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REGARDING military matters, as did the ancients, as among the most important interests that could engage the attention of the people, the early settlers arranged their town matters, largely, to harmonize with these interests, and hence in 1743 the town of New Milford was divided into two military companies, by a line extending across its territory from east to west at the meeting-house, which was the first one and stood in the street, on the side of the hill, in the rear of the present residence of Mr. Levi S. Knapp. The town north of this line was called the North End, and that south of it, the South End; but one hundred years later these two military localities, still retaining their military relations, were known by the names of the Up Town and Down Town Companies. When the new company was organized in 1743, to be constituted on the south side of this line, Nathaniel Bostwick was made Captain of it and James Hine Lieutenant. When Rev. Daniel Boardman died there were only three dwellings on Aspetuck Hill, on the street directly north from the green in the village, Mr. Boardman's, Benoni Stebbins', and Samuel Adkins', at the North End of the Street. South of Mr. Boardman's, just before reaching Bennitt street, stood the houses of David Noble and Captain Stephen Noble, and in the street, opposite Stephen Noble's, stood the first meeting-house. What is now called Park Lane was more thickly inhabited at that time—from 1730 to 1750—than any other part of the town. The land on each side of the road that leads from the Cemetery to Park Lane school-house was laid in lots about twenty-one rods wide, successively going north; the home-lot, so called, on the west side of the road, and the ten-acre division, on the east side of the road. There may have been some pieces left between some of the lots, not surveyed to any one, at first, but the appearance is that except the highways all the land was taken up, as far as Poplar Swamp, which lay just south of the present Park Lane school-house. The Parsonage land was that where Mr. William D. Black's farm house now stands; next north of this were laid the lots of Jonathan Buck, Theophilus Baldwin, and John Welch, but the two first soon sold theirs and went further north. Paul Welch's lot was north of John Welch's, but whether it joined or not is not known. Paul Welch built his house and a tannery on his lot and resided on it many years, and then removed to New Milford village. Next north of Paul Welch was Samuel Camp, and next, Samuel Guernsey, who soon sold his place to Job Terrill, who sold it to Amos Northrop, the first of the name in this town. Gamaliel Baldwin's second lot was not far north of Paul Welch, and after living on it twenty or more years he sold it to Roger Sherman. Theophilus Baldwin, the first, resided at this place, one or two lots north of Gamaliel Baldwin. Then in 1741 Nathan Gunn settled here, and also Justus Miles. Several of the Gould families resided here, and also David Camp. Doct. Jonah Todd settled in this place a little after 1750, and his son Eli Todd was a merchant and tavern-keeper. Abel Gunn, son of Nathan, became a prominent and successful man after the Revolution. It was probably about 1748 when Theophilus Baldwin, Jr., and his brother Isaac Baldwin settled on the east side of Mount Tom, and were the first who resided in that locality, except Eleazer Beecher, so far as has been ascertained. Soon after this, Daniel Hine, who located first a little north of Park Lane school-house, settled on the farm northeast of Northville where his descendants still reside, but this was a little after Joseph Wheaton had settled at Marbledale. In the records of the First Ecclesiastical Society for October, 1774, the following is found: "Voted that Abraham Daton, Daniel Hine, Samuel Farrand, and Abel Buckingham shall nave the same privileges for schooling as other districts have, for the year ensuing; and Daniel Hine is chosen school committee and collector." This was, probably, the beginning of a district in that locality, and the vote granted those four families to have a separate school and receive their proportion of public money. According to Davis Baldwin's narrative the first school-house at Northville was erected in 1783. The Baptist Church at Northville. There are evidences that meetings were held at this place by the Baptist people as early as 1790, for Davis Baldwin recorded that Elder Roots, a Baptist minister of Warren, preached a sermon there at a day-school exhibition. Baptist ministers held regular services in Bridgewater before 1790, and in Warren; and a number of persons living at Gaylord's Bridge were released from ministerial taxes in this town in 1794, and hence the probabilities are as just stated, but no church or society was organized until much later. On the 7th day of January, 1814, a company of believers, holding Baptist principles, met at the house of Asahel Baldwin, in the western part of the town, and after free deliberation: "Voted, First, to organize themselves into a society to be known as the New Milford Baptist Church. "Voted, Second, to invite a council from sister churches to meet with them on the 9th day of February to consider the propriety of recognizing them as a regular Baptist Church." On February 9th, the council met at the same place, composed of pastors and delegates from the churches in Newtown, Litchfield, and Roxbury, and, after examining their articles of faith and covenant, voted unanimously to recognize them as a sister church in the Lord. The following are the names of the members at the organization:— Eleazer Beecher, Dorcas Wright, Nathaniel Terry, Lydia Phillips, Martha Terry, Patty Phillips, Betsey Davenport, Elizabeth Baldwin, Leman Garlick, John Ferriss, Mrs. Garlick, Sally Ferriss, Elijah Canfield, Mary Canfield, Mrs. Canfield, Phebe Hallock, Esther Baldwin, A. Titus, Isaac Wooster, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Wooster, Asahel Baldwin. On the 19th of February, the church voted to license Eleazer Beecher to preach the Gospel to them, and on the 15th of September, of the same year, he was ordained to the work of the Gospel ministry; the services on the occasion being held in the door-yard of the old Abel Canfield house on Long Mountain, and he assumed the pastoral care of this church, and served them in this capacity until 1821. The Rev. Seth Higby was then called to the pastorate and remained with the church one year. During that and the following year they built a house of worship at Northville, four miles from New Milford village. A lease for the land was received from Davis Baldwin, of Tyringham, Mass., dated Dec. 5, 1822, in behalf of "the Baptist Society, owners of the meetinghouse, near the red school-house, commonly called the Mount Tom school-house," to be occupied, so long as desired for that purpose. The following persons took a leading part in building this house of worship: Eleazer Beecher, Stephen Beecher, Edmund Clark, Jesse Hallock, Joseph Wells, Noble Baldwin, David Baldwin, Daniel Dayton. In 1822 Elder Beecher again took charge of this church, preaching alternately at Northville and Merryall, where a church was built in 1823, and continued in this office until about the year 1832. During his labors over one hundred members were added to the church. Their next pastor was the Rev. Nathan D. Benedict, who settled with them in 1832, and remained two years, and twenty-eight members were added during that time. In 1835, the Rev. Elijah Baldwin settled in the place and the church invited him to take the pastoral oversight during his stay among them. He served the church until the spring of 1840. From 1840 to 1850 the church had no settled pastor, but the pulpit was regularly supplied by the Rev. E. N. Jenks, the Rev. L. Atwater, and the Rev. E. C. Ambler and others, not residents of the place. Under the labors of the Rev. Mr. Jenks, in 1841, there was a very interesting revival, and eleven were added to the church by baptism. In the winter of 1850, another revival occurred, and eleven more were admitted. From 1850 to 1866 there were no additions to the church by baptism, and none by letter of any particular help to the church. During that period the church enjoyed the pastoral labors of the Rev. H. M. Barlow two years, the Rev. J. F. Jones two years, the Rev. J. Hepburn three years, and Mr. Hepburn supplied the pulpit two or three years after removing from the place. In 1868 the Rev. C. W. Potter accepted a call from the church, and continued with them about three years. A very extensive revival was enjoyed during that time; ten were added to the church, and other churches were benefited by it in the same way. From 1871 to 1875 the church had no pastor, the pulpit being supplied a part of the time by the Rev. Arthur Day. In the spring of 1875 the Rev. Edwin Beardsley accepted a call to the pastorate of the church, and is still occupying that office among them with diligence and fidelity. During its early history its members were scattered over three or four townships, and meetings were held at different times in localities that best suited the convenience of the worshipers; but gradually out-stations were abandoned, the congregation in Merryall diminished, and that house of worship was sold, and for a number of years their meetings have all been held in the meeting-house at Northville. Several of its members have been licensed to preach the Gospel, among them the Rev. N. M. Baldwin, D.D., for a number of years pastor in New York and in Philadelphia. The whole number of members received by baptism is 195; that of persons received by letter is 73. The present number of members is 40. Methodist Episcopal Church at Northville. Methodist meetings were held in this place some little time, perhaps five or six years, when, in 1826, Henry Benson deeded a piece of land "to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the purpose of erecting thereon a house of worship; near his house, provided that it should be used for no other purpose;" and upon it a commodious house was erected and occupied; but, after some years, the society being small, an arrangement by sale or otherwise was