts one rod and a halfe wide, and
leaving the Street or highway at the west end of ye Lotts 3 rods wide," and also
" to sell of sd Lotts at publick Vandue to the highest bidder for money till they
have sold to ye value of 80^ or 90^ money, the A^andue to begin at one of ye
Clock on ye first day of March next at ye house of Mr. Thomas Lothrop leaving
needful highways up ye hill."
The auction was held, and enough lots, five in number, were sold to raise
the required sum, and the rest of the land was then laid out in small lots, and
distributed to various inhabitants of the town. One might infer from the great
elevation of the Harland property, that where the road now passes below the
house, there was formerly a steep bank, crossed perhaps by a foot-path. No record
has been foimd of the time when this part of the main road was laid out, nor
when the ravine was filled up in front of the Beach house, unless the clause in
*]\Iiss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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this act of 1737-8 "leaving the street at the west end of ye lots 3 rods wide,"
has reference to these changes in the highway. It is plain, however, from the
evidence of deeds, that the road over the hill ceased about this time, or shortly
before, to be the traveled highway.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Now, returning to the north bound of the Edgerton lot, the land between this
point and the early south line of the Harland property came, in 1741 and
1747, into the possession of Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, who lived in the " Edgerton "
house ; that nearest to his house by grant, the land beyond by purchase. The
purchased part was a piece of land, which had been granted to Isaac Cleveland
in 1714, but not laid out to his heirs until 1734-5. This was opposite the Leffing-
well ware-house, and, beginning about where the injured elm stands, abutted
south-west on the street 5 rods, north-west 4 rods, north-east 4 rods, then south-east
on a highway 5 rods, i ft. It was sold by the Cleveland heirs to Joshua Hunt-
ington, and by him, in 1741, to Thomas Leffingwell.
About 1780, Thomas Leffingwell leases land, beginning 4 rods, 9 ft. north
of his house, where the remains of a cellar are still visible, to the firm of Tracy
& Coit, and they possibly then build the shop, 50 ft. long and 32 ft. broad, in
which they carry on for many years an extensive business. This shop was a
long gambrelroofed one story and a half structure, and is well remembered by
many, as it was burnt down only about fourteen years ago.
Uriah Tracy and Joseph Coit were associated together as the firm of Tracy
& Coit. The latter was the son of Joseph and vSarah (Mosier) Coit of New Lon-
don. He was born in 1748, and died unmarried in 1807. Uriah Tracy (b. 1753),
was the son of Joseph and Anna (Hinckley) Tracy. He married in 1794, Lydia
Hallam of New London, who was said to have been engaged to Capt. Nathan
Hale, "the martyr spy." Uriah Tracy buys in 1790 the Benedict Arnold house,
where he afterward resided, and died in 1832. For a short time, his son, George
William Tracy, carried on the store in partnership with Edward Tracy. At
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the death of George William Tracy, which occurred in 1834, this line became
extinct.
At the time this store was established, in 1780, Norwich Town was the
great centre of trade, as the "the Landing" is at the present day, and the shops
were patronized by people from far and wide. The firm of Tracy & Coit was
one of the representative stores of Norwich, so perhaps it would be well to
look at their stock of goods, that we may get a general idea of " the trading
shop " of those times. Their advertisements are of great length, and include
every article under the sun — paints, dyes, pewter, brass kettles, warming-pans,
frying-pans ; looking-glasses, window-glass, saddlers' wares, Webster's Spelling-
books, paper-hangings. New England, Jamaica, and "Demerary " rum, Geneva and
"coniac " brandy, port, claret, Madeira, Lisbon, and Malaga wines; sugar, spices,
Hyson, Bohea, and Souchong tea, " chocolet " coffee, codfish, raisins, &c.; mosaic and
fancy chintzes, copper-plate and furniture calicoes, Queen's ware, rose blankets,
baizes, jeans, fustians, birds-eye, bolting-cloths, denim, corduroy ; London smoke,
bottle-green, blue, drab, black and scarlet broadcloths, cassimeres, " furr " trimmings,
laces, edgings, black silk mitts and gloves, and white fancy kid, and lamb gloves,
men's and women's beaver gloves, serges, poplins, muslins, Irish linens, "cam-
bricks," lawns, "sattins"; gauze, bandana, romal, pullicat and china silk handkerchiefs;
"chain, soufiee, cypress, nett and crape gauzes," stuff shoes, fans, ribbons, twilled
velvet, plain and spotted black gauzes, "sattin" stripes and cords, shawls, lastings,
wildbores, " dimothies," humhums, lutestrings, "taffeties," modes, pelongs, durants,
shalloons, feathers ; chip, beaver, castor, willow, Blenheim and Leghorn hats ;
moreens, taboreens, bombareens, velverets, sattinetts, camblets, corduretts, rus-
seletts, sarsnetts, rattinetts, jennetts, muslinets, thick setts and toilinetts, &:c., (S:c.
Difficult indeed to please must be the feminine mind, which could find nothing
to suit her taste and needs in all this attractive array. The firm did a lively
shipping business as well, advertising for horses, oxen, live shoats, turkeys, oats,
corn, barrel-staves, clover seed, pork, bees-wax, &c., &c., which they sent to
foreign ports, and brought back foreign goods in exchange.
Charles P. Huntington at one time occupied this store before 1814. In 1825,
it was sold to Epaphras Porter. At that date, the house below is occupied by
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. in
Mrs. Nancy Wait, the mother of the Hon. John T. Wait, who returned to Norwich,
after the death of her husband, Judije Marvin Wait of New London, which
occurred in 1815.
Epaphras Porter occupied this shop for some years, and Jesse Huntington
(his brother-in-law), son of John and Abigail (Abel) Huntington, was also for a
time established here as a saddler.
In 1 813, Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, leases a lot of land (frontage 46 ft.)
between the large elm tree and the Tracy & Coit store, to Henry Strong, who
builds here a law office, which about 1835 or 1836 was moved to a site near the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Gulliver, where it still stands.
In 1S33, Thomas Shipman sells to Henry Harland all the land between the
Edgerton and Harland properties, extending back to the "Sentry Hill" road,
subject to two unexpired leases, to Henry Strong and Epaphras Porter. This
land still remains in the possession of the Harland family.
CHAPTER XIX.
NORTH of the Isaac Cleveland grant, 124 rods of land (frontage 10 J 2 rods),
were laid out in 1740, of which Col. Simon Lathrop becomes the owner,
and in 1770, sells a small piece (frontage 2 rods), "beginning 14 links of a chain
from the south-west corner of Thomas Williams Taylor's shop " to John Hunting-
ton, Jun., and Daniel Carew. On this they build a shop, in which they carry on the
saddlery business. Col. Simon Lathrop also allows his grandson, David Nevins,
to build a shop on the south part of the land, where David makes and sells hats,
advertising frequently for musquash skins. This shop stands on land, having a
frontage of 2 rods 20^2 links, beginning 3 rods 4 links south of the middle of
the Harland house. At Col. Simon Lathrop's death in 1774, both land and shop
become the property of David, and in 1778, he sells to Thomas Harland. We are
inclined to believe that in this year Thomas Harland moves into the shop for-
merly occupied by Carew & Huntington, and that John Richards takes the shop,
where Harland was formerly located "near Christopher Leffingwell's." James
Lincoln, a button-maker from Boston, also advertises in 177S, as located "opposite
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the store of Christopher Leffingwell, where he makes silver-plated, copper,
brass, and white metal buttons," and we think that he is probably then occupying
the former Nevins shop.
In 1779, the year of his marriage, Thomas Harland probably built the
house, now occupied by his descendants. In 1787, he buys the land north of his
._. -_ house of the firm of Carew & Huntington, and
though no shop is mentioned in the deed, it may
nevertheless have been included in the sale. We
believe that this former shop of Carew & Hunt-
ington, or perhaps another built on the same site,
was the "valuable clock & watch manufactory,"
which was burnt to the ground in December,
'795' "between the hours of eleven and twelve
at night. The loss was computed at $1,500 !
through the spirited exertions of the citizens,
the flames were prevented from communicating
to any of the adjoining buildings."* After the
fire, Thomas Harland must have moved into the
Nevins shop, which he was occupying at the time
of his death in 1S07.
Between 1778 and 1795, ^^^^^ Nevins shop
had probably various occupants. In February,
1 79 1, William Cox informs his old customers, and the public in general,
that he has " begun to work a compleat New Stocking Loom in a small
shop opposite Col. Leffingwell's Long Row, where he will be glad to receive their
stuff, and directions for Pattern Pieces, Stockings, Gloves, Mitts," &c. " With regard
to pay, tho he does not mean to refuse cash, yet as he has heretofore found the
pernicious qualities of that root of evil, he must beg his customers would not
ungenerously crowd him with that article, but grain, pork, butter, cheese, and most
other kinds of produce will be thankfully received, and a generous price allowed."
*The Norwich Packet of Dec. 17, 1795.
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In this same shop James Lincoln sells woolcards in 1792. and Jeremiah Griffing
works his stocking loom for a short time in 1793.
Thomas Harland came from England to America in one of the ships,
which brought the tea to Boston in 1773. His intention had been to settle in
Boston, but finding the town in an excited and imsettled state, he decided to go
at once to some more remote place in the country, and so came to Norwich.
He was an experienced goldsmith, and had served a long apprenticeship in
England, and as was the custom in those days, after his apprenticeship was over,
he journeyed from place to place, wandering as
far east as Warsaw, possibly exercising his craft,
and learning foreign ways of working. He was
evidently a man of education, for the inventory of
his library, which was a large one for those days,
shows in the variety and selection of the books, a
familiarity with the best historical and philosophical
writers and poets of that period, and the large
number of French books would imply a thorough
knowledge of that language, which was then not
common.
In his first advertisement, he calls himself " a
watch and clock maker from London," and "begs
leave to acquaint the public, that he has opened
a shop near the store of Christopher Leffingwell,
Esq.," " where he makes in the neatest manner, and on the most improved prin-
ciples, horizontal, repeating, and plain watches, in gold, silver, metal or covered
cases, spring, musical, and plain clocks, church clocks, regulators," cScc. He also
engraves and finishes clock faces for the trade, and cuts and finishes "watch-wheels
and fuzees of all sorts and dimensions."
In November, 1774, not cpiite a year after his arrival in Norwich, he
"returns thanks to his friends for their kind encouragement, and begs leave
to inform them, and the public in general, that he has now compleated an Assort-
ment of Warranted Watches, viz : — Horizontal, Shewing Seconds from the Centre,
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Day of Month, Skeleton and Eight-Day Watches, in gilt, Tortoiseshell and plain
Silver Cases; Eight-Day Clocks, in Mahogany and Cherry-Tree Cases. He also
keeps Workmen in the Jewelry Business, and has for sale Brilliant, Garnet and
plain Gold Rings, Gold Necklaces, Garnet and Brilliant Broaches, and Hair-Sprigs
in Gold and Silver ; Variety of Pearl, Brilliant, and Cypher Ear-Jewels ; Cypher
and Brilliant Buttons and Studds ; a large Silver Tea-Pot, Sugar-Basket, Cream-
ieure, Tea-Tongs, Spoons, &c., Chrystal, Silver, Plated and Pinchbeck Buckles of
the neatest Patterns, Silver, Gilt and Steel Watch Chains ; Variety of Seals, Keys,
iSL'C. The above Goods will be sold cheap for Cash or Country Produce."
In 1790, according to Miss Caulkins, he had twelve hands in constant
employ, and it was stated, that he made annually two hundred watches and forty
clocks. His price for silver watches varied from ^4 10 s. to ^7 10 s. Two
of his numerous appprentices were Nathaniel Shipman and WilUam Cleveland, the
grandfather of the President. The row of elm trees, standing directly in front of
the Harland house, were set out by Nathaniel Shipman, Sept. 6, 178:, the day that
New London was burnt by the British.
In 1788, the citizens of Norwich Landing, disturbed by the many fires which
were constantl}" occurring, resolved to have a fire-engine, and at the desire of some
of his friends, Thomas Harland sent in proposals which were accepted, and he
made, not as has been supposed the first fire-engine of Norwich, but one which was
evidently of superior construction to the one then used at Norwich Town. To the
assertion of a Litchfield correspondent of the Norwich Packet, that a " Mr. vSamuel
Thomas, coach and chaise-maker, was entitled to the credit given to Mr. Harland
for this piece of curious workmanship," Mr. Harland makes such a fair and honest
answer, that, quoting from the Norwich Packet, we will let him tell the story in his
own words.
"The gentlemen of Norwich Landing having determined to purchase a Fire
Engine " " expressed a wish that I would inspect some of the latest made and most
approved machines of that kind, that if there were any new improvements I might
adopt them." — "Having found one that appeared to me superior to any I had seen,
I took the exact plan and dimensions of it, and as I did not see anything I could
make any improvements upon, I adhered to said plan with very little intentional
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variation. Mr. Samuel Thomas assisted in making said engine ; he did all the wood-
work, and also assisted in some other parts of the machinery. The valves, the
pistons, the large screws for the several joints, I made myself ; two of my appren-
tices, with a smith, and a founder were also employed occasionally, till the whole
was compleated." — " As Mr. Thomas seemed to wish to continue in this business,"
Thomas Harland gave him letters of recommendation, and offered him the use of a
shop and tools, but as he himself happened " to have business enough in another
line," he did not care for engine work, and never "assumed or arrogated" to him-
self "any merit as an inventor or improver of said machines " and he adds—" I never
entertained an idea that it could be considered as a proof of mechanical genius to
construct a machine so simple, so frequently and accurately delineated, so common,
and so open to inspection as the Fire Engine."
Thomas Harland married in 1779, Hannah, daughter of Elisha and Hannah
(Lefifingwell) Clark, and had three sons and four daughters. At his death in 1807,
the widow and daughters, Mary and Fanny, inherited the property, which finally
passed into the possession of the only remaining son, Henry Harland, who married
in 1822, Abigail, daughter of Judge John Hyde and Sarah Russell Leffingwell.
The family of Henry Harland still retain possession of the homestead, which
they have recently much altered and modernized. The shop has long since
disappeared.
CHAPTER XX.
IN the division of common lands after 1638, 64 rods (beginning at the south-
west corner of wSimon Lathrop's shop, and with a frontage on the highway of 8
rods), were laid out to Joshua Huntington, and sold by him in 1741 to Thomas
Leffingwell, who, in 1759, sells the south part (frontage 6 rods), " southerd " of
" Rufus Lathrop's " shop, to Thomas Williams, who builds a house and shop.
We are unable to determine which of the many Thomas Williamses of vStonington,
Montville, Windham County, or Massachusetts, this may be. We are inclined to
think that he may have been a Thomas Williams of Montville (b. 1735), son of
Ebenezer and Hannah (Bacon) Williams, who is said to have married, in 1767,
Jerusha Abel, and had one son, Elisha, (b. 1770). If this is the case, he probably
sold all his possessions in Norwich, in the last years of the eighteenth century,
and perhaps moved out of town. He was a tailor by trade, and built south of
the house his shop, which we believe to be the building raised on a high founda-
tion, now enclosed within the Harland grounds. He was also at one time engaged
in manufacturing "flour of mustard."
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In 1798, he sells his land and buildings "south of Rufus Lathrop's shop"
to William Beard of Preston, whom, as we have found no record of marriage or
births of children, we have been unable to locate. He may possibly have been
a relative of Nathaniel Beard, "clothier from London," who lived at one time at
Bozrah, and later at Poquetannock, or perhaps a descendant of the Milford
Beards. He resided here until about 181 1, when he sold his land and buildings
on "Pickle" Street, "south of where Rufus Lathrop's shop formerly stood," to
Daniel Mason of Lebanon.
It is said that many years ago, the wags of Norwich went about one night-
time christening the streets, and the morning light revealed their titles in
conspicuous places, " Pickle " Street, to designate this end of the present North
Washington Street, and " Pork " Street, the one running at right angles. This must
have occurred in the early part of this century, as from about this date, these
names occasionally appear in deeds of property. It may have been at this time
that the road, leading from the Green by the house of Dr. Tracy, received the
name of Mediterranean Lane. Many years later, this christening feat was again
attempted, and at that time the road leading by the Sheltering Arms received
the name of " Maiden Lane."
Shortly after the purchase of this property by Daniel Mason, Gary Throop
became the occupant of the house, which he purchased with the shop in 1823.
This Gary Throop, was possibly a descendant of William Scrope, the regicide,
who, on his arrival in this country, changed his name to Throop, and he may
have inherited some of the puritanical spirit of this ancestor, for the Hon. John
T. Wait tells us, in his inimitable way, how in the days of his boyhood, he once
met Mr. Throop, returning on Sunday morning from a visit to his pasture on the
hill, beyond the Mead house. Mr. Wait inquired eagerly if Mr. Throop had seen
a swarm of bees, in which the boys had been much interested the night before,
in the neighborhood of the pasture. Mr. Throop regarded him sternly, and in
the severest manner replied : " Young man ! aren't you ashamed to speak to me
of bumble bees on Sunday morning." In 1831, the house and shop were sold
to Henry Harland, whose family still retain possession.
CHAPTER XXI.
IN December, 17 89, Thomas Leffingwell, 4th, " for ^6 received of my son Thomas
Leffingwell, Jun.," sells to the "Inhabitants of the East School District" the
land north of the Williams' house (frontag-e 2 rods), " for the purpose of sd
Inhabitants building' a school thereon, and improving the same forever." Shortly
after the purchase, the little brick school-house was built, which Mrs. Sigourney
describes as similar to the one on the Green, having unpainted desks and benches
on three sides, and on the other a recess for the teacher's desk, a closet for books,
a water-pitcher, and a capacious fire-place.
The actual date of the building of this school-house, and the names of the
first teachers have not been ascertained, but about the year 1795, Lydia Huntley
(Mrs. Sigourney), then four years old, was a pupil here, and describes her first
teacher, as a woman " above the medium height," with sharp black eyes, large
hands, a manly voice, a capacious mouth, and a step that made the school-room
tremble." She wore an immense black silk calash, and wdien Lydia saw it "bob-
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bing up and clown over the garden wall," she " hid like Eve in the garden."
She does not give the name of this instructress, but it was possibly " Miss
Molly" (?) (or Sally) Grover, whom Miss Caulkins mentions as a noted teacher in
the "town plot."
Under her sway, the chief accomplishment seemed to be spelling, where
the scholars "went above," according to their "skill" or "the mistakes of
others." " The position being held but one night, the chieftain going to the bottom
of the class, and rising again, pacified the discomfited, while at the same time it
nourished an unslumbering ambition in the bosom of the aspirant."*
The next teacher,f to Mrs. Sigourney's horror, was a man, and his scholars
spent most of their time " covering large sheets of paper with fine chirography
of different sizes, they having been previously ruled and ornamented with devices
in bright red, blue, and green ink." Mrs. Sigourney remembers them, as " having
somewhat the effect of the old illuminated missals." She found her services in
great demand in devising decorations and selecting poetry for these works of
art, and soon became a great favorite with teachers and pupils. A graduate^
of Trinity College, Dublin, was the next teacher, "grave, silver-haired and erudite,"
under whom she gained a thorough knowledge of mathematics.
In 1798, Consider Sterry opens an evening school "in the Brick school-
house, a few rods north of Mr. Harland's, for instruction in Writing, Book-Keep-
ing, in the Italian, American, and English systems." He teaches "Mathematics
in their various branches both in theory and practice, particularly the modern,
and most accurate practice of surveying without ploting, laying out of lands,
&c. He would particularly notice those Gentlemen, ivho go Joii'n to the sea in ships,
and occitpv their business on the great ^caters, that he will teach them to find their
Longitude at sea, by Lunar observations, also how to find their Latitude, by
observations of the sun's altitude, either before or after his arrival to the meridian,
&c." The price of tuition "for Writing and Common Arithmetic" was is. 3d.
head per week, "for Bookkeeping and the higher branches of the Mathematics,"
IS. 6d. per week, "for finding the Latitude as above, $1 for the complete
*Mrs. Sigourney's "Letters of Life."
f 1796-
\ Possibly 1797.
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knowlcdi^e." If sufficient encouragement is given, he offers to open a day school,
at ^3 per quarter. " None admitted but such as can at least read in class."
Consider Sterry (b. 1761), was a brother of the Rev^ John vSterry. He
married, in 17S0, Sabra Park (b. 1763), daughter of Silas and Sarah (Ayer) Park
of Preston, and had a large family of sons and daughters. Miss Caulkins writes,
" Few men are gifted by nature with such an aptitude for scientific research as
Consider Sterry. His attainments were all self-acquired under great disadvan-
tages. Besides a work on lunar observations, he and his brother prepared an
arithmetic for schools, and in company with Nathan Daboll, another self-taught
scientific genius, he arranged and edited a system of practical navigation, entitled
"The Seaman's Universal Daily Assistant," a work of nearly three hundred pages.
He also published several small treatises, wrote political articles for the papers,
and took a profound interest in free-masonry.
The Hon. John T. Wait, who came to Norwich from New London after
1S15, attended school in this building for a while. He remembers vividly his first
teacher, Dyar Harris, good-natured, addicted to naps in school-time and to taking
snuff. He used to call his ruler " Old Goldings," and now and then, he would
call out in school-hours, " Anyone who wants to go out can do so, by coming up to
the desk, and taking two licks from ' Old Goldings,' " and the boys, ready enough
to take the "licks" for the outing, would at once present themselves. He would
then give one blow with the ruler, and refuse to give the other. At times, he
would adjourn the whole school to the hill behind the school-house to try a new
gun which he had recently purchased. These practices did not meet with the
approval of the parents, so his stay was short, and his successor, Samuel Griswold,
was much more severe in discipline. Mr. Wait relates how he used to sit with
his feet on the table, and call the boys up to walk around it, hitting them in turn
with his ruler as they made the round. Asher Smith also taught here, about
1S22, and George Bliss, the latter teaching the public school at $22 per month in
winter, and a private school in summer from 1823 to 1824, during a part of 1S25
and 1826, and again in 1827. In 1828, he moved to the school-house on the
Green, but returned to "the school-house near Mr. Throop's " in 1829. Many
years later. Miss Goodell taught here for several years,
CHAPTER XXII.
N 1733, a lot of land, on the side-hill opposite his house, with a frontage of 30
ft. and beginning 41 ft. from his land, is granted to Simon Lathrop, and on
this, in 1734, he erects "aware-house 30 foot oneway and 20 ye other." Before
1759, this building has possibly disappeared, and his son Rufus builds another, for
from this date, the shop standing on the lot is always called Rufus Lathrop's shop,
and in the pile of stones now standing in the middle of the lot, the foundation-
stone may still be seen with the initials R. L. and the date 1759.
After Rufus Lathrop, whom we believe to have been a goldsmith by trade,
had relinquished the building as a shop, it became the home of an old colored
man named Primus, who was formerly a slave.* Mrs. Sigourney describes " old
Primus" as "venerable at once for years and virtue," and "respected alike by
young and old." "The mild eye beaming love to mankind made the beholder
forget the jutting forehead, and depressed nostrils." " A gentle yet dignified
deportment, a politeness which seemed natural to him, and the white blossoms of
the grave, curling closely around his temples, suffered not materially in their
effect, from the complexion which an African sun had burnt upon him. It was
remarked by children in the streets, that no one bowed so low or turned out
their toes so well as Primus."
" Early instructed in reading, and the principles of religion, he had imbibed
an ardent love for the Scriptures, and stored his memory with a surprising-
number of their passages." He might have been styled "a living concordance."
It was the custom in private religious meetings, when the place of any text
was doubtful to appeal to the venerable African. He had been for more than
half a century a member of the Congregational church. " Though four-score
*See "Slaves" in Index.
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years had passed over him," he still worked occasionally in the gardens of his
neighbors. The school children would often pay him a visit, and he would explain
to them the only picture which hung in his house " the tearing of the forty and
two children who mocked at the bald-headed prophet," or tell the story of how
he was brought in a slave ship from Africa, torn from the bedside of his sick
mother, and when he arrived at the ship, among a crowd of other captives, he
found his father ; of their sufferings on the voyage " between two low decks,
where the grown people could not stand upright ; " how they were brought on
deck to jump for exercise, or to sing, and punished with the cat-of-nine-tails, or
put in irons, if they failed to comply ; how a fatal illness began among them,
and his father was one of the first to die ; how at last he found a kind master,
who taught him to read the Bible, and through him, he found his Saviour.
This old African had a daughter, who resembled her father neither " in per-
son or mind." She was "a spy, and a gossip," and "the time-keeper" for all the
single ladies of her acquaintance, " who approached the frontier of desperation."
They could "never curtail a year from the fearful calendar" within her hearing,
but they were brought back at once to the correct date. Cats were her favorites of
every color. "At her meals, she was the centre of a circle," who, " with lynx eyes "
and "discordant growls" "grudged every morsel which was not bestowed upon them."
" Frequently she was seen issuing from her habitation, her tall gaunt form
clad in a sky-blue tammy petticoat, partially concealed from view by a short, faded,
scarlet cloak, bearing a basket of kittens" to some "rat-infested" household. She
used to mount guard over a barberry-bush, which grew on the rocks above her
house, and drive away the children who essayed to pick the valued fruit. Her prin-
cipal amusement was watching the sky to find signs of a coming storm. " No
mariner, whose life balances upon the cloud, transcended her in this species of dis-
cernment." After old Primus' death the old house was torn down, or moved away.
It disappeared sometime between 179S and 181 1.
In 1828, Charles P. Huntington purchased the lot, and erected a small build-
ing in which was housed for many years the town fire-engine. This engine was
removed, presented as an old-time relic to the Thamesville fire-company, and the
building was torn down not many years ago.
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Shortly before 1770, John Bliss collected subscriptions, and superintended the
construction of what was probably the first fire-engine of Norwich. The old sub-
^lPi?!^*^^^i^'
ijji:i*»is*-."aiai
scription list is now in possession of his great-grandson and namesake, John Bliss of
Brooklyn, L. I. The amount which was to have been raised was ^60. The follow-
ing is the list, from which unfortunately a fragment is missing, that would give the
date, and a few of the subscribers names :
Thomas Lathrop,
Christopher Leffingwell
Simeon Huntington,
Samuel Abbot, . .
Ebenezer Whiting, .
Jedediah Huntington,
Andrew Huntington,
Jabez Huntington
Samuel Tracy,
Ebenezer Lathrop
Thomas Danforth
Samuel Wheat,
Samuel Huntington,
Ebenezer Thomas, Jun
£. s. d. £. s. d.
40 o Hugh Ledlie, i 00
300 Thomas Fanning, i 00
15 o William Hubbard, i 00
I 10 o Azariah Lathrop, 2 10 o
10 o John Perit, i 00
30 o Benj. Huntington, Jun i 00
25 o Benj. Butler,
40 o Jacob Perkins, Jun., . . . .
20 o Elisha Tracy,
20 o Gideon Birchard,
100 Jedediah Hyde,
20 o Simon Tracy, Jun
I 10 o Hezekiah Huntington, ....
12 o John Bliss,
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Daniel Lathrop 6
Samuel Leffingwell,
Joseph Carew, ....
Joseph Peck
Thomas Leffingwell, . .
Thomas Leffingwell, Jan.,
Thomas Williams,
Rufus Lothrop, ....
Nathan Cobb,
Daniel Hyde, Jun
Asa Waterman, Jun.,
Joshua Prior, Jun., .
William Lathrop,
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Simon Lothrop
George Dennis
John Huntington,
John Huntington, Jun., ....
Benjamin Lord
Eleazer Lord, Jun.,
Joseph Reynolds
Martin Leffingwell
William Billings
Jabez Avery (to be paid in work),
John Lancaster,
Eliphalet Carew
Jesse Williams,
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Mr. Bliss has also bills from Nathan Cobb, Richard Collier, and others,
which we will give, as a partial estimate of the cost of the work, for those who
are interested in the old machine, and its construction.
Nathan Cobb sends in a bill for "work done on the enjoin" in 1769:
£. s. d.
To 8 hoops for the wheels, o 80
" sharing (?) the wheels, o 17 o
" makeing 2 axletrees & gaging, . . . i 49
" 24 Large brads, o 20
' ' 3 bolts & keys, o 26
' ' 4 screws & nuts, o 50
" 2 staples, o 08
" 2 hooks, o 24
" 2 screws & nuts o 16
The following is a memorandum of "weight of work of Injine " :
The pumps for the Engine lihH'-
The plates and Crooks, 2^Ll>.
The elbows, SZ/a>^
The chamber, ■i'^Lb.]^
The spout, iLd.%
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1770. Mr. John Bliss. Dr.
L- s. d.
To Bras and copper & soudre of the artecls worked in to the enjine, ... 11 15 6
To working the above, 12 00 o
Pd.
George Denniss.
23 15 6
In 1789, shortly after Thomas Harland had made an engine for the resi-
dents of Chelsea, or the Landing, this old machine is repaired, and Nathan
Cobb's bill amounts to 9s. 8d. and Richard Collier charges for "Repairing Copper
Air Vessell for Engine 12 s. 6d." We are unable to say whether this old fire-
engine is the one now so carefully preserved by the Thamesville fire-company,
or whether the latter was built at a later date.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THERE are many old people now living, who remember the days when
slavery was an institution in this town, for, until 1S48, it was not entirely
abolished. The first slaves in New England were the Indian prisoners captured
in war. The males were sent to the West Indies, the women and children dis-
tributed in the various towns. Until about 16S0, there were very few negro
slaves, but after that date, they became more common. In the eighteenth century,
there was hardly a Norwich household which did not own one or more slaves.
This advertisement sounds curiously to us at the present day : —
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP.
A Likely, healthy good Natured, strait Limbed, honest NEGRO BOY,
that can do any kind of Kitchen Work, and attend on a Gentleman's
Table— he has no Fault.— For Par-
ticulars enquire of the Printers. oct. 30, 1775.
Or this, which appears in 1776 : —
" To be sold — A likely Negro wench, Has no fault but want of em-
ployment."
The following bill of sale has been preserved in the family of a grandson of
Capt. William Coit of Norwich : —
"To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting.
Know ye that I Andrew Perkins of Norwich in y" County of New
London do Bargain Sell and Convey imto Mr. William Coit of s
Norwich a certain Negro Man Named Pharaoh of the age of about
thirty two years as a slave for life for & in consideration of forty
Pounds Lawful money Received of Sd Coit ; And I Assert that I
have good right to Sell Sd Negro man as above said. And that he
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by virtue of these Presents shall & may have, hold & enjoy him y«
Said Pharaoh as Such free from all Other rights & claims from any
other Person whatsoever in witness whereof I have hereunto Sett
my Hand this 14th March, 1774-*
In presents off ANDREW PERKINS.
Elisha Lathrop,
Joseph Williams.
In 1774, an act was passed, forbidding the importation of Indian, negro,
or mulatto slaves into the State, under penalty of a ^{^loo fine. In this same
year, Samuel Gager frees, for faithful services, two of his slaves, Fortune and his
wife Time, and grants them a farm on favorable terms, and also frees another
slave, Peter. The slaves were as a rule, treated with kindness and consideration,
were often educated, and taught a trade, through which they became frequently
a source of revenue to their masters.
Fugitive slaves were often advertised. John, Hannah, and Joshua Perkins
offer $20 reward in 1774, for the recovery of three runaway slaves, Jeam, Cudge
and Bristol. The first of these was a shoemaker, and could read ; the third could
read, write, cypher, sing, and fiddle. John Perkins was the son of Capt. John
Perkins of Hanover, who died in 1761, in whose inventory, fifteen slaves are
mentioned. Hannah was the widow, and Joshua the son of Capt. Matthew Perkins,
who died in 1773, of lockjaw, caused by a bite on the thumb, which he received
from a young negro slave, whom he was chastising. Matthew's house is still
standing in Hanover, and over the old-fashioned kitchen are the small chambers,
where the slaves are said to have slept.
Capt. Joseph Coit brought with him from New London, two slaves, whose
services were in constant demand, and on their master's account book appears
frequently a charge against a neighbor for a day's work by Pero or Bristol.
Bristol Barney (as the latter was called), was freed by his master in 17S5, but
two female slaves, Violet and Eunice, remained long in the service of the family.
Just before the Revolution, the question was constantly discussed, whether
it was right to fight for liberty, and yet to hold others in bondage. Frequent com-
* Copied by permission of Miss Hannah Ripley, a great-granddaughter of William Coit.
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munications appear in the Packet, inveighing against slavery, many of which
are supposed to have been written by Rev. Aaron Cleveland (the great-grand-
father of President Grover Cleveland), who, in 1775, published a poem against
slavery, and in 1779, while a representative in the Legislature, "introduced a bill
for its abolition." During the Revolution, many of the slaves enlisted, and fought
for the country which held them in captivity. One such slave, Leb Quy, served
during three years of the war as a faithful soldier.
The slaves had a special corner set apart for them in the meeting-house,
and in the grave-yard. At one end of the old buryingground may be seen a
stone, erected " to the memory of Mr. Bristo Zibbero of Norwich, a captive from
ye land of Afifrica," who died Jan. 26, 1783, aged 66. Nearby, lies Boston Trow-
Trow, " Govener of y' Affrican Trib," who died May 28, 1772, aged 66.
In 1784, a law was passed, that no negro, or mulatto, born after March,
1784, should be held as a slave, after reaching the age of 25, and in 1797, it was
decreed that all slaves, born after Aug. 1797, should receive their freedom at the
age of 21. In 1790, the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society was formed, with Ezra
Stiles for President, and a secretary of Norwich descent, Simeon Baldwin. At this
time appear on record the births of slaves ; Azariah Lothrop recording " Vilet "
(b. 1784), Jack (b. 1788), Bristow, son of Nancy (b. 1793), Rose, daughter of Nancy
(b. 1796). Rev. Joseph Strong records the birth of Jenny (b. 1792), daughter of
Zylpha. Desire Dennis enters the birth of Martin (b. 1787), son of Chloe, and
Joseph Williams, that of Jude (b. 1786), daughter of Phillis. Thomas Coit
enters the births of Anthony (b. 178S), Robert (b. 1791), and James (b. 1796).
Jabez Huntington emancipates a negro named Guy in 17S0, and Col. Joshua
Huntington, his negro servant Bena, in 1781. Dinah, wife of Scipio, both slaves
of the Rev. Benjamin Lord, gives birth to twenty children who were all duly
baptized by her master. According to Miss Caulkins, only forty-seven slaves re-
mained in the State in 1800, and by an act of the Legislature, slavery was
entirely abolished in 184S.
CHAPTER XXIV.
ACROSS the road, opposite the school-house, begins the Ohiistead home-lot,
recorded as 8 acres, more or less, abutting east on the Town street 30
rods, abutting south on the land of Stephen Backus 37 rods, north-west, and north
on the land of Rev. James Fitch, and Deacon Thomas Adgate 73^2 rods, and west
on the river (with a foot-path through it). Miss Caulkins errs in her map of the
early home lots of Norwich, in placing the Olmstead property west of the lower
road, whereas it fronted on the present North Washington Street, extending from
the Gilmans' north garden wall to the lower fence line of the lane leading by
Gager's store, and was bounded on the west by the river.
Dr. John Olmstead (or Holmstead), is said to have come to New England
with his uncle James, who was one of the first settlers of Hartford. Dr. John
went froin Hartford to Saybrook, and from thence, in 1659-60, to Norwich. On
the Saybrook records of i66t, he is called John Olmstead of " Mohegan (shoe-
maker)," but with this trade, he probably combined the calling of a surgeon, as
he served in that capacity in King Philip's war, and is known as the earliest
physician of Norwich. Dr. Ashbel Woodward of Franklin, writes of Dr. John
Olmstead: "He is said to have had considerable skill in the treatment of wounds,
particularly, those caused by the bite of a rattlesnake. He was fond of frontier
life, and enjoyed in a high degree the sports of the chase."
Dr. Olmstead married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Marvin of Hartford,
later of Norwalk, Ct. He died in 1686. Even at this early date, several slaves
are mentioned in his will, who are to have their freedom at the death of his wife.
The widow, Elizabeth Olmstead, died in 1689, leaving in her will ^50 to the
poor of Norwich, ^^lo to the Rev. Mr. Fitch, legacies to Sergt. Richard Bushnell,
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to "brother Adgate's four children," and to the children of her husband's sister,
Newell, but the greater part of her real estate, including house and home-lot, to
her "friend, and kinsman, wSamuel Lothrop." vSamuel Lathrop had married Hannah
Adgate, the step-daughter of Mrs. Olmstead's sister, Mrs. Mary Adgate. This is
the only relationship which has been traced between them.
Miss Caulkins surmises that the original lot, assigned to John Elderkin,
and sold to Samuel Lathrop, was in this neighborhood, which was not the case.
We shall come to the Elderkin lot later. This land was Olmstead land, and
Samuel Lathrop received it only by inheritance from Elizabeth Olmstead.
This vSamuel Lathrop^'' (b. 1650), was the son of the first Samuel Lathrop,
who came to Norwich about 1668. Samuel, 2nd, married in 1675, Hannah, daughter
of Deacon Thomas Adgate. She died in 1695, and he married (2), in 1697, Mary
(Reynolds) Edgerton, daughter of John Reynolds, and widow of John Edgerton.
He had three daughters and four sons, and in a deed of 17 14, gives the house lot
to his sons, Thomas and Simon, the former receiving the north part with the
house, and the latter the larger division of land on the south. In 1717, Samuel,
2nd, reserving only ^30 per year, "for the maintenance of myself, and now wife
Mary," and as much land as he " sees cause to improve," gives his remaining
property to his four sons, Thomas, Samuel, Simon, and Nathaniel. He dies in
1732, and in 1731 Thomas and Simon execute a deed, making a more formal
division of the home-lot, giving each an equal street frontage of 15 rods, n ft.;
" then the dividing line runs west from sd street through the old part of the
barn flower by the middle of the door and runs through the mowing land to the
stone at the foot of the hill 2iJ-4 rods, thence west and by south ye nearest
cross of ye hill to ye footway where the hill comes nearest ye river, then runs
north, northwest on ye side of ye hill above sd footway to ye brook by ye
bridge at ye west end of sd lot to a stone 21 rods," Simon receiving the south-
west part, or " what lieth on ye south side of ye bounds and line," and Thomas
the north part, and the house. This gives to Simon the land between the lane,
and the south bound of the present Oilman propert}-, and all the land facing on
*As it is difficult to mark the line when the various Lathrop families of Norwich made
the change from the " o" to the " a " in the first syllable of this name, \ve use almost invariably the
latter form, except when quoting from the town records.
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the river, as far as the little brook, including the hill in the rear, now owned by
the Misses Oilman.
On this south part of the Olmstead home- lot, and partly on the site of
Gager's store, Simon Lathrop (b. 1689) builds a house, probably about 17 14, the
date of his father's deed, and of his own marriage to Martha Lathrop, twin-sister
of his first wife, Mary, both daughters of Israel Lathrop.
Col. Simon Lathrop was a prominent character in the history of the town,
commander of one of the Connecticut regiments in the expedition against Annap-
olis and Louisburg, and at one time in the chief command of the fortress at Cape
Breton. At the time of the famous Mason controversy about the Indian lands,
the second Court of Commissioners met at his house for two days in 1743. This
must have been an exciting time for the neighborhood, when all the distinguished
men of the colony assembled here, crowds of people whose lands were involved
in the dispute driving in from the neighboring towns, and the whole tribe of
Mohegan Indians hovering about, for whom the sympathizing Lathrops, Hunting-
tons, Lefifingwells, Tracys, and other leading citizens kept open house during the
proceedings. On the third day all this excitement proved too much for the
household of Col. Simon Lathrop, and the sessions, which lasted for seven weeks,
were adjourned to the meeting house on the Green. Col. Lathrop, by his skill in
"traiding" in the shop "across the way," his real estate transactions, and proba-
bly also by old-fashioned frugality in household management, accumulated a large
fortune for those days. The following campaign-song, sung by his soldiers,
alludes to his faculty for money-making :
" Col. Lotrop he came on
As bold as Alexander :
He wa'n't afraid, nor yet ashamed,
To be the chief commander.
" Col. Lotrop was the man,
His soldiers loved him dearly ;
And with his sword and cannon great.
He helped them late and early.
" Col, Lotrop, staunch and true,
Was never known to baulk it ;
And when he was engag'd in trade,
He always filled his pocket."
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In the first edition of Miss Caulkins' history of Norwich, she gives this
anecdote of Col. Simon. " Some laborers were one evening sitting under a tree,
and conversing about the moon. One said there was land there, as well as upon
earth ; others doubted it. At length Col. Lathrop's negro man, who was near,
exclaimed — ' Poh ! Poh ! no such thing — no land, there, I'm sure. If there was,
Massa have a farm there before now!' "
At Col. Lathrop's death in 1774, at the venerable age of eighty-six, he left
five slaves. Primus, Beulah and her child, Black Bess (then quite old, from the
value attached to her), and Leah. The obituary notice, in the Norwich Packet,
gives such a pleasant picture of the good old man, and tells so well the story of
his life, that we will give it entire.
"On the 25th of January (1774), departed this life. Col. Simon Lathrop of
this Town, in the 86th year of his Age. He was an Honour to the Respectable
Family from which he desended, and to which he stood Related. He was naturally
active and Industrious, and enjoyed a long series of Prosperity, by the Blessing
of God. As his Genius was turned to military Exercises, he was long a Captain
of Foot, in this Town. Present at, and engaged in two important Expeditions, one
against Annapolis, and the other the memorable Seige of Louisburg, 1745, in
which he was Col. of a Regiment. He was respected and beloved by his numer-
ous Acquaintance, To whom he was very Benevolent, sociable and Friendly. He
continued in the Marriage Relation about 60 years — thro all which Time, he
shewed every Instance of the Dearest truest Friendship and Kindness to his
Consort, who deeply mourns his Loss. He was a parent of Tenderness — a gentle
Master, provident for, and Kind to all his Family, who sensibly feel his Loss.
" His Conduct from early Life was irreproachable ; — and he was long a pro-
fessor of the Holy Religion of Christ, and an Ornament to that profession, a
Zealous Adherent to the perculiar Doctrines of the Gospel ; Canded, Charitable,
a Lover of Good Men ; Faithful and Exemplary in the Instruction of his Family,
with whom he took much pains to Train them up for God. A Man fervent and
Instant in Prayer, and who delighted, and was very profitable, in Christian Con-
versation. In his last Months, which were peculiarly distressing, his Patience and
Resignation were remarkable : —He shewed a quick sensibility and thankfulness
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to his Friends, for even the smallest Kindnesses, expressed a steadfast and perse-
vering Trust in God, only thro the Merits of a vSaviour to whom he expressed an
ardent Love : full of Desire after Christ and Spiritual Things, he gently fell
asleep without a struggle. He has left a sorrowful widow, — 6 children, 34 Grand
Children and 14 great Grand Children.
The Memory of the just is blessed."
To his wife, Martha, and his son, Rufus, Col. Simon leaves the house and
home-lot. His wife Martha had joined the vSeparatists, and far from interfering with
her religious convictions, he carried her every Sunday in his chaise up to the Sepa-
ratist meeting at Bean Hill, while he went to his own church, and after the service,
called to take her home again. Martha did not long survive him, dying in 1776.
Some of the articles of her inventory will give us a picture of her costume
on state occasions : a velvet cloak, a crimson cloth cloak, a gauze hood, a velvet
hood, a scarlet petticoat, a purple and white gown, a Persian apron, blue and
red silver girdles, &c.
Rufus Lathrop (b. 1731), married (i) Hannah, daughter of Francis Choate
of Ipswich, Mass. She died in 1785, and he married (2) his cousin Zerviah,
daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop. The Norwich Packet, referring to the latter's
death, and that of Martha, first wife of Dr. D wight Ripley, in 1795, says,
" Panegyricks on the dead are so common, and many times so undeserving that
they become fulsome. But from the sweetness of disposition of the former (Mrs.
Ripley), and the amiable deportment of the latter (Mrs. Lathrop), few we trust
lived more esteemed, or died more lamented." By his first marriage, Rufus
Lathrop became the great-uncle of the celebrated lawyer, Rufus L. Choate, who
was his namesake. Rufus Lathrop was possibly a goldsmith, as, in the shop
across the street, David Greenleaf (who was later a goldsmith), served as his
apprentice, and " so faithfully " according to the testimony of Rufus, that he remem-
bers him in his will with a bequest of ^50. He leaves also to the First Church of
Christ ^'30, for the poor and needy members, to the selectmen for the benefit of
the poor of the town ^^30, to Hannah Teel,* who seems to have been placed in his
* Hezekiah Thatcher married, 1S09, Hannah Teel.
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care, and for whom he has a " particular affection," ^20, desiring, that if his life
"should be taken away, while sd Hannah is in her nonage, that his executors"
see to it without fail, to place her in a family of known piety, and who are at
least respecters of the religion of the blessed Jesus."
The house became the property of his niece, Lucrctia, daughter of Jonathan
and Eunice (Lathrop) Huntington. Lucretia Huntington (b. 1749), became engaged
to Jonathan, son of the Rev. Joseph Bellamy, probably about 1775-6. Jonathan
or John Bellamy (b. 1752), graduated at Yale College in 1772, studied law with
Gov. Samuel Huntington, and became a practicing attorney at Norwich. During
the Revolution he entered the army, and just as he was returning to visit his
friends in 1777, he was taken ill with the small pox, and died at Oxford, N. J., at
the age of twenty-four.
Miss Lucretia Grace of Norwich Town, is the possessor of the mourning
ring of Lucretia Huntington, which is of gold, with the name John Bellamy and
the date 1777 in black enamel ; the stone, a small crystal, in the shape of a coffin,
in the centre of which is visible the miniature image of a skeleton.
In Davis' life of Aaron Burr are several letters from Jonathan Bellamy,
and one from Burr to Matthias Ogden (later Col. Ogden) of New Jersey, dated
1775, in which he says : " I have struck up a correspondence with Jonathan Bellamy
(son to the famous divine of that name). He has very lately settled in the
practice of law at Norwich. He is one of the cleverest fellows I have to deal
with, sensible, a person of real humor, and is an excellent judge of mankind,
though he has not had opportunity of seeing much of the world."
In a letter to Aaron Burr, dated 1776, Jonathan Bellamy writes : "Curse on
this vile distance between us. I am restless to tell you everything, but uncertainty,
whether you would ever hear it, bids me be silent, till in some future happy meeting
I may hold you to my bosom, and impart every emotion of my heart." Whether
this confidence is his recent engagement or not, there is no further correspond-
ence to explain.
Lucretia never married, and after her death in 1826, her brother, Rufus Hunt-
ington, and her sister, Abigail Pierce, inherit the house, and after the death of
Rufus in 1837, the property passes into the possession of Ebenezer Carew.
J 36 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
Between this date and 1851, the house was torn down, and the land sold to
several purchasers. Shortly after, according to Miss Caulkins, the tall old pine
tree, which was standing for some time after the house was destroyed, also
disappears.
m^^^w^
CHAPTER XXV.
THE old homestead of John Olmstead and Samuel Lathrop, 2nd, passed, in
the division of the property to Thomas Lathrop (b. 1681), the brother of
Simon, who married in 170S-9, Lydia, daughter of Joshua and Bethiah (Gager)
Abell. After a long and useful life, he died in 1774, in the 95th year of his age.
His obituary says : " He was a Gentleman of a benevolent disposition, made the
precepts of the Gospel the rule of his Conduct, and in the important stations of
Husband, Father, and Master, acquitted himself well. His children, numerous
Relatives, and Friends console themselves with the Hope, that the Creator, whom
he fervently adored, has assigned him a Portion with the Just."
Mrs. Sigourney says that his death took place, " while his frame still possessed
vigour, and his unimpaired mind expatiated freely upon the past, and looked
undaunted toward the future." "Religion had been his anchor from his youth,
sure and steadfast ; and, with the dignity of a patriarch, he descended to the tomb,
illustrious at once, by the good name he bequeathed to his offspring, and by the
lustre which their virtues in turn, reflected upon him." He died intestate in 1774,
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and the heirs quit-claim to Dr Daniel Lathrop, " the house, in which he dwells."
This is the house which Miss Caulkins believes to have been " the house of
Samuel Lathrop, Esq.," mentioned in a Boston paper, as having been "burnt at
night," in February, J745, and "almost all its contents destroyed. The loss esti-
mated at ^2000 Old Tenor." Miss Caulkins also says that the house (now occupied
by the Misses Oilman), was built by Dr. Daniel Lathrop in this same year. At
that date, 1745, Samuel Lathrop, 2nd, had been dead twelve years, and the house
mentioned, was probably that of his son Samuel (b. 1685), who as justice of peace
in that year, would be naturally entitled Esq. This third Samuel died at Newent,
then a part of Norwich, in 1754. This house on the Olmstead lot is continually
referred to as " the house of Thomas Lathrop," and probably, as there is no deed
on record, conveying it to his son Daniel, continued to belong to Thomas until
his death in 1774. One part of the house is evidently very old, the ceilings low,
and the beams showing in places the mark of the axe. The workmanship of
this part does not resemble that of houses built in the middle of the eighteenth
century, and we believe, that though Dr. Daniel Lathrop may have thoroughly
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139
repaired, added to, and remodeled the house, a portion of it, at least may pos-
sibly date from the time of the settlement.
Mrs. Sigourney, who, as a child, was brought up in the family of Mrs.
Daniel Lathrop (her father being a valued retainer of Mrs. Lathrop), both in her
" Letters of Life," and "Connecticut Forty Years vSince," describes the old house and
grounds, as she remembered them in her chilhood ; with " the white rose, and the
sweet-brier" climbing over its walls almost to the roof, and "its court of shorn
turf, like the richest velvet, intersected by two paved avenues to the principal
entrances, and enclosed by a white
fence, resting upon a foundation
of hewn stone." "Two spruce
trees, in their livery of dark green,
stood as sentinels at the gate."
"The house was environed by
three large gardens." In the
southern one, which " lay beneath
the windows of the parlor," beds
of mould were thrown up, and
regularly arranged " in cjuadran-
gles, triangles and parallelograms,"
" according to what the florists of
that age denominated "a knot." In a diamond shaped bed in the centre "a rich
crimson peony" "reared its head like a queen upon her throne; surrounded by a
guard of tulips, arrayed as courtiers in every hue, deep-crimson, buff streaked
with vermilion, and pure white mantled with a blush of carmine."
" In the borders the purple clusters of the lilac, mingled with the feathery
orb of the snowball, and the pure petals of the graceful lily." Here flourished
also "the amaryllis family, white and orange-coloured, the queenly damask rose,"
" the protean sweet-william, the aspiring larkspur, the proud crown imperial, the
snow-drop, the narcissus, and the hyacinth so prompt to waken at Spring's first
call, side by side with the cheerful marigold, braving the frost-kiss ; " " pinks in pro-
fusion, and a host of personified flowers, peeped out of their tufted homes, like
I40 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
nested birds," — "the beauty by night," "the tawdry ragged lady," "the variegated
bachelor," "the sad mourning bride," "the monk in his sombre hood," and " the
mottled guinea-hen." "The dahlias had not then appeared with their countless vari-
eties, but the asters instituted a secondary order of nobility ; coxcombs and soldiers
in green rejoiced in their gay uniform ; the borders were enriched with shrubbery,
tastefully disposed, at whose feet ran the happy blue-bell, and the bright- eyed
hearts ease intent with a few other lowly friends on turning every crevice to
account and making the waste places beautiful." "A broad walk divided this
garden into nearly equal compartments." The western part was "an expanse of
fair even-shorn turf," "at whose termination was a pleasant arbor, with its lattice-
work interwoven and overshadowed by an ancient thickly clustering grape-vine.
Grouped around it was a copse of peach trees, the rich golden-fruited, the large
crimson and white cling, the colorless autumn varieties, and the more diminutive
ones, whose pulp blood-tinted throughout, were favorites for the preserving pan."
" Near the same region was a small nursery of medicinal plants ; for the
mind which had grouped so many pleasures for the eye and the taste of man,
had not put out of sight his infirmities, or forgotten where it was written, "in the
garden was a sepulchre." "There arose the rough-leaved sage with its spiry efflo-
rescence," or, as she describes it in another place, " the sapient sage, which seemed
complacently satisfied with its own excellencies, or bearing on its roughened lip
the classic question. Cur moriatur /loi/io, Juin salis crescit in horto / " * " The aromatic
tansy" also grew here, the spearmint, "the pungent peppermint for distillation,"
"the healing balm," "the hoar-hound, foe of consumption," "the worm-wood and
the rue, a spoonful of whose expressed juice, given either as a tonic or vermifuge,
was never forgotten by the moath that received it;" "the spikenard and the
lovage," and "the elecampane," " the aperient cumphrey," " the pennyroyal," "the
bitter boneset, famed for subduing colds;" and "the aromatic thyme that fought
fevers." "Large poppies scattered here and there, perfected their latest anodyne,
and hop-vines, clasping the accustomed arches, disclosed from their aromatic
clusters some portion of their sedative powers."
" Yet the garden at the opposite extremity of the house was emphatically
"Why need a man die, who has sage in his garden?"
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the fruit reg-ion. It was longitudinally divided by a grassy terrace, and with the
exception of a few esculents, rows of graceful peas, and beans, decking their
rough props with blossoms, was directed to the v^arieties of fruit that a New
England climate matures ; currants reached forth their rich and pendulent strings,
large gooseberries rejoiced amid their thorny armor ; over a broad domain ran
the red and white strawberry, hand in hand, like a buxom brother giving confi-
dence to his pale exquisite sister. Through the apple boughs, peered the small
orb of the deep-colored pearmain, and the full cheek of the golden sweeting,
while many lofty pear trees aristocratically bore their varied honor thick upon
them. There were the minute harvest pear, the coveted of childhood for its bland
taste and early ripeness, the spreading bell, notching a century on its trunk, with
unbowed strength, the delicious vergaloo, the high-flavored bennet with its deep
blush, and multitudes of the rough-coated later pears, destined, with culinary
preparation, to give variety to the wintr}- tea-table."
"Another extensive and highly cultured spot, called the lower garden, as it
was approached from the rear of the establishment, by descending a long flight
of wooden stairs, exulted in all manner of vegetable wealth to enrich the domes-
tic board ; " " while a large turfy mound, rounded and entered like a tomb, the
celery and the savoy cabbage claimed as their own exclusive winter palace."
" Beyond stretched an extensive meadow, refreshed at its extremity by a
crystal streamlet, flowing on with a pleasant murmur to the neighboring river. The
domain comprised also a hill, whose trees were sparsely scattered and which
gently sloping toward the house, had at its foot a large barn." " Its yard com-
municated by a large gate with an area in the rear of the mansion, which was
surrounded by a little village of offices. Among them were the carriage-house,
the wood-house where ranges of sawed hickory were disposed with geometrical
precision ; the gardener's tool-house, the distillery, where the richer herbs from the
dispensary, and the fragrant petals of the damask-rose yielded their essence for
health or luxury ; and the poultry house, with its glass windows and varied
compartments, where the brooding mothers and their hopeful offspring found
systematic lodgment and a large prosperity." Mrs. vSigourney describes as her
" playhouse," " the spacious garret, covering the whole upper story of the man-
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sion," in one corner of which, was "a heavy old-fashioned carved beaufet, upon
whose curving shelves," she displayed her toys " so as to make the best appear-
ance." In one of the garret chimneys was a closet, " where the ropes and pulleys of
the great roasting-jack hissed and sputtered when put in motion by the fires below."
She speaks of the parlor " that low-browed apartment, with " its highly
polished wainscot," its " crisom moreen curtains, the large brass andirons, with
their silvery brightness, the clean hearth, on which not even the white ashes of
the consuming hickory were suffered to rest, the rich dark shade of the furniture,
unpolluted by dust," " the two stately candlesticks," " the antique candelabra ; "
"the closet, whose open door revealed its wealth of silver, cans, tankards, and
flagons, the massy plate of an ancient family ; " the " ancient clock, whose tall
ebony case, was covered with gilded figures, of strikingly varied and fanciful
character." She also mentions the storied tiles of the fire place, and pictures the
kitchen with " the dressers unpainted, but as white as the nature of the wood
permitted them to be," with "rows of pewter emulous of silver in its beautiful
lustre," the "long oaken table" and "heavy oaken cupboard," the five or six tall
chairs with rush bottoms, and the wooden settle "not far from the ample expanse
of the fire-place." " Over the mantle-piece was a high and narrow shelf, which,
at its western extremity, was multiplied into a triple row of shorter ones ; form-
ing a repository for a servant's library," which was " composed principally of
pamphlet sermons, or what was considered Sunday reading." Near this servant's
library hung the " roasting-jack, which, when put in motion, with its complicated
machinery, extending from garret to cellar, alarmed the unlearned by its discordant
sounds, and awoke in the minds of the superstitious some indefinite suspicion of
the agency of evil spirits." The old housekeeper, Lucy Calkins, was quite a
character in the household, and there were two colored servants, Beulah and
Cuffee, children of former slaves.
Dr. Daniel Lathrop, the fourth proprietor of this mansion, was born 17 12,
graduated from Yale College in 1733, and went afterward to England to study
" chirurgery " in St. Thomas's Hospital. He was there in 1737. While in Europe
he purchased a large quantity of drugs and general merchandise, and on his
return, started the first drug .shop in Connecticut.
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According to Mrs. Sig-ourney, "he possessed such acute sensibilities," and
" was rendered so unhappy by the necessity of performing any surgical opera-
tion, that he commuted active practice for the business of an apothecary. This
allowed him frequent opportunities of giving salutary advice especially to the poor,
which gratified his benevolence, and kept his scientific knowledge from oblivion.
To a competent patrimony, he added a very large fortune, gathered in his mercantile
department, which he expended with great liberality. He was held in high honor
and numbered among the benefactors of his native city, being the first to found a
school where the common people might be instructed gratuitously in Latin and
Greek, as well as in the more essential branches of a solid education."
Dr. Daniel Lathrop died in 1782, and in his funeral sermon, Dr. vStrong testi-
fies that "he attended well unto that charge to the rich, viz. : to do good, to be rich
in good works, to be ready to distribute," that he was " kind and generous to the
widow and the fatherless," " liberal in his contributions to the church, that he
at one time offered a tenth part of the sum sufficient to support the ministry,
and schools, free of public charge, though the offer was not at this time accepted."
In his will he left ^500 to Yale College, ^500 for the support of the ministry,
and ^500 to found a Grammar School.
Dr. Lathrop married in 1744, Jerusha, daughter of Gov. Joseph Talcott of
Hartford. Finding, on a visit to Europe, that the family, from which he was de-
scended, wrote the name Lathrop, rather than Lothrop, he adopted that form on
his return to America, and it is now universally used by the families of this name
in Connecticut, though in other States the "o" is still retained.
Mrs. Jerusha Lathrop was born in 1717. Mrs. Sigourney describes her, as
she appeared in old age when " her alert step and animated aspect w'ould scarcely
permit the beholder to believe that the weight of almost seventy years oppressed
her." "A tall and graceful person, whose symmetry age had respected;" "the
fair open forehead, clear, expressive, blue eye, and finely shaped countenance,"
" circled with thin folds of the purest cambrick, whose whiteness was contrasted
with the broad, black ribband which compressed them, and the kerchief of the
same colour, pinned in quaint and quaker-like neatness over her bosom," give us
a mental picture of the charming old lady, as she appeared, pruning and training
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the flowers in her garden, or entertaining the little children of the neighborhood,
whom she often gathered about her in the afternoons, by cutting with her scissors
from white paper, groups of dancing girls, tall trees with little squirrels springing
from bough to bough, or producing from her children's library those delightful
books: "The Bag of Nuts ready-cracked,"' the renowned " History of Goody Mar-
gery Two-Shoes," or the wonderful exploits of the " Giant Grumbolumbo." In a
poem dedicated to Mrs. Daniel Lathrop, Mrs. wSigourney depicts : —
" The dext'rous scissors ready to produce
The flying squirrel, or the long-neck'd goose ;
Or dancing girls with hands together join'd ;
Or tall spruce trees, with wreaths of roses twin'd ;
The well dress'd dolls whose taper forms display'd
Thy pen knife's labour, and thy pencil's shade."
At these childrens fetes, Madame Lathrop would sing songs at their request.
" The Distracted Lady " and the " Address of the Ghost of Poinpey to his wife
Cornelia," were great favorites, also " Indulgent Parents Dear," in which the
hero "loved a maid of low degree," and when he discovered that his proud
mother had taken the life of the kneeling fair one, reproached her for the deed,
" his rapier drew.
And pierc'd his bosom through,
And bade this world adieu,
Forever more."
The song, " While shepherds watched their flocks by night," and an early
supper usually closed the entertainment. Mrs. Sigourney was never tired of
dilating on the virtues and charms of Madame Lathrop, of her liberality to the
poor, of her piety, "which was not a strife about doctrines," "for she looked upon
the varying sects of Christians, as travellers, pursuing different roads to the
same eternal city," a liberality of sentiment not always found in later days.
Three sons were born to Madam Lathrop, who all died within a few days of
each other of some inalignant disease. Then followed the death of her hus-
band, and finally, her own mental powers failing, she died in 1S05, at the age of
eighty-eight (to quote from her funeral sermon), a loss "to the city," and "to
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the church of God, which she honored. The sick and the sorrowful mourn a
benefactor; for she stretched forth her hands to the poor, and needy; she com-
forted the widow and the fatherless. She opened her mouth with wisdom ; on her
tongue was the law of kindness ; Give her of the fruits of her hands ; let her
own works praise her in the gates."
In 1S06, after the death of Madam Lathrop, the property passed into the
possession of her nephew, Daniel Lathrop (son of Dr. Joshua Lathrop), who was
then living in the house now occupied by George C. Raymond. He was born in
1769, graduated at Yale College in 1787, and married in 1793, Elizabeth, daughter
of Dr. Philip Turner. Mrs. Sigourney describes Daniel Lathrop as "a gentleman
of portly form, whose movements were as leisurel}- as those of his elder brother
were mercurial. He almost always smiled when he spoke, and ever had a kind
word or benevolent deed for the lowly and poor. He and his fair wife were
patterns of amiable temperament and domestic happiness." One of his daughters
married Jonathan G. W. Trumbull, son of Gov. David Trumbull. His only son,
Frank Turner Lathrop, married Elizabeth Macalester of Philadelphia, and died
in 1832, s. p. Another daughter, Cornelia, married George Willis of Hartford, and,
when left a widow, resided in this house for many years. In 1S52, the house
was sold to Stephen Fitch of Bozrah, and, in 1862, when purchased by Mrs.
Elizabeth (Coit) Gilman, grand-niece of Dr. Daniel Lathrop, came again into
the possession of the Lathrop family, to whom it for so many years belonged.
CHAPTER XXVI.
IN 1740, 2iy2 rods of land, "on the side hill near Capt. Simon Lothrop's shop,"
were laid out to John Reynolds. The southern line of this lot began "at
the highway, four rods north from the north-west corner " of the Lathrop shop.
The heirs of John Reynolds sell this land in 1755 and 1756, to Simeon Case,
who builds the house now standing on the lot. The north part of the land (front-
age 6 ft.), between the Reynolds lot and the Lathrop shop, became the property of
Daniel Tracy, and was sold by him in 1760, to Simeon Case.
Simeon Case was the son of John Case, who came to West Farms (now
Franklin), before 1727, and married in 1727, Hannah, probably daughter of John
and Susanna Ormsby. We think he was possibly a son of John and Desire
(Manton) Case, who came to Windham, Ct., from Martha's Vineyard, shortly
before this time. Two of their sons, Barnard and Benjamin, settled in Windham.
A Moses Case, possibly another son, appeared in Lebanon, married in 1717-18,
Mary Haskins, and moved to Norwich between 1721 and 1727. A Mrs. Case is
said to have died in Norwich, in 1764, aged 104, who perhaps was the aged
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mother of John and Moses Case. vSix children were born to John and Hannah
(Ormsby) Case, of whom Simeon was the third. He was born in 1733, married
in 1759, Mehitable Allen of Pomfret, Ct., and died in 1785. He had nine children.
Simeon, his second son (b. 1761), became the next owner of the house, and died
in 18 16. After his death, Susanna, widow of his brother Samuel, occupies the
house, and buys, in 1S22, the Isaac Tracy land on the south. In 1833, this house
is occupied by Curtis Bliss. Susanna Case dies in 1848, and her son, Samuel, sells
the property in 1855, to Amos Cobb ; and in 1857, it is sold to Mrs. Lucy Blake.
It is now the property of Thomas Donahue.
Three separate lots of land, with a combined frontage of 1 1 rods (the first
beginning 8 rods north of Col. Simon Lathrop's shop), were laid out to various
persons, but all sold between 1745 and 1752, to Dr. Joshua Lathrop, who built the
house now owned by Mrs. Gardner Thurston. Dr. Joshua Lathrop (b. 1723),
graduated at Yale College in 1743, and married in 1748, Hannah Gardiner, daugh-
ter of David Gardiner, "Lord of Gardiner's Isle." She died in 1760, and in 1761
he married Mercy, daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Eels of Stonington, for whom
the chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution in that town has recently been
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named. Mrs. Sig-ourney cherished a vivid recollection of Dr. Joshua Lathrop, of
" his small, well-knit, perfectly erect form, his mild benevolent brow, surmounted
by the large round white wig, with its depth of curls, the three-cornered smartly
cocked hat, the nicely plaited stock, the rich silver buckles at knee and shoe, the
long waistcoat, and fair ruffles over hand and bosom, which marked the gentle-
man of the old school."
" He was a man of the most regular and temperate habits, fond of relieving
the poor in secret, and faithful in all the requisitions of piety. He was persever-
ing to very advanced age in taking exercise in the open air, and especiall}^ in
daily equestrian excursions, withheld only by very inclement weather. At eighty-
four, he might be seen, mounted upon his noble, lustrous black horse, readily
urged to an easy canter, his servant a little in the rear. Continual rides in that
varied and romantic region w^ere so full of suggestive thought to his religious
mind, that he was led to construct a nice juvenile book on the works of nature,
and of nature's God. Being in dialogue form, it was entitled 'The Father and
the Son.'" " It was stitched in coarse flowered-paper, and sometimes presented as
a Thanksgiving gift to the children of his acquaintance, or any whom he might
chance to meet in the streets. How well I recollect his elastic step in walking,
his agility in mounting or dismounting his steed, and that calm, happy temper-
ament, which, after he was an octogenarian, made him a model for men in
their prime." *
A large oil portrait of him, '' with one of his beautiful wife, courteously
presenting him a plentiful dish of yellow peaches, adorned their best parlor,
covered with green moreen curtains." On these, Mrs. Sigourney says, she gazed,
when a child, "with eyes dilated, as on the wonders of the Vatican." These
portraits are now in the possession of Mrs. George B. Ripley, the grand-daughter of
Dr. Joshua Lathrop. The Rev. Dr. Strong also adds this tribute to the good old
doctor in his funeral sermon : " His enemies, if he had any, were silenced into
respect by his virtues, and his friends were numerous and sincere. It was during
his college life he commenced that race of godliness, in which he steadily perse-
vered." " Though he was in his eighty-fifth year, he by no means outlived himself.
* Mrs. Sigourney's " Letters of Life."
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Neither debility of body, or mind, prevented his bringin^^ forth much fruit, even
at that very advanced period." " Though he had Hved many years it was not
long enough to satisfy the wishes of either his friends, or of the unfortunate."
Mercy (Eels) Lathrop (b. 1742), the second wife of Dr. Joshua, was the
daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and Mercy (Gushing) Eels of Stonington, and grand-
daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Eels of Scituate, Mass., and his wife, Hannah
North, who was said to be the aunt of Lord North, Prime Minister of England.
"This consort of Dr. Joshua Lathrop," according to Mrs. Sigourney, * " was a lady
of fine personal appearance, and great energy. In an age when domestic science
was in universal practice and respect, she maintained the first rank as a pattern
housekeeper. The young girls brought up by her were uncommon workers, and
thoroughly indoctrinated in moral and religious obligations. They often married
well, and in thrift and industry were a fortune to their husbands. She was a
sagacious observer of human nature, and not unfrequently a profitable adviser
to her lord, whose unsuspicious charity made him occasionally the prey of impos-
ture. One morning a man presented himself with a written paper, purporting
that he was deaf and dumb." "This stranger enforced his claims by signs, and
answered in pantomime such queries as were made palpable to the eye. The pity
of the good old gentleman was warmly awakened." "The antique dark mahog-
any desk was opened, which never turned upon its hinges in vain. Still a pair
of keen black eyes, occasionally raised from the needle, critically regarded the
mute applicant. Suddenly a sharp report, like a pistol, issued from a chestnut
stick that had intruded itself among the hickory on the great blazing fire, and he
involuntarily started. 'My dear,' said the lady, 'this person can hear.' Horror-
struck, and enraged at thus losing the large bounty almost within his grasp, he
discourteously, and it is to be hoped, unconsciously exclaimed, ' You lie ! ' And
the illusion was dissolved."
" Mrs. Joshua Lathrop survived her husband many years, and until past the
age of ninety, retained her active habits, and mental capacity unimpaired." \ She
died in 1833, and the house was sold in that year to Gardner Thurston, whose
widow still retains possession.
f Mrs. Sigourney's "Letters of Life."
CHAPTER XXVII.
IN 1709, a Thomas Lathrop receives a grant of four rods of land, opposite his
father's house. This is not "laid out" until 17 14, when it is divided into two
lots, each having a frontage of 2 rods. A ware-house, built by Benajah Bushnell
before 17 12, encroached on the north of this land, so Benajah buys the lot adjoin-
ing his own property in 18 14. On the south lot stands for a while Thomas
Lathrop's "bark house." Later, Dr. Daniel Lathrop established here the first drug
shop in Connecticut, probably shortly after 1737. ^^^ brother Joshua, after
graduating from Yale in 1743, became a member of the firm.
Miss Caulkins says that they imported not only medicines, but fruits, wines,
European goods, &c., &c. The invoice of drugs, imported by them in one vessel,
was valued at ^^8,000. A curious, old earthen drug-jar used formerly in the
Lathrop shop may be seen at the store of C. P. Capron at Norwich Town.
It is said that this was the first drug-shop between Boston and New York,
and Miss Caulkins relates an anecdote, which helps to confirm this statement.
In 1749, a malignant epidemic prevailed in some of the western towns of the
colony, and the Rev. Mark Leavenworth of Watcrbury, came to Norwich on
horseback to obtain medicines for his suffering people, making the journey hither
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and back, in three days. He would certainly have i^'-one to New Haven or
Hartford if there had been a drug- shop in either town.
Benedict Arnold and Solomon vSmith were among the apprentices of the
Doctors Lathrop. Arnold settled as a druggist in New Haven, and vSolomon
Smith was assisted by the Drs. Lathrop in establishing the first drug-store in
Hartford in 1757. Dr. Joseph Coit became later a member of the Hartford firm.
Mrs. wSigourney writes of the conscientious and kindly care which Dr.
Daniel Lathrop and his wife bestowed upon their apprentices, receiving them into
their own family, and constantly striving to bring them up to be good and useful
members of society. But their efforts were wasted upon Benedict Arnold. He
abused the cats, the dogs, and the horses, dismembered the birds, and stole and
crushed their eggs. When dispatched to the mill for Indian corn, he would
frighten the miller by clinging to the spokes of the revolving wheel, at one time
submerged, then again flying through the air, while the miller called him " an
imp of the Evil One."
In 1774, the firm of Drs. Daniel and Joshua Lathrop was dissolved, and
Dr. Joshua formed a partnership with his nephews, and later with his son.
In 1785, the firm of Coit & Lathrop was established, the partners being
Daniel L. Coit, and Thomas Lathrop, son of Dr. Joshua. In 1796, this partnership
ceased, and Daniel L. Coit carried on the business until iSoi, when he was suc-
ceeded by Ebenezer Carew, who soon moved to the Landing. The shop was
destroyed within the last few years.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
N the hill, above the Lathrop drug-shop, and approached by a succession of
terraces, was the house of Thomas Lathrop, son of Dr. Joshua Lathrop.
He was born 1762, and married in 1783, his cousin, Lydia, daughter of Capt.
William and Lydia (Coit) Hubbard, who died in 1790, and he married (2) 1791,
Hannah, daughter of Capt. Ephraim and Lydia (Huntington) Bill. The north
part of his lot, where his house stood, was formerly the barn-lot of Josiah Read,
and, when purchased by the latter from Jonathan Crane, to whom it was first
granted, was recorded as "one acre of upland on the hill, abutting east on the
highway 8 rods, south on land of Joseph Bushnell 22 rods, west on the street 16
rods, and north on a highway 16 rods." Josiah Read sells it with the rest of
his property to Richard Bushnell in 1698. It then descends to Benajah Bushnell,
and is sold by his heirs, Phinehas and Zerviah Holden, to Joshua Lathrop, in
1764. Joshua gives it, with an addition of part of the Joseph Bushnell lot, to
his son Thomas, who, about the time of his marriage, builds the house at
present occupied by Miss C. L. Thomas.
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Mrs. Sigourney speaks of this "elegant mansion," which, to her, seemed
"like that of Peveril of the Peak." wShe describes Thomas Lathrop as inheriting the
energy and ambition of his mother. " No equipage was so conspicuous as his, no
horses so fine, no harnesses so lustrous, no carriages of such immaculate neatness and
taste." The Hon. Charles Miner also alludes to "the spanking bays," and "the
plain, yet neat, double-carriage " of Mr. Thomas Lathrop. The same perfection
which seemed to characterize all his belongings, appeared also in the attributes
of his eldest daughter, Jerusha (later the wife of Pelatiah Perit). She was contin-
ually extolled as a model of goodness by mothers to their daughters, and teachers
to their pupils, until one imperfect little mortal, goaded to desperation, was heard
to say, "I wish there wa'n't no Rush' Lathrop. Pm tired out of the sound."
A long gravel-path, extending through the garden at the south of the house,
commands a most extensive view over the river, the meadows and distant hills.
A very beautiful letter from the Rev. David Austin to one of his nieces, the
young daughter of Thomas Lathrop, pictures her walking with her mother,
friend, and sister in this garden, " down the broad, cleanly, well-swept aisle, adorned
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with plants, flowers, shrubs, and vines." " We
walk," he says, " we chatt, we admire, and catch
from the lofty heighth and descending slope, and
fertile valley, and rising, ragged, and verdant
rocks, and meandering stream, the inspiration of
the place," and he hopes that "the vines, and
the plants, the rocks, and the plains, and the
soul-inviting and heart-bending language of the
skies," may "lead the thoughts" of his little
niece, until " her eye is extended, her spirit
ravished, in the multiplied and variegated beau-
ties and glories of the Great Supreme;" and as
™ she now walks in " this garden of the earth," so,
he wishes, she may some day walk " in the gar-
den of the Heavens."
Thomas Lathrop died in 1817, and his
widow lived for a while in the house on the
hill, but after her children married, she found her home too large and lonely,
so, buying the lot on which formerly stood the Jackson Browne house, she
built herself in 1828 a new house, in which she resided till her death in 1862,
aged ninety-two. Mrs. Sigourney describes her, as exhibiting at the age of ninety,
a rare example of comely appearance, active habitudes, and serene piety, and
"with unbowed frame, directing the daily operations of a systematic household,
and delighting in the skilful use of the needle." She classes her with " those,
with whom, as Cicero says, wisdom is progressive to their latest breath."
Mrs. Lathrop (b. 1769), was one of the daughters of Capt. Ephraim Bill, all of
whom (as their portraits testify), were handsome and attractive. Lydia Bill married
Joseph Rowland of Norwich, later of New York, and the other daughter, Elizabeth,
married Daniel Lathrop Coit, who occupied the house just north of Thomas Lathrop's.
In 1828, the former home of Thomas Lathrop is sold to Henry Thomas, a
New York merchant, of Norwich lineage, who returns to reside in his native
place, and for 67 years his family have owned and occupied the house.
Hannah \Biil. Lachiup.
WiFt; OF Thomas L-'throp
1769-1862.
PAINTED BY ALVAN F.SHEIR.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Two approaches, from northerly and southerly directions, lead from the main
highway, and unite in another road, separating the house of Thomas Lathrop
from the one on the north, in which resided his cousin, and also brother-in-law,
Daniel Lathrop Coit. The land on which this house stands, was the southern
extremity of the Josiah Read home-lot, a partial description of which was given
in the account of the old highway.
The first record of this home-lot gives it as 7J2 acres, abutting south on
the highway into the woods, east on Commons, north on land of Goodman Adgate
and Commons, and west on the "Town Street." The second record is of 8 acres
home-lot, and pasture land, with an addition granted by the town, abutting west
on the Town Street 12 rods, south-east on a highway 92 rods, east on Commons
9 rods, north on a highway 21 rods, and west on Commons 15 rods to a stone
"above the head of the spring."* This home-lot record was dated 1659. The
* Though the home-lot of Josiah Read bears the date 1659, his name appears in Miss
Caulkins' list, of those whose claims to first proprietorship are doubtful, and not at all on the
list of Dr. Lord.
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pasture, which is registered as dating from 1663, abuts north on Commons, and land
of Richard Bushnell t^^ rods to a corner, abuts north-east on land of Bushnell 4 rods,
and north-west and west on land of Richard Bushnell and Thomas Adgate 27 rods.
From these measurements it is not easy to exactly define the limits of this
home-lot, but, if we leave a west frontage on the street of about 12 rods, then
allow for the adjoining Adgate lot a depth of 12 rods, and a frontage on the
cart-path over the hill of about 17 rods, then call the north-west corner beyond
the Adgate lot the Bushnell grant, we may perhaps safely venture to include all
the rest of this land bounded north, east, and south by highways, in the Josiah
Read home-lot.
