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In 1814, Thomas Wilcox rebuilt the John Wilcox mill, and during the following year sold it to Colvin, Celah and Allen Murray, and Harmon Anger. Colvin Murray bought out Lemuel Bostwick, and Brigham Wright run the carding-mill for him that year. In 1816, Murray built a grist-mill where the factory now stands, the wall on a part of the south and west sides being the same then built. Brigham Wright bought out Celah and Allen Murray and Anger. The carding-mill and the Bostwick, Eldridge & Peck saw-mill, being in ruinous condition, were taken down and the carding machines stored in a barn. In 1817, Capt. Bacon built a wood working shop midway between the two bridges, on a little brook that runs into the grist-mill pond, and in 1818, Boynton & Hurlburt put a "still" into this
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shop and manufactured liquor for several years thereafter. Brigham Wright built a dam and a mill for dressing cloth just below his saw-mill, but during the following year it was destroyed by fire, and he removed the business to the old Bostwick grist-mill. And also during this year Boynton & Hurlburt built the factory at the village which is now used as a grist-mill. In 1820, Abijah Lake put a set of carding machines into the old grist-mill. In 1821, B. Wright took down his saw-mill and removed it to the site of the mill which burned. Orrin Murray went into partnership with him for a period of three years, in the cloth dressing business.
During the year 1822, Samuel Hurlburt built a saw-mill just south of the present grist-mill. In 1823, Orrin Murray and John S. Patrick formed a partnership, and finally came into possession of all of Colvin Murray's prop- erty on the stream, and continued the cloth dressing business after Murray's engagement with Wright closed. They also built a mill for carding where D. K. Patrick's shop now stands. J. S. Patrick was a machinist and wheel- wright, using the old grist-mill for a shop. Lake had to move his carding machine out, and in company with Wiley built a mill just above the bridge, which was suqsequently converted into the dwelling now occupied by C. F. Knox. During the year 1824, Murray & Patrick bought B. Wright's saw- mill, thus coming into possession of the pond. Colvin Murray had built a dam at the outlet so as to hold the water back for his grist-mill years before. In 1827, Murray & Patrick bought out Wiley & Lake, Wiley taking the present grist-mill privilege in part payment, and, in company with L. F. Clark, built a large blacksmith shop, which they sold during the following year to Elanson Lyon, who added a wagon shop. In 1829, Murray & Patrick built the shop occupied by J. Edwin, for their carding and cloth dressing business. In 1830, they commenced manufacturing cloth, with two power looms. In 1831, Lyman Huntington erected a tannery on a little brook near the present residence of Joseph Bissonnett, whose house was then used for a bark and finishing shop.
In 1832, Lyon's shops were destroyed by fire, and Rufus Patrick and Loren Murray built the foundry where it now stands, and also bought the old carding mill of Murray & Patrick for a shop. In 1833, the trestle-work that had served the old Bostwick mill as a foundation gave way. The machin- ery was taken out and the building used as a store-house, and a portion of it as a machine shop, and so used for a number of years, when it was torn down, thus displacing the last vestige of Bostwick's work on the stream. Rufus Patrick and Mr. Murray commenced the manufacture of plows, laying the foundation for D. K. Patrick's business. Lyon moved away during the spring of this year, and his place passed into the possession of Francis Wilson, who some time previous to this had established an "ashery" on the brook.
In 1835, Clark Whitehorn purchased a site just below Rufus Patrick's shop, where he established a small carding and cloth-dressing mill. In 1836, Loren and Colvin Murray bought the Lyon place of Wilson, and put up a
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factory where the blacksmith shop had stood. They had gotten part of the machinery in when the financial crash of 1837 compelled them to suspend operations. In 1840, Clark Whitehorn built the factory now known as the F. F. Lyman factory, and put into it two sets of carding machines, using his old building as a dry-house. During 1842, Murray & Patrick purchased the factory building of Colvin and Loren Murray, and moved their machinery into it, and also built another set. They also moved their machine shop to the factory. In 1843, Enos Hoadley built a saw-mill just below the bridge, by Rufus Patrick's, but it did not prove successful, so was abandoned, and finally was moved across the street and converted into a dwelling. In Decem- ber, 1844, Murray & Patrick's factory burned down, the fire originating in the carding-room. During the following year they re-erected their factory upon its present site, and removed the grist-mill, converting it into a dwell- ing. Mr. Hull built a potato starch mill also during this year, between L. Murray's mill and the road, a part of the foundations of which still remain. In 1847, L. Murray sold his carding and cloth-dressing business to E. Hoad- ley, who added to it the manufacture of cheese boxes.
