The ancient historical records of Norwalk, Conn: with a plan of the ancient settlement : and of the town in 1847 . he house ; he wrote her a protection,and sent with her a file of soldiers. When she reachedthe house, it had already been set on fire in twoplaces, but the soldiers put it out. The Town House, which stood where the present onestands, was in the Revolution occupied as a guard-house. The troops, on their passage to New York^used to lodge there. She saw many of them, not morethan 15 or 16 years old. Mr. Learning she knew attended his church. He continued to prayfor the KiuGi
The ancient historical records of Norwalk, Conn: with a plan of the ancient settlement : and of the town in 1847 . he house ; he wrote her a protection,and sent with her a file of soldiers. When she reachedthe house, it had already been set on fire in twoplaces, but the soldiers put it out. The Town House, which stood where the present onestands, was in the Revolution occupied as a guard-house. The troops, on their passage to New York^used to lodge there. She saw many of them, not morethan 15 or 16 years old. Mr. Learning she knew attended his church. He continued to prayfor the KiuGi; as lono; as he dared to. He wentaway with the British. It was sad to live in themidst of war ; but what was the most unpleasant ofall, was the difference of sentiments among neighborsand kindred. Mrs. St. John lived, in the Revo-lution, on the old St. John place, nearly oppositeGov. Bissells. Her house that was burnt in the Revo-lution, stood between the site of the present house andthe widow Buckingham St. Johns, at the foot of Grum-mans Hill. The latter place was then occupied by afamily named Grumman. 11. From the Souse of Sfei ens Esj. onTrospectKiU GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 181 THE GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. THE RECORDS OF MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS AND DEATHS. [The Genealogical Registers are taken almost entirely fromthe Town Records, and have been transcribed in the same form asthey are recorded. A few have been copied from family Bibles;some have been furnished by the families concerned. A largenumber of families were put on record about the beginning of thepresent century; and the names of the children bom after thatrecord was made, have not been supplied, except in a few have advertised repeatedly, and in some cases have made personalapplication for the means of filling out these records; but almostentirely without success, A singular apathy seems to prevail withregard to such matters. Such families must not complain thatthe records which so nearly concern them
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