History of New London, Connecticut : from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860 PDF
Preview History of New London, Connecticut : from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860
APPLEWOOD HISTORIOGRAPHY -<1895>- New Histon' of London Conmct'tCHt:FromtheFirstSunryof theCoastin 1612to 1860 APPLEWOOD'S HISTORIOGRAPHY SERIES-^^x History ofNew London Connecticut:From theFirstSurvey of the Coastin 1612 to 1860 Francis ManwaringCaulkins APPLEWOOD BOOKS Carlisle, Massachusetts HistoryofNeii'Ijondon was originallypublished in 1895 ISBN:978-1-4290-2291-0 APPLEWOOD'SHISTORIOGRAPHYSERIES ThankyouforpurchasinganAp—plewoodbook.Applewood reprintsAmerica'shvelyclassics booksfromthepastthat arestill ofinterestto modern readers. This facsimilewas printed using many new technologies together to bring ourtradition-boundmissiontoyou.Applewood'sfacsimile editionofthisworkmayincludelibrarystamps,scribbles, andmarginnotesastheyexistintheoriginalbook.These interestinghistoricalartifactscelebratetheplacethebook wasreadorthepersonwhoreadthebook.Inadditionto theseartifacts,theworkmayhaveadditionalerrorsthatwere eitherintheoriginal,inthedigitalscans,orintroducedas wepreparedthebookforprinting.Ifyoubelievethework hassucherrors,pleaseletusknowbywritingtousatthe addressbelow. Forafreecopyofourcurrentprintcatalogfeaturingour bestsellingbooks,writeto: APPLEWOODBOOKS RO.Box27 Carlisle,MA01741 Formorecompletelistings,visitusonthewebat: www.awb.com PreparedforpublishingbyHP Copytightedmaterial Copyrightedmaterial : HISTORY OF NEW LONDON. CONNECTICUT. FROMTHEFIRSTSURVEYOFTHECOASTIN1612,TO1860. BY FRANCES MANVVARING CAULKINS. WITH MEMOIR OP THE AUTHOR. "Ihavecousidercdthedaysofold,tlicyearsofaucieuttimes." Ps.lxxvii.S. TheSealofNe-wLondon,adoptedin1784. NEW LONDON Published byH. D. Utley. 1895. PKESBOFTHISDAYPUBLISHINGCOMPANY, NEWLONDON,CONN. MEMOIR OF FRANCES MANWARING CAULKINS. FrancesManwaring,daughterofJoshuaandFanny(Manwar- ing)Caulkins,wasborninNewLc5ndon,Conn.,April26,1795,and diedthereFebruary3,1869. Herancestry,onthepaternalside, canbetracedtotheearlysettlersofthevicinityofPljonouth. Mr. Richard Blinmau, minister in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England,havingbeensilencedfornon-conformitytotheestablished church,immigratedtothiscountry,andissupposedtohavearrived at Plymouthin'theautumnof 1640. Hewasaccompaniedinhis voluntaryexilebyseveralmembersofhischurch,withtheirfamilies, andalltakentogetherwerestyledthe''Welchparty.'' Monmouth shirebordersuponWales,andprobablymostofthemwereofWelch origin,butEnglishappearstohavebeentheirnativelanguage. The exacttimeoftheirarrivalisnotknown,butapartofthem,including Mr.BlinmanandHughCaukeu, werepropoundedforfreemanship atPlymouth,March2,1640;whichwastooearlyforanyimmigrant vesseltohavearrivedthatyear.^ InthefirstNewEnglandrecordthefamilynameiswrittenas above,Cauken,anditmaybeinterestingtonoticeherethechanges whichhavetakenplaceinthespellingofthissm'uame,sinceitfirst appearsintheoldcountry. Ithasbeenheretoforestatedbyawriter inthepagesoftheRegister,^thattheoriginalnamewasprobably Colkin. WilliamColkinlivedinKingJohn'sreign,1199-1216,and founded a hospital in Canterbury, which bore his name. The CaulkinsandGooldngs,withthedifferentvariationsandchanges. 12RVeoclo.ridi.spoafgethe16c7o—unAtrty.ofGoPolkyi7miouJtfhan.iUy. iv FRANCESMANWARING CAULKINS. inthespellingandpronunciationofthenames,areallsupposedby thewriterreferredto,tohave descendedfromaColkin. Atthe presenttime,thereis great diversity,even amongacknowledged relativesofthesamestock,inspellingthename;someiisinguands, andothersrejectingoneorbothoftheseletters. The"Welchparty"locatedfirstatGreen'sHarbor,nearMarsh- field,Mass.,buttheprevioussettlersnotharmonizingwiththenew comers,thelatterremovedthenextyeartoGloucester,nearCape Ann,inthe"Massachusettscolony."' HughCaukinisonthelist ofpersonsnominatedasfreemenofMassachusetts,atSalem,Dec. 27th,1642. HewasdeputytothegeneralcourtfromGloucesterin 1650-1,andservedasoneoftheselectmeninthattownfrom1643 to1651. In1645"HughCawlkingappointed toend smallcauses foryetowneofGlocestevforthisyeereensuing." May23,1652, Hugh Calkin, deputyfrom Gloucester, havingmoved out ofthe colony,istohavetheplacesupplied.