Served in the Revolutionary War.
Also a member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.
Leaving Waterbury in September 1807, the first group of thirty-three pioneers reached Cleveland in late November. While most of the new settlers wintered over in Cleveland, a hardy few set off for the township.
With a sled pulled by oxen, Jared Pritchard, Levi Bronson, John Williams, Silas Hoadley, and Bela Bronson, with his wife Sally, and their eight month-old son Sherlock, set off through the winter landscape, made the trip in eight days. While the men bushwhacked a road through the forest, Sally cooked for them along the way. The trip was completed in eight days.
Three cabins were built by Christmas; and it is said that the only shelter the young Bronson family had at night until work on their home was completed, was the box of a sled turned up against a tree.
Jared was one of the partners who establish the Waterbury Land Company along with several of his cousins and others from in and around Waterbury, New Haven, CT.
Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.
Also a member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.
Leaving Waterbury in September 1807, the first group of thirty-three pioneers reached Cleveland in late November. While most of the new settlers wintered over in Cleveland, a hardy few set off for the township.
With a sled pulled by oxen, Jared Pritchard, Levi Bronson, John Williams, Silas Hoadley, and Bela Bronson, with his wife Sally, and their eight month-old son Sherlock, set off through the winter landscape, made the trip in eight days. While the men bushwhacked a road through the forest, Sally cooked for them along the way. The trip was completed in eight days.
Three cabins were built by Christmas; and it is said that the only shelter the young Bronson family had at night until work on their home was completed, was the box of a sled turned up against a tree.
Jared was one of the partners who establish the Waterbury Land Company along with several of his cousins and others from in and around Waterbury, New Haven, CT.
Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.
Served in the Revolutionary War.
Also a member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.
Leaving Waterbury in September 1807, the first group of thirty-three pioneers reached Cleveland in late November. While most of the new settlers wintered over in Cleveland, a hardy few set off for the township.
With a sled pulled by oxen, Jared Pritchard, Levi Bronson, John Williams, Silas Hoadley, and Bela Bronson, with his wife Sally, and their eight month-old son Sherlock, set off through the winter landscape, made the trip in eight days. While the men bushwhacked a road through the forest, Sally cooked for them along the way. The trip was completed in eight days.
Three cabins were built by Christmas; and it is said that the only shelter the young Bronson family had at night until work on their home was completed, was the box of a sled turned up against a tree.
Jared was one of the partners who establish the Waterbury Land Company along with several of his cousins and others from in and around Waterbury, New Haven, CT.
Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.
Also a member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.
Leaving Waterbury in September 1807, the first group of thirty-three pioneers reached Cleveland in late November. While most of the new settlers wintered over in Cleveland, a hardy few set off for the township.
With a sled pulled by oxen, Jared Pritchard, Levi Bronson, John Williams, Silas Hoadley, and Bela Bronson, with his wife Sally, and their eight month-old son Sherlock, set off through the winter landscape, made the trip in eight days. While the men bushwhacked a road through the forest, Sally cooked for them along the way. The trip was completed in eight days.
Three cabins were built by Christmas; and it is said that the only shelter the young Bronson family had at night until work on their home was completed, was the box of a sled turned up against a tree.
Jared was one of the partners who establish the Waterbury Land Company along with several of his cousins and others from in and around Waterbury, New Haven, CT.
Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.
Inscription
In memory of Jared Pritchard, who died March 12, 1836. in the 77th year of his age.