effected, by which the building was used some years for an academy for educational purposes, and such a school was continued with much success a number of years. For some time recently the building has not been occupied, although still available for some good enterprise. Other Public Enterprises in Northville. Sheldon Buckingham built the house next south of the Baptist meeting-house, and kept a store in it some years, and sold it to Starr Hunt, who continued the store, and sold the same to Charles Bartram, and he after a time sold it to Benjamin Bartram. For some years it was open as a tavern, but it is now a private dwelling. Mr. Arnold Payne came, from Kent in 1862, and purchased the old Curtiss Loveridge place, a quarter of a mile north of the Baptist meeting-house, where he established a store, and has continued the same until the present time. Mr. Lewis Payne, son of Arnold Payne, now owns and runs the saw-mill and turning-mill at Northville, where a mill has stood for many years. Mr. Henry Lyon, a joiner, wagon-maker, and blacksmith, established his shop at Northville about sixteen years ago, and continues the enterprise with good success and advantage to the community. Mr. Clark M. Hunt opened a store in a building next north of the Baptist meeting-house in 1878, where he continues the same at the present time. Post Masters at Northville. Shelden Buckingham, appointed Jan. 16, 1832. Harvey Buckingham, " July 24, 1844. Mrs. Betsey E. Hunt, " Oct. 22, 1855. Clark Buckingham, " May 1, 1858. Charles W. Potter, " April 19, 1869. Salmon Couch, " March 31, 1871. Merritt Hunt, " Aug. 29, 1877. Messrs. William W. Wells and Edwin S. Wells, sons of Philip Wells, purchased, in 1862, the grist-mill on the Aspetuck River, about a mile up the river from Northville, where they continue a successful and prosperous work as a flour-mill and plaster-mill. This mill has quite a history, running over the time-table of a little more than one hundred years. In April, 1779, Nathan Daton purchased of Enos Camp a piece of land lying east of the dwelling house of Abraham Dayton, "southeastward from the lime kiln, and bounded east on the East Aspetuck River." [1] On this land, or near it, he and his father and brother Abraham built a saw-mill. At this time there was a corn-mill, or a grist-mill, for it is called by both names, at this place, owned by Col. Josiah Starr and Abel Hine, Esqr. These mills came into the hands of the Daytons, and soon after Angus Nickerson bought them, and they fell into the hands of John Murry, of New York, and in 1792 he sold one-half to John Sears, of New Milford; [2] and in 1794 Sears sold to Enos Camp, and Isaac Van Vleck, of New York, owned the other half, which he obtained at the same time John Murry did, from Angus Nickerson, probably for a debt. In 1799 Enos Camp bought the half of Van Vieck, and in 1800 sold a half to Abijah Patterson, there being then a corn-mill, saw-mill, and mill house. In 1804 John Morehouse, Jr., purchased Patterson's half, consisting of ten-acres of land, it "being the mill-place, with a grist-mill and saw-mill standing thereon," except half of the saw-mill, which belonged then to Noble Baldwin; and it was stated "that the grist-mill is always to have the privilege of the water when there is not enough for both." And it was stipulated that he was to have the privilege to pass out to the highway, or the Litchfield road, there being no laid-out highway to the mills. The guarantee that the grist-mill should have the water when there was not enough for both, proves that the saw-mill stood above the grist-mill; and it is probable that it stood on the site of Mr. Albert S. Hill's present paper-mill. There is now a saw-mill below the grist-mill, at this same place. In another deed of land just above these mills to John Morehouse, the place is called the Rabbit-Thousand Hills. In 1810 Nathaniel Brown, Jr., and Russell Brown bought one-half of this mill, and afterwards it was known for years as Brown's mills. In 1824 Russell Brown and Solomon Brown sold one-third to Kirjath A. Hunt. In 1848 Seymour Morehouse and Gideon Camp were part owners. Besides these names there are quite a number of others mentioned as those of part owners of these mills. They are now doing a large amount of work under the management of the Wells Brothers. [1] Town Rec., B. 18, p. 342. [2] Ibid, B. 20, p. 243. See Appendix A. Mr. Albert S. Hill erected a paper mill across the road from the Wells' grist-mill in 1852. The site had been occupied by a saw-mill over seventy years. The article manufactured here is that-of straw-board paper, which was used at first for making hat boxes, but is now used for making large paper boxes for the dry-goods merchants. This was the second or third mill established in the State of Connecticut for making this kind of paper, and it has remained in the same hands all these thirty years, and is still successful, producing about seventy-five tons of paper a year, with a capacity of one hundred tons or more, and the reason for failing to reach this amount is the difficulty in obtaining the straw from which to produce the paper. Rye straw is the best material that can be used successfully; but the growing of rye has fallen off greatly since the olden times, and since the farmers have engaged largely in the business of fattening western cattle. A rye crop following that of tobacco is a profitable arrangement for the farmers. The Cabinet Shop. Mr. Lewi Morehouse occupies a water privilege about a mile above the paper mill, with a saw and turning mill and cabinet shop, where he conducts the cabinet and undertaking business. The locality was occupied by a marble saw-mill some years. The Friend Meeting-House. Jemima Wilkinson, an impostor, was born in Rhode Island, about 1753, and was educated a Quaker. She was artful, bold, and zealous. About 1772, when she recovered from a fit of sickness, in which she had been apparently dead, she asserted that her spirit went to heaven where it remained, and that her body was reanimated with the spirit and power of Christ, upon which she set up as a public teacher; and declared she had an immediate revelation for all she delivered, and was arrived at a state of absolute perfection. [3] Jemima Wilkinson came to New Milford in 1782, and held meetings and taught her peculiar doctrines or pretentions, and after a time she found some adherents in the vicinity of Northville. She held meetings for a time in the dwelling-house of Esek Wheaton, a little distance north of the Northville Burying-ground, and perhaps at other houses in that community. On the 3Oth of July, 1784, Abraham Dayton deeded a piece of land for a site of the meeting-house for Jemima to preach in. Some parts of that deed read as follows: " For the promotion of the cause of God, and the advancement of the true Church and kingdom of Jesus Christ: "Know ye that I Abraham Dayton, for and in consideration of the cause above mentioned, and the concern I have for the increase and propagation of the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ, have of my own free, voluntary will . . . . conveyed unto Asahel Stone and Benjamin Stone, and Jonathan Botsford, Jr.; . . . they being a committee appointed by the body or society of people who call themselves and are known by the name of Universal Friends, held . . . . on fifth day of second month, 1784; a piece of land . . . . as an estate in trust to and for the use of the aforesaid body or society . . . . being under the particular care and direction of a person known by the name of the Universal Friend . . . . for the particular and sole purpose of building a meeting-house on . . . . and for no other purpose." This land .was bounded on the south by the Northville Burying-place. A meeting-house was soon after built on it, which was used by this society only four or five years, for they removed ("in a body," says Rev. Mr. Griswold) before 1790, to the Genesee country, and in 1796 the house was purchased by the Episcopal Church of New Preston. Jemima with some of her followers removed to the Genesee country (now near Penn Yan, N. Y.) to a place she called Jerusalem. There were a number of teams, equipped in the regular emigrant style for those days, with covered carts and appliances for cooking and encamping in their wagons over night; and all under the leadership of Benjamin Stone, who did not remove with them but went as the captain of the train, to see them safely landed in their new home, which, when accomplished, he returned home. He was a Revolutionary soldier and had seen some of the difficulties and hardships of war, and hence was regarded as a capable leader. For many years afterwards he told his adventure with the Chief of the Oneida Indians, in this journey, as being particularly amusing. When the train reached the Chiefs village, he forbade their crossing his land except they paid him for the privilege of crossing. Mr. Stone declared his right and purpose to go forward at all hazards. After many words and threats the Chief challenged Mr. Stone to wrestle with him, which was at once accepted and the old Chief was soon prostrate on the ground a loser of the contest. Upon this he brought forth a bottle of rum and required the victor to drink with him. Not knowing what might be in the bottle Mr. Stone required the Chief first to "drink a thumb" (that was, to lower the fluid in the bottle, by drinking, the width of the thumb) which the Chief did with much grace and then Mr. Stone took a round drink, which settled all difficulties, and the company went on safe from all Indians. The removal of this company caused much talk, and afforded some exhibitions of character, anything but such as taught in the Gospel. Some husbands left their wives and families and some wives did the same;—one mother left her infant;—and several young women left their homes and kindred, and none who emigrated ever returned, so far as reported. Jemima Wilkinson was, no doubt, an impostor, of a very ordinary quality. Personally she had a commanding presence, and great pretentiousness with good intellectual qualities, and a large amount of low cunning and ingenious invention. She held a public service at New Milford village at