{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3655", "width": "2177", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "V/\\nr ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^yi%^\\\\\\n^o^\\n,^o^\\nX\\n^oP\\n^^d\\n9^\\nq *.o\\\\!^ 95,\u00c2\u00b0-o,v^\\\\^ o. l^\\\\^ ^o..\\nV^^ o^-^. V^^^o^ Vv-^^o^-^\\nlV\\n^^0^\\n.N^\\n%..-i^\\n.cT\\n^/-o^\\n95, ^0\\nv^*.^-., V\u00c2\u00b0- v^*.\\n5l 1", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nINTERIOR OF CHURCH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DR. ELDRIDGE S PULPIT.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "I 744- I QOO\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK\\nLITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT\\nOPENING CHAPTERS BY\\nREV. JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, D.D.\\nCOMPILED BY\\nTHERON WILMOT CRISSEY, L.L.B.\\nEVERETT, MASS.\\nMASSACHUSETTS PUBLISHING COMPANY\\n1900", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "THIS BOOK\\nIS REVERENTLY DEDICATED\\nTO THE\\nMEMORY OF MY HONORED PARENTS,\\nAND\\nFORMER TOWNS-PEOPLE,\\nthe DEAR OLD FOLKS I LOVED LONG AGO.\\nTHEROX WILMOT CRISSEY.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "76?\\nPREFACE.\\nOf making many books there is no end.\\nO that mine adversary had written a book.\\nHolt Weit.\\nSome years ago, in searching out family genealogy,\\nthe want of a history of my native town became to me\\napparent. As bits of Norfolk history were from time\\nto time discovered, in books and elsewhere, such items\\nwere preserved, and ,the accumulation began. A de-\\nsire to learn many things from those whose memories\\nand traditions go back to the early part of this cen-\\ntury took hold upon me, and knowing full well that\\nupon those around whom the shades of evening have\\ngathered, soon the sun will set, and their remem-\\nbrances be forever beyond our reach, an effort to ob-\\ntain these things through correspondence was made,\\nwith results not altogether satisfactory.\\nIn June, 1899, I came home and soon took up in\\nearnest the work of preparing a history of Norfolk.\\nThe encouragement and kindly assistance of a large\\nnumber of the present residents of the town, and for-\\nmer residents as well, has made the difficult, perplex-\\ning task a pleasure. Mention by name cannot well be\\nmade of the large number who have put me under\\nlasting obligation for their kind assistance. Some of\\nthem have done for others and for me what they could\\ndo, and have entered into their rest. Mention should\\nbe made of the kindness and assistance, great and\\nmanifold, rendered by the family of Dr. Joseph El-\\ndridge, which has made possible the publication of", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "iv. PREFACE.\\nthis volume. Access has been given to the many rare,\\nvaluable manuscripts which were prepared and left\\nby Dr. Eldridge, which have been indispensable in\\ncompiling this history. So, in a measure, my purpose\\nhas been accomplished, of preserving in permanent\\nform some record of the lives and work of the past\\ngenerations, upon whom the curtain has fallen and\\nshut them from our sight.\\nIt has been a pleasure to recall and mention, if\\nnothing more, the names of some of those who have\\nwalked these streets in former times; have dwelt in\\nthese homes; have heard the same Sabbath bell, and\\ngathered for worship in these temples; have sat in the\\nsame seats in church which we now occupy their eyes\\nhave looked upon these same beautiful landscapes of\\nvalley and mountain; their feet have climbed these\\neverlasting hills where they, too, have looked out and\\nup, and adored the great Creator and Ruler of all.\\nAnd they are gone.\\nSuch as it is, suggestive, not exhaustive, with\\nsome errors which should not have been, it is sent\\nforth on its mission, in the hope that it may be of in-\\nterest and help to all of its readers some of the time.\\nTHERON WILMOT CRISSEY.\\nNorfolk, Conn., September 1, 1900.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nI. By Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D. 2\\nA Glance at the History of Connecticut Piior to the Set-\\ntlement of Norfolk.\\nII. By Dr. Eldridge. 11\\nSale and Settlement of the Town Building the Meeting-\\nHouse.\\nIII. By Dr. Eldridge 20\\nEvents of Interest in the Town up to the Time of the\\nEevolutionary War.\\nIV. 33\\nConnecticut s Early Town System Settlement of Towns\\nin Litchfield County Grant of the Western Lands to\\nHartford and Windsor Controversy Between the Colony\\nand Those Towns Organization of Litchfield County\\nSale, Settlement and Incorporation of the Town.\\nV. 49\\nHow the Original Title to Land was Obtained Propri-\\netors Meetings Dividing and Drawing Land Eighty\\nAcres of Land Voted for an Iron Works.\\nVI. 61\\nFirst Town Meeting Locating, Building, Dignifying\\nand Seating the Meeting-House Raising Money and\\nMaterial.\\nVII. 72\\nEarly Customs and Habits Organization of the First\\nChurch Settlement of Rev. Ammi R. Robbins.\\nVIII. 78\\nThe Revolutionary War Names and Service of Norfolk\\nMen in the Army Chaplain Robbins Journal.", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "vi. CONTENTS.\\nPAGE\\nIX 122\\nRev. Mr. Eobbins Half-Century Sermon.\\nX 141\\nCentennial Anniversary in 1844 Address by Rev. Thomas\\nEobbins, D. D.\\nXI 155\\nFormation of Norfolk Ecclesiastical Society in 1813\\nEstablishment of the Ecclesiastical Society Fund in 1817\\nPurchase of the First Organ in 1822.\\nXII. 177\\nSketch of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., Ordained and In-\\nstalled as Pastor, June, 1816 Dismissed, October, 1829.\\n(See Appendix.)\\nXIII 177\\nSketch of Mrs. Z. P. Grant-Banister Her Early Life in\\nNorfolk Record as a Teacher. She Originated Hol-\\nyoke Seminary.\\nXIV 190\\nBuilding the Present Meeting-House Ascertaining the\\nCentre of the Town by Survey Names of Contributors.\\nXV. 196\\nThe Two Villages, by Mrs. Rose Terry-Cook The\\nCemeteries of the Town Remarkable Longevity.\\nXVI. 202\\nLitchfield County Centennial in 1851 Oration by Judge\\nSamuel Church Address by Dr. Horace Bushnell.\\nXVII 211\\nSevere Winters and Great Snows The Blizzard of 1888\\nThe Ice-Storm of 1898.\\nXVIII 219\\nKilling a Panther Treed by a Bear A Wolf-Hunt\\nFires near and in the Meeting-House.\\nXIX 223\\nManufactures and Manufacturers A Large Number of\\nEnterprises.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. vii.\\nPAGE\\nXX 262\\nNorfolk Merchants Schools The Park.\\nXXI 294\\nPeriod Prior to the Civil War Anti-Slavery Society\\nNorfolk Men in the War of the Rebellion Sketch of Ad-\\njutant Samuel C. Barnum Sketch of Colonel George\\nRyan.\\nXXn 329\\nHighways A Railroad Through Norfolk Struggle as\\nj to its Location Dr. Eldridge Before the Commissioners.\\nXXIII 354\\nThe Whipping-post First Post-office Temperance Or-\\nganizations Culture of Silk Indian Story Norfolk\\nBanks Prices Current, 1778 Colored People Eleva-\\ntions Singing Schools Anecdotes Old Pastorates\\nCensus Reports Norfolk Brick The French War War\\nof 1812 Strong Fund\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probate District Whitefield in\\nNorfolk Reminiscences of Dr. Eldridge, by Ex-Gover-\\nnor Cooke Masonic Centennial Sketch of Norfolk, by\\nS. H. D.\\nXXIV 392\\nSketch of Rev. Ammi R. Robbins, by His Son Madame\\nElizabeth Robbins Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D. Rem-\\niniscences by Mrs. Mary Robbins-Kasson.\\nXXV 404\\nThe Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D. Sketches, by President\\nPorter, of Yale College by Rev. Joseph F. Gaylord by\\nDr. W. L. Gale Farewell Services Obituary Notices\\nSketch of Mrs. Sarah Battell Eldridge Miss Cynthia L.\\nFosket Presentation of Communion Service.\\nXXVI 445\\nSketch of Joseph Battell, Esq. Mrs. Sarah Robbins-\\nBattell Joseph Battell, Jun. Mrs. Irene Battell Earned\\nRobbins Battell Mrs. Urania Battell-Humphrey Miss\\nAnna Battell Philip Battell Mrs. Ellen Battell-\\nEldridge.\\nXXVII 466\\nHopestill Welch and Family Benjamin Welch, Sen.,\\nM. D., and Family Asa G. Welch, M. D. Benjamin", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "viii. CONTENTS.\\nPAGE\\nWelch, Jun., M.D. James Welch, M. D. \u00e2\u0080\u0094William W,\\nWelch, M. D.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Welch, M. D, \u00e2\u0080\u0094Samuel Cowles\\nHenry Cowles, D. D. Louisa Welch Pettibone Pro-\\nfessor William H. Welch, M.D. LLD. Ephraim Guiteau,\\nM.D. Fredericli M. Shepard Mrs. Laura Hawley-\\nThurston Rev. Reuben Gaylord.\\nXXVIII 494\\nPhysiography and Geology of the Town by Professor\\nWilliam H. liobbs The riora of Norfolk; by Professor\\nJ. H. Barbour and others.\\nXXIX 503\\nBrief Sketches of Early Settlers of the Town and Their\\nDescendants Mention of a Large Number of Families\\nand Individuals, as learned in a great number of ways.\\n(See Index of names.)\\nXXX 579\\nFirst and Other Church Organs Memorial Windows and\\nTablets The Methodist Episcopal Church The Catholic\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception The Episcopal\\nChurch of the Transfiguration The Baptist Church.\\nXXXI 591\\nConcluding Chapter Modern Norfolk The Robbins\\nSchool The Norfolk Library The Eldridge Gymnasiiun\\nBattell Memorial Fountain The Village Hall Norfolk\\nDowns Norfolk Water Company Newspapers Photo-\\ngraphy Summer Residents.\\nNorfolk s Necrology. 603\\nList of Deaths of Male Heads of Families, 1762 to 1846\\nRecord of Deaths of Adults from 1840 to 1900 Town\\nClerks Town Treasurers Probate Judges First Sel-\\nectmen List of Representatives and Senators from Nor-\\nfolk to the General Assembly from 1777 to 1900.\\nAppendix. 621", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER\\nBY\\nREV. JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, D.D.\\nA GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT BEFORE THE\\nSETTLEMENT OF THIS TOWN.\\nA History of Norfolk, from 1738 to 1844, by\\nAuren Roys, containing eighty-nine pages, was pub-\\nlished in 1847. Dr. Eldridge had been pastor of the\\nchurch here since April, 1832. In 1856 he announced\\nhis purpose of writing a fuller history of the town,\\nand of delivering chapters of it to his people as a\\ndiscourse upon Thank8gi\\\\ing days, from year to year.\\nThe following introductory chapter was given as a dis-\\ncourse by Dr. Eldridge, Thanksgiving Day, November,\\n1856, and by the great kindness and courtesy of his\\nfamily, is given here, from the original manuscript.", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n145 Ps., 4. One generation shall praise tliy works to another, and shall\\ndeclare thy mighty acts.\\nAll history is instructive. History teaches by example.\\nIt is a record of the developments of Divine providence. No\\nhistory is more instructive or interesting than that of our\\nown country. It recounts the labors, toils, and sufferings of\\nour own ancestors. It narrates those events which have\\ncontributed to determine the social and political condition\\nin which we find ourselves. The history of the United\\nStates has one special advantage and attraction; it is au-\\nthentic. The origin of most of the states and nations of\\nEurope is involved in much obscurity. Our own can be\\ntraced back, clearly and distinctly to its earliest begin-\\nnings. There are ample, reliable materials for the history\\nof the colonies.\\nThen the events of our history are of the most striking\\ncharacter. Highly interesting in themselves, they are be-\\ncoming still more so by the promise which they hold in\\nregard to the future.\\nOur general history has an interest for the whole world.\\nIt is peculiarly instructive and interesting to our country-\\nmen. Local histories are important as furnishing the ele-\\nments of general history, and they have peculiar attractions\\nfor those born and reared in the places themselves. It is a\\nduty of filial piety, as well as gratitude to the supreme dis-\\nposer of events, to gather up, and preserve, and transmit all\\nthe memorials we can, of the labors, trials, and achieve-\\nments of those who have preceded us on the spot where we\\ndwell. We have entered into their labors. We reap the\\nresults of their enterprise, forecast, and efforts. We sit\\nunder the shadow, and eat the fruits of the tree which they\\nplanted.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 3\\nAs a preliminary to a history of Norfolk, a glance at that\\nportion of the history of Couuectient prior to the settlement\\nof this town appears to be desirable.\\nThe title to the land and right of Robert, earl of Warwick,\\nwas the first proprietary of the soil under a grant from the\\nCouncil for New England. March 19, 1631, he ceded it by\\npatent to Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook, John Hampden\\nand others. Before any colony could be established under\\ntheir authority, individuals, headed by William Holmes of\\nPlymouth had, September 1633, erected a trading house at\\nWindsor. The June previous to the arrival of Holmes, the\\nDutch from Manhattan, had established themselves at Hart-\\nford, having purchased twenty acres of land of a Pequot\\nchief, built a fort and mounted a couple of cannon. They\\nclaimed Connecticut, and never wholly relinquished their\\nclaims until 1661. The fur trade with the Indians was then\\nvery lucrative. The Dutch purchased of the Indians\\nannually ten thousand beaver skins. In 1634, a f\u00c2\u00a9w men\\nfrom Watertown, Mass., came and erected huts at Wethers-\\nfield, which is the oldest town in the state. In 1635 a\\nnumber of men came from Dorchester to Windsor, and\\nerected log houses. Other men from Watertown did the\\nsame at Wethersfield. In the autumn, having completed\\nthese preparations, these men returned to Mass. for their\\nfamilies, and on the 15th of October there set out about\\nsixty men, women and children with horses, cattle and\\nswine. More than a hundred miles of wilderness through\\nwhich no roads existed, whose streams were without\\nbridges, and whose sole inhabitants were Indians and wild\\nbeasts, had to be traversed. Dr. Trumbull says, after a\\ntedious journey, through swamps and rivers, over moun-\\ntains and rough ground which were passed with great\\ndifficulty and fatigue, they arrived at their place of destina-\\ntion. But the journey had consumed much time, and the\\nwinter set in earlier than usual. To add to their embarrass-\\nment and trials, the provisions designed for the winter, and\\ntheir household utensils, had been sent around by water and\\nwere expected to be brought up the Connecticut River.", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "4 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSome of the vessels that were freighted with these goods\\nwere wrecked in the sound. The rest were prevented\\nascending the river by the ice. The condition of these\\nfamilies was forlorn. In this emergency thirteen men set\\nout to retrace their way back to Boston. Seventy, men,\\nwomen and children, left Windsor and Wethersfield, and in\\ndead of winter made their way from fifty to sixty miles to\\nthe mouth of the river, to obtain their provisions, but not\\nfinding them, they embarked in a vessel lying there and\\nsailed for Boston and arrived in a few days. Yet in the\\nopening of the next year, 1636, the budding of the trees and\\nthe springing of the grass were signals of a greater emigra-\\ntion to Connecticut. The principal caravan commenced its\\nmarch in June. Thomas Hooker, the light of the western\\nchurches, led the company. It consisted of about a hundred\\nsouls, many of them accustomed to affluence and the ease\\nof European life.\\nBancroft says, They drove before them numerous herds\\nof cattle, and thus they traversed on foot the pathless\\nforests of Massachusetts, advancing hardly ten miles a day\\nthrough the tangled woods, across the swamps and numer-\\nous streams and over the high lands that separated the\\nseveral intervening valleys, subsisting as they slowly wan-\\ndered along on the milk of kine, which browsed on the fresh\\nleaves and early shoots, having no guide through the un-\\ntrodden wilderness but the compass, and no pillow for their\\nnightly rest but heaps of stones. How did the hills echo\\nwith the unwonted lowing of herds. How were the forests\\nenlivened by the loud and fervent piety of Hooker. Never\\nagain was there such a pilgrimage from the seaside to the\\nbeautiful banks of the Connecticut. The emigrants had\\nbeen gathered from the most valued citizens, the earliest\\nsettlers and the oldest churches of the Bay. Of this com-\\npany, some settled at Windsor, some at Wethersfield, but\\nthe larger portion with Hooker took up their residence at\\nHartford.\\nIn 1638, in the month of April, the New Haven Colony,\\nheaded by Rev. John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 5\\narrived at that place, called by the Indians Quinnipiack.\\nThe emigrants passed their first Sabbath with appropriate\\nservices under a branching oak, large enough to shelter the\\nwhole company, men, women and children. Governor Eaton\\nwas elected Governor of New Haven Colony, twenty-three\\nyears. The constitution which they adopted, or the planta-\\ntion covenant into which they entered, was in these words:\\nThat as in matters concerning the gathering and ordering\\nof a church, so also in all public affairs that concern civil\\norder, they would all of them be ordered by the rules which\\nthe Scriptures held forth to them.\\nJanuary 14, 1639, the Hartford Colony perfected its\\npolitical institutions, and by voluntary association formed\\na body politic. According to that constitution the elective\\nfranchise belonged to all members of the towns who had\\ntaken the oath of allegiance to the commonwealth. The\\nmagistrates and legislature were chosen annually by ballot,\\nand the representatives were apportioned among the towns\\naccording to their population. John Haynes was the first\\nGovernor of Hartford Colony.\\nMeantime the Pequot Indians had been exterminated, in\\n1637. This warlike tribe had from the first exhibited a\\nhostile spirit towards the English. They had committed\\nseveral murders.\\nCapt. John Mason, with ninety English, attacked Fort\\nMystic at daylight, May 28, 1637. It was set on fire, and in\\none hour above six hundred Indians, men, women and chil-\\ndren, perished. This terrible blow struck dismay into the\\nhearts of the other tribes, and secured peace to the colonists\\nfor a long period. When the colonies were first established\\nin Connecticut. Charles I. sat on the British throne. The\\nKing and Archbishop Laud were exercising political and\\necclesiastical despotism in Great Britain, and proceeded to\\ntake measures to restrain the freedom enjoyed in the colo-\\nnies. But soon the troubles commenced in England that\\nbrought that monarch to the block. He was succeeded by\\nthe Protector, Oliver Cromwell. During this whole period\\naffairs at home so absorbed attention that the colonies", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "6 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwere pretty much left to themselves. In 1660 the monarchy\\nwas re-established, and Charles II. was raised to the throne\\nof his ancestors. The colonists, hearing of his accession to\\nthe throne, were desirous of obtaining his sanction to their\\ntitle to their lands. The Connecticut or Hartford Colony\\nsent the younger Winthrop as their agent. He obtained a\\ncharter, the celebrated charter of Charter Oak memory.\\nThe charter connected New Haven with Hartford as one\\ncolony, of which the limits were from the Narragansett\\nRiver on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west. This\\nwas the foundation of the claim of Connecticut on Western\\nLands, whence originated our School Fund. This charter,\\nso ample in its grant of territory, was equally comprehen-\\nsive in the powers of government which it conferred. They\\nwere allowed to elect their own officers, to enact their own\\nlaws, to administer justice without appeals to England, to\\ninflict penalties, to confer pardons, and, in a word, to ex-\\nercise every power, deliberative and active. It contained no\\nprovision for the interference of the British government in\\nany event whatever. This charter was granted to Winthrop\\nas agent of the Hartford, or, as it was called, the Connecti-\\ncut Colony, but it embraced all the territory of the New\\nHaven Colony, and virtually nullified its independent\\npolitical existence. This gave to that colony some dissatis-\\nfaction, but in 1664 the two were united under one govern-\\nment; and it was doubtless to soothe this feeling of jealousy\\nthat it was arranged that the Legislature should meet\\nalternately at Hartford and New Haven.\\nThe united colony continued to grow. It was left very\\nmuch to itself during the reign of Charles II.\\nFebruary 6, 1685, James II., a bigoted Catholic and a\\npolitical tyrant, ascended the throne of Great Britain. So\\neager w^as he to interfere with the rights and privileges\\nenjoyed by the colony of Connecticut under the charter\\ngranted them by Charles II., the brother of James II., that\\nearly in the summer of 1685, the year of his coming to the\\nthrone, a quo warranto was issued against the Governor\\nand Company of Connecticut, citing them to appear before", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 7\\nthe King within eight days of St. Martin s, to show by what\\nright and tenure they exercised certain powers and privi-\\nleges. The Colony petitioned the King to withdraw the\\nwrit of quo warranto. Instead of complying with the prayer\\nof the Colony, the next year, 1686, July 21, Edward Ran-\\ndolph, an old and dreaded enemy of the Colony, made his\\nappearance in the Colony, armed with two writs, which he\\ndelivered to Governor Treat. Other writs of like character\\nwere served on the Governor, one of them requiring the\\ndefendants to appear before the King within eight days of\\nthe purification of the Blessed Virgin.\\nThe movements on the part of the King created much\\nanxiety in the Colony. The charters of Massachusetts and\\nRhode Island had been taken away. A general government\\nhad been appointed over all New England, Connecticut\\nexcepted. This government was instituted on a commis-\\nsion, and Joseph Dudley was named President of the Com-\\nmissioners. President Dudley had addressed a letter to the\\nGovernor and Council of Connecticut, advising them to\\nresign their charter into the King s hands. They did not\\ndeem it advisable to follow^ this advice. Ere long Dudley\\nwas removed from the otfice of Royal Governor of New\\nEngland, and the man appointed to succeed him was the\\nnotorious Sir Edmond Andross, who arrived in Boston\\nDecember 19, 1686. He immediately sent a letter to the\\nGovernor and Company of Connecticut, informing them\\nthat he was commissioned by the King to receive their\\ncharter if they were disposed to give it up to him. But the\\ncharter was not given up. He exhorted them not to render\\nit necessary for him to resort to any compulsory measures.\\nIn October, 1687, the General Assembly convened as usual\\nand held their regular session at Hartford. On Monday,\\nOctober 31, 1687, Sir Edmund Andross, attended by several\\nmembers of his council and other gentlemen, surrounded\\nby a body guard of about sixty soldiers, entered Hartford\\nwth a view of siezing the charter.\\nThe Assembly was in session when he arrived, and he\\nwas received with all outward respect by the Governor,", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nCouncil and Assembly. Andross entered the Legislative\\nhall, in presence of the Assembly demanded the charter,\\nand declared the government that was then acting under it\\nto be dissolved. Governor Treat remonstrated against this\\narbitrary proceeding. He recounted the history of the early\\nsettlement of the colony, the trials and privations endured.\\nHe portrayed their wars with the Indians, and said it would\\nbe like giving up life itself now to surrender the charter\\nthat secured to them rights and privileges so dearly bought\\nand so long enjoyed.\\nThe time wore on; the shades of evening gathered around\\nthe Legislative chamber, still the charter did not make its\\nappearance. Sir Edmond became impatient. Lighted\\ncandles are brought in. The Governor and his assistants\\nappear to yield. The charter is brought in and laid upon\\nthe table in the midst of the Assembly. In an instant the\\nlights were all extinguished and the room wrapped in total\\ndarkness. Not a word was spoken; the silence was as pro-\\nfound as the darkness. The candles were re-lighted, but,\\nstrange to tell, the charter had disappeared. All search\\nwas in vain. Sir Edmond Andross smothered his wrath\\nas well as he could, and in the following strain announced\\nthe dissolution of the Colonial Government:\\nAt a General Court at Hartford, October 31, 1687, His\\nExcellency, Sir Edmond Andross, Knight, and Captain Gen-\\neral, and Governor of His Majesty s territories and do-\\nminions in New England, by order of James II., King of\\nEngland, Scotland, France and Ireland, the 31st of October,\\n1687, took into his hands the government of the Colony of\\nConnecticut, it being by His Majesty annexed to Massa-\\nchusetts and other colonies under His Excellency s Govern-\\nment. Finis.\\nBut where was the charter? What had become of it?\\nAs soon as the lights were put out Capt. Wadsworth\\nseized the charter and carried it out of the room. Secretly\\nhe flew to the friendly tree and deposited it in the hollow of\\nits trunk. That event took place nearly two hundred years\\nago. The old oak, as we have all heard, has fallen. It was", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 9\\nan old tree at that time, and it survived it nearly tveo hun-\\ndred years. What changes took place around it and in the\\nworld from the day when it sprung from the acorn to the\\nday of its fall.\\nBefore Governor Willys came to America he sent forward\\nhis agent to prepare a place for his reception. While they\\nwere felling the trees upon the hill on which Willys after-\\nward lived, he was waited on by some Indians of South\\nMeadow, who came to remonstrate against the cutting\\ndown of a venerable oak that stood upon the side of the\\nmound now consecrated to freedom. It has been said this\\nwas the guide of our ancestors for centuries as to the time\\nof planting corn. When the leaves are the size of mouse s\\nears, then is the time to put the seed into the ground.\\nThat tree, says Hollister, in his history, was the Charter\\nOak.\\nThe colony was soon relieved of the rule of Andross, for\\nin 1688 a great revolution took place in England. James\\n11. was ejected from the throne, and William, Prince of\\nOrange, and Mary ascended it. Governor Treat resumed\\nhis oflSce and things went on as before, and this course re-\\nceived the sanction of the Government in England. Still\\nthe crown wished to have the command of the militia, claim-\\ning it as a royal prerogative. The King conferred it on the\\nGovernor of New York. The Legislature and people re-\\nsisted, and sent a messenger with a petition to the King.\\nFletcher, Governor of New York, was impatient to exercise\\nthis power. He soon made his appearance in Hartford, and\\nordered its militia under arms, that he might beat up for\\nvolunteers for the army. The train bands were assembled,\\nand William Wadsworth, the senior Captain of the town,\\nwalked in front of them, busy in exercising them. Fletcher\\nadvanced to assume command, ordering Bayard of New\\nYork to read his commission and the royal instructions.\\nCaptain Wadsworth then ordered the drums to be beaten.\\nThe petulant Fletcher commanded silence. He had said to\\nGovernor Treat, I will not set my foot out of the colony\\ntill I have seen his majesty s command obeyed. Bayard of", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "10 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNew York once more began to read. Once more the drums\\nbeat. Silence! exclaimed Fletcher. Drum, drum, I say,\\nshouted Wadsworth, adding, as he turned to Fletcher, If\\nI am interrupted again I will make the sun shine through\\nyou in a moment. Fletcher was intimidated and went back\\nin haste to New York, notwithstanding his threat not to Bo\\nso until he had seen the King s order obeyed. The affairs\\nof the colony advanced, marked by no occurrence that it\\nwould be proper to notice in so brief a sketch as I intend\\nthis to be.\\nRemember, the blessings which we enjoy cost a great\\ndeal. How much thought, deliberation, enterprise, how\\nmuch toil and suffering; how many minds and hearts and\\nhands co-operated.\\nIt is wonderful, also, to notice the indications of Divine\\ninterposition. How remarkably is that evident in raising\\nup men just suited to the emergency, and bringing them on\\nthe spot at the critical moment. Were wisdom and sagacity\\nrequired, the Winthrops, the Davenports, the Hookers, the\\nEatons were at hand. Did the emergency demand boldness\\nand prompt action, then men like Captains Mason and\\nWadsworth started up. How much reason, then, for con-\\ngratulation that the planting and early care of the colony\\nwas entrusted to such hands. But it was not the distin-\\nguished leaders in council or in the field alone who were\\nanimated by the right spirit. The great body of the men\\nwhose names are not distinguished were the genuine\\nmaterial out of which to lay the foundations of a great\\nnation. The intelligent yeomen, the high-hearted, virtuous\\nwomen of that day, sustained and encouraged those whom\\nthey put in advance. But what was the secret of their\\nwisdom and energy? They feared God. They saw clearly\\ntheir rights and duties, and, trusting in Him, they had but\\nlittle dread of men or kings.\\nThey w^ere respectful to legitimate authority; they obeyed\\nthe laws; but then they could not endure injustice and\\noppression.\\nIt is plain that this colony and the other colonies were in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "BUTTERMILK FALLS.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 11\\ntraining tor independence. This they did not know, al-\\nthough we can now see how certainly it was so. While\\ncolonies they in fact governed themselves. They came to\\nregard it not as a privilege but as a right to do so. They\\nwere eminently a religious people. In all emergencies,\\nbefore taking an important step, they looked to God. They\\nset apart a day of fasting and prayer for Divine guidance.\\nThey did this when their charter was in danger. They did\\nit when they were threatened by the Indians. O, that more\\nof their spirit now animated us, their descendants, who have\\nentered upon the great inheritance that they have be-\\nqueathed to us. When there is wrong in high places, when\\nthose in power decree unrighteous judgments, while we\\nare doing everything else that our duty prescribes, let us\\nalso pray to the God of our fathers.\\nII,\\nSALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN BUILDING THE\\nMEETING HOUSE.\\nBy Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D.\\nOn Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1857, Dr. Eldridgt\\ndelivered his second discourse on the History of Norfolk.\\nThis date was a few weeks after the beginning of the Re-\\nvival of 1857, in which he was most deeply engrossed, and\\nto which he makes reference.\\nHe said Tast Thanksgiving Day I commenced a history\\nof Norfolk, and gave one installment, which consisted of a\\nbrief sketch of the history of the state previous to the set-\\ntlement of this place. Another installment I shall give on\\nthis occasion, but it will be more brief and imperfect than\\nI could wish, owing to the fact that, being much occupied\\nfor a few weeks past, I have had but very little time to\\ndevote to its preparation.\\nThe unsettled lands in the northwest part of this state\\nwere for a number of years the subject of a violent contro-\\nversy. The parties in the controversy were the Colony of", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nConnecticut \u00c2\u00abn the one hand and the towns of Hartford and\\nWindsor on the other. Sir Edmond Andross, the emissary\\nof James II., was expected in the country armed with\\nauthority to vacate the charter of the colonies of New Eng-\\nland. In anticipation of this visit, and to secure the unsold\\nlands from his rapacity, the Colony of Connecticut, by the\\nact of its Legislature, passed January 26, 1686, made the\\ntowns of Hartford and Windsor the following grant: This\\ncourt grants to the plantations of Hartford and Windsor\\nthose lands on; the north of Woodbury and Mattatuck, and\\non the west of Farmington and Simsbury to the Massachu-\\nsetts line north, to run west to Housatonic or Stratford\\nriver, provided it be not, or part of it, formerly granted to\\nany particular persons, to form a plantation or village,\\nThe design of this conveyance was that these towns,\\nthat had never purchased these lands and had no ground\\nof claim to them, should hold them for the colony until\\nthose days of trouble and danger should be past. But on\\nthe arrival of better times the towns of Hartford and Wind-\\nsor set up a claim to all these lands, basing it on the afore-\\nsaid grant, and proceeded to make sales of portions of\\nthem. A bitter controversy sprung up, threatening serious\\nconsequences. In October, 1722, the Assembly being in\\nsession at Hartford, individuals who had taken possession\\nof lands under titles derived from Hartford and Windsor,\\nwere arrested as trespassers, and imprisoned at Hartford.\\nA mob collected, broke open the jail, and released them.\\nAnticipating the most disastrous consequences from the\\ncontinuance of the controversy, the Assembly, two years\\nafterwards, 1724, appointed a committee to take the whole\\nsubject into consideration, and report some mode of\\namicably adjusting the difficulty. This committee at the\\nend of two years reported that the lands be equally divided\\nbetween, or half go to the colony and the other half to the\\ntowns of Hartford and Windsor. This report was substan-\\ntially adopted by the Assembly, May, 1726, and subsequently\\nsecured by patent to Hartford and Windsor, the eastern\\nhalf of the disputed lands, viz., that portion of them east of", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 13\\nLitchfield, Goshen and Norfolk, and reserved to the colony\\nthe western half, viz., Goshen, Norfolk, Canaan, Cornwall,\\nKent and Salisbury.\\nThe question of title being settled, the Assembly pro-\\nceeded to survey and divide into townships its lands.\\nNorfolk, as thus laid out, is nine miles long, from north\\nto south, and four and a half broad on an average from east\\nto west, and is estimated to contain 22,336 acres of land.\\nThe town was originally divided into fifty-three rights of\\nland, each containing, on estimation 400 acres. Three of\\nthese rights the state reserved, one for the benefit of\\nschools, one to aid in the support of the minister, and one\\nto be given in fee to the first orthodox minister who should\\nbe settled in the town.\\nSoon after these five towns, Goshen, Norfolk, Canaan,\\nKent and Salisbury, were laid out, the trustees of Yale\\nCollege applied to the Assembly for a grant of land in aid\\nof the institution, and in 1732 the Assembly made a grant\\nof 1500 acres to the trustees 300 acres in each town.\\nThe town of Norfolk was offered for sale at Hartford,\\nthe second Tuesday of April, 1738. No purchaser appeared\\nIn 1742 it was again offered, at Middletown, but was not\\nfound to be in great demand, owing, probably to the fact\\nthat there were in the market lands of better quality in\\ntowns more eligibly situated. In May, 1750, the Assembly\\nordered what remained undisposed of to be sold at auction\\nat Middletown the December following, but all of the rights\\nwere not sold till about four years later.\\nThe town was incorporated in 1758, and then contained\\ntwenty-seven resident families. Each proprietor of a right\\nwas required to settle one family on his right within five\\nyears. In about three years the number of families in-\\ncreased to sixty, and soon after to seventy. Some of the\\noriginal purchasers of rights, on seeing the land, forfeited\\ntheir first payment of forty shillings on a right. The por-\\ntions so relinquished were re-sold. The first town meeting\\nwas holden December 12, 1758. There were forty-four legal\\nvoters present.", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nI would here remark that I have been furnished with the\\ngenealogies of several families, and should be obliged for\\nany others. These ought to be appended to the history of\\nthe town; also as full sketches as possible of individuals\\nthat have been any way eminent.\\nThe important matter of religion received early atten-\\ntion. The town and ecclesiastical society were one and the\\nsame body at that early day, and continued to be so for\\nmore than fifty years.\\nThe first sermon delivered in the town was preached by\\na Rev. Mr. Treat, December 20, 1758. A Kev. Mr. Peck was\\nhired the January following, 1759, and supplied the pulpit,\\nor the people, with preaching for some time, for the meeting\\nhouse was not then commenced.\\nIn 1760, March 31, they invited Rev. Noah YV etmore to\\nsettle with them, but for some reason the Ecclesiastical\\nCouncil did rwot approve of him, and the business fell\\nthrough. The same year, 1760, after a probation of several\\nmonths, they invited Rev, eTesse Ives to settle with them\\nin the gospel ministry, but before the arrangement was\\nconsummated, in a personal interview with one of his pro-\\nspective parishioners, the Rev. Mr. Ives lost his temper, and\\nmade use of some expression that disgusted the man, and\\nwhen made known, the people also, and put a stop to the\\nproceedings looking to his settlement here in the ministry.\\nIn June, 1761, Rev. Ammi R. Robbins was invited to\\npreach as a candidate. On the 16th of September following\\nhe received a unanimous call to settle with them in the\\nministry. As an inducement to accept their invitation, they\\noffered Rev. Mr. Robbins the right of land reserved by the\\nAssembly for the first minister settled in the place, and\\n\u00c2\u00a362 10s. lawful money per annum for the first two years of\\nhis ministry, and afterward \u00c2\u00a370 lawful money per annum.\\nRev. Mr. Robbins accepted the proposal and was ordained\\nOctober 28, 1761. At a town meeting holden six years after-\\nwards, the consent of Rev. Mr. Robbins having been ob-\\ntained, it was voted that the salary of \u00c2\u00a370 which had been\\npreviously paid in lawful money should thereafter be paid", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 15\\nin produce, to wit., pork, beef, wheat, rye, Indian corn, iron,\\ncheese, tallow, either or all of them, at a reasonable price;\\nand it was further voted that the town should appoint annu-\\nally five men as committee to agree with Rev. Mr. Bobbins\\nas to the price of the aforesaid articles; and in case the\\nsaid committee and Rev. Mr. Robbins could not agree upon\\nthe price, then the committee and Mr. Robbins should\\nchoose three judicious, indifferent men to determine the\\nprice. This last committee was to be chosen as follows:\\nMr. Robbins should select one, the committee one, and in\\ncase the minister and town committee could not agree as\\nto the third, then the two so selected shall choose the third.\\nThis arrangement was carried out during a period of more\\nthan forty years.\\nThe history of the erection of the first meeting-house\\nthrows a good deal of light upon the pecuniary condition of\\nthe people of the town, and also their zeal and perseverance\\nin their endeavors to provide for themselves the stated\\nmeans of grace. This first house stood very nearly where\\nthis house now stands. In dimensions it was fifty feet by\\nforty, and of suitable height for galleries, without a steeple.\\nIn 1759, two years previous to the settlement of Mr. Rob-\\nbins, the house was raised and covered. In 1761, the year\\nof kis ordination, it was underpinned and the lower fioor\\nlaid. Such was its condition when he was ordained in it.\\nIn 1767 the gallery floor was laid; 1769 the lower part of the\\nhouse and the pulpit were finished. January 2, 1770, it was,\\nin the words of the time, dignified and seated; that is, the\\nplaces to be occupied by those of various ages determined,\\nand individuals located in them, as is done now. The next\\nyear the galleries were completed, and a cushion for the\\npulpit procured. The outside was painted the color of a\\npeach blossom.\\nThis house was removed 1813. At the time of its erec-\\ntion and for years afterward it was so shut in by hemlock\\nand maple trees that to one coming from the south it was\\nnot visible till he had reached the lower part of the present\\ngreen, which was much encumbered with rocks. In this", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "16 HISTORY OF }^OPtFOLK.\\nbuilding, while it was in process of erection as well as after\\ncompletion, the people assembled summer and winter. No\\nattempt to warm it was thought of. Attendance on public\\nworship was in a sense required, for the town appointed\\ncertain persons whose duty it was to see that every one\\nshould attend who was without valid excuse, and also that\\nevery family be furnished with a copy of the Holy Scrip-\\ntures.\\nThe church had no bell, and in those days clocks and\\nwatches were not very common. Some method of appris-\\ning the people when the hour for public worship had ar-\\nrived was necessary. Accordingly I find in the town records\\nthat at a town meeting held June 24, 1760, the selectmen\\nof the town were required to appoint some suitable person\\nto give some suitable signal for the time to meet for public\\nworship. This signal was for some time the blowing of a\\nhorn.\\nNear the meeting-house there were erected what were\\ncalled Sabbath-day-houses. There is a record of a vote\\ngranting leave to John Turner, Jedediah Richards, William\\nWalter, Eli Pettibone and Nehemiah Lawrence to build a\\nSabbath-day-house and a horse-house on a part of the land\\nthat had been purchased as a site for the meeting-house.\\nVoted also to grant the same leave to any other inhabitants\\nof the town. The object of these houses was to furnish the\\nowners of them, and such friends as they were disposed to\\ninvite, with a warm retreat in winter during the interval\\nbetween the forenoon and afternoon public services. These\\nhouses generally consisted of two rooms, ten or twelve feet\\nsquare, with a chimney in the center and a fireplace in each\\nroom. They were generally built at the expense of two or\\nmore families. Dry fuel was kept in them ready for kindling\\na fire. On the morning of the Sabbath the owmer of each\\nroom deposited in his saddle-bags, (for there was not a\\nwheel vehicle for horses in the town until a comparatively\\nrecent period), the necessary refreshment for himself and\\nfamily, and started early for church. He first called at the\\nSabbath-day-house, deposited his luncheon, built a fire, and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 17\\nthen at the hour of worship they went to the meeting-house\\nand endured the cold during the morning services. At noon\\nthey returned to the Sabbath-day-house, the contents of the\\nsaddle-bags were displayed on a little table, and all partook.\\nThen at the time of the afternoon service they repaired\\nagain to the meeting, and if the weather were very severe\\nthey warmed themselves again at the Sabbath-day-house\\nbefore setting out for home; extinguished the fire, locked\\nthe door an.d went their ways.\\nThe church was organized in 1760, the year previous to\\nthe settlement of Rev. Mr. Bobbins, and consisted of only\\ntwenty-three members.\\nWhile thus providing themselves the means of religious\\ninstruction and improvement, and evincing such a sense\\nof the importance of Christian institutions, though at the\\nbeginning the number of professors was not relatively large,\\nthe early inhabitants of this town were also alive to the\\nvalue of education. Their interest in schools is very mani-\\nfest from the records of the town, but their means were\\nvery limited and there was much to be done. The Bible,\\nthe New England Primer, Dilworth s Spelling Book and an\\nelementary arithmetic called the Schoolmaster s Assistant\\nwere the school books in use. The children learned to write\\nsometimes on birch bark and sometimes on paper, which\\nwas then a very scarce article. Ink was made of berries of\\nsumach, and inkstands from the tips of cattle s horns.\\nIt is very difficult for us to imagine the actual condition\\nof things during the early periods of the history of the\\ntown. The face of nature has undergone a great change.\\nA large portion of the hills and valleys were covered with\\na dense forest. The roads were few compared with what\\nthey are now; narrow, and for the most part in miserable\\ncondition.\\nThey were bordered by the forest. The cleared portions\\nwere like patches on the general landscape.\\nThe population was much shut up from the world at\\nlarge. The state of the roads between towns rendered com-\\nmunication difficult. All teaming was done by oxen. No-", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "18 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbody used a horse except for riding under the saddle and\\npillion.\\nCloth of every description was manufactured in the\\nfamily. There was no cotton in use. Woolen and linen\\nwere the staples. The wool was carded, spun, woven and\\ndyed at home. The flax was hatcheled and spun and woven\\nthere also. The old-fashioned foot-wheels are yet to be\\nfound in the garrets of many houses.\\nCommunication by letters between different towns and\\ndifferent parts of the country was slow and uncertain. It\\nwas customary if a person was going to Hartford, Simsbury\\nor elsewhere, for him to give out word some time before-\\nhand, that any who might wish to send by him might have\\nan opportunity to do so. The Hartford Courant was the\\nonly newspaper received by anybody for many years. It\\nwas brought by a post-boy, who rode on hoseback, once a\\nweek. There was no post-office in this town till 1803. The\\nmail route from Hartford to Hudson was established some\\nyears previous. The mail was carried on horseback, and the\\nletters for Norfolk were left at North Canaan post-office.\\nMichael F. Mills, Esq., who died this year, was the first\\npostmaster in this town. He had a table with a drawer\\ndivided into two compartments, one for letters to be sent\\nand the other for those received. The information of events\\nin different parts of the country travelled slowly, and it\\nwas often in the form of rumor, of which none had means of\\narriving at the exact truth. Intelligence from England was\\nmany months in reaching the colonies; and yet at the very\\ntime when the settlement of the town was commenced\\nevents of the most stirring character were taking place.\\nThe old French war was in progress. The colonies were\\nexerting themselves to the utmost in aid of the mother\\ncountry. Canada was in the hands of the French. In 1755\\nfour expeditions were planned in England against the\\nFrench on this continent: one against Fort du Quesne, at\\nthe forks of the Ohio; one against Nova Scotia; one against\\nCrown Point, and one against Fort Niagara. Two of these\\nexpeditions were successful, and two proved failures. That", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 19\\nagainst Crown Point was one of the successful expeditions.\\nThe Connecticut troops, one thousand, under Major General\\nLyman of Goshen, were there. In that year Connecticut\\nsent two thousand troops into the field. The next year she\\nraised 2.500. In 1758 Connecticut Colony voted to raise\\n5000 troops and \u00c2\u00a330,000, lawful money. The next year she\\nraised the same number of troops and \u00c2\u00a350,000. It was thus,\\nin the midst of such events, that our fathers laid the founda-\\ntions of society here.\\nBut I cannot go on further at present. We see much to\\ncommiserate in their condition, but also much to admire in\\ntheir spirit and temper. Difficulties are good for men if they\\nare of the right metal. It is in part to their very trials and\\nhardships that our fathers were indebted for their practical\\nenergy and good sense. Thus they were prepared under\\nProvidence, to act so well their part, not only for them-\\nselves but for their descendants, for their country, and for\\nthe world. I hope to continue this narrative hereafter. The\\nday calls for the exercise of gratitude. To some it may\\nseem that in the present condition of the country we have\\nmuch reason for humility and penitence, but scarcely any\\nfor thanks. How abundant have been the harvests of the\\nyear everywhere; how general the prevalence of health;\\nhow undisturbed the land from serious internal dissensions,\\nor threatening dangers from without. Does not all this\\nfurnish material for gratitude to the author of all our\\nmercies. The very calamities that press upon the land,\\nproperly viewed, may be discovered to be mercies. The\\ncountry was running mad in its eager haste for gain. Every-\\nthing tended to materialize and degrade the feelings.\\nThe power of mammon was becoming greater and greater.\\nNot only all elevated thoughts and sentiments were being\\ncrushed out, but under such influence crimes of every hue,\\nfraud, deception, embezzlement, were becoming rife, and\\nthe public mind was coming to be accustomed to them as\\nmatters of course. A rebuke of some sort seemed to be\\nnecessary, something of sufficient force and extent to make\\na deep and general impression. By our follies and excesses", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwe, as a people, have brought upon ourselves such a rebuke\\nin the Providence of God. The lesson will cost much, but\\nlet us hope that it will be worth much to individuals, to\\ncommunities and to the land. It should lead men to reflec-\\ntion on something else than mere gain, and prepare the\\nway for a general revival of religion in the country. No\\nblessing could be more precious. If such be the design of\\nGod, as I think there are grounds to hope, then we may\\nindeed thank God for our very troubles. (How truly pro-\\nphetic were these words.)\\nHI.\\nEVENTS OF INTEREST IN THE TOWN UP TO THE TIME OF THE\\nREVOLUTION ART WAR.\\nBy Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D.\\nThe next chapter in the history of this town, written by\\nDr. Eldridge, was delivered as a discourse on Thanksgiving\\nDay, November 24, 1859, as follows:\\nIn recounting the history of this place, I had reached,\\nwhen I last spoke on the subject, the period of the Old\\nFrench War, as it was called; the war which England car-\\nried on against France from 1756 to 1763, and in which,\\naided by the colonies, she made conquest of Canada, wrest-\\ning entirely from the French government the whole of that\\nvast territory. For this war, that resulted so favorably for\\nGreat Britain, the Colony of Connecticut had furnished, in\\nproportion to her population and means, a larger number of\\nsoldiers and more money than any other colony; and as\\nevidence of the strong sympathy of the colonies with the\\nmother country, a day of public thanksgiving was observed\\nthroughout New England, on account of the success that\\nhad crowned the British arms. It is worth while to notice\\nthis circumstance, as we shall then be able to see how un-\\nreasonable and how short-sighted were those measures\\nadopted by the British government, that in a little more\\nthan ten years after the close of the French war, drove the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3539", "width": "2147", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XORFOLK. 21\\ncolonies into rebellion, and led on to the war of the Revolu-\\ntion. In this interval between 1763 and 1775, the affairs\\nof the town gradually improved.\\nThe population increased, the lands were bought up,\\nroads in different directions were laid out and opened. It\\nis remarkable in looking over the town records to observe\\nhow much more frequently town meetings were holden than\\nat the present time. There was a great deal of public busi-\\nness coming up and demanding attention. Then every-\\nthing connected with the Ecclesiastical Society was done\\nby the town. I will quote a few votes passed in town meet-\\ning that will serve as well as anything to assist us in re-\\ncalling those times. In a town meeting held in Norfolk\\nApril 23, 1762, lawfully assembled, Mr. William Walter,\\nmoderator, voted: That we will join with the town of\\nGoshen in preferring a prayer to the honorable General\\nAssembly to be holden in Hartford on the 14th day of May\\nnext, for liberty for a lottery to raise \u00c2\u00a3100, lawful money,\\nto be laid out in making and repairing public highways\\nin said town of Norfolk. Voted, that Gapt. Samuel Petti-\\nbone of Goshen be agent for said town to put in a prayer\\nfor said town, and manage the affair at the said Assembly\\nfor said town.\\nThis would indicate the scarcity of money.\\nAt an adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of the town\\nof Norfolk lawfully assembled December 9, 1765, Capt.\\nAbraham Camp, moderator, it was put to vote whether\\nthe town would do anything further towards finishing the\\nmeeting house. The house was begun in 1759, and in 1765,\\nwhen the question of doing anything towards finishing it\\nwas put to vote in town meeting, it was voted that they\\nwould do something towards finishing it. It had been\\nenclosed and floored, but was yet without regular slips,\\nwithout a pulpit, and without any galleries. It was voted\\nthat a rate of two pence on the pound should be raised\\non the list of 1765, to be paid in good and merchantable\\npine boards, to be delivered at the meeting-house in said\\nNorfolk at \u00c2\u00a31, 4s, per thousand, or in good bar iron", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "22 HISTORY OF XOKFOLK.\\nat \u00c2\u00a31, 4s, per hundred pounds, to be delivered at the\\nsaid meeting-house, all at or before the 5th day of Sep-\\ntember next, to be used and disposed of toward finishing\\nsaid meeting-house; and Messrs. Joseph Seward, Giles Pet-\\ntibone and Daniel Humphrey were chosen a committee to\\nreceive said boards and iron, and improve them for said\\nuse. Mr. Samuel Cowles was chosen a collector, to collect\\nsaid rate.\\nSeptember 19, 1769, Capt. Abraham Camp, moderator,\\nit was voted that the town will proceed to have the meet-\\ning-house seated, so soon as the seats in the lower part of\\nthe meeting-house are finished. It was now ten years since\\nthe house was begun.\\nVoted, that Mr. Ezra Knapp, Capt. Isaac Holt, Titus\\nIves, Samuel Cowles, Daniel Humphrey, William Bishop\\nand Elijah Grant be a committee to seat the meeting-house.\\nVoted, that the rule for the seaters to go by shall be,\\nthat one year in age shall be counted equal to five pound\\nlist. Voted, that there shall not be but one head counted\\nin any man s list in order to seating. Voted, that the seaters\\nshall dignify the seats as they shall think proper. By dig-\\nnifying the seats was intended, I suppose, arranging them\\naccording to their relative eligibility, or desirableness.\\nThis was the first seating of the meeting-house. The prac-\\ntice has existed during the ninety years that have since\\nelapsed.\\nThe matter of singing in the church, that stone of\\nstumbling, and fertile source of trouble in most congrega-\\ntions, but which so far as I learn has always been man-\\naged in this place so as to secure both social and musical\\nharmony, received early attention in town meeting, where\\nalmost every affair sooner or later came under considera-\\ntion.\\nAt a town meeting, Giles Pettibone, Esq., in the chair,\\nit was Voted, That the town have a right to order and\\ndirect in respect to singing in public worship. Having\\nlaid down the principle, the meeting proceeded to appoint\\nfive choristers, viz.: Samuel Cowles, Jr., Andrew Moore,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 23\\nEliphalet Hatch, John Phelps and Joseph Mills, Jr. The\\nreason for choosing so many leaders does not appear. It\\nmay have been an adroit measure to guard against the\\njealousy that might have been excited, had the whole honor\\nof leading the choir been conferred upon one, instead of\\nbeing subdivided among several. The choristers were thus\\nchosen in town meeting from 1774 until 1790. No money\\nwas appropriated to improve the singing before 1798, when\\ntwelve dollars was voted for that purpose. In reviewing\\nyour father s efforts to provide themselves the means of\\npublic worship, viz., a religious teacher, a meeting-house,\\nand the like, the first thought may be that these efforts were\\npoor and feeble. The next and deeper thoughts will be,\\nthat they evince a high sense of the value of religious insti-\\ntutions, and a steady zeal and perseverance worthy of all\\npraise. Their circumstances were widely different in this\\nrespect from that of those who now go forth into the new\\nsettlements to lay the foundations of towns and cities.\\nThe latter leave behind them comparatively wealthy com-\\nmunities whose sympathies will accompany them, and\\nwhose contributions will aid in their early struggles, in\\nsustaining their minister, in erecting their places of wor-\\nship, and in providing themselves the means of intellectual\\nand religious education. Their condition is known all over\\nthe country. How different was the condition of the earlier\\nsettlers of Connecticut, especially of those whose lot was\\ncast in this part of the state. They were alone in the wil-\\nderness. Their communication with other places was slow,\\ndifficult and infrequent. They had no missionary society\\nto present their condition to the congregations in the older\\nsettlements, to awaken sympathy and solicit and receive\\naid in their behalf. The whole country was relatively poor;\\nit was all new, with everything to be done. The early in-\\nhabitants of these interior towns were in a great measure\\ncut off from the rest of the world; they were thrown upon\\ntheir own resources. If they had a minister they must get\\nhim and sustain him themselves. If they had a house to\\nmeet in, it must be such an one as they could erect them-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "24 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nselves, and it must be completed as soon as they, with all\\nthe other urgent demands upon their labor and means,\\nshould be able to finish it. But were they disheartened,\\nbecause they must begin small and proceed slowly? No.\\nIn less than three years from the time that the first town\\nmeeting was held, 1758, they had a settled minister. Their\\nmeeting-house was begun in 1759; all they could do that\\nyear was to raise and enclose it. They met in it, or rather\\nunder it, in that state two years, till 1761, when the lower\\nfloor was laid and the building underpinned, and there\\nthen was another interval. Did it not show a noble spirit\\nwhen they could do no more, yet to do the little they could?\\nSuch men must have placed a high estimate on the estab-\\nlished means of grace. Were they mistaken? were they\\nfoolish to struggle so hard and so perseveringly in the mat-\\nter? Do you doubt whether the prayer offered and the wor-\\nship rendered to God in that floorless house was acceptable?\\nThe blessings we now enjoy are the fruit of their sacrifices\\nand their prayers.\\nBut to return to the narrative: At the close of the\\nFrench war, 1763, during which the colonies had done good\\nservice, had contributed to the success of the British arms,\\nand shared in the triumph, there prevailed in the colonies\\nthe best state of feeling toward the mother country and\\nthe English government. In a few years these loyal and\\nfraternal sentiments gave place, first, to dissatisfaction,\\nthen to a sense of oppression, and finally to a determined\\npurpose of resistance.\\nHow was the great, sad, and lamentable change brought\\nabout, and who were the responsible authors of it? It result-\\ned in the most natural way imaginable from the measures in\\nreference to the colonies that the government of Great\\nBritain thought proper to adopt. That government had\\nfrom the beginning, by a system of enactments called the\\nnavigation laws, monopolized the foreign trade of the\\ncolonies. They were not allowed to carry on any direct\\ncommerce with any other country than Great Britain. They\\n.must sell to her what they wished to dispose of, and buy", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 25\\nof her what they needed to purchase, although these arti-\\ncles thus to be obtained from her were the product of other\\ncountries. This monopoly was oppressive, but having been\\naccustomed to it from the outset, the colonies had learned\\nto submit to it without complaint. But another new step\\nwhich the home government proposed to take, and did take,\\ncreated great dissatisfaction, and aroused a strong and set-\\ntled purpose of resistance. That step was, to impose taxes\\nupon them by act of Parliament, they having no represen-\\ntation in Parliament. Briefly, it was taxation without rep-\\nresentation. The colonies were not opposed to paying\\ntaxes, but they desired the privilege of voting them them-\\nselves. They had thus taxed themselves very heavily dur-\\ning the French war. They had shown no disposition to\\nshirk any burden, yet some men of despotic temper in the\\nBritish government were not content to leave the colonies\\nany voice as to what they should pay. That point it was\\nasserted ought to be decided by Parliament, and the colo-\\nnies must have nothing to do with the matter. The British\\ngovernment, it was claimed, had a right to put its hand\\ninto the pockets of the colonies, as often and as deeply as\\nit, to its sovereign pleasure, might seem best.\\nThe colonies said, we are willing to contribute from\\nour pockets, but we prefer not to have anybody s hands\\nput into them but our own.\\nNow it will be seen that the colonies were the very\\nworst material to be found in the whole world, out of which\\nto make mere drudges and slaves. They had not paid any\\ntax at home without having the privilege of voting upon\\nits necessity and amount. In town meetings or colonial\\nlegislatures they had, directly or by their representative,\\na voice in laying all taxes. For men thus accustomed to\\nconnect the right of being represented in each and every\\nassembly that imposed taxes with the obligation to pay,\\nto be told that they must allow Parliament to decide that\\nmatter, and that they must and should pay what Parlia-\\nment chose to demand, filled them with astonishment. It\\nwas a plain case of the most grievous oppression.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThey attempted to argue the case. Some of the ablest\\nmen iu the colonies presented in a clear and strong light\\nthe rights which belonged to them as constituent parts of\\nthe British Empire. The case appeared to them so plain\\nthat they could not doubt that the government would come\\nto view it in the same manner. In this confident expecta-\\ntion they were doomed to meet a sad disappointment. In-\\nstead of yielding to the arguments presented and urged by\\nthe advocates of the rights and interests of the colonies,\\nthe government at home repelled them in a tone at once\\nhaughty and menacing, and insisted on prompt and uncon-\\nditional obedience to the acts of Parliament, the stamp\\nact, and others based on the same principle. The colonists\\nhardly knew what to do or what to expect. They could\\nhardly persuade themselves that the government would\\npersist in the course it had adopted; that it would resort\\nto force for the purpose of compelling them to submission.\\nTheir doubts on this point were ere long removed. They\\nwere constrained to conclude that there was no other alter-\\nnative but implicit obedience to the acts of Parliament, or\\nopen resistance to the whole power of England.\\nOn such times your ancestors fell, just as they were\\nlaying the foundations of society in this place. The first\\nnotice of these public affairs to be found in the records of\\nthe town, is as follows:\\nAt a town meeting held at Norfolk, lawfully assembled\\nJune 30, 1774, Mr. Dudley Humphrey, moderator, the fol-\\nlowing action was had: Taking into consideration the\\ntruly alarming, threatening steps and acts of the British\\nLegislature, respecting our liberties, and, in a word, all\\nthat is dear both with regard to ourselves and all British\\nAmerica, the Resolves of our honorable House of Repre-\\nsentatives being laid before the meeting were highly ap-\\nproved of, Therefore, Voted, that the Resolves passed by\\nthe honorable House of Representatives of this Colony at\\nHartford, May last, be entered at large on the records of\\nthis town, as containing sentiments worthy to be ever\\nabided by.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 27\\nThere were eleven of these Resolutions. The substantial\\npoint set forth in them was, that taxation and representa-\\ntion were inseparably connected together; and that inas-\\nmuch as the colonies were not represented in the Parlia-\\nment of Great Britain, Therefore, that Parliament had not\\nthe right to tax the colonies, this being the matter chiefly\\ninsisted on in the Resolutions, as deemed important at the\\ntime.\\nThere were contained in the resolutions also expres-\\nsions of loyalty to the British throne that it is not easy to\\nrealize were honestly entertained by the inhabitants of\\nthis very town. I will quote one or two of them. The first\\nis in these terms:\\nWe do most expressly declare, recognize and acknowl-\\nedge His Majesty, King George the Third, to be the lawful\\nand rightful King of Great Britain and all other of his do-\\nminions and countries, and that it is the indispensable duty\\nof the people of this country, as being part of His Majesty s\\ndominions, always to bear faithful and true allegiance to\\nHis Majesty, and him to defend to the utmost of their\\npower against all attempts upon his royal person, crown\\nand dignity. After setting forth their rights as they re-\\ngard them as British subjects in several particulars, they\\nthus speak in the tenth resolution: We look upon the great-\\nest security and well being of the colony to depend on our\\nconnection with great Britain, which it is ardently wished\\nmay continue to the latest posterity. These were the hon-\\nest sentiments of your ancestors, publicly expressed less\\nthan a century ago, on this very spot. How strange it ap-\\npears to us! What a change has in the meantime come\\nabout!\\nThe last resolution, the eleventh, is a noble one. It is\\nin these terms: Resolved, that it is an indispensable duty\\nwhich we owe to our King, our colony, ourselves, and our\\nposterity, by all lawful ways and means in our power, to\\nmaintain, defend and preserve these our rights and lib-\\nerties, and to transmit them entire and inviolate to the\\nlatest generation; and that it is our fixed determination and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nunalterable resolution faithfully to discharge this our duty.\\nThe event proved how sincere they were in adopting\\nthis resolution. Who is not proud of such an ancestry?\\nwho will not thank God that the shaping of his earthly\\ncondition, the protection and preservation of his rights and\\nliberties, were, before he saw the light, under God com-\\nmitted to such hands?\\nFrom these resolutions it appears that the colonies,\\nfor similar resolutions were adopted in them all, did not\\nat the outset of their troubles aim at, or even desire, Inde-\\npendence. They sought not a separate national existence.\\nThen in this resolution to defend and preserve inviolate\\ntheir rights and liberties they could not foresee the result\\nof their endeavor. They were not cheered by a prospect of\\nthe glorious result. They acted from a noble sense of duty,\\nand trusted the result to God, and it far exceeded their\\nmost exalted anticipations.\\nThe meeting, at which the resolutions just referred to\\nwere endorsed by a unanimous vote of this town, was\\nholden June 20, 1774. On the 20th of September of\\nthe same year at a town meeting of which Giles Pettibone,\\nEsq., was chosen moderator, there was adopted a vote that\\nwas quite significant. Voted a rate of one-half penny on\\nthe pound, to be made on the list of 1773, to raise money\\nto buy a town stock of powder, etc., for the town of Nor-\\nfolk.\\nNothing is said of the reason for providing the town\\nwith powder, etc., but coming soon after their expressed\\ndetermination to maintain their rights and liberties, it\\nhas a rather practical look.\\nPrevious to these troubles that sprung up between the\\ncolonies and the government at home, the colonies were\\npolitically independent of each other. They were mutually\\nconnected by no alliance. Very early after these troubles\\nbegan, which was immediately on the close of the French\\nwar, 1763, the idea of a convention of representatives from\\nthe colonies, occurred to some leading minds; among others\\nto James Otis of Boston. Such a convention was holden", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NOEFOLK. 29\\nin New York in October, 1765, and addressed an united\\npetition to Parliament. The English statesmen at home\\nthought that the colonies never would form any alliance.\\nLord Grenville had said that from jealousy of neighborhood\\nand clashing interests the colonies never could form a dan-\\ngerous alliance among themselves, but must permanently\\npreserve their common connection with the mother country.\\nIn both particulars his prophecy was falsified.\\nNo other convention or congress of representatives was\\nholden till September 5, 1774, when one was assembled at\\nPhiladelphia. In this congress all the colonies except\\nGeorgia were represented. Peyton Kandolph, one of the\\ndelegates from Virginia, was elected Prsident, and Charles\\nThompson, a citizen of Philadelphia, was chosen Secretary.\\nThe rule of proceeding adopted was, to allow each colony\\nor province one vote in determining questions. A com-\\nmittee consisting of two from each colony was appointed\\nto state the rights of the colonies in general, the instances\\nin which those rights had been violated, and the means\\nmost proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of\\nthem. While this convention was in session at Philadel-\\nphia, General Gage, the British general, was throwing up\\nfortifications around Boston. The convention sent a re-\\nmonstrance to Gen. Gage, and passed a resolution approv-\\ning of the opposition of the inhabitants of Massachusetts\\nto the execution of the late acts of Parliament, and de-\\nclaring that if the same shall be attempted to be carried\\ninto execution by force, in such case all America ought to\\nsupport them in their opposition. The convention at Phila-\\ndelphia remained in session till October, when they adopted\\nwith great unanimity a series of resolutions in the same\\nspirit with those that had been adopted in the General As-\\nsembly of Connecticut, and they prepared addresses to the\\nKing, to the people of Great Britain, to the inhabitants of\\nthe colonies they represented, and to the inhabitants of\\nthe Province of Quebec. These addresses were admirable,\\nnot merely for the clearness and firmness with which the\\nrights of their country were vindicated, but for unexampled", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "30 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nelevation and dignity of sentiment, as well as energy and\\nelegance of language. Lord Chatham said, *That though\\nhe had studied and admired the free states of antiquity,\\nthe master spirits of the world, yet for solidity of reason-\\ning force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, no body\\nof men could stand in preference to this Congress.\\nBut what had all this to do with the inhabitants of\\nthis little town up among the mountains? The records of\\nthe town show that your ancestors here thought they were\\nconcerned. They were fully alive to what was going for-\\nward in England, at Boston, and in Philadelphia.\\nThe resolutions adopted at Philadelphia were scattered\\nover the land, and everywhere met a most hearty response.\\nThe following entry is found in the records of this town:\\nAt a town meeting held at Norfolk December 26th, 1774,\\nAsahel Case was chosen moderator; Voted, that the re-\\nsolves and association of the Continental Congress, held at\\nPhiladelphia, September 5, 1774, are well approved of and\\nagreed to be abided by, by said town, not one appearing in\\nthe negative. And when the day of resolutions was passed,\\nand that of action had arrived, we have evidence that the\\npeople of this place made good all their pledges.\\nJonathan Trumbull was then Governor of Connecticut.\\nGeneral Washington used, I believe, to speak of him as\\nBrother Jonathan, and relied upon him with great con-\\nfidence. He was always ready to lend all the help he could,\\nand the people of his gallant little state were prompt in\\nresponding to calls for assistance, made by their beloved\\nGovernor. Various items in your town records show this.\\nBut time will not permit further details, except to refer to\\none circumstance; that is, that Rev. Mr. Bobbins, the first\\nminister of this place, by the consent of the people, went for\\na time in the capacity of Chaplain in the Army. In the win-\\nter of 1775, an expedition was sent into Canada under the\\ncommand of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, who\\nwas to be aided by General Benedict Arnold, who was sent\\nto meet him before Quebec. General Montgomery was an\\nEnglishman; he was under Wolf, who took Quebec, but on", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 31\\nthe breaking out of the Revolutionary war joined the Amer-\\nicans, and was appointed one of the eight Brigadier Gen-\\nerals under General Washington. He took Montreal, but\\nin a night attack on Quebec, in December, failed and was\\nkilled.\\nAn attempt was made to reinforce Arnold. Troops\\nwere sent up from this state, and it was as Chaplain of the\\nConnecticut recruits that Mr. Bobbins went. He left home\\nMarch 18, 1776, and returned home October 31st. He made\\none flying visit to his family in the meantime. We cannot\\nget anything like a correct idea of the early history of this\\ntown without keeping in mind the condition of the country\\nat the time. Then we see how numerous were the difficul-\\nties with which they had to struggle, and how manfully\\nthey encountered them.\\nOne advantage of becoming familiar with the early his-\\ntory of our town and our country will be to revive family\\nties, and to strengthen local attachment. I am gratified\\nto see an increased disposition to trace out the genealogies\\nof families, and to mark with monuments the places that\\nhave been rendered worthy of remembrance on account of\\nthe deeds that have distinguished them.\\nMany causes have operated to weaken in our country\\nthe strength of natural ties, and to render us forgetful of\\nour ancestors, and our kindred.\\nThe Revolutionary war seemed to cut us ofif from those\\nfamilies in England from whom our ancestors descended.\\nThen families here seldom remain together on the same\\nspot, or in the same neighborhood. They become scattered\\nand soon forget each other. Everything that counteracts\\nthis tendency is to be welcomed as of good tendency. The\\nmemory of our ancestors is a legacy of value, and we ought\\nnot to be indifferent to the place where they lived, labored,\\ndied, and where their bones repose.\\nI wish we had more love of our native towns and coun-\\ntry. Such feelings are not poetical moonshine. They are\\nnatural and manly sentiments. They are worthy of culti-\\nvation. I hope as time rolls on, and the science and art", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "32 HISTOEY OF NOEFOLK.\\nof agriculture shall be improved, that there will be less\\npulling up and going to the everlasting West, leaving our\\nold homesteads to degenerate under the semi-barbarous\\nusage of foreigners. We have a lovable country; that is,\\none that is suited to enlist the affections. When men shall\\nlearn that it can be made fertile with proper care; that it\\nis wise to invest their surplus earnings, not in getting more\\nland, but in improving what they have; that such invest-\\nments are the safest in the long run, the most productive;\\nthen we shall not go out to settle on the dead flats of west-\\nern prairies, where there is no more difference between\\nfarms than between two eggs. Who can love one quarter\\nsection rather than another? The farms have no features;\\nnothing to distinguish them.\\nThe Scotchman loves his wild mountains and lakes.\\nThe Swiss cling with an undying affection to his heaven\\ntowering Alps. The hills and valleys around us, our clear,\\nswift streams present pictures to the eye. Every farm is\\nan individual thing; and when the whole has been adorned\\nby a more generous cultivation, and by public spirit; and\\nwhen we think of the rich associations that the fathers\\nhave left upon it, who will not say that the lines have fallen\\nto us in pleasant places, and that we have a goodly heri-\\ntage? Let us thank God for it, and for our fathers, who in\\ntheir day performed their duty. Let us cultivate a local\\nspirit, and strive to transmit the place improved in all re-\\nspects to our descendants.\\nBreathes there a man with soul so dead,\\nWho never to himself hath said,\\nThis is my own, my native land?", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 33\\nIV.\\nCONNECTICUT S EARLY TOWN SYSTEM SETTLEMENT OF FIRST TOWNS\\nIN LITCHFIELD COUNTY GRANT OF YHE WESTERN LANDS,\\nWHICH BECAME THIRTEEN TOWNS, TO THE TOWNS OF HARTFORD\\nAND WINDSOR LONG CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE COLONY AND\\nTHOSE TOWNS ORGANIZATION OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY FINAL\\nSALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN AND ITS INCORPORATION\\nORIGINAL PETITIONS.\\nIn a history of Norfolk, Connecticut, which is a child of\\nWindsor and Hartford, the first towns settled in the state,\\nand so but a grandchild of the original settlement of the\\nPuritans at Plymouth, Massachusetts, it seems appropriate\\nto speak briefly of Connecticut s town system, which has\\nbeen of more importance in the formation of our general\\ngovernment, and had a far wider influence than many of us\\nat the present day are aware.\\nProfessor Johnston of Princeton, N. J., in his very valu-\\nable work, ^American Commonwealths, in the preface to\\nhis Connecticut, says:\\nThe institution of towns had its origin in Massachusetts.\\nConnecticut s town system was more independent of out-\\nside action than that of Massachusetts. The principle of\\nlocal government had here a more complete recognition,\\nand in the form in which it has done best service, its begin-\\nning was in Connecticut. The first conscious and delib-\\nerate effort on this continent to establish the democratic\\nprinciple in control of government was the settlement of\\nConnecticut, and her Constitution of 1639, the first written\\nand democratic constitution on record, was the starting\\npoint for the democratic development, which has since\\ngained control of all commonwealths, and now makes the\\nessential feature of our commonwealth government.\\nThe Connecticut delegates in the Convention of 1787 held\\na position of unusual influence. The frame of their com-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "^4 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nmonwealth government, with its equal representation of\\ntowns in one branch, and its general popular representa-\\ntion in the other, had given them a training which enabled\\nthem to bend the form of our National Constitution into a\\ncorresponding shape; and the peculiar constitution of our\\nCongress, in the different bases of the Senate and House of\\nRepresentatives, was the result of Connecticut s long main-\\ntenance of a federative democracy.\\nRegarding the formation of Connecticut s Constitution\\nreferred to by Professor Johnston, it appears that on Jan-\\nuary 14, 1639, all the freemen of Windsor, Hartford and\\nWethersfleld met to constitute a public state or common-\\nwealth, by voluntary combination, as they termed it, and\\nto settle its plan of government. They had no precedent\\nto follow. They must, as it were, blaze the way, led by\\nthe one all controlling purpose of their lives, which had\\ncaused them to leave home and native land, to cross the\\ntrackless ocean, and to settle here on these wild western\\nshores, in order that they might secure first of all freedom\\nto worship God according to the dictates of their own con-\\nsciences, and to establish a government, of the people,\\nby the people, and for the people, for themselves and their\\nposterity.\\nThe instrument framed at this time by these, the first\\nsettlers in Connecticut, has been called, the first example\\nin history of a written constitution a distinct, organic law,\\nconstituting a government and defining its powers. Bryce,\\nin his American Commonwealths, says: The oldest truly\\npolitical constitution in America is the instrument called\\nthe Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, framed by the in-\\nhabitants of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield in 1639.\\nAs we may later on refer to some of the provisions of this\\nconstitution, under which with but little alteration for one\\nhundred and eighty years, the colony and state of Connec-\\nticut prospered and progressed, it may be permitted to add\\nthat under it, all persons to possess the franchise should\\nbe admitted to it by the freemen of the towns, and take\\nan oath of allegiance to the commonwealth. (In the Mas-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 35\\nsachusetts settlements at that time the civil franchise was\\nbased on church membership.) There should be two meet-\\nings of the freemen (elections we call them) in a year. At\\nthe one to be holden in April they should elect a Governor,\\nand not fewer than six other Magistrates; that at the same\\ntime there should be elections of Deputies, four to be sent\\nfrom each of the existing towns, and as many as the Gen-\\neral Court should determine, from towns subsequently con-\\nstituted. That the General Court, consisting of the Gov-\\nernor and at least four Magistrates and a majority of Depu-\\nties, should have power to make laws for the whole juris-\\ndiction, to grant levies, admit freemen, dispose of lands\\nundisposed cf lo the several towns or persons, to call either\\nCourt, or Magistrate, or any other person whatsoever into\\nquestion, for any misdemeanor and to deal in any other\\nmatter that concerned the good of the commonwealth. In\\nthe absence of special laws, the rule of the word of God\\nwas to be followed. The Governor was not re-eligible for\\nelection until a year after the expiration of his term of\\noffice/ etc.\\nThe first mention we have found of the settlement of\\nany of the towns in Litchfield County, as this county is\\nnow constituted, is that of the town of Woodbury, which\\nwas settled in 1672, incorporated as a town in 1674, first\\nrepresented in the General Court 1684. Woodbury orig-\\ninally included the towns of Washington, Bethlehem,\\nSouthbury and Roxbury. Of the twenty-eight towns in the\\nentire colony, Woodbury was the only town in Litchfield\\nCounty that was represented in the General Court at Hart-\\nford in May, 1700. Litchfield County was organized in Oc-\\ntober, 1751. At the session of the General Court in Octo-\\nber, 1703, it is recorded that, This court doe grant to the\\ntown of Milford, purchasers of a tract of land of the Indians\\n(which land lieth at Wiantenuck) for a township liberty, ac-\\ncording to their purchase to take out a pattent signed by the\\nGovernor and Secretary, under the seal of the Colonic, that\\nthey doe make a settlement upon said land within five years.\\nThe name of the said town to be New Milford.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "36 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAt the May session, 1719: Upon the petition of Lieut.\\nJohn Marsh of Hartford, and Dea. John Buell of Lebanon,\\nwith many others, praying liberty under committees ap-\\npointed by the towns of Hartford and Windsor, to settle\\na town westward of Farmington at a place called Bantam:\\nThis Assembly doe grant liberty and full power unto the\\nsaid John Marsh, John Buell and partners, settlers, being\\nin the whole fifty-seven in number, to settle a town at said\\nBantam; said town to be known by the name of\\nLitchfield. Mention of the tract of land which included\\nNorfolk follow^s the above: And forasmuch as there is a\\nlarge tract of land that lieth eastward, westward and north-\\nwardly of said town, being bounded eastward by Farming-\\nton and Symsbury, and from thence extending northward\\nunto the Massachusetts line, by which line the tract is\\nbounded north, and westwardly by the colony line, and\\nsouthwardly by Waterbury, Litchfield and Woodbury, and\\nfrom Woodbury town line unto the said colony line; to the\\nend that the said tract of land may be improved for the\\ngood of the colony and be regularly settled, be it enacted\\nby the Governor (etc.), that the whole of said tract of land\\nshall lie for the further dispose of this Assembly. This\\nlarge tract of land comprised what w^as afterward laid\\nout and settled as the towns of Kent, Cornwall, Canaan,\\nSalisbury, Norfolk, Goshen, Winchester, New Hartford,\\nTorrington, Harwinton, Hartland, Colebrook and Bark-\\nhampsted. A serious controversy regarding this land arose\\nbetween the General Court on one side and the towns of\\nHartford and W^indsor on the other, caused by a grant of\\nthe entire tract to Hartford and Windsor by the General\\nCourt, in January, 1686. The occasion for this grant was\\nas follows:\\nSir Edmund Andros had been governor of New York for\\nabout eight years from 1678, and his arbitrary and oppres-\\nsive acts had made him very obnoxious in all the colonies.\\nIn 1685 Andros was appointed by the British crown, gov-\\nernor of New England. Fearing that Andros might take\\npossession of this unconveyed tract of land, and by its sale", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 37\\nenrich himself and his friends, the General Court in Jan-\\nuary, 1686, made a conveyance or grant of the entire tract\\nto the plantations of Hartford and Windsor, doubtless\\nintending that those towns should hold the lands in trust\\nfor the further disposal of the colony when the danger from\\nAndros power should have passed by, but failing (perhaps\\nfearing) so to express it in the conveyance, it was main-\\ntained, at a considerably later period, that it was a valid\\ngrant of the entire tract to the two towns.\\nThis grant as found in the Colonial Records of Con-\\nnecticut, is as follows: A special General Court, held at\\nHartford, January 26, 1686: This Court grants the planta-\\ntions of Hartford and Windsor those lands on the north of\\nWoodbury and Mattatuck and on the west of Farmington\\nand Simsbury, to the Massachusetts. line north, and to run\\nwest to Housatunock or Stratford River (provided it be\\nnot, or part of it, formerly granted to any particular per-\\nsons), to make a plantation or villages thereon. In a foot-\\nnote in this Colonial Record, transcribed by J. Hammond\\nTrumbull, he says: The General Court, in anticipation of\\nthe loss of the charter by a judgment on the Quo Warranto,\\nor of being compelled to surrender it to Andros, now took\\nsuch measures as were in their power to secure the colony\\nagainst the future exactions of an arbitrary governor.\\nThe grant now recorded to Hartford and Windsor, to make\\na plantation or villages, was intended to put all the vacant\\nlands west of the Connecticut to the Housatonic beyond\\nthe reach of Andros or other similarly commissioned gov-\\nernor. The expedient was, in its immediate results, effec-\\ntual; but at a later period (1722-1726) this grant was the\\noccasion of long and angry controversy between the towns\\nof Hartford and Windsor, and the colony.\\nConcerning this controversy, in his History of Norfolk,\\nRoys says: They (the towns) had never purchased nor\\ngiven the least valuable consideration for them (the lands),\\nand had no valid deeds or patents of them. Yet, as ap-\\npears by the record, and as given in full above, the Gen-\\neral Court at a special session held January 26, 1686, did", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ngrant the plantations of Hartford and Windsor those\\nlands, to make a plantation or villages thereon.\\nAt the time of the controversy, nearly forty years had\\npassed since the date of the grant, and the active partici-\\npants in the matter had most of them, perhaps all of them,\\npassed away, and a new generation was upon the stage of\\naction. It is not surprising that this new generation should\\ninsist that the grant meant what it plainly said. Self in-\\nterest was doubtless as strong a motive power then as it\\nis in the end of the nineteenth century. Continuing, Roys\\nsays: By virtue of the above grant they laid claim to all\\nthe lands within the limits expressed, and in violation of\\nthe most explicit laws of the colony they proceeded to lo-\\ncate and vend the lands in controversy.\\nThe governor and company still claimed the lands as\\nfirmly as if no grant had been made to those towns, and\\nsome of the principal innovators were arrested and pun-\\nished by the superior court, and some of them were com-\\nmitted to the common prison at Hartford. The contention\\nfinally rose so high that quite a number of persons col-\\nlected in a riotous manner, and even while the assembly\\nwere in session they went forward, broke open the jail and\\nset those prisoners at liberty. The sheriff of the county of\\nHartford was ordered to pursue, apprehend and re-commit\\nthem, and was authorized, if necessary, to call out the mili-\\ntia of the county to assist him. At the October session\\nof the General Court in 1724, in the Colonial Records it is\\nrecorded that: Upon consideration of the memorial of Hon.\\nJoseph Talcott, Esq., and others, proposing that the dif-\\nference in the colony about the ancient grant of the western\\nlands to the towns of Hartford and Windsor may be ami-\\ncably composed, praying the Assembly to appoint a com-\\nmittee to meet with a committee from said towns upon said\\naffairs, this Assembly do appoint and impower James\\nWadsworth, John Hall, and Hez. Brainerd, Esqrs., to be the\\ncommittee of the government on the affairs referred to in\\nthe petition, and report to this Assembly in May next the\\npropositions which they may receive and make, in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 39\\norder to this Assembly settling and quieting that diflSculty.\\nThe above committee reported at the May session, 1726, as\\nfollows: Proposed to the committee of Hartford and\\nWindsor; that the whole tract of land claimed by said\\ntowns be equally divided between the government and said\\ntowns, in the following manner to be done: I. That the\\ngovernment have the western side thereof and said towns\\nto have the eastern side thereof. The above proposal\\nthis Assembly do accept, and James Wadsworth,\\nJohn Hall and Hez. Brainerd, Esqrs., are appointed to be a\\ncommittee to join with such committees as Hartford and\\nWindsor shall appoint, to make a division of said lands.\\nAt the Litchfield County Centennial celebration, held in\\nLitchfield, August, 1851, Hon. Samuel Church, LL.D., Chief\\nJustice of the state, gave the principal address. Referring\\nto this old controversy. Judge Church said: Trevious to\\nthe accession of James IL to the throne of England, and\\nbefore our chartered rights were threatened by the arrival\\nof Sir Edmund Andros, the territory now comprising the\\nCounty of Litchfield, was very little known to the Colonial\\nGovernment at Hartford. The town of W^oodbury, then\\nlarge in extent, had been occupied some years earlier than\\nthis by Rev. Mr. Walker s congregation from Stratford.\\nThe other parts of the County were noticed only as a wil-\\nderness, and denominated the Western Lands. Still it\\nwas supposed that at some time they might be to some ex-\\ntent inhabited and worth something. At any rate, they\\nwere believed to be worth the pains of keeping out of the\\nway of the new government of Sir Edmund, which was\\nthen apprehended to be near. To avoid his authority over\\nthese lands, and to preserve them for a future and better\\ntime of disposal, they were granted by the Assembly of the\\nColony, to the towns of Hartford and Windsor, in 1686, at\\nleast so much of them as lay east of the Housatonic river.\\ndo not stop to examine the moral quality of this grant,\\nwhich may be reasonably doubted. It was soon after (more\\nthan thirty years) followed by the usual consequences of\\ngrants denominated by lawyers, constructively fraudulent,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ndispute and contention. Years afterward the Colonial As-\\nsembly attempted to resume this grant, and to reclaim the\\ntitle of these lands for the Colony. This was resisted by\\nthe towns of Hartford and Windsor, which relied upon the\\ninviolability of plighted faith and public grants. The\\ntowns not only denied the right, but actually resisted the\\npower of the Assembly, in the resumption of their solemn\\ndeed. This produced riots, and attempts to break the jail\\nin Hartford, in which several of the resisting inhabitants\\nof Hartford and Windsor were confined.\\nIt would be difficult for the Jurists of the present day,\\neducated in the principles of Constitutional Law, to justify\\nthe Assembly in the recision of its own grant; and it can-\\nnot but excite a little surprise.that the politicians of that\\nday, who had not yet ceased to complain of the mother\\ncountry for its attempts, by writs of quo warranto, to seize\\nour charter, should so soon be engaged, and without the\\nforms of law, too, in attempts of a kindred character against\\ntheir own grantees. No wonder that resistance followed,\\nand it was more than half successful, as it resulted in a\\ncompromise, which confirmed to the claimants under the\\ntowns, the lands in the town of Litchfield and a part of the\\ntown of New Milford. The other portions of the territory\\nwere intended to be equally divided between the Colony\\nand the claiming towns. Torrington, Barkhamsted, Cole-\\nbrook, and a part of Harwinton, were appropriated to\\nWindsor; Hartland, Winchester, New Hartford, and the\\nother part of Harwinton were relinquished to Hartford,\\nand the remaining lands in dispute, now constituting the\\ntowns of Norfolk, Goshen, Canaan, Kent, Sharon and\\nSalisbury, were retained by the Colony.\\nAlthough the Assembly accepted the report of the com-\\nmittee for an equal division of the lands, between the\\nColony and the towns, and appointed a committee to make\\nthe division, about twelve years passed before the matter\\nwas finally adjusted. At the October session, 1738, the As-\\nsembly ratified and confirmed the doings of the committees\\nthat had made the division, and directed the Governor or", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 41\\nDeputy Governor to execute a patent of the lands, called\\nWaramaug s Reserve, to the proprietors of the towns\\nof Hartford and Windsor and so the long controversy was\\namicably composed.\\nTrumbull, in his Memorial History of Hartford County,\\nsays: On the division of the Western Lands in 1726, the\\ntownship of Litchfield, and seven other townships in the\\neastern part of the territory which now constitutes Litch-\\nfield County, were conceded to the towns of Hartford and\\nWindsor; and by mutual agreement between those towns\\nin 1732, the inhabitants of Hartford became sole owners of\\nUartland, Winchester, New Hartford, and half of Harwin-\\nton; and the inhabitants of Windsor had Colebrook, Bark-\\nhamsted, Torrington, and the west half of Harwinton.\\nEach tax-payer in Hartford and Windsor became the pro-\\nprietor of a share in one or other of the seven new town-\\nships. Winchester was first surveyed and laid out in 1758,\\nand the owners of the wild territory belonged in Hartford,\\nwhence many of the settlers came. It was incorporated in\\n1771. New Hartford was settled about 1733, and as its\\nname would signify, its early inhabitants were from Hart-\\nford. The first settlement of Norfolk, which began\\nin 1744, was by men from Hartford and Windsor.\\nThe laying out of the College land in this town is of\\ninterest. At the October session, 1732, upon the memorial\\nof Rev. Mr. Samuel Andrew and others, trustees of Yale\\nCollege, this Assembly do grant and order, that in each\\nof the five new townships lately laid out East of the Ousa-\\ntunnuck river, there shall be laid out in one entire piece,\\nthree hundred acres of land, to be laid out at a distance\\nfrom the several town platts; which tracts of land, con-\\ntaining in the whole fifteen hundred acres, shall, when laid\\nout, be by a patent under the seal of this Colony, granted\\nand confirmed to the trustees of said College, to have and\\nto hold to them and their successors, trustees of said Col-\\nlege, for the only and sole use benefit and behoof of said\\nschool forever, and to no other use. This College land\\nwas accordingly laid out in the north-western part of the\\ntown, near or toward the Canaan town line.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "42 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAfter the long controversy over these lands had been\\nsettled, their attention was turned to dividing into rights,\\nas they termed it, making sale of and settling these new\\ntowns. At the October session, 1737, it was enacted: Tliat\\nall the townships in the western lands, on both sides the\\nOusatunnuck river, be disposed of and settled, and that\\neach town on the east side of said river shall be divided\\ninto fifty-three rights, exclusive, of the lands granted to\\nthe College, of which fifty-three rights, one shall\\nbe for the use of the ministry forever that shall be settled in\\nthe town according to the constitution and order of the\\nchurches established by the laws of the government: one\\nfor the first gospel minister settled as aforsaid; and one\\nright for the support of the school in said town. And\\nthe remaining fifty rights in said towns shall be sold at\\npublic vendue to the highest bidders, being of his\\nMajestie s subjects, inhabitants of this colony, that\\nwill settle and inhabit at least three years in such towns,\\nand to no other persons. It is further enacted that\\nevery purchaser shall be obliged within three years\\nnext after their purchase to build and finish an house of\\neighteen feet square, and seven feet stud; and to subdue\\nand fence at least six acres of land in such town where he\\nis settled or hath fixed his agent. Agreeable to which\\nit is further enacted that the northeastern township be\\nsold at Hartford, at the court house to the highest bidders\\non the second Tuesday of April next, and\\nthat a committee be appointed to sell and assign the rights,\\nand take bonds with surety of the purchasers for\\nthe money bidden, and give deeds, in manner and form as\\nhereafter in this act directed.\\nAt the May session, 1738, it was enacted, That the town-\\nship at Hartford, by order of this Assembly upon the sec-\\nond Tuesday of April last, shall be called and known by\\nthe name of Norfolk (possibly from the name of Norfolk\\nCounty, England). It was further enacted that the pur-\\nchasers shall have liberty to assemble themselves, notice\\nbeing first given, to choose their clerk (who shall take a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 43\\nprescribed oath), to make partition of said land, and\\nto lay out the three public lots in said township, to choose\\ncommittees, levy taxes, etc., as the proprietors of\\ncommon and undivided lands in any town in this Colony\\nmay do.\\nAt the same session it was further enacted: That the\\nfive townships lying on the east side of Ousatunnuck river,\\nnamely, Goshen, Canaan, Cornwall, Kent and Norfolk, are\\nhereby annexed to the county of Hartford.\\nAt the October session, 1738, the committee who sold\\nthe town of Norfolk in April previous reported that, Ac-\\ncording to your direction we sold the town on the west of\\nColebrook for about \u00c2\u00a3180 per lot, and not having time that\\nday to finish the writings, the next day they\\nall but one (Timothy Horsford), who had taken a deed be-\\nfore, declined taking their deeds.\\nUpon the above report, resolved by this Assembly, that\\nthe sale of the above mentioned township be deferred till\\nthis Assembly shall give further order in that affair.\\nFor twelve years nothing seems to have been done\\ntoward selling the town. Roys says: There were so many\\ntownships offered for sale which were considered far pref-\\nerable, both as to soil and situation, that when it was first\\nset up at vendue, one bidder only appeared and bid off a\\nsmall part of it.\\nAt the May session, 1750, an order for the sale of the\\ntown was made, for the third Wednesday of December next,\\nbut the sale was postponed by order of the session in Oc-\\ntober of the same year. At the same (October) session Capt.\\nRoger Wolcott and Mr. Thomas Seymour were appointed a\\ncommittee, to take effectual care of the township of Nor-\\nfolk, and that no trespasses be committed upon the lands\\nor timber growing thereon, and to prosecute to final judg-\\nment and execution every person who shall in anywise\\ntrespass thereupon.\\nAt the October session, 1751, it was enacted that: The\\ntownships of Litchfield, Woodbury, New Milford, Harwin-\\nton, New Hartford, Barkhampsted, Hartland, Colebrook,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNorfolk, Canaan, Salisbury, Kent, Sharon, Cornwall,\\nGoshen, Torrington and Winchester, lying in the north-\\nwesterly part of this colony, shall be and remain one entire\\ncounty, and be called the County of Litchfield, and\\nto include the towns above mentioned. At both the May\\nand October sessions of 1754, orders of sale of the town of\\nNorfolk were made and some rights were sold in that year,\\nand at the May session, 1755, Seventeen pounds, eight\\nshillings and five pence, lawful money, was granted to the\\ncommittee, for their service in said affair.\\nAfter a struggle to settle and form a town, which had\\nlasted about twenty years, at the October session, 1758, On\\nthe memorial of John Turner, Jedediah Richards, Ebenezer\\nBurr, and others, all of Norfolk in the county of Litchfield,\\nshowing to this Assembly that there are settled in safd\\ntownship forty-three families praying that said inhabitants\\nmay have town privileges as other towns in this colony have,\\nand also have power to procure the Gospel to be preached\\namong them, as by their memorial on file appears. Resolved\\nby this Assembly, that the said memorialists and others,\\ninhabitants of said Norfolk, be, and they are hereby made\\nand created an entire town, by the name of the town of\\nNorfolk in the County of Litchfield. And this Assembly do\\nalso grant to said town of Norfolk all such rights, powers,\\nprivileges and immunities as each or any of the towns in\\nthis Colony by law already have. And that Mr. George\\nPalmer and Mr. Ezra Knap, both of said town, be, and they\\nare hereby appointed and impowered, to give due warning\\nand notice to all the inhabitants of said town, to meet at\\nsome suitable place in said town, on the second Tuesday\\nof December next, and when met, to choose all such town\\nofficers as the other towns in this Colony by law have right\\nto choose and appoint.\\nThe following petitions, copied from the original docu-\\nments in the archives of the state, are of interest, and al-\\nthough in some instances involving a repetition to some\\nextent of matter found elsewhere, are inserted, giving, as\\nthey do, a correct list of the original settlers of the town,\\netc.:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 45\\nPetition of Timothy Horsford for extension of time of payment\\nof bonds.\\nTo ye Honorable General Assembly of his Majesties Collony of\\nConnecticut, Convened in New Haven October 18, 1739.\\nThe memorial of Timothy Horsford of the northern Township\\nin this Government sold at Arford by an act of Assembly holden in\\nNew Haven October 13, 1787, humbly showeth: That whereas ye\\nmemorialist having purchased one 53d part of s d township and\\ntaken a deed thereof from the Gov. and Company of this Collony at\\n170, and given bonds with sureties for payment thereof and also\\nfor settling the same according to s d act of Assembly; but for as\\nmuch as the other parts of s d township are not sold and conveyed,\\nye memorialist is wholly deprived of the benefit of his purchase, and\\nthe time of payment drawing near, and ye memorialist being the\\nonly proprietor that took a deed, c.,\\nPrayes that this Honorable Assembly would consider the loan-\\nsome and disapointed circumstances of ye memorialist being obliged\\nto dwell there alone, and nott knowing where to pitch or to improve,\\nnor who will have the benefit of his labours, when the s d township\\nshall be divided;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and grant relief, either by granting libertie for ye\\nmemorialist to lay out to himself on his own right 200 acres of land\\nin order to settle himself with one neighbour, or defer the time of\\npayments for s d land until those that shall purchase the other of\\ns d rights may be obliged to make their payments, and abate the\\ninterest that the land will draw to that time, and nott make ye me-\\nmorialist alone suffer for the neglect of others who were fellow pur-\\nchasers, and have hitherto refused or neglected to take deeds and\\ngive security, or in some other way grant ye memorialist some re-\\nlief; and ye memorialist as in duty bound, c.\\nTIMOTHY HORSFORD.\\nNew Haven October 18, 1739.\\nIn ye Lower House, on ye within memorial granted yt. the time\\nof payment be deferred for ye term of four years, and that ye interest\\nthereof be abated for sd time, provided sd memorialist find sufficient\\nsecurity c to ye acceptance of ye committee that sold c and all at\\nye cost of ye memorialist, and that a bill be drawn in form.\\nTest ANDREW BURR Clerk.\\nConcurred in the Upper House.\\nTest GEORGE WYLLYS Sect.\\nFrom the original petition in the State archives at Hartford.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nPetition to set up the order of the Gospel amongst us.\\nTo the Honorable the General Assembly to be held at New\\nHaven on the 12th day of October next; a memorial of us the sub-\\nscribers, inhabitants of Norfolk in Litchfield county, humbly showeth\\nc this honorable Assembly that we are settled here about 43 fami-\\nlies, agreeable to the act of Assembly, and we are destitute of town\\nprivileges, and therefore we pray if your honors would be pleased\\nto grant unto us town privileges so as the rest of the towns of the\\ncolony have, and so set up the order of the Gospel amongst us; and\\nyour memorialists bound in duty forever pray.\\nDated in Norfolk the 21 day of September 1758.\\nJed Richards Joseph Mills\\nJames Benedict Jedediah Turner\\nJustis Gaylord by his attorney\\nDavid Turner Samuel Cowls\\nThomas Dickinson David Phelps\\nby his attorney John Turner\\nEzra Knapp William Barbur\\nCornelius Dowd Elijah Barbur\\nAsahel Case James Hotchkiss\\nby his attorney Enos Hotchkiss\\nIsaac Pettibone Abraham Knap\\nSamuel Mills Elisha Richards\\nRufus Lawrence Ebenezer Burr\\nEli Pettibone Luther Barbur\\nZadok Knapp Giles Pettibone\\nJohn Turner Jr. Samuel Arnold\\nSam l Gaylord Aaron Aspinwell\\nby his attorney Gideon Lawrence\\nCornelius Brown Amiriah Plumb.\\nPast in the Lower House.\\nTest J. Huntington Clerk.\\nConcurred in the Upper House.\\nTest George Wyllys Sect.\\nFrom the original petition in the state archives in the State\\nCapitol at Hartford.\\nPetitioners for Town Meeting.\\nUpon consideration the Honorable General Assembly should re-\\nfuse to grant to us the subscribers our memorial incorporating us as\\na town, we humbly pray that your honors would be pleased to ap-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n47\\npoint Mr. George Palmer, Mr. Ezra\\nNorfolk to give out warning for a\\nchoice of town oflScers. In witness\\nday of October. 1758.\\nJohn Turner\\nEli Pettibone\\nSam l Arnold\\nThomas Dickinson\\nby his attorney\\nIsaac Knapp\\nAmariah Plumb\\nJames Benedict\\nJediah Turner\\nby his attorney\\nElishah Richards\\nGiles Pettibone\\nEbenezer Burr\\nSamuel Mills\\nKnapp and Mr. Asel Case all of\\ntown meeting and lead us to a\\nwhereof we set our hands this 7\\nCornelius Dowd\\nJustis Gaylord\\nJed h Richards\\nJohn Turner Jr.\\nAaron Aspenwall\\nJames Hotchkiss\\nDavid Turner\\nSamuel Gaylord\\nby his attorney\\nIsaac Pettibone\\nCornelius Brown\\nSamuel Cowls\\nJoseph Mills\\nDavid Phelps.\\nFrom the original petition in the State Archives at Hartford.\\nPetition for town privileges.\\nTo the Honorable, the General Assembly of the Collony of\\nConnecticut now sitting in Hartford in Hartford County, on the\\n12th day of May 1757: Wee the subscribers all of Norfolk in the\\ncounty of Litchfield, humbly pray this Honorable Assembly to grant\\nunto us and ye rest of ye inhabitants of sd town all the privileges\\nand immunity proper to a town and such as the rest of ye towns in\\nthis Collony enjoy, in order to our regular proceeding in and doing\\nye public bisnes proper and nessary for a town to do. And wee\\nbeing 24 families settled in sd town, and about one hundred and\\nfifty persons; the granting of which we are humbly of opinion will\\nbe of grate advantage to sd town and promote ye welfare theirof.\\nDated in Norfolk May ye 11th 1757.\\nIn the Lower House\\nThe prayer of this\\nmemorial Negatived.\\nTest J. Huntington Clerk.\\nJohn Turner\\nJed Richards\\nJohn Turner Jr.\\nSamuel Gaylord\\nDavid Lawrence\\nJedediah Turner\\nJustice Gaylord.\\nFrom the original manuscript, in the archives of the State, at\\nHartford.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "48 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nFROM THE STATE RECORDS.\\nEnactments Relating to Norfolk.\\nCaptain Giles Pettibone and Mr. William Walter, Representa-\\ntives for Norfolk. January, 1778.\\nWhereas, It is recommended by Congress to the respective\\nStates to cause subscriptions to be opened under the inspection of\\nsome suitable person in each town, for supplies for the war on loan\\noffice certificates, specifying the names of the lenders and the sum\\nthey are willing to lend, and that copies of such subscription papers\\nshall from time to time be delivered to the respective commissioners\\nof the Continental loan office, and by them transmitted to Congress;\\nprovided that no certificate shall issue for less than Two Hundred\\nDollars:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Resolved, That Titus Ives, in the town of Norfolk is\\nhereby appointed, impowered and directed to open subscriptions in\\nthat town for the purpose recommended as aforesaid, etc.\\nThis Assembly do establish Elkanah Phelps to be Ensign of the\\nNorth Company or Trainband, in the town of Norfolk, in the 14th\\nRegiment in this State.\\nThis Assembly do establish Andrew Kingsbury to be Ensign of\\nthe First Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.\\nJanuary 1778.\\nVoted, That Mr. William W hiting, one of the overseers of\\nSalisbury furnace be impowered and directed to purchase one hogs-\\nhead of New England, and one barrel of West India rum for the\\nuse of the workmen at said furnace on the best terms he may be\\nable. F ebruary 1778.\\nMr. Rosea Wilcox, Mr. Asahel Humphrey, Representatives for\\nNorfolk, October 1778.\\nThis Assembly do establish Titus Ives to be Captain of the\\n9th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.\\nThis Assembly do establish Elkanah Phelps to be Lieutenant,\\nand Isaac Holt to be Ensign of the 9th Company or Trainband in\\nthe 14th Regiment in this State.\\nMr. Dudley Humphrey, Capt. Michael Mills, Representatives for\\nNorfolk, May 1779.\\nAn Act for making and naming a new District for a Court of\\nProbate in this State.\\nBe it enacted, etc. That the towns of Norfolk, Colebrook and\\nWinchester, shall be one entire district for a Court of Probate, and\\nshall be called and known by the name of the District of Norfolk,\\nand that in said district there shall be a court of probate held by one\\njudge, to be appointed and commissioned for that purpose according", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 49\\nto law which court shall have and exercise the same powers,\\nauthorities and privileges that the other courts of probate in this State\\nhave, and are vested with.\\nTotal of the list of the town of Norfolk in the State of Con-\\nnecticut as taken upon the 20th day of August, 1788.\\n\u00c2\u00a310029 7s. lid. Single additions \u00c2\u00a376. Fourfold Assessments\\n\u00c2\u00a3156.\\nHOW THE ORIGINAL TITLE TO LAND IN THIS TOWN WAS OBTAINED\\nPROPRIETORS MEETINGS MANNER OF DIVIDING AND DRAWING\\nLAND ENCOURAGEMENT TO SOMEONE TO BUILD AN IRON WORKS,\\nEIGHTY ACRES OF LAND WAS VOTED.\\nTo go back several years, it cannot fail to be of interest\\nto some readers who have not had the opportunity of in-\\nvestigating the matter to learn how the original title to the\\nland in this and adjacent towns was obtained.\\nAt the present day in the western part of our country, a\\npurchaser of a section or a small fraction of a section of\\nland demands and receives with his deed an Abstract of\\nTitle, or a Search, as it is sometimes called, showing a\\ncontinuous chain of clear title back to the original U. S.\\nPatent, or the old Spanish Grant, whoever the original pro\\nprietor may have been.\\nThe Colony of Connecticut received a patent or grant\\nof these lands from the British government, and were we\\ncurious to follow back the chain, the right or the title of the\\nBritish to this as to some other of their possessions, might\\nappear very remarkable.\\nAfter the long struggle over these Western lands, as\\nthey were called, had been amicably composed, and by\\norder of the Colonial government the lands had been divided\\ninto townships and imaginary town lines established, the\\ntown of Norfolk was divided into fifty-three parts, or rights.\\nThose rights, as we have already seen, were then sold\\nat public vendue, and a purchaser of a right received\\nfrom a committee properly authorized by the Colonial gov-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "50 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nernment a deed of one undivided fifty-third part of the land\\nof this town.\\nOf these fifty-three rights (three hundred acres in one\\npiece having been appropriated in 1732) for the benefit of\\nYale College forever, and to no other use, one shall be for\\nthe use of the ministry forever, one for the first gospel min-\\nister settled, and one right for the support of the school in\\nsaid town.\\nThe purchasers of the remaining 49 rights (Hosford s first\\npurchase and the College grant having been called one right)\\neach received his deed before a meeting of proprietors could\\nbe held or any division of the land made.\\nA part of one of these original deeds is of interest:\\nKnow all men by these presents that we, Benjamin Hall, Jabez\\nHamlin and Elihu Chauncy, a Committee appointed and fully em-\\npowered by the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut in May\\nlast to make sale of forty-nine rights or shares of land in the township\\nof Norfolli, in the County of Litchfield, the whole of which townsliip\\nis to be distributed into fifty-two equal shares or rights, and that on\\nthis condition only: that the purchasers shall be obliged to build a\\nhouse, 18 feet square, 7 feet stud, and to make the same tenantable, and\\nalso clear six acres of land fit for mowing or plowing, and settle some\\nsuitable inhabitant thereupon each right respectively within four years\\nfrom said purchase and on failure thereof such deed to be void. We\\ntherefore, on the conditions above said, and also for the consideration\\nof \u00c2\u00a3133 10s. lawful money, received to our full satisfaction of John\\nHumphrey, Esq., of Simsbury, in the County of Hartford, do give,\\ngrant, sell, bargain and confirm unto the said Jolm Humphrey, Esq.,\\nand to his lieirs and assigns forever, one full right or share of land in\\nthe said township of Norfolk; To have and to hold, etc. in\\nbehalf of the Governor and Company of said Colony, we do covenant\\nand engage to warrant and defend, etc.\\nBENJ. HALL.\\nJABEZ HAMLIN.\\nELIHU CHAUNCY.\\nMiddletown, 24 Nov., A. D. 1754.\\nThe first meeting of the proprietors of Norfolk was duly\\nwarned and held in Simsbury at the house of Jonathan", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 51\\nHumphrey, Dec. IS, 1754, at which meeting they appointed\\na committee of three to look into the affairs respecting\\nthose persons who are settled on the undivided lands in the\\ntownship of Norfolk, and see that each person settled sur-\\nrender his possession into the hands of this propriety, secur-\\ning the fee to the propriety.\\n(This action would seem somewhat arbitrary, as Cornelius\\nBrown, for example, had already been living on and im-\\nproving his right for ten years.) It is interesting to know\\nthe way in which they divided the land in this entire town\\ninto fifty-two parts or properties. This was not done in one\\ngrand division, giving each proprietor his 1-52 part of the\\ntown in one piece or farm, but in a way that must have been\\nfar more equitable. In the record of the first meeting of the\\nproprietors is the following:\\nThis propriety will make a division of part of their un-\\ndivided lands in said Norfolk in manner following:\\nWe will lay out one hundred acres of land to each right\\nfor each proprietor, and for each public right, in two several\\nparts or lots, fifty acres for each lot, two lots to each right.\\nA committee of nine, hereafter named to lay out said land,\\nshall cise each lot and endeavor to make one lot as good\\nas another by adding more land to those lots that are not\\nso good land. The committee shall first consult\\nand lay out convenient and necessary highways as they\\nshall judge needful, and shall lay out and bound such high-\\nways as they shall judge needful for country roads before\\nthey lay out the said lots.\\nThe committee to lay out the highways and lots were\\nWm. Willcockson, Jonathan Pettibone, John Paterson,\\nSamuel Lawrence, Daniel Lawrence, Jr., Benajah Douglas,\\nJoshua Whitney, Cornelius Brown and Samuel Gaylord.\\nThe above committee shall improve a surveyor to help per-\\nform said service at their discretion, who shall make a plan\\nof the highways and also of each lot.\\nWe will raise a rate or tax on each of the 49 rights lately\\npurchased, of \u00c2\u00a38, in Bills of Credit of the old tenor, to de-\\nfray the charges of laying out said highways and lots; and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "52 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\neach proprietor shall pay in said sum to Joshua Whitney,\\nthe Treasurer, before he have liberty to draw his lot or lots.\\nEach proprietor shall have liberty to drav^^ his lots at the\\nadjourned proprietors meeting, to be held at Norfolk at\\nthe dwelling house of Cornelius Brown the first Wednes-\\nday of May next, he paying said sum to the Treasurer.\\nAll mines and minerals found shall belong to said pro-\\nprietors, to be improved as they shall think fit.\\nAt the second meeting of proprietors, held at the house\\nof Cornelius Brown in Norfolk, May 7, 17.55, the following\\naction was taken\\nWhereas, several purchasers of rights in Norfolk, viz.:\\nJohn Turner, Jun., Samuel Gaylord, Cornelius Brown, Ezra\\nNap, Ebenezer Nap, William Barber, George Palmer, James\\nHotchkiss and Samuel Manross are now in the improve-\\nment of lands in said Norfolk which are now laid out into\\nlots, and requesting that they may have those lots assigned\\nand set out to them in which their respective improvements\\nare, Voted, that each of them who is a proprietor of a whole\\nright shall have liberty to take to themselves one of the lots\\nin which their improvements are, instead of drawing for\\ntheir lots.\\nThird meeting of proprietors at the house of George\\nPalmer, May 21, 1755.\\nThe committee brought in their surveys of highways and\\nlots laid out, viz.: First laid out fifty acres to each right,\\nwhich they called the first going over, and marked the num-\\nber of each lot on the bounds of said lot. Then laid out fifty\\nacres more to each right, marked the number of each lot on\\nthe bounds thereof, and a mark to distinguish it, which\\nthey called the second going over. Then by agreement of\\nthe proprietors the committee selected out 52 of the lots\\nwhich they judged the best, to be first drawn, part out of\\nthe first going over and part out of the second.\\nThe method we now agree to draw for our lots is: the\\n52 lots be put into a hatt, and some indifferent person shall\\ndraw out a ticket which shall be numbered, which shall be\\nthe lot s number, and the lot which either proprietor shall", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 53\\ndraw as above shall be held as his in severalty, and the next\\n52 lots shall be drawn for in the same method.\\nSomeone may smile at the fact of 52 fifty acre lots having\\nbeen put into a hatt, but they understood it, and it was\\nall right.\\nVery few descendants of the original proprietors have,\\nfor the past fifty years at least, been known in the town, A\\nfew are still known here, viz.: Descendants of Cornelius\\nBrown and Titus Brown, his brother, of some of the Hum-\\nphreys, Pettibones, Samuel Gaylord, Daniel Lawrence,\\nSamuel Butler, David Phelps, Ezra and Ebenezer Knapp,\\nJeremiah Case, James Hotchkiss, and possibly others.\\nSomeone, sometime, somewhere, may wish to know the\\nnames of these proprietors, so I will insert them. Aside\\nfrom the few first designated, each of the others was the\\nowner of one right at the first drawing. Timothy Hosford\\nhad five rights; Jonathan Pettibone, three rights; Captain\\nDaniel Lawrence, Jr., two rights; Benajah Douglas, two\\nrights; Samuel Flagg, two rights. One each: John Beebe,\\nGideon Thompson, John Humphrey, William Wilcockson,\\nMichael Humphrey, David Phelps, William Barber, Joshua\\nWhitney, Ezra Nap, Ebenezer Nap, Cornelius Brown, Titus\\nBrown, Samuel Gaylord, Samuel Manross, James Hotchkiss,\\nJohn Turner, George Palmer, Isaac Pettibone, Bevell Sey-\\nmour, Jeremiah Case, Daniel Willcockson, Jonathan Hum-\\nphrey, Noah Humphrey. Edward Griswold, Samuel Butler,\\nPhineas Lewis, Capt, John Patterson, Joseph Phelps, Jr.,\\nWilliam Walter, John Beach, Jr., James Lusk, William\\nWarner, Noah Griswold, David Griswold, Benjamin Phelps.\\nAt this same meeting they voted to lay out to each pro-\\nprietor of a whole right 100 acres again in two 50 acre lots,\\nto be cised and drawn for in the same manner as the first\\ndivision.\\nMay 19, 1756. Voted to pray the Assembly to lengthen\\nout the time of payment, and forbare ye interest of the\\nBonds for said land bought at public vandue.\\nVoted that the committee which laid out the second divi-\\nsion shall have 8s. 6d. lawful money per day; the chain men", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "54 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n2s. 6d., and the surveyor which they hired to lay out said\\ndiviBion shall have 4s. 6d. lav^ful money. Those persons\\nwhich have wrought in the highway shall have 2s. lawful\\nmoney per day.\\nVoted a rate of 6s. on each right to defray the charges of\\nlaying out the second division, and mending highways,\\nVoted, Whereas Wm. Walter was appointed to take care\\nof the timber in Norfolk, and call persons to an account of\\nwhat he should find trespassed in said town, and he has\\ncalled some persons to account and has gott \u00c2\u00a330 14s., old\\ntenor, and has paid the same into the hands of the proprie-\\ntors, which we do appoint shall be appropriated for the\\npreaching of the gospel in Norfolk, and that Joshua Whit-\\nney be appointed to procure preaching so far as the said\\n\u00c2\u00a330 14s. granted by this proprietors meeting shall go.\\nThat all the money due the proprietors on former rates\\nwhich has not been expended shall be appropriated to mend-\\ning highways.\\nAppointed a committee to take care of the grist mill place\\nfor to build a grist mill, and make their report to the ad-\\njourned meeting what is best to be done respecting said mill\\nplace.\\nSept. 29, 1756. Appointed Joshua Whitney, Capt. Daniel\\nLawrence, Jr., and Ezra Knap to lay out so much common\\nland as they shall judge needful for pondage for the use of\\na mill, and also what land they shall think fit for to build\\na grist mill on and make report.\\nVoted that our Proprietors clerk shall record survey\\nbills, and surveys of highways that have been laid out.\\nFebruary 18, 1757. Report of a committee appointed to\\nlay out a place to build a grist mill\\nWe have surveyed and laid out land and premises as\\nfollow^eth: Beginning at the S. W. corner of the piece of\\nland laid out for a burying place; thence E. 24 S. 20 rods\\nto the S. E. corner of said burying place; thence N. 24 E.\\n8 rods to the N. E. corner of said burying place; thence E.\\n24 S. 8 rods to a stake and stones standing in the south line\\nof the highway that goes from Canaan into said Norfolk;", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 55\\nthence thirty rods to the north-east corner of Left. Samuel\\nGaylord s land, the lot on which he now lives; thence west-\\nerly as said Gaylord s lot runs 40 rods to a hemlock tree\\nand stones standing in said line; thence a straight line to\\nthe first bounds began at: and also we recommend to said\\nproprietors that the person who bids off said privilege shall\\nhave liberty of laying out five acres for pondage.\\nIt is that piece of land left for pondage where there is a\\ndam built on said river. And also we do recommend to said\\nproprietors that the same land and premises be set up at\\npublic vandue, and the person or persons who shall bid and\\nsecure the same bid to said proprietors, the most for said\\nland and privilege of said mill place shall have the same for\\nhis or their own proper estate as a fee simple on the condi-\\ntions hereafter named, viz.: Provided the purchaser or pur-\\nchasers shall make and build a good grist mill on said\\nstream, ami the same have fit for grinding by ye first of\\nSeptember next, and also have a good lawn and give suit-\\nable attendance during ye pleasure of sd proprietors; said\\nlawn to have by the 1st of March, 1758; and in failure there-\\nof, the said land and privilege still to remain in the hands\\nof said proprietors, and for their own use to dispose of as\\nthough nothing had been here acted. Witness our hands.\\nDANIEL LAWRENCE, Jr.\\nEZRA KNAP.\\nJOSHUA WHITNEY.\\nFebruary 20, 1757. Committee.\\nAt the same meeting they appointed a committee to make\\nthe third division of two 50 acre lots to each right, as before,\\nto employ a surveyor, and laid a tax of 20s. on a right to\\ndefray expenses.\\nMay 17, 1757, at a Proprietors meeting at the house of\\nJoshua Whitney, appointed a committee of three to look\\ninto the affair of a place for Iron Works in Norfolk, with\\npower to lease out said place for said Iron W^orks to him\\nor them who shall build the same and keep in good repair\\nsteadily making iron. Said committee has power\\nhereby to lay out 80 acres of land in the common land after", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "56 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe third division ia completed, and make a proper lease for\\n999 years from the date of said lease, to him or them who\\nshall build said Iron Works, taking security that shall\\noblige them to keep said works in good repair for the space\\nof fifteen years next coming, the said Iron Works to be built\\nand made fit to make iron steadily in Norfolk by September\\n1st, 1758.\\nNovember 2, 1757, the drawing of the third division of\\nland, two 50 acre lots to each right, was held.\\nVoted, that no person carry out of Norfolk any stones fit\\nfor mill stones, without liberty of committee of common\\nlands. That 150 days work be done on the highways at the\\nproprietors cost. That if so much remain of the grant for\\nlaying out the third division, and a plan of the township,\\nthat \u00c2\u00a310 shall be appropriated to procure preaching in Nor-\\nfolk, 10s. for each Sabbath, provided the inhabitants pay\\none-half of ye preaching during the time. Joshua Whitney,\\nIsaac Pettibone and Cornelius Dowd were committee to\\nprocure preaching.\\nMay 24, 1758. Appointed a committee to lay out the white\\npine timber land lying in the northwest part of Norfolk,\\nbounded east on land of Abrahani^Barden, north on David\\nPhelps and Jonathan Humphrey, west on Ebenezer and\\nEzra Knap. Fifty-two lots to be laid out in said place\\nwhich is yet common, each proprietor to hold one part in\\nseveralty, and to draw for the same. This drawing Dec,\\n1758.\\nJoshua Whitney received the grist mill privilege and\\ncommenced building the mill, but sold it to Abel Phelps\\nearly in 1759, who finished the mill and ran it for several\\nyears.\\nSeptember 5, 1759, a meeting was held at Giles Petti-\\nbone s house, when they voted to proceed to a fourth di-\\nvision of the lands, 60 acres to each proprietor in two 30\\nacre lots, to be laid by pitching, in this way: 52 tickets to\\nbe made, and each proprietor shall draw for his pitch. None\\nto proceed to pitch until Oct. 1st next. He that draws ticket\\nNo. 1 shall have the liberty of said 1st day of October to lay", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 57\\nhis lot, and shall have the last pitch in the second 30 acre\\nlots, and so on no survey to be esteemed good and authentic\\nunless surveyed by a surveyor and two committee men, by\\nthem signed and dated, giving the meets and bounds, length\\nand breadth. (Benajah Douglas drew ticket No. 1, Titus\\nBrown No. 31, Giles Pettibone No. 38, etc.) At the same\\nmeeting it was recorded that, In 1757 a committee was ap-\\npointed to lease out and give conveyance of 80 acres of the\\nundivided land, to some suitable person who would build\\na good iron works in Norfolk and the same have fit for\\nmaking iron by September 1, 1758, and no person hath per-\\nformed the business; and also this propriety sequestered a\\npiece of land west of that piece of land which Mr. Abel\\nPhelps has built a grist-mill on; now we vote and agree\\nto take off the sequestration to the west piece of land, and\\nvote to give it to any person or persons that will build a\\ngood sufficient Iron Works in said Norfolk and have the\\nsame fit and make iron by September 1, 1761, and our com-\\nmittee shall lay out said 80 acres in the common land and\\ngive conveyance as formerly voted. The land west of said\\ngrant on which said Phelps grist-mill now stands, includ-\\ning the west sequestration, bounds South on ye 23d lot in\\n1st division 1st going over; west on a highway, and north\\non the highway that goes to Canaan. And the same be laid\\nby our said committee to him or them that shall undertake\\nand preform said business, taking the security as above\\nand in part of said 80 acres; the residue in the common land.\\nBenajah Douglas, Joshua Whitney and George Palmer,\\ncommittee, is fully impowered to preform the above busi-\\nness, having regard that the burying place be not infringed\\non.\\nAt a Proprietor s meeting May 7, 1760, at the house of\\nGiles Pettibone, Voted that we will and do accept the re-\\nport of Benajah Douglas and George Palmer this day made\\nrespecting building Iron Works, and establish their doings\\nrespecting leasing ye said works to Samuel Forbes, and\\nprivileges of the land that they have leased.\\nThere appears from the records to have been a want of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nharmony in the action of the committee in leasing the land\\nfor the Iron Works to Mr. Forbes, the names of only two\\nof the committee being given in the report which was ac-\\ncepted by the meeting.\\nWhat the trouble was appears a little later.\\nVoted, whereas Timothy Horsford has laid out a 30 acre\\npitch of land which we judge he has not the right to lay\\nout said 30 acres, and we will defend Samuel Forbes in the\\npossession of said land which said committee hath laid for\\nsaid Forbes, and be at the cost if any shall arise respecting\\nForbes quiet possession of said land. And we judge the\\nsame was sequestered before said Horsford laid his said\\n30 acres. This propriety had voted liberty to our committee\\nto lay said land for the use of ye Iron works, and the same\\nwas bounded by said propriety s vote.\\nWhereas Benajah Douglas is deceased, and George\\nPalmer and said Douglas had not fully completed the afifair\\nwith Samuel Forbes respecting leasing out the land, etc.,\\nto said Forbes respecting Iron works, we do now appoint\\nDeacon Michael Humphrey to join said Palmer in complet-\\ning said business with said Forbes, and their doings shall\\nbe esteemed good and authentic as fully as Douglas and\\nPalmer could.\\nThen follows this Protest:\\nWe, the subscribers, proprietors of Norfolk, in public\\nproprietors meeting May 7, 1760, being dissatisfied with the\\nvote of the proprietors this day respecting ye report of the\\ncommittee respecting Iron Works in Norfolk, do protest\\nthat said proprietors by their vote cannot give away an-\\nother s land, and protest against ye proprietors voting to\\ngive away our land, or doing anything about ye same or any\\npart thereof without our mutual consent.\\nJoshua Whitney, 3 rights,\\nDaniel Lawrence, Jr., 4 rights,\\nMay 7, 1760. Timothy Horsford, 2 1-2 rights.\\nOn the same date, Voted that we will and do sequest\\nthe mill-place at the mouth of the Great Pond, the north", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 59\\npart of the town of Norfolk, and all of the common land\\nadjoining thereto, except suitable highways across said\\ncommon land; and that no person shall have liberty to lay\\nthe same in severalty for himself. And all the rest of suit-\\nable mill streams and places in said Norfolk that is not\\nyet laid we do hereby sequest for our own use said mill\\nplaces.\\nAt a meeting June 9, 1762, it was Voted to lay out by\\npitching 40 acres to each proprietor that holds a whole\\nright. They drew their tickets and commenced to pitch Oc-\\ntober 1st, following, in same manner as before. January\\n18, 1763, they voted to lay out 20 acres to each right, by\\npitching; drew their tickets; the pitching to commence\\nSeptember 1st next.\\nSame date, Voted, that this propriety will give all our\\nright to a certain piece of land lying near the mouth of\\nthe Great Pond toward the north east part of the town-\\nship of Norfolk, which piece the proprietors have already\\nsequestered for their own use; and they hereby take off that\\nsequestration and give to him or them that will build a\\ngood iron works in said Norfolk and have them fit to make\\niron by the 15th day of January, 1765, and keep them in or-\\nder fit to make iron for the space of fifteen years from the\\ntime they are built; to be built upon the same stream that\\ncomes out of said Great Pond, between said pond and the\\ntown line, where the brook goes out of said Norfolk.\\nSeptember 7, 1763, Whereas Timothy Horsford in Octo-\\nber, 1759, pitched upon a piece of land that the proprietors\\ndid sequestrate for their own use, now the proprietors\\nvote and agree that Jedediah Richards who has bought said\\npitch of said Horsford, shall for said pitch have liberty to\\nlay out in the common land in Norfolk 40 acres, laying it\\nupon his own cost; said Richards giving a quit-claim of\\nsaid pitch to the proprietors of Norfolk.\\nWhereas, by making the plan of the town there is very\\ngreat mistakes and errors in many of the surveys of lots\\nand pitches of land, both in measure and in points of com-\\npass, therefore voted that there shall be survey bills drawn", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nof all the surveys wherein mistakes are found, whether in\\nmeasure or in points of compass, according as they are\\ncorrected and made right by the plan and records.\\nSeptember 19, 1766, Voted that whereas Capt. Daniel\\nLawrence, Jr., Thomas Day and Samuel Ransom did all and\\neach of them become bound to the proprietors of Norfolk\\nin the penal sum of \u00c2\u00a3500, lawful money, that they would\\nbuild a good Iron-works in said Norfolk, somewhere near\\nthe Great Pond so called in Norfolk, and to have them fit\\nto make iron by the loth of January, 1765; now said pro-\\nprietors vote and agree that we will not ask nor sue said\\nLawrence and others upon said bond for the space of five\\nyears after said January 15th, 1765.\\nNo meeting of proprietors was held so far as the record\\nshows, from May, 1768, until September, 1804, when they\\nvoted to lay out by pitching 20 acres to each original pro-\\nprietor.\\nMarch 12, 1811, Jedediah Richards, Jr., Michael F. Mills\\nand Jonathan Pettibone added to the committee to erect\\nsuch bounds as are imperfect and finish the survey of such\\nlots and pitches as have never been completed.\\nSeptember 26, 1825, Michael F. Mills was chosen Clerk.\\nVoted that each proprietor of an original right, have the\\nright to pitch 20 acres of the undivided lands in Norfolk.\\nNov. 15, 1856, surveyed and laid out to Daniel Hotchkiss\\nof Norfolk from the common and undivided lands in Nor-\\nfolk, 55 rods of land on the original right owned by his\\nfather, Jonah Hotchkiss.\\nHenry Norton, County Surveyor.\\nMichael F. Mills,\\nAmos Pettibone,\\nProps. Com.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 61\\nVI,\\nTHE FIRST TOWN MEETING HELD DEC. 12, 1758 REPORT OF SAME\\nNAMES OF FIRST TOWN OFFICERS LONG STRUGGLE OF LOCATING\\nAND BUILDING THE MEETING-HOUSE DIGNIFYING AND SEATING\\nTHE HOUSE MANNER OF RAISING MONEY AND MATERIAL TO\\nFINISH THE HOUSE.\\nWe can have no doubt but that Messrs. George Palmer\\nand Ezra Knapp gave due notice and warning to all the in-\\nhabitants of the town, and that they with one mind and\\nheart assembled upon this important occasion, in accord-\\nance with the warning for this their first town meeting,\\nwhich was held at the house of Joshua Whitney. Many\\nsubsequent meetings were held at the tavern of Mr. Giles\\nPettibone, upon the ground, if not indeed in the very same\\nbuilding which recently was the residence of Mrs. Lyman\\nJohnson, and a couple of generations ago the residence of\\nMr. Luther Butler, opposite the residence of Mr. E. Grove\\nLawrence. The memorial to the General Assembly in Oc-\\ntober previous, stated that there were forty-three families\\nin the township. The record gives the names of forty-four\\nlegal voters present, which were as follows: George Palmer,\\nModerator; William Barber, Jedediah Richards, John Tur-\\nner, Ebenezer Knapp, Cornelius Brown, Aaron Aspenwall,\\nSamuel Gaylord, Ezra Knapp, Isaac Pettibone, Edward\\nStrickland, Samuel Cowles, Ebenezer Burr, Elijah Barber,\\nEbenezer Pardia, Cornelius Doud, Joseph Mills, Gideon\\nLawrence, Asahel Case. Jnstis Gaylord, Rufus Lawrence,\\nEli Pettibone, Samuel Mills, Thomas Knapp, Ebenezer\\nKnapp, Jr., James Hotchkiss, Samuel Ransom, Abraham\\nKnapp, James Benedict, Stephen Baker, Joshua Whitney,\\nJacob Spaulding, Stephen Comstock, Jedediah Turner,\\nSamuel Strickland, Jabez Rood, Samuel Munross, Luther\\nBarber, Timothy Gaylord, Elisha Richards, Giles Petti-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbone, Jonathan Strickland, Amariah Plumb, David Turner.\\nAn extended report of this, the first town meeting held in\\nNorfolk, cannot fail to be of interest to many now living\\nand possibly to some who will live after we have all passed\\naway.\\nThe meeting having been called to order, as we may be-\\nlieve by one of the gentlemen who had been designated by\\nthe General Assembly to give notice and warning of the\\nmeeting, the record, giving first the charter, or the incor-\\nporation of the town, reads as follows:\\nNew England, Colony of Connecticut, Litchfield County.\\nWhereas, the Honorable General Assembly of the Colony\\nof Connecticut aforesaid, did at their session held at New\\nHaven upon the second Thursday of October, A.D. 1758,\\nenact, decree and declare that the township of Norfolk\\nshould be incorporated, and did incorporate said township\\nof Norfolk and ordered and decreed that Mr. George Palmer\\nand Mr. Ezra Knap should warn all the inhabitants of said\\nNorfolk to meet at some suitable place in said Norfolk on\\nthe second Tuesday of December, 1758, and said Palmer and\\nKnap made return that they gave notice to all the inhabi-\\ntants to meet at the house of Joshua Whitney in said Nor-\\nfolk on said second Tuesday of December at nine of ye\\nclock, and the inhabitants being met accordingly to per-\\nform the above business; and those who met are as follows:\\n(names are given above.) Then we proceeded to chuse Mr.\\nGeorge Palmer Moderator of said meeting. Then we pro-\\nceeded to chuse a Town Clerk, and for our Town Clerk did\\nchuse Joshua Whitney.\\nThen we proceeded to the choice of selectmen; and for\\nthe first selectman did chuse Mr. George Palmer, and for\\nye second selectman did chuse Mr. Ezra Knap, and for our\\nthird selectman did chuse Mr. Asahel Case.\\nVoted and did chuse Mr. Ebenezer Burr Treasurer for\\ntown of Norfolk.\\nVoted and did chuse Eli Pettibone for first Constable.\\nAnd did chuse Samuel Mills for second Constable.\\nVoted and did chuse Gideon Lawrence, Cornelius Doud,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. ^63\\nSamuel Gowles, James Benedict, Giles Pettibone and Eben-\\nezer Knap surveyors of highways.\\nVoted and said town did chuse Joseph Mills, Giles Petti-\\nbone and Thomas Knap to be listers for said town for year\\ninsuing.\\nAlso town did chuse Mr. John Turner, Leather Sealer,\\nfor said town for said year insuing.\\nAlso said town did chuse Jedediah Richards and Eben-\\nezer Burr grand jurymen.\\nAlso did chuse Isaac Pettibone and Jedediah Turner\\nTythingmen.\\nAlso did chuse Gideon Lawrence, Samuel Munross and\\nIsaac Pettibone, fence viewers.\\nJames Hotchkiss to be sealer of weights and measures.\\nSamuel Munross to be key-keeper,\\nEli Pettibone to be collector of rates.\\nAlso the Selectmen was chosen rate makers.\\nThe election of their town officers seems to have been\\nabout all the business transacted at this first town-meeting.\\nUpon the same day a meeting was warned, to meet at ye\\nhouse of Giles Pettibone in said Norfolk on ye 20th day of\\nDecember instant at nine of ye clock forenoon.\\nThe only business transacted at this second meeting that\\nseems to be of interest was\\nJohn Turner was chosen moderator.\\nVoted that we will proceed to procure preaching in this\\ntown and we do agree to have the Gospel preacht in this\\ntown, and we do appoint Mess. Jedediah Richards, Ezra\\nKnap, Samuel Gaylord, Joseph Mills and Ebenezer Burr\\nto be a Committee to procure preaching in said Norfolk as\\nsoon as may be.\\nAt the third meeting, held at the house of Giles Petti-\\nbone at 12 of ye clock on the 8th day of January, 1759, Mr.\\nEbenezer Knap was chosen moderator; it was Voted, that\\nthis town will continue Mr. Joseph Peck to preach longer\\nin this town.\\nVoted, that this town of Norfolk will proceed to build\\na meeting house in said Norfolk for the worship of God.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "64 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe same vote was voted by more than two-thirds of the\\nlawful voters present.\\nVoted, That we will apply to the County Court to be\\nheld at Litchfield ye third Tuesday of January current, that\\nsaid County Court would send a committee of three men\\nto prefix a place for a meeting house in said Norfolk and\\nset the stake; and Joshua Whitney, Esq., be apjDointed\\nagent to go to said Court to request of said Court the above\\nbusiness.\\nVoted, That Isaac Petibone and Ebenezer Burr be a com-\\nmittee to lease the school lot, being the 6th lot in 1st di-\\nvision, to Cornelius Doud; and same committee to see that\\n42 shillings be laid out in clearing said school lot.\\nAt a meeting held May 2nd, 1759, it was Voted to apply\\nto the General Assembly to grant a tax on the land in Nor-\\nfolk, the money to be appropriated to pay for preaching the\\nGospel, for two years.\\nThe matter of first importance to those earliest settlers\\nof this town, the lineal ancestors of some now living here,\\nevidently was, to procure the preaching of the gospel, and\\nto build a meeting-house as a place suitable for the same.\\nThis purpose was perfectly natural, if we but remember\\nthat they were the direct lineal descendants, only two or\\nthree generations removed, of those men and women who\\nleft their home and native land for the express purpose\\nof making a home where they might worship God accord-\\ning to the dictates of their own consciences, and to be be-\\nyond the reach of that arbitrary power which forbade them\\nto assemble for worship in any place or in any form other\\nthan according to the prescribed rubric. Unquestionably\\nthey were all hard at work, felling the forests, clearing and\\nsubduing this cold, hard, rocky land, that they might be\\nable to raise and procure food and clothing necessary for\\nthemselves and their families; but their one purpose was\\nevidently at all times uppermost in their minds.\\nAccordingly, at a town meeting duly warned and as-\\nsembled at the house of Giles Pettibone on September 18,\\n1759, it was Voted, that we judge it necessary to build a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 65\\nmeeting house in said Norfolk, and that we will proceed to\\nbuild a meeting-house, and have agreed on the place, and\\ndo agree that the place shall be at the east end of the\\nSeventh Lott, in First Division, first going over; and that\\non the hill where Mr. Samuel Munross formerly laid up\\nsundry loggs in order for a barn place. Joshua Whitney\\nwas appointed agent to request the County Court to order\\nthat that may be the place, and said town be ordered to\\nbuild their meeting-house at that place for divine worship,\\nJt was further Voted, that we will apply to the General\\nAssembly to be held at New Haven the second Thursday\\nof October next, to grant a tax of two pence per acre yearly,\\nthe same to be appropriated for the use of the town to build\\na meeting-house and to pay for the preaching of the Gospel,\\nand the tax to be continued four years. At this meeting\\nit was further Voted, that near the place where Samuel\\nMunross built his barn, between his house and Ebenezer\\nBurr, the selectmen build a pound. This was at the south\\nend of the green.\\nThat the question where shall we build our meeting-\\nhouse, was one that interested all the inhabitants of the\\ntown and agitated their minds and caused something of a\\nstruggle and a contest, may be readily inferred from the\\ntown records, and that idea is confirmed by family tradi-\\ntion.\\nIt is an easily established fact that, in those early days,\\nmany if not most of the stores and other business places,\\nsuch as they were, were located upon Beech Flats, having\\ntheir centre near where later, the Bigelow tavern was lo-\\ncated, now the residence of George R. Bigelow. A Mr.\\nDickinson is said to have kept one of the first stores in\\nthe town near that place, on the ground of the present\\nresidence of Dr. Peaselee. As late as 1792 when Mr. Joseph\\nBattell settled in the town, his business was commenced\\nand continued for a number of years on the site of the\\nold Humphrey place on Beech Flats, the present residence\\nof Mrs. C. J. Cole. That there was a desire felt and\\nan effort made by a considerable number to locate the meet-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ning-house upon Beech Flats cannot be doubted. The house\\nof Giles Pettibone, located as stated above, seems to have\\nbeen considered by many as in a central location, as most\\nof the town meetings were held in that house until the meet-\\ning-house was commenced.\\nAt a town meeting held October 8, X759, it was Voted,\\nthat Asahel Case, Ezra Knap and Abel Phelps be a com-\\nmittee to run lines in order to find the centre of the town,\\nto lay the true state of the town before the committee ap-\\npointed by the Court last September to place the stake for\\nthe meeting-house. (This committee ascertained that the\\ngeographical centre of the town was near the residence of\\nDeacon Abraham Hall, 1-4 mile southeast of E. J. Tres-\\ncott s, formerly Charles H, Mills residence.) And we do\\nagree that John Turner, Ebenezer Knapp, Samuel Cowles,\\nCideon Lawrence and Isaac Pettibone be a committee to\\ncall in said committee and weight on said committee, and\\nlay the state of the town before said committee that the\\ntrue place for said meeting-house may be apprised, and the\\nlast Committee be appointed to call in said county com-\\nmittee on Wednesday next to preform the above business.\\nFor some reason the committees failed on the day desig-\\nnated to find and fix ^the true place, as at the annual meet-\\ning on the 2nd Monday of December, 1759, it was, voted,\\nthat John Turner be agent to go to the county court to be\\nheld at Litchfield the 3d Tuesday of January next, to re-\\n\u00c2\u00abiuest said court to establish the place tor ye meeting-house\\nin Norfolk.\\nAt the meeting December 14, 1759, it was Voted, that\\nsaid town will build a meeting-house of forty feet wide and\\nfifty feet long, a suitable height for gallering. At the same\\nmeeting it was voted that Abel Phelps, Isaac Holt, Sam-\\nuel Gaylord, Isaac Pettibone and Samuel Mills be a com-\\nmittee to take care to build the meeting-house.\\nDuring the winter of 1759-60 the timber for the frame of\\nthe meeting-house was cut and drawn near the place where\\nthe house was at last located.\\nAt a town meeting held June 3, 1760, at the house of Abel\\nPhelps, it is recorded:\\n.Hi", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "HISTORY^ OF NORFOLK. 67\\nWhereas, the town of Norfolk have bought a piece of\\nland convenient to set a meeting-house on, about fifteen\\nrods westward from the stake set by the Committee ap-\\npointed by the Court; voted, that the meeting-house shall\\nbe set up at the place where the timber now lyeth, which\\nis about fifteen rods westward from the stake aforesaid;\\nbut three men in the negative. Voted, to choose an agent\\nto go to the court and pray that the place for setting the\\nmeeting-house may be affixed agreeable to the foregoing\\nvote,\\nThe stake set by the court was evidently not far from the\\nsite of the present parsonage, as the present meeting-house\\nwas built in 1813 upon the same site as the first house.\\nBy the 1st of June of that year the great timbers for\\nthe meeting-house had been hewed and framed, and the\\nday fixed upon for the raising was at hand. At the town\\nmeeting June 3d a committee was named to provide victals\\nand drink for the hands that raise the meeting-house, and\\nwe can readily imagine that the men from all parts of the\\ntown assembled to assist in the raising, coming together\\nfor that purpose with genuine satisfaction and enthusiasm.\\nIt is somewhere stated that after the frame of the meeting-\\nhouse was raised, the men all sat on the sills, sung a\\nPsalm, and had a prayer, On June 24th of that year, at\\na town meeting held at the house of Abel Phelps and ad-\\njourned to the meeting-house frame, it was there voted\\nthat the committee shall go on to cover the same as soon\\nas may be conveniently,\\nFrom that time they seem to have rested from their pub-\\nlic labors for a year or more, as the next mention of work\\nin finishing the house is in Sept., 1761, when it was Voted,\\nto underpin the house and provide boards to lay a floor.\\nRoys says: Their progress in building the meeting-house\\nmay be seen by the following statement: In 1759 they com-\\nmenced building the meeting-house, and in the course of\\nthe year (1760), raised and covered it. In 1761, underpinned\\nand floored the lower part of it. In 1767, laid the gallery\\nfioor. In 1769, finished the lower part and made the pulpit.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nJanuary 2, 1770, dignified and seated it. In 1771, finished\\nthe galleries and procured a cushion for the pulpit desk.\\nThere is not in existence, so far as the writer knows,\\nany description of the old meeting-house. We find that\\nit was, according to the record, forty feet wide and fifty\\nfeet long, a suitable height for gallering. Mr. Boyd gives\\na description of the interior of the meeting-house of the\\nFirst Congregational Church in Winsted, built in 1800,\\n(forty years nearly after the Norfolk house was built,) and\\nbeing probably as near a description of the interior of\\nthe old house in this town as can now be obtained,\\nI quote from it: It was built, floored and covered in 1800,\\nand was for the period when it was built the best propor-\\ntioned and finished church edifice in the region. The in-\\nterior was completed five years afterward, in a style of the\\nthen modern composite architecture. Its inner furnishing\\nand adornment was picturesque. The body of the audience\\nroom was occupied by three aisles, with high-paneled,\\nsquare pews of unpainted pine. The pulpit was an eight\\nsquare tub, supported by a single pillar standing about ten\\nfeet high, and resembling an immense gobiet. Narrow,\\nrectangular stairs with elaborate railings, ascended from\\neach end of the altar to half the height of the structure,\\nand then turned toward each other and met at a two-and-\\na-half-foot platform in rear of the tub from which a door\\nopened to receive the preacher, and on being closed a seat\\nwas turned down for him to sit on, and affording scant\\nroom for a companion to sit by his side. The crowning ap-\\npendage of this unique structure was an eight square\\nwooden sounding board, suspended by a half inch square\\niron rod fastened in the arched ceiling. It resembled a\\nwoolen tassel attached to a frail cord incapable of sustain-\\ning it. It vibrated sensibly with every motion of the air,\\nand fearfully when the windows were open and a thunder\\nstorm impending. This feature gave to the concern an\\nelement of the sublime which modified its fantastical char-\\nacter, especially in the eyes of the youthful worshipers,\\nwhose fears of the demolition of the minister by the break-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "fflSTORY OF NORFOLK. 69\\ning of the imaginary string were not altogether unrea-\\nsonable. A single row of singers seats went around\\nthe entire front line of the gallery. A narrow ele-\\nvated alley ran in the rear of the singers seats, and in the\\nrear of this, on the sides of the house, were still more ele-\\nvated pews, furnishing admirable places of concealed re-\\ntirement for the boys and girls who chose to worship in a\\nmore cheerful way than their parents below would have\\napproved. The interior of the house retained its pris-\\ntine form and adornments until 1828, when the pulpit,\\nsounding board and all, was taken down, and a less pre-\\ntentious but more convenient one built. In the gal-\\nlery the aristocratic front pews, and the devil-possessed\\nside pews were removed.\\nThey at an early day rose to the dignity of employing\\na janitor, as February 3, 1762, they Voted to give Eben-\\nezer Burr, Jun., five shillings, to sweep the meeting-house\\nand take care that the doors and windows are shut till the\\nannual meeting next December.\\nFor about seventy years people assembled in this town\\nfor divine worship on the Sabbath having no way of warm-\\ning the meeting-house or themselves, save by the little tin\\nfoot-stove that held less than a quart of burning coals from\\ntheir open fires. People were then compelled by law to\\nattend divine service on the Sabbath, so no one could ab-\\nsent himself from this service simply because the day was\\ncold. They had just a little relief in what were called Sab-\\nbath-day-houses near the meeting-house, already mentioned\\nby Dr. Eldridge. Several persons would unite and build\\na little log house, having a large fireplace, and when they\\narrived on Sabbath morning they would find a nice fire\\nburning in this great open fireplace where they could warm\\nthemselves, and where the women could replenish their\\nfoot-stoves with burning coals from the hearth. At a town\\nmeeting held Dec. 1760, it w^as voted that John Turner,\\nJedediah Richards, (and others,) have liberty to build a\\nSabbath-day house and horse houses, convenient for Sab-\\nbath days, on the land purchased of Timothy Horsford to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "70 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbuild a meeting-house on, to be let out at the discretion of\\nthe Selectmen. Voted the same liberty to any other of\\nsaid town inhabitants.\\nPeople living near the meeting-house kept open house,\\nmany of them at least, during the one and a half hours be-\\ntween the morning and afternoon services, and their friends\\nand acquaintances were made welcome to warm them-\\nselves by their glowing open fires, to eat their luncheons\\nand replenish their foot-stoves. The tavern of Giles Pet-\\ntibone, Jr., later the Shepard Hotel, is said to have been\\na favorite place for the men to congregate and spend their\\nnoon hour, while the women were made welcome and com-\\nfortable at the homes of Esq. Battell, Dr. Koys, Aunt Mol-\\nlie Phelps, and others. It should be remembered that Sun-\\nday Schools were not yet known, at this early period. In\\nhis Centennial Discourse, 1876, Mr. Beach says: The\\norganization of the Sunday School also took place under\\nMr. Emerson. A persistent search has failed to reveal the\\ndate of its first establishment, or who were its early super-\\nintendents. The most probable date is the period between\\n1822 and 1824.\\nDignifying and seating the meeting-house when com-\\npleted, was evidently a delicate and diflScult matter, in\\norder to please everyone and displease no one. This too\\nwas done by the town. September, 1769, it was Voted,\\nthat the town will proceed to have the meeting-house seated\\nso soon as the seats in the lower part are finished. At the\\nsame meeting, Voted, that the pew next to the pulpit on\\nthe north side shall be for Mr. A. R. Bobbins family to sit\\nin. Also, that we appoint a committee of seven to seat\\nthe meeting-house.\\nVoted, that the rule for the seater shall be, that one\\nyear age shall be accounted equal to five pounds list.\\nVoted that the seaters shall dignify the seats as they\\nshall think proper. That the list given in in 1769 shall\\nbe the list for the seaters to go by.\\nAt a meeting held in November of the same year it was\\nPut to vote whether the town will proceed to now seat", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 71\\nthe meeting-house. Passed in the negative. Mr. Bobbins\\nappeared in the meeting and publicly gave up his right to\\nhis pew. At a meeting in December of that year they\\nagain appointed a committee of five, to dignify the pews\\nin the meeting-house, and also Voted, that the meeting-\\nhouse shall be seated.\\nAfter the second committees, appointed to dignify and\\nto seat the house had reported, the town voted not to con-\\nfirm the doings of the last seaters; and also voted that\\nthe doings of the former seaters shall stand. And so the\\nmatter was settled for that year. (These votes of the town\\nare mentioned simply to give a glimpse of the ways and\\ndoings of the people of those early times.) I will close this\\nchapter with a brief mention of the way means were pro-\\nvided for meeting the expense of building this first house\\nof worship, quoting again from Beach:\\nOne-half of the proceeds of the land tax before men-\\ntioned had furnished the means of building. This ceased\\nby limitation in 1763, and the finishing, which was per-\\nformed at intervals from 1766 to 1772, was provided for\\nas follows: A vote would be passed in town meeting speci-\\nfying what work should be done, and laying an extra tax\\non the grand list sufficient for that purpose, and made pay-\\nable in good merchantable pine boards, or in good bar iron,\\nto be delivered at the meeting-house by a certain date; and\\nsometime other species were allowed. The appointment\\nof a committee would follow to receive said boards and\\niron, and improve them for the above said use. He further\\nsays: There is no record or tradition that any formal\\ndedication of this building took place, and that it was first\\noccupied for worship in the autumn of 1761 is only a prob-\\nable inference. Yet there is no doubt that a house of this\\nsize, built by a young struggling town, and requiring about\\ntwelve years for its completion, received the Christian en-\\ndeavors and fervent prayers of all the members.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "72 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nVII.\\nCUSTOMS AND HABITS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS ORGANIZATION OF\\nTHE CHURCH OF CHRIST EFFORTS AND FAILURE TO SECURE\\nA SETTLED PASTOR CALL, SETTLEMENT AND ORDINATION OF\\nMR. AMMI RUHAMAH ROBBINS, FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.\\nIt seems appropriate to speak briefly of the customs,\\nmanners and habits of our ancestors. I quote from Pal-\\nfrey s History of New England:\\nIn Connecticut in Colonial times the place for public\\nworship was the meeting-house/ where assemblies for\\ntransacting the town s business were also held. All town\\nmeetings and elections were held in the meeting-house in\\nNorfolk until 1846, when that house was repaired and im-\\nproved, and the town bought the lower room of the Acad\\nemy for a town hall, which has since that date been used\\nfor elections, town meetings, and various gatherings.\\nMen and women sat apart on their respective sides of\\nthe house; while boys had a separate place from both, with\\na tything-man to keep them in order.\\nMany persons still living remember that this custom was\\nkept up in the old Conference room until probably less\\nthan twenty-five years ago; the seats in that room facing\\ntoward the centre; the women always sitting upon the\\nnorth side of the room and the men upon the south side.\\nA morning and an afternoon service was held each Sabbath,\\nthe morning service commencing, in accordance with a vote\\nof the town, at ten o clock, in the early history of the town,\\nwith an intermission of an hour and a half between the\\ntwo services. These services consisted of extemporaneous\\nprayers, singing of the Psalms in a metrical version, with-\\nout instrumental aecompaniament, and a sermon, of which\\nthe approved length was an hour, measured by an hour\\nglass which stood upon the pulpit, and this in a house", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 73\\nwhere there was no fire, only the little foot-stove carried\\nby a part of the women.\\nThe public reading of the Bible without exposition was\\ngenerally disapproved, being regarded as an unbecoming\\nconformity to the hierarchical service. Children were bap-\\ntized in the meeting-houses generally on the next Sabbath\\nafter their birth. Ministers did not officiate at marriages,\\nthe marriage contract being made before a magistrate.\\nNo religious service took place at the burial of the dead.\\nChristmas, Good Friday, and other periodical festivities\\nand fast days of the church were scrupulously disregarded\\nand discountenanced.\\nPossibly some of these customs and practices of the\\nearlier Colonial times mentioned by Palfrey were not in\\nvogue in this town in the early years of its history.\\nAs to other religious services in addition to the two\\npreaching services on the Sabbath, in his Centennial Dis-\\ncourse, Beach says: Prayer meetings, as is well known,\\nwere once regarded with suspicion by Congregationalists.\\nMr. Bobbins held occasional mid-week services either in\\nthe center or in the outside districts, but they were usually\\nin the form of a lecture. Meetings for prayer and con-\\nference, in which laymen participated, were for the most\\npart confined to seasons of special interest. During\\nthe great revival of 1799, a Sunday night prayer-meeting\\nwas started, and he took advantage of that occasion to make\\nit permanent. It is said there had at that time been no\\nprayer-meeting for sixteen years. Since then it has been\\ncontinued with very few interruptions.\\nIn all New England towns in Colonial times, the institu-\\ntion of first importance was felt to be the Church.\\nThe record of the organization of the church in this town\\nwill be briefly given.\\nIt was enacted in 1675 that a meeting-house must be\\nerected in every town in the colony.\\nOrganization of the Church of Christ at Norfolk, Conn.\\n(From the original Church Becord):\\nThe Church of Christ was gathered at Norfolk, by Bev.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDaniel Farrand (of South Canaan), Dec. 24, A. D. 1760, con-\\nsisting of the following members, viz.:\\nMichael Humphrey and Mary his wife.\\nJoseph Dean and Sarah his wife.\\nEbenezer Burr and Hephzibah his wife.\\nEzra Knap.\\nAbel Phelps and Mary his wife.\\nIsaac Pettibone and Hephzibah his wife.\\nJohn Turner and Abigail his wife.\\nWilliam Barber and Abigail his wife.\\nSamuel Gaylord and Thankful his wife.\\nJedediah Richards. Samuel Cole.\\nAsahel Case and Dorothy his wife.\\nNehemiah Lawrence. Peter Cato.\\nTest, Daniel Farrand,\\nPastor of Church of Canaan.\\nThe Church being formed, Michael Humphrey was chosen\\nModerator. The above named professors entered into the\\nCovenant, which form is here set down as follows:\\nA COVENANT.\\nYou now in the presence of God, angels and men, sol-\\nemnly choose God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, to be\\nyour God; taking Jesus Christ to be your Redeemer and the\\nHoly Spirit to be your Sanctifler, and give yourself, soul and\\nbody to be the Lord s, with yours, faithfully to serve hi]u\\nin the ways of his appointment; seriously promising by the\\nassistance of Divine grace that, denying all ungodliness\\nand every worldly lust, you will live soberly in this world;\\nand renouncing Satan and the world to bind yourself to walk\\nwith this Church in all the ordinances of the gospel; and\\nthat you will watch over your fellow members in meekness\\nand love, and that you will submit yourself to the govern-\\nment of Christ in this Church in the administrations and\\ncensures of it, so far as you are directed by the unerring\\nWord of God. This you voluntarialy promise.\\nAugust 30, 1761, taken into this Church by Rev. Mr.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE DEACONS PAGE.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 75\\nFarraiid: Cornelius Doud, Joseph Mills, Samuel Mills and\\nAbigail Mills his wife.\\nMembers in full communion, added by letters of recom-\\nmendation from other churches:\\nJames Richards and Annah his wife.\\nBrotherton Seaward and Abigail his wife.\\nThankful Doud, wife of Cornelius Doud.\\nNoah Allen and Sarah his wife.\\nElizabeth the wife of Joseph Seaward.\\nMary, the wife of Samuel Cornstalk.\\nRuth, the wife of Jehiel Hall.\\nCornelius Brown.\\nSo the Church in this town was organized, having thirty-\\nfive members in full communion, in August, 1761.\\nPrevious to this date they had occasionally enjoyed a\\npreaching service in the town.\\nRoys says: The first settlers attended public worship\\nin Canaan. December 20, 1758, an itinerant clergy-\\nman by the name of Treat was procured and preached the\\nfirst sermon ever delivered in this town. They had occa-\\nsional preaching until January, 1759. They then hired Mr.\\nJoseph Peck to preach a considerable time, and also agreed\\nto commence building a meeting-house. November,\\n1759, the people invited the Rev. Noah Wetmore to preach\\non probation, and in March, 1760, a call was ex-\\ntended to him to become their settled pastor, but he\\nwas rejected by the council. Soon after an unsuccessful\\neffort was made to settle Mr. Noah Benedict as pastor.\\nQuoting again from Roys, In a meeting assembled June\\n24, 1760, they agreed to invite Rev. Jesse Ives, brother to\\nTitus Ives, to preach on probation. He was obtained, and\\nDecember 24th following they gave him a call to settle\\nover them as their gospel minister. They proceeded so far\\ntoward settling Mr. Ives as to offer him the minister s lot,\\nand to give him a salary of \u00c2\u00a362, 10s. annually, for three\\nyears, and after that time to give him a salary of \u00c2\u00a370 per\\nannum statedly. The time was set for his ordination, the\\nthird Wednesdav of October, 1760. His ordination", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nfor reasons not now known was postponed. In February,\\n1761, another committee was appointed to attend the ex-\\namination of Mr. Ives a second time; but soon after, an al-\\ntercation took place between him and one of his expected\\nparishioners, and the business respecting his settle-\\nment proceeded no farther. It seems the town had too\\nhastily given him a deed or lease of the use of the par-\\nsonage land, for he was afterwards required to quit his\\nclaim. His other claims against the town were not\\npromptly liquidated and a law-suit was the result, which,\\nafter considerable delay, brought the business to a close.\\nIn June, 1761, they invited Mr. Ammi Ruhamah Rob-\\nbins, a young candidate for the ministry, son of the Rev.\\nPhilemon Robbins of Branford in this state, to preach to us\\non probation. After taking suitable time to acquaint them-\\nselves with his qualifications and to deliberate on the sub-\\nject, they on the 16th of September, 1761, gave him a unani-\\nmous call to take the charge of them as their minister. The\\ncommittee informed him of the result of their deliberations,\\nand proposed to him the following stipend and terms, viz.:\\nto give him the lot reserved for the first settled minister,\\nand an annual salary of \u00c2\u00a362, 10s. for two years, and after\\nthat time agreed to pay him a stated salary of \u00c2\u00a370, payable\\nannually, and in produce at the market price, and fixed by\\na committee to be appointed annually for said purpose.\\n(This mode of payment was continued for 45 years, when\\na contract was made.) After due consideration Mr. Rob-\\nbins accepted the terms proposed, and waited their time to\\nreceive him as their minister. From the Church records:\\nAt a church meeting of the Church of Christ in Norfolk,\\nSeptember 28, 1761, Voted that we make choice of Mr.\\nAmmi Ruhamah Robbins to be our gospel minister. Voted,\\nthat Michael Humphrey, Esq., and Mr. Ezra Knap be our\\ncommittee to inform the rev d. Association of this County\\nof our choice, and desire their assistance in his ordination,\\nand that said committee act for us in any other business\\nin that affair that is meet.\\nThe following entry upon the church record of the ordi-\\nnation of Mr. Robbins is of interest:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 77\\nOctober 28, 1761. The Rev d. Ammi R. Robbing was set\\napart and solemnly ordained to the pastoral oflSce over the\\nChurch of Christ in Norfolk, which solemnity may the great\\nHead of the Church follow with his Divine blessing.\\nThe ordination council consisted of the following min-\\nisters with their delegates, and a delegate from the church\\nof Cornwall, viz.: Rev ds. Philemon Robbins, Nathaniel\\nRoberts, Joseph Bellamy, Jonathan Lee, Daniel Farrand,\\nJudah Champion, Abel Newell, Cotton M. Smith, Sylvanus\\nOsburn, Joel Bardwell, with their delegates, and a delegate\\nfrom the church of Cornwall.\\nThe Rev d. Mr. Bellamy was chosen Moderator and\\nRev d. Mr. Lee, Scribe. Those who assisted in imposition\\nof hands, and the parts of the solemnity were these, viz.:\\nRev d. Mr. Lee made the first prayer. Rev d. Mr. Robbins\\npreached the sermon. Rev d. Mr. Bellamy prayed and gave\\nthe charge. Rev d. Mr. Champion gave the right hand of\\nfellowship, and Rev d. Mr. Roberts made the concluding\\nprayer. The whole was performed with decorum and order.\\nTest A. R. Robbins, Pastor.\\nThe Sacrament of the Lord s Supper was first admin-\\nistered to the Church of Christ in Norfolk, April 26th. 1761,\\nby the Rev d. Mr. Farrand. Next administered August 30th,\\n1761, by s d Rev d. Mr. Farrand.\\nDecember 6, 1761, the Sacrament of the Lord s Supper\\nwas administered to the Church of Christ in Norfolk the\\nfirst time after said church had a pastor, per me Ammi R.\\nRobbins, Pastor, and by a vote of the Church the Sacra-\\nment is to be administered five times a year.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nVIII.\\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTIC RESOLVES ADOPTED IN\\nTOWN-MEETING NAMES OF MEN FROM NORFOLK WHO RESPONDED\\nTO THE LEXINGTON ALARM NAMES AND SERVICE OF MEN FROM\\nNORFOLK IN THE ARMY JOURNAL OF REV. A. R. ROBBINS WHILE\\nCHAPLAIN IN THE ARMY, GIVING A MOST VIVID PICTURE OF THE\\nHARDSHIPS OF ARMY LIFE IN THAT DAY.\\nIt is to regretted that in Dr. Roys History of Norfolk\\nthere is not given a fuller and more detailed account of the\\naction of the town and the names at least of some of those\\nwho were soldiers in the Continental Army from this town,\\nwith facts and interesting incidents that were well known\\nat the time he wrote, but have now passed beyond recall.\\nHe says: The troublous times which had for several years\\nbeen anticipated, now arrived. Their recital as to detail\\nis here omitted, and the reader referred to the ofticial docu-\\nments published at large on the subject. It will be sufficient\\nin this place to say, our fathers now began very sensibly\\nto feel, in common with their fellow citizens throughout the\\ncountry, the effects of British aggression, innovation, and\\nunwarranted demands. Those impolitic measures on the\\nside of the British, were the cause of their almost unani-\\nmously and firmly imbibing that spirit of independence and\\nfreedom which actuated them in their subsequent and ar-\\nduous struggles for the defence of their inalienable rights.\\nThe inhabitants of this town determined, in co-operation\\nwith their fellow-citizens, to withstand the torrent of abuse\\nunmercifully poured upon them, and to emancipate them-\\nselves from the now rude grasp of their mother-country, if\\nblood as well as treasure must be the sacrifice. From the\\nfew public newspapers then in circulation the news of the\\nday was obtained, and the public proceedings were made\\nfamiliar to them, and they told them to their children.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 79\\nIn 1774, having learned that the harbor of Boston was\\nblockaded by the British, in the true spirit of Christian\\nbenevolence and of patriotism, they resolved in legal meet-\\ning to send relief to the inhabitants who were in distressing\\ncircumstances. It was timely, and though like the widow s\\nmite when compared with their necessities, it was un-\\ndoubtedly an acceptable offering. At the same meeting\\nthey levied a tax of one half penny on the pound for the\\npurpose of procuring powder and other ammunition for the\\nuse of the town, that they might be ready for any emer-\\ngency calling for its use. For the same reason they estab-\\nlished a pest-house for the small pox, a disease then\\ndreaded, especially if taken the natural way, almost as much\\nas the hydrophobia is now. In 1774, the 30th of June, they\\nreceived the resolves of the representatives convened at\\nHartford, and immediately called a special meeting of the\\npeople, who voted to approve, adopt and copy them. The\\nimport of the resolves was very similar to those passed in\\nPhiladelphia, which are copied below.\\nIt is an indispensable duty which we owe to our king,\\nour colony, ourselves and our posterity, by all lawful meas-\\nures and means in our power, to maintain, defend and pre-\\nserve inviolate, those our rights and liberties, and to trans-\\nmit them entire and inviolate to the latest generation and\\nthat it is our fixed determination and unalterable resolu-\\ntion faithfully to discharge this our duty.\\nThe (Philadelphia) resolves above referred to, ten in num-\\nber, are for substance as follows:\\nWe are entitled to life, liberty and property, and no\\nforeign power has a right to dispose of either without our\\nconsent. We are entitled to all the rights, liberties and\\nimmunities of free and natural-born subjects. By our emi-\\ngration we have not forfeited, surrendered or lost any of\\nthose rights, nor our allegiance to our rightful sovereign.\\nAs we are not represented in the British parliament,\\nwe are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation\\nin our several provincial legislatures, subject only to the\\nnegative of our sovereign. The respective colonies are en-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntitled to the common law of England, and the inestimable\\nprivilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, ac-\\ncording to the course of that law. That we are entitled\\nto the benefit of such of the English statutes as existed\\nat the time of our colonization. That we are entitled to all\\nthe immunities and privileges confirmed to us by royal\\ncharters, or the several codes of provincial laws. We have\\na right peaceably to assemble, consider of our grievances,\\nand petition the king for redress.\\nKeeping a standing army in any of our colonies without\\nour consent is illegal. It is rendered essential by the Eng-\\nlish constitution, that the constituent branches of the leg-\\nislature be independent of each other.\\nDecember 26, 1774. Our peoi)le received the fourteen ar-\\nticles of agreement drawn up and signed by all the repre-\\nsentatives present, in their own names and in behalf of their\\nconstituents, to continue until their grievances were re-\\ndressed. A special (town) meeting was called, and a unani-\\nmous vote given to approve of and abide by these resolves.\\nThey proceeded to appoint a committee of nine, whose duty\\nit should be to enforce the observance of them, and a com-\\nmittee of three to correspond with the other colonies on the\\nsubject. Appointed for said committee, Giles Pettibone,\\nEsq., Dudley Humphrey, Esq., and Titus Ives.\\nThe resolves or articles of agreement referred to above\\nwere passed in Philadelphia in September preceding by the\\ncontinental congress then convened. The articles follow:\\nAgreed not to import any articles from Great Britain or\\nany of its colonies, or of any concerned in trade with them.\\nNot to export any article to those places either directly or\\nindirectly. Not to use or consume any article procured from\\nthose places. Not to purchase any slave imported, but\\nwholly discontinue the slave trade, and not assist in any\\nway to carry it on. Not to purchase any tea on which a\\nduty has been or shall be paid. We will use our utmost en-\\ndeavors to improve the breed of sheep and increase the\\nnumber of them.\\nWe will encourage frugality, economy and industry, and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 81\\npromote agriculture, arts and manufactures, especially of\\nwool. We will discourage every species of extravagance,\\nand if we lose a friend or relative we will use no more ex-\\npensive dress than a piece of crape or ribbon on the arm or\\nhat, and our ladies a black ribbon or necklace.\\nThat the manufactures of this country shall be sold at\\nreasonable prices. That we will have no intercourse with\\nany colony which shall not accede to or which shall violate\\nthis association. That a committee shall be appointed in\\nevery town, whose duty it shall be to enforce the observance\\nof these resolves and agreements.\\nThe committee appointed for the above purpose in this\\ntown were faithful in the discharge of their duty. They\\nwere Giles Pettibone, Dudley Humphrey, Titus Watson,\\nSamuel Mills and Andrew^ Moore.\\nAs has been well said: The attitude assumed by the\\ncolonists at the beginning of the struggle was that of vigi-\\nlance and self-defence. The crisis culminated on\\nApril 19, 1775. A detachment of British troops marching\\nout from Boston to seize military stores alleged to have\\nbeen collected at Concord for hostile purposes, was met\\nupon the road by the Provincials, and a bloody encounter\\ntook place. The since famous skirmishes of Lexington and\\nConcord were fought, which precipitated the Revolutionary\\nwar. An alarm was immediately spread in every direction.\\nThe news quickly reached this distant town, and a most\\ncreditable response was made, twenty-four men being found\\nready to march at scarcely more than a moment s notice, for\\nthe assistance of the Massachusetts colonists. The names\\nof the men found in the oflScial List of the men w^ho\\nmarched from the Connecticut towns for the relief of Bos-\\nton in the Lexington alarm, April, 1775, from the town of\\nNorfolk, are as follows: Timothy Gaylord, captain; Ser-\\ngeants, Samuel Cowles, Titus Watson, Brotherton Seward;\\nClerk, William Hewett.\\nPrivates Ephraim Parker, Elijah Pettibone, Samuel\\nHotchkiss, Samuel Hotchkiss, Jr., Andrew Lester, Jeffery\\nMurray, Caleb Aspinwall, Thomas Curtiss, Ebenezer Hoyt,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nJared Abernathy, Freedom Wright, Titus Brown, Timothy\\nGaylord, 2nd, Nathaniel Field, Phineas Norton, Amariah\\nPlumb, David Orvis, Benjamin Tuttle, Abraham Beach.\\nNo complete list was kept or has been preserved or dis-\\ncovered of the names of the men who served in the army\\nduring the Revolutionary War. By a resolution of the\\nGeneral Assembly of this state, approved March, 1886, and\\nApril, 1887, providing for a record of service of Connecticut\\nmen in the late civil war, it was also provided That the\\nAdjutant General be authorized to publish a\\ncatalogue or roll, containing the names and records of those\\nsoldiers who served in Connecticut organizations dur-\\ning the War of the Revolution, the war of 1812 with Great\\nBritain, and the Mexican War. This most valuable work,\\ncompiled from the records, pay-rolls of Connecticut regi-\\nments, official manuscripts in the archives of the state, and\\nin the departments of the General Government at Washing-\\nton, and papers in the hands of descendants of Revolution-\\nary soldiers contains 27,823 names of men from Connecti-\\ncut; but in a large number of instances there is no means\\nof ascertaining from what town the soldiers enlisted, or to\\nlearn who should be credited to Norfolk.\\nThe following list of soldiers was published as an appen-\\ndix to the historic sermon of Rev. J. W. Beach, which was\\ndelivered in this town July 9, 1876. A considerable part of\\nthis Revolutionary War material used by Mr. Beach is\\nfound in Dr. Eldridge s manuscripts:\\nREVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS FROM NORFOLK.\\nThis list has been gathered from a variety of sources, and is by\\nno means complete. It does not follow that a given man served\\nonly during the term given below. Of some it is only known that\\nthey were afterwards pensioners.\\nRev. A. R. Robbins, chaplain in Burrell s regiment, from March\\n18, to October 31, 1776, in Canada.\\nOzias Bingham, served in Canada May, 1775, to Sept. 3, 1775;\\nwas put in jail at Litchfield for debt the next winter, and in order\\nto be released, enlisted in Col. Heman Swift s regiment, Feb. 2, 1776,\\nand on application to the Legislature was permitted to leave jail\\nand join the regiment, upon his giving a note for the debt.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NOEFOLK. 83\\nLevi Barnum, in Canada in the campaign of 1775, was taken\\nprisoner with Ethan Allen and sent to England in irons, and re-\\nturned only after great hardships.\\nPeter Noble, enlisted in May, 1775, in John Watson s company,\\nHinman s regiment, and was taken prisoner with Allen, as above.\\nEbenezer Mack, of same regiment, was also taken prisoner with\\nAllen, and remained in close confinement 19 months, was sick much\\nof the time, lost all his baggage, was carried to Quebec, to England\\nand Ireland, thence to Cape Fear, S. C, Halifax, and finally New\\nYork, whence he escaped, and came home in April, 1777.\\nJesse Tobey, Sergeant, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Sept.\\n28, 1775.\\nSamuel Hotchkiss, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to\\nSept. 28, 1775.\\nRoger Orvis, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov. 20,\\n1775.\\nJasper Murray, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov.\\n20, 1775.\\nDaniel Pettibone, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov.\\n20, 1775.\\nAndrew Lester, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov.\\n20, 1775, besides answering Lexington alarm.\\nNathaniel Field, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov.\\n20, 1775, and Lexington alarm.\\nFreedom Wright, private, Hinman s regiment, May, 1775, to\\nSept. 4, 1775, and Lexington alarm.\\nAbraham Beach, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Sept.\\n6, 1775, and Lexington alarm.\\nJehiel Hull, private, Hinman s regiment. May, 1775, to Nov. 20,\\n1775; also served five months in 1780, in Swift s regiment, Capt.\\nConverse s company, at the Highlands.\\nAmariah Plumb, answered Lexington alarm, was private in Can-\\nada campaign, May, 1775, to Nov. 20, 1775, during which he was\\nwounded at tlie siege of St. Johns, and bis thigh bone broken, was\\ncaptured and held as a prisoner there a few days, till the fortress\\nsurrendered, then made his way home with great difficulty, received\\n\u00c2\u00a325 special grant from the State, and died March 1, 1778.\\nJotham Parker, served under Hinman from May, 1775, to Nov.\\n20, 1775, as private. Re-enlisted as Captain of teams in 1777, in the\\nCommissary Department, and served a long time.\\nDarius Phelps served May, 1775, to Sept. 7, 1775.\\nEden Mills, served in latter part of the war.\\nJedediah White, pensioner.\\nCharles Walter, in Conn, line, 3 years, Bradley s regiment.\\nEleazer Holt, present at Burgoyne s surrender.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNicholas Holt, enlisted in 1775, in Watson s company, took small-\\npox in crossing Lake George, and leaped into the water, which\\ncaused the disease to settle in his hip, and made him lame for life.\\nStephen Holt, present at Burgoyne s surrender in Oct., 1777, and\\nalso at burning of Danbury.\\nThomas Curtis, enlisted Feb., 1776, took small-pox in the army,\\ndied, and was buried at Stillwater, N. Y.; also had marched after\\nLexington.\\nHopestill Welch, served in French war, as well as Revolution.\\nSalathiel Dunbar, May, 1775, to March 19, 1775.\\nSolomon Curtis, a short term, when under age, in latter part of\\nwar,\\nTitus Watson, Lieutenant in John Watson s company, under\\nHinman, in 1775, Captain in Burrell s regiment, Feb., 1776, to Feb.,\\n1777, and afterward was Captain in Col. Heman Swift s regiment\\nfor three years; also marched after Lexington.\\nJohn Trowbridge, private. May, 1775, to Nov. 26, 1775, in Hin-\\nman s regiment; afterwards enlisted in Conn, line for three years,\\nwhere he was Corporal.\\nMoses Turner, Corporal Conn, line, was in service three years,\\nApril, 1777. to April 6, 1780.\\nElijah Knapp, Corporal, Conn, line, three years.\\nAaron Aspinwall, private. Conn, line, three years.\\nAsahel Adams, private. Conn, line, three years.\\nCaleb Aspinwall, private, under Hinman, May to Sept. 6, 1775.\\nin Canada, and marched after Lexington, and in Conn, line three\\nyears.\\nJoel Hamblin, private in Conn, line, three years.\\nNathan Tubbs, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nLevi Norton, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nReuben Stevens, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nSamuel Orvis, private. In Conn, line, three years.\\nCaleb Sturtevant, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nJohn Walter, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nElnathan Seward, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nAbraham Knapp, private, in Conn, line, three years.\\nRufus Trail, private, in Conn, line, three years; also five months\\nand nine days in latter part of 1780 at Highlands.\\nJames Benedict, Jr., a minor, enlisted in May, 1777, for three\\nyears, in Titus Watson s company, Heman Swift s regiment, marched\\nto Peekskill, taken sick, suffered much, tried to march, reached\\nWhite Plains, and Rye, sick again; no friends to help him there, and\\nwas finally brought home to Norfolk at his father s expense, with a\\nbroken constitution. Assembly granted him special relief.\\nHiland Hall, in Conn, line for three yearSj was Deputy Commis-\\nsary.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 85\\nBates Turner, in Conn, line, April, 1777, to April, 1780, and after-\\nward in short levy 5 1-2 months at Highlands. July to Dec, 1780.\\nSilas Cowles, in Conn, line for three years.\\nEdward Fuller, in Connecticut line, three years.\\nWilliam Turner, in Connecticut line, three years.\\nJonas Hubbard, in Connecticut line, three years.\\nLemuel Sperry, in Connecticut line, three years.\\nEliezer Orvis, enlisted for three years in 1777, but died Nov. 15,\\n1778.\\nNathan Sturtevant, also enlisted for three years in 1777, but died\\nOct. 1, 1777.\\nDaniel Hoskins, was in service four months.\\nThomas Tibbals, first was drummer in Theodore Woodbridge s\\ncompany, Wooster s regiment, from Nov. 18, 1775, to Feb. 29, 1776;\\nthen was drum major in the Northern army, in Col. Elmore s regi-\\nment, from April 15, 1776, to April 27, 1777. Afterward re-enlisted\\nmore than once as teamster in the Quartermaster s service, and was\\nout in all nearly four years. Spent one winter at Ft. Stanwix, one\\nat Mt. Independence, and one in Canada.\\nSamuel Tibbals, an older brother of Thomas, was captain of\\nteams in the Quartermaster s service for a year from March, 1777,\\nand was then discharged on account of broken health.\\nElizur Hunger was a teamster.\\nReuben Munger was sergeant; time of service unknown.\\nArial Lawrence served two short terms in special calls on the\\nmilitia; was at Saratoga on a four months term when Burgoyne\\nsurrendered; was a man of great physical endurance; is said to\\nhave walked from a point six miles beyond Troy, where he was\\ndischarged, to Norfolk in one day.\\nDaniel Canfield, pensioner.\\nAbiathar Rogers, pensioner.\\nDavid Heady, pensioner.\\nJedidiah Richards, Jr.\\nEbenezer Plumbly.\\nJeremiah W. Phelps, a short term.\\nAsher Smith. y\\nJohn Beach.\\nGiles Gay lord, served in New York in 1782; also under John\\nWatson, May to November, 1775, in Canada.\\nLieutenant Phelps, served in New York in 1782. Possibly was\\nthe same as Elijah Phelps mentioned below.\\nSimeon Mills was in Burrell s regiment, with Rev. Mr. Bobbins,\\nin 1776; had small pox, not properly cared for, and it became chronic,\\nproducing large, foul ulcers, which remained a long time; was sent\\nhome in September, 1776, and was confined to his bed and chair till", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nautumn, 1779. Assembly of Connecticut voted him then \u00c2\u00a3800 to\\npay his bills, of which \u00c2\u00a3200 was doctor s bill.\\nIsaac Butler, five months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s regiment.\\nWilliam Leach, five months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s regiment.\\n.John Minor, five months at Highlands. 1780, Swift s regiment.\\nJames Sturdivant, five months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s regi-\\nment.\\nSilas Steward, five and a half months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s\\nregiment.\\nSamuel Taylor, five and a half months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s\\nregiment.\\nAbraham Barden, four months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s regi-\\nment.\\nRoswell Grant, five months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s regiment.\\nGiles Thrall, four and a half months at Highlands, 1780, Swift s\\nregiment.\\nLuther Lawrence, four months and twenty-one days at High-\\nlands, in 1780, in Philip B. Bradley s regiment.\\nArial Strong, five months, July to December, 1780, at Highlands.\\nDeacon Samuel Cowles, ensign, was in skirmish at White Plains,\\nand perhaps also in Canada campaign. He marched after Lexing-\\nton, also.\\nNoah Cowles, son of Samuel, entered service very young as\\nmusician, probably a drummer. Was at Burgoyne s surrender at\\nSaratoga.\\nJared Abernathy, marched at the Lexington alarm; was in Bur-\\nrell s regiment, 1776-7, a full year in Canada; had hospital expenses,\\n\u00c2\u00a37 8s.\\nLudd Gaylord, son of Justis, enlisted at the age of seventeen, in\\nwhat portion of the army is unknown. There were many who con-\\nspired together to desert, and in the paper drawn up wrote their\\nnames in a circle so that the leaders might not be known. The plot\\nwas discovered and all were searched; one who had the paper slipped\\nit into Ludd s pocket; he was offered pardon if he would reveal the\\nleaders names. On his refusal, he was condemned to die. His\\nfriends obtained a pardon from Washington, which had almost\\nreached the boy when he was executed.\\nAmbrose Gaylord, another son of Justis, was in the Continental\\nline in the latter part of the war.\\nGaylord, a third son of Justis, was with Ambrose at fhe\\nsame time.\\nElijah Phelps was in Northern army in 1776.\\nAndrew Moor, lieutenant, went to Canada in February, 1776,\\nand died June 9, following.\\nEli Pettibone was in Col. Warner s regiment in 1776.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 87\\nGiles Pettibone was captain of the Norfolk militia company\\nwhen the war opened. Besides his home work for the service (de-\\nscribed in the sermon of Mr. Beach), he led his company to Saratoga\\nin the alarm of 1777. Probably all those here mentioned as present\\nat that fight were under him, besides many others. With the same\\ncompany he served one or two terms a little later under McDougal,\\non the Hudson below West Point, keeping a lookout between the\\nAmerican and British lines, a work requiring peculiar vigilance and\\nskill. At the end of his term he received public approbation from\\nhis commander in the presence of the army. He obtained the rank\\nof major before the war closed.