CLOVER HILL FARM, JAMES L. NESBIT'S HOME.
Probably built between 1745-30, by Capt. John Beecher, who sold it to Roger Sherman in 1766. This illustrious owner sold it to James Abraham Hillhouse in 1773. Widow Hillhouse, in 1801, gives "my Amity Farm" to nephew James Hillhouse, who sold it to Timothy Fowler in 1835. Purchased by the present owner in 1903.
THE Woodbridge Civic Association offers to the public this little booklet, prepared by a committee appointed for the purpose. Its aim is to set forth a few facts about the history of the
town, its possibilities and its attractions as a place of residence. If its perusal shall so arouse the reader's interest as to lead him to pay the town a visit, the compilers will feel amply repaid for their labors.
Many people, even among the well informed, have been known to ask, "Where is Woodbridge"' In answer to any such, the following facts are submitted :
Woodbridge is a township of nearly twenty square miles, adjacent to and lying northwest of the city of New Haven, its central Green being six miles by road from New Haven Green. It is bounded on the north by Bethany ; on the east by Hamden and New Haven ; on the south by New Haven and Orange; on the west
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