the side of the Housatonic River, under the announcement that she would walk on the water as an evidence of her supernatural endowments. After preaching a long sermon, and putting on some very fine slippers, for the purpose of walking on the water, she asked her followers several times over, if they believed she could walk on the water, saying that without faith it could not be done, and receiving the affirmative response, again and again, "Yes, yes, we believe you can walk on the water." She replied: "If then you believe it, there is no need of doing it," and thus ended the miracle. Direct communications were continued by letter between some of Jemima's followers and New Milford people, for more than thirty years, many of the letters being still preserved; and all of them indicate (unintentionally by the writers) the absurdity of Jemima's pretentions. She proclaimed that her body should never see corruption, or should never decay, but after being buried a time in a vault under her house, the offence became so great that the body was removed by night and buried in the garden, and but few of her followers knew it for a long time afterwards. It is affirmed on good authority that she pretended to receive angel's visits at evening, and that she gave orders to her servants, never to question the angels when they came, nor ask their names. The servants reported, however, that one of the angels looked very much like a certain judge of the court, who resided not far away. By the contributions and work of her followers she became possessed of a large tract of very productive land, and lived in ease and elegance in her city of Jerusalem. She died in 1819, and that ended her mission of pretence and that also of her followers. Some persons of very honorable and Christian character in New Milford became her followers. [3] Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. The Northville Burying Place. This ground is located on a sandy hill, at the north end of the vicinity which was called the Thousand Hills; and is about halfway between Northville and Marbledale. The first burial in it was that of Abraham Daton who died Aug. 10, 1780. In memory of An infant daughter of Nathan M & Lura Avery who died at her birth Aug. 1, 1827. In memory of CLARK BANKER who died May 20, 1842 AEt 23 yrs 10 mo & 20 ds GIDEON BANKER Died July 31, 1859 AE 73 yrs & 2 mo. THOMAS BARNUM Died June 25, 1840 Aged 48. This monument is to perpetuate the memory of ABIGAIL BALDWIN wife of David Baldwin who (after an illness of 9 years 10 months & 21 days) died Dec 1, 1815 in the 47 year of her age Here rests the patience of the Saints. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them For if we believe that Jesus die_d and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus God will bring unto him Abigail is dead death closed her eyes Here in this grave her body lies While living she liv'd in love with all When dead was mourned by great and small. Sacred to memory Here lies deposited the remains of the WIDOW ABIGAIL BALDWIN who departed this life Nov. 2ist A.D. 1800 in the 96 year of her age. CHARLOTTE M BALDWIN Born April 9 1801 died in Shelby Orleans Co. N. Y. July 23, 1844 In memory of DAVID BALDWIN who died July 10 1816 in the 48 year of his age This monument is erected to the memory of WID EUNICE BALDWIN consort of Jeremiah Baldwin who died April 3 1825 aged 88 years. In memory of HARRIET Daughter of David & Abigail Baldwin who Died March 19 1816 AE 22 years j In memory of MR JEREMIAH BALDWIN who departed this life May 23d 1802 aged 69 years. Faith triumphs in the hour of death With joy the Saint resigns his breath But those who die in Black despair Alas the horrors they must bear. JEREMIAH BALDWIN Died Oct 19, 1851 AE 79. In memory of JOHN BALDWIN who died May 11th, 1806 AE 36 Years. Behold and see as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so must you be Prepare for death and follow me. SALLY wife of Joseph Baldwin Died Jan 7, 1859 AE 54. SARAH Daughter of David & Laura M Baldwin Died July 1, 1850 ae 16. SARAH E wife of Jeremiah Baldwin Died April 21, 1859 AE 85. Memory of THEOPHILUS BALDWIN who died April 8, 1820 Aged 65 Years. I die happy. HARRY W. BARLOW Died Nov 18, 1871 Aged 69 yrs & 8mo. In memory of ANDREA wife of Wells Beardsley who died Aug 27, 1827 AE 70 years & 12 ds. In memory of WELLS BEARDSLEY. who departed this life Feb 28, 1824 aged 73. In memory of RUFUS C son of Rufus & Bemis who died Jan 19, 1852 aged 2 years & 2 mo. HIRAM BISSELL Born Sept 27, 1809 Died March 30, 1871. JULIA CAROLINE TAYLOR wife of Hiram Bissell Born Nov 2, 1808 Died July 8, 1842. LUCINA JONES wife of Hiram Bissell Born Sep 23 1812 Died Nov 8, 1861. JULIA C wife of Hiram Bissell Died July 7, 1834 Aged 27 years. LOUISA BOOTH Died Mar 3 1877 AE 75 In memory of Mr JOSEPH BOSTWICK Son of Mr Abel & Mrs Sarah Bostwick who Died of the Small Pox March 15 A D 1778 In the 21st year of his Age. In memory of ABIGAIL Daugh of Jonathan & Abigail Bots ford died Mar 14 AD 1782 aged Two years & 4 months. ALVIN BROWN Born June 29, 1790 Died May 3, 1854. ELIZA A SOMERS Widow of Nathaniel Brown Died Jan 4,1865 AEt 69. CAROLINE daughter of Joseph & Sally Brown died Sep 26 1841 aged 2 months & 4 days. JOSEPH BROWN Died June 25 1856 AEt 54. LUCY relict of Nathaniel Brown died Oct 8, 1831 aged 89 years. NATHANIEL BROWN Born Jan 20, 1779 Died May 18, 1854. NATHANIEL BROWN departed this life Nov 12, 1827 in the 89th year of his age. In memory of Mrs SALLY wife of Mr. Russell Brown who died June 14, 1814 aged 56 years. LUCY wife of Stephen H Brown Died Sep 13, 1840 AE 38. SUSAN BROWN Died Dec 29, 1852 AEt 27. SUSAN wife of Nathaniel Brown Jr departed this life May 16,1825 in the 27 year of her age. BENJAMIN BRONSON Died Nov 23,1860 aged 52. ELVIRA M daughter of Benjamin & Minerva Bronson Died March 21, 1848 aged 13 ye 7 mo & 13 da. In memory of ALMA daughter of Mr Samuel B (?) Buck & Mrs Mariah or Alminah his wife who died July 13, 1802 in the 15 year of her age. A. E. B. ANNOT E Daughter of Heman & Maria Buckingham Died Dec 8, 1874 AE 22. Thy Will be done. In memory of ABEL BUCKINGHAM who died July 27, 1827 Aged 71 years. Receive O earth this faded form On thy cold bosom let it lie Safe let it rest from every storm Soon it must rise no more to Die. In memory of ABIAH BUCKINGHAM wife of Abel Buckingham Jun who Died Oct 30, 1807 Aged 24 years. In memory of ABEL BUCKINGHAM Junr who Died May 2 1825 Aged 48 years. LITTLE ANDREW son of Hiram & Susan Buck ngham Died Aug 31, 1852 AE 2 yrs & 6 mo. ANNA Wife of Gilbert Buckingham Died June 17, 1878 AE 90. In memory of ANNIS BUCKINGHAM Wife of Gilbert Buckingham who died June 16, 1824 aged 32 years. BENJ BUCKINGHAM Died Nov 30,1853 AE 30. And brothers mourn thy fallen leaf with many a bitter tear. CHARLES BUCKINGHAM Died March 22,1860 AEt 44 ELIZA A BUCKINGHAM Wife of Sheldon Buckingham Died Feb 26, 1841 Aged 32. My husband, friends & children dear I am not dead but sleeping here, My debt is paid, my grave you see Prepare for death & to meet me. HART son of Sheldon and Eliza A Buckingham died Sept 7,1836 Aged 15 months. In memory of Mr EPHRAIM BUCKINGHAM who died Dec 16, 1809 aged 27 years. Farewell my friends my wife my son For I must leave you all behind My strength decays my pains increase And I must go where God doth please. ESTHER A Daughter of Lucius E & Julia A Buckingham Died Dec 11, 1855 AE 20 yrs. In memory of GILBERT BUCKINGHAM who died June 29, 1845 aged 60 years. In memory of Mrs HANNAH BUCKINGHAM Wife to Mr Abel Buckingham Who died Sept 22, 1801 In the 51st year of her age Farewell my friends and children dear My silent voice doth this declare I leave you all behind to mourn My soul to God again returns. HARRY BUCKINGHAM Born April 10, 1813 Died March 9, 1878. HART BUCKINGHAM Died Feb 19, 1877 aged 68 yrs. Our Father & Mother HENRY BUCKINGHAM Died Dec 19, 1839 AEt 37. ANNA W BUCKINGHAM Died Nov 30, 1857 AEt 52. HENRY HINE son of Hart E & Rhoda S Buckingham Died Dec 12, 1842 aged 2 months & 6 days. HEMAN BUCKINGHAM Died May 2, 1880 AE 6t. HIRAM BUCKINGHAM Born June 7, 1815 Died April 17, 1872. In memory of HOMER BUCKINGHAM son of Nathaniel and Tamer Buckingham who died June 2, 1827 in the 21 year of his age. In memory of HOMER son of Mr Nathaniel and Mrs Tamer Buckingham who died Nov 15th 1806 AE 3 years. IRWIN CLARK BUCKINGHAM Born June 17, 1844 Died June 18, 1869. In memory of two Infants sons of Gilbert and Annis Buckingham The first died at his birth Sept 16, 1841 the second died Dec 21, 1815 aged 1 mo and 13 d. Infant Daughter of Herman & Maria Buckingham died Jan 16, 1857. LEMIRA Wife of Clark Buckingham Daughter of William & Urania Couch Died April 4, 1867 AE 27. LUCY IONE Daughter of Harry and Thalia Buckingham Died Aug 20, 1852 Aged 4 Years and 9 Days. We hope to meet again. FRANCES M wife of Orrin G Buckingham Died at Great Bend Pa Aug 30, 1852 aged 26 yrs. ORLO HINE BUCKINGHAM Born Jan 12, 1841 Died Sept 15,1874. In memory of NANCY wife of Abel Buckingham Jr who died June 22, 1864 AE 11 yrs. In memory of NATHANIEL BUCKINGHAM who died Feb 2, 1834 in the 59 year of his age. RHODA wife of Hart Buckingham Died June 12, 1855 aged 46 years. RUTH BUCKINGHAM Died Jan 20, 1835 AE 23. She sleeps in beauty like the dying rose. In memory of our mother TAMER wife of Nathaniel Buckingham Born May 18, 1771 Died March 13, 1870. In memory of MRS SAMUEL CAMP who died Feb 22, 1815 in the 28 year of her age. In memory of ABEL CANFIELD who died June 11, 1830 in the 79 year of his age. In memory of CLARY CANFIELD who died Nov 24, 1848 in the 72 year of her age. HOMER CANFIELD Died July 16, 1856 aged 68 Yrs 5 mo & 14 Ds. Died Feb 16, 1806 an Infant son of Abel & Phebe Canfield. In memory of MR IRA CANFIELD he died 9th June, 1824 in the 60th year of his age. In hope of future bliss content I lie Though pleased to live yet not displeased to die. Life had its comforts and its sorrows too Both to an alwise God my thanks are due Farewell dear wife my time is past My love for you "did ever last Then after me no sorrows take But love my orphans for my sake. [His wife probably lies by his side, with a common field stone, but no inscription.] MOSES son of Leman & Mahala Canfield Died March 