Sharon A-Z

O - Old Stone House, Original Home Lots

The Old Stone House

The Original 53 Home Lots

"At the session of the Assembly in May, 1738, it was ordered that the township should be sold at public auction at New Haven on the second Wednesday of the following October. Samuel Eels, Esq., Joseph Whiting and Capt. Isaac Dickerman were appointed a committee for that purpose. It was divided into fifty-three rights, or shares, as they were called, one of which was given to the first minister, one was reserved for the use of the ministry in the town, and one for the support of schools, and the debts accruing from the sale were secured by the bonds of the purchasers, and when collected the avails were divided among the other towns in the colony for the support of the schools therein."

The following is a revised list of the original purchasers of the town:

Beach, Samuel, Wallingford
Butler, Samuel, Hartford
Butler, Samuel, Hartford
Butler, Samuel, Hartford
Calkin, Camuel, Lebanon
Calkin, Samuel, Lebanon
Calkin, Stephen, Lebanon
Case, Ebenezer, Lebanon
Case, Jonathan, Lebanon
Case, Moses, Hebron
Chappel, Caleb, Lebanon
Coleman, Niles, Hebron
Comstock, Samuel, Lyme
Crippen, Jabez, Colchester
Douglas, Genaiah, Canterbury
Foot, Ichabod, Brandford
Gillet, Josiah, Jr., Colchester
Gillet, Samuel, Colchester
Goodrich, William, Weathersfield
Goodrich, William, Weathersfield
Gould, John, Hebron
Holley, Joseph, Stamford
Hunt, Daniel, Lebanon
Hutchinson, Samuel, Lebanon
Johns, Benjamin, Bolton
Judd, Mathew, Farmington
Lamb, Thomas, Salisbury
Lyon, Joshua, Fairfield
Manrow, Joseph, Norwalk
Mudge, Ebenezer, Colchester
Norton, Ebenezer, Farmington
Norton, Ebenezer, Farmington
Owen, Benjamin, Hebron
Pardee, John, Norwalk
Park, Joseph, Middletown
Peck, Jonathan, Wallingford
Petit, Jonathan, Stamford
Pierce, Timothy, Jr., Plainfield
Pierce, Timothy, Jr., Plainfield
Pierce, Timothy, Jr., Plainfield
Skinner, Joseph, Bolton
Skinner, Nathaniel, Colchester
Skinner, Nathaniel, Jr., Colchester
Skinner, Thomas, Colchester
Smith, James, Bolton
Sprague, John, Lebanon
Spafford, Thomas, Lebanon
Swift, Zephaniah, Lebanon
Talmadge, James, New Haven
Woodin, John, New Haven

"These purchasers formed a legal corporation, whose designation was and is, The Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Land in the Township of Sharon. The clerks of the corporation have been Nathaniel Skinner, John Williams, Daniel Griswold, Samuel Canfield, Samuel E. Everitt and Eben W. Chaffee. The corporation had power to set out to each proprietor in severalty his share of the lands, and at different times they have been thus deeded, and each right has furnished to its owner nearly seven hundred acres of land. The average price of each right was about one thousand dollars, and each deed to the purchaser contained the following condition, which would ensure the speedy occupancy of the lands:

'Always provided, and these presents, are upon this condition, that if the said ____________, shall by himself or his agent, within the space of two full years next after the date thereof, enter upon the said granted premises, build and finish an house thereon not less than eighteen feet square, and seven feet stud, subdue, clear, and fence six acres of said land, and continue thereon for the space of three successive years, commencing after the two years aforesaid, (unless prevented by death or inevitable Providences), and do perform all duties and orders, pa all taxes that shall be granted, then the aforesaid deed shall remain in full force and virtue.'

"The records do not show how much, if any of the purchase money was paid on the sale, or that any other security than the personal bond of the purchaser were required before giving deeds."

The following is a revised list of the original proprietors who became inhabitants of the town:

Calkin, Stephen
Chappel, Caleb
Cornstock, Samuel
Crippen, Jabez
Gillet, Josiah, Jr.
Gillet, Samuel
Goodrich, William
Gould, John
Holley, Joseph
Hunt, Daniel
Hutchinson
Judd, Matthew
Lyon, Joshua
Manrow, Joseph
Mudge, Ebenezer
Owen, Benjamin
Pardee, John
Park, Joseph
Peck, Jonathan
Petit, Jonathan
Skinner, Nathaniel
Skinner, Nathaniel, Jr.
Smith, James
Spafford, Thomas
Sprague, John
Talmadge, James
Woodin, John