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John B. Kinnerson, son of Joseph, who was a Revolutionary soldier, mar- ried Eleanor Richardson, and came to this town, from Orange, Vt., about 1830. His children were James, Josiah S., Harvey and Ellen F. James R. was born in 1824, married Emily J. Bickford in 1847, and has had born to him three sons and two daughters, namely, Jerome H., of San Francisco, Cal .; Evagene, who died in childhood; Ida A., who also died young ; Russell B. and Charles F. Mr. Kinnerson is patentee and manufacturer of Kin- nerson combination butter prints and butter carriers and boxes. He is a deacon of the Congregational church, and superintendent of the Sabbath- school. He resides on road 17. His son Russell B. married Lucy C., daughter of Charles M. and Mary (Blake) Bailey, in 1882, and has one daughter, Mary E.
Asa Sargeant, son of Asa, was born in Danville, Vt., in 1807, learned the tanner's trade, and worked in Maine several years. He married Mary J., daughter of Joseph and Cynthia (Putnam) Mealey, of Maine, in 1830, came to this town about that time, and reared two sons and three daughters, as follows : Joseph, who served in the late war, in Co. G, 3d Vt. Vols., and now draws a pension ; Jennie S., widow of Phineas Blanchard; Francis E., who also served in the late war, and now lives in Montana ; Arabella B. (Mrs. Martin S. Hidden), of this town, and Laura E. (Mrs. Frank E. Palmer), of Peacham Hollow. Mrs. Sargeant is eighty years of age, and lives at Peacham Hollow.
Turner Strobridge, son of William, came to Peacham, about 1820, mar- ried Eliza, daughter of Edward Clark, and had born to him two sons and one daughter, Lydia, who died at the age of ten years, Lafayette and Turner. Lafayette was born in town, in 1824, married Elizabeth, daughter of Russell and Florella (Foster) Clark, in 1848, and has one son and three daughters, viz. : Fayette, Jennie E. (Mrs. William F. Miller), of Manchester, N. H., Lydia S., at home, and Nellie L. (Mrs. N. J. Whitehill), a teacher in the high school at West Randolph, Vt. Mr. Strobridge has been justice of the
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peace twenty-five years, and resides in the village, where he had kept a hotel for fifteen years.
George J. Darling came here from Jaffrey, N. H., about 1828, married Charity W. Sulham, and had born to him one son and two daughters. His son Benjamin, born in 1835, learned the carpenter's trade, married Olive A., daughter of John and Olive (Walker) Martin, in 1857, and has had born to him five sons, namely, Leonard E., born in 1859, George W., born in 1866, Frank B., who died in childhood, Charles I. and Benjamin H.
John P. Ford came to Canada, from England, about 1833, and about one year later moved to Peacham. He was a weaver, and died in 1836. Two of his children reside in town.
Plynn Bolton, son of Luther and Julia (Hooker) Bolton, was born in Bar- net in 1824, and when twenty-one years of age went to Boston, where he remained several years. He lived in Danville about three years, and came to this town in 1865. He married, first, Phebe B. Wesson, in 1858, who bore him one son, George W., and died in 1861, and second, Martha J., daughter of Ira and Recta (Wheelock) McLoud, by whom he has had three daughters, namely, Helen P., who died in infancy, May E. and Recta R. Mr. Bolton represented the town in 1880-81-82-83, is a farmer, and resides in the village.
James Judkins moved to Danville, from Maine, some time previous to 1800, served in the War of 1812, and afterwards moved to Marshfield, where he lived a few years, and then returned to Danville, where he died in 1861. Of his children, James L., Mrs. John Way and Mrs. Cynthia W. Lawrence live in Peacham, and Mrs. Dr. Morse and Mrs. S. S. Badger live in Danville.