8, 1857 aged 1 year & 5 mo. POLLY wife of Homer Canfield Died June 28, 1880 aged 87 yrs & 9 mo. Dearest mother thou hast left us Here thy loss we deeply feel But tis God that hath bereft us He can all our sorrows heal. In memory of REBECA CANFIELD wife of Abel Canfield who departed this life November 8, 1823 In the 79 year of her age. ANNA CHAPMAN died Nov 9, 1836 aged 38. In memory of DANIEL CLARK Jr who died Nov 15, 1826 aged 54. In memory of DANIEL CLARK who died July 26, 1827 aged 83 Also ESTHER his wife Died Dec 6, 1830 aged 83. DANIEL T son of Nathan H and Sarah C Clark Died Nov 11, 1848 aged 13 years 7 mo. In memory of EDMOND CLARK who died Jan 12, 1858 aged 81 years. ELIZA wife of Jonah Clark Died Feb 24, 1859 AE 39. Mother we miss thee. In memory of ELLANY wife of Isaac Clark who died Aug 29, 1849 aged 46 years. In memory of ESTHER CLARKE who died Nov 28, 28, 1821 in the 46 year of her age. In memory of HANNAH wife of Edmond Clark who died March 1, 1841 aged 71 years. HENRY S CLARK Died — March 24, 1881 AE 48. HORACE CLARK Died Jan 30, 1864 aged 53 years. CATHARINE wife of Horace Clark Died Nov 10, 1839 aged 28 years. DIANA L wife of Horace Clark Died Feb 1, 1880 aged 60 years. HETH G son of Horace & Diana L Clark Died Dec 20, 1872 aged 31 years. HORACE CLARK Jr Died Feb 23, 1876 aged 24 years. In memory of ISAAC CLARK who died July 26,1857 aged 57 years. The sweet remembrance of the just Does flourish now he sleeps in dust. SARAH CORDELIA widow of Nathan H Clark Died Feb 13,1874 aged 71. NATHAN H CLARK Died At Vera Cruz Mexico July 28, 1847 Aged 46. ARCHIBALD COGSHALL died June 19, 1857 aged 62. HARVEY COGSHALL died July 10,1822 aged 22. ELIZA Daughter of John and Hannah Cogshal died May 12, 1810 aged 4 years. Eliza's gone to realms above Where pleasure reigns with peace and love. In memory of JOHN COGSHAL who died May 13,1840 aged 73 years. Also of his wife HANNAH who died Get 5, 1832 aged 58 years. HENRY E son of Lucius T & & Catharine Cogswell Died May 10,1849 AEt 1 y & 9 mos. CHARLES COLE Died Sep 24,1863 AE 57 LORAIN wife of Charles Cole Died Nov 21, 1869 AE 59. In memory of TIMMOTHY COLE who died Jan 7, 1828 aged 72. SARAH L daughter of Preserved & Lucretia Cooper died Aug 30,1836 Aged 12 ds. In memory of CALVIN son of Mr Daniel & Mrs Theodey Copley who died Feb 24, 1807 aged 16 years. Stop Children here as you pass by And See you are not too young to die. In memory of JOEL COPLEY son of Daniel and Molley Copley who died Feb 11, 1814 aged 11 years. Short was my time And strong was my pain To rest on Christ is now my gain Dry up your tears & weep no more I am not lost but gone before. HENRY GOODSILL son of Solomon and Harriet Couch Died Nov 10, 1862 AE 4. The Savior called him to be his For of such his Fathers kingdom is. In memory of HARRIET COUCH daughter of John & Sally Couch who died Oct 28,1819 aged 4 years and 1 month. WEALTHY wife of Harry Couch Died Aug 1, 1847 AE 43. In memory of an Infant son of William & Urania Couch who died Nov 28, 1826. COUCH MONUMENT. JOHN COUCH Died Feb 6, 1872 AE 82. SALLY his wife Died June 27, 1873 AE 80. In memory of JOHN COUCH son of John & Sally Couch who died Dec 25, 1829 aged 4 years and 1 month. In memory of PRINCE WILLIAM son of Hermon & Sylvia Couch who died Jan 7, 1828 aged 15 months and 25 days. In memory of ROBERT COUCH who died May 19, 1841 aged 18 years. Selected by himself. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. WILLIAM COUCH Born June 15, 1803 Died _____ URANIA COUCH Born Oct 18, 1804 Died July 15, 1874. In memory of MRS HANNAH consort of Mr Stephen Crane who departed this life Seper 4th A D 1807 aged 32 years. She lived beloved and died lamented. In memory of Lieut ABRAHAM DATON Who Died Aug 10th A D 1780 in the 63 year of his Age. My friends I am here The first that Cum And in This Place For you there is Room. HORACE son of John & Hannah Drinkwater died Sept 1, 1808 aged 17 months and 4 days. Thy will be done. MINNIE E wife of William S Dubois Died May 6, 1874 AE 24. ABEL EDWARDS Died March 29, 1875 AEt 68. In memory of MR EBENEZER EDWARDS who died May 9th 1806 in the 67th year of his age. Infant son of Stephen & Orrilla Evetts Died Aug 18, 1855 AE 7 ds. SARAH wife of Ziba Fairchild Died Jan 30, 1864 M 72 yrs & 7 mo. GORDIE FERRISS Died Nov 22,1863 AE 2 1/2 years. SAMUEL J FERRISS Died May 7, 1874 AE 1 year & 22 ds. FLORENCE AEt 19. After life's fitful fever she sleeps. She sweetly sleeps Little JENNIE E Daughter of John & Angeline Fleezer Died June 26, 1867 Aged 1 yr 1 mo & 13 ds. Our Baby E Our sweet flower has drooped and faded One sweet Infant voice has fled One fair brow the grave has shaded Our dear Jennie now is dead. Infant son of John M and Sophronia M Ford. ANNIS Wife of Elijah Gaylord Died Feb 12, 1877 AE 89. ELIJAH GAYLORD Died Feb 2, 1871 AE 85. In memory of SIDNEY S GAYLORD Son of Elijah & Annis Gaylord who died May 17,1845 aged, 22 years. That form which slumbers here in dust Doth guardian Angels keep Blest is the memory of the just Who then in Jesus sleep. MARILLA GIDDINGS Died Oct 19,1864 AE 64. In memory of BETSEY wife of Hiram S Gifford who died March 13, 1836 aged 34 yrs. In memory of CAROLINE daughter of Hiram & Betsey Gifford who died Nov 14,1828 aged 4 years & 6 mo. CAROLINE B GIFFORD Died Sep 2 1852 Aged 19 years & 8 mo's. RACHEL wife of Hiram Gifford died Dec 15, 1844 aged 44 yrs. In memory of GRANDISON GREGORY who died Oct 1, 1831 aged 24. Died April 14, 1841 An infant daughter of Sturges G & Susannah A Gregory. IRENE E Wife of William Gregory Died Nov 16, 1849 aged 26 years 4 mo. & 4 ds. In memory of DEBORAH Wife of Samuel Gregory who died Nov 21. 1858 Aged 83 yrs. In memory of SAMUEL GREGORY who died Sep 18, 1838 Aged 62. In memory of SAMUEL H GREGORY Who died Jan 21, 1833 Aged 32. In memory of \ STURGIS G GREGORY who died Sep 30, 1840 aged 28 yrs. SUSANNAH MARIAH daughter of Sturges G & Susannah A Gregory died July 16, 1838 Aged 4 Years. WALLACE W Son of William & Irene E Gregory Died Oct 10, 1849 aged 9 months. His soul has fled His Savior's love to share While his soft form Lies mouldering here. WALTER son of William & Sarah Gregory Died May 3, 1857 aged 2 years 3 mo. & 8 ds. BETSEY GREGORY Widow of Leonard R Griswold Died April 14, 1874 Aged 72. Death cannot hurt But grant thee sweet release From pain and trouble To eternal peace. In memory of MARY AUGUSTA daughter of John & Clara E Gunn who died April 5, 1843 aged 10 ds. Sleep gentle babe thy troubles are oer Thy bosom's rest "shall be disturbed no more. In memory of PHEBE wife of Elias Guthrie who died May 25, 1812 in her 42 year ALMIRA HALLOCK Died May 14,1858 aged 61 years. Do think as you pass by How sudden was my death And may you all prepare to die Before you end your breath. AMOS HALLOCK Died Oct 1, 1856 AE 74 BENJAMIN HALLOCK Died July 24, 1865 AE 81. He sleeps in Jesus and is blest How sweet his slumbers are From suffering and from pain released And freed from every care. In memory of BENJAMIN HALLOCK he Died Nov 18, 1796 AEt 66. BENJAMIN HALLOCK died Sept 14, 1837 in the 78 year of his age. In memory of CLARISSA wife of Benjamin Hallock 2d who died May 4, 1832 AE 63 years. My husband and my children leave And take my lodging in the grave No sex nor age from death is free O think of death then think of me. In memory of Mr DANIEL HALLOCK who departed this life Aug 19th, 1810 in the 53d year of his age. DANIEL HALLOCK Born May 17 1794 Died Aug 19, 1870 Peace be unto thee. ELIZABETH B Wife of Joseph O Hallock Died Apr 22, 1856 AE 72. ELVIRA daughter of Isaac E & Welthy Hallock died Jan 18, 1843 aged 3 yrs and 5 mo. Her soul is fled Her Saviours love to share While her soft form To dust lies mouldering here. ERVIN HALLOCK Died in Vineland N J June 9, 1874 JE 77. EUNICE wife of Amos Hallock Died July 9, 1861 & 74. In memory of j TOLMAN W HALLOCK Son of Amos and Eunice Hallock who died July 22 1822 AE 8 months. This lovely bud so young and fair called hence by early doom. HANNAH wife of Benjamin Hallock Died March 31, 1871 A^E 83. I am happy now my darlings With your kisses on my brow With the fond good night you gave me I am sweetly sleeping now. HARVEY son of Joseph D & Elizabeth B Hallock died May 25,1843 AE 21 years 2 mo & 19 ds. Remember me when I am gone Nor shed one tear around my bier But may we meet around God's throne. HENRY Son of Rufus & Sally Hallock died May 23, 1826 aged 7 weeks & 2 days. In memory of HARRIET daughter of Amos & Eunice Hallock who died Nov 26, 1835 aged 22 yrs. When those we love are snatch'd away By death's resistless hand Our hearts the mournful tribute pay That friendship must demand. In memory of MARRIETTE daughter of Amos & Eunice Hallock who departed this life May 16, 1831 AE 12 yrs. Every pleasure is fleeting therefore don't delay For the first blown rose is the first to decay. WEALTHY wife of Isaac E Hallock Died Feb 22, 1873 AE 60. In a cold dark grave they have laid thee down And the snow on thy breast was piled We wept as we kissed thy cold cold lips Though thy look was so peaceful and mild. Gone to the better land. JESSE HALLOCK Died Jan 13, 1837 AWt 73. MARTHA His wife Died Oct 22, 1850 AEt 82. