Excerpt from Narrative of the Capture and Burning of Fort Massachusetts by the French and Indians, in the Time of War 1744-1749, and the Captivity of All Those Stationed There, to the Number of Thirty Persons

Bernard's Town, at the time Mr. Norton preached there was, as just mentioned, called Fall Town. It was thus designated because it was granted to the soldiers, or the descendants of those soldiers who were in the fight with the Indians at the Great Falls in the Conneéticut river, May 18th, 1676. While in captivity his wife applied to the government of Massachusetts for the wages due him as chaplain, and at one time received one pound sixteen shillings and six pence, then due, March 12th, 1747'

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