The Newtown bee., 1889-04-26
Early Land Spectators.

 associate, Justice Bush, the New York mariner, had no more individual use foi it, nor as much as Mauquash, Massumpas and Nunnawauk, the original Indian pro- prietors who had hunted over the tract six by eight miles that they sold, July 9, l705. At first, this section was ap- parently as often called by it's Indian name Quonnopogue as by it's English title of Newtown, for Quonnopogue Is continually referred to in the early deeds, even as late as June IA, 1710, two years after the General Court of the Colony had granted petition rights to certain proprletors here, which grant was made in May, 170S. This title, Quonnopogue, Mir c. II. Peck identifies as the Indian name for Taunton Lake, in which posit- ion he Is sustained by the records, as the BEE will have occasion to prove later. But, on second thought, the interest bought by Jeanes, Hawiey and Bush in this Quonnopogue wilderness for four guns, eight coats, blankets, four kettles, 10 shirts, 10 pairs of stockings, 10 pounds of powder and 10 knives was apparently not very satisfactory. They made their purchase in the Summer f1705, July 25, but the next Spring, April 20, 170G, we find them anxious to get rid of their pur- chase. It is recorded that Samuel flaw ley, Jr and Justice Bush made William Jeanes their attorney, "to make legall tender of said tract of land to ye General fNff nf han conveined in General Assembly in ye month of May, l70G, for the use of ye said Coloney of COnecticOtt." A few weeks later, June II, l70G, Justice Bush, the New York member of the trio, indi- vidually made Jeanes his agent to dis pose of this Quonnopogue tract, which looks as if Connecticut had all the wild lands on it's hands at that time that it cared for. Henceforth, the name of Bush disappears from Newtown records and William Jeancs makes final disposit- lon of his interest and that of his part ner. As already stated, ''ye General Court" confirmed tine tights of the Jeanes-IIawley- Bush purchase, and those of other proprietors here, in May, l70S. The property was divided into i5 rights, of which Jeanes sold two, March Is, l7l0, to Benjamin Fayerwcather of Stratfleld. June 20 of that year,he sold another ''pe- tition right" as 1t was called, to Jonath- an Mills, "yeoman of the town of New town," which shows that there were act ual settlers here in l7l0. There were pio- neers here before that time, of which more anon. Fayerweather gave ''fourty shillings currant money of ye Coloney aforesd, at ye rate of eight shillings pr ounce troy weight" for his two rights. But perhaps the most important sale of Jeanes was that made December G., l70S, to John Glover, Newtown's early recorder or town clerk, n large landhold- CT and prominent figure of the early days. In this deed, Jeanes describes himself as yeoman of Stratford, while Glover, also of Stratford, Is described as ''joyner." Jeanes sold half of his right in the land here to Glover and finally rings down the curtain here by selling out the rest of his interest and that of Bush, December 10, l7l0, for E22, los, in current silver money of the colony. The company to whom Jeancs sold included
 Mir Joseph Curtis,
 James Judson,
 samuel Hawley, ST,
 John Hawley,
 Rev MT Charles Chauncey,
 samuel HubbeI,
 John Burr,
 Thomas Bennett,
 Jeremiah Turner,
 Abraham Kimberly,
 Daniel Burr, Jr,
 Ebenezer Prindle,
 Daniel Beardslce, ST,
 Benjamin Nichols,
 John Dunning,
 Joseph Gray,
 Jonathan Booth,
 Thomas sharp,
 Ebenezer Booth,
 John Beardslee, Jr,
 Joseph Beach,
 Josiah Curtis,
 Daniel Beardsley, Jr,
 Benjamin Dunning,
 Josiah Burritt,
 John seeiey,
 John Griffin.
 Daniel Foot,
 Benjamin sherman,
 Daniel Burr, Jr,
 Richard Bryan's heirs,
 Richard HubbellsJr.
 Jonathan Mills,
 Edmund Lewis,
 Daniel Jackson,
 Joseph Osborne,
 John Morris,
 Theophilus Hull.
 tEach of the above had one right apiece.)
 Benjamin Fayerweather,
 John Read,
 John Glover.
 (Each Of them having two rights.)
 Richard Hubbell. sP.
 (IIe had three rights.)
 Samuel Hawley, Jr, the partner Jeanes and Bush, had sold out most his interest here, the year before, in IT Edmund Lewis of Stratford bought quarter of IIawley's rights in Quonr pogue, which he sold to the Newto, proprietors March 6, 17i3, for one pet ion right in their land and @, 15s. Ha lev likewise sold an eighth part of bis terest here to Thomas Bennett of Str ford and another eighth to Joseph borne of New Haven, both Bennett n Osborne selling out to the Newtown p prietors, Bennett, November 6, l7l3, 2 Osborne, March g, l714. Another qu ter of the tract was sold to John Morl Jr, of New Haven, March 2i, l7O9, VI like the rest, found a purchaser in Newtown proprietors. Hawley is GU than Jeanes, for his deeds attempt a cover up the land speculation by stat that Quonnopogue was bought of