The Wallum Pond Estates

THE WALLUM POND ESTATE S

HARR" LEE BARNES

Reprin te d fr om the RHODE ISLAN D HISTORICAL SOCIET" COLLECTIONS W ITH ADDITIONS AN D ILLUSTRATIONS 1922

DEDIC ATIO N

To a a a a the p tients of the State S n torium , p st , present and

a o f future , in the hope that the perus l its contents and the view ing of its scenes may while away otherwise monotonous hours , this little volume is respectfully dedicated by the author .

P REFAC E

It has been my aim to trace the chief events which have occurred o n the la nds about W allum Pond from the time when records are ﬁrst available down to the purcha se Of the Site for

1 2 a a for the Sanatorium in 90 . Many m teri ls this work were collected in 1906 and 1907 a n d embodied in a n a ddress before ’ the Rhode Island Citizens Histori cal Associ a tion at their visit to the S a natorium in the spring Of 1908 . It wa s desirable to rewrite the a ddress in order to incorporate much new materi a l which stea dily a ccumulated but this was put O ff from year to 14 h a o f . a ad ye r because lack of time , etc , until ye rs slipped

fo r away . Most Of the statements which authorities a re not

a re a o f t a a and cited b sed on copies deeds , mor g ges . greements

o f B u r rill vill e leases found in the records , Glocester , Prov i

and and dence , Boston , Worcester County , can be veriﬁed by h a an d a . a a as the n mes d tes given In ne rly all c ses , it been indi cated in the text wha t statements a re founded on tra dition a s distinguished from those founded on documents . Indebtedness fo r muc h helpful information concerning events Of the l a st 70

M r a to . s . years is cknowledged M rs Nancy Buxton Anderson , M rs . a Ellen Wakeﬁeld , George Sly , Miss Ann Hoyle , Miss

a a nd to . Ruth Sl ter , Messrs Sylvester Angell , Seth Darling , ll " i . a \Vi am . since dece sed , Seth ROSS , R Angel , Wm Green ,

T . a a hos Green , since dece sed , J mes Riley , Barton Jacobs , f l Edwin Esten a n d I ra Wakeﬁeld . In the study o the O d

a w \ Providence records , m ny courtesies were sho n me by Vel

a . a come Arnold Greene , since dece sed M y wi fe , Len Meek

a has a Old B rnes , rendered much help in running b ck the deeds ,

o f especi ally on Wallum Pond Hill . Before writing the history

a a a a a New Engl nd h mlet , it would be ide l to bstract all recorded deeds from the original gra nts to the present day and the writer 6 P RE F A C E has been able to do this fo r a good part O f the land in this vicin

The so a a a ity . tracing of m ny pl ces back to common l nd has

a a a s yielded much more m teri l than has been used , even in a

so o ne study local and intensive , must omit much to keep within

The a Old bounds . re der who ﬁnds the detailed account Of the houses and their former owners irksome Should appreci a te that I ha ve purposely sacriﬁced something from the standpoint o f readability in order more nea rly to a pproach the ideal o f com

l n a a r to p ete es s . I c nnot hope to have avoided all mist kes o have

a exhausted the subj ect , and doubtless , interesting events h ve been missed which more time and devotion to research would have Obuuned . T h e W all um Po nd E states

B" HA RR" LE E BA RNE S

L ti u u ndi oca on a nd S r r o ngs .

l P ond Wallum , which is crossed near its southern end by the

42nd a 1 par llel , lies about % miles east of the Connecticut line ,

a a a a nd a B u rrillv ille p rtly in Dougl s , M ss ” p rtly in , Rhode

a Island . It is Situ ted in the southern part of wha t in ea rly

Th c Coloni a l times was called the Nipmuck country . e Nipmu k lands extended from Central Massachusetts northward pa st the

W atchu sett a a Hills , to bout the southern line of New H mp shire ; northea stwa rd to the Pawtuckets on the lower M er r imac

a M a a a Ba and e stward to the ss chusetts Indi ns by the y, to the Wampa noags east o f the Bl ackstone ; southward to the northern

a a a to a Rhode Isl nd b nds tribut ry the Narr gansetts . and to the Mohega ns O f east centra l Connecticut ; a n d westward to the

Indi ans o f the Connecticut valley .

1 a n a a a For inform tion co cerning W llum Pond on the e rl y m ps , see appendix . 8 WALLU M OR ALLU M "

a A small stre m rises in Southern Douglas , easterly O f Wallum Pond a nd ﬂows southerly a cross the Rhode Isl a nd line into the

a Pascoag River . Its sources were favorite I ndi n camping Sites

ha T n and it s been called Nipmuck Brook from early times . e l a a Ni sachuck miles southe sterly of W llum Pond is p , a place through which King Philip pa ssed in his ﬂight westwa rd to the i k T mu c . \ a N p country hree miles northwesterly of V llum Pond ,

a s a a Chaub u na un amau in Webster , M s , lies a l ke c lled g g g , a

a The word which is s id to have meant , Boundary Fishing ” wa s a O f ua nti s set Place . Six miles westerly the vill ge Q , once plundered by the Narraga nsetts to revenge an insult to their T Sa chem . welve miles to the westward beyond the Quinebaug Q “ ood stock W abb a ua s set The River in W was q , Mat producing ” a a o r Country , SO c lled from some m rsh meadow which fur T ni shed reeds fo r mats a n d baskets . welve miles to the south

i was W ahmun s u ee The west n central Killingly q g , Spot l i l h a a P a nﬁ e d . f r . T e resorted to o \Whetstones l nd bout , Conn , south of W abbaquas set an d W amu nsqueeg was the Quineba ug country .

W all u m or A ll u m "

People of the present day who reca ll events before 1850 “ a a pretty generally agree th t in their youth , the n me Allum i old . s Pond , was more frequently used by the people I t “ ” worthy O f note tha t Alum is the name given two ponds about

A a as twenty miles to the westwa rd in M a ssachusetts . s e rly

1 1 a to a s o r 7 0 , the Rhode Isl nd deeds referred this pond Allum All om Pond and the Report o f the Rhode Island —Massa chusetts Bound a ry Commission which surveyed the line in 17 19 men

The tio ned Allum Pond . ﬁrst map to show the pond spelled “ ” with a W wa s the Dougl a s m ap o f 175 3 . It must be conceded

a had to that Dr . Dougl s excellent Opportunities get information

had a s he frequented this vicinity . He a great interest in history and it is no t impossible tha t he wa s informed b y local Indians that W alamp was more nea rl y like the I ndi an pronunciation

1 ’ 1 a 90 . a a . . H ubb rd . D r ke s Edition Vol , p ge

' ' La rned s H istory o f W indh am County. T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 9

Th 1 than Allum . e spelling \Va amp o n the Dougla s map was followed fo r decades in deeds o f la nd about the M a ssa chusetts f o a . a end the pond by owners , m ny Of whom knew Dr Dougl s an d a hi The a l m some of whom may h ve Seen s map . n me Wa a p did not endure probably be ca use it could not be established a a a g inst loc l tradition without the schools , which did not ﬂour ish in this V icinity until a fter Ca leb H a rris had published his 1795 “ map in showing Allum Pond . It is certa in tha t the ear “ a a liest M ss chusetts settlers also used the word Allum . for in ’

. own a a Dr Douglas deed from the Province of M ss chusetts . “ we ﬁnd that his la nd extended southerly on the Province or Colony line which runs through a great Pond called Allum

T a re Pond . here also facts which ca st gra ve doubt o n the a a o n a ma m . a ccur cy of the spelling the Dougl s p On this p .

B adl u ck 2 o f Pond , miles northerly Wallum Pond , is spelled

B u dluck and Pond ; Nipmuck River is Spelled Nutmeg River . i T Hemlock Brook s spelled Hembeek Brook . hese stupid mis

a Th t kes could hardly have been made by Dr . Douglas . e map was published in England after his death and these errors were almost certa inly due to the illegibility Of the m a nuscripts o r to l a ri nt r T a c relessness of the p e s . here is strong probability th t the illegible ha ndwriting o r ca relessness which converted Bad

B udl u ck and luck into , Nipmuck into Nutmeg Hemlock into

H em ck l m b e also corrupted Allum into W a a p . Although the

a W alam wa s n me p did not endure . there is ev idence that it ,

a a a a . perh ps , in dvertently ch nged into W llum For instance . in

1802 a o f , when Jonah Brown bought l nd John Hunt . the ﬁrst “ a a all om a bound is loc ted By the e st Side Of W p Pond so c lled . a a a a s n me obviousl y derived from the Dougl s spelling , it con

7 tai ned both the initi al W a n d the terminal 1 . When Jonah

18 1 1 W allom was a to a Brown sold this land in , p ch nged W llum 25 th 18 12 a . in describing the s me bound O n April , , the Burrill ville Town Council records refer to Wallum Pond . Whether the na me Wal lum crept from the M a ss achusetts deeds into co m

1 A committee o f the Gener a l Court o f M a ss a chusetts found D r . ’ a a a Dougl as map very erroneous and recommended g inst its publ ic tion ,

- aw 1753 4 a 133 . P rovince l s . Ch pter 10 T H E M EA N I N G O F ALLU M mon speech and on to the map makers or whether the l atter were advised by some student Of the Indian language that Wal

was to ma lum preferable Allum , or whether some O f the p a D m kers were inﬂuenced by seeing the ouglas map , is unknown ,

at all 185 5 a it but events , after , W llum established s pl a ce on maps by Wa lling and others an d was ta ught to the children of a 1 6 Th the W llum Pond School after 8 0 . e n ame Wallum gained ground Slowly in common speech among the na tives during the l a tter part of the 19th century until by 1905 Allum was used only by people past middle life . I n tha t it ha s been ha nded down from the O ld settlers and i s

a found in the oldest and m ost reliable documents , Allum ( All m All i or om ) s prefera ble to Wa llum . Allum is almost certainly the word which wa s received from the Nipmucks o f this vicinity so fa r as a it could be accur tely understood , pronounced and

The Spelled by the men who settled these parts . opinion expressed by modern students o f the Algonquin language that

a a a W llum was more ne rly correct th n Allum , will be presented later .

i ni on as to the M eani n A ll u m Op s g of .

T a a rumbull , the Connecticut histori n , st tes that Allum or “ Wallum Pond took its na me f rom A Quinebaug Ca ptain whose A ’ V m 1 P e . V u S name , meaning Fox ( q p ) was variously written

Allum s H ems a H en s . Allums , p , y , I ms , y p I n view Of the similar

o f to a o f a All um s ity the name of Allum Pond th t the S chem , p , ’ o f T wa s rumbull s opinion that it named after this chief , which ’ ha s a b T been ccepted y other historians , and of rumbull s reputa

a s o f tion historian and student the Indian language , the li fe of A ll il z umps will be appended in some deta . It appears that after leaving P awtuckquachooge in the Na r

ra an sett All um s E u nk . g Country , p made his home in g , Conn ,

a o 24 a s near the Rhode Island line , b ut miles the crow ﬂies ,

a t south o f Allum Pond . Had he ever lived Allum Pond , it is unlikely that this fact would not have been mentioned by his

1 a 3 . a . . . Indi an N mes in Connecticut J H T rumbul l , p ge

See appendix . T H E WA LLU M P O N D ESTATES 1 1

a Indian contemporaries at the legislative investig tion , as they

a as hi s P a ssa co o n were p rticularly questioned to residence , g g reca lling the on e year which A llumps spent West Of the Quine

a a baug . I f in ddition to this document ry evidence , we consider

a ca a A ll um s a th t there is no lo l tr dition that p ever lived here , th t it wa s not customa ry fo r Indi a ns to name places a fter indi vid u al s and a e wa s a an d , th t ther nother Alum Pond in Sturbridge

’ B rimﬁ eld s T a a still another in , Mas , rumbull s st tement th t this

wa a All m to a a s a u s s . pond n med fter p , is , y the le st , improbable “ ” hi a f a . s o Mr Sidney S . Rider , in L nds Rhode Island , st ted that Allum Pond wa s known to the ea rliest Englishmen there

’ a s Awamp s Pond ; Awumps was a Nipmuck Sachem whom ’ these English found there The name became in time Allum s 1 a s Pond a nd at l a st Wa llum . Mr . Rider w unable to cite authority fo r the above sta tements and there appears to be no written evidence o r local tra dition that Wallum Pond wa s

’ ever called A wa mp s Pond or that a Nipmuck Sachem by that name ever lived here . “ ” a s In his Key , Roger Williams gives Alum the Nipmuck

fo r no a word dog , but there is rock or striking Obj ect bout the

a pond which resembles a dog . While not in ccordance with the 2 usua l custom Of the Indians to name a pond after an a nimal

a a mi ht h av e not n turally found ne rby , it g been done if some unusual incident in connection with a dog had ha ppened here .

a two However , the f ct that other ponds to the westward should b e named Alum ma kes it highly improbable that these three

T i s a ponds were na med a fter dogs . here also good uthority for

a had the view that the word Alum , like m ny Indian words , more than one mea ning . Wal was a root frequently used by the Nipmucks of this

a n as a s : W alomachi n vicinity in n ming perso s well places , thus , k VVal um aw W al owononc . p , , etc ’ R t en er s the a o f In u t b Indian Geographical Names , me ning

as a the word Allum it occurs in the p hr se , Allum Rocks , is thus

1 ’ a to w . M r . Rider s st tement riter 2 w a . a o a a a M r . Will i m B C b t , in person l communic tion to the riter so st ates as pert ains to the present Algonquins of L abrador . 12 T H E M EA N I N G OF A LLU M

‘ ’ ‘ ’ expla ined in a footnote o n page 4 1 W allam — the initial W ‘ ’ dropped— litera lly Pa int Rocks a forma tion O f Igneous rocks

which , by exposure , become disintegrated into soft earthy T Th m a sses . here are several varieties . e I ndians used the dis

f r a Th integra ted masses o p int . e name is met in some forms ” in all Algonquin di alects .

hi s In Key to the Indian Language , Roger Williams gives the fo llo wmg Indi a n words and their deﬁnitions A u nak esu He is pa inted A u nakeuck They are pa inted

’ a 183 no f On p ge of Dexter s editio the Key , the word Wun ” “ ” n am i s deﬁned a s red ea rth a nd a s Their red painting which ” 1 f they most delight in . I f the Nipmuck be substituted o r the

m a u ll m a W u nna W a . N rragansett n , is ch nged into I n the ” a tr nslation of the sentence , Jezebel painted her face , I I . Kings

’ a in Eliot s Bible , no words or syllables occur which h ve any similarity to Wallum and the s ame may be said of the pas

a sages in Jeremi h , and Ezekiel , which refer 1 Ki nn i c tt . . u . to painting Mr . Lincoln M quotes Mr Harry

’ “ W right a s saving that the I ndians about Hudson Bay used the

d o r W ol omon a s not wor WOloman meaning something red , as f Th o r . e a synonym red , but for something colored red gum

o n which they use their boats and which they color red , they ” “ W ol om n a . call In the translation O f the words dyed red , in

’ W ol oman Eliot s Bible , Exodus and

fo r M as uodsu . is not used , but the more common word red , q I n Eliot ’ s Bible the word Wunne ” is frequently used to express “ ” \Vu n n etu the English word good . and to express the word 1 beautiful . I f the Nipmuck be substituted for the Massa chu setts W ull e y sim n , Wunne is converted into , which is ver i lar a to Wallum , especially if it be considered th t the Indians h ad no a a written l ngu ge . the settlers writing down the word as

O f it sounded with considerable variation the Spelling , depending “ ” Rutt nb e r o n . a e who wrote it I n deﬁning the word W llum . c omments further as follows : It is from a generic root written ‘ i n ff a a v a di erent di lects . W lla . V ara . etc me ning ﬁne . hand

1 v Indi a n N ames o f Pl aces in Worcester C o unt . T H E WA LLU M P O N D ESTATES 13

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etC . some . good , , from which in the Delaware , Dr . Brinton ‘ ’ ‘ a a derived Walam P inted , from the sense to be ﬁne in appe r a nce , to dress , which the Indians accomplished by painting their ’ 1 “ bodies . Ca bot also states tha t the bottom meaning o f the

. o r word Allum is ﬁne , beautiful As no red rocks , soil other materi a ls which the Indi a ns could have used for pa int ha ve so

a a far been found bout the Allum ponds , it is not unlikel y th t

a these ponds were given the n me Allum in its primary mea ning . Wallum Pond i s attra ctive in general appearance and is noted

a nd o f a for the Clarity purity its w ter , its outlet stream having

a been known as Cle r River from the earliest times . Even in a

a way country where good water is plentiful , one must go long

a a a T a to ﬁnd such tr nsp rent pond w ter . his rem rkably ﬁne qual ity o r Cla rity of the wa ter is the most striking feature common to the three Alum Ponds , and these qualities should have

as a T impressed the Indians much s their white successors . here 2 a a B rimﬁ eld a is , in fact , tr dition or belief in that the Indi n “ ” a word Alum s a pplied to these ponds mea nt clea r wa ter . ” Assuming that Allum o r Wa llum Pond meant to the India n “ ” “ ” “ ” a ﬁne pond , good pond , or be uti ful pond , it was an appro

ri f p ate name or these ponds . While at this date there can be no certa inty wha t the Indians meant by using the word Allum or Wallum in connection with this pond ; the evidence f a vors the

a deﬁnition l st given .

In di R li c nd T di ti a n e s a ra ons .

3 A tradition has been ha nded downfrom ea rly times that the Indians had corn ﬁelds o n Wa llum Pond Hill and tha t the set l r t e s . a on Opening the hills of corn , found s nd therein . which the Indi a ns had ca rried from the beach at the northern end o f

an d a f the pond which they believed ided the growth o the corn .

A S a i s a y the soil bout here wet and he v , it seems likely that the

1 a a I n person l communic ation to the writer .

’ a a t O . . . a O f a Inform t ion bt ined from M r W C D venpor , E st B rim ﬁ ld e a . , M ss 3 St atements to the writer by Seth RO SS ( 1829 received from a b a w sever l men in his youth , y S ylvester Angel l f rom his f ther , B ro n and b a O a . Angel l , y B rton J cobs from tis B uxton 14 I N D IA N REL I C S A N D TRAD IT I O N S

a sand might h ve given their corn an earlier start . About a thir d o f a mile eastward from the Singleton place on‘ Wallum Pond

o f and Hill . a ridge gravel about ten feet high ﬁ fty feet wide

a a a at the b se , rises abruptly from the low l nd and extends bout feet southerly from the Mass achusetts - Rhode Island line across the highway leading from the Singleton pla ce to the Ta s 1 2 l T a se top roa d . here is a tr dition that this ridge which lies between the swamp by the brook on the east and south a nd the

o f a o n southern part Be r Swamp the west . was utilized by the

Th a a Indi a ns for a fort . e I ndian forts were frequently dj cent

a to sw mps , and this ridge possessed great natural strength for

a a such purpose . M ny Indi n arrow heads and highly polished stones o f v a rious colors about inch square and 2 or 3 inches long ha ve been ploughed out o f the narrow strip of la nd between

-3 the ridge and the brook . A f ew hundred feet to the eastward ” o f wa s a so the ridge on the old Eddy place the Isl nd Lot . ca lled because ma ny years ago a small brook dividing southerly Of the house a nd reuniting about 800 feet northerly enclosed several acres of la nd with tiny streams during high water . On the westerly side of this lot a s l ate as 1880 were a few mounds spared the plough by Daniel Buxton because they were Indian 4 a a on graves . Many Indi n rrow heads were found the Ezra 5 F ri er o f a nd on Stone ( y) farm westerl y the gravel ridge , the ‘i Charles Arnold farm . Arrow heads were found but with less frequency by those who ploughed the l a nds near the Sana to ri um .

