Map of the Town of Norwalk
Fairfield County, Conn.
From actual Surveys
Views Daguerreotyped by J. Austin
Published by Richard Clark, 384 S. Third Street
Philadelphia
1851
The original includes detailed maps of the Norwalk and South Norwalk downtown areas, plus a less detailed view of the surrounding area, which is what's being shown on the map below.Â
The Widow Keeler shows up at the intersection of Highland and Flax Hill Road (which of course had different names at the time). This is Sally Ann Lockwood (1803-1874), whose husband Jeremiah Palmer Keeler (1803-1848) had died just a few years earlier. Sally Ann's father David Lockwood died back in 1835 and left extensive land to Sally Ann and her brother Jacob Lockwood. I think the "J. Lockwood" at the corner of (what is now) Richard Ave and Flax Hill Road is likely Jacob. There's much more about the Keelers here.
Living next to the widow Keeler is Ira Ford (1782-1858). Ford appears to have been a ship's captain. He was in charge of the steamboat Chief Justice Marshall when its boiler exploded in 1830. He was also an eyewitness to the Norwalk Railway Bridge disaster in 1853. Ira's wife was Phebe Bouton (1788-1865), whose sister Hannah Smith Bouton (1792-1873) shows up as the Widow Hoyt living at the intersection of Soundview and Highland. Hannah had a son Ira Ford Hoyt (1824-1887), obviously named after his uncle, who shows up on later maps a little further south on Highland.
Quintard & Scribbler show up on Scribner Ave. This sounds like a business, but it appears it's just the families of Francis Quintard (1822-1875), a hat maker, and Marza Scribner (1792-1882), a shoemaker, living in the same house. I don't know if Scribner Ave. was named after Marza, but as far as I know he's the only Scribner who lived there.