The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885
J. H. Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, New York
1884
Pages 282-320

TOWN OF EAST HADDAM.
BY E. Emory JOHNSON & Hosford B. NILES.
[transcribed by Janece Streig]

GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

          East Haddam is one of the oldest and largest towns in the State. Its diversified scenery, its bracing atmosphere, and its early historic associations, have made the town an object of admiration to travelers, and of love to her sons and daughters; and she has reared many worthy sons who have graced the higher pursuits of life.

          The town is beautifully situated on the Connecticut River, about 16 miles north from Long Island Sound, or Saybrook Point, about 32 miles south from Hartford, and fourteen below Middletown. It is bounded on the north by Chatham and Colchester, on the east by Colchester and Salem, on the south by Lyme, and on the west by the Connecticut and Salmon Rivers; the last named divides the town from Haddam Neck, which is a part of Haddam, lying west of the Connecticut River. The original name for the town in the Indian tongue was Match-it-moo-dus, which, being interpreted, means "the place of noises," and it has generally been supposed that from Mount Tom, a sightly eminence at the head of Salmon cove, these mysterious sounds emanated.

SETTLEMENT.

          A tract of land, of which East Haddam is a part, extending from Chatham line to Chester Cove, reaching six miles easterly and westerly from the river, was purchased from four Indian kings, in 1662, for 30 coats, of a value not exceeding $100. The tract thus purchased was taken up by 28 persons, mostly young men from the vicinity of Hartford, who settled on the northern part of this land on the west side of the river. Barber says their names were ACKLEY, ARNOLD, BAILEY, BRAINERD, BROOKS, CLARKE, CONE, GATES, SHAYLER, two SPENCERS, two SMITHS, VENTRES, WELLS, BATES, BUTLER, CORBE, DIBBLE, GANES, HANNISON, JONES, LUXFORD, PARENTS, PIPER, STANNARD, WEBB, AND WIAT.

          About six years afterward, the privileges of a town were granted this colony, and the tract was called Haddam, from Haddam in England. This was about the 20th town founded in the State. No settlement was made on the east side of the river till some two years later, or about 1670. All the inhabitants on both sides of the river formed one society until 1700, when they formed two societies, but it was not till 1734 that the town was divided agreeably to the divisions of the societies; the west society retaining the name of Haddam, while the east took the name of East Haddam. The first settlement of East Haddam was begun at Creek Row, about the year 1670, more than 200 years ago. The first house, it is said, stood a few rods northeast of the site where Mason GATES' house now stands. Quite a number of houses were erected in this vicinity, and were occupied by the GATES, the BRAINERDS, and the CONES, and the same family names are peculiar to this neighborhood. FIELD, in his history, claims that the settlement at the Creek Row commenced in 1685; which appears to be an error, as from a document found in the colony records, it is certain the "Robert CHAPMAN had a dwelling-house in East Haddam, north of the Creek Row, in 1674." It seems to be conceded on all sides that the settlement at Creek Row was first; then it must have commenced as early as 1670. Besides, as the land was purchased, and the settlement commenced in Haddam in 1662, it is hardly supposable that 23 years would pass by before any attempt was made to settle the east side of the river.

INDIAN HISTORY.

          Very little is known of the Indians who inhabited this locality. It is probable that they were few in number, and belonged to the tribe of Wangunks. Of these Indians DEFOREST remarks:

          "None of the other aborigines of Connecticut were so given to powwowings, to sacrifices, and to religious ceremonies. The cause of this peculiarity was remarkable. In the township of East Haddam, at the junction of Moodus and Salmon Rivers, and within plain sight of the Connecticut, stands a considerable eminence, know known as Mount Tom. Strange noises and rumblings are said to have been heard at times in the bowels of this mountain. * * * * It is natural to suppose that at no time were these phenomena more common, or more extraordinary, than when the winds sighed heavily through unbroken forests, when ancient trees sometimes fell by their own weight in the lonely woodlands, and when the place was only inhabited by an ignorant and superstitious people, whose senses were easily led astray by their imaginations. Machemoodus, there, was believed to be the peculiar residence of Hobbamock, and here the Indians held their greatest powwows.

FROM COLONIAL RECORDS.

          The following extracts from the colonial records, relating to East Haddam, are given in chronological order:

          October 1709.-"This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. Thomas GATES to be Captain of the company or trainband, on the east side of Connecticut River in the town of Haddam.

          June 1720.-"They spake of some land they had on the east side of New London River, and some in Haddam about which they thought themselves wrong'd; and they were directed to take opportunity, at the council to be called, to lay the matter fully before the same, where they should be heard.

          October 1720.-"As to the land in Haddam, it was shewn to this board that the land so reserved, vizt. Three hundred acres to the Indians, is not recovered from their vendees, but remained as it was when they first sold it.

          October 1723.-"Upon the petition of the people living at the north end of Lyme, on the north side of the Eight Mile river, and those living at the south end of Haddam east society, particularly those that live within a mile and three-quarters of the north bounds of said society, desiring a committee may be appointed to go and view their circumstances: This Court appoint that John HALL Esq., Messrs. Stephen WHITTELSEY, and Hawking HART, or any two of them, be a committee at the cost of said petitioners to go to the places aforesaid, look into their circumstances respecting their being set off from the societies they now respectively belong to for the publick worship and their being allowed to set up the publick worship of God among themselves distinct from the aforesaid societies; and that said committee make report of their opinion on the premises to the General Assembly in May next; the societies aforesaid to have notice of the time of the committee's meeting on said service.

          May 1725.-"Upon consideration of the petition of the south inhabitants of Haddam East Society, as also a prayer made by the society of Haddam East side: This Assembly appoint Messrs. John HALL, Esq., Mr. Hawkins HART, and Mr. Stephen WHITTLESEY, to repair to the place, view their state and circumstances, and if they judge it reasonable and best that there should be a new society, as desired by the aforesaid petition, then they make report thereof to this Assembly in October next at New Haven, with the best line of their petition; but if they judge it best and most convenient that they continue as one society, as is desired by said prayer, that then the said committee do resole and determine the place of erecting a meeting house that shall be most accommodable for the whole present society; and this to be done at the charge of the said whole society.

          October 1725.-"We the subscribers being appointed by the General Assembly held at Hartford, May the 13th 1725, a committee on consideration of a petition of the south inhabitants of Haddam East, as also a prayer made by the society of Haddam East, to repair to the place and view their state and circumstances, and give our judgment if we thought it best and reasonable that there should be a new society according to said petition; or otherwise, if we think it best that they continue in one society, then to resolve and determine the place for the erecting a meeting house for the whole, according to said prayer; accordingly we met a the said Haddam East, October the 5th 1725, and on the 6th day of October instant the committees of the parties met, and we heard their pleas and reasons on the premises of said petition and prayer, and on the 7th instant we viewed the State and parts of said Haddam East, and have carefully, in obedience to the trust reposed in us by the Hon'ble Assembly, according to our measure, considered the pleas and reasonings of the parties, and upon the whole are of opinion that it is best and may most conduce to the weal and tranquility of the people of said Haddam East in general, that they continue in one entire society; and therefore do determine and resolve, that the place for erecting and building a new meeting house be on the hill in the broad highway or street that lyeth north and south, at the east end of the present meeting house lane in said Haddam East; which hill is called or known by the name of CONE's Hill, a little northward of said lane.

          "John HALL,
          "Hawkins HART,
          "Stephen WHITTLESY.

          "At a Meeting of the Governour and Council in Hartford, March 30th 1727.
          "Present-The Honourable
          "Joseph TALCOTT Esq., Governour.
          "Capt. Hez. WYLLYS.
          "Capt. John SHELDING,
          "Mr. John AUSTIN.
          "Roger WOLCOTT,
          "Nath'l STANLY, Esq'rs, Assistants.

          "Capt. Samuel OLMSTEAD, Capt. BRAINERD, Daniel BRAINERD, and John CHURCH, of East Haddam, laid a memorial before this board, shewing that the finishing their meeting house is hindered thro contention in the society, and that the inhabitants at some of their last meetings have been confused for want of a moderator, and the selectmen refuse to warn another meeting: Upon hearing the parties, it is the opinion of his Honour and the Council that it is needful that the inhabitants of East Haddam should beet and fairly vote in the affair of their meeting house as they, or the major part of them, may think it most for their benefit.

          "Whereupon it is resolved, That Capt. Samuel OLMSTEAD warn the inhabitants of said society to meet at their old meeting house on the first Thursday of April next ensuing, at ten of the clock afternoon to consider and vote what they shall judge is most beneficial for the finishing their new meeting house; Warning to be given three days inclusive before the meeting; and Mr. Justice WEST of Lebanon is desired and impowered to preside moderator in said meeting, to keep order and lead the inhabitants in their voting; and if Mr. Justice WEST of Lebanon doth not attend it, Mr. Justice WOODWARD is appointed moderator, and desired to attend.

          October 1733.-"Upon the memorial of Jonathan BEEBE, Samuel OLMSTED jun, and Thomas CLARK, in behalf of themselves and the rest of the inhabitants of the easterly part of East Haddam, praying to be a society distinct by themselves and to have the privileges allowed to them that are usually granted to other societies; Granted by this Assembly to the memorialists, to be a society and to have the privileges as prayed for, and that the bounds of said parish shall be as follow, (viz) on the west, a line running from the mouth of the brook that runs into the southern end of the pond near to John BATE's, and from thence extending southerly till said line strike the middle of the line tat divides between the town of Lyme and said East Haddam, then with a line beginning at the place where the brook runs out of said pond, thence running by said brook to the bridge called Moodus bridge, and from said bridge a north line to Colchester bounds; bounded easterly, partly on Colchester and partly on Lyme; and that said parish shall be called by the name of Millington.

          May 1734.-"An Act Dividing the Town of Haddam in the County of Hartford, and Making the Same into Two distinct Towns.

          "Be it enacted by the Governour, Council and Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,

          "That what part of said town of Haddam lyeth on the west side of Connecticutt river, and the island in said river, with all those lands on the east side of said river bounded westerly by the said river, southerly by the cove and Salmon river into Middletown line, and northerly by Middletown line unto said Connecticutt river, shall be and remain to be a distinct town, with all powers and privileges proper to other towns in this Colony, and be known by the name of Haddam. Always provided, that the said town of Haddam do not send more than one Deputy to this Assembly at any time for the future on the publick charge of this Colony.

          "And it is hereby further enacted, That all that pat of said town of Haddam which lyeth east of a line drawn from Middletown line on the north by Salmon river to the cove into which said Salmon river emptieth itself ad by said cover until it come to the great river of Connecticut, and so by Connecticutt river to the south bounds of Haddam, shall forever be and remain one distinct town, with all powers and privileges proper to other towns in this Colony, and shall be called and known by the name of East Haddam. Always provided, that the said town of East Haddam do not send more than one Deputy for the future upon the publick charge of this Colony.

          May 1736,.-"On the memorial of James CONE, agent for the parish of Millington, in the township of East Haddam, praying this Assembly to appoint such method as this Court shall think best for prefixing a place to erect a meeting house upon in said society; Granted, that Giles HALL, Richard LORD, and Samuel WILLARD, Esq'rs, be a committee to repair to said parish of Millington and ascertain a place they shall think most proper and convenient for erecting a meeting house in said parish, and repot their opinion to this Assembly in October next.

          October 1736.-"Upon the report of the committee appointed by this Assembly in May last to ascertain a place in the parish of Millington to erect a meeting house upon; Resolved by this Assembly, that the place described in said report (viz) upon the eastern side of a hill, about a mile or mile and quarter southeastwardly of the house of Mr. Jonathan CHAPMAN, and about three quarters of a mile east of the house of Samuel FULLER, where said committee have marked two white oak staddles and laid stones about them, shall be, and is hereby appointed to be, the place for said parish to build a meeting house upon.

          October 1739.-"Upon the memorial of Jabez CHAPMAN of East Haddam, praying this assembly that a certain island, commonly called by the name of Twenty Mile Island, lying between the towns of Haddam and East Haddam, may be annexed to the town of East Haddam; Resolved by this Assembly, that the said island be annexed, and the same is hereby annexed, to the town of East Haddam accordingly.

          October 1741.-"An Act appointing a Court of Probate in the County of Hartford, and for limiting the District thereof. "Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same. That the towns of East Haddam, Haddam, Colchester, and Hebron, including the parish of Middle-Haddam, all in the County of Hartford, be one entire district for holding a Court of Probate, and shall be known by the name of the District of East Haddam; and said court shall be held by one judge and a clerk, with powers and privileges as the other Courts of Probate in this Colony here. And in all cases where the law allows of appeals, they shall be made to the Superior Court to be holden at Hartford.

          May 1742.-"An Act to enlarge the Bounds of the District for holding a Court of Probate, called the District of East Haddam.

          "Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all the lands in the town of Middletown that lye on the south side of the river called Salmon River shall be, ad they are hereby, annexed to the aforesaid district of East Haddam.

          October 1749.-"Upon the memorial of Colo. John BALKLEY, etc., praying a ferry to be stated at the warehouses in East Haddam, across Connecticut River, and that Joseph BATE and Richard MATHER should be allowed to attend the ferry there: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Joseph BATE and Richard MATHER have liberty to keep a ferry across said river at said place, until this Assembly order otherwise; and that the fare for man and hose be three pence proclamation money; one penny half-penny for a single person; for a single horse one penny half-penny; and two pence for an ox or cow; and for a score of sheep or swine, six pence, and so pro rata for a greater or less number.

