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1 Jour. of Coms. Smith's N. Y., vol. 1, Introductory Memoir. Col. Hist. N. Y., vol. 7, p. 909.
2 Jour. Coms., p. 27.
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EARLY HISTORY OF VERMONT.
The following Table shows the names of the claimants among whom the $30,000 paid by Vermont was distributed by the New York commissioners, by their final report, April 23, 1799, together with the sims awarded euch, and the quantity of land for which each claimant was allowed. See Documentary History of New York, vol. 4, p. 1024.
No.
NAMES OF CLAIMANTS.
SUM ALLOWED.
No. of ACRES TO EACH.
1
Samuel Avery,
$2,655 03
53,200
2
James Abeel,
548 93
11,000
3
Goldsbrow Banyar,
7,218 94
144,600
4
John Bowles, .
745 26
14,900
5
Catharine Bowles,
49 91
1,000
6
James Beeckman,
72 56
1,450
7
William Banyar,
309 42
6,200
8
Thomas B. Bridgen,
162 65
3,260
9
Samuel Bard,
49 91
1,000
11
William Cockburn,
1,495 95
30,070
12
Ebenezer Clark, .
24 93
500
14
Alexander Cruickshank,.
37 00
750
15
Executors of Cadwallader Colden,
449 15
9,000
16
Richard Cary and wife,
122 92
2,460
17
Henry Cruger,
149 72
3,000
18
Thomas Clark,
237 05
4,730
19
Archibald Campbell.
49 91
1,000
20
Archibald Curric,
9 98
200
21
William McDougall,
37 42
750
22
Heirs of James Duane,
2,621 29
52,500
23
Gerardus Duycking, jr.,
49 91
1,000
24
John Delancey, ..
49 91
1,000
25
Obadiah Dickinson,.
49 91
1,000
26
Alexander McDongall,
34 93
550
27
George Etherington,.
98 32
2,000
28
Thomas Etherington,
74 11
1,700
29
James Farquhar,
99 81
2,000
30
Jillis A. Fonda,.
49 90
1,000
31
John Galbriath,
99 81
2,000
32
James Guthrie,.
37 42
750
33
William Giles,
5 49
110
34
Joseph Griswold,
147 73
3,000
35
John Goodrich,.
199 63
4,000
37
Jonathan Hunt,
948 23
19,000
38
John Hensdale,
49 91
1,000
39
John Johnson,
124 77
2,500
40
Luke Knowlton,
249 53
5,000
41
Peter Kemble,
199 63
4.000
42
Abraham Lott,.
698 69
14,000
43
John Lawrence,
49 91
1,000
44
Robert Lewis,
119 78
2,400
45
Joel Lyman,
91
1,000
46
Elijah Lyman,
49 91
1,000
47
Executrix of Simon Metcalf,
1,417 47
28,400
48
Catharine Metcalf ..
99 81
2,000
49
Th's Norman & wife, heirs of Crean Brush,
718 60
14,400
50
Jane Nesbit,
12 48
250
) 72
3,000
10
Robert Bowne,
37 42
750
13
James McCarra,.
.
36
Charles Hutchins,
9 98
200
.
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EARLY HISTORY OF VERMONT.
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Table continued.
No.
NAMES OF CLAIMANTS.
SUM ALLOWED.
No. of ACRES TO EACH.
51
Elias Nixon,
$24 95
500
52
Barbara Ortley,
134 75
2,700
53
Eleazer Porter,
49 91
1,000
54
John McPherson,
99 81
2,000
55
Isaac Rosevelt,.
399 25
8,000
56
Peter Sim, ..
37 42
750
57
Samuel Stevens,
653 63
13,000
58
William Smith,
1,181 69
23,600
59
Jacob Shefflin,
97 32
2,000
60
Francis Stevens,
199 63
4,000
61
Diana Smith,
49 91
1,000
62
Executrix of Michael Schlatter,.
99 81
2,000
63
John M. Scott,
49 91
1,000
64
John Titts,
9 98
200
65
Samuel Thatcher,
149 71
3,000
66
Peter Van Schaick, .
199 63
4,000
67
William Wickham,.
149 72
3,000
68
Brook Watson, .
