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Passed Oct. 21, 1797.
PETITION
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the STATE of VERMONT now convened at Windsor.
The Petition of James Rogers, formerly of Kent now called Londonderry in this State but late of Fredericksburg in Upper Canada disceased, humbly sheweth
That your Petitioner's father was at the commencement of the late War in America Possessed in fee of a Township of land in this State formerly called Kent but now Londonderry by virtue of a Patent under the Great Seal of the then Province of New York. That in pursuance of a resolution of the Representatives of this State at their Session at Westminster in March 1780 A Committee of trust were appointed to sell the then unsettled part of said Londonderry for the use of this State. That said Committee are yet in Commission for the sale of said lands some part thereof still remaining unsold.
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That the Estate of your Petitioner's father not being confiscated by Law of this State the Commissioners of American claims appointed by the Court of Great Brittain "to inquire into the losses and services of all persons who suffered in their Rights, Properties and Possessions during the late War in America in Consequence of their loyalty to the Crown and Government of Great Britain" Would not allow compensation for the lands in Londonderry except such part thereof as were actually sold previous to the Treaty of peace betwixt his Brittanic Majesty and the United States of America the said Commissioners alledging that agreeable to said treaty all property belonging to Loyalists Estates ought to be restored which had not been legally Confiscated or absolutely sold.
That your Petitioner and the other heirs resided in this State and in the said town of Londonderry during the said War and until the year 1785.
Wherefore your Petitioner humbly prays, That said Committee of trust be authorized and required to convey to your Petitioner all the land, in said Londonderry which remains unsold and unappropriated upon such con- ditions as your honors in your wisdom shall deem meet
And your Petitioner will ever pray
JAMES ROGERS.
Windsor 14th October 1795.
(The Committee to whom this Petition was referred made Report on the same, as follows:)
To the Genl Assembly now sitting your Committee to whome was re- ferred this petition report, that on examination we find that the facts stated in sd petition are true, that the prair thereof ought to be granted, so far that the Come of Trust appointed by this State, Deed all the Lands in Londonderry which they have not heretofore deeded or appropriated, to the heirs of the sd James Rogers, on their paying, or securing, to the Treasurer of this State the Sum of one thousand Dollars - to be paid in one year from the rising of this Legislature, reserving in sd Grant or Deed from the Comrs the right to suit if any there be who have made settlement on any of the lands and have not taken out from the Comrs the right of holding the lot on which they have settled, by their pay to sd heirs the value of the land at the time of entering upon the same and that the Petitioners have leave to bring in a bill accordingly
JOHN STRONG for Comee
AN ACT directing certain trustees to deed the land mentioned PASSED Oct. 23d 1795.
WHEREAS in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight the then township of Kent in this State was confiscated on the property of James Rogers - and was afterwards on the 20 of April 1780 granted by the name of Londonderry to Edward Aiken, Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler Esquires as trustees to dispose of the same for the use of this State, a part of which township now remains unsold and unappropriated by said trustees, and the heirs of said Rogers having petitioned that said trustees be directed to deed the same to them -
IT IS HEREBY ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont that Edward Aiken, Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler esquires trustees as aforesaid be and they are hereby authorized and directed to
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convey by deed of quit claim to James Rogers for the use of himself and the other heirs of Colo James Rogers their respective heirs and assigns forever all the lands in the township of Londonderry, public rights ex- cepted, which are now unconveyed by said trustees, upon the said James Rogers paying into the treasury of this State one thousand dollars, or giving security to the treasurer of this State for the payment of said sum within two years from the rising of the present session of the Legislature - And if any person who has not taken a deed from said trustees (and is in possession of and has made improvements upon any lot which shall be deeded by said trustees to said Rogers) shall within two years from the passing of this act pay or tender to the said Rogers the price of said lot for which the trustees sold lands of equal value at the time such person took possession of said lot, it shall be the duty of said James Rogers to deed to such person the lot he is in possession of - And if upon tender of payment as aforesaid the said James Rogers shall refuse or neglect to deed to such person or persons such lot or lots he shall take no benefit or title by virtue of the deed given him by said trustees so far as respects such lots.