EAST HADDAM IN THE REVOLUTION.

          Few if any towns in Connecticut have a brighter Revolutionary record. Nothing in the history of the town is more worthy of mention; nothing, probably, will be more highly appreciated than the following extracts from the records of the town, which illustrate the sublime patriotism of its early settlers:

          "At a Town Meeting Legally Warned and held in East Haddam March 26, 1770.

          "At the same meeting Mr. Ebenezer CONE, jr. was chosen Moderator for said Meeting. East Haddam, 26 March A. D. 1770. The Inhabitants of the Town of East Haddam in Town meeting Legally Assembled taking into consideration the Weighty Dangerous Controversy Subsisting between Great Britain and these Colonies in Point of Right a Controversy big With Consequences of the Utmost Importance to the Welfare of Both Countries & may Prove the Ruin of Both unless Some happy Means are Devised to prevent it, and amongst the Various Plans proposed & Means Devised None appear More likely to bring the affair to a happy Issue than the Late Vertuous Agreement of the Merchants on the Continent in Regard to the Non Importation of English Goods, almost Universally entered into (except by a growling few Who Justly Deserve the Contempt of Every Honest Man) Which agreement We Heartily approve of and Do greatfully Thank each Vertuous Merchant who has Subscribed the same and Indeed we look upon it as our Sheet Anchor in the present Storm Which seems to hover over us, and therefore are Jealous of every thing that has the least appearance of prostrating said agreement and Lately Some reports have been spread of Some of the Merchants in this Town to their on that score Whether true or False we now not and in order to Set that affair in its true Light we think it best to appoint a Com'tt Carefully to Inspect into the Conduct of all Sellers and Buyers of English goods and More especially Critically to Examine those Merchants Suspected as aforesaid (if they see cause to Submit to an Examination; and that the Same bee a Standing Com'tt for said purpose and that they Make Report to this Meeting-Voted that Doctor Thomas MOSELY, Jabez CHAPMAN 2nd, and Dan'l BRAINARD be a Com'tt for said purpose.

          "And Whereas there has been a late Meeting of Many Principle Merchants of this Colony at Middletown in Which a Plan Was begun Which we Most Heartily approve, and apprehend may be of the Happiest Consequence and in Order to promote & further said Plan We are Unanimously agreed and Do heartily recommend it to two or three form amongst the Merchants and Farmers in this town to attend their Next meeting at Hartford.

          "Unanimously recommended that Saml WORTHINGTON Esq and Mr. Humphrey LYON of Said town be Desired to attend on Said Meeting, &, also be a Com'tt to take in Subscriptions for the Purpose proposed by said company." It appears from the record that the above named meeting was adjourned till the "9th day of April at 4 of the Clock afternoon," when "Gibbon JEWET was Chosen a Com'tt with Doctor Thomas MOSELY, Dan'l BRAINERD, and Jabez CHAPMAN to Examine the Traders and take Care to Inquire if there be any Goods Come into this Town Contrary to the agreement of the Merchants."

          On the same page it is recorded:

          "The inhabitants of the Town of East Haddam Legally and in full meeting convened having a Long Time and with the greatest Concern and Attention Observed the Unhappy Dispute Subsisting Between G't Britain and the Colonies relative to the Right of Taxation and with Carefulness and Impartiality harkened to the many Arguments and Reasons offered the Public on the Subject by the most able & Eminent Men in Great Britain and America which Reasons and Arguments on both sides being Duly Weighed the argument against Taxation appearing so greatly to preponderate That we had not the last Doubt in our Mind but that the Oppressive Taxation Would be Countermanded Especially after Several Petitions & Remonstrances from the Different Colonies in America should have been heard. But to our Great Surprise we find the Authority not only Determined to Continue those Taxes but to treat humble Remonstrances and Petitions Coming from the most faithful and Loyall Subjects as Seditious Mutinous and Enemitous to Good Government therefore think it needless for us to enter on a further discussion of the Rights and privileges of those Colonies Since they have been so Judicially Canvassed by the Most Wise and Sensible Men in the Nation Shall Content Our Selves by saying No more than that we find our Rights Privileges and Money Wrested from us & we unjustly oppressed by those Whom the Ties of Nature & Trade urge to be one United and Happy People.

          "Viewing ourselves under these Disfavorable Circumstances our Petitions and Complaint treated with Contempt Insulted by petty officers appointed to Extort what little Cash we have Circulating among us under a pretext of Defraying American Charges (which no Doubt if Kate are Greatly Increased) by Which Means we are disenabled to Carry on a foreign Trade to any Advantage. In this Miserable Condition we are led to put in Practice that first Law of Nature, Self Preservation, which can be effected in a Constitutional way only by a Disuse of British and Encouragement of American Manufactories. It is with Pleasure we hear the Laudable Attempts and Resolutions of Several principal Towns in the Several Colonies on the Continent & some in this Colony for the Encouraging American Manufactories more of which we hoped to have Seen that we might have appeared in a more proper Succession but having Earnestly engaged in this affair could not any longer conceal our intentions & Desires for the accomplishing Projections so Beneficial. The Conduct of the Reputable Merchants lately convened at Middletown is Very agreeable to us and have Desired Saml HUNTINGTON Esqr. And Mr. Humphrey LYON to joyn the Merchants at their adjourned meeting and to obtain What Subscriptions they can in the Interium for the Purposes Mentioned at this last meeting also Voted Daniel BRAINERD Esqr., Doctor Thos. MOSELY, Mr. Jabez CHAPMAN 2d, and Doct'r Gibbon JEWET, to be a Com'tt of Inspection to see that no Importation is made contrary to the Spirit and Meaning of the non Importation agreement.

          "Voted and Resolved that we will have no Commercial Connections or Friendly Communications With Such as shall act Contrary to the Non Importation Agreement and that the Inspectors do give Due Notice of any that shall be guilty of S'd Breach Directly or Indirectly in the most public Places in the Town and in the New London Gazette Voted in the affirmative Test.

          "Dan'l BRAINARD, Town Clerk." "At a Town Meeting Legally Warned and held in East Haddam July the 9th 1770; at the Same Meeting Mr. William SELBY Was Chosen Moderator for Said Meeting; at the Same Meeting it Was Voted that the present Selectmen should erect & Build Some Suitable House in Some Suitable place in order to store the Town Stock of Powder Lead &c. in at the expense of the Town."

          At the Meeting held September 6th 1770.

          "Daniel BRAINARD, Land Holder, and Mr. Humphrey LYON Merchant Was Chosen to Represent Said Town at New Haven on the Next Day after Commencement of a meeting of the Merchants & Land Holders of this Colony Relating to the Non Importation agreement and make Report of this meeting.

          "At the Same Meeting it was Voted to colour the Powder House Lately Built White upon the cost of the Town."

          The meeting at which the above vote was passed was adjourned to the "18th day of Instant September," when the above named committee made their report, and it was voted: "That the Selectmen Should pay the Expenses of Sam'l HUNTINGTON Esqr. Mr. Humphrey LYON to Hartford at the Meeting there in May Last & also pay the expenses of Mr. Humphrey Lyon and Dan BRAINARD to New Haven on the Day after Commencement according to the above Vote."

          "At a Town Meeting Legally Warned and held in East Haddam January 5th 1775 for Which Meeting Mr. Israel CHAMPION was Chosen Moderator at Which Meeting the Committee of Inspection Chosen November 17, 1774 Made Report Relating to a Complaint that Had been Exhibitted to them by Sundry Inhabitants of Said town against Doctr Abner BEEBEE of Said town for being Inimical to the Liberty of these American Colonies Which Report Being Read-Voted at the Same Meeting that We accept & approve of the Report of the Com'tt Respecting Doctr Abner BEEBEE and that we shall hold him to be enimical to these Colonies & will Break of all Connections by way of Trade &c. With said BEEBEE & all those that Shall have any Connection With him as aforesaid until Said BEEBEE Shall Comply & sign the Confession S'd Com'tt Drew for him to sign & then we Will Restore him to his former favor and We Desire S'd Comm'tt to Advertise What is Done in the New London Gazette.

          "and also Voted that Said Com'tt Shall Judge & Determine every Matter referred to them Without making Report to the Town and When Said Com'tt Shall any Ways Publish that they find any Person enemical as afore Said or hath any Dealings With any Body that is Judged to be enemical that then We Will Break of all Connection and Dealings with every such Person or Persons."

          At a Town Meeting Legally Warned and Held in East Haddam November the 17th A. D. 1774, Mr. Israel CHAMPION was Chosen Moderator for said Meeting This Meeting Taking into Consideration the Association of the General Congress held at Philadelphia on September Past Which is Recommended by the Honorable Representatives of this Colony Do fully Approve of said Association and Voted and Agreed Unanimously that we will Comport therewith and that Col Joseph SPENCER, Daniel BRAINERD, Jabez CHAPMAN, and Samuel HUNTINGTON Esqrs Doct'r Thomas MOSELEY, Mr. Israel CHAMPION, Capt. Ichabod OLMSTEAD, Mr. Daniel OLMSTEAD, Capt. William CONE, Doct'r Gibbon JEWETT, Capt. Christopher HOLMES, Capt. Ebenezer SPENCER, and Mr. James SHAW be a Committee to Inspect Agreeable to the 11th Article in Said Association And also Voted that said Committee Examine & Hear all Complaints Against Any Person or persons that are enemical to the English Constitution and Desire to introduce a more Arbitrary & Tyrannical form of Government Different from What Hath Been Generally Enjoyed since the Revolution Brought about under God by King William and Queen Mary A. D. 1688 Until the Present Reign and have or shall try to Undermine the Privileges of this Colony; And that said Committee publish to said Town What they Shall find.

          "At a Town Meeting held in East Haddam on the 24th day of March 1777 it was Voted that Samuel HUNTINGTON Esqr., Timothy GATES, Israel SPENCER, Mathias FULLER, Capt. Jonah CONE Be a Committee to Provide Such Necessaries as the Families of any Such Soldier Belonging to the Town of East Haddam as have or shall Inlist in the Continental Service Shall want During the absence of Such Soldier in the Publick Service S'd Necessaries to be Delivered to S'd Soldiers' Families at the prices Stated by Law Provided Said Soldiers Do or Shall from time to time Lodge with S'd Committee Money Sufficient for S'd Purpose and the Necessary Cost of S'd Committee In Procuring Such Necessaries Shall Be paid By this Town and the Select Men are Directed and Ordered from Time to Time to Give Orders on the Treasurer for Such Necessary Cost.

          At the Same Meeting it was Resolved and agreed and we Do Mutually Pledge our Faith Each to the Other Strictly to adhere to the Law of this State Regarding Prices and that we will Use our joint and Several Influences to Support and Maintain the Same; in our General Spheres and Capacities. We are Sensable we Cannot Vote out a Law of this State But all we Mean is to Shew our Actual Hearty Compliance with the Before one mentioned act, and pledge our Faith Each to the other to see the same faithfully executed."

          On the 7th of April 1777, it was "Voted to give to Every Soldier Belonging to this Town That have or Shall Voluntarily Inlist himself into any of the Eight Battalions to be raised By this State the Sum of Six Shillings pr. Calender month During the time he Shall Continue in S'd Service; Said Sum to be paid to S'd Soldier or his attorney annually." "At a Town Meeting Legally warned and held in East Haddam, the 16th of September: 1777

          "For which meeting Coll. Dyer THROOP was Chosen moderator. At the Same meeting Voted that Capt. Samuel GATES; Mr. Silvanus TINKER; Samuel HUNTINGTON Esq. Doct. Gibbon JEWETT; Capt. Christopher HOLMES; Capt. William CONE; Mr. Job SPENCER; Capt. Matthew SMITH; Lieut. David B. SPENCER; Dea'n Thomas FULLER; Capt. Ebenezer SPENCER; Mr. George CONE Jr.; Capt. Ichabod OLMSTEAD; Ens. Increase CROSBY; Capt. John WILLEY; Mr. Nathan GATES; Mr. Levi PALMER; and Lieut. Nathan JEWETT; Be a Committee to provide the following Articles for every non Commissioned Officer and Soldier in the Continental army Belonging to this Town: (viz.) one Shirt or more either Linnen or flannel one hunting Shirt or frock, one pair of wollen over-halls one or two pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes to be transmitted to Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES, as soon as may be, taking his receipt therefore, which Said Holmes is Desired to Dispose of Said articles, to his Said Soldiers at the prices following (viz.) Shoes at 8s. 6d. pr. pair; Stockings at 6s. pr. pair; Shirts Hunting frock and over-halls according to their quality and in proportion To Good yard wide tow Cloth at 2s. 9d. pr. yard and good yard Checked or Striped flannel at 3s. 6d. pr. yard; and that Capt. HOLMES be Desired To transmit the money arising on the Sale of Said articles to Samuel HUNTINGTON Esq. One of S'd Committee; and that this Town Pay the Cost of Said articles and Transportation."

          "At a Town Meeting held in East Haddam January the 6th A. D. 1778 For which meeting Israel CHAMPION was Chosen Moderator-

          "At the Same Meeting The Article Proposed by Congress of Confederation and Perpetual Union between The States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhod Island and providence Plantation: Connecticut: New York: New Jersey: Pennsylvania: Delaware: Maryland: Virginia: North Carolina: South Carolina and Georgia: Being Repeatedly read and Explained to This Meeting and After due and Mature Consideration-Voted Unanimously That this Meeting does highly approve: of: and Consent To Said Articles: and that this Vote be recorded: and a True Copy thereof; Properly Attested; be Delivered by the Town Clerk to the Representatives of this Town.

