Historical sketch of the town of Brookfield, Fairfield Country, Connecticut, U.S.A. read in the open session before Grange no. 141, in the Lecture Hour," Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, 1896, by Hon. Samuel Sherman, A.M" (Still Image)

Historical sketch of the town of Brookfield, Fairfield Country, Connecticut, U.S.A. read in the open session before Grange no. 141, in the Lecture Hour," Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, 1896, by Hon. Samuel Sherman, A.M"

Sherman, Samuel

25 p. 17 cm

Brookfield was first settled in 1710 by John Muirwood, and several other colonial founders by the names of Hawley, Peck and Merwin who bartered for the land from the Wyantenuck Nation and the Pootatuck nation under the Sachems Waramaug and Pocono. The purchase of the south part of town was conducted around the municipal center where Sachem Pocono had his village and lived in an enormous palisade along the Still river. Eventually, when the town was settled, it was established as the Parish of Newbury, which incorporated parts of neighboring Newtown and Danbury. The town of Brookfield was established in 1788. It was named after the first minister of the parish's Congregational church, Reverend Thomas Brooks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookfield,_Connecticut


See the Brookfield Historical Society at:
 
http://www.brookfieldcthistory.org/



Grange 141 in Brookfield was organized on March 17, 1894 with 16 charter members and disbanded on December 2, 1907

http://archive.org/stream/grangeinconnecti00ives/grangeinconnecti00ives_djvu.txt

Published by order of the Grange on unanimous vote

Brookfield (Conn. : Town) -- History

Brookfield (Conn.) -- History

F104.B85 Sxx 1896

F104.B85 Sxx 1896

Danbury (Conn.) : G.F. Allen, printer, 1896

Link to record in Primo

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