Gazetteer and business directory of Windham county, Vt., 1724-1884, Part 10

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 805

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Robbins Augustus J., of Grafton, age 21, private Co. A, 2d Regt., May 7, '6: ; Corp., June 20, '61 ; Regt. Com .- Sergt., Jan. 16, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 20, '62 ; wounded May 12, '64; mustered out of service June 29,'64. Roundy Carlton H., of Rockingham, age 48, Capt. Co. 1, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63.

Russell Albert W., of Rockingham, age 45, 1st Lieut. Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63.

Russell William R., of Brattleboro, age 24, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Aug. 31, '61 ; Corp. Sept. 21, '61 ; Sergt., Feb. 25, '62; zd Lieut. Co. G, Feb. 25, '63 ; mustered out of service Sept. 30, '64.

Sabin Albert R., of Rockingham, age 24, Capt. Co. C, 9th Regt., June 24, '62 ; resigned Dec. 24, '62.

Sayles Jas. A., of Rockingham, age 18, private Co. E, 5th Regt., Sept. 10,'61; 2d Lieut. Co. E, July 24, '62; ist Lieut. Co. E, Oct. 6, '62 ; transferred to Co. C, April 1, '63 ; promoted Capt. 8th New York Cav., May 1, '64. Scofield Robert, Jr., of Brattleboro, age 25, ist Lieut. Co. F, Ist Cav. Oct- 17, '61 ; Capt. Oct. 4, '62 ; prisoner of war from July 12,'63, to March 5, '65 ; Maj. Nov. 18,'64 ; mustered out of service June 21,'65.

Sears John C., of Wilmington. age 31, 2d Lieut, Co. E, 11th Regt., Aug. 14, '62 ; Ist. Lieut. Sept. 2, '62 ; Capt. Aug. 11. '63 ; mustered out of service June 24, '65.

Selleck George F., of Brattleboro, age 28, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Dec. 7, '61 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 18, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Oct. 25, '62 ; ist Lieut. Nov. 7,'63 ; mustered out of service Feb. 26, '65.

Sherwin Oscar W., of Grafton, age 36, zd Lieut. Co. D), 16th Regt., Aug. 29, '62 ; resigned Dec. 26, '62.

Simonds Charles F., of Brattleboro, age 26, Regt. Com .- Sergt. 16th Regt., Oct. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 16, '63; resigned May 4, '63.

Smith Walter W., of Wilmington, age 24, private Co. H, 2d U. S. S. S., Oct. 7, '61 ; Sergt. Dec. 31, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; Capt. Nov. 11, '64 ; transferred to Co. H, 4th Vermont Vols., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65.

Smith William H., of Townshend, age 26; private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 19, '61 ; Sergt. Feb. 18, '62; ist Sergt .; Ist Lieut. Co. F. Oct. 1, '63 ; wounded June 22, '62; Capt. July 26, '64; wounded Oct. 19, '64 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65.

Snow Alroy A., of Townshend, age 28, private Co G., 11th Regt., July 30, '62 ; Sergt. Sept. 1, '62; Ist Sergt. Feb. 11, '65 ; 2d Lieut. May 25, '65 ; wounded April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Sergt. at Brattleboro, May 25, '65.

Spafford George, of Windham, age 27, Ass't Surgeon, 16th Regt., Oct. 23, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63.

Spaulding Frederick, of Brattleboro, age 23, 1st Lieut. Co. E, 2d Regt. U. S. S. S., Oct. 7, '61 ; honorably discharged Sept. 29, '62, for disability.

WINDHAM COUNTY.

Spohn Henry, of Brattleboro, age 30, Ass't Surg. 17th Regt., April 18, '64 ; resigned Nov. 2, '64.

Stearns Leonard A., of Jamaica, age 25, Capt. Co. 1, 4th Regt., Sept. 13, '61 ; resigned July 31, '62.

Stebbins Edwin A., of Londonderry, age 25, private Co. G, 11th Regt. Aug. 6, '62 ; Corp. Sept. 1, '62; Co. Qr .- M .- Sergt. Dec. 27, '63; Ist Sergt. Jan. 28, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 2, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. E, May 13, '65 ; transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug, 25, '65.

