This is a towering tree and spreads its branches by the roadside, a living memento of the past. Gideon Ferris, her son, married Lois Bouton, and was the father of the present Col. Cyrus Ferris of Norwalk, Conn. Cross street, leading west from this point, passes the Rippowam or Mill River which drains this portion of the town. The high ridge beyond being the dividing-line between the waters that run into the sound on the south and the North River on the west. On the western side of the ridge, and close by the road leading to Poundridge, is the ancient cemetery laid out by Jacob Wood/ one of the first settlers in this part of the town. The headstones have only the initials of the dead inscribed upon them, among others the following-- I X R. A. G 33. 17 18. I. W. A. G 81. Here are interred the remains of Theophilus Ruscoe^ (whose name is sometimes spelt Resecue; a descendant of John Ruscoe of Norwalk, and Abigail Bouton his wife, who once lived near by in a house which formerly occupied the site of Daniel Bouton's residence. This worthy couple were devout members of the Church of England, and constantly
a The old rent leman's silver watch, which is still preserved as a family relic, was purchased In Loudon, England, one hundred and forty years ago and bears the mark m .John Andrew, maker. No. 7. 331. Tradition savs that the* Hon. John Thomas sold his property to Van Uom from whom it passed to Head, Ac.