The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

End, the SkldmOreS and Lakes Lake
George, the Curtises and Hards living on
the east side of the town, the Beerses
principally in Palestine, the Trenches and
Touseys in Huntingtown, the Pecks in
what is now South Center, the Botsfords
on Toddy hill, the Glovers and Terrills in
Hanover, the Sanfords in Sandy Hook
and Hanover, the Booths on the Island,
while into the Street drifted, to be near
the churches and aC the center of the
towns business and official life, the rich
farmers as they were able to dispose of
their ancestral acres to advantage. To
be sure, these divisions were not absolute,
in other parts of the town and there were
Johnsons, Judsons, Bradleys, Parmelees
and other families not named here. There
was no doubt, however, about Taunton S
Fairchild complexion, of whom Trinity S
tax book shows Ezra, Araunah, Beers,
Wheeler, Zadock, Moss, Samuel, Boyle,
Gideon B B.Zadock, father Of Moss, Samuel, ,
Beers, lived where Isaac Brisco, Beers in
Samuel Camps place, Ezra near by Sam
uel in Jabez Mead's place, Araunah i'll
John L. Hughes's and Boyle in Dea Hen
ry Fairchild's. Amos Foot lived in Han
over opposite Michael Bradley's. Gideon
Baldwin and Widow Abial Ferris, the
former just west and the latter south of
Walter Glover's. John French in Hunt
ingtown. The largest tax on the list was
that of Benjamin Curtis and John Gloy-
er, father and son, $22 OF and the second
Josiah GlOver's, $40 70, the two amounts
being tenth of the whole debt to be
met. Curtis Glover lived in Hanover,
Birdsey and Lemucl Glover's home now
and was one of Newtown's largest land
holders, in the days when farm lands
were worth something. Other Glovers
were James, his son Granville s., Andrew
B., who owned L. B. Booths house, Will
liam b., Walter, Widow Charlotte, Wild
ow Maria. William B. Glover, father of
Hon S. p, was the Hooks merchant,
James lived in Hanover where Patrick
Blake does. Elisha Gilbert, the Hook
blacksmith, had his forge on the site of
the post office block and his home on the
property occupied by st. Johns. Har-
vey S. Hill, jocularly known as deacon.
worked at carpentering and butchering
and lived on West street back of the Con-
Zoar man, father of Amos. Alexander
Hall lived near the site of Barber Oscar
Pitzschler's home. The uawleys taxed
were Widow Olive; her son Tyrus, who
kept tavern at Amos L. Hawley's home;
Benjamin, who occupied the old house
north of w. E. Hawley's; Glover, who
built of brick for himself and the town;
Abel s.; Parthena and sons. Charles
Hotchkiss, the Huntingtown blacksmith,
was wont to come up to assist Ives GlOv-
er in his rush of work. Taylor Judd,
Mrs Stiles Smiths father, lived in James
Barnum's DOdgingtOwn home. John
Johnson was father of David, the Streets
merchant. DR. John JudsOn, father of DR.
lived near the site of the BEE
office. OF Lakes, Peter lived in Philan-
der Seeley's later home in Lake George;
Nichols Booth, his son, was father of
Joseph L. Lake; Isaac lived where James
N, his adopted son, has recently died;
Philo where j. w. Daley does; John
where Alonzo, his son, still holds the fort
near Hawleyville; Lyman where Thomas
Donovan does. Charles Morehouse,
though taxed here, belonged in the par
ish of Christ church, Redding Ridge, and
when Mr. Hull preached half
of the time there and half of the time in
Danbury. Stephen Merwin lived in the
old red house that stood opposite the en-
trance to Prof Charles S. Platt's, where
a fatal fever once ragged and, in recent
years, the small pox. Abjah Merritt,
grandfather of f. L. johnson, owned the
Sandy Hook grist and saw mill, where
,he road to the Glen then brought up
against a great gate and is locally famous
Us owning the first wagon in Newtown.
1t had been horseback or afoot before
hat. OF the Nichols family, James,
Capt Jim owned E. S. Loyell's farm
md was big tax payer, SIG -7S; Simeon
he James Beers place, near the pleas
mt home of Charles B. Nichols; besides
the collector, there were
Widow Sally B. and Widow Alice. There
we're more than two bushels of Pecks:
David c., grandfather of the present d. q
j., whose home was near Martin Houri-
,an's; Isaac lived at the Hammond place
IN Washington hill; Hermon; Delazon,
Tax Collector George Ell. Botsford's faith
,r-in-law who was scared from his home
lear the cobblestone house by the build
ng of the New England road; Oliver,
If L. B. Booths farm below link
oeck's father, an early victim of con-
Jabez B., A. w. Peck's faith
,r; Samuel B., the Hook pedagogue and
merchant; Widow Sally. Moses Parsons
vas the Sandy Hook halter and Ziba
Perry, his neighbor near the watering
rough, the Hook harness maker. The
skidmores were Amos of the Neck Abel,
lis neighbor, father of Charles; Daniel,
who lived in l.. F. Camps present tenant
rouse near Charles Robertson's; Glover,
,wner of James Coles's present home;
Iohn, of Isaac Hawley's; John r.; Abel
Booth, who kept store in tle Street near
he Albert Turner place; Widow Jerusha.
saac Stillson lived where Miss Mary B.
,tillson does. OF Sanfords, Squire John
,wned the home of DIR Richardson and
vas one of the leading men in Sandy
look; Josiah, once partner of Joseph
)ick, was father of Frederick Sanford;
Amos N. and Amos c. probably lived
lear Mr. Bartram's in Hanover, Amos
yurtis being peddler of tin. Of Widow
Iuldah and lothian Sherman, lothian
ived where Darius Hoyt does on Mile
ill. Samuel G. Stratton, the rector, was