Stebbins J. Webster, of Brookline, age 21, private Co. K, 9th Regt., May 31, '62; Corp. July 9, '62; Sergt., April 1, '63; Ist Sergt. Dec. 15, '64 ; 2d Lieut. May 2, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Sergt., June 13, '65.

Stone Clark P., of Brattleboro, age 34, private Co. F, Ist Cav., Sept. 14, '61; 2d Lieut. July 16, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Oct. 4, '62; Capt., April 14, '65 ; transferred to Co. D, June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- ment ; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65.

Stone Mason A., of Wilmington, age 25, private Co F, Ist Cav., Oct. 4, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. M, Aug. 23. '63 ; Capt. Co. C, July 7, '64; Brevet Maj., March 13, '65 ; transferred to Co. A, June 21, '65, by reason of con- solidation of regiment ; mustered out of service, Aug. 9, '65.

Stoughton Charles B., of Rockingham, age 19, Adjt., 4th Regt., Aug. 1, '61 ; Maj., Feb. 25, '62; Lieut .- Col., July 17, '62; Col., Nov. 5, '62 ; wounded July 10, '63 ; resigned Feb. 2. '64, by reason of wounds.

Stoughton Edwin H., of Rockingham, age 23, Col. 4th Regt., Aug. 1, '61 ; promoted to Brig .. Gen., U. S. Vols., Nov. 5, '62.

Streeter Henry C., of Rockingham, age 21, private Co. F, Ist Cav., Oct. 2, '61 ; Corp. July 1, '62; re-enlisted Dec. 30, '63 ; Sergt., July 1, '64 ; wounded Aug, 25, '64; ist Sergt., Feb. 1, '65; 2d Lieut. Co. F, April 14, '65; ist Lieut. June 4, '65 ; not mustered as ist Lieut. ; transferred to Co. D, as zd Lieut. June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- ment ; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65.

Tarbell Erastus B., of Rockingham, age 31, 2d Lieut., Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned, Jan. 21, '63.

Taylor Horatio F., of Jamaica, age 22, private Co. F, 2d Regt., May 15, '61 ; Corp., Nov. 1, '61 ; Sergt., Jan. 20, '63 ; Ist Sergt. Feb. 26, '63 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63 ; ist Lieut., June 20, '64 ; Capt., Dec. 24,'64 ; mustered out of service July 15, '65.

Todd Edward A., of Brattleboro, age 21, Capt. Co. C, 2d Regt., May 17, '61 ; wounded July 21, '61 ; resigned, Jan. 8, '62 ; re-enlisted 2d Lieut. Co. K, 11th Regt., March 29, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Dec. 28, '63 ; Capt. Co. G, Sept. 2, '64 ; wounded Sept. (9, '64; resigned, April 18, '65.

Tubbs Roger A., of Guilford, age 33, private Co. F, 11th Regt., Aug. 8, '62 ; Corp. Sept. 1, '62; Sergt , Jan. 11, '63; ist Sergt., June 8, '64; 2d Lieut. Dec. 2, '64 ; Ist Lieut. Co. G, June 4, '65 ; mustered out of ser- vice as 2d Lieut. Co. E, June 24, '65.

Tucker Levi M., of Halifax, age 24, ist Lieut. Co. I, 4th Regt. Sept. 13, '61; resigned, Jan. 8, '62.

Turner Ezra A., of Rockingham, age 32, private Co. G, 11th Regt , Aug. 5, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. 1, '62 : Ist Sergt., Nov. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 28, '63; wounded, Sept. 19, '64; resigned, Nov. 18, '64.

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Tyler John C, of Brattleboro, age 19, Major 4th Regt. Sept. 14. '61 ; re- signed, Jan. 27, '62.

Tyler John S., of Brattleboro, age 19, ist Lieut. Co. C, 2d Regt , May 17,'61; Capt. Jan. 23, '67 ; Major Feb. 9, '63; Lieut-Col. April 2, '64 ; Col. May 6, '64 ; died May 23, '64, of wounds received in action at Wilder- ness, Va., May 5, '64.