In 1848, B. & H. Boynton failed and the factory at the village ceased op- erations, and was opened the following year by David Frazier. In 1850, Rufus Patrick built a shop, the one now occupied by D. K. Patrick. In 1851, Murray & Patrick closed up their factory business, and the property passed into the hands of J. & J. F. Peck, of Burlington. In 1853, Daniel and Rufus Patrick, Herman Murray, Walter Abbott, and Morton Crossman built the grist-mill now owned by Russel Cary. In 1854, Murray & Patrick built a saw-mill where the old Bostwick mill had stood. In 1855, Loren Mur- ray commenced the manufacture of cheese boxes in the carding-mill. In 1856, Andrew and Isaiah Dow and Nelson Nay bought the factory of Peck and commenced business, as described on page 204. In 1857, Murray & Patrick dissolved partnership, Patrick retaining the mill property and most of the farm. In 1859, A. D. Rood and W. K. Patrick bought J. S. Patrick's machine shop and continued the machinist and millwright business. In 1863, C. C. & H. Post bought the starch-mill property, took down the old saw and starch-mills, and built the shop now occupied by L. Murray, starting the business of manufacturing sap buckets and pails. In 1865, Mr. Murray purchased the property, and subsequently commenced the manufacture of excelsior, being still in the business. In 1868, Dow's factory was destroyed by fire, and Rufus Patrick built the saw-mill now owned by Daniel Patrick. In 1869, the Dow factory was rebuilt. In 1880, Daniel Patrick built a new dam above his mill, which gave way the first time it was filled, injuring one of the workmen so badly that he died from the effects a few days later. He immediately rebuilt the dam.
Such are the principal changes on Pond Brook, put together in a dry and uninteresting form, yet valuable in an historical point of view.
George McEuen, mentioned among the early settlers on a previous page, 14
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and Mercy Wright, were married at Shaftsbury, Vt., Nov. 12, 1783. In the summer of 1784, Mr. Euen worked at Ferrisburgh, Addison County, building the first saw-mill in that town, and a little later in the season came on to his land in Hinesburgh and built a cabin. The following February he moved from Shaftsbury to Hinesburgh on an ox sled, finding few roads but plenty of marked trees. He had a yoke of oxen, two cows and one horse. When he and his wife arrived at the northern end of Monkton Pond, no track or road was broken farther, and the snow was four feet deep, so Mrs. McEuen was compelled to remain in Monkton until her husband's hired man came through to Hinesburgh and broke a track. When this had been accomplished, George rolled up a feather bed and put it, together with some bed clothes, on the horse, and set his wife upon them with a basket of crockery in her lap. In this way they followed on to their new home in the forest, arriving here on the 26th of February, 1785. Mrs. McEuen saw no other female till the following April. Their cabin contained one room, with split logs for a floor, and a chimney in wigwam style. Before Mr. McEuen left Shaftsbury he made a wash tub with a cover to it, and in this they salted their meat, it being a more convenient way to move it than in a barrel. The lid, or cover, to this tub was used in- stead of a table for their first meals. After this, their hired man went to Monkton, where the oxen and sled had been left, and got the table, carrying it four miles to their new home, on his head. One of the cows having be- come sick, she was permitted to share one corner of the cabin with them nightly for two weeks.
During the following summer there was a tea party held in the town, at- tended by all the ladies in the township, namely : Mrs. McEuen, Lawrence, Chaffee, Tuttle and Meacham, five in all. Mr. McEuen's was the fifth fam- ily that settled in Hinesburgh. During the summer of 1785, Mr. McEuen built a log house in which they lived until July 19, 1797, when they removed to their new two-story brick house, (which has long since passed away, yet which some of the older inhabitants recollect,) on the old McEuen home- stead. In the winter of 1787, Mrs. McEuen, as midwife, attended the birth of the first child born in Hinesburgh, which was named Hines Meacham. Mr. McEuen remained in Hinesburgh until his death, February 27, 1813, leaving six sons and three daughters. The sons were as follows : James, Charles, Augustus, Carlton, George and Ransom. Four of the sons died in this town, while Carlton and George removed to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where they left large families. The daughters all married in Hinesburgh, two of them dying soon after marriage. Mercy Marenda, the youngest, died in Janu- ary, 1882, the widow of A. H. Post. In March, 1815, Mrs. McEuen be- came the wife of Nehemiah Royce, he surviving the marriage but about two years. She died December 26, 1847, aged 83 years.
