History of the town of Springfield, Vermont : with a genealogical record, Part 1

Author: Hubbard, C. Horace (Charles Horace); Dartt, Justus
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston : G.H. Walker & Co.
Number of Pages: 756


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HISTORY


OF THE


TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD,


VERMONT,


WITHI A


GENEALOGICAL RECORD,


BY


C. HORACE HUBBARD AND JUSTUS DARTT.


1752-1895.


BOSTON : GEO. H. WALKER & Co., 160 TREMONT STREET. 1 1895.


GEO. N. WALKER & CO . ANG . BOSTON


iii


PREFACE.


1148212 PREFACE.


THE writing of this book was put off too long. Nearly all who could give facts in the early history of the town, from memory or reliable tradition, were silent in the grave. The early records are imperfect, and some of them missing. And so the task of giving a full and reliable account of the first settlers and early residents and their doings has become each year more difficult. Much that would now be of interest is lost by lapse of time. There remains no clew to the character and deeds of many who were evidently prominent in the town in their time, and even the names of others are now unknown. Enough is left, however, to show that the people of Springfield, in early days, were, as now, a stalwart, liberty-loving, self-reliant race, full of the spirit of enterprise and inventive genius.


Many men and women of eminent ability have gone forth from here, whose lives have reflected credit on the place of their birth, and many others equally notable have spent their lives here.


For the untiring labors for many years in collecting material for this history, great credit should be given to the late James B. Whipple. He never faltered in the work he set out to do; and without the effort he made and the impetus his determined spirit gave, the history would not have been written.


The manuscript history of Springfield, written by the late Judge Henry Closson, has been of great service in the making up of this book ; also the papers and information collected by the late Hon. Samuel Whitcomb. The thanks of the compilers are hereby tendered to the friends who kindly furnished these papers.


To all others who have given facts and information, or as- sisted in any way in the preparation of this work, most cordial acknowledgment is hereby made.


SPRINGFIELD, VT., January, 1895.


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CONTENTS.


CONTENTS.


PAGE


FIRST SETTLEMENT .


1


PROPRIETORS' RECORDS . 4


ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN .


17


OLD CROWN POINT ROAD


19


SETTLEMENTS :


Eureka 31


Parker's Ilill


34


Hardscrabble


34


Springfield Village


37


North Springfield


43


ROADS, STAGING AND FREIGHT BUSINESS


59


POST OFFICES


59-61


HOTELS


64


BUSINESS STATEMENTS


68


GROWTHI IN POPULATION


71


EXPENSE OF TOWN BUSINESS, 1850


71


CHURCHIES :


Congregational


72


Freewill Baptist .


83


Methodist


85


Baptist . 105


Universalist . 109


Reformed Methodist


111


Episcopal


111


Advent .


112


Catholic


112


SCHOOLS


118


SPRINGFIELD WESLEYAN SEMINARY .


117


LIBRARIES .


119


SOCIETIES :


Masonic 123


Odd Fellows


124


Temperance .


125


MANUFACTURES AND BUSINESS .


127


INVENTIONS .


189


MERCHANTS


142


PHYSICIANS


148


vi


CONTENTS.


PAGE


DENTISTS


149


LAWYERS


150


NEWSPAPERS


152


BANKS :


Savings


153


Exchange


154


National


156


CAMPBELL FUND


158


FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRES


158, 159


FRESHETS


160


AGRICULTURE


161


Stock Raising


163


Agricultural Society and Fairs


165


Creamery


165


Cheese Factory


165


SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 166


GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC


188


WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS 189


SONS OF VETERANS


190


CEMETERIES


192


PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS


194


GENEALOGICAL RECORDS


198


ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FIRMS


517


TOWN OFFICERS, 1764-1894


519


EARLY LISTS OF FREEMEN


525


MARRIAGES


531


APPENDIX :


Copies of Charters


553


Copies of Early Records


573


vii


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PAGE


PAGE


Plan of Springfield .


3


Fairbanks Block opp. 195


Map of Springfield .


7


View of the Falls


opp. 37


Springfield Village, 1894. opp. 42


Residence of Adna Brown opp. 233


Springfield House . 65


Residence of John R. Gill 307


The Daniel A. Gill Homestead


309


Old Congregationalist Meet- ing-House opp. 72


Congregationalist Church . 78


Methodist Church opp. 85


Baptist Church, North Spring- field opp. 105


The Col. Jonathan Williams Honse, Residence of Geo. O. Henry 505


Universalist Church and Town Hall


opp. 109


Catholic Church -


opp. 112


Main Street School House .


