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]