· Luther F. Parker, son of Isaac, was born in Coventry, Vt., fitted for col- lege at Peacham academy, and was two years at Burlington, in the University of Vermont. He studied medicine with Drs. Cobb and Farr, and located in town in 1854, since which time he has practiced here. He is president of the board of trustees of the academy, of which institution he has been a trustee since 1855.
Jacob Trussell moved to Danville, from Holderness, N. H., about 1780, and settled in the southeastern part of the town. He reared a large family, and died between 1840 and 1845. His sons John and Nathaniel remained in that town, and his son Joshua died at Derby Line, in 1845. Jacob, son of Joshua, was born in Sutton, in 1833, and came to Peacham to fit for college. He served in the late war, in Co. D, Ist. Vt. Cav. Vols., and was mustered out as Ist lieutenant. He was admitted to the bar in 1860, and represented the town in 1884. He is justice of the peace, and has held other town offices.
Elijah A. Whiting, son of Almon and Mary B. (Bacon) Whiting, was born in Barnet, Vt., in 1830, and married Jeannette, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Pardon) Craig, in 1852. Mrs. Whiting was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1833. They reside on road 8.
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Frank W. Cook, son of Willard and Harriet (Clifford) Cook, was born in Danville, in 1830, learned the miller's trade, and married Adaline H., daughter of Joseph and Jerusha (Woodard) Northrup, in 1853. Mr. Cook is a farmer, has been justice of the peace and town lister, and occupies a farm on road 8.
Albert Goss, son of Ashley and Fanny (Kimball) Goss, was born in Cabot in 1835, and came with his parents to this town in 1840. He married Jane Northrup, in 1859, and has had born to him two sons and two daughters, viz .: Mary F. (Mrs. Frank T. Woods), of Peacham, Ashley J., of California, Frank A. and Bertha J. Mr. Goss resides on the Northrup place where his wife was born.
Alvin B. Farnum, son of Merrill, was born in Rumford, Me., in 1822, mar- ried, first, Ann Ewell in 1845, who died in 1848, and second, Isabell Somers, in 1855. He has had born to him one son and two daughters, viz .: Emma M. and Ella C., twins, deceased, and Scott M., born 1860. Mr. Farnum is a wagon-maker, and is located on road 25.
Andrew McClary located in the northern part of Groton in 1814, where he cleared a farm, and reared a family of five sons and three daughters. Two of them, Andrew and Ira L., located in Peacham. Ira L. came to this town in 1854, and has since been engaged in mercantile business.
James W. Houghton, son of Lyman, was born in Northfield, Vt., in 1833. He married Eleanor A., daughter of David Wilson, and had six sons and four daughters, as follows: Silas E., of Cabot, Herbert L., also of Cabot, Abbie A. (Mrs. O. P. Clark), of Dakota, Mark J., Addie S., who died in 1883, James W., who died in infancy, Alice N., Willie G., and Jennie who died in 1883, aged five years. Mr. Houghton is a carpenter and builder, and resides on road 30.
Hiram Rowe, son of Ichabod, was born in Nottingham, N. H., in 1802, learned the wheelwright trade, married Hannah Robie, and reared five sons and five daughters. He came to Peacham in 1860 and located on road 28, where he died in December, 1885. His son Ichabod was born in Corinth, Vt., in 1842, and went to Colorado in 1865, where he engaged in mining opera- tions. After four years he returned, married Laura, daughter of Newel and Alice Prescott, in 1869, and has reared four sons and one daughter, viz .: Edward L., Hiram E., N. Dean, Fannie S. and Ichabod. Mr. Rowe came to this town in 1885. His wife died March 3, 1886.
Charles Adams, son of Cornelius, was born in Waterford Vt., married Mary Gills, in 1867, who bore him one son and two daughters, and died in 1871, and married for his second wife, Chloe T. English in 1875. His children are David, born in 1870, and Eliza A., born in 1881. Mr. Adams, now of Peacham, served in the late war, in Co. G, 4th Vt. Vols., was taken prisoner near Petersburgh, and was confined in Andersonville and Florence, S. C., prisons nine months.
