The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . dues to the Great Swamp parish. Butthey also continued to petition, until at last in May, 1754, the GeneralCourt granted the request of the petitioners, and incorporated a newsociety with all the privileges of other ecclesiastical societies, and gaveit the name of New Briton. ^ From this time (1754) New Britainhad a distinct corporate existence. 1 September, 1705. See Colouy Records, vol. iv. pp. 527, 528. ^ This petition, dated May 9, 1739, was signed by twenty-six persons, all living in thesoutheast part of the present limits
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . dues to the Great Swamp parish. Butthey also continued to petition, until at last in May, 1754, the GeneralCourt granted the request of the petitioners, and incorporated a newsociety with all the privileges of other ecclesiastical societies, and gaveit the name of New Briton. ^ From this time (1754) New Britainhad a distinct corporate existence. 1 September, 1705. See Colouy Records, vol. iv. pp. 527, 528. ^ This petition, dated May 9, 1739, was signed by twenty-six persons, all living in thesoutheast part of the present limits of New Britain. Among the signers Mere Stephen Lee,Isaac Lee, Deacon Anthony Judd, and other prominent men of the parish, some of whomhad been foremost in founding tlie Great Swamp Society. 3 The part of the act referring to New Britain is : And be it further enacted by the au-thority aforesaid, that there shall be one other Ecclesiastical Society erected & made & ishereby created and made within the bounds of the town of Farmington, & described as. jpiiieiK. ^-^^^z^ & y^-g.^/^^^^c^ I, iL,;[.:). NEW BRITAIN. 281 For civil purposes, this parish remained a part of the town ofFarming-ton until the incorporation of Berlin in 1785. New Britainwas then included in the latter town, of which it was a parish until1850, when Berlin was divided by a line beginning- at the centre ofBeach Swamp bridge and running north 88° 20 west to Southingtonline, and in the ojiposite direction to Newington line. The books andrecords of the old town belonged to New Britain by the terms of theact. The first town-meeting in the new town was held July 22, Woodruff was chosen town clerk and treasurer, and JosephWright, James F. Lewis, Gad Stanley, Noah W. Stanley, and ElamSlater were chosen selectmen. At the first State election held after the incorporation of the town,526 votes were cast for governor, 515 for the secretary of State, and517 for member of Congress. Ethan A. Andrews, , and G
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