Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-16

NORTH HAVEN ANNALS.

II Cnurcn street aOJolnlnS tne 1Ontlne MOTEL.
The funeral of Prof. Loomis will take
place at Battell chapel on Monday after
| noon.
NORTH HAVEN ANNALS.
The Next Accession TO the Parish-A
| settlement Made In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ OF the Individual Northumberland
l which Led 90 n New Move In Church
/ Matters-The Baneful Burberry Busf,
How IL Affected Town Interests 1 Q
Years Ago.
The next accession to the parish was made in
| 1879. At the May session of the General AS
sembly that year the following resolution was
passed:
Upon the memorial of Nathaniel Goodyear, Enos
Pardee; Theophilus Goodyear, Joel Munson Samuel
! Thompson, Andrew Goodyear, Thomas Morris, 10;
New Sna nsfs
the frat society In said town. representing their
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they labor under to attend the divine worship there,
and moving to be annexed to the parish OF North
Haven in said town as PER their memorial on file
Resolved by this Assembly that the memorialists
and they together with their families and estates
hereby are released from the said first society and
annexed to and united with the said North parish to
be and remain OF and with the said North parish un-
I'll this Assembly shall see cause to order otherwise
l concerning them"
This company of people had settled in and
around what Is now the village Of Centerville.
No attempt has been made to specifically 10
cate their farms as they only maintained an
ecclesiastical relation with North Haven, and
on the formation of the society in Hamden
united with that as being nearer home, ex-
cent In the case of the Goodyear families and
possibly one or two others.
OF them, Joel Munson's name appears on
the church records under the Rev. Mr.. Stiles.
He was on the society's committe 1901.
Burial place unknown to the writer.
Samuel Peck's name is also on the church
catalogue, and the "widow of Anthony
| Thompson"
The Goodyears, Nathaniel, Theophilus
| aud Andrew, were grandsons of Magistrate
i Stephen Goodyear of the New Haven Colony
/ Their fathers name was John and the family
mansion stood near the present Centreville
/ hotel. Nathaniel was born 1890 and died
1859. He is buried in the Old Cemetery
North Haven, and has erected to his mem
ory one Of the finest cut sand stones In the
yard. His name does not appear on the
church records although such omission
proves nothing considering the negligence of
the church authorities at that time.) No
ecclesiastical appointments seem to have
been conferred upon him however, and 1t
may be other affairs engrossed his attention.
Thecphilus his brother, was born 1893 and
died 1867. He was commissioned Lieut.
In the state militia sometime previous to
174o and promoted to be captain of the Sth
Co. of New Haven in that year. In 1851 he
was one of the number appointed to adjust
Rev. Mr.. Stiles salary, and was also on the
1 ''seating committee" that same year. Again
In 1856 he was chosen to the latter Office once
buried with his brother Nathaniel, though
much less taste characterizes their monu-
ments. The large family of the late Bella
Goodyear belongs to this line.
OF Andrew, the third brother, no mention
except In the memorial Is found.
This accession, with that of the two years
previous, must have added in round numbers
at least hundred church going people to
the parish Then there was the natural
growth of twenty years among the original
settlers, 30 that the little 30x4O church be-
came too small for it's worshippers. Hence 1t
Ia with no feelings Of surprise that we find
them at the door of the General Assembly at
the same May session which admitted the
memorialists just mentioned. They respects
fully presented the following paper
Upon the memorial Of the Inhabitants Of North
parish, showing TO this Assembly that the said In.
haetants at their meeting in said parish May the
thirds were in the affirmative, agrse to build a
meeting house for the publck worship of God in
commtte to repair to said parish and to view the
circumstances thereof and to afflx and ascertain
house upon: This assembly do appoint Capt sam.
ue Hall, Capt. Thomas Miles ana Mr. Gideon Ives
to be committee fer the aforesaid purpose and
sion."
This committee were all Walliugford men,
and that they attended at once to the. matters
in hand is proven by the following report
To the Honorable General Assembly now sitting In
We, the subscribers, pursuant to an order from
your Honours bearing date the second Thursday of
cety, and being assisted by COMMITTEES chosen by
said society, have viewed and considered their cir
society shall set their meeting house, which is
about ten rods southwark from their old meeting
house shall stand May, 1880
S S SSsss; 9 H. H., Committee.
The above report of the committee is &C.
cepted and approved by this Assembly.
Had 1t not been required by law that per-
mission to locate and build churches must
FIRST be obtained from the legislative author
ity, we should never have known where the
original house stood nor when the second one
was erected, for other than the minutes above
quoted there is nothing but tradition, which
In this case, before the truth was discovered,
varied so wide Of the mark as to be utterly
worthless.
The causes have been sketched which led
to the need of another church so soon after
the completion of the first one, but we are
not yet ready to build; the materials are not
altogether gathered, and besides, the study
of the builders and their times 1t still incom-
plete.
BARDERRY BUSHES.
Not the least Of the foes the early North
Havener had to encounter was the barberry
bush. Trivial as 1t may seem, in some
strange manner this shrub exercised a
baleful influence on the cereals. Wheat
and rye, wherever they came In contact,
and as matter of fact, the same harmful
results exist to-day. Fully as much legisla-
ton was discharged in early days at this vex-
atious bramble, as In modern times at the
Canada thistle and other noxious plants.
The General Assembly first tried q wrestle
with II In 1926 as follows:
An Act Concerning Burberry Bushes.
"whsreas the Astounding of ba.berry bushes is
thought to be very hurtful It being by plentiful
titles they do occasion or at least increase the blast
ed, &C."
The text of the act which followed was
somewhat prolix but the substance was,
towns might provide for the utter destroy
ing" of such bushes, and If any persons op-
posed such action they should be fined twenty
shillings for each offence.
The year previous to this action the farm.
srs of New Haven at their annual town meet
ing had considered this evil and solemnly
voted, "That every land owner as matter
OF prudential nature should cut down hig