\\nSamuel Pettibone, served In Canada and other parts.\\nThe following (besides those already mentioned) marched toward\\nBoston immediately upon the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. It is\\nnot known how far they went before they were sent back; the time\\nduring which some of them served would indicate that they reached\\nBoston. Their pay was sixteen pence per day.\\nCaptain Timothy Gaylord. fifteen days.\\nWilliam Hewet, fifteen days.\\nEphraim Parker, sixteen days; also in French War.\\nElijah Pettibone. sixteen days.\\nSamuel Hotchkiss, Sen., sixteen days.\\nJeffrey Murray, fourteen days.\\nEbenezer Hoyt, five days.\\nTitus Brown, four days.\\nBrotherton Seward, forty-seven days.\\nTimothy Gaylord, 2d, thirty-two days.\\nPhineas Norton, thirty-two days.\\nBenjamin Tuttle, thirty-two days.\\nDavid Orvis, thirty-two days.\\nMichael Mills, captain, at West Point eleven days in June, 1780.\\nIn October, 1780, Norfolk was required to furnish twenty-two\\nmore men for Continental service, and in November following three\\nmen were sent as quota to cavalry company. It also furnished six\\nrecruits for the guard at Horseneck, in May, 1781. Captain Michael\\nMills company, of Col. Hutchins regiment, was ordered to West\\nPoint in June, 1780, and remained there eleven days, of which com-\\npany fifteen were Norfolk men. The names of none of these have\\nbeen found, though some of them may be the same who appear\\nabove in other enlistments.\\nA boy, Stephen was servant to Mr. Robbing in campaign\\nof 1776, and probably from Norfolk.\\nIn addition to the foregoing list of Revolutionary soldiers\\nfrom this town, the following is from the best authorities to\\nbe found:", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "88 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nCapt. Titus Watson was in 1818 living in New York, a Revolu-\\ntionary pensioner.\\nJesse Tobey was Quartermaster Sergeant in Col. Moseley s regi-\\nment, Capt. Stoddard s company, at Fort Clinton on the Hudson for\\ntwo months, 1778.\\nSamuel Hotchkiss, marched at the Lexington alarm; was in\\nCapt. Hooker s company, Col. Wolcott s regiment, at Boston, Janu-\\nary to March, 1776. He was Corporal in Capt. Stoddard s company.\\nCol. Hooker s regiment, at Peekskill, March to June, 1777. Was in\\nCapt. Peek s company. Col. Enos battalion of minute men, Sept.,\\n1777. Was in Third regiment. Conn, line, 1778. Was in Capt. Brad-\\nley s company of Artillery at New Haven during Tyron s invasion of\\nConnecticut, Feb., 1779, to 1780. Was living at Burlington, a pen-\\nsioner, age 84, 1840.\\nSamuel Hotchkiss, Jr., marched at Lexington alarm.\\nRoger Orvis, was a pensioner, residing in Vermont, 1818.\\nJasper Murray was in Capt. Beebe s company, Col. Enos regi-\\nment, on the Hudson, for three months, 1778.\\nAndrew Lester was in Capt. Dickinson s company. Col. Elmore s\\nregiment, 1776. Was Corporal In Capt. Kimball s company, at Fort\\nDayton, German Flats, 1777 to 1780.\\nEphraim Coy was a Fifer In Sixth Continental regiment. May to\\nDec, 1775. He was then only 13 years old. Was in First regiment.\\nConn, line, April, 1777, to June, 1778. A pensioner in 1832.\\nCharles Walter was in Third regiment. Col. Webb s, Conn, line,\\nfrom Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1781. A pensioner 1818.\\nNicholas Holt, an invalid pensioner.\\nJosiah Hotchkiss, in Col. Hinman s regiment, 1775.\\nBrotherton Seward, was in Second regiment. Conn. Militia, Gen,\\nSpencer s, raised on first call for troops; served from May till Dec,\\n1775.\\nSolomon Curtiss, was Corporal in Capt. Abel Pettibone s com-\\npany. Col. Belden s regiment, at Peekskill, March till June, 1777.\\nMoses Turner, was a pensioner, residing in Vermont 1818.\\nElijah Knapp, was Sergeant in Capt. SL John s company under\\ncommand of Marquis de LaFayette, Feb. to Nov., 1781; was Ser-\\ngeant in Capt. Comstock s company. Second regiment, Jan. to\\nJune, 1783.\\nAaron Aspinwall, was a pensioner, residing in New York, 1818.\\nLevi Norton, was a pensioner, 1818.\\nSamuel Orvis, was a pensioner, residing in New York 1818.\\nCaleb Sturdevant, was a pensioner, residing in New York 1818.\\nJohn Walter, was a pensioner, residing in New York 1818.\\nEdward Fuller, was a pensioner 1818.\\nWilliam Turner, was a pensioner 1818.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 89\\nJonas Hubbard, was a pensioner, residing in Vermont 1818.\\nJames Benedict, was a pensioner 1832.\\nDaniel Hoskins, was in Lieut. Case s company, in 18th regiment,\\nConn. Militia, at New Yorlj, Aug. to Sept., 1776; was in 2nd regiment,\\nConn, line, along the Hudson, under General Putnam, August,\\n1779, to January, 1780.\\nHeman Watson, mentioned in Mr. Bobbins Journal of the\\nNorthern Campaign of 1776, was doubtless a son of Capt. Titus\\nWatson of Norfolk, and was in the service in August of that year.\\nLieut. Samuel Pettibone, father of Deacon Amos Pettibone, was\\nin Bradley s Battalion, stationed in the summer and fall of 1776 at\\nBergen Heights and Paulus Hook (now Jersey City). In October\\nof that year it moved up the river to the vicinity of Fort Lee, then\\nunder Gen. Greene s command. In November most of the regiment\\nwas sent across to assist in defending Fort Washington. On the\\nfall of the fort, Nov. 16, this regiment, with the entire garrison,\\nwas captured, and Lieut. Pettibone was one of the prisoners.\\nSergeant Simeon Mills, enlisted in the 7th company of Seventh\\nregiment. Col. Webb, July, 1775. They were stationed at various\\npoints along the sound. September 14, on requisition from Gen.\\nWashington, the regiment was ordered to the Boston camps, as-\\nsigned to Gen. Sullivan s brigade on Winter Hill. Their term of\\nservice expired Dec, 75. He died in 1788, after enduring great\\nhardship in the service of his country in the Revolutionary War.\\nAn old gray stone marks his grave in the Norfolk Cemetery.\\nMr. Norman Riggs remembers Capt. John Bradley well, as he\\nlived in their neighborhood, and heard him relate that he and his\\ncompany arrived near Saratoga in a detachment that came in late\\nin the day, but during the battle that preceded Burgoyne s surren-\\nder. In his company were a number of Norfolk men from the\\nSouth End District. Gen. Arnold, when told that the men had\\nnothing to eat, ordered that casks of rum be rolled out, cups dis-\\ntributed, that the men drink and hurry into the battle,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 which they\\ndid, arriving in time to participate and to see men falling all\\naround them.\\nLuther Lawrence, brother of Ariel, was in Bradley s regiment\\nat Highlands four months in 1780.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Constantine Mills, born in Nor-\\nfolk in 1761, son of Deacon Joseph Mills, enlisted in the army in\\nAugust, 1778, at the age of seventeen. He was in the battle at the\\nburning of Fairfield by the British, July, 1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Titus Brown, al-\\nthough more than sixty years old, was one of those who responded\\nto the Lexington alarm from Norfolk, marching in Capt. Gaylord s\\ncompany for the relief of Boston. He was also in a short campaign\\nat New York, in the Ninth regiment Conn. Militia, Capt. David\\nHalt s company, in August and September, 1776, and was again in", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe same Ninth regiment, under Gen. Wooster, in Capt. Charles\\nSmith s company, at the Westchester border, from Nov., 1776, to\\nDec, 1777. He died in this town Feb., 1802, aged 88. (The writer\\nknows of more than one hundred direct descendants now living of\\nhis daughter, Betty Brown, who married Daniel Burr of this town).\\nLieut. Giles Gaylord of Norfolk, was in Wooster s Provisional\\nRegiment, organized for service from Dec, 75, to the opening of\\n1776; serving before Quebec until operations there were abandoned\\nin May, 76. He was also a conductor of eleven teamsters of teams\\nfor transporting supplies from Conn, to the Continental army in\\n1777.\\nSamuel Tibbals was a conductor of ten teamsters, same time\\nand services as Lieut. Gaylord.\\nFirst Lieut. Titus Ives, of Capt. Beebe s company, Col. Roger\\nKnos regiment, served for three months on the Hudson, from .June\\n25, 1778.\\nRichard Beckley, originally from Wethersfield, was in Col. Sher-\\nburn s and S. B. Webb s regiments; enlisted Feb. 26, 1778. Served on\\nthe Hudson, on Long Island, in Rhode Island and New Jersey. Dis-\\ncharged Jan. 1, 1781. Settled in Norfolk. In 1840, at the age of 80,\\nwas a pensioner.\\nJohn Strong, served in the Conn, line; was a pensioner in 1840,\\nage 79. A sketch of Mr. Strong is given elsewhere.\\nReuben Palmer, served in Capt. Gillett s company. Col. Enos\\nregiment, on the Hudson, 3 months, 1778. Pensioner 1840, age 79.\\nJoseph Rockwell, served in short campaigns, in New York 75,\\n76, 77; was Ensign in Capt. Yate s company. Col. Enos regimenf,\\non the Hudson, 1778. A pensioner in 1840, age 82.\\nIchabod Atwater, in Capt. Bryant s company. Col. Thomson s\\nregiment of militia at Peekskill, Oct., 77. Pensioner 1840, age 80.\\nHessibah Warner, pensioner in Norfolk 1840. age 79.\\nEphraim Brown, in Conn, line July to Nov., 1780.\\nDaniel White, in Militia 76, 77. In Capt. Mat. Smith s com-\\npany. Prisoner from Feb., 80, to June, 82. His widow was a\\npensioner in 1840. Probably this name should be Matthew White.\\nCapt. Benedict is mentioned in Chaplain Bobbins Journal as at\\nChamblee, Canada, April, 1776.\\nAbiathar Rogers, in Conn, line, 77 and 78.\\nJedediah Richards, was in Wadsworth s Brigade; served in New\\nYork and on Long Island, 1776.\\nEbenezer Plumbley was in Bradley s battalion; taken prisoner at\\nFort Washington, Nov., 1776. In Col. Roger Enos regiment of Conn.\\nState troops in a three months campaign on the Hudson, from June\\n25, 1778. One of Norfolk s prominent citizens, Titus Ives, was\\nFirst Lieutenant in Capt. Beebe s company.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 91\\nNicholas Holt, auotlier prominent citizen of the town, men-\\ntioned in the list of soldiers as compiled by Mr. Beach, is given only\\nin the Record as a disabled pensioner, under act of Congress,\\n1833-4.\\nDaniel Pettibone, was in Col. Hinman s regiment in the opera-\\ntions of the Northern Department from April to December, 1775.\\nJoseph Hall was a private in Capt. Beebe s company, as men-\\ntioned above, in 1778.\\nIn the militia service from Norfolk, for defence of the sea-coast\\nand frontiers until March, 1780, were the following;\\nWilliam French, Jeremiah Wilcox Phelps, Bela Bishop, Elijah\\nMason, Joseph Phelps and Elijah Pettibone.\\nSergeant John Beach, in Capt. Lewis company, Wadsworth s\\nbrigade, time of attack on New York, Sept., 1776.\\nElijah Phelps, was in Conn, line, 1781; marched to southard\\nunder La Fayette.\\nIsaac Butler, was in 2nd company. Gen. Spencer s regiment, 1775.\\nJupiter Mars, a slave, father of Deacon James Mars, served in\\nthe Revolutionary army, doubtless as servant of some officer.\\nSilas Cole was in Col. Moses Hazen s regiment, in a company\\nlargely from New Haven County. Served in Washington s main\\narmy, from Jan. 1, 77, to the end of the war; was engaged at\\nBrandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and at siege and surrender\\nof Yorktown.\\nThe only mention of Asahel Case in the Record of Connecticut\\nmen in the War of the Revolution is in the Seventh regiment. Col.\\nCharles Webb, raised by order of the Assembly, July session, 177.5.\\nIn the 7th company was Asahel Case. Term of service, July 21 to\\nDec. 20, 1775.\\nThis regiment was stationed at various points along the sound\\nuntil Sept. 14th, when it was ordered to Boston. Among the pen-\\nsioners living in 1832 in Litchfield County we find Asahel Case. Mr.\\nObadiah Smith, a grandson of Capt. Asahel Case, Jun., says tEat\\nboth his grandfather and his great-grandfather, Capt. Asahel Case,\\nSen., who are mentioned elsewhere, were in the Revolutionary ser-\\nvice, the elder having been Ensign.\\nMiles Riggs, one of the early residents of the South End\\nDistrict, is reported in the Record only as in Col. Roger\\nEnos Regiment, Capt. Beebe s Company, for a three\\nmonths campaign on the Hudson in 1778. It was probably\\nduring this time of service that the Colonial army had\\nstretched a chain (the ends securely fastened on either\\nshore) across the Hudson near White Plains, thinking thus", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "92 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nto prevent the British from ascending the river. Aware\\nof this attempted obstruction, the British, under a strong\\nsouth wind, sent a number of their strongest ships abreast,\\nunder full sail, up the river, and the Americans chain could\\nin no wise resist their mighty power, but gave way at once.\\nMr. Riggs frequently in his after life related the above as\\nwhat he saw when in the service. Upon his discharge at\\nWhite Plains he returned to his home in Norfolk, reaching\\nhere in the evening, to find his two children lying dead in\\nhis house and his wife at death s door (from camp dis-\\ntemper, so-called), and she also died before the next morn-\\ning. Mr. Riggs went with a company of soldiers with a\\nload of baggage and supplies for the army from Norfolk to\\nSaratoga, reaching the latter place about the time of Bur-\\ngoyne s surrender. The team for the trip was a pair of\\noxen and a two-wheeled cart belonging to Capt. Hosea\\nWilcox, with Mr. Miles Riggs horse ahead. On the way,\\nabove Albany, as they were crossing a small, deep river,\\nperhaps the Hoosac, the bridge over which was insecure\\nand teetered, the oxen were afraid, and the stronger ox\\ncrowded the other off the side of the bridge, the horse\\npulling in the opposite direction. A projecting plank\\nhelped to hold the unfortunate ox suspended by the neck\\nuntil the bow was removed, when he dropped into the\\nriver, and at the same instant the horse dropped off the\\nopposite side of the bridge into the river. Both ox and\\nhorse reached the shore, were tackled up again and re-\\nsumed their journey. (Mr. Norman Riggs, who related\\nthese incidents to me, heard when a boy his grandfather,\\nMr. Miles Riggs, relate them repeatedly).\\nAnother of Mr. Miles Riggs remembrances of the Revo-\\nlutionary war which he used to relate was, that when he\\nwas at White Plains in the service he saw there General\\nWashington upon a young, fiery appearing horse, with a\\nlong, heavy tail. The horse seemed a little frightened, but\\nGen. Washington was unmoved. Riding next to Gen.\\nWashington was Gen. Israel Putnam, and the other officers\\nfollowing two by two.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "mSTOEY OF NORFOLK. 93\\n(As is mentioned in another chapter, some of the links of\\nthat immense chain which the Americans stretched across\\nthe Hudson River to prevent the British from ascending\\nthe river are said to have been made in Norfolk, at the old\\nIron Works, and some at the Hanchett s Forge, on\\nCanaan Mountain).\\nCol. Ethan Allen s expedition, in which he surprised\\nand captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point, in the name\\nof the Lord Jehovah and of the Continental Congress, is\\na familiar fact to all readers of the history of the Revolu-\\ntionary period. This expedition originated at Hartford,\\nand most of those who entered into it were members of the\\nColonial General Assembly. J. W. Beach, in his centennial\\ndiscourse, 1876, gives the following: Few know that Nor-\\nfolk was represented in this expedition, not, indeed, by a\\nman, but by a horse. Capt. Edward Mott of Preston was\\nsent with sixteen men from Hartford to take those forts,\\nand ordered to gather more among Warner s men in Berk-\\nshire and among the Green Mountain Boys under Allen at\\nBennington. Of course speed was essential to ensure suc-\\ncess. Norfolk was directly in their path to Berkshire, and\\nwhen they reached this town one of their horses gave out,\\nand Capt. Mott applied to the selectmen for another horse.\\nSamuel Knapp, grandfather of Col. Horace Bushnell\\nKnapp, was the prompt and patriotic man who complied\\nwith their request. His horse was loaned, being first ap-\\npraised at \u00c2\u00a316 10s., Mott paying 15s. cash down. On the\\nreturn of the animal, a few weeks later, bearing ample\\nevidence of having been to war, the appraisers judged that\\nthe owner ought to receive \u00c2\u00a35, the horse being so much\\ndamnified. The bill was sent in to the Colony Treasurer,\\nwith the 15s. honestly deducted, and was promptly paid,\\nand Knapp s receipt for \u00c2\u00a34 5s. is still extant at Hartford.\\nWhile Washington was investing Boston, after the\\nBattle of Bunker Hill, an expedition to Canada was also\\nplanned and placed under Generals Schuyler and Mont-\\ngomery. To this Connecticut sent two regiments, and one\\nof them, under Col. Hinman, was recruited from this part", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nof the state, in which the first regular Norfolk soldiers\\nwere enlisted in May, 1775, for seven months. Their Cap-\\ntain was John Watson of Canaan we have the names of at\\nleast twenty of his company who were from this town, and\\nthere were probably more. They participated in the siege\\nof St. Johns, and in a variety of other actions. Three of\\nthem were with Ethan Allen in his brave though irregular\\nand foolhardy attempt to take Montreal by surprise, Sep-\\ntember 25th of that year, and were taken prisoners with\\nhim. Their names were Peter Noble, Ebenezer Mack and\\nLevi Barnum. Peter Noble was a sharer of Ethan Allen s\\nprivations, which are graphically described in the latter s\\npublished narrative. They were kept in irons during much\\nof their captivity and experienced constant indignity and\\ninsult from those who had the care of them. They were\\nshipped from Quebec to England and thence to Ireland, and\\nwere kept there some time, being constantly threatened\\nwith hanging. They were finally sent back to this country\\nas prisoners of war in a fleet which anchored in Cape Fear\\nharbor, North Carolina. Noble, either by nature or by\\nassociation with Allen, was a plucky fellow, and embraced\\nhis first chance to escape from his vessel, the Sphynx,\\nwhile at anchor, and by what Allen describes as ^extraor-\\ndinary swimming, reached the shore in safety, and\\nthence made his way home as best he might, and was prob-\\nably the first to give information concerning the harsh treat-\\nment received by the prisoners. Through his affidavit\\nDaniel Mack, father of Ebenezer Mack above mentioned,\\nwas enabled to draw his son s back pay, and on learning at\\na later time that his son was still a prisoner at New York,\\nsent him on a portion of the money, by the aid of which he\\nmade his escape and reached home in safety after fourteen\\nmonths imprisonment.\\nAmong the manuscripts left by Dr. Eldridge is the fol-\\nlowing Revolutionary War record of Mr. John Strong,\\nwhich was furnished Dr. Eldridge by Mr. .James M. Cowles,\\nthe year unfortunately not being given. Mr. Strong, after\\nthe Revolutionarv War, came to Norfolk and lived until", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 95\\nhis death, in 1846, at the age of 86, on the farm and in the\\nhouse now the home of Mrs. Thomas Tibbals, adjoining Dr.\\nDennis summer residence on the north. He left his prop-\\nerty to the town of Norfolk, having no children, his wife\\nhaving died the year previous to his death. The annual\\ninterest of this ^Strong Fund is about |130, as the recent\\ntown reports show. Mr. Cowles wrote as follows:\\nThe following is from Mr. Strong, taken down by myself\\nthe 5th of March last:\\nMr. John Strong enlisted into the army in March, 1776,\\nbeing then between 16 and 17 years of age. He was one of\\n100 men from Torrington and Litchfield, all volunteers;\\nCol. Beebe of Litchfield, then our Captain; Jesse Cook of\\nTorringford, Lieutenant. Went directly to New York and\\nremained there three weeks, and then was stationed in\\nNew Jersey after the taking of Fort Washington. Our\\nsuffering was intense; many of our number died. From\\nOctober to the 1st of January we had no shelter to sleep\\nunder but the canopy of heaven. About December 20th\\nthe snow fell to a great depth, which added much to our\\nsuffering. Previous to this fall of snow many a night I\\nhave marched in the rain with the water and mud half leg\\ndeep. Was one that escaped when Fort Washington was\\ntaken by the British, when about 500 of the Americans\\nwere captured. Was near when Andre was captured, and\\nmany times was placed guard over him; w^as within ten or\\ntwelve feet of him when hung. Have often gone forty-eight\\nhours without food, and then but partially supplied with\\nIndian meal. Snow was so deep it took me seventeen days\\nto get home.\\nIn August, 1777, I went again to New Jersey; was there\\neight months. The British were stationed at this time in\\nNew York; about the time of the taking of Burgoyne and\\nof the arrival of the French troops with General Lafayette\\nfor their commander. In 1778 was ordered to White Plains\\nas minute man, and from there to Bergen Point, within a\\nhalf mile of the British army. After this was stationed in\\nPeekskill until my time of service expired.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "96 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe annexed Companies marched from the towns in\\nConnecticut for the relief of Boston in the Lexington\\nAlarm, April, 1775.\\nNorfolk, Captain Timothy Gaylord, 24 men.\\nSimsbiiry, Captain Amos Wilcox, 25 men.\\nHartford, Captain Abraham Sedgwick, 33 men.\\nNew Haven, Captain Hezekiah Dickerman, 9 men.\\n(Norfolk was certainly well represented.)\\nMoney paid by Connecticut to the inhabitants of Nor-\\nfolk for their services and expenses in the Lexington Alarm\\nin April, 1775, per order of the Assembly, \u00c2\u00a366 9s. 2d.\\n(Hinman s Rev. War.)\\nOn the 16th of September, 1776, Ebenezer Mack and\\nLevi Barnum of Norfolk were confined in one room at Hali-\\nfax among felons, thieves, negroes, etc.\\n(Hinman s Rev. War.)\\nOne main purpose of this Revolutionary war history is the\\nhope of giving those who may read it now, and those who\\nwill come after us, some adequate idea of who and what\\nkind of men and women our ancestors, the early settlers of\\nthis town were, by recounting some of their labors, suffer-\\nings and hardships in settling and establishing these our\\nhomes and this our government.\\nWe sometimes speak in praise of our Revolutionary sires,\\nand possibly imagine that we realize what they endured in\\norder that this might be the land of the free, but I believe\\nvery few of us have even the slightest conception of the\\nsacrifices made, the sufferings endured, the privations ex-\\nperienced, the pain, the sorrow, the anguish borne by tens\\nof thousands in the army, on the battle field, in the hos-\\npitals, in the tents of the sick, the wounded, the dying,\\nin those days and nights of agony, lying on the ground,\\nwithout food, clothing or shelter, longing for home and for\\nthe loving ministry of a dear mother s hand to cool the\\nfevered brow and quench the burning thirst. The Jour-\\nnal kept by Rev. Ammi R. Robbins of this town. Chap-\\nlain in the army, from March until November, 1776, gives\\nsuch a vivid picture of all these things, the real life and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 97\\nexperience of those soldiers as he saw it, endured it, and\\nwas himself almost crushed by it during those eight months\\nin the campaign toward Quebec, where he stood with the\\nmen, helping them bear their heavy burdens, preaching\\nthe gospel to them, nursing, comforting, praying with them\\nwhen sick and suffering, pointing them when dying to the\\nonly source of light, the Redeemer of men, for these rea-\\nsons part of this Journal is given here, though much con-\\ndensed, believing that it will give all who may ever read it\\na better, fuller idea of what our fathers suffered and our\\nliberties cost them than we have ever had before.\\nExtracts from the Journal of the Rev. Ammi R. Rob-\\nbins, a chaplain in the American Army, in the Northern\\nCampaign of 1776.\\nA brief Journal of some of the more remarkable events\\nin my tour to Canada.\\nMonday, March 18, 1776. Took an affectionate leave of\\nhome; came to Canaan; met the Colonel and proceeded\\nwith a considerable retinue to SheflSeld. Rev. Mr. Farrand\\n(of Canaan) accompanied us. He and I dined at brother\\nKeep s (Rev. John Keep of Sheffield). Had a most agree-\\nable interview; prayed together and parted- in the most\\ntender and friendly manner. Very bad riding, but pro-\\nceeded to Coles in Nobletown. Lodged comfortably.\\nTuesday, 19. Rose early, and in company rode five miles\\nto breakfast, cheerful and comfortable. Proceeded to Kin-\\nderhook, thence to Greeobush, put out our horses, crossed\\nthe river at dark and came into Albany.\\nWednesday, 20. Found Colonel Buel and Major Sedg-\\nwick; agreed to put up with them. Drew our provisions\\nand lodged on the floor on my mattress. May I be thankful\\nfor such comfortable entertainment. Went twice this day\\nto visit and pray with a poor soldier of the Pennsylvania\\nRegiment, under sentence of death. He appeared much\\naffected, but dreadfully ignorant.\\nThursday, 2. All the troops drawn up on the parade\\nand the prisoner brought out blindfolded to his execution,\\nwhen the General (Schuyler) stepped forth and in a moving\\nand striking speech pardoned the criminal.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "98 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nFriday, 22. We attend prayer with the regiment morn-\\ning and evening. Rode five miles to see a sick soldier. I\\nhave much respect shown me by all the oflScers.\\nSaturday, 23. Cannon arrived from New York to go for-\\nward. Walked and visited the sick. A trustee of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church waited on me with a request to preach to-\\nmorrow. Consented if soldiers admitted.\\nLord s Day, 24. Prayed in the family, then on parade\\nwith the regiment. At 10^ went to church. Used great\\nplainness; a large assembly and very attentive.\\nMonday, 25. After prayers visited four sick soldiers.\\nWe drink no spirits at all, and I think it best unless I have\\nmore fatigue.\\nTuesday, 26. Went up to Stillwater. Saw our people at\\nStillwater, who seemed exceedingly rejoiced at my com-\\ning. Returned with Dr. Swift to Albany.\\nThursday, 28. After prayers attended the execution of a\\nsentence of court martial upon three poor Pennsylvania\\nsoldiers, who received thirty-nine lashes each. The whole\\narmy drawn up; the army marched round the city; a formi-\\ndable appearance.\\nFriday, 29. Viewed the movements of the Jersey and\\nPennsylvania troops in a large field; visited sick soldiers.\\nLord s Day, 31. Attended again in the Presbyterian\\nChurch. A. M., preached on Christian Armor; P. M,, If\\nThy presence go not up with me, carry me not up hence.\\nGreat assembly; sundry Jersey and Penn. officers and\\nothers; Gen. Schuyler s family and aid-de-camp all day.\\nWas enabled to speak with great freedom, blessed be God.\\nVisited the sick at the barracks; was amazingly shocked to\\nsee the wickedness of the people of the city and the land\\non the Sabbath. Returned to my quarters excessively\\nweary and spent. Col. B. is a kind father, brother and dear\\ncompanion to me.\\nMonday, April 1. Slept well and feel greatly strength-\\nened. Attended a funeral of one of Capt. Troop s company\\nthe third that has died in the regiment.\\nWednesday, 3. We received orders to proceed. I came", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XOEFOLK. 99\\nin a bateau to Half-Moon, in company with Col. Buel,\\nMarched on foot with the Colonel and under officers to\\nStillwater, 12 miles; not greatly fatigued,\\nFriday, 5. Proceeded in a bateau up the river from Still-\\nwater; arrived at night at Saratoga.\\nSaturday, 6. All our people at and near the landing. Col.\\nBuel and I set out and came to Fort Edward.\\nLord s Day, 7. Kose early, walked four miles to break-\\nfast. We walked moderately, soldiers scattering along; no\\nother refreshment for eleven miles than brook water. When\\nwithin four miles of Lake George stopped to view the place\\nof the fight in the year 1755, and the manner of Col. Whi-\\nting s retreat. Saw where Col. Williams was killed, old\\nHendrick, etc. At 4 P. M. arrived at Lake George. At eve\\nsundry officers and soldiers came up; gave a word of exhor-\\ntation, sung and prayed near the water; the poor carpenters\\nvery attentive and solemn. Fort William Henry is so gone\\nthat scarcely any traces are left. Fort George is a small\\nstone fort, with a convenient brick barrack in the midst,\\ncontaining six rooms for soldiers. The lake is much less\\nthan I expected, environed with high, craggy mountains;\\na convenient wharf at the end and a large number of fine\\nbateaux about it; barracks built for the accommodations of\\nseveral regiments of soldiers. The ice is very rotten and\\nwe hope will be gone in eight or ten days. Col. Buel has\\nthe command here till we proceed down the lake to Ticon-\\nderoga.\\nMonday, 8. Breakfast with Col. Buel and two gentle-\\nmen of Montreal, one of whom is just arrived from Eng-\\nland. There are about a hundred new and large bateaux\\nand many more in building. Walked over to see the ruins\\nof Fort William Henry, the French lines, etc. Prayed and\\nsung at night in the large new barrack; great numbers\\nattended. This day two companies of Pennsylvania troops\\ncame in and sundry of ours. Numbers are left sick on the\\nroad; two or three here are very sick. How easy tis for\\nGod to bless or blast our designs.\\nWednesday, 10. The ice on the lake wastes fast. Visited", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "100 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nCaptain Watson s companj, who live in tents by the east\\nmountain. Our troops come in thick.\\n(Capt. Watson was a Norfolk man, and quite a number\\nof Norfolk men were in his company. It is much to be\\nregretted that rolls incomplete is true of Capt. Watson s\\ncompany, as also of this, Colonel Burrall s Regiment, in\\nthis campaign.)\\nThursday, 11. It rained hard all night; high winds this\\nmorning; the lake opens fast. News today of the taking\\nof a large prize by the American fleet which was going to\\nthe southward; six hundred barrels of powder and two hun-\\ndred cannon. New* of Gen. Spencer with five regiments\\ncoming after us rejoicing at night Gen. Schuyler arrived.\\nLord s Day, 14. Preached A. M. from Isa. 27-45; P. M.,\\nMalachi 3-2. Gen. Thomas and most all the oflBcers of the\\narmy present, very attentive. This day Lieut. Gaylord\\ndied, ten miles from here on his way home; the fourth in\\nour regiment. May the living lay it to heart.\\nMonday, 15. General court-martial. Capt. Watson to\\nbe tried, accused of disorder by Esq. Smith of Fort Edward.\\nIs acquitted with honor. Gen. Schuyler gave me the otter\\nto go in what boat I pleased to Canada. Col. Burrall and\\nDr. Sutton arrived. General orders today that our regi-\\nment be ready to march in the front.\\nFriday, 19. We had orders to march; arose very early;\\nat ten o clock embarked in the rear of our regiment; came\\nto twelve mile island, and then with amazing fatigue,\\nalmost discouraged, we broke through the ice by inches.\\nThe weather cold and inclement, but towards night got\\nthrough the ice to the narrows, and with a fine gale came\\nto Sabbath-day point at dark, where we encamped, twenty-\\nfour miles from Fort George. I lodged in a tent on the\\nground, but had a bed. Feared it would be attended with\\nbad consequences, as the ground was so wet and cold, but\\nrested comfortably.\\nSaturday, 20. Rose early; we breakfasted, met at the\\nwater, sung and prayed, then set off for the landing at the\\nmouth of Lake George. Landed at 11 o clock P. M.; the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 101\\narmy was in motion unloading and lading the carriages for\\nTiconderoga, which is three miles off. I walked with the\\nMajor over to Ty.; found a room; we moved in, supped and\\nslept well. Here are great and surprising works of the\\nFrench still to be seen. A most advantageous point of\\nland on which the Fort stands, which seems to be the\\ncenter to command South Bay, Lake Champlain and Lake\\nGeorge. A few New York forces stationed here, but oh,\\ntis impossible to describe the profaneness and wickedness\\nof some of these men. It would be a dreadful hell to live\\nwith such creatures forever.\\nLord s Day, 21. It don t feel like Sabbath day, but I\\ncan t forget it; none seem to know or think anything about\\nit. Tis terrible to be sick in the army; such miserable\\naccommodations. It is enough to kill a man s spirit when\\nfirst taken to go into the hospital. I moved to have a\\nlecture at least today, but tis discouraging, no time or\\nleisure for anything. Walked to a house where I found a\\nwoman reading to her husband. It did me good to see\\nanybody serious and remembering in any degree the Sab-\\nbath. Talked and prayed with them; returned towards\\nnight; viewed the place of Abercrombie s defeat in 1758.\\nSaw many holes where the dead were flung in, and num-\\nbers of human bones, thigh, arms, etc., above ground.\\nOh, the horrors of war. I never so much longed for the\\nday to approach when men shall learn war no more, and\\nthe lion and lamb lie down together.\\nMonday, 22. Spent some time in conversation with Col.\\nShreve, a very valuable man. He with the other officers\\ntalked together, and he begged me not to engage with\\nanother regiment, but since I was like to have the care of\\ntwo, to supply them. Col. Buel received orders to com-\\nmand at St. John s, and is appointed Aid to the General.\\nKose early, visited the hospitals, prayed with the sick. At-\\ntended the funeral of one of Capt. Swift s men; his com-\\npany present; gave a serious exhortation at the grave and\\nprayed.\\nWednesday, 24. General orders today for all to embark\\ntomorrow morning.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "102 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThursday, 25. Rose very early, all in the utmost hurry,\\npreparing to embark. Hoisted sail at ten o clock for St.\\nJohns; arrived at Crown Point at three o clock; walked\\nround and viewed the fort, barracks, etc.; amazing works.\\nCame to Basin Harbor, spread our tents; lodged very com-\\nfortably.\\nFriday, 26. Rose at daybreak and with the Jersey regi-\\nment proceeded; with a fair gale came to Split Rock;\\npassed, with a fine wind, to the Four Brothers; wind right\\nahead and boisterous sea; arrived at four o clock at Cum-\\nberland Head, 55 miles from Crown Point. The lake very\\nwide. Looks like Long Island Sound, with islands in it.\\nSaturday, 27. Slept well in tent last night; drank tea\\nand at five o clock pushed off. This is a most level, beauti-\\nful country; no mountains; excellent land. Passed along\\nthe Grand Island, 30 miles in length. At noon arrived at\\nPoint-au-Fere, the white house; landed half an hour,\\ncatched a morsel and put off. A fine gale brought us into\\nthe Narrow Lake, where tis not half a mile wide. Came\\npast Isle Aux-Noix, where were to be seen ruins of the old\\nFrench fortifications, which mounted a great number of\\ncannon. Wind rose from the south, by means of which we\\nwent with great rapidity. The lake is now a narrow,\\nstraight river. Arrived at St. Johns at 6 P. M. Thus have\\nwe come the length of Ghamplain, 135 miles, in three days.\\nSt. Johns has a garrison of 100 men, under Capt. Walker.\\nSupped and lodged well in our markee. The lake here be-\\ncomes a river with a swift current down to Chamblee; the\\ncountry round very level and good, but the inhabitants in\\ngeneral but a little above a state of heathenism. Montreal\\nlies 25 miles to the west. Capt. Stevens is gone to join Col.\\nBeadle at the Cedars, 40 miles west of Montreal, and\\nCol. Buel, with three companies, is to be here and at Cham-\\nblee; the rest to proceed, so that we are like to be very\\nmuch broken and scattered, and the prospects at Quebec\\nlook very dark. Oh, that I may be enabled to trust in God\\nand not be afraid; tho the earth be removed and nations\\ndie, Jehovah lives and reigns, and blessed be my Rock.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 103\\nLord s Day, 28. Walked out for retirement; had pleasing\\nviews of the glorious day of universal peace and spread of\\nthe gospel through this vast extended country, which has\\nbeen for ages the dwelling of Satan and reign of Anti-\\nchrist. At ten o clock we went with our pilot down the\\nrapids, and tis truly astonishing that a bateau can live in\\nsuch places. Arrived safe at Chamblee at one o clock;\\nfound Capt. Benedict, who received me with great kind-\\nness. He has been under an arrest by Col. Hazen from the\\n11th inst. I hope to know the issue of his trial; live with\\nhim in a convenient room. This evening Col. Burrall ar-\\nrived. At sunset, by request, went and gave a word\\nof exhortation and prayed with the Jersey regiment on the\\nparade. Officers and soldiers very solemn. Many boats\\narrived today.\\nMonday, 29. Jersey regiment set off for Quebec. Cham-\\nblee is a beautiful small town, situated round a large bay.\\nWe are detained for the cannon to be brought from St.\\nThrace. The gundalow has come down the rapids with\\nfive large ones; the rest come by land. Second battalion of\\nPennsylvanians arrived, to go on tomorrow. Terrible\\nstorm of wind and rain. The bateaux were much exposed\\nand the powder, but the men exerted themselves to their\\nutmost and it was secured. Towards morning snowed;\\nweather very cold.\\nWednesday, May 1. Remarkably cold for this season of\\nthe year. Col. Buel gone to Gen. Arnold at Montreal, Un-\\nhappy disputes between him and Col. Hazen. The cannon\\nall come. The commissioners are at Montreal, who lay\\nplans of operations. Things look dark; we seem in an\\nenemy s country, and if defeated at Quebec we are sur-\\nrounded with foes on every side. It is a great consolation\\nthat the Lord Jehovah reigns and orders all the events of\\nwar and will take care of his own cause.\\nThursday, 2. Weather more pleasant. Col, Hazen dis-\\nagrees with Col. Burrall; warm dispute. He orders Col.\\nBurrall to embark directly and leave the powder and can-\\nnon till further orders. He refuses; sends off an express to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nArnold at Montreal. Lieut. Col. Allen embarked this morn-\\ning with six companies of his battalion. Col. Buel arrived\\nfrom Montreal, and at eve Gen. Arnold, who orders the\\ngundalow to be mounted with cannon, etc. The train, Capf.\\nBigelow, arrived this evening; received a letter from home\\nby J. Lawrence.\\nFriday, 3. Rose early. Col. Buel received positive in-\\nstructions from Gen. Arnold, with warm words and threats,\\nto proceed. He obeyed, but despatched an express to Gen.\\nSchuyler. All embarked at 12 o clock and with a fine gale.\\nHad the most pleasant sail I ever was in, without the least\\nneed of rowing. Came in Capt. Watson s boat with the\\nMajor. We passed St. George s, 20 miles from Chamblee,\\nat 2^ o clock, so that we ran at a great rate. The country\\nis the most pleasant I ever saw; small houses but close to\\nthe river each side; perfectly level from the banks, which\\nare about six and eight feet from the water. Tis grievous\\nand affecting to see the superstition. Five miles from St.\\nGeorges we passed St. Dennis, where is a church and nun-\\nnery. Saw the nuns at the door as we passed. Smart wind\\nwe go at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. Stopped\\nat Col. Duggan s, who is engaged in the service; gone to\\nMontreal. His wife can t speak a word of English, but very-\\nfriendly and polite; a little son interprets.\\nSaturday, 4. At sunrise embarked. We passed the\\nmouth of the Sorrell, where is another beautiful town then\\nentered the Grand Lake. Side wind; very rough. I never\\nhad so clear an idea of the hazards and fatigues of sailors\\nand soldiers as this day. The sea made me very sick;\\nvomited till I could vomit no more. Sundry sick on board;\\nwith great difficulty put away to the leeward into the Bay\\nof St. Anthony. Came to the Senior De Jacy, who enter-\\ntained us exceeding kindly. Supped on tea; refreshed, hav-\\ning eaten nothing for twenty-four hours. By leave of the\\nman of the house I gave a word of exhortation; we sung\\nand prayed.\\nLord s Day, 5. As cold last night as it is with us in New\\nEngland in March. At nine o clock wind died away; set", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 105\\nout; met with four boats who lay in the drowned land all\\nnight. Capt. Parmelee lost his masts. This part of the\\nI iA er is called Wide Lake. You can t see across. We passed\\nthe mouth of the Great Lake, which is five miles wide, where\\na river comes in from the east. Landed on the south shore\\nand waited for other boats to come up. Some passed the\\nnight in the boats in the drowned land, with great fatigue,\\nbut no lives lost. Discoursed to the people in our boat on\\nthe millennium. Took refreshment and sailed down to Trois\\nKivieres, where all put in the barracks. Tis a beautiful\\ntown, about as large as Plymouth; situated on the river.\\nSome troops stationed here. Discouraging news from Que-\\nbec about small-pox. Our soldiers come back in great\\nnumbers on our near approach to headquarters.\\nMonday, 6. Rose early and embarked, wind ahead.\\nRowed heavily under the banks of the north shore. The\\nriver in general about four miles wide. Met three or four\\nvessels; no news. The north shore is good land, cultivated\\nand inhabited all along, but the opposite looks like a deso-\\nlate wilderness. Vast cakes and bodies of ice. Very cold;\\nequal to winter this morning; at noon very calm; passed\\ntroops every five or six miles, but the river very wide. Ex-\\nercised with sickness; vomiting severely, very weak, Xt\\nsunset arrived at Dechambalt, where our orders were to\\nstop. Found an intrenchment begun. Went to bed in the\\nparsonage house.\\nTuesday, 7. We were alarmed at 2 o clock this morning\\nby two expresses from Quebec, giving account of the arrival\\nof the fleet, fifteen sail, who yesterday came along by Que-\\nbec. Our poor, feeble, sickly army is obliged to retreat\\nwith great precipitancy. Great numbers sick with the\\nsmall-pox we had to leave, and some others. The ships\\npursuing up the river, firing at our army on the land and in\\nthe bateaux. This is the most terrible day I ever saw.\\nGod of armies, help us. Three ships came near by us, firing\\nas they came, and our boats and people in a scattered con-\\ndition coming up. Distress and anxiety in every counte-\\nnance. The small-pox thick among us from the poor fugi-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "106 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntives that come up. We are in hourly expectation of the\\nships attacking us, our boats, provisions, etc. The whole\\nconspired to give an idea of distress. At 11 o clock Gen.\\nThomas came up and immediately a council of war was\\ncalled. Gen. Wooster present and a great number of gentle-\\nmen. The result is to retreat with the whole army back to\\nthe river Sorrel (130 miles), as in case of a defeat here\\ntwould be absolutely fatal. Saw Rev. Mr. Evans, Mr.\\nSpring, etc., brother chaplains, worn out with fatigue.\\nMany oflBcers lost all, to the clothes on their backs. Gen.\\nWooster goes by water with the boats. Gen. Thomas\\nbrings up the rear by land. All the men except enough for\\nrowing and the invalids go by land. I am very much weak-\\nened with the disorder that has attended me these four\\ndays past. Am obliged to go by water. Gen. Wooster is\\nas kind to me as a father. We set sail at sunset, the other\\nboats to follow; came several leagues; ran on the reefs\\ntwice, but through mercy no damage. Wind high and\\ncurrent strong, but with great difficulty put into the east\\nshore. Went up the high banks to a house at 2 o clock\\nand slept two hours. The boatmen sing a very pretty air\\nto Row the boat, row, which ran in my head when half\\nasleep, nor could I put it entirely out of mind amid all our\\ngloom and terror, with the water up to my knees as I lay\\nin the boat. My diflSculty was, one passage I could not get.\\nWednesday, 8. Wind ahead, but a mercy to the army,\\nas the ships can t proceed. We rowed against wind and\\nstrong current about ten miles and put up in a convenient\\nhouse at 2 o clock; dined and tried to rest. Wind so strong\\nconcluded to tarry the night slept, but often waktd by the\\nsentinels.\\nThursday, 9. Rose early, breakfasted and set otf at seven\\no clock. Calm, but sailing slow against the current; sev-\\neral boats in sight and men on shore. Game to Trois Rivi-\\neres at dark in a very thick fog. Supped and lodged; i. e.,\\none nap of three hours. Great are the fatigues of our\\nmarch.\\nFriday, 10. Very calm weather, and tis a great mercy,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 107\\nas the ships can by no means move on and the army may.\\nWe took a dish of tea at sunrise and proceeded up towards\\nthe great lake, called St. Peter s lake. Heard of the army\\nbeing attacked by land, but nothing remarkable. The peo-\\nple here more insolent, but we have no fears from them as\\nyet. Wind ahead; obliged to put into the river east side of\\nSt. Anthony s Bay. Capt. Goforth came up on express to\\nNew York. Feel poorly and much worn; distressed for the\\narmy. Surely our cause is good and we shall prosper.\\nSaturday, 11. Before sunrise entered St. Peter s lake;\\nperfect calm; rowed within five miles of west end, when a\\nhard gale came ahead and we were in a terrible situation,\\nbut through mercy near night got through into a narrow\\nriver which leads to Sorrel. Came up with my boy and\\nchest, which arrived safe before me. Numbers arriving,\\nmany with smallpox; anxious about my boy, who has un-\\ndoubtedly taken it in the boat.\\nLord s Day, 12. Rowed up to Sorrel landed at 9 o clock.\\nFound two Boston regiments arrived, also sundry others.\\nFound Mr. Barnum, Mr. Breck, Mr. McCawlay, Mr. Spring\\nand Mr. Evans (Chaplains), but no public exercise today,\\nas troops are in such confusion. Our days are days of\\ndarkness. No news from Gen. Thomas. Feel very gloomy\\ntoday on every account; low in spirits by reason of my dis-\\norder which has brought me down, which, with the fatigues\\nand fearful forebodings, has been almost too much. Still\\nI believe our cause is just and we shall prosper. Attended\\nprayers with Mr. Barnum in Col. Gratton s regiment. Had\\nconversations in the evening with the chaplains about the\\naccomplishment of the promises; differ a little about the\\nmillennium.\\nMonday, 13. Our regiments almost all back. Gen. Ar-\\nnold is come from Montreal. They are erecting the old bat-\\ntery to command the river. A strange discouragement\\nseems to prevail in the army among the officers. There is\\njealousy and want of confidence; we are in a most critical\\nsituation. The smallpox strikes terror into our troops.\\nWednesday, 15. Rose early, breakfasted and set off; high", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwind ahead; proceeded to St. Dennis; came to St. Charles.\\nArrived at Chamblee near night, all in confusion. Know\\nnot who are friends or who are enemies; our army in a most\\nsad state; no provisions nor supplies; only men nor half\\nenough of them. Gen. Wooster is determined to go to Mon-\\ntreal before leaving the country.\\nFriday, 17. Advised with Gen. Wooster, who gave me\\na permit, to go to New England when I please. Talked\\nwith the Doctor about it; am at a loss; may I be directed to\\nwhat is best. On the whole conclude tis really my duty to\\ngo. Found Mr. Eli Pettibone, who is in Col. Warner s regi-\\nment. Concluded to go with him, as it is next to impossi-\\nble to get an opportunity this month. Talked freely with\\nStephen (my boy), who is willing to return and join the\\nregiment. Col. Warner consents that I go with his people,\\nthough very much crowded.\\nSaturday, 18. Was called on in the morning to go soon;\\nset off for St. Johns. Got soldier to carry my pack; walked,\\nbut very feeble. Stephen came with me two or three miles;\\nleft him somewhat cheerful. He desired me to give his duty\\nto his parents and tell them he has no desire to return. I\\nwalked on moderately to St. Johns, a great part of the way\\nalone. Stephen brought me a small bit of bread, which at\\n3 o clock I ate, being very faint. If ever I received a meal\\nwith a grateful heart it was that. Arrived at St. Johns at\\nsunset. All out of provisions here and at Chamblee and\\nelsewhere. While struck with terror and apprehension,\\nfive boats appeared in sight with a great number of barrels\\nof pork. In the mount God appears.\\nLord s Day, 19. News from the Cedars that there is an\\nattack: four hundred regulars, about two hundred Indians\\nand Canadians. Col. Beadle, Patterson, etc., opposed them;\\nknow not the event. My diarrhoea returned with great vio-\\nlence. Assembled on the beach, sung and prayed, and weak\\nas I was gave a word of exhortation, and the people seemed\\nsolemn. An express arrived from Montreal to take back\\nthree of our boats with provisions. Capt. Mayhew showed\\nme much kindness. Begged a mouthful of fresh meat", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 109\\nwhich was cooked, and it seemed to strengthen me. A de-\\ntachment of Gen. Sullivan s came in with six boats and 100\\nbarrels of pork. At 4 o clock we set off. Came with Capt.\\nPearson of Stockbridge, Rev. Mr. Ripley and Rev. Mr. Dean\\nas far as Isle Aux-Noix at dark. Very weak; took some\\nbrandy toddy with a bit of sea bread and lay down by the\\nside of a barn and slept three hours.\\nMonday, 20. Was called at 3 o clock, and at 4 we set off.\\nMy disorder continued; very weak; committed myself to\\nGod. We rowed on to Point-au-Fere. Got a breakfast of\\ntea with a little milk, which seemed to revive me, but after-\\nwards was exercised with great pain. Proceeded, wind\\nahead; lodged under some bushes; poor accommodations,\\nbut such as soldiers often have. Very windy and rained\\nsome, but I slept on the ground.\\nTuesday, 21. At the dawn of day we all rallied, prepared\\nto set out before sunrise. Called at Cumberland Head; lake\\nvery rough; we went at a prodigious rate; run forty miles\\nin six hours. Put up at Gilliland s Creek; most kindly re-\\nceived and entertained by that hospitable man. He came\\nfrom New York; has 1,450 acres of land and owns Cumber-\\nland Head. We had some excellent spruce beer, which\\ngreatly revived me. My disorder seemed to abate. Supped\\nagreeably on tea and fish; lay in a good bed; slept well.\\nWednesday, 22. Rose early; took a dish of tea and came\\noff at seven. Esq. Gilliland accompanied us to the boat\\nwith all the marks of kindness possible. Wind ahead; we\\nrowed under the west shore; the stupid soldiers grumbled\\nmuch about proceeding, though the Capt, Mr. Ripley, Mr.\\nDean and I readily took our turns at rowing. I feel weak\\nand find that a little labor seems to outdo me; Taut blessed\\nbe God, have better health than some days past. At\\nGrant s, 24 miles from Crown Point. Supped on some milk;\\nsung and prayed, and went to rest.\\nThursday, 23. Went on board at sunrise; met a large\\nnumber of boats; Gen. Silliman s brigade. Put off to Crown\\nPoint, where w^e arrived at noon. Came to Ticonderoga at\\nG o clock. The instant we landed Capt. Bronson and Capt.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "110 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHopkins were setting off for Skenesborough; gave me an\\ninvitation to embark with them. Came ten miles up South\\nBay and encamped. Lay down, the heavens our shelter,\\nand slept.\\nFriday, 24. At 3 o clock set off; very chilly and cold.\\nBay is hemmed in with mountains and rocks. At noon we\\narrived at Skenesborough. Got a soldier to carry my pack;\\nwalked a mile; was all in a tremor. Was not sensible of\\nmy weakness. Think I know in some degree now what\\nhardship is. Tarried all night. Oh, the distracted state of\\nthis poor, unhappy country! It is a comfort that the Lord\\nreigns.\\nSaturday, 25. Rose at daylight; took a dish of tea and\\nset out. Gay horse worried me; terrible road, hideous\\ncountry. Rode 15 miles to Pollet. Dined at one Allen s,\\nwho moved from Woodbury. Found his wife to be Sarah\\nParmelee, a real Christian. She really revived my heart\\nby pious conversation. Came to Rupert, to Capt. Smith s,\\nwho lives cleverly; was most kindly received.\\nLord s Day, 26. People gathered many came six or seven\\nmiles. Dare not preach, so feeble and weak. Great desire\\namong the people to hear the Gospel. P. M., preached in\\nthe barn to a great number of people, who were very at-\\ntentive. My strength was spent before I finished my ser-\\nmon.\\nMonday, 27. Am so thin that people who have seen me\\nbefore scarce know me. Went on to Bennington. Urged\\nthat I preach a lecture there, but dare not engage.\\nTuesday, 28. Came to Dorset, then to Manchester and\\nto Sunderland; came to Arlington, then to Shaftbury and\\nproceeded to Bennington. Lodged at Mr. Dewey s. He is\\ntruly a charming man.\\nWednesday, 29. Rode with Mr. Dewey. Rode to Mr.\\nMills He concluded to let me have a horse to Lanesbor-\\nough and a little boy to bring it back. News of the secret\\nconfederacy of tories and the discovery of their plot. Peo-\\nple this way are much in fear on account of internal ene-\\nmies. What will become of this unhappy country Con-\\nsoling thought; the Lord, He is our King.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. Ill\\nThursday, 30. Hired a boy, who went on foot, but kept\\npace with me. Came to Williamstown, then to Lanesbor-\\nough at night; cordially received by my dear friend and\\nclassmate, Mr. Collins.\\nSaturday, June 1. Heard a rumor of Col. Beadle having\\nhad a battle, with the loss of a hundred men and driving\\nthe enemy. Fear I have broken my constitution in the cam-\\npaign. Concluded to attempt to deliver a discourse tomor-\\nrow.\\nLord s Day, 2. P. M., preached with considerable free-\\ndom. Excessively tired.\\nMonday, 3. Set off with Mr. Collins for Rev. Mr. Mun-\\nson s, Lenox; then to Rev. Mr. West s, Stockbridge.\\nTuesday, 4. Rode in company with Mr. West and Col-\\nlins to Mr. Farrand s. Attended the Association.\\nWednesday, 5. Rode home, and found my dear family\\nwell, after having experienced and seen the most abundant\\ndisplays of Divine goodness and mercy. O, for true grati-\\ntude!\\nMr. Robbins remained at home and recovered his health\\nsufficiently so that he felt able to go again and join his regi-\\nment, in whose welfare his interest and concern never\\nabated. On Tuesday, July 2, having been at home four\\nweeks he, Took leave again of dear friends at home to\\njoin the regiment; came to Sheffield, Mr. Camp with me;\\nWednes., set off for Albany; came to Miller s, 12 miles\\nshort. Thurs., came into Albany. Friday, left Albany\\nand proceeded to Stillwater. Saturday, proceeded to Sara-\\ntoga, then to Fort Edward. Lord s Day, 7. Arrived safe\\nat Lake George at ten o clock; found Col. Buell glad to see\\nme; visited the smallpox hospital; prayed; dreadful suffer-\\ning. At five o clock Mr. Camp set off for home. At six\\no clock preached; attentive assembly. Monday, rose at 4\\no clock to cross the lake with the express. Stopped at the\\nnarrows; proceeded to Sabath-day point; arrived at sunset.\\nTuesday, 9. Walked over to Ticonderoga went on board\\nwith Col. Warner, and with a fine gale run down to the\\nPoint in 3 hours. Found our regiment, who were exceed-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ningly rejoiced to see me,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all, officers and soldiers. The\\ncamp in a most sickly state; ten or twelve in some instances\\nhave been buried in one day, but at present the sickness\\nabates through mercy. At evening met; had a most solemn\\nand affectionate season of prayer and exhortation. Slept\\nin Gapt. Watson s marque.\\nWednesday, 10. Attended prayers and sung; saw all our\\npeople; many poorly, besides the great numbers gone to\\nLake George. The camp is in a most pitiful situation; a\\ngreat many sick. Went with Mr. Avery to the hospitals,\\nand never was such a picture of wretchedness; men not\\nalive and men breathing their last. Slept on the ground.\\nThursday, 11. Rainy all day. Visited a number of offi-\\ncers. All look down and gloomy. We want good general-\\nship.\\nFriday, 12. Stephen taken unwell. Attend prayers\\nnight and morning, and generally sing. Visited the sick in\\nGol. Reed s regiment near us, also the worst cases reported\\nin the smallpox room.\\nSaturday, 13. Visited the hospitals and other sick. Slept\\nin the tent on ground very well.\\nLord s Day, 14. Many sick with camp-distemper.\\nPreached in the Fort. Two chaplains present and numbers\\nfrom other regiments. Second sermon at 4 o clock; vast\\nconcourse of people. The General and great numbers of\\nthe principal officers attended. Preached from Isaiah 6\\n7th and 8th verses. Spoke with freedom; drank tea with\\nthe General afterward; complimented by but may I\\nbe more concerned to please God and less to please men.\\nNews from New York very good.\\nTuesday, 16. At ten embarked for Ticonderoga; head\\nwind; arrived at sunset. Lodged in the fort.\\nW^ednesday, 17. Troubled with constant pains in my\\nstomach. By advice conclude to go to Lake George to visit\\nthe sick and the rest of our regiment, which is nearly one-\\nhalf. Went with Lieut. Doty to the landing. Lodged on\\nsome boards on the wharf. Thursday, 18, rained all day.\\nFriday, 19, waited all day for boats.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XORFOLK. 113\\nSaturday, 20. At nine o clock set out for Lake George;\\nrowed to Sabbath-day point; then with a fair wind came\\nat a great rate up to Lake George by six o clock. Saw Mr.\\nCurtiss, and never a man so altered. I wish he may get\\nhome; fear he will not get well, if he does not. The Lord\\ndirects. Visited one hospital and prayed with the regi-\\nment at sunset. Capt. Holt in a sad low state.\\nLord s Day, 21. Rose early and visited the west hospi-\\ntal so far as I could stand it, but not the rest until night.\\nNever was such a portrait of human misery as in these hos-\\npitals. Prayed several times. Preached over the other\\nside, A. M., on Be ye therefore sober and watch unto\\nprayer. At 4 o clock preached this side to a great many\\npeople. At evening preached again. Visited the hospitals,\\nprayed with the sick; got greatly fatigued.\\nMonday, 22. Applied myself to my duties; indeed it is too\\nmuch, but I am carried along. Visited the long hospital\\nthis side. P. M., Mr. Spring came and helped me visit the\\nothers at night. Called on Col. Reed (who is made Briga\\ndier), and on his request agreed to serve his regiment with\\nours as chaplain.\\nTuesday, 23. Sent for early to visit Capt. Mann s son;\\nhe is near his end. Afterwards advised with the surgeon\\nand agrees to take a vomit directly; tartar emetic; and\\nnever was poor mortal more terribly handled, yet not quite\\ncome to spasms. Evidently it was very necessary; officers\\nTery kind to me. News of French fleet of fifty sail on the\\ncoast in conseqeuence of Mr. Dean pledging the public\\nfaith of the Continent that Independence be declared.\\nWednesday, 24. Sent for early to visit Col. Reed; fear\\nhe wont live. Prayed four times this morning with the\\nsick. Deaths have been about five a day for some days\\npast. A great mortality, but not so frequent as has been.\\nVisited Col. Reed again at evening and prayed with him.\\nAt nine o clock at night sent for with Mr. Spring to visit\\nthe Prussian General, De Woloke, who was pronounced by\\nthe chief doctor to be a dying man. A very singular trial\\nI had. He most earnestly desired that I administer the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nsacrament to him; that he had made his peace with God\\nand nothing remained but to do his last command. I felt\\nthat he was deluded. Endeavored to show him that God\\ndid not require it; that if he truly believed on the Lord\\nJesus Christ he would be accepted. He was so weak he\\ncould not converse much. I prayed with him and Mr.\\nSpring said the Lord s prayer at his desire, and we left\\nhim. Lieut. Riley grows worse,\\nThursday, 25. I want a constitution of brass to tarry\\nhere and do duty as seems necessary. Very hot, faint\\nweather. Visited Col. Reed, then some of the other sick,\\nbut utterly unable to go through the hospital. Conversed\\nwith Dr. Potts, who informed me I must instantly take\\nipecac. The bile was collecting so fast it would throw me\\ninto the inflammatory camp disorder. I took a solution of\\nmanna, cream of tartar, Senna and anise seed. Had a sick\\nday.\\nSaturday, 27. Concluded by advice of Dr. Lynn, Col.\\nBuel and Mr. Spring to try to get down a little way into\\nthe country. Went in a wagon with Dr. Beebe and Dr.\\nWaterman. Arrived at Fort Edward toward night.\\nLord s Day, 28. Sick and had high fever. Was brought\\nin a wagon to Saratoga to Mr. Petit s.\\nMonday, 29. Was brought in a carriage to Stillwater,\\nwhere Dr. Merwin attended me, who says my disorder is\\nof the dissolvent, putrid kind. He talked encouragingly,\\nbut says no prospect of my being able to return to the\\ncamp and to my duties under three or four weeks; and as\\nI could ride a little, recommended me to try to get home.\\nI am peculiarly unfitted to do the duties of a chaplain on\\naccount of my bilious constitution. I envy brother Avery\\nhis health. He will go through the hospital when pesti-\\nferous as disease and death can make it with a face as\\nsmooth as a baby s and afterward an appetite as healthy\\nas a woodchopper. I cannot; after inhaling such diseased\\nbreath am sick and faint. Besides, their sorrows take hold\\nof me. I would not shrink from the work. Our war is a\\nrighteous war. Our men are called to defend the country.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 115\\nWhole congregations turn out, and the ministers of the\\ngospel should go and encourage them when doing duty;\\nattend and pray for and with them when sick, and bury\\nthem when they die. I hope to return to my work.\\nMr. Robbing continued his journey homeward.\\nWednesday, 31. Rode in a chair to Albany; then to\\nGreenbush. Friday, reached Sheffield. Saturday, August\\n3. Home, and have I trust a grateful sense of the Divine\\ngoodness.\\nAfter about two weeks at home, Mr. Robbins felt suffi-\\nciently improved in health to return to his arduous duties\\nas chaplain in the army, and we will follow him briefly:\\nMonday, August 19. Took leave of friends at home to\\njoin the regiment. Came in company with Capt. Watson,\\nboth of us feeble soldiers.\\nTuesday, 20. Came to Kinderhook. Ensign Cowles\\npassed us on another road. We heard of the death of Mr.\\nCurtiss. 21st. Met Major Curtiss, who is very ill. Ar-\\nrived in Albany. 22nd. Proceeded to Saratoga. 23rd.\\nCame on to Fort Edward. Called at Selah s, where was\\npoor Heman Watson, in a distressed condition. Hardly\\nthink he will be able to get any farther. Left Capt. Wat-\\nson. Rode with Doctor Potts to Lake George. He told\\nme it was at the risk of my life to go into the hospitals, but\\nif the physician goes why not a minister of the great physi-\\ncian? Mr. Avery is sick.\\nSaturday. 24. Went to look for my horse, but he was\\ntaken without leave.\\nLord s Day, 25. Tried to get a boat to pass the lake.\\nRead, sang and prayed with the York forces.\\nMonday, 26. Very stormy. Visited a poor dying man\\nin the bake house. Wednesday, 28. Visited and prayed\\nwith Gen. Reed. He is very low.\\nThursday. 29. Made preparations to go to Ticonderoga.\\nAm obliged to go in a heavily loaded boat. Set off at four\\no clock; rowed hard ten miles; put in at Darkwest. The\\nsavages are prowling about there. Capt. Wright pitched\\nhis tent in a thick wood on very wet ground. Very un-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "116 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncomfortable in the tents, for it rained a great part of the\\nnight. Kindled a fire and sat by it. This is soldier-like;\\nthe romance is something, but a poor balance for the fa-\\ntigue and self-denial; but I do not mind it, if I can keep\\nsound in body and clear in voice.\\nFriday, 30. Off early; was in hopes to reach Ticon-\\nderoga, but fell short seven miles. Some lodged on land,\\nsome in the boat.\\nSaturday, 31. Walked to Ticonderoga; moved over to\\nour brigade at Mount Independence. Found our poor regi-\\nment like the rest of the brigade, in a down, sickly state.\\nWas cordially received. Visited B. Seward; prayed with\\nhim; fear he will die.\\nLord s Day, September 1. Visited the sick round about\\nin tents. Preached to the brigade; a serious and attentive\\naudience.\\nMonday, 2. Visited the rounds; w^ould try to impart\\nconsolation and hope, but am often tried; can only direct\\nthem to the Redeemer of men. They generally listen to\\nprayer. Went over to Ticonderoga; viewed the encamp-\\nments of the Pennsylvanians. Politely received by Col.\\nDe Haas. Returned at night.\\nTuesday, 3. Walked through the whole encampment.\\nThe woods swarm with men. Lieut. Converse and Mr.\\nBeach taken sick. There is not one field officer in our bri-\\ngade, except Major Sedgwick, who is not sick. News of\\nthe death of Mr. Barnum of Pittsfield.\\nWednesday, 4. Cols. Porter and Gratton quite low. At\\nnight prayed and sang with the brigade. This exercise is\\noften held on the parade ground, when the music march up\\nand the drummers lay their drums in a very neat style in\\ntwo rows, one above the other.\\nThursday, 5. This day I am thirty-six years old. Thus\\nkindly preserved, but alas, how useless!\\nFriday, 6. Enjoy through great mercy good health in\\nthe midst of sickness and death all around me. Col. Swift s\\nregiment came up. Saw Lieut. Watson. News of a terri-\\nble fight of our fleet down the lake.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 117\\nSaturday, 7. General orders this morniug for every oflfl-\\neer and soldier throughout the army that is well to turn\\nout on fatigue and prepare for the enemy.\\nLord s Day, 8. Our regiment in a most miserable con-\\ndition, I could wish they were all dismissed. Visited this\\nday tent by tent, and could not pass one single tent among\\nthe soldiers wherein there were not one or more sick. At\\nnight attended the funeral of B. Seward. There is some-\\nthing more than ordinarily solemn and touching in our\\nfunerals, especially an oflScer s; swords and arms inverted;\\nothers with their arms folded across their breast, stepping\\nslowly to the beat of muffled drum. I endeavor to say\\nsomething that will lead to meditation, but only a word.\\nMonday, 9. Spent considerable part of the day with Col.\\nBurrall, who is really very ill. Visited and prayed with\\nthe sick in their tents.\\nTuesday, 10. Capt. Burrall has come; concludes to take\\nthe old Col. home if he can. We all advise it, as his life\\nis in danger here. The groans of the distressed in the camp\\nare really affecting. Capt. Troop very poorly; so is Capt.\\nAustin; only Capt. Watson left. Not fifty men really fit\\nfor duty. The Major is disheartened in trying to turn out\\nmen according to the requisition made.\\nWednesday, 11. The Major and I escorted the Colonel\\ndown to the water side. He is truly weak and it is doubt-\\nful whether he gets home.\\nFriday, 13. My heart is grieved as I visit the poor sol-\\ndiers. Such distress and miserable accommodations. One\\nvery sick youth from Mass. asked me to save him if pos-\\nsible. Says, I cannot die; do pray for me. Will you not\\nsend for my mother? If she were here to nurse me I could\\nget well. She was opposed to my enlisting; I am now very\\nsorry; do let her know I am sorry.\\nSaturday, 14. After all our attempts to get the sick\\naway, yet could not obtain consent. Several in our regi-\\nment must die, I think. In Bond s regiment, by returns\\ntoday, 197 sick, besides those absent, and 40 only that are\\nwell. Went with the Doctor from tent to tent through", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe whole regiment; examined all, and the Major and Doc-\\ntor certified that sixteen of the worst cases could be moved\\nto Fort George, and Captain Austin obtained of the Gen-\\neral, permission.\\nLord s Day, 15. At one o clock our poor sick went off;\\n16 of them for Fort George. I fear sundry of them will\\nnever reach home. Went with Mr. Breck to visit Rev. Mr.\\nEmerson, who is very low.\\nWednesday, 18. Saw four deserters of Col. Porter s regi-\\nment flogged. Heard that Col. Burrall was not likely to\\nget home. It appears that Col. Gratton must die. Visited\\nCol. Maxwell, a man of handsome manners, as are most of\\nthe officers.\\nFriday, 20. Greater number at prayers than ever, and\\na very perceptible gain in health.\\nSaturday, 21. General orders appear today for tomor-\\nrow, that all labor, etc., shall cease. Divine service to be\\nattended at eleven o clock in every brigade. I am sorry\\nthe appointment is on the Sabbath, but it is a southern\\ncustom.\\nLord s Day, 22. Attended divine service on the parade\\nground; a convenient place built up for me; the whole bri-\\ngade under arms attended, and great numbers of other\\nofficers and spectators. I preached from Daniel 5 23, with\\ngreat freedom and plainness. A very attentive audience.\\nThe officers and soldiers observed the Sabbath in such a\\nmanner that it seemed more like a Sabbath day than any\\nI have seen in the army.\\nTuesday, 24. Am threatened with the camp distemper,\\nwhich is a dreadful disease here. Mr. Hitchcock invites\\nme to preach on the other side on the Sabbath to Gen.\\nBriket s brigade. News not so good from New York as\\nheard: the city evacuated.\\nLord s Day, 29. Was roused last night by a violent\\nshower. The roof leaked, and it poured in upon our bed.\\nSome company at home very disagreeable for the Sabbath.\\nNo exercises nor evening prayers.\\nMonday, 30. Visited the sick. Prayed at night with", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 119\\nthe brigade. Sometimes Tibbals, who strikes the drum ad-\\nmirably, gives it a touch at the right time when we are\\nsinging. It is beautiful harmony. A soft fife is also an\\naddition.\\nTuesday, October 1. Thus one month rolls on after an-\\nother. It was expected the enemy would most certainly\\ncome by this time, and now they are looked for in one\\nfortnight more, after which there will be no probability\\nof their coming.\\nWednesday, 2. Have something of the camp distemper,\\nbut not the distressing pains many have. Kept my bed.\\nSpikenard, I believe, is of special service in this disorder.\\nLord s Day, 6. Feel much better today. Mr. Breck\\npreached A. M. Mr. Tennent P. M. I concluded with\\nprayer.\\nWednesday, 9. A number of sick soldiers went over the\\nlake. Samuel Mills very poorly.\\nLord s Day, 18. Agreed to preach, tho feeble. Attended\\nat eleven o clock, but the attention of the people taken\\nup by a smart cannonading from the fleets which began in\\nthe morning. At noon express arrived with accounts of\\nthe battle on Friday down the Lake. All the camp\\nalarmed. Towards night the whole army drawn up to the\\nlines to take the alarm posts. Five vessels that were left\\nof the fleet came in in a shattered condition. The rest\\nare destroyed. This evening Col. Buel came.\\nMonday, 14, No sleep last night. The whole camp in\\narms at 4 o clock this morning, but no approach of the\\nenemy.\\nTuesday, 15. General Arnold got in, and his troops\\nthat escaped in the woods. Gen. Waterbury with all the\\nprisoners were sent down from Crown Point and are here\\nordered home. I walked over to headquarters; visited the\\nwounded, and a horrible spectacle they were. Desired by\\nthe General to go to Fort George with the sick and\\nwounded of the Fleet. I agreed to go, but it was with re-\\nluctance. The scout discovered a number of the enemy\\nadvancing towards this post; Indians and Canadians lurk-\\ning about.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nWednesday, 16. At three o clock set out for Fort\\nGeorge; rowed on; very dark; came by eastern shore; very\\nstill because of the enemy; passed a very uncomfortable\\nnight; no sleep; noisy swearing sailors. While I was at\\nthe bow discovering the islands and Capt. Goforth in the\\nstern, the rudder band broke. We lay at the mercy of the\\nwaves, but floated near an island. Came near dashing to\\npieces several times on the rocks. Tried to land in vain,\\nbut at last by a gracious Providence got in the lee side\\nand all lay in the boat until day. It rained hard; my heart\\ngrieved for the sick soldiers on board. In the morning we\\ngot into Lake George, very wet and benumbed with the\\ncold. Could I once have thought that I could endure and\\nundergo and safely go through such fatigue! Great have\\nbeen the signal mercies of God.\\nThursday, 17. Breakfasted at Jones afterwards shifted\\nall my clothes; lay down and took a nap in my blanket.\\nAt 2 o clock, P. M., visited all the hospitals; saw the\\nwounded soldiers dressed by the surgeon. Prayed in four\\nor five wards.\\nSaturday, 19. Feel tolerably well; rode down to Fort\\nEdward; found a Mrs. Campbell of New York. She was\\nrejoiced to tears to hear Christian conversation. Returned\\nto camp.\\nLord s Day, 20. Felt dizzy and weak. Rode to the hos-\\npital, but not without some fear of the skulking savages.\\nVisited the general hospital in almost every ward.\\nPreached and exhorted the sick and prayed with them.\\nTuesday, 22. Rode to the lake; visited every ward\\nthrough the whole hospital. Two or three just breathing\\ntheir last. Prayed with them and tried to impress the\\nliving. The frequency of death often hardens.\\nWednesday, 23. Rode to Stillwater with Col. Syms.\\nHave not the least encouragement to do anything more.\\nWorn down and low spirited; met militia going up.\\nThursday, 24. Distress about here in fear of the tories.\\nCalled on General Tenbroeck at Fort Edward with a mes-\\nsage from Gen. Schuyler. News of the death of one and\\ncaptivity of two men at Ticonderoga landing.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 121\\nSaturday, 26. Rode down to the lake; found Doctor Stod-\\ndard with the sick just arrived. Helped the sick about dis-\\ncharge. Visited the hospital; two have died with their\\nwounds. Their suffering had been extreme; became easy\\nbefore they died; had their reason. The rest, I hope, may\\nlive. Many more distressed creatures came over near\\nnight. They have a good surgeon, but physicians of no\\nvalue to these mangled men.\\nLord s Day, 27. Militia proceed on in great numbers to\\nthe lake. Came in a boat to Fort Miller, then in a wagon\\nto McNeal s. Kinderhook regiment came up very noisy.\\nMonday, 28. Came to Gen. Schuyler s; waited on the Gen-\\neral; told him I was broken down; had in a measure lost my\\nvoice, etc. He was very loth to give me a discharge, but\\nvery ready to give me a furlough. Came to Bryant. An\\nexpress passed us this evening with good news from the\\nsouth.\\nTuesday, 29. Came to Albany; did business and pro-\\nceeded towards home.\\nWednesday, 30. Rode on horseback; put up.\\nThursday, 31. Arrived at night at my own home, after\\nnear three months absence, in fatigue, perils and dangers,\\nhaving experienced the most distinguishing marks of Di-\\nvince mercy and favor. Now, O for a heart full of grati-\\ntude and praise and resolution to live thankful, humble\\nand faithful, being laid under the greatest obligations\\nthereto.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIX.\\nA HALF-CENTURY SERMON, DELIVERED AT NORFOLK OCTOBER 28,\\n1811 FIFTY YEARS FROM THE ORDINATION OF THE AUTHOR TO\\nTHE WORK OF THE MINISTRY IN THAT PLACE BY AMMI R.\\nROBBINS.\\nThis sermon, containing so much that is of historical in-\\nterest, and as a specimen of Mr. Bobbins sermons, is here-\\nwith given.\\nA SERMON Acts 26: 22, 23.\\nHaving therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto\\nthis day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none\\nother things than those which the prophets and Moses\\ndid say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that\\nhe should be the first that should rise from the dead, and\\nshould shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.\\nTime, which is measured by years and months and days,\\nswiftly, and by us almost imperceptibly, passes along, and\\nwill soon bring us to that state of existence where time will\\nbe swallowed up in eternity; where a thousand years will\\nbe as one day and one day as a thousand years. Oh, how\\nshort is human life! how soon do we run through it! how\\nquickly do we pass from childhood to old age! To those\\nfew whose lives are protracted to that period, a retrospec-\\ntive view of the various scenes and changes which have\\nbeen passed, is as emphatically represented by Dr. Watts,\\nJust like a dream when man awakes.\\nThis day, never to be forgotten by me, this anniversary\\ncompletes fifty years since I was solemnly ordained to the\\npastoral charge of the infant church and people in this\\ntown. The several parts of the solemnity were performed", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 123\\nin the following manner: The Rev. Mr. Lee of Salisbury\\nmade the introductory prayer. Rev. Mr. Robbins of Bran-\\nford, my honored father, preached the sermon from 2 Cor.\\n5-20. Rev. Dr. Bellamy of Bethlem made the consecration\\nprayer and gave the charge. Rev. Mr. Champion of Litch-\\nfield gave the right hand of fellowship, and the Rev. Mr.\\nRoberts of Torrington made the concluding prayer. None\\nof these remain. They were not suffered to continue by\\nreason of death. They have gone to give account of their\\nstewardship.\\nThus was I set apart to the work of the evangelical\\nministry, and to labor in the gospel with the people in\\nthis town. And having obtained help of God I continue\\nunto this day. And, oh, that through grace I were enabled\\nin truth to add the following words of the text, witnessing\\nboth to small and great, saying none other things than\\nthose which the prophets and Moses did say should come;\\nThat Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first\\nthat should rise from the dead, and should show light unto\\nthe people, and to the Gentiles. But alas, I have abundant\\nreason to exclaim in the language of the prophet Isaiah,\\nmy leanness, my leanness. Yet through the great good-\\nness of God unto me, even to me, is this grace given, that\\nI should preach among my fellow sinners the unsearchable\\nriches of Christ.\\nBut who, where, are those with whom I was placed to\\nminister in holy things in this town? Where are the mem-\\nbers of the church with whom I communed at the table of\\nthe Lord in the beginning of my ministry? Alas! they are\\nin the eternal world, two only excepted, and but one of\\nthese is still with us. (Mrs. Dorothy Case, relict of the late\\nMr, Asahel Case.) And of the people who composed my\\naudience and joined in public worship, who were heads of\\nfamilies, there remain, if I mistake not, only seven persons.\\nOf the youths, who were over fifteen years and under\\ntwenty, six only remain in town. Your fathers, where are\\nthey? Yet by the providence of God, some hundreds have\\nmoved in to dwell here, and manv hundreds have been born.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIt will be expected, it is presumed, on the present oc-\\ncasion, that an historical sketch of the church and town,\\nmore especially respecting our ecclesiastical and religious\\nconcerns, will be given. This will be attempted, after\\nwhich some serious reflections, exhortations and counsel\\nwill conclude the discourse.\\nThe inhabitants of this town were incorporated by Act\\nof Assembly in the year 1758. In the early times of their\\nsettlement they set up and endeavored to maintain the\\npublic worship of God. From scattered individuals a\\nchurch was gathered and formed by the Rev. Daniel Far-\\nrand of the adjoining town of Canaan, on the 24th of De-\\ncember, 1760. It then consisted of twenty-three members.\\nMr. Farrand was very helpful in their infant state by visit-\\ning and preaching with them, by administering the sacra-\\nments of baptism and the Lord s supper, and occasionally\\nin attending funerals, and kindly visiting them in times of\\naffliction. These his benevolent services I have often heard\\nthem acknowledge with gratitude and thankful remem-\\nbrance.\\nSeveral candidates for the ministry, such as Messrs.\\nCurtiss, Gregory, Wetmore and Ives were successively em-\\nployed by the people to acceptance and profit. At length\\ndivine Providence directed their application to me. After\\npreaching and becoming acquainted with the people a\\nnumber of months, by the almost unanimous call of the\\nchurch and inhabitants of the town, I was ordained to the\\nwork of the ministry in this place, on the 28th day of Oc-\\ntober, 1761. The number of families in the town when I\\ncame here to reside, which was in June preceding my ordi-\\nnation, was a little upwards of fifty. At the time of my\\nordination there were about sixty, there having been some\\naccessions from different parts of the state in the course\\nof the year. From that time to the year 1799 there was a\\ngradual increase of inhabitants, till the number of families\\namounted to about two hundred and ninety. Since that\\ntime the number has been rather diminished by means of\\ngreat emigrations to the northern and western parts of the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 125\\nUnited States. Various and instructive have been the dis-\\npensations of divine Providence from our beginning to\\nthis day. We have experienced seasons of prosperity and\\nseasons of adversity. Situated in a hill country, with a\\nfree air, with pure springs and streams of water, we have\\nbeen blessed with a greater share of health, it is presumed,\\nthan has generally prevailed in the state. Many, both\\nmen and women, have lived to a great age; several above\\nninety years and one above an hundred. Nevertheless we\\nhave experienced the visitations of severe sickness and\\nfatal disease. In the year 1777, fifty-six persons of all ages\\nfrom two years old to advanced life, were swept away by\\ndeath. The next succeeding year, thirty-eight were called\\nto follow them to the great congregation.\\nBesides these a number of husbands and sons died in\\nthe armies in the service of their country. Weeping and\\nlamentation were in almost every dwelling, and the house\\nof God on the Sabbath exhibited among old and young\\nthe badges of sorrow, the ensigns of mourning. As a people\\nin our ecclesiastical and religious concerns, we have been\\nblessed with uncommon union, with a general attendance\\non public worship, and a solemn regard to divine institu-\\ntions.\\nThere have been very few among us of a different re-\\nligious denomination, and very rarely indeed has there been\\na different meeting for public worship on the Lord s day\\nheld in the town. The first settlers of this town, like the\\nvenerable fathers who commenced the settlement of our\\nState, were men who feared God; who sought as a pri-\\nmary object, even in an uncultivated wilderness, the en-\\njoyment of the blessed privileges of the gospel of Christ.\\nWhen they were but a few men in number, yea, very few\\nand strangers in it, by their exertions, by their example,\\nby their prayers, they laid the foundation of those religious\\nprivileges and that harmony which have been so long en-\\njoyed. The people generally have been in the habit, and\\nmany I trust from a sense of duty, of resorting to the house\\nof God on his holy day. Hence it has appeared that our", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhouse of public worship for many years past, although\\nthought to be sufficiently large when erected to contain all\\nthe inhabitants that should dwell here at any one time, is\\noften so crowded as to be very uncomfortable, especially\\nin the milder seasons of the year. The number of the mem-\\nbers of the church when it was gathered as before men-\\ntioned was twenty-three.\\nFrom the first formation to the settlement of the pas\\ntor fifteen members were added, the most of them from\\nother churches, making the number at that time thirty-\\neight. From that period to the present time, the lapse of\\nhalf a century, there have been added to our number five\\nhundred and eleven members, making in the whole five\\nhundred and forty-nine. The number of baptisms, includ-\\ning sundry adults, amounts to twelve hundred and seventy-\\nseven.\\nThe ordinance of baptism has been administered to\\nthose only who were in full communion with the church.\\nThe number of burials in the town is seven hundred and\\nsixty. Of these the greater part have been infants and\\nsmall children. The average number is a little over fifteen\\nin a year. The number of marriages which I have per-\\nformed is two hundred and seventy-six. Many besides have\\nbeen joined in wedlock by the civil authority. The first\\nchurch meeting was held November 19th, 1761, three\\nweeks after the settlement of the pastor. At that meeting\\nMr. Michael Humphreys was chosen to the office of deacon.\\nHe served in that office alone for about four years, when\\nMr. Abraham Camp was chosen to his assistance. Since\\nthat time there have been appointed to that office in suc-\\ncession, Joseph Mills, Abraham Hall, Jared Butler, Sam-\\nuel Mills, David Frisbie and Edward Gaylord. In Sep-\\ntember, 1799, the church consisting of nearly three hun-\\ndred members, it was judged necessary that there be three\\ndeacons. From that time to the present three have been\\nin office.\\nIt is the wish of the church ever to have money in their\\ntreasury, not only for the support of the Lord s table, but", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 127\\nalso to advance small sums to the poor and necessitous\\nof their number, as may be needed. This has been often\\ndone, and this duty is left, unless it be a considerable sum,\\nto the wisdom and discretion of the deacons. The treasury\\nis replenished by an annual contribution.\\nI have now to observe that it hath pleased the great\\nHead of the Church, the glorious King of Zion, blessed be\\nhis adorable Name, to remember this little branch of his\\nvisible kingdom with the precious influences of his Holy\\nSpirit, by whose power and grace numbers of perishing\\nsinners have hopefully been brought into the kingdom of\\nthe Lord Jesus. There have been some solitary instances\\nof awakening from time to time, in which individuals have\\napparently become friends to Christ, and have been added\\nto the number of his professing people. Of these there\\nhave been more or less almost every year. But we have\\nwitnessed three remarkable seasons, which were verily\\n*times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. The\\nfirst of these was in the year 1767, when there was an un-\\ncommon seriousness and attention to religion generally\\nthrough the town. Many were alarmed and enquired with\\nsolicitude what they should do to be saved. But alas! it\\nwas like a vernal shower pleasant, but of short continu-\\nance. Some, however, were made the happy subjects of\\ndivince grace as we trust, sufficient to show that the work\\nwas of God. The number added to the church about that\\ntime was eight or ten, but several who dated their religious\\nexercises at that season made a public profession of religion\\nmany years after, and united with the church.\\nBut the years 1783 and 4 and the years 1798 and 9 were\\nthe distinguished periods for the displays of the power and\\nsovereign grace of God, which will be remembered, I trust,\\nwith thankful praise and holy joy through eternal ages.\\nEvery recollection of these seasons is a subject of thankful\\njoy and of just reproof. Our present coldness and indif-\\nference to divine things is such as we then fondly hoped\\nnever to see. As a particular account of these glorious\\nrevivals has been given to the public in the first volume of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "128 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, published at Hart-\\nford in the year 1801, 1 shall not now enlarge. I would only\\nobserve that in consequence of the former of these two\\nrevivals, flfty-tw^o members were added to the church, and\\nin the letter about one hundred and sixty. Since that\\nperiod forty-nine have been added to the church, about\\none half of them by letters from other churches.\\nIt may be observed with truth and justice, that the\\npeople of this town generally have been industrious and\\nof regular habits, and attentive to the ordinary duties of\\nlife. The education of our youth and children, both in re-\\nligious and literary instruction, has engaged no small por-\\ntion of our care. Few towns, I believe, have been more\\nassiduous in their endeavors to second the wise exertions\\nof the Legislature for the promotion of this most important\\nobject. The tranquillity and harmony which have pre-\\nvailed among us, particularly in our ecclesiastical concerns,\\nhave been great, and such as to be noticed by many abroad.\\nOn this account it has never been found necessary to form\\na distinct Ecclesiastical Society. The people have trans-\\nacted their society business in the stated town meetings,\\nwhen those few who were of a different denomination did\\nnot act. They have been careful from year to year to leave\\nout those, and such also as were in low circumstances as\\nto property, when they estimated the necessary expense\\nfor the support of the gospel, the expenses for repairing\\nthe meeting-house, for encouraging singing for public wor-\\nship and other society charges. Thus by a kind and gra-\\ncious Providence we have been carried along from the or-\\nganization of this town and church through a space of fifty\\nyears to this day.\\nIt is my duty here to observe with humble thankful-\\nness to God, that I have not been taken off from public\\nlabours by sickness and bodily indisposition, but ten\\nmonths in fifty years. For five months in the year 1773 I\\nwas unable to perform ministerial duties, when the pulpit\\nwas supplied mostly by the Rev. Mr. Potter, formerly of\\nEnfield, and the Rev. Mr. Newell of Goshen. In the last", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 129\\nyear, 1810, I was disabled from public service nearly five\\nmonths, in which time the pulpit was supplied for the most\\nof the time by the kind labours of my brethren of this As-\\nsociation and three of my neighboring brethren in the min-\\nistry in the county of Berkshire.\\nI was absent from my people nearly a year in 1776, in\\nthe service of my country, attached to the northern army.\\nDuring my absence the pulpit was supplied partly by neigh-\\nboring ministers, and partly by a candidate, Mr. Abraham\\nCamp, who was hired for the purpose. I have been absent\\nalso about eight months in the missionary service in the\\nnew settlements, when the pulpit was supplied in the same\\nmanner.\\nAs to my ministerial labours I may not, I cannot, 1\\ndare not boast. Oh, that I had been more laborious, more\\nzealous, more faithful! Yet I trust I have not shunned to\\ndeclare unto you all the counsel of God, in important doc-\\ntrines, duties and precepts of revealed religion, so far as\\nI have been enabled to understand them, with careful study\\nand prayerful attention. I have preached, including those\\nabroad, upwards of six thousand and five hundred ser-\\nmons, and on looking at my preaching Bible I find that I\\nhave preached from passages in all the sacred books, ex-\\ncepting the Epistle to Philemon and the second Epistle of\\nJohn.\\nMy doctrine and manner of preaching, my exhortation\\nand teaching at religious conferences and at funerals, your\\nfathers and predecessors, and ye yourselves also know.\\nMy instructing and catechising the children and rising\\ngeneration, which in the former part of my ministry was\\ngenerally performed at the meeting-house, has been at-\\ntended latterly, in the respective school districts, twice in\\nthe year. My visits and administrations to the sick and dy-\\ning, many of you who have been bye-standers, must know.\\nAnd you are my witnesses that I have often wept with\\nthose that weep. But why do I thus speak? Should it\\nserve in any measure as a useful example to my children or\\nto any of my younger brethren who may hear these declara-\\ntions, let this be my apology.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "130 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAfter all, I have abundant reason to acknowledge and\\nhumbly confess before God, and in the hearing of this nu-\\nmerous assembly, that I have fallen far, very far short of\\nmy duty in my ministerial labors, in every branch of my\\nwork. I have to lament that I have no more regarded and\\npractised that divine, that solemn charge to ministers, Be\\nthou an example of the believers, in word, conversation, in\\ncharity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. I have abundant rea-\\nson to cry out, as before said, My leanness, my leanness.\\nSo great and numerous have been my sins and deficiencies\\nin duty, my criminal omissions and commissions, that were\\nit not for the free and sovereign grace of God, through the\\nrighteousness and atonement of our dear Saviour, I must\\nbe a castaway. On this boundless grace and mercy I desire\\nwholly to rely, and hope for pardon and acceptance through\\nJesus Christ alone.\\nAPPLICATION.\\nAnd now, my Friends, and to many of you I address a\\nmore endearing epithet, my children, I request your particu-\\nlar attention while I close this discourse by way of exhorta-\\ntion, and with some serious counsel and advice. And let it\\nbe considered as directed particularly to those who are and\\nhave been the people of my ministerial care and charge.\\nIn the first place and above everything else, I call on you,\\nI warn and charge you, seek ye first the kingdom of God.\\nRegard his glory and the salvation of your immortal souls.\\nBe solicitous, be anxious that you become friends to Christ\\nby experiencing a real change of heart. Our Lord Jesus,\\nwho will be your judge, hath told you beforehand, Except\\na man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.\\nAnd his Apostle, guided by his spirit, has declared that\\nwithout holiness no man shall see the Lord. Let it then\\nbe your great, your primary concern, to obtain a title,\\nthrough grace, to a glorious inheritance beyond the grave.\\nYour fathers, with whom I was conversant in early life,\\nthe most of them have gone the way of all the earth, and\\nI, your minister, and those of my age, soon must follow.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 131\\nYou also who are now in the midst of active life, full of\\ncares, public and private, must soon be called off from these\\nbusy scenes, and appear naked spirits before God. And\\nyou who are in youth, who calculate on many years in this\\nworld, must follow in quick succession to the grave, and\\nyour eternal state be fixed, forever fixed, in a world of joy\\nor woe. What is this world to which we are so fondly\\nattached? With all its wealth it cannot purchase the salva-\\ntion of one soul. With all its honors, you may be plunged\\ninto a state of shame and everlasting contempt. With all\\nits pleasures and amusements, you may be left to weeping\\nand wailing and gnashing of teeth. Oh, then, as you re-\\ngard your God, your Savior and your own immortal souls,\\nlet it be your chief concern to repent, to believe on the Lord\\nJesus Christ, and be reconciled to God.\\nYou, my friends, are my witnesses that I have urged and\\npressed upon you the importance of these truths. Again\\nand again I have taught and explained to you the great,\\nthe essential doctrines of the gospel. I have preached and\\nurged gospel precepts and duties. I have endeavored to\\npreach morality on a gospel footing, not as a foundation\\nof acceptance with God, but as inseparable from love to\\nhim, and evidential of faith in the Mediator, and a title to\\neternal life. I have laid before you every motive which the\\npowers of my mind could suggest, with the word of God\\nfor my guide, to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, and\\na life of holiness and evangelical obedience. And to use\\nthe solemn words of the holy Apostle, some believed the\\nthings which were spoken, and some believed not.\\nSolemn thought, serious and commanding the reflection,\\nthat some of you, yea, I fear many of you, are yet in your\\nsins, without hope and without God in the world. And is\\nit not to be feared that some of you who are in advanced\\nlife, to the ninth and eleventh hour, have stood all your\\ngospel day idle.\\nFor Christ s sake, for your own soul s sake, let such be\\nalarmed, hear and obey the gospel invitation before your\\neyes are closed in death. Numbers of you, not only of the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "132 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\naged but those in middle life, have lived in days of the dis-\\nplay of God s power and grace, when many, we trust, were\\nborn into the kingdom of Christ, and when some of you\\nwere awakened and inquired with trembling, What shall\\nwe do? But have you not fallen asleep, lost sight of your\\ndreadful state, and become more hard and stupid than be-\\nfore? I again call on you, I entreat, I beseech you, by the\\nlove, the compassion, the bowels of a crucified Savior, to\\nawake and flee from the wrath to come, that you may lay\\nhold on the hope, the only hope set before you in the gospel.\\nMy brethren and friends, before I conclude this discourse\\n1 would ask your candid attention to a few words of advice\\nand counsel from your aged pastor, who loves and ardently\\nwishes your prosperity in your temporal, but more es-\\npecially in your spiritual interests. And this will be re-\\nspecting your future conduct in regard to your religious\\nconcerns, and those of your children, when my lips shall be\\nclosed in death. How soon that may be, or how soon I\\nmay be taken off from public service, is left with God, with\\nwhom I desire to leave it. But as this may be a proper\\nopportunity, I hope it may not be thought unseasonable,\\neven though it should please God to continue me a little\\nlonger in the work whereunto I have been called.\\nIn the first place, then, as much as possible labour to be\\nat peace among yourselves, and that the uncommon union\\nwhich has subsisted among you may be continued and in-\\ncreased. And as one mean to this important end let me\\nsuggest to you the propriety and duty of exerting your-\\nselves to provide a more commodious and decent house for\\nthe worship of God. This house has stood more than half\\na century, and although that is not considered long for such\\nbuildings, this by its construction is evidently going to\\ndecay, and in some seasons of the year is very inadequate\\nto the accommodation of the numerous assembly who resort\\nhere for public worship. On this subject I would inform\\nyou that this house, from the mode of its construction, is\\nunusually hard and difficult for a public speaker. Having\\nbeen favored through God s goodness with greater strength", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 133\\nof voice than many public speakers, I have been enabled to\\nperform the service. But many of my brethren in the min-\\nistry who have spoken here have noticed the uncommon\\nlabor to which the preacher is subjected. Many instances\\nhave occurred in which ministers have been obliged to\\ndesist from public labours on account of the failure of their\\nvoice.\\nWhen I recommend to you the propriety and duty of\\nbuilding an house for worship, you cannot suppose I can\\nhave any personal interest in view, sensible that I shall not\\nneed any earthly house but a little longer. But will it not\\nbe for your benefit, will it not be an important benefit to\\nyour children? Will not such a measure prove a bond of\\nunion, a means of continuing this people together in the\\nworship and ordinances of the gospel?\\nI will not add, only to remind you that pious David met\\nthe divine approbation when it was in his heart to build a\\nhouse for God. And I would invite your attention to the\\nwords of the prophet Haggai, Is it time for you, O ye, to\\ndwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste?\\nSecondly. With respect to the call and settlement of a\\nminister among you, whether it be before or after my de-\\ncease, I pray you listen to my counsel. Your fathers and\\npredecessors very early set up public worship, viewing it\\nan object of primary importance in respect to the present\\nlife and that which is to come. In their infant state, when\\nfew in number and straitened as to property, they hastened\\nto erect this house and settle one who might minister to\\nthem in holy things, and by the help of a land tax, which\\ncontinued four years, which was granted by the Legisla-\\nture, in which the non-residents, who owned a large portion\\nof the land, were included, they were enabled to support\\nthe gospel, and at length to finish this house. I mention\\nthese things to you, their children and successors, because\\nyou cannot be informed from them, most of whose lips are\\nclosed in death. They thus taught you by their faithful\\nexample, and many of you were taught by their affectionate\\nprecepts diligently and constantly to remember the holy", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSabbath, to attend on the worship and ordinances peculiar\\nto that day, not forsaking the assembling of yourselves\\ntogether, as the manner of some is, alas of many, very\\nmany, at the present day. Therefore I counsel, I warn you\\nnot to neglect, but continue to remember the Sabbath; to\\nesteem it, to prize it as one of the days of heaven. And I\\nentreat you constantly and conscientiously to attend and\\nimprove the instituted means of grace, and as far as you\\nare able, let your children enjoy the same privilege, at least\\nsuch of them as are capable of understanding the nature,\\ndesign and duty of public worship.\\nAnd inasmuch as I have advanced to old age and must\\nsoon be removed from public service, let me give you my\\nparting counsel with respect to the qualifications of a suc-\\ncessor in the ministry. Above all other qualifications (and\\nmany others are indispensable) be particularly cautious\\nthat you elect a man of apparently real piety one who has\\nexperienced the power of religion, whose heart is warmed\\nwith love to Jesus Christ and to the souls of men; who\\nappears to be cordially attached to the kingdom of Christ\\nand to the advancement of its interests among you and\\nthrough the world. See that he be not only of unblemished\\nmorals and exemplary conversation, but clear and distin-\\nguishing in the fundamental truths of the gospel; that he\\nbe one who preaches and urges the soul-humbling, God-\\nexalting doctrines of the cross of Christ. To these truths\\nwe are all naturally opposed; if we were not our Lord \\\\yould\\nnot have declared as he did, Ye must be born again.\\nThe decrees of God, his absolute sovereignty, his electing\\nlove, the total depravity of mankind, our entire dependence\\non the free and sovereign mercy of God, the nature and\\nnecessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, justification\\non account of the righteousness and atonement of Christ\\nalone, the certain perseverance unto eternal life of all who\\nare truly united to the Savior, and the endless punishment\\nof the finally impenitent, are doctrines which, though\\nclearly taught in the holy scriptures, are by many denied\\nand by more opposed. Yet let it be remembered, they are", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOUi:. 135\\nthe great means, the powerful engine, in the hands of the\\nHoly Spirit, of the pulling down of strongholds, of strip-\\nping the sinner of all his proud and self-righteous feelings,\\nof abasing his soul before God, and bringing him to fall\\ndown at the foot of the cross. See that your minister be\\none who insists on gospel morality and holy conduct, ex-\\nemplary in his walk, benevolent and compassionate, patient\\nunder trials, apt to teach, with a talent to communicate in\\nconferences and private religious meetings, and especially\\nthat he be a man of prayer. But I will not enlarge, for I\\nhumbly trust that the body of this people will never consent\\nto settle a minister of principles and practice essentially\\ndifferent from what has now been described. O, my friends,\\nit is of the last importance to you and your children that\\nyou sit under a sound, evangelical, experimental minister\\nof Christ, who may by the presence and blessing of the\\ndivine Savior, go before you and lead you in the narrow\\nway which terminates in eternal glory.\\nThirdly. You will suffer a word with respect to the sup-\\nport of the minister whom you shall choose. You are told\\nthat the labourer is worthy of his hire. You will all con-\\nclude that one who faithfully labours with you in the gospel\\nought to be comfortably and honourably supported. And\\nyou will readily expect that it will require more than you\\nhave been accustomed to afford. When I was settled here\\nI was entitled to a considerable portion of landed interest\\nreserved for the first minister in the town, by means of\\nwhich, with some patrimony, together with what has been\\ngranted from year to year by the people, I have been en-\\nabled through divine goodness to enjoy a comfortable and\\nreputable living But you may have a minister destitute\\nin a great measure of the helps which 1 have had. The\\nburden, therefore, if it can be called a burden, may be\\ngreater than you have hitherto experienced. But you are\\nsensible, and many of you have remarked that your ecclesi-\\nastical expenses have been very light, and they have been\\ndefrayed with the utmost cheerfulness. And here I would\\nremark that in the whole course of my ministry there has", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "136 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbeen only two cases of distraint for ministerial taxes that\\nhave come to my knowledge. In these instances the per-\\nsons had turned to different denominations after their tax\\nwas due. But should the expense be somewhat greater\\nthan it has been, I earnestly hope you will not on that\\naccount divide and scatter, but strive for the continuance\\nof your union and peace. I need not add, expecting that\\nyou will not see your minister in penurious circumstances,\\nso as to embarrass and perplex him, obstruct his usefulness\\nand bring trouble on you.\\nFourthly. Let me on this occasion urge your attention\\nto the duty of family religion and government. You cannot\\nbe too sensible of their importance for your own comfort,\\nand of their incalculable benefit to your children, for the\\npresent and future life. By a little observation and reflec-\\ntion we see, we realize the efiiciency of that divine direction\\nand promise, Train up a child in the way he should go,\\nand when he is old he will not depart from it.\\nWould you wish your children to be respectable and\\nuseful in the world, especially that they may be happy when\\nthey die, begin to catechise and instruct them when quite\\nyoung, and as they increase in years and knowledge, press\\non them the necessity of real religion. Teach them the\\nplain doctrines and duties of the gospel, warn them\\nagainst every vice, and inculcate the duty of attending to\\nall the means of grace. Let not parental fondness prevent\\nnecessary restraints. Kemind them of your duty and of\\ntheir accountability at the awful tribunal of God. And to\\nconvince them of your solicitude for their best interests,\\nlet your precepts be enforced by corresponding example\\nand prayer. And may God in great mercy accompany his\\nblessing, that your dear offspring may be saved in the day\\nof the Lord.\\nBut it is time to conclude this discourse. I have given\\nyou a brief sketch of the history of this town and church,\\nand of some of the dispensations of God s holy providence\\nhere before many of you were born. I have noticed the\\nseasons of prosperity and adversity through which the in-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 137\\nhabitants have passed. I have mentioned some of the tem-\\nporal blessings which we have enjoyed, and the precious\\nseasons of revivals of religion among us, all of which de-\\nmand our solemn and grateful remembrance.\\nAnd now, my brethren and friends, I ask your prayers\\nat the throne of grace, that my God would not forsake me\\nnow when I am old and grey-headed. That he would cast\\nme not off in time of old age, and forsake me not when\\nmy strength faileth. And if it should please the great\\nHead of the Church to continue me a little longer in his\\nvineyard, and enable me to serve you in the ministerial\\nwork, I shall attempt to do it. But my services must be\\nattended with failings and infirmities which will call for\\nyour love and candor. But according to human probability,\\nas the Apostle Peter saith, Shortly I must put off this my\\ntabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.\\nAnd may I be enabled to keep it in constant remembrance,\\nand through grace be prepared to depart in peace when my\\nLord shall call. And may you, also, my people, and all\\nwho hear me this day, keep in mind that when a few days\\nare come we must leave all mortal things and pass into the\\nunseen world. There we must stand at the tribunal of God,\\nand receive our doom for eternity. And oh, that by a vital\\nunion to Jesus, our dear Savior, evidenced by a life of holy\\nobedience, we may through boundless mercy be accepted\\nof our Judge, and enter with all the countless numbers of\\nthe redeemed into the joy of our Lord, and be employed\\nthrough a never ending eternity in the sweet and delightful\\nwork of praise and thanksgiving to the Father, and to the\\nSon, and to the Holy Ghost. Amen.\\nThe following is given as an Appendix to Mr. Bobbins\\nHalf Century Sermon:\\nThe settlement of the town of Norfolk began in the year\\n1744, That, with several of the adjacent towns, was owned\\nby the state, and they were all sold at public vendue in\\nMiddletown in 1742. Timothy Hosford of Windsor took a\\ndeed of one right of 400 acres, which he retained. All the\\nother proprietors relinquished their rights and forfeited", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "138 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\ntheir first payment, forty shillings on a right. There were\\nfifty-three rights, of which one was reserved for a parson-\\nage, one for schools, and one for the first minister. Hosford\\nsold his right to Titus Brown, who afterwards lived and\\ndied in Norfolk. Titus sold his right to his brother, Cor-\\nnelius Brown, of Windsor (Pawquannock.) Cornelius Brown\\ncame to Norfolk soon after his purchase, in the spring of\\n1744. A road from Torrington to Canaan was opened,\\nmostly by the Canaan people, the preceding year. In Sep-\\ntember, 1744, Mr. Brown moved his family to Norfolk, anci\\nlived in a log house a little east of the place where Mr,\\nGeorge Ives now lives. He sowed no grain the first year,\\nbeing much discouraged on account of the Indian and\\nFrench war. The team which brought Brown s family was\\nthe first loaded team that came through the Green Woods.\\nIn the spring of 1745 Mr, John Turner, brother of Mr.\\nBrown s wife, came with his family from Hartford and lived\\non the rising ground a little east of Brown s. In the fall\\nof 1745 Mr. Jedediah Richards, brother to Mr, Turner s wife,\\ncame from Hartford with his family and lived in a small\\nframed house built by him in the course of the summer,\\non the spot where Mr. Nathaniel Pease now lives. These\\nfamilies lived on Brown s right. They were pious and ex-\\nemplary families, attending religious worship and ordi-\\nnances in Canaan.\\nThe town was sold at vendue at Middletown a second\\ntime, excepting Brown s right, in 1754, soon after which a\\nnumber of industrious, worthy families settled in the town.\\nAt the north part the first settlers were Ebenezer and Ezra\\nKnapp, who were soon joined by James Benedict, Samuel\\nKnapp, Jacob Spaulding and Isaac Holt. The Knapps and\\nBenedict were from Danbury. S. Knapp and Spaulding are\\nnow living.\\nIn the south part the first settlers were Joseph Mills,\\nSamuel Mills, Asahel Case and Samuel Cowles, all from\\nSimsbury.\\nThe most of these early settlers lived to old age, and were\\nfirm friends of religious order and vital piety.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 139\\nThree or four years after Brown s settlement, Samuel\\nManross came from Farmington, now Bristol, and built a\\nlog house where the meeting-house now stands.\\nEdward Strickland came from Simsbury a year or two\\nafter Manross and lived where Mr, Nathaniel Robbing now\\nlives.\\nSamuel Gaylord and Benoni Moses were early settlers,\\nbefore the second sale of the town, it is believed. They lived\\nnear the brook, a little above the centre mills. Joshua\\nWhitney came from Canaan after the second sale of the\\ntown and erected a framed house where Linus McKean now\\nlives.\\nAt an early period of the settlement Brown erected a\\nsaw-mill at the place of the present centre mills.\\nThe first house in the north part of the town was a frame,\\nbuilt by Ezra Kuapp where Mr. Martin Green now lives.\\nThe present meeting-house was erected in 1760, two years\\nafter the incorporation of the town. The inner part was not\\nfinished for many years after. The land tax, mentioned in\\nthe preceding discourse, was two pence an acre annually\\nfor four years, one-half to be applied to the erection of a\\nmeeting-house, the other half to hire preaching. The agent\\nat the Assembly to procure the second sale of the town,\\nthe incorporation and the land-tax, was John Turner.\\nBrown, the first settler, sold his first place and settled\\nwhere Mr. Thomas Tibbals afterwards lived. He sold that\\nplace to Tibbals and began again in the southwest part of\\nthe town, where he lived till his death.\\nThe first sermon preached in the town was by one Treat,\\nwho had been settled in the ministry and was a temporary\\nresident. The meeting was at Richards The first settlers\\ngot considerable by hunting, particularly deer. The low\\nmeadows near the centre of the town were mostly open,\\nand supplied them with hay. The first burials were in\\nCanaan. The first person buried in the town was the wife\\nof Jedediah Turner, who lived a little west of Col. J. W.\\nPhelps present house. Her grave, with two others, were\\nat the place where Col. Phelps house stands. The next", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nburials were in the present center burying place. The first\\nchild born in the town was Stephen, son of Cornelius\\nBrown. The first militia was a Lieutenant s company, com-\\nmanded by Lieutenant Whitney. When it was made a full\\ncompany Whitney was the Captain. The second Captain\\nwas George Palmer.\\nThe first Justice of the Peace was Joshua Whitney, who\\nwas in office in Canaan before he moved into the town.\\nHe was in office in Norfolk before the incorporation of the\\ntown. The second Justice was Michael Humphreys, ap-\\npointed in 1760. The next was Giles Pettibone, appointed\\nin 1773. Col. Pettibone held that office, and after 1777 the\\noffice of Judge of Probate, till he resigned them in May,\\n1807. He died March, 1810, aged 75. Hosea Wilcox was\\nappointed a justice of the peace in 1778. The next was\\nDudley Humphreys, appointed in 1780. Those since ap-\\npointed are Asahel Humphreys, Nathaniel Stephens,\\nEleazer Holt, Augustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch and\\nJoseph Battell. The four latter are now in office.\\nA Probate District, called the District of Norfolk, was\\nestablished by the Legislature in May, 1779. Giles Petti-\\nbone, Esq., was appointed the Judge. At his resignation in\\n1807, Augustus Pettibone, Esq., his son, the present Judge,\\nwas appointed.\\nThe town was first represented in the General Assembly\\nin October, 1777. The representatives were Giles Pettibone\\nand William Walter.\\nMay the posterity of the venerable fathers and first set-\\ntlers of this town ever stand in the ways and see, and ask\\nfor the old paths where is the good way, and walk therein,\\nthat they may find rest for their souls.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "If\\n%3 %k.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 141\\nX.\\na century sermon.\\nBy Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D.\\nAt a town meeting December 2, 1844, Amos Pettibone,\\nMichael F. Mills and Darius Phelps were appointed a com-\\nmittee To invite Dr. Thomas Robbins to deliver a Cen-\\ntennial Address to the people of Norfolk, between this and\\nthe first of January next, and that they make suitable prep-\\naration for the occasion.\\nDecember 25, 1844, in accordance with the above vote,\\nRev. Thomas Robbins, D. D., son of the first pastor of the\\nchurch, preached in the church in Norfolk a sermon of an\\nhistorical character, that year having been the one hun-\\ndredth anniversary of the settlement of the town. The\\nwriter, then seven years old, distinctly remembers being\\npresent on this occasion, and the two things that made a\\nlasting impression on his memory were the length of the\\nsermon and the singing of the last hymn, which Dr. Rob-\\nbins lined in the old-fashioned way, reading one line of\\nthe hymn and then pausing while the choir and the congre-\\ngation sang that line, then reading the next line, and so on.\\nThe hymn as he recalls it was the one commencing Be\\nThou, O God, Exalted High, sung to the tune of Old\\nHundred.\\nThis service and the delivery of this discourse was the\\ncelebration of the town s centennial. The discourse has\\nnever been published. The original manuscript is owned\\nby the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, and\\nthrough the courtesy of the Library Committee of the\\nsociety a copy has been obtained for the town s history. Dr.\\nThomas Robbins was the founder and first president of the\\nsociety. The historical part of the discourse is as follows:", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "142 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMy respected audience, my fellow townsmen, the sug-\\ngestions that have been made with regard to the duties of\\nthe people of our state and country, to venerate their an-\\ncestors and imitate their example, apply with equal force,\\nthough a more limited extent, to the natives and inhabi-\\ntants of this town. I rejoice with you this day and praise\\nthe God of our fathers that he has preserved this our home\\nin great peace and prosperity to the completion of an hun-\\ndred years from its first settlement. This year completes a\\ncentury since the echo of the axeman, the movement of the\\nplowman, the prayer of the Christian, were first heard\\namid the tall forest with which it was overspread. This\\nwas among the later towns in the state in which a settle-\\nment commenced. Canaan, Salisbury, Goshen, preceded us\\na few years. The town was purchased of the state by pro-\\nprietors and owned by them in fifty-three rights. One of\\nthem was reserved for a parsonage, one for schools and one\\nfor the first minister.\\nThe first sale of the town was by public auction in 1742.\\nMost of the purchasers afterwards relinquished their\\nrights and there was a second sale a few years afterwards.\\nTimothy Hosford of Windsor took a deed of one right at\\nthe first sale, which was the only one retained. This he\\nsold to Titus Brown, who afterwards lived and died in this\\ntown. Titus sold his right to his brother, Cornelius Brown.\\nThese were sons of Deacon Cornelius Brown of Windsor\\n(Pouquonock.) Cornelius Brown came to Norfolk soon after\\nhis purchase in the spring of 1744. A road from Torrington\\nto Canaan was opened, mostly by the Canaan people, the\\npreceding year. In September, 1744, Mr. Brown moved his\\nfamily to Norfolk and lived in a log house a little east of\\nthe house formerly occupied by Capt. Titus Ives, now\\nowned by Mr. E. Grove Lawrence. He sowed no grain the\\nf rst year, being much discouraged on account of the Indian\\nand French war. This was the year before the celebrated\\nmilitary expedition to the Island of Cape Breton, which re-\\nsulted in the capture of the strong fortress of Louisburgh,\\none of the most memorable events in the history of New", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 143\\nEngland. We are not to wonder at the tardy progress of\\nthe settlement. All men considered it a very doubtful ques-\\ntion at that time whether the New England colonies would\\ncontinue under the protection of the British crown or be\\ntransferred to France, the favorite object of the French\\nministry, and be annexed to Canada, an annexation for\\nwhich our fathers had no relish.\\nThe team which brought Brown s family was the first\\nloaded team that came through the Green Woods. In the\\nspring of 1745 Mr. John Turner, brother of Mr. Brown s\\nwife, came with his family from Hartford and lived on the\\nrising ground a little to the east of Brown s. In the fall of\\nthe same year Mr. Jedediah Richards, brother to Mr.\\nTurner s wife, came from Hartford with his family and\\nlived in a small framed house built by him in the course of\\nthe summer on the site long occupied by the late Nathaniel\\nPease. These families lived on land belonging to Mr.\\nBrown s original right. They were pious and exemplary\\nfamilies, attending religious worship and ordinances in\\nCanaan. The Browns were bred under the faithful min-\\nistry of Mr. Samuel Tudor.\\nThree or four years after Brown s settlement, Samuel\\nManross came from Farmington, now Bristol, and built a\\nlog house where the meeting-house now stands. He ob-\\nserved when putting up his house that that would be the site\\nfor the meeting-house, which afterwards proved to be the\\ncase. The name of this early settler, of whom various anec-\\ndotes have been told, was commonly pronounced Mo-raugh.\\nEdward Strickland came to this place soon after Manross,\\nfrom Simsbury, and lived where Mr. Warren Cone now\\nlives. Samuel Gaylord and Benoni Moses were early set-\\ntlers, supposed to have been here previous to the second sale\\nof the town. They lived near the brook, a little above the\\ncentre Mills. The town was sold at public auction, except-\\ning Brown s right, the second time at Middletown, in 1754,\\nsoon after which a number of industrious, worthy families\\nsettled in the town. Joshua Whitney came from Canaan\\nand erected a framed house where Major Shepard now", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "144 HISTOEY OF NOKFOLK.\\nlives. The first settlers in the north part of the town were\\nEbenezer and Ezra Knapp, who were soon joined by James\\nBenedict, Samuel Knapp, Jacob Spaulding and Isaac Holt.\\nOapt. Holt was from East Haven. The Knapps and Bene-\\ndict were from Danbury. In the south part the first set-\\ntlers were Joseph Mills, Samuel Mills, Asahel Case and\\nSamuel Cowles, all from Simsbury. The most of these\\nearly settlers were firm friends of religious order and vital\\npiety. At this time, say 1758, the settlement of the town\\nmay be said to have become established, consisting of about\\ntwenty-five families.\\nThe first house in the north part of the town was a\\nframed house built by Ezra Knapp, a little west of the\\npresent house of Major Bushnell Knapp. Cornelius Brown,\\nearly erected a saw-mill at the place of the present centre\\nmills. I conclude a grist-mill could not have been long\\ndelayed. The first road through the town from Canaan to\\nTorrington came on the north side of the main stream of\\nthe town, through what was called the Dug-way, over the\\nhill north of the Burying-ground; thence south, and as-\\ncended the north side of this hill, coming along on the\\nsummit of what we used to call the ledge, about where Mr.\\nBattell s house now stands, passed to the south, crossing\\nto the west of the bridge near the west side of my father s\\nhouse, and went on to the south near the foot of the Burr\\nMountain. The road to Goshen was opened soon, but the\\neastern one, I suppose, was the first.\\nAnd now, my hearers, let us pause for a moment and con-\\ntemplate the condition of our venerable parents and pre-\\ndecessors at the period which we have reached. They were\\nencompassed with diflSculties, oppressed with burdens\\nwhich their present descendants would feel too great to be\\nborne. Such as would fill ordinary minds with dismay, and\\nsuch as ordinary physical powers would be unable to sus-\\ntain. Houses and barns must be built, roads opened and\\nbridges made. Places where are now pleasant meadows\\nwere impassable swamps; mills to be erected; tall forests,\\nthe growth of ages, to be levelled and cultivated. Their few", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 145\\nherds and flocks were exposed to the prowling beasts of the\\nforest, and little help to be obtained from any places in the\\nvicinity. In the former part of this period there was a\\ndisastrous war on their borders, by which the frontier set-\\ntlements were peculiarly exposed, and at the latter part of\\nthis period, in 1755, a new war commenced, of which Can-\\nada was the principal seat, and heavy drafts of men and\\nmunitions of war were made upon the colonies of New\\nEngland.\\nThe few families we have contemplated were dispersed\\nover this extensive town, yet a house of worship must be\\nerected and schools provided for their children. But amid\\nall these embarrassments they were steadfast in their pur-\\npose; they were devoted to frugality and industry, in har-\\nmony with each other, and unchanging perseverance, they\\nrested their hope on a faithful God and Savior, on that\\ncovenant God who for more than an hundred years preced-\\ning had continually sustained the successive generations\\nof the Pilgrims through similar straits, afflictions and dan-\\ngers. They were laboring for their future days, for us their\\nposterity, for the glory of their Lord; and the God of their\\nfathers did not forsake them.\\nThe new lands of the town produced good crops; much\\nwheat and corn were raised, and afterwards grass and pas-\\nturage in abundance. At the beginning of the settlement\\nthe low meadows near the centre of the town were consid-\\nerably open, and from them some of the settlers obtained\\ntheir first hay. The sugar maple was for many years a\\nsource of much comfort and profit. Within my remem-\\nbrance, much grain was procured every year from the grain\\ntowns of Canaan and Salisbury, in exchange for the maple\\nsugar. This town was distinguished for the quantity and\\nquality of that article. Provisions to a considerable extent\\nand some other articles of value were obtained by hunting\\nin the forest. This exercise has been highly exciting and\\npursued with great fondness by all people and in all ages\\nof our race. It has ever been a principal support of the\\nrude stages of society, and the favorite amusement of the\\nmost refined.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe inhabitants of this town were incorporated by an\\nact of the Legislature in 1758. The General Assembly also\\nauthorized the town to lay a land tax of two pence an acre\\nfor four years; one-half to be appropriated to the erection\\nof a meeting-house and the other half to hire preaching.\\nThe agent of the town to procure these objects, and also\\nthe second sale of the town, was John Turner.\\nCornelius Brown, who was really the father of the town,\\nsold his first place at an early period, and settled where Mr.\\nThomas Tibbals afterwards lived, about three-fourths of a\\nmile south from the meeting-house. He afterwards sold\\nthat place to Mr. Tibbals and began again in the southwest\\npart of the town, where he lived till his death.\\nTwo families of the name of Meeker afterwards settled\\nnear Mr. Brown s, which gave a name to that part of the\\ntown.\\nI have not been able to ascertain at what period public\\nreligious worship began to be observed in the town. The\\nfirst families attended public worship for some time in\\nCanaan, but it was early introduced and generally main-\\ntained in their own town.\\nThe first sermon preached in the town was by a preacher\\nof the name of Treat, and was a temporary resident. The\\nmeeting was at the house of Mr. Richards. The meeting-\\nhouse was erected in 1760, two years after the incorpora-\\ntion of the town. As a considerable portion of the expense\\nwas defrayed by a land-tax, a part of it was paid by non-\\nresidents. I presume that the towns were released from\\nthe Colonial tax for two or three years, while building their\\nmeeting-house, as this was the common practice in the\\nColony. When the frame of the house was raised, they\\nsang an hymn and prayed, and all persons belonging to the\\ntown sat down on the outward sills of the building.\\nThe house was larger and was used longer than was\\ncommon with the first meeting-houses in the towns of the\\nstate. It was 50 by 40 feet, with 20 foot posts, and stood\\n53 years.\\nThe house was enclosed and well finished in the exterior", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. Ii7\\nthe first season, and in the spring following it was painted\\na peach-blow color. It was not finished in the inside till\\nthe year 1769. It was painted white in 1793.\\nThe first child born in the town was Stephen, son of Cor-\\nnelius Brown. The first person buried in the town was the\\nwife of Jedediah Turner, who lived a little west of the\\nhouse of the late Jeremiah Phelps. Her grave, with two\\nothers, were at the place where Col. Phelps house now\\nstands. The next burials were in the present centre bury-\\ning-place. I know of no other burying-place till the one in\\nthe south part of the town, begun about the year 1790. The\\nfirst grave was the aged Mrs. Cowles, widow of Mr. Joseph\\nCowles, and mother of the late Ebenezer Cowles.\\nPrevious to the erection of the meeting-house, public\\nworship was held in private houses, and several preachers\\nof reputable character preached for a while in the town to\\ngood acceptance and profit. Measures were taken for the\\nsettlement of two or three of them, but for want of una-\\nnimity it did not take place.\\nIn the spring of 1760 my father, then recently licensed\\nas a preacher, having graduated the preceding year at Yale\\nCollege and studied divinity in the interval with Dr. Bel-\\nlamy of Bethlehem, was invited to come to Norfolk to sup-\\nply the people. He came here in June, 1761. The church\\nwas previously organized by Rev. Daniel Farrand of\\nCanaan, on the 24th of December, 1760, consisting of\\ntwenty-three members. Mr. Farrand had done much for the\\npeople here before the settlement of a pastor, as my father\\ndid in a like case for the people of Colebrook. After preach-\\ning a few months my father accepted a call of the people\\nto be their pastor, and was ordained October 28th, 1761.\\nHis father. Rev. Philemon Robbins of Branford, preached\\non the occasion, and Dr. Bellamy, Mr. Champion of Litch-\\nfield and others assisted at the ordination. At the time my\\nfather came here there were about fifty families in the\\ntown, and some ten or twelve moved in during that year.\\nHe has often told me that the new meeting-house made a\\nfine appearance among the trees, then new glazed and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "148 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\npainted, the most of the trees on the Green still standing;\\nthe meeting-house not visible from the place where he built\\nhis house the following year. But for some years after this\\nthere was a good progress in clearing and cultivating the\\nnew lands. Yet no small portion continued within my\\nremembrance. Now I suppose there is no more in wood\\nthan is desirable. In the north part of the town there was\\na good deal of valuable pine timber, and some in other\\nparts, which conclude is now generally cut off. If a\\ngrowth of different timber has succeeded, when that shall\\nhave come to maturity and be removed the pine will return\\nFrom the time of the formation of the church, consisting\\nof 23 members, to the settlement of the pastor, 15 members\\nwere added, mostly from other churches, making at that\\ntime 38. The first church meeting was holden November\\nl9th, 1761. At that meeting Mr. Michael Humphreys was\\nchosen to the office of deacon. He served in the office alone\\nfor about four years, when Mr. Abraham Camp was chosen\\nto the same office. Those elected to the office since that\\ntime are, in succession, Joseph Mills, Abraham Hall, Jared\\nButler, Samuel Mills, David Frisbie, Edward Gaylord, Noah\\nMiner, Sylvanus Norton, Amos Pettibone, Samuel Cone,\\nDarius Phelps, Dudley Norton. To omit any remark on the\\nliving, those that are gone are men of gifts, faithful in the\\nduties, the arduous and important duties of the office, and\\nexemplary in the Christian character. The church has been\\nuniformly sustained and enlarged in the rich mercy of their\\nLord, and has continued exactly 84 years, in great union\\nand harmony, and by the divine power, in much prosperity.\\nIt has had more discipline than most churches, but these\\nmeasures have strengthened the church and increased its\\nreputation with those that are without. There have been\\nsome difficult cases of discipline and the advice of ecclesi-\\nastical councils has been called, and they have been bur-\\ndened with the question, not uncommon, whether the mar-\\nriage of a wife s sister or a brother s wife is to be treated\\nas a disciplinable offense; a question which will not be set-\\ntled till a more enlightened age of the church.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 149\\nThis church and people have long continued in great har-\\nmony among themselves, and with their ministers, for\\nwhich it becomes us to rejoice, to commend the character\\nand conduct of our fathers and predecessors, and especially\\nto praise that holy God from whom cometh all peace and\\nconcord. There have uniformly been leading men, who\\nwere men of prudence, acting from a conscientious sense\\nof duty. In these things the ministers and the civil au-\\nthority have fully performed their due share. The faithful\\nobservance of gospel ordinances and the steady preaching\\nof the true gospel of Christ Jesus, as I believe, has had as\\nmight be well expected, the special blessing of God.\\nIt has pleased him in the riches of his mercy to accom-\\npany his own institutions with his ordinary blessing, and at\\nvarious periods, to revive his work with the mighty influ-\\nence of his grace. The first period of revival under my\\nfather s ministry was in 1767. There was an uncommon\\nseriousness and attention to religion through the town. As\\nthe result of this work ten or twelve persons united with\\nthe church. In the year 1783, sixteen years after the period\\njust noticed, there was a great and good work of divine\\ngrace spreading through the town. This revival I well\\nremember. It was soon after the close of the Revolutionary\\nwar. During that anxious period, when the minds of all\\nwere deeply interested in public events, there were, as\\nmight well be expected, few seasons of revival through the\\ncountry. My father had poor health at that time, and he\\nwas much assisted by neighboring ministers, and some from\\na distance.\\nMeetings were numerous; conferences were often held\\nwithout any minister. The population of the town at that\\ntime had become about as great as at any time since. This\\nrevival greatly enlarged and strengthened the church. The\\nmembers added in 1783 were 33; in 84, 27.\\nAfter this period this church was spoken of for a number\\nof years as among the largest churches in the state. Six-\\nteen years from this period, 1799 and 1800, this people were\\nfavored with the greatest religious revival, as I suppose,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "150 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthat they have ever had. This was in connection with a\\nvery distinguished work of grace through this vicinity, and\\nin other places. The preaching was mostly doctrinal, ex-\\nhibiting in earnest manner the truths of the gospel and\\nthe only way of salvation through Jesus Christ. I think\\nit proper to add that that revival was substantially the\\ntrue source of the great modern impulse given to mis-\\nsions.\\nThe monthly Concert of prayer, the lever by which the\\nvast fabric of Mahometanism and Idolatry are to be over-\\nthrown, commenced in 1795, but it did not become con-\\nfirmed and established till after these revivals. My\\nfather says in his Half-Century Sermon, In consequence\\nof the revival of 1783, fifty-two were added to the church,\\nand of that of 1799, about one hundred and sixty. There\\nwas a good work of grace among this people in the year\\n1815, when the people were destitute of a pastor. They\\nwere regularly supplied with preaching, and the brethren\\nof the church were active and faithful in the important\\nduties devolving upon them. This revival was followed\\nwith large additions to the church; twenty-two having been\\nreceived in 1815 and in the following year, one hundred\\nand three.\\nThere was a revival during the ministry of Dr. Emerson\\nin the year 1827, a work of grace still and solemn, for\\nwhich many will praise God forever. In the year 1831,\\nwhile a great work of divine grace prevailed extensively\\nthrough the land, this town had their share in the merciful\\nvisitations of the divine spirit. The people were at this\\ntime also destitute of a pastor, and this work of grace may\\nwell be considered as a blessing of God on the faithful\\nlabors of their pastor who had left them the preceding\\nyear. I supplied the pulpit for three months in the sum-\\nmer of 1831, and after me was the Rev. William Mitchel,\\nnow of Rutland, Vermont. This time of awakening was\\nconnected with the faithful labors of Mr. Emerson.\\nThough his pastoral connection had then been dissolved, he\\nleft the field and others brought in the harvest.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 151\\nThe number added to the church at a religious attention\\nin 1821 and 22 was sixty; in 27 and 28, one hundred and\\ntwenty-one; and in 1831 and 32, eighty -three. The first\\npastor of this church, as has been stated, was the Rev. Mr.\\nBobbins, ordained here in October, 1761. Fifty years from\\nthat time, October 28th, 1811, he preached his Half-century\\nSermon, which was published at the desire of the people.\\nIn May, 1813, he was suddenly taken ill with a complaint\\nwhich defeated all medical skill, and after some weeks was\\nfound to be a cancerous tumour. This malady continued\\nits steady progress six months, to the 30th of November,\\nwhen he died. He was 73 years of age, and had just 52\\nyears in his ministry with this people. (The present writer\\nhas been informed that the first public use of the present\\nchurch was the funeral of Mr. Bobbins.)\\nThe people were not forgotten in their destitute state.\\nSeveral worthy preachers were employed during a period\\nof two years; their union and harmony continued unim-\\npaired till they gave a call to Mr. Ralph Emerson, a tutor\\nin Yale College, to be their pastor. After due deliberation\\nhe accepted of their call, and was ordained in June, 1816.\\nThe Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher of Litchfield preached on the\\noccasion. Mr. Emerson continued in great harmony with\\nhis people, highly esteemed in his own and the neighbor-\\ning towns, much devoted to study in connection with his\\npastoral labors. In 1829 he was elected to an important\\nprofessorship in the Theological Seminary at Andover,\\nMass. After much hesitation he informed his people that\\nhe considered it his duty to comply with that call, and his\\npeople with much hesitation and reluctance consented to\\nhis removal. He was dismissed in the beginning of the\\nfollowing year, and still continues in the services of that\\nimportant Institution.\\nMr. Eldridge, the present pastor, was invited to preach\\nto this people in the former part of the year 1832, having\\nbeen recently elected a Tutor of Yale College. He was or-\\ndained April 25th of that year. Rev. Dr. Taylor of New\\nHaven preached on the occasion. The long existing har-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nmony between this people and their minister continues,\\nand the same divine Spirit who has succeeded the labors\\nof his predecessors has added a blessing to his. There was\\nmore than a usual attention to the things of religion in\\n1838, and three years after, a work of divine grace which\\nissued in the addition of thirty-five members to the church.\\nThe first meeting-house was built in 1760. That house\\naccommodated the people well, though for many years it\\nwas usually very full on the Sabbath. That house was\\ntaken down in the summer of 1813, during my father s last\\nillness. He attended meeting on the afternoon of the Sab-\\nbath in a feeble state, and at the close of the exercise he\\nadministered the ordinance of baptism. It was the last\\npublic service he performed and the last performed in that\\nhouse. The new house, this house, of convenient size and\\nchaste architecture, was erected that season on the site\\nof the former, and in a few months made convenient for\\npublic worship. It was dedicated to God June the follow-\\ning year, and we renew the prayer we then made, that the\\nglory of this latter house may be greater than the glory of\\nthe former.\\nThe Ecclesiastical transactions of the town have gen-\\nerally been conducted with great harmony. It was not\\nfound necessary for many years to organize an Ecclesias-\\ntical Society. The business was done at the town meet-\\nings, and any persons professing to belong to any other\\ndenomination than the predominant one were left out of\\nthe tax-bill. Some time after my father s death, an Ecclesi-\\nastical Society was organized.\\nA few other facts will be briefly noticed. The population\\nof the town from small beginnings, continued to increase\\ngradually and steadily till after the close of the Revolu-\\ntionary war. The population of the town in 1756, two\\nyears before its incorporation, was 84. In the year 1774\\nit was 969. The population at the census in 1830 was 1485;\\nin 1840, 1389. At about the year 1785 I think the popula-\\ntion was perhaps as great as it has been at any time. From\\nthat period or a little previous, families began to emigrate", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 153\\nto the new settlements. Many young men left the town\\nfor the same purpose. Early emigrations were made to\\nthe Susquehannah, then in considerable numbers for sev-\\neral years to Vermont. The course then turned to the Mo-\\nhawk river, to Whitestown, and to various and more dis-\\ntant parts of the state of New York. The next was to the\\nWestern Eeserve, and to the farther west, as it still con-\\ntinues. During a period of fifty years the population has\\nnot materially varied. My father often said there are near\\nthree hundred families. Generally the population has\\nbeen near 1500. We generally had no occasion to be\\nashamed of those who have emigrated from the town. They\\nhave usually been industrious, reputable people. Good at-\\ntention has been paid in this town to the education of chil-\\ndren and youth. I believe there were more school districts\\nin 1785 than there are now. Probably they were not as\\nlarge. A good number have had a College education and\\nhave become highly reputable and useful in the community.\\nThe schools were regularly visited and catechised, ante-\\ncedent to the present school law in connection with the\\nState School Fund, and I believe the youth in this state\\ncould read and spell as well, the most important parts of\\neducation, twenty years ago as they can now.\\nThis town has generally been very healthy. Many of\\nthe inhabitants have lived to old age. My father observes\\nin his Sermon, Many, both men and women, have lived to\\na great age; several above ninety years, and one above an\\nhundred years. Mr. Nathaniel Roys died a few years since\\nin his hundredth year, and he lived with his wife, a second\\nwife, more than seventy years.\\nThe year 1777 was very sickly; the epidemic was the\\nCamp-distemper, as then denominated. There were 56\\ndeaths that year and 38 the year following. In the year\\n1774 a distressing accident took place near the house owned\\nby the late Ephraim Coy. As they were digging a deep\\nwell the earth suddenly caved in and two men, Jacob Holt\\nand Levi Cowles, were buried under the load of earth.\\nTheir bodies were taken out some hours afterward. In", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "154 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe year 17S6, many people having had severe ravages in\\ntheir flocks by wolves, several hunters having pursued\\nthem for several days found that they were on Haystack\\nmountain. A large number of men were collected on\\nThanksgiving-day, surrounded the mountain, closed in upon\\nthem and four were killed. Thepeople were not much an-\\nnoyed by the fell destroyer afterwards.\\nThe shade-trees on this Green were set out in the spring\\nof 1788. They were Elms and Buttonwoods. The number\\nset were 57. Numbers of them failed the first year, and\\nmany others afterwards for want of due protection. The\\ngreen was ploughed up and levelled in 1809. I might\\nmention various other reminiscences, and give a de-\\nserved account of individual persons if I had oppor-\\ntunity for a collection of facts, and were it not that it is\\ntime to bring this discourse to a close. It is highly desir-\\nable that every town should have its own history for the\\nbenefit of future generations, as such documents are\\nalways the most safe and important material for national\\nhistory. We have now an Institution in the state where\\nall such articles are thankfully received, either in print\\nor manuscript, carefully preserved, and as far as human\\nskill can go, secure from the ravages of fire.\\nAnd now, my respected audience, particularly my fellow\\ntownsmen, what shall we say in a contemplation of the\\nscenes which have briefly passed in review before us? In\\nthe retrospect of a century we see what God has done for\\nour fathers and for us. Here his gospel has been preached\\nand taught in its purity and he has given it his blessing.\\nReligious ordinances have been faithfully preserved, and\\nGod has taken souls to heaven. We are to praise him for\\ntheir example and their prayers. Let not the precious\\nlegacy be lost or decline in our hands.\\nFrom small beginnings here is a respectable town, a\\nharmonious congregation, a numerous church. All of the\\ngrace of God. Our fathers trusted in him in all their\\nstraits, and were not forsaken. We are called by all the\\nblessings of Providence and Grace which we have witnessed\\nto go and do likewise.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 155\\nAnother century will gradually roll away, carrying on\\nthe high purposes of heaven, and advancing the day of the\\nprosperity of Zion. Before its expiration we shall have\\npassed to the invisible world. They that are wise will join\\nthe Spirits of just men made perfect, around the throne of\\nthe Eternal. The next meeting of this great assembly\\nwill be at the bar of Christ. The babe of Bethlehem, the\\nvictim of Calvary will be on the throne. They who joy in\\nhis presence will then meet to part no more.\\nI conclude in the words of Solomon: The Lord our God\\nbe with us, as he was with our father; let him not leave\\nus nor forsake us, that he may incline our hearts unto him,\\nto walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,\\nand his statutes and his judgments, which he commanded\\nour fathers.\\nNorfolk, December 24th, 1844.\\nXI.\\nNORFOLK ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY SOME RECORDS OF THE DOINGS\\nOF THIS SOCIETY FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1813, UNTIL THE CLOSE\\nOF THE PASTORATE OF DR. JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, IN 1874.\\nThe Norfolk Ecclesiastical Society, formed December\\n13, 1813, of members of the Congregational Church and\\nsociety of this town, the only church organization here\\nduring a considerable part of the first century of the town s\\nhistory, has from the time of its formation been an or-\\nganization of no little importance in the affairs of the town.\\nThis Society manages the finances and all business affairs\\nof the Church, somewhat as does the Board of Trustees\\nin the Presbyterian, and perhaps in churches of other de-\\nnominations.\\nSome account of the work of this Society seems essen-\\ntial in a history of the town. The Society, so far as the\\nwriter is aware, has never had a written Constitution or a", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nBye-law. None have ever seemed necessary. Any mem-\\nber of the congregation, by having his or her name pro-\\nposed at any meeting of the society and being voted in at\\nthe next meeting, becomes a member.\\nThe manner of raising money for the expenses of the\\nchurch of every kind, not including its benevolences, was,\\nuntil 1875, by laying and collecting taxes on the grand\\nlist of the town of all members of the congregation and\\nchurch, whether ever voted in as members of this society\\nor not. This was called the Society s tax, and was for\\nmany years collected by a collector appointed by the so-\\nciety. This method of raising the money necessary to pay\\nthe pastor s salary and other expenses was continued every\\nyear until the first sale of seats in the church, in November,\\n1875.\\nThe first officers of the society, elected upon the day of\\nits formation, were Augustus Pettibone, Nicholas Holt and\\nDeacon Edward Gay lord, Society s Committee; Auren\\nRoys, Clerk; Joseph Battell, Treasurer; Thomas Curtiss,\\nCollector. Those same offices, except Collector, have been\\nfilled by elections annually now for about eighty-seven\\nyears. The first Clerk of the society, Auren Roys, was re-\\nelected annually and served in that capacity for thirty-nine\\nyears, and his successor, Elizur Dowd, served continuously\\nfor twenty-five years; the books of record of the Society\\nas kept by these two men are models of neatness and care.\\nIn the earlier years the taxes of the society were paid in\\nproduce, and at this first meeting Jeremiah W. Phelps,\\nNathaniel Stevens and Elizur Munger were appointed a\\nCommittee to apprize produce for the purpose of paying\\nMr. Robbins salary last voted. Mr. Robbins, the first\\npastor of the church, had recently died, and the society\\nat its first meeting instructed its Committee, to draw ten\\ndollars from the treasury and present to Rev. Chauncey\\nLee, (of Colebrook) and also to return the thanks of the\\nsociety to Mr. Lee for his sermon delivered at the funeral\\nof Rev. Ammi R. Robbins.\\nAt this time thev were building their new meeting-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "fflSTORY OF NORFOLK. 157\\nhouse, (the same building which is still in use,) and they\\nvoted at this meeting to direct the Society s Committee\\nto procure a suitable person to ring the bell, and that the\\nbell be rung for all public meetings on the Sabbath and\\nother days, on funeral occasions, and at 9-o clock at night.\\nAt a meeting April 11, 1814, they voted to pay Michael\\nF. Mills, Esq., |150 for his services as agent for building\\nthe meeting-house; to raise |700 by subscription to complete\\nthe same, and authorized Mr. Mills to procure steps for\\nthe meeting-house and lay them, provided the expense does\\nnot exceed |150. They also voted, To give the African\\ndescendants living in this Society two pews in the gallery,\\nsituated at the head of each staircase.\\nMay 5, they voted to procure a cushion for the pulpit,\\nblinds for the pulpit windows and a suitable number of\\nchairs to stand by the communion table. June 27 of that\\nyear they Voted to dedicate the meeting-house the last\\nTuesday of August next; to procure a clergyman to preach\\na sermon on the occasion; to lay a tax of 2 1-2 cents on\\nthe dollar on the August list, 1813, to defray the expenses\\nof the Society; that any person who shall be convicted of\\ncutting or scratching any part of the meeting-house shall\\nbe liable to pay a fine of |7. Appropriated |40 for in-\\nstructing the singers for public worship.\\nMay 22, 1815, Voted unanimously, 101 votes, to call Mr.\\nKalph Emerson to settle with this church and society as\\ntheir gospel minister, and to pay him an annual salary of\\n$700. Sept. 25, Voted to request Mr. Emerson to preach\\nall the time he can be spared from Yale College, (where he\\nwas employed as Tutor,) through the winter, and that we\\nwill wait until May next for him to return and settle.\\nJune 10, 1816. A formal contract was entered into,\\nsigned and recorded, between the Society and Mr. Emer-\\nson. The Society to pay him |700 a year salary; he to faith-\\nfully perform the duties reasonably to be expected of him\\nas a gospel minister. The Committee who signed this con-\\ntract were: Dr. Benjamin Welch, Nathaniel Stevens, Mi-\\nchael F. Mills, Eleazer Holt, Joseph Battell, Augustus\\nPettibone.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "158 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDec. 2, 1816. Appointed a committee of five to dignify\\nthe seats in the meeting-house; and appointed a com-\\nmittee of seven to seat the meeting-house.\\n(This dignifying committee were at one time instructed\\nby vote of the town, that one year additional of age should\\ncount the same as \u00c2\u00a35 upon the grand list.)\\nDec, 1817. Voted that this meeting approves of the\\nplan proposed for building a conference room, a second\\nstory on the new schoolhouse to be built by the middle\\nschool district, provided it may be done by subscription.\\nVoted to reseat the meeting-house; and that each mem-\\nber of this society be requested to send in their name and\\nage to Mr. Battell s store within one week.\\nDec, 1820. Appointed a committee to solicit subscrip-\\ntions to pay Barzel Treats* loss in building the Conference-\\nroom.\\nNov., 1821. Instructed the Society s Committee to fur-\\nnish Barzel Treat with suitable strings for his Bass Viol\\nso as to enable him to assist the choir of singers in this\\nsociety.\\nNov. 4, 1822. Appointed a committee to solicit subscrip-\\ntions to purchase an Organ now offered to this society.\\nNov. 7, 1825. Authorized the Committee to remove the\\npews each side of the organ, and make slips in their stead\\nfor the convenience of the choir of singers, provided the\\nexpense to the Society shall not exceed |12.\\nI will here quote from Rev. J. W. Beach s Centennial\\nSermon of July, 1876, in which he mentions Church music,\\nso often mentioned in the business meetings and votes of\\nthe Ecclesiastical Society, and many other matters. He\\nsays: It will be proper in this connection to speak of\\nthe history of your church music, since it was from this\\nbeginning by the first pastor, followed up by his descend-\\nants in the Battell family, that it came to be what it was.\\nThe first chorister was Isaac Pettibone. Ezekiel Wilcocks\\nwas his alternate and after 1768 his successor. For some\\nyears the singers were scattered through the congregation\\nand caught the tune and time from the leader, whose chief", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 159\\nneed was a strong voice. The psalm was first announced\\nand read by the minister; then the senior deacon from his\\nprominent pew under the pulpit would read the first line,\\nwhich was sung, and then the singers paused till the next\\nline was read, and so on through the psalm. This method\\nappears to have continued until December, 1778, when in\\nconnection with a new seating of the house, the town ap-\\npropriated the whole of the front gallery and the lower\\ntier of seats in the side galleries to the singers. The chor-\\nisters were at first appointed by the church, but in May,\\n1774, the town evidently jealous of its prerogative in ex-\\nternals, voted ^that the town have right to order and direct\\nin respect to singing in public worship, and forthwith\\nchose a set of choristers.\\nThe church ceased to do this from that time and it was\\nmanaged by the town, new appointments being made in\\ncase of vacancy until December, 1794, the last recorded\\ninstance of their appointment. It is probable that then\\nbegan the custom, now in use, of the choir selecting its own\\nleaders. Money to aid the choir was also voted by the\\ntown from time to time until the Society was organized\\nin 1818. The first appropriation for this purpose was De-\\ncember 10, 1798, when it was voted, ^that the selectmen\\nmake the rate bill for Mr. Bobbins salary twelve dollars\\nbigger than to pay him, and have a right to appropriate\\nthat money to the use of singing if they see cause. After\\nthe Ecclesiastical Society was organized, money was\\nraised for this purpose commonly by subscription. In\\n1824 Mr. Joseph Battell, son-in-law of Mr. Bobbins, made\\na donation of $833.34 to the fund of the society, on condi-\\ntion that |50 a year be expended for the improvement of\\nsacred music. The church still enjoys the benefit of this\\ngenerous gift. Of Hymn Books, the earliest now known\\nto have been used was Barlow s Psalm Book, though it is\\nquite possible some other may have preceded it. This was\\ndiscontinued by church vote in February, 1804, and Dr.\\nDwight s Psalms and Hymns taken in its place. This did\\nmore than forty years service, and only gave way to the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "160 mSTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nTsalms and Hymns of the General Association of the\\nstate, in November, 1845. In 1869 Robinson s Songs for\\nthe Sanctuary, with tunes, superseded this. Watts Vil-\\nlage Hymns were used at all meetings in the Conference\\nRoom probably for fifty years.) There was less prejudice\\nagainst instrumental music than in most places, yet the\\nfeeling was not altogether wanting. The violin and bass\\nviol were in use early in the present century.\\nAn organ was obtained much earlier than in most\\nchurches, but not without some objection to it on the score\\nof propriety. It was set up May 10, 1822, and was replaced\\nby the present one in April, 1852. Irene Battell, (Mrs. Prof.\\nLamed,) then a child of 11 years, and grand-daughter of\\nMr, Robbins, was the first organist. She was then so small\\nthat she had to stand up to play. She retained this posi-\\ntion as long as she remained in town, and to her skill and\\nenthusiasm in music after she arrived at maturity is\\nchiefly due the superiority of this choir, which was for\\nmany years conceded to be the best in the county.\\nIn 1826 an association was formed for promoting sacred\\nmusic, in connection with a County organization, of which\\nshe became the leading spirit, and at the annual festivals\\nin Litchfield the Norfolk members were noted for their su-\\nperior drill. The rest of Esquire Battell s family helped\\non the same end, and have furnished to this day a strong\\nelement in the choir, both in leadership and numbers.\\nAt this point I will insert a sketch of the formation and\\ndoings, and names of donors to the Ecclesiastical Society s\\nFund.\\nConstitution of the Norfolk Ecclesiastical Fund, Adopted De-\\ncember 1, 1817.\\nThe Ecclesiastical Society of Norfolk, impressed with the im-\\nportance of the preached gospel to the present and eternal welfare\\nof man, and feeling it their duty to do what a gracious Providence\\nhas placed in their power towards providing for its permanent sup-\\nport among themselves and their posterity, do for that purpose\\nagree to establish a fund, and for the establishment and direction\\nof the same do adopt the following constitution:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 161\\nArticle 1. This fund shall be denominated The Norfolk Ecclesi-\\nastical Fund.\\n2. This fund shall consist of all the monies accruing to this\\nsociety by an act of the Legislature passed October session, 1816,\\nentitled An act for the support of Literature and Religion, to-\\ngether with the society s funds now on interest, amounting to\\n$869.67, and such donations and grants as may hereafter be made\\nto the society for the above purpose or for any other purpose which\\nwill consistently and legally admit of their being applied to this\\nFund.\\n3. This Fund shall be vested in stock of incorporated banks, or\\nstock in the funds of the United States,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and all avails of said fund,\\nexcept $50, which is to be used for the support of preaching annu-\\nally, shall also be appropriated to the purchase of more stock, until\\nthe principal of this Fund shall amount to $6,666.67.\\n4. When the principal of this Fund shall amount to the above\\nsum of $6,666.67 or more, the annual income thereof shall be ap-\\nplied to the support of the preaching of the gospel in this place by\\nOrthodox ministers of the Congregational or Presbyterian denomi-\\nnations, and to no other purpose. The surplus shall be dis-\\nposed of by vote of the society.\\n5. It is expressly ordained that no part of the principal\\nshall be expended for any purpose.\\n6. Whatever may at any time be given to this Fund\\nshall be placed under the foregoing regulations.\\n7. The names of all donors to this Fund shall be an-\\nnexed to this Constitution and recorded with the same.\\n8. The Committee of this society, together with their Treasurer,\\nshall, ex officio, constitute a board of Trustees for the management\\nof this Fund, whose duty it shall be to collect monies, .to sell\\nand convey all real estate or other property which may be given\\nto the society and which can be funded, to give direction when\\nand where the money shall be invested, and to attend to all other\\nnecessary business in the management of the said Fund; and said\\nTrustees shall receive no pay for their personal services.\\n9. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all monies\\nthat shall accrue to the Fund, to make all purchases and in-\\nvestments of stock under the direction of the Trustees, .and the\\nsaid Treasurer shall give sufficient bonds with security for the faith-\\nful management of his trusts.\\nDAVID FRISBIE,\\nJOSEPH BATTELL, Esq.,\\nAUGUSTUS PETTIBONE, Esq.,\\nCommittee.\\nNorfolk, Nov. 17. 1817.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "162 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNov. 13, 1820. Voted that the principal of the Ecclesiastical\\nSociety Fund be reduced to $5,000, at the receipt of which sum into\\nthe Fund the interest may be appropriated as mentioned in the\\nconstitution of said Fund.\\nREVISION OF CONSTITUTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL FUND.\\nNov. 15, 1824. Whereas, Joseph Battell has stated that, pro-\\nvided the society shall pass the annexed votes it is his intention that\\nthe subscriptions to the Ecclesiastical Fund he shall make here-\\nafter shall amount, with the accumulation of interest on the same,\\nwhen the Fund is filled up, to eight hundred and thirty-three and\\none-third dollars, the annual interest of which will pay the sum\\nproposed for sacred music, and to leave a provision in his will, if\\nit is not done at his decease, to accomplish the object; therefore\\nVoted, That the vote passed by this society at their meeting\\nNov. 13, 1820, authorizing the society to use the income of the Fund\\nwhen the principal sum amounted to $5000 be, and the same is\\nhereby repealed.\\nVoted, that the following article be annexed to the Constitution\\nof the Society s Fund and become a part of the same, viz:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nArt. 10. The 4th article of this Constitution shall be so amended\\nthat it shall be the duty of the Trustees or a Committee appointed\\nfor that purpose by the society to appropriate $50 a year to the in-\\ncome of this Fund to the improvement of sacred music, and that\\nthe same shall be applied and used as often as once in three years.\\nPersons who subscribed to this Fund:\\n1818 to 1824, at various times, Joseph Battell 460.21\\n1822, 1825 and 1826, Rev. Ralph Emerson 200.00\\n3823, Moses Cowles 3.00\\n1830, Jerusha Spaulding 28.80\\n1831, Jos. BatteU s subscription for loss on Eagle Bank 1000.00\\n1844, Old Parsonage Fund, estimated at (see Art. 2) 869.59\\n1844, Ephraim Coy s Legacy, estimated at 4821.00\\nDec. 12, 1887. Have received notice that Mrs. Urania Bat-\\ntell Humphrey has willed the Ecclesiastical Society of\\nNorfolk, to be added to the Fund $5000.00\\nApril 9, 1896.\\nFrom the Will of Oliver L. Hotchkiss, December, 1893.\\nI give, devise and bequeath to the Society s Committee\\nof the Ecclesiastical Society of Norfolk, the sum of. $500.00\\nto be held by them and their successors in office, and\\nthe avails and uses of said sum to be paid over for the\\nbenefit and support of said society.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 163\\nRev. Ralph Emerson, who was called to the pastorate of\\nthis church in May, 1815, received a call to the presidency\\nof Western Reserve College, which call it would appear he\\nwas desirous of accepting, and asked that a council of the\\nNorth Consociation of Litchfield County be convened to\\nconsider his dismission from this church. The society\\nvoted September, 1828, 95 to 18, not to submit the question\\nof his dimission to the council.\\nOct. 22, 1829. Upon the question whether the Society\\nwill concur with Mr. Emerson in referring to a council of\\nthe consociation the question of his dismission from this\\nchurch to accept a call to a professorship in the Theolog-\\nical Seminary at Andover, the vote was: yes, 11; no, 70.\\nNov. 19, 1829. Upon a renewed request of Mr. Emerson,\\nhe having received a renewed call to the Andover Theo-\\nlogical Seminary, it was Voted that we consent to his re-\\nquest of a dissolution of the pastoral connection with this\\nchurch and Society.\\nMay 17, 1880. Voted to extend a call to Rev. John A.\\nAlbro, to settle as our minister. This call was declined.\\nOctober, 1830. The Society voted to extend a call to Mr.\\nJohn Mitchell to settle as pastor. He declined.\\nApril 26, 1831. Society voted unanimously, 103 votes\\ncast, to extend a call to Mr. Theophilus Smith to settle with\\nus as pastor. Mr. Smith declined.\\nNov. 15, 1831. The Society s Committee were instructed\\nto procure two suitable stoves and set them in the meet-\\ning-house. This was the first attempt of the Church and\\nSociety to warm the house.\\nJanuary 23, 1832. The society voted to extend a call to\\nMr. Joseph Eldridge, Jr., to settle with us as our minister\\nat an annual salary of |650. Mr. Eldridge accepted the\\ncall, and April 24, 1832, a contract was entered into be-\\ntween the Society, by their Committee, consisting of Au-\\ngustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch, Jr., and Darius Phelps\\nfor the Society, and Mr. Eldridge, to settle at an annual\\nSalary of |650, and upon the next day, April 25th, he was\\nordained and installed,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 thus commencing a most success-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "164 HISTORY OF XORFOLK.\\nful pastorate which continued for more than forty-two\\nyears; Dr. Eldridge tendering his resignation on account\\nof age and impaired health, which resignation was reluc-\\ntantly and most sorrowfully accepted by the Church and\\nSociety, taking effect November 1st, 1874.\\nFebruary 10, 1834. The Society s Committee were au-\\nthorized to take up the pews in the lower part of the house\\nand in the galleries and make slips in their place, pro-\\nvided the expense shall not exceed |200. For some reason\\nthis change was not made until twelve years later, this\\nvote having been rescinded at a meeting in the following\\nNovember.\\nMr. Ephraim Coy, who died in 1834, by his will be-\\nqueathed to the Ecclesiastical Society s fund at the death\\nof Mrs. Coy, the farm and hotel on Beech Flats, which has\\nfor many years been known as the Bigelow place, Mrs. Coy\\nto have the use of the farm during her natural life. At a\\nmeeting of the society November, 1836, it appearing that\\nit was Mrs. Coy s desire that the farm should be sold, War-\\nren Cone, Lawrence Mills and Luther Butler were ap-\\npointed a Committee and given full power to act for the\\nSociety in making sale and conveyance of the farm and an\\nequitable settlement with Mrs. Coy.\\nIt was nearly two years before the matter was finally\\nadjusted, the farm having meantime, in 1837, been deeded\\nto Edmund Curtiss Bradley, by the Committee of the so-\\nciety and Mrs. Coy. This bequest added to the Society s\\nFund in 1844, as appears, |4,821.\\nIn 1838 blinds were put upon the windows of the meet-\\ning-house, and soon after an insurance of |4,000 was placed\\nupon the house.\\nIn 1842 a committee was authorized to build a chimney\\nin the N. W. and the S. W. corners of the house, for the\\npurpose of placing the stove pipes, and in 1845 a com-\\nmittee was instructed to take proper measures to prevent\\nthe smoke from issuing from the stoves in the meeting-\\nhouse.\\nMarch 30, 1846, the pastor, Rev. Joseph Eldridge, made", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XORFOLK. 165\\na statement to the Society s meeting of the proposal of\\nMr. Charles Thompson of New Haven for altering the\\nhouse. His plan was approved and adopted, as was also\\na method for raising the money necessary by subscription\\naccording to each man s proportion on the grand levy.\\nMichael F. Mills, Esq., who alone superintended the build-\\ning of the meeting-house in 1814, Rev. Joseph Eldridge and\\nDea. Amos Pettibone were the committee to superintend\\nthe repairs. The alterations upon the interior of the house\\nduring this summer of 1846 were quite extensive, embrac-\\ning the removal of the remaining old square box pews from\\na part of the lower part of the house and of the gallery.\\n(Part of the occupants of these pews sat necessarily with\\ntheir backs to the minister.) The arch in the audience\\nroom of the house was at this time closed, but has since\\nbeen restored, much as it was when the house was first\\nbuilt. The pulpit windows and other windows in the west\\nend of the church were at this time closed up. During\\nthe four months or more of these repairs service upon the\\nSabbath was held in the Academy, as the writer remem-\\nbers, the congregation sitting in the school-rooms as they\\nwere then in both the first and second stories of the build-\\ning, and the minister standing upon a little platform upon\\nthe stairs, having a shelf in front of him for the Bible an^\\nhis manuscript, the speaker being unable to see the face\\nof a single one of his hearers, or they to see him. Up to\\nthis time cushions for the seats in the church had never\\nbeen provided except in a few individual cases, and now\\nthe good women of the church under the direction of Mrs.\\nBattell worked for several weeks preparing corn-husks and\\nmaking cushions for the seats below, and the choir in the\\ngallery; the society in October of that year voting |100 to\\npurchase carpets and Marine cloth for cushions, and in\\nNovember |50 for cushions and similar expenses. The\\nsociety also authorized and directed the purchase of a\\nfurnace and apparatus built on the most approved plan\\nto warm the meeting-house; and still for a long period\\nof years from this time the house was warmed by wood", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "166 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nBtoves standing on either side of the centre doors, with\\npipes running under the galleries to the west end of the\\nhouse, and many still recall the crackling of hemlock wood\\nwhich was sometimes used. Upon the dedicatory Sab-\\nbath, in addition to many other appropriate words, Mr.\\nEldridge expressed the hope that this thoroughly reno-\\nvated house of worship will not be marred by the use of\\nknives, pencils, and the filthiest of all weeds.\\nNovember, 1849. The society appropriated |150 toward\\npurchasing a new clock, provided the town or individuals\\nwill raise f50 more for said purpose, the esimated cost.\\nOctober, 1851. Authorized the committee to pay |500\\nto purchase a new organ.\\nNovember, 1852. The thanks of the society were voted\\nto Mr. Joseph Battell for his liberality in giving |200\\ntoward the purchase of our organ, which cost |700. Voted,\\nthat we consider it desirable that the congregation rise\\nduring the singing of the choir. This was the beginning\\nin this town of the congregation standing during the sing-\\ning of the hymns. In early days it was the custom for all\\nto stand during prayer.\\nApril 27, 1853. The following vote was unanimously\\npassed at a meeting of the society:\\nWhereas, the Rev. Joseph Eldridge has requested the\\nconsent of the society that he may be absent from the so-\\nciety five or six months for the purpose of visiting Europe,\\netc., resolved by this society that we cheerfully grant his\\nrequest; and that his salary be continued during his ab-\\nsence; and the society will take upon themselves the re-\\nsponsibility of supplying the pulpit during his absence.\\nAccordingly Mr. Eldridge started for Europe early in\\nMay, 1853, Mrs. Eldridge accompanying him to New York,\\nexpecting to take the N. Y. N. H. train for home the fol-\\nlowing morning Most fortunately, providentially cer-\\ntainly, Mrs. Eldridge decided to remain another day in\\nNew York with her sister, Mrs. Urania Humphrey, instead\\nof taking the train for home with her aunt and cousin from\\nLenox, Mass., Mrs. and Miss Robbins, the wife and daugh-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 167\\nter of James Robbins, as she had fully expected to\\ndo. That proved to be the ill-fated train that ran into an\\nopen draw-bridge at Norwalk, several of the cars plung-\\ning into the water, a very large number of passengers\\nbeing drowned, Mrs, Eldridge s friends, whose companion\\nshe fully intended to have been, being among those\\ndrowned.\\nThis was many years before there was an Atlantic cable.\\nNearly a week after Mr. Eldridge landed safely in Eng-\\nland, the next steamer arrived there bringing news of the\\nterrible disaster at Norwalk, the news being published by\\nthe evening papers in London. Mr. Eldridge upon reading\\nthe account of the accident, the names of those killed not\\nbeing given, believed that without a doubt Mrs. Eldridge\\nwas one of the victims, and the suspense, the agony, in\\nwhich he was held for that long, terrible night, as, accord-\\ning to his own words later, he walked the floor of his room\\nand walked the streets, may be imagined but cannot be\\ndescribed. His letters were to be sent to a certain bank,\\nand ascertaining the residence of the banker he called\\nthere at as early an hour in the morning as seemed proper,\\nand was told that the gentleman was not yet up, but the\\nbanker hastened a little, and reached the bank a little\\nearlier than usual. The relief, the joy, the gratitude which\\nMr. Eldridge felt upon learning by his letters that Mrs.\\nEldridge reached home safely, having been providentially\\nprevented by what seemed a trifling thing from taking\\nthe fatal train, may possibly be imagined.\\nDuring the months of his absence the pulpit was sup-\\nplied by Rev. Mr. Blodgett, a young man not long out of\\nthe Seminary, and who a few years later went out to China\\nas a Missionary, Rev. Mr. Russell afterwards settled in\\nColebrook, and Rev. Wm, E. Bassett, who later married\\nMiss Mary Dowd of this town, and was settled in Warren.\\nIn Nov. 1854 Mr. Eldridge s salary was raised by the So-\\nciety to 1800, and in 1858 to |1,000 a year.\\nNov. 5, 1866. The Ecclesiastical Society at its annual\\nmeeting Voted to increase the Salary of Rev. Joseph\\nEldridge to |],500 per aunnm from this date.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "168 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSome weeks later the following communication was re-\\nceived\\nTo the Congregational Ecclesiastical Society in Norfolk:\\nThe Congregational Ecclesiastical Society has dealt very hon-\\norably with the present pastor in respect to salary during the whole\\nof his long ministry. The salary has always been promptly and\\nfully paid on the very day on which it became due. In the begin-\\nning it was six hundred and fifty dollars. The society has from\\ntime to time, without any request or intimation, direct, or indirect,\\nfrom the pastor, spontaneously increased the amount. At its last\\nannual meeting it voted to add to it five hundred dollars, thus\\nraising it to fifteen hundred. As times now are, I believe this sum\\nwould be needed by a minister wholly dependent on his salary for\\nsupport in order that he might live as you desire to have your\\npastor live. It evinced an honorable sense of justice on your part\\nto vote to give me what you would expect to give any one else. I\\nam proud of your action, and heartily grateful for it, yet I re-\\nspectfully decline three hundred dollars of the proposed addition.\\nOwing to the great fluctuation in business affairs for the past\\nten or fifteen years, many of my friends and friends of the society\\nhave sustained serious losses. Then the great war through which\\nwe have recently passed made a great draft upon our pecuniary\\nresources during its continuance, and left at its close a vast debt\\nwhich necessitates increased taxation. Revolving these things in\\nmy mind, I can accept only two hundred dollars of the five which\\nyou voted to add to my salary. Earnestly desiring the best good\\nof the parish and of the entire community in matters temporal and\\nspiritual, I remain.\\nYour obedient friend and Pastor,\\nJOSEPH ELDRIDGE.\\nNorfolk, Jany. 11, 1867.\\nAt a special meeting of the Society Sept. 9, 1874, the sub-\\nject for the consideration of the meeting was to take action\\nupon the resignation of his pastoral charge by Rev. Dr.\\nJoseph Eldridge.\\nVoted to appoint a Committee of five to confer with Rev.\\nDr. Joseph Eldridge, to express the regret of the Society\\nfor the action he had taken in resigning his pastoral\\ncharge and that he be requested to withdraw the same.\\nCommittee consisted of F. E. Porter, Hiram P. Lawrence,\\nJames Humphrey, S. D. Northway, John A. Shepard.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 169\\nSpecial meeting Sept. 20, 1874. Committee appointed\\nto confer with Kev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge reported that he\\nrefused to withdraw his resignation as pastor of this\\nchurch and people. The following preamble and resolu-\\ntion were presented and unanimously adopted:\\nWhereas our pastor. Rev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge, has ten-\\ndered the resignation of his pastoral charge and does not\\nconsent to withdraw it and continue to occupy the posi-\\ntion he has so long and so usefully filled Therefore, Re-\\nsolved that we the Congregational Church and Society of\\nNorfolk, remembering the many years of arduous and\\nfaithful labor so cheerfully done and so abundantly blessed\\nof God to the welfare of this people, and by which he has\\nbecome very dear to us all, as pastor, teacher and friend,\\nregretfully accept his resignation and consent to the sev-\\nerance of the ties which have so long and so happily bound\\nus together as pastor and people; feeling and knowing that\\nthe formal dissolution of the bond will not abate the love\\nwe have toward him as a faithful Guide and Counsellor,\\nnor lessen his interest in us as a church and people. (Some\\nrecord of Dr. Eldridge s dismission, his farewell sermon,\\netc., will be found elsewhere.)\\nXII.\\nSKETCH OF REV. RALPH EMERSON, D. D.\\n(FKOM a DISCOUKSE DELn-ERED AT HIS FlNERAI- MAY 22, 1863. AT ROCKFOKD, Il.L.)\\nBy Prof. Joseph Haven, D.D.\\nRalph Emerson was born in Hollis, New Hampshire,\\nAugust 18, 1787. His ancestry for several generations was\\nof note for piety and worth. His grandfather was the first\\nminister of the place. His father was deacon of the church,\\na magistrate and leading citizen in Hollis, a man of ac-\\ntivity, energy and decision of character, of commanding", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "170 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ninfluence and forward in every good work. He was an\\nofficer in the Revolutionary army. His mother died while\\nhe was yet young, and in some reminiscences of his early\\nlife, he speaks of her as a woman of much refinement and\\ndelicacy of taste. The characteristic traits of either parent\\nmay readily be traced in the son. As the lad grew up,\\nhis activity and energy rendered him of efficient service\\nto his father, and as two older brothers had already re-\\nceived a liberal education, and it was the intention of the\\nfather to educate also the younger brother, it was felt\\nthat Ralph could not be spared from the farm. To the\\nsimple duties and activities of the farm life accordingly,\\nhe devoted himself with earnestness and delight, and thus\\ncontinued until the age of nineteen, acquiring in those\\nyears a fondness for agricultural pursuits which never\\nforsook him, and a strength of constitution and manliness\\nof character invaluable in after life.\\nThe desire for a college education, however, increased\\nwith his advancing years. The restless thirst for knowl-\\nedge burned within him, and when at the age of nineteen\\nhe received his parents permission to prepare for college,\\nhe entered upon the studies of the preparatory course with\\nan earnestness and ardor which overcame all obstacles,\\nand the next year, 1807, at the age of twenty, he entered\\nYale College, then under the presidency of Dr. Dwight.\\nDuring his freshman year in College, while at home in the\\nwinter vacation he made a profession of religion, connect-\\ning himself with the church in his native place, February,\\n1808.\\nIn the class Emerson took foremost rank as a scholar\\nand as a man of influence. He graduated in 1811 with the\\nhighest honors of his class. He notices this event in the\\nrecord of college life as follows: May 8. Our appoint-\\nments came out this morning. I find my name at the head\\nof them. This is what I little expected, though I confess\\nit is what I have pretty strongly desired, but it is nothing\\nthat can give me lasting enjoyment. On leaving college\\nMr. Emerson entered the Theological Seminary at Andover,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 171\\nwhere after the three years course he graduated in 1814.\\nAfter preaching for a little time in Portsmouth, N. H., he\\nwent as tutor to New Haven, where he remained for two\\nyears, and then settled in the ministry in Norfolk, Gt., in\\nJune, 1816.\\nRev. Mr. Bobbins, the first minister here, died in Octo-\\nber, 1813, and several candidates for the vacant place oc-\\ncupied the pulpit for different periods until June, 1815,\\nwhen the church unanimously called Mr. Emerson, and\\nwaited for a year for him, to carry out an engagement as\\nTutor in Yale College, before he was ordained and installed.\\nFROM THE CHURCH RECORD.\\nJune 23, 1815. Voted unanimously to give Mr. Ralph\\nEmerson a call to settle with us in the work of the gospel\\nministry, and to take the pastoral charge of the church.\\nVoted that Eleazer Holt, Esq., Dea. David Frisbie and\\nMr. Joseph Jones be a committee to communicate the pre-\\nceding vote to Mr. Emerson, and to take such measures\\nas may be thought necessary to carry the same into effect.\\nMarch 5, 1816. At a meeting of the church warned for\\nthe special purpose of giving Mr. Ralph Emerson a call,\\nDea. David Frisbie was chosen moderator, the vote above,\\ntaken June 23, 1815, was again passed unanimously.\\nMr. Emerson afterward recorded the following: (Note.\\nIt may not be improper for me to explain the reason of\\nthe repetition of the above vote. At the time of receiving\\nmy call I was acting as a tutor in Yale College and could\\nnot be released from my engagement the previous year.\\nI was here only in two or three vacations, and as much\\ntime had elapsed and the other ministers had in the mean-\\ntime been employed, it was thought advisable to see if the\\nchurch still desired me to accept their former call. R. E.)\\nFrom Church Record:\\nJune 12, 1816. I was ordained as pastor of this church\\nby the North Consociation of Litchfield County. The ser-\\nmon on the occasion was preached by Rev. Lyman Beecher\\nof Litchfield; consecrating prayer by Rev. Alexander Gil-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "172 HISTORY OF XORFOLK.\\nlett of Torrington; right hand of fellowship by Rev. Chaun-\\ncey Lee of Colebrook; charge by Rev. Peter Starr of War-\\nren address to the people by Rev. James Beach of Winsted.\\nIt was a most solemn day to me, and may God give me\\ngrace to fulfill my vows and to meet the reasonable expec-\\ntations of this church and people and to glorify his holy\\nname.\\nRALPH EMERSON.\\nAlthough more than three score and ten years have\\npassed since Mr. Emerson s ministry in this town closed,\\nhis name, his memory, and his w^ork still live, and a few\\nremain who remember him distinctly, and love to recall\\nhis ministry here.\\nWe cannot do better than to quote again from Dr.\\nHaven s address: Few ministers probably have ever been\\nmore successful in it. No one perhaps ever had more fully\\nthe confidence, esteem and affection of his people. Scat-\\ntered through the land were very many who in early life\\nenjoyed his ministry and grew up under it, and who bore\\ntestimony to the high regard in which Mr. Emerson was\\nheld, not only by his own people, but widely through the\\nchurches of Connecticut. As a pastor he greatly excelled.\\nTo none of his flock was he a stranger. At the bedside of\\nthe sick he was ever a welcome visitor, and if anyone was\\nin sorrow or trouble, he was sure to find in him the counsel\\nand wisdom that were needed. It was his custom to visit\\nmuch among his people, devoting certain days to given\\nneighborhoods, and in connection with these pastoral visits\\nneighborhood meetings were held in remote parts of the\\ntown. As a preacher his pulpit discourses were plain,\\nearnest, forcible presentations of the great essential truths\\nof the Gospel; practical rather than imaginative, yet by\\nno means lacking in rhetorical power. No subject\\nconnected with morality or religion escaped his earnest\\nattention. He was one of the first to embark in the tem-\\nperance cause, and to advocate the principle of total ab-\\nstinence, both in public and private. The Sabbath move-\\nment received his early attention, and by his individual in-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 173\\nfluence and efforts, at the cost of personal popularity, he\\nsucceeded in so far enforcing the laws as to prevent the\\nrunning of the stage on the Sabbath on the great route\\nfrom Hartford to Albany.\\nIn a letter written to one of his former parishioners, he\\nthus speaks of his ministry in Norfolk: The years I spent\\nin Norfolk I regard in the retrospect as among the most\\neventful, laborious, joyful, and yet trying of my whole life.\\nI still think of them frequently, but not so often as before\\nthe departure of so large a proportion of my respected and\\nendeared friends there and in the neighboring towns.\\nNo doubt the forests, the orchards, the gardens, the mead-\\nows smile as gaily in their vernal attire, and the scenery\\nis just as diversified and romantic as when I first beheld\\nit in those stern winter days of my earliest visit, when\\nthe rocks and hills, and hemlock woods, and narrow passes,\\nand that strange, conical mountain were all so new to me.\\nThere could be no stronger evidence of Mr. Emerson s\\nefficiency and success as a pastor and preacher here, and\\nof the hold which he had upon the hearts and minds of the\\npeople, than the fact that during the 13 years of his min-\\nistry 257 were added to the church, and at the close of his\\nlabors in this town the church had 350 members.\\nIn the early summer of 1828 he was invited to the Presi-\\ndency of Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio, but\\nthe church and the entire community most earnestly and\\nvigorously opposed his leaving, and even after an officer\\nof the College was sent here to urge the people to consent\\nto his acceptance of the call, it was to no purpose.\\nMr. Emerson continued for another year most faithfully\\nand cheerfully in his work.\\nIn the fall of 1829 he received an appointment to the\\nProfessorship of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral The-\\nology in Andover Theological Seminary, which he felt it\\nhis duty to accept. It was with the greatest difficulty that\\nthis people could be persuaded to consent to his removal.\\nThe following resignation of Dr. Emerson is copied from\\nthe original, in his own hand writing, found among Dr.\\nEldridge s manuscripts:", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nTo the beloved church and people of my charge:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nYou are all acquainted with the fact that I have received an in-\\nvitation to become one of the teachers in the Theological Seminary\\nat Andover, Mass. After prayerful deliberation, and seeking the\\nadvice of candid and judicious men, I have thought it my duty to\\naccept the appointment, providing my present relation to you shall\\nbe dissolved. And while my personal attachments remain as ex-\\npressed on a similar occasion a year ago, I now feel it incumbent\\non me to request your consent and co-operation in calling a council\\nfor the purpose of judging on the question, and of dissolving this\\nrelation if they shall think such a measure conducive to the general\\ninterests of Christ s kingdom.\\nRALPH EMERSON.\\nNorfolk, October 18, 1829.\\nSo strongly were they attached to him, and so earnest and\\ndecided their opposition to his dismissal, that the Conso-\\nciation to whom the matter was at first referred did not\\nfeel at liberty to act in opposition to the remonstrances\\nof the people; and it was not till the trustees at Andover\\nhad renewed their call and sent one of their number, Hon,\\nW. B, Banister, to urge its acceptance, and after a calm\\nand careful but decided statement of his own wish, and\\nof the reasons which made the step imperative to his own\\nmind had been presented from the pulpit to the people,\\nthat they consented to the measures necessary to his dis-\\nmissal. Roys, Norfolk s Historian, a contemporary of Dr.\\nEmerson, devotes one tenth of his entire history to giving\\na detailed account of the efforts made to retain him in this\\npastorate, and some of his old warm friends never felt\\nquite reconciled to his removal, and would sometimes say,\\nMr. Emerson ought to have staid here.\\nDuring his pastorate in Norfolk he married Miss Bock-\\nwell, of Colebrook.\\nHaving filled with honor and usefulness the Professor-\\nship in the Seminary at Andover for twenty-fiVe years, he\\nresigned it in 1854, and for five years resided in Newbury-\\nport, Mass, passing his time most pleasantly in the retire-\\nment of the family, busied with literary pursuits, inter-\\nspersed with frequent labors in the pulpit, and not unfre-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 175\\nquently writing upon the current themes of the day.\\nIn 1859 Dr. Emerson removed with his familj^ to Rock-\\nford, 111., where he continued to live and where he closed\\nhis days May 20, 1863.\\nSeveral of his children had already preceded him to the\\nWestern States, and he came that he might be near and\\nwith them. Here in the peaceful retirement of a home\\nrendered happy by the society of loved ones, amid books\\nand friends, honored by all, loving and loved by all, he\\npassed the quiet evening of his days, maintaining that\\n*otium cum dignitate, to which the ancient Roman aspired;\\nand above all, sustained and soothed by that Christian\\nfaith which, better than all philosophy and all learning,\\ncan throw a mellow radiance over the pathway of declin-\\ning age.\\nWith what interest he entered into all measures looking\\nto the public good, and especially to the progress of the\\nRedeemer s kingdom, and with what intensity of feeling\\nhe watched the rise and progress of the great struggle that\\nis now (1863) convulsing our land. You remember his\\nprayers for his country and her defenders on the Sabbath\\nand on all public occasions. With what earnestness and\\nburning eloquence he addressed the first company of vol-\\nunteers in this place on the eve of their departure. Allud-\\ning afterward to this address in a letter to a friend he de-\\nclares that he longed then and there to say that he would\\ngo with them as their chaplain, but was restrained by the\\nfear that, for one of his age and infirmities thus to ofifer\\nhimself, might seem almost like a farce. I do enter into\\nthis war, he says, and have from the first entered into it\\nwith all my heart and soul; and body, too, I should be able\\nto add, were it not that a man of three score and fifteen\\nwould be only a burden in the camp. The rebellion as I\\nstill believe is the wickedest ever raised against any power\\nsince Satan rebelled in heaven, and against the best gov-\\nernment except that of God himself. It was his\\nmost ardent desire to live to witness the close of the war.\\nand, as he doubted not, the ultimate triumph of freedom\\nand right.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "176 HISTOEY OF NOEFOLK.\\nIn a letter written a few months before his death he\\nsays, I must confess that I never so intensely enjoyed the\\nscenes of thickly coming and checkered events unutterably\\ndeplorable as have been many of them. I always see the\\nsilver lining to even the darkest cloud, and often the golden\\nsplendors of universal freedom beyond. How in-\\ntensely I desire to live to see the end of this Luciferian\\nrebellion, and with it the deadly blow to slavery.