Spafford Library Building 122


The Jones & Lamson Machine Co.'s Shops . opp. 517


Woolson Block .


opp. 194


PORTRAITS.


Dennis B Allen


199


Horace Brown


opp. 239


Albert M. Allbe


201


Hliland T. Boutelle . 240


Henry M. Arms


203


William C. Bragg 241


Rev. Geo. W. Bailey


204


Udney Burke 244


Franklin P. Ball


opp. 205


Dr. Leonard Chase .


opp. 250


Jennison Barnard


opp. 206


John Chipman . 253


William C. Barnard


208


Henry Closson opp. 254


George G. Barnard .


209


Gershom L. Closson


255


Henry F. Barnard .


211


William H. Cobb


257


Franklin Barney


213


Ansel O. Coburn


258


Davis Bates


opp. 219


Joseph W. Colburn .


opp. 259


Theophilus Bates


opp. 220


Robert M. Colburn .


opp. 260


Abner Bisbee


226


Selden Cook


261


Frank A. Bisbee


227


Everett B. Cook


262


Rev. Marvin D. Bisbee


228


Dr. Henry F. Crain


264


Aaron Bisbee


opp. 228


Capt. Thomas Dana


opp. 270


Durant J. Boynton .


230


Benjamin F. Dana .


opp. 271


Rodney G. Britton .


231


Fred C. Davis .


272


Adna Brown


233


John Davidson


opp. 273


Samnel M. Brown


237


William Dillon


opp. 275


Jonathan Brown


.


opp. 238


Justus Dartt


278


New School Building, 1895, opp. 196 Open Ridge Place . 207


The Adnabrown Hotel 67


Charles Holt's Birthday Party 342 Skitchewang Mountain . . 474


Farmhouse on the Connecti- cut opp. 478


Residence of Amasa Woolson, opp. 511 Residence of John K. Ford 514


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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PAGE


PAGE


Granville S. Derby .


279


Frederick Parks


opp. 405


Frederick G. Ellison


285


L. Milan Parks


opp. 406


Abner Field


292


Jolın Perkins .


opp. 407


Walbridge A. Field


293


Jerome W. Pierce


opp. 409


Fred G. Field .


294


Edson X. Pierce


411


Charles A. Forbush


opp. 302


Edwin Piper .


412


Frank D. Forbush


302


Frederick A. Porter


413


Rufus O. Forbush


303


George W. Porter .


opp. 414


A. J. Fullam


. opp. 304


Samuel W. Porter .


opp. 415


John R. Gill


306


Frederick W. Porter 416


Daniel A. Gill .


opp. 306


William II. H. Putnam 420


Daniel O. Gill .


308


Charles E. Richardson 425


Frank D. Gill .


310


Sammel Rollins


426


Farley B. Gilman


opp. 311


Noah Safford


427


Wilbert F. Gilman


311


Noah B. Safford


428


David Gregg


315


Henry Safford .


429


John R. Hall .


319


John A. Slack .


434


Herman W. Harlow


321


W. H. H. Slack


435


James Hartness


opp. 324


Allen L. Slade .


436


Dudley C. Hlaskell .


326


Hiram M. Smith


439


Dr. D. W. Hazelton


330


Frank W. Stiles


443


Geo. O. IIenry


332


Lucius Streeter


445


Jeremiah L. Hewey


335


Amasa Spafford


447


John Holmes


339


Henry H. Spafford .


448


John C. Holmes


340


William Sparrow


449


Harry B. Ilolmes


341


Horace HI. Howc


345


Calvin Hubbard


opp. 348


Aaron L. Thompson


opp. 464


Dr. Calvin Hubbard


.opp. 349


Horace W. Thompson


opp. 465


C. Horace Hubbard


opp. 350


Stoddard Tower


opp. 467


Rawson T. Johnson


355


Frederick V. A. Townshend opp. 469 John Ward 470


Capt. Gco. Kimball


358


Charles H. Walker . 476


George II. Walker


477


Dr. Granville Knight


.


Oscar W. Walker 477


James R. Walker


478


Merrill L. Lawrence


opp. 362


James B. Whipple .


484


William A. Lewis


364


William H. Wheeler


485


Charles A. Lcland .


