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JONATHAN SQUIRES,
an original purchaser of two rights, was another
enterprising pioneer from Plainfield. In 1739 he settled
on Cream Hill, southwest from Mr. Douglas's place, on
the road (long since discontinued) leading from
Rexford's to the grist-mill. His son Reuben, who came
with him, established himself on the place where Captain
Joel Wright resided, which property now belongs to his
only son, John Wright. (Thomas Wilson, 1877.)
Jonathan
Squires was a man of activity, and was frequently
employed in the public business of the town. But few of
the first settlers were more wealthy than he. A daughter
of his married Mr. Samuel Scoville, grandfather of Jacob
Scovill, Esq. Mr. Squires died in this place at an
advanced age.
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