The Committee were Robert Treat, Sen., Thomas Clarke, Sen., George Clarke, Joseph Treat, Joseph Peck, Jonathan Baldwin.
New Milford was called a Plantation till 1712.
1703. The Legislative title called the “Patent” was granted by the Grand Court to New Milford.
1706. Zachariah Ferriss came to New Milford and plowed a piece of land near Roger Sherman Hall—the first work done by a white man here.
1707. The names of the three earliest settlers of New Milford are: John Noble from Westfield, Mass., John Bostwick, from Stratford, Ct., John Noble, Jr., from Westfield, Mass.
1708. Daniel Bostwick was born; the first male child born in New Milford.
Dea. Samuel Brownson, Farmington, Ct., Major John Bostwick, Jr., Stratford, Ct., and Zachariah Ferriss, Stratford, Ct., settled in New Milford.
1709 or 1710. Roger Brownson, Farmington, Ct.; John Weller, Springfield, Mass, and Thomas Weller, Westfield, Mass., settled in New Milford.
1710. Sarah Ferriss was born; the first female child born in New Milford.
1711. Benjamin Bostwick, Stratford, Ct.; Isaiah Bartlet, and Samuel Prindle, Milford, Ct., settled in New Milford.