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Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:966; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 421; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 57; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 50; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. III; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 784; [ms.] Chandler's Land Records, p. 436; State Papers Vt., 1:54.
See Kersborough, (New York grant), post.
CORINTH .- Town in Orange County. New Hampshire grant of 24,000 acres to Jonathan White Esq., and sixty-five associates, Feb. 4, 1764, (State Papers N. H., 26:107). New York grant by Governor Tryon of 23,100 acres March 2, 1772, was a confirmation of New Hamp- shire charter; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:156. Bound- ary lines of, Nov. 4, 1799, (Laws, p. 17). Line with Vershire established Nov. 6, 1801, (Laws, p. 88); Nov. 7, 1806, (Laws, p. 120). Part of Vershire annexed Oct. 23, 1811, (Laws, p. 30).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:873; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 244; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 58; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 50; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 112; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 784; State Papers Vt., 1:55.
CORNWALL .- Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant of 25,000 acres to Elias Reed and sixty-four associates Nov. 3,
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1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:111). Part annexed to Middlebury, (Laws of 1796, p. 56).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:23; Child's Addison Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 90; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 59; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 51; Deming's Ver- mont officers, 1918, p. 113; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 785; History of Cornwall, Lyman Matthews, 1862; State Papers Vt., 1:56; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:245.
See Morrisfield, (New York grant), post. See under Leicester, post, for New York grant.
COVENTRY .- Town in Orleans County. Nov. 4, 1780, Major Elias Buell of Coventry, Conn., obtained from Vermont for himself and associates a grant of "a Certain tract of Land in this State lying between the towns of Shorum, Orwel, Hubbarton Sudbury and Whiting," (Governor and Council, II:55), and paid the granting fees therefor. When it was afterwards found that the surrounding towns covered nearly the whole of the lands granted, the legislature in Oct., 1784, upon a petition filed, allowed Buell to select from the unlocated lands in the state an equivalent for the deficiency, (Governor and Council, III:59). Oct. 24, 1788, a sufficient amount of land having been decreed by the Land Commissioners, in accordance with the "flying grant" of 1784, to make up the deficiency, the Secretary of the Council was directed to issue a charter, (Governor and Council, III:176, 180). The charter dated Nov. 4, 1780, issued to Maj. Elias Buel and fifty-nine associates, included three tracts of land; the present town of Coventry, 16,767 acres, 2,000 acres known as Coventry Leg, which was annexed to New- port in 1816, and Buel's Gore in Chittenden County which then con- tained 4,273 acres, ante p. 47. Coventry Leg annexed to Newport, (Laws of 1816, p. 129). Name of town changed to Orleans, (Laws of 1841, p. 61). Name changed back to Coventry, (Laws of 1843, p. 28).
History of Coventry, P. H. White, 1859; Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:136; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 227; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 60; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 52; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 113; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 786; State Papers Vt., 1:60.
See [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 22:69, 184, for petitions of Buell; and also see Buel's Gore, ante.
See St. George, (New York grant), post.
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COVENTRY .- A "Will o' the Wisp" sometime thought to have been seen where Cornwall and Weybridge are. See Governor and Council, 8:366, and map facing p. 430; also Jeffery's Atlas, Map No. 15. This Coventry is plainly neither the Coventry petitioned for and granted to Major Buel and associates in 1780, nor the present Coventry which was chartered (by charter dated back to Nov. 4, 1780,) to Major Buel and associates in1788. It is discovered nowhere except on certain maps, and no doubt there appears by the blunder of the draughtsman or en- graver mistaking the name of Cornwall, which was granted in 1761; or by thinking (from Coventry, N. H., holding the same relative position to Connecticut River that Cornwall does to Lake Champlain) that he was at work on the New Hampshire Coventry, when really at work on Corn- wall. It looks more like a misreading of the name Cornwall on the part of the map maker, for the same map in Jeffery's contains Betton for Bolton and Woodbury for Newbury. Such carelessness would easily make Coventry out of Cornwall.