Of the parentage of Josiah Read we know very little. We quote from
Miss Caulkins, that " the marriage of Josiah Read to Grace, the daughter of
William Holloway, took place at Marshfield, in November, 1666." "It is probable
that Josiah and John Read married sisters. The farm of William Holloway in
Marshfield fell to his two daughters. It was sold, one half in 1670, by 'Josiah Read
of Norridge, in the Colony of Connecticut,' as the inheritance of his wife Grace,
and the other half in 1673, by ' Hannah Read, formerly Holloway,' whom we
suppose to have been the wife of John. The only proof, however, is the coincidence
of name. A third brother, Hezekiah Read, was considerably younger than the
others. "The father, whose Christian name has not been recovered, died in 1679,
leaving Hezekiah a minor, who, in accordance with his own request, was committed
by the court to the guardianship of his brothers, Josiah and John, ' for his good
education in the fear of God, good literature, and some particular calling.' * The
mother of Hezekiah Read in 1680, was Ruth Percy." This Read home-lot was prob-
ably first granted to the father of Josiah, who, dying early, as in the case of
William Backus, Sen., the home-lot was entered in the name of his son. A John
Read received a grant of land in New London in 1651, which he afterward
forfeited. A Robert Persey (Percy) bought a house in New London in 1678, and
sold it in 1679. It is possible that these may have had some connection with
the Reads of Norwich. Miss Caulkins also mentions a Joseph Read of New
London, who may have been the father of the family. A Josiah Read, who
Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich,
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owns land at New London in 1662, may be the same who later came to Norwich,
perhaps after the death of his father. Josiah Read was by trade a tailor. Miss
Caulkins says that he removed to Newent, then known as " over Showtucket,"
to a farm he had purchased, in 1687, but the deed of the homestead to Richard
Bushnell is dated 1698. He had eight children, four of whom were sons, Josiah,
Jun., William, John and Joseph, who became " farmers in ye crotch of ye Rivers."
Josiah, Sr., died in 17 17, his wife Grace in 1727.
In purchasing- this home-lot of Josiah Read, Richard Bushnell may have
realized a youthful ambition to own the land, with whose streams and broad
meadows he had been familiar from boyhood, when he lived with his step-
father, Dea. Thomas Adgate, on the opposite side of the way. Here he now
settles to a long life of usefulness and honor, in a neighborhood of relatives, his
mother and step-father, and his two brothers-in-law, Samuel Lathrop and
Christopher Huntington, 2nd, across the street, and his brother Joseph, and
brother-in-law, Thomas Lefifingwell, just below him on the "Sentry Hill" Road.
Richard Bushnell was born in 1652, and was the son of Richard Bushnell of
Norwalk, Ct., who married Mary, daughter of Matthew Marvin, and later moved
to Saybrook, where he died about 1658. The widow, Mary, married just before
coming to Norwich, Deacon Thomas Adgate, and when Richard arrived here
with his mother and step-father he was about eight years of age. In 1672, he
married his step-sister, Elizabeth Adgate, and had two sons and two daughters.
Anne Bushnell was married in 1695 to William Hyde, and Elizabeth in 1709 to
Jabez Hyde, sons of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde. Caleb (b. 1679), married in
1699 -1700 Anne Lefifingwell, and Benajah (b. 1681), married in 1709 Zerviah
Leffingwell, daughters of Ensign Thomas Lefhngwell.
According to Miss Caulkins, in the early part of the eighteenth century,
Richard Bushnell was one of the most noted and active men of Norwich, and
very popular also, we should judge, from his being chosen to fill the important
offices of townsman, constable, school-master, sergeant, lieutenant and captain of
the train band, town agent, and justice of the peace. He was repeatedly chosen
deputy to the General Court, in all thirty-eight times ; and he officiated also as
clerk, and speaker of the house for many years.
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In 1683, he was appointed to take care of the town's stock of ammunition.
In 1693, he was appointed ensign of the train band. In 1697, he was chosen
school-master for two months in the year, the terms 4 d. per week for each
scholar, the rest of the salary to be paid by the town, who empowered Lt.
Leflfingwell and Ensign Waterman " to satisfie " him in land " for his teaching
school, to say what the schoolers doe not doe." At this same date, he was also
called "shoemaker," and it is possible that he hammered nails into the shoes
and ideas into the heads of the children at the same time. In 1698, he was
commissioned lieutenant, and in 1701 captain of the train band.
He served as town clerk from 169 1 to 1698, and again from 1702 to 1726,
and his books show a great improvement on the work of his predecessor, John
Birchard. The following specimen of his poetical powers was written by him,
as a begging petition for Owaneco, Sachem of the Mohegans, who spent the last
years of his life, wandering about the country, soliciting alms of the English : —
" Oneco King, his queen doth bring,
To beg a little food ;
As they go along, their friends among,
To try how kind, how good."
■' Some pork, some beef, for their relief,
And if you can't spare bread,
She'll thank you for pudding, as they go a-gooding.
And carry it on her head."*
At the time of the great snow storm, in the winter of 1717-18, the meeting of
Commissioners, in the Mason and Indian controversy, was appointed to take place
at the house of Richard Bushnell, but on the 17th of February it began to
snow, and continued for two nights and a day, with a furious wind, which piled
the snow up into huge drifts ten or twelve feet high. For days, the Commis-
sioners were hardly able to get together.
Richard Bushnell died in 1727. His son. Dr. Caleb Bushnell, who, as physician,
captain of the train-band, and a prosperous merchant, was "almost as conspicuous
* " The last line alludes to the Indian custom of bearing burdens in a sack upon the
shoulders, supported by a bark strap called a metomp passing across the forehead." — Miss
Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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in town affairs as his father," had died in 1724. In his will, Richard states that
he never intended to give a double portion to his oldest son (as was the custom),
but to give his children equal portions of his property. To his son, Benajah,
he gives his double-barreled gun, silver-hilted sword, and belts, ivory-headed cane,
and silver whistle ; to his son, Richard, his small rapier, and two pistols. The gun,
silver-hilted sword, and pistols may have been those left to him by Capt. Rene
Griguon. The inscription on his grave-stone reads :
HERE LIES ye BODY
OF CAPT. RICHARD
BVwSHNELL ESQUIRE
WHO DIED AVGVST
ye27.. i727..&inye
75th YEAR OF HIS AGE
AS YOU ARE
SO WAS WE
BUT AS WE ARE
YOU SHALL BE.
After the death of Richard, his son Benajah (b. 168 1), occupied the house and
home -lot. He had four children. One daughter (named for her mother), Zerviah,
married in 1 750-1 Phinehas Holden. Another daughter, Elizabeth, married in
1730 Isaac Tracy, son of John and Elizabeth (Leffingwell) Tracy, and the son
Benajah (b. 1714-5), married (i) in 1740 Hannah Griswold, daughter of John and
Hannah (Lee) Griswold of Lyme, and later in 1774, Betsey Webster of Lebanon.
This son settles on a farm which was given to him by his father.
Benajah Bushnell, ist, was chosen lieutenant of the first company, or
train-band, in 17 14. In 1720, he was elected deputy, an ofRce which he
filled eight times in dift'erent years. In 1721, he was appointed captain of
the train-band, and in 1723, he took a prominent part in settling the boundary
line between Norwich and Preston. He was an influential member of the
Episcopal Church, was senior-warden and treasurer of that organization, and
gave, in 1746-7, a lot of land "at the north-east end of Waweequaw's hill, near
the old Landing Place," on which to build a church. This is the land on which
Christ Church now stands. He also contributed ^"40 to forward the erection
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of the first Episcopal Church, which, built at that time, was later, in 1789, moved
to another lot, given by his son-in-law, Phinehas Holden, a little east of the
present Trinity Church, and again, in 1S30, to the village of vSalem, where it
still stands, now serving as the Salem Town House.
During the latter part of Benajah Bushnell's life, he resided at the Land-
ing. He died in 1762, and his wife in 1770. After their death, the old house at
Norwich Town, and the land around it, passed to Elizabeth and Isaac Tracy,
and the north part of the lot to Phinehas and Zerviah Holden. In 1775, Isaac
Tracy, Sen., then living at the Landing, deeds this old house and land to his
son Isaac, Jun., who is residing on Plain Hills. Isaac Tracy, Jun., sells the
house and land to Joseph Coit in 17S3, and in the course of several years the
Coit family acquire nearly the whole of the former Bushnell property.
Capt. Joseph Coit was the son of John and Mehetabel (Chandler) Coit of
New London. He was born in 1698, and married (i) 1732, Mary Hunting,
daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Hunting of East Hampton, L. I. His wife died
in 1733, and he married (2) in 1739-40, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Lydia
(Abel) Lathrop of Norwich. In early life he went to Boston "to learn to be
a boat-builder," but " likt it not" and returned home, and "learned of his father
to be a ship carpenter." An injury to his foot, while at work at Gardiner's
Island, in 1718, led to his adopting a seafaring life. From Jan. 12, 1719, to
April 30, 1731, he made, to use his own words, "3 voyages before the mast, as
mate 5, and as master n, 19 in all, in which time, by the nearest calculation, I
was 1 100 days on the high seas, which is 3 years & 5 days, and what is very
remarkable that in all these voyages, never lost but one white man, who dyed
on ye Island of Barbadoes, viz , Andrew Denison, and an Indian boy before we
left England, and out of 363 horses carryed out, lost only 3, one of which in
good weather by the botts, one killed by carrying away of boom, and one by
bad weather." After 1731, he became a merchant, and was active in all New
London town affairs, until April 26, 1775, when, either influenced by the danger
of invasion, which threatened New London, or the fact that most of his children
were living in Norwich, he moved to the latter place, and went "to lodge" at
Thomas Leffingwell's. We have reason to think, that for a time, he occupied
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the house (now the "Sheltering- Arms"), which belonged to Tliomas Leffingwell.
In 1 78 1, he lost two houses and two stores, in the burning of New London. In
1783, he bought the old homestead of the Bushnells. In 1785, his son, Daniel
Lathrop Coit, built the house which is now occupied by Gardiner Greene, Sen.,
and the old Bushnell house was probably torn down or moved away. Capt.
Joseph Coit and his wife, Lydia, lived with their son, Daniel, until the father's
death in 17S7, the mother's in 1794. In his latter years, Capt. Joseph Coit lost his
eyesight, but his mind remained bright and active till the last. Three of his
daughters married Norwich citizens, Christopher Leffingwell, Andrew Huntington
and William Hubbard, and three of his sons, Thomas, Joseph and Daniel also
moved to Norwich.
Thomas Coit (b. 1752), was apprenticed at the age of twelve to his brother-
in law, Christopher Leffingwell, and afterward started in business at the Land-
ing. He built the house on Broadway now occupied by ex-Mayor Hugh H.
Osgood, and about 1795 moved to Pomfret, then to Canterbury where he died
in 1832. Joseph and Daniel served as apprentices to their uncles, Drs. Daniel
1 1
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and Joshua Lathrop. Joseph married in 1775, Elizabeth Palmes of New London,
daughter of Dr. Guy and Lucy (Christophers) (Douglas) Palmes, and in 1776, his
uncles established him in the drug business at Hartford, in partnership with one
of their former apprentices, Solomon Smith. On a visit to Norwich in 1779,
Joseph died after a short illness, and on his grave-stone in the Norwich Town
burying-ground may be read : —
" Stop here, kind friend,
and drop a tear
Upon y youthfull dust,
that slumbers here.
And while you read,
the fate of me,
Think of the glass,
that runs for thee."
He is said to have possessed " a cheerful disposition, a fund of ready wit
and humor, and the talent of easy versification." The widow, who, it is said,
made in her youth a solemn vow that she would " never marry a Coit," again
exercised a woman's privilege of changing her mind, and married in 1780, Capt.
William Coit of Norwich, and after a long life, died in 1803, "leaving a reputation
for intelligence, energy, and piety." The Hon. Joshua Coit was the only one of
the children of Capt. Joseph Coit, who remained in New London.
Daniel Lathrop Coit was born in 1754, served with his brother Joseph, as
an apprentice in the drug-shop, living at the time in the household of his uncle,
Dr. Daniel Lathrop. In 1783, he left Norwich for a trip to Europe, and his
journal shall tell us of the difficulties he encountered, in starting from " the head
of navigation " on the Thames : —
"Thursday Morning, May 29, 1783.
Sailed from Norwich — 11 o'clock A, M. Anchored about 5 miles down the
River — lodged on Board. We got aground only 14 times. Braddick-Boatman.
4 Passengers. Went on shore & staid the night, next morning went on shore,
& walked to New London.
30th. Arrived at N. L. about 2 o'clock friday.
31st. Sailed from N. L. for N. York in Sloop Polly Braddick & had a fine
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fun — this day arrived within about 14 miles of N. York, when we anchored for
the night.
June ist. Arrived in N. York about 11 o'clock with 14 sail which passed
Hell Gate with us. Weather Lowry & unpleasant. Passengers, W. Coit, Jun.,
Benjamin Coit, Capt. T. Fanning, L. McCurdy, Andrew Wattles.
June 7th. Went on board the Brig Iris about 3 o'clock. Fell down to
Staten Island. Anchored for the night being Friday.
8th. Weighed anchor in the morning — ran down to the Hook where we
waited for Mr. Cruden until about 12 o'clock when we sat sail."
On Saturday, July 6th, he landed at Portsmouth. He visited England,
Holland, and France, and passed the winter of 1784 in Paris, to acquire a familiar-
ity with the language. Here he enjoyed the acquaintance of Dr. Franklin, then
our minister to France, and of the Marquis de La Fayette. He saw the first
successful balloon-ascension, made by Messrs. Robert and Charles, in December,
1783, in the gardens of the Tuileries, and his letter, describing this event, was
printed in the Norwich Packet. He writes : " The two men ascended to about 500
yards in the air, and then sailed on the wings of the wind about 9 leagues. The
wind was small, and they sailed along very prettily ; they were about 2 hours
and a half in going 9 leagues. The novelty of the thing is so great that it in-
grosses half the talk and attention of the city."
After his return from Europe he resided until his marriage in 1786, with
Madam Jerusha Lathrop, the widow of his imcle Daniel. ]\Irs. Sigourney says :
" His aged relative, whom he revered as a parent, and by whom his attachment
was reciprocated, used familiarly to style him her 'philosophical nephew.'" "By
casual observers, he was deemed reserved or haughty ; but those who were able
to comprehend him discovered a heart true to the impulses of friendship and
affection, and a mind capable of balancing the most delicate points of patriotic
and moral principle." " He was fond of the science of Natural History, and of
exploring those labyrinths where nature loves to hide." After his return from
Europe, he entered into partnership with Thomas Lathrop, succeeding Dr. Joshua
in the drug business, and after the retirement of Thomas Lathrop about 1796, he
continued it alone for some years. In 1801, he went to New York, where he was
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for two or three years in partnership with his brother-in-law, Joseph Howland.
He then retired from active business, and returned to Norwich. He had invested
largely in the lands of the Western Reserve, or New Connecticut (as it was
called), in the State of Ohio, and experimented in silk-making, in order to ascer-
tain if this industry could be made productive in the new region.
'■'■ Unassuming, and punctilious in rendering to everyone the dues and courte-
sies of life, nothing could surpass his forbearance and indulgence for the failings
and weaknesses of others, while his sincerity, and freedom from prejudice, united
with a judgment, ripened by a wide intercourse with mankind, gave a weight and
sanction to his counsels, that were often sought, and were unobtrusively rendered."
He married in 1786, Elizabeth Bill, daughter of Capt. Ephraim and Lydia (Hunt-
ington) Bill, "a woman of great benevolence, unpretending piety, and undeviating
sweetness of disposition," who died in 1846. The portraits of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Bill) Coit, painted by Fisher, are now owned by their granddaughters, the Misses
Oilman.
Their daughter, Lydia, married Prof. James L. Kingsley of New Haven.
Maria became the second wife of Peletiah Perit of New York, later of New Haven.
Eliza Coit married William C. Gihnan. Of their sons, Henry married Mary,
daughter of Shubael Breed ; Joshua graduated at Yale in 1819, practiced law in
New York for many years, traveled in Europe, and then retired to New Haven,
where he died a short time ago.
Daniel Wadsworth Coit, the eldest son (b. 1787), married in 1834 his
cousin, Harriet Frances Coit, daughter of Levi and Lydia (Howland) Coit, and
after many years spent in travel, settled down in the former home of his father,
and died in 1876. The house has never passed out of the family, as, when sold
by the heirs of Daniel Wadsworth Coit, it was purchased by the Misses Gilman,
grand-daughters of the Daniel Lathrop Coit who first built it in 17S4.
In front of the house, stand the immense elms, of which Mrs. Sigourney
wrote : —
■' I do remember me
Of two old elm trees' shade ;
With mosses sprinkled at their feet.
Where my young childhood played."
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CHAPTER XXX.
N 1740, a piece of land, containing 15 rods, was laid out near Capt. Bushnell's
house on the south side of the brook, abutting west on the Town Street 6 rods.
This came into the possession of Noah Mandell, who also purchased in 174S, 8 rods
of adjoining land, which had been granted to Isaac Huntington, abutting west on
the Town Street 4 rods, 4 ft. "to a heap of stones on a flat rock," then bounded
south on a highway i rod, 1 1 ft., then bounded east on a highway 4 rods, then abut-
ting north on Alandell's land 2\-. rods to the first corner. Here Noah Mandell builds
a blacksmith shop and coal house, which he sells in 1749 to Jabez Perkins, 3rd.
We only know of Noah Mandell that he married in 1746, Sarah Corner, and had
two children, John (b. 1748), and Mary (b. 1750). The name is probably Mendhall
or Mendall.
Miss Caulkins relates of Jabez Perkins that he lived on the Sentry Hill road,
and that one day in 1754, he brought from the woods two young elms of a size that
he could conveniently bear upon his shoulder, and set them out in such positions
1 66 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
that, when grown, they would throw their shade over the shop in which he worked.
These she believes to be the great elms which stand in front of the former Coit
house, now occupied by Gardiner Greene, Sr. This story may be true, but it
seems to us that one of these elms may possibly antedate the other. Of course
allowance must be made for habitat, injuries, and many other circumstances,
which naturally retard or promote the growth of a tree, but in order that all
may have an opportunity to judge for themselves, we will give a few statistics.
To begin with the famous elm on Boston Common, which was blown down
in 1S76, we find that in a map of Boston of 1722, this tree appears quite fully
grown ; in 1792 it is called an ancient tree ; in 1854-5 its girth, measured four
feet above the ground, was 17 feet ; the average spread of its branches, diameter
loi feet.
Now the following are the Norwich trees for which the dates are given : —
Supposed date. Girth sf^- above the ground.
o -t TTi ,-,, ' 17 feet, II inches.
Coit Elms. 1754- -\ c ^ ,/ ■ -u
'■'^ / 13 feet, ()%. inches.
(Set out by Jabez Perkins.)
Elms in front of Mrs. John White's house. 1751-61- \]\ \ll\' V''\nrh^^^'
(Set out by Zachariah Huntington.)
/ 13 feet, I inch.
Washington Street Elm.* 1767. 13 feet, i inch.
(Set out by Peabody Clement.)
Harland Elms. 17S1.
(Set out by Nathaniel Shipman.)
S 7 feet, 10 inches.
'J 8 feet, I inch.
Now if this Boston elm, after all its reputed years of growth, could only
boast of 17 feet of girth, 4 feet above the ground, is it not possible, that the larger
Coit elm may have existed nearer the time of the town's settlement, than 1754?
Yet, proud as we well may be of this beautiful elm, it is only a second class tree
after all, for, according to the standard of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, a first-class
elm must have over twenty feet of girth, five feet above the ground, and a spread
of branches a hundred feet across. In this last requirement, at least, our elms
come up to his standard, for the Doctor tells, in his "Autocrat of the Breakfast
*When this tree was planted it was said to have been about " the size of a bean pole."
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167
Table," of a "very pretty" letter he has received from Norwich, giving an account
of these elms, and the spread of their branches, "one hundred and twenty-seven
feet from bough-end to bough-end." The Doctor writes: "What do you say to
that? and gentle ladies beneath it, that love it, and celebrate its praises ! and that
in a town of such supreme, audacious, Alpine loveliness as Norwich ! * Only the
dear people there must learn to call it Norridge, and not to be misled by the
mere accident of spelling.
NoryfvV//.
PortV/mouth.
Cincinnati?//.
What a picture of our civilization ! "
Jabez Perkins sells the blacksmith's shop in 1761 to Nathan Cobb, who
builds the house, lately occupied by Thomas Donahue, near the brook, and
resides here with his family till his death in 1807.
Nathan Cobb (b. 1734J, was the son of Henry Cobb of Stonington, and a
great-grandson of Elder Henry Cobb of Barnstable, Mass., who was a member
* Dr. Holmes is of Norwich descent through his grandmother, Temperance Bishop, (wife
of Dr. David Holmes), who was a granddaughter of Joseph Lathrop.
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of the Rev. John Lathrop's church in London, and, escaping imprisonment, when
the pastor and many of the congregation were arrested, came to Plymouth in
New England. From here he went to join his former pastor at Scituate, and
also followed him to Barnstable. He was senior deacon of the church at
Scituate, and in 1670 was chosen ruling elder of the church at Barnstable, which
office he held till his death. His son, Henry, moved in 1705 to Stonington, Ct.,
and the latter's grandson, Nathan, came to Norwich about 1761. Nathan Cobb
was a blacksmith (or rather gunsmith), by trade. He married in 1757 in Ston-
ington, Katherine, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret (Stanton) Copp. After
his death in 1807, his family continued to occupy the house until 1830, when
they sell it to Ebenezer Lord, and the land, where the shop formerly stood, to
Daniel Coit. In 1838, the house also comes into Coit possession. It is now
owned by the Misses Oilman.
North of the brook, a small lot (frontage 3 rods), is laid out to Richard
Charlton in 1741, and sold in 1771 to Nathaniel Parish who builds a house
which, in 1791, is purchased by Asahel Case for his father, Ebenezer Case.
We think this was Nathaniel Parish (b. 1748), son of Nathaniel and Kesiah
(Armstrong) Parish.
Ebenezer Case (b. 1 730-1), was the son of John and Hannah (Ormsby) Case
and the brother of Simeon, who lived a short distance down the street. Ebenezer
married in 1762, Prudence Cooley of Windham, and had a family of eight
children. He lived for a time in another house a few rods above the Parish
house, which he relinquished in 1791 to his son Asahel. He resided in the
former Parish house until his death. It was then occupied by his son Calvin
(b. 1779), who married in 1799 Mary KiUgrove — and later by Calvin's daughter
Nancy, who had married John G. wSmith, and in 187 1 it was sold to Daniel W.
Coit, and the house was soon after destroyed.
North of the Parish house was a narrow road, called in old times "the
Adgate cartway," leading to the barn on the hill ; and north of this was a small
lot of land (with a frontage of 3J2 rods on the Bushnell cartway leading over
the hill, and a frontage of 6 rods, 6 feet on the main street, and Adgate cartway),
which was laid out to Matthew Adgate between 1738 and 1740. A shop was
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1 Pliofbo Roynolils (widow).
:i Stocking' shop.
:i .John Bliss.
■I Jackson lirowne.
r> Jlezokiiih Williams'' heirs (owner).
() Timothy Lester (?) slio]).
7 Thomas Leffing-wcll, 5th, (owner).
8 Samuel Leffingwell.
9 Samuel Lefflngwell (owner).
10 Capt. Philemon Winship.
11 Dr. Jonathan Marsh, 2ivl.
Vi Thomas Lathrop (owner).
1:5 Former site Joseph Bushnell liouse.
14 James Lincoln.
15 Former site Ensign Leffingwcll house.
H) Thomas Lefflngwell, 5th.
17 Col. Chris. Lefflngwell.
18 Lefflngwell row.
19 Wm. Lefflngwell's shop.
20 Shop back of Lefflngwell's shoji.
:il Widow Mary Billings.
22 Widow Mary Billings (owner).
23 Wm. Lefflngwell (owner).
24 Thomas Williams (owner).
25 Pottery kiln and shop.
26 Carew.shop.
27 Ebenezer Carew.
28 Asa Lathrop, 3rd.
29 Jabez Avery's heirs.
30 Family of Capt. Joseph Winthrop.
31 Rockwell Manning.
32 Diah ]N[anning.
33 Eleazer Lord's tavern.
34 Tracy & Colt's store.
35 Shop.
36 Thomas Harland.
37 Thomas Harland's watch factory.
08 Thomas Williams' shop.
39 Thomas Williams.
40 School-house.
41 Old Primus.
42 Ruf us Lathrop.
43 Jeruslia Lathrop (widow).
44 Simeon Case.
45 Dr. Joshua Lathrop.
46 Lathrop drug shop.
47 Former site of Bushnell warehouse.
48 Thomas Lathrop.
Daniel L. Coit. 97
Cobb shop. 98
Nathan Cobb. 99
Ebenezer Case. 100
Case shop. 101
Asahel Case. 102
Jeremiah Grifflng. 103
Tracy & Coit (owners). [house. 104
Former site of Aaron Chapman's 1(15
Eunice Adgate (widow). liiii
Lathrop factory. 107
Daniel Lathrop's shop. 108
Henry Cobb. 109
Caleb Huntington. 110
Malt shop. Ill
Ezra Huntington. 112
Town clerk's office. 112(
Benjamin Huntington. 113
Daniel Lathrop. 114
Daniel Tracy (owner). l]5
Ebenezer Carew (owner). ntj
Avery & Tracy shop. 117
Dorcas Lathrop (widow). 118
Samuel Danforth (owner). 119
Samuel Danforth. 120
Andrew Huntington. 121
Samuel Danf orth's shop. 122
Felix Huntington's shop. 133
Heirs of Thomas Grist. 124
Col. Joshua Huntington. 125
Mandator Tracy (owner). -126
Shop Ebenezer Huntington (ownei-). 127
Gen. Ebenezer Huntington. 128
Former site of Daniel Tracy's house. 12i)
Samuel Tracy. 130
Site of Charles Whiting's shop. 131
Mundator Tracy (owner). 132
Gov. Samviel Huntington. 133
Gov. Samuel Huntington (owner). 134
Capt. Simeon Huntingon. 135
Capt. David Nevins. 136
Charles Charlton. 137
Asa Lathrop, 2ud. 138
Daniel Abbot. 139
Capt. Joseph Carew. 140
Simon Huntington (owner). 141
Benjamin Butler, 2nd, (owner), shop. 142
Gardner Carpenter.
Distillery.
Azariah Lathrop (owner).
Shoi) Joseph Curew (owner).
Asa Lathrop's shop.
Charles Gililon.
Nevins' hat factory.
Shop (Simeon Huntington, owner).
•leremiah Leach's shop. [shop.
Simeon Huntington's blacksmith
Nathaniel Townsend.
Capt. Joseph Gale.
Andrew Huntington's shop.
Zachariah Huntington's shop.
Zachariah Huntington.
Rev. Joseph Strong.
John Lancaster.
( John Lancaster's shop.
Widow Elizabeth Peck.
Capt. Bela Peck.
Ebenezer Jones.
Ebenezer Jones' shop.
Asa Lathrop's shop.
Former site of Manly shop.
Former site of Morgan shop.
Gurdon Lathrop.
Gurdon Lathrop's shop.
Asa Spalding.
Simon Carew's shop.
Ebenezer Lord.
Lathrop tavern.
Court House.
Church.
Carew & Huntington's shop.
Hon. Roger Griswold (owner).
Brown tavern.
Joseph Carpenter.
Joseph Carpenter's shop.
Seth Miner.
School-house.
Gardner Carpenter's shop.
N. Townsend's shop.
Jail.
Shop.
Shop.
Dr. Philemon Tracy.
Parmenas Jones.
William Osborn.
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built on this land, which, in the division of the Adgatc property in 17S7, was
given to Daniel Adgate (b. 1768), son of William. He sold it in 1789 to Samuel
Case, who was a carpenter by trade. Samuel Case died in 1791. We have found
no other deed of the property, but the land is sold by Asahel Case in 1802 to
Jeremiah Griflfing, and is now part of the present Jones' grounds.
In 1 7 14, the town grants to Isaac Huntington 4 rods of land (frontage 2
rods), "on ye side of ye hill to be taken up between Sergt. Israel Lathrop's orchard
and vSergt. Thomas Adgate's cartway," and here he builds a shop, and in 17 17
he receives a grant of land south of this " to build a house on," but he evidently
prefers to buy his grandfather's homestead, when the opportunity offers, and the
land and shop (frontage 6^4 rods) are sold in 1722 by Christopher Huntington,
who has become the owner, to James Norman. James Norman either alters the
shop into a dwelling, or builds a new house, which seems to stand on the former
site of the shop.
At the auction sale of lands at Thomas Lathrop's in 1737-8, lot No. 2, of
29 rods of land (frontage 4 rods), north of James Norman's dwelling house, is
sold to John Williams, who sells it in 1740 to Joshua Huntington, and it is
purchased by James Norman in 1742-3. Lot No. 3, back of the Norman
property, and No. 4, (with a frontage on the street of 3 rods), south of and ad-
joining No. 3 and the Norman lot, are sold to James Norman at the auction sale.
Lot No. 5 (frontage 3 rods) is sold to Benjamin Durkee, and by the latter to
Joshua Prior in February, 1739, and by Prior to James Norman in November of
that year. These additions give the Norman lot a frontage of 16)2 rods.
Miss Caulkins mentions a James Norman, who, in 17 15 was captain of a
vessel engaged in the Barbadoes trade, and in 171 7 was licensed to keep a tavern.
This James Norman may be the one whose house we have just located, or
possibly the latter was the son of the sea captain. He was in 1723 a "cloathiar."
No record has been found of his marriage, or of the birth of children, but we
know that a James Norman married after 1730 Mary (Rudd) Leffingwell, widow
of Nathaniel Leffingwell, of whose estate he was the administrator. Mary
(Leffingwell) Norman died in 1734. James Norman died in 1743, leaving a
widow, Elizabeth, and three children, Caleb, Mary, and Joshua, the two latter
lyo
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choosing their brother Caleb for guardian. The heirs divide the property in
1753-4. Mary Norman marries Eleazer Burnham, and sells her share, the south
part of the lot (4 rods frontage), to John Hughes in 1753. In 1758, John Hughes
sells the land to Ebenezer Case, who builds a house, in which he lives until
about 1 791. Ebenezer's son, Asahel, then occupies the house until October, 1801,
when it catches fire from the snuff of a candle, thrown into a pile of shavings,
and is burnt to the ground. In 1802, Asahel Case sells the land to Jeremiah
Griffing. The rest of the Norman home-lot, with house and barn, passed into Joshua
Norman's possession in 1759. In that year, the latter sells to Joshua Prior, Jun., a
piece of land (frontage 4 rods) north of the Ebenezer Case house. Here Joshua Prior
builds a house, perhaps about 1766, the time of his marriage to Sarah Hutchins
of Killingly, and resides here for a time, but in 1789 he is living on the road
near Elderkin's bridge, and in 1790 he sells this house and land to Gideon
Birchard, who also buys in 1795 a small piece of adjoining land {i). rods frontage)
of his son Elisha, who has purchased the property on the north.
Gideon Birchard (b. 1735), was the son of John and Jane (Hyde) Birchard
and great-grandson of John Birchard, the first town clerk of Norwich. He
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married in 1757, ICunice Abel, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Jerusha (Frink) Abel,
and had eight children. He was a carpenter by trade, and before 179Q moves to
Whitestown, New York, and sells, in 1799, his house and land to Jeremiah
Grififing. The house is still often called by old residents the Griffing house. In
1858, it is sold by the Griffing heirs to Daniel W. Coit, who sells it in 1871 to
William Alfred Jones, who still resides here.
Jeremiah Griffing (b. 1773), was the son of James Grififing of New London,
and a descendant of Sergt. Ebenezer Grififing, who came to New London about
1698, and married Mary (Harris) Hubbell, widow of Ebenezer Hubbell. Jeremiah
married in 1793, Betsey Spinck, and had eight children. He was a stocking
weaver, and also a Methodist lay-preacher.
Joshua Norman married in 1760, Content Fanning, and had seven children.
He lived in the old Norman house for a while, but moved away before 1768, in
which year he sold his
house to Col. Simon La-
throp, whose heirs con-
veyed the property in 1791
to Elisha Birchard, son of
Gideon. No house is men-
tioned as standing on this
property at the time. The
former Norman house
faced the south, and stood
on the site of the present
house, now owned by
Joseph Smith, and it is
possible that this, though not mentioned in this deed of 1791, may be the
old Norman house. North of the house stood a barn. In 1801, Elisha Birchard
sells this property to Samuel Avery and Thomas Tracy. In 1830, it is sold to
Mrs. Mary Lathrop, widow of Augustus, and in 1846 to Hannah Dawson. In
1S70, it comes into the possession of Joseph Smith, its present owner.
The 44 rods of land (frontage 4 rods), "south of Ebenezer Lathrop's
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orchard, beginning at the northwest corner near John Huntington's shop," was
lot No. I, sold to Abial Marshall, the highest bidder, at the " Public Vandue "
at the house of Thomas Lathrop in 1737-8. Abial Marshall sells this lot to
Aaron Chapman in 1742, and the latter builds a house, in which he may have
resided for a time, but in 1757, he is living on a farm near the Shetucket
river. In 1760, he sells the house to Matthew Adgate, who before 1767 moves to New
Canaan, N. Y., and in the latter year sells the property to John Huntington, who
resides here until about 1791, when Samuel Avery becomes the owner. In 1792,
the land and house are sold to Joshua Lathrop, and presented by him to his son
Daniel. It is probable that, about this time or shortly after the house disappears.
Aaron Chapman (b. 17 18), was the son of Joseph and Mercy (Taylor)
Chapman of Norwich, and a grandson of William Chapman of New London. He
married in 1739, Kesiah Rood, possibly daughter of George and Hannah (Bush)
Rood, and had nine children.
Matthew Adgate (b. 1737), was the son of Matthew and Hannah (Hyde)
Adgate. He married in 1762, Lucy Waterman, daughter of Asa and Lucy (Hyde)
Waterman, who died the same year. Matthew Adgate moved to Canaan, N. Y.,
where he married Eunice, daughter of Samuel Baldwin, and again for the third
time in 1795, Mrs. Jane Williams, a widow, who died of the yellow fever in 1796.
He soon after moved to a place called from him, Adgate's Falls, in Chesterfield,
N. Y., and there married in 1815, the widow of Col. Rufus Norton of Chesterfield.
" In consequence of lameness, he was precluded from entering the army,
but as a civilian he took an active part in the struggle. He was a member of
the convention that formed the Constitution of New York in 1777." "'• He was
afterward a judge of the County Court, and was, for several years in succession
a member of the State legislature. He was a farmer and a mill-owner, and died
in 18 1 8, at Chesterfield. His last wife survived him, and died at Guilford, Ct. Asa
Adgate (son of Matthew), was a member of Congress from Essex County, N. Y.,
from 1 81 5 to 181 7.
Dividing this property from the next was a lane, called in the deeds
" Stonney " or Stony lane, and leading probably up to the Bushnell cartway, and
* Walworth's "Hyde Genealogy."
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near this stood the shop of John Huntington, which the town granted him liberty
in 1734, "to improve and maintain," where he had already built it, "over the
highway against his father's house," "during the town's pleasure." In 1770, the
town desires him to remove it, and for conveying the shop to another site, he
pays John Bliss 4 s. in November of that year.
CHAPTER XXXI.
OPPOSITE the Josiah Read home-lot, and adjoining the Olmstead property,
was the home-lot of Deacon Thomas Adgate. Miss Caulkins represents
this lot as extending to the corner opposite the Harland house, whereas, its con-
fines were the north wall of the Oilman grounds, and the south wall of the Jabez
Lathrop property. The good old deacon had evidently such confidence in his
neighbors, that he never thought it necessary to record the actual measurements
of his home-lot, but gives it as six acres, abutting east on the highway, west on
the lands of Rev. Mr. Fitch and Thomas Tracy, north on the home-lot of
Christopher Huntington, and south on that of John Olmstead. He also buys
before 1678, 25 rods of the home-lot of his neighbor, Christopher Huntington,
and, though this sale is mentioned in the town book, no deed has been found on
record. This is probably the 24 rods, sold afterward in 17S8, by the Adgate
heirs to Samuel Avery, and when Caleb Huntington purchases the Avery
property, it comes again into the possession of a descendant of the first
Christopher. It is now included in the Jabez Lathrop property.
Nothing is known of Thomas Adgate previous to his arrival at Saybrook.
The name of his first wife, and the date of her death, are unknown. The births
of two daughters are recorded at vSaybrook, Elizabeth (b. 1651), and Hannah
(b. 1653). Between 1658 and 1660, Thomas Adgate married Mary (Marvin)
Bushnell, widow of Richard Bushnell, and daughter of Matthew Marvin of
Norwalk. On their arrival at Norwich, the household consisted of Deacon
Thomas and his wife, his two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, and the four
Bushnell children, Joseph, Richard, Mary and Mercy. Three other daughters
were born in Norwich, and one son. The family must have been not only a
very united one, but uncommonly attractive as well, for Richard Bushnell married
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his step-sister, Elizabeth Adgate, and one by one, the neig-hbors' sons succumbed
to the charms of the remaining daughters.
Thomas Adgate held many important offices, was frequently chosen towns-
man, and was one of the first deacons of Mr. Fitch's church, officiating for nearly
half a century. He died in 1707, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. His
wife, Mary, died in 1713. Two small, rough slabs of granite, with rudely-lettered
inscriptions, still mark their resting places in the old burying-ground near the
Green. Deacon Thomas deeded in 1702, one-half of the house and home-lot,
also land and a barn on the opposite side of the street, to his son Thomas. This
latter barn-lot adjoined the Read, or Bushnell lot, and is mentioned in the
account of the old highway.
Thomas Adgate, 2nd (b. 1669-70), married (i) in 1692, Ruth, daughter of
Benjamin and Anna (Dart) Brewster. His wife died in 1734, and he married
(2) in 1749, Elizabeth (Morgan) Starr, widow of Capt. Jonathan Starr of Groton,
and daughter of Capt. James Morgan. After his father's death, Thomas occupied
the house and home-lot, and also succeeded his father as deacon, holding the
office until his death in 1760, aged 91. His widow died in 1763.
In 1749-50, Deacon Thomas Adgate, 2nd, deeds the house and home-lot to
his only remaining son, Matthew. The house stood a little south of the Jabez
Lathrop grounds, and below this, in 1787, stood a shoe-maker's shop.
Matthew Adgate (b. 1706), married (i) 1727, Hannah, (daughter of William
and Anne (Bushnell) Hyde, who died in 1766. In 1773, he married (2) Abigail
(Culverhouse) Waterman, widow of John Waterman, who was born in 17 19, and
died in 1777. He had a large family of sons and daughters, of whom only two
were living at the time of their father's death : Lucy, widow of Joseph Lord,
and Matthew, who had moved to New York state.
The south end of the Adgate lot (frontage 4 rods), was deeded by Matthew
in 1768 to his son William, who probably, about this time, built the house, now
owned by the Misses Gilman, and occupied by the Rev. Nathaniel Beach.
William Adgate (b. 1744), was a goldsmith by trade, and married in 1767
his step-sister, Eunice, daughter of John and Abigail Waterman. He died in
1779. His widow resided here until her death in 1813. In 1818, the house and
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land is sold by the heirs of Dr. Joshua Lathrop, who had purchased it, to Daniel
Lathrop, who occupied at that time the house on the south, now owned by the
Misses Oilman.
Dr. Joshua Lathrop purchased in 1789, that part of the Adgate lot which
adjoins the present garden- wall of Jabez Lathrop (frontage 141^ rods, 6 links),
with house and shop, and on the lower part of the land he builds a cotton
factory. Miss Caulkins says that he began with " five Jennys, one carding
machine, and six looms. This machinery was afterward increased, and a great
variety of goods manufactured, probably to the amount of two thousand yards
per year." The firm in 1793 was Lathrop & Eels (Joshua Lathrop and Gushing
Eels), and in that year they advertise a great variety of cotton goods, consisting
of " Royal Ribs, Ribdelures, Ribdurants, Ribdenims, Ribbets, Zebrays, Satinetts,
Satin-Stripes, Satin Cords, Thicksetts, Corduroys, Stockinetts, Dimotys, Feathered
Stripes, Birdseye, Denims, Jeans, Jeanetts, Fustians, and Bed Tickings that will
hold feathers." This business was not found profitable and after eight or ten
years was discontinued. North of the factory stood the shoe-maker's shop, which
in 1787, was occupied by Joseph Lord. He advertises to sell Ladies' Everlasting
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 177
Shoes, Pumps and Slippers. When, and by whom this shop was built, we do
not know.
Joseph Lord (b. 1762), was the son of Joseph and Lucy (Adgate) Lord.
He married in 1784, Lucy Abel, daughter of Joshua and Lucy (Edgerton) Abel.
About 1790, they removed from Norwich to Canaan, N. Y., "where he was a justice
of the peace, and member of the state legislature." "He was brigade major of the
militia for about thirty years, and was the author of two publications upon
military tactics : ' Lord's Military Catechism,' and ' The Militiaman's Pocket Com-
panion.' For one of these publications, the state of New York paid him $1600.
He died 1S44 at Canaan."'*
Either in this shop, after the departure of Joseph Lord, or possibly in a
new building on the same site, Daniel Lathrop, 2nd, established his drug and
general merchandise business, which he carried on for many years. Both these
buildings, the factory and the shop, had projecting roofs and were painted blue
with white trimmings.
The upper part of his 1789 purchase (frontage 4 rods), adjoining the
Lathrop wall, with the old Adgate house, were sold in 1794 by Joshua Lathrop to
Nathan and Henry Cobb. The latter probably resided here until about 1803, when
he removed to Stonington, and in 1813, the land and the house were sold by the
heirs of Nathan Cobb to Elisha Lefifingwell, who m 18 14 sold the land wuth no
mention of the house to Daniel Lathrop. We do not know the date of the dis-
appearance of the shop, factory, and house, but it was probably very early in this
century. Henry Stanton Cobb (b. 1761), married 1791, Mary Cobb of Stonington.
He was the son of Nathan and Katharine (Copp) Cobb, who lived on the opposite
side of the street.
■Chancellor Walworth's "Hyde Family Genealogy."
12
CHAPTER XXXII.
NEXT to Deacon Thomas Adgate's lot, and beginning at the south wall of
the Jabez Lathrop property, was the home-lot of the first Christopher
Huntington, of six acres, abutting north on the Town Street 21 rods, abutting
west on the land of Thomas Tracy 42 rods, 4 feet, abutting south on Thomas
Adgate's lot 34 rods, abutting east on the Town Street 42 rods.
Simon Huntington, the father of Christopher, was born in England, where
he married Margaret Baret, who is supposed to have been a native of Norwich,
England, and possibly a relative of Christopher Baret, who was mayor of Norwich
in 1634. vSimon Himtington died of small pox, while on the voyage to America
in 1633, and was buried at sea. His widow, Margaret, who, with her four children,
came to Roxbury, Mass., married soon after, Thomas Stoughton, a prominent citizen
of Dorchester, Mass., who later removed to Windsor, Conn. The children probably
went with their mother to Windsor, but in, or before 1649, Christopher Huntington
was in Saybrook. He evidently returned to Windsor in 1652, and married Ruth
Rockwell, daughter of William Rockwell, "a prominent and highly respected
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 179
member of the community." He then went back to vSaybrook, and later jtnned
the band of settlers, who in 1660, came to found the town of Norwich. His house,
situated on an exposed and conspicuous corner, commanding approaches from
various directions, is said to have been one of the dwellings, which were fortified
during King Philip's war. In 167S, he was appointed town clerk, which office was
held by this family for one hundred and seventeen years. Christopher's term of
service lasted thirteen years. He is said to have died in 1691, and was probably
buried in the old grave-yard near Bean Hill. Before 1678, he sold twenty-five
rods of land, the south-east corner of his home-lot, to Deacon Thomas Adgate,
but no record has been found to establish the measurements of this piece, only a
brief mention of the sale. The lower part of the Jabez Lathrop lot is probably the
one in question.
Before the death of Christopher Huntington, ist, he gave to his son, Chris-
topher, Jun., apart of the home-lot (frontage 17 rods, 10 feet), north of the piece
sold to Thomas Adgate. He had given the Sluman lot and house to his son
Thomas, and the rest of the home-lot and the homestead passes to John, his
youngest son.
The part of the home-lot given to Christopher Huntington, Jun., is recorded
as 2 acres, 54 rods, beginning at the north-east corner, from thence it runs in a
straight line west 16 rods, 9 feet, and from thence in a straight line south 24 rods,
9 feet, abutting north and west upon the remaining part of the sd home-lot, then
runs east 17 rods, 4 feet, and from thence north 6 rods, i)4 feet, then east 4 rods,
3 feet to the street, abutting south and east on the land of Thomas Adgate, then
abuts east on the street 17 rods, 10 feet, to the first corner. Christopher Hunting-
ton, 2nd, or Deacon Christopher (as he is usually called), (b. Nov. i, 1660), was the
first male child born in Norwich. He married (i) in 16S1, vSarah, daughter of
Dea. Thomas Adgate. She died in 1705-6, and he married (2) Mrs. Judith (Stevens)
Brewster, widow of Jonathan Brewster.
Christopher Huntington was frequently chosen townsman, and also deputy.
He succeeded Richard Bushnell as town-clerk, which office he held from 1698 to
1702. He was appointed deacon in 1695-6. He was an expert surveyor, and was
frequently called upon to settle the question of bounds. He had four daughters,
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and seven sons. Christopher, his oldest son, settled in Franklin, Jabez in Wind-
ham, and Matthew in Preston ; Hezekiah and Isaac were living in houses they
had purchased ; so to John and Jeremiah was given the home-lot, at the death of
Christopher, in 1735. The brothers perhaps lived together until 1744-5, when
Jeremiah marries Sarah, daughter of John Reynolds, and in 1745, the home-lot is
divided, Jeremiah receiving the south part (frontage 6)^ rods), and a house, which
may be the paternal homestead, though it is not so called in the deed. John
receives the north part with
a frontage of 10 rods, 13
feet, and a barn. Sarah, the
wife of Jeremiah, dies in
1747, and he marries (2)
1748, Hannah Watrous,
•^T'^i daughter of Ensign Isaac
.A^^.w and Elizabeth (Brewster)
'f -^ty Watrous of Lyme, Conn.,
^'^ ^^ who was born in 1725. Jere-
miah resides in Norwich,
until after the Revolution,
then removes to Lebanon,
N. H., where he dies in 1794. In 1786, after his departure from Norwich,
he sells "my home-lot and buildings " to Samuel Avery, who also buys 24
rods of land on the south from the Adgate heirs in 1788, which is probably
the piece of land alienated to Deacon Adgate shortly after the settlement of the
town. In 1 791, Samuel Avery sells this house and land to Caleb Huntington,
son of John, and grandson of the Dea. Christopher who formerly owned it.
Samuel Avery (b. 1752 ?), son of John and Prudence (Miner) Avery of
Montville, Ct., married in 1781 Candace Charlton, daughter of Richard and Sarah
(Grist) Charlton of Norwich. He settled in Norwich as a tailor, and occupied a
shop on the Tracy property, and was later associated in the mercantile business
with Major Thomas Tracy, who married his daughter Elizabeth, He died in
1844, aged 92, and his wife died in t8i6, aged 68.
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Caleb Hunting-ton was born in 1748-9, and married in 1795 Anna Huntington,
daughter of Oliver Huntington of Lebanon, a descendant of the first vSimon. He
united with the first church in 1788, and was chosen deacon in 1808. He was at
one time a brewer, and in 1777, the Council of Safety grant him a license "to
distill from rye, the spirit called Geneva, and sell the same at a reasonable price,
not to exceed 15 s. per gallon." In 1789, in partnership with Mundator Tracy, he
sells tobacco of all kinds, " Plugtail, Pigtail, Carrot, and Smoaking tobacco at their
shop near the Town Clerk's office." Yet, in spite of his dealing in these "roots
of all evil," he is remembered as a most devout Christian. Whether this shop
was the building standing near the house of Ezra Huntington, or the store on
the opposite side of the street, we are unable to decide.
In the latter part of his life, he was a stone-cutter, and his shop stood
south of his house. He lived to the advanced age of ninety-five, in full possession
of his faculties. His children all died in infancy. Two nieces, daughters of Rev.
Lynde Huntington of Branford, Ct., resided with him. He died in 1842 and his
wife in 1851. At the division of his father's estate in 1794, he received land
north of his house, with a frontage of 3 rods, 16^2 links. After his death, the
house and land were sold in 1857 to Jabez Lathrop, who still retains possession.
Now in the division of the home lot between John and Jeremiah, no house
is mentioned as standing on John's share of the property. The only deed, which
mentions a house, is in the sale to Samuel Avery in i8or. But John must have
resided somewhere between 1746 and 1767, at which latter date he buys and moves
into a house on the opposite side of the street, and it seems safe to assume that he
built, probably about the time of the division, a house in which he resided until
the date of this latter purchase. It may be that his house was burnt, or that he
bought the neighboring house intending to resign the home lot to Ezra, who
married in 1767. In 1771, he deeds to Ezra the north part of the home lot, with
a frontage of 86 links, on which Ezra's barn stands. It may be that Ezra built
the house, at present owned by Henry Potter, but of this we have found no
record, so will leave the matter to be solved by John's descendants. In the division
of John's property in 1794, Ezra receives land (frontage 4 rods, 9 links), and the malt
house. This is, we believe, the land now occupied as a garden by Joseph Smith.
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John Huntington (b. 1709), married in 1735, Civil, daughter of Simon and
Mary (Leffingwell) Tracy. She died in 1748-9, and he married in 1749, her sister,
Mary, who died in 1786. John's occupation was that of a brewer. He had a shop
at one time across the street. His death occurred in 1794. His oldest son, John
(b. 1736), was ordained minister of the Third Congregational church in Salem, Mass.,
and "gave much promise of future usefulness and eminence," but died unmarried in
1766 of a quick consumption, to the great grief of his people and friends
Solomon, the second son, settled as a saddler at Hebron, Ct. Andrew was a
deacon of the church in Griswold, Ct., for fifty-one years. Thomas (b. 1744-5),
was a doctor, first in Ashford,
and afterward in Canaan, Ct. He
was a most genial man, and very
fond of young people, and inter-
ested in their instruction, devoting
great attention to the improve-
ment of the common schools of
that region. William lived in
Hampton, Conn. Caleb probably
lived with his father, until after
his marriage in 1795, when he
moved into the Jeremiah Hunt-
ington house. Ezra (b. 1742), to
whom John gave the north part of the home-lot, married (i) in 1767, Eliza-
beth, daughter of James Huntington, 2nd. His wife died in 1796, and he
married (2) 1797, the widow, Mary (Rudd) Dean of Fianklin, who died at
Franklin in 1804. In 1S05, Ezra married (3) Elizabeth (Hyde) Lathrop, widow
of Azel Lathrop and daughter of Phinehas and Ann (Rogers) Hyde of Franklin,
who was born in 1755, and died at Ashford, Ct., in 1835. Ezra, like all the
members of this family, was a very religious man, and believed in keeping
strictly the vSabbath day, for he was the grand juror, who brought before
Richard Hyde the three young boys (one of them his own apprentice, Asa Fuller),
and two young girls, for profanely walking together on that day. He advertises
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as a maltster in 1776 and later as a "slaymaker." He sold his house and land
to Samuel Avery in iSoi, and moved to Franklin, where he died in 1820.
Samuel Avery sells the property to Capt. Daniel Havens, late of Chatham,
Mass., in 1812. In 1S67, the Havens family sell to Henry F. Potter, who still
owns and occupies the house.
North of this house, on the site of the house of Herbert Yerrington,
stood the original Christopher Huntington homestead. After the death of the
first Christopher, this was inherited by his .son John (b. 1666), who married in
1686, Abigail, daughter of Samuel Lathrop. John Huntington had three
daughters and two sons. One of the daughters, Martha, through her mar-
riage with Noah Grant of Tolland, became the ancestress of Gen. U. S. Grant.
In 1 69 1, John Huntington was chosen constable. We have reason to believe
that he left Norwich, and moved perhaps to Windsor. He died about 17 14. In
1719, his son John, who inherits the home lot, sells to Isaac Huntington the
house and land, about ^% acres, "beginning at the northwesterly corner by the
brook, then running south, south-west, abutting west and northwest on Daniel
Tracy's land 42 rods, 4 feet —abutting south on Thomas Adgate 16 rods, 9 feet,
then east on Deacon Christopher Huntington's land 24 rods, 9 feet, then running
east to the street 16 rods, 11 feet, — thence abutting east on the street 15 rods,
3 feet— thence north on the street 21 rods, 5 feet, to the first corner by the
brook." John (the son of John Huntington), became a resident of Tolland, Ct.,
where he died in 1737. He married Thankful Warner of Windham, who died
in 1739.
We learn from a deed of neighboring property, that in 17 12, this house was
occupied by Capt. Rene Grignon, a French Huguenot, who came to this country in
the latter part of the seventeenth century, and joined the French settlement at
East Greenwich, R. I.
Driven from thence with the rest of the settlers by persecution, in 1691, he
went to Oxford, Mass., and when that French settlement was abandoned, after
the Indian massacre of 1696, he moved to Boston, where he was at one time an
" Ancien " or elder of the French church. In 1699, an attempt was made to re-es-
tablish the French settlement at Oxford, and many of the former inhabitants
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returned. Rene Grignon and Jean Papineau were associated with Gabriel Bernon
in setting up "a ' chamoiserie,' or wash-leather manufactory on the mill-stream,
that flowed through the plantation." This gave employment to the younger men
of the community, in shooting and trapping game, and wagon loads of dressed
skins were sent to Bernon in Providence, for the supply of the French hatters in
Newport and Boston, but in 1704, occurred the Deerfield massacre, and the French
at Oxford, thoroughly alarmed, and disheartened, again abandoned the settlement,
and it was probably shortly after this date that Capt. Grignon came to Norwich,
where he was admitted an inhabitant in 17 10. Miss Caulkins says that when he came
to Norwich he was master of a trading vessel, but settled here as a goldsmith. He
died in 17 15. His wife had died shortly before. He made Capt. Bushnell his execu-
tor and gave him in his will, his silver-hilted sword, double-barreled gun and pistols.
He gives small legacies to Daniel Deshon and Jane Jearson, alias Normandy,
and the greater part of his estate to his dear and well-beloved friend, Mary
Urenne. To Jam.es Barret, an apprentice, he gives the remainder of his time.
Daniel Deshon, also of French descent, to whom Capt. Grignon gave his
goldsmith's tools, and ^10 when he should come of age, was afterward a promi-
nent citizen of New London. It is possible that Capt. Grignon intended leaving,
or had already left the Huntington house before his death, as he purchased in
1714-15 two valuable farms with a saw-mill and grist-mill on the outskirts of
the town, and these are included in his inventory. This inventory is interesting
from the values attached to the various articles of his stock in trade : —
Rare Jewels of Gold,
L 2
316 Precious Stones,
^10
Pearls and Precious Stones, ....
i:io
Bags of Bloodstones and others, ...
L 5
Gold
£ 9
Gold dust
7 s. 6 d.
Plate and Bullion,
i;4i
3-S-. bd.
Bullion,
jg.s-.
These are only a few of a long list, in which was included also a negro
woman and child.
Isaac Huntington (b. 1688), who purchased in 17 19, the old Christopher
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185
Huntington homestead, was a son of Christopher Huntington, 2nd. He married,
1 7 15-16, Rebecca, daughter of Israel Lathrop. He was by occupation a weaver.
He was active in all good works, prominent in the civil affairs of the town, and
was repeatedly chosen representative to the legislature. With Daniel Huntington
and Philip Turner, he was appointed " to labor for the conviction and recovery of
the Separates." He held the office of town clerk from 1726, till his death in
1764. The following items from his day-book, between 1752 and 1756, show the
charges for recording, &'c., at that time : —
For writing Benajah Leffingwell's will,
recording Jonathan Avery's marriage,
Ruth Post's death, .
" deed, .....
mortgage deed to Dr. Lothrop from Oliver
Arnold, ......
license to Ebenezer Backus, .
three writs, .....
indorsing bounds of land,
probate of inventory,
fees on will, .....
writing and acknowledging deed, .
Isaac left a large property in lands, &c., which he divided among his many
children, thirteen in all, of whom ten were living at his death. Three of his sons,
Isaac, Nehemiah, and Elijah settled in Bozrah. Five of the daughters married
prominent citizens and the two remaining sons, Joseph and Benjamin, inherited
the homestead. Joseph (b. 1732), died unmarried in 1S13. Benjamin (b. 1736),
married in 1767, Mary (Carew) Brown, daughter of Joseph Carew and widow of
James Noyes Brown. She died of small pox in 1777. In 1764, Benjamin was chosen
to succeed his father as town-clerk, and held the office, with the exception of one
year, 1778, when Samuel Tracy was appointed, until his death in 1801.
"He was one of the selectmen with Barnabas Huntington, Samuel Tracy,
and Elijah Brewster, who called together the first revolutionary meeting held in
Norwich, June 6, 1774. He was evidently a man of humor, and a rhymester, for
about 1782 or 17S3, he wrote the following : —
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This day completes the ei.ejhteenth year,
That I have served in office here,
As cleriv of this, a wealthy town.
And yet, I'm poor as any clown.
I have not spent my fees for grog.
Nor wasted time with gun and dog ;
Nor yet at cards a wager lost.
Nor on my back laid out much cost.
My house with painting never shone.
But tatter'd clapboards hear me groan.
For want of dry rooms in wet weather ;
And pork and beans to grace the platter.
I've bought no lands to drain my purse,
Nor haunted taverns which were worse ;
Nor jockey'd horses I but once,
For which I own I was a dunce.
Yet in one point, I've acted wrong ;
I own it freely to the throng ;
But as my crime from spite was free,
Some mercy yet, I hope to see.
'Tis this; if you'll attend I'll tell.
I've used my customers too well.
I've not insisted on my pay.
When 'twas my due from day to day ;
Nay longer much from j'ear to year,
Till they are dead or disappear ;
And so my due forever lost
And I with disappointment crost.
I did not ask for my reward.
When they required me to record
Their numerous deeds and bills of sale.
Their births and deaths, a long detail.
Thus I confess I was to blame.
And for my fault now suffer shame.
But I resolve to mend my ways,
Conduct more just, deserves more praise.
Now, gentlemen, observe ye well.
And I my new-made law will tell.
No more expect that I'll record.
Till fees are paid, my due reward.
And as at first, for lawfuU fee,
A faithful clerk, I swore to be,
So now again, if swearing's just,
My fees I'll have, but never trust."
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Benjamin was succeeded in the office of town-clerk by his son, Philip,
(b. 1770), who married in 1796, Theophila Grist, daughter of John and Delight
(Lathrop) (irist. vShe died in 1806, aged thirty-eight. Philip Huntington con-
tinued to hold this office till his death in 1S25. His son Benjamin (b. 1798),
became also town-clerk at the death of his father in 1825, and continued in the
office with the exception of one year from 1828 to (3ctober, 1830. He married in
1830, Margaretta Perit, daughter of John and Margaretta (Dunlap) Perit of
Philadelphia, and after a long and honorable life, died in 1881. In 1842, the old
Huntington homestead was sold to Joseph Griffin. The land was purchased in
1884 by Lewis Hyde, the old house torn down, and two houses have since been
erected on the lot.
The town clerk's office was a small gambrel-roofed building, painted red,
standing close to the street, with the addition of an ell on one side, which latter
was used at times as a shop.
CHAPTER XXXIIL
THE land between "Stony" Lane and the corner was owned, in the early
years of the town, by Josiah Read, who sells the north part (frontage
thirteeen rods), "on the side of the hill by Christopher Huntington's," to Jonathan
Crane in 1686. The lower part, next to Stony Lane, is entered among his
records of land, as " one acre, beginning at the northwest corner, abutting west
on the street 10 rods, south on commons 12 rods, east on the highway 13 rods,
and north 14J4' rods on the land of Jonathan Crane." In 1679, the town grants
to Jonathan Crane two acres of land "against Thomas Bingham's to build upon,"
unless he can " find it in some more convenient place." Evidently Jonathan
does not consider this a desirable spot, for in 16S6, he buys of Josiah Read this
corner lot. A small piece of adjoining land is granted him by the town, and he
then records his home-lot as " one acre, 146 rods of land, beginning at the north-
west corner at a small white oak, abutting west on the street 13 rods, abutting
south on the land of Josiah Read 15 ^4 rods, and east on a highway 26 rods,"
("part purchase and part grant"). Here he builds his house, which is sold to
Israel Lathrop in 1695.
Jonathan Crane (b. 165S), was the son of Benjamin Crane of Wethersfield,
who is said, by some authorities, to have married in 1655, Mary, daughter of
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William Backus ; by others, in 1656, Elinor Breck, daughter of Edward Breck of
Dorchester, Mass. We are unable to say which of these statements is correct.
It is possible that Mary may have died, and Elinor may have been a second
wife. Benjamin Crane is said to have lived in Westfield, and Wethersfield, Ct.,
and perhaps at Taunton, Mass. Jonathan was born at Wethersfield, and married
in 167S, Deborah, daughter of Francis Griswold. He was by trade a blacksmith.
In 1690, he purchased a large tract of land, in what was then called "Joshua's
tract," and, with quite a number of Norwich people, went to found the town,
now known as Windham. He was very prominent in all the affairs of the new
settlement, was moderator at town meetings, one of the committee for building
the meeting house, assisted in settling the town bounds, built the first grist-mill,
kept the first tavern, was chosen ensign of the train-band, and next to Mr.
Whiting, was the largest land operator in the town. Near the close of his life,
he removed to Lebanon, probably to live with his son Jonathan. He died in
1734-5. His house in Norwich was sold in 1695-6 to Israel Lathrop. There is
nothing in the records to show whether Israel occupied this house or not. We
assume that he did live here for a while, until some time after his father's death,
when he moved to the paternal homestead. He buys the land on the south of Josiah
Read, though the deed of sale has not been found. In the highway survey of
1705, it is mentioned as "the orchard of Israel Lothrop." At that time, we think
it is probable that he had moved to his father's house.
In 1722, Israel gives this house and three acres of land, and "the garden
place on the north side of the highway against the house," to his son William,
who in 1729, in exchange for land on Plain Hills, deeds these back to his father.
William Lathrop (b. 1688), married (i) 17 12, Sarah, daughter of Simon
Huntington, 2nd. He married (2) in 1731, Mary Kelly, and (3) in 1761, Phoebe
French. After leaving the Crane house, he lived, till his death in 1778, on his
farm at Plain Hills, and was a useful and highly respected citizen. He was a
deeply religious man, and during the Separatist excitement, he, and his second
wife, Mary Kelly, joined that sect. When summoned before Dr. Lord, for presum-
ing to join with others in setting up a Separate meeting, he boldly gave these
reasons : —
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"i. The minister, denying- the power of godliness, though not in word yet
in practice.
2. Insisting on imprudencies, and not speaking up for that which is good.
3. Not praying for their meeting (the Separatist), and not giving thanks
for the late glorious work. (The preaching of Mr. Whitefield).
4. Not a friend to lowly preaching and preachers, particularly not letting Mr.
Jewett preach once, and once forbidding Mr. Crosswell (Separatist preachers).
5. Not having the sacrament for six months, in the most glorious part of
the late times ; and often enough since the church is in difficulty, and oftener
now than ever."
These were Mrs. Lathrop's reasons : —
" I. As to communion in the church at the sacrament, I did not commune
because I was in the dark, and thought I was not fit.
2. Another reason, because I was not edified.
3. Because the power of godliness, it seems to me, is denied here, and is
elsewhere.
4. By covenant, I am not held here any longer than I am edified."
One of William Lathrop's sons, John (b. 1739), became the pastor of the
old North Church in Boston. He is alluded to as
"John, old North, for little worth,
Won't sacrifice for gold,"
in the famous satirical poem on the Boston ministers supposed to have been
written by Dr. Benjamin Church in 1774. This Rev. John Lathrop, or Lothrop
(as his name was written), was the grandfather of John Lothrop Motley, the
historian, and United vStates minister to Austria and England.
In 1 730-1, Israel deeds this property on the corner, with "garden spott " on
the north side of the highway, " with shop by the side of sd highway," to his
son Ebenezer (b. 1702-3), who had married in 1725, Lydia, daughter of Deacon
Thomas Leffingwell. This remained in Ebenezer's possession till his death, which
occurred in 1781. The Lathrop memoir says: "He was a man of note in town,
both in civil and military affairs." In 1740, he received his commission as Ensign ;
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in 1742, as Lieutenant; and in 1745, as Captain, by which title he is best known.
Ebenezer's first wife died in 1766 and he married (2) before 177 1, Hannah
Lynde, widow (i) of Capt. Joshua Hunting-ton, and (2) of Col. Samuel Lynde of
Saybroolc, Ct. His will, shows him to be a man of large possessions. He wills
the house to his son Jedidiah (b. 1748), who married (i) in 1772, Civil, daughter, of
John and Lydia (Tracy) Perkins, who died in 1797. He married (2) in 1807, Anna
Eames. He died in 181 7. Jedidiah sells the old homestead in 1793, to Ebenezer
Carew. In 1800, it is sold to Felix Huntington, Sen., who lives here till his death.
Felix Huntington was by trade "a joiner" or carpenter and his shop was on the
opposite corner, where now stands the house of Ira Peck.
In 1843, this old Lathrop house was purchased by William M. Converse, and
was occupied for many years by his father, Augustus Converse, who came from
vSalem, Mass., in 1834, to end his days in Norwich. In 1877, it is sold to Capt.
Joseph Reynolds, who tore down the large, square, gray house, which many still
remember, and built the one at present owned and occupied by Samuel K. Lovett.
In 1771, Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop sold to Felix Huntington the south part
of his home-lot (frontage 5 rods), next to Stony Lane, and here Felix builds a
house and shop. Felix Huntington (b. 1749), was the son of Daniel and Rebecca
(Huntington) Huntington. />..,«»*ft^^aiafij^A%'^«.=f-'^
He married in 1773, Anna, ^
daughter of Jacob and Mary i]^ :•./.:.:■:- ■^^3^^mEk5>*'" M
(Brown) Perkins, who died
in 1806, aged 50. In 1791,
Jedidiah Lathrop sells to
him additional land (front-
age 2^ rods), north of
Felix's shop, and Felix then
sells the whole property
(frontage 7>4 rods), with house and shop, to Dr. Joshua Lathrop, who gives
it to his son Daniel, on the latter's marriage in 1793. Daniel Lathrop lived
here until his removal to the house now occupied by the Misses Oilman. In
1810, he sells this house to James vStedman, who altered and modernized it, and
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whose heirs retained possession until a few years ago, when it was sold to
George C. Raymond. The shop north of the house was probably used by Felix
Huntington for a time as a joiner's shop. It is not mentioned in the deed of
sale to James Stedman in 1810, so may have disappeared.
In 1785, Jedidiah Lathrop sells land north of the Felix Huntington house
(frontage 4 rods), to Daniel Tracy (b. 1756), son of Josiah and Rachel (Allen)
Tracy. He married in 1783, Lucy, daughter of Josiah Tracy, 2nd, and Margaret
Pettis of Franklin. Daniel was a house carpenter, and built himself a house
upon this lot. Two children were born to him in Norwich, Lucy (b. 1784), and
Nancy (b. 1786). He then moved to Newton, Mass., and later to Dover, N. H.,
and the house was occupied for a time by Samuel Avery, who was living here
in 1794. In 1798, it was sold to Stephen Backus of Brooklyn, Ct., who also buys
of Jedidiah Lathrop additional land (4 rods frontage), on the south. Stephen
Backus and his wife, Eunice, have one child born in Norwich, George Whitney
(b. 1800). In 1802, he sells the house and land (frontage 8 rods), to Capt. Elisha
Lefifingwell (b. 1778), son of Elisha and Alice (Tracy) Leffingwell. Capt. Leffing-
well married in 1808 Frances Thomas, daughter of Simeon and Lucretia
(Deshon) Thomas, and had nine children. He was a sea captain, and with his
oldest son, Thomas (b. 181 1), sailed for South America on Oct. 24, 1825. The ship
is supposed to have foundered at sea, and all on board were lost. In 1839, the
house is sold to Charles Bliss, and later by the Bliss heirs to George Rudd, who
metamorphosed the large, old, square house into a comparatively modern
dwelling. It is now occupied by Mrs. Lyman.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
jN the opposite side of the street leading up Long Hill, was the home-lot of
Thomas Sluman, which was registered as " home lot and pasture of
twelve acres more or less, abutting west, east, north, and south on highway." As
the bounds of the home-lot and pasture are never clearly defined, and the greater
part of the land is used as pasture land for many years, we will not attempt
to mark the limits of this home lot, but only locate the houses, which are later
erected, on that part of the land nearest the main highways. The date of the
home lot is 1663. In 1668, Thomas Sluman,* of whose antecedents we know
nothing, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bliss. Six children are born to
them, and the father died in 16S3. In the same year, died Mrs. Solomon Tracy,
and in 16S6, Dr. Solomon Tracy, who was the administrator of the Sluman estate,
married the widow Sluman. In 1688, he sold nine acres with the house,
bounded south on the highway 45 rods, abutting west on his own land 37 rods,
abutting north on a highway and commons 49 rods, abutting east on his own
* The son, Thomas Sluman (b. ), moved to West Farms or Franklin, and resided
near the Peck Hollow Station on the N. L. N. R. R., where he had a saw and corn-mill. — See
Woodward's History of Franklin, Ct.
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land i2}i rods to Christopher Huntington, who in the same year presents it to
his son, Thomas, who has married in 1686-7, Elizabeth, daughter of Lt. William
Backus. About 1692, Thomas Huntington removes to the then " nameless town
of Windham," where he becomes a prominent citizen, and his descendants reside
to this day. Two of his children were born in Norwich, Thomas and Jedidiah.
In 1696-7, he sells his house and home lot to Thomas Leffingvvell, who sells it
in three portions : the west part (frontage 9 rods, 6^ feet), and the east (frontage
81^ rods), to Daniel Tracy, and the middle of the lot (frontage 2 7 ^'2 rods), to
Christopher Huntington. In these sales no house is mentioned, so possibly it has
disappeared. Daniel Tracy sells ere long his lots to Solomon, and the Solomon
Tracy and Huntington families retain the property for many years.
In 1687, Dr. Solomon Tracy sold 2ii/^ rods at the south-west corner of the
Sluman lot, abutting north and east on his own land, south on the highway
6J/2 rods, and west on the highway 4^4 rods, to Jonathan Crane. Here, the latter
builds a barn. In the sale of the Crane property to Israel Lathrop, this land
and barn are included. In 1722, Israel gives the land, then called "a garden
spott," to his son William, who in 1729, gives it back to Israel, who then in
1731-2, deeds it to his son Ebenezer, "with shop by the side of sd highway." At
Ebenezer's death in 1781, the garden where the old blacksmith shop stands is
given to his son Jedidiah, who sells it in 1785, to Samuel Avery. Here is built the
shop, where Samuel Avery and Maj. Thomas Tracy were associated together in
business as the firm of Avery & Tracy ; and after the death of Maj. Tracy in 1805,
Samuel Avery takes his son Henry into partnership, and the firm is known as Samuel
Avery & Son. In 1818, Roger Huntington and Henry Avery are established here
as the firm of Roger Huntington & Co. In 1843, David M. Lewis purchases the
property, which he sells in 1856, to William Jackson, who alters the store into a
house, in which he lives for many years.
About 1744, William Lathrop, Jun., buys of Ebenezer Lathrop, Simon
Tracy and Isaac Huntington, land adjoining the "garden spott." Here he builds
the house now owned by Owen Smith. William Lathrop (b. 17 15), was a son of
William and Sarah (Huntington) Lathrop. He married in 1745, Dorcas, daughter
of Isaac and Rebecca (Lathrop) Huntington. They had no children, and he died
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in 1770, and lies buried near his father in the old Norwich Town grave-yard.
Dorcas, his widow, died in 1804, and is buried in the East Chelsea burying-
ground. After the death of Dorcas, her nephew, Oliver Fitch, inherited the house,
and sold it in 1806 to Ezekiel Huntley, the father of Mrs. Sigourney.
Ezekiel Huntley (b. 1750), was the son of Elisha and Mary (Wallbridge)
Huntley of West Farms (now Franklin). Mrs. Sigourney says that her grand-
father Huntley emigrated from vScotland to this country early in life, and this
may be true, for no record of his birth has been found, but as he came from
Lyme to Norwich, we think he was possibly a descendant, but certainly a
relative, of the Lyme family of that name. The grandmother, Mary Wallbridge,
was probably a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Durkee) Wallbridge of Frank-
lin, and was born in 1731-2. Mrs. Sigourney speaks of "the loveliness of
character," and the piety of her grandmother, " ever industrious, peaceful, and
an example of all saintly virtues." "At the age of seventy, not a thread of
silver had woven itself with her lustrous black hair. Then a mild chill of
paralysis checked the vital current," and gave to her granddaughter " the first
picture of a serene death." '^
Mrs. vSigourney says that her father resembled his mother in " his calm
spirit and habitual diligence, as he did also in a cloudless longevity." She
testifies to his mild and gentle nature, and that, throughout his long life, she
never heard him utter a hasty or unkind word. He served in the army for a
while during the Revolution, and in 1786, married Lydia Howard, who died
within a year after marriage, of consumption, and Ezekiel married (2) wSophia
(as Mrs. Sigourney writes it), or Zerviah (according to the records), Wentworth,
daughter of Jared Wentworth of Norwich. Mrs. Sigourney describes her as
young and beautiful, fourteen years younger than her husband, who was then
forty years of age, and " belonging to a family which stretched its pedigree back
through the royal governors of New Hampshire to the gifted Earl Strafford, the
hapless friend of Charles L"
Lydia, the only child of Ezekiel and Zerviah Huntley, was born in 1791.
She was baptized before she was two weeks old, as was then the custom. In
* Mrs. Sigourney's "Letters of Life."
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earlier times, it was customary to carry the poor little infant to church on the
day of its birth. Mrs. Sigourney remembers seeing a small white satin bag, in
which was once ensconced a small baby, whose mother dreaded sending it to
church on its entrance into the world, on the coldest day of the year.
The early years of Mrs. Sigourney's life were passed in the household of
Mrs. Daniel Lathrop, where her father was occupied with the charge of the garden
and grounds. After the death of Mrs. Lathrop, he purchased the house, where
Mrs. Dorcas Lathrop formerly lived, and to this home, as Mrs. Sigourney says, the
Huntley family made their removal " in the bloom and beauty of a most glorious
June." Lydia Huntley was then a girl of fourteen, but evidently efficient and
capable, for she superintended entirely the removal and arrangement of the furni-
ture. The house had two parlors, a bedroom, a spacious kitchen, with a wing for
the pantry and " milk room " on the first floor ; on the second floor five chambers,
with one in the attic, "and that delightful appendage to old fashioned mansions,
a large garret."
The garden was "skirted by a small green meadow, swelling at its extrem-
ity into a knoll, where apples trees flourished, and refreshed by a clear brooklet."
Lydia was installed as assistant or "prime minister" to her mother, who was "an
adept in that perfect system of New England house-keeping, which allots to every
season its peculiar work, to every day its regular employment, to every article its
place." The mother and daughter papered walls, painted the wood-work of the par-
lors, and Mrs. Sigourney cut silhouettes, and "executed small landscapes and bunches
of flowers in water colors to embellish the rooms." In a conspicuous place hung
possibly her first large picture, "Maria," or the "crazy girl, described by the
sentimental Yorick," who was " represented sitting under an immense tree, with
exuberant brown tresses, a pink jacket, and white satin petticoat, gazing pensively
at a small lap-dog, fastened to her hand by a smart blue ribbon. Sterne is seen
at a distance, taking note of her with an eye glass, riding in a yellow-bodied
coach, upon a fresh-looking turnpike road, painted in stripes with ochre and bistre."
"For a hall, in the second story, which was carpetless," Lydia cut " squares of
flannel, about the size of compartments in a marble pavement, and sewed
on each a pattern of flowers and leaves cut from broadcloth of appropriate
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colors. The effect of the whole was that of rich, raised embroidery." Without
an idle moment, the mother and daughter were "up with the lark" wielding- the
l)room and duster, keeping every room " in the speckless sanctity of neatness,"
spinning all their household linen, except the "Holland" sheets with which the
guest-chamber was provided, making flannel sheets, weaving rag carpets, each
spinning also a gown for herself out of fine cotton yarn, which had been
"carded in long beautiful rolls" by the mother. "A portion of the yarn was
bleached to a snowy whiteness, and the remainder dyed a beautiful fawn or
salmon color. It was woven into small, even checks, and made a becoming
costume, admired even by the tasteful." Lydia also " braided white chip and
fine split straw for the large and pretty hats then in vogue." But the pride of
her heart was the suit of clothes made for her father, for which she spun the
finest thread "consistent with strength," each thread "carefully evened and
smoothed with the fingers, ere it received the final twist, and was run upon the
spindle." " The yarn was arranged in skeins of twenty knots, vernacularly called
a run, each knot containing forty strands around the reel, which was two yards
in circumference." An extra price was demanded for weaving, on account of the
"awful fineness" of the thread. The material was then sent to the fulling-mill,
and " when brought home from the cloth-dresser a beautiful, lustrous black, and
made into a complete suit, surmounted by a handsome overcoat or surtout," the
daughter's happiness was complete. The tenderest relations existed between
father and daughter. It was a great pride and pleasure to Lydia, from the age
of eight years, to make her father's shirts, to spin the yarn for his stockings,
which, after the death of her grandmother, she felt it her prvilege to knit. She
assisted him in the garden, and together, they set out two apple trees in the front
yard. "To the rallying remarks of some of his more fashionable friends,"
Ezekiel replied that " it was better to fill the space with something useful, than with
unproductive shade." To these trees he devoted "almost a florist's care," washing
their trunks and boughs with soap-suds in the hot summer months, rubbing off
the moss and excrescences which appeared in places, and then applying with a
brush a solution of a quarter of a pound of nitre dissolved in warm water, and
mixed with three gallons of lye from wood ashes, a pint of soft soap, and a
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handful of common salt." * In the spring the roots received a bath of "one quart
of soap and of salt, one pound of flour of sulphur, with a sufficient quantity of
soft water," and "the earth was opened in a circle around each tree to the
depth of two inches, and a prescription of compost mingled with two quarts of
wood ashes, one quart of salt, and the same quantity of pulverized plaster added,
to quicken their appetite, and the whole neatly raked over." No wonder that
bushels of fine greenings and russets rewarded all this care, and in the spring
the fragrance of apple-blossoms filled the house.