1,197 76
24,000
69
Gerard Walton,
49 91
1,000
70
John Watts
99 82
2,000
71
William Walton,
199 63
4,000
72
George Wray,
39 92
800
73
Staltham Williams,
199 63
4,000
74
John Bard,.
449 15
9,000
75
John Plenderleaf,
1,096 68
22,000
76
Samuel Partridge,
49 91
1,000
Total,
$30,000 00
600,100
INDEX.
A
BBOTT, Timothy, 137. Adams, John, 499.
Adams, Dr. Samuel, his ludicrous punish- ment as a Yorker. 187.
Adams, Samuel, of Massachusetts. 198, 499. Addison town and county. 102, 165. 272.
Agents to congress, 226. 240, 294, 301, 312. 349, 383. 389, 390.
: Barnum, Barnabas, 212. Albany, 1, 19, 271. 331; favorable to the rioters. 146; Albany judgments, 118. 119. Bartlett, Josiah, 305. 179; Albany county, 182: Albany com- : Battenkill. +9, 167. 190, 491.
mittee on the capture of Ticonderoga, i 204.
Allen, Maj. Ebenezer, 212, 265, 319; bio- graphical. 450.
Allen. Gen. Ethan. 133, 139. 164. 165, 166. Bayley, Gen. Jacob, 249, 258. 167, 170, 172, 173. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. Beatty. John, 433. 180, 181 -186. 188, 189. 194. 195, 199, 208. Bedford, 28.
209-211, 212, 213. 227. 282. 994. 301. 311. Bee, Thomas. 358.
354, 359. 363; at the Albany trials, 118, 119, 122: captures Ticonderoga. 199- Beekman, Col. Henry, 67.
203; taken prisoner at Montreal, 215. ' Beekman. James, 510.
216; his return from captivity, 278-280: in command at Castleton. 320-325. 501 ; in Windham county. 287. 988. 395. 396: his letters from Col. Beverly Robinson, 346-319, 502; biographical sketch, 450. Allen, Ethan A .. 454.
Allen, Hannibal, 454.
Allen, Heber, 450.
Allen, Heman. 212, 226, 228. 229. 241, 450, 455; biography, 454.
Allen, Col. Ira. 137, 145. 212. 235. 236, 238. 241, 257, 277, 288. 302. 303. 312, 329, 336, 349, 360, 361, 362, 363. 364, 367. 369, 350, 371, 395, 417: agent to congress, 312, 349, 353, 384. 390, 418: his Canada nego- tiations, 359-372. 400. 401. 402. 502. 503: his history of Vermont mentioned, 257, 313, 370. 456 : biographical, 454.
Allen, Joseph, 450.
Allen, Levi, 450.
Allen, Lucy, 450,
Allen, Lydia, 450.
Allen, Zimri. 450.
Andros, Edmund, the Duke of York's go- vernor, claims New Jersey and Con- nectient. 26.
Arlington, 78. 84, 167. 276.
Army, Continental, of whom composed, 424. ! Arnold, Benedict, 199. 200, 201, 206, 207, 218. 221, 505.
Association against Great Britain signed, 233. 234. Atlee, Samuel. 291. Avery, Samuel, his land grants, 111, 507, 510.
Babcock, Adam. 199. Baker, Mary, 450.
Baker, Remember, 131, 133, 135. 136, 138, 139, 142, 164, 167, 170, 172, 173, 174, 178,
Baker, Remember. eoutinned --
180. 183. 208 : his capture by Munro and resche. 135-137 ; biographical, 456.
Banyar. Goldsbrow, 102, 168, 510; biogra- phy. 456.
Banvar. William. 510.
! Bard. Samuel, 310.
Barnard, 82.
Battles - Bennington, 200; Hubbardton, 256: Longneil. 217.
Banm. Col., 261. 962.
Bayard. Nicholas, 66.
Beech scal. 161. 162.
Bellows. Col. 255.
Bellamont. Lord. gov. of N. York. 66, 67, 68. Bennington. 4. 84, 117. 118. 121, 197. 138. 198, 200. 992, 227; battle, 260; county, 340.
Bennington mob. 160, 203.
Benson Egbert. 44S.
Benzel. the engineer, 143.
Bergen. John, 106.
Berkshire county, Mass., 35, 320, 273.