365


Joseph White .


opp. 486


George F. Leland


366


James E. White


490


Henry HI. Mason


337


Hamlin Whitmore Perez Whitcomb


495


James Mitchell


393


Henry Whitcomb


497


Charles II. Moore


394


Amasa Woolson


opp. 510


Gen. Lewis R. Morris


Frontispiece


W. D. Woolson


opp. 512


John R. Nourse


399


Dr. F. D. Worcester


. 512


Benjamin Parker


. 403


Rev. Robinson Smiley Miles Smith


opp. 453


. 458


Richmond J. Kenncy


356


Dr. E. A. Knight .


359


360


Charles K. Labaree .


opp. 361


opp. 391


opp. 491


Abijah Miller .


.


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ix


INTRODUCTORY.


INTRODUCTORY.


UNION HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


THERE has been for many years a desire for a history of Spring- field, but with no organized or systematic effort towards its accon- plishment until 1885. The late Samuel Whitcomb gathered from old residents and wrote out many interesting facts pertaining to the early history of the town, and Judge Henry Closson wrote a sketch of much historical value. The late James B. Whipple, being determined to push the matter to a more definite and satis- factory completion, invited those interested to meet at the roomis of the Young Men's Christian Association, Sept. 25, 1885, and at that time a preliminary organization of the Union Historical Society was made, with J. B. Whipple, president, Lucius Streeter, vice-president, and F. W. Stiles, secretary. The subject of a town history was discussed, and a letter from Miss Abbie Hemenway to G. L. Closson was read, in which she proposed that Judge Closson's sketch should be completed for the " Vermont Gazetteer." It was voted to leave the matter in the hands of the officers.


On the 10th of October following, the organization of the society was completed at a meeting held at the residence of J. M. Butterfield, at the Blockhouse farm, by the election of Rev. Thomas D. Howard and G. W. Foggett, vice-presidents, and Justus Dartt, treasurer, and the adoption of a constitution and by-laws. In the former the objects of the society are stated to be the promotion of historical research, the preservation of knowl- edge of the past, and the marking of spots of historical interest. At that meeting the names of sixty members were enrolled on the records. . At the third meeting of the society, held in C. Horace


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INTRODUCTORY.


Hubbard's new barn, Oct. 24, 1885, it was voted to accept Miss Hemenway's proposition, and to furnish her with the matter to complete a history of Springfield.


At a meeting of the society, Nov. 10, 1885, it was voted that J. B. Whipple, Justus Dartt, and C. Horace Hubbard be the com- mittee to have charge of the preparation of the history of Spring- field ; and later, Hon. F. G. Field and Hon. J. W. Pierce were added to the committee. In 1889 that committee voted that Justus Dartt write the history of Springfield, and in 1890, Mr. Dartt having moved from the State, they voted that C. Horace Hubbard complete the same.


At the meeting at Mr. Hubbard's the first distinctly historical and literary exercises were held. Since then there has been at least one, and sometimes several, meetings of the society each year, except 1886, usually alternating between Springfield and Charlestown. At these meetings addresses of historical interest are delivered, and matter pertaining to local history gleaned and ·discussed.


The officers of the society are (1894), Rev. Thomas D. Howard, president; C. Horace Hubbard, secretary. There are now three hundred names on the roll of members.


At the annual March meeting of the town in 1886 it was voted to authorize the selectmen to make a contract for the preparation :and publication of a history of the town, and the selectmen sub- sequently made contracts with Mr. Dartt and Mr. Hubbard to do the work.


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ERRATA.


ERRATA.


Page 36, line 24, for Ranie Finney read Rena Phinney.


Page 55, line 2, for J. N. Lockwood read J. W. Lockwood. Page 128, line 7, for Don Lowell read Don Lovell.


Page 135, line 5, under Springfield Marble Works, for Randall read Randel.


Page 135, line 6, under Springfield Marble Works, for Frank Barney read Franklin Barney.


Page 145, line 4, for Frank W. Morris read Frank W. Norris.


Page 145, line 13, for Mr. Norris read Mr. Noyes.


Page 152, line 22, for G. W. Faggett read G. W. Foggett. Page 163, line 16, for Cutter read Cutler.


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.


EARLY HISTORY.