COVENTRY GORE .- Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 60; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 144; Legislation of Vermont, Cross, 1894, p. 125; Annexed to Newport, (Laws of 1894, p. 406).
See Coventry, ante.
CRAFTSBURY .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant as Minden of 23,040 acres to Timothy Newell, Ebenezer Craft, and sixty-one associates Aug. 23, 1781, ante p. 136. Since "from a simil- arity of sound between the names of Minden and Lyndon people often mistake one for the other," the name was changed to Craftsbury, (Laws of 1790, p. 6).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:164; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 239; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 60; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 52; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 114; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 787; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 27; Land Records, p. 537; State Papers Vt., 1:60.
CUMBERLAND .- "Cumberland Township" was the south-west corner of Cumberland County, and covered the present towns of Whit-
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ingham and Readsboro. New York grants were made in this territory, one of 10,000 acres to Nathan Whiting and associates March 12, 1770; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I-154. A record of a charter of the town of Cumberland has not yet appeared.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part II:189, pp. 684, 685, (Whitingham). See also map preceding Index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. See also Readsboro, post.
DANBY .- Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Jonathan Willard and sixty-one associates, Aug. 27 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:115). New York grant of 1,000 acres to John Tudor by Gov. Tryon, Feb. 20, 1772, covered lands in Danby; Ver- mont Historical Society Collections, I:156.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:576; Child's Rut- land Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 122; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 62; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 53; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 115; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 789; Williams' History of Danby (and map) 1869; State Papers Vt., 1:61; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:224.
DANVILLE .- Town in Caledonia County. Vermont grant of 28,000 acres to Jacob Bailey, Jesse Leavenworth, and associates, Oct. 31, 1786, ante p. 49. A committee was appointed to report facts res- pecting a new charter in 1801, (Laws, p. 85). New Charter in accord- ance with act of Nov. 6, 1802, (Laws, pp. 92-105), issued Nov. 12, 1802, to seventy-five grantees, ante p. 53. Walden Gore annexed Oct. 29, 1792, (Laws, p. 15). Part of Deweysburgh annexed, (Laws of 1810, pp. 108-110). Part of Cabot annexed, (Laws of 1834, p. 28).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:312; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 172; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 62; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, P. 53; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 116; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 789; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 43; Land Records, p. 546; State Papers Vt., 1:61.
See Hillsborough, (New York grant), post.
DELLIUS GRANT .- A New York grant made to Rev. Godfrey Dellius, of Albany, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1696, and three years later set aside and annulled, as having been obtained and issued by fraud. New York
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used this grant as showing that her claim of an eastern boundary on the Connecticut River was an ancient one, insisting that the patent covered a tract of land on the west side of Vermont twelve miles in width, com- mencing at Charlotte and extending south for about fifty miles. Hiland Hall in his Early History of Vermont insists that no part of the Dellius grant covered any Vermont land.
See H. Hall's Early History of Vermont, pp. 488-495, with map, p. 491; see also map facing p. 368, Vol I, Documentary History of New York (quarto).
DEERFIELD .- New York grant of 35,000 acres to Samuel Wells, & Co. by Gov. Dunmore, June 20, 1771, now Burlington and vicinity, chartered by New Hampshire, 1761; Vermont Historical Society Col- lections, I:155. Probably covered the greater part of Willison.
DERBY .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Timothy Andrews and fifty-nine associates, Oct. 29, 1779, ante p. 59. Black and Bell Islands annexed and Auditor of Accounts authorized to sell the islands, (Laws of 1865, p. 244). Line with New- port established, (Laws of 1868, p. 310). Annexation of Salem, (Laws of 1880, pp. 236 to 238), effected March, 1881. Part incorporated into city of Newport, (Laws 1917, pp. 298-319).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:178; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 250; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 63; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 54; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 117; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 790; State Papers Vt., 1:62.