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Colossians iii, 3, 4 vs. JESSE H HALLOCK Died Aug 4, 1866 AE 74. JOSEPH D HALLOCK Died Apr 13, 1863 AE 84. Oh then dear friends my memory keep While in deaths arms my body sleeps Long was my stay with you here below Sooner or later we all must go. In memory of JOEL Son of Benjm & Clarissa Hallock died Sep 14, 1815 AEt 10 years. In memory of KATHARINE HALLOCK wife of Daniel Hallock who died Mch 8, 1831 Aged 72. In memory of LUCY HALLOCK wife of William Hallock who died Dec 28th 1812 Aged 49 years. MARY HALLOCK Born Dec 11, 1798 Died Jan 14, 1870. Lie still poor soul and take thy rest God called thee home he thought it best. SEYMOUR G HALLOCK Son of Amos and Eunice Hallock died July 21, 1825 AE 8 years. There is an hour when you must die nor do you know how soon twill come A thousand children Young as I Are called by death to hear their doom. In memory of REBECCA wife of Solomon B Hill who died April 30, 1846 aged 36 years. In memory of SARAH REBECCA daughter of Solomon B & Rebecca Hill who died March 4, 1846 aged 3 mo & 22 ds. Although the grave becomes her bed. Where peacefully rests her little head Her ransomed spirit upward flies To mest her Saviour in the skies. In memory of WILLIAM HALLOCK who died Feb 10, 1842 ae 86 years. MARTHA G wife of Lewis Hart Died Apr 10, 1863 AEt 27. MIRY wife of Willis Hartwell Died June 30, 1861 Aged 46. HARRIET L Wife of Glover Hungerford Died Nov 27, 1850 AEt 28 yrs. Sweet is the sleep that here I take Till in Christ Jesus I awake Then will my happy soul rejoice To hear my blessed Saviour's voice. In memory of ABIGAIL HUNT Daughter of Lewis & Elizabeth Hunt who died April 26 1787 in the 6 year of her age. In memory of ABRAHAM HUNT who died April 27, 1825 aged 38 years. ANN ELIZA daughter of Wheeler & Mary Hunt died April 7,1861 aged 18 yrs 1 mo & 5 ds. The grave of BEN STARR HUNT who Died Sep 27, 1851 aged 34 yrs 4 mo & 22 ds. How loved how valued once avails thee not To whom related or by whom forgot A heap of dust is all remains of me Tis all thou art and all the proud can be. DANIEL son of Kirjath A & Anna Hunt died Dec 6, 1834 aged 9 years. Monument EDWARD HUNT Esq Died Nov 13, 1873 AE 87. SOPHIA Daughter of Edward & Lois Hunt Died Nov 13, 1858 in the 40 year of her age. Lois Wife of Edward Hunt Died Apr 19, 1866 AE 75. ELIZABETH L Died Nov 26, 1828 in the 6 year of her age. Also An Infant Died Dec 12, 1833. Children of Edward & Lois Hunt. In memory of ELIZABETH wife of Lewis Hunt who died Dec 4, 1839 aged 80. In memory of ELIZABETH L HUNT daughter of Edward and Lois Hunt who died Nov 26, 1828 aged 5 years & 5 months. HARRY A HUNT son of Abrm & Abigail Hunt died July 26,1833 in his 19 year. HENRY J son of Benjamin S & Betsey E Hunt Died Jan 6,1859 aged 18 yrs & 22 ds. How short the race our friend has run Cut down in all his bloom . The course but yesterday begun Now finished in the tomb. HORACE D HUNT Died Sept 29, 1853 AE 40. Farewell my wife frends & daughters dear I am not dead but sleeping here My pains are o'er my life is past Prepare to meet me in heaven at last. JOEL son of Kirjath A & Anna Hunt died April 12, 1828 in the 7 year of his age. KIRJATH A HUNT Died Apr 20, 1873 AE 82 Anna Hunt. In memory of LAURA HUNT wife of John L Hunt who died March 20, 1843 aged 22 years. In memory of MR LEWIS HUNT who died Aug 31, 1807 Aged 57 years. LOVINA daughter of Kirjath A & Anna Hunt died July 11, 1843 AE 7 yrs. LUCELLA BROWN Wife of Edwin M Kellogg Born Dec 15, 1814 Died Nov 21, 1868. Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. In memory of MARY ANN wife of Curtis L Kinney who died March 25, 1843 aged 30 years 8 mo & 9 ds. EVELYN E daughter of Andrew & Mary Kidd Died Jan 3, 1854 ae 9 mo & 9 ds. NELSON KINGSLEY Died June 21,1853 AEt 28. FREDDIE W son of Hiram & Mary L Lake Died Feb 9, 1870, AE 3 wks. IDA H daughter of Hiram & Mary L Lake Died Oct 3, 1875, AE 2 mos. The grave of SARAH MARIAH only daughter of Curtis & Mirza M Lamson who died Augs 12, 1838 aged 4 years 6 months & 8 days. She died ere her expanding soul Had ever burnt with wrong desires Had ever spurned at Heaven's control Or ever quenched its sacred fires. The grave of ISAAC AMOS only son of Curtis E & Mirza M Lamson who died Aug 12, 1838 aged 1 year 2 months & 16 days. They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. In memory of ELLEN LOUISA daughter of George H and Sarah A Lawrence who died Sep 13, 1846 aged 4 years 5 ms and 5 ds. Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. CLARINDA wife of George Lewis Died March 11, 1831, AE 40. EBEN LEWIS Died Aug 7, 1841 aged 85. HENRY R LEWIS Died June 5, 1851 AE 20 yrs. Erected to the memory of SARAH JANE LEWIS Wife of Egbert Linebergh wjio died at Kingston Ulster Co N Y March 18, 1842 in the 23 year of her age. (Mother) BETSEY A SULLIVAN wife of William A Lewis Died July 2, 1867 AE 45. ALFRED LOVERIDGE Died Oct 6, 1872 AE 82. LOVERIDGE HULDAH wife of Alfred Loveridge Died June 27, 1822 AE 28. GEORGE son of Alfred & Huldah Loveridge Died Oct 30, 1863 AE 52. ELIJAH LOVERIDGE Died Nov 1, 1852 AEt 17. NATHAN G LOVERIDGE Died Oct 21, 1851 AEt 17. MARY ESTHER Wife of Curtis Loveridge Died June 23, 1840 Aged 28 years. GELONIA L daughter of Morris A & Harriet E Lyon Died Oct 4, 1850 aged 1 yr 2 mo & 15 ds. Lovely bud too pure to bloom In earth's polluted air Transplanted in a Heavenly clime To bloom and flourish there. MARION R Daughter of Seth S and Rocelia A Lyon Died Oct 2, 1845 AEt 4 weeks. THALIA E Daughter of Seth S Lyon Died Sept 5, 1851 AEt 1 yr 10 mos & 5 Ds. Our Father who loved her hath taken her home Where pain and sickness can never come The glory of Heaven beams over her brow She seeth her Father and loveth him now. SETH S LYON Died Oct 21, 1850 AEt 35. LEWIS D son of David and Charlotte McBath Died Jan 26, 1856 AE 1 year 3 mo & 10 Ds. Sleep on sweet babe And take thy rest God called thee home He thought it best. ASHER MALLETT Died March 4, 1881 AE 84 HARRIETT His wife Died AE. ITHAMAR MALLETT Died March 25, 1831 AEt 30. LOUISA wife of Ithamar Mallett Died June 11, 1881 AEt 81. MADISON J MALLETT Died June 8, 1855 AEt 27. 0 son forever loved forever dead What fruitless tears have bathed thy honored bier Could sighs avert cold death's relentless sway Could youth and virtue claim a short delay Thou still hadst lived to bless my aching sight Thy mother's honor and thy friends' delight. MATTHEW MALLETT Died Oct 14,1822 Aged 52 years. ANNA Relict of Matthew Mallett Died Oct 19, 1822 Aged 58 years. In memory of SALLY A daughter of Isaac & Mary Monson who died Jan 1, 1824 Aged 12 days. In memory of ABEL MERWIN Esq who died March 24, 1823 Aged 72 years. AMOS M MERWIN Born Apr 5, 1821 Died Mar 31, 1852. On the threshold of manhood he made but one step unto death leaving a sp ace which no one can fill. In memory of CHARLES SIDNEY son of Herman & Lucy Merwin who died Oct 13 1811 AE 3 years & 4 months. DANIEL MERWIN Born June 3,1784 Died Jan 27, 1849. In memory of DELIA MARIA Daughter of Herman & Lucy Merwin who Died Nov 16 1813 AE 1 year 6 months & 18 days. HERMAN MERWIN Born Dec 13,1777 Died March 7, 1857. Sweet rest in heaven. HOMER R MERWIN Died Feb 26, 1878 AE 62. LAURA MERWIN wife of Daniel Merwin Born Sept 8, 1792 Died Feb 5,1826. MRS LURENA MERWIN Born May 16, 1794 Died Decr 15, 1861. I am the resurrection and the life. John 11 25.; In a moment in the twinkling of an eye the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, I Cor 15 52. LUCY wife of Herman Merwin Born Feb 2, 1783 Died May 18, 1869. In memory of MR NOBLE MERWIN Son of Mr Abel & Mrs Rebekah Merwin who died June 14 A D 1801 in the 27th year of his age. In memory of MRS REBEKAH wife of Mr Abel Merwin who died Sept 7th A D 1800 in the 45th year of her age. ANNA the wife of Stephen Morehouse who departed this life March 31st, A D 1805 In the 61st year of her age. In memory of BENJAMIN MOREHOUSE who died May 6,1846 aged 86 years. In memory of DANIEL MOREHOUSE who died April 19, 1812 AEt 44. In memory of PHEBE wife of John Morehouse who departed this life Feb 20, 1807 in the 70 year of her age. Farewell my friends and children dear My soul to God now must appear Are you prepared for that solemn day It is a debt we all must pay. In memory of JOHN MOREHOUSE who died May 25, 1824 in the 85 year of his age. In memory of DANIEL B son of Leman and Betsey Morehouse who died Aug 29 1825 aged 1 year and 9 months. DANIEL HART son of Joel & Eleanor B Morehouse Died June 11, 1837 in his 4th year. ELIZA relict of Minor Morehouse Died June 3, 1869 AEt 68. ELIZA Daughter of Seymour and Harriet Morehouse Died July 29, 1853 AE 25. ARTHUR & FANNIE E children of Levi & Cornelia J Morehouse. Little Innocence Gods will be done. In memory of Widow ELIZABETH SMITH formerly wife of Daniel Morehouse who died July 22, 1841 in the 68 year of her age. HARRIET wife of Jabesh Morehouse Died July 21, 1871 AE 71. In memory of HANNAH adopted daughter of Benjamin & Jane Morehouse who died Jan 16, 1827 in her 21 year. HANNAH E wife of Lyman F Morehouse Died Jan 5, 1869 AE 24. HELEN Daughter of Jabesh and Harriet Morehouse Died Feb 26, 1865 AE 24. HENRY MOREHOUSE Died April 3, 1873 aged 46 yrs & 6 mo. In memory of an Infant son of Minor & Eliza Morehouse who died June 9, 1825. In memory of ISAAC MOREHOUSE who died Sep 15, 1838 aged 44 years. Dear friends be wise its time to know The fading state of things below O seek the Lord with even- breath And always be prepared for death. JABESH MOREHOUSE Died Dec 4, 1876 AE 79. In memory of JABEZ MOREHOUSE who died Feb 27, 1830 in the 55 year of his age. JAIR MOREHOUSE Died August 26, 1837 aged 56. ELIZABETH His Wife Died March 16, 1878 aged 92. In memory of JANE MOREHOUSE wife of Benjamin Morehouse who died Sept 13,1830 aged 68 years. In memory of JOHN MOREHOUSE who died Sep 22, 1837 aged 67 years. JOEL MOREHOUSE Born Oct 9, 1797 Died June 8, 1864. ELEANOR B His Wife Born Sept 9, 1804 Died _____ In memory of THANKFUL 2nd wife of John Morehouse who died Dec 19, 1837 aged 75 years. In memory of LEMAN MOREHOUSE who died April 21, 1838 in the 42 year of his age. LUESA MOREHOUSE wife of James F Boice Daughter of Jabesh & Harriet Morehouse Died July 21, 1856 AE 28. MARY E only daughter of Joel & Eleanor B Morehouse Died Dec 7, 1849 in her 22 year. MINOR MOREHOUSE Died Nov 25, 1851 AEt 50. POLLY Daughter of Seymour and Harriet Morehouse Died June 28, 1848 AEt 14. Sleep quiet here dear child Death cant us long divide A few more rolling suns Will lay us by your side. In memory of SARAH wife of John Morehouse who died May 5, 1840 aged 74 years. In memory of SARAH Daughter of Stephen & Sarah Morehouse who departed this life Nov 5th, 1789 AEt 25. SEYMOUR MOREHOUSE Died Apr 8 1865 Aged 66. HARRIET MOREHOUSE Died Mar 22, 1861 Aged 52. SMITH MOREHOUSE Died April 6 1853 AEt 15. In memory of STEPHEN MOREHOUSE who died April 26, 1817 in the 84 year of his age. He was one of the earliest ablest and most zealous supporters of the church in New Preston. WALTER MOREHOUSE died July 11, 1878 AEt 34. In memory of JANE NEARING Born June 18, 1771 Died March 21, 1855. CYRUS son of Harlow H & Sylvia Newton died Feb 26, 1832 aged 7 weeks. In memory of ANN wife of Abner Osborn who died June 4 1832 aged 76 years. MARTIN son of Patrick & Laura C O'Brien Died June 17, 1848 