Van Fleet Abraham S., of Jamaica, age 23, private Co. A, Ist Cav., Sept. 10, '64 ; Sergt. Dec. 24, '64 ; 2d Lieut. May 17, '65; transferred to Co. B, June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regiment ; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65.

Vinton John F, of Prattleboro, age 28, ist Lieut. Co. B, 16th Regt., Aug. 28, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63,

Wakefield Harrington C., of Rockingham, age 24. 2d Lieut. Co. I, 3d Regt., Feb. 25, '65 ; ist Lieut, Co. C, May 10, '65.

Wales Elijah, of Brattleboro, aged 32, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May 1, '61 ; Ist Sergt, June 20, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 23, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Oct. 20, '62; Capt. March 1, '63 ; wounded May 5. '64. and Aug. 14, '64 ; Brevet Maj. Aug. 1, '64, for gallantry in the Wilderness, and subsequent en- gagements ; mustered out of service July 15, '65.

Warner Frank R., of Newfane, age 22, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 13, '62; Corp .; Sergt .; re-enlisted Feb. 18, '64 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20,'64 ; Ist Lieut. April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65.

Warren Francis E., of Newfane, age 23, private Co. I, 8th Regt,, Dec. 23'61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt .; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64; Ist. Sergt. June 8, '64 ; wounded Sept. 19, '64; Ist Lieut, Feb. 23, '65 ; Capt. April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65

Weston John N., of Rockingham, age 27, private Co. G, 11th Regt., July 21, '62 ; Corp. Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt. Dec. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut. June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Sergt. Co. G, June 24, '65.

Williams Francis C., of Brattleboro, age 37, Chap. 8th Regt., Dec. 20, '61 ; mustered out of service June 22, '64.

Wooster Mark H., of Brattleboro, age 40, private Co. F. Ist Cav., Sept. 9, '61 ; Regimental Commissary, Oct. 30, '62 ; promoted Capt. and Com. of Sub. U. S. Vols, May 7, '64.

Wright Ranceler, of Vernon, age 32, private Co. E, July 21, '62 ; Sergt-Maj. Sept. 1,'62; 2d Lieut. Co. F. Nov. 22,'62 ; Ist Lieut. Aug. 11,'63 ; hon- orably discharged Dec. 15, '64, for disability.

Of the 5,022 men discharged, 317 com missioned officers resigned; sixty. one commissioned officers and 3,865 enlisted men were discharged for disability ; forty-four commissioned officers and 596 enlisted men for wounds received in action; eleven enlisted men were paroled prisoners ; and twenty eight commissioned officers and one hundred enlisted men, were dishonorably discharged. Among the whole number of troops it is to be expected that some were not true ; and the records show that 2,219 men (mostly if not all of whom were substitutes) deserted.

The number or engagements in which the several regiments, batteries and detached troops, officered in part by Windham county men, bore honorable part during the war, are as follows :-

WINDHAM COUNTY.

First Regiment, Infantry

Second Regiment, Infantry 28

Third Regiment, Infantry 28

Fourth Regiment, Infantry. 26

Fifth Regiment, Infantry

Sixth Regiment, Infantry

Seventh Regiment, Infantry

Eighth Regiment, Infantry

Ninth Regiment, Infantry

Tenth Regiment, Infantry

Eleventh Regiment, (First Regiment Heavy Artillery)

Sixteenth Regiment, Infantry.

Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry .

Second Regiment, U. S. Sharpshooters.

Second Battery, Light Artillery 2

First Regiment, Cavalry

Total 287

IN CONCLUSION.

It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to ,this State 35,242 men ; being one thousand and four more than are shown by the State records, and gives the State credit over the aggregate quota under all calls, of fifteen hundred and thirteen men. "This discrepancy may be, and prob- ably is to be accounted for," says Adjutant-General P. T. Washburn, " by enlistments in organizations of other States, to the credit of this State, which appear upon muster-rolls of these organizations and were not reported to the State.

GAZETTEER OF TOWNS.

