The Romance of Norwalk

characteristics, 5 ; decline, 6 Indians in Norwalk, origin, 3; tribes here, 4 ; characteristics, 5 ; decline, 6 ; sell land here, 22, 24, 32 ; city here, 26; graves, 27; smaller In¬ dian cities, 27 ; Meadow St. vil¬ lage, 28; pen picture of village, 29 ; names, 64, 65 ; ate oysters, 347 Industrial Waste, 360 Industries, 209; liquor, 210, 263; pottery, 264 ; shipbuilding, 265 ; hatting, 270 to 290; oyster fisher¬ ies, 341 to 368; in 1901, 386; in 1929, 426; also 473 Ingersoll, Jared, 127 Ingham, George, 391 “Inimical Persons,” 136 Inn, first in Norwalk, 80, 81 “Inshore Lots,” 346 Invalid Girl, asks for library, 333 Irving, Washington, 150 Isaacs, Benjamin, 134; house saved, INDEX 498 165; Charles, 245, 268; Isaac, 170; Ralph, 101 Ischoda Yacht Club, 432 Islands in Norwalk, named, 7 ; Chimons and Cockenoe, 25 ; paths to, 49 ; ownership dispute, 11 ; ac¬ quired by Norwalk, 92, 95 ; Cockenoe and Mamachimons, 95 ; history, owners, 414 to 420; small islands, 478 Jackson, Edward, 385; John, 298; Oliver, 385 Jacob, H. and Sons, 428 Jacob, Moe, 428 Jailed, in suffrage, 410 Jakob, Philip, 421 James, Frank, 433; George, 402; Leavitt, 440 ; Marie, 330 ; Millie, 440; W. K., Mrs, 62; William K, 227 James Island, 293 Jarvis, Abraham, 444 ; Charles, 206 ; Nathan, 136, 244 Jefferson School, 251, 258 Jennings, Burgis, 329; Gould, 245; Mary, 421; Isaac, 376; Jacob, 170 Jessup, Louden, 396 Jesup, Blackleach, 135 Jewish Women, 423 “John Marshall,” 217 Johnson, Isaac, 206; Oscar, 403, 404; Philo, 297; Uriah, 206; Wil¬ liam, 206 Johnston, Alexander, 259 Jones, Elijah, 293; Oliver, 206; W. H., 308 Judah Island, 414, 418, 419 Judson, Mr., 72 Jupp, James, 82 Juvenile Court, 426 K. of C., 399, 403 Kaiser, comes here, 399 Kane, Fred, 391 Kauser, Adele, 438 Keeler, Aaron, 168; Anson, 364, 389; Benjamin, 430; E. O., 228, 337, 381, 382, 388, 407, 431; George, 292, 430; Isaac, 150; Jemima, 213; John, 38, 213, 406; Joseph, 100, 206; Luke, 213; Ralph, 31, 32, 37, 42; Samuel, 82, 100, 169; Walter, 37, 42 Keeler Shoe Store, 430 Keeler’s Mill, 187 Keeller, Rhoda, 130 Keena, Harry, 382 Keilers, 84 Keith, Bradley, 371 Kelley, A. Golden, 322 Kelley, Frank Reuss, 438 Kellner, Arthur, 404 Kellogg, Ezaih, 206; James, 206, 244; Jarvis, 168, 381; Matthew, 206; Ross, 430; William, 299 Kellogge, Daniel, 37, 42, 73, 84, 85 Kendall, G., 249, 326, 337 Kendall, John, 408 Kent, Harvey, 388 Kent, James, 176 Keogh, John, 218, 288, 388, 394, 404 Keogh, Thomas, 218 Ketcham, Isaac S., 266 Ketchum, Joseph, 38 Ketchum’s, 149 Keyser Is., 414, 416, 419 Keyser, John, 419 Kiggins, Ira, Mrs., 332 Kinda, Alexander, 234 King George, comes to Norwalk, 136, 137; 200, 204 King Philip’s War, 81, 82, 83 King’s Daughters, 422 Kinney, John H., 391 Kitts Island, 479 Kiwanis, 421 Klaer, Adele, 437, 438 Klein, Charles, 440 Kline, John, 417 Knapp, H., 280, 281; James H., 180, 274, 275; John, 206; Joseph, 206; P. N., 275, 286, 431; Wil¬ liam, 299 Knight, Jonathan, 168; home, 177, 444 Knight, Sarah, Madam, 81 Knight St. A. M. E. Church, 234 Knockers’ Club, 436 Knox, Nehemiah, 309 Knudsen, C. W., 326 Knudsen School, 251, 253, 257 Kossuth, Baron, 274 Kraemer, Harry, 309 Kransynky, Morris, 292 Krapp, George, 443 Kreiner, Edward, 442 Krembs, Felix, 442 INDEX 499 Krieger, H., and Co., bldg., 339, 429, 430 Kubinyi, Victor, 239 Kuch, Charles, 