History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . house ought to stand between Mr. Squires and the school-house, and that if Grass Hill should not be annexed, the houseshould be on the hill near Mr. Bates barn. Mr. Squires house occupied the site upon which the par-sonage of the Congregational Church at the centre now stands,and the school-house stood at the east end of the common. Itwas between these two points that the house was erected shortlyafter a meeting held in March, 1795, when X170 were appro-p
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . house ought to stand between Mr. Squires and the school-house, and that if Grass Hill should not be annexed, the houseshould be on the hill near Mr. Bates barn. Mr. Squires house occupied the site upon which the par-sonage of the Congregational Church at the centre now stands,and the school-house stood at the east end of the common. Itwas between these two points that the house was erected shortlyafter a meeting held in March, 1795, when X170 were appro-priated for its construction and £15 voted to hire upon the building progressed slowly, and it was notuntil 1798 that it was occupied, while it was not thoroughlycompleted until 1805. It was voted in April, 1795, to builda belfry for the meeting-house in case of a £30 subscription,but there was no bell in the belfry until 1816. Gov. Gillpresented the town a Bible, communion-service, etc., for thechurch, and a bell was also expected from him, but the peopleeventually themselves provided a bell, as has been seen, Photo, by Popkinfc A cS v^cnuuXcLScotoj^w Leonard Barton is the oldest son of Benjamin and Sarah (Parsons)Barton, and was born in Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass., Dec. 21,1S14. He is lineally descended from that Samuel Barton who re-moved from Framingham to Oxford, Mass., early in the eighteenthcentury, and there founded a family whose branches are widespread,and members of which to-day hold positions of honor and trust inalmost every State in the Union. When Leonard was about ten years of age, his father, a stuVdy far-mer who knew well the difference between sterile uplands and fertilemeadows, purchased, and removed his family to, a farm in the south-westerly part of the adjoining town of Gill, upon the banks of the Con-necticut, near the Falls, on the very spot where Captain Turner madehis famous attack upon the Indians, one of the richest and
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