The Somerset reporter., 1892-10-06
For The Reporter.
Early settlers in Canaan-N 22

The Burrill Familv-rhere Mere fou
brothers of this name. think. who cam
from Noolwich rs carly probably Il
LIS. There were other families VII
came still earlier from that samc town
and they we're all Baptists.
Nethanirl Burrill lived on the place NJ
TIN river road where Mr.. salley'- build
ings were burned a year or TWO ago
his possessions included the adi"inin
farm of Levi BjgrloW. lii Witc wa
Rachel Springer. a sister ot III Il =
Captain salmon " hite'> wife lie Na
a tanner by ira lc aud had tan hous
nearer he river where he did Il very con
siderable hu-iuc-> H. icng n lac oWnc,
the place ~ h fsrn prey iouSI'
mentioned. Francis Powers and Edwar,
IlarlWrll learned the TRADE of him III
built = large two story house. nevel
painted two barns and long sh.t
lrom Tn. house tu one ot llre barns thcs,
Aere all burned in lSl5. the owner al
thai timc being James Hinton. an Eng
li,lnman.
Ahout lslO Mr. Bulrill sold that prop
eriN Obi, suu-iu-laW Josiah Hook. auo
moved Ia Bangor and carried pn a tan
merry there. But now little story about
Mr.. Hook up to that time all shoe
We're >eWrd, pegs Were used only IN tn,
heels. and every workman made hi oW II
\ man came around with a pat~nt foi
fastening ON the sole with nails and
MIR. Hook gave him sixty dollnrs foi
the right for the county. The bottom
of the lasts were covered withb thin
plate OF iron 10 clnch the nails. shortly
after.I think. only few months. ihc
discovery was made that the sole etsi Il
be put on with pegs ~ we'll a. the heel.
There WAS NJ patent on this invention,
and il made the patent on the nail na~til-
od perfectly useless. After two ol7tbr's'
years Mr.. Hook sold the place to Nr.
Hinton and moved to Newport.
After few years Mr.. Burrill s3-o
moved 10 Newport IN the east side IF
the pond In lsll H. with his life shd
Youngest son Almon We're living in
Athens. Ohio. where the son was attend
ing the college preparing for the missis
Try. have no record of their denth.
They la two other ,ons, Na hsnel,
who married Hannah shepard, sni
Levi Z. lPowers. named for his near
neighhor in Canaan who married Eliza
beth shepard who died in Newport about
Il year ago aged -. They We're dan@h-
tcrS of Dr. Shepard who lived between
the town farm aud the dunbar place shc
house is gone now. think but he inoy-
ed to Newport before the girls wrrc
For song Years after he moy
el away Mr.. and Mrs. Burril visited my
every winter and Staid one night
al least. On one of these visits he
brought three or four bushels of pump
kin seeds which n carried tn Major
I Ia a,l. Tho
oil was intended for table Use in the
place of olive oil.
Mr.. Burrill wis man of fine manners
with II kind of cn~y tormaidg that entitl-
ed him To The apl.llalion ot Il gentleman
of the old school and in the judgement
of Il boy twelve 10 fifteen years old,
which was my age when SAW them.
Mrs Burrill Wa ~ near being Il perfect
lady as any body eyer SAW. With II
pleasant voice and graceful manner She
knew how 90 say the right thing III the
right way. and at the right time. :
Deacon Humphrey Burrill,a Il brother
! believe of Nathaniel. lived about
mile farther ,oNn HE river, on The pltc"
where Harrison kimhall Wa< living five
years ago: The house up on the hill som"
distance from the road. Ills Wife's
name MAS Molly Gardiner Who died
Dec. 18th, 1873. They had one son and
three daughters, Hannah married Will
lam Pollard and died in carly life lcav-
ing one son. Bct-cy mtrried Williabl
i,rtchrU of WnSIoW, raised II large
famil, and lived to a good old az.
Mary married james detchrll and tEId
two children, seth and Hiram. ilet 81
cond husband WAS John Lambert and