A THENS is a small irregularly outlined town lying in the northeastern- central part of the county, in 43º 47' north latitude and long. 4° 25' east from Washington, " bounded north by Grafton, east by Rock- ingham and Westminster, south by Brookline and west by Townshend. It was granted by Vermont March 11, 1780, with an area of 9,328 acres, and chartered May 3, 1780, to Solomon Harvey, John Moore, Jonathan Perhanı and sixty-three others. On October 27, 1794, a portion of the town was set off towards forming the town of Brookline, and October 30, 1816, a portion was set off to Grafton, and November 2, 1846, a part of Rockingham and a part of Grafton were annexed to Athens, so that it now contains an area of about 8,336 acres.

The surface of the town is uneven, though the elevations are not generally abrupt, and afford a good, well-producing soil, though much better adapted to grazing than tillage. The natural growth of timber is beech, birch, maple, ash, basswood, hemlock and spruce. The only stream of importance is Bull brook, which, with its tributaries, flows a northerly course through the eastern part of the township. One of its tributaries originates in Athens pond, a body of water about thirty acres in extent lying in the western part of the town. Lily pond is another small body of water lying in the south- western part of the town, deriving its name from the large quantities of white lilies growing in it. The principal rock entering into the geological structure of the territory is of gneiss formation, though there are small beds of steatite and azoic limestone found, and in the southwestern part consider- able quantities of calciferous mica schist. Traces of gold have been discov- ered in the western part.

In 1880 Athens had a population of 284, and in 1882 it had three school districts and three common schools, employing one male and five female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $322.80. There were sixty- five pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 3rst, was $395.57. with Mrs. Ellen C. Davis, superintendent.

* As the whole county is in north latitude, and longitude is reckoned east from Wash- ington, the words north and cast will hereafter be omitted.

TOWN OF ATHENS.

ATHENS (p. o. ) is a hamlet in the northeastern part of the town.

The first attempt towards a settlement of the town was made in 1779, when Jonathan Perham, Seth Oakes, Joseph Rasier, James Shafter and Jonathan Foster came on, cleared a few acres of land, erected a log hut and then left the town. On the 25th of February, the following year, Jonathan Perham and Ephraim Holden, from Rindge, N. H., brought their families, took pos- session of the log house, and were soon after joined by Seth Oakes and family, from Winchendon. Thus was begun the first settlement, the settlers endur- ing extremne privations and hardships, as the snow was four feet deep, through which, for eight miles, they had to beat their path through the forest. A yoke of small oxen were the only domestic animals they brought with them. During the following May, Mrs. Oakes was delivered of a daughter, the first child born in the town. The same month Samuel Rayley, from Sterling, Mass., and Micah Reed, from Westmoreland, N. H., came into town, and during the following summer they, in company, erected a saw-mill, and the next year a grist-mill, receiving therefor 168 acres of land situated near the center of the town. The same year Simon Evans, Ezra Chaffee and Jere- miah Tinkham began improvements, and on the 18th of September of that year, Isaac, son of Jonathan Perhim, died, the first death in the township.

The town was organized and the first meeting held March 4, 1781, when William Beal was chosen town clerk, Calvin Oakes, constable, and Daniel Fuller, Jabez Hurd and Calvin Oakes, selectmen. Calvin Oakes was also the first justice of the peace. Abel Mattoon was the first representative, chosen in 1780. Joseph Bullin was the first settled minister of the gospel. and also the first schoolmaster, and received the right of land allowed by charter to the first settled minister.

In the latter part of October, 1780, soon after the burning of Royalton by the Indians, two men at work in a remote part of the town were alarmed by the whoops and yells of Indians. They quit work and spread the alarm as fast as possible. The people, affrighted almost out of their senses, hurried away with their women and children with all possible dispatch, expecting from each tree that they passed to be saluted by an Indian tomahawk or scalping knife. Jonathan Perham and family decamped in such haste that they left their oven heating and their oxen chained to a tree. The report was spread with the greatest rapidity through the neighboring towns, that Athens was destroyed by the Indians. The whole country round about was soon in arms to defend themselves and property from the merciless foe. Some spent the whole night in preparing their guns and ammunition, and the fear- ful apprehension of impending destruction chased sleep from every eye. Their fear, however, was soon changed to chagrin, for it was found that the hallooing of a hunter, aided by imaginations rer.dered susceptible by fear, amounted in the course of a few hours to the destruction of a fine settlement and the massacre of its inhabitants. The scare rapidly passed away and tranquility was restored.

