Connecticut Historical Society collection 2012.312.205 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Socie…

Map of Woodstock, Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by John S. Lester American, 1835 - 1910

MakerNames added by George Clinton Williams American, 1853 - 1931

PrinterPrinted by Heliotype Printing Co. American, 1872 - 1908

Date1883

MediumHeliotype; black and red printer's inks on wove paper, lined with linen

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 24 x 27 7/8in. (61 x 70.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 25 1/4 x 28 7/8in. (64.1 x 73.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 25 1/4 x 28 7/8in. (64.1 x 73.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Woodstock, Connecticut, from the border of Massachusetts to the north, Putnam and Thompson to the east, Eastford and Pomfret to the south, and Union and Eastford to the west. The map primarily shows the local hills, conveyed with hachure marks and labeled in red. Also in red are historical names and dates related to buildings and landowners. The town is divided into seventeen sections, divided by broken solid lines. Roads are denoted with solid parallel lines and some of them are labeled. Buildings, probably mostly houses, are indicated with solid black squares and the owner's name if known.

Object number2012.312.205

InscribedRecto, top right, printed in black ink: "MAP / OF / WOODSTOCK / Conn. / By John S. Lester C.E. / AREA 59 1/6 Sq MILES. / POPULATION 3610"

Right side, printed in red ink: "TOPOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL / NAMES, ADDED BY / GEO. CLINTON WILLIAMS A.M. / 1886."

Right side, printed in red ink: "N.B. The authorities for the names / used are the Statutes, Town and other / Records, Usage, Historical and Natural / facts, and early occupation or ownership. / Formerly the terms "North, South, and West Parish," or "New Roxbury," "Old / Town," or "The Common," "Arnold Town," / "Muddy Brook," "Village Corners," "The / City," and "Stogy Hollow," were familiar / local names for the different communities. / The dotted parallel lines are old "range" / or "cross" roads. The names of house / owners are not all coontemporary."

Bottom right corner, printed in black ink: "HELIOTYPE PRINTING COMPANY, BOSTON."

Map Transcription
Names of property owners indicated on the map include:
Area I:
[near the Norwich and Springfield Turnpike]
M. Green (occurs twice), R.F. Towne, Mrs. W. Lyon, G. Sumner (occurs twice), George Spaulding, Miller, P. M. Law, C. T. Lyon (?), P. Kane, S. T. Morse, F. Flynn, B. S., Gaylord, S. H., A. C. Gordon, S. Phillips, Dr. G. A. Bowen, A. Chandler, E. Bowen, W. P. Snow, J. R. Davenport, J. F. Russell, F. Blackmer, John McClella, H. C. Bowen, Mrs. A. W. Bowen, Mrs. A. Carroll, C. R. Wilcox, G. Randall, Woodward, W. D. Carroll (?), J. J. W[illegible]amson, K. Tourtellotte (?), M. H. Williams, H. C. Bowen

[near the Westward Hill]
J. Mehan, W. W. Webber

[near the Roxbury Hill]
Z. Margy, Mehan

[near Fisher Hill]
M. E. Lyon

[near Rocky Hills]
J. O. Fox, E. Weaver, King

[near Cortney Hill]
A. Ber[illegible]ume

Area II:
[near the Norwich and Springfield Turnpike]
Moffitt, Brun, H. Snow, D. K. Thorne, Dr. Shaw, R. Wetherell (?), M. Paine, L. Putter, E. T. Warner, McCellan, A. Lake, N. T. Adams, G. S. F. Stoddard, A. Se[illegible]thworth, W. Arnold, C. Sheldon, W. B. Mathewson, General Sam McClellan

[near Mathewson Woods]
Dr. A. Mathewson, C. H. Porter, F. Rockwell

[near Sander Hill]
J. Low, O. Perry, E. I. Warner

[near Rocky Hill]
R. Hammond, B. Shields

Area III:
J. Jaunsen, J. Reuherd (?), E. Fennir, E. S. Bugbee, A. Child, H. Reynolds, D. C. Cumins, H. T. Child, S. H., E. Gorcoran (?), J. Randall, W. A. Moffitt, N. C. Bartlett, R. King, S. C. Houghton, L. Linderman, S. Palmer, H. Hubbard, D. Hubbard, G. Bugbee, F. Sampson, J. [illegible], J. Fuler, Mrs. Bishop, F. M. Fox, W. Catlin, Rev. Camp, Neidhart

Area IV:
J. Place, Otis Lyon, J. Green (Foxborough Hill),
[near Long Hill]
C. C. Williams, B. Williams, L. U. Wells (?), D. Baker

[near Wafpaquassef Hill]
Mrs. Swain, E. Hawkins (?), E. W. S[illegible]nger, B. Carroll, M. Fuller (?)

[near Masha Muggett]
F. Wilkinson, J. Thylon (?), Johnsen, Quarry, D. Young

Area V:
G. W. Weaton, J. F Pankhurst, Palmer, Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, A. Lippitt, G. M., L. Palmer, Otis Barrett, A. Chandler, M. Paine, A. Wetherell, Dr. Shaw, D. K. Thorne

Area VI:
D. Florich, Mrs. Phelps, L. Bacon (?), Johnson, S. H., L. Joslin, S. G. Hopkins, Phillips, Nichols, C. C. Foster,

[near Bundy Hill]
J. Petitt, M. L. Gage, D. Crewford

[near Joe Marcy Hill]
W. Myers, Carroll, Mrs. Wilkinson

[near Mason Hill]
W. Britton, Thomas Phillips, A. F. Clark, Mrs. Pike, B. Tucker

Area VII:
A. Marcy, J. E. Dean, Parker J. Church, I. Corbin, J. M. Per[illegible], M. B. McCom[illegible], W. Lyon, George Lyon, S. D. Skinner, Mrs. C. Allen, A. Bicknell, D. White, H. M., J. Chandler

[On the County Road]
Bradford, Bundy, Skinner, Phillips, Carpenter, Wilkinson, Litchfield, Scarborough, Williams, Marcy, Fox, Ellis, Hammond, Fisher

Area VIII:
[near the Hammond Hill] B. Carprey, N. Root, G. M., Sorghun, E. Simmons, S. H.
[near the Perrin Hill] N. Andrews, S. Bradford, H. K. Safford, O. D[illegible]
[near the Matthewson Hill] E. Arnold, Bradford, R. Hammond, A. B. Skinners
[near the Johnson Hill] G. Johnson, M. Smith
[near the Smith Hill] Mrs. Buck, J. Rafferty, D. Young
[near Skinner Hill] W. [illegible]amo[illegible]omd (?), Mrs. [illegible]len, C. Skinner
Mrs. Withy, Seth PierceNotesCartographic Note: 3 inches equals 1 mile

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