DEWEYSBURGH .- Vermont grant of a tract "containing 15 sixty fifth parts of a six mile square township" to Capt. Elijah Dewey and fourteen associates Feb. 28, 1782, ante p. 60. Annexed to Danville and Peacham Nov. 2, 1810, (Laws, pp. 108-110).
[ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 55; Land Records, p. 545; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 117; State Papers Vt., 1:62.
DORSET .- Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Gideon Lyman, Esq., and sixty-three associates Aug. 20, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:119). Annexation of part of Mt. Tabor authorized, (Laws of 1825, p. 25; 1832, p. 25).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:183; Child's Ben-
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nington Co. Gazetteer, 1881, p. 122; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 64; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, P. 55; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 118; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 791; State Papers Vt., 1:62; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:233.
See Chatham, (New York grant), ante; Princetown, (New York grant), post; Arlington, ante, New York grant to J. Napier.
DOVER .- Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grants of 2,000 acres each to Lieut. Peter Brown, Lieut. Stephen Holland, and Lieut. James Tute July 6, 1764, were of lands now embraced in the town of Dover, (State Papers N. H., 26:123-129). Incorporated out of south district of Wardsboro, (Laws of 1810, p. 79). Line with Wil- mington and Marlboro established, (Laws of 1851, p. 65; 1852, p. 66). Part annexed from Wilmington, 1869 (Laws of 1869, p. 289).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part II, p. 337; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 162; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 65; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 55; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 119; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 792; State Papers Vt., 1:63.
See Camden, (New York grant), ante.
DRAPER .- New Hampshire grant. See Wilmington.
DUMMERSTON .- Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant as Fullam of 19,360 acres to Simeon Stoddard and fifty associates Dec. 26, 1753. Charter renewed June 12, 1760, July 6, 1761, July 7, 1762, and June 7, 1764, (State Papers N. H., 26:130-138). Dummerston was part of a tract of land granted by Massachusetts to Connecticut in exchange for lands granted by the former in the territory of the latter through mistake, and Dummerston was sold at auction by Connecticut in 1716 to Hon. William Dummer and Simeon Stoddard, Esq. Part annexed to Putney, (Laws of 1846, p. 11). Part annexed to Putney, (Laws of 1892, p. 427).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part II, p. 1; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 169; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 65; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 56; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 119; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 792; State Papers Vt., 1:63.
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DUNBAR .- New Hampshire grant. See Sudbury.
DUNCANSBOROUGH .- Vermont grant, now Newport, which see.
DUNMORE .- New York grant of 39,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Col- den to John Woods & Co. Aug. 8, 1770, in and near what is now Water- ford, (Vermont Historical Society Collections, I-155).
DURHAM .- New York grant of 38,000 acres by Gov. Tryon to Benjamin Spencer & Co., Jan. 7, 1772; covered lands granted by New Hampshire in Clarendon and Wallingford; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:156. Map facing p. 430 of Vol. VIII, Governor and Council, has Durham in Shrewsbury.
See Avery's Gores, ante.
DUXBURY .- Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Rev. Isaac Brown and sixty-four associates June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:138). Part of Moretown annexed for school purposes, (Laws of 1802, p. 89). Repealed, (Laws of 1822, p. 95).
Child's Washington County Gazetteer, 1889, p. 242; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 66; Hayward's Vermont Gazet- teer, 1849, p. 56; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 120; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 795; State Papers Vt., 1:64.
See Windham, (New York grant), post.
EASTHAM .- Where Chelsea now is. Supposed to be a New Hampshire grant, (Governor and Council, VIII:366, and map facing page 430). The New York grant of Charlotte covered the same ter- ritory. Eastham is found on a map in Jeffery's Atlas, p. 15, printed in 1776.
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EAST HAVEN .- Town in Essex County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Timothy Andrews and sixty-three associates Oct. 22, 1790, ante p. 64.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:985; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 439; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 66; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 56; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 121; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 796; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, pp. 86-7; Land Records, pp. 158-189, 597-8; State Papers Vt., 1:64.