On the Ernest Singleton ( Asa hel Aldrich ) pla ce is a large

a . egg shaped stone , photograph of which is shown Old people claimed that this stone was formerly on the Israel

o n Aldrich farm the northern end of Wallum Pond Hill , and

1 175 5 - 1838 b a Received f rom Lippitt Eddy ( ) y D niel B uxton . given ’

b n . a so . to writer y the l tter s . Wm B uxton 2 w n w 1 10 o a o Levi B ro n a d Jos . Bo dish ( 8 thr ugh N ncy B uxt n

Anders o n to w riter . 3 Ellen Buxt on Church to writer . 4 W m . B uxton to writer . 5 a J mes Riley to writer . 6 Fred Arnold to writer . WALLUM P OND INDIA N RELIC M AP OF WALLUM POND AND V ICINITY

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l a a a to n T th t it w s an Indi n corn grinding s e . he stone appea rs to be a granite similar in character to the granite boulders o f

ha this vicinity . I t s a remarkably symmetrical ovoid form with

a a a fairly smooth surf ce , evidently shaped and ﬁnished by hum n

ha s a agency . One end Of the stone a slightly hollowed f cet

f a a . o n e o bout six inches in diameter From side this facet , thin piece measuring a bout three bytwo inches has been chipped

A o n f a ff. s o the stone rests its lattened end , it me sures thirteen inches in height and fourteen and a half inches in width at the as widest part . Measured at right angles to its vertical axis .

on has - it sets end , it a maximum circumference of forty two

- one Th 130 . and half inches . e weight of the stone is pounds

o ne a On side appears the ﬁgure of a human head , cut in bout

n - f Th o e sixteenth o an inch . e part about the nose and lips Th appears imperfectly drawn . e lines shown in the photograph

o f a were traced with chalk , excepting the line the b ck which extends a little farther than Shown in the photograph . On one O f side the stone opposite to the drawing of the head . is the

o f o ne- a letter A , the sides the A being about one and h lf inches

. The a n ot long letter surely , and the ﬁgure prob bly , was pro d uced a a by uncivilized red men . Stones sm ller but simil r in s a hape are still used by backw rd peoples , in husking or grinding i’ grain . It is very unlikely that the settlers would f a shion or use

a a stone in this way , as there were gr in mills in this section

' when the Wallum Pond lands were clea red . It appears to be

fo r a n . what tradition claims it . Indian corn grinding stone

so i a s ha s Although heavy , it rolls easily and gr nds corn well . Th been recently demonstrated . e size and weight Of the stone are evidence in favor Of a large and permanent I ndi a n po pul a

a a n ot a nd tion in this vicinity , as sm ll population would need it ,

a o f a a without be sts burden . it would h ve been impractic ble for

Indians to transport it . The boulder on which the ovoid stone was photographed is

a a a quadrilateral shaped rock bout eleven feet on e ch side . the top being between four and ﬁ v e feet above the ground . It is located about 600 feet westerly o f the James H . Singleton place

1 Will i am Green remembers when this stone w as ploughed out a few rods west o f the b a rn o n the Otis Buxton pl ace by D aniel B uxton about

1848.

2 X LI a 2 11 . See a a a a a . The N tion l Geogr phic M g zine . Vol P ge T H E WALLU M P O N D ESTATES 17

1 o n the southwestern slope of Pond H ill , and about

a mile from where the ovoid stone was found . Ne r the eastern side Of the ﬂat top Of the boulder is an a rea about three by four

a to a n d feet depressed below the surf ce from two ﬁve inches , suggesting a ﬁtting pl a ce for the use o f the corn grinding stone . There is no convincing evidence of the use o f the boulder by the

a a a _ a . I ndi ns , and no tr ditions in reg rd to it , re known to exist

a The pestle shown in the photogr ph , now in the possession of

a a the writer , was found by Alex nder Ritchie on his f rm on

Wallum Pond Hill in 1906 . I ndian relics were frequently found in the vicinity of the

n u b a i rﬁ eld a o n house at o e time occ pied y Reuben F , situ ted the highway leading ea sterl y from the Israel Aldrich pl ace o n Wal 300 lum Pond Hill an d about 2 miles therefrom. About feet ea sterly O f this house is a sm all gra veya rd where Simeon He ren

He ren 1743 a wa s . deen ( a Revolution ry soldier , buried deen owned the land running northward from the gravey ard to

hi s son - i n - law a an d y the house of , Jonath n Marcy , this propert has y been continuously in possession of this famil . including the

’ — Th a a . e a present owner , Edwin Esten , the gre t gr ndson l tter s mother told him that the I ndian co rn ﬁ eld s were located between the M a rcy house a n d the graveya rd and showed him two rocks f . o where the Indians ground their corn One these boulders , nea r the corner o f a stone wall about 30 rods southea sterly of

a wa s 1920 . the M rcy house , inspected by the writer in It

a showed shallow depression a bout 18 inches in di a meter . Nea r

a . a 185 5 . this rock , stone pestle was found by M r Esten , bout

a . a a 5 s When child , M r Esten was shown sever l poles bout inche

a a a a in di meter which ccording to the family tr dition . were fr g ments of wigwa m poles About 100 feet ea sterl y o f the grave “ a a a b yard , is l rge boiling Spring said to h ve been used y the

a 1 f . a 800 o Indi ns at this camp site It is likely that . fter , some

a the Indians belonging to their settlements in N tick , Webster a nd VVO O d sto ck a to a at O f , were llowed c mp temporarily some their Old sites and tha t it was the poles remaining from these

a c mps which were shown Mr . Esten . About a mile and a hal f northea sterly from the northern end o f Wallum Pond and about 18 W A LO M A C H I N OR B LA C K J A M ES

100 T i s feet southerly of the Grand runk road bed , a large ﬂat ‘

. t h topped ledge called Indian Rock According o Mrs . Syra J ep erso n one co rnﬁ elds ( Patty Pease ) , there were at time Indian easterly of this rock and also to the northwa rd on the easterly 1 . 85 3 sh e side of what is now Moss Pond About , showed Edwin Esten tw o holes in this rock which had been used by

a the Indians for grinding corn . Sever l years later , part of this

n f Th ledge was quarried and o e O the holes destroyed . e rem a in 1 If 20 . ing hole wa s Shown to the writer by M r . Esten in 9

a o ne a and k forms shallow basin , about foot in di meter , the roc has the a ppearance of having been worn down by artiﬁcial

a f me ns . I n the centre o the depression is an oval hole about

5 3 4 an inches by inches by inches deep . From these relics d

a i s a and tr ditions , it certain th t Wallum Pond vicinity were much frequented by the Indians .

W al orn a chi n or B l ck J a ames .

1674 a Before . the Indi ns of several villages a few miles to the

T n VVOOdstO ck westward in hompso . and Webster , had been converted to Christi a nity by I ndi a n missiona ries trained by the ki i’ . . Goo n o f Rev John Eliot Maj or Daniel , the Indian agent

a a had a a a M ss chusetts , ppointed Bl ck J mes constable over the T ” Praying owns , empowering him to apprehend delinquents . to bring those guilty of minor O ffences before W attasacom

a O f and p num , ruler the Nipmuck country , to bring those guilty

f a o idolatry and powwowing before Gookin . Black J mes at “ ﬁrst wo n high pra ise from Gookin as being zealous to s up ’ s i n W a r press , but , on the outbreak of King Philip s . he j oined “ the enemy . B y convincing the I ndians outside the Praying ” 3 Towns that they would all be killed because they were not praying Indians and b y forcing the praying Indians to j oin the hostiles or be killed by themﬂ he exercised grea t infl uence over

n at a the I dians of this section . Before the war , he lived Ch u

1 M any old people o f this vicinity t ransmit the tradition that this was an Indi an r ock .

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1 . V o l . k i O . GO O n a . a . . S C s N rrative . Col M ss H ist First Series ‘ ’ l 74. o B rookﬁe d . Temple s H ist ry o f North , p 4 ’ 118 . a a . . D r ke s B ook o f the Ind i ns , book I I , p

INDIAN ROCK T H E WA LLU M P O N D ESTATES 19

bu na un amun a nd 23 1700 240 g g ( Webster ) on Oct , , he sold

o f a on a Chau b u n u m acres l nd the north end of l ke g , situated about ﬁve miles northwesterly o f the northern end o f Wa llum

a o f Pond , the plot accomp nying the deed showing the location 1 1 2 . a a s 70 a the lake , fort , etc As l te Bl ck James plotted mis z a a B roo kﬁ l Valom chi n chief with ot her Indi ns ne r e d . V a wa s the most important I ndia n to deed tha t part o f the Nipmuck

’ country embracing the la nds about the northern end of W a llum

Pond to the Colony of Massachusetts .

The ou the n i mu k S r N p c s .

1 1 168 1 a a On May , , Mass chusetts authorized Willi m Stough ton an d Joseph Dudley to investiga te the Indian titles to the i muck n . r a d e o rt . a a N p country p About month l ter , after due

a a a was a Ca m notice , a meeting of the Indi n cl im nts c lled in Th . e a bridge with Mr Eliot as interpreter . Indi ns were found

a willing enough to cl im the whole country , but litigious and ” a an d doubtful mong themselves , were therefore dismissed to ff f l settle their di erences . Before the second meeting in the o lowing September , the principal claimants were warned to travel in company with the commissioners as far and as much

n 1 t h a n as o e a . . 7 d y week would llow On Oct , Stoughton Dudle reported to the legisla ture tha t the Southern Nipmuck country “ a a a cl a imed b y Black James Co . w s c p ble O f good settlement i f not too sca nt o f mea dow though uncertain wha t will fall ” within the bounds i f ou r line be questioned . A fter due author 10 i z i n 2 . at o and 0 . , Stoughton Dudley bought for pounds , Feb “ 1682 a a a a a . of Bl ck J mes a triangul r tr ct of l nd

b y o r on bounded on the east the Blackstone Nipmuck River .

a o f a o n the southe st by a line m rked trees , the south by the

a a south line of M ss chusetts . on the north by an imaginary line four miles north o f the Boston — Spr i ngﬁ eld pa th and coming to

on n a a point the west on the Con ecticut line ne r Springﬁeld . reserving fo r the Indi a ns a tra ct of l a nd ﬁve miles square a fter

1 . a . Land records in the ofﬁce o f the Secret ary of St ate . B oston M ss 1 6 . V l 32 . 1 M n a r o . 3 . 4 47 a a d 3 d . 6 Archives . Vol . p . , p Pl n series , , p 2 V o l . 7 f . 0 . o . . a Letter John Perry to Gov Dudley M ss Archives . 1 . 6 8 1 p , 6 9 . 20 T H E SOUT H ER N N I P M U C K S

et ff T ward s O in Oxford and hompson . The names of the I ndi a ns who signed or subsequently agreed to the deed were

alomachin asco Black James , alias W Sean J Benj amin VVab equalan J a mes Sebaquat Simon W o lomp Madaquami n Ta sco mp Cook Robin Sa sequ ej a suck P ampho sit P omponechum N aontock P apomsham Nanato ho WO lowo n on ck A spenaw P e P egou s Peter P acataw John Awagwo n John H ownaheteammen Sosoquaw Mattao mp Tobi Alataqui sh Mat VVa i sk James Wiser W awunhit

a A co ock J mes j Sam M . Seeg Wel o mpaw Cotoosonk P apeu nquana nt A cadaquami

W aumshk W awau s o r a , J mes Printer

18th 1682 O n May , a second deed was signed by one Indian

o n fi Sewo s whose name does not appear the rst one , namely , T h sasco . w o welve other Indians , though absent at the signing o f the first deed , had apparently authorized their Signatures , T s also signed this second deed . hese deed Obviously included the northern or Massachusetts end o f Wallum Pond and the h adjacent la nds . T e northern Nipmuck country toward Wachu sett wa s no t bought at this time because the Commissioners could “ ” Th not find I ndians meet to be treated with thereabouts . e ca re taken by the Commissioners to make the titles va lid by securing signatures from the Indi a ns of each locality wa rra nts the assumption that the 3 7 signers of the deeds were the hea d

a . men of this region , probably the he ds of families I f we so a a nd a a as a ssume lso ssume , did Gookin and Eliot , th t the Indian 1682 family averaged ﬁve members , there were in , in the South

o f a 185 ern Nipmuck country Massachusetts , at le st Indians of lo cal Nipmuck origin in a ddition to Narragansetts and others

7 7 PATTY PEA SE

l b v a o n e o f th e r the Indians bec use them was drowned e . Pa tty told Edwin Esten tha t this pond wa s gi ven an I ndi a n na m e meaning bad luck because an Indi a n with his squa w and papoose

a to a T were drowned in ttempting cross it in a c noe . hree sons o f P a tty Pease J epherson entered the Union armies during the Ci vil War and two o f her grandsons with decidedly Indian cast o f features were employed in the construction of the hospital at \ 1 16 Vallum Pond in 9 .

Th B t n l e os o El e n .

a o f a a In response to petition , the General Court M ss chusetts . 1722 in November . , appointed a committee to sell acres o f Th . e common land in what is now southern Douglas committee .

' consisting o f P aul Dudley John Quincy and Benj a min W hitt

a n a a T more . held uction at the Green Dr gon avern in Boston on

n v r f 1 100 - a a ed esda 3 d d ay o 1723 . a W . the April . A cre tr ct ne r illi m the present Uxbrid g e line w a s sold to Dr . \V a Dougl as and associ a tes fo r 4 shillings per a cre and a 1900 —a cre tract ad jacent to Pond was sold to Benj amin B ron sdon and a ssociates f a o r 3 3 a . \ shillings . pence per cre Vhen the deeds were m de ’

o u t day a a a . a . the next . it ppe red th t Dr Dougl s and Mr Brons

’ don s associ a tes were the s ame a n d that both tracts were to be

i divided equ all v among the following s ix men : Dr . W lliam

B en am m B ro n s don a . Douglas . j . John Binning . Abijah S vage

ill i T v l To n a Andrew Tyler an d \V am e r . disti guish this tr ct

n to a The from previous gra ts Sherburn men . it was c lled Bos ’ ” t n Th f 1 00 - a a s a o Men s Fa rms . e bounds o this 9 acre tr ct st ted

a a re a a to in the origin l deed r ther h rd locate . but in the settle

n o f a o f T me t the est te Andrew yler . these bounds are gi ven as “ follows : Beginning at a white oak tree in the Colony line North ° ° 6 \ r th a 5 45 3 . o V. E st rods to Hedgehog Corner . then west 16

5 00 a 156 a rods to Be r Corner . then south west rods to k o n a 180 to a oa . stone heap knowle . then west rods white tree 1 o 6 /9 400 to on then South west rods the Colony line . then the Colo n y line to \Valo mp pond then bound round the North end

1 ' a to the w b y W a w a was St tement riter il li m Church , hich inform tion received f rom S a lem T H E W A LL uM PO N D ESTATES 23

a a o n a o f said pond till it comes to the Colony line g in , then s id ” a f line to the bound ﬁrst mentioned . From deed o Jeremi a h

’ O hn th e a s 3 72 Green to J Hunt , it is possible to ﬁx ﬁrst bound rods from the point where the Colony line crosses the East ba nk o f 1900—a a a roxi Wallum Pond , and the cre tract is loc ted pp

m The a m a tely as shown o n the ap . origin l plot of the division o f the 1900 - acre tract among the 6 men is not knownto be in existence but all the lots ra n ea stward from the ea st shore o f the

a a a a pond more th n a mile , a consider ble dist nce e st of the high ’ wa W . a a h y oyer allum Pond Hill John Binning , merch nt , ad

o . a the lot next the c lony line After his death , the l nd pa ssed to

a a his only child and heir , S r h , who had married Jeremi a h Green , a Boston distiller .

169 1 a . a ( a Dr Dougl s Scotchm n . who a 17 18 a and rrived in Boston in , established lucrati ve practice , wa s brought into considera ble prominence by his Historical

o n a a an d a s u b Summary , his writings v ccin tion other medic l

a n has a j e ct s . His map of New Engl d previously been lluded to .

a a a Dr . Dougl s acquired much l nd in Boston . in Dougl s and

r r 17 50 a 30 a c o f a o f VVO ceste . other p rts County I n , he g ve res l a nd and a dwelling house to the inhabita nts o f what was then New Sherborn a n d the people o f this district ga ve the town his

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a . a a a n me A fter Dr . Dougl s de th . his l nds in this v icinity

a hi T 1692 s a a . p ssed to sister , C therine C rr Andrew yler (

a an d a n had a a a goldsmith merch t . m rried Miri m . d ughter l P e er ell a a a a of William pp , B ronet . the f mous Governor of M ss

’ ' chu s t 1687 et s . W a T Andrew s brother , illi m yler ( a

’ ’ a h T ad a a a . . y br zier m rried J ne . Miri m s Sister Andrew ler s l 3 1 - a l o t 62 la cre . rods wide , y north of the present Ritchie place

’ o n W a . a llum Pond Hill After his de th . this lot went to his

a to a Wh a . a w as a gr nddaughter , Miri m A p rt l ter sold C leb iting

a a and a . for nonp yment of t xes , the rem inder , M iriam sold to Dr n Jen ison . Another l ot west o f the Pond and the Ced a r Swamp lot northwest of the pond was left by Andrew Tyler to his

a Th o f . e daughter . M ry warrant for the division Andrew

’ 1 - a 3 1 32 . P rson s Li fe o f Pepperell , pp . 24 T H E BOSTO N M E N

T ' a wa s a 7 1767 . T yler s est te d ted May , William yler had pur

’ a a B ron sd on s ch sed Benj min share in the tract . Some of Wil ’ a T la a O f li m yler s land y bout the northern end the pond . After

' hi hi n s a s so . his death , lands p ssed to , Joseph Abij ah Savage s lo t lay next the colony line extending westward f rom the west f shore of the pond . None o the Boston men lived on their

\/ Vallum Pond lands .

Th e Rh od e Is l a nd P ro i t p r e ors .