THE territory between Connecticut River and Lake Champlain was the early battle ground of the Indians, and little progress was made towards its settlement till after the close of the contest in North America between the French and English in 1760. Dur- ing this war the valley of the Connecticut was a favorite pathway of the red men, and, in later years, one of the great highways of travel between Massachusetts and Lake Champlain was up the valleys of Connecticut and Black Rivers and across the moun- tains to Otter Creek. There is on record, obtained by the gov- ernment of Massachusetts, the diary of one James Coss, or Cross, who is said to have travelled over this route from Fort Dummer to the lake in 1730 with twelve Caughinawaga Indians. This diary is given in Hall's "History of Eastern Vermont," and, if it is au- thentic, Coss was probably the first white man to set foot on the territory of Springfield.


After Fort Dummer in Brattleboro was built in 1724, settlers slowly pushed their way up the Connecticut, and settlements were made at Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Walpole, and Charlestown, N. H. That of Charlestown, or Number Four, as it was called, was made by the Farnsworths in 1740.


The best information that can now be obtained, both from records and tradition, confirms the belief that the first settler in Springfield was John Nott, who came into town in 1752 and built a log-house on the meadow near where the tenant house of Samuel Brown now stands, and that a settlement was made in the following year, 1753, by Daniel Sartwell, Jacob Sartwell, Oliver


2


HISTORY OF THE TOWN


Sartwell, Combs House, Oliver Farnsworth, Joseph Douglass, Samuel Douglass, Noah Porter, Nathaniel Powers, Simeon Pow- ers, and Simeon Powers, Jr. It is probable that they settled along the ridge of land in the vicinity of where the Stoddard Tower or "Sartwell farm " is now situated, owned by Daniel O. Gill.


These men claimed no title to the lands other than "squatter sovereignty," and it is said that "being too poor to purchase land, they relied on the bounty of his Majesty's grace and favor, whose loyal subjects they claimed to be."


They applied to Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire Prov -. ince for a patent or grant of the lands which they had im- proved, but no notice was taken of their petition. After the controversy between New Hampshire and New York, about the jurisdiction of these New Hampshire grants, had been decided by the king in council in favor of New York, these original settlers petitioned the lieutenant-governor of New York for a title to their lands, and at first received encouragement that their rights should be respected; but in the confirmation charter from New York, granted to Charles Shaw, Richard Morris, John Barrett, and others, they were again ignored, and their names not mentioned. During these years they suffered great hardships, but bravely de- fended their homes, and most of them became permanent settlers in the town.


Simeon Powers, with his wife, Lydia, afterward settled in Rut- land, and their son, William, was the first white child born in that town, Sept. 23, 1770.


The original charter of the town of Springfield was given by Gov. Wentworth, of the Province of New Hampshire, Aug. 20, 1761, granting to Gideon Lyman and sixty-one others a tract of land six miles square on the west side of Connecticut River op- posite Charlestown, and north of Rockingham, to be divided into sixty-eight equal shares. The original proprietors were most of them residents of Northampton, Mass., and only one of them, Joseph Little, is known to have settled in this town. The meet- ings of the proprietors were held in Northampton from the time the charter was granted till September, 1764. A record of the proceedings of these meetings was carefully kept in a book for


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OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.


West 6 Miles. North 78º B.W.


The Northerly Corner of Charles Town.


Little Sugar River.


PLAN OF SPRINGFIELD ..


Beaver


Brook.


S. about 29 degrees West.


Black River.


Connecticut River


North East Corner of Rockingham.


The North Westerly Corner of Rockingham.


PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSH AUGUST 20™ 1761. RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF CHARTERS; PAGE 136, PER THEODORE ATKINSON, SECRY


4


HISTORY OF THE TOWN


that purpose, which is now in the town clerk's office in Spring- field. After Sept. 3, 1764, there is no record of any meeting till August, 1771, when a meeting was held at the Blockhouse in Springfield, and the names of Simon Stevens, John Barrett, and Abner Bisbee appear as proprietors, and officers of the meeting.


The first meeting of the proprietors of the township of Spring- field was held at the house of Gideon Lyman in Northampton, Oct. 13, 1761. At this meeting it was voted : -


"That Messrs. Elias Lyman, Simeon Parsons, Aaron Wright, Elijah Lyman, and Gad Lyman be a Committee appointed and impowered to go to Springfield and run the Lines round the said Township, and view the same, and report in What Manner they judge proper to make a Division of the Land, at an adjourned meeting."