AE 2ds. PATRICK O'BRIEN Died Feb 22, 1863 Aged 46. ALMON son of Abraham & Lydia Peet died April 28, 1855 age'd 2 years. In memory of ALVIRA daughter of Ashbill & Phebe Peet who died April 14, 1826 AE 3 months. EUNICE W PEET Died Aug 30, 1864 AE 57 yrs & 7 mo. In memory of LYDIA wife of Abraham Peet who died Jan 13, 1866 aged 84 years. MARY E daughter of Alanson & Mary L Peet Died Sept 12, 1864 J£ 5 yrs & 5 mo. Bring flowers and lay them gently On Mary Eliza's breast She blooms a flower in Paradise The angel's chosen guest. PHEBE wife of Ashbil Peet Died Apr 24, 1865 AE 66. In memory of SALLY wife of Ethel Peet who died Oct 10,1862 AE 87. In memory of MRS SARAH PEET who died April 18th, 1801 in the 5Oth year of her age. Our life how short and frail How vain is earthly trust Our fondest expectations fail Laid prostrate in the dust. In memory of ELNATHAN PEET who died May 23, 1819 aged 46. Weep not for me my friends though dear I am not dead but sleeping here My debt is paid my grave you see Prepare for death & follow me. In memory of SARAH L daughter of Abraham & Lydia Peet who died May 5, 1832 aged 13 yrs. In memory of WILLIAM R PHELPS who died Jan 15, 1830 aged 61 years. WILLIAM POOL Died Oct 9, 1840 aged 44. AMANDA wife of Henry Platt Born Sept 11, 1800 Died Sept 6, 1864. AURELIA H daughter of Fowler and Catharine Platt Died Jan. 28,1872. Aged 64. CATHARINE wife of Fowler Platt Died Nov. 2, 1852 Aged 81 years. EDGAR son of Henry & Amanda Platt died Sept. 19, 1839 Aged. 2 years & 11 months. EDWIN. E son of Sherman & Mary E. Platt Born July 20, 1856 Died Sept. 12,1864. FOWLER M. PLATT Died July 10, l837 aged 64 years. GRANDERSON son of Henry & Amanda Platt died March 9,1835 aged 1 year & 10 months. HENRY PLATT Born June 16, 1797 Died Nov. 30, 1869. ORSON son of Henry & Amanda Platt died Oct. 8, 1839 aged 11 years. SHERMAN PLATT Died April 26, 1872 AEt. 50. DAVID REYNOLDS Died June 26, 1838 AE. 71 yrs. Also his wife JANE died June 30, 1834 AE 68 years. ERASTUS REYNOLDS Died Sept 20 1833 Aged 44. In memory of JOSIAH REYNOLDS who died Sept. 6, 1820 Aged 34 years. The year rolls round and steals away The breath that first it gave; What e'er we do, where e'er we be, We're hast'ning to the grave. In memory of Lucy REYNOLDS Daughter of David & Jane Reynolds Who Died March 15 A.D. 1801 Age one year & 5 months. 0 Parents dear forbear to weep For me while sweetlv here I sleep I'm call'd from here to worlds above Prepare to meet the child you love. JOSEPHINE daughter of Erastus & Elizabeth Reynolds Died Nov. 28, 1828 aged 7 years. GEORGE son of Caleb & Caroline Sawyer Died Aug 28, 1848 aged 9 years. HARRIET SCOTT Died Oct. 20, 1855 AEt. 37. In memory of JOHN SCHEMERHORN son of Cornelius & Matelda Schemerhorn who died April 2d, 1788 being in the Ninth month of his age. SYLVIA Wife of Burton Shove Born Nov. 20, 1830 Died Feb. 6, 1869. There is rest in Heaven. ARTHUR died Jan 26, 1863 AEt 2 months. FRANCIS E died Oct 4, 1864, AEt 9 months. VISTA Daughter of Burton and Sylvia Shove Died March 13,1877 AE 10 ys & 6 mo. Our Father & Mother SILAS H SMITH Died March 3, 1869 AE 77 ELIZABETH His wife Died 18 AE In memory of BENJAMIN STONE Jr who died April 11, 1823 Aged 62. BENJAMIN STONE Died Nov. 20, 1852 AE 54. MRS THALIA STONE wife of Benjamin Stone died April 19, 1812 aged 37 years. FRED G STRAIGHT Born Aug 13,1846 Died June 5, 1878. HENRY G STRAIGHT Born Nov 23, 184.2 killed at the battle of Cold Harbor Va. June 2, 1864. ORRIN B STRAIGHT Born Feb 18,1850 Died at Columbia Texas Nov 27, 1878. MARY Wife of Marshall Straight Died Sept 15, 1862 AE 44. FREDDIE W son of Jacob & Lucy E Straub died May 29, 1862 AE 4 yrs 8 mos & 10 ds. Sweet is the sleep of the innocent. INFANT daughter of Jacob & Lucy Straub died Jan 7, 1845, aged 16 days. ELIZA Wife of Henry Swift Died July 17, 1849 AE 25. CHARLES their son died Sept 25, 1849. Swift I ascend the heavenly place And hasten to my home I leap to meet thy kind embrace I come, O Lord I come. MINERVA SOMERS Died Apr 21, 1832 AEt 29. ORMON SOMERS Died Oct 25, 1877 Aged 84 years. We miss thee dear mother. LUCINDA Wife of John Soule Born July 11, 1803 Died June 18, 1876. Blessed Jesus. OLIVE Daughter of John & Lucinda Soule Died Mar 19, 1855 AE 8 yrs. Let blooming youth behold this stone And not pass heedless by But leave me in the hands of God And prepare yourself to die. In memory of GIDEON STARR Who Died Sept 10, 1847 aged 84 years. Mark the perfect man & behold the upright for the end of that man is peace. In memory of LUCY STARR Wife of Gideon Starr Who Died July 2, 1838 Aged 76 years. In memory of ALESEBETH STONE Wife to Benjamin Stone jr Who Departed this life May the 9th, 1800 Aged 37 years. Walk home my friends Dry up your tears Here I must lye, Till Christ appears. In memory of HULDAH Wife of Benjamin Stone Who died Jan 3, 1838 Aged 68 years. INFANT son of Henry &.Annis A Swift Died May 14, 1868 AE 4 mo. Sleep loving babe and take thy rest God called thee home He thought it best. ABIGAIL H TAYLOR Born Sept 19, 1805 Died Feb 2, 1863 Thy memory still lives. Wife of W M Morse. WILLIAM MORSE Born in Derby Ct May 20, 1801. ARIETT C MORSE Born Dec 2, 1830. DANIEL S TAYLOR Died Dec 3, 1864 Aged 21 years. (LITTLE CHARLIE) son of Thomas and Sarah Taylor Died Aug 3, 1869 Aged 4 YE 3 Mo & 2 DA. MARY R wife of S Nelson Taylor Died April 19, 1845 AE. 30. NATHANIEL TAYLOR Died Sept 7, 1851 AE 78. THALIA STILSON Wife of Nathaniel Taylor Died Oct 18, 1862 AEt 85. THOMAS TAYLOR Died Dec 27, 1841 AE 73. JOHN MILTON son of William and Esther A Toohy Died May 28, 1863, AE 2 years. MARY WHEATON Daughter of William and Esther A Toohy Died Jan 7, 1863 AE 4 years. In memory of ANNA TUCKER Daughter of Mr Uriah and Mrs Eu nice Tucker She died Sept 20, 1795 in the 18 year of her age. CLARINDA Wife of Eli Tucker Died July 24, 1860 Aged 80. ELI TUCKER Died July 26, 1834 Aged 49. EUNICE relict of Uriah Tucker died Feb 8, 1820 aged 76. In memory of MRS HANNAH TUCKER wife of Uriah Tucker Jun who died Augt 23d 1806 Aged 35. HEBRON son of Eli & Clarinda Tucker died Jan 18, 1824 aged 5 months. In memory of REUBEN son of Eli & Clarinda Tucker Who died June 28, 1816 aged 3 months. URIAH TUCKER Died May 11, 1817 AEt 83. WILLIAM son of Eli & Clarinda Tucker Died Nov. 4. 1821 aged 9 months. In memory of HARRIOT daughter of Mr Samuel & Mrs Electa Wakelee who died June 20, 1804 AE 4 years & 8 months. Walker (monument) HIRAM WALKER Died Feb 3, 1878 Aged 78 years. ALBERT WALKER son of Hiram & Alma Walker Member of Co D 7th Conn Vols Died on Morris Island Sept 1,1863 Aged 18 years & 5 mos. ALMA WALKER Wife of Hiram Walker Died ______ LEVINA daughter of Hiram & Alma Walker Died Nov 14, 1846 aged 3 yrs. 6 mo. & 14 days. ISABELLA Daughter of Wellington & Susan Watson Died April 2,1847 AE 3 years. WELLINGTON Son of Wellington & Susan Watson Died April 5,1847 AE 3 months. In memory of OLIVE JANETT Wife of Henry Wilcox who died July 1, 1833 aged 23 years. OLIVE Wife of Hezekiah Whitehead and William Hallock Died Dec 26, 1867 AE 96. In memory of JANE C Wife of David T Whitehead & daughter of Amos & Eunice Hallock who died April 13, 1837 aged 25 years. The dust returns to dust as it was, and the spirit to God who gave it, but the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised. To the memory of ADELIA S daughter of Myron B & Nancy Wheaton who died Aug 31, 1843 in the 17 year of her age. ELLEN WHEATON Wife of Daniel W Patterson Died Dec 23, 1867 AE 29 yrs & 3 mo. Sacred to the memory of ESEK WHEATON who died June 2, 1830 Aged 82. Sacred to the memory of EUNICE relict of Esek Wheaton who died May 19, 1832 Aged 79. FLORA A Died Jan 19, 1856 Aged 27 yrs. ELLEN G Died May 13, 1853 Aged 21 yrs. Daughters of Myron B & Nancy Wheaton. Gillie gone Home. GILBERT WHEATON Son of Ralph & Elvira Buckingham Died Sept 8, 1864 AEt 8 yrs. I would not live alway I ask not to stay. HARRIET E Wife of Marvin Wheaton Died May 11, 1865 AEt 70. LUCINA Wife of Silvester S Wheaton Died January 3, 1867 AEt 59. LITTLE LUCY Daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Watson Died April 10, 1862 Aged 2 yrs 10 mos & 17 ds. Yet not forever in the dust This beautious Bud shall lie No In the garden of the Just Beneath God's Glorious Eye We Trust Twill Bloom Again on High. ASHBEL PEET Died Mar 28, 1868 AE 76. 1788 In memory of two Infants Sons of Mr Silvester and Mrs Mercy Wheaton who Died at their birth the First was born October the 7th, 1781, the second Oc tober the 20th, 1785. Here lie our two dear sons Their bodies laid to rest. And in the Resurrection Will rise among the blest. JARED S WHEATON Died March 31, 1850 AEt 53. In memory of JOSEPH WHEATON son of Esek and Eunice Wheaton who died Feb 1813 aged 31 years. In memory of MRS LYDIA WHEATON relict of Mr Joseph Wheaton who died Oct 24, 1813 Aged 93. In memory of JOSEPH WHEATON one of the first settlers of Newpreston who Dep arted this Life March the 6 AD 1789 in the 72d Year of his Age. I once was active in the busy world Till Fatal Death his pointed arrows hurled And plunged me in this dreary volted tomb Where you my wife and children dear must quickly come. To the memory of MARCY wife of Sylvester Wheaton who died Jan 15, A D 1813 aged 56 years & 5 months. MARIA Wife of J S Wheaton Died Aug 28, 1859 AEt 53 MARILLA WHEATON Died Oct 23, 1877 Aged 87 yrs. MARVIN WHEATON Died Oct 6, 1860 AEt 66. To the memory of NANCY wife of Myron B Wheaton who died July 13, 1838 in the 39 year of her age. Wheaton Monument NATHANIEL S WHEATON Died March 18, 1862 Aged 69 years & 7 mo. President of Trinity College, Hartford. The deceased was Rector of Christ's Church, Hartford and Christ's Church New Orleans. Sacred to the memory of ORANGE WHEATON who died Dec 9, 1831 Aged 74. Sacred to the memory of SARAH Wife of Orange Wheaton who died Aug 10, 1824 Aged 64 years. Blessed are the dead Who die in the Lord. SILVESTER S WHEATON Died April 12, 1853 AEt 58. SUSANNA Wife of Orange Wheaton and former wife of Silas Tracy Died Jan 8, 1854 aged 90. To the memory of SYLVESTER WHEATON who died Nov 27, A D 1835 aged 83 years & 4 months. LURANCY daughter of Hiram & Lucy Wicks died Dec 15 1838 AE 7 weeks. Sleep gentle bud thy trouble is o'er Thy boosom rest shall be disturbed no more. ESTHER