AN OLD-TIME LIVING ROOM. Since 1875, regular Sunday services have It is also the headquarters for the American Apostolate Mission, its parish priest, Father McClean, being the Superior thereof, and having with him. an assistant, Father Edward Flannery, and the curate of the parish, Rev. Michael P. Hart. The mission took its origin about ten years ago among the Paulist Fathers of New York, and its work consists of "Missions," or a series of sermons to Catholics, and of lectures to non-Catholics, delivered in different localities upon invitation. The lectures confine themselves to the setting forth from the Roman point of view of doctrines common to Protestant churches, with the intent that their tone shall be expository rather than proselytizing. A number of these ancient dwellings group themselves about North street. Some of them bear the decay of ages; others, well preserved, testify to the veneration for the family homestead, such as the Sanford and two Downes' houses. The Anson Treat Downes house with the ancient panes of window glass in strong THE DAVID SMITH HOUSE. house, which had the high garrett and curbed roof. Several chambers were of goodly size. The frame of the house was of oak, some of the beams measuring twenty inches in diameter. Milford's seven mile triangle from Oyster river to the Housatonic, from the shore to the Orange line, has many picturesque bits, as well as many more old homesteads bordering the roads that lead over the hills to flourishing farms, or along the ancient post road or over the old Burwell farms road to the summer colony THE STRONG HOUSE. at Woodmont, or to the pretty cottages at Burns' Point, or along the Gulf, and on the coast toward Stratford. One modern looking brick house may be singled out as the first brick house in Milford, because its builder, Benjamin Peck, baked the brick himself. His brother Cornelius built a similar house, since destroyed, near that part of the town known as Blue City. The flourishing farms reveal a new industry in Milford. Many of them are wholly given up to the raising of vegetable seeds for market. Onions, corn, beans, etc., are thrown into sacks or barrels and great loads of inconceivable numbers of seeds make their slow way to the station to be forwarded to the distributing houses. The Pines still overlook the Gulf as in the days when Captain Kidd came ashore; or when Miles, Strong and Miles bleached their goods and the boys Querists are requested to write all names of persons and places so that they cannot be misunderstood, to write on only one side of the paper, to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and ten cents in stamps for each query. Those who are subscribers will be given preference in the insertion of their queries and they will be inserted in the order in which they are received. All matters relating to this department must be sent to THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, Hartford, marked Genealogical Department Give full name and post office address. It is optional with querist to have name and address or initials published. CORRECTION. In query No. 105 (g), Oct. Number.-"He was father of Mary Williams" should read" Was he father, etc." ANSWERS. 145. (a) Rebecca, dau. of Lt.-Gov. James Bishop was born Dec. 10, 1673, married Nov. 4, 1695. Samuel Thompson died April 5, 1734. Her tombstone can be seen in the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, among old ones arranged against the north wall. E. T. F. 102. (d). There were but two Mary Wrights in Wethersfield of marriageable age but unmarried in 1714 when John Stanley married. One was 49 years of age, the other 25. We are safe therefore, failing other evidence, to accept the latter as the one who married John Stanley. This Mary Wright, was born Dec. 13, 1689, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (dau. Moses Crafts) Wright-he son of Samuel and Mary (Butler) Wright. Mary Butler, dau. of Richard Butler of Hartford. T. H. L. 1777, printed at Hartford, now in my possession. The entries were probably made by a resident of West Springfield, Mass. ALBERT C. BATES. Lendiah Ashley's girl, died, Jan. 27, 1777. Rev. John (?) Hooker (?), died of ye small pox, Feb. 6, 1777. Wd. Sarah Miller of Chicapee, died Feb. 21, 1777. Wd. Sarah Ball, died, March 12, 1777. Doctor Reuben Champion, died, March 29, 1777. Mr. Samuell Morgan, died, May 1, 1777. Dorcas Ely, wife of John Ely, died, July [ ], 1777, of the small pox. Col. David Leonard, died, July 4, 1777. Mr. Eben Day, died, Aug. 15, 1777. John Rockwell, died, Aug. 26, 1777. Henry Roggers child, died, Aug. 31, 1777. Tim. Morgan, youngest child, died, Aug. 30 (?). ]child, died, Aug. 2, 1777. ] died, Aug. 8, 1777. Mr. George Bricks son Larree, died, Sept. 2, 1777. Eben. Days Eunice (?), died, Sept. 6, 1777. Ruth Taylor, daughter of widow Ruth Taylor, died, Sept. 4, 1777. Ebenezer Miller, child, died, Sept. 5, 1777. Oliver Leonard, wife, died, 11th Sept. Hoskins son, died, [ ] 18, Eben. Miller 2d, daughter, died, [ [ NOTES. The following records are from a copy of Watson's Connecticut Almanack for [ 1777. |