427 Lafayette, General, 124, 166 Lambert, 132; David, 136; Dr., 417 Lamson, Frederick, 421 LandgrafT, James, 428 Lane, Edgar, Mrs., 332; Harry, 433; James, 418; Sara, 218, 421 Langdon, Woodbury, 265 Larsen, Albert, 402 Lasher, George W., 293 Lauder, Frank, 385 Lauder, Fred, 440 Lawrence, Charles, 206 Laws, for oyster fisheries, 347, 348; ill laws, 357 Lawyers, see attorneys Layden, Ernest, 308 Leach, Mrs., 332 League, Women Voters, 421 Learning, Jeremiah, 132, 136, 148 Leary, Andrew, 373 Leatherland, Thomas, 390 Le Cordon Bleu, 164 Ledgewood Vacation Lodge, 434 Lee, Albert, 444 Lee, Jesse, 189, 190; Jesse Lee Church, 190 Lehmaier, Louis, Mrs., 434 Lengyel, Martin, 391 Leonard, James, 402; Sarah, 335 Leroy Shirt Co., 428 Letters, see mail Level Hat Co., 290 Levitt, Elsie Hill, 166, 190, 410, 411, 412 Lewis, Chapman, 237; F. E., 432; William, 363 "Lexington” sinks, 265 L’Hammock Is., 414, 417 Libby Prison, 293 Liberty Point, 177 Libraries, 326 to 334; South Nor¬ walk, 326; Norwalk, 329; Row- ayton, 331; East Norwalk, 333; gifts to libraries, 463 Lick, John, 160, 161 Light, Freeman, 407 Light, John H., 248, 329, 388, 407, 432, 433, 445 Lighthouses, 416, 417 Lighting, early, 372; electric, 376; gas, 377 Lincoln School, 251, 257 Lindeberg, Ella, 328 Lines, Mr., 98 Lions Club, 421 Liquor, post Rev. times, 185; on board ship, 194, 195; in Hart¬ ford, 210 Lissberger, J. Walter, 445 Litchfield, 137 Literary Colony, 442 Little, Benjamin, 206 Little, Jacob, 206 Little L’Hammock, 414, 417 Little Ram Island, 414, 416 Little Tavern Is., 414, 479 Lockwood, Buckingham, 244; Daniel, 169; David, 206; Eben- ezer, 136; Edward, 381; Edwin, 220, 244, 393; E. K., 378; Eli- phalet, 226; Ephraim, 38, 42, 84; Fred, 163; Frederick, 381; George, 385; Hezekiah, 168; John, 168, 173; see Le Grand; Michael, 78; Milton, 382; Nehe- miah, 206; Stephen, 246; W. A., 408; W. F., 353; William, 242, 303, 378 Lockwood Dwellings, 176 Lockwood Estate, 313-317 Lockwood, Le Grand, property, 269; bonus, 297; rise and fall, 313 to 317; beautiful home, 314; Black Friday, 314; death, 315 Lockwood Mfg. Co., 428 Long Beach, 414, 478 Long Island, 95; waters, 77, 78 Longevity, early Norwalkers, 90 Loper, Isaac, 419 Lord, Austin, 102 Lord, Charles, 335 Loring, A. E., 366 Lotteries, 186, 187 Louden, Clarence, 402 Loudon, Robert, 389 Lounsbury, Bissell, 427 Lounsbury Bros., Rockwell Co., 324, 325 Lovejoy, F. F., 360, 367, 415 Lovejoy, John, 297 Low, Charles, 199 Lowell, Helen, 441 Lowndes, Charles, 309; Howard, 367; Stanley, 367 500 INDEX Lowndes Oyster Co., 367 Ludlow Monument, 62 Ludlow, Roger, 1; in Pequot War, 14; Indian scalps, 16; birth¬ place, 20; Deputy Governor, 21; purchases Fairfield, 21; repri¬ manded, 21; purchases Nor¬ walk, 22; deed, 22; agreement with planters, 30, 31; Ludlow spelling, 31; in disgrace, 58, 59; assigns land here, 60; leaves Norwalk, 61; benefactor, 61, 62; monument, 62; lawyer, 405 Ludlow, Thomas, 21 Ludlow, William, 20 Ludlow’s Code, 61, 68 Luevine, Samuel, 402 “Luisitania,” 441 Lupton, Thomas, 37, 42, 68, 84 Lycett, James, 265 Lynch, Edgar, Mrs., 332 Lynes, Samuel, 393, 409 Lyon, Andrew, 255; Frederick, 255; Mary, 255; M. S., 294 Lyons’ Garage, 13 Mac Kenzie, Alice, 403 Mac Lean, Thomas, 311 Maculess, George, 294 Madey, M. D., store, 371 Madison, 4 Magise, 32, 33 Magushetowes, 32, 33 Mahackem, 24 