Betterment act. +10.
Bigelow. Joel. 393.
Blakely, Tille, 212.
Bleecker, Esquire, 124. 374.
Board of trade. 7. 28, 38, 52, 57; favorable to the New Hampshire settlers, 38, 105, 107. 159. 160, 179.
Boardman. Hon. D. S .. of Connecticut, 473. Bondinot. Elias. 353, 504.
Boundary, controversies. frequency of. be- tween colonies. 9. 27. 29. 30: the king's authority over. 45. 46. 47: the eastern of New York. a twenty mile line from the Hudson to Lake Champlain, 27, 41, 43-53 : boundary agreements, 14, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28. 29. 41 : Connecticut river. 479. Bowker. Joseph. 229, 233. 235, 238, 241; biography, 456.
Bowles. John. 102. 510.
Bradford township. account of, 93, 94, 155, 156.
Bradley. Richard, 55. 56.
Bradley. Stephen R., 301. 304, 312, 325, 447; biography, 55%.
Brant, Stone's Life of, 273. 342, 343, 344, 375, 379.
Brattle, William. 3.
Brattleboro. 3. 47. 391, 392. 393, 394.
Breakenridge. James. 117, 123. 124, 125, 126, 147, 178. 180, 226, 229 : agent to London, 101, 147, 159, 160 ; biography, 457.
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514
INDEX.
Brewster, Ezekiel, 137. Breyman. Col., 262.
Bridgen, Robert, 510.
British ministry about Vermont, 346, 401. Brown. Col. John, on the New Hampshire Grants and in Canada. 198, 199 ; at Ti- conderoga, Albany and Philadelphia, 199-204, 469 ; his success at Lake George. 265; death of, 216.
Brown, Silvanns, 178, 180, 183 ; biography, 457.
Brownson, Gideon, 212, 221, 222, 223; bio- graphy of. 457.
Brownson, Mary, 454.
Brownson, Timothy, 363, 366; biography, 456.
Brush. Crean, 102, 104. 149, 178, 182, 193, 510, Buchanan, Fanny, 454.
Bull, Epaphras, 199.
Burgoyne. Gen. JJohn, his invasion. 255-266;
captures Ticonderoga, 256: reaches the Hudson, 261 : sends Bamm to Benning- ton, 261 : and Breyman to reenforec him, 262; both defeated, 262; his ac- count of the disaster and of the rebel Vermonters, 263: his surrender, 264.
Butterfield, Capt. Benjamin, 192.
Button, Charles, 174.
Campbell, Archibald, 137, 510.
Campbell, Col., 278.
Canada, 1, 4, 29, 214, 221. 271, 272, 319. 375, 398, 401, 402: its carly southern extent,
29. 30: negotiation. 359-378, 400, 401, 402, 500, 503.
Cannon from Fort Hoosick. 138.
Canterbury. Archbishop of, 95.
Carleton, Major Thomas, 320, 321. 322. 359. Carleton. Gen .. 217. 101.
Carpenter, Isaiah. defendant in ejectment snit, 118, 123; bill of exceptions, 481. Carr, Robert, 18.
Carroll, Daniel, 350, 352, 353, 384, 423, 425. Cartel, 321-323.
Carterett. (or Cartwright), Sir George, 18, 24. 26. 32.
Cary, Richard, 510.
Castle, Daniel. 176.
Castleton, 200. 319.
Champlain lake, 2, 30. 49. 221. 272, 360. 361 ; discovered, explored, and occupied by the French, 2. 29. 30.
Charles II, his charter to the Duke of York, 6. 17.19. 113.
Charlestown, N. II., 261. 338. 339. 341, 318. Charlotte county constituted. 167.
Charters of colonies. 7. 8. 43- 47 ; of Vir- ginia, 9, 10: New England. 10. 12; Massachusetts, 11. 12: Connecticut, 16; New York. 19: New Hampshire, 43. Charters of townships, 60-63.
shire).
Chatham patent. 132.
Cheshire county. 341.
Chipman, Capt. John, 212. 272. 320.
Chipman, Nathaniel, 371, 446, 447, 449; Biography, 458.
