From A Record of the Descendants of Robert Dawson of East Haven, Conn., compiled by Charles C Dawson, Albany, NY: J Munsell, 1874,
p 6: "...at a village meeting, May 17, 1682, Thomas Pinion, William Roberts, Robert Dawson and William Luddington, propounded for land to be assigned to each of them on Stoney river. Of these persons one, Thomas Pinion, had certainly been engaged at the Iron Works. Luddington's father had died there in 1662, and without doubt he had been employed about the same business. His daughter subsequently married the eldest son of Robert Dawson.
p 17: Robert Dawson born March 2, 1718 ....from his uncle William Luddington, who lived in Waterbury, he purchased the right to "a certain lottment" which had been his grandfather Luddington's. Nov 28, 1744 - N.H.R., vol 12, p 264
Ludington-Saltus Records, Collected by Ethel Saltus Ludington, Edited by Louis Effingham de Forest, 1925, p 151: William lived in East Haven and was a man of high standing there. In 1683 his estate amounted to 52 pounds in 1709 to 70 pounds. He owned land varying from 11.5 to 27 acres. His estate was probated February 7, 1736.37. The date of his first wife's death is not known.
From East-Haven Register, compiled by Stephen Dodd, New Haven: TG Woodward, Printer, 1824, p 37-38: "At a Village Meeting, 23d Decr. 1703, the inhabitants chose several men including William Luddington for a committee to manage the concerns of the Village."
p 47: list of residents March 1717 lists from Mullen Hill on the Foxon Road, Eliphalet and William Luddington, succeeded by Isaac Luddington
p 65: At a meeting, June 10, 1706, the village agreed to build a meeting house 20 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 17 feet between joints, and set it across the east end of the School House. William Luddington and John Russell were overseers of the work, and were allowed 3s. 6d. per day. This served until 1719 at which time they voted that a new Meeting-house should be seated. - that the first short seat should be reckoned equal with the second long seat and so on: - that Mr. Shepard, Mr. Tuttle, and William Luddington, should sit in the first short seat.
