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WASHINGTON .- Town in Orange County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Major Elisha Burton and sixty-four associates, Aug. 8, 1781, ante p. 209. Boundaries established, (Laws of 1799, p. 17; 1801, p. 88).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:1138; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 499; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842
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Part III, p. 181; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, P 31; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 241; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 932; State Papers Vt., 1:155. See Kingsland, (New York grant), ante.
WATERBURY .- Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to John Stiles, Esq., and sixty-five associates, June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:525). Part of Middlesex annexed, (Laws of 1850, p. 46). Part of Bolton annexed, (Laws of 1851, p. 64).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:813; Child's Wash- ington Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 487; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 182; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 131; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 242; Coolidge and Mansfield's His- tory of New England, 1860, p. 933; State Papers Vt., 1:156; Early His- tory of Waterbury, C. C. Parker; History of Waterbury, I. G. Lewis, 1915.
See Newbrook, ante.
WATERFORD .- Town in Caledonia County. Vermont grant as Littleton of 23,040 acres to Benjamin Whipple and sixty-four associ- ates, Nov. 8, 1780, ante p. 125. Name changed to Waterford, March 9, 1797, (Laws, p. 94).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:430; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 368; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 183; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 132; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 243; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 934; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 69; Land Records, p. 542; State Papers Vt., 1:95, 156.
See Dunmore, (New York grant), ante.
WATERVILLE .- Town in Lamoille County. Incorporated out of Coit's Gore and parts of Bakersfield and Belvidere, (Laws of 1824, p. 14).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:768; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 143; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 183; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 132; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 244; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 934; State Papers Vt., 1:156. See under Smithfield, ante, for New York grants.
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WEATHERSFIELD .- Town in Windsor County. New Hamp- shire grant of 23,000 acres to Gideon Lyman and sixty-one associates, Aug. 20, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:529). New York grant of 22,000 acres, confirming New Hampshire charter, issued April 30, 1772.
Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 241; Thompson's History of. Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 184; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 132; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 244; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 935; State Papers Vt., 1:157.
WELLS .- Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Capt. Eliakim Hall and sixty-three associates Sept. 15, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:533). Part incorporated with parts of Ira, Tinmouth, and Poultney, into town of Middletown Oct. 28, 1784. Part annexed to Poultney Oct. 31, 1798, (Laws, p. 38).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:1189; Child's Rut- land Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 2563; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 185; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 133; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 245; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 936; History of Wells, Hiland Hall, 1869; State Papers Vt., 1:157; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, I:234.
See Richmond, ante, for New York grant.
WENLOCK .- New Hampshire grant of 25,000 acres to Israel Woodward and sixty-three associates Oct. 13, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26-167). East part of Caldersburg annexed, (Laws of 1801, p. 82). Line established with Morgan, Jan. 31, 1804, (Laws, p. 12). Annexed to Brighton and Ferdinand, (Laws of 1853, P. 57).
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 186; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 133; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 195; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, pp. 58-9; Land Records, pp. 369-90, 551-2, 581-2; State Papers Vt., 1:157.
WESTENHOOK .- A New York patent dated March 6, 1705, and it was claimed by New Yorkers that "its western bounds are about 30 miles from Hudson's River."
See H. Hall's Early History of Vermont for an elaborate discussion, pp. 486, 487.
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WEST FAIRLEE .- Town in Orange County. Fairlee divided into two towns, Fairlee and West Fairlee, Feb. 25, 1797, (Laws, pp. 49-51), but both towns represented jointly in the General Assembly. West Fairlee first represented as such in 1823, (Vermont Assembly Journal, 1823, p. 51). Line with Vershire, Strafford, and Thetford established, (Laws of 1802, p. 199).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:909; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 506; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 186; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 246; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 937; Hayward's Ver- mont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 133; State Papers Vt., 1:158.