James Esden was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1863, and about 1800 came to America with his wife and children, Jean, afterwards Mrs. William
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Renfrew, and William, who died in Ryegate. He located in Ryegate, married for his second wife Janet Forsyth, and had born to him three sons and one daughter, namely: Robert, Jeannette (Mrs. Elliott G. Cawley), of this town, David, of Ohio, and James. Robert was born in Ryegate, in 1833, married Eliza Wright, in 1861, and has had born to him two sons and four daughters, Corilla, who died young, Carrie J. (Mrs. A. W. Ricker), of Peacham Hollow, Mattie P., Clarence R., and George W. and Isabella, twins. Mr. Esden resides on road 33, and has a summer boarding-house. James, son of James, was born in Topsham, Vt., May 15; 1840, married Julia M., daughter of Oliver S. and Persis (Goodell) Flint, in 1862, and has had born to him one son and one daughter, Harlow J., born in 1864, and Clara P., who died in 1879, aged twelve years. Mr. Esden located here on road 30, in 1866.
John Chapman, son of John and Rachel (Harris) Chapman, was born in Danville in 1817, learned the carpenter's and molder's trades, and worked in Lowell, Mass., about twenty years. He married Eliza Farrington in 1850, and has one son, William A., born in 1851. The latter married Lizzie M., daughter of B. G. and Margaret (Harvey) Somers, in 1875, and has one son and two daughters, Mabel B., Warren S. and Maggie E. Mr. Chapman and his son are engaged in farming, and reside on road 29.
William Henderson, son of William, was born in Sterling, Scotland, in 1813, and came with his parents to America, locating in Quebec in 1820. He married for his first wife Hannah Gray, in 1836, who bore him seven sons and five daughters, and died in 1877. He married for his second wife Elizabeth McLachlin, in 1859, and has had born to him two sons and one daughter. His sons William J. and John were killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, in 1864. David died in California in 1862. Mr. Henderson came to Peacham in 1851, and resides on road 36.
Mark M. Wheeler, son of James C. and Sophia (Gillman) Wheeler, was born in Marshfield, in 1847, and came to this town in 1855. He married three times, first, Lizzie S. Clark, who bore him one son and one daughter, Elwin M. and Amy, who died in 1882, at the age of sixteen years. The mother of these children died in 1876, and he married for his second wife Laura T. Adams, who bore him two sons, Harvey J. and Clyde C., and died in 1882. He married for his third wife Carrie H. White, in 1884. He re- sides on road 38. Mr. Wheeler served in the late war, enlisting in 1861, in Co. D, Ist Vt. Cav., was at the battles of Bull Run, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, was confined a prisoner at Andersonville and Florence, S. C., and served until the close of the war.
Van Ness D. Moulton, son of David and Hannah (Parker) Moulton, was born in Concord, Vt., in 1824, was in California several years, and served in the late war, in Co. D, Ist Vt. Cav., enlisting in 1864 and serving until the close of the war. He married Adeline E. Cutting, and has one son and one daughter, Harry C., born in 1874, and Alice E., born in 1880. Mr. Moulton came to this town in 1861, and lives on road 42.
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Frank T. Woods, son of Lemuel, was born in Boston, and came to Peacham at the age of eight years. He has one son, Charles, and resides in the north- ern part of the town.
Charles A. Hutchinson, son of Samuel, was born in Norwich, Vt., in 1858, and came to this town in 1881. He married Kate I., daughter of Sprague Harriman, in 1883. He is a farmer and is also a dealer in farming and dairy implements.
Chauncy L. Brown, son of Leonard and Maria (Kittredge) Brown, was born in this town in 1856, and is now engaged in farming. His father died sev- eral years since. Mr. Brown owns, with his mother, the Hutchins place, on road 26, corner 32.