Chittenden, Gov. Thomas. 241. 266. 276, 277, 291 -294. 301. 321, 327. 357. 359, 362, 363, 364, 366, 370, 371, 377. 379. 395. 400, 431, 445, 465; his letters to congress, 295, 314. 425. 433: to Washington on the Canada negotiations, 377, 378, 500 - 503, 387; letter to Clinton, 329, 330; Biography. 276. 458.
Church. Timothy, 393, 396. 397, 417, 422. 428. Claghorn, James. 212.
Clark, Abraham, 423, 504.
Clark, Ebenezer, 510.
Clark, Isaac, 137.
Clark, Jeremiah, 225.
Clark, Lient. Gov .. 34.
Clark. Nathan, 179 : biographical, 458.
Clark. Thomas, 510.
Clarendon. 130, 169. 171. 172, 174, 175. 177 ; covered by the New York patent of Dur- ham, 168, 169; visited by the Green Mountain Boys, 168, 177.
Clay, James. 286. 338.
Clinton, Gov. George, 178. 181. 286. 289. 295, 310, 311. 317, 320. 356. 374. 379, 391. 393, 391. 395, 396. 402, 404, 409. 411. 415, 416, 421. 424. 412; encourages resistance to the Vermont government. 285. 392, 395, 428; prevents settlement with Ver- mont. by threatening to prorogue the assembly, 329-336; biographical notice, 459.
Clinton. Gen. James, 210. 285, 293, 342.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 350. 367.
Cochran, Robert, 133. 137. 139. 170, 172. 173, 178. 180, 183. 188, 192, 194; biography, 460.
Cockburn. William, 129, 130, 131, 142, 143, 508, 510.
Colchester. 186.
Colden, Alexander, 102. 154.
Colden, Lieut. Gov. Cadwallader. 57. 58, 59, 72. 73. 75, 76. 82. 83. 84. 98. 99. 100, 101, 102. 115, 118, 132, 186. 193. 202, 510 ; his change of views on the boundary of New York. 35. 37, 56. 73, 74, 114 : bound- ary proclamation, 478; regrants lands of the settlers, 78: biographical. 462. Colve. Dutch governor of New York, 25. Colvin, Oliver, 176.
Commissioners, the king's. to the colonies, on the eastern bonndary of New York 18, 23, 24. 31 ; commissioners of New York and Vermont, their agreement, 446. 449.
Committees of the New Hampshire Grants, 178-181, 198. 235.
Condit. Silas, 504.
Confederation, its weakness and imbecility, 438-440.
Congress. the Continental. 190. 403-408, 410 ; on the capture of Ticonderoga. 204. 205, 206: recommend a regiment of Green Mountain Boys. 209, 210: proceedings in relation to Vermont, 227. 228. 241- 243, 250-252, 200. 291-291, 297-300, 305, 310. 312-318. 349, 350, 351-355, 384-386, 3ST. 388, 403. 411-417. 425. 426, 435.
Connecticut boundary, 13, 14. 16. 23-25, 26, 27, 28. 37. 184: charter of, 16. 113.
Connecticut Courant, 236, 244. 245, 246, 257, 259, 963. 268.
Connecticut river, 54, 55, 57, 58, 61, 74, 114, 337-339.
Cooley. Benjamin. 175.
Counties. 277, 340.
Conventions of the New Hampshire Grants, 225, 220, 233. 235. 238. 244. 254, 268.
Copper coined by Vermont. 411. Corubury, Lord. 68.
Cornell, Ezekiel, 423.
Cornish convention, 282, 283.
: Cornwall. 102.
Cornwallis, Lord, his surrender, 371, 372, 377. 397.
Corporal punishment in common use in the colonial period. 162. 163.
Crossfield, Stephen, 106.
: Crown Point. 2. 30. 164. 166. 195, 202, 209, 322. Cruger, Henry, 510.
i Cruickshank, Alexander, 132, 510.
515
INDEX.
Cumberland county formed. annulled by the | Fay, Dr. Jonas, continued -
king and reestablished by the New York council. 155: disaffected towards New York. 157. 190. 191, 194. 195. 238, 216, 247, 219. 250: disturbances in. 291- 296: divided into three counties, 340. Curtis, Abel, agent to congress, 384. Cutler, Thomas. 338.