Nahum Peck, with one exception the oldest practicing lawyer in Vermont, was born at Royalton, Mass., October 5, 1796, studied law and was admitted to the bar at Montpelier, in September, 1823, and immediately settled at
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Hinesburgh, where he has practiced continuously since. At his advanced age he reaps the reward of an upright life, in possessing the respect and honor of his fellow townsmen, who have repeatedly shown their regard by tendering him positions of trust. His son, Cicero Godard Peck, was born February 17, 1828. He has held many of the town trusts, and is at present superintendent of public schools and chairman of the school board.
Gov. Asahel Peck, LL. D., brother of Nahum, was born at Royalton, Mass., and removed with his parents while an infant to Montpelier, Vt. He was fitted for college at Hinesburgh Academy and at Washington County Grammar School, entered the University of Vermont, from which he received the degree of A. B., and from Middlebury College the title of LL. D. He also spent one year at a French college, near Montreal. He read law with his brother, Nahum Peck, at Hinesburgh, and after a few months' study with Baily & Marsh, at -Burlington, (Marsh is now American minister to Italy,) where he was admitted to the bar. He practiced law several years in the State and United States courts, and aften being State senator was appointed judge of the circuit court, retaining the position four years, after which he was judge of the supreme court fourteen years, and Governor of Vermont from 1874 to 1876. He was a judge of much note, it having often been said of him by eminent lawyers and judges, that his legal learning would com- pare favorably with that of the late Judge Parsons, of the U. S. supreme court. In his later years he settled at Jericho, where he died, May 18, 1879, aged seventy-five years and eight months, and was buried in the cemetery at Hinesburgh.
John Partch, born at Danbury, Conn., September 29, 1780, came to this town with his parents, in October, 1796. He was for some time the oldest person in Hinesburgh, dying at the age of ninety-two years, nine months and sixteen days. He was the third child in a family of nine sons and two daughters, all of whom he survived. In early life he worked at the carpenter trade, but later followed farming. During the war of 1812, he entered the army and was stationed for a time at Burlington. As a citizen he was unpretending, intelligent, and trustworthy, interested in all that con- cerned the honor and welfare of his town. He has six children,-two sons and four daughters,-one of whom, Dea. Noble L., is still living in Hines- burgh.
Dea. Oliver Post, from West Hampton, Mass., came to Hinesburgh in May, 1801. He was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker by trade, and was connected with the early history of the Congregational church here. He did service in the Revolutionary war, being at one time stationed in a fort on the Susquehannah River, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., six months. Of his family of seven children who came to Hinesburgh with him, the youngest, A. H. Post, died here, May 3, 1881, aged nearly eighty-eight years. He built for himself or repaired one or more buildings each year for forty-four consecutive years, represented the town in 1856-'57, including the extra session after the
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burning of the State House, got up the charter for the first cheese factory in town, and for the present cemetery, besides contributing largely to these enterprises. He was twice married, living only about two years with his first wife, when she died, leaving one child. He then married Mercy Marenda McEuen, with whom he lived a happy life of sixty-one years, she surviving him until January, 1882. He had a family of four sons and two daughters, two sons and one daughter of whom are now living-C. C. Post, of Burling- ton, H. A. Post, and Mrs. William Partch.
Samuel Dorwin, from Lanesborough, Mass., came to this town in 1785. His children were Samuel, Jr., who resided in Fairfax, and Urania, the wife of Calvin Murray. She died in 1793, aged twenty years. Thomas, brother to Samuel Dorwin, came from Lanesborough in 1805, bringing with him two. sons, Canfield and Thomas M. Canfield married Electa Cook, of New Haven, Vt., and had two daughters, Charlotte L. and Caroline L., who be- came the wives respectively of J. G. Weller and C. H. Weed, and who now occupy the old Dorwin homestead.
David Weller, also from Lanesborough, was an early settler, bringing with him his family, consisting of wife and four sons, John, Jonathan, David, and Seth. David died in 1795. Seth married Wealthy Grun, December 30, 1799, having born to them ten children, two of whom, Job G. and Rhoda (Mrs. Mead), reside in Hinesburgh, and Greene D. in Burlington. John and Jonathan removed to New York early in life.
Nathan Leavenworth, from Washington, Conn., came to Hinesburgh in 1786, made a small clearing, built a log house, sowed some wheat, and returned to Connecticut. During the following spring he came back to this town, bringing with him his wife and one son, Nathan, Jr. In the course of a few years Nathan, Jr., married Annie Buckingham, of New Milford, Conn., and subsequently occupied the old homestead.
