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to Humphrey Avery and twenty-seven others, in Sept., 1774, all of whom on the 29th of that month conveyed their titles to him, thus vesting in him the whole 52,000 acres, and showing very clearly that the grants were made for his sole benefit. These two tracts adjoined each other and were in the easterly part of the present county of Addison. These with a claim for 200 acres in Durham and 1,000 in another town [prob- ably the New York Middlesex, now Randolph], of which Samuel Avery was a grantee, [or purchaser from a grantee, see [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 21:181], made up the 53,200 acres for which he was allowed the sum of $2,655.03. These grants were made by Lt. Gov. Colden. Avery continued his applications for them for some months into the revolu- tionary period and on the 28th of October, 1775, obtained a patent for 40,000 acres [the Whippleborough grant] from Gov. Tryon, after he had fled for safety on board a British man-of-war lying in New York harbor. The land was situated in the vicinity of his former grants, but his claim for it was disallowed by the commissioners, for the reason that it was made after the date which had been prescribed in the New York consti- tution, as the time when the colonial grants should cease to be valid."
It might be interesting to compare Avery's proofs before the New York commissioners with his statements in his petitions to the General Assembly of Vermont.
Part of Avery's Gore in Windham County was annexed to Athens in 1815, (Laws, p. 167); and the remainder was annexed to Grafton in 1816, (Laws, p. 40). (See State Papers Vt. 1:32).
7. Avery's Grant, a tract of 11,040 acres now constituting the north part of the town of Troy. Its charter to Avery did not issue until Dec. 28, 1792, but was dated Oct. 27, 1792, because of an attach- ment on this tract made by Ira Allen who had sued the State of Vermont in the United States Court. See Avery's Grant, post; and also [ms.] letter of Avery to Joseph Fay, Dec. 19, 1792, [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 24:61. (See State Papers Vt. 1:32).
8. A tract of 554 acres for which Samuel Avery received a charter dated June 28, 1796, ante p. 12. This tract was a narrow strip of land between Huntsburgh, (now Franklin) and Sheldon. It is not referred to in legislation but probably took its place within town lines by reason of an act establishing the line between Huntsburgh and Sheldon, passed Nov. 5, 1810, (Laws, p. 160). (See State Papers Vt., 1:32).
This last charter of 554 acres left, according to Mr. Fay's list, yet to be granted to him to make up his 52,000 acres, 1,938 acres more, but Mr. Fay called Avery's Gore adjoining Fayston but 4,000 acres while its charter described it as 5,910 acres. Upon this last basis Avery had re- ceived within 28 acres of the required 52,000 acres, and no doubt the state "called it even" when the 554 acre charter issued.
AVERY'S GRANT .- A tract of land now constituting the north part of the town of Troy in Orleans County, containing 11,040 acres of land, granted to Samuel Avery of Westminster by a charter signed
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by Gov. Chittenden Oct. 27, 1792, which issued from the Secretary of State's office Dec. 28, 1792, ante p. 13, and was in further and part execution of a grant to Avery of 52,000 acres voted by the General Assembly and concurred in by the Governor and Council, Oct. 29, 1789. Avery's Grant and Kelly's Grant (the latter containing 12,000 acres) were incorporated into the township of Missisquoi, (Missiskouie as then spelled), Oct. 28, 1801, and the name of the town was changed to Troy Oct. 26, 1803.
Governor and Council, 3:198; Laws of 1801, p. 78; 1803, p. 6; State Papers Vt., 1:32. See Avery's Gores, ante.
BAKERSFIELD .- Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant of 10,000 acres to Luke Knoulton, Jan. 25, 1791, ante, p. 14, in accordance with a joint resolution passed Feb. 28, 1787, ([ms.] Vermont State Papers 30:114). In a committee's report, Oct. 28, 1789, found in [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 30:114, it is referred to as a "Gore of land marked Knowlton in the Plan or Map of this State." While named Bakersfield in the charter it was called until 1792, Bakersfield, alias Knoulton's Gore. Part of Fairfield and Smithfield annexed to, Oct. 25, 1792, (Laws, p. 5), and the tract so formed "incorporated into one entire town," to be called Bakersfield, by the same act. Knight's Gore was annexed Oct. 31, 1798, (Laws, p. 40), and part of Bakersfield was annexed to Enosburgh by the same act. Part of Coit's Gore was an- nexed Oct. 26, 1799, (Laws, p. 16). Part of Bakersfield with remainder of Coit's Gore and part of Belvidere incorporated as Waterville, (Laws of 1824, p. 14). Line with Fairfield established, (Laws of 1817, p. 33); line with Enosburgh, (Laws of 1845, p. 5); and line with Belvidere, (Laws of 1866, p. 275).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:103; Child's Franklin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 63. Thompson's Gazetteer and others under title "Bakersfield." Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, P. 77; State Papers Vt., I:33.