The original deed which Roger Willi a ms obtained from the

a a a on a 24 1638 not cover Narr g nsett S chems M rch , , did the

a Wallum Pond section ; but , by subsequent deeds , coloni l char ters and bound a ry agreements with Massachusetts and Co nn ecti cut , this land was ﬁnally conﬁrmed to Rhode I sland . As desir able settlers ca me and contributed funds to the Colony they were voted into the company until there were 10 1 proprietors who

Th a a divided up the la nds and sold to other settlers . e l nd w s

l a t o f co m divided and sold a litt e a time , some it being held in m - o n over 100 yea rs . Nearly all the land west of the seven mile line ( a north and south line 7 miles west o f Providence ) w a s 170 5 held in common or as undivided la nd up to 1700 . Between a n d 1729 10 ff a o f , there were di erent divisions of l nds west the l - seven mile line among the prO prieto rs . It should be understood tha t ma ny of the proprietors were Providence men o f consider able mea ns who only held l a nd as a speculation and who did

o r a not ca re to live o n it . Squatters ten nts sometimes improved Th out o f a y the lands . e ﬁrst deed or lay l nd in the vicinit of Allum Pond so far noticed in the records of Providence Is g i ven below . “

1685 3 . P aper N O . 0 HO n s Layed o ut to J o Seph VVilki Sso n and Willi am k one hundred acres of land on ye we St Side of ye Seuen Mile line nd a a and within ye Town Ship of providence a neer pond C lled alla m pond and bounded as followeth beginning at a white oake Ra i n i n SoutlI we St tree being ye no rthwe Sterly Corner then g g

D a 65 . 1 17885 39 . See Town P a per N O . . book p ge

l 39A . 2 P rovidence Town P apers V o . T H E W A LL U M PO N D ESTATES 2 5

Sixty poles to a wa lnut tree ma rked a nd Stones layed a bout it then Rai ngi ng So utheE terly one hundred and ninty two poles to a Che Stn utt tree ma rked and Stones layed about it then Ra ing ing no rthe Ste rly to a white oake tree being being o n e hundred ‘ and twenty poles then Rai ngi ng upon a Stra te line Sout t E Stz rlv one hundred and ninty two poles to ye ﬁrst mentioned bound the ab ou e Sd bounds ar e all ma rked and Stones lay ed a bout them Layd out to Willi a m Hopkins ﬁfty a cres o f land o n the We St Side o f ye Seu en mile line a nd within ye Township of providence an d bounded as followeth beginning at a white oake tree ma rked then Rai ngi ng we Sterly forty poles to a read oake tree ma rked then Rai ngi n g Southerly o ne hundred a n d twenty poles to a " white M : tree pine tree ma rked then Rai ngi ng e Ste ninty Eight

a a Rai n i n poles to a white o ke tree m rked , then g g north one hun

ﬁ r St a dred and twenty poles to ye mentioned white o ke tree , being Situate alittlebou t a mile from all om pond and about Southe Sterly from ye S a me a n d wa s layed out on ye o rigo nal o f an d upon ye ﬁ fty a cre di u i Si o n o n y e we St Side o f ye a fOre Sd Se uen mile line which was agreed upon by the pur cher So rS layed out ye E igth Day o f apr i el in ye yeare o n e ” thou San d Seuen hundred and ten by me

1 1 1729 a l ot a On April , , Elisha Knowlton surveyed of l nd

14 T a for Nicholas Lapham in the 0 acre division . his l nd was

a some dist nce east of Allum Pond and next the Colony line ,

Ni mau was probably near p ge brook . John Whipple living on

a f 1 46 27 7 . o a . this l nd when he bought it Laph m , Nov ,

3 rd a 16 1732 Nicholas Power , by his will dated M rch , , dis posed o f 1294 acres o f land in Gloucester west of the seven T mile line . his tract o f la nd when la id out extended roughly

on from the Clear River outlet of Wallum Pond the north , southward a bout 2 % miles to Little Worth ced a r swamp below

wa s a the corner of the Buck Hill Road . It about mile wide ea st and west and included pra ctica lly all the origina l 250 a cre 1 The tract later purcha sed for the Sta te Sana torium . right of

3 rd 1294 a a Nicholas Power , to these cres was b sed on the orig

a o f a - a in l purchase rights his gre t gr nd father , Nicholas Power ,

1 w . See deed o f Po er to Gibbs . Gloucester Records 26 T H E R H ODE I SLA N D PRO PR I ETORS

a T a a and of Fr ncis Weston , hom s Roberts and Benj min Smith .

l o ne 12 o f a Francis Weston was of the grantors the initi l deed .

Go rto ni sts a He was captured with the at Warwick , c rried to

1643 v 3 rd N o . Boston , September , , brought before the Court , s to a t a 1644 ent prison Dorchester , rele sed in March , , and ban i shed a both from Mass chusetts and Wa rwick . He returned to

a nd 4 1645 . Warwick and died there prior to June , H is nephew

a Ha rcu t to heir , Rich rd , sold his commonage rights Nicholas 1 2 Power about 650 . 25 to ff . A statement the e ect that Nicholas Power died Aug . 1657 b \ , and had made no will in writing , is signed y Roger Vil T liams and four others as members O f the town council . hey

a so n 2 u d day a ordered th t his , Nicholas Power , , the next fter he

2 1 a W a u nkea e became ye rs of age , should have One y g Right ’ b hi s T ﬁve a . y Vertue o f Father s own Right , a acre sh re , etc 1 1 2nd a . 9 675 Nicholas Power , , was killed by the Indi ns Dec , ,

a T a in the Great Sw mp ﬁght . hom s Roberts died in Newport

1672 an Rob after without heir , his estates going to Christopher 3 ha o f . d erts Gloucester , England Benj amin Smith a full pur

1 a nd cha se right in 665 . It seems probable that the Roberts

a 2u d S mith rights were cquired by Nicholas Power , , between

The 1670 a nd the time of his death . purchase rights after ward used in acquiring the Allum Pond estate were left to

so n 3 rd his , Nicholas Power , , who has previously been referred f 1 to . o 3 1722 Under the date December , , in the Moses

a i s o f o f Brown p pers , a record the sale by Power a negro man

ff 3 r d a . w s Cu ey Nicholas Power , , a man of considerable impor

Th a n tance in the colony . e records Show th t he was o e of the a ssistants in the General Assembly in 1720 and Deputy from

A l a Providence to the ssemb y in 1722 . He evidently llowed his purchase rights in the division O f lands west of the seven - mile l a 1294 ine to accumul te until they entitled him to acres , which c hav a hi e 1723 . s ould not h ppened before In will , dated March

16 1732 hi s so n 200 , , , Nicholas , was directed to select the best

1 . V l . o . . . 90 . E R I I I , p

. . V l . . 2 o 3 1 . E R I V , p .

a a a a . 5 1679 . Rich rd Smith ppointed dministr tor Dec . T H E WALLU M PO N D ESTATES 27

a and 5 0 11 200 cres his , Joseph , the next best acres before the 4th o f wa s . rest the estate disposed of Nicholas Power , , bought ’ 200 24 1743 J oseph s acres , and , May , , with his mother , sold the

1294 . o ne entire acres to Dr Robert Gibbs , of the prominent

c a 500 . physi i ns of the Colony , pounds being the sum named f a o f Dr . Gibbs sold 96% acres o this land to Jeremiah Ball rd , mithﬁ l 1 l S e d . 30 766 a ot , Sept , , nother west of Buck Hill corner t o T o f a wa s a one hayer , and the rest this est te broken up mong h is hi The a children after s death . p rtition of the Gibbs estate

a 1770 . by the Inferior Court took pl ce in June ,

Th e E arly S e ttl ers .

Th a a a e 9672 acres bought Of Dr . Gibbs by Jeremi h B ll rd e xtended roughly from j ust north of the natura l outlet o f the

’ ’ o f O N eil s a a pond , back C mp to a short dist nce below the pres e nt S a nborn house a n d included the water privileges o f Clea r

n h River a d t e site of the present sa natorium buildings . Bal lard had doubtless been impressed with the value o f the water

at privileges the outlet o f the pond while surveying the Capt . J ohn Whipple farm on Allum Pond Hill and he must be given

a a a credit for ﬁrst developing the w ater power . B ll rd built

o ne - a a a small story dwelling house , cornmill and s wmill west

a and a a o f a a s of the Cle r River bridge cle red a sm ll piece l nd , , hi f Th s o a re . e in deed sale , fences mentioned dwelling house and mills were probably built soon a fter his purcha se of the

1766 a s ra property in , pioneers were coming into this section p i dly and they were very dependent on grist mills . Old residents loved to tell of the settlers coming to this grist mill in dea d of w m a an a . inter , e ch on snowshoes with a bag of corn on his b ck

Th A llo m e a y a . Pond F rm , so called , ( recentl the J mes H Singleton Farm ) wa s originally surveyed from common l a nd

a a n by Jeremi h B llard a d Thoma s Herendeen for Ca pt . John W man . hipple , a prominent Providence of that period Whipple , l hi s ike Power , had evidently allowed purchase rights in the

o f a a a 1723 ﬁrst seven divisions l nd to ccumul te until after . when

was 32 Th he entitled to 3 acres . e f a rm was said to contain 3 30

a n d acres extended to the Colony line on the North , to the pond

’ o n a n d a the west , to Power s land below the present r ilroad on 28 T HE EARLY S ETTLER S

the south . Capt . Whipple sold the f a rm which ha d previously

’ a to s o n W been le sed Jeremiah Brown , to his , Joseph hipple , Jan . 4 176 ' 8 . a . W , John Howl nd bought the Capt hipple farm o f the ’ a so n 17 70 a l tter s , Joseph , in , and sold in sm ll lots to William ,

a T wlan d a o . o an J mes , Joseph , and hos H , Ezr St ne , John Alger d

a others who cleared the l nds and made their home there . Ezra

now a a Stone lived where the stone house is located , h l f mile

a e st of the present Singleton house .

a 1773 lot In Febru ry , , Jacob Eddy bought a of Joseph Eddy

on a a s a and built a house what is usu lly known the King pl ce , about a half a mile south of the sana torium on the location of

H o z i el the present vegetable ga rden . Hopkins bought this place

2 1773 n 2 . 9 0 of Jacob Eddy , Oct , , and lived there early years . ’ One O f Joseph Eddy s hunting experiences in this region is thus

f a 26 O . recorded in the proceedings the Gener l Assembly , Feb , “ 1739 - 40 : a o f Where s Joseph Eady Gloucester , in the County E s . of Providence , produced a certiﬁcate from Andrew Brown , q ,

a had a Justice of the Peace , in s id Gloucester , that he presented

’ ’ o ld a n d s ev en a to his view an wolf s young cre ture s heads ,

’ a which the said Eady made o th , were wolve s heads , and that he killed the old wolf and destroyed the young ones , all within this

a o n o ld government ; I t is thereupon resolved , th t the bounty the

’ a n d wolf s head be allowed , no more , it being uncertain whether ”

a . the young creatures were wolves o r not . God s ve the King

a The reader will rea dily appreci te this legislative dilemma , but must draw hi s own conclusions a s to whether the difﬁculty wa s due to the cunning of Joseph Eddy , the scepticism of Justice

to ff . Brown , or the wol f with atypical o spring

Th e Highway.

13 1772 o f On April , , on the petition Enoch Whipple and to a others fo r a highway from Allum Pond Hill Pasco g , the

Glocester Town Council appointed Joseph Eddy , Jonathan T o ut a Harris and homas Herendeen , a committee to lay the ro d

19th . and report . On October of the same year the return of the Th a highway was accepted . e highway leading by the San torium 1793 i s build ings was built shortly before June , . when it men

a tio ned in an old deed as a new road . Randall Angell s id that

30 T HE J E N N ES their shares as soon as they had got o ut what lumber they wished fo r T their own buildings . imothy Jenne sold the B a ll a rd mills

a a to and dwelling house to Ch d Field , who immedi tely sold it

to a Jacob La throp a nd Seth H aywa rd . I n order s feguard the

a a lower mill priv ilege , Jenne , ﬁve days l ter , bought b ck from “ Field a limited privilege couched in the following l a nguage : 1 T . a a Chad Field etc , do gr nt to Seth imothy Jenne privilege to dra w w ater through my grist mill dam to support a s awmill at all times when the water is a bove the lower part of the letter T on the north side o f a rock at the upper end a n d south side o f the South ditch where the wa ter runs from Allum Pond to my grist mill a nd I do bind m ysel f to keep a gate sufﬁcient in my gristmill dam to dam w ater as a bove mentioned — I bind m yself not to turn the wa ter out o f the place where it now runs to the sawmill except what w a ter the mill makes u s e o f to water hi s

— o f land , and I do grant a privilege to turn the water out my grist mill pond to water hi s land sufﬁciently 2 nights in a week and no more f rom the 15th day o f the 4th month to the 15 th day ” o f h n a the 7t month . A atural outlet to the pond w s the north ditch which led by a gradual descent through a swa mp b a ck o f

’ ’ T n the pla ce which is now O N eil s Camp . his outlet wa s ot suit able for the develop ment o f wa ter power an d was stopped by an artiﬁcial embankment pl a inly visible from the pond at this day.

During high water the overflow is still sufficient to fill this brook . 5 1793 T On June , . imothy Jenne bought back from Seth Jenne a bout a n acre of land a few rods below the lower s awmill as a

fo r a wa s site a fulling mill , but there is no evidence th t this mill

. T o r a ever built imothy , possibly his brother , built new house

a a l o f near the site of the ﬁrst Sanatorium b rn . the cell r ho e which was still to be seen when the S ana torium Opened in 190 5 .

T had a 1840 o ld his house dis ppeared before . according to resi

T 18 12 a nd . a dents imothy Jenne prob bly died about . with his

a o f a wi fe . Abig il . and some his seven children , were s id to have been buried in the little burying ground which was loca ted under ‘ o f O ld the site o f the Sanatorium Ea st Wa rd . Some the head

1 a to b a a M cDer mott and S t tement the writer y Seth D rl ing , M ich el others . T H E WA LLU M PO ND ESTATES 3 1 stones were marked Jenne and skeletons were exhumed during the excavation for the found ation O f this building . William 1 Green claimed that a buri a l took pla ce there a s late a s 850 .

’ ’ T a T so n . a Jacob Jenne , imothy s , married hos Howl nd s d ughter , f a 100 O ld . O Dorc s , who lived to be over years It is some inter ’ est to know tha t an inventory o f J a cob Jenne s goods at his death

18 16 1 2 5 O f in , showed bushel of corn and bushels rye but no wheat an d tha t Dorca s had 13 pewter pl ates valued at

a 9 3 a a a o f a e ch , pewter spoons , pewter pl tters , p ir we ving

n T 2 a a a a d a a . looms w rping b rs hey kept cows , p ir of oxen , 2 pig and geese .

Th e K i ng P l a ce

James King bought the pl ace where the S a na torium ga rden i s Th l i 1 3 . e d a o f Ho z el . 5 79 O now loc ted , Hopkins , Feb , house was a few feet west o f the present cella r hole and the ba rn a

a nd a a little farther west . Hopkins King cle red the l nd to the southward about half the way to the Buck Hill road . Either Hopkins o r King clea red and dra ined the large sw amp to the Westwa rd where the cra nberry bog is n ow located by ditching

a the sw mp itsel f and also by turning the little brook , which

b o a a a enters the south end of the cranberry g , e stw rd cross the 1 present Sanatorium ga rden a n d the highway so that this wa ter reached Clear River without entering the swamp o r the pond .

Th a e swamp wa s then cultiva ted a n d was very fertile . S muel White i s quoted a s saying that it grew the biggest corn o f any

a n a a as a a pl ce in this vicinity . Co sider ble l nd w Cle red e st of the highw ay where the old a pple trees may still be seen . At this

lot o f a 40 a a time King kept a stock . bout he d , ccording to Levi

a a nd fo r a a a D rling , m ny years he owned share in and oper ted

a the lower s wmill opposite the present boiler house . He died on

th n . 1 1 e a a a 2 8 9 . Old pl ce , his will being prob ted J , H is wi fe ,

a a Hann h , and daughter , Kezi h , probably lived there some time a a a s s on a fterw rd , his will provided that his , J mes , should keep o n e cow and four sheep fo r each of them for the rest of their

. a 2u d 1822 natural lives J mes King , , lived in this vicinity until .

1 was b f The ditch visible until ﬁ lled y ploughing a ew ye a rs ag o . 32 T H E A " AR IA H P H I LL I PS PLA CE

1 The l a when he moved to Pennsylvania . O d King house prob bly rotted down as there wa s rotten timber but no house there a fter 1 4 h 8 0 . T a f e s o . farm c me into the posse sion Dr Levi Eddy ,

’ - i n - so n a 1844 . King s law , who held it until his de th in After

a a o f p ssing through the h nds Stephen Arnold , and Enos La

— o f pham , at one time Lieutenant Governor the State , the King 1 52 . 8 place was bought by Benj amin Green About , Green built a new house somewhat nea rer the road where the cella r hole may y Th et be seen . e well is still used by the Sanatorium farm

r 1 employees . Green had a barn o shed about 00 feet to the

hi Th e north of s house . e Green house burned down whil 1 3 Hi h occupied by Edwa rd Wells about 89 . s wife ad left the ’ place to ca rry her husba nd s dinner an d returned to ﬁnd it in

a Th a fl mes . e Green b rn was moved to Pascoag about this time . Whether cra nberries were present in the Old hog before Ja mes i t fi King drained and converted into a corn eld is unknown , but 1 2 186 b y 848 . cranberries were growing there About 0 , Green built a dam high enough to flood the bog 3 o r 4 feet to prevent

a the vines being frost killed . W . H . Green cl imed that over 500

o f a n bu . cr nberries were raised here in o e season .

Th A z i h P hilli P l e ar a ps a ce .

Az a riah Phillips bought a few a cres o f l a nd northea sterly o f

N v 2 1 o . 0 795 the present Sanborn house , , , and built a small

a a a an a a u house . He w s cooper by tr de d oper ted a l the to get o t

— ﬁ dl " . d es his stock He made , baskets , Old fashioned splint bottom

a chairs and other furnishings . Az riah Phillips died shortl y

1 1 37 a . an . 9 8 w s before J , , at which time his will probated His widow afterward kept house for Randall Angell a nd whil e picking up chips wa s killed by a buck sheep . Benjamin Sweet a fterwa rd lived in this house ; a nd still l ater it was occupied by

Th a a negroes . e house was taken down by Benj min Green bout 185 0 to a . , when ready coll pse

1 a to w b a . and . St tement the riter y Seth D rl ing , Wm Green others

Thos . Green to writer . T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 3 3

Fi t tt M ill rs C o on .

B a ni Phillips bought the Old Ballard gristmill of Hayward 1 2 04 an an . 25 1 a . 0 8 d 805 and L throp , Sept , , J , , respectively ,

a Th a and soon after built a sm ll cotton mill on this site . e ex ct d ate o f the building of the mill i s not known but must have been

12 1 12 . . 8 before Oct , , when he sold it fully equipped During the next 1 1 yea rs this mill was Owned in whole or in pa rt b y

a a a a Jeremi h , D vid , Robert , H rley , and Ostr nder Phillips and

who an d to George Lindley , bought sold it each other until in

' 18 19 o f December , , the Court Common Pleas was called upon

a The a a to unr vel the tangle . s wmill and gristmill were loc ted

an d o ld j ust west of the highway bridge over Clear River , the

Balla rd house wa s a little northwest o f the bridge . Only the

a a o f n ow centr l p rt the house Owned by Sylvester Angell , j ust

o f w a s a southwest the bridge , then in existence , the ells h v ing

a t been built l ater . All these buildings were aw rded o David Phillips with the exception of o ne — half o f the house southwest o f a a wa s O ff the bridge , which , with the Howl nd f rm . set to 1 a nd 28 820 . a Jeremiah Phillips George Lindley , July , H rley

P a ot to a who hillips l ter g possession and sold Peleg W lker , died soon after he bought it .

l D id /Vi ll e i av l ns o n .

a D vid Wilkinson , a manufacturer . Of North Providence .

a nd 30 1822 bought the cotton mill other mills June , , the price named being The cotton mill burned down some time 1 5 1825 before June , . when he sold the water rights of Allum

Th a Pond to the Bla ckstone Canal Compa ny . e comp ny bought with the idea of storing the ﬂood wa ter a nd using it a s a feeder

fo r a a o f a . the c nal . Clear River being tributary the Bl ckstone Wilkinson stipul ated that all the water drawn from the pond should pa ss through the ﬂume of his mill a n d that the ﬂood

l st . wa ter reserved should be drawn O ff ea ch year before J an .

' o f a W A fter the burning his cotton mill , D vid ilkinson bought

1 T he writer is uncerta in whether this D avid Wilkinson was the a who a a and w a D vid Wilkinson invented sl iding l the , hose s ister bec me w a the i fe of S muel S l ater . 34 T H E S ECO N D COTTO N M I LL v a rious properties o f both wood a n d improved l a nds about

an Allum Pond . He owned d operated both sawmills and ca rried o n lumbering Opera tions an d cha rco a l burning on a n extensive

a a a scale . He built wood ro d le ding f rom the mill southwesterly T to the Buck Hill road . his road leads to a pea t bog about a

a at mile from the S a natorium . On this ro d there were formerly l a h oo least two houses where people m de ps .