Breakfast in this household was served at "sunrise, dinner at twelve," and the
hour of supper "somewhat varied by the seasons." The table-fare was "simple,"
but undoubtedly, under the superintendence of these notable housekeepers,
always "admirably prepared." The animals of this domain consisted of a cow,
some poultry, and an animal, whom Mrs. Sigourney mentions as " a quadruped
member of our establishment," "the animal to whom the Evangelists allude,"
"this scorned creature, the poor man's friend," "the adjunct of every economical
household," "this stigmatized animal," but never once by the common name of pig.
On the Huntley premises was a small house, whose sole tenant was a widow,
a weaver by trade, who desired to pay the rent in her own work. From her, Mrs.
Sigourney learned to spin. "Wrinkled was her visage, yet rubicund with health-
ful toil ; and when she walked in the streets, which was seldom, her bow-like
body, and arms diverging toward a crescent form, preserved the attitude, in which
she sprung the shuttle, and heaved the beam. Her cumbrous old-fashioned loom
contained a vast quantity of timber, and monopolized most of the space in the
principal apartment of her cottage. Close under her window were some fine
peach trees, which she claimed as her own, affirming that she planted the kernels
from whence they sprung. So their usufruct was accorded her by the owner of
the soil. As the large rich fruit approached its blush of ripeness, her watchfulness
became intense. Her cap, yellow with smoke, and face deepening to a purple
tinge of wrathful emotion, might be seen protruding from her casement, as she
vituperated the boys who manifested a hazardous proximity to the garden wall.
Not perfectly lamblike was her temperament, as I judge from the shriek of the
*Mrs, Sigourney's "Letters of Life."
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objurgations she sometimes addressed to them ; while they, more quiescent, it would
seem, than boy-nature in modern times, returned no rude reply."
Lydia was in the habit of "carrying her pudding- on Sunday noons, and baked
beans on Saturday nights," and books for the only days in the year, in which she
indulged in reading, " Sabba' day " as she called it, and the yearly Fast day. In
conversation, the old woman " evinced a good measure of intelligence and shrewd-
ness, with those Yankee features, keen observation of other people, and a latent
desire to manage them. Her strongest sympathies hovered around the majesty
and mystery of her trade, and her highest appreciation was reserved for those
who promoted it. The kindness that dwelt in her nature was most palpably
called forth" by the "quadruped member of the establishment" (the pig), to whom
she made daily offerings, and exulted in his "increasing corpulence," hinting to the
Huntleys a " personal claim, or future prospect of a dividend of bacon, on the
principal of joint investment."
In 1 810, about four years after her entrance into this new home, Mrs.
Sigourney realized her earliest ambition "to teach a school." After great efforts
to obtain pupils, she succeeded in securing two scholars, cousins, of the name of
Lathrop, one eleven, the other nine years of age. One of the pleasantest rooms
in the house was fitted up with " a new long desk, and benches neatly made of
fair white wood," to which she added an hour-glass and a few other articles of
convenience and adornment, and here for six hours of five days in the week, and
three on Saturday, did she "sedulously devote to questioning, simplifying, illustrat-
ing, and impressing various departments of knowledge." The results of her efforts
are set forth in a certificate, adorned with floral designs in water color, and present-
ed to one of her pupils, who, during the quarter in which she attended school, had
"read in the New Testament as far as the fifth chapter of John, read 60 of the
Psalms, through the American Preceptor in course, and partly through the
Columbian Orator, Proceeded in Arithmetic from Numeration to Compound
Division ; learnt the necessary rules and tables, and performed 452 Sums. Written
118 copies. Studied in Murray's Grammar as far as Punctuation ; and in Morse's
Geography to the State of Massachusetts ; Learnt to repeat a dialogue ; an hymn ;
a description of Modesty ; and Reflections on the grave of a young man." A
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young lady from Massachusetts of the name of Bliss, being in town for a short
time, also joined the school, during that interval, to pursue drawing, and painting
in water colors. At the close of the quarter an elaborate examination was held,
"with which the invited guests signified their entire approbation."
In order to perfect herself as a teacher, Lydia Huntley went with her most
intimate friend, Nancy Maria Hyde, to Hartford, and there they attended the
two best seminaries of the town, devoting themselves " to the accomplishments
of drawing, painting in water-colors, embroidery of various kinds, filagree, &c."
On returning to Norwich, they opened a private school on the " Little Plain,"
and later at the Landing, where they taught for several years.
In 1815, Lydia Huntley went to Hartford, to start, under the auspices of
Daniel Wadsworth, a small school of fifteen pupils, later increased to twenty-five,
which she carried on for four years. She also published in 1815, the first of her
many volumes of prose and verse. In 18 19, she returned to Norwich, to prepare
for her marriage with Charles Sigourney, a wealthy merchant of Hartford, to
whom she had become engaged in January of that year.
On the morning of June 16, 1819, the bridal procession started from the
house of the Huntleys for Christ Church " in "Chelsea," or "the Landing," where
the wedding was to take place at the early hour of eight. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. John Tyler, rector of the church, assisted by Rev. (after-
ward Bishop) Jonathan Wainwright of Hartford. After the ceremony, the
wedding procession (as was the custom of the time), consisting of the bridal
coach, drawn by white horses, and several carriages filled with friends, journeyed
to Andover, forty miles distant, where an elaborate wedding dinner was served,
after which the guests escorted the newly-wedded pair to their home at Hartford,
took tea with them, and then departed with "cordial good wishes" for their
future happiness, which were amply fulfilled in a happy domestic life, in the
love and reverence which Mrs. Sigourney's talents and many deeds of benevolence
inspired in Hartford, and the honors she receiv^ed in this country and Europe, as
one of the earliest and most esteemed of American poets. After " a beautiful
*Not the present Christ Church, but the small building now standing on the Salem Green,
then located on Church Street, a little east of the present Trinity Church.
LydlalHundey) Sigcurney.
1791-1865.
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life," as Mrs. Sigourncy testifies, in her "Letters of Life," she died in 1865 in the
seventy-fourth year of her age.
At the age of eighty, Ezekiel Huntley and his wife went to reside with
their daughter in Hartford, and the house was sold in 1830 to Erastus Water.s,
in 1837, to Nancy Davenport, and in 1839 to David M. Lewis. It is now owned,
and has been much altered in appearance, by Owen Smith.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
AT the turn of the road leading- to Dr. GuUiver's on a part of the Sluman
lot, stood as early as 1747, the house of Thomas Danforth. The first deed
of this property has not been found, so we are unable to say whether he purchased
or built the house. The land was bought of the Simon Tracy family. The house
is still standing, unaltered probably since its first erection. It remained in the
possession of the Danforth family until 1883, when it was sold to Mrs. Lasthaus.
In 1769, adjoining land on the south is sold to John Danforth, on which he builds
a house. In 1786, he deeds this house "which I now live in " to Daniel and
Samuel Danforth. In 1797, Daniel quit-claims to vSamuel, who in iSoo, sells it to
Andrew Huntington, and from that time it is owned and occupied by various
persons, until sold in 1861, to Henry Skinner.
Thomas Danforth (b. 1703), was the descendant of an old and distinguished
Massachusetts family. His great-grandfather, Nicholas Danforth of Framingham,
Suffolk Co., England, was, according to Cotton Mather, "a gentleman of such estate
and repute in the world, that it cost him a considerable sum to escape the
knighthood, which King Charles I. imposed on all of so much per annum ; and
of such figure and esteem in the church, that he procured the famous lecture at
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Framingham, where he had a fine manor." In 1634, he came to New England,
and died at Cambridge, Mass., in 1637-8. His son, the Rev. Samuel Danforth, grand-
father of the Norwich resident, was pastor of a church in Roxbury, Mass., and col-
league of the Rev. John Eliot, " the apostle to the Indians." He was a very emotional
preacher, and it is said that he " never finished a sermon without weeping." He
was celebrated as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, and author of a series of alma-
nacs. His wife was a daughter of Rev. John Wilson the distinguished pastor of the
First Church in Boston, who was a son of Dr. William Wilson, Prebendary at
Rochester, and a grand-nephew of Dr. Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The father of Thomas Danforth was the Rev. Samuel Danforth, 2nd, who for
forty-four years was pastor of the church at Taunton, Mass., and married Hannah,
daughter of Rev. James Allen of the old North Church, Boston. He is said to
have left a large fortune to his children, of whom he had fourteen, but "it
pleased God to take" four of them "all away at once, in one fortnight's time," in
their childhood, with a disease called " bladders of the windpipe ; " but " afterward,
happily, the loss was made up " to him in the birth of ten more. The Rev.
John Danforth of Dorchester, uncle of Thomas, was famous as a writer of elegies
and epitaphs, of which this verse from one written on the death of a child of the
Hon. Edward Bromfield of Boston, in 1709, is a specimen: —
" Nature and Grace are mourners at this sight,
But 'tis Religion gives to mourn aright
Charming the musick in the Heavenly ears
While Christ is bottling of ^-our trickling tears."
Thomas Danforth (b. 1703), married (i) Sarah , and had three children,
born in Taunton. He then came to Norwich, and married in 1742, Hannah Hall.
Like his father, he had fourteen children, and four of these were all taken away
" at once in a fortnight's time," but the Norwich records do not say whether the
malady was also "bladders of the windpipe."
In 1773, the firm of Thomas Danforth &- Son (pewterers), was dissolved.
Where their shop or store stood, we do not know, perhaps on the lot purchased
of Daniel Tracy, opposite Thomas Danforth's house, perhaps on the Green, where
Thomas at one time owned a shop.
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Of all the sons of Thomas Danforth, John (b. 1746), is the only one, the
births of whose children are entered on the records. He married in 1767,
Elizabeth Hartshorn, and had three sons, John, Samuel, and Daniel, and two
daughters, Mary and Lydia. John studied medicine, and " his amiable disposition
and integrity of heart, joined with his good proficiency in the healing science,
gave a pleasing prospect of future usefulness," but he died, alas I in 1791, at the
age of twenty-three. Thomas Danforth died in 1786.
Samuel Danforth (b. 1770), married in 1797, Lucy Hartshorn, and had three
children. He carried on the trade established by his father, and in 1793, built a
shop near the present residence of Ira Peck, which he occupied until about 1803,
when he sold it to the firm of Avery & Tracy.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
JOHN Elderkin received from the town in 1667, a grant of six acres for a
home-lot, abutting south on the Town street 36 rods, west on a highway
32 rods, north on a highway 29 rods, and east on a highway 32 rods. This is
the land which Miss Caulkins mistakenly calls the Bradford lot. It is bovmded
on the north, east, and west, by the road, which, leading from "Peck's" corner
past the Gulliver residence, comes out again into the main road by the Gen.
Ebenezer Huntington house (now belonging to William Fitch). On receiving
other land at the Falls, where he afterward resided, John Elderkin sold this lot,
"abutting on the highway against Goodman Tracy's house on the south," to
Samuel Lathrop, in 1668.
Samuel Lathrop was a son of the Rev. John Lathrop or Lothropp (as the
name was formerly written), who came to America in 1634. Rev. John
Lothropp was the son of Thomas Lowthroppe or Lothropp of Etton, Harthill
Wapentake, East Riding, Yorkshire. He was born in 1584, was educated at
Queen's College, Cambridge, where he was "matriculated in 1601, graduated B. A.
in 1605, and M. A. in 1609."* In 161 1, he became the curate of the parish
church of Egerton, Co. Kent, where he remained until 1623, when, from con-
scientious scruples, he resigned his office in the Church of England, and became
pastor of the First Independent Church of London, which had no regular place
of worship, but met from house to house. With the greater part of his con-
gregation he was arrested on April 22, 1632, by the spies of Archbishop Laud,
and confined in Newgate prison, from which he was released in 1634, and sailed
for New England, arriving in September of that year. He was pastor of the
church at Scituate, Mass., and later at Barnstable, where he died in 1653.
* Lathrop Family Memoir by Rev. E. B. Huntington.
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Nathaniel Morton, in his " New England Memorial," names the Rev. John
Lothropp as among "the specialest" of the ministers who came to New England.
Mr. Otis of Barnstable, an authority on all that relates to the early history of
that town, says that "he was a man who held opinions in advance of his times ; "
that he "fearlessly proclaimed, in Old and New England, the great truth, that
man is not responsible to his fellow man in matters of faith and conscience.
Differences of opinion he tolerated. During the fourteen years that he was pastor
of the Barnstable church, such was his influence over the people, that the power
of the civil magistrate was not needed to restrain crime. No pastor was more
beloved by his people, none ever had a greater influence for good To
become a member of his church, no applicant was compelled to sign a creed, or
profession of faith. He retained his freedom. He professed his faith in God,
and promised that it should be his constant endeavor to keep His command-
ments, to live a pure life, and to walk in love with the brethren."
During the imprisonment of Mr. Lathrop in London, his first wife died,
and in 1635, he married (2) Anna . He had fourteen children, of whom six
were born in this country. Samuel was the only one of the children who came
to Connecticut. The others remained in Massachusetts.
Samuel Lathrop, 2nd, was born in England, came to America with his
father, was at Scituate, Boston, and Barnstable, at which latter place he married,
in 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, a sister of John vScudder of Barnstable. He arrived
at New London with the Winthrop colony, probably about 1646 or 1647, where
he at once became an important citizen, and was chosen with John Wmthrop
and Thomas Miner, "to act in all Towne affaires, as judge in all cases imder the
value of 40 s." His home-lot was north-west of Gov. Winthrop's, on the upper
part of Williams vStreet and Main Street. His house stood "just beyond the
bridge, over the mill-brook, on the east side of the highway toward Mohegan."
In 1 66 1, it was sold to Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, and was later known as the old
Hallam homestead. Samuel had also a large grant of a farm on the west bank
of the river, four or five miles from New London, called Namucksuck, which
later belonged to his son Nathaniel. \\\ 1657, when Uncas was besieged
by the Narragansetts in the fort at the head of the Nahantick river, Lt. James
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Avery. Mr. Brewster, Richard Haughton, Samuel Lothrop, and others, "succeeded
in throwing themselves into the fort," and the enemy, alarmed at the appearance
of the English, abandoned the siege.
In 1668, Samuel Lathrop removed to Norwich, where he officiated as towns-
man and constable, and was engaged, on the year of his arrival, in " repairing
and heightening" the first old meeting-house, for his occupation was that of a
carpenter. In that capacity, he was constantly associated with John Elderkin. In
1673, he assists him in building the new meeting-house in Norwich, and in 1679,
together they contract to build another in New London.
The date of the death of the first wife of Samuel Lathrop is unknown.
He married (2) in 1690, Abigail, daughter of Deacon John Doane of Plymouth,
and died in 1700, leaving a nuncupative will ; which divided the home lot between
Israel and Joseph, the latter receiving the north part of the lot, and Israel, the
south part and the house, at decease of wife Abigail, or at the time of her
"changing her condition." The widow Abigail lived until 1735, outliving Israel.
Miss Caulkins says: "On the completion of her century, Jan. 23. 1732, the Rev.
Benjamin Lord preached a sermon in her room, at the house of her son." The
Boston Weekly Journal prints this notice of her death : —
" Mrs. Abigail Lothrop died at Norwich, Jan. 23, 1735, in her 104th year. Her
father, John Done, and his wife came to Plymouth in 1630, and there she was born
the next year. She lived single till sixty years old, and then married Mr. John *
Lothrop of Norwich, who lived ten years and then died. Mr. Lothrop's descendants
at her decease were 365."
Israel Lathrop (b. 1659), married in 16S6, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas
Bliss, and in 16S7, he buys the former house of Lt. Thomas Tracy. We assume
that he occupies the Tracy house until his purchase of the Crane house in 1695-6,
possibly then resides in the latter for a while, and after his father's death in 1700,
takes possession of the homestead. Israel and Joseph Lathrop were married on the
same day, April 8, 1686, Joseph to Mary Scudder, and Israel to Rebecca Bliss.
With James Huntington, Israel was commissioned by the town, to lay out the
east sheep walk, later known as the Landing, or Chelsea.
■ Samuel Lothrop.
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The Lathrop Family Memoir says : " Israel was a man of wordly thrift,
and had a family of enterprising sons, who are said to have planted themselves
"on seven hills* within the old nine-miles-square of Norwich." He died in 1733,
and his wife in 1737. On his gravestone is inscribed : " Here lies buried ye
body of Mr. Israel Lothrup, ye Husband of Mrs. Rebekah Lothrup, who lived a
life of exemplary piety and left ye Earth for Heaven, March ye 28, 1733, in ye
73rd year of his age."
In the division of the home-lot between Joseph and Israel, Israel's share
abuts south on the street 38 rods, 7 feet, west on the highway 27 rods, 9 feet,
east on the highway 19 rods, 2^4 feet, and north on Joseph Lathrop 32 rods, 4
feet. In 1730-r, Israel deeds one half of the house and lot to his son Jabez, and
at his death in 1733, the house becomes the property of Jabez, but the land is
divided between Jabez and Ebenezer. Jabez Lathrop (b. 1706-7), married (i) in
1728, Elizabeth Burnham, daughter of Eleazer and Lydia (Waterman) Burnham,
who died in 1730. He married (2) in 1734, Delight, daughter of Judge Joseph and
Dorothy (Thomas) Otis of Montville. She died in 1747, and he married (3)
Lydia, widow of Dr. Joseph Wetherell of Taunton, Mass. Jabez had three
daughters and four sons, and died in 1796.
* Israel, Jun., lived on Blue Hill, and John on Meeting-house Hill, Franklin ; William and
Jabez lived on Plain Hill ; Ebenezer at the foot of Long Hill ; Samuel settled at Bozrah, but
where Benjamin resided, we do not know.
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
[N 173S, Jabez Lathrop sells his share of his grandfather's home-lot, with house,
barn, cider-press and mill, to Capt. Joshua Huntington, beginning at the south-
west corner of the stone wall by the " Town Street " and abutting south on the
street 16 rods, 11 feet, east on Ebenezer Lathrop's land 28J2 rods, north on Joshua
Huntington 17 rods, and west on the highway 28 rods, 5 feet. The house, now
owned by Mrs. John White, is said to have been built by Joshua Huntington, about
1740. As a large price was paid for this property, and the house has many features
which seem to indicate an earlier origin than 1740, it is possible, that, instead of
destroying or removing the old Lathrop mansion, Joshua may have altered and
remodeled it, but of this we have have no positive proof.
Joshua moves to the Lathrop lot, and gives to his son, Jabez, his former
homestead on the Bradford land.
Capt. Joshua Huntington was born in 1698, and married in 17 18, Hannah,
daughter of Jabez and Hannah (Lathrop) Perkins. Miss Caulkins says: "He was
a noted merchant, beginning business at nineteen, and pursuing it for twenty-
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seven years, during which time, it is said, that he traded more by sea and land
than any other man in Norwich. He was one of the first to start the new
settlement at the Landing, and received a grant of land, 20 feet square, on the
west side of Rocky Point. He was highest on the list of subscribers to the
bridge, built in 1737 over the Shetucket, between Norwich and Preston, and was
prominent in all town affairs, and often served as representative to the General
Assembly." "In the prime of life, activity, and usefulness, he took the yellow
fever in New York, came home sick, and died the 27th of August, 1745, aged 47."
His widow married (2) before 1747, Col. Samuel Lynde, a very influential and
wealthy citizen of Saybrook, Ct., who died in 1754. She then married (3), between
1766 and i77r, Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop of Norwich. She died in 178S. Numerous
relics of Hannah are still cherished among the families of her descendants, who
hold her in high esteem, and her great-granddaughter, Mrs. George B. Ripley of
Norwich, still retains the beautiful brocaded satin gown and cj[uilted silk petticoat
which her ancestress formerly wore.
After Joshua's death, the house is inherited by his widow, and his son
Zachariah. This son was born in 1731, and died unmarried in 1761, evidently deeply
mourned by his own family and a large circle of friends. His nephew, Jedediah,
writes to his father of the pleasure he always took in his uncle's company and
conversation. Zachariah is said to have planted the two beautiful elm trees now
standing in front of the house.
In 1766, Mrs. Hannah Lynde, the mother of Gen. Jabez Huntington, deeds
to him one-half of this house and land, and here Andrew (son of Gen. Jabez), who
had married in that year, comes to live with his young wife, Lucy, the daughter of
Capt. Joseph Coit.
Andrew Huntington (or Judge Andrew, as he was always called), was born
in 1745, and married (i) in 1766, Lucy Coit, daughter of Capt. Joseph Coit, then
of New London, later of Norwich. Two children were born to them, and the
young wife died in 1776. Her father, Capt. Joseph Coit, records in his diary: —
" May 4th, 1776. At three o'clock in the morning dyed my dear daughter Lucy
Huntington with the consumption, having been in the decline near seven months ;
her end was even Glorious, her reason continued to the last, she had got the compleat
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victory over the fear of Death, and with uplifted hands and eyes bid it welcome,
and a little before she expired, repeated with great immotion the words of
Musciilus's dying song : —
" Cold death invades my heart, my life doth fly,
Oh ! Christ, my everlasting life, draw nigh.
Why quiverest thou my Soul within my breast,
Thine angels eome to lead thee to thy rest.
Quit cheerfully this drooping House of Clay,
God will restore it at th' appointed day,
Hast sin'd, I know it, let not that be urg'd
For Christ thy sins with his own blood hath purg'd,
Is death affrighting, true, but yet withal
Consider Christ thro' death to life doth call.
He triumph'd over Satan, sin, and death ;
Therefore with joy, resign thy dying breath."
Judge Andrew Huntington carried on the business of a merchant in his
father's former store, west of his brother Zachariah's, and about 1790, in company
with Ebenezer Bushnell, he started a paper manufactory at the Falls. During
the Revolution, he was a commissary of brigade, and indefatigable in his efforts
to furnish supplies to the army. He received his title from the office of Judge
of Probate, which he held for many years. Mrs. vSigourney sa3's : " He was of
plain manners, and incorruptible integrity. His few words were always those of
good sense and truth, and the weight of his influence given to the best interests
of society."
On May i, 1777, Judge Andrew married Hannah Phelps (b. 1760), daughter
of Dr. Charles and Hannah (Denison) Phelps of vStonington, a young lady whom
the Norwich Packet mentions as " possessed of the Beauties of ]\Iind and Person
in an eminent degree." She was of a much more lively nature than her husband,
and was always a great social favorite from the time, when, as "a jolly young
girl of fourteen," she "sticks her compliments" into a letter from Jonathan
Bellamy to Aaron Burr, to later days, when she impresses Mrs. vSigourney with
" that elegance of form and address which would have been conspicuous at any
foreign court." Mrs. Sigourney adds : " She was especially fascinating to the
children who visited her, by her liberal presentations of cake and other pleasant
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eatables, or which was equally alluring to some, a readiness to lend fine books
with pictures." Many now living remember her wit, her charming manners, her
never-failing hospitality. Young girls confided to her their joys and sorrows.
Mrs. Sigourney read to her her earliest poems, sure of an appreciative and
inspiring listener.
Her father, Dr. Charles Phelps, was a distinguished physician of Stonington.
He was also a Judge of the County Court, and used to attend the sessions at
Norwich. The Hon. Charles Miner thus describes him : " A fine, round, full-
formed man, — very handsome, of courteous manners, dressed in fashionable style,
flowing ruffles from his bosom, and ruffles over his hands — exceeding fluent, — an
agreeable talker."
The bill for the wedding finery of Mrs. Andrew Huntington is still preserved,
and may be interesting at this late date : —
Charles Phelps, Es(^
1777-
April. To 20 yards Brocade
46/6,
' ^X yds Lute string @ 21/
' 7 yds Blown Lace @ 9/,
' 10 Do Thread Lace @ ^/ \
' 25 yds Trimming {w. 1/6,
'6 " White ribbon % 3/
' I pair White Silk Gloves,
To William Hubbard, Dr.
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13
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6
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After the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Lathrop, Judge Andrew
acquired entire possession of the house. He died in 1S24, and his wife Hannah,
in 1838. In this latter year, the house is sold to Wolcott Huntington, who held
it till his death in 186 1. In 1883, Mrs. John White, its present occupant, became
the owner. The view from this house extends over the lands of Christopher
Huntington, Lt. Thomas Tracy, and Dea. Thomas Adgate, to the hill at the rear
of the former Olmstead property.
At his father's death in 1733, ^^^^^ south-east part of the Lathrop lot was
mherited by Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop, except the extreme south-east corner, where
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a small lot of land was granted in 1728, to Hezekiah Huntington, "to build a
house on." This was possibly unenclosed common land at the time of the
Elderkin grant, or perhaps, as was often the case, had been ceded to the town
by the Lathrop family, in exchange for other property. Hezekiah Huntington
sells this land (frontage on the street 6 rods, 6 feet, on the lane 5 rods), to Eben-
ezer Lathrop, in 1755. At Ebenezer's death in 1776, the barn-lot facmg on the
lane, beginning 8 rods from the corner, is given to his son, Jedediah, and the land
on the street, divided into four lots, is inherited in the following order by the
daughters of Capt. Ebenezer : the one on the corner by Lj-dia, then comes Sibyl's
lot, then Zerviah's, and next to the Andrew Huntington property, that of Zipporah.
Zipporah's and Zerviah's lots are purchased and added to the Andrew Huntington
lands in 1796 and 1797. The lot on the corner, where now stands the house of
Ira Peck, with 8 rods frontage "on the highway," and 5 rods, 4)2 links on the
street, is sold in 1795, to Felix Huntington, who builds here a joiner's shop, which
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is sold in 1822 to Roger Huntington and Henry Avery. The next lot (frontage
5 rods, ii>4 links), is sold to Samuel Danforth by vSamuel and Sibyl Tracy in
1793. Samuel Danforth builds a " pewterer's " shop (of one story with gambrel
roof and painted red), which is sold in 1803, to the firm of Avery & Tracy. In
181 8, Roger Huntington and Henry Avery have a shop in this building. For a
long time wooden troughs, or aqueduct pipes, were manufactured here. In 1830,
these two buildings, the Danforth and Felix Huntington shops were sold to Henry
Barrows, who alters the latter into a house, which he sells to Wolcott Huntington
in 1850. In 1870, the Barrows house, and land on which it stands, is sold to Ira
Peck, who builds the new house which he now occupies.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
IN 1 688, vSamiiel Lathrop, Sr., deeds to his son, Samuel, 2nd, "land, where his
(Samuel, 2nd's), house stands," 3 rods in depth, abutting north on the highwa}^
9 rods, and east, south, and west, on the Lathrop home-lot. The house built by
Samuel Lathrop, Jun., is probably the one later known as the old "Grist" house.
In 16S9, Samuel Lathrop, Jun., inherits the Olmstead house, and moves there to
live, and in 1692, calling himself "yeoman," he sells this house to his brother
Joseph ("yeoman").
Joseph Lathrop (b. 1661), married (i) in 1686, Mary Scudder, probably a
relative of his mother, Elizabeth. He married (2) 1696-7, Elizabeth, daughter of
Isaac and Sarah (Pratt) Watrous of Lyme, Ct., and also takes a third wife in
1727, Martha (Morgan) Perkins, widow of Deacon Joseph Perkins of Newent, and
daughter of Lt. Joseph Morgan of Preston. After the death of his father, he
receives as his share of the property, the north part of the home-lot, adjoining
his newly-purchased house. This land and house he deeds to his son Joseph in 1723,
and Joseph, Jun., sells to Joshua Huntington in 1725, the house and west part of
the land, bounded on the north and west by the highway, and south by Israel
Lathrop's land. In the same year, he sells the land on the east to Daniel Tracy,
who later sells it in two portions, in 1747 and 1763, to Thomas Danforth. Before
1806, part of this is taken off to enlarge the highway and the remainder is sold
to the Rev. Joseph Strong in 1813. Joseph Lathrop, Sr., died in 1740. His son
Joseph (b. 1688), married in 1735, Mary Hartshorn of Franklin. He moved to
Waterbury, Ct., in 1743. In 1752, he is living in Bolton, Ct., and dies in 1757.
Joshua Huntington sells the house and land on which it stands, to Thomas
Grist in 1726, beginning at the north-east corner by the brook, then running west,
and by north 7 rods, then south 40" W., ii/S rods, 3 feet, then east by Israel
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Lathrop's land 4 rods, thence bounded east by the land of Daniel Tracy, Jun.
In 1 761, Thomas Grist deeds one-half of this property to his son John, and at
his death, it is divided between the children, John receiving one-half, and the
four daughters, Anna, Hannah, Zillah, and Mary, the other half. The house is
described by some old persons, who have a vivid recollection of it, as large and
square, with a long lean-to, and lattice windows.
Thomas Grist is said to have come from England to Norwich about 1720,
and to have married in 1721, Anna, daughter of Samuel and Ann (Calkins)
Birchard. He had a family of nine daughters and two sons. He and Edmund
Gookin are said to have been " the first Church of England men in the place,"
and services were held alternately at their houses, the Gookin house being situated
at Bean Hill. At first only a few persons assembled, but as the number increased,
it was decided to build a church at the Landing.
Thom.as Grist was appointed one of the building committee, and subscribed
^40 toward its erection. A lot of land, the present site of Christ's Church, was
given by Capt. Benajah Bushnell, and the church was completed in 1749. In 1789,
a more central location was considered desirable, and the church building was
removed to a lot, presented by Phinehas Holden, on Church Street, a few rods east
of the present Trinity Church. This later building was erected in 1S28, and the
old church edifice was in 1830, sold to the Episcopal Society of Salem, Ct. It
was then moved to a site on the Salem Green, was afterward purchased by the
town and is now the Salem Town House.
Thomas Grist was chosen to serve as one of the vestry-men of Christ
Church. His grand-daughter, Theophila, was one the first children baptized by
Rev. John Tyler, after his ordination. Mr. Grist was not only devoted to the
interests of the Church of England, but to his native land as well, and it is said
that during the Revolution, he and Richard Hyde, who was a strong patriot, were
continually discussing and disputing the claims of both countries, and freely
applying to each other the epithets of " tory " and "rebel." Thomas Grist died
in 1 78 1, aged 81 years, and was buried in the old Christ's Church grave yard,
from which the stones have been removed.* His business seems to have been the
*A large number of these gravestones are preserved in the cellar of Christ Church.
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making of "slays" and harnesses. Mary Grist, the last of the family, dies in
1824. In 1827, the property is sold to the Rev. Joseph Strong. The house, we
have been told, remained standing until after 1853.
On the opposite side of the street from the Grist house stood the joiner
shop of John Grist, which he sold in 1783 to Zephaniah Huntington. This is sold
in 1793 to Joshua Huntington, whose heirs sell the land, from which the shop
seems to have disappeared, to George W. Lee, in 1823.
m
CHAPTER XXXIX.
FOLLOWING the road, as it turns again toward the main street, next to the
Grist house, we come to the land given by Gen. Jabez Huntington to his
son Joshua. The house was built about 1771. After Col. Joshua Huntington's
death, it was sold in 1S23 to George W. Lee, and in 1859, by the Lee heirs to its
present owner, Theodore McCurdy.
Col. Joshua Huntington (b. 175 1), married in 1771, Hannah, daughter of
Col. Hezekiah Huntington. At the beginning of the Revolution, he was already
established in a prosperous business at the Landing, and had vessels of his own
at sea, but at the first summons to arms, he hastened to Boston. At that
time he had already served as lieutenant of militia. Though he felt that his
business claims required his presence at home, he still remained with the arm}',
and served for a while in New York. He was later engaged in securing ships
for the service, and in fitting out privateers. He was agent for Wadsworth &
Carter of Hartford, in supplying the French army at Newport with provisions,
and had charge of tiie prizes sent by the French navy to Connecticut. He
died in 1821. Mrs. Sigourney says of him: "Col. Joshua Huntington had one of
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the most benign countenances I ever remember to have seen. His calm, beautiful
brow, was an index of his temper and life. Let who would be disturbed or
irritated, he was not the man. He regarded with such kindness, as the gospel
teaches, the whole human family. At his own fair fireside, surrounded by living
congenial spirits, and in all his intercourse with the community, he was the same
serene and revered Christian philosopher." He was for a time High Sheriff of
New London County.
Hannah, the wife of Col. Joshua, of whom it was said, "A memorial of
her virtues will live as long as anyone remains, who had the happiness to know
her," died in 1S15. They had only one child, a daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1774), who
married in iSoo the Hon. Frederick Wolcott of Litchfield, Ct.
In 1757, Hannah Lynde, widow of Capt. Joshua Huntington, sells to Charles
Whiting the lot of land (frontage 5 rods), next to the present McCurdy residence,
-.iliill i
on which he builds the house now occupied by INIrs. Lsabella Williams. The
Whiting heirs sell this house in 17 85 to Mundator Tracy, who sells in iSio to
Henry Nevins, and in 1827 it is sold to Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson. It is now owned
by William Fitch.
Charles Whiting (b. 1725), was the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Bradford)
Whiting, and the great-great-grandson of Maj. William Whiting, a distinguished
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and wealthy citizen of Hartford. His grandfather, Col. William Whiting, was con-
spicuous in the French and Indian wars. On his mother's side, Charles Whiting
was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, and also of John and Priscilla Alden
of Plymouth. His father lived for a time at Montville. Three of his sons,
Charles, William Bradford, and Ebenezer settled in Norwich.
The Charles Whiting who built this house, married in 1749, Honor, daughter
of Hezekiah and Honor (Deming) Goodrich of Wethersfield. He was a goldsmith
or jeweller, and built a shop, a short distance from his house, on land leased
from Daniel Tracy. He died about 1765. We believe that Mundator Tracy, who
bought the house in 1785, lived here for a time, but the deeds do not allude to
an occupancy.
Mundator Tracy (b. 1749), was the son of Deacon Simon and Abigail
(Bushnell) Tracy. A Norwich Packet of 1773, announces the marriage of Mr,
Mundator Tracy, " an accomplished gentleman, to Miss Caroline Bushnell, a young
lady endowed with every qualification to make the connubial state happy." His
wife, Caroline, was the daughter of Benajah and Hannah (Griswold) Bushnell.
She died in 1785, and he married (2) in 1786, Nabby, daughter of Eleazer Lord.
Mundator Tracy died in 1816, and his widow in 1821.
CHAPTER XL.
ON the west corner of the former Lathrop lot, was for a time located the
shop of Zachariah, son of Capt. Joshua Huntington. After Zachariah's
death in 1761, the shop and land, bounded south on the street 6 rods, and west
" on the lane into the woods," passed into the possession of his brother, Jabez,
who gives it to his son, Jedediah. The latter builds, about 1765, the house now
standing on the lot, and lived here until his departure for New London in 1789.
While Jedediah Huntington was with the army in 1776, the shop was for a time
tenanted by Samuel Loudon, who offered for sale " a neat assortment of books,
pictures, glazed and unglazed maps, &c."
Samuel Loudon had married sometime before 1768, Lydia, daughter of
John and Hannah (Lee) Griswold of Lyme, and sister of Gov. Matthew Griswold,
and of Mrs. Benajah Bushnell and Mrs. Elijah Backus of Norwich. He was a
merchant in the city of New York, where he built in 1771 a large house and
wharf. He writes to his brother-in-law, Elijah Backus, in March, 1776: —
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"New York, 29 March, 1776.
I lately engaged in the Printing Business, as there was nothing to be done
in the Merchantile, and as I have good encouragement to prosecute it, it will not
do to leave the city till I'm obliged. I intend to keep my office by head Quarters
where the posts meet, which will be in or near this city, and if there is apparent
danger, to move my Family a little way into the Country. Our City is now
Fortifying ; — every street is strongly Barracadoed and entrenched, and Batterys
in every part of the City, and they are making a vStrong Fortification on a Hill
behind the City, and opposite to it on Long Island. We are intrenching and
Forming a strong Redoubt. Some thousands of the Citizens and Army are
employed every day at the works ; which make them go on very rapid. Some
of the Troops from Boston are arrived here and many more expected. We will
have a large Army here soon, which I hope will be able to repell the Forces
which Britain may send."
Mr. Loudon probably fled from the city with the troops and many of the
citizens in September of that year and came to Norwich, bringing with him a
large stock of books, &c. He remained here only a few months, then returned
to New York, where his wife died in 1788. After Gen. Jedediah Huntington
moved to New London, his nephew, Joseph Huntington, son of Andrew, occupied
the store for a time in 1790, and during a part of 1791. In 1792, Gen. Jedediah
Huntington sold the house and store to his brother, Ebenezer, who had married
in 1 791, and the house remained in the possession of the family of Ebenezer
until sold in 1886 to its present owner, William Fitch. In 1793, Ebenezer Hunt-
ington, whose main place of business was at the Landing, opened also a stock of
goods in this shop. When this building disappeared, we are unable to say.
Gen. Jedediah Huntington (b. 1743), was the son of Gen. Jabez and
Elizabeth (Backus) Huntington. After graduating at Harvard College " with dis-
tinguished honor," he entered into business with his father. At the beginning of
the Revolutionary troubles, he became an ardent Son of Liberty, and captain of
militia. In 1774, he was appointed colonel of the Twentieth Regiment of Militia.
At the news of the British march on Lexington, he started at once with seventy
Gen . J e de dia h F i un cmgto n
1743-1818.
'painted by col. JOHN TRUMBUU.
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men for the scene of action. He fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, and wSeth
Miner, who was his orderly sergeant, used to relate how cjuietly and "unconcern-
edly" Col. Huntington moved amid the shower of cannon balls, with which the
British were besieging the town.
After the battle of Bunker Hill, he went with the army to New York,
stopping at Norwich to entertain Gen. Washington and Gov. Trumbull, who met
by appointment to dine at his house. He was soon appointed Colonel of the
Eighth Regiment, raised and drilled under his orders. Miss Caulkins says :
"This regiment was the best equipped of any in the colony, and was distinguished
by a British uniform, the Governor and Council having appropriated to them a
c[uantity of English red-coats taken in a prize vessel."
Gen. Jedediah served in most of the important engagements of the war,
both in New York and Pennsylvania, endured the hardships of Valley Forge, and
helped repulse the British at Danbury, Ct., in 1776. At the battle of Long Island
in that year, his men " fought with desperate bravery " and many were taken
prisoners, and died "in the noted sugar-house and prison-ship at New York," of
disease and starvation. Gen. Huntington was a member of the court martial which
tried Gen. Charles Lee, was one of the court of inquiry to which was referred the
cause of Major Andre, and also served on other important commissions.
\\\ 1777, "at Gen. Washington's request," he was made a Brigadier-General,
and at the close of the war received the brevet title of Major-General. He
was one of the first founders of the Order of Cincinnati, and one of the
delegates to the State convention which adopted ihe Constitution of the United
States. After the war, he filled many important offices, some of which are
enumerated in a newspaper announcement of his appointment as Treasurer of
Connecticut in 178S: —
" Major-General Huntington, Esq., Vice President of the Order of Cincinnati, High Sheriff
for the county of New London, Judge of Probate for the district of Norwich, first Alderman of
the city of Norwich, one of the Representatives of the town in the State Legislature, and one
of the State Electors, is now appointed by the General Assembly Treasurer for the State of
Connecticut."
Jedediah married in 1766, Faith, daughter of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of
Lebanon, Ct., the famous war governor, and well known "Brother Jonathan."
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They had one son, Jabez (b. 1767), who later became a prominent citizen of
Norwich Landing-, or Chelsea.
Faith Trumbull was born in Lebanon in 1742-3, and went to Boston to
complete her education, " thence to return (as Stuart says in his life of Gov.
Trumbull), with skill in embroidery, and with two heads and landscapes in oil of
her own painting, with which to rouse the curiosity, and for the first time
stimulate in the art of delineation, the till then wholly unpractised hand of her
younger brother, the artist of future renown." She accompanied her husband to
Boston, and her brother, John Trumbull, the artist, writes : " The novelty of
military scenes excited great curiosity throughout the city, and my sister was one
of a party of young friends, who were attracted to visit the army before Boston.
She was a woman of deep and affectionate sensibility, and the moment of her
visit was most unfortunate. She found herself surrounded not by " the pomp and
circumstance of glorious war," but in the midst of all its horrible realities. She
saw too clearly, the life of danger and hardship, upon which her husband and
her favorite brother had entered, and it overcame her strong, but too sensitive
mind. She became deranged, and died the following winter at Dedham, Mass.
In writing of her death to his brother-in-law, Joseph Trumbull, Gen. Jedediah
says : " Her obligingness and affection were without a parallel. The law of
kindness was ever on her tongue and heart, but she is gone, and gone, I trust, to
scenes of uninterrupted bliss. My tears must and will f^ow."
Gen. Jedediah's second wife, whom he married in 1778, was Ann, daughter
of Col. Thomas Moore of New York. Her great grandfather, John Moore, an
eminent lawyer of Pennsylvania, born in England about 165S, is said to be one of
the sons of Sir Francis Moore. He emigrated to South Carolina, where he prac-
tised law for a while, then moved to Philadelphia, was soon after appointed
attorney-general, later register-general and then collector of customs for Pennsyl-
vania. His son, John Moore, settled as a merchant in New York, was one of
the aldermen of the city, colonel of a regiment, and at the time of his death a
member of the provincial council. Col. Thomas Moore (son of John Moore, 2nd),
was ''born in New York, received his education at Westminster School, London,
engaged in commercial pursuits in his native city, at the approach of the Revolution
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retired with his family to West Point, and driven thence by violence, returned to
the city, where he occupied a place in the custom house during the war." So
says the Huntington Family Memoir, but, according to Miss Caulkins, Col. Moore
came to Norwich, and occupied for a time the Arnold house, where he died in
1784. The newspaper notice of his death, and also the notice of his daughter's
marriage in 1778, mentions them as "late of New York." Miss Caulkins writes:
" The Moore family was large, and their dwelling had the reputation of being
the seat of hospitality and festive enjoyment." Col. Moore was buried in Trinity
Church grave-yard, New York city. Two of the sons, John, as a merchant, and
Benjamin, as a physician, remained for some years in Norwich, but before 1793, they
had removed from the town. Another son was Richard Channing Moore, the dis-
tinguished Bishop of Virginia. By his second wife. Gen. Jedediah had seven chil-
dren, one of whom, Joshua, became the pastor of the old South Church in Boston.
Daniel was settled over a church at North Bridgewater, Mass., and Thomas, who
first studied for the medical profession, afterward became an evangelist of the
Baptist denomination in Brooklyn, Ct. The daughters married prominent citizens
of New London, Norwich, and New York.
In 1789, Gen. Jedediah Huntington was appointed collector of customs at
New London, and entered on his ofifice, as the record says, Aug. 11, 17S9, "at 7
o'clock A. M." He held this office under four successive Presidents, and died in
1818, aged 75. He was buried in New London, but it was afterward found on
reading his will, that his desire was to be interred in his native town, so the
body was removed to Norwich, and now lies in the family tomb in the burying-
ground near the Green *.
Miss Caulkins speaks of Gen. Jedediah's " sedate temperament, of his great
energy, steadiness and dignity, of the neatness and precision of his personal
appearance, and his polished, though reserved demeanor." He joined the church
at the age of twenty-three, and was ever after a consistent Christian, and very
liberal in his charities. According to contemporary testimony, " His munificence
for its profusion, its uniformity, its long continuance, and for the discretion, by
*Gen. Huntington built for his residence in New London the house, now occupied by
Elisha Palmer, on the corner of Broad and Washington Streets.
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which it was directed, was without a parallel in his native state." He was one
of the founders and the first President of the New London Branch of the American
Board of Foreign Missions, organized in 1810.
Mrs. Sigourney describes him as "of small stature, but of correct and graceful
symmetry. Firm in camps, and wise in council, in refined society he was gentle-
ness itself." She compares the two brothers, Jedediah and Ebenezer, " to the two
Gracchi, save that the elder had more gentleness of soul, and the younger less
ambition for popularity, than their ancient prototypes."
In 1 781, Gen. Jedediah gave an entertainment for the French officers, who
were quartered at Lebanon, and these gay young men must have made a fine
appearance in their brilliant hussar uniforms, * as they rode into town. The two
Dillon brothers, a major and a captain, were particularly admired " for their
fine forms and expressive features." One, or both of these brothers, "sulTered
death from the guillotine during the French Revolution."
The handsome Duke de Lauzun was one of this company, and what a
contrast this simple entertainment in a small country town offers to the rest of
his stormy career, his early years of dissipation, his life as an ambassador at the
English court, and intimacy with the gay Prince of Wales, afterward George IV.,
then his later life as Duke de Biron, espousing the Orleans cause, and afterwards
fighting against the Vendeans, until accused of favoring the enemy, he was tried,
condemned, and executed on the last day of 1793. After dinner the company of
officers went out on the lawn in front of the house and shouted huzzas for
" Liberty," and exhorted the people assembled outside " to live free or die for
liberty."
Gen. Lafayette made several visits to Norwich, once on a hurried ride to
Newport, when the need of haste and the intense heat, necessitated a light attire.
The good people of Norwich were rather scandalized to see him ride up to Gen.
Huntington's door, dressed in a blue military coat, without vest or stockings, and,
his boots being short, with the leg bare below the knee. He stopped only a short
time for refreshment, and then proceeded to Newport.
*The cavalry of the Duke de Lauzun wore blue hussar jackets and high-crowned round
hats ; the infantry uniform was black and red.
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At another time in 1778, he arrived with 2000 men of Gen. Glover's Irish
Brigade, who encamped on the plain for three days, from Thursday to Sunday,
while the General was entertained at the house of Gen. Huntington. This may
have been the time, when at Lafayette's request, on the morning of their departure,
Mr. vStrong prayed with the soldiers, they forming three sides of a hollow square.
On Sunday, Aug. 22, 1824, Lafayette visited Norwich, and some old people,
who remembered him, wept, and the General was also moved to tears. A young
school girl describes this visit in her journal. : —
"After church walked to the Landing, as the arrival of Gen. La Fayette,
the great benefactor of our country, was announced. He arrived in this country
(in the ship Cadmus from France, accompanied by his son, George Washington,
and his friend, M. De Vasseur). On Sunday, the Sth of August, he first landed
on Staten Lsland, and on Monday entered the city of New York, where great
preparations had been made for his reception. 6 steamboats went down to
escort him up to New York ; among them were the Oliver Ellsworth and
Chancellor Livingston, the latter of which he came up in. He landed in Castle
Garden, and from thence he proceeded to the City Hall, where rooms were prepared
for him, and he received calls from 12 to 2 o'clock. The steamboats were
decorated and a band of music on each. From N. Y., he proceeded to New
Haven and New London and to-night he arrived in this city accompanied by an
escort from New York and Norwich. Great numbers had assembled to welcome
and to behold the great man, to whom our country is so greatly indebted. A line
was formed on either side of the street and the procession passed through con-
sisting of gigs and horsemen — his arrival was announced by three cheers, &
followed by clapping of hands, & 13 cannon were discharged. I had the honour
as most of the town did of being introduced to him and of shaking hands. He
is of large stature, w^ell proportioned, dark complexion, good looking and looks
young for his age, which is 68 I could not but pity him, although he remarked
' that he was not fatigued, that it was such a mark of gratitude & affection, and
he was also accustomed to fatigue.' He pronounced a benediction upon this
country and its inhabitants. He sets out this evening for Plainfield on his
way to Boston (where he is also to be received with great magnificence) & is to be
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at commencement at Cambridge on Wednesday, where his son was graduated."
This was Lafayette's last visit to America. His death occurred in 1834.
The second occupant of this house, Gen. Ebenezer Huntington (b. 1754),
was the son of Gen. Jabez Huntington, and his second wife, Hannah, daughter
of Rev. Ebenezer Williams of Pomfret, Ct. He was at Yale College, and within
two months of graduation, when the war commenced. With several other students,
he asked permission to enter the army, was refused, ran off in the night to
Wethersfield, enlisted, and left at once for Boston. " He continued firm throughout
the contest, and rose through the different grades of command to that of Lieut. -
Colonel in 1778, while yet in the early stages of manhood." He was at the
surrender of Cornwallis, and his portrait figures in the painting of that scene by
Col. John Trumbull. He served through the whole war, imtil the troops were
disbanded in 1783.
After the war, in 1792, he was appointed Major-General of the State militia,
which office he held for thirty years. In 1799, when a war with France was
anticipated, he received from President Adams the appointment of Brigadier-
General in the U. S. army. He served also in the war of 1812. In 1810, and in 1817,
he was elected a member of Congress. He died in 1834. Mrs. Sigourney describes
him as having "a fine figure, with military carriage, and a countenance, which was
considered a model of manly beauty." She speaks of " the elegant manners," and
"decision of character," which " were conspicuous in him, and unimpaired by age."
He married (i) in 179T, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Isham of Colchester, Ct.
She died in 1793, and he married (2) in 1795, Mary Lucretia (daughter of Gen.
Samuel McClellan of Woodstock, Ct.), who died in 1819. His son, Wolcott Hunt-
ington, lived in Norwich ; his other sons settled in New Orleans, La. One
daughter married the late George Perkins, a well-known lawyer of Norwich ;
another became the wife of Gabriel Denton of New Orleans. The four remaining
daughters, who are well remembered as "the Ladies Huntington," lived for many
years in the old family mansion. The last of the sisters died in 1885, and in
1886, the house was sold to its present owner, William H. Fitch.
Gen.Ebenezer Huntineton
1754-1834.
CHAPTER XLI.
PPOSITE the house of vSamuel Lathrop, was the home-lot of Lt. Thomas
Tracy, which, beginning at the brook by Christopher Huntington's, extended
to a point three rods east of the cemetery lane. It consisted of nine acres,
abutting north on the street 34'{' rods, east on lands of Christopher Huntington
and Thomas Adgate 56 rods, south on the Rev. James Fitch 16 rods, 14 feet, and
west on Rev. Mr. Fitch and Simon Huntington 5332 rods.
From Chancellor Walworth's valuable " Genealogy of the Hyde Family,"
we learn that Lt. Thomas Tracy of Norwich, was the grandson of Richard Tracy
of vStanway, Gloucestershire, England, and his wife, Barbara Lucy, a daughter of
Sir William Lucy of Charlecote, Warwickshire. From the recent researches of
Lt. Charles Stedman Ripley, U. S. N., we find that Lt. Thomas was a son of Sir
Paul Tracy, second son of Richard Tracy, and not as was supposed of the latter's
eldest son, Nathaniel.
Lt. Thomas Tracy was born about 16 10 in Tewksbury, Eng., came to
America in 1636, and received a grant of land at Salem, ]\Lass., where his occu-
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pation was that of a ship-carpenter. About 1640, he went to Wethersfield, Ct,,
and is said to have married the widow of Edward Mason in 1641. Shortly
after, he went to Saybrook, and in 1660, came with the first band of settlers to
Norwich, bringing with him six sons and a daughter, and possibly his wife, as
the date of her death has not been ascertained.
From the very beginning of the settlement, Thomas Tracy was called upon
to fill important offices, as constable and townsman, was one of the first deputies
chosen in 1661, an office which he held for many years; served also on Courts
of Commission, and as Justice of the Peace. In 1666, he was appointed Ensign
of the train-band, and in 1673, Lieutenant of the New London County Dragoons,
enlisted to fight the Dutch and Indians.
After the death of his opposite neighbor, John Bradford, he married the
widow, Martha, who died ere long, and he then succumbed to the charms of a
third widow, Mary, relict of John Stoddard, and of John Goodrich of Wethersfield,
and daughter of Nathaniel Foot. Lt. Thomas died in 1685, leaving an estate of
^560. His real estate amounted to 5000 acres. John, the oldest son, received
^140, the other sons, and son-in-law, Thomas Waterman, each ^70. As the
widow is not mentioned in the distribution, she had presumably died before her
husband. To John Tracy had been assigned, at the time of the settlement, a
home-lot at Bean Hill. Thomas and Jonathan had settled in Preston. In the
division of Lt. Tracy's property, the east and west parts of the home lot were
laid out to Daniel and Solomon. In 16S7, the centre of the lot (frontage 16)-^
rods), with the house, is sold to Israel Lathrop, and entered on the records as the
latter's home-lot, of three acres, bounded north on the highway 16J2 rods, west
on land of Solomon Tracy 53 rods, south on Mr. Fitch 7 rods, east on Daniel
Tracy 41 rods, south on Daniel Tracy 2 rods, 13 feet, east on Daniel Tracy 14
rods, 4 feet, with highway to brook.
In 1692-3, the division of the property of Lt. Thomas Tracy is thus quaintly
recorded in the second book of land deeds: "Cousen Richard Bushnell, I pray,
enter the records of my fathers lands in the new booke, and then record to my
brother, Daniel Tracy, a third part of the home lott that was my fathers," &c., &c.
He also asks to have one-third recorded to Solomon. In 16S8, Israel Lathrop sells
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land in the rear of his lot to Daniel Tracy, who sells a part to Solomon in 1692,
which will account for seeming discrepancies in their several records, and also
serve to date the entries of their lands.
Daniel's home-lot next to the brook, where he probably built his first
homestead, is entered (evidently after 1692) as four acres, "bounded north on the
highway 5 rods, 3 feet, bounded east on Christopher Huntington and Thomas
Adgate 56 rods, a compassing line, bounded south on Mr. Fitch 7 rods, 6 feet,
abutting west on Solomon Tracy 41 rods, abutting west on Israel Lathrop 14
rods, except an open passage to the brook."
Daniel Tracy (b. 1652), married (i) in 1682, Abigail, daughter of Deacon
Thomas Adgate, and after her death in 17 11, he married (2) 1712, Hannah, widow
of Thomas Bingham, and daughter of William Backus, 2nd. In 17 12, Daniel
Tracy gives (not with the usual " good-will, and fatherly affection " of other
parents of those days), but "of my own meare good pleasure to my loving son,
Daniel, the one half of the homested of me the sd Daniel Tracy, containing four
acres abutting on land in the present tenure of Rene Grignon and Thomas
Adgate," &c., &c. This deed differing from all others on record in its peculiar
wording, inclines us to believe, that Daniel was a most exact man and somewhat
autocratic and dictatorial, evidently one who kept his family in subjection, as will
appear later.
In 1728, at the rebuilding of Lathrop's bridge on the Shetucket, connecting
Newent and Norwich, which had been destroyed in the freshet of 1727, a part of
the frame-work gave way, and one hundred feet of the bridge, and forty men
were precipitated into the water. The water was low, and they were thrown upon
the rocks, and among those most seriously injured, was Mr. Daniel Tracy, who died
the following day. The pamphlet, giving an account of the accident, says that
" Mr. Tracy was not a person concerned in the affair, only as he was a benefactor
to it, and went out that day to carry the people some provision, and happened to
be on the bridge at that juncture of danger : a man that had always been noted
for an uncommon care to keep himself and others out of probable danger, and
yet now himself insensibly falls into a fatal one. And very remarkable is it, that
to keep his son at home this day, and so out of danger by that occasion, he
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chooseth to go himself " (of his meare good pleasure, we suppose), " on the fore-
named errand, and is taken in the snare which he thought more probable to his
son." This son was then a married man, forty years of age ; and Daniel Tracy
was seventy-six. His foot-stone in the cemetery reads : " This worthy in a good
old age died by a fall from a bridge."
Daniel Tracy, 2nd (b. 1688), inherited the house and home-lot. He married
in 1 7 10, Abigail, daughter of Ensign Thomas Lefifingwell, and had five children,
according to the records, and sixteen, according to the testimony of the grave-
stone of one of these children, Hannah, wife of Simon Huntington.
How long Israel Lathrop occupied the house of Lt. Thomas Tracy has not
been ascertained. In 1695-6, he purchased the Jonathan Crane house, but in 1705,
after his father's death, he seems to be living in the paternal homestead across
the street. It is possible that the Tracy house may have been destroyed by fire,
which perhaps was the occasion for Israel's purchase of the Crane house. At the
time of his death in 1733, there is no house upon this Tracy lot, which is then
called "the orchard of Israel Lothrop," and in 1738, Jabez Lathrop, son of Israel,
sells it to Daniel Tracy, which gives to Daniel a frontage of about 21 rods, n
feet. We are unable to say whether Daniel then vacated the house in which he
was living, and built the one (now standing on the lot, and occupied by Mr.
Bacheler), as in the settlement of his estate, the measurements of the property,
which might locate this house, are not given. Daniel died in 1771. It is possible
that he inherited a portion of his father's decided character, as he was one of
the proprietors, who, though much importuned, refused to " sell an inch of land"
to facilitate the erection of the vSecond Church in 1760.
At the time of Daniel's death, his only surviving son, Samuel, was living
at the Landing. This Samuel Tracy (b. 1723), married in 1750, Sibyl, daughter of
Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop, and probably, shortly after his father's death, removed
to Norwich Town. It is possible that he may have torn down the old house and
built the new one, which was standing in the centre of the lot at his death, and
was inherited by his son, Maj. Thomas Tracy, but we are inclined to believe that
the present house was erected by Daniel Tracy, 2nd. About 1773, Samuel Tracy
was one of the managers of the lottery for building the great Wharf Bridge at
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 233
Chelsea. He served for one year as town clerk, and for several sessions as
representative to the General Assembly. He died in 1798 of the small-pox, and
his widow and son, Thomas, inherited the house and home-lot.
Maj. Thomas Tracy (b. 1767), married Elizabeth, daughter of vSamuel Avery.
With the latter he formed a mercantile partnership in 1793, as the firm of
Avery & Tracy. Maj. Tracy died in 1806, and his only child, a daughter, was
born shortly after her father's death. This daughter, Ann Thomas Tracy,
married in 1834, James T. Richards of New York, and had two children, who,
dying young, the property was sold to Ferdinand Stedman in 1S52. The house is
now owned by Mrs. Bacheler.
Some time after 1750, Capt. Charles Whiting (goldsmith), builds a shop on
the land of Daniel Tracy. In 1775, Charles Beaman, "Taylor and Habit Maker,"
appears in this shop "opposite Col. Jedidiah Huntington's," and advertises that
he hopes to recommend himself "by the fashion and neatness of his garments
that he fabricates," and promises " not to waste nor demand more materials than
are indispensably necessary. Cabbage and extortion are his aversion." Being a
stranger in the place he " expects no more favors than his honesty, abilities, and
sincerity shall merit."
In 1784, Roswell Huntington advertised as a goldsmith and jeweller opposite
the store of Gen. Jedediah Huntington. Whether this is the Roswell Huntington
(b. 1763), son of Ebenezer and vSarah (Edgerton) Huntington, (a descendant of
the first Simon), who afterwards moved to North Carolina, or another Roswell
(b. 1754), (son of Samuel Huntington of Mansfield, Ct., and a descendant of
Christopher Huntington), who married in 1777, Sarah Read of Windham, we are
imable to say. In 1785, the Whiting heirs sell this shop, "standing on land of
Samuel Tracy," to Mundator Tracy, son of Simon. The fact that the shop was stand-
ing on leased land makes it difficult to learn how soon it disappears. It is possible
that Mundator may have added it to an adjoining shop, which he purchased soon
after, and converted into a house.
CHAPTER XLII.
VE have now arrived at the home-lot of Dr. Solomon Tracy, which is re-
corded, evidently before 1692, as of three acres, abutting north on the
street 13 rods, south on the Rev. James Fitch 5 rods, 4 feet, and measuring 53^
rods through the middle in length, abutting west on the land of Simon Huntington.
Dr. Solomon Tracy (b. 1650), married (i) 1676, Sarah, daughter of Simon
Huntington. After her death he married in 16S6, Sarah, widow of Thomas Sluman,
and daughter of Thomas Bliss. He was the second physician of Norwich, and
possibly acquired his medical knowledge from Dr. John Olmstead. He filled the
offices of constable and townsman, was frequently elected representative to the
General Assembl}', serving in 171 1 as Clerk of the House, and in 171 7 as vSpeaker.
In 1698, he was chosen Ensign of the train-band, and in 1701, Lieutenant. He
died in 1732, and on his grave-stone is written : -
THE DEAD IN SILENT
LANGUAGE SAY
TO LIVING THINKING
READER HEARE.
O LOVING FRIENDS
DOE NOT DELAY
BUT SPEEDILY FOR
DETH PREPARE.
In 1721, Solomon Tracy ("yeoman"), and wife, Sarah, deed to Simon Tracy
"for love," Szc, "all our Norwich lands and buildings, &c., only reserving to our
own use and benefit the dwelling house and barn dureing our natural life."
Solomon Tracy, Jun., son of Dr. Solomon, removes to Canterbury.
Simon Tracy (b. 1679-80), married in 1708, Mary, daughter of Ensign
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Thomas Leffingwell. In 1736, he deeds one-half of the house and home-lot to his
son, Simon Tracy, Jun., and in 1769, the whole of the property (frontage 9 rods,
23 links), which Simon, 2nd, sells in that same year to Samuel Huntington.
vSimon Trac}', JSr., possibly goes to reside with his son, Simon, 2nd, on the
Plain Hills road, where his other son, Moses, also has a house. Simon Tracy lived to
be very old, and on a head-stone in the cemetery we may read that " the pious
beloved and very aged Simon Tracy died 14th September, 1775, i^ the 96th year
of his age." His wife died 1770, aged 88.
Simon Tracy, 2nd (b. 1710), married (i)'in 1735, Elizabeth, daughter of
Jabez Hyde, and (2) in 1743-4, Abigail, daughter of Dr. Caleb Bushnell. He died
in 1793, aged 82. He had filled the offices of representative to the General
Assembly and deacon of the church, and his obituary notice in the Packet says
that he was " for many years employed in public trust both in church and state,
and discharged the several duties of a man, a magistrate, and a Christian with
integrity." In 1757, Simon Tracy, Sr , and his son, wSimon, sell to Jabez Hunt-
ington, the east corner of their home-lot (frontage 3 rods). On this Jabez builds
a shop, which he sells to Simeon and Jabez Perkins, who had served as his
apprentices for several years, and now wished to set up in business for themselves.
Jabez (b. 1728), and Simeon (b. 1734), were the grandsons of Jabez Perkins, who
came with his brother, Joseph, from Ipswich, Mass., to Norwich, in the latter part
of the seventeenth century, and settled in a part of the town, to which they are
said to have given the name of Newent. Jabez, 3rd, was the son of Jabez and
Rebecca (Leonard) Perkins, and Simeon, of Jacob and Jemina (Leonard) Perkins.
Rebecca and Jemina were daughters of Elkanah Leonard of Middleboro', Mass.,
and step-daughters of Jabez Perkins, Sr.
Taking a cousinly interest in the two young men, for his mother was also
a daughter of the first Jabez Perkins, Jabez Huntington had promised, at the end
of Simeon's apprenticeship, to start them in business. The partnership did not
last long. Jabez Perkins moved ere long to the Landing. Simeon had married
in 1760, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer Backus by his first wife, Abigail, sister of
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. Simeon's young wife died within a year after his mar-
riage, leaving a young son, Roger, and the disconsolate husband, as is evidenced
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by a diary kept at this time, moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, about 1762. Here
he had a prosperous career as judge of probate, town clerk, chief justice of the
county courts, colonel of militia, and for nearly thirty years a member of the
Provincial House of Representatives. He died in 181 2, and a tablet, in the Court
House of Liverpool, enshrines his memory as " the late first magistrate of this
county, who for nearly half a century presided in this court with great Integrity,
Uprightness, and Impartiality, to the great satisfaction of this community." In
the inscription on his grave-stone, he is said to have been " benevolent to the
poor, loyal to his king, and a sincere Christian." He married (2) Elizabeth, widow
of John Hadley of Manchester, N. S., and daughter of Henry Young.
In 1766, Jabez and Simeon Perkins sell their shop to Jabez Huntington.
In 1773, Samuel Avery was possibly located here, as he advertises in a shop
"nearly opposite Col. Jabez Huntington's store." In 1784, it is the barber shop
of Nathaniel Townsend, and it was possibly in this shop in 1777, that Nathaniel
offers to pay "i6s. per pound in cash for long, brown, human hair." In 1787,
he advertises that he has just procured a workman from Philadelphia, and in his
shop may be procured "the newest fashions in cushions and head-dresses." It is
said that Nathaniel Townsend used to boast that he had once shaved Talleyrand.
Though Prince Talleyrand was in this country in 1795, we do not know
that he ever visited Norwich, and we think that possibly his younger brother,
who was on the staff of the Marquis Chastellux, may have been one of the party
of French officers, who were entertained by Gen. Jedediah Huntington in 1781,
and on that occasion the younger Talleyrand might have visited the shop across
the way.
Samuel Adams Drake, in his " Old Landmarks of Boston," describes the
entry of this young Frenchman into Boston with the French troops in 1782. The
Marquis Chastellux wished to take him back with him to France, but the young-
soldier, only eighteen years old, desired to remain. When the army entered
Boston, "he* obtained a grenadier's uniform, and marched in the ranks of the
Soissonais, with his haversack on his back, and his gun on his shoulder." He
was " well known to the superior officers, who pretended not to recognize him.
* Samuel Adams Drake's "Old Landmarks of Boston."
?,?rv
Col- Simeon Perkins.
I73-4-5 -1812-
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and his \var]ikc ardor became the town-talk. He was christened Va - de - bon - coeur
(go willingly), and was the subject of many attentions." Nathaniel Townsend
not only dealt in wigs and false hair, but other goods as well, rum, maps, dry
goods, &c. Before 1793, he moved to a shop near the Green, possibly as early
as 17S7, for in that year this shop is sold by the Huntington heirs to Mundator
Tracy, who ere long converts it into a house, which he sells in 1815 to Luther
vSpalding, who then owns the Gov. Huntington house. The land is now part of
the Charles Young property.
CHAPTER XLIII.
SAMUEL Huntington, who had purchased in 1769 the Simon Tracy house,
was a son of Nathaniel Huntington of Windham, and a grandson of Joseph
Huntington, who left Norwich in 1692 to become one of the founders of that
town. Samuel was born in 1731, was apprenticed at the age of sixteen to the
cooper's trade, and while he worked industriously at this, spent all his spare
moments in study. At the age of twenty-two, he had determined to become a
lawyer, and though not encouraged by his father, he had worked his way to the
bar, and, before he was twenty-eight years old, had established himself as a lawyer
in Norwich.
In 1 76 1, he married Martha, daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer Devotion of
Windham, and his wife Martha (daughter of Col. Simon Lathrop of Norwich).
This connection, and his Huntington descent, brought him into close relation with
some of the most prominent families of Norwich. He and his wife occupied for
a time the old Solomon Tracy house, but shortly after the Revolution, he built
the house now owned by Charles Young. This house has been greatly altered
Gov. Samuel HunLington.
1731-1796.
Gov. or Connecticut 1/8(3-1796
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since Gov. Huntino-ton's day. At that time, with its tall pillars extending from
the ground to the roof, it was said to have greatly resembled the house built by
Gen. Jedediah Huntington in New London, on the corner of Broad and Wash-
ington Streets (now owned by Elisha Palmer).
As the Governor and his wife had no children of their own, they adopted
a niece and nephew, Hannah and Samuel, children of the Rev. Joseph Hunting-
ton of Coventry, Ct., and some of their young Windham relatives were constantly
at the house. Among these were the Governor's nephew, Nathaniel (or Natty,
as he was familiarly called), (b. 175 1), son of the Rev. Nathaniel Huntington of
Windsor, Ct., whose early death, in 1774, was deeply lamented ; and "the beautiful
Betsey Devotion," younger sister of Mrs. Huntington, who died in 1775, aged 24 ;
of whom, Jonathan Bellamy, who seems to have felt her death keenly, writes, in
a letter to Aaron Burr : " If a natural sweetness of disposition can scale Heaven's
walls, she went over like a bird." The Rev. Dr. James Cogswell writes in his
dairy, "A more amiable, accomplished, benevolent, discreet and religious young
lady is rare to be found. She was of a beautiful form, had a sweetness in her
countainance, and pleasantness in her conversation, which was quite graceful, knew
how to behave to all persons, to all characters, of all ages, in all circumstances,
so as to render herself agreeable to all. She was an ornament to her family, an
honor to her Christian profession, and ye glory of her sex, but she is gone."
A number of young men studied law with Mr. Huntington, and were con-
stantly at the house. This youthful element, and the warm hospitality of Gov. and
Mrs. Huntington, made their home a centre of attraction for all the young people
of the town, and it is said, that after games in the parlor, the young guests would
often retire to the kitchen, and dance away until the curfew rang at nine o'clock.
Mrs. Huntington, it is said, was "plain in her manners but affable," and
Gov. Huntington "though dignified in manner even to formality, and reserved
in popular intercourse," " in the domestic circle was pleasing and communicative."
Mrs. Huntington is described as dressing "very simply, often in a white short
gown and stuff petticoat with stiffly- starched cap, and clean muslin apron, prob-
ably in the style of her mother, whose portrait is still preserved by her descendants,
the family of the late John L. Devotion.
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In the journal of the Marquis de Chastellux, who dines with Gov. Hunt-
ington in Philadelphia, in 1780, while Mr. Huntington was President of Congress,
he describes Mrs. Huntington as " a good-looking
lusty woman, but not young," who "did the
honors of the table, that is to say, helped every-
body, without saying a word." The poor woman
was probably longing to speak, but rendered
mute by her ignorance of French. The Marquis
also speaks of calling upon Mr. Huntington with
the French Ambassador, and finding him in his
cabinet, " lighted by a single candle," " this sim-
plicity " reminding him "of Fabricius and the
Philopaemens."
Gov. Huntington was of middle size, with
a "swarthy" complexion, and a "vivid" and
"penetrating" eye; "considering comfort and
convenience " more than splendor in his domes-
tic arrangements, "moderate and circumspect
in all his movements," "never frivolous," but
always "practical" in his conversation. One,
who had been an inmate of his family for a long time, bears witness that he
never showed the slightest symptom of anger, nor spoke an unkind word. As a
judge, he was "impartial in his judgments," "dignified in his deportment," "cour-
teous and polite to the gentlemen at the bar." He was "a constant attendant at
public worship, and at conference-meetings, in the absence of the minister, often
led the services."
His public life began in 1764, as a Representative to the General Assembly.
In 1773, he was elected a member of the upper house, in 1774, Associate Judge of
the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and in 1775, a member of Congress, which office
he held till 1780. He was also elected a member of the Marine Court, was one
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, served as President of Congress
from 1779 to 1781, and was then obliged to resign on account of ill-health. On
Martha (Lathrop) Devotion
1715-1795
Mother of Mrs. Gov. Huntinizton.
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retiring- from Congress, he resumed his office of Judg-e of the Supreme Court.
In 1782 and 1783, he was again elected to Congress, but resigned the office for-
ever in this last year. In 1784, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court ; in 1785, Lieut. Governor; in 1786, Governor, which office he held till his
death. He died in 1796 of dropsy of the chest. His wife had died in 1794, aged 56.
His funeral was attended by a large concourse of people from Norwich and
the neighboring towns. The order of the funeral procession from his house to
the church, was as follows: —
" A Band of Music.
The Drummers and Fifers of the Twentieth Regiment.
Four Military Companies in Uniform with Arms reversed.
The corps supported by Pall-Bearers.
Mourners.
Magistrates and Officers of the Peace.
About two hundred Officers in their Uniforms.
Aldermen and Council of the City.
Selectmen of the Town.
Clergy of different Denominations.
Citizens."
" A sermon was preached by the Rev. Joseph Strong from Acts 13, T^d.
After the solemnities of public worship, the procession continued to the burying
ground," where the governor was laid to rest beside his wife, in the family tomb,
not far from the home where they had so long resided.
In 1788, Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell, afterward of Hartford, Ct., while on a
journey through Connecticut, stopped at Norwich for a short visit at Gov. Hunt-
ington's. His father, the Rev. James Cogswell, had recently married the widow
of the Rev. Ebenezer Devotion of Scotland, and Dr. Cogswell writes in his diary,
" Had I been an own brother, Mrs. Huntington could not have treated me with
more tenderness and affection, and I never saw the Governor so social and con-
versible." The latter entertains him with musical anecdotes, and Mrs. Huntington
regales him freely with "flip and pompion pie." He spends several days in town,
enjo3nng a round of entertainments among his old friends.
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242 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
Samuel and Harrrrah Huntington, the adopted children of the governor and
his wife, were the son and daughter of the Rev. Joseph Huntington of Coventry,
and his wife, Hannah Devotion, sister of Mrs. Huntington, so the children were
doubly related to their adopted parents. vSamuel Huntington (b. 1765), was
educated by his uncle, graduated at Yale in 1785, and married in 1791, Hannah,
daughter of Andrew Huntington and his first wife, Lucy Coit. He was admitted
to the bar in Norwich, but after his uncle's death, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
and in 1805 to Painesville. Here he was appointed a colonel of militia; in 1802
was one of the first delegates to the convention which formed the State constitution
of Ohio. In 1803, he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court ; in 1804, Chief
Judge; and in 1808, Governor of the State, which ofifice he held for two years.
He helped to found the town of Fairport, and during the war of 1812-14, was
Paymaster of the Northwestern army.
" At the time that he migrated to Ohio, the State was a wilderness, and
wild beasts were numerous. While travelling from the east to Cleveland, where he
then lived, he was attacked, about two miles out of town, by a pack of wolves.
He broke his umbrella to pieces, in his efforts to keep them off, but owed his
safety to the speed of his horse."* He died in 1817, and his widow in 1818.
Frances Huntington (b. 1769), resided with her uncle till his death. A few
months after, she married Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D., of Park vStreet Church,
Boston, who afterward became President of Williams College. She was said to be
"a- lady of uncommon delicacy and excellence of character." wShe died in 1837.
This story is told by Mrs. Sigourney of Rev. Dr. Griffin, when President
of Williams College. During the prevalence of a northeast storm, he called the
theological students together, and addressing them in a solemn, impressive man-
ner, said : " I am satisfied with your class, save in one respect. Of your proficiency
in study, your general deportment, I have no complaint to make. Still there is
one very sad deficiency. That to which I allude, young gentlemen, is a neglect
of the duty of Christian laughter."
Then, drawing up to its full height of six feet his large, symmetrical person,
and expanding his broad chest, he commanded, '' Do as I do," and uttered a
*" Huntington Family Memoir.'"
Gov. Samuel Huntmm-oJi
1765-1817.
GOVflRNOR or OHIO ie08-l8IO.
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peal of hearty, sonorous laughter. After summoning each one separately to imitate
his example, and observing how the corrugated muscles untwisted, and the brow
cast off its wrinkling thought, he said, "There, that will do for the present."
On leaving town in iSor, Samuel Huntington sold the house to Asa Spalding,
who, until this time, had resided on the Green, in what was formerly known as
the " Perit " house.
Asa Spalding (b. 1757), was the son of Ebenezer Spalding of Canterbury.
He graduated at Yale in 177S, studied law with Judge Adams of Litchfield, and
settled as an attorney at Norwich in 1782. He married in 1787, Lydia, daughter
of Nathaniel Shipman, who, after his death, married as second wife, Capt. Bela
Peck. In 1786, he purchased the "Perit" house, in which he resided, until, in
1 80 1, he removed to the Gov. Huntington house, which, as the Spalding Family
Memoir says, "with its majestic porticoes and massive pillars, presented in i8ir,
the most imposing apearance of any structure in the town." Asa Spalding's death
was a very sudden one. The inscription on his gravestone reads: "He died of
a disease called by the Medical Faculty, Angina Pectoris."
Though blunt and peculiar in manner, as a lawyer he was eminently
successful, and acquired a large fortune. On one occasion, while arguing a case
before a judge of the Superior Court, after the hour for adjournment had arrived,
the impatient judge, who had frequently presented the face of his watch to Mr.
Spalding, in the hope of bringing his speech to an end, said angrily, " Excuse me,
Mr. vSpalding, but you have talked three-quarters of an hour, and have said nothing
to the purpose as yet."
"Very well, your Honor," replied the imperturbable lawyer, "I expect to
speak three-quarters of an hour longer, and before I get through, I hope I may
say something to the purpose."
On one occasion, it is said, he was employed by the Hon. John Hancock of
Boston, to collect a considerable claim, the payment of which was contested. The
jury having returned a verdict for the defendant, Mr. Spalding procured an order
for a new trial, and wrote to Mr. Hancock to attend court in person, believing
that the prestige of his person would perhaps favorably influence the jury. At
the appointed time, Mr. Hancock appeared in a coach, attended by a retinue of
244 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
servants at the place of trial (the tale does not give the name of the place), and
suffering at the time from an attack of gout, was borne into the court room,
wrapped in flannels. The judges offered him a seat upon the bench, and the
jury, overawed by his presence, returned a verdict for the plaintiff in full amount,
with interest.