Willie A. Ricker, son of William and Lodenia (Tasey) Ricker, was born in Hardwick, Vt., in 1861, married Carrie J., daughter of Robert Esden, in 1884, and has one daughter, Alice L., born in October, 1885. Mr. Ricker and his father are engaged in the produce commission business at Peacham Hollow.
William H. Ash, son of Phineas and Hannah (Cowan) Ash, was born in Lyman, N. H., in 1837, learned the blacksmith trade, and served in the late war, in Co. C, 3d Vt. Vols. He came here in 1864, engaged in blacksmith- ing, and married Electa H., daughter of John T. and Matilda (Hall) Hopkins, in 1867. He has had born to him two sons, Charles H., who died in 1879, at the age of eight years, and George E., born in 1873. Mr. Ash is a mer- chant and lives at Peacham Hollow.
William Whitehill was born in Scotland in 1793, and came to America with his parents, they locating in Ryegate when he was seven years of age. He married Mary, daughter of John Craig, and reared three sons and two daugh- ters. His son Andrew, born in Ryegate in 1836, went west when he was thirty-three years of age, and remained five years. He married Carrie J., daughter of Moses and Almira (Dana) Martin, in 1874. Mr. Whitehill located on the Martin homestead, where his wife was born, in 1874 ..
Josiah Jennison came from Massachusetts, locating near Green Bay, in 1804, married the widow of Timothy Townshend, and had born to him one son and two daughters, Sally, John and Lucinda. John married first, Dorcas Weeks, who bore him one son, Ira J., and second, Sarah Gilfillan, and had born to him six sons and four daughters, viz .: Orin L., William, Moses, Har- vey, Lyman, John, Lucinda, Sally, Mattie and Jane. Ira J. was born in this town in 1849, lived with Orrin Martin on the farm where he now lives, and married Clara M., daughter of Albert G. and Alma (Brown) Pattridge, in 1873. He resides on road 63.
Hosea Welch moved to Groton, from Maine, about 1800, and settled in the eastern part of the town. He married Polly Gray, and reared five sons and five daughters, of whom Ara was born in 1811, married Mary Whitehill, of Ryegate, in 1835, and had born to him two sons and seven daughters. His son Leonard was born in 1840, went to California at the age of twenty-three
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years, was there three years, in Iowa four years, and in Montana two years. He married Mary S., daughter of John and Lydia (Frost) Miller, in 1873, and has one son, Harry C., born in 1874. Mr. Welch resides on road 62.
William N. West, son of Noah and Eliza (Wheeler) West, was born in Danville, Vt., in 1837, went to Massachusetts at the age of twelve years, and worked for the A. L. Brooks Lumber Company seven years. He served in the late war, was taken prisoner at Weldon railroad, and was confined in Andersonville ten months. He married Elvira E., daughter of Salmon Lowell, in 1856, and has had one son and one daughter, Frank G., and May E. who died in 1881, aged eleven years. Mr. West came to Peacham in 1872, is an undertaker and house painter, and lives on Main street.
The Congregational church, located at Peacham Corner, was organized by a council, with Dea. Jonathan Elkins, moderator, with fourteen members, April 14, 1794. Rev. Leonard Worcester was the first pastor. The church building is a wooden structure, capable of seating 450 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $5,000.00. The society now has 239 members, with Rev. S. S. Martyn, pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, at Peacham Corner, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. Daniel Field, in 1831. The church building was erected in 1832. It will seat 300 persons and is valued at $2,500.00. The society now has nearly 100 members, with Rev. George A. Emery, pastor.
R YEGATE* lies in the extreme southern part of the county, on the Con- necticut river, in lat. [4° 12', and long. 4° 54', bounded north by Barnet, east by the left bank of the Connecticut river, south by the county line, and west by Groton. It was originally chartered by Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New Hampshire, September 8, 1763, to ninety-four grantees, who resided in and near the town of Rye, N. H., whence its name of Ryegate is derived. ¡
On March 26, 1772, John Church, of Charlestown, N. H., applied to Gov- ernor William Tryon, of New York, for a grant of Ryegate. On June 12, 1775, Church had his application again entered in the secretary's office, and on June 20, 1775, the town was granted to him and his associates, in all twenty persons, the charter being signed "at our fort in the city of New York," by " Cadwalader Colden, Esq., Lieut .- Gov., and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New York." The grant specified 20,514 acres.
