The Newtown bee., 1880-07-14
WOOIbMry.
NUMBER NINETY-FIyE,

l Again under PEARcE's banner; | No longer the task 10 sadly ask. Oh, what is 'the matter with Hannah ?"
 This is the refrain of a few verses that our veteran stage driver, George Tyler, heard bird sing the other morning as he was passing through the evergreens, at Spruce Bank. He was, as usual, load ed with passengers and express bundles, and had not time to stop and write down tho verses. But he carried this refrain ''in his mind" We are glad to learn that our old friend was never doing a better business on his old route than now. We are glad the people appreciate the efforts to serve them; it is but a fitting reward for long and faithful servIce.
 I saw in the last weeks Waterbury American a very valuable and interesting chronological table, furnished by the his torian of Woodbury, which would like to see in your paper, and therefore copy it in this article for your use. It is as follows:
 "Your correspondent has been request ed by several persons to send you some historical aLd chronological dates. In these years of numerous centennial ceie brations they say they are not clear about the dates. and the relation of towns and ecclesiastical societies. All of our orig | inal towns first took the form of ecclesias- tical societies. After incorporation, and after the inhabitants had increased ard formed new societies in a town they were l cieties, and in the lapse of years became towns. The items interesting to this vi- cinity are as follows:
 Stratford was settled in 1639; disputes in the church arose in 1864. These re- suited in the organization of the second church, (now the First church in Wood bury,) May 5, 1870. These two churches did not dwell together in unity" and so, by the advice of Gov Winthrop, the Gen. eral Court granted Pomperaug to the Sec ond church May g. 1872, and it removed thither soon after. We celebrated the b-centennial of this old church on May | 5, 1880.
 Ancient Woodbury was first explored | in 1659 and the first Indian deed of ii | (Tautanninio's) is dated April 29, 1859. | The boundaries in this deed embraced a large territory of land. They are as fol- | lows "A parcell of land, bounded as fol- loweth: Potateuk river, southwest; Nau- gatul.k river, northeast; and bounded on ye northwest with tre, s marked by me and other Indians Potateuk river was the Housatonic and the marked trees" extended from theNaugatuck river across Morris to the Housatonic. All north of Derby then, to this line, was comprised in this deed, including ancient Water bury, west of the Naugatuck, part of Litchfield and New Milford. The bi-cen- tennial of this exploration and deed was celebrated by Woodbury, J uly 9th and 9th, 1859.
 Woodbury was first settled in 1GT2-3. The people were driven back to Stratford by King Philips War, in 1875, and re- turned again to Woodbury in 1676-7. Woodbury was first represented in the General Court in 1884 received it's char ter ill full form May IT. 1886. Here, there- tore, are two more events that Woodbury can celebrate by bi-centennials.
 Southbury was incorporated as an ec- clesia5tical society in Woodbury, May, l 1731, and South Britain was made like society in May, 1766. The two were ip- corporated into the town of Southbury, May, 1787.
 Jud a society was settled in 1734, and incorporated as society iii October, TAI. New Preston society was Incorporated | October, 1753. The two were incorporat- ed as town Jan. z, 1779, being the first town in the state Incorporated after the Declaration of Independence, and was 1 named Washington, in honor of the com mander-in-chief of the American armies. That town ought to have had its centen- nial celebration last year.
 Bethlehem was incorporated as . socie- 1 ty October, 1739 and as town May, 17S7. 1 Koxbury was settled in 1713, incorpor- ated as a society, May, 1743, and as 5 town, October, 1796.
 | Ancient Waterbury was settled in 1874. and incorporated as town, May, 1886. Mlddlebury was incorporated as so- ciety from Woodbury. Southbury and Waterbury, December. I790, and incor- porated as a town, October 1907. Watertown Was originally society of Waterbury. called Westbury. It was in- corporated society, October. 173S, and as the town of Watertown, May, I780 in- cluding Plymouth.
 Northbury was constituted society. Waterbury, October, 1739, and incorpor- ated as the town of Plymouth, May, 1795.
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