Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-01
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH.
The Bounding of the ssNorth Parlsh'
 of New Haven. Conn.

The Founding of the ssNorth Parlsh''
 of New Haven, Conn. [Read before the New Haven Colony Historical
 society March 30, 1891, by Sheldon B. Thorpe.]
 New England will always hold claim against the civilized portion of this conti- nent This claim is book account still open. History has audited the transac- tions contained therein, and declares the record valid. The goods delivered have been grit, grip and grace. The debtor column cannot be footed, because of it's magnitude. Now and then 8 payment has been made-on account-when some de- scendant of the old puritan stock who, having achieved eminence in letters, wealth, or national affairs, rises in his place, whenever it may be in the world, !, and proudly says ''I am of New England origin"
 In Connecticut, Hartford and New Haven have been and remain, two his torical centres of the trade just men toned. From these points, went out in the early days, men and women whose in- huence is felt around the world.
 I am not here to speak of Hartford; let her sons pay their own bills; but I am here in a few words to attempt at least, restitution of portion of the debt North Haven owes the old mother colony of New Haven.
 It will always be satisfaction to the North Havener that he had such dis tinguished parentage. AS the traditionary native was born all along the shores of Massachusetts bay, so the parish of North Haven was born all along series of years.
 Setting aside the account of one William Bradley whom I hardly think ventured far enough above Cedar Hill to be known as an actual. settler of North Haven, do not find much progress northward for twenty or more years after the establishment of New Haven colony. While the settlers took up the tracts allotted them in the sev- eral divisions" it does not appear that for some little time they felt bold or strong enough to cut loose from the shelter of the city and plant themselves upon them. AS time went on, however, their timorousness wore away. Moreover, the increase of families was beginning to crowd the city quarters, and perforce the parent hive had to swarm.
 THOMAS AND NATHANIEL YALE were the first to venture farthest north ward. They settled within the afterwards "North Parish" limits in 1860. They must be regarded as the pioneers of North Ha- ven. They were father and son, resper- lively. At the lay out of the city of New Haven, Thomas was assigned a lot in the Mary Turner We cannot follow him to within this city upon his return. We have only to do with him in the North parish.
 Tradition credits him with a family of nine children, among them the historic Eli hu. North Haven would be proud indeed tc say that her boundaries once sheltered the sire of Elihu Yale, and for @ season she nibbled at this sweet morsel until it was snatched from her by that ruthless hand which makes David Yale, and not Thomas the grandfather of Yale college.
 Of the nine children of Thomas, the North society claims John, Mary and Ma thaniel John married Rebecca-- and lived near his fathers at North Ha ven. I can discover no mention of him as public man in either church or state rec. ords. He was, however, the father of Da vid Yale, the first deacon of the Congrega tional church in North Haven 171S.
 David Yale was born in the North par ish October 8, 1899. He went to England in 1712; returned in 171S and was made deacon, as stated, at the age of nineteen He married Martha--. Received an honary degree from Yale college in 1724 and died in 173O, aged thirty-one His only child, Martha, married James Todd of the North parish, from whom de. scended Yale Todd, soldier in the revo lutionary army.
 Mary married Captain Joseph Ives, and Nathaniel married pretty Ruth Bishop o1 New Haven.
 NOW AS TO LOCATION.
 Above Governor Eaton's brick-kilns al Cedar Hill lay "East Farms" Here the families of Bradley, Atwater, Turner, Pot, ter, Brewster and Mansfield had allotments their territory reaching welt along Easi river. Thomas Yale, though owning prop. sions further up on the extreme border of the surveyed divisions and about seven miles from the city. Governor Newman's E meadow land adjoined Yale's. This meadow was bounded in part by the East river and here Handing" was established from which timber was rafted down to the city, The place retains the name of "Newman's s Point" to this day.
 Nathaniel Yale succeeded to the home stead upon the death of his father.
 He also held large possessions of his own accumulation and was regarded as veal thy, economic and efficient citizen. He was the chief petitioner for the foundation of the s'North society" and by his untiring zeal and devotion to it became the father of North Haven
 wilderness; yet, unsubdued as it was, there were found hardy spirits continually push ing into it. Jonathan Futile, Nathaniel Thorp, EbeneZer Blakeslee, John Homas- ton-an from New Haven, encouraged quite likely by Yale, left the city and set tied on the east side of East river some two miles above him not far from 1870. Dan iel and Thomas Barnes, Moses Crockett and Thomas Jacobs at about the same time went up from New Haven and located at 8 place which they called Muddy River" the reasons for which name are not appar- ent, particularly as they were from one to two miles from river anywhere, and the stream bearing that name at present has a clear, cold and swift-running current until it reaches tide-water.
 FOUNDERS OF THE NORTH PARISH.
 These men just named became then the founders of the "North Parish" or "North Society" and later the town of North Ha- ven.
 Few people correctly apprehend the act ual condition of these settlers at this time. There is no glamour of wealth, no light of education, no echo of music, no tradition of luxury lingering around the North Parish in the latter part of the seventeenth century.
 THEIR HORIZON WAS NEAR ONE.
 The sun to their children at least, ap- parently rose and set in the forest. There were no natural clearings except in the extreme northern portion and these were covered with rank grass standing higher han mans head and traversed in various directions by the trail of the Indian.
 Some of the first dwellings were of logs one or two of them stockaded) There was no semblance of village. A single rail on either side of the river marked the way through the woods to "Connecti- ,oote"
 THE RED MAN
 Was more frequent traveller on these paths than the white man.
 East of the present iron bridge over East 'iver was dense forest of white pines. In his grove they held occasional "pow- vows." Two miles below was s'Momau- 'uin's Camp" and the same distance above place where spear heads, ar Ow pOInfa Uaro rfoo VrI,,