Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-02
noRra haven AnnAIs.

ish1 A pest house was established by the |
authorities on the borders of the town ut ts
thought on the ridge this side Mt. CarmeD, |
and thither the affected ones were compelled
to go. From memorandum dated April |
4, 1777, the following names are taken, |
showing to some extent the workings of the |
dreadful disease at that time:
Benjamin Pierpont, wife and son, Jonah |
Blakeslee, William Crane, Hezekiah Todd,
Samuel Sackett, jr., Lemuel Bradley, Peter /!
Butler, Joel Blakeslee, wife and three chil-
drsn, Chauncey Bradley, John g. Tuttle,
Titus Frost, Ezra Pierpont,. Reuben Barnes,
Ambrose Barnes.
It is evident that the above does not in
clude the entire list of sufferers, but that
these mentioned were all sick at or about the
same time. If any record of the deaths re-
sulting from this disease was kept 1t has not
yet been found. DR.. Trumbull only refers
to two or three specifically as follows:
'Mary Mansfield, aged seventeen, died of
the smallpox by incubation in 1774."
"Joseph Clark died Of the smallpox Janu-
airy 10, l777."
"Phineas Clark died of the smallpox Feb
ruary 2, 177."
"Obed Blakeslee died of the smallpox
177s."
"Zophar Jacobs died of the smallpox by
innoculation in TITS" (See muster roll revo-
lutionary soldiers).
Besides these there are other deaths causes
not mentioned) which are difficult to account
for except as the resusult of this epidemic.
| For instance:
James Heaton died October IS, 1776, his
wife died October and his son James died
| September 80, all within two weeks. They
were buried in the Muddy River cemetery.
uup ,;okay Last fxro
children March II and 20, 1774, and three
more children within eight days in Ssptem-
| Der, same year.
Joseph Tyler and wife lest three children
within eleven days in December, 177e.
These are but few of the many instances
of mortality in the parish about this time,
and whether they are attributable to this
disease or not, it is significant fact that no
| such pestilenee has to any extent visited the
community since.
| 1t is very evident our ancestors had con-
siderable faith in the duration of the world
and of the country they were opening up, as
witness few of the leases Of real estate they
made 1t is not asserted that these remark
! able documents were never released or quit
| claimed, because no search has been made
| these lines, but they are mentioned as an iu-
! teresting chapter in the history of the town,
| and in the case of the school districts. as
warning to them to examine their titles to
their school sites and govern themselves ac-
cordingly.
On March 10, 1884, John Heaton leased of
David Jacobs, for seven shilling and six
pence, a strip of land one and one-half rods
| wide to reach to watering place, for thine
hundred ninety and nine years."
On February %, $780, Joseph Dcolittle,
owner of the grist mill at Quinnipiac, and
who afterwards sold his interest to Caleb
Atwater, leased to the latter gentleman for
years, to use stone from an adjacent lot to
| repair the mill dam.
The next lease, because of its peculiar
consideration, is presented entire:
Know all men BY these presents that Seth Hea
Connecticut Do Lease and 70 Farm Let out unto Eo-
enezer Brockett Of the own and County aforesaid,
Lot at the east end, for nine hundred and ninety
nine years from the date hereof to cut aud the
pieases fer the following Considerations viz: That
the said Ebeneezer Brockett procure o man to do
5s q 8 Sns
is ns only m OF the
two months, then an acre and a quarter.
North Haven. The 10th day August, .73o.
On May 12, 1874, Dr.Walter Munson, then
! owner of the grist mill at Quinnipiac, and
who afterwards sold it to Joseph Doolittle,
leased to said Joseph Little and Joel Doolit-
tie, their heirs and assignees. for EGO, the
right for 500 ye' as to erect "Gulling Mill''
on the streag 4 said Quinnipiac.
On Janus' 10; 1901, were executed five
the present alleged owners of the property
are in ignorance of. These leases were made
by Eneas Munson, Jeremiah Atwater, Samuel
Bishop and Jonathan Ingersoll, known as
"The Hopkins Grammar School Committee"
of New Haven. The said Hopkins school
owned twenty six acres and nine rods of
meadow within the limits of North Haven,
and it was thought advisable to divide this
tract into five parts and sell the lease of each
for mine hundred ninety and nine years" at
"public vendue." This was accordingly
done and the auction was held December IS,
1900
The highest bidder for lot No. 1 was Gid
con Todd, who for the payment of 62f los
received for himself his heirs and assigns the
right to use and improve said tract without
any molestation whatever during said term
of nine hundred and ninety nine years.
Lot No. 2 was taken by Captain Joshua
Barnes for 5S9 los for the same tenn and
under same conditions as the preceding.
Lot No. was bid off by John Barns for
EST los. Lot No. A by Nathaniel Dayton
for 93l 12s.s, and lot No. s was taken by
Harmon Robinson for 942. Thus the tract
was disposed of, and on the 10th of January,
$500, these leases will expire. Present occu
pants need give themselves no uneasiness on
this account.
The next item concerns the land on which
the public school at North Haven nov
stands. This was leased by James Pierpon
"To the inhabitants of the North Hill Schoo
District go called )" on June II, 1898, for tn,
term of "nine hundred and ninety min,
years." 1t was given "For and in the con
sideration of the pleasing Motive of doing
ing North Hill District with a convenient
placs for school house." The provision
; was "That the inhabitants of said district
Keep and maintain q convenient school
house during said term of lease
otherwise this lease be Null & Void
and the use of said land revert back to me
and my heirs" The original bounds of this
plot were as follows: North on Mr.. Pier
points land. East by the highway. South
by Joshua Barnes, and west again by Mr.
Pierpont. Its area was four square rods. He
was living upon his farm in that neighbor.
hood at that time, and this grant lay at its
extreme southeast corner.
The Montowese school district is somewha,
better off than its neghbor just mentioned
for while district No. 2 will have to eithe,
renew its lease or vacate in June, 2792. No.
3, on condition Of good behavior and atten-
ton to business, can continue Its lease in.
definitely. This district is indebted to Rich.
ard Brockett for it's grant. The considera-
ton was four dollars and the party of the
second part was 'Levi Ray, Calvin Eaton,
and Samuel Barns and the rest of the inhabi-
tants of the said district" The area of the
plot was A feet by 2S feet, and bounded
south and west by Mr.. Brockett, north by
Calvin Eaton and east by the highway
The "condition" of the lease is stated
in this wise. "To have hold and occupy
the same by the said lessees without hind
rance or molestation from me or my heirs so
long as the said leases shall keep and sup
port good and sufficient School House fol-
said District; but whenever they shall fail to
do that, then the above described land shall
revert back to me my heirs or assigns ae
though this Lease had never been made"
Dated at North Haven this sth day Of December
With the following, these instruments are COZ.
cluded.
| NEW HAVEN, June ye 9Th day, 1773.
Ebenezer Bradley Of New Faven do release
unto the Proprietors Of the School House in the
Northwest District Of North Haven, certain piece
Of land lying North Of my House containing the
land which the School House stands upon and
running from the Southeast corner two rods to
the highway, for the term Of 90 years.
/ I say released by me EBENEzER x BRADLEY
JONATHAN BLAKEsLEE. mark