This committee reported Nov. 24, 1761, as follows: -


"We the committee for viewing the Township of Springfield, Report, That we are of Opinion that the Meadow Land and the Pine Land be laid out, to each proprietor his Proportion ; and that a Lot of One Hundred Acres be laid ont to each proprietor beside, between Black River and Weathersfield, if the land there, for Quantity and Quality, will admit of it; otherwise, Some of the said hundred-acre lots to be laid out on the other Side of said River."


At a meeting held March 22, 1762, the following votes, among others, were passed: -


" Votd. That the Meadow Land in the Township of Springfield shall be laid out in One division : to each proprietor his just proportion.


" Votd. That the Pine-Land in the Township shall be laid ont in a Second division : to each proprietor his just proportion."


" Votd. That a Lot containing One Hundred Acres shall be laid out to each proprietor, between Black River and Weathersfield Line, in a Third division; if the land will admit of it, exclusive of Scitchawag Mountain; but if the Land within the said Limits shall be found Insufficient in Quantity or Quality, for - each proprietor such a lot, then the remaining lots shall be laid out in such place as a Committee to be appointed for that purpose, shall judge best."


"Votd. That the Committee for laying out the three Divisions, shall meas- ure and mark out a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the Township of Spring- field as the Land will admit of, for Town-lots, to each Grantee the Contents of One Acre, before they lay out the said Divisions."


From the records of the meeting held June 21, 1762 :- -


"Voted, That the Plan presented at this meeting, by the Committee for lay- ing out Three Divisions of land in the Township of Springfield, is accepted.


"Voted, That each Grantee or Proprietor shall have his Right in the First and Second Divisions assigned him by Lots drawn in Order as their Names are placed in the following List; The lot first cast to be to the Grantee or propri-


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OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.


etor whose name is annexed to the number One in said List, and so on succes- sively thro' the Whole Number of Names in the List."


" Votd. That each Grantee or proprietor shall have his Right in the Third Division assigned him by Lot drawn according to the same List and in the same Order of succession as the first and second divisions were voted to be drawn ; beginning first at the Lot adjoining to the Governor's Farm, and proceeding westward to the West End of the Range Number One ; then at the East End of the Range Number Two & proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of Range Number Three, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of the Range Number Four, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range ; then at the East End of the Range Number Five, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range ; then at the East End of the Range Number Six, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of Range Number Seven, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range."


" Votd., That Charles Coats shall draw, & the Moderator declare the number."


" A List for casting Lots upon first, second and third divisions in the Township of Springfield : To which the Numbers are annexed as drawn.


No.


Names of Grantees.


No. drawn in drawn in First Second Division. Division.


No. drawn in Third Division.


1


Gideon Lyman, Esqr.


3


18


5 in 5th Range.


2


Simeon Parsons, G. L.


32


15


2 " 5th


66


3


Phinehas Lyman.


7


61


6 " 5th


4


Gideon Lyman, junr.


63


6


3 " 5th


66


5


John Phelps, Chaplain.


2


30


2 " 1st


66


6


Phinehas Lyman, Esqr.


49


3


4 " 1st


66


7


Caleb Lyman.


1


60


8 " 7th


66


8


Aaron Wright.


29


44


13 " 3d


66


9


Simeon Parsons.


33


10


8 " 2nd


66


10


Ebenezer Sheldon.


64


5


5 " 2nd


66


11


Oliver Lyman.


41


59


7 " 1st


66


12


Nathaniel Fellows.


14


50


4 " 3d


13


Samuel Parsons.


12


13


1 " 2nd


66


14


Naomi Lyman.


66


26


9 " 3d


66


15


Medad Alvard.


27


64


10 " 3d


66


16


Reuben Coats.


36


4


10 " 2d


66


17


Seth Clarke.


10


58


5 " 1st


66


18


Oliver Thomas.


31


45


12 " 3d


66


19


Stephen Pomeroy.


18


14


3 " 6th


66


20


Eleazar Roote.


23


22


7 " 3d


66


21


Thomas Quiner.


30


21


1 " 3d


22


Col. Seth Pomeroy.


24


51


7 " 5th


23


Samuel Bancroft.


15


53


6 " 2nd


60


24


John Burt, junr.


22


25


6 " 7th


60


25


Selah Wright, G. L.


38


38


8 " 5th


66


26


Jonathan Strong.


61


24


4 " 5th


66


27


Selah Wright.


17


27


7 " 2nd


28


Elijah Lyman.


60


23


1 " 1st


66


29


William Kennaday.


56


12


5 " 4th


No.


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HISTORY OF THE TOWN


No.


