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[48] Rev. Mr. Dwight, of Woodstock, dined with him Aug. 24, 1718, and made a prayer at his court Nov. 7, 1718. Also see Diary, Jan. 2, 1724: "Paid Mr. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock in full, of his demands for boarding Madam Usher there about six or seven weeks in the year 1718, £2-11." John Acquittimaug, of Woodstock, an Indian, who lived to be one hundred and fourteen years old, was entertained by Judge Sewell in 1723. _Boston News-Letter_, Aug. 29, 1723. The wills of Woodstock people were proved before "the Honorable Samuel Sewell, Judge of Probate." MSS. of Martin Paine of South Woodstock.

[49] Paraclete Skinner, of Woodstock, who remembers the second meeting-house that was taken down in 1821, says that that structure never had a bell.

[50] While in custody at Woodstock, Queen Elizabeth, according to the chronicler, Raphael Holinshed, wrote with a diamond on a pane of glass in her room these words:

"Much suspected--of me Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth, prisoner."

[51] Sir Walter Scott's novel of "Woodstock."

[52] The last time that the name of New Roxbury, as applied to the name of the whole town, appears in the Proprietors' Records of Woodstock is March 18, 1689. The first time the name of Woodstock appears is May 26, 1690: Woodstock Records.

[53] 1691.

[54] March.

[55] Town meeting November 27th and 28th.

[56] Woodstock, at this time, was under the restrictions of frontier towns. It was called a "frontier town" in 1695.--Mass. Hist. Society Proceedings, 1871-1873, p. 395.

[57] December 28th.

[58] Lincoln's "History of Worcester County."

[59] Sept. 7th.

[60] Manuscript Records of Second Precinct of Woodstock, or Parish of New Roxbury, in the possession of G. Clinton Williams, of West Woodstock.

[61] May 16th.

[62] Petition to town Nov. 2, 1736.

[63] July, 1737.

[64] 1739.

[65] Oct. 2, 1741.

[66] April, 1742.

[67] Letter of Aug., 1742, to selectmen.

[68] Nov. 18, 1742.

[69] Sept. 14th.

[70] In the school-house Sept. 27th.

[71] Line dividing East and West Parishes approved by General Assembly of Connecticut in 1753, and name of New Roxbury approved in 1754.

[72] The old First Church. See Records of First and Third Congregational Churches, and Miss Larned's "History of Windham County."

[73] July 27th.

[74] Class of 1733.

[75] He was the son of John Stiles, who belonged to one of the oldest families of Windsor, and was the brother of Rev. Isaac Stiles, a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1722, and was uncle of Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College. President Stiles often visited Woodstock after his uncle had settled at Muddy Brook, now called East Woodstock.

[76] Oct., 1761.

[77] July 25th, at the age of 74.

[78] Class of 1759.

[79] Killingly.

[80] Vote of First Church passed Dec. 8, 1766.

[81] Letter dated Cambridge, March 24, 1776.

[82] Class of 1776.

[83] Hutchinson's "History of Massachusetts," vol. iii., 6-8; vol. ii., 363-396.

[84] July 28, 1749.

[85] Woodstock speaks of Massachusetts' repeated claims in a memorial to Conn. Gen. Assembly, May 2, 1771.

[86] Gen. Putnam was much interested in this project. A meeting to promote the idea was held at his house in Pomfret, Feb. 11, 1771. The State again refused the application for a new county, when Pomfret applied in 1786 for a new county, "with Pomfret for shire-town."

[87] Captain Johnson was the father of Nathaniel Johnson, and father-in-law of Lieutenant Henry Bowen, both first settlers of Woodstock.

[88] "The Chandler Family," by Dr. George Chandler.

[89] England declared war against France March 31st.

[90] Seven hundred men from Massachusetts, of which Woodstock was then a part, were impressed for this service.

[91] Lieut.-Col. Thomas Chandler was the son of Col. John Chandler, and was Woodstock's first representative to the General Assembly of Connecticut. Ante p. 44.

[92] The forces were furnished by New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and amounted to 4,070.

[93] October 7th.

[94] Fight at "Charlestown, No. 4," New Hampshire, May 2, 1748, in which Peter Perrin and Aaron Lyon, of Woodstock, were killed.

[95] Or the Seven Years' War (1753-1760).

[96] At town meeting, June 21, 1774.

[97] Miss Ellen D. Larned's "History of Windham County."

[98] There is no evidence to prove the reiterated statement that one hundred and eighty-nine Woodstock men fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. This number was stationed at Cambridge, and some of them may have been at Bunker Hill.

[99] Oliver Wendell Holmes at Roseland Park, July 4, 1877.

[100] Rev. Abel Styles subscribed the largest sum, £30. He was fond of _belles-lettres_, and in a communication to his church, speaks of "his beloved studies." Under his inspiration and instruction, Woodstock and Pomfret young men entered Yale College.

[101] 1784-1856.

[102] 1763-1837.

[103] 1764-1804.

[104] Cotton Mather: "Massachusetts soon became like a hive overstocked with bees, and many thought of swarming into new plantations."

INDEX.

