The history of Waterbury, Connecticut - citizen hylbom blog

HISTORY OF WATERBURY. 29
ol him except that he had a meadow allotment, and a divis-
ion of fence assigned him in 1080.
David Carpenter. There were two persons by this name
in Farmington, father and son. The above is presumed to
have been the son. He was born in 1647, and married Hannah,
a daughter of Richard Bronson of Farmington. He was
accepted as a proprietor, Jan. 15th, 1677-8, in the place of
John Porter, but his right was not declared forfeited till Feb.
5, 1680-1. He removed to ]^ew London.
Benjamin Judd probably subscribed the articles and joined
theplantersofMattatuck, within the first year of the settlement.
He was a brother of "William, John and Samuel, and a son of
Dea. Thomas Judd, of Farmington. Jan. 15th, 1677-8, he was
appointed " to call out the proprietors in their turns to mend
the highways." Feb. 6th, 1680-1, he was selected by the
committee to lay out land which was granted to the mill. At
the same date he was allowed an addition to his propriety so
2s to "mack it in valeu of one hundred pounds," and land
was granted him as follows:
Also we doe grant Benjamin Judd shall haue added to the north end of his
House Lott some land to build one always prouided that the highway that runeth
through the Towne in towne in that place shall be and remain four rods and a half
wide to be layd out to him by the forsaid persons.
At a later period, he signed a petition addressed to the
committee, " in reference to herding of cattell," which was
answered April 5th, 1682-3. Before the date of this answer,
however, (Feb. 6th, 1682-3,) his allotments were all " condemned"
for not building according to articles, &c. But a
year afterwards, Jan. 10th, 1683, he was allowed the " prive-
ledg of reseasing" (entering again into the possession of) his
allotments, on the conditions prescribed by the "act of Feb.
6th, 1682," which required a residence of " full four yers in a
stedy way and manor," with his family. After this he is
heard of no more in Mattatuck.
John Root was the son of the John " Eoote senr.," who sub-
scribed and was accepted " in behalf of one of his sons," Jan.
15, 1677-8. The father, called "goodman Rote," was one of
the committee, in 1677, to take into consideration the expe-