WESTFIELD .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Daniel Owen and fifty-nine associates May 15, 1780, ante p. 211. Provision made for establishing line with other towns and sale of a gore of land 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 between Berkshire and Richford.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:342; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 28858; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 186; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 134; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 247; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 937; [ms.] Chandler,- Atlas, pp. 36-7; Land Records, p. 571. State Papers Vt., 1:158.
WESTFORD .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Henry Franklin and sixty-four associates, June 8, 1763. (State Papers N. H., 26:537).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:890; Child's Chitten- den Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 25617; Rann's History of Chittenden Co., p. 695; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 187; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 134; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 247; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 938; State Papers Vt., 1:159.
WESTFORD .- Vermont grant. This is not the present town of Westford in Chittenden County.
See Westmore.
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WEST HAVEN .-- Town in Rutland County. Incorporated out of part of Fair Haven, Oct. 20, 1792, (Laws, p. 3), but represented jointly with Fair Haven in the legislature. First represented as West Haven by Josiah Bascomb, 1823, (Vermont Assembly Journal, 1823, p. 51).
Child's Rutland Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 2568; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 187; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 134; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 248; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 938; State Papers Vt., 1:159.
WESTMINSTER .- New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to John Halbirt and sixty-seven associates, Nov. 9, 1752. Charter re- newed, June 11, 1760, (State Papers N. H., 26:541-546). New Hamp- shire charter confirmed by New York grant of 23,500 acres, March 26, 1772; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:156. Provision for establishing line with Athens, (Laws of 1839, p. 85) and line established May 11, 1841.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1891, Vol. 5, Part II, p. 1; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 30457; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 187; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 134; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 249; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 938; State Papers Vt., 1:159; Historic Westminster, C. W. Dickinson.
WESTMORE .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant as Westford of 23,040 acres to Capt. Uriah Seymour and sixty-four asso- ciates, Aug. 17, 1781, ante p. 213. Name changed to Westmore, Oct. 26, 1787, (Governor and Council, III:158).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:365; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 28864; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 188; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 135; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 943; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 250; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, pp. 40-1, 91; Land Records, pp. 391-412, 589; State Papers Vt., 1:160.
WESTON .- Town in Windsor County. Incorporated out of Benton's Gore and part of Andover, Oct. 26, 1799, (Laws, p. 14), but represented jointly with Andover until 1823, (Vermont Assembly Journal, 1823, p. 52). New Hampshire charter of Andover, Oct. 13, 1761, (State Papers N. H., 26:7); Vermont charter of Benton's Gore, Oct. 25, 1781, ante p. 20.
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Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 250; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 189; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 135; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 251; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 944; State Papers Vt., 1:160.
See Virgin Hall, (New York grant), ante.
WEST RUTLAND .- Town in Rutland County. Incorporated out of part of Rutland, (Laws of 1886, pp. 91-94).
WEST WINDSOR .- Town in Windsor County. Windsor divided into two parishes, Oct. 17, 1783, (Laws of 1799, p. 82). The two parishes of Windsor incorporated into towns of Windsor and West Windsor, (Laws of 1814, p. 52). Repealed, (Laws of 1815, p. 67). Windsor divided into Windsor and West Windsor, (Laws of 1848, p. 8).
Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 255; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 252; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 945.
See Windsor.
WEYBRIDGE .- Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant, Nov. 3, 1761, of 25,000 acres to Joseph Gilbert and sixty-three associates, (State Papers N. H., 26:546). Part of New Haven annexed Oct. 25, 1791, (Laws, p. 6). Part of Addison annexed Oct. 22, 1804, (Laws, p. 7). Part of Panton annexed, (Laws of 1806, p. 28). Pro- vision for establishing line with Addison, (Laws of 1856, p. 78 ;. 1859, p. 148; 1862, p. 51).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:109; Child's Addison County Gazetteer, 1882, p. 2484; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 189; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 136; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 252; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 945; State Papers Vt., 1:161; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1 :248.
