[48] Rev. Mr. Dwight, of Woodstock, dined with him Aug. 24, 1718, and made a prayer at his court Nov. 7, 1718. Also see Diary, Jan. 2, 1724: "Paid Mr. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock in full, of his demands for boarding Madam Usher there about six or seven weeks in the year 1718, £2-11." John Acquittimaug, of Woodstock, an Indian, who lived to be one hundred and fourteen years old, was entertained by Judge Sewell in 1723. _Boston News-Letter_, Aug. 29, 1723. The wills of Woodstock people were proved before "the Honorable Samuel Sewell, Judge of Probate." MSS. of Martin Paine of South Woodstock. [49] Paraclete Skinner, of Woodstock, who remembers the second meeting-house that was taken down in 1821, says that that structure never had a bell. [50] While in custody at Woodstock, Queen Elizabeth, according to the chronicler, Raphael Holinshed, wrote with a diamond on a pane of glass in her room these words: "Much suspected--of me Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth, prisoner." [51] Sir Walter Scott's novel of "Woodstock." [52] The last time that the name of New Roxbury, as applied to the name of the whole town, appears in the Proprietors' Records of Woodstock is March 18, 1689. The first time the name of Woodstock appears is May 26, 1690: Woodstock Records. [53] 1691. [54] March. [55] Town meeting November 27th and 28th. [56] Woodstock, at this time, was under the restrictions of frontier towns. It was called a "frontier town" in 1695.--Mass. Hist. Society Proceedings, 1871-1873, p. 395. [57] December 28th. [58] Lincoln's "History of Worcester County." [59] Sept. 7th. [60] Manuscript Records of Second Precinct of Woodstock, or Parish of New Roxbury, in the possession of G. Clinton Williams, of West Woodstock. [61] May 16th. [62] Petition to town Nov. 2, 1736. [63] July, 1737. [64] 1739. [65] Oct. 2, 1741. [66] April, 1742. [67] Letter of Aug., 1742, to selectmen. [68] Nov. 18, 1742. [69] Sept. 14th. [70] In the school-house Sept. 27th. [71] Line dividing East and West Parishes approved by General Assembly of Connecticut in 1753, and name of New Roxbury approved in 1754. [72] The old First Church. See Records of First and Third Congregational Churches, and Miss Larned's "History of Windham County." [73] July 27th. [74] Class of 1733. [75] He was the son of John Stiles, who belonged to one of the oldest families of Windsor, and was the brother of Rev. Isaac Stiles, a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1722, and was uncle of Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College. President Stiles often visited Woodstock after his uncle had settled at Muddy Brook, now called East Woodstock. [76] Oct., 1761. [77] July 25th, at the age of 74. [78] Class of 1759. [79] Killingly. [80] Vote of First Church passed Dec. 8, 1766. [81] Letter dated Cambridge, March 24, 1776. [82] Class of 1776. [83] Hutchinson's "History of Massachusetts," vol. iii., 6-8; vol. ii., 363-396. [84] July 28, 1749.