PROVIDED ALWAYS, that at the time said trustees shall deed as aforesaid to the said heirs, the petitioner James Rogers as executor of the last will and testament of James Rogers deceased shall relinquish all claim to the lands in said Londonderry which have heretofore been deeded by said trustees - PROVIDED ALSO that the said James Rogers shall appoint and have an agent in the said town of Londonderry or be there himself to receive the money which shall be tendered by said settlers and shall notify the same by a certificate lodged in the town clerk's office in said town.
PETITION
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the STATE of VERMONT now Convened at Windsor.
The petition of James Rogers of Chester in behalf of himself and the other heirs of James Rogers deceased humbly sheweth,-
That in the year 1795 your petitioner preferred a petition to the honorable the General Assembly of this State Showing that his father James Rogers now deceased was possessed in fee of a township of land in this State for- merly called Kent now Londonderry & Windham and that in pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly of this State at their session in West- minster in the year 1780 a Committee of trust was appointed to sell the lands aforesaid for the use of this State and that said Committee were then in commission for the sale of said lands and that some part of said lands then remained unsold and that the Estate of your petitioner's father not being confiscated by law of this State the Commissioners of American Claims would not allow compensation for any part of the Estate of your petitioners father except such part thereof as had been legally confiscated or absolutely sold previous to the treaty of peace betwixt Great-britain and the United States of America the said commissioners alledging that agree- able to said Treaty all property belonging to Loyalists estate ought to be restored which had not been legally confiscated and absolutely sold and that your petitioner and the other heirs of the said James Rogers deceased resided in said Londonderry untill the year 1785 and therefore prayed that said Trustees might be authorized to convey to your petitioner for the use of himself and the other heirs of said James Rogers deceased all the land
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that then remained unsold in said Londonderry which said petition being heard by the General Assembly an act passed authorizing said trustees to convey to your petitioner all the land in said Londonderry that then re- mained unsold and unappropriated and requiring your petitioner to pay one thousand dollars which your petitioner has paid into the treasury of this State said Act also required your petitioner to execute and deliver to said trustees a Quit-claim deed of all lands in said Londonderry sold by said trustees previous to the passing of said Act with which your petitioner hath complied. And your petitioner further sheweth that your petitioner in 1797 preferred a petition to the General Assembly of this State praying that said trustees might be authorized to account to your petitioner for the avails of the lands by them sold in said Londonderry except such part of said avails of said trustees had paid into the treasury of this State and an Act passed the General Assembly authorizing said trustees to account to your petitioner for the avails of all the land by them sold in said Londonderry ex- cept such part of said avails as said trustees had previous to the passing of said Act paid into the treasury of this State said act requiring your peti- tioner to pay said trustees the whole amount of all the costs and charges which had accrued against this State and become payable to said trustees for executing the business of said trust which cost and charges your petitioner hath paid said trustees amounting to one thousand dollars --
Said act also required your petitioner to secure to the treasury of this State the payment of four hundred dollars with which your petitioner complied.
Your petitioner further humbly sheweth that on settlement with said trustees they exhibited an account to the amount of upwards of three thousand dollars which said trustees had paid into the treasury of this State out of the avails of said Lands in Londonderry which sum so received out of the Estate of the said James Rogers deceased by this State and by the trustees aforesaid amounts to upwards of five thousand dollars which sum is much greater than your petitioner had reason to expect at the time of passing the Act last mentioned and secured to the treasury of this State the payment of four hundred dollars as aforesaid. And your petitioner further humbly sheweth that the lands so sold by the trustees as aforesaid contained a very large proportion of all the valuable and saleable lands in said Londonderry so that your petitioner hath hitherto been unable to raise the money to pay the said last sum of four hundred dollars which will become payable to the treasury on the 6th day of November next.
