Connecticut western news., 1911-06-08
STEVENS STORY
Interesting "Reminiscences of Seth
 Andrews and Wife.
(BY H. B. sTEvKNS)

NB1 Id. B. SIENhNS)
 Next was the house of Nathaniel Stew ems whose wife was Amy Whitney. Their children were Nathaniel, Seth, Amos, Huldah. Nancy and Esther Stew ems. know nothing of the history of the daughters, only that one of them married a man named Thompson. I have already spoken of Seth. I have also said that Nathaniel (Nat) Stevens married Betsey Lawrence. They had one daughter, Antoinette Stevens, who became, very intelligent and well in, formed woman of retentive memory and a ''veritable encyclopedia regarding her family history. She did not change her name by marriage and became the wife of Henry 0. Stevens. They had one son Nathaniel s. (Nat) Stevens. Henry Q. still ownes the old homestead, which he has greatly improved, and is not only a first class farmer but public spirited and greatly interested in public improve ments and in everything that makes for the betterment of the community. AS remember Nat Stevens he was genial man and like his brother Seth never lacked for something to say when you met him, but was unlike Seth in stature being much larger and quite heshy, and he was also bald headed, and used to say that when his ears were cold all he had to do to warm them was to take off his hat and scratch the top of his head.
 A short distance west of the Stevens house, opposite the brlck bottomed house was lane leading to and across the Blackberry river. A little east of this on the bank af the river was building erected by Stevens and Andrus and con- ducted by them for some years as cot ton factory. It was later acquired by James Briggs, Ewho conducted it as factory until it was burned. Mir. Briggs rebuilt but never used the new building as a factory, but as a machine shop and grist mill where he ground and sold feed and grain. In connection with this was a building used for short time as foundry, where castings were made. It was operated by man named Gilmore. This property was later owned by Sal mon Barlow, who carried on the same kind of business. The buildings were afterwsrd burned down and never re- built
 On the east side of the lane between the river and the road were two houses. one built by Salmon Barlow, the other by Milo Crocker. MT. Crocker's children were Saran, Caroline, Lucydia, Mary. Fannie, George and Frank Crocker Sarah is the, wife of E. R. Lorraine Caroline is the wife of Horace Holt Mary was the wife of Reuben Sewart The others lost track of.
 One of these houses was burned the other is owned bv Michael heaue. Mrs Dunning has furnished information. respecting the Andrews family which L, new and interesting to me and may b. to others so will quote 1t here:
 Seth Andrews. sou of Capt. Obadiah. of Southington, and his wIte Mary, born 18th March, 1762. He and his brother.
 
 inherited of their father, Capt Obadiah, to Roger Whlttlesey, Esq. He located at Canaan, Conn., where he MAS ad mitted freeman, in l793, aud un July 27, I793, John Stanley, of Canaan, leased Seth Andrews Of Canaan for e3I ;10:5, certain lot on the bank of the rlyer, with building, viz, one potash, one black smith shop and all his right Ill tools, kettles, coolers, tube, receivers etc, ana 18th ,Septem Der, 1796 he bought of Natn- aniel Stevens, of Canaan, tor 9l2 one- fourth of an acre of land in that town. and he himself is called an inhabitant of Canaan. November 1st, 1926, Thomas Huntington, of Canaan, sold Seth An drsws, of Canaan, for $1 200 lying in the second society, fourteen acres with house and barn and lay on the road from SaIis- bury to Norfolk. Also on the lst of October, 1893, 8. committee of the society sold land to Seth Andrews, of Canaan, being the old meeting house lot. ,
 April 22rd. 1895 Ovid and Frederic Plumb, of New York, for one dollar, quit all theil right to Seth Andrews and others of 100 acres on Canaan Noun tain. He had in 1797 two stores, one Ill East Canaan, now called, and one in New Marlboro and then advertised full
  Was many years justice of the peace and leading and influential man. lie was the moving spirit ln building the East Canaan church though making no pretentions to piety. He ran his potash business, cotton factory and two stores. He lived and died bachelor. He was intelligent and gentlemanly and had the respect and confidence of the community.
 He was a medium size, light con- plexion, and died of consumption and rom ill health retired from active busi- ness som etime before his deceased, leav- ing his partner, Nathaniel Stevens to carry it on. His will is dated 14th of Aug Just 1885 presented at probate court, district of Sharon, and proved 27th or November 1885, the substance of which IS as follows viz. First, my just debts paid second, my executor hereafter named will procure suitable monument at my. grave; third, l give Leman Church, Esq, the same six volumes of Life and Writings of Benjamin Frank lin, which my friend William Douglas