          "At the Same meeting: Capt. Samuel GATES, Mr. Silvanus TINKER; Samuel HUNTINGTON Esqr.: Doct. Gibbon JEWETT; Capt. Mathew SMITH; Lieut. David B. SPENCER; Deac'n Thomas FULLER; Capt. Ebenezer SPENCER; Mr. George CONE 2d; Capt. Ichabod OLMSTEAD; Ens. Increase CROSBY; Capt. John WILLEY; Mr. Nathan GATES; Mr. Levi PALMER: and Lieut. Nathan JEWETT Were Chosen A Committee to Provide Blankets; Shoes and Other Articles as Pointed out By an Act of Assembly at Their Late Session for the Benefit of the Soldiers in the Continental Army.

          "At the Same Meeting Voted the above S'd Com'tt Should Purchase and Send to the Soldiers in the Continental Army That went from this Town Sole Leather for eight Pair of Taps for Shoes with Shoe thread answerable."

          "At a Town Meeting held the 7th day of December 1778 Mr. James OLMSTEAD, Messrs. Lemuel GRIFFIN jun'r, Mathias FULLER; and Abraham WILLEY: were chosen a Com'tt to Provide for the Soldiers' families for the year ensuing.

          "At the Same Meeting Mr. Thomas FULLER: Mr. Timothy CHAPMAN; Capt. Jonathan OLMSTEAD: Mr. Bazaleel GATES; Mr. William SELBY: Mr. Mathew SEARS; Mr. Samuel P. LORD: Mr. Abner HALL: Mr. Samuel EMONS: Mr. Amasa DUTTON; Capt. Ebenezer DUTTON: Mr. Silvanus CONE, Mr. Asa HARVY: Mr. George GRIFFIN: Deac'n Benjamin FULLER, Capt. Zachariah HUNGERFORD: Mr. Elijah CONE and Mr. James DICKSON, were Chosen a Committee to provide Such Clothing for the Soldiers in Continental Service as they are or shall be enabled to: by Resolve of the Assembly or of this Town."

          "At an adjourned session of the same meeting it was Voted that the Select men Shall have the Liberty to Draw out of the Town Treasury: five Hundred pound: Money to Purchase Gain with: for the Support of the Poor of the Town that need: and also for the Soldiers' Families which are to be provided for: agreeably to an Act of Assembly.

          "At the Same meeting: Mr. James OLMSTEAD was Chosen a Com'tt man to Lay out Said Money: for S'd Purpose Taking the Advice and Direction of the Select Men therein.

          "At the Same Meeting Mr. Johiel FULLER was Chosen a Com'tt man To Provide for the Soldiers Families according to Act of Assembly in yt. Case."

          January 11th A. D. 1779, it was "Voted to Raise by Rate or Tax The Sum of three Hundred pounds Money, to purchase Cheese and Butter for the Soldiers in the Continental Army that Belong to this Town, and for the Transportation of the Same to Said Soldiers."

          "Also that Samuel GATES Mr. Thomas FULLER Capt. Daniel CONE: Capt. Ebenezer DUTTON: Capt Israel SPENCER: Capt. John WILLEY: Mr. Nathaniel SPARROW and Capt Zachariah HUNGERFORD: were chosen a Committee to Lay out the Said three Hundred pounds in Cheese and Butter for Sd Soldiers us and to Transport the Same to them as soon as may be.

          "At the same meeting: Voted that the Select men Shall have Liberty to hire 800 pounds money for a Short time to purchase S'd Butter and Cheese with and a Quantity of Grain for S'd Towns poor &c."

          At a town meeting held July 26th A. D. 1779, it was "Voted: that if any two able Bodied men Belonging to the Town of East Haddam that Shall Inlist into the Continental army with twelve Days to Serve During the war Shall receive as a bounty the Sum of Two hundred pounds money Each out of the Treasury of the S'd Town: the one haft to be paid at the end of three months: and the other half at the end of Six months. At the Same meting voted that if any o the present Cloathing Committee Shall apply to the Select men for money to purchase Cloathing for the Continental Soldiers they Shall Give orders on the Town Treasurer for Such Sums as they Shall Judge necessary for that purpose.

          "At the Same meeting voted: that the committee that was appointed to purchase Butter and Cheese for the Soldiers in the Continental army Last Winter Shall have Six pounds Eight Shillings money paid them out of the Town Treasury for the Like Sum Sent to S'd Soldiers.

          "At a town Meeting held Dec. 6, 1779 Messrs. Thomas HALL 2nd. Thomas SMITH 2nd Joseph EMONS: Simeon ACKLEY 2nd; and Ashael ANDREWS; were chosen a Committee to Provide for the Soldiers Families for the year Ensuing." At a town meeting held the 26th of June A. D. 1780, it was

          "Voted to give (in addition to the Wages and bounty already given By this State) the sum of forty Shillings pr month Lawfull Silver money or the new emitted Bills of this State which Shall be kept equivalent to Silver money: to any able Bodied Effective Man that Shall and does Enlist at or before the first day of July next to serve as a Soldier in the Continental Line of Continental Troops; to fill up the quota of this Town for and during time Such Soldier Shall serve as aforesaid which Tour of Service shall be Either until the Last of December next; for three year: or during the war: which Said Sums of money Shall be paid to Said Soldier or Soldiers or their order or orders by the Treasurer of this Town or an order drawn by the Select Men of this Town on said Treasurer for Said Purpose in the following manner first of those that Shall inlist and Serve until the Last of December next at the expiration of Said Term: and to those that Shall inlist for three years, or during the war to be Paid Annually: and if not Punctually paid: with Lawfull Interest until Paid: And it is to be understood that the Troop of Horse is not to hire any person out of the foot Companies; nor the foot Companies out of the Troop of Horse.

          "At the Same meeting: Voted that the Several Commission Officers of the Several Military Companies in Said Town Be a Committee to procure By enlistment the said quota of men for Said Town for the Continental Service agreeable to the above Vote."

          At a town meeting held the 16th day of November 1780:

          "It was Voted that Col. Jabez CHAPMAN: Capt. Samuel GATES: Doct. Gibbons JEWETT: Capt. Enoch BRAINARD: Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES: Capt. Israel SPENCER and Capt. Jonathan KILBORN Be a Committee for the Purpose of Dividing and classing all the Inhabitants of this Town who either give in Lists or are included in any Militia Rolls: either of the Trainband alarm List or Companies of Horse-Into as many Classes as this Town Shall be found deficient in number of men Required to compleat their quota of the Continental Army (and make Return to the Town Clerk) agreeable to a Late Act of the General Assembly of this State.

          "At the Same Meeting voted that a Rate or Tax of one Shilling on the pound (State Money) on the List given in the year 1779 Be laid on the Polls and salable estate of the Inhabitants of this town to be Collected and paid to the Treasurer of this Town By the first Day of February next-always provided and it is to be understood that all Such Inhabitants of this Town who Shall and do pay their Ratable proportion of Provisions to the Committee appointed by this town to Receive the Same: all agreeable to the Late Act of the Assembly: Shall be Discharged from his or their proportion of Said Tax."

          The Same Meeting Voted: "That Mr. Samuel P. LORD: Capt. Ebenezer DUTTON; and Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES: Be a Committee To Receive the Governments Salt: To Procure Barrels: faithfully To Receive: Inspect: and put up: all Such Provisions as Shall Be raised Collected and Delivered to them by a rate or tax on the List of the Inhabitants of this Town for the year 1779 and a true account thereof to Keep: and that they be Sworn faithfully to Discharge Said Trust: all agreeable to a Late Act of the Assembly."

          December 4th 1780.-"Messrs. Thomas FULLER: George GRIFFIN and Phineas PARMELEY were Chosen a Clothing Committee to provide Clothing for the Soldiers in the Continental Army for the year ensuing."

          "At the same Meeting Messrs David WEST, Nathan GOODSPEED, Increase CROSBY and Stephen SCOVEL, were chosen a Com'tt of Supply for the Soldiers Families for year ensuing.

          "The Same Meeting Voted to give the Second Division of Soldiers: that was called for and that went into the Continental Service for Said Town Last July The Same addition Bounty and wages: as those that Inlisted by the first of July as by their Vote at a Town Meeting held on the 26th Day of June Last. The Same Meeting held on the 26th Day of June Last. The Same Meeting Voted that Joseph WILLEY 2d a Detached Soldier for the Continental Service: Should have the same additional Bounty as the above Soldiers are Intitled to by s'd Vote."

          At an adjourned session of the same meeting, December 19th 1780, it was

          "Voted that the Report and doings of the Committee: appointed by S'd Town for classing the Inhabitants of Said Town (in order to Raise S'd Town's quota of Continental Soldiers Agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly) Be approved and excepted of And that Said Report and doings be Lodged on file with the Clerk of said Town."

          At an adjourned session of the same meeting, December 26th 1780, it was

          "Voted that the Inhabitants of S'd Town Shall be classed in order to Raise Said Town's quota of State Soldiers (Being 8 in number) Agreeably to a Late Act of Assembly."

          The same meeting

          "Voted that the Same Committee That was appointed to Divide and Class the Inhabitants of Said Town (in order to Raise S'd Town's quota of Continental Soldiers) Shall be a Com'tt to Class the Inhabitants of S'd Town In order to Raise S'd Town's quota of State Soldiers."

          At an adjourned session of the same Meeting held January 9th 1781, it was "Voted that the former Com'tt appointed at a Town Meeting held Nov. 16, 1780 (To Receive the Government Salt &c. Shall be a Com'tt with the addition of Mr. Noadiah GATES to receive in and put up Said town's quota of flour and grain for the State agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly."

          At the same

          "Voted that a Rate or tax of four pence on the pound (to be made on the List of 1779) Be Laid on the Inhabitants of S'd Town And be Collected and paid into the Town Treasury by the first of March next. Provided and it is to be understood that Those persons that do pay one penny half penny on the pound on S'd List in Wheat flour or rie Do. Or Indian Corn and Deliver it to the above S'd Com'tt (Agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly) Shall be exempted from said four penny tax.

          "At the same meeting Voted that the doings of the Classing Com'tt for raising the eight Soldiers for Defence of this State be accepted and approved of and that it be lodged on file with ye Town Clerk."

          At a meeting held on the 16th day of April, A. D., 1871 {should be 1781}, it was

          "Voted that the Report and doings of the Late Classing Com'tt (for raising the Six State Soldiers) Be excepted and lodged on file with the Town Clerk."

          At the Same "Voted that the class No. 1 should have Liberty to Draw out of the Town Treasury the Extra Sum that it shall cost to procure the Light Horse man over and above what it costs to procure a footman Provided S'd Class does procure S'd Horseman for the State Service agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly."

          At a meeting held June 25th 1781

          "Messrs. Silvanus TINKER, Noadiah GATES, Capt. Ebenezer DUTTON and Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES was Chosen a Committee to Receive and put up for S'd Town their quota of Beef Pork Flour & c.: for the use of the army. (Agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly.)"

          At the Same "Mr. Jedediah HIGGINS was chosen a Surveyor of Highways for the present year in the room of Mr. Edward CHAPMAN going into Continental Service.

          "At the Same Meeting Voted that the Town will make good to the Supplyers and Purchasers of Cloathing now procured and to Be Sent to the Continental Army the full Sum which S'd Town Has Directed Said Purchasers to Buy at: So far as the State shall not make payment: and S'd Town will make Good any Discount in the Money which may happen Before the Said Purchasing Committee Can Receive the pay of the Publick: and allow the Interest if not paid within one month after the Delivery of the Clothing."

          At a meeting held on the 13th day of November 1781:

          "Whereas the General Assembly at their Session in October 1780 Resolved or Enacted that the Several Towns in this State Should collect and put up (for the use of the Continental Army) as much Beef, Pork and wheat flour as will amount to six pence on the pound on the Lists for the year 1779 Stated at certain prices as P act. In Compliance with Said Act This Town at a meeting held on the 16th Day of November 1780 Voted that a Rate or Tax of one Shilling on the pound (State money) on the Lists given in the year 1779 Be Laid on the polls and retable estate of the Inhabitants of This Town to be Collected and Paid to the Treasurer of S'd Town by the first Day of February next for the Purpose of Collecting Said provision also at a Town meeting held by adjournment on Tuesday the 9th Day of January 1781 Voted that a Rate or Tax of four pence on the pound on the List of 1779 Be Laid on the Inhabitants of Said Town and be collected and paid to the Treasurer of Said Town by the first of March next for the Purpose of Collecting a quantity of wheat flour and rie Do. And Indian Corn for the use of the Army (Agreeable to a Late Act of Assembly) which Said Taxes proved to be Ineffectual for the Purpose above s'd-Therefore upon Reconsidering said Votes for Taxing in State Money-Voted that a Rate or Tax of Six pence on the pound Lawful Money Be Laid on the polls and Ratable estate of the Inhabitants of Said Town to be made on the Lists in the year 1779 and to be collected and paid to the Treasurer of Said Town by the 24th Day of November Instant: for the Purpose of Collecting S'd Town's quota of provision in Beef, Pork &c. for the army-and one penny ½ penny on the pound for this Town's quota of wheat and rie &c.: to be paid by the 24th of November Instant-Provided and it is to be understood that all such Inhabitants of this Town that have or Shall pay their Ratable Proportion of provisions (Agreeably to S'd Acts of Assembly) to the Committee appointed by this Town to receive the Same By the 22d Day of Instant November: Shall be Discharged from his or their Proportion of Said 6 penny and penny half penny taxes.