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Cuyler, mayor of Albany, 124.
Danby. 84. 130.
Dartmouth. Lord. favorable to the settlers. 53. 106-109. 120, 186. Day, Elkanah. 338.
Deane, Silas, 199.
Delaware bay and river, 19. 21, 23.
DeLancey, Lieut. Gov., 52. 57. 72. 168.
Dellius, Rev. Godfrey, his patent. 66-69, 488-495; map of his grant. 491.
Dewey, Elijalı. 226. 229.
Dewey, Rev. Jedediah, 117, 122, 138, 139: biographical, 462.
De Witt. Simeon, 418.
Division of Vermont proposed. 306-309, 415. Dongan. Gov. Thomas, 27. 28, 32, 33.
Dorset, 78, 131, 132. 225, 229.
Douglass, Asa, 205, 200.
Dover, 14.
Duane, James, 78. 90, 91, 102, 110, 111, 118, 120, 129, 132. 138, 141. 167. 168, 169. 170, 205, 241, 289, 315. 317, 355, 432, 475 ; biographical, 90, 475.
Duer, William, 241.
Dummer, Fort. 3, 47; order for its support, 477.
Dummer. William. 3. Dunbar, John, 145.
Dunmore, Gov. 72. 109. 122. 123. 132, 133. 144: his quarrel with Colden, 100: his grant to himself, 101, 102: in Virginia, 103; biographical, 100. 462.
Durhani, 130, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171. 172. 178 ; viewed by the Green Mountain Boys, 175, 176, 177. Dutch settlements, 13, 17, 34, 56. Dyer Eliphalet, 422.
Eastman. Capt. 470. Eastern Union. 337, 339, 378. 379.
Easton. Col. James, 199, 206.
Ejectment suits at Albany, 97, 118, 119. 120, 121, 122.
Ellery, William, 381, 388, 433.
Elliott. Andrew, receiver general, 102, 104. Elmer. Jonathan, 504.
Elmore. Major. 209.
Ely, Samuel, 397. 421. 422.
English Provinces, their boundaries con- ficting, 7, 8. 9. 10. Endicott, Jolin. 11.
Enos. Gen. Roger, 369, 370, 371, 374.
Essex Gazette, 158. Eugene. a New York township, 132.
Evans. Henry. his arrest and banishment, 393, 396, 397. 411. 412. Evans, Capt. John, G6.
Everest, Zadock, ?26. Everts. Oliver, 225. Exeter, N. HI .. 41, 378.
Fanning. Edmund. 104. Fassett, John, 212, 863, 366. 370, 396 ; bio- graphical, 462.
Fay, Dr. Jonas, 139, 110, 179, 225, 226. 229, 233. 235, 239, 211. 241. 301, 301. 311, 349, 360. 363, 396. 465; agent to congress,
926, 294. 353. 383, 384, 386, 390, 418; biography, 463.
Fay. Maj. Joseph, 260, 325. 335, 363, 366, 367, 501, 503 : biography, 464.
Fay, Capt. Stephen, 134, 139. 140.
Federal constitution adopted, 443, 444.
Fees for land patents, 71. 72, 86, 100, 101, 106, 107. 115. Fisk, Jonathan, 122.
Fisk, Silvanus, 430 ..
Fitch, Dr. Asa, his history of Washington county, 497. Fitch. William, 212.
Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, 66. 67, 70.
Fletcher, Gen. Sainnel, 286, 287, 369, 370, 371. 431 ; biography. 464.
Floyd, William. 289, 415.
Folsom, Nathaniel, 305.
Fonda Jellis. 106. 460.
Forts, 245, 246 ; Fort Anne, 320 : Dummer, 3. 4, 47, 477; Edward. 167, 320 : George, 320; Ranger. 285: Forts at Castleton. 284, 285: at Colchester, 186; at New Haven, 186, 319; at Pittsford, 284, 285, 319; at Rutland, 272, 285, 319.
Francis, Col. slain. 256.
Franklin. Dr. Benjamin, 268.
French, Jeremiah, 81.
French. William, 192.
French war, troops from New England in. 61. 62.
Fuller, Dr. Josiah, 122, 123, 126.
Gage, Gen., declines to furnish Colden with regular troops against the settlers, 186. Gaine, Hngh, 102.