Academy, Establishment of, 53

Annexation to Connecticut in 1749, 44

Bacon, Thomas, 26

Black, James, 17

Bowen, Lieut. Henry, 26

Chandler, Captain John, 34

---- Charles Church, 48

---- Col. John, 55

---- Col. Thomas, 47

---- Hon. John Church, 55

---- Judge John Winthrop, 55

---- Rev. Thos. Bradbury, D.D., 55

---- Winthrop, 55

Characteristics of the place and people, 58

Child, Captain Benjamin, 49

---- Captain Elisha, 48, 49

---- Lieut. Josiah, 49

---- Nathaniel, 48

Church, First built 1694, 32

---- Fourth Congregational, established 1767, 40

---- Third Congregational, established 1760, 40

Churches, History of, 36

Connecticut, First members to General Assembly of, 44

"Connecticut Park," 13

Court, Establishment of, among Indians, 17

Cradock, Governor, 14

Curtis, John, 21

Distinguished men of Woodstock, 55

Dudley, Joseph, 20

---- Thomas, Letter of, to Countess of Lincoln, March 12, 1630-1, 8

Dwight, Rev. Josiah, first minister, installed October 17, 1690, 32

Eaton, General William, 56

Education, progress of, 53

Eliot's visit to Woodstock, Narrative of, by Gookin, 15

Families represented in French and Indian War, 47

Fines imposed for non-attendance at town meeting, 33

Fox, Jabez, 49

---- John, 49

French and Indian War, Woodstock families represented in, 47

Frizzel, William, 49

Frontier service, Twenty men impressed for, 1724, 46

General Court, First, in America, Boston, September 28, 1630, 9

Gookin, Major Daniel, magistrate of all Indian towns, 1656, 14

Grant, General U. S., Visit of, to Woodstock, 59

Gravestone of Edward Morris (oldest in county--1689), 25

Holmes, Abiel, 56

---- Doctor David, 56

---- Oliver Wendell, 56

Home lots, Drawing lots for, 23

Indian church, First, in America, established by Eliot at Natick in 1651, 14

Indians, Religious instruction of, in 1629, 14

---- Troubles with, 33

King Philip's war, Consequences of, 18

Leonard, Rev. Abiel, installed pastor, 1763, 40

---- ---- appointed chaplain of Third Regiment of Connecticut, 41

---- ---- death of, 41

Longevity of some of the present inhabitants, 26

Lots drawn for home lots, 23

Lyman, Rev. Eliphalet, ordained in 1779, 42

---- "Old Priest," 42

Lyon, Captain Daniel, 49

---- Stephen, 49

McClellan, Captain Samuel, 48, 49

---- Gen. Geo. B., 51

Manning, Ephraim, 49

Marcy, Captain Nathaniel, 49

---- Hon. Wm. Leonard, 56

---- John, 56

Massachusetts Bay, first organized settlement on, 8

"Middlesex Gore," 45

Military renown of men of Woodstock, 46

Minister, appointment of first, 32

Morris, Asa, 49

---- Commodore Charles, 55

---- George N., 55

---- Edward, 21

---- Hon. J. F., 56

Morse, Jedediah, 48, 56

---- Rev. Jedediah, D.D., 56

---- Samuel F. B., 56

---- Sarah, 26

Nipmuck country, Derivation of name, 12

---- Description of, 12

---- Desertion of, after King Philip's war, 18

---- Purchase of, from Indians, 20

"Notable Meeting," 59

Oldman, John, 12

"Old Thirteen," Names of, 23

Perry, Saml., 49

Praying Villages, 14

Pulpit Rock, 18

Putnam, Capt. Israel, 47

Pynchon, William, 10

Quinnatisset, 15

Rebellion, Services of Woodstock, men in, 51

Refusal to send representatives to General Court at Boston, 60

Religious services among Indians, Description of, 15

Revolution, Company of one hundred and eighty-nine men formed for service in, 48

---- Service rendered by town during the, 47

Roxbury--Deputies sent to Boston Assembly, 1634, 9

---- Early settlers' names, 10

---- Eliot, Rev. John, pastor of First Church, established 1632, 10

---- First settlers, where from, 9

---- Founders' names, 10

---- Prominent in organizing settlement of Woodstock, 11

---- Settlement of, Sept. 28, 1630, 9

Ruggles, John, 21

---- Samuel, 21

Sampson, Indian teacher at Wabquissit, 15

School-house built 1733, 37

Selectmen, Names of first, 33

---- Names of first, chosen by New Roxbury, 27

Settlement, Arrangements for, 21

---- Committee appointed to find place suitable for, 21

---- Name of, changed from New Roxbury to Woodstock, 28

---- of other towns by Woodstock men, 58

---- Petition for land for, 1683, 21

---- Time granted for, 21

---- ---- extended, 22

Settlers, Ages of first, 25

---- Descendants of, now in town, 26

---- Enterprise of, 27

---- First death among, 25

---- Names of first, 24

---- Original thirteen, 23

Sewell, Capt. Samuel, 29

---- ---- Extract from diary of, 30

Skinner, Paraclete, 26

Stages, Lines of, established between Woodstock and New London and New Haven, 50

Stiles, Rev. Abel S., 39

Stoughton, Wm., 20

Throop, Rev. Amos, 36

Trees planted by wife of General McClellan, 50

Wabbaquasset, 12

Wabquissit, 16

Walker, Amasa, 57

---- Gen. Francis A., 57

War of 1812, Woodstock men in, 51

West Parish of Woodstock, incorporated 1743, 38

---- called New Roxbury, 38

Williams, Jared W., 57

---- Rev. Stephen, 38, 57

---- Samuel, Sr., 57

Women of Woodstock, 57

Woodstock Hill, 13

Worcester County formed, 1731, 35

Transcriber's note:

Unusual spelling is as in the original.