          "At the Same Meeting Mr. Joseph EMONS and Capt Eliphalet HOLMES were chosen Purchasers & Receivers of Beef and flour: and Capt. Ebenezer DUTTON was Chosen a Purchaser and Receiver of Beef: and Messrs. Noadiah GATES and Daniel LORD jr. were Chosen Receivers of flour all for said Town's quota of provision for the army.

          "At the same meeting Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES was Chosen a Committee to procure Salt for S'd Town to put up S'd Beef &c.

          "At the same meeting: Voted that the Com'tt appointed to procure Barrels to put up the Town's quota of Beef: Shall have Liberty to Draw the Extra Cost of Barrels (if any there be of what is not allowed by the Com'tt of pay Table) out of the Town Treasury."

          December 3d 1781.-Mr. Thomas FULLER "was chosen a Com'tt to provide Cloathing for the Soldiers in the Continental Army (if called for by the State) for the year ensuing."

          At a meeting held February 8th 1782.-"Voted to Divide or class the Inhabitants of said Town into as many Classes as there are Soldiers Required for said Town's quota of men for the part of Horse neck or western frontiers.

          Capt. James GREEN Major Daniel CONE; Capt. Ichabod OLMSTEAD, Capt. William CONE and Capt. Ithamer HARVEY were Chosen a Com'tt for the Purpose of Classing the Inhabitants of S'd Town as aforesaid and make Report of their Doings.

          "At the same voted that the Inhabitants of S'd Town shall be Divided or classed upon the Lists given in the year 1781.

          "At the Same Meeting Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES and Isreal SPENCER Esqs. Were Chosen Agents to Represent S'd Town at Hartford Before the Committee appointed by the General Assembly to ascertain the Deficiency of Continental and State Soldiers in the Several Towns in the County of Hartford.

          At the Same Meeting "Messrs. Thomas FULLER and Silvanus CONE 2d, were Chosen a Committee to supply the Soldiers families for the present year.

          "At the same Doct. Zachariah CHAPMAN, Doct. Daniel SOUTHMAYD, and Mr. Robert HUNGERFORD 2d were chosen a Com'tt to class the Inhabitants of S'd Town into as many Classes as said Town shall be found Deficient of their quote of Soldiers to fill up the Continental army (said Classing to be made on the Lists 1781 and to make Report to this meeting.") At an adjourned meeting held on the 26th day of March 1782, it was:

          "Voted that Doct. Gibbon JEWETT, and Capt Eliphalet HOLMES be a Com'tt to examine into the affair and the Class No. 1 that Neglected Raising their State Soldiers for the last year; and also to examine into the affair of that Class that hired a Horseman for the State Service the year past and neglected Sending said Horseman into service, and to See if they Judge proper To Recover Such Sum of money as shall average with other classes that hired State Soldiers the same year. "Together with a reasonable part of S'd Horseman's Bounty to be by him returned S'd Sums to be paid into the Town Treasury for the use of said Town.

          "At the same Mr. George CONE 2nd and Mr. Amos RANDAL were chosen Committee of Supplys for Soldiers' Families for the present year.

          "At the Same meeting Voted that Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES Be a Committee (or Superintendent) To Inspect Take Care and See that Soldiers in the army Belonging to this Town That come home on furlough or otherwise) Be Sent on to camp at a proper time to return as he shall Judge most fit and also to take up Deserted Soldiers that Belong To this Town and Send such Deserters on to Camp when ever they may be found."

          "At the Same meeting Voted that the Inhabitants of Said Town Be Divided into five classes in order to Raise five Recruits or Soldiers for the Continental army to fill up Said towns Quota of men as pr Act of Assembly. "At the Same-Voted that Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES s'd Towns Com'tt man for to Look up Deserted Soldiers &c. to send them on to the army, Shall have Liberty By prompt orders from the Selectmen to Draw his first Cost of the Town Treasury for Said Service."

          "At the Same meeting Voted that the first and 2d Classes for Raising the State Soldiers the present year Be included in one Class for Raising a Continental Recruit; and the 3d and 4th Included in one for Raising the second Continental Soldiers and the 5th and 6th in one for raising a third; and the 7th and the 8th for raising a 4th Continental Recruit and that the 9th class Raise the 5th Continental Recruit."

          "Dec 2d, 1782, Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES, Messrs. Noadiah GATES and Joseph FOWLER were empowered to inspect the accounts of the several Clothing Committees and Committees of Supplies 'with full power to sue for and Recover all Balances they Shall find Due Said Town.'"

EAST HADDAM IN THE REBELLION.

          The following extracts from the town records show the action of the town during the great civil war: On the 31st day of July 1862, it was:

          "Voted: That a bounty of One Hundred Dollars be paid by the Town of East Haddam to each and every person of the number constituting the quota of such Town, who has or may hereafter before the 20th day of August 1862 volunteer (and be accepted) under the late call of the President of the United States for 300,000 men and that the town treasurer be empowered to raise a sum sufficient for said purpose by loan or otherwise."

          At the meeting held in pursuance of notice, August 14th 1862, it was:

          "Voted: That the vote passed July 31st 1862, granting bounties to volunteers be so extended as that the treasurer be empowered and directed to pay each volunteer from the town of East Haddam under the call of the President of the United States for 300,000 men in the July last and for an additional 300,000 men on the fourth day of August 1862, the sum of one hundred dollars as bounty to the number of sixty in the aggregate or whatever number may be the quota for this town, on presenting of their certificates on the Adjutant showing that they have been mustered into the service of the United States."

          September 6th 1862.-"Voted that the sum of seventy-five dollars additional bounty be paid by the town of East Haddam upon the conditions of the vote passed at the last town meeting to a sufficient number of volunteers to fill its quota of nine months' men, who shall enlist after this date.

          Also "Voted that a committee of three be appointed to ascertain the number of volunteers that have gone from this town since the commencement of the war, and present the same to the proper authorities, and make use of their best efforts to have the quota to be furnished from East Haddam so reduced as to be right and just under the circumstances."

          The following persons were then appointed to act as the said committee, viz., Richard S. PRATT, Charles C. BROWNELL, Silas R. HOLMES.

          "Voted that the Committee be empowered to employ whatever assistance they may deem necessary at the expense of the town."

          "Voted that the selectmen be requested to investigate the cases of those who have received bounties from this town and soon after procured their discharge from the service thereby defrauding the town out of said bounty and if they find that fraudulent measurers have been resorted to, to procure said bounty, to prosecute those guilty of said fraud."

          At a meeting held on Saturday, October 25th 1862, it was

          "Voted that the selectmen be and are hereby instructed to draw an order on the treasurer of the town for the sum of $75.00 in favor of any person who shall show to them conclusive evidence that he inlisted in the service of the State and United States between the time of the adjournment of the Town Meeting, Sept. 1, 1862, and the hour of one o'clock A. M. on the 10th of Sept., and that he had been mustered into the service of the State and had been accepted and ordered into the service and that his name is placed to the credit of this town which order to be in lieu of the $75.00 to be paid on the 6th of Sept. 1862.

          "Voted That the sum of two hundred dollars be and is appropriated by the Town of East Haddam to each of a sufficient number of men who shall volunteer to fill the deficiency in the quota of soldiers of said Town under the late order of the Adjutant-general of Conn. And that the Selectmen of said town are hereby authorized to draw orders on the Treasurer of said town in favor of such men who shall so volunteer to fill such deficiency when the said volunteers shall furnish to the Selectmen sufficient evidence that they have been accepted and mustered into the service of the State and of the United States and that their names are properly accredited to the town of East Haddam."

          July 18th 1863.-"Voted That the Town of East Haddam pay to each able-bodied man that may be drafted from said Town the sum of $300.00."

          At a meeting held on July 27th 1863, it was "Voted That the following resolutions be adopted, viz. Whereas many of the citizens of this Town liable to do military duty and who may hereafter be drafted into the service of the United States under the recent act of Congress enrolling the military forces and the families or dependents of such drafted men or such men as may hereafter be drafted, may become a public charge to this town in case such men should be compelled into the military service of the United States under the requirement of said act. Therefore voted That a sum not exceeding $12,000.00 be and the same is duly appropriated by the town of East Haddam for the purpose of defraying all the necessary expenses that may be incurred by said Town under the provisions of this series of votes.

          "Voted That Richard S. PRATT, Edward P. BROWNELL and Ebenezer FOX be a committee to draw orders on the Treasurer of the Town in sums not exceeding $300.00 in favor of such persons, married or single, as may be drafted from this Town and liable to serve under the aforementioned act, who in the opinion of said committee require this pecuniary assistance for the support of their families and those dependent upon them.

          "Voted That the Town Treasurer be and is hereby directed to pay such orders as may be drawn as aforesaid by said committee.

          "That the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to borrow such portion of said sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing vote."

          At a meeting held on Saturday, August 15th 1813

          "Voted To rescind the votes passed at the last two Special Town Meetings.

          "The following Resolutions were adopted, viz.:

          "Whereas The President of the United States as authorized by a late act of Congress has ordered a draft of Three Hundred Thousand men from the enrolled military service for the term of three years or during the war, the quota of this town being 54, and whereas said draft may fall with great severity upon such portion of the enrolled military force of the Town of East Haddam and those families as are pecuniarily unable to respond to the requirements of said draft it is Voted That a sum not exceeding Three Hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the relief of each person drafted from this town, who after due examination by the proper board shall be held to service under said draft and who in the opinion of a committee to be appointed by this meeting may require pecuniary assistance for the relief of himself, his family or those depending upon him, or for the procuration of a substitute or for the payment of such exemption fee as may be required by law.

          "That D. B. WARNER, Daniel BULKLEY, and Francis M. PALMER be a special committee under the foregoing vote and it should be their duty to attend the conscript at the time and place for examination with the necessary funds and render them such assistance as may be in their power under those votes; it shall also be the duty of one of this number to attend at the time and place of drafting and see that fairness and impartiality be rendered to the entire quote required from this Town, said committee to make report of their doings at a subsequent or the next annual Town Meeting.

          "That the selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars for the purposes aforesaid and to draw their orders on the Treasury in favor of the special committee for such sums as may be them be required to carry into effect the full intent and purposes of this and the preceding vote."

          At a meeting held September 5th,

          "The following Resolutions were Votes viz. Resolved-That the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the Town such sum not to exceed $11,000 as shall be necessary to pay to each man drafted from this Town at the approaching draft, who shall be examined and held to service, or who shall furnish an accepted Substitute the sum of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars.

          "Resolved: That Amasa DAY, Silas R. HOLMES and Daniel B. WARNER be a committee to supervise the draft and in behalf of the Town to see that fairness and impartiality are used and to ascertain who may be entitled to receive the bounty from this Town and to pay the same and that said committee be requested to assist all in their power those persons drafted and accepted to procure substitutes in full at the next annual Town Meeting."

          December 3d 1863.-"Voted that Silas HOLMES be appointed a Special Agent to procure a sufficient number of volunteers to fill the quota of this Town.

          "That the sum of Thirty Five Hundred Dollars be appropriated from the Treasury of this Town to defray the expenses of said Agent and any expenses incurred by him necessarily for such volunteers."

          June 13th 1864.-"It was voted that Silas R. HOLMES Esq. be appointed Agent for procuring Substitutes, and that we hereby appropriate Five Hundred Dollars to defray expenses of procuring said substitutes and that it be left to his discretion as to the number he shall procure provided the $500 appropriated shall cover all expenses.

          "That Luther BOARDMAN, Elijah DAY, Harper BOIES and Thos. GROSS Jr. be appointed a committee with whom Mr. HOLMES shall consult regarding the expenditure of the above appropriation."

          August 6th 1864.-"Voted that the town of East Haddam pay to each individual who shall volunteer under the recent call of the President of the United States for 500,000 men to enter the army or navy of the United States in pursuance of the Act of Congress authorizing the same and to each person who has or shall furnish an acceptable substitute under said call, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars if said volunteer or substitute is accepted for three years. And for each person who shall volunteer, furnish a substitute, or be drafted into the army or navy of the United States for one year the sum of One Hundred Dollars.

          "Provided said Volunteer, Substitute or drafted man shall appear upon the quota of said town of East Haddam under said call.

          "Voted that Silas R. HOLMES, O. H. PARKER and Harper BOIES be a committee to borrow the necessary amount of money on the credit of the Town to carry out to procure the necessary number of substitutes to fill the quota of East Haddam, and it should be the duty of said Committee also to receive of such persons as are subject to the draft, a sufficient additional amount to what is appropriated by the town and State to procure a Substitute for them and have such substitute placed to their respective names."

          August 27th 1865.-"Voted That there be hereby appropriated from the Treasury of this Town in addition to the sum appropriated by said Town on the 6th inst, for the purpose of encouraging volunteering from said town, or procuring Substitutes to fill the quota of the same, under the late call of the President of the United States for 500,000 men, the sum of $200 to each person who shall volunteer into the army or navy of the United States for one year and for each Substitute such sum as shall be within $200 of the amount said substitute shall have or may cost the individuals procuring the same.

          "Also that the committee appointed at the last meeting be and are hereby empowered and authorized to carry the aforesaid Resolution into effect.