BALTIMORE .- Town in Windsor County. Incorporated out of part of Cavendish, (Laws of 1793, p. 6), but by this act it was not allowed a representative in the legislature and was not represented until 1824. Journal of the General Assembly, 1823, pp. 51-53. Line with Cavendish was established, (Laws of 1841, p. 58).
Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 80; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 22; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 7; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 77; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 738; State Papers Vt., 1:33.
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BAMIF .- New York grant of 30,000 acres to Thomas Clark & Co. by Lt. Gov. Colden, Dec. 24, 1774. It covered lands in Burke and vicinity, (Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:157). Marked "Thos. Clark & Co." on map preceding Index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. Bamf must have included Billymead now Sutton, ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 18:80).
BARNARD .- Town in Windsor County. New Hampshire grant as Bernard, of 26,000 acres to William Story, Francis Bernard and sixty associates, July 17, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:20.)
Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 82; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 22; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 7; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 78; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 739; State Papers Vt., I:33.
See also Thompson's Gazetteer of 1824, where it is stated that:"In 1774, the first permanent settlement was made by Asa and Lot Whit- comb, Thomas W. White and others, emigrants from Massachusetts and Connecticut. At the time of the Battle of Bunker's hill, (properly Breed's hill,) which took place on the 17th of July, 1775, the firing was distinctly heard in this town by Thomas Freeman and others, a distance of more than 100 miles. On the 9th of August 1780, this town was visited by a party of 21 Indians. who made prisoners of Thomas M. Wright, Prince Haskell and John Newton, and carried them to Canada. Newton and Wright made their escape the spring following, and Haskell was exchanged the succeeding fall. They suffered many hardships while prisoners and on their return, but they all arrived safely at Barnard, and are now all living upon the farms from which they were taken. They were all prisoners in Canada at the time Royalton was burnt and were not then taken as has been stated in the narrative of that event." The author of the foregoing paragraphs from the earlier edition of Thompson, signs his article by the initials A. W. He gets Bunker Hill moved forward a month and his "more than 100 miles" is very nearly 130 miles as the sound would have to go but the writer knows that the tradition of Bunker Hill battle having been heard on Barnard hills has been common in the towns in the vicinity of White River valley, and as distinct as that the people of Montpelier gathered on the hill in Berlin opposite the capitol, and listened to the guns of the battle of Lake Champlain in September, 1814.
BARNET .- Town in Caledonia County. New Hampshire grant as Barnett of 23,040 acres to Simons Stevens and sixty-six associates, Sept. 16, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:24).
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Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:271; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 133; Hayward's Vermont Gazet- teer, 1849, p. 23; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 8; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 79; Coolidge and Mansfield's His- tory of New England, 1860, p. 739; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 75; Land Records, P. 548; State Papers Vt., 1:33; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:249.
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BARRE, CITY OF .- City in Washington County. Incorporated out of part of the town of Barre, (Laws of 1894, 144 to 176; 1896, p. 104, 105; 1902, pp. 278-320). Organized Mar. 5, 1895. The territory in- cluded within the city limits is 2535 acres. Barre memorial, 1888; Granite City, W. H. Jeffrey, 1903.
See Barre, Town of.