Mahackemo, or Mahachemo, 21, 22, 65 Makentouh, 24 Mail, cost of early, 370; hiding money, 370; parcel post, 373; none in Rowayton, 374 “Maine,” The, 382 Malone, Williams, 371 Malkin, Albert, 227 Mallery, Lester, 233 “Mallory and Hanford Hat Shop,” 272 Mallory, Charles, 316; John, 392; Nathan, 216 Mallory Lot, 249 Mamachimons, 65 Mamachimons Island, 25, 95, 415 Mamaroneck, River, 75, 76 Maney, Charles, 337 Maning, Stephen, 297 Manresa Institute, 420 Manresa Is., see Keyser Mansfield, Ezra, 374 Maples, B. W., 322, 323 Marine Railway, 266 Marriage, early Norwalk, 67 Marsh, Charles, 360, 363; Jona¬ than, 37, 43, 63 Marshall, Stewart, 334, 380 Martin, David, 316 Marvin, Barnabas, 204; Charles, 295; Ira, 206; Josiah, 62, 249; Matthew, 31, 32, 43, 79, 85; Matthew, Jr., 32, 37, 84; Mat¬ thew, Sr., 32, 37, 47; Ozias, 145; Samuel, 113, 168; Stephen, 170; Wallace, Mrs., 334; Wil¬ liam, 62 Marvin School, 251, 255 Marvle, W. E., 428 Maschal, Charles, 391, 421 Mason, John, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20 Mason, Ruth Putnam, 442 Massachusetts, 16, 75, 76, 81; Bay, 12 Masterson, Patrick, 430 Matheis, Henry, 394 Mather, Cotton, 149; Harry, 389; Increase, 149; James, 171; John, 169; Moses, 149, 150, 169, 171 Mathews, Charles, 315; Florence, Lillian, Harry and Charles, 316 Mathews Estate, 269, 313, 314, 315, 316 Mathews, Raymond, 206 Mathewson, Herbert, 388 Mathias, Henry, 370; Joe, 385 Matumpun, 32, 33 Mausolff, Alfred, 438 Maximus, 99 Mayehoff, M. N., 428 Mayer, Hy, 439 Mayflower Hook and Ladder, 307, 309 Mayors of South Norwalk, see appendix McAuley, Donald, 138 McCarg, Lieut., 398 McDermott, Father, 230 McGowan, Samuel, 303, 308 McGregor, Ernest, 232 McHarg, Barton Co., 395 McKay, E. Murray, 437 McLean, John, 297, 409 INDEX 501 McMahon, Anna, 422; J. F., 329; John, 249 McMullen, John, Mrs., 344; John, 419, 432 McNamara, Jennie, 422; Patrick, 372 McQuhae, John, 299 Mead, Frederick, 381; Luther, 191; Matthew, 103, 114, 167; Mel¬ ville, 266; Nathaniel, 192; Thad- deus, 113, 114; William, 230, 235, 236, 237 Mead School, 260; Mrs. Melville Mead, 260 Meals in 1750, 105; in post Rev. hotel in Norwalk, 185; on board ship, 215 Mechanics Savings Society, 227 Medical Society, 408, 409 Medicine, lack of, 90 Meehan, George, 398 Meek, Clifton, 437 Meeker, Aurelius, 381 Meeting House Church, first, 36, 37, 50; second, 50; first, 66, 67; second, 83, 84, 85, 86; third, 96 Meetings, town, 55 Merrill, Charles, 294; D. E., 308; Jason, 244; Joseph, 417 Merrill’s Bus. College, 261; Mrs. M. A. Merrill, 261 Merritt, William, 372 Merwin, Timothy, 244, 323 Merwine, Matthew, 103; Osias, 135 Metcalf, John, 298 Methodism; religion introduced, 189; under apple tree, 190; serv¬ ices here, 191; first Methodist church in S. Norwalk, 191; second church in S. Norwalk, 191; Norwalk Methodists form own church, 192; Rowayton M. E. Church, 192; E. Norwalk M. E. Church, 192 Meyers, George, Henry, Samuel, 427 Meyers Mfg. Co., 427 Miantonomoh, Indian Chieftain, 10 Middle Five Mile River School, 254 Middlesex or Darien, 99, 195 Milford, 4, 60, 190 Mill or Sasqua river, 72 Mill Plain, 165 Miller, Addison, 436; Anna, 403; Calvin, 398; Charles, 329; C. O., 337 Miller, William, Store, 373, 429 Milligan, Wendell P., 322 Mills, Charles F., 228, 388; Gladys, 403; Lydia, 123; Oscar, 146, 347 Mills corn, 63; saw, 83; grist, 187;