 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1805 - 556 pages
...and company. Hit descendants performed the same ollice, for many yean. 5 Trumbull, i. 460. In 1708, the purchase was made of Catoonah, the chief sachem,...were the proprietors of that part of the country. 6 Nicholson brought from England 5 frigates and a bomb ketch. These, with 3 fourth rates, ^ fifth rates,... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1813 - 478 pages
...the same olfice, for many years; ' 2 Trumbull, i. 460. In 1708, the purchase was made of Cafoonah, the chief sachem, and other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country. 3 Nicholson brought from England ;J frigates and a bomb ketch. These, vrith .3 fourth rates, '2 fifth... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 614 pages
...and company. His descendants performed the same office for many years. 5 Trumbull, i. 436. In 1708, the purchase was made of Catoonah, the chief sachem,...were the proprietors of that part of the country. 1710. under the command of colonel Vetch, returned with the fleet vx-v-^/ and array to Boston. In honour... | |
 | John Warner Barber - History - 1836 - 598 pages
...Seymour, Matthias St. John, and other inhabitants of Norwalk, to the number of twenty five, purchased a large tract between that town and Danbury. The purchase was made of Catronah the chief sachem, and other Indians. The deed is dated the 30th of September, 1708, and at... | |
 | Norwalk (Conn.) - 1847 - 354 pages
...Seymour, Matthias St. John, and other inhabitants of Norwalk, to the number of twenty-five, purchased a large tract between that town and Danbury. The purchase...The deed bears date Sept. 30, 1708. At this session [1 709], it was ordained, that it should be a distinct township, by the name of RIDGEFIELD." — Trwminitt,... | |
 | Robert Bolton - Westchester County (N.Y.) - 1848 - 642 pages
...line between Connecticut and New York. This purchase was made of Catonah, the chief sachem, and the other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country."' Van der Donck, the historian, in his map of 1656, locates the Indian village of Pechquenakonck somewhere... | |
 | Connecticut - 1837 - 588 pages
...Seymour, Matthias St. John, and other inhabitants of Norwalk, to the number of twenty-five, purchased a large tract between that town and Danbury. The purchase...of Catoonah, the chief sachem, and other Indians. The deed is dated the 30th of September, 1708, and at the ensuing session of the General Assembly,... | |
 | Henry Marvin Benedict - 1870 - 622 pages
...and d. Feb. 9, 1767. " In 1708 he and other inhabitants of Norwalk purchased a large tract of land between that town and Danbury, The purchase was made...were the proprietors of that part of the country. Deed bears date Sept. 30, 1708. At the Norwalk town session, 1709, it was ordained that it should be... | |
 | Benjamin Trumbull - Connecticut - 1898 - 528 pages
...between that town and Danbury, bounded west on the partition line between Connecticut and New- York. The purchase was made of Catoonah, the chief sachem,...proprietors of that part of the country. The deed bears date September 3oth, 1708. At this session, it was ordained that it should be a distinct township, by the... | |
 | John Henry Hobart - 1911 - 582 pages
...line between Connecticut and New York. This purchase was made of Catonah, the chief sachem, and the other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country." While the early settlers were probably members of the ' ' Standing Order ' ' of Connecticut, only occasional... | |
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Norwalk, to the number of twenty-five, purchased a large tract between that town and Danbury. The purchase was made of Catoonah, the chief sachem, and other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country. The deed bears date Sept. 30, 1708.... 