ANTIQUE HANDWRITTEN STORE LEDGER Lyme London County CT Brockway Family 1896
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:19011462 | Year Printed: 1896 |
| Subject: Americana | Topic: Historical |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Binding: Hardcover |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Manuscript |
FANTASTIC, ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY STORE LEDGER FROM LYME, CONNECTICUT. This important volume dates from 1896-1898 and was kept by a general store in the town of Lyme in London County, Connecticut. Store was owned by the Brockway family and numerous Brockways are mentioned throughout ledger including Charles, Ebenzer, Edgar, Joseph, Lewell, Matilda, Myron, etc. Family patriarch Wolston Brockway (1632-1717) was the progenitor of the Brockway name in America and was one of Lyme's earliest ...settlers. The English immigrant settled in Lyme shortly after arriving in Connecticut in the mid-17th century. (Scroll down below description for more pictures.)
"Wolston Brockway was...a respectable and early settler at Saybrook and Lyme, Conn. On Dec. 3, 1659 he bought land with a house and barn thereon of John Reynolds, both of Saybrook, Conn., the land being described as 'one of ye east sid of ye river ouer against ye towne of Saybrooke' for 20 lbs. sterling. The first home in Lyme was probably on Duck River, south of the present village of Lyme near Long Island Sound. When he sold this land on April 29, 1682 he described it 'in the neck of land commonly called Black Point." (see The ancestors and descendants of Silas Brooks (1760-1849) and his wife Elizabeth Beckwith (1766-1846) by Jack Russell Brooks, 2004, p. 26).
"[Wolston Brockway] is first heard of...in 1659, when he purchased in Lyme, on the east side of the river, and removed to the 'Black Ball' precinct in that town. He subsequently bought a large tract, in its northern extremity, on the bank of the Connecticut, called for nearly two centuries 'Joshua Town, ' after a famous Indian Sachem named Joshua, who originally lived there. Wolston Brockway died in the early part of the [18th] century, and was buried in a rough side-hill graveyard at 'Brockway's Ferry, ' in the Joshua Town quarter..." (see Brockway, Our Family History online).
Impressive volume contains over 500 pages of handwritten entries chronicling daily activities at the Brockway's bustling Lyme store. The large number of transactions here over a relatively brief period of time suggest store was a thriving hub of activity and a one-stop shopping destination for local residents. Among the innumerable items found here include axe handles, almond, bananas, beef, bush baskets, butter, cabbage, cake polish, candy, chocolate cake, cement, cigars, cinnamon, clams, cloth, coconut, codfish, cough syrup, corn, crackers, eggs, feed, flannel, flour, gasoline, gum, ham, handkerchiefs, herring, ink, lamp chimneys, lard, lobster, mackerel, mats, meal, milk, molasses, mustard, nails, nutmeg, oats, oil, oranges, pepper, pickles, plaster, pork, potatoes, raisins, rice, rice salt, salmon, salt, shirts, snuff, straw hats, succotash, sugar, sweets, swordfish, tea, thread, tobacco, vanilla, vinegar, washboards, whip lashes, wheat, whips, white lead, wintergreen, yarn, yeast, etc.
Names found throughout book make for a treasure trove of early local history and genealogy. The Brockways did business not only with numerous individuals but also with the town of Lyme itself and various other local businesses such as William Boardman & Son, H. E. Taylor & Co., E. S. Kibbe & Co., Hills & Co., Standard Oil Co., etc. Among the many customer names found here include Alexander, Alger, Babcock, Banning, Beckwith, Burnham, Clark, Comstock, Daniels, Ely, Gay, Gilson, Griffin, Hall, Holmes, Hungerford, Johnston, Lamb, Laplace, Leffingwell, Lewis, Luther, Mather, Miller, O'Brien, Phelps, Reynolds, Rich, Rose, Selden, Stark, Stoddard, Stone, Taylor, Thompson, Warner, Way, Wilcox, etc.