WHEELOCK .- Town in Caledonia County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Dartmouth College and Moors Charity School, June 14, 1785, ante pp. 215, 217.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:432; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 381; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 189; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849,
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p. 136; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 253; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New York, 1860, p. 946; Early Days of Wheelock, F. W. Chase; State Papers Vt., 1:161.
WHIPPLEBOROUGH .- New York grant of 40,000 acres by Gov. Tryon to Samuel Avery, Oct. 28, 1775; included Starksborough and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:157.
WHITELAW'S GORE .- Vermont grant to James Whitelaw, James Savage, and William Coit, Oct. 26, 1788-about 1,500 acres, ante p. 221. Annexed to Caldersburg, (Laws of 1801, p. 82). Some- times called Whitelaw's Grant, (Governor and Council, IV:343, 358); State Papers Vt., 1:162.
WHITELAW, SAVAGE, AND COIT .- Vermont grant to James Whitelaw, James Savage, and William Coit of 10,000 acres, (St. An- drew's Gore, now Plainfield), 10,000 acres, (Williamsburgh or Coit's Gore), 1,500 acres, (Whitelaw's Gore), all the islands in Lake Champlain lying east of deepest channel within this state and not heretofore granted by the state-1,585 acres, and islands in the Otter Creek not heretofore granted, to south line of Weybridge-30 acres, in all 23,040 acres, Oct. 26, 1788, ante p. 221; (Governor and Council, III:180); State Papers Vt., I:163.
WHITING .- Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant as Whiteing of 14,424 acres to Daniel Pond and forty-seven associates, Aug. 6, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:550). New York grant of 1,000 acres by Gov. Tryon to John Lawrence, Nov. 17, 1772, covered land now in Whiting; Vermont Historical Society Collections. I:157.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:115; Child's Addison Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 2489; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 190; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 136; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 254; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 946; State Papers Vt., 1:164; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:243.
See under Leicester for New York grant. See Monckton, (New York grant), ante.
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WHITINGHAM .- Town in Windham County. Mar. 12, 1770, a charter was issued by Lt. Gov. Colden of New York to Nathan Whit- ing and associates of 10,000 acres, in the present town of Whitingham, then called Cumberland; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:154. Vermont grants in Whitingham: (1) March 15, 1780, of 3,000 acres to Silas Hamilton and seven associates, (Hamilton's Grant), by charter made a part of Whitingham, ante p. 87; (2) Oct. 15, 1787, 600 acres to Jonathan and Arad Hunt, ante p. 218; (3) Oct. 20, 1796, 5,060 acres to Amos Green and fifteen associates incorporated into a district by the name of Whitingham Gore, ante p. 219. Power to unite part with part of Wilmington for school purposes granted, (Laws of 1803, p. 40).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part II, p. 684; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 30476; Thompson's History. of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 191; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 137; History of Whitingham, Leonard Brown, 1886; Green Leaves from Whitingham, Clark Jillson, 1894; Some Facts about Early History of Whitingham, A. A. Butterfield, 1916; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 254; State Papers Vt., 1:164; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 947.
See "Cumberland" on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documen- tary History of New York.
WHITINGHAM GORE .- Vermont grant of 5,060 acres to Amos Green and fifteen associates, Oct. 20, 1796, ante p. 219.
WICKHAM .- New York grant of 36,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to Phinehas Lyman & Co., Oct. 27, 1774, in Randolph and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:157. Marked "Phineas Lyman & Co." on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary His- tory of New York. This grant certainly covered a part, at least, of Brookfield; see Governor and Council, II: 134, 135.
WILDERSBURG .- Vermont grant. See Barre.
WILLIAMSBURGH .- The boundary of a tract of 2,000 acres which is now a part of Waterville and which was granted to John Kelly was described in its charter dated June 8, 1791, as running "in the easterly line of a Grant made to Whitelaw & Company called Williamsburgh," ante p. 115. The charter of Belvidere dated Nov. 4, 1791, described that
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town as extending "to the easterly Line of a Tract of Ten thousand Acres of Land granted to James Whitelaw & others Called Williams- burgh, " ante p. 17. A charter dated Oct. 26, 1788, issued to Whitelaw, Savage, and Coit, conveyed among others one tract of 10,000 acres in the locality above described, which must have been Williamsburgh and which was afterwards known as Coit's Gore, ante p. 221; State Papers Vt., 1:165.