Galusha. David, 212.
Gansevoort. Gen. 323, 379, 380.
Gardner, Benjamin. 128, 129.
Gates. Gen. Haratio, at Ticonderoga, 221, 222, 223 : receives the surrender of Bur- goyne, 264; president of board of war,
George lake, discovered by the French, and named St. Sacrament. 2, 29, 30.
Germain, Lord George : his overtures to the Vermonters. 350. 398.
Gilliland, William, 194.
Glen, John, 106.
Gloucester county, 155, 156, 238, 247, 249, 250. Gordon's history of the revolution, 111, 262, 473.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 425.
Gorton, Benjamin, 192. Grafton county, N. H., 341.
Grant, Mrs., her American Lady, 80, 81, 83. Grant. John, 212.
Green Mountain, divides Vermont into two equal parts, 307: proposed by New Hampshire and New York as their boundary, 306-309. 414, 415. 416, 337, 339; settlers on the cast side. 154, 155, 156, 157. Green Mountain Boys, their organzation, 128. 129, 135, 137: their dealings with Col. Reid's tenants : 164, 167, 170; at Socialborough and Durham, 172, 177 ; regiment formed by order of congress, 209. 211, 212, 213, 217, 219, 220; other matters, 138, 141, 142. 160. 161, 174, 175, 186. 187. 192, 271, 286, 287, 290.
Grout, Hilkiah, 338.
Guilford. opposition to Vermont in, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396. 430.
Hadley, 31. Haldimand. Gen. Frederick, 166; his over-
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516
INDEX.
Haldimand, Gen. Frederick, contiuned -
tures to the Vermonters, 350, 359, 361- 304, 366, 361, 368, 309, 371, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402.
Halifax in opposition to Vermont, 391-394, 429.
Hall, Benjamin H., his History of Eastern Vermont mentioned. 94, 149, 155, 393, 483: referred to. 348. 157. 159, 193, 233, 283. 288, 294, 341, 416. 432. 437.
Hamilton, Alexander, 413, 415, 422, 442, 443, 446.
Hampshire men, 160, 171.
Hampton, 44.
Hancock. John, 200, 209.
Hard, Philo, 212.
Hardy. Samuel, 433.
Hartford, 13. 82, 199, 41.
Hartford boundary treaty with New Nether- land, 14. 15. 22, 25.
Harman, Reuben. Jr., coins copper, 441. Harrison, Richard, 412.
Hatfield, 34.
Hatheway. Siincon, 122, 226, 229, 323, 325, 370, 371.
Hawley, Abel. 176.
Hawley, Gideon, 176.
Hawley, Jehiel, agent to England, 104, 147, 176, 193.
Hawley, Renben, 176.
Hazleton, Col. John. 194.
Heacock, Capt. Ezra. his information to Gen. Washington, 378, 367, 500.
Heathcote, Col. Caleb. 67.
Henderson, Caleb, 135.
Henry, Benjamin. 338.
Herrick, Col. Samuel, 200. 202, 260, 261, 265, 271 ; biographical, 465.
Hillsborough, Lord. favorable to New Hampshire settlers. 29. 52. 82, 99, 105.
Hicks, Whitehead, 102.
Hinman. Col. Benjamin, 206, 207.
Hinsdale. 3. 4.
Hitchcock, Gen. Ethan A., 454.
Hitchcock, Samnel. 454.
Holmes, Nathaniel. 117. 129, 137.
Holland. the states greneral ratify the Hart- ford boundary treaty, 112, 113.
Holland. Lord. >2, 83.
Holland. Samuel. 111.
Hommedien, Ezra, L', 355.
Hoosick Fort, 235.
Hoosick patent. its extent. 487, 488.
Hopkins, Stephen, 137.
Hopkins, Weight. 137. 212.
Horsmanden, Judge. 57, 145. 189; favorable to a twenty mile line as the eastern boundary of New York, 57.
Hough, Benjamin, a New York justice of peace : his hostile acts against the New
Hampshire men, 178, 186, 188 ; his pin- ishment, 188-190.
Honsatonic. 34.
Howard, Col. Thomas, his patent. 157-159.
Hubbardton battle, 256.
Hubbell, Elnathan, 137.
