Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut. Various
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wanted something to eat and asked the woman of the house if she could give them some milk or anything. She very gruffly told them that there was nothing in the house to eat, that she had nothing for the Rebels. Just then, something called her out of doors for a minute, and the soldiers saw that, over the fireplace, in a large pot, the dinner was boiling. Stephen Turrill’s inquisitive mind determined to know what was in that pot. Accordingly, he pulled off the lid, saw a fine bag pudding, pulled it out, put it in his haversack, and marched away. The woman quickly discovered her loss and came crying that the Rebels had stolen her pudding. The sergeant in command marched by his men and then told the woman there was no evidence of her pudding there; but, after she had retreated a short distance, he said “Turrill, did you get that woman’s pudding?” “Yes,” said he, “here it is in my haversack.” The company passed on and dined sumptuously.
Scattered over the Debatable Land were little guard houses, in each of which a guard was kept for a week at a time, to intercept the approach of British or Tories. These guard houses usually consisted of two rooms, a front and back one. On one occasion——
[General Turrill’s narrative of “New Milford in the Wars,” was tragically cut short at this point by his sudden death in the office of the Grafton Press, where he was dictating it. It has seemed more fitting to leave this narrative in its unfinished condition, as a sort of memorial to him, than to have it completed by another. Any inconsistencies that may exist in it may be attributed to the fact that it did not have the benefit of his correction and revision.—Editor.]
THE COLONIAL WARS
The names given in the rolls of the Connecticut Historical Society are as follows:
| RANK. | NAME, COMPANY, AND REGIMENT. | LEVY. |
| Privt. | Ashmon, Justus, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | 1758 |
| Sergt. | Baldwin, Israel, 11th Co., 3rd Reg. | “ |
| Lieut. | Baldwin, Hezekiah, 10th Co., 3rd Reg. | 1759 |
| Privt. | Baldwin, Ashael, 10th Co., 3rd Reg. | “ |
| “ | Baldwin, Benjamin, 3rd Co., 1st Reg. | 1762 |
| “ | Baldwin, Joseph, 10th Co., 4th Reg. | 1758 |
| “ | Ball, Joseph, 1st Co., 2nd Reg. | 1759 |
| “ | Baker, Thomas, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | 1758 |
| “ | Bartholomew, Lemuel, 2nd Co., 2nd Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bartholomew, Noah, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Beach, John, 1st Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Beardsley, Amos, 2nd Co., 2nd Reg. | “ |
| “ | Beecher, Nathaniel, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bell, Robert, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Benedict, Ezra, 11th Co., 2nd Reg. | “ |
| “ | Beeman, Benjah, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bisbee, Joseph, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bliss, Gillum, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Botchford, Elnathan, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bostwick, Elijah, 2nd Co., 3rd Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bostwick, Joseph, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bostwick, Robert, Jr.[2] | |
| Drummer | Bostwick, Zadoch, 10th Co., 3rd Reg. | 1759 |
| Corp. | Brownson, Benjamin, 10th Co., 3rd Reg. | “ |
| Privt. | Brownson, John, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | 1758 |
| “ | Brownson, Abram, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Brownson, Israel, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Brownson, John, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Birch, Joseph, 11th Co., 4th Reg. | “ |
| “ | Bradley, Jahuel, 11th Co., 4th Reg. |
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