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Native Americans in Middletown, Part II: Who Called It ‘Home’ Before Our ‘First Settlers’? N FIRST S OW ETT T LE LE R D S D I D E M S C f E o N Y D T A E N I C e T S M O S id NEWSLETTER of hethe SOCIETY of MIDDLETOWN FIRST SETTLERS DESCENDANTS CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. 1650-1700 Vol. 10, No. 2 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctsmfsd/Index.html Fall 2010 A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Native Americans in Middletown, Part II: Who called it ‘home’ before our ‘First Settlers’? At left is an illustration By R.W. Bacon published in 1846 that Editor, The Middler depicts a missionary addressing a group of of The feature article in this issue of a Native Americans in The Middler is Part II of “Native Connecticut. In 1734, Americans in Middletown: Who called Richard Treat (1694- 1759), a Yale-educated it ‘home’ before our ‘First Settlers.’” minister, was repeatedly The two-part series was prompted by frustrated in his six- the 2009 passage of SMFSD bylaws month effort to introduce that extend membership eligibility to Christianity to the Wangunk Indians of descendants of any Native Americans Middletown. His or African-Americans documented in experience, related in Middletown before 1700. John W. DeForest’s History of the Indians in Part I appeared in the spring 2010 Connecticut, is summa- issue, and summarized the identifica- rized on page 6. tion of the indigenous tribes, the early European contact, the settlement of Genealogy was just one of many facets of Middletown on both sides of the Connecticut River, the “Indian Deed” Godfrey Library founder Fremont Rider of 1672, and the decline/departure of the Native American population. By R.W. Bacon but also for his compilation of the Accompanying the article were two Editor, The Middler monumental 226-volume American maps showing the range and location Fremont Rider, in name at least, is Genealogical-Biographical Index. of the Wangunk settlements. Part I known to SMFSD members because he But there is so much more to the concluded with an excerpt from the was the founder of Godfrey Memorial man – his accomplishments and Beers & Co. (1884) History of Library in Middletown, Conn., the continued on page 4 Middlesex County about Native nominal headquarters of the organiza- Fremont Rider Americans in Middletown written by tion and holder of its archives. (1885-1962) is local historian Julia Taft Bayne (1845- To genealogists in general, Fremont usually pictured 1933), who tread lightly on the subject: Rider is known not only for his initia- as the serious librarian and “For more than 80 years the Indians tive in establishing a genealogy library, administrator – lived among the whites in this town. consistent with continued on page 6 In this issue . the image of his later career. At Native Americans in Middletown, Part II. 1 left is the young ~ DUES are DUE! ~ Fremont Rider: A Genealogist & More . 1 Fremont Rider – Annual Membership dues ($20) are due Member Notes & SMFSD News. 2 printer, poet, November 1, 2010. Please send payment to: Notable Books. 3 editor, publisher, Mike Campbell Tom Smith, SMFSD Officer, 1943-2010 . 3 journalist, pulp Do it SMFSD Treasurer Thank Feature Graphic: Middletown in 1835 . 7 fiction writer, Today 3570 Willow Street You Membership Information. 11 playwright, and much more. !!! Bonita, CA 91902-1226 !!! MIDDLETOWN NEWSLETTER of the SOCIETY of MIDDLETOWN FIRST SETTLERS DESCENDANTS he Mid e CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. CONNECTICUT, USA SMFSD NEWS as the SMFSD membership year runs at the New England Regional from November 1 to October 31. Genealogical Conference April 7, 2011 New members, new • SMFSD directory. At this in Springfield, Mass. The one day event writing our secretary, Marge Piersen, serves as a showcase for genealogical articles, a new is very close to completing work on the societies at the conference, held April 6- member directory, new SMFSD member directory. 10 at both the Sheraton and Marriott Thanks for the great work, Marge! hotels in Springfield. new conferences, • Harris family article in • Middletown History Day. Your NEHGS Register. Middletown first- editor attended Middletown History & new librarians settlers Daniel Harris and William Day at Wesleyan University on Sept. • Welcome new members. Harris were the subjects of ample 11, 2010. The presenters, all well- SMFSD welcomes four new members coverage in the July 2010 issue of the known to those who have researched since the last issue of The Middler: New England Historical and Connecticut and Middletown history, Lance Salonia, FR-281, Washington, Genealogical Register. The article, were engaging on their respective D.C. (Friend of SMFSD); Terry “The Brothers William and Daniel topics from start to finish: Richard Thomas Stocking, AM-282, San Harris of Middletown, Connecticut,” Buel, history professor emeritus at Ramon, Calif. (1st settler Samuel was written by Gale Ion Harris, Wesleyan; Dione Longley, former Stocking); Mark Edward Phelps, FASG, coeditor