Hudson river, its discovery and occupation by the Dutch. 1, 6, 19 ; Vermont exten- sion to, 311, 345. Hunt, Jonathan, 338, 395.
Hunter, Brig. Robert. on the early boundary of New York. 33. 3-4. Huntington, Samnel. 302.
Hntchins, Capt. William. 323. 324. 325.
Hutchinson, a New York land claimant, 133. Hutchinson, Rev. Aaron, 254.
Ilchester, Earl of, 82, 83. Indian river, 135.
Independence of Vermont. its declaration, 238, 240: acknowledged. 148. 419.
Indians defranded of their lands. 73, 106, 1 15.
Ingersol, Jared, 118.
Jacob. Stephen. 447; biographical, 465. Jail for tories, 234.
Jay, John, in congress, 289, 297, 300, 302, 307. 309. 356. 445.
Jefferson, Thomas, 253.
Jenny, Samson. 112. 173.
Jericho Massachusetts. now Hancock, 200.
Jessup, Ebenezer. 106.
Jessup. Edward. 106.
Johnson, Asa, 180.
Johnson, Col .. of Massachusetts, 265.
Johnson, Sir John. 227. 319. 320. 321.
Johnson, Sir William. 53. 106.
Johnson, William Samnel, agent of the set- tlers. 85-88.
Jones, Joseph. 423.
Jones, Dr. Reuben, 238, 239, 241; biogra- phical. 465.
Jurisdiction change from New Hampshire to New York, 63, 64.
Kelly, John, a New York land speclulator, 78. 79. 102. 104. 168. 509.
Kempe, John Taber, attorney general of New York, 118, 119, 120; biographical, 466.
Kentucky to become a state, 444.
Keyes. Eleazer W., 454.
Kinderhook, 331.
Kingsland. a county seat. 155, 156.
Knowlton, Luke. 312. 315, 338, 429.
Lafayette, Gen. 271.
Land, fraudulent grants by New York gov- ernors. 65-74. 09. 70. 72. 104. 109 : quan- tity granted in Vermont. 109. 115. 116: by different governors. 100. 104: the king's instructions abont grants. 99, 100, 168; land jobber -. 106 note, 185, 205, 206. 223. 226: land titles not seenred by the New York overtures of 1778 and 1782, 273, 276. 409. 410; French grants, 120.
Laurens, Henry. 289.
Lee Arthur. 425.
Leffingwell. 199.
Leger, Gen. St .. 377.
Leicester. 377.
Lexington battle. 195.
Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, in command in Vermont, 264. 265.
Livermore, Samuel, 302. 388.
Livingston's manor. 34, 35. 36, 67.
Livingston. Philip, 241.
Livingston, Judge Robert R .. 118. 120, 121. Livingston. Robert R., chancellor. 302, 332. 334. 447.
Loan office. Vermont. 257.
Long Island, occupied in part by the Dutch and part by the English. 4. 13. 14, 15, 19. Lovelace. Francis. 25. Lovell. Oliver. 338.
Low, Isaac, 203. 204.
Ludlow. Judge. 118.
Lydins, Col. John II., 169, 175, 495, 497.
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McCoon, Samuel, 225.
McDongall. Gen. Alexander, 210. 335, 404.
McKean, Thomas, 350, 352, 412, 413.
Mckinstry. Major. 374.
McLean, Col. 217.
McNaughton. justice. 133.
McVickar, Duncan, father of Mrs. Grant, and a military patentee, 80, note.
Macon, Nathaniel. 253.
Madison, Francis, 176.
Madison . James, on the Vermont question, 350, 352, 353, 380. 404. 406, 408, 411.
Manchester. 78, 84, 143, 258, 261.
Manhattan Island. now New York, 25, 113. Mansfield, Lord, 49.
Maps, showing the eastern bonndary of New York on New Hampshire, 50, 51, 52, 113. 114. and title page.
Marlborough, 393. 396. 397.
Marsh, Amos, 175, 176.
Marsh, Jacoh, 169. 172. 174.
Marsh. Joseph. Lt. Gov., 277.
Marsh, Col. William, 239. 244.
Maryland on the Vermont question, 316, 317.
