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Excerpt from Bronson Lineage, 1636 1916: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain William Bronson of the Revolutionary War, and Other Ancestral Lines The History of Waterbury, written by Henry Bronson, M. D in 1858, is now out of print and c01)ies of the history are very rare. Dr. Bronson was a descendant. Of Isaac Bronson, who, with our own ancestor, John, and their brother, Abraham, was one of the founders of Waterbury. His ah cestors were prominent in Waterbury, and among the illustrations in the history, which contains 582 pages, are five portraits of Bronsons - namely Bennet, the father of the author of the history, Dr. Isaac, Josiah, Alvin and Silas. Dr. Bronson removed to New Haven, where he was living when he was engaged in writing the history. Much of the material for the his tory was collected by his father, Judge Bennet Bronson, who in 1830 wrote a brief account of ancient Waterbury, and delivered it as an evening lecture to his fellow townsmen. Later, the Bronson Brothers, Publishers, preposed to publish a History of Waterbury and applied to Dr. Bronson for the manuscript. Knowing the labor and time which would be te quired, he at first declined, but later reversed his decision, deeming the early events of Waterbury in most need of a historian - nu most danger of being lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.