A Wife of William Toohy Daughter of Myron B & Nancy Wheaton Died Aug 16, 1878 AE 43. MARY C .son- of Curtis & Fanny E Winters Died Oct 11, 1850 AEt 18. Early this lovely flower did fade Untimely wrapt in death's dark shade An only son to parents dear, In life's gay morn lies burried here. CHARLES H son of Curtis & Fanny Winters died June 19, 1837 aged 1 year & 6 mo. My brother & my sister too Charles you will never see Until our Father calls you home Then weep no more for me. SOPHIA ELIZABETH Daughter of Marcus & Julia Wooden Died June 27, 1847 Aged 1 year & 1 month. Farewell thou cherished one death's pang is o'er Thy every sorrow here on earth shall cease Parents thou'lt meet her on that blissful shore Where death ne'er enters and where all is peace. ALGORA E Wife of George N Woodruff died Nov 16, 1855 aged 19 years. Marbledale. Joseph Wheaton from Seakonk, Rhode Island, was the first permanent settler at this locality, in the town of New Milford. He married Lydia Kent, of Barrington, Mass. He purchased of Paul Welch, July 6, 1744, "a tract of land in New Milford, near to the northeast corner of the old township, being near 130 acres, bounded as follows: beginning at the southwest corner a large heap of stones" thence "northerly with a highway to the northwest corner, thence running easterly to a heap of stones on Woodbury line, thence south with said line to a stake," thence westerly to the first mentioned corner. This land was surveyed to Paul Welch some years before, and his brother John, now deceased, had land laid to him between this of Paul Welch's and the northern boundary of the old township. This tract of land lay east of the highway, and a little distance north of the present dwelling of Mr. Ralph Buckingham at Marbledale, and on it he built a house twenty rods, perhaps, back from the highway, but afterwards built one near the road, which locality is still known as the old Wheaton homestead. This land was in the old township of New Milford and not in the north purchase. Seven days after Joseph Wheaton bought this land his first child, Lydia, was born, but its mother was not, probably, in New Milford; the next child, Joseph, was born in New Milford. The tradition is that Joseph Wheaton when he settled here made his home some time with the first Daniel Hine near what is now Park Lane, because there was no family in the vicinity of his farm. Joseph Wheaton's dwelling-house and all papers were burned some years after the second one was completed and hence, the scarcity of the family records. The births of seven of his children are on the town records but nowhere else. He died early, but his widow survived him many years and was among the honored ones in the seating of the meeting-house at New Milford after her husband's decease. In 1759, Joseph Wheaton bought another farm of about 120 acres adjoining his on the south, which was that whereon Mr. Ralph Buckingham now resides. Nathaniel Taylor, Jr., appears to have settled about 1760, on the East Aspetuck, below Marbledale Store, in the vicinity where now is the Morehouse Cabinet Shop. His descendants remained in the vicinity many years. He adhered to the Episcopal Church under the Rev. Thomas Davies. Eli Taylor appears to have settled in the same locality with Nathaniel Taylor, Jr., at the same time, and they may have been brothers. Isaiah Bunce came later and established a blacksmith's shop, near the site of the marble shop in Marbledale, and beside the usual iron work for farmers, he made knives and forks and many other implements for household use, and especially during the Revolution. The Marble Quarries of Marbledale. There is a ledge of marble extending in a southwesterly direction, in the valley, on the east side of the East Aspetuck River, crossing the Housatonic at the Little Falls, and continuing into Brookfield, where the same ledge affords limestone in considerable quantities. At what time these quarries began to be worked is not definitely known, but some of the oldest tombstones from these quarries are nearly one hundred years -old; and in some houses erected in Revolutionary times there have been found beautiful clouded marble facings, to fireplaces, which are said to have1 been obtained near the mill at the Little Falls. The rock in this ledge is said to be too much broken to be quarried with profit. About 1820 and 30, the Aspetuck valley was very much astir with saw-mills for sawing marble tombstones, specially, there having been about twenty of these mills between Waraumaug Lake and Northville. There are now but three or four, and these obtain their marble material from other places than this town. The rock here, in general, has too much lime in it to be durable as desired for tombstones. About the year 1800 Philo Tomlinson, of Derby, and Samuel Bassett of New Preston opened a quarry on land of the latter a short distance northeast of the Rectory in Marbledale and built a mill where the mill of the late George W. Cogswell now stands, said to have been the first stone saw-mill erected in the state of Connecticut Philo Tomlinson was the inventor of the automatic feeder by which sand and water were applied to the saws while in operation. Mr. Tomlinson, with his sons Abijah and Eliphalet, soon after removed to New Preston and opened a quarry on land belonging to Orange Wheaton in company with Christopher Allen, about the same time a quarry, was opened on land of Gideon Starr by Capt. John B. Allen, who was succeeded by Medad S. Goodsell who prosecuted the business with energy and success. Sylvester S. Wheaton had a quarry connected with the Tomlinson quarry, and the Tomlinson Wheaton and Allen Goodsell quarries were more extensively worked than any others. The following were among those who were engaged in this business: Jabez and Cyrus Morehouse, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Nathan Taylor, William Morse, Elisha and Geo. W. Cogswell, Reuben Bolles and Sons, and several others of New Preston. Quarries were opened on the land of the-late Elijah Gaylord and A. N. Baldwin of Northville, and oh land now belonging to E. Stone of Park Lane. Sawed stones were sold and delivered through Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and some in Ohio and in New Orleans; at which time these quarries of New Preston had a national reputation. It was remarked by the Hon. Perry Smith, while United States Senator, in referring to the universal knowledge of Henry Clay: "He knew more about the marble quarries of New Preston than I did." At present the quarries are not worked, although several shops are in operation in cutting marble obtained elsewhere. One of these is the Messrs. Bolles of New Preston; another is the venerable William Morse who came with the Tomlinsons from Derby, who has been perhaps the most of an artist of any who ever carried on the business in this region. Another place where the work is still continued is F. Watson Morehouse, and Ralph Morehouse, who succeeded to the business of their father in the lower part of Marbledale. John Morehouse (father of the above) was quite extensively engaged in the marble business. His old mill is still standing, but quite useless. The son, Mr. Ralph Morehouse, is now engaged in what is properly called cemetery work, and this in all forms, but the marble is brought from Vermont. St. Andrew's Church in Marbledale. As seen in the chapter on New Preston, among the early settlers of that place were persons who adhered to the Episcopal Church. The Rev. Thomas Davies baptized a number of children in that place during the years 1764 and 1765; and held several sevices there during that time. In a letter dated June 25, 1764, Mr. Davies says: "In New Preston, a parish in Kent, they have most of the material for building a church which they determine to erect next summer, forty-five by thirty-five feet." In another letter dated June, 1765, he wrote: "The church I mentioned, which was to be erected this last spring in New Preston, is postponed until the next on account of the people's incapacity; not that they are so distressingly poor, but because there is no money in circulation." It is probable this church edifice was erected soon after, and stood on land now owned by Mr. George S. Holt, a short distance east from Mr. David Burnham's store in the village of New Preston. The parish records of St. Andrew's Church begin at a meeting held under the Act of the General Assembly, as to the organization of religious bodies, directed by William Cogswell, justice of the peace. On June 24, 1784, John Hitchcock, Esqr., moderator, Stephen Morehouse was chosen clerk, and sworn according to law, and Sylvester Wheaton, Jerod Sperry, and Peter Porter, were chosen society's committee. "At a meeting warned and held June 26. 