EAST MONTPELIER .- Town in Washington County. Incor- porated by dividing Montpelier into two towns, (Laws of 1848, pp. 5-7; 1859, pp. 146-148); organized Jan. 1, 1849.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:575; Child's Wash- ington Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 255; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 56; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 122; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 796; D. P. Thompson's History of Montpelier, 1860; Vermont Watchman, Souvenir Edition Devoted to Montpelier, 1893.
See Montpelier.
EDEN .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Col. Seth Warner and seventy-one associates Aug. 28, 1781, ante, p. 66. Part of Belvidere annexed, (Laws of 1828, p. 15). Re- pealed, (Laws of 1831, p. 12), and line with Belvidere established ac- cording to original charter limits.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:621; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 77; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 66; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 57; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 122; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 796; [ms.] Chandler's Atlas, 28-9; State Papers Vt., 1:65.
ELMORE .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Col. Samuel Elmore and sixty-four associates Aug. 21, 1781, ante p. 67. Line with Worcester established (Laws of 1837, p. IO.) Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:626; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 83; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 67; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 57; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 123; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 797; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, pp. 22-3: Land Records, pp. 525-6; State Papers Vt., 1:65.
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ELY .- Authorization of change of name from Vershire, (Laws of 1878, p. 219). Name changed back to Vershire, (Laws of 1882, p. 265). See Vershire.
ENOSBURGH .- Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Roger Enos and fifty-nine associates May 15, 17So, ante p. 69. Part of Bakersfield annexed Oct. 31, 1798, (Laws, p. 40). Provision made for establishing line with other towns and sale of gore of land between Enosburgh, and Montgomery, Berkshire, and Richford directed, (Laws of 1802, pp. 158-160). Laws of 1803, p. 60, repeals so much of Laws of 1802, pp. 158-160, as directs sale of a gore of land bet- ween Berkshire and Richford. Part of Berkshire annexed and part of Enosburgh annexed to Berkshire, (Laws of 1838, p. 14). Line with Bakersfield established, (Laws of 1845, p. 5).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:132; Child's Frank- lin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 78; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 67; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 58; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 123; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 797; State Papers Vt., 1:66.
ENOSBURGH GORE .- Vermont grant of 3,916 acres to Stephen House and Amos Fassett, of Enosburgh, Nov. 9, 1803, in accordance with an act passed Nov. 10, 1802, (Laws, pp. 158-160); ante p. 71. See also Laws of 1803, p. 60; 1805, p. 44; 1807, p. 64; [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 31:200. Made a part of Enosburgh by section II of act passed Nov. 10, 1802, (Laws pp. 158-160); State Papers Vt., 1:67.
ESSEX .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Edward Burling and sixty-five associates June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:142).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:178; Child's Chitten- den Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 193; Rann's History of Chittenden Co., 1886, p. 568; Thompson's History of Vermont, 842, Part III, p. 68; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 59; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 124; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, P. 798; Memorial Record of Essex, L. C. Butler, 1866; State Papers Vt., 1:67.
EUGENE .- New York grant of 15,350 acres by Governor Dun- more, June 14, 1771; covered lands in Rupert and Pawlet chartered by New Hampshire.
Hall's Early History of Vermont, p. 131.
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FAIRFAX .- Town in Franklin County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Edward Burling and sixty-three associates Aug. 18, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:146).Annexation of part to Cambridge authorized, (Laws of 1841, p. 58). See note under Cambridge.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:467; Child's Frank- lin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883,p. 88; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 69; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 59; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 125; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 799; State Papers Vt., 1:68.
FAIRFIELD .- Town in Franklin County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Samuel Hungerford and sixty-three associates Aug. 18, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:150). Part of Smithfield annexed Oct. 25, 1792, (Laws, p. 5), and part of Fairfield annexed to Bakersfield by same act. Line with St. Albans and Swanton established, (Laws of 1816, p. 95). Line with Bakersfield established, (Laws of 1817, p. 33). Line with Swanton established and part of Swanton annexed and part of Fairfield annexed to Swanton, (Laws of 1829, p. 19).