          "Voted that the vote passed by a town meeting on the 6th inst. allowing for the town Treasury the sum of One Hundred Dollars to each person drafted in this Town under the late call of the President of the United States for 500,000 men shall be so charged as to allow from said Town Treasury to each and every person so drafted the sum of Three Hundred Dollars instead of One Hundred Dollars as is now provided and allowed by said vote.

          "That the selectmen of the Town be and they are hereby instructed to draw town orders payment conditional on the future action of the Legislature legalizing the action of this and previous meetings appropriating pecuniary aid for the purpose of filling the quota of the town under the late call for 500,000 men in favor of those persons who are entitled to receive a balance voted by resolutions passed at this meeting."

          December 7th 1864.-"Voted the sum of $300 be and the same hereby is appropriated to each and every person who shall volunteer or procure a substitute for the the term of three years for the army and navy with interest from the date of their acceptance in the service and payable from the Treasury of this town upon the legalization of said appropriation by the legislature of Connecticut provided such volunteers or substitutes be applied on the quota of this town.

          "That the number of men to whom the town will pay the $400 as before specified shall not exceed fifty-five.

          "That the selectmen of this town be instructed to draw town orders to the amount of $300 and in favor of each person who shall volunteer or furnish a substitute in accordance with the preceding resolutions payment conditional upon the future action of the State Legislature legalizing the action of this meeting."

CIVIL LIST.

          Representatives.-The Representatives from East Haddam from 1713 to the present time have been:

          Thomas GATES, 1713 M., 1714 M., 1714 O., 1716 M., 1719 O., 1720 O., 1723M.-1725 M., 1726 O., 1728 O., 1730 M., 1733 O., 1750 O., 1751 O; William SPENCER, 1717 M.-1719 M., 1720 M; Daniel BRAINERD, 1721 O.-1722 O., 1726 M., 1727 O., 1728 M., 1729 M., 1729 O., 1730 O., 1734 M., 1757 O., 1759 M; Jabez CHAPMAN, 1731 O., 1746 O., 1747 M., 1773 O.-1776 M., 1777 M.-1779 O., 1784 M.-1786 M., 1787 M., 1789 M.-1790 O., 1791 O., 1792 M; Samuel OLMSTEAD, 1733 M., 1736 O; Isaac SPENCER, 1734 O., 1735 O., 1736 M., 1737 M.,-1741 M., 1743 M; James BRAINERD, 1735 M; Stephen HORSMER, 1741 O., 1742 M., 1744 M., 1745 O; Noadiah BRAINERD, 1742 O.-1743 O., 1745 M., 1746 M; Daniel GATES, 1744 O; James CONE, 1747 O.-1749 O; Joseph SPENCER, 1750 O., 1751 M., 1752 O.-1753 O., 1755 M., 1755 O., 1756 O., 1761 M.-1763 M., 1764 O; Thomas ADAMS, 1752 M; Daniel CONE, 1754 M., 1754 O; Christopher HOLMES, 1756 M., 1758 M., 1758 O., 1759 O., 1763 O., 1768 M.-1770 M; David BRAINERD, 1767 M; Daniel BRAINERD jr., 1760 M., 1760 O., 1765 M., 1765 O., 1766 O., 1767 M., 1767 O., 1769 M.-1776 O; Joseph FOWLER, 1764 M; Dyer THROOP, 1766 M., 1770 O.-1773 M., 1777 O., 1779 M., 1780 M., 1780 O., 1782 M., 1782 O., 1783 O.-1787 M., 1788 O; Samuel HUNTINGTON, 1776 O., 1777 M., 1800 M., 1780 O., 1781 M., 1783 M; Israel SPENCER, 1778 M., 1779 O., 1781 M.-1783 O., 1787 O., 1788 M; Eliphalet HOLMES, 1786 O., 1787 O.-1892 M., 1793 O.-1794 O., 1796 O.-1809 O., 1810 O.-1811 O., 1813 M., 1813 O., 1814 O., 1815 M., 1816 O., 1817 M; Epaphroditus CHAPMAN, 1791 M., 1792 O., 1793 M., 1795 M; Barzillai BECKWITH, 1792 O; Epaphroditus CHAMPION, 1793 O., 1795 O., 1796 M., 1805 M.-1806 O; John MOSLEY, 1794 M., 1794 O., 1895 O., 1796 M., 1798 O.-1804 O; Isaac SPENCER jr., 1795 M., 1796 O.-1798 M., 1817 O., 1818 M; John BRAINERD, 1807 M., 1807 O; Josiah GRIFFING, 1808 M.-1810 M; Joshua CONE, 1810 M; Josiah GRIFFIN, 1812 M., 1812 O., 1814 M., 1814 O., 1815 O., 1817 M., 1828, 1832; Sylvester CHAPMAN, 1810 O.-1814 M., 1815 M., 1815 O., 1816 O; Josiah BARBER, 1816 M., 1817 O; Chevers BRAINERD, 1816 M., 1818 O., 1819 M; Richard LORD, 1818 M., 1821-24; William HUNGERFORD, 1818 O., 1819 M., 1820, 1824, 1825; William PALMER, 1820-22, 1831, 1835; Aaron C. PALMER, 1823, 1825, 1834; Gideon HIGGINS, 1826, 1827, 1833, 1838, 1839; Ozias HOLMES, 1826, 1830 1840; Joseph BRAINERD, 1727; Timothy GREEN, 1828, 1830, 1832, 1833; Stephen CONE, 1831; Eliphalet A. BULKLEY, 1834, 1841; William MARSH, 1835, 1836; John C. PALMER, 1836, 1837, 1848; Edward P. BROWNELL, 1840, 1841, 1855; Nathan JEWETT jr., 1842, 1843; James E. SWAN, 1844, 1846; William PALMER jr., 1846, 1847; Lemuel DICKINSON, 1847, 1849; William SILLIMAN, 1848; Daniel B. WARNER, 1849, 1850; Thomas SWAN, 1850, 1851; Oziah H. PARKER, 1851, 1857, 1877; Jonathan O. CONE, 1852; Lewis M. HILLIARD, 1852, 1853; William D. SHIPMAN, 1853; Moses CULVER, 1854; Erastus F. PECK, 1854; O. O. CLARK, 1855, Jared B. SILLIMAN, 1856; Ebenezer FOX, 1856; R. W. MILLER, 1857, 1858; Alfred GATES, 1858, 1860; Loren COWDREY, 1859; Ozias E. PALMER, 1859; Nathan JEWETT, 1860; Emory JOHNSON, 1861, Silas R. HOLMES, 1861; W. E. CONE, 1862, 1863; Francis GRIFFIN, 1862, 1863; Luther BOARDMAN, 1864, 1865; Richard E. HUNGERFORD, 1864; John B. HUNGERFORD, 1865, 1866; Jacob R. GREENFIELD, 1866, 1867; Timothy HOLMES, 1867; Elisha BINGHAM, 1868, Lord W. CONE, 1868; Charles E. BROWNELL, 1869; Edwin A. EMONS, 1869, 1870, 1874, 1876; Almond DAY, 1870, 1873; D. S. PURPLE, 1871, 1872; L. B. CARVER, 1871, 1872; Julius ATTWOOD, 1873, 1874; Albert E. PURPLE, 1875; David WATROUS, 1875; Salmon MCCALL, 1876; Hiram WILLEY, 1877; E. Emory JOHNSON, 1878, 1879; Francis H. PARKER, 1878, 1880; Daniel B. WARNER, 1879; Thomas GROSS jr., 1880, 1881; Lauriston M. STARK, 1881; Richard H. GLADWIN, 1882, 1883; Joseph W. HUNGERFORD, 1882; William M. SISSON, 1883; Albert E. OLMSTEAD, 1884; Joseph E. WARNER, 1884.

          Town Clerks.-"At a publick meeting of the Inhabitants of East Haddam, December ye 23d 1703 being legally warned, William SPENCER Junr was chosen Clarke for ye East Side." He served until 1706, and was succeeded by: Thomas GATES, 1706-34; Daniel CONE, 1734-66; James GATES, 1766-69; Daniel BRAINERD, 1769-77; Timothy GATES 3d, 1797-1802; Timothy GATES jr., 1802-1814; Timothy GATES, for a part of 1814; Christopher C. GATES, 1814, 1815, 1818-1823; Nathan L. FOSTER, 1815-18, 1823-38, 1839, 1840; Sylvester GATES, December 29th 1838 to January 7th 1839; Alfred GATES, a short time in 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1851, 1852; Daniel B. WARNER, 1841, 1842, 1843-51; George W. LESTER, 1852, 1853; Charles BABCOCK, 1853, resigned January 2d 1854. Alfred GATES was appointed by the selectmen in 1854 to fill vacancy. He was elected in the fall of 1854 and served till his resignation, January 6th 1862. N. Olmstead CHAPMAN was then appointed by the selectmen and afterward elected. He resigned, January 17th 1866, since that time Julius ATWOOD has been clerk.

PROBATE DISTRICT.

          The Probate District of East Haddam was formed n October 1741, and embraced the towns of Haddam, East Haddam, Colchester, Hebron, and that part of Middletown (now Chatham) lying south of the Salmon River. Haddam was taken from this and united to a new district in 1752, and Hebron in 1789. Colchester has remained a part of this district till within a few years. The first judge of this court was Hon. John BULKLEY, of Colchester, from 1741 to 1753; Hon. James SPENCER, of East Haddam, from 1753 to 1789. In 1776, while the latter was out of the State, Daniel BRAINERD Esq., of East Haddam, was appointed to act as judge, while Judge SPENCER was connected with the armies of the United States. Isaac SPENCER, Esq., of East Haddam, succeeded James SPENCER, and held the office for 29 years. In 1832, the district was so modified as to include only the town of East Haddam.

          The following is a list of the judges since that date: E. A. BULKLEY, 1832, 1833; Stephen CONE, 1833, 1834; E. A. BULKLEY, 1834, 1835; Stephen CONE, 1835, 1836; John C. PALMER, 1836-38; E. A. BULKLEY, 1838-42; Stephen CONE, 1842-44; Gideon HIGGINS, 1844-46; William MARSH, 1846, 1847; Moses CULVER, 1847-50; J. O. CONE, 1850, 1851; Moses CULVER, 1851, 1852; William D. SHIPMAN, 1852, 1853; Roswell DAVISON, 1853-55; Edmond SMITH, 1855-57; Alfred GATES, 1857, 1858; Charles ATWOOD, 1858, 1859; Julius ATTWOOD, 1859 to the present time.

MILITIA OF EAST HADDAM.

          The circumstances under which the early settlers were placed rendered it necessary that they should be trained in the use of firearms, and local military organizations were found in all parts of the country. In the earlier history of the town the companies of East Haddam belonged to the 12th Regiment. In 1776, East Haddam and Colchester were formed into the 24th Regiment. A company form Hadlyme belonged to the 33d Regiment.

          The different commanders of the 24th Regiment from East Haddam were General Dyer THROOP, Jabez CHAPMAN, David B. SPENCER, General Epaphroditus CHAMPION, John O. MOSELY, Josiah GRIFFIN and Jonah GATES.

          In 1816, there was a general re-organization of the militia throughout the State, which was preserved till within a few years. It is within the memory of our young men that "Training Days" were great events in the history of the town, from which all other events were dated. Soldiers with their tall hats and taller plumes, dressed in showy uniforms, met in companies in the different societies in town, once a year, where they were drilled in the manual of arms-marched in sections, platoons, and by company, and dismissed after several general discharges of musketry. How the boys reverenced these famous soldiers! The greatest scalawag in town, upon these occasions, was transformed into a hero, in their eyes, as long as he wore the regimentals. Among the early captains of these companies were:

          East Haddam, North Company: Samuel OLMSTED, Stephen CONE, Thomas GATES, Daniel GATES, Caleb CHAPMAN, John PERCIVAL, Joshua PERCIVAL, Gen. Dyer THROOP, Jonathan OLMSTED, Jonathan KILBOURN, Jehial FULLER, Levi PALMER, Abner HALE, Deacon Caleb GATES, Elisha CONE, Darius GATES, Darius BRAINERD, William PALMER.

          East Haddam, South Company: John CHAPMAN, John HOLMES, Nathan SMITH, Jabez CHAPMAN, Daniel CONE, Berzaliel BRAINERD, Deacon James GATES, Matthew SMITH, Major Daniel CONE, Colonel David SPENCER, Elijah ACKLEY, General E. CHAMPION, Jeremiah SMITH, Robert CONE, Samuel P. LORD, Richard GREEN, Joseph CHURCH, Samuel CROWEL.

          Millington, North Company: Joseph ARNOLD, William CHURCH, John WILLEY, Enoch BRAINERD, Amasa DUTTON, John ARNOLD, Noadiah EMMONS, Nathaniel LORD, Major N. EMMONS, Aaron FOX, Oliver CHURCH, Diodate LORD, Hezekiah LOOMIS, Manley BEEBE.

          Millington, South Company: Jared SPENCER, John MCCALL, Aaron CLEVELAND, Jonah CONE, William CONE, Ebenezer DUTTON, Nathan JEWETT, John CHAPMAN, Joseph GATES, Robert ANDERSON, Amos RANDAL, Col. Josiah GRIFFIN, Diodate JONES, Samuel MORGAN, Gardner GALLOP, Uriah SPENCER, David G. OTIS, Jon. BECKWITH, Berah BECKWITH.

