The Newtown bee., 1889-12-13

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 Continental stores were taken to South bury and, while passing through New town, the Tories here managed to drive off and conceal one of the cattle, which they afterward butchered and ate. But the outcome of the Revolution, with it's greater religious toleration, was welcon- ed by Wings and Tories alike. The sur render of Cornwallis was celebrated by big barbecue in the Street near Bron- son Bulkley's, where an OK was roasted whole and there was plenty to drink. Daniel and his son Joseph, the latter father of Josiah Booth, attended this barbecue and Joseph, though buta small boy, remembered drinking with the rest over the glad news.
 Josiah Booth is but five removes from Newtown's first settlement and, though born in 1872, still preserves d vivid mem- ory of Newtown's early history. He traces his ancestry through Joseph and the two Daniels to Jonathan, the first settler of I710 or whereabouts. Better still, he has preserved deeds and other documents which bear the original sig nature of most of those who have been prominent in Newtown. The oldest of out of 100 acres on Pond brook to Jon athan Booth. This bears the signature of Joseph Peck, the early town clerk; of Thomas Bennett and Daniel Foot. A ac # Tor Mount Tom, bought of Daniel Jackson, is witnessed by John Leavenworth and Robert Seeley. The signatures of Capt John Glover and of Justice of the Peace Caleb Baldwin are attached to deed of l75S given to Lieut. Daniel Booth. More historically valuable still is a deed given by Jonathan in his old age to his son Daniel which bears the signature of Thomas TOusey, the first minister, at that time justice of the peace. The sig natures of both Mir T0usey and Rev Eli sha Kent, Newtown's third minister, ap- pear on d paper dated TAO relating to the settlement of Thomas Bennitt's estate.
 The will of Lieut. Daniel has been pre- served, dividing his large estate between his three sons, Daniel, Abraham and Ez- ra, after he had made provision for his daughters, Eunice Glover, Nancy Nor ton, Sarah Peck, Esther Hard and a grandson, John Smith. He provided that his wife Eunice should have the east lower room in his house, with liberty to bake in the other room, ''the use of what she wants of the well and cellar and the liberty of passing and requesting to them," with the improvement of third of his real estate, besides tone half of my household goods, two cowes, one horse or horse kind and also provisions of all sorts for one year after my de- cease.''
 The inventory of his son Daniels es- tate, including $794 5G of pers onal prop erty, includes such antiques as a warm ing pan, bellows, hetcheI, cards, pewter ware, tallow and candles, wood bottles, saddle and billion, loom and cheese press. Ten pairs of linen sheets were inventor jed at $20 GS, half barrel of pork at Sl0, three barrels of "cyder'' at $4, a brown pied COW and calf at $23 90, a sOr- rel mare at Sl5, d brown horse at BIO. His real estate inventoried $ll ,0G0 34, of which S60G7 lay in Brdgewater. Lieut. Daniel Booth owned at least one slave, Mingo, and the deed of his purchase, sin open market" in l753 for f750, is in ex- stence.
 ITapn Ia laaI ,rix,aI hxv Inhn Dnanh bearing his signature, for land on Poota- tuck brook sold to Daniel Booth in l793. The instrument was acknowledged be- fore Justice ofChe Peace David Baldwin. A decd of l75S, witnessed before Justice of the Peace Job Sherman and recorded by Town Clerk John Northrop, testifies to fl20 paid to John Read, the big land holder of Bedding, by Lieut. Daniel Booth for land here. Capt Obadiah Wheeler's signature appears on deed of l749 /; those of Roger and George Terrill to a deed of land on Pond brook sold Lieut. Daniel in l743. The signature of Justice of the Perce William Edmond is here he he was one of Connectieut's honored judges and lived where his granddaugh- ter, Mrs Henry Sanford, does.
 Justice of Peace Henry Dutton, who lived where John Blackman does and, in after years, governor of the State, signed a deed of lS32. Justice of Peace Asa Chapman. who lived on the site of the rectory, received the acknowledgment of deed of 1901, given Daniel Booth by Selectmen John Sanford anu DayiC Meeker. Justice of Peace Samuel c Blaekman, Newrown's first judge of pro bate, whose home occupied the site oi the Grand Central, acknowledged a deet of 1915. It used to be standing jok, for children that the rooster on the spirt of the Congregational church came dowi to eat when he heard Judge Blackmal call his chickens in the morning.
 A deed of 1882 was given by Dr Johl Judson, father of Dr Monroe Judson who once lived on the site of the Tow hall. Czar Keeler, who once kept the re,
 tavern that stood north of the home o
 the Misses Glover in the Street signed,
 deed given in 1854. Rev Daniel Burhans
 once rector of Trinity, witnessed dee of 1907. Town Clerk Caleb Baldwin re corded deed given by Jonathan Booth Jr, in l7S5, in which he sold land t Lieut. Daniel at the Second Island, as tn
 land was called northeast of Newtow depot. Latest of all is a deed given b
 Henry Beers Glover in ls4s, Edwar Starr, justice of the peace; Henry Sar
 ford, town clerk.
 How many hard earned dollars an anxious thoughts these old papers repr,