Massachusetts charter, 11, 39. 40, 45: 113 : her claim to the north. 3. 11, 30. 34, 35, 41, 41. 45. 47; ier claim to the west. 11, 12,
14, 32, 35, 41, 301. 302: her early settle- ments, 35, 38, 42. 56: her claim to Ver- mont. 296, 299. 328. 351.
Mason, John, his grant and western line, 43. 45. 280. 251, 337. 341, 355.
Mannsell, Col. John. 148.
Maverick, Samuel, 18. 24.
Mead, Col. James, 130. 180. 194, 244.
Mead. Larkin. G. Jr., 454.
Mercer. John F. 425.
Merrimack river, 9. 11. 12. 31, 43.
Metcalf. Simon. 102. 508. 510.
Middlebury, 102. 272.
Middleton. Arthur, 388, 423.
Military affairs, in 1765, 197. 218 ; in 1776. 219, 223. 234, 235: in 1777, 254, 266: in 1778, 271, 273; in 1779. 284, 255 : in 1780, 319, 323 ; in 1781, 341, 313, 369, 372, 373, 374, 375.
Minott, Samuel, chairman of New York committee in Windham county, 286, 291.
Mitchell. Dr. John, his map of the British provinces faces the title page. 19, 50. Mob resistance to oppression, 152. 153. Mohawk valley ravaged, 321.
Monckton. Gov., 22: his council report in favor of a twenty inile line as the east- ern bomidary of New York, 57.
Montgomery. John. 353. 388.
Montgomery. Gen. Richard invades Canada, 214; captures St John's and Montreal, 217; is slain at Quebec. 218.
Montreal, unsuccessful attempt of Allen to capture it. 215, 216 ; surrendered to Montgomery, 217.
Moore, Sir Henry, governor. 29. 72. 83, 84 ; is aided hy Mr. Duane in his answer to the censures of Lord Shelburne. 89, 90, 95 : he obeys the king's order of July, 1767. 96. 97. 98, 115, 116, 154 ; biographi- cal, 83, 84, 466.
Mooretown.now Bradford. Sir Henry Moore's account of erroneons. 93, 94: granted to William Smith, 93. 91. 509, 511.
Mott, Edward, 199: chairman of the com- mittee of war, at the capture of Ticon- deroga. 200, 206. Mumford. Thomas, 199. Mauro, Ingh, 137.
| Munro, John, a New York justice of peace, 81. 117, 122, 123. 128. 135, 137, 146, 165; his capture of Baker and the resene, 135- 137; biography, 466.
Nantucket, 19.
New Amsterdam, surrendered to the Eng- lish, 19.
New Connectient, the first name of Ver- mont. 239. 245. 497. 500.
New England. charter, 10. 30. ; confederacy, 14: people of, settle Vermont, 61, 64. Nantucket, 19.
New Amsterdam, 19.
New City (Lansingbnrgh), 379.
New Connecticut. 239. 245, 497-500.
New England, 18. 30 : charter. 10; confed- eracy, 11: New England people settle Vermont. 61-64.
New Hampshire prior to 1761 extended west to a twenty mile line from the Hudson and Lake Champlain. 4, 5. 144, 43-57, 476, 477: then by order of the king only to Connecticut river. 57-58, 478: her charters of townships treated by New York as void. 60-64, 72: con- troversies with Vermont. 280-283, 209, 311. 337-341, 351. 378-379: proposes a division of Vermont with New York, 306-308. 415. 416: her troops under Stark. 261-264
New Hampshire grants, settled under char- ters from New Hampshire by New Eng- land people. 4. 60-64. 73. 147 ; their lands regranted by New York to city speen- lators, 72, 77-80; judgments in eject- ment against the settlers. 118-121 ; their execution resisted. and claimants under New York prevented from occupying under their patents. 121-126, 127-129, 160, 162, see Green Mountain Boys ; the titles of the settlers denied by the New York congress and state government, 223. 22t. 240. 246, 247. 273-276: the capture of Ticonderoga, 197-207: conventions for separating from New York. and resist- ing Great Britain, 225, 229. 233. 235-238; declared an independent state by the name of New Connecticut, 238-240; name changed to Vermont. 244. 245, 246, 197-500: constitution formed, 254. 258: sce Vermont.
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