’ Th ec o nd o tto I ll ill e S C n .

a a s Wilkinson bec me involved in debt and John Whipple , a fo r ssignee his estate . sold the entire Allum Pond property on

M a 7 183 1 Lev i a an d fo r y , , to D rling others Darling

o n moved his family into the Old Phillips house . added the two ells a n d pla nted the three maple trees in the front ya rd which

— 183 5 a a n a r e day . o there to About , D rling built shingle mill 7 l “ a the site Of the O d cotton mill . hen the second cotton mill w s

The o f built the shingle mill was ta ken down . ﬁrm Sweet and

a a J ames ( Philip Sweet an d Albert G . J mes ) le sed the upper 3 1 44 8 . mill privileges from the Darlings , Aug . , Levi Darling

a da m o f a o f hi s built new on the site the old one j ust b ck house .

Th dam a n o f where it may still be seen . e d gate at the outlet the lake were raised and the Old log dam at the north outlet w a s

- a lso raised and strengthened . Darling built a two story frame building 50 feet long by 3 7 feet wide for the f a ctor y and 1 installed a wa ter wheel 8 feet in di ameter . He also built a cot to n n a house a d sizing house . Albert J mes sold his interest in

1 1 1845 t a a nd . o the ﬁrm . Sept . . Lovell P rker Joseph Bowdish

18 10 - 1900 1 1846 T ( ) and the next spring ( May , ) Stephen all ma n a a n d Th a a repl ced Pa rker Bowdish . e cotton w s dr wn from Prov idence a nd the cloth sold there to Amos D . Lockwood

CO . a 5 . who received per cent commission on all goods bought

n T a nd sold . Sweet a d allm a n compla ined that the w a ter power wa s f have a o f insu ﬁcient . and this must been true bec use the lo w eleva tion of the mill pond . The mill employed about 25 persons a n d crea ted a dem a nd for more house room fo r Opera

1 S ylvester Angel l to writer .

36 T H E WOO LE N M I LL

as r iv il es t oo a water privileges , the two upper p g were ne r the level of Wa llum Pond to a llow o f the power being fully devel

n oped o r economically used . It is said o good authority that a deed conveying the whole Darling property to Lapham was drawn and signed by both Darling and Lapham and that it was rendered void by the refusa l O f H a nnah Darling to sign unless

a she received an additiona l $500 for herself . Whatever re son M r s . a Darling may have had for her action, her refus l to Sign the deed was a turning point in history , for had the Laphams

a and acquired the property , their business bility , inﬂuence money would probably have resulted in the development of a man u fac turing vill age at Wallum Pond .

Th e l M ill W oo en .

a o f a After the dep rture the Laphams , Darling le sed the fac f H y . a “ 8: o tor to George W M rsh , Augustus Hopkins , alling p

. a a kins and Syria Sherman A fter this ﬁrm g ve up , nother ﬁrm

a t tried to run it as woolen mill but las ed only about six months .

a a a to a n d . a After sever l s les , mortg ges , etc , M rsh others ,

a . a on 3 1 1860 all Edw rd H M rsh , July , . sold the water rights to

' W a 7 500 an d the outlet of llum Pond . the price named being $ , , the control o f the outlet has been held by Bridgeton man u fac

t ve r Th n ture s e since . e mill was a fterw a rd ta ken down a d

a a a s wa s e moved to M nch ug , M s , where it used in the constru f i l Th o m ll . e was a a a tion a store lso moved to the s me pl ce ,

The where it was converted into a dwelling house . little house

had a s a above the factory , built by Ballard , which been used

was fo r dwelling by Benjamin Greene , used an ice house until 1880 Th a . e wa s , when it was t ken down Robbins house bought

’ an d moved to M a pleville by Da niel Kimball . Kimb all s house was to a a moved Pascoag , where it still st nds ne r the Shop of the h a . T e a a Inman Lumber Comp ny cell rs of the Kimb ll . Robbins

’ 1 a 906 . and Jenne houses were ﬁlled in Daniel Kimb ll s barn . the foundation o f which is still visible about 200 feet north o f

a a o n a o f a wa s the S natorium L undry the s me side the highw y .

1 1 41 Green ( 8 l to w riter . A WALLUM POND BO" W HO BECAME MAYO R O F PROV IDENCE IN 1887 ENOS LAPHAM A WALLUM POND M ILL SUPER INTENDENT W HO BECAME LIEUTENANT G OV ERNOR O F RHODE ISLAND IN 1888 Co urtesy of P rovid ence j o u r na l T H E WA LLU M PO ND ESTATES 37

r l Dar moved to Cent eda e about 1880 by Edwa rd S ayles . Levi

ll ll 1863 t o a VVa um N ov . 9 ling sold his Pond property , , , Seth

and a a . Ross and Sylvester Angell moved to Dougl s , M ss In

a 1868 M rch , , Sylvester Angell bought out Ross and thus became sole owner .

T i il h e C v War .

Th e boys from Wallum Pond neighborhood who fought to

: save the Union were Alfred Angell , Sabin Angell , Olney T Arnold , Amasa Buxton , homas Greene , William Greene , Ben

a a jamin Horton , Jerome Horton , Andrew Howl nd , J mes Riley ,

a Fr ier Mowry Salisbury , Judson W dkins , John y, Wellington

wa s . . y Daw , James M Vickers and Emory White James Rile

at a a wounded Fredericksburg , and Am s Buxton and Jerome t Horton died in the service . When the boys re urned they

an d a O f noticed a striking change , as the mill m ny the dwellings had been moved away .

T T i ti he P ond rad ons .

A dugout boat with ca rving believed to have been made by 1 was 2nd a man . Indians , seen by Ezra Stone , , when young Joseph Bowdish found a nd raised a sunken dugout boat and 2 f h at used it o r carrying cha rcoal across t e P ond . A dugout bo 2 3 was a lso seen by Daniel Buxton and others . Sylvester Angell found and used an O ld dugout boat many yea rs ago which ll no a a a . a showed tr ce of Indi n workm nship Quite possibly ,

saw a a these men the s me bo t , which might have been preserved

out a n axe o r almost indeﬁnitely if sunk . It had been cut with

. a a a r similar tool I f m de by the Indi ns , it must have been in l te ’ l years after a cquiring white men s too s . It is much more likely that it was made by the ea rly settlers before the ﬁrst sawmill in 1 6 7 6 .

The so a a pond is , for the most part , spring fed , th t swimmer

a 30 50 t notices m ny cold spots . It is from to feet deep in mos

1 . a Wm Kimb l l to writer . 2 ’ a O N eil w Thom s to riter .

3 a St tement to writer . 38 T H E PO N D TRAD I T IO N S

a pl ces , and , in the middle , north of Long Cove , soundings have been ma de 79 feet below high water . A sma ll brook which drains the cra nberry b og enters the south cove ; a nother enters

h two a the north end ; and in hig water , tiny stre ms enter on the

n west and o e on the ea st side . Th e beach at the north end has exceptionally Sharp s a nd

a s a 60 a a o wa s which , l te as ye rs g used in making riﬂes used in h l sharpening scyt es .

1850 a o f a Before , man by the name Nath n Stone was drowned j ust o ff the big rock where the S a na torium water 2 t i out in ake pipe s at present loca ted . He had gone after wild h t e . geese and ice broke under him Still earlier , a ﬁsherman fell from an O ld scow that had been used to carry logs across 2

to wa s . a the pond the mills , and drowned Fr ncis Whiting , a bo 10 o r 12 a y ye rs Old , while bathing at the north end , Th . e stepped into a hole and drowned Lime Rock Fishing Club .

’ w o f a hich rented the house north the Superintendent s Cott ge ,

n f 1 Th e lost o e o its members by drowning sometime a fter 893 . man was trying to pick up a ﬁsh hook and line which had caught

and v e r on the bottom . Pickerel perch ﬁshing were y good up

w as a wa s to the time the lake stocked with b ss , which sometime 1 about 860 . When Daniel Kimba ll was ﬁshing through the ice in Long g o ne time a Cove , the ice separated and left open w ter between

as him a nd the shore . He w obliged to wait until sometime after

at . dark , when the ice cake drifted ashore the mouth of the cove

wa s a a While the mill running well under the L phams . P rker

Bowdish a nd other employees had a small sail boat . Many old people say that Caleb Eldridge swam the whole length o f the pond in a race in which his opponent was unable to ﬁnish . His

n 1 1880 a a o a n 799 . name ppe rs Old deed in Some time about , a panther esca ped from a circus in Webster and was seen occa l sio nal y in the Douglas woods for o ve r a yea r . Wild pigeons were plenti ful here as elsewhere a nd were killed a s l a te as Levi

1 Seth Ross to writer . 2 n . . M r . a d M rs Seth D a rl ing to writer 3 Sylvester Angel l to writer . T H E WALLU M PO N D ESTATES 39

a 5 . D rling time Foxes , coons and rabbits are still numerous to the southwest of the pond . Otter and mink were present in 1 r Wallum Pond ma ny years ago and probably a e still present .

’ a on a In the Old d ys , there were beaver Cle r River near Wilson s 2 a a Pond . Hor ce Whiting c ught an otter in the Whiting Pond

a 1895 an a a in the Buck Hill district bout , occ sion l mink , the

1920 a 30 last one in the Lewis Brook in , and , during the l st

a h as 89 . ye rs , shot foxes , most of them in the Buck Hill woods A ra ttlesnake wa s killed in the woods south of the tennis court since 1860 3

’ The pine grove back of the Superintendent s cottage used to be a ball ground when the mill wa s running . On the west shore o f a i s a a wa s the pond , ne r the north end , cl y deposit which used Th in the old d ays for making brick . e brick yard was located

’ near the Providence Ice Company s house , where , until recently ,

f Th a traces O brick could be found . e chimney brick in m ny Of l T the O d houses o f this vicinity ca me from this ya rd . hese brick

Th a a a a a . e w s a were sm ll , irregular and very h rd brick y rd b n 1 800 . doued , perhaps , before

T he San bor n H ous e .

f r L i a a o ev . Stephen Collins , who worked long time D rling

o n Of a built a small house the hill south the San torium , having 1 184 a a 7 0 . bought the l nd of D rling April , Collins sold to

. a a a 6 1854 . Mason W Porter , shoem ker , M rch , Porter sold 1 . 8 85 t f 8 o a a O . Nov , , an Englishm n by the n me Wm Prince , who wa s a woodchopper and who lived there with hi s wi fe and T r a . daughter until the property was bought by hom s M G een , 12 1862 . a nd April , Green tore down the Collins house rebuilt l 1 it with lumber obtained from the o d cotton house in 868 . He worked in the Hopkins Machine Works and ﬁnally sold o u t to

: 1 8 CO . 6 8 . 98 . a a Hopkins , April , Morton C S nborn , the c re

' taker of the Sanatorium buildings while they were u n der co n 28 190 5 struction , bought the place July , , shortl y before the

1 a Judson W dkins to writer .

a a R nd ll Angell to S ylvester Angell to writer . a w Willi m Green to riter . 40 T H E T wo LO WER M I LL PR IV I LEGES

Sanatorium Opened . He put the buildings in repa ir and it has

t a been rented o S natorium employees ever since .

The T o L o M i ll P i vil w wer r eg es .

1820 wa s About , a turning lathe in operation j ust below the a Th Cle r River bridge . e middle mill privilege nea r the present

wa s a 1844 a n d swimming pool developed bout , the sawmill grist mill which had been at the upper privilege having been moved

a fo r Th here to m ke room the second cotton f actory . e mills

so were close together that one could step from one to the other , the grist mill being o n the east and the sawmill o n the west side f T h o the dam . hese mills ad a n a dva ntage over most o f the

o n a as mills dependent w ter power , there was a large reserve of l a . O d r was water in W llum Pond During dry spells , the g istmill

ha s a often run both night and day , and corn m ny times been

ou t f r brought here from Providence o grinding . Sylvester Angell put in the ﬁrst iron water wheel and the ﬁrst Circul ar saw and a a , wooden wheels up and down s ws h ving been used Th 1 previously . e gristmill was closed a bout 867 and a cider

a it mill inst lled in s place . M r . Angell continued to Operate the

a 1 h a 907 . ad s wmill occ sionally until it burned in January , It

a a a s been necess ry in the Old days to h ve two mill privileges . there wa s such a demand for both grinding corn and s awing

the lumber , but , as the demand lessened , the lower mill opposite

a a ro t San torium boiler house was llowed to down , which occurred before 1845 . The upper mill pond was formerly used f o r a as a a . sk ting , it froze over much e rlier than W llum Pond

T t R h e A dam W hi e oad .

Opposite the entra nce to the driveway approaching the front O f the Sanatorium is an O ld wood road leading eastw a rd through the pine grove across Clear River and over the ra ilroad to the T east road f rom Wallum Pond Hill to Pasco ag . his wood road 1 was a a a out 27 18 12 formerly highw y , having been l id June ,

a nd t a nd aba ndoned before 1840 . Between the railroad the eas

a wa s y to highw y , the Adam White farm , formerl belonging

1 1 0 . B r il l i V o l . a 3 u r v ll e Town Council Records , . p ge

42 T H E SCOTT TRAGEDY

wa s a . woodland , where once there meadow and orch rd About feet beyond the King cell a r hole o n the left hand side of

T a s so a . w the ro d , is an apple tree his tree straight and hand

a a 5 5 a a o fo r some shoot , bout ye rs g , that Seth Ross bought it

50 set a an d b u t cents , intending to it out in his orch rd graft it ;

a a a a a he postponed ction until it w s ﬁn lly too l rge to tr nsplant .

This a pple tree is nea r the cellar o f the Peters house . I sra el

1788 who 1827 Peters ( lived here in , built for the town the roa d over Buck Hill where there had been previously only

a a a a a . l c rt path . H e fterw rd moved to E st Boston , Conn Rosse

a 1 3 3 Burlingame bought the pl ce in 8 and lived here for a time .

T a n a o n a here was then orchard , clover lot and p sture the e st

Th a side of the road . e buildings on this pl ce which were stand 183 5 1 1 ing in were gone before 840 .

T tt T ed h e S co r ag y.

a a o f a James Scott , an Irishman , cleared p tch l nd on the west side o f the Wallum Pond road at its j unction with the Buck Hill

a a a a 1856 . ro d and built a shanty , where he usu lly lived lone , bout t two a do . a o He kept cows , a pig , and a big bl ck g He w lked and

hi s o f from place work in the White M ill , at Bridgeton , drank hard and had the reputation of being qua rrelsome when i n toxi

n f cated . He was missing one winter night a d no trace o him was

the wa s found until the ice broke up next spring , when his body

’ a su s found in Wilson s Pond . Although cert in persons were f Th ected O a f a . e p foul pl y , no o ﬁcial action was ever t ken Scott cabin wa s a fterwa rd taken to Chepachet by Job Smith .

T ell P l a ce he W s .

a o n A few rods before re ching the Buck H ill corner , a road the left leads through the woods to the Wells place . Rossel

1 1 1834 . Burlingame bought this farm of Levi Eddy , Oct . , 1838 1839 Arnold Hunt and Dennis Hunt bought it in , and , in .

a a a had sold to S ilas and William Howard . Am sa Se m ns , who

an 5 1842 a n d a wooden leg , bought it , J . , , lived there with a large family for many years . Seamans also owned the Israel

1 Seth Ross to writer . ALEX . RITCHIE HOUSE O LNEY ANGELL HOUSE

ALFRED L . WELLS HOUSE T HE RE D HOUSE T HE SANBORN HOUSE

O ’ NEILL ' S CAMP T H E WALLU M PO ND ESTATES 43

o ut a a n d Peters place . He sold to go to Minnesot , Esten Angell

1809 had o ut a a ( who bought the Se m ns , sold to Alfred

23 1869 . and o n L . Wells , Sept . , Wells wife were living this 1 1 a to a 9 0 . a pl ce up bout Since their de th , Henry Johnson , who

a a W a r ha s was sl ve in Virginia before the Civil , occupied the

o f 84 a ha a a a ll . s house I n spite his ye rs , he few gr y h irs , his

a a a n d a to an d a n tur l teeth , is ble cut cord wood enj oy life in

way which astonishes younger folks .

Th hi l A n ell P l e e W pp e g ac .

Continuing on the highway toward P a scoag about 5 00 feet i a s a to . beyond the Buck Hill Ro d , a sh rp turn the right On the

o f wa s a 1793 east side this turn , house which Whipple Angell (

1 f M 2 T ev en 862 o a a 23 18 9 . s ) bought J mes Stone , y , here were

n a cres Of cleared la nd about this pla ce . Angell ever lived here Th but rented it t o negroes an d others . e barn belonging to this

a wa s a a wa s f rm c rried to M rieville , North Providence , where it

a a o l still st nding few yea rs ag . An O d road led ea sterly nea r

a a a a this house cross Cle r Ri ver to the E st Highw y , thus gi ving f T T a short cut o r the Round op folks to go over Buck Hill . his 1 T a wa s a a 20 1809 . a highw y b ndoned by the town , May , his pl ce

h n c u t ad so completely grow up to woods tha t lumber was here . a 1 1 bout 9 0 .

T L t h e Chas e o .

O II a n d a a a 100 A few rods further e sterly of the highw y , bout

o f R was feet north ound Pond brook , the house owned by Joseph an d Ambrose Cha se an d l ater by other members o f the 2 a a 18 12 1 2 Th a wa s Ch se f mily from to 8 5 . e l nd cleared quite extensively east o f the road a s sho wn by the stone walls a n d T stone heaps . his farm had an orcha rd t o the ea st side a nd

a The was to woodland on the west Of the ro d . place sold Duty 2 183 3 . a a Esten , April As hel Alger built nother house on this

1 o f B u rr i l lv ill e w V o l Records the To n Council , I .

' w a w was a The riter is uncert in hether this a rel ative o f , or the s me D ’ . . a O a who a a o f r Jos Ch se f Cumberl nd , bought Eliz beth Gibbs sh re D r . ' G Ibb s a a 1 a 5 177 . est te f rom J mes B urroughs , M rch , 44 T H E PORTER PLA CE

1 T a site about 860 . here is a m ple tree a bout 15 inches in diam 1920 eter ( ) growing from the cell a r . The next farm below the Cha se lot had been originally laid o u t and in the right of Stephen Dexter , but was Cleared occupied by R a nd all Angell ( 1767 who kept a hotel there at one time .

Th P te l e or r P ace .

a T a I n going from W llum Pond toward hompson , few rods

a one a a a fter turning into the Buck Hill Ro d , p sses D niel Por

’ 13 a f a a a . o ter s Old pl ce He bought cres l nd of Am sa Seamans . 4 1 2 85 0 . wa s a August , He sometimes c lled Doctor and was

a to a had n ot s id h ve a plenti ful supply of pills , but is known to ha ve . a practiced here He worked some at shoem king ; his son ,

n d a at a W . wa s a a a a M son , lso shoem ker l ter lived the Sanborn

f a n house . Porter clea red some o the l nd o both sides of the

a an d a re ro d , dug the well built the stone walls which there

- i f to da v . ece s o I n digging his well , he found some clear p qua rtz which were s a id to have been ha rd enough t o cut glass a

a a few times and which he thought were di monds , a circumst nce tha t provoked enough neighborhood gossip and amusement to be remembered by the Old timers . Nearly opposite this place is 18 5 a a . 5 a wood ro d le ding southwesterly to Round Pond In ,

ff a n a Porter bought the S a muel Cru f rm a d moved aw y .

T d P l e he W o r a c .