          Hadlyme Company: Deacon Chris HOLMES, Ephraim FULLER, Ebenezer SPENCER, John SHAW, Colonel Eliphalet HOLMES, Jack HUNGERFORD, Abraham WILLEY, Ebenezer HOLMES, Jabez COMSTOCK, Charles SPENCER, Newton MARSH, Benjamin CROSBY, Robert HUNGERFORD, Chauncey BECKWITH, Calvin COMSTOCK, Oziah HOLMES.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

          The town of East Haddam has 17 school districts, in which prosperous schools are maintained. The numbers and names of these districts, and the number of school age in each is as follows:

          First, or Center District, 37 scholars; Second, or Landing, 79; Third, or Red Lane, 53; Fourth, or Uptown, 27; Fifth, or Bashan, 68; Sixth, or Town Hill, 19; Seventh, or Nicket Lane, 33; Eighth, or Leesville, 16; Ninth, or Moodus, 130; Tenth, or Milligan Green, 31; Eleventh, or Plain, 21; Twelfth, or Olmstead, 16; Thirteenth, or Foxtown, 8; Fourteenth, or Tater Hill, 18; Fifteenth, or Millington West, 19; Sixteenth, or Acby, 20; Seventeenth, or Hadlyme, 47; a total of 633.

ROADS.

          The original settlers of East Haddam laid out the town into nine sections of three-fourths of a mile square, and the roads running north and south were made that distance apart as boundaries for the same. In this "layout" convenience and topography seem to have been of very little account. Any one familiar with our roads will readily notice this observance of distance. The same distance is also observed to a certain extent in the roads running east and west.

          The East Haddam and Colchester Turnpike, extending from "East Haddam Landing to Colchester Meeting house," was granted in October 1809, with a capital stock of $6,288. About the year 1800, a post road was established from Middletown, through Chatham, to East Haddam Landing and thence to New London. A turnpike from Norwich to New Haven, through East Haddam and Haddam, was granted in 1817.

CEMETERIES.

          For many years after the settlement of the town, the people carried their dead across the river to Haddam for burial. Not far from the year 1700, a party of mourners, bearing their dead, crossed the cove and the narrow peninsula of Haddam Neck, and attempted to cross the river. It has overflowed its banks, and the floating ice rendered a passage impossible. Slowly and sadly the procession retraced its steps through the snow and buried its dead in the forest, in a romantic spot a little back from the cove. This person was Mrs. ARNOLD, a great great aunt of Mrs. Elijah BINGHAM. Thus commenced the Cove Burial Ground, and the place is now known as Grave Yard Point. It is situated about one and a half miles north of the Landing, and a little west of William O. BRAINERD's. Although the spot has twice been cleared of wood within 90 years, larger trees stand beside the rude grave stones, as it to offer their protection and throw over the spot of their dolmen shade. The brown stones, covered with the moss of time, are adorned by the traditional angels having the usual round heads, with wings protruding from the ears. In a prominent part of the cemetery is a moss-covered tubular monument with this inscription: "Under this tombstone lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Stephen HOSMER, the first pastor of the First church of Christ in East Haddam, who departed this life the 18th day of June, A. D., 1749, and in the 70th year of his age. And at his right hand lyeth Mrs. Sarah HOSMER, his beloved consort, who departed this life September ye 30th A. D. 1749, and in the 67th year of her age.

          "Sweet souls we leave you to your rest.
          Enjoy your Jesus and your God,
          Till we from bands of clay released,
          Spring out and climb the shinging road."

          Near this is another slab of brown stone with this inscription: "Here lieth the body of Thomas GATES, Justice of the Peace, April ye 20th 1734 in ye 70th year of is age." Near this is another slab recording the death of Deacon Daniel BRAINERD, who died 1743. Beside this stands a handsome stone for those days, which has remained in a good state of preservation and records the death of Captain Joshua BRAINERD, who departed this life May the 14, A. D. 1755 in the 84th year of his age." In a line with this stand rude brown stones which mark the graved of Nehemiah, Lucy, Uri, and Hannah BRAINERD, and at the end of the line stands the only marble stones in the yard. They mark the graves of Berzaliel BRAINERD and Lydia his wife. They were the grandparents of Wm. O. and Abby BRAINERD, who own the ground. Here, too, is the resting place of many of the CONES, the ACKLEYS, ARNOLDS, OLMSTEADS, and many old families of the town.

          The other grave yards in East Haddam were laid out or commenced as follows: Old yard in Hadlyme, 1723; Long Pond yard, 1726; Moodus yard, 1748; Meeting House yard, in Hadlyme, 1750; Bashan, 1760; "Tater Hill," 1760; Near Millington Green, 1764; Eight Mile River, 1769; Landing, 1773; Mt. Parnassus, 1774; Center Congregational Church, 1778; Wicket Lane, 1793.

          There is probably no more healthy town in the State, the air and water being uncommonly pure. Some of the old accounts refer to periods when virulent diseases prevailed throughout the town, but of nothing very serious. Within a few years past malaria has prevailed to some extent along the river, and in fact, it has prevailed throughout the whole State. In 1775, there were over 40 deaths in the town; in the year following, more than 50. The population of East Haddam in 1800 was 2,805. The total number of deaths in the town for 10 years, being a much larger average of mortality than has existed since that time. In 1870, the population was but 2,952, or 147 more than it was at the beginning of the century. The number of deaths during the year ending June 1st 1870 was 54, or an average of one in 55 persons, six by typhoid fever, and two were accidental. The other deaths resulted from diseases pertaining to childhood and old age. Twenty-two of the number were under 33 years of age, 11 over 70; 7 over 80, and one over 90 years. Thus while two-fifths failed to reach the average of human life, more than one-third passed three score years and ten allotted to man.

MISCELLANEOUS.

          December 5th 1774, it was "Voted that Swine Might Run at Large upon the Common & Highway provided that they Ware Will Ringed in the Nose to prevent their Rooting for the year Insuing.

          "And also Said Meeting taking the Distressed Circumstances of Jonah SPENCER and his family into their consideration and finding that Said Jonah's Wife hath of Long time been Visited With Sore and Distressing Sickness, and pin and that he had thereby been prevented in the performance of is Usual Daily Labor & his family thereby Reduced Therefore Voted that the Said Jonah have Liberty to Draw out two pound L M out of the Town Treasury for his and his families Relief and Support."

          At a meeting held January 5th 1775, "Voted that Capt. John WILLEY have Liberty to make a Dam for the Purpose of Building a Mill on Eight Mile River on this own Land."

          Manufacture of Salt Peter.-At a town meeting held in East Haddam on the 10th of January 1776, "Upon the Petition of Major Dyer THROOP, Jabez CHAPMAN Esqr, Capt Elijah ATTWOOD and Mr. Nathaniel GOODSPEED, Requesting that they might have Liberty to Erect Suitable Buildings for the Purpose of Manufacturing Salt Peter Somewhere in the Town Street between Daniel BRAINERD Esqr and Mr. Israel SPENCER's Where they can find a Convenient place for the Works and not Discommode the Public the Town Voted that they might Have Liberty as Requested in said Petition Provided that they did not Discommode the travel."

          Brander of Horses.-At a town meeting, held on the first day of December 1778, Mr. Joseph CHURCH was chosen brander of horses for the year insuing.

          Salary of Town Treasurer.-On December 7th 1778, it was "Voted that Timothy GATES Treasurer for said town Should have 12£:00:0 money out of the Town Treasury for his trouble in S'd office for the year past."

          Inoculation for Small-pox.-At the annual town meeting held December 2d 1782, it was "Voted that Inoculation for the Small Pox may be Set up in Some convenient place in Said Town and to be under the Direction and Restriction of ye Authority and Select Men of Said Town as long as it is carried on;" but on December 24th of the same year, upon consideration of the subject, it was "Voted that Inoculation for the Small Pox Shall not be Set up in S'd Town." However, it must have been subsequently permitted, for on November 1st 1794, it was voted to "Recall their former vote that granted liberty to Ennoculate for the Small Pox and that Enoculation for the Small Pox shall discontinue and stop in said Town."

          The Expected Court House.-The following preamble and vote were passed December 1st 1783: "Whereas at the approaching session of the Assembly it is probable the County of Hartford will be divided and the Town of East Haddam made a Shire or a half Shire Town provided the Inhabitants of Said Town would Build a Court House and Gaol at their own Expense and whereas a member of the Gent'n in said Town have liberally Subscribed to the amount of one half of the Expenditure that will be necessary to Build a Court House and Gaol Therefore Voted that a tax of three pence on the pound be laid on the polls and ratable estate of Said Town to be Collected and paid by the first day of December next on the List of 1783 and to be used and Improved toward the Building Said Court house and Gaol So far as said subscription Shall Fall short: provided Said provision Shall be made."

          Dr. Gibbon JEWETT's Pension.-At a meeting held September 18th 1777, the following vote was passed relating to Dr. JEWETT's pension: "Whereas Doct. Gibbon JEWETT of s'd Town has obtained a certificate for a Pension for Being Impaired in his health by Service as a Physician in the army in the year 1776 and it appearing to the Inhabitants of said Town unjust and unreasonable (considering the circumstances) therefore voted that Israel SPENCER Esqr Capt. Eliphalet HOLMES be a Committee to Lay Before the Hon'bl General Court to be holden at New Haven in October next the facts relative to the said JEWETT's service &c. and to Remonstrate against Said Pension" and at a meeting held on the 24th day of July 1788, the above preamble was again used to introduce the following vote: "Voted Major David B. SPENCER Be an Agent for Said Town to lay into the Hon. Superior court of this State on Information Objecting against Said certificate and stating the unreasonableness of said JEWETT's Pension being Settled upon him and to appear and take proper methods to support said objections before said court.

          The following persons were appointed justices of the peace, or, as they were formerly called, commissioners, for East Haddam, at the time of the formation of the count: General Dyer THROOP, Colonel Jabez CHAPMAN, Israel SPENCER, Timothy GATES.

          Captain GREEN was a leading citizen of the town. There were annual elections then, and Captain James GREEN was chosen "Brander of Horses," December 5th 1766, and every year to 1773. Every year from this until 1789 he held important offices in the town. In former days there was a forge near the spot where the old bank now stands. It was there he made guns during the war, which echoed the notes of the Declaration of Independence on many a battle field to the satisfaction of his present rebel associates, if not of his late royal master, and East Haddam was all rebel. As early as June 30th 1774, it voted unanimously for a declaration, and January 6th 1778, adopted unanimously the articles of confederation. They were prompt, generous, and patriotic in furnishing arms, money, and men.

          There is no record of the regiment to which he was attached, except it was a cavalry regiment and he was with it as captain in some engagements during the war, probably in the year 1776. He died March 11th 1908 and his widow died November 27th 1816. They were both buried in the landing Cemetery. The old stones which are falling to decay, were replaced with a marble slab, by the sons of Captain GREEN, with both inscriptions as follows: "Sacred to the memory of Captain James GREEN who died Marcy 11th 1809 Æ 80, also of Mrs. Ruth wife of Captain James GREEN who died Nov. 27, 1816 Æ 79."

          Running east from the ACKLEY farm is an old road known as Pike's Lane. On this road lived one Thomas RILEY who in his younger days, according to tradition, sailed over the seas with Captain Robert KIDD.

MILLINGTON.

          According to FIELD's history, the first settler in Millington was Jonathan BEEBE, from New London, who settled by the Long Pond about 1704, and was son joined by several persons, who have now no descendents in East Haddam. They settled west of the pond, on the hill, about the HAYWARD farm, recently owned by Rowland ALLEN. Some traces of their houses still remain, but most of them are completely obliterated. Except at this spot, there were no inhabitants in Millington until about 1732-3-4, when families moved into it by the names of ARNOLD, BARNES, BRAINERD, CHAPMAN, CHURCH, CONE, EMMONS, FULLER, GATES, OLMSTED, and SPENCER, from East Haddam Parish; of HARVEY and HUNGERFORD, from Hadlyme; of CLARKE, from Haddam; of GRAVES, from Colchester; and STEWARD, from Voluntown. Daniel SMITH, from some part of Plymouth Colony; Lemuel GRIFFIN, from Lyme, and Thomas FOX, from Colchester, settled here not long afterward. Millington Society was for a number of years the most thickly settled and influential portion of the town. In 1810, there were 172 dwelling houses in that society, while in the First Society there were but 167. There were also a number of stores, and quite a large local business was carried on; Millington being the center of trade for quite a large tract of country.

          With scarcely a solitary exception, those who now remain are tillers of the rugged soil, and are noted for their frugality, industry, and hospitality. The growing tendency of the age to centralize in the cities and villages, and the tempting allurements of the South and West, have diminished her population. Many of her children sleep in her hillside cemeteries, and many others have wandered far and wide; but none of them find happier hours than when they return to meet the hearty welcome of their native home. Sixty years ago, the Middle, or Green School District numbered 69. The same district now has about one-third of that number. At the same time the West District numbered 51; it now numbers but 13.

          The Old Chimney Stocks form quite prominent features of the landscape in Millington. The tan yard at MCLEAN's, once the scene of a large business, is now a mass of ruins. Just east of the yard is the cellar over which stood the house of Nathan BEEBE, an uncle of Manly, and great uncle of Sherman BEEBE. * * * Sherman broke loose from the old farm and went to California in its early days, where he prospered, and returned to buy the large farm he now occupies in North Millington. He has seven sons, and is one of the town's heaviest tax payers.