1784, the inhabitants of New Preston and East-Witch [Warren] of the denomination of the Church of England so called parishes, having formed themselves into a lawful society according to the late act of the General Assembly of this state of Connecticut: We, the subscribers whose names are underwritten, being desirous for the promoting religion and good order, do acknowledge ourselves to be and belong to the above said body; and do by these presents form and incorporate into said society, as witness our hands." From the town of New Milford: Stephen Morehouse, Benjamin Morehouse, Stephen Morehouse, Jr., Abel Bostwick, Ichabod Bostwick, Zachariah Bostwick, Joseph Bostwick, Ebenezer Bostwick. Reuben Dayton, Eli Dayton, Samuel Hill, Samuel Hill, Jr., John Jones, Elizur Hendryees, Jonathan Hill, Thaddeus Peet, Thaddeus Peet, Jr., Samuel Peet, George Peet, Samuel W. Peet, David Peet, Joseph Peet, Ebenezer Pickett, Gillead Sperry, Julius Stone, Philo Sperry, Benajah Stone, Jerod Sperry, Daniel Stone, Uriah Pickett, Esek Wheaton, From the township of Kent: John Handford, Dosert Handford, Michael Barlow, John Peet, Abel Turrell, Daniel Owen, Peabody Smith, Elijah Waller, Daniel Hill. From the township of Washington: Nathaniel Bozworth, Jr., Jabez Bozworth, Joseph Bozworth, James Bozworth, James Baker, Jr., Isaiah Bunce, Robert Dickenson, Ebenezer Lacey, Isaac Lacey, Daniel Bunnell, Joseph Wheaton, Sylvester Wheaton, Orange Wheaton, Caleb Rude, John Rude, Lestor Rude, Jonah Rude, David Meeker, Hezekiah Beardsley, John Parkus. From the township of Warren: John Barns, Park Beaman, John Hitchcock, Asahel Hitchcock, Samuel Littlefield, Samuel Morris, Jr., Peter Porter, Benjamin Saunders, Ethel Peet, James Mosher. Test, a true record from the assignments, STEPHEN MOREHOUSE, Register" At a meeting held at the Church in New Preston, Aug. 23, 1784, Capt Peter Porter, moderator. "Voted to hire preaching or some candidate to read prayers according to our subscription. For collectors:—Samuel Littlefield, for East Greenwitch and the Great Hollow [Warren and Kent Hollow], Jesse Baker for Washington, David Peet for New Milford." The Rev. Richard Clarke had charge of this parish in Connecticut with New Milford and other places after the death of the Rev. Thomas Davies, from 1767 to 1783; and some difficulty arose between the parish and Mr. Clark, so that they "voted that Sylvester Wheaton be a committee to carry on the suit with Mr. Clark, and to employ an attorney on our behalf." The question of difference seems to have been as to Mr. Clark's salary, for the parish in 1785 appointed Sylvester Wheaton, Samuel Littlefield, Elijah Waller, Israel Sperry, and John Peet, a committee "to treat with Mr. Clark and to settle with him from December, 1767, to December, 1783," if they could, but in the effort they failed, and hence the suit, of which we have no further information. During the Revolutionary War, such was the feeling towards the Church of England, here, that it was necessary for the preservation of the Church to discontinue services and board up the windows, as some thought it a display of patriotism to throw stones through the windows and otherwise injure the building, and services were held occasionally at private houses. There is no evidence of disloyalty to the colonies on the part of the church. Two sons of Joseph Wheaton, a leading member of this parish, were in the war, and they, Benjamin and Joseph, Jr., were soldiers and were taken prisoners and suffered all the horrors of imprisonment in New York, during its occupancy by the British. Upon the entrance of the American army into that city their brother Sylvester Wheaton, going to assist them home, carried one brother in his arms out of the city, and leaving him to go for the other, on his return found the first one dead, and the other did not live to return home. The Rev. Ashbel Baldwin was the first settled minister after the organization under the statute law, after the Revolution. The parish was connected with the parishes of Washington, Kent, New Milford, and New Fairfield, as a vote taken Sept. 1, 1787, shows the laying of a tax of two pence on the pound " to be used in connection with those parishes, or otherwise as the committee see best for us in general." At a society's meeting, April 6, 1790, "Voted that the societies belonging to New Preston will assist Mr. Elijah Waller in trying a suit at law with the Washington collectors for taking Waller's money for the Presbyterian Order, and bear the cost and counsel that shall arise before a single justice of the peace, and if judgment shall come out in his favor the money shall be cast into the treasury of New Preston." "October 29, 1790. Voted to raise twenty-eight pounds lawful money—the two-thirds in produce, the one-third in money for the support of the Rev. Truman Marsh, provided he will hold himself to be our incumbent, the same to be"paid to Mr. Marsh by the first of January annually." Mr. Marsh was their Rector until October 31, 1799; residing in New Milford and serving the Episcopal Church at that place during the same time. At a meeting held Jan. 2, 1791, soon after Mr. Marsh's settlement here, they voted that the standing committee should go with James Bozworth, Sylvester Wheaton, and Stephen Morehouse, and view the church to see what alterations it was best to make, and in accordance with the report they voted to "lower the church to one tier of windows, proportionable to a handsome conveniency with one front gallery, as Messrs. James Bozworth and Sylvester Wheaton shall say." At that time New Preston Hill was the more important place, and soon a committee was appointed to place a stake not over forty rods from the Rev. Mr. Day's meeting-house, as a location on which to build a church or to which to remove the old one. In 1793, the first record is made about buying the Friends' meeting-house which stood at the north end of the Northville burying-place. This was the one that Jemima Wilkinson preached in four or five years; she having been removed some years to the Genesee country. At a meeting held Aug. 25, 1796, it was voted to buy "the Friends' meeting-house on condition that the subscription should be sufficient." This house was purchased but subsequent events have demonstrated the movement to leave New Preston village one of great error, for by it they lost a large part of the northern portion of the parish, and that loss has never been recovered. The decay of the marble business in Marbledale and the attractions of Lake Waraumaug as a summer resort have made New Preston—known for many years as Waraumaug—the center of business and social life for this region of country, and in all probability had the location of the church never been changed it would have attained a larger influence than it now holds. The Rev. Joseph Perry succeeded Rev. Mr. Marsh as acting clergyman to this parish, remaining until September, 1802, after which there was a vacancy until the settlement of the Rev. Benjamin Benham in January, 1807. He continued rector in connection with the Churches of New Milford and Roxbury until 1812; when he was succeeded in St. Andrew's parish by the Rev. Sturges Gilbert, who was, at his own request, dismissed by vote of the parish, Sept. 21, 1816. At this time the question of a new house of worship was agitated, and it was decided inexpedient to repair the church, and a vote was passed that it was expedient to erect a new church on New Preston Hill, and that if $1,600 could be raised by subscription, to proceed to build the church. The ground was purchased on New Preston Hill, in accordance with this vote, but there being a difference of opinion the matter was delayed, and finally it was built where it now stands in Marbledale village. After the dismissal of the Rev. Mr. Gilbert there are records of services held by the Rev. Mr. Glover and the Rev. Samuel B. Hall. The Rev. George B. Andrews was settled herein 1819; he being a very capable minister, and during his rectorship the present church edifice was erected, and upon the completion of it the following request was made for its dedication. OCTOBER 14, 1823. To the Rt. Rev. THOMAS C. BROWNELL, Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut: RT. REV. SIR: The people of the Parish of New Preston having erected a house for Divine worship: We the Wardens and Vestrymen of the parish request that the said building be consecrated to the service of Almighty God, according to the rites and usages of the Protestant Episcopal Church. GIDEON STARR WILLIAM HANDFORD, JOHN COGSHALL ERASTUS LOVERIDGE, Wardens. ALVIN BROWN, Vestrymen. In the Bishop's report at the next convention he said: "At New Preston on the 16th [of October, 1823] consecrated the new edifice by the name of St. Andrew's Church. The occasion excited a lively interest, and drew together a large concourse of people, among whom were thirteen of the clergy of our church. The new edifice thus consecrated to the worship of God does great credit to the zeal and liberality of the parish. It is constructed of durable material, and in the Gothic style of architecture. The interior is well finished and conveniently arranged, and the decorations of the pulpit, chancel, and desk are handsome and appropriate. The congregation is not large nor wealthy, yet the spirit with which they are animated has enabled them to erect the church within a very short period, and to pay for it entirely from their own resources. Some may have spared from their exigencies, yet it is believed they are far from feeling impoverished by their exertions, and they may have a religious trust that what they have thus lent unto the Lord will be repaid in blessings on themselves and their posterity." In 1826 and 7 the Rev. Ezra B. Kellogg was the officiating minister, the Rev. Mr. Andrews in charge; in 1829 the Rev. Henry Finch; in 1830 the Rev. Isaac Jones; in 1831 the Rev. Henry S. Atwater; in 1836 the Rev. Enoch Huntington, of New Milford; in 1838 the Rev. Riverius Camp, who was succeeded by the Rev. Henry Beers Sherman; in 1839 the Rev. George Sewell Gordon; in 1844 the Rev. Alfred Marsen Loutrel; in 1846 the Rev. William Long; in 1849the Rev. James L. Scott; in 1853 the Rev. Nathaniel S. Wheaton, D.D., while the church was being repaired; in 1853 to Easter, 1854, the Rev. Robert F. Clute, and then the Rev. James L. Scott to December, 1867; from August, 1868, the Rev. Henry C. Randall to Nov. 17, 1869; the Rev. Charles Husband, who died Dec. 20, 1870; and in 1872 the Rev. John N. Merwin, who died May 17, 1874. On June 28, 1874, the Rev. William S. Peck was settled as rector, and continues active and successful at the present time. Two bequests are held for the benefit of pew-holders in this church; one was given by the late Samuel Hill for the benefit of those who reside in New Milford in New Preston Society, which amounts at present to $1,900; and one of $500 given by the late Nathaniel Brown to be applied to all members outside of the above stated limits. In 1853 the Rev. Nathaniel S. Wheaton, D.D., son of Sylvester and grandson of Joseph Wheaton, one of the first settlers and churchmen of New Preston, purchased and gave to the parish the rectory, now occupied by the rector, at an expense of $1,250. About the same time the church was much enlarged and improved at an expense of over $2,000, to which he contributed liberally. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF NEW MILFORD AND BRIDGEWATER, CONNECTICUT, 1703-1882, BY SAMUEL ORCUTT AUTHOR OF THE HISTORIES OF TORRINGTON, WOLCOTT, AND DERBY, AND THE INDIANS OF THE HOUSATONIC AND NAUGATUCK VALLEYS, CONNECTICUT. 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