Jedediah NORTH

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Jedediah North was a very religious man. He was remembered by his grandchildren for his strict observance of the Sabbath Day. On Sundays, when they went according to their custom, to his house to spend the noon hour between church services, they always found him seated at a table with his Bible before him. Once he appeared at his back door and caught them in the act of picking pears under a tree; he called out: "Children, there are plenty of pears in the house that you can have, but you must not pick them up from the ground on Sunday."

He joined the Kensington Church in 1758 and was a charter member of the Second Congregational Church in Berlin, founded in 1775, of which his father was the first deacon. His house, on the east side of the way at the north end of Berlin village, has been moved back from the street and is now used as a barn. He bought land of Josiah Burnham, in 1786. Recorded as of Berlin in the first Census of 1790. He had eleven children and over eighty grandchildren.

Jedediah married Sarah WILCOX on 27 Jan 1757. Sarah was born in 1739; died on 5 Oct 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Levi NORTH was born on 16 Apr 1760 in Berlin, Vermont; died on 2 Oct 1846 in Berlin, Washington Co., Vermont.

Jedediah married Abigail ANDREWS on 20 Feb 1777. Abigail died in Meredith, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dea. Isaac North was the fist enrolled member and the fist deacon of the Second Congregational Church of Berlin, organized Feb. 9, 1775/ He lived in a house still occupied and in good condition, situated one mile north of Berlin Village, and later known as the Abijah North place. The highway was later changed from the front to the rear of the house so that the back door now faces the street.

Isaac married Mary WOODFORD on 27 Feb 1727/8. Mary was born on 2 Mar 1708; died on 25 Aug 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Joseph Woodford and Lydia Smith

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He settled in Kensington and was one of the founders and one of its "seven pillars" of the church there in 1712. He was a man of wealth and standing. He left a very large estate for those days, the inventory amounting to 1335 pounds, 2 sh. 5d. (Conn. Genealogies p. 622; also the Newell Family.) By deed dated Jan. 24, 1709, he sold Rev. William Burnham two parcels of land, one of eighteen acres, and one of twenty-two acres at Great Swamp; and by deed of Feb. 1, 1709, he sold land in Beech Swamp, Great Swamp, to Samuel Seamore, who had married his sister, Hannah North. (North's Hist. of Berlin, p.27) He lived near the Seymour Stockade, and not far from the church.

Thomas North was a pioneer settler in that part of Berlin known as Christian Lane, where he owned much land, possibly a part of the grant made to his father. His name appears among those who petitioned the General Assembly at Hartford, Oct. 16, 1705, to settle in Great Swamp, now Berlin, and to have a meeting house there. he was one of the seven pillars of the original Congregational Church of Kensington, which was formed in 1712. The other six were William Burnham, pastor, Stephen Lee, Dr. Anthony Judd, Samuel Seymour, Thomas Hart and Caleb Cowles.

Thomas North was a man of wealth and influence. Attempts to find his dwelling place have failed. Records give it as Kensington and Farmington, but we know that he lived near the Seymour Stockade in Christian Lane just back of the residence of the late Mr. John Goodrich of Berlin. It was built of sixteen foot palisades, sharpened to points and stuck in the ground, and affording protection against the Indians. Around this stockade clustered many families, including the Harts, the Standleys (Stanley), the Nortons, Cowles, Porters, Gridleys, Newells and others less closely connected with the Norths.

Thomas North and Thomas hart were a committee to whom Rev. William Burnham deeded land Jan. 7, 1716/7, for a burying place in Christian Lane "To e theirs and their heirs forever, for the above said use." This graveyard, fallen into a condition of sore neglect, was restored in 1909 by the Emma Hart Willard Chapter of the D.A.R.

By deed of Jan. 24, 1709, Thomas North conveyed to William Burnham two parcels of land, one of 18 acres, the other of 22 acres, described as being in Great Swamp. By deed of Feb. 1, 1709, he sold land in Beach Swamp, Great Swamp, to Samuel Seamore, who married his sister Hannah North.

Thomas married Martha ROYCE on 1 Dec 1698. Martha (daughter of Isaac ROYCE and Elizabeth LATHROP) was born on 1 Jun 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]