          Just west of the tan yard, near the DUTTON barn (so called), stood another house, and a short distance north, on the Colchester road, are ruins which mark the residences of the ELYS and FULLERS. A half mile south, on the corner, stands what is called the old Auger Stock, and further on, near ALEXANDER's shop, lived Deacon Diodate LORD.

          The Austin BEEBE house is a comparatively late ruin. This corner, now so deserted, seems to have been quite a settlement many years ago. A store was kept here by Timothy SPENCER, and just north, on the old stony road leading to Long Pond, lived Isham FULLER and Dr. NYE. The latter moved away, and afterward gained considerable renown. The old house below Deacon ACKLEY's was built by one WILLIAMS, one of the early settlers. "Wall Street," the old road running north from the Green, is now entirely deserted. The store built by Ephraim WARNER, near its entrance, in which considerable business was carried on, was long since converted into Mr. Joseph ARNOLD's horse shed. A shorter distance north was Ephraim WARNER's house, and further north but short distances apart, stood the MARSH house, the BURKE house, the Ephraim ARNOLD house, the PLUM house, the HALL house, the Beri GATES house, and the WICKHAM house. Here large families were raised, and the street formed an important thoroughfare of the town. Now, grass and weeds grow over its traveled paths; green mounds of house-leek and rude piles of stone and mortar are the only evidences of former civilization. A goodly portion of the north part of Millington Society was owned and occupied by the ARNOLDs; Ephraim, John, and Joseph. The last was the father of Isaiah ARNOLD and the grandfather of Samuel and Joseph jr. Samuel has four children living: Fluvia, married L. W. CONE; Nancy, married Charles MINOR; Emeline, married W. L. FULLER; William, living in Brooklyn, L. I.

          The old ESTERBROOK house, standing on Millington Green, was for a long time the parsonage. It was built about the time of the ordination of the Rev. Hobart ESTERBROOK as pastor of the Millington Congregational Church, November 30th 1745. The old road leading past the ESTABROOK house, or rather the road branching off from this to CHAPMAN's Mills, was in early days a main thoroughfare upon which several families lived, but which is now lonely, deserted, and almost impassible-its silence seldom broken save by an occasional ox cart rattling over the stones, or by the sharp crack of the hunter's gun. The terminus of the road, however, presents attractions which richly repay a rough and toilsome journey. The wild and romantic beauty of the scenery about CHAPMAN's Mills is not surpassed by those historic spots about which volumes have been written. The pond here is the source of the Eight Mile River which empties into Hamburg Cove. It starts with two separate outlets which surround a rocky island and join about a half mile below. Both streams leap down rocky ledgers, over one hundred feet high, with a roar that can be heard far away. The grist mill upon the west branch has gone to ruin, but the saw mill has been kept in running order. Between the two mills, on the island, stand the house now occupied by Cyrus W. CHAPMAN, so that the place still retains the name of its original owners. It was owned and occupied for several years by Colonel A. T. NILES, and here the writer spent many "happy hours of childhood."

          Following the river from the points where its branches unite, at the foot of the falls, down over Kettle Hill, so called from the deep circular holes in its rocky crest, along the old coal pit bed, the once black face of which is now white with birches; by the rough chimney pile which marks the little house where Benjamin BANNING raised nineteen children, whose exploits at diving from mullen stalks into the dew surprised many a morning teamster; through the hop years with its tall evergreens, its frowning precipices, and its Devil's Cave, and we reach the "Plain" with a feeling that we have journeyed the wilderness and finally reached the promised land. The Plain forms the southeast corner of the town and its within the bounds of Millington Society. The traveler here finds a pleasing landscape, with thrifty and well cultivated farms which were originally owned by settlers from the adjoining town of Lyme. The old Chimney Stock, which occupies so prominent a position just north of Nathan JEWETT's, was known as the GRIFFIN house, where lived Edward Dorr GRIFFIN, D. D., president of Williamstown College. The old JEWETT homestead is just beyond the bridges across the Lyme line.

          Returning to Millington Green, and taking the Hadlyme road south, we soon come to the old SPENCER Chimney Stock, where lived Gen. Joseph SPENCER, of Revolutionary fame. Here, Too, David BRAINERD, the celebrated missionary, spent several years of his youth. Nearly opposite the SPENCER place is the WILLIAMS place, where lived Dr. Datus WILLIAMS, a prominent physician of the town. He afterward moved to near the Center Church, where he died a few years since. His son, George G. president of the Chemical Bank, New York city, has enlarged and beautified the place till it is now one of the finest in the town. He occupies it as a summer residence. A few rods south of the SPENCER place is the LYMAN place, where Dr. LYMAN, who was for many years pastor of the Millington church, lived.

          In the woods near Bald Hill, about two miles south of Millington Green, are the remains of the old house where lived one Will FOX. Near by is the OAKLEY house, where lived Dr. ROOT, father of Francis G. ROOT, of Leesville. Dr ROOT afterward lived at the WARNER house on Potash Hill.

MILLINGTON ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY.

          The following is the first record of the society of Millington:

          "At a society meeting warned according to directions of ye law, to be holden on ye third day of December, Anno Domini, 1733, at ye mansion house of Jonathan CHAPMAN, in ye parish of Millington, in ye town of Haddam, John BUCKLEY was chosen Moderator of said meeting, and James CONE was chosen Clerk and sworn to a faithful discharge of this office by John BULKLEY, justice of the peace. Samuel EMMONS, Samuel OLMSTEAD, and Mathias FULLER were chosen society committee. Also, it was voted that ye society will engage some suitable person to preach ye gospel to ye people in this society; also, it was voted that the committee as above said shall apply themselves to ye Rev. Mr. Hosmer for his advice and directions in their endeavors to engage some person to preach among them as aforesaid."

          The meetings of the society were held at the house of Mr. John CHAPMAN for a number of years. As near as can be ascertained his house stood near the lower part of the hop yard. The Rev. Mr. HOSMER, alluded to in the above report, was at that time the pastor of the church in the first society. It appears by the records that the society made several applications for preachers before they succeeded in having a permanent settlement. The first religious services were held for a considerable period in a house standing near the "BURKE House," on Wall street. It appears that the first call for preaching was given to a Mr. WILLIAMS, for at a meeting held December 1734, it is recorded, "that ye society will not give Mr. WILLIAMS forty shillings a day for preaching ye gospel to ye people in said society." At a society meeting held March 7th 1735, it was voted that the committee be instructed to engage the services of the Rev. Mr. HOSMER, and in case he refused, to apply to the Rev. Nathaniel BRAINERD.

          At the same time there was voted the sum of 70 pounds a year for the support of the ministry. June 30th 1736, the society applied to the Rev. Mr. BROWN, and engaged him to preach the gospel for two months at 35 shillings a day. At a subsequent meeting, held in September 1736, the society voted a call to Rev. Timothy SYMMES, and as an inducement it was "further voted that ye society will give Mr. SYMMES three hundred and twenty pounds towards his settlement, and thirty pounds in labor towards building him a house, also one hundred pounds salary, and find him his fire wood; and that ye society will clear, break up, fence, and sow with wheat two acres of land, the first year Mr. SYMMES is an ordained minister in said society, and also plant out one hundred of apple trees on said land ye next spring after it is sowed with wheat."

          This call was accepted by Mr. SYMMES in a letter dated October 26th 1736. The society meetings were generally adjourned "to ye hour of eight of ye clock in the morning."

          For a number of years the society suffered by a division arising from a difference, partially doctrinal but more from different views in regard to forms. Finally, at a society meeting held the 17th of April 1776, "it was voted not to oppose a number of said parish who call themselves Old Fathers and Desenters of New England, if they should apply to the Hon. General Assembly of this colony to be made a district Ecclesiastical Society."

          Several legacies were granted to the society, from time to time. The first one, of $260, was bequeathed by Mr. Samuel GATES, who died August 21st 1801.

          A farm was also given, by Mr. Simeon CHAPMAN, who died Marcy 31st 1813; but to be used by his children during life. This bequest amounted to $4,280.

          A legacy of $1,440 was also left by Thomas BEEBE, who died June 6th 1816. He was a son of Dr. BEEBE, who lived a short distance southeast of the ESTERBROOK house. A part of the old chimney still remains. Dr. BEEBE was a strong tory during the Revolutionary war, and made himself so obnoxious that a party, headed by Captain Aaron Fox, took him from the house one night and gave him a coat of tar and feathers.

          Thomas, the legator, was not religiously inclined, and it is said that he did not make his bequest because he loved the society more, but that he loved his family less. Captain Aaron FOX was, for a number of years, captain of the Millington militia. His grandfather, Ebenezer, was one of the earliest settlers of Millington. He was one of three brothers who came from England. One of them settled in Massachusetts, one in Rhode Island, and Ebenezer in Foxtown, where he built a log house near the old house built by Aaron FOX, and now owned by Matthew FOX. The brothers occasionally visited each other, taking the journey through the wilderness on horseback, their wives riding behind them.

          A portion of the house where Ebenezer, the son of Aaron, recently died, was built by Enoch ARNOLD about 150 year ago. People came from a great distance to the raising. It was covered with white oak clap boards securely fastened with wrought nails. Two of the original rooms still remain. The Old Chimney Stock, just west of Charles SWAN's, is what remains of a house built and occupied by Brockway BEEBE, and later by Josiah WILLEY. Turner MINER came from New London about the year 1770, and erected a house where Charles SWAN lives. The place was subsequently bought by Rufus SWAN, who gave it to his son, Wheeler. Turner MINER married a daughter of General Joseph SPENCER by his second wife. The wife of Deacon Jeremiah HUTCHINS, and Mrs. James STRANAHAN, are daughters of Mr. MINER, and consequently granddaughters of General SPENCER. Rev. Nathaniel MINER, who preached in Millington for a number of years, is a nephew of Turner MINER.

MILLINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

          The first meeting house was erected in Millington in 1743. It was 50 by 40 feet, and stood on the Green, a few rods south of the present church. The building of the present house was proposed in society meeting, January 21st 1832, when it was "voted that the society build a meeting house 32 feet by 44, from 16 to 18 posts, with a steeple not exceeding 60 feet in height." The house was built by Mr. Edward WORTHINGTON, and dedicated to divine service on the 23d of January 1833. The society tendered Mr. WORTHINGTON a vote of thanks for the faithful discharge of his work. For the excellent bell on the church the society were mainly indebted to John CHAPMAN and William H. CONE-to the former for his liberal subscription-to the latter for his great activity in the matter.

          The first minister in Millington was Rev. Timothy SYMMES, of Scituate, Mass., who was ordained December 2d 1736. Dr. Field says: In the great revival of religion which spread in New England a few years after his ordination, hiss feelings were extravagantly raised, and he prosecuted his work with a zeal not according to knowledge. This gate rise to difficulties which ended in his dismission in 1743.

          He was succeeded by Mr. Hobart ESTERBROOK, a son of the Rev. Mr. ESTERBROOK, of Canterbury. He graduated at New Haven in 1736, and was ordained in Millington, November 30th 1745. He was a steady, judicious, and faithful minister, and he is remembered with respect and affection by his people. He died January 28th 1766, in the 50th year of his age and 20th of his ministry.

          The next minister in Millington was Mr. Diodate JOHNSON, who was ordained July 2d 1767. He was a son of the Rev. Stephen JOHNSON, of Lyme, was educated at Yale College, where he took his first degree in 1764, and became a tutor. Endowed with superior genius and learning, and animated with fervent zeal for his work, he entered the ministry with the fairest prospects of usefulness. His labors, however, were soon ended, for consumption closed his life January 15th 1773, at the early age of 28.

          Rev. Eleazer SWEETLAND was installed May 21st 1777. He was a native of Hebron, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1774. He died March 25th 1787, aged 36 years, much beloved and respected by all who knew him.

          Rev. William LYMAN, D. D., was ordained December 13th 1787. He maintained his pastoral relations with the church at Millington for 35 years, and was known as one of the most popular and eloquent preachers in this part of the country. He had a powerful voice, an easy flow of words, and all his writings were stamped with vigor and power. In the latter part of his ministry he became afflicted with hypochondria. This, with is independent manner, finally aroused an opposition among his people, and at a society meeting held on the 23d of May, 1822, it was voted "that a committee of five be appointed to consult the interest of the society, especially as it respects our relations with Dr. LYMAN as our minister." William CONE, Esq. and Captain Hobart ESTERBROOK, were appointed as said committee. The committee reported against the doctor, and on the last Wednesday in August, at a meeting of the Ecclesiastical Council, the relation between pastor and people was dissolved. His farewell sermon, replete with denunciations of the sins and shortcoming of his flock, was delivered with such vigor and eloquence that the long years which have intervened have failed to obliterate its impressions from the minds of those who heard him, and his hymn about the conspiracy of "Wicket men" was in keeping with his sermon. Many anecdotes are related to Dr. LYMAN's dry humor and eccentricity, which he often carried to the pulpit.