\\nI mention these things the more readily from the circum-\\nstance that Dr. Emerson looked with much distrust upon\\nthe earlier movements of the Abolitionists, technically so\\ncalled, in this country as calculated to retard the progress\\nof emancipation and sow the seeds of civil strife, an opinion\\nin which many of the wisest and best men of the country\\nfully concurred. At the same time no one was ever more\\nthoroughly opposed in principle to slavery, or more ear-\\nnestly desired its overthrow by all wise and practicable\\nmeans. His health which had been gradually failing,\\nbecame about the last of April much more seriously\\nimpaired. Medical aid and skill were ineffectual to stay the\\nprogress of disease. He retained, however, clear possession\\nof all his faculties, and maintained habitual cheerfulness\\nand composure, frequently speaking of his approaching end\\nand calmly trusting and reposing his weary soul on the arm\\nof his Redeemer. The cheerfulness and kindness which had\\ndistinguished his whole life filled his chamber of languish-\\ning and pain. Every hour bore quiet but glowing witness to\\nthe truth that in his case the promise, Thou wilt keep him\\nin perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee was re-\\nmarkably fulfilled.\\nOn Wednesday, May 20, 1863, about seven o clock P. M.,\\nhe fell asleep. Not more calmly and peacefully did the sun,\\nwhich was then setting, go down in the glowing west than\\nfaded the light from that eye as the spirit took its departure\\nfor the land where there is no more night.\\nSo fades a summer cloud away\\nSo sinks the gale when storms are o er\\nSo gently shuts the eye of day\\nSo dies a wave along the shore.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 177\\nAfter the funeral the remains were taken to Beloit, Wis-\\nconsin, for interment, he having chosen this as the place of\\nhis burial.\\nXIII.\\nSKETCH OF MRS. Z. P. GRANT BAKISTER.\\nNorfolk has been honored by a large number of her sons\\nand daughters who have done noble work, have become dis-\\ntinguished and eminent in a great variety of callings and\\nprofessions. Some of these, her distinguished children,\\nhave found their life work here, on their native soil, while\\nothers have found their places in different parts, some in\\ndistant parts of the country, and in their adopted homes\\nhave attained distinction and thus honored their native\\ntown. Of the many noble women i\\\\ ho were born and spent\\ntheir early lives here, some of whom have become distin-\\nguished, the one who, in the opinion of the writer, takes\\nthe first place, considering what were her early environ-\\nments, her advantages and hindrances, the obstacles against\\nwhich she had to contend, poverty, long continued sickness\\nin early life, poor health for a large part of her life, then\\nconsidering w^hat she accomplished in the line of higher\\neducation for women, the distinction she attained, and the\\nvery high regard in which she was held by some of the most\\neminent persons of her day and time, that place the writer\\nwould accord to Zilpah Polly Grant, later Mrs. Banister.\\nLet me recommend to the young people of my native\\ntown, those who are young today, and those who will be\\nyoung people when I am forgotten, to read The Use of a\\nLife (by L. T. Guilford, Cleveland, 1885), found in our\\nlibrary. (It is the life of Mrs. Banister.) From that book\\nlargely the following sketch is gleaned:\\nZilpah Polly (unromantic name surely), youngest child of\\nJoel and Zilpah Cowles-Grant, was born May 30, 1794, near", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nGrantville in this town, upon what has been known as the\\nBeckley farm for more than half a century. Her father\\nwas instantly killed before she was two years old, as is\\nrecorded upon his tomb-stone in the old South End Ceme-\\ntery, by the fall of the well-sweep in his own yard in the\\nmemorable storm of March 16, 1796. Her mother was\\nthus left on a farm, the sole support and protector of four\\nchildren, the oldest not fourteen years of age; and from this\\nterrible shock she never recovered. Her mind was at length\\nsomewhat affected, and years afterward she took her own\\nlife. Joel Grant is mentioned as a thrifty farmer, a power-\\nful man, of strong muscle and brain, remembered with\\nwarm affection and reverence as long as any lived who\\nknew him. His wife is said to have been naturally a rare\\nwoman, reserved of speech, her mind full from the pages of\\nHoly Writ; her lips brimming with sacred hymns and lov-\\ning kindness. It was said by her children that she could\\nrepeat the whole of Dwight s Collection of Hymns. When\\nspinning she had always an open book at the head of her\\nwheel, and at other work she would have a book near, where\\nshe could be reading or committing to memory something\\nof value while her hands were at work.\\nThis home was a low, square, one-story building, with a\\nkitchen, two bedrooms, a parlor and an entry. It stood a\\nfew rods west of the present Beckley barns. The school-\\nhouse where Zilpah attended school and acquired her early\\neducation was only a stone s throw from her home. Like\\nmost school-houses of that time it was a low, rough, un-\\npainted building, long desks at the sides of the room, the\\nhigher benches placed behind and the lower ones in front;\\na fireplace, a table, and a chair with a teacher in it was all\\nthe preparation and outfit. Blackboard, globe or wall-\\nmaps were things unheard of. Reading and spelling, gram-\\nmar and geography were taught in classes. Daboll s and\\nPike s were the arithmetics used. Many (the bright ones)\\nfinished their arithmetic without recitation or assistance;\\nthe lame mathematicians had help. Spelling was the fa-\\nvorite exercise, and frequently the scholars gathered from", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 179\\nthe whole district in the evening at the school-house to\\nspell, a spelling match being an interesting and exciting\\nevent.\\nMentally quick, strong of apprehension, and equally\\nready and retentive of memory, Zilpah Grant made rapid\\nprogress. Her mind eagerly absorbed all the knowledge\\nwithin its reach, and the love of teaching awoke. Before\\nshe was fifteen years old, in 1809, in the district then and\\nsince called Paug, not very far from her home, she began\\nher life mission. The log cabin where she first taught had\\none door, four small, half-sash windows, and an unhewn\\nstone chimney. With an equal love of learning and teach-\\ning her first experiment fixed her career. She could not\\nbear that a pupil of hers should not advance. In the sum-\\nmer of 1810 she taught again in the school cabin at Paug,\\nand the next two summers in Winchester, where the Rev.\\nFrederick Marsh was pastor. The winters of these years\\nwere spent in the home with her mother, sharing with her\\nthe toil for their support, and reading such books as they\\ncould obtain, while spinning the warp and filling for many\\na piece of flannel, the daughter at intervals going abroad\\nto spin.\\nShe had at this time developed into young womanhood.\\nHer figure was tall, erect and well proportioned; her fore-\\nhead high, and the pronounced features comely, with an\\nexpression of kindness, dignity and power; piercing black\\neyes, luminous with life, a stately carriage and tasteful,\\nlady-like dress, made her a marked person at that age, as\\never after.\\nHer religious experience when she was eighteen years old\\nwas very deep and powerful. As she wrote years later,\\nI was on the borders of despair, expecting to sink by the\\nweight of my own sin to perdition, feeling that my guilt in\\nnot acknowledging God, in rejecting Christ, and in quench-\\ning the Spirit, was too great to be forgiven. Under the\\nkindly ministry of Rev. Mr. Marsh of Winchester, whom\\nshe sought in her distress, she was led into the light, be-\\ncame very happy, and continued through life a most earnest", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "180 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nChristian worker. On the last Sabbath in February, 1813,\\nshe with her mother, in the church in Norfolk, took the\\nvows of a Christian profession. The pastor, Mr. Robbins,\\nwas too feeble to have anything added to the services of\\nthe regular communion. It was almost the last of his pub-\\nlic ministrations. Miss Grant taught the next three years\\neither in Norfolk or Winchester. In the summer of 1815\\nshe taught school in North Goshen.\\nIn the winter of 1816 she taught the school in Winches-\\nter. In April of that year she was seized with pain in her\\nright side, but did not leave her post till July, when a more\\nviolent attack forced her to go home, where she lay for\\nsome time dangerously ill with pleurisy. The pain did not\\nleave her for three years, and she became diseased all\\nthrough. She underwent the severe medical treatment of\\nthe time; great blisters were kept for weeks on the aching\\nside, and doses of mercury produced salivation, then sup-\\nposed to be beneficial. She wasted away to a shadow and\\n^vas told that she must die. She afterwards wrote: For\\ntwo years I looked into eternity; I had no desire to live; I\\ncould not pray for life. For many long months she was\\nwaiting for the summons to the spirit land, feeling neither\\nregret nor fear.\\nSlowly the vital energy gathered itself. She at length\\nrose from her bed and looked out again upon the world, but\\nin the fifty-eight years that remained to her of life she never\\nknew another day of real health. Again and again she was\\nbrought into the shadow of death, and in the full success of\\nher career she was forced to give up the work for which\\nshe was eminently fitted.\\nIn the first summer of her illness Rev. Ralph Emerson\\nwas settled as pastor over the church in Norfolk. His\\nbrother, Rev. Joseph Emerson, was present at his ordina-\\ntion, remained in town several weeks, being an invalid, and\\nassembled every day a class of young ladies for profitable\\nreading, and would have had sympathy with the sick one\\nhad he known how she had thirsted for truth, but at this\\ntime there was no communication between them.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 181\\nDuring her convalescence, two years later, she read his\\nwork on the Millennium, which awakened her interest in\\nlife, and she longed to do something for God. Not long\\nafter, a young man going out as a missionary to a foreign\\nfield asked her to accompany him. A long, severe struggle\\nended in a negative decision. Between Miss Grant and her\\npastor, Rev. Ralph Emerson, a mutual esteem and friend-\\nship sprang up, pleasant and valuable to both.\\nIn the winter of 1819 she was able again to take up teach-\\ning, and probably taught in the Loon Meadow district in\\nNorfolk. For one term she attended a select school taught\\nby Mrs. Reeder in the old Conference room. During that\\nwinter a class of young people, under the guidance of their\\npastor (Rev. Mr. Emerson), studied Grammar, History and\\nEnglish Literature, and Miss Grant s work in the school-\\nroom did not prevent her being the leading spirit among\\nthem.\\nRev. Joseph Emerson, her pastor s brother, an ex-tutor of\\nHarvard College, and an ex-pastor, a zealous pioneer and\\noriginator of a plan to furnish women an opportunity for\\na higher education than they had ever received, had in the\\nnortheast corner of Massachusetts, at Byefield, opened the\\nnew Female Seminary.\\nIt is difficult for us to go back eighty years and under-\\nstand the novelty of this institution. Then there were no\\nProtestant female seminaries or high schools in existence.\\nThe college education, craved for the sons, was undreamed\\nof for the daughters, and except in isolated instances no\\nliterary attainments were within the reach of young women\\nbeyond the ability to teach a summer district school.\\nA prospectus of Mr. Emerson s school was placed in Miss\\nGrant s hands, doubtless by her pastor, and upon it she\\npondered. Her mother had married; she was alone. Her\\nmind cried out, as it were, in its hunger for food. Knowl-\\nedge meant more power for good, but how was she to gain\\nit? She made kjiown her wishes to her God, at the mercy\\nseat. Her pastor sympathized fully with her in her feel-\\nings and efforts, and her longing for the distant, newly", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "182 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nopened fountain of knowledge. It was strange then that\\na woman twenty-five years old should wish to know more\\nthan she already knew, and that one so old should wish to\\ngo away to school was an unheard of thing.\\nShe committed her way unto the Lord, and laid open her\\nwhole heart to her mother, who simply did not oppose her.\\nShe must get her oldest brother s approval, and she studied\\nthoroughly on how to present her case to him. Resembling\\nher in the natural constitution of his mind, he entered\\nkindly into her plans for self-improvement, and had he been\\nable would gladly have helped her, and saved her the strug-\\ngles of the few following years.\\nAll obstacles having been removed, in April, 1820, tak;ing\\nher whole fortune of |50, Miss Grant set out on the three\\ndays journey for the Female Seminary at Byefleld. She\\nhad once seen Mr. Emerson, and took a line to him from her\\npastor. He received her into his family, and she, as it\\nwere, spread her wings in the new atmosphere. Another\\nof Mr. Emerson s pupils, who became the life long friend\\nand co-laborer of Miss Grant, was Miss Mary Lyon, after-\\nward the founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.\\nNovember, 1820, was the close of Miss Grant s term as a\\npupil.\\nMr. Emerson was at this time preparing for Sabbath\\nSchools an Outline of Questions on Scripture History,\\nthe first of that class of publications ever written, and\\nknowing Miss Grant s familiarity with the Bible he sought\\nher assistance; so, instead of returning to her home in Nor-\\nfolk, as she had expected, she decided to remain in Byefleld\\nfor another year, teaching certain classes, aiding in prepar-\\ning the Union Catechism for the press, and reading under\\nMr. Emerson s direction. This second year with Mr. Emer-\\nson was a most important and profitable one to Miss Grant.\\nIn the spring of that year, 1821, Miss Mary Lyon first ap-\\npeared in the school, and so their acquaintance first began\\nwith Miss Grant as her teacher. In a letter to her mother\\nat that time, Miss Lyon wrote: In one of our Saturday\\nevening prayer meetings Miss Grant expressed her views in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 183\\na most affecting manner; the solemnity, affection and ten-\\nder solicitude with which she addressed us made a deep\\nimpression on every mind. The dignity, spiritual eleva-\\ntion of character and sympathy with every struggling soul\\nwhich Miss Grant manifested awakened Miss Lyon s affec-\\ntionate reverence; nor did the vast capabilities for use-\\nfulness that yet lay almost latent in the future founder of\\nMount Holyoke Seminary, escape the keen eye and appreci-\\nation of her teacher. Neither then knew the far-reaching-\\npurpose in the divine plan which brought them at the same\\ntime under the influence of such a teacher as Mr. Emerson.\\nIn November, 1821, Miss Grant returned to her native\\nhome, although Mr. Emerson urged her to remain longer\\nwith him, but her desire was to teach and work in her\\nnative state. She opened a select school in Winsted for\\nyoung ladies, in a single room of a private dwelling-house,\\nupon her return home, where she taught until the spring of\\n1823.\\nMr. Emerson meantime had removed his ladies seminary\\nto Saugus, a retired village a few miles northeast from\\nBoston, and from there he persistently urged her to be-\\ncome his assistant. In an appeal to her he wrote: I wish\\nfor your assistance both summer and winter. You have\\ndone more than any other young lady to raise my seminary.\\nMy pupils are prepared to receive you with respect, with\\naffection and with the utmost confidence. I desire your aid\\nnot only in teaching my pupils, but in attempting to in-\\nstruct the public. It is my decided opinion that you and I\\ncan do much more towards effecting a reformation by\\nunited than by separate exertion, in the extremely inju-\\ndicious, superficial, defective, atheistic methods of teach-\\ning in common use.\\nIn the spring of 1823 Miss Grant closed her school in\\nWinsted and went to be Mr, Emerson s assistant at Saugus,\\nMass., where she was busy fourteen hours out of the\\ntwenty-four, every day in the week.\\nAbout this time a Mr. Adams of Derry, New Hampshire,\\nmade a liberal bequest for the founding and support of a", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "184 HIST0K5L OF NORFOLK.\\nFemale Academy at that place. The building was\\nerected during the summer of 1823, and the trustees, look-\\ning about for a principal, visited Mr. Emerson s Seminary\\nat Saugus, satisfied themselves that Miss Grant v^^as the\\none they wanted, and offered her the position.\\nDuring the following winter she spent six weeks in Derry\\njudgiag whether she ought to accept the proposition to\\ntake charge of the new institution. She at length decided\\nto accept, and in the winter of 1824 went to Ashfleld to\\ndiscuss the work with Miss Mary Lyon, and asked her to\\nbecome her assistant. The Adams Female Academy, as\\nit was called, was duly incorporated, endowed, empowered\\nto confer diplomas, and Zilpah Polly Grant, a native of\\nNorfolk, whose early life and struggles to secure an educa-\\ntion we have followed somewhat minutely, was formally\\ninstalled the first head of the first college for women in our\\ncountry, if not in the world.\\nThe institution was opened the latter part of April, 1824,\\nat Derry, New Hampshire, with sixty young ladies, gath-\\nered from the best homes of the region round about. Pol-\\nished and dignified in manner, regarded by her pupils as\\nthe model of a lady. Miss Grant from the first drew them\\nto herself, and with combined intellectual and spiritual\\nqualities gained a marvellous influence over all.\\nThe abounding health, the cheerful spirits, the vigorous\\nfaculties of Mary Lyon, her wonderful executive ability\\nand her ardent piety, made her to Miss Grant such a helper\\nas few have enjoyed. As to their work, they were in perfect\\naccord. Then, as long afterward, Miss Lyon was accus-\\ntomed to say to Miss Grant, You plan and I will execute.\\nDuring the winters of 1824, 25 and 26, the vacations at\\nDerry, Miss Lyon commenced at Buckland, a town ten\\nmiles from Greenfield, that succession of schools which\\nmade her known to the people of her native region as a\\nmost original and able teacher. The following hard ex-\\nperience is proof of Miss Grant s indomitable will power\\nand determination to overcome all obstacles and to be de-\\nterred bv no hindrances. In May, 1827, while practising", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 185\\ncalisthenics with a class, a tendon in the heel was parted\\nfrom its fastening. The suffering was great. For two\\nyears she moved only on crutches. Unable to stand or sit,\\nshe kept the business wheels in motion, and the classes\\nthat for several terms gathered around her couch to recite\\nwere eager and enthusiastic as ever.\\nIt never rains but it pours. While she was suffering\\nfrom her painful disability, at the annual meeting of the\\ntrustees in November, 1827, it was proposed to have instruc-\\ntion in music and dancing introduced into the Academy as\\na part of the course the ensuing year. A minority of the\\ntrustees strongly urged that no change should be made in\\nthe administration. Miss Grant wrote at that time: I\\nopposed dancing on the ground that, as we have a sys-\\ntematic course, and all parents would not wish to have\\ntheir children learn to dance, the introduction of this exer-\\ncise would greatly derange our plans, and must be an evil,\\nand I Anally said that I could not consent to it. The trus-\\ntees regretted that the institution has acquired the char-\\nacter of being strictly Calvanistic in the religious instruc-\\ntion.\\nEarly in January, 1828, Miss Grant wrote: The great\\nquestion is at last decided. My connection with the Adams\\nFemale Academy is dissolved. I think I have done all that I\\nought to save this beloved seminary from a revolution.\\nShould the institution be injured I shall not be responsible.\\nMy business, therefore, for some time will be to\\nscratch with a goose-quill and inform the public that I am\\ndisengaged. My health is pretty good, but I am still un-\\nable to go without crutches.\\n(Two years later these same trustees sought to recall Miss\\nGrant to take charge of and manage the Academy in her\\nown way, but she was not then disengaged.)\\nAfter considering several applications she concluded to\\nlocate at Ipswich, twelve miles from Newburyport, Mass.,\\nwhere was a large new academy building. More than\\nforty of her pupils followed Miss Grant to the new loca-\\ntion, a trained and loyal body, enthusiastically devoted to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "186 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntheir teacher, imbued with Bible truth and Christian pur-\\npose, they aided her greatly in moulding the whole school\\nafter that divine pattern which she ever carried in her\\nsanctified imagination.\\nMiss Lyon, in her new location, became again Miss\\nGrant s assistant, continuing during the winter vacation\\nher school at Ashfield. It would be of exceeding interest\\nto stop and mention the systematic course of English study\\nrequired during the three years, while lessons in drawing,\\npainting and vocal music were a part of the regular studies\\nand were urged upon all. Miss Grant s skill in teaching\\nwhat she called simply reading would in these days have\\nmade her distinguished as an elocutionist. The teachers\\nwhom she called to stand by her side were selected from her\\nformer pupils, who were inspired with zeal like her own.\\nIn 1831, three years after she opened her school at\\nIpswich, one hundred and ninety pupils were enrolled (one\\naccount says the number rose to three hundred), but as\\nthere were not suitable accommodations for so many, the\\nnumber was reduced by receiving none under the age of\\nfourteen, and by limiting the number of boarders.\\nFor eleven years the number averaged one hundred and\\nsixteen, the daughters of nearly every state in the then\\nI nion.\\nThe pupils were led to understand that the great object\\nin the seminary was not to finish, but to commence an\\neducation; not to furnish all the knowledge they might\\nneed, but to show where it might be gained. Pupils of 1829\\nand 30 recalled Miss Grant as carried up the steps of the\\nacademy on a strong man s shoulders day after day, and\\nthen moving with dignity on her crutches, in consequence\\nstill of that severed tendon.\\nWhile Miss Grant was giving herself to her pupils, calls\\nto various places were presented to her, so widely had she\\nbecome known. One of the most persistent and difiicult to\\ndispose of came from Miss Catherine Beecher, then at the\\nhead of the ladies seminary in Hartford, Conn. Miss Grant\\ncarefullv considered the matter and decided in the nega-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 187\\ntive; but Miss Beecher would not then give her up, but\\ninduced her distinguished father, Eev. Lyman Beecher,\\nD. D., to use all his influence and powers of persuasion to\\ninduce Miss Grant to join his daughter in Hartford. In one\\nof his letters to her Dr. Beecher wrote: I have no doubt\\nof the practicability, and I may add the infinite importance\\nto the interest of sanctified literature, of such an example as\\nCatherine and you would set, and which, being once set,\\nis secured for universal use in all future time. With all\\nthe arguments which this distinguished man could bring\\nto induce Miss Grant to unite with his daughter, in a\\nlengthy appeal, he said in closing: Such a school as you\\nhave does not depend on location, but could at any time, in\\nany suitable place, be called around you again. There\\nwere conclusive reasons in Miss Grant s mind against unit-\\ning with Miss Beecher, and the second No was decisive.\\nDuring the year 1831 Miss Grant was forced by illness\\nto leave her labors in the seminary at Ipswich, and for a\\nyear and a half she travelled in the South, aud the school\\nwent on with its usual efficiency under Miss Lyon, the\\nassistant principal.\\nSome years later Miss Grant wrote: It was not till two\\nyears after the commencement of our operations in Ipswich\\nthat Miss Lyon felt it a matter of importance and was ready\\nto co-operate with me in trying to have our seminary pro-\\ncure a lasting home and live to do good when our labors\\nshould cease. During my absence Miss Lyon re-\\nlinquished all hope of this being accomplished in our day.\\nWe cannot follow Miss Grant further minutely, as this\\nsketch has already reached great length, and it has been\\nrecorded in the story of her life, already mentioned, where\\nit can be read in full. Dr. Hitchcock, President of Amherst\\nCollege, who edited the first Life of Mary Lyon, wrote\\nafter the memoir was complete: No one can read it with-\\nout seeing that her (Miss Grant s) plans and counsels\\nformed the foundation and framework of the Holyoke Sem-\\ninary; that she, in fact, originated it.\\nThis was evident to the compilers of the memoir, who had", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "188 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\naccess to all the correspondence, plans for buildings, etc.,\\ndrawn by Miss Grant s own hand. But they failed so to\\npresent that influence that it is generally understood .and\\nappreciated. The benevolence and self-sacrifice of Miss\\nGrant s character were never more beautifully unfolded\\nthan in her cheerful yielding up material which belonged\\nto her own history, to aid in building a monument to her\\nfriend and co-helper.\\nIn the summer of 1834 Miss Grant made a journey of\\nobservation in what was then known as the West, that\\nis. Western New York and Eastern Ohio, and she saw\\nclearly what few of her generation divined, that the great\\nWest would soon be the centre of empire, that its evan-\\ngelization was the most vital and important work of the\\nAmerican church.\\nIn 1838 Miss Grant s health so gave way that any con-\\ntinuous mental effort was followed by indescribable dis-\\ntress, and she was assured that her only chance for relief\\nwas in laying down every burden so while seemingly in the\\nfull tide of success, she bade adieu to her sorrowing schol-\\nars and turned forever away from the place and the work\\nthat had been to her as the gate of heaven. It was no small\\nmatter for Miss Grant, now forty-four years old, an invalid\\nand without a home, to be obliged to close upon herself\\nevery avenue to lucrative employment, but she did not fear\\nlife, death, pain, or poverty, because in all things she saw\\nthe mind and hand of her God.\\nAt this juncture of her life she was made at home with\\none of her old pupils, in Dedham, and in this home, on Sep-\\ntember 7, 1841, she was married by her former beloved\\npastor at Norfolk, Rev. Professor Ralph Emerson, D. D.,\\nthen of Andover, to Hon. William B. Banister, who had\\nbeen a practising lawyer of Essex County, Mass., a member\\nof the Massachusetts Senate, a courteous, dignified. Chris-\\ntian gentleman of wealth, and over his mansion in New-\\nburyport she was called to preside. There were two daugh-\\nters in the home by a former marriage, who stepped grace-\\nfully aside to give place to the new queen. The home thus", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 189\\nconstituted seems to have been a most bappy one until Mr.\\nBanister s death in 1853. Subsequent to that date, as her\\nhealth and strength would permit, her life was a busy and\\nactive one, at her home and in travel in different parts of\\nthe country, in the interest of education for women.\\nIn 1860, Miss Catherine Beecher wrote to her sister, Mrs.\\nH. B. Stowe: I have had a most charming visit to my dear\\nfriend, Mrs. Banister. She has been for years my chief\\nresort for counsel and sympathy, and to me seems more\\nChristlike than any earthly friend I ever knew. In Oc-\\ntober of 1860 Mrs. Banister crossed the ocean for a year s\\nsojourn in Europe. Her husband had previously died. This\\nwas a year of experience highly prized by her. In February,\\nat Havre, she was seized and passed through a violent ill-\\nness; helpless in a strange land, for three months she did\\nnot leave her room but every attention and the best of care\\nwas provided for her, and in July following she was so far\\nrecovered as to be able to make her trip to England, and in\\nSeptember to return to her native land.\\nWho in Norfolk ever heard or remembers that a\\nnative of this town had anything to do with the\\nfounding of Vassar College? Early in 1865 Miss\\nHannah Lyman had been invited to become the lady\\nprincipal of Vassar College, which was to open the\\nfollowing September. She was an old pupil of Mrs.\\nBanister s, and ever after an intimate friend and corre-\\nspondent, and in the difificulties set before the first adminis-\\ntrators of Vassar College, Mrs. Banister was consulted in\\nevery detail of the plans, felt all the anxieties involved,\\nwatched the steps of her beloved pupil with intense interest\\nand fervent prayers, and at Miss Lyman s urgent request\\nshe passed two weeks at the college within a month of its\\nbeginning. For more than five and a half years the inter-\\ncourse with Mrs. Banister, which brought her into such\\nclose relation with this great educational institution, was\\nto Miss Lyman most inspiring.\\nHer interest in Mount Holyoke Seminary never ceased.\\nIn May and in September, 1873, she was for the last time", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "190 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe guest of that seminary, when her talks to the twenty-\\nseven teachers and two hundred and seventy-five pupils\\nwere greatly enjoyed.\\nHer intense activity continued until very near the end\\nof her life. In September and October of 1874 she was with\\nfriends in Connecticut, and later in Ipswich. Returning to\\nher home in Newburyport, attendance on public Thanks-\\ngiving services and a visit to an aged woman, once her\\ndomestic, ended her activities. She passed away December\\n3, 1874, aged 80 years and six months.\\nXIV.\\nBy Michael F. Mills, Esq. For Dr. Eldridge.\\ncentre of the town building of the present meeting-house\\nnames of contributors.\\nIn 1811 the society voted to build, and appointed a com-\\nmittee to ascertain the centre of the town by actual survey.\\nThe committee found it to be about forty or fifty rods east\\nof the now (1856) travelled road, a few rods north of where\\nAuren Tibbals now resides, about one hundred and fifty\\nrods south of the meeting-house, and south side of Burr\\nMountain, and the center line between east and west on the\\nturnpike road is about one hundred rods east of the meet-\\ning-house. (At the time mentioned above (1856), Auren\\nTibbals lived on the Goshen road, very near the present\\nentrance to the grounds of Mr. H. H. Bridgeman, in the\\nhouse occupied later for many years by William McGor-\\nmick.) The society were not unanimous as to the precise\\nspot or place where the house should be placed. Some said,\\nwhere it now is. The largest number said, the middle of\\nthe green. Those residing in the east part of the town said\\nit must be on the east side of the green, north of where\\nDeacon Pettibone s house now stands. All agreed, have\\na judicious committee to fix the place, and we will be satis-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "MICHAEL F. MILLS, ESQ.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 191\\nfled. Julius Deming, Esq., and Uriel Holmes, Esq., of\\nLitchfield, and Elisha Sterling, Esq., of Salisbury, were the\\ncommittee agreed upon, who, after viewing, and a full hear-\\ning, fixed the stake where the meeting-house now is. All\\ncheerfully acquiesced.\\nAt a society meeting, a motion to choose a committee or\\nagent to superintend the business of building, etc., and the\\nnumber to be appointed, seven, five, three and two were\\nnamed and negatived. It was then voted to choose one, by\\nballot. They passed around, deposited their votes. The\\nmoderator counted and said, You are well agreed. You\\nhave made choice of Michael F. Mills to be your agent, he\\nhaving all the votes but seven. Mr. Mills accepted. He\\nasked the meeting if they had any directions to give as to\\nsize, form or fashion, etc., etc. The general reply was none,\\nnone; build us as good a house as you can for Six Thou-\\nsand Dollars. Mr. Mills viewed and examined a number of\\nmeeting-houses that had then been built a few years pre-\\nvious. He counselled and advised with experienced builders.\\nHe had a plan prepared, and was exhibiting it to a number\\nof the inhabitants and explaining his views. A member of\\nthe society was present who was not zealously engaged to\\nbuild, and who said to Mr. Mills, How do you know that\\nwill suit the Society? Mr. Mills replied, I do not know\\nthat it will suit them; but that is the house I am a going\\nto build, and when it is finished if it does not suit them, they\\nmay build another. The house when finished gave general\\nsatisfaction. Mr. Mills contracted with Col. Foote of Tor-\\nrington to put up and complete the frame, which was ad-\\nmitted to be by those who examined it, one of the best in\\nthe country. Mr. Mills contracted with David Hoadly to\\nfinish and complete the house. It was completed in 1814.\\nThe following beautiful, suggestive sentence from the\\ndedicatory prayer of this house, remembered by Mr. Harlow\\nRoys, who was present at the dedication, by him repeated\\nto his niece, Mrs. Abbie Moses Lawrence, by her written\\ndown, kept, and now given to the compiler, is worthy of per-\\nmanent preservation. It is as follows:", "height": "3466", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "192 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThese hallowed walls, these consecrated seats, this\\nsacred desk, this arched dome, this lofty spire, which\\npoints the good man the way to Heaven, great God, we con-\\nsecrate to Thee. By whom this dedicatory prayer was of-\\nfered is to the writer unknown.\\nAt a town meeting held April 26, 1813, it was Voted,\\nthat the south-east corner of the new meeting-house shall\\nstand six feet south of the present meeting-house, in the\\nline of the stake set by the committee from the County\\nCourt. Voted to finish the lower part of the meeting-house\\nin the following manner, viz.: the square body to be slips\\nand the wall seats to be pews. Voted to give Mr. Hoadly,\\nthe builder, liberty to remove the three south pews in the\\npresent meeting-house and occupy the space as a work-\\nshop.\\nFebruary 28, 1814, it was Voted, to transfer the Ecclesi-\\nastical business formerly done townwise, to the Ecclesi-\\nastical Society recently formed, and all the writings relating\\nto said business into the hands of the proper officers of said\\nsociety,\\nIt is of interest to recall the fact that at the time of the\\nerection of the church building, which is still in fine order\\nand condition, the whole business was done by the town,\\nseparate from any Ecclesiastical Society, or religious or-\\nganization, that society having been formed in December,\\n1813, subsequent to the erection of the new meeting-\\nhouse, as it was called, but before its completion and dedi-\\ncation.\\nAt a town meeting held November 18th, 1811, A vote\\nwas passed by a great majority to appoint a Committee for\\nthe purpose of obtaining subscriptions sufficient to build\\na new meeting-house by subscription entirely, if the Society\\nagree on a place to set said house. If not, to have the stake\\nfixed by a Committee from the County Court. A committee\\nof twelve prominent men of the town was chosen to solicit\\nsubscriptions, who evidently went promptly and earnestly\\nabout the business, as upon the 9th of December following\\nthe committee reported that they Have been so happy as", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 193\\nto obtain as subscribers, the names of all the inhabitants\\nbelonging to the Society, with the exception of a very few\\npersons, not exceeding six or eight, and that a number have\\nengaged to add to their subscription, if necessary.\\nThe amount which they reported as subscribed was\\n|4,437.75. The members of this committee were Eden\\nMills, Jedediah Richards, Jr., Benjamin Welch, Esq., Col.\\nJ. W. Phelps, Joseph Battell, Esq., Dea. David Frisbie,\\nEbenezer Cowles, Capt. Aaron Case, Ephraim Coy, Luther\\nFoot, Charles Walter and Capt. John Bradley.\\nIt is believed by this writer that the names of those who\\nwere subscribers at that time will be read at various times\\nby some persons with interest; not simply to show who\\ngave the money to pay for the building, but to learn who\\nwere the residents of the town almost ninety years ago;\\nto learn how many, of the more than two hundred names\\ngiven, have descendants now living in this town, or else-\\nwhere, bearing their names, or direct descendants having\\nother names. It will be found that but very few descend-\\nants of the entire list are to be found here, and many fami-\\nlies who were prominent then, are entirely gone and for-\\ngotten now\\\\ Let their names be published, that at least\\nthis may be known and remembered of them, once they\\nwere residents of Norfolk, interested in its welfare, and\\nready to aid in its upbuilding.\\nThe document to which these names were subscribed\\nspecified that The subscribers promise to pay the sums\\naffixed to our names for the purpose of building a meeting-\\nhouse of a size of 60 feet by 45, with a steeple and bell, at\\nsuch place as shall best accommodate the Society, and to\\nbe fixed by a disinterested committee, etc. The list sug-\\ngests many things of interest. The largest subscription,\\nby the one who headed the list was |333.33; the smallest,\\n75 cents. Four others gave more than $100 each. Eighteen\\nothers gave |50 or more each. Abraham Burt gave $25 in\\nLightning-rod, and that rod still guides into earth the\\nbolts of heaven. There were eight fl.OO subscriptions, and\\none 11.50. James Parrit, Quaker Parrit, as he was al-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nways called, gave $12.00. He was a member of the society\\nof Friends, an exemplary and esteemed citizen. In his\\nlater years Mr. Parrit and Dr. Eldridge were the warmest\\nof friends, the Dr. enjoying his shrewd, quaint, common-\\nsense talks and conversation exceedingly, and at Mr. Par-\\nrlt s request Dr. Eldridge ofiQciated at his funeral, and read\\nas he had promised to do, the thirty-ninth Psalm, which\\nwas Mr. Parritt s Creed. His funeral was attended in\\nthe church. He died October 28, 1856, aged 82.\\nThe list of names is the following:\\nJoseph Battell\\nCharles Walter Son\\nLuther Foot\\nEzekiel Willcox\\nBenjamin Welch Son\\nLevi Grant\\nJeremiah W. Phelps Son\\nJoseph C. Yale\\nJohn Bradley\\nBenjamin Gaylord\\nEden Riggs\\nPhilemon Gaylord\\nTimothy and Reuben Gaylord\\nAmasa Cowles Jun.\\nAugustus Mills\\nNathaniel Stevens\\nClark Walter\\nLoisa Pettibone\\nMichael F. Mills\\nAllen S. Holt\\nSalmon Bale\\nNathaniel Roys\\nAmasa Cowles, Sen.\\nThomas Curtis\\nAuren Roys\\nDarius Phelps\\nJoshua and William Nettleton\\nJoshua Nettleton, Jun.\\nJoseph Jones\\nLemuel Akins\\nSteven Pain\\nEphraim H. Deneson\\nJames Swift\\nSamuel N. Gaylord\\nEarl P. Hawley\\nJosiah Pettibone\\nJoseph Orvis\\nPhilo Munson\\nBarzil Treat\\nDaniel Burr Co.\\nMedad Walter\\nHezekiah Turner\\nWilcox Phelps\\nAnson Norton\\nDaniel Roys\\nAugustus Roys\\nWidow Anna Brown\\nNathaniel Bobbins\\nRoswell Grant\\nJames Grant\\nFrederick Bandle\\nMoses Grant\\nAsahel Case and Asahel E.\\nSolomon Tucker\\nIra Skinner\\nJoseph Orvis, Jun.\\nEden Mills\\nLawrence Mills\\nTitus Nettleton\\nWilliam French\\nJoseph Loomis\\nBenoni French\\nEphraim Norton\\nEbenezer Cowles Sons\\nBethuel Phelps\\nLancelot Phelps\\nCase", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n195\\nAugustus Pettibone\\nNathan P. Holt\\nJohn Doud\\nElizur Munger\\nEarl P. Pease\\nBenjamin Maltbie\\nJacob Maltbie\\nSamuel Forbes,\\nRoys Gaylord, Jun.\\nEliphalet Barden\\nElisha Hawley\\nBushnell Knapp\\nLevi Camp\\nConstantine Mills\\nStephen Norton\\nBenjamin Calhoun\\nSeth Willcos\\nTimothy Barber\\nEbenezer Cowles 2d\\nAsa Burr\\nReuben Brown\\nJames Roys\\nJoshua Beach\\nReuben Dean\\nNoah Miner\\nEbenezer Norton Son\\nJonathan Moses\\nJoseph Plumley\\nDavid Gaylord\\nAugustus Phelps\\nJohn Smith\\nAbel Camp, Jun.\\nZera Babbitt\\nJonathan Pettibone\\nDavid Sexton\\nAaron Burr Sons\\nMoses Camp\\nAaron Brown\\nEphraim Coy\\nAaron Brown. Jun.\\nAmasa Gaylord\\nDavid Frisbie, Juu.\\nLinus McKean\\nJohn Warner\\nNathaniel Pease\\nWidow Desiah Pease\\nJoseph and Thomas Ferry\\nEdward Gaylord Son\\nJoseph Ferry, Jun.\\nMiles Riggs\\nMalachi Humphrey\\nBenoni Mills\\nRobert U. Richards\\nDavid Orvis\\nThomas Miner, Jun.\\nDaniel Cotton\\nSamuel Hotchkiss\\nLuman James Hotchkiss\\nJonathan Olark\\nJared Butler\\nJames Sturdivant\\nSylvanus Norton, Jun.\\nEleazer Holt\\nTimothy D. Northway\\nSamuel Northway Son\\nIsaac Spaulding\\nJames Rood\\nMartin Green\\nPhllo Spaulding\\nCaleb Knapp\\nHylan Knapp\\nStephen Holt\\nJosenh Hull\\nSylvanus Norton Sons\\nNicholas Holt\\nSamuel Knapp 3d\\nDaniel Loveland Son\\nDavid Frisbie\\nElizabeth Seward\\nEdmund Brown\\nThomas Tibbals\\nAmos Baldwin\\nJosiah Roys\\nJesse Moses\\nThomas Moses\\nElkanah Coy\\nLevi Thompson\\nAaron Case\\nEbenezer Plumley\\nStephen Norton, Jun.\\nJedediah Phelps\\nPrudence Jones", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nRebecca Ives\\nElizabeth Humphrey\\nSamuel Gaylord\\nSamuel Warren Cone\\nDavid W. Roys\\nSamuel C. Triscott\\nSamuel Gaylord, Jun.\\nGeorge Tobey, Jun.\\nGeorge Tobey\\nDavid Lawson\\nAaron Burr, Jr.\\nJohn C Frisbie\\nJedediah Richards Sons\\nJoseph Rockwell\\nJoseph Smith\\nSamuel Pettibone\\nPhilemon Johnson\\nJames Parrit\\nDavid Doolittle\\nAaron Ludenton\\nFlora Fancher\\nFrancis Benedict, Jun.\\nRev. Ammi Robbins Son\\nJoseph Gaylord\\nJohn Beach\\nSamuel Pettibone, Jun.\\nBenjamin Bigelow\\nPeter Freedom\\nJoshua Moses\\nElias Balcom\\nAbraham Burt, in lightning rod\\nAugustus Smith\\nWidow Zilpah Grant\\nSamuel Johnson\\nOliver Hotchkiss\\nIsrael Crissey\\nJosiah Hotchkiss\\nAbiathar Rogers\\nJoseph Doud\\nJedediah White\\nSimeon White\\nDaniel Pettibone\\nJonathan Norton\\nXV.\\nCEMETERIES LONGEVITY IN NORFOLK.\\nStanding on some high point where both the village and\\nthe cemetery here in Norfolk are to be seen, the writer is\\noften reminded of our former neighbor, Mrs. Rose Terry\\nCook s poem, The Two Villages. Suggestive, and appro-\\npriate as an introduction to the following article, the poem\\nis herewith given in full:\\nTHE TWO VILLAGES.\\nOver the river, on the hill,\\nLieth a village, white and still.\\nAll around it the forest trees\\nShiver and whisper in the breeze.\\nOver it, sailing shadows go,\\nOf soaring hawk and screaming crow;\\nAnd mountain grasses, low and sweet,\\nGrow in the middle of every street.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 197\\nOver the river under the hill\\nAnother village lieth still.\\nThen I see in the cloudy night,\\nTwinkling stars of household light;\\nFires that gleam from the smithy s door;\\nMists that curl on the river shore.\\nAnd in the roads no grasses grow,\\nFor the wheels that hasten to and fro.\\nIn that village on the hill,\\nNever is sound of smithy or mill.\\nThe houses are thatched with grass and flowers;\\nNever a clocli to toll the hours.\\nThe marble doors are always shut;\\nYou cannot enter in hall or hut.\\nAll the villagers lie asleep,\\nNever a grain to sow or reap;\\nNever in dreams to moan and sigh;\\nSilent, and idle, and low, they lie.\\nIn that village under the hill,\\nWhen the night is starry and still,\\nMany a weary soul in prayer,\\nLooks to the other village there,\\nAnd weeping and sighing, longs to go\\nUp to that home from this below.\\nLongs to sleep in the forest wild,\\nWhither have vanished wife and child;\\nAnd heareth, praying, this answer fall:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPatience! that village shall hold ye all.\\nQuoting from Roys: As the potent enemy of life soon\\nbegan its ravages, the inhabitants were obliged to seek a\\nplace where to bury their dead. The first burials were in\\nCanaan, where the first settlers attended public worship\\non the Sabbath. The first person buried in this town was\\nthe wife of Jedediah Turner. Her grave with two others\\nwere on the ground where Col. J. W. Phelps built his house.\\nIn digging his cellar the bones were found almost entire.\\nThey were enclosed in a case and deposited not far distant\\nin a decent and proper manner. The next persons who\\ndied were placed in the present centre burying-ground.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "198 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAt a Proprietor s meeting, February 22, 1757, the follow-\\ning record was made: We the Subscribers, being desired\\nby some proprietors, inhabitants in the town of Norfolk,\\nfor to lay out a piece of ground for a buryal-yard, have ac-\\ncordingly laid out the land hereafter named, bounded\\nthus: Beginning at a stake and stones standing in the high-\\nway the south line thereof, which goes from Canaan to\\nNorfolk; and the same lyes south of the 48th lot in the first\\ndivision, second going over; thence south 24 west, 8 rods\\nto the bank of the river, a stake and stones; thence west 24\\nnorth 20 rods to a stake and stones; then north 24 east 8\\nrods to a stake and stones at the aforesaid highway; which\\nlot last described lyes about 40 rods or therabouts westerly\\nof a bridge built by Benoni Moses; and ye said peace of\\nland contains one acre. We recommend to said proprietors\\nas a convenient place to bury the dead in, and that said\\nproprietors would vote and appropriate the same for said\\nuse.\\nWitness our hands, Daniel Lawrence, Jr.,\\nFeb. 18,1757. Joshua Whitney.\\nIn public proprietor s meeting the above written was\\nvoted and ordered to be recorded and the same to be ap-\\npropriated for ye use as is above exprest.\\nThis was the beginning of the present Centre Cemetery,\\nwhich during the entire history of the town has been its\\nprincipal burying place, and where several generations\\nhave been laid to rest, as for instance, there are at least\\nfour generations of the Aiken family buried there, and\\nas many generations of other families. The first enlarging,\\nor rather changing of the original acre, was by vote of the\\ntown in 1773, when Dudley Humphrey, Titus Ives, and\\nSamuel Cowles, Jr., were appointed to agree with Giles\\nPettibone for land in order to bring the burying ground\\nout to the highway, showing conclusively, that the original\\nhighway ran through the present cemetery, as the original\\nacre ran from the south line of the highway 8 rods to the\\nbank of the river. It seems probable that the committee", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 199\\nto agree with Giles Pettibone for land, etc., gave him the\\nwest half of the original acre, and received in exchange in\\npart, as much land on the north side of the east half of it,\\nafter the highway was changed to where it now is. De-\\ncember 4, 1775, it was Voted that the Selectmen fence the\\nburying ground and lay it out for improvement to the best\\nadvantage.\\nRoys says, Centre burying-ground purchased, 1774.\\nPossibly he refers to the first enlargement, made in 1774.\\nMay 26, 1774, Giles Pettibone, deeded to the town for the\\nconsideration of 30 shillings lawful money, the land\\nfollowing, being for the use of a burying yard and lying\\nin said Norfolk and beginning at the north east corner\\nof the old burying yard and to run westward in the line\\nof said burying yard 8 rods to a heap of stones. Then\\nnortherly to a heap of stones this day set up standing in\\nthe line of the highway. Thence eastward in the line of\\nsaid highway 7 rods to a heap of stones; thence to the first\\nbounds, and contains about 105 rods of land, more or less.\\nTo have and to hold, etc. In witness whereof I have\\nhereunto set my hand and seal the 26 day of May in the\\n14th year of the reign of our loveing Lord George 3d of\\nGreat Britain. The grounds were again enlarged to the\\npresent size in about 1875, the land lying west of the old\\nground and south of the highway having been obtained\\nof Dr. J. H. P. Stevens after some opposition and quite a\\ncontest; some of the residents of the town at that time\\nthinking it better to open an entirely new cemetery instead\\nof enlarging the old one. The added grounds have been\\nnicely laid out, and together with the old part greatly beau-\\ntified and improved.\\nA small cemetery was at an early day opened in the\\nNorth part of the town. Northwest of and not far from the\\nGreat Pond, now called Doolittle Pond.\\nIn the year 1790 the cemetery in the South End district\\nwas opened, the first burial there being Mrs. Abigail\\nCowles, widow of Mr. Joseph Gowles. Here were buried\\nthree generations named Joshua Moses, and a fourth gen-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "200 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\neration, Joshua Nelson Moses; Not a descendant of the\\nMoses name remains in town so far as is known.\\nThe cemetery on the Goshen road toward South Norfolk\\nwas opened about 1818 and a large number of the former\\nresidents of that part of the town lie buried there.\\nIn the early days of the town there was quite a settle-\\nment toward the southwest part, near the Canaan line,\\ncalled Meekertown, from the principal settler in that region,\\nPhineas Meeker, (who in 1764 married Sarah Brown.) Mr.\\nMeeker seems to have emigrated and about 1820 Dea. Noah\\nMiner reported to the church that there was a settlement\\nin Meekertown that he called a hamlet of heathens, living\\nin intellectual, moral and spiritual darkness, and recom-\\nmended that some missionary work be done there. It\\nwas said at the time that not half the people of Norfolk\\nknew that there was such a place within its borders. Mr.\\nE. Lyman Gaylord, a native of this town, now living at\\nRocky Hill, Ct., writes that about 1820 or 1821 in company\\nwith Mr. Wilcox Phelps he rode through Meekertown on\\nhorseback, and from what we saw we concluded that Dea-\\ncon Miner s report was not overstated. There was a\\nburial place in Meekertown and a number of persons were\\nburied there, their graves being marked only by a rough\\nstone; no name being found or any inscription whatever.\\nThe place is now grown up into a forest again. One man\\nnamed Meeker is said to have been buried there, but so\\nfar as known no monument was ever erected at his grave,\\nand now the place even is unknown.\\nIn the north-east part of the town, near Doolittle pond,\\na Cemetery was opened in the early part of this century,\\nthe earliest date noticed there being, Francis Benedict died\\nApril, 1815, aged 78. Many of the old residents of that\\npart of the town were buried there: the Butlers, Walters,\\nNortons, Holts, Hawleys, Spauldings, Northways, and\\nothers. There are two Quaker monuments, as they are\\ncalled there, being marble posts, seven or eight inches\\nsquare. One has the inscription James Parrit, (who is men-\\ntioned elsewhere) October 28, 1856, aged 82, and Caty Par-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 201\\nrit, 1854, aged 79. There are a large number of unmarked\\ngraves in this cemetery; the Orvis family being one it is\\nsaid; persons of influence in town at one time. Also graves\\nof twenty or more children of Ira Decker, all unmarked.\\nLONGEVITY IN NORFOLK.\\nA comparison of the vital statistics of other towns hav-\\ning no greater population than this town has, might pos-\\nsibly show as interesting an array of facts and figures re-\\nlating to the longevity of life as do those of Norfolk, but\\nin the absence of the proof, the writer begs leave to ex-\\npress his opinion that the percentage of persons living to\\nbe past 80 years of age, and also past 90 years, as shown\\nby statistics of this town, cannot be surpassed, or equaled,\\nin Connecticut, or New England.\\nThe following figures and facts are suggestive and in-\\nteresting: Between April, 1879, and January, 1881, (less\\nthan two years) six persons died in Norfolk whose average\\nage was 93 1-3 years. An exceptional case, possibly, but\\nthe exception proves the rule, always.\\nRead the names and ages of the persons past 70, who\\ndied in the year 1880, for instance: January Samuel\\nSmith, 72; Mrs. H. Kellogg, 72; Mrs. Matthew Ryan, 70.\\nFebruary Miss Polly Burr, 75; Miss Mary Bell, 84.\\nMarch Miss Philey Beach, 84; Miss Harriet Holt, 94.\\nApril Miss Almiras Holt, 84; Miss Flora Bell, 82; Mr.\\nLevi Shepard, 95 and 6 mos.; Mr. Anson Norton, 90 and 7\\nmos. May Dea. James Mars, 90. June Miss Lucy Cur-\\ntiss, 87. August Mr. Matthew Ryan, 79. September\\nMr. Anson Gaylord, 80; Dea. Abijah Hall, 82; Mrs. Erastus\\nSmith, 86; Mrs. John Heady, 84; Mrs. Luther Butler, 89.\\nOctober Mrs. Daniel White, 74 20 persons; average age,\\n82 3-4 years. And the old people were not all gone yet, for\\nin January, 1881, there followed Mrs. Seth Preston, 95, and\\nwithin a few months, Mr. Samuel S. Camp, 80; Mr. Hiram\\nMills, 86; Mr. Daniel Hotchkiss, 82; Mrs. Benjamin W.\\nCrissey, 85; Capt. Auren Tibbals, 91; Mr. Matthew O Brien,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n83; Mr. John A. Shepard, 81. Nathaniel Roys died here in\\n1832 in his 100th year. Daniel Beardsley died here in 1864,\\naged 99 years and 8 months. On a tombstone in the South\\nEnd cemetery in this town is this inscription: In memory\\nof Widow Eachel Ferry, who died December 9, 1810, aged\\n101 years and 10 days. Blessed are the dead who die in\\nthe Lord. A woman is now living in this town who has\\npassed her 100th birthday, and says she thinks the dear\\nLord has forgotten to call her home. (Her call has just\\ncome.)\\nXVI.\\nLITCHFIELD COUNTY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.\\nAt a meeting of the Bar of Litchfield County, held in\\nLitchfield, January 8, 1851, the subject of holding a Centen-\\nnial Celebration of the organization of the county during\\nthat year was considered, and a committee composed of\\nseven members of the Bar of the County was appointed to\\ntake such action in the matter as they deemed best. That\\ncommittee called a meeting of the citizens of the county,\\nwhich was held at the court-house in Litchfield February\\n19th, following, at which meeting the following action was\\ntaken\\nWhereas, We have now entered on the one hundredth\\nyear since the organization of the County of Litchfield,\\nand as during this period thousands of the sons and daugh-\\nters of the county have emigrated to other States and\\ncountries, many of whom are still living and occupying\\nprominent positions in public stations, professions and oc-\\ncupations, who as well as others, would rejoice to return\\nand visit the homes of their childhood, and we would re-\\njoice to meet and welcome them;\\nResolved, That for this purpose a Centennial Celebration\\nshall be held at Litchfield, on Wednesday and Thursday,\\nthe 13th and 14th days of August, 1851, and that a Com-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 203\\nmittee of Arrangements from the different towns in the\\ncounty be appointed; also a Central Committee, to make\\nthe necessary and suitable arrangements for the occasion.\\nThat among the public exercises there be a Sermon, Oration\\nand Poem; a pubic dinner, and other social entertainments,\\nshort addresses and poems suited to the occasion. Of the\\nCentral Committee of nine, one was Bobbins Battell of\\nNorfolk. The Committee of Arrangements from this town\\nwere Michael F. Mills, Esq., Warren Cone, E. Grove Law-\\nrence, Auren Tibbals and Samuel D. Northway. At a\\nmeeting of the Central Committee, Hon. Samuel Church of\\nLitchfield, a native of Salisbury, was selected to deliver\\nthe Oration; Rev. Horace Bushnell, D. D., of Hartford, a\\nnative of Litchfield, the Sermon; and Rev. John Pierpont,\\nLL. D., of Medford, Mass., a native of Litchfield, the Poem.\\nIn March the Chairman of the Central Committee, (Seth\\nP. Beers,) issued to the Committees of the several towns\\na Circular, regarding the duties expected from them in\\npreparing for the Celebration, sending invitations to the\\nnatives of the various towns, etc., and requesting the Com-\\nmittees to procure portraits and other relics of the past,\\nillustrative of former manners and models of life, to be\\nforwarded to Litchfield and arranged for exhibition. Judge\\nChurch, the Orator of the occasion, asked for information\\nregarding the early history of each of the towns, notices\\nof the distinguished men, divines, lawyers, physicians, au-\\nthors, officers, chaplains, and soldiers in the war of the\\nAmerican Revolution, etc.\\nVery thorough and extensive preparations for this cele-\\nbration were made, and it proved a great success. It was\\nearly decided to dispense with a public dinner.\\nMajor General William T. King of Sharon was Marshal\\nfor the day, with twenty-two assistants; one from each\\ntown in the county; Col. Robbins Battell was the Norfolk\\nMarshal. General Daniel B. Brinsmade of Washington\\nwas President of the day. The Band from the Watervliet\\nArsenal, N. Y., furnished music. The exercises were held\\nin the park in West street, near the center of which was", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nerected the large tent belonging to Yale College, with large\\nadditions, etc.\\nThe vocal music for the occasion was furnished by the\\nLitchfield County Musical Association, of which Deacon\\nDarius Phelps of Norfolk was the very eflBcient Leader.\\nNotice was given to the members of this Musical Asso-\\nciation, through the papers, requesting them to attend the\\nCelebration, to bring with them the Boston Academy s\\nCollection of Choruses, and to come prepared to sing from\\nthat book, the Hallelujah Chorus, Blessed is He that\\nCometh, and The Hailstone Chorus. Upon the days of\\nthe celebration the weather was very fine; the procession\\nmarched through the principal streets of the town, and\\nwhen the vast audience was seated as far as possible in\\nthe tent, the exercises were opened by the Litchfield\\nCounty Musical Association, who sang with grand effect,\\nto the tune Old Hundred, the Psalm,\\nBe Thou O God, exalted high.\\nAfter prayer the oration of Judge Church was pronounced,\\nfrom which brief quotations in this volume are made. This\\naddress by this distinguished son of Litchfield County is\\nof very great historic interest. A volume, giving a full re-\\nport of this celebration, containing the addresses, and the\\nequally interesting sermon and poem, can be found in the\\nNorfolk Library and in various private libraries, in this\\ntown.\\nThe discourse of Dr. Horace Bushnell of Hartford was\\nworthy of its distingushed author and of the occasion.\\nSome extracts, giving a vivid picture of the early days of\\nour history as he saw and recalled it, are given. Speaking\\nupon the day after Judge Church s address, he spoke of\\nhimself as a gleaner in the stubble-ground that is left,\\ngathering up the unwritten part of the history celebrated,\\nthe unhistoric deeds of common-life, of those whose names\\nare written only in heaven; describing this first\\ncentury, as the Homespun Age of our people. What\\nwe call History, I conceive to be commonly very much of a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 205\\nfiction. True worth is, for the most part, unhistoric. We\\nsay of history rightly, that it is a record of e-vents; that is,\\nof turnings out; points where the silence is broken by\\nsomething apparently not in the regular flow of common\\nlife. In our historic pictures we gather, under the name\\nof a prominent few, what is really done by nameless multi-\\ntudes. Therefore if you ask who made this Litchfield\\nCounty of ours, it will be no suflBcient answer that you gef,\\nhowever instructive and useful, when you have gathered\\nup the names that appear in our public records, and re-\\ncited the events that have found an honorable place in the\\nhistory of the county. You must not go into the burial\\nplaces, and look about only for the tall monuments and\\nthe titled names. It is not the starred epitaphs of the\\nDoctors of Divinity, the Generals, the Judges, that mark\\nthe springs of our successes and the sources of our dis-\\ntinction. These are effects rather than causes. The spin-\\nning wheels have done a great deal more than these.\\nAround the honored few, a Bellamy, a Day, a Bobbins,\\nsleeping in the midst of his flock, all names of honor;\\nround about these few, and others like them, are lying\\nmultitudes of worthy men and women under their humbler\\nmonuments, or in graves that are hidden by the monu-\\nmental green that loves to freshen over their forgotten\\nresting-place, in these we are to say are the deepest, truest\\ncauses of our happy history. Here lie the sturdy kings of\\nHomespun, who climbed among these hills with their axes,\\nto cut away rooms for their cabins and for family prayers,\\nand so for the future good to come. Here lie the good\\nhousewives that made coats every year, like Hannah, for\\ntheir children s bodies, and lined their memory with cate-\\nchism. These are the men and women that made\\nLitchfield County; kings and queens of Homespun, out of\\nwhom we draw our royal lineage. If our sons and\\ndaughters should assemble a hundred years hence, to hold\\nanother celebration like this, they will scarcely be able to\\nimagine the Arcadian pictures now so fresh in the memory\\nof many of us. Everything that was most distinctive of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe old homespun mode of life will then have passed away.\\nThe spinning-wheels of wool and flax, that used to buzz so\\nfamiliarly in the childish ears of some of us, will be heard\\nno more forever; seen no more in fact, save in the halls\\nof Antiquarian Societies, where the delicate daughters\\nwill be asking, what these strange machines are, and how\\nthey are made to go. The huge, hewn-timber looms, that\\nused to occupy a room by themselves in the farm houses,\\nwill be gone; cut up for cord wood, and their heavy thwack,\\nbeating up the woof, will be heard no more by the passer-\\nby; not even the Antiquarian Halls will find room to harbor\\na specimen. The long strips of linen bleaching on the\\ngrass, and tended by a sturdy maiden, sprinkling them each\\nhour from her water can, under a boiling sun, thus to pre-\\npare the Sunday linen for her brothers, and her own wed-\\nding outfit, will have disappeared, save as they return to\\nfill a picture in some novel or ballad of the old time.\\nThe heavy Sunday coats, that grew on sheep individually\\nremembered, and the specially fine-striped, blue and white\\npantaloons, of linen just from the loom, will no longer be\\nconspicuous in processions of footmen going to meeting,\\nbut will have given place to showy carriages, filled with\\ngentlemen in broadcloath, festooned with chains of Cali-\\nfornia gold, and delicate ladies holding perfumed sun\\nshades. The churches, too, that used to be simple brown\\nmeeting-houses covered with rived clapboards of oak, will\\nhave come down mostly, from the bleak hill-tops into the\\nclose villages and populous towns that crowd the water-\\nfalls and the railroads. The old burial places where the\\nfathers sleep will be left to their lonely altitude; token,\\nshall we say, of an age that lived as much nearer to heaven\\nand as much less under the world. Would that we might\\nraise some worthy monument to a state which is then to\\nbe so far passed by, so worthy in all future time to be held\\nin the dearest reverence.\\nMarriages were commonly contracted at a much earlier\\nperiod in life then than now. Not because the habit of the\\ntime was more romantic or less prudential, but because a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 207\\nprinciple more primitive and closer to the beautiful sim-\\nplicity of nature was yet in vogue, viz.: that women are\\ngiven by the Almighty, not so much to help their husbands\\nspend a living as to help them get one. Accordingly the\\nministers were always very emphatic as I remember in\\ntheir marriage ceremonies, on the ancient idea, that the\\nwoman was given to the man to be a help-meet for him.\\nThe schools we must not pass by if we are to form a truth-\\nful picture of the homespun days. The schoolmaster did\\nnot exactly go round the district to fit out the children s\\nminds with learning, as the shoemaker did to fit their feet\\nwith shoes, or the tailors to measure and cut for their\\nbodies, but to come as near it as possible, he boarded round,\\na custom not yet gone by. The children were all clothed\\nalike, in homespun, and the only signs of aristocracy were,\\nthat some were clean and some a degree less so; some in\\nfine white and striped linen, some in brown tow-crash. The\\ngood fathers of some testified the opinion they had of their\\nchildren by bringing fine round loads of hickory wood to\\nwarm them, while some others, I regret to say, brought\\nscanty, scraggy, ill-looking heaps of green oak, white-birch\\nand hemlock. Indeed about all the bickerings of quality\\namong the children centered in the quality of the wood-\\npile. There was no complaint in those days of the want\\nof ventilation, for the large open fire-place held a consid-\\nerable fraction of a cord of wood, and the windows took\\nin enough air to supply the combination. The seats were\\nmade of the outer slabs from the saw-mill, supported by\\nslant legs driven into and a proper distance through auger\\nholes, and planed smooth on the top by the rather tardy\\nprocess of friction.\\nPassing from the school to the church, or rather I should\\nsay to the meeting-house, here again you meet the picture\\nof a sturdy homespun worship. There is no furnace or\\nstove, save the foot-stones that are filled from the fires of\\nthe neighboring houses. They are seated according to age;\\nthe old in front, near the pulpit, and the younger farther\\nback, enclosed in pews, sitting back to back, impounded", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "208 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nall, for deep thought and spiritual digestion; only the dea-\\ncons, sitting close under the pulpit, by themselves, to re-\\nceive as their distinctive honor the more perpendicular\\ndroppings of the word. Clean round the front of the gal-\\nlery is drawn a single row of choir, headed by the key-pipe\\nin the centre. The pulpit is overhung by an august wooden\\ncanopy, called a sounding-board. If the minister\\nspeaks in his great coat and thick gloves or mittens, if the\\nhowling blasts of winter blow in across the assembly fresh\\nstreams of ventilation that move the hair upon their heads,\\nthey are none the less content, if only he gives them good\\nstrong exercise. Under their hard, and as some would\\nsay, stolid faces, great thoughts are brewing, and these\\nkeep them warm. Free-will, fixed-fate, foreknowledge ab-\\nsolute, trinity, redemption, special grace, eternity, give\\nthem anything high enough, and if they go away having\\nsomething to think of they have had a good day. These\\nroyal men of homespun, how great a thing to them was re-\\nligion!\\nView them as we may, there is yet and always will be,\\nsomething magnificent in their stern, practical fidelity to\\ntheir principles. If they believed it to be more scriptural\\nand Christian to begin their Sunday at the sunset on Sat-\\nurday, their practise did not part company with their prin-\\nciples. It was sundown at sundown; not somewhere be-\\ntween that time and the next morning. I remember being\\ndispatched when a lad, one Saturday afternoon in the win-\\nter, to bring home a few bushels of apples engaged of a\\nfarmer a mile distant; how the careful, exact man looked\\nfirst at the clock, then out the window at the sun, and turn-\\ning to me said, I cannot measure out the apples in time\\nfor you to get home before sundown you must come again\\nMonday; then how I went home venting my boyish impa-\\ntience in words not exactly respectful, the sunlight playing\\nstill upon the eastern hills, and got for my comfort a small\\namount of specially silent sympathy. I have not yet as-\\ncertained whether that refusal was exactly justified by the\\npatriarchal authorities appealed to, or not. Be that as it", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOTJJ:. 209\\nmay, have what opinion of it you will. I confess to you\\nfor one, that I recall the honest, faithful days of homespun\\nrepresented in it; days when men s lives went by their con-\\nsciences, as their clocks did by the sun, with a feeling of\\nprofoundest reverence. It is more than respectable; it is\\nsublime.\\nRegarding the homespun age as represented in these pic-\\ntures of the social and religious life, we need in order to\\na full understanding of the powers and the possibilities\\nof success embodied in it, to descend into the practical\\nstruggle of common life, and see how the muscle of energy\\nand victory is developed, under its close necessities. The\\nsons and daughters grew up in the closest habits of in-\\ndustry. In these olden times they supposed in their sim-\\nplicity that thrift represented work, and looked about sel-\\ndom for any more delicate and sharper way of getting on.\\nThe house was a factory on the farm; the farm, a grower\\nand producer for the house. No affectation of polite living,\\nno languishing airs of delicacy and softness indoors, had\\nbegun to make the fathers and sons impatient of hard\\nwork out of doors, and set them at some easier and more\\nplausible way or living. Their very dress represented\\nwork, and they went out as men whom the wives and daugh-\\nters had dressed for work, facing all weather, cold and hot,\\nwet and dry, wrestling with the plow on the stony-sided\\nhills, digging out the rocks by hard lifting and a good many\\nvery practical experiments in mechanics; dressing the flax,\\nthreshing the rye, dragging home in the deep snows, the\\ngreat wood-pile of the year s consumption; and then, when\\nthe day is ended, having no loose money to spend in tav-\\nerns, taking their recreation all together, in reading, or\\nsinging, or happy talk, or silent looking in the fire, and\\nfinally in sleep, to rise again with the sun, and pray over\\nthe family Bible, for just such another good day as the\\nlast. And so they lived, working out each year a little\\nadvance of thrift, just within the line of comfort. It is,\\non the whole, a hard and over severe picture, and yet a\\npicture that embodies the highest points of merit; con-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "210 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nnects the noblest results of character. Out of it, in one\\nview, come all the successes we commemorate on this fes-\\ntive occasion. If they were sometimes drudged by\\ntheir over-intense labor, still they were kept by it in a gen-\\nerally rugged state, both of body and mind. They kept\\na good digestion, which is itself no small part of char-\\nacter.\\nI have wished to bring out an impression of the unre-\\ncorded history of the times gone by. We must not think\\non such an occasion as this that the great men have made\\nthe history. Rather it is the history that has made the\\nmen. It is the homespun many, the simple Christian men\\nand women of the century gone by, who bore their life\\nstruggle faithfully, in these valleys and among these hills,\\nand who are now sleeping in the untitled graves of Chris-\\ntian worth and piety. These are they whom we are most\\nespecially to honor. Worth indeed it is; that worth\\nwhich, being common, is the sub-structure and the prime\\ncondition of a happy social state, and of all the honors that\\ndignify its history. Worth, not of men only, but quite as\\nmuch of women. Let no woman imagine that she is with-\\nout consequence, or motive to excellence, because she is\\nnot conspicuous. It is the greatness of woman that she is so\\nmuch like the great powers of nature, back of the noise and\\nclatter of the world s affairs, tempting all things with her\\nbenign influence; forgetful of herself and fame. Men\\nand women of Litchfield County, such has been the past,\\ngood and honorable. We give it over to you. The future\\nwill be what you make it. Be faithful to the sacred trust\\nGod is this day placing in your hands.\\nm m", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 211\\nXVII.\\nSEVERE WINTERS AND STORMS IN CONNECTICUT.\\n(FKOM AM OLD HAETFOBD COUBANT).\\nThe records of hard winters in Connecticut during the\\npast two centuries, which stand out conspicuously, will\\nbe looked back to with considerable interest. During the\\nwinter of 1872-3, there were thirty-six zero mornings, and\\n102 days of sleighing in Hartford. The winter of 1856-7\\nwas very severe. The winter of 1837-8 was noted for deep\\nsnows. The winter of 1815-16 was also noted for its ter-\\nrible snow storms. In February, 1791, a snow fall of four\\ndays duration occurred, the snow falling six feet on a level.\\nThe winter of 1761-2 was very cold, with deep snows. The\\nwinter of 1741-2 was famous throughout New England for\\ndeep snows and intense cold weather. The first deep snow\\nfell on the 13th of November, giving good sleighing which\\nlasted until the 20th of April, making 158 successive days\\nof good sleighing in Connecticut. In February, 1717, oc-\\ncurred the greatest snow storm ever known in this coun-\\ntry. It commenced on the 17th and lasted until the 24th,\\nthe snow falling from ten to twelve feet on the level. This\\nsnow made a remarkable era in New England, and the\\npeople in relating an event would say it happened so many\\nyears before or after the great snow. In February, 1691,\\na terrible storm occurred. In February, 1662, the snow\\nfell so deep that a great number of deer came from the\\nwoods for food and were killed by the wolves. It will be\\nnoticed that all of our great snow storms have occurred\\nin February.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "212 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nTHE BLIZZARD OF 1888.\\n(Fbom the Habtfoed Coubant, Maecu 13, 1888).\\nMarch 12, 1888, will be memorable during the present\\ngeneration as the beginning of one of the most remarkable\\nstorms of this remarkable century. In its almost unprece-\\ndented severity, in the wide extent of country affected,\\nin the total demoralization of railroad and telegraphic fa-\\ncilities, and the complete blocking of local travel and busi-\\nness of almost every kind, it has no rival in the record of\\nstorms since railroads and telegraphs were invented. It\\nis certain that many persons caught in the storm in the\\ncountry must have perished, for even in the cities there\\nwould have been many deaths had not friendly hands been\\nnear to give relief and shelter. To show that this storm\\nwas not local: New Haven, March 12, 1888. The storm\\nhere is the most horrible ever known. The streets are im-\\npassable for teams, and drifts are piled from ten to forty\\nfeet high on the sidewalks.\\nProvidence, March 12. A hurricane of wind and rain\\nfollowed the storm of snow and sleet, and has brought\\nbusiness to a standstill. At Newport the breakers are the\\nlargest ever seen.\\nSpringfield, Mass., March 12. The storm is simply un-\\nprecedented. By noon business began to be suspended.\\nThe schools then closed for the day, and many children\\nwere lost in the blinding sleet and awful drifts, but no\\nfatalities are known. The street railway company aban-\\ndoned cars along its lines and there they stand stalled.\\nNo hacks or other conveyances could be hired to leave the\\nstables, for most of the streets were impassable. The depot\\nis filled with trains which came in early in the day, and all\\nattempts to start trains out were futile.\\nNew York, March 13. The mercury in New York this\\nnoon was down to zero. All railroads are utterly demoral-\\nized. President Depew of the New York Central says\\nthere never was such a state of affairs on the road before.\\nNo street cars are running in New York city or Brooklyn.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 213\\nElevated roads are only partially iu operation. The East\\nriver is frozen over, and thousands of people are crossing\\nover on the ice. No ferry boats are running. Trains with\\ntwo engines are being run every 15 minutes across the\\nbridge, but the roadway of the bridge is closed. Immense\\ndrifts block up streets. The western side of Broadway\\nhas the appearance of a backwoods path. There are thirty\\ntrains stalled between Grand Central depot and Spuyten\\nDuyvil.\\nFrom the Courant, March 16th, 1888:\\nAnd now they tell us it wasn t much of a storm. It\\nbegan down by Alexandria, Virginia; was not felt west of\\nPittsburg and Buffalo; did not go further north than Sara-\\ntoga, and was not felt much east of Boston. This is the\\nWestern Union s outline, and as that company s feelers\\nare out all over the country, it ought to be accurate. It\\nwas within 300 or 3.50 miles of the seacoast all the time,\\nand it only swept over about 350 miles of territory length-\\nwise, if a bee line is taken from Alexandria to Boston.\\nIt managed to paralyze the Pennsylvania and the New\\nYork Central roads, and all the roads that centre in New\\nYork, as well as in New England. Its like was never seen\\nbefore.\\nThe following Letter of Condolence is of interest:\\n(To) Robbing Battell. 74 Wall Street, New York.\\nDes Moines, Iowa, March 12, 1888.\\nTo New York, Pennsylvania and New England Friends:\\nIn this, your hour of affliction, we deem it fitting to assure you\\nof our heartfelt sympathy. We know we cannot realize the full-\\nness of your suffering, for the terrible blizzards recently visited\\nupon you have surpassed anything we have ever known in Iowa,\\nNebraska, or Kansas. So far as possible, however, our hearts go\\nout to you, and when we offer you, in behalf of our happy, pros-\\nperous people, such financial aid as may be needed, we beg you to\\naccept it in the spirit it is offered.\\nKindly preserve our little card as a reminder of the date of your\\nlatest dire calamity, remembering also that at the same date the\\nsturdy farmers of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa are out in the beau-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntiful sunshine, preparing the soil to receive the seed which will\\nspring forth into a magnificent harvest, with which to supply your\\nphysical wants.\\nVery sincerely yours,\\nCENTRAL LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.\\nBut some Norfolk descendant out west may say, Why\\ndon t he tell us whether it stormed in Norfolk or not?\\nA good old man was once reading to his wife an account\\nof a railroad catastrophe, which said, John Smith was\\nstruck by a locomotive at a surface crossing; the entire\\ntrain passed over him, severing his head from his body,\\nand he was literally cut into pieces. His good wife said,\\nDoes the paper say whether he was killed or not? The\\ngood old man read the account again and remarked, It\\ndon t say that it killed him, but I ruther reckon it must\\nuv.\\nYes, gentle reader, it snowed in Norfolk, and it also\\nblowed, as can still be proven by eye-witnesses, and there\\nwere some drifts. From a Journal of the great snow-\\nstorm, kept by a resident of the town, and copied for Miss\\nCynthia Foskett s Scrap-book, some extracts follow: Mon-\\nday, March 12, 1888. Snow began to fall Sunday after-\\nnoon, but not in any great quantity until Sunday night.\\nThis morning there was nearly three feet of snow on the\\nground, and still falling with great rapidity. This after-\\nnoon the storm turned into a veritable blizzard, the wind\\nblowing a gale, the air thick with the finest particles of\\nsnow I ever saw. But very few people ventured out; the\\ncold and wind were so intense that hands, ears and noses\\nwere quickly frozen.\\nTuesday, 13th. Snow still falling steadily. When I\\nreached the oflSce there was no oflBce, not a foot of the\\nbuilding being in sight, only an immense bank of snow,\\nthe top of the chimney being covered by at least two feet.\\nSnow continued to fall during the entire day. The wind\\nis subsiding.\\nWednesday, 14. At exactly ten o clock the snow ceased\\nfalling. This makes an unbroken record of falling snow", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 215\\nfrom Sunday afternoon, March 11, to Wednesday morn-\\ning, March 14. It is hard to tell the exact depth of the\\nsnow on a level; various estimates place the depth from\\nfour to six feet. The drifts are 12, 15 and 18 feet high by\\nmeasurement. The snow is up even with the roof of the\\nchurch sheds. The Post-mistress is blockaded in the Post-\\nofBce, and has not been to her boarding place for two days.\\nThere are no trains and no telegraphic communication.\\nThe railroad track is an unbroken mass of drifts. The\\nwind has been north-west from the beginning of the storm.\\nThursday, 15. The railroad has been opened from Win-\\nsted to Hartford. Some of the largest drifts have been\\nphotographed by the local photographer. It was agreed\\nto turn out in force tomorrow and assist the railroad com-\\npany.\\nFriday, 16. The weather is warm and pleasant. By nine\\no clock fifty men were at work trying to find the lost Rail-\\nroad track, and this force was soon swelled to sixty-two.\\nMiss Anna Battell ordered a dinner from Mr. Stevens, the\\nhotel keeper, for the entire party of sixty-two, which was\\nserved in the old Spaulding farm-house at one o clock, in\\ncamp-fashion. A large number joined the force in the\\nafternoon three engines fastened together and well braced\\nin front with timbers came up from Winsted in the after-\\nnoon, followed by a gang of laborers. The entire force now\\nnumbered one hundred and fifty, and with the help of the\\nengines the work proceeded rapidly. At 4.30 o clock the\\nroad was clear from Winsted to Norfolk At seven o clock\\na fourth engine arrived and brought last Monday s mail.\\nSaturday, 17. The engines with the regular force of\\nlaborers and some volunteers started, and at 9.30 reached\\nCanaan. We received a telegraphic despatch from Mr. Bat-\\ntell, in New York. The first despatch received in Norfolk\\nfrom New York since last Monday. The first passenger\\ntrain arrived at noon and brought the first New York mail.\\nThursday afternoon a Hartford paper reached Winsted,\\nand was read to Norfolk people by telephone; one man re-\\nceiving the news at this end, and shouting it out as it\\ncame.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "216 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nSunday, 18. Beyond Twin Lakes the drifts are reported\\nto be twenty feet in height and more. Work will be con-\\ntinued today.\\nMonday, March 19. Several hundred laborers worked on\\nthe track yesterday, and by tonight Millerton will proba-\\nbly be reached. The road has been closed now exactly one\\nweek. Finis.\\nThe severe winter of 1856 and 7 is mentioned in the fore-\\ngoing. Then the State elections were held annually on\\nthe first Monday in April. The election in the spring of\\n1857 was one of unusual interest in Norfolk, as the candi-\\ndates for election to the State Senate in the old Seventeenth\\nSenatorial District were both prominent citizens of the\\ntown, Mr. Nathaniel B. Stevens being the candidate of the\\nDemocratic party, and Mr. Samuel D. Northway that of\\nthe recently formed Republican party, and naturally each\\nwas anxious to get out his full vote in his own town. The\\nsnow in the roads in all the out parts of the town over\\nwhich teams had driven all winter was at that time just\\nmelting, and was then as high as the top of the fences a\\nlarge part of the way; and where the large drifts were it\\nwas ten feet deep and up, thus making all roads simply im-\\npassable until they were shovelled out. The turnpike,\\n(from Winsted to Canaan), had been opened up before elec-\\ntion day, but the only team off from that line of road that\\ncame to the election was one that Mr. Northway started at\\nsunrise with a light-footed horse, to bring Dea. Noah Miner\\nand Daniel Cady, who were too old and lame to walk from\\ntheir home in the south part of the town. Dea. Miner staid\\nand visited with friends a day or two, and in the course\\nof the week made his way home on foot, stopping over\\nnight with friends on the way.\\nThe following letter concerning Norfolk winters and\\nother matters, is of interest. It was addressed to Mrs.\\nMary Oakley Beach, a well known native and resident of\\nthis town, recently deceased, by Mr. Kneeland J. Munson,\\na son of Mr. Joshua Munson, who was a life long resident\\nand an extensive and successful farmer, his farm being", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 217\\non Canaan Mountain a mile or more south of Canaan\\nMountain Pond, as it was called in his day; now, Lake\\nWangum. Mr. Kneeland Munson was president of the old\\nNorfolk Bank for several years, and was well known in\\nthis town.\\nMillerton, N. Y., November 16, 1894.\\nMrs. Mary Oakley Beach:\\nYour letter of the 15th received. I hardly understand it, par-\\nticularly about the sheep business. In the fall of 1826 my father\\nbought about 150 shoats (young hogs) and turned them into what\\nwas called Norfolk woods, east of his place, to grow fat on beach\\nnuts. On the 30th of December commenced a snow-storm which\\nlasted four days, snowing steadily and heavily for the whole time,\\nleaving over four feet of solid snow on the ground. When the\\nstorm abated, my father, with what help he could get, spent several\\ndays wallowing in the snow, trying to find the hogs. They finally\\nsucceeded in finding and getting home about 100; the other 50 were\\nleft to their fate. The snow was expected to make a great flood\\nwhen it went off, but it lay on all winter and went off gradually\\nby the sun the last of March and April, without any flood at all.\\nIn the fore part of April, 1827, two or three of these hogs found\\ntheir way out to a collier s hut, and he gave my father notice of\\nit. They then made another rally and search, and found quite a\\nnumber, perhaps 20 or 25, but they were as wild animals. Some of\\nthem jumped out of a high pen after they got them home, and made\\ntheir escape. For several years there was quite a crop of wild hogs\\nin that region, until they became so troublesome that they had to\\nbe hunted down and destroyed.\\nRespectfully yours,\\nK. J. MUNSON.\\nFrom a thoroughly reliable source the writer has been\\ninformed, that at a certain point on the east side of Chest-\\nnut hill, or Gaylord hill as it has been sometimes called,\\nwhere the snow drives over from the north-west and drifts\\nin at the foot of a ledge, many years ago at the end of a\\nsnowy winter a man cut a notch at the surface of the drift\\nin the top of a tree that was mostly buried by the snow.\\nWhen the snow was all gone he cut down this tree, and by\\nactual measurement found that the snow at that point was\\nseventy feet deep.\\nOn the first Monday of May, 1840 or 41, Mr. Hiram", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "218 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nWheeler with another young man started from his home\\nin North Norfolk to attend training down town, that being\\ntraining day. Seven or eight inches of snow had fallen\\nthe night previous. They crossed a pasture into which\\nMr. Anson Gaylord had turned a flock of sheep, and dis-\\ncovered that the sheep had taken shelter from the wind\\nupon the south side of a stone wall, and that the snow had\\ndrifted to the top of the wall and completely buried many\\nof the sheep, from which imprisonment the young men\\nliberated them.\\nTHE GREAT ICE STORM.\\nPeople who were living in Norfolk and vicinity at the\\ntime, will not soon forget the ice-storm of February 20 to\\n22, 1898. The effects of that storm are still plainly seen\\nin the broken shade-trees, fruit-trees, and forests, in this\\nentire region; many tall young forest trees which were\\nthen bent to the ground by their load have never raised\\ntheir heads since, and never will.\\nThe local papers said, An ice-storm, the severest in the\\nmemory of the oldest inhabitants, visited Northwestern\\nConnecticut, entailing thousands of dollars loss. Trees\\nthat are old landmarks, and others, are spoiled for years\\nto come, and a great deal of the storm s damage is irrep-\\narable.\\nTwigs an eighth of an inch in diameter had an overcoat\\nof ice an inch and a quarter thick.\\nAn ice coated twig weighing one and a half pounds,\\nminus the ice weighed two ounces.\\nThe big elms and fruit trees suffered most. One of the\\nbig elms split in the middle, one half falling on to the\\ntown hall.\\n1", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 219\\nXVIII.\\nKILLING A PANTHER IN NORFOLK TREED BY A BEAR FIRES IN AND\\nNEAR THE MEETING-HOUSE A THANKSGIVING-DAY WOLF-HUNT.\\nRoys, in his chapter of Incidents, gives the following:\\nIn early times a Mr. Barber, father of Capt. Timothy Bar-\\nber, formerly an inhabitant of Norfolk, came from Sims-\\nbury with two of his sons, well armed, to traverse a part\\nof the town, and coming to a place since called Pine moun-\\ntain, they stacked their guns and strolled around and\\nascended the hill in hope of getting a distant view of the\\nsurrounding country. Mr. Barber stepped into a hole in\\nthe side of the hill and something shot by him and sprang\\nup a tree near him. He did not at first know what it was,\\nbut sent his youngest son to get their guns. He did not\\nfind them. Still watching the animal, he sent his oldest\\nson, who soon returned with the guns. While waiting he\\nperceived that the creature grew very uneasy; twisting\\nhis tail and changing his position, perhaps with the inten-\\ntion of springing upon them. Mr. Barber placed his sons\\neach side of him, each having their guns well charged.\\nThey fired and brought down a large panther, in a condi-\\ntion to examine him with safety. Its claws and fangs\\nlooked frightfully, and they rejoiced that they had escaped\\nthem, and rid the world of a frightful monster.\\nA different version of what is doubtless the same panther\\nstory, as told the writer by Mr. Norman Riggs, as he had\\nheard it when a boy, from old residents in the neighbor-\\nhood where the beast was killed, is as follows: Mr. Bar-\\nber lived in the South End district, on the road that runs\\nfrom the school-house to Grants. In the early history of\\nthe town, one Thanksgiving day, Mr. Barber with two\\nbrothers who had come to visit him, went a hunting. A\\nlight snow had fallen.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "220 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nNot long after thej started out their dogs came upon\\na large strange looking track which they followed, and\\nran up to Pine mountain, north-west from the present\\nresidence of Mr. Obadiah Smith. The men followed on,\\nand found that their dogs had run or tracked the animal\\ninto a cave with a small dark entrance on the side of the\\nmountain. With characteristic Yankee curiosity and per-\\nseverance, one of the men proposed to investigate as to\\nwhat that cave contained; so with his gun in his hand he\\nmade his way into the cave as best he could, by crawling\\nupon all fours, or upon his stomach, in the darkness.\\nHe had made his way in a little distance when he saw in\\nthe darkness ahead of him a pair of eyes that gleamed like\\nballs of fire, and almost in the same instant the animal\\nrushed past him, the passageway being so small that the\\nbody of the animal as he passed rubbed against the man.\\nThe dogs and the men outside forthwith treed and shot the\\nanimal, which was a large panther. This well authenti-\\ncated adventure of Mr. Barber, right here in Norfolk, Mr.\\nRiggs added, I always thought fully equal to Gen. Israel\\nPutnam s wolf-den story. (This panther evidently in his\\nobliging disposition resembled the raccoon that, when\\ncaught up a tree, is reported to have said: If that s you\\ndown there, Davy Crockett, don t fire, I ll come down.\\nRoys says again: Mr. Cornelius Brown, one of the early\\nsettlers of this town, going into the woods some distance\\nfrom his house, was met by a bear who soon prepared to\\nspring upon him. Mr. Brown attempted to climb a small\\nstaddle near him, which proved too slender to support him\\nat a safe height from the ground. The bear could, by\\nstretching itself, just reach his feet as he clung to the tree.\\nThe bear badly mangled his heels with his claws and teeth.\\nMr. Brown hallooed for help, and after suffering much\\nthrough fear and from his lacerated feet, help arrived. A\\nman hunting in the woods with his dog heard him. The\\ndog reached him before his master, and worried the bear,\\nand he quit the assault before the man arrived. Mr. Brown,\\nglad to part with bruin, was helped home. His wounds", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "mSTOEY OF NORFOLK. 221\\nwere healed, the scars of which were to be seen through\\nlife.\\nIn the early settlement of this town, before the tower-\\ning hemlocks were cleared off the green, west of the meet-\\ning-house, some of them had become dry and easily com-\\nbustible, it being a dry season. By some means the leaves\\nand dry matter took fire at the north end of the ledge, and\\nthe north-west wind helping it, it spread rapidly towards\\nthe meeting-house, climbing the dry hemlocks, and the\\nflaming bark and limbs were scattered round and near the\\nmeeting-house, which was nearly or quite finished The\\ninhabitants near the meeting-house were aroused to exer-\\ntion, and spread the alarm as far as possible. Help came\\nfrom every quarter. Water was obtained from a well at\\nthe house where Mr. Giles Pettibone, Jr., formerly lived.\\nIt was drawn about dry by Mrs. Dudley Humphrey, who did\\nnot leave the well or stop drawing the water until the\\ndanger was over. A line was formed from the well to the\\nmeeting house, of men, women and boys, each forwarding\\nthe water.\\nThe present church had a very narrow escape from de-\\nstruction by fire on the morning of Fast day, 1870. A fire\\nhad been kindled in the wood stoves then in use, in prepa-\\nration for the Fast day service, and the janitor went away.\\nThe stoves stood under the front gallery, just at either\\nside of the center doors, the pipes running through the\\npartitions into the vestibule at the foot of the stairs, and\\nthence under the galleries to the chimneys at the west end\\nof the building. The woodwork above the stove-pipe took\\nfire, and when discovered the fire was burning all along the\\nfront gallery between the ceiling and the gallery floor. Most\\nfortunately a cross-beam about under the front of the organ\\nfills the space entirely between the floor and the ceiling\\nbelow, and so had prevented the fire from spreading back\\nunder the entire gallery, and thence up into the steeple. The\\nfront seat and the floor were torn up, and with water\\nbrought from the same old well mentioned above, the fire\\nwas extinguished.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe following wolf-hunt is quoted from Roys: In 1787\\na circumstance occurred which from its novelty and the\\nrare sport it afforded may well be noticed in this place.\\nWhile the congregation was assembled and devoutly en-\\ngaged in celebrating the annual thanksgiving, the speaker\\nhaving commenced his sermon, a messenger entered the\\nhouse and with a firm and manly step walked partly up\\nthe middle aisle, with his eye fixed on the speaker, full of\\nmeaning and intelligence. The speaker paused, and he\\ninformed the crowded assembly that five wolves, a dog and\\nslut with three pups, now almost full grown, were now on\\nHaystack mountain, partly surrounded by men already col-\\nlected, and that more men were wanted to assist in destroy-\\ning them. The speaker replied he thought it a duty for\\nevery man to turn out and combat these invaders. Immedi-\\nately a great part of the male members of the congrega-\\ntion rose from their seats and flew to the scene of action.\\nA line was formed round the mountain, distributing at\\nproper distances those who were supplied with guns and\\nammunition, and the whole circle was directed by leaders\\nemulous to excel. The line gradually contracted as they\\nascended the mountain on every side, silent and cautious,\\nuntil the files were nearly closed. The ravenous invaders\\nnow appeared in rapid flight, coming towards the line. The\\nclubs and pitchforks were raised, the guns elevated in mar-\\ntial form, the balls whizzed, and part of the wolves were\\nkilled on the spot; the remainder rushed to the opposite\\nsection of the line, where they met their fate, except the\\ndog-wolf, who, frightened and enraged, rushed through the\\nline, clubs, pitchforks and guns notwithstanding. But the\\nsteady and well-aimed firearms soon stopped him, filling\\nhis body with balls, not counted until more at leisure. They\\nwere all brought down into the village in triumph, and\\nexhibited to a numerous collection of people. Many who\\ndispensed with their usual Thanksgiving feast around the\\nfiresides of their quiet homes were seen gratifying their\\nsight rather than their appetites.\\nFor many years prior and subsequent to 1815, at the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 223\\nannual town meeting, it was voted to give a bounty of\\n|2.00 to any person who shall kill a wild cat in the limits\\nof this town. Later the bounty was raised to |3.00 and\\nthen to 15.00 on a wild cat, they were so destructive of\\nsheep, and 50 cents bounty on a fox.\\nXIX.\\nTHE MANUFACTURES AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE TOWN, FROM ITS\\nSETTLEMENT DOWN TO DATE.\\nIn his Litchfield County Centennial address of 1851,\\nJudge Samuel Church said:\\nThe pioneers here were agriculturists. They came with\\nno knowledge or care for any other pursuit, and\\nlooked for no greater results than the enjoyment of re-\\nligious privileges, the increase of their estates by removing\\nthe heavy forests and adding other acres to their original\\npurchase, and with the hope, perhaps, of sending an active\\nboy to the college. Of manufactures they knew nothing.\\nThe grist-mill and saw-mill, the blacksmith and clothier s\\nshops, all as indispensable as the plow and the axe, they\\nprovided for as among the necessaries of a farmer s life.\\nThus they toiled on, till the hillsides and the valleys\\neverywhere showed the fenced field and the comfortable\\ndwelling.\\nThe spinning wheel was in every house, and the loom in\\nevery neighborhood, and almost every article of clothing\\nwas the product of female domestic industry.\\nProbably very few of the generation now in active life\\nreally comprehend the fact that in the days of their grand-\\nfathers and grandmothers every house, with scarcely an\\nexception, in this as in every community, was to a degree\\na manufactory. That has been called by Dr. Horace Bush-\\nnell the Homespun Age. Nearly every article of dress for\\nman and woman, boy and girl, was made in the home, and\\nthat not from material purchased at a store, but the ma-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "224 mSTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nterial itself had first to be made from the wool, just as it\\ncame from the sheep s back, and from the flax, as it was\\ngrown by the farmer, and made partially ready by him for\\nthe wheel and loom. The wife, the mother, the sister, the\\ndaughter, must each one be an expert at cleansing and\\nscouring the wool, carding, spinning, reeling, doubling,\\ntwisting and dyeing the yarn, preparing the warp and the\\nwoof, weaving the cloth, to be fulled or shrunk, and dressed\\nat the fulling mill for the men and boys wear, preparing\\nalso a finer grade of yarn from which flannel was to be\\nwoven for a variety of uses, including flannel sheets for the\\nbeds of the entire household for winter. Spinning and pre-\\nparing yarn for knitting the stockings and the mittens,\\neither of wool or flax, for all the family. The flax, after it\\nwas made ready, must be spun into yarn and woven into\\nlinen cloth, of a great variety of kinds, for different uses.\\nThen the farmer must take to the tanner the cowhides\\nand the kip skins to be tanned and dressed into the heavy\\nleather for the men s and boys boots, and the calf-skins,\\nto make Sunday boots for the men and the fine shoes for\\nwomen s wear; the deer and sheep-skins and skins of\\nvarious wild animals which then abounded here, for leather\\nfor a variety of uses.\\nWhen the material was all made ready, if for any reason\\nthe good housewife was not able to be the tailoress for the\\nentire family, a professional tailoress and seamstress was\\ncalled in to help for a little. The shoemaker came also\\nand plied his trade, whipping the cat, it was called, mak-\\ning boots and shoes for the entire family. The women of\\nthose days, young and old, our grandmothers, had their\\npleasures, their recreations, their excitements in quiltings,\\napple-parings, spelling-matches, corn-huskings, singing-\\nschool and the like, thus breaking the monotony of a cease-\\nless round of toil; and surely they were better contented\\nwith their lot because they were useful, and better satisfied\\nwith life than some women of today, who have nothing to\\ndo but to look pretty and be entertained. Our grand-\\nmothers, indeed, could not make a century run on a\\nI", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 225\\nbicj cle, which glorious achievement of one or two women\\nhas been heralded over the whole world, but most of them\\ncould make some runs on their spinning-wheels.\\nJn the History of Goshen there is an account of a spin-\\nning match in that town, which is of interest. This was\\na trial among the ladies of Goshen to see which could excel\\nin spinning linen on a one-handed wheel. It is supposed\\nto have taken place about 1770. The understanding was\\nthat each might spin 24 hours, and be helped to reel yarn,\\netc. The struggle was extensive through the town, but not\\nall upon the same day. It seems to have been first tried\\namong the married, then among the unmarried ladies. The\\nwife of Capt. Isaac Pratt seems to have excelled among\\nthe married ladies. Her husband prepared her distaffs and\\nreeled her yarn till she made six runs. In this stage of the\\nbusiness the husband very prudently put his veto upon\\nfurther proceedings and remained inflexible. The poor\\nwoman sat down and cried.\\nSeveral others did well. The wife of Stephen Tuttle\\nmade five runs, several others four runs.\\nBut Lydia Beach of East street excelled them all. Her\\ndistaffs were all prepared, her yarn reeled, and even her\\nfood put in her mouth. She spun from daylight until nine\\no clock in the evening, and her yarn showed seven runs,\\nequal to 3 1-2 days work.\\nThe sequel of the story is that Jesse Buell, eldest son of\\nCaptain Jonathan Buell, became enamored of the maiden\\nand took her to himself, after which she became the mother\\nof three sons and five daughters.\\nWe take up now manufactures in a more public or com-\\nmercial sense. From the earliest days of the town s his-\\ntory a large number of manufacturing enterprises have\\nbeen started here, some of them have for a time seemed to\\nfulfill the expectations of the projctors, but a large number\\nhave ended to a greater or less degree disastrously, but\\npossibly not a greater proportion have failed here than else-\\nwhere. Statistics show that fully ninety per cent, of those\\nalso who enter mercantile life fail.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIn view of the date, given below, when the first grist-mill\\nwas built and put into operation in the town (in 1759), the\\nfollowing quotation from Roys of a scene at a much later\\ndate can only be understood of families living in the south,\\nor in the north part of the town, if, indeed, it is not alto-\\ngether imaginary. He says: In the hard winter of 1779\\nor 1780, the extreme cold and great body of snow in that\\nseason made it necessary for many families to go quite a\\ndistance and out of town to get grinding. They took the\\nfollowing method: The father or one of his robust sons\\nput say half a bushel of grain in a sack, tied on his snow-\\nshoes, and thus accoutered, with his dinner in the sack s\\nmouth, commenced his walk down to Jacob Beach s mill in\\nthe hither part of Goshen, or the one in the northeast part\\nof the town. Follow in imagination the pedestrian-adven-\\nturer lopeing across the fields and over fences to cut short\\nhis way, avoiding in his route the shin-bush, which would\\nas certainly trip him up or throw him down as the modern\\ntangle-legs, and he could not lie so quietly and doze until\\nthe encumbrance was removed. No, he must manage to\\nunharness his snow-shoes and get rid of that encumbrance\\nbefore he could hope to free himself from the snow which\\nalmost covered him, and again take an erect position. If\\nno other hindrance happened he returned the same way\\nwith his flour. Meanwhile the good housewife would boil\\npart of their grain as a substitute for bread, a fine treat\\nfor the children, surrounding the blazing fire composed of\\nlarge wood, urged in by the lever, or in some instances\\ndragged in by a horse. Fine winter evenings of olden\\ntimes.\\nPossibly the extreme cold weather and snow in that\\nhard winter prevented the grist-mill from being run for\\na time.\\nBenoni Moses was one of the earliest settlers of the\\ntown, and it is probable at least that he left the town\\nprevious to its incorporation. December 2, 1755, Benoni\\nMoses conveyed to Joshua Whitney of Canaan, for \u00c2\u00a3800,\\nOne hundred acres of common land in Norfolk, which be-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 227\\nlongs to the right of Cornelius Brown, which now lies in\\ncommon with the rest of the proprietors, together\\nwith ye house on which I now dwell, and what improve-\\nments I now have. Also one-quarter part of ye saw-mill,\\nwith one-quarter part of all the utensils belonging to the\\nsame; which mill stands between my house and Leftenant\\nSamuel Gaylord s; known by ye name of Brown s saw-mill.\\nDoubtless the first use of the water-power in this town\\nwas to run the saw-mill, which Cornelius Brown built, not\\nlater than 1750, a little above the grist-mill site, about\\nthe north side of the bridge, as at present.\\nThe matter of next importance was the building of a\\ngrist-mill, that the early settlers might have their rye, buck-\\nwheat or wheat ground into flour and their Indian corn into\\nmeal. In 1756, when there were but a few families settled\\nin the town, the proprietors appointed a committee to lay\\nout so much common land as they shall judge needful for\\nthe use of a mill, and also what land they shall think fit for\\nto build a grist-mill on.\\nIn 1757 the grist-mill site, as it was called, was granted\\nto Joshua Whitney, in case he should build and maintain\\na good and sufficient grist-mill, and be ready for business\\nby September 1st of that year. Whitney commenced to\\nbuild but was not able to finish at the specified time. His\\ntime was by vote extended. Later he sold the privilege to\\nAbel Phelps, and by vote of the proprietors the same grant\\nwas confirmed to Phelps, if said Phelps shall finish said\\nmill and give suitable attendance, as said Whitney was to\\ngive, and have the same done by ye first day of July, 1759.\\nThe grist-mill having been provided, the next question\\nin this line which seems to have interested the public mind\\nwas building an iron works. This subject had indeed been\\nagitated earlier, as we find that at a proprietors meeting in\\nMay, 1757, there was appointed a committee of three to\\nlook into the affair of a place for iron works in Norfolk.\\nThe various votes of the proprietors, granting land as\\nencouragement to the persons who w^ould build an iron\\nworks, manufacture iron and maintain the business for\\nfifteen years, are given in another chapter.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAt a proprietors meeting May 7, 1760, it was voted that\\nwe do accept the report of Benajah Douglas and George\\nPalmer this day made respecting building iron works, and\\nestablish their doings respecting leasing ye said works to\\nSamuel Forbes.\\nJanuary 18, 1763, they Voted, To give all our right to\\na certain piece of land lying near the mouth of the Great\\nPond toward the northeast part of the township of Norfolk\\nto him or them who will build a good iron works in\\nsaid Norfolk and have lit to make iron by January 15, 1765.\\nSeptember 19, 1766, Voted, That whereas, Capt. Daniel\\nLawrence, Jr., Thomas Day and Samuel Ransom did all\\nand each of them become bound to the proprietors of Nor-\\nfolk in the penal sum of \u00c2\u00a3500, lawful money, that they\\nwould build a good iron works in said Norfolk somewhere\\nnear the Great Pond, so called, in Norfolk, and to have them\\nfit to make iron by January 15, 1765, now we vote and agree\\nthat we will not ask nor sue said Lawrence and others upon\\nsaid bond for the space of five years after said date. This\\nis the last entry in the proprietors records regarding iron\\nworks.\\nIn his Centennial Address at Litchfield in 1851, Judge\\nChurch said: The manufacture of bloomed iron in the\\nregion of the ore commenced before the organization of the\\nCounty. Thomas Lamb erected a forge at Lime Rock, in\\nSalisbury, as early as 1734, probably the first in the\\nColony. This experiment was soon extensively followed in\\nSalisbury, Canaan, Cornwall and Kent, and there were\\nforges erected also in Norfolk, Colebrook and Litchfield.\\nThe ore was often transported from the ore beds to the\\nforge in leathern sacks, upon horses. Bar iron became here\\na sort of circulating medium, and promissory notes were\\nmore frequently made payable in iron than in money. The\\nfirst furnace in the Colony was built at Lakeville, in Salis-\\nbury, in 1762, by John Hazelton and Ethan Allen of Salis-\\nbury and Samuel Forbes of Canaan. This property fell into\\nthe hands of Richard Smith, an English gentleman, a little\\nbefore the war of the Revolution.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 229\\nUpon this event he returned to England, and the state\\ntook possession of the furnace, and it was employed, under\\nthe agency of Col. Joshua Porter, in the manufacture of\\ncannon, shells and shot, for the use of the army and navy\\nof the country, and sometimes under the supervision of\\nGoverneur Morris and John Jay, agents of the Continental\\nCongress; and after the war, the navy of the United States\\nreceived, to a considerable extent, the guns for its heaviest\\nships from the same establishment.\\nIt is evident that at least Mr. Thomas Day, mentioned\\nabove, was engaged in building and operating an iron\\nworks here in town, but not in the vicinity of the Great\\nPond. Just the date of the completion of the works and of\\nthe beginning of the manufacture of iron does not appear,\\nbut it was probably before 1770.\\nAs to the location of the iron works of Mr. Day, it is given\\nwith much precision in some papers of Dr. Eldridge s, which\\nwere written, at his request, as referred to elsewhere, by\\nDea. James Mars, who says: East of where the woolen\\nfactory of Earl P. Pease stood, the factory that was burnt,\\nagainst Mr. Corbally s blacksmith shop, on the south side\\nof the river, was a forge where they made iron from ore\\nthat was brought from Salisbury. Mr. Thomas Day and\\nbrother had the forge. The father was an old man and lived\\non the lot west of the present Methodist meeting-house.\\nHis son lived near the bridge on the turnpike road. Some\\nof Mr, Day s descendants are living here, Mr. Henry J. Holt\\nand Miss Harriet Holt.\\nThe following from the Norfolk land records may throw\\na little light upon this question of the iron works:\\nJuly 11, 17G8, Captain Abraham Camp, for a considera-\\ntion of \u00c2\u00a319, deeded to Samuel Pettibone, The one-half of\\nthe land which I, the said Camp, bought of Brotherton Sea-\\nward, where the iron works stand. The whole of said land\\nas undivided is bounded northerly, beginning at a stake and\\nstones on the highway that goes from Giles Pettibone s to\\nthe meeting-house; thence southerly in line of said highway\\nten rods, crossing Haystack brook to a heap of stones about", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "230 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nfifteen feet south of said brook; thence westerly in the line\\nof Justus Gaylord s land and part of the land belonging to\\nthose that own the grist-mill, about twenty rods; thence\\nsoutherly about fifteen rods to a stake and stones, a corner\\nof Thomas Curtiss land; thence about twenty rods in the\\nline of said Curtiss land to a heap of stones; thence north-\\nerly to the river, crossing the river in the line of Giles Petti-\\nbone s land to the first bounds, be it more or less, with one-\\neighth part of the iron works and cole-house thereon stand-\\ning; with the utensils thereof, with all the privileges and\\nappurtenances thereunto belonging, unto the said Samuel\\nPettibone.\\nMention is made in the chapter concerning the Revolu-\\ntionary war of an immense chain that was at one time\\nstretched across the Hudson river from shore to shore, in-\\ntended (but failed) to prevent the British from sending their\\nships up the river. The writer has been told that a part of\\nthat immense chain, the links of which were not less than\\none foot in length, made of bar-iron, were made at the iron\\nworks here in Norfolk, and that at the forge at Lake Wan-\\ngum, on Canaan Mountain, the Hanchetts made another\\nsection of that chain.\\nA word more regarding the location of the old Forge or\\nIron Works. Mr. Joseph W. Cone, a native and life-long\\nresident of the town, remembers the old building, and says\\nit stood exactly on the site of the Shear Shop of these\\nmodern days.\\nOf the methods used here in making iron from the ore, it\\nis said that it was sometimes called the sinking process,\\nproducing a form of malleable iron direct from the ore,\\nwithout passing through the stage of fused pig iron. The\\nCatalan Forge, as it was called, is described as a variety\\nof bloomery, being a typical development of the earliest\\ncrude apparatus for extracting iron from its ores. In prin-\\nciple these forges may be considered as a more or less en-\\nlarged blacksmith s, or ordinary rivetting forge, in the bed\\nof which are placed together the ore to be reduced and the\\nfuel, which was hardwood charcoal; the stone bottom cov-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 231\\nered over with a brasque of charcoal powder rammed\\ndown; the blast being applied partly by the direct action\\nof the carbon, partly by the carbon oxide generated. The\\niron ore is gradually reduced to a spongy mass of metal,\\nwhich by stirring is gradually agglutinated into a ball,\\nwhich is removed and worked into bars or blooms. The\\nCatalan Forges of the south of Europe are usually of\\nsuch dimensions as hold from three to ten hundredweight\\nof ore.\\nIron was doubtless the first article manufactured for\\nsale in this town, except possibly lumber and flour. Dea.\\nMars says: The dam for an oil mill was just where the\\ngrist-mill dam now is, the mill being a little below. There\\nwas another oil-mill, perhaps at a little later date, down on\\nBlackberry river, that stood very near the dam of the long\\nstone Hoe, or Axle shop. These mills were for the extrac-\\ntion of the oil from Flax-seed, and for a time doubtless did\\nquite a business. One of the large stones used at the mill\\nlast mentioned for grinding the flax-seed is permanently\\npreserved in a prominent place, being the round horse-block\\nbetween the church and the chapel, where it has already\\ndone duty for fifty years, and seems to be good, if required,\\nfor centuries to come.\\nHaving mentioned the oil-mill just above the grist-mifl\\nsite, Dea. Mars says: We approach the bridge east.\\nWest, and near the bridge, on the south side of the road,\\nwas a fulling mill, where they fulled cloth for men s wear.\\nA few rods east was a shop where the cloth was dressed.\\nMr. Stephen Paine worked it. On the other side of the\\nroad was a saw-mill and a grist-mill.\\nOf other manufacturers of home necessities, of which\\nthere were several operating in a small way, I would men-\\ntion the tanners and curriers of leather, some of whom\\ncombined in a small or larger way the manufacture of boots\\nand shoes, made only to order. One of these was Mr. Na-\\nthaniel Pease, mentioned elsewhere, who carried on boot\\nand shoe-making extensively for those days, frequently em-\\nploying ten or twelve men.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "232 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe process of tanning in those days was somewhat slow,\\nusing as they did oak-bark, the use of hemlock for tanning\\nnot then being known. They used cold liquor (for tanning)\\nentirely, from one to four years being considered necessary\\nto properly tan the heaviest leather.\\nOther tanners and curriers of leather were Owen Brown,\\nfor a few years, mentioned elsewhere; Levi Thompson,\\nSamuel Trescott, who preceded Mr. Levi Shepard, and a\\nnumber of others, most of them operating only in a. small\\nway.\\nAnother most necessary class of artizans in those days\\nwere called the blacksmiths. The humiliation and chagrin\\nof some of the generation now on earth has been expressed\\nin this way: Why must you, whenever you mention my\\ngrandfather, always find it necessary to add, he was a\\nblacksmith? Let such be forever comforted with the\\nassurance that these artists in iron were manufacturers of\\nbuilders hardware, etc., all the nails, the hinges, the han-\\ndles, the latches, the catches, the locks, the bolts, etc.,\\nnecessary to build and finish a house having been made in\\ntheir manufactories, as well as many useful and necessary\\narticles for the household, all the agricultural implements\\nfor the farmers, most of the tools of the carpenter and\\nother mechanics, and numerous other articles. One of\\nthese artizans named Canfield had his plant near where the\\nNorfolk Bank Building stands, in the early days. Mr. Asa\\nFoot was planted at the corner of Greenwoods road and\\nMaple avenue. On Beech Flats Captain Benjamin Bigelow\\nwas for those days an extensive manufacturer of hand-\\nwrought nails, and introduced the first machine in this\\nregion for making cut-nails, which were not looked upon\\nwith favor. A half mile farther east was located one of the\\nimportant iron manufacturers and prominent men of the\\ntown. Mr. Hopestill Welch had his residence between the\\ntwo roads, but a short distance east of the Pond Hill school-\\nhouse, his shop being located upon the north side of the\\nColebrook road, not far distant. Mr. Welch was able not\\nonly to conduct successfully his manufacturing business,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 233\\nbut also to serve his town and the state as a soldier in the\\nFrench war, and later in the war of the Revolution, and\\nthis in addition to rearing a noble family of three sons and\\nten daughters, mentioned at length elsewhere, many of the\\ndescendants of whom have been and still are among the\\nmost distinguished and honored natives of the town during\\nits entire history.\\nMr. Vine Welch, a son of Hopestill Welch, had for a time\\na blacksmith shop, and his house, near where Johnson s\\ndrug store now stands. Mr. Welch after a few years emi-\\ngrated west.\\nThere was a potashery in the early days near where\\nthe Village Hall now stands, run, it is said, for many\\nyears by Esq. Battelle in connection with his store, thus\\nmaking a market for wood-ashes.\\nOne of the earliest manufacturing industries in the town\\nwas the Woolen Factory, started by Mr. Earl P. Pease, a\\nnative of the town. In November, 1805, Silas Hills deeded\\nto Earl P. Pease 4 acres of land on the east side of the\\nturnpike, bounded north on Giles Pettibone and south on\\nBenjamin Welch, with my dwelling house; and one other\\npiece, with buildings, and carding machines, tools and priv-\\nileges. He built first a small factory by the side of the\\nturnpike, across the stream from where the large Woolen\\nFactory was built later, which he operated for a number of\\nyears. This was probably burned and a larger factory built.\\nMr, John H. Bennett says: Mr. Pease had the first card-\\ning machine and cloth dressing works in Norfolk. The wool\\nwas received and cleansed and carded, then taken home\\nand spun and woven, and the cloth returned to be dyed and\\nnapped and pressed. This home-made cloth was very\\ndurable, in general use, as good as any made in this country,\\nbut would not be called handsome in these days. The first\\ncarding machines were imported, very expensive, with\\nhardly any resemblance to the ones now in use. A part\\nof the foundation of the old Pease factory is still there.\\nHe manufactured a fine broadcloth and fulled cloths.\\nFrom the records it is apparent that Mr. Pease operated", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nquite extensively for those days. His factory was burned\\ntwice, at least. He became financially embarrassed, was\\nhelped over this hard place by some of his well-to-do towns-\\nmen, rebuilt and continued his business for several years\\nagain, and finally gave up the struggle. Between the years\\n1814 and 1818 several conveyances of real estate were made\\nto Mr. Pease in connection with his business of manufac-\\nturing. In December, 1818, in a mortgage deed given by\\nMr. Pease to Nathaniel Stevens and Joseph Battell, mention\\nis made of the land on the east side of the turnpike, the\\ndwelling house in which I live and the shop adjoining, the\\nland leased to me by Lemuel Akins; another piece lying on\\nthe turnpike, with fulling-mill, carding-mill, cloth-shops,\\ndye-houses, tools, etc. This mortgage was cancelled in\\nMay, 1821.\\nIn July, 1822, a mortgage was given to Wm. H. Imlay of\\nHartford, to secure notes payable at the Hartford Bank,\\nupon the woolen-factory and machinery, clothing-shop,\\ntools, water privileges, dwelling houses, land, etc. Said\\nproperty is now under mortgage to Joseph Battell.\\nJanuary 18, 1823, Mr. Pease assigned to Messrs. Augustus\\nPettibone, Michael F. Mills and Salmon Pease of Canaan,\\nGrantees in trust of my estate, for the purpose of paying\\ncertain debts, the property already mentioned being speci-\\nfied; also a piece of land on Ragged mountain, so called,\\netc.\\nHis business matters seem to have been satisfactorily\\nadjusted, and he went on again. In February, 1825, Mr.\\nPease gave a mortgage to Augustus Pettibone and Michael\\nF. Mills, upon the new fulling mill about ten rods below\\nmy woolen factory on the same stream, etc.\\nJust how long Mr. Pease continued manufacturing woolen\\ngoods does not clearly appear. June 30, 1833, Mr. Wm. H.\\nImlay of Hartford deeded to Wm. R. Slade and John J.\\nFenn of Hartford the woolen factory, fulling-mill, buildings,\\ndwellings, privileges, implements of every kind thereto be-\\nlonging, etc., in Norfolk, taking a mortgage upon all the\\nproperty.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 235\\nJuly, 1834, there was an additional mortgage put upon\\nthe machinery, etc., in the factory; a partial list of the\\narticles enumerated is of interest, showing as it does some-\\nthing of the extent of the plant, viz., Three double carding\\nmachines. One jack of 160 spindles. One picker. Six\\npower-looms. Two teazling gigs. Three shearing machines.\\nOne brusher. One clothier s press. One steamer. 7,000\\nbobbins, etc., etc., all of which articles are in the third story\\nof our factory building. One fulling-mill. One Indigo-\\nmill. Two blue dye vats. Copper and iron kettles. One\\nturning-lathe and tools; carpenter s shop and tools being\\nunder the same roof as the dye-house. One bell and light-\\nning-rod on said factory, etc.\\nMessrs Slade and Fenn continued the business about two\\nyears. July 30, 1835, they quit-claimed absolutely all right,\\ntitle and interest in and to the woolen factory property in\\nNorfolk to Mr. Imlay.\\nFor some time, probably about two years, Lawrence and\\nSwift operated the Woolen Factory, manufacturing cloth,\\nit is said. It does not appear from the records that they\\npurchased or owned the woolen factory property, and prob-\\nably they leased the entire plant from some of the former\\nowners, the assignees, mortgagees or others. Mr. E. Grove\\nLawrence and Mr. James C. Swift composed the firm. They\\nbuilt a store on the Flatiron, as it was called, conducted it\\nfor some time, sold it, built the old Ryan store, carried on\\nbusiness there for a time and sold that out to the Ryans, as\\nis elsewhere mentioned.\\nSeptember 29, 1836, Mr. Wm. H. Imlay of Hartford\\ndeeded the woolen factory property, the fulling-mills, all\\nmachinery, etc., to John Ryan, Edward E. Ryan and\\nMatthew Ryan of Norfolk, and Charles Ryan of Dudley,\\nMass., who formed the firm of J. E. E. Ryan Co. After\\na few conveyances of land, dwelling houses, etc., made soon\\nafter to The Ryans, as they were called, Mr. Imlay dis-\\nappeared from the scene.\\nJuly 7, 1840, Mr. Warren Cone, who had been a manu-\\nfacturer of scythes for several years, as is mentioned else-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF XORFOLK.\\nwhere, conveyed to Willard Button his scj the shop, build-\\nings and land, bounded by the Forge privilege, the Mill\\nprivilege, etc. This property v^^as conveyed in 1841 by Mr.\\nDutton to Mr. Wm. P. Judd, who seems to have changed\\nit to a tan-house, and in 1843 Mr. Judd and Mr. E. Grove\\nLawrence conveyed the property to J. E. E. Ryan Co.,\\nwho changed it into a dye-house.\\nIn January, 1841, Mr, Theodore Gains conveyed to J.\\nE. E. Ryan Co. one acre of land beginning at the N. W.\\ncorner of the home farm of Lemuel Akins, deceased, in line\\nof the Greenwoods turnpike, with the timber, lumber and\\nsaw-mill frame and fixtures, water-wheel, etc. The above\\nland and premises is the same I purchased of Sylvester\\nBradley.\\nFor twenty years or more the Ryans did a large business\\nmanufacturing broadcloths, satinets, cassimeres and woolen\\ngoods of various descriptions, mostly for the southern\\ntrade. They were enterprising business men, and excellent\\ncitizens, who did much for the town in helping business of\\nall kinds, giving employment to a large number of men and\\nwomen, making a market for lumber, wood, wool and all\\nkinds of farmers produce. About 1850 they built the large\\nfour-story factory building upon the site now occupied by\\nthe Aetna Silk Company s Mill. To secure a reservoir of\\nwater for an emergency, they obtained by purchase from\\nA. S. Tibbals and others the right to Tobey Pond, built\\nand strengthened the dam there, and improved the natural\\nwater course from Tobey to their own mill pond. Soon after\\ncoming here they bought out the store of Lawrence and\\nSwift, where they conducted a large mercantile business,\\nMr. Matthew Ryan being the merchant, and with his son\\nCharles continued that branch of the business several years\\nafter the factory was shut down, until their death. Mr.\\nJohn Ryan was the financier and business manager, being\\nably seconded by Mr. Edward E. Ryan, who was the active\\noutside man and general agent. Financial embarrassments\\ncame upon the firm a few years prior to the breaking out\\nof the civil war. The firm was broken up about the be-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 237\\nginning of the year 1S57. Mr. John Ryan, who was an\\neducated man and true gentleman, soon left town, and\\nwent into the practice of the law in Illinois, where he was\\nquite successful. Mr. Edward E. Ryan returned to Massa-\\nchusetts and soon afterward went West. When the latter\\nwas about leaving town he said to a friend: I have spent\\ntwenty of the best years of my life in Norfolk; have used\\nmy best efforts in business, and leave the town poorer by\\nseveral thousands of dollars than when I came here a young\\nman.\\nUpon the breaking up of the firm of J. E. E. Ryan\\nGo., the Norfolk Woolen Company was organized, with an\\nadvertised capital of $73,000. A. A. Lane of New York\\nwas President; T. Ransom of Bridgeport, Treasurer;\\nMatthew Ryan of Norfolk, Secretary, This Company did\\nsome business for a time, but not long after was broken up,\\nand the property passed into the hands of outside parties.\\nThe large factory building and machinery had stood idle\\nfor many months, was kept insured, and just as the war\\nbroke out in the spring of 1861 the factory was burned by\\nan incendiary fire unquestionably; and forthwith there was\\nwork for every woolen factory in the country, day and\\nnight.\\nThe next water privilege on the stream below was first\\nused about 1830 by Jonathan Kilbourn, w^ho had previously\\nbeen in business in Colebrook, his native place. He put in\\na carding machine and made from the wool rolls, as they\\nwere called, from which women spun yarn for knitting, and\\nthe yarn which they wove into cloth on hand looms. This\\ncloth was then taken to Mr. Kilbourn s factory, dyed, fulled,\\ndressed and finished. About 1840 the carding of rolls and\\nspinning of yarn by women on hand wheels began to be\\nsuperseded by the spinning jack, which spun yarn for\\nhand-knitting. In about 1843 Mr. Kilbourn and his son\\nHenry put in a spinning jack and power looms, made yarn\\nand satinet, and, as mentioned elsewhere, also made wooden\\nbowls. Other enterprises started at this place are men-\\ntioned below. Blackberry River furnished the power for", "height": "3454", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nrunning machinery, and must have been a more permanent\\nstream then than recently, before the heavy timber in the\\nvalleys and on the hills had been cut off. Large wooden\\nover-shot wheels were used, which furnished at that time\\nample power.\\nThe first iron wheel in town was put in for the Norfolk\\nManufacturing Company in 1852, in the stone building now\\nowned and used by the Hosiery Company, and was liked\\nso well that others put in iron when their wooden wheels\\ngave out. Now there is not a wooden water wheel in any\\nbuilding on the stream.\\nAbout the middle of the century textile manufacturing\\nseemed to increase, and yarn made in factories for hand\\nknitting became so plenty and cheap that the old-fashioned\\nhand spinning wheel was laid aside with the hand weaving\\nlooms, and nearly all cloth and yarn was made in the fac-\\ntories. Machine knitting had not then come into general\\nuse, and fashioned hosiery was hardly known, being knit\\non hand frames, and too expensive for general use.\\nSeveral companies were formed in this town for the pur-\\npose of manufacturing, subsequent to 1850, most of which\\nhad a rather brief existence.\\nSome of these companies were: The Norfolk Manufac-\\nturing Company, organized 1852, for the manufacture of\\nCotton Warp, Knitting Cotton and Wrapping Twine; John\\nJ. Hinchman, President; Joseph K. Kilbourne, Secretary.\\nThe stone mill, long owned and occupied by the Hosiery\\nCompany, was built in 1852 by Mr. Hinchman, who was a\\nprominent man in the Hosiery Co.\\nThe Welaka Company, organized 1854, capital $15,000.\\nManufacturers of Woolen Yarn; William W. Welch, Presi-\\ndent; Orlo J. Wolcott, Secretary. In 1857 John K. Shepard\\nwas President and S. G. Bird Secretary. The two concerns\\nlast named operated at the old Kilbourn stand. The We-\\nlaka Company failed and their property was sold at auction\\nto Porter, Butler Co. in 1858.\\nJohn H. Welch Company, organized 1854, capital\\n|4,000. Manufacturers of Cotton Hosiery, Wrappers,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 239\\nDrawers, etc. This concern operated some hand machines\\nfor a time in the old gambrel roofed Welch house, and did\\nthe first machine knitting ever done in this town.\\nThe Lawrence Machine Company, organized 1854, capi-\\ntal 125,000. This company built the long stone shop which\\nwas afterward used for various purposes, and a large foun-\\ndry; they put in this shop the second largest overshot water\\nwheel in the country, it was said, it being 42 feet in diam-\\neter. These buildings exhausted the capital of the com-\\npany. The stockholders doubled their stock in 1856 and\\norganized as the Empire Company, capital |50,000. Manu-\\nfacturers of Planters Hoes, Machinery and Castings of\\nevery description. Egbert T. Butler, President; Nathaniel\\nB. Stevens, Secretary, Treasurer and Agent.\\nIn the Norfolk Almanac, for the year of our Lord\\n1856, published for S. D. Northway Mfg. Company, was\\nthe following article:\\nLawrence Machine Company. Capital |2o,000. Estab-\\nlished 1854. E. Ct. Lawrence, President; N. B. Stevens, Sec-\\nretary and Treasurer; A. J. Elwell, Agent. Directors: E.\\nG. Lawrence, Aaron Keyes, O. B. Butler, J. K. Shepard,\\nA. A. Spaulding, E. D. Lawrence, N. B. Stevens, A. J.\\nElwell. This establishment was built the past season, in\\nthe most thorough manner, of beautiful grey granite, quar-\\nried from the surrounding hills.\\nThe main building is 233 feet long by 40 wide, one and\\none-half stories high, with an attic of one story, and wheel\\nhouse attached 80 by 20; pattern house 22 by 40. A shop\\nfor wood work 40 by 70, three stories high, and the whole\\npropelled by a water wheel 43 feet in diameter. They are\\nengaged in the manufacture of Machinery and Castings, of\\nevery description. Also Wagon and Car Axles, Trip Ham-\\nmers, Saw-Mill Cranks, Ship Irons, etc., and in almost every\\narticle in the line of Machinery made of Wood or Iron. This\\nestablishment enjoys unusual facilities for doing work\\nprompt and well, and on the most favorable terms. Orders\\nare respectfully solicited.\\nNorfolk, October 1, 1855.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nN. B. Stevens Co., organized in 1853, had their works\\non what was then named Patmos Island, by some Spirit-\\nualists, and the name still remains. A flourishing business\\nin the manufacture of Planters Hoes was done on Patmos\\nIsland, and later in connection with the Empire Co. Quite\\na little village sprang up, a flourishing store was carried\\non there for a few years, but the breaking out of the civil\\nwar in 1861 put a speedy end to this business on Patmos\\nIsland and in the Stone shop a little farther up the stream.\\nFurther mention of Planters Hoes will be found near the\\nend of this chapter.\\nNot long after the breaking out of the war a company\\nwas formed, and through the effort and influence of Dr.\\nWilliam W. Welch a contract from the U. S. government\\nwas secured for the manufacture of Springfield muskets\\nfor the government, the work being done i i the long stone\\nshop of the Empire Company, but it did not prove a great\\nfinancial success. The first Government contract for Spring-\\nfield muskets was satisfactory. A second contract, when\\nguns were plenty with the Government, was not satisfac-\\ntory. For a time after the war the manufacture of revolv-\\ning pistols was carried on by the same company, which was\\ncalled The Connecticut Arms Company, with about the\\nsame result. Still later this fine plant and water-power\\nwas used by the Hartford Spring and Axle Company for\\nseveral years, but at length they abandoned the place,\\nmoved their machinery to Dunkirk. N. Y., and the fine plant\\nis unused, and going to decay.\\nMr. Augustus Roys and Augustus Smith in South Norfolk\\nstarted about 1835 and carried on a tanning business, tan-\\nning heavy leather. After the death of his father in 1842,\\nHarlow Roys continued the business and erected a large\\nbuilding, tanning principally sheep-skins, building up quite\\na large business. A flourishing village, with a large general\\nstore, Post-Office, etc., sprang up in that locality. Mr. Roys\\nfurnished an Omnibus every Sunday to carry to church at\\nthe centre those from South Norfolk who wished to attend\\nchurch who had not teams, and the omnibus was usually", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 241\\nloaded. In 1855 The S, D. Northway Manufacturing Com-\\npany was organized; Capital, |25,000; some Waterbury\\nmen being interested in the Company, and succeeded Mr.\\nRoys, who went to New York in business. This concern\\nadvertised as Manufacturers of and dealers in all kinds\\nof Leather. Depot, 38 Spruce St., N. Y.; S. D. Northway,\\nPresident; Myron Perry, Secretary, The business of the\\ncompany seemed to flourish for a short time. Their large\\ntannery was burned about 1856 and rebuilt, but not long\\nafterward they went into a decline, and nearly every vestige\\nor sign of their business, their buildings, and of the village\\neven, has disappeared.\\nTo show the contrast between South Norfolk as it is in\\n1900, and as it was in 1856, forty-four years ago, when the\\nlarge tannery was in operation there, when there were en-\\nterprising, well-to-do farmers on all sides, and a thriving\\nvillage had sprung up there, having a flourishing store,\\nPost-Office, etc., the following advertisement of 1856 is\\ninserted: S. D. Northway M fg. Co., South Norfolk, Conn.,\\nManufacturers of Book-binders, Suspender, Pocket-book,\\nPiano-Forte, Trunk, and Boot and Shoe Maker s Leather.\\nDepot, 38 Spruce Street, New York. Also dealers in all\\nkinds of Dry-Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Boots and Shoes,\\nHats and Caps, Crockery, Flour and Provisions, Varnishes,\\nFluid and Phosgene, etc., etc.\\nTheir stock of Dry Goods is complete, and they do not\\nmean to be undersold by their neighbors. Among their\\nstock of Groceries may be found Sugars, as cheap as the\\ncheapest. Teas, black and green. Coffee, ground, burnt\\nand unburnt. Spices of all kinds; Molasses and Stewart s\\nSyrup that is all right; Pork by the barrel and pound; Fish\\nof various kinds; good old Cider Vinegar, etc., etc.\\nAlso Flour, Meal and Feed kept constantly on hand, and\\nfor sale low for Cash, and Cash only. Cheese, butter, pork,\\npoultry, Eggs, etc., wanted, for which the highest market\\nprice will be paid.\\nN. B. Particular attention paid to filling orders for Eng-\\nglish Dairy Cheese, and Butter.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIn 1856 South Norfolk was a busy place. Signs of life\\nand prosperity appeared on all sides. People in wagons\\nand loaded teams coming and going every week day, and\\non Sunday the omnibus with its full load for church. In\\n1900, it is very quiet there.\\nIn 1853 the Norfolk Leather Company was incorporated\\nwith a Capital of |6,000, as manufacturers of and dealers\\nin all kinds of Book-binders Suspender and Pocket-book\\nmakers Leather. Depot, 27 Courtlafidt St., New York.\\nThe first ofiBcers were William W. Welch, President; Eg-\\nbert T. Butler, Secretary. Later, Egbert T. Butler was\\nchosen President and Business Manager, and acted as\\nsuch until the company failed. The stockholders of\\nthis company were William Yale, Harlow Roys, S.\\nD. Northway, Egbert T. Butler, Aaron Keyes, E.\\nGrove Lawrence, Dr. Wm. W. Welch, Edmund Brown\\nand Benjamin W. Crissey. They bought and for\\na time operated a small tannery which had been built\\nin West Norfolk by Wm, Yale. Harlow Roys, it was said,\\nwas the principal business agent of the company. Under\\nthe incorporation laws of the state at that time the stock-\\nholders of a company were liable for all the company s\\ndebts. This Company proved to be the most disastrous\\nbusiness venture to a part of the stockholders, in the history\\nof the town. An enormous debt compared with the capital\\nof the company was incurred by the managers. The coming\\nstorm was foreseen, and all the stockholders took shelter\\nfrom it, save four, and upon those four men fell the entire\\nburden of the enormous debt. Each of the four stock-\\nholders mentioned paid $7,315.78 of the Norfolk Leather\\nCompany s indebtedness.\\nIn 1810 Mr. Samuel Cone and his brother, Mr. Warren\\nCone, then young men, sons of Daniel Hurlbut Cone of Win-\\nchester, came to Norfolk. They at first carried on black-\\nsmithing^ shoeing oxen, etc. In 1811 they bought of Mr.\\nLemuel Akin the mill site just at the foot of Buttermilk\\nFalls, their dam having been formerly known as the An-\\nchor-shop dam, The west part of the dam is still stand-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 243\\ning. This conveyance from Mr. Akin was eighteen rods\\nof ground, beginning at the south-east corner of the old An-\\nchor-shop dam, etc., with privilege of raising the water,\\nbut so that it does not injure the grist-mill and saw-mill\\nwhich stand above; reserving the privilege of taking water\\nfrom the dam or flume as shall be most convenient to carry\\nto a tan-works, if the grantor or his assigns should set up\\nany on land adjoining the conveyed premises. Nor have\\nthe grantees any right to set up an oil-mill on said prem\\nises.\\nOn this privilege the Messrs. Cone built, or used the old\\nAnchor shop, for a Scythe shop, and for several years to-\\ngether successfully manufactured grass and grain scythes,\\nwhich were sold in all this region and what was then the\\nwest, employing a number of men, and running several\\ntrip-hammers. In 1818 Mr. Samuel Cone sold to his brother,\\nMr. Warren Cone, his interest in this mill-privilege, which\\nwas deeded to them by Mr. Akin, Rufus Pettibone, and\\nothers, and also his interest in the house lot, being land\\nconveyed to S. and W. Cone, July, 1816, by Munson C. Gay-\\nlord and wife. Mr, Warren Cone continued the manufac-\\nture of scythes at this place until 1840, when he sold the\\nshop and privilege to Willard Button. The house lot\\nmentioned above, has been known from 1816 until the pres-\\nent time as the Cone place, the original house having\\nbeen built by Edward Strickland about 1750. The old house\\nof the lean-to style, stood a few rods south of the fine\\nhouse which Mr. Cone built in 1836, in a most thorough\\nmanner, and which is still in fine condition. Mr. Cone was\\na prominent man in all town affairs; represented the town\\nin the Legislatures of 1834 and 1838; was chosen Deacon\\nof the Congregational church, November, 1845, and held\\nthe office until his death. May, 1852, at the age of 63.\\nMr. Samuel Cone bought a water-privilege a short dis-\\ntance below the present Hosiery Company s stone mill,\\nwhere he built a scythe shop and manufactured grass and\\ngrain scythes until a short time prior to his death. He\\nbuilt the house in which he lived, which was owned and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\noccupied later by Mr. Elijah Loomis, a Cabinet-maker and\\nUndertaker, and is now the home of Mr. Sylvester Tyrrell.\\nMr. Cone was chosen deacon in May, 1826, resigned the\\noffice, March, 1835, and died in 1836, at the age of 51.\\nCaptain John Dewell, who for many years was a manu-\\nfacturer of grass and grain scythes in West Norfolk, com-\\nmenced business there a little prior to 1830, built the stone\\nscythe-shop and the stone-house which still stands there in\\nfine condition, a lasting monument to his enterprise and\\nto his memory. He was for many years a prominent busi-\\nness man and citizen of the town. A sketch of him will\\nbe found in another chapter.\\nMr. Daniel Cotton for some years manufactured scythes,\\nhis shop being located a short distance from the outlet of\\nDoolittle Pond. Mr. Aro Phelps built a grist-mill at Doo-\\nlittle Pond and David Doolittle ran the mill for some years,\\nand his name was given to the pond. Some old persons liv-\\ning remember Doolittle s mill. There was quite a little vil-\\nlage in that vicinity at one time, called Pond Town.\\nIn the ^Norfolk Tower, a paper published in this town\\nfor a few years, under date of January 10, 1888, is an ar-\\nticle, written by a life-long resident of the town, who is\\nso situated as to be able to give correct history of the early\\ndays of our town. From this article I quote: Norfolk\\nwas incorporated as a town in 1758, with 27 families. The\\nfirst deed was taken by Timothy Hosford of Windsor, it\\nbeing the tract of land of 400 acres now known as the H. J.\\nHolt and E. G. Lawrence farms. The first residence built\\nin town was on these farms. The land was very productive\\nand large crops of grass and grain were raised. They had\\nlarge stocks of Cattle and Sheep. At one time in recent\\nyears E. Grove Lawrence and Darius Camp owned some\\n1,500 sheep. The first county road was built in 1761 from\\nCanaan to New Hartford. It was all a wilderness. The\\nroad was built on the side hill above where the present\\nroad now runs in order to get on dry land and avoid\\nswamps. Near the road east of Mr. Lawrence s farm was\\nthe Nathaniel Pease place. He kept a hotel and also ran", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 245\\na small tannery. Then next came the tannery then owned\\nby Samnel Trescott, which in 1818 was sold to Levi Shep-\\nard, who carried on the business of tanning and shoe mak-\\ning, and Mrs. Shepard a millinery shop. She furnished the\\nladies their hats in all the surrounding towns, as there was\\nno millinery shop nearer than Litchfield. At that time\\nNorfolk was more of a business place than Winsted. There\\nwas a blacksmith shop where the Dewell stone house now\\nstands. The first bolts and nuts made by machinery in this\\ncountry were made here by Mr. A. Allen, who secured a\\npatent, but had not capital to develop the business. He\\ndied soon after and the business was carried on by others.\\nAbout 182.5 a scythe shop was located on the same ground\\nwhere the blacksmith shop stood and was owned by John\\nDewell, who afterwards built a large stone factory on the\\nopposite side of the river, and later the stone house.\\nThe Circular and Price List for Planter s Hoes for\\n1855, was as follows:\\nImproved Cast Steel Planters Hoes, manufactured by N. B.\\nStevens, Norfolk, Conn.\\nThese hoes are made with much care of the best material, and\\nare superior to any other now in use; the best evidence of which is\\nthe increasing demand, and the high recommendations of their ex-\\ncellence which are received from all sections of the planting states.\\nThe undersigned has greatly enlarged and improved his facili-\\nties for manufacturing these Hoes the past summer, and is now\\nprepared to fill orders to almost an unlimited extent.\\nOrders received direct, which will have prompt attention, and\\ngoods delivered to New York City free of charge.\\nOffice in New York, 228 Pearl street.\\nList of Prices for 1855 and 56.\\nPer doz. Per doz.\\nNo. 0, 7 inch, $5.00 for half bright, $5.50 for full bright.\\nNo. 1, 7 1-2 inch, 5.50 for half bright, 6.00 for full bright.\\nNo. 2, 8 inch, 6.00 for half bright, 6.50 for full bright.\\nNo. 3, 8 1-2 inch, 6.50 for half bright, 7.00 for full bright.\\nNo. 4, 9 inch, 7.00 for half bright, 7.50 for full bright.\\nTerms, six months, or 5 per cent, discount for cash.\\nNorfolk, October 1, 185.5. N. B. STEVENS.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nMr. Levi Shepard, as already mentioned, for many years\\nconducted a tannery in West Norfolk on a small stream\\nthat came down from Camp Hollow/ as it was called. He\\nmanufactured Book-binders, Suspender, and Pocket-book-\\nmakers leather. The firm name was for many years Levi\\nShepard Son, and after the death of Mr. Levi Shepard in\\n1880 at the age of more than ninety-five years, the business\\nwas continued by Mr. John K. Shepard. Their business\\nfor a long time seemed very prosperous, but as with a ma-\\njority of Norfolk s manufacturers, financial disaster at\\nlength overtook them, and the business went down. This\\ntannery property has for a number of years been owned\\nby the George Dudley Company of Winsted, but has stood\\nidle a part of the time.\\nMr. Russell Pendleton in about 1850 built and for a short\\ntime operated a small tannery near the site of the old Oil-\\nmill which was owned by Mr. Lemuel Akin and for a time\\nowned and run by Capt. John Bradley and his sons. Mr.\\nPendleton sold out his plant and privilege to the Lawrence\\nMachine Company in 1854, when they built the stone shop\\na little below, and took their power from Mr. Pendleton s\\ndam.\\nIn 1847 Mr. E. Grove Lawrence built and Abram Day,\\nJun., of Canaan was supervisor and superintendent of what\\nwas called a forge and puddling furnace in West Nor-\\nfolk, a little east and not far from the old toll-gate. Mr.\\nDay had been connected with the firm of Huntington Day\\nof Canaan as a practical iron maker, in their puddling fur-\\nnace in East Canaan, of whose business Mr. Richards of\\nNew Jersey, in some reminiscences published a few months\\nago in the Connecticut Western News, says: Huntington\\nDay in East Canaan made iron of a very superior quality\\nfrom Salisbury pig-iron, for the Collins Axe Company of\\nCollinsville. At that time the output of the Collins Co. s\\nworks was 1,600 finished axes per day. Huntington Day\\ncontracted with the Collins Co. to deliver a specified\\namount of iron each month for one year. The price, |100\\nper ton, seems fabulous today, but the iron was entirely\\nsatisfactory to the Collins Co.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "I\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK. 247\\nMr. Lawrence made bar-iron from pig-iron by a process\\nthen comparatively new, consisting of melting pig-iron in\\na furnace with wood. Mr. Day was a descendant of the first\\nmanufacturer of iron in this town, and died in this town\\nJan. 5, 1851, aged 42.\\nFrom 1855 until about 1861 Augustus and Hiram P.\\nLawrence, sons of E. Grove Lawrence, under the firm name\\nof A. H. P. Lawrence, made iron by the sinking process,\\nat the Lawrence Forge in West Norfolk, using ore which\\nwas brought from Port Henry on Lake Champlain, the\\nore being shipped by canal boats to the vicinity of Albany,\\nwhere it was transferred to cars which brought it to\\nCanaan, whence by teams it was hauled to West Norfolk.\\nAn excellent quality of iron was made from this ore,\\nsome of which was used for making steel at the Steel Works\\nin Colebrook, and other places. This iron brought from\\n|90 to 1100 per ton.\\nWhen this Lawrence Forge was shut down about 1860,\\nthere was a considerable quantity of this iron on hand,\\nwhich was sold two or three years later, when prices were\\ngreatly inflated, for |200 per ton, the Winsted Manufac-\\nturing Company, manufacturers of tools, being the pur-\\nchasers of the iron at that price.\\nSome of the smaller industries in other parts of the\\ntown were a saw-mill, at the outlet of Wood Creek, owned\\nby Mr. David Gaylord in about 1830, and later in the same\\nlocation, a Cabinet Manufactory, operated for several\\nyears by Mr. Frederick E. Porter, where some very nice\\nCabinet work was done. Mr. Rowland has a saw-mill on\\nthe same site at present, and Mr. William Scoville the old\\nCabinet Shop.\\nMr. Pliny Foot carried on a tannery at his place very\\nnear Grantville, where he did quite a flourishing, profitable\\nbusiness for many years, in connection with a small farm.\\nHe tanned calf-skins, and made other kinds of heavy\\nleather.\\nMr. Stephen Norton, one of the early settlers of the\\ntown, built and for many years kept a tavern which was", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "248 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nlocated in the South End district, not far from the ceme-\\ntery, at the corner of the Winchester road and the road to\\n(rrantville. He also built and ran for a time a small grist-\\nmill, located on a small stream east of his house.\\nThere was a quite extensive use of a small water-power\\nnear Grantville for many years by different members of\\nthe Grant family. A saw-mill was built in the early days\\nand operated by different members of the family; the last\\none who ran it extensively was Mr. Harry M. Grant, who\\ndied in 1870. A factory for the manufacture of cheese-\\nboxep was also built and operated in connection with the\\nsaw-mill, the first one mentioned as running this factory\\nbeing Mr. Garry Cook Grant, who died in 1839, and later\\nit was run by Mr.Harry M. Grant. The old buildings were\\nburned not many years since. Some members of the Grant\\nfamily also built and operated for a time, but not very ex-\\ntensively, a grist-mill in the same neighborhood, which\\nalso has entirely disappeared.\\nMr. E. Lyman Gaylord writes: It may be news to the\\npeople of Norfolk that clocks were ever made in town, yet\\nsuch was the fact. Not long after the Green Woods Turn-\\npike was opened and my father s tavern-house was built,\\nhis brother, Norton Gaylord, built a small clock shop on\\nthe stream that ran through the farm, made clocks there\\nand sent them south to be sold. About 1812 a big freshet\\nsuddenly tore away the dam, and the rush of water under-\\nmined the shop and toppled it over. He then moved to\\nHomer, N. Y., and engaged in clock-making there. This\\nwas the Timothy Gaylord tavern place mentioned else-\\nwhere; owned after Mr. Gay lord s death by Mr. Samuel\\nSeymour and his son, Rufus P. Seymour; now known as the\\nHiggins place. Boyd says: In 1811, Eleazer Hawley from\\nNorfolk, a clock maker, came to Wlnsted, lived and raised\\na family in a house at the top of the hill above the Wood-\\nruff tannery. This simply confirms Mr. Gaylord s men-\\ntion of the Norfolk Clock Shop.\\nOn Roaring-brook, as it was called, which runs on the\\neasterly end of Canaan mountain, north, toward Black-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "HIS1X)RY OF NORFOLK. 249\\nberry river, Mr. Samuel S. Camp built a saw-mill and\\ncheese-box factory, and for years did quite a business there,\\nbut like many other enterprises, this had its day, went into\\ndisuse and at length disappeared.\\nEsq. Edmund Brown in his early life built a saw-mill on\\nhis farm, where for the larger part of his life he did quite\\nan extensive business in the manufacture of lumber, for\\nhimself and his neighbors. The same old mill is yet there,\\nbut only at times is it in operation. It was enlarged, re-\\nbuilt and circular saws put in about 1876.\\nThere was a shingle-mill, that stood nearly opposite the\\ngrist-mill house, which was run for a short time by Mr.\\nAmos Baldwin and later by Mr, James Cowles, where\\nshingles were cut by a large machine from chestnut blocks.\\nThis mill-privilege was used at an earlier date as a Hammer\\nand Blacksmith shop, and was not far from the site of the\\nold Oil-mill mentioned elsewhere.\\nTHE NORFOLK HOSIERY COMPANY.\\nThe following article, regarding the knitting business\\nhalf a century ago, Mr. Kilbourn s invention of knitting\\nmachinery, the early manufacture of knitting yarns in this\\ntown, the organization of the Norfolk Hosiery Company,\\netc., was kindly written by Mr. Edward E. Kilbourn for\\nthis history, at the request of the compiler. The business\\nof the Hosiery Company has been one of the very few manu-\\nfacturing enterprises of this town that has been success-\\nful. Mr. Kilbourn s inventions, worked a revolution in\\nthe manufacture of underwear and hosiery, not only in\\nthis country, but throughout the world, and caused the\\nsuccess of this business enterprise. To him all honor is\\ndue, and through him this his native town is honored, and\\nher name is known and read in all the lands. Brief men-\\ntion had been made of this, in connection with other manu-\\nfacturing enterprises of the town previous to the receipt\\nof Mr. Kilbourn s article, which is the following:\\nMy father, Jonathan S. Kilbourn, bought the property\\nwhere the Kilbourn factory stood probably in 1830, building", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe old mill about that time. The old milf was originally\\nused for a carding and finishing mill, the wool brought\\nin by the farmers, carded into rolls for spinning, taken\\nhome and spun on the hand wheel, woven on a hand loom,\\nand the cloth brought back to be fulled, dyed and finished.\\nA part of the building was also used for making wooden\\nbowls. About 1844 my oldest brother went into company\\nwith father, the firm name being J. S. Kilbourn Son, put-\\nting in additional carding, spinning and weaving ma-\\nchinery, abandoning the manufacture of wooden bowls and\\nengaging in the manufacture of satinettes, cashmere, flan-\\nnel and stocking yarn. About 1850 father retired from the\\nbusiness, the business being then carried on by my two\\nbrothers under the firm name of H. C. J. K. Kilbourn.\\nThey put up some additional buildings, including the brick\\nbuilding, increased the carding and spinning machinery,\\ngiving up the manufacture of cloth, making knitting yarn\\nexclusively. They also bought the Solomon Curtis farm\\nat about this time and laid out the row of building lots on\\nthe south side of the stream. About 1854 the mill was\\nsold to The Welaka Co., and eventually sold by them to the\\npresent owners.\\nAbout 1852, J. J. Hinchrnan of New York bought of Rob-\\nbins Battell the property on which the stone mill of The\\nHosiery Co. now stands. In connection with brother Jo-\\nseph he built the stone mill, filling it with cotton machinery\\nand running it for the manufacture of cotton knitting yarn,\\nselling it in 1857 to The Norfolk Hosiery Co.\\nThe knitting business was started in 1854. The knitting\\nbusiness in Philadelphia (now one of the large industries\\nof that city) was then in its infancy, being mainly carried\\non by English Hand Knitters, who had brought over their\\nold hand frames and worked then in a small way. Through\\nJ. J. Hinchman, both the cotton and woolen mill had been\\nsupplying yarn to these knitters. I had been engaged with\\nmy brothers in both the cotton and woolen mill and was\\nlooking for an opening to start in business for myself. My\\nbrother Joseph, through his connection with Mr. Hinch-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 251\\nman. had got the idea there was a good opening in the\\nknitting business and urged me to take it up. While I had\\na very good knowledge of the business as far as the manu-\\nfacture of yarn was concerned, I did not even know how a\\nknitting machine looked, when we commenced to discuss\\nthe matter, but as a result of this discussion, I formed a\\npartnership in the summer of 1854 with Doctors W. W.\\nand J. H. Welch under the firm name of J. H. Welch Co.\\nto engage in the manufacture of hosiery and knitting ma-\\nchines; the capital to be |1,000. Visiting Philadelphia to\\nget what information I could, I ordered built one of the\\nold hand machines then in use. On this trip I conceived\\nthe idea of a new knitting machine, and on my return home\\nI explained my ideas to my brother Joseph, and after con-\\nsulting with the Welches, decided while waiting for the\\nmachine I had bought, to go on and build my new ma-\\nchine. We started with the expectation of spending less\\nthan flOO on the machine and completing it in a few weeks.\\nBefore the machine was perfected, and the business estab-\\nlished on a paying basis, so that the enterprise commenced\\npaying regular dividends to its stockholders, over thirteen\\nyears was spent, and over |400,000 cash, actually expended\\non the enterprise, in addition to all the earnings but about\\n112,000, for the thirteen years. On the receipt of the ma-\\nchines I had bought, I left my experimenting long enough\\nto learn to run the machine myself, hired a man and taught\\nhim to run it, and went back to my experimenting. We\\nafterwards bought more of the hand machines and manu-\\nfactured Half Hose in a moderate way, but my time was\\nlargely put into the new machine. At the organization of\\nthe Norfolk Hosiery Co., the Welches retained the old hand\\nmachines, and I believe run them for a time. While I was\\nthe active worker in our experiments, my brother Joseph\\nwas constantly working in consultation with me for the\\nfirst three years, and was joint patentee of the invention.\\nIn 1857 our invention was so far completed that we thought\\nit was ready for practical use. The capital furnished by\\nthe Welches had grown from |1,000 to about |10,000, and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "252 HISTORY OF NORFOLK\\nwe needed more capital to develop it. Dr. Win. W. Welch\\nsecured the co-operation of Mr. Lucius Porter and together\\nthey raised the capital of |75,000, for The Norfolk Hosiery\\nCo., considerable of the capital being secured by Mr. Porter\\nfrom capitalists in New Brunswick, New Jersey, whom he\\nwas associated with in other enterprises, the new com-\\npany purchasing all the rights in the invention of the\\nWelches, my brother and myself, and also the cotton mill\\nof Mr. Hinchman. The new company commenced the build-\\ning of machines and the manufacture of goods, selling\\nsome thirty machines to a mill in Manchester, Conn., which\\nwas burned down soon after starting. In 1859, Mr. Porter\\nand myself visited England to try and dispose of our\\npatents. We found that our machine was far in advance\\nof anything they had there, but English manufacturers\\nwere not disposed to adopt it; in fact, the largest English\\nmanufacturer of hosiery after spending nearly a day exam-\\nining our machine told us frankly that while our machine\\nwas far in advance of an3-thing they had, and if it ever was\\nintroduced he would be obliged to adopt it, his invest-\\nment in the old style machines was so large that he con-\\nsidered it for his interest to prevent its introduction if he\\ncould. We came home intending to build a number of ma-\\nchines and go back with them and force the English manu-\\nfacturers to adopt them, but the illness of Mr. Porter s wife\\nand the disturbance ending in Civil War delayed us, and\\nafter passage of the Morrill Tariff, we were so fully em-\\nployed here that we never went back. Some years were\\nspent in getting machines perfected and business estab-\\nlished, but in 1863 the mill was in successful operation with\\nall the machines that could be run in the building. Needing\\nmore room for further development of the business, it was\\nproposed by the New Brunswick stockholders that we\\nshould buy a mill in New Brunswick, and the Norfolk\\nNew Brunswick Hosiery Co., organized in New Jersey with\\na capital of |300,000, bought the plant of The Norfolk\\nHosiery Co., including the American Patents, and from\\nthat time their main business has been carried on in New\\nBrunswick,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "mSTOEY OF NORFOLK. 253\\nTo look after my interests in the improvements I had\\nmade in Spinning machinery, I left the active employ of\\nThe Norfolk New Brunswick Hosiery Co. in 1868 or 1869.\\nWhen I commenced my experiments, the knitting business\\nwas in its infancy in the country, the English manufac-\\nturers having full control of our markets in all fine fash-\\nioned goods. When I left the employ of The Norfolk\\nNew Brunswick Hosiery Co., they had been doing for some\\nyears a very successful business in the manufacture of fine\\nfashioned underwear and hosiery, competing successfully\\nwith the best English manufacturers and to a large extent\\ndisplacing their goods.\\nThe following from a publication of The Norfolk and\\nNew Brunswick Hosiery Company will be of interest:\\nTo the Messrs. J. K. and E. E. Kilt ourn, who were, prior to 1857,\\nmanufacturers of yarn in the town of Norfolk, Conn., was reserved\\nthe invention of a new departure from the general plan followed\\nin the construction of knitting-machines.\\nTheir idea was to knit into garments the product of their yarn\\nmill, and, procuring a hand frame as a basis, they introduced\\nimprovements of such an original character that the skilled operator\\nof the hand frame would fail to recognize in the improved ma-\\nchine any similarity of design or construction; they conceived an\\noriginal idea of automatic motion, which, in fact, had been at-\\ntempted, but never before accomplished. These machines, the first\\ninvention of the brothers Kilbourn, are now adapted to the finest\\nwork, and can be run at the highest rate of speed. The material\\nis knit to any required width or shape by the wonderful automatic\\nmotion, and a full fashioned garment is produced.\\nIn 1857 there was established at Norfolk, Conn., a manufactory\\nwith a capital stock of .?75,000, at which time Mr. L. P. Porter\\nunited with the Kilbourn brothers in the enterprise. Such was the\\nIncreased demand for these goods that the business was enlarged,\\nand in 1863 a new company was incorporated, to be known as the\\nNorfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company. The old cotton\\nfactory of Col. Neilson, in New Brunswick, N. J., was purchased\\nat that date, and the buildings now occupied, covering five acres,\\nform an imposing group, in which is found everything that is most\\nmodern and convenient in factory construction. These vast knit-\\nting mills present to the visitor a display of wonderful mechanical\\ngenius and the highest sanitary conditions of light, ventilation, and\\nsafety from accident and fire.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe factories in Norfolk, Conn., are still in successful operation,\\nturning out a large amount of a coarser grade of work, for whicli\\nthere is an extensive demand. But the plant at New Brunswick,\\nN. J., is devoted to the best and finest grades of material that expert\\njudgment can select, and in the best styles that human skill can\\nproduce. The business has grown to its present vast proportions\\nbecause of the solid excellence of the goods which they have put\\nupon the market, and because their manufactured product can com-\\npete, for fineness of quality, durability of texture and perfection of\\nfinish with any goods in the world\u00e2\u0080\u0094 even those from the great knit-\\nting centers of Europe.\\nThe Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company, which was\\nthe pioneer In extensive manufacture of their specialty, has been a\\nfactor in the commercial world for more than one-third of a century.\\nFrom its complete organization of practical business men, and its\\nextensive equipment of perfected methods of manufacture, as well\\nas from the expert knowledge of the natural products used by the\\nskilled labor employed, the corporation is prepared at every step to\\nwarrant the quality of material, care in manufacture and finish, to\\nbe precisely as has been represented by its trusted and authorized\\nagents. In fact, the goods which bear the trade-mark of this com-\\nI any are the acknowledged standard in American knit wear for\\ngeneral all-around excellence; and no retail dealer in furnishing\\ngoods of the best quality can meet the demands of his customers\\nwithout a full line of the superior productions of this mammoth\\nestablishment in the manufacture of knitted garments.\\nTHE .^TNA SILK COMPANY.\\nOne of the few successful manufacturing industries of\\nthis town has been the Aetna Silk Company, from its or-\\nganization in 1878 until the present time. They occupy, as\\nis stated below, the old Woolen Company s privilege; their\\nfactory standing on the site of the Ryan Factory, which\\nwas burned in 1861.\\nIn the spring of 1873 Charles Morse and William Swift,\\nwho had been engaged in the silk business in Meriden for\\nseveral years, moved their machinery into the building on\\nPatmos Island known as the Hoe Shop. They took the\\nname of the Norfolk Silk Company, remodeled the build-\\ning and made various varieties of spool silk. Mr. Swift\\nsoon severed his connection with the Company and Mr.\\nMorse continued the business alone until the spring of 1876.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 255\\nThe mill remained vacant from that time until Jan. 1, 1878,\\nwhen the Aetna Silk Company was formed. This Com-\\npany was organized by Mr. Joseph Selden, who came to\\nNorfolk from Bockville, Conn., in 1875 as agent of the Hart-\\nford Axle Company. The capital of the Aetna Silk Com-\\npany was at first $10,000. Its oflBcers were Robbins Battell,\\nPresident; Joseph B. Eldridge, Treasurer, and Mr. Selden,\\nAgent. Mr. F. E. Porter and Mr. L. L. Whiting were also\\nStockholders and Directors of the Company. In 1879 it\\npurchased the property on which the business was com-\\nmenced, and in 1883 rented the building erected for them\\nby Mr. Eldridge on the site of the old Ryan mill. After\\nMr. Battell s death Mr. Selden was elected President. Mr.\\nJohn D. Bassett joined the Company in 1893 and has since\\nserved as Secretary. Mr. A. P. Atwood, who was formerly\\nSuperintendent for Mr. Morse, has filled a similar position\\nwith the Aetna Company from the start. The Company has\\nalways enjoyed a prosperous business. Their capital and\\nsurplus have increased to over |40,000 and their plant and\\npay roll have been multiplied four fold since the first years.\\nThey confine themselves to standard silk threads for manu-\\nfacturers use, but make all shades and sizes. They sell\\ntheir own goods in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,\\nRochester, Gloversville, N. Y., and Amesbury. Mass., under\\nthe superintendence of the home office.\\nVARIOUS OTHER ENTERPRISES.\\nQuite an extensive business was done for some years\\nat the old Grist-mill, in the manufacture of wheat, rye, and\\nbuck-wheat flour, which was sold not only here, but in all\\nthe adjoining towns. The wheat and other grains were\\nbought in all these towns, as well as in the towns of western\\nLitchfield, Southern Berkshire, and Dutchess Counties. At\\none time, about 1837, there was a short crop of wheat in\\nthis region. The western wheat fields were then known\\nonly as part of the Great American Desert, as the geog-\\nraphys of that day called the western country. A large\\nquantity of Odessa wheat, from near the Black Sea in", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "256 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nSouthern Europe, was brought from New York to Norfolk,\\ncoming up the Hudson river to Hudson, and made into\\nflour at this mill.\\nDea. Jonathan Kilbourn operated, in connection with his\\nother business, mentioned elsewhere, a dish-mill for sev-\\neral years, and turned out large quantities of wooden bowls,\\nwhich were sold in all the region around, and many speci-\\nmens still exist in the old homes. Those turned from white\\nash knots were especially fine and valuable, and knots in\\nthe great old sugar maples, soft-maples, ash, beech and\\nbirch trees were sought in the forests and brought a high\\nprice. These wooden bowls were turned with peculiar\\nchisels, a single large knot or block making a whole nes t,\\nin size from very small ones up to those nearly two feet\\nacross, which were used for a variety of purposes: bread-\\nbowls, butter-bowls, chopping-bowls, etc. The grain of\\nsome of those turned from knots was very handsome, and\\nthe bowls very strong and durable.\\nIn this heavily w^ooded country in the early days saw-\\nmills were naturally quite numerous. In the extreme south\\npart of the town, Hall meadow, it is called, mentioned else-\\nwhere, Mr. Jeremiah Johnson for some years did quite a\\nbusiness with a saw-mill, cheese-box factory, etc., and later\\nit was run by Philemon Johnson and others, using the\\nwater-power from the Naugatuck river. This plant, too,\\nis now unused.\\nThere was for a time a saw-mill and cheese-box shop in\\nMeekertowm, a little distance below Dolphin or Balcom\\npond, which is the source of the Naugatuck river. This\\nmill long since disappeared. It was owned and operated\\nby Joshua Beach, Amos Baldwin, Amos Gilbert, Myron\\nJohnson and others, at various times.\\nThere was also a saw-mill for some years a short dis-\\ntance below the outlet of Tobey pond, west from the present\\nGolf links. This, too, is gone and forgotten.\\nMr. Joseph Gaylord and his successors for many years\\nmaintained a saw-mill on the Wood Creek stream, about\\na half-mile below the site of the mill of David Gaylord.\\nThis also is now unknown.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "II\\nI\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK. 257.\\nAt the outlet of Doolittle, or The Great Pond/ there was\\nfor many years a saw-mill, of which very little remains to\\neven mark the place.\\nAt the outlet of Benedict lake, Smith pond, or Little\\npond, situated near The Great Pond, different genera-\\ntions* by the name of Benedict for many years operated a\\nsaw-mill, from an early period until within a few years.\\nr ea. Dudley Norton and Jennison J. Whiting for some\\nyears operated a steam saw-mill on Dea. Norton s farm in\\nthe north part of the town, where a large quantity of pine\\nlumber was cut. This, too, long since was gone.\\nFor several years past a steam saw-mill has been in opera-\\ntion in the west part of the town, near the Crissey pond\\nand elsewhere, where large quantities of hemlock lumber\\nare cut, the mill being moved from time to time from one\\npiece of timber to another.\\nThe most unique enterprise was the building of a shop\\nfor the manufacture of cheese-boxes on the side hill a little\\nway south of the Bridgeman mansion, on the rivulet which\\ncomes down from Button hill. This proved a dry privilege,\\nand the eight-foot overshot wheel failed to turn the water\\nsupply proving too unreliable for practical use.\\nMr. Philo Smith and his son, Obadiah, for some years\\noperated a saw-mill and cheese-box shop on the stream\\nsouth of their residence near Grantville. Of this also it\\ncan only be said, it has disappeared.\\nIn those early days there was a great amount of Eng-\\nlish Dairy Cheese, as it was called, made in this town,\\nrequiring a great number of cheese-boxes for shipping, but\\nthat industry also has entirely ceased, as cheese-making in\\nNorfolk is now a lost art.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Nathaniel B. Stevens and Augustus P. Law-\\nrence, the eldest son of E. Grove Lawrence, built the Hoe\\nShop, as it was called for years, on Patmos Island, as has\\nbeen briefly mentioned, for the manufacture of Planters\\nHoes. Aaron Keyes was for many years their Superin\\nleudent, and many thousand dozens were manufactured and\\nshipped to all parts of the south. This was a new industry", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nin this country when N. B. Stevens Co. started it here,\\nonly one other shop, somewhere in the Naugatuek Valley,\\nat that time making these hoes in this country; the supply\\nhaving been imported from England. These Yankees soon\\nproduced a better article than the Englishmen, making a\\nhoe with a solid eye, all drawn from one piece of metal, and\\nfinished with a tempered edge of cast-steel, and were in-\\ntended to cut. The eye of the hoe had been riveted on by\\nthe Englishmen. They were a clumsy implement, ranging\\nfrom the size of an ordinary hoe to the size of a small shovel,\\nbut much heavier than a Yankee s hoe. The negro fitted a\\nstick for a handle into his hoe, and it was said that much\\nof the plowing or breaking of the land through the south\\nwas done by the negroes with these heavy hoes. The break-\\ning out of the civil war spoiled this industry entirely.\\nJust over the Norfolk line, in the town of Canaan, a Mr.\\nBurt in the early part of the century built a forge where a\\nlarge amount of business was done at various times. Hunt-\\nington Day put a puddling furnace in this old forge in\\n1843, and mention has been made of the iron which they\\nsold to the Collins Axe Company. The dam for this forge\\nwas in Norfolk, and flooded quite a little land on what is\\nknown as the Ives farm, and the Holt, or Blackberry River\\nfarm.\\nIn about 1835 Mr. Isaac Holt owned a saw and shingle\\nmill that stood just below the Burt forge dam, on the line\\nbetween Norfolk and Canaan. The Green Mountain Com-\\npany operated this mill for a time; the members of this\\ncompany being Richard Stevens, Roswell Kilbourn and\\nStephen Holt, as mentioned in Thomas Richards reminis-\\ncences of Canaan, published in the Connecticut Western\\nNews.\\nIt is difficult, not to say impossible, to learn fully about\\nthe early manufacture of iron and other articles in town.\\nThe records fail to throw much light upon it, and those who\\nknew have mostly gone the way of all the earth. One con-\\nveyance of a water privilege to Samuel and Warren Cone,\\nalready mentioned, indicates that anchors were made here,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 259\\nand that the dam, a short distance below Buttermilk Falls,\\nthat later furnished the power for Mr. Warren Cone s\\nScythe Shop, in earlier days furnished the power where\\nanchors were made. The west end of this dam is still\\nstanding, and Dennis McGarty s wagon shop stands where\\nthe east end of the dam was built.\\nFrom the Scrap Book of North Canaan.\\nSquire Samuel Forbes was the original iron prince.\\nand pioneer in the iron industry in this section. His\\nCanaan career began about the middle of the last century.\\nThe first forge he erected was located on the\\nisland, a few yards east of the Forbes residence. Here\\nship anchors were made, weighing from one-half to two\\ntons, and which were hauled by ox teams to Boston and\\nother seaport cities, six-yoke ox teams being often employed\\nto haul an anchor, and requiring from a month to six weeks\\nto make the round trip. The ore was brought, in the earlier\\nhistory of iron making, on horseback from Salisbury, where\\nSquire Forbes originally discovered the iron ore deposits\\nwhich have since made that town prosperous and famous.\\nThe first mining was done there in what is still known as\\nthe Forbes ore bed.\\nBesides his iron works in Canaan, Squire Forbes op-\\nerated a forge in Salisbury where cannon were made for\\nthe revolutionary army. Besides anchors and\\ncannon, he manufactured large iron soap kettles and other\\narticles of iron. The anchor works, however, were the\\nprincipal feature of his iron making, and gave employment\\nto many sturdy men. The anchors were made direct from\\nthe smelted ore and hammered out with heavy sledge ham-\\nmers, some of which weighed 56 pounds, requiring men of\\nmuscle and endurance to wield them. Another\\nforge that was in operation at the close of the last century\\nwas that of Colonel Burtt, a famous iron maker in his day.\\nIt stood a considerable distance east of the present fur-\\nnaces. It stood near the Norfolk line, as previously men-\\ntioned.\\nOn the north shore of Lake Wangum, on the top of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "260 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nCanaan mountain, are vestiges of an old forge which was\\nin operation for nearly a hundred years. It was abandoned\\nmany years ago. It was owned by the Hanchetts, who\\nwere skillful iron workers and made cannon for George\\nWashington s armies.\\nFrom 1830 to 1840 Mr. Zalmon Parritt, a son of Mr. James\\nParritt, Quaker Parritt he was called, carried on tanning\\nand shoemaking in Loon meadow, not far east from the old\\nFrisbie place. He tanned heavy leather, which he sold in\\nHartford, and at times employed a number of men in mak-\\ning boots and shoes.\\nAs will be seen from the foregoing chapter, although so\\nmany of the manufacturing enterprises have ended disas-\\ntrously, still the manufactures of the town have been nu-\\nmerous and not unimportant. Among the articles which\\nhave been manufactured in this town are: Flour and mill\\nstufifs, lumber of all kinds, wooden bowls and dishes,\\nshingles, cheese boxes and cheese casks, clocks, clock-\\nplates and clock wheels, bar-iron, potash kettles, anchors\\nand forgings, scythes, machinery, planters hoes and cast-\\nings, military rifles, revolvers, axles for carriages, leather\\nin great variety, woolen and cotton yarns, flannel, fulled\\ncloth, broad-cloth, satinet, hosiery and underwear, the best\\nin the world; sewing and embroidery silks, tapes, braids,\\nlacings, etc., linseed-oil and cabinet furniture, tinware, sil-\\nver spoons, jewelry, boots and shoes, etc.\\nStatistics of the amount of products, kind and amount of\\nmanufactured articles, and the different branches of in-\\ndustry in the several towns of Connecticut for the year\\n1845.\\nTrepared from the returns of the Assessors of the towns,\\nby Daniel P. Tyler, Secretary of State.\\nNORFOLK.\\nCotton Mill, one. Cotton flannel manufactured, 2,167 yards.\\nValue, $390.06. Hands employed, 1. Capital invested, $250.\\nWoolen Mills, two. Machinery, two setts. Wool consumed, 52.-\\n274 lbs.\\nBroadcloth manufactured, 16,429 yards. Value. $29,858.\\nSatinett manufactured, 10,159 yards. Talue, $6,772.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 261\\nFlannel manufactured, 508 yards. Value, $254.\\nCapital invested, $43,000.\\nMales employed, 29. Females employed, 11.\\nScythe Factory, one. Number manufactured, 6.000. Value,\\n$4,800. Capital invested, $3,000. Hands employed, 8.\\nSaddle, Trunk and Harness Factory, one. Capital invested,\\n$550. Value of manufactures, $927. Hands employed, 1.\\nSheep-skins tanned, 22,192. Value, $7,712.80. Capital invested,\\n$4,254. Hands employed, 12.\\nBoots manufactured, 357 pairs; Shoes, 454 pairs. Value, $1,-\\n638.12. Hands employed, 3.\\nLumber prepared for market, 732,000 feet. Value, $4,392. Hands\\nemployed, 6.\\nFirewood prepared for market, 951 cords. Value, $1,268. Hands\\nemployed, 5.\\nMerino Sheep, 2,166. Value, $2,018.\\nWool produced, 5,285 lbs. Value, $2,034.\\nHorses, 169. Value, $6,532.\\nNeat Cattle, 1,905. Value, $23,050.\\nSwine, 716. Value, $6,531.35.\\nIndian corn, 4,112 bushels. Value, $3,289.60.\\nBuckwheat, 248 bushels. Value, $135.00.\\nRye, 975 bushels. Value, $780.40.\\nPotatoes, 16,545 bushels. Value, $4,963.50.\\nOther Esculents, 3,2.55 bushels. Value, $813.25.\\nHay, 3,511 tons. Value. $42,132.\\nFlax, 48 lbs. Value. $6.00.\\nFruit, 14,006 bushels. Value, $1,400.60.\\nHops, 10 lbs. Value, $1.40.\\nButter, 52,099 lbs. Value, $7,814.85.\\nCheese, 256,247 lbs. Value, $16,656.05.\\nHoney, 260 lbs. Value, $52.00.\\nBeeswax. 32 lbs. Value. $9.60.\\nCheese Boxes manufactured. 21,900. Value, $2,847. Capital\\ninvested, $3,629. Hands employed. 5.\\nCharcoal. 100,000 bushels. Value, $6,000.\\nThe above interesting statistics were kindly furnished\\nfor this history by Mr. George Seymour Godard, Assistant\\nLibrarian of the State Library at Hartford.\\nThe woolen manufacturers of 1845 were J. E. E. Ryan\\nCo., and J. S. Kilbourn Son.\\nThe manufacturer of Scythes was Capt. John Dewell.\\nThe Harness manufacturer, Mr. Lewis Hill.\\nThe manufacturer of Cotton Flannel, unknown.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "262 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nXX.\\nNORFOLK MERCHANTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SCHOOLS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE PARK.\\nThe merchants of the town have been quite numerous,\\nconducting business for longer or shorter periods, in a\\nsmall or larger way. Some have been quite successful,\\nothers but very moderately so. The first merchant of whom\\nthe writer has heard was Samuel Dickinson, who kept a\\nstore on Beech Flats, where doubtless he dispensed the\\nnecessities. It is said that a merchant of the olden time,\\nin one of the adjoining towns probably, found conclusive\\nproof of what the necessities of life in those days were, by\\nobserving what his customers came for during a period of\\nunusually cold stormy weather lasting several days, when\\nit was with great difficulty that his store could be reached.\\nThe three necessary articles were shown to be New Eng-\\nland rum, tobacco, and molasses.\\nThe first merchant of any note in this town, and by far\\nthe most successful one in its history so far, was Mr. Jo-\\nseph Battell, who came to Norfolk when eighteen years\\nold, and not long after opened a store on Beech Flats, at\\nthe old Humphrey house; part of the identical building\\nwhich was his store still remaining in the wing of the house\\nas rebuilt for a summer residence by Mr. C. J. Cole. At\\nthat time Beech Flats was the business centre of the town,\\nbut not very many years later that glory departed, and\\nEsq. Battell in about 1800 leased the land on the corner by\\nMr. Giles Pettibone s tavern, for many years known as\\nShepard s Hotel, where he built the store in which he did\\na very large business until his sudden death in 1841. Not\\nmany years after building the store, he built a fine resi-\\ndence, where he continued to reside until his death, and\\nwhich remained practically as originally built until remod-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 263\\nelled by his son. Robbing Battell, in 1855, and which, hav-\\ning been further improved, still remains in fine condition\\nas the residence of his grand-daughter, Mrs. Carl Stoeckel.\\nEsq. Battell was a remarkably fine business man, widely\\nknown, beloved and esteemed for his kindness of heart and\\nhis readiness to assist others. He conducted a large profit-\\nable business here for nearly forty years, amassing for\\nthose days, a large fortune. He was the principal merchant\\nnot only of this town, but drew also a large trade from all\\nthe adjoining towns, and for a long distance. In those\\ndays the farms in Norfolk and vicinity were at their best,\\nthe lands being practically new and productive, occupied\\nby industrious, thrifty farmers, having good farm build-\\nings, well-fenced fields, herds of cattle and flocks of sheep\\nin the valleys and on the hills. The land being adapted\\nprincipally for grazing, butter and cheese were the staple\\nproducts sold by the farmers. A considerable amount of\\nmaple sugar was also made every spring. Esq. Battell s\\nstore was the market place for all this region, the farmers\\nproduce being shipped by him to New York by the Hudson\\nor Connecticut rivers, taken chiefly by ox-teams from here\\nto Hudson or Hartford, the teams returning loaded with\\nsalt and other merchandise. Large families of children\\nwere the rule in those days, which insured large flourish-\\ning schools, and plenty of the best of helpers in the house\\nand on the farm.\\nOn Sunday evening, October 23, 1831, Esq. Battell s\\nstore was entered by a burglar, while a prayer-meeting was\\nin progress, which commenced at early candle lighting,\\nin the conference-room, and about fifteen hundred dollars\\nin money was stolen. This unusual event made quite a\\ncommotion when known in the town. A reward of several\\nhundred dollars was offered for the conviction of the bur-\\nglar and the recovery of the money. Barzel Treat, long a\\nresident of the town, he who played the bass-viol to assist\\nthe choir of singers in the church, soon became very zeal-\\nous in trying to discover the money, and w^ent to consult\\na wise woman who claimed the ability to tell all events,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "264 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\npast, present and to come, by looking into a small white\\nstone. He reported that this wonderful woman said the\\nmoney was buried at a certain place in the ledge, a little\\nwest from the meeting-house, and with others went and\\nmade a search, but at the first effort the money they did\\nnot find. He doubtless for a purpose claimed to have again\\nconsulted this wise woman; that she insisted that the\\nmoney was buried in that ledge, and that he by looking into\\nthe white stone, had himself been able to see the place\\nwhere it was buried. He with assistants instituted a thor-\\nough search, and after removing rocks and digging at the\\nplace indicated as he said in the white stone, the money\\nwas found. Suspicion that the said Barzel was the burglar\\nhad been in the minds of some from the first. He was con-\\nvicted of the burglary, served several years in the states-\\nprison, and at the end of his term returned to Norfolk to\\nclaim the reward for finding the money, which reward\\ndoubtless he never received.\\nIn the early history of the town Col. Giles Pettibone\\nconducted a store in connection with his tavern; the store\\nbuilding, which stood at the north-west corner of the house,\\nwas made into a wing of the house years afterward.\\nMr. E. Grove Lawrence and Mr. James C. Swift erected\\nthe building on the triangle near the fork of the roads by\\nthe bridge over Haystack brook, the lower story of which\\nthey occupied as a store, the upper story being used as a\\nwool-sorting and storeing room for the woolen factory.\\nAfter occupying this building for some years, in which Mr.\\nSalmon Swift says he served as clerk. Mess. Lawrence and\\nSwift sold out, erected and occupied as a store the build-\\ning which they sold to J. and E. E. Ryan Co., that firm\\nusing it as a store for more than twenty years, since which\\ntime it has had various occupants; Mr. Matthew Ryan and\\nhis son, Charles M., having carried on this store continu-\\nously from the year 1836, when the Ryans commenced busi-\\nness here until their death, Mr. Matthew Ryan having died\\nAugust 23, and his son, Charles M. Ryan, five days later\\nAugust 28, 1880. This store is now carried on, as it has", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 265\\nbeen for several years, by Mr. Myron N. Clark, who is also\\nthe treasurer of the Norfolk Savings Bank.\\nThe store on the opposite side of the street, on the site\\nof Grove Yale s building, also had a great number of occu-\\npants during its existence. Dea. Mars in his notes says,\\nMr. E. H. Dennison Co. built the old store on the site\\nnow occupied by Grove Yale. The writer is unable to\\ngive the firm names, and the chronological order of the va-\\nrious merchants who occupied this old building, which was\\nerected about 1810. After Mr. Dennison, the occupants\\nwere, with various firm combinations, Everett Case, Bailey\\nBirge, Elizur Dowd, E. Grove Lawrence, James C. Swift,\\nGeorge Brown, Nathaniel B. Stevens, James H. Shepard,\\nShepard King, Myron C. Johnson as Shepard John-\\nson, and others. One of the early firms was Dowd Law-\\nrence. Then Dow^d Aiken, Edmund Aiken succeeding Mr,\\nLawrence.\\nMr. E. Grove Lawrence received the appointment as Post-\\nMaster, under the administration of President Van Buren,\\nand removed the Post Office to this store, to the chagrin\\nand dismay of various candidates for the office who lived\\nupon or near the Green.\\nMr. E. H. Dennison sold out his store down the hill, came\\nup on the green and built for his store the building at the\\nnorth-east corner of the green, and for his residence built\\nthe house just south, which Mr. Alfred L. Dennis rebuilt\\nin 1852, which is now the parsonage. Mr. Dennison for\\nsome years conducted apparently quite a flourishing busi-\\nness here, but seems to have become financially embar-\\nrassed, and gave up his business about 1829.\\nNot long after Mr. Dennison failed, Mr. Alpha Sage\\nopened a store in the same place and did apparently a large\\nbusiness for a few years, buying the farmers produce and\\nselling goods, but this venture ended in a most disastrous\\nfailure, many farmers losing, what was for them, large\\namounts. This store built by Mr. Dennison was made into\\na dwelling house soon after Sage s failure, has been occu-\\npied as such by several families since, and is now occu-\\npied as the residence of Mr. George W. Scoville.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "266 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAfter the death of Esq. Joseph Battell his adopted son\\nand partner in business, Mr. William Lawrence, continued\\nbusiness for some two years in the Old Store, and in 1843\\nbuilt the store at the north-east corner of the green, where\\nhe continued business about five years, when he sold out\\nand retired to a beautiful home in Northampton, Mass.,\\nwhere he spent the remainder of his life. He was followed\\nin this store by Daniel F. Bradford Co. of Sheftield, My-\\nron H. Mills Co., Peter Curtiss Co., Mills Crissey,\\nMr. Hubert L. Ives, W. E. and E. S. Beach, Landon\\nBrothers, Mr. W. I. Sparks, Augustus P. Curtiss, and the\\npresent merchants. Collar Brothers. So far as the writer\\nhas knowledge, only a few of the successors of Mr. Wil-\\nliam Lawrence have retired with a fortune to beautiful\\nhomes. The closing years of the history of the old store,\\nwhich was for a long period one of the most important\\nbusiness places in the entire history of the town, was not\\nentirely uneventful or unworthy of mention. At difi erent\\ntimes it was occupied as a place of business; by Mr. James\\nC. Swift about 1848, by Samuel Brown and Seth Miner as\\nBrown Miner, and later by Mess. Dowd, Curtiss Co.\\nas a general store; by Mr. Bradley Potter, a life-long resi-\\ndent of the town, as an eating-house and temperance res-\\ntaurant; by Mr. O. N. Atkins as a peanut-stand, and as\\nthe Post-Office, when Mr. Giles Pettibone-Thompson was\\nPost-master, and a part of the time when Mr. Aaron Gil-\\nbert held that position. But the old store did not, like\\nsome persons, become beautiful and attractive by age, but\\nits glory had departed, and at length it was looked upon\\nas an eye-sore, and privately declared to be a public nui-\\nsance. At last one calm, still night about A. D. 1885, it\\nmost mysteriously fell down flat, and when the morning\\ndawned it was seen to be an utter ruin. So far as the writer\\nhas been able to learn, no satisfactory explanation has ever\\nbeen made as to the how or why the old store fell as it\\ndid. Whether it was a local earthquake, some other con-\\nvulsion of nature, or a combination of natural and un-\\nnatural causes, must probably always remain a mystery.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 267\\nSome of the other merchants of the town were: Mr.\\nJames H. Shepard, who, after being in trade in the old\\nstore down the hill for several years, as has been already\\nmentioned, upon the completion of the Stevens Block in\\n1856 conducted a general store in that building for a num-\\nber of years. John H. Welch Go. had a drug-store in the\\nsame building, and John P. Hawley Co., a Merchant\\nTailoring and Gents furnishing establishment, at the same\\ntime in the Stevens Block. This building was enlarged and\\nmade a Hotel in about the year 1874, first called the Nor-\\nfolk House, kept by Mr. E. Y. Morehouse, and for many\\nyears past and yet it is the Stevens House, owned and\\nconducted by Mr. E. C. Stevens Son.