On the northerly side of the Buck H ill roa d about a third o f a mile westerly of its j unction with the Sanatorium road near a

T ha s la rge ﬂat stone by a b ar way is a n Old cell a r an d well . his a a a a nd lways been called the W rd Place , from Eugene . Hir m , Th t . e \Vm . a a W rd , who lived there one time only interesting 1 h o it a thing known about the W a rd Pla ce is w c me to end . It wa s a 1842 b a an d who last occupied , bout , y Indi ns negroes , were

a a o f o f a guilty of v rious cts mischief , including the throwing

T a a bull down the well . hey did not move when R nd ll Angell ,

o u t a a the owner , ordered them , but . somewh t l ter , went down to

1 and . St atement to writer by \Vm . R . Angell others T H E WA LLU M PO ND ESTATES 45

’ E a fo r . a son the se shore the summer One night , Rand ll s , sten ,

a t o a . and two neighbors , H wkins and Ross , went the W rd house

few o f a a a A hours sawing the be ms m de the old house coll pse .

da a to . and they returned bed When , the next y, neighbor told

a a a a was ﬂ at the a a su r R nd ll th t the W rd house , l tter appe red Th p rised and indignant . e lumber o f this house went into Ran

’ d all Angell s ca ttle shed .

Th T i t P l ce e w s a .

About half way between the Wa rd Place and the top of Buck

o f a a O f a Hill , on the north side the highw y , is the cell r house

T Th a a once occupied by A sa wist . e house w s prob bly there

1806 o n a a o f B ur rill ville a s in the sep r tion from Glocester , it is named in the B u rrillville school records a s a dividing line be tween Wa llum Pond a n d Buck Hill districts and it had probably

a 18 19 a s dis ppeared before , it was not remembered by Esten 1 Angell .

T T l he r as k P ace .

One who ascends Buck Hill from the east and sees the ma sses O f boulders which a lmost cover the ground can but ma rvel at the courage of one who would attempt to clea r l and and build a

" et a nd a house there . we ﬁnd a good found tion a cell r a few

o f a at feet from the north side the ro d the foot of the last pitch ,

n T a d a y a a to a . a a p rtl Cle red l nd the northw rd Willi m r sk , who cl a imed to ha ve been a vetera n O f the W a r of 18 12 a nd who

107 a a a s a as 1826 lived to be ye rs old , owned this pl ce e rly ; the

as house w gone and the pl a ce grown up to weeds before 1850 .

R u nd P d o on .

T a an a a 50 a his pond , h ving re of about cres , lies deep in the woods about a mile and a half southwest o f Wallum Pond a n d

f The a ha lf a mile south o the Buck Hill roa d . outlet on the e st side ha s been deepened to allow the pond to be drawn down a

. to a a on little According Keech , friendly Moh wks tr pped otter

l o f Round Pond brook in the o d d ays . On the northerly side

1 . w . Wm R . Angell to riter 46 ROU N D PON D

ROUND POND

a 200 f the Pond , bout feet from the shore , is a boulder o about

12 an d a feet in heighth bre dth , against which we are told a ga ng Th of counterfeiters once built their work hut . e chimney o f this

a 50 a a o n ow c bin was still standing ye rs g , but only the ﬁreplace

. a o f a a remains On the northe sterly side the Pond , ne r large

a 300 ﬂat ledge , is a sw mpy ravine about feet wide running Th northea sterly . e rocky ridge o n the southern side o f this ravine terminates about feet from the pond at Money T 1 . a a a Rocks his sm ll rocky c vern , in which tr dition says the counterfeiters hid their tools a n d money is entered from above 34 3 4 a a 8 9 . through a triangul r Opening , me suring by by inches

The a a h h c ve is l rge enoug to old two or three men , but is not

a n high enough to llow o e to stand erect . Formerly the opening could be completely Closed by a tri a ngul a r ﬂat stone which h ad

a and a been displ ced from which nicely ﬁtted the perture , but the Opening has been enlarged in recent years by the action O f the

a we ther . It has alw a ys been believed that the tools and other incrimina ting evidences o f their work were thrown into the

his Pond when the na ture of the work was suspected . In his

o f B u r r ill v ill e an a o f tory . Keech gives interesting ccount the detection and trial o f these counterfeiters . He states that one of the counterfeiters became intoxica ted at Brandy Hill Tavern in

1 b a a . . was ow Wm R Angel l sh n Money Rocks y his gr nd f ther , Esten

and a b y a a a . Angel l , the l tter his f ther . R nd l l Angell

COON CAV E T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 47

Thompson and pa ssed so much new counterfei t money as to

a a . arouse suspicion , which le d to his rrest Among the suspected

a n d " 1783 a were Arnold Hunt adoc Sherman ( the l tter , 1 a s b o o f 12 a n d a y , caught the men at their work was admitted

T a a to the ga ng to induce him to hold his tongue . here is tr di

f r N O tion tha t Arnold Hunt wa s put o n tri a l o counterfeiting .

ev e r a a to a convictions were m de , ccording Keech , bec use it

too a involved many prominent people , some of whom were rel ted

T a fo r a a to the Judge . here is good re son thinking th t p rt of their dies a n d other tools were m ade by Arnold S a yles ( 1773 Th h who was a very able workm a n . e writer as seen some o f the tools which S ayles is alleged t o have made fo r these

o f a a a counterfeiters . One these dies m de for coin bout the “ size O f a qua rter is inscribed Carlos I I I Dei Grati a These counterfeit operations h ad previously been ca rried on in

T Th a t a co n hompson . e counterfeiting Round Pond covered

i l a s derab e period from about 1786 to 1795 . Sp nish money was counterfeited beca use it wa s in common use . A tradition per sists tha t some Of the dies were m ade in Ca nad a a n d that some of the counterfeit money wa s put in circula tion in that country .

o f a a On the south side this pond , short dist nce from the shore , i f h s the cellar O the Sta nﬁeld house . Several acres ad once been 1 4 f a . 8 0 a o cle red about it About . man b y the name Robbins

a a a a a cleared up sever l cres on the southe st shore , built c bin and 2 a and a lived there with his f amily . He burned charco l c rted it Th to Providence for sale . e Robbins cabin was a wreck by

1850 a and a a - , but the cell r stone he ps can be pl inly seen to day in the thick woods where one would little expect them .

The B u ck H ill o d W o s .

The o f an d Buck Hill Woods is a wilderness ridges hills , h t ickly strewn with boulders and covered with scrub oak , broken by occa sional high bla ck oak o r scrub pine stumps which ha ve Th a . e a been ch rred by forest ﬁres wood road , le ding westerl y

1 " a doc Sherm an to B a rton J a cobs to writer . 2 Sylvester Angel l to writer . 4 8 T H E B U C K H I LL W OODS

a a at to o f from the present S n torium pig house . divides the p

a n d a a o r the ﬁrst ridge . the left h nd fork , fter two three hun

a a to o f a a a dred y rds . le ds a high ledge rocks Of unusu l ppe rance a n m a a a d known fro the e rliest times s B dger Mounta in . Whether the n ame came from a supposed resembla nce to a b adger o r beca use this animal w as at o n e time found there is

Th a a not known . e wood ro d continues southwesterly bout half a a a mile beyond B dger Mount in , where . in a depression Of land . is a sma ll pond about 200 feet long by 100 feet wide and 4 to 6

T an d a feet deep . his pond is fed by springs yet is pparentl y

Th a f without an outlet o r running O ff brook . e e sterly side o the f i ’ n wa s o W a . a po d , about its middle , the site lli m R Angell s ste m

a 1903 . s wmill , about Six or seven hundred feet northwesterly o f a 80 this pond is Go t Rock , a ledge about feet long , with a

n 15 20 h a a o a . \V y perpendicul r f ce the e sterly side . to feet high

a ne t hav a o o . e it is c lled Go t Rock , no seems know It might well “ ” to a been called coon rock , as it seems have been favorite f resort fo r raccoons . At the foot of the northerly end o the

a Goat Rock is brook which in the springtime , is , perhaps . hal f

o f a a nd a the size Cle r River , this brook is believed to dr in the

' n \ ngell s awmill pond by a underground pa ssage . A fter ﬂowing a 100 a bout feet on the surface . in direction little west Of south

i t a a a a on to west . disappe rs underground to re ppe r l ter its way j oin the Leeson Brook .

a — o f a a On the Buck Hill highw y , Six tenths mile southe sterly

’ o f on e Orrin Whiting s , crosses a brook which ﬂows southwest erly into Q uadick Reservoir in Thompson a n d in its lower

a s course . in the Buck Hill district . is known the Lewis Brook . This brook i s formed by the union of severa l Small brooks which rise in the Buck Hill woods westerl y a nd southwesterl y O f the Th a a . e S n torium Leeson Brook . so named from one Leeson ,

a a a nd a a ma y who m ny ye rs ago had a house cle ring ne r it , be

a considered the main brook in the sense th t it is the longest . rises about eight - tenths of a mile west o f the southern end o f \Vallum

a n d rece i n a Pond ﬂows southerl y , g br nches from the east .

o f o f a a About a third a mile northerly the Buck Hill ro d . brook “ ” enters from the ea st called the Boiling Spring Brook . Follow

SYLV ESTER ANGELL ( l eft) SETH ROSS ( ri g h t) IN 1921

T HE WALLUM LAKE STORE T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 49

a a a ing up this brook in an e sterly direction , bout half mile

a o n e through Boiling Spring Ced r Swamp , comes to the Boiling

a 8 a Spring , a circul r spring , perhaps feet in di meter , where “ ” can t o o r the water , which is cold , be seen rise boil up from

ca n o f 10 the ground . A pole be stuck in the bottom the spring

300 a o r 15 a . feet , without re ching ﬁrm bottom About feet e st e rly Of this spring is a brook which comes from a swamp abou t 20 rods northeasterly o f the cell a r hole of the William Tra sk

a house . In high w ter this brook runs overground into the Boil

at ing Spring , but other times it is lost underground , probably

Th T a a reappea ring in the Boiling Spring Brook . e r sk Sw mp

a d r a Brook is dry in summer , but , no m tter how y the we ther ,

a the Boiling Spring pours out a generous stre m of water . About half a mile northerly o f Goa t Rock Brook is a nother brook which

T a a a L . runs southe sterly into eeson Brook his brook , st rts in

a a \ a di s swamp about h lf mile southwesterly of V llum Pond , a a a an d a a a ppe rs for some dist nce , then re ppe rs in spring of water , very cold from its underground j ourney and called Cold

Spring Brook . Leeson Brook , like its tributaries . has a trick of d isappea ring in some pl aces in the upper pa rt of its course . Coon Ca ve lies about hal f a mile westerly o f the southern end o f Wa llum Pond in a ledge of rocks about 5 0 feet long by 10

i n a . s a feet high , f cing the west At the foot of the ledge open 1 ing in the rocks into which a man can crawl about 5 feet . A torch shows m a ny crevices and holes extending about 20 feet

and a f farther l rge e nough to form hiding pl aces o r a nim als . This sm all cave has been a f avorite place fo r ba ts in summer time and m a ny a coon and fox have here found s a fe retreat from f hunters . On the westerly side o the ledge is a swampy pond

a 200 60 hole bout feet long by feet wide , ﬁlled with swamp

T a a huckleberry bushes of unusual height . his sw mp dr ins northerly into a sma ll pond o f clea r w ater o f a bout the s ame

. a n d a a size A few rods westerly in pl in sight of this pond , is prominent irregula r ledge of rocks known a s Ra ttlesnake Ledge .

50 a 3 o r 4 a Over ye rs ago , Reuben Dudley spent d ys about here

a a a f Th a a a c tching r ttlesn kes o r a circus . e r ttlesn kes were c ught by pinning their heads to the ground with a forked sti ck and 5 0 IV V I T H E CLEAR R ER RES ER O R CO .

l n then seizing the sna kes a d depositing them i n a bag . Dudley f 1 th a 20 a a o r wa s a 00 . c ught r ttlesn kes , which he p id $ On

a o f a a e sterly Side the pond , by R ttlesn ke Ledge , is the running o ut a a o f or outlet brook , which , fter the f shion Buck Hill Th fo r a a . e streams , runs underground a consider ble dist nce

out a o n it s to \ water , though of sight , can be he rd way Vallum

Th fo r a a Pond . e reason the dis ppear nce of the brooks in the Buck Hill woods is found in the enormous number of boulders so thickly piled together tha t in m a ny pl aces o n e may wa lk fo r

Th v a s a . e a se long dist nce without touching e rth w ter . falling

a er l feet through the crevices between these boulders , which , in

a a a o f a o r a some pl ces h ve thin covering moss , le f mould , lo m , is Often lost to sight and hea ring .

Th e Cl ear Ri v er R es erv oir C o .

Th e value o f Wa llum Pond a s a reservoir fo r the Bridgeton

T a r e a mills has always been considera ble . hese mill owners s id to ha ve pa id Darling to Open hi s gates at the outlet of the pond

a a an d at until these outlet g tes were ﬁnally bought by M rsh l er . Th 18 1860 o f . e a Sept . , , by Augustus Hopkins Bridgeton Cle r

a CO . a c a a a River Reservoir , h rtered corpor tion , fterward le sed

’ 1 n am 7 . 20 866 a d d , Wilson s Pond , Sept , , raised the feet thus

’ T a d am and a enla rging Wilson s Pond . hey lso built a new g te an d deepened the trench at the outlet o f Wallum Pond s o that

The o ld the pond can be drawn four feet lower tha n before . T log dam at the north outlet wa s replaced by o n e of stone . heir questio nable deed to ﬂ o w the l a nd a bout Wallum Pond to any

Th a height wa s never carried ou t . e right Of the Cle r Ri ver

t an d . . Reservoir CO . o sell market ice was sold to Wm E Bowen . 1 a 23 900 . M rch ,

’ ’ l 7 O N e i s Cai n/.

’ This l a nd wa s origina lly sold from John Howl a nd s f a rm a nd

The a o f at o ne time belonged to Howl a nd Kimball . n me Nehe

‘ 1 a wa s a I n a newsp aper account a few ye a rs be fore his de th , it st ted

a who a and w . th t Dudley, f requentl y hunted in the Dougl s B uck H il l oods 2 1 67 a a and had c aught o r killed 700 coons . 150 foxes . otter , r ttlesn kes a b a 250 s warms o f w ild bees . This st tement is credited y rel i ble persons h w o kne w him .

5 2 T H E RED H O USE O N T H E H I LL

a nd Southbridge , passing by the east north sides of Wallum

1 1 189 1 an d o f Pond , were made July , , most the deeds o f the property to the ra ilroa d for this extension were made in 1892 and 1893 . Service between Pascoag and Southbridge w a s dis continued fo r a time but was recommenced after the erection

f The o the State S a natorium . Prov idence to Southbridge line

" H av en 81 a was sold to the New ork , New Hartford R ilroad 30 1905 Company Oct . , , the sum named being

T R H t H ill he ed o us e o n he .

T a o f his house , ne r the southern end Wallum Pond Hill with

was a a o f a commanding view toward Pascoag , origin lly p rt the f a . a a o C pt John Whipple f rm and l ter the John Howland farm .

It was subsequently bought by the Phillipses , who owned the

fo r factory and who probably used it their mill employees . On

’ P hilli s s the division of the p mill estate by the court , Israel

D t Lo e nC a . u Aldrich bought this pl ce ee g e o e lived here . While ’ a a had the mills were running , D niel Kimb ll , Aldrich s grandson ,

and one a a good country store in this house , , at time , S bin M il

a a lard had s loon with a bowling alley in the basement . Joseph

Bowdish and Lovell Parker lived there for a time . Martin H . 186 a a 7 0 . Smith sold the pl ce to J mes Dockery , July , Dockery

T a a was a big I rishman who had a l a rge f a mily . here is tr di tion tha t there was once a distillery fo r moonshine corn whiskey in the woods a bout a hal f mile ea st o f the Wallum Lake Station . In 1872 this pl a ce wa s sold to John Riley and Alfred Angell ( 1841 who lived there together until Riley bought out

a Angell . Riley sold to the P scoag Fishing Club . so called , May

7 1903 . . , , from whom it was bought by Mr Singleton Since

Th a has fo r . e then , it been the most part unoccupied b rn burned

1 T wa s down about 907 . his place considered as a site for the

S a n atorium before the present site wa s purcha sed .

Q uar r i es .

a a a About a mile from the Wallum L ke Depot , toward P sco g , o n both sides o f the railroad one sees where stone has been qua r

T a a ried . his work began lmost immedi tely after the building of 5 T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 5 5

o f a 50 a the railroad . Henry Mathewson , Providence , took ye rs

f i x a o n w a a . lease o s cres the south esterly side of the r ilro d , Sept

Th a n SIde was a 2 1 1893 . e O , l nd the Opposite Of the track le sed

Leav et who 1906 and to John , , until , quarried stone there also

’ near the Providence Ice Company s spur tra ck at the north end

a of the pond , where much building stone had been obt ined in the

Th a a was a Old days . e qu rry ne r the ice house in ledge formerly

T a to a a called the Snake Den . his stone was s id be gr nite good fo r not as foundations , but good enough for monuments . it con

i n n The ta ed mica which fell ou t a d left pits . granite used in the construction of the Boston Dry Dock wa s obta ined from these quarries .

l The l Vall u rn P o nd S ch oo .

May 1800 T a In , , the Glocester own Council appointed com

i Th a m ttee to divide the town into school districts . e W llum 1 Pond district was N O . and extended south on the Connecticut

’ a line to Henry Pollock s , then eastw rd by the south side of

’ a a o f a a James King s , bout h lf a mile south the S n torium , to

’ Lo e e s a a o f a a Cyrus g , bout a mile northe sterly the S n torium ’ h and then northward by Lippitt Eddy s to the Massa c usetts line . 1 Cyrus Logee was the ﬁrst to be given a certiﬁca te to teach in the

Th o l Wallum Pond district . e d schoolhouse stood on the north side of the east highway lea ding from Wallum Pond Hill to P as coag a nd a little ea st of the highwa y lea ding from the Ezra Stone F i or r ery pl a ce to the ﬁrst mentioned highw ay . When this

a O ld o f a a schoolhouse bec me and badly in need rep ir , new one wa s built in the tri a ngular a rea where the ro ad from Dougl a s

a a a a a meets the e st ro d from Wallum Pond to P sco g , about

a qu rter of a mile south of the present Singleton house . While

a a it was n tural that the f ctory people should prefer the new site , L . a a nd o ees old a s and Capt S muel White the g , the site , being

a o f nearer to e ch neighborhood respectively , the bitterness the qua rrel over the two sites so nea r each other seems amusing at 1 2 . 843 a wa s b this date About , the m tter compromised y moving

1 Records o f the Glocester Town Council . 2 a o f who saw St tement S ylvester Angel l . the school house moved . 54 GEORGE STO N E

a two the new schoolhouse h lf way between the sites , where , on

the a . side hill , it could hardly have been satisf ctory to anyone

o f Most the larger children worked while the mill was running , when the school sometimes declined in number to two or three

a f pupils . During slack time at the f ctory because o shortage of T to . water , etc . , the number of pupils increased about thirty his

a school , with its r ttling windows , many wasps , few children and a fi fteen - - a a a b ad on year Old school te cher , m de impression Ellen k fi l 1 1 W a e e d 856 . a , in Sometime in the fifties , James Riley rec lls seeing a man teacher named Kenyon deposited in the woodbox by Alfred Angell , Emory White and William Green . I n later

B ur r ill vill e times , changed the district to exclude the Buck Hill region and extended it southerly to include the A . S . Wells Th house . e school census shows the enrollment in later years

: 1885 1 1 1886 1 1 1887 9 1888 14 ' to have been as follows , ; , ; , ; , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 889 3 0 3 9 2 18 2 8 3 6 . , ; 89 , ; 8 , ; 9 , 9 ; 9 , In early years the school was taught by Preserved Alger ; and

fi a b y in the early fties , and prob bly earlier , Emily King , whose i ffi s a . e ciency still tradition I n the fifties and sixties , the school

a a a was t ught by S r h Wakeﬁeld , Mary Paine , Nancy Paine ,

a and a . Nancy Howland , Susan P ge Ellen P ine I n the earl y eighties by Grace Blake and Maria L . Ross . In the late eighties an d n In etIes a a a , some of the teachers were Lilli n B iley , M ggie T Th . e w as Shea and Ella M hayer . school discontinued in 1893 April , , because of the small number o f pupils and the school house burned a few years afterward .

e or e tone G g S .