BARRE, TOWN OF .- Town in Washington County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Col. William Williams and sixty-four associates by the name of Wildersburgh Aug 12, 1781, ante p 223. Because "the name of the township has ever sounded uncouthly to the inhabitants and settlers and is also disagreeable on account of its length," ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 29:61), the legislature changed the name of the town to Barre, Oct. 19, 1793, (Laws, p. 5). Boundaries of Barre established, (Laws of 1799, p. 17; 1801, p.88; 1802, p. 48). Part incorporated as the City of Barre, (Laws of 1894, 144 to 176; 1896, p. 104, 105; 1902, pp. 278-320).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:23; Child's Washing- ton Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 129; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 24; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 9; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 80; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 740; Barre Memorial, 1888. Nickerson & Cox's Historical Souvenir of Barre, 1894; State Papers Vt., 1:34, 164.
See Newbrook, (New York grant), post.
BARTON .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant to Col. William Barton and Company, sixty-five in number, of a township of land by the name of Providence by act of Oct. 23, 1781-Providence, R. I., being the residence of Col. Barton. A charter was not issued until Oct. 20, 1789, and then to Col. Barton and twenty-eight associates of a township by the name of Barton, ante p. 15. (Governor and Council, 2:122; part of Sheffield was annexed, (Laws of 1858, p. 51).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:71; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 200; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer,
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1849, p. 25; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 12; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 81; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 742; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 91; Land Records, p. 518; State Papers Vt., 1:34.
BELL ISLAND .- In Lake Memphremagog; annexed to Derby and Auditor of Accounts authorized to sell, (Laws of 1865, p. 244).
BELVIDERE .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 30,100 acres to John Kelly of the City of New York, Nov. 4, 1791, ante p. 17. Part of, with Coit's Gore and part of Bakersfield, incorporated as Waterville, (Laws of 1824, p. 17). Part annexed to Eden, (Laws of 1828, p. 15); this act was repealed, (Laws of 1831, p. 12), and the line with Eden established according to the original charter limits. Pro- vision for establishing line with Bakersfield, (Laws of 1866, p. 275). Laws of 1896:92. Part annexed from Avery's gore.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:592; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 61; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 25; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 13; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 82; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 742; State Papers Vt., 1:35.
BENNINGTON .- Town in Bennington County. New Hamp- shire grant of 23,040 acres to William Williams and sixty-two associates, Jan. 3, 1749, (State .Papers N. H., 26:29). Vermont post office estab- lished March 9, 1787, (Laws, p. 116); this act was repealed Nov. 10, 1797, (R. 1797, Repeals). Line with Pownal established, (Laws of 1800, p. 85).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:138, and 5: Part III; Child's Bennington Co. Gazetteer, p. 80; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 26; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 13; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 82; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 742; Jenning's Memorials of a Century, 1869; Centennial History, by F. W. Coburn; sketches of Historic Ben- nington by John V. D. S & Caroline Merrill, 1898; State Papers Vt., I:35; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, I : 176-180, 205.
The town of Bennington was the first of the New Hampshire grants to the west of the Green Mountains to be settled under the New Hamp- shire charters. The literature pertaining to it and its battle is too voluminous to be cited in detail. Lossing, Hiland Hall, B. F. Hall, and
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other historians have much concerning it, while James Davie Butler's address and G. F. Houghton's address in 1848, President S. C. Bart- lett's oration at the 1877 centennial, and Hon. E. J. Phelps's oration at the dedication of the monument in 1891, should be specially named. The fourth volume of the Documentary History of New York has much interesting reading as to the doings of the "Bennington mobb," and after the revolution began Ethan Allen and others of the "mobb" were in evidence at the capture of Ticonderoga, and Seth Warner and others at the Battle of Bennington from which Allen was absent being still a captive in the hands of the British.
Bennington by its name perpetuates the memory of New Hamp- shire's governor, Benning Wentworth, and by its battle (fought on New York soil because Stark did not wait for, but went forward to meet, the Hessians) gave bluff and plain and brave John Stark and his em- battled New Hampshire farmers a fame, than which from all war there is none more lasting and real or with more dramatic setting. Vermont men, Massachusetts men, and New York men were there to help in the danger and share in the victory, but Stark commanded and his main army consisted of his officers and 1,332 enlisted men who had hurried across the Connecticut valley and the Green Mountains to aid those inhabitants of the New Hampshire Grants whom Burgoyne described as the most rebellious and warlike race on the continent hanging like a gathering cloud on his left.
