Excerpt from The History of Redding, Conn: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time History of Methodism. The author's thanks are due Mr. Lemuel Sanford, our efficient town-clerk, for ready access to the town records, and for many valuable hints and suggestions also to Messrs. Thomas Sanford, William E. Duncomb, Daniel Sanford, David S. Bartram, James Sanford, and David H. Miller, for efficient aid in the prep aration of the work. He is also indebted to Rev. Moses Hill, of Norwalk, for data of the Hill and Barlow families and to Mr. A. B. Hull, of Danbury, for many papers and documents relating to the history of the town. 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.