titus moss - The Cheshire Historical Society

SCENE 3.
Squire Beach House (now Downey’s Restaurant)
200 South Main Street
(Joseph Beach, age 32, is outside smoking his pipe or pacing up and down in thought)
Joel Moss: Good day, Squire Beach. I am Joel Moss, and this is my son Titus, my
second oldest.
Joseph
Beach: How delighted I am to meet you Mr. Moss and you Titus. Do you
know I am working on a history of Cheshire I am very interested in the
Moss family since they were among the first to come from Wallingford and
settle here – up on the Ten Mile River right
Titus Moss or his father: Yes, exactly so. In the year 1694, John Moss Jr. was granted
100 acres of land, more or less, on 'Ye Tenn Mile River alongside an
irremovable hill.' I will say to you now, this land in its entirety is Moss
Farms. In those early years when our family first came to this land, they
encamped near a large flat rock where they had erected a lean-to shelter.
Every Saturday night they returned to Wallingford in order to attend the
Church services on Sunday. And the following day they traveled back to
Cheshire to clear more land for the farm. The rock where my family
sheltered can still be seen today, several hundred yards to the north at the
corner of Moss Farms Road and Jarvis Street.
Joseph Beach: Most interesting. And then after that, they built a house
Titus Moss: My grandfather Joel built a one and a half story house in 1795. That’s
where I live now.
Joseph Beach: I would enjoy talking with you at length. But that will have to wait bit.
I understand we’re all to be at a party soon. Let me get my hat and I will
walk with you to the Footes.
Titus Moss – Walk Back In Time – May 7, 2006 – SCRIPT Page 11