WILLIAMSTOWN .- Town in Orange County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Absalom Baker, Samuel Clark, and seventy-three associates, Aug. 9, 1781, ante p. 225. Boundary lines established, (Laws of 1799, p. 17; 1801, p. 88).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:1139; Child's Orange Co. Gazetteer, 1888, p. 511; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 192; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 138; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 255; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 947; State Papers Vt., 1:165.
See Newbrook, (New York grant), ante.
WILLISTON .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Samuel Willis and sixty-four associates, June 7, 1763, (State Papers, N. H., 26:553). Oct. 27, 1794, (Laws, pp. 55-57), parts of Williston, Jericho, and New Huntington incorporated into Rich- mond, part of Williston annexed to New Huntington, and part of Burlington annexed to Williston. Line established with Burlington and part of Burlington annexed Nov. 8, 1797, (Laws, p. 66).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:900; Child's Chitten- den Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 25623; Rann's History of Chittenden Co., 1886, p. 704; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 192; Hayward's. Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 138; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 256; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 949; A History of the Town of Williston, 1913; State Papers Vt., 1:165.
See Deerfield, (New York Grant), ante.
WILMINGTON .- Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Phineas Lyman and sixty associates, April 29, 1751, (State Papers N. H., 26:557). Regranted by New Hampshire as Draper to Francis Bernard and sixty-six others, June 17, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:562). Line with Searsburg established, (Laws of 1850, P. 46; 1852, p. 65; 1853, p. 58). Line with Marlboro and Dover es-
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tablished, (Laws of 1851, p. 68; 1852, p. 66). Power to unite part of Wilmington and part of Whitingham for school purposes granted, (Laws of 1803, p. 40). Part of Somerset provisionally annexed, (Laws of 1858, p. 49; 1859, p. 51). Annexation of part to Dover authorized, (Laws of 1868, p. 310). Part provisionally annexed to Dover, (Laws of 1869, p. 289). See note under Somerset.
History of Wilmington by Rev. Volney Forbes; Hemenway's Ver- mont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part III; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 30484; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 193; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 138; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 257; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 949; Wilmington, Vermont, J. H. Walbridge, 1900; State Papers Vt., 1:167.
WINDHAM .- Town in Windham County. Incorporated out of east part of Londonderry and Mack's Leg, Oct. 22, 1795, (Laws, p. 21), but represented jointly with Londonderry in the Legislature. Part annexed to Londonderry Oct. 21, 1797, (Laws, p. 21). Anderson's Gore made a part of by charter, Oct. 22, 1801, ante p. 6. Windham allowed a representative in the legislature, Oct. 23, 1804, (Laws, p. 16).
History, by Mrs. Lucy B. Wood; Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part III; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 30497; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 193; Hay- ward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 140; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 258; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, P. 950; State Papers Vt., 1:167; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, I:244.
See Kent, (New York Grant), ante.
WINDHAM .- New York grant of 35,000 acres by Gov. Tyron to Joseph Beck & Co., March 25, 1772, in Duxbury and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:156; map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. Not the present town of Wind- ham, in Windham County.
WINDSOR .- Town in Windsor County. New Hampshire grant, July 6, 1761, of 23,500 acres to Samuel Ashley and fifty-eight associates, (State Papers N. H., 26:566). New York grant confirming New Hamp- shire charter, March 28, 1772; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:156. Vermont post-office established, March 9, 1787, (Laws, p. 116). Repealed, Nov. 10, 1797, (R. 1797, Repeals). Divided into two so- cieties, Oct. 17, 1783, (Laws of 1799, p. 82). Societies incorporated in
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two towns, Windsor and West Windsor, (Laws of 1814, p. 52). Re- pealed, (Laws of 1815, p. 67). Windsor divided into Windsor and West Windsor, (Laws of 1848, p. 8).