Bennington was the first New Hampshire grant. Its first settle- ment is generally stated to have been in June, 1761; but the following extract from the Vermont Gazette of July 12, 1825, published in Ben- nington by Darius Clark, gives a somewhat earlier date:
"Olden Times .- The following article of intelligence we copy from an old periodical work published at Boston in 1791:
'Vermont.'
'Col. Samuel Robinson informs us that the 25th day of March, 1791, completed 30 years since the first stroke was struck by him towards clearing the first piece of land ever cultivated in Bennington; on the same day the Col. informs, he brought the first woman into Bennington that ever became a resident in it. The Col. has lived to see this town con- tain more than 4,000 inhabitants; and the year before last, by actual return, they made 26,000 yds. of cloth from flax of their own raising.'"'
At the semi-centennial celebration of the Battle of Bennington held the 16th of August, 1827; according to the Vermont Gazette of Aug. 21, 1827, the first toast was "The Day;" and the second was: "General Stark .- His life was a practical comment upon his farewell sentiment to Green Mountain boys .- 'Live free or die, death is not the worst of evils'." Another toast on the same occasion was :" The famous town of Bennington .- May the virtue of its inhabitants in 1827 be equal to the bravery of their fathers and brethen in 1777.''
The second newspaper, (the Vermont Gazette,) printed in Vermont was begun in Bennington by Anthony Haswell in June, 1783; and in
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its files and those of its successors, most of which are to be found in the Vermont State Library, are to be found many items of value relative to the history of this most famous Vermont town.
BENSON .- Town in Rutland County. Vermont grant to James Meacham, James Blair, and associates, May 5, 1780, ante p. 18. A New York grant of 5,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to Wm. Farquahar Sept. 8, 1770, covered lands now in Benson.
Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:155; Hemenway's Ver- mont Historical Gazetteer, 3:405; Child's Rutland Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 75; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 27; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 21; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 83; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 747; State Papers Vt., 1:36.
BENTON'S GORE .- About 5,000 acres of land in Windsor County granted by Vermont Oct. 25, 1781, to Samuel Benton and twenty-three associates, ante p. 20. By the charter it was constituted a part of the town of Andover. It became a part of Weston when that town was incorporated Oct. 26, 1799.
Laws of 1799, p. 14; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 22; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 251; State Papers Vt., 1:36.
See Virgin Hall, (New York grant), post.
BERKSHIRE .- Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant to William Goodrich and sixty associates, June 22, 1781, ante, p. 21. Line with Richford established and sale of a gore of land (Enosburgh Gore) between Berkshire and Enosburgh, Montgomery, and Richford, directed, (Laws of 1802, pp. 158-160). So much of the law of 1802, as directed sale of a gore of land between Berkshire and Richford, was repealed, (Laws of 1803, p. 60). Line with Enosburgh altered and part of Enos- burgh annexed, and part of Berkshire annexed to Enosburgh, (Laws of 1838, p. 14).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:109; Child's Franklin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 72; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 27; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 22; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 84; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 748. State Papers Vt., 1:36.
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BERLIN .- Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Rev. Dr. Chauncy Graham and sixty-three associates, June 8, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:35.) Part to Montpelier, (Laws of 1898, p. 118).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:53; Child's Wash- ington Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 185; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 28; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 22; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 85; Coolidge and Mansfield's His- tory of New England, 1860, p. 749; State Papers Vt., 1:37.
BESSBOROUGH .- New York grant of 36,000 acres by Lt. Gov Colden, March 20, 1770. It embraced what is now St. Johnsbury and vicinity. Vermont Historical Society Collections 1:154.
BETHEL .- Town in Windsor County. Vermont grant of 23,060 acres to John Payne, John House, and forty-five associates; the grant was voted October 27, 1779, and the charter issued Dec. 23, 1779, ante p. 23. Line with Rochester established, (Laws of 1821, p. 213).
Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 88; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 24; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 28; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 86; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 749; Thompson's Gazetteer, 1824, p. 64; Illustrated Historical souvenir, F. G. Cox, 1895; State Papers Vt., 1:37.
Bethel was the first town granted and chartered by Vermont. Its settlement began in 1780.