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TOWN OF ATHENS.

Jonathan Perham reared eight children-four sons and four daughters- all of whom settled in the town. Ezekiel Perham, brother of Jonathan, came here a few years later, in 1795, and also reared four sons and four daughters. One of these children, John, settled in the southern part of the town and reared a family of twelve children, three of whom, one son, Daniel, and two daughters, now reside here, and also other descendants of the family.

Seth Oakes came from Bolton, Mass., and located upon the farm now occupied by Mrs. Ellen Davis. Two of his great-grandsons and one grand- daughter, Mrs. James Brown, now reside in the town.

Capt. Ezra Chaffee, a Revolutionary soldier, brought his family to Athens in 1782, locating upon the farm now owned by David S. Farr. He reared twelve children. One of his granddaughters was the wife of Nathan T. Sherwin, who now resides with his son, Joseph H. Sherwin, on the farm next west of the old Chaffee place.

Abraham Ball came to Athens in 1793, married Deliverence, daughter of Jonathan Perham, and reared eight children. One of his sons, Abraham, married Hannah Edwards and reared fourteen children. His grandson, Amos T. Ball, now resides about a mile south of the center of the town.

Maj. Timothy H. Whitney, a native of Wilton, N. H., took command of a regiment during the war of 1812, and was present at the battle of Platts- burgh, though he arrived too late to take an active part in the engagement. He afterwards settled in Brookline and subsequently in this town. Three of his ten children are living, Ralph and Abial in Athens, and Hiram in Brook line.

Andrew A. Wyman, of Athens, was born in Rockingham, March 12, 1830, the son of Thomas and Huldah Gilbert Wyman, who came to Vermont from New Hampshire. Thomas was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died a pensioner in 1879. His widow still survives him. Andrew A. was educated in the common schools and academies of Vermont, spending the time be- tween terms in farming and teaching. Very soon after becoming a voter he was elected a justice of the peace, and in most of the years since has been re-appointed. During the civil war he served as selectman. In 1864, '65, '67, '72, and '73, he was a representative in the legislature, and in 1874 and '75 he was State senator from Windham county. In 1878 he was elected assistant judge of the Windham county court, which office he now holds.

The Methodist church, located at Athens, was organized at an early date, its first house of worship being erected in 1818, of brick. The present build- ing, a wooden structure, was erected in 1859. It will accommodate 250 per- sons and is valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00. The society now has eighty-one members, with Rev. Albert Riggs, pastor.

TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO.

B RATTLEBORO* lies in the southeastern part of the county, in lat. 423 52' and long. 4° 25', bounded north by Dummerston, east by the left bank of Connecticut river, south by Guilford and a small part of Vernon, west by Halifax, containing an area of about 21,760 acres. The fact of Brat- tleboro being the site of the first permanent civilized settlement in the State, the causes that led to its territory, with other lands, being bought of the col- ony of Connecticut, as part of the "Equivalent Lands," etc., have all been stated on pages 58 and 59, to which we refer the reader. From the points therein laid down, we will now proceed to briefly state how the present township sprung into existence, and how the land comprised within its limits came to be a royal grant, through Benning Wentworth, the "Royal Governor of the Prov- ince of New Hampshire."

After these lands had passed from the hands of the government of Connec- ticut, in 1716, they were held by "gentlemen from Connecticut, Massa- chusetts, and London." Two years later, upon application of five of the pro- prietors to Samuel Partridge, of Hatfield, Mass., one of His Majesty's jus- tices of the peace, desiring him, in his official capacity, and in accordance with the laws of the Province, to appoint a meeting of all the proprietors, Maj. John Stoddard, of Northampton, Mass., was, on the 26th of March of that year, directed to make the appointment. In obedience to this order Maj. Stoddard issued the following notification on the 28th, which was posted "at some public place in the county of Hampshire" :-

