The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-08-11
The NeWtOWn Bee
Newtown. Friday. August II, 1905.


NeWtOWn's
Bi=Centennial.|
Historical Address of E. L.
Johnson.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE
the Committee appointed for supply
ing the officers and soldiers families
now in Continental service agreeable
to a resolve of the General Assembly
May 1873 make and adjust each mans
proportion Obliged by law to pay rates
in Newtown) of the sum of 1OS pounds
and that they cali on the inhabitants
OF the town to return to them immedi-
ately or at a convenient season said
dividend for the use Of said families.
Also voted that this meeting has no
objection to the wives and families of
Ephraim Belts and Elias SkidmOre re-
pairing to Long Island there to larry
with their husbands going under the
men," Some INSTRUMENTATION existed
in Newtown in 1778 as is shown by
this act passed by the General Assem-
bly,. upon representation made to
this Assembly that the three alarm
list companies formed within the
limits of the first society of Newtown
| IN the 10th regiment having sometime
since made choice of persons for their
officers inimical to this and the other
United States of America, who for
that reason were refused commissions,
and also that the officers of the third
military company of said regiment in
commissions or wholly neglect and re-
fuse to execute their offices whereby
all the said companies are destitute of
officers and by that means not in
condition to be called upon to perform
military duty for the defence of the
country. Resolved by this Assembly
| that the colonel or chief officer of
said regiment be directed and he is
hereby ordered and directed to cause
legal warning to be given said COM
panies as soon as may be, to meet for
officers and lead or order them to be
led to such choice for their respective
companies, and in case they neglect or
refuse to elect such persons as are
qualified according to the laws of this
state to execute such offices that
then the civil authority in, and select
men of Newtown, with the advice of
said colonel or chief officer are hereby
Empowered and directed forthwith to
nominate such officers as may be nee
essary, which choice or nomination
shall by said colonel or chief officer be
returned to this Assembly or in the
| fhoronf tn his tho
Governor, who is desired to commits
sionate them accordingly: which otfic-
ers shall Immediately proceed to de-
tach their quota of men for the CONT
mental army as soon as the field officers
of said regiment have propOrtioned
them to the respective companies,
which they are hereby directed to do. "
At the meeting Of the Governor and
Council of safety at Hartford in Octo-
Der, 1779, 1T was resolved "That the
selectmen of the town of NewtOwn re-
Waterbury ten fire arms belonging to
this state, $50 pounds of gun powder
from the keeper of powder belonging
to this state in Ripton, and also 3OC
flints of Capt George Smith of Hart
ford, they passing their receipt there
fore, said selectmen to be account
able"
Per order of Major Caleb Baldwin,
Also upon the memorial of Samuel
Hazard a refugee from the city OF
New York now resident in town OF
NewtOwn showing that when he left
New York, he left with some of his
friends on Long Island considerable
effects belonging to himself and fam
lily, and praying to have liberty to &C
on to said island and bring off his said
effects. Resolved that the said Sam
uel Hazard have liberty and liberty
is hereby granted to him to 60 on tt
Long Island for the purpose of bring.
ing away said effects, he conforming
himself to the directions of Thaddeus
Belts, Esq.,, of Norwalk, under who's,
care and inspection he is to conduct ir
the affair."
Permit Of Col Chandler.
At a town meeting held
concerning unfriendly persons taking
the oath Of fidelity, that the
selectmen for the time being, lay be
fore the next General Assembly of the
state of Connecticut either by memor
ial or some other manner, the circum
stances and true situation Of this towr
in regard to those unfriendly persons
in said town together with the reasons
of the friends to the libertys of Amer
lea in this town casting their protest
against the Town Clerk entering those
unfriendly persons names in the list
OF those that have taken the oath o
fidelity"
In l78O "voted that Abraham Ben
nett shall be committee to supply tn,
family of Lieut. Ephraim Kimberl,
the year ensuing as a soldier in thu
Continental service; also that Lieut.
Amos Terrill be committee to suppl,
the family of Elijah Foote soldier il
the Continental service; also Eli Dun.
ming be com mittee for the purpose O.
tinental use, and that Capt Jabez
B)tsford shall be committee for the
purpose of providing barrels and put
ting up the beef and pork required by
law for continental use. Voted tha
David Botsford shall be committee OF
cloathing for the Continental soldiers
In 1881 voted, in order to raise thu
eight men required for the years serv
ice to 6efend the Post at Horsenecl
we proc ed in the same manner as il
directed for the continental soldiers.
Enough has been quoted from rec
ordS to show that the inhabitants o
the town were kept busy in meeting
the states demand for men and mean!
to help prosecute the war, and al
though there was marked sentiment
of dislOyalty in the community, yet DIS
a town, Newtown did her full shar
without drafting during the Revolu
tiOnary period and some of its fore
most men have their names on Con
: necticut's honor roll; as Col Johr
Chandler 9Th Regiment, Hon William
Edmond who was in the fight al