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Chattels or any interest that shall be found belonging to me after my decease, for use of a school, to be kept in the center of town the interest of the money to be paid yearly for the support of the school after a reasonable time to settle the estate in." She apparently could not read herself and signed the will with an "X", her mark.
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Brookfield Museum
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General Assembly gave the community the right to have worship in area homes from September through March. In 1754, the General Assembly granted permission for the Parish of
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The original Center School building was erected in 1762 and later served as the Town Hall. (Now it is rented by the
Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials.) In 1788 the town of Brookfield was incorporated and by 1807 had eight school districts; Brookfield Center, Iron Works, Longmeadow,
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Federation. According to early deeds for property on both sides of the Still River, "Sachem Pokono" the son of Sachem
Waramaug who met the first settlers to Brookfield in 1710 (or "Pocono") led the local Indians for many years. Indian relics are still found in Brookfield.
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By the late 20th century, New Yorkers began relocating from the city to the suburbs. This created rapid real estate development in Brookfield, and turned Brookfield into a popular
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a collection of images of Brookfield, 128 pages, Arcadia Publishing (1999),
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pay the singing master in the town's Sing School, which was located there.
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In the early 1970s, the town was home to LEGO USA headquarters.
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