Your petitioner therefore humbly prayeth -
That your honors will take the matters aforesaid into your wise and favour- able consideration and discharge your petitioner from the payment of said sum of four hundred dollars or suspend the payment thereof to some future period or otherwise grant such redress as your honors in your wisdom shall deem meet - and your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray.
JAMES ROGERS.
Windsor October 16th 1799.
(Committee's Report on above Petition)
Windsor October 21 1799
To the Honorable the General Assembly now sitting Your Committee to whom was referd the Petition of James Rogers Report that on examination we find the facts therein stated to be true and that the prayer thereof
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Ought to be Granted by Dischargeing sd Rogers from the payment of the sum of four hundred to the Treasurer of this State.
ELISHA ALLIS for Committee.
AN ACT directing the treasurer of this State to give up a certain bond.
WHEREAS it hath been made to appear to this Assembly that James Rogers formerly of Londonderry, now deceased, was in his life time seized in fee of the town of Londonderry, alias Kent, in this State - And that during the late war between Great Britain and America, the said James joined the British government, and that afterwards, to wit, in the year 1780 a committee of trust was appointed by the Legislature of this State, to sell lands for the use of this state - And that some part of said lands remaining unsold in the year 1795, the said James Rogers being then dead, James Rogers, son of the said James deceased, petitioned, on behalf of him- self and the other heirs of the said James deceased, that the lands which then remained unsold in the said Londonderry, by the commissioners afore- said might be restored to them agreeably to the treaty of peace between his Brittanic Majesty and the United States which the Legislature granted upon condition that the said James would pay the sum of one thousand dollars to the treasury of this state, with which the said James complied - And whereas it further appears that the said James petitioned the General Assembly in the year 1797 that he might be enabled to make a settlement with said Committee of trust, and that an act passed for that purpose, con- ditioned that the said James should pay said commissioners for attending to the sales in said town which it was then supposed would not exceed four or five hundred dollars - And that the said James gave his bond with surety for the payment of $400. to the treasurer of this State payable the tenth day of November A.D. 1799, and that upon a settlement with said committee of their accounts against this State for their services in the sale of said lands, their accounts amounted to one thousand dollars, which the said James hath actually advanced to them on behalf of this state; and the said James for the reasons aforesaid, having prayed to this Assembly to release to him the payment of the said sum of $400. therefore - IT IS HEREBY ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, that the treasurer of this State, be and he is hereby directed to give up to James Rogers to be cancelled a bond executed by James Rogers and George Sexton for the penal sum of $800. conditioned for the payment of four hundred dollars, by the sixth day of November A.D. 1799.
Passed October 23, 1799.
AN ACT directing certain trustees, to make the conveyance and transfer therein mentioned.
PASSED Nov. 6 1797.
WHEREAS in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight the then township of Kent was confiscated as the property of James Rogers, late of Upper Canada deceased, and was on the twentieth day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty granted by the name of Lon- donderry to Edward Aiken, Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler Esquires, as trustees to dispose of the same for the use of this State, part of which town- ship remains in the care of said trustees - And whereas James Rogers, son and heir of James Rogers above mentioned, hath petitioned that said land and the avails thereof be granted to him - Therefore,
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IT IS HEREBY ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont that Edward Aiken, Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler Esqrs be and they are hereby authorized and required to convey to James Rogers by deed of quit-claim, all right and title to lands in Londonderry and Windham which said trustees now hold in right of and in behalf of this State - Also to transfer to said James Rogers all right and property, which said trustees, in their said capacity, now have to lands in Londonderry and Windham, by virtue of mortgage - Also to pay and transfer to the said James Rogers all property which said trustees now have in notes of hand, or other writings obligatory which said trustees now hold as security for the payment of any sum or sums of money, due for lands by said trustees, heretofore sold in their capacity aforesaid, and generally to account to said James Rogers for the avails of all lands by said trustees heretofore sold, in their aforesaid capacity, except such part of said avails as said trustees have paid into the treasury of this State.
