his great abilities, his name and fame spread; he was soon led into a large acquaintance with the most ingenious and learned men in the country, especially the friendship of Dr. B. Franklin. His character became known in England, which led him to an intimate correspondence with many of the learned at home; which has been of no less service to the country than honor to him personally. That noble society, erected for promoting industry, &c., at home, soon became acquainted with him; and some of its members (being his correspondents) appointed him one of their corresponding members for the manufactories in Connecticut; and have lately done him, his family, and the country the great honor of ordering a gold medal in reward for his merit, in first, by experiment, evidencing the black sand to be iron ore, or

mine.

"With these improvements in the world of nature, he also was well acquainted with the inhabitants of the world; for he was a great, able, and judicious historian. He had a particular thirst for, and took a peculiar pleasure in, knowing the natural history of the various countries into which the earth is divided; herewith, also, he well understood the customs, manners, government, and revolutions of the several kingdoms of the world, both ancient and modern; and made the most useful observations thereupon; whereby his conversation became particularly entertaining and instructive. As idleness was what he had the greatest aversion unto, one method he took to improve his time in may be worth mentioning as a curiosity. As a physician, he rode much, and often alone; he therefore, to improve his time profitably, made trial of reading on horseback. This he succeeded in; and for many years, as long as his eye-sight served him, practiced, to his great satisfaction and improvement. His station of life, as a minister, put him under a restraint of public improvements, which otherwise he was abundantly qualified for. The state which he filled with honor, and great and long service, was that of one of the trustees or fellows of Yale College, in this government; whose true interests he studiously promoted, as he was one of the greatest friends to learning, and for more than thirty years unweariedly labored, and therein continued to the end of his useful life.

66 Every station of life in which Providence called him to act his part, he filled up with honor, fidelity, and an exemplary lustre. As a husband, he was kind and engaging; as a father, most affectionate and tender. And as God blessed him with a numerous family, and a plen

tiful fortune, he liberally expended it in their education, instruction, and comfort. In his house he was liberal, courteous, and generous in a gentleman-like hospitality; answering the true character of a Scripture bishop, 'given to hospitality;' and of a true Christian, 'providing things honest in the sight of all men,' without profuse ostentation.

"He was exceeding charitable, as a physician, and as a disciple of Him who has said, 'tis more blessed to give than to receive;' and as he had opportunity of doing good to all men, by counsel and the benignity of real love. Those animated expressions of Job might, with great propriety, be applied to him, 'I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was a father to the poor; and caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

"His whole deportment was engaging and agreeable; nothing stiff, unsociable, assuming, or imperious, had a place in his soul or actions; but he was always humble and condescending, plain and manly, in his whole behavior; like what is said of the emperor Titus, so was he the delight of mankind; or rather what the sacred volumes express, he was a good man, one of those for whom some one would even dare to die. His life of activity, and unwearied labors, were continued to a great length, having completed seventy-seven years, and entered into his seventy-eighth, and was useful till a few months before he expired. The animal machine was worn out—the vital flame quite extinguished; he died in a good old age, full of riches and honor; and, we trust, is gone to that world of glory and pleasures, where the spirits of just men are made perfect. 'And those that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.""

WILL OF REV. JARED ELIOT.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Jared Eliot, of Killingworth, in the County of New London, and Colony of Connecticut, in New England, Clerk, being in full health, of sound mind and memory, for which I bless God, calling to mind my frailty and mortality, knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die-do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

Principally, and first of all, I commit my soul to God, the Father of Spirits, hoping for salvation through Jesus Christ my only Saviour,

Redeemer, and Mediator, and my body to the earth, to be buried in a decent manner, according to the discretion of my Executors, hoping for a glorious resurrection by the mighty power of God.

As touching such worldly goods and estate with which God has been pleased to bless me-my debts and funeral charges being first paid-I give, will, and bequeath in manner and form following:

I will and bequeath to my daughter, HANNAH GALE, besides what I have already given to her, all the land which I bought of Stuart at the Pond; also all that land which I bought of Capt. Lane, lying opposite on the southerly side of the highway; also all that land adjoining, which I bought of Hiel Buell; also that land which I bought of Amos Steevens, adjoining to the pond lot aforesaid; also all that land which I bought of Mac-Ure; as also fifty pounds lawful money, called Proc.

Item. To my son, AARON ELIOT, besides what I have already given him, I will and bequeath one quarter part of my farm at New Preston, in Kent, the southerly end of said farm; also half a tract of one hundred acres in the western part of Litchfield, having given him one half by deed before; also fifty acres of the four hundred acre farm in said Litchfield ; also one quarter part of my right in the iron works and bed of iron ore in New Milford; and a like proportion of the lands thereunto belonging, the other quarter part of said lands being already secured by deeds to him; also fifty acres, being part of a farm of four hundred acres in Litchfield, near Waterbury river; also fifty acres on the northerly and westerly side of my farm at Pipe Stave hill, so as to include the iron works, dam, and pond, and the whole of my part of the steel furnace I give him. I also give him all the remainder of the Willson home lot not already disposed of; also two acres adjoining, which I bought of John Hull, which two acres is in consideration of a small legacy given him by his aunt Willson; also the whole of that meadow in Haiton Cove which I bought of Hopson and Bartlett; also all the Eastern Stone point, extending to the easterly edge of the swamp. Also I give all my land at Farmington to my son Aaron's six children, to be equally divided among them.

