Putnam patriot., 1922-08-18

tious of the Child coat of arms. Dur
 iae the Revolutionary War it was fire
 quently the resting place Of soldier.
 going or returning from camp
 We are la.d taa, often the floor. ei
 the mammcta kitchen. the parlor and
 bar room were occupied for the night
 by soldiers. The happenings in this ancient home would make lanz story, for it was noted for its hospital
 ity. and here the descendants of the
 family often gathered
 h ls42 Captain Willard tthe son Of Henry gathered about him on his s3rd birthday his children's children unto tHe third generation, making the number l30
 Peter. the brother of Henry. mar ried and settled across the fields from the Inn. The cabin was taken down many years ago. l. was in a different location from the dwelling now stand ing. which was occupied for a number of generations by the descendants of Peter It is now occupied by Irving Paine
 Elisha Remains on the Homestead
 Elisha, the fourth son of Ephraim. married and remained on the home stead with his mother after the death of his father. He was a man very prominent in public affairs was town clerk, and represented the town in the General Court of the Colony of Con- neeticut for several terms. After the formation of the church at Muddi- brook this home was one of the meet ing places where the kindred from q distance would gather between the services and partake of the cordial hospitality which many times consist ed of boiled dinner, or perhaps pud- ding and milk.
 Tradition tells us that this was one of the places for the drilling of the local militia, and on one occasion a gun that had accidentally been left loaded was fired and killed one of the bystanders The bullet hole was plainly seen in the side of the house before 1t was newly clapboarded. Ben jamin. the brother. went up the hill and took possession of the land upon the west side of the brook and prob ably some bordering the brook on the east side. Here he built his house We have not been able to ascertain. but t is a fact that the ancient house occupied by John Child. father of Captain George Child, was purchased by him from a direct descendant of Benjamin. which makes it seem quite probable that the home of Benjamin was located there l. is an interesting fact that the grandson of Benjamin. built the house long occu- pied by Nathaniel Child. and has al- ways been held in the possession of his descendants, being now owned by Ezra May. whose ancestry is traced in direct line Co Benjamin As far as known this is the only house .a Wood stock that was built by one of the Child lineage which Is occupied by a direct descendant.
 Child Family Learns Historical Facts
 We have obtained few facts of in terest regarding the homes of the sec ond and third generation of the fam flies of Child. We already know that Willard Child, grandson of Henry, re mained at the Inn. Amasa, the old est son of Henry. probably took a part of the land to the northeast own ed by his father and built the house occupied by himself and his son Aa- ron. Later it was purchased by Asa Hubbard. l. is remembered as large red house and a few years ago was taken down and more modern struc- ture built in its place. lt is now occu- pied by Harold Hubbard.
 II is conjectured that Ephraim, the son of Henry, also received land from his father and built a house now known as the Charles ide place He had no children, but his farm was taken by his nephew Henry, oldest son of Willard. who later removed to Fair lee. NJ. where his descendants still live in an attractive old home built by him. IL is an interesting fact that in their migration they took a hand some old clock and curios and valu- able furniture from Connecticut
 Peters grandson, Ezra, known as Squire Ezra. built the house in the vil- lage now occupied by our honored president Luther Leavitt
 Captain Elias Child, the son of Elisha, went up the hill from the church in East Woodstock and built a house which remained in the posses sion of his posterity until the death of