-• TheRev.Mr.BlinmanremovedfromGloucester,wherehehad beenaministerforeightyears,toNewLondon,thencalledPequot Harbor,inthefallof1650. Heseemstohavebeenaccompaniedon hisfirstvisitbyObadiahBruen,amanof unusualintelligenceand education,andsoundmindandjiidgment. Hewas^clerkorrecorder of Gloucesterforseveralyears,andheldthesameofficein New Londonduringhisentireresidenceinthattown,whichwassixteen years. HughCalkin andseveral others,who came fromthe old worldwithMr.Blinmanin1640,followedhimtoNewLoudon,and strengthenedthelittlecolonytherebytheadditionofabouttwenty families. Oct. 19,1650,therecordsshowgrantsoflandto Mr. Blinman,"HtigheCaiikin,"andsixothers,and,underthesamedate sixhouselotswerepledgedtothem,whichwerelaidoutinMarch ofthefollowingyear,mostlj'in''NewStreet,"anax'rowroadonthe westsideofthetownwhichwasopenedtoaccommodatetheGlou- cesterimmigrants,andacquired fromthemthefamiliar nameof "Cape-AnnLane,"bywhichitisstillquitegenerallyknown,though nowdesignatedonthecitymapasAnnStreet. HughCalkenhad thefirstlotonthesouthandeastendofthis streetsetofftohim. Itconsistedo'fsixacres,andtheprecisespotcaneasilybeidentified atthepresenttime. 1Savage'sWinthrop(edit1853),vol.ii.p:ige77. 2RecordsofthegeneralcourtofMassachusetts. FRANCESJIAiJWARINGCAULKINS. V HewascliosenadeputytothegeneralcourtatHartfordinSep- tember,1651,andwasatthat timethedeputytothegeneralcourt o£ Massachusettsfrom Gloucester. He does not appear, how- ever,tohavebeenpresentatthesessioninHartford. Hewasalso selectmanin1651inbothtowns. Itisevidentfromthesefactsthat hewasesteemed amanof unusualgoodjudgmentandcapacity, whoseservicesNewLondon, thencalledPequot, was anxiousto secure,andGloucesterunwillingtolose. "WhileresidinginNew Londonheheldtheofficeofselectman,ortownsmanasitwasthen generally called, withoutinterruption; beingchosen annuallyfor tenorelevensuccessiveyears. Hewasalsotheirrepresentativeto thegeneralcourtfortwelvesessions,from1652to1660. Itcannotpositivelybestatedthathewasamemberofthechurch inNewLondon; fortherecordspreserveddonotcommenceuntil 1670,ortenyearsafterhisremoval. Thebusinessofhiringamin- isterandprovidingfortheworshipofGodwasalldonebythetown initscorporatecapacityinthosedays,consequentlychurchrecords wereof lessimportance. Therecanbenoreasonabledoubt,how- ever,thatwith the arrivalof aminister andmanyofhisfaithful flock,whoseemtohavefollowedhimnotonlyfromtheoldcountiy butalsoinallbisremovalsinNewEngland,achurchwasregularly formed and alltheordiiiaucesadministered. Indeed,itishardly possiblethatitcouldhavebeenotherwise,as Mr.Blinmanisuni- formlystyled"Pastorofthechiirch." WhenheremovedtoNew London, thetownhadbeenon the lookoutfor some time for a minister,andin1648theRev.Sam'lDudley,sonof Gov.Dudley, and son-in-lawofGov.Winthrop, hadsomethoughtsofsettling there.^ Itislikelythatthe little community feltthemselvestoo feebletoundertakethesupportofaministeruntilaftertheacces- sionofthecolonyfromGloticester. Mr.Blinmanwasamanof goodrejjuteinNewEngland,and is sjioken of by Gov. Winthrop as "godly and able." The town pledgedhimasalaryof£60perannum,tobeincreasedwiththeir ability,andliberaldonationsofland. Therecordsshowthatthey abundantlyfulfilledthelastpledge,andhewasprobablyquiteaccept- abletothepeople,,astheybuilthimanewhouseonahigh,pleasant lot,nowGranitestreet,westofthefirstburialground. Thereasons forrelin'quishinghischargearenotgiven,butheleftNewLondon 1]H7Mirop'slettertoMsson. Savage'sWinthrop,vol.ii.page355.
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