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STOCKBRIDGE , a township of See also:Berkshire See also:county, in western See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A. Pop. (1900), 208r; (191o, U.S. See also:census) 1933. It comprises an See also:area of 24 sq. m. See also:Lake Mahkeenac, or Stockbridge Bowl, is about 2 M. See also:north of Stockbridge See also:village. Immediately See also:south of the village, in a cleft in the north-western See also:part of See also:Bear See also:Mountain, is See also:Ice Glen, with caverns ice-lined even in midsummer. In the See also:southern part of the township, on the bcundary of See also:Great See also:Barrington, is See also:Monument Mountain (1710 ft.). Stockbridge village is on the Housatonic See also:river, about 13 M. south by See also:east of See also:Pittsfield, and is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway, and by an interurban electric See also:line. It is well known as a summer resort, with a See also:casino and See also:golf links, a See also:war monument, a See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell See also:tower erected by See also:David See also:Dudley See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field to commemorate the See also:Indian See also:mission, a monument in the old See also:burial ground of the Stockbridge See also:Indians, a public library, and the Stockbridge See also:Academy. See also:Jonathan See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards (commemorated by a monument, 1871) was the pastor (1750–1758), and wrote his Freedom of the Will here; the See also:Sedgwick See also:mansion, the See also:home of See also:Theodore Sedgwick (1746–1813), is at Stockbridge; his daughter, the author, See also:Catherine M. Sedgwick, was See also:born (aid buried) here; and Stockbridge was the birthplace of See also:Mark See also:Hopkins and of See also:Cyrus W. Field, who presented a See also:park to the village. The " village improvement society " See also:movement seems to have originated at Stockbridge in 1853. The Stockbridge (or Muh-he-kan-ne-ok) Indians, survivors of the See also:Mohican tribe, removed to the Housatonic Valley from the See also:west See also:bank of the See also:Hudson river soon after the first See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white settlements were made in New York; and in 1734 a mission was established among them in what is now the township of Great Barrington by See also:John Sergeant (1710–1749), who translated part of the See also:Bible into their See also:language. In 1736 a See also:town 6 m. square (including the See also:present Stockbridge) was laid out for them. Lands were held in severalty, the Indians were guaranteed the See also:civil rights of whites; they had a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (under the See also:charge of Jonathan Edwards in 1750–1758), and a school. In 1739 their township was incorporated under the name of Stockbridge, possibly adopted because of a resemblance to the See also:country about Stockbridge, See also:England. Many of the Indians fought on the See also:American See also:side in the War of See also:Independence. In 1783–1788 nearly all of them removed to the See also:Brother-ton See also:settlement (established 1775), 14 M. south of what is now See also:Utica, New York; there they built New Stockbridge. By 1829 nearly all had See also:left New York for See also:Wisconsin, settling near what is now South See also:Kaukauna. By 1859 they had removed to
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the See also:reservation in Shawano county, Wisconsin, where they now live.
See E. F. See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, Stockbridge Past and Present (See also:Springfield, 1854); and J. N. See also:Davidson, Muhhekaneok: a See also:History of the Stockbridge Indians (See also:Milwaukee, 1863).
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