\\nWhen the above change was made a drug-store was built\\na short distance north, and Mr. George Johnson has car-\\nried it on for many years, following in the steps of his\\npredecessors.\\nCaptain John Dewell kept a grocery-store for many years\\nin the stone house in West Norfolk. After Capt. Dewell s\\ndeath in 1871, Capt. John K. Shepard had a store in West\\nNorfolk for ten years or more, and was succeeded by Mr.\\nAlbert Cobb, who with his son, Frederick, is still there in\\nbusiness. Stevens Hawley, and then Hawley Sibley\\non Patmos Island, did for two or three years quite a brisk\\nbusiness, when manufacturing was flourishing in that vi-\\ncinity, in about 1855.\\nDuring the days when South Norfolk was in its glory,\\nHarlow Roys, and later S. D. Northway Co., had quite\\nan extensive country store there for a few years, James\\nOscar Northway being for a time the merchant.\\nMr. Joseph W. Cone for several years did a good busi-\\nness near the grist-mill, as Tinner and dealer in all kinds\\nof Tin and Japan Ware, Furnaces and Stoves of every de-\\nscription and variety. Vesper-gas Lamps, etc.\\nOrlo J. Wolcott, Jeweler and manufacturer of Silver\\ntable and tea Spoons, dealer in all varieties of Clocks,\\nWatches, Jewelry, Stationery, etc., etc., was located on\\nthe west side of the old turnpike, just opposite the road to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe present Railroad Station. Mr. Wolcott s Jewelry store\\nwas burglarized in 1843, and Watches and Jewelry to quite\\nan amount were stolen.\\nIn the Library Scrap-book is found the following Bit\\nof History:\\nThe early history of Thurston s Block, which is now\\nbeing torn down, November, 1897, takes us back to names\\nnow forgotten in town, except by a few life-long residents.\\nIt was built by Amos Manley for a Jewelry Store some\\nsixty years or more ago, and when in a few years Mr. Man-\\nley sold out his business to Orlo J. Wolcott, this building\\nwas bought by Oliver B. Butler, who occupied it as a shoe\\nstore until his death in 1866. It was afterward owned and\\noccupied as a dwelling-house by Lockwood Perkins, now of\\nColebrook, then by Mr. Thurston, who added to it for a tin-\\nshop and store. Mr. Wolcott built a new shop for himself,\\njust south of this old Jewelry store, and lived in the old\\nhouse which is still standing at the corner of Station\\nPlace, until he built his house which is the one next to the\\nBank Building. He occupied this house until his removal\\nto Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1858, when he sold the house to\\nMr. Asa G. Pettibone, who was then the Cashier of the\\nNorfolk Bank. The small Jewelry store was used for a va-\\nriety of purposes after Mr. Wolcott left town, and has since\\nbeen torn down.\\nMr. Oliver B. Butler, dealer in Boots and Shoes, whose\\nname is mentioned above, was for many years a well known\\nbusiness man and resident of the town. He came here\\nwhen a young man and built a small shop just east of the\\ngreen, near the site of the present residence of Mrs. Dr.\\nGidman, which he occupied until he bought the old Jewelry\\nstore of Mr. Manley, as is mentioned above. He was, as\\nadvertised, Manufacturer, and dealer in all kinds of Boots\\nand Shoes. He is mentioned at length elsewhere. This\\nfirst shop of his was made into a small dwelling-house, and\\nwas for many years the home of Aunt Bilhah Freedom.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "mSTOEY OF NORFOLK. 269\\nSCHOOLS.\\nWe find but scant material for a history of the very early\\nschools of this town, but such votes of the town and other\\nrecord and mention of the schools as we have been able\\nto find will be gathered in this chapter, not always in\\nchronological order probably.\\nThe manner of teaching- as well as the matter taught in\\nthose later years of the eighteenth century would doubt-\\nless seem very primitive to persons at the present day. In\\nthe Annals of Winchester there is an interesting account\\nof a school exhibition in that town in the spring of 1794,\\nfrom which I will quote, as it shows what the Winchester\\nboys and girls of those days could do, and nothing of a sim-\\nilar record of the Norfolk schools of that day has yet come\\nto light.\\nMr. Boyd says: Little of detail is known in respect to\\nthe schools supported in the districts prior to 1795. We\\nknow, however, that several echoolhouses were built, and\\nthat they swarmed with pupils. We know, too, that good\\nteachers were employed, and tliat the mass of the p)eople\\nwere well instructed in all the branches of common school\\neducation. We have before us some of the early reminis-\\ncences of a lady bom in 1786, which illustrate the school\\ncustoms and mental culture at the period referred to, from\\nwhich we extract her notice of the great day of examina-\\ntions and exhibitions, when eight district schools assem-\\nbled in the large unfinished meeting-house in the winter\\nof 1793-4.\\nThe reading and spelling of the schools occupied the forenoon,\\nand the afternoon was devoted to dramas, comedies, orations, etc.\\nOne corner of the church was enclosed in curtains, and each school\\ntook its turn behind the scenes to prepare for their special exhibi-\\ntions on the stage. The late Deacon Levi Piatt was the teacher of\\nthe school to which I belonged. Well do I remember the directions\\ngiven by him to the little girls, as to dressing their hair for exhibi-\\ntion, viz.: The night previous our mothers were to wet our heads\\nwith home-brewed beer, and our hair was to be combed and braided\\nvery tightly before going to bed. In the morning the last thing\\nafter we were dressed for the exhibition, the braids were taken out", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "270 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\naud the hair lay iu waving lines all over our shoulders. Among the\\nvariety of things he taught us was the practice of spelling a whole\\nsentence all together, or more particularly the first class.\\nIn the afternoon each school had its oration, poem, dialogue,\\ncomedy or tragedy, etc. The boys of this period were remarkable for\\ntheir successful imitations of every kind of business. Mock courts\\nwere held. Writs, attachments, and executions were all made out\\nin due form. A statute book of laws was compiled, specifying a great\\nvariety of things contrary to law, for which culprits would be arrested,\\ntried and punished. Witnesses were summoned, examined, cross-\\nexamined, impeached, etc.\\nA newspaper was edited and published weekly, by some of the\\nscholars. It was ruled in columns, had editorials, news, anecdotes,\\nadvertisements, etc. These boys at that time were none of them\\nover twelve years old.\\nWhat a glimpse the report given above furnishes us of\\nthe teachers and the young people in the schools 100 years\\nago; of the mental activity, their resources in way of\\namusements and entertainments.\\nThe writer well remembers what a great event examina-\\ntion day was in one of the small district schools here in\\nNorfolk at the close of the winter term of school, fifty and\\nmore years ago; how we were reminded daily by our\\nteacher for weeks beforehand, what we would be expected\\nto know in our various studies, and what we would be\\nasked to do on examination day, when Mr. Eldridge would\\nbe there, and our parents and other visitors, and how the\\nimportance of being well prepared for that great event\\nwas held up before us for weeks in advance; a type of\\nthe dread judgment day.\\nSchool districts were established in this town at an early\\nday, as the records abundantly show, and schools that were\\nup to the time were maintained. In 1762 Mr. Bobbins, the\\nfirst minister here, opened a high school, or Academy as it\\nmight now be called, in which, with other branches, he\\ntaught the languages, and fitted a large number of young\\nmen for College; continuing his school until the later years\\nof his life.\\nDecember 21, 1767, in town meeting it was Voted, that where\\nten families or more in any part of the town shall agree together to", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 271\\nset up and keep a school among themselves, and shall do it to the\\nacceptance and satisfaction of the selectmen of the town, they\\nshall draw their part of school money in said town, according to\\ntheir lists.\\nMarch 18, 1777. Voted, that the middle district for schooling\\nshall have liberty to set up a school house on the meeting house\\ngreen, about four or five rods northerly from said meeting house, of\\n30 feet long and 20 feet wide. This first school house was built on\\nthe green, but nearly in front of where the Academy stands, on the\\nS. E. side of the green. When the school house with the Conference\\nroom in the second story was built in 1819, where the stone Chapel\\nnow stands, on the green, Mr. Lemuel Aiken owned the place and\\nlived in the house just south, and he was not pleased at having the\\nschool house built in front of bis land, thus taking the front of the\\nbest lot he had, and the best location anywhere around the green,\\nand so long as he lived he never felt really reconciled to it.\\nDecember 14, 1780, it was Voted, that from Goshen line on the\\nroad northwardly to and including the now dwelling house of Friend\\nThrall be made a distinct district for a school, and draw their pro-\\nportion of public monies.\\n1783. Voted to set off a school district taking in Titus Brown s\\nFarm on the north, and to take in all the inhabitants south on\\nGroshen road, Elias Balcom, and the two families of Sweets.\\nQuoting from Roys History:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We again find it interesting to\\ntrace their slow but sure progress in Improvement in the Incipient\\nstage of the settlement. While they were engaged In the important\\npursuit of building their meeting house, sufficient it would seem\\nfrom the zeal exhibited, almost entirely to engross their attention\\nand occupy their time, yet they were not unmindful of the necessity\\nof educating their children, and preparing them for future useful-\\nness. Schools were early established and encouraged by every\\nmeans in their power. Limited indeed were the means;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 their funds\\nwere low and their books few. The following books composed the\\nlibrary of the pupil:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Bible, the New England Primer, contain-\\ning the assembly of divines Shorter Catechism, Dllworth s Spelling\\nBook, containing a few pages of grammar, his Schoolmaster s As-\\nsistant, containing the ground rules of arithmetic, and some rules\\nquite too abstruse for the juvenile scholar. The writing scholar\\ntook his first lesson on the bark of the white birch, or was restricted\\nto the use of a few s heets of paper whereon to learn that useful art.\\nHis indulgent and kind mother made his ink from the bark of the\\nsoft maple or the berries of the sumach. His ingenious father made\\nhim an ink-horn, properly so called, of the tip of a cow s horn, and\\nset it in a round wooden bottom. Thus accoutered he hied away\\nwith cheerful steps to his school house, in some instances far dis-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntaut, there to spend the day in the sultry and confined summer heat,\\nor the piercing cold of winter. The teachers were instructed from\\nthe same source and in the same way, taken for a few weeks from\\ntheir domestic employments to teach the young idea how to shoot,\\nand pour instruction into the mind.\\nOne still living, speaking of the district schools here\\nthree-quarters of a century nearly ago, says: In the South\\nEnd District we then had a large school, and one of the\\nbest in town, with the best of male teachers for the winter\\nto be had in the region; men competent to teach Algebra\\nand the higher Mathematics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and\\nother Sciences.\\nIn those early days the only pens in use were quill-pens,\\nand a necessary requirement of every teacher was ability\\nto make these pens, which required some little skill and\\npractice, in the use of a pen-knife, and in the Yankee art\\nof fine whittling, which art possibly not all the young la-\\ndies of the present day possess.\\nMr. Salmon Swift, a native and for most of his life a well\\nknown and respected resident of the town, now past four\\nscore years of age, who attended school in the centre dis-\\ntrict here, writes regarding early schools: Sereno Petti-\\nbone, brother of Judge Augustus Pettibone, was the first\\nto teach a select school in town. He was thoroughly edu-\\ncated, and a man of ability. He taught in the Conference-\\nroom. The lower room was always occupied by small chil-\\ndren; sometimes they numbered as high as a hundred and\\nover, and the school in the upper room was partly to re-\\nlieve the pressure in the room below. Some of Mr. Petti-\\nbone s scholars were Mr. E. Grove Lawrence, Dr. James\\nWelch, Frederick Mills, and other young men of that day.\\nI can recall the names of some of the teachers; there was\\na Mr. Cross, a Mr. Swift, and others. As I write the mem-\\nory of those childhood days comes back to me very vividly.\\nThe school-house, the door, with a split panel, the benches\\nand walls covered with jack-knife carvings, and then the\\nmemory of the punishments that I received. I stood very\\nhigh in that regard; much higher than anyone else in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 273\\nschool, but somehow I never could account for it. That\\nfact never seemed to excite the envy of the rest of the\\nschool.\\nThe teachers in that early day were, some of them, very\\ncruel and tyrannical. I recall one by the name of George\\nDuncan, who taught in the lower room. One of the older\\nboys who no doubt had felt the halter draw, indulged in\\na verse of poetry. It was this:\\nI saw the devil flying south;\\nHe had George Duncan in his mouth.\\nHe turned around and dropped the fool,\\nAnd sent him here to keep our school.\\nI think Mr. Duncan was thrown out of school. At any\\nrate the one after him, whose name I have forgotten, was\\nthrown out by the large boys. He had a ferule about eigh-\\nteen inches long, with square holes through it, that at\\nevery blow would raise a blister, when he feruled any of\\nthe pupils.\\nMany funny things take place as we pass through life,\\nwhich give a zest to our existence, and are indelibly fixed\\nin our minds, although not of much consequence. Such a\\ncase was a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old who at-\\ntended our school. He was bright enough, but a sad tru-\\nant to his books. He had to spell out his words, but when\\nhe thought he was all right for three or four words he read\\nwith great rapidity. The principal reading book in schools\\nat that time was the Testament. We were reading where\\nChrist says, woe unto you ye blind guides who strain at\\na gnat and swallow a camel. This boy read it with great\\nrapidity, strain at a gate and swallow a corn-mill.\\nI quote from an address read by Mr. Henry H. Eddy, Li-\\nbrarian at the Norfolk Library, at the Celebration of its\\nTenth Anniversary, March 6, 1899. As early as 1768 the\\ntown voted to open and support a school at the Center, if\\nten, or even six families were found who needed that help.\\nThis was the conduct of the town in matters of education\\nduring all the ensuing years, and in 1780 the parsonage,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe grounds where the Bobbins School now stands, and\\nthe school lands were leased for 999 years. In 1796 the\\nSchool Society was formed, and all school funds trans-\\nferred to their hands, as hitherto the church and state had\\nbeen one in many cases, and all religious and secular duties\\nhad been directed by the church society,\\nRev. Mr. Bobbins school at the Parsonage was in a\\nflourishing condition at this time, and Rev. Thomas Rob-\\nbins in his diary makes mention of boys being refusecl\\nentrance, as the complement of scholars was full; also of\\nhis examining his father s scholars from time to time, and\\nat various intervals of having complete charge of them,\\nwhile his renowned father was absent at Williams Col-\\nlege attending to his duties as trustee of that institution,\\nor perhaps at some neighboring town attending a confer-\\nence of divines,\\nIn 1798 Isaac Holt left a legacy of |4o to the society,\\nthe interest to be expended for the schooling of some\\nworthy child. The first lady teacher of whom I have record\\nis a Miss Phoebe Guiteau, a member of the old Guiteau\\nfamily of this town, which furnished several doctors and\\nprominent oflflcials to the community. She taught before\\n1800, but further than this there is no record. Between\\n1800 and 1819 Mrs. Sarah Reeder was the most prominent\\nteacher, a talented and accomplished lady, whose select\\nschool was well patronized, and the maps dated and made\\nby the scholars have come down to this day. Miss ZilpaJi\\nGrant was for a term a pupil of Mrs. Reeder.\\nThis school continued for many years, and at last a\\nMr. Stephen Peet was at the head of it. During this same\\nperiod Mr. Serene Pettibone held a school in the Butler\\nhouse at the North End for the benefit of the families in\\nthat part of the town,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and at Pond Hill, then known as\\nthe Paug District, Miss Susannah Welch taught and flour-\\nished between the years of 1809 and 1816. As the number\\nof scholars increased the Society felt the need of larger\\naccommodations, and in 1819, at a cost of |1,000, built the\\nold Conference Boom on the site of the Battell Chapel.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 275\\nThe upper part was used as a conference room for the\\nchurch, and for many years also as a school-room, and the\\nlower room for the Center school.\\nRev. Mr. Peet, the successor of Mrs. Sarah Reeder, was\\nprobably the first teacher to make use of the new build-\\ning, and he was helped from time to time by young college\\ngraduates, among them being a Mr. Henry M. Swift, a Mr,\\nCross, and a Mr, Willis.\\nMmong the many names of women who taught between\\nthe years 1820 and 1830, that of Miss Alice Welch seems\\nto take the foremost place, and to be surrounded by mem-\\nories filled with affection and devotion. Some of the oldest\\ntowns-people can still recall the hours spent under her\\ncare and guidance. She was a woman of superior mind,\\nand not only looked after the mental training of her schol-\\nars, but also of the spiritual, for she took especial pains\\nevery Saturday afternoon to give a scripture lesson to the\\nchildren, either from a certain topic chosen beforehand, or\\nfrom the Assembly of Divines Catechism.\\nMonday morning was also a special half day set aside\\nfor religious exercises, when the children were made to\\nrepeat the sermon of the day before, and the inattentive\\nand forgetful ones did not always love the first exercise of\\nthe week or reach a high state of perfection in it.\\nAs was the custom in those days, she boarded in the\\ndifferent homes represented in her school, and it was al-\\nways a red letter day for a scholar when it came his turn\\nto take the teacher home.\\nShe also taught two seasons in the East Middle district,\\nand when she went to the people in the North district,\\nmany of her former pupils from the Center, notwithstand-\\ning the added walk to and from school, followed her, to\\nhave the benefit of her instruction. During the seasons\\nof 1828 and 1829 she kept a select school in the Conference\\nRoom, and from there went to Mr. Joseph Emerson s\\nSchool at Byfield, not returning again to Norfolk in her\\ncapacity as teacher.\\nAnother teacher of this period was Miss Susan Ames,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "276 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwho kept an independent school in a small building, for-\\nmerly the oflBce of Mr. Edmund Aiken, an Attorney, which\\nstood between the old Aiken-Dowd house and the Eldridge\\nresidence. She in turn was succeeded by Miss Cornelia\\nRockwell of Colebrook, who came from there to take the\\nschool, and continued in charge during the period Miss\\nWelch was teaching at the North End.\\nThe successor to Miss Welch as teacher of the school\\nkept by her in 1828 and 1829 was Miss Eliza Norton. She\\nwas a woman of influence and character, and her name and\\nmemory are dear to all who attended her school. She\\ncontinued her school in the Conference Room, while Miss\\nStark kept a school of different grade in the room below.\\nTwenty pupils was the average for the school, patronized\\nby most of the families in the Center. The elder Mr. Battell\\nwas deeply interested in it, and paid the tuition of two\\npupils and saw that the furnishings of the place were kept\\nin good condition. A new stove appeared at one time, and\\nthe entire place was reseated at his expense.\\nMiss Norton taught for most of the period between 1832\\nand 1836, when she was succeeded by her brother, John F.\\nNorton of Goshen, who was so successful that by 1838 there\\nwere upwards of seventy pupils under his charge. The\\nnext year, the need of still greater accommodations being\\nfelt, an Academy Corporation was formed for the purpose\\nof building an academy, and in 1840 such a building was\\nerected on the east side of the Green, for the sum of $2,000.\\nAs the career of Mr. Norton had been so successful he was\\nappointed first principal, and continued as such until du-\\nties outside of the town took him away. John Foote Nor-\\nton, son of Dea. Lewis Mills Norton of Goshen, was born\\nSeptember, 1809. Graduated from Hartford Theological\\nSeminary 1837. Spent some months travelling in Europe.\\nBecame principal of the Academy in Norfolk in 1838, which\\nposition he held for four years. Was pastor of a Church in\\nAthol, Mass., and several other places. Died in Natick,\\nMass., Nov., 1892.\\nAt a meeting of the Ecclesiastical Society April 29, 1839,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 277\\nit was Voted to accommodate Rev. John F. Norton with\\nthe use of the Conference Room for his school for one year,\\nhe to be uninterrupted by any meetings during school\\nhours, and without expense to him; and should there be\\nwanted any ordinary and necessary repairs in consequence\\nof his use of it, the expense shall be defrayed by subscrip-\\ntion.\\nThe writer feels fortunate in being able to insert here\\na copy of a Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors, Books\\nused, Tuition, etc., of Norfolk Academy for the year 1840,\\nthis Catalogue having been preserved by the family of Ed-\\nmund Brown, Esq., v. hose two sons and two of his daugh-\\nters were enrolled as students:\\nTrustees.\\nAugustus Pettibone, Esq., President.\\nBenjamin Weloh, Jun., M. D., Clerk.\\nJoseph Battelle, Esq. Instructors.\\nRev. Joseph Eldridge. John F. Norton, Pi-incipal.\\nDudley Norton. Mrs. H. F. Norton,\\nHiram Gaylord. Edward Norton,\\nJoseph Battelle, Jun. Robert Norton,\\nWarren Gone. Assistants.\\nNorfolk Academy,\\nThis institution, situated in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn.,\\nhas been in successful operation under the direction of its present\\nprincipal for nearly two years. The place is healthy and easy of ac-\\ncess; the inhabitants are moral; the government of the school is\\nstrict but mild, and it is the aim of the Instructors to make the\\ncourse of studies practical and thorough.\\nBoard, including washing, fuel and lights, may be obtained in\\nrespectable families at from $1.50 to $1.75 per week.\\nTuition per quarter of eleven weeks.\\nFor the common English branches $3.00.\\nFor the higher English branches $4.00.\\nFor the Ancient Languages and French $5.00.\\nThe next Term will commence February 8: the Summer Term\\nMay 5:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Fall Term August 18:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Winter Term November 17.\\nAmong the books used in the Academy are the following:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nBible, Webster s Dictionary, National Preceptor, Reader s Guide,\\nSmith s Grammar, Daboll s and Smith s New Arithmetic, Mitchell s\\nGeography, Comstock s Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, Aber-\\ncrombies s Mental Philosophy, Burrett s Geography of the Heavens,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "275 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nWatts on the Mind, Goodrich s History of the United States, Whelp-\\nley s Compend of History, Playfair s Euclid, Day s Algebra, Flint s\\nSm-veying, Harris Book-keeping, Manual of the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, Boeuf s French Grammar. French Lessons, together\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the standard preparatory works in the Latin and Greek Lan-\\nguages.\\nThe books used in the Academy can be obtained in the village\\nat the current prices.\\nA neat and commodious edifice has been erected for the Institu-\\ntion during the past season.\\nIn the Library Anniversary address, further mention is\\nmade of the primary school, practically a kindergarten,\\nof which Miss Margaret Nettleton, late Mrs. Eollin Beecher,\\nwas the successful head, as follows:\\nThe last of the old fashioned private schools was kept\\nby Miss Margaret and Miss Desiah Nettleton between the\\n3 ears 1849 and 1871, in their house, now occupied by Mrs.\\nMary Aiken Curtiss. Morals and. manners played as im-\\nportant a part in its curriculum as any branch of learning.\\nThe great sunny room on the south was used for the school,\\nand the boys and girls sat upon long benches placed across\\nthe room. Miss Margaret taught the pupils their letters,\\nand by her gentle rule over them acquired an influence for\\ngood that made a lasting impression on the young boys\\nand girls, and her face seemed beautiful to all her scholars.\\nThe Bible was one of the principal sources of in-\\nstruction, and each pupil recited a verse every morning,\\nand by the time they were eight years old were supposed\\nto know the names of the books of the Old Testament by\\nheart. Miss Desiah, with other useful things, taught the\\nchildren sewing, and both boys and girls were compelled\\nto take up this useful branch of learning, and by the time\\nthey were through the school, could work on the pieced\\ncounterpanes of that day. The favorite mode of punish-\\nment was to shut the misbehaved in the narrow back hall-\\nway, and leave them there in the dark until repentance\\ncame. The great honor was to be allowed to fill the water-\\npail at the spring, the other side of the brook, on the old\\nparsonage grounds, and after trudging back with it, some-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 279\\ntimes losing much in the return journey, to ladle the water\\nout to the other scholars, in the large tin dipper provided\\nfor the purpose.\\nMr. William B. Rice succeeded Mr. Andrews as principal\\nof the Academy, commencing in 1846, and during all his\\nresidence here he was a member of the School Board, and\\none of the School Visitors. He was a native of Williams-\\nburg, Mass., a graduate of Williams College, and for twelve\\nyears taught the Norfolk Academy, being the most suc-\\ncessful teacher the Academy ever had. While he was prin-\\ncipal, the school was large, flourishing, and had a wide rep-\\nutation, drawing, especially for the winter terms, pupils\\nnot only from this and the adjoining towns in this county,\\nand from towns in Massachusetts, but also a considerable\\nnumber of young men from New York City, Staten Island\\nand vicinity.\\nIn 1858 Mr. Rice left the Academy to engage in business\\nat Pittsfield, Mass., with Mr. Joseph K. Kilbourn, a native\\nof this town. His interest in schools and his reputation\\ntherein followed him to his new home, and for a long period\\nof years he has been a member of the Board of Public\\nSchools of Pittsfield, and for nine years was their Superin-\\ntendent of Schools.\\nThe town of Norfolk owes a lasting debt of gratitude\\nalso, which it can never pay, to Mr. William B. Rice, for\\nwhat he did, with others, in the movement for the fencing\\nof the green and the planting of trees therein, which work\\nis mentioned in connection with the park.\\nAt a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the found-\\ning of the Robbins School in this town, October 10th, 1894,\\nMr. Rice was one of the speakers, and as a copy of his ad-\\ndress most fortunately has been preserved, some extracts\\nare given herewith. Mr. Rice said:\\nIt affords me great pleasure to be here to participate\\nin this reunion of a school which I am led to believe stands\\nas a fit exponent of sound educational principles and\\nmethods. The presence of an old time teacher with his old\\ntime notions, if he happens to give expression to any, may", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "280 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nserve by contrast, to sharpen and intensify the impression\\nthat great advance has been made in recent years in the\\nmatter of public instruction. Norfolk has always had\\nspecial attractions to me. I love her hills, her valleys and\\nstreams. I am glad to have been identified with her past;\\nto have had some small part in the work of her improve-\\nment and adornment; and again let me say, I am glad to\\nbe here.\\n^I first visited Norfolk in the spring of 1846, coming from\\nCanaan on foot, the speediest mode of locomotion at my\\ncommand, reaching Norfolk some three or four hours in\\nadvance of Jluggins stage, the only public conveyance at\\nthat time in these parts. The spring town meeting, state\\nelection, was held that year in the meeting-house. The\\nbuilding was repaired that year, and no more town meet-\\nings were ever held there. It was arranged at that time\\nthat I should take charge of the Academy in the fall. Early\\nin September the school term began. Two pupils appeared,\\nKemington and Bobbins. We adjourned for a week and\\nbegan again. The whole number of pupils for the term\\nwas nineteen.\\nThe winter term opened the Monday after Thanksgiving\\nwith a much larger attendance, 40 or 50 I think. From\\nthat time until the spring of 1858 I continued in charge,\\nbeing absent one summer term; the attendance being about\\n80 or 35 in summer, and from 50 to 70 in the winter. Many\\npupils came from other towns. The larger boys and young\\nmen worked during the summer and attended school in\\nwinter, a custom not entirely without its advantages. This\\nabsence from school was somewhat, but not so very much,\\nlonger than the summer vacation of the present day, and\\nthey entered with as much zest upon their studies in the\\nfall as do the young people of today after the long vacation.\\nThe younger pupils were taught after a pretty well de-\\nfined course, in reading, spelling, arithmetic, geography,\\ngrammar, and history, especially of the United States, with\\ngenerally satisfactory results. The studies of the olderpupils\\nwere such as each one chose, somewhat after the modern", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 281\\nplan of some of our colleges, optional or elective, and in-\\ncluded arithmetic, grammar, algebra, mental philosophy,\\nLatin, Greek, etc. Most of them knew pretty well what\\nthey wanted, and I made it my business to give them what\\nthey wanted, to the best of my ability. Their notions as\\nto the value of education were decidedly utilitarian. As to\\neducational theories, I am not aware that I had any. The\\nobject aimed at steadily and persistently was, to lead the\\nboys and girls to think for themselves; to look at the sub-\\njects under consideration in a common sense way. A select\\nsentence in one of our reading books ran thus: Fine sense\\nand exalted sense are not half so valuable as common\\nsense; and we believed and acted accordingly. So whether\\nit was a problem in arithmetic or algebra, or a difficult sen-\\ntence that was under consideration, appeal was made to\\ncommon sense. The discipline thus gained was of far more\\nvalue than the knowledge gained in the process, and thus\\nwas developed and strengthened that faculty, which in men\\nand women is so difficult to define, so easy of recognition.\\nIt was not an uncommon thing for a pupil in the course of\\nthe winter session to work his way through Adams or\\nThompson s arithmetic, doing as much work and doing\\nit well, as is done in modern graded schools in two or\\nthree years. This is to be regarded simply as a statement\\nof fact, not as a criticism, for the multiplicity of studies\\nis doubtless responsible for much of the difference. Let\\nme say in passing, that in my opinion arithmetic fills much\\ntoo large a space in our school courses.\\nMuch attention was given to reading and spelling. In-\\ntelligent reading is the very foundation on which to build\\nthe entire educational superstructure. Without it, one\\ngrapples in vain with a written problem in arithmetic, or\\na difficult construction in language.\\nThe net result of those years of work, on the part of\\npupils and teachers, combined with the excellent moral,\\nreligious and social environment, was a goodly number\\nof noble young men and women, well equipped to do duty\\nas citizens, and to exert a healthful influence in the com-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nmunity; and I take it, the primal, essential object of ail\\nour schools, is good citizenship.\\nMany pupils excelled in scholarship, quite as much to\\ntheir credit as to that of the school. One whose name now\\nstands among the highest in his special sphere, was for a\\nconsiderable period on the roll of its membership Prof.\\nAsaph Hall, then of Goshen, and for many years engaged\\nin the public service at the National observatory, who is\\nnow retired, I believe, at the advanced age of 62 years,\\nfamous the world over as the discoverer of the moons of\\nMars, and never better fitted to do his country and the\\nworld effective service than now. For enthusiastic devo-\\ntion to his chosen profession, and complete equipment for\\neffective work in it, I have never known his superior. I\\ndo not mention him as one who owes anything to the Nor-\\nfolk school, but as one who has done much to honor him-\\nself and us, and one whom I am sure we all delight to\\nhonor. I often recall with pleasure a visit to the obser-\\nvatory at Georgetown while he was in charge, and the\\nmagnificent spectacle of Jupiter and his satellites, and of\\nSaturn and his rings and moons, as seen through the great\\nequatorial.\\nSome of the boys became preachers of the gospel; some\\nbecame lawyers, others successful business men; many\\nhave been elected by their fellow citizens to places of trust\\nand responsibility, and have doubtless discharged their\\nduties well. One fills acceptably the office of president of\\nthe board of trade in the largest city in this state, and is\\nhappy in having escaped the perils of a voyage undertaken\\nin the interest of pleasure and science toward the Arctic\\npole. And if I am not mistaken, the candidate for an im-\\nportant office on one of the state tickets this year is one\\nof our boys.\\nThe first one of his boys to whom Mr. Rice refers above\\nis James Dudley Dewell, a native of Norfolk, who since\\nthat time has served his native town and state most hon-\\norably and acceptably as the Lieutenant Governor.\\nThe other boy referred to was Lorrin A. Cooke, who", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 283\\nsince the date of Mr. Rice s address has been elected to and\\nhonorably filled the office of Lieutenant Governor, and then\\nGovernor of this State.\\nThe last fifty years have witnessed great improvement\\nin our schools, and the attitude of the people toward them,\\nespecially in public schools.\\nDuring my stay in Norfolk I attended a teachers insti-\\ntute at Litchfield, one of the first, if not the first, institute\\nof the kind ever held in Litchfield County. More distinctly\\nthan anything else do I remember a spelling exercise, with\\nwhich the first day s session closed. There were present\\nfifty-eight teachers. A list of twenty-five words was given,\\nto be written by each member of the institute. It was a\\nfair list of words, such as teachers might reasonably be\\nexpected to be able to spell, maintenance, emigrant, immi-\\ngrant, separate, twelfth, Cincinnati, hare-lip, were among\\nthem, and as difficult as any in the list. Of the aggregate\\n1,450 spellings, over 1,100 were wrong. One spelled 24\\nout of the 25 words wrong. Only one was marked with\\nbut one mistake.\\nTlie one with but one mistake, was Mr. William B. Rice of\\nNorfolk, who, as he told us in school afterwards, wrote both h-a-r-e\\nand h-a-i-r-lip, and this was marked against him as a mistake.\\nI trust Litchfield County would make a better showing\\ntoday. It is good to live in times like these. I sometimes\\nthink that we who can go back in memory forty or fifty\\nyears, have an advantage over the young, in being able to\\nmeasure more accurately the progress that has been made,\\nnot in educational matters only, but in all departments of\\nhuman effort. They are somewhat in the position of one\\nwho inherits an ample fortune, and does not know how to\\nappreciate the real value of money, does not know the\\nworth of a dollar because he never earned one.\\nA little more than fifty years ago, Daguerre invented\\nphotography, and now you have but to touch the button\\nand the machine does the rest. In 1844 Morse erected the\\nfirst electric telegraph between Washington and Baltimore,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "284 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nand now in the early morning we have news from all the\\nworld over of yesterday s doings. A speech is finished in\\nthe British parliament at three o clock in the morning, and\\nby two o clock of the same morning it is printed in the\\ncity of New York. The wonderful development of the rail-\\nway system of the world have been observed from be-\\nginning to end by men now living. It is only 65 years since\\nthe trial trip of the steamboat Rocket between Manchester\\nand Liverpool; only 69 years since passengers and goods\\nwere first drawn by a locomotive on the Stockton and Darl-\\nington railway. Less than 20 years ago the telephone was\\ninvented, and later still, electricity has been harnessed to\\nmachinery, and forced to yield us light and power. Medical\\nscience and surgery have wrought wonders; many a dis-\\neased one has been made w^hole; many a blind one has\\ngladly cried out, Whereas I was blind now I see. These\\nare a few of the wonderful instances of material progress\\nwith which our age abounds. Truly the youth of this day\\nenter upon a magnificent inheritance.\\nI sincerely hope that the Bobbins School has many pros-\\nperous years before it; that its honored surviving founder\\nmay long live to see it grow in power and influence; that\\nit may be an influence for good in individual lives, a stim-\\nulus to improvement in every school of the town, and of\\nall this region, alike a model and an inspiration.\\nAmong some interesting documents belonging to the\\nNorfolk Library is an Arithmetic in manuscript, which\\nprobably belonged to one of the sons of Ebenezer Burr, a\\nteacher, in 1762. Some of the Questions, which were\\nevidently given to his scholars to answer, are of interest,\\nshowing what the boys and girls of that day had to do,\\nsuch as the following:\\nReduction of Long Measure.\\nThe Earth and sea in circumference are said to be 360 Degrees.\\nI demand how many Barley corns will encompass the same.\\nFrom Norfolk to Hartford is 41 miles. I demand wliat Barley\\ncorns will reach it.\\nReduction of Time.\\nSince the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is 1762 years. I de-\\nmand how many seconds.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "fflSTORY OF NORFOLK. 285\\nOliver Burr was born February 21, 1744, Old Style, and tis\\nnow February 25, 1762, New Style. I demand his age in seconds.\\nUnder the Rule of Three, some rules are first given, and then\\nseveral examples. In this rule are three numbers given, to find a\\nfourth, two of which are always to be of the same name, and must\\nbe put in the first and third places, and reduced to the least name\\nof either of them. Also the second number must be brought into\\nits least name. Then observe, if more requires more, or less re-\\nquires less, then the question is direct. But if more requires less, or\\nless requires more, then the question is reverse. If the question be\\ndirect, you must multiply the second and third numbers together\\nand divide by the first; but if the question be reverse, you must\\nmultiply the first and second numbers together, and divide by the\\nthird. Note: The Quotient in each operation will be of the same\\nname with that you left the second number in.\\nQuestion 5. If an army of 20,000 men eat 15,000 Barrels of\\npork in a month, how long will that feed an army of 4500 men?\\nQuestion 8. If a pin a day be a groat a year, what is 1000 pins\\nworth?\\nQuestion 13. Two men, A B, set out from one place. A goes\\n40 miles a day, and on the 4th day after is pursued by B, who goes\\n50 miles a day. I demand how long and after how much travel B\\nshall overtake A?\\nQuestion 20. There are 5000 soldiers in a garrison who have\\nonly 200 barrels of pork for six months, and one barrel will serve\\nten soldiers six months. I demand how many of them must quit\\nthe garrison that the rest may be sustained -with that provision?\\nQuestion 23. .Jupiter in his journey to the earth went at the\\nrate of 15 rods in a second, and was three months in coming. Query:\\nHow far does he live from the earth?\\nQuestion 24. A merchant ships to his Factum 184 pieces of\\nstuff with orders to sell them at \u00c2\u00a37 10s per piece, and draw com-\\nmissions at 5 per cent, and to ship the net proceeds home, half in\\nwine at \u00c2\u00a36 10s per liogshead, and half in raisins at 10s 6d per\\nhundred. How much of each sort must he have returned?\\nHere endeth the Single Rule of Three.\\nThen follows The Double Rule of Three, and The rule of\\nFellowship.\\nExample 1. Three farmers hire a shepherd to keep sheep six\\nmonths, for \u00c2\u00a312. A commits 360 sheep to his care, B 535, and C\\n700. I demand what each man must pay the shepherd?\\nThese are given simply as sample questions, of Burr s\\nold manuscript Arithmetic.\\nAt a special town meeting January, 1837, it was voted,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "286 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthat this town will receive its proportion of the money\\nwhich may be deposited with this state by the United\\nStates in pursuance of the act of Congress entitled, An act\\nto regulate the deposits of the public money, the\\nsurplus funds belonging to the United States, and appro-\\npriating the interest accruing therefrom for the promotion\\nof education and other purposes. Levi Shepard was ap-\\npointed agent of this town to receive from the treasurer\\nof this state the proportion of the said money belonging to\\nthis town, Oliver B. Butler was appointed treasurer to\\nreceive said money from the agent of the town, and\\nThomas Curtiss and E. Grove Lawrence were appointed\\nagents to conduct the business of loaning the money. The\\nagents were limited to |500 as a loan to one person; the\\nloans to be made to the inhabitants of this town only, and\\ndouble security on land required in every case of loan. This\\nwas called the Town Deposit Fund, and continues to the\\npresent time; the amount being nearly 14,000, and the in-\\nterest therefrom was appropriated to the promotion of\\nEducation in the common schools of this town, to be di-\\nvided equally to each school district. Later one-half the\\ninterest on this fund was appropriated to the ordinary ex-\\npenses of the town, and one-half to the support of schools.\\nOctober, 1846, E. Grove Lawrence, Erastus Smith and\\nElizur Dowd were chosen a committee to confer with the\\nproprietors of the Academy in this town respecting the use\\nand occupancy of said Academy building occasionally for\\ntown meetings, etc., and if thought best to see how a part\\nof it can be purchased and added to and report.\\nNovember, 1846. The Selectmen were authorized to ne-\\ngotiate with the incorporation of the Norfolk Academy\\nfor the purchase of the lower room of said Academy, to-\\ngether with the equal undivided half of the land belonging\\nto the same, at a sum not to exceed |750. Said building\\nso purchased to be used as a town-house for the transaction\\nof the necessary town business.\\nIn April, 1818, it was Voted to give the middle school\\ndistrict liberty to erect a school-house east of the travelling", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "z", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 287\\nroad by the meeting-house, on the ground near where the\\ntimber now lies. The town clerk added the following:\\nThe vote not being sufiSciently explicit respecting the\\nexact site, I examined the ground and found it to be about\\nWest from the present school-house. Auren Roys. The\\ncenter school-house and Conference-room was built in\\n1819, on the site of the present stone Chapel.\\nThe above vote and location would indicate that at that\\ntime the travelled road still ran west of the meeting-house,\\nwhere it was originally laid. The first school-house in the\\nMiddle District stood on the green, about in front of the\\npresent old Academy building, and the school-house and\\nConference room were built in 1819 about west from that\\npoint.\\nTHE PARK.\\nAt the time of the first settlement of the town, a reser-\\nvation of what was called the meeting-house green, was\\nmade by a kind of general understanding apparently. If\\nany formal, definite action, fixing the bounds of this reser-\\nvation, was made, this writer has failed up to this time to\\ndiscover it. In about 1845, one hundred years after the first\\nsettlement of the town, an effort was made by a committee\\nappointed by the town, to discover and fix the bounds of\\nthe green, as will be fully shown a little later from the\\nrecords of the town of that date. The first road coming\\nfrom the south, as is mentioned in another chapter, passed\\nwest of the old residence of Kev, Mr. Robbins, the site of\\nthe present Robbins School, and then on, crossing the site\\nof the present Chapel, west of the meeting-house, about\\nwhere Mr. Battell s house now stands, along on the summit\\nof the ledge, as is given in Dr. Thomas Robbins Century\\nSermon. It seems probable that this original highway was\\nthe west line of the green; but the exact location and width\\nof that highway it is difficult to determine. From Roys\\nHistory we learn that the land here was covered with\\nlarge hemlocks and maples. Speaking of the old meeting-\\nhouse, he says: The outside was painted with what was", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "288 HISTOEY OF NOKFOLK.\\ncalled a peach-blow color, which must have appeared a\\nglaring contrast to the somber hue of the thick and lofty\\ntrees which then surrounded it, so dense that in coming\\nfrom the south it was not seen until entering the lower\\npart of the triangular green, now in use, and cleared of the\\nincumbrance of lofty hemlocks and wide spreading maples,\\netc. In this same locality he mentions rocks, deeply im-\\nbedded, that had lain undisturbed since creation;\\nyet some remain as a specimen of the once rough appear-\\nance of the surface. Probably not less than twenty-five\\nyears after the settlement of the town passed before all\\nof this forest primeval was removed and the ground in a\\nmeasure cleared. If only we had a photograph of the old\\nmeeting-house and the green as it looked then, how inter-\\nesting it would be. In his Century Sermon Dr. Thomas\\nKobbins says, the shade trees on this green were set out in\\nthe spring of 1788. They were Elms and Buttonwoods.\\nThe number set out was 57. Numbers of them failed the\\nfirst year, and many others afterward, for want of due pro-\\ntection. The green was ploughed and levelled in 1809.\\nWe may be sure that some of the stumps of the old trees\\nremained at this time, even if the trees themselves were all\\ngone. The writer remembers one of the old Buttonwoods\\nlong since gone and forgotten, that stood fifty years ago\\nin front of the Conference room. Of the original elms, not\\nmore than seven remain. Three of the seven stand at the\\nnorth-east corner of the park. Upon one of these, many\\nyears ago. Rev. Mr. Gleason, it is said, when pastor here,\\nplaced a tablet of wood, which still bears these lines:\\nVoices of the Elms.\\nCaesar saw fifty; we, an hundred years.\\nStill green, an hundred more we ll stand like seers,\\nAnd watch the generations, as they go,\\nBeneath our branches in their ceaseless flow.\\nSome records of the efforts made in about 1845, to as-\\ncertain and establish the lines of the center public green,\\nby committees appointed by the town, are given. That they\\nwere entirely successful does not seem quite clear.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 289\\nAt a town meeting held October 16, 1843, Joseph Riggs\\nand E. Grove Lawrence were appointed a committee to sur-\\nvey the Center public green, and establish permanent\\nhounds.\\nOctober, 1845, Joseph Riggs, Michael G. Mills and Uri\\nButler w^ere appointed to ascertain the lines of the center\\npublic green and highways surrounding it, and if necessary\\nto employ Judge Burrell to make the survey.\\nOctober 20, 1845, the same committee were empowered\\nto compromise and agree with the inhabitants near and\\naround the center green who are particularly concerned in\\nthe late survey of the premises and to report at a future\\nmeeting.\\nOctober 27, 1845, Voted to accept the doings of the\\nCommittee appointed to survey the public center green,\\nand the highway surrounding it, and authorized the above\\ncommittee still to jjroceed in the business assigned them,\\nand compromise and agree with the inhabitants concerned,\\nrespecting lines, and any claim the town may have upon\\nindividuals, and report.\\nNovember 3, 1845, Voted to authorize the committee ap-\\npointed to survey the center green to employ Judge Burrell\\nto assist them in further attempts to ascertain the accurate\\nlines and bounds of said green, and the highway surround-\\ning it, and report to a future meeting. November 17, 1845,\\nVoted, to authorize the committee lately appointed to sur-\\nvey the green and the highway around it to make a com-\\npromise with all or a part of the inhabitants adjoining said\\npremises; and the selectmen are hereby authorized to give\\na deed to any of the inhabitants aforesaid which said com-\\nmittee shall agree with, and receive a deed from any or all\\nthose with whom they have compromised.\\nApril 2, 1849. The Selectmen were authorized to en-\\nclose the public green with a good and suitable fence, ex-\\npending fl.OO on each rod, payable from the town treasury,\\nprovided |1.00 more shall be raised for the same purpose\\nby subscription from individuals.\\nThe following warning of a town meeting is found upon", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "290 HISTOET OF NOKFOLK.\\nthe records of the town: There will be a special town\\nmeeting at the town hall on Monday, the 7th instant, at\\none o clock, to take into consideration the location of the\\nfence around the public green, and to do any other business\\nproper to be done. The month or year is not stated, there\\nis no date to the warning, and no record that the meeting\\nhas yet been held. The next entry upon the record is a\\nnotice for a town meeting on February 7th, 1853, to con-\\nsider the removing of the ledge of rocks and covering them\\nso as to make the travelling part of the road as near the\\nelm tree as practicable on the northwest corner of the\\npublic green, near the sign-post, so as to straighten the road\\nleading south. Also to direct as to the location\\nof a large flat stone in front of the meeting-house, used as\\na horse-block; also the extending or diminishing of the park\\nfence. Also to take action on a petition to the selectmen\\nto lay a road or highway beginning near B. W. Crissey s\\nor George Rockwell s, running a southerly direction, to\\nterminate near Philo Smith s. There is no record of any\\naction having been taken at this town meeting for remov-\\ning the ledge of rocks, and the ledge remains at the\\nnorthwest corner of the public green. Neither is there\\nmention of laying the highway from near B. W. Crissey s,\\nnow R. I. Crissey s, or George Rockwell s, now G. W.\\nScoville s, to terminate near Philo Smith s, now Obadiah\\nSmith s, and that highway has never been opened.\\nAt the meeting February 7, 1853, it was voted that the\\nselectmen so alter the park or green fence that the east line\\nof the same be shortened one length, making the south line\\nnearly straight. This fence extended to the south line of\\nthe Academy or Town Hall building, where it remained\\nuntil about 1876. At the same meeting it was voted, that\\nif the consent of the adjoining proprietors can be obtained,^\\nmeaning the owners of the horse-sheds, individuals shall\\nhave the right to build a fence around the south point of\\nthe green, leaving a lane of proper width between the north\\nline of the same and the south line of the one now built,\\nbut not at the expense of the town.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 291\\nFencing the green was strongly opposed at the time\\nthis first fence was built; one ground of opposition being\\nthat it took away from a number of individuals their best\\npiece of cow-pasture, cows being at that time allowed to\\nrun in the streets, and this deprived them (the dwners of\\nthe cows) of one of their inherent rights. The other ground\\nof opposition was urged principally by or in behalf of peo-\\nple living in the out parts of the town; that it made them\\nso much more travel when they came to town to attend\\nchurch or to transact business, to be obliged to drive\\naround the green instead of across it, as they and their\\nfathers had always been permitted and accustomed to do.\\nSo, fencing the north part of the green and leaving the\\nsouth part open was a compromise, not depriving individu-\\nals of all their pasturage, and compelling the owners of the\\nlong row of horse-sheds which then stood by the Academy\\nto drive only as far south as the entrance to their property.\\nIt was not long, how^ever, before all feeling of opposition to\\nthe park died out, and nearly all who at first opposed it\\ncame to feel an interest in it, and appreciated the improve-\\nment. At a town meeting May, 1854, it was voted that\\nthe grass in the public green be sold at auction to the\\nhighest bidder, and that the selectmen cause the holes on\\nthe green to be filled up.\\nIn 1855 quite an effort was made to restrain cattle from\\nrunning at large in the public highways, but the effort\\nfailed until years later. As mentioned above, the first vote\\nof the town authorizing the fencing of the green was in\\nApril, 1849. The fence was erected in the autumn of that\\nyear, and some trees were set in the spring of 1850. Mr.\\nWilliam B. Rice, then Principal of the Academy, was the\\nprime mover in the fencing of the green and the planting of\\nthe trees, and to him and his helpers the town, and all the\\ninhabitants thereof, owe a lasting debt of gratitude for this\\nwork. Mr. Rice was ably seconded and helped in this enter-\\nprise by Dr. Eldridge, Mr. Robbins Battell, Mr. E. Grove\\nLawrence, Mr. N. B. Stevens, Mr. Myron H. Mills and sev-\\neral others. Mr. Rice did more than anv one else in the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nplanting of the trees. The plan adopted was to plant one\\nor more of every kind of native trees. Elms, sugar maples\\nand evergreens of different kinds predominated. Mr. Myron\\nH. Mills, then carrying on the store on the green, set the\\nwhite beech a little south of the store, which is now one of\\nthe beautiful specimens. Mr. Sherman H. Cowles set sev-\\neral of the fine hard maples. In one of Mr. Rice s visits to\\nthe town, many years since, he said to the writer he wished\\nNorfolk people to remember that he set a large number of\\nthe trees in the park, but especially that he set the fine\\ntulip tree which stands in the center of the park in front\\nof the Academy. This and another tulip-tree, now dead,\\nMr. Rice brought on his shoulder from West Norfolk. There\\nis a fine specimen of a hop-horn beam on the west side\\nof the park; two large white ash, two bass-wood, and many\\nfine specimens of spruce, hemlock, elms and maples of the\\noriginal trees. There are no finer trees anywhere than\\ntwo shag-bark walnuts, that were set in the early 60 s by\\nAlonzo J. Maltbie and one of the Crisseys. They also set\\nthe two fine butternuts, and the last named set a tamarack\\nnearly in front of the Academy, which tree he brought on\\nhis shoulder from Crissey hill, and it is now a large, fine\\ntree. There are two good specimens of the chestnut oak,\\nand two large, fine arbor vitae. Mr. Oliver B. Butler set\\na juniper tree, which lived many years, and died. Esq.\\nMichael F. Mills set a yellow pine in front of the church,\\nwhich is also gone. There was a silver-leaf poplar set out\\nby Horace Humphrey, and a nice clump of sumac set by\\nMr. Rice, now gone, as also are all the varieties of birches,\\nsoft maples and buttonwood. In 1876 a great amount of\\nwork was done removing the rocks on the west side of the\\nroad, south of the church, and in other places, filling up\\nwith earth, grading and making a nice lawn, etc. That\\nsame year Mrs. Eldridge and Miss Anna Battell set the\\nwest side of the road, north and south of the church, and\\nthe south end of the green, to elms, which are now fine,\\nlarge trees. If he who makes two spires of grass to grow\\nwhere one only grew before is a public benefactor, how", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 293\\nmuch more are they, who set and cause to grow in public\\nplaces a beautiful elm or other tree where only grass grew\\nbefore! Recently Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel have filled\\nthe space which used to be so bare, north of the church,\\nwith beautiful trees and shrubs.\\nThe glory and beauty of Norfolk in these modern days is\\nthis charming little park, with its noble trees, its beds of\\nexquisite flowers and shrubs, from the gardens and con-\\nservatories of the Misses Eldridge and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel.\\nFrom the opening of spring until the frosts of autumn\\nthese flower-beds are filled, being from time to time\\nchanged and replenished with the choicest plants and most\\nbeautiful flowers by these ladies, to whom the whole com-\\nmunity owes a debt of gratitude for these and numerous\\nother privileges and favors. The writer cannot refrain\\nfrom at least a word of mention and recognition of the\\nfact that Norfolk Centre is made one extensive park by the\\nbeautiful lawns and floral displays upon the private\\ngrounds of the Misses Eldridge, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel,\\nMiss Isabella Eldridge, at the Library, Mrs. Bridgman, at\\nthe Gymnasium, and Mr. Frederick M. Shepard, the foun-\\ntain and lawn at the Railroad Station.\\nTo the forethought of the first settlers in making the\\nreservation, to Mr. William B. Rice and others who fenced\\nthe green and planted the trees, and to Rev. Dr. Eldridge,\\nwho vigorously and successfully opposed the Railroad\\nCompany in its desire to appropriate and destroy the work\\nof generations, let unceasing gratitude be returned for our\\nbeautiful little park.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nXXI.\\nTHE PERIOD PRECEDING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION NORFOLK\\nMEN IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION SKETCH OF ADJUTANT\\nSAMUEL C. BARNUM SKETCH OF COLONEL GEORGE RYAN.\\nThe apparent belief of a large majority of the people\\nthroughout the North concerning the question of human\\nslavery as practised in a large section of our country\\nduring the first half of this nineteenth century, was that\\nit was a divine institution, sanctioned by the teachings of\\nthe Bible. That idea seemed to have pervaded pulpit and\\npew to a considerable extent throughout the North, and\\nsouth of Mason s and Dixon s Line the Institution was\\nlooked upon by the majority apparently, as the corner stone\\nand pillar of society.\\nFor more than a quarter of a century before the breaking\\nout of the Rebellion in 1861 there had been in many, per-\\nhaps nearly every town and community in the northern\\nand western portions of our country, a few men of thought\\nwho had studied deeply upon the question of human slavery,\\nand had been convinced that it was a sin and a wrong.\\nTheir convictions were like the leaven hid in three meas-\\nures of meal, working quietly yet powerfully, perhaps un-\\nconsciously, upon those with whom they came in contact.\\nNorfolk, too, at that period had its thoughtful men men\\nof advanced thought, who were in advance of the age in\\nwhich they lived by at least a score of years. Some, only a\\npart of them, lived to see the marvellous change which was\\nwrought in the minds of men on that vexed question of\\nhuman slavery, as it was called, during the two decades\\nfrom 1840 to 1860, and in no part of the North was the\\nchange of thought and feeling among the masses greater\\nthan in New England. The West was then, as it has been\\nsince, in advance of the East on many questions, having", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 295\\nbeen settled by the progressive men and women from the\\nolder states.\\nThe first man in Norfolk who publicly showed that he\\nhad indeed the courage of his convictions, and dared all\\nalone to vote as he prayed and believed on this slavery\\nquestion, was Thomas Trumbull Cowles. At the Presiden-\\ntial election in November, 1840, having with his pen pre-\\npared the proper ballot, Mr. Cowies went to the voting\\nplace, which was at the front of the pulpit in the meeting-\\nhouse, and cast his vote for James G. Birney, the nominee\\nof the Abolitionists, for President of the United States,\\nthis being the first abolition vote, as it was called, cast\\nin this town. As he walked up to the ballot-box in front\\nof the pulpit and proceeded openly to deposit his vote, Mr.\\nCowles was applauded somewhat vigorously by some of\\nhis fellow townsmen and friends, and this independent act\\ncaused some interest and discussion. One did not believe\\nthere was a man in town who had the courage to vote in\\nthat way, although he did believe it was right. It was just\\nthrowing away his vote, of course, and what good could it\\ndo? Better stick by the grand old Whig party until every-\\nbody is ready to vote that way, and then it will do some\\ngood, etc. But this one vote thrown away, and the\\nthought and discussion which it caused, did accomplish\\nsomething, leading a number of other men in the town to\\nvote as they believed to be right, so that at the next elec-\\ntion, on the first Monday in April, 1841, twenty-one aboli-\\ntion votes, as they were called, were cast in this town.\\nThe agitation went on. Those men of thought who\\nthen believed fully what it took others a quarter of a cen-\\ntury more to learn, were reviled, called fanatics, would\\nhave been called cranks in this last part of the century,\\nbecause they made the world to move.\\nIn the Presidential election of 1844 it is said that nine\\nvotes were cast for James G. Birney, the candidate of the\\nAbolitionists.\\nThe Connecticut State Anti-Slavery Society had been\\nformed a little previous to the date last mentioned, and not", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nlong after this time the Norfolk Auxiliary was formed.\\nThe original document containing the Preamble, Con-\\nstitution and names of the formers of this auxiliary society\\nhas been carefully preserved in the home of Mr. Thomas T.\\nGowles and his sons, and being an important page of the\\nhistory of that time as it is, is herewith given in full:\\nPreamble.\\nWe, the undersigned, believing that God hath made of one\\nblood all nations of men to dwell upon the face of the whole earth,\\nand hath bestowed upon all men certain inalienable rights, among\\nwhich are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that the\\nholding of men in involuntary servitude, or regarding him as prop-\\nerty is a sin. and an impious assumption of power, which is opposed\\nto the elementary principles of Eternal justice;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and to compel him\\nto labour without an equivalent, or to withold from bim the means\\nof social, intellectual and moral improvement, is a gross violation of\\nhis natural rights. And believing that the right to hold one man in\\npersonal bondage, claimed on the mere circumstance of birth, pur-\\nchase or colour, would imply so to hold all men, is therefore\\nsubversive of the elementary bonds of society.\\nAnd whereas, a system of slavery does exist within our pro-\\nfessedly free and Christian land, and a large portion of our brethren,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094native born Americans, are subjected to the most cruel bondage;\\nAnd whereas, we do firmly believe, that it is not only the imper-\\native duty of the masters to give immediate freedom to their slaves,\\nbut that it is also safe, and will be conducive to the highest mter-\\nosts of a)oth;\\nAnd finally, feeling that we are bound by the highest and most\\nsolemn obligations to the oppressed, to our country and to our God,\\nto do all in our power, lawfully, and in the spirit of love and meek-\\nness for the redemption of our brethren from bondage, and for the\\nremoval of the foul stain from our national escutcheon; -we do here-\\nby form ourselves into a society for the promotion of the above\\nnamed objects, and agree to be governed by the following constitu-\\ntion:\\nConstitution.\\nArt. 1st. This society shall be called the Norfolk Anti-Slavery\\nSociety, and shall be auxiliary to the Connecticut State Anti-\\nSlavery Society.\\nArt. 2d. The object of this society shall be the entire abolition\\nof slavery within our country,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 aiming to convince all of our fellow\\ncitizens by arguments addressed to their understandings and their", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 297\\nconsciences, that slave-iholding is a crime,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sin in itself,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and that\\nduty, safety, and the best interests of all concerned require its im-\\nmediate abandonment.\\nArt. 3d- This society shall aim to elevate the character of the\\npeople of colour, by removing public prejudice, by encouraging their\\nmoral, intellectual and religious improvement; that they may, ac-\\ncording to their intellectual and moral vrorth, share an equality\\nwith the whites in civil and religious privileges.\\nArt. 4th. This society will in no way countenance the slaves in\\nvindicating their rights by physical force.\\nArt. 5th. Any person who assents to the principles of this con-\\nstitution and is not a slaveholder, may become a member of this\\nsociety by signing these articles.\\nArt. 6th. The officers of this society shall be a President, two\\nVice Presidents, a corresponding and recording Secretary; and these\\nofficers shall constitute a board of managers; and the duty of these\\nofficers shall be the same as are ordinarily performed by such\\nofficers in similar societies.\\nArt. 7th. The regular meetings of this society shall be held on\\nthe first Wednesday of January, April, July and October.\\nArt. 8th. This constitution and preamble may be amended at\\nany regular meeting of the society by a vote of two-thirds of the\\nmembers present.\\nThe few, the immortal names that were not born to die, sub-\\nscribers to this document, are as follows:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLevi Barlow. Abel Camp.\\nBenjamin Welch. John Cone.\\nGeorge Browm Thomas T. Cowles.\\nMerrell Humphrey. Lawrence Mills.\\nJames Humphrey.\\nOther abolitionists of those early days were Dea. Amos\\nPettibone, Dea. Darius Phelps, James Parritt, Sherman H.\\nCowles, John Humphrey, Zalmon Parritt, Jared Potter,\\nWilliam C. Phelps, Asa Dutton, William Butler, Hiram\\nMills, James C. Swift.\\nThis society was formed in 1844, and doubtless all the\\nabove names were upon the roll of the Norfolk Abolition\\nSociety, though not found upon the original document\\ngiven above.\\nOne now living who was in the inner circle at times\\nsays: Like most pioneers in a good cause, these Aboli-\\ntionists endured much ridicule and obloquy in those early", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "298 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ndays. I well remember the first Abolition meeting, with\\nspeakers from abroad. One of the speakers was Abbie\\nKelley. The meeting was held by the great courtesy of\\nthe society s committee in the meeting-house. It was as\\nmuch as an individual s social reputation was worth to\\nattend it.\\nMr. John Humphrey was invariably the candidate for\\nRepresentative to the Legislature, and always received his\\nfull party vote of nine. In 1853 John Humphrey and Wil-\\nliam J. Norton, a Democrat, were elected Representatives.\\nTHE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY, IN THE CHURCH A VIEW PRIOR TO 1850.\\n(Fbom the Chubch Recobds).\\nDec. 18, 1846. Church met, being called together in\\ncompliance with a request addressed to the pastor, and\\nsigned by a number of members, who desired that an op-\\nportunity might be had to express views and consult upon\\nthe subject of slavery.\\nAfter a very free expression of views and feelings, which\\nwas done in a very pleasant manner, it was proposed and\\nvoted that the meeting be adjourned four weeks, this being\\nthe wish of those at whose request the meeting was called.\\nJanuary 15, 1847. Church met according to adjourn-\\nment. Mr. Thomas T. Cowles moved a very strong resolu-\\ntion on the subject of slavery. After a protracted discus-\\nsion it was rejected.\\nDeacon Pettibone then moved the following: While in\\nthe exercise of Christian charity we would refrain from\\npassing sweeping resolutions excluding all slave-holders\\nindiscriminately from our communion; yet\\nResolved, That those persons who enslave or traffic in\\nhuman beings for mere purposes of gain; who are indif-\\nferent as to the condition into which they sell them; who\\nviolate the domestic relations by separating husbands and\\nwives, parents and children, or who deny to them the\\nBible, the means of intellectual and religious instruction\\nand improvement, or who allow them in concubinage; all", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "^4\\n.1", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 299\\npersons doing these things do by such conduct forfeit all\\nclaims to Christian character, and cannot be recognized by\\nus as worthy a standing in the Christian church.\\nAfter some discussion this resolution was adopted.\\nWhat was called the Underground Railroad ran\\nthrough Norfolk for many years, and among several sta-\\ntions in the town the house of Dea, Amos Pettibone was\\none. One of the natives says: Dea. Pettibone used to\\ntake the passengers on to the next station in New Marl-\\nboro. I remember his stopping one morning at my home\\nto have us children see a young runaway slave whom he\\nbad kept over night, and was then on his way to the next\\nstation. He showed the scars on his ankles where he had\\nworn irons.\\nThe doings at a business meeting of the Cong. Church of\\nNorfolk, Ct., November 15, 1850, are as follows:\\n(Fbom the Chtibch Recoeds).\\nAt an adjourned church meeting, Brother Thomas T.\\nCowles introduced the following resolution:\\nResolved, by this church that we consider slave-holding as it\\nexists in these United States, prima facie evidence of sin, and such\\na violation of the law of God, the precepts and spirit of Christianity,\\nas to merit at our hands just and severe rebulie; and that any per-\\nson -Who is guilty of this sin, is not and cannot be recognized by us\\nas being in good and regular standing in any Christian Church.\\nAfter consideralile discussion the question was talien on mo-\\ntion of Deacon Pettibone by yeas and nays, with the following\\nresult:\\nYes: Darius Phelps, Sherman H. Cowles, Thomas T. Cowles,\\nJohn Humphrey, Jared Potter, Amos Pettibone (6).\\nNo, 25 votes.\\nAfter the defeat of the resolution introduced by Mr.\\nCowles by the strong vote of 25 to 6, the record goes on to\\nsay: Then John K. Shepard moved a resolution in the\\nwords of one recently adopted by our Consociation, in the\\nwords following:\\nResolved\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To institute steps of discipline in every case where\\nour members are or become slaveholders.\\nThis resolution was adopted unanimously.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "300 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSo far as the writer is able to learn, the last slave bought,\\nsold or owned by a member of this church or a resident of\\nthis town was James Mars, who says in the sketch of his\\nlife: The bargain was made on the 12th of September,\\n1798. Then I was informed that I was sold to Mr. Munger,\\nand must go and live with him. In view of this fact it\\nwould appear that the resolution adopted unanimously by\\nthe church November 15, 1850, fifty-two years, two months\\nand three days after the last purchase or sale of a slave in\\nthe town, was a very safe, conservative resolution to adopt.\\nBut, the world do move. We will here pass over a\\nperiod of ten years and three months, which brings us\\nwithin eight days of the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln\\nas President of the United States.\\nDuring the decade from 1850 to 1860 a marvellous change\\nwas wrought in the minds of people throughout the North.\\nThere had been no occasion to institute steps of discipline\\nw^here our members are or become slaveholders in Nor-\\nfolk, but the six who in 1850 voted for Mr. Cowles\\nresolution, which declared that slavery was a sin, a viola-\\ntion of the law of Grod and of the precepts of Christianity,\\nno longer stood alone and despised, but a large majority in\\nthis town, as elsewhere, now believed that what these men\\nbelieved or declared ten or twenty years before was wholly\\ntrue.\\nOn Sunday, February 17, 1861, Dr. Eldridge gave notice\\nfrom the pulpit that upon the next Sabbath he proposed\\nto consider the question, Does the Bible sanction\\nslavery? and remarked that he gave this notice so that any\\nwho might not wish to hear what he should have to say\\ncould, if they so desired, stay away. Very few, if any, of\\nhis congregation were absent on the following Sunday.\\nA brief synopsis of this discourse follows. At the request\\nof a large number of his people the discourse was published,\\nand many copies are still to be found. He took as his text\\nin the morning Isaiah 61:1, and said:\\nWe have, thus announced, the aim of the mission of Christ on\\nearth. It was to proclaim and secure deliverance from sin, from", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 301\\nignorance, from social servitude, and from civil despotism; in sliort\\nfrom every species of bondage and oppression. Sucti was its aim,\\nand sucli tias been its effect, to the full extent of its legitimate in-\\nfluence.\\nThis text I deem a suitable introduction to ttie task I have un-\\ndertaljen to perform this day. Tbat taslj is, to examine the question,\\nDoes the Bible sanction slavery; southern slavery? Before pro-\\nceeding to execute the task, T wish to say a preliminary word or\\ntwo as to the manner in which I mean, God helping me, to discharge\\nthis undertaking. I intend to dodge no difficulty; to pervert or\\nstrain no passage of scripture from what, after the best lights I\\nh.ave, I regard to be its real import. If I know my own heart in\\nthis matter, my sincere desire is, not to handle the word of God\\ndeceitfully in order to make out a case, but to present its real teach-\\nings upon the point under consideration. To recur then to the ques-\\ntion,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 does the Bible sanction slavery; southern slavery? Does the\\nBible represent slavery as in itself a proper institution, a natural\\ninstitution like that of marriage for example, one that is indeed\\nliable to abuse and perversion in individual cases, but which as an\\ninstitution, is on tlie whole wise, safe. Christian; not something to\\nbe got rid of as soon as it safely may be, but to be sustained, cher-\\nished, perpetuated, extended? Such is the question.\\nIn discussing it, it is evident that we have to do, not with in-\\ndividual cases of slaveholding, that may be exceptional, some in-\\nvolving little evil, others flagrant instances of cruelty and oppres-\\nsion. Our concern is with the system, as established, guarded, and\\nprotected by law, and in its general operation.\\nHe then quotes southern autliority as to what slavery then was,\\nas sustained by law.\\nThe civil code of Louisiana said: A slave is one who is in the\\npower of the master, to whom he belongs. The master may sell\\nhim, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor. He can do\\nnothing, nor possess anything, nor acquire anything, but what be-\\nlongs to his master.\\nThe laws of South Carolina declared: Slaves shall be deemed,\\nsold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law to be chattels personal in\\nthe hands of their owners and possessors, their executors and as-\\nsigns, to all intents and purposes whatever.\\nIn North Carolina,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The slave is one doomed in his own person\\nand posterity to live without knowledge, and without capacity to\\nmake anything his own, and to toil that another may reap the\\nfruits- He bas no will of his own. The power of the master must\\nbe absolute,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the submission of the slave, perfect.\\nDr. Eldridge continued:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Such, as defined by statute and ex-\\npounded by southern Jurists is slavery as a system.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nIn this system sanctioned by the Bible?\\nThere are those who maintain that it is, both in the Old Testa-\\nment and in the New. On the contrary I believe and shall attempt\\nto show, that slavery is not sanctioned by either the Hebrew or the\\nCliristian Scriptures; that it is opposed to the letter and spirit of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0both, and that above all, it is in diametrical hostility to the whole\\nscope of Christianity. My plan will be, first:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To examine the pas-\\nsages in the Old Testament and in the New Testament that are re-\\nlied on to support slavery, and to show that they do not support it.\\nSecond. I shall attempt to prove that the general spirit of Chris-\\ntianity, as well as its specified precepts, is diametrically hostile to\\nslavery.\\nThird. That it is a strong argument in favor of the construction\\nthat I put upon the Bible, that it brings its teachings into harmony\\nwith the intuitive convictions and spontaneous sentiments of man-\\nkind.\\nDr. Eldridge then proceeded to examine carefully each passage\\nin the Old Testament that was supposed to lend any countenance\\nto modern slavery, and it would be of deep interest to follow him\\ncarefully, as he did effectually dispose of every one.\\nAt the afternoon service on the same day he took up the second\\npart of his argument, and examined the passages in the New Testa-\\nment that the advocates of slavery relied upon.\\nHe took as his text Luke 4, 16-21, and said:\\nMy text this afternoon is the same in reality with that of the\\nmorning. Here we have it quoted from the prophet by our Lord\\nJesus Christ, and endorsed by his sanction, as a true prophetic rep-\\nresentation of the real spirit and aim of his mission on earth, and\\nwhich was then beginning to receive its fulfillment. That mission\\nwas to proclaim the year of Jubilee, the acceptable year of the\\nLord; a Jubilee of liberty to all the inhabitants of the world, re-\\ndemption from the bondage of sin, of oppression and tyranny. We\\nhave seen how much sanction the Old Testament lends to chattel\\nslavery. Let us now enquire whetlier it receives any support from\\nthe New Testament I am firmly persuaded that slavery\\nreceives no support from the New Testament. There are three\\nclasses of passage.s which embrace every syllable that the New\\nTestament contains referring directly to the subject of slavery, or\\nthat can be imagined to afford it any sanction.\\n1. The passages that are addressed to servants, or if you\\nplease, slaves.\\n2. The passages that are addressed to masters.\\n3. A part of a letter of Paul to Philemon in regard to Onesimus.\\nDr. Eldridge then took up carefully each one of the passages re-\\nferred to and showed most conclusively and clearly that slavery re-\\nceived no support from any one of them.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 303\\nReferring to the passages addressed to masters he said:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 You\\nwho have not studied the subject and who have heard so much said,\\nand vauntingly said, of the ample support that the New Testament\\njields to slavery, imagine probably that the class of texts now to\\nbe cited is a very large one, and that they set forth the claims of\\nslavery with great explicitness and force. If any entertain such\\nexpectations they are doomed to great disappointment, for besides\\nwhat Is said in the epistle to Philemon, there are in this class but\\ntwo short verses, Ephesians 6\u00e2\u0080\u00949, and Colossians 4\u00e2\u0080\u00941.\\nBesides what is said in the epistle to Philemon, to which I will\\nadvert by and by, tliese two verses are the pillars that must sup-\\nport the monstrous system of human slavery. By what species of\\nchicanery anybody can extort out of these two verses justification\\nfor a system of bondage that holds millions of human beings as\\nmere property to all intents and purposes whatsoever, I am utterly\\nat a loss to conjecture. After analyzing thoroughly these passages\\nand also Philemon 8\u00e2\u0080\u0094 21 he said again:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wbat a heart must that\\nman have who imagines that he can by some species of logical\\nchemistry extort chattel slavery into the right to hold and treat\\neven Christian men as things, from a letter so full of tenderness\\nand breathing such an earnest desire that Philemon would receive\\nOnesimus no longer as a servant, but as a brother beloved.\\nOn the whole therefore I conclude, that nothing\\nthat is said in the New Testament, and nothing that is omitted, af-\\nfords a shadow of support of modern slavery. We saw this morn-\\ning that that monstrous institution can derive no just sanction from\\nthe Old Testament; so that to the question, Does the Bible sanc-\\ntion slavery we are now prepared to reply, as I do with the deep-\\nest conviction. No; it does not. But I do not stop with that negative\\ndeclaration. I now in the second place declare affirmatively, that\\nthe gospel, in its essential spirit, as well as in many of its most im-\\nportant precepts, is diametrically opposed to chattel slavery. What\\nis the spirit of slavery? It is that spirit which lords it over others;\\ndisregards and crushes out their wishes and feelings; extorts from\\nthem labor by compulsion, and then appropriates to one s self the\\nfruit of such toil, except so much as may be necessary to keep the\\nliving machine in good working order. Who can deny that such is\\nthe spirit and genius of slavery? Now the spirit of the gospel, aa\\nevinced by Christ himself, and as set forth in the New Testament, is\\nthe direct opposite of this. The very essence of the spirit of\\nthe gospel is a disposition to do as much good as possible to others\\nin a spirit of self sacrifice. What fellowship hath sucli a spirit with\\nthat which would make mere tools of others for one s own gratifi-\\ncation or emolument. John 13\u00e2\u0080\u009413. The example that he gave, and\\nwhich he would have them copy, was that of humble kindness to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "304 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nothers, a readiness to do humble offices in love. What has such a\\ntemper to do with the lordly spirit that belongs to slavery as a\\nsystem?\\nWhile the essential spirit of the gospel is thus diametrically op-\\nposed to that of slavery, many of the precepts of Christ virtually\\nprohibit it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Therefore\\nall things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye\\neven so to them.\\nNobody is willing to be a slave. Nobody is willing to be re-\\ngarded and treated as a thing. Nobody is willing to be s hut out\\nfrom the light of knowledge by law; to toil his whole life at the\\nbidding and for the sole advantage of others; to have no hope on\\nearth for himself or his wretched offspring. And if nobody is will-\\ning to be a slave, then nobody ought to be willing to hold others in\\nslavery. It is not doing as he would be done by; it is not loving\\nhis neighbor as himself. It is a clear violation of these precepts of\\nthe gospel.\\nMy third point is, that it is a strong argument in favor of that\\nconstruction of the Bihle, that finds it, not friendly to, but hostile\\nto slavery, because that conclusion is in perfect accordance with\\nthe intuitive conviction and the spontaneous sentiments of mankind.\\nThe Bible teaches me to call no man master; that my fellow\\ncreatures are in the sight of God just as important as I am; that he\\nis no respecter of persons; that my fellow man is under no more\\nobligations to me than I am to him in the nature of things.\\nThe same things are intuitively true. Is it not intuitively cer-\\ntain that I have, under God, a better rig ht to myself and to the use\\nof my own powers than anybody else has, and that if it do nobody\\nany harm, I have a right to seek my own welfare in my own way?\\nCan any logic beat that conviction out of me, or out of you?\\nSuppose I have not quite so much bodily strength, or intellectual\\nvigor as another, or tnat my skin is not so white, does this alter the\\ncase\\nSuch is the common feeling of men the world over, just in pro-\\nportion as they are intelligent and have hearts in the right place.\\nMany slaveholders, notwithstanding all the opiates to which their\\nconsciences are subjected, feel so. .John Randolph says in his last\\nwill and testament, I give to my slaves their freedom, to which\\nmy conscience tells me they are justly entitled. And the state-\\nment of men s rights in the Declaration of Independence, is but the\\nutterance of the inherent conviction and the spontaneous feeling of\\nthe conscience and heart of man. Even the most fanatical pro-\\nslavery advocates unconsciously betraj something of the same\\nfeeling.\\nEven Dr. Van Dyke is rather of the opinion that slavery will", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOIJi:. 305\\noease at the time of the M illenium. One would suppose, from his\\nzeal on the subject, that in his opinion heaven would not be perfect\\nwithout the institution. And now I ask, who planted\\nThese sentiments of right and humanity in our consciences and\\nhearts? Who wrote these laws in the human soul? Why, the same\\nbeing who has given us the Bible. And is it to be supposed that in\\nthat book he has given laws that contradict the law that he has\\ninscribed on the soul? Sooner let my tongue cleave\\nto the roof of my mouth, than give utterance to what I should feel\\nto be an impious libel on the Divine character. And, my hearers,\\nwhatever you may allow yourselves to do for the sake of politics,\\ndo not, I beseech yon, inspire your children with the domineering,\\nthe selfish spirit of slavery If what I have said in re-\\ngard to the Bible be true, then slavery is doomed to expire. Not\\nmerely the intelligence and conscience of the civilized world are\\nagainst it, but Christ the Redeemer is also against it. It may be\\nbolstered up for a time, but its ultimate doom is sealed. No human\\nforesight can now determine the when and the how of its demise;\\nbut that it will die, I regard as only a question of time. And who\\nis not prepared with me to say, O Lord, hasten the day!\\nNo apology is needed, nor will any be made, for inserting\\nat length this extract from Dr. Eldridge s discourse on a\\nsubject long since settled, but which was the burning vital\\none at the time of its delivery. His words from our stand-\\npoint today seem nothing less than prophetic. If for no\\nother reason, his discourse in full, which can be found at\\nthe Norfolk Library and elsewhere, is richly worthy a care-\\nful perusal as a specimen of his clear, cogent reasoning,\\nshowing, as it does, the power, the breadth and the scope\\nof his mind.\\nThere were giants in those days.\\nIt is said that Deacon Amos Pettibone was the head and\\nfront of the Anti-Slavery, or Abolition party, in this\\ntown. The caucuses were usually held at his house, around\\nhis fireside, in the early days. Their full roll for consider-\\nable time was nine. The sentiments and convictions of a\\nfew were so intense that they withdrew from the churches,\\nand thought it wrong even to vote, so long as the Constitu-\\ntion of the United States sanctioned slavery. Of these\\nwere Mr. Merrill Humphrey, Mr. Abel Camp and probably\\nothers.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "306 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNORFOLK MEN IN THE WAK OF THE REBELLION.\\nThe following record of service is largely as published by\\norder of the State Legislature in 1885. This state publica-\\ntion is in many cases incorrect:\\nPresident Lincoln s proclamation calling for men for three\\nmonths was issued April 15, 1S61. The First Regiment, Connecticut\\nVolunteers, arrived at Washington on the steamer Bienville, via\\nChesapeake Bay and the Potomac, May 13th.\\nThese were days of intense excitement in Washington, and\\nfalse alarms were frequent, but cool heads were in control of the\\nConnecticut Brigade. There were no Norfolk men in the First\\nConnecticut Regiment.\\nThe Second Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, enlisted for three\\nmonths. Col. Alfred H. Terry, was mustered into the United States\\nservice at Brewster s Park, New Haven, May 7. 1861. It embarked\\nfrom that port May 10th on the steamer Cahawba for Washing-\\nton, D. C, arriving there May 14th, camping at Meridian Hill. On\\nthe night of June IGth it crossed Long Bridge, entering upon the\\nsacred soil of Virginia. On the 17th it was ordered to the support\\nof Col. McCook s Ohio regiment, which had that day been attacked\\nat Vienna Station. The Second Connecticut took part in\\nthe battle of Bull Run, July 21st, acquitting itself with great credit,\\ndemonstrating b.v its coolness under Are the excellence of its\\nmaterial and the thoroughness of its discipline. At the ex-\\npiration of its term of service the Second Regiment returned to\\nNew Haven, where on August 7th, 1861, its men were mustered out,\\nmost of them to make use of their experience, training and\\ndiscipline in the three years regiments of the State, wherein a large\\nnumber became valuable officers.\\nNorfolk was well represented in this regiment, Rifle Co. E or\\nInfantry Co. F containing the first men to enlist from this town,\\nviz., Samuel C. Barnum, Charles N. Decker, George J. Karmann,\\nSamuel J. Mills, Calvin N. Sage and John M. Walker.\\nIn Co. A, or Rifle Co. B, the Norfolk men were Edward Adams,\\nStephen Barden, Philo Blake, William J. Downer, Charles A.\\nLewis and Timothy Ryan.\\nIn the Third Connecticut Regiment, which was in the same\\nbrigade as the First and Second regiments, in Rifle Co. A, was\\nWillis H. Tyrrell of Norfolk,\\nThese Norfolk men were all mustered out at the close of their\\nthree months term of service; nearly all of them, however, re-\\nenlisted. Samuel J. Mills, a native of this town, son of Irad Mills,\\ndied not long after his return, his death occurring Sept. 5, 1861, from", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NOEFOLK. 307\\ndisease contracted in the service, and was buried liere with military-\\nhonors, his being the first death of a Norfolk soldier, and the first\\nmilitary funeral here.\\nIn the First Squadron Conn. Vol. Cavalry, which was consoli-\\ndated with the Second New Yorlj, known as the Harris Light\\nCavalry, in Company A, were Sergeants Edward C. Morehouse\\nand Russell A. Murphy from Norfolk, both mustered in Aug. 13, 61.\\nMorehouse continued in the service until mustered out, September\\n10, 1SG4, the expiration of his term. Murphy was taken prisoner\\nJune 9, 63, at Brandy Station, Va.; died at Andersonville, Ga., 1864.\\nThis I egiment was among the very first volunteer cavalry regi-\\nments to prove that Union cavalry could match and overmatch the\\nrough riders of the Confederacy.\\nIn Co. B was Corporal Damon S. Pendleton of Norfolk (son of\\nHarry Pendleton), who was mustered in a private August 29, 1861.\\nPromoted March 1, 63. Re-enlisted a veteran Dec. 21, 63. Wound-\\ned at Rapidan, Va., March 1, 64. Died March 25, 64.\\nAlso in Co. B, Charles A. Lewis; mustered in August 29, 61;\\ndischarged for disability Feb., 64.\\nIn the First Regiment Conn. Vol. Cavalry, Co. G, was William\\nStuart from Norfolk, mustered in May 14, 64; mustered out Aug.\\n2, 65.\\nIn Co. I, from Norfolk, Alexander McDonald, a substitute, mus-\\ntered in Aug. 6, 63; captured Oct. 17, 64; paroled March 1, 65;\\ndischarged, disability, June 12, 65.\\nIn Co. L, Charles Gordon, Norfolk; mustered in Nov. 16, 64;\\nmustered out Aug. 2, 65.\\nIn the First Regiment Conn. Vol. Heavy Artillery was Jonathan\\nH. P. Stevens, M. D., Assistant Surgeon; mustered in Oct. 14, 61; re-\\nsigned September 1, 1862.\\nDr. Stevens was a native of this town, a life long resident, and\\nfrom the time of his graduation as a physician and surgeon until his\\ndeath a much esteemed, trusted and successful practising physician.\\nHe was a man of sterling character, integrity and worth, whose\\ndeath in middle life was deeply deplored by the entire community.\\nIn Co. E of this regiment from Norfolk were Corporal Lewis\\nW. Curtiss; mustered in May 23, 61; promoted Sept. 24, 63; term\\nexpired May 22, 64.\\nJames L. Mason, wagoner; mustered in May 23, 61; term ex-\\npired May 22, 64.\\nLoren R. Curtiss; mustered in May 23, 61; term expired May\\n22, 64.\\nIn Co. F, Frederick Barber, substitute; mustered in Dec. 2, 64;\\nmustered out Sept. 25, 65.\\nIn Co. G, Sergeant Edward E. Bettis. Mustered in a private", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "308 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMay 22, 61. Re-enlisted a veteran Nov. 3, 63. Promoted Corporal\\nMay 24, 64. Promoted 2nd Lieutenant Co. L, Nov. 8, 64. Mustered\\nout Sept. 25, 65.\\nIn Co. L, Thomas Smedley. Mustered in Feb. 7, 62, Re-enlisted\\na veteran Feb. 16, 64. Mustered out Sept. 25, 65.\\nIn the Second Regiment, Conn. Heavy Artillery, called the Litch-\\nfield County Regiment, a considerable number of Norfolk men en-\\nlisted and passed through long and severe service, participating in\\nnot less than thirteen engagements, in which several were killed,\\nothers wounded and disabled for a time or for life, and many others\\nsuffered and died from sickness. The Regiment was enlisted in\\nAugust, 1862, at Camp Button, in Litchfield. September 11th was\\nformally mustered into the United States service and on the 1.5th\\nof September proceeded by rail to Washington.\\nThe Norfolk men in this regiment were Sergeant Robert Craw-\\nford, Co. A. Mustered in a private Dec. 28, 63. Wounded at Cold\\nHarbor, Va., June 1, 64. Promoted Corporal Jan. 1, 65; Sergeant\\nJuly 10, 65. Mustered out Aug. 18, 65.\\nIn Co. B, Auguste Adams. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62. Wounded\\nat Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 64. Discharged July 7, 65.\\nGodfrey Miller. Mustered in Dec. 9, 63. Wounded at Cold\\nHarbor June 1, 64. Mustered out August 18, 65.\\nIn Co. C, Christian Bjornsen. Mustered in Dec. 15, 63. Wound-\\ned at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 64. Died June 18, 64.\\nIn Company E of this regiment the largest number of Norfolk\\nmen enlisted.\\nThe First Sergeant of this company was Hiram D. Gaylord (son\\nof Captain Hiram Gaylord of this town). Mustered in Sept. 11, 62.\\nPromoted Second Lieutenant Co. A July 8, 63. Died from typhoid\\nfever Nov. 18, 63. (Buried here with military honors). Also in Co.\\nE, Q. M. Sergeant Edwin R. Canfleld. Mustered in a private Sept.\\n11, 62. Promoted Corporal May 15, 64; Q. M. Sergeant March 1,\\n65, Discharged July 7, 65.\\nCorporal Charles M. Burr (son of Silas Burr). Mustered in pri-\\nvate Sept. 11, 62. Wounded (lost a leg) at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct.\\n19, 64. Promoted March 1, 65. Discharged, disability, May 23, 65.\\nCorporal Sherman H. Cowles. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62. Dis-\\ncharged, disability. May 18, 63.\\nCharles N. Decker (also in Co. E, 2nd C. V.) Mustered in Dec.\\n16, 63. Promoted March 1, 65. Mustered out Aug. 18, 65.\\nCorporal Isaac R. Knapp. Mustered in private Sept. 11, 62.\\nPromoted Mch. 1, 65. Discharged July 7, 6-5.\\nCorporal George H. Pendleton (son of Hobart Pendleton). Mus-\\ntered in private Sept. 11, 62; promoted July 6. 64; wounded in\\nbreast at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 64. Died Oct. 11, 64. (Buried\\nhere with military honors).", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 309\\nSherman A. Apley. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62. Missing at battle\\nat Cold Harbor, Ya., June 1, 64; probably killed; no further report.\\nJean Christina. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; discharged July\\n11, 65.\\nMichael Donahue. Mustered in Jan. 5, 64. Taken prisoner at\\nCedar Creek Oct. 19, 64. Died at Salisbury, N. C, Dee. 14, 64.\\nWilliam Downer. Mustered in Dec. 23, 63; mustered out Aug.\\n18, 6.5.\\nAdam Feathers. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; discharged July\\n7. 65.\\nOliver C. Fitch. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; discharged, disability,\\nNov. 20, 62.\\nWilliam Gager. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; deserted June 2, 63.\\nRichard C. Gingell. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; wounded at Cold\\nHarbor June 3, 64; discharged, disability, Sept. 9, 65.\\nJule Jackman. Mustei ed in Sept. 11, 62; discharged July 7, 65.\\nMatthew Jackman. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; discharged Sept.\\n10. 65.\\nBowden D. Knapp. Mustered in Dec. 23, 63; missing at battle\\nCold Harbor June 1, 64; probably killed; no further report.\\nBlizur Maltbie. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; wounded at Cold\\nHarbor June 1, 64 (leg amputated); died July 2,; 64 (buried here\\nwith military honors).\\nJoseph Robinson. Mustered in Dec. 22, 63; died Oct. 3, 64.\\nWilliam A. Turner. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; transferred to Co.\\nI, 19th Reg., V. R. C, Jan. 30, 65; discharged July 10, 65.\\nIn Co. F, George W. Scoville. Mustered in private Dec. 17, 63;\\npromoted corporal July 11, 65; mustered out Aug 18, 65.\\nGeorge N. Andrus. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62; died June 23, 64.\\nAmmi Bailey. Mustered in Dec. 24, 63; mustered out Aug.\\n18, 65.\\nJames Hyde. Mustered in Dec. 29, 63; wounded Sailors Creek,\\nVa., April 6, 65; discharged July 14, 65.\\nBenjamin A. Murphy. Mustered in Dec. 22, 63; mustered out\\nAug. 18, 65.\\nWilliam Scoville. Mustered in Dec. 17, 63; mustered out Aug.\\n18, 65.\\nIn Company G. Sergeant Matthew P. Bell, Jr. Mustered in\\nprivate Sept. 11, 62; promoted corporal Feb. 13, 64; sergeant Oct.\\n15, 64; wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 64; discharged, dis-\\nability, June 2, 65.\\nIn Co. K. Charles A. Campbell. Mustered in Sept. 11, 62;\\ndischarged July 7, 65.\\nIn Co. E. Corporal Theodore Bobbins. Served from Sept. 11,\\n62, to June 1, 65. Robbins was a resident of Norfolk, but in the\\nRecord was put down as from Winchester.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "310 HIS1X)EY OF NOEFOLK.\\nEdmund B. Sage, also in Co. E. Served from Sept. 11, 62, to\\nJuly 7, 65. He was a Norfolk boy and man, well known to the com-\\npiler hereof, and is on the Record as from Winchester.\\nCo. F. Edward P. Smith. Entered service Aug. 11, G2; pro-\\nmoted sergeant June, G3; discharged July 7, 65.\\nFIFTH CONNECTICUT REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIn Co. A. Enos A. Sage. Mustered in as private July 22, 61;\\npromoted corporal Aug. 21, 61. Re-enlisted veteran Dec. 21, 63;\\npromoted 1st sergeant July 22, 64; first lieutenant Co. B Apr. 29,\\n65; mustered out July 19, 65.\\nDaniel A. Keyes. Mustered in as private July 22, 61; wounded\\nat Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 62; promoted corporal Sept. 23, 62;\\ntransferred as private to Co. E, 20th C. V., Jan. 11, 64. Re-trans-\\nferred as corporal Mch. 26, 64; term expired July 22, 64.\\nWilliam W. Downer. Mustered in July 22, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 21, 63; mustered out July 19, 65.\\nCharles E. Keyes. Mustered in July 22, 61; died Dec. 22, 62.\\nIn Co. I. George Martin. Mustered in July 22, 61; promoted\\ncorporal Nov. 10, 63; re-enlisted veteran Dec. 21, 63; wounded at\\nCulp s Farm, Ga., June 22, 62; transferred to 41st Co., 2nd Batt.,\\nV. R. C, Apr. 22, 65; discharged Aug. 31, 66.\\nJohn D. Barden. Mustered in July 22, 61; wounded at Cedar\\nMountain, Va., Aug. 9, 62; captured at Chancellorsville, Va., May\\n8, 63; paroled May 14, 63; re-enlisted veteran Dec. 21, 63; mustered\\nout July 19, 65.\\nIn Co. I. George M. Lewis. Mustered in July 22, 61; trans-\\nferred to Co. P, 20th C. v., Jan. 11, 64; discharged July 22, 64.\\nJohn McDonald. Mustered in July 22, 61; discharged .luly\\n21, 64.\\nPhilip Perkins. Mustered in July 22, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 21, 63; mustered out July 19, 65.\\nSIXTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIn Co. E. Nathan W. Barden. Mustered in Sept. 4, 61; re-\\nenlisted veteran Dec. 24, 63; mustered out Aug. 21, 65.\\nJames Newbold. Mustered in Oct 3, 63; discharged Oct. 16, 6.5.\\nGeorge W. Cobb. Mustered in Sept. 4, 61; died Oct. 23, 62.\\nEdwin M. Downer. Mustered in Sept. 4, 61; discharged Sept.\\n11, 64.\\nWilliam J. Downer. Mustered in Sept. 4, 61; discharged, dis-\\nability, March 9, 62.\\nJohn W Peck. Mustered in Sept. 4, 61; died Feb. 9, 62.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 311\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIll Co. E. Henry J. Andrus. Mustered in Sept. 7, 61; re-enlisted\\nveteran Dee. 22, 63; promoted corporal June 22, 64; mustered out\\nJuly 20, 65.\\nDarwin C. Andrus. Mustered in Sept. 7, 61; mustered out\\nSept. 12, 64.\\nHorace Russell. Mustered in Sept. 7, 61; mustered out Sept.\\n12, 64.\\nFrancis Steck. Mustered in Sept. 7, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 22, 63; captured at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 17, 64; trans-\\nferred from Savannah, Ga., to Florence, S. C, Nov. 20, 64. No fur-\\nther report. Francis Steck s name is on the soldiers monument as\\nhaving died in 1865.\\nEdward B. Gage. Mustered in Sept. 7, 61; killed at Drewiy s\\nBluff, Va., May 14, 64.\\nIn Co. I. Philo Bailey. Mustered in Sept. 13, 61; wounded at\\nFt. Wagner, S. C, July 11, 63; re-enlisted veteran Apr. 29, 64:\\ntransferred to Invalid Corps.\\nNINTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIn Co. B. Patrick Day. Mustered in Oct. 12, 61; discharged,\\ndisability, Oct. 16, 62.\\nIn Co. F. William Allen. Mustered in May 7, 64; deserted Aug.\\n3, 64.\\nSamuel Bryan. Mustered in May 7, 64; absent without leave\\nsince Aug., 64.\\nIn Co. I. William Mason. Mustered in Oct. 1, 61; re-enlisted\\nveteran Jan. 4, 64; transferred to Co. D, 9th Battalion C. Y., Oct.\\n12, 64; mustered out Aug. 3, 65.\\nTENTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIn Co. I. John Hennessey. Mustered in Nov. 16, 64; discharged\\nNov. 13, 65.\\nIn Co. K. Thomas Kerrigan. Mustered in Nov. 17, 64; wound-\\ned at Ft. Gregg, Ya., Apr. 2, 65; discharged, disability, July 22, 65.\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nAdjutant Samuel C. Barnum. Entered service in this regiment\\nNov. 27, 61, as First Lieutenant Co. E; promoted to Adjutant Oct.\\n24, 62; wounded at Cold Harbor June 3, 64; leg amputated; died.\\nJune 1.5, 64; buried in Norfolk with military honors.\\nQuarter Master Sergeant Egbert J. Butler. Mustered in Oct,\\n25, 61; promoted from Sergeant Co. E April 3, 62; 2nd Lieut. Co. B\\nJuly 18, 62; resigned Jan. 5, 63.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "312 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIn Co. C. Gabriel La Bouss. Mustered in May 16, 64; wounded\\nat Petersburg, Va., June 28, 64; died July 4, 64.\\nArthur Linshott. Mustered in May 19, 64; killed at Petersburg,\\nVa., Aug. 21, 64.\\nJean Paul Mustered in May 18, 64; killed at Petersburg, Va.,\\nJuly 30, 64.\\nIn Co. E. Captain John H. Dewell. Mustered in Nov. 27, 61;\\nresigned June 16, 62.\\nJohn B. Miller. Mustered in Nov. 14, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 13, 63; promoted Corporal Apr. 11, 64; vs ouuded at Cold Har-\\nbor, Va., June 3, 64; promoted Sergeant Co. K Sept. 19, 64; Second\\nLieut. Jan. 16, 6-5; mustered out Dec. 21, 65.\\nCharles S. Spaulding. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; promoted Ser-\\ngeant April 3, 62; First Sergeant Jan. 22, 63; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 13, 63; wounded and captured at Drerwry s Bluff, Va., May 16,\\n64; paroled Nov. 19, 64; discharged June 8, 65.\\n(In Co. E.) Michael Gallagher. Mustered in Nov. 14, 61; pro-\\nmoted Corporal May 3, 63; re-enlistied veteran Dec. 13, 63; wounded\\nand captured at Drewry s Bluff, Va., May 16, 64; paroled Nov. 19,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a264; promoted Sergeant Dec. 1, 65; mustei ed out Dec. 21, 65.\\nWilliam Humphrey. Mustered in Corporal Oct. 25, 61; pro-\\nmoted Sergeant March 1, 64; term expired Oct. 24, 64.\\nGeorge W. Spellman. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; wounded at\\nAntietam, Md., Sept. 17, 62; re-enlisted veteran Jan. 5. 64; promoted\\nCorporal March 18, 64; Sergeant Dec 1, 64; mustered out Dec.\\n21, 65.\\nWillis H. Tyrrell. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; promoted Corporal\\nJan. 2, 62; wounded Antietam Sept. 17, 62; promoted Sergeant\\nFeb. 9, 68; died Aug. 25, 63.\\nOrlo H. Wolcott. Mustered in Corporal Oct. 25, 61; promoted\\nSergeant June 16, 62; transferred to 118th Co., 2d Batt., V. R. C,\\nDec. 18, 63; discharged Oct 24, 64.\\nSeth Barden. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; promoted Corporal Mch.\\n20, 62; discharged, disability, Sept. 18, 62.\\nStephen Barden. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 13, 63; promoted Corporal Feb. 20, 65; discharged Dec. 1, 65.\\nTheodore S. Bates, Corporal. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; killed at\\nAntietam, Md., Sept. 7, 62.\\nPhilo Blake. Mustered in Nov. 14, 61; mustered Co. M, 3rd\\nReg., U. S. Artillery, Oct. 25, 62; re-enlisted veteran April 23. 64:\\ndischarged April 23, 67.\\nIrwin Clemens. Mustered in Feb. 6, 64; promoted Corporal\\nDec. 1, 65; mustered out Dec. 21, 65.\\nGeorge Daniels. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDee. 13, 63; promoted Corporal Feb. 20, 65; no record of discharge.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 313\\nNezair Demars. Mustered in Nov. 20, 61; promoted Corporal\\nDec. 23, 62; re-enlisted veteran Feb. 16, 61; mustered out Dec.\\n21. 65.\\nElliott Peck. Mustered in Dec. 2, 63; promoted Jan. 11, Go;\\nmustered out Dec. 21, 65.\\nJames J. Slater. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; re-enlisted veteran\\nDec. 13, 63; promoted Corporal April 11, 64; transferred to U. S.\\nN. April 30, 64; served on U. S. S. Florida, Queen, and Dic-\\ntator discharged Sept. 3, 65,\\nFrancis J. Burgess. Mustered in wagoner Oct. 25, 61; re-en-\\nlisted veteran Dec. 13, 63; mustered out Dec. 21, 65.\\nAlbert H. Bailey. Mustered in Nov. 23, 61; died April 7, 62.\\nBenjamin J. Beach. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; killed at Antietam,\\nMd., Sept. 17, 62.\\nHiram Camp. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; discharged, disability,\\nJuly 18, 62.\\nLeander Campbell. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; killed at Cold\\nHarbor, Va., June 3, 64.\\nEdward Carman. Mustered in Nov. 20, 61; transferred to Co.\\nM, 3rd Reg., U. S. Artillery; discharged Nov. 14, 64.\\nDevantry Celestian. Mustered in Nov. 27, 61; re-enlisted vet-\\neran Dec. 13, 63; mustered out Dec. 21, 65.\\nXavier Chalton. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; transferred to Co. E.\\n2d Reg., U. S. Cavalry; re-enlisted veteran Feb. 25, 64; discharged\\nMay 19, 65.\\nJames Clark. Mustered in Nov. 20, 61; discharged, disability,\\nFeb. 6, 63.\\nHiram Clemens. Mustered in Dec. 2, 63; wounded at Peters-\\nburg, Ya., June 22, 64; mustered out Dec. 21, 65; served also\\nin 9th Reg., Co. I, Oct. 6 to Jan., 63.\\nPeter Demars. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; discharged, disability,\\nJune 28. 62.\\nWillard Evans. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; died Jan. 12, 62.\\nJoachin Filieau. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; discharged, disability,\\nOct. 1, 62.\\nMichael Flaherty. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; discharged Oct.\\n27, 64.\\nMoses J. Hall. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; wounded at Antietam\\nSept. 17, 62; re-enlisted veteran Dec. 13, 63; wounded June 3, 64,\\nat Cold Harbor, Va.; deserted Oct. 25, 64.\\nEdward J. Humphrey. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; died April\\n22, 62.\\nIsaac M. Knapp. Mustered in Nov. 27, 61; transferred to Co.\\nI; discharged Feb. 28, 63.\\nJohn Laber. Mustered in Nov. 14. 61; re-enlisted veteran;\\nwounded at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 64; discharged Sept. 16, 65.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "314 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nTheodore Parrett. Mustered in Nov. 27, 61; killed at Antietam,.\\nMd., Sept. 17, 62.\\nCliarles Spellman. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; died May 22, 62.\\nJohn Sughrue. Mustered in Nov. 23, 61; died April 20, 62.\\nLucius Watrous. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; discharged, disability,.\\nMarch 3, 62.\\nCharles Root. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; re-enlisted veteran Apr.\\n23, 64; deserted July 23, 65.\\nJohn O Brien. Mustered in Nov. 23, 61; discharged April 29, 64..\\nHalsey Roberts. Mustered in Oct. 25, 61; died Feb. 6, 62, at\\nAnnapolis, Md.\\nIn Fourteenth Regiment Infantry, Co. I, veas James Hearty.\\nMustered in Aug 23, 62; wounded Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62 r\\ntransferred to 3d Co., 2d Batt., V. R, C; discharged June 12. 65.\\nNINE MONTHS SERVICE TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nCompany F. George Barden. Mustered in Nov. 15, 62; wound-\\ned June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; died June 15, 63.\\nMartin Green. Mustered in Nov. 15, 62; mustered out Aug.\\n28, 63.\\nSchuyler B. Pendleton, Co. F. Mustered in Nov. 15, 62; died\\nSept. 3, 63. J\\nCharles N. Hollister, Co. F. Enlisted Sept. 9, 62; discharged\\nAug. 28, 63.\\nTWENTY-NINTH (COLORED) REGIMENT, INFANTRY.\\nIn Co A. Alanson Freeman. Mustered in Mch. 8, 64; mus-\\ntered out Oct. 24, 65.\\nHenry Freeman. Mustered in Mch. 8, 64; mustered out Oct.\\n24, 65.\\nIn Co. G. Ensign Prince. Mustered in Mch. 8, 64; died April\\n17, 65.\\nIn Co. K. Samuel Smith Musician. Mustered in Mch. 8, 64;\\nmustered out Oct. 24, 65.\\nIn Co. C, 29th Reg., Corporal Joseph Prime. Enlisted Dec. 23,\\n63; discharged Oct. 24, 65.\\nIn Co. F, 29th Reg., James Prime. Enlisted Dec. 23, 63; dis-\\ncharged Oct 24, 65.\\nChauncey Crossley and Edward Hine, of this town, colored\\nmen, served in the 49th Massachusetts Regiment nearly two years.\\nEugene Murphy. Mustered into Co. B, 37th Mass. Infantry,\\nAug. 30, 62; killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 64.\\nJoseph P. Nettleton. Mustered into Co. G, 59th Mass. Infantry,\\nFeb. 22, 64; transferred to 57th Mass. Infantry June 1, 65; dis-\\ncharged July 31, 65.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 315\\nAnother Norfolk boy who served his country and lost his life in\\nthe War of the Rebellion was Edward J. Ryan, as he was known\\nin town and among his schoolmates, many of whom still remember\\nhim. He was John Barlow, the son of Levi Barlow, mentioned else-\\nwhere; was adopted by Mr. Edward E. Ryan and given the name\\nIn baptism of Edward John Ryan.\\nHe enlisted in Co. B, 3d Regiment, Conn. Vols., as John Barlow,\\nand at the end of the three months service was discharged. The\\nfollowing year he enlisted from Milan, N. Y., in Co. C, 128th N. Y.\\nVols. He went in the expedition to New Orleans under Gen. Banks,\\nand there with others of his Regiment joined Company E, Capt.\\nYeaton, First Louisiana Cavalry. He was an orderly for Gen.\\nAugur at the siege of Port Hudson. Later he was detailed as\\norderly to Col. Birge, 13th Conn. Vols. He was drowned in the\\nMississippi River at Carrollton, La., August 1, 1863.\\nCol. Birge wrote Miss Barlow under date of Sept. 10, 1863, from\\nThibodeaux, La., as follows:\\nI am pained to be obliged to confirm the report which has\\nreached you of your brother s death. I sympathize with\\nyou in your sad bereavement. Though your brother had been with\\nme but a short time I had become much interested in him. He was\\ncorrect in his habits, prompt and reliable in the discharge of his\\nduty, and a good soldier. I wish he could have been spared for his\\ncountry and for you. Efforts to recover his body were un-\\nsuccessful. Your obedient servant,\\nHENRY W. BIRGE, Col.\\nTHE SOLDIERS MONUMENT.\\nA few years after the close of the war of the rebellion a\\ndesire was generally felt in this community to have some\\nsuitable monument erected to the memory of those who\\nfrom this town gave up their lives in the great struggle for\\nthe preservation of our government. The place decided\\nupon was near the centre of the park, in front of the Gon-\\nsregational Church. The town voted |7o0 toward the ex-\\npense of the monument, the remainder being raised by pri-\\nvate subscription. The monument was designed and built\\nby William A. Burdick, the agent of the Westerly quar-\\nries, from the celebrated granite of Westerly, Rhode\\nIsland. The whole cost of the monument was |2,200. It\\nstands in a fine location and is an ornament as well as an\\nhonor to the town, being, as it is, a permanent recognition", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "316 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nof the great sacrifice of the noble young men from this\\ntown who gave their lives in order that a government of\\nthe people, by the people and for the people should not\\nperish from the earth.\\nThe monument has two bases, a die, a plinth and a\\nshaft. The lower base is six feet square, the second base\\nfour and a half feet square, and the die three feet nine\\ninches square and three and a half feet high. The entire\\nheight of the monument is 24 feet and a little more. Upon\\nthe west side is the inscription, To the memory of the\\nsoldiers from this town who gave their lives to their coun-\\ntry in the War of the Rebellion. Upon the four sides the\\nnames of thirty-five of those who gave their lives in the war\\nare carved. The monument is simple, effective, grand; in\\nits silent massiveness eloquent of the story it shall tell to\\nall posterity of the steadfastness, even unto death, of those\\nwhose glorious deeds it commemorates, and whose memory\\nit preserves. The names of the soldiers upon the monu-\\nment are:\\nAdjutant Samuel C. Barnum; died June 15, 1864.\\nLieutenant Hiram D. Gaylord; died Nov. 18, 1863.\\nCorporal Theodore S. Bates; died Sept. 17, 1862.\\nCorporal Damon S. Pendleton; died March 24, 1864.\\nCorporal George H. Pendleton; died Oct. 11, 1864.\\nSchuyler B. Pendleton; died Sept. 3, 1863.\\nSherman A. Apley; died June 1, 1864.\\nEdward J. Humphrey; died April 22, 1862.\\nEdward Hine; died July 18, 1864.\\nCharles E. Keyes; died Dec. 22, 1862.\\nElizur Maltbie; died July 2, 1864.\\nSamuel J. Mills; died Sept. 5, 1861.\\nRussell A. Murphy; died 1864.\\nTheodore Parrett; died Sept. 17, 1862.\\nJohn W. Peck; died Feb. 9. 1862.\\nGeorge N. Andrus; died June 22, 1864.\\nAlbert H. Bailey; died April 7, 1862.\\nGeorge Barden; died June 15, 1863.\\nBenjamin J. Beach; died Sept. 17, 1862.\\nChristian Bejornson; died June 18, 1864.\\nLeander Campbell; died June 3, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Cobb; died Oct. 23, 1862.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 317\\nMichael Donahue; died Dec. 13, 1864.\\nWillard Evans; died June 12, 1862.\\nJoseph Robinson; died Sept. 17, 1864.\\nHalsey Roberts; died Feb. 6, 1862.\\nTimothy Ryan; died Aug. 2, 1862.\\nEdward B. Sage; died May 4, 1864.\\nJohn Sughrue; died April 20, 1862.\\nCharles Spellman; died May 25, 1862.\\nSergeant Willis H. Tyrrell; died Aug. 25, 1863.\\nFrancis Steck; died 1865.\\nAugiiste Didier; died (no date).\\nBowden E. Knapp; died (no date).\\nEnsign Prince; died (no date).\\nADJUTANT SAMUEL C. BARNUTVI, MORTALLY WOU NDED AT COLD\\nHARBOR, VA.\\nOne of the noble men who gave his life freely, conscien-\\ntiously and willingly for his country was Samuel C. Bar-\\nnum, whose record as a soldier is mentioned briefly above.\\nFortunately among the public records, and in the posses-\\nsion of friends, who remember and recall him with great\\naffection and tenderness, facts and material are to be\\nfound for a brief sketch of his life.\\nSamuel Carter Barnum was born at Brookfield, Connecti-\\ncut, in 1838. When he was about eight years old his mother\\ndied, leaving a large family of young children, and as his\\nfather did not feel equal to the task of properly caring for\\nand training all his motherless children, homes were found\\nfor some of them, and for the little boy Samuel a home\\nwas offered by Mr. and Mrs. Philo M, Trowbridge of Wood-\\nbury. When told that he was to go and have a home with\\nMr. Trowbridge, in his enthusiasm, which was a marked\\ncharacteristic with him through his brief life, he threw up\\nhis hat and called out three cheers in his childish zeal.\\nFew boys are as fortunately and happily placed in homes\\nof their own parents as was he in the Christian home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Trowbridge, the latter being a native of Nor-\\nfolk, Miss Sarah Aiken, daughter of Mr. Lemuel Aiken, a\\nwell known and life long resident of this town. Surrounded\\nby the best of Christian home influences and training, with", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "318 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ngood school advantages, grateful for and appreciative of\\nall the kindness shown him and the advantages\\ngiven him, he spent the years of his youth in Mr,\\nTrowbridge s family When about fifteen years of\\nage, from close and intense application to his studies, there\\nseemed danger of his health being seriously impaired, and\\nthe family physician advised that he, for at least a time,\\nshould be relieved from his studies and placed in some dif-\\nferent position. Just the right place for the boy, now\\ncoming into manhood, opened up for him in the home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Peter Curtiss of this town, the latter being\\na sister of Mrs. Trowbridge. Here he was given a position\\nas clerk in Mr. Curtiss store, and never was boy or young\\nman more faithful and attentive to his duties than was he,\\nand with his happy home life and most excellent Christian\\ninfluences he was again most pleasantly and favorably\\nsituated. With the same degree of truthfulness could it\\nhave been said of him during his life in Norfolk, as when in\\nthe army: Wherever he had acquaintances he had\\nfriends. After some five years experience in Mr. Curtiss\\nstore he accepted the position of bookkeeper in the Norfolk\\nHosiery Company, and in that position he remained until\\nhis country s call to arms was sounded, when, upon Presi-\\ndent Lincoln s first call for volunteers for three months, the\\nname of Samuel C. Barnuni was one of the vei*y first en-\\nrolled from this town. He served as a private during that\\nthree months campaign, being present and taking part in\\nthe first battle at Bull Run, and it is safe to say that no\\nsoldier in the army or citizen at home felt more chagrin,\\ndisappointment and humiliation at that disastrous defeat\\nthan did he. At the close of the three months for which he\\nhad enlisted he returned to his home in Norfolk for a few\\ndays, his mind being fully made up to again enter the\\nservice, and shortly afterward he enlisted for three years\\nin the Eleventh Connecticut Regiment. He was every inch\\na soldier, as will appear by some extracts from letters\\nwhich he wrote when at the front, addressed to his foster\\nfather and ever dear friend, Mr. P. M. Trowbridge, and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 319\\nwhich are found in full in the History of Woodbury.\\nHe entered the service in the Eleventh Connecticut in\\nNovember, 1861. His first letter, which was preserved, was\\ndated Newbern, N. C, March 18, 1862, in which he men-\\ntions his Regiment going in an expedition to Newbern, and\\ndescribes the battle at that place: The firing continued\\nabout four or five hours. The stars and stripes were plant-\\ned on the enemies breastwork about 11.30 o clock, and then\\nsuch cheering and shouting. It must have penetrated even\\nfurther than the roar and din of battle had, but a few\\nminutes before. The rebels fled in great confusion and\\nhaste. In some of their camps food was still cooking, or\\nspread upon the tables. They burnt the bridge command-\\ning the approach to Newbern, and set the city on fire. Our\\nloss was 91 killed, 463 wounded, and of the wounded some\\n20 mortally so. Our men, with a few individual exceptions,\\nacted nobly in the fight. I can hardly say enough in praise\\nof the brave men. The boys were busy for a day\\nor two in securing prizes. I have a splendid genuine seces-\\nsion flag, which I would not swap for all the rest. I intend\\nto send it to Norfolk the first opportunity I have. Won t\\nit excite a sensation there, though?\\nThat genuine secession flag is still in the possession\\nof Mrs. Peter Curtiss.\\nThe country for miles around is almost entirely de-\\nserted. The men have been allowed to go out foraging\\nquite freely. It would amuse you to see them come in.\\nSome will have a pig or sheep slung over his shoulder, and\\nsome come with a mule or horse loaded down with poultry.\\nThe slaves here seem overjoyed at our success,\\nand avow that they never shall call any man master again.\\nI am now enjoying the satisfaction of having done my\\nduty, and wiped out Bull Run.\\nYours affectionately,\\nSamuel C. Barnum.\\nTo P. M. Trowbridge, Esq.\\nHe wrote from Washington, D. C, Sept. 6, 1862, to Mr.\\nTrowbridge, as follows: Our regiment arrived here night", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "320 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nbefore last. We are now bivouacking on the very identical\\nspot upon which the Second Connecticut were encamped.\\nHow curious the coincidence, and how little I thought\\nwhen I left it, over one year ago, to advance into Virginia,\\nthat after a year of marching, voyages, battles, privations,\\netc., I should come back to the old camp ground, to begin\\nanew; for it seems that our forces are but little advanced,\\ncomparatively, from what they were at that time. Still\\nI have hope that all will yet be well. We evacuated Fred-\\nericksburg on the 31st of August, burning the bridge be-\\nhind us. Our regiment was a part of the rear guard, and\\ndid not arrive at Acquia Creek until the morning of the\\n8d. The men are all well and in good spirits. We shall\\nremain here probably not long, as we are under marching\\norders. I do not know where we are going. I am still in\\ncommand of Co. K, alone. I am rejoiced to hear that the\\nNorth are at last wide awake.\\nAgain he wrote:\\nCamp of 11th Connecticut Volunteers,\\nOpposite Fredericksburg, Va,, Nov. 27, 1862.\\nMy Dear Friend: It is Thanksgiving in Conn, today,\\nand I have been thinking of you constantly, and I need not\\nsay how often I have wished I were with you to enjoy it.\\nThere are so many pleasing associations clustering about\\nthe day that it has always seemed to me one of the happiest\\nof the year. Bright visions of your festivities have flitted\\nbefore me today, until I have almost imagined myself there\\nin reality. And thus it is I often derive great satisfaction\\nin the thought of the happiness of friends at home. You\\nmust not imagine, however, that I am wanting in the com-\\nforts of life. On the contrary I have enjoyed a sumptuous\\ndinner today, prepared by the cook of our mess, and at\\nwhich Col. Harland, our Brigadier, and Surgeon Warner of\\nthe Sixteenth were guests. I enjoyed it, but felt almost\\nguilty at the thought that the men of the regiment had\\nnothing but hard crackers and salt junk. The rank and\\nfile are the ones who make the greatest sacrifices, after all.\\nYou wish me to tell what position I occupy, etc. I am at", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 321\\npresent acting as Adjutant. The Adjutancy is a staff ap-\\npointment and a very desirable situation. His business is\\nto make all reports, etc., of the regiment, write, publish\\nand copy all orders, attend to the officers correspondence,\\nand in the field to form the regiment and assist in maneu-\\nvering it; also to mount the guard. I am entitled to a horse\\nand many other privileges which I could not otherwise\\nhave. Besides I very much enjoy the society with which\\nit brings me in contact. Col. Stedman has told me that he\\nshould be pleased to have me remain wiiere I am, but at\\nany time I wish to go in the line I can have a captaincy.\\nMy present rank is that of First Lieutenant.\\nYours affectionately,\\nam Ti HT m u -J -c^ 5 Samuel C. Barnum.\\nTo P. M. Trowbridge, Esq.\\nHe wrote again Dec. 10, 1862: I am still with the field\\nand staff, and enjoy it very much, not only as it is just in\\nmy line of business, writing, but it brings me into a very\\nrefined circle of society, under the influences of which I\\nfeel that I am improving. It is announced this afternoon\\nthat the troops will move tomorrow morning at daylight.\\nStirring scenes are ahead. While I write the rumbling of\\nwagons, etc., betokens preparation for the coming contest.\\nWe may awake tomorrow morning to the music of cannon.\\nThe battle may be severe and critical. I am inclined to\\nthink it will be. This seems to me a critical period. Great\\nevents may be hanging on the issues of the next few days.\\nGod grant that our cause may triumph this time. Maybe\\nyou would like to know what my feelings are in regard to\\nthe prospect of a fight. I assure you they are none of those\\never described as spoiling for a fight. I would much\\nrather the thing be accomplished without the shedding of\\na single drop of blood; but if it is to be otherwise, I desire\\nto meet it squarely, cooly and bravely. The experiences of\\nNewbern, South Mountain and Antietam have taught me\\nthat there is an awful reality to be sternly met.\\nThe evening of December 11th he wrote again, in part", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nas follows: Just as I predicted last night, we awoke this\\nmorning to the music of cannon. At precisely five o clock\\nA. M. the sullen boom of a heavy gun sounded out upon the\\nmorning air, and opened the ball. Our troops are in Fred-\\nericksburg, and the city is in ruins and burning. A few\\ndays later he wrote again to Mr. Trowbridge, giving quite\\na vivid report of the terrible battle at Fredericksburg on\\nthe 12th and 13th. On the morning of the 13th we were\\ndetailed to support the pickets in front of the 3d division,\\nwhich were stationed just beyond the outskirts of the city.\\nAt about 10 A. M. the engagement became gen-\\neral. The picket headquarters were at a small house on an\\neminence, considerably to our left, and within 800 yards of\\nthe rebel breastworks. From this position we could ob-\\nserve every movement on each side.. The position\\nof the enemy was one of great strength, not only by nature\\nbut by all the appliances of military science. As\\nsoon as our men emerged from the city they were opened\\nupon with shell, and as they came nearer, by the infantry.\\nThe shell made awful havoc among them. The first to\\nadvance was Couch s corps, Hancock s division. We could\\nsee the men fall, and flags go down and come up again,\\nand count the dead and wounded behind them, as they\\nswept on, by dozens. On the night of the 15th\\nwe recrossed the river and reached our old camp, which\\nhad been left standing, before midnight.\\nI am rejoiced to see that the public do not blame our be-\\nloved General Burnside, for we think that he did every-\\nthing that lay in his power, and that, too, with a vigilance,\\npromptness and gallantry which reflect great honor upon\\nhim. It is said that he did not want to advance at the\\ntime he did, and thought that to do so would result only\\nin slaughter, but he was ordered to do so. The sequel\\nproved his superior wisdom. For my part I am\\ntired of this useless sacrifice of life. I feel a strong devotion\\nto my country. I am willing to undergo any privation or\\nsacrifice, even to that of my life, to establish its union and\\nmaintain its honor, but I do not like to throw my life away", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 323\\nat the caprice of those who do not understand the move-\\nments and welfare of any army.\\nYours affectionately,\\nm Ti T.*^ m u -J T-i Samuel C. Barnum.\\nTo P. M. Trowbridge, Esq.\\nIn Cothren s History of Woodbury, in tlie List of Woodbury\\nSoldiers in the War of the Rebellion, is the following: Samuel\\nC. Barnum enlisted in the three mouths troops May 7th, 18(51, and\\nwas in the battle of Bull Run. Enlisted the second time in Co. E,\\nEleventh Conn. A^olunteers, November 27th, 1861. For good con-\\nduct in battle he was promoted successively to be Second Lieu-\\ntenant, and First Lieutenant and Adjutant June 16th, 1862. For a\\ntime he acted as A. A. A. G. of Brigade. He was wounded at Cold\\nHarbor June 3d, 1864, and died of secondary hemorrhage at Wash-\\nington, D. C, June 19th, 1864. He sent for his foster-father. Deacon\\nP. M. Trowbridge, to attend him, and he was with him when he\\ndied. He was very cheerful under his sufferings, endured them\\nwith great fortitude, and finally died almost instantly, a true\\nChristian patriot.\\nFrom History of Connecticut During the Rebellion.\\nColonel Stedman led his brigade bravely in the terrible onset\\nfor the possession of Cold Harbor, on the night of June 2, 1864.\\nIn a private letter written at the time Col. Stedman said: We\\nformed in the woods in solid columns. I gave the command For-\\nward. We started with unloaded muskets and fixed bayonets. I\\nwas the first to enter the open field and see the enemy s lines,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a\\ncurve. I bade farewell to all I loved. It seemed impossible to\\nsurvive that fire, but I was spared, while the officers of my staff\\nwho followed me closely were struck down. We reached a point\\nwithin thirty yards of the enemy s main works, but the fire was\\ntoo murderous and my men were repulsed. We left the works with\\ntwo thousand men; in five minutes we returned six hundred less.\\nThe Eleventh had lost nine killed and seventy-five wounded.\\nThe Colonel escaped with several bullet holes through his coat.\\nMajor Converse, Capt. Amos S. Allen and Adjutant Samuel C.\\nBarnum were mortally wounded, and soon died.\\nFrom History of Connecticut During the Rebellion.\\nJune 24, 1864, Col. Stedman wrote: One thing makes\\nme sad,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the loss of so many friends. Yesterday I learned that\\nAdjutant Barnum s leg had been amputated, and to-day that he is\\ndead. I loved him very dearly. Always cheerful and happy, he\\nwas a most efficient officer, and a perfect gentleman. I do not", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthink I ever heard him utter a word that he might not say to\\nladies, and I once told him I consider that the best rule for one s\\nguidan-ee is, never to say or do among meB what would be improper\\nbefore mother or sister.\\nThe following is from the Connecticut War Record of July,\\n1864, in their correspondence by the Chaplain of the Regiment:\\nFrom the Eleventh Regiment,\\nField near Petersburg, Va., June 30, 1864.\\nFriday, the 3d inst, at Cold Harbor was a day of blood.\\nHow our loved ones and our mighty fell in battle. The heroic and\\naccomplished Major Converse, foremost in danger, most trusted of\\nthe staff ofl3cers of General Martindale, was mortally wounded at\\nthe first volley in that terrible charga In that charge\\nmany of our bravest and best were cut down. It was but a few\\nmoments. The point was not carried. The fire was murderous;\\na perfect hail-storm of lead; a tempest of ball rain. In that charge\\nwe lost one hundred men. An hour or two afterwards on that\\nbloody morning a minnie ball struck Adjutant Barnum in the leg.\\nHe was Colonel Stedman s Adjutant General; always at his side\\nand therefore always in danger, if duty became dangerous. We\\nthought it would prove not a permanent injury, nor lead to amputa-\\ntion. His patient endurance deceived us, for his fortitude in endur-\\ning was not surpassed by his bravery in receiving the wound. But\\nwe now mourn him also, for we hear from Washington that a tardy\\namputation was followed by a speedy death. He died among his\\nfriends, who attended him in those last days; but he always had\\nfriends wherever he had acquaintances. Thus another of that little\\ncircle which are known as the Field and Staff of the 11th Connec-\\nticut Volunteers has become a martyr of liberty. Let their names\\ngo down to posterity with others. A picture of Saturday the\\n4th would give an idea of the days we have passed. I was early\\nat the front, asking Colonel Stedman if possible to come for one-\\nhalf hour to the hospital. There Major Converse was dying. By\\nhis side was the Adjutant, Barnum, smiling, without a groan or\\nmurmur, but pale. Let the long list of officers and men who\\nhave suffered and died in battle,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who have joined the number of\\nmartyrs of Liberty, tell what we have done in the National cause.\\n(By Chaplain H. C. DeForest.)\\nWhen Adjutant Barnum was first wounded in that ter-\\nrible battle at Cold Harbor, he would not believe that he\\nwas permanently disabled, that he could do no more, and at\\nfirst refused to be taken from the field, thinking that after\\na little he should be able to mount his horse again and do", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "COLONEL GEORGE RYAN.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 325\\nfurther service. So eager was he to do more in his country s\\nservice into which he had entered with all his heart and\\nsoul that he reluctantly consented to the amputation of his\\nleg, as he hoped it might be saved, and he be a whofe,\\nsound man again, to further serve his country. He was\\nnot only every inch a soldier, he was as true a patriot as\\never went forth to war, and a willing martyr. He gave his\\nlife, and longed for another life to give. The surgeon who\\nattended him said that his fortitude and courage at the\\namputation of his limb were most remarkable and rare.\\nNot a groan, a murmur or a complaint did he make. He\\nwas removed to Washington, and at a hotel everything\\nthat his old friends and new found friends were able to do\\nin ministering to him was most gladly done; but unex-\\npectedly, almost instantly at last, his noble life went out.\\nHe was but twenty-six years old.\\nCOLONEL GEOKGE RYAN, MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF\\nTHE WILDERNESS.\\nAnother of Norfolk s noblest boys who most faithfully\\nand efficiently served his country and gave his life in the\\nWar of the Rebellion was Colonel George Ryan, who as\\nColonel of the 140th New York Regiment led his men in a\\ncharge at the battle of Laurel Hill, or Spottsylvania, Va.,\\nwhere he was mortally wounded May 8th, 1864. He was\\na son of John Ryan; was brought to Norfolk when an in-\\nfant; spent the days of his childhood, youth and early man-\\nhood here; was much beloved by all his friends and com-\\npanions, being a gentleman of refinement by nature and\\nearly training, and his early death was deeply lamented.\\nGeorge Ryan, Colonel of 140th New York Volunteers,\\nCaptain of 7th Infantry, United States Army, son of John\\nand Joanna Boomer Ryan, was born April 19th, 1836, at\\nMedway, Mass. About one year after his birth the family\\nremoved to Norfolk, where he attended the District School\\nand the Academy taught by William B. Rice, previous to\\nentering the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, July\\nIst, 1853, having been appointed a cadet there by Judge", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nOrigen S. Seymour of Litchfield, who was then Congress-\\nman from the Western District of Connecticut. He was\\ngraduated and promoted in the army to Brevet Second\\nLieutenant of Infantry July 1st, 1857, and served in garri-\\nson at Newport Barracks, Ky., until some time in the\\nfollowing year. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry as\\nSecond Lieutenant, Oct. 31st, 1857, but was transferred\\nJune 24th, 1858, to the 7th Infantry. During the years\\n1858-60 he was on duty in the Mormon campaign, which\\nterminated in the capture of Utah. July 1st, 1859, he was\\nin an Indian fight at Camp Box Elder. In 1860 marched\\nwith his regiment to New Mexico, and was stationed for\\nsome time at Fort Defiance. He participated in the Navajo\\nexpedition of 1860-61. He was promoted to First Lieu-\\ntenant, 7th Infantry, April 22d, 1861. During the early\\npart of the rebellion of the seceding states he was convoy-\\ning trains, and was captured July 27th, 1861, at San Augus-\\ntine Springs, N. M., by Confederates, and was not\\nexchanged until August 27th, 1862. While on parole he\\ndid garrison duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and on the\\nCanadian frontier. He was Adjutant of the 7th Infantry\\nfrom September 1st, 1861, to July 9th, 1862, when he was\\nmade one of its Captains. Upon being exchanged he\\njoined the Army of the Potomac with his regiment, and\\nwas engaged at Smucker s Gap November .3d, 1862, on the\\nmarch to Falmouth, Va. He was detailed December 1st,\\n1862, to be Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the 2d\\nDivision, 5th Army Corps, which division was composed of\\nregulars, except the 140th New York and some other volun-\\nteer forces. He was in the Rappahannock campaign from\\nDecember, 1862, to June, 1863, being in the battle of Fred-\\nericksburg, where he rendered meritorious services which\\nreceived due recognition from General George Sykes, his\\ndivision commander; and also in the battle of Chancellors-\\nville. May 24th, 1863, where he did so well that he was\\nagain publicly complimented by General Sykes and recom-\\nmended by him for promotion. He was in the Pennsylvania\\ncampaign, June and July, 1863, having been engaged in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 327\\nthe battle of Gettysburg July lst-3d, and in the pursuit of\\nthe enemy to Warrenton, Va. In this campaign he was\\nChief of Staff for General R. B. Ayers, then commanding\\nthis 2d division, who, in his report of that battle, favorably\\nmentioned Captain Ryan for the intelligence and gallantry\\nshown by him in that sanguinary contest. After ten\\nmonths at the front, performing every duty with a zeal and\\nability that completely won the admiration of the entire\\ndivision, he was, August 29th, 1863, upon the unanimous\\nrequest of the officers of the 140th New York, appointed\\nits Colonel by Governor Horatio Seymour. He promptly\\nentered upon his work with an energy and thoroughness\\nof method that soon attracted general attention. No de-\\ntail seemed to escape him. Even the personnel of each\\nsoldier appeared to be taken by him into account, for\\nbefore long it was noticed that he never spoke to an officer\\nor man except by giving his proper name without the\\nslightest hesitation.\\nIn the Rapidan campaign, October to December, 1863,\\nColonel Ryan and the 140th were engaged in the combat at\\nRappahannock Station, November 7th, and in actions on\\nthe Rapidan and Mine Run, November 24th to December\\n1st, 63.\\nOn the 5th of May, 1864, the first battle of the Wilder-\\nness was fought. The 140th New York occupied a position\\nin the center of the first brigade, first division of the Fifth\\nCorps, General Ayres commanding.\\nColonel Ryan led his regiment in a most gallant charge\\nagainst the enemy, where bullets poured from the right\\nflank and rear; the regulars failing to come up, and seeing\\nthat his regiment was about to be surrounded, they fell\\nback, and following their Colonel they cut their way\\nthrough the rebel line to their point of starting. The num-\\nber of dead, wounded and missing in this charge was 365\\nmen and eleven commissioned officers.\\nThis gallant regiment was in other charges and skir-\\nmishes in that terrible battle of the Wilderness, on the\\n6th and 7th of May. On the night of the 7th they moved", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nfrom the position tliey had occupied to the extreme left of\\nthe line, marching all night. Before they had time to cook\\ntheir rations in the morning orders came to resume their\\nforced march, which they did. Sheridan s cavalry were\\nfighting in the woods, and being likely to be overpowered,\\ntwo regiments were ordered to charge. Colonel Ryan led\\nthe charge on double quick, with dauntless ardor, on the\\nrebel line, which was lying behind a rail fence. When\\nabout 300 yards from the fence the rebels rose and poured\\na fierce volley on the advancing column, which broke and\\ndrove back in confusion the Twelfth regulars, but it did\\nnot impede the onward march of the 140th boys, who, fol-\\nlowing their brave Colonel, rushed on to within fifty paces\\nof the fence and, halting, poured a volley into the rebels\\nthat fairly swept them from the ground. Rushing forward,\\nthe men commenced tearing down and climbing over the\\nrail fence, when the gallant Colonel Ryan was struck in\\nthe neck by a bullet and fell from his horse. The rebel\\nlines re-formed and the regiment was ordered to fall back,\\nwhich it did, bearing the bleeding body of their beloved\\nColonel Ryan. He was wounded about eleven o clock iu\\nthe morning and died about four o clock in the afternoon.\\nColonel Ryan had barely reached the age of 28 years\\nwhen his career, so full of promise, was thus closed. Yet\\nhe had already made a fine record. General Ayres said:\\nGeorge Ryan showed us all what could be done with a regi-\\nment; he was the best colonel in the army. Colonel Ryan\\nwas buried at Decatur, Ills., where his parents then re-\\nsided, but soon afterwards they complied with the request\\nof the survivors of the 140th, who had organized the\\nfavorite military corps of Rochester, N. Y., the Ryan\\nZouaves, in allowing his remains to be disinterred by them\\nand removed to the latter city, where the regiment had\\nbeen raised, and where he now reposes with many of his\\nold command.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 329\\nXXII.\\nHIGHWAYS A RAn ROAD OVER THE HILLS.\\nAn important matter, one of deep interest and concern\\nto the early settlers, was the question of roads or highways.\\nWe must not lose sight of the fact that this and practically\\nall the towns adjoining were in early days one forest\\nprimeral that the usual mode of travel was on foot, or at\\nbest on horseback. When Kev. Ammi R. Bobbins brought\\nhis bride to this town in 1702 they rode upon horseback,\\nhis wife riding behind him upon a ^pillion and one horse\\nwith a saddle and pillion were considered ample means of\\nconveyance on quite a journey for a man and wife with\\ntwo or more children. The roads were little if anything\\nmore than a mere trail or bridle path, cleared of under-\\nbrush or fallen trees, through the forests, turning to avoid\\na tree or a rock.\\nEoys says: The first road cut through Norfolk was\\ndone by Capt. Isaac Lawrence of Canaan. In its course\\nit came to what we now call Loon Meadow. There they\\nfound a meadow or opening of some extent. The grass\\ngrew upon it in considerable quantity and of good quality.\\nOn it they found a dead loon that had apparently come to\\nthe close of life in a quiet manner, and this circumstance\\ngave the name to the place.\\nBoyd, in his Annals of Winchester, says: Before the\\nsurvey and allotment of the Winchester lands, settlements\\nin Goshen, Norfolk and Canaan had begun, rendering it\\nnecessary for settlers from the eastern towns to pass\\nthrough our township to their new homes. The Lawrences\\nand other settlers of Canaan, about 1738 to 1740, came\\nfrom Windsor and Simsbury, first entered the wilderness\\nby way of New Hartford, the northeast part of Winchester", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nand southwest part of Colebrook, to the center of Norfolk.\\nThey left their families and stock at points along the way\\nwhere openings in the forest could be found for grazing,\\nand went forward with their axes and cut down the trees\\nand cleared a trail from one such opening to another and\\nthen moved their caravan. Tradition says they made one\\nof their halts on the Hoyt Farm in Colebrook, and went\\nforward with their trail to a natural meadow at the north-\\nerly border of the small pond, a mile east of Norfolk Cen-\\nter, where they found a dead loon, and hence the name by\\nwhich the location is known. They returned and brought\\nforward their families and flocks to this oasis. Mr. Boyd s\\nlocation of Loon Meadow, at the northerly border of the\\nsmall pond a mile east of Norfolk Center, is not quite cor-\\nrect, the location being a mile or more northeast from\\nWilcox Pond, as this little sheet of water was formerly\\ncalled. From Loon Meadow they cleared their way to the\\nfoot of Haystack Mountain, and thence along the Black-\\nberry River to the land of Canaan, which to them must\\nhave been a happy land indeed after the toils and priva-\\ntions of their journey.\\nThis road or way mentioned by Boyd, from Loon Meadow\\ntoward Canaan, doubtless ran somewhere near the line of\\nwhat was later called the Tucker Road, which led from\\nLoon Meadow, south of the Dea. David Frisbie, later the\\nJohn Nettleton, now the Frank Jackman place, half a\\nmile or more north of the pond, coming out upon Beech\\nFlats, near the old Humphrey place, later the Lemuel Bige-\\nlow, now the Mrs. C. J. Cole residence, on near the present\\nLaurel Way, to the former residence of Michael F. Mills,\\nEsq., now The Hillhurst; then down the hill west, crossing\\nthe meadow and Haystack Brook, and up near the old resi-\\ndence of Col. Giles Pettibone, winding around the hill near\\nthe present Methodist church; through the present Centre\\nCemetery; on west along the side of Haystack Mountain\\nand Ragged Mountain, at some little distance up from the\\nriver in many places; passing above West Norfolk, on to\\nthe earliest settlements in the town, the house of Cornelius", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 331\\nBrown and John Turner, later the Ives, Pease and Holt\\nfarms, the present residence of Nathaniel S. Lawrence, and\\nthe Eldridge farm, into Canaan.\\nRoys sends the party that found the dead loon on by a\\ndifferent route from that mentioned in Boyd s tradition.\\nQuoting Roys again, he says: There they gave part of\\ntheir team a chance to feed, and with the remainder went\\nforward towards what was after called the North Green.\\nThey returned at night and found all things safe and also\\nan increase of their stock, a mare which they left in the\\nmorning had brought them a fine colt. This road or pass-\\nway led on through the northwest part of the town, near\\nMr. John Smith s, and on to what is called the College\\nfarm. This road, running northwest from the present\\nfarm of Frank Jackman, passed the Titus Nettleton, the\\nLawrence Mills and the Earl Percy Hawley farms, and\\ncame out at the North Green, just where it is joined by the\\nLovers Lane road, running north from the Hillhurst.\\nOn this green, which was then a clear, open lot, stood the\\nschool-house of the North Middle District. Erastus Burr\\nand probably others are living who attended school at this\\nplace. Passing the present residence of Egbert T. Butler,\\nthe road turned northwest at the present schoolhouse, and\\non to the College Farm, and thence into Canaan.\\nIn the records of the General Assembly, May session,\\n1758, we find: Being advised that the road or way now\\noften travelled through the towns of Simsbury, New Hart-\\nford and Norfolk, to and through the northwestern parts of\\nCanaan, towards Albany, is in many respects ill chosen\\nand unfit for use, and that some new and better road\\nthrough said towns, or some of them, or the towns ad-\\njacent, may probably be discovered more direct and con-\\nvenient, as well for carriages as travelling, to the great\\naccommodation and benefit of his Majesty s subjects, and\\nespecially in time of war, occasionally travelling or march-\\ning, either from the eastern or central parts of the colony\\ntherefore Resolved, That Colonel John Pitkin of Hartford,\\nSeth Wetmore of Middletown and Colonel David Whitney", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nof Canaan be appointed a committee, as soon as conven-\\niently may be, to repair to and through said towns, and\\ntowns adjacent if need be, and with all care and diligence\\nto view and observe said roads now used, and also with the\\nutmost care to explore and find out how and where any\\nother shorter and better way, in whole or in part, may be\\npracticable, and their full description thereof with their\\nopinion thereon, make report to the Assembly October\\nnext.\\nThe Assembly accepted their report and directed the\\ncommittee to lay out and make plain and certain the said\\nnew country road from the mansion house of Samuel Hum-\\nphrey in Simsbury to Colonel David Whitney s in Canaan.\\nIn May, 1760, the committee having discharged their duty,\\nthe Assembly ordered the way to be cleared and made\\npassable for travelling before November 20, 1761, by the\\ntowns and proprietors of townships through which it ran,\\netc.\\nIn Annals of Winchester, Boyd says: This thorough-\\nfare, known to a former generation as The North Road,\\nand now almost a myth, had in its day an importance and\\nrenown which justified our detailed history of its origin\\nand progress. According to tradition, it was a wonder of\\nthe age that a direct and practicable route could be found\\nand opened through the jungles and over the succession of\\nsteep, rocky hills and mountains of the Green Woods for\\ntravel, and the movement of troojjs and munitions between\\nHartford and Albany. It soon became and continued until\\n1800 the great and almost the sole thoroughfare of the\\ncolony in the direction of Albany. Continental troops\\npassed over it for frontier service. Detachments of Bur-\\ngoyne s army, as prisoners of war, marched over it to the\\nquarters assigned them. It should not be in-\\nferred from the amount of travel that this was an Appian\\nWay. On the contrary, direct as it was, it went up and\\ndown the highest hills, on uneven beds of rocks and stones,\\nand passed marshy valleys on corduroy of the coarsest\\nhemlock log texture. Commencing at the North-end village", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 333\\nin New Hartford, it ran westerly up a steep hill, then\\nturned northwesterly through the Bourbon region, cross-\\ning the Greenwoods turnpike a little west of the toll-gate,\\nthen northerly by zigzags to the top of a lofty hill, then\\nover Wallen s Hill by the northeast schoolhouse, down to\\nStill Kiver near Daniel Wilson s, then up Dishmill Hill\\nand onward by the Kowley Pond to Colebrook, and onward\\nthrough Colebrook Center to Pond Hill in Norfolk, and\\nthence by Norfolk Center and Canaan toward Albany.\\nAnother bridle-path entered the township from the\\nvicinity of Burrville, and passed northwesterly by landlord\\nMott s Tavern to the south part of Norfolk before any\\nsettlement was made. In 1702 a committee of the As-\\nsembly, previously appointed, reported a highway, ^begin-\\nning at a rock about three rods west of the fore door of the\\nhouse belonging to Rev. Mr. Gold in Torringford, and run-\\nning in a northwesterly direction a little more than a mile\\nto Still River, about a hundred rods south of Yale s Mill,\\nat Burrville; thence in a northwesterly direction by Spec-\\ntacle Pond and Mott s house, to a stake and stones in Nor-\\nfolk line.\\nThis road doubtless came into the South End district in\\nNorfolk, passing over the Stannard farm, made its way by\\nvarious turns and angles to the vicinity of the Grants, by\\nthe Beckley place, near Blakesley pond, Carter Hill, Chest-\\nnut Hill, over Gaylord Hill to Beech Flats, there joining\\nthe other road coming from Colebrook, mentioned above.\\nBoyd says again: This was the South Road, by which\\nemigrants from the southeastern towns wended their toil-\\nsome way to the western townships in process of settle-\\nment. It was so hard a road to travel that good Landlord\\nBurr, living near the Hayden brick yard, used, it was said,\\nto detain his travelling guests until after morning worship,\\nthat they might have the benefit of his prayers in aid of\\ntheir arduous efforts to get up the old dug-way road west\\nof Burrville, an aid greatly needed. There is a\\ntradition that Col. Ethan Allen, while on military service\\nin the Revolutionary War, presumed to desecrate the Sab-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbath by travelling over one of these roads, instead of spend-\\ning the day in sacred meditations at the hostelry of Land-\\nlord Phelps, or Roberts on Wallen s Hill, or of Landlord\\nFreedom Right, further westward, when a little, bushy-\\nheaded grand juror of our town, Winchester, emerged from\\nhis log cabin by the road-side, seized the bridle rein of the\\nColonel s charger, and attempted to arrest him as a Sab-\\nbath-breaker. The Colonel, sternly eyeing the legal dig-\\nnitary, drew his sword, and flourishing it aloft, irreverently\\nexclaimed: You woodchuck, get back into your bur-\\nrow or I ll cut your head off. Grand Juror Balcomb, find-\\ning what a Tartar he had caught, prudently abandoned his\\ncaptive and retired to his cabin.\\nThis country road, or old colony road, sometimes so\\ncalled, from Beech Flats east, passed the Capt. Benjamin\\nBigelow place and on over the hill, formerly called Gaylord\\nHill, upon the summit of which stood the house of Reuben\\nGaylord, son of Timothy Gaylord, one of the early settlers.\\nThen it passed on down the hill, turned south and ran near\\nand east of Blakesly Pond, on a little east of the modern\\nGrantville, into the town of Winchester.\\nAs proof that this route mentioned above was the regu-\\nlarly travelled road to Winchester in former times, I cite\\nan incident as related by a member of the family. Rev.\\nIra Pettibone, in 1857, settled as pastor of the church in\\nWinchester. After that date Mrs. Bidwell, a sister of Mrs.\\nPettibone, both ladies being daughters of Dr. Benj.\\nWelch, Sen., was driving from Norfolk to Winchester,\\nknowing the old route thoroughly; so she went up the hill\\neast to the Flats, turned to the right, as the law directs,\\npassed the old Capt. Bigelow place and on over Gaylord s\\nHill. She reached Winchester, but via brush pastures,\\ngates, bars, rail fences and other tribulations, the road for\\na considerable distance having been discontinued for sev-\\neral years. (Moral: Be sure you take the right road; if\\nnot sure, enquire.)\\nIn his Century Sermon Dr. Thomas Bobbins said: The\\nfirst road through the town from Canaan to Torrington", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 335\\ncame on the north side of the main stream of the town,\\nthrough what was called the Dug-waj, over the hill north\\nof the Burying-ground; thence south and ascended the\\nnorth side of this hill, coming along on the summit of what\\nwe used to call The Ledge/ about where Mr. Battell s\\nhouse now stands; passed to the south, crossing to the\\nwest of the bridge near the west side of my father s house,\\nand went on to the south, near the foot of the Burr Moun-\\ntain. The road to Goshen was opened soon, but the eastern\\none I suppose was the first.\\nBy this hill, Dr. Bobbins evidently meant the hill on\\nwhich the meeting-house stood in which he was then\\nspeaking. The road came up from near the grist-mill, on\\nthe summit of the Ledge, a little west of where Mr.\\nBattell s house now stands, and a little west of the meet-\\ning-house, along where the chapel now stands, and where\\nthe Eldridge mansion stands, west of the Bobbins house,\\nwhere now stands the Bobbins school; up south, crossing\\nthe Goshen road at an acute angle about thirty rods west\\nof the entrance to the Bridgman grounds and near the\\nBridgman mansion, the foot of the Burr Mountain, which\\nis near the old Tibbals place, later the Joel Beach place,\\nand then on south along the west foot of Button Hill,\\ncoming out to the present Goshen road not far from the\\nrailroad crossing; then on in about the line of the present\\nroad, passing the old Moses place, now the summer resi-\\ndence of Dr. A. S. Dennis; on south past the old Asa Burr\\nplace at the crossing of the east and west road; thence\\nsouth, passing the Capt. Reuben Brown place and the Seth\\nBrown place, the Hiram Roys place, the Eden Riggs, Har-\\nmon Riggs, Miles Riggs, Frederick Riggs place, down the\\nhill, passing the Harlow Roys residence, later the Samuel\\nD. North way, now the Charles Northway residence; cross-\\ning the Naugatuck river, here a mere brook, very near\\nthe old tannery site; on southwest, up the steep hill road,\\neast of Ethan Pendleton s house and over the top of the\\nhigh hill into Goshen.\\nRoys says: Course of road south of meeting-house es-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "336 HI5T0EY OF XOETC LK.\\ntablished l^y2. Tue present road to Goshei established\\nThe next road rmining sonth started near the grist-mill\\nand circled around \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbuth and west, past the old Monger\\nplace, later occupied bv Solomon Curtiss. Dea. Jonathan\\nKjlbonm and others, now owned by Edward Gaylord: then\\ntnming sonth at the old Aiken place, later the Lewis Dowd\\nplac-e. since owned by Mr. Edward Swift: thence south.\\npassing the Cuniss plac-e. on up the hill south, as is men-\\ntioned elsewhere, passing where Samuel and Xoah Tibbals\\nlived on south by the golf grounds and the end of -the\\nwinrow. to near the present residence of Mr. Amos Collar,\\npreviously the Silas, and Ehaniel Burr, and still earlier the\\nNathaniel Eoys place: then, avoiding the low meadow, as\\nwas always done in laying out roads, they kep\u00c2\u00bbt on west a\\nshort distance, then turned south to what was later the\\nEdmund Brown, then the Ealph and Plumb Brown, now\\nthe Benjamin Brown place: then east about as the preseni\\nroad runs until it joined the Goshen road, at which junction\\nstood the old schoolhouse of the South Middle Districr.\\nlater c-alled the South Center District. This old s :ho :\u00c2\u00bbl-\\nhouse was built into a blacksmith shop soon after l 4(i\\nby Mr. Samuel Johnson, a new schoolhouse having t\u00c2\u00bbeen\\nbuilt in the hollow at the foot of the hill. west, and not\\nmany years sinc-e rebuilt at the junction of the joshen and\\nWinchester r :\u00c2\u00bbads. East, a short distance from the Brown\\nfarm just mentioned, a road branched off south, piassing the\\nfJac-e where Mr. Abraham Balcom lived, a half mile or so\\nsouth, passing not far from a small p\u00c2\u00abond. called from him\\nBalcom Pond, or sometimes Dolphin Pond, from an Indian\\nnamed Dolphin, who lived near there. This old road\\ntrail went on south through Meekertown. near the house\\nof Mr. Phineas Meeker, until it joined the road running\\nto Sooth Canaan.\\nThe Greenwoods turnpLke. for half a century or more a\\ngreat thoroughfare t\u00c2\u00aberween Hartford and Alt\u00c2\u00abany. p\u00c2\u00abassing\\ndiagonally across this town from east to west, was c-om-\\npleted in 1799, at a cost of |19.500. as is mentioned by Boys.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 337\\nThis turnpike road was built by an incorporated company,\\nand the stock for many years paid a good dividend, and\\nwas somewhat sought for as an investment. These turn-\\npike roads were under the supervision of commissioners\\nappointed by the governor, their duty being to inspect the\\nroad, and if it was not kept in satisfactory repair they\\nwere authorized to order the toll-gates to be thrown open\\nand no toll received until the road was satisfactorily re-\\npaired. Persons travelling to or from public worship were\\nexempt from paying toll at any turnpike gate.\\nThe ownership of the highway was vested in the com-\\npany, as appears by an act passed October, 1801, when it\\nwas enacted That the property of all trees now growing,\\nor which shall hereafter be set out for shade or ornament\\nwithin the limits of the highway, purchased by the Turn-\\npike Company, and of all the stones and other material left\\non said road when the same was opened, is hereby vested\\nin said company. Each and every person who shall, with-\\nout the permission of said company, take up or destroy any\\nsuch tree or trees, or shall remove from off said road any\\nstone or other material, shall forfeit to and for the use of\\nsaid company three times the value of such trees or stones;\\nand for each tree so cut down, taken up or destroyed, a\\nfurther sum of two dollars, besides the three-fold value\\nthereof as aforesaid. There was a toll-gate toward West\\nNorfolk. Persons using the turnpike could, if they desired,\\npay a certain sum for the year. The rates of toll were:\\nFor each head of neat cattle, etc., Ic. A single horse and\\nwagon, four pence ha-penny (6 1-4 cents.) A double team\\nand wagon, nine pence (12 1-2 cents.) For a loaded two-\\nhorse team, one and tuppence (18 3-4 cts.), etc.\\nTHE OLD TOLL GATE.\\n(From the CONNECTicnT Western News, October, 1872).\\nThe collecting of tolls from the old Turnpike G-ate, be-\\ntween Norfolk and West Norfolk, was discontinued the\\nfirst of the present month. The first gate on the Green-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "338 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwoods turnpike, running from Hartford to Albany, was\\nlocated near the present residence of Mr. James Humphrey,\\nin West Norfolk, and was one of the most primitive style,\\nbeing one of the old-fashioned swing gates. In the progress\\nof events this gate was discontinued and a new one built\\nand located on the site of the present one, and after years\\nof service an improvement was thought necessary on this\\nbuilding, and it was purchased by Mr. Levi Shepard, then\\nin the height of his business career. The present building\\nwas at that time built, and toll has been received there at\\nthe rate of from |800 to |1200 a year up to the 1st of\\nOctober, 1872. Mr. Levi Shepard is still living, still quick\\nand more sprightly than many of his age, and to him we\\nare indebted for the above information.\\nMany alterations and changes in the location of the\\noriginal highways were made, some roads or portions of\\nToads were discontinued and new ones laid, others were\\nmade pent roads, that is, closed to general travel, and\\nliability for damages from the town in case of accident\\nwithdrawn. It has been said often that the plan adopte d\\nin laying the first roads was to go on the highest land pos-\\nsible from the top of one hill to the next, avoiding all low\\nor wet ground.\\nRoys says: The manner then pursued and approved of\\nfor making roads was to dig a pass or trench through\\nknolls and on the declivities of hills sufficiently wide for\\ncarts to pass forward, but in general not to pass each other\\nbut with difficulty. The wet and marshy places which\\ncrossed their route were filled with round timber laid\\nacross the road. In some places they were left naked;\\nin others the interstices were filled with earth, which\\nformed a level for a time above the water and mud. When\\ncoming to a rock of considerable size they very prudently\\nsheered off, and took a circular turn, avoiding it as an un-\\nconquerable obstruction. The course of the highways gen-\\nerally was over high ground, in order to escape the swamps\\nand dense forests which in many places lay directly in their\\nway. Later, when the surface was cleared and dry, many", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 339\\nalterations were made in their direction, which better ac-\\ncommodated the inhabitants in every part of the town.\\nSome changes and improvements were made from time\\nto time in the old turnpike. When it was first opened, the\\nhill just east of the Green in this town was very steep,\\nbut in a few years the grade was made easy by walling up\\nthe sides and filling in. Since the turnpike was given up\\nto the town, this fill has been widened and much improved.\\nA short distance west from Pond Hill pond the road\\noriginally ran straight over the hill, but when after a few\\nyears it was discovered that the bail of a pail is no longer\\nwhen it lies down flat than when it stands up, the road\\nwas changed, running around the hill as at present, avoid-\\ning the grade. Going around this hill was by Moses Pierce,\\na shrewd old resident of the town, who lived just at that\\npoint, called doubling the cape, and that point is still\\nknown as the cape.\\nAt a town meeting November, 1836, the warning mentioned among\\notlier business to be done, To discontinue the road leading from\\nJohn Heady s west from his house to its intersection with the road\\nnear Daniel Spaulding s house; also to discontinue the road called\\nthe Balcom road, mentioned above, from its Intersection with the\\nroad between Edmund Brown s and Joshua N. Moses dwelling\\nhouses to its intersection with the Meekertown road near Asa Burr s\\nhouse. Also to discontinue the road from the forks of the road be-\\nyond Benjamin W. Crissey s house to Canaan line. Also to dis-\\ncontinue the cross road leading from the Goshen road to James\\nand Hiram Roys from its intersection with the Goshen road near\\nthe school-house to its intersection with the new laid road.\\nIn December, 1843, the Meadow road, as it was called, was by\\nvote of the town laid out, Beginning near the meadow bridge, so\\ncalled, thence running northerly through Thomas and Solomon\\nCurtiss s land to intei sect the road running from the Grist-mill of\\nAugustus Pettibone, Esq., via Solomon Curtiss s dwelling house.\\nThe above vote was at a later date rescinded, and in 1845 Auren\\nTibbals and Daniel White brought suit to compel the town to open\\na road, running from near the old Treat place, and terminating\\nnear tlie Grist-mill. Not long after the last date mentioned that\\nroad was opened and built, but not without considerable opposi-\\ntion.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, October, 1854, the selectmen were", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ninstructed to proceed forthwith to survey the most feasible route\\nfor a road commencing near the Grist-mill of Messrs. Ryans, and\\nrunning thence parallel with the Blackberry river, on the south\\nside, to connect with the turnpike at a point near the works of the\\nDewell Scythe Co., and report. At an adjourned meeting it was\\nresolved that the proposed road on Blackberry River be located\\nso as to intersect with the turnpike near Stevens Hoe Shop, and\\nthat we accept of Mr. Dewell s road as already laid out as a public\\nhighway. The project of building this road on the south side\\nof the stream was pushed for considerable time, but the matter\\nwas finally dropped. At that time there was a good deal of manu-\\nfacturing being carried on along the stream, and building-lots were\\nin demand.\\nIn 1856 quite an effort was made by a few persons living in the\\nnortheast part of the town to have one of the original roads re-\\nopened and made passable for travel, but that project failed. This\\nroad intersected with the Beech Flats, or Old Colony road, at the\\nold Humphrey place, later the Lemuel Bigelow and Sullivan But-\\nler place, now the C. J. Cole summer residence, and ran about\\ntwo and three quarter miles in a north easterly direction, with va-\\nrious turns and angles to the old school-house corner, as it was\\ncalled in the Loon meadow district. This old road in different parts\\nwas sometimes called the Flurida Road, Hart s Road, and more\\nrecently the eastern portion of it, the Tucker Road.\\nBrief mention will be made of some action of the town respecting\\nhighways, at various times. In April, 1818, an alteration in the\\nhighway passing by Barzel Treat s was accepted by the town.\\nThis was a short section of the Canaan mountain road, which ran\\nfrom the Curtiss place nearly in a straight line east to Treat s\\ncorner, instead of circling around to the north as at present, to\\navoid the hill.\\nJanuary, 1820. Voted to accept the doings of the Selectmen,\\ndiscontinuing the old road from Oliver Hotchkiss s to Canaan line\\nand laying out a new one from Israel Crissey s to Canaan line.\\nAt that time Oliver Hotchkiss lived about half a mile west of Israel\\nCrissey s, on the old road, at a place which was known afterward\\nas Snyderville. The new road then laid is the road as at pres-\\nent, leading to Canaan mountain.\\nIn the records of June, 1824, is an entry that Michael F. Mills\\nbrought suit against the town concerning a new contemplated road\\nfrom the meeting-house to the North Middle School-house. This\\nis the road running from the Hillhurst, which was Esq. Mills old\\nhome, to the old school-house on the North green, as it was called,\\nwhich is mentioned elsewhere. This shows approximately the date\\nof the opening of that road. It was called the new road until", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 341\\nabout 18i0.. Earlier than that date several families named Holt\\nlived in the neighbohood north-east from the north green, and it\\nhas been said that a son of one of the Holts had been jilted by a\\nyoung lady living on the road to tovrn, and could not bear to pass\\nher house any more, hence the project of the new road to soothe\\nthe lacerated feelings of the young man.\\nJanuary 13, 1823, the town voted, to accept the doings of the\\nselectmen, in laying out a highway commencing near Ebenezer\\nand Silas Burr s, as appears on the records of this town. The\\nBurr home of that day, and for nearly half a century later, was\\nthe farm now owned and occupied by Mr. Amos R. Collar, and\\nthe highway then laid out was that running from near the Burr\\nhouse northeast to Treat corner, near the sandbank, where it\\njoined the Canaan mountain road, passing the Daniel White farm,\\nnow the summer residence of Mr. C. M. Howard, and the Elmore\\nE. Canfield farm, now the summer residence of Professor M. I.\\nPupin.\\nNovember, 1833, Voted to discontinue the Chestnut Hill road,\\nand also the road which formerly passed by Capt. Timothy Gay-\\nlord s, to the north corner of land formerly owned by D. W. Roys.\\nApril, 1854, Approved the doings of the selectmen, discontinuing\\nthe highway from near the farm house of B. W. Crissey to Snyder-\\nville, so called.\\nNovember, 1846, Voted to discontinue the Ducher road, northerly\\nof Benjamin Bigelow s, and that it be made a pent road, without\\nexpense to the town.\\nThe writer has been informed by one of the patriarchs\\nof the town that this old Ducher road branched ofif from\\nthe old Winchester road, on the north side of Gaylord\\nHill, east of the Capt. Benjamin Bigelow place, and by a\\ncircuitous route joined the present Winchester road not far\\nfrom the former residence of Stephen Harlow Brown.\\nA RAILKOAD OVER NORFOLK HILLS.\\nWhen the project of building a railroad through Norfolk\\nwas first agitated, in the 60 s, a wealthy business man of\\nNew York, a native of the town, upon being told of the\\nproject, replied: Build a railroad through Norfolk! Why,\\nwhen I was a boy and lived there it was with difficulty that\\neven the crows could fly over the Norfolk hills.\\nTo Mr. Egbert T. Butler, now living, quite hale and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "342 HISTOEY OF NOEFOI.JL\\nhearty, nearing his 87th birthday, is due the credit of\\noriginating the idea of a railroad through the town; and\\nto his perseverance, to a large measure, the successful com-\\npleting of the road. Mr. Butler says: About the year\\n1864 I became impressed with the idea that a railroad\\nthrough Norfolk was the only thing that could prevent its\\nbecoming practically an abandoned town, like many of the\\nNew England hill towns. I first conceived the idea of con-\\nnecting the Canal Railroad with the Housatonic by a line\\nfrom Collinsville through New Hartford, Winsted and Nor-\\nfolk, striking the Housatonic at Canaan.\\nI wrote some articles which were published in the\\nWinsted Herald, stating some of the advantages that\\nwould be derived from such a railroad. Nearly every one\\nscouted at the idea; some thought me crazy, and said if I\\nhad anybody to care for me they should place me in the\\ninsane asylum. My ideas expanded until I conceived the\\nplan of having a road from Springfield and Hartford to\\nMillerton, where it would join the Harlem road, and give\\nan outlet west by both the Housatonic and the Harlem\\nroads, and bring the terminal at Millerton, so near three\\nimportant points on the Hudson river, viz.: Kingston,\\nwhere the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. deliver their\\ncoal for New England; Poughkeepsie, that by a short rail-\\nroad could reach New England; and Fishkill and Newberg,\\nwhere the Erie railroad enters. These points were in fact\\nall connected with this New England road by short roads,\\nbuilt within two years after its completion. When I ap-\\nplied to some of the wealthy citizens of Winsted and Hart-\\nford for four or five hundred dollars to pay for the pre-\\nliminary survey and map that were necessary, not an in-\\ndividual would give a dollar for so ridiculous and impos-\\nsible an undertaking.\\nBut by persistent effort the money was raised, a survey\\nwas made, a charter was drawn which by its provisions\\nallowed the towns through which the road should pass to\\ntake five per cent, of their grand list in stock to help build\\nthe road, this being the first charter ever drawn in Con-\\nnecticut asking such a privilege.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK, 343\\nThe incoi ijorators named were E. Grove Lawrence, Na-\\nthaniel B. Stevens, William W. Welch and Egbert T. Butler\\nof Norfolk, Alexander H. Holley, William H. Barnum of\\nSalisbury, William G. Coe, William L. Gilbert, John T.\\nRockwell, Theron Bronson of Wlnsted, and others.\\nThe charter was approved June 25, 18G8. Soon after, the\\ncompany w^as formed, directors chosen and engineers set to\\nwork to survey the line through the towns named in the\\ncharter. I christened it The Connecticut Western Railroad.\\nA subscription of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand\\nDollars was subsequently made in Hartford for the stock,\\nwhich with other subscriptions aided in building the road.\\nContracts for building the road were let, and I had the\\ngreat satisfaction of breaking ground in Winsted and\\nshovelling the first dirt for the construction of the road,\\nOctober 20th, 1869, and the greater satisfaction of spiking\\nthe last rail, December 7th, 1871. On the 21st of December,\\n1871, which was my fifty-eighth birthday, the first train of\\ncai*s was run over the road on schedule time.\\nNorfolk has the distinction of being the highest point\\nin the state reached by a railroad, the station being 1250\\nfeet above tide water. The summit of the road is a mile or\\nmore south of the centre station. Just where the best line\\nwas for the road through the town proved a somewhat\\ndifiicult question, the great problem being to get over the\\nNorfolk hills. Coming east from Canaan, a very low point\\nwas reached in the east part of that town, at the crossing\\nof Whiting River, and after various routes had been ex-\\namined and surveyed the one adopted seemed the most\\nfeasible, requiring a massive arched bridge at W^hiting\\nRiver, and a second massive arch for a passageway for\\nteams under the fill at that point, which fill was 140 feet\\nhigh.\\nEast from Whiting fill the railroad by a steep grade\\nskirts along the precipitous side of Ragged Mountain, on\\nand up through Stoney Lonesome, where ordinary laymen\\nwould say a railroad can never be built; then winding\\naround upon the steep hillsides between Bald Mountain", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "344 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nand Haystack, all the way rising at a pretty sharp grade,\\nthe center of the town and the old meeting-house green\\nwas reached. Just where to locate the road for the next\\neighth of a mile caused a sharp controversy among Norfolk\\npeople, but fortunately the matter was settled right, thanks\\nto the wisdom, foresight and determination of one noble\\nman.\\nThis struggle for a time was a pretty severe one. I will\\nquote what one writer, who appears to state the question\\nfairly and briefly, said in 1876:\\nThe surveyors insisted that the railroad must run di-\\nrectly through the beautiful little public green, in the heart\\nof the town. As the people wanted the road on any terms,\\nall assented except the village pastor. Rev. Joseph El-\\nd ridge, who for forty years and more occupied the pulpit,\\nand won the love, admiration and respect of his people by\\nthe beauty of his life and character and his sterling in-\\ntellectual ability. Dr. Bushnell pronounced him the ablest\\nof his compeers in the state. Single-handed and alone Dr.\\nEldridge fought against the proposed lay-out, on the\\nground that it was useless and would wantonly ruin a\\nbeautiful park that had always been dear to every true-\\nborn Norfolkite. After many hearings Dr. Eldridge won\\nthe fight, and the railroad speedily demonstrated that he\\nwas in the right by taking another route more convenient\\nto all concerned.\\nNow it is impossible to find any one who ever favored\\nany other location.\\nThe above writer was not wholly correct in saying that\\nall assented except the village pastor. There were a few\\nwho felt just as Dr. Eldridge felt, among them being Rob-\\nbins Battell and a few still living who rendered him every\\npossible assistance, but without Dr. Eldridge their efforts\\nwould doubtless have been of no avail.\\nThe first lay-out took a width of six rods through the\\ncenter of the park and was rejected by the R. R. Commis-\\nsioners. Then the second and third, on the same line\\nnearly, narrowed down to a width of three rods, was vig-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 345\\norously pushed. These lay-outs would have taken down the\\nSoldiers Monument, many of the finest of the trees, and\\nmade a cut IS to 20 feet deep through the park, coming\\nabout to the surface in Dr. Eldridge s garden, as it was\\nthen.\\nAnd yet a most zealous advocate of this line for the rail-\\nroad through the park, in an article published at the time\\nin a local paper, said:\\nBut two out of 256 voters of this town appear to oppose the line\\nthrough the Green. A petition signed by 204 of 256 voters of this\\ntown reads as follows: We the undersigned, voters and tax-payers\\nof the town of Norfolk, being desirous of promoting the best in-\\nterests of the town in the location of the Railroad through said\\ntown, and fully believing that the business interests, the protec-\\ntion to private property, the safety to public travel, and proper\\ndepot facilities, require that the road be laid out and located on\\nthe line through the public Green in said town, do earnestly desire\\nand respectfully request the Hon. General Railroad Commissioners\\nof the State of Connecticut to adopt the line asked for by the\\nOfficers of the Connecticut Western Railroad. This petition was\\npresented to the Railroad Commissioners, and a large number of\\ncitizens who did not sign this petition were present at the hearing,\\nand advocated the location through the Green, and but two indi-\\nviduals in town appeared to oppose it.\\nAt this hearing before the Railroad Commissioners in\\nJanuary, 1870, Dr. Eldridge in part said:\\nIn opposing this lay-out across the Green, if I know my own\\nheart, I am not prompted by any desire to carry a point simply for\\nthe sake of carrying it. I deeply regret the necessity of opposing\\nthe views of so many of my fellow citizens, with all of whom I\\nhave the most friendly relations. I do it because, In my judgment,\\nI am required to, in order to promote their real and permanent in-\\nterests.\\nThe petition addressed to you, gentlemen, and numerously signed\\nby citizens of Norfolk, astonishes me. Had I been informed that\\na petition In reference to the lay-out across the Green had been\\ndrawn up and signed, and had I been ignorant of its character,\\nand been left to conjecture what it entreated you to do, I should\\nhave concluded it would run somewhat in this strain: We, the\\nsubscribers, citizens and tax-payers of Norfolk, strong friends of\\nthe Connecticut Western Railroad, having bonded the town in its", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "346 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nsupport to the full extent allowed by the law, and expecting to\\nderive much benefit from it, ask your honors, if possible, to spare\\nour little Green. It was laid out and planted by our ancestors,\\nand has become quite beautiful, and forms a pleasant center. It\\nattracts the attention and excites the admiration of visitors, and\\nwe should deplore anything that should disfigure or mar it. Such\\nis the petition that I should have naturally expected from the citi-\\nzens of Norfolk, had I been left to conjecture its character. That\\nactually presented is the very opposite. The question which you\\nare here to decide, whether there is any imperative necessity to\\ncross the Green in order to have a good, practicable road, this\\npetition assumes as already settled, and you are besought to sanction\\nthe lay-out across the Green. I confess this amazes me. Do any\\nof these petitioners desire the mutilation of our Green if there is\\nno necessity for it? I will impute no such desire to any of the\\nsigners of this petition. On reflection I can account for its existence\\nin consistency, only with the idea that its signers would in itself\\nconsidered, regret the marring of the Green.\\nThe impression was made after the first lay-out was rejected,\\nthat the Railroad must cross the Green if we were to have the road\\nat all. It was a common remark in town. The actual working\\nupon the railroad dissipated that Impression. A railroad we should\\nhave at any rate. Then the alternative was, that It must cross\\nthe Green or the station would be three quarters of a mile from the\\nCenter. That alternative was urged upon persons to induce them\\nto sign this petition, and many signed it under the belief that the\\nlay-out across the Green must be adopted, or the depot would be\\nso located as to be very inconvenient for many parts of the town.\\nAnother consideration was urged. It has a very plausible look\\nwhen first presented. The town of Norfolk is a stockholder to a\\nlarge amount in the Railroad, and as such is interested to have\\nas good a road as possible. Anything that increases the value of\\nthe road, enhances the value of the property possessed by the town\\nin it. The line across the Green would incTease the value of the\\nrailroad as a whole, and the town would share in this gain. The\\nwhole town is thus interested to have the line across the Green\\nadopted, while the Green is comparatively a local interest, and\\nas such, must yield to what the general good demands. This is\\nthe argument, fairly stated, and as I said just now, it has an air\\nof plausibility. Let us examine it a little more closely and see\\nhow much there is of it.\\nThe Connecticut Western Railroad when ready for business, will\\nhave cost it is estimated about Three Millions of Dollars. The\\ntown of Norfolk is a stockholder to between forty and fifty thou-\\nsand dollars. We will for the sake of the argument put it at fifty", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 347\\nthousand dollars; that is, the town of Norfolk will own one sixtieth\\nof the Railroad, and will of course share in any benefit that the\\nRailroad may derive from crossing the Green in that proportion.\\nSuppose then the C. W. R. R. would be benefitted twenty thousand\\ndollars by crossing the Green, what is the amount of the share\\nof the town in that benefit? Why, three hundred and thirty-three\\ndollars, thirty-three and a third cents. Suppose the advantage\\nto the Railroad would be forty thousand, then the share of the\\ntown of Norfolk in advantage resulting from spoiling the Green\\nwould be six hundred and sixty-six dollars, sixty-six and two-thirds\\nof a cent. We are very much in need of a new hearse; by sacri-\\nficing our Green the increased value of the Railroad might enable\\nus to buy one. But alas! no man of sense imagines that the Rail-\\nroad would be increased in value forty, or twenty, or even ten\\nthousand dollars by crossing our little Green. The town of Nor-\\nfolk, as a stockholder, has no motive to sacrifice the Green.\\nIn the next place has the town or the public, looking to the C. W.\\nR. R. as a carrying agent, any appreciable interest in having it\\ncross the Green? I answer no; and ask your attention while I\\nprove what I say. What does this town or the public want in\\na Railroad as an agent of transportation? These three things,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nspeed, cheapness, and safety. Now does anybody imagine that in\\narranging the time-tables over this Railroad, any difference will\\nbe made whether it crosses the Green or goes around it?\\nThen again, in fixing the fares for passengers, or the rates for\\nfreight, will those who operate the road make any difference in\\nthe prices, whether it crosses the Green or not? Mr. Barnum,\\nPresident of the Railroad, in a conversation I had with him, ad-\\nmitted that the idea that it would make any difference was non-\\nsensical.\\nThe only remaining point is the safety. The curve around is an\\neight degree curve. Now I have examined your Report, Gentlemen\\nCommissioners, in which you question the Railroads of the State\\nin regard to their curves, and I find that every Railroad in the\\nState that has responded to the inquiry, has on its main ti ack\\ncurves as sharp; many have curves sharper than that around our\\nGreen. Mr. Alfred Dennis, President of the New Jersey Rail-\\nway, informed me that on that Railroad, a short distance from\\nthe station, there is a curve sharper by one-half than that required\\nto avoid the Green. More than one hundred trains pass over that\\nroad every twenty-four hours. The road has been in operation over\\nthirty years, and no accident has occurred near that curve. Now\\nthis notion of danger is a mere bug-bear.\\nWhy, then, should the Railroad cross the Green? Above all, why\\nshould any citizen of Norfolk desire it?", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIt is a matter that I cannot explain. But I can understand wliy\\nthe Directors desire it. Tlie road across the Green would cost the\\ncompany somewhat less, and being nearer straight, would as a\\npiece of engineering be more perfect. We can have a good prac-\\nticable road around the green with the station where it ought to be,\\nbut it will cost the Railroad more. They propose to take the route\\nacross the Green without paying anybody anything for the right\\nof way, so that we come to the real question to be decided by you.\\nGentlemen, on this occasion.\\nIt is, whether this great money corporation, armed with almost\\ndespotic power, whose object is pecuniary gain, shall be saved,\\nwhat in reference to the magnitude is a trivial additional expendi-\\nture, at a sacrifice to this poor little town of many times the\\namount. That is the question. Now, gentlemen, I must trouble\\nyou with a few remarks on the value that many of us attach to\\nthe Green, and the injury that must accrue to the town if it is\\ndefaced by a railroad track, some eighteen or twenty feet deep,\\nand more than fifty wide, running through it from end to end, amid\\nclouds of smoke and dust, many times a day. This public Green\\nis an heirloom,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 an inheritance. It was laid out by our fathers,\\nand they planted these grand old elms. It is central to this town.\\nThe roads all converge to it.\\nIt is a pleasant gathering place where the people assemble to\\nworship God, or for other purposes. The Academy looks out upon\\nit, is approached by paths tlirough it. It is a safe pleasant play-\\nground in one part; in the rest, shade and tranquility. It is such\\na Green as no town in this part of the State possesses, or could\\nsecui e. It makes the town attractive to strangers. Professor\\nThatcher of Yale College, and Mr. Northrop, Superintendent of\\nCommon Schools, were here last season, and expressed themselves\\nas greatly delighted with it. They said it was already very beau-\\ntiful, and might be made much more so. Many natives of the\\nplace living elsewhere, deprecate the idea of its desecration; among\\nthem such men as Mr. Frederick Shepard of New York, who has\\ntaken stock in this road; Mr. Joseph Battell, also of New York;\\nand Mr, George Phelps of Chicago.\\nThe most enlightened people in the towns around would regard\\nthe sacrifice of our Green as an act of barbarism. The work of\\ndestruction once done it is done forever. The injury would be\\nirremediable. Money lost may be regained; a building burned may\\nbe rebuilt; but once locate a Railroad across our Green, and it\\nwould be ruined forever. Other towns would spend large sums\\ncould they purchase such a Green. We have it by the fore-\\nthought, the liberality and the toils of the past generations. They\\ndesigned it for the town, and for coming generations, to be en-\\njoyed and transmitted.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 349\\nI now come to considerations that may liave weight with those,\\nin whose estimation those that I have already suggested are of\\nlittle importance.\\nThe Railroad it is hoped will contribute to the prosperity of the\\ntown. It will do this more particularly, it is expected, by bringing\\ninto profitable use the water power on our stream. Surely in a\\nbusiness respect we have been in a bad way. Most of the busi-\\nness enterprises started in the last twenty-five years have proved\\ndisastrous failures. A great deal of property has been sunk. Our\\nfarmers have suffered in some cases very severely. One coming\\nfrom Canaan through West Norfolk up to the Centre, will see many\\nsigns of abortive undertakings; much proof that the stream has\\nnot hitherto contributed to our prosperity. First will be seen a\\nbroken roofed scythe shop, with a scythe perched on a pole. Then\\nthe chimney of an abandoned furnace with some out-buildings, all\\nrotting down, will attract his notice. Then on Patmos Island,\\nas it is called, a hoe-shop, not now in use. Next comes the great\\nstone structure erected as a machine shop. This building is occu-\\npied, but not to its full capacity. Adjacent is the foundry, going\\nto decay, and then a planing-shop in like condition. Arrived in the\\ncity, the traveler is greeted with the charred ruins of the great\\nfactory that once stood there. Looming up the hill, a nice bank\\nbuilding presents itself. Alas, that building is for sale. Now if\\nthe prayer addressed to you this day is granted, and our Green\\nhas a deep, broad ditch cut through it, the picture of ruin will be\\ncomplete. These past disasters have generated in town a sort\\nof desperation; something must be done to retrieve our affairs.\\nAnd when the idea of a Railroad through town was proposed, it\\nwas greeted with the utmost enthusiasm. That would save us.\\nThat would prove the Sarsaparilla of the veritable old Dr. Towns-\\nend; sure to remedy all our pecuniary troubles. I shared in this\\nenthusiasm to a degree. I was in favor of bonding the town. I\\ntook ten shares of the Railroad stock. And I still expect that the\\ntown will derive essential benefit from the road. But how? Not\\nas an investment. I never expect to get any returns for my stock.\\nIf we have anything to transport it will prove an advantage. But\\na railroad through the town will put no money into anybody s\\npocket. It will not build up factories on our streams It will not\\nlift the mortgages now resting on some of the structures already\\nbuilt. It will furnish no capital with which to carry on business.\\nHow then will it contribute to the prosperity of the town? It\\nwill do so, so far as it induces men of capital and business ca-\\npacity to come and reside among us, who shall bring our water-\\npower into profitable use^ But such men are not to be drawn here\\nby mere water privileges. They can find them elsewhere, and\\nright by the side of Railroads; for example, Falls Village.