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The town of Brooklyn was incorporated May, 1786, and taken from Pomfret and Canterbury.
Trinity Episcopal Church dates from 1769 and a church erected in 1771. The Rev. Daniel Fogg was rector from 1772.
The following are the marriages recorded:
John Cambell & Mary Johnson, July 17, 1772
Jeremiah Wheeler & Elizabeth Troop, Oct. 27, 1778
Daniel Putnam & Catharine Hutchinson, Sept. 2, 1782
Stephen Finch & Margareta (Tyler) a mulatto girl, (no date)
Jesse Parke & Kezia Adams, Jan. 1, 1784
Joseph Cheney & Selah Tyler, June 22, 1784
Samuel Brown & Clarissa Geer, April 7, 1785
Jonathan Stevens & Eleanor Adams, Oct. 20, 1785
Asaph Adams & Orinda Abbot, Oct. 20, 1785
William Brown & Sarah Whaley, Oct. 8, 1786
Smith Barrett & Abigail White, Oct. 4, 1787
William Eldredge & Sarah Austin, Feb. 14 (or 24), 1788
Sylvester Daily & Abigail (a negro girl), June 15, 1788
Benj. Brayton & Zerviah Adams, Sept. 10, 1788
William Kelly & Delight Adams, Jan. 27, 1791
David Bissell & Hart Wickham, Feb. 7, 1791
Peter Davison & Susanna Weaver, Nov. 6, 1791
Israel Putnam & Claryna Chandler, Feb. 26, 1792
Francis Casar (?) Leroy & TJnice Moulton, June 5, 1793
Cuff Fellows & Dinah Black, Sept. 5, 1793
John Rice & Mary Allen, Nov. 21, 1793
Abner Adams & Desire Ashcraft, Sept. 25, 1794
Daniel Fogg & Deborah Brinley, Dec. 2, 1794
Lewis Adams & Hannah Luce, April 12, 1795
Eddy Winslow & Azubah Allen, July 5, 1795
Geo. Candall & Betsy Adams Oct. 18, 1795
Joseph Ashcraft & Sarah Hall, Dec. 24, 1795
Lathrop Cushman & Catharine Allen, Dec. 22, 1796
Jas. Hide & Lucy Ashcraft, Nov. 7, 1797
Andrew Hopkins & Susanna Hollis, Nov. 26, 1797
Frederick Perkins & Lucy Eldridge, Nov. 8, 1798
Abishal Sharp & Mary Child, Jan. 26, 1800
Geo. & Lydia Black, March 27, 1800
Sam’l Hide & Anna Cundall, Nov. 26, 1801
John Liscomb & Hannah Waters, Feb. 28, 1802
David Ingals & Sarah Bowman, Nov. 8, 1802
Geo. Brinley & Catharine Putnam, April 30, 1805
Martin Gallop, & Ruth Pettingall, Sept. 30, 1805
Ranford Button & Eleanor Parke, Nov. 3, 1805
Edward Brinley & May Jonston of Newort, April 15, 1807
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