Lyme is located in New London County, Connecticut. According to recent census figures, the town is currently home to a population of about 2, 406. Lyme and its neighboring town Old Lyme are the namesake for Lyme disease. The portion of the territory of the Saybrook Colony east of the Connecticut River was set off as the plantation of East Saybrook in February 1665. This area included present-day Lyme, Old Lyme, and the western part of East Lyme. In 1667, the Connecticut General Court formally recognized the East Saybrook plantation as the town of Lyme, named after Lyme Regis, a coastal town in Southern England. The eastern portion of Lyme (bordering the town of Waterford) separated from Lyme and became East Lyme in 1823, and the southern portion of Lyme (along Long Island Sound) separated as South Lyme in 1855 (renamed to Old Lyme in 1857). These two changes were consistent with the then-existing laws in the state of Connecticut.
Lyme's principal communities include Bill Hill, Hadlyme, Hamburg (town center), and North Lyme while other communities and geographic areas include Becket Hill, Brockway's Ferry (also known as Brockway Landing), Brush Hill, Elys Ferry, Grassy Hill, Gungy, Joshuatown, Lord Hill, Mt. Archer, Pleasant Valley, Rogers Lake West Shore, Sterling City, and Tuttles Sandy Beach. Along with the town of Lyme, New London County today also comprises the cities of New London and Norwich; and the towns of Bozrah, Colchester including Westchester, East Lyme including Flanders and Niantic, Franklin, Griswold including the Borough of Jewett City, Hopeville, Glasgo, and Pachaug, Groton including Groton Long Point, Long Hill, Mystic, Noank, and Poquonock Bridge, Lebanon, Ledyard including Gales Ferry and Ledyard Center, Lisbon, Montville including Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale, Oxoboxo River, and Uncasville, Preston including Poquetanuck and Preston City, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague including Baltic and Hanover, Stonington including Pawcatuck, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Voluntown, and Waterford including Quaker Hill.
Condition: Rare book remains in good overall condition (see pictures). Early volume bound in original three-quarter cloth with marbled boards; cover worn and rubbed, front hinge cracked, some toning, scattered staining and minor tearing including tear that is hand-stitched together, etc. Generally clean internally. Ledger contains 504 pp. of manuscript entries in pencil and ink; and measures approx 15.5" thick x 6" wide x 1.5" thick. Quite a find and a very worthy acquisition indeed.
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"Wolston Brockway was...a respectable and early settler at Saybrook and Lyme, Conn. On Dec. 3, 1659 he bought land with a house and barn thereon of John Reynolds, both of Saybrook, Conn., the land being described as 'one of ye east sid of ye river ouer against ye towne of Saybrooke' for 20 lbs. sterling. The first home in Lyme was probably on Duck River, south of the present village of Lyme near Long Island Sound. When he sold this land on April 29, 1682 he described it 'in the neck of land commonly called Black Point." (see The ancestors and descendants of Silas Brooks (1760-1849) and his wife Elizabeth Beckwith (1766-1846) by Jack Russell Brooks, 2004, p. 26).
"[Wolston Brockway] is first heard of...in 1659, when he purchased in Lyme, on the east side of the river, and removed to the 'Black Ball' precinct in that town. He subsequently bought a large tract, in its northern extremity, on the bank of the Connecticut, called for nearly two centuries 'Joshua Town, ' after a famous Indian Sachem named Joshua, who originally lived there. Wolston Brockway died in the early part of the [18th] century, and was buried in a rough side-hill graveyard at 'Brockway's Ferry, ' in the Joshua Town quarter..." (see Brockway, Our Family History online).
Impressive volume contains over 500 pages of handwritten entries chronicling daily activities at the Brockway's bustling Lyme store. The large number of transactions here over a relatively brief period of time suggest store was a thriving hub of activity and a one-stop shopping destination for local residents. Among the innumerable items found here include axe handles, almond, bananas, beef, bush baskets, butter, cabbage, cake polish, candy, chocolate cake, cement, cigars, cinnamon, clams, cloth, coconut, codfish, cough syrup, corn, crackers, eggs, feed, flannel, flour, gasoline, gum, ham, handkerchiefs, herring, ink, lamp chimneys, lard, lobster, mackerel, mats, meal, milk, molasses, mustard, nails, nutmeg, oats, oil, oranges, pepper, pickles, plaster, pork, potatoes, raisins, rice, rice salt, salmon, salt, shirts, snuff, straw hats, succotash, sugar, sweets, swordfish, tea, thread, tobacco, vanilla, vinegar, washboards, whip lashes, wheat, whips, white lead, wintergreen, yarn, yeast, etc.