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "350 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMen of capital and business capacity are likely also to be men\\nof taste, with families to be educated, and a beautiful village and\\nadvantages for schools, where their children may be happy and\\nsafe, and their taste improved,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 such a village in connection with\\nwater power, may draw them. We have such a village, and now\\nhave such an Academy. Drive your cars right through its heart,\\nright in front of the Academy, cut down the town to a railroad\\nstation, and you will look in vain for your men of capital and\\nbusiness capacity. Spoil your Green, and you weaken very much\\nthe probability that the railroad will bring our water power into\\nprofitable use; or that it will greatly benefit the town. In this\\nview, the railroad itself will be short sighted to insist on this line;\\nfor whatever tends to mar or hinder our prosperity, will diminish\\nthe revenue we shall yield to it as a transporting agent.\\nNow, your Honors, you are appointed, not to carry out the edicts\\nof these great corporations. Invested as they are by naked legisla-\\ntion with almost unlimited power, and which they are very liable\\nto abuse, overriding the weak resistance of local and private in-\\nterests. You are appointed to protect local and private rights and\\ninterests against unnecessary encroachments. If there are sacri-\\nfices to be made, you are to distribute them equitably and fairly.\\nYou are not to save a railroad some little expense and inflict a\\nmuch larger injury upon an individual or a town. In our case\\nit will be wholly uncompensated. They propose to take our Green\\nfor nothing. I appeal to you to protect us. Indeed, I believe in\\ntheir secret heart we have the Directors with us. The President\\nof the road and his co-directors I regard as men of liberal feelings\\nand cultivated tastes. As agents of the railroad they must push\\nits interests; but if without responsibility on their pai-t, this lay-\\nout should be rejected, and the little Green of Norfolk left intact,\\nI do not think they would be very much grieved.\\nThanks that we have not as yet to deal with such men as .James\\nFisk, Jr., and his acolytes. I leave our case in your hands. I have\\nonly to add, that, if as would seem to be the case by the tone of\\nfeeling developed in this assembly, any odium is to be attached to\\nefforts to protect our green, in that case let it be poured without\\nstint on my head while I live; let it rest on my memory after I\\nam dead.\\nI wash my hands of all responsibility in regard to the desecra-\\ntion of our green. If the deed is perpetrated, I shall remain silent,\\nbut shall ever consider it one of folly and barbarism.\\nAn effort was made through articles published in the\\nlocal papers to reply to the argument of Dr. Eldridge\\nbefore the Commissioners, but it was a sorry failure. No", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 351\\nanswer was possible save that of the Commissioners given\\nFebruary 9, 1870, which triumphantly vindicated Dr. El-\\ndridge s position and forever settled the question of the\\ndesecration of our green.\\nIn their decision the Commissioners said: The first hearing\\nof the application for the approval of the location through this\\nParli was held at the Norfolk Town Hall in June, 1869. After a\\nfull and impartial hearing that lay-out was disapproved.\\nOn the .5th day of July succeeding, a new Commissioner took his\\nseat in the Board, and soon after another application was made\\nfor a location, by the same Railroad Company, through the same\\npark, and a second hearing was held at the same place, and the lay-\\nout again disapproved by the Board unanimously. Again on the\\n14th day of January, 1870, a hearing was given to a third appli-\\ncation for a new layout through the same park, and now a third\\ntime denied unanimously by the Commissioners. The persistency\\nwith which this line through this Park has been urged, is without\\nparallel in the history of Railroad enterprises in the State, and\\nseems to indicate insurmountable objections on the part of the\\nCompany to any other route through that village.\\nOn the other hand, the unanimous decisions of the Board in dis-\\napproval Indicate their belief that another route can be found\\nwithout so great damage to public and private interests, as the\\none asked by the Company through the Park.\\nThe Railroad Commissioners have no power or desire to dictate\\nto a Railroad Company where they shall locate their line, but only\\nto say where it shall not be located.\\nThe reasons why we cannot approve the location of the Connec-\\nticut Western Railroad Company through the village of Norfolk\\nas asked, are:\\nFirst: Because the law of the State forbids a railroad crossing\\na highway at gi-ade; and one of the lines asked for, came out of a\\ncut eighteen feet deep, upon a level with several converging roads,\\nmaking it a dangerous place for travellers upon the highways,\\nand almost ensuring railroad accidents at that place.\\nSecond. Because gratitude to our noble defenders will not allow\\nus to let a railroad run over, or seriously injure a memorial monu-\\nment dedicated to their memory, at the same time striking down\\nin its passage trees of a century s growth, necessary to the com-\\nfort and enjoyment of the public, and for which money is no\\nequivalent,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 unless we feel compelled to it by such controlling\\nnecessity as does not here exist.\\nThird. The last line asked for was equally objectionable;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\nsame deep cut, destroying more trees, crossing the highway acutely", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "352 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nnear the converging roads, and running parallel with the eastern\\nhighway which surrounds the Park, making it just as dangerous\\nfor travel in carriages upon the highway as the others.\\nFourth. The objections of the Board to establishing a precedent\\nfor running a railroad line through any Public Park. These ob-\\njections, which we consider well founded in law and equity, to-\\ngether with the fact established by the report of the experienced\\nengineer, that there is a practicable line outside the Park, to which\\nthere is no serious objections, have caused us to disapprove for\\nthe third time the location asked for by this Corporation.\\nAnd so the question was decided finally, to the great\\njoy and satisfaction of Dr. Eldridge and the few who stood\\nwith him through the contest against the Railroad Com-\\npany, and 204 out of 25(5 legal voters of the town. It\\nwas not long before the majority saw their mistake, and\\na few went to Dr. Eldridge, acknowledged their mistake\\nand thanked him for what he had done in saving the park\\nfor all time.\\nA feasible lay-out around the green, a few rods to the\\neast, was at once accepted, and the road went on to com-\\npletion. A railroad celebration was held in the park in\\nSeptember, 1871, upon the day that the engines first met,\\nbefore the completion and opening of the road, when a\\ngeneral jubilee with speechmaking was indulged in, as\\nshown in the following brief report which has been pre-\\nserved. One of the local papers said: The citizens of\\nNorfolk appreciated the services of Mr. E. T. Butler, and\\nat a railroad celebration held in their park September 12,\\n1871, he was presented with a superb gold watch and\\nchain. On the outside of the watch-case was engraved the\\nmonogram E. T. B. and a train of cars, while the inside\\nof the case bore the following inscription: Presented to\\nE. T. Butler, Esq., by the citizens of Norfolk, in recogni-\\ntion of his services in the originating and completion of\\nthe C. W. Railroad.\\nLooking back almost thirty years, the query arises, did- the re-\\nporter fail to record it, or did we all really forget at this celebra-\\ntion to thank Dr. Eldridge that the park was spared, and so we\\nhad that beautiful place in which to hold our celebration?", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF XORFOLK. 353\\nIt may be permitted to add briefly that at this railroad\\ncelebration a. procession was formed in front of the Norfolk\\nHouse; with a company of horsemen and the Lakeville\\nBrass Band they marched to the Park amid firing of can-\\nnon, the ringing of the church bell and the whistle of the\\nlocomotive. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Eldridge.\\nJohn K. Shepard, as chairman, made the opening speech\\nof welcome. All partook of the bountiful repast prepared\\nby the ladies of the town. After refreshments Dr. Eldridge\\nwas introduced, and in his remarks paid a high compliment\\nto Hon. William H. Baruum as the man to drive through to\\ncompletion, such a gigantic enterprise as the building of a\\nrailroad over the mountains of Norfolk. He said One of\\nthe benefits of the road to the citizens of this town would\\nbe to teach them to be punctual; that when they wished\\nto take the cars they must remember that 2 o clock meant\\n2 o clock, and not 2.30, He gave due praise to Mr. Butler\\nand others for their persistent labors in pushing the build-\\ning of the road to completion.\\nMr. E. T. Butler then gave a concise history of the start-\\ning the project for a railroad through this town, the diffi-\\nculties met in locating and building it, and said that to Mr.\\nGeorge H. Brown more than to any other man was Norfolk\\nindebted for the road.\\nMr. Brown was next introduced, and spoke of the diffi-\\nculties of getting the road started and awakening the in-\\nterest of the people on the line of the road.\\nMr. Henry J. Holt then extended to Mr. Butler the\\nthanks of the citizens of Norfolk for his great efforts in\\nstarting the project, locating and building the railroad,\\nand in behalf of the citizens of the town presented him\\nwith a fine gold watch and chain, as has been already\\nmentioned, and this watch Mr. Butler still carries with\\nlaudable pride and pleasure.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "354 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nXXIII.\\nTHE WHIPPING POST AND STOCKS FIRST POST OFFICE TEMPERANCE\\nORGANIZATIONS SILK CULTURE OUR INDIAN STORY NORFOLK\\nBANKS PRICES CUTIRENT, 1778.\\nSeveral persons are living (1900) who well remember the\\nwhipping-post and stocks in Norfolk, those indispensable\\npillars of New England law and order; and not of New\\nEngland only, for the state of Delaware to this day has not\\nabolished and yet occasionally uses the whipping-post.\\nThey stood in this town near where the guide-post now\\nstands, opposite the old Shepard Hotel, at the N. W. corner\\nof the park.\\nIn the absence of any discovered record or description of\\nthe institution as it existed and was used here in Norfolk,\\nI take the liberty of copying from Boyd s description of the\\none in Winchester, both having doubtless been built upon\\nscientific principles, at nearly the same time, and upon the\\nmost approved plan. He says:\\nThe whipping-post and stocks stood on the green near the meet-\\ning-house. The post did extra duty as a sign post, on which pub-\\nlic notices were fastened, and to which, when occasion required,\\nthe petty thief was tied to receive from the constable his five or\\nten lashes well laid on to his naked back.\\nThe stocks were an upper and lower plank, say six feet long,\\neight inches wide and two inches tlaick; the lower one lying edge-\\nwise near the ground, mortised at one end into the post and firmly\\nfastened to the ground at the other. The upper plank was attached\\nto the post at one end by a heavy hinge, so that its lower edge\\ncame in contact with the upper edge of the other, and they were\\nheld together by a hasp and padlock at their outer ends. At the\\nline of junction of the two planlcs were four holes, half in the\\nupper and half in the lower plank, about three inches in diameter,\\nranged at suitable distances for receiving the ankles of two cul-\\nprits.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 355\\nAs proof that this institution was sometimes useful as\\na means of reformation as well as punishment, I will quote\\nstill further from Mr. Boyd:\\nA well authenticated tradition is handed down of one Meacham,\\na hired laborer of Squire Hurlbut, of very moderate intellect, who\\nafter a faithful service and inoffensive life of several years, took\\nit into his head to run away, and to carry with him a variety of\\narticles purloined from his employer s premises. He was pursued,\\nbrought back, tried on a grand juror s complaint, found guilty and\\nsentenced to be publicly whipped at the post.\\nThe sentence was duly executed on Saturday. On Sunday fol-\\nlowing, though not a church member, he attended public service,\\noccupying a prominent seat. At the close of service he arose, and\\nthe minister read to the audience his penitential confession, asking\\npardon of the church and the community, and that he might be\\nrestored to public confidence. The minister then exhorted the\\npeople to accept his confession, and to extend to him their sym-\\npathy and encouragement in aid of his reformation. He is said\\nto have continued to live with his old employer for several years\\na blameless and exemplary life.\\nQuery:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Do our- modern penal and reformatory institutions show\\nany better results than the above? Regarding the whipping post\\nin Norfolk, Mr. E. Lyman Gaylord, a native of Norfolk, now living\\nin Rocky Hill in this state, writes: T well remember the old whip-\\nping post, and precisely where it stood, and the last person that\\nwas whipped there; an incorrigible from the north part of the town,\\nby the name of J\u00e2\u0080\u0094, for the crime of theft. He had made much\\ntrouble and had often been sent to jail, which did no good. He\\nwas finally taken to the whipping post and well dressed down,\\nwhich completely cured him.\\nPOST-RIDERS AND POST-OFFICE.\\nThe early postal privileges, privations we should now\\nconsider them, in this county are of interest. Until the\\nyear 1793 the nearest post-office was Hartford, and not\\neven a post-rider came into this county until 1766, when,\\nas appears in Kilbourn s History of Litchfield, William\\nStanton was a post-rider between Hartford and Litchfield.\\nIt is supposed he did not go as often as once a week.\\nThe first post-rider through Norfolk was in 1789, when\\nJehiel Saxton, a post-rider between New Haven and Len-\\nnox, passed through this town, doubtless at stated inter-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "356 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nvals, it is said; what the intervals were is not stated. In\\n1790, Kilbourn says, a primitive letter carrier commenced\\nhis long and lonely ride over the hills between Litchtield\\ncourt house and New York, leaving each place once a fort-\\nnight. That was a proud day for Litchfield.\\nA post-office was established in Litchfield March 20, 1793,\\nand Benjamin Tallmadge appointed postmaster. In the\\nLitchfield Monitor, March 28, 1794, Ebenezer Burr of Nor-\\nfolk advertised himself as a post-rider from Litchfield,\\nthrough Goshen, Norfolk and Canaan to Salisbury, and\\nsolicits patronage as such; but requests all who need his\\nservices as county surveyor to call upon Mondays and\\nTuesdays, as he shall be away the rest of the week.\\nA post-office was established in Norfolk in 1801, during\\nthe administration of President Jefferson, Michael F. Mills,\\nEsq., being appointed postmaster. The office was kept first\\nat the house of Esq. Mills, who then lived in the Ariel\\nLawrence tavern, on the corner opposite the Dr. Welch\\nhouse. A small table drawer, or bureau drawer, was all\\nthe room needed for the outgoing and incoming mail of\\nthat day. The Connecticut Courant and the Litchfield\\nMonitor were the onh^ newspapers taken in the town,\\nand but few copies of them. These facts were told the\\nwriter in July, 1900, by Mrs. Sarah Mills-Shepard, daughter\\nof the first postmaster of the town.\\nMr. Joseph Jones was postmaster for a number of years,\\nholding that office in about 1815, and quite possibly some\\nyears earlier. He lived and kept the post-office at his house,\\nadjoining the present parsonage, being at the same time\\nTown Clerk. The question of the location of the post-\\noffice was one that interested the residents of the town for\\nmany years, and was something of a bone of contention\\nbetween the rival villages, on the Green, and in the City,\\neach location maintaining that our part of the town was\\nentitled to the post-office; and so it went back and forth,\\ndown the hill and up the hill, many times. It was kept\\nin the Shepard Hotel for several years, then went down\\nthe hill to the store of Lawrence and Swift, and later Law-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 357\\nrence and Stevens; then np to the Shepard Hotel again,\\nand for a time, about 1852, in the store built by William\\nLawrence, Myron H. Mills being then the postmaster. After\\nthe old Battell store was abandoned as a store, the post-\\noffice was at different times kept in that building, by Giles\\nP, Thompson and Aaron Gilbert, when they respectively\\nwere Norfolk s U. S. officials.\\nAbout 1855, under the administration of President\\nPierce, Mr. Aaron Gilbert being the postmaster, the ques-\\ntion of location was by him disposed of in a way that\\nproved quite satisfactory, on the national plan of compro-\\nmise between the Xorth and the South, when he erected\\nbetween the two rival sections of the State of Norfolk,\\nsometimes then so called, an octagonal building that ac-\\ncommodated his own business as a tailor, with room for the\\npost-office, the building being located nearly opposite the\\npresent Village Hall. Here the ark of the post-office rested\\nin peace during the Buchanan administration, and until\\nsome months after the inauguration of President Lincoln,\\nMarch, 1861, when the office was moved again into the\\nold store, Giles P. Thompson having been appointed post-\\nmaster, and here it rested some eight years.\\nThe Greenwoods turnpike was opened and a line of stages\\nrun upon it from Hartford to Albany, beginning not later\\nthan the year 1800, and that probably became a post route\\nquite early in the century.\\nIn the winter of 1812 and 13 a stage commenced running\\nweekly from New Haven, passing through this town on its\\nway to Albany, but first carried the mail once a week in\\n1816, increasing to two or three times a week about 1820.\\nIn 1821, in connection with a daily steamboat from New\\nYork to New Haven, a four-horse stage line commenced\\nrunning daily from New Haven across this state, passing\\nthrough this town on its way to Albany, sometimes requir-\\ning extra stages to accommodate the passengers from New\\nYork city and vicinity en route to Albany to attend the\\nwinter sessions of the Legislature there. The idea that a\\ngreat route of travel between New Y^ork city and Albany", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "358 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nonce passed through this town will be new to some, seem\\npreposterous to others.\\nLet us see. This was many years before the day of rail-\\nroads. Men livino; in New York city and vicinity, elected to\\nthe Legislature of that state, must reach Albany soon after\\nJanuary 1st, at which time the Hudson river would almost\\ninvariably be closed, making necessary a drive of 150 miles,\\nor a little more. Long Island Sound remained open, and\\nthe steamboat to New Haven would land them within\\nabout 100 miles of Albany, saving them about one full day s\\ndrive overland, which, with the mercury say at about zero,\\nwas a consideration, and sent the law-makers and others\\nof the Empire State en route to Albany by way of Norfolk\\nas the shorter overland route.\\nThe contrast between the post-office facilities and the\\nfacilities for travel between the early days mentioned\\nabove and this year, 1900, seems marvellous. The writer\\nrecalls that in about 1846, soon after trains commenced\\nrunning as far north as Canaan, upon the Housatonic rail-\\nroad, he heard a prominent Norfolk man relating the cir-\\ncumstances of a very wonderfully rapid trijj he had just\\nmade to New York, stating that he ate his breakfast at\\nhome in Norfolk, drove to Canaan and took the car for\\nBridgeport; there took another train that landed him in\\nNew York so that he ate his supper in New York. This\\nseemed very rapid travelling then, to one accustomed to\\na day s drive to Hudson or Hartford, and then another\\nday s travel by water to reach New York. At the present\\ntime a Norfolk man can have breakfast leisurely with his\\nfamily at home, take a train at about eight o clock, reach\\nNew York at eleven-thirty, have four hours in that city,\\ntake his train at three-thirty, and reach Norfolk in time to\\nhear the chimes and the clock strike seven, all between\\nsunrise and sunset.\\nTEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.\\nIn the early days of the agitation of the temperance\\nquestion, as all along the years since, there have been", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 359\\nearnest advocates of and workers in this cause. In 1829,\\nin this town, a branch of the Litchfield Count} Tem-\\nperance Society, auxiliary to the State Society, was organ-\\nized, and carried on an active, aggressive work for several\\nyears. This was in the early days of the total abstinence\\nmovement and of the agitation of the temperance question;\\nand not very long after Dr. Lyman Beecher, then of Litch-\\nfield, preached and published his ^six sermons on the na-\\nture, occasions, signs, evils and remedy of Intemperance.\\nand which book in a little more than a year from May, 1827,\\nreached its fifth edition. His answer to the question,\\n^*What, then, is this universal, natural and national remedy\\nfor intemperance? was, It is the banishment of ardent\\nspirits from the list of lawful articles of commerce, by a\\ncorrect and efficient public sentiment, such as has turned\\nslavery out of half our land, and will yet expel it from the\\nworld. The pledge, which was signed by the pastor, the\\ndeacons and other prominent men in this town, in 1831\\nhad received 340 signatures, 141 men, 136 women and 60\\njuveniles.\\nThe pledge was as follows: We will abstain from the\\nuse of distilled spirits, except as a medicine in case of\\nbodily hurt or sickness; and we will not allow the use of\\nthem in our families, nor provide them for the entertain-\\nment of our friends, or for persons in our employment; and\\nin all suitable ways we will discountenance the use of them\\nin the community.\\nUp to the time of this temperance movement the use of\\nstrong drink in every family, and probably by almost every\\nindividual, was the almost universal rule. When making\\nhis pastoral calls the minister expected the decanter of\\nrum to be set before him, and not to do this would have\\nbeen considered discourteous. In later years, about 1850,\\nthere was for a time a flourishing organization of Sons of\\nTemperance here. In about 1875 the Murphy Blue-rib-\\nbon movement had here a brief run, when a great number\\nput on the blue ribbon, and in a short time took it off\\nagain.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "360 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe following is from the Town Records, and shows the\\ncarrying out of a state law that doubtless had but a brief\\nexistence, as there is no record of its having been com-\\nplied with but one year.\\nOctober 6, 1845.\\nThe town being required by law to appoint three Commissioners\\nto regulate the sale of wines and spirituous liquors, they appointed\\nby ballot Philo Smith, Harry M. Grant, and Darius Camp, to act in\\nthat capacity for the ensuing year.\\nThese special Commis.sioners having approved of Amos Petti-\\nbone to be a retailer of wines and spirituous liquors in Norfolk,\\nsubject to the laws recently enacted in this state, hereby give him\\nlicense to commence and continue said sales, re.stricted to Medical\\nand Mechanical uses only.\\nAmos Pettibone refused to accept the appointment, ajid\\nlater the Commissioners appointed E. Grove Lawrence\\nCo., William Lawrence and James C. Swift to be retailers\\nof wines and spirituous liquors. They were required to\\nkeep a correct register of the names of the persons sold to,\\nand the quantity and kind sold him at the time.\\nThis law was perhaps repealed at the next session of the\\nLegislature, or became a dead letter. License, fifty-five\\nyears ago, did not solve the problem. It has not yet done\\nit, and never can do it. Licensing a wrong then could not\\nmake it right. You can t make a silk purse out of a sow s\\near.\\nAt a time when there was no active temperance organi-\\nzation here, Dr. Eldridge secured John B. Gough, then in\\nthe early years of his fame and wonderful work, to come\\nand deliver a lecture in the church, which he did in the\\nwinter of 1853. A few years later, in a temperance sermon\\npreached one Sunday afternoon, Dr. Eldridge gave, as an\\nillustration of the necessity of having our example wholly\\nright at all times, a bit of personal experience, and a lesson,\\nas he said, which he himself had received; and although\\nhe was the victim of shrewd Irish wit, he appreciated the\\nsituation, and enjoyed it afterward fully. He said he had\\nbeen annoyed by finding his man, Patrick, at times a little\\nexhilarated, and unusually and unduly suave and polite,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 361\\nand oue day took the opportunity to reprove Pat mildly,\\ntelling him of the danger of touching strong drink in the\\nleast, and that total abstinence was the only safe course for\\nevery one. Pat listened most intently and politely, and\\nwhen the Dr. ceased speaking Pat said, Yes, but I notice\\nyour reverence has his barrel of cider in the cellar, and\\ntakes a glass now and again! Dr. Eldridge said, I have\\nthat at the recommendation of the physician, and when\\nI have a little bilious difficulty in the spring he orders me\\nto take a glass of cider with my dinner. Pat was ready,\\nand said, Indeed, your reverence, its right; ye er very\\nright, and the doctor is right; a glass of cider does ye good;\\na drop of whiskey does me better.\\nIn the early 70s there was a most flourishing Good Tem-\\nplars organization in the town, which did most excellent\\nwork in driving the saloons and liquor dealers out of town.\\nIn August, 1876, a correspondent of the Springfield Re-\\npublican wrote as follows, the main facts of which article\\nare said to be correct:\\nNearly all the young p\u00e2\u0082\u00acK)ple in town belonged to the\\nGood Templars, and all other means having failed, they de-\\ntermined to stop the sale of liquor at the Village Drug\\nStore by seizing the liquor under the Maine Law. Having\\nlegally accomplished this, and stored the casks and hogs-\\nheads in a cellar, apprehension was felt lest by some legal\\ndodge it would be recovered. Hence at a full meeting of\\nthe order it was voted to carry the liquor over the state\\nline into Massachusetts, a few miles distant, and there to\\ndestroy it. So on a bright moonlight night the young\\npeople assembled at the rendezvous, loaded the casks\\ninto a big four-horse wagon, and a procession of car-\\nriages with banners followed, starting off with song and\\ncheers. All along the route people turned out and har-\\nnessing up, in hot haste followed the procession into Mas-\\nsachusetts. The druggist had by this time got wind of the\\nproceedings, and hastened in such rapid pursuit that the\\nGood Templars dared not stop to recover one cask that,\\nfalling from the wagon rolled down a hill. Arriving in", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMassachusetts the casks were unloaded, their heads\\nknocked in, and a circle formed about the stream of liquor\\nthat flowed away, while Sparkling and Bright was sung\\nto a merry tune, and general jollity undulged in. Next day\\nlegal process was served on the whole party, and the re-\\nsult of a series of lawsuits was that it cost the Good Tem-\\nplars |880, and eventually put an end to the order in Nor-\\nfolk.\\nIn his Centennial address at Litchfield in 1851, Judge\\nChurch, in speaking of the temperance reformation, said:\\nMany years before the modern movement was suggested,\\nsuch a project was conceived in this town, Litchfield, and\\nencouraged by the most prominent men here. A Temper-\\nance Pledge was signed in May, 1789, repudiating the use\\nof distilled liquors, by 36 gentlemen, men well known and\\nremembered here. The results of this grand effort have\\nbeen as successful here as elsewhere. If any special cause\\nhas operated to retard the final success of this charity, it\\nhas been the strangling, death-ensuring embrace of party\\npoliticians, the scathing curse of many a good thing. As\\nlong ago as 1816 there were distilleries in every town in\\nthe county, and in New Milford as many as 26, and in the\\nwhole county 169; and besides these, there were 188 re-\\ntailers of spirits, who paid licenses under the excise laws\\nof the United States, to the amount of |3,760 Whether\\nthere be a distillery now in the county I am not informed;\\nI believe but very few. It is to be hoped that equally\\ngood progress has been made during the last fifty years\\nof the century.\\nCULTUKE OF SILK.\\nProbably but few persons now living, (there are a few,)\\never knew or heard that the culture of silk had at any time\\nreceived any attention in Norfolk. Anyone who will take\\nVol. 14 of the New American Cyclopaedia, at page 6.51\\nmay read: In Connecticut the culture of silk was under-\\ntaken at an early period, and was encouraged by the home\\ngovernment, as in the other colonies. In 1790 about fifty", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 363\\nfamilies in New Haven were engajjed in the business, and\\nin Norfolk about tliirtj^ families raised and spun 1200 run\\nof silk. For how long a period any attention was given\\nin this town to this industry the writer has been unable to\\nlearn. Mr. Obadiah Smith, now nearly eighty years of\\nage, living near Grantville, well remembers that about 1830\\nhis father, Mr. Philo Smith, raised mulberry trees from\\nthe seed, and his not too willing son had as part of his\\ndaily task to cultivate the young trees, help pick the leaves\\nwhich were fed to the silk-worms, (a great worm as large\\nas a man s thumb, which they handled as readily as Nor-\\nfolk s trout fisherman now handles angle-worms), and these\\nmade the silk cocoons, from which the silk was reeled, etc.\\nOther Norfolk men who at about the same time engaged\\nin silk culture with more or less success, were Mr. Stephen\\nTibbals, then living near the present residence of Mr. H. H.\\nBridgman, and Dea. Darius Phelps, then living in the house\\nwhich is now Dea. Ralph I. Crissey s residence; and prob-\\nably there were others.\\nOUR INDIAN STORY.\\nSo far as the writer has been able to ascertain from\\nrecord or tradition, this town was never famous as the\\ncamping-ground, hunting-ground, or burial-ground of any\\nof the Indian tribes that in the early Colonial days were\\nfound, especially in Woodbury, in the south part of the\\ncounty, and along the course of the Housatonic River. The\\ngreat wigwam of the Housatonic Indians was on the site\\nof the town of Great Barrington. From the blood curdling\\nstories, such as the killing of poor defenseless women and\\nchildren, in Gt. Barrington, Stockbridge and many other\\ntowns, we are happily spared. The finding of a few Indian\\nimplements of stone, a few arrow heads, etc., in the vicinity\\nof some of our ponds, is evidence that the Indians pursued\\ntheir avocation of fishing and hunting at times in this town.\\nThe one story to have a place in this volume is of a good\\nIndian. That the only good Indian is a dead one, let this\\ndisprove. While all may not acknowledge that the first", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "364 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\npart of the story is really good, most may be led to say it\\nis not bad. The narrative is from Travels in New England\\nand New York, by President Timothy Dwight of Yale Col-\\nlege, and the location was Litchfield County The writer\\nis convinced from internal evidence that this good Indian\\nhad that day, fished, hunted, travelled and was acquainted\\nin Norfolk; hence this insertion. Dr. Dwight, with char-\\nacteristic caution remarks, this story may be circumstan-\\ntially erroneous; in substance I believe it to be true.\\nNot many years after the county of Litchfield began to\\nbe settled by the English, a strange Indian came one day\\ninto an Inn in the town of Litchfield in the dusk of evening,\\nand requested the hostess to furnish him with some drink\\nand supper. At the same time he observed that he could\\npay for neither, as he had had no success in hunting, but\\npromised payment as soon as he should meet with better\\nfortune. The hostess refused him both the drink and the\\nsupper; called him a lazy, drunken, good-for-nothing fel-\\nlow, and told him that she did not work so hard herself,\\nto throw away her earnings upon such creatures as he was.\\nA man who sat by and observed that the Indian, then\\nturning about to leave so inhospitable a place, showed by\\nhis countenance that he was sufi: ering very severely from\\nwant and weariness, directed the hostess to supply him\\nwhat he wished, and engaged to pay the bill himself. She\\ndid so. When the Indian had finished his supper he turned\\nto his benefactor, thanked him, and assured him that he\\nshould remember his kindness, and whenever he was able\\nwould faithfully recompense it. For the present he ob-\\nserved he could only reward him with a story, which if the\\nhostess would give him leave, he wished to tell. The hos-\\ntess, whose complacency had been recalled by the prospect\\nof payment, consented.\\nThe Indian addressing himself to his benefactor, said:\\nI suppose you read Bible? The man assented. Well,\\nsaid the Indian, Bible say, God made the world, then he\\ntook him and looked on him and say, It s all very good.\\nThen he made light, and took him and looked on him and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NOEFOLK. 365\\nsay, It s all very good. Then he made dry land aud water,\\nand sun and moon and grass aud trees, and took him and\\nlooked on him and say, It s all very good. Then he made\\nbeasts and birds and fishes, and took him and looked on\\nhim and say, It s all very good. Then he made man, and\\ntook him and looked on him and say, It s all very good.\\nThen he made woman, and took him and looked on him,\\nand he no dare say one such word. The Indian, having\\ntold his story, withdrew.\\nSome years after, the man who had befriended him had\\noccasion to go some distance into the wilderness between\\nLitchfield, then a frontier settlement, and Albany, where\\nhe was taken prisoner by an Indian scout and carried to\\nCanada. When he arrived at the principal settlement of\\nthe tribe, on the southern border of the St. Lawrence, it\\nwas proposed by some of the captors that he should be put\\nto death. During the consultation an old Indian woman\\ndemanded that he should be given up to her, that she\\nmight adopt him in the place of a son whom she had lost in\\nthe war. He was accordingly given to her and lived\\nthrough the succeeding winter in her family, experiencing\\nthe customary effects of savage hospitality. The following\\nsummer as he was at work in the forest alone, an unknown\\nIndian came up to him and asked him to meet him at a\\nplace which he pointed out, on a given day. The prisoner\\nagreed to the proposal, but not without some apprehensions\\nthat mischief was intended him. During the interval these\\napprehensions increased to such a degree as to dissuade\\nhim effectually from fulfilling his engagement.\\nSoon after, the same Indian found him at his work again,\\nand very gravely reproved him for not performing his prom-\\nise. The man apologized, awkwardly enough, but in the\\nbest manner in his power. The Indian told him that he\\nshould be satisfied if he would meet him at the same place\\non a future day, which he named. The man promised to\\nmeet him and fulfilled his promise. When he arrived at\\nthe spot he found the Indian provided with two muskets,\\nammunition for them, and knapsacks. The Indian ordered", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "366 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhim to take one of each and follow him. The direction of\\ntheir march was to the south. The man followed without\\nthe least knowledge of what he was to do or whither he\\nwas going, but concluded that if the Indian intended him\\nharm he would have despatched him at the beginning, and\\nthat at the worst he was as safe where he was as he could\\nbe in any other place. Within a short time therefore his\\nfears subsided, although the Indian observed a profound\\nand m.ysterious silence concerning the object of the ex-\\npedition. In the day time they shot such game as came in\\ntheir way, and at night kindled a fire by which they slept.\\nAfter a tedious journey of many days, they came one morn-\\ning to the top of an eminence presenting a prospect of a cul-\\ntivated country in which was a number of houses. The\\nIndian asked his companion whether he knew the place.\\nHe replied eagerly that it was Litchfield. His guide then\\nafter reminding him that he had so many years before re-\\nlieved the wants of a famishing Indian at an Inn in that\\ntown, added, I that Indian; now I pay you; go home.\\nHaving said this he bade him adieu, and the man joyfully\\nreturned to his own house. Finis.\\nNORFOLK BANKS.\\nThe Norfolk Bank was Chartered in 1856, with a Capital\\nof $100,000, and was opened for business in the fall of that\\nyear in the room in the second story of the store at the\\nnorth-east corner of the Park; the store being then occu-\\npied by Curtiss Co. The Incorporators and first board of\\nDirectors were Egbert T. Butler, who was also the first\\nPresident, Samuel D. Northway, Bobbins Battell, N. B.\\nStevens, John H. Welch, O. J. Wolcott, John K. Shepard;\\nPeter Bierce of Cornwall, and Kneeland J. Munson of Ca-\\nnaan. Mr. Asa G. Pettibone was the first Cashier.\\nThe erection of the Bank Building was begun in 1856,\\nthe builder being Mr. Elisha Kilbourn of Winsted, a\\nbrother of Dea. Jonathan Kilbourn of this town. The\\nbuilding was finished and occupied by the Bank in 1857.\\nIn August, 1860, Mr. Kneeland J. Munson of Canaan was", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 367\\nelected President of the Norfolk Bank in place of Egbert\\nT. Butler, resigned. August, 1861, Mr. Asa G. Pettibone\\nwas elected President of the Bank, in place of K. J. Mun-\\nson, resigned, and John H. Welch was elected Cashier.\\nAugust, 1862, John H. Welch was elected President in\\nplace of A. G. Pettibone resigned, and Joseph N. Cowles\\nwas elected Cashier. In 1870 the Bank voted to go into\\nliquidation. In 1872 Joseph N. Cowles and Joseph B, El-\\ndridge formed a partnership and carried on a general bank-\\ning business in this town, continuing for twenty-three\\nyears, going out of business in 1895.\\nThe Norfolk Savings Bank was incorporated by the Gen-\\neral Assembly of this State at the May Session, 1860. The\\nIncorporators were: Bobbins Battell, William W. Welch,\\nEgbert T. Butler, William K. Peck, Jr., John Dewell, John\\nK. Shepard, John H. Welch, John C. Bates, Austin A.\\nSpaulding, James M. Cowles, Anson Norton, Edmund D.\\nLawrence, Daniel Hotchkiss, Frederick E. Porter, Francis\\nB. Smith, Plumb Brown, Asa G. Pettibone of Norfolk, and\\nKneeland J. Munson of Canaan, and George W. Stephens\\nand A. N. Beach of North Canaan.\\nBobbins Battell or E. T. Butler were authorized to call,\\nin the month of July, 1860, the first meeting of the said\\ncorporation, at some place in the town of Norfolk, which\\nwas accordingly done, and in the month of July the annual\\nmeetings of the Bank are held.\\nAt the first meeting of the Incorporators, July 2, 1860,\\nBy-laws were adopted, and Bobbins Battell was chosen\\nPresident; Kneeland J. Munson, Vice-President; Asa G.\\nPettibone, Secretary and Treasurer; and the following\\nBoard of Trustees elected: W. W. Welch, J. K. Shepard,\\nA. A. Spaulding, Plumb Brown, Geo. W. Stephens, E. T.\\nButler, J. C. Bates, W. K. Peck, Jr., E. D. Lawrence.\\nIt was voted that the place of business or office of the\\ncompany be at the Norfolk Bank.\\nPlumb Brown, W. W. Welch and J. K. Shepard were\\nappointed to audit the accounts.\\nBobbins Battell was elected annually President of the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nBank, until his death in 1895. W. W. Welch was elected\\nVice-President at the annual meeting in 1862, and held\\nthat office until his death in 1892.\\nRobert C. Geer was elected Secretary and Treasurer of\\nthe Bank in July, 1863, and continued in the office for a\\nshort time.\\nJoseph N. Cowles was elected Secretary and Treasurer\\nof the Bank in October, 1863, and held that office until\\nJuly, 1895, when Myron N. Clark succeeded him, and still\\ncontinues in that office.\\nAfter the death of Bobbins Battell in 1895 Mr. Carl\\nStoeckel was elected President of the Bank, but declined\\nto serve,\\nHiram P Lawrence was elected President of the Bank\\nin July, 1896, and Edmund Brown and John D. Bassett,\\nAuditors.\\nRalph I. Crissey was elected President of the Bank in\\nJuly, 1898, and still holds that office.\\nBy the Bank Commissioners Report of October, 1899,\\nthe whole amount of deposits at that time is shown to be\\n1169,538.93.\\nNORFOLK PRICES CURRENT, 1778.\\nThe following from among Dr. Eldridge s oldest manuscripts, being\\nthe original document, written in 1778, is of interest. It is copied\\nverbatim et literatim^ so far as is possible. It is filed as follows Price\\nof Articles Regulated A. D. 1778. Session of Asembly Feb. March\\n1778 and shows signs of much use.\\nWe the Subcribers agreeble to a Law or the State of Connecticut, maid at\\nThire Sescion in Febrr- March AD. 1778, whirin Thay Directed the Sivil\\nAthorrity and Surlect men of Each Town in Sd. State to make a List of the\\nvahies of all Articals of Labor and Produce not Perticalerly Stated in Sd. Law\\nas Therrein Set forth c, Theirefore Agreable Thereto on the ilth Day of\\nMarch AD 1778 We met and afifixed the Sevrel Priecses Heareafter Mentioned\\nnot Affixed by Said Law (viz)\\nLabor in Apriel, May Jun July August and Seprr pr Day.\\nExcept Harvesting and moing in Sd. months which is pr Day.\\nLabor in The Rest of The month of The year pr Day\\nFor Shewing a Ilors all Round and Steel Corking\\nFor Common Chanes Plow pins pr pound\\nFor a Good Narrer Ax Sith Each\\nFor a Good Broad Hoe\\ns.\\nd.\\nP\\n4\\n4\\n2\\n5\\n3\\n6\\n9\\n9\\n6\\nI\\n6\\n3\\nII\\n3\\n7\\n6", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n369\\nJoiners by The D from the loth of March to the loth of Sept pr\\nDay\\nand The rest of The year pr Day\\nCarpenders by The Day\\nMasons by The Day\\nFor Making Mens Shews by the Pare\\nWeaving Plane Cloth per yard\\nFor Sawing White Pine Inch Boards by The Thouson\\nand other Bards in Parpotion.\\nA Taler by The Day\\nA Talerest by The Day\\nA Clother for Presing Thin Cloth by The yard\\nfor Cowering and Presing Do\\nfor Cowering Dying Presing Cheeps Cullered Cloths pr yard\\nfor f uling Tanthering Thick Cloth pr yard\\nfor Presing Do Each Time\\nfor Shearing Each Time\\nfor Dying Common Brown by The yard\\nfor a Good foot Wheal\\nFor Stocking A Gun\\nFor Making A barrel without Sap\\nFor a Good Pale\\nTaven keepers for a Good meal of Vittles\\nOther Vittles in Porpopotion.\\nFor keeping A Hors on Hay one Night\\nFor Keeping a yoak of oxen one Night on Hay\\nFor keeping Do- on Grass one Night\\nFor Keeping Horse A Night on Grass\\nFor Cyder by The Mug\\nGood Westingee Rum at a Gill\\nNew England Rum and Brandy and Jinn\\nA mug of flip made of Westingee Rum 2-4 other Rum\\nGood flax by The Pound\\nGood Wool by The Pound\\nGood yard Wide Tow Cloth pr Yard\\nGood yard wide Cheet flanel pr yard\\nGood yard Wide White flanel\\nGood Wool Cards pr Pare\\nGood felts Hats pr Each\\nGood Wool men Stockings p Pare\\nTaler by The Pound\\nGood Marchentble Pine Boards in the Midel of The Town by\\nThe Thouson\\nOther Boards in Porpotion to Theree Quallity, and boards at\\nOther mills and Places in sd Norfolk as usal.\\nMachenttable flax seed\\nOther flax seed in Porpotion\\nLantched Oile by The Barrel by The Gallon\\nMarchenttable English Hay by The Tun out of the Barn or Stack\\nDo in the cock\\nIn SmallerQuantatys in the Same Porpotion.\\nFor Hors Hire by The mile\\nOne Yoak of oxen by The Day to work in Common farming\\nBusiness at Half The Price of a man Days work at the Same\\nTime.\\nGood Cyder by The Barrel at The Press\\nDo. oute of The Seller\\n6\\nI\\n2\\nS\\n3\\n7\\n7\\n10\\n2\\n5\\n3\\n10\\n2\\nI\\nI\\n2\\n3\\nS\\n8\\n3\\n7\\nI\\n3\\nI\\n3\\nS\\nI\\nI\\n4\\n6\\n10\\n6\\n6\\nI\\n3\\n4\\n4\\n2\\nI\\n2\\nI\\n2\\nI\\n9\\nI\\n2\\n10\\n2\\n7\\nI\\n8\\nI\\n8\\nI\\n3\\n3\\n4\\nb\\n5\\n14\\n12\\n10\\nI\\n0700\\n0890\\n2 12 6 O\\nI 18 6 o\\no 14 o o\\no 18 8 o", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "s. d. p.\\n6260\\n0220\\no o 10 O\\n0700\\n370 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMortheglin by The Gallon\\nDo. by The Quart\\nTobacer That is Good pr Pound\\nWomans work by The weeK Spinning Twelve Run of Lining\\nOther work in Porpotion.\\nGiles PETTiBONE-j^gtis Pece.\\nMichel Mills 1\\nTitus Ives Surlete\\nTiMo. Gaylord J Men.\\nSOME OF THE COLORED PEOPLE.\\nThe following facts, incidents, etc., left in the hand writ-\\ning of Mrs. Mary Oakley Beach were found among some of\\nher papers after her death, and are of interest.\\nJupiter and Fanny Mars, the parents of Dea. James,\\nKev. John, and Charlotte Mars, lived, The sentence\\nwas left unfinished. Some of the neighboring young\\npeople who were very fond of dancing would go to his\\nhouse and give him a quarter, when he would play on his\\nTiolin as long as they liked to dance. So fearful was he\\nthat they would not receive the full worth of their money,\\nif they paused to rest he would say time is continuous.\\nWhen asked if he was not a great fiddler he said, I plays\\nsometimes for my own amazement.\\nMy father said that Rev. John Mars, one of the sons of\\nof Jupiter, made the best prayer he ever heard. He\\npreached in this church in April, 1872, at Dr. Eldridge s\\nrequest, giving two most excellent sermons. He lived at\\nmy father s when I was a baby and was very fond of me.\\nI used to pat his face as he held me, as I have been told,\\nand he would say, My black skin does not make any differ-\\nence to her.\\nJames Mars united with the Congregational Church\\nabout 1815, with many others. When it was his turn to go\\nforward for baptism the pastor said to him, Dost thou\\nbelieve with all thy heart? I think I do, he replied.\\nThen, turning to the congregation the pastor said, Breth-\\nren, let not this Ethiopian rise up against you to condemn\\nyou.\\nOnce, I think at a sunrise prayer meeting, James Mars j\\nwas asked to pray, unexpectedly, and refused. After the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "SAMUEL SMITH.\\nDEA. JAMES MARS.\\nMRS. BILHAH FREEDOM.\\ngH\\n1\\nJ\\nK\\n7\\nT^^\\n^M\\nfr^MJ^ H\\nfe^jlac\\n^4-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I -1\\ni/ ^.-W c\\nNORFOLK UNDER THE SNOW.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 371\\nmeeting he resolved never to refuse to pray again so long\\nas he lived, and he never did, although he lived to be ninety-\\none. dying in 1880. The last years of his life were spent\\nhere, and he was the most zealous Christian worker in\\ntown. One who was not prejudiced in favor of Christians,\\nor colored people, said: Dea. Mars was the best deacon in\\ntown.\\nJupiter and Fanny Mars were slaves, owned by the Ca-\\nnaan minister, Mr Thompson, and ran away from him with\\ntheir children when he was about to take them back to\\nVirginia. They were concealed here in Norfolk for some\\ntime, and at last a settlement was made, by their minis-\\nterial owner selling the two boys. James was bought for\\nf 100 by Mr. Munger, who lived on a farm west from the\\nchurch, where E. L. Gaylord now (1895) lives, and worked\\nfor Mr, Munger till he was 21, for his freedom, instead of\\nthe |100, which it was customary to pay a boy when he\\nwas of age. One of his daughters went to Liberia to live.\\nWhen Dea. Darius Phelps first wife died leaving two little\\nboys, Fanny Mars went and took care of them for awhile.\\nAfterward her daughter, Charlotte, went there and re-\\nmained in the family more than sixty years, till her death,\\nat Mrs. Dr. Knight s in Lakeville. She was an excellent\\nChristian woman.\\nAnother colored family of worth in the long ago, was\\nPeter Freedom and his wife, Bilhah. Peter for some time\\nworked in the grist mill, tended mill, as it was called. He\\nwas a very respectable man. They lived for some time in\\nthe old house which stood where the Eldridge house now\\nstands, and later in what was Mr. Edmund Akin s law\\noflSce. They also lived once in the old Ebenezer Burr house,\\nwhich stood a few rods south of Mr. Ralph Crissey s present\\nhome. Aunt Bilhah used to make gingerbread and sell to\\nthe children, and a lady is living in Winsted, (Mrs. Wil-\\nliam Norton,) who remembers buying gingerbread of Aunt\\nBilhah when she lived in the old Burr house, probably\\nnearly seventy-five years ago.\\nPeter died and Aunt Bilhah, as everybody called her,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "372 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwent and lived for a time in N. Y. State with her daugh-\\nter, Amanda, but later they returned here, Amanda having\\nseveral children. Aunt Bilhah was famous as a cook, and\\nwas in demand on Thanksgiving days, at weddings, and\\nthe like. Her home the last years of her life was the small\\nbuilding, built and used as a shoe-shop by Mr. Oliver But-\\nler. She was respected and loved by everybody, and died\\nfrom a cancer, November, 1871, aged nearly 89.\\nFew persons in the whole history of the town, regardless\\nof name, race, color or condition, have been more respected\\nand loved than was Aunt Bilhah, as she was called by\\nalmost everyone. In the south she would have been to\\neveryone, Mammy.\\nSome of those who loved and esteemed her in life, caused\\nto be placed at her grave a monument of enduring marble,\\nwhich bears the following inscription\\nBILHAH FREEDOM, WIDOW OF PETER FREEDOM;\\nBORN IN LITCHFIELD, CONN., JANUARY, 1783. LIVED IN THIS TOWN,\\nGREATLY RESPECTED AND BELOVED. DIED NOVEMBER 10, 1871. OF\\nAFRICAN AND PRINCELY DESCENT. OF QUEENLY YET DEFERENTIAL\\nDEMEANOR. GRATEFUL AND HAPPY IN HER HUMBLE LOT, TENDER AND\\nTRUE. GIVING THANKS ALWAYS FOR ALL THINGS UNTO GOD AND THE\\nFATHER, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.\\nPeter Freedom died April, 1837, aged 63. Glorony, his\\nwife, died July, 1809, aged 35. Clorinda, their daughter,\\ndied 1869, aged 74. Amanda Van Ness, daughter of Peter\\nand Bilhah Freedom, died June, 1867, aged 53. Jupiter\\nMars died June 23, 1818, aged 67.\\nAnother colored family, but of a very different class,\\nlived in a house of my grandfather s, Asa Burr s, west of\\nhis own house. Old Charles Danforth, Old Phebe, and\\ntheir son, Jupiter, constituted the family. Jupe was mar-\\nried while they lived there, and Mr. Eldridge performed\\nthe ceremony at the Danforth home. After the ceremony\\nwas ended Mr. Eldridge started to leave: No, no, said old\\nCharles, you can t go yet, and taking from the cupboard\\na bottle of rum, poured some of it in a tumbler and added\\nmolasses and nutmeg, and proceeded to taste of it. More", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 373\\nthan half had disappeared before he was satisfied that it\\nwas right, when his wife said, hold on there, Charles, I\\nwant some of that. He then offered it to Mr. Eldridge, who,\\ntempting as it was, declined it, and old Phebe had the re-\\nmainder. Again Mr. Eldridge started to go: Not yet; we\\nare not through yet, said Charles. A tin of gingerbread\\nwas then brought from the cupboard, and passed to Mr.\\nEldridge, who declined that also. Well, we must send\\nsome to Miss Eldridge, they said, and so a large piece was\\ndone up for her, with which doubtless she was greatly\\npleased. Now what do you tax? was the next remark.\\nI haven t any price, was the reply. People pay just\\nwhat they choose. If they wish to pay something they do\\nso, and if not I marry them for nothing. You must have\\nsomething this time, said Charles. It is a cold night and\\nyou have come a long way, and I guess a quarter will be\\nabout right. Then feeling in all his pockets, he said,\\nWhy, I had a quarter; where can it be? Not discovering\\nthe quarter, he said, Well, I ll make a basket for you.\\nIf Miss Eldridge would like a clothes basket I ll make her\\na nice one. Upon being told that that would be satisfac-\\ntory, Mr. Eldridge was permitted to start for home. (At\\nlatest advices the clothes basket had not yet been de-\\nlivered.)\\nAnother colored man of excellent character, half a cen-\\ntury ago known in the town by everybody, was Samuel\\nSmith, who in all the early part of his life was a trusted\\nemployee of Esq. Joseph Battell, and known to many as\\nSam. Battell. The last half of his life he was Mr Bobbins\\nBattell s farmer. For many years he was janitor of the\\nchurch, in the days when the church bell was rung in sum-\\nmer at high noon, and in winter at nine o clock in the\\nevening, the old curfew, which meant, put out your\\ncandles and get to bed. One summer day Sam. made a\\nslight mistake, which for an hour stirred up the whole\\ncommunity Looking at his watch he called the time five\\nminutes of twelve; started post-haste for the meeting-house\\nto ring the bell, and as soon as the town-clock was through", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "374 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nstriking, he rang the bell as usual. People hearing the\\nbell, listened intently, and said at first, I wonder who is\\ndead? It was the custom then to ring the bell whenever\\nanyone died in town, and toll one stroke for each year the\\nperson had lived. By the second or third stroke of the\\nbell on this summer s day people who were listening said,\\nwhy, it isn t the death bell, it s noon; what a short fore-\\nnoon it has been! Farmers within sound of the bell turned\\nout their teams and hastened to their homes for their din-\\nners, to be told, dinner is not ready; it s only eleven\\no clock. Sam simply had read his watch, five minutes of\\ntwelve, when it was just eleven o clock. When twelve\\no clock came he rang the bell again, and the usual equilib-\\nrium of the town was restored.\\nELEVATIONS.\\nNorfolk, in addition to its charms of natural scenery,\\nhas the distinction of lying at a greater elevation above\\ntide water than almost any other town in the state. The\\nelevation of the R. R. Station 1,250 feet is greater than\\nthat of any other station in the state. From elevations\\ntaken a few years since by Mr. E. W. F. Natter of the U. S.\\nGeological Survey, we find that the highest point of land\\nin the State is Bear Mountain in Salisbury, a peak of the\\nTaconic range, which is 2,355 feet high. Mt. Everett, in\\nMass., west of Sheffield, 2,624 feet, is visible from almost\\nanywhere in Norfolk. Mt. Bradford, in Canaan, is 1,930\\nfeet; Bald Mountain, in Norfolk, 1,763; Mohawk Mountain,\\nin Cornwall, 1,653; Ivy Mountain, in Goshen, 1,633; Hay-\\nstack Mountain, in Norfolk, 1,633; Peak of Summer Hill,\\n1,633; Button Hill, in Norfolk, 1,632; Lake Wangum, in\\nCanaan, 1,437; The Hillhurst, in Norfolk, 1,312; Norfolk\\nSummit, 1,336; The Railroad Station in Norfolk, 1,250;\\nPond Hill, 1,560; Winsted, 725; Torrington, 589; Water-\\nbury, 256; New Haven, at tide water.\\nSINGING SCHOOLS.\\nIn the year 1824 Mr. Joseph Battelle gave a sum of money\\nto the Ecclesiastical Society, the interest upon which sum", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 875\\nwould, if properly invested, be $50, annually, which the\\ndonor specified should be used for the improvement of Sa-\\ncred music. The custom was adopted in the early history\\nof this fund, of having a series of singing-schools once in\\ntwo years, expending |100. For many years until his re-\\nmoval to the west in 1852, Deacon Darius Phelps was the\\nvery efl6cient teacher of these schools, and also the leader\\nof the church choir. The schools opened in the fall and\\nthere was a session usually two evenings each week through\\nthe winter. The old Conference-room used to be filled at\\nthese singing schools, the young people attending regularly\\nfrom all parts of the town. They were taught the rudi-\\nments of music thoroughly; reading at sight and voice\\nculture. The series of schools closed in the spring, often\\nwith a concert, more or less grand, and from these classes\\nrecruits were taken for the large chorus choir of the church,\\nwhich when full numbered from forty to fifty voices. Nor-\\nfolk was famous in those days as having the best choir and\\nthe finest church music in Litchfield County at least. The\\nmusic was that of trained, cultivated voices, the only in-\\nstrument used in the singing schools, and in the church for\\nyears, was Dea. Phelps tuning fork, and even that he rarely\\nneeded to use in taking the correct pitch. He was also\\nthe leader of the Litchfield County Musical Society;\\ntaught in many of the towns through the county and ar-\\nranged and conducted the county concerts, which in those\\ndays were unsurpassed. The first teacher after Dea. Phelps,\\nwas a young man, Mr. Scholes, who taught in the winter of\\n1853-4. J. Bidwell Peck of Litchfield, a brother-in-law of\\nGeorge F Boot, came next, and after him a Mr. Hinman,\\nwho was succeeded by our efficient townsmen, Mr. Bobbins\\nBattelle and Col. Horace B. Knapp, each of them teach-\\ning for many years.\\nANECDOTES.\\nWhen the old meeting-house was taken down preparatory\\nto building the new one in 1813, it was made quite an oc-\\ncasion in the town. It was a matter of universal interest,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "376 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nand people gathered from far and near to witness the fall\\nof the old church so dear to them all.\\nThe frame was stripped, and the posts sawed nearly off,\\nropes attached, and everything in readiness before noon.\\nIt was thought advisable to adjourn for dinner, and then\\nassemble for the grand climax. While the majority were\\nstill at their dinner, a few of the carpenters who had fin-\\nished their meal came around the frame and began fool-\\ning with the ropes.\\nOne gave a little stronger jerk than he intended, and\\nsuddenly, without warning, down came the structure with\\na crash, nearly catching the unwary carpenters in its fall\\nand adding tragedy to comedy. The only other witnesses\\nwere a few children. Great was the consternation of the\\ncarpenters, and great the indignation of the good people\\nwhen they realized their disappointment, to which some\\ntried to give expression by marching around the ruins, and\\nfiring blank cartridges at the offenders.\\nWhen the church was finished, in 1814, and the vane,\\nits crowning glory, added, there was great rejoicing. Bar-\\nzillai Treat, a man of versatile accomplishments and a dare\\ndevil withal, gave expression to his elation by climbing\\nto the apex of the steeple one training day, and sitting\\nastride the vane while he played his violin.\\nThe military company had assembled on the Green one\\nmorning for training, and the spectators heard a violin,\\nand for some time could not locate it, and were wonder-\\ning where on earth that music comes from. Someone\\nfinally thought it must come from heaven, and looking up\\nsoon discovered the veritable Barzel astride of the new\\nvane, playing for his own and the people s amazement,\\nas Jupiter Mars once said.\\nThe fool-hardy act was witnessed by numbers of people,\\nwho often alluded to it in later life. One young man was\\nso uncomfortably affected by the sight that he turned\\naside and threw up his breakfast.\\nAnother incident connected with the new church was\\nthe climbing of three or four little girls into the belfry,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 377\\nand getting outside the railing and holding to it, chasing\\none another around in a game of Catcher.\\nMen below, looking up and seeing their perilous position,\\nwere so alarmed they dared not shout to them, but hastily\\nascending the stairs, each took in a child without saying\\na word.\\nSomeone once asked Dr. Benjamin Welch, Sen., what\\nhe did for himself when he got sick? His reply was, I\\njust go to bed, stay in bed all day and eat nothing; let the\\nold mill grind out. What do you do the second day?\\nJust the same treatment; stay in bed and eat nothing.\\nThe third day what do you do? Oh, I am always well\\nagain the third day.\\nSUMMIT ROCK.\\nOn the Goshen Road, about a quarter of a mile south of\\nthe residence of Mr. Marvin, is a massive rock which is\\nsaid to be just at the summit, or the divide, as it is some-\\ntimes called; and it is said that the rain which falls upon\\nthe south side of this rock runs south into the Naugatuck\\nRiver; the rain which falls upon the north side runs north\\ninto the Housatonic River, and from a point near there\\nthe water runs east and falls into the Farmington River,\\nwhich is a tributary of the Connecticut Quonektacut was\\nthe Indian name.\\nMr. Joshua Beach lived in the south part of the town\\nand made cheese casks, in which the great cheese, made\\nby some of the farmers were packed and shipped. He kept\\nno team, and delivered his casks to Esq. Battell s store on\\nhis wheelbarrow. He had thirteen children. Upon one\\nof Parson Bobbins pastoral visits at Mr. Beach s, the whole\\nflock were called in to meet the minister, who laid his hand\\non the head of each child with the patriarchal benediction,\\nthe Lord bless you my child. When the entire family\\nhad been presented, turning to the father, Mr. Bobbins\\nsaid, I trust, sir, you realize that these children are a bless-\\ning, sent to you from the Lord. Mr. Beach replied, I trust,\\nsir. I do; but sometimes I feel that I have been blessed al-\\nmost to death.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "1738 to 1789\\n51 years.\\n1741\\n1776\\n35\\n1743\\n1788\\n45\\n1749\\n1793\\n44\\n1752\\n1803\\n51\\n1744\\n1795\\n51\\n1755\\n1781\\n26\\n1760\\n1813\\n53\\n1770\\n1806\\n36\\n1761 1813\\n52\\n1770\\n1775\\n5\\n1772 1829\\n57\\n378 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nLENGTH OF OLD PASTORATES.\\nIn the early history of this and other towns in the vi-\\ncinity the settlement of a minister usually meant for life.\\nThe average length of the pastorate in twelve of the Litch-\\nfield County towns is 42 1-6 years, given in Boyd s Annals,\\nas follows:\\nDr. Joseph Bellamy, Bethlehem,\\nRev. Nathaniel Roberts, Torrington,\\nJonathan Lee, Salisbuiy,\\nDaniel Brinsmade, Washington,\\nDaniel Farrand, Canaan,\\nThomas Canfield, Roxbury,\\nAbel Newell, Goshen,\\nNoah Benedict, Woodbury,\\nJeremiah Day, New Preston,\\nAmmi R. Robbins, Norfolk,\\nAsahel Hart, North Canaan,\\nPeter Starr, Warren,\\nHere worshipped the fathers and mothers of the town and their\\noffspring for fifty years,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a race of honest, hard-working, self-deny-\\ning, pious, rigid Puritans. The like of these and other\\nworthies who here dispensed the symbolic bread of life, and di-\\ngested the severe doctrines of the Calvinistic creed, is not to be\\nfound in these days of diluted orthodoxy.\\nCENSUS REPORTS.\\nThe first census of the Colony of which there seems to\\nbe a record was taken in 1756, and the next census in 1774.\\nThe figures of these two enumerations, not only of this\\ntown but of the other towns in this County, will be of in-\\nterest to at last some readers:\\nCensus 1756 1774\\nBarkhamsted 18 250\\nColebrook 150\\nCanaan 1100 1635\\nCornwall 500 974\\nGoshen 610 1111\\nHartland 12 500\\nHarwinton 250 1018\\nKent 1000 1996\\nLitchfield 1366 1544\\nI\\ni", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 379\\nNew Hartf onl 260 1001\\nNew Milford 1127 2776\\nNorfolk 84 969\\nSalisbury 1100 1980\\nSharon 1205 2012\\nTorriugton 250 845\\nWmchester 24 339\\nWoodbury 2911 5313\\nWestmoreland 1922\\nNorfolk in 1774 had 3 black residents; probably slaves.\\nWestmoreland, situated in the valley of Wyoming, Penn.,\\nwas in 1774 one of the towns of Litchfield County.\\nThe population of Norfolk as given in the various Cen-\\nsus reports, subsequent to those of 1756 and 1774, given\\nabove, are as follows:\\nCensus of 1782 1246\\n1800 1649\\n1810 1441\\n1820 1422\\n1830 1485\\n1840 1393\\nlS.oO 1643\\n1860 1803\\n1870 1641\\n1880 1418\\n1890 1546\\n1900 (Estimated) 1600\\nNORFOLK BRICK.\\nTo a limited extent the item of Brick should be added\\nto the other manufactures of the town. Prior to 1850 Mess.\\nLuke Beckwith and Salmon Swift made brick in what is\\ncalled the old brick yard, on land then owned by Michael\\nF. Mills, Esq., on Lovers Lane, north from The Hillhurst.\\nA few years later, in the early 50s, brick of good quality\\nwere made in the same place for Capt. John A. Shepard,\\nby Charles N. Hollister, and others. Of these brick, the\\nHosiery Company s Brick Building was constructed, and\\nthey were used for building chimneys, and other purposes.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "380 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nTHE FRENCH WAR.\\nThere were a number of Norfolk men in the French War,\\nbut it seems difficult, not to say impossible, to get a cor-\\nrect list of their names. Some of those who served in this\\nwar were: Mr. Hopestill Welch, Dea. Edward Gaylord, Ja-\\ncob Spaulding, Ephraim Parker, Roys Gaylord, and others.\\nDea. Edward Gaylord went from Boston, under command\\nof Gen. Benedict Arnold, to Quebec, much of the way\\nthrough a wilderness. This command of Arnold s did not\\nreach Quebec until after the British had taken that city,\\nand this gave the control of Canada to the British from\\nthat time on. Hopestill W^elch was also in this expedition\\nwhich made the long, dreary, forced march from Boston\\nin about 1756, through the wilderness to Quebec, and doubt-\\nless other Norfolk men served in the same campaign, and\\nendured the same terrible hardships.\\nTHE WAR OF 1812.\\nThis war took but slight hold upon the hearts and minds\\nof the people here, although it appears that some were\\ndrafted from this, as from the other towns, and were in\\nthe service for a time. The record of the Soldiers in the\\nwar of 1812 shows that Captain Sereno Pettibone, son of\\nColonel Giles Pettibone, was in the service for some months\\nat New London in 1813, as Commander, and doubtless\\nthere were a number of Norfolk men in the service at the\\nsame time. Some of the men under Mr. Pettibone had Nor-\\nfolk names, and may have been residents of this time, but\\nto the writer it is not certainly proven, the names of the\\ntowns to which they belonged not being given. Some of\\nthe names were Zenas Barber, Harvey, Hosea and Jedediah\\nCase; Aziel, Decius, George, Hiram, Oliver and Rufus Hum-\\nphrey; Abiel Pease, Elisha Wilcox, and others. Joseph\\nG. Barnes enlisted from Norfolk in the regular army at\\nthat time. Dr. Benjamin F. Calhoun of this town was a\\nsurgeon in the army during the War of 1812. Thomas\\nFerry was a Captain, and served at New London in this\\nwar.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 381\\nIn the Mexican War, Isaac Beach and Wolcott Warner\\nare recorded as having enlisted from Norfolk; and there\\nmay have been others.\\nSETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY SEAT.\\nWhen Litchfield County was organized in 1751 there was\\nmuch difference of opinion as to the location of the county\\nseat. Litchfield, Goshen, Canaan and Cornwall urged their\\nrespective claims with much zeal, but the strongest con-\\ntest was between Litchfield and Goshen. Goshen was sup-\\nposed to be the geographical center of the county, and\\nmany persons had settled there in expectation that the\\ncounty seat would be established in that town; and when\\nLitchfield was named as the county seat in the act incor-\\nporating the new county, many of the contestants were\\nsorely disappointed, among whom was Oliver Wolcott,\\nafterwards Governor, Wolcott was appointed first High\\nSheriff and thereupon took up his residence at the County\\nseat. William Preston of Woodbury was appointed Chief\\nJudge, and Samuel Pettibone of Goshen, King s Attorney.\\nWoodbury continued to manifest her dissatisfaction; peti-\\ntioned the Legislature to be re-annexed to Fairfield County,\\nand twenty years later made an effort to have the Legisla-\\nture organize a county to be called Woodbury, and laid a\\nrate of a penny and a half on the pound to be applied\\ntoward erecting the county buildings.\\nSTBONG FUND PEOBATE DISTRICT.\\nJuly, 1847, The town came into possession of property\\ndevised to the town by the late John Strong, deceased. It\\nwas voted that said property shall constitute a Fund, which\\nshall always hereafter be known as the Strong Fund, and\\nall interest derived from this fund shall be credited on the\\nbooks of the Treasurer in a separate account, and that\\nthe Selectmen shall be ex officio trustees and managers\\nof the fund, and the treasurer of the town treasurer of the\\nfund.\\nThe Probate District of Norfolk, which was established", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "382 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nat an early date in the history of the town, included the\\ntowns of Norfolk, Colebrook and Winchester. In 1838\\nthe Probate District of Winchester, which embraced the\\ntowns of Winchester and Colebrook, was created by act\\nof the Legislature of the State, leaving the town of Nor-\\nfolk a Probate District, and such it still continues.\\nWHITEFIELD, IN NORFOLK.\\nIn his Historical Discourse, delivered in July, 18Z6, Beach\\nsays: During George Whitefield s seventh and last visit\\nto America in 1769 and 70 he came into this neighborhood,\\nand was listened to as always by attentive crowds, yet\\nthere was among Congregationalists a very strong objec-\\ntion to his labors as tending to many excesses; a feeling\\nwhich now can scarcely be comprehended. Mr. Bobbins\\ndid not share it, but received the great preacher to his\\nhouse and entertained him. The room in which he slept,\\nthe north-east front chamber, became afterwards an ob-\\nject of interest to the clergy from its association with him.\\nHe preached in a large barn, it is said, on the old Ives place,\\nJuly 17, 1770, to a large and solemn audience. Robert Mc-\\nEwen, then a young man, living in the edge of Winchester,\\nheard Mr. Whitefield preach, as is mentioned below. He\\nsoon after joined the Norfolk church, and at its organiza-\\ntion took a letter to the church in Winchester, of which\\nhe became one of the pillars. He was the father of Rev.\\nAbel McEwen, D. D.\\nRobert McEwen, one of the earliest settlers of Winches-\\nter, in an entry in his diary says: July, ye 17, in yr. 1770.\\nHeard ye famous Mr. Whitefield preach at Norfolk from\\nJohn 5 :25, which I hope was a word in season to me.\\nInvocation of the divine blessing at the collation at the\\nWinchester Centennial Celebration Aug. 16, 1871, by Rev.\\nJoseph Eldridge, D. D.\\nOut Father in Heaven, we thank thee for thy providential gov-\\nernment over the world, and for the establishment and preserva-\\ntion of thy church among men. We thauli thee that thou didst\\nextend thy care over those that came to this land and those who", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 383\\nhave descended from them. We thank thee for all thy favor to\\nthose who one hundred years ago dwelt here; and for all the pros-\\nperity and all the blessings conferred upon them and their de-\\nscendants, and that in circumstances of so much favor we may\\nmeet on this beautiful day; and that this day we have been per-\\nmitted to commemorate their history, and derive blessings from\\ntheir experience and their service, and enter into the blessings that\\nthrough thy grace they have transmitted to us. We thank thee\\nfor all the blessings of the past and of this occasion. May we de-\\nliver the blessings granted to us unimpaired to those who shall\\ncome after us, so that when a hundred years have passed away,\\nour descendants may look back towards us, as we now look\\ntowards those who dwelt here a hundred years ago; through Jesus\\nChrist our Redeemer. Amen.\\nThe following reminiscences of Dr. Eldridge, by Ex-Gov-\\nernor Lorrin A. Cooke, a former resident and student in\\nthe town, are of interest:\\nDr. Eldridge was the most impressive speaker I ever heard. I\\nremember subjects of his sermons, and much that he embodied in\\nthem, delivered when I was ten or twelve years of age. ills\\nmanner sometimes in the pulpit was terribly earnest, and I went\\nhome frequently when a boy deeply moved by his powerful\\neloquence.\\nHis visits to the little schools of the town were occasions of\\ngreat interest to the children, and his kind interest in the work\\nand welfare of each pupil is remembered vividly. On such occa-\\nsions he let himself down from the great preacher and revered\\npastor to warm friend and helper of each child.\\nAn incident occurred when, after an absence from the town\\nof several years, I returned to attend the academy taught by Prof.\\nWilliam B. Rice. A thunder storm in February, a rare occurrence,\\nsent a bolt of lightning against a maple tree standing just back of\\nthe house where I boarded (that of Anson Norton, Esq.), and shat-\\ntering the tree, threw a part of the trunk with a crashing noise\\nagainst the house. It was in the middle of the night, and the next\\nmorning many villagers came to see the tree and the effects of the\\nlightning. Among the number was Dr. Eldridge. Some one asked,\\nWere you afraid during the terrible storm last night? Yes,\\nwas the reply, a man is a fool not to be afraid in such a storm.\\nIn the funeral sermon of old Dr. Welch (the father of Drs.\\nJames and Wm. Welch), he said it had been observed that fa-\\nmiliarity with the human body in post mortem examinations, etc.,\\nbegot in physicians an irreligious tendency and skepticism, but in\\nthe case of Dr. Welch the opposite effect was produced.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "384 HISTORY OF NOKFOLK.\\nI will not say what a power he was in town afifairs. The\\nsalvation of your beautiful park from railroad encroachment is a\\ncase in point, when, single-handed, he beat back the purpose of\\nthose eager to sacrifice the beauty of the village to the supposed\\nnecessity of a corporation.\\nTHE COLD SUMMER.\\nBoyd says: The cold summer of 1816, to which often\\nthe father of the writer used to refer, added to the gloom\\nof the period of business depression. The spring was cold\\nand backward, and the summer cold and dry. Frosts pre-\\nvailed every month of the year. The mowing lands yielded\\nless than half an average crop. Scarcely an ear of corn\\nin the town came to maturity. Potatoes were few and\\nsmall, and dairy products were scant in quantity and low\\nin price. Much apprehension prevailed of a famine during\\nthe winter, which was measurably averted by a provident\\nplanting of turnips when it was seen that other crops were\\nto fail. This crop was large, and thereby the lack of hay\\nwas partly made good in wintering such stock as was not\\nkilled or sold off the preceding fall.\\nThere is a tradition that the only corn that ripened in\\nthis town that year, was upon a very rocky piece of ground,\\nfavorably located, where it was believed that the rocks,\\nwarmed by the sun through the day, prevented frost at\\nnight. Who dares say that rocks are of no use in a corn-\\nfield?\\nThe Masonic Fraternity celebrated their Centennial in\\nNorfolk, September 17, 1896. The following notice of that\\ncelebration, including an, interesting historical address,\\nwas published at the time in one of the local papers, has\\nbeen preserved, and is herewith given:\\n1796-1896 WESTERN STAR NORFOLK MASONS CELEBRATE THE ONE-\\nHUNDREUTH ANNIVERSARY OF WESTERN STAR LODGE, NO. 37,\\nA. F. A. M. A LARGE ASSEMBLY OF MASONS PRESENT FLAGS,\\nBUNTING, FLOWERS BANQUET, SPEECHES AND MUSIC IN VILLAGE\\nHALL.\\nThursday evening, September 17th, vpas a memorable occasion\\nfor Norfolk. Memorable not only as the rounding out of a full", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK 385\\ncentury for Western Star Lodge, No. 37, A. F, A. M., but mem-\\norable for the interest which the whole town took in an institution,\\nof which many are not members, but whose record and good deeds\\nare known and admired. It was an assembly of brave men\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and\\nfair women\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for, be it known, on this occasion many ladies were\\npresent and the valuable services they have directly and indirectly\\nrendered Western Star Lodge in the past were recognized, and\\nthanks tendered them. It was an assembly of brave men, some\\nof whom had displayed their bravery on the battle field in defense\\nof their country. It was an assembly of which any town might\\nbe proud. The occasion was also memorable in another respect.\\nIt is a remarkable coincidence that the one hundredth anniversary\\nof George Washington s farewell address occurred last Saturday,\\nSept. 19, and the one hundredth anniversary of Western Star Lodge\\noccurred last Thursday, Sept. 17. George Washington was a Mason,\\nand also for many years he was the Worshipful Master of a Ma-\\nsonic Lodge. Thus it appears that Western Star Lodge began\\nwhere Washington left off, and Western Star has for one hundred\\nyears nobly and successfully carried forward a work in which\\nWashington was so deeply interested. May the name and fame\\nof Western Star Lodge be as enduring as the name and fame of\\nGeorge Washington.\\nNeighboring lodges were well represented. St. Andrew s Lodge\\nof Winsted sent the largest delegation, about fifty brethren arriv-\\ning by the 4.46 p. m. train and departing by special train at 11.30\\np. m. Western Star Lodge was opened at 7 o clock to receive the\\nvisiting brethren, and for an hour the Masons exchanged greet-\\nings and formed new acquaintances. At 7.45 the fraternity formed\\nin line in front of the lodge room and marched three abreast to\\nVillage Hall, where the banquet was held. Village Hall had been\\ntransformed into a bower of beauty. The decorations were elab-\\norate, flags, bunting, flowers and Japanese lanterns being used with\\nartistic taste and efi ect. Tables extended around three sides of the\\nhall, while three long tables occupied the centre. Leversidge s full\\norchestra from Winsted occupied the stage and discoursed enchant-\\ning music before and during the banquet.\\nThe tables were bedecked with spotless linen, and flowers in vases\\nwere pleasing to the eye. Plates had been laid for two hundred\\npersons. At each plate were a bouquet, and a badge bearing this\\ninscription: 1796\u00e2\u0080\u00941896, Centennial Celebration of Western Star\\nLodge, No. 37, A. F. A. M., Norfolk, Connecticut, September 17,\\n1896.\\nAfter all were seated at the tables, and chatting with their nelgti-\\nbors. Worshipful Master W. L. Bgleston rapped for order. He\\nthen delivered a most cordial address of welcome and stated the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "386 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nobject of the gathering. He briefly mentioned the history of West-\\nern Star Lodge, and then requested the Rev. Jolin P. Hawley of\\nNew Hartford to invoke the Divine blessing upon this occasion.\\nMr. John D. Bassett of Norfolk, a versatile speaker, had been\\nchosen toastmaster. At the proper time he commenced the feast\\nof reason and flow of soul by telling humorous anecdotes, and\\nduring the remainder of the evening he made many fitting re-\\nmarks in introducing the speakers and in commenting on the topics\\npresented.\\nBrother Ralph I. Crissey, of Norfolk, spoke of the history of\\nWestern Star Lodge as follows:\\nMR. CRISSEY S speech.\\nA historical address must of necessity be somewhat dry and\\nprosy, especially so when composed largely of statistics, but I will\\nmake this very brief and try not to test your patience in what I\\nhave to say.\\nWestern Star Lodge, No. 37, received its charter May 18th, 1796;\\n11 charter members. On the 31st day of August, 1796, its first\\nofficers were installed into their respective offices by the Grand\\nSecretary of the Grand Lodge of the State of Connecticut, Right\\nWorshipful John Mix. Howard B. Ensign was Grand Master at\\nthe time and E. G. Storer was Grand Secretary, both of whom\\nsigned the charter. Giles Pettibone, Jr., was Master, Ovid Burrall,\\nSen. Warden; Jeddediah W. Phelps, Jun. Warden; Benjamin Welch,\\nTreasurer; Joseph Battell, Secretary; Frederick Plumb, Sen. Dea.;\\nAriel Lawrence, Jun. Dea.; Joel Walter, Tyler, Francis Benedict,\\nLevi Thompson and A. Phelps were the other three charter mem-\\nbers.\\nAfter the installation of the oflicers the records say they pro-\\nceeded to the meeting house, where a most excellent sermon was\\ndelivered by the Rev. Dr. Edwards, and a very pertinent oration was\\nspoken by our worthy brother, Grand Secretary Mix. Then pro-\\nceeded to the house of Brother Giles Pettibone, Jr., and partook of a\\nmost excellent dinner, provided for the occasion. Numerous toasts\\nwere responded to, among which were these: Our illustrious\\nbrother, George Washington, president of the United States;\\nanother, May our w isdom be as conspicuous to our sisters as our\\nGrand Master Solomon s was to the Queen of Sheba.\\nThe first communication of the lodge was held Sept. 14th, 1796.\\nIt was the custom of the lodge to celebrate St. John the Evangelist s\\nday in December, and St. John the Baptist s in June, on which occa-\\nsions they usually went to the meeting house and had a sermon by\\nsome clergyman in this section. Parson Bobbins of Norfolk was\\nfrequently the speaker. Sometimes on these occasions an oration\\nk", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 387\\nTvas deiiverea by some one of the brethren. One by the Master,\\nGiles Pefttibone, Jr., and later one by Joseph Battell at the time\\nMaster, are highly spoken of. It was the custom on these occasions\\nto invite neighboring lodges. Montgomery Lodge of Salisbury, Cin-\\ncinnatus Lodge of Barrington, whose charter also bears the date\\nof 1796, and the lodge at New Hartford were often invited.\\nThe jurisdiction of Western Star comprised the towns of Nor-\\nfolk, Colebrook, Winchester and Torrington.\\nAt a communication of the lodge April 8th, 1800, we find the\\nfollowing: Whereas a number of members of this lodge from Win-\\nchester and its neighborhood have petitioned the Grand Lodge for\\na charter for a lodge to be holden in Winchester. A committee of\\ntwo from each town was appointed to confer with the petitioners\\nto try to Induce them to withdraw their petition. Benjamin Welch,\\nGiles Pettibone, Ovid Burrall, Lewis Norton, Seth Wetmore, Moses\\nWright and Isaac Benedict were appointed. As a result of this\\nthe Grand Lodge was petitioned to grant Western Star liberty to\\nhold its communications in Norfolk, Winchester, Colebrook and\\nCanaan, to do any and all regular Masonic business in either of\\nsaid towns. This was evidently granted, as their meetings from this\\ntime until April, 1816, were holden in these several towns, the\\nlodge voting where to hold its next communication. Also the cele-\\nbration of St. John s days after this were in these different towns.\\nDecember 18th, 3801, lodge convened at the house of brother\\nJohn C. Riley, in Winchester, proceeded to the meeting house to\\nlisten to the sermon and oration. A vote of thanks was extended\\nto brother Erastus Baker for his very timely oration. Also voted to\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acxtend the thanks of the Lodge for the most excellent sermon this\\nday delivered to us, and that a copy be requested for the press.\\nAlso voted that $6 be drawn from the treasury and be presented to\\nthe Rev. gentleman, but the Rev. gentleman s name is not given.\\nOn Monday, Dec. 27th, 1802, they met in Canaan, at the home of\\nBrother Seth Rockwell, opened lodge in due and ancient form, then\\nin procession proceeded to the meeting house and listened to a well\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2adapted discourse delivered by Rev. Mr. Morgan.\\nIn June, 1803, in Colebrook, at the house of Brother Arab Phelps,\\nRev. Chauncey Lee preached the sermon, and so on, having their\\nSt. John celebrations, as well as their regular communications, in\\nthe different towns.\\nRev. Mr. Bradford. Rev. Mr. Marsh, Rev. Mr. Prentice, Rev.\\nSylvester Burt, Rev. Ralph Emerson, are all mentioned as delivering\\nsermons on these occasions, alw^ays passing a vote of thanks and\\npresenting them witli from $6 to $10.\\nThe regular hour for all communications was at 10 a. m., occa-\\nsionally at 2 p. m., but not often at that hour. The attendance at", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthese festivals was large. Their bills were quite considerable and\\nwere usually paid by the brethren, usually paying the minister from\\nthe treasury. The bills are often itemized on the records. I will\\ngive you one as a sample; it was at the celebration of St. John the\\nBaptist at Canaan, June 10th, 1818. I copy it verbatim from the\\nrecord\\nPaid Mr. Pomeroy for Liquors, $35.23\\nPaid Mr. Pomeroy for 72 Meals, 72.00\\nFor Music hired. 6.00\\nWarner s Bill for Ribbon, 3.32\\n13 Female Singers, 13.00\\nProviding for them at Mr. Finn s, 5.80\\n7 Clergymen and Wives, 7.00\\nVoted from the treasury to the Rev. Mr. Bradford who deliv-\\nered the sermon, 10.00\\nTotal, $152.35\\nThen this entry: Paid of the above by visiting brethren,\\n$51.84.\\nThey were evidently much more strict in discipline than most\\nlodges are at the present time. One brother expelled for excessive\\nindulgence in spirits, charges preferred against another for not pay-\\ning his bills more promptly, receiving a sharp reprimand from the\\nMaster with the assurance that he would be suspended unless he\\nreformed in this matter. They had a temperance committee to look\\nafter and see that none of the brethren made improper use of liquor.\\nThe lodge was very prosperous. All regular communications were\\nlargely attended and many specials were held. Propositions were\\nvery numerous; hardly a meeting was held without several being\\nreceived and they were the influential and leading men of all these\\nfour towns.\\nApparently one great source of annoyance to them was the col-\\nlecting of interest upon money loaned. Brother Michael F. Mills\\nwas their attorney, and I should judge that his success in getting\\neither interest or principal was many times very unsatisfactory. I\\nhave heard of no trouble in placing the surplus in our treasury since\\nI have been a member.\\nApril 7, 1816, a petition from a number of brethren in Winchester\\nand Torrington was received, praying that a new lodge might be\\nestablished in Torrington. Voted not to approve of the petition for\\na new lodge in our jurisdiction. Brother Joseph Battell and Eleazur\\nHolt were appointed to oppose it at the Grand Lodge.\\nJune 13th, 1817, Seneca Lodge, No. 55, at Torrington was char-\\ntered with thirty-five charter members, a large majority of whom\\nwere members of Western Star. Israel Coe, one of the charter", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 389\\nmembers from St. Paul Lodge at Litchfield, lived to be 97 years\\nold. He has been dead but a few years. Doubtless some here re-\\nmember him. This new lodge took many of Western Star s promi-\\nnent members. Such men as Clarence Humphrey, Joseph D. Hum-\\nphrey, Truman Wetmore, Samuel Hurlbut, Lemuel Hurlbut, John\\nWetmore, Elisha Hinsdale, Leonard Hurlbut and John McAlpine\\nwere among the charter members. I have not been able to find a\\nrecord of the line of jurisdiction between this and Seneca Lodge\\nas established at that time, but have no doubt that it included Tor-\\nrington, Winchester and Colebrook, as many of its charter mem-\\nbers were residents of those towns.\\nMay 14th, 1823, St. Andrew s Lodge, No. 64, was chartered, the\\ntwo lodges taking from the jurisdiction of Western Star more than\\none-half of its territory and a very large per cent, of its members.\\nMay 17th, 1869, our territory was again divided, and about one-\\nhalf of our remaining jurisdiction and members went from us, when\\nHousatonic Lodge, No. 61, received its charter with twenty-four\\ncharter members.\\nThus it will seem that these large numbers going from us have\\ngreatly reduced our numbers and somewhat crippled the old lodge,\\nleaving the few remaining members at times almost disheartened\\nand discouraged.\\nIn April, 1827, a committee was appointed to draft a petition\\nto the Grand Lodge requesting that Colebrook be set back to this\\nlodge. Nothing more is heard of it upon the records, but it looks\\nas though the petition was granted, as in 1835 in the dark days of\\nMasonry the lodge voted to divide the money in the treasury be-\\ntween Norfolk, Colebrook and Canaan, in proportion to its mem-\\nbers: Norfolk, $42; Colebrook, $15; Canaan, $27. At this meeting\\nthey voted to place all the books, notes and other property of the\\nlodge in the hands of the treasurer, and that the furniture of the\\nlodge be placed in charge of the Senior Warden for safe keeping.\\nThese were indeed dark days. Occasionally meetings were\\nheld, officers elected and some routine business transacted. In 1838\\nseveral communications were held. Richard Tibbals and Warren\\nBrown were received. These two were the only additions to the\\nlodge for a period of some thirty years from 1829; but little was\\ndone until about 1860, since which time all of the present mem-\\nbers have been received, and the records show that very few com-\\nmunications have been omitted.\\nOld and feeble as we are, we, like most parents, take great pride\\nin our children, who have been so prosperous and are now so strong\\nand vigorous; and it is a great pleasure to us to have so many rep-\\nresentatives of the three families with us upon this our centennial\\nanniversary, and our hope is that the fraternal feeling which now", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "390 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nexists, and, I think, ever has existed, may continue so long as the\\nsun shall rule the day and the moon govern the night.\\nA SKETCH OF NORFOLK, CONNECTICUT.\\nA small pamphlet bearing the above title, published in\\n1886 by S. H. D., found in the Norfolk Library, contains\\nmany historical facts and items of interest, from which\\nsome quotations will be made.\\nNorfolk is situated in the northwestern part of the\\nstate, on the line of the Hartford and Conn. Western Rail-\\nroad, and is fast becoming one of the most popular inland\\nsummer resorts in Connecticut The summit of the railroad\\nis reached about one mile and a half south of the village,\\nat an elevation of 1336 feet above the sea. Beautiful\\nscenery, pure mountain air, and freedom from malaria, con-\\nstitute some of the chief attractions of thg place for city\\nvisitors.\\nFine educational advantages are afforded by the Eob-\\nbins School, founded by descendants of the first pastor of\\nthe Congregational Church, and bearing his name. It is\\nbuilt on the former site of the old Bobbins homestead.\\nThe Shepard homestead is an old land-mark, Capt. John\\nA. Shepard having kept a hotel there for many years, in the\\ndays when the stage coach rumbled over our hills. Nor-\\nfolk being on the line of the old Hartford and Albany turn-\\npike, the old Inn was a busy place.\\nA sketch of Norfolk would be incomplete without men-\\ntion of the library and picture gallery of Mr. Bobbins Bat-\\ntell, at his residence, containing a fine collection of paint-\\nings, chiefly by American artists. The large painting by\\nThomas Hovendon, Last Moments of John Brown, is\\nvery lifelike and pathetic. Standing on the steps of the\\njail, and surrounded by a guard of soldiers, the old hero\\nis bending to kiss a little child, a member of the down-\\ntrodden race for whose sake he died. While looking upon\\nthe pictured face of John Brown, as he is led to the scaf-\\nfold, these words, written of him during his imprisonment,\\nby Ralph Waldo Emerson, were brought to mind: The", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 391\\nsaint, whose fate yet hangs in suspense, but whose martyr-\\ndom if it shall be perfected, will make the gallows glorious\\nlike the Cross. Most of the pictures are landscape views\\nof great beauty, seeming almost like bits of nature trans-\\nferred to canvas. F. E. Church, Bierstadt, and many other\\nartists of note, are represented in the collection.\\nBald Mountain, the highest point of land in Norfolk,\\nhas an elevation of 1763 feet. A quarry on the side of the\\nmountain affords a fine quality of granite, from which a\\nblock weighing nearly sixteen tons was taken and used in\\ncompleting the Hoosac Tunnel.\\nHaystack Mountain, 1633 feet above the sea, commands\\na magnificent prospect, the most extensive in town. The\\nBolton range, fifteen miles east of Hartford, Talcott, Ivy,\\nand Mohawk mountains toward the south. Bear mountain\\nin Salisbury, the highest point of land in Connecticut, 2355\\nfeet above the sea; mountains and valleys of Canaan, and\\nextended views in Berkshire County, Mass., are all included.\\nA tower has been erected on Haystack mountain. A car-\\nriage road to the summit has also been constructed this\\nseason, which is a great convenience to tourists, rendering\\nthe ascent much easier for pedestrians.\\nA curious custom which was observed by the boys of\\nfifty years ago may be of interest to the boys of the present\\ntime. This was the annual raising of the Monument, as\\nit was called, on Haystack. The day preceding Fast day,\\na quaiitity of brush was collected, formed in the shape of\\nan image, or bush man, and securely bound to a pole. In\\nthe evening it was conveyed to the summit of Haystack,\\nwhere it was raised and lashed to a tree in some place\\nwhere it could be seen from the village, and if it remained\\nundisturbed through the night, it was hailed as a good\\nomen, insuring an abundant crop of corn the ensuing sea-\\nson. A gentleman now residing in town, and who assisted\\nat the last raising of the Monument, says that the cus-\\ntom was abandoned about the year 1839.\\nWest Norfolk is a pleasant little village, nestling cosily\\nat the foot of the mountains. From the side of the moun-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "392 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\ntain east of the schoolhouse, a view which is not surpassed\\nin beauty in any part of the town can be seen by those who\\nwill take the trouble to climb high enough. Looking west-\\nward down the pleasant valley, Blackberry river flashing\\nin the sunlight, and flowing through green meadows\\nguarded by mountains, wends its way to the fair and happy\\nland of Canaan, where it joins the Housatonic. The beau-\\ntiful blue mountains of Salisbury in the distance complete\\na picture which all lovers of fine scenery must admire.\\nXXIV.\\nTHE ROBBINS FAMILY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REV. MR. ROBBINS,\\nBY HIS SON.\\nThe Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, son of Rev. Philemon Rob-\\nbins, Pastor of the first church in Branford, was born in that town,\\nAugust 25th, O. S. 1740. His early education was under the care\\nof his father till the autumn of 1756, when he was received as a\\nmember of the College at Princeton in New Jersey. In the follow-\\ning spring, in consequence of the death of President Burr, he re-\\nmoved his College relation, and was admitted to the same stand-\\ning in Yale College. In Sept., 1700, he was admitted to the degree\\nof A. B., and to the degree of A. M. in September, 1763. He was\\nlicensed to preach the gospel in June, 1761, and on the 28th of Oc-\\ntober of the same year he was ordained the Pastor of this Church.\\nOn the 13th of May, 1762, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Le\\nBaron of Plymouth, by whom he had thirteen children. The four\\nfirst died in infancy, and one September, 1777. The remaining\\neight with their mother survived him. His ministry was much\\nblessed, as may appear from the record of admissions to the church.\\nHe never received persons to a public profession of religion, but\\nupon a charitable evidence of personal grace. In 1804 the mem-\\nbers of the church amounted to 237: males, 91; females, 146. In\\n1801 the number was about 250.\\nOn the first Sabbath of May, 1813, he preached in usual health,\\nadministered the ordinance of the Supper. That weels he was talien\\nwith a painful disease in his face, which eventually became a large\\npainful tumor. On the Sabbath May 23d he went to public wor-\\nship; near the close of the exercise, baptized two children and made\\na short address and prayer in view of parting with the first meet-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 393\\ning-house, which was taken down that week. This was the last\\npublic service he performed. His disorder continued to increase and\\nbaffled all medical assistance, and terminated in his death Sab-\\nbath evening, October 31st, 1813. During his sickness he mani-\\nfested great submission to the divine will, and an increasing confi-\\ndence in his Christian hope. Towards the close of life he was car-\\nried above the pains of death, and had great joy in the prospect\\nof immortality and the eternal presence of Christ. He died in the\\npresence of all his family and many of his people, and had appar-\\nently an easy passage to the eternal state. In his person he was\\nshort, his body thick, muscular and uncommonly active. His com-\\nplexion dark; his countenance pleasant and animated; his voice\\nclear, musical and strong. In his deportment he was affable and\\nobliging, possessing an easy and uniform flow of animal spirits;\\ndesirous of doing good to all, especially of leading his fellow sin-\\nners to a clear view of his much loved Savior. Blessed are the\\ndead who die in the Lord. Moestissime scripsi.\\nT. Robbins.\\nFrequent and extended mention is made of Mr. Robbins\\nin this volume, as a teacher of young men for nearly fifty\\nyears, as chaplain in the army during the revolutionary\\nwar, and as the pastor of th6 church for more than half a\\ncentury. So many of Mr. Bobbins descendants have been,\\nduring all the generations that have succeeded him, and still\\nare very prominent in the affairs of the town, that the name\\nRobbins has ever been a household word here, and by the\\nRobbins School is sure to be perpetuated.\\nOne of the old inhabitants who remembered Mr. Robbins\\nwell, wrote as his remembrance of him the following: He\\nwas not a very large man; was rather short and fleshy;\\nhe wore what was called a cocked hat, short breeches, knee-\\nbuckles, and in summer low shoes and shoe buckles, and\\nblack stockings. He wore a ministerial frock coat with a\\nwaistcoat that buttoned up to his neck, not showing the\\nruffled shirt, worn by many in his day. He had eight chil-\\ndren who lived to maturity, six sons and two daughters.\\nAt the time of the completion of the meeting-house in\\n1814, soon after the death of their beloved pastor, the\\nchurch obtained a communion table, which stood in front\\nof the pulpit until the house was re-modelled in 1846. Upon", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "394 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe marble top of this table the following inscription was\\ncarved\\nREVEREND AMMI R. ROBBINS,\\nA FAITHFUL MINISTER OF HIS BLESSED LORD. HE WAS BORN AT\\nBRANFORD, AUGUST 25, 1740, O. S., AND GRADUATED AT YALE COLLEGE\\n1760. AT THE AGE OF 21 HE WAS ORDALNED THE FIRST PASTOR OF\\nTHE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN NORFOLK. HE LIVED TO BURY ALL THAT\\nCAULED HIM TO THE CHARGE, AND WITH THE ANXIOUS FEELINGS OF A\\nFATHER, ADDRESSED HIS FLOCK AS CHILDREN. HE WAS HUMBLE, YET\\nZEALOUS PEACEABLE, YET BOLD IN HIS MASTER S CAUSE. IN ALL THE\\nDUTIES OF HIS OFFICE HE WAS SINCERE, TENDER, AND AFFECTIONATE.\\nHIS DOCTRINE AND HIS LIFE REFLECTED CREDIT ON EACH OTHER, AND\\nIN HIS DEATH HE STRIKINGLY EXEMPLIFIED THAT RESIGNATION TO\\nTHE DIVINT; will which he steadily PREACHED TO OTHERS. WHEN\\nCALLED FOR HE SAID, LET ME GO AND RECEIVE MERCY. HE DIED ON\\nTHE 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1813, AGED 73.\\nAfter the death of Mrs. Eobbins, the following inscrip-\\ntion was also placed upon this memorial table:\\nMADA3I ELIZABETH ROBBINS: RELICT OF REV. AMMI R. ROBBINS, DIED\\nSEPTEMBER 28, 1829, AGED 83.\\nThis tablet was in 1846 placed in a permanent manner in\\nthe cemetery, over the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Bobbins,\\nwhere it may now be found.\\nEoys inserted in his history of the town the following:\\nMemoir of Madam Elizabeth Bobbins.\\nMrs. Robbins died September 28th, 1829, aged 84. Mr. Emer-\\nson remarked in his discourse at her funeral: Her last sickness\\nwas very short, terminating in the compass of two days. The faith\\nwhich she manifested on this occasion, appeared truly the sub-\\nstance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.\\nIn giving a character of this aged and pious matron I would say,\\nher vivacity was remarkable, tempered and guided by truth and\\npiety. It was as useful as it was entertaining. It delightfully min-\\ngled the animation and charm of youth with the sedateness of age,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe life of spring with the ripeness and serenity of autumn.\\nHer capacity and readiness to entertain the numerous guests\\nof the family, when the duties of the study demanded the seclusion\\nof her faithful partner, are well known. Her knowledge of the-\\nology, especially in its practical bearings, was extensive and highly", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 395\\nuseful. Perhaps ere this, she has received a crown sparkling with\\nthe memorial of many a deed the world never saw, and of which\\nherself has to say, Lord, when was this, or why is it thus esteemed\\nby thee?\\nThe last friendly act performed for her was September 30th,\\nwhen she was placed in the silent grave by the side of her husband,\\nthere to wait the re-animating call of the archangel.\\nFrom a letter written by a granddaughter of Mr. Bobbins,\\nMrs. Mary Robbins-Kasson, of Des Moines, Iowa, July,\\n1900, addressed to this writer, we quote:\\nMy grandfather lost four children in infancy. The next was\\nUncle Ammi Ruhamah; he was a farmer and lived in Colebrook.\\nHe married Salome Hale. They had a son, James Watson Robbins,\\nwho was a Doctor and practiced in Uxbridge, Mass. They had a\\ndaughter, Elizabeth, who married Lewis Allen of Colebrook, and\\nlived with Uncle Ammi.\\nThe next of grandfather s children was Elizabeth. She married\\nGrove Lawrence. Her children were James Robbins Lawrence, a\\nnoted lawyer of Syracuse, N. Y. Next, Eliza Lawrence, married\\nfirst, Henry Olmsted, and second. Dr. Timothy J. Gridley, of Am-\\nherst. Then Grove Lawrence; he was a lawyer, married Sarah Ben-\\nnett. Then Sarah Lawrence; she lived many years with our grand-\\nmother, and married first. Rev. Eben L. Clark; second, L. Z. New-\\ncomb.\\nThe fifth was William Lawrence. He was a long time in Uncle\\nBattell s store, and lived in his family. He married Caroline Au-\\ngusta Rockwell. The sixth, Francis Le Baron Lawrence, I never\\nknew. He lived in Canada.\\nMy Aunt Elizabeth also married a Mr. Grant, and had a daugh-\\nter, Anna Elizabeth Grant.\\nThen there was a son of grandfather s, Nathaniel Robbins. I\\nnever knew him. He died at Sag Harbor, Michigan.\\nUncle Thomas Robbins was a minister, and antiquarian. He\\ngathered a valuable library, now in the Hartford Athenaeum. He\\nnever married.\\nNext, Sarah Robbins, married Joseph Battell.\\nNext, James Watson Robbins, was a merchant at Lenox, Mass.\\nMr. Emerson said he had more brains than the other brothers. His\\nhealth was not equal to the work of the ministry, for which he\\nwas fitted. Three of his sons spent each a summer on my father s\\nbeautiful farm in Onondaga County, N. Y., to learn farming. They\\nwere Ammi, George, and Edward. I think it was very kind in my\\nmother to care for them, when she had seven children of her own,\\nbut father felt he could not refuse uncle James anything.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "396 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe next, Samuel Robbins, was my father. He married Fanny\\nOsborne.\\nThe last was Francis Le Baron Robbins. He preached all his\\nlife at Enfield, Conn. He married his cousin, Priscilla Le Baron.\\nShe was a widow, her first husband being a sea Captain, Alden.\\nUncle had no children. She had two Alden boys.\\nUncle wanted me to come and stay a year with him. I went\\nthere from Norfolk and staid three weeks, but I was so homesick\\nhe couldn t persuade me to remain, and I spent the rest of the sum-\\nmer with the Osborne s. Mother s brother was Judge Osborne of\\nFairfield, Conn.\\nWhen I was at Norfolk the brothers had a family meeting at\\nAunt Battell s. Uncle James and wife. Uncle Frank and wife,\\nUncle Thomas with his silver knee buckles and snowy hair, and\\nmy father. Uncle Ammi was confined at home by rheumatism, so\\nthey all went over to see him at Colebrook, and they all went to\\nvisit the grave of their venerated sire. With patriarchal grace\\nUncle Thomas placed his hand on my head and said, so this is\\nbrother Samuel s daughter. He was a very courtly gentleman.\\nKilbourne s Litchfield Biography says: General James R. Law-\\nrence was a native of Norfolk, but a resident of Syracuse, N. Y.;\\nwas a member of the Legislature in 1825, 38, 39 and 40. Judge\\nof the County Court in 1847, and United States Attorney for the\\nNorthern District of New York. His brother. Grove, also of Syra-\\ncuse, was First Judge of the County Court, for several years, from\\n1838.\\nREV. THOMAS ROBBINS, D. D.\\n(Fbom the Inteodtjotion to Thi Diaby of Thomas Robbins.\\nThomas Robbins, son of Rev. Ammi R., and Elizabeth Le\\nBaron-Robbins, was born in this town August 11, 1777.\\nThe earliest American ancestor in his paternal line was Richard\\nRobbins, of Cambridge, who came from England to this country as\\nearly as 1639, settling first at Charlestown, but soon removing to\\nCambridge, Massachusetts. From him the order of descent was\\nthrough Nathaniel, born in Cambridge, 1649; Nathaniel, born in\\nCambridge, 1678; Philemon, born in Cambridge, 1709, a graduate\\nof Harvard College, 1729, and the life-long pastor at Branford, Con-\\nnecticut, 1732 to 1781; and Ammi Ruhamah, father of Thomas.\\nOn the maternal side. Dr. Robbins traced his line directly back\\nto Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. This\\nline ran through William Bradford, Jr., son of the Governor by his\\nsecond wife, Alice South worth, nee Carpenter; then through David,\\nson of William and Mary Holmes, nee Atwood. A daughter of", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 397\\nDavid and Mary was Lydia Bradford, born December 23, 1719. By\\nher marriage the name Le Baron was brought into this maternal\\nline. The story connected with this name is curious and romantic:\\nIn the year 1694, a French Privateer, hovering around our\\nshores to capture vessels loaded with grain, was wrecked near the\\nupper end of Buzzard s Bay, and the men on board were rescued\\nand taken off as prisoners of war. This was in the reign of Wil-\\nliam III. The Treaty of Ryswick brought peace in 1697. The sur-\\ngeon on board this French Privateer was Francis Le Baron. In\\nthe transfer of these prisoners from the head of Buzzard s Bay to\\nBoston, a halt was made at Plymouth. On the day of their ar-\\nrival, it so happened that a woman of Plymouth had met with\\nan accident, causing a compound fracture of one of her limbs. The\\nlocal physicians decided that the limb must be amputated, but Dr.\\nLe Baron asked permission to examine the fracture, and decided\\nthat he could save the limb, which he did. This led to a petition\\non the part of the Selectmen of Plymouth to the public authorities,\\nasking that Dr. Le Baron might be released, to become a physician\\nand surgeon at Plymouth. The request was granted. He went\\nthere in 1694; married in 1695 Mary Wilder, a native of Hingham,\\nMassachusetts, and became the father of three sons: James, Lazarus\\nand Francis. This Lazarus Le Baron, in 1743, married for his sec-\\nond wife Lydia Bradford, named above, daughter of David. As\\nthe wife of Dr. Lazarus Le Baron, she was the mother of seven\\nchildren, the second of whom was Elizabeth, the wife of Rev. Am-\\nmi R. Robbins, and the mother of Thomas, and others.\\nThomas Robbins was fitted for college in his own home. His\\nfather s house was an Academy for Northwestern Connecticut in\\nthose early years, where many boys pursued their preparatory\\nstudies. The country minister of that day was also a farmer.\\nAt the age of fifteen he was fitted for college, and was entered\\nat Yale, in 1792. President Stiles died in May, 1795, and President\\nDwight was inaugurated in September of the same year. Wil-\\nliams College had been organized and the Norfolk minister had\\nbeen made one of the early trustees. In 1795 Williams graduated\\nher first class, and in the autumn of that year. Rev. Mr. Robbins\\ndesired his son to remove from Yale to Williams, and pursue his\\nsenior studies there, in order to show a practical interest in the\\ninfant college at Williamstown. He did so, and the matter was so\\nfixed that after his graduation at Williams, September 7, 1796, he\\nwent the following week to New Haven, and was graduated with\\nhis Yale classmates September 14, of the same year.\\nIn Williams College January first, 1796, Thomas Robbins be-\\ngan his Diary, which he continued with some small breaks until\\n1854,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 nearly fifty-eight years. This diary, edited and annotated", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "398 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nby Mr. Increase N. Tarbox, of West Newton, Mass., was printed\\nby Robbins Battell and Miss Anna Battell, in two large volumes\\nIn 1886, and from a sketch of Mr. Robbins in the first volume, most\\nof the facts concerning him are gathered for this sketch.\\nHe taught school and studied theology, and in September, 1798,\\nhe was licensed to preach by the Litchfield North Association. He\\nmade a long horseback journey during 1799 through Vermont,\\npreaching as he went. He taught and preached in Danbury, Conn.,\\nand vicinity for some two years. Then he went on a long mis-\\nBionary journey through the new settlements in New York, return-\\ning in August, 1802. In May, 1803, he was ordained to go in the\\nservice of the Connecticut Missionary Society to the new settle-\\nments on the Western Reserve, in Ohio, and returned from this\\nservice in 1806, seriously broken in health, so that for a year or\\ntwo he was unable to resume ministerial labor.\\nIn the summer of 1808 he commenced preaching in East Windsor,\\nConnecticut; was installed there in May, 1809, and his ministry\\nthere continued until September, 1827. It was in East Windsor that\\nhe began to collect his library, which became one of the large pri-\\nvate libraries of his generation. This library is in the Wadsworth\\nAthenaeum in Hartford, in the rooms of the Connecticut Historical\\nSociety,\\nSome two years after leaving Windsor he was called to Matta-\\npoisett. in the town of Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,\\nto assist his uncle. Rev. Lemuel Le Baron, who had been pastor\\nthere nearly sixty years. He was installed there October, 1832. His\\nimcle died Novembei*, 1836, in his ninetieth year, and in the sixty-\\nfifth of his ministry. Dr. Robbins continued as pastor there until\\n1844.\\nIn 1844, Dr. Robbins had reached his sixty-seventh year;\\nhad been teaching and preaching nearly forty-six years.\\nIn that year an arrangement was made, chiefly through the\\nagency of Hon. Henry Barnard of Hartford, by which Dr.\\nKobbins library was to become the property of the Con-\\nnecticut Historical Society, and he himself was to become\\nthe Society s Librarian, on a stipulated salary, through the\\nremaining years of his active life. This position he grace-\\nfully and honorably filled for ten years. In 1854, the in-\\nfirmities of age came upon him, and he was obliged to close\\nhis diary and retire from all public duties. He lingered\\nuntil September 1.3, 18.56, when he passed away peacefully\\nat the house of Mrs. Elizabeth-Robbins-Allen of Colebrook,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XORFOLK. 399\\nthe daughter of his brother, Ammi Ruhamah Bobbins. Dr.\\nBobbins never married, yet the diary shows that in his\\nearly manhood the subject of matrimony was much in his\\nthoughts. In 1838, while at Mattapoisett, he received the\\ndegree of D. D. from Harvard College.\\nThe following interesting reminiscences were kindly\\nwritten for this volume by Mrs. Mary Bobbins Kasson of\\nDes Moines, Iowa. She is the grand-daughter of Bev. Ammi\\nB. Bobbins, the first minister in this town, and so by only\\ntwo steps takes us back to the very beginning of the town:\\nDes Moines, July, 1900.\\nI am eighty-two years old this month; the\\neldest child of Samuel Bobbins. I was born in my grand-\\nfather s old parsonage, the first framed house in Norfolk,\\nin which my grandfather lived all the fifty-two years of his\\npastorate. When the Bev. Balph Emerson succeeded my\\ngrandfather, he came there, a bachelor, to board, and when\\nhe married Miss Bockwell of Colebrook, my father and\\nmother attended his wedding. Later he was called to An-\\ndover, and Dr. Joseph Eldridge succeeded him. He\\npreached in Norfolk forty-two years, and his wife was my\\ncousin, Sarah Battell. Both were very popular. I visited\\nin Norfolk in 1837, and spent two weeks with them in\\ngrandpa s old home. It was then standing in good repair\\nwhere now are the buildings of the Bobbins School. Mr.\\nEldridge had a gentle horse, named Calvin, and Sarah used\\nto take me with her to call on their parishioners. Anna\\ndrove over with me to Uncle Ammi s. He was a farmer,\\ngrandpa s eldest son, and proud to show his famous cheese\\nof 50 lbs. each. His wife was Salome Hale, a relative of\\nthe martyr, Nathan Hale. His only son was a physician\\nand a noted botanist, who fitted General Lee for West\\nPoint, and during the civil war Lee gave him a pass through\\nhis lines on a botanical excursion to Louisiana and Cuba.\\nWhile at Norfolk, Anna, John and I had old Calvin to\\ndrive up to Lenox, and visit our Uncle James. He was a\\nmerchant in Lenox, and married there a daughter of old\\nGeneral Eggleston. Their home is still in their family,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbeing owned by their daughter, the widow of Professor\\nSchenk of Princeton, N. J. Aunt Maria, the wife of James\\nRobbins, and her other daughter, met a tragic fate, both\\nbeing killed in the terrible Norwalk railroad disaster, in\\n1853. I was told that their funeral was the largest ever\\nheld in Berkshire County.\\nDon t forget to note from Uncle Thomas Bobbins Diary\\nhis purchase of the Elder Brewster chest, brought over in\\nthe Mayflower, and the gift to him of a magnificent copy\\nof the Bishop s Bible from the Duke of Sussex, with an\\nautograph letter, of both of which he was exceeding proud.\\nUncle Thomas always wore the old-fashioned small\\nclothes. He and one other antiquarian of Hartford;\\nJudge Camp of Litchfield, told me he had seen those two\\nvenerable patriarchs in the Athenaeum, eating their bread\\nand cheese off the lid of that old Brewster chest, on which\\nthe famous Compact was written and signed in the May-\\nflower.\\nMy father told me he helped to plant those ancient elms\\naround the green. He told me of the wolf hunt on Hay-\\nstack mountain, when the wolves troubled their choice\\nmerinos. The hunters had drawn together in a compact\\ncircle, and the desperate wolf, completely surrounded,\\ndashed out between one man s legs. Father used to tell of\\nhis father examining a school teacher. He set him to read\\nthe line, The quality of mercy is not strained. The poor\\nfellow read it over three times; first, he emphasized qual-\\nity then, fearing he was wrong, he tried mercy, and\\nfinally, not strained. Let us hope he won his certificate.\\nIn old times, Norfolk had plenty of stones. Perhaps it\\nhas still. There was a General Mills visiting there, from his\\nbeautiful home at Mt. Morris, on the Genesee flats. As he\\nlooked at the stones he said emphatically, I never was out\\nof sight of land before. My Uncle Battell was a Mason.\\nAt a feast, in all his regalia, he was carving, when the bird\\nslid bodily into his lap. With the greatest sang froid he\\ngathered it up in his apron, declaring he had not known\\nbefore the worth and use of such an indispensable article.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK. 401\\nGrandmother was the grand-daughter of Dr. Francis Le\\nBaron, a French emigrant and a Huguenot. Her mother\\nwas Lydia Bradford LeBaron, great granddaughter of the\\nfamous Governor Bradford. When they crossed my cousin,\\nUrania Battell s, Puritanical traditions or training, she\\nwas wont to say, Huguenot and Mayflower can t go this.\\nGrandmother was but a young girl when grandfather\\nbrought her, a bride, from old Plymouth, with her rich\\nbrocades; and she told my mother she was so homesick she\\nused to climb up the tallest stump and look toward old\\nPlymouth and cry. Poor girl! at this late day I can pity\\nher. But what a worthy help-meet she made, all those\\nfifty-two years; raised up a family of six stalwart sons and\\ntwo fair daughters; helped to care for the hundred students\\nthat during all that time he was fitting for college; looked\\nwell to the ways of her household, and entertained with\\ngenerous hospitality the clerical visitors and the frequent\\nguests. People journeyed then in their private conveyance,\\noften the one-horse shay, and she told mother she always\\nkept a choice pie on hand for the stranger guest.\\nI have a friend living here whose father, Seymour Wat-\\nson, born in Norfolk, used to run the old Canaan and Hart-\\nford express. He died here some two years ago, aged\\neighty, and his wife, born Phebe Spalding, died on her\\nbirthday last August, eighty-one, just eleven days younger\\nthan I. She bought her wedding dress of my Uncle Bat-\\ntell. Uncle Battell was a very shrewd and successful mer-\\nchant. At one time he had a quantity of cheese that he\\nhad bought in all the towns around Norfolk, that had\\nreached New York. He wrote his agent there to ship it\\nto Richmond, Va., in a certain vessel. The letter did not\\nreach the agent in time, there were no telegraphs then,\\nso he put it on board the next sailing vessel. The first\\nvessel was wrecked and its cargo lost. The market was\\nbare of cheese, and when Uncle s arrived he realized a hand-\\nsome advance. He seldom lost, being very sagacious.\\nWhen the Eagle bank failed in New Haven, he had be-\\ncome suspicious of its management; he was in New York", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\narranging to dispose of his stock, when the boat came in\\nand announced the failure. He lost a large sum at that\\ntime. Uncle owned a vast amount of Ohio land, and every\\nyear he used to go by stage from Norfolk to Ohio to look\\nafter it. He always took one daughter with him, and would\\nreach our place to spend the Sabbath. Cousin Irene Battell\\nwas the beautiful one of the family. I once heard Uncle\\nJames tell father that he, who was quite a traveller, had\\nnever seen so beautiful a woman as Irene. It was her in-\\nfluence that persuaded her brother Joseph to give that\\nprincely donation to Yale College that made Battell Chapel\\npossible. Then, too, she was, as Professor Gustave Stoeckel\\nsays in her memorial, an unrivalled soprano singer. It is\\nno wonder her father and the family were so proud of her.\\nGrandpa Bobbins had a sister who was the wife\\nof Rev. Peter Starr, who was for more than fifty years the\\nminister in Warren, Conn. My father taught school in\\nWarren once. The Starrs were a noted family. One of\\nthem, Chandler, a cousin of father s, was a merchant in\\nNew York. Another one, Philemon, a wealthy bachelor, I\\nmet at Aunt Battell s. Grandfather was very fond of\\nmusic. Mother told me that when on his deathbed the\\nfamily sang, he noticed a mistake in the tune and corrected\\nit. Uncle Frank was a fine singer and remarkably gifted\\nin prayer. He insisted that all the congregation should\\nstand through the long prayer, and at times it was as long\\nas the sermon.\\nOf our family, the four girls all married ministers. Susan\\nwas a missionary in Southern India. My three sisters are\\nall dead now. My eldest brother, a graduate of Yale, was\\na skilful doctor. He studied in Paris a year, and was\\nofifered a medical professorship in New York City, and died,\\ngreatly lamented, in Glendale, a suburb of Cincinnati. It\\nwas a crushing blow to mother. I have two brothers living.\\nThomas lives at Pittsburgh, Penn., a retired capitalist in\\nfeeble health. Both brothers have travelled extensively in\\nEurope and the Holy Land.\\nOf the other living brother, referred to by Mrs. Kasson,\\na friend says:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 403\\nFrancis Le Baron Robbins, clergyman, born in Camillus, Onon-\\ndaga County, New York, May 2, 1830. He was graduated at Wil-\\nliams College in 1854; studied theology at Auburn Seminary, and in\\n1860 was ordained to the ministry, and installed as pastor of a\\nPresbyterian church in Philadelphia. He founded the Oxford Pres-\\nbyterian Church in that city, which was dedicated in 1869, and be-\\ncame the pastor, resigning the office in 1883. During his pastorate\\nthe church edifice, one of the handsomest in the city, and which\\nhad been constructed through his efforts, was destroyed by fire.\\nThrough Dr. Robbins efforts a new building was erected. After\\nresigning he travelled extensively in Europe, and on his return took\\nup the work of founding a church in Kensington, the centre of the\\nmanufacturing district of Philadelphia. In this he succeeded, and\\nin 1886 the Beacon Presbyterian Church was dedicated. Connected\\nwith it is a reading-room, and a hall, where lectuTes on travel, art,\\nsanitation, and other popular and timely themes are delivered, and\\nclass-rooms for instruction in mechanical arts, music, drawing, ora-\\ntory, and a dispensary, in which more than 3,000 patients received\\nfree medical attention in 1887. Dr. Robbins received the degree\\nof D. D. from Union college.\\nIn 1896 for some months he preached as stated supply\\nfor the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado,\\nthe pulpit at that time being vacant. More recently he\\nwas stated supply for several months of the North Congre-\\ngational Church of Springfield, Mass., and in this last half\\nof the last year of the Nineteenth Century, July, 1900, in\\nthe absence of the pastor in Europe, Rev. Dr. F. L. Good-\\nspeed, Dr. Robbins is stated supply of the First Congrega-\\ntional, the largest church in Springfield, Mass. He has a\\nfine summer home in Greenfield, Mass.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nXXV.\\nREV. JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, D. D.\\nOne great object of this book is, to preserve in permanent\\nform some record of the labors and lives of the men and\\nwomen who have been, in some measure at least, helpful\\ntoward that which is just, and true, and of good report in\\nthis town, and also of the sons and daughters of Norfolk\\nwho have made and left a good record elsewhere.\\nOne who, in the opinion of the writer, is worthy of a very\\nhigh place in this regard, not only for what he did in his\\nholy calling as a Christian minister, but for his labors\\nthrough life, in behalf of the schools of the town, in the\\ngeneral cause of education, and in every good work, in\\nall that he did, the influence he exerted, the lasting\\nbenefits he bestowed upon the entire community, is\\nKev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D. His work was mani-\\nfold; his influence was felt in all directions; his wis-\\ndom and foresight were most unusual. A brief sketch of\\nsuch a life must necessarily be very imperfect. A discourse\\ncommemorative of his life and character, by President\\nNoah Porter of Yale College, which was delivered May\\n25th, 1875, a few weeks after his death, at the request of\\nthe North Consociation of Litchfield County, is given. Upon\\nthe day of its delivery the ministerial association took the\\nfollowing action: Kesolved, That we have heard with\\ngrateful appreciation the eminently fit delineation of the\\nlife, character and influence of the late Dr. Eldridge by\\nPresident Porter, and earnestly request that this tribute,\\npronounced in our hearing today, be published in such form\\nand manner as will put it in the hands of his many friends,\\nso widely scattered, and thus stimulate all our ministers\\nand churches to nobler endeavors in the service of God.\\nPresident Porter said:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "REV. JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, D D.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 405\\nRev. Joseph Eldridge was born In Yarmouth, Mass., July 8th,\\n1804, His father was a sea captain in easy circumstances, who\\nprovided generously for the comfort and the culture of his family,\\nwithout sacrificing the simplicity of their tastes or the claims of\\nduty and of God. His mother was a superior woman of ardent\\npiety, of large intelligence, and an enterprising spirit. By the nature\\nof her husband s occupation she was forced to assume the chief\\nresponsibility of training her children and ordering the household.\\nOf these four children our friend was the eldest, and all of the\\nfamily have brought honor upon their parents and their name.\\nCape Cod has been known for many generations as a nursery\\nof men distinguished for high professional ability, for commercial\\nenterprise, for large hearted philanthropy, and for self-sacrificing\\npiety. The neighborhood of the sea, with its suggestions of in-\\nfinitude, with its restless motion and its stirring life, with the\\ncoming and going of its ships\u00e2\u0080\u0094 bringing strange faces and various\\nproducts, with its stories of adventure and escape, tends to liberal-\\nize and elevate and stimulate the mind, and to ennoble the character\\nwhen it takes a good direction. In devout men it gives ardor and\\nbreadth and generosity and openness to their piety, and devout\\nwomen are trained, by their frequent separation from their hus-\\nbands, to a constant sense of their dependence on God, to a fer-\\nvent faith in prayer, and to habits of self-reliance, circumspection,\\nand forecast.\\nIt was the earnest desire of Dr. Eldridge s mother that he should\\nreceive a liberal education and preach the gospel. I know not\\nwhat hindered the early fulfillment of this desire. I know only\\nthat, for a while, he was a clerk in a grocery house in Boston,\\nwhere his upright moral sense was offended by some of the trans-\\nactions of which he was cognizant, and by some of the tempta-\\ntions incident to a city life. He was subsequently sent to Phillips\\nAcademy in Andover, and in Sept., 1825, became a member of Yale\\nCollege, in the Freshman year, at the age of 21 years. He was then\\na full-grown man, with much the same bearing as in later life, and\\nfrom the first was one of the foremost men of his class, being es-\\nteemed alike for his manly generosity, his superior scholarship,\\nand his Christian fidelity. In his college relationships he was a\\nman somewhat by himself, self-occupied and self-suflicing, but not\\nunfriendly; reserved yet frank, blunt yet kindly, devoted to his\\nown affairs yet always ready to respond to the claims and interests\\nof others when made alive to them. His class was distinguished\\nfor the brilliancy of some of its members and for the spirit and\\nconfidence which characterized its common life. In the summer\\nof 1828, near the end of his Junior year, just after the Senior class\\nhad been dismissed for the usual vacation of six weeks before", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "406 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncommencement, this class distinguished its accession to the head-\\nship of the college, by abandoning the commons hall with nearly\\nall the students, to express the general dissatisfaction with the food\\nwhich was furnished. The movement at first view seemed not in-\\ndefensible, but it was properly regarded by the Faculty as a com-\\nbination to disturb the authority and good order of the institution\\nwhich could not for a moment be tolerated. The students were ad-\\nmonished and reasoned with; subsequently they were formally re-\\nquired to return to their places in the hall as an act of obedience.\\nThe order was as distinctly and deliberately disobeyed by nearly\\nthe whole number concerned. The regular studies were soon sus-\\npended, and the students were assembled in frequent conferences\\nin which they earnestly discussed the attitude which they should\\nassume and the measures which they should adopt to justify them-\\nselves before their parents and friends and the community. Dr.\\nEldridge was absent from town when the incipient measures were\\ntaken for leaving the commons hall, and for two or three days\\nafter the first decisive step had been resolved upon. It was under-\\nstood that he was neither cognizant of, nor a party to, the begin-\\nning of the movement. On returning to college from a visit to his\\nrelatives he found the college all ablaze with excitement. On\\nlearning the condition of things he at once gave in his adhesion to\\nthe common cause. I was then a boy and a looker on, but I can\\nsee him now as he stood in the old Theological Chamber, which\\nwas filled with a swaying and surging crowd of excited young\\nmen, and assured them of the justice of their cause and the sure\\npromise of its success. His age and sobriety and scholarship and\\nChristian conscientiousness gave no little weight to his position,\\nand confirmed many of the timid and distrustful among the younger\\nand less experienced. A day or two later the crisis came. Several\\nof those known to be leaders in the class and in this affair were\\nsent for and warned by their instructors and friends, and among\\nthem was Dr. Eldridge. They were told that if they persisted they\\nmust eventually be expelled from the college, and most justly, for\\ntheir direct resistance to its authority. Four men when asked\\nwhether they would return to their duty, distinctly declined and\\nwere at once expelled. Dr. Eldridge had previously come to a\\nbetter mind and separated himself from the resistants. The others\\nwent to their homes, were absent some four weeks, came back on\\nsuch terms as were imposed, and the affair was over.\\nThis act of Dr. Eldridge brought him prominently before the\\nstudents as a man of sturdy allegiance to principle and of conscien-\\ntious willingness to abandon an untenable position alone. It se-\\ncured to him the especial friendship of many gentlemen of the Fac-\\nulty, prominent among whom were those who were subsequently", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 407\\nhis theological instructors. He graduated with the second honor\\nof his class, and immediately entered upon his professional studies\\nin the Theological Seminary of Yale College.\\nOn April 25th, 1832, he was ordained as a Christian minister,\\nand installed as the Pastor of this church, and here he continued\\nto discharge the duties of his office till having resigned his charge\\nhe preached his farewell sermon Nov. 1st, 1874. In the year 1853\\nhe was abroad for a few months upon a visit to Europe. In 1870\\nhe intermitted the regular routine of professional duty on account\\nof severe and painful infirmity. But with these exceptions he dis-\\ncharged his ministerial and pastoral duties with even uniformity,\\nwith unabated interest, and with universal acceptance. At the\\ntime of his resignation he was the oldest of the pastors in active\\nservice in the State of Connecticut. He resigned his office from\\na regard to his own health, which had become seriously impaired,\\nand from an affectionate interest in the people to whom he had\\ndevoted his life. He had hoped and expected to spend many years\\nof tranquility and love among them and the neighboring churches.\\nHe died March 31st, 1875. He was called to be present with his\\nMaster sooner than he expected, but we cannot doubt that he has\\nreceived from Him a welcome and a home.\\nDr. Eldridge had a strong and solid intellect. He loolied every\\nsubject and question squarely in the face, and his judgments were\\nsagacious and penetrating. His mind was eminently comprehensive.\\nHis early training had formed him to the habit of looking beyond\\nthe conventionalities which are incident to a small and isolated\\ncommunity, and a narrow sect or party. Sea-faring men, and those\\nwho deal with them, are often very decided in their opinions, and\\nare usually positive and bold in asserting and defending them; but\\nthey are usually broad-minded in their habits of thought and in-\\nquiry. The comprehensiveness and sagacity of Dr. Eldridge s in-\\ntellect were not, however, to be ascribed solely to his early asso-\\nciations. Had he been reared elsewhere, he would have been a\\nstrong, sagacious, and solid thinljer.\\nHis intellect was eminently practical. He had little of that\\nactivity which is commonly called imaginative. Though he was\\na never-tiring reader, he was not especially fond of literature as\\nsuch. As a writer he never could bring himself to give minute\\nattention to refinements of diction, or to fullness or finish of illus-\\ntrations, and as a reader, though by no means insensible to the\\npower of eloquence and the elevation of poetry, he was especially\\ninterested in the matter of what he read, rather than its form. He\\ndelighted in facts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 yet not in the spirit of the dry collector of sta-\\ntistics, or the forward retailer of curious scraps of information,\\nbut in such facts as have an important bearing on the wealth and", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwelfare of mankind\u00e2\u0080\u0094 upon their true well-being in this life, and in\\nthe life to come. For speculation as such\u00e2\u0080\u0094 whether it concerned\\ntheories of political economy, of government, or metaphysical the-\\nology\u00e2\u0080\u0094he had little interest. So far as either facts or theories\\nwere used as occasion or material for intellectual subtlety, or the\\nparade of declamation, with no earnest purpose and no profitable\\nresult\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he cared little for either. But when facts illustrated prin-\\nciples, and discussion concerned the truths which control the char-\\nacter or the faith of man, no man was more alive to them than he.\\nNext to theology and what related to his profession, history and\\npolitics interested him most. Whatever was curious in human na-\\nture, and touched upon the singular and humorous, awakened his\\nresponsive sympathy. In biography, and the higher order of fiction,\\nhe found constant delight and inspiration, and everything which\\nhe read in either department left a strong and delightful impres-\\nsion upon his mind and memory. He was a constant and absorbed\\nreader, and his range of reading was very wide. As a consequence\\nhis mind was always fresh, and in the most important respects\\nhe was well abreast of these stirring and advancing times. In the\\nlater years of his life, his mind was quickened rather than suffered\\nto grow torpid. This may be ascribed to the generous growth of\\nhis mind within, to his growing assurance of the respect of others,\\nto the intellectual and social excitements of his beloved children,\\nand to the increased earnestness of his spiritual life. His intellect\\nwas never more vigorous in its activity, or more abundant in its\\nfruits, than during the last ten years of his life. His example is\\nvaluable, as it illustrates two most important truths\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that the\\nclerical profession is capable of furnishing wholesome food and\\nample stimulus to the most vigorous intellect, and that a parish\\nin the country is as favorable a t least to these fruits as many par-\\nishes in larger towns. That Dr. Eldridge enjoyed certain advan-\\ntages of freedom from care, and of personal independence, is known\\nto us all. It is perhaps more to his credit than most of us would\\nacknowledge that he did not abuse these advantages to intellectual\\nself-indulgence and sloth.\\nAs a preacher he was characterized by simplicity, good sense,\\nand manly strength. He was not a fluent writer nor an easy\\nspeaker. He was originally better fitted for argument and debate\\nthan for disquisition and exhortation. When a student in college\\nhe was an active disputant in his college society, and during all\\nhis life he came up to an exciting argument with a kindled spirit\\nand gathering strength. It might be said very truly of him, that\\nIn natural gifts and tastes he was better adapted to the bar or the\\nforum than to the pulpit and the prayer-meeting. But these tastes\\nand gifts by no means disqualified him for great and peculiar use-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 409\\nfulness, and for eminent influence in ttie clerical profession. There\\nis abundant room and opportunity for diversities of gifts in this\\nnoblest of all the professions, and this was abundantly manifest\\nin the instructive dlscources which he prepared for more than forty\\nyears, and in the awakened interest with which his fresh and unique\\ntrains of thought were received by his own flock, and the churches\\nof this vicinity. He did not aspire to be a sensational or a so-called\\noriginal or an often falsely-called eloquent preacher. But as he\\nwrought out his own thoughts after his own method, he could not\\navoid being, in the best and in the only good sense, both original\\nand, at times, eloquent. As he illustrated Christian truth by ex-\\namples drawn from his own quick observation, or images created\\nby his quaint fancy, his forcible thoughts were often as fresh as\\nthe landscape which glitters with the morning dew. Whenever\\nhe was roused by some stirring theme, or was kindled into earnest\\nemotion by the progress of his own argument or the solemnity of\\nsome great interest, his strong nature was stirred to the irrepres-\\nsible utterances of truly eloquent speech. But whatever he wrote\\nor spoke came from himself, and bore the unmistakable stamp of\\nhis own being, in thought, in diction, in illustration, in feeling, and\\npre-eminently in an indescribable manner, which he borrowed from\\nno other man, and which no man could borrow from him.\\nIn the pulpit he was thoroughly manly, because he was thor-\\noughly himself. He could not be said to avoid every species of\\nprofessional arts and tricks and mannerism, for it seemed impos-\\nsible that he should ever contract them. Without knowing it, he\\nhad from the first to the last renounced the hidden things of dis-\\nhonesty\u00e2\u0080\u0094not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God\\ndeceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending himself\\nto evei-y man s conscience in the sight of God. While he mused,\\nthe fire burned; then spake he with his tongue always clearly,\\nstrongly, and instructively, and not Infrequently with tender\\npathos, resistless energy, and glowing speech. His eminent suc-\\ncess and his growing reputation, even after old age had begun, add\\none more testimony to many others, that the devotees of that one\\nof the professions which is the noblest in its aims and the most\\nelevating in its motives, should know no arts but manly arts, and\\nshould scorn and abhor all expedients for popularity or effect, ex-\\ncept such as are approved by God because they are inspired and\\nsanctioned by Christian integrity, Christian decorum, and Chris-\\ntian good sense.\\nPreaching and exhortation are not the only channels through\\nwhich the intellect of the pastor is called to act. In the manifold\\nrelations in which he is brought into contact with his parishioners\\nand the community, and under the watchful and the hesitating.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "410 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nif not the suspicious scrutiny to which he is subjected, his capacity\\nfor insight and judgment, his resources of wise advice and rea-\\nsonable encouragement, his power to distinguish between rational\\nand irrational zeal, are frequently put to the severest trial. In all\\nthese and the lilie opportunities of his life and trials of his intel-\\nlectual capacity, I need not say that he was more than usually\\nsagacious and wise. Being ready always to learn from men who\\nwere in many respects his inferiors, he was cautious when he had\\nlittle knowledge, but confident after he had been taught by ex-\\nperience. He deferred to the judgment of unlettered men in re-\\nspect to matters in regard to which boolis and study could not\\nmake him wise, and was always ready to make their wisdom his\\nown. Making his parishioners at first his teachers, he became\\nwiser than them all, and built up for himself a position of conli-\\ndence and respect which attested the soundness and sagacity with\\nwhich he judged of men and of affairs.\\nIn a similar way did he apply his mind to the public relations\\nof the neighboring parishes and churches, and subsequently to the\\nmore general interests of the kingdom of Christ. On the many\\noccasions of greater or less importance on which he was called to\\nthink and to decide, he uniformly approved himself a wise and\\nsafe counsellor, who was patient in hearing, comprehensive and\\nfair-minded in deliberation, and independent and fixed in his con-\\nclusions. His statesman-like and judicial intellect became more\\nmanifest as it was disciplined and developed by the opportunities\\nof later years.\\nDr. Eldridge was not only endowed with a strong and active\\nintellect, but he was also a man of strong and even ardent feelings.\\nHe was not very demonstrative of his emotions. He was rather\\nshy and reserved, but those who knew him most intimately knew\\nthat he could be aroused to energetic displeasure at real or fancied\\nwrong against himself or others, and that his affection for those\\nwhom he loved glowed with an intense and inextinguishable flame.\\nHe may have seemed more than usually undemonstrative of feel-\\ning in speech or manner, but his feelings were constant, and ready\\nto show themselves, by word or act, whenever an occasion called\\nfor special emotion. While by taste and training he was the farth-\\nest removed from sentimentalism, the fountain of manly and ten-\\nder sentiments that exists in every human soul flowed strong and\\npure in the depths of a nature that had been kept singularly pure\\nfrom the affectations of conventionality and pretence, and seemed\\nincapable of soil and alloy by the perverseness and the selfishness\\nof human society. He might seem, even to his intimate friends,\\nto hold himself aloof from the common-places of sympathy and\\nexcitement, and to be uninterested in the smaller loves and hates", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 411\\nwhich move superficial and demonstrative natures, but those who\\nknew him when his inner nature was roused by some special call,\\ncould not question that a strong and ardent heart had never ceased\\nto beat within.\\nThough naturally reserved and self-occupied. Dr. Eldridge was\\nby no meaus selfish or self-indulgent. He was eminently social,\\nkindly, generous, and sympathizing. He was exceptionally up-\\nright and fair in his judgments of others, and indisposed to cen-\\nsorious or unkindly criticism of the opinions and doings of his\\nfellow men. From many of the meannesses and jealousies and\\nacrimonies of human nature, it was not the less but the more to\\nhis credit that his soul was like a star, and dwelt apart. He\\nwas tender hearted towards the suffering, sympathizing with the\\nlowly and the oppressed, and eminently gentle and humane in his\\njudgments and feelings. The poorest and the humblest of his\\nflock received from him as ready attention and as warm a sym-\\npathy as those whose lot was more favored. His modesty could\\nhardly be called a virtue, it seemed to be so natural and necessary\\na growth of the good sense and fairness which characterized his\\nnature. While he scarcely needed to be admonished not to think\\nof himself more highly than he ought to think, but to thinlt soberly,\\nhe maintained a pronounced self-respect with which no man could\\ntrifle. His external prosperity and ample resources did not with-\\ndraw him from ministering to the poorest and the least refined\\nof his people, or seduce him to any superciliousness, or daintiness,\\nor effeminacy, such as wealthy clergymen of weaker natures do\\nnot always find it easy to avoid.\\nHe was a truly generous man. He did not value wealth inordi-\\nnately. No man could say that its temptations corrupted the sim-\\nplicity of his honest aims. His friends can testify that he was\\ngenerous in his benevolence, and that he was always ready to im-\\npart to those who were in need. But he would have been untrue\\nto himself and his convictions of duty had he not sought to give\\ncautiously and wisely. He was especially generous and enterpris-\\ning in the cause of education. There are not a few young men\\nnow in the ministry and other professions, whom he has assisted\\nby his counsel and sympathy and contributions to begin and per-\\nsevere in a course of study. This has been his favorite department\\nof Christian benevolence, in which he has labored abundantly him-\\nself, and into which he has incited others to enter and to con-\\ntinue with generous sympathy and ample liberality. This field\\nwas made congenial and almost sacred to him by the example\\nand zeal of his honored mother, and was none the less congenial\\nbecause it was a field in which his efforts and sacrifices might be\\nwithdrawn from public notoriety.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHis Christian faith and earnestness were in harmony with his\\nintellectual and emotional habits. I should rather say that a con-\\nsistent and earnest Christian faith, working upon a strong and\\ngenerous nature, can alone explain, as it alone could produce, such\\na character and such a life. His religious life was not eminently\\nemotional\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it could not be in consistency with the constitution of\\nthe man. Obedience to the will of the Heavenly Father, trust in\\nhis wisdom, confidence in his goodness, the honest confession of\\nsin and short-comings, loving trust in Christ as the only Redeemer,\\nand a practical sympathy with His life and spirit in all the char-\\nacteristically Christian virtues\u00e2\u0080\u0094 above all, constant fidelity to the\\nspirit and aims of his profession as a Christian pastor,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 these were\\nthe manifestations and fruits of the inner life by which he was\\ncontrolled and cheered. As life went on, and its varied experiences\\ntaught each its lesson, he became more mature in his faith, more\\nelevated in his feelings, more ardent in his prayers, more sym-\\npathizing and effective in his ministrations, and more spiritual in\\nhis desires and hopes.\\nHis own health, which had been so uniform and vigorous, be-\\ngan to fail. Sharp attacks of suffering made him feel his de-\\npendence. Severe disappointments and protracted illnesses, and\\nmany deaths among his kindred and relations, brought the other\\nworld very near, and made the present world seem very uncer-\\ntain. His return to his pulpit and his parish work was welcomed\\nwith a thankful heart, and he preached and labored with unwonted\\nsolemnity and earnestness. His retirement from the ministry, in\\nthe anticipation and realization, connected as it was with the death\\nof the honored head and counsellor of his own kindred, foreshad-\\nowed in some sort the winding up of his life. Each of these events\\nmade him look more distinctly upon the things which are not seen,\\nand caused him to apprehend these as the only things which can-\\nnot be moved. They all brought him nearer to God, elevating his\\nfaith, kindling his hopes, and mellowing and softening his love\\nfor his family, his people, and the Church of God. It was notice-\\nable that his heart was growing more warm, and his affections\\nmore tender, and his happiness more complete, till the day when\\nhis Master called him to that glorious vision of Himself, which\\nby its cleansing and transforming power made him worthy to\\nstand among the spirits of the just made perfect.\\nWhat Dr. Eldridge was to his people, they do not need to be\\ntold. V^Tiat he had desired and labored to do for them, he has\\nleft upon record in his farewell sermon\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sermon to which, for\\nsimplicity, and truthfulness, and transparent tenderness, it were\\ndiflBcult to find the superior among the many which are to be found\\nin the annals of the churches of New England. Though nothing", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 413\\nwas farther from the writer s intent, yet the reader cannot fail\\nto interpose between the lines this appeal to his people: Ye are\\nwitnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblamably\\nwe behaved ourselves among you that believe, as you know how\\nwe exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a\\nfather doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who\\nhath called you unto His kingdom and glory. He did say, and\\nsay truly, with all the simijlicity of his heart: I am confident\\nthat I have not an enemy or ill-wisher in the church, in the parish,\\nor in the town, nor in the region\u00e2\u0080\u0094 indeed, not in all the world; a:nd\\nI know that I am an enemy to no human being, and that this\\nchurch, this society, the people of this town, and many in this\\nregion have a warm and permanent place in my heart.\\nHe found this parish one of the most united and well ordered\\nof the parishes in New England, having been singularly happy\\nin the two ministers who preceded him, and happy also in the\\ntraditions and habits which constitute so much of the intellectual\\nand spiritual strength of any community. He labored in the\\nspirit of these traditions, and at once identified himself with the\\ninterests and welfare of his people and the whole community, giv-\\ning them his time, his sympathy, his thoughtful care for educa-\\ntion and good morals, as well as for their growth in the kingdom\\nof God; not seeking theirs but them, and imparting to them the\\nbest gifts of his mind and heart. And he has not labored in vain.\\nThe forty years and more which he has given to this parish, have\\nnot been without abundant blessings. The smplicity of his aims,\\nthe constancy of his labors, the wisdom of his counsels, the fidelity\\nand tenderness of his exhortations, and the integrity and spiritu-\\nality of his life, have formed the characters and strengthened the\\nfaith, have cheered the lives and Messed the deaths and saved\\nthe souls of many who will forever rejoice in the pastor who led\\nthem to Christ, and guided their feet in the ways of Christian\\nliving. The influences of this long and successful pastorate will\\nremain for more than another generation, as the name of this be-\\nloved and honored servant of Christ shall be repeated with love\\nand thankfulness. It is rare for any minister to have so good a par-\\nish as this. But it is still more rare for any parish to have so good\\na pastor, and to retain him so long. As his people review the\\nblessings of the past, let it be with thankfulness for what it has\\nbeen, and with hope and confidence that its blessed influence may\\nbe so cherished as to bring forth the fruits which would delight his\\nheart. In this way will they most effectually honor his memory.\\nI cannot but allude to the tender and touching conclusion of\\nhis farewell sermon, in which he anticipates the time when he\\nmust yield the first place in the affections of his people to his sue-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "414 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncesser in oflBce, and to the magnanimous wisdom with which he\\ncharges them beforehand to transfer their confidence and love to\\nanother. That he knew that this event would bring some trial to\\nhis own feelings, bespeaks the largeness of his heart. His people\\ncannot doubt that a heart so true and tender in its affection re-\\nmembers them still, even in the heavenly temple, and will continue\\nto speak peace to the flock, on whom he has expended such con-\\nstant and warm affection. Let the peace and harmony and ele-\\nvated Christian living which you shall exemplify, be a perpetual\\ntestimony to the affection which you cherish for his name.\\nWhat Dr. Eldridge was to the Churches of this County, and\\nespecially of this Consociation, many of you who hear me can ap-\\npreciate and set forth more fully and forcibly than myself. These\\nChurches have been honored of God for the evangelical and the\\nmissionary spirit of their pastors since that memorable reviving\\nof God s work among them which occurred a little before the end\\nof the last century. The spirit of Christian love and sacrifice, when\\nenlightened by education, always tends to Christian unity and\\nco-operation. The free, enterprising spirit which has been fos-\\ntered by the bracing air and the vigorous life of this hill-country,\\nhas inspired these pastors and their flocks with a fellow-feeling\\nfor one another s welfare. In no part of our State, and in no part\\nof New England, have the Churches seemed so near to one an-\\nother, however far they might seem removed by distance and the\\ndifficulty of access. Dr. Eldridge entered from the first most fully\\ninto the spirit of this fellowship, and labored from the first to sus-\\ntain its traditions in their original efficiency. You are all aware\\nthat he took special pleasure in vindicating that organized fellow-\\nship of the Churches which has so long been maintained in Litch-\\nfield County, in an address at Norwich, entitled Consociated Con-\\ngregationalism, which well illustrates his practical good sense\\nand his fraternal feeling. His argument is simply an enumera-\\ntion of the good results of the system as he had observed its work-\\ning spirit of enlarged Christian sympathy. He had been faithful\\nto the many engagements which grew out of this union of Churches;\\nhe had cheerfully incurred the fatigues and exposures ;vFhich were\\nincident to their fulfillment. So far from excusing himself from\\nthese duties and sacrifices for reasons of health or convenience,\\nor the remoteness of his parish, he turned the special circumstances\\nof his position into arguments for a more exemplary fidelity and\\na warmer sympathy with his brethren and their Churches. His\\nbrethren who are here present all bear witness that he has been\\nto them a faithful brother in all their discouragements and trials;\\nthat he has been a wise counsellor in their personal difficulties and\\nin dissensions among their parishes, and has schooled himself and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 415\\nhis people to stand foremost in the ranks whenever there were\\nsigns of discouragement or cries of alarm. As he was from the\\nfirst, so was he to the last. After his resignation of his pastoral\\ncharge, he did not desire to renounce the privileges and obligations\\nof fellowship to his brethren and their Churches, but formally and\\naffectionately renewed his original covenant of love and hospitality\\nwith them as long as he should live.\\nThese pastors and their flocks will not soon forget these words\\nand acts of friendly interest and communion; and as they are now\\nand here present to pay deserved honor to the father and brother\\nwho has bequeathed to them such a legacy of affection and fellow-\\nship by words and deeds, they will renew over his grave and at\\neach remembrance of his presence and his name, their vows of\\nfaithful sympathy, in the higher name of the blessed Master, in\\nwhom all the members of His Body are one.\\nI am reminded that the only occasion on which I was ever in\\nNorfolk before the burial of Dr. Eldridge was in September, 1833,\\nat a meeting of the Litchfield North Association. Dr. Eldridge was\\nthen, I think, the youngest member. All the members of the body\\nwho were then present, and, I think, all who then belonged to it,\\nare no more on the earth. Dr. Eldridge, who had then been pastor\\na little more than a year, was at the time of his resignation the\\nonly survivor of that venerable company. As I return to this\\nplace, and meer the representatives of the same Churches, united\\nclosely by the same bond and animated by the same spirit as then,\\nI cannot but be reminded of the power which perpetuates the\\nChristian Church from one generation to another. Nor should we\\nfail to recognize the value of the labors of him ho was then the\\nyoungest, in preserving and transmitting this fraternal spirit to\\nanother generation. His magnanimous manliness, which scorned\\neverything narrow and mean; his lofty generosity, that could\\nneituer tolerate nor understand any petty jealousies; his large-\\nhearted and practical understanding, that was above all narrow\\ndogmatism; his earnest and practical spirit, that sought always to\\nbuild up and unite, and never to weaken or divide, have been a\\ngreat power for good, for more than one generation, in all these\\nChurches.\\nDr. Eldridge was also at the time of his resignation the oldest\\nactive pastor of this State. How universally he was respected, and\\nbow enviable and unique was the place which he held in the affec-\\ntion and honor of the minisiters of Connecticut, he himself was the\\nlast to suspect. His wise counsel, and his active sympathy in many\\nboards of trust, were more and more appreciated. His eloquent\\nutterances on several public occasions, when exciting topics had\\nToused his intellect, kindled his imagination and moved his heart,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "416 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nTPere sometimes an astonishment to himself as well as a delight to\\nall who heard him. His interest in education and his loyal affec-\\ntion for his Alma Mater made him a zealous and most useful friend\\nto Yale College, of TVhose Corporation he was for more than twenty-\\nseven years an honored member.\\nI oug ht not to attempt to describe what Dr. Eldridge was to\\nhis family and in his home. His large and affectionate heart found\\nhere its most satisfying enjoyments and its richest rewards. As his\\nchildren grew up before him, he was stimulated by their intellectual\\nactivity, he sympathized with their ardent interest in culture, and\\nwas refreshed and excited by their merriment. Few men have\\nbad a happier home than he, and very few men have enjoyed it\\nmore. He sought the best things for his children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 intelligence,\\nusefulness, an honorable name, and, above ail, an inheritance in\\nthe kingdom of Christ and of God. He taught his children more\\nby example than by precept; but his word when uttered was a law\\nwhich could not be broken, and his wishes, however gently inti-\\nmated, were supreme. The tenderness of his affection for wife and\\nchildren was a quiet stream\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rarely overflowing its banks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but\\nalways filling thetn to the full. To his relatives and kindred he\\nwas uniformly trustworthy and true.\\nHe had hoped and expected to enjoy a quiet evening of life,\\namid many enjoyments, in the alternations of pleasant activity and\\ninnocent relaxation, in the interchange of generous hospitality and\\nsweet affection, -with hallowed worship and serene anticipations\\nof heavenly rest. His friends had anticipated for him a sunny old\\nage, surrounded by the people whom he had blessed so richly by\\nhis teaching and his example. His family had looked for the light\\nnf his presence in the house which he had built, and in w hich all\\nhis children had been born, and which had never been darkened\\nby the shadow of death.\\nThe anticipated evening of his earthly life has been exchanged\\nfor the bright morning dawn of that life which is immortal. The\\nquiet rest and sweet repose of the earthly twilight has given place\\nto the serene and perfected noon of the heavenly rest. The enjoy-\\nment of the earthly friends who remain has been exchanged for\\nthe society of the just made perfect, among whom are numbered\\nmany\u00e2\u0080\u0094 oh! how many\u00e2\u0080\u0094 wlio were known and loved by him on\\nearth. From the home which he had built and had blessed so long,\\nhe has passed into the building of God\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the house not made with\\nh. inds\u00e2\u0080\u0094 eternal in the heavens. That home will never be darkened\\nby death. We cannot doubt that, content though he was to remain\\na little longer here, he is altogether satisfied to have entered the\\nhome that is there. His bodily presence no longer blesses his\\nhouse nnd his household on earth, but the remembrance of what", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 417\\nhe was. and the thought of w hat he now is, will be a blessing and\\nan inspiration to that house and household till the last survivor\\nshall have been taken upward, and the separate links of the family-\\ncircle shall again be united in a chain which shall remain un-\\nbroken forever.\\nAn estimate of Dr. Eldridge is given by a native of this\\ntown, who saw him in an entirely different light from most\\nof us; one who was not in his youthful days a member of\\nDr. Eldridge s congregation, but, as he mentions, was\\ndeeply impressed by his preaching in the great revival of\\n1857, and under that preaching was brought into the king-\\ndom. Influenced and encouraged by him, the young man\\ntook a thorough course in Yale, prepared for the ministry,\\npreached most successfully to different churches, and for\\nmany years has been the pastor of the Congregational\\nChurch at Barre, Mass.\\nThe following sketch is by Rev. Joseph Fitch Gaylord,\\nson of Mr. Anson Gaylord, a native and life-long resident\\nof this town. Mr. Gaylord says:\\nYou have asked me to give in brief form my impressions of\\nDr. Eldridge. It is probably a general law of human experience\\nthat, as life advances, the objects and the men with whom one was\\nfamiliar in early years lose somewhat in the estimate made of\\ntheir proportions. With a larger experience with men and things,\\nthe forests seem less vast, the mountains less lofty, and human\\ncharacter less worthy of favor than in the period of youth. Such\\nis the general law; but in my impressions of Dr. Eldridge there is\\nan exception to this law. On the contrary his life and character\\nseem more noble as seen through the perspective of increasing\\nyears. It was my privilege to know him, not only as a pastor and\\npreacher, but also as a member of the ministerial association and\\nconference of c^hurches to which I belonged. At my ordination his\\nhands were laid on my head and he offered the ordaining prayer.\\nMy connection with the association and conference continued only\\nabout two years, but I recall very pleasantly my relations to him\\nduring those years. He was, I think, the oldest member of those\\norganizations, and certainly the one who exercised in each the\\nstrongest influence. I recall especially his kindly interest in those\\nof us who were just commencing the ministry. I have often thought\\nthat his bearing in this relation was ideal. There was no air of\\nsuperiority, and notliing overbearing in his spirit toward us. On", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "418 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nThe other hand, there was a geuial aud kiudly interest in us and in\\nour work, and a large charity for the crudeuess and imperfections\\nWhich he must have seen in us. Many years ago I hung his picture\\nin my study, and t^here it hangs and looks down upon me as I am\\nnow wi iting; and as I am growing old, and am surrounded by\\nministers, nearly all of whom are much younger than myself, it has\\noften seemed to speak to me, teaching me, among other things, what\\nshould be my bearing in my relations with these younger brethren.\\nBut I presume it is more especially of Dr. Eldridge as preacher\\nand pastor that you wish me to write. During my earliest yeaxs\\nI Avas not connected with his congregation, and was never a mem-\\nber of his church; and yet with scores and even hundreds of others,\\nI can truly say, that for my early religious experience and train-\\ning, I owe more to him than to any other minister.\\nI recollect especially the great revival of 1857 and 58, when not\\nless than a hundred of us in Norfolk, largely young people, gave\\nourselves to the service of Christ. It was a period of great revivals\\nthroughout the country, and I remember bow arduous and effective\\nwere the labors of Dr. Eldridge. It is easy to see that for more\\nthan forty years the church has felt the influence of that revival,\\nand the large ingathering, to which its records bear witness, gives\\nevidence to the fidelity and power of its pastor, as well as of the\\npresence of the Holy Spirit. The preaching of Dr. Eldridge showed\\ntiim to be a man of strong, comprehensive, and well balanced mind.\\nNot only were his intellectual resources large, but he was a man\\nof wide reading and observation. His style in preaching was simple,\\nbut clear, logical and vigorous. Often he spoke in a calm and\\nInstructive, rather than oratorical manner; but there were times\\nWhen he seemed inspired by the magnitude of his theme, and raising\\nhis voice above its usual key, he spoke with marked eloquence and\\npower. He loved to dwell on the high themes which have to do\\nwith God; his greatness, his sovereignty, and his goodness. One\\nsentence of his, uttered in such a connection, still lingers in my\\nmemory. Speaking of the questions and perplexities which center\\nabout the future condition of the unsaved, he said, God will do\\nwhat is right, a luminous and helpful statement. Of his pastoral\\nwork I cannot write from the fullest knowledge. I have been told\\nthat at some meeting of ministers, he himself spoke somewhat dis-\\nparagingly of his ability in that relation; but it is evident that\\nno one w^ho was very deficient in that office could have endeared\\nhimself so fully to his people, and held their loyal devotion for so\\nmany years.\\nTo any thoughtful observer it was apparent that he bore upon\\nhis heart the interests of all in his parish, of whatever class or\\ncondition. He was quick to discover the humorous features that", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 419\\noften come to view in the relation of a pastor to liis people; but\\nthis did not mar the cordial and genial interest which he felt in\\nevery one. His church loved and revered him, and trusted him to\\nan unusual degree, as their spiritual guide. In theology he was\\nconservative, but not nan ow, holding fast to the great evangelical\\ndoctrines, and strict in his loyalty to what he deemed the vital\\ntruths, but tolerant of all minor differences of belief. His work was\\ndone before the discussions of the last few years had begun much\\nto disturb the peace of our churches. But I have raised in my own\\nmind the question, had he lived, what would be his attitude in\\nthese discussions? From my linowledge of his course and habits\\nof thoug ht, I believe he would looli with some degree of distrust\\non present theological tendencies, but at the same time would\\nstudy the things which make for peace.\\nWere I to sum up the qualities which account for his long and\\nsuccessful pastorate, and his strong and unbi-oken hold upon his\\npeople, I should name in particular these three:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His unswerving\\nfidelity to the great truths of the gospel; his large mental resources,\\nand the marked degree in which he concerned himself with the\\nwelfare of all in his parish.\\nDr. Eldridge was a man of large public spirit, interesting him-\\nself not only in the affairs of his town, but also those of the state\\nand nation. I was a student in college at the time of the attack on\\nFort Sumter, that event which roused the nation to arms, but\\nchanced to be at home the Sunday following, and remembei the\\nstrong, patriotic sermon which he gave. It was indicative of his\\ncourse through all the fearful ordeal of the civil war. Nor was\\nhis attention confined to our country. He watched with deep in-\\nterest the movements which w^ere going forward in other parts of\\nthe world, and his sermons often bore some reference to men and\\nevents in other lands.\\nIn particular he was devoted to the great movement of our\\ncountry to carry the gospel to heathen countries, and the cause of\\nmissions, both at home and abroad, had in him one of its truest\\nfriends.\\nIt need hardly be added that he was honored and loved not only\\nby his own people, but also among the neighboring churches, and\\nin the state organizations of our denomination his influence was\\nwell recognized and beneficent. But it was of course upon his own\\nchurch and congregation tliat his life and character and work made\\nthe deepest impression. In the history of the town, the record of\\nhis long, useful and successful pastorate will always form a most\\ninteresting chapter. As occasionally I return to Norfolk, its beauti-\\nful village and the whole place seem associated w ith his presence,\\nand the walls of the church in which he preached for so long a", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "420 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nperiod, seem almost vocal with his voice. He lives not only in the\\nmemory of a generation which is now fast passing away, but also\\nin the strong character of the church, to which he gave the entire\\npublic service of his long and useful life.\\nHe being dead, yet speaketh.\\nIn an entirely different aspect of his life and character\\nlet us look at him for a moment:\\nGreat man that Dr. Eldridge was, scholarly man. as\\nestimated by the eminent authorities already given, he was\\nnot too great, too scholarly, nor too busy to interest him-\\nself in the boys who grew up about him. How vividly\\ndoes the writer recall that, in the winter of 1854, meeting\\none day several boys from the Academy, he stopped, greeted\\nthem cordially, expressed a desire to get acquainted with\\nthem, and invited them to come and see him in his study a\\ncertain evening. The invitation was so hearty that, as he\\npassed on, the boys with one accord said, let s go, and\\nthey did call at the time mentioned. One or two of these\\nboys were from out of town, attending the Academy, and\\non the way to the house their hearts almost failed them,\\nas the idea of going to see the minister in his study was\\nright before them, and a word from one or two of the\\nforemost ones would have caused a stampede of the half-\\ndozen; but they kept on, were most cordially received, and\\nsoon began to feel at rest, as the good man told them some\\nthings about his own boyhood and early life in that far\\ncountry, Yarmouth, on Cape God, which to some of the\\nboys seemed like the very end of the earth. Then he told\\nthem of some funny things that happened when he was a\\nstudent in Yale, apparently enjoying recalling as fully as\\nthe boys did his relating them. When he saw that he had\\nwon the hearts of the boys, in such a kindly, affectionate\\nway, he spoke of his interest in us, of his earnest desire to\\nassist us in any possible way, and of his wish to see us all\\nentering into the Ghristian life while we were young. With\\na few words, so kind and fatherly, to each one, then asking\\nall to kneel with him in a word of prayer, with an invitation\\nto come and see him again, he bade the boys good-night.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 421\\nIs it in the least strange that such a man won the love\\nof the boys and held the hearts of his people? Nay, verily.\\nMost fortunately, a report of what a stranger saw and\\nheard in Dr. Eldridge s church a few weeks before the\\nclose of his pastorate, has been preserved, and, showing\\nas it does the estimate of those outside of his little parish\\nwho were eminently qualified to give an opinion of the\\nman, and measure him with the foremost men of his time,\\nit is here given.\\nDr. W. L. Gage, pastor at that time of the Pearl Street\\nChurch, Hartford, spent Sunday, September 13, 1874, in\\nNorfolk, and what he there saw and heard he gave to his\\nown people the following Sunday. The next Tuesday it\\nwas published in the Hartford Courant, and so was handed\\ndown to us.\\nDr. Gage took for his text the words, How beautiful\\nupon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good\\ntidings, that publisheth peace, and in part said:\\nA well-known professor jn Amherst College chose for his\\ntheme last Sunday evening at the Park Church, A Sunday in\\nRussia. Perhaps a Sunday in a Connecticut village might be\\nquite as practical a theme, and quite as congenial with the pur-\\nposes whic h have called us together. We often get our clearest\\nviews of truth, not in abstract ideas, but in concrete and living\\nforms; and a church at work may perhaps indicate to us our bless-\\nings and our wants as much as any vague discussion of principles\\nmight do.\\nUnder this conviction I am going to try to lead you to some\\nuseful reflections by asking you to follow me into the country, and\\nto listen to a sketch of personal experiences.\\nIt was a great and unexpected pleasure for me to worship last\\nSunday in one of the hill towns of Connecticut, to take my place\\nin the pews, and to be a listener to the word. I need not name the\\ntown; it was hardly fifty miles away; one of the wild, untutored\\nplaces, Where trees and granite are the most manifest productions.\\nA few fertile farms meet the eye, rescued in the past generation\\nfrom the hands of a reluctant Nature. A pleasant mill-stream\\nripples down the hills, and stores away mucb unused power. A\\nfe^v trim lawns and solid old houses decorate the tops and sides of\\nthe hills, and a quaint, old-time New England meeting-house\\nbinds the whole landscape together in itself.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nThe burying-gJ*ound, the post-office and the school-house are of\\ncourse not far away, and the ambition and progress of the present\\ntime are read in the telegraph poles, the trim railroad depot, and\\npublic house; not the old-time tavern, with veranda and loafers, but\\nthe modern and pretentious hotel.\\nIt was very pleasant to hear the Sunday morning bell sound\\nout the hour of worship, and to see the throng of men and women,\\nyoung men and maidens, in carriages and on foot, going up the\\nhillside to the church. And very pleasant was the rustle In the\\nsanctuary as they seated themselves, and looked around and nodded\\nto one another in neighborly kindness; a compact congregation,\\nquiet, reverential, expectant. And very pleasant was it to see the\\nminister come in; the oldest settled pastor in the state, who began\\nhis labors there forty-two years ago, and w ill close them next\\nmonth, with hair not yet wholly gray, and with form rather bending\\nwith study than with years.\\nNot yet accustomed to glasses, and with voice not touched with\\ntremulous tones of weakness, the good man opened the service\\nwith a brief and most fitting prayer. The large dhoir then sang\\na psalm while the minister s daughter played the organ and a near\\nkinsmen led the sing ing. And then the Scriptures were read, in-\\ntelligently, with a rare perception of meanings wliich seldom come\\nout, yet with the utmost quietness and dignity,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 perihaps I might\\nsay with an almost studied neglect of theatrical or oratorical effect.\\nAnd then the people sang; they reallv sang; the air was full of\\nmusic, as the choir and the congregation joined in that act of\\nworship, whidh in our usual Congregational order can alone be the\\nvehicle of common praise and prayer. And this service, bare and\\nmeager as it was, and unsatisfactory as it is to me almost always,\\nand not to me alone but to hundreds who feel as I do, was in this\\ninstance so genuine, the realness was so manifest and undeniable,\\nthat it was worship,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as true and moving as if it had been in St.\\nPaul s or Westminster Abbey.\\nAnd then came the sermon, from the text, Then the cTiildren\\nof men began to call upon the name of the Lord. Plain, terse,\\nscriptural, but vigorous and practical. Prom first to last not a\\nwaste word, not a straggling idea. One manly foot march across\\nopen country, with the troops all in order. The theme was of\\ncourse prayer; the old theme which in a master s hands is always\\nnew. Real prayer, private prayer, houseihold prayer, all enforced\\nin a hearty, human fashion, the whole based in theology, but grow-\\ning out of theolog.v, and translated into life. I do not know when\\nI have heard anything more ergreifend (impressive), as the Germans\\nso well say; whicb so took me up, and held me, and carried me\\nbreathless to the end. I don t know when I have found tears in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 423\\nmy eyes under a sermon, but I did last Sunday. The effect height-\\nened of course by the reverence which I felt for the preacher, and\\nthe fact that his ministry is now coming to an end, had an effect\\nsuch as I have not felt for many a day, and what I would go twice\\nforty-four miles to receive.\\nIn making this sketch, Avhich I am doing for reasons that will\\nXjresently appear, I will not conceal from you nor from myself that\\nthere are circumstances in this case, aside from the one just men-\\ntioned, which are peculiar. Six years ago I heard Dr. Bushnell\\nsay that that very village pastor is, in force of intellect, second to\\nno man in the United States whom he had ever met. Four years\\nago I heard Governor Jewell indicate him as one of the noblest and\\nmost Romanesque men whom he knew; and at the state confer-\\nences I had marked that he is Nestor in the band of picked men.\\nAlways pecuniarily independent, a fact which the keenest judge\\nof men would never for a moment guess of that shy and almost\\nexcessively retiring man, he has yet done ihis Master s work most\\nlaboriously, faithfully and well, till the limit of three score years\\nand ten warns him that the shadows of life will soon draw near.\\nI have drawn the picture because it is the besit one that I have\\never seen, of the power of religion and its institutions in our towns\\nand villages, and the necessity that there is of maintaining Divine\\nworship on the hill tops, even in the back country of Connecticut\\nDr. Eldridge had often expressed to some of his friends\\na purpose to resign from his pastorate when he should\\nreach the allotted age of three-score years and ten. During\\nnearly his entire life he was strong, vigorous, and had ex-\\ncellent health, but for a few years previous to reaching the\\nmile stone which he had mentally set up, his health began\\nto fail, and repeated attacks of very severe suffering and\\nsickness caused him to realize fully that his hold upon this\\nlife was weakening, and strengthened his purpose of re-\\nsigning his pastorate. Accordingly, in the summer of 1874\\nhe formally resigned the pastorate of the church, where he\\nhad labored for more than forty-two years, solely on ac-\\ncount of increasing age and infirmity; his resignation to\\ntake effect the first of Xovember following.\\nA committee of the church and society was at once ap-\\npointed and instructed to try and persuade Dr. Eldridge to\\nwithdraw his resignation; some arrangement being sug-\\ngested by which he would be relieved of a portion of his", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncare and responsibility as pastor; but his decision to resign\\nwas final, and he could not be turned from his purpose.\\nThe closing months and weeks of his pastorate were most\\nimpressive times, and his last Sabbath a day never to be\\nforgotten.\\nSunday morning, November 2nd, 1874, Dr. Eldridge\\npreached his farewell sermon to a crowded house, many of\\nhis old friends and former parishioners returning, some of\\nthem from a long distance, to once more see their dear old\\npastor in his familiar place, and hear again his voice from\\nthe sacred desk, as in former years.\\nThe Scripture reading at this service was the Psalm\\nwhich Dr. Eldridge had so often read from his pulpit and\\nin the homes of many of his dear old friends upon funeral\\noccasions; the ninetieth Psalm: Lord, thou hast been our\\ndwelling place in all generations. Never by mortal man\\nwas this Psalm read with more of meaning, more power,\\nmore heartfelt earnestness, than upon this occasion, espe-\\ncially the fitting prayer of the closing verse: And let the\\nbeauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish thou\\nthe work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands\\nestablish thou it. In the afternoon the sacrament of the\\nLord s Supper was administered, the house being again\\nfilled, the galleries as well as the body of the house. Sev-\\neral persons were at this service received into membership\\nof the Church.\\nAt this service Dr. Eldridge spoke briefly from the pas-\\nsage, Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the\\nworld. His thought was, in brief, that, standing as he did\\nat that hour, realizing that with that service his ministry\\nclosed, his work was done; and as in thought he looked for-\\nward to the future of the church, which had been so long\\nvery dear to his heart, and of the town, in all the aft airs of\\nwhich he had taken the deepest interest, the question, what\\nis to be the hope, the saving powder for this church and\\ncommunity? found its only answer in the words of that\\npassage. The Christian people of this town must keep and\\nsave it from ruin and darkness if it is to be saved, and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 425\\nnaturally a large measure of that responsibility must rest\\nupon this church. Ye, ye are the salt of the earth; ye,\\nye are the light of the world. Take heed, that the salt lose\\nnot its savor, that the light that is in you be not darkness;\\nlet your light shine.\\nThis farewell sermon, so excellent, so characteristic of\\nits godly author, so full of permanent historic interest, is\\nomitted from this volume only for lack of space. Copies\\nof it can be found in the Norfolk Library.\\nDr. Eldridge was an exceedingly social, a most enter-\\ntaining, interesting and instructive man, and most thought-\\nful of others, sympathetic and kind of heart.\\nThose who thought him otherwise had doubtless been\\nunfortunate in their time of calling, as in one instance the\\nwriter heard him relate as follows: I had given several\\ndays of close study and thought to a theme, had just got\\nsteam up, and had fairly begun to write upon my discourse,\\nand felt that I could not be interrupted, when a man from\\nan out part of the town came into my study and sat down\\nwith the appearance of having come to spend the day. He\\nwas a good man, who seldom came, and I would not for the\\nworld have done anything that might make him think 1\\nwas not glad to see him, and could hardly tell him that I\\nwas very busy, and ask him to excuse me. After devoting\\nsome time to him, I moved around this way and that, took\\nup my pen, dipped it in the ink, wrote a w^ord or two; and\\nthere he sat, and sat, and sat; talked about the weather\\nand kindred topics; had no purpose or object in calling,\\nonly simply to call, or I could have got through with him\\nand got at my work, but it did seem as though he never\\nwould go. He simply called at an unfortunate time for us\\nboth; as though I had called to talk and pray with him\\nsome summer afternoon when he was getting in hay, and\\na thunder shower was rising. He surely would have hoped\\nthat my praj er would be a very brief one. I could have\\nseen his work, but he could not see mine.\\nIn contrast with the above: One of his neighbors had at\\none time been sorely bereaved by a death in his family,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "426 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nand as the man said 3 ears afterward, Dr. Eldridge would\\ncome over when he was not busy and knew I would not be\\nbusy, and talk with me sometimes for a long time. He was\\nthe most entertaining man to talk with I ever saw. If he\\nhad read or heard something that specially interested him,\\nhe would come over and tell me all about it. He knew and\\nseemed to remember how sad and lonely I was, and I knew\\nthat he tried to cheer and comfort me in this way.\\nWhile calling at a parishioner s, he once met a man whose\\nbump of conceit was large, and who was consequently\\neasily flattered. This man said: Dr. Eldridge, I was in\\na certain town not long since, and a gentleman said to me,\\nDr., I trust you are going to remain in town over the Sab-\\nbath and preach for us. You see, he mistook me for Dr.\\nEldridge. The rejoinder was: Yes, such mistakes do\\nhappen. I was in a certain place once, and was mistaken,\\nand came near being arrested for a horse thief.\\nDuring many years of Dr. Eldridge s ministry there was\\nquite a French poi^ulation in the town, mostly natives of\\nFrance and a few Canadian Frenchmen, for the most part\\nemployed in chopping wood and burning charcoal for the\\nfurnaces in East Canaan and Huntsville. They lived in\\nlog cabins in the coal-bushes, as they were called, in the\\nout parts of the town; were most of them Catholics, but\\nthere being here no resident Catholic priest, when a young\\nFrench man and woman wished to be made man and wife,\\nand Avhen the children of these French families died, as\\nfrequently happened, they invariably called upon Monsieur\\nle Pasteur Eldridge to perform the marriage ceremony, as\\nhe spoke the French language readily, used a French mar-\\nriage service, and served them most acceptably. At fu-\\nnerals and in the burial service he spoke to them in French\\nand ofifered prayer in English, and satisfied them fully ex-\\ncept in one instance. A child had died in one of the coal-\\nbushes, and as usual he was called upon to oflBciate at the\\nfuneral. Upon arriving at the cabin he was met by the\\nsorrowing father, who with a look of surprise said, Did\\nnot Monsieur le Pasteur bring one coffin for our little", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 427\\nchild? The father had rested in the belief that Monsieur\\nle Pasteur would provide a coffin and at least see that a\\ngrave was made ready. Dr. Eldridge was exceedingly\\nsorry to disappoint the family, as he had to do when he in\\nsubstance told them that he was neither the undertaker\\nnor a grave digger.\\nWishing a native French teacher for his children, he\\nsecured a thoroughly educated French lady, born in Nantes\\nin 1829, educated in Paris, who had lived in Brooklyn,\\nN. Y., for a short time, to come to Norfolk as a teacher.\\nMadame Charpentier, with her husband. Monsieur Leo-\\npold Charpentier, in the spring of 1852 came here, and lived\\nfor some time in the old Bobbins house, teaching not only\\nDr. Eldridge s family, but quite a number of other persons,\\nand in about two years she secured a more permanent\\nposition in Farmington, through Dr. Eldridge s influence,\\nwhere for twenty-eight years she was in charge of the\\nFrench department of Miss Porter s school. During their\\nresidence in town Monsieur and Madame Charpentier, as\\nwas natural, became acquainted with some of the other\\nFrench people, and among them a young man whom they\\nfound to be exceedingly bright, intelligent, finely educated,\\nand evidently fitted for a much better position in life than\\nthat of a wood-chopper, as he then was; roughly clad, un-\\nkempt in every way, and at times dissipated, like most of\\nhis companions. He had thoroughly learned cabinet-mak-\\ning by a seven years apprenticeship in his native country,\\nand had served several years as a soldier in the French\\narmy in Algiers, but possibly not the required seven years.\\nAs Madame Charpentier was to leave town, and her\\npupils desired to continue their lessons, the question arose,\\nwhere shall we get another teacher?\\nMeantime the educated wood-chopper had heard of Mr.\\nF. E. Porter s cabinet-shop on Wood Creek, had applied\\nthere for work, and a chance being given him to show what\\nhe could do, proved that he was a very superior workman,\\nand so had bettered his condition materially, going to live\\nin Mr. Porter s family, then not being able to speak English", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nat all. Madame spoke of him to Dr. Eldridge, suggesting\\nthat he see this man. So an arrangement was made for\\nhim to call upon Dr. Eldridge, which he did, clad doubtless\\nin the best he had, coarse, rough clothing, red flannel\\nshirt, cow-hide boots, etc. In this interview, with his keen\\ninsight, Dr. Eldridge discovered the angel in the marble.\\nAn arrangement was made that he should make a trial as\\na teacher of the French language, and come to Dr. El-\\ndridge s house to instruct his children. He came at the\\nappointed time, succeeded admirably, was encouraged, con-\\ntinued teaching, improved greatly in his appearance, thor-\\noughly reformed and became under Dr. Eldridge s teaching\\nand influence a sincere Christian gentleman and citizen,\\nmarried a refined, educated lady, a native of Norfolk,\\ntaught Dr. Eldridge the art of fencing in addition to pure\\nParisian French, and after a number of years secured a\\nfine position as teacher of French in the public schools of\\nHartford, Conn., which position he filled for fifteen years\\nwith great acceptance to all and honor to himself and his\\nfriends. This man was Monsieur Victor Alvergnat, well\\nremembered by many people still living in this town. In\\n1877 he was severely bitten by a dog that made its way into\\nthe building where he was teaching in Hartford. Hydro-\\nphobia was the result, and so this noble life went out in\\nthat most terrible way, when he was 53 years of age.\\nUpon Monsieur Alvergnat s removal to Hartford, Mon-\\nsieur Lallier taught French here for a time. He was an\\neducated gentleman, about whom there seemed to be some\\nmystery. He was an exceedingly bitter anti-Catholic, and\\nsome of his acquaintances here surmised that he was pos-\\nsibly a deposed priest.\\nIt was earnestly hoped, and perhaps unduly expected,\\nthat, upon being relieved entirely from the burden and care\\nof his long pastorate, Dr. Eldridge s health would materially\\nimprove, and as President Porter expressed it, that an-\\nother ten years might be added to his life but his health\\ndid not improve during the winter, and about March 20,\\n1875, he became seriously and dangerously ill. Everything", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 429\\nthat medical skill could suggest, or the most devoted\\nfriends could do in his behalf, was of no avail, and on the\\n31st of March, scarcely five months from the day when he\\nlaid down his pastorate, his spirit returned to God who\\ngave it he passed over unto the other side, and en-\\ntered into the rest that remaineth to the people of God.\\nShortly after the death of Dr. Eldridge, obituary notices\\nof him were published in a large number of the local, state,\\nand other papers, from which extracts will be made. In\\nan article in the Christian Union, signed N. P., Yale\\nCollege, it was said:\\nOn Saturday, the 3d of April, the Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D..\\nof Norfolk, Conn., was followed to the grave by the people of the\\ntown in which he had been pastor a little more than forty-two\\nyears. He had resigned his office and preached his last sermon\\non the 2d of November preceding. We trust that his character\\nand career will receive more than our passing notice. There were,\\nhowever, certain peculiarities in both which merit immediate at-\\ntention, while his memory is fresh. That he was no common man\\nand no common minister was indicated by the honor which was\\nrendered to his memory on the day of bis burial. The house of\\nworship in which he had preached was thronged by a sorrowful\\nassembly. The pastors of all the churches in the vicinity, and not\\na few from a distance, were present. Very many prominent lay-\\nmen from the neighboring villages were there with their families.\\nAlthough the audience was disappointed in not hearing an eloquent\\nand moving tribute to his memory which they expected from his\\nneighbor and life-long friend. Rev. Adam Reid, of Salisbury, yet\\nthey listened with attention to the unstudied words which two or\\nthree of his brethren supplied. Everything in word and act and\\ndemeanor testified that all the assembly knew that a prince and\\na great man had fallen in Isreal. Dr. Eldridge never aspired to\\nbe a great man, nor did he know that he was a great man. The\\nreview which he gave of his labors and experiences in his tinal\\nsermon is as simple and plain spoken as the utterances of a child.