New York grants by Lt. Gov. Colden of 5,000 acres to Henry Gor- don, Sept. 1, 1774, and of 5,000 acres to Henry Gordon for Peter Gordon, Dec. 1, 1774, covered lands in Fairfield; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:157. Marked "C. H. Gordon " (and the " John Gordon "?) on map preceding Index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:467; Child's Franklin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 99; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 69; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 59; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 126; Coolidge and Mans -. field's History of New England, 1860, p. 799; State Papers Vt., 1:69.
See Meath, (New York grant), post.
FAIRHAVEN .- Town in Rutland County. Vermont grant to Ebenezer Allen and seventy-six associates Oct. 27, 1779, ante p. 73. Oct. 20, 1792 (Laws, p. 3), divided into the towns of Fairhaven and Westhaven, but both represented in the legislature jointly until 1823, when West Haven was allowed a separate representative, (Vermont Assembly Journal, 1823, p. 51). Part of Fairhaven west of Poultney River annexed to New York, provided New York assents and the Con- gress of the United States approves, (Laws of 1876, p. 38).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:672; Child's Rutland Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 130; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842,
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Part III, p. 70; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 60; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 126; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 800; Fair Haven, A. N. Adams, 1870; State Papers Vt., 1:70.
FAIRLEE .- Town in Orange County. New Hampshire grant of 24,000 acres to Josiah Chauncy and sixty-three associates Sept. 9, 1761 (State Papers N. H., 26:159). Feb. 25, 1797, (Laws, pp. 49-51), divided into two towns, Fairlee and West Fairlee, but both together were allowed only one representative in the General Assembly. West Fairlee was first represented separately in 1823, (Vermont Assembly Journal, 1823, p. 51).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:888; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 264; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 70; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 60; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, 127; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 801; State Papers Vt., 1:70.
FANE .- New Hampshire grant. See Newfane.
FAYSTON .- Town in Washington County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Ebenezer Walbridge and sixty-four associates Feb. 27, 1782, ante p. 74.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:177; Child's Wash- ington Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 278; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 71; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 61; Dem- ing's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 128; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 802; [ms.] Chandler's Land Records, p. 437; State Papers Vt., I:70.
FERDINAND .- Unorganized town in Essex County. New Hampshire grant of 25,000 acres to Thomas Hungerford and sixty- three associates Oct. 12, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:163). Part of Wenlock and part of Brighton annexed, (Laws 1853, P. 57).
Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, P. 443; Thomp- son's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 71; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 61; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 145; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 802; [ms.] Chandler,- Atlas, pp. 60-1,66; Land Records, pp. 190-213,601-2; State Papers Vt., 1:71.
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FERRISBURGH .- Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant as Farrisbourg or Ferrissburg of 24,600 acres to Daniel Merritt and sixty-three associates June 24, 1762, (State Papers N. H., 26:171). Part incorporated into the City of Vergennes Oct. 23, 1788, (Laws, pp. II-19).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:31; Child's Addison Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 101; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 71; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 61; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 129; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 803; State Papers Vt., 1:71; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:235.
See Mecklenburg, (New York grant), post.
FINCASTLE .- New York grant of 18,000 acres by Gov. Dun- more June 11, 1771; was in Stockbridge. Chartered by New Hampshire in 1761, (Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:155).
FLAMSTEAD .- New Hampshire grant. See Chester, ante.
FLETCHER .- Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Moses Robinson, Jonas Fay, John Fassett, Jr., Major Joseph Tyler, and sixty-one associates Aug. 20, 1781, ante p. 76. An- nexation of part to Cambridge authorized, (Laws of 1841, p. 58). See note under Cambridge.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:468; Child's Franklin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 110; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 72; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 62; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 129; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 804; State Papers Vt., I:72.
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