The Press., 1922-03-30
Roaring Brook District,-A Century Of RASidantS.

a general north and south direction one on the eastern edge, between Staff
 ford Street and East Wilmington; the other on the western edge, running tetween Stafford Street and Willing ton Hill; Stafford Street being in the early days the official town seat of Stafford One main road crosses the district in a general nOrtheasterly and southwesterly direction, running from West Wilmington to Moose Meadow and thence by a bend southward meets the East Wilmington road; then turns east by Moose Meadow cemetery, to- ward Westford village, hence former
 ly called the "Westford turnpike" The geography of the district is more easily traced by beginning at one tor der and passing to the opposite border house,-the "Belden place" was owned successively by Mrs. Ross, John Bel den, Calvin Ryder, George Mathews, Charles Richards, and at present by Slavic people. The neighboring house,
 
 residence successively of Horace Bid well, Dennis Enwright, David Fuller Nelson Cross, Albert Morse, Francis Ballou, George Rider, Horton Wilson, and Joseph Osiki.. The farm west of the road from the cemetery to the Moose Meadow church, and known as the Hanson place, has housed Foster Towne, Hampton Lillibridge, Nelson r Henry Hanson, and now MT. Kihl. Passing northward, when almost in sight of the church, the road forks, and the road straight north, skirting the Moose meadow, which gives the name to the church, and reach the Nichols place." owned in 1845 by Major Jacob Clark, then for some years after by James Clark, 1856 by Abner Nichols; by his. son, Samuel; 7; I am now informed that 8 sons did serve the Union from this place; later bought by Rockwell and Ruby for the timber; they sold to E A. Bates; John Reig followed; and now Fred SQuier lives there; The place farther north has been owned by Allen Williams, David Fuller, Hiram Wood, MT. Max we'll, John Naxon, and at present by Kihl brothers. Starting back at the road passing by the church we come to little house early occupied by James .WOrthington, later by Rev. Otis Perrin, Lester Anderson, Stephen Slocum, Ebenezer Potter, now by John Hipsky. Close by, on the west, stood the "gate house." whereBenja- min Lil1ibridge kept tavern; then came to Alfred. Anderson; then long the residence of Lester Anderson and his sister Celinda, Alfred having died April 12, 1851, and Lester died July IS, 1883 aged 90. Some 12 to 15 years ago, while the house was occupied by Calvin Rider, it burned down. Just west of the site, the East Willington road leaves the company of the West ford pike and turns nOrthward to- ward Stafford; and going on the up grade we come first to a farm on the left, at which have lived Rufus Twiss, John Perry, Russell Fuller, George Wolcott, George Mathews and Albert Hamil. A little farther on, but on the same (west) side of the road, lived B. Dwight Lillibridge, son of Benjamin; later Joseph Brown, Merrill Cushman, Lura DimOck; and now Slavic people. On the opposite side of the road, was the old Benjamin Eillibridge place.. bought in 17S8 by Benjamin, brother of Elder David Lillibridge; he was the father of Hampton, and Benjamin of the tavern, who afterward lived there till his death in 1876; later came Orrin Peckham, William Whitmore, Joe Ru- by, and MT. Kuhn. Adjoining this farm on the north was Elder David Lillibridge's farm, which passed to his grandson, Burnham Lillibridge; after Burnham died, his oldest son, David, bought it, and died there, May 30, 1899. It is now owned by Wilhel- nina Polster, a German woman. Be- tween these two Lillibridge places comes in cross road, running south westerly to the Westford-West Will Hngton road, whose only residence was that of Olney Estin, who had a scythe mill, saw mill and grist mill and carding mill. The scythe shop was on the West Wilmington road; this was still there with it's trip hammer in running order, when Corlis Barrett bought the place after the Civil War. After him Simon Seegee, John Letan, and other foreigners.
 Near the junction of the Estin road with that leading to the West Willing ton, a branch of the latter passes southerly past the Ruby place; whose first known resident was Daniel Pearl, from whom Jesse Daggett bought in 1872, and at his death it came into possession of his son-in-law James Ruby, End, then to his son, William D. Ruby, the present owner, having been 110 years in the family His nearest neighbOrs on the, road toward West Wilmington, after passing the present schOolhouse, are at the, MOulton place just west of the schoolhouse, on a branch running toward Village Hill. At this place lived the father of Ed ward Morrison and Charles; Squire John Moulton, Joseph Woodhouse, MT. Lever, Stephen Green, John Brown, David Lillibridge, Francis Dorsey, John Lobek, and now Adam sulis, On the east end of cross-road south of w.. D. Ruby, was the Parker place, once owned by EJoshUa. and Isaac Niles; later by Rev. John Dixon, and then for long time by Rev. James Parker; both of these preached at Moose Meadow church. At place near this lived first James Dixon, then Thomas Sherman, William Sotlle, Hen ry Watrous, Calvin Rider, Joseph Vim. Only cellar holesmark the site of these two houses. We have now remaining, the main road from Will lington Hill to Stafford Street; the part south of the last two places, be- ing formerly called "Beggar Lane," at the Willington Hill end, which is about 8 mile north of that village, is the farm where livedBenja- min Chapman; afterward the Harbison and Graham families; then Harrison Kent and Baker studley; and for some time, until a few years ago, Orrin Watrous; now Slavic people. Next north lived Hosea Aldrich; later Will liam Irons, Sen, and William Irons, Jr.; now foreigners. On road north westward from this last toward Ell dridge Mills, lived first MT. Parsons; then Martin Hancock. Here lived John Warren, when he drowned his wife in Roaring Brook; now foreign CTS. On the road from Beggar Lane eastward to Whitford-S -Savor place is the old Elisha Brink n1ace whare WY