Two children were born to Asa Spalding, one of whom died in infancy,
the other at twelve years of age. The house and land became the property of
Asa's brother, Luther Spalding (b. 1762), who married in 1796, Lydia Chaffee of
Canterbury, Ct. He studied law with his brother, and was at one time Judge of
the County Court. He lived here till his death in 1838.
In 1854, Charles Spalding, son of Luther, sells the property to Charles
Stedman. In i860, it passed to Junius Kingsley ; in 1863, to William M. Converse;
in 1867, to Dr. William Cutler. It is now owned by Charles Young.
CHAPTER XLIV.
LEAVING the Tracy property, we now arrive at the home-lot of Simon
Huntington, which is entered in the first book of records as "four acres,
abutting east on the land of Thomas Tracy, south on land of Mr. James Fitch
and north on the highway," also " four acres over the highway against his home
lot " abutting south and west upon the highway, east on Mr. Bradford, north on
the pasture of Mr. Fitch.
In the second book of records it is called, " the home lot lying on both
sides of the highway." We will give the m.easurements of the house-lot as in
this second record, leaving the land on the north side of the street for later con-
sideration. This south division abuts north on the street 2514 rods, west on the
street 13^2 rods, south on land of Capt. Fitch 14 rods, the line then runs south-
east 4 rods, abutting north-west on the Fitch lot, thence it runs south-west 2 rods,
4 feet, thence west 2 rods, then south 20 rods wanting 4 feet, abutting west on
land of Capt. Fitch, then abuts south on land of Capt. Fitch 18 rods, and east on
land of Lt. Thomas Tracy 43 rods. Now we find that the frontage of 25^2 rods,
(beginning at a point in the grounds of Charles Young, three rods east of the ceme-
tery lane), brings us to the corner, near the house recently occupied by the Rev.
Charles A. Northrop, and from here the western frontage of 13^ rods, continues
along the road by the Green, as far as the house now occupied by Miss Grace
McClellan. On this lot were situated the houses of the first and second Simon
Huntington.
The first Simon Huntington of Norwich was born in England about 1629,
and was probably four years of age, when he came with his parents, two brothers
and a sister, to this country in 1633. His father having died of small-pox on the
voyage, and his mother having married again, he lived for a while in the home
246 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
of his step-father, Thomas Stoughton, at Windsor, Ct., then followed his brother
Christopher to Saybrook, where he married in 1653, Sarah, daughter of John
Clark. In 1660, he came with the first band of settlers to Norwich, where he
took at once a prominent position, serving as constable, townsman, and deputy,
and holding the office of deacon in Mr. Fitch's church from about 16S0 to 1696.
In 1695, he was appointed by the town "to keep an ordnary or house of publique
entertaynement." We may read on two ancient-looking, roughly lettered stones
in the old burying-ground, at the rear of their former home lot, that vSimon died
in 1706, aged 77, and his wife, Sarah, in 1721, aged 88. We have so little knowledge
of these early settlers that every item is of interest. Even the dry inventory,
which Miss Caulkins gives, of Simon's library, presents a picture of the good
deacon, standing before his book shelves on vSaturday night, pondering as to
whether he will read " Rogers, His Seven Treatises," " The Practical Catechise,"
"Mr. Moody's Book," "Thomas Hooker's Doubting Christian," the New England
Psalm Book, "Mr. Adams' Sarmon," "The Bound Book of Mr. Fitch and John
Rogers," or " The Day of Doom," to prepare himself for the coming Sabbath.
" William Dyer" has a doubtful sound, so we will leave that for week-day reading.
His estate was valued at ^275.
As Simon died intestate, the heirs sign an agreement, by which Daniel and
James receive two-sixths of the real estate, on the condition that they are to
"preveide sutable maintainence for our Honour' Mother, Rellect to the Deseased,
Dureing her natural life." Simon Huntington, Jun., was living on the north-west
corner of the home lot (frontage 7^4 rods), which had been deeded to him by
his father in 1688-9. Joseph had moved to Windham, and Samuel to Lebanon.
How soon Daniel (who had married Abigail Bingham, the year before his father's
death), moved to a home of his own, we know not. We think it is evident that
James, the youngest son, lived with his mother in the homestead, of which he
eventually became the owner. In his inventory, his home-lot is given, as situated
on the south side of the street, with a dwelling house and tan-yard, and a lot
with barn and shop on the opposite side of the street.
James Huntington was born in 1680, and married in 1702-3, Priscilla Miller.
He was a man of energy and enterprise, and in 1722, was appointed one of a
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committee, "to go down to the Landing Place, and lay out what may be needful
for the town's use." In 1723, vSimon Lathrop, Joshua and James Huntington, and
Daniel Tracy each received a grant of land, " 20 feet square, on the west side of
Rockie point," and these four men were among the first to open and develop
that part of the town, later known as Chelsea. James Huntington and Israel
Lathrop were the agents of the towm in laying out the East Sheep Walk, as the
lands now forming the City of Norwich were then called. In 1721, James
Huntington was appointed Ensign of the first company or train-band. He died
in 1727, and his widow, according to the testimony of her grave-stone, "after a
patient and pious life, fell asleep in Jesus, January 19, 1742, in the 67th year of
her age." Three sons and two daughters were living at the time of their parents'
death. Peter married in 1734, and James and Nathaniel in 1735. T^mes moved
to Great Plains. Peter continued to reside on the home lot. We have not ascer-
tained where Nathaniel resided.
It is possible that the property of the first Simon Huntington was not
divided until long after his death, for in 1734 the heirs sign acquittances for their
shares of the estate, and in 1737 there are various exchanges of different portions
of the property. In that year, Joshua quit-claims to James and Peter, sons of
the first James Huntington, " the east part of the home lot which was their father's
lying on the south side of the street," "abutting north on the street 9^/^ rods,"
to a point " a little west of the house which was their father's, and from thence
running south across the middle of the well .... with buildings," &c., and James
and Peter deed to Joshua, the "west part of our honoured father's home lot,
abutting north on the street S rods, and west on Ebenezer Huntington's
land."
The fact that there is also a dwelling house on the west part of the lot,
makes it seem a little doubtful as to which of the two was the house of the first
Simon. At the time of James' death, but one house is mentioned as standing on
the lot, and we may assume from the wording of Joshua's deed to James and
Peter, that this was the one which James inherited from his father, and in which
his son Peter afterward resided. This other dwelling may have been built by the
second James on his marriage in 1735, ^^^^ ^^^ perhaps occupied by him until
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his removal to the Great Plain, but of this we have no proof, so we will leave
the matter to be solved by some of James' descendants.
In 1752, Peter Huntington sells to Samuel Abbot a small lot of land (front-
age 3 rods), in the north-east corner of the home lot, " on which I now dwell,"
beginning at the north-west corner of Simon Tracy's land. On this lot (now a
part of the grounds of Charles Young), Samuel Abbot builds a house, in which
he resides until his death in 1789. In 1792, it is sold to Gov. Huntington, and
in 1 80 1 passes with the rest of the Gov. Huntington property to Asa Spalding.
It is said to have been occupied at one time by Luther Spalding, and also by
Abner Basset. In i860, it is sold to Junius Kingsley, and the house was shortly
after moved across the street, and is now the residence of Russell Lewis.
Samuel Abbot (b. 1726), in Windham, Ct., was the son of John and Elizabeth
(Phipps) Abbot of Franklin, Ct, who came from Stow, Mass., to Windham, Ct.,
about 1726, resided there for a time, but the year after Samuel's birth, purchased
and moved to a farm in West Farms or Franklin, then a part of Norwich. In
1749, Samuel married Phoebe, daughter of John and Phoebe Edgerton. They had
nine children. In 1758, he received his commission as Lieutenant; in 1774, was
appointed Lieut. Colonel of the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry; and in 1776,
was commissioned by the government to buy guns for the troops. He was one
of the members of the Association against Illicit Trade. He died suddenly in
17S9, and his widow, Phoebe, in 1792.
In the home of his father, James, which was probably also the house of
the first Simon, Peter Huntington lived until his death in 1760. He was born in
1708-9, and married in 1734, Ruth, daughter of John and Ruth (Adgate) Edger-
ton, and half-sister of Mrs. Samuel Abbot. They had a large family of sons and
daughters.'
Simeon (b. 1740), the oldest son, becomes the next owner of the house, and
marries (i) in 1777, Freelove, "the amiable and accomplished" daughter of Capt.
Jonathan Chester. His wife died in 1787, and he married (2) in 1789, the widow
Patience Keeney of Wethersfield, Ct.. who survived him, dying in 1820. Simeon
died in 18 17. He was a blacksmith, and a very large and powerful man. At the
beginning of the Revolution, on July 4, 1774, F'rancis Green, a merchant of
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Boston, and a noted loyalist, while on a business tour through Connecticut, was
most rudely received, and ordered to leave the town by the patriots of Windham,
at whose tavern he intended to pass the night. He left at once for Norwich,
and word was sent to arouse the town.
The Sons of Liberty were greatly excited at the news, and it was arranged
that the moment Mr. Green appeared, Diah Manning should ring the church
bell. In the morning, when Mr. Green's carriage arrived at Lathrop's tavern, a
large crowd was ready to receive him, and he was allowed his choice, to depart
at once or be sent out on a cart. Mr. Green pleaded for delay, attempted to
address the people, but Simeon Huntington, calling him rascal, grasped him by
the collar with no gentle hand, and a cart with a high scaffolding appearing in
sight, Mr. Green thought it wise to get at once into his carriage, and with all
possible speed leave the town, followed by "drums beating and horns blowing."
On his arrival in Boston, he offered $100 reward for anyone who would give
information that would lead to the conviction of " those villains and ruffians,"
particularly mentioning " one Simeon Huntington." The advertisement was
republished in a handbill, which was sold about the town, and created considerable
merriment.
In a letter from Col. Jedidiah Huntington to Gov. Trumbull, dated Sept.
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9' 1775' h® expresses a wish that Simeon Huntin_2^ton would accept a second
lieutenancy, then vacant, assigning as his reason, " I want officers of a military
spirit." Simeon was later commissioned as Captain, by which title he is always
known. After Simeon's death, the land, house, and barn are sold in 1S19 to the
First Ecclesiastical Society, who, retaining part of the land for the cemetery and
lane, sell the rest to Lyman Roath, * and the latter in 1820, reserving to himself
the house and barn, sells the land to David Nevins, who was then living in the
present Dickey house.
* It is believed that Lyman Roath, who had at that time purchased land on the Scotland
road, may have moved this house to that lot, and it may now form a part of the present resi-
dence of Edward Sterrj'.
CHAPTER XLV.
JOSHUA Huntington sells to Philip Turner in 1737-8, the house and land,
(frontage 8 rods), which had been conveyed to him by James and Peter
Huntington. In 1738-9, Philip Turner sells the land and house to John Manly,
reserving for himself for seven years, the use of a shop and water, with " liberty
to remove the shop," if he should desire. In 1741, John Manly sells to Thomas
Danforth, house, land and a joiner's shop, and in 1742, Richard Charlton buys the
same of Thomas Danforth, with the addition of another shop, which may possibly
be the one formerly reserved for the use of Philip Turner, or perhaps a new shop
built by Danforth.
Richard Charlton sells in 1755 the west part of this land, and one of the
shops, to vSimeon Carew, and the east part is sold in the same year to Charles
Whiting. The house and the remaining shop are occupied by the Charlton
family until 1834.
John Manly married in Windham in 1735, Mary Arnold, granddaughter of
John Arnold, an early resident of Norwich, later of Windham. Two children
were born to them in Norwich, John (b. 1738), and vSarah (b. 1742). In 1739, he
purchased of Philip Turner this house and land, which he sells in 1741. In 1740,
he purchased land and a shop on the Green, which he sells in 1743. At this later
date, he is living in Mansfield, Ct.
Richard Charlton's antecedents are unknown to us. In a family Bible record
he is said to have been born in England. As this record, however, is not correct in
every particular, he may, after all, have been born in this country, and may claim de-
scent from Henri Charlton, probably a French Huguenot, who came to Virginia in the
ship George in 1623, aged 19 years. This Henri Charlton was possibly the pro-
genitor of the Southern familv of that name.
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Richard Charlton married in 1 741-2, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Ann
(Birchard) Grist, and had six children. In 1756, he prefaces his will, -'being bound
to a voige to sea." This was probably the Havana expedition, as in the family
Bible record we find that he was blown up in a vessel at the rejoicings at the
capture of Havana in 1757.
A "blew" coat with velvet cape at the good value for those days of ^2,
10 s., another "blew" coat at £\, 10 s., two brown coats, one valued at £\, 8 s.,
a plush coat 3 s., and a red coat £\, 15 s., mentioned in his inventory, show that
he was not indifferent to dress. An ivory book, value ^i, is rather an unusual
item of this inventory. A large number of pewter basins, plates, tankards, &c.,
which have probably long ago melted away, appear to form a part of his house-
hold stores. He leaves the " mantion " house to his wife, vSarah, and at her death
in 180S, it passes to the son Charles.
Charles Charlton marries in 1775, Sarah, widow of Jesse Williams, and has
two daughters and three sons. He is a shoemaker by trade, and advertises now
and then in the shop adjoining his house for apprentices of fourteen or fifteen
years of age, to whom he offers 40 s. for the first year, and £1 a year and their
clothes for the following year. In 1797, his son Jesse advertises in the same shop
as a tailor. About 1800, Jesse Charlton moves to East Windsor. In Stiles'
History of Windsor he is mentioned as a man "of courteous manners, and genial
character." After his departure, his brother Samuel occupies the house until
1834, when he sells it to David Nevins, and moves to a house he has built on
Mediterranean Lane. The old Charlton house is moved to East Great Plain,
where it now forms a part of the residence of Elias Wood worth.
In 1755, the east part of the Charlton lot (frontage 2^2 rods), is sold to
Charles Whiting, who sells it in 1760 to Jacob Perkins. The latter builds the
house now owned and occupied by Aaron W. Dickey. In 1782, this is sold to Mrs.
Martha Greene of Boston, who evidently, though the deed has not been found,
transfers it to her son, Capt. Russell Hubbard, formerly of New London, whose
house and shop in that place were burnt by Benedict Arnold in 17S1. This house
is included in Capt. Hubbard's inventory at his death in 1785. Shortly after the
death of Capt. Hubbard, it becomes the property of David Nevins, but whether
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by purchase or inheritance through his wife, the daughter of Capt. Hubbard, we
are unable to say. In 1848, the house is sold to George Fuller by Henry Kevins,
with the addition of the Simeon Huntington land (purchased in 1820), on the
east, and the Charlton lot on the west, which was sold to David Nevins in 1S34.
After the death of George Fuller, his daughter, Mrs. Dickey, entered into possession
of the property.
Jacob Perkins (b. 1731), was the son of Jacob and Jemina (Leonard) Perkins
of Newent, then a part of Norwich He married (i) in 1755, Mary Brown, daugh-
ter of James and Ann (Noyes) Brown of Newport, R. I. His second wife,
(married in 1767), was Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Haskins)
Thomas of Norwich. His shop was on the opposite side of the street. In 1774,
Jacob Perkins was Lieutenant of the first company or train-band of Norwich
and later was commissioned as Captain.
Capt. Russell Hubbard (b. 1732) was the brother of Capt. William Hubbard,
who at one time occupied the Col. Hezekiah Huntington house. He was first a sea
captain, then a merchant on Bank Street, New London. During the Revolution he
moved to Norwich. He married Mary Gray, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Gray, first of
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Newport, then of Lebanon, Ct., and his wife, Mary, the daughter of Thomas Prentice,
and widow of Dr. Thomas Coit of New London. They had two sons : Thomas,
the editor of the Norwich Courier, and Russell, a sea-captain, who died in iSoo
unmarried ; and four daughters : Mary, wife of David Nevins ; Martha, who married
David Wright of New London ; Susannah, who married (i) Ebenezer Bushnell,
and (2) Robert Manwaring ; and Lucretia, whose first husband was Daniel Tracy,
and second, Elijah Backus.
David Nevins (b. 1747), was a son of David Nevins of Canterbury, and his
wife, Mary, daughter of Col. Simon Lathrop of Norwich. The father was said to
be of vScotch origin, and to have come from Kingston, Massachusetts, to Connecticut.
In 1757, he was "engaged in repairing a bridge over the Ouinebaug between
Canterbury and Plainfield, which had been partially destroyed in a severe freshet."
" He was standing on one of the cross beams of the bridge, giving directions to
the workman, and had his watch in his hand, which he had just taken out to see
the time, when losing his balance, he fell into the swollen stream, was swept
down by the current, and drowned before he could be rescued." Two of his
children, Samuel and Betsey, died unmarried. His remaining children were married
in Norwich: Mary in 1771, to Nathan Lord; Martha in 1774, to Capt. James
Hyde ; and David in 1777, to Mary Hubbard.
In the early years of the war, David Nevins, 2nd, "was employed as the
the confidential messenger of the Norwich Committee of Correspondence, to obtain
exact news from the seat of war." " His personal activity and daring spirit, com-
bined with trustworthiness and ardent participation in the popular cause, peculiarly
fitted him for the work. But the battle of Lexington carried him from all minor
employments into the army. He joined the Eighth Company, Sixth Regiment,
which was organized on Norwich Green in May, 1775, and \vas its color-bearer on
Dorchester Heights."* In October, 1776, he was commissioned as Lieutenant
and later as Captain. " He remained with the army during the siege of
Boston, the occupation of New York, and the retreat through the Jerseys,
returning home in the winter of 1777. He did not, however, relinquish
the service of his country, but was several times again in the field upon
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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various emergencies during- the war." -^ He died in New York in 1838, aged 90.
He had twelve children. His daughter, Mary, whom the Hon. Charles Miner
calls " the fairest rose that ever bloomed," died at the age of twenty-two. His
sons became prominent citizens of New York and Philadelphia, and one of them,
the Rev. William Nevins, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore.
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
CHAPTER XLVI.
IN 1755, Richard Charlton sells to Simeon Carew, the west part of the land
(frontage 2 rods, 10 feet), and one of the shops, which he had purchased in
1742 of Thomas Danforth. In 1763, Simeon sells the property to his brother
Joseph, who buys of Azariah Lathrop additional land in the rear, and builds the
house now occupied by the family of Louis Mabrey. In 1778, he sells the house
to Col. Joseph Trumbull.
Joseph Trumbull (b. 1737), was the son of Gov. Jonathan and Faith (Robinson)
Trumbull of Lebanon, Ct. He was educated at the Tisdale School in Lebanon,
graduated from Harvard College in 1756, then embarked on a business career,
under the direction of his father, who in 1763 sent him to England to buy
goods, obtain contracts for building vessels, and form new business connections.
On his return in 1764, he entered into a partnership with his father and Col. Eleazer
Fitch of Windham, under the firm name of Trumble, Fitch and Trumble. The
main store or office was in Norwich, where Joseph came to reside. After
incjuiries made at the Heraldry Office, during one of his visits to London, Joseph
Com. Gen. Joseph Trumbull
1737-1778.
PAINTED BY COL JOHM TRUMBULL.
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found that the proper spelling of the last syllable of the family name was bull
rather than hlt\ and on his return this form was adopted by his father.
In 1766, the new firm met with heavy losses. Many of their vessels were
lost, and the firm was threatened with total bankruptcy. Joseph was again sent
to London, and finally succeeded in making satisfactory arrangements with the
English creditors. The Governor must have made frequent visits to Norwich, to
attend to his business affairs and to see his children, Joseph, and Faith, wife of
Jedediah Pluntington. Miss Caulkins draws an interesting picture of the people
of Norwich " running to their doors, and bowing and curtseying to the honored
Governor and his wife as they rode by in their square-topped, two wheeled, one-
horse carriage, almost as substantial in structure as a house." On some of these
occasions, Mrs. Trumbull may have worn the famous scarlet cloak, said to have
been presented to her by Count Rochambeau, Commander-in-Chief of the
French Allied Army, and which, when a collection was at one time being taken
up for the soldiers, in the Lebanon Meeting House, Madam Trumbull rose from
her seat, and "advancing near the pulpit, laid on the altar as her offering to those
who, in the midst of every want and suffering, were fighting gallantly the great
battle for Freedom. It was afterward cut into narrow strips and employed as
red trimming to stripe the dress of American soldiers." *
Gov. Trumbull was in Norwich on the afternoon of April 20, 1775, when
the news arrived of the battle of Lexington. With what haste the huge chaise
must have rattled back to Lebanon, where the Governor was busy for many
days after, in equipping soldiers with ammunition and provisions for the seat of
war. In 1775, Joseph Trumbull was appointed the first Commissary General of
the American Army, an office of great and overwhelming responsibility, so intensi-
fied by the unwise measure of Congress in 1777, in appointing under-officers
whom the heads of the department were not allowed to remove, that he felt
obliged to resign his office. He writes to Congress, " The head of every department
ought to have the control of it. In this establishment an impcriiiin in impcrio is
created. If I consent to act I must be at contmued variance with the whole
department, and of course be in continued hot water. I must turn accuser, and
* Stuart's Life of Gov. Trumbull.
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be continually applying to Congress, and attending with witnesses to support my
charges, or I must sit down in ease and quiet, let the deputies do as they like,
and enjoy a sinecure. The first situation I cannot think of, the last I never will
accept. It never shall be said I was the first American pensioner. I am willing
to do and sufi:er for my country, and its cause — but I cannot sacrifice my honor
and my principles. I can by no means act under a regulation, which in my
opinion will never answer the purpose intended by Congress, nor supply the army
as it should be. I must beg Congress to appoint some person in my place,
as soon as may be ; until then, I will continue to furnish the army as heretofore."*
In this same year, 1777, he was married to Amelia Dyer of Windham ; but
their wedded happiness was very short. He continued in ofifice, though in failing
health, until April, 1778, when Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth of Hartford, was appointed
to take his place, and Congress decided to rescind their unwise measure. Ill in body
and mind, Joseph returns to Norwich, and in this saine month, buys this house of
Joseph Carew. In June, his father receives, while in Hartford, the news of his
son's dangerous illness, and hastens to Norwich, finding him better, however, than
he feared, but still " in a feeble condition easily overset." He writes to a friend,
" The fatigues of his business, but chiefly the trouble, sorrow and grief for the
treatment he received after all, broke his constitution ; bro't him next door to
death, and renders his recovery doubtful ; — former health and strength never to
be expected."
In July, Joseph is in his father's house at Lebanon, where he dies on
Thursday the 23rd, at 4 o'clock a. m. This occurred "directly in the midst of
the anxious preparations " the Governor was " making for the Rhode Island
Expedition — preparations so pressing as to require a session of his own Council
of Safety at Lebanon, on the very day of his son's funeral." " What a hint does
this furnish us," as Stuart says, "of the sad urgency of the times, that the Gov-
ernor's own Council are compelled in his own town, — sitting in his own office,
not twenty paces from the corpse of his eminent son," — "to forgo the courtesy
of an adjournment," — "denied the melancholy privilege of aiding a weeping
father" "to wrap the athletic in his shroud and build his tomb."f
*t Stuart's Life of Gov. Trumbull.
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The following- epitaph is inscribed on the family tomb at Lebanon : " Sacred
to the memory of Joseph Trumbull, eldest son of Governor Trumbull, and first
Commissary Gen'l of the United States of America, a service to whose perpetual
cares and fatigues he fell a sacrifice A. D. 1778, M. 42. Full soon indeed may
his person, his virtues, and even his extensive Benevolence be forgotten by his
friends and fellow-men. But blessed be God ! for the hope that in His presence
he shall be remembered forever."
His widow Amelia (b. 1750), the daughter of Col. Eliphalet and Huldah
(Bowen) Dyer of Windham, married again in 1785, Col. Hezekiah Wyllys of Hart-
ford, a descendant of Gov. Wyllys. She is said to have been very handsome and ac-
complished. The late William Weaver of Willimantic relates the following anecdote :
" Col. Dyer had purchased, while in England, as a present for his wife, a splendid
silk dress interwoven with gold, such as queens and princesses wore in those days,
Mrs. Dyer considered it much too costly and splendid for her to wear, so it was
given to Amelia, who created something of a sensation it is said, by appearing in
this gorgeous gown in Philadelphia, among the wives and daughters of the dig-
nitaries of the land."
In 17S9, the house was sold to Newcomb Kinney. As this was about the
time that Mr. Kinney was teaching in the brick school house on the Green, it is
possible that he contemplated residing here, but if so he must have changed his
mind, for in 1790, he sells the house to Asa Lathrop (b. 1755), son of Nathaniel
Lathrop, 2nd, and his wife, Margaret. Asa Lathrop married in 1780, Elizabeth,
daughter of Eleazer Lord, and died in 1835. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1805.
In 1810, Asa gives a quit-claim deed of this property to his children, "in return
from them of a residence for life, in the house in which Eleazer Lord lived and
died." In 1816, this Trumbull house is deeded by Asa's children to their aunt
Nabby, wife of Mundator Tracy, and in 1820, she sells to Alice Baldwin this
house on " Pork " Street, (as this street had been recently christened). After the
death of Alice Baldwin (widow of the school-teacher William Baldwin), the house
was sold by her heirs to Joseph B. Ayer in 1843, and in 1847, it was purchased
by Mary Babcock, whose heirs are still in possession.
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CHAPTER XLVII.
IN 1688-9, Simon Huntington, Sr., grants to his son, Simon, one acre of land,
bounded south on Capt. Fitch's land 12^2 rods, abutting east on the land of
Simon Huntington, Sr., 15 rods, abutting north on the Town Street ^yj rods, and
west on the street i3?/| rods. This is then recorded as the home-lot of Simon
Huntington, Jun., who was born in Say brook, 1659, and married in 1683, Lydia,
daughter of John Gager of Norwich. Like his father, vSimon, 2nd, played an im-
portant part in the history of the town, serving in many civil offices, and in 1696,
succeeding Simon, Sr., in the office of deacon of the church, which he held until
his death in 1736. In 1704, he calls himself Simon Huntington (cooper.) In
1706, he was granted liberty to keep "a house of public entertainment." His
house, occupying a central position, was honored as the magazine for the defensive
weapons of the town, and as late as 1720, a report, made to the town, states that
it contained a half barrel of powder, 3 pounds of bullets, and 400 flints. He died
in 1736, and leaves to his son, Ebenezer, "the dwcling house, and barn, and all
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land on that side of the way." To his widow, Lydia, he gives "the use of the
dweling house and land on each side of the wave with the buildings thereon, and
to be at her dispose, and all my money I gave her, and if she wants more my
sons must make it up that she may be comfortably provided for during her
natural life, and the profit and income of all my fenced lands, two cows," &c., &c.
The Huntington Family Memoir says of Lydia : " Her grandfather was
'that right goodly man and skillful chyrurgeon,' who had come to America in
1630, with Gov. Winthrop. And most worthy did she show herself to be of such
an ancestry ; falling behind them, neither in the depth of her piety, nor in her
skill in ministering to all 'aylements' both of the body and mind." Lydia did
not long survive her husband, dying in 1737, nine months after his decease.
In 1768, Ebenezer Huntington wills to his son, Simon, "the old house down
town." In 1773, Simon Huntington, son of Ebenezer, sells to Col. Samuel Abbot
113/^ rods of land (frontage 36 feet, 9 inches). On this, Col, Abbot builds a shop,
which is later occupied as a house by his son Daniel. In 1782, Simon Hunting-
ton sells to Thomas Carey, the old homestead, and a part of the home lot, and
the latter sells to Joseph Carew. In another deed of the propert}', an old slaughter
house is mentioned as standing on the lot in 1783. In 1785, Joseph Carew sells
additional land to Col. vSamuel Abbot (frontage 17 links). At this date, Daniel
Abbot is living in the shop, which has probably been enlarged and made into a
house. In the distribution of Col. Abbot's property, Daniel inherits this building,
which is sold in 1799 to Gardner Carpenter, and then is owned at different times
by various persons until 1828, when it is purchased by Alice Baldwin, and sold
by her heirs, with the adjoining house in 1S47 to Mary Babcock. The house is
now owned by Richard H. Webb.
Between this house, and the house of Capt. Joseph Carew on the west,
runs a brook, now quiet and sluggish, but in the early years of the town, probably
a full and rapid stream.
Daniel Abbot (b. 175 i), son of Col. Samuel Abbot, married Sarah, daughter
of Elisha and Sarah (Smallie) Reynolds. He advertises frequently for green calf-
skins, &c., and was probably one of the many shoe-makers of the town.
Capt. Joseph Carew perhaps tears down the old Huntington house, and
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builds the one now standing on the lot, but it is also possible that instead of
entirely destroying the old homestead, for which, being of Huntington blood,
(though not a descendant of vSimon, 2nd), he might have had some attachment,
he may have altered, or added to the old framework, but this, of course, at this
late day, we have no means of knowing. He also purchases the rest of the
Huntington land, facing on the Green, except one small piece of one rod frontage,
which is sold to Gardner Carpenter. The long, low, rambling house has the
appearance of being of much older date than 1783. It was occupied by Capt. Joseph
Carew until his death, and then by his daughter, Eunice, and son-in-law, Joseph
Huntington.
It was later occupied by Capt. Carew's granddaughter, Sally Ann Huntington,
who married the Hon. Jabez Huntington in 1833. In 1854, it was sold to Thomas
Backus. In i860, it came again into the possession of a descendant of Simon
Huntington, ist, Joseph Otis Huntington, son of Levi Huntington, 2nd. It has
been occupied until recently as the First Church parsonage.
Capt. Joseph Carew (b. 1738), was the son of Joseph and Mary (Huntington)
Carew. He married in 1765, Eunice, daughter of John and Phoebe Edgerton.
He is said to have been a carpenter in early life, but in 1784 he was engaged in
business as a merchant, probably in the shop which he built about 1765 on land
purchased of Zachariah Huntington. From his marriage in 1765 to 17 78, he
probably lived in the house now occupied by the Mabrey family. In 1774, he was
ensign of the first company or train-band of Norwich, and in 1781 he was serving
in the army at West Point as captain of a company in Col. Canfield's Regiment.
In 1783, he was a member of the Association against Illicit Trade. In 1793, he
entered into a partnership with his son-inlaw, Joseph Huntington, as the firm
of Carew & Huntington, in the shop formerly occupied by Dudley Woodbridge
on the Green. In 1800, the partnership was dissolved. He died in 181S. His
wife, Eunice, had died in 1772. His only surviving child, Eunice (b. 1769), married
in 1 791, Joseph, son of Andrew and Lucy (Coit) Huntington.
Joseph Huntington was born in 176S. He was a prominent citizen and
merchant, beginning in the shop on the corner of Gen. Jedidiah Huntington's
house lot, then moving to the Woodbridge shop on the Green, where, first in
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partnership with his fathcr-in-Liw, Joseph Carew, then with his half-brother,
Charles Phelps Huntington, and later with his own son, Joseph, he carried on a
prosperous business for many years. He died in 1837, and his wife, Eunice, in
184S. One of his daughters, Sally Ann (b. 1811), married Jabez Williams Hunt-
ington, son of Gen. Zachariah, in 1833.
Jabez Huntington (b. 1788), graduated at Yale in 1806, and studied law under
the celebrated teachers, Judge Reeves and Gould, in the famous Litchfield Law
School, where he afterwards himself became an instructor. He remained in
Litchfield, practising law for many years, was a Representative in the State Legis-
lature in 1829, and a Member of Congress from 1829 to 1834. After his marriage
in 1833, he resided in Norwich, when not engaged in official duties at Washington.
He was appointed Judge of the Superior Court in 1834, and also of the Supreme
Court of Errors.
On the death of the Hon. Thaddeus Betts, Senator from Connecticut in 1840,
he was appointed to fill his place for the remainder of the term, and at its close
in 1845, was again elected Senator. In 1S47, he died very suddenly, and the fol-
lowing tribute to his memory, appeared in the American Obituary of 1847: "A
statesman of more unbending integrity or more unswerving fidelity to the inter-
ests of the Union, never occupied a seat in the senate of the United States, and
the records of that body, during the last eight years, bear ample testimony to the
untiring industry, energy and distinguished ability, with which he discharged the
responsible duties assigned him by his native state." His widow resided in the
house for a few years after her mother's death, then went to reside with her sister
Eunice, wife of Judge Henry Strong, at whose house she died in 1S61.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
THE Huntington land on the north side of the street is recorded as of four
acres— abutting east on Mr. John Bradford 47 rods, west on the highway
59 rods, II feet, north on the land of Mr. Fitch 17 rods, and south on the street
35 rods, 10 feet. The street line begins at Mediterranean Lane, and extends to
a point about 13 rods, 10 feet, east of the brook. In 1683, John Arnold records
his home-lot as one acre and thirty rods, bounded south and west on the high-
way, and east and north on the land of Simon Huntington. This is that part of
the Huntington land which borders on Mediterranean Lane. It was deeded to
John Arnold with the proviso that " whenever it is to be sold, Simon Huntington,
or his heirs, have the refusall, giving as much as another for it." This John
Arnold was accepted as an inhabitant in 1680, and Miss Caulkins thinks, though
no record has been found to confirm the supposition, that he may have been the
town school-master, as he afterward served in that capacity at Windham.
Before coming to Norwich, he had lived in Newark, N. J., and Killingworth,
Ct. The fact that his eldest son was named Benedict, would imply a connection
with William, the progenitor of the Rhode Island family of Arnolds, who also
had a son named Benedict. He sold his house and land, according to agreement,
to Simon Huntington in 1686,* and shortly after moved to Windham, where his
name is found on the list of inhabitants in 1693. He settled in that part of
Windham which is now known as Mansfield.
In 1699, Simon Huntington, Sr. (yeoman), "for love, good will," &c., deeds
to his son, Samuel, "two acres, 'more or less,' lying on the southwest corner of
* It is possible that after 1686 he may have resided for a time, before moving to Windham,
at West Farms, or Franklin, (as Dr. Woodward says), in the house later owned by Rev. Henry
Willes. (See History of Franklin, Ct., by Dr. Ashbel Woodward.)
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my home-lot, on the northward side of the Town Street with the Dwellins^ house
upon it, abutting 22 rods on the street to the brook, abutting east on my land
16)^ rods, abutting north on my land 13^/2 rods, and west on the highway 263^ rods."
Samuel Huntington (b. 1665), the third son of Simon Huntington, Sr.,
married in 1686, Mary, daughter of John Clark of Farmington, Ct. In 1700, he is
filled with the desire to join the settlers who go to found the town of Lebanon,
so in exchange for a quit-claim deed of the Maj. I'itch lot, on the other side of
the Green, which he had purchased in company with his brother Simon, and which
Miss Caulkins has mistaken for his home-lot, he cedes this land and house to his
brother, and then sells the Fitch property to the town.
He was at that time highly esteemed in Norwich, and had filled the posi-
tions of townsman and constable, though still quite young. In 1709, after his
removal to Lebanon, he was chosen as one of the committee to locate the
Norwich meeting house, and wisely decided in favor of a site on the Plain. But
the inhabitants would not agree to this, and persisted in building on the hill.
Later, however, the}^ erected a third church on the site chosen by this committee.
Samuel was a large landed proprietor, both in Lebanon and Norwich, and held
the office of Lieutenant in the Lebanon train-band. He died in Lebanon in 17 17,
and his wife in 1743.
The home-lot of John Bradford (frontage on the Town Street 19 J 3 rods), is
recorded as four and a half acres, abutting south and east on the highways, north
on Commons, and west on Simon Huntington. This extended from the point 13
rods, 10 feet, east of the brook, to the lane (now street) on the east.
John Bradford was the son of Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth, and his
first wife, Dorothy May. His mother was drowned by falling overboard from
the deck of the Mayflower, in Provincetown harbor, in 1620. He lived for a
while in Duxbury and Marshfield, serving as deputy in both places. He married
Martha, daughter of Thomas Bourne of Marshfield. He was townsman in Nor-
wich in 1671, and died in 1676. By 1679, his widow, Martha, was married to Lt.
Thomas Tracy, and died before 16S3. The house and home-lot passed into the
possession of John's nephew, Thomas Bradford.
Thomas Bradford was the son of Deputy-governor Maj. William Bradford,
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and his wife, Alice, daughter of Thomas Richards of Weymouth. He married
Ann, daughter of Nehemiah Smith. In 1691, he sells to Simon Huntington, Jun.,
his "home lot, with my now dwelling house and pasture in all 8}< acres." The
home-lot abutted south on the Town Street 19 ^ 2 rods, east on the highway and
Commons 60 rods, north on Commons and Mr. Fitch's land 30 rods.
Miss Caulkins says that Thomas Bradford, in connection with his brother-
in-law, Nehemiah Smith, Jun., purchased land on the west side of Nahantick Bay,
called the Soldier-Farm, having been given by the Legislature to five of Capt.
Mason's soldiers, for services in the Pequot war. On the north part of this land
was a farm of 200 acres, where Thomas Bradford settled. His home was not far
from the north-west corner of what was then known as New London, but would
now lie in the town of Salem. He died in 1708. Two of Thomas Bradford's
sisters married in Norwich. Alice became the second wife of Maj. James Fitch,
and Melatiah married John Steele. His brother Joseph also came to Connecticut,
married Ann, daughter of the Rev. James Fitch, and settled in Montville.
After the sale of Samuel Huntington's home-lot in 1700, and the Bradford
lands in 1691, to Simon Huntington, Jun., the only land on this side of the street
remaining in the possession of Simon Huntington, Sr., was that extending from
the brook to the former Bradford lot, with a frontage of 13 rods, 10 feet. This
was inherited at Simon's death in 1706, by his son James.
In 1719-20, Simon Huntington, 2nd, "in consideration of love," &c., deeds
to his son, Joshua, the part of the Bradford lot nearest the lane, abutting 8 rods
on the street, and to be 40 rods in length. No house is mentioned as standing
on the land, but as this is after Joshua's marriage, we believe that either the
house was still there and occupied by Joshua, or that the latter at this time built
the house now standing on the lot, for in 1724 his house is mentioned as situated
on this lane.
At the death of Simon Huntington, 2nd, in 1736, he gives to Joshua the
rest of the Bradford land, and also divides the lot, extending from the brook to
Mediterranean Lane, between Ebenezer and Joshua, giving the part next to
Mediterranean Lane (with i2)4 rods frontage on the Town Street), to Ebenezer,
and the rest to Joshua. James and Peter Huntington have inherited their father's
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land, lying between the brook and the former Bradford property (frontage 13
rods, 10 feet), and in 1737, they sell to Joshua, who thus becomes the owner of
the whole tract on the north side of the street, except Ebenezer's lot (12)^ rods
frontage), next to Mediterranean Lane.
In the will of vSimon Huntington, 2nd, this lot of Ebenezer's is described as
abutting 12)2 rods on the highway, and running up hill to the "personage lot"
("the mulbury tree" standing on the line), and abutting west on the "personage"
land. In 1746, Ebenezer deeds this land to his son Simon. In both these con-
veyances of the land there is no mention of any building, but a deed of neighboring
property, dated 1782, alludes to a house on this lot, and a lady who was born in
1796 remembered perfectly a very old house, which stood here in her youth, and
was then considered " haunted." This may have been the original Arnold house,
occupied first b}' John Arnold, then by Samuel Huntington, and later probably
by various occupants. In 1782, David Rogers was living here. The marriage of
David Rogers and Elizabeth Sawyer is recorded in Norwich, and the birth of
four children, Amos (b. 1763), Wheeler (b. 1766), Betsey (b. 1768), and Desire
(b. 1 771). We believe this family to be of New London origin.
In the division of Simon Huntington's estate in 1801, this land and house
are set out to his daughter, Hannah Lyman, but there is evidently some unrecorded
exchange of property, for it appears soon in the possession of Simon's son, Daniel,
and is left by him to his daughter, Lucy, who marries Cyrus Miner. The Miner
heirs sell in 1861 to the Whaley family, who build the new house now standing
on the lot. A blacksmith's shop also stood back of the old Arnold house. This
was probably occupied for a time by Benjamin Butler. In 1802, it had been
converted into a house (size 12x25 feet), and soon after disappears.
In 1824, land, with a frontage of 1^2 rods, adjoining the Arnold house, is
sold to Lyman Roath, who builds a shop, which he sells in 1827 to Joseph
Huntington. Before 1833, this building was used as a school house, was later
occupied for some years as a law office by Jabez Huntington, the distinguished
Member of Congress and Senator, and not many years ago served as the dwell-
ing house of an old colored woman. The Rev. Theodore Weitzel, during his
pastorate, established here a Lending Library for the boys of Norwich Town.
CHAPTER XLIX.
IN 1738, Joshua Huntington sells to Andre Richard (wig-maker), "51 rods of
land on the Town Street, opposite the house that was my honored father's,"
beginning by the street, and running north 31" W. n rods, abuttmg west on Deacon
Ebenezer Huntington's land, and taking in one-half of the mulberry tree, thence
abutting north on the highway 6 rods " against ye parsonage lands," thence it
runs east 13 rods, 5 feet, abutting on his own land, and thence south 3 rods,
abutting on the street, "reserving to myself" (Joshua evidently was fond of
mulberries), "X part of fruit of sd tree."
Andre Richard builds here a house, which he sells in 1740 to Aaron Fish
of Groton. The "stump" of the mulberry tree is mentioned, showing that this
had been cut down. In 1746-7, the house is sold to Daniel Needham. In 1754,
the latter deeds the land and house "I now dwell in," to his son, Daniel Needham,
Jun., who sells it in 1761 to Benjamin Butler.
Andre Richard was a Frenchman, and probably of a Huguenot family.
His marriage to Hephzibah Grant is recorded in New London in 1726. He appears
in Norwich about 1727, calling himself of "Old France," and buys land and a
house near Bean Hill. He makes frequent purchases of property, and seems to
often change his residence. After his sale of this house in 1740, no further mention
of him has been found, and it is possible that he then left town. The births of
three children are recorded in Norwich, Sarah (b. 1727-8), "Lucie" (b. 1730), and
"Lowes," (Louis, or Louise), (b. 1735). His occupation was that of a wig-maker,
in which trade as a Frenchman, he must certainly have excelled.
As Daniel Needham came from Salem, one would naturally suppose that he
was a descendant of Anthony Needham, who was a citizen of Salem before 1658,
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but it seems to us more probable that he belonged to the Lynn family of Need-
hams, in which the name Daniel frequently appears. To Daniel and Isabella
Needham, six children are born in Salem, and three, after their arrival in Norwich.
The oldest son, Daniel (b. 1729 in Salem), marries in Norwich in 1751, Hannah
Allen, and has three children : Hannah (b. 1752), Hannah, 2nd (b. 1753), and Daniel
(b. 1757). The elder Daniel Needham deeds this house to his son, Daniel, in 1754,
and the latter sells it in 1761 to Benjamin Butler. In 176S, Daniel Needham, Jun.,
buys another house near Bean Hill, which he sells in 1770. Whether he then
leaves town or not, we are unable to say.
Benjamin Butler was a son of Thomas and Abigail (Craft) Butler of Wind-
ham. It is said that two brothers, Daniel and Thomas Butler, came from
Massachusetts to Windham, but as we have been unable to find any descendants
of the Massachusetts Butler families, who would answer to these two, we are
inclined to believe that they are descended from Dea. Richard Butler of Hartford,
Ct., as the names Thomas and Daniel appear frequently in the families of his
descendants.
Benjamin Butler of Norwich (b. 1739), married in 1761, Diadema, daughter
of Rev. Jedediah and Jerusha (Perkins) Hyde of Norwich. His first wife died in
1771, and he married (2) in 1774, Ruth, daughter of Peter and Ruth (Edgerton)
Huntington. Though Chancellor Walworth calls him a physician, we have found
nothing to prove that he practiced medicine, but judge from the items of his
inventory, that his occupation was that of a blacksmith.
In 1776, he advertises in the Norwich Packet to sell blistered, German,
English and Venus steel. He was a very eccentric man, witty and original, was
also a strong Tory, and in 1776, was arrested and imprisoned on a charge of
"defaming the Honorable Continental Congress." This charge was proved at his
trial in New London, and he was prohibited from wearing arms, and declared
incapable of holding office. " This sentence he treated with indifference. He died
of a lingering illness in 1787."*
Miss Caulkins relates, how a few years before his death, while in perfect
health, he selected a sapling, intending to have his coffin made of it when it
*Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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should grow sufficiently large, but tinding that it increased in size too slowly, he
had the coffin constructed of other wood, and kept it for a long time in his chamber.
As he pined away, he w^ould put his hands on his knees, and say, " See how the mal-
lets grow." He prefaced his will, " My immortal part I resign to the Immortal God,
my mortal to mortality." On the headstone of his grave is inscribed, at his own
request, " Alas, poor human nature ! " By his side, in the old grave-yard, lie his
wife, Diadema, and his daughters, Rosamond and Minerva.
Benjamin Butler (b. 1764), the oldest son, was educated (as his advertisement,
which appears in 1787 in a Norwich Packet of 1787, announced), " by the learned
Doctor Philip Turner, in the Sciences of Physick and Surgery." He married in
1 791, Hannah, daughter of Capt. William and Mary (Dolbeare) Avery of Groton.
He practiced for a time, then relinquished his profession ; was a merchant at the
Landing in 1799; later a shipping merchant at New London; then went to New
York, where his business was that of a broker, and finally moved to Oxford, N. Y.
The other son, Thomas (b. 1769), was educated at Yale, but did not graduate. He
studied law; married in 1792, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Denison of Stonington,
at which place he resided for a time ; then went from there to Oxford, N. Y.,
and finally settled, in 181 7, on a farm at Plainfield, Ct. Jerusha, the oldest
daughter (b. 1762), married Gideon Denison. The widow, Ruth, whom Benjamin
mentions in his will as "an infirm person," died in 1797. In 1793, Gardner Car-
penter buys the Butler house, and either tears it down or moves it away, and
builds the present brick house, which, after his death, was sold in 181 6 to Joseph
Huntington, and in 1841, was again sold to Rev. Hiram P. Arms. When first
built by Gardner Carpenter, the roof was more the shape of that of the house in
which he formerly lived, on the opposite side of the Green (now occupied by
Miss Grace McClellan), but Joseph Huntington, during his occupancy, added the
upper wooden story. Gardner Carpenter also buys additional land on the west of
Simon Huntington, and Joseph Huntington purchases still more, bringing the lot
up to its present limits. The house is now owned by the Rev. William Clarke,
son-in-law of the late Dr. Arms.
Joseph Huntington (b. 1792), was the son of Joseph and Eunice (Carew)
Huntington. He married in 1816, Julia Stewart Dodge (b. 1799), daughter of
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David Dow and Sarah (Cleveland) Dodge of New York City. He was for some
years associated with his father in business in Norwich, but removed to New York
in 1834, where he was very active in religious matters, and was a deacon of the
Tenth Presbyterian Church. He died in New York in 1852, and his wife in 1859.
CHAPTER L.
IN the distribution of Capt. Joshua Huntington's property, the land between
Gen. Jabez Huntington's home-lot on the east and the house lot of Daniel
Needham, is set out to his children, Zachariah, and Lydia, wife of Capt. Ephraim
Bill. Zachariah receives the west part, and in 1753, he sells to his brother, Jabez,
the land next to the Needham lot (frontage 43 feet). Here Jabez builds a dis-
tillery and a cooper's shop, which were inherited in 1786 by his son, Andrew.
In 181 1, the distillery has disappeared, but the old cooper's shop remains, and
is sold with the land to Joseph Huntington.
In 1760, Zachariah Huntington sells to William Bradford Whiting the land
between the distillery lot and the brook (frontage 4 rods), and the latter builds
the house now owned and occupied by Mrs. William Fitch. He also builds near
the street a shoe-maker's shop. In 1771, William Bradford Whiting (then of
Canaan, N. Y.), sells the land and buildings to his brother-in-law, Azariah
Lathrop. In 1797, the latter sells the property to Zenas Whiting (frontage 3 rods,
22 links). In 1800, Zenas sells to Asa Spalding. In 1812, the property passes
into the possession of Dr. Rufus Spalding, whose family occupy the house until
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after the doctor's death. In 1S37, it is sold to Henry Lord; in 1S4S, to Dr.
Jonathan Brooks ; in 1853, to Edward Worthington ; and in 1S57, to the late William
Fitch, whose widow still retains possession.
William Bradford Whiting (b. 1731), the first occupant of the house, was
the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Bradford) Whiting of Montville, Ct., and a
brother of Capt. Charles and Maj. Ebenezer Whiting of Norwich. He married
(i) in 1754, Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Huntington) Carew, who
died in 1756. He married (2) in 1757, Amy, daughter of Nathaniel and Ann
(Backus) Lathrop, who died in 1815. From the mention of the shoe-maker's shop,
we may conclude that William Bradford Whiting was one of the many who were
engaged in the shoe trade, which was then so profitable with the West Indies.
We have found no mention of the shop after 1765, so it may have disappeared
shortly after that date. Before 1771, William Bradford Whiting had left Norwich
for Canaan, N. Y., and in that State he served as Colonel in the Revolutionary
war, was a member of the State Senate for twenty years, and a Judge of the
County Court for a long period. At this time it required great courage to start
for the imknown and then frontier region of central New York, but the following
anecdote, related by a descendant, will show that Col. Whiting had a wife well-
fitted to be a help-mate to him in this pioneer enterprise : " One day when Col.
Whiting was obliged to leave home and all of the men were absent, Mrs. Whiting
decided to make soft soap, and was in the midst of operations when one of the
girls called out that Indians were skulking around the edge of the clearing. (I
do not know whether the 'girls' were daughters or servants. The Whitings had
servants from Dumbleton, who came with Col. Whiting, to old Chloe, a slave,
who lived in my grandfather's family as cook). A watch was set at the windows,
the wooden shutters closed. Soon an Indian was seen trying to fire the house at
one corner. A quantity of ammunition was stored in the house, and it was
doubly in danger from fire. Mrs. Whiting seized the pot from the fire, ran up-
stairs and ladled a dipperful of boiling hot soap on the Indian's back as he knelt
under the window. It is easy to fancy the yells as the lye burned in. Other
Indians tried other parts of the house, but everywhere the hot soap was shot at
them. Part of the kitchen furniture was used to keep up the fire. At all events,
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the house was kept till sundown and the return of Col. Whiting and his men." *
We may well believe this to be true of the handsome and determined old
lady, whose portrait is on the opposite page, with her keen brown eyes, hair all
tucked away under a white cap, gold beads around her neck ; the soft white
kerchief folded over the black silk dress, and the general air of spirit and sense
pervading her face and attitude. The same descendant also writes of this por-
trait, which hung in her grandfather's house at Milford, Ct. : " The eyes of the
portrait had the old-fashioned faculty of following one, (especially if naughty),
about a room, and always, until a woman grown, it was my belief that they shed
tears. When a quarter of a century later, I asserted that they did so, it was
explained to me that during a certain ' line-storm,' a leak had been sprung in
the ceiling of our dining-room, and the drops had fallen upon the old lady's face.
It may be true, but I prefer to think she cried." f
Another treasured possession in this grandfather's house was the red cam-
let cloak worn by Amy (Lathrop) Whiting in her early frontier life. This had a
hood, and a string with a bullet attached, to hold in the mouth and keep the
hood in place, when riding on horseback, over the rough and untried roads.
The house of Col. Whiting had probably various tenants after his departure,
until it was sold to Zenas Whiting.
Zenas Whiting (or Whiton, as the name was originally written), was a native
of Hingham, Mass., where he was born in 1754. He was the son of Daniel and
Jael (Damon) Whiton (or Whiting). He married (i) in 1778, Sarah Loring, and
(2) in 1779, Leah Loring, and (3) Phoebe, widow of Ebenezer Raymond. " He
served on the armed brig Hazard in 1776 and 1777. He was by occupation a
carpenter, and had the reputation of being a man of genius, and of superior
executive ability. He moved to Connecticut." J
We do not know the date of his arrival in Norwich, but he was living here
in 1794, when he advertises for workmen to assist him in building a bridge over
the Piscataqua at Portsmouth. From April 20th to Nov. 20th he was engaged
on this work, which is thus described in the Norwich Packet of Jan. 8, 1795 : —
* f Letter from Mrs. Clarence Deming of New Haven, Ct.
X History of Hingham, Mass.
Amy ( La Lhr op) Whiting-
1735-1815.
Wife Of Col Wiuliam Bradford Wmitins
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" The large and most elegant Bridge in North America, was built last summer over Pis-
cataqua River in the State of New Hampshire. The length of said Bridge is 2,000 ft., without
its Butments. One arch, 75 ft. in length, one, ditto, 248 ft., at their basis. This large piece of work
was directed by Col. Thomas Thomson and John Pierce, Esq., and superintended by Mr. Zenas
Whiting of Norwich, Connecticut, as Master Workman, much to his honor and credit, for it is
viewed as one of the greatest pieces of Mechanical genius done in America ; — one hundred
Piers, from 20 to 25 ft. in length, from 10 to 28 tons of timber in a Pier."
The Norwich Packet of March 17, 1796, tells us, that "a Model of an Arch
Bridge on an entire new construction, has been completed by the celebrated
Architect Capt. Zenas Whiting of this City, and was sent off on vSaturday last for
Newport, to be embarked in a ship bound to Petersburg in Russia. Thus we see
the great Tyrant of the North condescending to become dependent for mechani-
cal invention, on the genius of this new hemisphere. The bridge which the
Empress has it in contemplation to build, is to be erected over the river Neva,
which divides the City of Petersburg, and is to be a single arch of eight hundred
feet in length ! " In 1802, Zenas Whiting was employed by Rowland & Baxter,
in connection with Timothy Lester, to build the machinery for their cordage and
hemp-spinning mill. It is possible that he may have left Norwich shortly after,
as we have found no further trace of him.
Dr. Rufus Spalding was a brother of Asa and Luther Spalding. He was
born in Brooklyn, Ct., and married in 1782, Lydia, daughter of David Paine. He
studied medicine with Dr. Elisha Perkins of Plainfield, Ct. ; practiced first in
Mansfield, Ct., and then at Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard. During his stay at
the latter place, he filled the offices of doctor, innkeeper, postmaster, justice of the
peace, school-director, and village librarian. In 181 2 he removed to Norwich,
and died here in 1830,
CHAPTER LI.
IN 1761, after the death of Zachariah, Capt. Ephraim and Lydia Bill deed to
Jabez all the land formerly belonging to Zachariah, lying between the Whiting
house and a lot which they had sold to John Hughes in 1754. In 1765, Jabez sells
to Joseph Carew land near William Bradford Whiting's shoe-maker's shop, 16^-2
feet in breadth, and 22^3 feet in depth, and lying one rod north from the high-
way, with liberty of passing over Jabez' land to the highway. It is said that
Joseph Carew was formerly a carpenter, but, if this is true, it is certain that he
soon relinquished that occupation, and became a merchant, and probably in this
store sold the variety of goods which he advertises : tools, glass, paint, rum, sugar,
&c., &c. He remained here until 1793, when he entered into partnership with
his son-in-law, Joseph Huntington, in the shop on the Green. In 1794, after the
death of Gen. Jabez Huntington, his son, Zachariah, 2nd, sells to Joseph Carew
the land in front of the shop, bounded 16 J 2 feet on the street. On this land
now stands a building, owned by Mrs. William Fitch, used formerly as a school-
house, and now occasionally as a branch chapel of the Episcopal Church.
In 1794, land with a frontage of 243.4 feet, next to the Carew lot, is sold
by Zachariah Huntington, 2nd, to Asa Lathrop, who is then living in the former
Joseph Trumbull house on the opposite side of the street. Here stands, or is
later built, his shoe- maker shop, which is sold to John Townsend in 181 4. In 1836,
this has either been converted into a house, or a new house has been built, which
is then sold to Joseph Kinon. This is possibly the one now standing, occupied
by the Gorman family.
Some time before 17 86, a house must have been built on the adjoining
land (frontage 4 rods, 79 links), which, at this date was occupied by the Gildon
family, and set out in the distribution of Gen. Jabez Huntington's estate to his
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son, Zachariah. In i8co, Zachariah sells it to David Nevins. At that time it is
tenanted by Richard Doyle. In 1793, Charles Gildon advertises as a leather-
dresser, and leather breeches or glove maker, "opposite Capt. Joseph Carew's."
His mother, Isabella Gildon, taught a small " dames " school for several years.
She was the wife of Richard Gildon, and her son, Charles, was born in 1773.
In 1755, Jacob Perkins, Jun., buys of Zachariah Huntington, ist, 20 rods of
land (frontage 58 feet), on which he builds a shop and barn, which he sells in
1 781. In 1782, the property is sold to Mrs, Martha Greene of Boston, and from
her passed to her son, Capt. Russell Hubbard, and later to David Nevins, Capt.
Hubbard's son-in-law.
In 1777, Capt. Jacob Perkins has vacated his shop, and an anonymous adver-
tisement appears in the Packet, asking for " green sheep and Lamb Skins to be
delivered at the hatter's shop formerly occupied by Capt. Jacob Perkins," and
again for " Otter, Mink, Sables, Musquash, Red, Gray and Mungrel Fox Skins,"
&c., for the same unknown person. In 1784, Thomas Hubbard carries on a stocking
manufactory in this shop of "Russell Hubbard & Son." In 17S7, he moves to
Leffingwell Row and is associated in business with Christopher Leffingwell.
In 1787, David Nevins moves his hat-factory to a shop "near Gov. Hunt-
ington's," and probably this is the shop. Thomas Hubbard also brings his stocking
business here again for a while in 1791, then moves to his new quarters " west of
the Meeting-house." David Nevins either continues to occupy this shop as his
hat-factory, or, possibly in 1800, moves into the Gildon house. In 1823, a building
was still standing here, called the Nevins hat-factory, but before 184S it had been
moved away, and now forms part of a house standing opposite the former resi-
dence of the late Alba Smith. In 1S48, this land is sold to Russell Lewis, who still
lives here in the "Abbot " house, which he moved from the opposite side of the street.
In 1797, Samuel Gaine, a hair-dresser from New York, informs the public
that he has taken "the new shop, a few rods west from Capt. David Nevins hat-
factory." He offers hard and soft pomatum for sale. We are unable to say which
shop this may be, unless a new one has been built to take the place of Joseph
Carew's old shop, or perhaps the Gildons have moved away, and their house may
have been converted into a shop.
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In 1746, John Hughes buys of Jabez Huntington, 22 rods of land (frontage
4 rods), and in 1754, of Ephraim and Lydia Bill, 30 rods of land (frontage 5}^
rods). Of this land, John Hughes sells i6)4 rods (frontage 3 rods), to Simeon
Huntington in 1774, and here are built a store, a blacksmith shop, coal-house and
cooper's shop. We have been unable to learn when the store was built, and who
were its occupants. It is possible that this, or the Gildon house, may be the
shop " next door to the Nevins hat factory " to which Simon Carew transfers his
stock of books in 1796.
Simon Carew (b. 1776), was the son of Ebenezer and Eunice (Huntington)
Carew. His earliest advertisement appears in 1793. In 1795, he has moved from
his first stand to the building on the corner of the burying-ground lane. In the
early part of 1796, he moves to this shop near the hat-factory, and in December
of this same year, to the Landing.
The cooper's shop stood in the rear of the blacksmith's shop, and was sold
by Simeon Huntington to Jeremiah Leach in 1791. Simeon Huntington occupied
the blacksmith's shop.
Jeremiah Leach (b. i7-)9), son of Thomas and Sarah (Reynolds) Leach,
married Eunice Hughes, daughter of Capt. John Hughes, and had two children,
Jeremiah and Eunice, the latter marrying Jedidiah Stor3^ A Jeremiah Leach
married in 1799, Betsey "Gelding" (probably "Gildon") of Mansfield, and had a
son, Charles (b. 1800). This might indicate a connection with the family of
Richard and Isabella Gildon. We are unable to say whether this last Jeremiah
is the father or son, or which of them occupied the cooper's shop, which in 179S
came again into the possession of Simeon Huntington, and was sold with the
rest of his property in 1819 to John Tovvnsend. We are unable to say when these
buildings disappeared.
Probably about 1746, or soon after, John Hughes builds on the land purchased
of the Huntington heirs, a house, which he deeds in 1802 to the family of his
daughter and son-in-law, Nathaniel Townsend. We know nothing of John Hughes
previous to his arrival in Norwich. In 1748, he married Zipporah Hartshorn
(b. 1725), daughter of David and Abigail (Hebard) Hartshorn, and had four
children. His only son, John, died in 1775. His daughter Eunice was married to
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Jeremiah Leach, and Hannah, to Nathaniel Townsend. His wife Zipporali, died
in 1799, and Capt. Hughes in 1803, aged 84. It is recorded on his gravestone,
that he was " industrious and useful in life, until debilitated by age and infirmity."
Nathaniel Townsend (b. 1747), was the son of Jeremiah Townsend, first of
Boston, later of New Haven, and his wife, Rebecca (Parkman) Coit, widow of Capt.
Coit of Boston. He began life as a barber, combining with this a small mercantile
business which gradually became more extensive— his stock of goods later including
all the necessaries of life, and some of the luxuries. He also at one time carried
on a bakery on the Green. He died in 1818. His wife died in 1788.
The Townsend family occupied the Hughes house for many years. In
186 r, the house was burnt to the ground. The last of the family, Miss Rebecca
Townsend, died not very many years ago. Two modern houses now occupy the lot.
In 1746, Jabez Huntington sells 1734 rods of land (frontage 3X rods) to
Nathaniel Shipman, who sells to Jabez Perkins in 1758. On this lot Jabez builds a
house, and buys additional land (21 feet frontage), of John Hughes.
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Perkins of Newent. In 1751, he married Anna, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer
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Lathrop. After her death in 1785, he married in 1786, the widow, Lydia Avery,
of Groton, Ct. He died in 1795. In 1749, he had purchased land and a black-
smith's shop, in front of the house now occupied by Gardiner Greene, which he
sells in 1761. Miss Caulkins says that he occupied at one time a house on the
street leading by "vSentry" Hill. This was probably previous to his purchase of
this land. At this date, 1758 he and his cousin Simeon were about to start
in business in the shop across the street, which they relinquished about 1762. In
1765, Jabez buys a lot at the Landing, and builds a house, to which he soon
removes, and his former house is sold in 1769. It is occupied for many years by
Capt. Joseph Gale, whose son, Azor, buys it in 1798, and sells it in 1803 to Luther
Spalding. In 1832, while tenanted by Diah Bailey, it is sold to Henry Armstrong.
It is now occupied by Mrs. Jabez Wattles.
Joseph Gale (b. 1736), was a descendant of Edmund Gale of Cambridge,
Mass., and a son of Joseph and Mary (Alden) Gale of Marblehead, Mass. His
grandfather, Capt. Azor Gale, was captain of a vessel, and afterward a merchant
at Marblehead. Joseph came to Norwich, and married in 1765, Sarah Huntington,
whose parentage we have been unable to trace. She died in 1787, and he married
(2) in 1795, Sarah (Leach) McDonald, widow of Alexander McDonald.
Joseph Gale is said to have been a tin-plate worker. He was a captain in
the Sixth Regiment (Col. Parsons), of Gen. Putnam's brigade, at the siege of Boston
in 1775. He was afterward a sealer of measures and a custom house officer.
Capt, Glover used to say of him that he was the only honest official he ever
knew, as he was the only one he couldn't bribe. * He had eight children. One
of his daughters married Augustus, son of Azariah Lathrop. His eldest son, Azor,
married Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer and Temperance (Edgerton) Lord, and
granddaughter of the Rev. Benjamin Lord. Capt. Joseph Gale died in 1799.
Next to the Gale house stood the " long shop " of Gen. Jabez Huntington
(probably the former shop of his father, Joshua), a long, low, one story and a
half building, painted red, with the roof sloping to the street. Here for many
years he carried on an extensive business, having also a warehouse at the Port or
Landing. At the time of the Revolution, he was said to have owned twenty or
*Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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more vessels engag-ed in foreign trade, but many of these were lost, and his health
and mind were so seriously affected by those anxious years, that he was never
again able to resume business, or entirely retrieve his losses. At his death in 1786,
his sons, Andrew and Zachariah, inherited the shop. Zachariah, however, built for
himself on the adjoining land another shop, long and narrow, with the gable end
to the street, and Andrew established himself in his father's "long" shop. Both
were prosperous and successful merchants, and, in addition to their mercantile
trade, carried on many manufacturing enterprises.
In 1824, the heirs of Andrew Huntington sell their father's former store
to Ichabod Ward, who sells to Henry Armstrong in 1828. At this latter date, no
shop is mentioned in the deed, and it may possibly have been moved away.
Before 1832 the house, now standing on the lot, was moved here from Bean Hill,
and was then occupied by Henry Armstrong. We are unable to say when the
Zachariah Huntington shop disappeared.
CHAPTER LII.
As we now turn down the road leading to Dr. Gulliver's we come to the house,
which has always been regarded as the oldest of the Huntington homesteads.
We have found from the records, that this was the Bradford home-lot, which, with
the Bradford house, were sold to Simon Huntington, Jun., in 1691 ; that the land
next the lane was granted to Joshua by his father, Simon, in 1719; and that
Joshua's house was standing on the lane in 1725, and the rest of the Bradford
land came into Joshua's possession at the death of his father in 1736.
In 1745, Joshua gives to his son, Jabez, this house with barn and shop, and
23 acres of land, adjoining the town street, opposite the house of Simon Tracy ;
" beginning at the southeast corner, east from the shop, and bounded south on
the street 16 rods, then north 15'' E. 29 rods, to an apple tree marked ZlZ ; thence
runs west 15° N. 263^ rods to parsonage lands, then bounded west on parsonage
87 rods, to stones on the west side of the small brook, at the north-east corner of
sd parsonage, thence runs east about 35" S. 40^ W. 22 rods to a heap of stones
on a ledge of rocks, thence runs south 18" W. 30 rods to a tree by a stone wall.
Gen.Jaiez rlunt-inacor, .
1719-1786.
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thence bounded north on the stone wall 2 rods, then bounded east 22 rods, then
bounded east and south on the highway to the woods 35)4 rods." It is possible
that Joshua, who had purchased in 1738, another house for himself, gave this one
to Jabez at the time of the latter's marriage in 1742, though it was not conveyed
by deed until 1745.
There is a tradition in the family that at the time this house was built,
an old building, supposed to have been the family homestead, was moved from
its site near by, and added to the new structure. We are unable to say whether
the present house was built in 17 19, when the land was first given to Joshua, or
after 1740 by Jabez. In the latter case, the addition must have been the former
house of Joshua ; in the former, the old Bradford homestead, which seems to us
more probable, as this addition, the western end of the house, is evidently very
ancient. Here, the old wooden shutters with small heart-shaped openings are still
retained. The house, large and square, with projecting upper story, stands with
its side to the street, and the long expanse of lawn extends up to the main
street, where the shop of Jabez formerly stood. This is one of the houses in
which, it is said, Lafayette was entertained during some of his visits to Norwich.
Gen. Jabez Huntington (b. 17 19), was the son of Capt. Joshua and Hannah
(Perkins) Huntington. He married (i) in 1 741-2, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus, who was born in 1721 and died in 1745. He then
married (2) in 1746, Hannah, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Williams of Pomfret,
Ct. After his graduation at Yale College in 1741, he entered into commercial
life at Norwich, and on his father's death in 1745, assumed entire control of the
latter's business, as his brother, Zachariah, was then only fourteen 3'ears of age.
He added largely to the ample fortune left him by his father, and at the beginning
of the Revolution owned a large number of vessels engaged in foreign trade.
Pres. Daniel C. Oilman of Johns Hopkins University, in his historical
discourse delivered at the Norwich bi-centennial celebration, says that Gen. Hunt-
ington was chosen in 1750 "to represent this town in the General Assembly,
and for several years afterward he was either a member of the Lower House,
over which he often presided, or was one of the Assistants. While attending the
semi-annual meetings of the legislature, he would write home to his son, Joshua
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Huntington, particular directions in respect to the farm and store, always closing
his letters with a devout petition for the blessing of divine providence on all his
family. When Governor Fitch, in 1765, presented to his council the stamp act,
and proposed that they should administer to him the oath, which would require
the execution of that obnoxious measure, Jabez Huntington, with his cousin
Hezekiah, the other member from Norwich, voted, with a majority of the council,
to do no such thing, and (when four of the councilors proceeded to administer
the oath), indignantly left the chamber. In 1774, he was chosen moderator of the
meeting in which Norwich declared itself in favor of liberty."
Though he could not but foresee that a war would greatly endanger his
shipping, and perhaps lead to the utter ruin of his fortunes, not for a moment
would Gen. Huntington allow his interests to interfere with his patriotism. He
was one of the most active members of the Committee of Safety, and in 1776, he
and Gen. Wooster were appointed the two Major Generals of the Connecticut
militia. On the death of Gen. Wooster in 1777, Gen. Huntington was made sole
Major General of the State. During the war, he was in constant correspondence
with Washington, Lafa5'ette, Hancock, Sherman, Trumbull, and many leading
patriots of the time. Of his fortune he gave largely to the cause, and when
ammunition was scarce, it is said that he at onetime "permitted even the leaden
weights, by which his windows hung, to be cast into bullets."
Though a strong athletic man, the great strain of these trying times upon
his health and strength, led to a failure of both mental and physical powers.
He retired from active service in 1779, and the last seven years of his life were
passed in great mental and bodily suffering till his death in 1786. In his funeral
sermon, it is said that he "devoted his all to the public good," and "sacrificed
his ease, his health, and eventually his life, to serve and save his country."
Pres. Daniel C. Gilman describes the assembling of the Huntington family
one morning in 1774, when the father told the children of his and their mother's
decision to risk their fortune and comfort for the cause of freedom, and asked
the sons, even the little ten year old Zachariah, if they would not also stand
by their country in its hour of need, and one and all assented heartily, and as
the Huntington Family Memoir says, "Their names were all identified with the
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protracted struggle which resulted in the independence of the United States, and so
well did they perform their part, assigned them in that memorable achievement,
that the faithful historian of those days has been obliged to leave this testimony
to their success : ' If the annals of the revolution record the names of any family
which contributed more to that great struggle, I have yet to learn it.'"*
Gen. Jabez's first wife, Elizabeth Backus (b. 1720-1), was the daughter of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus. She had two sons, Jedediah and Andrew,
and died at the early age of twenty-four. Her father, Samuel Backus, son
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Huntington) Backus, was a prominent and wealthy
citizen. Her mother, daughter of John and Elizabeth (LefiRngwell) Tracy, was
an ardent Separatist. Refusing to pay the minister's rate in 1752, she was
seized one night and committed to jail for 13 days. The rate was then paid
by her son-in-law, Jabez Huntington. Her grandson, Jedediah, used, at a later
date, to pay her rate annually, that she might remain unmolested. The second wife,
Hannah Williams (b. 1726), was the daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Williams of Pom-
fret, Ct., and his wife, Penelope Chester, daughter of John and Hannah (Talcott)
Chester of Wethersfield, Ct. She lived to the age of So, dying in 1807. Mrs.
Sigourney writes : " It was beautiful to see how v.^armly she was welcomed, and
what marked and sweet respect was paid her by all her descendants. Her person
seemed the centre and crown of their enjoyments. Tenderly cared for, and hon-
ored, she dwelt under the roof of her youngest son. Gen. Zachariah Huntington, until
her death, which I think was sudden, and from the effects of a severe influenza."
One of the daughters of Gen. Jabez Huntington, Elizabeth (b. 1757), "richly
gifted," as Mrs. Sigourney writes, "both in person and mind," married in 1773
her cousin, Col. John Chester of Wethersfield, son of John and Sarah (Noyes)
Chester. The Norwich Packet of that date chronicles the marriage of " the
amiable Miss Elizabeth Huntington." Her husband, Col. John Chester, was a
colonel in the army of the Revolution, and, as we read in the Huntington Family
Memoir, " was much in public life, and always in highest esteem both for signal
public service, and for his great personal worth." He especially distinguished
himself at the battle of Bunker Hill.
* Pres. Daniel C. Gilman's Historical Discourse in " The Norwich Jubilee.
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Gen. Zachariah Huntington (b. 1764), the youngest son of Gen. Jabez and
Hannah (Williams) Huntington, married in 1786, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and
Catherine (Havens) Mumford of Groton, Ct. Mrs. Sigourney describes him as "a
model of manly symmetry and beauty. He was tall, with noble features, a pure
complexion, and a fresh color upon cheek and lip." To her childish fancy he
seemed, she says, " like one of the chieftains of the old Douglas blood, who
ruled the Scottish Kings." *
Gen. Huntington, who "superintended a mercantile establishment, as well as
the culture of his extensive grounds, took great delight in music. He possessed
a scientific knowledge of it, with a voice of great power and melody. A desire
to improve this important department of divine worship, induced him at one time,
to become the leader of our choir in church. This voluntary service was appre-
ciated by the people, and the labor connected with it, felt to be, on his part, both
a condescension and a religious offering. When he gave out the name of the
tune, which was then always done in a distinct enunciation, and we rose in our
seats in the gallery, every eye turning to him for guidance, he seemed, with his
commanding presence and dignified form, to our young minds a superior being."
" One of his requisitions was imperative, that the female portion of the choir
should sing without their bonnets. That article of apparel being then the antipodes
of the present fashion, and formidable both for size and protrusion, he affirmed
not only intercepted the sound, but precluded striking the key-tone with accuracy.
None of us would gainsay his wishes, and the simplicity of the times counted it
no indecorous exposure." f
With his brother Ebenezer, Zachariah served in the war of 1812, attaining
the rank of Brigadier-general. He died in 1850. His eldest son, Thomas Mumford
Huntington, inherited the house, and married in 1819, Mary Bowers Campbell.
He died in 1851, and the house is now the property of his daughter, Mary, widow
of the late Dr. Timothy Childs, who resides in Florence, Italy. The second son,
Jabez Williams Huntington was at one time a distinguished United States Senator.
The only daughter, Elizabeth Mary (b. 1793), married John Griswold, a prominent
merchant of New York, and died early in her married life. Mrs. Sigourney describes
* f Mrs. Sigourney's " Letters of Life."
Col. John Chester
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her as " beautiful," " full of life and spirit," and ardently loved by her family and
friends. She pays to her this tribute in a poem : —
" With silent course,
Unostentatious as the heaven-shed dew.
Thy bounties fell ; nor didst thou scatter gifts.
Or utter prayers with pharisaic zeal.
For man to note. Thy praise was with thy God.
In the domestic sphere, where Nature rears
Woman's meek throne, thy worth was eminent ;
Nor breathed thy goodness o'er cold stoic hearts.
What gentleness was thine— what kind regard,
To him thou lov'dst — what dove-like tenderness
In voice and deed ! Almost Disease might bear
Its lot without complaining, wert thou near,
A ministering angel."
CHAPTER LIII.
IN 173S, Joshua Huntington sells to Peter Morgan 26 rods of land "on ye south-
east corner of my pasture, northeast from my dwelling house," the boundary
line running north 6 rods, then west 4 rods, then south 6 rods to the highway,
and on this Peter builds a house. In 1743, he buys of Joshua Huntington additional
land (now the site of the Gulliver house), beginning at the south-east corner of
his own land, then running north-east 6 rods, then north 2 rods, bounded on the
highway, then west 5>4 rods, bounded on Huntington land to the north-east corner
of his first purchase, then running south 6 rods, bounded on his own land, to the
first bound at the highway.
Peter Morgan (b. 17 12), was the son of John and Ann (Dart) Morgan of
New London, and grandson of Richard Rose Morgan, one of the first settlers of
Waterford. He married in 1738 Elizabeth Whitmore of Middletown and had six
children. He sold this land and the old house to Jabez Huntington in 1770, and
moved to the Great Plain, where we believe he kept an inn, and died in 1786.
Gen. Jabez gave the old Morgan house and land to his daughter, Mary,
who was married in 1778 to Rev. Joseph Strong, and the young couple built a
new house near the old one, which latter was still standing in 17S6. Mrs. Strong
Rev. Josepti Strong.
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received from her father a large amount of additional land, both in 1784 and
at his death in 17S6, and Dr. Strong also bought adjcnning land, so that their
domain covered many acres, but the house site was on the Morgan land. We do
not know when the Morgan house disappeared. After the death of Rev. Joseph
vStrong, the homestead was inherited by his son, Henry Strong, and is now in the
possession of the latter's daughter, Mary, wife of the late Dr. Daniel Gulliver.
Mrs. Gulliver furnishes the following short sketch of the lives of her grandfather
and father : —
"Joseph Strong, son of Rev. Nathan Strong of Coventry, Conn., and Esther
Meacham, was born Sept. 21, 1753. He graduated at Yale College in 1772, at the
age of 19. Having prepared for college when quite young, he returned to college
after graduation, by his father's advice, and reviewed many of his studies, and
afterward prepared for the ministry. He was called to the First Church in
Norwich, as colleague of Rev. Dr. Lord, and ' the consideration of having so able
and wise a friend was an influential motive to his engaging in this wide field of
labor.' His ordination sermon was preached by his brother, Rev. Nathan Strong
of Hartford, March, 1778, and the charge was given by his father.
This was his only settlement. He remained pastor of this church till his
death, Dec. 18, 1834, having a colleague for nearly six years. The last church
service he attended was in January, 1833, w^hen he took part in the administration
of the Lord's Supper.
His preaching was simple, earnest and solemn. He was peculiarly gifted in
prayer, and always successful in selecting thoughts appropriate to the circum-
stances. Like many other good men at that time, he was not at first in favor
of Sunday schools, but he lived to remember earnestly in his prayers the organ-
ization that ' cared for children.'
In his Half-Century sermon, while lamenting that the fruits of his labors
had not been more abundant, he says : ' I do not recollect a single year of my
ministry without some hopeful instances of awakening and conversion.'
He was a member of the corporation of Yale College for 18 years and faith-
fully performed the duties connected with this position. In 1807, he received the de-
gree of D. D., from the college of New Jersey. Several of his sermons were printed.