BILLYMEAD .- Now Sutton, Caledonia County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Jonathan Arnold and twelve associates, Feb. 26, 1782, ante p. 24. Billymead was claimed by the proprietors of Bamf (New York grant); ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 18:80.) Name changed to Sutton, (Laws of 1812, p. 16).
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 25; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 227; State Papers Vt., 1:38.
See Sutton.
BLACK ISLAND .- In Lake Memphremagog; annexed to Derby and Auditor of Accounts authorized to sell, (Laws of 1865, p. 244).
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BLAKE'S GORE .- Vermont grant of a tract of land between Sharon and Strafford to Timothy Blake and fourteen associates, June 18, 1785, ante p. 27. Set by charter to Strafford.
BLOOMFIELD .- Town in Essex County. New Hampshire grant as Minehead, of 23,040 acres to Rev. Noah Waddams and sixty-three associates, June 29, 1762, (State Papers N. H., 26:39). Name changed to Bloomfield (Laws of 1830, p. 26).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:950; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 389; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 25; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 29; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, 87; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 750; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 95-6; Land Records, pp. 68-100,600; State Papers Vt., 1:38.
BOLTON .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to George Bunnell and sixty-five associates, June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:43). Part annexed to Richmond, (Laws of 1804, p. 26). Part of Huntington annexed, (Laws of 1794, pp. 55-57; 1808, p. 135). Part annexed to Waterbury, (Laws of 1851, p. 64).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer. I: 480; Child's Chit- tenden County Gazetteer, 1883, p. 86; Rann's History of Chittenden County, 1886, p. 384; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 25; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 29; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 88; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 751; State Papers Vt., 1:38.
BRADFORD .- Town in Orange County. New York grant as Mooretown of 25,000 acres to William Smith by Lt. Gov. Colden. May 3, 1770, (Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:154; H. Hall's Early History of Vermont, pp. 92-94). Name changed to Bradford, Oct. 23, 1788, (Laws, p. 9).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:807; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 161; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 25; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 29; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 89; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 751; McKeen's History of Bradford, 1875; Address of Col. J. H. Benton, Jr., July 4, 1895, at dedication of library; State Papers Vt., 1:39; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, I:224.
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BRADLEYVALE .- Incorporated out of Pearsall's Gore "with all the rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by other towns in this state; except so far as may relate to the right of representation," Oct. 29, 1803, (Laws, p. 25.) The town was never represented in the legislature, and was annexed to Concord and Victory, (Laws of 1856, p. 91).
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 26; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 30; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 128; State Papers Vt., 1:40.
BRAINTREE .- Town in Orange County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Jacob Spear, Levi Davis, and sixty-three associates, Aug. 1, 1781, ante p. 28. Part annexed to Rochester, (Laws of 1824, p. 15).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:844, (an interesting historical sketch by Miss Miriam M. Nichols); Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 198; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 27; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 30; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p.90; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 752; Braintree Centennial, 1781-1881; History, by H. Royce Bass, 1883; State Papers Vt., 1:40.
BRANDON .- Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant as Neshobe, of 23,000 acres to Josiah Powers and sixty-five associates, Oct. 20, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:47). Name changed to Brandon, Oct. 20, 1784. Part annexed to Philadelphia for school purposes, (Laws of 1812, p. 158). This law repealed if towns so vote (Laws of 1854, p. 60). Part annexed to Goshen (Laws of 1854, p. 59). Annexation of part of Pittsford to Brandon and part of Brandon to Pittsford (Laws of 1854, p. 57).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:428; Child's Rutland Co. Gazeteer, 1882, p. 84; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 27; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 31; Deming's Ver- mont Officers, 1918, p. 91; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 753; State Papers Vt., 1:40; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, I:239.
See Halesborough, (New York grant), post.
BRATTLEBORO .- Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant of 19,360 acres to William Brattle and fifty associates, Dec. 26, 1753; charter renewed June 11, 1760, and July 6, 1761, (State Papers
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N. H., 26:51-8). New Hampshire charter of Dec. 26, 1753, was con- firmed by New York grant of 19,500 acres, July 22, 1766, (Vermont Historical Society Collections 1:154). Vermont postoffice established, March 9, 1787, (Laws, p. 116); repealed, Nov. 10, 1797 (R. 1797, Re- peals).
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