Samuel Bronson

From History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882 by Samuel Orcutt

p. 47 The "First Church of Christ" was organized by the council on the day of the ordination of Mr. Boardman, and gave the call to the minister, which he accepted, and the ordination followed. The record Mr. Boardman made of the organization of the church is thus rendered:

"New Milford, Nov. 21, 1716. An account of the Bretheren of the church at the first settlement of the ministry.

Recommended ye Planters.

Daniel Boardman, John Bostwick, Samuel Brownson, Zacariah Ferris, Samuel Beebe, Samuel Hitchcock, John Weller, Roger Brownson

Female Members Mary Noble, widow, Sarah Hitchcock; ye wife of Samuel Hitchcock, Hannah Beebe, ye wife of Samuel Beebe, Recommended from Danbury

Lydia Brownson, ye wife of Samuel Brownson, Dorcas Brownson, ye wife of Roger Brownson

"Quickly was added to the church, by admission, and recommendation to the Church Communion,

Jonathan Buck, James Prime, Ann Prime, ye wife of James Prime, Recommended from Milford.

Oct. 19, 1718, William Gaylor, Johannah Gaylor, ye wife of William Gaylor, recommended from Woodbury.

"Elizabeth Harris, ye wife of William Harris, recommended from Wethersfield "Mercy Bostwick, ye wife of John Bostwick, recommended from the church of Danbury "Rebecca Weller, ye wife of John Weller, admitted Oct. 19, 1718.

"Church Members 1719 Henoni Stebbins (Northampton Mary Gould, wife of Wm. 1720 Samuel Prindle...Dorothy Prindle, wife of Samuel John Noble John Welch,... Abigail Welch, wife of John Mabel Griswold, Widow Mary Buck, Wife of Enoch ??? Camp, wife of Samuel Millet (Milford) Miriam Pickett, wife of Thomas Hannah Noble 1726 Phebe Beecher Eleazer Beecher 1734 Jonathan Buck, Jr. 1735 Ann Buck, wife of Joseph Betty Buck, wife of Jonathan, Jr. Jonathan Buck, Sen., restored

Note: These lists have been shortened here to point to the ancestors of this family along with a few contemporary names for background. The entire book can be located at http://www.archive.org/details/historytownsnew00orcugoog

In this history of New Milford, Connecticut, a Deacon Samuel Brownson of Farmington, CT arrived in New Milford in 1708, 2 years after the first settler. In 1712 he became a town treasurer and in 1713, a selectman.

https://archive.org/details/twocenturiesofne00graf/page/98/mode/2up...

Someone on findagrave thinks he was born 1676. I don't know the source of that date but its more believable than the current date which has him being married at the age of 15. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68194538/samuel-bronson