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Dr. Strong was tall and well-proportioned. His health was uniformly good,
so that he was rarely absent from his pulpit by reason of sickness. Reserved
and unostentatious, he was always ready to do everything in his power for the
comfort and welfare of others.
He married Oct. i8, 1780, Mary, daughter of Jabez and Hannah (Williams)
Huntington, who was born March 24, 1760. She was a woman of rare excellence
of character. Possessing a cultivated mind, ready sympathy, and abounding
charity, she was an acceptable substitute for her husband, in his absence, to those
who sought counsel or aid from him. She died May 14, 1840.
Their children were: Joseph Huntington Strong (b. Nov. 27, 17S0), Mary
Huntington (b. Feb. 5, 1786), who married Aaron P. Cleveland in 1820, and died
in 1843, and Henry, who died Nov 12, 1852.
Henry Strong was born Aug. 23, 1788. His preparation for college was
made in his native town, and he was admitted to Yale at the age of 14. During
the first two years of college life, he studied a part of the time at home, passing
the regular examinations. He graduated in 1806. After graduation he taught a
small school of young ladies in Norwich Town, and in after years he liked to
recall his pupils individually, considering what a choice circle they formed.
During this time, he commenced studying law with James Stedman, Esq. In
1808, he was called to take the position of tutor at Yale College, which he filled
for two years, continuing his legal studies under Judge Chauncey. He was admitted
to the bar in New Haven County in 18 10, but commenced practice in his native
town. Here, for more than forty years, he devoted his energies to his chosen
profession.
His perception was acute, so that he quickly saw the rights of a case, and
when he perceived that his client was in the wrong he would advise him to
settle the matter with his opponent, rather than go to law about it. His questions
were so searching that he was often asked, " Has the other side been to see
you, Squire ?"
After his death, a gentleman in a neighboring town, who had great respect
for Mr. Strong, said to his wife, " It was not so much your husband's legal
abilities that we valued, though we esteemed them highly as they deserved, but
Mary lliurir.rrsi on i Scrong.
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his unbending integrity." This characteristic commenced in early life, for his
mother used to say that she could not recall an instance when he disobeyed or
deceived her.
In a sermon, preached the vSabbath after his death, his pastor says : " Mr.
Strong was a man free from all taint of personal ambition. He sought not the
honor which cometh from men. He was solicited to allow himself to be put in
nomination for some of the highest ofifices in the gift of the State, but except
that in two or three instances he reluctantly accepted a seat in the State Legis-
lature, he uniforml}' and resolutely declined all such overtures. He was invited
to accept a chair of instruction, as professor of law, in his own Alma Mater. He
refused to listen to the invitation. In the year 1848, however, the Corporation,
without asking his leave, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws, an honor which was richly deserved." Mr. Strong died Nov. 12, 1852. He
married July 7, 1825, Eunice Edgerton Huntington, daughter of Joseph and Eunice
(Carew) Huntington, who was born Sept. 13, 1797, and died June 19, 1865."
Miss Caulkins describes the Rev. Joseph Strong as "above the middle size
and stature," with a calm dignity of address which impressed every one with
respect. This dignity, however, was blended with great kindness and courtesy,
and his manners, far from inspiring awe, were gentle and attractive. In his latter
years, especially, it was delightful to listen to his conversation, flowing as it did in
an easy graceful stream, enlivened with anecdotes, and enriched with sketches of
character, curious incidents, and all the varied stores collected by an observant
mind through long years of experience."*
" In the pulpit he was remarkable for the fluency and impressive solemnity
of his praj'ers. The deep tones of his voice, combined with the devout humility
of his address, and the free flow of adoration and praise with which he approached
the Father of spirits, would hush an audience into deep attention, and waft them,
as it were, into the immediate presence of the Most High."
Of Mary Huntington, wife of the Rev. Joseph Strong, Mrs. Sigourney
writes : " A mistress was she of the minutiae of that domestic science, which
promotes household comfort and happiness. Proverbially plain was she in dress
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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and manner, condescending to the lowliest, and of so easy and cheerful a tempera-
ment, that her words were always mingled with smiles. In those days, a minister
and his consort were expected to be patterns in all things to all people, and the
closest critic perceived in her only those quiet unambitious virtues that pertain
to woman's true sphere, and a cloudless piety. Her husband had erected a hand-
some parsonage within the precincts of Huntington Square ; and they and their
children formed an integral part of those weekly social gatherings which kept
bright the chain of affection and the fountain of kindred sympathy. To be
occasionally comprehended in those circles, and partake their ' feast of reason and
flow of soul,' which comprised always a most liberal admixture of creature-
comforts, was accounted a rare privilege." *
Jabez Huntington sells to Robert Lancaster in 1748, 30 rods of land (front-
age 5 rods, 2 feet), north of the Morgan land. Here Robert built a house,
which, owing to the slope of the land, had two stories in the front, approached
by a long flight of steps, and only one in the rear. We do not know the parentage
of Robert Lancaster, nor the date of his first appearance in Norwich. He died
in 1770, aged 76, and was buried in the Christ Church grave-yard. It is possible
that his nearness to the Grist house, where the Episcopal services were held for
so many years, may have led to his attending the Episcopal Church.
His son, John (b. 1737-8), married in 1798, Anna (Bentley) Trapp, widow
of Ephraim Trapp. John Lancaster buys of Simon Tracy in 1769, land on the
opposite side of the street, where he builds a shop. In 1803, John Lancaster and
his wife, Anna, deed to Ephraim Trapp one-half the land and house, but in 1809,
Ephraim, who is mate on the ship of Capt. Edward Whiting, dies of a fever on the
Island of St. Bartholomew, W. I., and his mother and step-father inherit his
property. In 1830, Anna Lancaster deeds the house, shop, and land to Orimel
Mabrey, who had married in 181 7 her daughter, Anna Trapp. Orimel Mabrey
still retained this property in 1850, when the house seems to have disappeared.
In 183T, the land where the shop stood, on the opposite side of the street, was
sold to George W. Lee, and later to Theodore McCurdy.
* Mrs. Sigourney's " Letters of Life."
CHAPTER LIV.
Now returning- to the Green, we find that the north line of the lot occupied
by Miss Grace McClellan, marks the beginning of the home-lot of Maj.
James Fitch, eldest son of the Rev. James Fitch, and his first wife, Abigail
Whitfield. The land was a part of the house-lot of the Rev. Mr. Fitch, and was
given by him to his son. It extended from the home-lot of Simon Huntington,
2nd, to the southern line of the burying-ground lane, covering a frontage of
37>4 rods.
The record gives it as three acres, " more or less," abutting south on the
home lot of the Rev. James Fitch 45 ^^ rods, abutting east on the land of Lt.
Thomas Tracy, 8 rods, 4 feet, abutting north on the land of Simon Huntington
18 rods, and east on the land of Simon Huntington 19 rods, 4 feet, then the line
runs easterly over the brook, "it being two rods," "then the line runs two rods, 4
feet, north, and thence northwest 4 rods, thence west, abutting north on the land of
Simon Huntington 14 rods, to the street, abutting northwest and west on the
Town Green 37}^ rods."
James Fitch, 2nd, was born in Saybrook in 1649, and married in 1676,
Elizabeth Mason, (daughter of Maj. John Mason, and younger sister of his father's
second wife), by whom he had four children, one of whom died in infancy. His wife
died in 1684, and in 1687, he married Alice (Bradford) Adams, daughter of Dep.
Gov. William Bradford, and widow of the Rev. William Adams of Dedham, Mass.
Three children were born to them in Norwich, and five more in Canterbury.
During the time that Maj. Fitch resided in Norwich he took a leading part
in all town affairs, and served as land-surveyor, registrar, captain of the train-band,
and commissioner of boundaries. He was one of the first persons to receive, in
1687, a grant of land for a wharf and a warehouse at the " port " or " Landing,"
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and was also allowed the exclusive right to establish a saw-mill. As a large
land-owner, and the general agent of the Mohegan Indians in their transfers of
propert)^, he acquired great influence, and controlled all the land transactions of
an extensive territory. He was appointed Captain in 1680, Assistant in 1690, and
Sergeant Major of New London County in 1696.
As treasurer of New London County he seized, laid out, and offered for
sale 600 acres of land in the Ouinebaug region, to indemnify the State for
the burning of the county-prison by the Indians. He sold this land to John,
Daniel and Solomon Tracy, and Richard Bushnell of Norwich ; and then,
empowered by a deed from Owaneco, son of Uncas, Maj. Fitch laid claim to the
rest of this region, against the counter-claims of Fitz-John and Wait Winthrop,
sons of the Governor, who based their title on a deed from two resident Sachems ;
and great were the struggles and litigation of both parties, in their efforts to gain
and dispose of these lands.
Maj. Fitch had many enemies, made partly by his domineering spirit, and
partly through jealousy of his great landed possessions, which last gained for him
the reputation, shared by Capt. John Chandler of Woodstock, of being "one of
the biggest land grabbers " in Connecticut.
About 1697, he was accused of some very irregular land transaction, which
caused his removal from the office of assistant, and he finally decided in 169S to
remove to Peagsconsuck, where he had already sold lands and an attempt at
settlement had been made. The spot selected by Maj. Fitch for his house, and
still marked (we have been told) by traces of a cellar, was below the river island,
on a point called "Indian Neck," and is one of the most beautiful situations in
Canterbury. Here he erected the first framed-house and barn within the limits
of the town.
His own family of eleven children, and those of his wife, the widow of the
Rev. William Adams, formed a large and doubtless lively household, and this
attraction, combined with Maj. Fitch's position as disposer of almost all the lands in
this region, made the house a place of great resort. Courts were also held here,
and Miss Larned, the historian of Windham County, says that " a road was laid
out from Windham to this noted establishment," which, "connecting with the
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Greenwich path, formed the great thoroughfare to Providence." * Major Fitch
gave to the town the name of Kent, but it was afterward changed to Canterbury.
Miss Caulkins says that the Major, according to tradition, and record,
"coiild not always resist the temptation to convivial excess," but for this and also
for his frequent outbreaks of temper against the government, he was always
repentant, ready to acknowledge his fault and when possible to make amends.
Miss Larned says that " he was an ardent patriot, a firm friend of popular
libert}', contending ' as strenuously against Gov. Saltonstall and the Council, for
the rights and privileges of the Lower House ; ' as he did thirty years earlier
against the encroachments of Andross, nor did he allow his personal feelings
and prejudices to hinder him from promoting what he deemed the public good.
He was a friend of progress, ready to initiate and carry on public improvements,
a friend of education, endowing Yale College in 1701 with over six hundred acres
of land, in what was afterward Killingly, and furnishing glass and nails for the
first college edifice in New Haven." f
But his irascible disposition, and his efforts to establish his Indian claims,
involved him in endless disputes, and his last years were sad and embittered.
He died in 1727. The inscription on his grave stone, in the old Canterbury
grave-yard reads : " He was very useful in his Military & in his Magistracy
to which he was chosen, & served successively many years to the Great Accept-
ance & Advantage of this country being a Gentleman of good parts & very
forward to promote ye civil & religious interest of it."
His second wife, Alice (Bradford) Adams (b. 1661), was the daughter of Dep.
Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth and his first wife, Alice, daughter of Thomas
Richards of Weymouth, Mass. She married (i) in 16S0, as second wife, the Rev.
William Adams of Dedham, Mass. He died in 16S5, leaving his young widow
with three children of her own, and a step son, Eliphalet, who came with her to
Norwich, studied theology with the Rev. James Fitch, and settled as minister at
New London in 1709. A posthumous child, Abiel, (?) was also born four months
after her father's death.
The widow, Alice Adams, married in 16S7, ALaj. James Fitch, as second
* f Miss Ellen D. Larned's History of Windham County,
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wife. He had already a family of three children, and eight more were born to
them in Norwich and Canterbury. Alice lived to the age of 84, dying in 1745.
The inscription on her grave-stone at Canterbury reads : " In memory of Mrs.
Alice, dtr. to ye Hon. Wm. Bradford, Esq., Lieut-Gov. of ye Col. of New Plymouth,
Relict of ye Hon. James Fitch, Esq. late of Canterbury, a person of rare qualities
& excellent endowments, an example of virtue, & paten of piety. She after an
exemplary life fell asleep in Jesus, Mar. 10, 1745, m ye 84th yr. of her age."
Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of the Rev. William and Alice (Bradford)
Adams (b. 1680-1), was, after the death of her father, adopted and brought up
by her childless uncle and aunt, Capt. John and Ann (Winthrop) Richards of
Boston, Mass. On one of her visits to her mother in Norwich, she probably met
for the first time Samuel Whiting, afterward minister of the First Church of
Windham, then studying theology with the Rev. James Fitch of Norwich, was
married to him in 1696, and though not yet sixteen years of age, went to Windham,
as Miss Caulkins says, " to be set up as a model to the whole parish for sobriety
of demeanor, discreet conversation and skilful housewifery." Rev. Samuel Whiting
died in 1725, and in 1737, the widow, Elizabeth, married the Rev. Samuel Niles
of Braintree, Mass., and died in New Haven in 1762, at the house of her son.
Col. Nathan Wliiting. Alice Adams, the second daughter (b. 16S2), married the
Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Enfield, Ct., in 1701. The son, William, was a helpless
invalid. The other daughter, Abiel (?) (b. 1685), married the Rev. Joseph Metcalf
of Falmouth, Barnstable Co., Mass.
CHAPTER LV.
IN 1698-9, Capt. Fitch, calling himself "of Peagsconsiick, (Gent.), sells his house
and home-lot to Samuel and Simon Huntington, who perhaps had purchased
it in order to control the disposal of property, so immediately in their neighbor-
hood. In 1 699-1 700, Simon deeds his share to Samuel, who sells the property to
the town committee, the latter purchasing it with a view to the settlement of
the Rev. John Woodward.
In 1694, the Rev. James Fitch was rendered unable to preach by a stroke
of palsy, and an effort was made by the people of Norwich to induce his son,
Mr. Jabez Fitch, to be his father's successor ; but though he preached on trial for
more than a year, he declined to become the settled pastor ; was later a fellow and
tutor of Harvard college ; was ordained at Ipswich in 1703, as colleague of the
Rev. John Rogers ; and was afterward minister at Portsmouth, N. H., where he
died in 1746. Various candidates were then tried, but the town failed to procure
a settled pastor.
In December, 1696, the people of Norwich feel that they "have reason to
bless God," for having sent Mr. Henry Flint, a Harvard graduate of 1693, to
"preach to them in order to a settling and carrying on the work of the ministry,"
and they agree to give him 20 s. per week and to " defray the chardges of his
Board and horsmeat " " as long as he shall continue to be our Minister." But
all their efforts to induce him to settle among them were in vain. Others were
tried, and failed to please. In 169S, Rev. Joseph Coit, son of John Coit of New
London, was engaged to supply the pulpit, but, when invited to settle, declared
his " disagreement from Norwich church, and consequently he cannot walk with
them, for how can two walk together, if they be not agreed." The church having
confidence in its own infallibility, is concerned about Mr. Coit, who "doth sett up
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his own opinion in opposition to the Synod book, and a cloud of witnesses," and
fears he " will be in great danger to wander from the way of peace and truth."
Rev. Joseph Coit was settled in 1705 as minister at Plainfield, Ct, where he resided
till his death in 1750, at the age of 77.
The next candidate finally accepted a call, and was ordained in 1699. This
was the Rev. John Woodward (b. 167 1), son of Peter Woodward of Dedham,
Mass., who graduated from Harvard College in 1693. The town agree to give
Mr. Woodward "the home-lot purchased of Mr. John Mason, 9 acres adjoining,
on the south side of the river, 150 acres at the north-east end of Plain Hills,
2^ miles from town, also the use and improvement of the home-lot and pasture
purchased of Stephen Gifford, also 12 acres of pasture land near the town, 6 acres
lying within the little boggy meadow, ^150 interest in the undivided lands
belonging to the Township, and 30 cords of fire wood per year delivered at his
door." The agreement continues, "If it shall please God to remove you by death,
while you be a bachelor, within the term of 5 years next after your ordination,
then the home lot, 9 acres, and also 50 acres of 150 acres shall be at the only
use and dispose of yourselfe, your heirs .... at that time in which you shall
enter upon the improvement of any part of sd tract of land, but after the term
of five years, the remaining 100 acres shall be at your use and dispose," and
" also we do propose and promise to give you yt house lot, together with the
dwelling house barn &c which were Maj. Fitchs, which sd lot, house and barn
shall be yours after the day of ordination, reserving to ourselves iYo acres for a
burying place at the lower corner of sd land, next to land in the present tenure
of the Rev. James Fitch, also to give you 20 ^ in money in order to the repair
of sd dwelling house, also to clear the meadow lands on both sides of the river
purchased of Mr. Fitch."
Then as "sallery" for his "incouragement," they agree to give him "60^
per annum in our ordinary pay, and 10^ in money annually till the term of four
years," then " to make an addition of 10 £ in ordinary pay, and 5 J^ in money,
the same to begin Dec. 6, 1699," and it was to be understood that "pork should
pass" with him at "3d. per pound as pay, and beef at 2d., provided there be no
more beef carried than he hath occasion for."
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No houses are mentioned as on the lots of Maj. Mason and Stephen Gifford,
as it is probable that those formerly standing there had disappeared. The town
at first contract with John Eklerkin to build for ^140 "a parsonage 40 foot in
length, and 18 foot in width, 15 foot between joints, with a room on the back side
18 foot one way, and 15 foot the other way, and 15 foot between joints," but
finding that Mr. Woodward preferred the former house of Maj. Fitch, it was
finally decided to use that as a parsonage, and not to build a new one.
Rev. Mr. Woodward married in 1703, Sarah, daughter of Richard Rosewell
of New Haven, and had seven children born in Norwich. In 170S, the council
at Saybrook drew up their rules for church regulation, later known as the Saybrook
Platform, which Mr. Woodward, who had been a delegate to the convention and
secretary of the synod, was naturally desirous of having adopted by his church,
which had always strongly adhered to the Cambridge Platform. The Legislature
accepted the Saybrook Platform, and confirmed it as a law of the Colony, with
the proviso, that any churches dissenting from these rules, might be allowed to
regulate church discipline according to their consciences.
In reading this act of the Legislature to the church, Mr. Woodward omitted
this last clause, and the two representatives, Richard Bushnell and Joseph Backus,
arose and announced the whole law to the people. They then withdrew from
the church, and with a number of warm sympathizers, held private Sabbath meet-
ings. At the next session of the Legislature, they were expelled from the house.
The majority of the church members adhered for a time to Mr. Woodward, but
the increasing dissatisfaction, continued complaints on his part of insufficient
salary, and the prospect of division into two ecclesiastical societies, finally com-
pelled the calling of a council of ministers, who recommended his immediate
dismissal, which was accordingly effected in 17 16. The retiring minister sued the
town for arrears of salary, which he did not, however, recover until 1721. He
sold his house and lands in Norwich to the town committee, and removed to a
farm in East Haven, where he died in 1746.
CHAPTER LVI.
IN 1 7 17, the First Church committee, "a company in ye purchas of ye Estate
of Mr. John Woodward," sell to Sarah Knight of Norwich, " (widdow), all y*
their Messuage or Tenement with ye land whereon ye same doth stand, situated in
ye Town Plot," (frontage 32 rods, 3 ft.), "extending from ye southerly corner of
Dea. Simon Huntington's land, down to ye highway laid out to ye Burying
Place," — "together with all ye singuler, ye houseing, outhousen, Barn, Buildings,
Edifices, &c., orchard, yard, garden, Trees, well water, Brooks, Runs of water,
water courses, stones, wayes, easements, rights, privilidges, members, and appurten-
ances," &c. Evidently Sarah, being a woman of business, meant to have all that
was her right.
This Sarah Knight (b. 1666 in Boston), was the daughter of Capt. Thomas
Kemble, a merchant of Charlestown, Mass., and his wife, Elizabeth Trarice,
(perhaps daughter of Nicholas Trarice). Capt. Kemble lived in a house on North
Square, Boston, later the residence of Samuel Mather. In 1673, he was sentenced
to stand for two hours in the stocks, " for lewd and unseemingly conduct," in
saluting his wife at the doorstep on the Sabbath day, after a three years absence.
He died in 1688-9, and was buried in the Copp's Hill burying-ground. His
daughter, Sarah, married, as second wife, Richard Knight, of whom little is known.
He is said by one authority, to have been a brick-layer, by another a carver, and
is supposed to have died between 1706 and 17 14, leaving his widow, with one
daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1689). Mrs. Sarah Knight "kept school in her father's
house from 1701 till her death in 1708." So says one authority, but her journal,
dated 1704, shows that at that time she was travelling through New England,
and her appearance in Norwich in 17 17, proves that she certainly did not
die in 1708.
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Her journal is most interestint,'-, showing "Madam " Knight to have an educa-
tion and mind far above the average, especially in those days, when many women,
even of good family, could hardly write their own names. It was preserved in
the family of Christopher Christophers of New London, whose wife, Sarah, inherited
it among other effects of her relative, Madam Livingston, the daughter of Sarah
Knight. It then passed by inheritance into the possession of Mrs. Ichabod Wetmore
of Middletown, Ct , who allowed its publication in 1825, under the supervision of
Theodore Dwight of New York. We can, perhaps, hardly realize what a difticult
and hazardous undertaking was this journey of Madam Knight from Boston to
New York 271 miles, through a wild and half-settled country, at this early date,
which, as W. R. Deane says (in his annotated review of this journal in Littell's
Living Age of June 26, 1858), was the very year in which died Peregrine White,
the first child born in New England ; " also the year of the publication of the
first newspaper in America (the Boston News Letter) ; about the time of the
establishment of the first daily paper in London ; one year before the birth of
Dr. Franklin, and twenty-seven years before the birth of Washington."
On Monday, Oct. 2nd, 1704, at three o'clock in the afternoon. Madam Knight
starts on her long and perilous journey. She waits for a while at Dedham for the
"post" to come along, but as he does not arrive, she finally proceeds to the tavern
and negotiates for a guide to conduct her to the first stopping place. She succeeds
in procuring one, of whom she writes : —
" His shade on his Hors resembled a Globe on a Gate post. His habitt,
Hors, and furniture, its looks and goings Incomparably answ^ered the rest." With
this guide she travels through a dark and dismal Swamp, and after reaching
her destination, is conducted to " a parlour in a little back Lento, w"'' was
almost fill'd w"' the bedstead, w''' was so high that I was forced to climb on a
chair to gitt up to y'' wretched bed, that lay on it." There laying her head upon
a " sadcoloured " pillow, she thought over the events of the past day. Finally the
" post " appears, and she travels on with him. Crossing Providence Ferry, they come
to a river, which is usually forded, but she, not daring "to venture," the post rode
through, leading her horse, and she crossed in "a cannoo," "very small and
shallow, so that when we were in, she seem'd redy to take in water, w"'' greatly
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terrified mee, and caused me to be very circumspect, sitting with my hands fast
on each side, my eyes stedy, not daring so much as to lodg my tongue a hair's
breadth more on one side of my mouth than tother, nor so much as to think on
Lott's wife, for a wry thought would have oversett our wherry." The "Post"
tells her of another rapid river, "so very firce a hors could sometimes hardly
stem it," which they should have to cross, and all day she sees herself in imagina-
tion, " drowning, otherwhiles drowned, and at the best like a holy Sister Just
come out of a Spiritual Bath in dripping Garments." When night came, "each
lifeless Trunk, with its vShatter'd Limbs appear'd an Armed Enymie, and every
little stump like a Ravenous devourer." Finally, after descending a hill in the
darkness, she knew "by the Going of the Hors," that they were fording the
dreaded river, " ralyed " all her courage, and "sitting as Stedy as just before
in the Cannoo," arrived safely on the opposite shore. Riding through "dolesome
woods," the guide far ahead, in the " Terrifying darkness," which was enough
"to startle a more Masculine courage," and reflecting that her "Call to take
this Journey was very Questionable," which she had not till then " prudently
considered," she became much distressed in mind, but on arriving at the top of a
hill, " the friendly Appearance of the kind Conductress of the night, just then
Advancing above the Horizontall Line " inspired her with courage and a poem,
which she jots down at the next stopping place. As a specimen of her poetical
powers we will give the whole of this poem : —
" Fair Cynthia, all the Homage that I may,
Unto a Creature, unto thee I pay :
In Lonesome woods to meet so kind a guide
To Mee's more worth than all the world beside.
Some joy I felt just now, when safe got or"e
Yon Surly River to this Rugged shore,
Beaming Rough welcome from these clownish Trees,
Better than Lodgings with Nereidees.
Yet swelling fears surprise ; all dark appears —
Nothing but Light can dissipate those fears.
My fainting vitals can't lend strength to say,
But softly whisper, O I wish 'twere day.
The murmur hardly warm'd the Ambient air,
E're thy Bright Aspect rescues from dispair ;
Makes the old Hagg her sable mantle loose,
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And a Bright joy do's through my Soul diffuse.
The Boistero's Trees now lend a Passage Free,
And pleasant prospects thou giv'st light to see."
In the light of the moon she sees in imagination "A Sumpteoiis city,
fiU'cl w"' famous Buildings and churches, w"' their spiring steeples, Balconies,
Galleries," &c., and "without a thou't of anything but thoughts themselves," she
hears the " Post" sound his horn, and knows that they have arrived at the "Stage,"
where they were to lodge for the night. Here everything was neat and clean,
and she has " chocolett " prepared, which she had brought with her ; then goes to
bed, but not being able to sleep, on the account of the discussion of some " Town
tope-ers " in the next room, she finally rises, sets the candle on a chest by the
bedside, and falls, as she says, "to my old way of composing my Resentments,"
in the following manner: —
" I ask thy aid, O potent Rum,
To charm these wrangling Topers Dum.
Thou hast their Giddy Brains possest —
The man confounded w**> the Beast —
And I, poor I, can get no rest.
Intoxicate them with thy fumes :
O still their Tongues till morning comes I "
And she adds, "I know not but my wishes took effect; for the dispute
soon ended w"' 'tother Dram ; and so Good night ! "
On Oct. 4th, they set out for Kingston in the company of a French doctor,
and he and the " Post " rode so furiously, she could scarcely keep up with them.
They were obliged to ride 22 miles before they could "bait their horses," but
the " Post " encouraged her, by saying they should be " well accomodated at Mr.
Devill's." " But I questioned whether we ought to go to the Devil to be helpt out
of affliction. However like the rest of Deluded souLs, that post to y' Infernal
denn, wee made all possible speed to this Devil's Habitation ; where alliting, in
full assurance of good accomodation, wee were going in. But meeting his two
daughters, as I supposed twins, they so neerly resembled each other, both in
feature and habit, and look't as old as the divil himselfe, and quite as Ugly, we
desired entertainm't, but could hardly get a word out of 'em, till with our
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Importunity, telling them of our necesity, &c., they call'd the old vSophister, who
was as sparing- of his words as his daughters had bin, and no or none, was the
reply he made us to our demands. Hee differed only in this from the old fellow
in t'other Country ; hee let us depart." After more adventures she arrives at
" Stoningtown " and from there, guided by an old countryman and his two daugh-
ters, she comes to the New London ferry. Here there was a high wind, and
Madam Knight says : " The Boat tos't exceedingly, and our Horses capper'd at a
very surprizing Rate, and set us all in a fright ; especially poor Jemina, who
desired her father to say so Jack to the Jade, to make her stand. But the careless
parent taking no notice of her repeated desires, she Rored out in a Passionate
manner: Pray, suth, father. Are you deaf? wSay so Jack to the Jade, I tell
you. The Dutiful Parent obey'd ; saying so Jack, so Jack as gravely as if hee'd
bin to saying Catechise, after Young Miss, who with her fright look't of all
coullers in y" Rainbow."
At New London she arrives "at the house of Mrs. Prentices," and "waits
on " the Rev. Gurdon vSaltonstall, who invites her to stay the night at his house,
where she was "handsomely and plentifully treated and Lodg'd, and made good
the Great Character" she had before heard concerning him, viz., "that hee was
the most affable, courteous, Genero's and best of men."
Mr. Joshua Wheeler is her escort to "Seabrook," and from thereto New
Haven. She writes about the customs of New Haven, and comments on the
frequent " vStand aways," as she calls the divorces, which are then " too much in
vougue" among the English, and also the Indians. She sees her relatives, the
Prouts and Trowbridges, and from there travels to New York, and back to New
Haven, comes again to New London, where she is entertained by Gov. Winthrop,
and is accompanied across the ferry by Mary Christophers and Madam Livingston
(the Governor's daughter), who little thought she was then travelling with her
husband's future mother-in-law. Mr. Samuel Rogers escorts her part of the way,
and Capt. John Richards of Boston was her companion on the latter part of the
journey. On March 3rd, 1705, she joined "her aged and tender mother in Boston,
and her dear and only child," having been five months from home. On the
window-pane of her home in Boston was scratched with a diamond : —
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" Now I've returned, poor vSarah Knights,
Thro" many toils and many frights ;
Over great rocks and many stones
God has preserv'd from fracter'd bones."
It is said that she first appeared in Norwich in 1698 with goods to sell,
remained here a few years, then went back to Boston, and in 17 17 ai^ain returned
to Norwich. It is certain that for a time previous to 1717, she was residing in
New London, where she may possibly have gone after the marriage of her
daughter to Col. Livingston, which occurred in 1713. On the Norwich town records
of 17 17 we find that "The town grants liberty to Mrs. Sarah Knight to sit in the
pue where she use to sit in the meeting house." She is said to have presented the
church with a handsome silver goblet, to be used in the coinmunion service. In
1718, Sarah Knight, with others, was "brought before" Richard Bushnell, Justice
of the Peace, for selling strong drink to the Indians. She accused her maid, Ann
Clark, of selling the liquor, but refusing to acquit herself by oath, was sentenced
to pay a fine of 20 s.
Her daughter's husband. Col. Livingston, died in 1721, and in 1722 she
sold her house in Norwich to Edmund Gookin of vSherborn, Mass., and moved to
the Livingston farm, which she had previously purchased of her son-in-law. This
farm stood on Saw Mill brook, near LTncasville, on the west side of the road to
New London. Madam Knight was a pew-holder in the Montville Church, built
in 1724. She was also called an inn-keeper. In company with Joseph Bradford,
she purchased large quantities of land. She died in 1727. Madam Livingston
died in 1735-6. The latter's inventory includes diamond rings, jewelry, valuable
pictures, slaves, and a large amount of silver-plate.
Edmund Gookin, who purchased Madame Knight's house in 1722, resided
here until 1733. He later purchased a house at Bean Hill, with which the history
of his family is more closely identified, so we will reserve his history and lineage
for our second volume.
CHAPTER LVIL
IN 1733, Edmund Gookin sells to Curtis Cleveland, the north part of his home-
lot and buildings (frontage 2 rods, i)4 feet), "beginning at the north-west cor-
ner of my shop." This is possibly the "warehouse" of Sarah Knight. Curtis
Cleveland either altered the shop into a dwelling house, or built a new one on the
lot in which he lived for many years. Curtis was born in 1700. He was a
descendant of Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass., and a son of Isaac Cleveland,
who married in 1699, Elizabeth Curtis, and came from Woburn to Canterbury,
Ct., or Plainfield, between 1699 and 1703. He shortly after moved to Norwich,
where he was admitted an inhabitant in 1709. He was appointed bell-ringer in
1709-10, and a grant of land was voted to him in 17 14, nearly opposite the ware-
house of Ensign Thomas Leffingwell. He died probably in that year, and by
17 15, his widow had married Clement Stratford, a mariner of New London, Ct.
She died in 1742. Four children were born to Isaac and Elizabeth Cleveland.
His daughter, Kesiah, became the wife of Sylvanus Jones, and his son, Curtis,
married in 1733-4, Remembrance, daughter of Richard Carrier of Colchester, Ct.,
and had eight children. In 1761, Curtis Cleveland was still residing in this house
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on the Green, but died probably shortly after that date. His widow, Remembrance,
died in 1790.
The house and land passed before 1776, into the possession of Joseph Peck,
though the deed of transfer has not been found. It is possible that the latter
built a new house on the lot, as at his death in 1776, he leaves to his widow,
Elizabeth, "the use and improvement of the new dwelling house we live in, with
use and improvement of the land where the said house stands (called the Cleve-
land lot)," but he gives the property to his stepson, Gardner Carpenter, on
condition that the latter shall pay one-third of its value.
Gardner Carpenter (b. 1749), probably resides here with his mother, Elizabeth,
until about 1793 or 1794, when he buys the Butler property opposite, and builds
the brick house, now owned by Rev. William Clark. He was the son of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Carpenter of Norwich. His shop was on the opposite
side of the Green. He served as paymaster in the Seventeenth Connecticut Reg-
iment, in 1776, and married in 1791, Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary
(Carew) (Brown) Huntington. His death occurred in 1815. In 1816, the house
(called "the red house)," on the Cleveland lot, was sold to Bela Peck, who in 1829,
sells it to Orimel Mabrey. At present, it is owned by Miss Grace McClellan.
In November, 1733, Edmund Gookin sells the remaining part of his home-
lot (frontage 30 rods, ij^ feet), to William Witter of Preston, who, in December
of the same year, sells to Andre Richard the house and land next to the Cleveland
lot (frontage 7 rods, 2 feet). In Januar}', 1734, Andre Richard sells to Sylvanus
Jones a part of this purchase (frontage 2 rods), " together with the east part of
the house purchased of Mr. Witter, with chimney, and one- half the stones of the
cellar — the Great Room called the kitchen, with Lentoo on the north side of the
kitchen, with liberty to separate them from the house off my land, and to remove
the same." Andre either builds an addition to the remaining part of the old
Fitch house, or builds a new house and shop, which he sells in December, 1734,
to William Darby of Canterbury, Ct., with the land (Si rods), "abutting west on
the Green 5 rods, 2 feet," south on the Jones lot, and north on the Cleveland land.
Wiliam Darby was an early settler of Canterbury, but now moves to Norwich,
and probably resides in this house until about 1737-S, when he sells the property
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to Susanna Rame (shop-keeper), of Boston, Mass., who conveys it to her son-in-law
and daughter, William and Elizabeth (Rame) Fountain, "late of Boston, now
of Norwich."
Capt. William Fountain (for his calling was that of a sea captain), was
possibly the son of Aaron and Hannah ( ) Fountain of Fairfield, Ct., and
grandson of Aaron Fountain, who lived in New London about 1683, and married
(Miss Caulkins claims) Susanna, daughter of Samuel Beebe, but a Stamford record
says that his wife was " Mary, daughter of Samuel Beebe of New London." It
is possible that the latter may have been a second wife. This Aaron Fountain's
house stood on the Great Neck, now Waterford, and he left New London in the
latter part of the century for Fairfield, Ct. W"m. A. E. Thomas of Hartford,
Ct., who has made many researches in the Fountain genealogy, believes him to
be the son of Edward Fountain, who came to New England in 1635 in the ship
Abigail, at the age of 28. The family is of French origin, the name being
originally Fontaine, and is a branch probably of the same family to which the
Rev. James Fontaine of Virginia belonged.
The Rame lineage we have not been able to trace, but think that Elizabeth
may have been a descendant of George Ram, who also came in the Abigail from
London in 1635, aged 25, and her father may possibly have been a Simon Rame
who was in New York in the latter part of the seventeenth and beginning of
the eighteenth century. Mrs. Caroline F. Blackman of Norwich, a granddaughter
of Capt. William and Elizabeth (Rame) Fountain, says that her great-grandmother's
name was Basset, and we think she may possibly be Susanne Basset (b. 1689),
daughter of Francis and Marie Madeleine (Nuquerque) Basset, French Huguenots,
who fled from Marennes, France, to this country, and lived for a while both in
New York and Boston. vSusanne Rame was a widow in 1737.
Family tradition tells of the large property sacrificed in France for the sake
of their religion, of their trials and persecutions. It is said that Elizabeth Rame
was sent back to France for a while to be educated, and also to learn if anything
could be recovered of their former estates, but found that they had been con-
fiscated by the government, and that nothing could be secured unless she abjured
the Protestant faith and became a Romanist.
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Mrs. Blackman remembers how her grandmother would often narrate to
her grandchildren, the trials her ancestors endured, telling of the strict surveillance
exercised over the Huguenot households, how the Bible was fastened open by-
straps under the seat of a chair and how during family worship, watchers were
stationed at the windows, and when the gendarmes were seen approaching, the
chair was at once placed in position, with one of the family seated in it. She also
remembers boxes, sent by the friends in France, containing silk gowns and many
luxuries, and her grandmother would often say, " How little my friends know of
our real needs in this new country I " In February, 1738-9, the house was sold to
Thomas Danforth, and the Fountain family removed to the Landing, or Chelsea,
where they afterward resided. In November, 1739, Thomas Danforth sells the
house, shop, and land to Philip Turner (later known as Capt. Philip Turner),
(b. 1 7 15), who came from Scituate, Mass., to Norwich, and married in 1739, Anne,
(b. 1 7 15), widow of Thomas Adgate, 3rd, and daughter of Daniel and Abigail
(Bingham) Huntington. Philip Turner was the son of Philip and Elizabeth
(Nash) Turner, and great-grandson of Humphrey Turner, a prominent citizen of
Scituate, Mass. Miss Caulkins writes of " the enviable popularity Capt. Turner "
soon acquired among his new associates, performing the duties of constable,
selectman, and captain of the troop of horse, a spirited band of young men, in
whose parades and exercises he took great pride. He was active in all works for
public improvement, and was one of the chief agents of the town in opening the
two avenues to the Landing, and in the laying out of Water Street. In 1752, he
was a member of the General Assembly. But alas ! this active and useful career
was cut short by his death in 1755, ^^ the age of thirty-nine. His widow married
for a third time, in 1757, Capt. Joshua Abel. Five children were born to Anne
and Philip Turner, of whom, the second son, Philip, became a distinguished surgeon.
After the death of Capt. Turner, the house was sold in 1757 to Joseph
Peck. The shop is not mentioned in the deed of sale, so may have disappeared.
Joseph Peck (b. 1706), was the son of Benjamin Peck, a wealthy resident of
Franklin, and a great-grandson of Henry Peck, who came in 1633, in the ship
Hector to Boston, and later in 1638 with Gov. Eaton, the Rev. John Davenport
and others to make a settlement at New Haven. Joseph married in 1729, Hannah,
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daughter of Richard and Thankful ( ) Carrier of Colchester, Ct. She died
in 1741-2, and he married (2) in 1742, Elizabeth Edgerton, who died in 1753. In
1754, he married for a third wife, Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Carpenter of
Norwich, and daughter of Nathaniel and Ann (Backus) Lathrop. It is shortly
after this marriage that he buys this house of Capt. Philip Turner. He possibly
enlarges the house, and keeps a tavern here until shortly before his death in
1776. At that time he is not living in the inn, but in the house next door.
This inn was one of the three celebrated taverns on the Green, and some
old people still remember the large old elm which stood in front of the house,
among the boughs of which was built a platform or arbor, approached by a wooden
walk from one of the upper windows. From this high station, the orators of
the day held forth on public occasions, and here tables were set, and refresh-
ments served.
"On June 7, 1768, an entertainment was given at Peck's tavern, adjoining
Liberty Tree, to celebrate the election of Wilkes to Parliament. The principal
citizens, both of town and Landing, assembled on this festive occasion. All the
furniture of the table, such as plates, bowls, tureens, tumblers and napkins were
marked "No. 45." This was the famous number of the "North Briton," edited
by Wilkes, which rendered him so obnoxious to the ministry. The Tree of Liberty
was decked with new emblems, among which, and conspicuously surmounting the
whole, was a flag emblazoned with "No. 45, Wilkes and Liberty."
"In September of that year, another festival was held at the same place,
in mockery of the pompous proceedings of the Commissioners of Customs, appointed
for the colonies by the British ministry. These Commissioners had published a
list of holidays to be observed by all persons in their employ, and among them
was "September 8th," the anniversary of the date of their commission. The
citizens of Norwich were resolved to make it a holiday also. At the conclusion
of the banquet, toasts were drank, and at the end of everyone was added : —
"And the 8th of September."
Thus:-
" The Kinj^ and the Sth of September."
" Wilkes and Liberty and the Sth of September"
" The famous y2, and the Sth of September."
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Songs were also sung with tliis chorus ; nor did the assembly disperse
without indignant speeches made against ' British mis-government ' and the
disgrace of wearing a foreign yoke."*
In 1774, John AVheatley, who had formerly kept a boot and shoe shop on
the opposite side of the Green, moved to the Peck Tavern, " lately kept by Joseph
Peck," and it is perhaps about this time, that the latter moved to the Cleveland
house next door.
John Wheatley (b. 1748), was the son of Capt. John Wheatley, who married
in 1743, Submit, widow of Aaron Cook, and daughter of Benjamin Peck of
Franklin. Capt. John Wheatley served as paymaster in the expedition to
Havana; was living in 1760 at Bozrah, and in 176S at a place called "Coase."
We have found no record of the marriage of John Wheatley, 2nd. He was a Second
Lieutenant in Col Samuel Selden's Regiment in the Revolutionary war, was taken
prisoner at the battle of Harlem Heights in Sept., 1776, and died soon after. His
estate was settled by his widow, Jane, and his brother, Andrew Wheatley. In
December, 1776, '' De O Dad Liddle " (as the Packet announces), is keeping the
tavern, and offers " brown sugar, and molasses " for sale.
Deodat Little (b. 1750), was the son of the Rev. Ephraim Little of Colchester,
Ct., and his wife, Elizabeth Woodbridge, daughter of the Rev. Samuel and Mabel
(Russell) (Hubbard) Woodbridge of East Hartford, Ct. Deodat's mother, Elizabeth
Woodbridge, "ye vertuous consort of ye Rev'' Mr. Ephraim Little," as her grave-
stone announces,
" So Pious, Prudent, Patient, and Kind,
Her Equall mayn't be left behind," f
died when Deodat was only four years old. Deodat married possibly previous
to his arrival in Norwich, as the baptisms of several of his children are recorded
here. In 1781, he was a resident of New London, and afterward lived both in
East Windsor and Ellington, Ct.
In 17S4, Jonathan Trott, "a fiery old patriot" (as the Hon. Charles Miner
calls him), was keeping the tavern. Mr. Miner writes in his letter, declining the
* Miss Caulkins" History of Norwich.
fFrom "The Woodbridge Record," compiled by Donald G. Mitchell from papers left by
the late Louis Mitchell, formerly of Norwich, Ct.
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invitation to the Norwich Bi-Centennial celebration: "Consciousness of memory-
is first awakened to the shouts of triumph, and the thundering of cannon at the
old Peck house, when peace was declared in 1784." An old lady, living in 1865,
remembered the great crowds ^f people assembling on the plain, "their joyous
greetings and congratulations, the shaking of hands, the waving of flags, firing,
drumming, shouting, and the large bonfires at night. The following Sabbath, the
church was filled with a dense crowd, all in their best array, smiling and happy.
The choir of singers appeared with brilliant decorations, and sung an ode adapted
to the occasion, in the tune of Worcester, of which the following was the opening
stanza : " —
" Behold a radiant light! ^
And by divine command,
Fair Peace, the child of Heaven descends
To this afflicted land." *
When peace was again declared after the war of 18 12, Norwich (according
to Miss Caulkins), was in a tumult of excitement. "Rockets flew up from the
hills, salutes were fired from the ships in the river, and these were echoed from
the fortresses at New London, and these again were responded to from the British
blockading squadron at the mouth of the river." f
A letter written by a Norwich citizen in March, 18 15, mentions a commem-
oration ball given at Norwich in that month, at which 180 persons were present,
and another at New London, where there were 500 guests, including 40 English
officers. A dinner was also given at Norwich Town, where 100 persons "sat down
at the table, and ratified the peace with all the requisite formalities." The letter
also alludes to a ball, which Admiral Hotham was expected to give in the follow-
ing week, on his ship vSuperb, but we are unable to say whether this took place
or not.
In 1787, the year in which Capt. Bela Peck was married to Betsey Billings,
we think that he probably moved with his bride to his father's former tavern.
In that year, Newcomb Kinney advertises that he will open a school " in a large,
convenient room in Capt. Bela Peck's house." In 1829, the house was occupied by
*f Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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Samuel Claghorn. In 1851, the heirs of Bela Peck sell the house to Nathan D.
Morgan. It is now occupied by Edwin LaPierre.
Jonathan Trott was possibly identical with a Jonathan Trott who was a
jeweller in Boston in 1772, and whose genealogy is given by Edward Doubleday
Harris in the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1889. He
married Lydia (b. 1736), daughter of John and Lydia (Richards) Proctor of Boston
and New London. His daughter, Abigail, married Dr. Philemon Tracy in 1785.
A son, John Proctor Trott, married in 1796 Lois Chapman, daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Abel) Chapman, and another son, George Washington Trott,
married (i) in 1806 Sally Marvin, daughter of Gen. Elihu Marvin, and (2) Lydia
Chapman, sister of his brother's wife. Miss Caulkins writes of the long sixteen
days' journey, which Lydia Chapman made in the month of February, iSoo,
when, "the only female in a considerable party of emigrants," she went out with
her younger brothers to the Wyoming Valley, Penn., to join her father, who had
emigrated to that region shortly before. " Not a murmur escaped her, and her
noble patience and cheerful hope animated and sustained her companions." Her
husband, George W. Trott, was afterward a physician in Wilkesbarre, Pa. *
Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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CHAPTER LVIII.
IT is possible that the " Great Room " or kitchen, and " the Lentoo " of the old
Fitch or Knight house were added in 1734 to the house, then erected by
Sylvanus Jones, on land purchased of Andre Richard, but of this we have no
positive proof.
Sylvanus Jones (b. 1707), was the son of Caleb Jones, one of the first settlers
of Hebron, Ct., and his wife Rachel, daughter of John Clark of Farmington, Ct.
He married in 1730 Kesiah, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Curtis) Cleveland,
and died in 1791. He had eight children, and at his death, his son, Ebenezer,
becomes the owner of the house and land.
Ebenezer Jones (b. 1744), married in 1765, Elizabeth Rogers, and had three
daughters, one of whom, Lucy (b. 1766), marries Henry J. Cooledge, and another,
Rachel (b. 1771), becomes in 1793 the wife of Asa Lathrop, Jun. Louisa, daughter
of Lucy (Jones) Cooledge, marries in 1832 Charles Avery of New London, and
her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Robinson, now owns and occupies the house.
We do not know the occupation of Sylvanus, but Ebenezer was a cooper,
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and Mr. Miner pictures him " with his adz and double driver, holding it in the
middle, and playing it rapidly on the empty barrel, as he drives the hoop, sounding
a reveille to the whole neighborhood regular as the strains of Memnon." His
shop stood south of the house and a little back from the street.
To enter into all the exchanges of property between the Jones lot and the
burying-ground lane, would be not only tiresome, but very bewildering, so we will
make the account as brief as possible. In 1739, William Witter sells to Thomas
Danforth, land adjoining the Jones lot (frontage 10 rods) ; in 1737, to Joshua Prior,
the next frontage of 4 rods; in 1739, to Jonathan Wickwire, the next 2 rods
of frontage; and to Joshua Prior in 1734, the land beyond this, abutting west on
the Green 7 rods, and south on the highway to the " burying-place."
In 1742, Thomas Danforth sells to Philip Turner the north part of his
purchase (frontage 4 rods). In 1740, he sells the next three rods of frontage, with
a shop upon it, to John Manly, and in 1744, his remaining 3 rods of frontage,
with another shop (which he has probably built), to William Morgan, Jun., of
Groton, Ct. Philip Turner sells the upper part of the land purchased of Thomas
Danforth (frontage 30 feet), to George Wickwire in 1753. On this, the latter has
built a house, which he sells in 1765, to Ebenezer Jones. This is later occupied
as a shoe-shop by Asa Lathrop, Jun., the son-in-law of Ebenzer Jones, and again
as a dwelling by Eliphaz Hart, who is living in it in 1823, when it is sold by
Lucy Cooledge to Capt. Bela Peck.
George Wickwire (b. 1727-8), was the son of Peter and Patience (Chappell)
Wickwire of New London, North Parish (or Montville). The family of Jonathan
Wickwire (an uncle of George), also appeared at this time in Norwich. George
Wickwire married in 1749-50, Elizabeth Culver, perhaps a daughter of John
Culver. John Wickwire, the grandfather of George, was an early settler at
Montville. His wife was Mary, daughter of George Tongue, who kept an inn at
New London, on the bank between the present Pearl and Tilley Streets. One of
the daughters of George Tongue married Fitz John Winthrop. At her death,
she left legacies "to sister Wickwire's children."
The remainder of Philip Turner's purchase (about 2 rods frontage), comes
into the possession of William Morgan in 1747. John Manly's land and shop
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(frontage 3 rods), is sold in 1746 to William Morgan, who, as we learned before,
had acquired possession of the Danforth shop and land in 1744. The land pur-
chased of William Witter by Joshua Prior, comes into Morgan possession in 1740.
William Morgan came from Groton to Norwich, either in the latter part of 1744
or the beginning of the year 1745, and built a house between this time and 1752.
At this latter date, James Noyes Brown is occupying the house. In 1752, the
Danforth and Manly shops have disappeared. In 1750, William Morgan sells land
(frontage 3 rods, 15 14 feet), and a barn at the north of his lot, just south of
where the Wickwire house later stood, to Daniel Needham, who in 1752 sells it
to James Noyes Brown (formerly of Newport, R. I.), who also buys of William
Morgan the lower part of the Morgan lot (frontage 64 feet), on which he builds
a shop.
James Noyes Brown belonged to an old Rhode Island family. He was the
gr.-gr.-grandson of Chad Brown, and through his mother and paternal grandmother
was the descendant of four Rhode Island governors : Jeremiah Clark, Peleg and
John Sanford, and William Coddington. His mother was the granddaughter of
the Rev. James Noyes of Stonington, Ct.
James Noyes Brown was married at Newport, R. I., in 1751 to Robe Carr,
and came to Norwich about 1752 with his widowed mother, Ann (Noyes) Brown,
and possibly a sister, Mary, who married in 1755, Jacob Perkins of Norwich. A son
and namesake was born and died in 1753, and his wife and mother died in 1754,
the former in August, the latter in October, and in December of that year he
married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Huntington) Carew. A second son,
also named James Noyes Brown, was born in 1755, and died in April, 1756, and
the father died in November of that year. The widow, Mary, married in 1767,
Benjamin Huntington.
In 1757, William 'Morgan* sells his house and remaining land to Nathan
Stedman, who also buys the Brown lots. In 1764, Nathan Stedman sells his house
and home-lot to Azariah Lathrop, ■' bounded north on George Wickwire, south on
Jonathan Goodhue," and in 1770, Ebenezer Jones, who purchased in 1765, the
* The genealogies of William Morgan and Nathan Stedman will be given in the history of
the west end of the town, where they later resided.
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Wickvvire house and land, sells also a small piece of the land on the south (frontage
10 feet) to Azariah.
Azariah Lathrop either altered and enlarged the old Morgan house, or
built a new one, in which resided for a time his son, Dr. Gurdon Lathrop (b. 1767),
who graduated at Yale in 1787, and married in 1791, Lucy, daughter of Dr. Philip
and Lucy (Tracy) Turner.
Gurdon Lathrop was a merchant in 1791, in the former shop of Dudley
Woodbridge, across the green. In the same year he moves to the " Perit " store
on the corner of the burying-ground lane, and again to a new shop near his
dwelling house. He was later either a druggist or doctor (as he bore that title),
and moved to New York, where he died In 1828.
Gerard Lathrop (b. 1778), fourth son of Azariah, married in 1809 Mary Ely,
daughter of the Rev. Zebulon Ely of Lebanon, Ct. At the death of Azariah
Lathrop in 1810, "the large mansion house" (the one now owned by Mrs. Peter
Lanman), is willed to Gerard, and the land on the north to Gurdon, who sells
it to his brother in 181 1.
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Gerard Lathrop had seven children, three of whom were born in Norwich.
In 1814, he conveys his property in Norwich to his brother-in-law, Rev. Ezra
Stiles Ely of Philadelphia, and later resides in Savannah and New York City.
The house had then for many years a variety of tenants. Capt. Elisha Lefifingwell
resided here for a time. In 1S23, it was sold to Capt. Bela Peck. In 1853, it
passed into the possession of the Lanman family, and is still owned by the widow
of Peter Lanman, who occasionally resides here. When the property of Gerard
Lathrop was conveyed to Rev. E. S. Ely in 1814, there was standing on the lot
a "red shop," the property of Abigail, widow of Azariah Lathrop. We think this
was possibly the former shop of James Noyes Brown. It has since disappeared.
It probably stood on the site of the house now occupied by Anthony Peck.
CHAPTER LIX.
THE land (frontage 3^ rods), on which now stands the store of Herbert
Hale, is sold in 1736, by Joshua Prior (who, in 1734, purchased it of William
Witter), to Alexander Stewart, and by Stewart to Jonathan Wickwire in 1737.
Jonathan Wickwire purchased in 1739, the land north of this (2 rods frontage),
on which he must have built a house. In 1740, he sells both these lots of land,
with a house and shop, to William Morgan. An old well, with crotch pole, &c.,
belongs to the property, but stands on "the common," south-west of the house.
William Morgan sells this house and shop to Jonathan Goodhue in 1742.
In 1735, Joshua Prior sells the land (frontage 3^ rods), on the corner of
the lane to the "burying-place ; " to Samuel Waterman, and here the latter has
already built a shop. In 1736, Samuel Waterman sells the land to William Hyde,
and after this date the shop is no longer mentioned, though the land is several
times bought and sold. In 1745, it is purchased by William Morgan, who sells it
in the same year to Jonathan Goodhue.
Samuel Waterman (b. 1712), is the son of John and Judith (Woodward)
Waterman. After 1736, we have no further knowledge of him. His parents
resided in the house, formerly the home of the Rev. Mr. Fitch.
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Jonathan Goodhue we believe to be the son of Joseph and Abigail Goodhue,
of Ipswich, Mass., and a descendant of Dea. William Goodhue of that town. He
probably came to Norwich about 1742, when he purchased this house and shop
of William Morgan. He also leased of Joseph Waterman in 1747, for a term
of fifty years, the island in the river at the north part of " No-man's Acre," near
Bingham's mill-dam, where he erected works for grinding scythes. He died in
1760. The Goodhues of Ipswich were profoundly religious people, and so was
Jonathan, if we may judge from the inventory of his library, which included
such works as Flavel's " Meditations," the " Imitation of Christ," Vincent on the Day
of Grace, the " Day of Doom," Dr. Edwards' Book of Prayer, &c., &c. Four
children were born in Norwich, and one of the sons, David Goodhue, (then of
Simsbury, Ct.), sells the house and land to John Perit in 1771.
John Perit was a descendant of Peter or Pierre Peyret (or Peiret), one of
the first Huguenot pastors in America, who was the grandson and namesake of
a Protestant officer, who distinguished himself by bravery at the siege of Mas
d' Azil. He came to America about 1687 in the ship Robert from London. Family
tradition says that he escaped from France by being carried aboard ship concealed
in a meal-sack. He was a preacher for seventeen years in the French church at
New York, died in 1704, and lies buried in Trinity Church grave-yard, where a
stone, with the following inscription, in both Latin and French, marks his resting-
place : —
Ci - git - le - reverent - Mr Pierre - Peirete -
M : D - St . Ev - qui - chasse -de - France pour
la - religion - a preche - la - parole -de - Dieu -
dans - 1 ' Eglise - Francoise -de - cette - ville -
pendant - environ - 17 - ans - avec - 1 appro -
bation - generale - et - qui - apres - avoir
vescu - comme - il - avoit - preche - jusques -
a - 1 age - de - 60 - ans - 11 - remit - avec une -
proffonde - humilite - son - esprit - entre -
les - mains -de - Dieu - le - i - Septembre -
1704.
Hie - jacet - reverd - Dom - Petrus - Per -
rieterus - V - D - M - qui - ex - Gallia - religi
onis - causa - expulsis - verbum - Dei - in -
hujus - ci vitatis - ecclesia - Gallicana - per -
annos - 1 7 - cum - generale - approbatione -
proedicavit - quique - cum - vitam - proedi -
cationibus - suis - conformem - duxeret -
usque - ad - 60 - aetatis - suae - annum - tan -
dem - in - manus - Domini - spiritum - hu -
militer - deposuit - i - mens - Sept - ann -
Dom - 1704.
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The wife of the Rev. Pierre Peiret was Marguerite de Grenier la Tour,
des \"erriers de Gabre. His son, Peter Peiret, joined the French colony at Milford,
married Mary Bryan, daughter of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Whiting) Bryan of
Milford ; and in 1709, acted as clerk of the expedition to Canada imder Col.
William AVhiting, writing the journal and letters, and drawing up the orders for
the troops. He died before 17 15, and letters of administration were granted to
the widow, Mary "Pieritt," with the guardianship of the two minor children:
Peter, aged 8, and Margaret, aged 6 years.
The third Peter Perit married in 1734 Abigail wShepherd, daughter of John
and Abigail (Allen) Shepherd. He built the wharf, now called the "Town
Wharf " in Milford, and sent a ship to Bordeaux, France, after a cargo of wine.
She made a good voyage, and got safely as far as Newport, R. I., but in attempting
to pass through Fisher's Island Sound, was wrecked, and her valuable cargo lost.*
John Perit of Norwich was the son of Peter Perit, 3rd, and was born about
1738. He served as ensign of the Third Company, Second Regiment, in the
French war in 1761, and in 1762 as Second Lieutenant. Shortly after he came
to Norwich, and in 1771 bought the Goodhue property. Whether the old gambrel-
* Lambert's History of New Haven Colony.
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roofed building on the corner of the burying-groiind lane was included among the
buildings mentioned in the deed of sale, or was later built by John Perit, we are
unable to say, but in this building, he for some years carried on a mercantile
business. It is probable that in 1775 ^^^ raised an independent company to march
to the relief of Boston, for the General Assembly in that year grant to the men
in Boston under the command of Capt John Perit, the same pay as the regularly
commissioned troops. In 1779, he marries Ruth Webster, who came with her
father, Pelatiah Webster, to visit in Norwich in 1776. The latter was a citizen
of Philadelphia, and a distinguished writer on financial and political matters,
who, for his strong and outspoken patriotism was imprisoned for a time by the
British during their occupation of Philadelphia, and a part of his property con-
fiscated. In 1786, John Perit leaves Norwich, resides for a while in Scotland,
Conn., and dies in Philadelphia in 1795. He left five children: John Webster
Perit, who married Margaretta Dunlap of Philadelphia, and resided in that city ;
Pelatiah, who for many years was President of the Chamber of Commerce in
New York City ; Rebecca, who married Joshua Lathrop, and resided in Le Roy,
N. Y. ; and Maria, who married Charles P. Huntington of Norwich. The widow,
Ruth (Webster) Perit, married in New Haven in 1799, Col. Christopher Leffingwell
of Norwich, and died in the latter place in 1840.
In 1786, the Perit house is sold to Asa Spalding, who resides here until he
moves to the Gov. Huntington house in iSoi. In 1815, Luther Spalding sells the
house, office and barn to the State for county uses, and the land between the
house and Perit shop for a jail lot. The jail, erected at that time, remains
standing tmtil the courts are moved to the Landing, and is then shortly
after burnt to the ground. The Perit house becomes the home of the jailer and,
from a tree in front, hangs a sign of two crossed keys. In 1S35, the county
house and jail lot are sold to William Cleveland, who builds for his son-in-law,
George D. Fuller (the husband of his daughter Susan), the store now occupied by
Herbert W. Hale. The Perit house passes into the possession of Henry Harland,
whose heirs retain it for a while. It is then sold, and of late years has had
many occupants.
We think that in 1789, Alexander McDonald may have occupied the Perit
.VebsLer ) ( Peril ) L eff ingwell .
_\Vir£ OF John Pcrit 5 later of Col. Chris. Leffingwe.,
17 55-1840.
PAINTED BY BASS 0TI5.
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shop, as a bookseller and book-binder, but it is possible that his location " a few
rods north of the court house " may refer to the Woodbridge shop. Gurdon
Lathrop establishes himself in the Perit shop for a while in ijqf, after leaving
the Woodbridge shop across the green. His stock consists of a general assort-
ment of goods, from groceries, hardware, " Russel, Calimanco, and Lasting Shoes,"
shawls, dress goods, &c., to annotated editions of the Bible. In 1793, ^^'''S shop is
sold to Asa Spalding. In 1794, Gurdon Lathrop moves to a new shop two doors
from the corner, and Simon Carew transfers his stock of books from a former
stand to the Perit shop in 1795. ^^ i8or, Joseph and Charles P. Huntington are
for a while located here. In 1817, the shop comes into the possession of William
Cleveland, and after his death, this and the adjoining land and store are deeded
by the Cleveland heirs to George D. Fuller. At the present time, the upper part
of this building is occupied as a dwelling and the meat-market of Lucius Fenton
is located in the basement.
The lane, leading by the market, was laid out in 1699, as an approach to
the one and a half acres, which were at the same time "set apart " for "the burying
place." In 1704, the town grants liberty to Mr. Woodward "to flood the burying
place till the town sees cause to fence it in by itself." According to Miss
Caulkins, " the first persons interred in this lot were Dea. Simon Huntington,
who died in 1706, and his grandson, Simon, who died of the bite of a rattlesnake,
received while mowing in an adjoining lot in 1707. In 17 14-15, a committee is
appointed to lay out the burying place. In 1734, the inhabitants declare by their
vote that the Burying Place, adjoining to the Lott that was Mr. Gookins, shall
be laid open to the Common from and after the ist of September next." Miss
Caulkins says in her History of Norwich, "that in 177S some French troops, on
the route from Providence to the south, halted in Norwich for 10 or 15 days
on account of sickness. They had their tents spread upon the plain, while the
sick were quartered in the court house. About 20 died, and were buried each
side of the lane that led into the old burying yard. No stones were set up, and
the ground was even smoothed over, so as to leave no trace of the narrow tene-
ments below."
In Dr. Lord's sermon, preached in 1778, he alludes to "20 French prisoners
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from New York who died here in a few weeks." This may have occurred at
the time when Gen. Glover's Irish brigade, under the command of Lafayette,
remained for three days in town in that year, though the Packet makes no alhi-
sion to any deaths at the time.
In 1796, additional land was purchased of Azariah Lathrop, and again in
1819, of the estate of Simeon Huntington. At this latter date, the other entrance
lane was laid out, adjoining the property of Charles Young. In the beginning of
this century, two Indians died suddenly on the same day, one a Mohegan, the
other a Pequot. The funeral services were held on the square opposite the court-
house, and graves side by side were prepared for them in this burying-ground,
but when the time for interment arrived, the Mohegan Indians refused to allow
one of their race to lie beside a hated Pequot. So strong was the feeling among
those rival races, even at that late day.
John Peric.
5ow or Johns Rl'Th iV/ebster) PriRi
1781-18^5.
CHAPTER LX.
CCUPYING all the land on the south side of the Green, was the home-lot
of Maj. Mason of 8 acres, " more or less," abutting north, north-west and
east on the highways, south on the river and west on the land of Thomas
Waterman. No measurements are given in the record, nor in the sale of the
land to the town in 1698. The street line, beginning by the river, extended along
the road leading from the present railroad depot, then by the Green, and the
Bean Hill road, to a point beyond the residence of Mrs. Hoffman.
Maj. John Mason, the pioneer of the Norwich settlement to whom the
people looked for counsel and protection, was born in England about 1601. He
is said to have been a relative of John Mason, the New Hampshire patentee, but
his parentage and birthplace are unknown. The first knowledge we have of
him is in 1630, when he was serving as a lieutenant in the army of the Nether-
lands. It is possible that at that time he was associated with the future
commander of the Parlimentary army. Sir Thomas Fairfax, who, as a young
man of 18, served for several months in the Netherlands in the spring and
summer of 1630. About fifteen years after, in 1645, Sir Thomas Fairfax was
made commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces, and wrote to Maj. Mason
offering him the position of Major General, which honor Major Mason declined.
In 1632, Major Mason appeared at Dorchester, Mass., and is commissioned
by the Massachusetts Colony, in company with Capt. John Gallup, to search for a
pirate named Dixey Bull, who had been committing depredations on the coast.
In 1634, he was one of a committee to plan the fortifications of Boston harbor,
and was placed in charge of a battery on Castle Island. In 1635, he was a Rep-
resentative to the General Court from Dorchester, and shortly after comes to
Connecticut, with the colony that settled Windsor in 1636. In April, 1637, the
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Pequot Indians made an attack on Wethersfield, and the General Court, alarmed
for the safety of the new settlements, declared war against them on May ist.
By May loth, an army of 90 men had been raised, which, under the com-
mand of Maj. Mason, sailed to Saybrook, and arriving on the 17th, was there
wind-bound for two days. The Court instructions were to land at the mouth of
the Pequot river, but Mason, finding that the Indians had heard of this intention,
concluded to act according to his own judgment, go on to Narragansett and
approach them from the rear, though in his written account of the expedition, he
advises others not " to act beyond their commission, or contrary to it ; for in so
doing, they run a double hazard." He also counsels the government " not to bind
up" their military leaders "into too narrow a compass. For it is not possible for
the wisest and ablest senators to forsee all accidents and occurrences, that fall out
in the management and pursuit of a war."
At Saybrook, they were joined by Capt. Underbill and 19 men, and 20
of the former band were sent back to guard the settlements. The small army
of 90 men sailed from Saybrook on Friday, the 19th, reaching their landing place
on Saturday, the 20th. They kept the Sabbath day aboard ship, and were pre-
vented from landing on Monday by a storm, but on Tuesday evening, the 23rd,
Capt. Mason and Capt. Underbill with 77 men disembarked, leaving the others
in charge of the vessels. They were joined by 60 Mohegans and several hundred
Narragansetts, in all about 500 Indians, who, with the exception of Uncas and a
Niantic Sachem named Wequash, all deserted before they reached their destination,
where they arrived on the 25th.
The Pequot fort, which they were going to attack, covered a circular area
of one or two acres, and was surrounded by a palisade 10 or 12 feet high, formed
of trunks of trees, driven into the ground. There were two openings, on opposite
sides, obstructed by light bushes or underbrush. Into these two entrances, on
the 26th of May, two hours before daylight. Captains Mason and Underbill forced
their way, each with sixteen men, the others remaining outside. The barking of
a dog gave the alarm, and with the cry of " Owanux I Owanux 1 " the Indian name
for Englishman, the startled Indians rushed from their wigwams. There was a
confused firing of muskets and arrows, and Capt. Mason, seeing the need of
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immediate and decisive action, seized on a brand from one of the wigwams, and
set fire to the mats, with which they were covered. The flames, fanned by a
north-east wind, spread rapidly, driving Capt. Underbill and his men from the
enclosure, and Capt. Mason also retired outside the fort, to be ready to intercept
the Indians as they emerged. But out of 700 Indians, who were estimated to be
in the fort at this time, only seven escaped and seven were taken captive. The
rest were either shot or perished in the flames.
As Capt. Mason says: "Thus did the Lord judge among the heathen,
filling the place with dead bodies." Of the English, two were killed and twenty
wounded. There were many providential escapes. Lt. Bull had an arrow shot
into a hard piece of cheese in his pocket, which as the Captain writes, " may
verify the old saying, 'A little armor would serve, if a man knew where to
place it.' " The only surgeon had remained on board the ship, and there was no
one to attend to the wounded. Major Mason writes : " Our provisions and muni-
tion were spent ; we in the enemies country," — " our pinnaces at a great distance,"
and "when they would come, we were uncertain."
But as they were debating what to do, they suddenly saw the ships sailing
into Pequot harbor. Sassacus, and about 300 Pequots, appeared from the neigh-
boring fort, and hovering in the rear of the English, obliged them to fight their
way to the vessels, carrying their wounded comrades. After they were safely on
board the vessels, there was some misunderstanding with Capt. Patrick, and Capt.
Mason with twenty of his men landed, and returned on foot to Saybrook. They
arrived the same day at the Connecticut river, where, as Capt. Mason says, they
were " nobly entertained by Lieut. Gardiner with many great guns." On the
next day they reached Saybrook, where they were "entertained with great
triumph and rejoicing, and praising God for his goodness to us," for as the
Captain adds : " It is He that hath made his work wonderful, and therefore
ought to be remembered."
The remainder of the Pequots, with their Sachem, Sassacus, set out to join
the Indian tribes in central New York, but as they killed some white people on
the way, Mason was sent to intercept them. He surrounded them in a swamp
at Fairfield and killed or captured all but 70, who escaped to join the Mohawks,
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Thus, by his prompt and brave action, Capt. Mason secured for the Connecticut
settlers immunity from Indian attack for a period of nearly forty years.
On his return to Hartford, he was appointed chief military officer of the
colony, with the rank of Major, which was equivalent to Major General, his only
duty being to "traine the military inen in every plantation ten days in every yeere,
soe as it be not in June or July." The salary was ^40 per annum. In 1654, he
was ordered to hold a general review of all the train-bands once in two years.
When Saybrook was transferred to the Connecticut Colony, Capt. Mason
was appointed commander of the fort, and moved there in 1647. In the winter
of that year, the fort, which was built of wood, caught fire, and was burnt to the
ground, with the dwelling house connected with it. Captain Mason, his wife, and
one of his children, barely escaped the flames.
The New Haven colony contemplated at one time, making a settlement on
the Delaware river, and urged Major Mason to be the leader of the expedition,
but the Connecticut colony interposed, and prevailed upon him not to leave them.
Not being able to secure the services of Major Mason, the New Haven people
were obliged to relinquish their enterprise. By Uncas and the Mohegan Indians,
Maj. Mason was loved and revered as a firm friend and protector, but to the
other Indian tribes he was often severe, and as Roger Williams writes, "terrible."
In public affairs, he was always a prominent figure, serving as Judge of the
Courts, member of the Legislature, Commissioner, as arbitrator and agent in all
Indian affairs. Deputy Governor for eight years, and Assistant. Miss Caulkins
divides his life into four periods : —
"Lieutenant and Captain at Dorchester, . . . 5>4 years.
Conqueror of the Pequots, Kt Windsor, . . . 12 years.
Magistrate and Major, )
Captain of the fort and . Ut Saybrook, 12 years.
Commissioner of the United Colonies, \ . ^ ■'
Deputy Governor and Assistant at Norwich, . . 12 years."
On January 30, 1672, as Rev. Simon Bradstreet of New London writes in
his journal : "Major John Mason, who had severall times been Deputy Govern' of
Connecticut Colony, dyed. He was aged about 70. He lived the two or three
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last years of his life in exlream misery, with ye stone or strangury, or some
such disease. He dyed with much comfort, and assur" it should be well with
him."
Trumbull, the historian, describes Maj. Mason as "tall and portly, full of
martial fire" as one who "shunned no hardships, or dangers, in the defence and
service of the colony."
Norwich may well be proud of her founder, so brave and fearless, yet
withal so modest, that he " forbears to mention " any especial matters relating to
his own personal action in the encounter with the Pequots, "ascribing all blessing
and praise " to God for the success which crowned his imdertaking ; so wise and
prudent in counsel, that he advises that "matters of moment should be handled
with ripe advice, poised consultation, and solid conclusions ;" though sometimes
severe, yet always just in his judgments, and in religious controversies, suggesting
that " we look up to God to help us see our evil, and great folly in our needless
strife, and contention, and that we unfeignedly and heartily repent and speedily
reform,"
At last, worn out with pain and suffering, when he can no longer labor for
the public good, he resigns his honors and offices, ending his last letter to the
General Assembly : —
" Beseeching the God of Peace, who brought again from the dead the Lord
Jesus, the great Shepherd of His Sheep, to make us perfect in every good word
and work to do his will, into whose hands I commend you, and your mighty
affairs, who am your afflicted yet real servant. John Mason."
It is believed that Maj. Mason was twice married, as on the old Church
Book of Windsor, among the list of deaths occurring before 1639, is mentioned
"the Captain's wife," and at that time he was the only person in the settlement
who bore that title. In July, 1639, he was married to Anne Peck (b. 1619),
daughter of the Rev. Robert Peck of Hingham, Mass.
This Rev. Robert Peck (b. 1580), was the son of Robert Peck, a wealthy
citizen of Beccles, Suffolk Co., England. He graduated at Magdalen College,
Cambridge, in 1599, and was ordained rector of St. Andrew's Church, Hingham,
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Co. Norfolk, England, in 1605. For "having catechised his family, and sung a
psalm in his own house on a Lord's day evening, when some of his neighbors
attended," he was so persecuted by the Bishop of the diocese that he fled to New
England "with his wife, two children, and two servants," and became the Teacher
of the church at Hingham, Mass. When the persecutions in England had ceased,
he returned in 1641, and resumed his rectorship of St. Andrew's Church in
Hingham, where he died in 1658. His wife, Anne, and his son, Joseph, returned
with him, the former dying in 1648, and he married (2) Mrs. Martha Bacon,
widow of James Bacon, Rector of Burgate. His daughter, Anne, remained in
New England, as the wife of Major Mason.
In the funeral sermon preached " upon the occasion of the Death and
Decease of that piously affected, and truely Religious Matron, Mrs. Anne Mason,"
her son-in-law. Rev. James Fitch, calls upon us to " mark and behold her godly life
and happy end." "It is a rare thing to behold such constant freshness of spirit,
and affectionate esteeming of communion with God. O with what weakness, and
trembling difficulty, and danger to health and life, did she many times come to
the public ordinances, but she would purposely conceal her sickness, oftentimes
from her near relations, lest in tenderness to her, they should hinder her from
going to the publick ordinances. In respect of secret prayer, she had been so
acquainted with that ordinance from a child, that she could not charge and
accuse herself of any neglect, not so much as one time in thirty years." " Were
I able to rehearse the many spiritual, weighty and narrow questions and discourses,
I have heard from her, it would fill up a large book." "The Lord having gifted
her with a measure of knowledge, above what is usual in that sex — as she had
opportunities, by reason of her usefulness to the afflicted, so the Lord supplied
her with a word in season. I need not tell you what a Dorcas you have lost —
men, women and children are ready with weeping to acknowledge what works
of mercy she hath done for them."
The date of her death is unknown, but it is supposed that she died either
in or before 1672, the year of her husband's death. They were both probably
laid to rest with the other settlers, who died previous to 1700, in the old burying-
ground near Bean Hill, but no stones have been found to mark their resting-place.
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Priscilla, Major Mason's eldest daughter by his second wife, married in
1664, Rev. James Fitch as second wife ; the second daughter, Rachel, became in
1678, the second wife of Charles Hill of New London. Anne married Capt.
John Brown of Swansey, and Elizabeth, Capt. James Fitch.
Samuel (b. 1644), married tor his second wife, his cousin, Elizabeth Peck,
daughter of Joseph Peck, 2nd, of Rehoboth, Mass. Like his father, he was chosen
Assistant, and also bore the title of Major. He settled early at Stonington,
where he died in 1705.
Daniel Mason, the third son (b. 1652), married (i) in 1676, Margaret, daughter
of Edward and Elizabeth (Weld) Denison of Roxbury, Mass., and (2) in 1679,
Rebecca Hobart, daughter of the Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, Mass. In
1679, he filled the office of schoolmaster in Norwich, but soon after went to
Stonington, where he died in 1736-7, aged 85.
The Major's house and home-lot passed into the possession of his second
son, John Mason, 2nd, (b. 1646), who early entered into public life, serving as
deputy to the General Court in 1672, 1674 and 1675. He received his commission
as Lieutentant of the train-band in 1672, and in 1675, was appointed Captain.
In this latter year he was severely wounded in the great swamp fight, lingered
until September of the next year, when he died at the age of 30. He was
chosen Assistant the very year of his death. In the probate of his estate he is
called "the worshipful John Mason." He married Abigail, daughter of the Rev.
James and Abigail (Whitfield) Fitch and left two children : Anne, who married
John Denison of Stonington, and John (b. 1673), afterward known as Capt. John
Mason, 3rd. It is possible that the widow, Abigail, went to Lebanon to join her
relatives after her husband's death, or perhaps her son may have moved there
later.
In 1698, Capt. John Mason, 3rd, (yeoman), of Lebanon, sells the house and
home-lot to the town of Norwich. In 1699, when the committee were looking
about for a parsonage, though this land is granted to Mr. Woodward, no house
is mentioned as standing on the lot, and it may possibly have been burnt or
destroyed. If the Major's old home had been standing, it is probable that it
would have been used for a parsonage.
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Uncas had given to Major Mason, some time previous to the settlement of
Norwich, a deed of all the Mohegan lands which were then not occupied by the
tribe, and Capt. Mason later surrendered this to the General Court. After the
death of Major Mason, his relatives claimed that this deed was only the convey-
ance of land which the Major held in trust for the Indians, and prevailed upon
the latter to urge their claims to the property.
In the meantime a large part of these lands had been deeded to various
settlers, and many courts were held in Stonington and Norwich to bring the
contest to a settlement. No sooner, however, did the Courts of Commission
decide in favor of the Colony, than the Masons would at once appeal to the
King. However, in 1767, the English government gave a final decision in favor
of the Colony and against the Indians.
Capt. John Mason, 3rd, married (i) Anne, daughter of his uncle Samuel,
and (2) in 1719, Anne (Sanford) Noyes, widow of Dr. James Noyes, and daughter
of Gov. Peleg Sanford of Rhode Island. He moved from Lebanon to Stonington,
then to Montville, where for a while he served as teacher of the Indians, made
several journeys to England, and finally died in 1736, in London, where he had
gone with Mahomet, grandson of Owaneco, for prosecution of the Indian claims.
CHAPTER LXI.