Jacob Snyder, from New York, came to Hinesburgh about the year 1787, bringing with him his family, consisting of wife and four children, remaining here until his death, at the advanced age of eighty years. One of his daugh- ters, Catharine, became the wife of Giles Rood and is now living in town with her son, Jacob S., at the age of ninety-nine years.
Job Place, from Providence, R. I., came to Hinesburgh in 1789, locating upon the farm now owned by his grandson, S. C. Place. His son, Harry J., married Miss Mary Clement, and resided upon the old homestead all his life. He had a family of eight sons, of whom three, S. C., A. C., and W. W., still are residents of the town.
Charles Russell came to this town from Washington County, N. Y., in 1795, and located upon the farm now owned by Noble R. Miles. He was twice married. By his first wife, Percival Perry, he had two sons and a daughter, and by his second wife, Huldah Videtto, he was blessed with three daughters and one son. He died here in January, 1849. Perry, a son by his first wife, married Hannah Irish, of Charlotte, and located upon the farm
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now owned by his widow. On the 3d of October, 1868, he was murdered by Henry Welcome, who subsequently suffered the penalty of his crime, being hanged at Windsor, Vt., after acknowledging his guilt. Perry's son, Elwood, now lives on the old homestead with his mother, who is eighty-six years of age. He has one son, Charles, living at home.
Daniel Patrick came to Hinesburgh, from Fitzwilliam, N. H., in 1797. His trade was that of manufacturing spinning-wheels, which was an article then in great demand. During the season of 1797, he obtained a supply of timber suitable for his purposes, and after placing it in a condition to season returned to New Hampshire to work up a quantity of lumber he had left there. During the following spring he returned to Hinesburgh and resumed his business, boarding with the family of Lemuel Bostwick, who then occupied the present sight of Daniel Patrick's residence. He continued in the family of Mr. Bostwick until February, 1800, when he married Susannah McCleabe, of Lynn, N. H., and located upon the farm now owned by Mr. O'Brien. During a long life of economy and industry he succeeded in gaining a com- petence, and in securing the respect and confidence of his townsmen, whom he served in many of the town trusts. During the war of 1812, he served a short time in the army, acting as lieutenant of cavalry, and was present at the battle of Plattsburgh. He died on his seventy-first birthday, November 6, 1843. Of his five children, three only are now living, as follows : Daniel, Jr., aged seventy-nine, Elizabeth (Mrs. Orran Murray), aged seventy-seven, and Rufus, aged seventy years. He had also twenty-one grandchildren, seventeen of whom are now living, all honorable and worthy descendants of a noble grandsire.
Edmund and Orange Baldwin, brothers, came from New Milford, Conn., to Hinesburgh, in February, 1797, and settled on the first division, of which their father was one of the original proprietors. Their talents and characters soon secured for them the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens. Orange held for some time the office of first constable and collector, which duties he discharged with fidelity and to the satisfaction of the town. Fred- erick W., a son of Edmund, was engaged in the tanning business for some years, and then engaged in mercantile pursuits, where he was quite successful. He was a selectman for many years and held other town offices. He was thrice married, and had a family of eleven children, two of whom, Laura E. (Mrs. H. A. Beecher) and Sarah E., are living in this town. Frederick W. died March 24th, 1876. Harley M., a brother to Frederick W., lived here most of his lifetime, dying January 9, 1874. He married Eliza Sherman of Charlotte, and had a family of eight children, six of whom are now living.
John Beecher. a deacon of the Baptist church in Hinesburgh, came from New Milford, Conn., in 1800, and located where Royal Bell now lives. He had a family of eight children, John, Lydia, Lyman, Austin, Rebecca, Polly, Lucy and Harvey. In 1816, he removed to Shoremam, Vt., where he died at the age of seventy-four years. His widow returned to Hinesburgh, where
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she died, aged eighty-six years. The only representatives of the family in the town now are two grandsons, Dr. Elmer Beecher, aged seventy years, and Harmon Beecher.
Colvin Murray, from Williston, Vt., came to Hinesburgh in 1816, and lo- cated upon the place formerly owned by Lemuel Bostwick, and now the property of Daniel Patrick. He had a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters. He died in 1822, aged fifty-three years, leaving a small for- tune. The only son who settled in Hinesburgh was Orran, who still resides here, aged eighty-one years. He has carried on respectively the business of machinist, wheelwright, manufacturer of woolen cloth and farming.