"These may certify all persons concerned, but more especially the several and respective proprietors of the Equivalent Lands, so-called, lying in the county of Hampshire: That pursuant to a law of the Province, and at the desire of five of the proprietors of the said lands, the Hon. Samuel Par- tridge, Esq , hath appointed the first Wednesday of June next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the Green Dragon tavern, in Boston, to be the time and place for a meeting of the said proprietors, in order to the choosing of a pro- prietor's clerk, the appointing a committee to be selected out of their num- ber for such purposes as shall be agreed on, the dividing or disposing of their said property or any part thereof, the choosing an agent or general attorney to represent, manage, and act for them, to regulate meetings for the future. etc. I do, therefore, hereby, in obedience to a warrant directed to me for that end from the said justice, inform and give notice to all the proprietors of said lands, there will be a meeting at the time and place, and for the ends aforementioned, and they are hereby desired to give their attendance accord- ingly. "

It was at this meeting, probably, that the Equivalent Lands were allotted, by mutual agreement, the portion thereof which we have under consideration falling in the partition to William Dummer, afterwards lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle and John White, and to whom a "deed thereuf " was made by Gurdon Saltonsta.l and others.

* For much of the maller in the sketch of this town we are indebted to "The History of Brattleboro," by Mr. Henry Burnham. We would also add that the publisher of said work, Mr. D. Leonard, has a number of copies of the same on hand, which he is willing to dispose of at a moderale price, al his office in Bralileboro.

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TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO.

Between the years 1744 and 1750, when attention was first aroused to the subject of settling the lands on this section of the Connecticut river, the idea was prevalent that Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire, had received advices from Great Britain, instructing him to give the inhabitants of Massachu- setts who were proprietors under that Province within the specified limits, the privilege of the first choice of lands ; and in case they should refuse to take out charters under New Hampshire, then to extend the privilege to whoever should next apply. In 1750 Joseph Blanchard, of Amherst, N. H., was sent to survev the territory. His survey having been completed, the old propri- etors of the Equivalent Lands, petitioned the governor for a grant of that tract, and a portion of the adjacent territory. Accordingly, on the 26th of December, 1753, the Equivalent Lands, together with "a considerable quan- tity of other lands, was formed into three townships, beginning at the North bounds of Hinsdale, [now Vernon] on the west side of the river, and extend- ing back about six miles, and so far up the river," as to enclose the required amount. Previous to this the Equivalent Lands had been known by the name of Dummerston, and, accordingly, the proprietary of Dummerston, with the territory added by New Hampshire, was now divided into the townships of Fulham, Putney, and Brattleboro, the name Fulham being subse- quently changed to Dummerston. Receiving its name in honor of the first mentioned, Brattleboro was granted to the following proprietors: William Brattle, Jacob Wendell, James Read, Isaac Bradish, Owen Warland, William Lee, Ebenezer Smith, William Gammage, John Hicks, Ebenezer Bradish, James Whitemore, William Manning, Thomas Sherren, Thomas Hastings, Jonathan Sprague, John Warland, Benjamin Lynde, Andrew Oliver, Jr., Wil- liam Bowls, Cornelius Woodbury, William Willard, Oliver Willard, Samuel Allen, Moses Wright, Sampson French, Joseph French, William Fessenden, Stephen Palmer, Stephen Palmer, Jr., William Barrett, Daniel Printice, Caleb Prentice, Ebenezer Stedman, Edward Marrett, Jr., Abner Hasey, Benjamin French, Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Blanchard, Jr., Jacob Fletcher, Samuel Searle, Samuel French, Sampson Willard, Oliver Coleburne, Jeremiah Cole- burne, Peter Powers, Daniel Emerton, William Laurence, Abel Laurence, and Mather Livermore, the lands being deeded to them by the following, an exact copy of the original charter :-

"CHARTER OF BRATTLEBORO:" BY KING GEORGE THE SECOND, 1753.

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

"[L. S.] George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc.

"To all persons to whom these presents shall come, greeting :

" Know ye that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere mo- tion, for the due Encouragement of settling a new plantation within our said Province, By and with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved Benning

*As the Wentworth charters were all filled out after the same form, a copy of the char- ters of the other lowns will be omilled.

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Gazetteer and business directory of Windham county, Vt., 1724-1884, Part 10

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office Number of Pages: 805

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 805