PROVIDED ALWAYS that at the time said trustees convey to said James Rogers all property and right which said trustees now have in their capacity aforesaid, to lands in Londonderry and Windham and transfer the avails thereof as aforesaid, the said James Rogers shall pay said trustees the amount of all costs and charges, which hath accrued against this State and become payable to said trustees for executing the business of said trust - And when said trustees shall convey and transfer as aforesaid the said James Rogers shall deliver to said trustees a discharge, which shall exonerate said trustees from all demands of this State, upon said trustees for the avails of the sales of lands in Londonderry and Windham and every part thereof.
PROVIDED ALSO, that said James Rogers shall not prosecute his right to any settled lands assigned by mortgage as aforesaid until the expiration of one year from the passing of this act - And,
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ENACTED, that the said James Rogers be and he is hereby fully authorized and impowered in the name and behalf of this State to do and transact all acts and things, acquiring and possessing the property aforesaid as fully and effectually as said trustees are, or ever were impowered, for the use and at the expense of said James Rogers- PROVIDED ALSO, that the said James Rogers secure to the treasury of this State, the payment of four hundred dollars within two years from the passing of this act.
Index
NOTE: In this short index only the persons, places and events important to this town are listed. With the exception of listing surnames of Families treated in the Genealogical section, this index does not attempt to list the hundreds of names which appear there.
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Calef, John, 63
Cannon, Artillery Company, 82, 83 Carleton, John E., 38 Canal, 65
Cemeteries, 75 Census of 1771, 22
Chaffee Genealogy, 136, 137
Chaffee, Stephen, 42, 58, 76
Chandler, Thomas, 31
Charter of Kent, 203-210
Charter of Londonderry, 211, 212
Chase, Alanson, B., 67
Chase, Amasa, A., 69
Chase, Pratt, 42
Chester, Vt., 43, 47
Chittenden, Gov., 17
Chubbuck, Hosea, 67, 76
Churches, 45-57
Church of England, 34
Civil War, 83-89
Clark, Rev. Philetus, 49
Cobb, Ebenezer, 47, 75
Cochran, Betsy, 48
Cochran, David, 45, 48, 58, 75
Cochran Genealogy, 137-140
Baldwin & Richardson, 43, 68
Baldwin, Levi, 50
Cole, Alphonzo, 70
Cole Genealogy, 140-142
Congregationalists, 48
Batstone, Rob't, 48, 58
Bears, Encounters with, 26
Boyd, Rev. Wm., 12 Boundaries, 7, 19, 20 Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R., 71-73
Cook's Brook, 65 Covey, Ashael, 65 Cox, Edward, 39, 40
Cox Genealogy, 142-145
Cox, John, 40, 48
Cox, Wm., 28, 39, 40, 75
Cram, Joseph, 68
Cushman, Rev. Rufus, 48
Acts of Assembly, 213-224 Adams, Moses, 54 Aiken, Deacon Edward, 23, 25, 32, 40, 45 61, 75, 80, 91 Aiken, Capt. Edward, 18, 28, 29, 30, 39, 40, 46, 61, 67 Aiken Genealogy, 112-119
Aiken's Gore, 65, 212
Aiken, Jonathan, 43, 79, 80
Aldrich, Niles, 53, 60
Alexander, Chas. B., 69
Alexander, Horace G. & Son, 69, 70
Allen, Ethan, 121 Allen Genealogy, 120-122
Allen, Heman, 28 Allen, Ira, 28 Anderson, James, 42 Andover, 15, 18, 22 Arnold, David, 60 Arnold Genealogy, 122 Arnold, Samuel, 27, 77
