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Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut

Published by Good Press, 2019

EAN 4064066184025

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Roger Sherman; reproduced from a painting	Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Minot S. Giddings; Dr. George H. Wright; the Knapp Residence
Elijah Boardman
Congregational Church, with Residences of Rev. Nathaniel Taylor and Nathaniel Taylor, Jr.
Jehiel Williams, M. D.
Sally Northrop; David Curtis Sanford; Henry Seymour Sanford; William Dimon Black
The First Well in the Town of New Milford
Falls Bridge and the Gorge
Henry Stuart Turrill
Charles D. Blinn
Levi Sydney Knapp
Alanson N. Canfield
William J. Starr
New Milford Hat Company
Honorable Isaac Baldwin Bristol
United Bank Building
Manufacturing Plant of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company
Views of Ingleside School. Post-graduate Department; Ingleside Bungalow; Foundation House
Andrew B. Mygatt
New Milford after the Fire
Captain Garry Brooks
Rev. Noah Porter, D. D., LL. D.
John Prime Treadwell
Henry S. Mygatt
Seymour S. Green; Stephen C. Beach; Andrew G. Barnes; Francis E. Baldwin
H. Leroy Randall; W. F. Kinney; Frederick E. Starr; Charles P. Bentley
Edwin G. Clemence; Miss Adaline L. Buck; Charles J. Ryder, D. D.; Henry Donnelly
Charles N. Hall; Charles M. Beach
Roger Sherman Hall and Church Street
Some New Milford Churches. Methodist Episcopal; Baptist, Northville; Methodist, Gaylordsville; Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Johns Church
Advent Christian Church
New Milford Pastors. Rev. Frank B. Draper; Rev. Timothy J. Lee; Rev. Harris K. Smith; Rev. Marmaduke Hare; Rev. Frank A. Johnson; Rev. John F. Plumb; Rev. Father John J. Burke; Rev. Solomon D. Woods; Rev. Stephen Heacock
Memorial Building and Public Library; All Saints Memorial Church
Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin
Egbert Marsh; Han. Daniel Davenport
Governor Woodruff, Staff and Guard, in front of Roger Sherman Hall
Samuel R. Hill; Samuel Randolph Hill, Jr.
Main Street from the North
Main Street from the South
Honorable Rollin S. Woodruff

PART I
THE PAST AND PRESENT

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INTRODUCTION

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TWO hundred years ago, in the summer of 1707, the pioneer John Noble, with his little daughter, made his way through the wilderness from Westfield, Mass., and set up his rude cabin in the beautiful valley of Weantinock, on the west side of Stratford River, under the shadow of Fort Hill, near neighbor to the Indians, with whom he became very friendly. He trusted their friendship so much that he left his daughter in their care while he went on a journey, following the Indian trail through the wilderness to Albany, to pilot some gentlemen; and, on his return, he found her well taken care of.

He subsequently built a log house on the east side of the river on land now occupied by the residence of Levi P. Giddings.

The next year his son, John Noble, Jr., came and made a settlement, and, before 1712, twelve families had settled here on sites purchased by the Milford Company from the Indians, the purchases having been ratified by the Colonial Legislature; but, strange to say, only two of the twelve, Samuel Prindle and Isaiah Bartlett, came from Milford town.

Some thirty years previous, Henry Tomlinson and others of Stratford, Conn., had purchased from the Indians who assumed to be owners, this tract of land, and Mr. John Read, joint owner, representing them, came and laid claim to it.

It is said that Zachariah Ferriss, a brother-in-law of Mr. Read, came here in 1706, before any other white man, and plowed a piece of land where Roger Sherman Hall now stands, in order to claim title to the land under the deed of the Stratford Company.

He was sued for trespass by the Milford Company, but won his suit, Mr. John Read being his counsel.

Mr. Read built a house on or near the site of the Knapp residence, in which he lived, meanwhile prosecuting his claim to the title of the land. He obtained a verdict in his favor fifteen times, but the sixteenth time the General Court ruled against him; and he, being discouraged, soon after removed to Lonetown, now Redding, named for him.

The Colonial Government soon set off to him a large tract of land in what is now the town of Kent, of which the Scaghticoke Indians long after held possession, Mr. Read having exchanged it for territory in the town of Redding.

Mr. John Read was a notable man: He was well educated in theology and in the law, being a graduate of Harvard College, and is said to have preached the first sermon in this place. He was under thirty years of age when he came here. He married a daughter of Major John Talcott, was held in high esteem by the Governor of the Colony, and was appointed by him to many important positions. He held the office of Queens Counsel under the reign of Queen Anne. His son, widely known as Colonel John Read, was for many years very prominent in the Colony.

Other settlers came through the wilderness and erected their rude houses. The next thing these pioneers and pilgrims did was to petition the Assembly for the power and privileges of a township, which were granted, conferring authority relating to ecclesiastical matters. They then formed themselves into a church, and called a minister to settle over them.

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a Faiths pure shrine.

Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod.
They left unstained what there they found,
Freedom to worship God.

They called Mr. Daniel Boardman to be their minister, and built the meeting-house and the schoolhouse, for these two institutions went hand in hand throughout New England and formed the characters of their descendants.

These early settlers of our town were busy men. They had

MINOT S. GIDDINGS Chairman Historical Committee

DR. GEORGE H. WRIGHT Chairman Loan Committee

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