Dennison Andrews, from Connecticut, located in Charlotte soon after the Revolution, where he married Eunice Cook and had a family of six children. In 1817, he removed to New York, where he subsequently died. One of his sons, Ira, came back to Vermont, locating in Shelburne, where he married Aurelia Locke, and had a family of five children, four sons, and one daughter. The sons are now all living, two of them, Leonard, a merchant, and Curtis, in Hinesburgh. Curtis resides upon a portion of the old McEuen farm, hav- ing married Ellen McEuen.
Royal Bell, born in 1801, came to this town, from Weybridge, Vt., in April, 1818. He resided with the family of Carlton McEuen until twenty- one years of age. June 29th 1831, he married Philura Ann Batchelder, with whom he has lived a happy married life since, they being now aged respect- ively eighty-one and seventy-five years. Of their family of seven children, one only, Martha J., the wife of Perry Reade, is living.
The Hinesburgh Congregational Society, located at Hinesburgh village, was organized by Rev. Nathan Perkins, of West Hartford, Conn., May 20, 1789, with eleven members The first church building was erected of wood, in 1800, and did service until 1837, when the present brick church was built at a cost of $6,000.00, about its present value. It will seat about 300 persons. The society now has 102 members, sixty-eight of whom are resident, with Rev. Artemas C. Field, pastor. During the history of this church, twenty-one of the young men whose parents, or themselves, were connected with it, have become ministers of the gospel, while fourteen of its young ladies have become ministers' wives.
The Baptist Church of Hinesburgh, also located at the village, was organ- ized May, 30, 1810, with eighteen members, and Rev. S. Churchill, pastor. The church building is a wood structure, capable of seating 500 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at about $4,500.00. The society now has ninety-eight members, with Rev. A. S. Gilbert, pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, located at the village, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. Noah Levens, in 1831, with ten members, which number has since increased to ninety-eight, with Rev. D. F. Brooks, pastor. The present brick church was erected in 1837, is valued at $3,300,00, and will seat 250 persons.
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The Christian Advent Church, located near the center of the village, was organized by its present pastor, Rev. A. A. Hoyt, August 3, 1874, with ten members. Their church building, a wood structure capable of seating 200 persons, was erected during the following year.
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UNTINGTON, a mountainous, irregularly-outlined town, lies in the extreme southeastern corner of the county, in lat 44" 20', and long. 4ยบ 5', bounded north by Richmond and Bolton, east by Duxbury and Fayston, in Washington County, south by Buel's Gore, and Starksboro in Addison County, and west by Starksboro and Hinesburgh. It was chartered by Ben- ning Wentworth to Edward Burling and sixty-six others, principally from Connecticut, June 7, 1763, and was to contain an area six miles square or 23,040 acres, under the name of New Huntington. This area, however, as well as the name, has since been very materially changed. Originally, the township included all the southern part of Richmond lying between the Winooski River and within one or two lots of Hinesburgh's east line, thence down the Winooski to the north line of the farm adjoining the river, formerly owned by Peter Crane and since by Oliver and Thomas Cutter, and last by Alfred Crane, about half a mile above the old meeting-house, following a line running west, and approaching within a lot or two of Hinesburgh, not far from the farms owned by Royal Briggs and John Williams. The original western boundary was separated from the Hinesburgh line by a narrow strip of land running from the southeast corner of Williston, as it then was, called Williston Leg, which was afterwards annexed to the respective towns of Richmond and Huntington, according as they came in range. The direc- tion of the present north line between Huntington and Richmond commences near the southeast corner of Bolton, on the top of the mountain rising east from the gorge that divides it from the North Mountain, back of Chester and Harry Ross's farms in Huntington, thence running across the said gorge, fol- lowing the North Mountain down to Huntington River, passing near a maple tree which stands by the side of the road leading to Richmond, and north of the bridge near Daniel Scofield's house, and so on west, or rather southwest, till it strikes and intersects with Hinesburgh and Richmond lines, on the north side of David Sherman's farm, on road I. The act by which this change of territory was effected was passed by the legislature, October 27, 1794, which also took the easterly part of Burlington, the southerly part of Jericho, the town of Williston, together with the portion of New Hunting- ton mentioned, and a part of Avery's and Buel's Gores, forming the whole into three towns. In addition to the part taken to form the new town of Rich- mond, another part was annexed to Bolton, while a portion of the Gore on the south was annexed to this town. Other than these, no changes have
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