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Babbitt Genealogy, 127-130 Bailey, Joseph, 64, 66 Baker, Thomas, 50
Cochran, John, 48
Cochran, Mary, 48
Baldwin, Jesse, 50 Baptists, 50, 57 Baptist Society, First, 56
Congregational Second Church, 54, 56
Congregational Society, First, 56
Bromley, 15, 18, 19, 22 Buckley, Wm., 64 Buxton Genealogy, 130-135
Buxton, Nathan, 63 Buxton Tannery, 63
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Darling, Frank L., 57
Davis, Ezra 65, 83 Davis Genealogy, 145-148
Davis, Geo. W., 71 Davis, Rebecca, 48
Deeds, see Town Records
Domestic Crafts, Early, 25
Drummond's Account of Earliest Settlers, 13, 14 Dunbarton, N. H., 14 Dunham, Thomas, 65
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Eddy, Lifus, 63 Elevation, 7 Eyres, Samuel, 18, 80
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First Settlers, 9-15
Fish, Joshua, 28 Fletcher, Samuel, 20, 28, 32 Flood of 1927, 73 Flood Brook, 66 Fontaine, P. E., 43
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Gale, David O., 60 Gale, Isaac, 76
Geer, Shubael, 22
Gibson, Alvarado C., 43
Gibson, Arrington, 43
Gibson, Damaris, 56
Gibson Genealogy, 148-152
Gibson, Dr. John, 58
Glebe Mountain, 17, 19, 20
Goddard Genealogy, 152-156 Goddard, Josiah, 64 Goodale, Alfred, 67 Grafton, 15, 18, 19
Grammar School Corporation, The, 36
Grant of Kent, 15-19, 203-210
Greeley, Horace, 112 Greeley, John, 70
Grimes, Moses, 18, 41
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Hasey Genealogy, 156, 157
Hasey, John, 42
Haynes, Rev. Z. S., 54
Hazen, David, 26, 69
Herrick, M. R., 54
Hesselton, Isiah, 63 Hewes, Geo., 41
Hitchcock, Rev. Urban, 48
Hilton, Geo. H., 44 Homesteads, Early, 38-44 Hooker Genealogy, 157, 158
Hopkins Genealogy, 158-160
Hoskins, Geo., 77
Howard, Allen, 83
Howard, L. K., 69 Howard, Marvin, 70 Howe, Benj. W., 49
How-Howe Genealogy, 160-162
Hunt's Tavern, 44
Hunt, Walter L., 44
Hunting, Lois, 48
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Inns, 38-44 Ireland, Protestants of, 11, 12
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Jacobs, John, 62 Johnson, John F., 21 Johnson, Joseph, 77
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Land Titles, 34-37
Landgrove, 66
Landman, L. T., 68
Lane, Gershom, 50
Larkin, Patrick, 39
Lawton, Rev. John, 48
Leland, Rev. Aaron, 47
Letters, Patent of Kent, 203-210
Livermore, F. S. & J. L., 66
Livermore, Sam'l, 65
Londonderry, N. H., 13, 14
Londonderry, Ireland, 11, 12, 14
Lowe, Rev. I., 48
Lowell Lake Settlement, 44
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McCormick, James, 21, 27, 29, 42
MacGregor, Rev. James, 13
MacGregor, David, 31
McMurphy, Genealogy, 162, 163
McMurphy, Geo., 41, 62
Mack's Leg, 18, 19
Mack, James, 24, 42, 45
Mack, John, 79, 80
Magarr, James, 49
Manufacturing, 62-70
Maps, see Surveys
Marsh, Daniel, 31
Marsh, J. W., 56
Martin, Jas. L., 72, 83
Melendy, J. Washburn, 72
Melendy, Jonathan, 64
Melville, Capt., 21
Methodists, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57
Military Records, 79-89
Mill Brook, 66 Miller, Daniel, 42
Miller, James, 21
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Miller, John, 21, 42 Miller, Robert, 21, 42 Mills, 61-70 Miltimore, John, 43 Ministers, see Churches
Moffit, Chas., 66 Montague Paper Co., 70
Montgomery Genealogy, 163, 164
Montgomery, Henry, 41 Montgomery, Hugh, 18, 21, 41, 58 Montgomery, Robert, 18, 41