On the right ha nd side of the ro ad running from the school

F r ier a Old a house corner to the y f rm , there stood , in the d ys , a

a - - two a l rge two story gambrel roof house with l rge barns . corn

a . . a crib and orch rd , owned by George Stone M r Stone oper ted

s hO a large cooper p, wheelwright shop and blacksmith shop ;

17 1803 . which he bought of Ezra Stone May , On the opposite

o f wa s a n d at side the road a horsepower cider mill , the school

1 St atement to w riter . T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 5 5

a house corner on the south side of the ro d , near a good spring ,

a a a as a a s were the t nnery v ts or tubs , p rts of which were seen l te

’ 1 h d a 1840 th 850 . . a Mr Stone s business disappe red before ,

a a o f house sta nding perhaps until 1850 . M ny individu ls the

Stone , Alger and neighboring families were buried in the Stone

o f a burying ground north the George Stone house , ne r the

r i r F e y farm .

T Al e he g rs .

Two a an d o ne brothers , Joshu Preserved Alger , at time lived

— a o n o f a a in a two f mily house the south side the ro d , e st of ’ Th George Stone s corner . e house stood about Opposite the L recently disused highway leading to the Duty og ee pl ace . I n later years John Riley a nd J ames Riley lived there . H a lf of the

wa s a an d a ﬁ re house torn down by the l tter the rem inder took , l

a and b u rn ed . a from shes left in a barrel , Joshu Alger , who bought the Old school - house which stood o n the north side o f the

a and a an ro d , e st of the George Stone corner , built addition to it a nd fo r a occupied it some time . When beyond rep ir; this house was torn down by Pa trick F r i ery.

’ E n o h A n ll P l ce c g e s a .

On the Opposite side o f the road from the Singleton house and a a wa s a a and a short dist nce southerly , sm ll house b rn built by Th a . e Ezr Stone for his son , Amos latter sold to Arnold Baker , ’ a who lived there in 1834 . B aker s mortg ge to Ra nd a ll Angell wa s never a a o f p id , and the property p ssed through the hands

’ ‘ hi s B row n s son 1832 The lat son , Brown , to , Enoch ( ter removed the found a tion wa ll f rom one end O f the house in

a a fo r a a a nd a a t exc v ting new ddition , he vy wind s orm tipped

“ ’ 2 ‘ a the house over and it w s allowed to rot . Enoch Angell s only

a . child and heir , Maria Angell Wood , sold the pl ce to M r

Singleton .

1 J ames Riley to writer . 2 a b who at one w St tement to the writer y Sylvester Angel l , time o ned the house . 5 6 T H E S I N GLETO N FAR M

l m Th e Si ng e to n F a r .

a a John Howl nd , a descendant Of the John Howl nd who came o v er O II the a O II a a a Mayﬂower , c rried the f rm fter his purch se from \V’ hippl e III 1770 until 1802 when he sold to J a mes Bur l f i n ame . a a g Bu fum Ch se , tanner , bought of Burlingame in

1 14 a o r 8 . It is not unlikely th t Chase conducted worked in the

a a a a a n d a ve o ld tannery . Ch se def ulted mortg ge g possession

a to John Arnold in 18 19 . R ndall Angell bought the property

SO II 1827 and a a with his , Brown , in , the l tter bec me sole owner i 180 1 in 183 3 and l v ed there until his death . Brown Angell ( 1878 ) wa s a successful f a rmer and one o f the few in this neigh

‘ bo rhood ra is ed to ba cco . SO II who His , Luther , conducted the

Th a a f f a rm until his death . e f rm w s bought o the Angell heirs

W a s on — i n — la-w by illi m Green , a Of Brown Angell , who held it

a . 20 a until his sa le to J mes H S ingleton . About 0 y rds south westerly o f the Singleton house is a small burying ground con taining ﬁeld stone monuments without names .

l A ll ’ P l O ney ng e s ac e .

T ’ his farm , the next one north of Singleton s , from which it is sepa ra ted by the State line between Rhode I sland and Massa “ ’ ” chu s etts a o f 1 900 —- a a , was part the Boston Men s , cre tr ct pre

v iou sl . was a to y described It l id out John Binning , whose only

a a a a child and heir , Sar h , m rried Jeremi h Green , Boston dis

all o f a a tiller . Green sold this f rm e st of the Pond , containing 1 13 1 280 a a 2 773 . cres . to John Hunt , M rch , John Hunt sold

1 Th a a n a cres to D a niel Hunt in 775 . e latter cleared the l nd d

a a e a . m de his home there until Old g , possibly until de th During ‘ wa s a O II a T the Revolution , he rrested suspicion Of being ory , b u t was discha rged after s atisfying the authorities o f his inno

c . a a cen e His widow , Huld , sold the place to Rand ll Angell , in

1 Th a 18 3 . e latter paid for this f rm with the proceeds o f the

a nd a n d a n d O II a corn rye , beef pork , butter cheese raised the pl ce

— ‘ x b o . a nd b o t a . a s a y carted t o Providence y e m Brown Angell , o f 16 O II a a a t fo r . carried this f rm lone for months a time his

1 ’ f o a a 75 . Emerson s H istory Dougl s . p ge

’

a a a a . R nd l l s st tement to gr ndson , S ylvester Angel l J AME S H . SINGLETON

58 T H E C HARLES AR N OLD PLA CE

h down to perhaps 1860 . T e brook which drains Bear Swamp an d ﬂows northeasterly nearly to Tasseltop was named Hem

’

c a ma . be k ( Hemlock ) O II Dr . Dougl s s p

l A l l Th e Char es r no d P a ce .

’ The cella r hole o f this house is the next one north o f Ritchie s l 1 o . 20 779 a g house November , , Willi m Menzies bought what

’ a o f l ot a and rem ined Katherine Robertson s , cleared the f rm

a erected buildings . After his death , the dministrators sold the 1 t a 795 . a r o 9 . property D niel Hunt , April , Jon h Brown , J , bought pa rt o f the property in 1802 an d wa s living there when

1 1 a he sold to A bbee Brown in 8 1 . A ron Benson bought it

4 18 13 a n d a to November , , , the following Janu ry , sold Otis Bux to n 1786 The 1787 ( latter , with his wife , Salome (

and a a 183 5 a l rge f mily of children , lived there until ,

’ SO II a a when he sold to his , D niel , and bought John M rtin s place f 1 12 west O Wallum Pond . Daniel Buxton ( 8 a rather

at o n e o r picturesque and unconventional character , owned , time a o f \ a nother , most the land on the northern part of V llum Pond 1 1 t 1 . 85 o 827 Hill In , he sold his brother , Allen Buxton (

a nd moved into the I srael Aldrich house . A few feet

’ westerly of the house was a shoema ker s Shop containing half a l b enches a dozen , where Ch rles Arnold employed his neighbors

an . a o r a in the late ﬁfties d . early sixties L ter owners ten nts

Ta a a a a were Alonzo P . ft , who oper ted s wmill , Lovell P rker ,

The Dexter Walling a n d George Walling . house burned between

1 n 1 n a II III I 892 a d 898 a d et es . , the b rn fell down sometime in the

a a SO II a D niel Buxton , ccording to his , William , was a spect tor “ ’ ” at the Ba ttle of Acote s Hill in Chepachet in 1842 . Mr . Syl vester Angell reca lls hearing the commotion due to the ﬂight of

’ Dorr s troops over VVall u nI Pond Hill a n d across t he M as sachu

' T a O Neil setts line during the night a fter t he a ffa ir . hom s

’ quotes Joseph Bowdish as saying that some o f Dorr s men spent

’ — the B o wdi s h s a a . night in b rn , located e sterly of the school house

1 Fred Arnold to writer . T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 59

Th i l e e V ckers P ac .

The cella r o f this house is close to the roa d an d has large lilac

I ld a to . II o bushes near it the d ys , the Prov idence Southbridge

a a a st ge turned into this pl ce , went westw rd down by the north

O f a an d a O II a end the pond , cross the brook sw mp long bridge ff way , and continued westerly over the hill to the Co ee House

T a a a an d a four corners . his ro d is still pass ble for horse w gon

f r a s a a s the pond . ’ The a a o f w T Vickers Place was p rt Andre yler s lot , which M 1 wa s a a a 29 782 . a sold for t xes at an uction , y , , to Dr Willi m

n h Jen ison ( 1732 w o a cquired much property in Dougl a s .

T 240 a o f wo yea rs la ter Dr . Jennison bought cres more the

’ T a a Andrew yler lot from the latter s gr ndd ughter , M iriam

1782 a nd 17 5 T o f a . 9 yler Powell New H ven , Conn Between ,

a T the property p ssed through the hands of Peter yler , Joseph

Chase and Abel an d John Robbins . It is likely that the stage

’ a to wa s a a s ro d the pond built during the l tter s ownership , it is mentioned fo r the ﬁrst time when he sold to Da niel Aldrich in

Th ha a a an 1795 . e f a rm d prob bly been cle red d buildings erected

a . a by th t time Seth Aldrich , who bought of his f ther , Daniel ,

1 L v i 799 to . e 1776 lived here from , until he sold Dr Eddy ( 1 44 1 1 8 8 0 . . a ) in Dr Eddy rented the property to D vid Buxton ,

O f to a who ma r a brother Otis Buxton , and Benj min Green , had

’

a a n d a . ried Buxton who lived here ma ny ye rs After Dr . Eddy s

a a a de th , the property p ssed successively through the h nds Of

a n 1 a d . 858 D niel Buxton , Alpheus Humes Allen Buxton In , Ruth Buxton Burba nk a n d Rhoda Buxton Ide bought the pl ace fo r a a nd and a their f ther mother , Otis S lome Buxton , speci fying

o f a a that it should be free from the interference their husb nds , cla use evidently inserted to make sure that the O ld couple co u ld

a a 1864 s a . a a rem in as long they ple sed In , Abig il Vickers ,

a a had a a wom n of Indi n blood , who m rried Er stus Vickers .

a n d c and mixed Indian negro , bought the pla e lived there until Du tee S alisbury bought to erect the summer camp at the north f 1 1 Th o 89 . e a 1 892 . end the pond in house burned , bout 60 T H E I SRAEL ALDR I C H FAR M

l F m Th e Is rael A d r ich a r .

The f a rm is nicely situa ted O II the northern crest of Wallum

o f a \Vo od s Pond Hill with ﬁne v iews the Pond , the Dougl s

' n h W atc . T a a a a d Mt . u sett his land was prob bly a p rt of Willi m

’ T a - a wa s yler s sh re in the cre tract which , by his will , left to O II T T r a nd S . his , Joseph yler Lucy yle Whitwells Frances T 1 1 a 765 a 30 787 . yler sold to Isr el Aldrich ( M rch , Ben 1 a j amin Green hea rd M r . Aldrich say that he cleared and pl nted so much land the ﬁrst spring a fter he settled here tha t it took hi 30 to . a him days do s hoeing Aldrich w s a prosperous farmer .

Hi s son who a a , Asahel , fterward lived on the next pl ce to the n a a a orthw rd ( the Ernest S ingleton Place ) , oper ted the s wmill

a a a a . by the r ilro d , about hal f mile northwest of W llum Pond

’

O ne of I sra el s d a ughters married Capt . Samuel White a nd a nother married a Wallis ; and both daughters , with their father a nd a r e a a 600 mother , buried in the f mily burying ground bout

. Ta . o ne feet northwesterly of the home site M r llman , who at

' o erated the a a time p W llum Pond f ctory , lived in the Israel Ald

a 185 1 . was rich house for some time , bout Daniel Buxton liv i n 1 g in it when it burned in 854 .

Rel i i ou i g s S erv ces .

had a fre Pond never church , but services were

o n quently held in the Douglas school house , which was the north side o f t he road lea ding ea sterly from the Isra el Aldrich place f il o n \Va llum Pond Hill and about o ne qua rter O a m e therefrom .

1 a . a 808 M r H rvey Wakeﬁeld ( the Gore minister , occ

i n ll - s o a y c ame up to prea ch in the school house . Others who sometimes cond ucted services there were Ezra Stone an d Era s t us Vickers . Some of the Wallum Pond H ill neighborhood

’ k ﬁ ld a T a ttended M r . W a e e s serv ices in E st hompson ; others attended church in Tasseltop ; an d there was a church o f the

o r a a o Mormons Latter Day Saints near the Marcy Pl ce , b ut two f miles east o Wallum Pond H ill .

1 w . Wm . Green to riter T H E WA LLU M PO ND ESTATES 6 1

- D l l W all um P ond oug as S choo .

1 The ﬁrst school - house on this site was built by Emer Bowen

n f 13 5 The a i n in 1799 at a expense o $ . te cher in this school 2 1 1 183 5 wa s Augusta B a tchelder ; and in 84 Joseph Seagra ves . 3 a 185 5 a a a ah Other te chers before were M lvin Richardson , S r

a a a a a ff and a a He ley , Cl r Holm n , S rah Je erson , , in l ter ye rs ,

T a s d Sarah Walling and Grace D a rling . his school w continue 1 a 893 . until the burning of the building , bout

Th u mm m s e S er Ca p .

' It i s not a a o f h surprising th t such beauti ful sheet water , wit

a nd adj oining wooded hills good ﬁshing , should have proved

Du t f a . ee o attractive to summer campers Salisbury , P scoag , ca mped in a tent with a fra me cook house at the north end of

189 1 1892 and a o f the Pond in and , , fter the Opening the railroad

1893 had a in made the place more accessible , built two c mps

. a a a there He fterw rds rented these c mps to Horatio Bellows ,

o n e a to Hughes and others , who conducted boarding house , there being about thirty summer boa rders liv ing in the camp s an d at a a a fo r a tents the north end , where there is f ir be ch b th i n a o f g . Mr . Oliver I nman at one time had a tent c mp north

a a . . a the railro d , ne r the spring Wm Inm n , of Bridgeton , ca mped one sea son in a tent in the pine grove nea r the S a na t o r i u m hi Th site and took s mea ls at the S a lisbury Camp . e next

’ sea son he built a camp nea r S a lisbury s and occupied it

a . . . . a a several se sons Dr E V Gr nger of Pascoag , after c mping ’ in a tent in the pine grove behind Syl vester Angell s house sev

a a on a O II a a a er l summers , built a c mp the e st shore r ilro d l nd f t . . o about feet south of the nor h end Wm Dyer , Provi

a a a 1908 a n d dence , bought the two S lisbury c mps , bout , sum mered there with his family for severa l sea sons . While the

was i ts T o f Sanatorium being built , architect , Howard hornton ,

c a o f the Providen e , built a camp on the e st shore a little north f T 1 o . a a 906 an d the middle the pond his c mp burned , bout ,

1 ’ a a 9 1 . Emerson s H istory o f Dougl s , p ge

Sus an Green Angel l ( 1827 to writer . 3 a N ncy Buxton Anderson to writer . 62 M I NE RALS

n ca mp a fterw a rd built by Cl a rence King a d now owned by M r .

i s O II a . J . Ernest Singleton , located the s me site In the summer

f 14 . a a 0 11 o 19 . . . M r W E G ucher Of Harrisv ille built a c mp the

a a lower west shore almost opposite the S n torium ice house .

l l l Ii nera s .

1 It has long been a tra dition in the Angell family that in early

‘2 d ays hunters about Wallum Pond made bullets from lead

a a a Obtained from rocks . Smith F . Angell st tes th t his f ther ,

a a George R . Angell , told him th t the l tter , with Arnold Stone . m ade bullets from lead cut out o f seams in the rocks with a

III j ackkni fe a nd that this lea d was found near Go at Rock . the l o f CO . a Sy prospectus the Gold M illing Reﬁning , org nized by

a o f vester Angell and others , it is cl imed that three veins sili c i ou s o re have been located on the northwestern side O f Wallum Lake and that four of the a ss ays showed gold v alued from

' t on 3 1 ton and to per . silver from cents to per ,

a a . rsenic , mount unstated

I ni e Th e ce Comp a s .

was a V\ . The Wa llum Pond I ce CO . org nized by Richard

a a ff Smith , formerly te cher in the Mowry Go School of

Th r a o f . e co Prov idence , who bec me President the concern po ratio n bought la nd of the Knowltons on the west shore o f the

A IT a Ma 12 1894 . a pond near the north end , y , ice house h ving

a a o f a a c p city bout eighteen thous nd tons , a boarding house for the men a nd over feet o f spur track were constructed a n d

Th e stea m engine a nd hoisting machinery installed . company

a nd a to . a did not prosper , fter being mortgaged Fred L S yles

a nd . . leased to Wm E Bowen , the property , following some liti

ti n a o was a Co . g cquired by the Providence Ice in November , 1 1 Th 90 . e ice house was ﬁlled nearly every year , but rarely

as wa s emptied , this ice usually kept in reserve until the supply

14 1 1 a . 5 . 9 nearer Providence was exhausted On Feb , , while

1 a w . S ylvester Angell f rom his f ther , B ro n Angell 2 I srael Aldrich told Benj amin Green that the Indi a ns got le a d from ’ rocks in the Dougl a s woods . A simil a r account is given in W inthrop s ' a E 1 a d . 1 a 08 . J ourn l , J meson s , Vol . p ge T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 63

a a g ng of men were prep ring to commence ice cutting , the ice house took ﬁre and burned so rapidly tha t severa l men ba rely

was a h ad time to escape from the building . It believed th t the

ﬁre resulted from men smoking in the straw lofts under the roof .

The The boarding house burned a few hours later . Crystal Ice

f wa s Co . o . , of Providence , which David F Sherwood President ,

23 1 0 1 f o r a 0 11 an . 9 o J , , bought Sylvester Angell , three four cres o f a t o f l nd near the ou let Wallum Pond , with the ostensible pur pose O f building an ice house and ra ilroad spur tra ck to the prop e rt and y, but this proj ect never materialized these rights were 1 1 1 . 8 a . a a a 90 fterward sold to John F K ufm n and l ter , Nov , , to

a the Providence Ice Co . No ttempt to utilize this property was e ver made .

F r m t t e P n a s W es of h o d .

a From the west shore of the pond , the wooded l nd rises stead ily for about a third o f a mile to the summit o f the Buck Hill r idge , which runs north and south parallel to the pond a nd about

15 The a 0 feet above it . top of the ridge forms rolling plateau a bout a mile wide from which the l a nd slopes downwa rd and Th westw a rd into Connecticut . e ridge extends many miles to

a a the southw rd . but to the northw rd it is severed by the valley o f T Rocky Brook , which crosses it in its westerly course . here

a a on a a h ve been ﬁve f rms this ridge , two in Rhode Isl nd ne r the

M a ss achusetts line an d three in M a ssachusetts . Considering h ow an d a a a nd hilly stony the l nd is here bouts , how deeply in t he a re a woods the farms loc ted , one is surprised to see how s mooth this l a nd is a nd h ow excellent the f a rm buildings were a s evident from the la rge and well built found ations .

l P l Th e W ors ey a ce .