The surface of the town is generally uneven, and quite a portion of it is
*This sketch was prepared principally from statistics furnished by Edward Miller, of Ryegate.
+ Another version is that the town is named after the town of Reigate, in England, which was formerly spelled Ryegate.
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hilly and broken. Blue mountain is a little northwest of the center of the town, and rises, dome-shaped, about 1,000 feet above the surrounding country, and about 2,200 feet above tide water. It contains some of the best granite in the United States, and in inexhaustible quantities. This has recently been largely used for monumental purposes, and been carried to distant parts of the United States. R. F. Carter, who has been the leader in this work for some eight years, is a man of great energy. The town is watered by Wells' river, some smaller streams, and several ponds. Among the latter are Town, North and Coburn ponds. There is not much intervale land on the Con- necticut, though in general Ryegate is a first-class farming town, with dairy- ing as the leading industry. It has long been celebrated for its excellent but- ter. The soil is mostly of clay and loam. The eastern and central parts have the best soil, though stony and hardest to till, while the soil of the western part is easier to cultivate, and more of a chocolate color. Granite and slate rock is found throughout a large part of the town, and copper ore also exists.
In 1880 Ryegate had a population of 1,046. In 1886 it had ten school districts and eleven common schools, employing four male and thirteen female teachers, to whom was paid an average weekly salary, including board, of $7.98 to the former, and $5 99 to the latter. There were 270 scholars, twenty- six of whom were attending private schools. The entire income for school pur- poses was $2,512.53, while the total expenditures were $2, 133.93, with James W. Flagg, superintendent.
RYEGATE is a post village located in the central part of the town.
SOUTH RYEGATE is a post village located in the southern part of the town, containing one hotel, several stores, mechanic shops, etc.
The Blue Mountain Granite Company, at South Ryegate, manufactures all kinds of building and monumental work in granite. The business was started by Murdo F. McDonald, about ten years ago. On September I, 1884, Robert Farquharson joined with him to form the Blue Mountain Gran- ite Company. They have a quarry on Blue Mountain of one hundred and fifty acres of granite of the best quality. They employ twenty-five men and turn out one hundred and fifty monuments annually, at a value of fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. The granite is of a dark gray color, susceptible of a high polish, and entirely free from rust or blemish of any kind.
J. F. & W. F. Hendrick, under the name of Hendrick Brothers, carry on the manufacture of monumental and cemetery work of all descriptions in granite, at South Ryegate. They have a large quarry of the finest quality of granite on Blue Mountain. Their business was established in the spring of 1885. They employ thirty men and turn out a large quantity of goods an- nually.
I. C. Renfrew set up a press for job printing at South Ryegate in Novem- ber, 1882. He has a Columbian printing press, and is prepared to do every- thing in the line of his business to the satisfaction of his patrons.
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Samuel Mills, Jr., carries on the manufacture of light and heavy carriages and sleighs, lumber wagons, etc., at South Ryegate. The business was estab- lished in March, 1881. He employs eight men and his annual sales are about $5,500.00. He also carries on a jobbing shop for blacksmithing, horse and ox shoeing.
The Union Co-operative Granite Works are operated by a company organ- ized April 21, 1885, with James D. Grant, secretary, C. W. Zastrow, treasurer, and Orr W. Lewis, traveling agent. They manufacture all kinds of cut and polished monuments, statuary, vases, urns, etc., and also all kinds of ceme- tery work. Their shop is located at South Ryegate. Their quarry is near Blue Mountain, is of excellent quality, and is inexhaustible in quantity. There are thirteen members in the company, whose combined and individual aim it is to establish for the company a good reputation.