Morrison, Andrew, 62
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Newspaper, 74 Newton, Rev. Adna, 66
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Original Documents, 221-224 Osgood, Luther, 76 Oughterson Genealogy, 164, 165 Oughterson, Joseph, 42, 47, 58, 75, 112 Owen, Rev. Linus, 49
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Park, Castanus B., 62 Parmalee, Rev. Moses, 48
Parsons, Rev. Justin, 50 Patterson, Ebenezer, 28 Patterson Genealogy, 165-167 Patterson, James, 17, 27, 39, 45 Patterson, John, 62 Peabody Hotel, 67 Peru, see Bromley, 50 Petitions, see Town Records
Pettingill, Lorenzo, 54 Pierce, Alfred, 68 Pierce, Josiah, 72 Pierce Genealogy, 168-177 Pierce, Rev. Sem, 52, 69 Pine, Joseph, 63 Pioneers, Experiences of, 15-25 Popple Dungeon, 27 Population, 9 Porter, Hiram, 71 Post Roads, 71 Post Offices, 71 Postal Service, 8 Presbyterians, 45 Proprietors of Kent, 201 Public Lots, 17, 34-37 Putney, Joseph, 14
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Railroad, 8
Reed, Benj., 56
Reid, Capt. Geo., 80
Revolutionary Soldiers, 81 Richardson, Abial, 50 Richardson, Flint, 66 Richardson, Isaac, 68 Richardson, Susanna, 48 Rivers, 7 Roads & Trails, 27, see Post Roads
Rogers, David, McG., 38
Rogers Genealogy, 177-182 Rogers, Colonel James, 13-21, 22, 23, 24. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 79, 80, 89-110
Rogers, James Jr., 32, 68
Roger's Petitions, 15-21, 201-224
Rogers Rangers, 14, 79
Rugg, Wm., 77
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Schools, 58 Scotch-Irish emigrants, 11, 12 Shanks, Geo. T., 74 Shattuck, Curtis, 77 "Sifter," The, 74
Simonds, John, 30 Simonsville, Vt., 80
Staples, Mark, 66
Starkstown, see Dunbarton
Stewart, Henry J., 67
Stowell Genealogy, 182-188
Stowell, Josiah, 44
Survey, Early, 24
Sutton, Wm. F., 76
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Taverns, see Inns Telegraph, 73
Telephones, 8, 73
Thyng, Rev. John, 49
Thomlinson, see Grafton
Thompsonburg, 42, 64, 66, 70, 76
Thompson, David, 63, 70
Thompson, Hallie A., 52
Thompson, Rogers, 64, 77
Thompson, Samuel, 42, 62
Thomson-Thompson Genealogy, 188-191
Town Records, 89-110, also Appendix Townsend, Vt., 28 Tuttle, Geo. M., 42
Tyler, Joseph, 39
Tyler, Major Joseph, 32
Universalists, 55 Utley Branch, 66
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Viall, Thomas S., 70 Virgin Hall, 18
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Wait, Anna M., 77 Wait, Barnet, 60
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Waite, Albert B., 90 Waite-Wait Genealogy, 192-194
Walker, Ephriam, 65 Walker, Calvin B., 65 Walker, Henry A., 65
War of 1812, Soldiers, 81
Warner, Daniel, 62
Warner Genealogy, 194-196
Warners Pond, 62
Washington Benevolent Society, 51
West River Academy, 60
Winhall River, 66
West River Railroad Co., 72 Western Union Telegraph, 73
Weston, 15, 18
Wheeler, Hoyt H., 22
Wheeler, Rev. Russel, 52
Whitcomb, John, 70
White, Hezron, 68 Whitman, Ara & Ira, 65
Whitman Genealogy, 196-200
Whitman, Lyman, 56, 83
Whitman, Silas, 65, 69
Williams, Adrill P & Son, 67
Williams, Freeman W., 68
Williston, Rev. David, 48
Windham, 19, 20, 23, 27, 35, 42, 47, 89-110 Winhall, 15, 18, 19
Wood, Benj., 64
Woodburn, John, 21, 42, 112
World War, Soldiers of, 88, 89
Wright, Sally, 48
Wyman, Nathan, 67
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