          In his day, the temperance agitation has scarcely commenced, and the indulgence of the social glass among the higher class was much more common than now. The clergy and the elders were wont to meet and discuss grave matters over their toddy with a freedom that would be quite scandalous in these days. Mr. Elijah PARSONS used to call regularly upon an old lady of the same name who lived at the Landing and get his mug of "Flip." The old lady, knowing his hours, used to have her "flip-iron" hot, and concoct his favorite beverage with dexterity and skill. Dr. LYMAN and Rev. Mr. VAIL, of Hadlyme, who were his cotemporaries, were wont at regular intervals to meet with him at the "Blacksmith's Arms" (the house north of Maplewood Seminary), and discuss grave matters belonging to their profession, over their "mugs of flip." So, too, in those days, the General Assembly used to open with an election sermon, which furnished an occasion for a general gathering of the clergy throughout the State. Great dinners were furnished at the expense of the State, and "Santa Cruz" was a prominent feature of the bill of fare. It is related of Dr. LYMAN that at an Ecclesiastical Council held in Westchester, when the company, being invited to refresh themselves at the sideboard, one of his ministerial brethren suggested that their first refreshment should be to wash off the dust of travel, the Doctor decided the matter by the following epigram:

          "Our fathers of old.
          First washed their eyes.
          An then their throats:
          But we, their sons, more wise,
          Will wash out throats,
          And then our eyes."

          Dr. LYMAN moved to Western New York, where he died several years ago. Soon after his dismission a wonderful revival of religion occurred in Millington under the minister of the Rev. Mr. SAXON, called to this day by the good people of Millington "The Great Revival."

          Dr LYMAN was succeeded by the Rev. Hermon VAIL, who was ordained, April 6th 1825. In September 1827, Mr. VAIL asked for a dismission from his pastoral charge, which was granted by the Ecclesiastical Council soon after. For nearly three years afterward the society was without any regular pastor. In 1830, the Rev. Nathaniel MINER received a call from the society, which he declined, principally on account of the dilapidated condition of the old meeting house. He occupied the pulpit, however, as a stated supply for three years, and was installed as their regular pastor, May 28th 1833, which was after the erection and dedication of the new meeting house.

          Mr. MINER was born in Stonington, Connecticut, educated at the "Literary and Theological Seminary," of Bangor, Maine, and received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Amherst College, in 1840. He was ordained at Chesterfield, Montville, in October 1826; went to Millington from Bozrahville in 1830. His salary was at first $375, then $450, and finally $500 per year. Near the close of this ministry in Millington a small farm was purchased, formerly owned by Rev. Hobart ESTERBROOK, and on it was erected what is now known as the Millington parsonage.

          Mr. MINER married Emeline S. RANSOM, of Salem, by whom he had five children. Three of them are living, "two are not and yet are." He was dismissed from his pastoral charge in Millington at his own request by the Middlesex Consociation at their annual meeting held at Essex, in October 1858. Since that time he has resided in Salem, and has retired from active service.

          Mr. MINER was succeeded by Rev. A. C. BEACH from Wolcott. He was a graduate of Yale College, and was installed as pastor of the church in Millington in 1859. He was dismissed in 1875, and was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. GRISWOLD, who is still in charge.

          The deacons of the Congregational church in Millington since its organization have been as follows:

          NAME. ELECTED. DIED. AGE. Samuel EMMONS October 1736 Daniel GATES October 1736 Gen Jos. SPENCER November 20th 1767 January 13th 1789 75 Samuel DUTTON July 4th 1771 December 30th 1790 87 Ebenezer DUTTON February 26th 1778 Moved to Lebanon Benjamin FULLER February 26th 1778 November 10th 1815 93 Nathaniel CONE May 1789 April 15h 1790 79 Barzillai BECKWITH June 4th 1790 February 22d 1818 79 Isaac SPENCER April 1st 1796 Diodate LORD August 26th 1816 Moved away Israel CONE jr. April 17th 1818 Nathaniel BECKWITH April 17th 1818 1858 William E. CONE Moved to Moodus, Now deacon in 1st Cong'l church Samuel ARNOLD April 30th 1841 Epaphroditus GATES August 27th 1858 Charles MINER Now in office

EAST HADDAM LANDING.

          The first dwelling house in East Haddam Landing was erected in 1743. A market for produce was opened about the same time, and a store house, which stood on the spot now occupied by Dr. HARRIS's barn, in front of the TYLER's store, was built. A large store house stood on the site of the store, and just back of it. On the ledge of the rocks, stood a hotel with a piazza on the river front. During the Revolutionary war many soldiers, on their way from the eastern part of the State to the North River forces, made this a favorite route, and stopped at this public house. Later, the house in which Ashbel RAY now lives was the principal public house, and was called "The Blacksmith's Arms." The name was painted in rude letters upon a swinging sign suspended high between two posts. It was further illustrated by a bent, muscular arm wielding a blacksmith's hammer. The present generation remember the Landing as a beautiful village, with a row of fine houses at the summit of a gently rising green, and two neat white fences marking two parallel roads and terraces, which, in contrast with the bold, abrupt mountain behind, presented one of the most attractive and picturesque scenes on that most charming of rivers.

          The most central, perhaps, of the dwellings was the one alluded to above. It was then the residence of Captain James GREEN, and its high stone stoop, facing both ways, spoke hospitality almost as plainly as its gaily painted sign. The brick house next north of this is a fine building of more recent date, and belonged to the Captain's son, Timothy. Next beyond stands the former residence of his daughter, Nancy (Mrs. Jared SPENCER, Esq.), and further on (the site of the bank building) was the forge and then the residence of Oliver GREEN. The next house to the "Arms" on the south side, was the residence of Captain GREEN's brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas MARSHALL. Next south lived his son Richard; next to that, his daughter, Hannah, Mrs. Joseph HUNGERFORD. These buildings have been metamorphosed into the Maple Wood Music Seminary. Here, then, in the midst of his children, lived Captain James GREEN, and just over the way, as first post-master of East Haddam, he presided over that event in New England-the mail arrival and distribution. His descendants have nearly all left their native town, and have prospered and maintained the honor of the family name in the busy world of trade and progress, but they have never forgotten the old town, to which they return every summer like pilgrims to their native shrine. Down near the steamboat dock, Noah BUCKLEY erected a store, and built up quite a large wholesale and importing trade with the West Indies. He owned a large farm in Millington, where he raised mules which he used to send out in his vessels, and exchange for molasses, sugar, etc. He bought the brick hotel built by Samuel LORD, where the Champion House stands, and accumulated considerable money. Like many others, he was wooed and won by the tempter, in the person of Roswell C. PECK, who induced him to invest in a banking speculation in New York. He lost his property and went to Chicago, then in its infancy, and again became rich and well known as the "miser money lender."

SHIP BUILDING.

          Ship building was begun at the Landing sometime during the Revolutionary war, and formed quite an important branch of business till within a few years. Several coasting and generally two or three sea vessels were owned here. In the year 1815, there were launched from this yard two brigs, and three schooners. One of these brigs soon after sailed on her first voyage bound for the West Indies, but was never heard of more.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

          The inhabitants of the town of Haddam on the east side of Connecticut River, and south of Salmon River, began to act as an ecclesiastical society in 1700. The first meting house was completed in about five years; it stood in the street, near where the dwelling house of Isaac C. ACKLEY now stands, and was 32 feet square. This continued to be the place for worship for about 23 years.

          The second meeting house in this ecclesiastical society was finished in June 1728. It stood a little north of the first, on the rising ground about 80 rods sough of the present meting house. It was 55 by 40 feet in size. The last Sabbath in June 1828, was the last time public worship was attended in the first house, and the first Sabbath in July of the same year, the first Sabbath in which it was attended in the second house. This house was occupied till November 24th 1784, a period of little more than 56 years.

          The third meeting house, which is now standing, and is a commodious, and at the time it was built, was an elegant house, was finished, and opened for public worship on Thanksgiving day, November 27th 1794. This house cost about $4,000. It is 64 feet long and 44 feet broad, with a projection 18 by 4 feet.

          LIST OF DEACONS.-Thomas GATES, 1704, died 1734, aged 70 years; Daniel CONE, 1704, died 1725, aged 60 years; Daniel BRAINERD, 1725, died 1743, aged 77 years; Isaac SPENCER, 1734, died 1751, aged 72 years; Jeremiah GATES, 1741, died 1761, aged 65 years; Noadiah BRAINERD, 1743, died 1746, aged 50 years; Daniel CONE Esq., 1746, died 1776, aged 83 years; James GATES, 1762, removed to Richmond, Mass.; Samuel HUNTINGTON 1770, died 1797, aged 74 years; Thomas FULLER, 1770, died 1797, aged 74 years; Thomas FULLER, 1770, removed to Hartford; John PERCIVAL Esq., 1782, died 1813, aged 80 years; Caleb GATES, 1795, died 1822, aged 73 years; Ephraim GATES, 1806, removed to State of New York; John PERCIVAL, 1814, died 1848, aged 82 years; Jeremiah HUTCHINS, 1824, died 1854, aged 81 years; William E. CONE, 1848; William O. BRAINERD, 1871; Miner H. GILLETT, 1871.

          PASTORS.-1st. Rev. Stephen HOSMER, came from Hartford. Educated at Cambridge, Mass., graduated in 1699. Chosen pastor January 6th 1704; married Mrs. Sarah LONG, of Boston. He died June 16th 1749, having served this people for 45 years. He was buried I the CONE burying yard.

          2nd. Rev. Joseph FOSTER, who became pastor May 15th 1751; died June 10th 1771, in the 49th year of his age and the 21st year of his ministry.

          3d. Rev. Elijah PARSONS; ordained at East Haddam, 1772. Pastor 54 years, 3 months; died at East Haddam January 17th 1827, in the 80th year of his age.

          4th. Rev. Isaac PARSONS, born August 28th 1790. Studied at Williams College, also at Yale and graduated from that institution in 1811. Ordained October 23d 1816. He was dismissed April 23d 1855.

          5th. Silvanus W. ROLLUM, installed October 1856, continued till May 1871.

          6th. S, M. MCCALL; installed January 3d 1872. Rev. Mr. MCCALL is a native of Lebanon, Conn. He graduated from Yale College in 1851; and was pastor of the Congregational church at Old Saybrook, Conn., from December 1853 to November 1871.

ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH.

          The Episcopal society was formed April 27th 1791,in consequence of a division among the people of the First Congregational Society respecting the location of their present meeting house.

          "A Register of the Original Formation and subsequent Proceedings of the Episcopal Church in East Haddam, Begun the 26th day of April, A. D., 1791-

          "We the Subscribers, inhabitants of East Haddam conscious of the propriety and sensible of the utility of the method of worshipping almighty God, agreeable to the Episcopalian method of worship, do hereby avow that it is our wish, desire, ad principle to pay our devotion to the Almighty after the Episcopalian mode of worship, and consider ourselves in the situation of the other Episcopalians in this State. Dated at East Haddam this 16th day of March, A. D. 1791.-

          "Elias WORTHINGTON, Ebenezer CONE, Timothy CONE, William GELSTON, Joshua BRAINARD, Amasa BRAINARD, David BRAINARD, Daniel LYAN, Daniel CHAPMAN, jr., Jonathan SPENCER, John BRAINARD, John WARNER 3d, Chevers BRAINARD, Andrew CHAMPION, Phineas CONE, Robert CONE, Ruben CHAMPION, Oliver WARNER, Jesse WINSLOW, Francis BECKWITH, Joseph ANDREWS, Mathew SEARS, Joel SPENCER, Brainard CONE, Jabez CHAPMAN, Abraham ANNABLE, Humphrey LYAN, Oliver ATTWOOD, Daniel WARNER, Ephraim WARNER, Stephen BELDING.

          "The persons whose names are as follows, Viz. Elias WORTHINGTON, Ebenezer CONE, Timothy CONE, William GELSTON, Joshua BRAINARD, Amasa BRAINARD, David BRAINARD, Daniel LYAN, Daniel CHAPMAN, jr., Jonathan SPENCER, John BRAINARD, John WARNER 3d, Chevers BRAINARD, Andrew CHAMPION, Phineas CONE, Robert CONE, Ruben CHAMPION, Oliver WARNER, Jesse WINSLOW, Francis BECKWITH, Joseph ANDREWS, Mathew SEARS, Joel SPENCER, Brainard CONE, Jabez CHAPMAN, Abraham ANNABLE, Humphrey LYAN, Oliver ATTWOOD, Daniel WARNER, Ephraim WARNER, Stephen BELDING, all inhabitants of the town of East Haddam, have declared themselves to be conformists to the Episcopal Church as designated and known by the Laws of this State.

          "This therefore is to certify whom it may concern according to the tenor and direction of sd. Law that all the above named persons are professors and members of the sd Episcopal Church, and that they attend divine worship agreeable to the form prescribed and directed by the same, and also do contribute to the support thereof.

          "March 23, 1791. Abraham JARVIS, "Rector of Christ's Church, "Middletown.

          "East Haddam, April 26th 1792 (evidently it should be 1791.)

          We Inhabitants of the Town of East Haddam and places adjacent, professors of the Episcopal church, whose names here follows:

          "Elias WORTHINGTON, Jesse WINSLOW, Eb0nezer CONE, Francis BECKWITH, Timothy CONE, Joseph ANDREWS, William GELSTON, Mathew SEARS, Joshua BRAINARD, Joel SPENCER, Amasa BRAINARD, Brainard CONE, David BRAINARD, Jabas CHAPMAN, David LYAN, Abraham ANNABLE, Daniel CHAPMAN jr., Humphrey LYAN, Jonathan SPENCER, Oliver ATTWOOD, John BRAINARD, Daniel WARNER, John WARNER 3d, Ephriam WARNER, Chivers BRAINARD, Stephen BELDING, Andrew CHAMPION, Jeremiah SELBY, Phineas CONE, Gibbons