[Copy of a Deed from AnthonyThompson to Daniel Thompson Received for record Mrch 29th 1725 and recorded in New Haven sixth ledger. . . ". One very long leaf re Roxbury, Connecticut

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315 x 640 mm. Good quality paper. Document is folded in two, forming 4 pages, "A little more than two centuries ago the territory comprising the present town of Roxbury had been unexplored by whites. Early in the spring of 1673 a party of 15 persons headed by Capt John Minor (an interpreter of the Indian languages and a surveyor) left Stratford on a tour of exploration. They proceeded up the Pootatuck or Housatorice River as far as the mouth of Shepaug. . . On a weather beaten stone standing near the centre of the old burial ground is this inscription. . . Here lies Here lies the relics of the RevTho. CAnfield who dies Jan. 16th AD 1795 in the 75th year of his age in the 51st of his minestry [sic]. . . ." Roxbury, whose Indian name is "Shepaug", a Mohegan name signifying "rocky water", was settled in 1713. Originally a part of Woodbury, the Town was incorporated in October 1796.Mine Hill and its minerals have been associated with Roxbury since the middle of the 18th Century. A silver mine was opened here and was later found to contain spathic iron, specially adapted to steel making and a small smelting furnace was built. The abundance of granite found in many of Mine Hill's quarries provided the building material for the ore roaster and blast furnace, as well as for such world wonders as the Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The Town Green holds the town?s smallest cemetery and granite memorial to Revolutionary War hero and Roxbury native, Seth Warner. Warner was Captain of the local regiment of the "Green Mountain Boys", formed to resist New York authority over Vermont. He was a hero often overshadowed by his more flamboyant Roxbury-born cousins and Green Mountain comrades-in-arms, Ethan Allen and Remember Baker. N° de ref. del artículo 016645

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