South of the Whitma n pla ce is wha t was formerly called the

T a a a H atch lot . his l and w s l id out in the original right of D niel

o f Abbott of Providence . who sold to Estes Hatch , Dorchester , 64 T H E W H I T MA N FAR M

1 26 1 a s . 3 7 . a a s M s , Sept , A tradition persists th t l nds in thi

to a T vicinity belonging H tch and one Menzies , who were ories , Th were conﬁscated during the Revolution . e tradition is incor

a s a a wa s a rect pplied to this l nd , which sold by Estes H tch and

a o f a nd A b tt Nathaniel H tch , Boston , to John Aldrich Daniel , 1

6 1 1 . 1 T . 2 75 809 Nov , In , Joseph Worsley , of hompson , bought

1 12 f l o Th e \ r l acres o the Hatch t of William Joy . Vo s ey house stood about 50 rods southerly of the Whitman house and had 2 1 The a n disappea red before 850 . b rn w a s then standing a d was u Ser ra il a fo r a o n sed by J cobs his sheep , which were p stured

o r l the \V s ey place .

Th e Whi tma n F a r m .

a a 62 a Elij h Whitman bought this pl ce , acres o f Eli s Joy , 28 1808 fo r i n Oct . , , cleared the land and , after living some time

a 80 a log house , built a frame house in Rhode Isl nd , rods from

III 18 12 B u r r illvill c a a . e the M ss chusetts line , a cepted a road

T a n d lea ding westwa rd into hompson . Whitman Worsley thus had o f a B u r rill ville the unusual experience running f rms in ,

no Rhode I sland , and having highway communication with the rest of the town unless they previously pa ssed through a section f h o either M a ssa chusetts or Connecticut . Wood roads whic lead southea st to the pond a nd to the present Sana torium pig

f r III 1 1 o . 8 8 gery were used logging in winter , Joseph Munyon sold to Joseph Benson a tra ct of woodl a nd to the westward o f

’ Th o f a Whitma n s . e highest point this l nd has been called Ben s on a 794 sea 16 r Mount in and is feet above the level , feet highe

1 r than Wa llum Pond Hill and 2 9 feet a bove the pond . Afte ’ a to Whitman s death , his Wi fe , S lly , moved Ox ford , and , with

a 2 ud et al his children , Elij h , the , , sold the form to Henry

1 5 4 Th a a 7 8 . e w s a Wheelock , March , f rm afterw rd owned by

I f Th SO I o a . e Lemuel , a Ebenezer St rr unoccupied house burned 19 1 1 to the ground in the forest ﬁre , about .

1 See deed o f Estes and N ath aniel H atch to John Aldrich and D anie l

Abbott in the Glocester Records .

B arton J acobs to writer .

BADLUCK POND

T O f a a 20 a o . o bout years g the westward the Starr place , in lo a a a g house , there dwelt sometimes an itiner nt pre cher n med l Th r to Wyma n I s a i a h Gideon aye . Following the road the

a northward , the next farm is one which M son sold with the dwelling house to John M a rtin in 1820 . Otis Buxton bought ’ - i n - l w T a a f a 183 5 . a it o M rtin in Buxton s sons , hom s Howl nd

’ W a n d SO II c and ellington Daw , Otis s , Allen Buxton , oc upied M the place for some years until the house burned down . a

s o n . sold meats , groceries and supplies to the neighborhood He operated a blacksmith shop which wa s located o n th e north side o f the roa d at the turn j ust west of hi s house . He sold the

a his a - i n - law a rem inder Of f rm to his son , D niel Wakeﬁeld

- 1805 1885 1832 . ( ) in , but continued to live there until his death

a Richa rd Rawson afterward owned the pl ce , the house burning

a down during his ownership . From the M son place , a road formerly swung to the right , passed the north end of the pond

1 B a rt o n J a cob s t o w rite r . T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 67

a n and c me out o Wallum Pond Hill at the Vickers pl ace . O ve r

a this ro d , the school children from the west side of the Pond

a O II . M r c me to the Douglas school Wallum Pond H ill s . I ra

a a a \Vake ﬁ eld Wakeﬁeld , d ughter of D niel , remembers when this road was so icy that she had to creep O II her ha nds and knees up the hill to school . About ha lf a mile northwesterly o f the northern end o f VVal

a a a a 0 11 lum Pond , the r ilro d p sses through a sm ll pond Rocky Brook a nd by the ruins of a sa wmill operated by Asahel Aldrich 1 about 860 .

‘ T o H u he C ﬁ ee o s e .

a a At the M son pl ce , the road bears to the left down the hill

a a a nd a — a crosses the railro d tr ck , Rocky Brook , the Dougl s E st

T a a re all a t a n d hompson highw y , which ne r together abou one

— a o f an d II One qu rter miles west Of the north end the pond , CO “ ” tinnes in a northwesterly direction to The Gore . On the

a a northwest b nk of the brook by this highw y , there stood , in the

Th a — a o ld d ays a tavern ca lled the Co ffee House . e Dougl s E st Thompson highway was a st age roa d between Boston and Hart

a nd f a a a ford , the Co fee House ccommod ted tr velers over this route . The lot of la nd 0 11 which the Coffee House stood wa s sold by

A a an bij h Estes , extensive land owner northwest of the pond , 1 Th a a a a s 29 778 . e to J mes Bott , s ddler of S lem , Mas , April ,

a a an d 18 a following November , Bott sold to Abr h m Guild , d ys

a later Guild sold to four Providence merch nts , Joseph Olney ,

a a r . a n d . William W ll , S muel Dunn , J , Joseph Cooke While

are to a ff the deeds silent as buildings , it seems likely th t the Co ee

a Ta House wa s Operated under their ownership . Sweetl nd ft 1797 18 14 owned an interest in this tavern f rom to , when he

T a sea - sold to John illey , originally faring man from Boston ,

h a w o wa s proba bly the last proprietor . Although still st nding

18 19 T a in , when illey mortgaged it to C lvin Sanger , it is unlikely

wa s a as a a a 1823 that it oper ted t vern fter , when the property

’ was bought for a wood lo t from Till ey s widow by S amuel Slater ( 1768 the Pa wtucket and Webster mill owner 68 T H E COFFEE H OU SE

Th who ﬁrst introduced cotton manufacturing into America . e 1 Coffee House proba bly rotted down and disa ppeared before 2 183 5 o f a , although the line sheds where the st ge horses were 3 stabled were sta nding as late as 1848 . There i s a tradition tha t a man was once murdered in the old t 5 Th an a Coffee House . e story of ttempted murder which the author ha s been unable to veri fy is here related as given to MO II

f a roe Ide by the grandson o the intended victim . His gr nd

a a o f a a a f ther , Vinton , a c ttle drover prosperous ppe r nce whose

fo r business had called him to that vicinity , stopped the night at

Th a the Coffee House . e landlord eng ged Vinton in conversa tion and said that if he would wait until the other guests had retired he would show him hi s wine cellar . After the other

' had a guests gone to bed , he took Vinton to the b ck of the house , ” n opened a door a d s a id there is my wine cella r . Before reach

a a a ing this door , they p ssed an pparently demented Old l d y who “ ” mumbled two went out and o n e came back and aroused Vin ’ a n d a ton s suspicions , , as this door opened , he glanced sidew ys

x n and saw his host ra ising an a e to strike him . Being a

man a hi s a n d had unusually powerful , he dis rmed assailant him

Th I arrested . e investigation which followed resulted in the CO I v iction and hanging o f this man for a murder previously committed . Land ea sterly of the Coffee House lot and between it a nd the northern end O f Wallum Pond was the southern part of a tra ct l a id out to Simon Chamberl a in pursua nt to an order o f the Gen 6 2 1 43 7 7 . a eral Court of June Chamberlain , whose n me clings to a pond o f about four a cres at the northern source o f Rocky

a two a nd one — no r thweste rl o f a Brook , bout quarter miles y W llum

was II O . Pond , settled his land when he received his deed De 7 scen dants of Simon Chamberlain by a n Indi a n woman a re still li ving in Webster .

1 a to w b y a a who was b St tement the riter N in St rr , so in formed y sev a er l old people in this vicinity. St atement to the w riter by S us a n Angell ( 1827

a w b who . St tement to the riter y Monroe Ide , remembers them 4 a w b a a a St tement to the riter y N in St rr , received from her f ther ,

Lemuel S ta rr . a w b y a St tement to the riter Monroe Ide , received f rom his gr nd

a . mother . S lome Buxton 1‘ Ch apter 134 . 7 Person al communication from Ruth S l ater . TH E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 69

l Th e B rass B al .

- a a ff About three qu rters of mile southwest of the Co ee House ,

a n d a was old in Connecticut close to the St te line , an tavern ,

The a so a a a Br ss Ball , called from bronzed wooden b ll , bout the

a a was . a size of bushel b sket , which used as a sign As the tr y

a T a a eler crossed the St te line , he passed through the oll G te , ne r

a wa s a large rock , still seen by the ro d side , where he required to pay the following rates

t T ll 1 Ra e of o . Cents

a 4 - 2 Every tr velling wheeled plea sure ca rri a ge and horses . 5

a a o r Ch ise , ch ir sulky Loaded wagon or ca rt drawn by four beasts Each additiona l bea st Loaded wa gon drawn by 2 bea sts Ea ch additiona l bea st Empty wagon or cart

- Four wheeled pleasure carri age drawn by on e horse . S ingle horse cart loaded Single horse ca rt empty Pleasure sleigh Loaded sleigh o r sled 5 Empty sleigh o r sled 4 Ma n an d horse 4

and 2 Horses , cattle mules , each

an d 1 Sheep swine , each

The Toll Gate was still in u se in the early forties but was dis 2 a 185 3 a a used fter . Daniel B rrett bought the Br ss Ball of the

a nd as a 1849 Sprague heirs operated it a hotel until bout , when

B ar be lea sed the property to Ja son " oung for hotel purposes .

a a 1853 a nd 1866 rett returned to the Br ss B ll in died in , when the la nd was bought fo r the lumber o n it by the Stockwell

1 a a . 85 7 brothers About , Willi m Church , intoxic ted by liquor

1 a a a a now The bove r tes were Copied f rom the origin l bo rd Sign , in possession o f Ann a Hoyle . 2 Tol l was sometimes col lected not at the B ra ss B a l l but f a rther west wa i n rd E ast Thompson vil l age . 70 WAS H I N GTO N P ASSES T H ROUG H DOUGLAS WOODS

a a t obtained at the Brass Ball , w ndered from the highway night

a Th into the Dougl ss Woods and was frozen to dea th . e Bra ss Ball received much of the business formerly given the Coffee

a a a nd a o f House , but , with the coming O f the r ilro d the p ssing

a a a s the st ge coach , it was used less as tavern and more a

a a s loon until operation as a public house ce sed , not far from

1860 . a a wa s a After being v c nt for a time , it used by It lian

a a a a n d a a a r ilro d l borers shortly fterw rd it burned down , bout 1 884 .

as hi n to n P as s es Thr ou h Do u las od W g g g W o s .

The following extra ct from the di a ry o f George Washington pictures this part o f the country a s it a ppea red to him when he

a 1789 : p ssed through in November . “

a 7th . Saturd y , ’ 1 T an d a Left aft s before sunrise , passing through Dougl s ’ a a t T 12 Wood , breakf sted one Jacob s in hompson , miles dis i a . at Co t nt ; not a good house Bated the horses in Pomfret ,

’ a 1 1 at Grosvenor s . dist nt miles from Jacobs ; and lodged Squire

’ Perkins in Ashford ( called 10 miles but must be The

a a bad a nd ﬁrst stage , with small exception , is intoler ble road a

a — poor uncultiv ted country , covered chieﬂy with woods the

o f at o f largest which is called Douglas , the foot which on the 2 ’

a . c east side , is a l rge pond Ja ob s is in the state of Connecticut , ”

a a re t . and here the l nds be ter , and more highly improved

d d m 1 5 0 - 1 900 a r 8 . The A b n o ne Fa s ,

o f o r One by one , the buildings this neighborhood decayed were burned and the farms grew up to brush an d were aban d on ed until now the cultivated f a rms a re but three where there were formerly thirty . One ca nnot withhold a dmiration from the settlers o f these

a a o f p rts , who , und unted by some the roughest land which

ca n an d O f even New England furnish , cut burned the forests

o ak a nd a . chestnut , cle red the land of innumerable stones built

a a nd the stonewalls , in themsel ves a Herculean l bor , , working

1 III Uxbridge .

B ad l uck P ond . T H E WA LLU M PO N D ESTATES 7 1

a a a from starlight to st rlight , made homes comfort ble for th t

can day . Such toils and sacriﬁces be expected only from those who feel the responsibility o f ownership and the certa inty of Th a . e a o n rew rd for their toil children re red these farms , the

a Howl nds , Stones , Aldrichs , Kings , Buxtons , Angells , Greens

an d a and Eddys , were needed to develop the country to le d the foreign born .

a a a a With the h rdest t sk ccomplished , th t their descendants should have abandoned these f a rms seems unfortunate from the i f standpo nt o agriculture . But that they should take up the fer

a tile , stoneless l nds of the West , or accept the Eastern town life ,

a and a a made e sier by machinery f ctory org nization , does credit to their intelligence . I f , at some future period , the food scarcity

a S a o f forces agriculture b ck to these lands , the tone cle ring the o ld a and pioneers will not have been in v in , , in any event , their willingness to rear race - preserving families and to work till the work was done and be s atisﬁed should be an inspira tion to ea se loving successors . THE DYER AND INMAN CAMPS

A pp e n di x

W all u m P ond o n th e M a ps .

The a a a early m pm kers of northe stern America , with but little o f knowledge the country , could hardly be expected to show this inland pond . Some of the Belgi a n o r Dutch ma pmakers wrote Novi Belgi o r N ieum Niederland across this part o f the map or located the Pequot Indi ans to the southwest o r the Nipmucks

a 0 11 o f a a o f here bouts , but most their m ps , this p rt the country wa s left blank . Wa llum Pond i s not shown O II the maps by

16 16 acob z 162 1 a 1630 1634 i Sauens , ; J , Le L et , ; Woods . ; VV n th rO 1634 163 5 1634 a p, ; Blaen , ; no name , ; Woodw rd Saf 1642 1646 1648 1656 D’ fery , ; Dudley , Colom , Vischer , ; A bbe

1656 1658 V i s schero 165 9 oilet 1673 ville , ; Arnold Colom , ; , ; J , ; a 1672 - 1682 1675 Dankers a R ndin , ; Seller , ; , d te unknown ; Hub ’ a 1677 1 . 677 b rd , ; White Hall s Mag , ; Stoughton Buckley

1678 1690 T 1695 Ma nali ; Morden . ; hornton , ; a Americana g , 1697 1698 1702 ; Hennepin , ; Mather , ; and a Bound a ry Map of 1 T 703 . he Connecticut and Rhode I sland , boundary map of

74 T H E I N D IA N SA C H E M A LLU M P S

1804 Rhode I sland , and Lewis , , shows it almost touching the

ma 1 . 806 Connecticut line A p in , author unknown , shows it

a an d a a a . about h lf in Rhode Island h lf in M ss chusetts Lucas ,

18 16 18 19 18 19 a 1822 ' ; Benoni Lockwood , ; Ruggles , ; Luc s , 2 1824 1825 Bu cho n 1825 a 18 6 A . Finley , and ; , ; Weil nd , ; Hale ,

1826 183 1 a n d 183 1 as ; Goodrich , ; Stevens , ; showed it Allum 1825 t 1830 1 30 . a 8 Pond C rter , Hunting on , ; Finley , ; and Pierce , 1830 183 1 a . , f iled to Show it Carter , , showed the pond without 1 32 1 5 . 8 to . 83 name H itchcock , , failed Show it Boynton , , showed

1 a . as a . 836 it W llum Pond Wells , , showed the pond without n me 1 ’ 838 . Bradford , , showed it as Allum Pond Mitchell s Geog

ra h 1839 a a . p y, , f iled to show it , as did Burr in the same ye r

1840 W allam : 1840 Dearborn , , showed it as Pond Jackson , ; 1 1 ll m 842 844 W a a . Morse , , and Borden , , showed it as Stevens , 1 4 T 1847 8 6 a . , dhered to Allum Pond Ensign and hayer , Gold

1849 1850 . thwait , , and again in , showed nothing Howland , in 1 1 P n 1 52 85 o . 8 ) , showed the pond but name Walker , , showed

th a it 185 3 a nd 18 . Cow er w 5 5 it as Alum Pond p , in , Colton , in , showed the pond without name . Walling , for the ﬁrst time to ’ a 185 5 the writer s knowledge , showed it as W llum in , and only 1 since 860 ha ve the m apm akers settled o n Wa llum .

Th Indi n a hem All um s e a S c p .

wh f . . o o M r William B Cabot , has made a study the Algon

a a a a quin l ngu ge , through associ tion with the Indians of L bra d o r H ems fo rm a , writes me that y appears like another , perh ps f Th k ‘ ’ dialectic o Allums . e Nipmuc s used L mostly where the ‘ ’ a h— N rragansetts a nd some others used " . As aspirate goes

A l o nki II in g , generally , I should take it here as an intensive , CO ” a H m A ll u m s yeying th t ye ps was superla tive in some way . As p wa s a a who i mu ck s a renegade Narr g nsett lived among N p , ’ h t ck t x l a a S e u e s . e a Quinebaugs , N rr gansetts and , M r Cabot s p nation O f the di fferent pronunci a tions of his name is supported ll ’ by f a cts in A umps person al history . 1 T rumbull tells us tha t the Quinebaug India ns under All u mps a nd A u ntu s 400 500 g , were or in number , always peacefully

1 f 7 . o . 33 Trumbull , H istory Connecticut , p T H E WALLU M PO N D ESTATES 7 5

a a a disposed tow rd the whites , but th t when an Englishm n

a 1650 wa s o ut attempted to settle in Quinebaug , bout , he driven

’ ” ’ H ems s A ll um s a All u m by y ( p ) thre t to bury him alive . ps

act a to a r ﬁrst of import nce the colony was his s le , togethe with

M a - a - Shawitt an d a a A u ntu s o f his brother , Sh n , the S g more g , their lands in the Quinebaug country ( now P lai n ﬁ eld and Ca n

r 1 I t b u r . II l m e O 28 659 . II a A l u s y, Conn ) April , his deed of s le , p reserved forever for his people the privilege Of hunting , ﬁshing , and a an d convenient pl nting during their li fetimes , as in former

o f a two a r times , the tribute or acknowledgment s chems in p “ t icu la rs The a wo ol fe a n d , Skin of every bl ck the skin of every ” deere killed in the river .

12 Allum s a o f On May , p g ve possession the Quine baug country to Joshua Huse and Amos Richa rdson a nd ma rked

f a some o the bounds for them . When they c me to the brook

a nemasi s a wa s a o f W y , which they cl imed the e st bound their

a a y country separ ting Quinebaug from Narr gansett , the asked A llumps how fa r it rea ched towa rd the nort heast and Allu mps “ answered It was a day and a hal f ( j ourney ) , which we j udged ” A ll um s a might be a bout some forty or ﬁfty myles . Had p m de a more modest claim to territory and the white men considerably ’ o f a reduced their estimate a d y s j ourney , Allum Pond would still have ea sily been within this a bsurd cla im . 2 John Q u ita mo z told the legislative committee that he was present a nd saw di vers goods given to Agu ntu s a nd Hyem s by

H ems a a Gov . Winthrop while y was discoursing bout the s le of “ a A untus at Quinebaug . Miss L rned states that g ﬁrst blamed

H ems fo r a wa s y selling land th t not his , and made him , in the

o f o ff a presence Winthrop , pull coat he had received in pay

o f a ment . A roll tucking cloth , two rolls of red cotton , w mpum , ’ and a hi s A untus stockings , tobacco pipes , tob cco secured ( g ) ” a a consent . Uncus , the Moheg n chief , whose dwelling pl ce was

All um s a nea r New London and to whom p owed llegiance , after

a a a to a an d wa s co n w rd sold these s me l nds M j or Fitch , there a The tro v ersy among the rival cl a im a nts which led to ﬁghting .