THE whole church were so united in their approbation of Mr. Benjamin Lord,
who was called to preach "on tryal " in 1716, that they extended to him
a unanimous call to be their pastor, with the offer of £^ 100 per annum, the use
of the parsonage land formerly purchased of Stephen Gifford, and wood sufficient
for his use to be dropped at his door, " provided he settle himself without charge
to the town." He accepted the call, and was ordained Nov. 20, 17 17. He proceeded
"to settle himself" by purchasing the Mason home-lot and erecting a house on
a site * near the present residence of John Sterry.
At his ordination, the Saybrook Platform was distinctly renounced, and
from this time the relations of pastor and people were most harmonious.
As Dr. Lord writes : " From a Massah and Meribah, a place of Temptation
and Strife, this, in a good measure, became a Salem or place of Peace." In 1721,
1735, and 1740, there were great revivals in the church. In 1744, the pastor and
the majority of the people voted to adopt the Saybrook Platform, and again the
church became greatly excited, and thirty members, one of whom was Deacon
Joseph Griswold, left the church and formed the order known as Separatists.
Others joined them, and soon they established a distinct church.
From 1740 to 1772, Dr. Lord was a member of the Corporation of Yale
College, and in 1774, he received the degree of D. D. He preached his half-
century sermon on Nov. 29, 1767, from II. Peter i : 12-15. He was then 74 years
old. In the fifty-fourth year of his ministry, at his request, a colleague was
provided in Joseph Howe, who, however, left in 1773 to become the pastor of the
New South Church of Boston. Another colleague was procured in 1777 : Joseph
Strong of Coventry, Ct. In 1778, Dr. Lord delivered his sixty-first anniversary
See pencil sketch of the Green.
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sermon. Both this and his first sermon were published. The sermon preached
on his sixty-fourth anniversary was never printed. In his eighty-seventh year
his eyesight failed, but he was still able to write his sermons, which his grand-
daughter, Caroline, used to read over repeatedly to him, so that he was able to
deliver them with ease, and some of these were considered by many as among
the best of all his discourses. His mind was clear till the last, and, though feeble,
he was still able to appear in the pulpit, and occasionally, with the help of his
colleague, conduct the services. He preached for the last time " on the Thanks-
giving subsequent to the restoration of peace to America, seemingly by a special
Providence gratified in living to such a memorable period, which he had often
expressed his wish to see." He died March 31, 1784, in the ninetieth year of his
age, and the sixty-seventh of his ministry.
His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. James Cogswell of Windham,
from I. Cor. 4 : i. Mr. Cogswell alludes to the beauty of Dr. Lord's character
in old age, when " his meekness, humility, philanthropy, and heavenly mindedness
were apparently increased, and he seemed to
' Stand with his starry pinions on,
Drest for the flight, and ready to be gone.' ''
His funeral was "attended by a respectable number of his own profession,
the gentlemen of the vSuperior Court, and their officers, together with a large con-
course of people of almost every denomination, whose very countenance loudly
expressed the general loss."* We learn from his obituary in the Norwich Packet,
that "his talent at expounding the scriptures, and representing them in their true
analogy was singular. The solemn, animated, and commanding manner of his
public address was a distinguished part of his character, and exceeded by nothing,
unless it was that spirit of prayer, which on every occasion dwelt upon his lips."
" His first prayer, at morning service on the Sabbath, occupied the full run
of the hour-glass at his side." How full of interest must this prayer have been
to that part of the congregation, which came from the outlying districts, for in it
was condensed all the news of the week, public and town events, " deaths, acci-
* Norwich Packet.
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dents and storms." " In war time, his supplications and thanksgivings were so
particular and specific, as to give the congregation the best information, that had
been received of the progress of affairs. Notes were sent up to the pulpit, not
only in cases of sickness and death, but by persons departing on a journey or
voyage, and also on returning from the same. It is said that a petition was once
sent up to the pulpit for public prayer in behalf of a man, gone, going or
about to go to Boston."*
According to the testimony of the Rev. Joseph Strong, " Dr. Lord was
assiduous in visiting the sick and afflicted, a Barnabas to the dejected and feeble-
minded, and very skillful in discriminating characters, and making proper applica-
tions, and giving suitable advice in soul-troubles."
Dr. Lord was small in stature, and in his old age his figure was bent, yet
his face was said to have been attractive and pleasing. He had bright, keen,
blue eyes, and was very neat and careful in his dress. He wore an imposing
white wig, and silver buckles at his knees and on his shoes. A portrait of him
is still extant in the possession of his gr.-gr.-grandson, John Bliss of Brooklyn,
L. I., which represents him with hand raised as if in the act of preaching.
Of his wig this tale is told, how John Rogers, the founder of the sect of
Rogerenes, who regarded it as his duty to inveigh against the clergy, and
especially the observance of the Sabbath, followed Dr. Lord to church one day,
using abusive and insulting language, and when Dr. Lord arrived at the church-
door, and taking off his hat disclosed his carefully adjusted wig, Rogers exclaimed :
" Benjamin ! Benjamin ! Dost thou think that they wear white wigs in heaven ? "
Though Dr. Lord lived to be so old, he was far from strong, and suffered
all his life from pain and disease. His first wife, the daughter of Rev. Edward
Taylor of Westfield, was also a great invalid. They were married for twenty-
eight years, and during sixteen of these she was confined to her bed, and for
eight years of that time unable to feed herself. Yet with all these trials. Dr.
Lord was still able to attend to all his church duties, and in addition to his long
weekly sermons, to prepare for publication eighteen pamphlets or sermons, preached
on special occasions.
*Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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On his eighty-first birthday he writes in his diary : " It is a wonder to
many, and especially to myself, that there are any remains of the man, and the
minister at this advanced age, and that I am still able to preach with acceptance
to my numerous assembly. It is much that I have survived two former climacterics,
in which many have died, and ministers not a few, and still more, that I have
lived to this greater climacteric, nine times nine. But the climax is at hand —
the certain crisis. Death has not gone by me, not to come upon me."
On his eighty-third birthday he alludes to his being the oldest preaching
minister in the State, yet considers himself but "a babe and dwarf in religion,"
in proportion to its high demands. On the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth
he writes : " Oh, my soul hast thou on the garment of salvation, both inherent
and imported righteousness, the one to qualify for heaven, the other to give the
title ! Art thou the subject of that effectual calling, which is both the fruit and
proof or evidence of election ? " *
His tombstone in the old burying ground bears the following inscription :
" In memory of the Rev"" Benj" Lord D. D. Blessed with good natural abilities,
improved from a liberal Education and refined by Grace, he early dedicated him-
self to the sacred office, tho' incumbered through life with much bodily infirmity,
he executed the social duties of his charge, in a manner which was acceptable
and usefull. In 17 14, he had conferr'd upon him the highest honors of Yale
College, after having been the faithfull Pastor of the ist Ch. of Ch' in Norwich
for 67 years, he departed this life, March 31st, 1784, M, 90 - tho' now unconscious
in Death may the living hear (or seem to hear) from him the following address.
' Think, Christians, think !
You stand on vast Eternity's dread brink
Faith and Repentance, Piety and Prayer
Despise this world, the next be all your care,
Thus while my Tomb the solemn silence breaks,
And to the eye, this cold dumb marble speaks.
Tho' dead I preach, if e'en with ill success
Living I strove th' important truths to press, —
Your precious, your immortal souls to save,
Hear me at least, O hear me from my Grave.' "
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich. First Edition.
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As we turn from this inscription to the portrait, where the hand is raised,
as if in admonition, we can still "hear (or seem to hear)" the old pastor, with
his slow, impressive manner, preaching to the people, of whom he said, " I have
lived in their hearts, and they in mine." The marble slab, with its conventional
grotesque cherub's head carving, has been removed from this tombstone, and
ground to powder within the last two years.
The Hon. John T. Wait gives this little anecdote, to show that the good
parson did not entirely despise the things of this world. He was invited out to
dine on a Thanksgiving day, at the house of one of his deacons, who was troubled
with a slight impediment of speech. Beginning to hesitate in his blessing, which
was rather lengthy. Dr. Lord at once turned his plate over, and said, " Deacon,
this is no time to hesitate, when the turkey is cooling."
Ann Taylor (b. 1697), the first wife of the Rev. Benj. Lord, was the
daughter of Rev. Edward Taylor of Westfield, and his second wife Ruth Wyllis.
Through her mother, she was descended from two Connecticut governors : Gov.
John Haynes and Gov. George Wyllis. The second wife of Dr. Lord was Elizabeth,
widow of Henry Tisdale of Newport, R. L. who died in New York shortly after
her marriage. His third wife was Abigail Hooker, possibly daughter of Nathaniel
and Mary (Standley) Hooker, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker.
She died in 1792, aged 86.
It will be interesting to know how a minister's wife attired herself a little
more than 100 years ago, so here are a few items of Abigail's inventory. For
gowns, she had among others, "a brown damask," a green "tabby," and a black
"taffety," a "grogram," and a black "padusoy," and a "green full suit," and a "red-
dish-colored silvereth." She had 26 aprons in all, among which were 12 Holland
aprons and one of black silk ; of cloaks, to choose from, she had one of black satin,
one small black "padusay," and one black velvet fringed cloak. She had also a
flowered gauze shade, a crimson cloth riding-hood trimmed with red, two lute-
string hoods with gauze, a velvet hood with lace, a black silk bonnet and a gauze
scarf, besides 23 caps. Then she had fans of black gauze, of paper, ivory, and bone,
six silvered girdles, gloves of black silk, leather, and white-leather, and white mitts,
red and blue silk stockings, silk clogs, three strings of gold beads, and a pair of stays.
338 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
In his will, the Rev. Benjamin Lord gives to his widow the use of the
house for life, and he then divides the house and home-lot (frontage 8 rods, 4
links), between his sons, Benjamin and Ebenezer, the west half to the former, the
east part to the latter. The east end of the former Mason lot, where the new
school-house now stands, with a frontage of 17 rods on the highway to the river,
and of 4 rods, 4 links, on the Green is given to his daughter, Elizabeth. The
west part, where the Sterry house now stands, had been sold to Nathaniel
Lathrop. Benjamin Lord, 2nd, dies in 1787. He was a farmer, and lived at that
time on Plain Hills. Ebenezer Lord died in 1800, and his son, Ebenezer, then
occupied the house. Lucy (Lord) Avery, widow of Richard Avery, and daughter
of Benjamin Lord, 2nd, resided here in 1S25. vShe married in 1826, Capt. Erastus
Perkins. In 1830, the Lord heirs sell the property to William Cleveland, grand-
father of President Grover Cleveland. He builds a shop east of the house, where
he carries on the business of a goldsmith, until his death in 1837. The house
remained in the possession of his heirs, though occupied at times by other tenants,
until 1852, when it was burnt to the ground. In the old drawing of the Green,
we have a picture of this house and shop.
Joseph Howe, the young colleague provided at Dr. Lord's request in 1772,
was born in Killingly, Ct., in 1747. He was the son of the Rev. Perley and
Damaris (Cady) Howe of Killingly. He graduated at Yale College in 1765, for
a while had charge of the public school in Hartford, and was afterward a tutor
at Yale until 1772. In that year he was called to Norwich, and preached
alternately with Dr. Lord for a part of 1772 and 1773. While at Yale, we learn
from Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit," that he was distinguished for his
literary accomplishments, and especially for his remarkable powers of elocution,
not less than for his fine moral and social qualities."
While at Norwich, he received a call to the New South Church of Boston,
which he accepted, leaving for this new field in May, 1773. The poem "Boston
Ministers" heralds his arrival in Boston: —
"At New South now, we hear of Howe,
A genius, it is said, Sir,
And there we'll hail this son of Yale —
There's not a wiser head, Sir."
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In the early part of 1775, he fled with many other inhabitants of Boston
and sought a refuge in Norwich. "But the anxiety and agitation had affected his
health, and after a few weeks, he went to New Haven for change of air, and
on his way back stopped at Hartford, where he was taken seriously ill, and died
in three weeks, in August, 1775."
" In person, he was tall and slender — his head was rather inclined forward,
not from any defect in his form, but from a habit which he had of letting his
eyes fall, while engaged in meditation. His complexion was fair, and though his
features were somewhat irregular, and by no means strikingly agreeable, his
expression was strongly indicative of high intellectual and moral qualities. His
efforts in the pulpit were of the most impressive and fascinating kind. In almost
every department of literature and science, he had made himself at home. He
was distinguished for benevolence and generosity, mildness and courtesy, humility
and modesty. One of his most attractive qualities was that he seemed unconscious
of the applause which his character and his efforts elicited."*
Miss Ellen D. Larned in her history of Windham County, writes of the Rev.
Joseph Howe : " His memory was fondly cherished through all the generation
that had known him, and years later, when many of his contemporaries had
passed into oblivion, his character was portrayed in that of the model hero, in one
of the first original popular tales published in America, 'The Coquette, or the
History of Eliza Wharton.' "
Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit."
CHAPTER LXIl.
IN 1737, Rev. Benjamin Lord sells to Nathaniel Lathrop "8 rods of land of my
home lot (formerly John Woodward's,)" with a frontage on the Green of 3 rods,
12)^ feet,' and on the highway leading to Bean Hill of 15 rods, 7 feet. Nathaniel
Lathrop (b. 1693), was the son of Samuel and Hannah (Adgate) Lathrop. In the
division of Samuel's property, he receives the farm at Namucksuck, a few miles
north of New London, where he resides until 1735, when he moves to Norwich.
He married in 17 17, Ann, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Huntington) Backus,
and had nine children.
On the land purchased of Dr. Lord, he built the house, which became the
well-known Lathrop tavern. From here, was started the first line of coaches to
Providence in 1768. He also had a shop on the Green, which he was ordered to
remove in 1757. He dealt largely in "Flower of Mustard Seed," which he adver-
tises in 1773. He died in 1774, aged 8r. His obituary in the Packet says: "He
was of a hospitable and charitable disposition, and made the principles of Religion
the Rule of his actions, and died a Real Believer in the Promises of the Gospel."
His wife died in 1761.
His son, Azariah (b. 17 28), succeeded him as landlord of the tavern. He
had married in 1764 Abigail, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Lathrop) Huntington,
and had seven children. He also carries on the trade in " Flower of Mustard
Seed," advertising as late as 1791. In 1787, he buys additional land on the east
(frontage 2 rods), of Benjamin Lord, and here builds a shop.
Azariah Lathrop was one of the wealthiest citizens of Norwich, and his tavern
was one of the best known and prosperous. The Hon. John T. Wait gives various
anecdotes of this popular landlord — how when the guests of the inn complained
of the cold, used to tell them that " there was plenty of fire in the bar." At one
time, card-playing was prohibited by law, so when Azariah approached a room,
where it was possible that some of the guests might be indulging in this forbidden
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 341
amusement, he used to cough loudly, then knock, and when the door was opened,
stood with his back turned to the room, that he might truly say he had "never
seen anything of the kind in his tavern." His sons were highly respected citizens,
and both they and his daughters married into the prominent families of the town.
Azariah died in 18 10, aged 82, leaving the house to his widow, and son, Augustus,
and the shop to his son, Charles. Augustus Lathrop died in 1819, and in 1821,
the administrator of the estate sells the tavern to Bela Peck. It was shortly
after partly destroyed by fire. In 1S29, the land was sold to the Union Hotel
Company, who erected the large brick house now standing, which was used for
some years as a hotel, but when the courts were moved to the Landing, lost its
popularity, was later occupied as a boarding school, and was finally sold to John
Sterry, who now occupies it as a summer residence. Charles Lathrop sold his
part of the lot to William Cleveland in 1S29.
In this tavern were held the winter assemblies, in the room built by Mr.
Lathrop with a spring floor for this special purpose. The Hon. Charles Miner says
that there was "no formal supper on these occasions, but tea, coffee, tongue, ham,
cakes and every suitable refreshment in abundance. Collier with his inimitable
violin ; Manning with his drum. Order the most perfect, never for a moment, that I
heard or saw of, infringed. Contra-dances occupied the evening. The stately
minuet had gone out of fashion, and the cotillion not 3'et introduced. At one
o'clock the assembly closed." William Pitt Turner, in a Packet of 1789, satirizes
these assemblies and the young beaux of Norwich ; —
" Adieu, adieu to Sans Soucie,
Cries all the Lads with merry glee,
The girls, I'm sure if they complain
Of N h boys, 'twill be in vain.
For they this winter, strange the' true,
Have spent of shillings not a few ;
The fair to please, night-errants stout,
They've turned their purses wrong side out ;
And to maintain their dancing-sett
All head and ears, the^^'ve run in debt ;
yome to the Cobler for their shoes,
Some to the Merchant for their cloaths.
Of jackets, stocks, and cambrick ruffles,
Silk stockings, hats and plated buckles."
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He then proceeds to mention the beaux of the assembly, giving their initials
and possibly alludes to himself as: —
" A Druggist too, that retails Crocus
Who's noddle's full of hocus pocus,
With hair that like a fire brand red,
Or like a gay woodpecker's head.
Belongs to this great lib'rel ball
And always meets at ev'ry call."
He alludes to the music furnished by "Cuffee," and to " the dancing master
Griffiths," and to "the Landing bucks," who,
"With heads just fit for barber's blocks.
Mount their old pacing mares, & prance
To this expensive merry dance."
In this tavern in 1774, Jabez Smith advertises as "a teacher of Psalmody,"
and of the "scale, fife, and German flute." In 1797, a Mr. Marriott informs the
people of Norwich that he intends to amuse them at Mr. Lathrop's tavern, with
a performance entitled " Brush upon Brush, or a Pill for the Spleen," price of
admittance i s. 6 d. Again Moulthorp and Street exhibit here these wax works,
among which figure, " The Beauty of Norwich," " David bearing the head of
Goliath," " Maj. Andre taking leave of his Honoria," &c , &c.
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CHAPTER LXIIL
THE early courts wiiich met in Norwich were held either in private houses,
or the meeting-house. In 1720, money was raised, and an unsuccessful
attempt was made to have the county court hold some of its sessions here. In
1735, another effort was more fortunate. Norwich was made a half-shire town,
and a court-house, whipping-post, and pillory were erected on the south corner of
the parsonage lot. The key of the court-house was given into the custody of
Capt. Joseph Tracy in 1736, and a room in the attic was made to hold the
town's stock of ammunition, and a fine of 5s. imposed on any man, "who shall
smoke it in the time of sessions of any town meeting." In 1745, the care of the
town house was committed to Philip Turner ; in 1755, to Benjamin Lord.
This court-house was so dilapidated in 1759, that it was voted to build a
new one 48 or 50 feet X 26 or 28 feet in size, on the south-east corner of the
plain, in front of the old one. The building was finished in 1762. A powder-
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house was also built in 1760, on the hill near the path leading to the meeting-
house. This was blown up in 1784. A train of powder, laid by some unknown
person, was discovered one-half hour before the explosion, but not a person could
be found courageous enough to extinguish it. Everyone was warned to get out
of the way. The stone powder-house was blown to atoms. Only one of the
stones could be afterward identified, and this descended through the roof of a
house and two floors, and landed in the cellar. A bag of canister shot entered
one of the windows of the parsonage. The meeting-house was greatly damaged,
also some of the neighboring houses, and all the window panes in the vicinity
were shattered.*
Shortly after the erection of the new court-house, Samuel Huntington, then
a young attorney just entering into business, petitioned the town for liberty to
use and improve the north-east chamber in the court-house for a writing-office,
"except in Term-time, at a Reasonable rent," and if the town will grant his
request and give him the key, "he will promise to take all proper care," &c., &c.
In this court-house, in 1767, was read the famous Boston circular, and a com-
mittee of prominent citizens was formed to draw up a report for the next meeting.
This consisted of an agreement not to import or to use articles of foreign manu-
facture or produce, such as tea, wines, liquors, silks, china, &c. Linens, low-priced
broadcloths, and felt hats were excepted. It was also voted to encourage all
domestic manufactures. One clause reads: "And it is strongly recommended to
the worthy ladies of this town, that for the future, they would omit tea-drinking
in the afternoon ; and to commission-officers, to be moderate and frugal in their
acknowledgments to their companies, for making choice of them as officers, which
at this distressing time will be more honorable than the usual lavish and extrava-
gant entertainments heretofore given." This report, however, closes with the
determination to remain "loyal subjects to our Sovereign Lord the King, holding
firm and inviolable our attachment to and dependence on our mother country."
Homespun dresses and Labrador tea became the fashion. The latter was
made from the dried leaves of the Ccaiiothus Amcricaiius, now well known under
the name of New Jersey tea.
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich. First Edition.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 345
In 1774, a circular from the Boston Committee of Correspondence, calling
for resistance to the oppressive laws of the mother country, brought out so vast
an audience, that they were obliged to adjourn from the court-house to the meet-
ing house for better accommodation. A Standing Committee of Correspondence
was appointed of five of the leading citizens : —
Capt. Jeuidiah Huntington. Christopher Lkffingwell, Esq.
Dr. Theophilus Rogers. Capt. William Hubbard.
Capt. Joseph Trumbull.
All through the Revolution, the Norwich citizens, with but few exceptions,
were staunch in their patriotism, and numerous and enthusiastic meetings were
held in this court-house. To all appeals for aid to the army, the people of
Norwich made a generous and immediate response.
In 1784, "a new," and as a correspondent of the Norwich Packet says,
" a most pompous " City Hall was erected in New London, and the question was
raised, whether if ^5000 of the county money must be laid out in county build-
ings, whether Norwich, " who pays double the tax of New London, in justice
ought not to have some proportion of the money agreeable to the tax ? or so far
at least as to paint and repair the Court House, build a house for the Goal
Keeper, and remove the old one."
However, the Norwich Court- House was destined to last for many years
longer, though in 1793, the courts complained loudly of its ruinous condition. The
town thought the county should pay the expense of repairs or build a new
one. In 1798, the house was thoroughly repaired and painted, and money
raised to move it from the Green. In this year, Eleazer and Elizabeth Lord,
who had inherited from the Rev. Benjamin Lord the land on the north-east
corner of his home-lot, sold to the town land " to extend as far south as shall be
necessary for the purposes of placing a county court-house south of a line drawn
from the north-west corner of Ebenezer Lord's dwelling house to the west side
of Eleazer Lord's north door of his dwelling house," &c. To this lot the court-
house was moved and remained standing until 1891.
Between the years 1809 and 1833, the attempts made to move the courts to
the Landing were strenuously opposed by the town. Three times the matter was
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brought before the General Assembly, who, in 1833, referred it to the New London
County Representatives, who finally decided on removal. The town then sent in
a petition, asking to be separated from the city, which was granted.
The whipping-post and pillory were in frequent requisition in the early
years of the town. In 1773, the Packet mentions the punishment of three negroes,
one with 6 lashes, the other with 8, for striking some white people ; and two
white men, convicted of burglary, receive, one 15 lashes, and the other 6. A man
arrested in this year for horse-stealing is sentenced to receive 15 stripes, to be
imprisoned one month in the workhouse,, and to pay a fine of ^10, costs and
damage. Another, for burglary, receives 6 stripes, and pays 20 s. fine and ^15
costs. For manslaughter, an Indian is branded in the hand, receives 39 lashes,
and forfeits his goods.
In 1785, one of "the light-fingered gentry " receives at the post "the discipline
of the whip," and a man, convicted of horse-stealing, receives his chastisement, as
he "sets on the wooden horse." In 1787, another sufferer for horse-stealing "rides
the wooden horse " for an hour, is whipped 25 stripes, fined ^10, imprisoned for 6
weeks, and is then sold to pay the costs. However, his punishment is so far amelior-
ated, that he "rides the horse," and receives 15 stripes on one day and the balance
of 10 stripes on the first Monday of the next month. A man convicted of forgery
is sentenced to stand in the pillory for three public days, for the space of fifteen
minutes each day.
The penalties for breaking the seventh commandment were very severe.
The offenders, if church members, were obliged to appear before the church, and
make public confession of their fault, and were also censured and punished by
the civil authorities. In 1743, a man and a married woman of well-known and
respected families were, for this offence, sentenced " to be branded in the forehead
with the letter A on a hot iron," "to were a halter about the neck on the out-
side of the garment" during their "abode in this colony," "so it may be
visible," to pay the cost of prosecution which, in the woman's case, amounted to
J^l 9 s. 9 d., in the man's, to ^4 17 s. 3d., to be whipped "on the naked body,"
the woman to receive " 23 strips," the man 25, and " to stand committed until this
sentence be performed."
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 347
The court-house also served as a theatre. On Dec. 15, 1791, the tragedy
of " Douglas," and Foote's farce, " The Mayor of Garrat," were given by " Messrs.
Solomon & Murry ; " and on Dec. 22, of the same year, the comedy of " The
Citizen, or Old Square Toes Outwitted," and "The Female Madcap," and a ballad
farce called "The Elopement." The tickets for admission were is. 6d.
On February 19, 1792, "The Poor Soldier" and "The Mock Doctor," were
given for 9 d. a ticket, children half-price. On February 16 of the same year a
number of young ladies and gentlemen of the city took part in the tragedy of
" Gustavus," and the comedy called "The Mistakes of a Night." The entertain-
ment began at 6 o'clock.
In March of that year, a part of the tragedy of " Ulysses " was given, and
a comedy called "Flora, or Hob in the Well," a part of the tragedy of " Sopho-
nisba " and a farce called " The Miser, or Thieves and Robbers," the exercises to
begin at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. Sigourney describes the singing school held in the court-house : " Behind
a broad table, where in term time the lawyers took notes of evidence, or rectified
their briefs, sat we girls of the novitiate, technically called ' the young treble.' In
the gallery, raised a few steps above, sat the older and more experienced singers.
When discords occurred, the master, standing in a listening attitude, with more knowl-
edge of music than of grammar, would exclaim, 'There its them young treble.'"*
In the court-house were often held the dancing-classes, under a variety of
teachers. The first dancing master of whom we have any knowledge, Mr. Griffiths,
in 1787, held his classes not in the court-house but in "the house of the widow
Billings." As there were two of that title in town, it is dilTficult to say which was
intended, but we believe it to have been the house of the widow Mary Billings,
which was on the "Cross highway." Mr. Griffiths advertises to teach "Minuets
and a Duo Minuet (which are entirely new). Cotillion Minuet, and new Country
Dances, with the real step for dancing," and his terms were $6 for the first
quarter, $4 for the second. In 1793, a Providence dancing master appears in
town, and in 1797, John C. Devero (or Devereux), whom Mr. Charles Miner
describes "as an Irish gentleman of a titled family, whom the war had embarassed,"
* " Letters of Life."
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who, " with a noble spirit of independence, rather than sit down in indigence and
despair," opened a dancing school in the court- house at Norwich, and also had
classes in Bozrah, Franklin, and two or three neighboring towns. Mr. Miner
says that Mr. Devereux afterward became one of the wealthiest citizens of Utica,
N. Y., and president of the United States Branch Bank.
Mrs. Sigourney's first dancing master was a Frenchman, "whose previous
history not ev'en Yankee perseverance could elicit. He bore the sobriquet of
Colonel, and was disturbed at the name of Bonaparte. He was tall, gaunt, well-
stricken in years, and impassable beyond aught what we had seen of his mercurial
race. His style of instruction betrayed his military genius. He would have made
an excellent drill sergeant. We were under a kind of martial law. During the
hours of practice, not a whisper was heard in our camp. The girls received
elementary instruction mornings, and when a particular grade of improvement
was attained, met and mingled with the other sex for two hours in the evening.
Being his own musician, and executing with correctness on the violin, he required
a strict adaptation of movement to measure. At his cry of ' Balancez ' we all
hopped up in a line, like so many roasted chestnuts. Low obeisances, lofty
promenades to solemn marches, and the elaborate politeness of the days of Louis
Ouartorze were inculcated. Many graceful forms of cotillion he taught us, and some
strange figures called horn-pipes, in which he put forth a few of his show pupils
on exhibition days. They comprised sundry absurd chamois leaps, and muscle
wringing steps, throwing the body into contortions. He gave out words of com-
mand as if at the head of a regiment. As imperative was he, as Frederick the
Great, and we as much of automatons as his soldiers."* Every separate term
closed with a ball, when beaux and belles of a more advanced age joined in the
festivities. On these occasions, only, the dancing lasted beyond 9 o'clock.
In 1823, a Mr. Fuller was the dancing master, and taught his pupils "how
to enter, and leave a room, to walk gracefully and to take the long allemand."
Contra-dances such as "Chester Castle," "The Hay Dance," "Turnpike Gate,"
"Life let us cherish," "Opera Reel," " Durang's Hornpipe" and "Patty Carey,"
seem at this time to have superseded the more graceful minuet.
* Mrs. Sigourney's " Letters of Life."
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 349
After the courts were moved to the Landing", the old court-house was sold
in 1835 to be used as a school-house, and served in that capacity until 1S91, when
a new school-building was erected, and the old structure was destroyed.
CHAPTER LXIV.
AT the south-east corner of the Green, near the residences of the Rev. Mr.
Fitch and Maj. Mason, stood the earliest meeting-house of Norwich.
This was probably a plain, rough, barn-like structure without steeple, porch, or
gallery. In 1668, a rate was collected to pay Samuel Lathrop, for "repairing and
heightening" it, and in 1673, thirteen years after its erection, the town contracted
with John Elderkin and Samuel Lathrop, for "the building of" a new house of
worship. This was to have a "gallery, and trough to carry the water from the roof."
The site chosen was on the hill, overlooking the greater part of the township.
At this time, before King Philip's war, when Indian attacks were constantly
expected, the inhabitants may have thought (as Miss Caulkins suggests), that on
this lofty site, commanding an extensive outlook, the building might serve "as
a watch-tower, and garrison-post, as well as a house of worship." So great was
the dread of Indian invasion, that the settlers carried their muskets to church,
and stacked them outside. A guard was set to watch, and the militia sat near
the door to be ready in case of alarm.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 351
The new'meeting-house was finished in 1675. The estimated cost was
^428, buf'John Elderkin claimed that the expense had much exceeded this sum,
and" for compensation the town gave him a grant of land near the mouth of
Poquetannock Cove. To James Fitch, who had generously furnished nails to the
value of ^12, a grant of 200 acres was given, 100 of which were situated "on
the other side" of the Shetucket, and 100 "in the crotch" of that river and the
Ouinebaug. In the winter time, when the winds howled and whistled around
this church in its exposed position, hov/ cold and cheerless it must have been,
and how little could have availed the foot-muffs and heated stones to keep the
congregation warm.
In 1689, Lt. Lefifingwell, Ensign William Backus, Dea Thomas Adgate, and
Sergt. Waterman were appointed a committee "to consider and contrive, to the
enlargement of the meeting-house." A lean-to was added, in which several new
pews were made.
In 1697, Samuel Post, John Waterman, Daniel Huntington, Jabez Hyde,
Caleb Abel, Caleb Bushnell, Thomas Leffingwell, John Gifford, John Tracy, Joseph
Bushnell and Samuel Abel were allowed " to build a seat on the east side of the Meet-
ing-house on the Leanto beams, for their convenient sitting on the Lord's Dayes."
At a town meeting March 28, 1698, the seats were divided into eight classes,
and Lt. Leffingwell, Lt. Backus, Dea. Simon Huntington, Dea. Thomas Adgate,
and Sergt. John Tracy were directed to seat the people according to rank, the
seats varying "in dignity," in the following order: —
" I. The square pue, the first in Dignity.
2. The New Seate and the fore seate in the broad alley the
next and alike in Dignity.
3. The second seate in the broad ally, and the first long seate
next and alike in Dignity.
4. The third seate in the broad ally next in Dignity.
5. The fourth seat in the broad ally next in Dignity.
6. The first Long seate in the Leanto and the fore seate in the
Gallery, the first seate in the Lower teer in the leanto and
the fifth seat in the broad ally next and alike in Dignity.
352 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
7. The sixth seate in the broad alley, and the second long seate
in the leanto next and alike in Dignity.
8. The second seate in the lower teer in the leanto, and the
seventh seate in the broad alley next and alike in Dignity."
In 1705, it was agreed "to claboard and shingle, when claboards and shingles
are wanting, to repaire the staircase and staires, to mend the piramid, and to close
the leanto roofs, where they join to the border of the meetinghouse," and to be
at no further charge at present. From these changes, we can form some idea of
the architecture of this early church building. At this date, according to the old
highway survey, the first old meeting house was still standing on the corner
of the plain.
In 1708, Capt. Rene Grignon, who had recently come to Norwich, presented
the town with a bell, which is supposed to have been brought from France to
Oxford, Mass., by a band of French exiles, who had settled that town, and were
finally driven from thence by Indian attacks. Capt. Grignon, who was one of
these Huguenot exiles, then brought the bell with him to Norwich. The town
" thankfully accept it," and decree " that it shall be hung in a usable place, and
shall be ringed at all times as is customarie in other places where there are
bells." It must have been a great satisfaction to the Norwich settlement to
receive this gift from Capt. Grignon, as the New London church had already
possessed a bell since 1691. It was decided to hang it on the hill, suspended from
a scaffolding on the ridge west of the meeting-house, near the path, by which the
inhabitants of the west end of the town came "cross lots" to meeting. In
1709-10, Isaac Cleveland was engaged for ^5 10 s. per year, "to ring the bell on
publick days, and at 9 o'clock in the evening as is customary."
In 1709-10 it was voted to build a new meeting-house, either 50 feet square
or not to exceed in dimension 55 feet x 45, and a great discussion arose as to
the proper site, some preferring the old situation on the hill, others the more
accessible plain It was finally referred to a committee of three of the principal
citizens of Lebanon, * who decided for the plain. The frame was set up, but the
inhabitants were still dissatisfied. Another meeting was called, at which only
* Capt. William Clark, William Halson (perhaps Halsey) and Samuel FTuntington.
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twenty-eight persons voted, and of these twenty-seven were in favor of the
hill, so there it was finally built, near the site of the old church, which last
building was sold in 1714-15, to Nathaniel Rudd of West Farms, for ^12 5 s. 6 d.
The difficulty and expense of moving this edifice from its elevated site must
have been great, and Nathaniel complained to the town, that he was "sick of his
bargain," so the price was reduced to ^5 10 s. The old pews, pulpit, and canopy
were carried to West Farms or Franklin, and were later used in the Franklin
meeting house which was erected in 17 18.
The new church was completed in 17 13. Lands were granted to all who
had contributed labor or money toward its erection. Ensign Thomas Waterman,
"for his labor and cost in providing stones for steps at the meeting house doors,"
received 22 acres at the Landing Place. Miss Caulkins describes one of the
fixtures of this 1707 meeting-house, "an hour-glass, set in a frame, and made fast
to the pulpit (cost 2 s. 8d.) This hour-glass was placed in 1729 under the particular
charge of Capt. Joseph Tracy, who was requested to see that it was duly turned,
when it ran out in service time, and that the time was kept between the meetings,
the bell man being charged to attend his orders herein."
In 1748, it was voted to build a fourth church, which was not, however,
begun until 1753. In 1752, it was voted to "remove all incumbrances from the
west side of the meeting-house plain under the site of ye Great Rock by ye Town
Street," and here, where the present church stands, the frame of the fourth
meeting house was built, the bell hung, and the clock set in its place, but a suffi-
cient sum not having been raised to complete it, it remained in an unfinished
state for several years. It was not completed until 1770. It is said that the Rev.
Mr. Whitefield preached in this church, while in its unfinished condition, and
fifteen years after, when he again came to Norwich, it was still unaltered. He
publicly reproved the congregation for their neglect, and efforts were made to
complete the work. The galleries were built, the stone steps set up, and finally
in 1769, a vote was passed to "colour " the meeting-house. It is said to have been
<'<'a square building, with doors on three sides, and a front porch, or platform.
The house was furnished with pews, except there were slips in front of the
pulpit for aged men and strangers, with low benches in the aisles for the
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354 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
children. * On the front of the pulpit canopy was the motto in large letters, " Holi-
ness becometh God's house." In 1791, this motto was removed, as a correspondent
in the Norwich Packet explains, "out of complaisance and in conformity to an act of
the General Assembly, to secure the rights of conscience to Christians of every
denomination."
On the Sabbath, Miss Caulkins says, "the deacon lined the psalm, and the
congregation, under the guidance of one or two leaders, who faced them from
the front of the pulpit, sung in their seats. Choir singing was considered a great
innovation, and the new tunes were frowned upon as too lively and worldly, by
the older people, who missed the old time quavers."
Mrs. Sigourney writes : " It was the custom of the church to employ a
competent teacher f for several months in the year, to train the young people in
the melodies of Sabbath worship." For the rest of the time, the choir were
instructed by the regular choir leader. From the simple tune of " Lebanon,"
they were led on gradually to " complex music, elaborate anthems, and some of
the noble compositions of Handel." " After the reading of the psalm or hymn
on Sundays," the leader "rose in his place, enunciating audibly the name of the
tune to be sung, giving the key-tone through the pitch-pipe, then raising high his
hand to beat the time." "The taste of the congregation was for that plain, slow
music, in which the devotion of their fathers had clothed itself." The leader had
a great love " for those brisk fugues, where one part leads off, and the rest follow
with a sort of belligerent spirit."
"One Sabbath morning," Mrs. Sigourney narrates, "he gave out a tune of
a most decidedly lively and stirring character, which we had taken great pains in
practicing. Its allegro, aliissimo opening,
' Raise your triumphant songs
To an immortal tunc,'
startled the tranquillity of the congregation, as though a clarion had sounded in
their midst. The music, being partly antiphonal, comprehended several stanzas.
On we went complacently, until the two last lines,
*In 1778, John Bliss was paid ^^37 us. 6d. for work on the bell and tower of the church,
f The Hon. Charles Miner mentions " Roberts, the famed singing master," who "infused
his own impassioned soul " into the singers.
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' No bolts to driv^e their guilty souls
To fiercer flames below.'
Off led the treble having the air, and expending- con spin'to. upon the
adjective 'fiercer,' especially its first syllable, about fourteen quavers, not counting
semis and demis. After us came the tenor, in a more dignified manner, bestowing
their principal emphasis on 'flames.'
' No bolts, no bolts ' shrieked a sharp counter of boys, whose voices were
in the transition state. But when a heavy bass, like claps of thunder, ke^
repeating the closing word 'below' and finally all parts took up the burden, till
in full diapason, 'guilty souls,' and 'fiercer flames below' reverberated from
wall to arch, it was altogether too much for Puritanic patience. Such skirmishing
had never before been enacted in that meeting-house. The people were utterly
aghast. The most stoical manifested muscular emotion. Our mothers hid their
faces with their fans.
Up jumped the tithing man, whose ofifice it was to hunt out and shake
refractory boys. The ancient deacons slowly moved in their seats at the foot of
the pulpit, as if to say, ' Is not there something for us to do in the way of
church government?' As I caine down from the gallery, a sharp, gaunt Welsh
woman seized me by the arm, saying, ' What was the matter with you all, up
there? You began very well, only too much like a scrame. Then you went galli-
vanting off like a parcel of wild colts, and did not sing the tune that you begun
not at all. ' " * How the shrill-voiced old lady who could not sing, should know
what the new tune was, or ought to be, Mrs. Sigourney was not given
to understand.
In 1745, a new clock was placed in the belfry. In 1772, Watts' version of
the Psalms was introduced into the service. In i7<S3, the society, using as a
nucleus the ^500 left by Dr. Daniel Lathrop in 17S2 for the support of the
ministry, started a subscription, and a large sum was raised, the pew-holders were
induced to relinquish their rights, so that the pews tnight be sold yearly, and
enough money was thus collected to accomplish what had been so long desired, the
abolishing of the minister's rate. The first annual sales of pews took place in 1791.
* Mrs. Sigourney's "Letters of Life."
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In 1792, the church, with but "one dissenting voice," voted to have an organ.
This " one dissenting voice was that of a man, who," the Weekly Register says,
"had lived a bachelor to the age of 43," and was incapable of having "any music
in his soul." It seems he believed that "instrumental music was apt to excite
ideas of levity." The efforts to procure an organ at this time were, however, un-
successful, and the change was not made until some years later.
In i8or, the church and the neighboring store and house were burnt to the
ground, and with money raised partly by subscription, and partly by a lottery,
the present church was built. A copy of the subscription paper for the building
of this meeting- house is now in the possession of Mrs. George B. Ripley of Nor-
wich. The first names on the list are Dr. Joshua Lathrop and sons, who contribute
$300. The other subscriptions range from §100 to $5. The sum of $2,016/3 was
raised in this manner and there were also some conditional subscriptions. John
Backus gives $66 " with $34 more added, provided that $3,000 is obtained on this
subscription." Simon Huntington will give $20, "on condition the incumbrances
be removed." Elisha Tracy adheres to his former declaration "made to the
committee and others," that " in case the House is put in the Center of Travel,
he will give $333.34, in case the house is put on the Hill he will build -^., of the
House, cost what it will. Provided the House is built under the Hill & the bell
hung on the Hill he will give $100, if neither of these conditions are complied
with, he thinks buying a Pew is all he ought to do."
"For having the Meeting House on, or nigh where it stood before, there
were 58 votes ; for having it on the Rocks 27." Fifty-four persons were in favor
of "having the Bell on the Meeting House," and twenty-four for "having a crotch
built on the Rocks for hanging the Bell." The building committee were Elisha
Hyde, John Backus, Christopher Leffingwell, Zachariah Huntington, Dr. John
Turner, Ebenezer Huntington and Thomas Lathrop.
Miss Caulkins describes the laying of the corner- stone by Gen. Ebenezer
Huntington on the iSth of June: "Only a few words were uttered, but they
were of solemn import : ' May the house raised on this foundation, become a
temple of the Lord, and the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.' A throng of
spectators murmured their assent, and young people standing above on the
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rocks, waved their green boughs. Dr. ^Strong, the pastor, then offered prayer."*
In the style of church architecture, this edifice displayed a great advance
over all other churches in this part of the State. It had groined arches, massive
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pillars to support the gallery and a central dome painted sky-blue ; but it retained
the old form of a high contracted pulpit, and square pews. In 1845, the interior
was entirely remodelled, and since that period it has been a second time renovated
and improved. Its earlier appearance is given in the sketch of the Green.
At the beginning of this century, there was a great rage for Lombardy
poplars, which, according to a newspaper article of 1802, "not only gave the
country a gay and pleasant aspect, but also purified and refreshed the air." A
Rhode Island gentleman established a nursery of them, and offered, when they
were sufficiently grown, to distribute them gratis to anyone who would set them
out for the public good. About 1S03, they were thickly planted about the church
and plain. On July 21, 1824, a 3^oung girl writes in her journal, "This morning,
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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when I came to school, saw that the beautiful poplars which were by the meet-
ing-house had been cut down."
In 1810, stoves were first used in the church. In 1824, the bass-viol gave
place to the organ. The first Sabbath School was held in the court-house in
1820. In 1852, the present chapel was presented by Mrs. Harriet Peck Williams.
The regularly ordained pastors of this church from the settlement of the town
to the present day, are as follows : —
Rev. James Fitch, ..... 1660 -1694.
Rev. John Woodward, .... 1699- 17 16.
Rev. Benjamin Lord, ..... 1717-1784.
Rev. Joseph Strong, 1784- 1834.
(Colleague pastor from 1778- 17S4).
Rev. Cornelius Everest, .... 1834 -1836.
(Colleague pastor from 1829 -1834).
Rev. Hiram P. Arms, 1836 -1873
(Pastor Emeritus from 1S73-1882).
Rev. William C. Scofield, . . . . 1873-1S75.
Rev. Charles Theodore Weitzel, . . 1876 -1885.
Rev. Charles Addison Northrop, ordained, 1885.
CHAPTER LXV.
BETWEEN the chapel and Mediterranean Lane, was formerly situated the
home-lot of Stephen Gifford. Though it is generally supposed that he was
one of the original settlers of the town, his name is not included in the list,
which we believe to have been made by Dr. Lord. He was born about 1641, so
at the time of the settlement was about nineteen years of age. In 1667, he
married Hannah, daughter of John and Rhoda Gore of Roxbury, Mass.
She died in 1670-1, and in 1672, he married another Hannah, daughter of John
and Hannah (Lake) Gallup of Stonington, Ct. In 16S6, he was chosen one of the
constables of the town. He lived to be very old, dying in 1724, and was buried
in the old burying-ground near the Green, where his grave-stone and that of his
wife, who died in the same year (1724), still remain.
In 1697, Stephen Gifford sells to the town "all that my home lott, with
the house, orchard and fences about it . : . . scittuated lying and being in the
town of Norwich," — " contayning six acres more or less, abutting on the Town
Common eastwardly 20 rodds, abutting on a highway into the woods Northeasterly
20 rodds, abutting Northerly on land of Abraham Dayns 30 rodds, abutting west-
erly 44 rods, abutting southwardly on the Commons 24 rods — as also six acres
more or less adjoineing to the sd home lott abutting southeasterly on the sd
home lott 20 rodds to the corner of the stone wall, abutting Northwest on Commons
60 rodds, abutting northeast on Commons 60 rods to the highway abutting east
by the highway to the first corner."
Stephen Gifford moves to the Great Plain, and in 1699 this land is granted
to the Rev. Mr. Woodward on his settlement in Norwich, and is afterward known
as the "parsonage lot." The house is not mentioned in the deed of settlement,
and had possibly either been destroyed by fire, or removed from the lot. In
360 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
1714-15, the town allows Mr. Woodward "to fence in the Gifford lot leaving
convenient room about the new meeting-house."
After Mr. Woodward's departure, the land is granted to the next pastor,
the Rev. Benjamin Lord. In 1735, the first court-house is built on the south
corner of this lot. In 1759, it was voted to treat with Mr. Lord about " the sail "
of a part of the "parsonage" lands. This matter was, however, not arranged
until many years after. Many lots were leased or sold to various persons by Rev.
Mr. Lord, but the only records of lease are to be found in private account books,
and the few deeds of sale on record give such indefinite measurements and
bounds, that it is difficult to locate the lots, or to tell in what manner they were
occupied. The Chelsea Church Society laid claim to a share of the parsonage
land, but the property was finally adjudged to the First Church Society. The first
purchasers were then induced to resign their lands to the church, and between
the year 1786 and 1799, new leases for a period of 999 years were granted to them.
The land next to the church, on which the chapel stands, belonged to the
town, but was not a part of the original Gifford or " parsonage " lot. Here in
1762, twenty-six rods of land were laid out to Ebenezer Lord, "where his house
and shop stand," beginning at the south corner of his shop, " then running north-
west on the line of his shop, and on the stone-wall 9^ rods to a point, thence
bounded northeast on the land called Parsonage 11 rods, thence abutting southeast,
the front of sd house and shop in the line 4 rods, 13 feet, to the first corner."
Ebenezer Lord was the son of Rev. Benjamin Lord, and his first wife, Ann
Taylor. He was born in 1731, and married in 1760, Temperance Edgerton,
daughter of John and Phoebe Edgerton. The house and shop were sold in 1774
to Dudley Woodbridge. Whether Ebenezer at this time went to reside with his
father or not we do not know, but at the death of his father in 1784, he inherited
one-half of the house and resided there till his death in 1800.
Dudley Woodbridge (b. 1747), son of Dr. Dudley and Sarah (Sheldon)
Woodbridge of Stonington, Ct., was the descendant of a long line of ministers :
the Rev. John Woodbridge of Andover and Newbury, Mass. ; the Rev. John of
Killingworth (now Clinton), and Wethersfield, Ct. ; and the Rev. Ephraim of Groton,
Ct. He was also a gr.-gr.-gr.-grandson of Gov. Thomas Dudley of Massa-
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chusetts, and a gr.-gr. -grandson of Gov. William Leete of Connecticut. He
graduated at Yale College in 1766, married in 1774, Lucy, daughter of Elijah
and Lucy (Griswold) Backus, and purchased in that same year the house and
shop of Ebenezer Lord, where he lived till his removal to the west between
1789 and 1790. His brother, Samuel, was for a short time associated with him in
business. In 1782, the first post-office was established in Norwich, and Dudley
Woodbridge was appointed postmaster, which office he held until 1789. The mails
had previously been delivered by post riders. On his removal to Marietta, Ohio,
about 1790, he adopted the profession of law, which he had previously studied at
Yale. He died at Marietta in 1823. His son William (b. in Norwich in 1780) became
Governor of Michigan, and L^nited States vSenator. Elizabeth, the sister of Dudley
Woodbridge, married Daniel Rodman. His brother William also settled in Norwich,
and after the death of his father, his mother and sister, Lucy, came here to reside.
In 1790, Gurdon Lathrop occupied this store as a general trader. In 1791,
he moves to the opposite side of the Green, and the store is sold to Joseph
Huntington. In 1793, the latter forms a partnership with his father-in-law, Joseph
Carew, under the firm name of Carew & Huntington. Like the store of Tracy
& Coit, these shops are stocked with goods of every description, groceries, books,
shoes, dress goods, hardware, &c. The wonder is how the town could support
so many establishments. In October, 1800, the firm of Carew & Huntington was
dissolved, and Joseph Huntington associated with himself his younger half-brother
as the firm of Joseph & Charles P. Huntington.
The house of Dudley Woodbridge was also sold in 1791 to Roger Griswold
(b. 1762), the son of Gov. Matthew and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold of Lyme, Ct.,
who graduated at Yale College in 17S0, studied law with his father, was admitted
to the bar of New London County, and settled at Norwich in 1783. He married
in 1788, Fanny Rogers, daughter of Col. Zabdiel and Elizabeth (Tracy) Rogers.
In 1794, he was elected Member of Congress, and moved from Norwich to Lyme.
He served in Congress for ten years, and in 1801 declined the office of Secretary
of War which was offered to him by President Adams. He filled the offices of
Judge of the Supreme Court from 1S07 to 1S09, Lieut. Governor from 1809 to t8ii,
and of Governor from iSii to 1S12.
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In 1807, while arguing a case, he experienced the first attack of a painful
and alarming disease of the heart, which, recurring at intervals, obliged him in
the summer of 181 2 to come to Norwich for change of air, and to be under the
care of Dr. Philemon Tracy, in whose skill he had great confidence. But nothing
could check the progress of his disease, and he died in October, 181 2, at fifty
years of age. He had ten children, three of whom were born in Norwich.
He is described as " a very handsome man, with flashing black eyes, a com-
manding figure, and majestic mien, seeming even by outward presence born
to rule."
On his tombstone we may read that he was " not less conspicuous by
honorable parentage and elevated rank in society than by personal merit, talents
and virtue. He was respected at the University as an elegant and classical
scholar, quick discernment, sound reasoning, legal science and manly eloquence
raised him to the first eminence at the bar. Distinguished in the National
Councils among the illustrious statesman of the age. Revered for his inflex-
ible integrity and pre-eminent talents, his political course was highly honor-
able. His friends viewed him with virtuous pride. His native state with honest
triumph. His fame and honors were the just rewards of noble actions, and of
a life devoted to his country. He was endeared to his family by fidelity and
afl:ection, to his neighbors by frankness and benevolence. His memory is em-
balmed in the hearts of surviving relatives and of a grateful people. When this
monument shall have decayed, his name shall be enrolled with honor among the
great, the wise, and the good."
Mrs. Roger Griswold long survived her husband, dying in 1863, aged 96.
In the family of Gov. Roger Griswold's mother, Ursula Wolcott, the office of
Governor seemed almost hereditary, as her father, brother, husband, son, and
nephew were all Governors of the State of Connecticut.
In 1797, an attempt was made to burn the carriage house of Roger
Griswold, which was then "improved" by Capt. Elisha Tracy. There had been so
many acts of incendiarism at this time, that the Mayor, John McC. Breed, offered
a reward of $500, for the discovery of the criminal. In 1800, Roger Griswold
sells his house to Jesse Brown, " near the store " of the latter. The destruction
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of this house, and of the Huntington store in the following year, 1801, is thus
described in the Norwich Packet : —
On the night of Februar}- 5th, 1801, "between the hours of nine and ten
o'clock, the Inhabitants of this town were awakened by the alarming cry of Fire,
and the ringing of the Bell. The Fire when first discovered, burst forth from
the large store of J. & C. P. Huntington, and in a short time .... that valuable
building was wrapped in the destructive element. By this time the inhabitants
had collected from all parts of the town, and made every effort to quell its further
progress. But alas I it seemed to put all their exertions at defiance, and spread
with unconquerable fury — it communicated to the Meeting House next, and first
caught in several places on the steeple, so that the Engines which were kept
constantly playing to the best advantage on the most contiguous buildings, were
of little use to preserve this Stately Dome from the destruction which now
followed. The flames ascended to its Spire and continued to expand until the
House was enveloped in one general blaze. A scene more dread, terrific, and sub-
lime the eye could never behold ! . . . . A handsome dwelling house owned by Mr.
J. Brown next the wStore .... now met the same fate. The large house owned by
Mr. Lathrop was happily preserved, tho several times on Fire." "Mr. Brown's ele-
gant dwelling house, in wiiich he resides," was saved, and some of the goods in
Messrs. Huntington's store. The Packet thanks " our fellow citizens at the Port "
for assistance rendered. The fire
was supposed to be of incendiary
origin.
The enterprising firm of
Jos. & Charles P. Huntington
moved their goods to the store,
" a few rods N. E. from the
Court House," possibly the one
formerly owned by John Perit.
In May, they invite the attention
of the public by a column-long
advertisement of goods for sale.
364 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
including paints, dyes, dress goods, groceries, hardware, china, &c. In August,
they move to the large, new brick store, which they have built on the site of
the old Woodbridge shop. After a few years, this firm is dissolved. Charles P.
Huntington establishes a store of his own, and Joseph Huntington later takes
his son, Joseph, into partnership. In 1841, the brick store is sold to Bela Peck,
and in 1852, it is converted into the present chapel, and presented to the church
by Harriet Peck Williams, wife of Gen. William Williams.
In 1787, lot No. 1 of the parsonage lands is leased to Dudley Woodbridge,
and, in 1795, again to Roger Griswold. This land lies between the Griswold, or
former Woodbridge house, and the Brown tavern, and is " bounded beginning
at the highway at the south corner of Jesse Brown's land, then leased to him
for a house lot, then runs by said land, abutting on it 9 r. 12 1., then S. 49}^° W.
9 r. 20 1. to the Common lands behind the Meeting House, then runs in a straight
line, abutting on the Griswold house lot to the highway i r. 2 1. distant from the
first bound." This is now included in the o^rounds of the Rock Nook Home.
Jesse Brown.
1753-1818.
CHAPTER LXVI.
THE first deed of lot No. 2 of the Parsonage land (frontage 5 rods, 18 links),
to Jesse Brown is dated 17S7. In 1796, he also leases one-half of lot No. 3
(frontage 3 rods, 8 links). We know nothing of his antecedents. He married
in 1769, Anna Rudd, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Backus) Rudd of Franklin,
Ct., who was the mother of his six children. In 1772, he purchased a house and
land in Bozrah which he sold in 1774. During the Revolution he officiated as
the Governor's post, bringing, in October, 1777, the latest news of the Continental
Congress, then in session at Yorktown, and of the occupation of Philadelphia by
the British under Lord Howe. In 1781, he married Lucy Rudd, daughter of
Daniel and Mary (Metcalf) Rudd, and cousin of his first wife.
In 1790, Jesse Brown was licensed to keep a tavern, which was famed, it
is said, for its good dinners, and was greatly patronized by merchants from the
West Indies. His stages were constantly bringing table delicacies from Boston
and Hartford. Miss Caulkins says that " many were the excursions and gallant
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hunting parties with hounds and servants which started from this tavern one
hundred years ago." Here, on Wednesday evening, Aug. i, 1797, arrived Pres.
John Adams and wife, and the Matross company came out to welcome them in
full uniform, and fired a federal salute of sixteen guns. They proceeded the next
day to Providence, a large company on horseback attending them out of town.
Jesse Brown established stage lines between Hartford and Boston, by way
of Norwich, in 1790, and in 1793 between Boston and New York, by way of
Providence and Norwich. The Hartford line, " Old Industry," was advertised
in 1797, as running once a week. The New York and Boston stages made two
weekly trips in winter and three in summer, arriving at Norwich on Sunday,
Wednesday and Friday in the latter season. The stage left Providence on Sunday
morning at eight o'clock, and arrived in Norwich at noon, " the stage horn sounding
just as the audience issued from the church after morning service." In truth,
times were changing even then from the early days, when every Sunday traveller
had to give an account of himself, or go to jail. The fare from Boston to Provi-
dence was ^3, from Providence to New London $4, for the remainder of the
road 4 14 cents per mile. Fourteen pounds was the limit of luggage allowed. All
in excess of this, was charged at the rate of " 100 pounds as a passenger." Five
days was the length of time allowed for the journey from New York to Boston.
One of the daughters of Jesse Brown, Ann Brown, married in 1S02, John
Vernet of St. Pierre, Martinique, who afterward built in 1809 the house, later
known as the Lee house, on Washington Street, now occupied by Charles Sturtevant.
He sold the house in iSii to Benjamin Lee of Cambridge, Mass, and moved
with his father-in-law and family to Wilkesbarre, Penn., where Jesse Brown died
in 181S. Mr. Vernet introduced into the garden of the Brown tavern about the
year 1809, a species of grape, never before cultivated in this region. It was
propagated from this vine into other gardens, was highly prized, and popularly
called the Vernett grape. It is not known where Mr. Vernet obtained it, but it is
supposed to be identical with the Isabella. The original vine planted by Mr.
Vernet, was still flourishing at the time Miss Caulkins wrote her history.
At the Brown tavern appeared in 1791, Dr. I. Greenwood, who "with an ex-
perience of fifteen years extensive practice," advertises " to set teeth which will vie
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in beauty and duration with the most brilliant natural ones, with or without extract-
ing the stumps, or causing the least pain, transplants them, grafts natural teeth to
remaining roots in the gum," &c., c^-c. He at first intends remaining four days, but
being " honored with more applications " than he could attend to in so short a time,
his stay extends to several months. Jesse Brown, Jun., married in 1801, Lucy,
daughter of Erastus Perkins, and was for a time associated in business at the Land-
ing with the Rowlands, as the firm of Rowland & Brown, which partnership was
dissolved in 1S06. Jesse Brown, Jr , died in iSii. In 1814, the house is sold to
William Williams of New London, and in 181 7 to Capt. I-5ela Peck, who resides
here till his death in 1850.
Bela Peck (b. 1758), was the son of Joseph Peck, and his third wife
Elizabeth (Lathrop) Carpenter, widow of Josepli Carpenter and daughter of
Nathaniel and Ann (Backus) Lathrop. At the time of Joseph Peck's death in
1776, Bela was only 18 years of age, and according to the terms of his father's
will, the tavern, though left to him, was to be rented for a term of years. He
probably resided with his mother until his marriage to Betsey Billings in 1787.
At that time, or shortly after, he moved to the former Peck tavern to reside. In
1805, his only son, William Billings Peck, died while a student at Yale College.
The illustration on the opposite page is a copy of a memorial piece of embroidery
and painting, executed by the two sisters of W^illiam Peck. The faces are said to
be family likenesses. It was quite customary at the time to have these mourning
pieces made for departed friends.
In 1817, Capt. Peck purchased the former Brown tavern, to which he soon
removed. In 181 8, his wife died, and he married (2) in 181 9, Lydia, widow of Asa
Spalding. He resided in this house until his death in 1850, at the age of 93. He
inherited a good fortune from his father, which he also largely increased, and was
"noted for his business sagacity, and strong common sense." The Peck Library
in the Slater Memorial building was given by Mrs. Harriet (Peck) Williams to
the Norwich Free Academy, as a tribute to the memory of her father. In 1855,
this house was purchased by Moses Pierce, who lived here for some years, and
then presented it to the United Workers as a home for poor children, and the old
tavern much altered and modernized, is now known as "The Rock Nook Home."
CHAPTER LXVII.
THE other half of lot No. 3 of the Parsonage land is leased to Joseph Car-
penter, 2nd, in 17S8. Joseph Carpenter, ist, comes from Woodstock, Ct., to
Norwich and marries in 1746, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Ann (Backus)
Lathrop. He died in 1749, leaving two sons, Joseph (b. 1747), and Gardner
(b. 1748-9). The widow, Elizabeth, marries in 1754, Joseph Peck, who kept the
Peck tavern. As early as 1769, Joseph Carpenter, 2nd, was established in business
as a goldsmith in a shop belonging to his step-father, for which he pays a yearly
rent of ^i jos. This may have been one of the shops then owned by Joseph
Peck, in the rear of the jail.
In 1772, Joseph Carpenter, 2nd, buys boards, &c., of Joseph Carew, and
pays to James Wentworth ^11 for "stoning the seller" and for the underpinning
of a shop. In 1773, he pays for " stepstones " and shingle nails, and buys of John
Danforth eight scaffold poles, so we may assume that about this time he builds the
John Verne:
17(34-1827
PAINTED BY COL, JOHN TRUMBULL.
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shop now owned by his grandson, Joseph Carpenter, 3rd. In 1774, and for some
years after, he pays rent to Rev. Benjamin Lord for land " my shop stands on."
After the parsonage lands are ceded to the church, he receives in 1787 a 999
years' lease of this land, then known as lot No. 4 (frontage 4 rods, 9 links). It
is said that he occupied one side of this shop, while his brother, Gardner, carried
on a mercantile business in the other part. The building has never been altered,
and retains to this day its gambrel roof and old-fashioned shutters, and all the
features of a shop of the olden time. Joseph's stock in trade consisted of gold
necklaces and beads, stone earrings and rings, teaspoons, smelling bottles, "speck-
tacals " or "specticls," "stone nubs," bonnet pins, " tortashell " buttons, "brass
holberds," "cristols," "nee buckls," stock buckles, clocks, watches, &c. He also
advertises in January, 1776, that he has for sale engravings of "four different
views of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, &c., copied from original Paintings
taken on the vSpot." The price is 6 shillings per set for the plain engravings, and
8 shillings for the colored ones.
I'^ 17 75' Joseph Carpenter married Eunice Fitch, and had six children.
From 1777 to 1778, he leases a house of Seth Miner. From 1779 to 1782,
he occupies a house belonging to Joseph Peck. These buildings we are unable
to locate exactly. In or before 1788, the church lease to him the north half of
lot No. 3, and here, next to his shop, he builds the house now owned by his
great-grandson, Joseph Carpenter, 3rd. About 1 790-1, he builds the house near
the Chelsea Parade, which has been recently sold to Mrs. Gardiner of New London.
His death occurred in 1804.
Gerard Carpenter (b. 1779), son of Joseph, married in 1819, Rebecca E.
Hunter, and lived in this house on the Green, till his death in 1861. He served
as Lieut. Colonel in the war of 1812.
Approached by a lane, between the shop of Joseph Carpenter and the school-
house, there stood high up on the hillside, a house (now disappeared) which was
at one time occupied by Seth Miner. All the land lying back from the street,
comprising lots Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 16 and part of No. 14, were leased to him by the
First Church Society, the earliest deeds dated 1787 and 1789, but Seth Miner may
have resided here at a much earlier date, possibly at the time of the Revolution,
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His son, the late Hon. Charles Miner of Wilkesbarre, Penn., in his letter of
Norwich reminiscences, alluding to the patriotic excitement of that period writes : —
" My father, a house carpenter, and his journeyman dropped their tools on the
alarm. As the broad axe rung-, the journeyman said, 'That is my death knell.'
Breathing the common spirit, he hied away cheerfully and returned no more."
Mr. Miner says that his father was orderly sergeant under Col. Jedediah Hunting-
ton at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Seth Miner (b. 1742), was the son of Hugh Miner of New London. He
married at Norwich in 1767, Anna Charlton, daughter of Richard and Sarah
(Grist) Charlton, and had five children. For a number of years he served as
keeper of the jail which stood near his house. He was an investor in the Delaware
Land Company, and when the time arrived for his sons to go out into the world to
seek their fortune, the eldest son, Asher (b. 177S), after serving seven years as an
apprentice in the office of the " New London Gazette, or Commercial Advertiser,"
and one year as a journeyman in New York, resolved to go to Pennsylvania and
look up his father's landed interests.
His brother, Charles (b. 17 So), after an apprenticeship in the New London
Gazette office, also went to Pennsylvania in 1799. After wandering about for a
while, he went to Wilkesbarre to enter into partnership with his brother, who
was then editing " The Luzerne County Federalist," the first number of which
was issued in 1801. It is said that the press on which this paper was pub-
lished was brought from Norwich on a sled. Asher afterward relinquished his
interest in the paper to Charles, and went to Doylston, Pa., where in 1S04, he
established the "Pennsylvania Correspondent, or Farmer's Advertiser," which after-
ward became the " Buck's County Intelligencer." He also for a time edited another
newspaper called "The vStar of Freedom."
In 1807 and iSoS, Charles Miner was elected to the Legislature. In 18 16,
he went to West Chester, Pa., and there started "The Village Record." In 1S24,
he was again joined by his brother, Asher, who formed with him another editorial
partnership. From 1824 to 1828, Charles Miner was sent to Congress, having for
his colleague, James Buchanan, afterward President. In 1S34, the brothers returned
to Wilkesbarre, where Asher died in 1841. Among other publications of Charles
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was a newspaper called "The Gleaner," which he issued for a time, and a history
of Wyoming, which, as one of the early residents of that region, he must have
been well qualified to write. He died in 1865, aged 86.
In writing his recollections of Norwich to the committee of the Norwich
Bi-Centennial Celebration, he speaks of his old home, " the Red House on the
hill." He tells of " the snug little room fourteen feet square, with a fire-place,
called the Judges' Chamber," which the Chief Judge, the Hon. William Hillhouse,
Judge Noyes, and Judge Coit used often to occupy during a period of twenty or
more years while the court was in session. Seated around the fire-place, " with
their long pipes, the ends coated with sealing wax," "the old gentlemen were
often as merry as kittens passing their jokes, as their pipes threw up columns of
smoke without intermission to the ceiling." " Their thoughts ran on early life,
as old men's, I suspect, are apt to do, and the}^ talked of their sweet-hearts.
Judge Noyes was acknowledged to have been most of a beau, and claimed to
have been a favorite with the fair. But the Chief Judge reminded him that at
a certain gathering he had run away with Noyes's partner. At one time Noyes
told, with great glee, the well-known story, seemingly justified by the swarthy
complexion of Hillhouse, that several of the Montville and Mohegan mothers
being out huckleberrying had left their children together in the shade, when, being
alarmed by a bear, they ran, each seizing the first infant .she could catch up, and
fled. It so happened Mrs. Hillhouse, by a fortunate mistake, had gotten the
papoose of Queen Uncas."
On Saturday night "the family is called together," and "after a chapter
read from the sacred volume. Judge Noyes, gifted in prayer, standing, his hand
resting on the top of his chair, the back of it being from him, commences (solemn
and softly, as one deeply sensible that he was in the presence of, and presuming
to adress the Supreme), with the Creation, the fall of Adam, and his expulsion
from Paradise, his wickedness, — the fiood,— the Covenant with Noah, — with Abra-
ham,—with David— dwelling on the great and sublime Covenant of Redemption-
becoming more and more animated and sonorous as he warmed with the subject,
walking his chair more and more rapidly, until he came to the Advent of our
Saviour, and near an hour had expired, the good old man would strike his chair
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against the back of the parlor with a force that would make the windows shake
again." *
This Judge William Noyes was the son of Moses and Mary (Ely) Noyes of
Lyme, Ct., and grandson of the Rev. Moses Noyes, the first minister of Lyme.
He married in 1756 Eunice Marvin (b. 1735), of Lyme, Ct. Judge Noyes "was
a tall, grave man, the terror of Sabbath-breakers," who " never allowed a traveler
to pass through Lyme on the Lord's Day without some extraordinary excuse."
He was regarded by his four grown-up sons with such respect that when on
horseback they "never presumed to ride on a line with him, but always at a
respectful distance behind." f
Judge Benjamin Coit (b. 1731), son of Col. Samuel and Sarah (Spalding)
Coit of Griswold, Ct., was, like his father, an influential citizen. Representative
in the State Legislature and Judge of the County Court. He married (i) 1753,
Abigail Billings, daughter of Capt. Roger Billings of Preston, Ct., and (2) 1760,
Mary (Tyler) Boardman, widow of Elijah Boardman, and daughter of Capt. Moses
Tyler of Preston. Judge Coit died suddenly while on a visit to North Stoning-
ton in 1812.
Judge William Hillhouse (b. 1728), was the son of the Rev. James and Mary
(Fitch) Hillhouse of Montville, Ct. The Rev. James Hillhouse was born about
1688, at Free Hall, County Londonderry, Ireland, was educated at the University of
Glasgow, came to America in 1720, and in 1721 was installed as minister of the
North Parish of New London, now Montville. He married Mary, daughter of
Daniel Fitch, and granddaughter of the Rev. James Fitch of Norwich.
Judge Hillhouse was " a leading patriot of the revolution," "a member of
the council of safety for Connecticut and major of the first regiment of cav-
alry raised in that state. He was afterward a magistrate, or assistant, of the
state for 24 years, and for many years the chief judge of the county court for the
county of New London. He was frequently a member of the State legislature,
and was a member of the congress of the confederation.";}; He died in 1816.
* Letter from Hon. Charles Miner to the Bi-Centennial Committee.
f From an article on Lyme, Ct., by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, in Harper's Monthly for Feb-
ruary, 1S76.
|: Chancellor Walworth's "Genealogy of the Hyde Family."
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Between 181 1 and 1815, Seth Miner sells the property, and in 181S it comes
into the possession of Capt. Bela Peck. The house soon after disappeared, and
the land now forms part of the grounds of the Rock Nook Home. In 1839,
Charles Miner paid a visit to Norwich, but the house was no longer in existence.
But "he went up the hill on the slope of which it had stood," Miss Caulkins
says, " to look for the brown thrasher's nest that he left there more than forty
years before."
CHAPTER LXVIII.
THE early laws required that every town of thirty inhabitants should have a
school to teach reading and writing, and that in every county town a Latin
school should be established. In 1677, it was voted in a town meeting at Norwich,
that "a schoole" should be kept "for nine months according to law," and that
John Birchard should be the school-master, and receive ^25 in provision pay
for his services, each scholar to pay 9 s. for the nine months, and the remainder
to be paid by the town rate. In 1679, "Mr." Daniel Mason was engaged for the
same length of time.
A school-house was built in 1683 by John Hough and Samuel Roberts, and
Miss Caulkins believes that, at this time, John Arnold officiated as school master.*
In 1697, Richard Bushnell served for a while in that capacity, and in 1698, David
Hartshorn. In 1700, Norwich is indicted "for want of a school to instruct chil-
dren," and the town at once negotiate with David Knight to repair the school-
* A later affidavit of John Arnold's testifies to his having taught school in several towns.
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375
house. In 1702-3, Mr. Solomon Tracy engages to repair it. In 1709, the town
votes to " have a school-master according to law," and Richard Bushnell is
again employed.
In 1712, it was voted that "a good and sufficient school-master be appointed
to keep schooll the whole yeare and from ycare to yeare, one halfe the time in
the Town Piatt, the other halfe at the farms in the several quarters." In 1714, a
rate of 40 s. on a thousand pounds is voted " for ye maintaining of ye school
provided ye schoolers of ye Town Piatt pay to ye school-master what fails in ye
sum agreed for, and ye farmers have liberty to send their chilldren free of cost."
In 1745, the Town appointment for schools was as follows : —
"School at the Landing Place to be kept 3 months, 17 days.
Two schools in the Town Plot one at each end, 5J2 months each.
School at Plain Hills,
School at Waweekus Hill,
School at Great Plain,
School at Wequanuk,
School on the Windham Road,
2
months 19 days.
I
month 16 days.
2
months 18 days.
2
months 15 days.
^
months 11 days."
" If any of these schools should be kept by a woman, the time was to be
doubled, as the pay of the mistress was but half that of the master." *
We are unable to determine the site of any of these early school-houses.
The one "at the east end of the Town Plot" may have stood near the Green,
and possibly on the site of the old red brick building formerly used as a school-
house. The date of the erection of this latter building is unknown.
Few of the names of the early school-teachers have come down to us. In
1774, Thomas Eyre advertises to teach an evening school at the rate of is. per
week for a class of not less than ten pupils. He will give special attention to
Algebra and Geometry, and " the three useful though neglected rules " in
Arithmetic, "Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Progressional Series, and the Ex-
traction of the Roots."
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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One Jared Bostwick (school-teacher), died "greatly lamented in August,
1778, at the age of 27." A friend mourns his loss in the Norwich Packet as —
" A friend sincere whose heart did aim
In virtue's path at honest fame —
While modest wit and sense refined
With radiance sweet adorn'd his mind
Such virtues, Bostwick ! warm'd thy breast,
Such sentiments thy soul possest."
In the latter part of 1783, a school was opened in the brick school-house
"a few rods north of the court house," "upon the most extensive plan and liberal
construction," "for the reception of a large number of young Gentlemen and Ladies,
Lads and Misses : where is taught by experienced Instrtictors, in the most modern
manner, every branch of literature, viz., reading, writing, arithmetic, the learned
languages, rhetoric, logic, geography, mathematicks," &c. A Mr. Goodrich was
the instructor. In addition to all these accomplishments, the pupils were taught
" the rules of decency, decorum, and morality." Andrew Huntington and Dudley
Woodbridge were the committee.
"The exhibitions of this school were deemed splendid, and great was the
applause when Miss Mary Huntington came upon the stage dressed in green silk
brocade a crown glittering with jewels encircling her brow, and reading Plato to
personate Lady Jane Grey, while young Putnam, the son of the old general,
advanced with nodding plumes to express his tender anxieties for her in the person
of Lord Guilford Dudley." "*
At his death in 1782, Dr. Daniel Lathrop left ^500 "for the interest to be
Annually Improved for the support of a school for all the Inhabitants of the
whole Town, at some Convenient place near where the Meeting House now
stands, the school to be kept by an able Master for the Instructing Youth in
Reading, Writing English, also for teaching Arithmatick, also teaching the Lattin
Tongue — no Children to be sent to said school but such as can read in class —
the school to be kept 11 months in Each Year, and 8 hours in each day from
the 20th of March to the 20th of September, and from the 21st of September to
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich. First Edition.
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the 20th of March, 6 hours in each day that is to say as nearly that space of
Time in each day as may Reasonably be expected."
No action was taken on this until 1784, and then it was decided to take
the brick school-house on the Green for its accommodation, and here probably
presided the following- teachers, in the order mentioned by the Hon. Charles ^liner,
who was born in 1780, and received his early schooling in this building : —
Charles White.
Newcomh Kinney.
Mr. Hunt.
Alexander McDonald.
William Baldwin.
Miss Caulkins, however, mentions an Ebenezer Pnnderson as the first
instructor in this newly-endowed school. This Ebenezer Punderson was probably
born shortly before the Revolution. His grandfather was the Rev. Ebenezer
Punderson, who married Hannah Miner in 1732, was ordained minister of the
Episcopal Church at Poquetannock in 1738, was pastor of Christ Church in
Norwich from 1749 to 175 1, then went to New Haven, and in ten years later
to Rye, N. Y., where he died in 1771, aged 63. His widow, Hannah, died in
1792, aged 80. A stone table, erected to their memory, formerly stood in front of
Christ Church, but has lately been removed.
Ebenezer (b. 1735), son of the Rev. Ebenezer Punderson, married Prudence
Geer in 1757. In 1771, he purchased property on Poquetannock Cove and resided
there, though owning a farm, store and wharf at Groton. He was evidently a
regular attendant at Christ Church where sev^eral of his children were baptized.
When accused in 1775, of drinking the then prohibited tea, he replied, according
to the Norwich Packet, "to use his own words, that he has drank tea, and means
to continue that practice," and that "Congress was an unlawful combination, and
that the petition from Congress to his Majesty was haughty, violent and rascally."
The Committee of Inspection immediately ordered that "no Trade, Commerce,
Dealings or Intercourse whatsoever be carried on with said Punderson," which
had the effect of bringing him to his senses. In less than a week he appears
378 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
before the Committee, and begs that " they and all his neighbors will forgive
him, that he was sorry that he drank any Tea since last March," and is determined
" that he will drink no more until its use is no longer prohibited." He regrets
also " all expressions used against Congress," and promises that he will never again
do anything "inimical to the Freedom, Liberty and Privileges of America." It
is probable, however, that his life in Norwich was no longer a pleasant one, and
in 1777, Miss Caulkins says, "his property was confiscated, and he left town to
join the enemy."
No record of the third Ebenezer Punderson's service as teacher in this
school has been found, except the brief mention by Miss Caulkins. We know,
however, that an Ebenezer Punderson was officiating as jailer in 1786 in the prison
near the school-house.
Mr. Miner writes : " Among the earliest teachers within my recollection was
Charles White, a young gentleman from Philadelphia, handsome and accomplished.
Of his erudition, I was too young to judge, but popular he certainly was among
the ladies." In July, 1784, the Packet mentions "a public scholastic performance "
exhibited in the court-house by the scholars " under the tuition of Mr. White."
"The genius of the scholars, and the taste and good judgement of the Instructor,
which were exhibited in the various representations during the day, gave universal
satisfaction to the spectators. Between the different representations the harmony
of vocal and instrumental music inhanced the pleasures of the day, and rendered
it compleat."
Mr. Miner also alludes to " the high degree of emulation awakened " by
Newcomb Kinney especially in writing. " A sampler was pasted up before six or
seven scholars near the ceiling, on fine paper, on a double arch sustained by
Corinthian columns, the upper corners of each sheet bearing a neatly painted quill,
with the motto, 'Vive la Plume.' Within each half arch near the upper part,
in fine hand, a poetical quotation, as suggested by fancy, probably from Hannah
More's ' Search After Happiness,' then highly popular. Beneath, in larger hand,
successive lines in beautiful penmanship, filling the whole. The Piece painted in
water colors, the pride of mothers — master and scholars."
