Excerpt from History of the Town of Goshen, Connecticut: With Genealogies and Biographies Based Upon the Records of Deacon Lewis Mills Norton IF there is a place in this book, which, more than any other, is a place Of honor, itshould be occupied with mention Of the man whose investigations and records have made the book possible. Had his work been delayed a single decade, but few of the facts could have been gathered. He commenced at a time when he could converse with the children of the first settlers, with soldiers Of the Revolution, with those who knew the first minister and whose parents had founded all the churches. For years before his death, he was accustomed to carry pencil and paper wherever he went, and he recognized in every man and woman he met a possible source Of wished for information, for which he was not slow to ask, nor negligent to record. 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.