Names found throughout book make for a treasure trove of early local history and genealogy. The Brockways did business not only with numerous individuals but also with the town of Lyme itself and various other local businesses such as William Boardman & Son, H. E. Taylor & Co., E. S. Kibbe & Co., Hills & Co., Standard Oil Co., etc. Among the many customer names found here include Alexander, Alger, Babcock, Banning, Beckwith, Burnham, Clark, Comstock, Daniels, Ely, Gay, Gilson, Griffin, Hall, Holmes, Hungerford, Johnston, Lamb, Laplace, Leffingwell, Lewis, Luther, Mather, Miller, O'Brien, Phelps, Reynolds, Rich, Rose, Selden, Stark, Stoddard, Stone, Taylor, Thompson, Warner, Way, Wilcox, etc.
Lyme is located in New London County, Connecticut. According to recent census figures, the town is currently home to a population of about 2, 406. Lyme and its neighboring town Old Lyme are the namesake for Lyme disease. The portion of the territory of the Saybrook Colony east of the Connecticut River was set off as the plantation of East Saybrook in February 1665. This area included present-day Lyme, Old Lyme, and the western part of East Lyme. In 1667, the Connecticut General Court formally recognized the East Saybrook plantation as the town of Lyme, named after Lyme Regis, a coastal town in Southern England. The eastern portion of Lyme (bordering the town of Waterford) separated from Lyme and became East Lyme in 1823, and the southern portion of Lyme (along Long Island Sound) separated as South Lyme in 1855 (renamed to Old Lyme in 1857). These two changes were consistent with the then-existing laws in the state of Connecticut.
Lyme's principal communities include Bill Hill, Hadlyme, Hamburg (town center), and North Lyme while other communities and geographic areas include Becket Hill, Brockway's Ferry (also known as Brockway Landing), Brush Hill, Elys Ferry, Grassy Hill, Gungy, Joshuatown, Lord Hill, Mt. Archer, Pleasant Valley, Rogers Lake West Shore, Sterling City, and Tuttles Sandy Beach. Along with the town of Lyme, New London County today also comprises the cities of New London and Norwich; and the towns of Bozrah, Colchester including Westchester, East Lyme including Flanders and Niantic, Franklin, Griswold including the Borough of Jewett City, Hopeville, Glasgo, and Pachaug, Groton including Groton Long Point, Long Hill, Mystic, Noank, and Poquonock Bridge, Lebanon, Ledyard including Gales Ferry and Ledyard Center, Lisbon, Montville including Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale, Oxoboxo River, and Uncasville, Preston including Poquetanuck and Preston City, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague including Baltic and Hanover, Stonington including Pawcatuck, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Voluntown, and Waterford including Quaker Hill.
Condition: Rare book remains in good overall condition (see pictures). Early volume bound in original three-quarter cloth with marbled boards; cover worn and rubbed, front hinge cracked, some toning, scattered staining and minor tearing including tear that is hand-stitched together, etc. Generally clean internally. Ledger contains 504 pp. of manuscript entries in pencil and ink; and measures approx 15.5" thick x 6" wide x 1.5" thick. Quite a find and a very worthy acquisition indeed.
Payment and Shipping: Please see our feedback and bid with confidence. Never a reserve and very low opening bid as always. Never a reserve and very low opening bid as always. For international shipping quote, please contact us. Bidders with no established feedback must contact us before bidding. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax or include dealer tax resale number. Payment must be received within 5 days after close of auction. Thanks for your interest!On Sep-12-19 at 19:42:32 PDT, seller added the following information:
