Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . t dwelt under its roof until his deathin 1783, and it remained in ])ossession of hisdescendants for nearly half a century \ parsonage for over sixty years, it has sincebeen by turns inn and farm house, and in thethird century of its usefulness it serves in thelatter caiiacity to-day, a visible liidt town meeting wa-held at the center in December of that year.( hi Al:iy at a similar gathering the were laid bv
Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . t dwelt under its roof until his deathin 1783, and it remained in ])ossession of hisdescendants for nearly half a century \ parsonage for over sixty years, it has sincebeen by turns inn and farm house, and in thethird century of its usefulness it serves in thelatter caiiacity to-day, a visible liidt town meeting wa-held at the center in December of that year.( hi Al:iy at a similar gathering the were laid bv the apiiointment of .Mr. |,ilin HISTORIC GROTON Ulster. A tractrd uf the Meet- lier fdlldwin-, as the resuU (if a .leal with theiil)i(|uit()us ?riioinas Dunhar, the \ was re-scinded and ten acres south of the Meetini;House substituted. Yet the traditions are t<ithe eiTect that the house and lot soon afteriiccii|iiLd md iin|iiii\ed li\ All llainard aswell as tlu sjioiil hduse latci eucted w ei eIncatLd in KuiidancL with tlu (.ii^inal te. far as the schole tradition is certainlhe schiidl master ;? minister was his friend and sponsor. Duringhis incnmheiic}- .Mistress liarnard swept Ihnise and kept the key, recei\ing forher ser\ices the sum of 20 shillings per annum. It is ditticnlt to estimate e\en approximatelythe ccimiiensatidii recei\ed l>y this educationalpioneer fur his weary round of services, butit was undduhtedly a meager one, in keepingwith the times. A comparison with the liberalallowances made to the minister is naturallysi:ggested, but we forbear. The date of the erection nf the first school-liiiuse which was situated a slmrt distancetd the north of the Meeting lldnse is uncer-tain as IS that df its ( It lastedhdwe\ei till the beginning nf the nineteenthccntur\ 1 he last to teach within its wallswas the grandtather df the writer, who dis-missed his class lather abrui)tl>- one morning,when he found that the big stone chimney hadcdl
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