Feb. 6. “Voted: that Mr. Roger Sherman shall pass and repass over the bridge and his family; he paying ten shillings.”
December. “Voted: that the Indian natives shall pass and repass over the bridge toll-free.”
December. “Voted: that all persons that shall pass or repass on the Sabbath or Lord’s Day between sunrise and sunset, in order to attend the public Worship of God in a lawful congregation in New Milford, shall pass free from payment over the great bridge in said town for the coming year.”
1744. Until 1744 there was but one military company in the Town. The officers were as follows: Capt. Stephen Noble (served 20 years), Lieut. John Bostwick, Ensign Wm. Gaylord, Capt. Theophilus Baldwin, Lieut. Joseph Bostwick, Ensign Samuel Canfield.
1746. The first Episcopal Church was established in New Milford about this time.
1746. Roger Sherman settled with his brother William on the west side of Winnisink brook, the place called New Dilloway.
1754. Rev. Solomon Palmer, the first resident Episcopal clergyman, came to New Milford.
Voted: “that the meeting-house—— shall be erected in the town street, east from Joseph Northrop’s dwelling house and west from Samuel Comstock’s well, where there is a heap of stones erected.”
Voted: “that the inhabitants of this Society will raise the meeting-house by free will offering.”
Voted: “that the committee shall provide what liquors they shall think necessary to be used at the raising of the meeting-house at the cost of the Society.”