In October, 1787, Newcomb Kinney advertises that he has opened a school
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in a large, convenient room in Capt. Bcla Peck's house, where he will teach
" Reading-, Writing, English Grammar, Composition, Geography, with the use of
the terrestial globe, Book-Keeping by single and double entry, Arithmatic,
Geometry, Trigonometry, Navigation, and Surveying by actual survey." He will
also obtain board for pupils " in reputable houses at 6 s. per week, and will accept
country produce or West India goods in payment."
Newcomb Kinney (b. 1761), was the son of Joseph and Jemina (Newcomb)
Kinney. He married in 1786, Sally Branch, daughter of Samuel and Hannah
(Witter) Branch of Preston. It is probable that the committee of the brick
school-house, rather than have so formidable a competitor on the Green, engaged
his services as teacher of the Lathrop school. In 1789, he buys the former
Joseph Trumbull house near the Green, perhaps with a view to residing perma-
nently at Norwich Town, but sells it in 1790. He later resided at the Landing,
where he kept the most popular of taverns. The old Frenchman, in McDonald
Clarke's verses, is supposed to allude to this favorite landlord, when he says : —
" Norwich von very fine place,
And Kinney he von fine man."
It may have been in the year 1790, that Alexander McDonald became the
teacher of this school. He was born about 1752, and may possibly have been a
son of Alexander and Ann (Wilson) McDonald of Newport, R. I., who were
married in 1747. In 1783, Alexander McDonald of Norwich marries Sarah Leach, —
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Reynolds) Leach. In 1785, he publishes at the
Landing his "Youth's Assistant," a guide to Arithmetic, which is highly praised
by many of the chief instructors of the day. In 1786, he advertises as a book-
seller and bookbinder at Chelsea, and also, in connection with Hezekiah Woodruff,
opens a school in Chelsea Hall, and offers to obtain good board for pupils at 6 s.
per week. In 1788, he moves his bookstore to No. 2 Leffingwell Row at Norwich
Town, and in 1789, to the shop a few rods north of the Court-House, probably
the former " Perit " shop. He died in 1792, aged 40, possibly while still a teacher
in the brick school-house. It is probable that he left no children, as no births of
that name have been found in the records. His widow married Capt. Joseph
Gale in 1795.
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William Baldwin is the best remembered of all the teachers in the town
plot. Mrs. Sigourney describes him as "somewhat stricken in years," having
''held his office from early manhood." " He was a thorough scholar and austere.
Not being addicted to social pleasures, he was considerably past his prime, before
he entered the marriage relation, and he still retained the temperament of a
recluse. Never having had opportunity to wreathe his features into a smile for
a babe of his own, they were not often moved to that form by the children of
others. Indeed, according to the system of Rochefoucauld, he seemed to take it
for granted that every boy was a rogue, until proved to the contrary. Neither
was slight proof sufficient to overcome his scepticism. He was of a tall, spare
form, with a keen black eye. Everyone in school could imitate his frown, his
measured gait, and precision of speech."
" Boys, I shall be compelled to punish you severely, if there is either per-
sistence in or repetition of such conduct."
" Little did the dominie suppose that in the familiar talk of the scholars
the irreverent cognomen of 'Uncle Billy' was applied to him. The more obser-
vant, who, according to Goldsmith,
' — are skill'd to trace
The day's disaster in the morning's face.'
would sometimes say pantomimically ' Uncle Billy is chewing a tough Greek
root to-day. Look out for breakers.' "
"To the female branch of his dominion he was eminently taciturn. I doubt
whether I ever addressed him save in replies to his questions on the lessons, or
what sprung collaterally from the business of the school. Still there was no
mixture of dislike in our reserved intercourse. On the contrary, I felt an innate
sense of his approbation, which sustained my complacency. He elevated me as an
honor to the especial office of monitor of the reading classes. This was no sinecure,
as the classes were large ; and when they were marshalled for this exercise, I was ex-
pected to stand opposite each one, as they read, and criticize elocution and emphasis,
having the power to make them repeat their allotted portion as often as I deemed
necessary. On the whole, I enjoyed myself, and improved under the stern old mas-
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ter, and felt a sort of pride in his strictness, which I think scholars generally do,
notwithstanding- what they may say to the contrary."*
William Baldwin (b. ab. 1761), married in 1802, Alice, daughter of Benjamin
and Mary (Carew) (Brown) Huntington. He died in 1817, and his wife died in 1833.
* From Mrs. Sigourney's " Letters of Life."
CHAPTER LXIX.
WHILE William Baldwin continued to teach in the brick school-house, Mrs.
Sigourney "was removed from his regency to share the benefits of a
school unique in those times," and, as she writes, " I am inclined to think, not
easily paralleled in any. A young gentleman of superior talents, education, and
position in society, having been compelled by some infirmity of health to abandon
his choice of the clerical profession, consented to take charge for one year of a
select circle of twenty-five pupils." *
This teacher was Pelatiah Perit (b. 1785), son of John and Ruth (Webster)
Perit. He graduated at Yale College in 1802. The location of this school we have
been unable to determine, but think it quite possible that Col. Christopher Leffing-
well, who had recently married (in 1799) the mother of Pelatiah Perit, may have
placed at his disposal an upper room in the two- storied part of Leffingwell Row,
which we know was later used as a school-room.
Mrs. Sigourney considered it a "rare privilege" to attend this school, and
writes of Mr. Perit : " He had but recently completed his collegiate course, and it
seems a scarcely credible fact that, ere he had reached his twentieth birthday, he
should have judgment to conduct such an institution, and to impress every vary-
ing spirit with respect and obedience. Yet so it was. The secret of his sway
was in his earnest piety and consistent example."
" The order of the school was perfect. The classes were excellently well
taught, as were also the English studies. Among the latter, I recollect geography
was quite a favorite, probably because it was deepened by our construction of
maps and charts, in which we were strenuous for accuracy and some degree of
elegance. The former we decorated by painted vignettes and devices, and for
* Mrs. Sigourney 's " Letters of Life."
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the latter had immense sheets manufactured at the paper mill on purpose for us.
These being divided into regular parallelograms by lines of red ink, we wrote
on their left the name of every country on the habitable globe, filling its even
line of regular compartments according to their designation over the top — Length
and Breadth, Latitude and Longitude, Boundaries, Rivers, Mountains, Form of
Government, Population, Universities, and Learned Men, where they existed, and
whatever circumstance of history was reducible to so narrow a compass. The
search after these facts, the conciseness of style requisite, and the fair chirography
which were held indispensable, were all valuable attainments. This could not be
an exercise com.mon to the whole school, from the large space required for accom-
modation. I recollect being one of six— three of each sex, — who had permission
to pursue it, and to have each a table spread for that purpose in a large vacant
apartment. So much was our conscientiousness cultivated by this admirable
instructor, that we, in conformity to our promise, comported ourselves with the
same gravity as if in his presence, holding no conversation save what was neces-
sary to test and condense the knowledge drawn out from the text-books on
separate papers, and criticized ere they were copied."
" He also suggested an excellent employment for the intervals of Sunday, —
the selection of passages of Scripture on subjects given us by himself. Our
zeal to bring a large number, neatly copied, on Monday morning, prevented the
idle waste of consecrated time, and promoted an intimate acquaintance with the
treasures of the sacred volume I have never attended a school where the
religious sentiment was so perfectly cultivated, .... not by the constant repetition
of precept, still less by the enforcement of peculiar doctrines, .... but by the
influence of an earnest, consistent, pious example. The deep feeling of the morning
prayer often moistened the eyes of the most unthinking ; and the same spirit
caught from the closing orison followed them home The future course of
Mr. Pelatiah Perit fully verified its opening promise Wherever he was, and
in whatever he engaged, his influence was for God and goodness."
In 1809, he married Jerusha Lathrop, daughter of Thomas and Lydia
(Hubbard) Lathrop, and entered into business in New York. From 1817 to 1S32,
he was a member of a firm of shipping merchants. In 1S21, his wife died, and
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in 1823, he married her cousin, Maria Coit, daughter of Daniel Lathrop and
Elizabeth (Bill) Coit. From 1852 to 1863, he was President of the Chamber of
Commerce. He was also President of the Seaman's Savings Bank. During the
cholera epidemic, he assisted in nursing the sick, and gave large sums of money
to aid the sufferers. He resided for many years at Bloomingdale, N. Y., and later
moved to New Haven, where he died at his house on Hillhouse avenue in 1864.
His wife died in 1885.
The school was next " taken in charge by the Rev. Daniel Haskell, a
gentleman of somewhat more mature years, and also a graduate of Yale College.
He was decidedly a religious character, a ripe scholar, and of great amenity of
manners, and disposition. The belles-lettres studies were admirably taught by
him, and he gave critical attention to the correct expression of written thought.
He read to us portions of the best standard authors, in his own elegant elocu-
tion, and encouraged us freely to criticize both style and sentiment."
" Into the idioms and refinements of our own language he carefully led us.
The ' Exercises of Lindley Murray ' he especially rendered delightful in daily
lessons, throwing us back continually upon definition and derivation, until the roots
of words, and their minute shades of meaning, became beautiful as thought-
pictures. So much did he inspire us with his own favorite tastes, that parsing
the most difficult passages of the poets, remarkable either for elision or amplifi-
cation, was coveted as a sport. The culture of memory was also a prominent
object with him, for being a natural metaphysician, he scanned the intellect as a
map, and wrought in each department. He occasionally read slowly to us pages
from rare or antique works, historical, descriptive, or didactic, and, closing the
book, required the substance or analysis in our own language. This was given
orally at the time, and might also, if we chose, be presented in writing, subject
to his correction."
" Our course of study, which was arduous, he sustained and quickened by
emulation. The gift of books signalized the close of each term, of which there
were four in the year, and a silver medal was semi-annually awarded. These
premiums were so definitely adjusted to different grades of proficiency, or exem-
plary deportment, that there was no possibility of partiality, and so wisely balanced
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by the kind feelings cultivated among us, as never to create jealousy or dislike.
I well remember our added meekness of manner when in the reception of these
coveted prizes, and am sure that it was the fruit of his teachings. He faithfullv
developed not the intellect alone, but the affections Under the charge of this
learned and amiable man, there was a perceptible growth of ' whatsoever was
lovely and of good report.' "
" His sway sweetly illustrated the beauty of rule and the beauty of obedience.
Our grief at the termination of the school was more deep and passionate than
aught I have ever seen on a similar occasion. He was to us all the 'man greatly
beloved.' We were as Niobes at the parting interview, when gathering lis aroimd
him that last sad morning, he read once more in his voice of music from the
Holy Book, gave us solemn and tender counsels, and kneeling down, commended
lis to the blessed care of the ' Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.'
" Thou who didst bend to guide the timorous mind,
Wise as a father, as a brother kind ;
With gentle hand its wayward cause withheld,
Allured, not forced — encouraged, not compelled,
Till the clear eye look'd up, devoid of fears,
I bless thee for thy love, through all this lapse of years."
This Rev. Daniel Haskell was born in Preston, in 17S4, and graduated at
Yale College in the same class with Pelatiah Perit in 1802. After leaving Norwich,
he taught in the Bacon Academy, Colchester, in 1806-7, then studied theology,
was settled as pastor at Middletown and Litchfield, Ct., and afterward at St.
Albans and Burlington, Vt., from 1810-21, and was then elected President of the
University of Vermont, which position he retained until 1824. During the latter
part of his life he was afflicted with a mental disorder, from which he, however,
recovered, and later resumed his literary work. He received the degree of
LL. D., from Olivet College, Michigan. He was the author of a Gazetteer of the
United States, and a book called "A Chronological View of the World," and
also assisted in editing AlcCulloch's Geographical Dictionary.
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CHAPTER LXX.
SOME time before 1795, a part of lot No. 5 (frontage i rod, 16)2 links), just
beyond the school-house, was leased to Gardner Carpenter. On this he
builds a store (or store-house), which, after his death, is sold in 1816 to Nathaniel
and John Townsend. In the deed it is called "the red store." In 1846, John
Townsend sells it to Charles Charlton, who alters the store into a house, which
is now occupied by his widow.
The lease of the other half of No. 5 to Nathaniel Townsend, "on which his
traiding or barber's shop now stands," is dated 1795, but he was probably in
possession of the property sometime before, certainly as early as 1793. The line
is described as "running N. 5^4° W. 4 r. 18 1." (abutting on Mediterranean Lane),
"to the narrow alley which leads to the jail," "then by sd lane N. 4 r. — then
south 35° E 4 r. 1 1 -^4^ 1. by land leased to Gardner Carpenter to the highway, then
by sd highway i r. 1714 1." In 1793, Nathaniel Townsend advertises that he has
" hired a regular bred Baker from Boston and proposes to the inhabitants of Nor-
wich to send his Bread Carriage round from the upper part of the town, and through
Chelsea every day except Sundays (designated by Slay Bells), about 4 o'clock
afternoons, with all those different kinds of Bread which those that are pleased
to patronize this undertaking shall recpiire. Butter & Groat Biscuit, Crackers,
Gingerbread, Sugar & Ginger Cookies, Rusk, Buns, &c. — for sale in large or
small quantities at his Bake House in front of the Goal." He later sold in the
same place a varied stock of goods, paper-hangings, dry-goods, groceries, &c., so
possibly the bakery enterprise was soon relinquished. The shop, which resembled
in many features the one owned by the Carpenters, remained until after 1868, in
the possession of the Townsend family. It was then sold, and destroyed, and
the house now standing on the lot was built.
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We believe this shop to be the one in which John Wheatley carried on the
business of boot and shoe-making in 1774, near the Printing office, and made
" the best of materials, good work and cjuick despatch, the cardinal points of his
compass." He moved in the next year, across the Green to keep the Peck tavern,
and Nathaniel Patten, with an utter disregard of the points of the compass,
establishes his book store here '• at the east end of the plain near the Printing
office. " He has one of the largest and most varied assortments of books ever
offered in town for sale, and advertises also iron-mould drops, a tincture to take
stains out of mahogany. Tooth-drops, Venetian Tooth Powder, Lip Salve, Eye
Water, &c. He will " bind, gold and letter books," and "metamorphose old books
into New at least the difference will not be perceptible to those who do
not open them."
In 1775, his store is robbed and he announces that he intends to leave
town, but is still residing here in 1776, when he advertises for rags for making
wrapping paper.
In 1797, a Nathaniel Patten, possibly a son of the first Nathaniel, adver-
tises in Norwich as of the firm of Sterry 6c Patten. This second Nathaniel
Patten marries in 1796, Faith Foster. These probably belonged to the Patten
family of Cambridge, Mass.
We think this may be the shop in which Gideon Denison advertises in 1783
to sell a large and varied assortment of goods. He also wishes to buy horses
for the Surinam market. We are unable to say when this shop was built.
CHAPTER LXXI.
THE early jail (or "goal," as it was then written), stood, it is said, on the
south-east corner of the Green. About 1759, a new jail was erected back of
the old brick school house on the parsonage land. In February, 1786, this jail
"took fire," as the Norwich Packet says, "and alarmed the inhabitants, who
collected in great numbers, but notwithstanding their sacrificing exertions, the
whole of this lonesome building was burned to the ground." The Packet adds :
" It is wished by many that the inhabitants would provide themselves with two
good fire engines, which are the best preservatives against that worst of all mas-
ters, fire." It was shortly after this, that Thomas Harland made his first fire engine.
In 1774-5, Sims Edgerton was the jailer, and to his care was committed in
November, 1775, Dr. Benjamin Church, .gr.-grandson and namesake of the noted
Indian fighter. Dr. Church had written songs and delivered orations in favor of
American freedom, and had also been a member of the Provincial Congress in 1774,
and yet was convicted of treasonable correspondence, arrested, and sent under close
guard to Norwich for safe keeping. A high picket fence was built around the
jail, and " even within this inclosure, Dr. Church was not permitted to walk but
once a week, and then with the sheriff at his side. In May, 1776, he was sent to
Watertown, and shortly after was allowed to sail for the West Indies, but the
vessel was never again heard of." Various tories and suspected persons were
sent to the Norwich prison from time to time, and many escaped. In 17 78, John
Barney, Jun., was the prison-keeper ; in 1783, Darius Peck ; in 1784-5, and at various
other times, Seth Miner served in that capacity. Ebenezer Punderson was the
successor of Seth Miner in 1786.
Rewards of $5 or |io were frequently offered for the arrest of escaped
prisoners, confined for debt, murder, burglary, treason and counterfeiting, in
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 389
which latter crime old offenders were detected by their " cropt and branded ears."
In 17S2, a company of English sailors, who were imprisoned here, ran away to New
London, seized a new coasting vessel, and made good their escape. In 1800,
seventeen French prisoners were brought here, captured as they were fleeing from
the Island of wSt. Domingo. They were allowed to wander about freely in the
town, treated considerately, and soon released in 1801. One of these prisoners,
Jean Pierre Boyer, afterward President of the Haytien republic, remembered, with
substantial rewards, kindnesses he had received while in Norwich.
After the burning of the prison in 1786, a new building was erected on
the same site, but in 1815, the " Perit " house on the opposite side of the Green
was purchased for the county house, and a jail was built on the adjoining lot a short
distance back of where now stands the store of Herbert W. Hale. This lasted until
the courts were moved to the Landing, in 1833, and was then shortly after burnt
to the ground.
Back of the jail, and surrounded by paths leading from the jail and main
highways, was a small lot of land which was sold by James Huntington to Joseph
Peck in 1760, and was deeded back to the town by Bela Peck in 1783. At that time
there stood on the lot a shop " improved by Darius Peck," and another '' occupied
by a chaise-maker."
In 1773, this latter building was the printing office of the Norwich Packet,
which was transferred to a shop west of the church in 1775, and William Lax,
an Englishman and a wheelwright, moves " to where the Printing office formerly
kept on the Plain. He repairs carts, coach and chaise wheels," and during the
Revolution built up quite a reputation as a maker of gun carriages. He died in
1779. In 1775, Darius Peck, who was also a wheelwright, moved "from the east
side of the plain" to the other shop on this land "back of where the Printing
office formerly kept." In one of these two shops in the rear of the jail, Joseph
Carpenter was po.ssibly located in 1770, when he pays to Joseph Peck £^\ 10 s. for
one year's rent of shop.
The Norwich Packet or Weekly Advertiser was the first newspaper pub-
lished in Norwich. It was started in October, 1773, by the firm of Robertsons &
Trumbull, the partners being Alexander and James Robertson, and John Trumbull.
390 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
Their first printing office, according to the advertisement, was rather indefinitely-
located "near the Court House," but from the advertisements of adjoining shops,
we think that it probably stood in the rear of or near the jail. In 1775, the firm
moved to another stand west of the Meeting House.*
The brothers, Alexander and James Robertson, were born in Scotland, and
were the sons of a printer. They emigrated to America, and established them-
selves about 176S at New York, where they published "The New York Chronicle."
In 1770, they opened a printing office at Albany, and also in 1773, at Norwich,
where, besides "The Norwich Packet," the}^ printed many books, pamphlets, tales,
sermons, political tracts, military manuals, school books, hymn books, &c. During
the Revolution, they were suspected of sympathizing with the British, and though
there was no evidence of this feeling in the columns of the Packet, which freely
admitted all patriotic communications, they, however, finally acknowledged their
lack of sympathy with the Revolutionists and moved to New York, in 1776.
A grave-stone in the old burying-ground marks the resting place of Amy,
wife of James Robertson, who died in Norwich, in June, 1776, shortly before their
departure from the town. After the capture of New York by the British, the
brothers published in that city " The Royal American Gazette," and later James
Robertson issued in Philadelphia "The Royal Gazette." They finally removed to
Nova Scotia, where at Port Roseway (Shelburne) in November, 1784, Alexander
Robertson died, in the 42nd year of his age, as the Norwich Packet announces,
"a gentleman of probity, benevolence, and philanthropy, much esteemed, and
now greatly lamented by a very numerous and respectable acquaintance." After
the death of his brother, James Robertson returned to Scotland.
* We will reserve the Trumbull genealogy and the later history of The Packet for our
second volume, which describes that part of the town, in which this second office is located.
CHAPTER LXXIL
ARIUS Peck (b. 1749-50), was a son of Jonathan and Bethiah (Bingham)
Peck of Norwich. He married (i) in 1772, Hannah Warner of Windham,
Ct., and (2) Mary Frances, and had ten children. He died about 1804. He was
among the first to enlist in the army of the Revolution, was appointed Ensign
in 1777, commissioned as Lieutenant in 17 78, and retired from the service in 1779.
Between 1772, the date of his marriage, and 1781, he builds the house (long known
as the Dr. Tracy house), standing on the slope of the hill at the foot of
Mediterranean Lane. He also occupied, as a wheelwright, a shop which stood
between his own house and the IMiner house, and back of the jail.
In 1 78 1, he sells this property to Gideon Denison, and also a blacksmith's
shop which he owned in the rear of the old Arnold house. From one of the
bills of sale we learn that his dwelling house was originally painted red.
Gideon Denison (b. 1753), was the son of Gideon Denison of wSaybrook, Ct.,
and gr.-gr.-grandson of Capt. George Denison and his wife, " Lady " Ann Borodell
392 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
of Stonington, Ct. He married in 1780, Jerusha, daughter of Benjamin and
4££»stei (Hyde) Butler, lived for a while in Norwich, his busmess bemg that of
a merchant, and his shop near the Green. He moved from Norwich to Havre de
Grace, Md., where he died. His widow, Jerusha, died in Washington. He had
five children, of whom one, Minerva, married Capt. John Rodgers, U. S. N.
Elizabeth became the wife of Capt. John D. Henley, and Louisa, of Capt. Alexander
Wadsworth, all distinguished naval officers. Gideon Denison sells his house in
1782, to his father-in-law, Benjamin Butler, who leaves it by will to his son, Thomas.
The next occupant was Dr. Philemon Tracy (b. 1757), son of Dr. Elisha
and Elizabeth (Dorr) Tracy, who, though he resided in the house for some years
previouslv, did not purchase the property until 1801. He studied medicine with
his father, and also with Dr. Philip Turner, and practiced in Norwich for more
than fifty-five years. He received from Yale College the honorary degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He married in 1785, Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and
Lydia (Proctor) Trott of Norwich.
Mrs. Sigourney thus describes Dr. Philemon Tracy : " I think I see now
that cautious Mentor-like person, so grave and courteous, his countenance marked
with deep thought and kindness— Dr. Philemon Tracy. I remember him among
my benefactors. From his father he inherited medical skill and fame, monopolizing
the principal practice of the city. Yet let the pressure of his business be ever so
great, he studied a new case as a faithful clergyman does a sermon. He happily
avoided the extremes which my Lord Bacon has designated: 'Some physicians
are so conformable to the humor of the patient, that they press not the true treat-
ment of the disease, and others so bound by rules as to respect not sufficiently
his condition.' But the practice of our venerated Norwich healer was to possess
himself of the idiosyncrasy of constitution as well as of the symptoms of disease,
to administer as little medicine as possible, and to depend much on regimen, and
rousing the recuperative powers to their wonted action. His minute questions and
long deliberation inspired confidence, while the sententious mode of delivering
his prescriptions gave them a sort of oracular force." *
Mrs. Sigourney again writes of him : " I well remember his dignified
*Mrs. Sigourney 's "Letters of Life."
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deportment, his originality in conversation." From an old bill of Dr. Tracy's we
will give a few homely items, as illustrative of his fees and practice : —
To A.NDKKw Hl.ntixgton in acct. Philemon Tkacv, Dr.
1796.
Jul}' 20. To extracting Tooth for Lucy, . . . \ s. t d.
iSoo.
Nov. 2. To a visit to his wife. Bleeding & Box of Pills, 4 j. b d.
1801.
July 1. To Bitters prepared, . . . , . . 2 s.
July 21. To Columbo & Vit. Tart. &c pp" . . . 1 s. v,d.
Oct. 21. To a visit to Abner & Puke, . . . . ■}, s. i, d.
' " " " & Pills 3 J.
Oct. 23. ' " " Pills & Blisters, . . i,s.bd.
Nov. I. " " " " " & Bark is.bd.
Dr. Philemon Tracy died in Norwich, in 1837, aged eighty. He became blind
several years before his death. His daughter, Harriet Frances Tracy, witty and
talented, died in 1830. Two of his sons, Phinehas, and Albert Haller Tracy,
became members of Congress : one from Batavia, N. Y., the other from Buffalo.
Another son, Edward, was Judge of the Superior Court in Macon, Ga. The only
remaining son, Richard Proctor (b. 1791), studied medicine at Yale College, and
succeeded to his father's practice. He never married, and lived in the old home-
stead till his death in 1871. He was talented, eccentric, and peculiar, but highly
esteemed as a physician, and like all the other members of this family, renowned
for his witty and original sayings. He was the last of his family to occupy the
old homestead, which was sold after his death. It is now occupied by George
Williams.
Next to the Tracy house comes lot No. 10, formerly part of the lands of
Seth Miner, and beyond this, lot No. 11, at one time in the possession of Ebenezer
Jones. This was later leased by the Church Society to Samuel Charlton, and the
two houses now standing there, were built by John and Samuel Charlton. The
second of the houses was sold by John Charlton in 1S39 to Chauncey K. Bushnell.
In 1868, it was in the possession of Luther Matthewson.
Beyond lot No. ii, we come to lot No. 12, which was early leased to Par-
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menas Jones, and the house built, which still remains in the possession of the
Jones family.
Parmenas Jones (b. 1752), was a son of Sylvanus and Kesiah (Cleveland)
Jones. He married (i) in 1777, Eunice Herrick, and (2) in 17S8, Rosanna Weeks.
Beyond the Jones house we come to lot No. 13 (frontage 6 rods), leased to Daniel
Abbot in 17S7. On this land he builds a barn, and sells the property in 1792 to
William Osborn. This may be the William Osborn who advertises in 1785 as a
painter and gilder on the road west of the meeting-house. In 1802, William
Osborn sells to Isabella Gildon, the land and former barn (''converted into a
house"), in which he then resides. The house has since that time had many
occupants.
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CHAPTER LXXIII.
IN the first settlements, a plot of ground was usually left open in the centre of
the town for public use, about w^hich clustered the church, the parsonage, and
public buildings. This centre of the town plot in Norwich was called "ye Green,"
"ye Meeting-House Green," and later "the Parade," "the Training Field," and
" the Plain." What an event it must have been in the history of the town when
the first train band, with Francis Griswold as Lieutenant, and Thomas Tracy as
Ensign, assembled here in 1666. Under the special supervision of Major Mason,
who, from the windows of his house at the south of the Green, could watch their
evolutions, what a proficiency these "trainers" must have attained, for the old
Major v/ould hardly allow his Norwich company to fall behind the other train
bands of the colony at the regular biennial reviews.
According to the laws of Connecticut, a band of thirty-two persons was
entitled to a lieutenant, ensign and two sergeants, but no captain was allowed
until the number of privates had increased to sixty-four. John Mason, 2nd, son
of Major Mason, was the first captain of the Norwich train-band, and he received
his appointment in 1675. What an impetus it must have given to the annual
training when the new "drums, holbarts, and one pr. of collours " were purchased in
1708, and two companies were formed, the first with the popular Richard Bushnell
as Captain, Solomon Tracy as Lieutenant, and Thomas Leffingwell, 2nd, as Ensign ;
and the second officered by Capt. wSamuel Griswold, Lt. Joseph Backus, and Ensign
Thomas Waterman.
In 1729, it was voted by the town "that the Plain in the Town Piatt,
called the Meeting House plain, with all its contents and extents of it as it now
lyeth, shall be and remain to be and lye common for public use for the w^hole
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town forever without alteration." The first old meeting--house which was built
on the south-east corner of the plain was still standing in 1705, but probably soon
after disappeared.
In 1737, Nathaniel Lathrop requests permission "to build a shop on the
plain," and it was then resolved by the inhabitants that " there shall no shop,
barn, house, or any other building be erected, built, or sett up in or upon the
above sd plain or any part thereof without special liberty from this Town.''
But it is possible that the town relented, and that later the privilege of
building was granted to Nathaniel, as in 1757, it is voted "to remove all
incumbrances off the lands late in possession of Nathaniel Lothrop, on the
west side of the meeting house plain that the land may be fit for public use."
Between 1760-62 the court-house was built upon the plain, and remained there
until 1798. .
On this Green, Capt. Philip Turner paraded and exercised his troop of
horse, and Richard Bushnell, 2nd, who, under the captaincy of Philip Turner, had
served as cornet, later succeeded him in command. Fines were imposed for non-
appearance on Training day. On April 8, 1750, John Bliss, "Clerk of ye first com-
pany or Train band of Norwich," was ordered by Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop, to levy
fines on all who did not " appear and answer to their names on the forth day of
September, 1749, on ye Common place of parade," and "if any neglect or refuse
to pay" he is "to distrain their goods or chattels" and for want of these "to
seize ye body or bodys of such person or persons, and commit them unto ye
Common Goal."
At the time of the Stamp Act excitement, Miss Caulkins says, that a liberty
pole was erected on the Green adorned with standards and appropriate devices
and crowned with a cap, and under it was built a tent or booth called the
Pavilion. * Here the citizens met to celebrate the repeal of the Stamp Act with
great rejoicings, and the effigy of Jared Ingersoll, the unpopular stamp distributor,
was burnt on the high hill overlooking the plain. During the Revolution, this
liberty pole was the rallying place for the citizens, and here they met daily, to
make speeches and discuss the state of affairs.
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 397
In 1774, a field review of four companies was held on tlie plain, with the
following officers : —
First Coinpaiiy.
J EDI 1)1 AH Huntington, Captain.
Jacdi; Perkins, Jr., Lieutenant.
JosKiMi Carew, Ensign.
Second Company.
Samuel Wheat, Captain.
Joseph Ellis, Lieutenant.
Isaac Griswold, Ensign.
lliird Company.
Isaac Tracy, Jr., Captain.
Jacob Witter, Lieutenant.
Andrew Tracy, Ensign.
Fourth Company or CJielsca Company.
Gershom Breed, Captain.
Benjamin Dennis, Lieutenant.
Thomas Trapp, Ensign.
"One of the words of command in training at this time was ' Blow off the
loose corns,' and before and after the command to 'Poise arms' came 'Put
your right hand to the fire-lock,' or 'Put your left hand to the fire-lock.'
An odd kind of aspirate was sometimes used after a command, thus :
' Shoulder ! hoo ! ' *
The English colors were also used, " displaying the Cross of St. George in
a field of red or blue, and sometimes the St. Andrew's Cross united with it in
reference to the union of England and Scotland." It was perhaps of this grand
training of 1774, that Miss Caulkins tells the tale of the artillery company, com-
posed of strong patriots, who bore the banner of the State, while the light infantry
appeared with the royal colors. In marching through the streets, the artillery
encountered the infantry, and planting their cannon in the way, refused to let
* Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
398 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
them pass until they had lowered the royal standard, which from this time was
never used again.
In 1777, Congress ordered that the flag, representing the thirteen original
States, should have thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen
stars, white on a blue field. In 1794, the number of stars and stripes was changed
to fifteen. This was the flag of the war of 181 2, for which was written the song
called "The Star Spangled Banner." In 1S18, the number of stripes was changed
to the original thirteen, while it was ordered that the blue field should contain
as many stars as there were vStates in the Union.
In 1774, the General Court ordered that the Norwich companies should
form the Twentieth regiment of infantry, and Jedediah Huntington was ap-
pointed colonel, Samuel Abbot, lieutenant, and Zabdiel Rogers, major, and a
regimental training was ordered for the first Monday in May, but by that time,
most of the men were already in service at Boston, and no review took place.
On the Sunday following the Battle of Bunker Hill, toward the close of
the morning service, the noise of a galloping horse was heard, and the church
bell was violently rung. The audience rushed out upon the Green, and gathered
around to hear the courier read the dispatches from the seat of war. That evening
the bell was rung, cannons were fired, bonfires blazed, speeches were made, and
many pledged themselves to join the army.
After the war was over, and independence was declared, how gay must
have been the scenes enacted here on the yearly "training" day, when all the
houses and taverns around were filled with guests, every table set with training
or election cake, and wine, beer, or cider, and throngs of people straggling over
the plain, and through the streets, among whom, the Mohegan Indians, with
their queen, Betty Uncas, and their brooms, blankets and papooses were most
conspicuous as they " lined the fence from Lord's to Lathrop's tavern." How
the small boys enjoyed themselves, hovering as closely as possible to the military
until, charged upon by a row of muskets, they scattered in all directions.
The first train-bands wore probably a modification of the Puritan or Round-
head costume. To the early colonial soldier was generally furnished the scarlet
uniform of the British, but at the beginning of the Revolution, when the army
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 399
was called hurriedly into the field, a great variety of dress and equipment pre-
vailed. Even the officers were so poorly supplied, that Gen. Washington ordered
that the general officers should be distinguished by ribbons across the breast, and
later that the field officers should wear various colored cockades. He also
requested that the troops should wear as much as possible hunting shirts and
breeches, fastened garter fashion about the legs, but this was not generally adopted.
After the alliance with the French in 1779, stores of cloth were procured
of the shade known as " Dutch blue," and it was ordered that this should be the
army color, the Connecticut light horse or cavalry having their uniforms faced
and lined with white, the artillery with red, and the general officers with yellow.
The familiar continental or cocked hat was worn, the face was clean-shaven, with
the hair clubbed or queued, and powdered. In 1781, the stock of blue cloth was
exhausted, and none could be procured at any price. It was not until after 1782,
that the army was completely uniformed.
In April, 1793, Adj. Gen. Ebenezer Huntington issues the orders of the
Captain General for the militia of the State. The generals are to wear blue
coats, faced and lined with buff, buff underdress, yellow buttons and epaulettes,
and the aids-de-camp and brigade-majors the same as the generals, except when
they hold commissions in the line, in which case, they wear the uniform of the
corps to which they belong. The officers of the regiments of foot are to wear
blue coats, faced with red, and lined with white, white underdress, white buttons,
and white epaulettes. The sergeants have the same uniform as the commissioned
officers, and are designated by a white worsted " nott " on each shoulder. The
" musick " are to be attired in red coats, faced with blue, and lined with white,
trimmed with blue livery lace, white underdress, white buttons, and a blue
worsted "nott" on each shoulder. The corporals and privates are to wear white
frocks and overalls. All on horseback are to be armed with swords and pistols,
and the troops are to have black cockades.
In August of the same year, the officers and men of the artillery regiments
are ordered to wear blue coats, faced and lined with red, buff underdress, and
yellow buttons, the officers to wear yellow belts, the sergeants a red worsted
"nott" on each shoulder, and the corporals, one on the left shoulder. The
4O0 OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
" musick " are required to wear red coats faced and lined with blue, and trimmed
with blue livery lace, yellow buttons and buff underdress, and a blue worsted
" nott " on each shoulder. The Captain General is to be adorned with a deep
blue ribbon across the breast, the Lieut. General with one of pink. The Major
General has two stars on the strap of each epaulette, the Brig. General and Adj.
General one star, and the latter wears one blue and one black feather on his hat.
The hats of the aids de-camp are adorned with white and black feathers, and
the brigade-majors with blue and black,
In this year, the Twentieth regiment, commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph
Williams, was reviewed by Maj. Gen. Gordon, and inspected by Brigade-Major
Joseph Perkins. It consisted of one matross company, one light infantry, one
grenadier, and eight infantry companies attended by Capt. Edgerton's troop of
Horse. The Weekly Register thus expatiates on the scene : " Tho' mankind look
forward with avidity to the season when ' swords shall be beaten into plough-
shares, and spears into pruning hooks, and the nations learn war no more,'
yet for beauty, order, regularity of movement and the true vSublime perhaps no
place or situation short of the Heavenly Jerusalem can furnish scenes ecpial to
military arrangements."
Mr. Charles Miner describes a review of long ago, when the Matross
company, commanded by Roger Griswold, paraded in front of the meeting-
house, the light infantry near the Perit house, the common militia company
stood facing west on the lower point of the Green— and the out-of-town companies
were assigned positions by the adjutant on their arrival. He comments on "the
fine soldier-like bearing of Gen. Marvin on his stately war steed," "accompanied by
his aids in splendid uniform and nodding plumes." "The march was down east,
and round the square. The band and brigade of drums and fifes under Collier
and Manning alternating." After the parade was over, games were usually the
order of the day, in which Capt. Griswold took the lead in cricket, Capt. Edward
Slocum in wrestling, and John Post would show his agility by climbing the steeple.
After the shades of evening had gathered, the sounds of revelry proceeded from
Lathrop's tavern. " The officers have dined, and prefer punch, such as Lathrop
only could make, to indifferent wine. The choicest Antigua, loaf sugar by the
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH. 401
pailful, lemons, oranges, limes. Merrier fellows with tempered mirth never wore
cockade or feather."
A more amusing, if not (|uite so imposing occasion, was the annual election
of their governor by the colored people of the town. One of the first of these
dignitaries was Boston Trow-trow, who died 1772, aged 66. After his death
Samuel Hun'ton (named after his master. Gov. Huntington), was annually elected
to the office for many years. " As he rode through the town on his master's
horse adorned with plated gear, his aids on each side, a la militaire, himself
pufifing and swelling with pomposity, sitting bolt upright, and moving with a slow,
majestic pace as if the universe was looking on. When he mounted or dismounted,
his aid flew to his assistance, holding his bridle, putting his feet into the stirrup,
and bowing to the ground before him. The Great Mogul in a triumphal proces-
sion never assumed an air of more perfect self-importance than the negro
governor at such a time." * Provisions, and decorations, and liquors were freely
furnished for this occasion, and the colored people made speeches, counted votes,
and ended with a drunken frohc and often a fight. The last of these governors
was Ira Tosset.
In old times, as well as now-a-da3's, the plain was the center of boyish
sports. In the winter, as Mr. Aliner relates, the boys sometimes built "a semicir-
cular fort of vast snow balls, eight or ten rods apart. When the snow was soft and
would adhere, all hands were summoned to the work. A line of balls as big as
could be rolled, was laid in a crescent ; outside that, another as large. Then with
skids, a row on the top, then a third row as large as could be raised on the summit,
to crown the work, making a formidable breastwork. Lockers were cut out in
the inside to hold great quantities of balls, made ready for action. When both sides
were prepared, a proclamation was made, and then came "the tug of war." The
Jabez Choate, whom Mr. Miner remembers, as the head of all the sports, "a
favorite," "brave & clever," "who when he moved, moved like an engine," was
perhaps, a son of Jabez and Eunice (Culver) Choate, and was born in 1771. He
was a relative of the celebrated Rufus Choate.
During the war " the plays of the boys were battles with the regulars-
Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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40 2
OLD HOUSES OF NORWICH.
the charge— the ambuscade — the retreat — 'The regulars are coming!' Then the
rally and renewed charge. Their songs : —
Don't you hear the general say
Strike your tents and march away."*
The old Green, or "Training Field," though no longer a business centre, is
still the rallying place for the boys of Norwich Town, and every part of it is
endeared by many tender associations to the old inhabitants. The Hon. John
T. Wait, alluding to the affection cherished for the Green, by some who have
long since passed away, tells of one resident, who, remonstrating with a neighbor,
about to move to Wequonnock, said : " Why, , I'd rather live all my
life on Norwich Town Green, and then be hung at ' the Cross Keys,' than go to
Wequonnock, and die a natural death."
* Letter of Hon. Charles Miner in "The Norwich Jubilee."
PART //.
GENEALOGIES.
A line, drawn across a genealogical page, indicates either a not absolutely
verified descent , or that one or two generations are missing.
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ERRATA AND ADDENDA.
Page 487, No. 200, Read John Turvill Adams, b. 1805 at Essequibo, S. A. d. 18S2 at Norwich.
son of Richard and Mary Rebecca (Turvill) Adams.
of Essequibo, S. A., and Norwich, Ct.
He m. (2) 1S39 Elizabeth (Lee) Dwight. b. 1801. d. 1865.
dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Leighton) Lee
of Norwich, Ct.
Page 507, No. 36, Read John Bishop, b. 1685 at Ipswich, d. 1755 at Norwich.
son of Samuel and Hester (Cogswell) Bishop of Ipswich, Mass.
Page 512, No. 125, Read George Biirbank Ripley, b. iSoi. d. 185S.
son of Dr. Dwight and Eliza (Coit) Ripley.
As it is difficult to find satisfactory records of many of the early Huguenots, it has been
thought best to publish as complete genealogies as possible of two Huguenot families of Con-
necticut, the Perits (or Peirets) and the Fountains (or Fontaines). The former has been compiled
from family papers, grave-stone inscriptions, the Connecticut Colonial Records, and information
furnished by The Huguenot Society of New York and Miss Louise Tracy of New Haven ; the
latter, from Norwich, New London, and Stamford records, that valuable work, "The Huguenot
Emigration to America," by the late Charles W. Baird, and from data furnished by Wm. A. E.
Thomas of Brooklyn, New York. The latter has spent several years in collecting information about
the Fountain family, and, at his request, some of the family lines are here for the first time pub-
lished, which have no connection with Norwich history, but may, nevertheless, be of interest to
other Connecticut residents.
The Kinney family genealogy was compiled by Mrs. Frederic L. Osgood. Mr. Sidney jMiner
of New London has furnished the record of the Seth Miner family, Anson Titus of Tuft's
College, Mass., the early records of the Abbots, and Miss Carolyn Sterry of Norwich the later
records of the Sterry family.
APPENDIX TO PART I.
Page 53.
Jonathan Pierce, b. 1715-6, was located at Brattleboro, Cumberland Co., N. Y., in 1774.
Cyprian Pierce, b. 1724, was located at Halifax, Cumberland Co., N. Y., in 1774.
Page 105.
When changes were being made, some years ago, in a wall on the former site of this
old highway, the late Angell Stead rescued from destruction an old mile-stone which is said to
have formerly stood there, and this is still owned by his widow.
Page 223, Line 6.
In The Norwich Packet of April 8, 1776, appears, in very small type, this notice of Gen.
Washington's first visit to Norwich :
" Norwich, April 8.
" Si7ice our last, four or Jive Regiments of the Continental Troops, under
the Command of Brigadier-General Sullivan, have passed through this Town in
their Way to New York. . . . His Excellency General WASHINGTON, with four
more Regiments, arrived here this day fro?n Cambridge.''''
And in The Packet of April 15 :
''Since our last, sjifidry Regitnents of the Continental Troops, have passed
through this To%un, from Cambridge, in their way to New York."
Page 274, Line iS.
Miss Caulkins alludes, in her History of Norwich, to the occupancy of the Wm. Bradford
Whiting (now Fitch) house by Thomas Hubbard, and that his three sons, Thomas, Russell and
Amos H. Hubbard, were born there.
Page 352. Church Plans.
It has been a difficult matter to give a perfectly accurate plan of the old church, begun in
1753, but not entirely finished until 1770, as there were so many erasures and substitutions in the
original plan, of which an imperfect copy is given at page 352. This plan was probably made
about 1756-7, as the widow, Anne Turner, who is mentioned as a pew occupant, married Capt.
Joshua Abel in 1757. Two other plans of 1756 exist, both differing from this one, and from each
other. The first of these, marked " exhibited in Society meeting, March 3rd, 1756, and approved,"
is much larger than the other plans, and has a seat for the deaf people, and one for the deacons in
front of the pulpit, and a double row of pews at that end of the church, also benches in the middle
aisle, in the places later occupied by pews No. 36, 37, 69, 38, 35, 36, — and 37, and there are only
nine pews, instead of twelve, at the main entrance end of the church. The second plan, " exhibited
in Society meeting, March 15th, 1756," resembles in arrangement the plan at page 352, except that
APPENDIX. 603
the benches still remain in the middle aisle. These benches were probably soon replaced by pews,
as in the plan presented in this book. Some of the names of pew owners in the original drawing
are very indistinct, either almost obliterated by time, or by being partly blotted out, and one name
written over another, so that it is often impossible to decipher them even with a magnifying glass.
The pews were not sold yearly, but were a family possession, and two names may not always in-
dicate a joint occupancy, but possibly an inheritance, or a sale from one owner to another.
The names Asa Lord and Asa Lathrop are given in pew No. 2, at the right of the pulpit —
only one name, which might read either Asa or Eleazer, is prefixed to the names Lord and Lathrop
in the original plan. The first owner in this case was probably Eleazer Lord, succeeded later by his
son-in-law, Asa Lathrop. In No. 4, the name of one owner is indecipherable. In No. 11, the name
of Aaron Chapman is faintly visible. In No. 13, Simeon Case is crossed out, and Joseph Winship
substituted. Two almost obliterated names in No. 15, appear to be Elijah Lathrop and
Fitch (possibly Jabez). In No. 23, there is also a Peter . In No. 24, one name is crossed out,
and Nathaniel Parish substituted. In No. 30, a line is drawn across the names of Lydia and Eliza-
beth Reynolds, and a barely perceptible Jonathan Goodhue is added.
In the six middle seats of the upper row, some changes have been evidently made, indicated
by lines. No names are given for the pews, Nos. 35, 36 and 37 of this row, and in Nos. 38 and 39
names have been blotted out, and a blurred Matthew Adgate is added to No. 39. In No. 68 of the
second row, a name resembling Nathaniel Lathrop, and a faint Marsh, can be traced. In No. 52 of
the third row, the paper is torn, and though the name resembles Starr, it might read also let
Hazzen, and we are inclined to believe that the owner was Howlett Hazen, who had married a daughter
of Eleazer Lord. It is impossible to decipher the name in No. 67. In No. 38 of this row, the word
Thomas appears. The number of Theophilus and Zabdiel Rogers' pew is not easily read, but
might be 70. In No. 41, the name is possibly Daniel Burnham instead of Birchard, and the names
Allen and Totman (probably Stephen Totman) appear. No. 50 of the fifth row has
beside Samuel Starr another occupant, Starr. In No. 47, the name Ebenezer Lathrop
seems to be written over the name Leffingwell. In No. 44, is a puzzling name which may be Jabez
Lathrop. In No. 43, the name of Joseph Reynolds is blotted out.
In No. 9, in the gallery plan, another indecipherable name appears with Nathaniel Hunting-
ton. Beside the other names given in No. 10, are James and B. Leffingwell. In addition to
Jonathan Chester in No. 11, appears Abbot. In No. 14, may be seen Simeon , and an
almost indistinguishable John Case. In No. 20, there is a faint E. Vernum (probably Ephraim
Farnham.)
Page 353.
When the church of 1756 was built, the old church on the hill was sold to the ancestor of John
Post of Wawecus Hill, who still owns the hinges and door-handle of the old church-door, which have
been photographed by Charles E. Briggs, and may be seen with the gallery plan.
Page 367.
The mourning piece at page 367 was painted and embroidered by Charlotte Peck (later Mrs.
Ebenezer Learned of New London), and Harriet Peck (Mrs. Gen. Wm. Williams of Norwich),
while they were at the celebrated Moravian boarding school, at Bethlehem, Pa. The taller
figure is said to be a likeness of the elder sister, Charlotte, then 15 years old ; and the shorter, of
Harriet, aged 11.
Page 381.
George Bliss taught in the Lathrop school (the brick school-house on the Plain) in 1829. In
that year this school was discontinued, and in 1843, by the terms of the will, the property reverted
and was paid to the heirs of Dr. Daniel Lathrop's nephew, Thomas Coit.
For additional information about Jonathan and Cyprian Pierce, Gen.
Washington's first visit to Norwich, description of Church Plans of 1756,
the last relics of the last " Church on the Hill," an account of the Mourn-
ing Piece by Charlotte and Harriet Peck, and the discontinuing of the
Lathrop School, see Appendix on preceding pages 602 and 603.
INDEX TO PART I.
{Married Names of Wives, or Daughters, in pare}ti/ieses.'\
[ Maiden Names of Wives, ivithout parettt/teses-l
Abbot 277.
Danie! 2G1, 39-1. John 248.
Samuel 124, 248, 61; 398.
Elizabeth Phipps 248. Phebe
Edgerton 248. Sarah Reynolds
261.
Abel.
Calebs, 351. Joshua 82 ; 137,
71, 7; 309. Samuel 351.
Abigail (Huntington) 82, 111.
Anne Backus 82. Anne Hunt-
ington (Adgate) (Turner) 309.
Bethiah Gager 137. Elizabeth
(Chapman) 313. Eunice (Birch-
ard) 171. Jerusha Frink 171.
Jerusha (Williams) 117. Lucy
(Lord) 177. Lucy Edgerton
177. Lydia (Lathrop) 137, 60.
Abser 52, 77.
Adams 246.
Eliphalet 100 ; 295. (Pres.)John
228 ; 366. (Judge) 243. Will-
iam 293, 5, 6.
Abiel (Metcalf) 295, G. Alice
(ColHns) 296. Alice Bradford
(Filch) 2G6, 93, 4, 5, 6. P]liza-
beth (Whiting) (Niles) 100,
296.
Adgate 106, 56, 68. 9, 74, 6, 7, 80.
Asa 172. Daniel 1G9. Matthew
168, 72, 5. Thomas 2, 4, 53,
87: 100, 4, 6, 30, 1, 55, 6, 7,
69,' 74, 5, 8, 9, 80, 3; 212,
29, 31; 309, 51. William
169, 175.
Abigail Culverhouse (Waterman)
175. Abigail (Tracy) 231.
Anne Huntington (Turner)
(Abel) 309. Elizabeth (Bush-
nell) 4; 157, 74, 75. Eliza-
beth Morgan (Starr) 175.
Eunice Baldwin 172. Eunice
Waterman 175. HannahHyde
172,5. Hannah (Lathrop) 131,
74; 340. Jane — (Williams)
172. Lucy (Lord) 175, 7. Lucy
Waterman 172. Marv Marvin
(Bushnell) 4, 58; Vol, 74, 5.
Ruth (Edgerton) 248. Rutli
Brewster 175. Sarah (Hunt-
ington) 179. — — (Norton)
172.
Aldex.
John 220.
Mary (Gale) 280. Priscilla 220.
Allen.
Fitch 91. James 203. John 4.
Robert 3, 4.
Abigail (Shepherd) 321. Debo-
rah (Gager) 4. Hannah (Rose)
4. Hannah (Needhara) 269.
Mary (Parke) 4. Mehitable
(Case) 147. Rachel (Tracy)
192,
Anderson Elizabeth 219.
Andre (Maj.) 223.
AxDROS Sir Edmund 295.
Answorth Sarah (Manning) 92.
Apeanuchsuck 32.
Arms Hiram P. 270, 358.
Armstrong.
Henry 281.
Isabella (Needham) 269. Kesiah
(Parish) 168.
Arnold 225, 67; 391.
Benedict20, 43, 5,54; 101,9, 51 ;
252, 64. John 251, 64, 7;
374. Ohver 185. William 264.
Hannah Waterman (King) 101.
Mary (Mauley) 251.
Attawanhood 1.
Austin David 153.
AvERiLL Polly 35.
Avery 90, 1; 171. 4, 94: 204, 33.
Charles 314. Henry 194, 214.
Jabez 45, 88, 9; 125. James
206. John 88, 9; 180. Jona-
than 185. Richard 338. Sam
171, 2, 4, 80, 1, 3, 92, 4; 233,
6. Thomas 32. William 270.
Candace Charlton 180. Elizabeth
(Tracy) 180, 233.
Avery.
Hannah (Butler) 270. Harriet
(Robinson) 314. Lncy Bush-
nell 89. Lucy Lord (Perkins)
338. Louisa Coolidge 314.
Lydia— (Perkins) 280. Lydia
Smith 89. Prudence Miner
180.
Ayer.
Joseph B. 256.
Sarah (Park) 121.
Babcock.
Harriet (Saltonstall) (Wait) 101.
Mary 259, 61.
Bacheler (Mrs.) 232, 3.
Backus.
Ebenezer 185, 235. Elijah 11;
221, 54; 3G1. George Whit-
ney 192. John 356. Joseph
8, 285. 99; 340. Nathaniel II,
88, 101. Samuel 283, 5. Simon
88. Stephen 4, 31, 64, 6, 7,
74: 130, 92. Thomas 262.
■ William 2, 4, 5, 6, 24, 66; 156,
89, 94; 231. 351.
Abigail (Perkins) 235. Abigail
Trumbull 235. Ann — (Bing-
ham) 4. Ann (Lathrop) 273,
310. Clorinda (Lathrop) 88.
Cynthia 90, 1, 2. Elizabeth
(Huntington) 194, 222, 283.
Elizabeth Huntington 285,
340. Elizabeth Pratt 4. Eliza-
betii Tracy 283, 5. Elizabeth
Waterman 101. Eunice Ed-
wards 88. Eunice Whitney
92. Lucy Griswold 221, 361.
Lucy (Woodbridge) 361. Lu-
cretia Hubbard (Tracy) 254.
Mary (Crane) 188. Mary
(Rudd) 365. Sarah (Reynolds)
23. Sarah Spencer 67.
Bacon.
James 330. Leonard 81, 82.
Hannah (Williams) 117. Martha
— (Peck) 330.
Baker Henry M. 35.
Baldwin 75.
John 4. Samuel 172. Simeon
129. William 92, 259 ; 376,
80, 1, 2.
Alice Huntington 92; 259, 61;
381. Eunice Ady:ate 172.
Hannah 4. Sarah 4.
BARliEL.
Henry 35. Louis 35, 52.
Lucretia 35. Mary 35. Mary
Beckwith 35.
Baret.
Christopher 178.
Margaret (Huntington) (Stough-
ton) 178.
•Babret James 184.
6o6
INDEX TO PART I.
Barrows Henry 214.
Basset.
Abner248. David 101. Francis
308.
Elizabeth (Waterman) 100. Marie
MadeleiLie Nuqiierqiie 308.
Susanna (Rame) 308.
Baxter Howland & 275.
Beach Nathaniel 107, 175.
Beaman Charles 233.
Beard Nathaniel 118. William 118.
Beckwitii Mary (Barrel) 35.
Beebe Samuel 308.
Beers.
Isaac 81.
Sally (Leffingwell) 81.
Bellamy.
Jonathan 135; 211, 39. Joseph
135.
Bentley.
Anna (Trapp) (Lancaster) 292.
Bernon Gabriel 184.
Betts Thaddeus 263.
Bill.
Ephraim 152, 4, 64: 272, 6, 8.
Elizabeth (Coit) 154, 64; 384.
Hannah (Lathrop) 152. Lydia
(Howland) 154. Lydia Fhint-
ington 152, 64; 272', 6, 8.
Billings 81.
Richard Leffingwell 78. Roger
78. William 77, 8; 125.
Abigail Denisoii 78. Abigail
(Coit) 372. Betsey (Peck) 131,
2. Mary Leffingwell 77, 8, 9.
82.
Bingham 320.
Thomas 4, 40, 66, 188, 231.
William 92.
Abigail (Huntington) 246, 309.
Ana — (Backus) 4, 66.
BiRGHARD.
Elisha 170, 1. Gideon 124, 170.
John 2, 4, 170. Samuel 216.
Ann Calkins 216. Ann (Grist)
216,52. Christian Andrews 4.
Jane Hyde 170.
BiRON Duke de 226.
Bishop Temperance (Holmes) 167.
Bissell.
Nathaniel 98.
Dorothy Fitch 98.
Blackman Caroline F. 308.
Blake Lucv 147.
Bliss 38, 67, 200.
Charles 34, 8 ; 192. Curtis 147.
Elias 33, 4, 6. George 34, 6;
121. John 32, 3, 6; 124, 5,'
6, 73; 335, 54,96. Samuel 4,
31, 2, 3, 7, 54; 105. Thomas
4, 31, 3, 66, 192, 234. Will-
iam 34. 6, 46, 9, 106. Zephe-
niah 33, 4, 6.
Ana Elderkin 32. Doliuda (or
Bliss. — Continued.
Deliver) (Perkins) 4. Eliza-
beth — 4, 31, 2. Elizabeth
Smith 4. Elizabeth (White)
32, 3. Lydia 34. Mary (Calk-
ins) 4. Margaret Lawrence
31. Rebecca (Lathrop) 207. 8.
Sarah 34. Sarah (Sluman)
'(Tracy) 4, 234.
BOARDMAN.
Elijah 372.
Mary Tyler (Coit) 372.
BoRODELL Ann (Denison) 78, 391.
BOSTWICK Jared 376.
Bourne.
Thomas 265.
Martha (Bradford) (Tracy) 265.
Bowen Huldah (Dyer) 259.
Bowers.
Morgan 4.
Judah 4.
BOYER Jean Pierre 94, 389.
Braddick John 162.
Bradford 205, 66. 7, 82, 3.
John 4, 230, 45, 64, 5. Joseph
98. 266, 305. Thomas 265, 6.
William 220, 65, 93, 5, 6.
Ahce (Adams) (Fitch) 266, 93,
4, 5, 6. Alice (Richards) 266,
95. Ann B'itch 98, 266. Ann
Smith 266. Dorolhv May 265.
Elizabeth (Whiting) 219, 73.
Martha Bourne (Tracy) 4, 230,
65. Melatiah (Steele) 266.
Branch.
Samuel 379.
Hannah Witter 379. Sally (Kin-
ney) 379.
Bradstreet Simon 328.
Breck.
Edward 189.
Elinor (Crane) 189.
Breed.
John McC. 362. Gershom 396.
Shubael 104.
Mary (Coit) 164.
Brewster.
Benjamin 175. Elijah 185. Jon-
athan 179. 207.
Ann Dart 175. Elizabeth (Wat-
rous) 180. Judith Stevens
(Huntington) 179. Ruth (Ad-
gate) 175.
B ROM FIELD Edward 203.
Bromley.
Bethuel 89.
Arabella Herrick 89. Rebecca
(Sterry) 89.
Brooks Jonathan 273.
Brown.
Chad 316. James 253. James
Noves 185, 316, 18. Jesse
362, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7. John 331.
Samuel 10. Nicholas 73.
Brown — Continued.
Ann Noyes316, 253. Ann (Ver-
net) .366. Ann Mason 331.
Anna Rudd 365. Lucy Perkins
367. Lucy Rudd 365. Mary
Carew (Huntington) 185, 307.
16, 81. Mary (Perkins) 191,
253, 316. Robe Carr 316.
Browne.
Jackson 36. Thomas Sanford 36.
Emily 36. Louisa 36. Sophia 36.
Bryan.
Samuel Bryan 321.
Martha Whiting 321. Mary
(Perit) 321.
Buchanan James 370.
Buck.
Daniel 49.
Elizabeth Perkins 49.
Bull.
Doxey 325.
(Lt.) Thomas 327.
Burnham.
Eleazer 170, 208. Jonathan 49.
Lydia Waterman 208. Mary
Norman 170. Mary Chester 49.
Burr Aaron 135. 211, 39.
Bush Hannah (Rood) 172.
Bushxell.
104, 56, 61, 8, 72, 5.
Benajdh 150, 2, 9, 60; 216, 20.
Caleb 64, 157, 8; 235, 351.
Chauncey K. 393. Ebeuezer
81, 211. 54. Jonathan 59.
Joseph 4, 38, 9, 47, 52, 3, 4, 8,
9, 60, 1 ; 106, 52, 74; 351.
Richard 4, 40, 58, 9, 89; 104,
6. 30, 52, 6, 7, 8, 9, 65, 74, 9,
84; 230, 94.9; 305, 74, 5,95,6.
Abigail (Tracy) 220, 35. Ann
(Hyde) 157, 75. Ann Leffing-
well 157. Bet.sey Webster
159. Caroline (Tracy) 220.
Elizabeth Adgate 157, 75.
Elizabeth (Hyde) 157. Eliza-
beth (Tracy) 159, 60. Hannah
Griswoldl59; 220. 1. Hannah
— 59. Jerusha (Hutchins) 54.
Lucy Perkins 89. Mary Lef-
fingwell 54, 8; 174. Mary
(Leffingwell) 4. Mary Marvin
(Adgate) 4; 157. 74, 5. Mercy
(Rudd) (Cary) 4, 174. Re-
becca (Barstow) 59. Susannah
Hubbard (Man waring) 254.
Zerviah Leffingwell 157. Zer-
viah (Holden) 152. 9, 60.
Bulkeley Gershom 206.
Butler 307.
Benjamin 124; 267, 8, 9, 70; 392.
Daniel 269. Richard 269.
Thomas 269, 70. Abigail Craft
269. Diadema Hyde 269, 70
(by mistake, Jeruaha) 392.
INDEX TO PART I.
607
Butler. — Continued.
Jeriislia (Denisoii) 270, 392.
Tlanriali Avery 270. Minerva
270. Rosamond 270. Ruth
Huntington 2G9, 70. Sarah
Deuison 270.
Cady Damaris (Howe) 338.
Calkixs.
Hugh 5. John 5.
Ann — 5. Ann (Birchard) (Rock-
well) 216. Lucy 142. Sarah
Royce 5.
Campbell.
Mary Bowers (HuDtingtou) 286.
Canfield (Col.) "262,
Capkox C. R. 150.
Carder (by mistake, Gaidar).
Richard 32.
Carew.
Daniel 82, 112. Ebenezer, 84,
5; 135, 51, 91 ; 278. Elipli-
alet93, 125. Joim 85. Joseph
84, 5; 125, 58, 85; 261, 2, 76,
7; 361, 8, 97. Palmer 84, 5.
Richard 84. Simeon 251, 6.
Simon 278, 323. Thomas 84, 5.
Abigail Huntington 84, 273.
Abigail (Whiting) 273. Anne
Tompson 85. Anne 85.
Eunice Huntington 84, 5; 278.
Eunice (Huntington) 262, 70,
91. Eunice Edgertoa 262,
3. Hannah Hill 84. Mary
Huntington 84, 5; 262. Mary
(Brown) (Huntington) 185,
307, 16, 81. Mehetabel Gar-
diner 85. Sally Eels 85.
Carpenter.
Gardner 261, 2, 70; 307, 68. 9,
86. Gerard 369. Joseph 307,
10, 67, 8, 9, 89.
Elizabeth Lathrop (Peck) 307,
10, 68. Euuico Fitch 369.
Mary Huntington 307. Re-
becca Hunter 369.
Carr Robe (Brown) 316.
Carrier.
Richard 306, 10.
Hannah (Peck) 310. Remem-
brance (Cleveland) 306, 7.
Thankful — 310.
Carter 218.
Gary Thomas 261. (Mrs.) 48.
Case.
Asahel 91, 168, 9, 70. Barnard
146. Benjamin 146. Calvin 168.
Ebenezer 168, 70. John 146, 7,
68. Luther 90. Mo.ses 146, 7.
Samuel 147, 69. Simeon 146,
7, 68.
Desire Manton 146. Hannah
Orrasby 146, 7, 68. Mary
Haskins 146. Mary Kiilgrove
Case. — Contin iied.
168. Mehitabel Alien 147.
Nancy (Smith) 168. Priidence
Cooley 168. Susanna Cowdrey
147.
Caulkins.
Frances 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, 19, 25, 32,
5, 9, 40, 2, 8, 61. 2, 7, 71,
4, 5, 89; 100, 7, 15, 21, 9,
30, 3, 6, 8, 50, 5. 6, 7, 8; 65,
9, 74, 6, 84 ; 205, 7, 9, 25,
46, 54. 5, 65, 9, 80, 95, 6; 311,
2, 3, 23, 8, 35. 6, 50, 3, 4, 6, 7,
64, 5, 73, 4, 5. 6, 8, 96, 7, 401.
Chaffee Lydia (Spalding) 244.
Chandler.
John 32. 294.
Mehetabel (Coit) 42, 160.
Chapman.
Aaron 172, Joseph 50, 172, 313.
William 172.
Elizabeth Abel 313. Kesiah
Rood 172. Lois (Trott) 313.
Lydia (Trott) 313. Mercy
Taylor 172. Nancy 88.
Chappell Patieuce( Wickwire) 315.
Charles.
King Charles L 202. John 66.
— 163.
Sarah (Backus) 66.
Charlton.
Charles 77, 252, 386. Henri
251. Jesse 252. John 393.
Richard 168, 80; 251, 2, 6.
Samuel 252, 394.
Anna (Miner) 370. Candace
(Avery) 180. Sarah Williams
(Williams) 77, 252. Sarah
(Grist) 180, 252.
Chastelleux Marquis 236, 40.
Chauncey (Judge) 290.
Chester.
John 285. Jonathan 248.
Elizabeth Huntington 15, 285.
Freelove (Huntington) 248.
Hannah (Talcott) 285. Han-
nah (Williams) 285. Mary
(Burnham) 49. Penelope (Will-
iams) 285. Sarah Noyes 285.
CHILD.S.
Timothy 286.
Mary Huntington 286.
Christophers.
Christopher 301. Richard 70.
Lucy (Douglas) (Palmes) 162.
Mary 304. Sarah Prout 301.
Choate.
Francis 134. Jabez 401. Rufus
Lathrop 134.
Eunice Culver 401. Hannah
(Lathrop) 134.
Church.
Anthony 60. Benjamin 190, 388.
Claguorn Samuel 312.
Clark.
Elisha 116. John 246, 314.
Jeremiah 316. McDonald 7,
10; 379. William 105, 270, 307.
Ann 305. Hannah (Leffingweil)
116. Rachel (Jones) 314.
Sarah (Huntington) 246.
Clement.
Peabody48, 106.
Elizabeth Sliipman 48. Eliza-
beth (Bliss) 48. Mary Ann
(Huntington) 48.
Cleveland.
Aaron 129, 290. Curtis 300, 7.
Grover 129, 338. Isaac 109,
12; 306, 14. Moses 306. Will-
iam 115 ; 322, 3, 38, 40.
Elizabeth Curtis (Stratford) 300,
14. Kesiah (Jones) 300. Re-
membrance Carrier 306, 7.
Sarah (Dodge) 271. Susan
(Fuller) 322.
Clegg.
William 93, 4.
Mary — 88.
Cobb.
Henry 167, 8, 77. Nathan 124,
6, 67, 8, 77.
Katherine Co[)p 168, 77. Mary
(Cobb) 177.
CODDINGTON William 316.
Cogswell.
James 239, 41 ; 334, Mason
Fitch 81, 2; 241.
Martha Lathrop (Devotion) 238,
9, 40, 1, 2.
CoiT 361.
Benjamin 163, 372. Daniel L.
10, 86; 151, 4. 5, 61, 2, 4, 8,
Henry 164. John 42, 160,
297. Joseph 43, 8. 79: 109,
28. 51. 60, 1, 2; 210, 97, 8.
Joshua 162, 4, Levi 164.
Samuel 41, 372. Thomas 129.
61, 254. William 127, 8, 62, 3,
Abigail Billings 372. Elizabeth
Bill 19, 154, 64. Elizabeth
(Gilman) 164. Elizabeth (Lef-
fingweil) 70. Elizabeth Palmes
162. Harriet Frances (Coit)
164. Lucy (Huntington) 210,
11, 42. Lydia Lathrop 43, 161,
Lydia (Kingsley) 164. Lydia
Howland 164. Lydia (Hub-
bard) 153. Maria Perit 164.
Mary Breed 164. Mary Hunt-
ing 160. Mary Prentice (Gray)
253, 4. Martha (Hubbard)
(Greene) 42, 3. Rebecca Park-
man (Townsend) 279. Sarah
Mosier (Prentice) 109. Sarah
Spalding 372.
Coles (or Cowles) Moses 87.
Collier Richard 125,6; 341.
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INDEX TO PART I.
COLLTNS.
Nathaoiel 296.
Alice Adams 296.
Converse.
Augustus 191. William 191, 244.
Cook.
Aaron 211.
Submit Peck (Wheatley) 311.
COOLEDGE.
Henry J. 314.
Louisa (Avery) 3 1 4. Lucy Jones
314, 5.
COPP.
Jonathan 177.
Margaret Stanton 168,77.
Corner Sarah (Mandell) 165.
Cos.
William 35, 51, 71, 113. George
35. John 35.
Anna 35. Elizabeth Thompson
35. Maria Merrjfield 35.
Mary Abby 35. Mary M.
Baker 35. Olive 35. Pollv
Averiil 35. Sarah — 35.
Craft Abigail (Butler) 269.
Crane.
Benjamin 188,9. Jonathan 104,
88, 9, 94; 232.
Deborah Griswold 189. Elinor
Breck 189. Mary Backus 188.
Crank.
Phebe Harris (Prentis) (Edger-
tou) 248, 360.
Cruden 163.
Culver.
John 315.
Elizabeth (Wick wire) 315. Eu-
nice (Choate) 401.
Curtis.
Elizabeth (Cleveland) (Strat-
ford) 306, 14.
CusniNG Mercy (Eels) 149.
Cutler William 244.
Daeoll Nathan 121.
Damon Jael (Whiton) 274.
Danporth.
Daniel 202, 4. John 202. 3, 4.
Nicholas 202. Samuel 202, 3,
4,14. Thomas 124; 202, 3, 4,'
15, 51, 6; 309, 15.
Elizabeth Hartshorn 204. Han-
nah Allen 203. Lucy Harts-
horn 204. Lydia (Cogsdall)
204. Mary (Nichols) 204.
Sarah — 203.
Darhy.
William 307.
Elizabeth (Huntington) 82.
Dart Ann (Morgan) 288.
Davenport.
John 309, 68.
Nancy 201.
Davis 135.
Dawson Hannah 171.
Day.
James 60.
Hannah Lincoln 60.
Daynes Abraham 359.
Dean Mary Rudd ( Huntington) 182.
Deane W. R. 301.
Dkming.
Honor (Goodrich) 220. (Mrs.)
Clarence 274.
Denison.
Andrew 160. Edward 331.
George 78, 391, Gideon 270,
391. John 331. Joseph 270.
Abigail (Billings) 78. Ann Boro-
dell 78, 391. Ann Mason 331.
Ehzabeth( Henley) 392. Eliza-
beth Weld 331. Hnnnah
Phelps 211. Jerusha Butler
270, 392. Louisa (Wads-
worth) 392. Margaret (Ma-
sou) 331. Mercy Eels 85.
Minerva (Rodgers) 392.
Dennis.
Benjamin 397. George 125, 6.
Desire Bliss 129.
Denton Gabriel 228.
Deshon.
Daniel 184.
Lucretia (Thomas) 192.
Devereux John C. 347.
Devills (Mr.) 303.
Devotion.
Ebenezer, 239, 41, 42. John L.
239.
Betsey 239. Hannah (Hunting-
ton) 241. Martha Lathrop
(Cogswell) 238, 39, 40, I, 2.
Martha (Huntington) 238, 9,
40.
Dickey 105 ; 250, 2, 3.
Dickinson Ann (Leffingwell) 40.
Doane.
John 207.
Abigail (Lathrop) 207.
Dodge.
David Dow 270.
Julia Stewart (Huntington) 270.
Sarah Cleveland 270.
Donahue Thomas 106, 47, 67.
Dorr Elizabeth (Tracy) 392.
Douglass.
Nathan 79.
Deborah (Spooner) 79. Lucy
Christophers (Palmes) 162.
Doyle Ricliard 277.
Drake Samuel Adams 236.
Dudley Thomas 3G0.
DUNLAP Margaretta (Perit) 187.
DURKEE.
Benjamin 169.
Mary (Wallhridge) 195.
DwiGUT Theodore 301.
Dyer.
Benjamin 55. Eliohalet 55, 259.
John 70.
Amelia (Trumbull) 258, 9. Hul-
dah Bowen 259. Mary Marsh
Eaton (Gov.) .309. (Dr.) 90.
Edgerton 57, 61, 2, 3, 4, 104 5
6, 9.
George 65, 6. John 31, 248, 62:
360. Richard 4. Sims 388.
Elizabeth 4. Elizabeth (Peck)
310. Eunice (Carew) 262, 3.
Hannah 4. Lucy (Abel) 177.
Mary Reynolds (Lathroo) 4,
1, 131. Phebe (Abbot)" 248.
Phebe Harris (Crank) (Pren-
tis) 248, 62 ; 360. Ruth Ad-
gate 248. Ruth (Huntington)
248. Sarah (Huntington) 233.
Sarah (Reynolds) 25. Tem-
perance (Lord) 280.
Edwards.
Jonathan 88. Timothy 88.
Eunice (Backus) 88.
Eels.
Gushing 149, 76. Edward 85.
Nathaniel 147, 9.
Hannah North 149. Mercy Deni-
son 85. Mercy (Lathrop) 147,
8, 9. Sally (Carew) 85.
Elderkin 170, 213.
John 2, 3, 32; 205, 7, 99 ; 350, 1.
Ann (Bliss) 32.
Eliot John 203.
Ellis Joseph 397.
Ely 26.
Ezra Stiles 318. Zebulon 317.
Mary (Lathrop) 317. Mary
(Noyes) 372.
Everest Cornelius 358.
Eyre Thomas 375.
Fairfax Sir Thomas 324.
Fanning Thomas 124, 63.
Fawkes Guy 19.
Fenton Lucius 323.
Fisii Aaron 268.
Fisher Alvau 164.
Fitch 88, 90, 103: 307, 14.
Daniel 98, 100; 372. Eleazer
41, 97, 8; 256. (Gov.) Fitch
284. Jabez 97, 8; 296.
James 2, 4, 74. 87, 95, 6, 7, 8;
100, 30, 74, 5; 229, 30, 1, 4,
45, 6, 60, 4, G, 93, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8;
319, 31, 50, 1, 8, 72. Jeremiah
97, 8. John 55, 98. Joseph
97, 8. Nathaniel 97, 8. Oli-
ver 195. Samuel 4, 40, 95, 8.
Stephen 145. Thomas 95. Will-
iam 205, 19, 22, 28.
INDEX TO PART I.
609
FiTCii. — Contitt ued.
(Mrs.) William 272. G. Abigail
(Mason) 4, 98: 331. Abigail
Whiltield 97, 8; 293; 331.
Alice Bradford (Adams) 266,
93, 4, 6, 6. Ann — 95.
Ann (Bradford) 98 Alice
(Marsh) 55. Dorothy (Bissell)
ys. Elizabeth (Taylor) 4, 98.
Elizabeth Mason 331. Eunice
(('arpenler) 369. Hannah
(Mix) 4, 98. Mary (Hill-
house) (Owen) (Dorrance)
372. Priscilla Mason 98, 100,
331.
Fontaine James 308.
FOOTE.
Admiral 82. Nathaniel 230.
Mary (Stoddard) (Goodrich)
(Tracy) 230.
Foster Faith (Patten) 387.
Fountain.
Aaron 308. Edward 308. Will-
iam 308.
Elizabeth Rame 308, 9. Hannah
— 308. Mary Beebe 308.
Susanna Beebe 308.
Francis Mary (Peck) 391.
Franklin Benjamin 9, 11 ; 301.
French Phebe (Lathrop) 189.
Frink.
Hannah (Huntington) 40. Han-
nah Miner 40. Jerusha (Abel)
171.
Fuller.
Asa 182. George 253, 322, 3.
(Mr.) 348.
Susan Cleveland 322.
Gager 66, 79; 106, 30. 2. John
5, 260. Samuel 4, 128. Will-
iam 261. Bethiah (Abel) 137.
Elizabeth Gore 4. Elizabeth (Al-
lyn) 4. Hannah (Brewster)
4. Lydia (Huntington) 260, 1 ;
Sarah (Forbes) 4.
Gaine Samuel 277.
Gale.
Azor 280. Edmund 280. Joseph
280.
Eunice Lord 280. Mary Alden
280. Polly (Lathrop) 171, 280.
Sarah Huntington 280. Sarah
Leach (McDonald) 280.
Gallup.
John 325, 359.
Hannah (Gore) 359. Hannah
Lake 359.
Gardiner.
John 85, 147, 325. Lion 327.
Samuel 85.
Elizabeth (Greene) 43. Abigail
85. Hannah (Lathrop) 147.
Mehetabel (Carew) 85.
Gates Mary (Pierce) 53.
Gaylord Roswell 7 1.
Geer Prudence (Pundorson) 377.
George IV. 226.
GiFFORD 360.
James 93. John 351. Stephen
299, 333, 59.
Hannah Gallup 359. Hannah
Gore 359. Anna (Manning)
93. Susanna Hubbard 93.
GiLDON 276, 8.
Charles 277. Richard 277, 8.
Betsey (Leach) 278. Isabella
277, 8, 394.
GiLMAN.
Daniel C. 72, 3; 283, 4, 5. Will-
iam 72, 164.
Eliza (Coit) 145, 64. (Misses)
104, 30, 1, 2, 8, 64, 8, 74, 5,
6. 91.
GiLROY Thomas 39, 51.
GOLDSWORTHY (Mrs.) 35.
Goodell.
Silas 79. William 79.
Lucretia79, 121. Sally 79; 121.
Goodhue. 320.
David 320. Jonathan 318, 9.
Joseph 320. William 320.
Abigail — 320.
Goodrich.
Hezekiah 220. John 230. Sam-
uel (?) 376.
Honor (Whiting) 220. Honor
Deming 220. Mary Foote
(Stoddard) (Tracy) 230.
GOOKIN Edmund 216; 305, 6, 7, 23.
Gore.
John 359.
Hannah (Gallup) 359. Rhoda
— 359.
Gordon (Maj.-Gen.) 400.
Gould (Judge) 2G3.
Glover (Gen.) 227, 324.
Grace Lucrelia 135,
Grant.
Noah 183. Ulysses S. 183.
Martha Huntington 183.
Gray.
Ebenezer 253.
Mary (Hubbard) 253. Mary
Prentice (Coit) 254.
Green.
Francis 248, 9. Timothy 79, 80.
Rebecca Spooner 79.
Greene.
Gardiner 104, 6, 61, 6, 280.
Nathaniel 43. Tliomas 43.
