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Excerpt from Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Stratford, October 3d, 1889 The accompanying illustration represent the present appearance of the place whee the first settlers established themselves in 1639. It is believed that the first settlers sailed from Whetherfield down the Connecticut River, thence along the Sound and up the Housatonic (then the Pootatuck), landing in an inlet which at that time formed an excellent harbour, at the place directly back of the barn in the illustration. this inlet, since called Mac's Harbor, is now nearly filled up and overgrown with sedge. The boat seen in the picture indicates the location of a stream that still remains, to show where the former inlet ran. The old barn stands on the site of the first "Meeting-house," erected directly after settlement of the town, and torn down in 1664. The "Barrymore" house, to the left of the barn, is one of the oldest "Meeting-house" mentioned above found their way into its frame. The exact date of erection of the house cannot be given. The land upon which it stands was, in 1642, the property of Nicholas Knell, from whom "Knell's Island," the land seen across the river in the illustration, was named. The house of Rev. Adam Blakeman, the first minister, was on the corner opposite the barn, to the west. The site does not appear in the illustration. 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.