Item. To my son JOSEPH ELIOT, besides what I have already given him, I will and bequeath to him all my land in a common field called the Neck, in Killingworth; my Hylyard pasture; the whole of my land at Western Stone point, upland, swamp, and meadow; also one hundred acres on the southerly end of my farm at Pipe Stave hill, in

Killingworth, aforesaid; also fifty acres of land at the southerly end of my farm, lying part in Killingworth and part in Saybrook, now in the occupation of Thomas Flew Allen; also all my right in the iron works, stream and land, tools and implements, thereto belonging.

Item. To my son NATHAN ELIOT, besides what I have already given him, I will and bequeath to him one quarter part of my farm at New Preston, in Kent, the northerly part of said farm, the house, barn, and other quarter part being already secured to him by deeds; also all the remainder of my right in the iron works, bed of iron ore, and land thereunto belonging in New Milford; also one hundred acres of land in Litchfield, being part of the four hundred acre farm aforesaid; as also forty pounds money at Sheffield.

Item. I give to my son JARED ELIOT, beside what I have already given him, I will and bequeath to him all the land where he now dwells, which I bought of Charles Hopson and William Wellman, both upland and meadow, which he is not already possessed of; also all my land in Saybrook, lying on both sides of and adjoining to the country road leading from Killingworth to Saybrook, both upland and meadow; also fifty acres of land at the southerly end of that farm, lying partly in Saybrook and Killingworth, now in the occupation of Thomas Flew Allen, as also one half of my right in the common land in Saybrook.

Item. To my son JOHN ELIOT, besides what I have given him already, and having the farm at Guilford secured to him by deeds, I give him nothing more besides what I shall give him in a general devise to be made.

Item. To my son GEORGE ELIOT, I will and bequeath the house, barn, and all the homestead where I now dwell, both upland and meadow; also the land which I purchased of John Sheather, both upland and meadow; also the meadow which I bought of Thaddeus Steevens, all the Long Hill pasture, which is in three parts, all my Nettleton lot, Antegoe land, so called, both upland and swamp; all my wood lot by and adjoining to Carter's land; the whole of that farm now in the occupation of Thomas Flew Allen, not already disposed of, which farm is part in Saybrook and part in Killingworth; as also half my right in the common land in Saybrook; also fifty acres of land at Litchfield, being part of the four hundred acres aforesaid. If there prove to be more than two hundred acres in the farm at Pipe Stave hill, in Killingworth, I will and give to my son George the remainder; and forty pounds

money.

Item. I give to my daughter GALE, one hundred acres of land at Litchfield, being part of the four hundred acres aforesaid.

Item. I give my whole right in the Susquehanna purchase to my six sons, to be equally divided between them or among them. I will and bequeath to each of my grandchildren, born and living at my decease, twenty shillings to buy a Bible for each of them.

Whereas Dr. Benjamin Gale, having an interest in the steel furnace, and having no wood land near, that my sons Joseph, Jared, and George shall contribute in furnishing wood for that part of the furnace in proportion to each one's interest in wood land; and that he, the said Gale, in cutting wood, shall make no waste on their land, or cut timber trees; and he shall have liberty to cart the wood on their land to the steel works aforesaid.

Item. I will and bequeath to the President and Fellows of Yale College, in New Haven, ten pounds lawful money, the interest of which sum shall be applied to the use of the library, in buying of books from time to time, according to their best skill.

Item. As a testimony of my affectionate regard for the First Society in Killingworth, with whom I have lived so long in peace and harmony, in order to promote religion and learning among them, I will and bequeath ten pounds lawful money, the interest of that sum to be applied yearly towards the support of a school in said Society; also five pounds towards the purchase of a bell for the meeting-house in said First Society; and until such time that a bell be purchased, the interest of that sum be applied towards the support of the said school in said Society.

Item. My will is, and I do hereby order, that all the remainder of my estate not already disposed of, whether it be lands, money due on bond or note, cash, goods, chattels, wheresoever or whatsoever, be divided into eight equal parts or shares, and when so divided, my will is, that my daughter, HANNAH GALE, shall have two parts or shares, and each of my sons shall have one part or share.

Whereas a great part of the land above devised is in common, or undivided, if the legatees cannot agree in dividing said land, my will is that the Court of Probate of that district, within which such undivided land lieth, be desired, and are hereby empowered to divide said land, which shall be binding to the parties, as though it were an intestate

estate.

I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Aaron and Joseph to be