The Ryegate Granite Works, which were carried on for a number of years by Rodney F. Carter, who established the business in 1877, were in the spring of 1885 sold to a stock company with a paid in capital of $90,000.00. They have very extensive works at the " Quint place," so-called, one and a half miles from South Ryegate, on the M. & W. R. R. R. They employ one hundred men, and have just put in a McDonald stone cutting machine, at a cost of $9,000.00. They have a quarry of two hundred acres on Blue Moun. . tain.
Darling & Sargent, at South Ryegate, have a saw and grist-mill. They manufacture all kinds of lumber and lath. Their mill is on Wells river, near South Ryegate station. Their grist-mill is used exclusively as a merchant mill.
S. S. Hunt & Son have a steam and water-power mill on road 19, for the manufacture of hard and soft wood lumber of all descriptions. They also do wood turning, planing, and matching. They produce 500,000 feet of lumber annually. Their mill is on the outlet of Symes pond, in the north- eastern corner of the town.
James R. Hunter has a manufactory for evaporating apples and making apple jelly, on road 6. The business was established in 1881. He employs six men and uses 2,000 bushels for evaporating, and manufactures eight to ten tons of jelly in a season.
Ryegate was first settled by a Scotch company of farmers, in 1774. This company was formed at Inchinan, near Glasgow, Scotland. In their records is the statement, " Since February 1, 1772, everything that is recorded on the books is binding," etc. The complete organization of the company, the adoption of their rules (which covered twenty pages of an ordinary land record book), and the signatures of all their members, is dated at Inchinan, February 5, 1773. The title of the company was " Scots American Com- pany of Farmers." The company numbered 137 members, of whom six were women.
The company selected James Whitelaw, a surveyor, and David Allen, a
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farmer, to make location and buy land for the company. On March 25, 1773, this company sailed from Greenock, Scotland, and landed in Philadel- phia, Pa., on May 24th, having sailed 5,000 miles by the ship's log. Here they met Dr. Witherspoon, president of Princeton college, who owned a part of Ryegate, and who offered to sell it to them. And here also they met John Hyndman and James Findlay, who had been to Ryegate some time be- fore, and who gave them information about it. After this they started for the township, reaching New York June 2d. On June 9th they went on board a sloop sailing for Albany, and on reaching there they bought two horses, and went to Loudon. Here they crossed the ferry and continued their journey on through Rensselaer county and the southern part of Wash- ington county, N. Y., and through Bennington county and over the Green Mountains. On June 26th they crossed the Connecticut river to Charles- town, N. H., where they found John Church, who was a partner with Dr. Witherspoon in the ownership of Ryegate, and on June 28th they reached Ryegate. They passed the night of the 29th with Aaron Hosmer, who had built a cabin about a mile above the southeast corner of the town, on land now owned by Robert Nelson. Hosmer had gained a living here for some time by hunting and fishing. They then supposed that he was the only squatter in the town, but afterwards learned of another, Daniel Hunt. On June 30th they went nearly to Canoe Falls, and then, westerly over the hills to where Ryegate Corner now is, passing it again turned southward, until they came to a large pond. They afterwards continued westward and south- ward until they came to Wells river. This ended the exploration. They returned to Charlestown, N. H., where they arrived July 2d, and started for New York on horseback, July 5th, arrived there July 12th, and reached Phil- adelphia July 20th.
The commissioners subsequently traveled 3,000 miles, 2,500 of which was on horseback, in a search for a home for their countrymen, and at last de- cided to locate in Ryegate. They made the necessary purchases, and came on here in November. They found one John Hyndman building a house here, and turned in and helped him, when he assisted them to build a house for themselves, which was finished about the first of January, 1774. Dr. Witherspoon had promised Hyndman that if he became the first settler he should have 100 acres of land free, which he accordingly received.
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