INDEX.
Reading edition
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