\\nBut simple as the sermon was, it indicated a man singularly com-\\nprehensive in his knowledge, sound in his principles, humane in\\nhis loving sympathy, and earnestly Christian in his aspirations\\nand hopes. In laying down his pastorate he refused to re-\\ntain a nominal connection with the church, that he might free\\nhimself and the parish from any possible embarrassment. This\\nwas not because he loved his people the less, but because he loved\\nJ", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "430 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthem the more, as he delicately and tenderly intimates in his an-\\nticipation of the time when he should be called to see their love\\ntransferred to another.\\nDr. Eldridge was not only respected and beloved at home, but\\nhe was honored and loved in the churches, and by the pastors in\\nthe immediate vicinity, and in due time throughout all the State.\\nThe churches of Litchfield County have been singularly united in\\nfeeling and action from the first, thus fulfilling the proverb, when\\ndwellings are far, neighbors are near. No one who has not made\\nexperience of that hill country life can have any conception of the\\nheights of the hills, the depth of the snows, the tenacity of the\\nmud, and the fierceness of the winds, which malie an ordinary\\nmile of travel in winter and in storm equal to two or three in other\\nsituations; and yet in no part of New England has there been a\\ncloser sympathy and more ready concert of action among ministers\\nand churches.\\nDr. Eldridge appreciated the value of this union and co-opera-\\ntion. He was placed in a position which would have tempted a man\\nless generous and faithful than he to excuse himself from many\\nof the exposures, and wearisome, thanliless services, which were\\nmade easy to him by his interest in the fellowship of the churches.\\nTo the last he cherished these feelings, as was remarlsed at his\\nburial by one of his brethren who knew him best. Even after he\\nresigned his pastorate, he invited his brethren to meet at his house\\nas often as they should choose in their ecclesiastical pastoral as-\\nsociations. He was a believer in the Consociation of the churches,\\nand he repeatedly vindicated this organization from the assaults\\nof its opponents. Though public spirited when practical objects\\nmight be furthered, he had little taste for denominational coun-\\ncils, large or small, and no narrow notions of Congregational sec-\\ntarianism,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but only ardent and intelligent zeal for the advance-\\nment of the kingdom of God, by Christian spirituality and Chris-\\ntian intelligence, under the simplest possible ecclesiastical forms\\nwhich are compatible with organic strength and harmony. It was\\nworthy of notice how, in the last fifteen years of his life, the in-\\nterest which had previously been confined to the churches of his\\nneighborhood and county was extended to all the churches of the\\nState; how interested he became in the practical questions\\\\ and en-\\nterprises which were brought to his notice in the meetings of the\\nState General Association and General Conference. Not a few\\nof his brethren retain vivid remembrances of the zeal and power\\nwith which he surprised and delighted them in these assemblies,\\neven when suddenly called upon to arouse their respect for them-\\nselves and their oflice, or to analyze and reform any weakness of\\nfaith in the pastoral office and the truths of the gospel. In all", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 431\\ndeliberative assemblies and meetings of trustees and Committees,\\nDr. Eldridge was eminently characteristic. He was usually silent,\\noften impatient of long and wordy harangues, or needless and\\npetty discussions, but he was always sagacious to discern the point\\nat issue, prompt in action, and singularly transparent and honest\\nminded. He was a pillar of strength in the Corporation of Yale\\nCollege, and in the many boards of trust of which he was a mem-\\nber.\\nHis intellectual habits and tastes were his own. He was fond\\nof history, and from the beginning to the end of his student and\\npastoral life, he read with a never-flagging interest. He was fond\\nof traveling and observation of men and their enterprises. He\\nwas in close and wakeful sympathy with the great political move-\\nments of the world, and read the newspapers with an intelligent\\njudgment. To his sermons he brought a solid understanding, and\\na heart that was uniformly Christian in its principles and sym-\\npathies. His sermons were eminently his own,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fresh, strong, and\\nunique in thought and language. His manner was his own, emi-\\nnently manly, earnest, and believing. He had little consciousness\\nof what he was, or how he was acquitting himself. The truths\\nwhich he uttered took strong hold of his being, and he gave im-\\npressive utterance to his convictions.\\nWhile he mused the fire burned; then spake he with his\\ntongue, at first with hesitation, but as he proceeded his spirit\\nwas stirred, and strong thoughts forcibly uttered broke forth from\\ntheir hiding-place, and those that listened could not but feel. Here\\nis a man. While he was gentle among his people, as a nurse\\ncherisheth her children, yet he uniformly did homage to their self-\\nrespect. He dared to oppose them when his own convictions were\\nstrong, but in an earnest and manly way. One of the most con-\\nspicuous achievements of his life was his success in enforcing his\\nown views in respect to the location of the railway, which threat-\\nened to invade the center of the meeting-house green, and to di-\\nvide it by a yawning gulf. That a minister should be able to set\\naside the wishes of so many of his parishioners on such a ques-\\ntion, without mortally offending them, and should succeed in con-\\nvincing them that he was in the right, is a most honorable testi-\\nmony to his wisdom, goodness, and sagacity.\\nDr. Eldridge was happy in his home. Hither his heart turned\\nwhen absent, and in the intelligent, merry, and ardent houseGbld\\nthat was gathered there, he found his rest and joy. During the\\nlatter years of his life, acute bodily and mental suffering, with\\nsharp bereavements among his kindred coming thick and fast,\\nsomewhat shaded his life; but his affections only mellowed and\\nelevated his spirit, making him more lovely without weakening", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "432 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nhis dignity. It was the hope of his relations and friends that an-\\nother ten years might be added to his life, and that so useful and\\nbeneficial a career might have been ended by a glowing yet serene\\nsunset of love and wisdom. But a dark cloud suddenly sprung out\\nof the west and hid him from their sight. His kindred, his people,\\nand his friends will long cherish and bless his memory, and his\\nname will stand forth conspicuously in the honored line of the\\nmany successful New England pastors who spent all their lives in\\none parish, and spent them wisely and well.\\n(FBOM the WlNSTKU HEBALD.\\nThe funeral services of the late Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D.,\\nwere held in the Congregational Church, Norfolk, on Saturday last\\nat one o clock. After prayer at the house by Rev. William E. Bas-\\nsett of Warren, the body was carried to the church, preceded as\\nan escort by several ministers fi*om abroad and neighboring par-\\nishes. Not only the people of Norfolk gathered in great numbers,\\nbut people from adjoining towns, and notably from Winsted, to\\npay their last profound regards to the memory of the noble man\\nand Christian minister.\\nThe pulpit was draped in black as well as the sides of the\\ngalleries. In the center of the drapery back of the pulpit, in large\\nletters, was the text, Remember the words that I spake while\\nI was yet with you.\\nThe flowers in bouquets, crosses, anchor and crown were most\\nbeautiful, and interspersed with tiny sheaves of wheat, spoke elo-\\nquently of him so long a toiler in spiritual harvest fields.\\nDr. Adam Reid of Salisbury, the ministerial neighbor and in-\\ntimate friend of the deceased, was too ill to preach a funeral dis-\\ncourse, greatly to the disappointment of all.\\nThe services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Beach, acting pastor\\nof the church, assisted by Rev. President Porter, of Yale College,\\nand Rev. Dr. Perrin of Wolcottville, the latter gentleman giving\\nbrief but eloquent testimony to the worth of the deceased, and\\nsome interesting personal reminiscences.\\nAfter the services the remains were looked upon for the last\\ntime, and then the long procession filed away to that silent city\\non the hillside, and laid away the body of him who had followed\\nto that same resting place, through so many years, the bodies of\\nthose that sleep around him.\\nAside from a natural sadness that impresses itself on the soul\\non such an event as this, we see no reason for sadness or gloom,\\nbut a spirit of joy and rejoicing, thankful to God that this man\\nwas spared so long, and was such a power to instruct and mould\\nhuman character for good; thankful that a long and noble min-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 433\\nistry was so well rounded out and finished, and that before the\\npains and troubles of extreme old age overtook him he was called\\nto the palm and the crown.\\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.\\nMRS. SARAH BATTELL ELDRIDGE.\\nIt is eminently fitting to speak of the family relations of\\nDr. Eldridge, but especially so as they were the most happy\\nand helpful to him during his entire ministry, and as he\\nat every opportunity gave much credit to his life com-\\npanion for what he was and what he had been enabled to\\naccomplish as a pastor.\\nAbout the time of his settlement here he was married to\\nMiss Rachel Purple of New Haven, a lady of great force\\nand beauty of character, who in a brief period accom-\\nplished her work. Roys most briefly says of her: Mrs.\\nEldridge died in 1833, endeared to us as an active Chris-\\ntian.\\nThat life is long that answers life s great end.\\nThe companion and helper of Dr. Eldridge during the\\nmost of his long pastorate, was Sarah, the eldest daughter\\nof Esq. Joseph Battell. They were married October 12,\\n1836, Mrs. Eldridge surviving him a little more than three\\nyears.\\nSoon after her death a beautiful and fitting memorial\\nof Mrs. Eldridge was published, which contains many\\nworthy tributes to her life, her character and her work, by\\nthose who knew her best, and from these tributes extracts\\nwill be taken.\\nOf her early life, as well as of her maturer years, her\\nsister, Mrs. Urania Humphrey, most beautifully said in a\\nletter to her nephew and nieces soon after their mother s\\ndeath\\nIt has occurred to me that it will not be amiss to note down\\nsome recollections of your mother, which, as I read the many-\\nsided views of her character by others, suggest themselves as be-\\nlonging peculiarly to her domestic life. In her childhood she was\\nur glee-maiden, tripping, with song and laughter, in and about\\nI", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nour bright home, always leading in our amusements and contribu-\\nting with her ready wit to convert our little troubles and tasks\\ninto a laughing comedy, and parrying the grave rebukes of our\\nelders in a way that disarmed all their terrors. She had a sturdy\\nphysique, the fleetest of foot of our nine,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was always at the goal\\naround the meeting-house before her bx others even were half way.\\nHer complexion was the Saxon red and white (the York and Lan-\\ncaster combined) of her father, a heaven-reflected blue eye, abun-\\ndant brown hair that almost always escaped from the net she\\nwore; not skillfully plaited like your aunt Irene s, but soft as the\\nzephyrs that blew it about her shoulders and waist. She was help-\\nful too in the household with her needle, and furnished some of\\nthe linen that our dear mother encouraged us to spin, singing\\nas she spun as sweetly and as gracefully as did Goethe s Mar-\\nguerite. She was a bright scholar, educated with your aunt Irene\\nat Hartford and New Haven, and throughout her life an insatiable\\nreader. She had a remarkably quick ear for music, and one of her\\nearly teachers, disposed to chide her for not giving more time\\nfor practice, after listening to her sister s rendition of a difficult\\nlesson, was confounded to find that Sarah had caught its rhythm,\\nharmony, and spirit, triumphantly reproducing on the instrument\\nthe same thing. Domestic avocations in after life prevented her\\nfi om pursuing music as thoroughly as did your aunt Irene, but\\nyou will always remember what a pastime and joy it was in all\\nthese years to hear her play and sing, both at home and in public\\nworship. You know what the old clergyman said after you had\\ntried to entertain him with your efforts on the piano, your mother\\ntaking your place,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Well, I must say that the old lady beats them\\nall. How merrily she laughed at your chagrin, especially at the\\nepithet old lady, saying that she presumed he thought her as\\nold as Tubal Cain. After her marriage you remember what your\\naunt Irene quotes in one of her last letters,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that mother felt that\\nthe sun had not risen till Sarah came from the old parsonage to\\nlook into the dear home from which one and another were fast\\nleaving for homes of their own.\\nShe had an inherited love of flowers that delighted her mother,\\nand until the autumn of 1854, we often saw them bending over\\na new specimen of some exotic plant, or conferring about the ar-\\nrangements of the flower-beds, or discussing the old and new\\nmethods of flower culture. When your father made choice of one\\nof his flock, some of the saintly old members of his flock shook\\ntheir heads, and feared that young girl would not fill her grand-\\nmother s place, though it took dear grandma fifty-two years to five\\nup to the requirements of a minister s wife, and even then it was\\nthe magnetism of her sweet disposition and invariable high breed-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 435\\ning that captivated the hearts of the parishioners, as your mother\\ndid in less than a twelvemonth after she became the pastor s wife.\\nI was delightedly surprised to find, when I came home after a\\nyear s absence, that she was such a universal favorite with all\\nages and classes.\\nBut her religious growth seemed to me marvelous. I was\\nmore delighted still at a woman s prayer-meeting (which she, I\\nbelieve, organized), to hear her petitions,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 full of that simplicity\\nand nearness to the thi-one of grace that indicated in whose school\\nshe had been taught, and that from our own household another\\nprophetess had arisen. Her life, seemingly so prosperous, was\\nnot without great burdens; her natural light-heartedness helped\\nher to bear them most resolutely and cheerfully, and you can all\\ntestify to the self-denial and readiness with which she assumed\\nthe duties of a minister s house. But only a woman of similar ex-\\nperience can understand the willing hands she put to those labors,\\nthe pains she took that your father s studies should be uninter-\\nrupted, and all the claims of a boundless hospitality never ignored.\\nHer sacrifices for your education and comfort cannot be computed.\\nI observed her closely with the greatest admiration and respect.\\nNever was she a moment estranged from the love and perfect\\nconfidence of father, mother, brothers and sisters, and she gave\\nto us all a perpetual love-feast. After father and mother were\\nremoved she seemed to be nearer than ever. Our elder sister gave\\nus all a hospitable welcome, and our family gatherings were still\\na harvest time of sweets, where no crude surfeit reigned.\\nMuch has been said of her remarkable hospitality, but where\\nis the housewife, with a house full of children, and a parish to\\nlook after, who can testify as she did to me, I can truly say that\\nin all my married life I never saw a person enter my gate that I\\nwas not glad to see.\\nRich viands,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for she was a princess in the culinary art as wen\\nas in name, she laid before her immediate friends, no matter at\\nwhat cost of labor and time to herself, and the tramp s cup and\\nplate at the porch door were always ready when applied for. My\\npoor sister, when her beautiful rod and strong staff were broken,\\nbowed herself in sweet submission, but the blow so crushed her\\nshe never recovered her physical vitality, and from that day, did\\nfade as a leaf.\\nShe continued, however, to comfort the feeble-minded, and en-\\ncourage the despondent, still self-forgetting, contributing to the en-\\ntertainment of those who sought her society for her rare conversa-\\ntional powers, till the languishing pulses admonished us all that\\nthe forces of nature could no farther go.\\nThen on a June day, when our poet Bryant, with whom she", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhad recently conversed, passed, as he said of Cole, like an arrow\\nshot up into the sky, she too,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFolded her pale hands meekly.\\nAnd fell asleep by the gates of light.\\nWhat more beautiful tribute than the foregoing from a\\nsister can be conceived?\\nA most worthy companion-picture is the tribute of a\\nbrother of Mrs. Eldridge by marriage, Rev, Azariah El-\\ndridge of Yarmouth, Mass., who in a letter addressed to\\nhis nephew, not long after his mother s death, said:\\nIt is sad to be an orphan. When I think of what you and the\\nsisters have lost by death, my heart fills with sorrow and sympathy.\\nWe must never forget amid the trying scenes of this life, that you\\nand they are the children of remarkable parents. For myself, as\\nhis grateful and loving brother, I may over-estimate the rare quali-\\nties of your father, but there appears to me no such combination\\nof mind and heart in any great man among the living.\\nAnd your dear mother, now called after him out of this darken-\\ning world, has certainly left no superior as a true and wonderful\\nwoman among those whom I have ever had the happiness to know.\\nI cannot describe her, because I cannot comprehend her, if men\\never do women. But the early impression made upon me when a\\nboy from the preparatory school has been deepening all through\\nlife, and is that of great strength clothed in still greater softness\\nand beauty of character.\\nShe was strong as the spring and the summer are strong, with\\na power sweetly and irresistibly pervasive and persuasive. There\\nbelonged to her a freshness, a buoyant and vernal life, an exuber-\\nance of vitality, of spirits and of love, which nothing could resist\\nor exhaust, and which years did not appear to check or to chill in\\nthe least.\\nThere was a force, gentle, genial, and smiling as May, to smite\\nthrough the ice and thaw things out,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to set the sap flowing, and\\ncall other people forth into blooming gayety and fragrance.\\nNever did she appear to grow old at heart, any more than in\\nthe flashing quickness of her mental activities. She never lost\\nher interest in flowers. She never parted with any of her charm\\nin interesting children, or any of her power over young men. Dur-\\ning her last winter at New York, when she was sixty-eight years\\nold and must have been already ill, ladies and gentlemen of all\\nages would gather about her of an evening to have their hearts", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 437\\nwarmed, as we do about a fireside. But that was no new thing ex-\\ncept to those who were there to experience it for the first time.\\nThese luminous and glowing emanations of social genius and good\\nwill were the delight of her father when she was a girl. They were\\nthe pride and joy of her husband in middle life, and they pulsated\\nforth in floods at intervals until the very last. They seemed to\\ncost her no particular effort. They came as natural and easy as the\\nthrobbing light of a glow-worm, and emanated from her often in\\nthe midst of darkness, sorrow, and trial. Once, Joseph, when you\\nwere her baby, and were suddenly choking with the croup, at a\\nmoment when the house was full of company, she managed to con-\\nceal it from them all, and was flitting between the sick-room and\\nthe guests until the last of them departed unconscious and happy.\\nAnd here I may say that the passion of her soul and life was to\\nrender other people happy. Self-sacrifice never stood in the way.\\nTo deprive and expose herself for others was as nothing. The\\nendurance and concealment of suffering for others was an habitual\\npractice. And it makes the heart ache to think of the agony never\\ntold of, and betrayed to the physician by symptoms, and at length\\nto all by ii repressible moans, during those fatal days and weeks.\\nBut she is now at rest forever. Her life on the whole was a\\nvery happy one. The ruling passion so strong in death, was grati-\\nfied through life to an unusual degree. She could easily render\\npeople happy. The gifts and facilities for doing others good were\\nbountifully lavished upon her. I allude not merely to the material\\nblessings which a wise and kind Providence placed at her disposal\\nfor the poor, and for every worthy object near and far, but also\\nand here chiefly I refer to those rare mental and moral endowments\\nby which she could I eadily encourage the hearts of others, dissipate\\nunhealthy gloom from their horizon, and animate those about her\\nwith the happy hopefulness she so much rejoiced to witness.\\nAnother feature which contributed much to render her life re-\\nmarkably happy was the continual possession by constitutional en-\\ndowment of high and equal spirits. The buoyant fullness of her\\nequanimity knew no ups and downs; never ebbed far from high\\nwater mark, or below ready recall. She was always herself at\\nhome, by the way, and abroad.\\nTo her children and kindi ed, to her friends and social acquaint-\\nances, to the strangers and aliens who might approach, she was\\nherself. There was the same genial and unwearied loveliness of\\ndisposition and temper, and upon any occasion, on the instant ready;\\nthe same flow of spirits, the same overflow of thoughts, sentiments,\\nand information, but with a certain method to it all, in the most\\nanimated crises, self-forgetful, yet always under self-control.\\nThus her sojourn here upon earth was doubtless one of ex-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nceptional enjoyment. Her very genius and office were to com-\\nmunicate happiness, and that which she gave to others, the Lord\\ngave to her according to his word, good measure, pressed dovrn,\\nand shaken together, and running over. She was happy with\\nher parents and brothers and sisters at home. She was happy with\\nher noble husband and her family of adoring children. She was\\nhappy with the troops of friends who came thronging about her\\nwherever she went. She was happy in the good worlis of private\\ncharity and public beneficence entrusted by the Master to her\\nhands. She was happy in the ministers and students she aided,\\nand in the young men going forth from her Bible-class. She was\\nhappy above all in her personal experiences of religion, and in her\\nunion by faith to Christ. And now she is gone from us. Those\\nsoft white hands are still forever. That voice whose conversa-\\ntional accents were so sweet will no more be heard on earth. But\\nit is so by the will of God. She is where she ought to be,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in\\nHeaven. And her children should not bow down and grieve, but\\nshould rise up and call her blessed.\\nIn the Independent of July 11, 1878, is the tribute to\\nMrs. Eldridge from President Porter of Yale College, as\\nfollows:\\nDied in Norfolk, Conn., June 6, 1878, Sarah Battell, wife of\\nthe late Joseph Eldridge, D. D.\\nMrs. Eldridge was born March 19, 1810. She was the eldest\\ndaughter of the late Joseph Battell of Norfolk. She inherited the\\nstriking traits of both father and mother, and from her earliest\\nyears entered fully into the active and sympathetic kindness and\\nactive usefulness for which both were distinguished. When by\\nher marriage with Dr. Eldridge, October 12th, 1836, she became\\nthe wife of the only pastor in town, she had only to broaden the\\nsphere of activity in which she had already been trained in order,\\nin an eminent sense, to become the mistress and mother of the\\nparish, the sympathizing friend and active counselor of young and\\nold. All the people had known her either from her or their child-\\nhood, as a generous and faithful friend, abundant in sympathy,\\nhumor, and honest frankness. Her labors were unceasing, her sym-\\npathy and patience were exhaustless, and her generosity was un-\\nstinted. She was rarely if ever irritated by ingratitude or unkind-\\nness, and she could tell the plainest truths with the sweetest spirit.\\nHer animal spirits never flagged, and her interest in everything\\nwhich concerned the welfare of her family, her parish, her friends\\nfar and near, or the Kingdom of God, was always ready, sincere,\\nand efl3cient. Her humor and buoyancy of spirits were literally\\nindomitable and Irrepressible, and they rendered excellent service", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 439\\nto herself and her friends in the dark hours of life. Her voice\\nwas singularly sweet and gentle, and she delighted in sacred song.\\nFrom her earliest years her voice had been heard in the services\\nof the Lord s day, in the prayer-meeting, and her own household.\\nDuring the days of imperfect consciousness which preceded her\\ndeath, the old familiar hymns which had so often been upon her\\ntongue were heard in low but sweet undertones, and seemed chiefly\\nto occupy her mind.\\nHer activity in Sunday School work began early in life, being\\nfirst given to a class of young ladies, but later and for many years\\nto a class of boys, the successive members of which remembered\\nher with gratitude as they became young men and continued to\\nshare in her counsels and sympathy. After the death of her hus-\\nband, she kept herself and her household true to their habits of\\nactive interest for the people, for the neighboring churches and\\ntheir pastors, and all the important enterprises of Christian benefi-\\ncence to which their life had been devoted.\\nThis great afiliction of her life made an ineffaceable impression\\nupon her heart, though she seemed cheerful and buoyant as had\\nbeen her wont, and for the sake of her children and friends strove\\nto retain the elastic spring which it would seem nothing could\\nweaken. In all these there was manifest a plaintive sadness which\\ncould not be wholly concealed and which wore away her life. It\\nis not often that there goes from any household a mother bearing\\nso genuinely the New England stamp of another generation, com-\\nbining in such marked individuality, sense and thought, sympathy\\nand humor, tenderness and strength, charity toward all mankind,\\nand devout reverence before God, as she who, on the 10th of JTine,\\nson and daughters, brothers and sisters, kindred and friends, par-\\nishioners and the poor followed to the grave, to lay her by the\\nside of her honored husband, neither of whom will be soon for-\\ngotten by any who knew them.\\nAt the funeral of Mrs. Eldridge, Rev. J. F. Gleason, the\\npastor, spoke from the words, Write, Blessed are the dead\\nwhich die in the Lord from henceforth, and in part he said\\nDeath, though not an uncommon event, sometimes makes an\\nuncommon occasion; as when he takes a shining mark, or a skli\\nful laborer from the world s great harvest field, or a fruitful tree\\nfrom the Master s garden. One has been taken from our midst who\\nwas loved by more than an ordinary circle of friends; who was\\nheld in tender regard by the entire community In which she lived,\\nand whose name is a synonym for goodness and benevolence, to\\nmany who even never saw her. This occasion forcibly reminds us\\nof what another has said: heaven is attracting to itself whatever", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "440 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nis congenial to its nature; is enriching itself by tlie spoils of eartli,\\nand collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is pure, per-\\nmanent, and divine.\\nMrs. Eldridge s long, consistent Christian life is the best pos-\\nsible evidence of her faith and of her triumph, for a life of faith\\nalways ends in triumph, whether it be amidst shoutings or in si-\\nlence. Such a life of faith does not go for navight. As truly as\\nthe flower may be foreknown by the plant, or the fruit determined\\nby the tree, so surely can glorious results be foretold of a life of\\nfaith like hers. She was taken from the midst of this parish to\\nbe the wife of its minister. To be selected from a large circle as\\nthe companion and helpmeet of their spiritual teacher was a posi-\\ntion of no little delicacy and difficulty. But it was not long before\\nall were convinced of the wisdom of the choice, and her fitness for\\nthe position, and how well through all those years she filled that\\nplace, you all know.\\nTo her husband, that word wife meant companion, counselor,\\nassistant. She was to share a minister s joys and sorrows; to coun-\\nsel him in the many and sometimes perplexing problems of his\\nprofessional life, and to make his home a place of rest and recrea-\\ntion, and a refuge from cares even in the very midst of them. Their\\nhappy wedded life for forty years, his honored and successful min-\\nistry of forty-two years, and a happy hospitable home, where she\\nalways sat as queen, show how well she fulfilled the various duties\\nof a minister s wife. Her home was noted for its hospitality.\\nStranger or invited guest here found a welcome smile, a hearty\\nhand shake, and hospitable board.\\nBefore the days of railroads, when men traveled by carriage\\nand coach, the calls for hospitality upon a minister s home were\\nfar more frequent than now. Instead of stopping over a train for\\na brief call, it was not unusual for a party of several to remain\\na day or two for rest and sociability; and where their stay was\\npleasant and instructive, as she always made it, the guests were\\nloath to leave. Added to all these duties so well performed, was\\nthe rearing of a family of six children, educating them for the\\nduties of life and training them for immortality. They could tes-\\ntify of her unwearied care and wonderful patience, which sweetens\\nher memory as it did her life. Her gladsome disposition and\\nnatural vivacity made the place where she was, always bright and\\nattractive, as the bubbling spring makes all around it fresh and\\ngreen.\\nShe was early in the Master s service, making a public profes-\\nsion of her faith in Christ in November, 1832. She was for sev-\\neral years a prominent member of the church choir. Her memory\\nwas stored with hymns which she had sung in the Sanctuary.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 441\\nThese were a great joy and comfort to her in her last sickness.\\nEarly in life she taught a class of young ladies in the Sabbath\\nSchool, and for a quarter of a century later, a class of young men,\\nwho regarded her highly as teacher and counselor.\\nNor shall we ever forget her in the social meetings of the church.\\nHer voice leading in Sacred song was always heard in our worship.\\nThere was no department of church worli in which she was not\\ninterested. Her thoughts and interests through all her life, have\\nbeen braided and interwoven with this dear church. She kept\\nnothing from her Saviour. Her wealth was given to His cause.\\nMany of her benefactions were distributed so quietly and unosten-\\ntatiously that no one but the giver and receiver ever knew of the\\nkindly deeds. Her life was full and rounded. As wife, as mother,\\nas sister, as friend, and as Christian benefactor, her duties were\\nmany and varied, and well performed. We shall miss her, but\\nwe think of her as transferred to a higher seat near the throne.\\nBlessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea,\\nsaith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do\\nfollow them.\\nMISS CYNTHIA L. FOSKET.\\nA truly noble and remarkable woman, who will be held\\nmost fondly in memory by all who knew her, for her\\nkindly, Christian character, her works and labor of love,\\nwas Miss Cynthia L. Fosket, who was born at Stockbridge,\\nMass. When eighteen years old she came to live in the\\nfamily of Dr. Eldridge, where her home w as during all the\\nremainder of her life.\\nIt is not easy to speak of her distinguishing traits, they\\nwere so many. Whatever she did, and there were few\\nthings she could not do, was done so well that it is diffi-\\ncult to say what was best. Gifted with an unusual intel-\\nlect and a wonderful memory, she accomplished more than\\nmost women with twice her strength.\\nAs a Christian worker, as a housekeeper, as a botanist,\\nshe was equalled by few. In temperance work especially\\nMiss Fosket was invaluable. No one, no ten, can fill her\\nplace in the ^Woman s Christian Temperance Union, of\\nwhich she was Secretary and Treasurer until illness com-\\npelled her to resign the office. No one in Norfolk did more\\nfor temperance during her residence in the town than did", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nemotions to Him wlio prompted the gifts, and to tlie generous\\ngivers, and beg to renew our thanks to the donors, hoping and\\ntrusting that for many years to come the members of this church\\nand posterity may bring up hither and present their offspring at\\nthis service, long, very long. Sir, at your hands, the memorials of\\na Savior s dying love.\\nThe writer has been asked as to the disposition of the\\nold communion service. The following letter is the best\\nanswer:\\nGreeley, Colorado, Dec. 23d, 1874.\\nRev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D., Norfolls, Conn.\\nMy Dear Sir:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. Mr. Powell has already, I suppose, ac-\\nknowledged to you, or to Mrs. Eldridge, the reception of the Com-\\nmunion Service. As Pastor of the church, I wish to make acknowl-\\nedgment for the church, and to thank you for your kind response to\\nMr. Powell s suggestion, and Mrs. Eldridge especially, who, as I\\nunderstand, procured the gift for us, or made it herself. Such\\na gift to a church is more than an act of charity or benefaction.\\nIt must become a means of grace to the church.\\nA communion service received in such a way is more valuable\\nfar, than if it had been purchased by the church. It becomes a\\nmeans for communion with the brotherhood, and I judge this set,\\na part of it, has been in use by your own or some other church, and\\nperhaps for a good while, though it has been made to look new\\nagain for us. From the fact that the plates were made in Lon-\\ndon, I infer that they are old, or that they were sometime sent\\nfrom England, as they are now from New England. If I am right\\nin this, associations with former use may give a value to them\\nhere, where all other articles in use are new, and without any con-\\nnection with the past. I am sure we have reason for the heartiest\\nthanks to Mrs. Eldridge; and I hope the future history of this\\nchurch may be such that she shall not have occasion to be other-\\nwise than pleased in remembering her kindness to it.\\nYours most sincerely,\\nW. K. Packard.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "I,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 445\\nXXVI.\\nV\\nTHE BATTELLE FAMILY.\\nUnquestionably the most important and prominent fam-\\nily in the whole history of Norfolk is that of Joseph Bat-\\ntelle, Esq. An extended mention of him is made, as the\\nmost prominent and successful merchant of the town, in\\nanother chapter.\\nJoseph Battelle was the sixth generation from Thomas\\nBattelle, who emigrated from England, and settled in Ded-\\nham, Massachusetts, prior to 1648. He was born in Mil-\\nford in this state, July, 1774. In 1792, when eighteen years\\nof age, he came to Norfolk, and opened a store in what\\nwas then a part of the Humphrey house, on Beech Flats,\\nas is mentioned in another place. A few years later he\\nbuilt the store near the northwest corner of the meeting-\\nhouse green, as it was then called, where he conducted a\\nvery extensive and profitable business until his death in\\nNovember, 1841. That he was a remarkable man in many\\nways, there is the fullest possible evidence; not simply as\\na most successful business man, a rarely public spirited\\nman, foremost in every good work in the town and the\\nwhole region, but he was also a man of great kindness of\\nheart, thoughtful of others, not only of his own friends,\\nbut ready to assist anyone in trouble. This kind and\\nthoughtful trait is illustrated by an act of his, mentioned\\nin a letter which has come into the writer s hands, which\\nwas written in August, 1816, by a native of this town. Dr.\\nSalmon Moses, addressed to his father, Mr. Thomas Moses.\\nThe young doctor was looking for a place to settle and\\ncommence the practice of his profession. He had travelled\\nabout quite a little in western Massachusetts, met with re-\\npeated disappointments, and as he says in his letter, I", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "446 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nconcluded to go to Petersburgh, in the state of New York,\\nand at Dalton, seven miles east of Pittsfleld, I went to the\\nplace where I directed my medicines to be left, and found\\nEsq. Battell in the store. On relating the circumstances\\nto him he took me into the counting room and said, I con-\\nclude you did not expect this additional expense, and asked\\nif I had money sufficient. On telling him I should want\\nmore than I had, he gave me a ten dollar bill, and I gave\\nhim my note. This favor I shall ever remember with grati-\\ntude. This trifling circumstance showed a noble, generous\\nspirit.\\nQuoting from the family memorial:\\nIn the year 1792 Mr. Battell, eighteen years of age, settled on\\nthe village green, having at his father s solicitation elected the life\\nof a merchant rather than one of the professions. He prosecuted his\\ncalling in the way which lingered in Litchfield County till within\\na few years, receiving from the farmers the products of the dairy,\\nand forwarding them to Hartford, Hudson, and New York. His\\ntrade was extended to other towns, and to foreign ports, and he\\nwas brought into close personal acquaintance with the people\\nof an extended neighborhood. The capital of the county, Litch-\\nfield, had its festivals and gatherings, its court term, its agricul-\\ntural, missionary, and musical associations; all giving to the county-\\nlife of those times an intensely active, as well as an elevated social\\ncharacter.\\nMr. Battelle from being at first a country merchant, was grad-\\nually led to engage in other enterprises, and prominently, such as\\nwere opened or suggested by the occupation of wild lands in Ver-\\nmont, New York, and Ohio, by settlers from Connecticut. His\\ngains were rapid and sure, and he very early acquired the repu-\\ntation of being one of the ablest men of business, and one of the\\nmost prominent in the State. As his family increased and grew\\nup, his house became the centre of a large circle of visitors, who\\nwere entertained With sincere hospitality. His daughters gath-\\nered about them a great number of friends from towns and cities\\nmore or less remote, with whom they often exchanged visits. The\\nstately house, which still stands upon the village green, was often\\nthronged with guests, when it never failed to overflow with joyous\\nlife. Mr. Battelle was eminently intellectual in his habits and tastes,\\na great reader, as his well selected and diligently studied library\\nattested. The quick-minded and never resting mother, who was\\nalso a great reader, was true to her traditions as a minister s daugh-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "HISTORY Oi^ NORFOLK. 447\\nter, and held fast to the faithful discipline which became a Chris-\\ntian household. She kept her children in constant and close as-\\nsociation with the church and the parsonage. The influence of\\nthe entire family was identified as closely as possible with the\\nreligious life of the people of Norfolk, and their sympathies and\\naid were always generous and prompt for the comfort and relief\\nof the suffering. As the manifold missionary and other associa-\\ntions, for the progress of the kingdom of God, came one by one into\\nbeing, the sympathy and contributions of Mr. Battell and his fam-\\nily cheerfully responded to them all. Their house was a home\\nfor clergymen, and a centre for all ecclesiastical and religious meet-\\nings of local and general interest. Literature of every descrip-\\ntion gave strength and training and culture to all the household.\\nMusic, vocal and instrumental, was prosecuted with indefatigable\\nzeal and with unfailing delight. This interest extended to the vil-\\nlage church, which was one of the few churches in city or country\\nthat could boast an organ at the time when Irene, a girl of eleven,\\nbegan to play upon it.\\nEsq. Battelle, as he was universally called, married Sarah,\\na daughter of Rev. Ammi R, Robbins, the first minister in\\nthis town, Mrs. Robbins was a great-granddaughter of\\nWilliam Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony, and\\ngranddaughter of Francis LeBaron, a surgeon in the French\\nservice, whose strange arrival and settlement in Plymouth\\nand his life there is so vividly portrayed in Mrs. Austin s\\nwork, A Nameless Nobleman, and others.\\nAs might be expected from her distinguished ancestry,\\nMrs. Battelle was a lady of much force of character and\\nworth, and was a power for good, not only in the pleasant\\nsurroundings of her beautiful home and her large and influ-\\nential family circle, but also in the entire community. An\\nillustration of her readiness to take the lead in any and\\nevery good work of a public nature is given in the fact\\nthat at the re-furnishing of the church in 1846, she led the\\nwomen of the church in their labor for many days, running\\ninto weeks, in hatchelling the corn husks and making the\\ncushions for the entire lower part of the house and the\\nchoir gallery. She died September 23, 1854, aged 75.\\nMrs. Battelle, in her natural endowments, combined both the\\nvigor and delicacy of organization apparent in her mental devel-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nopments. Her complexion was fair, hair and eyes darli, her per-\\nson small, features intellectual and graceful. Through life she\\ncombined a resolution and force of mind, quickness and strength\\nof the affections, and a deep relish for harmony and beauty as\\nthey appeal to the senses. She lived identified with native scenes,\\nand though widely known desired nothing beyond the sphere of\\nher friends for opportunities of usefulness or enjoyment. Her\\ntastes sympathized with the beauty of nature, directing to the cul-\\nture of native trees, and the nurture of plants and flowers, in every\\nkind adapted to the season. Mrs. Battelle ever honored her father\\nand family by showing herself a firm and generous friend to the\\nministers of Christ. She appeared to esteem them highly in love\\nfor their woi k s sake. In her religious character there appeared\\ngreat uniformity and stability with sincere piety.\\nHer purpose, of presenting a Communion Service to the\\nchurch of which through life she was a devoted member,\\nwas carried out by her daughters after her death.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Battelle were born nine children, four\\nsons and five daughters, all of them living until advanced\\nlife. The eldest of the family was Joseph, who from in-\\nheritance and education possessed all the excellent business\\nqualities and traits of character of his distinguished father.\\nAt an early age he was placed by his parents for some time\\nin an educated French family in Montreal, that he might\\nacquire a thorough knowledge of, and be able to speak\\nfluently, the French language.\\nAt the death of his father, when Joseph was thirty-five\\nyears of age, the care and management of his father s large\\nestate was placed upon him, and until his death in 1874 he\\ncontinued most satisfactorily to every member of that large\\nfamily to fulfill that important trust.\\nIn a private family memorial, the following brief sketch\\nof Mr. Battelle s life and characteristics, written soon after\\nhis death by his valued friend. Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs, was\\npublished, from which we are kindly permitted to quote:\\nJoseph Battelle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 born April 17, 1806, died ,Tuly S, 1874,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was\\na man of whom some things may now properly be said, to which\\nhis habitual and fastidious reserve would have forbidden any ref-\\nerence during his life. In the business circles with which he was\\nassociated during a long commercial life, he was constantly recog-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 449\\nnized as a merchant of rare industry and sagacity, and of tlie most\\nscrupulous integrity, who had well deserved the signal success\\nwhich he had reached.\\nBut it may be doubted if even those who knew him best as\\na business man, were always aware of the extent and variety of\\nhis intellectual attainments, of the accuracy of his knowledge on\\na wide range of subjects, of his delicate and discriminating literary\\ntaste. Born in Norfolk, Conn., in 1806, he was graduated at Mid-\\ndlebuiy College in Vermont, in 1823, at the age of seventeen years,\\nranking second in a class, of which Professor Conant, the eminent\\nBiblical scholar and critic, was the valedictorian. He made himself\\nmaster of the French, German, and Spanish languages soon after\\nleaving college, at a time when the study of the last two especially,\\nwas rare in this country; and he was through life a diligent and\\nappreciative student of the best English literature. Influenced\\nprobably by the example and wishes of his father, he early engaged\\nin business as a merchant, finding a congenial associate in the late\\nThomas Egleston, with whom his partnership continued in unbroken\\nmutual confidence and regard until the death of Mr. Egleston. But\\nhis interest in literature never ceased, although with a charac-\\nteristic and scrupulous reserve, he allowed it to appear only to\\nthose most intimate with him. One who had been his minister\\nfor years, did not learn till near the end of them, and then by\\nchance, that when Mr. Battelle followed the reading of the Scrip-\\nture, Sunday by Sunday, it was with his eye on the Greek of the\\nSeptuagint, or of the New Testament, and not on the English trans-\\nlation. Independent in his judgments, rapid and positive in his\\ndecisions, those who had occasion to know him only in a general,\\nexternal way, would possibly fail to be attracted by him. But in\\nmoments of leisui-e, in seasons of relaxation, among his friends,\\nhe was one of the pleasautest of all companions. Cheerful in tem-\\nper, courteous in demeanor, original in thought, abundant in witty\\nand humorous anecdote, he added to the charm of every social\\ncircle in which he was familiar. Shrewd in judgment, energetic\\nin expression, genial in feeling, the force of his strong individu-\\nality gave zest and piquancy to his conversation. As a presiding\\nofficer, too, in meetings for deliberation, or for the transaction of\\nbusiness, he was always distinguished for the grace and dignity\\nwith which he performed the duties of his office. Born of the\\ngenuine Puritan stock, Mr. Battelle was through life a firm be-\\nliever in the evangelical doctrines in which he had been trained,\\na careful and attentive attendant on public worship, a liberal sup-\\nporter of religious institutions and charities. Besides large gifts\\nto institutions of learning, like Yale College, whose new chapel is\\nto bear his name, he aided liberally other objects of public im-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nportance, and privately contiibuted to the success of many who\\nwill long remember and greatly miss his timely benefactions. Most\\nof all, his sisters and brothers, to whom, after their father s death,\\nhe was the constant counselor and friend, have had reason to trust\\nhim with all their hearts, and will have reason to mourn his de-\\nparture from them while life continues. He died after a brief\\nillness, with a settled and tranquil trust in God. an unreserved\\nsubmission to his will and an earnest avowal of his sole reliance\\nupon the Lord Jesus Christ for that salvation for which he hoped.\\nAmong Mr. Joseph Battelle s gifts of large sums of\\nmoney to various objects, it seems appropriate in this\\nsketch to mention his interest in Yale University, this in-\\nterest having been first awakened, it is said, by his sister,\\nMrs. Professor Larned. From the Table of Gifts in the\\nbook Yale/ published in 1899, we quote:\\nIn 1854 Mr. Joseph Battelle gave $5,000 to establish a musical\\nfund, for the support of a teacher of music. To this fund in 1862\\nMrs. William A. Larned added $5,000, and bequeathed another $.5.-\\n000, to be applied in extension of the services performed under\\nMr. Battelle s donation.\\nIn 1874, by bequest, and by previous gifts, Honorable Joseph\\nBattelle gave Battelle Chapel Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.\\nSince 1876, when the Battelle Chapel was finished, the musical\\nservice is supported by an organ of very superior construction,\\nprincipally the gift of the almo.st solitary friend of music at the\\nCollege, Mrs. William A. Larned.\\nMrs. Larned also endowed a Musical Libraiy. With the in-\\ncome of this donation all the worlis of Handel, Bach, Beethoven\\nand Mendelssohn have been purchased, etc.\\nFrom this same table of gifts it is shown that Yale\\nUniversity has received, in addition to |215,000 mentioned\\nabove, and the endowment of the Musical Library, and the\\norgan in Battelle Chapel, for various purposes, viz.: The Uni-\\nversity Library Fund, for Increase of Endowment of Battell\\nProfessorship of Music; for founding the Ellen Battell\\nEldridge Scholarships for the Enlargement of Battell\\nChapel for Professorship of Semitic Languages. and for\\ngeneral purposes, by Mrs. Ellen Battell Eldridge, Mrs.\\nUrania Battell Humphrey, Mr. Bobbins Battell, and Miss\\nAnna Battell, more than $107,000.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 451\\nSurely Yale University has reason to remember and\\nhonor the Battelle family.\\nIt is hoped that through this beneficent family the little\\nmountain town of their nativity may not be altogether for-\\ngotten and unknown.\\nA sketch of Sarah, the eldest daughter of Esq. Battell,\\nwho married Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D., and spent her life\\nin this, her native town, as the efficient and beloved wife\\nof the minister, will be found, with a sketch of Dr. El-\\ndridge, in another chapter.\\nAnother daughter of this distinguished family was Irene,\\nborn November, 1811. She was baptized by her grand-\\nfather, Rev. A. R. Robbins, receiving the gentle name of\\nPeace, after his sister, Mrs. Irene R. Thompson. Fortu-\\nnately, in a volume entitled Memories, printed privately\\nfor the family and friends, there is a worthy tribute to the\\nlife, work and memory of An Elect Lady, Mrs. Irene Bat-\\ntell-Larned, from which we are kindly permitted to quote.\\nThese extracts will be read with deep interest by many\\nformer residents of the town, now in advanced life, whose\\nonly acquaintance with Mrs. Larned perhaps was, that in\\nher and their early life she used to play the organ and sing\\nin church in Norfolk, and to the writer s certain knowledge,\\nthat music has been one of the sweet and pleasant mem-\\nories, to many, all through life.\\nSome mention has already been made of her early home.\\nReferring to this home we quote from Memories:\\nIt was in this rural home and amid these domestic, social, and\\nreligious influences, that she was trained. It is impossible to un-\\nderstand her character without keeping them all in mind.\\nShe seemed to have inherited from her father in a marked\\ndegree those traits which so fondly endeared him to her,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rare\\nkindness and generosity of heart, great refinement, and ready sym-\\npathy for any work of henevolence. From her earPiest childhood\\nshe manifested a singular devotion to the comfort of others, and\\na generous absorption of self in the interest of her kindred, the\\nsuffering, and the church of God.\\nShe possessed uncommon personal beauty. She was some-\\nwhat stately in form, and bore herself with a natural dignity which", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "452 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwas tempered with so much grace, and softened by such sweet-\\nness of expressiion as to make her loving ways more attractive,\\nand to impart a subtle charm to her manner. She had unusual\\nphysical strength and powers of endurance, which continued un-\\nimpaired through the buoyant days of lier youth. Her universal\\nkindness extended to all classes; to the uncultivated as truly as\\nto the most accomplished, and the more highly favored. Her\\nnatural piety, or what seemed such, took definite form, when at\\nthe age of fourteen she publicly assumed the vows of the Chris-\\ntian profession. To these vows she was eminently faithful to the\\nlast moment of her life. In all the varied excitements of her youth,\\namid all the social gayeties of her girlhood, and the varied acquaint-\\nanceships with which she was brought in contact, she was true\\nto her Master, and was never ashamed of her profession, or in-\\nconsistent with the spirit and demeanor of an earnest and loving\\ndisciple. Her seriousness of demeanor was so marked in\\nher early childhood, that she was sometimes called in the house-\\nhold, Sober Reny. It was rather the earnestness of her nature\\nthat so impressed itself upon her countenance. I have told\\nyou of the care she assumed in the nursery, while mother was oc-\\ncupied among her flowers, and in household duties, beginning with\\nmyself, whom she rocked, sitting in the cradle at my feet, and\\nsinging the solemn tune of Denmark. At eleven years of age she\\nplayed the church orgau, and continued to do so until her marriage.\\nWhen absent from home, engaged in the prosecution of her\\nstudies, she would be recalled from school to participate in all cele-\\nbrations, whether of a religious or secular character, to whose suc-\\ncess her musical talents invariably contributed. She was instant\\nin season and out of season in training young people in the art of\\nholy song. To all who evinced an aptitude to learn she was a will-\\ning and indefatigable teacher on the piano, and at night she would\\ngather about her those desiring instruction in vocal music. Hour\\nby hour she would sit in the freezing atmosphere of the church, to\\ndrill bass, tenor, soprano, and contralto in their respective parts,\\nin preparation for ordinary church music, or an occasional concert.\\nOne says, She threw her whole soul into these concerts, impart-\\ning courage to the timid, correcting and assisting every one who\\nhad a part to perform, and always doing this so kindly that every\\none felt it a privilege to be under her criticism.\\nAnd so music became our pastime. At every gathering, in-\\ndoors and out, party, sleighride or picnic, we sang; and we gained\\nfrom music that pure enjoyment which protected us against the\\nintroduction of other amusements that doubtless would have proved\\nfar less satisfactory.\\nMy sister made confession of her faith under the ministry of", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 453\\nRev. Ralph Emerson in Norfolk, July, 1827. She combined the\\nuntiring diligence of Martha with the loving confidence of Mary.\\nShe inherited a most vigorous constitution, and her admirable phys-\\nique enabled her to endure great fatigue and ceaseless activity in\\nher works of mercy, throughout her girlhood as well as in later\\nlife. Watching night after night, seemed to be a pastime, and\\nin the illness of any of our family circle she would not remit her\\nwatch and care for an hour, unless forced to do so by the patient in\\ncharge. Our dear father s death occurred November 30, 1841.\\nFrom that dread event, almost the first shadow that had crept over\\nour home, my poor sister s hands hung down, and none but God\\ncould lift them up. But He triumphed in her faith, and she re-\\nsumed iier place with greater devotion to her family and to those\\nwho mourned or suffered, than ever before, though from that time\\nher health seemed somewhat impaired. She clung to the memories\\nof her youth with remarkable tenacity. Her last work at Norfolk\\nwas to superintend the erection of a monument to her beloved\\nbrother, Joseph, and among her latest legacies were those pro-\\nviding for a permanent stone enclosure to protect the town burial\\nground, and a memorial music hall to be attached to the home in\\nwhich we were all born and reared. Her last illness was the sud-\\nden yielding of the forces of nature. The silver cord being loos-\\nened, she resigned herself to the will of the Creator. Surrounded\\nby her family friends at her beloved home in New Haven, the\\nheavens opened, and she passed into the open vision, to be seen of\\nthose on earth who so much loved her, no more, till they too shall\\nenter into the inheritance secured to all who trust in our blessed\\nLord.\\nMrs. Larned s last effort of praise in song was the night before\\nher voice was silenced here forever. She often desired her nurse\\nto sing favorite hymns, and that night requested her to sing, There\\nis a land of pure delight. The nurse responded in an unfamiliar\\ntune. She said, not that tune, and tried to sing the old familiar\\nair of Jordan, but the effort was beyond her strength, and she\\ncould not proceed.\\nAfter her marriage in July, 184.3, to Professor Larned of Yale\\nCollege, her home was in New Haven, and those who were asso-\\nciated with her there will tell us how fruitful in blessing was her\\nlife. She was ever ready to contribute to society all that her\\nnatural gifts and fine culture enabled her to bring for its delight\\nand elevafion. She was devoted to her friends, deeming no task\\ntoo trivial or too great, if by assuming it she could serve them. By\\nher cordial hospitality and beautiful courtesy she made her house\\na home for many, and a charm for all. By abundant labors and\\nsubstantial aid she proved her devotion to the college and to the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "454 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nprosperity of the church. Many, who were students in Yale Col-\\nlege, felt a deep sense of personal loss as they have heard of her\\ndeparture. Many will ever gratefully cherish her memory, as they\\nrecall her kindness, and the friendly and delicate ways she would\\ntake to find out and relieve their needs for sympath3% counsel, or\\nassistance.\\nAllusion has been made to her first great sorrow in the loss\\nof her father. Her mother s death a few years later, was an over-\\nwhelming grief.\\nIn 1868 there was a day of dreadful darkness in her house,\\nwhen her beloved husband who had left her a few hours before,\\nappai-ently in exuberant health, was brought in to her blighted\\nhome, lifeless. Hidden disease had suddenly luimasked itself, and\\nhe was gone, without a word or look of farewell to her who was\\nhis light and joy. This terrible calamity cast a shadow over\\nher remaining life that made it pathetic, while she still struggled\\nto keep on her way wherever she could yet hope to be of use or\\ncomfort. In 1874 she was called to mourn the departure of her\\nbeloved elder brother, Joseph, in whom, especially after the death\\nof her husband, she concentrated her love and ministrations with\\npeculiar and touching devotion.\\nSoon after his death she wrote to her sister: My life is desolate\\nwithout my brother. I do not suffer myself to think of my loss,\\nif I can help it, and to avoid it, I wander in mind and body into\\nany occupation, seeking to be absorbed, until it seems as if all\\npower of thought or action had vanished. But when I think of our\\nblessings; that I have you and all the others; that you are in com-\\nfortable health, with food and raiment, friends and home.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I can\\nsee how wrong it is to complain.\\nDuring the winter of 1877 Mrs. Larned s condition of health\\ncaused her friends serious anxiety. The silver cord was indeed\\nloosening, but that to which the anchor within the veil was se-\\ncurely fastened, grew brighter and stronger day by day. Errands\\nof mercy were the last interests that drew her from her house.\\nAfter she had become so enfeebled that her friends remonstrated\\nagainst her attempting any effort, she would still steal away on\\nsome mission of love. In one instance she walked a long distance\\nto visit an intemperate man whom she had befriended, and who\\nshe feared would again yield to temptation if he missed the re-\\nstraining influence of her sympathy and encouragement. On the\\n5th of May, 1877, she breathed her last blessing and farewell.\\nNext to the youngest son of Esq. Joseph Battelle was\\nRobbins, born April 19, 1819; graduated at Yale in 1839,\\nand spent much the larger part of his life in this, his na-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "ROBBINS BATTELLE.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 455\\ntive town, being through life a very prominent man in all\\nthe interests and affairs of the town and state, and doing a\\ngreat number of things of a public nature which showed his\\nardent attachment to his native place and the people.\\nFrom a memorial of Mr. Battelle, published soon after\\nhis death, we are permitted to make some extracts, as\\nfollows:\\nMr. Robbins Battelle attended Dr. Hall s famous old school\\nat Ellington, Conn., fitting for College there, and was graduated\\nfrom Yale College in the class of 1839. He and his classmate, Mr.\\nRichard Storrs Willis, took great interest in the music performed\\nat the college chapel, Mr. Battell always playing the flute at divine\\nservice.\\nAfter the death of his father he resided at the ancestral home\\nat Norfolk, caring for the interests of his brothers and sisters, call-\\ning himself a farmer, studying and experimenting to improve the\\nlive stock of the region with an interest that remained with him\\nto the end. His larger abilities were early recognized, and he was\\ncalled upon for counsel and service in many lines. He became\\na settler of disputes and healer of breeches. In time larger honors\\nand titles came to him. He was the last Colonel of the Litchfield\\nCounty militia who succeeded in keeping the organization alive.\\nHe several times represented the town in the State Assembly,\\nand once was the Senator from this district. He was for a time\\nState Comptroller; for many years a trustee of the State Hospital\\nfor the Insane; was the representative of this part of the state on\\nthe corporation of the A. B. C. F. M., and for a time President of\\nthe Connecticut Historical Society. In all of these positions he\\nacquitted himself with high honor.\\nIn 1874 the death of his oldest brother brought to him new\\nresponsibilities, as the head of the family and trustee of a large\\nproperty. This necessitated his breaking away from his old man-\\nner of life, and compelled him to spend most of his time in New\\nYork, though he kept his legal residence where his heart was, here\\nin the hills. Though coming to these new cares late in life, he man-\\naged them with a skill and success that evoked admiring com-\\nment from those experienced and eminent in such affairs. August\\n15th, 1849, he married Miss Ellen R. Mills of Newark, N. J., and\\nafter only nineteen months of married life he was widowed for all\\nhis remaining years.\\nHe was for a long period Judge of probate for Norfolk, treas-\\nurer of the town and of its church, and trustee of the cemetery,\\nwhich he greatly beautified.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "456 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIn 1861 he was a delegate to the Peace Convention at Wash-\\nington, just prior to the breaking out of the civil war.\\nDuring the years of the civil war he was offered by Gov.\\nWilliam A. Buckingham, military rank and honors, but from family\\nnecessities and councils he refused them; yet through those terrible\\nyears he served the country, being Governor Buckingham s confi-\\ndential adviser and aid, in the gathering of troops and appointment\\nof officers throughout the county.\\nHis musical talents were early developed and carefully culti-\\nvated. He gave his services freely in the teaching of singing\\nschools and the training of the church choir, of which he was for\\nmore than forty years, and until his last sickness, the chorister.\\nFew men possessed musical abilities of as high an order as\\nMr. Battelle, and he has given to musical literature that which\\nwill stand the test of time, his best known contribution to sacred\\nmusic being a setting to the hymn, Abide with Me. His com-\\nposition, Evening, is a good reflex of a quiet summer evening\\namong the Norfolk hills. His beautiful German Trust Song has\\nbeen sung in many churches and homes.\\nMr. Battell s delight was to lift up the standard of music in\\nhis own town and vicinity. In the days of the summer concerts\\non Norfolk Green, given years ago by the Diller Octet, his aim\\nwas not to charm people s ears for the moment, but to educate\\nand elevate their musical appreciation.\\nIn matters of art it was the same as with music. When he\\nbuilt a picture gallery and library as an addition to his home, and\\nopened it freely to the public, he remarked that he especially de-\\nsired to cultivate the taste of his townspeople in matters of art,\\nand adopted this method of doing it. For years his rare and costly\\ncollection of paintings was open to all comers.\\nTears ago, in connection with Mr. Bradford, a surveyor, Mr.\\nBattelle measured all of the higher hills in Litchfield County, and\\nmade the discovery that Bear Mountain, in Salisbury, has an eleva-\\ntion of 2354 feet, making it the highest point of land in the state,\\nand disproving the ridiculous statement made in the ninth edition\\nof the Encyclopaedia Britannica, that there is no land in Con-\\nnecticut over a thousand feet in height. On Bear Mountain Mr.\\nBattelle had constructed a huge cairn of rough stone, which can\\nbe seen for many miles in all directions. The stone contains an\\ninscription stating that it marks the highest point of land in Con-\\nnecticut. The discovery of the elevation about Norfolk led\\nMr. Battelle to call attention to its beauty and healtfifulness as a\\nsummer resort, and boarders soon began to come. Almost the first\\nwas the late Rev. Doctor Gage of Hartford, followed by Rev.\\nDoctor Burton, an enthusiast on the subject of Norfolk scenery.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n457\\nSince that time Norfolk s prosperity has been constantly growing.\\nMr. Battelle bought several tracts of land about the town com-\\nmanding extensive views, built roads to them, and gave a per-\\npetual right of way over them to the public.\\nWhen the observatory was built on the top of The Haystack,\\nwhich was one of the many deeds by which Mr. Battelle increased\\nthe attractions of the town, he caused to be placed upon it a granite\\ntablet bearing an inscription which he trusted would be a perennial\\ninspiration to all who climbed the mountain and looked out over the\\nhillsides that many of us love so well. On that tablet you may\\nread:\\nTHOMAS ANTHONY THACHER\\nOF BLESSED MEMORY\\nWROTE THIS INJUNCTION,\\nTO THY GOD,\\nTO BE HERE INSCRIBED.\\nTO THY COUNTRY,\\nDEO\\nTO THY FAMILY,\\nPATRIAE\\nTO THY TOWN,\\nFAMILI^\\nBE THOU EVER FAITHFUL.\\nMUNICIPIO TUO\\nSEMPER ESTO FIDELIS.\\nThis inscription, so felicitous in its expression, so noble in\\nconception, was the offspring of Mr. Battelle s own thought. There\\nit stands, telling to all who will hear what this man, our friend and\\noften benefactor, held to be the formative principles of a noble life.\\nThis inscription would be most fitting on his tombstone; for\\nto his God, his fatherland, his family, and his town he was ever\\nfaithful.\\nThis was a man to act, rather than to tell how he acted; to\\ndo without seeming, rather than to seem to be doing.\\nPerhaps Mr. Battelle s greatest gift was in the line of music.\\nCompetent judges declared that had he pursued this art he would\\nhave become eminent in it. During the time of the civil war he set\\nto music and published a number of negro melodies. His principal\\nmelodies were of a religious nature. He took pleasure in sending\\nhis compositions to his friends, not because they were his own, but\\nbecause he believed they helped to elevate religious thought.\\nHis taste was of the nicest and his ear for musical sounds\\nphenomenal.\\nHe was greatly interested in church bells, and made a number\\nof discoveries in their tones which puzzled even so eminent a mas-\\nter of acoustics as Helmholtz. His services as an expert on bells", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "458 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwere frequently called for by intending purchasers, and he in-\\nvariably gave them without charge. He gave bells to several\\nchurches, and also gave a model chime to his own church at Isor-\\nfolk; also a chime to Williams College, Northfield College, and\\nother institutions. In addition to the chime, Mr. Battelle gave\\nlargely to Williams College for other purposes.\\nSoon after his death, which occurred January 26, 1895,\\nMr. J. Cleveland Cady of New York wrote Mr. Battelle s\\ndaughter, in part as follows:\\nI want to tell you how deeply I sympathize with you in the\\ngreat loss you have experienced, a loss felt by the large number\\nwho admired and loved your father, and which is a calamity to\\nyou, who have been so much to him, and have cared so tenderly\\nfor him. But, aside from the life immortal, to what an extent such\\na noble character really lives, long after passing from us! Do we\\nnot find that some such friends seem almost as really alive as\\nothers who are only temporarily absent?\\nYour dear father was one especially calculated to remain a\\nliving presence in the hearts and minds of his friends. His quali-\\nties were rare ones in this restless, hurrying, noisy, self-seeking\\nworld. To me he was the embodiment of calmness, patience, high\\nand unselfish purpose.\\nTo many he will always be a living character,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 absent now\\nonly a little longer than usual. It is not the ending of a blessed\\ncompanionship, but only an absence for a time. His personality\\nis meantime a living presence in the heart, and the days of absence\\nwill end with the ushering in of life more abundant.\\nMRS. URANIA BATTELL HUMPHREY.\\nAnother of the distinguished members of this family was\\nUrania Battell Humphrey, born May 30, 1814, at Norfolk,\\nConn. Died November 19, 1887, at New York. From a\\nMemorial of Mrs. Humphrey, privately printed soon after\\nher death, we are permitted to make some extracts.\\nThe funeral of Mrs. Humphrey took place at her apart-\\nments in the Florence House, New York, November 21,\\n1887. The services were conducted by the Reverend\\nRichard S. Storrs. In his address Dr. Storrs said:\\nIt wants but a few months of fifty years since I fii st met the\\nbeloved friend at whose funeral service we are gathered today. It\\nis more than forty years since I became her pastor, and at the time", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 459\\nwhen tliat happy and affectionate relationship began it seemed as\\nif all the promise and expectation of her early life were to be\\nrealized. I remember an entertainment at her house in Brooklyn,\\nforty-one years ago this coming Christmas, at which she presided\\nlike a queen; and I am saddened as I think, that with the excep-\\ntion of my wife and myself, not a single one of those who were\\nthen present to share her hospitality is now living on the earth.\\nAs we know, in the after years she had to meet many sorrows;\\nsorrows that came sometimes unexpectedly, and which were the\\nheaviest which she could have been called upon to bear in her\\nsensitive experience. Once I remember perfectly her saying to me,\\nThere is one grief which I know God will spare me, the death of\\nmy husband. I could not survive that; I am sure my heart would\\nbreak, and I am confident that that will not be permitted to come\\nto me. But it did come, and came, as we remember, with great\\nsuddenness, and with an overwhelming power of affliction.\\nOther deaths came: of her mother, her brother, her sisters, and\\nher sisters husbands, to whom she was very tenderly attached;\\ndeaths of those in her husband s family whom she loved as well;\\nthe deaths one after another of each of her children, in the bright-\\nness and grace, the beauty and bloom of life. Where the promise\\nhad seemed greatest, these many successive sorrows came to her;\\nmore, I think, than to any other person whom I have known as\\npastor,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 more in number, coming in the saddest series, and each one\\nof peculiar severity. Of course there are different results which\\nmight have been realized in her experience out of this singular,\\none might almost say this continuous suffering. We know\\nhow she retained to the last her affectionateness of nature. We\\nknow how patiently she submitted when at last came the stroke\\nupon her own pei son. We know with what sweet and filial confi-\\ndence she has awaited the end, which at last she has met. We\\nknow that the spiritual sensibility which was always rich and\\ntender in her, never failed. I don t know that I ever saw a woman\\nmore tenderly moved than she was when her husband, whom she\\ndevotedly loved, came by his confession of the faith into the\\nChurch of Christ; or when afterward the daughters followed him.\\nThere is always a blessing peculiar to those who have\\ncome unto God out of great tribulation. It is a very sweet promise\\nwhich I have read, that in the city to which we journey there shall\\nbe no more sorrow, nor pain, nor death, for the former things are\\npassed away, and God shall wipe away all tears from every eye.\\nAmong Mrs. Humphrey s benefactions, mentioned in the\\nMemorial, in addition to the Battell Chapel in Norfolk, are\\nher gifts to the Long Island Historical Society, as follows:", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "460 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDecember, 1887.\\nThe Board of Directors of the Long Island Historical Society\\nhas had the pleasure of receiving an official notice of the bequest\\nof Ten Thousand Dollars, made to it by the will of Mrs. Urania\\nBattell Humphrey, for many years an honored resident of Broolilyn.\\nThe husband of Mrs. Humphrey, Hon. James Humphrey, who for\\nseveral years represented one of the districts of this city in Con-\\ngress, and the memory of whom is still fresh among all who knew\\nhim, had been from an early date a member of this Society, and\\none of its Councillors. After his death Mrs. Humphrey, in fulfill-\\nment of a wish which he had expressed, gave to our Library the\\nadmirable portrait of Chief .Justice Marshall, which her husband\\nhad possessed and justly prized, and which has been since among\\nthe chief ornaments of our rooms. She added also a large number\\nof rare and valuable volumes which had been collected by her\\nhusband, and which were given as a memorial of him. When our\\npresent building was erected she gave two thousand dollars to the\\nBuilding Fund, to which she afterwards added six hundred and\\nfifty dollars for supplying a special alcove with biographies of\\nwomen, or with books written by women, together with a choice\\ncollection of works on music.\\nShe has now crowned the series of her gifts to the Library by\\nthe largest bequest which the institution has thus far received;\\nand the Directors are sure that all members of the Society will feel\\na keen gratification at the fact that, after years of absence from\\nBrooklyn, and of the wearying pain and weakness of an invalid life,\\nthis lady, for many years brilliant and distinguished in the social\\nlife of the city, should have so generously remembered this insti-\\ntution.\\nFrom the address of Rev. John De Peu, pastor of the\\nCongregational Church in Norfolk at the time of the dedi-\\ncation of the Battell Chapel in Norfolk, December 13, 1888,\\nwe quote:\\nThe best memories of the dead are not those that are erected\\nin their name by kindred and friends, but those that they them-\\nselves, in life, erected in the name of God.\\nThe Battell Chapel on the Green in Norfolk, Connecticut, will\\nstand for all who knew Urania Battell Humphrey and her ancestry\\nas her most appropriate monument. Her monument not less truly,\\nbut even more appropriately, in the fact that witTi her native\\nmodesty she insisted that her name should not appear on its walls.\\nThe memorial tablet bears the simple inscription which she\\ndictated:", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n461\\nTO THE TRIUNE GOD\\nIN MEMORY OF\\nJOSEPH BATTELL\\nAND\\nSARAH BATTELL.\\nThe erection of the Chapel, as indicated by this inscription,\\nwas prompted by both Christian and filial piety. While those who\\nknew her admired her fine traits of character, Mrs. Humphrey\\nalways gratefully recognized how much she owed to her ancestors.\\nHer inheritance from them was precious, for it was throughout an\\ninheritance of Godliness. It is not surprising that with\\nsuch parents Urania Battell Humphrey should have conceived the\\nidea of erecting a memorial of them, which should continue to con-\\nnect their names with the church they loved and served.\\nHer thought finally took definite shape early in the spring of\\n1887, when she accepted from Mr. J. Cleveland Cady of New York,\\nArchitect, plans for a chapel, to be built of granite from the hills\\nthat surrounded her home.\\nWork was begun on the building that spring. Mrs. Humphrey\\nwatched its growth from day to day with loving interest, and saw\\nthe exterior nearly completed before her return to New York in\\nOctober. Then the Lord called her to worship in the house not\\nmade with hands. The work was continued by a bequest left by\\nher, and completed by her heirs and her brother and sister. A\\nstained window was put in, in her memory, by her son-in-law. Dr.\\nCharles U. Shepard, of Charleston, S. C.\\nOn December 13, 1888, the Chapel was given by deed to the\\nFirst Ecclesiastical Society of the town of Norfolk, fcff the religious\\nuses of the Congregational Church, and was dedicated to the\\nTriune God. The simple services were deeply impressive. The\\nroom was filled by those who had known Mrs. Humphrey and her\\nparents.\\nThe deed was presented to the representative of the society by\\nRobbins Battell, acting for himself and the other donors, and was\\nreceived with resolutions of thanks by the society. The\\nChapel was first used in the regular services of the Church on\\nFriday evening, December 14, 1888, for the usual weekly prayer-\\nmeeting.\\nSimple, solid, and well proportioned, granite and slate without\\nand polished oak within; the inner walls frescoed in russet and\\nyellow and gold; lighted through side windows of cathedral glass\\nin soft tones; the western end above the pulpit glorified by the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "462 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nsunlight streaming through the memorial window of opalescent\\nglass, with the cross in the center,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the building is a sermon in\\nstone,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a fit memorial of those whose names are on Its walls, and\\nof the daughter who gave it.\\nThe following action was taken by the Congregational\\nChurch at its annual meeting, January 11, 1889:\\nWhereas, The Ecclesiastical Society connected with this church\\nhas received from the late Urania Battell Humphrey and her heirs,\\nand from Robbins and Anna Battell, the gift of the Battell Chapel,\\nby them erected in memory of Joseph Battell and Sarah Battell,\\nto be held for the religious uses of this Church in perpetuity; there-\\nfore be it\\nResolved, That we render thanks to God that he put it\\ninto the hearts of his servants to build a house for the name of the\\nLord, the Triune God. And congratulating them on their in-\\nheritance, we also tbanli them for their gift to us. That we see\\nin the solid structure, built from native granite, and in its beautiful\\nand harmonious decoration, a fit memorial of those in whose mem-\\nory it was erected. Their lives belong to the history of this town\\nand of this church. We pray unto the Father that, emu-\\nlating the godly ones who have gone before, we may be built\\ntogether in truth and righteousness an holy house, upon the foun-\\ndation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the\\nchief corner stone.\\nMISS ANNA BATTELLE.\\nAnother one of this family who possessed many of the\\nnoblest traits which beautify and adorn the life and char-\\nacter, who lived a quiet life, whose work and worth were\\nbest and chiefly known by her own family and in her large\\ncircle of friends, was Miss Anna Battelle. She remained\\nthrough life in the old home, and after the death of her\\nmother, in 1854, how royally she presided in and dispensed\\nthe honors of the old family mansion.\\nMiss Battelle was best and chiefly known to those out-\\nside of her family circle through her work in the church,\\nof which she was a life-long devoted member, a constant\\nattendant and active worker, foremost in the work of the\\nLadies Aid Society; for a long period of years the leading\\nsoprano singer in the large chorus choir, and the lady\\nsuperintendent of the Sunday School from the time that", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 463\\nGrandma Welch, who was the first one in the church to\\nhold that oflSce, was compelled by the infirmities of age\\nto lay down her work in 1865, until she, too, from impaired\\nhealth, was compelled to pass the duties of her office to her\\nsuccessor. Miss Mary Eldridge, who now fills that position.\\nShe was closely identified with her brother Bobbins, and\\nother members of the family, in their many gifts for various\\npurposes, for the permanent improvement of this town,\\nnotably the building, equipping and sustaining the Robbins\\nSchool, completing the Battell Chapel in this town, large\\ngifts to Yale College, and to many other worthy enter-\\nprises.\\nMiss Anna Battel le died December 30, 1889. At her\\nfuneral Rev. John DePue, her pastor, said of her in part\\nas follows:\\nShe was by descent a daughter of the Pilgrims and the Pun-\\ntans, of Covenanter and Huguenots; the Bradfords and Warrens of\\nthe Mayflower and Old Colony; the Buckiughams and Shermans of\\nthe Massachusetts Bay settlement. Nathaniel Robbins and Francis\\nLeBaron united to give to their descendants a double portion of\\nconscience and resolution. English, Scotch and French, statesman,\\nsoldier, clergyman and physician gave to their issue clarified and\\nactive intellect.\\nA quiet life, spent in a Christian community close beside the\\nchurch; walled about by the everlasting hills, fed by the beauties\\nand grandeur of nature, the inspiration of literature and art, nour-\\nished by the warmest family affection and neighborly friendship,\\ndeepened, widened and exalted by the Spirit of the living Christ,\\nhad a chance to form itself at length into a perfect whole, like a\\njewel, clear and flawless, reflecting the glory of the Lord.\\nAs the community at large knew her, the most prominent\\nfactor in her life was her loyalty to her family, her church, and\\nnative town. She was what she seemed to be. Her mind was\\nclear and penetrating: her judgments, just and trustworthy. She\\nthought before she spoke or acted, and would rather show her\\nthought by action than by speech. She knew the truth as revealed\\nthrough Jesus Christ. It was the true loyalty which means devo-\\ntion.\\nFrom her girlhood she served Christ and the Church in the\\nchoir. For more than twenty years she had been the Lady Superin-\\ntendent in the Sunday School. For years she had been the leader\\nIn the work for home missions, at the West, and the needy ones", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhere at home. It was a joy for her to do for others to the full\\nabundance of her means. When she knew her mortal Illness was\\nupon her, through the last month, when her end was very near,\\nshe was largely occupied planning for the New Year s gifts, that\\nhave for so many years made this day unique in this community.\\nHer life was by choice quiet and retired, and no one had a\\nkeener appreciation of friendship than had she. No one received\\nand treasured more tenderly and gratefully the words and the gifts\\nthat brought her the witness of others love. She was not de-\\nmonstrative, but her stillness was that of depth. God does not\\ngive us many such friends, but one such makes the joy of a life-\\ntime.\\nPHILIP BATTELL.\\nPhilip Battell was the second child of the family of nine chil-\\ndren of Joseph and Sarah Battell. Entering Yale College, he re-\\nmained there two years, when he joined his elder brother at Mid-\\ndlebury College, where he was graduated. Afterwards he studied\\nlaw, practicing his profession some years, a part of the time being\\nin Cleveland, Ohio. He then returned to Middlebury, where the\\nremainder of his long life was spent, honored and loved by all for\\nhis sterling qualities as citizen, neighbor and friend. Mr. Battell\\nhad passed his ninetieth birthday only a few days previous to his\\ndeath, which occurred December, 1897. His pastor at his funeral\\npaid a feeling tribute to the character of Mr. Battell, who, he said,\\nembodied in the highest degree all that is implied in the term, a\\nChristian gentleman. He will long be remembered by his large\\ncircle of acquaintances as a man singularly kind and charitable\\nin his judgment of others; of gentle and sweet disposition, and of\\nunfailing courtesy.\\nHe was specially interested in the observance of Forefathers\\nDay. Genealogy also claimed his active interest, and he corre-\\nsponded widely on the subject.\\nThus passed away the last one of a large and distinguished\\nfamily, widely known and honored.\\nMRS. ELLEN BATTELL ELDRIDGE.\\nIt remains to speak briefly of the youngest member of\\nthe Battelle family. In a private memorial of her it is said:\\nEntered into the rest that remaineth for the people of God,\\nOctober 5, 1893, Ellen Battell Eldridge, youngest child of the late\\nJoseph and Sarah Battell, and widow of the late Reverend Doctor\\nAzariah Eldridge of Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 465\\nMrs. Eldridge was born at Norfolk, and spent her earliest years\\nhere, receiving from her cultured parents the liberal education\\nwhich they bestowed upon all their children. In 1849 she was mar-\\nried to the Reverend Azariah Eldridge. The earlier years of their\\nmarried life were spent in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and at\\nDetroit, Michigan, where Dr. Eldridge was settled over the Fort\\nStreet Presbyterian Church.\\nAfter leaving Detroit, Doctor and Mrs. Eldridge resided in\\nParis, France, where he was in charge of the American Chapel.\\nOn their return to this country they purchased the ancestral home\\nof the Eldridge family at Yarmouthport, naming it The Haven,\\nwhere they lived for the remainder of their lives. Doctor Eldrfclge\\ndying there October 1, 1888. They had one child, Anna Battell\\nEldridge, who died in childhood.\\nDuring her residence in Yarmouth, Mrs. Eldridge s life was\\nmostly given up to philanthropic objects. The number of her\\ncharities will never be known. She not only gave, but gave wisely\\nand well. She presented to the Chapel of Yale University the\\nclock and chime of bells now in use, and also added a large sum\\nof money to the fund for musical instruction in the University.\\nThrough Mrs. Eldridge s addition to this fund the instructorship\\nof music was raised to a full professorship, and a separate depart-\\nment established.\\nMrs. Eldridge had been an invalid, and for several years had not\\nvisited her native home. A few days previous to her death, di-\\nvinely led. she returned here, saw again the happy scenes of her\\nyouth, the hills and valleys of her native town, the dearly beloved\\nhome of her birth, and the kindred she was so soon to leave. As\\npeacefully and gently as she had lived, she passed away in the\\nhome of her fathers.\\nProfessor Joseph Emerson of Beloit, Wisconsin, a few\\ndays after the death of Mrs. Eldridge, wrote to her brother,\\nRobbins Battelle:\\nWord has come that your sister is at rest,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Blessed rest! And\\nher works do follow her. So the choir of your sisters is again com-\\nplete, no more to be broken. And what a wonderful harmony it\\nwas and is, here and in the Father s home. Sarah, with her\\nabounding fullness of genial life; Urania, with her admirable\\nwomanhood; Irene, the model of every grace; Anna, with her\\nqueenly dignity; and now Ellen, that child of truth and trust,\\nwhose sympathy and helpfulness wei e such a blessing in your\\nhome and community, in the home and work of my noble class-\\nmate, her husband. The kindly grace of early years must seem", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nto have passed on undisturbed from the fellowship of your child-\\nhood home to the reunion in the Father s home, and the everlasting\\nthanksgiving. May we all be fhere.\\nProfessor Joseph Emerson, who penned these words of\\ntender love, himself a native of Norfolk, companion in\\nearly childhood of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph\\nBattell, son of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., born in Norfolk\\nin 1821, for many years an honored and beloved professor\\nin Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, has recently passed\\nover to the reunion in the Father s home, and the ever-\\nlasting thanksgiving.\\nThe announcement has been made of his departure from\\nearth at his home in Beloit, August, 1900.\\nThey are gathering homeward from every land,\\nOne by one! One by one!\\nAnother son of Rev. Ralph Emerson, born in Norfolk,\\nis living at Rockford, Illinois; Mr. Ralph Emerson, Presi-\\ndent of the Emerson Manufacturing Company, Standard\\nAgricultural Works.\\nXXVIl.\\nTHE WELCH FAMILT.\\nThe first of the name in this town was Hopestill Welch,\\nwho in the part of Windham, Conn., which is now called\\nHampton, married Alice Woodward, May 12, 1762, both\\nbeing natives of that place. They lived in their native place\\nfor a few years; afterwards for a time at Windsor, and re-\\nmoved to Norfolk about 1772, and lived here for more than\\nfifty-five years. Mr. Welch was born in 1741, and died in\\nthis town March 9, 1828, aged 87 years. Mrs. Welch died\\nJune 3, 1828, aged 82 years. Hopestill Welch served as a\\nsoldier in the French war, under General Putnam and\\nothers, and was also a soldier in the Revolutionary army,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 467\\nand a pensioner as Sergeant, after 1818. He was a black-\\nsmith and lived near the school-house on Pond Hill. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Welch were members of the Congregational\\nChurch. They had thirteen children, three sons and ten\\ndaughters.\\nAlice, married Joel Walter and died in Norfolk, leaving no chil-\\ndren.\\nVine, married Estlaer Coggswell; was a blacksmith; removed to\\nOhio about 1812, and died at Euclid, Ohio, at more than ninety\\nyears of age. He had a large family of children.\\nBenjamin, studied medicine, and is mentioned at length below.\\nSarah, married Enoch Searles, from Vermont; they lived in\\nNorfolk and Shalersville, Ohio. Sullivan Searles, one of their\\nsons, was a constable in Norfolk in 1831, and afterwards wenf\\nWest.\\nEunice, unmarried; lived with and died at the home of her\\nbrother. Dr. Benjamin Welch, December, 1846, aged 74.\\nAbigail, married Joseph Gay lord of Norfolk; removed to Ply-\\nmouth, Illinois, and died in Kansas at a great age.\\nSusanna, married Abraham Thompson of Goshen. They re-\\nmoved from Goshen to Hudson, Ohio, about 1800, as pioneer set-\\ntlers. She was a noted school teacher.\\nLucy, married first Joel Walter, who had before married her\\noldest sister, Alice Welch. She married, second, Mr. Tyler. She\\nmarried, third, Enoch Searles, who had before married her sister,\\nSarah Welch. Her only child was the late Judge Joel Walter\\nTyler of Cleveland, Ohio.\\nCharlotte, married Nathan Jenks of North Providence, R. I.\\nThey lived in Canaan, Conn., and Albion, N. Y.\\nElizabeth, (Betsey,) married Jonathan Pettibone, son of Col.\\nGiles Pettibone of Norfolk. They settled fifteen miles from Ply-\\nmouth, Illinois.\\nHopestill married Eunice Stevens, and settled in Blanford,\\nMass., as a physician. Being out of health he started with a horse\\nand sleigh to visit his sisters in Ohio. On the journey he became\\nsuddenly worse and died at Geneva, N. Y., aged 25 years. His only\\nchild was Samuel Stevens Hopestill Welch.\\nPhebe Sophia, married Daniel Welton of Goshen. They went\\nwest and died at Beloit, Wisconsin. Her only child, Phebe Sophia,\\nmarried Stephen Obed Humphrey of Goshen, and died at Beloit in\\n1874.\\nOlive, married Ezekiel Wilcox of Norfolk and removed to\\nShalersville, Ohio.\\nA century ago the belief in signs and portents was almost uni-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nversal. The following tradition is well authenticated. In 1810\\nHopestill Welch lived near Pond Hill Schoolhouse. He had a large\\nfamily, several of whom had removed to Ohio. One morning at\\nbreakfast Mrs. Welch, then an old lady, said she expected bad\\nnews that day. She had slept but little through the night, and\\nonce felt sure she heard the tolling of a death bell. Her daugh-\\nters tried to cheer her up, but the mother persisted in saying You\\nwill see. Days passed, perhaps weeks, and tidings came of the\\ndeath of the youngest son, at the age of twenty-five years.\\nHe was a physician, named for his father, Hopestill, and after\\na long illness had started with a team for the west to visit his\\nfriends, hoping the journey and change would be a benefit to him.\\nWhen near Geneva, N. Y., he was taken suddenly worse and died\\nthere among strangers, on the very night that his mother thought\\nshe heard the tolling of the bell.\\nBenjamin Welch, M. D., third child of Hopestill and Alice\\nWelch, was born at Windsor, Conn., February 3, 1768, and\\nin childhood removed with his father s family to Norfolk,\\nwhere he lived for more than three-quarters of a century,\\nand died December 17, 1849, aged 82 years. He was the\\nBeloved Physician, and his funeral sermon by Rev. Dr.\\nJoseph Eldridge was published. Dr. Welch studied medi-\\ncine with Dr. Ephraim Guiteau of Norfolk, and October 31,\\n1788, married his daughter, Louisa Guiteau. She died De-\\ncember 6, 1816, aged 47 years. He married second, Eliza-\\nbeth Loveland of Glastonbury, November 12, 1817. She\\ndied September 27, 1867, aged 80 years.\\nThe children of Dr. Benjamin and Louisa Guiteau-Welch were\\nAsa Guiteau, born July 31, 1789; married Phebe Stevens of Nor-\\nfolk. He died at Lee, Mass., August 13, 1851. She died November\\n18, 1862, aged 70 years. They had no children.\\nIrad, born 1792; died 1796.\\nLuna Selina, born July 23, 1795; married John D. Bidwell, Esq.,\\nof Tyringham, now Monterey, Mass. She died December 29. 1873.\\naged 78 years. Mr. Bidwell died May 27, 1867, in his 75th year.\\nTheir only son. Dr. John Welch Bidwell, practiced medicine for\\nmany years, and died in Winsted, April 19, 1897, aged 72 years.\\nBenjamin, born May 24, 1798; married Sarah Beebe of Win-\\nchester. He died at Salisbury October 9, 1873, aged 75 years. She\\ndied November 30, 1875, aged 70 years. They had no children.\\nLouisa Pamela, born March 28, 1801; married Rev. Ira Petti-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 469\\nbone. She died at Winchester April 8, 1865, aged 64. He died June\\n11, 1889, aged 88 years.\\nAlice, born April 28, 1804; married Rev. Henry Cowles, D. D.,\\nthe eminent divine of Oberlin, Ohio, and author of many volumes\\nof Commentaries upon the Prophets, and other boolis of the Bible.\\nDr. Cowles died at Oberlin, September 6, 1881. Mrs. Alice Welch\\nCowles died at Oberlin October 14, 1843, aged 39 years. Of their\\nsix children, two are living (January, 1900): J. G. W. Cowles of\\nCleveland, Ohio; and Sarah, Mrs. Thomas H. Little, for many years\\nSuperintendent of the State Institution for the Blind, at Janesville,\\nWisconsin, having been chosen at Mr. Little s death as his suc-\\ncessor in that position. She was a graduate of Oberlin College.\\nJames, born January 7, 1807; married Lavinia M. Hubbard of\\nSalisbury. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1881, and lived\\nfor more than fifty years in Winsted. He died November 22, 1886,\\naged 80. She died January 2, 1882. Of their six children, two are\\nliving: Dr. Edward H. Welch, who succeeded to his father s medical\\npractice in Winsted, and Dr. William C. Welch of New Haven. An-\\nother son. Dr. John B. Welch, a young man of much promise, en-\\ntei ed into his country s service as surgeon in the army, in the War\\nof the Rebellion, and died in the service.\\nPhebe Sophia, born Feb. 3, 1810; died August 3, 1822.\\nThe sons of Dr. Benjamin Welch and his second wife, Eliza-\\nbeth Loveland-Welch.\\nWilliam Wickham, born December 10, 1818; married Miss Eme-\\nline Collin, of Hillsdale, N. Y. She died in 1850. He married sec-\\nond, Miss Emily Sedgwick of Cornwall, sister of the late Major\\nGeneral John Sedgwick, who survives him. Dr. William W. Welch\\nspent his life in the practice of medicine in his native town, and\\ndied July 30, 1892, in the house where he was born, aged 74. His\\nsou, Professor William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins University of\\nBaltimore, has made a distinguished name for himself already. He\\nis mentioned below.\\nMrs. Emma Walcott, of New York Mills, N. Y., is the daugh-\\nter of Dr. William W. Welch.\\nThe youngest child of Dr. Benjamin Welch was John Hopestill;\\nborn March 18, 1827; married Elizabeth M. Bell of Cornwall. She\\ndied December 22, 1876. He died in Hartford, January 8, 1893.\\nThey had five children, one son and four daughters, the eldest of\\nwhom, Mrs. Ellsworth D. Ives, is a resident of Norfolk. The son,\\nJohn W. Welch, was long Treasurer of the Dime Savings Bank, in\\nHartford. The other daughters are, Mrs. George D. Harrison of\\nLakeville, Mrs. Everett P. Curtiss, and Mrs. Andrew F. Gates, of\\nHartford.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "^ngrtjgy cr Sm^RBX.\\nT- nor T^ imi: ^msfwasast Tsmz mnpt \u00c2\u00abr TiisiTjfiL\\nij= miL -use jjv-s\\nIri \u00c2\u00b1an!3C2e aiTtelimsaii of\\nTi^=^T\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V -H^ t ^aE. wi^ jBSSis ^j :ssBMi^2C. :ii: ISip-\\nliBBE 35Z r_ ?na\u00c2\u00bb 1 jnim St", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 471\\nwas for many years justice of the peace, and generally the active\\none when business was to be transacted.\\nSuch is the brief historical notice of Dr. Welch. Were I to\\nstop here, I should be unjust to my own feelings, and to the senti-\\nments of all here present, especially of the more aged persons here,\\nwhose recollections go back to the scenes of active exertion, in\\nwhich the deceased passed the whole of life, save the few years\\nlast past, during which he has been disqualified for labor by the\\ngrowing infirmities of age. My own heart and your wishes prompt\\nme to say something of his character.\\nDr. Welch, both as a man and a physician, possessed and ex-\\nhibited all those qualities that inspire confidence and win regard.\\nFor his day he was eminently qualified for his profession. He\\ngathered knowledge from books, and was constantly adding to his\\nstores from the results of his own large and long continued ex-\\nperience. In practice neither rash nor timid, he reached a safe and\\nhappy medium. In his disposition he was eminently kind, and\\nfree from all tendency to impatience or irritability. Unwilling to\\ngive pain, and eager to relieve distress, he was yielding in trifiing\\nmatters, but decided and firm on occasions of serious importance.\\nHe was prompt in meeting every call, as much so if made by\\nthe poor, as if made by the rich. No exhaustion, no state of the\\nweather or roads, prevented his setting out. Be it cold or hot, wet\\nor dry, summer or winter, night or day, he spared no exertions to\\nmeet every demand upon his skill and aid. From what I have\\nlearned from all quarters, the amount of unrequited labor which\\nhe performed during his long professional career was incalculable.\\nThe art of collecting he never acquired, and in fact received but\\na small portion of his dues from those able to pay. ISevertheless\\nhe never complained, and so long as his strength held out, he abated\\nnot his efforts. He was, indeed, too forgetful of himself, too re-\\nluctant to insist on his just demands.\\nHis domestic affections were tender and strong. He was happy\\nin his family, and contributed much to make his home an abode\\nof peace and joy. His hopes in regard to his children had been\\nrealized. Of his five sons, he lived to see every one engaged in\\nthe same profession to which his own life had been devoted, and\\nnot undistinguished in it.\\nMany years ago he embraced the Christian faith. He firmly\\nbelieved the doctrines, and relied on the saving provisions of the\\nGospel. Its consolations solaced him amid the infirmities of age,\\nand its hope cheered him as he consciously approached the con-\\nfines of the future world. His toils are over; his work is done;\\nhe has gone to his rest. He will be seen no more, as in former\\nyears, traversing, in all weathers and seasons, every part of this", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "472 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntown. His venerable form will no more attract the attention of\\nstrangers, as it used to do, in ttie house of God. He will no longer\\nbe found at his own door, ready to welcome with cheerful smile\\nand cordial greeting, every visitor. His children will all cher-\\nish his memory, and peculiarly favored are these sons, in having\\nhad before them so complete a model in the very line of their pro-\\nfession. This day, fellow townsmen, we have to follow to\\nthe grave one, who during his life was eminently useful here; one\\nwho had endeared himself to all; one who died without an enemy\\nin the world; one upon whose monument we are prepared to en-\\ngrave, as expressive of our real sentiments, and as a fitting epi-\\ntaph, the words of the text,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Beloved Physician.\\nMRS. LOUISA GUITEAU WELCH.\\nMKS. ELIZABETH LOVELAND WELCH.\\nMrs. Louisa Guiteau Welch, the first wife of Dr. Ben-\\njamin Welch, was a woman of talent and excellence, of\\ndelicate health, and her work w^as mostly at home. Her\\nchildren, six of whom reached maturity, partook of her\\nability and of her love of truth. She was not a member of\\nthe church, but Mr, Emerson said at her funeral, *We sor-\\nrow not as those who have no hope.\\nHer original gravestone said, Her many virtues are to\\nher friends the most precious mementoes.\\nNov. 12, 1817, Dr. Welch married as his second wife\\nMiss Elizabeth Loveland, then thirty years of age, and\\ndaughter of John Loveland of Glastonbury, Conn. From\\nthis time until her death in 1867, at the age of 80 years,\\nher home was in Norfolk, and she was the friend of all the\\npeople. Two sons were born to her, and besides the care of\\na large family she found time to do much for others. Her\\ndoor was always open and her welcome hearty for each\\nchild and grandchild and all the remote kindred, as well as\\nfor neighbors and friends.\\nShe was a refined and beautiful woman and possessed a\\nlovely character and rare tact. An earnest Christian, she\\nloved the church, was an active worker in the Sunday\\nSchool, and much interested in the cause of missions.\\nDaily and continued prayer was her habit, and at evening", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "THE WELCH BROTHERS.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 473\\ntime a hush often fell upon the group of playful and noisy\\nchildren, because Grandma had gone away to pray in her\\nroom.\\nWords cannot do justice to her worth.\\nOf Mrs. Elizabeth Welch, who half a century and more\\nago was fondly known by almost every Sabbath School boy\\nand girl in the town as Grandma Welch, it could most\\ntruthfully be said that her very presence anywhere was a\\nblessing and a benediction, whether at her home or among\\nher neighbors and friends, upon joyful occasions, or in\\nhomes where there was sickness and sorrow, in public or\\nin private. She was one of the very first in the town in-\\nterested and instrumental in the organization of the Sun-\\nday School, in about 1825. She was at the time of the\\norganization of the school chosen its Lady Superintendent,\\nand held the position continuously until the close of her\\nlife. How we little children watched for Grandma Welch\\nto come to our class, as she passed around through the\\nschool with her basket, containing books for the little ones,\\nand copies of The Dayspring, probably the first child s\\npaper printed in the country. She had a pleasant word for\\nevery teacher and child, and knew us all by name. For\\nseveral years she had the care and training of her two\\ngrandchildren, after the death of their mother, Mrs. Dr.\\nWilliam Welch, which occurred October, 1850, at the age\\nof 28, leaving an infant son six months old. Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Welch passed over unto the other side September\\n27, 1867, aged 80 years. Her children, and those to whom\\nshe was Grandma Welch, scattered all over the land.\\nArise up and call her blessed.\\nASA G. WELCH, M. D.\\nDr. Asa G. Welch studied medicine with his father and prac-\\ntised with him for several years. In 1814 he removed to Tyring-\\nham, Mass., where he lived for thirteen years, having an extensive\\nride, and where he built a fine mansion for his own use. About\\n1827 several prominent business men of Lee, Mass., gave to him a\\nformal invitation to settle in that town. This invitation he ac-\\ncepted, and continued in active practice in Lee until his death in\\n1851. He accumulated a handsome property for the times.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHe was a successful physician, having splendid tact for his pro-\\nfession. He was a public-spirited man, a wise counselor and a\\npillar of strength to his friends. He was a portly, fine looking man\\nand of commanding presence.\\nHe became interested in politics, and in 1835-6 represented the\\ntown in the legislature and in 1851 was elected to the State Senate.\\nHe was a warm personal friend of the late Governor Hull of Mas-\\nsachusetts.\\nBENJAMIN WELCH, JE., M. D.\\nDr. Benjamin Welch, Jr., graduated at the Yale Medical School\\nin 1823, and afterwards spent one year at the Jefferson Medical\\nCollege in Philadelphia, to perfect himself in the knowledge of\\nanatomy and surgery. He also for a time assisted the eminent Dr.\\nEverest of Canton, and was benefitted by the culture and training\\nof one of the leading surgeons of that day.\\nAbout 1825 he located in his native town of Norfolk, and quickly\\nbecame the leading surgeon in this part of the state. After seven-\\nteen years in Norfolk he was at Litchfield for four years and in\\n1846 went to reside in Salisbury, which was his home until his de-\\ncease. He spent 54 years in the arduous practice of his chosen\\nprofession.\\nSoon after 1850 Dr. Welch began at Lakeville (Salisbury) the\\nmanufacture of splints for fractures, invented and patented by\\nhimself. The splint for a broken thigh was especially ingenious,\\nfor by a curious mechanical arrangement, of extension and counter-\\nextension, it could be lengthened or contracted without removal.\\nThe splints are commended in Prof. Samuel D. Gross s System of\\nSurgery.\\nDr. Welch was the pioneer in this department, and though the\\nbusiness was not pecuniarily successful, its establishment marked\\na new era in the treatment of broken bones.\\nHe was prominent in all public matters and town affairs, and\\na strong pillar in the church and Ecclesiastical Society during the\\nyears when he was in the practice of his profession in this his na-\\ntive town; and professionally his old friends never forget him. He\\nwas often called in severe cases in counsel, surgical and others, to\\ncome back to Norfolk, the common expression being, don t gtve\\nup all hope before you have sent for Doctor Benjamin.\\nAt his funeral at Lakeville, Dr. Adam Reid, pastor of the Con-\\ngregational Church at Salisbury, said: Dr. Welch was a man of\\nsense and intelligence; of sterling moral worth as well as of Chris-\\ntian principle. In tlie department of surgery especially, his skill\\nwas deemed pre-eminent, and was sought for, far and near. Dr.\\nEldridge, his pastor in Norfolk, said of him: He was strong, in-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM W. WELCH, M. D.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 475\\ntelligent, upright, just, and right. Always calm, wherever duty led\\nhim he deliberately went. He was a man to see and to do, rather\\nthan to talk. His death is a great loss to his family, neighbors,\\nthis whole region, the country, and the Church of Christ.\\nJAMES WELCH, M, D.\\nDr. James Welch graduated at the Berkshire Medical Institute\\nat Pittsfleld, Mass., in 1830 under such teachers as Prof. Childs and\\nProf. Parker, who were his life-long friends.\\nHe then spent a few months at Sandisfield, Mass., in the prac-\\ntice of his profession. In 1831 he removed to Winsted and, except\\nfor a short absence, was an active physician until his death in 1886.\\nHe did an extensive consulting business in the County in addition\\nto his large regular practice, and to an unusual degree kept abreast\\nwith the times. His cheerfulness was unvarying, his common sense\\nunfailing, his memory remarkable, his sympathy and tact always\\nready, his discrimination keen, and his judgment generally correct.\\nHe was a kind, genial man and a courteous Christian gentleman.\\nHe was a sincere friend, and his friendship was worth having. He\\nwas public-spirited, doing all in his power to forward all moral and\\nbusiness enterprises.\\nHe had an extended reputation for the successful treatment of\\nTyphus Fever, and it was well deserved.\\nWILLIAM WICKHAJI WELCH, M. D.\\nDr. William Wickham Welch was one of Norfolk s best beloved\\nand most honored citizens. For more than fifty years he prac-\\nticed his profession in his native town, and for many years was\\nfrequently called in counsel through the county and state. He\\nwas graduated from the Yale Medical School in 1839, and was a\\nFellow of that Institution. Dr. Welch represented his town in\\nthe General Assembly during the years 1848, 1850, 1869, and 1881,\\nand was State Senator from the Seventeenth District in 1851 and\\n1852. He was a Representative in Congress from the Fourth Con-\\ngressional District of Connecticut from 1855 to 1857.\\nHe was a wise counselor; always deliberate in his judgments,\\nhe rarely had reason to reverse them. He was a man of peculiar\\nstrength of character, with a great love for humanity, which was\\ndeepened and broadened by his profession. While his love for his\\nnative town was as enduring as the hills which surround it, his\\npatriotism was broad, and his love of country and faith in her in-\\nstitutions, unwavering. One of his profession well says of him:\\nHe was a noble type of the American physician; liberal in his", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "476 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nviews, kind, courteous and hospitable in tiis manner, stately in his\\nbearing.\\nHis unassuming, honest ways made him ever genial, hopeful,\\nand sunshiny\u00e2\u0080\u0094 traits that we all love and respect. Dr. Welch s in-\\nfluence, character and life will long be remembered and revered.\\nIn his funeral discourse Dr. Hiram Eddy said\\nOn these everlasting hills, Norfolk has grown and matured\\nmany noble specimens of humanity; but none more noble and more\\ndeeply to be lamented than Dr. William Welch. He was a son\\nwho has honored an honored family. He was a physician who has\\nadorned a noble profession.\\nWhen the sad tidings came to me that Dr. William Welch had\\ngone within the vail whence no traveller returns, a vision of great\\nmanly beauty, both physical and moral, rose before me. I had\\nlooked upon him with admiration and love for nearly thirty-nine\\nyears. I have never met him but with a sense of high apprecia-\\ntion and profound respect, both as a man and a physician.\\nHe represented to me all we understand by the word gentle-\\nman. Although so robust in his physical make-up, so strong, yet\\nthe word had to be applied to him in its most delicate sense; truly\\na gentleman; gentle in his ways, gentle in his salutations, gentle in\\nhis oft coming repartees. The quality of rough was not there, al-\\nthough an abundance of strength. His was that gentility which\\nhas its foundation in a profound reverence and love of humanity.\\nThis was what imparted such a high tone to his professional char-\\nacter, which he so highly honored.\\nThere are men who, however high and holy the profession may\\nbe, honor the profession more than the profession can possibly\\nhonor them, and Dr. William Welch was one of those men. Al-\\nthough honored outside of his profession by the elective choice of\\nthe people, yet no higher honor could he receive tha n that which\\nhe received in his devotion to the healing art. Here was his life\\nwork; here were his sacrifices, and they were many. Here were\\nhis victories, and they were many more; here was his joy, his si-\\nlent enthusiasm, which burned down into the socket; burned until\\nthe scalpel, and the probe and the medicine, in aid of Natui-e s reme-\\ndial action dropped from his hand. Today ministering to his pa-\\ntients; the next day finishing his long and honored career.\\nNever have I known a physician whose presence in the sick-\\nroom was so sweet and encouraging a benediction. He had a sym-\\npathetic courage for his patient, and the patient caught it like a\\ncontagion. The warm, sincere and cheerful feeling for his patient\\nwas an anodyne which helped his prescriptions. His goodness had\\na healing power. His touch, when examining the pulse and diag-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 477\\nnosing the disease, was a professional touch indeed; but it was\\nmore; it was a touch of kindness; you loved to have him feel your\\npulse, and the pulse itself felt a sort of thrill, and wanted to be\\nas he would like to have it. While his quiet and unostentatious\\nsympathy, one of the powers of the ideal physician, was conspicuous\\nin Dr. Welch, still this warm sentiment was connected with a pro-\\nfound skill, that called him in council and practice, over the State\\nand out of it. His presence and skill have been invoked, and\\nbrought him into more sick rooms in all this region during his long\\nprofessional career than any other man. He understood his work.\\nHe was an honest and loving physician, and therefore was skilful\\nand thorough. These two qualities, briefly referred to, namely,\\ntrue, humane sympathy, without which no man has any right to\\nbe a physician,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and profound skill, formed for him a character,\\nthat made him beautiful as a man; brought him confidence and\\ntrust as a physician.\\nI don t know that he ever thought he was making sacrifices\\nwhen on errands of love and mercy. I have seen him with his car-\\nriage, a light gleaming under it, in the darkest nights, and in storms\\nas dark, visiting his patients; in hundreds of cases it was a deed\\nof love, with no remuneration but that which love brings. Thus\\nfor half a century his lantern has flashed over these hills, in these\\nby-roads, and among these eternal rocks.\\nThe light has been snuffled out, as by a breath of wind on these\\nhills; but the fragrant light of his memory will shine on, in cabin\\nand in mansion, thousands of hearts still feeling the genial touch\\nof a loving friend and devoted physician, whose commanding and\\ngenial presence always brought comforting thoughts and feelings.\\nThe poor will remember him with the profoundest and most tender\\naffection, for he was their care-taking friend. He has embalmed\\nhimself in the hearts of all this region. He was a citizen who has\\nhonored and served his town, county and state; and what need we\\nsay more?\\nJOHN HOPESTILL WELCH, M. D.\\nDr. John Hopestill Welch was the youngest of the five brothers,\\nall of whom were at one time in active practice within thirty miles\\nof Norfolk, and all now lie buried with their father in the family\\nlot in the Norfolk cemetery. Dr. Welch was graduated from the\\nPittsfield Medical College in 1848, and began practice in New Hart-\\nford, and afterwards practised in Salisbury, and Cornwall, and\\ncame to Norfolk in 1856, where he practiced medicine till 1871,\\nwhen he removed to Hartford.\\nHe represented the town of Norfolk in the General Assembly\\nof 1861. After removal to Hartford he was not in active medical", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "478 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\npractice, except among his friends, who were loath to give up his\\nadvice and counsel.\\nInterest in Life Insurance engaged his attention for a number\\nof years.\\nOne of Norfolk s successful manufacturing interests, now known\\nas the Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company, received its\\nfirst encouragement and capital from Drs. William and John Welch,\\nas is mentioned elsewhere, and was originally The John H. Welch\\nCompany; the pioneer in the knitting business in this region.\\nDr. Welch was a genial, whole souled man; a most successful\\nphysician and true friend. He was of attractive personality, had\\nan unusual gift of winning friends, and was a good judge of men.\\nHis executive ability and promptness enabled him to make the\\nmost of many opportunities. He died from pneumonia at the age\\nof sixty-five, deeply regretted by a wide circle of relatives and\\nfriends.\\nSAMUEL COWLES.\\nAn eminent family connected with the Welch family, unknown\\nto most residents of this town in these later years, was that of\\nSamuel Cowles, who in the early part of the present century lived\\nin the South End district, and a few years later moved over the\\nline into the town of Colebrook. Two of the sons of Samuel and\\nOlive Phelps Cowles, his wife, became very celebrated men in their\\nday. Some of the Commentaries upon the Minor Prophets, and\\nother books of the Bible, by Rev. Henry Cowles, D. D., are to be\\nfound in old libraries in this town. Dr. Cowles married Alice,\\ndaughter of the Senior Dr. Benjamin Welch. A grand-daughter of\\nDr. and Mrs. Cowles is Mrs. Alice Welch-Doane, wife of Rev. John\\nDoane, pastor of Plymouth Church, Lincoln, Nebraska.\\nKEV. HENRY COWLES, D. D.\\nRev. Henry Cowles, D. D., of Oberlin, Ohio, died Sept. 6, 1881.\\nHe was born in Norfolk, South End, April 24, 1803, the eldest son\\nof Samuel Cowles and Olive Phelps Cowles. His parents soon re-\\nmoved to an adjoining farm in the South West angle of Colebrook,\\nwhere their eleven children were reared and trained. Henry and\\nhis younger brother, afterwards Rev. John P. Cowles of Ipswich,\\nMass., the famous educator, prepared for College at home, usually\\nreciting to Rev. Ralph Emerson at Norfolk once a week. They\\ngraduated at Yale College in 1826, one the valedictorian and the\\nother the salutatorian of the class.\\nDr. Cowles was pastor of the church in Austinburg, Ohio, from\\n1830 for five years.\\nIn 1835 he was called to join the Oberlin enterprise, begun two", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 479\\nyears before, and he continued as Professor in the College until\\n1S4S. From 1848 to 18G2, when it was suspended under pressure\\nof the war, he gave his time and strength to the editing of the\\nOberlin Evangelist, a paper almost unknown to the people of this\\nday.\\nSoon after 1862 he began work upon his Commentary upon the\\nBible, issuing first The Minor Prophets. He said his purpose\\nwas to reach the full and exact thought in these sacred words and\\nthen to present it with clearness, brevity and force.\\nIn the nest eighteen years he issued sixteen Volumes of Notes\\ncovering the whole Bible. Some months before his death he exe-\\ncuted a deed of gift of the copyrights of all his Commentaries to\\nthree great benevolent societies: the American Board of Commis-\\nsioners of Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary So-\\nciety, and the American Missionary Association, with the provision\\nthat they shall continue the publication and distribution of the\\nvolumes and receive the profits.\\nLOUISA WELCH PETTIBONE.\\nThe children of Rev. Ira and Louisa Welch-Pettibone were Ira\\nWelch Pettibone, graduated at Yale College in 1854. Was by Gov-\\nernor Buckingham appointed Colonel of the Tenth Regiment Conn.\\nVolunteers, and served in that position in the war of the rebellion.\\nHe was for several years Principal of the Winchester Institute.\\nWas Professor in Beloit College, and for many years an honored\\nteacher in the Chicago High School.\\nAsa Guiteau Pettibone was the first Cashier of the Norfolk Bank,\\nestablished in 1856, and afterwards became its President. Has\\nbeen a successful business man in Indianapolis and Chicago. He\\nnow resides at New York Mills, N. Y.\\nBenjamin Welch Pettibone, now resides at Winchester, Con-\\nnecticut. He graduated at Amherst College, and for ten years\\nwas the efiicient teacher of the Winchester Institute. He is\\nfond of local and other history, and is an acknowledged authority\\nin his part of the state, upon historical and other subjects.\\nMary Louise Pettibone married the late A. A. Smith, Editor of\\nthe Ogdensburg Daily Journal, and the St. Lawrence Repub-\\nlican.\\nPROFESSOR WILLIAM H. WELCH, M. D., LL. D.\\nOf one of the sons of this town who has already attained\\ngreat distinction, who is known and recognized as an emi-\\nnent scholar, teacher and authority in his profession\\nthroughout this, our broad land, in Europe, and beyond,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "480 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwhom every true son of Norfolk would gladly honor, we are\\npleased to be able to present a brief sketch:\\nWilliam Henry Welch, M. D., LL. D., the son of William Wick-\\nham Welch, M. D., and Emeline Collin Welch, was born in Nor-\\nfolk, April 8, 1850. He received his earliest education in the schools\\nof his native place, and was prepared for college in the Rev. Ira\\nPettibone s school in Winchester, Conn.\\nEntering Yale College in 1866, he was graduated A. B. in 1870.\\nThe year following graduation he was principal of a school in Nor-\\nwich, N. Y. In 1871- 72 he studied Chemistry in the ShetHeld Scien-\\ntific School, and in the autumn of 1872 he entered the College of\\nPhysicians and Surgeons, (Columbia University,) New York, from\\nwhich he received the degree of M. D. in 1875. He served as in-\\nterne in Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., for eighteen months, after which\\nhe studied in Strassburg, Leipzig, Breslau, and other German Uni-\\nversities, for two years, devoting himself chiefly to Pathology.\\nUpon his return in 1878 to New York he was appointed demon-\\nstrator of Anatomy, and soon after Professor of Pathological Anat-\\nomy in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, where he estab-\\nlished a pathological laboratory. He remained in New York, en-\\ngaged in teaching and investigating in pathology, until his appoint-\\nment in 1884 to the Professorship of Pathological Anatomy in the\\nJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Before assuming the duties\\nof the latter position he spent a year in Germany, devoted mainly\\nto the study of the new science of Bacteriology, under Professors\\nKoch, Flugge and others. On the opening of the Johns Hopkins\\nHospital in 1889 he was appointed pathologist to this institution,\\nand on the opening of the Johns Hopkins Medical School he was\\nelected Dean of the medical faculty. His work in Baltimoi e has\\nbeen mainly the teaching of pathology and bacteriology, and that\\nof an investigator. He has been active in the promotion of higher\\nmedical education.\\nHe has held the positions of President of the Medical and\\nChirurgical Faculty of Maryland, of the Maryland Public Health\\nAssociation, of the Maryland State Board of Health, of the Con-\\ngress of American Physicians and Surgeons, and of the Associa-\\ntion of American Physicians.\\nDr. Welch has written many monographs and papers in books\\nand medical journals, on subjects relating to pathology and bac-\\nteriology, and has delivered many occasional addresses on these\\nsubjects, and on medical education. He was recently presented on\\nthe twenty-fifth anniversai-y of his doctorate with a large volume\\nof contributions to medical science dedicated to him by his pupils.\\nHe is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, of the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM H. WELCH, M. D. LLD.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 481\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2American Philosophical Society, of the American Academy of\\nArts and Sciences, of the London Pathological Society, and other\\nscientific societies in this country and Europe.\\nHe has received the honorary degree of M. D. from the Uni-\\nversity of Pennsylvania, and of LL. D. from the Western Reserve\\nUniversity, Yale University, and Harvard University.\\nEPHRAIM GUITEAU, M. D.\\nDr. Ephraim Guiteau, born in Bethlehem, then part of Wood-\\nbury, settled in Norfolli about 1760. After ten years residence in\\nNew Marlborough, Mass., after 1770, he returned to Norfolk and\\nremained there until his death, April 21, 1816, aged 79 years. His\\nelder brother, Dr. Francis Guiteau, was a life-long physician in\\nLanesboro, Mass. The family was of Huguenot extraction, and\\nfled from France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Oct.\\n21, 1762, Dr. Ephraim Guiteau was married to Phebe Humphrey,\\ndaughter of Dea. Michael Humphrey of Norfolli, and tradition says\\ntheirs was the first wedding in the town solemnized in a frame\\nhouse. Mrs. Guiteau was an excellent woman, and died Feb. 27,\\n1828, aged 83 years, having outlived all her children. Their son,\\nPhilo Guiteau, M. p., died in Norfolk in 1810, and their grandsons.\\nDr. Corydon Guiteau in Lee, Mass., in 1853, and Rev. Sheridan Gui-\\nteau in Baltimore, Md., in 1872. With his death the name was ex-\\ntinct in this branch of the family. Miss Phebe Sophia Guiteail,\\nwho died unmarried, was one of the earliest teachers in Norfolk,\\nwhose name has come down to us. Another daughter of Dr.\\nEphraim Guiteau, Louisa, married Dr. Benjamin Welch, Sen., of\\nNorfolk and was the mother of eight of his ten children.\\nDr. Guiteau was an original member of the Medical Associa-\\ntion of Litchfield County, formed in Jan., 1767, and composed of\\nthe most eminent physicians then in practice here. In 1783 he rep-\\nI esented the town in the General Assembly.\\nDr. Guiteau had a good reputation as a physician, and was\\nthe instructor of many Medical Students, some of them from other\\nstates. He was in advance of his times as a medical practitioner,\\nand was acquainted with the Latin and French languages.\\nHe was a member of the Congregational Church in Norfolk.\\nand at New Marlborough was chosen a Deacon in 1772. After\\nhis return to Norfolk he united with others in organizing an Epis-\\ncopal Society in 1786 and meetings were held at his house.\\nAt a meeting Dec. 3, 1787, it was Voted To write our wishes\\nto the Right Bishop Sebra (Seabury) for a Curate or preaching.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nFREDERICK M. SHEPARD.\\nNorfolk has been remarkably fortunate in retaining the\\naffection of numerous sons and daughters who, leaving it\\nin their youth to do their life work in other places, remem-\\nber their birth place by many tokens of their appreciation.\\nThe record of the lives of these children of Norfolk would\\nfill many volumes and be helpful to those starting in life\\nas examples of what can be accomplished by industry and\\nperseverance.\\nAmong those who have taken a large place in affairs is\\nFrederick M. Shepard, the eldest and only surviving son\\nof Capt. John A. Shepard of this town, mentioned else-\\nwhere. Although his life in great part has been in the\\ncity of New York, he has shown his love for Norfolk by\\ngiving the lawn and fountain at the side of the railroad\\nstation, the site and grounds for the new Episcopal Church,\\nalso a large tract of land for a park near the Hillhurst,\\nand many other benefactions.\\nThe following is a sketch of Mr. Shepard s life:\\nFrederick M. Shepard was born in Norfolk, Conn., Sept. 24, 1827.\\nHis early life was spent in Norfolk, attending school, aiding his\\nfather, and serving as clerk in the store of William Lawrence\\nCo. At the age of eighteen he left Norfolk for employment in the\\nstore of Collins Bros., Hartford; from there went to New York\\nand foimd employment in the India Rubber business, with which\\nhe has since been actively identified. In 1853 he was elected Sec-\\nretary and Treasurer of the Union India Rubber Co. He is now\\nPresident of that Company, also of the Goodyear Rubber Com-\\npany, The Rubber Clothing Company, The United States Rubber\\nCompany, and The Lambertville Rubber Company.\\nHe is also President of the Orange Water Company, which sup-\\nplies East Orange, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge, N. J.; President of\\nthe East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust Co., First President of\\nthe East Orange National Bank, and Director of the Mutual Bene-\\nfit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J. These Corporations, in\\nthe management of which he takes an active part, and in some\\nof the smaller ones is the controlling owner, represent a capital\\nof more than one hundred millions of dollars, doing business in\\nall parts of the world.\\nIn addition to business activities he is one of Five Commis-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 483\\nsioners to construct a system of Parks for Essex County, N. J., for\\nwhich four millions of dollars has been raised. He is also Presi-\\ndent of the East Orange Free Library, to which Mr. Andrew Car-\\nnegie has given fifty thousand dollars; also a member of the Ad-\\nvisory Board of the Orange Memorial Hospital, where in 1896 he\\nand his family erected and equipped a pavillion for treatment of\\nlung diseases as a memorial for his son, Joseph Minott Shepard.\\nHe still retains the ownership of the old homestead in Norfolk\\nwith considerable land, and desiring to do some substantial good\\nto his native place undertook five years ago the work of bringing\\nwater from Lake Wangum on Canaan Mountain to the village, a\\ndistance of about 4 miles. This supply is of the best in quality,\\nand sufficient in quantity to supply Norfolk perpetually.\\nIn this day of bustling business activity, to find a man who is\\ncarrying on great business enterprises, and who also devotes time\\nto active Christian work, in Church or Sunday School, is a rare\\nthing. John Wannamaker of Philadelphia, and John V. Farwell\\nof Chicago are notable examples of this kind. Norfolk is honored\\nby one of her sons being one of those rare men.\\nIn about 1880 there was a district in East Orange, N. J., known\\nas a hard community, where it was scarcely safe for people to be\\nupon the streets at night. A mission Sunday School was opened\\nthere and has been continuously carried on. The following modest\\nwords tell the whole story:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFor twenty years F. M. Shepard has been Superintendent of\\nthe Elmwood Mission Sunday School of East Orange, which, be-\\nginning with about thirty scholars, now numbers over four hun-\\ndred. A church has been organized, and a building erected which\\nwill accommodate about 600 persons. The character of the whole\\nregion has been changed, and it is now as quiet and orderly as any\\npart of the town.\\nSeptember 28, 1854, he married Annie C, daughter of Theron\\nRockwell of Colebrook, Conn., and they have six children, viz.,\\nAnnie Rockwell, Frederick M., Clara Margaret, wife of Alfred\\nBoote; Joseph Minott, died in 1895; John Andrus, and Edith Mills.\\nHe resided for many years in the city ot New York, but for\\ntwenty-five years has lived in East Orange, N. J.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one of the pleas-\\nant suburbs of New York City.\\nLAUEA HAWLET-THUKSTON.\\n(Feom Biogeaphicai. History op LircHriEi-D County. By Payne Kenyon Kilboubne, 1851.)\\nMrs. Thurston was the daughter of Mr. Earl P. Hawley, and\\nborn in Norfolk, December, 1812. Her parents being in moderate\\ncircumstances, her early advantages for education were such only", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nas were afforded by the common district school. On arriving at\\nmature years, however, she found means to enter Mr. J. P. Brace s\\nFemale Seminary, in Hartford, where she prosecuted her studies\\nwith unusual diligence and success, and secured the marlied ap-\\nprobation of the Principal and teachers. After leaving this insti-\\ntution, she was for a few years engaged as a teacher in New Mil-\\nford and Philadelphia, and subsequently became an assistant in\\nBrace s Seminary. Here she remained until 1837, when, upon Mr.\\nBrace s recommendation, she left Connecticut to talie charge of\\nthe Academy at New Albany, in the State of Indiana. In 1839 she\\nwas married to Mr. Franklin Thurston, a merchant of New Al-\\nbany. She was at this time a frequent contributor to the western\\npapers and periodicals, usually over the signature of Viola, and\\nsoon won for herself the reputation of being one of the best female\\nwriters in the west.\\nBut in the midst of her growing fame, and ere her dreams of\\nearthly happiness had scarcely begun to be realized, death marked\\nher for his victim. Yet, when he came to execute his dread com-\\nmission, he found her not unprepared. In the bloom of youth and\\nhealth she had consecrated herself to God, and the hopes she had\\nlong cherished did not desert her as she descended the dark valley.\\nWhen told that she must die, her joyful exclamation was, Is it\\npossible I shall so soon be in Heaven! She expired on the 21st\\nof July, 1842.\\nIn the autumn of 1843 the author of this volume accompanied\\na literary friend to the Childhood s Home of Mrs. Thurston. Her\\nearly residence is situated about three miles to the north-east of\\nthe village of Norfolk, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in a quiet se-\\ncluded nook, shut out as it were from the great world; in short,\\njust such a place as a poet might choose for the undisturbed indul-\\ngence of his day dreams.\\nOn our way thither we paused for a moment over the founda-\\ntions of the now demolished school-house, where in early child-\\nhood, my friend had been the school companion of the future\\npoetess, and many pleasant reminiscences of those halcyon days\\nwere called to mind, and related by him as we pursued our way\\ndown the green lane, toward the cottage which had been her home\\nfrom infancy. The dwelling is a small, venerable looking, wood-\\ncolored building, of but a single story, located about half a mile\\nfrom the main road, on a path which has the appearance of being\\nbut seldom traveled. Her father still lives there, and appears to\\ntake a pride in the growing fame of his daughter. He pointed out\\nto us the spot on which she was born, about two miles distant, near\\nthe borders of a small and picturesque lake, from whence he re-\\nmoved to his present residence during her first year. He also showed", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 485\\nus several of her poems, and gave us the materials from which\\nthe annexed brief sketch of her history is drawn.\\nThe following beautiful poem, descriptive of the home and\\nscenes of her childhood, the frequent perusal of which first induced\\nin us the desire to visit them, is preserved in the Appendix to Gris-\\nwold s Poets and Poetry of America. It was written after her\\nremoval and settlement in the west, and but a short time previous\\nto her death.\\nTHE GREEN HILLS OP MY FATHER LAND.\\nThe green hills of my father land.\\nIn dreams still greet my view.\\nI see again the wave girt strand.\\nThe ocean depth of blue;\\nThe sky, the glorious sky, outspread\\nAbove their calm repose;\\nThe river o er its rocky bed.\\nStill singing as it flows.\\nThe stillness of the Sabbath-hours,\\nWhen men go up to pray;\\nThe sun-light resting on the flowers;\\nThe birds that sing among the bowers.\\nThrough all the summer day.\\nLand of my birth; mine early home.\\nOnce more thine airs I breathe;\\nI see thy proud hills tower above.\\nThy green vales sleep beneath.\\nThy groves, thy rocks, thy murmuring rills.\\nAll rise before mine eyes;\\nThe dawn of morning on thy hills.\\nThy gorgeous sun-set skies;\\nThy forest, from whose deep recess\\nA thousand streams have birth,\\nGladdening the lonely wilderness.\\nAnd filling the green silentness\\nWith melody and mirth.\\nI wonder if my home would seem\\nAs lovely as of yore!\\nI wonder if the mountain stream\\nGoes singing by the door!\\nAnd if the flowers still bloom as fair.\\nAnd if the woodbines climb,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nAs when I used to train them there\\nIn the dear olden time!\\nI wonder if the birds still sing\\nUpon the garden tree,\\nAs sweetly as in that sweet spring,\\nWhose golden memories gently bring\\nSo many dreams to me.\\nI know that there hath been a change,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nA change o er hall and hearth;\\nFaces and footsteps new and strange\\nAbout my place of birth.\\nThe heavens above are still as bright\\nAs in the years gone by.\\nBut vanished is the beacon light\\nWhich cheered my morning sky.\\nAnd hill, and vale, and wooded glen,\\nAnd rock, and murmuring stream.\\nWhich wore such glorious beauties then.\\nWould seem, should I return again,\\nThe record of a dream.\\nI mourn not for my childhood s hours.\\nSince in the far-ofC west,\\nNeath summer skies and greener bowers.\\nMy heart hath found its rest.\\nI mourn not for the hills and streams,\\nWhich chained my steps so long;\\nBut still I see them in my dreams,\\nAnd hail them in my song.\\nAnd often by the hearth-fires blaze.\\nWhen winter eves shall come.\\nWe ll sit and talk of other days.\\nAnd sing the well-remembered lays.\\nOf my green mountain home.\\nWho that has been a sojourner in a land of strangers can fail\\nto appreciate the beauty and pathos of these exquisite lines?\\nThousands of hearts have felt all that the writer has here por-\\ntrayed, but who could have expressed those feelings so well? At\\nsuch times how naturally the winged thoughts fly back to our\\nfatherland, reviving the scenes hallowed by early associations, and\\nre-uniting long-severed links in the chain of youthful companion-\\nship. And how natural it is in our search after happiness, to turn", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 487\\nfrom the joys of the past to the joys of the future! The beautiful\\nand quiet picture of domestic felicity which the writer has drawn\\nin the concluding stanzas, will be admired in every liindred mind,\\nand few will read it without a heartfelt sigh that the gifted spirit\\nmust so soon have taken its departure from earth, even though\\nwe rejoice in the full assurance that she has found a home of\\nrest in a purer and better world. As our eyes rested upon the\\nscenes which had once been so dear to her, and which she was\\nwont to looli bacli upon with feelings of interest from her new\\nhome in the far west, it was sad to reflect upon the changes which\\na few years had wrought, not only o er hall and hearth, but in the\\nabsence of many of those simple ornaments which, during her\\nresidence there, had helped to make up the attractions of the spot.\\nThe woodbines, which then almost covered the dwelling, soon\\nmissed the fostering care of her who\\nUsed to train them there\\nIn the dear olden time.\\nThe flowers which once adorned the doorway and garden walks,\\nno longer attract the admiration of the passer by.\\nYet still The mountain stream goes singing by the door. And\\nnow as then, The birds still sing upon the garden tree, though\\nshe is no longer there to listen to their melody.\\nIn the same volume from which the above sketch is taken,\\nBiographical History of Litchfield County, Conn., by P. K. Kil-\\nbourne, are several more of Mrs. Thurston s Poems, which show\\nher unusual talent as a writer, and are worthy of a place in this\\nvolume, did space permit.\\nReferences to Mrs. Thurston, substantially the same as the\\nforegoing, have been published in The Female Poets of America,\\nby Rufus W. Griswold; in Dictionary of Authors, by Allibone,\\nand in Appleton s Cyclopaedia of American Biography.\\nREV. REUBEN GAYLORD.\\nFor at least a generation, Norfolk was honored in being\\nmost efBciently represented by one of her sons, a faithful,\\nable missionary, and Agent of the American Home Mis-\\nsionary Society. A brief sketch of Rev. Reuben Gaylord\\nwill be given.\\nThe first of this name in America was William Gaylord,\\na descendant of Huguenot refugees from Normandy in\\nFrance, to England; removed from Devonshire, England, to", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "488 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDorchester, Massachusetts, with his family of four sons and\\none daughter, in 1630.\\nThe grandson of the above of the fifth generation,\\nTimothy Gaylord, married Lydia Thompson of Goshen, and\\nsettled in Norfolk about 1760, where he died September 9,\\n1825, aged ninety years and four months.\\nThey settled on the old Winchester road, east from Beech\\nFlats, and from this family, Gaylord hill received its name.\\nTheir son, Eeuben, married Mary Curtiss; one of a family\\nknown and honored here since the early settlement of the\\ntown. Her father, Thomas Curtiss, was killed in the Revo-\\nlutionary army in 177C. Reuben Gaylord, the father of the\\nsubject of this sketch, was a man of marked decision of\\ncharacter, energetic, kind, benevolent, earnest and consist-\\nent as a Christian citizen. He died September, 1843, aged\\n73. The mother, Mary Curtiss Gaylord, was a woman of\\nrare worth. She lived to the great age of ninety-three\\nyears and four days; fell asleep, December 20, 1867. A\\nlarge number of persons still living remember her. At her\\nfuneral Rev. Dr. Eldridge said:\\nMrs. Mary Gaylord was born in this town in 1774, while Con-\\nnecticut was still a colony of Great Britain. She was endowed with\\na physical constitution of great vigor, and during her long life was\\nremarkable for the industry and energy with which she performed\\nwhatever her hands found to do. Her mind corresponded with her\\nphysical frame;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 strong, active, and enduring. Her affections were\\ntender and strong, exhibiting themselves rather in deeds than in\\nwords. She became a Christian in the great revival of 1799 and\\n1800. She united with the church in 1800; consequently was a\\nmember of it sixty-seven years, and for all that period the pros-\\nperity of the church was the great desire of her heart, and the\\nsubject of daily and unceasing prayer. Especially during the latter\\npart of her life she was a great reader of boolis and papers of a\\nreligious nature. The Evangelical Magazine was a periodical in\\nWhich stie found great and unfailing delight. The only time she\\nwas ever late at church, s he had taken up a volume of that work\\nand became so absorbed in it that she did not hear the bell. As\\nlong as she could get to the weekly prayer-meetings of the church,\\nshe was there and in season. She began to plan her affairs on\\nMonday morning so that s he might attend the prayer-meeting, and\\nwhen the time came there were no obstacles in the way. Her piety", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 489\\nprompted lier to aid, as far as she could, every Christian enter-\\nprise by liberal and continuous contributions. I have been assured\\nthat nine-tenths of what came into her hands the last twenty-five\\nyears of her life was given to religious and benevolent objects.\\nSuch were the parents of Rev. Reuben Gaylord, who was\\nborn April 28, 1812, in the unpretentious farm-house, not\\nfar from the summit of Gaj lord hill. As a boy he was\\nhealthy, active, full of play, quick to learn, and generally\\nobedient to his parents. His first teacher was Miss Louisa\\nWelch, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Welch, and afterwards\\nthe wife of Rev. Ira Pettibone. To her care and instruction\\nhe was committed when but little more than four years old,\\nand during her life he remembered her with affectionate\\ninterest, and felt that he had sustained a personal loss\\nwhen she passed away.\\nIn the winter of 1827, during a season of religious inter-\\nest, he became a decided Christian. His pastor, in view of\\nhis intellectual abilities, and the love of God implanted in\\nhis heart, desired that he should devote himself to the\\nChristian ministry. His parents had planned otherwise\\nfor him, but they did not oppose him, and he was fitted for\\nCollege under the tuition of his beloved pastor. Rev. Ralph\\nEmerson. He graduated from Yale College in 1834; taught\\nschool in New Preston the following winter, and com-\\nmenced his labors as instructor in Illinois College, at Jack-\\nsonville, Illinois, in the spring of 1835. He taught here\\nfor two years; made the journey from Connecticut, and\\nreturned on horseback; was, as he wrote, just five weeks\\non the way, and from his letters it is apparent that he en-\\njoyed the long journey, seeing the broad expanse of coun-\\ntry, visiting Niagara Falls, and other places of interest.\\nIn the fall of 1837 he commenced his theological studies\\nat the Yale Seminary; June 12, 1838, he was licensed to\\npreach by the South Consociation of Litchfield County, and\\nat once was invited to supply the pulpit in New Preston,\\nwhich invitation he accepted for a short time.\\nOn July 4, 1838, he addressed the following to the Secre-\\ntaries of the American Home Missionary Association:", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "490 HISTORY OF XORFOLK.\\nI now present to your Board my application for a commission\\nto labor in tlie work of the gospel ministry in the Territory of Iowa.\\nIt is my purpose to leave for the west not far from the 20th of\\nnext month. The place which I have in view is Mt. Pleasant, the\\ncounty seat of Henry county.\\nThe following day he wrote to a friend, I find my mind more\\nand more interested in the -west, especially in the enterprise in\\nwhich I have enlisted. Our College Association wish to establish\\nupon a firm basis a college for the future state of Iowa, to assist\\nin the establishment of academies, and to lend a helping hand to\\nthe interests of education in the common school department.\\nMr. Gaylord received his commission to preach the gospel\\nin Henry County, Iowa; to receive four hundred dollars for\\nthe year, and forty dollars for travelling expenses. In\\nAugust he was regularly ordained a Congregational minis-\\nter, in Plymouth, Connecticut. He left for the west August\\n20th; was four weeks and two days on the way, arrived at\\nRound Prairie, Iowa, September 18, and at once com-\\nmenced his work, and for seventeen years, until 1855, he\\nlabored in that state, night and day, in summer and in\\nwinter, overcoming all obstacles and discouragements in\\nhis one purpose to establish the church of Jesus Christ and\\nschools in the new settlements of that far western country.\\nHe was pastor of a church at Danville, and in addition did a\\nvast amount of missionary work in destitute communities,\\nand was often sent for to assist disheartened or weakened\\nchurches, to encourage and strengthen them, and to aid\\npastors in special efforts.\\nIn the autumn of 1855 Mr. Gaylord made a tour across\\nthe state of Iowa. Impelled by a desire to see the Missouri\\nValley, and to learn the particulars of the sickness and\\ndeath of his nephew, Myron Gaylord, son of his oldest\\nbrother, Timothy C. Gaylord, he drove to Council Bluffs,\\nand crossed the Missouri river to the Nebraska shore. His\\nnephew went out from Norfolk, and built the second house\\nin Omaha, in 1854. This house was located near where\\nBurt street is now crossed by Twenty-second street. His\\nnephew had married, but after a year or so sickened and\\ndied, and finding his physician, he learned the particulars of\\nthe sad event.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 491\\nOf this, his first visit to the state of Nebraska,, Mr. Gay-\\nlord afterward wrote:\\nI was deeply impressed from wbat I saw, with the feeling that\\nOmaha was a point of great importance, and that the Lord had a\\ngreat work there for some one of his servants to do. On arriving\\nat home, I laid the matter before my wife, and conferring with\\nsome of my brethren, they expressed their uniform conviction that\\nthe point should be occupied at once, and gave reasons why I could\\ngo, better than any other one of our number.\\nAfter due deliberation Mr, Gaylord felt convinced that\\nthis was a call for him to go forward and occupy this new\\nfield, and accordingly a council was soon called to dissolve\\nhis pastoral relation with his dear church. He afterward\\nwrote:\\nI was dismissed November 7, 1855. The next Sabl ath preached\\nmy farewell sermon, and then bent my energies to preparation for\\nour journey of three hundred miles across the state of Iowa. After\\nthe first day we encountered rain and mud, then snow and intense\\ncold. It was often difficult to find any place to stay at night. In\\nwestern Iowa were unbridged streams with high, steep, icy banks;\\nwater running in the channel but frozen at the sides. Twenty miles\\nbefore reaching the Nodaway river we were warned that there was\\nno possibility of crossing it, but we kept on, and succeeded with\\ngreat difficulty in driving across without accident. We expected to\\nbe kept and carried safely through every difficulty, and we were.\\nWe reached Council Bluffs December 21, riding against a piercing\\nnorthwest wind the last half day. The hotel was full to overflow-\\ning, and Mr. Gaylord walked the streets until eleven o clock to find\\na lodging place. The private houses were small and crowded with\\ntheir own occupants.\\nIt would be of interest to follow Mr. Gaylord and his\\nfamily during the months and years of his labors, self-\\nsacrifice, and hardships, as during the remaining twenty-\\nfive years of his life his one purpose was, to lay the founda-\\ntions of the Christian religion deep, broad and strong in\\nthat new and undeveloped portion of our country, with\\nJesus Christ Himself as the chief corner-stone; but we\\ncan only mention in a brief way here and there an interest-\\ning fact. May 4, 1856, Mr Gaylord organized the first Con-\\ngregational Church in Omaha, with nine members, this", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nbeing the first fruits of the home missionary enterprise in\\nNebraska. Soon after, at a place called Fontanelle, begun\\nin the autumn of 1854 by a colony from Quincy, Illinois, he\\norganized a church with twenty-three members.\\nNear the close of Mr. Gaylord s first year in Nebraska,\\n1856, he wote:\\nWe hare been able to erect our house of worship, 27 by 36 feet,\\nof brick, substantially built, in good style, with a basement room\\n19 by 24 feet, pleasant and inviting. We expect to finish the house\\nas early as we can get materials; I believe we shall see it completed,\\npaid for, and dedicated by the first of June next. It has cost your\\nmissionary much labor and anxiety to raise the funds, make the\\ncontracts and attend to the general superintendence of the building.\\nThis Mr. Gaylord wrote to the Home Missionary Society,\\nwho sent him a commission to labor in the territory of\\nNebraska, guaranteeing him |600, for his support for one\\nyear, which he said was not one half of what it actually cost\\nto maintain his family. Of the expense of living in Omaha\\nat that time he wrote\\nI have now secured a more comfortable dwelling. It has two\\nrooms; one of good size, the other small;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 no cellar, well, or other\\nconveniences. For this we pay $21 a month. Flour is $8.50 a hun-\\ndred pounds. We deny ourselves the luxury of butter. Sugar is\\n12 1-2 cents a pound, and other groceries in proportion.\\nWhen Mr. Gaylord arrived in Omaha he commenced\\npreaching in the Council Chamber of the Old State House.\\nThere was no church organization there, except a Methodist\\nclass of six members.\\nOf his work Mr. Gaylord wrote:\\nSeeing the land all unoccupied, I continued to act the part of a\\nbisihop for the territory of my adoption, and at the same time cared\\nfor the church at Omaha until November, 1864.\\nHe visited, by special request, places near and far, and\\norganized churches, continuing in this work without rest\\nfor many years.\\nThe spring of 1864 found Mr. Gaylord with health seri-\\nously impaired by excessive labor. He afterward wrote\\nIn 1864 I found myself so worn down with the labor of all\\nthese years, pursued without cessation, that my church voted me a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 493\\nvacation of four months for rest and travel. May 23 Mrs. Gaylord\\nand myself left Omaha for the east, stopping in Illinois among old\\nfriends in pioneer home missionary work It was a rare\\nprivilege we enjoyed, listening to such men as Dr. Storrs, Dr. Bud-\\nington, Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher, Dr. Thompson of New York, and\\nothers. But the most precious and tender of all was my visit\\nto Norfolk, my birth-place, the home of my mother, who still lives\\nto pray and labor, at the advanced age of ninety. We wept, and re-\\njoiced, and prayed together. With memory perfect, and faculties\\nunimpaired, she waits joyfully the coming of her Savior to take her\\nto Himself I was sent back in the autumn to act in the\\ncapacity of agent of the American Home Missionary Society for\\nNebraska, and two tiers of counties in Western Iowa.\\nHe resigned his charge as pastor of the first Congrega-\\ntional Church in Omaha, and for the remainder of his life\\nlabored without ceasing throughout the great territory of\\nNebraska, in establishing churches and Sunday Schools.\\nOne of the things which he did was to name a town Nor-\\nfolk in a promising locality in Madison County, Nebraska,\\nin grateful remembrance of his native town. Norfolk has\\ngrown to be a prominent city in that great western state.\\nMr. Gaylord, early in January, 1880, was prostrated by a\\nstroke of paralysis, which he survived but a few hours,\\nwhen his freed spirit passed on to its heavenly home, and he\\nrested from his labors, at the age of 68 years.\\nAnother very important work in which during his entire\\nlife in the west Mr. Gaylord was exceeding active and\\nefiScient was the founding of schools and colleges.\\nDuring the early years of his labors in Iowa, the Congre-\\ngationalists, among whom he was the leading spirit,\\nfounded a college at Davenport in that state.\\nIn the early years of his labors in Nebraska he with\\nother pioneers laid the foundation of a college at Fon-\\ntanelle, in that state, which, years afterward, was re-\\nmoved to Crete, and became the strong, flourishing Doane\\nCollege.\\nIn the Nebraska Congregational News not long after\\nhis death it was well said of him:\\nRev. Reuben Gaylord was the acknowledged pioneer of both\\neducational and religious work in this state. His work sbould be", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncounted the first chapter in the history of Doane College. Its suc-\\ncess is but the realizing of the ideas, the carrying out of the plans,\\nunder another name, which Mr. Gaylord began at Fontanelle. The\\nTTork is one; the history is one, and will be one. College men\\npoint with pleasure to Rev. Reuben Gaylord as the pioneer college\\nbuilder of our order in Nebraska. Breadth of mdnd, scholarly\\nability, and high appreciation of the value of Christian education\\ncharacterized liis utterances. He had an untiring energy, and a de-\\nvotion that knew no bounds. More heroic or successful service has\\nrarely l een rendered.\\nSuch, very imperfectly sketched from his Life and\\nLabors, was Rev. Reuben Gaylord, a native of Norfolk.\\nXXVIII.\\nPHTSIOGRAPHT AND GEOLOGY THE FLORA OP NORFOLK.\\nThe geology of Norfolk has been carefully studied by\\nmembers of the United States Geological Survey, in con-\\nnection with the preparation of a geological map of west-\\nern New England.\\nThe part north of the village was examined by Professor\\nB. K. Emerson of Amherst College, and the remaining por-\\ntion of the township by Professor William H. Hobbs of the\\nUniversity of Wisconsin.\\nThis sketch has been prepared by Professor Hobbs.\\nThe township of Norfolk has the shape of a parallelo-\\ngram, and includes a little more than forty square miles.\\nIts surface is everywhere hilly, but there are no elevations\\nwhich project much above the general level of the hill-\\ntops. In the south central part of the town is the dome-like\\nMoses or Dennis Hill (1600 ft.), the water-parting from\\nwhich, streams flow north to the Housatonic, south to the\\nNaugatuck, and east to the Farmington Rivers.\\nThe north-south valley of the upper Blackberry River,\\nthe Norfolk valley, is the only considerable depression in\\nthe township, the land rising to rounded hills having an", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XORFOLK. 495\\naverage altitude of 1600 ft. Among these are Bald Mt.\\n(1760 ft.), Haystack Mt. (1680 ft.), Button Mt. (1620 ft.),\\nPine Mt. (1560 ft.), and Dennis Hill (1600 ft.)\\nThe uniformity of elevation of the hill-tops is not acci-\\ndental, but indicates that they are the remnants of an\\nancient base level, a nearly level plain which once stood\\nnear the sea level, but which has since been elevated about\\n1600 ft. to its present position.\\nThe remarkably even sky line of the view from any high\\npoint in the neighborhood proclaims this ancient erosion\\nplain, which extends throughout southern New England.\\nThe inclination of this plain by a few degrees to the south-\\nsoutheastward accounts for the southerly course of most of\\nthe rivers toward the sound. The northward trending\\nrectilinear course of the Blackberry river, the continuation\\nof its direction in the southward coursing Haystack brook,\\nand the abrupt turn of the main stream where the latter\\nenters it, point to the existence of one or more faults or\\ndislocations of the crust, which by directing their courses\\ndetermined the channels of these streams.\\nThe erosion plain, of which the hill-tops are the rem-\\nnants, was raised and tilted subsequent to the Cretaceous\\nage, and hence the present landscapes have been moulded\\nsince that time. The land sculpture is in part the work of\\nwater and part that of ice. By cutting deep their chan-\\nnels the streams have entrenched themselves in the old\\nplain. The ice mantle which during the Glacial period\\ncovered New England, has planed away projecting rock\\nsurfaces, deposited its waste in depressed areas, mantling\\nand buttressing the hills with drift, and everywhere soften-\\ning the outlines into the Hogarthian line of beauty.\\nThe direction of the advance of the ice across Norfolk\\nwas from northwest to southeast. On most ledges w^hich\\nhave been protected by soil the record of ice invasion may\\nbe read in the planing, polishing and scoring of the sur-\\nface. These scorings range in direction from N. 10 to 50\\ndegrees west, the greater number being within the limits\\nN. 30 degrees W. and N. 40 degrees W.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDuring the northward retreat of the ice from the town-\\nship of Norfolk, its front closed the north end of the\\nBlackberry Valley, damming the waters into a lake, and\\nforcing them to find a new outlet into the Mad River Valley.\\nIn this pre-historic Norfolk lake, the ice deposited the\\ndelta-shaped terrace plain on the west of the present valley,\\nat the north end of which are the Norfolk Downs. The\\nsurface material of this plain is gravel or drift, in which\\nare a preponderant number of white quartzite boulders\\nand pebbles, brought hither by the ice from Alum Hill,\\nnear Ashley Falls, as is clearly indicated by their charac-\\nteristics and by the direction of ice movement. The level\\nof the plain is approximately that of the Summit divide,\\nas may be seen by its straight upper margin when viewed\\nfrom the milk station at Summit. The kettle holes of its\\nupper surface are of striking beauty near the Norfolk\\nDowns.\\nThe rocks of Norfolk are throughout, crystalline gneisses\\nand schists, of Cambrian and pre-Cambrian age, and ex-\\nhibit great uniformity in their characteristics. The pre-\\nvailing rock is a gray quartzose biotite gneiss, sometimes\\nwith straight but more frequently with much contorted\\nbanding. Over considerable areas, particularly west of\\nthe Norfolk valley, a somewhat similar rock occurs, but\\nwith abundant glistening scales of white mica, and nodules\\nof feldspar and garnet; sometimes also muscovite, quartz,\\nand fibrolite. On the weathered surface this rock presents\\na peculiarly knotted or knobby appearance. Associated\\nwith tbe gray biotitic gneiss are larger or smaller areas of\\nhornblende gneiss or amphibolite, frequently abounding\\nin minute red garnets, and at other times in magnetite.\\nEven the larger areas of this rock are seldom over a half\\nmile in length, as on Goodnow Hill, the east wall of Hall\\nMeadow Brook, and in Bald and Haystack Mts. The or-\\ndinary gray and the hornblende gneiss are often most in-\\ntricately intermingled; the latter appearing within the\\nformer as bands or lenses, particularly near the junction of\\nthe areas of the two rocks. This is well shown just east", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 497\\nof the summit of Goodnow Hill and also at the sharp bend\\nin Grant street.\\nIn the eastern wall of Hall Meadow Brook, a few hun-\\ndred feet north of the Prentiss Clark place and quite near\\nthe Goshen line, a dike of talc serpentine rock with blades\\nof actinolite occurs within a little area of the hornblende\\ngneiss. This is one of a few localities where this rock has\\nbeen found in Litchfield County. In veins or dikes cutting\\nall the other rocks of the township, and hence itself the\\nyoungest of all, is a coarse granite or pegmatite, composed\\nof pink orthoclase feldspar, white plagioclase feldspar,\\nblack and white micas, and occasionally also black tourma-\\nline and magnetite. One of the largest exposures of this\\nrock forms the pedestal of the Bridgman Mansion.\\nA local segregation of the magnetite occasionally found\\nin this rock has in the past encouraged exploitation for\\niron, and pits have been opened on the north flanks of\\nButton Mt. and of the hill northwest of Blakely Pond. The\\nsame mineral is frequently disseminated through both the\\ngray and the hornblende gneisses, but the indications are\\nthat nowhere in the region has the ore been concentrated\\nsufficiently to repay mining.\\nThe belt of Stockbridge dolomite (Cambrosilurian) which\\noccupies the East Canaan Valley, though covered with\\ndrift, approaches but probably does not pass the Norfolk\\nline. The only area of limestone discovered in the town-\\nship is that of Crissey Hill, near the Windom place. This\\nrock is a coarsely crystalline limestone or dolomite, abound-\\ning in chondrodite and other metamorphic minerals.\\nA granitic variety of the gray gneiss, quarried in Bald\\nMt., is the only valuable mineral product of Norfolk ^thus\\nfar successfully exploited.\\nTHE FLORA OF NORFOLK.\\n(Feom Tue Cuimes, July 21, 1S97.)\\nSelf sown my stately garden grows;\\nThe winds and wind-blown seed.\\nCold April rain and colder snows\\nMy hedges plant and feed.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "498 HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\nFrom mountain far and valleys near.\\nThe harvest sown to-day\\nThrive in all weathers without fear;\\nWild planters, plant away.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Emerson.\\nAmong the many attractions of Norfolk, for the lover\\nof nature the wild-flowers hold a prominent place. From\\nearly spring until late fall the botany enthusiast, or bot-\\nany crank, as he is commonly called, is sure to find some-\\nthing of interest. About two years ago one of our summer\\nvisitors reported one hundred and ninety-seven wild-\\nflowers that she had seen during her stay of four weeks.\\nLong before the snow has left the hills, on a sunny south\\nbank may be seen the bright yellow blossom of the Colts-\\nfoot and the modest little Hepatica. Later, nestling among\\nthe dry leaves, we find the large pink clusters of the\\nArbutus. On the hillside the fragrant Daphne, with its\\nlilac colored blossoms covering the bare stems, is seen.\\nNow a large variety of flowers come crowding in so\\nquickly one finds it difficult to keep in touch with all.\\nAmong them are Dutchman s breeches, or white-hearts,\\nwild ginger root, blood root, violets, trilliums, bellwort\\nand many others. About the last of May are to be found\\nmany dainty pink lady-slippers, and the greenish-yellow\\nblossoms of the clintonia, and in some half-hidden nooks\\nthe Orchis spectabilis raises its delicate head. If you have\\na deal of patience and know in what direction to go, you\\nmay be rewarded by finding a few of the smaller yellow\\nlady-slippers.\\nDuring the month of June the pastures and woods are\\ngay with the pink azalea and laurel, and in the meadows\\nthe daisies and buttercups are opening their golden eyes.\\nOne of the delights of the botanist s life is the Sphagnum-\\nbog. Someone has said that the swamp is nature s sanc-\\ntuary. Truly, such a remote spot as this, so full of rare\\nbeauties, free from any suggestion of man, seems almost\\nlike a holy of holies, and we feel as if we had been some-\\nwhat intrusive in our reckless search after loveliness.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 499\\nYou must go well equipped with rubber boots and open\\neyes, for many are the pitfalls that await you. But who\\nwould not .endure all the unpleasantness for the sake of the\\nreward? If you go the last of June, many will be the ex-\\nclamations of delight as you behold the beauties of the\\nplace. On all sides are different members of the coniferae\\nfamily, some of them draped with long grey moss. A faint,\\nfragrant odor comes to us as we look down and see blos-\\nsoms of the ledum latifolium, and note the leaves clothed\\nwith rusty wool underneath. Nearby is the marsh andro-\\nmeda, with its umbel of pale pink flowers. All around\\nthe roots of these we find the small flowers of the American\\ncranberry. At a little distance we see the wild calla beside\\nsome treacherous pool. Here I would like to correct a\\nstatement made in one of our Connecticut papers, that the\\nwild calla was found in only one place in Connecticut. I\\nfear the writer never botanized in any other, for it grows\\nin five different swamps in Norfolk. But to go back in our\\nbog. Near the calla are the pure white blossoms of the\\nfairy wand orchid. Here, too, are the beautiful rose purple\\nflowers of the arethusa, and if it is not too late, a few of the\\nfunnel-shaped, white beard flowers of the buckbean and\\nthe pale pink blossoms of the kalmia glauca.\\nNear at hand we excitedly espy the brimming beakers\\nof the pitcher plant, winged, hooded leaves, relentlessly\\nholding captive a host of unfortunate insects, which have\\nbeen tempted into their hollows by the sugary exudations\\nfor which they have bartered their lives, for the downward\\nand pointing bristles will prevent their escape. The plant\\nis said to be nourished by the decomposing bodies of these\\ncaptives, and we fancy that the great purple-red flowers\\nwhich nod from theii tall stalks have drawn their hue and\\nvigor from the blood of a hundred victims. These are only\\na few of the wonders of the bog, but the more common ones\\nwe need not mention.\\nOn the edge of at least one of the Norfolk swamps the\\nAmerican rhododendron is found.\\nLater in the season, among the dry woods, we find the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "500 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIndian pipes and pinesap parasites, which sponge their\\nboard out of other plants. Haystack mountain furnishes\\na fine botanical garden. The bright yellow foxglove, the\\nVenus s looking glass, the pink and white blossom of\\nprincess pine, the fragrant pyrola, orchids, not to mention\\nthe numerous varieties of Lycopods, help to make the climb\\nup Haystack interesting. At least twenty-two different\\norchids have been found in Norfolk, among them\\nSpiranthes Romanzoviana, which is especially mentioned\\nin Gray s Botany as growing in Norfolk, Professor Barbour\\nas authority.\\nMany of the Compositae family also find their home in\\nthis section.\\nThese are among the best known, most interesting and\\nmost characteristic of the wild flowers of Norfolk. But\\none has only to take a stroll through any quiet nook to see\\nthat these are a very few of the many flowers that deck our\\nhills.\\nBy two of the local botanists of note who have made a\\nthorough study of the flora of Norfolk, and have found all\\nof the orchids growing in this town, the following ex-\\ntended catalogue of the Orchids of Norfolk has been\\nkindly prepared:\\nLiparis liliifolia, Richard.\\nLiparis Loeselii, Richard.\\nCorallorhiza odontorhiza, Nutt.\\nCorallorhiza multiflora, Nutt.\\nSpiranthes Romanzoffiana, Cham.\\nSpiranthes cernua, Richard.\\nSpiranthes praecox, Watson.\\nSpiranthes gracilis, Bigelow.\\nSpiranthes simplex, Gray.\\nGoodyera repens, R. Br.\\nGoodyera pubescens, R. Br.\\nArethusa bulbosa, L.\\nCalopogon pulchellus, R. Br.\\nPogonia ophioglossoides, Nutt.\\nOrchis spectabilis, L.\\nHabenaria tridentata, Hook.\\nvirescens, Spreng.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 501\\nHabenaria hyperborea, R. Br.\\ndilatata. Gray.\\nHookeri, Torr.\\norbiculata, Torr.\\nblephariglottis, Torr.\\nlacera, R. Br.\\npsycodes, Gray.\\nfimbriata, R. Br.\\nCypripedium parviflorum, Salisb.\\npubescens, Willd.\\nspectabile, Salisb.\\nacaule, Ait.\\nIn the year 1881, Dr. J. H. Barbour of Middletown, in\\nthis state, came to Norfolk, built and for many years occu-\\npied as his summer home Ofora Lodge, near The Hill-\\nhurst. Having taken up botany as a recreation, he found\\nin this, his summer home, a most delightful field for his\\npastime and study.\\nProfessor Barbour presented to the Norfolk Library a\\ncopy of Gray s Botany, in which he had placed in manu-\\nscript, as part of the result of his study of the flora of Nor-\\nfolk, the following list of plants and flowers, which we\\nare kindly permitted to insert in this volume:\\nPlants found in Norfolk which are not common in other parts\\nof Connecticut:\\nAnemone cylindrica, Gray. (Long fruited anemone.)\\nNuphar Kalmianum, Ait. (Small yellow pond lily.)\\nArabis Canadensis, L. (Sickle-pod.)\\nViola rotundifolia, Michx. (Round leaved Violet.)\\nSagina proeumbens, L. (Pearlwort.)\\nOxalis Acetosella, L. (Common wood-sorrel.)\\nNemopanthes fascicularis, Ref. (Mountain Holly.)\\nAcer Spicatum, Lam. (Mountain Maple.)\\nDesmodium cuspidatum, Hook. (Tick trefoil.)\\nVicia Cracca, L. (sp. of Vetch.)\\nGeum strictum, Ait. (Avens.)\\nPotentilla tridentata, Soland. (Three-toothed cinquefoil.)\\nRosa Blanda, Ait. (Early wild rose.)\\nTiarella cordifolia, L. (False Mitrewort.)\\nRibes prostratum, L. Her. (Fetid currant.)\\nCircaea Alpina, L. (Enchanter s Nightshade.)\\nSium Carsonii, Durand. (V^ ater Parsnip.)", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF NOEFOLK.\\nAralia hispida, Vent. (Bristly Sarsaparilla.)\\nCornus circinata, L. Her. (Round leaved cornel or Dogwood.)\\nViburnum cassinoides, L. (Withered.)\\nViburnum Opulus, L. (Cranberry-tree.)\\nLonicera ciliata, Muhl. (Fly Honeysuckle.)\\nAster macrophyllus, L. (Large leaved aster.)\\nHieraciiim aurantiacum, L. (Orange Hawkweed.)\\nTragopogon pratensis, L. (Salsify) (Goat s beard.)\\nLobelia Kalmii, L. (Kalm s Lobelia.)\\nChiogenes Serpyllifolia, Salisb. (Creeping Snowberry.)\\nAndromeda polifolia, L. (Andromeda sp.)\\nKalmia glauca, Ait. (Pale Laurel.)\\nRhododendron maximum. (Great Laurel.)\\nLedum latifolium, Ait. (Labrador tea.)\\nMoneses grandiflora, Salisb. (One flowered pyrola.)\\nGentiana quinqueflora, Lam. (Five flowered gentian.)\\nCynoglossum Virginicum, L. (Hound s tongue.)\\nMimulus luteus, L. (Yellow Monkey flower.)\\nMyrica Gale, L. (Sweet gale.)\\nBetula lutea, Michx. f. (Yellow birch.)\\nLiparis Loeselii, Richard. (Twayblade.)\\nSpiranthes Romanzoffiana, Cham. (Sp. of Ladies Tresses.;\\nGoodyera repens, R. Br. (Rattlesnake plantain.)\\nHabenaria hyperborea, R. Br. (Sp. of Rein-orchis.)\\nHabenaria orbiculata, Torr. (Great green orchis.)\\nStreptopus roseus, Michx. (Twisted stalk.)\\nTrillium erythocarpum Michx. (Painted Trillnun.)\\nScheuchzeria palustris, L.\\nLycopodium annotinum, L.\\nLycopodium inundatum, L.\\nBotrychium lanceolatum, Angstrom.\\nAsplenium thelypteroides, Michx.\\nPhegopteris polypodioides, Fee.\\nPhegopteris Dryopteris, Fee.\\nAspidium Bootii, Tuckermann.\\nWoodsia Ilvensis, R. Brown.\\nThe following are some of the ferns that Professor Bar-\\nbour designated as found growing in Norfolk:\\nPolypodium, vulgare, L. (Polypody.)\\nAdiantum, pedatum, L. (Maiden-hair.)\\nPteris aquilina, L. (Common Brake.)\\nAsplenium ebeneum. (Spleen wort.)\\nFilix-foemina, Bernh.\\nPhegopteris polypodioides, Fee. (Beech Fern.)", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "CHARLES M, RYAN\\nfT\\nJk iMTJIl\\n;7-.y MERRILL HUMP.MREY\\n/a\\nf. JL T M.V/OOSTER\\nLIAM C. PHELPS, BORN SEPTEMBER, 1807. THIS PICTURE OF HIM TAKEN AUGUST 1900.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 503\\nPhegopteris liexagonoptera, Fee.\\nDryopteris, Fee.\\nAspidium Thelypteris, Swartz. (Shield Fern.)\\nNoveboracense, Swartz.\\nspinulosum, Swartz.\\nintermedium, D. C. Eaton.\\nBoottii, Tuckerman.\\ncristatum, Swartz.\\nmarginale, Swartz.\\nacrostichoides, Swartz. (Cliristmas Fern.)\\nCystopteris, fragilis, Bernh. (Bladder Ferns.)\\nOnoclea sensibilis. (Sensitive Fern.)\\nOnoclea Struthiopteris, Hoffman.\\nWoodsia Ilvensis, R. Brown.\\nobtusa, Torr.\\nDicksonia pilosiuseula, Willd.\\nOsmunda regalis, L. (Flowering Fern.)\\nClaytoniana, L.\\nciunamomea, L. (Cinnamon Fern.)\\nBotryehium lanceolatum, Augs. (Adder s-tongue Family.)\\nmatricariaefolium, Braun.\\nternatum, Swartz.\\nVirginianum, Swartz.\\nOphioglossum vulgatum, L. (Adder s-tongue.)\\nXXIX.\\nBRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.\\nThe following chapter, being for the most part a brief\\nmention of the early settlers of this town and their de-\\nscendants, has been gathered from a great variety of\\nsources. That it is free from errors the compiler would by\\nno means dare hope.\\nOf the sources of my information I would mention many\\nvaluable manuscripts left by Dr. Eldridge, to which access\\nhas been kindly given. Of the manuscripts I would specify\\nsome papers prepared at the request of Dr. Eldridge by\\nMichael F. Mills, Esq., in 1857, a short time prior to his\\ndeath. He was one of the last surviving sons of an orig-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ninal proprietor. Also some papers prepared for Dr. El-\\ndridge by James Mars, who in 1798, at the age of 8 years,\\nwas sold as a slave here in Norfolk by Rev. Mr. Thompson\\nof Canaan to Mr. Elizur Miinger, and who lived in this\\ntown much the larger part of his life. I must mention also\\nhere Mr. Norman Riggs, Mr. Lucius Pendleton, and Mr.\\nBenjamin W. Pettibone. Accompanying Esq. Mills papers\\nis the following note, which will be of interest:\\nMay 18, 1857.\\nRev. J. Eldridge, D. D.:\\nDear Sir:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 You gave an invitation for people to hand in to you\\nmemoranda respecting the early settlers of the town. You will\\nprobably be flooded with them, yet as I have time, and it seems to\\nremove gloomy feelings, I have made some, and herewith send. If\\nyou can glean anything from them it would be a gratification to\\nme; if not, they will be waste paper. I have written considerable\\nmore, which I shall look over. If I think it may be of use to you\\nI shall hand it to you. My age and want of education is my ex-\\ncuse for bad spelling and bad grammar.\\nWith respect yours,\\nMICHAEL F. MILLS.\\nFROM ESQ. MILLS PAPERS.\\nEzekiel Wilcox came from Simsbury. He located a mile east\\nof the meeting-house. He married Rosanna Pettibone, sister of\\nCol. Giles Pettibone. He, the said Ezekiel, died June 23, 1774. of\\nthe smallpox. Their children: Charlotte married Noah Amherst\\nPhelps of Simsbury, son of General Noah Phelps. Rosanna mar-\\nried Eden Mills. Ezekiel married Olive Welch. The said Ezekiel,\\nSen., was selectman. The smallpox had commenced the natural\\nway. One or two had it at the house of Abner Beach, about\\ntwenty-five rods south of the meeting-house. Mr. Wilcox came as\\nfar as the front of the meeting-house. Some one came out of\\nBeach s house that had the smallpox -and talked with Wilcox, as\\nhis business was to provide a place to remove them to, where the\\npublic would not be so much exposed. He there took the dis-\\ntemper. Mrs. Wilcox continued to reside upon the same location\\nand kept a tavern until her death, October 1.5, 1813, aged 75. Mrs.\\nWilcox before her marriage, then Rosanna Pettibone, resided in\\nSimsbury. She wished a wedden dress. She made a piece of\\nchecked linen,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 about 40 or 50 yards,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for sale. Samuel Forbes\\nhaving commenced and carrying on the iron business in Canaan,\\nand employing a number of men, paid a high price for checked", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 505\\nlinen. Rosanna Pettibone took her checked linen on horseback,\\nand in company with Benjamin Mills and his wife came through\\nTorrington and Winchester to Samuel Mills in the south part of\\nNorfolk. The nest day to her brother s, Giles Pettibone s, who ac-\\ncompanied her to Mr. Forbes She sold her cloth. Mr. Forbes\\npaid her in iron delivered in Hartford. She exchanged her iron\\nfor a wedden dress.\\nProbably at an earlier date than the trip mentioned\\nabove, when in pursuit of her wedding dress, Rosanna Pet-\\ntibone started alone on horseback from her home in Sims-\\nbury for Norfolk. The roads then were little more than a\\ntrail or bridle-path through a wilderness of forest prime-\\nval. Somewhere in New Hartford she lost the trail, in-\\ntending to come through Winchester township, over Wal-\\nlen s Hill, through Colebrook to Norfolk. She was lost in\\nthe wilderness, but kept on, and when night overtook her\\nstopped, alone in the forest, and spent the night, as it\\nproved, near the location of the old Torringford Church,\\nhaving got upon the trail leading to Torrington. The next\\nday she made her way to her brother, Giles Pettibone s, in\\nthis town. That was doubtless a long, dreary night to\\nRosanna.\\nWilliam Walter came from Goshen. He located on the road\\nnorth of Haystack mountain. He with Giles Pettibone were the\\nfirst representatives. He was an eminent, pious Christian, yet in\\nsome of the last years of his life he was gloomy. Frequently\\nwhen riding a-horseback in some lonely place where he had no\\nreason to think any person heard him, he would offer a most\\nhumble and fervent prayer. He had two wives. He died in 1796.\\nHis children: William located south of Loon meadow. Joel on\\nthe road from Beech flats to Loon meadow, north of the pond.\\nStephen married Mercy Mills for his second wife; located on the\\nsame road, east of Joel. He afterward removed to his father s,\\nnorth of Haystack mountain. He died 1800. Elijah located on the\\nroad east of Stephen Walters. Hannah married John Walter; lo-\\ncated in the east part of the town. Heman, after Joel died, located\\non the same farm.\\nAsahel, Samuel. 18.57. None of the family or descendants re-\\nmain in Norfolk. William Waltei Jun., was a mason by trade.\\nHe was building a chimney of stone. Some people looking on and\\nexamining it said to him. You leave great holes. Walter replied.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "506 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIt is impossible to build a stone chimney so tight but what the rats\\nwill run in, and it is policy to leave holes large enough for the cats\\nto follow them.\\nDeacon David Frisbie married a daughter of Esquire Everett\\nof New Milford. He came from New Milford to Norfolk; located\\nin Loon meadow district, two miles east of the meeting-house. He\\nwas a carpenter, a house and shop joiner by trade. He was from\\na family which had been favored with education and instruction\\nbeyond most families of that day. Two of his brothers received\\na college education. One was a minister of the gospel; the other\\na lawyer, and settled in Virginia. Mr. Frisbie early embraced the\\nprinicples of religion. He was a firm believer in the doctrines and\\nprinciples advanced by Di-. Bellamy and Doctor Edwards. He was\\nattached to reading, especially the Bible and the writings of\\nDoctor Edwards. Few laymen in those days were as well versed\\niu theology as he was. He believed firmly in the decrees of God.\\nHe took great delight in discussing the subject of religion, the\\nattributes of Deity and the free agency of man. He took an active\\npart in religious meetings, and was ever ready to devote time to\\nreligious conversation. He was chosen deacon of the church and\\nserved a number of years, sustaining an eminent Christian charac-\\nter. He removed late in life from Norfolk to Winsted to live with\\nAVillard Holmes, who married his daughter. His wife s father and\\nmother residing in New Milford, used frequently to visit Mr. Fris-\\nbie, Esq. Everett and his wife being small of stature, rode on horse-\\nback from New Milford to Norfolk upon one horse. Mr. Frisbie s\\nchildren; Olive, died. Polly, married a Lewis. Irene, married Earl\\nP. Hawley. John Calvin married Laura Mills, daughter of Law-\\nrence Mills.\\nDavid married Mercy Walter, daughter of Stephen Walter.\\nMartin Luther died in Virginia.\\nJohn Calvin Frisbie now (1857) resides in the town of Scott,\\nN. Y. Miranda married Willard Holmes of Winsted, and at his\\nhouse in 1837, Deacon David Frisbie died, at the age of 87 years.\\nJedediah Richard s family came from Hartford. Jedediah\\nJun. came, being one of the purchasers under the first contract\\nwith the state, which was given up. He located in the east part of\\nthe town near Colebrook, on the farm now owned by William Nor-\\nton. Soon after the second purchase his father, Jedediah Sen.,\\nand a brother came and settled near him. The son Jedediah mar-\\nried a Stewart. They had nine sons, who lived to be men grown.\\nIn 1824 he went with his wife and his nine sons, all remarkable for\\nhealth and strength to Wadsworth, in the state of Ohio. In the\\nsummer of 1855 there were but two of the family living. Roswell,\\nson of Jedediah Richards 2nd, married Betsey Austin. Had five\\nsons. One son, Salmon (1857) living in Norfolk.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 507\\nThe Rev. A. R. Robbins made a visit to Mr. Jedediah Richards\\n2d. The men were in the field harvesting. Mr. Robbins wallied to\\nthe field. Jedediah Richards 1st, Jedediah Richards 2d and Jede-\\ndiah Richards od were a reaping. Jedediah Richards 4th, a boy\\nof about ten years old, was there at work. Mr. Robbins enquired if\\nthe boy could reap. They replied he could. Mr. Robbins said get\\nhim a sickle, which they did. Mr. Robbins stood for some time to\\nsee them reap, and said, Few have seen what I have; four gener-\\nations, all of the same name, reaping together in the same field.\\n(This was doubtless on the farm owned and occupied many years\\nby William J. Norton.) Jedediah Richards 2nd died 1811. Jede-\\ndiah 3d used frequently to remark that he had taken the Hartford\\nCourant for a great many years, and that he made it a point every\\nweek to read it through by course; that he could confidently say\\nthat nothing had been published in the Courant for years that he\\nhad not read.\\nCharles Pardee lived west of Jedediah Richards.\\nReuben Munger located about half a mile west of the meeting-\\nhouse. His sons Jonathan and Edmond were among the first\\nsettlers of the south part of Ohio. Reuben, Nathaniel and Dudley\\nwere early settlers of Middlebury, Vermont. Elizer remained upon\\nthe old homestead. Died 1828, aged 67. One of Mr. Mmiger s\\ndaughters, Abigail, married Benjamin Maltbie. One of her sons,\\nElon, resides in Norfolk.\\nAsahel Case and his wife, Dorotha Phelps, were from Sims-\\nbui-y. He located on the Winchester road, four miles south of the\\ncenter. His children; Joseph, married Lydia Mills. They removed\\nvcith the first settlers to Northern Ohio. Abel. Nathan married a\\nMunger. They were early settlers of Middlebury, Vt. Aashel Jun.,\\nmarried Eunice Everet: lived in the south end district in Norfolk.\\nChildren: Mary married James Swift. Asahel Everet Case, married\\nHuldah Curtis. Dorotha married Philo Smith. Salmon, married\\na Peerson. The said Asahel senior had thirteen children. He died\\n1809, aged 81. Asahel Jun. died 1840, aged 84.\\nAaron Case, son of Asahel Jun., lived on the old place where\\nhis grandfather lived and died. His son, Hiram lived on the old\\nplace, and died there from grinder s consumption, contracted by\\ngrinding scythes in a scythe shop. Another son Dea. Aaron, was\\nfor years a business man in Winsted (and died there early in 1900).\\nRachel married a Markham. Flora married the same Mr. Mark-\\nham as his second wife. Mary married an Alvord. Fanny married\\nDea. Asahel G. Phelps. Cynthia married a Stillman.\\nThe Pease family that came to Norfolk were descendants of\\nJohn Pease from Yorkshire England, who landed at Martha s Vine-\\nyard 1632. A pamphlet of the Pease family was published by Fred-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "508 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nerick S. Pease of Albany. Nathaniel Pease married Eunice Allen.\\nHe died at Norfolk March 28, 1818, aged 93. His wife died March\\n21, 1807. He afterward married Mrs. Pickett. He removed from\\nEnfield to Goshen, and about 1765 to Norfolk. Mr. Pease located\\non the old road to Canaan, about a hundred rods east of the\\nCanaan line. He was a tanner, currier, and leather dresser by-\\ntrade. He carried on boot and shoe-making extensively for those\\ndays, frequently employing ten or twelve men. He came into fhe\\nshop one time, looked rather sharply, said to his workmen, some of\\nyou use too much wax on your thread. My customers complain.\\nOne of the workmen replied, it is not I. I sew clear around the\\nshoe without waxing. Mr. Pease replied, you are the man. If any\\nmore of your shoes rip I will turn you up. Mr. Pease had thirteen\\nchildren.\\n1 Phineas, married Betsey Lawrence; children. Flavins,\\nPhineas, Peter, Hiram, Alonzo, Sally, Pela, Polly, Betsey, Amelia,\\nAmanda.\\n2 Calvin, married Sally Ives; children, Salmon, Pruden. Sally.\\n3 Louisa, married Giles Pettibone, son of Col. Giles Pettibone;\\nchildren, Sally, Polly, Louisa, Julia, Eunice, Jonathan Humphrey,\\nSusan, Charlotte L., Desiah Humphrey.\\n4 Allen, married first, Rachel Tibbals; children, Harlow, Electa;\\nmarried second, Tamsin Sears; children, John S., Eunice.\\n5 Nathaniel, married Jerusha Hall; children, Dudley, Grove,\\nAlmira, Betsey.\\n6 Obadiah, married Deziah Pettibone, dau. of Col. Giles Petti-\\nbone; children, xlugustus P., Obadiah, Deziah, Harriet, Emily.\\n7 Dudley, died young.\\n8 Eunice married Edmond Akins; children, Harry, Betsey.\\n9 Electa married Ahijah Pettibone; children, Ahijah, Maria,\\nMartha, Sally, Augustus P., Hiram.\\n10 Betsey married Ozias Pettibone of Granby; had five sons.\\n11 Flavins died young.\\n12 Earl P., married Mary Ives, daughter of Joseph Ives; chil-\\ndren, Joseph Ives, Richard Henry, Roger Sherman, Mary Eliza.\\n13 Martha, died at three years of age of hyprophobia, having\\nbeen bitten by a cat.\\nSoon after Mr. Nathaniel Pease came to Norfolk he and a\\nneighbor went to Sandisfield on foot on business. In the afternoon\\nthey started for home through the woods. It was cloudy and they\\nhad not proceeded far when a dense fog came on; they could not\\ntell the points of compass and soon they were lost. They found\\na large tree turned up by the roots, the body lying several feet\\nfrom the ground. By breaking limbs etc. they made a shelter\\nwhere they passed the night, and when the sun came out the next\\nday they were able to make their way home.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 509\\nCapt. Titus Ives located on the road to Canaan near the town\\nline. He died in 1810. His children were: Joseph, Sherman,\\nHannah, who married Samuel Tibbals. Sally, married Calvin\\nPease, Howell, George, John and Erastus. All had families. They\\nand their descendants have all left Norfolk. (Capt. Titus Ives\\nlived in the house that is now the residence of Nathaniel S. Law-\\nrence, adjoining the former Holt, now the Eldridge farm. The\\noriginal road to Canaan passed this house.)\\nJedediah Turner, John Turner and Samuel Turner, all settled\\nin the west part of the town. Their descendants were numerous;\\namong them was Rev. Nathaniel Turner, late of New Marlboro,\\nand Bates Turnei Esq., Attorney and Judge of Superior Court of\\nVermont. They are all gone from here. (1857.)\\n.lesse Tobey located on the south side of great Bald mountain.\\nHe had a numerous family. All left here.\\nGeorge Tobey located west of Bald mountain. He had a numer-\\nous family; some of their descendants reside in Canaan.\\nThe Lawrence family, came from England, and located in the\\nregion of Boston.\\nSamuel Lawrence married Patience Bigelow, January 24, 1734.\\nHe settled in Killingly; removed to Simsbury in 1750. He lived\\nsome years in Norfolli; with Capt. Michael Mills, who married his\\ndaughter. He returned to Simsbury and died there Aijril 10, 1793,\\naged 82.\\nTheir children that located and settled in Norfolli; John, located\\nin Loon meadow-district; his children;\\nBetsey, married Jonathan Munger.\\nCharlotte, married Roswell Pettibone, and afterward mar. Ira\\nMills.\\nSophia, married Donna Andress.\\nAnn, married Ralph Mills. John, mar. Phelps.\\nRoxy, married Zenus Mills. Samuel.\\nOther children of Samuel and Patience Bigelow Lawrence.\\nMercy, married Michael Mills.\\nSusan, married Uriah Case.\\nBigelow, maiTied Asenath Curtis.\\nPatience, married Jacob Barber.\\nSarah, married David Barber.\\nZeruah, married Edward Case.\\nJames, married Lois Fuller.\\nSamuel and Luther.\\nAriel, married Lucy Wilcox; located on Loon meadow road\\nnear Colebrook; their children:\\nElijah, mari ied Roxa Beach.\\nAriel Jun., married Lucretia Brown.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "510 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nGrove, married Elizabeth Robbing.\\nLucy, married Medad Curtiss.\\nSusan, married Augustus Pettibone.\\nEzekiel.\\nLuther Lawrence settled on Loon meadow road.\\nDavid Barber, who married Sarah Lawrence, located on Loon\\nmeadow road; their children:\\nHumphrey, Tryphena, Daniel, Timothy.\\nLevi, removed to Ohio, and has since been a member of Con-\\ngress.\\nE. Grove Lawrence, born July 12th, 1806, in Vernon, Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., was son of Grove Lawrence, and grandson of Ariel\\nLawrence, residents of Norfolli. After the death of his father, he\\nwas adopted, at the age of four years, by Augustus Pettibone,\\nwhose wife was his father s sister, and for eighty-four years he\\nlived in Norfolk, dying there August 30th, 1894. Graduating from\\nUnion College in 1827, the same year he married Jerusha Pettibone\\nStevens, daughter of Nathaniel Stevens, and in 1828 began life as\\na farmer on the Titus Ives farm, in the western part of Norfolk,\\nand was still owner of that farm at his death. In 1831 he removed\\nto Norfolk Centre, and engaged in merchandise, in company with\\nElizur Dowd, in the store built by E. H. Dennison, where the build-\\ning of Grove Yale stands. Two or three years later he in company\\nwith James C. Swift, built the building near the stone arch bridge,\\nover the Creek stream on the North Main street road, and was en-\\ngaged in trade there until the property was sold to J. E. E. Ryan\\nCo., about 1836. Lawrence Swift then built the store now occu-\\npied by M. N. Clark, and traded there until the firm of Lawrence\\niS: Swift dissolved, about 1840. He afterward owned and occupied\\nthe Dennison store, until about 1852, in his own name, and in com-\\npany with Nathaniel B. Stevens, as Lawrence Stevens. He\\noperated and owned the grist mill on Buttermilk Falls for many\\nyears, where wheat, rye and buckwheat flour and millstufCs were\\nmanufactured in quantity, and marketed in all the surrounding\\ntowns. He was interested with James C. Swift for a time in oper-\\nating the woolen factory, afterward operated by J. tt E. E. Ryan\\nCo. He built the iron works a short distance east from the old\\ntoll gate in 1846, and it was successfully operated for many years.