Names of Grantees.


No. First Division.


Second Division.


No. drawn in Third Division.


30


Israel Lyman.


51


37


4 in 4th Range.


31


Daniel Graves.


62


54


9 " 4th


32


Gideon Lyman, Esqr.


53


65


5 " 7th


33


Elijah Lyman.


26


28


5 " 6th


34


Josiah Pierce.


6


34


8 " 3d


35


Ephraim Wright.


54


29


10 " 2nd


36


Benjamin Parsons.


44


2


11 " 3d


37


Elias Lyman.


42


33


4 " 7th


66


38


Elias Lyman, junr.


39


11


12 " 2nd


39


Gad Lyman.


19


62


2 " 4th


40


John Lyman, junr.


5


47


3 " 7th


41


Brigadier Timothy Ruggles.


28


19


6 " 6th


.6


42


Joseph Little.


55


20


6 " 4th


43


Capt. James Lyman.


43


55


3 " 2nd


44


Stephen Roote.


20


41


11 " 2nd


45


Nathaniel Day.


50


16


2 " 2nd


46


Gideon Lyman, Esqr.


57


63


8 " 4th


66


47


Richard Cutt, Esqr.


21


31


6 " 1st


48


Capt. John Lyman.


13


46


7 " 7th


66


49


Nathaniel Phelps.


35


32


5 " 3d


50


Samuel Marshall.


47


8


3 " 4th


66


51


Elijah Lyman.


11


1


4 " 6th


66


52


Doct". Samuel Mather.


45


52


1 " 4th


66


53


John Nelson.


8


40


3 " 1st


66


54


Theodore Atkinson, Esqr.


59


17


8 " 6th


66


56


Benning Wentworth.


9


56


9 " 5th


66


57


John Wentworth, Esqr.


46


57


2 " 3d


58


Hunking Wentworth.


4


7


12 " 4th


66


59


James Apthorp.


48


35


14 " 4th


66


60


John Gould, junr. .


16


48


7 " 6th


66


61


Henry Hilton.


25


9


9 " 2nd


62


Samuel Wentworth, Esq., of Boston.


40


42


7 " 4th


66


63


Incorporated Society.


52


49


3 " 3d


66


64


Glebe for Church of England.


65


66


10 " 4th


66


65


First Settled Minister of Gospel.


58


43


4 " 2nd


66


Benefit of the School.


34


39


11 " 4th


" Voted, That if any proprietor, at any Time within Two Years after this date, shall manifest uneasiness with his Draft in the Third Division, and con- vince the proprietors that his Lot in said Division is very Poor, he shall be al- lowed to exchange his said Lot for another Lot, which shall be set out to him by such a Committee as the proprietors shall appoint for that purpose."


June 28, 1762 : ---


"Voted. That any of the Proprietors of the Township of Springfield shall have Liberty to improve such of the Unoccupied Lands in said Township as they shall think fit for mowing and plowing, during the pleasure of the proprietors, not to cut any 'Timber valuable on the same."


It was also voted at the meeting of the above date, that meet-


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Joseph Newmarch, Esqr.


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drawn in drawn in


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OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.


MAP OF SPRINGFIELD


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AS DRAWN BY THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS.


No survey on record showing allotments made in 1st and 2d Divisions, embracing the Meadow and Pine Lands A B C D. Proportional allotments made in a 6th Division.


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HISTORY OF THE TOWN


ings might be called by any number of the proprietors who owned more than one sixteenth of the township.


July 19, 1762 : -


" Voted, That Gideon Lyman Esqr. is chosen and impowered in behalf of the proprietors, to eject such person or persons as may be found inhabiting or improving any of the Lands of the Township of Springfield not being a proprietor thereof : with Power of substitution."


At a meeting of the proprietors, March 31, 1763, the following vote was passed : -


" Voted and Grauted Tweuty Acres of the Land now Undivided in the Towu- ship,of Springfield to any person, who shall build a Saw-Mill in said Township, to the Acceptance of a Committee which shall be appointed by the proprietors for that purpose, in such place as the said committee to be appointed shall con- sent to : To be to him and his Heirs forever; together with the Use of the said Mill-Place so long as he shall keep the said Mill in good Repair. And also the Use of one Set of Irons for the said Mill; provided he shall maintain and kecp in Repair the said Mill and Irons for the Term of Fifteen years uext after this Day, aud then return the said Irons to the proprietors."




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