The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-05

| same year, m ibsi, Ills son, captain John Hotehkiss, fell victim Of the smallpox seourgs that visited this new settlement in the year i7s2 He was a useful member of the new parish. De- seendants of this family are still resi- dents of Cheshire. although it is not eef- tain that they occupy ancestral settle
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 It has been generally understood that Deacon Timothy Futile was the first permanent settler in what is now Cheshire and that the first framed house was erected by him. He married Thankful Doolittie. That he was among the earliest settlers l am sure, but he was not married until the year iT0G, at which tims he was twenty-five years of age. find no evidence that he settled here previous 10 the year i7os. Deacon Futile was q prominent official in the new parish. was the first moder- ator of the Society of New Cheshire, was one of the building committee Of the first church built in the parsh;in i7ss. and was member of the society's com mittee for several years. The descend ants of Deacon Futile were quite nu- merous. many of whom resided in the vicinity of this ancestral home. but. to- day not single person by the name of | Futile resides in this locality. A de- scendant. however. still resides on and Is the owner Of a portion of the Futile | estate.
 Thomas Brooks married Martha. q daughter of Joshua Hotchkiss,. March 25. i702. Justice John Allen performing the ceremony. Nearly all of the Brooks families, of the different branches who have been residents of Cheshire. can trace their origin to this same Thomas | Brooks. Three sons of the latter Enos, Henry and Thomas. settled in different parts of our village and 1t Is notice able fact and somewhat unusual that descendants of each Of these different branches have since resided near the dwellings erected by their fathers and have cultivated the same ancestral | acres.
 John Hitchcock married Marlow Nun son November F. l712. and evidently settled here about that time. He was q prominent official in the new settlement and took an active part in the organiza- tion of the first church, the first schools, the. building of roads, and other matters of interest to the early settlers. A son. whose name was Peter, settled near his father. Valentine, Captain David and Amasa were among the sons of the latter. Peter Hitchcock, son of Val entine, married Abigail, daughter of William Tyler of New Haven, in 1705. He purchased 102 acres of land.
 It is evident that Thomas Brooks and his aged father, Henry Brooks, removed to Cheshire and became permanent set tiers here in April, 1705. They were | originally from Cheshire in England, and 1t is generally believed that they gave to the parish of New Cheshire its | name. A vote of the First Eccesiasti- | cal society of Cheshire as recorded in 1723 furnishes the evidence that at the | houses of Thomas Brooks, and Captain John Hotchkiss religious services were held for six months previous to the erec- | tion of the first house of worship. Thomas Brooks died of the smallpox in 1732, at which time this new settlement was visited by this epidemic. 124 per | sons being afflicted with the disorder, out of which number seventeen died. | The sympathies of the colonies were aroused by the sad account of this | scourge, and at a meeting of the gener- al assembly .f50 was appropriated for the benefit of, the sufferers at New | Cheshire v i''.. I,
 Ichabod Hitchcock enlisted in May, 1776, in the Ninth company, First regi- ment, under General Wooster. Their first encampment was at Harlem, N. Y. In September this regiment took part in the operations along, Lakes George and Champlain. Several others were induced by this same .appeal.-of this aged minister to enlist in the patriot cause.
 Titus Ives was a soldier in this colo nial struggle and was stationed at Har- lem, N. Y, and along the coast of.LoAg Island. He died at Harlem in t...A year 1777. The gun he used in the defense of the colonists is now in the hands of his descendants and Is relic worth pre- serving. Thomas Bristol was present at the in- vasion of New Haven by General Tryon in July, 1779 and was severely wounded in the hip and was afterward cripple for life. The British rushed upon him as he lay wounded, but his fellow-patri- .ots rescued him from their grasp and thus his life was spared. ,r
 Gideon Bristol, the grandfather of tho pioneer preacher, was a brave, fearless and considerate soldier. He first en- listed in April, 1775, after the Lexington alarm or at the outbreak of the war. He afterwards enlisted in the First reg iment, and in the Seventh Company of the Continental Line, under the cona- mand of Captain Cook and later was transferred to Wadsworth's brigade. He was in the revolutionary service six years He was one of the tall we'll built, veterans selected. \, by General Washington to receive the arms of the British soldiers at Yorktown in 17S1. He was strong built man, brave and generous. He was also an ardent pa- triot and when once enlisted in Wash ington's rmyy-"he~-eentinued a pa triotsoldier until victory was achieved.
 It is related dthat when. the British in- vaded New Haven under General Tryon in July, 1779, that Colonel Street Hall of, ,Wallingford~ rode exer,>.the hills and through valleys at furious pace swinging his pointed hat. and shouting Turn Outp Turn Out!" the British are in New Haven. The farm CTS had just commenced reapirg their grain on the hills, but they left every thing hurriedly and rushed with all possible speed to their homes after their trusted muskets and then has tened to the City of Films that they