Woodstock: An historical sketch

by Clarence Winthrop Bowen

[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.”

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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]