Henry MILLARD b: 15 MAR 1790 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. m. Mercy Smith
Dimmis MILLARD b: 5 AUG 1792 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. no spouse listed
Joel MILLARD b: 10 APR 1794 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn.married green ??
Martha MILLARD b: 29 JUN 1796 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. Coon
Allura MILLARD b: 19 SEP 1798 in Sharon,Litchfield,Connecticut m. Wilson
Huldah MILLARD b: 1 SEP 1800 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. non listed
child MILLARD b: 7 APR 1803
Charles J. MILLARD b: 30 JUN 1804 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. m. Thorp, Wilcox
Roswell B. MILLARD b: 10 MAR 1806 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. none listed
Lucinda K. MILLARD b: 15 MAR 1809 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn.? Ford
Peter MILLARD b: 20 AUG 1811 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. none listed
Philo MILLARD b: 4 JUL 1815 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. Atwood?
Elizabeth M. MILLARD b: 3 NOV 1818 in Sharon,Litchfield,Conn. Gerrit Gerry Northrop
Religious Life
With an unbroken Puritan-Congregational heritage stretching back to origins of the colony, religious beliefs, activities, and institutions played a central role in the lives of early Sharon residents. No new town could obtain independent legal status without establishing a church. Inhabitants were required to set aside land for support of a church and minister, pay taxes for their annual upkeep, attend weekly meetings, and submit to church discipline.
Erecting a meetinghouse to accommodate church services and other public gatherings constituted the largest and often most contentious construction effort undertaken in many towns. Sharon's first meeting house of 1743, built of logs, stood somewhere near the present clock tower. It was replaced in 1766 by a larger, more finished structure located in the middle of the upper Green.
The great geographic extent of the town, coupled with the difficulty associated with traversing Sharon Mountain in the winter, created a need for two churches. Early in his ministry Reverend Smith began holding worship meetings in the Ellsworth area, a practice that continued for nearly 50 years. The home of Timothy St. John on Cornwall Bridge Road was the site of many of these gatherings, drawing parishioners from the Ellsworth and Sharon Mountain neighborhoods. In May 1800 a new ecclesiastical society was incorporated, and a new church organized in 1802. Daniel Parker served as the first minister.
From the first days of settlement, Sharon had been home to several Anglican families. In 1754 they formed the town's first Episcopal Society and soon built a small stuccoed church on the upper Green. They were led by Rev. Ebenezer Dibble, who was succeeded by Thomas Davies and Solomon Palmer. Dibble was a missionary of the London-based Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Leading Sharon churchmen included Joel Harvey, Job Gould, Elnathan Goodrich, John Pennoyer, Simeon Rowley, Samuel Hitchcock, and Solomon Goodrich. The congregation consisted of perhaps 19 communicants and 20 families. After the Revolutionary War the Anglican church (which had suffered financial loss and loss of congregants in the wartime period) experienced rebirth. The enthusiasm was evident in Sharon when in 1809 Sharon's Episcopalians, about 20 families in all, reorganized and began planning to erect a new sanctuary. Work on the present church began in 1812. The interior work was completed in 1819, and the church was dedicated in November of that year by Bishop Brownell.
Just across the border in New York the Reverend Ebenezer Knibloe led the Round Top Chapel where several strands of Protestant believers gathered for services. Knibloe, who lived on the Connecticut side of the border, preached for 25 years, was known as a "sound, sensible, sincere man." The first Methodist meeting house was erected on Caulkinstown Road circa 1808, and an imposing red brick church arose at the north end of the green in 1835. The custom of summer camp meeting began in Sharon in 1805. Methodists in Ellsworth originally gathered in the home of Joshua Millard, a native of nearby Cornwall.
Irish Catholic immigrants came to Sharon to work in the iron industry in the 1840s. Catholic mass was celebrated in Sharon as early as 1845-50 at the home of James and Bridget Dunning on Cornwall Bridge Road. Services were held in other houses, too, as well as a paint store, school, tannery, and town hall. The first permanent sanctuary, the Little Church in the Valley, was erected in 1884, followed by the present structure (St. Bernard's) in 1915.
http://www.sharonhist.org/discover-sharon-history.htm
1832deedjosiahmillardmtwashingtonma.mht
Land Deeds of Mt Washington, Mass
1821-1840
May 22, 1832 – Charles Patterson to Josiah Millard
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Early Inhabitants & Tax Lists to 1748
Extracted from
A History of
Cornwall, Connecticut
A Typical New England Town
Edward C. Starr, B. D.
1926, no copyright
- Samuel MESSENGER, gone 1744. Sole to M. MILLARD, 1739, & to Joseph PECK, and John HOLLOWAY
- X Matthew MILLARD bought of Jno. PATTERSON & Stephen BISSELL
Added Names in 70 on list (£3154=18 s.) in 1748
- Jason MILLARD
- John MILLARD
from http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/cornwall_ct.htm
Lots of Ridgebury connections
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY
NORTH EGREMONT, MASS
RIVERSIDE CEMETERYsalisburymillardperrywilmothubbelwhitney
MILLARD Ezra H. d. Mar 8, 1886 ae 66 yrs
Edmund W. d. Jul 27, 1882 ae 28 yrs
Susan M. 1857-
Hall Millard etc RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Lost and Foundhallmillard.mht
Entries: 21826 Updated: 2006-03-07 08:25:16 UTC (Tue) Contact: Robert L Miller
- ID: I8721
- Name: Rachel Hall
- Sex: F
- Birth: Abt 1763 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Death: 8 DEC 1842 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Burial: 8 DEC 1842 Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Note:
BURIAL: CEM REC AGE 79
CEM REC AGE 79
- Change Date: 29 DEC 1999 at 21:47:47
Marriage 1 Rufus Miller b: 12 FEB 1764 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Married: Abt 1783 in Cornwall, Connecticut
Children
- Roswell Miller b: 9 APR 1791 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Harvey Miller b: 19 OCT 1793 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Asahel Miller b: 10 MAY 1798 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Charles Miller b: 3 APR 1801 in Cornwall, , Connecticut
- Zalmon Miller b: 31 MAR 1804 in Cornwall, , Connecticut