and the gallery seats to those of New Preston Society which belong to New Milford, and the remainder to be disposed of and the avails of it improved toward the new meeting-house in this Society.”
1757. Mary Roberts gave her negro slave, Dan, his freedom upon his paying her £3, 2s. 5d. annually during his life.
The church was organized in Newbury Society Sept. 28th.
Mr. Thomas Brooks was ordained the first minister.
1758. Capt. Joseph Canfield raised a company and served with them under Col. David Wooster. They marched to Albany in May.
1760. Gaylordsville School District laid out.
Upper Merryall burying ground laid out.
1761. The Separatists or Strict Congregationalists built a house of worship near the Center Cemetery.
An effort made to clear the Housatonic River for navigation. A committee appointed and liberty granted to raise 300 pounds money by lottery.
1766. The bridge was carried away and rebuilt, and in three years a part of it went off again. It was again repaired but did not remain a year.