The Newtown bee., 1909-09-17

LOOK Tn the CIVIC aftafrS ot the young
 town. He had two sons, Moses(2)
 and Anthony (3), also a daughter,
 who married a Leach. He lived to
 good old age and was buried in the
 old burying-gl ound at Sherman, the
 remnants of which are opposite the
 saw mil at the Center. This is the
 burying-ground that was shameless
 ly profaned by uprooting the grave
 stones and turning the ground into
 plowland. Public indignation waxed
 so strong and effective that the
 sacrilegious work halted before it
 was quite complete. A few stones
 still remain in place, mute witnesses
 of this barbarous act oI vandalism.
 The road now passes over some of
 the old graves, it's course having been
 changed some time after the desecra-
 tion. It does not, however, go over
 the grave of the lieutenant, if tra-
 dition has preserved its location.
 Moses Wanzer CD lived in what is
 now Sherman and was an extensive
 landowner. At that time of the
 country's history the wealthy people
 of the land were frequently farmers.
 His wife was Elizabeth c. Knapp of
 Danbury. They became convinced
 of Friends principles" and accord
 ingly requested membership with
 Friends" Many of their descen-
 dants were Quakers, although at
 present only few are members, due to the various causes that have
 brought about decline in the
 society's numbers in the past. He
 died before the Revolution, by no
 means an old man, leaving to the
 care of his widow quite a family of
 children, some of them small. As far as appears she seems to have been equal to her trust. he was buried in the Pickett burying-ground just below New Milford and it is quite probable that another burial has
 been made in the same grave. Of their children the following married: Abraham(4), Nicholas(5), who left no heirs, Moses(6), who moved to Vermont, Ebenezer(D, Husted(S), John(9), Abigail and Elizabeth. The latter married Thomas Haviland and Tudor Haviland of Leach Hollow was one of their descendants. Only. one son, Moses (10), remained in Connecticut, of the children of Abra- ham(4), son of Moses Wanzer(2). Moses lived near SquantI pond on the farm owned in later years by Joel Joyce. There was quite a family of but they did not remain near home. The late Judge Benja- min Griffin of Brookfleld was grandson. Nicholas(5) lived at Lanesville and was part owner of the grist mill at the Great Falls, where the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.'S works now are Ebenezer(7J lived in the eastern part of New Fairfield. It is he who built the "Wanzer Cross way" which lies to the southeast of his dwelling, still standing. One daughter married Lewis Haviland. One son, Ira(1D, was the author of Wanzer's arithmetic, formerly used in the District schools, which book some of the older generation of Bee readers may recall. His abilities were apparently not appreciated as much as they might have been by his contemporaries. Ira's son, David H. (12), lived in the southwestern part of New Milford, where the lat ter's son, Fred, lives. Another son of Ebenezer(7) was likewise named Ebenezer(13) and lived in the northwestern part of Brookfield. His wife was the daughter of William Leach of Sherman. He had one son, L. (14), none of whose chil- dren live in the state at present. Wanzer (15), youngest son of Ebenezer(7), lived near Still River and married daughter of zacariah Ferriess. One daughter married Frederick Starr of New His grandson, William D. (16), the son of Charles H., is a large tobacco raiser. Husted Wanzer (S) lived west of Leach Hollow and was one of the olden time Mauwehoo colonists, long before the colony put on city airs. Some of his sons moved to York State. A daughter married Henry Briggs, whose son the late Henry Briggs of Sherman was. Ni- a son, lived West at one time but returned to New Fairfield to snd his days. Henry B. of Haviland Hollow, and the late Jedidiah of were his sons. Husted's (8) youngest son, George H., was also a Mauwshoo colonist and built an old