\\nBy his aid the hoe shop, now operated as part of the ^Etna\\nSilk Company s plant, was built by N. B. Stevens and Augustus\\nP. Lawrence, under the firm name of N. B. Stevens Co. This\\nwas operated for many years by N. B. Stevens, until merged into\\nthe Empire Company, which operated it in connection with the\\nAxle Shop.\\nHe was a large stockholder and promoter of the Lawrence", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 511\\nMachine Co., which built and operated the plant now known as the\\nAxle Shop in West Norfolk, which was erected for the manufac-\\nture of fine wagon axles and wagon springs. He was a stockholder\\nand interested in the disastrous enterprise known as the Norfolk\\nLeather Co., which operated a tannery on the south bank of the\\nBlackberry river in West Norfolk, below the Dewell scythe works.\\nHe was one of the original stockholders in the Winsted Manu-\\nfacturing Co., one of the most successful of Win.sted s manufac-\\nturing enterprises, and was interested in other manufacturing en-\\nterprises in Winsted and in Canaan.\\nHe was largely interested in agriculture; owned and operated\\nseveral farms in Norfolk, and in adjoining towns; dealt extensively\\nin real estate, and erected many buildings in various parts of the\\ntown. He held various offices of trust and responsibilty; was post-\\nmaster for several years; repi-esentative in the Legislature;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 twice\\nSenator from the 17th Senatorial District, Delegate to the Whig\\nNational Convention in 1852. He was actively interested in the or-\\nganization of the Connecticut Western Railroad Company, and\\nwas a director of that company.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence were born ten children; four sons\\nand six daughters. The eldest son, Augustus P., died many years\\nsince, on the Pacific coast. Grove, a graduate of Yale, was an\\nactive, prominent business man of Pana, Illinois, for a long period\\nof years, and died there in 1897. Hiram P., a lawyer, was for many\\nyears in the active practice of his profession in Winsted, where he\\nnow resides. Nathaniel S., is a farmer, on the Titus Ives farm, in\\nthe western part of Norfolk, where his parents began life in 1828.\\nOf the daughters, the youngest died in infancy. Jerusha P.,\\n(Tootie,) a noble, beautiful young lady, universally beloved and\\nesteemed, died August 18G1, at the age of nineteen years. Susan\\nP., married Charles W. Sibley; lived in Pana, Illinois, and died in\\n1898. Elizabeth H., married Professor John L. Mills, a native of\\nthis town, son of Hiram Mills, a graduate of and tutor in Yale\\nCollege, and for many years a Professor in Marietta College, Ohio,\\nwhere they now reside. Miss Augusta P. Lawrence retains the\\nfine old family homestead in this village. Nancy, (Nannie) married\\nMatthew J. Ryan, son of John Ryan, a resident of this town for\\nmany years. They reside in St. Louis, Missouri.\\nJoshua Whitney came to Norfolk from Canaan, as one of the\\nvery first settlers of the town. He was a lawyer and practiced in\\nthe courts of the then new County of Litchfield. He was one of the\\noriginal proprietors of the town, was chosen Proprietor s Clerk at\\ntheir meeting in December, 1755, and held that position for several\\nyears. He built his house near if not on the very site where some\\nyears later Josiah Pettibone built a large house in which Major", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nJames Shepard kept a hotel for many years, and where Samuel\\nCanfield has lived for more than a quarter of a century. The first\\ntown meeting was held in Josiah Whitney s house, December 12,\\n1758. and Mr. Whitney was chosen the first Town Clerli, which\\nposition he held for a number of years, as is shown by the town\\nrecords, which are in his handwriting. He seems to have been a\\nprominent man in the community, as his name is found as one of\\nalmost every important committee for a number of years.\\nMr. Whitney sold this house and lot to Mr. Jonathan Pettibone\\nof Simsbury, who afterward sold it to his son, Giles Pettibone,\\nwho was one of the most prominent of the early settlei-s here.\\nMr. Whitney became financialy embarrassed, sold out and left\\ntown probably as soon as 17G3.\\nSketches of the old Inhabitants, in part, as prepared for Dr.\\nEldridge by James Mars, in 18J57.\\nMr. Joseph Jones lived in the house now owned by Mrs.\\nJulia Pettibone, on the east side of what is called the park. He\\nmarried Abigail Seward, September 3, 1771. He was a tailor by\\ntrade, and had a family of eight children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 three sons and live\\ndaughters. His sons went west;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 three of the daughters married\\nand went west. Keziah married a Newell of Davenport, N. Y.\\nLaura Jones married Deacon Warren Cone, lived and died here.\\nThey had three children. The son, Mr. Joseph W. Cone, is now liv-\\ning here. The following is not by Dea. Mars.\\nAbout the year 1780 Mi Joseph Jones commenced to build the\\nhouse mentioned above, which is still standing and in fair condi-\\ntion, having bought of Mr. Ebenezer Burr eight acres of land in\\nthe north-west corner of said Burr s farm, beginning at a mere-\\nstone at said N. W. corner, which is the boundary of the present\\nparsonage property, running southerly on the east line of the\\ngreen to the north end of the present cottage near the academy,\\nand ba ck about to the brook.\\nIn 1793 Mr. Jones bought of Mr. Burr, one acre, three roods and\\nnine rods of land, beginning at the S. E. corner of said Jones s\\nhome lot.\\nThe post ofBce was kept in this house for a number of years.\\nMr. Jones was the post-master in 1816, at the time of the ordina-\\ntion of Mr. Emerson, and died In 1832 at the age of 82. His\\nrecord as a soldier in the revolutionary army is mentioned in that\\nconnection. Before he went into the army Mr. Jones had the\\nframe of his two story house up to the rafters. Upon his return\\nfrom the war he felt too poor to build a two story house, so he\\ncut off the posts and made it one story, as it is today. Some of the\\nlater occupants, who were tall people used often to wish, as they\\nbumped their heads in those low chambers, that Mr. Jones had", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 513\\nnot cut off those posts so short. A child was born to Mrs. Jones\\nsoon after he entered the army, which he never saw till it was\\nthree years old, as he did not return honae in all that time. Clarissa,\\ndaughter of Mr. Joseph Jones, married a Mr. Andrus of Davenport,\\nN. Y. The pine clapboards and other pine timber used by Mr.\\nWarren Cone in building his fine house in 1836, was sawed by Mr.\\nAndrus at Davenport, N. Y.; lumber without a knot being selected,\\ndraAvn over the Catskill Mountains by teams, and brought here to\\nbe used in building Mr. Cone s house.\\nMr. Asa Foot lived in the next house north, near where Mi-.\\nPettibone Thompson lives. He was a blacksmith; his shop was\\nwhere Mr. F. E. Porter s house stands.\\nThe next house was where Mr. James Swift, later Mr.\\nHorace Stannard, lived. Dr. Benjamin Welch lived there, and\\nafiterwards built the house where his son, Dr. William W. Welch,\\nlives. He had nine children. His five sons all became doctors and\\nall settled near Norfolk. Two of his daughters married ministers;\\nRev. Henry Cowles and Rev. Ira Pettibone.\\nMr. Zebulun Shepard lived the next house east, south side of\\nthe road, where Franklin Bramble lived later. This old house\\nstill stands there, at the entrance to Knolly Brook. Mr. Shepard\\nwas gate tender at the gate in Winsted. David Roys, a goldsmith,\\nbrother of Auren Roys, lived in this same house several years.\\nIn the nest house, which stood on the south side of the road\\nnear Charles H. Mills barn, Mr. .7. Hollister, a blacksmith, lived.\\nHis shop was east of the house. He went from here to Salisbury.\\nThe next house was Mr. Levi Thompson s, up on the hill,\\nwhich Irad Mills owned later. Mr. Thompson was a tanner and\\nshoe-maker. He built the house, which he sold to Ephraim Coy,\\nwhere C. H. Mills lived. Mr. Thompson had two sons and two\\ndaughters, born in the old house. Sarah married Mr. Lemuel\\nAiken. His sons Giles and Seth spent their lives in this town.\\nCaptain Benjamin Bigelow lived on the Chestnut Hill road,\\na little distance south, where his grandson Benjamin lives. Capt.\\nBigelow manufactured nails; wrought nails by hand, and a few\\nmachine made cut nails later. He had two sons, Mark and Lemuel,\\nwho lived and died in this town, and a son Robert who lived in\\nFlorida, and died there.\\nIn the war of 1812 Capt. Bigelow drilled a military company\\nfor service on a lot on Beech flats.\\nCapt. Timothy Gaylord lived on the top of the hill east. He\\nbuilt a house which was burned just as it was completed; fire\\ncatching in some shavings when the workmen were at dinner. He\\nrebuilt, and his son Reuben lived the larger part of his life on this\\nplace. Capt. Timothy Gaylord died at his old home in 1825, aged 90.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "514 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nOn Pond Hill, a few rods east of the forks of the roads was\\nthe house where Mr. Hopestill Welch lived. He had nine children;\\nmost of them went to Ohio. His son, Dr. Benjamin, is mentioned\\nelsewhere.\\nHopestill Welch had three sons and ten daughters.\\nRoyce Gaylord, a brother of Timothy mentioned before, lived\\nin the next house east, which he built in about 1780. He had six\\nsons; three of them went to Pennsylvania. His son Royce lived\\nin the house with his father and died there in 1833, aged 48. Royce\\nGaylord, sen., who was a soldier of the Revolution and of the\\nFrench war, died in 1825, aged 87.\\nTimothy, son of Royce, sen., built a house on the Greenwoods\\nturnpike and opened a tavern about 1800, and continued to keep it\\nfor about thirty-five years. He was a Free Mason, and for many\\nyears the lodge held their meetings in his house, where there was\\na large ball-room, as it was called. In those early days the country\\nwas a wilderness, full of wild animals. Royce Gaylord Sen.\\ncaught and killed a large panther that had killed a yearling steer\\nof his. Sherman Cowles, when a schoolboy, often stopped to see\\nthe old people who lived in the west part of the house, and Royce\\nJun., in the east part. After the death of the younger man, in\\n1833, Sherman Cowles bought of his widow a musket that was\\ncaptured in the French war, and carried in the Revolutionary war.\\nTHE COWLES FAMILY.\\nThe following was prepared many years ago by Mr. Peter\\nCorbin of Colebrook and is now kindly furnished for this history\\nby Mr. Benjamin W. Pettibone of Winchester:\\nTradition says the first Cowles came to this country in 1665.\\nHe was a merchant in London, and went to Holland for goods. On\\nhis return he found the gates shut and the plague raging, and im-\\nmediately sailed for America. The name was spelt Coles, Cowls,\\nCole and Cowles.\\nWe begin at Farmington, Conn. Samuel B. married a Newell:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nan Albino.\\n(The Albinos had pink eyes, which seemed very weak, and were\\nalmost closed and their sight seemed very defective. Their hair\\nwas white, and complexion exceedingly white. Within the past\\ntwo or three generations it has been said that some of the descen-\\ndants of this couple showed evidences of the pink, squinted eye.)\\nSamuel, 2d, born 1710; married a Brooks; died in New Hart-\\nford, 1798, aged 88. Their children were Samuel, born October,\\n1735; married Sybil North.\\nMartha, born 1741; married Thomas Curtis.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 515\\nAmasa, born Feb. 5, 1745; married Lucy North.\\nEunice, born 1749; married Job Curtis.\\nJerusha. born 1751; married Ebenezer North.\\nMindwell, married Thomas Judd.\\nAdna, born 1754; married Ruth Boardman.\\nAbigail, born 1752; married 1st, 2d, Miles Riggs.\\nAbigail Riggs died November 14, 1833, aged 81.\\nMiles Riggs died September 17, 183G, aged 88.\\nDea. Samuel Cowles 3d, was born in Cheshire, Conn, October\\n1735; married Sybil North, daughter of Ebenezer and Sybil-Curtis-\\nNorth, of Farmington; she was born 173(5.\\nDea. Samuel Cowles died October 1815, aged 80.\\nSybil, his wife, died September 1807, aged 71.\\nDeacon Samuel Cowles came from Cheshire to Torringford;\\nsettled in family estate, and removed to Norfolk about 1758, near\\nthe place where Warren Cone built his house.\\nCowles and Curtis built the first grist mill west of the centre,\\nnear the site of the present grist mill. (This statement does not\\nagree with the records of the proprietors of the town, nor with the\\nearly land records. T. W. C.)\\nThey (Cowles and Curtis), also carried on the potash business,\\nand kept a small store of goods. He (Cowles) removed to the south\\nend of Norfolk about 1780, and occupied the farm called the Ferry\\nfarm, a few rods south of the south end school-house. He afterwards\\nmoved to the farm called Chestnut hill, about 1790; there he car-\\nried on potash making and kept a store of goods; and it is said\\nhe had the only store of goods kept in Norfolk until Joseph Battell\\ncommenced trading. Deacon Cowles had a grist mill at the south\\nend in company with another man: Mr. Boardman, I think.\\nIn October, 1803 or 04, he with his son Samuel Jr., removed to\\nColebrook. Their farms lay in the three towns about equal; Nor-\\nfolk, Colebrook, and Winchester,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of nearly 300 acres. Soon after\\nhe came to Colebrook, he was chosen deacon of the Congregational\\nChurch there, which office he held until his death. He lived a\\nvery exemplary life; a live, devoted Christian; in the family devo-\\ntions very exact and uniform in the time of its exercise. His\\nlast public prayer was on the last Sabbath he attended meeting\\nbefore his death, during the awakening of the fall and winter of\\n1815. I seem now to see him as he stood up in his earnest and\\nfervent manner, he offered up his petition that the Holy Spirft\\nmight be poured out upon this place; that sinners might be con-\\nverted and brought to repentance; and fully in a measure in his\\nown family, was his prayer answered. Deacon Cowles served in\\nthe French and Indian wars. Was at the siege of Louisburg, and\\nthe taking of Crown Point and Ticonderoga. He was full of good", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "516 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhumor and cheerful; very earnest in politics; a strong Federal.\\nAt one time he accompanied the minister on a pastoral visit where\\nthe family were averse to the subject of religion. He thought\\nthey had been treated rather coldly. When they left, the deacon\\nbegan to scrape his feet on the step. The minister said to him,\\nWhy, what are you doing? He replied, taking the Scripture in-\\njunction, that if they refuse to hear you, shalie off the dust of\\nyour feet for a testimony against them when ye depart. Much\\nmore might be added. Deacon Cowles used to say that his grand-\\nfather was a Fairier Doctor in Cromwell s Army.\\nIn all his intercourse with his fellow-men he was exact and just.\\nOne little incident will illustrate the mother. During the political\\nstrife in Jefferson s days much was said about Democrats and\\nFederals. Dea. Cowles had been to Colebrook to attend Freeman s\\nmeeting. On his return home he described the appearance of the\\nDemocrats in a ludicrous manner; poorly shod, and clad with old\\nslouching hats, etc. While in bed that night the mother with her\\nbabe dreampt she had a Democrat in bed with her, and as a good\\nhonest Federal woman she dumped the babe out on the floor, con-\\nverting him and his descendants, doubtless, to good Republicans\\never after.\\nAn incident of one of the family connections, moving from New\\nYork State to the Sciota country, Ohio, was very painful. Com-\\nmencing the journey, he sent forward one of his sons with a drove\\nof cattle and sheep. He put up for the night, and was never heard\\nfrom afterward, and it was supposed that he was murdered.\\nMr. Joseph Rockwell came from Colebrook and settled\\nin the east part of this town, where he spent his life, and\\ndied in 1843, aged 85. His daughter married Mr. Thomas\\nTrumbull Cowles, also mentioned elsewhere, and they\\nspent their lives on a farm very near where they were born.\\nMr. Cowles died in September, 1877, aged 73. On the same\\nfarm their son, Joseph Rockwell Cowles, still lives. Their\\nyounger son, Alva Seymour Cowles, who had been repeat-\\nedly elected to fill nearly all the town oflSces, in different\\nyears, and who had represented the town also in the Legis-\\nlature of the State, was in July, 1896, fatally injured in an\\naccident, and his untimely death at the age of 57 was uni-\\nversally deplored.\\nMr. George Rockwell, son of Joseph Rockwell, spent\\nmost of his life in this town; married Myris Guiteau,\\ndaughter of Dr. Philo Guiteau, and died in February, 1855,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 517\\naged 61. Their son, Columbus Rockwell, studied law, mar-\\nried Margaret, daughter of Capt. Augustus Phelps, went\\nWest, and died in middle life. Philo Guiteau Rockwell,\\nson of George Rockwell, was a physician of note; practiced\\nfor many years in Waterbury in this state, died at Aiken,\\nS. C, February 6, 1888, and was buried at Waterbury.\\nAmasa Cowles, who for a time lived in the south end district\\nin this town, about the year 1776 built the house a short distance\\neast of the Royce Gaylord place, where he spent his life and died\\nin 1832, aged 87. His son Amasa, Jr., lived in the house with his\\nfather, and died there in 1827, aged 56.\\nMr. Cowles Sen., liept a tavern in this house until about 1820.\\nAt the time Burgoyne s army passed through this town, a portion\\nof the army was encamped a little east of Mr. Cowles house, and\\nthe men came into his house exhausted by their long march, and\\nlay down upon their faces on the floor in such numbers that the\\nwomen could not get around the house to do their worli. When\\nasked to get out of the way the men said, We are so tired we\\ncan t get up, and you can walli over us, stepping on our backs, and\\nthis the women did. Mr. Cowles was a Revolutionary soldier. He\\nwas detailed once in the winter time during the war to take a load\\nof provisions from Norfolk to the army at Johnstown, N. Y. He\\nwent with an ox-team and made the round trip in six weeks. He\\nsaid once to his comrades in the army, Do you want to see me\\ncut off the head of that swallow sitting on the ridge of the barn?\\nHe fired, and the head of the swallow dropped one side of the roof,\\nand the body the other side.\\nAmasa Cowles, Jun., married first Sabrina Bull of Winsted.\\nThe children of this marriage were Saphronia, who married Alva\\nSeymour and lived in Turin, N. Y., and Thomas Trumbull, who\\nspent his life on a farm a short distance east of his birthplace.\\nHis second wife was Hannah Hosmer of South Canaan. Their\\nchildren were Sherman Hosmer, William Everett and Henry\\nMartyn.\\nThomas Hosmer, the grandfather of those last mentioned, was\\na captain in the Revolutionary army. In a N. Y. regiment. At one\\ntime, wtih a squad of twelve men he surprised the British soldiers\\nin a fort on Lake Erie and compelled them to surrender, although\\nthe British outnumbered the Americans by one man. Capt. Hosmer\\ndied in the old Cowles house in Norfolk, at the age of 96 years.\\nThe above incidents are given as related by Mr. Sherman Cowles,\\nearly in the year 1900, he assuring me they were given as related\\nrepeatedly in his presence by his grandparents, Amasa Cowles and\\nCapt. Thomas Hosmer.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "518 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nLieut. Samuel Pettibone lived a short distance east of the\\nAmasa Cowles place. He lived iu a log house a few years, and in\\nabout 1779 built the house where he spent the remainder of his\\nlife, where his son Amos lived a few years after his father s death,\\nand where Mr. Thomas T. Cowles spent his life, having, when a\\nyoung man, bought out Dea. Amos Pettibone. One of Samuel\\nPettiboue s sons, Samuel Jr., lived a short distance east of his\\nfather s place, at the foot of the hill, on the south side of the road,\\nand died there in 1813, before the death of his father, leaving sons,\\nLorrin and Alanson. Their place was sold to James Mars, who,\\nafter living there a few years, sold to Mr. Thomas T. Cowles. The\\nold house is still standing, having been made into a barn. Samuel\\nPettibone s son, Luman, was a physician and lived in Stoclvholm,\\nN. Y. His son, Philo, died in early married life. Dr. Luman Petti-\\nbone had three sons who were ministers; Rev. Roswell, of Canton,\\nN. Y. Rev. Ira, who married Louisa P. Welch of this town, and\\nRev. Philo C. Pettibone of Burlington and Beloit, Wisconsin.\\nA Dr. Bidwell for a time lived a little east of Samuel Petti-\\nbone Jun. s. Mr. Joseph Rockwell later owned and lived in the\\nsame house, which was burned when Mr. Rocliwell was an old\\nman, having caught fire when he was burning out the chimney.\\nMr. Joseph Loomis lived near the Colebrook line; the house\\nstood some rods west of the brook that crosses the road near the\\nline. The barn stood on the north side of the road, nearly opposite\\nthe house.\\nAnson Couch moved what was called the old Avery house from\\nnear the Colebrook line, upon Mr. French s farm, where he spent\\nhis life.\\nAn Indian named John George lived for a time in the old Avery\\nhouse. He had two sons, John George and Stephen George, the\\nlatter of whom is remembered by a few still living.\\nMr. Philemon Gaylord, son of Joseph and Rachel Tibbals Gay-\\nlord, lived on the farm where his son Capt. Hiram Gaylord spent\\nmost of his life. This place has been the town farm for many\\nyears. Philemon Gaylord married Martha Curtiss. He had other\\nsons, Lewis, Joseph, and Philemon Curtiss; the latter lived on the\\nGreenwoods turnpike, a short distance east of the green, where\\nhis daughters Irene and Anna now reside.\\nMr. Benjamin Maltbie lived on the old line of the Greenwoods\\nturnpike, a short distance east of Timothy Gaylord s tavern. He\\nmarried Abigail, daughter of Reuben Munger. They had eleven\\nchildren, most of whom went west. His son Elon spent most of\\nhis life on this place and died there.\\nMr. Edmond Akins, son of Mr. Henry Akins, lived on the\\ngreen, the first house south of the meeting-house, where Mr. Elizur", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 519\\nDowel now lives (1857). He was a lawyer; had a son who went to\\nOhio, and a daughter who married Mr. Ashley, and lived in Hills-\\ndale, N. Y.\\nMr. Auren Roys lived in a house that stood where Rev. Dr.\\nEldridge s house now stands. He was a son of Mr. Nathaniel Roys,\\nwho earlier had lived where ]Mr. Daniel Burr and then his son,\\nMr. Silas Burr, lived. Nathaniel Roys died in 1832 in his 100th\\nyear.\\nAuren Roys was a goldsmith, and the later part of his life a\\ndruggist. For a time he had his apothecary shop, as it was called,\\nin the gambrel roofed house just north of Dr. Benj. Welch s, and\\nlater he lived in the house just north and In the rear of the meet-\\ning-house, and had his little shop just at the north-east corner of\\nthe house. This house was torn down about 1895. Dr. Boyce, or\\nPa Rice, as he used to be called, had but one child, a daughter, who\\nmarried a Mr. Salmon, and lived in Richmond, Mass. He was the\\nauthor of the only history of Norfolk that has as yet been pub-\\nlished, reference to which and quotations from which in this booR\\nwill be often found. He was for nearly forty years Town Clerk\\nand also Ecclesiastical Society s Clerk, until old age and impaired\\nhealth forced him to resign. The remarkably neat, careful way in\\nwhich for all those years he kept the record of the town and society\\nis an enduring evidence of the character of the man\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Faithful in\\nthat which is least, faithful also in much. A few still remain\\nwho remember that row of saints, seatmates for many years, in fhe\\nseat next north of the pulpit in church, who were always there,\\nalways sang every hymn, always showed that they were in a devout\\nframe of spirit, and rarely fell asleep during the sermon. They\\nwere Dr. and Mrs. Roys, Mrs. Mary Gaylord, and Mrs. Lucy Case.\\nOf them, if of any who ever lived upon earth, in the opinion of the\\nwriter it could be said, Behold, Israelites indeed, in whom is no\\nguile.\\nOne or two well authenticated anecdotes will prove that Man\\nwants but little here below. In a Society s meeting in this town\\nthe question being discussed was. How much does a minister\\nreally need to support his family for a year? and different ones\\nwere asked how much of the standard meat, pork, which was\\nalmost the only meat used,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 do you use in your family? One re-\\nplied, In our family of three the past year w^e used eighteen\\npounds of meat.\\nThe same man came in one hot summer s forenoon from work-\\ning in his garden, and in the presence of one of their neighbors\\nsaid, Mother, I feel wearied, and I think it will be necessary that\\nI have some luncheon. He went to the pantry and brought out a\\ntablespoon filled with custard, sat down, and with a teaspoon ate", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhis limcheou with great apparent satisfaction, and when his repast\\nwas finished remarlced, I feel very much refreshed.\\nDr. Auren Roys died Sept. 19, 18.58, aged 85.\\nMrs. Roys died Sept. IG, 1853, aged 82.\\nAnother son of Nathaniel Roys, named David, was a gold-\\nsmith.\\nMr. Ebenezer Burr. Avho was one of the original proprietors and\\nfirst settlers of the town, lived just at the south end of the green, his\\nfirst house having doubtless been built of logs; his second house, of\\nthe lean-to style, having stood a few rods south of what was later\\nthe Darius Phelps, and still later the Benjamin Crissey house. Mr.\\nBurr was for some years a prominent man in town and churcli\\naffairs; for a number of years after the organization of the town\\nhe was the town Treasui er, and was one of the committee who\\npetitioned the Colonial Assembly for the incorporation of the town,\\nwhich was granted in 1758, so that the inhabitants might have\\ntown privileges and enjoy the preaching of the gospel. He was the\\nfourth generation from Benjamin Burr, the founder of the Hart-\\nford branch of the Burr family; son of John Burr of Farmington,\\nCt., where he was born July 9, 1712. His sons were Ebenezer,\\nOliver, Daniel and Aaron. Their descendants at one time were\\nquite numerous in this town. There are five descendants of Daniel\\nBurr in town at present, males of the name Burr, and a larger\\nnumber bearing other names.\\nEbenezer Burr died March 12, 1794, aged 82. Upon his tomb-\\nstone in the Centre Cemetery is the inscription, He shall come to\\nhis grave in a full age, lili;e as a shock of coi-n cometh in in his\\nseason.\\nEbenezer Burr Jun., lived for a time on the old Goshen road,\\nin what was later Stephen Tibbals house, still later Joel Beach s\\nhouse, which stood not far from the site of the present Bridgman\\nmansion. This house was probably built by Cornelius Brown, just\\nat the foot of Burr Mountain, as it was called. He was a man\\nwho, according to tlie i-ecords, held several town offices. His entry\\ninto public life was made Feb. 3, 1762, when in town meeting it\\nwas Voted to give Ebenezer Burr Jun., five shillings to sweep the\\nmeeting-house and take care that the doors and windows are shut\\ntill the annual meeting next December.\\nDea. Mars says: Opposite of Auren Roys, Capt. Darius Phelps,\\nson of Mr. John Phelps, lived. He tore down the old house and\\nbuilt the house where Mr. Crissey now lives, a few rods north of\\nwhere the old house was. He kept a tavern here for many years.\\nHe married Mary Aiken. Their cliildren were Wilcox and Darius,\\nmentioned elsewhere, and probably others. Mrs. Phelps, called\\nby many people Aunt MoUie, was a imique character. She was a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 521\\nvery constant attendant at church. One Siuiday some trouble with\\nher foot prevented her wearing her shoe, and so kept her at home.\\nA large number of friends and acquaintances came to her house to\\nspend the intermission between services, as usual, and the greeting\\nfrom each one was, Why, Aimt Mollie, are you sick? You wasn t\\nat meeting! When she had heard the same thing and explained\\nuntil it had become monotonous she said, Half the people don t\\ngo to meeting half the time, but if I stay home half a day the\\nwhole town is in an uproar.\\nThe Masonic Fraternity often held their meetings in the ball-\\nroom at Capt. Phelps tavern. Aunt Mollie was not wholly in\\nfavor of the oi der. Candidates for initiation used often to come\\ninto her sitting room and wait to be called up to pass through the\\nordeal. One night a young man sat waiting to be called, and Mrs.\\nPhelps said to him, Are you going to join the Masons? He as-\\nsented, when presently she said, Then I must have my part ready.\\nSo she stirred up the great bed of coals in the fireplace, brought in\\nher gridiron and put it heating, raising it almost to a white heat.\\nThe young man thought that was proof positive that he should\\nhave to sit on a red-hot gridiron, as he had heard was the case. He\\nvery soon started out, not waiting to be called for initiation.\\nCapt. Darius Phelps died in 1818, aged 6G.\\nHis wife, Mary Aiken Phelps, died Feb. 16, 1846, aged 87.\\nMr. Isaac Balcom lived for a time in the house south, at the\\nfoot of the hill, near the brook. This house was built and occupied\\nas a spinning house for some years, as is mentioned elsewhere.\\nIn 1815 Major James Shepard came to Norfolk from Winsted and\\nbuilt a tannery on the brook, a little north of the old Robbins\\nHouse, not far from the present Robbins School-house. He lived\\nin the old spinning house, long known as Mrs. Nettleton s house,\\nnow the home of Mrs. Peter Curtiss, and with a Mr. Starr did quite\\na business here for several years. In 1820 he deeded to Benjamin\\nC. Cross the land where I now live, with the dwelling-house and\\nother buildings, bounded E., N. and S. on Darius Phelps, W. on\\nhighway, and one other piece where my tanhouse stands, bounded\\neast and north on the highway, south and west on Joseph Battell s\\nland. Said last piece has a barn and tanhouse standing thereon.\\nBoth pieces contain about two acres.\\nMajor Shepard came to Winsted from New Hartford about\\n1800, with Col. Hosea Hinsdale, with whom he was associated in\\nthe tanning business until 1810, when, in company with Asahel\\nMiller, he built the original tannery on the site of the George\\nDudley tannery. He came to Norfolk in 1815 and continued in\\nthe tanning business until 1820, when he commenced keeping a\\nhotel in the house built and formerly kept by Capt. Ariel Lawrence,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "522 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\njust opposite Dr. Welch s residence. A little later he bought of\\nAaron Hosmer the farm and tavern which was built by .Josiah\\nPettibone, near Haystack brooli. Hei e he kept hotel and was\\nlargely interested in the Hartford and Albany stage line, his house\\nbeing a stopping point for all the stages. He lived here the re-\\nmainder of his life and died in 1846, aged 71. He married a Miss\\nRockwell.\\nTheir children were: .John Andros, born 1802; kept the Shepard\\nHotel at the northwest corner of the green the greater part of his\\nlife. Laura Seymour, born 1804; died unmarried. James Hutchins,\\nborn 1806, for many years a merchant in this town; a very earnest\\nChristian man, a staunch supporter and the main pillar of the\\n]Methodist Episcopal Church. He never married. Late in life he\\nwent to Wisconsin, where he died, February, 1895, aged 89.\\nEliza, who was born in 1808, married Mr. Alfred Dennis of\\nNewark, Nev^ Jersey, a prominent business man, a dealer in\\nleather, in which business he amassed a large fortune. He was tlie\\nlirst man to have a residence for summer only in Norfolk, having\\nl)ought soon after 1S50 the house which is now the j)arsonage.\\nwhich he rebuilt in very fine style.\\nSamuel Shepard, born 1812; married a sister of Mr. Alfred L.\\nDennis. Kept the Beardsley House in Winsted several years. Died\\nin Norfolk in 1872. His son, Edward Shepard, is a Professor in\\nDrury College at Springfield, Missouri.\\nThe house mentioned above at the foot of the hill near the\\nbrook, where Mr. Cross, Major James Shepard, and later the\\nWidow Nettleton lived for many years, and which is now the\\nhome of Mrs. Mary Aiken Curtiss, was built about 1790 for a\\nspinning-house by a number of the prominent families of the\\ntown at that day, among them being Rev. Mr. Robbins, Mr. Giles\\nFettibone Jr., Mi*. Grove Lawrence, and others. The ladies of\\nthe town, some of them, had their flax wheels placed there; power\\nwas brought from the brook to run their wheels, and these ladies\\ndid their spinning there instead of at their homes, where they had\\nto furnish foot-power to run their wheels. Mrs. Julia Pettibone,\\nwho died in 1876 at the age of 89, often told her friends that when\\na child she used to go there with her mother and take care of the\\nbaby while her mother was spinning.\\nDea. Mars says again: After leaving the house where Ebenezer\\nP.urr, .Jr., lived, the road went south over the hill. There were\\nthree houses before the road came out, near where the railroad now\\ncrosses the Goshen road. Zebadiah Johnson, the father of Mr.\\nSamuel Johnson, lived in the first house south of Mr. Burr s. This\\nplace has since been known as the Dutton and the Wooster farm.\\nNext on the old road Mr. Aaron Brown lived. He went to", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 523\\nOhio and all his family. This house was on the Spaulding farm,\\nthe old site being clearly visible still. Aaron Brown was the son\\nof Titus Brown, one of the first settlers of the town, and a soldier\\nof the Revolution. He died on this place in February, 1802, aged\\n88. His son, Titus, Jr., died May, 1782. Aaron was his only son\\nwho lived to maturity. He married Lucy Sturdevant and moved\\nto Ohio in 1814. Their children were: Rhoda, born 1785; died 17 J7.\\nAaron, Jr., born 1789. Titus, born 1792. Ezra, born 1795. James\\nSturdevant, born 1801.\\nMr. Edmund Bi-own lived next south. I think he had no chil-\\ndren. Mr. Edmund Brown was one of the early settlers of the\\ntown; son of Abraham Brown of Coventiy. The land records of\\nthis town show a deed of land to him In December, 1757, and an-\\nother in January, 1758. He was born in 1735. Married Anna Burr\\nMay 9, 1764. They had no children, and he adopted his nephew.\\nEdmund Brown of Manchester, who came to Norfolk to live with\\nhis uncle in about 1784, and who became a prominent resident of\\nthe town.\\nEdmund Brown, the elder, lived on the Goshen road, a short\\ndistance north of where the Winchester road branches off. His\\nwife survived him a number of years.\\nThe old house place, called the Aunt Anna place, and a large\\nrock by the side of the railroad track called the Aunt Anna Rock,\\nare still pointed out by those living in the neighborhood. From\\nEdmund Brown and Titus Brown, the early owners. Brown moun-\\ntain received its name, and more recently was named Sugar Hill,\\nwhich name it still bears.\\nIn the fork of the roads where the Winchester road branches\\noff, Mr. Ebenezer Cole lived. The house is still standing. He\\ntended the g-ate towards Winsted in the latter part of his life, and\\nfrom there went to Salisbury, where he died.\\nMr. Ebenezer Norton s house, which has been torn down, stood\\nnext south, on the east side of the road, north of the Samuel John-\\nson place. Some of Mr. Norton s grandchildren are still here (1857),\\nthe children of Esq. Edmund Brown.\\nMr. Ebenezer Norton was an early settler in the town. He\\nmarried, December 24, 1769, Content Dowd, daughter of Cornelius\\nDowd, formerly of Goshen. Another daughter, Mabel Dowd, mar-\\nried Isaac Holt. Ebenezer Norton, Sen., died May 15, 1833, aged 91.\\nHis wife died December 17, 1824, aged 73. Their children w^ere\\nChandler Dowd, who died in this town, unmarried, aged 29. Elisha,\\nIsaac, Sally, Philura, and Mabel Holt, who married Esq. Edmund\\nBrown, mentioned elsewhere, and Ebenezer, Jun., who married\\nPhilomela Parmeter. While their children were quite young they\\njoined a large party and all moved, treked, the Boers would say.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "524 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nto the Western Reserve,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Connecticut lands in Ohio. They\\ntraveled all the way by ox teams, but after reaching their destina-\\ntion Mr. Norton was not satisfied with the outlook, and he soon\\nreturned with his wife and little flock to Norfolk.\\nNot long after his return he died, and his sister, Mrs. Edmund\\nBrown, interested herself in the care and maintenance of his family,\\nwho had been deprived of their principal natural protector. His\\nson, William, was killed when a young man in the Seminole war in\\nFlorida. Chandler was a successful business man, who spent his\\nlife in Pompton, New Jersey. His daughter, Rebeckah, married\\nMr. John Gray of Stepney, Ct. His daugl;ter, Sarah, married Mr.\\nJohn Wayland of Trumbull, Conn. They had one son, Chandler\\nNorton Wayland, who when a young man entered the Elton Bank-\\ning Company of Waterbury, and there continued until 1875, when\\nhe became president of Holmes, Both and Haydens, very extensive\\nbrass manufacturers, of Waterbury, and since that year has had\\nhis winter home in New York. In various positions of responsi-\\nbility Mr. Wayland has exhibited unquestioned fidelity and dili-\\ngence, and achieved a marked success. He has a beautiful summer\\nhome on one of the Thimble Islands, in Long Island Sound, which\\nis a place of resort for his artist friends, authors and musicians.\\nHe is a musician of cultivated talent, possesses refined literary\\ntastes, and a facile pen.\\nMr. Joseph Plumbley lived where Mr. Samuel Johnson, and\\nlater his son, Harvey Johnson, lived, south of Ebenezer Norton s,\\non the Goshen road. They had but one child. They moved to\\nStephentown, N. Y. Mr. Plumbley married Dolly, daughter of Titus\\nBrown. They both lived to be over ninety years of age.\\nThe next were the Moses families, on south up the hill. Joshua\\nMoses, Jr., who was born in Simsbury, Feb. 24, 1727, came to Nor-\\nfolk, bought a piece of land of Joseph Mills in May, 1759, built\\na log house just south of what was known as the Thomas Moses\\nplace,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the present summer residence of Dr. A. S. Dennis; went\\nback to Simsbury, married Abigail Terry, and brought her to Nor-\\nfolk on horseback, she riding on a pillion, and here they spent their\\nlives. Their children were: Joshua 3d, who spent his life in this\\ntown; Abigail, who married Reuben Palmer, lived and died here;\\nJesse, who married Esther Brown, sister of Esq. Edmund Brown,\\nand moved to Canaan Valley; Thomas, mentioned below; Ruth,\\nJonah, and Jonathan. The five sons married and settled for a time\\nwithin the sound of their father s dinner horn. Thomas Moses\\nspent his life on his father s original place. He married Abigail\\nBrown, a sister of Esq. Edmund Brown, and they reared a family\\nof five sons and five daughters. Salmon, the eldest, born Dec,\\n1792, became a physician of note at Hoosick, N. Y. A letter written", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 525\\nwhen a young man, to his mother, will be found below. Thomas\\nJr., Ralph, and Benjamin all died early in life. Benjamin Moses\\ndaughter, Mrs. Hiram P. Lawrence, now resides in Winsted. Hiram\\nalso was a physician of note, at Petersburg, N. Y.\\nThe daughters: Julia married Nathaniel Oviatt. Betsey, born\\nOctober 1, 1805, married Halsey Hulburt. They settled in Medina\\nCounty, Ohio, and became prominent, prosperous people. Mrs.\\nHulburt never returned to visit her early home. She lived to be 92\\nyears of age. An account of her one trip to Ohio will be found\\nbelow. Eunice married George Brown. Lived in Brooklyn, N. Y.\\nAbigail married Lauren Foote. Ruth married Harlow Roys. Lived\\nin Brooklyn, N. Y.\\nThe following extract from a letter of Betsey Moses Hulburt\\nwill give an idea of what a journey to eastern Ohio from Norfolk\\nwas, nearly seventy years ago:\\nWestfleld, Ohio, May 30, 1831.\\nDear Sister:\\nWe arrived at Westfleld the fourteenth day after leaving home,\\nrather fatigued. We set sail from near Albany Wednesday P. M.\\nand arrived at Buffalo the next week Thursday; were on the canal-\\nboat nine nights. The boat was very heavily loaded and we made\\nbut slow advance. We took the steamboat at Buffalo Friday morn-\\ning and landed at Cleveland Sabbath morning; from there hired\\na man to carry us to Westfleld. It was said there was rising of five\\nhundred passengers with their baggage, besides fifteen or twenty\\nhorses on the boat. It was very stormy going up the lake, and the\\nboat so loaded that I was obliged to have my chest and one of the\\nboxes on the upper deck. The water soaked through one end of the\\nbox and wet my linen most through; my bonnet likewise. The\\ncover to the Bible was dampened through, but I think not much\\ninjured. I was very seasick coming up the lake, and for three\\ndays after I landed. I like the country quite as well or better\\nthan I expected. Have not been homesick in the least. The wheat\\nlooks beautiful and promises a fine harvest. They organized a\\nPresbyterian Church here Tuesday, with twenty-seven members.\\nIt is not probable that they will have preaching much of the time.\\nAll the company I have days is my little white kitten, hopping\\nabout as lively as a cricket. Adieu for the present.\\nBETSEY HULBURT.\\nMiss Julia Moses, Norfolk, Conn.\\nThis was considered pretty rapid travelling, as it formerly took\\nsix weeks to make the journey to Ohio from Connecticut with ox\\nteams. Now, 1900, the journey described in this letter can be made\\nin less than twenty-four hours. Think of being on a canal-boat\\nnine nights in making the trip from Albany to Buft alo. Now it", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwould not be called a fast train that would require nine hours\\nbetween Albany and Buffalo, three hundred miles.\\nMrs. Hulburt, the writer of the above letter, never returned to\\nher old Norfolk home, but in her Ohio home lived to see her great-\\ngrandchildren, and died in 1897, at the age of 92 years.\\nFROM A LETTER OF DR. SALMON MOSES TO HIS MOTHER.\\nThe following extract from a letter of Salmon Moses, then a\\nyoung physician, a son of Thomas Moses and Abigail Brown-Moses,\\nhis wife, cannot fail to interest some who may read this book,\\nshowing, as it does, that thoughtful young men then as now had\\ntheir struggles, questionings, doubts and fears:\\nHoosick, N. Y., August 25th, 1S20.\\nDear Mother:\\nI received yours dated July 3rd, by which I find that you are\\nanxious to be acquainted with my affairs, and the effects they pro-\\nduce on my mind when not so prosperous as I could wish. As it\\nrespects business, I have as much as I could expect in my circum-\\nstances. I have had no unfortunate cases in practice, but on the\\ncontrary some fortunate ones. However, I find that the race is not\\nto the swift, nor the battle to the .strong, neither yet bread to the\\nwise, nor riches to men of understanding,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 nor yet favour to men\\nof skill. Though I have spent many years in getting knowledge and\\nunderstanding, I find that it is of little worth in the minds of the\\npeople, without riches.\\nA poor man may by his wisdom save the lives of hundreds of\\nhis fellow creatures, even a whole city, yet that same poor man\\nis not remembered. His wisdom is despised, and his words are not\\nheard, because he is a poor man. See Ecclesiastes 9th, 14, 15 and\\n16th verses.\\nSuch is the vanity and folly of people in these days that they\\nimagine knowledge consists in wealth, and will pass by a dozen\\npoor but wise men to hear the opinion of a rich man who is an\\nignoramus. I would not have you infer from this that I am losing\\nground, but that if I could have the appearance of having a little\\nproperty it would be of great importance to me;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but if the fates do\\notherwise determine, I do not intend to run crazy about it. I do\\nnot wish or intend to have any persons involve themselves in diffi-\\nculty on my account, for I had rather suffer myself than be the\\ncause of the suffering of others.\\nFrom your obedient son,\\nSALMON MOSES.\\nTo Mrs. Abigail Moses.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 527\\nIt appears that in her reply this mother referred her son to Ps.\\n1:6; Ps. 33, 20 to 22; Job 17:9; Proverbs 4:18; I Peter 1, 3 to 5.\\nJoshua Moses 3cl, son of Joshua 2cl, who was the first settler in\\nthis town of the Moses name, was born July, 17G2, lived on the\\nhill east from the Esq. Edmund Brown place, and died there Au-\\ngust, 1820. He married Elizabeth Baleom, whose father came\\nfrom Simsbury and settled on an old road that ran south from the\\nMoses place through to where Mr. Meeker settled, in what was\\ncalled Meeliertown. The old Baleom house place is still plainly\\nvisible; many of the old apple trees still stand there, and the cur-\\nrant bushes bear their yearly crop of fruit, although the house itself\\nhas been gone for more than half a century, and the occupants are\\nall forgotten. A small pond half a mile or so south of this old\\nplace is still called Baleom pond, from this Mr. Baleom. It is\\nsometimes called Dolphin pond, also, from an Indian named\\nDolphin who once lived near there. This pond is the source of the\\nNaugatuck river.\\nThe other sons of the first Joshua in this town were Jonathan,\\nJesse, and Jonah. The five sous originally settled within the\\nsound of their father s dinner-horn, but the three just mentioned\\nmoved away from town. Joshua Nelson Moses, son of Joshua 3d,\\nlived on his father s old homestead until middle life, when he sold\\nout to Curtiss Bradley, bought the old .John Strong farm nest nortb\\nfrom the Thomas Moses place, where he died in 1858, aged 57.\\nNext on the old Goshen road that went on from the Moses\\nplace over the hill was Mr. Asa Burr. His daughters, Diantha and\\nPolly, are living in town (1857). Mr. Asa Burr was a grandson of\\nEbenezer Burr Sen., mentioned elsewhere. The last descendant\\nin this town of Mr. Asa Burr was gone at the death of Mrs. Mary\\nOakley Beach and her son, William Burr Beach.\\nDown the hill east from the Asa Burr place, where Mr. Joseph\\nBruey now lives. Captain John Bradley lived in the early days of\\nthe town. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was at\\nSaratoga at Burgoyne s surrender, and served in other campaigns.\\nMr. Norman Riggs remembered him well. Capt. Bradley had sons,\\nSylvester and Edward Curtiss, who were for a time well known\\nin this town until they moved away. One daughter of Captain\\nBradley married Mr. Solomon Curtiss, a native of this town, and\\nanother daughter married Mr. Almon Howe of Canaan.\\nThe next house south from the Asa Burr place, on the old\\nGoshen road, was that of Cornelius Brown. He was a son of\\nCornelius Brown, who was one of the first settlers in Norfolk. He\\nwas born in Windsor, Jan.. 1740, and came to Norfolk when only\\nthree or four years old. He married Mary Loomis; their children\\nwere Reuben, Abijah, Luman, Susanna, and Uriah. He died April\\n25, 1821. aged 81.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nReuben Brown, born July 13, 1779, lived and died on the place\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where his father, Cornelius Brown, lived; married Huldah Griswold\\nOct. 2, 1805. Their children were five sons and four daughters.\\nOne son, William, died young, unmarried. The eldest, Seth Gris-\\nwold, lived and died a short distance south from the place of his\\nbirth, and a son who bears his father s name lives on the same\\nplace.\\nThe second son, George, spent the last part of his life and died\\nin Brooklyn, N. Y., where his children and grandchildren princi-\\npally lived. The third son, Warren Loomis, lived and died in Fair\\nHaven, Ct. had two sons but no grandsons. The youngest of the\\nfamily, Reuben Quincy, established a boys school at West Haven,\\nConn., in 18-52, which he conducted successfully until impaired\\nhealth forced him to retire from it. He was most successful as a\\nteacher, greatly esteemed and beloved as a citizen, foremost in\\nevery good work, intelligent and active to a marked degree as a\\nChristian man, in the church and community; universally mourned\\nat his early death in 1870, aged 47. His eldest son, Frank Elwood,\\na successful business man, and a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Johnson,\\nreside at Redlands, California.\\nIn the next house south, still on the old Goshen road, Mr. John\\nBeach lived. This place later was the farm of Mr. Hiram Royee,\\nand more recently was joined to the Riggs farm.\\nNext was Mr. Asher Smith. This was the farm of Mr. Eden\\nRiggs, and of his sons, Hiram H. and Miles; industrious and most\\nsuccessful farmers and excellent citizens.\\nMr. Josiah Royce, the father of Hiram Royce, lived on the\\nfarm mentioned above, owned by Mr. Seth Brown.\\nFollowing Dea. Mars again, we come back to the centre. He\\nsays:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On toward Canaan mountain Mr. Daniel Cole, the father of\\nEbenezer Cole, mentioned in another place, lived, near the place\\nwhere Samuel Smith lives. This was near Treat corner, as it was\\ncalled, where Barzel Treat lived,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the man for whom the society\\nbought bass viol strings, that he might assist the choir. This\\nhouse is now gone.\\nNext Mr. Nathaniel Royce, father of Auren Roys, lived. The\\nhouse is torn down. It is interesting to note that this name is\\nspelled in the same family R-o-y-c-e, R-o-y-s and R-i-c-e.\\nNext Widow Huldah Curtiss lived. There is one daughter, two\\ngrandsons and four great-grandsons living in the same house. At\\nthe present time (1900) the above occupants of that house are all\\ngone, the widow of Mr. Philip E. Curtiss remaining there. The\\nMrs. Curtiss mentioned by Dea. Mars was the widow of Mr. Solo-\\nmon Curtiss, who was the son of Mr. Thomas Curtiss, mentioned\\nelsewhere, who died in the Revolutionary army of smallpox, at", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 529\\nStillwater, N. Y., in 1776. Mr. Solomon Curtiss, who married Hul-\\ndali, daughter of Henry Akins, served also for a time in the Revo-\\nlutionary army, and who died in 1796 at the age of 33, was the\\nfather of Anna, Thomas, Henry, Huldah, Lucy and Solomon Cur-\\ntiss; the youngest born after the death of his father. Anna, Henry\\nand Lucy spent their lives on the old homestead, and died unmar-\\nried; Anna, November, 1868, aged 85; Lucy, June, 1880, aged 87;\\nHenry, February, 1849, aged 61.\\nThomas married Mai ia Pettibone, and their children were\\nPeter, Sarah, Thomas, Philip Everett and Henry. Of this family\\nHenry, the youngest, a boy of unusual promise, died at ten years\\nof age. Sarah spent her life, unmarried, in the old home; was one\\nof the most intelligent, active, earnest Christian women of her day;\\na teacher for many years of a large class of women in the Sunday\\nSchool, her class filling the choir seats on one side of the organ.\\nThe sons, Thomas and Philip E., spent their lives on the old home-\\nstead; were some of Norfolk s best farmers and citizens. Thomas\\ndied in middle life of pneumonia, April, 1872, at the age of 50, and\\nhis only child, Henry T., died from an accident the nest year,\\nNovember, 1873, at 23 years of age, leaving one daughter. Philip\\nE. was for many years one of the deacons of the Congregational\\nChurch. He died in 1896, at the age of 72.\\nPeter Curtiss when a young man was clerk for some years in\\nEsq. Battell s store in this town. Later he was bookkeeper for\\nHunts, Lyman Co., manufacturers of iron in South Canaan,\\ngoing from there to New York city, where for some fifteen years\\nhe was engaged in mercantile business. He returned to his native\\ntown about 1850, and with Mr. Elizur Dowd opened a general store\\nin the old Battell store, continuing there in business about two\\nyears, when they organized the firm of Curtiss Co., bought out\\nMyron H. Mills, and moved to the store on the corner of Maple\\nAvenue, where he continued in business until compelled by failing\\nhealth to retire. He died April 27, 1864, aged 49 years. He was\\nTown Clerk and Society s Clerk until by failing health compelled\\nto resign. Very few residents of this town during its entire history\\nhave had more devoted, constant friends, or been more worthy of\\nthem from natural generosity, nobleness of heart and purpose than\\nPeter Curtiss. He was said to be everybody s friend and confi-\\ndential adviser, and at his early death the remark was heartily\\nand repeatedly made, I can t see how the people in this town are\\ngoing to get along without him. But such is life; in a little while,\\noutside of his family circle, he was forgotten and unknown. He\\nwas most ardently patriotic at the time of the War of the Rebel-\\nlion, and everything that it was within his power to do for the men\\nwho went to the front, or for their families, or to encourage others", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF NOKFOLK.\\nto enlist and go, was most heartily done. In the dark days of 1863,\\nwhen many of the Norfolk men were reported lying in different\\nhospitals, disabled by sickness and by wounds received in battle,\\nhe went to the front to look after the men, and to do what he could\\nto comfort, help and cheer them, and his visit was to them thaf of\\nan angel of mercy.\\nDuring that struggle there were in Connecticut, as perhaps in\\nevery northern state, men whose sympathies were all upon the side\\nof the south, and who were constantly saying, You never can\\nsubdue the south; they will fight until the last man is in the last\\nditch, etc. These men were called copperheads, and some of them\\nwore a pin made of an old copper cent. After one of the worst\\ndefeats of the Union forces in 1863, one of these southern sympa-\\nthizers came into Mr. Curtiss s store and, as the writer well re-\\nmembers, said: Well, what did I tell you? This shows that you\\nnever can beat them, and the sooner you people learn that fact, and\\nstop shooting men for nothing, the better it will be. Mr. Curtiss s\\nreply in brief was: I know that our cause is a just and righteous\\none. I do not believe, I cannot believe, that God will permit this\\ngovernment of ours to be broken up. The situation today does look\\ndark;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but there is not a shadow of question or doubt in my mind\\nas to the final outcome of this war, any more than there is that the\\nsun will rise tomorrow morning. In 1864 he died in faith, not\\nhaving received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and\\nwas persuaded of them, and embraced them. His faith was well\\nfounded, and his vision of the final outcome of the struggle was\\nclear.\\nIn the later years of his life Mr. Ebenezer Burr exchanged\\nfarms with Capt. Darius Phelps, leaving his home just at the south\\n,end of the green, and removed to Capt. Phelps farm on the\\nCanaan mountain road, where he had erected a good house. He\\nbuilt the house at the south end of the green on the old Burr place,\\nwhich still stands there, modernized. In 1860 Ralph I. Crissey, a\\ngreat-grandson of Ebenezer Burr, married Miss Cornelia R. Sey-\\nmour, a great-grandaughter of Capt. Darius Phelps, and the young\\ncouple settled for life upon the place which had been the home\\nof the ancestors of each. Mr. Ebenezer Burr spent his last days\\nin his mountain home, died in 1794, and his son Aaron Burr suc-\\nceeded him, who also died there in 1821, aged 71. Oliver Burr,\\nson of Aaron Burr, spent most of his life in his native district;\\nwas a manufacturer of potash, and was known as Potash Burr.\\nHis children, James Burr and Charlotte Burr-Robinon, spent their\\nlives in this town.\\nMr. Moses Camp, lived on this Canaan mountain road, about\\nmidway of the Curtiss corner and the Phelps-Burr place. His", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 531\\nsous, Moses, Edward and Caleb J. Camp were for many years very\\nprominent men in ttie growtla and development of Winsted, and his\\nson, Samuel Sheldon Camp, owned and occupied for man years the\\nPhelps-Burr place, and died March 1881, aged 80. His son Doctor\\nSamuel Camp, for nearly half a century has been a very prom-\\ninent physician of Great Barrington, Mass.; and another son. Dr.\\nCharles Camp, is settled as a physician in North Canaan, Conn.\\nThe place mentioned above, which has one of the most beautiful\\nand extensive views in this vicinity, is the summer home of Pro-\\nfessor Frothingham.\\nMr. Ephraim Coy, who married a daughter of Mr. Henry\\nAkins, built the house on the corner opposite the Curtiss house,\\nwhere Zalmon Parrott and his children have lived many years.\\nHe sold this place, bought on Beech Flats the old Wilcox tavern\\nand farm, where he lived several years, and by his will gave this\\nplace at Mrs. Coy s death, to the Ecclesiastical Society of Norfolk,\\nhaving no children. He bought of Mr. Levi Thompson the place\\nwhere he died in 1834, aged 72. When only thirteen years old Mr.\\nCoy went as a fifer into the Revolutionary army. His service in\\nthe army is mentioned elsewhere.\\nNorth from the Curtiss place, on the road that comes around by\\nthe grist-mill, just at the turn in the road, Mr. Henry Akin lived.\\nHe was the father of Widow Huldah Curtiss. He had five sons\\nand four daughters. Mr. Henry Aiken was one of the early\\nsettlers of this town. He was a son of Henry Aiken of Scotch\\norigin, who came to this country from Londonderry, Ireland, in\\n1710; landed at Boston, where he married Isabel, daughter of Rev.\\nMr. Holmes, August, 1720. He located at Middletown, Conn., and at\\nthe age of eighty came to Norfolk, whither his son had preceded\\nhim, and died here at the age of 84. Henry Aiken, Jr., married at\\nTori ingford, Rebecca Miller; they came to Norfolk in 1762, and\\nsettled on this place mentioned above. Their children were:\\n1 Edmund, who married Eunice Pease. He was a lawyer in\\nNorfolk, mentioned elsewhere; died here in 1807.\\n2 Henry, went to Ohio, where he died childless.\\n3 Betsey, married Henry Ashley of Sheffield, Mass.\\n4 Ashur, married Rebecca Wilcox; went to Ohio.\\n5 Mary, married Darius Phelps.\\n6 Huldah, married Solomon Curtiss.\\n7 Rebecca, married Ephraim Coy.\\n8 Calvin, married Rachel Murray; went to Ohio.\\n9 Lemuel, married Sarah Thompson; lived in Norfolk.\\nRoys gives this incident in Mr. Aiken s life:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Henry Aikens\\ncame from Torrington and purchased a farm westerly from the\\nmeeting-house, which he occupied through life. Soon after fixing", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nhis residence here tie left liis family one pleasant winter morning,\\ntaliing bis gun, hoping to find some deer in his ramble. He strolled\\non in a southerly direction, probably west of Tobey s pond, but not\\nin sight of it. In the after part of the day it became cloudy, the\\nsun was hidden, and it began to snow. He thought best to be\\non his return home; he attempted, but soon found that he was\\nwandering. His out-bound traclis were covered with snow. With-\\nout a compass or anything to guide him, he could perceive by oft-\\nrecurring objects that he was retracing his recent steps. He was\\nalarmed, believing that he had not gained a rod towards home.\\nThe cold increased, darkness, and no relief from moon or stars\\ncame rapidly on. He concluded that he must spend the night\\nin this wilderness, far from relief, and how far from home he knew\\nnot. He perceived that his feet were numb, but had felt no pain\\nin them. He came to a convenient place for kindling a fire, and\\nfinding dry combustible in plenty, which he gathered, and antici-\\npated the comfort of a warm fireside, and the cheering blaze to\\ndisperse the gloom and darkness which enveloped him. What was\\nhis astonishment when about to strike fire from his fiint\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his fiiut\\nwas lost. By some mishap it was torn from his gun-lock and he\\nhad no spare one. Dreary indeed was his situation and comfort-\\nless his circumstances. He retained his reasoning faculties, and\\nknew that if he attempted to seek a resting place it would be fatal.\\nDeath by freezing must be the result. He began walking from a\\ntree near him to one about forty feet distant, back and forth, until\\nhe made a firm and solid path. In this exercise he spent a long\\nwinter night. When morning came he attempted again to find his\\nway home, but, as is generally the case in such circumstances, he\\nwandered still farther from home. He kept in motion, fearing to\\nrest. His route seemed to be west of the Tibbals mountain, and\\nsoutherly, until he came to the place afterwards occupied by a Mr.\\nBalcom, south of Mr. Edmund Brown s present habitation, where\\nhe was found the next day towards night by his friends and neigh-\\nbors, who had been in pursuit of him from nine o clock the evening\\nbefore. It seems he was still able to stand erect and walk. He\\nwas helped home and arrived that evening, to the joy of himself\\nand family. His feet were found badly frozen, and when, after a\\nconsiderable length of time and much suffering they were healed,\\nthey were very much scarred and misshapen, but served him in\\nfuture life, and enabled him to cultivate his farm, bring up a large\\nfamily and accumulate a good property.\\nOn east from Mr. Aiken s toward the grist-mill, Mr. Reuben\\nMunger lived, who is mentioned elsewhere. He had five sons\\nand three daughters. Some of them went to Termont and some\\nto Ohio. Two of the daughters married and lived here. This", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 533\\nplace was known as Solomon Curtiss s farm half a century ago,\\nand later Deacon Jonathan Kilbourn for some years lived there,\\nand in recent years Edward Gaylord, and his son, Edward Jun.,\\nhave owned and occupied the farm. Near the house is a great point\\nfor snow to drift in, caused by the natural downward slope of the\\nland toward the northwest to Blackberry river, and the wind\\nrushing up from the river. Some interesting photographs of the\\nsnow-drifts there, taken at the time of the great blizzard of March,\\n1888, are preserved.\\nRoys gives the following account of a snowy time at this\\nplace:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To give an idea of the immense bulk of snow which fell\\nin this elevated situation in some of our early winters, I will relate\\nthe following incident: Mr. Reuben Munger, then living near where\\nSolomon Curtiss now lives, built him a barn with a cowhouse at\\neach end, forming a large square yard open to the south. A\\nheavy snow-storm came on, which with the help of the north-west\\nwind, which took the reins after it ceased falling, filled this space,\\nand, rising with a gradual ascent until it reached the ridge of the\\nbarn. A strong crust formed on the surface. Mr. Munger arose on\\na fine morning, went out to feed his cattle, and the strange idea\\ncame into his mind to feed his yearlings on the roof of the barn.\\nHe took an armful of hay and led several of his yearlings, where\\nhe fed them on the very ridge, from which elevation they de-\\nscended in safety.\\nAmong Dr. Eldridge s manuscripts is the following, written\\nfor him by Capt. Auren Tibbals: In memory of Deacon Joseph\\nTibbals of Middletown, who, having faithfully served his genera-\\ntion according to the will of God, fell on sleep the 30th of October,\\nA. D. 1774, in the 88th year of his age. Thomas, his son, was born\\n1722. and was married to Rachel Dowd, 1748. Left Middlefield\\nfor Norfolk, 1763, and purchased a farm of Elisha Benedict, for\\nfour hundred pounds, about half a mile south of the public green,\\non the Litchfield road; it being the farm now owned and occupied\\nby his grandson, Stephen Tibbals. He had four sons and one\\ndaughter. Their names were:\\nSamuel, who married Hannah Ives;\\nThomas, who married Elue Parker;\\nNoah, who married Jemina Kellogg;\\nAmos, who married Lucy Wright;\\nRachel, who married Allen Pease.\\nHe was a thorough and enterprising farmer, and, with his\\nthree oldest sons, added lots to lots and acres to acres, until they\\nhad accumulated almost 800 acres, on which they settled wfEh\\ntheir families. He was at one time the greatest tax-payer in the\\ntown, and some years wintered forty head of horned cattle; and\\none day butchered thirty fat hogs.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHis son, Samuel, served as Captain in the Commissary Depart-\\nment, fifteen months in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Jr.\\nwas in the service of his country almost four years, and was a\\nContinental Drum Major. He drew a pension under act of Con-\\ngress of March 18, 1818; and his wife Elue was also a pensioner\\nunder act of Congress of July 7, 1837, until her death in 1843.\\nThomas Sr., spent a number of the last years of his life with his\\nson, Thomas Jr., and died at his house, January, 1810, in the 88th\\nyear of his age. Rachel, his wife, died June, 1805.\\nWhy did not some member of the other old families think to\\nwrite a brief family history, like this of Capt. Auren Tibbals, and\\nplace it where it would be preserved? Of many of the old families\\nwho once lived in this town, some of whom were for years prom-\\ninent, influential citizens doubtless, their descendants are all gone.\\nnot a word or a trace remains or is to be found, outside of some\\npurchase or conveyance of land, admission as a voter or as a church\\nmember, possibly. Who will accept the suggestion today, and\\nleave at least a brief family sketch for the historian of the year\\n2000?\\nMr. Thomas Tibbals Sen., who lived upon the place where is\\nnow the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Bridgman, at the time\\nwhen it was said there was not a clock or a watch in the town,\\nwas the owner of a sun-dial, with which he kept the time of day\\nwhen the sun shone, and on cloudy days, especially on cloudy Sab-\\nbath-days, he kept the time quite accurately with his hour-glass,\\nsetting the instrument going at or near the time of sun-rise, by\\nthe Almanac, and watching it carefully until it was time to go\\nto meeting. As Mr. Tibbals passed Rev. Mr. Robbins home on his\\nway to meeting, Mr. Robbins watched for his time-piece, and\\nas he saw him passing, the word went through the house, T^lr.\\nTibbals is coming; it is time for us to go to meeting.\\nThomas Tibbals, Jun., is mentioned at length among the\\nsoldiers of the Revolution. He was Drum Major in the army, and\\nMr. Robbins, in his diary, mentions him as making a pulpit for\\nhim by piling up their drums, when the soldiers were drawn up for\\nreligious service. Many of the above interesting facts were told\\nthe writer by Mrs. Sheldon Tibbals, in July, 1900.\\nAmos Tibbals, one of the sons of Thomas Tibbals Sen., settled\\nin Sharon. One of his daughters married Milo Barnum, and they\\nwere the parents of the Hon. William H. Barnum, a prominent\\nniahufacturer of iron in Salisbury, and for many years one of the\\nUnited States Senators from this State.\\nReturning to Deacon Mars notes of the old settlers and their\\nlocation. It must be remembered that not until many years later\\nthan the time of which he writes, was there any road south from", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 535\\nTreat corner to the Bnrr place, the residence now of Mr. Amos\\nCollar. The first north and south road west from the old Goshen\\nroad was the continuation of the road that passed the grist-mill,\\nthe Munger place mentioned above, turned at a right angle south\\nat the Aiken place, then by the Thomas Curtiss place south of\\nthe hill, by the present golf grounds, a short distance east from\\nTobey Pond.\\nDeacon Mars says in the first house up the hill south from the\\nCurtiss place, on what was Elmore Caufield s farm at one time,\\nnow Prof. Pupin s grounds, Mr. Noah Tibbals lived, but moved\\nwest. Next on south was Capt. Samuel Tibbals, brother of Noah.\\nHe had two sons and three daughters, all of whom went west,\\nexcept one daughter, who married Nathaniel Bobbins, son of Rev.\\nMr. Robbins. The next house was several rods ofE from the road,\\nwest. Mr. Thomas Tibbals, brother of the two just mentioned,\\nand the last years of his life, their father, Thomas Tibbals, Sen.,\\nlived there. The old gentleman was grandfather of Captain Auren\\nTibbals, who spent his life in this town, never married, and died\\nhere on his ninety-first birthday, April 7, 1882. Stephen, another\\nson of Thomas Tibbals, spent his life in this town, as did Stephen s\\nsons, Harvey Stillman Tibbals, Thomas Tibbals, and, part of his\\nlife, Richard Tibbals. Dr. Elbert Plumb Tibbals, a native of this\\ntown, who studied medicine here, and for many years has been\\na physician and druggist at Port Huron, Michigan, was a son of\\nSheldon Tibbals, who was a brother of Auren Tibbals. These\\ntwo brothers carried on the old farm for some years, which they\\nsold to Erastus Burr in 1849. The Tibbals place just mentioned is\\nthe farm owned and occupied by Mr. Ralph C. Burr at present.\\nThe old house referred to stood several rods from the road, south-\\nwest from the end of the winrow, as that point has been called for\\nseveral generations. The house now occupied by Mr. Ralph Burr\\nwas built in 1803 by Mr. Thomas Tibbals, whose sei-vice in the\\nRevolutionary Army is mentioned elsewhere.\\nAbout half a mile west from the Tibbals house just mentioned,\\nStephen Tibbals had a small house in the wilderness, there being\\nno cleared land on the place, when, in 1809, Israel Crissey came\\nthere to live, having exchanged his farm on Beech Hill in Cole-\\nbrook for this place. Mr. Israel Crissey spent the remainder of\\nhis life on this place and died here in 1833. His only son, Benjamin\\nWilmot, was 18 year old when the family moved upon this\\nplace, and here he spent the larger part of his life, the principal\\nburden falling upon him after a few years, of clearing and making\\na productive grass farm from the cold, rocky, sterile wilderness.\\nNot a pound of hay had ever been cut on the place until I cut it,\\nMr. Crissey often said. When he had lived some thirty-five years", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\non the farm his average annual hay crop was about one hundred\\ntons. He bought at different times tracts of the mountain land\\nlying west of the original purchase, some of which was finally\\ncleared, but the larger part remained heavily timbered until the\\ntime of the civil war, when woodland was in demand by thfi\\nfurnace companies in Canaan and Salisbury, to be burned into char-\\ncoal. The original road from the old Crissey place to Canaan was\\nlaid out through \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hotehkissville, or Snyderville, and on west,\\nat some distance north of Crissey pond, until it struck the Canaan\\nroad. In 1837 Daniel White deeded to Benjamin W. Crissey the\\nlot known as Lot 26, 3d division, 2nd going over, which had\\nformerly belonged to Daniel and Cyrus Hotchkiss, and upon which\\nthey had built a house in which they lived for a time, and in\\nwhich John Snyder afterwards lived. The original road to Canaan\\nmountain passed this old house place, which was a half mile or so\\nwest of the Crissey house.\\nThe next place mentioned is referred to in Roys history as\\nfollows: Mr. Nathaniel Roys, who was the father of the his-\\ntorian, then living near where Silas Burr now resides, was\\ngoing round to where Capt. Auren Tibbals now lives. Turning\\nround the end of the winrow so-called, he was met by a bear. It\\nsoon prepared for an attack. Mr. Roys stood considering whether\\nto meet the bear unarmed or trace back his steps. Having come\\nout of his shop with his leather apron on, he thought with himself\\nhe would try that as a weapon of defence. He looked sternly upon\\nhim, shook his leather apron, and sprang towards him. Bruin\\nnot used to that mode of attack, settled down from his rampant\\nposture and made use of all his legs to assist him in his flight from\\nthe frowning face and frightful rattle of his antagonist. About\\nthe time of meeting the bear, or perhaps the winter following, Mr.\\nRoys, busily engaged in his shop, and his boys as busily engaged in\\ngambols and play about the door-yard, several guns were heard on\\nthe mountain west of his house. He sprang from his shop and\\njoined the boys in looking anxiously up the mountain. Their\\ncuriosity was soon gratified by seeing three deer rushing down,\\ncome to a perpendicular ledge west of Mr. Burr s (now) dwelling\\nhouse. They plunged down, almost burying themselves in the\\nsnow. Soon, however, they recovered, and, the old buck leading\\nthe way, passed by the house through the meadow, and on to the\\nBrown mountain.\\nThis house of Mr. Roys stood some twenty rods south of the\\npresent residence of Mr. Collar, quite near the old barn still stand-\\ning there.\\nMr. Daniel Burr, son of Mr. Ebenezer Burr already mentioned,\\nand who married in 1773 Betty Brown, daughter of Titus Brown,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 537\\none of Norfolk s first settlers and revolutionary soldiers, bought\\nthis place and settled there for life. They had three sons and\\nseven daughters. Lucy married Benjamin Warren who settled in\\nWellington, Ohio. Betsey died at 23, unmarried. Rachel married\\nObadiah Hulburt of Enfield, in this state. Mary married David\\nGaylord, who settled in Western New York. Susannah spent her\\nlife on her birthplace. She was one of the salt of the earth, and\\ndied unmarried, at the age of 7G. Ruby married Anson Norton,\\nand spent their lives in this town.\\nDaniel Jun., the eldest son, settled in Otsego County, N. Y.\\nEbenezer, a farmer, spent his life in this town. His son Erastus\\nand his descendants, one son and three grandsons, are the only\\nBurrs remaining in town. Silas spent his life on the old home,\\nwhere he died in 1866, aged 72. Daniel, son of Silas Burr, died\\nunmarried in 1867, aged 31. Charles M. settled and still lives in\\nGove County, Kansas. Harriet, Mrs. James Kilburn, lives in\\nLincoln, Nebraska, and Martha, Mrs. Charles Stocking, near there.\\nCharles M. Burr s service in the civil war is mentioned. Eunice,\\nthe youngest of the ten, married Benjamin Crissey, already men-\\ntioned. Their eldest son, Warren, lives in Great Barrington, Mass.\\nAnother son, Deacon Ralph Israel, lives in this town. Their only\\ndaughter, Olive, married Plumb Brown, and four of their children\\nare settled here. Plumb Jr., a physician, is settled in Springfield,\\nMass.\\n*Mr. Nathaniel Lee sold his place to Mr. Joshua Moses, and went\\nto Vermont. This place is a short distance east of Esq. Edmund\\nBrown s farm, where William Eggleston now lives.\\nMr. Ammi Cadey lived on this road, a short distance west from\\nwhere it joined the Goshen road. The old house is still standing;\\nwas the home of Samuel Johnson the last years of his life, and\\nhas had many occupants.\\nA Mr. Canfield at one time carried on a blacksmith s shop that\\nstood near where the bank building now stands.\\nMr. John Dowd lived in a house that stood down the hill\\nwhere the hotel, the Norfolk House, now stands. (1857.) One of\\nMr. Dowd s sons, Elizur, was for many years a merchant here\\nand has spent his life here. Another son, William, died here in\\n1846, at the age of 37, leaving several children. His son, David\\nLewis Dowd, owned, lived and died on the old Akins farm, west\\nfrom the meeting-house.\\nOn the west side of the street, nearly opposite the Dowd\\nhouse, Mr. John Rice lived. He and his family left town. A\\nlittle later Mr. Munson Gaylord owned this place, and sold it to\\nMessrs. Samuel and Warren Cone, and in ISIS Mr. Samuel Cone\\nsold his interest in the place to his brother, Warren, who lived in", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthis house, and later built the house a little farther north, on the\\ncorner, as is mentioned elsewhere.\\nThe house just north of Dr. Welch s, the old gambrel-rooled\\nhouse, as it is called, was built for a store. Mr. Ezekiel Foster\\ntraded there. Auren Roys for a time had his apothecary shop\\nin this building, next door to the doctor, before he located on the\\ngreen back of the chui ch.\\nOn the west side of the road as we go to Canaan, at the forks\\nof the road, Mr. Earl P. Pease lived. He had a woolen factory\\nthat stood near where the factory stood that was burnt. He was a\\nson of Mr. Nathaniel Pease.\\nOn the road north, the Major Shepard house, where Mr.\\nSamuel Canfield now lives, was built by Josiah Pettibone, sou of\\nCol. Giles Pettibone. This house is north of the bridge on wood-\\ncreek, or Haystack brook. A house stood near where Mr. Can-\\nlield s barn or wood-house is. Mr. Austin, the miller that tended\\nthe mill, lived here. Just north was the shop where Mr. Nathaniel\\nStevens made hats.\\nThis old hat-shop was later used as a wagon-shop by David\\nand Samuel Vail. There was a dam a little above to furnish\\npower, the water being brought down to this shop in a flume.\\nAbout fifty years ago this shop was made into a two-tenement\\ndwelling house, and is still used as such, being in pretty good\\ncondition apparently yet.\\nOn the other side of the road where Mr. Samuel Vail lived,\\njust north of the Methodist church, was a small house where Mr.\\nStephen Paine lived. He was a cloth dresser.\\nSidney Root carried on this wagon shop for a time; lived in the\\nhouse just mentioned, and died there of brain fever, when but a\\nyoung man.\\nTHE PETTIBONE FA3IILT.\\nColonel Giles Pettibone was one of the earliest settlers of this\\ntown, having come here before the incorporation of the town in\\n1758. He was a descendant of John Pettibone, who came from\\nWales to America in 1650, was admitted a citizen of Windsor,\\nConn., in 1658, and shortly after settled in Simsbury, and was the\\nancestor of all the Pettibone family in the United States.\\nThe first town meeting was held at the house of Joshua TMiit-\\nney, December 12, 1758; the second, December 20, 1758, and many\\nsubsequent meetings were held at Giles Pettibone s house. He was\\na very prominent and active man in all town affairs during almost\\nhalf a century of the town s earliest history. He held repeatedly\\nalmost every important office in the town, and represented t^e", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 539\\ntown in the General Assembly of the Colony and State in twenty-\\nsix sessions, being with William Walter, the representative, at the\\nsession in October, 1777, when the town was first represented. He\\nwas a justice of the peace for thirty years, judge of probate\\ntwenty-eight years, town-treasurer for nearly forty years.\\nCol. Pettibone died in 1810, and his son, Giles, Jun., who\\nbuilt, in 1794, and liept the hotel on the green, since liuown as the\\nShepard Hotel, died in 1811, aged 51.\\nGiles Pettibone, Jun., had but one son, Jonathan Humphrey,\\nwho kept the hotel after his father s death, was postmaster for many\\nyears, and died, unmarried, in 1832, at the age of 39.\\nThe daughters of Giles Pettibone, Jr., were:\\nSarah, who married Michael F. Mills.\\nMary (Polly) married Giles Thompson.\\nLouisa, died unmarried, aged 21.\\nJulia married Deacon Amos Pettibone.\\nEunice, died unmarried, 1871, aged 81.\\nCharlotte married Hiram Mills.\\nSusan died unmarried.\\nDasiah Humphrey married Halsey Stevens.\\nSereno, son of Col. Pettibone. graduated at Williams College in.\\nthe class of 1800, taught school for some years, studied law, settled\\nhere in his native town; at a celebration July 4, 1801, was the\\norator of the occasion; was eminent as a civil engineer and sur-\\nveyor. He died in this town when just in the prime of life, a man\\nof fine ability and promise.\\nRufus, son of Col, Pettibone, graduated at Williams College in\\n1805; studied law, and, for a time, practiced in Vernon, N. Y. He\\nwas a man of brilliant talents; went to Missouri; was a member\\nof the constsitutional convention of that state at its formation;\\nwas chief justice of the state, having been appointed by McXair,\\nthe first governor, and held that office until his early death in 1825.\\nMention is made of him in connection with his brother Levi.\\nLevi Pettibone, son of Col. Giles Pettibone, was born in this\\ntown December 17, 1780, and lived to the remarkable age of one\\nhundred years, six months and seven days, his death occurring\\nJune 24, 1881. Mr. Pettibone was about three years old at the time\\nof the close of the war of the Revolution. He remembered about\\nShay s rebellion in 1786 and 87, a few men here in his native town\\nhaving had some little part in it, it is said. In the war of 1812 he\\nwas living in Pittsfield, Mass., and was drafted, but Governor\\nStrong of that state denied the authority of the federal govern-\\nment to compel citizens of Massachusetts to fight outside the\\nstate, and Mr. Pettibone never fell into line, nor drew a pension.\\nIn 1817, in common with many others, he was attracted to the", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMississippi valley as a new world opened to energy and enterprise.\\nLeaving Pittsfield he went to Vernon, N. Y., where his brother,\\nRufus Pettibone, was engaged in the practice of law, and urged\\nhim to pull up stalies and go west. It was agreed that Levi\\nshould go on to Missouri on a prospecting tour, and return to\\nYernon to report, and, if favorable, the two brothers then should\\nmigrate to Missouri and make that state their home. Accordingly\\nhe made the long trip, taking the usual river and land route,\\nreached Shawneetown, Illinois, and made the balance of the trip on\\nhorseback, via Kaskaskia to St. Louis. He returned to his brother\\nand it was then decided to leave for St. Louis in the spring.\\nAmong the friends of Rufus Pettibone then residing in Vernon\\nwas Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who determined to accompany the\\nPettibones, and share in the exploration of the geography, geology\\nand mineralogy of the new west.\\nThe usual route was to descend the Allegheny River from\\nClean, N. Y., to Pittsburg. At Olean Mr. Levi .Pettibone made\\nready an ark, as it was called, in which the party were, to\\ndescend the river. The ark was built of stout planks, having a\\nflat bottom; upon this posts were raised and a room for cooking\\nand one for sleeping constructed; the whole covered with a flat\\nroof.\\nNear the front were two long sweeps or oars, used to guide\\nthe unwieldy craft as it floated down the stream. At night they tied\\nup, built a fire on shore, and cooked their food. They reached\\nPittsburg, after a descent of 300 miles, March 28th, 1818. Here\\nthey separated, the Pettibones pursuing the journey to St. Louis\\nby the customary routes. Mr. Schoolcraft reached St. Louis the\\nlast of July; called on his friends the Pettibones, and spent three\\nmonths in examining the mines in southwest Missouri, and in the\\nfall of 1818 and the winter of 1819, in company with Levi Pettibone,\\nmade the celebrated explox ation in Missouri beyond the line of\\nsettlements, to the Ozark mountains. The journey had about it\\nmuch daring and adventure, and in the narrative which School-\\ncraft afterwards published, he thus refers to his companion,\\nPettibone: He stood stoutly by me; was a reliable man, who could\\nbe counted upon in all weathers to do his part willingly. In\\nsome reminiscences, Mi Pettibone said his father, Col. Giles\\nPettibone, took part in the Revolutionary war; was present at the\\nsurrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, and afterwards led scouting\\nparties on the neutral grounds and among the Highlands on the\\nHudson.\\nTo show how plentiful wild game was in Missouri at the time\\nof his exploring expedition, he said that not very far from Potosi.\\nat the Ashley cave, or Saltpeter caves, one day they saw four", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "JUDGE AUGUSTUS PETTIBONE.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 541\\nbears on an oak tree, eating sweet acorns. They saw a flock of\\nwild turkeys marcliing towards the cave, and shot one so large\\nand fat that the carcass furnished food for three days. One day\\nthey shot two bears, cutting down a hollow tree in which the\\nbear had crawled for shelter; and saw large elk bounding away.\\nIn this expedition they descended the White River to Batesville,\\nin Arkansas; from whence Mr. Pettibone returned to St. Louis,\\nthen a small outpost, containing a population of 2,500. His brother,\\nRufus Pettibone, established himself in business there upon his\\narrival, and was appointed circuit judge, and afterward chief\\njustice of the state, which position he held until his early death in\\n1825. During the time that Judge Rufus Pettibone continued in\\noffice, his brother Levi was circuit clerk of the court. He resided\\nfor nearly sixty years in Pike County; was for many years county\\ntreasurer, and held various other offices there. The last five years\\nof his life were spent in St. Louis, at the residence of his son-in-\\nlaw. Captain Frank Burnett. His remains were buried at Louis-\\niana, in Pike County, Mo., his old home.\\nHe retained his powers of mind and body remarkably. He\\nwas an unusualy fine penman and bookkeeper, and at the age of\\nnearly 90 was employed to open a set of books for a bank, and at\\n94 years of age kept the books of a shoe store, the time required\\nbeing some four hours daily. His work was a model of neatness\\nand care. He has always been temperate\u00e2\u0080\u0094 never having been\\naddicted to the use of tobacco or stimulating drinks, except as\\nmedicine.\\nAUGUSTUS PETTIBONE.\\nAugustus Pettibone, third son of Colonel Giles Pettibone and\\nDesiah Humphrey, his wife, was born in Norfolk, February 19,\\n1766. He entered Yale College in 1784, where he studied about two\\nyears, but did not graduate. In September, 1787, he commenced\\nreading law with Dudley Humphrey, Esq., of Norfolk, a practicing\\nattorney, and continued with him until the following April, when\\nhe went to Litchfield and attended Judge Reeve s lectures until\\nMarch, 1790, when he was admitted to the Bar of Litchfield County.\\nHe settled in his native town of Norfolk in the practice of law, and\\ncontinued in the practice until 1812, when, being in poor health, he\\nrelinquished the practice, and in that year he was appointed an\\nassociate judge of the County Court of Litchfield County, and\\nheld that office until 1816, when he was appointed chief judge of\\nthe county court, and continued to hold that office until 1831, when\\nfrom impaired health and advancing years he declined holding\\nlonger any public office. He was a justice of the peace more\\nthan thirty years. He was Judge of Probate for the District of Nor-\\nfolk from May, 1807 until 1822.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHe represented his town in the General Assembly in twenty-\\neight semi-annual sessions, between 1800 and 1825.\\nIn 1818 he represented the town in the State Convention at\\nHartford, to form a constitution for the State, and was appointed\\none of the committee to draft a constitution for the consideration\\nof the convention. He was Senator from the 17th Senatorial Dis-\\ntrict in 1830 and 1831.\\nSuch is the record of his public life. Soon after his death a\\ntownsman wrote of him: This distinguished legislator and jurist\\ndied at his residence in Norfolk on the 4th of October, 1847.\\nJudge Pettibone was a fine specimen of a class of politicians, states-\\nmen and gentlemen of an age gone by. There was nothing super-\\nficial in his knowledge, no trickery or decexotion in his political\\ncareer, not a shadow of dishonesty in his dealings with men.\\nHe was a model of uprightness, benevolence, discretion and un-\\nstudied eloquence. His loss will long be felt in the community in\\nwhich he lived.\\nOne of the duties which the living owe the dead is to record\\ntheir virtues, and in A^ery few instances is this duty more meri-\\ntoriously called for than in this case. Judge Pettibone, for by this\\nname he was best known in Litchfield County, was at the time\\nof his death the oldest inhabitant of Norfolk who was born in the\\ntown. His father. Col. Giles Pettibone, was one of the early\\nsettlers of the town to which he emigrated from Simsbury in Hart-\\nford County, where his ancestors were early settlers. The high\\nestimation in which the Pettibone family were held by their fellow-\\ncitizens, is established by the fact that the father and the son\\nwere sent to represent the town in the State Legislature nearly fifty\\ntimes; the deceased thirty, including two sessions in the State\\nSenate, and the father nearly twenty.\\nIt has often been a subject of remark that he possessed in a\\npre-eminent degree many of those qualities of which New Eng-\\nland is proud. Though a man of wealth and vast acquirements, he\\nwas the most unostentatious man we have ever known. He was\\napproachable to the most humble member of society. In the\\nhonorable and delicate trust of dispensing justice he gave universal\\nsatisfaction. When he left the bench it was with the regret of all\\nwho knew him, and he carried with him the character of a just\\nand upright judge. What nobler character can be given to man!\\nIt has often been regretted by many in this part of the state\\nthat the deceased was not placed in our national councils in early\\nlife. If he had been he would have reflected honor on the state.\\nHe was well constituted to make a fine senatorial speaker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 calm,\\ngrave, dignified. We shall never forget the first time we heard the\\njudge speak in public. It was at one of our town meetings. His", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 543\\ndelivery was peculiarly solemn and dignified, and his sentences\\ndelivered with as much precision as if they were delivered by a\\nprofessor of rhetoric from some approved author, and this when the\\ndeceased was well past seventy years. But the judge wanted in\\none- very important trait\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ambition. If he had only possessed this\\nhe might have taken his place beside the first men in the country.\\nTo do so he was qualified by nature and by education, for he was\\none of the best read men to be found in this part of New England.\\nSo late as the last year or two of his life he could be found reading\\nto a late hour every evening. In his library were many rare and\\nvaluable works, including most of the English classics, with which\\nhe was well conversant. But the judge had other qualities besides\\nlearning and talents to recommend him to consideration in the com-\\nmunity. He was a man of great public spirit, and this he mani-\\nfested in the most noble and disinterested manner. Much of the\\nprosperity which is so apparent in the north part of Litchfield\\nCounty is owing to his instrumentality, and it is right that the\\npublic should know it. Most rich men at his age become very\\ndistrustful of others, but it was not so with him. Where he had\\nconfidence he was noble and generous, and those fine qualities were\\nonly surpassed by his deep and close penetration, which enabled\\nhim not to misplace his liberality. Few rich men have given the\\nuse of their names to such an extent to help industrious neighbors\\nas Judge Pettibone; and what higher character could be given of\\nthe community in which he lived than to say that he scarcely ever\\nmet with a loss by his liberality. Previous to his death he was the\\noldest of the Pettibone stock living, and his departure from among\\nthem must sever many tender ties. He appeared like the last con-\\nnecting link between the past and the present generations. Honor to\\nthe memory of a good and just man. May he rest in peace! R.\\nDeacon ]\\\\Iars says: The next house north from Col. Pettibone s\\nwas Dr. Ephraim Guiteau, who lived where Captain Augustus\\nPhelps, and later his son, Levi Phelps, lived. Dr. Guiteau had one\\nson, Philo, who was also a doctor, and one daughter who was\\nthe wife of Dr. Benjamin Welch. Other mention of Dr. Guiteau\\nis made.\\nMr. Joseph Gaylord, Jun., lived near Dr. Guiteau, on the\\nopposite side of the road, where Jedediah Phelps lived, and where\\nCol. Horace B. Knapp lived later. This is the place recently pur-\\nchased for a summer home by Dr. Thompson of New York.\\nA little farther north, where Capt. Henry Porter spent most\\nof his life, and where Mr. Egbert Butler has lived for some years,\\ntwo brothers, Jedediah and Jeremiah Phelps lived. Their father\\ncame from Simsbury to Norfolk in 1756; settled and lived on the\\ncorner north of where his sons, just mentioned, built their house.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nCapt. John Phelps was the father also of Capt. Darius Phelps,\\nwho is mentioned elsewhere, and so was the ancestor of all the\\nfamilies of Phelps who have lived in the town.\\nSarah, daughter of Capt. John Phelps, married Ozias Bingham,\\nand after his death she married Nicholas Holt. The sons Jeremiah\\nand Jedediah in about 1790 built the house already mentioned,\\nwhich is still the home of Mr. Egbert T. Butler, beautifully located,\\nin fine condition, and the summer resting place of a large number\\nof city people.\\nThe brothers together built this house in which they spent\\ntheir lives; their wives cooking at the same great fireplace, which\\nhad three andirons, spread their separate tables in the same great\\nkitchen; each family having a separate work and cheese room,\\nand, of course, other rooms. The brothers owned and worked the\\nlarge productive farm in common, there being no division until\\ntheir children were grown, married, and had interests of their\\nown. Two of the sons of Jedediah, viz., Capt. Augustus and Esq.\\nJedediah, in a division of the original farm, had their farms a short\\ndistance south from the old homestead, those places having been\\nalready mentioned. Kosanna, a daughter of Jedediah Sen., married\\nMr. Calvin Butler, a lawyer, of Plymouth, Conn., and became the\\nmother of fourteen children, of whom Mr. Egbert T. Butler already\\nmentioned is the sole survivor. He married Jennette Porter, May 1,\\n1839, in this same house. Their children were Egbert J. and Har-\\nriet R. Mrs. Butler was a most excellent, queenly. Christian\\nwoman, of rare natural endowments, culture and grace; fitted to\\nshine in any position, even that of the first lady of the land.\\nShe died universally mourned, November 23, 1862, at the age of\\n47, her father, Capt. Henry Porter, having died in September pre-\\nvious, and her son having come home from the army to be cared for\\nthrough a severe sickness a few weeks previous to his mother s\\ndeath.\\nMr. Joseph Gaylord Sen., father of Joseph Jun., Philemon\\nand David Gaylord, lived up the hill north from the old Phelps\\nhomestead. Mi\\\\ David Gaylord had a son, Henry J., who spent\\nhis life, unmarried, upon the old homestead. Another son, Levi P.,\\nwent west, and now lives in Los Angeles, California. One daughter,\\nCelestia, married Sullivan Butler; Julia married Monsieur Victor\\nAlvergnat.\\nMr. Samuel Gaylord lived still farther north, near where his\\nson Anson lived for most of his life. His other sons were Samuel\\nJr., Timothy and Chauncey.\\nJohn Heady lived north from Mr. Gaylord s, and still farther\\nnorth Mr. Samuel Knapp, the father of Major Bushnell Knapp,\\nand grandfather of Col. Horace B. Knapp.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "ZIH\\nW**^^ ^1^1\\n^m^\\njsmI^H\\nJ^\\ni^dlH\\nm\\n\\\\\\\\Lf\\nOH\\nCAPTJCHNil.SHEPARD\\nHarmon h rigos Vm", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NOEFOLK. 545\\nOn a road that started near Capt. John Phelps s corner and\\nran northwest towards the College land, Mr. John Smith lived.\\nHis descendants are numerous and respectable. Chauncey and\\nTimothy Gay lord lived in this neighborhood.\\nEast from Phelps corner, on the road toward Sandisfield, there\\nwere three or four families of Holts, mentioned in another place.\\nCaptain Michael Mills lived in Loon-meadow, on the place\\nwhere Deacon David Frisbie and his son David lived later, and\\nstill later Mr. John Nettleton and Frank Jackman.\\nMiss Susan L. Mills, early in 1897, in reply to a letter of inquiry\\nregarding the Mills family, wrote as follows: Joseph, son of\\nJohn and Sarah Pettibone Mills, was born in 1694; married Hannah\\nAdams. They settled in Simsbury; had fourteen children; ten\\nsons and four daughters, all remarkable for their Christian char-\\nacter and example. Six of the sons were deacons of churches.\\nFour of the sons settled in Norfolk. Of these Deacon Joseph settled\\nin the south end district on the place where his son Benoni, and his\\ngrandson, Daniel, lived later. Deacon Joseph died in 1792. His\\nbrother, Deacon Samuel, died in this town in 1804.\\nMichael, second son of Deacon Joseph and Hannah Adams\\nMills, born in Simsbury, 1728; married Mercy Lawrence; settled in\\nthe eastern part of Norfolk called Loon-meadow. They had nine\\nchildren. He served in the Revolutionary war; was representative\\nto the General Assembly of Connecticut for twelve sessions, from\\n1779 to 1791. Capt. Michael Mills died in 1820, aged 90. Three of\\nhis sons settled in Norfolk, viz., Eden, Lawi ence and Michael\\nFrederick.\\nSimeon Mills, a brother of Capt. Michael, settled in Norfolk. He\\nsuffered great hardship during the Revolutionary war.\\nEden, son of Capt. Michael Mills, married Rosanna Wilcox.\\nThey had ten children; five sons and five daughters. Their chil-\\ndren who settled in Norfolk were Rosanna, who married Luther\\nButler, lived many years and died In the Col. Giles Pettibone\\nhouse in 1888, aged 89 years. Irad, who lived on Beech-flats, in the\\nold Guiteau house, which is still standing, the home of Mrs. John\\nNettleton. Irad died Nov. 1864, aged 72. John Milton Mills, died\\nApril 1860, aged 71, and Susan L. Mills, who was the last person of\\nthe name in town. (She died May 18, 1897, at the age of 86.)\\nLawrence Mills, son of Captain Michael, settled in Norfolk,\\nmarried Olive Benedict; their children were Laura, Myron H.,\\nfor a time a merchant here, as mentioned elsewhere; Persia, mar-\\nried Timothy C. Gaylord; Matilda, married George Nettleton,\\nFrancis B., and Hiram, who was a farmer and a man of some\\nprominence in the town; was one of the selectmen of the town for\\nseveral years, and represented the town in the legislature in the\\nyear 1839, and died in 1881, aged 86.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "546 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nHis eldest son, Cliarles H., also a farmer, died of hydrophobia,\\nDecember, 1878, aged 52. His younger son, John Lawrence Mills,\\ngraduated at Yale College, was a tutor in Yale for some years,\\nstudied for the ministry, preached for several years and was ap-\\npointed to a professorship in Marietta College, Ohio, where he has\\nsince resided.\\nMichael Frederick, youngest son of Capt. Michael Mills, was\\nborn in Norfolk March 22, 1776. He studied law and practiced his\\nprofession in his native town until by age and failing health com-\\npelled to retire. He held nearly every office and position of trust\\nwithin the gift of his fellow townsmen. He represented the town\\nin the State Legislature in 1830, 1831 and 1833. He was appointed\\nJudge of Probate in 1822 and held that office twenty years, the dis-\\ntrict then comprising the towns of Norfolk, Colebrook and Win-\\nchester. (During Esq. Mills term of office Winchester and Cole-\\nbrook were made by the Legislature the district of Winchester, in\\n1838.) In 1812 he was appointed justice of the peace, and officiated\\nin that capacity until he was seventy years of age. In 1813 he was\\nappointed sole agent for the church and society to build the meet-\\ning-house, which business he transacted to the entire satisfaction\\nof all concerned, as mentioned in another place. In 1804, under\\nPresident Jefferson s administration, a post-office was established\\nin Norfolk, and Esq. Mills was appointed the first postmaster. At\\nthat time the mail was received only twice a week in Norfollv, and\\nthe only papers taken here were the Connecticut Courant and\\nLitchfield Monitor.\\nIn the History of Litchfield County Bench and Bar, it is said:\\nMr. Mills never figured conspicuously as an advocate in fhe\\nhigher courts, but was regarded by the ablest lawyers as one of the\\nbest men in the state to prepare a case. Most people know how\\nvery liable members of the legal profession are to make enemies in\\ndischarging the duties of their calling, but in this Esq. Mills was\\npeculiarly fortunate. Being of a happy and generous disposition,\\nwhatever he said or did never partook of ill will or malignity.\\nHe married Sarah Pettibone, grand-daughter of Col. Giles Petti-\\nbone. One son, Frederick Ira, graduated at Yale College, 1827; was\\na young man of great promise, and died at the age of 23, soon after\\ncompleting his law studies. His younger son, Michael G. Mills,\\nwas for a time Judge of Probate, and died December, 1846, aged\\n33. His daughters, Margaret, who married John A. Shepard, and\\nSarah, who married .John K. Shepard, spent their lives in this town.\\nEsq. Michael F. Mills died August 2, 1857, aged 81.\\nOn the road leading from the Loon meadow road toward Pond-\\ntown Deacon Jared Butler lived. Mr. Butler, who married Elisa-\\nbeth Dorchester, was the sixth man elected to the office of Deacon,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 547\\nafter the organization of the Congregational Church here. He died\\nin 1S22, aged 76. He had four sons, Nathaniel, Elisaph, Jared and\\nLuther. His daughter Elizabeth married Mr. Allen Holt, and lived\\nin this town. His daughter Mary married David Sexton. He died\\nJuly, 1854, aged SO. She died August, 1851, aged 71. They spent\\ntheir lives, most excellent Christian people, on the farm occupied\\nafter their death by Samuel Caufleld, who married their daughter,\\nRebecca Sexton. Mr. Caufleld sold the place a number of years\\nafter Mr. Sexton s death to Mr. Richard Curtiss, who now lives\\nthere.\\nElisaph Butler, son of Deacon Jared, had two sous, Levi and\\nJared. He died March, 1843, aged 75.\\nNathaniel Butler, son of Deacon Jared, had two sons, Uri and\\nEdwin, and two daughters, Miriam and Matilda. He died April,\\n1841, aged GO.\\nUri and Edwin Butler were well known and highly respected\\ncitizens of Norfolli until middle life, when they removed from town.\\nTheir sister, Miriam, married a Mr. Pierce of Canaan. Matilda\\nmarried Mr. Witherell.\\nJared Butler, son of Deacon Jared, had seven sons and two\\ndaughters. The sons Avere Timothy, Almon, Albert, Miriman, Wil-\\nliam, Sullivan and Styles; the daughters were Laura and Celia.\\nThese all emigrated from town. William married Harriet Merwin,\\nlived in town several years and then went west.\\nSullivan mari ied Celestia, daughter of David Gaylord, spent\\nthe larger part of his life in town, and now lives in East Canaan.\\nLuther, son of Deacon Jared Butler, married Rosanna Mills,\\nwas a highly respected citizen of this town, owned and died in the\\nCol. Giles Pettibone house, September, 1855, aged 69. His daugh-\\nter Rosanna married Mr. Edward Hubbard of Salisbui y. Their\\ndaughters, Mrs. Lyman Johnson and Mrs. Silas Palmer, are resi-\\ndents of this town. Ellen, daughter of Luther Butler, married Mr.\\nGeorge Dodge of Salisbury.\\nNathaniel Stevens, was fifth in descent from John Stevens, w ho\\ncame from County Kent, England, and settled in Guilford, Conn.,\\nabout 1G40. The family afterward removed to Killingworth, now\\nClinton, where representatives are now living. He was born at\\nClinton in 1739, and removed to Norfollv early in its history. He\\nwas by occupation a clothier and hatter. He built a house in 1784,\\nstill owned by his descendants. He was noted for his piety, and\\nwas a man of influence in the community; represented the town at\\neighteen sessions of the Legislature and died in 1808.\\nIn spealiing of the removal of this family, with others, the his-\\ntorian says: They continue to be respectable in Church and State\\nthere.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nNathaniel Stevens, Jr., second son of Nathaniel Stevens, was\\nborn in 1763. He remainecl at the homestead in Norfolk and suc-\\nceeded his father in the business of hatter. He took a prominent\\npart in public affairs, was a major of militia, and represented the\\ntown at sixteen sessions of the Legislature. He died in 1825. He\\nhad four sons and three daughters.\\nHalsey Stevens, youngest son of Nathaniel Stevens, Jr., was\\nborn in 1803. He succeeded his father in business. He married\\nDasiah Humphrey, youngest daughter of Giles Pettibone, Jr., and\\ndied in 1837.\\nJonathan H. Pettibone, eldest son of Halsey Stevens, was born\\nin 1830. He studied medicine under Dr. Wm. W. Welch, and gradu-\\nated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1852.\\nHe served a term in Bellevue Hospital, and made several trips to\\nEurope as surgeon on board ship. In 1855, after the death of Dr.\\nErasmus Hugins, he became associated with Dr. Welch in practice\\nat Norfolk. In 1861 he was appointed 1st Asst. Surgeon 4th C. V.,\\nafterwards the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery. He experienced the\\nfortunes of war during McClellan s Peninsular Campaign. He re-\\nsigned his commission on account of his own ill health and that\\nof near relatives. He continued the practice of his profession at\\nNorfolk till 1885, when he died very suddenly at the age of 55\\nyears.\\nMr. Hezekiah Butler lived next to Mr. Stevens. He was a shoe-\\nmaker. One of his sons, Oliver B. Butler, was a shoemaker, built\\na shop and worked in it for several years. It was the house in\\nwhich Mrs. Bilhah Freedom died.\\nMr. Joseph Smith lived in a house north of Mr. John K. Shep-\\nard, in West Norfolk.\\nOn the west side of the brook Mr. John Turner lived. He was\\na tanner and currier of leather. This seems to have been near\\nwhere Mr. Levi Shepard built his tannery later.\\nIn the district that was called Paug, on the road that ran\\nsouth from the Maltbie place, which was on the old turnpike, a\\nman named Blakeley lived, half a mile or so south. Blakeley pond\\ndoubtless received its name from this man.\\nMr. Roswell Grant lived near where Mr. Richard Beckley and\\nhis son, William Beckley, lived. His brother, Joel Grant, lived on\\nthe opposite side of the street. He was killed by the fall of a well-\\nsweep in his own yard in the memorable storm of 1796. The\\nhouse was burnt many years later.\\nEsq. Joseph Riggs left a memorandum, as follows:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy\\nGaylord lived near Mr. Jud s; came to town 1768; Gaylord built\\nhis house 3 or 4 years after. (This Judd house was the first house\\nsouth of the Methodist church.) A. D. 1768, Miles Riggs came to", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "[HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 549\\nNorfolk and Justus Gaylord lived at the old house near or on the\\nground where Mr. Akins lives; house now stands. (Miles Riggs\\nwas the father of Esq. Joseph; he died 1S3G, aged 88. The house\\nwhere Mrs. Akins lives was the house still standing opposite the\\nDoctor Welch house, which house Mr. Lemuel Akins owned, and\\nhis family occupied for several years after his death in 1831.)\\nMiles Riggs thinks he had been told that Samuel Gaylord, the\\nfather of Justus Gaylord, had lived in a house a little west of the\\nhighway, near the grist-mill bridge. Thinks the Watsons bought\\nsaid Justus Gay lord s property, and John and Titus Watson built\\nthe Akins house and sold out some time after to E. Phelps.\\nIn an extended interview most fortunately had with Mr. Nor-\\nman Riggs, a week only before his death, in March, 1900, the\\nwriter learned many things of interest concerning the old settlers\\nand former residents in the South End district, where Mr. Riggs\\nwas born and where he spent the eighty-four years of his life.\\nI will follow somewhat in the order taken by Mr. Riggs. Two\\nsous of Asahel Humphrey of Goshen settled on the Winchester\\nroad in the extreme south part of the town. In the time of the\\nRevolutionary war the whole family were said to be tory sympa-\\nthizers, and on that account it was said they settled in that remote\\npart of the town. Levi Humphrey lived near the line between\\nNorfolk and Winchester. His son, Timothy, settled in Winchester,\\nnear his old home. His son Lloyd and daughter Nancy never mar-\\nried, and spent their lives on their native place. Lloyd at one time\\nwas said to have been well off financially, but lost his property and\\ndied penniless. James, the other sou of Levi, owned for some\\nyears a large farm near Grantville, which he sold to Col. Willis\\nGriswold, later known as the Beckley farm, and afterward he kept\\na hotel in Winsted.\\nMalachi, the other son of Asahel Humphrey, lived on the farm\\nnext north of his brother Levi. He was a man vigorous of mind\\nand body, of about 225 lbs. weight, a good farmer, a shrewd busi-\\nness man, in good circumstances, a good citizen, an expert at\\nstone-work, and somewhat of a joker. He built a porch over his\\nfront door, and his family physician. Dr. Whitmore, said of it:\\nWhy, Uncle Pal, as he was familiarly called, I shall never dare\\ngo under that thing. Mr. Humphi ey replied: Then I shall build\\none just like it over my hatchway door, and see if I can t keep\\nyou out of my cellar. His sous were Horace, Joel, Carlton, Loyal,\\nChester and George. Horace remained on the old farm, engaged in\\nnursery business, raising pears, horse-radish, mulberry trees, etc.\\nAlmira, the daughter of Malachi Humphrey, married James Stan-\\nnard. and was the mother of Appleton and Malachi Stannard.\\nJames Stannard lived farther north, on what is still the Stannard", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "550 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nfarm. He died suddenly in 1827, of lieart disease, at the age of 39\\nyears. His sou, Appleton, spent bis life on the old homestead, an\\nexcellent citizen and a good farmer. His son Obed succeeded his\\nfather on the farm.\\nA man named Mason built the first house on this place, and\\nsold to James Stannard.\\nThe first settler on the Riggs farm, as it has been liuowu during\\nthe entire history of the town, was a Mr. Roberts, who built a\\nlog house under the hill, where he lived a few years. Miles Riggs\\ncame from near Danbury and bought part of this farm in 1771.\\nHe was a carpenter; built some .houses in Canaan and some of the\\nold houses in Norfolk. He married first Patty Bull; they had three\\nchildren. He served in the Revolutionary army, as the record else-\\nwhere will show. As he reached home at one time from the army\\nhe found two of his children lying dead in the house, and his wife\\ndied before the next morning of camp-distemper. His surviving\\nchild. Miles, settled in Canada and lived to be nearly ninety yeai s\\nold.\\nHis second wife was Abigail, daughter of Amasa Cowles, and\\nwidow of Eden Mills. The children of this second marriage were\\nJoseph, Eden and Lewis, and a daughter, Delina, who married\\na Mr. Harvey, lived and died in Texas.\\nMiles Riggs died in his old home Sept. 20, 1836, aged 88 years.\\nHis son Eden, it has been said, succeeded Owen Brown, on part of\\nthe Stannard farm, and for some years carried on tanning and\\nshoemaking there, and later bought a farm near South Norfolk,\\nwhich was originally owned by Oliver Burr. He was an indus-\\ntrious, successful farmer, accumulated a good property, was a well-\\ninformed, intelligent man, and a most exemplary citizen. He rep-\\nresented the town in the Legislature in 1844. He had three sous,\\nHiram Harman, Lewis, who was a physician, and Miles. Harman,\\nas he was called, and Miles, both spent their lives on the old home-\\nstead. Were excellent farmers and business men, and most worthy\\nChristian men and citizens.\\nLewis Riggs (son of Miles Riggs) was a physician, an able,\\neducated man; settled in the state of New York, at Homer, and\\nrepresented his district in Congress at one time.\\nJoseph, the eldest son of Miles Riggs by his second wife, spent\\nhis life on the old farm. He was a well educated and a well in-\\nformed man, was a skillful surveyor, did a vast amount of survey-\\ning in this and the adjoining towns; was for some years the county\\nsurveyor; was for many years a justice of the peace and transacted\\nmuch business, such as drawing wills, deeds and the like. A great\\nnumber of papers in his handwriting, and the minutes of surveys\\nof lands, laying out and altering highways, etc., which he made", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 551\\nare still to be found. He was the surveyor when a large number\\nof the alterations of the Greenwoods Turnpike were made.\\nEsq. Riggs, as he was called by everybody, married Annis\\nClark of Burlington, Conn. Their children were George, who set-\\ntled in Wisconsin; Chauncey, who spent his life in Torrington,\\nConnecticut; twin daughters, Mary, who married Frederick Bron-\\nson, and spent her life in East Canaan, and Maria, who married\\nLuman Foot, son of Pliny Foot of this town, and whose home was\\nalso in Bast Canaan, where she died.\\nJoseph Riggs, with his father, built the house which is still\\nstanding in good condition on the Riggs farm, in 181G. In June of\\nthat year, on the day of the total eclipse of the sun, he went to\\nTorrington for a load of brick. As the eclipse was nearing totality\\nhe met an acquaintance, Mr. Hayden, who was in great consterna-\\ntion, as he said: The day of judgment has surely come. Mr.\\nRiggs, who understood about the eclipse, assured his terrified friend\\nthat the darkness was caused by the moon crossing the sun s track,\\nand that all danger would soon be past, and added: But the day\\nof judgment is coming.\\nNorman, the third son of .Joseph Riggs, was born March 10th,\\n1816; spent his life on the old Riggs homestead, and died there\\nMarch 26, 1900. He was an unusually intelligent, well-informed\\nman, with whom, to the close of his life, it was a pleasure to con-\\nverse regarding occurrences in this town, which he remembered\\nback more than three-quarters of a century, and many most inter-\\nesting facts that he heard In early life from his grandfather and\\nother early settlers of this town. He held at various times the\\noffice of selectman and other town offices, and positions of trust\\nand responsibility, and was through life a respected and esteemed\\ncitizen. He was not successful in accumulating or i-etaining prop-\\nerty, and in the last years of his life was said to be in straightened\\ncircumstances. He was a man of wide general information; read\\nand thought much, and in the last interview said to the writer:\\nMy best thoughts have always come to me in the early morning,\\nwhen just awakened, refreshed by sleep.\\nCaptain Hosea Wilcox, whose service in the Revolutionary war\\nis mentioned elsewhere, lived north from the Riggs place, toward\\nthe Stannard farm. His house was across the road from Deacon\\nEdward Gay lord s. In that Interview, Mr. Riggs said: You come\\ndown some pleasant day after the ground is settled and I will go\\nwith you and show you where all those old houses stood but he\\ndid not live to do it.\\nSterling Miles lived for a time in a small house north from the\\nRiggs place, the house standing on the east side of the road.\\nA Mr. Goff, a tanner and shoemaker, moved this Mills house a", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "552 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nlittle distance north from tlie Stannard corner, and used it for a\\nbark-house. He had a small tannery on the south-east side of the\\nroad, where Mr. Stannard now has a small pond, his house being\\non the opposite side of the road.\\nOwen Brown, the father of John Brown, who was the Hero of\\nHarper s Ferry, in December, 1859, bought out Mr. Goff about\\n1795, and carried on tanning and shoe-making there for about four\\nyears, when he sold out and moved to Torrington. Josiah Board-\\nman bought out Mr. Brown, and Mr. Eden Riggs occupied the place\\nsome years later, it is said.\\nOwen Bi own, who was born in West Simsbury, February, 1771,\\nmarried in March, 1793, Ruth, daughter of Rev. Gideon Mills, in\\nhis autobiography says: In the fall of 1789 I went to Norfolk and\\nworked at shoemaking all winter, mostly around at houses for\\nfamilies. I returned to Simsbury, afterward called Canton Center,\\nwhere I lived until about two years after I was married, when I\\nwent to Norfolk, bought a small farm with a house and barn on it.\\nFound there friends in need and friends indeed; set up shoemaking\\nand tanning, and did a small, good business. My first child,\\nSalmon, was born in Canton, June, 1794, and died in Norfolk, Feb-\\nruary, 1796. My daughter Anna was boi n in Norfolk, July 5, 1798.\\nI sold my place in Norfolk in February, 1799, and moved to Torring-\\nton, where my son John was born May 9, 1800. In 1804 I made my\\nfirst journey to Ohio; purchased land at Hudson, Ohio; returned to\\nConnecticut in the fall. June 9, 1805, I started with my family\\nwith an ox team for Ohio, and arrived in Hudson, Ohio July 27th.\\nAfter he became famous it was said by some natives of Norfolk\\nthat they played with John Brown as a school boy in South End\\ndistrict, which was clearly a mistake.\\nCaptain Joseph Case, the father of Mrs. Solomon Cowles, built\\nthe house, which is still standing, on what was long known as the\\nFerry farm, and sold out to Captain Thomas Ferry, and went\\nwest. Mrs. Ferry, probably the mother of Thomas Ferry, died in\\n1810 at the great age of 101 years. Capt. Ferry sold out to Levi\\nWright and Hiram McNeil. Later the farm was owned by S. L.\\nHurlbut of Winchester.\\nThe first deatli in the town recorded in Dr. Roys list was\\nSamuel Cowles, who died in 1762.\\nJoseph Cowles was one of the early settlers in the South End\\ndistrict. He built an eight square house, twenty feet in diameter,\\non the site where his son Ebenezer, and his grandson, Moses Cowles,\\nspent their lives also. Mr. Miles Riggs helped to build this house.\\nMoses Cowles and his son-in-law, William C. Phelps, pulled down\\nthis old house about 1835, and built the house now occupied by Ed-\\nward Canfield. Mr. Joseph Cowles, when an old man, in walking to", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 553\\nmeeting, fell on the ice on the old Goshen road, on what was then\\nthe Tibbals place, and his death resulted from injuries received in\\nthis fall, in 1782. His son Ebenezer succeeded him on the old\\nhomestead, and died there in 1827, at the age of 78 years.\\nSolomon, son of Ebenezer Cowles (an e having been added to\\nthe name in this generation), lived a short distance south of the\\nold homestead, where he built a good house and other buildings,\\nand had a fine farm, in an excellent state of cultivation. Many of\\nthe massive stone walls standing on the farm in good order today\\nare monuments of his energy and enterprise. He was one of the\\nmost thorough and successful farmers of his day; a good citizen, a\\nvery positive character. He was the man who placed the round\\nhorse-block near the present stone chapel, bringing it up from the\\noil-mill on Blackberry river, as mentioned elsewhere. He was at\\nfirst strongly opposed to fencing the green and planting it to trees.\\nHe married Keturah, daughter of Capt. Joseph Case. She was a\\nmost excellent, devoted Christian woman. She died October 4,\\n1869, aged 84. He had four sons, William, Loyal, James M. and\\nGrovenor. The house which he built and occupied was burned a\\nfew years since, and the farm seems to have been almost aban-\\ndoned. He died April 7, 1858, aged 79, and his son William, who\\na short time before had returned to live with his father, died the\\n23d of the same month, at the age of 43.\\nJames M. Cowles when a young man bought of Jesse Malfbie\\nthe farm on the Goshen road in the south part of the town, where\\nhe spent his life and where he died in December, 1871, at the age\\nof 64. This farm was, earlier in the history of the town, owned\\nby Daniel Pettibone, who for some years kept a tavern there,\\nwhen the New Haven and Albany turnpike was quite a thorough-\\nfare. Mr. Cowles was an energetic, thorough farmer, who had his\\nfarm in a fine state of cultivation, and in 1843 built a very nice\\nfarmhouse for those days. He was a prominent man in town\\naffairs. Was first selectman in 1844, and the same year, with\\nWilliam Lawrence, represented the town in the Legislature. He\\nwas a deacon of the Congregational Church several years, which\\nposition he held at the time of his death. He married a daughter\\nof Mr. Amos Baldwin. His three sons, Joseph, Loyal and William,\\nare all residents of the town, William occupying the homestead.\\nHis daughter Louise has for more than thirty years been a teacher\\nin Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary.\\nMr. Moses Cowles spent most of his life on the old Cowles\\nhomestead. He was an excellent citizen, but had not the strength,\\nvitality and enterprise of his brother. He enjoyed life, took things\\nrather easy, was an inveterate smoker and fond of telling stories.\\nHis brother, Solomon, was sometimes annoyed at some of his easy", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "554 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nways, and once said in his presence: I m going to have a pound\\nbuilt to shut Mose up in, for he comes around and hinders my men\\nso, forever telling them stories. This pound never was built. Mr.\\nCowles married Hannah Betts, sister of Mrs. Nathan Green and\\nhalf-sister of Mr. David Sexton. She was an excellent Christian\\nwoman. It was said she would not let her husband smolie when\\nthey were riding together. They had two daughters, Parna, who\\nmarried Mr. Yilliam C. Phelps, now living in Winsted, and Abbie,\\nwho married Joel Grant.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cowles spent their last years and died in Winsted.\\nCaptain Asahel Case, one of the early settlers, built the house\\non the farm next north from Moses Cowles He had thirteen\\nciiildren. A man who once spent a night at his house said that in\\nthe morning Mr. Case went to the chamber stairs, called out all the\\nnames found in the Bible, and added, and all the rest of you get\\nup. He died in 1809.\\nHis son, Captain Aaron Case, spent his life on the old home-\\nstead. His first wife took by mistake a dose of saltpetre instead\\nof Epsom salts, as she supposed it to be, and died from the effects\\nof it in a few hours. Captain Case was a resolute, eccentric kind\\nof a man. Col. Phelps, a brother of his mother, was drilling a\\ncompany of militia in which Captain Aaron did not toe the mark\\nto suit him, and said to him, I ll drill all the Case blood out of\\nyou. The retort was, Then I shall be a blank fool too, like our\\nColonel. Captain Aaron, as he was called, was taking home a\\nload of potatoes in an ox cart. He always kept two or three rods\\nahead of his oxen. Going up a long hill the tail-board of the cart\\ngot loose, and his potatoes rolled out and scattered from the foot\\nof the hill to the top. When he reached home and found his cart\\nempty, doubtless the English language was inadequate to express\\nhis feelings.\\nTime and space forbid telling of his once driving a pig some two\\nmiles without discovering that he had taken the wrong pig out of\\nhis pen. Captain Aaron Case died in 1S42, aged 70.\\nHis son, Hiram, succeeded him on the old homestead. He\\nworked when a yoimg man grinding scythes in a scythe shop, and\\ndied of grinder s consumption in March, 1856, aged 44.\\nDea. Aaron, the youngest son of Captain Aaron, was for many\\nyears a somewhat prominent man in Winsted, where he died about\\nJanuary 1, 1900.\\nCaptain Asahel Case, Jun., an older brother of Captain Aaron,\\nspent his life on a farm near Grantville. Mr. James Swift, a life-\\nlong resident of this town, married one of his daughters. Mr.\\nPhilo Smith married another daughter, and succeeded Captain Case\\non this farm, where he spent his life and died in 1877, at the age", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "FIVE NORTON GENERATIONS.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 555\\nof 83; and he in turn is succeded by his son Obadiah, who still lives\\non the farm at the age of 80; and his son Arthur is following in the\\nsteps of the three generations of ancestors, with the next generation\\npressing on after him; all excellent citizens, thrifty farmers, as the\\nfarm bears witness, and all the generations regular church-going,\\nChristian people. Mr. Obadiah Smith told the writer that under\\na certain chestnut tree on his farm, he, with his mother, his grand-\\nfather Case, his son and his grandchildren, five generations, he has\\ngathered chestnuts. A rare record. Capt. Asahel Case, Jun., died\\nin 1840, at the age of 84.\\nMr. Joseph Mills was an early settler of the town, living on\\nthe farm north from the old Case homestead. He was the third\\nman elected deacon of the church here in the early days of its\\nhistory, which office he held until his death in 1792. His son. Rev.\\nJoseph Mills, was settled as pastor of the church in Becket, Mass.\\nAnother son, Roger Mills, lived in New Hartford. His sons, Con-\\nstantine and Benoni, settled in this town, the latter living on the\\nfarm of his father. Daniel S., son of Benoni Mills, succeeded his\\nfather on the old homestead, and married a daughter of Gip Smith,\\na Mormon, of Canaan. At one time when Mrs. Mills was sick, a\\nMormon missionary came to their house, claiming to have power\\nto heal the sick, and he cured Mrs. Mills so that she rose from her\\nsick bed and prepared dinner for the family, but within a few hours\\nshe was again very sick. In the spring of 18.58 Daniel Mills and\\nhis family sold out and went to California, and a few years ago he\\nY -as living at San Jose Mission, Cal., wirh his son Smith, a Mor-\\nmon, and his daughter, Mary Ann Mills.\\nStephen Norton, an early settler of the town, built a large\\nhouse at the corner of the Winchester and Winsted roads, a short\\ndistance south of the cemetery, in the South End district, where\\nfor many years he kept a tavern, the road passing there being at\\nthe time quite a thoroughfare. As is mentioned elsewhere, he\\nliuilt and for a time carried on a grist-mill, on a small stream that\\nruns not far south of this place. He was born at Durham, Ct, in\\n1740; was the eldest son of .Jonathan Norton, who was born at Say-\\nbrook, Ct., February 18, 1712, and died at Norfolk, October 27, 1801,\\naged 89. His wife, Ruth, died at Norfolk, Jan. 15, 1809. Jonathan\\nwas the eldest son of John Norton, who was born at Saybrook,\\nOctober 3, 1686, and died at Diu-ham, December, 1768. John was\\nthe youngest son of Thomas, born in England 1626. Thomas was\\nson of Thomas, born in England 1588. Came to America, settled\\nin Guilford about 1639; died at Guilford 1648.\\nStephen Norton married Experience, daughter of Dea. Edward\\nGaylord of Norfolk, in 1762, and died in Norfolk September 11,\\n1826, aged 86. His wife died September, 1825, aged 80. They had", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "556 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\neight sons and one daughter, the latter, Clarissa, married Dr. Ben-\\njamin F. Calhoun of Norfolk. Their son Stephen, born March,\\n1765, married Hannah Coy. Spent their lives on a farm on the\\nGoshen road toward South Norfolk, where he died in 1843, aged\\n77. His wife died May, 1848, aged 75. They had fifteen children;\\nthree of these died in infancy; eleven of them had families. Their\\neldest child, Anson, married Ruby Burr, and spent their lives in\\nthis town. Their son, William, married Rebecca, daughter of Wil-\\ncox Phelps of this town, and spent their lives on a farm in the Loon\\nmeadow district. They had five sons and three daughters.\\nCharles Lyman, son of Stephen Norton, was a large and suc-\\ncessful farmer of Goshen. Several of his descendants are living\\nin Norfolk. None of the descendants of Anson Norton are living\\nin Norfolk.\\nProbably the most important family in the south part of the\\ntown during its history is the family of Grants, some of whom\\nhave lived in or near the point called Grantville, a station on the\\nRailroad in this town since 1761.\\nThe first settler in the town of the name was Elijah Grant, the\\n4th generation from Matthew, who was the first of the name in\\nAmerica, and who lived and died in Windsor, in this state, Decem-\\nber, 1681.\\nElijah Grant, son of Josiah, was born in Litchfield, April, li.iS.\\nSettled in Norfolk in 1761. Represented the town in the General\\nAssembly in 1782. Died August, 1798.\\nHis sons were Joel, born in Litchfield, Feb., 1756.\\nRoswell, born in Litchfield, August, 1762.\\nMoses, born in Norfolk, August, 1765.\\nLevi, born in Norfolk, 1771.\\nOf the next generation, the children of Joel Grant and Zilpah\\nCowles, were Deacon Elijah, who was well known in this town, al-\\nthough he lived beyond the town line on the old Greenwoods turn-\\npike in Millbrook.\\nJerusha, who married Roswell Griswold.\\nNancy, who was the first wife of Dea. Amos Pettibone.\\nJames, a farmer, who died in this town at 36.\\nZilpah Polly Grant, born May 30, 1794.\\nRoswell Grant, the second son of Elijah, boi n in Litchfield,\\nAugust, 1762. Married first, Hannah Coy. Married second, Eliza-\\nbeth Robbins Lawrence. The compiler of the Grant family says\\nof him:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tailor and farmer; private in 7th Conn. Reg. Militia,\\n1780. While in the Highlands he was posted as guard on one of\\nthe bleakest points, in extremely cold weather. The army removed\\nwithout recalling him, but he stuck to his post until relieved, two\\ndays later. While a little eccentric, he was entirely honest and a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 557\\ngreat lover of justice, but inclined to punish bis own faults with\\ngreat severity.\\nHis daughter by his second marriage, Anna E., a tailoress;\\ngave valuable aid in the compilation of the Grant family history.\\nMoses Grant, the third son of Elijah, born in Norfolk, August,\\n1765; resided at Grantville in the old Grant homestead; farmer and\\nteacher. He had six daughters and five sons. Joel M., the eldest\\nson, was a farmer; died at Chautauqua, N. Y.\\nGiles Phelps Grant, born March, 1801, died at Caledonia, N. Y.,\\nJan., 1877. In 1852 he settled in Rochester, N. Y.; was very suc-\\ncessful as a wholesale and retail boot and shoe merchant. The first\\nmerchant to send out travelling salesmen. A prominent man, of\\ngreat nobility of character, kind and generous.\\nThe third son, Garry Cook Grant, died unmarried at Grant-\\nville when 36 years old. Was a farmer and manufacturer of cheese\\nboxes.\\nHarry McGill Grant, the fourth son, was a pi*ominent business\\nman of this town; resided at Grantville in the old homestead,\\nwhich he bought, together with half of the shop and saw-mill.\\nWas a farmer, lumberman and cheese-box manufacturer. He died\\nSept. 20, 1870, aged 64.\\nRiley Andrews Grant, the youngest of Moses Grant s children,\\nborn July, 1817, a farmer, is still living at Grantville.\\nLevi Grant, the youngest of the sons of Elijah Grant, was a\\nfarmer and owned mills in Norfolk. Died in his 45th year. Had\\ntwo daughters, who married two sons of Launcelot Phelps of Cole-\\nbrook; were prominent citizens, farmers, in West Groton, N. Y.\\nAnother daughter married Robert Armstrong, who lived and\\ndied in Wisconsin.\\nHarvey Grant, the only son of Levi Grant, born in Norfolk,\\nJuly, 1794; married in Norfolk, Nov., 1816, Experience Norton; lived\\nin Norfolk until 1834, then removed to Wellington, Ohio. In 1845\\nmoved to Ripon, Wisconsin, where he became a prominent man.\\nElder of the Presbyterian Church, member of the Wisconsin As-\\nsembly several terms, and of the Wisconsin Senate one term. He\\nhad ten sons, nine of them born in Norfolk; all of them married\\nand had families. His wife. Experience Norton, was a daughter\\nof Stephen Norton, already mentioned; one of a family of fifteen\\nchildren, and is said to have been a beautiful woman in every\\nregard.\\nReminiscences of Roswell Grant (Boyd s Annals): Roswell\\nGrant, son of Elijah Grant of Norfolk, resided until 1804 in the\\nN. W. comer of Winchester, on part of the Richard Beckley farm,\\nand afterward lived for many years on the same farm in Norfolk.\\nHe was a large farmer and a laborious man, honest and conscien-", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "558 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntious in a way of his own. Having carelessly left bis barn doors\\nopen through a mid-winter night, he punished himself the night fol-\\nlowing by again opening them and sitting in the draft of a bitter\\nnorthwest wind until morning. In his declining years he became\\npoor, and worked in Winsted as a hired man. Such was liis love\\nfor work that he would steal off on Sunday and hoe his pious em-\\nployer s potatoes, without his knowledge and without compensa-\\ntion.\\nHe joined the Continental Army when seventeen years old, and\\nendured hard service with characteristic fortitude. When Baron\\nSteuben was selecting his corps for special discipline, he passed in\\nfront of Grant s company while on parade. Grant was surprised\\nto find himself the only man taken from the company; being, as he\\nsaid, such a little nubbin of a fellow, I had no idea he would take\\nme. While in the Highlands he was posted as guard on one of\\nthe bleakest points, in extremely cold weather. The army moved\\nwithout recalling him, but he stuck to his post till relieved two\\ndays after.\\nGoing to Litchfield in his advanced life, on foot, a neighbor en-\\ntrusted him with a letter to be delivered there. He had reached\\nwithin a mile of his home, after dark, on his return, when he dis-\\ncovered that he had brought the letter back. He immediately\\nturned and walked fourteen miles to Litchfield, delivered the letter\\nand came home before daylight the next morning. He died July,\\n1837, aged 75.\\nIn the early history of the town Jonathan Brown lived on the\\nWinchester road, a half mile or so from its junction with the\\nGoshen road. In 1769 Ebenezer Norton deeded to Jonathan\\nBrown three and one-half acres of land near said Brown s house,\\non the south side of the Winchester road. This was probably\\ncalled the Goddard place many years later. Daniel Hotchkiss,\\nEsq., lived in the old Goddard house when he was first married;\\nlater he lived for many years at the junction of the Goshen and\\nWinchester roads, and still later for the balance of his life on the\\nold Palmer place, where he built the present Marvin house.\\nWhen Burgoyne s army, in the time of the Revolutionary war,\\npassed through and for a time encamped in Norfolk, a soldier\\nnamed Bandall, from their ranks, tarried behind and settled here.\\nHis son, Frederick Bandall, lived on the road leading from the\\nSouth End school-house to Grant s. In the 40 s Mr. Bandall sold\\nhis farm to Moses Cowles and William C. Phelps, and left town.\\nMr. Philo Smith married a daughter of Capt. Asahel Case, as is\\nmentioned elsewhere, and spent his life on a farm near Grantville.\\nFor a time he raised mulberry trees and silk-worms, and produced\\nsome silk, but this enterprise was not a very great and permanent", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 559\\nsuccess. He for some years bad a saw-mill and a cheese-box sbop\\non a water privilege upon bis farm. At one time cataracts formed\\nupon his eyes and rendered him blind, but by an operation bis\\nsight was pai tially restored, so that with the use of very strong\\nlenses lie could see to get about. His son, Obadiah, succeeded him\\non the farm. His other son, Lorrin E., went to the Pacific coast,\\nand is living at Colton, Washington.\\nMr. and Mrs. Philo Smith were very regular attendants at\\nchurch, and were usually at the Friday afternoon church prayer\\nmeeting, although they lived more than three miles from the church.\\nAnother of the early settlers very near the Grants was Mr.\\nLuther Foot. Very little has been learned about him, save that his\\nwife was a Phelps, that she died in 1833, and that he died in 1834,\\naged 74. His son, Pliny Foot, for many years carried on a tannery,\\nwhich stood near his house, and did a prosperous business, tanning\\ndifferent grades of leather: cow-hides, kip and calf -skins, selling\\nhis leather principally at Hartford. Under the preaching of Gip\\nSmith and other Mormons, it has been said that for a time Mr. Foot\\nbecame a Mormon exhorter. He was a great talker, and had a\\nremarkably loud voice. He gave the Mormon missionaries two\\nhundred dollars, and took their note for three hundred more. He\\nwent to the Mormon headquarters some years later, hoping to col-\\nlect his note for $300, but he could not collect it, and the Mormons\\ntried to induce him to give them also what money he had with him,\\nand trust the Lord to help him get home without money. This\\nended his Mormon belief. He had formerly been in the Congrega-\\ntional Church, and later in the Baptist Church.\\nMr. Oliver Burr Butler was a son of Hezekiah Butler of New\\nMarlborough, his mother being a daughter of Oliver Burr, and\\ngranddaughter of Ebenezer Burr, one of Norfolk s earliest settlers.\\nBorn in 1791, he learned the trade of shoemaker when that meant\\na good deal, all boots and shoes for men, women and children being\\nmade to order, by measure, in shops or at people s houses, all hand\\nwork, sewing machines and other machines being then unknown.\\nMr. Butler never married. It was said during his day that early\\nin life he expected to marry a lady, a native of the town, but that\\nshe never had given him any encouragement, and then, as now,\\nit required two persons at least to make a contract. Later in life\\nit was said he thought he was going to marry another lady, with\\nno more I eason for so thinking than in the first instance; that it\\nwas simply an old bachelor s eccentricity.\\nA brother. Dr. Elizer Butler, went out as a medical missionary\\nto the Choctaw Indians, in the early days of missionary efforts,\\nand Mr. Oliver Butler was during all his life deeply interested in\\nmissions and missionary work, and was a liberal and constant", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ncontributor to the cause of missions, and by his will left most of\\nhis property to the American Board of Foreign Missions. The\\nwriter distinctly remembers that at Mr. Butler s funeral in Septem-\\nber, 1865, Dr. Eldridge said in his most emphatic, forcible manner\\nthat Mr. Butler was the most liberal man who had ever lived in\\nthis town, considering the way in which he earned his money, what\\nhe had and what he gave.\\nWhen Mr. William Lawrence left town, Mr. Butler bought his\\nIiouse, then expecting that he might be married any day, and for\\nabout twenty years kept it standing vacant, going into and through\\nit daily, but refusing to rent it except in one instance for a short\\ntime, as a matter of accommodation, notifying the man that he\\nmust be prepared to move out at an hour s notice, as he might hmi-\\nself want the house any day. This is the house built by Esq.\\nMichael F. Mills, owned by Rev. Ralph Emerson when he was\\npastor of the church here, then for many years by William Law-\\nrence, a merchant, now the residence of Mrs. Frederick E. Porter.\\nMr. Butler was a constant attendant at church services and\\nprayer-meetings, but never took an active part in carrying on the\\nlatter. One Saturday evening he was the only man present at the\\nprayer meeting, and seeing the situation he went to the desk after\\na hymn had been sung, read a chapter from the Bible, and, closing\\nthe book, remarked, the meeting is out so far as I am concerned,\\ntook his hat and left. He was elected Town Treasurer in 1836, and\\nheld the office through annual elections for some twenty years. He\\nwas an upright man, of unquestioned integrity of character. He\\nrepresented the town in the General Assembly of 1817.\\nDuring the early history of this town there were a large num-\\nber of families here by the name of Holt. They were principally,\\nif not all, descendants of William Holt, who was one of the early\\nsettlers of New Haven. Isaac Holt, a great-grandson of William,\\nborn in East Haven, Ct., October 14, 1720, removed to this town\\nfrom East Haven on the organization of the town in 1758. He mar-\\nried in 1741, Mercy, daughter of Eleazer and Mercy Morris. He\\nlived in the northeast part of the town, west from the Great Pond.\\nThey had nine children. He died in 1806, aged 86. His wife died\\nin 1801. They had lived together as husband and wife sixty years.\\nTheir children were Mercy, who married Samuel Knapp of Dan-\\nbury, Conn., and settled in Norfolk; they had seven children.\\nIsaac, who married Mabel Dowd, and had no children. In his\\nwill he left a legacy of \u00c2\u00a345 to the town for school purposes, on\\ncondition that the Assembly s Shorter Catechism should be taught.\\nHe died October, 1797, aged 55. His brother, Jacob, born in 1750,\\nhad three children, who were said to have removed to Kentucky.\\nHe was killed at Norfolk in 1774 by the falling in of a well. A", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 561\\nsister, Desiab, married John Phelps of Norfolk. They had seven\\nchildren, viz: John, Isaac, Morris, Daniel, Mercy, Desiah, and\\nAbiram, all born in Norfolk.\\nThe fifth child of Isaac and Mercy Holt was Eleazer, born in\\nEast Haven, August, 1752; maiTied Elizabeth Stone of Norfolk;\\nlived and died there in 18.3.5, aged 82. He was many years a justice\\nof the peace and represented the town in thirteen sessions of the\\nGeneral Assembly. He served in the war of the revolution, and\\nwas present at the taking of Burgoyne. He lived in the north part\\nof the town. Had one son, Allen S., who is mentioned later, and\\ntwo daughters. The sixth child of Isaac Holt was Nicholas, born in\\nEast Haven in 1755; lived in the north part of this town; married\\nfirst, Keturah Pratt; married second, Mrs. Sarah Bingham, daugh-\\nter of John Phelps; married third, Mrs. Lydia Phelps, daughter of\\nReuben Gaylord, and widow of Jedediah Phelps. He had ten chil-\\ndren, and died April, 1832, aged 76. He was a soldier in the Revo-\\nlutionary war, under Captain Watson; enlisted when he was only\\n17 years old; they were ordered to proceed to Quebec and assist\\nGeneral Montgomery. Captain Watson met the enemy on the re-\\ntreat, discomfited, enfeebled and sick with the smallpox. Nicholas\\ntook the disease in crossing Lake George, and leaped into the water\\nas the disease was breaking out. He took a severe cold which\\nsettled in his hip, occasioning a large swelling, which partially\\nluaimed him for life.\\nThe eighth child of Isaac Holt was Stephen, born in East\\nHaven, September, 1760; married Elizabeth Bunce. They had eight\\nchildren. In the early part of his life he lived in the north part of\\nthe town, but spent his last years and died at the home of his .son\\nin West Norfolk. He was for sixty years a church member, and\\nvoted at every Presidential election until 1852. He died June 12,\\n1855, aged 95. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.\\nThe youngest child of Isaac Holt was Morris, born in East\\nHaven, April, 1763. He spent his life in Norfolk; married Sarah\\nKingsbury. They had seven children. He died March, 1815,\\naged 52.\\nSome of the descendants of Isaac Holt, the first settler of that\\nname in the town, were the children of Samuel Knapp and Mercy\\nHolt, his wife; Rev. Isaac Knapp; born in this town in 1775; gradu-\\nated at Williams College 1800; was ordained the fifth minister of\\nWestfield, Mass., in 1803; died there July, 1847, aged 72.\\nEzekiel Knapp, a physician, of New Marlboro, Mass.\\nBushnell Knapp, born in 1777; married Desiah Hall; was a life\\nlong resident of this town, living in the north-west part of the\\ntown. He was a farmer, and in early life a military man, receiving\\nthe title of Major, by which title he was designated through life.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "562 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMajor Bushnell Knapp died September 27, 1868, aged 91. His\\nfather, Samuel Knapp, died in 1816, aged 90. Colonel Horace\\nBushnell Knapp, only son of Major Knapp, a life long resident of\\nthis town, died October 4, 1895, aged 83.\\nAllen S. Holt, son of Eleazer Holt, married Elizabeth Butler;\\nlived in this town; they had ten children. One of his sons, Eleazer,\\nborn June, 1810, married Melissa Sexton. Nicholas and Keturah\\nPratt Holt, mentioned above, had ten children. Eunice married\\nAlvin Norton. They spent their lives in this town, as did also their\\nson, Isaac Norton. Keturah, another daughter, married Isaac\\nSpaulding. He died, and she married as a second husband Deacon\\nDudley Norton of this town, who had manned as his first wife\\nPhebe Holt, a younger sister of Keturah, his second wife. Lyman,\\na son of Nicholas Holt, removed to Homer, N. Y., and then to\\nGenesee, Wisconsin. Another son. Rev. Nicholas Holt, died at Cole-\\nbrook River, October, 1847, aged 62. He had twin sons, Erastus\\nand Aretus, who settled in Atlanta, Ga. Nathan, another son of\\nNicholas Holt, was an organ builder; resided at Guilford, N. Y.\\nErastus, still another sou, born 179.5, married Harriet, daughter\\nof Benjamin Warren of Tyringham, Mass. She died; he married\\nsecond, Caroline Dutton. Lived at Sheridan, N. Y. Had seven\\nchildren.\\nThe children of Stephen and Elizabeth Bunce Holt were:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Har-\\nriet, born March, 1787 lived unmarried in this town; died March\\n30, 1880, aged 93. Her sister, Almiris, born September, 1796, lived\\nimmarried in this town and died April 1. 1880, aged 84, while the\\nfriends had gone to the burial of her sister Harriet. Isaac lived in\\nSalisbury; had one son, Roger. Rev. Eleazer, graduated at Yale\\nCollege 1823. Was pastor of a Presbyterian Church at Reading,\\nPenn., where he died, February, 1835, aged 35.\\nStephen Jay, born November, 1794; lived on the farm in West\\nNorfolk, near the Canaan line. Married Amanda Rice; died in\\n1874, aged 80. Had one son, Henry J., who spent most of his life\\non the farm in West Norfolk, and is now living at Hays City,\\nKansas. His sons, George H. and Edward D., are residents of this\\ntown.\\nAlmira, twin with Almiris, married Col. Augustus P. Pease.\\nThey had seven children. Dr. William A. lived at Dayton, Ohio;\\ndied November, 1889.\\nElizabeth, married Frederick Lawrence; died 1840.\\nHelen E., married Frederick Lawrence; died 1895.\\nHarriet A., married Augustus P. Lawrence of Norfolk.\\nStephen Holt, lives at Fairplay, Colorado.\\nGeorge Eleazer Pease, born August, 1832. Graduated at Yale\\nCollege, 1856. Studied law with Judge George B. Holt at Dayton,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 563\\nOhio. Was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession for\\nten years in Illinois. In the War of the Rebellion he was Captain\\nof Company M, Third Illinois Cavalry. He married Isabella L.\\nBond in 1863; had four children; one of them is a prominent lawyer\\nof Park County, Colorado. Mr. Pease went to Colorado in 1873,\\nand engaged in the practice of law at Fairplay in Park County;\\nfor some time he was interested in mining at Leadville, Colo. He\\nwas an active politician; was a member of the Constitutional Con-\\nvention of Colorado in 1875, and also a member of the Sixth Gen-\\neral Assembly of that state, and a State Senator in the Ninth and\\nthe Tenth General Assemblies. He was elected President pro\\ntempore of the State Senate in the Tenth General Assembly, and\\ndied while holding that office, in 1895.\\nJUDGE GEORGE B. HOLT.\\nOne of the sons of Norfolk who in his day distinguished him-\\nself, honored his family name and his friends, did credit to his\\nnative town as well as to his native state and the state of his\\nadoption, was Honorable George Bunce Holt, son of Stephen and\\nElizabeth Bunce-Holt, who was born in this town June 13, 1790;\\nmarried June, 1821, Mary Blodgett; their children were three\\ndaughters.\\nIn P. K. Kilbourn s Biography of distinguished sons of Litch-\\nfield County, it is said of George B. Holt: His parents designed\\nhim for the legal profession; he entered the Law School of Reeves\\nand Gould in Litchfield, and, passing the required examination and\\nbeing found qualified, in 1812 he was admitted to the Bar, and\\nlicensed to practice law. Ohio at that time was in the far west,\\nand from the reports of the early emigrants of its vast fertility,\\nyoung Holt wished to see the country, to become a part of it, to\\nshare the privations of its settlers, and to assist in building up the\\nnew state. In 1819 we find him a citizen of the then small village\\nof Dayton, and the following year he there raised his sign as\\nAttorney-at-Law.\\nIn 1822 Mr. Holt established and for three years conducted the\\nMiami Republican, a newspaper devoted to news, agriculture\\nand the dissemination of democratic doctrines. In the fall of 1824\\nMr. Holt was elected to the Legislature of the state, and partici-\\npated in the passage of the laws which made that session a most\\nimportant one. Under the auspices of DeWitt Clinton, New York\\nhad commenced the canal, by which the waters of the Hudson\\nwere united with those of Lake Brie, making direct communication\\nbetween the great lakes and the waters of the Atlantic. The neces-\\nsity of similar communications between the lakes and the Ohio", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "564 HISTORY OF NOKFOLK.\\nriver had excited public attention, and with it opposition of a bitter\\nkind. Mr. Holt was a prominent advocate of the work, and em-\\nployed the columns of his paper to favor the measure. He was\\nelected again to the Legislature and during that session the first\\ncanal law was passed, the Ohio and Miami Canals com-\\nmenced, and the policy of the state, in favor of internal improve-\\nments, settled.\\nOhio at that time had no school system; money was scarce; but\\nlittle produce was exported, farmers were in too straitened circum-\\nstances to give their children the benefits of a common school edu-\\ncation. Mr. Holt was a member of a committee of the Legislature\\nof 1824 and 25, that reported a bill which became a law, establish-\\ning the common school system of Ohio. In 1827 Mr. Holt was\\nelected Brigadier General of the State Militia, and for some years\\ncommanded one of the finest brigades in the state.\\nIn 1827 he was elected Brigadier General of the State Milftia,\\nand for some years commanded one of the finest brigades in the\\nstate.\\nIn 1828 he was elected to the State Senate, and served two\\nterms. In 1830 he was elected presiding Judge of the Circuit Court,\\nin which he had practiced, and served the constitutional term of\\nseven years.\\nIn 1842 he was re-elected as presiding Judge of the same circuit,\\nand served out his constitutional term. During the interval be-\\ntween his first and second terms as Judge, he divided his time be-\\ntween his practice and agriculture and stock growing, of which he\\nwas always passionately fond, and spent large sums in improving\\nthe breed of cattle, introducing to his state the first thorough-bred\\nshort-horned Durham cattle. In 1850 he was elected a member of\\nthe convention to revive and amend the constitution of the state.\\nFor half a century Judge Holt was a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, ever recognized as a sincere Christian man, and was\\namong the early and ever steady friends of the temperance cause.\\nTHE HUMPHREY FAIVIILT.\\nThe first of the name in this town was Deacon Michael Hum-\\nphrey, born in Simsbury, Ct., November, 1703. He settled in his\\nnative town, where he introduced the manufacture of leather. He\\nwas a deacon in the Congregational Church in Simsbury, and rep-\\nresented the town in the General Assembly in 1759. He removed to\\nNorfolk about 1760, and was chosen deacon at the organization of\\nthe church. He was town clerk from 1760 until his death in 1778,\\nat the age of 75; and held other important positions. He married\\nMercy Humphrey of Simsbury, and they had nine children.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 565\\nHis son Daniel first settled in Norfolk, but soon returned to\\nSimsbury, and became eminent as a lawyer and in public positions.\\nHis son Dudley, born August, 1733; died March, 1794; married\\nKeziah Griswold. They had no children. She died in this town in\\n1883, aged 96, with unimpaired mind and memory. Dudley Hum-\\nphrey was a lawyer, prominent in the affairs of the town; repre-\\nsented the town in fourteen semi-annual sessions of the General\\nAssembly. He lived on Beech Flats.\\nPhebe, daughter of Deacon Michael Humphrey, born May, 1745;\\nmarried Dr. Ephraim Guiteau. In The Humphreys Family it is\\nsaid:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Gittian was of French extraction, a gentleman of high\\nculture, and eminent in his profession. During the War of the\\nRevolution he held a commission as Surgeon in the American Navy,\\nunder which he rendered distinguished service. He died at Nor-\\nfolk April 21, 1816, in his 79th year. His wife, Phebe Humphrey\\nGittian, is still remembered as a noble woman, universally be-\\nloved, whose goodness and benevolence in society secured for her\\nin advanced years the tender title of Mother Gittian.\\nThe childi en of Dr. Ephraim and Phebe-Humphrey Guiteau\\nwere:\\nPhebe Sophia, born 1766; died 1810.\\nLouisa, born January, 1769; married Dr. Benjamin Welch; be-\\ncame the mother of several distinguished sons and daughters, who\\nare mentioned at length elsewhere.\\nPhilo, son of Dr. Ephraim Guiteau, born April, 1766; married\\nSarah Bingham; died November, 1810. Their children were:\\n1 Delia, married Rev. Pettibone of N. Y. State.\\n2 Almuris, married George Rockwell of this town, son of Joseph\\nRockwell.\\n3 Rev. Sheridan Guiteau, settled in Baltimore, Md.\\n4 Dr. Corydon Guiteau; settled in Tyringham, Mass.\\nAsahel, son of Dea. Michael Humphrey, born July, 1747; mar-\\nried Prudence Merrills, and settled in Norfolk. He was a lawyer,\\nof fine abilities and excellent character. He represented the town\\nIn ten semi-annual sessions of the Assembly. He removed to Ohio,\\nwhere he remained for a short time, when he returned and settled\\nIn New Marlboro, where he died .January, 1827. His widow died\\nAugust, 1840, aged 87.\\nThey had eight children: Dudley, born June, 1775; married\\nOctober, 1798, Polly, daughter of Capt. Darius and Mary-Aiken-\\nPhelps of Norfolk, and settled in Norfolk, where their seven chil-\\ndren were born. He was town clerk in 1797; died May, 1823, aged\\n48. His widow died August, 1862, aged 82.\\nJohn, son of Dudley Humphrey, born June, 1801: settled in Nor-\\nfolk; a prominent citizen; was a farmer; represented the town in\\nthe Legislature in 1849 and 1853; died July, 1854.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "566 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMary, daughter of Dudley Humphrey, married Capt. John\\nDewell. The family Is mentioned elsewhere.\\nGriswold Humphrey, settled in Canaan, was a druggist during\\nhis entire life.\\nMerrell, son of Dudley Humphrey, born 1809, was a civil engi-\\nneer and land surveyor; a man of unusual strength of mind and\\ndecision of character and purpose; a strong advocate of temperance\\nand all moral reforms; one of the early anti-slavery men of New\\nEngland, gentle and reserved, yet a man of strong opinions, who\\nhad the courage of his convictions. He spent most of his life in\\nhis native town. Late in life he removed to and died in Canaan.\\nDea. James, son of Dudley Humphrey, born 1813, was a farmer\\nand resident of West Norfolli; held many town offices; reiweseuted\\nthe town in the Legislature of 1858; was an active Christian and\\ntemperance worker and deacon of the Congregational Church for\\nmany years. He died February, 1882, aged 69.\\nDr. Asahel Humphrey, son of Asahel, and brother of Dudley\\nHumphrey, was born in this town April, 1779. Studied medicine\\nand spent most of his life in Salisbury, Conn., where he died, April,\\n1852.\\nTHE DEWELL FAMILY.\\nCaptain John Dewell, who was a native of Pine Plains, N. Y.,\\ncame to Norfolk when a young man, about 1824. When asked why\\nhe ever left that fine farming country in Duchess County and set-\\ntled in such a rough place as Norfolk, his reply was that he liked\\nthe kind of people, the societj the moral atmosphere of Norfolk\\nbetter. He was early interested in the Sunday School, which was\\nfirst organized about the time he came to this town, was one of\\nthe early Superintendents of the school, and also for some years\\nIts Librarian. He had learned the trade of a scythe manfacturer\\nbefore coming to Norfolk, and for a year or more worked at his\\ntrade in company with Mr. Samuel Cone, when he bought a water-\\nprivilege and a small shop of Marcus Allen in West Norfolk, where\\nhe commenced manufacturing scythes, and later built the stone\\nscythe-shop in which he did a large and successful business for\\nmany years. Later Captain Dewell built a fine stone house, in\\nwhich he lived the remainder of his life, and in a part of which\\nbuilding he conducted a store, and kept the West Norfolk post-\\nofiice, from the time of its establishment until his death. Capt.\\nDewell was an exemplary Christian man, an active temperance\\nman, always found in the temperance organizations,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Sons of\\nTemperance, Good Templars, and others, and was also a promi-\\nnent member of the order of A. F. and A. M.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 567\\nHe was in all matters affecting the town and the\\\\ community a\\nrarely public-spirited man, and was in the last years of his life\\nvery active and efficient in pushing forward the project for a rail-\\nroad over Norfolk hills, almost the last worii of his life, and the\\nexposure which brought on his fatal illness being an effort to ad-\\nvance the interests of the railroad, and to secux-e a station for West\\nNorfolk. Capt. Dewell was a patriotic, kind-hearted, generous\\nman, as was repeatedly shown by the aid which he rendered the\\nfamilies of the soldiers in the Civil War. A soldier s wife had\\ncontracted a large debt at his store for necessities, and was much\\ndistressed at her inability to pay. Learning her condition he freely\\nforgave her the whole debt. The woman survived him many\\nyears, and often said she never ceased to thank and pray for Capt-\\nDewell. Among the offices that he held was that of Judge of Pro-\\nbate for several years. State Senator from the Seventeenth Sena-\\ntorial District, for one term, and one term as Representative, at\\nthe time the Railroad was to be pushed over the hills.\\nHe married Mary, daughter of Dudley Humphrey, a prominent\\ncitizen of the town. Capt. John Dewell died October, 1871, aged 76.\\nMrs. Mary Dewell died April, 1891, aged 87.\\nTheir eldest son. Captain John Humphrey Dewell, served as\\nCaptain in the Civil War, suffered from disease contracted in the\\nservice, during the balance of his life, and died in 189B. Their son,\\nJames Dudley Dewell, who commenced his business career in\\nWest Norfolk, has for many years been a prominent business man\\nin New Haven, President of the Board of Trade of that city. Lieu-\\ntenant Governor of the State, and held many other positions of\\nimportance and influence.\\nTheir daughters, Mi s. Elizabeth Dewell-Peck and Miss Sarah\\nR. Dewell, reside in New Haven, and their daughter Mattie is the\\nwife of Mr. Theron Swain, a prominent merchant of Boston.\\nSOUTH NORFOLK FAMILIES.\\nOf the families who lived seventy-five years or more ago in\\nwhat is now known as the South Norfolk District, we have the\\nremembrances of Mr. Lucius Pendleton, now eighty-three years old,\\nof excellent memory and still vigorous. He was a son of Mr. Ethan\\nPendleton, for a long period a prominent farmer in the town, who\\nwas born near Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1776. He married Mercy\\nTaylor, and removed to Brookfleld, N. Y., where he lived about\\nnine years. Three sons, Taylor, Fi-ederick and Russell, were born\\nin Brookfleld, and Mrs. Pendleton died there, when Mr. Pendleton\\nreturned with his children to his native place. He married again,\\nEsther Hinckley; lived in Rhode Island some six years, where three", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "568 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nchildren, Sally, Abel and Hobart, were born. In about 1814 Mr.\\nPendleton came to Norfolk, and for two years hired the farm,\\nwhich he then bought, paying $8,5.50 for some five hundred acres.\\nHe bought more land later, and for some years owned not less than\\na thousand acres, keeping from 40 to 60 cows, besides young stock,\\nsheep, etc. His children, Harry, Mary and Lucius, were born in\\nNorfolk; Lucius was born in 1817. Esther, the second wife, died\\nin 1824. In 1830 Mr. Pendleton married his third wife, Lucinda\\nHungerford of Colebrook. Two children, Robert and Olive, were\\nborn to them. Lucinda, the third wife, died, and his fourth wife was\\nMrs. Clarissa Pinney-Miller, daughter of Esq. Grove Pinney. The\\nfourth wife died, and he married as his fifth wife Huldah Wright\\nof New Marlboro, who survived him. Three of his wives died of\\nconsumption. Mr. Ethan Pendleton died September, 1860, aged 84.\\nHe was a very strong, vigorous man, though rather small of stature,\\nbut in a chopping contest able to log a much larger man who\\nchallenged him, and could cut out of their swath most of the noted\\nmowers of his time. By Capt. Jo. Bailey of Goshen, who had a\\nnickname for everybody, Mr. Pendleton was called Stonington\\nBlue, as he formerly lived in Stonington. Frederick, son of Ethan\\nPendleton, maiTied Flora Pinney, sister of his father s fourth wife.\\nSally Pendleton married Damon Pinney, brother of her father s\\nwife. Mary Pendleton married Orson Pinney, cousin of her\\nfather s wife. Harry Pendleton married Martha Miller, daughter\\nof his father s wife. (Query: What was the mutual relationship\\nof all those couples and their children?)\\nIn Mr. Ethan Pendleton s day there were in that district four\\npowerful men, for work; these were Mr. Pendleton, Ashur Smith,\\na very large, bony man, Dea. Noah Miner and Stephen Norton.\\nThe old Goshen road, which came from over Moses Hill, and\\nthence on south, as is described elsewhere, through what was\\nSouth Norfolk village, ran then south-west, up the steep hill, and a\\nlittle east of Ethan Pendleton s house, over the top of the high\\nhill south from there into Goshen. The present Goshen road was\\nopened in about 1811, according to Roys.\\nIt is probable that Dea. Noah Miner owned the land west from\\nMr. Pendleton s house at one time, as that was in early days\\nknown as Miner Hill.\\nA Mr. Dixon lived a short distance over the town line in\\nGoshen, and there carried on saddle and harness making. Light-\\nning struck his house at one time and Mrs. Dixon was killed.\\nMr. Ethan Pendleton had a saw-mill and shop, where he sawed\\nlumber and also cut out from black oak timber great quantities of\\nclock-plates, as they were called, in which the works of the\\nwooden clocks ran that were made in those days. These plates", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 569\\nwere made of quartered oak, only the part of the log between the\\nsap and the heart being used. They were sold in Bristol, Tariff-\\nville, Plymouth Hollow, now Thomaston, and other places. Samuel\\nOsborn was running one of the large circular saws in this mill, and\\nwas thrown upon the saw and so terribly mangled that he died in\\nthirty hours.\\nMr. Augustus Smith built and lived for a number of years in\\nthe next house north from Mr. Ethan Pendleton. Later this place\\nwas sold to Mr. Abel Pendleton, where he spent most of his life.\\nIt is now the home of Mr. Bevens.\\nMl*. Ethan Pendleton lived in his old house until 18.50, when he\\nwas 74 years old. He then built the fine, lai-ge house which still\\nremains. One of the carpenters who helped to build this house\\nwas a young man from North Goshen, Asaph Hall. He was a great\\nreader and student at that time, and a few years later studied\\nunder Mr. William B. Rice, Principal of the Norfolk Academy. It\\nis unnecessary to say more than that Professor Asaph Hall, the\\nAstronomer of world-wide fame, was in 1850 Asaph Hall the car-\\npenter, working in South Norfolk.\\nAbijah Brown lived in a house long since torn down, north from\\nMr. Pendleton s. He was a saddle and harness maker.\\nMr. Amos Baldwin came to Norfolk and for some years owned\\nthe farm which he sold later to Mr. Stephen Norton, and then\\nbought of Mr. Whiting the farm on the hill where he spent the re-\\nmainder of his life, and where he died, May 10, 1847, aged 68. His\\ndaughter Julia married Mr. James M. Cowles, and spent her life\\nin Norfolk. His son Harvey studied medicine and practiced in\\nGoshen. His sons Andrew and Amos settled in Watertown, Conn.,\\nwhere they spent their lives.\\nMr. Harry Pendleton owned and for some years lived on the\\nAmos Baldwin place, and later sold to his brother Abel, and lived\\nin a house under the hill, in South Norfolk.\\nMr. Augustus Roys and Augustus Smith, son of Ashur Smith,\\nbuilt the first tannery in South Norfolk, which was burned and\\nrebuilt by them, and carried on for a number of years. The chil-\\ndren of Augustus Roys were Erastus, who launched out in the\\nleather business and about bankrupted his father; Harlow, who\\nsucceeded his father in business and is mentioned elsewhere; Caro-\\nline, Clarissa, and Maria, who married James Gilbert.\\nAugustus Roys built a fine house, which was afterwards owned\\nby his son Harlow, and later occupied by Samuel D. Northway,\\nand now by Charles Northway, his son. Mr. Roys in early life\\nlived several years in the Oliver Burr house, mentioned below, and\\nin this hoiise his children were born and his first wife died.\\nThe first settler on what has been the Riggs farm, near fhe", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "570 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSoutb Norfolk tanneries, for three generations, was Oliver Burr,\\nson of Ebenezer Burr. He built a house on the west side of tlie\\nroad, where Mi*. Eden Riggs shoe shop still stands. Oliver Burr\\ndied hei-e of consumption in 1775, aged 31.\\nMr. Ashur Smith, who was the father of Rufus and Augustus\\nSmith, bought this place after the death of Mr. Burr, and built the\\nhouse which is still there, occupying it until about 1825, when he\\nsold out to Esq. Grove Pinney of Colebrook. Several years later\\n]\\\\Ir. Pinney sold out to Mr. Eden Riggs. Esq. Pinney, his son\\nDamon Pinney, Frederick Pendleton and Mary Pendleton, all emi-\\ngrated from Norfolk at the same time, going west, to Pennsyl-\\nvania, The house which was sold by Amos Baldwin to Stephen\\nNorton, afterward to Hobart Pendleton, and now occupied by Mr.\\nTibbals, was built on the old Goshen road, north from the Hiram\\nRoys place, and from there moved to its present site after the new\\nGoshen road was opened. It was originally of the lean-to style,\\nand in its new location, fronting south. Mr. Norton rebuilt it,\\nraising it to its present height of two stories, and having it front\\ntoward the road.\\nBethuel Phelps built and occupied for some years the house\\nwhich was for many years the home of Mr. Robert A, Geer, south\\nfrom the James M. Cowles corner. Mr. Phelps married a daugh-\\nter of Stephen Norton and went to Ohio.\\nMr. James M. Cowles bought his farm of Norman Atwood, and\\nafter occupying the old house for a number of years, which had\\nbeen a tavern, kept by Mr. Daniel Pettibone, and earlier was owned\\nby Friend Thrall, he built in 18-15 his house, which in its day was\\nperhaps the finest farmhouse in town. He was a thorough, success-\\nful farmer, a prominent man in town affairs, represented the town\\nin the Legislature in 1844; was chosen Deacon of the Congrega-\\ntional Church in 1864 and held that office at his death, December\\n11, 1871, aged 64.\\nMr. Asa Burr spent his life on the farm east from the James\\nM. Cowles farm; the house, which was in early days a tavern, stood\\non the corner of the old Goshen road, and has been torn down.\\nMr. Burr was son of Oliver Burr, mentioned above, and was only\\nnine years old when his father died. He lived for a number of\\nyears with his uncle, Daniel Burr. His mother married a Case\\nafter his father s death and removed to Canton. His sister Hepzi-\\nbah married Hezekiah Butler, and was the mother of Oliver Burr\\nButler. He had another sister, Beulah.\\nAsa Burr when a young man learned the trade of shoemaker\\nof Seth Lockwood of Goshen, and afterward married his daughter,\\nMary. They lived for some years in their father s old house, and\\nthen went upon his farm, where he lived until his death in 1852,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 571\\nat the age of 86. He had no sons. His daughter Lucia married\\nDeacon Lucius Woodward of Watertown. His daughters Diantha\\niuid Polly were never married and spent their lives in their native\\ntown, the latter especially being a most excellent, efficient woman,\\nwho went about doing good. Miss Polly Burr died February 26,\\n1880, aged 75. Miss Diantha Burr died September 9, 1888, aged\\n93. His daughter, Elizabeth, married William Oakley. Their son.\\nBurr Oakley, died unmarried. Their daughter, Mary Oakley, mar-\\nried Scott Beach of this town. He died Jime, 1890, aged 40. Mary\\nOakley Beach was a local historian and a writer of some ability.\\nShe died February 26, 1898, aged 53. Her only child, William\\nBurr Beach, died in May of the same year, at the age of 18; and so\\nthe family is extinct.\\nOn the old Goshen road, a short distance north of the Asa Burr\\nplace there was a house where many years ago Bela Clapp lived\\nfor some time. He was an educated man, but from dissipation\\nwas considered a worthless fellow. The old house long since dis-\\nappeared.\\nDeacon Noah Miner, already mentioned, lived west from the\\nSouth Norfolk school-house. He was a man of great energy; an\\nactive, ardent Christian man, prominent in the town and church\\nfor many years. His son, Alden Miner, lived with his father, and\\nhis early death in 1845, at the age of 45 years, was most deeply\\ndeplored by the family and the entire community. Noah Miner\\nwas chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church in Norfolk, No-\\nvember, 1816; resigned the office November, 1843; died December\\n28, 1857, aged 89. Alden Miner left three sons, Seth, Horace and\\nAlbert, who emigrated to California and died. Preston, another\\nsou of Deacon Noah Miner, lived a short distance south from his\\nfather s.\\nJoshua Beach lived north from Deacon Miner s and had a saw\\nmill there, on the upper waters of the Naugatuck river\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the stream\\nthat rises in Balcom or Dolphin pond. Mr. Beach sold his mill to\\nAmos Baldwin, who employed Amos Gilbert to run the mill for\\nseveral years. Mr. Gilbert s sons were Amos Jr., John and James.\\nTurner White lived north of the Joshua Beach place, and Joseph\\nBassett later owned and occupied that place for many years.\\nIn the early history of the town Mr. Meeker settled in that sec-\\ntion which took from him the name of Meekertown. Later a Mr.\\nHills lived on or near the same place, and from him that locality\\nis still known as Hill s Corner. Mr. .Joel Beach, a most excellent\\ncitizen, lived for many years in Meekertown on a farm owned by\\nhis sister, where he raised a family of five sons and three daugh-\\nters. The sons were Charles, and William, who went to the\\nPacific coast. William was a physician; practiced his profession", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "572 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nand died in 1898 in the State of Washington. Benjamin was liilled\\nin the Civil war. Edward settled somewhere in Connecticut, and\\nScott, the youngest son, lived and died in this town. Charles\\nBeach sent from California money for his father to buy the old\\nStephen Tibbals place, now the Bridgman residence, which made\\nH). Beach a comfortable home for the evening of his days. That\\nwas a noble deed of a worthy son.\\nBouth from Deacon Miner s Mr. Daniel Roys lived for many\\nyears. One of his daughters, Harriet, married Augustus Munson\\nand spent her life near Lake Wangum, on Canaan Mountain, and a\\nsister spent most of her life with Mrs. Munson and lived to a great\\nage.\\nA farmer named Reuben Dean lived west from Deacon Miner s\\nfor some years, their farms adjoining. Having no cliildren he\\nbrought up a boy named Amasa Scoville.\\nAnother man named John Dean, or Deal, lived for many years\\nIn the Meekertown district. One of his sons was Harlow Dean, and\\na son of Harlow is now a successful physician in Springfield, Mass.,\\nand a (.laughter has been for many years a teacher in the public\\nschools in Hartford. A little prior to 1850 Mr. and Mrs. John Dean,\\nthen quite old people, were living alone in a little house not far\\nfrom Hills Corner. After a very severe storm and an unusually\\ncold spell in winter, the old couple were found frozen to death\\nin their little house. They had tried persistently to build a fire,\\nbut their matches would not light, having become wet. The writer\\nhas been told that the ancestor of this family was a man named\\nDeal, connected with Burgoyne s army, and when that army passed\\nthrough this town Deal remained behind and settled in this region.\\nIn the early part of this century Deacon John Beach lived on\\nthe farm in South Norfolk^ which was known as the Hiram Roys\\nfarm, for many years. After Deacon Beach s death, Seth Brown,\\nson of Captain Reuben Brown, bought this farm. At that time\\nJames Roys, the father of Hiram and Augustus Roys, owned the\\nfarm adjoining, and Mr. Roys and Mr. Seth G. Brown\\nexchanged farms, so that Mr. Brown might be nearer his\\nfather s place and assist him in his blacksmith shop. Mr.\\nBrown spent his life on this farm, and died there December,\\n1873, aged G7, and his son, Seth G. Brown, now owns and occupies\\nthe place. James Roys died in 1839, aged 71, and his son, Hiram\\nRoys, lived on the place until about 1864, when he sold to Mr.\\nCrumb, and removed to Winsted, where he spent the balance of\\nhis life. Mr. Roys was an excellent citizen, a constant church\\nattendant; had two sons; Lorenzo, the elder, married a daughter of\\nAbijah Watson of West Norfolk and settled in Wellington, Ohio.\\nThe other son was Luther Roys. One daughter, Catharine, mar-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 573\\nried William C. Odell. After the death of Capt. Reuben Brown in\\n1854, bis sons Warren, William and Quincey, carried on that pface\\nfor a few years, when tbey sold it to Andrew Rider, who occupied\\nthe farm several years, and sold it to Pbilo Apley. For several\\nyears past the farm has been owned and occupied by Dr. Lusk.\\nThe section of the town which for several generations has been\\nknown as Hall Meadow, was, in early years, owned by Mr. Asaph\\nHall, the grandfather of the present distinguished astronomer of\\nthat name. There was no public highway at that time to this farm,\\nand Mr. Hall had to go across lots to Ethan Pendleton s, Malachi\\nHumphrey s, or the Eden Riggs place. Mr. Asaph Hall, father of\\nProfessor Hall, occupied this place after the death of his father,\\nand sold it to Ethan Pendleton, who built a part of the house now\\noccupied by Mr. Prentiss Clark, and his sons Frederick and Russell\\nPendleton, lived there for a time. The place was then sold to and\\noccupied for some years by Capt. Tibbals, whose sons, Lorrin and\\nFrederick, spent their lives on farms near there, on the road lead-\\ning from Hall Meadow to South End. Capt. Tibbals son, George,\\nlived on a farm in Winchester. His sons, Harlow, Lyman and Har-\\nman, died young.\\nThomas Gilbert, as eai-ly as 1800, occupied the saw-mill privi-\\nlege in Hall Meadow. This was the first mill in that part of the\\ntown and may have been built by the elder Asaph Hall. Rufus\\nSmith, son of Ashur Smith, owned the mill and property after Mr.\\nGilbert, and sold it to Jeremiah Johnson, who carried on quite a\\nbusiness there for some years. Jeremiah sold the property to his\\nbrother, Philemon Johnson, who occupied it until his death a few\\nyears since. Lyman Tibbals, son of George Tibbals, now owns the\\nplace.\\nAshur Smith died on this place in 1838, aged 80.\\nA saw-mill once stood in South Norfolk, a short distance above\\nthe old tannery site and was run by Ashur Smith and others.\\nThe great upright saw was made with teeth welded on a plate of\\niron and would cut a calf in the log half an inch wide.\\nTHE RYAN FAMILY.\\nIn 1836 Matthew, Charles, John and Edward Evans Ryan came\\nhere with their families from Eastern Massachusetts and formed\\nthe nucleus of what is now the large and important Irish Catholic\\nelement of our population. The first three were born in Kilkenny,\\nIreland. The fourth was no relation to them, but was of Irish\\ndescent and born in the United States. Their partnership, as J.\\nE. B. Ryan Company, purchased the woolen mill, which then stood\\non the north side of Blackberry River. They were all brought up", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "574 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nto that trade; the father of the brothers was a cloth manufacturer\\nin their native city.\\nThey subsequently built the large mill on the south side of the\\nriver, conducted a store, grist-mill, farming lands, reservoirs, etc.;\\nthe whole plant being the largest business enterprise in Norfolk.\\nThe new mill was destroyed by fire after the Ryan s time. The\\nRyan men, affable and energetic, with good business qualifications,\\ntheir wives bright, tactful and sensible young women, the new-\\ncomers rapidly won the good will and confidence of the public.\\nMatthew had charge of the store and of the accounts and\\ncorrespondence of the firm. Thus he soon became well known to\\npeople generally. Charles confined his attention almost entirely\\nto the manufacturing department. Edward E. looked after the\\nfarms and out of door matters directly connected with the business.\\nJohn had a wider acquaintance than the others. He represented\\nthe firm in its transactions at a distance that required to be looked\\nafter personally. He was the only one of the partners that took\\nmuch part in politics.\\nUpon the retirement of J. E. E. Ryan Company from busi-\\nness in 1857, John Ryan studied law, and in 1858 was regularly\\nadmitted to the bar in Litchfield. But, concluding that the West\\nwas a more inviting field for a beginner than Connecticut, he\\nlocated the same year in Decatur, 111., duly passed his examina-\\ntion, and was admitted to the Illinois bar; a few months after\\nreaching Decatur he was made editor of the Decatur Daily Magnet,\\nthe leading Democratic paper in that portion of the State. He\\nwas appointed by President Buchanan Postmaster of Decatur.\\nWhen President Lincoln came in he reappointed him for another\\nterm. He held the office until 1867, when he resigned and removed\\nto St. Louis. There he was interested as a promoter and director\\nin the company that built the railroad from East St. Louis to\\nDecatur. He was twice elected to the Missouri Legislature, and\\nwas at both sessions Chairman of the Committee on Manufac-\\ntures. He died in St. Louis in 1886, not quite 80 years of age. His\\nwidow, Joanna Boomer Ryan, now (1900) aged 82 years, lives in\\nSt. Louis, where also reside their sons, Matthew J., who married\\nNancy A., daughter of E. Grove Lawrence of this town, Frank K.,\\nJames R., Bernard E., Lawrence A., and their daughter Margaret\\nM. Ryan.\\nMatthew Ryan remanied in Norfolk. He was always at the\\nstore. Charles M. Ryan, his son, a prosperous merchant, served\\ntwo terms in the Connecticut Legislature. Both father and son\\nwere honorable business men. Matthew Ryan died August 23d,\\n1880, in the eightieth year of his age, the fifty-fourth of his resi-\\ndence in the United States, and the forty-fifth of his residence in", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 575\\nNorfolk. Charles M. Ryan died five days later, on the 28th of\\nAugust, aged 48 years. They were both men of character and great\\nworth.\\nThe first child born in Colebrook, September, 1767, was a son\\nof Samuel Rockwell, and in view of that fact he was named Alpha.\\nThere being no church in Colebrook at that time the infant was\\nbrought to Norfolk church and baptised by Mr. Robbins. Mr. Al-\\npha Rockwell died in middle life, leaving several children. One\\ndaughter, Caroline, lived in the family of Rev. Mr. Emerson, when\\npastor of the church here, and afterward married William Law-\\nrence, adopted son of Esq. Joseph Battell. Mrs. Emerson was\\nEliza, daughter of Mr. Martin Rockwell of Colebrook. Another\\ndaughter of Alpha Rockwell, named Cornelia, was for a time a\\nteacher here, and so much beloved was she by her scholars that at\\nthe urgent request of two of her pupils, their baby sister was\\nnamed Cornelia Rockwell-Seymour, and she became the wife of\\nRalph I. Crissey. Cornelia Rockwell married Osmyn Baker of Am-\\nherst, Mass., and died February, 1840, leaving a son, William Law-\\nrence Baker,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Billy Baker. He lived with William Lawrence\\nhere, and was killed in the war of the rebellion.\\nColebrook was the last town in the state that was organized\\nfrom the public and undivided lands.\\nDeacon Edward Gaylord was a resident in the South End dis-\\ntrict in the early history of the town. He was a soldier in the old\\nFrench war, was a farmer, and lived south of the Stannard place.\\nThere was an open lot near his house where the South military\\ncompany of the town at times had their trainings. He was chosen\\n.Deacon of the church here and held that office until his death in\\n*1822, at the age of 78. Ira, a son of Dea. Edward Gaylord, lived\\non the road southwest from the Stannard place, and his father\\nspent the last years of his life there, and died there. Dr. Orson\\nBuell, formerly of Litchfield, for many years lived in- the house last\\nmentioned, and died there in the spring of 1900. He served in the\\narmy dui ing the civil war.\\nCaptain Henry Porter, a native of Colebrook, married a daugh-\\nter of Mr. Jeremiah W. Phelps; owned and occupied the Phelps\\nfarm, which Jeremiah and Jedediah Phelps owned during their\\nentire lives. Capt. Porter was a prominent man in town, society\\nand church affairs for many years. He died September, 1862, aged\\n75. His children were Lucius, who was a prominent factor in the\\norganization and development of the Norfolk and New Brunswick\\nHosiery Company, residing most of his life in New Jersey.\\nFrederick E. in his early business life was a cabinet manu-\\nfacturer; later for a long period of years was the Superintendent of\\nthe Hosiery Company in this town. He represented the town in", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "576 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nthe Legislature, was a deacon in the Congregational Church for\\nmany years, and prominent in all town affairs. He died in June,\\n1899, aged 79. Another son of Capt. Porter, James, died when a\\nyoung man. Janette, daughter of Capt. Porter, and wife of Egbert\\nT. Butler,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a most noble Christian lady, died in November, 1862, at\\nthe age of 47, leaving a son, Egbert J., and a daughter, Hattie, who\\ndied at 24.\\nThe Hawley family were numerous, prominent and influential\\nin the northeast part of the town many decades since. Some of\\nthem were Samuel, Earl Percy, and Dea. Philo Hawley; the latter\\nbeing an enterprising farmer, who kept a dairy of some fifty cows\\nfor many years; bought and shipped cheese to the Baltimore mar-\\nket; spent the last years of his life and died in the south. His son,\\nAustin, succeeded his father on the farm; was an excellent citizen.\\nHis son John P., after being a merchant, hotel keeper, etc., became\\na thoroughly converted man; in middle life studied theology, and\\nfor many years was an able and successful minister. He died in\\n1898, having been pastor of the Congregational Church in New\\nHartford for several years.\\nMr. Asa Dutton was for many years a successful farmer, living\\non the old Goshen road. He built thoroughly the fine farm-house\\nwhich for half a century was the home of Mr. Austin Wooster, and\\nwhere the latter died a few years since. Mr. Dutton s son George\\nwent west. John, the youngest son, died in a hospital in St. Louis,\\nwhere he had been kindly cared for while sick by the Sisters, and\\nnotice of his death was by them sent to his parents. A daughter.\\nThankful, married a Mr. Holt and lived in S. W. New York. Jane\\nmarried and lived in Torrington.\\nMrs. Dutton was a genial, cheery woman. As Mr. Dutton grew\\nold he became nervous and gloomy; said he could not carry on his\\nfarm and that his son Willard must come home and take it, which\\nhe did, the father deeding the farm to him. In a few months the\\nson sold the farm, went to Iowa, and the old people, left without a\\nhome, spent their few last years with their daughter in Torring-\\nton. (Moral: never deed away your home.)\\nJoshua Nettleton in the early history of the town came here\\nfrom Killingworth and settled in the east part of the town, in the\\nLoon meadow district, where he spent his life, and died in 1824 at\\nthe age of 83. Of his four sons, Roger, the oldest, and Joshua, the\\nyoungest, settled in Ohio. Titus succeeded his father, and spent\\nhis life on the old homestead, and died in 1845, aged 75. Of the\\nfour sons of Titus Nettleton, Mark and Joseph died unmarried.\\nGeorge married a daughter of Lawrence Mills, but had no children.\\nJohn married first Elizabeth, daughter of Wilcox Phelps. Their\\nson, Joseph Phelps Nettleton, was a soldier in the 59th Massachu-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 577\\nsetts Volunteers during the war of the rebellion. He died in 1897\\nat the age of 50, leaving one son.\\nJohn Nettleton married again Lucretia, daughter of Solomon\\nSacket of Sandisfield. Their two sons died in early childhood.\\nTheir daughter is the wife of George Holt. John Nettleton is living\\nat the age of 86, with mind and memory unimpaired.\\nWilliam, son of Joshua Nettleton, died in 1835, aged 59. He\\nleft two daughters: Margaret, for many years a well known teacher\\nIn this town, who married Mr. Rollin Beecher of Winsted, and died\\nMarch, 1900. Desiah Nettleton was also for many years a teacher,\\nand has been for years an inmate of a retreat at Hartford.\\nSamuel Knapp lived on the Canaan mountain road; was a most\\nexcellent citizen; married Lois Lake; died in 1841, aged 72. Their\\nsons, Samuel died in July, 1835, and Hiram died in August of the\\nsame year,, both young men, and in a few months Isaac, the remain-\\ning son, died, leaving their parents, old people, to be cared for by\\nan only sister, Hannah, who married Solomon Goodwin of Litch-\\nfield. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin tenderly cared for her parents dviring\\ntheir declining years. They were all most excellent Christian peo-\\nple. Mr. Goodwin died in middle life; their children died in in-\\nfancy, and Mrs. Goodwin was left alone in the world, no near rela-\\ntive, and without means of support; but He who tempers the\\nwind to the shorn lamb provided a refuge for her. In the home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Merrick G. Hall, and their son, of Great Barrington,\\nMass., very distant relatives, Mrs. Goodwin was given a home and\\ntenderly cared for. She lived to the great age of 94 years, and died\\nNovember, 1893.\\nI have been young and now am old; yet have I not seen t~he\\nrighteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.\\nJacob Spaulding, born in Plainfield, Conn., in December, 1733,\\ncame from Danbury and settled in the north part of the town in\\nits early histoi-y. He was in the French war and was present at\\nthe taking of Quebec by General Wolfe. His two sons were in the\\nRevolutionary army, and in addition he hired a man, paying Tiim\\n$S per month through the war, and took care of his wife and two\\nchildren. He collected one hundred and twenty cattle, five of them\\nbeing his own contribution, and took them to the army. His house\\nwas a retreat for sick and wounded soldiers. Thirty men were\\nsent to him to be kept for the winter, and in the spring twenty-\\neight of them went back to the army. He always went by the\\nname of Ensign Spaulding. His sons Isaac and Daniel were born\\nin this town, and lived in this town and New Marlboro. Isaac\\nmarried Mercy Knapp. Their son, Isaac Jr., was a farmer and\\noccupied the farm of his grandfather, Jacob Spaulding, in this\\ntown. He married Keturah Holt; died in 1832, aged 50; left no\\nchildren. His widow married Dea. Dudley Norton.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "578 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nDaniel, son of Jacob Spaulding, married Estlier Austin. Their\\nson Austin was born July, 1784; he married Betsey Clark of Mid-\\ndletown, Conn., and died November, 1818. Their sons were Fred-\\nerick A., born June, 1810; Daniel R., born July, 1814, and Austin A.,\\nborn February, 1819. Frederick A. Spaulding was a farmer, who\\nspent his life in the northwest part of this town; married Mary\\nGoodwin of Litchfield. They had two sons, Charles S. and John F.,\\nand six daughters.\\nDaniel R. Spaulding lived in Canaan. Austin A. Spaulding was\\nfor many years a man of some prominence in town and church af-\\nfairs. He held at different times many of the town offices; repre-\\nsented the town in the Legislature of 1852, was for several years\\nSuperintendent of the Sunday school of the Congregational Church,\\nwas interested and active in some of the manufacturing industries\\nof the town, while carrying on his farm on the Goshen road, a\\nmile south of the centre. He married Louise, daughter of Truman\\nHart. Their children were two daughters and two sons. William\\nA. succeeds his father on the farm. Frederick S. was the originator\\nof the Norfolk Tower, which he edited and published for several\\nyears, until his early death in 1891, at the age of 3G.\\nEdmund Ashley built for a tin-shop the small house now stand-\\ning next north from the Academy, placing the building out to the\\nline if not upon the green. He failed in business, and Dea. Amos\\nPettibone bought the building, moved it back where it now stands\\nand made it into a dwelling house.\\nJoseph Seaward, often mentioned among the first settlers of the\\ntown, lived near the present site of The Hillhurst. He was cap-\\ntain of the military company of the town, which was so large that\\nin September, 1773, Col. John Williams ordered him as Captain, to\\ndivide the Norfolk militia into two companies,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the North and the\\nSouth companies.\\nMr. Joseph Hulburt about 1840 was a merchant tailor here,\\nhaving his shop for some time over the store of J. E. E. Ryan\\nCo. He was an active man in the organization and building the\\nMethodist church. He built and occupied the house on the north\\nroad, toward Haystack, which he sold, when leaving town, to Mr.\\nNathaniel B. Stevens. This house is now the residence of Mr.\\nMyron N. Clark.\\nAugust. 1885, Rev. John De Pen was hired to supply the pulpit\\nof the Congregational Church, for one year, at a salary of $1,500.\\nMay, 1886, a call was extended to him to settle as pastor of this\\nchurch, and he was duly installed.\\nFebruary, 1897, Rev. John De Peu tendered his resignation as\\npastor, having received a call to the First Church of Bridgeport,\\nConn., and his resignation was accepted, with great regret, and", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 579\\nwith an expression of appreciation on the part of the Society of the\\nearnestness, fidelity and success with which Mr. De Pen has la-\\nbored among us during his entire pastorate, and in doing this we\\nwould recall not only his more immediate labors in connection with\\nthe church, but in all measures affecting the welfare of the com-\\nmunity, and particularly of the schools.\\nRev. William F. Stearns, the present pastor, was installed\\nOctober, 1897.\\nXXX.\\nMEMORIAL WINDOWS METHODIST, CATHOLIC, EPISCOPAL AND BAPTIST\\nCHURCHES.\\nThe first mention of a church organ in this town is in\\nthe Society s records, November 4, 1822, when it was voted\\nto appoint a committee to solicit subscriptions to^ purchase\\nan organ now offered the society. Roys records this event\\nin these words: Church organ procured 1822. Mr. Nor-\\nman Riggs distinctly remembered the day the first organ\\nwas set up in the church. It was brought here by Mr.