Ann Gould 43. P:iizabeth Gardi-
ner 43. Martha (Coit) Hub-
bard) 42, 3; 252, 77.
Greenleaf 49, 71, 7, 8, 9.
Daniel 77, David 76, 7; 134.
Stephen 77. W'illiam 77.
Mary Johnson 76.
I Greenwood T. 366.
Griffin.
Edward D. 242.
Frances Huntington 242.
Griffing.
Ebenezer 171. James 171. Jere-
miah 169, 70, 1.
Betsey Spinck 171. Mary Har-
ris (llubbell) 171.
Griffiths 342, 7.
Grignon.
Rene 159, 83. 4; 231, 352.
Grindal.
! Edmund 203.
Grist 215, 7, 8.
John 187, 216, 7. Thomas 215,
6, 52.
' Ann Birchard 216, 52. Anna
216. Deliglit Lathrop 187.
Hannah 216. Mary 217. Sarah
(Charlton) 180, 252. Theo-
phila (Huntington) 216. ZiUah
(Russell) (?) 216.
Griswold 26.
Francis 5, 394. Isaac 397. John
159, 221, 86. Joseph 332.
Matthew 28, 221, 361. Roger
361, 2, 4. Samuel 40, 121.
Deborah (Crane) 189. Elizabeth
Mary Huntington 286. Han-
nah (Bushnell) 220. 1. Hannah
(Clark) 5. Hannah Lee 169,
221. Lucy (Backus) 221, 361.
Lydia (Loudon) 221. Mary
(Tracy) 5. Sarah (Chapman)
5. Ursula Wolcott 361, 2.
Grover Sally (or Molly) 120.
Gulliver 288.
Daniel202. 5, 89.
(Mrs.) 111,289.
Hadley.
John 236.
Elizabeth Young (Perkins) 236.
Hale.
Herbert 319, 22, 89. Nathan 109.
Hall Hannah (Dauforth) 203.
Hallam 206.
Hancock 284.
(Gov.) 77. John 72, 243, 4.
Dorothy Quincy 77.
Harding Seth 1 1.
HARLAND62; 106, 7, 9, 11. 12, 15,
20, 66, 74.
Henry 60. 72, 111, 322. Thomas
59, 60, 76; 113,4, 5,6, 26; 389.
Fanny 116. Hannah Clark 116.
Mary 1 1 6.
Harris.
Dyer 121. Edward Doubleday
313. John 70.
Elizabath (Leffingwell) 70. Phebe
(Crank) (Prentis) (Hldgerton)
248.
6io
INDEX TO PART I.
Hart.
Levi 48, 64.
Lydia Leffingwell (Backus) 48.
Sarah (Marsh) 54.
Hartshorn.
David 278, 374.
Abigail Hebard 278. Ehzabeth
(Danforth) 204. Lucy (Dan-
forth) 204. Zipporah ( Hughes)
278.
Haskell Daniel 384, 5.
Haskins.
David Greene 43.
Hannah (Thomas) 253. Mary
(Case) 146.
Haughton Richard 207.
Havens Daniel 183.
Hatnes John 337.
Hendy Richard 3.
Henley.
John D. 392.
Elizabeth Dennison 392.
Hill.
Charles 331.
Rachel Mason 331.
HlLLHOUSE.
James 372. William 371.
Mary Fitch (Owens) (Dorrance)
372.
Hinckley Anna (Tracy) 109.
Hobart.
Peter 331.
Rebecca (Mason) 331.
Hoffman (Mrs.) 324.
HOLDEN.
Phinehas 152, 9, 60; 216.
Zerviah Bushnell 152, 9, 60.
HOLLOWAY.
William 156.
Hannah (Read) 156. Grace
(Read) 156, 7.
Holmes.
David 167. Oliver Wendell 166, 7.
Temperance Bishop 167.
Holms Abigail (Sterry) 89.
Hooker.
Nathaniel 337. Thomas 95, 7;
246, 337.
Abigail (Lord) 337. Mary Stan-
ley 337.
Hopkins (Dr.) 80.
HOTHAM (Admiral) 312.
Hough John 374.
House 03.
Howard Thomas 5.
Howe.
Joseph 45 ; 333, 8, 9.
Perley 338. Damaris Cady 338.
HowLAND 275, 367.
Joseph 154. 64.
Lydia Bill 154. Lydia (Coit)
164.
Hubbard 43, 4.
Daniel 42. John 42. Joseph 44.
Hubbard. — Continued.
Russell 71; 252, 3, 4, 77.
Thomas 71, 81 ; 254, 77. Will-
iam 42,3,4, 5, 75 ; 124, 52, 61;
212, 53; 345.
Joanna Perkins 44. Lucretia
(Tracy) (Backus) 44, 254.
Lydia" Coit 43, 4; 152. Lydia
(Lathrop) 152. 383. Mabel
Russell (Woodbridge) 42, 311.
Martha Coit (Greene) 42, 277.
Martha (Wright) 254. Mary
Gray 253. Mary (Nevins) 254.
Susannah (Bushnell) (Man-
waring) 254. Susanna (Gif-
ford) 93.
HUBBELL.
Ebenezer 171.
Mary Harris (GrifBug) 171.
Hughes.
John 170, 276, 8, 9.
Eunice (Leach) 278. Hannah
(Townsend) 279. Zipporah
Hartshorn 278. 9.
Hunt 35.
Hunter Rebecca (Carpenter) 369.
Hunting.
Nathaniel 160.
Mary (Coit) 160.
Huntley.
Elisha 195. Ezekiel 195, 6, 201.
Lydia Howard 195. Lydia (Sig-
ouruey) (see Sigourney). Mary
Wallbridge 195. Zerviah
Wentworth 195, 6; 201.
HUTCHINS.
John 54, 60.
Jernsha Bushnell 54, 60.
Sarah (Prior) 170.
Huntington 1, 113,32,87,94; 261,
65, 83, 84, 88.
Andrew 124, 61, 82; 202, 10, 11,
12, 13, 22, 41, 62, 72, 81 ; 376.
Barnabas 185. Benjamin 12,
31; 124, 61, 85, 7 ; 307. 16.
Caleb 174, 80, 1, 2. Charles
P. 72; 110, 23; 263; 322, 3,
61. 3, 4. Christopher 4, 38,
40; 104, 5, 6; 169, 74, 8, 9,
80, 3, 4, 5, 8 ; 194; 210, 25,
6, 9, 31, 3, 46. Daniel 185,
91 ; 225, 46, 67; 309, 351.
Ebenezer 205, 22, 6. 8, 33,
47, 60, 1, 6, 7, 8, 86; 356.
Elijah 185. Ezra 181, 2. E.
B. 3. Fehx 191, 2; 213. 4.
George 10. Gilbert 48. Hez-
ekiah 11, 40, 1, 3, 5, 6, 54;
107, 24, 80; 213, 18, 19, 53,
84. Isaac 1, 05, 9, 80, 3, 4, 5,
94; 340. Jabez 11, 15, 124,
9, 80; 209, 10, 18, 21, 2, 4, 8,
35, 6, 62, 3, 7, 72, 6, 8, 9, 80,
1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 8; 90, 2.
Huntington. — Continued.
James 82, 182; 207, 46, 7, 51,
66; 3S9. Jedediah 72, 93;
102, 24; 222, 3, 4, 7, 33, 6, 9,
49, 57, 62, 85; 345, 70, 97.
Jesse HI. Jeremiah 181, 2.
John 79, 82; 104, 11, 12, 25,
72, 3, 9, 80, 1, 2, 3. Jonathan
85. Joseph Otis 262. Joseph
185; 222, 38, 9, 42, 6, 62, 3, 7,
70, 2, 6, 91: 323, 61, 3, 4.
Joshua 109, 17, 29, 69, 91 ; 209,
10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 5,47,51,
66, 7, 8, 72, 82, 3, 4, 8. Levi
262, Lynde 181. Matthew
180. Monroe 56. Nathaniel
238, 9, 47. Nehemiah 185.
Oliver 181. Peter 247, 8, 51,
66, 9. Philip 187. Roger 194,
214. RosvveU 233. Rufus 135.
Samuel 81; 124, 35; 233, 7,8.
9, 40, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8; 64, 5, 6, 7,
77, 96; 322. Simeon 124; 248,
9, 50, 3, 60, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 78.
80 ; 324. Simon 2, 4, 87, 105,
78, 81; 229, 32, 45, 7, 66, 7,
70, 82, 93, 0; 300. 23. 56.
Thomas 182, 94; 225. Thomas
Mumford 286. P. Webster 68.
William 182. Wolcott 75, 86;
212, 14, 28. Zachariah 166;
210, 11, 21, 62, 3, 72, 5, 6, 7.
81, 3, 4, 5, 6; 356. Zephaniah
217.
Abigail Abel 82, 111. Abigail
Bingliam 246, 309, 347. Abigail
(Carew) 273. Abigail (Lath-
rop) 183. Abigail (Lathrop)
40, 1. Abigail (Pierce) 135.
Alice (Baldwin) 259, 61. Ann
Moore 224, 5. Anna (Hunt-
ington) 181. Anne (Adgate)
(Turner) (Abel) 309. Civil
(Tracy) 182. Dorcas (Lath-
rop) 194, 5, 6. Dorothy Paine
(Williams) 40, 1, 5. Elizabeth
Backus 194; 222, 83, 5. Eliza-
beth (Backus) 285, 341. P:iiza-
beth (Chester) 15, 285. Eliza-
beih Hyde (Lathrop) 182.
Elizabeth (Wolcott) 219. Eliza-
beth Mary (Griswold) 286, 7.
Eliza Waite 102. Eunice Ca-
rew 262, 70. 91. Eunice (Ca-
rew) 84, 5; 278. Eunice
Lathrop 85, 135. Eunice
(Strong) 263, 291. Eunice
(Williams) 41, 5. Faith Trum-
bull 223, 4, 57. Frances (Grif-
fln) 242. Freelove Chester
248. Hannah 17. Hannah
Devotion 242. Hannah (Hunt-
ington) 218, 9, 39, 42. Han-
nah Lyman 267. Hannah Mum-
INDEX TO PART I.
On
Huntington. — Conh'mteif.
ford 286. Hannah Perkins
(Lynde) (Lathrop) 191; 209,
10, 12, 19, 83. Hannah Phelps
211, 12. Hannah Tracy 232.
Hannah Williams 228, 83. 5.
6, 90. Hannah Watrons 180.
Judith (Leffinfcwell) 40. Jn-
dith Stevens (Brewster) 179.
Julia Stewart Dodge 270.
Ladies Huntington 228. Lucy
16. Lucy Coit 211, 12. Lucy
(Miner) 267. Lucy (Tracy)
393. Lucy (Williams) 45. Lu-
cretia 135. Lucretia (Porter)
82. Lydia Gager 260, 1. Lydia
(Bill)'l52, 272, 6, 8. Mary 4.
Mary Carew (Brown) 185. 307,
16, 81. Mary (Carew) 85,
262. Mary (Carpenter) 307.
Mary Bowers Campbell 286.
Mary (Chiids) 286. Mary
Clark 265. Mary Ann Clem-
ent 48. Marv Lucretia Mc-
Clellan 228." Mary Rndd
(Dean) 182. Mary Strong 10.
376. Mary Tracy 182. Mar-
garet Baret 178. Margaretta
Perit 73. Martha Devotion
238, 41, 2. Maria Perit 322.
Patience — (Keeney) 248.
Priscilla Miller 246, 7. Rachel
(Tracy) 16. Rebecca Lathrop
185, 94; 340. Rebecca (Hunt-
ington) 191. Ruth 4. Ruth
(Butler) 269, 70. Ruth (Ed-
gerton) 248. 69. Ruth Rock-
well 4, 178. Sarah Adgate
179. Sarah Clark 4, 246.
Sarah Edgerton 233. Sarah
(Gale) 280. Sarah Tsham 228.
Sarah Lathrop 195, 289. Sarah
Read 233. Sarah Reynolds
180. Sarah (Tracy) 4. Sally
Ann Huntington 262, 3.
Thankful Warner 186. The-
ophila Grist 187, 213. Zip-
porah (Huntington) 213.
Hyde.
Bela B. 56. Benjamin 56.
Elisha 356. Jabez 157, 351.
James 254. Jedediah 124, 269.
John 50, 1, 2, 71, 116. Lewis
187. Philip 35. Phinehas
182. Richard 91, 107, 82; 210.
Samuel 4, 5, 24, 157. WilUara
3, 4, 24; 157, 74, 5; 319.
Abigail (Harland) 50, 116. Ann
Bushnell 157, 75. Ann Rogers
182. Diadema (Butler) 269,
70 ; 392. Elizabeth Bushnell
157. Elizabeth (Lord) 6, 25.
Elizabeth (Tracy) 235. Han-
nah (Adgate) 172. Jane Lee
Hyde. — Coitin ited.
4, 157. Jane (Birchard) 170.
Jerusha (Butler) 269. .Terusha
Perkins 269. Lucy (Water-
man) 172. Martha Nevins 254.
Mary ^farsh 56. Nancy Maria
18. 200. Lucy (Waterman)
172. Rachel Tracy 50. Sarah
Leffingwell 50.
Inqersoll Jared 82, 396.
ISHAM.
Joseph 228.
Sarah (Huntington) 228.
Jackson William 194.
Jearson Jane 184.
Jewett 190.
Johnson Mary (Greenleaf) 76.
JOHONNOT Daniel 32.
Jones.
Benjamin 84. Caleb 314. Eben-
ezer 88; 314, 5, 6, 92. Par-
menas 394. Sylvanus 306, 7,
14.
Elizabeth Rogers 314. P]unice
Herrick 394. Kesiah Cleve-
land 306, 14, 94. Lucy (Cool-
edge) 314, 5. Lvdia 84. Mar-
tha (Wait) 101." Rachel (La-
throp) 88, 314. Rachel Clark
314. Ro!=anna Weeks 394.
Thankful 84. Thankful Yer-
gason 84.
Keeney Patience — (Huntington)
248.
Kelly Mary (Lathrop) 189.
Kemble.
Tiiomas 300.
Elizabeth Trarice 300. Sarah
(Knight) 300, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5.
Killgrove Mary (Case) 168.
King.
Absalom 54, 101.
Hannah Waterman Arnold 54,
101.
KiNGSLEY.
James L. 164. Junius 244, 8.
Lydia Coit 164.
Kinney.
Joseph 379. Newcomb 259; 312,
77, 8, 9.
Jemina Newcomb 379. Sally
Branch 379.
Kittle Ephraim 56.
Knight.
David 374. Richard 300. Elijah
(Livingston) 300, 1, 6.
Sarah Kemble 300, 1, 2, 3,4, 5.
Kinon Joseph 276.
Ladd.
Jacob 56.
Russell 56.
Lafayette.
Marquis de 35, 163; 226, 7, 8,
84; 324. George W. 227.
Lake Hannah (Gallup) 359.
Lamhert 321.
Lancaster
John 125, 292. Robert 292.
Anna Bentley (Trapp) 292.
Lanman Peter 317, 8.
Lapiekre 313.
Larned Ellen D. 294, 5 ; 339.
Lasthaus (Mrs.) 202.
Lathrop 131, 2, 43, 5,6,51,2, 76,7,
91, 9; 212, 13, 21, 31.
Asa 87, 8; 101, 2; 259, 76. Au-
gustus 171, 280, 341. Azariah
124, 9; 256, 72, 80; 316, 17,
IS, 40, 2, 63; 400. Azel 182.
Benjamin 208. Charles 79,
83,341. Daniel 11, 45, 9, 81;
125, 38, 43. 5, 50, 1, 2. 61, 2,
3, 72. 6, 7, 91; 354, 76. Ebene-
zer 107, 24, 34, 71, 90, 1 : 208,
9, 10, 12, 13, 32; 396. Elisha
128. Eleazer 92. 102, 3. Frank
Turner 145. Gerard 317, 8.
Gurdon 317, 23, 61. Israell04,
5,69, 85, 8,9, 90, 4; 207,8,15,
31, 2, 47. Jabez 90. 104, 5, 6,
74, 5, 6, 8, 9, 81; 208, 9, 32,
Jedediah 191, 2, 4: 213. John
168, 90; 205, 6, 8. Joseph
207. 8, 15. Joshua 12, 59. 86,
7 ; 145, 7, 8, 9, 50, 1 2, 62, 3,
72, 6, 7, 85, 91; 322, 56.
Nathaniel 10, 88, 101, 31; 206,
59, 73, 4; 310, 38, 40, 67, 8.
96. Rufus 79, 84; 117. 8, 22,
5, 34. Samuel 100,4, 6, 31. 7,
8, 46, 57, 83; 205, 6, 7, 8, 15,
29; 340, 50. Simon 11, 74,
84; 112, 17, 22, 5, 31, 2, 3. 4,
7, 47, 71 ; 238, 54,47. Thomas
36, 44, 59, 60; 107, 24, 31. 7,
8, 50, 1, 2, 3, 4, .5. 60, 3,9, 72;
205 ; 356, 83. William 95, 101,
3, 5. 25,89, 90, 4; 208. Zebe-
diah 87, 8, 9.
Abigail Doane 207. Abigail
Huntington 318, 40, 1. Amy
(Whiting) 273, 4. Ann Back-
us 273; 310, 40, 6. 7, 8. Anna
— 206. Anna Eames 191.
Anna (Perkins) 280. Civil
Perkins 191. Cloriuda Backus
88. Cornelia (Willis) 145. De-
light (Grist) 1S7. Delight Otis
208. Dorcas Huntington 194,
5, 6. p]|izabeth Burnham 208,
Elizabeth (Carpenter) (Peck)
307, 10, 67. Elizabeth Hyde
(Huntington) 182. Elizabeth
Lord 259. Elizabeth Macales-
ter 145. Elizabeth Scudder
6l2
INDEX TO PART I.
LathroP. — Continued.
206. Elizabeth Turner 145.
Elizabeth (Waterman) 100.
Elizabeth (Winship) 90. Han-
nah Ad.srate 100, 31; 340.
Hannah Choate 134. Hannah
Gardiner 147. Hannah Per-
• kins (Huntington) (Lyiide)
191, 209. Hannah Bill 36,
152, 4. Jerusha (Peril) 15.^,
383. Jerusha Talcott 139, 43,
4, 5, 63, 96. Jerusha Thomas
103. Lucy Turner 317. Lydia
Abel 137, 60. Lvdia (Coit)
160. 1. Lydia Hubbard 44,
152, 383. Lydia (Lalhrop) 213.
Lydia Leffingwell 190. Lydia
— (Wetherell) 208. Margaret
Fuller (?)(Baldwin)259. Martha
(Devotion) (Cogswell) 238, 9,
40, 1, 2. Martha (Lathrop)
134. Mary Ely 217. Marv
Gale 171, 280. M«ry Harts"-
horn 215. Mary Kelly 189,
90. Mary (Nevins) (Bing-
ham) 254. Mary Remolds
(Edgerton) 131. 'Mary'Scud-
der 207, 15. Mercy Eels 147,
8. 9. Phebe French 189.
Rachel Jones 88, 314. Re-
becca Bliss 207, 8. Rebecca
Huntington 185, 94. Rebecca
Peril 322. Sarah Huntington
189, 94. Sibyl (Tracy) 21.3," 14,
32. Zerviaii (Lathrop) 213, 4.
Latour Marguerite Grenier (Peril)
321.
Leach.
Jeremiah 278. Thomas 278, 379.
Betsey Gildnn 278. Euuice
Hughes 278. Eunice (Story)
278. Sarah Reynolds 278, 379.
Sarah (McDonald) (Gale) 279,
280; 379.
Lraske 32.
Leavenworth Mark 150.
Ledlie Hugh 124.
Ledyard John 41.
Lee 218.
Benjamin 366. (Gen.) Charles 223.
George W. 217, 8, 92. Samuel
55.
Hannah Griswold 159, 221. Heph-
zibah (Reynolds) 25. Jane
(Hyde) 157. Phebe Rey-
nolds 25. Sarah Marsh 55.
Leete (Gov.) William 361.
Leffingwell 9, 106, 32.
Andrew 48. Benajah 47, 8, 69,
70, 4, 6. 185. Christopher 34,
5, 45, 56, 62, 70, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8,
9, 81. 3; 112, 3, 4, 24, 61;
277; 345. 56, 82. Elisha 34,
70, 2, 177. 92; 318. Hezekiah
Leffingwell. — Continued.
60, 70, 6. John 69. Jonathan
4, 39. Joseph 4, 39. Martin
48, 125. Nathaniel 4, 39, 169.
Richard 70. Samuel 35, 9, 40.
7, 9, 50, 1, 2, 4,9. Stephen 39.
Thomas 2, 4, 23, 2-1, 38, 9, 40.
6, 7, 8, 9, 52, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
60, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 76;
106, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 25, 57, 8,
60, 61, 90, 2, 4; 232, 5; 306,
51, 95. William 56, 75, 81, 2.
Abigail (Tracy) 232. Anne (Bush-
nell) 157. Alice Tracy 192.
Caroline Mary (Street) 82.
Elizabeth Lord 64. Elizabeth
(Tracy) 159, 285. Frances
Thomas 192. Hannah Back
49. Hannah (Clark) 116. Jo-
anna Christopher (Dyer) 69,
70. Joanna (Lathrop) 79, 81.
Lydia Tracy 49, 62, 3. Mary
Bushneli 58, 68, 9, 70; 174.
Marv (Bushneli) 4, 39. Mary
(Richards) (Billings) 78. Mary
Rudd (Norman) 169. Mary
(Tracy) 234. 5. Mary White
439. Rachel (Park) 439. Ruth
Webster (Peril) 73, 322. Sally
Beers 81. Sarah Russell 116.
Zerviah (Bushneli) 157. Zer-
viah (Lord) 101.
Leonard.
Elkanah 235.
Abiel 45. Dorothy Fluutington
45. Dorothy (Huntington) 45
Jemina (Perkins) 235, 53. Re-
becca (Perkins) 235, 95, 6.
Lester Timothy 49, 77, 275.'
Lewis.
David 194, 201. Russell 248, 77.
L'Hommedieu Giles 26, 8, 30.
Abigail Reynolds 26, 30, 46.
Lincoln.
James 60, 1, 76; 112, 4.
Hannah (Day) 60.
Little.
Deodat 311. Ephraim 311.
Elizabeth Woodbridge 311.
Livingston.
(Col.) John 305.
Elizabeth Knight 69; 300, 1,5.
Mary Winthrop 304.
Lord.
Benjamin 2, 3, 33, 64; 101, 25,
9," 55, 89; 207. 80, 9; 323, 33,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 40, 3, 5, 58,
9, 60, 9. Ebeuezer 168; 280;
338, 45, 60, 1. Eleazer 101,
2, 25; 220, 59; 345. Henry
273. Joseph 175, 6, 7. Nathan
254. Richard 25.
Abigail Hooker 337. Abigail
— (Mumford) 101. Ann Tay-
Lord. — Continued.
lor 337, GO. Caroline 334,
Elizabeth (Lathrop) 101, 2.
Elizabeth (Leffingwell) 64.
Elizabeth (Lord) 101; 338, 45.
Elizabeth Pratt 101 ; Elizabeth
— (Tisdale) 337. Euuice (Gale)
280. Lucy Adgate 175. 7.
Lucy (Avery) (Perkins) 338.
Mary Nevins 254. Nabby
(Tracy) 101, 220, 59. Lydia
(Reynolds) 25. Temperance
(Bliss) 33. Temperance Ed-
gerton 280, 366.
LORING.
Leah (Whiton) 274. Sarah
(Whiton) 274.
Loudon.
Samuel 221, 2.
Lydia Griswold 221.
LovETT Samuel 105, 91.
Lowrey 36.
Lucy.
Sir William 229.
Barbara (Tracy) 229.
Lyman 192.
Hannah (Huntington) 267.
Lynde.
Samuel 191, 210.
Hannah Perkins (Huntington)
(Lathrop) 191, 209, 10, 12,
19, 83.
Lyon Matthew 81.
Mabrey 262.
Louis 256. Orimel 292, 307.
Anna Trapp 292.
Macalester Elizabeth (Lalhrop)
145.
McClellan.
(Gen.) Samuel 228.
Grace 87 ; 245, 70, 93 ; 307. Lu-
crelia Mary (Huntington) 228.
MCCURDY.
Lynde 163. Theodore 218, 92.
McDonald.
Alexander 71; 280; 322, 77,9.
Sarah Leach (Gale) 279, SO ; 379.
McGarity Thomas 88.
McNelly Henry 72, 107.
Mandell 165.
John 165. Noah 164. Mary 165.
Mandell Sarah Corner 165.
Manly 316.
John 251; 315, 6.
Mary Arnold 251. Sarah 251,
Manning 95.
Asa 93. Diah 93, 4; 249, 341.
Fred 91, 3. John 92, Man-
sur 92. Rockwell 91, 2. 3.
Roger 93. Samuel 90, 2. Will-
iam 92.
Abigail Winship 92. Anna Giflbrd
93. Anna Winship 90, 92.
INDEX TO PART I.
6i
M A N X I x (i . — ( Con tin iied. )
Kiinice (\Vnterman) 93. Polly
(Sturtevaut) 83. Sally 92.
Sarah Answorth 92.
Mansfield Achilles 81.
Manwarixg.
Robert 254.
Susanna TTiibbard (Bushnell) 254.
Marriott 3i2.
M.VKSii 53.
Ebenezer 54. John 54. Jona-
than 54, 5, 6, 9, 60. Joseph 56.
Phinehas 56.
Abigail (Ripley) 55. Alice Fitch
55, 6. Ann Webster 54. Han-
nah (Sumner) 95. Mary (D^er)
55. Mary (Hyde) 56. Mary
Par-sons 54. Sarah Hart 54.
Sarah (Lee) 55.
Marshall Abial 172.
Marvix.
Elihu 313, 400. Matthew 130,
57, 74.
Elizabeth (Olmstead) 130. Eliza-
beth (Wait) 101. Eunice
(Noyes) 372. Mary (Bush-
nell) ( Adgate) 157, 74, 5. Sally
(Trott) 313.
Mascarene.
Jean 44. Jean Paul 44.
Joanna (Perkins) 44.
Masox 132, 58; 333. 8.
Daniel 4, 118; 331, 74. Edward
230. (Tracy) 230. John
1, 2.4. 5; 266, 93, 8,9; 325, 6,
7, 8. 9. 30, 1. 2, 50, 95.
Samuel 4,331. ,
Abigail Fitch 98, 331. Anne
(Brown) 4, 331. Anne (Deni-
son) 331. Anne (Mason) 332.
Anne Peck 96. 329, 30. Anne
Sanford (Noyes) 332. Eliza-
beth (Fitch) 4, 293, 331.
Elizabeth Peck 331 Margaret
Denison331. Priscilla (Fitch)
4,98,331. Rachel (Hill) 4, 331.
Mather.
Cotton 85, 96, 203. Samuel 300.
Matiiewsox Luther 393.
May Dorothy (Bradford) 265.
Merryfield Maria (Co.x) 36.
Meacitam Esther (Strong) 289.
Mead.
John 52. Sampson 52.
Charlotte 52.
Metcalf.
Joseph 296. Abiel (Adams) 296.
Mary (Rudd) 365.
Miller.
Jacob 72.
Priscilla (Huntington) 246,7.
Mixer 390.
Asher 370. Charles 26 ; 1 53, 80 ;
212, 55; 311, 15, 41, 7, 54,
^ix^v.W.— {Continued.)
fl, 2. 3. 8. 9. Cyrus 267.
Hugh 370. Seth 223 ; 369,
70. 3. 88, 92. Thomas 206.
Anna (Charlton) 370. Lucy
Huntington 267. Hannah ( Pun-
derson) 377. Prudence
(Avery) 180.
Mitchell.
Donald G. 311. Louis 311.
Moody.
Eleazer 85.
Elinor Thompson (Symmes) 85.
Moore.
Benjamin 225. Sir Francis 224.
John 224. 5. Richard Chau-
niiig 225. Thomas L. 224, 5.
Ann (Huntington) 229, 30.
Moran Thomas 36.
Morgan 289, 92, 317.
John 288. Joseph 215. Peter
288. ■ Nathan D. 313. Rich-
ard Rose 288. William 315,
C, 9, 20.
Ann Dart 288. Elizabeth (Starr)
(Adgate) 175. Elizabeth Whit-
more 288, Martha (Perkin.s)
(Lathrop) 215.
\ Morrow Thomas 76.
[ Morton Nathaniel 206. j
Motley John Lothrop 190. '
Moulthrop & Street 342.
.Mum FORD.
Thomas 101, 286. 1
Abigail (Lord) 101. Catharine '
Havens 286. Hannah (Hunt- |
ingtoii) 286. I
Murray Solomon & 347. I
Nash Elizabeth (Turner) 309. |
Needham 272. I
Anthony 268. Daniel 268, 9, [
72; 316. I
Isabella Armstrong 269. Han-
nah Allen 269.
Xevixs.
David 71, 112; 250, 2, 4, 5, 77.
Henry 219, 53. William 255.
Martha (Hyde) 254. Mary 255.
Mary Hubbard 254. Mary
Lathrop 254. Mary (Lord) 254.
Newcomb Jemina (Kinney) 379.
Newell 131.
NiLES.
Samuel 296.
Elizabeth Adams (Whiting) 296.
Norman.
Caleb 169, 70. James 169.
Joshua 169, 70, 71.
Content Fanning 171. Elizabeth
(Bartlett) 169. Mary (Burn-
ham) 169, 70. Mary Rudd
(Leffingwell) 169.
Normandy Jane 184.
I North.
I Lord North 14 9.
I Hannali (Eels) 149.
Norton.
Rufus 172. (Adgate) 172.
Northrop Charles A. 105, 245, 358.
Noyes.
James 316, 22. Moses 372.
William 371, 2.
Ann (Brown) 253, 316. Ann
Sanford (Mason) 331. Eunice
Marvin 372. Mary Ely 372.
Sarah (Chester) 285.
NuQUERQUE Marie Madeleine (Bas-
set) 308.
Ogden Matthew 135.
Olmstead 130, 2, 8, 74; 212, 15.
James 130. John 4, 66, 74, 87 :
100; 30, 7, 74; 234.
Elizabeth Marvin 4, 130.
Ormsby.
John 146.
Hannah (Case) 146, 7, 68. Su-
sanna — 146.
OSBORN William 394.
Osgood Hugh H. 161.
Otis.
Amos 206. Joseph 208.
Dorothy Thomas 208.
Owaxeco 1, 158.
Parker.
John 32.
Sarah (Bliss) 32.
Paixe.
Nathaniel 40.
Dorothy Hansford 40. Dorothy
(Williams) (Huntington) 40.
Palmer.
Elisha 225, 39. William S. 105.
Palmes.
Guy 162.
Ehzabeth (Coit) 162. Lucy
Christophers (Douglas) 162.
Papixeau Jeau 184.
Parish.
Nathaniel 168.
Kesiah Armstrong 168.
Parke.
Robert 39. Silas 121.
Sabra (Sterry) 121. Sarah Aver
121. Rachel Leffingwell 4^39.
Paukmax Rebecca (Coit) (Town-
send) 279.
Parsons.
Samuel Holden 101. (Colonel)
280.
Patrick (Captain) 327.
Pattex.
Nathaniel 45, 89, 387.
Faith P\)ster 387.
Pease John 5.
40
6i4
INDEX TO PART I.
Anthony 318. Bela 243; 307,
12, 13, 15, 18, 4 1, 64, 7, 73,79;
389. Benjamin 309. Darius
388, 9, 91. Henry 309. Ira
105; 204, 13, 91. Jonathan 390.
Joseph 125; 307, 9, 10. 11, 30.
1, 67, 8, 389. Robert 339,
William Billings 367.
Ann (Mason) 329, 30. Anne
— 330. Bejlhiah Bingham 390.
Betsey Billings 312. Elizabeth
Kdgerton 310. Elizabeth Lath-
rop (Carpenter) 307, 10, 67, 8.
Elizabeth (Mason) 331. Han-
nah Carrier 309, 10. Hannah
"Warner 390. Hannah (Will-
iams) 3G4. Lydia Shipman
(Spaulding) 243. 367. Mary
Erancis 2. Martha — (Bacon)
330. Submit (Cook) (Wheat-
ley) 311.
Percy.
Robert 156.
Ruth (Read) 156.
PEPJT243; 318, 22. 3; 400.
John 70; 124, 87 ; 320, 1, 2, 63,
82, 3. John Webster 322.
Pelatiah 153, 64; 322, 82,3, 4.
Peter 320, 1. Thaddeus 82.
Abigail Shepherd 321. Jerusha
Lathrop 153, 383. Margarelta
Dunlnp 187, 322. Margaretla
Huntington 187. Margaret
321. Marguerite Greiner La-
tour 321. Maria Coit 164, 384.
Maria (Huntington) 322. Mary
Brvan 321. Rebecca (Lath-
rop) 322. Ruth Webster (Lef-
fingwell) 70; 321, 82. Sophia
Webster 382.
Perkins.
Andrew 127, 8. Erastus 338,
67. Elisha 275. George 228.
Jabez 48; 165, 6, 7; 209, 35,
Jacob 124; 235, 52,
James 44. John
Joseph 235, 400.
Matthew 128.
6, 79, 80.
3, 77; 397.
128, 91.
Joshua 128.
Roger 235.
Abigail Backus
Thomas 253.
ington) 191.
235. Abigail
Anna (Hunt-
Anna Lathrop
279, 80. Eliza P., 48, 49.
Elizabeth Young (Hadley) 236.
Hannah 128. Hannah Lathrop
209. Hannah Huntington
(Lynde) (Lathrop) 283. Je-
mina Leonard 235, 53. Joanna
(Hubbard) 44. Joanna Mas-
carene 44. Lucy (Brown) 367.
Lydia — (Avery) 280. Lydia
Tracy 191. Martlia Morgan
(Lathrop) 215. Mary (Brown)
Perkins. — Continued.
191 ; 253: 316. Rebecca Leon-
ard 235, 79.
Pettis Margaret (Tracy) 192.
Phelps.
Charles 211; 2.
Hannah Denison 211. Hannah
(Huntington) 211.
Philip King 62, 3, 96; 179.
Phillipps (Dea.) William 45.
Phipps Elizabeth (Abbot) 248.
Pierce.
Cyprian 52. Ebenezer 52. Gil-
bert 52, 8, 9. 60. Jonathan,
52, 3, 4. Moses 52; 367.
Thomas 52.
Abigail Huntington 135. Ann
— 52. Hannah .Mix 54. Han-
nah Wilson 52. Rachel Bacon
52. Thankful — 52.
PiERPONT Hezekiah Beers 75.
PORTFR
Epaphras 36, 82. 3, 9; 110, 11.
Ezekiel 54, 5.
Post.
John 2, 4; 400. Samuel 351.
Thomas 4.
Elizabeth 4. Hester Hyde 4.
Margaret (Abel) 4. Mary An-
drews 4. Ruth Lathrop 185.
Sarah (Hough) 4. Sarah (Vin-
cent) 4.
Potter Henry 81, 3.
Potts Christopher 83.
Pratt.
Elizabeth (Lord) 101. Sarah
(Watrous) 215.
Prentice 304.
Phebe Harris (Crank) (Prenlis)
(Edgerton) 248, 360. Mary
(Coil) (Gray) 253, 4. Sarah
Mosier (Coit) 259.
Prior.
Joshua 125, 69, 70; 315, 6, 9.
Sarah Hutchins 170.
Proctor.
John 313.
Lydia Richards 313. Lydia
(TroLt) 392.
Prout 304.
Sarah Christophers 301, 4.
PUNDERSON.
Ebenezer 377, 8, 87.
Hannah Miner 377. Prudence
Geer 377.
Putnam 376.
Gen. Israel 93, 280.
QUINCY.
Josiali 45.
Dorothy (Hancock)
(Greenleaf) 77.
77. Sally
Ram.
George 308. Simon 308.
Elizabeth (Fountain) 308, 9. Su-
sanne (IBassett) 308.
Raymond.
Ebenezer 274. George 105, 45,
92. Joshua 12.
Phebe — (Whiton) 274.
Read 104, 56, 75.
Hezekiah 156. John 156, 7.
Joseph 156, 7. Josiah 57, 8;
104, 5, 6, 52, 5, 6, 7, 88, 9.
William 157.
Hannah HoUoway 15G. Grace
Holloway 156,7. Ruth Percy
156. Sarali( Huntington) 233.
Reeves (Judge) 2G3.
Reynolds.
Charles 24, 6. Elisha 26, 261.
Henry 26. John 4, 5, 23, 4, 5,
6, 66; 131, 46, 80. Joseph 4,
5, 23, 4, 5, 35; 125. 91. Rob-
ert 23. Stephen 23.
Abigail L'Hommedieu 26, 46.
Elizabeth (Fowler) (Lyman)23.
Lydia (Miller) 23. Lydia
Lord 25. Phebe Lee 25, 6.
Mary Edgerton (Lathrop) 131.
Sarali Backus 4, 66. Sarah
(Post) 4, 23. Sarah (Abbott)
261. Sarah (Huntington) 180.
Sarah (Leach) 278; 37 9. Su-
sanna 4.
Richard.
Andre 314. Hephzibah Grant
268.
Louise 268. Lucie 268. Sarah
268.
Richards.
George 78. Francis 102. James T.
233. John 32, 76, 112, 296,
304. Nathaniel 78. Thomas
266, 295. William 82.
Alice (Bradford) 266, 96. Ann
Thomas Tracy 233. Ann
Winthrop 296.' Harriet Wait
102. Lydia (Proctor) 313.
Mary LeSingwell (Billings) 78.
Ripley.
Chas. S. 229. D wight 12, 134,
■John 55.
Abigail Marsh 55, 9. Hannah
128. (Mrs.) Geo. B. 148, 210,
356.
RoATH Lyman 250, 267.
Robert 354.
& Charles 163.
Robertson 80.
Alexander 389, 90. James 389,
90.
Amy 390.
Robinson Charles 88.
Faith (Trumbull) 256, 7. Har-
riet Avery 314.
INDEX TO PART I.
615
RociiAMBEAr Count 257.
Rockwell.
Josiah 24. William 178.
Ruth (Iluiiliiigtoii) 178.
RODGERS.
John 302.
Minerva Denison 392.
RODM.\N.
Daniel 3G1.
Eliz^ibelh Woodbridge 361.
ROGEKS 104. 246.
Amos 267. David 267. John
207. Xathaniel 95. Samuel 304.
Theophilus 11, 345. Wheeler
267. Zabdiel 361.
Betsey 267. Desire 267. Eliza-
betii (Jones) 314. P'-iizabelh
Sawyer 267. Elizabeth Tracy
361. Fanny 361.
Rood.
George 172. Samnel 47.
Hannah Bush 172. Kesiah
(Chapman) 172.
Roseweli..
Richard 209.
Sarah (Woodward) 299.
Royce.
Jonathan 4.
Deborah 4.
RUDD.
Daniel 365. George 192. Heze-
kiah 24. Nathaniel 363, 5.
Lucy (Brown) 364. Mary Back-
us 365. Mary (Leffingwell)
(Norman) 169. Mary Metcalf
364. Mary (Dean) (Hunting-
ton) 182. Mary Bushuell (Cary)
174.
RuGGLES Thomas 97.
Russell.
Joseph 49. William 71.
Mable (Hubbard) (Woodbridge)
311. Sarah (Leffiugvvell) 116.
Sarah Paine 49.
Sagis Comfort 82.
San FORD.
John 316, 32. Peleg 316, 32.
Ann (Noyes) (Mason) 331.
Saltmarsii John 89.
Saltonstall.
Gilbert 101. (Gov.) 295, 304.
Gurdon 101. Wintlirop 101.
Harriet Babcock (Wait) 101.
Scofield William C. 358.
ScROPE William 118.
SCUDDER.
John 206.
Elizabeth (Lalhrop) 206, 15.
Mary (Lathrop) 207, 15.
Selden (Col.) Samuel 311.
Sheldox Sarah (Woodbridge)
360, 1.
Shephard.
John 321.
Abigail Allen 321, Abigail
(Peril) 321.
Sherman 284.
SnU'MAN.
Nathaniel 41, 114, 66, 279.
Thomas Leffingwell 64, 8, 11).
Sigourney.
Charles 200.
Lydia Huntley 6, 7, 11. 18; 119,
20, 2, 37, 9, 41, 3, 4, 5, 9, 51,
3, 4, 63, 4, 95, 8, 9; 200, 1, 11.
12, 18, 26, 8, 42, 91, 2; 347, 8,
54, 5, 80, 1, 92, 3.
Skinner Henry 202.
Slocum Edward 40i).
Sluman 179, 93. 4.
Thomas 193, 234.
Sarah Bliss (Tracy) 193, 234.
Smalley Sarah (Reynolds) 261.
Sjiith.
Alba 277. Asher 121. Jabez
342. John G. 168. Joseph
171. Nehemiah 4, 266. Owen
194. 201. Solomon 151, 62.
Ann Bourne 4. Ann (Bradford)
4, 266. Hannah 4. Lydia 4.
Mary (Raymond) 4. Mehita-
blo (Abel) 4. Mercy 4. Nancy
Case 168. Sarah 4.
SoLOJiON & Murray 347.
Spaulding 243.
Asa 83 ; 243, 4, 8, 72; 322, 3, 67.
Charles 244. Ebeuezer 243.
Luther 92 ; 237, 44, 8, 75; 322.
Rufus 272, 8.
Lydia Payne 275. Lydia Ship-
man (Peck) 243. Sarah (Coit)
372.
Spencer.
Jared 67.
Sarah (Backus) 67.
Spinck Betsey (Griffin) 171.
Spooner.
Judah Paddock 79, 80, 1.
Thomas 79.
Deborah Douglas 79, 81. Re-
becca (Greene) 79.
Staebehen Charles 85.
Standley Mary (Hooker) 337.
Stanton Margaret (Copp) 168.
Starr.
Jonathan 175.
Klizabeth Morgan (Adgate) 175.
Stead Angell 34, 6, 106.
Steele.
John 266.
Meletiah Bradford 266.
Stedman.
Charles 244. Ferdinand 233.
James 191, 2; 290. Nathan
52, 316.
Mary (Winship) 52.
Sterry 338.
Consider 36, 89; 120, 1. Edward
250. John 36, 45, 89, 90, 121;
332, 41. Roger 89.
Abigail Holms 89. Rebecca
Bromley 89. Sabra Park 94,
121.
Stevens Judith Brewster (Hunt-
ington) 179.
Stewart Alexander 318.
Stiles (Pres.) 1, 1'29, 252.
Stoddard.
John 230.
Mary Foote (Goodrich) (Tracy)
230.
Stone (Rev.) 97.
Story.
Jedidiah 278.
Eunice Leach 278.
Stoughton.
Thomas 178, 246.
Margaret Baret( Huntington) 178.
Stratford Karl 195.
Stratford.
Clement 306.
Elizabeth Curtis (Cleveland) 306.
Street.
Augustus Russell 82.
Caroline (Foote) 82. Caroline
Mary Leffingwell 82.
Moulthrop & 34 2.
Strong.
Henry 71, 111 ; 263, 89, 90. 1,
Joseph 18, 46, 96, 129, 43, 8;
215, 17, 41. 6, 76,
9, 90,
Nathan
1, 2; 333, 6, 57, 8.
289.
p]sther Meacham 289. Eunice
Huntinarton 263, 91. Mary
(Cleveland) 200. Mary (Gul-
liver) 289. Mary Huntington
15,46; 288, 9, 90, 1, 2.
Stuart Gilbert 224, 257, 8.
Sturtevant Rufus 83.
SU-MNER.
Joshua 59.
Hannah Marsh 55, 9.
Slaves.
Anthony 129. Bena 129. Beulah
133, 42. Black Bess 133.
Boston Trow-trow 129, 401.
Bristo Zibbero 129. Bristol
Barney 128. Bristow 129.
Chloe 129. Cndge 128. Cuf-
fee 142, 342. Dinah 129.
Eunice 128. Fortune 128.
Flora 123. Guy 129. Jack
129. James 129. Jean 128.
Jude 129. Leah 133. Leb
Quy 129. Martin 129. Nancy
129. Peter !28. Pero 128.
Pharaoh 127, 8. Phillis 129.
Primus 122, 3, 33. Robert
129. Rose 129. Samson Mead
6i6
INDEX TO PART I.
Slates — Continued.
52. Scipio 129. Time 128.
Violet 128, 9. ZyJpha 129.
Talcott.
Joseph 14:-!.
Jenisha (Latlirop) 143. Hannah
(Chester) 285.
Talleykan'd 236, 7.
TAYrx:)R.
Edward 98, 335.
Elizabeth Fitch 98. Mercv
(Chapman) 172. Ruth Wyllis
337.
Tkel Hannah (Tliatcher) 134, 5.
Thatcher Hezekiah 134. Han-
nah Teel 134. 5.
Thomas.
Ebenezer 124. 253. Henry 154.
Samuel 115, 6. Simeon 192.
W. A. E. 308.
Caroline L. 104, 6, 152. Dorothy
(Otis) 208. Frances (Leffinp:-
well) 192. Jerusha (Lathrop)
103. Hannah Haskins 253.
Lucrelia (Deshon) 192.
Thompson Elizabeth (Co.x) 35.
Throop Gary 79, 83, 118, 21.
Thurston Gardner 106, 47, 9.
TiLDEN Thomas 91.
TiSDALE Elizabeth — (Lord) 337.
TOMPSON.
Benjamin 85. William 85.
Anne (Carew) 85.
Tongue.
George 315.
Elizabeth (Winthrop) 315. Mary
(Wickwire) 315.
TOSSET Ira 83.
TOWNSEND.
Jeremiah 279. John 276. 8; 386.
Nathaniel 23G, 7, 7 8, 9; 386.
Hannah Hughes 279. Rebecca
Parkman (Coit) 279. Rebecca
279.
Tracy 345, 49, 79; 109,10,11,32,
94; 204, 32, 45, 361.
Albert Haller 392. Daniel 183,
92, 4; 203, 15, 16, 20, 30, 1,
2. 3; 24 7,54,94. Edvvard 109,
392.' Ehsha 124; 356, 62,92.
Geo. William 109, 10. Isaac
147, 59, 60; 397. John 4, 159,
230, 85, 94; 351, 97. Jona-
than 2, 4 ; 230. Joseph 8, 109,
353. Josiah 192. Moses 235,
Mundator 92, 101, 181; 219,
20, 7, 33, 59. Nathaniel 229.
Paul 229. Peleg 50. Phile--
mou 118; 362, 91, 2, 3. Phine-
. has 392. Richard 229, Rich-
ard Proctor 393. Samuel 4,
124, 85; 214, 32, 3. Simon
Tracy. — Continued.
107, 24, 82, 94: 202, 20, 32,4,
5, 8. 82, 92. Solomon 4, 62 ;
192, 4; 230, 1, 4, 8, 94; 375,
95. Thomas 3. 4, 87; 100,
71, 4, 8, 80, 94: 205, 12, 29,
30, 2, 3, 45, 65, 93. Uriah 109
William Gedney 16.
Abigail Adgate 231. Abigail
Bushnell ^220, 35. Abigail
(Leffingwell) 232. Abigail
(Tracv) 313. Abigail Troit
392. "Alice (Leffingwell) 192.
Anna Hinckley 109. Ann
Thomas (Richards) 233. Caro-
line Bushnell 220. Elizabeth
Avery 182, 233. Elizabeth
Backus 283. 5. Elizabeth
Bushnell 159. 60. Elizabeth
Hyde 235. Elizabeth Leffing-
well 159, 285. Flizabeth
(Rogers) 361. Hannah Back-
us (Bingham) 231. Hannah
(Huntington) 232. Harriet
Frances 392. Lucretia Hub-
bard (Backus) 254. Lucy 192.
Lucy (Tracy) 192. Lucy (Tur-
ner) 101, 317. Lydia Hallam
109. Lydia (Leffingwell) 62,
3. Lyd'ia (Perkins) 191. Mar-
garet Pettis 192. Martha
Bourne (Bradford) 230, 265.
Mary Leffingwell 182; 234, 5.
Mary Foote (Stoddard) (Good-
rich) 230. — (.Mason) 230.
Miriam (Waterman) 4, 100.
Nabby Lord 92; 101; 220, 59.
Nancy 192. Rachel Allen 192.
Rachel Huntington 16. Rachel
(Hyde) 50. Sarah Bliss (SIu-
man) 192, 234. Sy by 1 Lathrop
213, 4, 32.
Trap?.
Ephraim 292. Thomas 396.
> Anna Benlley (Lancaster) 292,
Ann (Mabrey) 296.
Tharice.
Nicholas 300.
Elizabeth (Kemble) 300.
Trott.
George W. 313. John Proctor
313. Jonathan 311, 92.
Abigail (Tracy) 392. Lois Chap-
man 313. Lydia Chapman 313.
Lydia Proctor 313, 392. Sally
Marvin 313.
Troavbkidge 304.
Trow-trow Boston 401.
Trumbull 39, 329.
David 135. John 224, 72, 80;
389. Jonathan 41, 73, 135;
223, 4, 8, 35, 49. 56, 7, 8,9, 84.
Joseph 224, 56, 7, 8, 9, 76;
345, 79.
Trumbull. — Continued.
Abigail (Backus) 235. Amelia
Dver 258, 9. Faith (Hunting-
Ion) 223, 4, 57. Faith Robin-
son 256, 7.
Turner.
John 356 Philip 101, 45, 85;
251, 70; 309, 10, 15, 7,
43, 92, 6. William Pitt 341, 2.
Anne Huntington (.-Vdgate)
(Abel) 309. Elizabeth (La-
throp) 145. Elizabeth Nash
309. Lucy Tracy 317, Nancy
(Wait) 101.
Tyler.
Hopestill 14. John 200, 16.
Mary (Boardman) (Coit) 372.
UXCAS 1, 39, 96, 332. Betty 399.
Underhill Capl. 326, 7.
Urenne Mary 184.
Vasseur Mons. de 227.
Vernet.
John 366.
Ann Brown 366.
Wade.
Robert 5.
Susannah 5.
Wads worth.
Daniel 200. Jeremiah 258.
Louisa Denison 392
& Carter 218.
Wainwright Bishop 200.
Wait.
John T. 90, 1; 102, 11, 18, 21 ;
337, 40; 402. Marvin 101, 2,
11. Richard 101.
Eliza (Huntington) 102. Eliza-
beth Marvin 101. Harriet Bab-
cock (Saltonstall) 101 Harriet
Richards 102. Martha Jones
lot. Nancy Turner 101, 2, 11.
Wales Prince of (George IV.) 226.
Wallbridge.
Ebenezer 195.
Marv Durkee 195. Mary (Hunt-
ley) 195.
Wallis Richard 3.
Walworth Chancellor 172, 7 ;
229, 69.
Ward Ichabod 281.
Warner.
Hannah (Peek) 390.
Thankful (Huntington) 183.
Washkvgton (General) 19, 73, 93,
102; 222, 84; 301.
Waterman 74, 5, 87, 8.
Asa 125, 72. David Basset 92,
101. John 87. 100, 1, 5, 75;
319, 51. Joseph 320. Samuel
319. Thomas 3, 4; 100, 57 ;
230; 325, 51, 3, 95.
INDEX TO PART /.
C17
Wateuji AN. — Continued.
Abigail Culverhoiise (Adgate)
175. Elizabeth (Backus) 101.
Kliz:ibeth Basset 92, 101.
Klizabetli Lathrop 100. Tlati-
iiali (Kin^) (Arnold) 101. Ju-
dith Woodward 100, 319. Lucy
(Adgate) 172. Lucy Hyde
172.^ Lydia (Buruhum) 208.
Miriam Tracy 100.
Watrous
Isaac 180, 215.
Elizabeth Brewster 180. Eliza-
beth (Lathrop) 21.5. Hannah
(Huntington) 180. Sarah Pratt
215.
Wattles Andrew 16:5.
Weaver William 55, 259.
Webb Richard 261.
Webster.
Pelatiah 70, 80, 322.
Betsey (Bushnell) 159. Ruth
(Perit) (Leffingwell) 70, 322.
82.
Weitzel Charles T. 267, 358.
Weld Elizabeth (Denison) 331.
Wells Julia Chester 16.
Wentworth.
James 368. Jared 195.
Zerviah (Huntington) 195.
Wetiierell Lydia — (Lathrop) 208.
Wetmore Mrs. Ichabod 301.
Wiiaktox 339.
Wheat Samuel 124, 397.
Wiieatley.
Andrew 311. John 311, 87.
Jane — 311. Submit Peck (Cook)
311.
Wheeler Joshua 304.
White.
Charles 370, 7, 8. Daniel 32. Pere-
grine 301.
Elizabeth Bliss 32. (Mrs.) John
105, 66; 209. Mary (Leffing-
weh) 4, 39.
Whitefield (Rev.) 190, 354.
Whitfield.
Henry 97, 8.
Abigail (Fitch) 97, 8, 331.
Whiting.
Charles 219, 20, 33, 51, 2, 73.
Ebcnezer 124; 219, 273. Ed-
AVillTlNG. — Continued.
ward 292. Natlian 296. Sam-
uel 100, 296. William 219, 20.
Wihiam Bradford 219, 72, 3, 4.
Abigail Carew 273. Amy La-
throp 273, 4. Elizabeth
Adams (Niles) 100, 296. Eliza-
beth Bradford 291, 73. Eunice
Backus 192. Honor Goodrich
219.
Whiton.
Daniel 274. Zenas 274, 5. .Tael
Damon 274.
Phebe —(Raymond) 274.' Leah
Loring 274. Sarah Loring 274.
Wickwire 316, 7.
George 315, 6. John 315. Jona-
than 315, 8 Peter 315.
Elizabeth Culver 315. Mary
Tongue 315. Patience Chap-
pell 315.
Wilkes John 310.
Willes Henry 264.
Willis.
George 145.
Cornelia Lathrop 145.
Williams.
Daniel 71. Ebenezer 117; 228,
83, 5. Elisha 117. Hezekiah
41, 2, 5, 6. 9. Jedediah 77.
Jesse 52, 77, 125, 252. John
40, 5, 9; 169. Joseph 128, 9;
400. Roger 328. Samuel 45,
77. Thomas 83, 112, 7, 25.
William 36, 364, 7.
Dorothy Paine (Huntington) 40,
1, 45, 6. Eunice Huntington 41,
5. Hannah Bacon 117. Hannah
Dawson 77. Hannah (Hunt-
ington) 228, 85, 5, 6. Harriet
Peck 358, 64. 7. Mrs. Isabella
219 Jane Adgate 172. Mary
— 77. Penelope Chester 285.
Sarah "(Charlton) 77, 252.
Wilcox (Elder) 90. '
Wilson.
John 203.
William 203.
WiNSHIP.
Edward 90. Joseph 52, 90, 1, 2.
Philemon 52, 77.
Abigail (Manning) 92. Anna
Wl.NSHlP. — Continued.
(Manning) 90, 2, 3. Elizabeth
(Green) 91. Elizabeth Lathrop
90. Mary Sledman 52.
WiNTHROP.
Filzjohn 294, 315. Waitstill 234,
B04. (Gov.) John 206, 01; 304.
Ann (Richards) 290. Mary (Liv-
ingstone) 304.
Witter.
Jacob 396, 7. William 307, 15,
6, 9.
Wood 27.
woodbridge 75, 323.
Dudley 262; 317, 360, 1, 4, 76.
Enhraim 360. John 360. Sam-
uel 31 1,61. William 361.
Elizabeth (Little) 311. Elizabeth
(Rodman) 361. Lucy 361.
Lucy Backus 361. Mabel Rus-
sell (Hubbard) 311. Sarah
Sheldon 360.
Woodruff Hezekiah 379.
Woodward 331.
Ashbel 55, 130, 264. John 100,
5; 297, 8, 9; 302, 23, 40, 58,
9, 00. Peter 100, 298.
Woodworth Elias 252.
Wolcott.
Frederick 41, 219.
Elizabeth Huntington 219. Ur-
sula 361.
Worcester (Gen.) 284.
Worthington Edward 273.
Wright.
David 254.
Martha Hubbard 254.
Wyllis.
George 259, 837. Hezekiah 259.
Amelia Dyer (Trumbull) 259,
Ruth (Taylor) 337.
Yeomans David 35.
Yerrington Herbert 104, 5, 83.
Young.
Charles 237, 8, 44, 5, 8; 324.
Henry 236.
Elizabeth Hadley (Perkins) 236.
Zachary 45.
Zibbero Bristo 129.
The author feels that there are many errors and omissions in these
family genealogies, which she hopes, however, that descendants will cor-
rect, when in their power, and also aid in filling in the many unavoid-
able blanks. More attention has been given to the earlier than to the
later generations, as when brought down to the nineteenth century, it is
supposed that descendants can supply the missing links, and easily
establish their own connection with their ancestral lines.
If any readers wish to carry further the study of family history, they
will find much valuable information in Miss Frances M, Caulkins' His-
tories of Norwich and New London ; in that invaluable work. Chancellor
Walworth's Genealogy of the Hyde Family ; in the Huntington and
Lathrop Family Memoirs, prepared by the late Rev. E. B. Huntington ;
in the forthcoming Lefifingwell and Bushnell genealogies ; in the various
town histories and genealogical magazines, especially in the encyclopedic
volumes of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. To
these, and to genealogical literature in general, Durrie's Genealogical Index
will serve as a key. Those of Tracy descent may be interested in " The
Ancestors of Lt. Thomas Tracy " by Lt. Chas. Stedman Ripley.
INDEX TO PART II.
The genealogies are arranged alphabetically, and will serve as a general index. In the follow-
ing index will be found only the names of those wives and husbands whose earlier lineage is
not given.
Abbot 471, 537.
Abel 408, 15, 20, 1, 31, 53. 5, 61,
80, 9, 98 ; 506, 7, 15, 19, 35,
62, 70, 2, 8 ; 575, 80.
Adams 425, 87 ; 563, 7, 71.
Alden 460.
Allen 409, 28, 37, 48, 93 ; 538,
40, 64, 72.
Allyn 440 ; 582, 5.
Amsden 559.
Andrews, 419, 81, 93.
Andrus 513.
AngeU 411.
Annable 551.
Answorth 528.
Appleton 4.52.
Armstrong' .509, 40, 4.
Arnold 429, 61, 90 ; 582.
Atwater .557.
Atwood 434.
Austin .510.
Avery 413, 7, 22, 32; 519, 53,
8,82.
Ayers 509.
Babcock 580.
Backus 474, 99; .508, 17, 53,
75, 8, 9, 83, 7, 94.
Bacon, 410.
Bailey, 410, 27, 31, 8, 50, 60,
85; 500.
Baker 407, 15, 25, 45 ; 513, 89.
Baldwin 409, 91, 93 ; 517.
Ballantyne -581.
Barber -595.
Baret 476, 88.
Barker 407, 30.
ISarnard 471.
Barr 460.
Barrett 476, 88.
Barstow 499 ; .547, 89.
Bartlett 424, 5. 42.
Bassett 490 ; 506, 64, 82.
Beal 577, 88.
Beckwith 419.
Beebe 437, 57.
Beeks 407.
Beers 518.
Belden .586.
Belding- 447.
Bellamy 517.
Bennett 485.
Bentley 504.
Bigelow 432, 54.
Bill 433, 45, 74, 9 ; .510, 5.
Billings 590.
Bingham 414, 76, 87, 9, 93; 508,
34, 41, 6, 52, 60, 70.
Bishop .507, 16, .52, 5, 61.
Bisscll 4.53, 5 ; 533.
Bkike 421.
Bliss 567.
Blunt 502.
Boalt 469.
Boardman 417.
Bond 41.5.
Booth 4S9.
Boradill 451.
Borman 551.
Boulineau 511.
Itourne 424 ; 570, 83.
Boutell 460.
Bowen 4.56.
Bowman -537, 65.
Bradilick 4.59.
Bradford, 507, 85.
Brainard 534.
Ki'anch 502.
Breck 447.
Breed 446, 554.
Bridges 471.
Broinlev 566.
Brooks 435, 39.
Brown 418, 53, 3, 78 ; 516, 23,
33, 5, 66, 89, 95.
Browne 551.
Brewer 5tlO.
Brewster 408, 88, 9 ; 519, 32,
44, 59, 67.
Brockway 547.
Bronson 588.
Buchanan 595.
Buck 516, 52.
Buckingham 477.
Bucklev .jTS.
Buell 490, .534.
Bull 478.
Burch 472.
Burnham a)7, 16, 42, 51, 3,
73, 82.
Burrell 420.
Busby 418.
Bushnell 413, 31 ; 501,7.
Butler 530.
Bryan 549, 85.
Cabot 4.55.
Cady 473, 563.
Cahoone 502.
Calkins 415, 19, 22, 8, 54, 61,
80,98; 560,2.
Calligan 493.
Campbell 487, 57.5.
Cantield 561.
Carew 426.
Carpenter 424.
Carr 426.
Carrier 441, 546.
Carter 501.
Cary 438, 81 ; 552, 81.
Caswell 559.
Chadwell 539.
Chaffee 563.
Champlin 513, 36.
Chandler 43.5, 44.
Chapman 4:«, 59 ; .514, 9, 77,
83.
Chappell 489, 589.
Charles 414.
Chase 564.
Chocncv 493.
ClJci'sehrouj'h 413, 3, 91 ; .535.
Chester 445, 81, 3 ; 518, 87.
Choate 45;i ; 508, 24.
Christ<i|ihfrs 444, 51.5.
Claghorn .jii4.
Clark 415, 30, 70, 6, 7, 85, 8,
97 ; 501, 2, 9, 15, 17, 71, 6, 7.
Clarke 426.
Cleland (or Kneeland) 569.
Clement 423, 81, 4.
Cleveland 450, 3, 87 ; 509, 13,
17, 68.
Closen 499.
Cobb 44:^.
Coffin 464.
Cogsdall 449.
Cogswell •>n,'S, 34, 8li.
Coit 418, 46, 74 ; 509, 35, 48,
61, 9, 75.
Colfax 485.
Collins 518, 8.5.
Comstoek .583.
Conant 447, 91.
Congdon .567.
Cook 453 ; 537, 46.
Cooke 486.
Cooledge .501.
Coolej' 420, 37.
Cooper .")65.
Copp 443.
Corliss 495.
Cornell .518.
Corning 421. 3 ; 545.
Cowdrey 437.
C'owles .564.
Craft, 4:33.
Crane 476, 7, 83.
Crocker 514.
Cross 411.
Crow 506, 31.
Culver 414 ; 510, 9, 89.
Curtis 441, 80; ,539,40.
Cutler 492.
Damon .588.
Dane 463, 71.
Daniels 480.
Darby 453.
Dart 538.
Davenport 454.
Davis 473, 92 ; 569.
Davison 571.
Day 521.
Dean 492, .5.55.
Denning .5.52.
Denison 413, 7, 8, 32, 54, 84 ;
513, 33, 4, 5.
Dennis 423.
Denton 486.
Devotion 479, 508.
Dewey 502.
DeWitt 485.
DeWolff 4:39, 68, 73, 98 ; .583.
Dibble 4.57.
Dickinson 484.
Dillaby 450.
Dixey 460.
Doaue .505, 76.
Dodge 487.
Dole 464.
Dorr 478.
Dorrance 4.54.
I>ory 466.
Douglas 565.
Dow 483, 573.
Dowe 493.
Ducasse .583.
Dudley 593.
Dunham 519.
Dunlap 550.
Duntou 414.
Durkee 408, 80 ; 534.
Dwight 487.
Dyer 415, 53, 81 ; 515,'31, 78.
Eames 509.
Eaton 492, 5.
Edgecorab 547.
Edgerton 407, 8, 14, 21, 33,
78, 82, 9, 90 ; 505, 23, 46, 7,
00, 72, 4.
Edmunds 495.
Edwards 415, 7, 89.
Eels 434, 79 : 507.
EMcrkin 423.
Ellsworth 479; 518, 87.
Ely 468; .511,61.
Ensworth 489.
Fales 4:33, 9().
Fanning 543, 61, 8, 75.
Farnham 407, 20 ; 524.
Farwell 563.
Fassett 563.
Fellowes 506.
Ferris 580.
Fillmore 556.
Finney 435.
Fish .509, 13.
Fiske 463, 551.
Fitch 435, 51, 78, 87, 91 ; 508,
31, 3, 47, 8, 53, 4, 9, a5, 6.
Fobes (or Forbes) 476.
Foote .570, 5.
Ford 531, 68.
Foresyth 465, 593.
Fosdick 441, 573.
I'owler .560.
Frances 547.
Franklin 437.
Frazier 481.
Freeman 493.
French 48.5, 506.
Frink 489, 91 ; 543.
Fuller 492, 508.
620
INDEX TO PART IT
Gager 476, 99 ; 51".
Gale 453.
Gallup 418, 61 ; 534.
Gardiner 433, 44, 73 ; 507.
Gardner 474, 586.
Garner 580.
Garnet .588.
Gates 529.
Gay lord 489.
Geer 558, 91.
Gelding- (or Gildon) 514.
Gerrish 464.
Gibbs 455.
Gififord 453, 61 ; 515, 29.
Gildon 514.
Gillett 586.
Gilman 446, 594.
Glover 554.
Goodrich 486 ; 570, 86.
Gookin 4.55, 464.
Gordon 511, 43.
Gore 461.
Gorliam 4.51.
Gorton 480.
Grant 415, 90.
Gray 454, 73. 9.
Greene 444, 73, 4.
Green 415, 91.
Greenslade 413.
Gregory 458.
Gregson 685.
Grifiin 483, .533.
Griswold 415, 30, 47, 69, 77,
87, 8 ; 536, 70.
Groce 588.
Growth 495.
Guppie 559.
Hadley 553.
Hale 479, .565.
Hall 448, 90.
Hallara 445, 74 ; 554.
Hallet 443.
Halsey .561.
Hamilton .524.
Hammond 481, 515.
Hand .565.
Hanley 531.
Hannerford 581.
Hardy 495.
Harris 444, C6 ; 514, 6, 34, 67.
Harringrton .591.
Hart 515, 7, 31, 9, 83.
Hartshorn 430, 48, 9, 75 : 501,
7.
Haskoll 4.58.
Hastings 547.
Hatch 546.
Haiighton 441 ; 514, 89.
Hawke521.
Hawley 4«).
Hays 549.
Hazen .507, 24. 53, 66.
Hebard 430, 47 ; 508, 54, 74.
Hemans 5.55.
Henley 4.51.
Henshaw 441.
Herrick .501.
Hewitt 461, 568.
Higley ,578.
Hildreth 441.
Hill4:>9, 33, 64; .533.
Hillliouse 454.
Hinckley 443, 78, 90 ; 519, 48,
72.
Hobart 407, 24 ; .533, 4, 5.
Hodges .5.51.
Holden4;^0.
HoUoway 559.
Ifolms ,566.
Holmes 412, 24; 567.
Hoi ton 470, 568.
Hood 539.
Hooker 523.
Hooper 5.51.
Hopkins 581.
Hough 461, 80 ; ,505, 19.
Houghton (or Holton) 473.
Houlder 540.
Hovev 490.
Howard 494.
Hoyt 458.
Hubbard 424, 33 ; .564.
Hudson, 579.
Huet .506.
Humphrey 531, 95.
Hunn .517.
Hunt 435, ,567.
Hunter 435.
Hunting 444.
Huntington 460, 78.
Hurst 443.
Hutchins 428.
Huxley .531.
Hyde 408, 14, 20, 33, 54, 5, 61,
8,78,9, 81), ], 3,9, 93, 3,9;
519, 24, 31, 40, 6, 7, 52, 73, 3,
4.
Ingalls 407.
Ingles .561.
Ingraham 524.
Isaacs ,549.
Isham 483, 577.
Jackson 471.
James 5S0, '
.Tenner 568.
Jenners (or Ganuers) 444.
Jennings ,513.
Jermain 565.
Johnson 411, 64, 90, 5.
Jones 440, 5U, 65, 83; 506, 81.
Kasson .514.
Keenev 4.57, 81.
Kelly .506. 61.
Kelping 440.
Kennedy 417.
Key 541.
Keycs 441.
Killgrove4.37.
Kimball 479, 566.
King 439, 83.
Kingsley 446.
Kinuard. .537.
Kinsley ,587.
Kirtland 553, 75.
Kneeland (or Cleland) 569.
Knapp 473.
Knight 415, 47, 97 ; 503.'
Knowlton 453.
Ladd 440.
Lamb 503.
Lambert 484.
Lamprey 495.
Landphere 493.
Lane 438, 69.
Lanman 474, 85 ; 579.
Lansdale 468.
Lathrop 410, 1, 20, 84, .5, 9, 91,
2,9; 509,13,53,79,91.
Latimer 431.
Latour 549.
Lawrence 423.
Lay 4,51, 575.
Leach 460, 6, 7 ; 565.
Learned .548.
Led yard 575.
Lee 468, 87, 93, 8 ; 531, 61.
Leete 593.
Leffingwell 408, 13, 5, 61, 99 :
523 73
Leonard 469, 89, 81 ; 551, 2.
Lester 416, 35, 6 ; 575.
Leverett 473.
Lewis 537.
L'Hommedieu 410, 561.
Lincoln 490, .531.
Lippincott 535.
Livingston .503.
Lloyd 456.
Longbottom 450.
Loomer 422, 8.
Loo mis 419 ; 507, ,52.
Lord 410, 98 ; 508, 60.
Loring 588.
Lovell 551.
Lovett ,553.
Luce 429, 32.
Lyman 429, 81 ; 531, 60.
Lynde 477 ; 596, 53.
Macalester 513, 4.
Manning .5.54, 73.
Mansfield 485, 539.
Manton 437.
Manwaring 474, 541.
Marks 430.
Marsh 493.
Marshall 460.
Marvin 428 ; ,577, 83.
Mason 415, 77 ; 567.
Mather 407.
Matthews 487, 594.
Mawney 433.
May 424.
Mavnard 437.
Mcrirllan 4«.
McClcnahan 589.
McCunncll 5'.>.5.
McDonakI 460, .514.
McKee 513.
McKenzie .513.
Meacham 433, 568.
Meech 497.
Merrill 409, 95.
Metcalf 477.
Miller 476 ; 560, 5.
Mills 457.
Miner 412, 85 ; 514, 57, 71.
M ix 453.
Moore 489, 2.
Morgan 408, 40, 89 ; 595, 13,
51. 93, 4.
Morse 483.
Mosier 444, 567.
Moss ,505.
Mould 536.
Mumf ord 483 ; 533, 4, 594.
Munsell 514.
Nash 580.
Newcomb 425, 502.
Newdigate 569.
Newton 5,55.
Nichols 449, 64.
Norman 515, 66.
Norris 487.
Norton 409, 41,77,83; ,575.
Noyes 426, 69 ; 534, 85, 6.
Olney 566.
Ormsbv 437, 9.
Otis 417, ,507.
Owen 454.
Owens 484.
Packer 423.
Paddock 565.
Page 495.
Paine 487, 9 ; 563.
Palmer 438 ; .536, 66, 71, 6.
Palmes 445, 509.
Parish 571.
Park 566.
Parke .51.5, 44, 71.
Parker 554.
Parkhurst 416.
Park'ison 438.
Parkman 487, 569.
Parks 548.
Parsons ,531.
Partridge 455, 585.
Paterson 409.
Paysoa 577.
Peabody 471 ; 503, 43.
Peck 533.
Pelton 430.
Pepper 430.
Pembroke 478.
Percy 559.
Per ley 471.
Perkins 422, 7, 9, 3:3, 68, 9, 71,
3.83,6; 509,13,16,81.
Perry 450, 3, 8.
Petit 594.
Pettis 499.
Phelps 483.
Philleo 4.58.
Phipps 407.
Pierce, 415, 83 ; 553.
Pike .510.
Porter 484.
Post 415, 21 ; .560.
Potter 493, 564.
Poulaine 565.
Powers 469, 587.
Pratt 414, 63, 88 ; .523, 56, 62,
5.
Prentice 444, 567.
Preston 543.
Prevost 481.
Pride 408, ,572.
Proctor 577.
Prj'thatch ,551.
Quimby ,564.
Quintard 549.
Rainey 485.
Kame 458.
Hanger 569.
Ranst'ord 412.
Ray 463.
Raymond 588.
Read 4.53.
Reynolds 407, 514.
Rhodes .594.
Richards 418, 24, 70, 2, 4, 6,
80, 5 ; ,516.
Richardson 464.
Richmond 571.
Ripley 435, 54, 77 ; 513, 31, 54.
70.
Rix .570.
Robinson 534, 51, 78.
Rock 447.
Rockwell 419, 23, 3, 40, 76, 7,
88, 90.
Rodgers 4.51.
Rodman .594.
Rogers 434, 66, 8, 73, 99 ; 501,
66, 94, 5.
Romans 586.
Rood 439, 544.
Roots 460.
Rose 566.
Rosewell 596.
Rouse 439.
Royce 411, ,505.
Rudd 437, 8, 79, 92 ; 515, ,24,
42, 7, 74.
Rug-gles 532,
Russell 473, 516.
Ryan 481.
Sabin 472.
Sattord 571.
Sage 561.
Salisbuvv ,513.
Saltonstall 485, 580.
Sauford 534, 49, 60.
Sanger 593.
Sargeant 411.
INDEX TO PART II.
621
Sayer 5lli1.
Schofleld 589.
Scott 455, 519.
Seudik'r 505.
Sears 531.9.
Sheldon 59:5, 4.
Shepherd 431). 2 ; 531, 49.
Sherburnt' 495.
Sherman .551.
Sherwood 425, 52, 8.
Slii|Piiiiin 418; 517, 47,61, 3.
SiKonrney 494.
Silliman 579.
Simons 447.
Simpson 511.
Sims 480.
Sisson .530.
Skinner 151, 73.
Slade 492.
Slaves 598, 9; 600.
Sloan 437.
Smith 413. 23, 4, 9, 38, 78, 85 ;
513, 5. 7, 33, 67, 92.
Snow 483.
Spalding- 450.
Sparks 5.51.
Spencer 414, 47.
Sparry .540.
Spink 466.
Spring 591.
Standish 489, 90 ; 567.
Stanley 513.
Stanton 535.
Stark .519, .59.
Starr 430, 3; 511,6,9.
Stearns, 527, 9.
Stedman 434, 591.
Steele 425.
Stevens 488.
Stoddard 570.
I Stone 432, 521.
\ Storrs 554.
I Story 502, 14, 89.
I Stoii>liton 476, 88; r)07.
; Stont .537.
Stratford 441.
I Street 519.
I StroiiK' 431), H7; 512.
I Stuart 1.5s, S4.
I StiutcNiint .522.
Siiniiier 531, 61.
SutlK-rhmd 519.
Swain 476, 96.
Swan .578.
Symraes 448.
Talcott 507.
'J'aylor 439, 52 ; 523.
Teiibrook 5tl.
Thomas 421, 6, 40; 512, 19,
41, .53, 5.
Thorajison, .505, 77.
Throop 477, 8,
Thurston 477.
Tittany 42t), 587.
Tilley 484.
Tilliiigiiast434.
Tilton ,513.
Tisdale452, 523.
Titus .537.
Todd 507, 52.
Tonilinson 479.
'i"()inps<iii 4;i;j, .51.
Tongue 589.
Tower 583.
Town send .541.
Tracy 414, 27, 30, 7, 99 ; 514,
9, 44, 6, 74.
Trarice .503.
Trapp .504.
Ti-cadwell .5.51.
TiMMHiin Kii.
'I'ruiiihull 5I<5.
Tuiiu^r :',65.
Tut tie 5U6.
Verinayes 4,27.
VciMnihc 513.
Vciiict'427.
Vetch 4.')5.
Wadsworth 451 ; 579.
Wait 580.
Waldo 447.
Wales 490.
Walker .594.
Wallbridge 494.
Walls 123.
Ward 492, .519.
Waring- 4.S4.
Warner 13.-), 90 ; 525,47.
Warren \:>A, 8 ; .522, 60, 87.
Waterhouse 437.
Waterman 408, 9, 61, 80, 99 ;
r.oti, 10, rJi), 74, 96.
Watkinsuii 486.
Watrovis ISO, 505.
Watson 4(13.
Wat tics. ■iCu.
Wcarc-164.
Wclih 410, (•>3, 79.
Wclistcr 430; 516, 31, 49.
Weeks .501.
Wellman 536.
Wells 551.
Wentworth 494, .572.
West 492; 541, (i4.
Wetherell .507, 16.
Wetmore 4.S9, 91 ; .565.
Wheatley .509.
Wheeler 489.
Whcelock 4x9.
White 4.-.'2, H7; .51.5, .51,
Whitlielil 4.52.
Whiting 45.2. 5 ; .512, :W, 9.
Whitmore4.54; .5:38,61.
Whitnev 416
Whitteridge .539.
Whittlesey .567.
Wil)ird 45.5.
Wilco.\-.530.
Wilkinson .591.
Willcs546.
Willey 536.
^Villiams 409, 23, 40, 79, 82, 3,
9, 91 ; .516, 9, 48, 74, 8, 9, 88,
94.
Willis 512, 41,7, 86.
Willoughby 422.
Wilson 437, 41, 8, 66, 77, 87;
.591.
Winn 441.
Winship .527, 9.
Winslow .552, 70.
Wiswall 424.
Witter .571.
Wood bridge .522.
Woodward .577.
Woodworth 413, 55 ; .509, 21,
45, 52, 76.
Wolcott 468, 76, 86 ; .591.
Worcester 492.
Worden 511.
Worthington 420 ; .50). 31
Wright 410, 74, 7; .517, 27, 9,
36.
Wyeth 591.
WyUis 452, 578.
Young 528, 48, 53.
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