1 a 1 10 a a , . Winthrop P pers , Document , St te House , H rt ford Conn 2 2 186 . w and a . To n L nds , Vol , Document 76 E X A M I NAT IO N OF I N D IA N S settlement o f the cl a ims o f Winthrop and Fitch in f a vor of the a a a i nve s l tter , with reserv tions for the former , necessit ted an m tigatio n which throws much light on Allu ps .

The A ll um s a life of p , ccording to his Indian biographers ,

Tu ckcheo n and P a s sa co on a g g , testi fying before the legisl tive

1704 a . committee in , is here gi ven verb tim

I i E xa mi na ti o n of nd a ns .

1 i t ckcheon a a re Q Wha t s your na me . A u Q Wh t age you M oh e i n A a little more tha n 80 yea rs O ld Q What Country A g Q did you know Hye ms A yes Q what Countryman wa s Hyems 2 A his mother wa s a Coes it Squaw his father o f Narraganset Q wha t occa sion brought Hyems into these parts A he killed f whas H em s a ( blotted ) and that wa s the Reason o it . Q y i h r Sachem In the Narraganset A a Gentleman he was . Q AVh t e did he come when he ca me from the Narraganset A P awtuck qu achooge Q how m a ny men did Hyem s bring into the Country A about 40 men Q whither M a s san shaw et a n d agun tu s came with Hyem s A they ca me all together Q who was the chief S a chem A aguntu s Q who ga ve Hyem s and Aguntu s Leave to dwell at E gunck A they were Cozens to Uncas and he gave them Lea ve Q whither E ver the N a rragansets Laid any Cla ims to the Q ui nebaug e La nd A no Q whither you Remember when Hyems Came A no Q wa s there many I ndi a ns belonging to Quinebaug when Hyem s ca me A a great many three sorts of people the Quinebaugs the Shatuckets and the Nipmucks Q had these I ndia ns any Sachem o f their own A they had none but went were they plea sed Q did the Quinebaug Indi a ns Ever o wn Unca s as a S achem A that they paid him Royalties Q where did H m ye u s e to live A lately at E g unk Q do you know the great f a lls what the name of them A P owtu ck and a H ill nea r the f a lls ca lled E qui unck Q d o you know who built the fort near the f a lls A a ssog ut nemo Q what India ns were these whither Uncas o r Hyems A he does not know Certa inl y but they Carr yed Sometimes to Unca s sometimes to the Narraga nsets presents

1 a a a n l 2 . ow a d a V o . o S t te Libr ry, H rt ford , Conn T n L nds , , D cu 1 ment 87 . 2 C oes it was in W arwick , R . I . T HE WALLU M PO N D ESTATES 77

Q whither Ever Hyem s Lived at this fort A n o Q whither you know Hyems bounds A no Q seeing uncas Setled Hyems III this Country whither he Counted it Unca s hi s Land A tha t it wa s the Q ui n ebaughs and that they desired uncas that he would Let H them have yems for their Sachem . 1 P a ssagcogon a Q u i n eb auge I ndi an being Ex amined an d a sked where the great f alls were Answered up to the North

a A n w " P owtuck . a s yvard Q . wh t they were Called In Indi n M h T T a a s s a au . week . hat there is a Pond beyond it C lled p g hat T a Little River comes into it o n the E a stw a rd Side . hat for merly there w a s a Fort a small o ne there in which only four f a milies had Wigw ams the principal Called W an - nun - Chau

h a an moo . Q what the Little falls were C lled he swered Pow tux set a n d that they were to the Southward Q where H yams his fort was in former T ime A n swr at E gunk when he sa Id P assacogo n was a young man before the wa r on the Southw a rd of Greenwich path and that he had a nother in the N a rraganset War by the side o f the pa th Q Whither ever Hyams had a fort n A n sw r an a d Lived a t the upper f a lls . No he never had y fort there but a lways Lived at E gunk Save one y ea r he Li ved over on the West Side Q u i n ibaug River beca use he was afraid o f the Narraganset Indians an d Uncas bid him Live there but did not give it to him : ’ Q Whither the Qu i n ibaug e I ndi a ns were Hyams his men and were subj ect to him : A n swr No they were not their S achem were at Shawtuck et Q From whence Hyams Came ; A n sw r from N a rraga nsett upon O cca s si o n of a ﬁght o r Qua rrel and Came to the M oheag S achem an d a sked him where he k ” should Live a nd that he had Lea ve from him to Live at E gu n .

1 1 54 a a a CO II II . a . St te Libr ry, H rt ford , Indi ns , Vol , Document , - n pp . 5 a d 6. 78 J OUR N AL OF A BRA H A M M ASO N

E x tra cts r o m th e J o ur nal o A braha m ll'I o f f as n .

6 17 8 To a J une the , 9 sh rp a plow shea r 2 1805 Ke Ith a co m November the , John pt To t wenty six nal s To iron rod m ade 8 pounds T o one p a re o f hinges T o set three shews T o nal s To two p a re o f hinges To mending iron b ar To m aking thirty nal s December the 11 to set four shews a a 18 1806 a a J nu ry the . to mending s l y tong Februa ry the 6 to one ox yoke st aple ring M ay 2 to sh a rp a plow she ar ' November the 1 to sh a rp a she a r a a 2 1 two w J nu ry the , 807 to lode o f ood

M a i 28 1813 a com t y the , Doctor B urden p to shew ing hors Ma 27 1813 a a a a a om t y the , N th niel C r t c p to shewing oxon 18 13 M a 2 a aco m t , y the Comfort D venport p to one B ro ad hoe 18 17 M a 26 a acom t , y the M rtin White p to eighty bushel s o f CO l s to s ix pounds o f codﬁ sh a a 8 1814 a a J nu ry the , to m king four ch ns O ctober the 8 Joseph Benson aco mpt to Docking colt 14 1815 o December the , Joseph Bens n c radet for three turkey S eptember the 8 Elij a h Whitm a n a compt to h al f B ushel s alt to h al f pound tea to f our pounds o f sug ar a a 1 1830 Rob ens J nu ry the 8 , John to one b arrel of cyder 15 1816 acom t August the . John Keith p to ca rten s adletrees to B oston 13 1824 a a acom t Jul y the . Eben Cr gg n p to twenty pounds mak ral e 1 1 O a aco m t Jul y the 0 . 800 tes Dr t p to h al f hog he ad o f l ime a a 1 5 a acom t J nu ry the 3 , 80 hezeki h Cots p to one B o c che r ni fe to one ox M a 2 1 7 O a acomp t y the 5 . 80 tes Dr t to m aking a ni fe O ctober the 2 to o ne gal lon mel ases 1817 1 1 a a aco m t . August the Will i m B tes p to two day moen in your me adow 1807 a 6 a o , Febru r y the El i s J y eight pounds pork 1806 p 9 a . A ril the J cob Cutler to nine p ounds ve al 1807 M a 9 o ne . y the to shote to one cord wood

80 TRUSTEES O F T H E STATE SA N ATORI U M

1910 Resolution passed by Gener a l Assembl y requesting the Trustees of the St ate S an a torium to investigate as to the need of hospit al s fo r a o f a a a and the tre tment dv nced c ses o f tuberculos is , to report

thereon . One mile O f m acad a m ro ad constructed f rom W a llum Lake St ation f a a a a o a wa . southw rd . M c d mizing entr nce drive y

191 1 Hen houses built . M oving picture proj ector inst al led . Lo am ca rted O II a to l awns f rom cr a nberry bog . Commiss ion hospit l s for

adv anced ca ses reported in f avor o f such a hospit al .

191 2 West service building constructed .

1 913 N ew hen houses built . 1914 Terr azzo O II the toilet and ex amin ation rooms of the S an atorium

and O II wa w w . wa rds . Weights pulleys rd building indo s

’ 91 w o 1 h a 1 5 Children s ard c mpleted November 5 t . Gener l Assembl y o f a a O II a a authorized the erection hospit l the S n torium grounds .

191 6 Artiﬁci a l re f riger ating pl ant inst al led . a Hospit al designed by W alter F . Font ine in conj unction with the a a b a n Superintendent . The Hospit l contr ct let y the B o rd o f Co n o a d a . a . trol Suppl y to Whitehe d Co o f W rcester , M ss 191 7 Hospita l building completed November l st at a cost o f ’

a . including f urnishings . P tients workshop erected 1 918 Conversion o f O ld Chapel O II fourth ﬂoor o f administr ation build ’

a . N e w a ing into nurses rooms . Ambul nce equipment in b keshop n N ew . a d kitchen . pig house

n ﬂ 1 91 9 Construction of kitchen a d serving room annexes . T ile oor in N - r ew a . X a a . kitchen . l undry e quipment y pl nt

1 2 . 9 0 Addition to dining room N ew ch a pel . Greenhouse completed .

a . Hospit al store st arted . Addition to poultry pl nt 2 n 1 9 1 a a d . a a wa B rn moved converted into employees building G r ge , gon

and new a . shed , horse b rn erected f 1 922 N ew cottage o r m arried employees .

T RU S T EE S O F TH E S TAT E S AN AT O RI U M

" e a rs o f Service . w a a a 1905— 1 14 Ro l nd G . H z rd 9

a 190 — 1 J . Trum n B urdick 5 908

— Henry E . Nugent 1905 1907

— J . Fred Gibson 1905 1906

— a . 1 1 . 905 907 Will i m H Peters , M D — a . 1 1 John C . Pegr m 907 908

a Frederick P . Gorh m 1908 — Albert H . S ayles 1908 1922 — . 1 1 . 908 908 Henry C Cooke , M D f Will i am P . Bu fum 1909

— a . . 1909 19 13 Will i m C M unroe , M D

a . . 19 13 Thom s J Smith , M D a Fr nk N . P hill ips 1915

Austin T . Levy 1922 In d ex

a 63 64 a a a 33 Abbott , D niel B l ckstone C n l a 14 60 67 a a 54 Aldrich , As hel , , B l ke , Gr ce D an iel 5 9 B oil ing Spring 48 a a 57 22 65 Jon th n B oston Men , 4 a John 6 B ott , J mes 67 a 14 52 57 60 62 w 34 3 2 Is r el , , , , Bo dish , Joseph , 7 , 5 , 58 59 w 61 Seth Bo en , Erner A k 2 s a el 43 . . 6 Alger , Wm E John 28 B ra ss B a ll 69 Joshua 5 5 B rick " a rd 39 54 55 B ro nsdon 22 24 Preserved , , a 10 24 w A bb ee 58 All m , B ro n , A llom 10 Jeremi ah 28 l 10 13 a 9 58 Al um , Jon h , A l l umps Ob adi a h 5 7 n el l l f red B uck il l Woods 47 A g , A H w 62 65 a a 56 B ro n , Burling me , J mes Enoch 55 Rossel 42 43 45 30 5 5 56 60 Esten , B urying Ground , , , 2 58 59 66 o . 6 Ge rge R B uxton , Al len , Luther 56 Amas a 37 O 56 57 a 14 58 59 60 lney , D niel , , , a a 28 32 44 45 5 5 5 6 a 59 R nd ll , , , , D vid a 3 7 O 13 59 66 S bin tis , , Smith 62 Rhod a 59 Sus an 68 Ruth 59 3 3 37 40 53 55 a 58 59 68 S ylvester , , , , S lome . , 63 Will i a m 57 1 1 43 a . . 13 Whipple C bot , Wm B , a a 2 a . 4 3 Will i m R 8 C rr , C therine 4 a . 58 a 3 Arnold . Ch s Ch se , Ambrose Fred 58 B u ffum 56 56 o 43 59 John J seph , O 37 a a 68 lney Ch mberl in , S imon 32 a 22 69 Stephen Church , Will i m , B adluck 9 2 1 W a r 37 Pond , Civil a a 48 a a 4 1 B dger Mount in Cl rk . Wil li m a 5 5 a 13 3 1 B ker , Arnold Cle r River , 54 a a a Co . 50 B iley, Lill i n Cle r Reservoir a a a 27 29 f 67 68 B ll rd , Jeremi h , Co fee House . a a 61 39 B tchelder , August Coll ins , Stephen a a 65 69 67 B rrett , D niel , Cooke , Joseph

a . 65 a 49 D niel , J r Coon C ve Be ar Corner 22 Cotton M il l l st 33 wa 14 5 7 58 2nd 34 S mp , . Cotton M ill w a 6 1 47 B ello s , Hor tio Counter feiters a 58 a B o 3 1 32 Benson , A ron Cr nberry g . J oseph 64 Cure E a rl y Times 41 a 64 a a a 36 Mount in D rl ing , H nn h 22 23 56 . 34 37 39 B inning , John . Levi . . a a 56 30 37 S r h Seth . a a 18 19 Daw o 37 66 B l ck J mes . , Well ingt n . ii IN D E X

24 37 Deed First Horton , B enj . 44 3 Dexter , Stephen Jerome 7 a 5 1 52 wa a 42 D ockery, J mes , Ho rd , S il s Dorr W a r 58 Wil li am 42 22 2 a W m . . 8 9 3 w a w 37 Dougl s , , D r , , , Ho l nd , Andre 19 a 28 Dudley, Joseph J mes a 22 28 29 50 52 56 P ul John , , , , 49 50 29 Reuben , J ohn , J r . Dugout Bo at 37 Joseph 28 a 67 a 54 Dunn , S muel N ncy a 61 a 28 D yer , Wil li m Thom s 14 a 66 Eddy, Lippitt T hom s a 28 a 69 J cob Hoyle , Ann Joseph 28 Hubb a rd 8 32 42 59 . 61 Levi , D r , Hughes a 14 59 Pl ce , The Humes , Alpheus a 38 42 47 Eldridge , C leb Hunt , Arnold , ’ 12 a 29 56 58 El iot s B ible D niel , , 18 19 42 El iot , John , Dennis Dutee 43 9 23 56 57 Esten , John , , , 63 w 17 18 22 Co . a Ed in , , Ice , Cryst l 2 a 65 67 . 6 Estes , Abij h , P rov Fa rms West 63 W a l lum 62 a 30 68 Field , Ch d Ide , Monroe F r ie r 37 y, John Indi ans P atrick 5 5 Arrows 14 2 rnﬁ eld s 13 17 a . . 6 Co G ucher , W E , 27 Co rn r ind in 16 Gibbs , Robert g g Stone a 48 62 20 21 Go t Rock , Deeds , Gold 62 Fort 14 a 18 a 14 Gookin , D niel Gr ves Gore 67 M edicine Wom an 2 1 1 17 a . . . 6 Gr nger , D r E V Relics 14 17 18 Gravel Ridge Rocks , a 22 a 13 14 16 17 Green D r gon T r ditions , , a 59 60 62 wa 17 Green , Benj min , , Wig m Poles a 23 a O 61 Jeremi h , 56 Inm n , l iver a 3 7 9 a 6 1 Thom s , 3 Will i m a 3 1 32 37 a 64 Wil l i m , , , 56 J acobs , B rton a a 67 Se r ra il 64 Guild , Abr h m H a rcut a 26 a 34 , Rich rd J mes , Albert a a a 28 f a a 61 H rris , Jon th n Je ferson , S r h a 63 a 30 H tch , Estes Jenne , Abig il N ath aniel 64 Dorrcas 3 1 a wa 30 a 3 1 H y rd . Seth J cob a a a 61 29 30 He ley, S r h Seth . Hedgehog Corner 22 Timothy 29 30 o 58 65 Hemlock B ro k Jennison . Timothy 57 a 59 65 Forest Will i m . 17 43 Herendeen , S imeon Johnson , Henry a 28 29 o a 64 Thom s . J y, Eli s wa 28 40 43 a 64 H igh y , . Will i m 61 a a a a a . . 63 Holm n , Cl r K u fm n . J F H o z iel 28 M 1 Hopkins . Key to ap 5 a 24 25 a a 3 5 38 5 1 52 Will i m , Kimb ll , D n iel , , , i v IN DE X

a 57 a 61 Ritchie , M ry Summer C mps 35 59 w a 32 Robbins , Abe l , S eet , Benj min Benj amin 5 7 Philip 34 3 5 a 58 Gilbert T ft , Alonzo 59 w a 65 67 John S eetl nd , a 5 7 a a 34 60 Roberts , M ich el T llm n , 2 a a 6 . 54 Thom s Th yer , E

a 58 . . . 66 Robertson , K ther ine W I G 4 a a . 5 wa 6 1 Ross , M ri L Thornton , Ho rd 37 42 67 Seth , Til ley, J ohn 45 a a 5 1 Round Pond Tinkh m , Wil li m Ruttenb e r 1 1 Tobacco 5 6 a Dutee 59 6 1 a 69 S l isbury, , Tol lg te w 37 a a 45 49 M o ry T r sk , Wil l i m , 79 1 a a . . 0 S n torium Development Trumbull , J H 39 a . 80 S nborn , Morton C Trustees a a 67 w A sa 45 S nger , C lvin T ist , a a a 22 24 w 22 59 S v ge , Abij h , T yler , Andre , aw 27 30 40 58 60 65 a 60 S mill , , , , , , Fr nces 5 1 a . 60 S yles , Albert L Joseph Arnold 47 Lucy 60 2 Fred L . 6 M a ry 23 53 61 a 23 59 School , M iri m , D istrict 53 Peter 59 a 54 61 a 22 2 Te chers , Will i m , 4, 60 a 42 a 59 Scott , J mes Vickers , Abig il a a 6 1 a 59 60 Se gr ves . Joseph Er stus , 42 a a a a a . 37 Se m ns , Am s J mes M a 27 68 Settlers , E rly Vinton a a 54 W abb a ua sset 8 She , M ggie q a "a 47 a 37 S herm n , doc W dkins , Judson w a 63 W ahmuns uee 8 S her ood , D vid q g a 58 a a 66 S hoem king W keﬁeld , D niel 14 62 II rv 0 . . a e 6 S ingleton , J E , y 14 16 27 52 . Ir . a 65 J H , , , , Ira a 68 . 67 S l ter , Ruth M rs S a muel 67 S a r a h 54 a 26 W al am 9 Smith . B enj min p 2 a . 5 a 33 M rtin H W lker , Peleg 62 a . a a 67 Rich rd W W ll , Will i m Sn ake Den 53 Wa ll a 12 a 69 a 58 S pr gue Heirs W l ling , Dexter a 59 58 St ge , Southbridge George a 65 a a 61 St rr , Ebenezer S r h 64 65 W a ll om 9 Lemuel , p a 68 a a 13 N in W l lum , me ning o f w l 69 W al omachin 11 18 19 S tock el B rothers , , 62 W al owono nck 1 1 Stone , Arnold Amos 5 5 W al umpaw 11 a 28 29 54 55 60 a a 12 Ezr , . , , W r a 2nd 37 a 44 Ezr W rd , Eugene George 54 H ir am 44 a 29 43 44 J mes , Will i am a a 38 a 70 N th n W shington , George 19 . 32 43 Stoughton . Wm Wel ls , Al f red , IN D E X

a 26 a 33 Weston , Fr ncis Wilkinson , D vid 64 24 Wheelock , Henry Joseph 28 a 11 24 Whipple , Enoch Will i ms , Roger , J o hn 27 W o l f H unt 28 a 40 W o loman 12 White , Ad m 37 a a 5 5 Emory Wood , M ri a 3 1 4 1 60 64 S muel , , Worsley, Joseph a 22 W u l l 12 Whittemore , Benj min e a 38 12 Whiting , Fr ncis Wunne H o race 39 W unnetu 12 O 48 " a 69 rrin oung , J son a a 64 Whitm n , Elij h Elij ah 2nd 64 S ar ah 64