\\nAbiram Mills, who formerly had lived in the South End\\ndistrict. Mr. Mills took Normon Riggs, then a boy between\\nsix and seven years old, into the meeting-house to hear the\\nnew organ, which was to the little boy a great event, that\\nmade a lasting impression upon his memory. Miss Irene\\nBattell, afterward Mrs. Professor Larned, was the first\\norganist in the town, and played this organ for many years,\\nuntil her marriage, when she went to reside in New Haven,\\nand was greatly missed from her place here.\\nIn 1825 the Society s committee was authorized to re-\\nmove the pews each side of the organ and make slips in\\ntheir stead for the convenience of the choir of singers,\\nprovided the expense to the society shall not exceed |12.\\nThe writer well remembers this old organ, which in size\\nwas not much, if any, larger than an ordinary cabinet-\\norgan of the present time, but was about six feet high, and\\nhad good, full, round organ tones. This first organ retained", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "580 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nits place in the church until the winter of 1851- 52, being-\\nused only a part of the time after Mrs. Larned s marriage.\\nMiss Mary Birge was organist for a time, and it was the\\nsmall boys great delight, as well as that of the whole con-\\ngregation, when Mrs. Lamed was in town, and took her\\nold place at the organ, as she did occasionally.\\nSoon after the removal from town of Dea. Darius\\nPhelps, who for many years had been teacher of the singing-\\nschool, and a most efficient leader of the church choir, it\\nwas Voted to authorize Bobbins Battell to dispose of the\\nold organ and to purchase a new organ. This was in May,\\n1852. At the same meeting it was Voted, to pay |50U to\\npurchase a new organ. The new organ then procured had\\nbeen in use for a few years in an Episcopal Church in Pitts-\\ntield. In 1893 it was sold to the Church of the Immaculate\\nConception in this town, and when it was set up in that\\nchurch some one remarked that that organ has changed\\nits religion three times.\\nAt a Society s meeting, Nov., 1852, it was Voted, that\\nthe thanks of this Society be presented to Mr. Joseph\\nBattell for his liberality in giving $200 toward the purchase\\nof our organ, which cost |700.\\nMr. Robbins Battell was the organist for several years\\nafter this organ was in place. The floor of the gallery had\\nto be lowered and two of the seats cut out to make room\\nfor this second organ, which, compared with the old one,\\nseemed a monster, and did efficient service for forty years.\\nIn the year 1892, Miss Sarah B. Eldridge, the eldest\\ndaughter of Rev. Dr. Eldridge, made the very generous gift\\nto the Congregational Church of this town of a fine Hook\\nHastings organ, which was to be delivered and placed in\\nthe church next May. During a part of June of 1892, ser-\\nvices on Sunday were held in the chapel, on account of the\\nwork on the organ which is being put in by workmen from\\nHook and Hastings of Boston. The organ gallery had to\\nbe again enlarged to receive this fine tone, powerful instru-\\nment, which has 808 pipes; 201 of them wood pipes and 607\\nmetal, and twenty or more stops.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 581\\nAt the annual meeting Nov. 7, 1892, the following resolu-\\ntion was passed unanimously by a rising vote: Whereas,\\nMiss Sarah Eldridge has placed in the church and pre-\\nsented to this Society a valuable Hook and Hastings organ,\\nthat greatly enriches the worship of the sanctuary; Re-\\nsolved, That there be placed in the minutes of this meeting\\na record of her generous gift, and that the thanks of this\\nSociety be tendered to Miss Eldridge for her thoughtful\\nliberality/\\nSome of the organists, in addition to those already\\nnamed, who have done efficient service in the Congrega-\\ntional Church, most of them for a number of years, are:\\nMr. George Brown, a native of this town; Miss Sarah\\nEldridge, Miss Isabella Eldridge, Mrs. Ellen Battell\\nStoeckel, Miss Clara Lawrence, Miss Sawin, and the pres-\\nent incumbent. Miss Fales.\\nMEMORIAL WINDOWS AND TABLETS.\\nAfter the death of Dr. Eldridge, in the spring of 1875,\\nfollowed by the death of Mrs. Eldridge, June, 1878, it was\\nthe desire of the famil}^ to place in the church some suit-\\nable, adequate memorial of their parents. Their decision\\nwas to place in the rear of the pulpit, side by side, two\\nmemorial windows, and a marble memorial tablet at the\\nside of the window. In order to carry out this plan an en-\\ntire remodelling of that part of the building was necessary.\\nAn extension of some six feet in depth was built upon the\\nAvest end of the church, and the original arch the entire\\nlength of the building, which had been shut out by the\\nchanges in 1846, was restored, the old pulpit and platform\\nentirely removed and a larger platform erected. To re-\\nceive and properly place these beautiful memorial win-\\ndows, which were ordered and made at the Royal Glass\\nWorks at Munich, and cause the interior of the old church\\nto harmonize v/ith these windows, an entire change in the\\ngenqral appearance was made. Mr. J. Cleveland Cady of\\nNew York, the distinguished architect and writer, was", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "582 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nconsulted, and of his examination of the building, and of\\nthe changes that seemed necessary and were made, Mr.\\nCady has most kindly furnished the following account:\\nOn an occasion many years ago when I was visiting the late\\nBobbins Battell, lie took me into the Congregational Church to see\\nwhat could be done in regax d to harmonizing some rich stained\\nglass windows, which had been purchased in Europe, with the\\nrather formal Colonial architecture of the church.\\nI was pleased with the quaint, pretty detail of the church, but\\nsurprised that its handsome columns and their capitals supported\\nonly the plainest and flattest of plaster ceilings. Mr curiosity was\\ngreatly excited, and I commenced an examination in the garret or\\nloft, that led to the discovery that the church had originally a\\nbarrel ceiling which the columns carried;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that it was of a style\\nentirely worthy and fitting the best portions of the church;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and\\nthat the greater part of it was intact!\\nThis discovery of a veritable antique and one that would add\\nso greatly to the beauty of the church was hailed with joy.\\nIt was faintly remembered by some that the ceiling used to be\\ndifferent, that it was supposed by dropping down the ceiling and\\ntaking out all the frills it would be easier to warm, which consid-\\neration at the period when modern heating apparatus was un-\\nknown and the church was indifferently warmed by stoves was no\\nsmall matter.\\nMr. Battell was quick to appreciate the value of the find, and\\nat once directed me to prepare plans for restoration of the ceiling\\nto its former dignity.\\nThis involved not merely the removal of the false ceiling, but\\nthe careful search for scraps and bits of mouldings and detail, the\\nmost of which had been destroyed, and which I desired to restore\\nexactly according to the original. The work was at length accom-\\nplished, to the delight of those who appreciated the beauties of the\\nold building, and its historical value.\\nIn regard to the memorial windows that have been mentioned,\\nit was felt that they were somewhat rich to assimilate with the\\nsevere architecture of the church.\\nThe restoration of the vaulted ceiling, however, was an aid, as\\nit took from the plainness of the interior, and relieved the hard\\nstraight lines.\\nMy solution of the problem was to build a screen against the\\nwall back of the pulpit, whose columns, arches, and scroll work,\\nwhile in architectural harmony with the general detail and style of\\nthe church, should give depth and richness about the new windows,\\nand should in some degree dominate them. For this purpose the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 583\\ncolumns were especially serviceable. The panels on either side\\nwere filled with memorial tablets which gave detail and interest,\\neach step of the elaboration maliing more reasonable the richness\\nof the European windows and assimilating them to the interior.\\nThe mahogany pulpit and fittings were designed in the old\\nstyle, but with considerable elaboration of detail the better to har-\\nmonize with the new windows.\\nThe aim in the whole renovation was to be loyal to a fine his-\\ntoric old building, and not to spoil it by the intrusion of incongru-\\nous elements which in so many cases have completely ruined\\ncharming examples of Colonial work.\\nThese buildings represent times and people that have long\\npassed. Their ideas and taste, brought mainly from England, in\\nthe days of the Kings,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 have no small degree of refinement, and a\\ncertain reserA e that we associate with the lives and characters of\\nthose days. It is a very distinct type, deserving to be carefully and\\nsacredly preserved.\\nThese stained glass windows are most beautiful in every\\nway: in design, in deep, rich coloring of the finest stained\\nglass, and in workmanship are in the highest and most\\nartistic style of the art. The inscription in the one upon\\nthe left, facing the pulpit, is:\\nHE THAT TURNETH MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS\\nSHALL SHINE AS THE STARS FOREVER AND EVER.\\nJOSEPH ELDRIDGE.\\nThe inscription in the other:\\nher children ARISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED.\\nSARAH BATTELL ELDRIDGE.\\nThe inscription upon the marble memorial tablet at the\\nleft:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIN MEMORY OF REVEREND JOSEPH ELDRIDGE, D. D.,\\nFOR FORTY-TWO YEARS, FROM 1832 TO 1874, THE FAITHFUL PASTOR OF\\nTHIS CHURCH.\\nA LONG, SUCCESSFUL, UNFALTERING WORK, FULL OF\\nWISDOM, POWER, TRUTH AND LOVE.\\nKNOW YE NOT THAT THERE IS A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN\\nFALLEN IN ISRAEL.\\nUpon the memorial tablet on the right of the window\\nin memory of Rev Ralph Emerson, which was placed there", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "584 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nby Mrs. Urania Battell Humphrey, in remembrance of him\\nas her early pastor, is this inscription\\nin grateful memory of reverend RALPH EMERSON, D.D.,\\nPASTOR OF THIS CHURCH FROM 1816 TO 1829.\\nPROFESSOR IN ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FOR\\nTWENTY-FIVE YEARS.\\nBORN IN HOLLIS, N. H., AUGUST 18, 1787.\\nDIED AT ROCKPORT, ILL., MAY 20, 1863.\\nSEEK HIM THAT TURNETH THE SHADOW OF DEATH INTO THE MORNING.\\nTHE LORD IS HIS NAME.\\nWhen the church was built, soon after the death of Rev.\\nMr. Bobbins, his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Battell, placed in\\nthe vestibule, over the center doors, a marble memorial\\ntablet, bearing the inscription:\\nHIM THAT OVEBCOMETH WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE\\nOF MY GOD. REV. AMMI RUHAMAH ROBBINS, FIRST PASTOR OF THIS\\nCHURCH WAS REMOVED BY DEATH, SABBATH, THE 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER,\\n1813, AGED 73, AFTER A PASTORATE OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS. TO THE\\nCHURCH AND CONGREGATION OF THIS HOUSE THIS MEMORIAL OF THEIR\\nLATE WORTHY PASTOR IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.\\nThis tablet remained in its original place until 1892, when it\\nwas placed in the front of the choir gallery, at the time a change\\nwas made, to receive the large, new organ, and there it remains.\\nTHE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church in this town was organ-\\nized in 1840. The original members of the church were\\nCaptain Auren Tibbals, Sheldon Tibbals and his wife, Mrs.\\nJanette Tibbals, Franklin Bramble and his wife, Mrs.\\nAmanda Bramble, Russell Pendleton and his wife, Mrs.\\nAlwina Pendleton, Anson Gaylord and his wife, Mrs. Al-\\nmeda Gaylord.\\nA large number of persons were at that time employed\\nin the Woolen Factory, and several of them were members\\nof the church at its organization, but not being permanent\\nresidents here their names have not been found. An un-\\nfortunate neighborhood quarrel between two families, mem-", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 585\\nbers of the Congregational Church here, brought three of\\nthe original members to enter into the organization of the\\nMethodist Church, and to render material assistance in\\nbuilding their house of worship. The first Class Leader,\\nwho occupied that place for a number of years, was Mr.\\nKussell Pendleton.\\nThe first business meeting, where definite action was taken\\ntoward building a house of worship, where the Methodist Society\\nwas organized, was held at the house of Franklin Bramble,-the old\\ngrist-mill house.-December 8, 1840. A. Bushnell was chosen Moder-\\nator, Franklin Bramble, Clerk, and the following Board of Trustees\\nof the Methodist Society was elected, viz: Auren Tibbals, Anson\\nGaylord, Sheldon Tibbals, .Toseph W. Hurlbutt, Russell Pendleton,\\nDavid Vail and Franklin Bramble.\\nIt was voted. That we proceed to erect a house of public wor-\\nship for the use of said church soon as convenient. Auren Tibbals\\nand Joseph W. Hurlbutt were made a committee to secure a site\\nfor the house. Auren Tibbals, Russell Pendleton and David Vail\\nwere chosen for the building committee, and Joseph W. Hurlbutt\\nTreasurer and collector to solicit funds to build the house.\\nThe committee to secure a site for the meeting house moved\\npromptly, as upon December 18, 1840, William P. ^^^\\\\^lf fjl\\nthe Board of Trustees of the Methodist Society a part of the land\\nupon which the house was built, and the 25th of May followmg\\nGeorge Tobey deeded to them the south part of the lot;-tlie consid-\\neration in each deed being $70. During the summer of 1841 the\\nhouse was built, 44 by 32 feet on the ground, with 21 foot posts,-\\nfinished with desk and slips below and a gallery nine feet wide n\\nthe front end, with slips. The house was located a few rods south\\nS the r sidence of Mr. E. Grove Lawrence. The builder was Mr\\nJames Bradley of Goshen, and he was paid in full ^orfl^on^^l^t\\nJanuary 1 1842. by the building committee, as appears of record.\\nBefore the building of this house the services were held princpaUy\\nin the houses of some of the members living near the ^^ntre of ne\\ntown. Franklin Bramble, who at that time was runnmg the grist-\\nmill, sometimes arranged seats in the granary of the mill, when it\\nwas not in use, and public worship was held in that V^^f^^^^^\\ntimes their services were held in the Conference room of the Con-\\ngregational Society, but some members of that society objected\\nand upon one occasion having assembled, the Methodists found the\\ndoor of the Conference room locked against them, and held their\\nservice under the horse-sheds near by. This action closing the\\ndoors against these Christian people when they needed and sought", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "586 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\na place for divine -worship, was strongly condemned by some mem-\\nbers of the Congregational Church, and some at least of those who\\nhelped to lock the doors lived to see things in a different light, and\\nin later years entered heartily into the revival services in this\\nMethodist Church.\\nSomething of a debt was incurred by the society in building\\ntheir house, and in April, 1843, a committee to solicit funds to pay\\nthis debt was appointed for each part of the town, consisting of\\nFranklin Bramble and Joseph W. Hurlbutt for the centre of the\\ntown, Charles B. Maltbie for the east part, Russell Pendleton for\\nthe north, Levi Barlow for the west, and James C. Swift for the\\nsouth.\\nThe circuit preachers and resident ministers who have been lo-\\ncated here, some for only a few months, and others for from one to\\nthree years, and one or more for five years, are as follows:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev-\\nerends A. Bushuell, Daniel Coe, Levi Warner, J. Horton, Thomas\\nLodge, Lewis Gunn\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Gunn was an ardent abolitionist, and by\\npreaching strongly against the doctrine accepted by many Christian\\npeople of all denominations at that time, about 1844, that slavery\\nwas a divine institution, he offended some of the members of the\\nchurch and congregation, and a considerable number of them with-\\ndrew for a time. Mr. Gunn was followed by T. C. Bancroft, Adee\\nVail, Theron Hollister, and in 1849-50 by Jonathan Robinson, dur-\\ning whose pastorate there were quite important revivals. He was\\nfollowed by Isaac Lent, Abraham Davis, Mr. Jerrolds, W. E. Hill,\\nJ. Croft, David Lyman, son-in-law of Franklin Bramble, who was\\nhere some three years, Joseph Elliott, Ezra B. Pierce, who was here\\nduring the great revival in 1857 and 58 and assisted Dr. Eldridge\\nat times in his church; Benjamin Wilsou, George C. Ezra, W. E.\\nClark, Philip Germond, Thomas Elliott, Samuel R. Free, Charles\\nSagur, I. Harris, Joseph Millett, J. B. Cross, J. C. Van Arnum, J. C.\\nFerguson, who was here a part of the year 1884 and went out to\\nChina as a missionary; Virgil Blackman, J. H. Hoag, Wm. H.\\nVaughn, F. J. Somers, James Douglas, E. C. Powell, W. J. Barnes,\\nElbert H. Todd, who was here from 1895 to 1900. Rev. J. A. Hurn\\nis the present pastor. Intervals, sometimes of two or three years,\\nhave occurred when there has been no preaching in the church. At\\nother times the church has seemed quite strong and prosperous.\\nThe material strength and growth of the church has been af-\\nfected by the decline of the manufacturing interests in the town,\\nand by the death and removal of the prominent members of the\\nchurch, its main supporters both in spiritual and temporal affairs.\\nOne writer, referring to the different denominations of Chris-\\ntians in this county in the early part of the 19th century says:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIn those days the Methodist and Congregational religionists had", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 587\\nlittle more sympathy or intercourse with each other than the old\\nJews and Samaritans. The circuit rider came on his rounds and\\ndeclaimed against steeple meeting houses, pitch-pipe singing, and\\nthe doctrine of election. The membership kneeled on the floor in\\nprayer, and gave vent to their devotional feelings by the loud\\nAmens, or the Gloria Patri. The women eschewed ribbons,\\ncurled hair, and gay dresses. The old men, and some of the young\\nones, wore straight-bodied coats, and both sexes wore a vinegar as-\\npect.\\nThe Presbyterians, as they were termed, on the other hand,\\nlooked on the Methodists as interlopers and fanatics, who had come\\nin to disturb the peace of the Standing order as by Saybrook plat-\\nform established. The Methodists were all Democrats;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Stand-\\ning Order were mainly high-toned Federalists of Pharisaical ten-\\ndencies. The two had apparently no mutual sympathies, and never\\ninter-communed with each other. Time and circumstances have\\nworn away the prejudices and softened the asperities of the two\\ndenominations. Intermarriages have led to mutual forbearance.\\nThe temperance movement brought the best men and women of the\\ntwo orders into co-operation, and the anti-slavery movement, fear-\\nlessly advocated by the living Christianity of both churches was\\nthe death blow to sectarianism.\\nGreat changes in the form of worship have been made in the\\nPresbyterian, or Congregational churches in this town, as else-\\nwhere, since the earlier days of its history. Mr. Salmon Swift, a\\nnative of this town, says: In the forepart of the nineteenth cen-\\ntury the law requiring people to stand during prayers at church\\nwas repealed. Previous to its repeal my father, James Swift, was\\nonce tried for the infraction of the law in church in Norfolk. He\\narose with the rest at prayers, but was taken suddenly ill. To re-\\nlieve the pain he sat down, leaning forward on his arms. A com-\\nplaint was entered against him for a violation of the law. He was\\ntaken to the north part of the town a prisoner, tried before Esquire\\nHolt and fined, the fine and costs amounting to between nineteen\\nand twenty dollars.\\nCHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.\\nIn History of the Catholic Church in New England, Dio-\\ncese of Hartford, is the following:\\nIMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH, NORFOLK.\\nThe town of Norfolk was incorporated in 1758. It is the high-\\nest land reached by railroad in Connecticut. The scenery in this\\nvicinity is unsurpassed by any in New England.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "588 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nIt is traditional among the Catholics of Norfolk that Bishop\\nCheverus of Boston visited here in the discharge of his missionary\\nduties. This is not improbable, as in 1823 he made an extensive\\ntour through the state. Another interesting tradition has a Father\\nPlunkett of Boston as a visitor to Norfolk before 1829.\\nThe introduction of Catholicity into Norfolk as a part of the\\ntown s life dates from 1836. In March of that year Matthew, John\\nand Charles Ryan, and Edward E. Ryan, a convert to the faith,\\nsettled here and engaged in the woolen industry. In this year Pat-\\nrick Burke, father of the Rev. Charles E. Bin-ke of North Adams,\\nMass., established his home here. Mr. Burke was present at the\\nfirst Mass known to have been said here. It was in 1836, Rev.\\nJames Fitton of Hartford officiating, in the home of Matthew\\nRyan, now occupied by Michael Whalen. About twelve persons\\nassisted at the Mass. Father Fitton s extensive territory which\\nmust needs be visited, precluded frequent visits to Norfolk. The\\nRyan family, in the absence of the priest, proved faithful and wor-\\nthy auxiliaries. In a room in the woolen mill they would gather\\nthe handful of Catholics, and in prayer petition the Giver of all\\ngifts for the grace of perseverence. They practiced their devotions\\nearnestly, faithfuly, and if Christ the Lord is in the midst of two\\nor three gathered together in His name, we may well believe that\\nin this little band were partakers of the divine favors.\\nThe successor of Father Fitton, the Rev. John Brady, also came\\nto Norfolk when possible, and offered the Holy Sacrifice in the\\nwool-sorting room, or at the house of John Ryan. Rev. John D.\\nBrady, Rev. John Brady, Jr., and Rev. James Strain also exercised\\nthe ministry here, though their visits were necessarily infrequent,\\nowing to the difficulties of travel. The old residents still speak of\\nFather Brady s experience in being snow-bound for a week in\\nNorfolk.\\nThe first Catholic marriage solemnized in Norfolk was that of\\nPatrick Burke and Ann O Neil, on October 9, 1842, the Rev. John\\nD. Brady officiating.\\nThe generosity of the Ryans was not confined to providing a\\nplace for divine services. They also purchased a piece of land for\\ncemetery purposes, which they transferred to the congregation.\\nIn this spot rest the remains of pioneers from all sections of the\\nstate.\\nIn 1846 the Catholics of Norfolk were attended by the Rev.\\nCharles O Reilly. On June 22d of that year he thus wrote, from\\nWaterbury to Bishop Tyler: Yesterday was my second Sunday\\nhere; the people seem anxious to have a church; the foundation is\\ncleared, some brick are on the spot and almost as much cash on\\nhand as will pay up to this time. But to commence building", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 589\\nwould require a considerable sum, which these people cannot pro-\\ncure, except I become security, and I have had a considerable de-\\ngree of I epugnance at all times to have myself involved in money\\nmatters, and how to proceed I am really at a loss to know. Em-\\nployment in this locality is very precarious. There is a\\ngreat deal of labor and inconvenience in attending Norfolk and\\nthis place (Waterbury), there being no decent mode of travel be-\\ntween them. A person must either go by Bridgeport or Hartford\\nand stop a night in either place, as the stages do not run all the\\nway on the same day, so that there is considerable expense in-\\ncurred and great loss of time. The Norfolk people have\\nmade no move yet with regard to building. They seem content to\\nhave Mass, but I will not be content with saying Mass in a shanty.\\nWhen Falls Village was organized in 1850 with Rev. Christo-\\npher Moore as the first pastor, Norfolk became its mission. On\\nMarch 2, 1851, Bishop O Reilly visited Norfolk and made arrange-\\nments for a church, and on the 31st of the same month he ap-\\npointed the Rev. Thomas Quinn to the pastoral charge of Norfolk\\nand dependencies. Father Quinn s successor was the Rev. John\\nSmith, who received his appointment to the Norfolk Mission on\\nFebruary 9, 1852. On this date Bishop O Reilly wrote: This is a\\nmost difficult mission.\\nUnder date of February 27 and 28, 1854, Bishop O Reilly wrote\\nin his Journal: 27th. Leave Winsted at 10 A. M. for Norfolk,\\nwhere I arrive before noon and stop with Mr. Edward Ryan. I\\nmake this evening an arrangement with the Ryans for the build-\\ning of a church on the lot they presented me. This will be effected,\\nI hope, next spring.\\n2Sth. Say Mass in Ryan s hall; it was full; published the reg-\\nulations for Lent. Said a few words to the people and left in\\nRyan s carriage for Falls Village, where I arrive at 11 A. M.\\nIn 1859 the Church of the Immaculate Conception was built,\\nbut in 1865 it had not yet been dedicated. In the meanwhile, the\\nsuccessors of Father Moore in Falls Village celebrated Mass and\\nadministered the sacraments over the store of Matthew Ryan, now\\noccupied by M. N. Clark.\\nIn 1856 Norfolk was under the jurisdiction of Winsted, from\\nwhich it was attended once a month. It so remained until the\\nsummer of 1889, when it was formed into an independent parish,\\nwith the Rev. P. Keating as the first pastor. At this time the\\nCatholic population of Norfolk was 380 souls. Upon his arrival\\nFather Keating secured apartments in the village, where he re-\\nsided until the completion of the present commodious rectory.\\nThe work accomplished by Father Keating here is sufficient\\nevidence of his activity. He graded the property about the church.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "590 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nwhich he remodeled and frescoed and adorned with new stained\\nglass windows, beautiful Stations of the Cross and organ, all at an\\nexpenditure of $1400. In 1898 he purchased a lot for cemetery pur-\\nposes, which was immediately paid for.\\nIn 1891 Father Keating began to atte^ Stanfield in the dio-\\ncese of Springfield, at the request of Bishop O Reilly. After two\\nyears of regular attendance he discontinued his visits, as nearly all\\nof the Catholics had remoA^ed elsewhere.\\nMuch of the prosperity that has attended the parish of the Im-\\nmaculate Conception is due to the sturdy faith, the good example\\nand the generosity of the Ryans. In practice they were Catholics\\nas well as in name, and though more than half a century has\\nelapsed since they moved upon the scene, the influence of their lives\\nis still A isible in their successors. Numerically small, the Catho-\\nlics of Norfolk are strong of faith, and their devotion to religion\\nwas manifested by their donation to Bishop McMahon of the\\nTabernacle of the main altar of the cathedral.\\nEPISCOPAL AND BAPTIST CHURCHES.\\nAn Episcopal Society was organized February 15, 1786,\\nin the north part of this town, and included some men\\nliving in New Marlboro. The list of this society\\nwas said to be over \u00c2\u00a3500. Among the members living in\\nNorfolk were John Phelps, Dr. Ephraim Guiteau, Samuel\\nNorthway, James Benedict and Stephen Kingsbury. The\\nhistory of this Episcopal Society, further than the fact of\\nits organization, the writer has been unable to leard.\\nAmong Norfolk s summer residents and others are a con-\\nsiderable number of Episcopalians, who for several years\\nheld Episcopal church services during the summer months\\nin the town hall usually, but sometimes in the Methodist\\nchurch. In the summer of 1893 Mr. Frederick M. Shepard\\ngave a lot as a site for an Episcopal Church on Mills Ave-\\nnue, not far from The Hillhurst.\\nThe ceremony of breaking ground for the Church of the\\nTransfiguration took place Sunday, August 6, 1893, in the presence\\nof 150 persons.\\nOn Sunday afternoon, June 24, 1894, a goodly number of the\\ncitizens and summer residents of the town assembled to witness\\nthe ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Episcopal church.\\nThe site of the building is picturesque and commanding, being", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 591\\non the corner of Mills and Shepard Avenues. The building, which\\nis small but very neat, was erected under the direction of a New\\nYork architect by Mr. J. S. Levi, a contractor and builder of this\\ntown.\\nBAPTIST CHURCH.\\nFor many years, near the middle of the century, there\\nwas a flourishing but not large Baptist Church and Society\\nin the extreme north part of this town, their house of w^or-\\nship standing very near the Massachusetts line, on the New\\nMarlboro road. In recent years the old Baptist meeting-\\nhouse was torn down and a neat Union Chapel built on\\nabout the same site.\\nXXXI.\\nCONCLUDING CHAPTER MODERN NORFOLK.\\nMarvellous changes everywhere, among all people and in\\nall lands, have been wrought since Norfolk had a history,\\nand these old hill towns, in common with all the world,\\nhave changed Many decades ago, when the land was new,\\nthe farms were productive, the farmers generally were in-\\ndustrious, frugal, prosperous. Most of the land on most\\nof the farms in this town is by far too rocky to be plowed\\nor in any way materially improved, save at very great ex-\\npense. As the years have gone by and the land has become\\nold, thousands of acres have been taken possession of com-\\npletely by growths of ferns, brakes, red and yellow hard-\\nhacks, white-birches, black-alders, elders and kindred nuis-\\nances. Grazing, stock raising, dairying to a great extent\\nhas been driven out. Young men, whole families from\\nmany of the out-parts of the town, have been driven to\\npulling up and going to the everlasting West,\\nwhere, it has been said, the farms have no features,\\nnothing to distinguish them,\\nWe have in a very imperfect manner been over many of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "592 HISTOEY OF NOKFOLK.\\nthe principal events in the town, covering a period of more\\nthan a century and a half. As those now standing here\\nlook about, we see in the Norfolk of today an entirely dif-\\nferent place from the Norfolk of even half a century ago.\\nNot only the inhabitants, but also the place itself, has\\nchanged. The eternal hills remain the same. The centre\\nof the town, by its little gem of a park, its extensive pri-\\nvate lawns, the fine modern public and private buildings,\\nthe Robbins School, the Library, the Gymnasium, and\\nother features, has been rendered a very attractive and\\nbeautiful spot. In different parts of the town, upon a few\\nof the many points where extensive views are obtained,\\nfine, costly residences, with attractive surroundings, have\\nbeen built, and during the summer months and into the\\nautumn the town is very much alive.\\nThe era of manufacturing had its rise in the town, and\\nas we have seen, to a considerable extent also, its fall.\\nLooking for the causes of the great change and the sub-\\nstantial improvement in the town during the past two or\\nthree decades, several things should be mentioned.\\nOne very important factor has been the building of the\\nrailroad through the town. This has been referred to at\\nconsiderable length, and we should never cease to be thank-\\nful that the railroad went through, and in the right place.\\nPerhaps the next thing in importance in giving the town\\na start, was calling the attention of a number of people of\\ninfluence to the beautiful scenery, the great elevation, the\\npurity of the air, and so the desirability of the town as a\\nplace for summer homes. In getting a start made in this\\ndirection, inducing people to come and make homes here,\\nin opening up interesting places, and doing a great number\\nof things to make the town attractive, doubtless no one\\ndid more, nor used a greater amount of influence, than Mr.\\nRobbins Battell.\\nTHE ROBBINS SCHOOL.\\nThe founding of the Robbins School in 1884 by Mr. Robbins Bat-\\ntell and his sister, Miss Anna Battell, has been a most important", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK. 593\\nfactor and a substantial and permanent advantage and benefit to\\nthe town and vicinity. This school is the carrying out of a long-\\ncherished project of establishing, upon the site of the old Robbins\\nparsonage, in memory of Rev. Mr. Robbins, by two of his grand-\\nchildren, a school, having for its main purpose the preparation of\\nyoung men for the higher institutions of learning; for any American\\nCollege or Scientific School; and offers to such as may wish to finish\\ntheir school life here a liberal course of study. During most of his\\nlong pastorate of fifty-three years Rev. Mr. Robbins was accus-\\ntomed to receive into his family a class of boys to be fitted for\\ncollege, and he thus prepared more than two hundred young men,\\ndrawing his pupils from this and neighboring towns and from dis-\\ntant places.\\nIt is pleasant to trace bacls the origin of the Robbins School to\\nsuch a foundation.\\nThe commodious and substantial buildings of the Robbins\\nSchool were erected in 1884 upon the site of the old Robbins House\\nand the adjoining grounds, after plans by Mr. J. Cleveland Cady,\\nof New York. The buildings are heated by steam, and supplied\\nwith all the modern appliances, and the institution is liberally sus-\\ntained by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoecliel.\\nAnother educational institution and substantial attrac-\\ntion and advantage to the entire town and vicinity, which\\nhas for more than a decade been doing a vast amount of\\ngood, and whose beneficent influence is continually widen-\\ning, is the Norfolk Library, which will also be mentioned at\\nsome length.\\nTHE NORFOLK LIBRARY.\\nUpon the first day of January, 1881, in the west room of Mr.\\nGeorge Scoville s house, a free reading room, containing the daily\\nand other newspapers, magazines and periodicals of interest to the\\nmen and women, boys and girls of this community, was opened\\nby Miss Isabella Eldridge, kept up by her in that place for several\\nyears and was the beginning of the splendid library and reading-\\nroom of today.\\nFor the sake of some readers who have not recently seen Nor-\\nfolk, it may not be amiss to state that this library building is\\nsituated east of the old Shepard Hotel, near the store; the old hotel\\nbarn and sheds having been long since removed, and their site made\\ninto a nice lawn.\\nThe building was designed by Mr. George Keller, a noted archi-\\ntect of Hartford, Ct.; is eighty-six by forty-five feet upon the ground,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "594 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\ntwo stories high; the lower story being of Longmeadow, Mass., red\\nfreestone, and the upper part of red tile. The roof is of fluted Span-\\nish tile, quite common in Europe but rare in Connecticut. The first\\nfloor contains a reception hall, a reading room, a conversation room,\\nand the library room proper. This room, entered through the recep-\\ntion room, fills the height and breadth of the entire building, and is\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2crowned with an imposing arch.\\nThe proportions throughout the building are perfect, the detail\\nwork well considered, and all the combinations and colors are\\nchosen with much nicety of taste. As one enters the hall a fine\\nbronze tablet upon the wall opposite meets the eye, with the inscrip-\\ntion:\\nIN REVERENT MEMORY\\nOF\\nJOSEPH AND SARAH ELDRIDGE.\\nWork on the building was commenced early in 1888. It was\\nconstructed in a most thorough manner; was built and is sustained\\nby Miss Isabella Eldridge as a memorial of her father and mother.\\nThe library has a capacity of 40,000 volumes; is open every day,\\nSunday excepted; free to every resident of Norfolk. Non residents\\nalso may avail themselves of its advantages, without charge, by\\nspecial permission. Nothing that the most refined taste could sug-\\ngest or that money could buy to make the place both beautiful and\\nhelpful is lacking.\\nSuch a use of money indicates the highest wisdom, the most\\nrefined culture, and the sincerest regard for the welfare of the com-\\nmunity.\\nThe opening of the library occurred March 6th, 1889, more than\\none thousand invitations having been sent out, not only to every\\nfamily in Norfolk of whatever name, nationality or color, but also\\nto many in adjacent towns and acquaintances elsewhere.\\nThe large number of people present, the music, the brilliantly\\nlighted rooms, with the happy social feeling, made it a most charm-\\ning occasion, calling out from every one present expressions of un-\\nqualified praise.\\nThe libraiy opened with about 2,000 volumes upon its shelves,\\nof which 1,250 were the gift of Rev. Azariah Eldridge of Yarmouth,\\nMass., the brother of Rev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge. What remained\\nof the old Subscription Library of the town (1866) was added, and\\nfrom time to time other volumes from that old library found their\\nway here; in all about 200 volumes, and also several volumes of\\nthe library of 1822. Other members of the family had at this\\ntime given about 150 volumes, mostly reference works, and Miss", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 595\\nIsabella Eldridge had purchased for the library 1,050 volumes.\\nThe papers and periodicals which were in the old reading-room\\nwere transferred to the reading-room of the library building.\\nThe books upon the shelves have increased at the rate of over\\n500 volumes a year, principally purchased by Miss Isabella\\nEldridge, and now there are upon the shelves of the library nearly\\neleven thousand volumes. Many volumes bear the names of those\\ninterested in the library, who have contributed to its growth and\\nefficiency. In the reading-room there are fifty-seven newspapers\\nand periodicals on file. The first report for a full year was made\\nin 1891, when the librarian, Mr. Edward E. Swift, stated that\\n22,008 visitors had been in the building, and that 10,942 volumes\\nhad been issued in circulation. These figures have grown steadily\\nfrom year to year, until, during the year ending December 31,\\n1898, there were 29,080 visitors and 14,604 volumes issued on cir-\\nculation. This increase is due largely to the fact that Norfolk has\\nbecome a very popular summer resort, and that many hundreds\\nof strangers visit it during the summer and fall months. August\\nis the busiest month of the year. The experiment of establishing\\nbranch libraries in the school-houses in the out districts has proved\\na success. The teachers have complete charge of the books, and\\nrenew or exchange whenever they wish. The library has in this\\nway reached many families which might not otherwise have had\\nthe privilege of taking books from its shelves. The range of use-\\nfulness has extended beyond the confines of the town, as borrowers\\ncome from Canaan Mountain, East Canaan, Colebrook, Winchester\\nand Goshen. Who can begin to estimate the uplifting, refining,\\neducating influence, or tell the vast power for good of this noble\\ninstitution in this and the adjacent towns, not only to the young\\nbut to the old; to those who have borne the burden and heat of the\\nday, and in the evening time of life have leisure for reading. That\\nits worth is fairly estimated by those now enjoying its advantages,\\nor that any acknowledgment or expression of gratitude to its muni-\\nficent founder and continued supporter is often made, is, perhaps,\\nscarcely to be expected. Such advantages are often received, as\\nare God s hourly gifts of air, water and sunlight, as a matter of\\ncourse, with no thought of gratitude to the giver.\\nCould we only stop and think of the debt we owe, we too, as\\ncertainly will the coming generations, would rise up and call her\\nblessed.\\nAnother of the modern institutions and attractions of\\nthe town, and one that now seems almost indispensable\\nto many of the summer residents and guests, is", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "596 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nTHE ELDRIDGE GYMNASIUM.\\nOne of tbe most artistic and elaborate structures for the purpose\\nfor which it is designed, to be found anywhere in the country, is the\\nEldridge Gymnasium, which stands on the high ground north and\\neast of the railroad station in Norfolk. The grounds on the east\\nside of the building, facing on Maple avenue, are laid out in tennis-\\ncourts, croquet, etc. On the west and south is an extensive lawn,\\nfilled with the finest of shrubs and flowers. The building, 78 by 47\\nfeet, stands upon a solid basement wall of granite, and is built of\\nmottled and light colored Pompeiian, or Roman brick, which are 12\\ninches long and 2 inches thick. The roof is of Spanish fluted tile in\\nbrown and yellow. The architect was Henry Rutgers Marshall of\\nNew York. The architecture is a mixture of Spanish and American,\\nthe Spanish feature being the very broad piazza on the west side\\nwith overhanging roof; the tile work is also Spanish. From this\\npiazza, which is 12 feet wide, extending the entire length of the\\nbuilding, is had a most beautiful, unobstructed view to the north-\\nwest of the Canaan valley, with the Taconic range of mountains in\\nthe distance as a background.\\nThe gymnasium proper, 50 by 47 feet and 36 feet high, is\\nequipped complete with the Sargent apparatus, and includes every-\\nthing, from simple Indian clubs to parallel bars, rowing-machines\\nand different appliances for developing the muscles.\\nThe sitting-room is beautifully finished and furnished, having a\\nlarge and elaborately carved mantel of oak, with hand-carved\\nmottoes in Latin, one of which, translated, reads, One should\\ndesire a sound mind in a sound body. The front door is one of\\nthe finest specimens of marqueterie in the country. It is of oak,\\ninlaid with mahogany, ebony and boxwood. The large hinges and\\nescutcheons are of solid bronze, as well as the lamps in front, at\\nthe entrance, and on the porch.\\nThis beautiful, elaborate and expensive building was erected,\\nfurnished, equipped, is supported, and its use given free to the\\npeople of the town, either permanent residents or transient guests,\\nby the munificent liberality of Miss Alice Bradford Eldridge, now\\nMrs. Henry H. Bridgman.\\nThe work was commenced in the fall of 1890; the building\\nerected during the summer of 1891 and finished in the early summer\\nof 1892, and, on the last Wednesday in June of that year, the\\ndoors were simply thrown wide open, and the public invited to a\\nfree use of all its equipments.\\nThe building is used for a variety of entertainments; church\\nentertainments, athletic exhibitions, lectures, concerts, etc., and is\\na centre of attraction for summer-guests. An elaborate tennis\\ntournament is held annually at the height of the season, upon the", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 597\\ngymnasium grounds, which brings people together from near and\\nfrom far, valuable prizes being given by Mrs. Bridgman. She also\\nfurnishes music every summer, for a month or six weeks, for a\\nconcert, every morning and. evening at the gymnasium, by some\\nof the finest musicians from New Yorli and Hartford; a promenade\\nconcert one or two evenings each weeli being a feature during the\\nseason.\\nTHE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN.\\nThis fountain, which was erected by Miss Mary Eldridge in\\n1SS9, in memory of her uncle, Mr. Joseph Battell, stands at the\\nsouth end of the park. It is a beautiful, expensive, artistic piece\\nof work. In carved granite, with bronze lamps and bronze ornamen-\\ntation in the shape of swimming fish, through whose mouth the\\nwater pours.\\nOn the column, which is the central part of the structure, is\\nthis inscription:\\nIN MEMORY\\nOF\\nJOSEPH BATTELL,\\nBORN IN NORFOLK, 1806,\\nDIED IN NEW YORK, 1874.\\nOn the reverse side appears In small letters,\\nERECTED BY HIS NIECE,\\nMARY ELDRIDGE.\\nAbove the principal bowl,\\nERECTED MDCCCLXXXIX.\\nThe whole structure is in the shape of a blunted triangle and\\nforms a fitting end to this part of the park, which here comes\\nnearly to a point. The water is conducted into the central pillar\\nand then distributed into various basins. A lion s head, carved on\\nthe pillar, with opened mouth, spouts out water into the semi-\\ncircular bowl for horses, which is hollowed out of a huge block of\\nMilford granite.\\nIn the rear of the pillar is a small court paved with brook\\npebbles, and at the end a solid stone seat with carved ends.\\nThe work was made from designs by Stanford White of New\\nYork, of Milford, Mass., granite. The column and ball are of\\nGreek design, after a famous old Spanish fountain.\\nTHE VILLAGE HALL.\\nThe erection of this building, a few years since, by some of the\\nenterprising public-spirited citizens of the town, furnishing not only", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "598 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\na nice and commodious hall for various purposes, but locating the\\npost office permanently, and making a business centre at a point\\nconvenient to the railroad station, is a substantial advantage to\\nthe town.\\nTHE NORFOLK DOWNS.\\nDesiring to assist in making Norfolk attractive and an\\nideal place of resort for summer guests, and to furnish\\nrecreation to residents as well, the Misses Isabella and\\nMary Eldridge a few years since purchased an extensive\\ntract of land, which was selected and laying out a course\\nwas supervised by Dr. Edward Cobb, a native of the town,\\nforming a most desirable location for Golf Links. The land\\nlies on the old road, south from the Curtiss place, is part\\nof the morain or glacial formation of this region, embrac-\\ning some of the kettle-holes and sand-knolls of that locality,\\nand extends from that old road west and south to Tobey\\nPond. As a natural location for Golf Links this place, it\\nis said, has few equals in the country, and by the necessary\\nlabor and expense has become an ideal spot for that at-\\ntractive recreation.\\nThe downs have been improved from year to year, until now\\nthey are regarded by the experts who have played over them as\\namong the few real Scottish downs in the State. Part of the ex-\\npense of maintaining them is met by small annual dues received\\nfrom the players and the rest is borne by the same public-spirited\\nresidents\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Misses Eldridge\u00e2\u0080\u0094 whose generosity first made the\\ncourse possible. Bounded on all sides but one by acres of woodland,\\nthe course rolls away for more than a mile in a series of tiny,\\npicturesque hills and valleys. On nine of these hills at irregular\\nintervals from each other are the tees, and far from each of\\nthese in a somewhat inaccessible valley is its corresponding\\ngreen. The Connecticut Magazine.\\nNORFOLK S WATER SUPPLY.\\nThe problem of supplying the town with an abundance of pure\\nwater was a difficult one. There are a large number of springs of\\npure water in different localities capable of furnishing one or two\\nfamilies with a supply for ordinary domestic purposes, provided\\nsprings can be found at a sufficient elevation, but the supply from\\nthis source is by no means equal to the demand in a village of any\\nsize, and in case of an emergency, as upon the breaking out of a", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 599\\nfire, the want of an ample supply of water is painfully apparent.\\nThe old wells, which a century ago answered a purpose, such as the\\nones on the green, in front of the Shepard Hotel, or at the south\\nend of the gi een, not far from the fountain, or on the bank in\\nfront of the old Aiken-Dowd house or the Battell well, just north\\nof the meeting-house, where a cup used to be provided Sunday\\nnoons, so that the boys could quench their thirst and wash down\\ntheir luncheons of dough-nuts and ginger-bread, all these and most\\nof the other wells in town have fallen into innocuous desuetude.\\nIn the latter 80s, when modern Norfolk had commenced to\\ngrow, the desirability of many locations for fine summer residences\\nbeing apparent provided an ample water supply could be furnished,\\nwhich, to people accustomed to city life, is a sine qua non, this\\nquestion was thoroughly investigated by a number of the citizens\\nof the town. Various springs were examined, their capacity meas-\\nured, and plans considered for utilizing them, but were rejected as\\nnot feasible. A plan of bringing water from Tobey Pond, or from\\nPond Hill, was thoroughly considered, and although a supply from\\neither of these sources would have been better than no supply, it\\nwas not considered ideal.\\nThe whole plan was opposed by some, who persisted in saying,\\nWe don t want pond-water, etc.\\nIn 1893 the subject of a water supply was taken up by Mr.\\nFrederick M. Shepard, who has always taken a deep interest in\\nthe progress and welfare of his native town.\\nLake Wangum, on Canaan mountain, had been investigated, its\\nwater analyzed, found to be exceptionally pure and desirable for\\ndomestic purposes; the supply practically unlimited, thus being as a\\nsource, ideal, but the great expense necessary in (bringing this water\\nto Norfolk seemed an insurmountable obstacle.\\nThis beautiful lake is nearly 250 feet higber than the park; is\\none of the highest lakes in the State; is fed and maintained by large\\nsprings of uniform flow; its water shed is exceptionally small; its\\nlocation most remarkable, being on the summit of the mountain, as\\nonly a mile west of it is the precipitous, ragged side of the mountain,\\nfalling in almost perpendicular descent for hundreds of feet to the\\nHousatonic valley. The water from this ideal lake could not have\\nbeen brought to this town in our day and generation liad it not\\nbeen for the liberality and persistence of the promoter of the plan,\\nwhose name has already been given.\\nIn 1893 The Norfolk Water Company was incorporated and\\nthe construction of the system of water works commenced.\\nLaying nearly eight miles of water pipe, twelve and ten-inch\\nmains extending from the lake to the village, through Norfolk s\\nglacier-polished ledges and immense boulders, a cut three-fifths of", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "600 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\na. mile in length and twenty-two feet deep, through a granite ledge,\\nwith a combination of deep mud and quicksand, was an engineering\\nachieA-ement of importance anywhere, at any time, and, in addition\\nto the great expense, required sliill, tact, patience and perseverance.\\nA gravity line from Lake Wangum to Norfolk was completed in\\nthe fall of 1896, furnishing water of a quality second to none and\\nin quantity practically unlimited.\\nSEWER DISTRICT.\\nAfter the completion of the Water Works a Sewer District was\\nformed and an adequate system of sewers was constructed for the\\nentire village, as was necessary. This second great undertaking\\nwas completed in the summer of 1899.\\nNEWSPAPERS.\\nA few ventures have been made in recent years in publishing a\\nnewspaper in the town. The first was The Summit, a small\\nsheet, started and kept going for a time by Mr. B. F. Catlin.\\nMr. Frederick S. Spaulding, a native of this town, started the\\nNorfolk Tower in 1888, which he edited with considerable ability\\nand success until his untimely death in October, 1891. The paper\\nsoon afterward was transferred to Collinsville, and is now the\\nFarmington Valley Journal. For four or five years past a sum-\\nmer paper, The Chimes, has been edited and published by Mr.\\nGeorge A. Marvin and others; ten issues of a finely illustrated\\npaper being made each season, which are a credit both to the\\npublisher and the town.\\nPHOTOGRAPHY.\\nThe reproduction of a great number of the beautiful views of\\nNorfolk and vicinity by Mrs. J. C. Kendall our artistic photog-\\nrapher, has assisted very materially in making Norfolk known\\nwidely. The work done by Mrs. Kendall, a great amount of it\\nentirely unrequited, has been a more important item in the growth\\nand development of modern Norfolk than many realize. The town\\nhas been rendered famous and given a national reputation by the\\nfact that at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893,\\na medal for specific MERIT WAS AWARDED TO MRS. MARIE H.\\nKENDALL, OF NORFOLK, CONT^., FOR AN EXHIBIT OF PHOTOGRAPHS,\\nDISPLAYING PLEASING VARIETY AS TO SUBJECTS, ARTISTIC TASTE AND\\nMARKED SKILL IN DEVELOPMENT AND FINISH, IN WHICH EXCELLENT\\nCHOICE AND TRUE FEELING ARE SHOWN.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\n601\\nSUMMER HOMES.\\nThe Stevens is pleasantly situated in tlie central part of the vil-\\nlage; surrounded by lawns, verandas and fine shade trees. For\\neighteen years this house has enjoyed the reputation of being one\\nof the best kept hostelries in New England.\\nThe Hillhurst is situated on a hill at the corner of Laurel\\nWay and Lovers Lane, 1,350 feet above the level of the sea,\\ngiving to this hotel a higher elevation than any other building of a\\nlike nature in the State, with beautiful and extensive views and\\nthe purest of air.\\nTHE NORFOLK CHIMES.\\nOn the accompanying page will be found the notes of the\\nChimes, after an old English Chime, as they are rung in the steeple\\nof the old church in Norfolk every hour of the twenty-four.\\nJRST QUARTER\\n-0-\\nIlSiIi\\nxoND Quarter\\nI r~\\nr~T\\ns:\\nHiRD Quarter\\ngit\\nirz\\nT\\nW\\ns:\\n1 07-\\n-1^-\\nfourth Quarter\\nt\u00c2\u00b1\\n1 \\\\V^\\nrr\\n1^^_\\n-Or\\n~i rr^\\n1 r\\n-p.\\nT\\nThe words of the Chimes are the following:\\nHOUR BELL\\nDURING THE DAY.\\nLord, through this horn-\\nBe Thou our guide.\\nThat, by Thy power.\\nNo foot shall slide.\\nDURING THE NIGHT.\\nLord, through this night,\\nProtect us still\\nBy Thy great might.\\nFrom every ill.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "602 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nSUMMER RESIDENTS.\\nFollowing are the names of a few of the residents of modern\\nNorfolk:\\nProfessor F. J. Goodnow, Columbia College.\\nProfessor M. I. Pupin, Columbia College.\\nProfessor A. L. Frothingham, Princeton University.\\nDr. Gustave J. Stoeckel, Yale University.\\nProfessor F. S. Dennis, M. D., New York.\\nRev. J. C. Bliss, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.\\nRev. Charles L. Thompson, D. D., New York.\\nL. Duncan Bulkley, M. D., New York.\\nEdward H. Peaslee, M. D., New York.\\nMr. Charles A. Spofford, New York.\\nMr. Richard W. Rogers, New York.\\nMr R. A. Dorman, New York.\\nMr. Frederick Wells Williams, New Haven.\\nMr. Eugene Smith, New York.\\nMiss Anna Key Thompson, New York.\\nMr. D. H. Rowland, New York.\\nMr. Matthew Olarkson.\\nMr. Theodore L.yman, Hartford.\\nMr. William H. Moseley, New Haven.\\nMrs. Hattie L. Chamberlain, New Haven.\\nMrs. Charles J. Cole, Hartford.\\nMr. Charles M. Howard, New York.\\nMr. Frederick T. Howard, New York.\\nMr. William D. Windom, Washington, D. C.\\nMr. and Mrs. John Hooker (Isabella Beecher Hooker), Hartford.\\nMr. W. J. Ballard, New York.\\nRev. John DePeu, Bridgeport, Ct.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n603\\nNORFOLK S NECROLOGY.\\nLIST OF THE DEATHS OF THE MALE HEADS OF FAMILIES WHO LIVED\\nAND DIED IN THIS TOWN.\\n(From Roys Histoey).\\nSamuel Cowls,\\nSamuel Comstock,\\nRoswell Richards,\\nCornelius Brown,\\nIsaac Pettibone,\\nBzekiel Wilcox,\\nJacob Holt and Levi Cowls,\\n(buried in well,)\\nOliver Burr,\\nThomas Curtis, (in army,)\\nBushnel Knapp, (shot for deer,)\\nMichael Humphrey, Esq.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Toseph Plumby, (drowned,)\\nSamuel Gaylord,\\nAbel Phelps,\\nEliakim Seward,\\nSimeon Mills,\\nJoseph Cowls,\\nReuben Seward,\\nJesse Tobey,\\nCaleb Knapp,\\nBille Bishop,\\nJoseph Mills, Deacon,\\nJoseph Cady,\\nEbenezer Burr,\\nDudley Humphrey, Esq.\\nJoshua Moses,\\nJoel Grant, (well sweep,)\\nSolomon Curtis,\\nWilliam Walter,\\nIsa.ic Holt, jun.\\nSamuel S. Butler,\\nElijah Grant,\\nStephen Walter,\\nDaniel Cowls,\\nTitus Brown,\\nBenjamin Picket,\\nSamuel Mills, Deacon,\\nEleazer Orvis,\\nDied\\n1762\\nIsaac Holt, sen.\\n1764\\nEdmund Akins, Esq.\\n1765\\nJoseph Gaylord,\\n1769\\nDaniel Burr,\\n1771\\nReuben Munger,\\n1774\\nNathaniel Stevens, Esq.\\nObadiah Pease,\\n1774\\nAsahel Case,\\n1775\\nEdmund Brown,\\n1776\\nPhilo Guiteau,\\n1777\\nThomas Tibbals,\\n1778\\nGiles Pettibone, Esq.\\n1778\\nTitus Ives,\\n1778\\nGiles Pettibone, jun.\\n1779\\nJohn Turner,\\n1782\\nJames Benedict,\\n1782\\nJohn Phelps,\\n1782\\nSamuel Pettibone, jun.\\n1782\\nRev. A. R. Robbins,\\n1788\\nJedediah Richards,\\n1789\\nJacob Spalding,\\n1789\\nJohn Dowd,\\n1792\\nFrancis Benedict,\\n1793\\nLevi Grant,\\n1794\\nSamuel Knapp,\\n1794\\nDr. Ephraim Guiteau,\\n1795\\nHenry Akins,\\n1796\\nSamuel Pettibone,\\n1796\\nJedediah Phelps,\\n1796\\nAgur Gaylord,\\n1797\\nNathaniel Pease,\\n1798\\nDarius Phelps,\\n1798\\nJosiah Roys,\\n1800\\nSamuel Northway,\\n1801\\nSylvanus Norton,\\n1802\\nMichael Mills,\\n1804\\nJoshua Moses, jun.\\n1804\\nDaniel Cone,\\n1805\\nAaron Burr,\\nDied\\n1806\\n1807\\n1807\\n1808\\n1808\\n1808\\n1809\\n1809\\n1809\\n1809\\n1810\\n1810\\n1810\\n1811\\n1811\\n1812\\n1812\\n1813\\n1813\\n1814\\n1814\\n1815\\n1815\\naged 44, 1816\\n90, 1816\\n79, 1816\\n86, 1816\\n73, 1816\\n60, 1817\\n88, 1817\\n91, 1818\\n66, 1818\\n80, 1818\\n72, 1819\\n78, 1820\\n90, 1820\\n58, 1820\\n39, 1821\\n71, 1821", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "604\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nEdward Gaylord, Dea.\\nJared Butler, Dea.\\nGeorge Tobey,\\nDudley Humphrey, 2,\\nJoshua Nettleton,\\nSamuel Knapp, 2d,\\nNathaniel Stevens, jun.\\nRice Gaylord,\\nTimothy Gaylord,\\nThomas Tibbals, jun.\\nSamuel Gaylord,\\nStephen Norton,\\nEbenezer Cowls,\\nAmasa Cowls, jun.\\nJames Stannard.\\nJoseph Hull,\\nDeming T. Northway,\\nElizur Munger,\\nHopestill Welch,\\nMoses Camp,\\nJohn Camp,\\nLevi Camp,\\nJeremiah W. Phelps,\\nElisha Hawley,\\nLewis Gaylord,\\nIsaac Spalding,\\nNicholas Holt,\\nAmasa Cowls,\\nJosejlh Jones,\\nJoseph Ferry,\\nBenjamin Moses,\\nJonathan H. Pettibone,\\nDavid W. Roys,\\nNath l Roys, in 100th year,\\nMalachi Humphrey,\\nJohn Bradley,\\nJohn Warner,\\nAbiather Rogers,\\nEbenezer Norton,\\nRice Gaylord, jun.\\nIsrael Crissey,\\nEphraim Coy,\\nLemuel Akins,\\nLuther Foot,\\nJonathan Brown,\\nEleazer Holt, Esq.\\nBzekiel Foster,\\nWilliam Nettleton,\\nMoses Grant,\\nEmmons Andrus,\\nThomas Hill,\\nCharles Walter,\\nEden Mills,\\nMiles Riggs,\\nSeth Wilcox,\\nDiBn\\nDied\\n78,\\n1822\\nSamuel Cone, Dea.\\n51,\\n1836\\n76,\\n1822\\nFrancis Bliss,\\n44,\\n1836\\n77,\\n1823\\nReuben Dean,\\n85,\\n1836\\n8,\\n1823\\nPeter Freedom,\\n63,\\n1837\\n83,\\n1824\\nHalsey Stevens,\\n34,\\n1837\\n78,\\n1824\\nDavid Prisbee, Dea.\\n87,\\n1837\\n57,\\n1825\\nElias Knapp,\\n02,\\n1837\\n87,\\n1825\\nAbijah Brown,\\n56,\\n1838\\n90,\\n1825\\nAsher Smith,\\n80,\\n1838\\n72,\\n1820\\nAndrew H. Smith,\\n36,\\n1838\\n83,\\n1826\\nAlbert Norton,\\n21,\\n1838\\n86,\\n1823\\nWilliam French,\\n71,\\n1838\\n78,\\n1827\\nLuther N. Ailing,\\n1839\\n56,\\n1827\\nGerry Grant,\\n35,\\n1839\\n39,\\n1827\\nJames Roys,\\n71,\\n1839\\n74,\\n1828\\nDavid Gaylord,\\n69,\\n1839\\n42,\\n1828\\nStephen B. Treat,\\n30,\\n1839\\n67,\\n1828\\nAsahel Case,\\n84,\\n1840\\n87,\\n1828\\nJames Rood,\\n70,\\n1840\\n81,\\n1828\\nSamuel Knapp,\\n72,\\n1841\\n56,\\n1828\\nDr. Benjamin Calhoun,\\n63,\\n1841\\n74,\\n1830\\nJames Hotchkiss,\\n50,\\n1841\\n70,\\n1830\\nNathaniel Butler,\\n60,\\n1841\\n83,\\n1831\\nReuben Palmer,\\n81,\\n1841\\n41,\\n1831\\nJedediah White,\\n91,\\n1841\\n50,\\n1832\\nJames Peck,\\n61,\\n1841\\n76,\\n1832\\nJoseph Battell, Esq.\\n67,\\n1841\\n87,\\n1832\\nAaron Case,\\n70,\\n1842\\nS2,\\n1832\\nMansfield White,\\n47,\\n1842\\n90,\\n1832\\nPhilemon Gaylord,\\n76,\\n1842\\n34,\\n1832\\nAugustus Roys,\\n52,\\n1842\\n30,\\n1832\\nIsaac N. Dowd,\\n49,\\n1842\\n57,\\n1832\\nDavid Orvis,\\n96,\\n1843\\n*ar,\\n1832\\nElisaph Butler,\\n75,\\n1843\\n09,\\n1832\\nJohn T. Warner,\\n43,\\n1843\\n72,\\n1832\\nJoseph Rockwell,\\n85,\\n1843\\n79,\\n1833\\nStephen Norton,\\n77,\\n1843\\n75,\\n1833\\nReuben Gaylord,\\n73,\\n1843\\n91,\\n1833\\nAmmi R. Robbins,\\n76,\\n1843\\n48,\\n1833\\nFrancis Benedict, jun.\\n75,\\n1844\\n70,\\n1833\\nGeorge M. Phelps.\\n27,\\n1844\\n72,\\n]834\\n(Close of the Centennial\\nyea\\nr.)\\n64,\\n1834\\nTitus Nettleton,\\n75,\\n1845\\n74,\\n1834\\nAlden Miner,\\n45,\\n1845\\n97,\\n1834\\nReuben Brown,\\n66,\\n1845\\n82,\\n1835\\nRev. Asahel Gaylord,\\n70,\\n1845\\n68,\\n1835\\nLevi Barlow,\\n39,\\n1845\\n59,\\n1835\\nJames Shepherd,\\n71,\\n1846\\n70,\\n1835\\nJarvis Garrit,\\n48,\\n1846\\n28,\\n1835\\nWilliam Dowd,\\n37,\\n1846\\n93,\\n1835\\nJohn Smith,\\n73,\\n1846\\n78,\\n1836\\nThomas Curtis,\\n61,\\n1846\\n72,\\n1836\\nJoseph Smith,\\n95,\\n1846\\n88,\\n1836\\nJoseph Riggs,\\n67,\\n1846\\n69,\\n1836\\nJohn Strong,\\n87,\\n1846", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n605\\nRECORD OF DEATHS IN NORFOLK.\\n(FROM A Record Commenced en 1840 by Miss Marcia Lake, and Continued by\\nMrs. Benjamin W. Cbissby Until hkb Death in 1882).\\n1S40.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nMaj-\\n1841.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nAug.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1842.\\nJan.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJune\\nJuly\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nNov.\\n1S43.\\nFeb.\\nJune\\nOct.\\n1844.\\nFeb.\\nApr.\\nMrs. Hannah Cowles, 57\\nMrs. Deming Northway, 51\\nMrs. Edmund Brown, 55\\nLyman Roys, 23\\nMrs. Hiram Mills,\\nMrs. Chatman, 26\\nMrs. Reuben Brown,\\nMrs. Keziah- Jones Newell,\\nMrs. Reuben Palmer,\\nMrs. Cotton,\\nMr. Bramble,\\nMr. Beckley,\\nMr. Gilbert.\\nMrs. Clark Walter,\\nClarissa Cone,\\nGeorge Heady,\\nMrs. Smith,\\nEunice Parrot,\\nHiram Cone,\\nMaria Pettibone,\\nMrs. Warren Cone,\\nMrs. Humphrey,\\nMrs. Dowd,\\nMrs. Pendleton,\\nMrs. Gaylord,\\nMrs. Pendleton,\\nMrs. Confe,\\nMiss Elizabeth Seward,\\nMrs. John Bradley,\\nMrs. Oliver Burr,\\nMrs. Morgan Root,\\nMrs. Giles Thompson,\\nSarah Merwin, 17\\nMrs. Elue Tibbals, 83\\nMrs. Johnson. S3\\nFlora Flancher, 63\\nFanny Gaylord, 19\\nMrs. Harman Riggs, 27\\nMrs. Howe,\\nMrs. David Prisbie,\\nMrs. Butler,\\nMrs. Electa Pettibone,\\nINIrs. James Griswold,\\nJames Howe, 32\\nMrs. Ephraim Coy, 76\\nMrs. Beach, 69\\n1844.\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nDec.\\nJoseph Gaylord,\\nJoseph Phelps,\\nJulia Hotchkiss,\\nMrs. Joh.a,_Bar4en/\\n^MrsT Bradley Potter.\\nJoseph Nettleton,\\nAnn Jane Sage,\\n1847.\\nJan.\\nMay\\niept.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1S4S.\\nFeb.\\n18\\n18\\n10\\n1845.\\nFeb.\\nMrs. A. Phelps,\\n58\\nMar.\\nMrs. Milo Dyke,\\n34\\n90\\nMay\\nMrs. Benedict,\\nMrs. Samuel Bigelow,\\n46\\nJune\\nMrs. Benton,\\n63\\nSept.\\nMrs. Anson Gaylord,\\nMrs. John Strong,\\n40\\n17\\nOct.\\nMrs. Seth G. Brown,\\n18\\nNov.\\nFlavel Loomis,\\nMrs. Hiram Roys,\\n17\\nMiss Eunice Welch,\\n74\\n1846.\\n16\\nJan.\\nMrs. Orlo J. Wolcott,\\n31\\n27\\nFeb.\\nJames Porter.\\n17\\nMrs. Darius Phelps,\\n87\\nMrs. Jeremiah Johnson,\\n39\\nMrs. Noah Miner,\\n71\\nMay\\nHarriett M. Loomis,\\n21\\n76\\nJohn Barden,\\n33\\n.^6\\nJune\\nJohn Smith,\\n75\\n52\\nMrs. Robert A. Geer,\\n37\\nJuly\\nJohn Hill,\\n80\\nAug.\\nThomas Curtiss,\\nCI\\nOct.\\nMiss Marcia Lake,\\n47\\nMrs. Hiram Mills,\\n49\\nDec.\\nEdwin Boot,\\n27\\n60\\nMichael G. Mills.\\n33\\nMrs. Lucy Hines, 21\\nStephen George, 51\\nMrs. Lois (Samuel) Knapp, 76\\nAmos Baldwin, 68\\nMrs. Wilcox Phelps, G8\\nMrs. Warner,\\nAsahel Smith, 21\\nMrs. Bethuel Phelps, 57\\nMrs. Matthew White, 86\\nMrs. Ichabod Parsons, 62\\nJudge Augustus Pettibone, 82\\nHarrison Holt, 27\\nMrs. John Nettleton,\\n32", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "606\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\nMay\\nTimothy Gaylord,\\n73\\nLevi Roberts,\\n23\\nMrs. Stephen Norton,\\n75\\nJuly\\nAugustus Pease,\\n56\\nFeb.\\nAll?.\\nAbijah Stoddard,\\n22\\nMar.\\nMrs. Hiram Roys,\\n44\\nSamuel Cone,\\nSept.\\nSeth Thompson,\\n65\\nMay\\nGeorge Mills.\\n23\\nJune\\nHelen Gaylord,\\n18\\nOliver Burr,\\n67\\nMrs. Bull,\\n101\\nAug.\\nOct.\\nAnn Eliza Knapp,\\n26\\nJared Butler.\\n70\\nSept.\\nTruman Seymour,\\n39\\nOct.\\nMrs. Holt,\\n88\\nMrs. Heady,\\n88\\n1852.\\n1849.\\nFeb.\\nFeb.\\nHenry Curtiss,\\n61\\nMar.\\nMrs. Victory,\\n40\\nMay\\nMay\\nWilliam Brown,\\n26\\nJuly\\nMr. Scudder,\\n40\\nDec.\\nMark Nettleton,\\n45\\nAug.\\nWolcott Root,\\n1853.\\nSept.\\nLawrence Mills,\\n83\\nJan.\\nJulia Ann Gaylord,\\n29\\nNov.\\nCharles Gaylord,\\n33\\nFeb.\\nMrs. John Sage,\\n28\\nApr.\\nDec.\\nDr. Benjamin Welch,\\n82\\nJune\\n1850.\\nJuly\\nJan.\\nCapt. Benjamin Bigelow,\\n81\\nFeb.\\nDavid Frisbie,\\n65\\nAug.\\nMrs. Dunham,\\n82\\nMiss Lucy Camp,\\n54\\nSept.\\nJoseph Root,\\n82\\nMar.\\nAlexander Parsons,\\n58\\nOct.\\nSheldon Tibbals.\\n53\\nSamuel Brown,\\n77\\nDec.\\nApr.\\nMrs. Pliny Foot,\\n58\\n1854.\\nJune\\nMrs. Daniel Hotchliiss,\\n53\\nFeb.\\nMrs. Hiram Wheeler,\\n38\\nMay\\nJuly\\nTimothy C. Gaylord,\\n59\\nMrs. Billings,\\n53\\nJuly\\nDaniel Roys,\\n67\\nMrs. Burns,\\n53\\nJohn Hall,\\n83\\nAug.\\nAug.\\nMrs. Albert Hart,\\n31\\nSept.\\nSept.\\nMiss Matilda Norton,\\n39\\nOct.\\nMrs. Hannah-Crissey Dean\\n77\\n185.5.\\nMrs. Dr. Wm. W. Welch,\\n28\\nJan.\\nDec.\\nBenoni Mills.\\n83\\n1S51.\\nFeb.\\nJan.\\nAbram Day,\\n42\\nJune\\nJohn Ryan,\\n48\\nMrs. Cordelia Morrice,\\n43\\nJohn Barden, 73\\nErastus Howe, 27\\nJames Whitehead, 28\\nFrederick Camp, 50\\nElizabeth Yale, 23\\nMrs. Robbins Battell, 27\\nMrs. Coyle, 20\\nSolomon Goodwin, 51\\nMrs. William French, 84\\nMrs. Phelps, 83\\nSamuel Seymour, 81\\nAlvin Norton, 69\\nMrs. David Sexton, 71\\nThomas Moses, 83\\nMrs. Asa Burr, 84\\nMrs. Clemens, 71\\nMrs. Irad Mills, 58\\nMrs. Mary Nettleton, 78\\nDeacon Warren Cone, 63\\nAsa Burr. 86\\nMrs. Wilcox,\\nGeorge Brown, 44\\nMrs. Stephen Tibbals, 67\\nMr. Shook,\\nPreston Camp, 50\\nMrs. Michael F. Mills, 73\\nMrs. Harlow Roys, 41\\nMrs. Bellows, 50\\nMrs. Bliss, 83\\nMark Bigelow, 54\\nMrs. Pease Pettibone, 46\\nPease Pettibone, 50\\nMrs. Auren Roys, 82\\nMrs. William Oakley, 47\\nMrs. Thomas Calder. 83\\nHenry Camp, 22\\nClark Walter. 86\\nMrs. Edward E. Ryan, 52\\nMrs. James Parritt, 79\\nDavid Sexton, 80\\nMrs. Daniel Mills, 49\\nJohn Humphrey, 53\\nRalph E. Burr (in Cala.), 23\\nMrs. Joseph Battell, 75\\nZalmon Parritt, 59\\nHiram Wheeler, 16\\nEbenezer Burr, 63\\nGeorge Rockwell, 61\\nStephen Holt, 96\\nMrs. Clara Hall.\\nMrs. Stephen Backman,", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n607\\n1855.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n1856.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nXov.\\n1S.57.\\nFeb.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJune\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n1858.\\nJan.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nJune\\nSept.\\n1839.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMay\\nJune\\nJuly\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nDr. Auren Roys,\\nLuther Butler,\\nDr. Erasmus Hugins,\\nPerry Canfleld,\\nMrs. Merrills,\\nMrs. Margaret Stevens,\\nMrs. Joseph Root.\\nSolomon Curtiss,\\nHiram Case,\\nMrs. Ebenezer Burr,\\nLemuel Bigelow,\\nMrs. Lewis Root,\\nMiss Whitmore,\\nHawley Oakley,\\nJames Parritt,\\nSamuel Bird,\\nMrs. Asa Robbins,\\nMr. Baldwin.\\nMrs. Josiah Hotchkiss,\\nMrs. Lewis,\\nMrs. Daniel Beardsley,\\nLouis Roland,\\nEsq. Michael P. Mills,\\nDeacon Dudley Norton,\\nMrs. Joseph Rockwell,\\nLove Miner,\\nMrs. Baldwin,\\nMaria Brown,\\nDeacon Noah Miner,\\nMrs. Amos Baldwin,\\nDelia Watson.\\nMrs. Hotchkiss,\\nThomas Calder,\\nMrs. Richards,\\nHannah Hall,\\nSolomon Cowles,\\nJoshua Nelson Moses,\\nWilliam Cowles,\\nMrs. George Nettleton,\\nStephen Tibbals,\\nMrs. Obed Smith,\\nAnn Green,\\nMr. Reed,\\nMrs. Edwin Canfleld,\\nHubert Beckley,\\nMrs. Lemuel Aiken,\\nMrs. Lyman Judd,\\nEsq. Edmund Brown,\\nMrs. David Gaylord,\\nMrs. Frederick Cook,\\nMrs. Warner,\\n1859.\\n85\\n69\\nDec.\\n1S60.\\nNathan Smith,\\n64\\n31\\nJan.\\nJames Kinderland,\\n33\\n37\\nFeb.\\nMrs. Benjamin Bigelow,\\n94\\n53\\nMrs. Augustus Pettibone,\\n82\\n64\\nApr.\\nMilton Mills,\\n71\\nMay\\nMrs. Sarah Grant,\\n86\\n80\\nMrs. Stephen Root,\\n43\\n60\\nHenry Cobb,\\n18\\n44\\nJune\\nMrs. James Swift,\\n77\\n61\\nJuly\\nMr. Roberson,\\n59\\n61\\nAug.\\nJohn Orvis,\\n72\\nIS\\nSept.\\nMrs. Samuel Seymour,\\n88\\n91\\nEthan Pendleton,\\n84\\n77\\nDaniel Cone.\\n40\\n82\\nOct.\\nEliza Spellraan,\\n16\\n28\\nMr. Merrills,\\n59\\nNov.\\nMrs. Sally Rockwell,\\n86\\n82\\nMiss Eliza French,\\n57\\n27\\nMiss Ruth Pratt,\\n56\\n90\\nDec.\\nHumphrey Smith,\\n79\\n89\\nCapt. Augustus Phelps,\\n80\\n91\\nMrs. Abel Pendleton,\\n42\\n17\\nMrs. Seth Barden,\\n37\\n81\\n1861.\\n71\\nJan.\\nMrs. Clarissa Calhoun,\\n81\\n90\\nJared Curtiss,\\n82\\n81\\nEmily Apley,\\n61\\n21\\nOrrin Dorr.\\n62\\n22\\nFeb.\\nMrs. Lucius Porter,\\n30\\n89\\nMay\\nPhilemon Curtiss Gaylord,\\n60\\n77\\nMiss Susan Burr,\\n76\\nJune\\nFanny E. Gardner,\\n18\\n23\\nAug.\\nJerusha P. Lawrence,\\n19\\n57\\nSamuel Gaylord,\\n71\\n89\\nEli Stoddard,\\n65\\n82\\nSept.\\nMrs. James Shepard,\\n82\\n74\\nMiss Alice Crissey,\\n68\\n79\\nSamuel J. Mills (soldier),\\n27\\n57\\nRussell Pendelton.\\n22\\n43\\nStephen Root,\\n59\\n56\\nOct.\\nEden Riggs,\\n76\\n77\\nMrs. James Burr.\\n45\\n28\\nDec.\\nMrs. John Miller,\\n30\\n75\\n1862.\\nCornelius Collins,\\n45\\n33\\nJan.\\nMrs. Lucinda Hawley,\\n72\\n29\\nLevi Pendleton,\\n27\\n16\\nFeb.\\nMrs. Nathaniel Butler,\\n78\\n70\\nMiss Maria Bliss.\\n66\\n57\\nMar.\\nMary O Brien,\\n72\\n87\\nJames Thompson,\\n24\\n72\\nHalsey Robert (soldier),\\n25\\n61\\nWillard Evans (soldier).\\n27\\n86\\nLuther M. Camp,\\n37", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "608\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n1862.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJnne\\nAug.\\nJuly\\nSept.\\nAlbert Bailey (soldier),\\nEdward J. Humphrey (sol\\ndier),\\nJohn W. Peck (soldier),\\nBetsey Healey,\\nJohn Peck,\\nFrank Remington,\\nMrs. Polly Humphrey,\\nMarcus Lewis,\\nTimothy Ryan (soldier),\\nTheodore S. Bates (soldier), 18\\nBeuj. J. Beach (soldier), 24\\nTheodore Parritt (soldier), 20\\nWilliam Cogswell (soldier), 28\\nGeorge W. Cobb (soldier), 23\\n1864.\\n19\\nMay\\n26\\n26\\nJune\\n74\\n55\\n27\\n82\\nAug.\\n51\\n28\\nSept.\\n18\\nOct.\\nCapt. Henry Porter,\\n75\\nNov.\\nMrs. Harriet Hubbard,\\n71\\nNov.\\nMrs. Eli^zabeth Barden,\\n59\\n^h Camp,\\n77\\nMrs. Egbert T. Butler,\\n47\\nDec.\\nDec.\\nMiss Sarah A. Stevens,\\n23\\n1865.\\nCharles Keyes (soldier),\\n18\\nJan.\\n1863.\\nFeb.\\nMrs. Bushnell Knapp,\\n75\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nMrs. Levi Shepard,\\n78\\nMay\\nJohn Snyder,\\nSO\\nMrs. John Snyder,\\n76\\nSmith Hinman (soldier).\\n59\\nApr.\\nJuly\\nMrs. Frank Parritt,\\n32\\nAug.\\nFrank Parritt,\\n37\\nSept.\\nMrs. Levi Howe,\\n59\\nMay\\nWillis H. Tyrrell (soldier),\\n27\\nSchuyler B. Pendleton (sol-\\nSept.\\ndier).\\n23\\nLockwood Knapp,\\n56\\nOct.\\nMrs. Cook,\\n68\\nNov.\\nHiram D. Gaylord (sol-\\nDec.\\ndier).\\n24\\n1S66.\\nDec.\\nMrs. Sally Loveland,\\n7.S\\nJan.\\nMrs. Fidelia Canfiekl 01m-\\nMar.\\nstead.\\n24\\nApr.\\nFrederick Cook,\\n78\\nJune\\nEllen Ryan,\\n18\\nJuly\\n1864.\\nSept.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Peter De Mars,\\n21\\nOct.\\nFeb.\\nNathan Rider,\\n47\\nMrs. Joseph Riggs,\\n75\\nNov.\\nMar.\\nMrs. Vosburg,\\n87\\nApr.\\nDamon Pendleton (soldier).\\n22\\nJohn Dickey,\\n30\\nDec.\\nDaniel Beardsley,\\n1867.\\n99 years and S mos.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Robert Hedger, 53\\nPeter Curtiss, 49\\nEarl P. Pease, 86\\nDaniel White, 02\\nSalmon Richards, 70\\nRobert Hedger, .jS\\nAdjutant Samuel C. Bar-\\nnum (soldier), 26\\nElizar Maltbie (soldier), 56\\nMrs. Richard Beckley,\\nMrs. Thomas Hogan, 41\\nDeacon Amos Pettibone, 78\\nJohn Heady, 74\\nGeorge Bennett, 27\\nJoseph Robinson (soldier), 20\\nGeorge Pendleton (soldier), 23\\nMrs. Timothy Humphrey,\\nBenjamin W. Crissey, 73\\nMrs. Julia Rider, 35\\nWarren L. Brown, 47\\nMrs. Curtis B. Hatch, 31\\nIrad Mills, 72\\nWilcox Phelps, 86\\nMary Thompson, 23\\nMrs. Dickey, 73\\nJacob Watson, 71\\nMiss Eunice Norton, 27\\nMrs. John Smith,\\nMrs. Timothy Gaylord, 70\\nMrs. Ira Pettibone, 64\\nJohn Sage, 75\\nTheodore Ailing, 36\\nMrs. Samuel Seyinour, 61\\nMrs. Mundrue,\\nCapt. Hiram Gaylord, 70\\nOliver Burr Butler. 74\\nElon Maltbie, 83\\nMiss Anna Canfield, 22\\nMrs. Oliver Hotchkiss, 82\\nMrs. Anson Norton, 77\\nMrs. Ralph I. Crissey, 32\\nMr. Riley, 75\\nMrs. Eden Riggs, SO\\nMiss Sarah Brown, 55\\nSilas Burr, 72\\nMrs. Olive Curtiss, 89\\nPliny Foot, 77\\nMiss Nancy Humphrey, 74\\nIchabod Parsons. 71\\nHiram J. Norton, 44\\nJoseph Hamant, 35\\nMrs. Jedediah Phelps, 72\\nSamuel Johnson, 77\\nBenjamin Spellman, 18\\nGeorge Spellman, 22", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\n609\\n1867.\\n1870.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Henry Bennett.\\nJan.\\nApr.\\nMrs. Dudley Norton,\\n84\\nVeh.\\nMay\\nDaniel H. Burr,\\n31\\nJune\\nAmanda Van Ness,\\n58\\nMrs. Watson.\\n52\\nAug.\\nMrs. Henry Porter,\\n72\\nMay\\nSept.\\nMrs. Benjamin Welch,\\n80\\nJune\\nCharles Seymour,\\n22\\nGet.\\nMary Gaylord,\\n44\\nAug.\\nJosephine Seymour,\\n19\\nPatrick Crow,\\n32\\nDec.\\nMrs. Timothy Gaylord,\\n83\\nSept.\\nIsaac Norton,\\n57\\nMrs. Reuben Gaylord,\\n93\\nOct.\\n1868.\\nSimeon White,\\n78\\nNov.\\nJan.\\nMiss Susan Pettibone,\\n72\\nDec.\\nJames Swift,\\n94\\nMrs. Margaret Nettleton,\\n80\\nFeb.\\nHubert L. Ives,\\n34\\nMrs. Egleston,\\n86\\nClorinda Freedom,\\n64\\n1871.\\nMrs. James French,\\n23\\nFeb.\\nApr.\\nEdmund Thompson,\\n25\\nMrs. Stanard.\\n75\\nMar.\\nJuly\\nDeacon Philo Hawley,\\n74\\nApr.\\nAug.\\nJedediah Phelps,\\n82\\nMay\\nMrs. Nathan Green,\\n81\\nSept.\\nMajor Bushnell Knapp,\\n91\\nOct.\\nNathan Green,\\n80\\nAug.\\nNov.\\nJames Humphrey,\\n30\\nMrs. Elijah Loomis,\\n67\\nSept.\\nRobert Bigelow,\\n71\\nOct.\\nMiss Anna Curtiss,\\n85\\nMrs. Alson Andrus,\\n59\\nDec.\\nMrs. Nathan Barden,\\n38\\nOliver Hotchkiss,\\n86\\nDec.\\nThomas Donahoe,\\n24\\n1869.\\n1872.\\nJan.\\nIrene Van Ness,\\n24\\nJan.\\nJune\\nRichard Beckley,\\n67\\nMrs. Humphrey Dewell,\\n38\\nMrs. Isaac Norton,\\n60\\nFeb.\\nAug.\\nRobert Peck,\\n86\\nApr.\\nMrs. Abel Pendleton,\\n51\\nJune\\nSept.\\nMrs. Philip Ryan,\\n40\\nOct.\\nMrs. Orsemus Roberts,\\n72\\nJuly\\nMrs. Solomon Cowles,\\n84\\nLauren Tibbals,\\n55\\nMrs. Patrick Murray,\\n71\\nAug.\\nNov.\\nWilliam Thompson,\\n19\\nOct.\\nDec.\\nMrs. Benjamin Moses,\\n61\\nDee.\\nTimothy O Connor,\\n53\\n1870.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Patrick Crow,\\n28\\nOrsemus Roberts, 72\\nMrs. Freeman. 84\\nWilliam Ryan, 21\\nMatthew Sullivan.\\n99 years 5 mos.\\nMrs. Daniel Hotchkiss, 59\\nWilliam K. Peck, sen., 72\\nMrs. Obadiah Smith, 41\\nTheodore Hall, 37\\nMrs. Philemon Johnson, 49\\nRobert Brown, 60\\nMrs. Seymour Bradley, 92\\nHarry M. Grant. 64\\nAlexander Allen. 55\\nBurr Oakley, 34\\nRussell Pendleton,\\nDavid Lewis Dowd, 70\\nSamuel Seymour, 70\\nMrs. James Kinderland.\\nGiles Thompson, 90\\nAppleton Stannard, 54\\nJohn Barry, 56\\nMiss Eunice Pettibone, 81\\nRobert Holt, 16\\nStephen Backman, 41\\nZerah Babbitt, 85\\nMiss Dewell, 67\\nMrs. Olds, 29\\nChauncey Heady, 41\\nMrs. Hiram Mills, 63\\nCapt. John Dewell, 76\\nJames Rhodes, 43\\nFi-anklin Bramble, 71\\nDeacon James M. Cowles, 64\\nMrs. Zalmon Parritt, 72\\nMrs. Bilhah Freedom. 89\\nMrs. Ichabod Parsons, 82\\nSamuel Shepard, 58\\nClark Heady, 53\\nMrs. David Lyman, 46\\nThomas S. Curtiss, 50\\nMrs. Elizabeth Gilbert\\nWilson, 22\\nMoses Pierce, 81\\nMrs. Jesse Hawley, 72\\nJoel Beach. 71\\nJennie Cook, 17\\nSeth Barden, 49\\nChauncey Gaylord, 75\\nCalvin Sage, 76\\nMrs. Lemuel Case, 33\\nMiss Mary Norton, 39", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "610\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n1873.\\nJan.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nJune\\nSept.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1874.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJuly\\nAug.\\nNov.\\n1875.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJune\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\nMrs. Humphrey Smith,\\nMrs. Philo Smith,\\nMrs. Ann Piatt,\\nAaron Keyes,\\nAnnie Ryan.\\nMiss Abel Camp,\\nIra Decker,\\nNathaniel Butler,\\nMrs. Elon Maltbie,\\nMiss Abigail Brown,\\nMrs. Aaron Peck,\\nHenry T. Curtiss,\\nBenjamin Welch, M. D.\\nSeth G. Brown,\\nMrs. Mark Bigelow,\\nMrs. Thomas S. Curtiss,\\nMrs. Norman Riggs,\\nMrs. Hobart Pendleton,\\nJosephine Brown,\\nGeorge P. Grant,\\nFrancis Holt,\\nJohn Benedict,\\nHarvey Stillman Tibbals,\\nMrs. Chauncey Crosley,\\nTimothy Gaylord,\\nJoseph Battell,\\nNellie M. Stillman,\\nMrs. Aaron Gilbert,\\nStephen J. Holt,\\nHorace Munson,\\nMrs. Almira Gaylord,\\nCassius Keyes,\\nMrs. Eunice Geer Sheldon,\\nErastus Smith,\\nRev. Joseph Bldridge, D. D. 71\\nHalsey Bigelow,\\nMrs. Alfred Swathel,\\nHarry Smith,\\nEdmund Binks,\\nNoah Miner,\\nMrs. Whiting,\\nMrs. Charles Decker,\\nHarry Hines.\\nMrs. Palmer,\\nMrs. Samuel Johnson,\\nJames C. Swift,\\nAnson Couch,\\nMrs. Charles Cobb,\\nMrs. Joseph Bassett,\\nMrs. E. Grove Lawrence,\\nMrs. Benjamin Welch, Jr. 70\\n1876.\\n72\\nFeb.\\n75\\n76\\n54\\nMar.\\n36\\nApr.\\n53\\n77\\n19\\nMay\\n87\\n47\\n33\\nOct.\\n23\\n77\\nDec.\\n67\\n74\\n1877.\\nJan.\\n50\\nFeb.\\n48\\nApr.\\n60\\nMay\\n20\\n25\\n79\\n84\\nJune\\n51\\nJuly\\n46\\n78\\n68\\nSept.\\n20\\n61\\n80\\n83\\n81\\nNov.\\n27\\n85\\n71\\nDec.\\n78\\n1878.\\n63\\nJan.\\n77\\n21\\nMar.\\n44\\n78\\nApr.\\n31\\nMay\\n70\\nJune\\n78\\n82\\n69\\n80\\nOct.\\n56\\nNov.\\n53\\n69\\nDec.\\nMrs. Julia (Amos) Petti-\\nbone, 89\\nGiles Pettibone Thompson, 67\\nDavid Brown, 39\\nMrs. Woodward, 97\\nJoseph Parsons, 25\\nHenry Clark, 47\\nMrs. Zerah Babbitt, 88\\nMrs. Curtiss Gaylord, 70\\nMrs. Alexander Parsons, 86\\nMrs. Horace Humphrey, 67\\nWilliam J. Tyrrell, 37\\nMrs. John H. Welch, 47\\nElijah Loomis, 84\\nOrrin Wood, 75\\nMrs. Edward L. Gaylord, 34\\nHenry Johnson, 49\\nJohn Wessenberg, 49\\nMrs. Irene Battelle Larned, 65\\nMrs. Alexander Allen,\\n61\\nVictor Alvergnat,\\n48\\nMrs. James M. Cowles,\\n68\\nMrs. Earl P. Hawley,\\n85\\nMrs. Almira Pease,\\n80\\nMrs. Almira Smith,\\n75\\nTheodore Brown,\\nMrs. Charlotte Huntley,\\n60\\nLevi Holmes,\\nMrs. Eunice Smith,\\n63\\nThomas Trumbull Cowles,\\n73\\nMrs. Truman Hart,\\n91\\nEverett Smith,\\n23\\nPhilo Smith,\\n83\\nMiss Hattie Butler,\\n24\\nMrs. DeWolf,\\n86\\nHenry Bennett,\\n71\\nMargaret Ryan,\\nMrs. Constant Youngs,\\nMrs. Abijah Hall,\\nMrs. Timothy C. Gaylord,\\nMrs. Williams,\\nMrs. Theresa Terrett,\\nMaxon Rogers,\\nMrs. Sarah Battell Bl-\\ndridge,\\nChristopher Corbally,\\nMrs. Hiram Gaylord,\\nHubbard Kellogg,\\nMiles Smith,\\nHarvey W. Johnson,\\nCharles H, Mills,\\n76\\n59\\n76\\n80\\n79\\n46\\n79\\n47\\n82\\n78\\n57\\n28\\n52", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NO\\n1879.\\n1881.\\nMar.\\nMiles Riggs,\\n60\\nDec.\\nApr.\\nMiss Emeline Linsley,\\n60\\nMrs. Eli Camp,\\n95\\nMrs. Matthew P. Bell.\\n74\\n1882.\\nJune\\nAlexander Cubeley,\\n67\\nJan.\\nJuly\\nJohn Norris,\\n72\\nFeb.\\nHeman Swift,\\n75\\nAug.\\nMrs. Silas Bui-r,\\n72\\nMrs. B. G. Stocking,\\n30\\nApr.\\nStephen Harlow Brown,\\nSO\\nConstant Young,\\n63\\nOct.\\nHiram Johnson,\\n26\\nJune\\nMatthew P. Bell,\\n73\\nDec.\\nMrs. Anson Couch,\\n82\\nSept.\\n1880.\\nJan.\\nSamuel Smith,\\n72\\nOct.\\nMrs. Hubbard Kellogg,\\n72\\n1883.\\nMrs. Matthew Ryan,\\n70\\nMar.\\nFeb.\\nMiss Polly Burr,\\n75\\nMiss Mary Bell,\\n84\\nMar.\\nMiss Philey Beach,\\n84\\nOrlo H. Wolcott,\\n41\\nMiss Harriet Holt,\\n94\\nApr.\\nApr.\\nMiss Almiris Holt,\\n84\\nMiss Flora Bell,\\n82\\nLevi Sheuard, 95 years 6\\nmos.\\nMay\\nAnson Norton, 90 years 7\\nmos.\\nMaj\\nDea. James Mars,\\n90\\nNov.\\nJune\\nMiss Lucy Curtiss,\\n87\\n1884.\\nAug.\\nMatthew Ryan,\\n79\\nFeb.\\nCharles M. Ryan,\\n48\\nSept.\\nAnson Gaylord,\\n80\\nDea. Abijah Hall,\\n82\\nMar.\\nMrs. Erastus Smith,\\n86\\nApr.\\nMrs. John Heady,\\n84\\nMay\\nMrs. Luther Butler,\\n89\\nOct.\\nMrs. Daniel White,\\n74\\nJune\\nLemuel Aikens, M. D.\\n53\\nSept.\\nNov.\\nSamuel Curtiss,\\n23\\nDec.\\nJohn Kerby,\\n53\\nOct.\\n1881.\\nNov.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Seth Preston,\\n95\\nWilliam J. Norton,\\n66\\n1885.\\nMar.\\nSamuel Sheldon Camp,\\n80\\nFeb.\\nMatthew Jackman,\\n75\\nApr.\\nMiss Anna B. Grant,\\n69\\nJuly\\nGiles Robinson,\\n60\\nHarry M. Grant,\\n20\\nMar.\\nAug.\\nJames Burr,\\n65\\nMrs. Tracey,\\n77\\nAlfred Swathel,\\n75\\nApr.\\nMrs. Ralph I. Crissey,\\n53\\nMay\\nSept.\\nSamuel D. Northway,\\n62\\nMiss Rosa Jackson.\\n21\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nHiram Mills,\\n86\\n611\\nMrs. Frederick A. Spauld-\\ning,\\nFrederick G. Bell,\\n72\\n44\\nDaniel Hotchkiss, 82\\nDea. James Humphrey, 69\\nMrs. Benjamin W. Crissey, So\\nMrs. John Gingell, 42\\nCapt. Auren Tibbals, 91\\nAbel Pendleton, 71\\nMatthew O Brien, 83\\nSarah A. Grant. 26\\nMrs. Preston Miner, 81\\nCapt. John A. Shepard, 81\\nSolomon Freeman, Jr. 28\\nAustin A. Spaulding, 63\\nCharlotte L. Butler, 15\\nSarah M. Loveland, .58\\nThomas O Connor, 41\\nMrs. Charlotte T. Lewis, 45\\nCornelia S. Crissey, 17\\nMrs. John A. Shepard, 79\\nMiss Polly French, 74\\nAlfred Apley, 70\\nMrs. Philip Robinson, 63\\nWilliam Stanton, 48\\nMary Swift, 71\\nMrs. Charles J. Leaven-\\nworth, 62\\nWarren Johnson, 63\\nMrs. Linus Gillett, 63\\nMrs. Phimb Brown, 49\\nMrs. Desiah P. Stevens, 80\\nMrs. Whalen, 85\\nElizur Dowd, 86\\nMrs. Mary Boynton, 57\\nMrs. Margaret Hine, 74\\nEllen Donahue. 27\\nArthur Canfleld, 28\\nMrs. Hiram Wheeler, 70\\nHorace Humphrey, 78\\nWilliam O Brien, 56\\nMrs. Eunice Wood, 79\\nThomas Sullivan, 84\\nMrs. Rosanna Hubbard, 71\\nHarvey Johnson, 57\\nHenry Pendleton, 71\\nRalph Brown, 64\\nMrs. Stephen Backman, 52\\nMrs. James Humphrey, 71\\nMiss Elizabeth C. Gaylord, 42\\nDavid Moulton, 51", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "612\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n1885.\\n1889.\\nDec.\\nJonathan H. P. Stevens\\nDec.\\nM. D.\\n54\\n1890.\\n1886.\\nJan.\\nJan.\\nMrs. Lorinda Smith,\\n84\\nGeorge Horseley,\\n73\\nPiralta Hamilton,\\n76\\nFeb.\\nMrs. William E. Bassett,\\n50\\nMar.\\nMar.\\nMrs. Jedida Humphrey,\\n96\\nJoseph Ryals,\\n68\\nApr.\\nRansford Dowd,\\n55\\nApr.\\nRobert Hine,\\n48\\nJune\\nA. P. Doyle,\\n59\\nThomas Costello,\\n29\\nMay\\nSept.\\nMrs. Joseph Hamant,\\n55\\nJune\\nMiss Fields,\\n61\\nNov.\\nMiss Harriet Brown,\\n58\\nMrs. Eliza Barry,\\n55\\nMrs. Matthew O Brien,\\n88\\nAug.\\nMrs. Betsey Camp,\\n83\\nSept.\\nRobert Colbert,\\n74\\n1887.\\nOct.\\nFeb.\\nRev. John WickliCE Beach,\\n44\\nAaron Gilbert,\\n81\\nNov.\\nWilliam Stevens,\\n20\\nDec.\\nApr.\\nCharles N. Taylor,\\n63\\nMay\\nMrs. Joel Beach,\\n79\\nOct.\\nMargaret Kennedy,\\n45\\n1S91.\\nMrs. Ann M. Bigelow,\\n53\\nJan.\\nDec.\\nMrs. Mary Fields,\\n57\\nMar.\\nMrs. Emeline S. Ballard,\\n68\\nApr.\\nMrs. Jane E. Ludlow,\\n62\\n1888.\\nMay\\nFeb.\\nChristian Willms,\\n67\\nMar.\\nMrs. Stephen H. Brown,\\n88\\nJune\\nMay\\nFrank Murray,\\n74\\nJune\\nMrs. Sidney Tyrrell,\\n69\\nSept.\\nMiss Diantha Burr,\\n93\\nAug.\\nNov.\\nMrs. Adelaide S. Brown,\\n43\\nSamuel S. Vail,\\n75\\nSept.\\nDec.\\nRobert A. Geer.\\n82\\nOct.\\nHannah Jennings,\\n75\\nNov.\\n1889.\\nDec.\\nMar.\\nAlbert S. Hart.\\n68\\nMiss Sarah Curtiss,\\n70\\n1892.\\nApr.\\nMrs. Maria E. Coggswell,\\n33\\nJan.\\nZebediah T. Adams.\\n69\\nMrs. Emeline Rice,\\n59\\nMay\\nMrs. Caroline Jacqua,\\n75\\nAug.\\nMrs. Mary Roberts,\\n72\\nFeb.\\nRobert B. Stack,\\n47\\nSept.\\nWilliam E. Higgins,\\n18\\nMar.\\nWilliam Morgan,\\n53\\nMrs. Polly S. Root,\\n86\\nNov.\\nMrs. Mary E. Wallen,\\n31\\nApr.\\nDec.\\nJeremiah T. O Connell,\\n54\\nMiss Anna Battell, 73\\nEdmund Dillon, 79\\nMrs. Anna Torrent, 48\\nJohn Kennedy, 15\\nJason M. Roberts. 62\\nJames F. Corbally, 16\\nJohn McCarty, 29\\nSolomon Freeman, 76\\nLewis H. Hines, 46\\nMrs. Mary J. Smith, 30\\nPhilip Robinson, 77\\nMrs. Caroline H. Johnson, 68\\nDr. Edward F. Root, 71\\nCharles S. Case. 35\\nCatharine O Connor, 46\\nScott J. Beach, 39\\nLouis Parrott, 83\\nPhilena K. Rogers, 62\\nTimothy F. Cranley, 34\\nPatrick Murray, 78\\nMrs. Anna M. Hart. 56\\nMiss Edith Phelps, 24\\nFrederick Williams, 39\\nHughey Lunney, 97\\nMrs. Jared Potter, 73\\nWilliam McCormick, 66\\nHarlow D. Doming, 74\\nJulia Bulkley, 66\\nMrs. John Dewell, 87\\nWilliam Oakley, 84\\nMrs. Frances Bailey, 51\\nMiss Sarah Brown, 66\\nLouis B. Bristol, 43\\nEdwin R. Hurlbut, 65\\nMrs. Jane S. Peck, 52\\nWilliam McCormick, Jr., 36\\nAbel G. Camp, 74\\nFrederick S. Spaulding, 36\\nDea. Asahel G. Phelps, 78\\nHobart Pendleton, 79\\nJoseph S. Watson,\\nMrs. William B. Phelps, 71\\nMrs. Mary Johnson, 40\\nHezekiah C. Gregory, 94\\nMary Donohue, 84\\nMrs. Jane M. Gaylord, 56\\nAlbert Hall. 75\\nMrs. Sarah E. Leaven-\\nworth, 47\\nMrs. Sherman H. Cowles, 74\\nRobert M. Stack, 73\\nFrank W. Lewis. 44", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\n613\\n1892.\\nMay\\nJune\\nJuly\\nAug.\\n1893.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay\\nJuly\\nAug.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n1894.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nJune\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n1895.\\nJan.\\nMar.\\nMrs. Margaret O Brien,\\nFrederick Tibbals,\\nAlson H. Andrus,\\nWilliam W. Welch, M. D.\\nMrs. Merrill Humphrey,\\nFrederick A. Spaulding,\\nWealthy A. Prime.\\nMrs. Nellie Van Deusen,\\nMrs. Mary Piper Smith,\\nMiss Sarah Ann Parrott,\\nMrs. Mary F. Jackman,\\nMrs. Mary O Connell,\\nMiss Sarah J. Smith,\\nEdward G. Corbally,\\nBartlett M. Moore,\\nMrs. Ellen Higgins,\\nDennis Quill,\\nMrs. Ellen Battell Bl-\\ndridge,\\nObed P. Miner,\\nOliver L. Hotchkiss,\\nMrs. Samuel Smith,\\nDennis Foley,\\nJohn Christenat,\\nMrs. Gilbert Perkins,\\nMiss Mary L. Porter,\\nMrs. Asahel G. Phelps,\\nJohn K. Shepard,\\nMrs. Cornelia Apley,\\nHenry J. Gaylord,\\nMrs. Catherine A. Hollis-\\nter,\\nJohn G. Camp,\\nMrs. Riley A. Grant,\\nMaurice Flaherty,\\nThomas Tibbals,\\nHiram Harmon Riggs,\\nMrs. Silence E. Twlss,\\nWilliam Alorris.\\nAugustine Hamilton,\\nJames Wymer,\\nWilliam H. Sardam,\\nJohn J. Barry,\\nMrs. Mary Norton,\\nE. Grove Lawrence,\\nMrs. Catherine M. Hearty, 71\\nLorrin Loomis Whiting,\\nEdward A. Pixley,\\nMrs. Walter Collar,\\nRobbins Battell,\\nMrs. Sarah Aiken Trow-\\nbridge, 76\\n1895.\\n56\\nMar.\\nMiss Juliaette Mills,\\n71\\n76\\nApr.\\nJohn E. O Connell,\\n22\\n83\\nMrs. Frederick A. Law-\\n74\\nrence,\\n68\\n73\\nMrs. G. Pettibone Thomp-\\n82\\nson,\\n85\\n70\\nMay\\nJames Prime.\\n76\\nJune\\nCharles H. Thompson,\\n48\\n34\\nMrs. John D. Bassett,\\n29\\n48\\nCharles Tyler,\\n42\\n70\\nAug.\\nMrs. Catharine Donahoe,\\n74\\n88\\nCharles J. Cole.\\n56\\n55\\nSept.\\nEdwin L. Kenyon,\\n51\\n44\\nOct.\\nCol. Horace B. Knapp,\\n84\\n21\\nMiss Clara J. Baxter,\\n44\\n32\\nDec.\\nLevi P. Phelps,\\n77\\n57\\n1896.\\n75\\nJan.\\nMrs. Harriet B. Johnson,\\n80\\nFeb.\\nPlumb Brown,\\n73\\n68\\nHenry M. Jones.\\n69\\n61\\nMichael Murphy,\\n73\\n78\\nMrs. Margaret M. Hotch-\\n79\\nkiss,\\n68\\n44\\nMar.\\nMrs. Huldah Johnson\\n61\\nDixon,\\nMrs. Julia Gaylord Alver-\\n79\\n86\\ngnat.\\n70\\n42\\nMrs. Austin Wooster,\\n73\\n75\\nMay\\nMiss Mary A. Gaylord,\\n71\\n79\\nJune\\nJames Morgan,\\n82\\n74\\nJuly\\nAlva Seymour Cowles,\\n57\\n76\\nSept.\\nMartin L. Hotchkiss,\\n73\\nMrs. Nancy Potter Burr,\\n69\\n25\\nMrs. William D. Bggleston\\n66\\n70\\nOct.\\nBramwell C. Gidman, M. D.\\n43\\n73\\nMrs. Sylvia Mills,\\n82\\n85\\nSamuel A. Foote,\\n55\\n67\\nJohn Gingell,\\n73\\n80\\nMiss Catharine Donahoe,\\n37\\n89\\nJames Dunn.\\n67\\n73\\nNov.\\nPhilemon Johnson,\\n72\\n67\\nDea. Philip E. Curtiss,\\n72\\n67\\n1897.\\n74\\nJan.\\nMary P. Caul,\\n20\\n29\\nCharles N. Spencer,\\n42\\n87\\nFeb.\\nThomas F. Owens,\\n31\\n88\\nMary Jenks,\\n77\\n71\\nMar.\\nMrs. Robert A. Geer,\\n79\\n73\\nMrs. Catherine Christenat,\\n54\\n66\\nApr.\\nMrs. Chauncey Gaylord,\\n92\\n28\\nMatthew F. Moore,\\n55\\nMay\\nRobert Bigelow,\\n73\\n76\\nMrs. Lucinda C. Cook.\\n52\\nJune\\nMiss Susan Lawrence Mills,\\nCharles Chase Buell,\\n91", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "614\\nHISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n1897.\\nSept.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1898.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nJune\\nJuly\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nJudge John Sedgwick, 68\\nMiss Ellen M. Gaylord, 68\\nFrederick J. Myers, 75\\nJohn T. O Connell, 29\\nMary Donovan, 69\\nMrs. Mary Oakley Beach, 53\\nPatrick Griffin, 91\\nJeremiah J. O Connell, 24\\nFrank E. Scoville, 18\\nWilliam Burr Beach, 18\\nMrs. Mary J. McCarthy, 36\\nMrs. Mary Quill, 89\\nHarley S. Hubbard, 19\\nMatthew Sullivan, 74\\nAustin Wooster, 79\\nMrs. Noble Arnold, 69\\nBenjamin C. Bell. 67\\nMrs. Samuel Canfleld, 83\\nMrs. Anna Johnson Beech-\\ner, 32\\nSamuel G. Alexander, 76\\nLoring Thorp, 66\\nJames H. Rood, 77\\nMrs. Elizabeth L. Metcalf, 64\\nMichael O Meara, 41\\n1899.\\nJune\\nAug.\\nSept.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1900.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\n1899.\\nMay\\nJan.\\nMrs. Anson Gaylord,\\n89\\nFeb.\\nCharles Van Alstine,\\n55\\nJune\\nDaniel Holleran,\\n73\\nJuly\\nMar.\\nJoseph H. Bassett,\\n80\\nSusan R. Dowd.\\n62\\nApr.\\nGeorge O Brien,\\n25\\nAug.\\nMrs. Rosanna Myers,\\n70\\nDea. Frederick E. Porter, 77\\nWilliam Benjamin Bigelow, 75\\nChauncey Crosley, 88\\nMichael Welch, 60\\nHugh Black, 52\\nCharles L. Mead, 66\\nThomas L. O Brien, 41\\nMrs. Mary E. Fancher, 69\\nMrs. Miles Riggs, 75\\nRichard Bresnahan, 85\\nSara Jane Kelley, 19\\nWilliam H. Cooper, 73\\nMrs. Alice Glasheen, 75\\nGustave M. Stoeckel, M. D. 50\\nThomas E. Carroll. 46\\nMrs. George T. Johnson, 43\\nEdward L. Gaylord, 68\\nMiss Mary R. Phelps, 46\\nSamuel Canfleld, 91\\nNorman Riggs, 84\\nEugene C. Heady, 46\\nMrs. Samuel Vail, 81\\nOrson Buell. M. D. 71\\nJohn Glasheen, 82\\nMrs. Erastus Johnson, 41\\nMrs. Frederick Tibbals, 80\\nMrs. Johanna O Connor, 78\\nWilliam Scoville, 79\\nMary Poole, 100\\nMrs. Henry Pendleton, 78\\nMrs. Homer Robinson, 27\\nMrs. Lucia N. Deming, 77\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1758\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Whitney.\\n1760\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Humphrey.\\n1778\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley Humphrey.\\n1782\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hosea Wilcox.\\n1788\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley Humphrey.\\n1794 Asahel Humphrey.\\n1797\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley Humphrey 2d.\\n1802\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Jones.\\n1812 to 1849\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Auren Roys.\\n1850 to 1856\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William K. Peck, Jun.\\n1857 to 1863\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Curtiss.\\n1864 1865\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Theron W. Crissey.\\n1866 to 1868\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph N. Cowles.\\n1869 Hiram P. Lawrence.\\n1870 to 1895\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph N. Cowles.\\n1896 to 1898\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Myron N. Clark.\\n1899 1900\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harry E. Stevens.\\nTOWN TREASURERS.\\n1758 to 1762\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer Burr.\\n1763 to 1802\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone.\\n1803 to 1809\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Jun.\\n1810 to 1821\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens.\\n1822 to 1831\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan H. Pettibone.\\n1832\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Darius Phelps.\\n1833\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. Grove Lawrence.\\n1834 1835\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Lawrence.\\n1836 to 1855\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver B. Butler.\\n1856 to 1868\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bobbins Battell.\\n1869 to 1895\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph N. Cowles.\\n1896 to 1898\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eugene Darrow.\\n1899 1900\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William O Connor.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "HISTOEY OF NORFOLK.\\n615\\nPROBATE JUDGES.\\n1779 to 1806\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone.\\n1807 to 1822\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone,\\n1823 to 1841- Michael F. Mills.\\n1842\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Riggs.\\n1843\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James C. Swift.\\n1844 1845\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael G. Mills.\\n1846\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Hotchkiss.\\n1847 1849\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Darius Phelps.\\n1848 1852\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William K. PecJi, Jun.\\n1850 1851\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Dewell.\\n1853\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel B. Stevens.\\n1854 to 1859\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William B. Rice.\\n1859 to 1888\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robbing Battell.\\n1889 to 1895\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph B. Eldridge.\\n1895 to 1898\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward J. Trescott.\\n1898 to 1900\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bobbins Battell Stoeckel\\nFIRST SELECTMEN.\\n1758 George Palmer.\\n1759\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel Phelps.\\n1760 to 1763\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Humphrey.\\n1764\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Holt.\\n1765 to 1767\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Seward.\\n1768 Abraham Camp.\\n1769 1770\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Tibbals. 1838\\n1771 to 1773\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Seward.\\n1774\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Grant.\\n1775 Dudley Humphrey. 1842\\n1776 to 1781\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Mills. 1844\\n1782 to 1784\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Titus Ives.\\n1785 to 1787\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Mills.\\n1788\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Mills. 1848\\n1789 Ariel Lawrence.\\n1790 to 1793\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asahel Humphrey. 1851\\n1794 to 1796\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eleazer Holt.\\n1797 1798\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Phelps. 1854 to\\n1799 to 1803\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nicholas Holt. 1857\\n1802 1803\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens.\\n1804 1805\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah W. Phelps.\\n1806 to 1809\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eden Mills.\\n1810\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elizur Munger. 1862\\n1811 to 1815 Amasa Cowles, Jun.\\n1816\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Gaylord. 1865\\n1817 Lawrence Mills.\\n1818 1819\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Brown.\\n1820 to 1822\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Shepard. 1S69 to\\n1823 to 1825\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Pettibone. 1872\\n1826 1827\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Cowles, 1874\\n1828\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edmund Brown. 1876 to\\n1829-Erastus Smith. 1883 to\\n1830\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harvey Grant. 1898 to\\n1831\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Phelps.\\n1832\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Mills.\\n1833\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Auren Tibbals.\\n1834\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Darius Phelps.\\n1835\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elon Maltbie.\\n1836\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Porter.\\n1837\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willis Griswold.\\n1839\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Humphrey,\\n1840\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elizur Dowd.\\n1841 Augustus Roys.\\n1843\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Luther Butler.\\n1845 James M. Cowles.\\n1846\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uri Butler.\\n1847\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin W. Crlssey.\\n1849\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James H. Shepard.\\n1850\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel D. Northway.\\n1852\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James H. Shepard.\\n1853\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John K. Shepard.\\n1856\u00e2\u0080\u00940. J. Wolcott.\\n1858\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Oakley.\\n1859\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Plumb Brown.\\n1860\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Austin A. Spaulding,\\n1861\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Austin Hawley,\\n1863\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Erastus Burr.\\n1864 James Humphrey.\\n1866\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Mills.\\n1867 James Humphrey.\\n1868\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph I. Crlssey.\\n1871\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel Camp.\\n1873\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Austin A. Spaulding,\\n1875 Erastus Burr.\\n1882\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Loomis L. Whiting.\\n1897\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses F. Grant.\\n1900\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward J. Trescott.\\nCONNECTICUT S LAW-MAKERS FROM NORFOLK,\\nNorfolk was first represented in the General Assembly of Con-\\nnecticut at the October session, 1777. The House of Reiiresenta-\\ntives at that session consisted of 124 members, the Norfolk repre-\\nsentatives being Capt. Giles Pettibone and Mr, William Walter.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "616 HISTOKY OF NORFOLK.\\nIn this warlike assembly were 6 Majors, 16 Colonels, and 36\\nCaptains.\\nThe State officers were .Jonathan Trumbull, Governor,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the gen-\\nuine, original, veritable Brother Jonathan.\\nMatthew Griswold, Deputy Governor.\\nGeorge Wyllys, Secretary.\\nJohn Lawi ence, Treasurer.\\nThe upper house consisted of 12 members, called Assis-\\ntants, each having the title of Esq.\\nIn 1786 the State Officers were increased by a Comptroller.\\nIn 1809 the 12 Assistants had a title prefixed to their names,\\nwhen they were, for example, Hon. David Daggett, Esq. This\\nhandle at each end of the name was continued until 1826, when\\nthe Esq. was dropped. After the adoption of the Constitution in\\n1818 the name Senators was substituted for Assistants. The regu-\\nlar October Session, was also dispensed with, and only the May ses-\\nsion held. In 1830 the number of Senators was increased from 12\\nto 21,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the state having been divided at that time into 21 Senato-\\nrial districts. The change from annual to biennial elections and\\nsessions of the Legislature was made by article 27 of an amend-\\nment to tbe Constitution of the State, adopted October, 1884, which\\narticle declares that A general election for Governor, members of\\nthe General Assembly, etc., shall be held on the Tuesday after the\\nfirst Monday of November, 1886, and bi-ennially thereafter. The\\nregular sessions of the General Assembly shall commence on the\\nWednesday following the first Monday of the January next suc-\\nceeding the election of its members. Previous to this time the\\nstate elections had been held annually on the first Monday in April,\\nand the regular sessions of the Assembly commenced on the first\\nWednesday in May.\\nLIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORFOLK TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY\\nFROM 1777 TO 1846.\\n(From Roys Histobt).\\n1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone. William Walter.\\n1778\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Hosea Wilcox. Two sessions.\\n1779\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley TTumphrey, Michael Mills. Two sessions.\\n1780\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Joseph Mills.\\nTitus Ives, Asahel Case.\\n1781\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No appointment.\\nHosea Wilcox, Isaac Hoyt.\\n1782\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Mills, Nathaniel Stevens.\\nMichael Mills, Elilah Grant.\\n1783\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Grant, Michael Mills.\\nGiles Pettibone, Ephraim Quiteau.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 617\\n1784 Giles Pettibone, Dudley Humphrey. Two sessions.\\n1785 Michael Mills, Dudley Humphrey. Two sessions.\\n1786\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Mills, Asahel Humphrey. Two sessions.\\n1787 Titus Ives, Hosea Humphrey.\\nAsahel Humphrey, Hosea Humphrey.\\n1788\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asahel Humphrey, Michael Mills.\\nDudley Humphrey, Giles Pettiboue.\\n1789\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley Humphrey, Giles Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1790\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley Humphrey, Giles Pettibone.\\nDudley Humphrey, Michael ^lills.\\n1791 Dudley Humphrey, Giles Pettibone.\\nDudley Humphrey, Michael Mills.\\n1792 Dudley Humphrey, Giles Pettibone.\\nGiles Pettibone, Asahel Humphrey.\\n1793\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Asahel Humphrey. Two sessions.\\n1794\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asahel Humphrey, Giles Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1795\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens. Two sessions.\\n1796 Asahel Humphrey, Nathaniel Stevens. Two sessions.\\n1797\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asahel Humphrey, Giles Pettibone.\\nGiles Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens.\\n1798\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens.\\nNathaniel Stevens, Bleazer Holt.\\n1799\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Eleazer Holt.\\nNathaniel Stevens, Eleazer Holt.\\n1800\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone, Eleazer Holt.\\nNathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone.\\n1801\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giles Pettibone,\\nNathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone.\\n1802\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1803 Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1804 Augustus Pettibone, Eleazer Holt. Two sessions.\\n1805 Augustus Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens, jun.\\nAugustus Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens.\\n1806\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah W. Phelps, Nathaniel Stevens, jun.\\nJeremiah W. Phelps, Nathaniel Stevens.\\n1807\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone. John Dickinson. Two sessions.\\n1808\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, Benjamin Welch.\\nAugustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch.\\n1809\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, John Dickinson. Two sessions.\\n1810\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, John Dickinson. Two sessions.\\n1811\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Welch, Joseph Battell.\\nBenjamin Welch, Elizur Munger.\\n1812 Augustus Pettibone, Nathaniel Stevens.\\nEleazer Holt, Augustus Pettibone.\\n1813\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eleazer Holt, Augustus Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1814 Augustus Pettibone, Eleazer Holt. Two sessions.\\n1815\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eleazer Holt, Nathaniel Stevens. Two sessions.\\n1816 Nathaniel Stevens, Elizur Munger. Two sessions.\\n1817\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, Elizur Munger.\\nNathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone.\\n1818 Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. Two sessions.\\n1819\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone.\\n3820\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone, Joseph Battell.\\n1821\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lawrence Mills, Elizur Munger.\\n1822\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone, Benjamin AVelch.\\n1823\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "618 HISTORY OF NORFOLK.\\n1824\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettlbone, Joseph Battell.\\n1823\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Pettibone, Joseph Battell.\\n1826\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Battell, Amos Pettibone.\\n1827\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Pettibone, Joseph Kiggs.\\n1828\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Pettibone, Joseph Battell.\\n1829\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Pettibone, Thomas Curtis.\\n1830\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael F. Mills, Amos Pettibone.\\n1831\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael F. Mills. Edmund Brown.\\n1832\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Phelps, Harvey Grant.\\n1833\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael F. Mills, Harvey Grant.\\n1834 Thomas Curtis. Warren Cone.\\n1835\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Curtis, Elizur Dowd.\\n1836\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Welch, jun., Darius Phelps.\\n1837 Asahel B. Case, Levi Shephard.\\n1838 Warren Cone, Thomas Curtis.\\n1839\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Mills, Elizur Dowd.\\n1840 James Shepard, Hiram Gaylord.\\n1841\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eden Riggs, David L. Dowd.\\n1842\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Curtis, Dudley Norton.\\n1843 No appointment.\\n1844 William Lawrence, James M. Cowles,\\n1845\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G. Lawrence, Silas Burr.\\n1846\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harlow Roys, Horace B. Knapp.\\nThe Continued List of Representatives fbom this Town is the Followins:\\n1847\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver B. Butler, John K. Shepard.\\n1848\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Curtiss, William W. Welch.\\n1849\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Anson Gaylord, John Humphrey.\\n1850\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William W. Welch, Samuel D. Northway.\\n1851\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Gaylord, James M. Cowles.\\n1852\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robbins Battell, Austin A. Spaulding.\\n1853\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Humphrey, William J. Norton.\\n1854\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William K. Peck, Jun., Orlo J. Wolcott.\\n1855 Jeremiah Johnson, Levi P. Gaylord.\\n1856\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Egbert T. Butler, Frederick A. Spaulding.\\n1857\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John K. Shepard, Plumb Brown.\\n1858 Robbins Battell, James Humphrey.\\n1859\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry J. Holt, Asahel G. Phelps.\\n1860\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robbins Battell, Thomas Curtiss.\\n1861\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Welch, Henry Pendleton.\\n1862\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John P. Hawley, Ralph Brown.\\n1863\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron Koyes, John A. Shepard.\\n1864\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William K. Peck, Jun., Robert A. Geer.\\n1865\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Erastus Burr, Samuel S. Vaill.\\n1866\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Egbert T. Butler, John Dewell.\\n1867\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel Camp, Ralph I. Crissey.\\n1868\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert P. Pendleton, Dwight P. Mills.\\n1869\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William W. Welch, William E. Phelps.\\n1870\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William K. Peck, Sen., Joseph N. Cowles.\\n1871\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harvey Johnson, John K. Shepard.\\n1872\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Loomis L. Whiting, Hiram H. Riggs.\\n1873\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver L. Hotchkiss, Edward Y. Morehouse.\\n1874\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Philip E. Curtiss, Charles M. Ryan.\\n1875\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miles Riggs, Charles M. Ryan.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NORFOLK. 619\\n1876\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi P. Phelps, Henry J. Holt.\\n1877\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Austin Wooster, Henry G. Smith.\\n1878 Moses F. Grant, Horace A. Stanuard.\\n1879 George R. Bigelow, Abel H. Pendleton.\\n1880\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robbins Battell, Edward L. Gaylord.\\n1881\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William W. Welch, George Wooster.\\n1882\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Plumb Brown, Alva S. Cowles.\\n1883\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph I. Crissey, Odbrey M. Snow.\\n1884\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick E. Porter, William A. Spaulding.\\n1885 Joseph Selden, Rufus P. Seymour.\\n1886\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William A. Humphrey, John D. Bassett.\\n1888\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Arthur P. At wood, Theodore H. Beardsley.\\n1890\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William L. Egleston, Thomas E. Carroll.\\n1892\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Myron N. Clark, Edward C. Stevens.\\n1894\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George T. Johnson, Obed H. Stannard.\\n1896\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Leopold J. Curtiss, Fred M. Darrow.\\n1898\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry H. Bridgman, Melvin E. Snow.\\nRESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO\\nTHE STATE SENATE ARE:\\n1830 1831\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Augustus Pettibone.\\n1843\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. John Dewell.\\n1851 1852\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. William W. Welch.\\n1856\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Samuel D. Northway.\\n1865\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Robbins Battell.\\n1868 1869\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. E. Grove Lawrence.\\n1889\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Joseph N. Cowles.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "ERRATA.\\nPage 244. Eead Sidney for Sylvester Tyrrell.\\nPage 502. Eead painted Trillium for Trillnun.\\nPage 511. Read Joshua for Josiah Whitney.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nAfter this volume was completed, excepting the index, the follow-\\ning matters of interest were learned, in an interview with Mr. Ralph\\nEmerson, of Rockford, Illinois, a son of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D.,\\nthe pastor of the Congregational Church in Norfolk from 1816 to\\n1829.\\nIn the sketch of Rev. Ralph Emerson, page 170, it is said As the\\ntwo older brothers had already received a liberal education, and it was\\nthe intention of the father to also educate the younger brother, it was\\nfelt that Ralph could not be spared from the farm. The desire for a\\ncollege education, however, increased with his advancing years. The\\nrestless thirst for knowledge burned within him.\\nMr. Emerson in this interview said: Just at this time in my\\nfather s life, his father said to him one day, Your brothers have a col-\\nlege education, and you can have one too if you wish. He replied\\ninstantly, I want it. His father, taken aback, replied, You can have\\nit, but I shall want you to come back and work on the farm afterwards.\\nRalph replied, I will; but I want to go, because I want to know.\\nWhen Ralph graduated as valedictorian, first in the academy and then\\nat Yale College, his father was only glad to forget the promise\\nThe College Choir consisted of Ralph Emerson and his room-mate,\\nSidney E. Morse, brother of Professor Morse, the inventor of the tele-\\ngraph. Sidney E. Morse started the Boston Eecorder, and after that the\\nNev) York Observer. The inventor Morse was in another class in col-\\nlege, and he used to come to his brother s room, and for some abuse\\nwhich he was continually heaping on this brother, he at one time re-\\nceived a well-merited chastisement from Mr. Emerson, which did not\\nhinder their being close friends for life.\\nAs soon as college rules would allow, Mr. Emerson was called back\\nto the college as tutor. When he first came home on vacation while in\\ncollege, he at once pulled off his shoes and went barefoot to drive four\\nyoke of oxen. The old Captain, his father, suggested that as the work\\nwas difficult, breaking up a stumpy pasture, and the oxen fractious,\\nthe young man might need some help. But he said, No; if I can t\\ndrive four yoke of oxen I ll not go back to college till I can.\\nAt the time Mr. Emerson was the pastor in Norfolk, Dr. Lyman\\nBeecher was the pastor in Litchfield.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "622 APPENDIX.\\nIn those days liquor was so universally used that when a visiting\\nclergyman came to preach, and also with many pastors in their regular\\nministrations, one of the church officers felt in duty bound to present a\\nglass of spirits to the minister just before he entered the church. Mr.\\nEmerson, Dr. Lyman Beecher, that old War Eagle, father of all the\\nother Beechers, and one other clergyman, whose name is forgotten, in\\ntalliing it over, entered into an agreement that they would refuse abso-\\nlutely to take liquor at any time under any circumstances. This pro-\\nduced much criticism from their ministerial brethren and others, and\\nwas one of the first, if not the first, total abstinence society, ever formed.\\nEncouraged by this, Mr Emerson organized among the childi-en of the\\nchurch in Norf oils, in spite of considerable criticism there, what was\\nprobably the first children s temperance society that we have any re-\\ncord of.\\nThis last I had from my brother Daniel, who was a member of the\\nchildren s society. The other, from my father.\\nTwo members of his church in Norfolk, whom we will call Mr. C.\\nand Mr. D., had had a long bitter quarrel. Soon after Mr. Emerson s\\nsettlement, Mr. C. came to the young pastor, narrated the whole quar-\\nrel and asked the pastor s advice. Is it not my duty to go to D., he\\nasked, narrate to him all his short-comings, and see if plainly telling\\nhim of it may not lead him to repentance? Mr. Emerson after hear-\\ning the very long account, said, In all this matter, Mr. C, have you\\nnot done or said some things which you on the whole regret?\\nWell, yes, a very few. The young pastor replied, It\\nis your duty then to go to D. and confess your own short-comings. In\\nthat way only can you clear your own conscience.\\nMr. C, following the young pastor s advice, called on D., saying,\\nYou and I have quarrelled long, and I have said some things which I\\nshould not have said.\\nI should think you had, was the angry reply.\\nIt was hard for the quick-tempered C. to control himself, but, re-\\nmembering his pastor s advice, he did, and continued, I have come to\\nconfess, and ask forgiveness.\\nIt is high time you did, interrupted D.\\nThere was a long pause, but C, faithful to his determination,\\nwent on with his confession, till he was again interrupted by D.\\nStop stop it is my turn now to confess. Then and there,\\non that barn floor, was cemented a life-long friendship.\\nThis narrative of the facts as they occurred here in Norfolk, and\\nwere related to me by my father, was used by him in his lectures to the\\nstudents in Andover Theological Seminary as a capital illustration of\\nrepentance, confession, forgiveness and reconciliation. The illustration\\nwas borrowed by his students, and used by them in after life, and at\\nlength was published in a book of lectures by one of these Andover\\nstudents, who became Prof. L and strangely, the facts narrated", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 623\\nabove were given as having occurred in Prof. L. s own pastorate,\\nwhich my father knew to be a mistake, and wished that the mistake\\nmight be corrected.\\nWlien was the first Sunday-scliool organized in this town? has been\\noften asked. The best answer has been, sometime during Mr. Emer-\\nson s pastorate probably; quite likely about 1825. Regarding this\\nquestion of the Sundaj^-school, Mr. Ralph Emerson, says: Come to\\nthink it over, I know all about it. In 1821, my uncle, Joseph Emerson,\\nthen at Byfleld, who was a pioneer in Sunday-school work in America,\\npublished a Union Catechism for use especially in Sabbath-schools,\\nconsisting of 120 closely printed pages. I have a copy of it, and some\\ngarrets in Norfolk should have copies of it yet.\\nHe also published for like use, a Primer, called the Evangelical\\nPrimer, that went through many editions, and copies of it are now\\nrare. I remember my brother, Daniel, said that in that Sabbath-school\\nin Norfolk, which was organized perhaps in 1820 or 21, the Juvenile\\nTemperance Society was formed. A part of the children joined, but\\nnot all. It was not crowded. That was a ticklish question in those\\ndays.\\nEsquire Battell was a very kindly man. Always before Thanks-\\ngiving, (or was it New Years? Christmas was an unknown quantity\\nthen;) young Joseph Battell brought over a goodly turkey on his sled\\nto the pastor. New Years was a day to be remembered by all the\\nchildren, for as they crowded into the store to wish Mr. Battell a\\nHappy New Year, each received a stick of candy. One poverty-\\nstricken family had a half-witted son, who came in tatters with the\\nrest. The kindly merchant was ready for him, and gave him a warm\\ncoat. The boy had mind enough to remember that. The first of April\\ncame. With it at early dawn came that same almost demented boy.\\nHe rushed in saying, I wish you a happy April fool s day, Mr.\\nBattell, I want a coat. Such was the estimation in which that grand\\nman was held by the poor and lowly.\\nBoys will be boys but of boys, men are made, sometimes. The\\nNorfolk boys wanted some fun. One dark night a stalwart youth\\ncaught a goose. A goose was then a bird that on occasion could sing\\ndistinctly and clearly, if not always agreeably. The youth and the\\ngoose marched in the darkness around and around the green, followed\\nby a crowd of yelling boys, who aided the song of the goose with their\\nchorus. The night was made hideous. Suddenly the strong hand of\\nthe pastor, (my father,) was laid on the youth. The goose escaped,\\nbut the boy did not. Of what then passed, in the kindly pastor s\\nstudy, no record exists, except that the boy did not wish his name to\\nbe given out, and it was never mentioned in Norfolk. But one of\\nNorfolk s late citizens, and an influential man could have said, I\\nwas that boy. That night Mr. Emerson made a man of me.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "624 APPENDIX.\\nA sketch of Edmund Bro-wn, Esq., a prominent man for many years\\nin all the aftairs of the town, was accidentally omitted from its proper\\nplace. He was born in Manchester, Conn. when about twelve years\\nof age came to Norfolk and lived with his uncle, Edmund Brown, who\\nhad no children, \\\\yhen a young man he started for himself, buying\\nthe farm on the west road in Norfolk, where he built, and for most of\\nhis life, operated a saw-mill, manufactm-ing a great amount of limaber,\\ncleared and made productive land of the rocky, primeval forest, and\\nmade an attractive home, where he and all his children spent their\\nlives. He was for many years the acting justice of the peace, held\\nnearly all the prominent offices of the town, and represented the town\\nin the state legislature. He was a man of great euei-gy, and of marked\\ninteo rity and unusual force of character, of excellent judgment, a great\\nreader of books requiring deep thought. At his funeral. Dr. Eldridge\\nremarked of him in closing his address, Seldom shall Ave find a man\\nthe like of Edmund Brown. He married Mabel Holt Norton, daughter\\nof Ebenezer Norton of Norfolk. Their three daughters, Sarah, Abigail\\nand Harriet were ladies of education, refinement and rare Christian\\ncharacter and worth, who spent their lives, unmarried, on the old\\nhomestead. Ealph, the eldest son, was like his father, a thoughtful\\nman. a deep reader, an honored citizen who represented the town in\\nthe state legislature, and held many of the prominent town offices. He\\nnever married, and spent his life upon the old homestead. Plumb, the\\nyounger of the two sons, had many of the marked traits of his father\\nwas a man vigorous of mind and body; held many of the important\\ntown offices and positions of trust, and represented the town in the\\nstate legislature more than once. He also spent his life on the old\\nhomestead. He married Olive E., the only daughter of Benjamin W.\\nCrissey. Their sons, Edmund and Benjamin are now prominent in all\\nthe aftairs of their native town. Their daughters, Sarah, Mrs. G.\\nClifford Scoville, and Miss Mabel E. Brown, have their homes in Nor-\\nfolk. The youngest son. Plumb Jr., is a prominent physician of Spring-\\nfield, Mass.\\nIt was my purpose, had not this volume gi-own too large, to make\\nbrief mention of many others who once lived here in my native\\ntown, among them Grove P. Tyrrell, one of the loved friends of my\\nyouth, whose active life has been spent in the state of Oregon, as a suc-\\ncessful merchant, at Salem, the capital.\\nJudge G. P. Tyrrell was elected by a flattering vote to the highest\\nposition in the gift of Marion County in June, 1896, that of County\\nJudge. He has made a faithful and efficient officer, a just and impartial\\njudge.\\nMy work is done. Its mistakes, its omissions, its many imperfec-\\ntions, I sincerely regret.\\nThe work outlasts the worker. May the Lord add His bles-\\nsing.\\nTHE COMPILER.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.\\nCongregational Church and Dr.\\nEldridge s pulpit\\nFrontispiece\\nButtermilk Falls,\\nView from Gymnasium,\\nNorfolk, from Crissey Hill,\\nGroup, Five Deacons,\\nThe Eldridge Residence,\\nThe H. H. Bridgman Residence,\\nGymnasium Grounds,\\nRev- Ralph Emerson, D.D., and\\nMis. Z. P. G. Banister,\\nMichael F. Mills, Esq.,\\nHaystack and the Two Villages,\\nThe Shepard Hotel.\\nGroup, N. B. Stevens, John K.\\nShepard, Aaron Keyes, A. A.\\nSpaulding, S. D. Northway,\\nThe Old School-House and Con-\\nference Room,\\nThe Battell Fountain and the\\nPark\\nGroup, Thomas T. Cowles, John\\nRyan, William B. Rice, Capt.\\nJohn Dewell, Alva S. Cowles,\\nJ. H. P. Stevens, M.D., Adjutant\\nSamuel C. Barnum,\\nColonel George Ryan,\\n11\\n20\\n33\\n74\\n78\\n122\\n141\\n169\\n190\\n196\\n211\\n269\\n287\\n298\\n317\\n325\\nHaystack and Old Railroad Station, 329\\nThe Old Toil-Gate, .337\\nThe Railroad Station, .341\\nStoney Lonesome 345\\nMi-s. Bilhah Freedom, Dea. James\\nMars, Samuel Smith, and Nor-\\nfolk under the Snow, .370\\nRev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D., 404\\nRev. Joseph Eldridge and Mi s.\\nSarah B. Eldridge, .433\\nJoseph Battell, Esq., and Joseph\\nBattell, Jun., 445\\nRobhins Battell, 455\\nBenjamin Welch, Sen., M.D., and\\nMi-s. Elizabeth L. Welch,\\nGroup, The Welch Brothers\\nWilliam W. Welch, M.D.,\\nWilliam H. Welch, M.D., LL.D.,\\nF. M. Shepard, 482\\nRev. Reuben Gaylord, Mrs. Mary\\nGaylord, 433\\nChurch, Chapel, Library, Gymna-\\nsium,\\nGroup, William C. Phelps, Harry\\nM. Grant, Charles M. Ryan, Mer-\\nrill Humphrey, Austin Wooster,\\nGroup, E. Grove Lawrence, James\\nM. Cowles, Aaron Gilbert, Anson\\nGaylord, Philo Smith\\nGroup,Benjamin W.Crissey,Eben-\\nezer Burr, Silas Burr, Ralph\\nBrown, Plumb Brown,.\\nMr. Levi Pettibone,Col. Giles Pet-\\ntibone s House,The Old Robbins\\nHouse,\\nJudge Augustus Pettibone,\\nGroup, Hiram Mills, Charles H.\\nMills,Samuel Seymour, Haimon\\nH. Riggs, Capt. J. A. Shepard,\\nGroup, Five Norton Generations,\\nThe Catholic Church and Paro-\\nchial Residence.\\nThe Hillhurst,\\nThe Norfolk Library,\\nThe Eldridge Gymnasium,\\nLake Wangum,\\nThe Stevens House,\\nTy-ny-Tulloch Residence of Prof.\\nF.J. Goodnow, .602\\n470\\n473\\n475\\n480\\n494\\n503\\n510\\n520\\n538\\n541\\n545\\n555\\n587\\n591\\n593\\n596\\n598\\n601", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nINDEX OF SUBJECTS.\\n^tna Silk Company,\\nAnecdotes,\\nAnti-slavery period,\\nBattell Family,\\n254\\n375\\n294\\n445\\nBattell, Joseph, Esq., Merchant, 263\\nBattell, Joseph, Esq., Sketch, 445\\nBattell, Mrs. Sarah Bobbins, 447\\nBattell, Joseph Jun., 448\\nBattell, Bobbins. 454\\nBattell, Miss Anna, 462\\nBattell, Philip, 464\\nBattell Memorial Fountain, 597\\nButler, Egbert T., Father of the\\nRailroad, 341\\nButler Family, 547\\nBanister, Mrs. Z. P. Grant, 177 to 190\\nBaptist Church, 591\\nBear treed a man, 220\\nBeech Flats, 65\\nBarnum, Adjutant Samuel C, 317\\nBlizzard of 188S, 212\\nBrief Sketches of Individuals, 503\\nBrown, Cornelius, and Descend-\\nants. 527\\nBrown, Owen, 552\\nBushnell, Dr. Horace,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Address, 204\\nBuilding the Meeting-house, 15\\nBuilding the New Meeting-\\nhouse, 190\\nCatholic Church, 587\\nCase, Capt. Asahel, 554\\nCemeteries, 19G\\nChaplain Bobbins War Journal,\\n97 to 121\\nCensus Reports, 378\\nCentre of the Town, 66, 190\\nCold Summer of 1816, 384\\nCone, Samuel and Warren;\\nScythe-makers, 242\\nCollege Land in Norfolk, 41\\nCommittee to raise money, 193\\nContributors to build the church, 194\\nConnecticut Arms Company, 240\\nColored People, 370\\nCounty Seat, 381\\nCentury Sermon, 141\\nCommunion Service Presenta-\\ntion, 442\\nCowles Family, 514\\nCowles, Samuel, 478\\nCowles, Henry, D. D., 478\\nCowles, Joseph, and Descend-\\nants, 552\\nChurch Covenant, 74\\nChurch Organs, 579\\nDedicatory Prayer, 192\\nDescription of an old Meeting-\\nhouse, 68\\nDeeds of the Land, 50\\nDrawing for Original Lots, 52\\nDewell Family, 566\\nDignifying and Seating the\\nMeeting-house, 70\\nDish-mill, 256\\nDoes the Bible Sanction Slav-\\nery? 300\\nEarly Colonial History, 1 to 11\\nEarly Customs and Habits, 72\\nEcclesiastical Society Matters, 155\\nEcclesiastical Society Fund, 160\\nEcclesiastical Society Fund Con-\\ntributors, 162\\nEmerson, Rev. Ralph, called, 157\\nEmerson, Rev. Ralph, D. D., 169\\nElevations, 374\\nEnglish Oppression, 24\\nEpiscopal Church, 590\\nEldridge, Rev. Joseph, called, 163\\nEldridge, Rev. Joseph, D. D., 404\\nEldridge, Mrs. Sarah Battell, 433\\nEldridge, Mrs. Ellen Battell, 464\\nEldridge, Rev. Joseph; trip to\\nEurope, 166\\nEldridge, The Rev. Joseph, D.\\nD., before the Railroad Com-\\nmissioners, 345\\nFreedom, Aunt Bilhah, 372\\nFire Near the Meeting-house, 221", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n627\\nFire in the Meeting-house, 221\\nFirst Town Meeting, 61\\nFirst Town Officers, 62\\nFirst Abolition Vote, 295\\nFirst Selectmen, 615\\nFlora of Norfolk, 497\\nFosket, Miss Cynthia L., 441\\nGrant Family, 556\\nGrant of Lands to Hartford and\\nWindsor. 37\\nGaylord, Rev. Reuben, 487\\nGreat Pond, 59\\nGrist-mill lot, 54\\nGrist-mill built, 227\\nGuiteau, Ephraim, M. D., 481\\nHalf Century Sermon by Mr.\\nRobbins, 122 to 140\\nHighways, 51, 329\\nHolt Family, 560\\nHolt, Judge George B., 563\\nHumphrey, Asahel, of Goshen, 549\\nHumphrey Family, 564\\nHumphrey, Asahel, 565\\nHumphrey, Mrs. Urania Battell, 458\\nIce Storm of 1898, 218\\nIndian Story, 363\\nIron Works, 57\\nIron Works; grant and location,\\n228, 229\\nKilbourn, Jonathan S., Manufac-\\nturer, 237\\nKilbourn, Edward E., Inventor, 249\\nLarned, Mrs. Irene Battell, 451\\nLawrence, E. Grove, Iron Man-\\nufacturer, 246\\nLaying out the Lands, 51\\nLand Tax, 71\\nLetter of Condolence, from the\\nWest, 213\\nLitchfield County Centennial, 202\\nLitchfield County Organized, 43\\nLitchfield County Towns, 35\\nLove of Our Native Town, 31\\nLongevity in Norfolk, 201\\nManufacturers of the Town, 223\\nManufactured Articles and Pro-\\nducts, 1845, 260\\nManuscript Arithmetic, 284\\nMasonic Centennial, 384\\nMerchants, 262\\nMemorial Windows, 581\\nMills Family, 54a\\nMoses Family, 524\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, 584\\nModern Norfolk, 591\\nNorton, Ebenezer, and Descend-\\nants, 523\\nNorton, Stephen, and Descend-\\nants, 555\\nNorfolk Library, 593\\nNorfolk Academy, 277\\nNorfolk Hosiery Co., 249\\nNorfolk First Mentioned, 36\\nNorfolk Sold and Named, 42\\nNorfolk Anti-Slavery Society, 296\\nNorfolk Men in the Civil War, 306\\nNorfolk Bank. 366\\nNorfolk Savings Bank, 367\\nNorfolk Prices Current, 1778, 368\\nNorfolk Brick, 379\\nNorfolk Downs, 598\\nNorfolk Water Company, 598\\nNorfolk Newspapers, 600\\nNorfolk Chimes, 601\\nNorfolk Summer Residents, 602\\nNorfolk Necrology, 603\\nOld Pastorates, 378\\nOld French War, 18, 380\\nOld Toll Gate, 337\\nOrdination of Mr. Robbins, 77\\nOrganization of the Church, 17\\nOriginal Proprietors of Norfolk, 46\\nOriginal Title of the Lands, 49\\nOriginal Members of the First\\nChurch, 74\\nPettibone Family, 538\\nPettibone, Mrs. Louisa Welch, 479\\nPettibone, Col. Giles, and De-\\nscendants. 539\\nPettibone, Giles Jun., 539\\nPettibone, Sereno, 539\\nPettibone, Judge Rufus, 539\\nPettibone, Levi, 539\\nPettibone, Judge Augustus, 541\\nPendleton Family, 567\\nPhelps, Capt. John, and De-\\nscendants, 544\\nPanthers in Norfolk, 219\\nPease, Earl P., Woolen Manufac-\\nturer, 233\\nPlanter s Hoes, 245\\nPine Timber Lands, 56\\nPost-Office, 18, 355\\nProbate District of Norfolk, 48, 381\\nProprietors Meetings, 51\\nPotashery, 233\\nPhotography, 600\\nProbate Judges, 615\\nI hysiography and Geology, 494\\nRailroad, Locating, 344", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "628\\nINDEX.\\nRailroad Celebration, 352\\nKailroatl Commissioners Decis-\\nion, 351\\nRailroad Through Norfolk, 341\\nRaising the Meeting-house, 67\\nRiggs Family, 550\\nRobbius School, 592\\nReminiscences of Dr. Eldridge, 383\\nRepresentatives to the General\\nAssembly, 617\\nRevolutionary War Times, 78\\nRevolutionary Soldiers from Nor-\\nfolk, 82 to 91\\nRevolutionary War Journal, 97 to 121\\nRice, William B., as a Teacher;\\nAddress, 279\\nRobbins, Rev. A. R., Ordination, 77\\nRobbins, Rev. A. R., Half-cen-\\ntury Sermon, 122\\nRobbins, Rev. Thomas, Century\\nSermon, 141\\nRobbins Family, 392\\nRyan, Colonel George, 325\\nRyan Family, 573\\nRyan, J. B. E. Co., Woolen\\nManufacturers, 236\\nState Senators from Norfolk, 619\\nSale of the Town, 13\\nSpaulding Family, 577\\nSabbath-day Houses, 16\\nSaw-mills, 256\\nSchools, 17, 269\\nSevere Winters and Storms, 211\\nSlavery Question in the Church, 298\\nSketch of Rev. Ralph Emerson,\\nD. D.. 169\\nSequestration of Mill Sites, 57\\nSettling a Pastor, 14\\nSketch of Norfolk, S. H. D. 390\\nSewer District. 600\\nStevens, Nathaniel B., Manufac-\\nturer, 240, 257\\nSoldiers, Revolutionary, 82\\nSoldiers in the Civil War, 306\\nSoldiers Monument, 315\\nShepard Family, 521\\nShepard, Frederick M., 482\\nStevens Family, 547\\nSilk Culture, 362\\nSinging Schools, 374\\nStrong Fund, 381\\nSunday School, 70\\nSummit Rock, 377\\nSummer Homes, 601\\nTanneries, 241, 242\\nThe Two Villages, poem, 196\\nThe Green Hills of My Father\\nLand, poem, 485\\nTeachers, 274, 276\\nTemperance Organizations, 358\\nThe Park. 287\\nTibbals Family, 533\\nTitle to the Land. 50\\nTown Meetings, 21\\nTown Lottery, 21\\nTown Votes, 22\\nTown System, 33\\nTown Clerks, 614\\nTown Treasurers, 614\\nThurston, Mrs. Laura Hawley, 483\\nVillage Hall, 597\\nWar of 1812. 380\\nWelch Family, 466\\nWelch, Hopestill, 466\\nWelch, Benjamin Sen., M. D., 468\\nWelch, Mrs. Louisa Guiteau, 472\\nWelch, Mrs. Elizabeth Loveland, 472\\nWelch, Asa G., M. D., 473\\nWelch, Benjamin Jr., M. D., 474\\nWelch, James, M. D., 475\\nWelch, William Wickham, M. D., 475\\nWelch, John Hopestill, M. D., 477\\nWelch, Professor William H.,\\nM. D., LL. D., 479\\nWhitefleld in Norfolk, 382\\nWhite Pine Timber Lands, 56\\nWhipping-post, 354\\nWolf Hunt in Norfolk, 222\\nWoolen Factory, 233\\nINDEX OF NAMES.\\nAdams, Edward, 306.\\nAdams, Auguste, 308.\\nAdams, Asahel, 84.\\nAtwater, Ichabod, 90.\\nAllen, Ethan, 228.\\nAllen, Col. Ethan, 93, 94, 104, 333.\\nAllen, Marcus, 245.\\nAllen, Noah, 75.\\nAllen, Capt. Amos S., 323.\\nAllen, Sarah Parmelee, 110.\\nAllen, Lewis, 395.\\nAllen, Mrs. Elizabeth Bobbins, 398.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n629\\nAllen, William, 311.\\n^tna Silk Company, 236, 254, 255,\\n510.\\nAmes, Miss Susan, 275.\\nAbernathy, Jared, 82, 86.\\nAndrew, Rev. Samuel, 41.\\nAndre, Major, 95.\\nApley, Philo, 572.\\nApley, Sherman A., 309, 316.\\nAshley, Edmond, 578.\\nAshley, Henry, 531.\\nAlvergnat, Monsieur Victor, 428, 544.\\nAkins, Lemuel, 194, 234, 236, 242,\\n243, 246, 271, 513.\\nAkins, Henry, 518, 529, 531.\\nAiken, Edmund, 265, 276, 371, 508,\\n518.\\nAiken, Lemuel Jr., 317, 531.\\nAiken, Miss Sarah, 317.\\nAiken, Calvin, 531.\\nAiken, Ashur, 531.\\nAspinwall, Caleb, 81, 84.\\nAspinwall, Aaron, 46, 47, 61, 84, 88.\\nAtkins, O. N.. 266.\\nArnold, General Benedict, 30, 89, 103,\\n104, 119. 380.\\nArnold, Samuel, 46.\\nAndros, Sir Edmund, 36.\\nAlbro, Rev. John A.. 163.\\nAt wood, A. P., 255.\\nAtwood, Norman, 570.\\nAustin, Capt., 118.\\nAndrus, George N., 309, 316.\\nAndrus, Henry J., 311.\\nAndrus, Darwin C, 311.\\nAndrus, Mr., 513.\\nAustin, Mr., 537.\\nAustin, Esther, 578.\\nAyres, General R. B., 327.\\nBarber, William, 46, 52, 53, 61, 74.\\nBarber, Elijah, 46, 61.\\nBarber, Luther, 46, 61.\\nBarber, Timothy, 195, 219.\\nBandell, Frederick, 194, 558.\\nBale, Salmon, 194.\\nBarnum, Levi, 83, 94, 96.\\nBarden, Abraham, 56, 865^\\nBardwelC Rev. Joel, 77.\\nBaker, Stephen, 61.\\nBarden, Eliphalet, 195.\\nBattell, Esq., Joseph, 65, 70, 140, 144,\\n156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 166,\\n193, 194, 233, 234, 262, 263, 266,\\n276, 277, 287, 335, 372, 374, 386,\\n388, 400, 445, 466, 515, 521, 575.\\nBattell, Joseph Jun., 277, 348, 402,\\n443, 448, 450, 454, 580, 597.\\nBattell, Mrs. Joseph, 165, 442, 447,\\n584.\\nBattell, Bobbins, 203, 213, 255, 291,\\n366, 367, 368, 372, 375, 390, 398, 450,\\n454 to 458, 580, 582, 592, 614, 615,\\n619.\\nBattell, Philip, 464.\\nBattelle, Thomas, 445.\\nBattell, John. 399.\\nBattell, Miss Anna, 215, 292, 398, 399,\\n443, 450, 462 to 464, 592.\\nBradley, Capt. John, 89, 193, 194, 246,\\n527.\\nBradley, Sylvester, 236, 527.\\nBradley, Edmund Curtiss, 164, 527.\\nBalcom, Abraham, 336.\\nBalcom, Elizabeth. 527.\\nBalcom, Blias, 196.\\nBalcom, Isaac, 521.\\nBanister, Mrs. Zilpah P. Grant, 177\\nto 190.\\nBanister, Hon. William B., 174, 188.\\nBabbitt, Zerah, 195.\\nBaldwin, Amos, 195, 249, 256, 553,\\n569, 571.\\nBarnum, Adjutant Samuel C, 306,\\n311, 316, 317, 319, 321, 323, 324.\\nBradford, Daniel F. Co., 266.\\nBarlow, Levi, 297, 315, 586.\\nBarlow, John, 315.\\nBarden, Stephen, 306, 312.\\nBarden, John, 310.\\nBarden, Nathan. 310.\\nBarden, Seth. 312.\\nBarden, George, 314, 316.\\nBarber, Fredrick, 307.\\nBates, Theodore S., 312, 316.\\nBates, John C. 367.\\nBarber, Jacob, 509.\\nBarber, David, 509, 510.\\nBarbour, Prof. J. H., 500, 501.\\nBarnard, Hon. Henry, 398.\\nBassett, Rev. William E., 167, 432.\\nBassett, Joseph, 571.\\nBassett, John D., 255, 368, 386.\\nBailey, Ammi. 309.\\nBailey, Philo, 311.\\nBailey, Albert H., 313, 316.\\nBailey, Capt. Joseph, 568.\\nBaldwin, Andrew, 569.\\nBaldwin, Harvey, 569.\\nBaldwin, Dea. Amos, 569.\\nBaldwin, Julia, 569.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "630\\nIKDEX.\\nBarnum, William H., 343, 353, 534.\\nBarnes, Joseph G., 380.\\nBarlow, Miss Elizabeth, 315.\\nBlake, Philo, 306, 312.\\nBrace, J. P., 484.\\nBradford, Gov. William, 396, 447.\\nBradford, Rev. Mr., 387, 388.\\nBradford, David, 396.\\nBradford, Lydia, 397.\\nBramble, Franklin, 513, 584, 585.\\nBaker, Osmyn, 575.\\nBaker, William Lawrence, 575.\\nBradley, James, 585.\\nBrainerd, Hez., 38.\\nBancroft, Rev. T. C, 586.\\nBlackman, Rev. Virgil, 586.\\nBarnes, Rev. W. J., 586.\\nBrady, Rev. John D., 588.\\nBrady, Rev. John Jr., 588.\\nBallard, W. J., 602.\\nBenedict, James, 46, 47, 61, 63, 90,\\n13S, 144, 590.\\nBenedict, James Jr., 84, 89.\\nBeebe, John. 53.\\nBeach, Abraham, 82, 83.\\nBeach, John, 53, 85, 91, 196, 528, 572.\\nBeach, Rev. James, 172.\\nBeach, Rev. John WieklifC, 70, 82, 93,\\n158, 432.\\nBenedict, Francis, 386.\\nBeach, Miss Philey, 201.\\nBenedict, Rev. Noah, 75, 378.\\nBenedict, Capt., 103, 533.\\nBellamy, Rev. Joseph, 77, 123, 147,\\n378.\\nEelden, Col., 88.\\nBeckley, Richard, 90.\\nBeckwith, Luke, 379.\\nBeebe, Col., 95.\\nBeadle, Col., 111.\\nBeecher, Rev. Lyman, D. D., 151,\\n171, 359.\\nBeecher, Mrs. Rollin, 278.\\nBeecher, Miss Catherine, 186, 189.\\nBeach, Joshua, 195, 256, 377, 571.\\nBenedict, Francis Jr., 196, 200.\\nBeach, Lydia, 225.\\nBell, Miss Mary, 201.\\nBell, Miss Flora, 201.\\nBeardsley, Daniel, 202.\\nBeers, Seth P., 203.\\nEeach, Mary Oakley, 216, 370, 527,\\n571.\\nBeebe, Sarah, 468.\\nBeach, Jacob, 226.\\nBeach, W. E. E. S., 266.\\nBettis, Edward E., 307.\\nBell, Matthew P. Jr., 309.\\nBeach, Benjamin J., 313, 316, 572.\\nBeach, A. N., 367.\\nBell, Elizabeth M., 469.\\nBeach, Abner, 504.\\nBeach, Joel, 520, 571.\\nBennett, John H.. 233.\\nBennett, Sarah, 395.\\nBeach, William Burr, 527, 571.\\nBenedict, Olive, 545.\\nBetts, Hannah, 554.\\nBeach, Isaac, 381.\\nBeach, Charles, 571, 572.\\nBeach, Dr. William, 571,\\nBeach, Edward, 572.\\nBeecher, Rollin, 577.\\nBevens, Mr., 569.\\nBishop, William, 22.\\nBishop, Bela, 91.\\nBigelow, George B., 65.\\nBigelow, Lemuel, 330.\\nBingham, Sarah, 565.\\nBingham, Ozias, 82, 544.\\nBingham, Mrs. Sarah, 561.\\nBirge, Miss Mary, 580.\\nBirge, Bailey, 265.\\nBigelow, Capt. Benjamin, 196, 232,\\n334, 341, 513.\\nBigelow, Mark, 513.\\nBigelow, Lemuel, 513.\\nBigelow, Robert, 513.\\nBrinsmade, Rev. Daniel, 378.\\nBrinsmade, Gen. Daniel B., 203.\\nBridgman, Henry H., 190.\\nBridgman, Mrs. H. H., 293, 363, 534,\\n596, 597.\\nBliss, Rev. J. C, D. D., 602.\\nBierce, Peter, 366.\\nBirge, Col. H. W., 314,\\nBird, S. G., 238.\\nBirney, James G., 295.\\nBidwell, Dr., 518.\\nBidwell, John Welch, M, D,, 468.\\nBidwell, John D., 468.\\nBidwell, Mrs. Luna Welch, 334.\\nBrown, Cornelius 2d, 46, 47, 51, 53,\\n53, 61, 75, 138, 139, 140, 142, 144,\\n146, 147, 220, 227, 331.\\nBrown, Cornelius 3d, 527, 528.\\nBrown, Jonathan, 558.\\nBrown, Dea. Cornelius, 142.\\nBrown, Titus, 53, 57, 82, 87, 89, 138,\\n142, 523, 524, 536.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n631\\nBrown, Warren L., 528, 573.\\nBrown, Reuben Quincy, 528, 573.\\nBrown, Aaron, 195, 522, 523.\\nBrown, Ephraim, 90.\\nBrown, Stephen, 140, 147.\\nBrown, Mrs. Anna, 194.\\nBrown, Owen, 232, 550, 552.\\nBrown, Capt. Reuben, 195, 335, 527,\\n528, 572, 573.\\nBrown, John, 390.\\nBrown Edmund, 195, 523.\\nBrown, Abraham, 523.\\nBrown, Esq., Edmund, 242, 249, 277,\\n336, 339, 523, 524, 527, 532, 537, 624.\\nBrown, R. P.. 336.\\nBrown, George, 265, 297, 525, 528.\\nBrown, Samuel, 266.\\nBrown, Seth G., 335, 528, 572.\\nBrown, Benjamin, 336, 624.\\nBrown, Stephen Harlow, 341.\\nBrown, George H., 353.\\nBrown, Plumb, 367, 537.\\nBrown, Edmund 3d, 368, 624.\\nBrown, Esther, 524.\\nBrown, Abigail, 524.\\nBrown, Abljah, 527, 569.\\nBrown, Luman, 527,\\nBrown, Uriah, 527.\\nBrown, Susanna, 527.\\nBrown, William, 528, 573.\\nBrown, George Jr., 581.\\nBrown, Frank Elwood, 528.\\nBrown, Plumb, M. D., 537, 624.\\nBrown, Miss Mabel E.. 624.\\nBrown, Seth G. Jr., 572.\\nBrown Miner, 266.\\nBronson, Frederick, 551.\\nBronson, Theron, 343.\\nBronson, Capt., 109.\\nBejornsen, Christian, 308, 316.\\nBlodgett, Rev. Mr., 167.\\nBond, Isabella, 563.\\nBuell, Jesse, 225.\\nBuell, Dr. Orson, 575.\\nBuell, John, 36.\\nBuell, Col., 97, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104,\\n111, 114, 119.\\nBurrall, Col., 100, 103, 117, 118.\\nBurt, Abraham, 193, 196.\\nBuell, Capt. Jonathan, 225.\\nBurt, Col., 258.\\nBurt, Rev. Sylvester, 387.\\nBurton, Rev. Dr., 456.\\nBurrall, Ovid, 386.\\nBurdick, William A., 315.\\nBurgess, Francis J., 313.\\nBruey, Joseph, 527.\\nBushnell, A., 585, 586.\\nBurke, Patrick, 588.\\nBurke, Rev. Charles B., 588.\\nBulkley, L. Duncan, M. D., 602.\\nBushnell, Rev. Horace, D. D., 203,\\n204, 223, 344.\\nBurrell, Judge, 289.\\nBunco, Elizabeth, 561.\\nButler, Samuel, 53.\\nButler, Luther, 61, 164, 545, 547.\\nButler, Mrs. Luther, 201, 545.\\nButler, Isaac, 86, 91.\\nButler, Dea. Jared, 126, 148, 195, 546.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Butler, Uri, 289, 547.\\nButler, Calvin, 544.\\nButler, Egbert T., 239, 242, 331, 341,\\n342, 343, 352, 353, 366, 367, 543, 544,\\n576.\\nButler, Egbert J., 311, 544, 576.\\nButler, William, 297, 547.\\nButler, Oliver B., 239, 268, 286, 292,\\n372, 548, 559, 560, 614.\\nButler, Sullivan, 340, 544, 547.\\nButler, Rosanna, 544.\\nBntler, Harriet R., 544, 576.\\nButler, Nathaniel, 547.\\nButler, Elisaph, 547.\\nButler, Jared Jr., 547.\\nButler, Levi, 547.\\nButler, Edwin, 547.\\nButler, Timothy, 547.\\nButler, Almon, 547.\\nButler, Albert, 547.\\nButler, Meriman, 547.\\nButler, Stiles, .547.\\nButler, Hezekiah, 548, 559, .^70.\\nButler, Elizur, 559.\\nButler, Elizabeth, 562.\\nBurr, Hepzibah, 570.\\nBurr, Beulah, 570.\\nBurr, Daniel Jr., 537.\\nBurr, Diantha, 527, 571.\\nBurr, Polly, 201, 527, 571.\\nBurr, Oliver 2d, 530.\\nBurr, James, 530.\\nBurr, Charlotte, 530.\\nBurr, Lucy, 537.\\nBurr, Betsey, 537.\\nBurr, Rachel, 537.\\nBurr, Mary, 537.\\nBurr, Ruby. 537.\\nBurr, Miss Susan, 537.\\nBurr, Eunice, 537.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "632\\nt:ot)Ex.\\nBurr, Lucia, 571.\\nBurr, Elizabeth, 571.\\nBurr, Daniel Sd, 537.\\nBurr, Harriet E., 537.\\nBurr, Martha J., 537.\\nBurr, Ralph C, 535.\\nBurr, Ebenezer, 44, 46, 47, 61, 62, 63,\\n64, 65, 74, 284, 356, 371, 512, 520,\\n527, 530, 536, 570, 614.\\nBurr, Benjamin, 520.\\nBurr, Ebenezer Jr., 69, 522.\\nBurr, Aaron Jr., 196, 530.\\nBurr, Aaron Sons, 195.\\nBurr, Andrew, 45.\\nBurr, Daniel, 194, 336, 519, 520, 536,\\n570.\\nBurr, Asa, 195, 339, 527, 570.\\nBurr, Anna, 523.\\nBurr, Oliver, 285, 520, 559, 569, 570.\\nBurr, Silas, 308, 336, 341, 519, 536,\\n537.\\nBurr, Charles M., 308, 537.\\nBurr, Erastus, 331, 535, 537.\\nBurr, Ebenezer 3d, 341.\\nBurr, John, 520.\\nBurr, Aaron, 520.\\nBryan, Samuel, 311,\\nCamp, Dea. Abraham, 21, 22, 126,\\n148, 229.\\nCamp, Rev. Abraham, 129.\\nCamp, Levi, 195.\\nCalhoun, Dr. Benjamin F., 195, 380,\\n556.\\nCamp, Abel Jr., 195, 297, 305.\\nCamp, Moses, 195, 530.\\nCamp, Samuel Sheldon, 201, 249, 531.\\nCamp, Darius, 244, 360.\\nCase, Edward, 509.\\nCanfleld, Rev. Thomas, 378.\\nClark, Jonathan. 195.\\nCanfield, Daniel, 85.\\nCato, Peter. 74.\\nCase, Capt. Asahel, 30, 46, 61, 62, 66,\\n74, 91, 138, 144, 194, 507, 554, 558.\\nCase, Uriah, 509.\\nCase, Ensign Asahel, 91, 194, 507,\\n554.\\nCase, Jeremiah, 53.\\nCady, Daniel, 216.\\nCanfield, Mr., 232.\\nChauncey, Elihu, 50.\\nChampion, Rev. Judah, 77, 123, 147.\\nCamp, Mr., Ill, 537.\\nCase, Mrs. Dorothy, 123.\\nCase, Capt. Aaron, 193, 195, 507, 554.\\nCanfield, Elmore B., 341, 535.\\nClark, Myron N., 265, 510, 578, 614.\\nCase, Mrs. Lucy, 519.\\nCase, Everett, 265, 507.\\nCrawford, Robert, 308.\\nCanfleld, Edwin R., 308.\\nCampbell, Charles A., 309.\\nCamp, Hiram. 313.\\nCampbell, Leander, 313, 316.\\nCarman, Edward, 313.\\nChalton, Xavier, 313.\\nClark, James, 313.\\nClark, Rev. Eben L., 395.\\nCharpentier, Madame L., 427.\\nCady, Mr. J. Cleveland, 458, 461, 581.\\n593.\\nClark, Prentiss, 497, 573.\\nCadey, Ammi, 537.\\nClapp, Bela. 571.\\nCamp, Moses Jr., 531.\\nCamp, Edward, 531.\\nCamp, Caleb J., 531.\\nCamp, Samuel, M. D., 531.\\nCamp, Charles, M. D., 531.\\nCanfleld, Samuel, 538, 547.\\nCanfield, Edward, 552.\\nCase, Capt. Joseph, 552, 553.\\nCase, Hiram, 554.\\nCase, Dea. Aaron, 554.\\nClark, Annis, 551.\\nClark, Rev. W. E., 586.\\nClark, Betsey, 578.\\nCatlin, B. F., 600.\\nClarkson, Matthew, 602.\\nChamberlain, Mrs. Hattie L., 602.\\nCentral Loan and Trust Co., 214.\\nCelestian, Devantry, 313.\\nClemens, Hiram, 313.\\nClemens, Irwin, 312.\\nCrissey, Israel, 340, 535.\\nCrissey, Benjamin W., 242, 290, 339,\\n341, 520. 535. 536.\\nCrissey, Mrs. Benjamin W., 201, 605.\\nCrissey, Warren, 537.\\nCrissey, Ralph I., 290, 363, 368, 371,\\n386, 529.\\nCrissey, Olive E., 537.\\nCrissey, Theron W., 292, 614.\\nChristina, Jean, 309.\\nChimes, The Norfolk, 601.\\nCoe, William G., 343.\\nCoy, Ephraim, 88, 153, 162, 164, 193,\\n195, 513, 531.\\nCoy, Elkanah, 195.\\nCoy, Mrs. Ephraim, 164.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "Cole, Mrs. C. J., 65, 2G2, 330, 340, 602.\\nCorbally, Simon, 229.\\nComstock, Stephen, 61.\\nComstock, Samuel, 75.\\nCorbin, Peter, 514.\\nCook, Jesse, 95.\\nCole, Daniel. 528.\\nCole, Ebenezer, 523.\\nCouch, Anson, 518.\\nConnecticut Arms Co., 240.\\nCotton, Daniel, 195, 244.\\nCollins, Mr., 111.\\nConverse, Lieut., 116.\\nCollins Company, 246, 258.\\nCollar, Amos K., 336, 341, 535, 536.\\nCollar Brothers. 266.\\nCooke, Lorrin A., 282, 383.\\nCollin, Miss Emeline, 469.\\nCoggswell, Esther, 467.\\nConverse, Major, 323.\\nCross, Rev. J. B., 586.\\nCroft, Rev. J., 586.\\nCoe, Rev. Daniel. 586.\\nCook, Rose Terry, 196.\\nCobb, Dr. Edward, 598.\\nCobb, Albert, 267.\\nCobb, Frederick, 267.\\nCobb, George W., 310, 316.\\nCross, Benjamin C, 272, 275, 521.\\nCrossley, Chauncey, 314.\\nCone, Dea. Samuel, 148, 196, 242, 243,\\n258, 537. 566.\\nCone, Dea. Warren, 143, 164, 196,\\n203, 235, 242, 243, 258, 259, 277, 512,\\n513, 515. 537.\\nCone, Joseph W., 230, 267, 512.\\nCone, Daniel H., 242.\\nCone, John, 297.\\nCowles, Samuel, 22, 46, 47, 61, 63, 66,\\n74, 81, 86, 138, 144, 478, 514, 552.\\nCowles, Dea. Samuel 3d, 515.\\nCowles, Samuel Jr., 22, 198, 514, 515.\\nCowles, Silas, 85, 91.\\nCowles, Noah, 86.\\nCowles, James M., 94, 249, 367, 553,\\n569, 570.\\nCowles, Joseph N., 367, 368, 553, 614,\\n615, 619.\\nCowles, Thomas Trumbull, 295, 296,\\n297, 298, 299, 516, 517.\\nCowles, Amasa Sen., 194, 515, 517,\\n550.\\nCowles, Amasa Jun., 194, 517.\\nCowles, Sherman H., 292, 297, 299,\\n308, 514. 517.\\nINDEX. ,,63a.\\nCowles, Joseph, 147, 199, 552.\\nCowles, Ebenezer, 147, 193, 194, 553.\\nCowles, Ebenezer 2d, 195.\\nCowles, Ensign, 115.\\nCowles, Levi, 153.\\nCowles, William B., 517.\\nCowles, Henry M., 517.\\nCowles, Joseph Rockwell, 516.\\nCowles, Alva Seymour, 516.\\nCowles, Rev. Henry, D. D., 469, 478.\\nCowles, Mrs. Alice Welch, 469, 478.\\nCowles, J. G. W., 469.\\nCowles, Rev. John P., 478.\\nCowles, Olive Phelps, 478.\\nCowles, Adna, 515.\\nCowles, Mrs. Abigail, 199.\\nCowles, Moses, 162, 552, 553, 558.\\nCowles, Solomon, 553.\\nCowles, Mrs. Solomon, 552.\\nCowles, William. 553.\\nCowles, Loyal, 553.\\nCowles, Grovenor, 553.\\nCowles, Miss Louise, 553.\\nChurch, Judge Samuel, 39, 203, 204,\\n223, 228. 362.\\nChurch, F. E., 39L\\nCurtiss, Thomas, 81, 84, 113, 115,\\n156, 230, 286, 339, 488, 514, 528.\\nCurtiss, Henry T., 529.\\nCurtiss, Solomon, 84, 88, 336, 339,\\n528, 529, 531.\\nCurtiss, Dea. Philip E., 528, 529.\\nCurtiss, Medad, 510.\\nCurtiss, Major, 115.\\nCurtiss, Miss Lucy, 201, 529.\\nCurtiss, Solomon Jun., 527, 529.\\nCurtiss, Mrs. Huldah, 528.\\nCurtiss, Miss Anna, 529.\\nCurtiss, Thomas Jun., 529.\\nCurtiss, Henry, 529.\\nCurtiss, Peter, 266, 318, 529, 614.\\nCurtiss, Mrs. Peter, 278, 318, 319,\\n521.\\nCurtiss, Thomas 3d, 529.\\nCurtiss, Miss Sarah, 529.\\nCurtiss, Mrs. Everett P., 469.\\nCurtiss, Augustus P., 266.\\nCurtiss, Lewis W., 307.\\nCurtiss, Loren R., 307.\\nCurtiss, Richard, 547.\\nCurtiss, Job, 515.\\nCurtiss, Rev. Mr., 124.\\nCrumb, William, 572.\\nDay, Thomas, 60, 228, 229.\\nDay, Rev. Jeremiah, 378.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "634\\nINDEX.\\nDay, Abram, 246.\\nDay, Patrick, 311.\\nDaniels, George, 312.\\nDanfortli, Cliarles, 372.\\nDavis, Rev. Abraham, 586.\\nDarrow, Eugene, 614.\\nDean, Rev. Mr., 109.\\nDean, Josepli, 74.\\nDennis, Alfred L.. 265, 347, 522,\\nDennis, Dr. A. S., 335, 524, 602.\\nDean, Reuben, 572.\\nDean, Harlow, 572.\\nDecker, Charles N., 306, 308.\\nDe Mars, Nezair, 313.\\nDe Mars, Peter, 313.\\nDe Mars, S. H.. 390.\\nDeming, Julius, 191.\\nDennison, Ephraim H., 194, 265, 510.\\nDewey, Mr., 110.\\nDecker, Ira, 201.\\nDe Lacey, Senior, 104.\\nDewell, Capt. John, 244, 261, 267,\\n367, 566, 507, 615, 619.\\nDewell, Capt. John H., 312, 567.\\nDewell, James Dudley, 282, 567.\\nDewell, Miss Elizabeth, 567.\\nDewell, Miss Sarah R.. 567.\\nDewell, Miss Mattie, 567.\\nDe Peu, Rev. John, 460, 463, 578,\\n602.\\nDickinson, Thomas, 46, 47.\\nDickinson, Samuel, 262.\\nDickerman, Capt. Hezekiah, 96.\\nDidier, Auguste, 317.\\nDwight, Prest. Timothy, 364.\\nDowd, Mabel, 523.\\nDoud, Thankful, 75.\\nDowd, Content, 523.\\nDowd, Elizur, 156, 265, 286, 510, 518,\\n529, 537.\\nDowd, David Lewis, 336, 537.\\nDowd, William, 537.\\nDowd, Miss Mary, 167,\\nDoud, John, 195, 537.\\nDoud, Joseph, 196.\\nDowd Lawrence, 265.\\nDowd Aiken, 265.\\nDowd, Curtiss Co., 266.\\nDowd, Cornelius, 46, 47, 56, 61, 62,\\n64, 75, 523.\\nDoollttle, David, 196, 244.\\nDorchester, Elizabeth, 546.\\nDowner, William, 309.\\nDowner, William W., 310.\\nDowner, William J., 306, 310.\\nDowner, Edwin M., 310.\\nDoane, Rev. John, 478.\\nDoane, Mrs. Alice Welch, 478.\\nDodge, George L., 547.\\nDouglas, Rev. James, 586.\\nDouglas, Beoajah, 51, 53, 57, 58, 228.\\nDorman, R. A., 602.\\nDonahue, Michael, 309, 317.\\nDutton, Thankful, 576.\\nDutton, Jane, 576.\\nDutton, John, 576.\\nDutton, George, 576.\\nDutton, Asa, 297, 576.\\nDutton, Caroline, 562.\\n^Dutton, Willard, 236, 243.\\nDudley, George Co., 246.\\nDuggan, Colonel, 104.\\nDunbar, Salathiel, 84.\\nDuncan, George, 273.\\nEvans, Rev. Mr.. 106.\\nEvans, Willard, 313, 317.\\nEzra. Rev. George C, 586.\\nEmerson. Rev. Ralph, D. D., 150,\\n151, 157, 162, 163, 169, 171, 173,\\n174, 176, 180, 188, 387, 399, 453,\\n466, 489, 560, 575, 583, 584, 622.\\nEmerson, Rev. Joseph, 180, 181, 275.\\nEmerson, Ralph Waldo, 390.\\nEmerson, Prof. Joseph, 465, 466.\\nEmerson, Mr. Ralph, 466, 622.\\nEmerson, Prof. B. K.. 494.\\nElwell, A. J., 239.\\nEglesion, W. L., 385, .537.\\nEgleston, Thomas, 449.\\nEldridge, Rev. Joseph, D. D., 1, 11,\\n20, 69, 82, 94, 151, 163, 164, 165, 166,\\n167, 168, 169, 173, 229, 270, 277, 291,\\n293, 300, 344, 345, 351, 352, 353, 360,\\n370, 372, 373, 382, 383, 399, 404 to\\n433, 442. 468, 470, 474, 503, 519, 560,\\n580, 583, 594.\\nEldridge, Mrs. Joseph, 166, 167, 292,\\n433 to 441, 581, 583, 594.\\nEldridge, Rev. Azariah, 436, 465.\\nEldridge, Mrs. Azariah, 443, 450, 464\\nto 466.\\nEldridge, Miss Sarah B.. 580, 581.\\nEldridge, Miss Mary, 293, 463, 597,\\n598.\\nEldridge, Miss Isabella, 293, 581, 593,\\n594, 595, 598.\\nEldridge, Joseph B., 255, 367, 615.\\nEldridge, Miss Alice Bradford, 596.\\nEldridge, Anna Battell, 465.\\nEmpire Company, 239, 510.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n635\\nElliott, Rev. Joseph, 586.\\nElliott, Rev. Thomas, 586.\\nEmpire Company, 239, 240.\\nElmore, Colonel, 85.\\nEnos, Colonel, 88, 91.\\nEddy, Dr. Hiram, 476.\\nEddy, Henry H., 273.\\nFlagg, Samuel, 53.\\nFarrand, Rev. Daniel, 74, 75, 77, 97,\\n111, 124, 147, 378.\\nFlancher, Flora, 196.\\nFlaherty, Michael, 313.\\nFrench, William, 91, 194.\\nFrench, Eenoni, 194.\\nFerry, Joseph and Thomas, 195, 380.\\nFerry, Joseph Jun., 195.\\nFerry, Widow Rachel 202.\\nFreedom, Peter, 196, 371, 372.\\nFreedom, Bilhah, 268, 371, 372, 548.\\nFenn, John J., 234.\\nFeathers, Adam, 309.\\nFerry, Capt. Thomas, 552.\\nFree, Rev. Samuel R., 586.\\nFerguson, Rev. J. C, 586.\\nFitton, Rev. James, 588.\\nField, Nathaniel, 82, 83.\\nFitch, Oliver C, 309.\\nFilieau, Joachin. 313.\\nFrisbie, Dea. David, 126, 148, 161,\\n171, 193, 195, 330, 506, 545.\\nFrisbie, David Jun., 195, 506, 545.\\nFrisbie, John C, 196, 506.\\nFrisbie, Irene, 506.\\nFrisbie, Polly, .506.\\nFrisbie, Miranda, 506.\\nFrisbie, Martin Luther, 506.\\nFreeman, Alanson, 314.\\nFreeman, Henry, 314.\\nForbes, Samuel, 57, 58, 195, 228, 259,\\n504.\\nFoote, Col., 191.\\nFoot, Luther, 193, 194, 559.\\nFoot, Asa, 232, 513.\\nFoot, Pliny, 247, 551, 559.\\nFoot, Luman, 551.\\nFosket, Miss Cynthia L., 214, 441.\\nFoster, Ezekiel, 538.\\nFrothingham, Professor A. L., 602.\\nFuller, Edward, 85, 88.\\nGrant, Joel M., 557.\\nGrant, Giles P., 557.\\nGrant, Riley A., 557.\\nGrant, Harvey, 557.\\nGrant, Elijah, 22, 556.\\nGrant, James, 194.\\nGrant, Roswell, 86, 194, .395, 548, 556,\\n557.\\nGrant, Moses, 194, 556, 557.\\nGrant, Joel, 177, 178, 548, 556.\\nGrant, Levi, 194, 556, 557.\\nGrant, Miss Anna B., 395, 557.\\nGrant, Widow Zilpah, 196.\\nGrant, James, 556.\\nGrant, Harry M., 248. 360, 557.\\nGrant, Joel 2d. 554.\\nGrant, Garry Cook, 248, 557.\\nGrant, Zilpah Polly, 274, 556.\\nGrant, Dea. Elijah, 556.\\nGates, Mrs. Andrew F., 469.\\nGage, Edward B., 311.\\nGains, Theodore, 236.\\nGage, Dr. W. L., 421, 456.\\nGager, William, 309.\\nGray, John, 524.\\nGallager, Michael, 312.\\nGaylord, Ludd. 86.\\nGaylord, Ambrose, 86.\\nGaylord, Benjamin, 194.\\nGaylord, Philemon, 194, 518, 544.\\nGaylord, Amasa, 195.\\nGaylord, Lieut. Giles, 85, 90, 100.\\nGaylord, Justis, 46, 47, 61, 230, 548.\\nGaylord, Reuben, 334, 513, 561.\\nGaylord, Capt. Timothy, 61, 81, 87,\\n89, 96, 334, 341, 488, 513, 549.\\nGaylord, Timothy 2d, 82, 87, 248, 370.\\nGaylord, Dea. Edward, 126, 148, 156,\\n195, 380, 551, 555, 575.\\nGaylord, Ira, 575.\\nGaylord, Timothy Reuben, 194.\\nGaylord, Roys Jr., 195, 380, 514.\\nGaylord, David, 195, 247, 256, 537,\\n544.\\nGaylord, Samuel N., 194.\\nGaylord, Samuel Jun., 196, 544.\\nGaylord, Joseph, 196, 256, 467, 518,\\n543, 544.\\nGaylord, Anson, 201, 218, 544, 584.\\nGaylord, Rev. Joseph F., 417.\\nGaylord, Samuel, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53,\\n61, 63, 66, 74, 139, 143, 190, 227, 544,\\n549.\\nGaylord, Joseph Jun., 544.\\nGaylord, Munson C, 243, 537.\\nGaylord, E. Lyman, 200, 248, 355.\\nGaylord, Norton, 248.\\nGaylord, Capt. Hiram, 277, 518.\\nGaylord, Lieut. Hiram D., 308, 316.\\nGaylord, Edward. 336.\\nGaylord, Edward L., 371, 538.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "636\\nINDEX.\\nGaylord, Rev. Reuben, 487, 489.\\nGaylord, Mrs. Mary Curtiss, 488, 519.\\nGaylord, Myron, 490.\\nGaylord, Timothy C, 490, 545.\\nGaylord, Timothy, 514, 518, 545.\\nGaylord, Philemon Curtiss, 518.\\nGaylord, Lewis, 518.\\nGaylord, Henry J., 544.\\nGaylord, Levi P., 544.\\nGaylord, Celestia, 544.\\nGaylord, Julia, 544.\\nGaylord, Chauncey, 544, 545.\\nGregory, Rev. Mr., 124.\\nGreen, Martin, 139, 195, 314.\\nGreen, Mrs. Nathan, 554.\\nGreen Mountain Company, 258.\\nGleason, Rev. John F., 288, 439.\\nGeer, Robert A., 570.\\nGeer, Robert C, 368.\\nGeorge, John. 518.\\nGeorge, Stephen, 518.\\nGermond, Rev. Philip, 586.\\nGriswold, Keziah, 565.\\nGriswold, Col. Willis, 549.\\nGriswold, Edward. 53.\\nGriswold, Roswell, 556.\\nGriswold, Noah, 53.\\nGriswold, Huldah, 528.\\nGriswold, David, 53.\\nGillett, Rev. Alexander, 172.\\nGilbert, Amos, 256, 571.\\nGilbert, Aaron, 266, 357.\\nGilbert, William L., 343.\\nGingell, Richard C, 309.\\nGilbert, James, 569, 571.\\nGilbert, John, 571.\\nGilbert, Thomas, 573.\\nGllliland, Esq., 109.\\nGridley, Dr. T. J., 395.\\nGodard, George Seymour, 261.\\nGordon, Charles, 307.\\nGold, Rev. Mr., 333.\\nGough, John B., 360.\\nGoff, Mr.. 552.\\nGoodwin, Solomon, 577.\\nGoodwin, Hannah, 577.\\nGoodwin, Professor F. J., 602.\\nGuilford, L. T., 177.\\nGuiteau, Phebe, 274.\\nGuiteau, Dr. Ephraim, 468, 481, 543,\\n565, 590.\\nGuiteau, Louisa, 468.\\nGuiteau, Dr. Francis. 481.\\nGuiteau, Dr. Philo, 481, 516, 565\\nGuiteau, Dr. Corydon, 481, 565.\\nGuiteau, Rev. Sheridan, 481, 565.\\nGuiteau, Phebe Sophia, 481, 565.\\nGuiteau, Louisa, 481, 565.\\nGuiteau, Almuris, 516, 565.\\nGuiteau, Delia, 565.\\nGunn, Rev. Lewis, 586.\\nHall, Abraham, 66, 126, 148.\\nHall, John, 38.\\nHall, Hiland. 84.\\nHall, Benjamin, 50.\\nHall, Dea. Abijah, 201.\\nHall, Merrick G.. 577.\\nHall, Jehiel, 75, 83.\\nHall, Desiah, 561.\\nHall, Joseph, 91.\\nHall, Asaph, 573.\\nHall, Asaph Jun., 573.\\nHall, Prof. Asaph, 282, 569.\\nHall, Moses J., 313.\\nHamlin, Jabez, 50.\\nHamblin, Joel, 84.\\nHalt, Capt. David, 89.\\nHawley, Earl Percy, 194, 331, 483,\\n576.\\nHawley, Elisha, 195.\\nHawley, Eleazer, 248.\\nHawley, John, P. Co., 267.\\nHawley Sibley, 267.\\nHawley, Rev. John P., 386, 576.\\nHawley, Laura, 483.\\nHawley, Dea. Philo, 576.\\nHawley, Samuel, 576.\\nHawley, Austin, 576.\\nHazen, Col., 103.\\nHazelton, John, 228.\\nHartford Spring Axle Co., 240,\\n255.\\nHart, Truman, 578.\\nHart, Louise, 578.\\nHarris, Rev. I., 586.\\nHatch, Eliphalet, 23.\\nHaven, Professor Joseph, D. D., 169.\\nHarrison, Mrs. George D., 469.\\nHart, Rev. Asahel, 378.\\nHeady, David, 85.\\nHeady, John, 339, 544.\\nHeady, Mrs. John, 201,\\nHearty, James, 314.\\nHewet, William, 81, 87.\\nHennessey, John, 311.\\nHinman, Col.. 93.\\nHitchcock, President, 187.\\nHills, Silas, 233.\\nHinchman, John J., 238, 250.\\nHill, Lewis. 261.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n637\\nHlne, Edward, 314, 316.\\nHinsdale, Elisha, 389.\\nHinsdale, Col. Hosea, 521.\\nHinckley, Esther, 567.\\nHills, Mrs., 571.\\nHill, Rev. W. E., 583.\\nHiimurst, The, 601.\\nHolt, Isaac, 22, 48, 66, 138, 144, 258,\\n274, 523, 560, 561.\\nHolt, William, 560.\\nHolt, Eleazer, 83, 140, 157, 171, 195,\\n387, 561, 562.\\nHolt, Allen S., 194, 547, 561, 562.\\nHolt, Nicholas, 84, 88, 91, 156, 195,\\n544, 561, 562.\\nHolt, Isaac Jr., 560, 562, 577.\\nHolt, Stephen, 84, 195, 259, 561, 562.\\nHolt, Morris, 561.\\nHolt, Jacob, 153, 560.\\nHolt, Nathan P., 195.\\nHolt, Miss Harriet, 201, 229, 662.\\nHolt, Miss Almiris, 201, 662.\\nHolt, Henry J., 229, 244, 353, 662.\\nHolt, Mercy, 561.\\nHolt, Phebe. 562.\\nHolt, Lyman, 562,\\nHolt, Judge George B., 563.\\nHolt, Rev. Nicholas, 562.\\nHolt, Erastns 2d, 562.\\nHolt, Aretus, 562.\\nHolt, Nathan, 562.\\nHolt, Erastus, 562.\\nHolt, Roger, 562.\\nHolt, Rev. Eleazer, 562.\\nHolt, Stephen Jay, 562.\\nHolt, George H., 562, 577.\\nHolt, Edward D., 562.\\nHolt, Almira, 562.\\nHolt, Keturah, 562, 577.\\nHoward, Frederick T., 602.\\nHoward, Charles M., 341, 602.\\nHollister, Rev. Theron, 586.\\nHoag, Rev. J. H., 586.\\nHooker, Hon. John, 602.\\nHooker, Isabella Beecher, 602.\\nHorsford, Timothy, 43, 45, 53, 58, 59,\\n69, 137, 142, 244.\\nHoyt, Bbenezer, 81, 87.\\nHoskins, Daniel. 85, 89.\\nHolmes, Uriel, 191.\\nHoadley, David, 191, 192.\\nHollister, Charles N., 314, 379.\\nHolley, Alexander H., 343.\\nHovendon, Thomas, 390.\\nHobbs, Professor William H., 494.\\nHolmes, Willard, 506.\\nHollister, J., 513.\\nHosmer, Capt. Thomas, 517.\\nHosmer, Aaron, .522.\\nHowe, Almon, 527.\\nHorton, Rev. J., 586.\\nHotchkiss, Enos. 46.\\nHotehkiss, Oliver L., 162.\\nHotchkiss, James, 46, 52, 53, 61, 63,\\n19.5.\\nHotchkiss, Oliver, 196, 340.\\nHotchkiss, Daniel, 60, 201, 367, 536,\\n558, 615.\\nHotchkiss, Cyrus, 536.\\nHotchkiss, Jonah. 60.\\nHotchkiss, Samuel, 81, 83, 87, 88.\\nHotchkiss, Samuel Jr., 81, 88, 195.\\nHotchkiss, Josiah, 88, 196.\\nHumphrey, Daniel, 22, 565.\\nHumphrey, Samuel, 332.\\nHumphrey, Joseph D., 389.\\nHumphrey, Dudley, 26, 48, 80, 81,\\n140, 198, 541, 565.\\nHumphrey, Mercy, 564.\\nHumphrey, Mrs. Dudley, 221.\\nHumphrey, Asahel, 48, 140, 549, 565.\\nHumphrey, Clarence, 389.\\nHumphrey, Malachi, 195, 573.\\nHumphrey, Jonathan, 51, 53, 56.\\nHumphrey, Levi, 549.\\nHumphrey, John, 53.\\nHumphrey, Merrell, 297, 305, 566.\\nHumphrey, Timothy, 549.\\nHumphrey, Lloyd, 549.\\nHumphreys, Michael, 53, 58, 74, 76,\\n126, 140, 148, 481, 564, 565.\\nHumphrey, James. 549.\\nHumphrey, Phebe, 481, 565.\\nHumphrey, Elizabeth, 195.\\nHumphrey, Noah, 53.\\nHumphrey, Mrs. Urania Battell, 162,\\n166, 401, 433, 443, 450, 458 to 462,\\n584.\\nHumphrey, Dudley 2d, 565, 566, 567.\\nHumphrey, John 2d, 297, 298, 299,\\n565.\\nHumphrey, Griswold, 566.\\nHumphrey, Dea. James, 168, 297,\\n338. 566.\\nHumphrey, William, 312.\\nHumphrey, Horace, 292, 594.\\nHumphrey, Edward J., 313, 316.\\nHumphrey, Malachi, 549.\\nHumphrey, Mary, 566, 567.\\nHumphrey, Dr. Asahel, 566.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "638\\nENDEX.\\nHubbard, Edward, 547.\\nHubbard, Jonas, 85, 89.\\nHubbard, Lavinia M., 469.\\nHulburl, Obadiah, 537.\\nHulburt, Halsey, 525.\\nHurlbut, Leonard. 389.\\nHulburt, Joseph W., 578, 583.\\nHurlbut, Samuel, 389.\\nHurlbut, S. L.. 552.\\nHurlbut, Lemuel, 389.\\nHull, Joseph, 195.\\nHuntington .fe Day, 246, 258.\\nHutching, Col.. 87.\\nHurn, Rev. J. A.. 586.\\nHungerford, Lueinda, 568.\\nHyde, James. 309.\\nImlay, William H., 234, 235.\\nIves, Rev. Jesse, 14, 75, 124.\\nIves, Oapt. Titus, 22, 48, 80, 90, 142,\\n198, 370, 509, 510, 511.\\nIves, George, 138.\\nIves, Rebecca, 196.\\nIves, Hubert L., 266.\\nIves, Joseph, 509.\\nIves, Mrs. Ellsworth D., 469.\\nJay, John. 229.\\nJaokman, Matthew, 309.\\nJackman, Jule, 309.\\nJackman, Frank, 330, 331, 543.\\nJenks, Nathan, 467.\\nJerrolds, Rev. Mr., 586.\\nJones, Joseph, 171, 194, 356, 512, 614.\\nJones, Keziah, 512.\\nJones, Laura. 512.\\nJones, Prudence, 195.\\nJones, Clarissa. 513.\\nJohnson, Samuel, 196, 336, 522, 524,\\n537.\\nJohnson, Jeremiah, 256, 573.\\nJohnson, Zebadiah. 522.\\nJohnson, George, 267.\\nJohnson, Harvey, 524.\\nJohnson, Myron C, 256.\\nJohnson, Philemon, 196. 256, 573.\\nJohnson, Mrs. Lyman, 61, 547.\\nJohnson, Mrs. Minnie-Brown, 528.\\nJohnston, Prof., 33.\\nJudd, William P., 23.6, 585.\\nJudd. Thomas, 515.\\nKnapp, Ezra, 22, 44, 46, 52, 53, 54,\\n55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 66, 74, 76, 138,\\n139, 144.\\nKnapp, Abraham, 46, 61, 84.\\nKnapp, Caleb, 195.\\nKnapp, Isaac. 47.\\nKnapp, Hylan, 195.\\nKnapp, Samuel 3d, 195, 562, 577.\\nKnapp, Ebenezer, 52, 53, 56, 61, 63,\\n66, 138, 144.\\nKnapp, Dr. Ezekiel, 561.\\nKnapp, Thomas, 61, 63,\\nKnapp, Isaac R.. 308.\\nKnapp, Elijah, 84, 88.\\nKnapp, Samuel, 93, 138, 144, 544, 560.\\nKnapp, Isaac M.. 313.\\nKnapp, Rev. Isaac, 561.\\nKnapp, Col. Horace B., 93, 375, 343,\\n544, 562.\\nKnapp, Samuel 4th, 577.\\nKnapp, Hiram, 577.\\nKnapp, Zadok, 46.\\nKnapp, Major Bushnell, 144, 193, 544,\\n561, 562.\\nKnapp, Bowden D., 309, 317.\\nKnapp, Isaac Jun., 577.\\nKnapp, Hannah, 577.\\nKnapp, Mercy, 577.\\nKarmann, George J., 306.\\nKasson, Mrs. Mary Robbins, 395, 399.\\nKeep, Rev. John, 97.\\nKellogg, Mrs. H., 201.\\nKeyes, Aaron, 239, 242, 257.\\nKeyes, Charles E., 310, 316.\\nKeyes, Daniel A., 310.\\nKelley, Abbie, 298.\\nKeating, Rev. P., 589, 590.\\nKerrigan, Thomas, 311.\\nKeller, George, 593.\\nKendall, Mrs. Marie H.. 600.\\nKingsbury, Andrew, 48.\\nKingsbury, Sarah, 561.\\nKing, Gen. William T., 203.\\nKingsbury, Stephen, 590.\\nKilbourn, Jonathan S., 237, 249, 256,\\n336, 366, 533.\\nKilbourn, Joseph K., 238, 250, 231,\\n253, 279.\\nKilbourn, Edward B., 249, 253.\\nKilbourn, H. C. J. K., 250.\\nKilbourn, J. S. Son, 250, 261.\\nKilbourn, Roswell, 258.\\nKilbourn, Blisha, 366.\\nKilbourne, Payne Kenyon, 487, 563.\\nKilburn, James, 537.\\nKnight, Mrs. Dr., 371.\\nLawrence, Nehemiah, 16, 74.\\nLawrence, Capt. Isaac, 329.\\nLawrence, David, 47.\\nLawrence, Gideon, 46, 61, 62, 63, 66.\\nLawrence, Bigelow, 509.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n639\\nLawrence, Daniel Jr., 51, 53, 54, 55,\\n58, 60, 198, 228.\\nLawrence, Grove, 510, 522.\\nLawrence, Rufus, 46, 61.\\nLawrence Francis Le Baron, 395.\\nLawrence William, 266, 357, 360, 395,\\n553, 560, 575.\\nLawrence, Samuel, 51, 509.\\nLawrence, John, 509.\\nLawrence, E. Grove, 61, 142, 203, 235,\\n236, 239, 242, 244, 247, 257, 264, 265,\\n272, 286, 289, 291, 343, 360 510, 585,\\n614, 619.\\nLawrence, Judge Grove, 395, 396.\\nLawrence, Ariel, 85, 356, 386, 509,\\n510, 521.\\nLawrence Swift. 356, 510.\\nLawrence Stevens, 356, 510.\\nLawrence, James Robbing, 395, 396.\\nLawrence, Luther, 86, 89, 509, 510.\\nLawrence, Miss Eliza. 395.\\nLawrence, Miss Sarah, 395.\\nLawrence, Frederick, 562.\\nLawrence, Hiram P., 168, 247, 368,\\n511, 614.\\nLawrence, Nathaniel S., 331, 509, 511.\\nLawrence, Mrs. Abbie Moses, 191,\\n525.\\nLawrence Machine Company, 239,\\n246, 511.\\nLawrence, Edmund D., 239, 367.\\nLawrence, Augustus P., 247, 257, 510,\\n562.\\nLawrence, A. H. P., 247.\\nLawrence, James, 509.\\nLawrence, Elijah, 509.\\nLawrence, Ariel Jr., 509.\\nLawrence, Levi, 510.\\nLawrence, Grove P.. 511.\\nLawrence, Jerusha P., 511.\\nLawrence, Susan P., 511.\\nLawrence, Elizabeth H., 511.\\nLawrence, Miss Augusta P., 511.\\nLawrence, Nancy A., 511.\\nLawrence, Miss Clara, 581.\\nLake, Miss Marcia, 605.\\nLake, Lois, 577.\\nLallier, Monsieur, 428.\\nLafayette, General, 88, 95.\\nLaber, John, 313.\\nLawson, David. 196.\\nLamb, Thomas. 228.\\nLane, A. A., 237.\\nLandon Brothers, 266.\\nLa Bouss, Gabriel, 312.\\nLarned, Mrs. Irene Battell, 160, 402,\\n443, 450, 451 to 454, 579, 580.\\nLarned, Professor William, 453.\\nLewis, Phineas, 53.\\nI;ee, Rev. Jonathan, 77, 123, 378.\\nLee, Rev. Chauncey, 156, 172, 387.\\nLee, Nathaniel, 537.\\nLester, Andrew, 81, 8.3, 88.\\nLeach, William, 86.\\nLewis, Charles A., 306, 307.\\nLewis, George M., 310.\\nLe Baron, Dr. Francis, 397, 401, 447,\\nLe Baron, Miss Elizabeth, 392.\\nLe Baron, Miss Priscilla, 396.\\nLe Baron, Dr. Lazarus, 397.\\nLe Baron, Rev. Lemuel, 398.\\nLe Baron, Miss Lydia Bradford, 401.\\nI^ent, Rev. Isaac, 586.\\nLevi, J. S., 591.\\nLincoln, Abraham, 300, 306, 357, 574.\\nLinshott, Arthur, 312.\\nLittle, Mrs. Thomas H., 469.\\nLoomis, Joseph, 194, 518.\\nLoomis, Elijih, 244.\\nLoomis, Mary, 527.\\nLockwood, Seth, 570.\\nLockwood, Mary, 570.\\nLoveland, Daniel Son, 195.\\nLoveland, Elizabeth, 468.\\nLodge, Rev. Thomas, 580.\\nLusk, James, 53.\\nLudenton, Aaron, 196.\\nLusk, Dr., .57.3.\\nLyman, Maj. General, 19.\\nLyman, Miss Hannah, 189.\\nLyon, Miss Mary, 182, 184, 186, 187.\\nLyman, Rev. David, 586.\\nLyman, Theodore, 602.\\nMack, Ebenezer. 83, 94, 96.\\nMars, Jupiter, 91, 370, 371.\\nMason, Elijah, 91.\\nMcCarty, Dennis. 259.\\nMcAlpine, John, 389.\\nMcMahon, Bishop, 590.\\nMcKean, Linus, 139, 195.\\nMcEwen, Rev. Albert, 382.\\nMcEwen, Robert, 382.\\nMcNeil, Hiram, 552.\\nMcCormick, William, 190.\\nMcCook, Col., 306.\\nMcDonald, Alexander, 307.\\nMcDonald, John, 310.\\nMarsh. John. 36.\\nManross, Samuel, 52, 53, 61, 63, 65.\\n139, 143.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "640\\nINDEX.\\nMars, Fanny, 370, 371.\\nMars, Dea. James, 91, 201, 229, 231,\\n300, 370, 504, 512.\\nMars, Rev. Jolin, 370.\\nMars, Charlotte, 370.\\nMarsh, Rev. Frederick, 179, 387.\\nMaltbie, Benjamin, 195, 507, 518.\\nMaltbie, Jacob. 195.\\nMaltbie, Alouzo J., 292.\\nMaltbie, Elizur, 309, 316.\\nMaltbie, Elou, 507, 518.\\nMaltbie, Jesse, 553.\\nMaltbie, Charles B.. 586.\\nMayhew, Capt., 108.\\nManley, Amos, 268.\\nMason, James L., 307.\\nMartin, George, 310.\\nMason, William, 311.\\nMartindale, General, 324.\\nMarvin, Eugene, 377.\\nMarshall, Henry Rutgers, 596.\\nMarvin, George A., 600.\\nMeeker, Phineas, 146, 200, 336, 527,\\n571.\\nMerrills, Prudence, 565.\\nMills, Michael P., 18, 60, 141, 157,\\n165, 190, 101, 194, 203, 234, 292, 330,\\nS40, 356, 379, 503, 504, 539, 545. 546,\\n560, 615.\\nMills, Michael G., 289, 546, 615.\\nMills, Frederick, 272.\\nMills, Constantine, 89, 195, 555.\\nMills, Augustus, 194.\\nMills, Joseph, 23, 46, 47, 61, 63, 75,\\n89, 126, 138. 144, 148, 524, 545, 555.\\nMills, Dea. Joseph, 545,\\nMills, Capt. Michael, 48, 87, 370, 509,\\n545, 546.\\nMills, Miss Susan L., 545.\\nMiils, Hiram, 201, 297, 539.\\nMills, Charles H., 66, 513, 546.\\nMills, Myron H., 266, 291, 292, 357,\\n529, 545.\\nMills, Eden, 83, 193, 194, 504, 545.\\nMills, Lawrence, 164, 194, 297, 331,\\n545.\\nMills, Samuel, 46, 47, 61, 62, 66, 75,\\n81, 119, 126, 138, 144, 148, 505, 545.\\nMills, Prof. John L., 511, 546.\\nMills, Abigail, 75.\\nMills, Simeon, 85, 89, 545.\\nMills, Benoni, 195, 545, 555.\\nMills, Smith, 555.\\nMills, Irad, 306. 545.\\nMills, Samuel J., 306, 316.\\nMills, Miss Ellen R., 455.\\nMills, Benjamin, 505.\\nMills, Ralph, 509.\\nMills, Zenus, 509.\\nMills, Sarah Pettibone, 545.\\nMills, Daniel, 545.\\nMills Crissey, 266.\\nMills, Margaret, 546.\\nMills, Sarah, 546.\\nMills, Rev. Gideon, 552.\\nMills, Rev. Joseph, 555.\\nMills, Roger, 555.\\nMills, Abiram, 579.\\nMills, John Milton, 545.\\nMills, Francis B., 545.\\nMills, Frederick Ira, 54G.\\nMiller, Clarissa Pinney, 568.\\nMiller, Martha, 568.\\nMiller, Godfrey, 308.\\nMiller, John B.. 312.\\nMinor, John, 86.\\nMiner, Dea. Noah, 148, 195, 200, 216,\\n568, 571.\\nMiner, Alden, 571.\\nMiner, Thomas Jr., 195.\\nMiner, Seth, 266, 571.\\nMiner, Horace, 571.\\nMiner, Albert, 571.\\nMiner, Preston. 571.\\nMillett, Rev. Joseph, 586.\\nMitchel, Rev. William, 150.\\nMitchell, Rev. John, 163.\\nMiles, Sterling, 551.\\nMontgomery, Gen. Richard, 30.\\nMoore, Andrew, 22, 81, 86.\\nMoore, Rev. Christopher, 589.\\nMott, Capt. Edward, 93.\\nMorris, Governeur, 229.\\nMoses, Benoni, 139, 143, 226.\\nMoses, Jonathan, 195, 524, 527.\\nMoses, Jesse, 195, 524, 527.\\nMoses, Thomas, 195, 445, 524.\\nMoses, Dr. Salmon, 445, 524, 526.\\nMoses, Joshua Jr., 196, 199, 527, 537.\\nMoses, Joshua 3d, 524, 527.\\nMoses, Joshua Nelson, 200, 339, 527.\\nMorse, Charles, 254.\\nMorehouse, Edward Y., 267, 307.\\nMoses, Abigail, 424.\\nMoses, Ruth, 524.\\nMoses, Jonah, 524, 527.\\nMoses, Thomas Jr., 525.\\nMoses, Ralph, 525.\\nMoses, Benjamin, 525.\\nMoses, Julia, 525.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n641\\nMoses, Betsey, 525.\\nMoses, Eunice, 525.\\nMoses, Ruth, 525.\\nMoseley, William H., 602.\\nMurray, Jeffery, 81, 87.\\nMurray, Jasper, 83, 88.\\nMunger, Elizur, 85, 156, 195, 371, 504,\\n507.\\nMunger, Reuben, 85, 507, 518, 532.\\nMunger, Jonathan, 509.\\nMunson, Philo, 194.\\nMunson, Joshua, 216.\\nMunson, Kneeland J., 216, 217, 366,\\n367.\\nMurphy, Russell A., 307, 316.\\nMurphy, Benjamin A., 309.\\nMurphy, Eugene, 314.\\nMunson, Augustus, 572.\\nMunson, Rev. Mr., 111.\\nNatter, E. W. F.. 374.\\nNettleton, Joshua, 194, 576.\\nNettleton, William, 194, 577.\\nNettleton, Joshua Jun., 194, 576.\\nNettleton, Titus, 194, 331, 576.\\nNettleton, Miss Margaret, 278, 577.\\nNettleton, Desiah, 278, 577.\\nNettleton, Joseph P., 314, 576, 577.\\nNettleton, John, 330, 545, 576, 577.\\nNettleton, George, 545, 576.\\nNettleton, Roger, 576.\\nNettleton, Mark, 576.\\nNettleton, Joseph, 576.\\nNeilson, Col.. 253.\\nNewcomb, L. Z., 395.\\nNewbold, James, 310.\\nNewell, Rev. Abel, 77, 128, 378.\\nNorfolk Bank, 366.\\nNorfolk Savings Bank, 265, 367.\\nNorfolk Silk Company, 254.\\nNorfolk Woolen Company, 237.\\nNorfolk Manufacturing Co., 238.\\nNorfolk Leather Company, 242, 511.\\nNorfolk Hosiery Company, 249, 251,\\n252, 318.\\nNorfolk N. B. Hosiery Co., 252,\\n253, 254.\\nNorfolk House, 267.\\nNorthway, Samuel Son, 195, 590.\\nNorthway, Samuel D., 168, 203, 216,\\n242, 335, 366, 569.\\nNorthway, Timothy D., 195.\\nNorthway, S. D. Mfg. Co., 239, 241,\\n267.\\nNorthway, James Oscar, 267.\\nNorthway, Charles K., 335, 569.\\nNorthrop, Supt., 348.\\nNorth, Bbenezer, 515.\\nNoble, Peter, 83, 94.\\nNorton, Henry, 60.\\nNorton, Phineas, 82, 87.\\nNorton, Alvin, 562.\\nNorton, Ephraim, 194.\\nNorton, Levi, 84, 88.\\nNorton, Lewis, 387.\\nNorton, Dea. Sylvanus, 148, 195.\\nNorton, Stephen, 195, 247, 555.\\nNorton, Dea. Dudley, 148, 257, 277,\\n562, 577.\\nNorton, Isaac, 562.\\nNorton, Anson, 194, 201, 367, 383, 537,\\n556.\\nNorton, William J., 298, 506, 556.\\nNorton, Ebenezer, 195, 523, 524, 558.\\nNorton, Ebenezer Jun.. 523.\\nNorton, Sylvanus Jr., 195.\\nNorton, Stephen Jr., 195, 555, 568,\\n569, 570.\\nNorton, Robert, 277.\\nNorton, Jonathan, 196, 555.\\nNorton, Miss Eliza, 276.\\nNorton, Rev. John F., 276, 277.\\nNorton, Dea. Lewis Mills, 276.\\nNorton, Mrs. H. F., 277.\\nNorton, Edward, 277.\\nNorton, Mrs. William J., 371.\\nNorton, Chandler Dowd, 523.\\nNorton, Mabel Holt, 523.\\nNorton, William, 524.\\nNorton, Chandler, 524.\\nNorton, Rebeckah, 524.\\nNorton, Sarah, 524,\\nNorton, John, 555.\\nNorton, Thomas, 555.\\nNorton, Charles Lyman, 556.\\nNorton, Experience, 557.\\nOakley, Capt. William, 571.\\nOakley, Burr. 571.\\nOakley, Mary L., 571.\\nOlmsted, Henry, 395.\\nOdell, William C, 573.\\nO Connor, William, 614.\\nOrvis, David, 82, 87, 195.\\nOrvis, Roger, 83, 88.\\nOrvis, Samuel, 84, 88.\\nOrvis, Eliezer, 85.\\nOrvis, Joseph, 194.\\nOrvis, Joseph Jr., 194.\\nO Reilly, Bishop, 589, 590.\\nO Neil, Ann. 588.\\nO Reilly, Rev. Charles, 588.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "642\\nINDEX.\\nO Brien, Matthew, 201.\\nO Brien, John, 314.\\nOsborn, Samuel, 569.\\nOsborne, Judge, 396.\\nOviatt, Nelson, 525.\\nOsburn, Rev. Sylvanus, 77.\\nPalmer, Reuben, 90, 524.\\nPalmer, George, 44, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61,\\n62, 140, 228.\\nPalmer, Mrs. Silas, 547.\\nPain, Stephen, 194, 231, 538.\\nPackard, Rev. W. K., 444.\\nPardee, Charles, 507.\\nParmeter, Philomela, 523.\\nPaterson, John, 51, 53.\\nParker, Bphraim, 81, 87, 380.\\nParker, Jotham, 83.\\nPardia, Ebenezer, 61.\\nParmelee, Capt., 105.\\nParrit, James, 193, 194, 196, 200, 260,\\n297.\\nParritt, Zalmon, 260, 297, 531.\\nParrett, Theodore, 314, 316.\\nPratt, Capt. Isaac, 225.\\nPiatt, Dea. Levi, 269.\\nPaul, Jean. 312.\\nPease, Earl P., 195, 229, 233, 234,\\n508. 538.\\nPease, Nathaniel, 138, 195, 231, 244,\\n508, 538.\\nPease, Col. Augustus P., 562.\\nPease, Mrs. Desiah, 195.\\nPease, Phineas, 508.\\nPease, Calvin, 508, 509.\\nPease, Louisa, 508.\\nPease, Allen, 508, 533.\\nPease, Nathaniel Jr., 508.\\nPease, Obadiah, 508.\\nPease, Dr. William A., 562.\\nPease, J]lizaheth, 562.\\nPease, Helen B., 562.\\nPease, Harriet A., 562.\\nPease, Stephen Holt, 562.\\nPease, Capt. George E., 562.\\nPease, Salmon, 234.\\nPhelps, Capt. John, 23, 520, 544, 545,\\n590.\\nPhelps, Col. Jeremiah W., 85, 91,\\n139, 147, 156, 193, 194, 197, 543, 544,\\n575.\\nPhelps, Elijah, 85, 86, 91.\\nPhelps, Abel, 56, 57, 66, 67, 74, 227.\\nPhelps, Joseph, 53, 91.\\nPbelps, David, 46, 47, 53, 56.\\nPhelps, Benjamin, 53.\\nPhelps, Arab, 244, 387.\\nPhelps, Jedediah, 195, 386, 543, 544,\\n561, 575.\\nPhelps, Capt. Augustus, 195, 543, 544.\\nPhelps, Capt. Darius, 83, 194, 520,\\n521, 530, 543.\\nPhelps, Dea. Darius, 141, 148, 1Q3,\\n203, 297, 299, 363, 371, 375, 520, 531,\\n580, 614, 615.\\nPhelps, Wilcox, 194, 200, 520, 576.\\nPhelps, Elkanah, 48.\\nPhelps, Bethuel, 194, 570.\\nPhelps, Launcelot, 194, 557.\\nPhelps, George, 348.\\nPhelps, William C, 297, 552, 554,\\n558.\\nPhelps, John, 561.\\nPhelps, Isaac, 561.\\nPhelps, Morris, 561.\\nPhelps, Daniel, 561.\\nPhelps, Mercy, 561.\\nPhelps, Desiah, 561.\\nPhelps, Abiram, 561.\\nPhelps, Mrs. Lydia, 561.\\nPhelps, Polly, 565.\\nPhelps, Mrs. Mary Aiken, 520, 521.\\nPhelps, Levi P., 543.\\nPhelps, Noah A., 504.\\nPhelps, Dorotha, 507.\\nPhelps, Dea. Asahel G., 507.\\nPettibone, Col. Giles, 22, 28, 46, 47,\\n48, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, SO, 81,\\n87, 140, 199, 229, 230, 233, 264, 370,\\n380, 504, 505, 512, 538, 539, 540, 614,\\n615.\\nPettibone, Jonathan, 51, 53, 60, 195,\\n467, 512.\\nPettibone, Eli, 16, 46, 47. 61, 62, 63,\\n86, 108.\\nPettibone, Judge Augustus, 140, 156,\\n157, 161, 163, 195, 234, 272, 277, 339,\\n510, 541, 615, 619.\\nPettibone, Abel, SS.\\nPettibone, Isaac, 46, 47, 53, 56, 61,\\n63, 64, 66, 74, 158.\\nPettibone. Ahijah, 508.\\nPettibone, Daniel, 83, 91, 196, 553,\\n570.\\nPettibone, Elijah, 81, 87, 91.\\nPettibone, Dea. Amos, 60, 89, 141,\\n148, 165, 297, 298, 299, 304, 360, 518,\\n539, 556. 578.\\nPettibone, Rev. Philo C, 518.\\nPettibone, Giles Jr., 70, 221, 262, 386,\\n508, 522, 539, 614.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n643\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone.\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nC14.\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\n196, 229,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\n489, 518.\\nPettibone,\\n541.\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\n514.\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPettibone,\\nPendleton,\\n573.\\nPendleton,\\n585.\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\n573.\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nPendleton,\\nMrs. Louisa Welch, 470.\\nPolly, 589.\\nLouisa, 539.\\nJulia, 539.\\nEunice, 539.\\nCharlotte, 539.\\nSusan, 539.\\nDasiah Humphrey, 539.\\nLevi, 539, 540.\\nLoisa, 194.\\nMaria, 529.\\nJohn, 538.\\nJonathan Humphrey, 539,\\nSarah, 539, 546.\\nLieut. Samuel, 21, 87, 89,\\n381, 518.\\nJosiab, 194, 511, 522, 538.\\nSereno, 272, 274, 380, 539.\\nRev. Ira, 334, 468, 479,\\nJudge Rufus, 243, 539, 540,\\nS.amuel Jr., 196, 518.\\nAsa G., 268, 366, 367.\\nCol. Ira, 479.\\nBenjamin Welch, 479, .504,\\nMary Louise, 479.\\nRosanna, 504, 505.\\nOzias, 508.\\nRoswcll, 509.\\nMrs. Julia, 512, 522.\\nLorrin, 518.\\nAlanson, 518.\\nDr. Luman, 518.\\nRev. Roswell, 518.\\nEthan, 335, 567, 568, 569,\\nRussell, 246, 567, 573, 584,\\nDamon S., 307, 316.\\nHarry, 307, 568, 569.\\nHobart, 308, 568, 570.\\nGeorge H., 308, 316.\\nSchuyler B., 314, 316.\\nLucius, 504, 567, 568.\\nTaylor, 567.\\nFrederick, 567, 568, 570,\\nAbel, 568, 569.\\nSally, 568.\\nMary, 568, 570.\\nRobert, 568.\\nOlive, 568.\\nPeck, William K. Sen., 443.\\nPeck, William K. Jun., 367, 614, 615.\\nPeck, J. Bidwell, 375.\\nPeck, Rev. Joseph, 14, 63, 75.\\nPeck, Elliott, 313.\\nPeck, John W., 310, 316.\\nPeck, Mrs. Elizabeth Dewell, 567.\\nPerrin, Rev. Dr. L., 432.\\nPeet, Rev. Stephen, 274.\\nPerry, Myron, 241.\\nPeaslee, Edward H., M. D., 65, 602.\\nPearson, Capt., 109.\\nPerkins, Lockwood, 268.\\nPerkins, Philip, 310,\\nPrentice, Rev. Mr., 387.\\nPreston, Mrs. Seth, 201.\\nPierpont, Rev. John, 203.\\nPrince, Ensign, 314, 317.\\nPrime, Joseph, 314.\\nPrime, James, 314.\\nPitkin, Col. John, 331.\\nPierce, Moses, 339.\\nPinney, Esq., Grove, 568, 570.\\nPinney, Flora, 568.\\nPinney, Damon, 568, 570.\\nPinney, Orson, 568.\\nPierce, Rev. Ezra B., 586.\\nPotter, Rev. Mr.. 128.\\nPorter, Dea. Frederick E., 169, 247,\\n255, 367, 427, 513, 560, 575.\\nPorter, Col. Joshua, 229.\\nPorter, Lucius P., 252, 253, 575.\\nPorter, Prest. Noah, 404, 429, 432,\\n438.\\nPorter, Capt. Henry, 543, 544, 575.\\nPorter, Jennette, 544, 576.\\nI orter, James, 576\\nPorter, Butler Co., 238.\\nPowell, Rev. B. C, 444, 586.\\nPotter, Bradley, 266.\\nPotter, Jared, 297, 299.\\nPlumb, Amariah, 46, 47, 62, 82, 83.\\nPlumbly, Ebenezer, 85, 90, 195.\\nPlumley, Joseph, 195, 524.\\nPutnam, Gen. Israel. 92, 220, 466.\\nPupin, Prof. M. I., 341, 535, 602.\\nPlumb, Frederick, 386.\\nPurple, Miss Rachel, 433.\\nQuinn, Rev. Thomas, 589.\\nRandolph, Peyton, 29.\\nRansom, Samuel, 60, 61, 228.\\nReed, Col., 112, 113, 115.\\nReid, Dr. Adam. 432, 474.\\nReeder, Mrs. Sarah, 181, 274.\\nRichards, Elisha, 46. 61.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "644\\nINDEX.\\nRichards, Jedediah, 16, 44, 46, 47, 59,\\n61, 63, 69, 74, 91, 138, 139, 143, 146,\\n506.\\nRichards, Jedediah Jr., CO, 85, 193,\\n196, 506.\\nRichards, Salmon, 506.\\nRichards, Robert U., 195.\\nRichards, Thomas, 246, 258.\\nRichards, Roswell, 506.\\nRichards, James, 75.\\nRiggs, Esq., Joseph, 289, 548, 550,\\n551, 615.\\nRiggs, Norman, 89, 92, 219, 504, 527,\\n549, 551, 579.\\nRiggs, Miles, 91, 92, 195, 335, 515,\\n528, 548. 550.\\nRiggs, Lewis, M. D., 550.\\nRiggs, Eden, 194, 335, 528, 550, 570.\\nRiggs, Hiram Harman, 335, 528, 550.\\nRiggs, Frederick, 335.\\nRiggs, George, 551.\\nRiggs, Chauncey, 551.\\nRider, Andrew, 573.\\nRiley, John C, 387.\\nRipley, Rev. Mr., 109.\\nRice, William B., 279, 283, 291, 292,\\n293, 325, 383, 569, 615.\\nRice, John, 537.\\nRice, Amanda, 562.\\nRoys, Auren, 70, 78, 156, 194, 287,\\n513, 519, 520, 538, 614,\\nRoyce, Josiah, 528.\\nRoys, Erastus, 569.\\nRoys, Caroline, 569.\\nRoys, Clarissa, 569.\\nRoys, Maria, 569.\\nRoys, Harriet, 572.\\nRoys, Catharine, 572.\\nRoys, Luther, 572.\\nRoys, Lorenzo, 572.\\nRoys, Nathaniel, 153, 194, 202, 236,\\n528, 536.\\nRoys, Harlow, 191, 240, 241, 242, 267,\\n525, 569.\\nRoys, Hiram, 335, 339, 528, 572.\\nRoys, Augustus, 194, 240, 569, 572.\\nRoys, Daniel, 194. 572.\\nRoys, James, 195, 339, 572.\\nRoys, Josiah, 195.\\nRoys, David W., 196, 341, 513.\\nRobbins, Rev. Ammi R., 14, 15, 17,\\n30, 70, 76, 77, 82, 96, 97, 122, 137,\\n151, 156, 196, 270, 274, 287, 329, 378,\\n386, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, 507, 534,\\n584, 593.\\nRobbins, Madam Elizabeth, 394, 396.\\nRobbins, Rev. Thomas, D. D., 141,\\n274, 287, 288, 334, 393, 395, 396, 397!\\nRobbins, Rev. Philemon, 76, 77, 123,\\n147, 392, 396.\\nRobbins, Natthaniel, 139, 194, 395,\\n396, 519, 520, 535.\\nRobbins, Miss Sarah, 395.\\nKbbbins, Francis Le Baron, 396.\\nRobbins, Ammi R. Jr., 396, 398, 399.\\nRobbins, James W., 395.\\nRobbins, Mrs. James. 166.\\nRobbins, Theodore, 309.\\nRobbins, Ammi 3d, 395.\\nRobbins, George, 395.\\nRobbins, Edward, 395.\\nRobbins, James, 396, 400.\\nRobbins, Samuel, 396, 399.\\nRobbins, Richard, 396.\\nRobbins, Francis L., D. D., 403.\\nRobbins School, 279. 2S4.\\nRoberts, Rev. Nathaniel, 77, 123, 378.\\nRoberts, Halsey, 314, 317.\\nRogers, Abiathar, 85, 90, 196.\\nRobinson, Joseph, 309, 317.\\nRobinson, Rev. Jonathan, 586.\\nRogers, Richard W., 602.\\nRood, Jabez, 61.\\nRood, James, 195.\\nRoot, George F.. 375.\\nRoot, Charles, 314.\\nRoot, Sidney, 538.\\nRowland, D. H., 247, 602.\\nRockwell, Theron, 483.\\nRockwell, Annie C, 483.\\nRockwell, Dr. Philo G., 517.\\nRockwell, Columbus, 517.\\nRockwell, Samuel, 575.\\nRockwell, Alpha, 575.\\nRockwell, Martin, 575.\\nRockwell, Miss Eliza, 575.\\nRockwell, Miss Cornelia, 276, 575.\\nRockwell, John T.. 343.\\nRockwell, Miss Caroline A., 395.\\nRockwell, Seth, 387.\\nRockwell, Joseph, 90, 196, 516.\\nRockwell, George, 290, 516.\\nRussell, Horace, 311.\\nRussell, Rev. Mr., 167.\\nRyan, Edward E., 235, 236, 237, 314,\\n573. 588.\\nRyan, John, 235, 236, 237, 325, 511,\\n573, 574. 588.\\nRyan, Charles, 235, 573, 588.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n645\\nRyan, Matthew, 201, 235, 236, 237,\\n264,, 573, 574, 58S.\\nRyan, J. E. E. Co., 233, 236, 237,\\n261, 264, 510, 573, 574, 578.\\nRyan, Mrs. Matthew, 201.\\nRyan, Charles M., 236, 264, 574, 575.\\nRyan, Timothy, 306, 317.\\nRyan, Colonel George, 325.\\nRyan, Matthew J.. 511.\\nRyan, Joanna B., 574.\\nRyan, Frank K., 574.\\nRyan, James R., 574.\\nRyan, Bernard E., 574.\\nRyan, Lawrence A., 574.\\nRyan, Margaret M., 574.\\nSpaulding, Jacob, 61, 138, 144, 380,\\n577.\\nSpaulding, Philo, 195.\\nSpaulding, Mrs. Jerusha, 102.\\nSpaulding, Isaac, 195, 562, 577.\\nSpaulding, Isaac Jun., 577.\\nSpaulding, Austin A., 239, 367, 578.\\nSpaulding, Daniel, 339, 577, 578.\\nSpaulding, Charles S., 312, 578.\\nSpaulding, Frederick A., 578.\\nSpaulding, John F., 578.\\nSpaulding, Daniel R., 578.\\nSpaulding, William A., 578.\\nSpaulding, Frederick S., 578, 600.\\nStrain, Rev. James, 588.\\nSacket, Solomon, 577.\\nStannard, Obed, 550.\\nStannard, James, 549.\\nStannard, Appleton, 549.\\nStannard, jVfalachi, 549.\\nStannard, Horace. 513.\\nSlater, James J., 313.\\nSparks, W. I., 266.\\nSlade Fenn, 235.\\nSlade, William R., 234.\\nStarr, Rev. Peter, 172, 378, 402.\\nStark, Miss, 276.\\nSage, Alpha, 265.\\nSage, Calvin N., 306.\\nSage, Edmund B., 310.\\nSage, Enos A.. 310.\\nSage, Edward B., 317.\\nStanton, William, 355.\\nSaxton, Jehiel, 355.\\nSalmon, Mr.. 519.\\nSwain, Theron, 567.\\nSagur, Rev. Charles, 586.\\nSeymour, Bevell, 53.\\nSeward, Elizabeth, 195.\\nSeward, Abigail, 512.\\nSeward, Brotherton, 75, 81, 87, 88,\\n116, 117, 229,\\nSeaward, Capt. Joseph, 75, 578.\\nSeaward, Elnathan, 84.\\nStevens, Reuben, 84.\\nSeymour, Samuel, 248.\\nSeymour, Rufus P., 248.\\nSeymour, Alva, 517.\\nSperry, Lemuel, 85.\\nSteward, Silas, 86.\\nSterling, Elisha, 191.\\nSedgwick, Capt. Abraham, 96.\\nSedgwick, Major, 97, 117.\\nStevens, Capt., 102.\\nStevens, Nathaniel, 140, 156, 157, 194,\\n234, 239, 510, 538, 547, 614.\\nStevens, Halsey, 539, 548.\\nStevens, Dr. J. H. P., 199, 307, 548.\\nStevens, Jerusha Pettibone, 510.\\nStevens, E. C, 215, 267, 601.\\nStevens, Nathaniel B., 216, 239, 237,\\n265, 291, 343, 360, 578, 615.\\nStevens, John, 547.\\nStevens, N. B. Co., 240, 245, 258,\\n510.\\nStevens, Nathaniel Jun., 548.\\nShepard, Major James, 143, 512, 521,\\n522, 538.\\nShepard, Capt. John A., 168, 202, 379,\\n390, 482, 546.\\nShepard, Frederick M., 293, 348, 482,\\n590, 599.\\nShepard, Levi, 201, 232, 245, 246, 286,\\n338, 548.\\nShepard, Mrs. Levi, 245.\\nShepard, Capt. John K., 238, 239,\\n246, 267, 299, 353, 366, 367, 546, 548.\\nShepard, Mrs. Sarah Mills, 356.\\nShepard, James H., 265, 267, 522.\\nShepard King, 265.\\nShepard Johnson, 265.\\nStevens Hawley, 267.\\nStevens, Richard, 258.\\nStevens House, 267.\\nSelden, Joseph, 255.\\nSmedley, Thomas, 308.\\nSteck, Francis, 311, 317.\\nSpellman, George W., 312.\\nSpellman, Charles, 314, 317.\\nSeymour, Cornelia R., 530, 575.\\nStedman, Col., 323, 324.\\nSeymour, Judge Origin S., 326.\\nSeymour, Governor Horatio, 327.\\nStevens, George W., 367.\\nSchenb, Mrs. Professor, 400.", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "646\\nINDEX.\\nSearles, Enoch, 467.\\nStevens, Eunice, 467.\\nStevens, Phebe, 468.\\nSedgwick, Miss Emily, 469.\\nShepard, Dr. Charles U., 461.\\nShepard, Annie Rockwell, 483.\\nShepard, Clara Margaret, 483.\\nShepard, Joseph Minott, 483.\\nShepard, John Andrus, 483.\\nShepard, Edith Mills, 483.\\nShepard, Zebulun, 513.\\nShepard, Samuel, 522.\\nShepard, Prof. Edward, 522.\\nSexton, David, 195, 547, 554.\\nSexton, Rebecca, 547.\\nSexton, Melissa, 562.\\nStearns, Rev. William P., 579.\\nStevens, The, 601.\\nStevens, Harry E.. 614.\\nSmith, Rev. Cotton M., 77.\\nSmith, Asher, 85, 528, 568, 569, 570,\\n573.\\nSmith, John, 195. 545.\\nSmith, Capt. Charles, 90.\\nSmith, Joseph, 196, 548.\\nSmith, Rev. Theophilus, 163.\\nSmith, Augustus, 196, 240, 569, 570.\\nSmith, Dr. Francis B.. 367.\\nSmith, Erastus, 286.\\nSmith, Mrs. Erastus, 201.\\nSmith, Richard, 228.\\nSmith, Gip, 559.\\nSmith, Samuel, 201, 373, 528.\\nSmith, Philo, 257, 360, 363, 554, 558.\\nSmith, Obadiah, 91, 220, 257, 290,\\n363, 555, 559.\\nSmith, Lorrin B., 559.\\nSmith, Arthur, 555.\\nSmith, Samuel Jr., 314.\\nSmith, Edward P., 310.\\nSmith, Rufus, 573.\\nSwift, Edward B., 336, 595.\\nSwift, Colonel Heiiian, 82, 84, 116.\\nSwift, Captain, 101.\\nSwift, James, 194, 507, 513, 554, 587.\\nSwift, James C, 235, 264, 265, 615,\\n266, 297, 360, 510.\\nSwift, Salmon, 264, 272, 379, 587.\\nSwift, William, 255.\\nSwift, Henry M., 272, 275.\\nSkinner, Ira, 194.\\nSilliman, General, 109.\\nSmith, Eugene, 602.\\nSpring, Rev. Mr., 106.\\nSibley, Charles W.. 511.\\nStrickland, Edward, 61, 139. 143, 243.\\nStrickland, Samuel, 61.\\nStrickland, Jonathan, 62.\\nStrong, Arial, 86.\\nStrong, John, 90, 94, 95, 381, 527.\\nScholes, Mr. 375.\\nStowe, Mrs. H. B., 189.\\nScoville, William, 247, 309.\\nScoville, George W., 265, 290, 309,\\n593.\\nScoville, Mrs. G. Clifford, 624.\\nSomers, Rev. F. J., 586.\\nStone, Elizabeth, 561.\\nStoeckel, Carl, 293, 368.\\nStoeckel, Mrs. Carl, 233, 293, 5S1.\\nStoeckel, Dr. Gustave J., 402, 602.\\nStoeckel, Robbins Battell, 615.\\nStorrs, Rev. R. S., D. D., 448, 458.\\nSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 540.\\nSpofiford, Charles A., 602.\\nSturtevant, Caleb, 84, 88.\\nSturtevant, Nathan, 85.\\nSturdivant, James, 86, 195.\\nSturdevant, Lucy, 523.\\nSchuyler, Gen., 97, 98, 100, 120, 121.\\nSullivan, Gen., 109.\\nStuart, William, 307.\\nSughrue, John, 314, 317.\\nTaylor, Samuel, 86.\\nTaylor, Rev. Dr., 151.\\nTaylor, Mercy, 567.\\nTallmadge, Benjamin, 356.\\nTarbox, Increase N., 398.\\nThatcher, Prof. Thomas A., 348, 457.\\nThrall, Giles, 86.\\nTrail, Rufus, 84.\\nThrall, Friend, 570.\\nTreat, Rev. Mr., 14, 75, 139, 146.\\nTreat, Barzel, 158, 194, 263, 340, 528.\\nTerry, Col. Alfred H.. 306.\\nTrescott, Samuel, 196, 2.32, 245.\\nTrescott, Edward J., 66, 615.\\nTibbals, Thomas, 85, 95, 119, 139.\\n146, 195, .533, 534, 535.\\nTibbals, Thomas Jr., 533, 534, 535.\\nTibbals, Capt. Samuel, 85, 90, 336,\\n509, .533, 534, 535.\\nTibbals, Noah, 336, 533, 535.\\nTibbals, Captain Auren, 190, 201,\\n203, 339, 533, 535, 536, 584.\\nTibbals, A. S., 236.\\nTibbals, Stephen, 363, 520, 533, 535.\\nTibbals, Dea. Joseph, 533.\\nibbals, Amos, 533.\\nTibbals, Mrs. Sheldon, 534, 584.", "height": "3436", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n647\\nTibbals, Harvey Stillman. 535.\\nTibbals, Thomas 3d, 535.\\nTibbals, Elbert Plumb, M. D., 535.\\nTibbals, Sheldon, 535, 584.\\nTibbals, Captain, 573.\\nTibbals, Lorrin, 573.\\nTibbals, Frederick, 573.\\nTibbals, George, 573.\\nTibbals, Lyman, 573.\\nThompson, Charles, 29, 165.\\nThompson, Levi, 195, 232, 386, 513,\\n531.\\nThompson, Gideon, 53.\\nTobey, Jesse, 83, 88, 509.\\nTobey, George, 196. 500, 585.\\nTobey, George Jr., 196.\\nThompson, Abraham, 467.\\nThompson, Lydia, 488.\\nThompson, Giles, 513, 539.\\nThompson, Seth, 513.\\nThompson, Sarah, 513.\\nThompson, Rev. Charles L., D. D.,\\n543.\\nTodd, Rev. Elbert H., 586.\\nThompson, Miss Anna Key, 602.\\nTrowbridge, John, 84.\\nThompson, Gen., 106, 107.\\nThompson, Giles Pettibone, 266, 357,\\n513.\\nTrowbridge, Phllo M., 317, 318, 319,\\n323.\\nTurner, John, 16, 44, 46, 47, 61, 63,\\n66, 69, 74, 138, 139, 143, 146, 331,\\n509, 548.\\nTurner, William. 85, 88.\\nTurner, David, 46, 47, 62,\\nTurner, Hezekiah, 194.\\nTurner, John Jr., 46, 47, 52, 53.\\nTurner, Samuel, 509.\\nTurner, Bates, 85, 509.\\nTurner, Jedediah, 46, 47, 61, 63, 139,\\n147, 197, 509.\\nTurner, Rev. Nathaniel, 509.\\nTuttle, Benjamin, 82, 87.\\nTurner, Moses, 84. 88.\\nTubbs, Nathan, 84.\\nTudor, Rev. Samuel, 143.\\nTucker, Solomon, 194.\\nTrumbull, Jonathan, 30.\\nTuttle, Stephen, 225.\\nThurston s Block, 268.\\nTurner, William A., 309.\\nThurston, Mrs. Laura Hawley, 483.\\nThurston, Franklin, 484.\\nTyrrell, Sidney, 244.\\nTyrrell, Willis H., 306, .312, 317.\\nTyrrell, Judge Grove P., 624.\\nTyler, Judge Joel Walter, 467.\\nTyler, Bishop, 588.\\nVan Dyke, Dr.. 304.\\nVan Ness, Amanda. 372.\\nVail, David, 538, 585.\\nVail, Samuel, 538.\\nVail, Rev. Adee. 586.\\nVan Arnum, Rev. J. C, 586.\\nVaughn, Rev. William H., 586.\\nWalter, William, 16, 21, 48, 53, 54,\\n140, 505. 539.\\nWalter, Joel, 386, 467, 505.\\nWalter, John, 84, 88, 505.\\nWadsworth, James, 38.\\nWalter, Charles, 83, 88, 193, 194.\\nWalter, Clark, 194.\\nWalter, Medad, 194.\\nWalker, John M., 306.\\nWalcott, Mrs. Emma, 469.\\nWalter. Stephen, 505.\\nWalter, Heman, 505.\\nWashington, Gen. George, 30, 92, 385.\\nWarner, William, 53.\\nWalter, William Jr., 505.\\nWatson, Capt. Titus, 81, 84, 88, 100,\\n104, 115, 117, 549.\\nWatson, Capt. John, 94, 100, 112 116.\\nWatson, Heman, 89, 115.\\nWatson, Seymour, 401.\\nWatson, Abijah, 572.\\nWarner, Hessibah, 90.\\nWarner, Col., 108, 111.\\nWarner, John, 195.\\nWatrous, Lucius, 314.\\nWarner, Woleott, 381.\\nWayland, John, 524.\\nWayland, Chandler Norton, 524.\\nWarren, Benjamin, 537, 562.\\nWarren, Harriet, 562.\\nWarner, Rev. Levi, 580.\\nWhalen, Michael, 588.\\nWetmore, Rev. Noah, 14, 75, 124.\\nWetmore, Seth, ,331.\\nWelch, Hopestill, 84, 232, 233, 380,\\n466, 514.\\nWelch, Vine, 233. 467.\\nWelch, Dr. Benjamin Sr., 140, 157,\\n194, 233, 234, 334, 377, 386, 468,\\n470, 513.\\nWelch, Asa G., M. D., 468, 473.\\nWelch, Hopestill, M. D., 467.\\nWelch, Benjamin Jr., M. D., 163, 193,\\n277, 297, 467, 468, 474,", "height": "3515", "width": "2073", "jp2-path": "historyofnorfolk00cris_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "648\\nINDEX.\\nWelch, James, M. D., 272, 469, 475.\\nWelch, William H., M. D., L. L. D.,\\n469, 479, 480.\\nWelch, William W., M. D., 238, 240,\\n242, 251, 343, 367, 368, 469, 475, 548.\\nWelch, Mrs. Louisa Guiteau, 472.\\nWelch, Mrs. Elizabeth Loveland, 472.\\nWelch, John H., M. D., 251, 366, 367,\\n469, 477.\\nWelch, Miss Susannah, 274, 467.\\nWelch, Miss Alice, 275, 276, 467.\\nWelch, Miss Eunice, 467.\\nWelch, Samuel S. H., 467.\\nWelch, Phebe Sophia, 467.\\nWelch, Alice, 469.\\nWelch, Sarah, 467.\\nWelch, Abigail, 467.\\nWelch, Olive, 467, 504.\\nWelch, Lucy, 467.\\nWelch, Charlotte, 467.\\nWelch, Elizabeth, 467.\\nWelch, Luna Selina, 468.\\nWelch, Louisa Pamela, 468, 489, 518.\\nWelch, Edward H., M. D., 469.\\nWelch, William C, M. D., 469.\\nWelch, John B., M. D., 469.\\nWelch, John W.. 469.\\nWelch, John H. Co., 238, 251, 266.\\nWelaka Company, 238, 250.\\nWest, Rev. Mr.. 111.\\nWheeler, Hiram, 218.\\nWetraore, Seth, 387.\\nWetmore, Truman, 389.\\nWetmore, John, 389.\\nWelton, Daniel, 467.\\nWhiting, William, 48.\\nWilcox, Ezekiel, 158, 194, 467, 504.\\nWilcox, Capt. Hosea, 48, 92, 140, 551.\\nWilcox, Rosanna, 545.\\nWillcockson, Daniel, 53.\\nWillcockson, William, 51, 53.\\nWhitney, Joshua, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,\\n56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65, 139, 140,\\n143, 198, 226, 227, 511, 538.\\nWhitney, Col. David, 331, 332.\\nWhitfleld, Rev. George, 382.\\nWright, Huldah, .568.\\nWright, Levi, 552.\\nWright, Freedom, 82, 83.\\nWhite, Simeon, 196.\\nWhite, Jededlah, 83, 196.\\nWhite, Matthew, 90.\\nWhite, Daniel, 90, 339, 536.\\nWilcox, Capt. Amos, 96.\\nWright, Capt., 115.\\nWhitney, Capt., 140.\\nWilcox, Seth, 195.\\nWhite, Mrs. Daniel, 201.\\nWhiting, Loomis L., 255.\\nWhiting, Jennison J., 257.\\nWhiting, Mr., 569.\\nWhite, Turner, 571.\\nWhite, Stanford, 597.\\nWindom, William D., 602.\\nWilliams, Frederick Wells, 602.\\nWilson, Rev. Benjamin, 586.\\nWilliams, Col. John. 578.\\nWinsted Mfg. Company, 247, 511.\\nWillis, Mr., 275.\\nWilson, Daniel, 333.\\nWilder, Mary, 397.\\nWillis, Richard Storrs, 455.\\nWooster, General, 106, 108.\\nWolfe, General, 577.\\nWoodward, Alice, 466.\\nWoodward, Dea. 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