of The Genealogist. director of the Middlesex County AM-283, Annandale, Va. (1st settler • Wetmore family article in CGS Historical Society; Diana McCain, John Blake); and Sanford Hodges Nutmegger. By now it is old news, head of the Research Center at the Wetmore, LM-284, New Milford, but the work of SMFSD member Hal Connecticut Historical Society, and Conn. (1st settler Thomas Wetmore). Whitmore was featured in the Elizabeth Warner, author of A • SMFSD dues. Members are December 2009 issue of The Pictorial History of Middletown. A reminded that annual dues are due, Nutmegger, the publication of the panel discussion followed. The one-day Connecticut Genealogical Society. The event was presented by the Wesleyan 20-page article entitled “The Family of Institute for Lifelong Learning, directed N FIRST S Joseph Wetmore of Middlefield and by emeritus professor Karl Scheibe. OW ETT T LE LE R D S Litchfield, Connecticut” was published • New librarians. In September, D I D E M S in The Nutmegger, vol. 42, no. 3. James A. Benn began as new director C f E o N Y D T A • 2011 New England Regional at Godfrey Library. At Wesleyan’s Olin E N I C T S O S Genealogical Conference. The Library, Pat Tully was named head 1650-1700 SMFSD will exhibit at the Society Fair librarian in March 2010. he Mid e Appropriation of SMFSD web text NEWSLETTER of the SOCIETY of MIDDLETOWN provokes unprecedented curiosity FIRST SETTLERS DESCENDANTS 1650-1700 – Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.A. An article in the spring 2010 issue refrained from identifying the www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctsmfsd/Index.html of The Middler noted that a highly- individual, and also accepted his regarded and prolific genealogist and commitment to either properly Vol. 10, No. 2 Fall 2010 author appropriated 16 paragraphs attribute or withdraw the text. Please send articles, letters, news items, verbatim from the SMFSD web site I am glad to report that there has and corrections to: for his latest book. The article been at least some remedial action. The Middler provoked unprecedented member In the online version of the author’s c/o R.W. Bacon, Editor curiosity about the author’s identity. book, SMFSD and your editor are P. O. Box 489 Newburyport, MA 01950 The author’s appropriations from credited, marginally so, in footnote (E-mail: [email protected]) three local history essays omitted all #2587 on page 919. The footnotes on SMFSD OFFICERS of the original footnotes, and were pages 39-50, however, remain spread over nine pages of a 1060-page unchanged. So, until further notice, President . Barbara Stenberg Vice President. Rita Urquhart genealogy tome. The only attribution (1) the author’s identity will not be Secretary . Margery Piersen in footnotes was SMFSD’s cryptic revealed, (2) the fireworks of public Treasurer . Mike Campbell URL. However, your patient and notice will remain just a Dudd, and Historian . charitable editor chose the high road, (3) for the time being his name will Registrar . Donald Brock Middler Editor . R.W. Bacon accepted the gentleman’s apology, not be Mudd, and reader’s guessing refrained from using the “P”-word, may continue. 2 MIDDLETOWN NEWSLETTER of the SOCIETY of MIDDLETOWN FIRST SETTLERS DESCENDANTS he Mid e CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. CONNECTICUT, USA NOTABLE BOOKS Minutes of the Connecticut Court of Assistants, 1669-1711; Narrow detail … and broad context Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG, are highlights of two recent books editor; NEHGS (2009) By R.W. Bacon indirectly. The publication of these Editor, The Middler court records is based on 17th-century The publication of the Colony of transcriptions of preliminary notes Connecticut Minutes of the Connecticut done by the clerk of the court now Court of Assistants 1669-1711 by the held by the Connecticut State New England Historic Genealogical Archives. Cases include land disputes, Stories in Stone: How Society in late 2009 made accessible debt resolution, probate issues, hay Geology Influenced Connecticut History 707 pages of valuable Connecticut distribution, and timber harvesting – & Culture, by Jelle genealogical and historical raw plus witchcraft, divorce, murder, Zeilinga de Boer, material to go along with the previ- robbery, fornication, and more. Wesleyan University Press (2009) ously published Hartford County, Two dozen Middletown first-settler Conn., County Court Minutes, Volumes surnames are indexed, from Allyn to How Geology Influenced Connecticut 3 and 4, 1663-1687, 1697, edited and Wilcox and many in between, so it is History & Culture, published in late indexed by the same author (2005); worth consulting at your favorite 2009 by Wesleyan University Press. and the Records of the Particular Court genealogy library. The hardcover book The author is geoscientist Jelle of Connecticut, 1639-1663 (1928). is available for $34.95 from NEHGS Zeilinga de Boer, the Harold T. Stearns The editor, transcriber, and indexer (www.newenglandancestors.org).
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