Child's Windsor Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 260; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 194; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 141; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 258; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 951; State Papers Vt., I:167; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:222.
WINHALL .- Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Osce Webster and sixty-one associates, Sept. 15, 1761. (State Papers N. H., 26:569).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:245; Child's Ben- nington Co. Gazetteer, 1881, p. 209; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 196; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 142; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 259; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 955; State Papers Vt., 1:168.
WINOOSKI, CITY OF .- City in Chittenden County. Incorp- orated from a part of the town of Colchester, (Laws of 1921, pp. 309-332).
WOLCOTT .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Capt. Joshua Stanton and sixty-four associates Aug. 22, 1781, ante p. 227.
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Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:773; Child's La- moille & Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 148; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 197; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 142; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 260; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 955; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 19; Land Records, pp. 531-2; State Papers Vt., 1:168.
WOODBRIDGE .- Oct. 26, 1781, a grant of a township of unap- propriated lands was made to Maj. Theodore Woodbridge and Com- pany, (Governor and Council, II:126, 127). The granting fees were not paid however, and Ira Allen, as Surveyor General, was "empowered and directed by the Governor and Council in accordance with an Act of the Legislature" to dispose of the township granted to Maj. Woodbridge and use the proceeds in purchasing stores, &c., (Governor and Council III: 32, 33). Allen, having failed to dispose of the township, advanced funds
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on his own account and Gov. Chittenden at the request of Allen issued a charter to the latter in Oct. 1786. This act led to the defeat of Gov. Chittenden at the election in 1789, but after the whole matter had been thoroughly investigated by a committee of the legislature, and a large balance found to be due Allen, as Surveyor General, from the state, Gov. Chittenden was recalled from private life and held the office of governor continuously thereafter until his death.
The following is from Governor and Council III:512, 513: "The charter of Woodbridge seems never to have been recorded by the Secre- tary of the Governor and Council, or the Secretary of State, but it was entered by Allen in his record as Surveyor General, and is now in the office of the Secretary of State, in a book erroneously marked as Vol. 2 of town charters. All the town charters in this book, Woodbridge ex- cepted, are in the official record The charter of Wood- bridge given to Allen was dated Oct. 26, 1781, the date of the grant to Maj. Woodbridge, and it was recorded by Allen on the 10th of Oct. 1786, in this book, which probably was originally intended for a state record, but was withheld on account of the questionable character of Woodbridge." See ante p. 235. The charter of Woodbridge described it as a tract bounded West on Alburgh and must have covered part at least of Highgate. When Allen's writ was served upon the state in 1792 the present town of Troy was levied upon as "Woodbridge, so called," (Governor and Council, IV:428). See also [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 23:368; State Papers Vt., 1:168.
WOODBURY .- Town in Washington County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to William Lyman, Col. Ebenezer Wood, and sixty-three associates Aug. 16, 1781, ante p. 229. Name changed to Monroe, (Laws of 1838, p. 7). Part annexed to Walden, (Laws of 1840, p. 54). Name changed back to Woodbury, (Laws of 1843, p. 27).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 4:873; Child's Wash- ington Co. Gazetteer, 1889, p. 518; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 198; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 142; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 261; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 956; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 9; Land Records, pp. 413-434, 605-6; State Papers Vt., 1:169.
WOODBURY .- See under Coventry, ante. This is not the present town of Woodbury in Washington County.
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WOODFORD .- Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant, March 6, 1753, of 23,040 acres to Elihu Chauncy and fifty-eight associates, (State Papers N. H., 26:573-578). Charter renewed Aug. 12, 1762.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:248; Child's Benning- ton Co. Gazetteer, 1881, p. 21; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 198; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 142; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 261; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 956; State Papers Vt., 1:169.
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