Gerrit Northrop's son in law

Bulkley

Alvin's son in law

Sarah Alvord
sister-in-law

could Jeremiah's wife be Phebe Fenn??? Alvin's son ALSO through Rachel Ives Hannah Ives married in New Haven perhaps married to Austin Fenn's of Theophilus (buried in Litchfield) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin , d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? in VT by 1801 and perhaps as early as 1794. Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin married before 1793 prob in VT by 1805, d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829)
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Also neighbor in 1800 Kent. Also lived close to Ives 1790 Wallingford

Alvin J. Middle name and Sarah's mother and sister-in-law Also possible through Samuel Mead Northrup (1817) s/oPhillip ???

Mary Keeler Middle name

Amos' sister-in-law (Gerrit's wife Elizabeth Betsy Millard )
also Sarah's sister-in-law Nelson Alvord's 2nd wife Adelia Millard

Alvin's son in law

Sarah Alvord sister-in-law

Alvin's wife

 Alvin’s eldest son

1790 Census
free white males over 16; free white males under 16; women of all ages; "all other free people"; and slaves - 5 columns

1800 Census
head of family

free white males < age 10
FWM age 10-1
FWM age 16-26
FWM age 26-45
FWM over age 45Number of free white females under age 10

FWF age 10-16
FWF age 16-26
FWF age 26-45
FWF over age 45
Number of all other free persons
Number of slaves

1810 Census

City or township
Name head of family
# free white male < 10
# free white male 10-15
# free white male 16-25
# free white male 26-44
# free white male 44+
# free white female < 10
# free white female 10-15# free white female 16-25# free white female 26-44# free white female 44+
# all other free persons
# slaves

1820 Census

Name of the head of family
# of free white males under age 10
# of free white males age 10-16
# of free white males age 16-18
# of free white males age 16-26
# of free white males age 26-45
# of free white males age 45 and up

# of free white females under age 10
# of free white females age 10-16
# of free white females age 16-26
# of free white females age 26-45
# of free white females age 45 and up
# of foreigners not naturalized
# of persons engaged in agriculture
# of persons engaged in commerce
# of persons engaged in manufacture
# of male slaves under 14
# of male slaves age 14-26
# of male slaves age 26-45
# of male slaves age 45 and up
# of female slaves under 14
# of female slaves age 14-26
# of female slaves age 26-45
# of female slaves age 45 and up
# of free male colored persons under 14
# of free male colored persons age 14-26
# of free male colored persons age 26-45
# of free male colored persons age 45 and up
# of free female colored persons under 14
# of free female colored persons age 14-26
# of free female colored persons age 26-45
# of free female colored persons age 45 and up
# of all other persons except Indians not taxed

Several of these columns were for special counts, and not to be included in the aggregate total. Doing so would have resulted in counting some individuals twice. Census takers were asked to use double lines, red ink or some other method of distinguishing these columns so that double counting would not occur. For example, the count of free white males between 16 and 18 was a special count, because these individuals were also supposed to be tabulated in the column for free white males of age 16 and under 26. The other special counts were foreigners not naturalized, persons engaged in agriculture, persons engaged in commerce, and persons engaged in manufacture.

Census takers were also instructed to count each individual in only one of the occupational columns. For example, if an individual was engaged in agriculture, commerce, and manufacture, the census taker had to judge which one the individual was primarily engaged i

1830 Census

head of family
Address

free white males and females

in five-year age groups to age 20
in 10-year age groups from 20 to 100
100 years and older

number of slaves and free colored persons in six age group
number of deaf and dumb

under 14 years old

14 to 24 years old

25 years and older

number of blind

foreigners not naturalized

1840 Census

Name of head of family
Address
Number of free white males and females

  in five-year age   groups to age 20
  in 10-year age   groups from 20 to   100
  100 years and older

number of slaves and free colored persons in six age groups

number of deaf and dumb

number of blind

number of insane and idiotic in public or private charge

number of persons in each family employed in seven classes of occupation

number of schools and number of scholars

number of white persons over 20 who could not read and write

number of pensioners for Revolutionary or military service

1850 Census

name
address
age
sex
color (white, black or mulatto) for each person
whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
value of real estate owned (required of all free persons)

profession, occupation or trade of each male over 15 years of age

place (state, territory or country) of birth

whether married within the year

whether attended school within the year

whether unable to read and write (for persons over 20)

whether a pauper or convict

1860 Census
name
address
age
sex
color (white, black or mulatto) for each person
whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
value of real estate and of personal estate owned (required of all free persons)
profession, occupation or trade of each male and female over 15 years of age
place (state, territory or country) of birth
whether married within the year
whether attended school within the year
whether unable to read and write (for persons over 20)
whether a pauper or convict

Ephraim Hubbel, Sherwood, Noble, Fuller Peter Hubbel (of Greenfield) ,Richard Hubbel, Jedediah Hubbel (also as JH, Esq. ) Johnathan Hubbel, Prudden, Burr, Silliman Morehouse,Wakeman Noble, Northrop, Hickox, Hurlbut, Wheeler Samuel Canfleld, John Smith, David Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Joseph Fuller, Pelatiah Marsh.Cyrus Marsh, , Ebenezer Marsh, ,,William Marsh Azariah Pratt, Daniel Pratt, Joseph Pratt Jr., Daniel Pratt, Peter Pratt, Joseph Peck, John Porter, ,Nathaniel Sanford, Henry Silsby, Jabez Swift, Zephania Swift, Nathaniel Slosson, Isaac Camp, Isaac Camp

The old deeds refer frequently to the Fairweather purchase, but as there is no deed on record in Kent of this property a search was made through the old colonial records where it was found that in 1707 there was a large tract of land granted to Hon. Nathaniel Gold, Peter Burr and several others of Fairfleld for a township in what is now the southern portion of Kent and the northern portion of New Milford, and that they in turn sold a part or all of it to Robert Silliman, Richard Hubbell and Benjamin Fairweather of Fairfleld." That contained some 3,800 acres and was six miles in length from east to west and three hundred rods wide. When the owner died the large tract was divided between his heirs.

Humphreys had always been interested in manufacturing and during his visits to England and France, studied their industrial systems carefully.  In 1803, Humphreys started one of the finest woolen mills in the country on a large piece of property located at the falls on the Naugatuck River near many other little mills. 

The village prospered and attracted other manufacturing concerns.  Items such as cotton cloth, paper, furniture and tools such as augers and bits were produced.

Trans- ylvania

Southbury/ Roxbury Road Route 67)

Trans- ylvania Crossroads, locally known as Pine Tree

The oath of fidelity to which freemen were obliged to subscribe before they could exercise the rights that accrued to them when they had taken the freeman's oath:

"You do swear by the ever-living God that you will truly and faithfully adhere to and maintain the government established in this state under the authority of the people, agreeable to the laws in force within the same, and that you believe in your conscience that the King of Great Britain hath not, nor of right ought to have any authority or dominion in or over this state, and that you do not hold yourself bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to him within the same, and that you will, to the unmost of your power, maintain and defend the freedom, independance and privileges of this state against all open enemies or traitorous conspiracies whatsoever, so help you God. And no person shall have authority to execute any of the offices aforesaid after the first day of January next, until he hath taken said oath, and all persons who hereafter shall be appointed to any of said offices shall take said oath before they enter upon the execution of their offices. And no freemen within this state shall be allowed to vote in the election of any of the officers of government until he hath taken the aforesaid oath in the open freemans' meeting in the town where he dwells."

"Names of those persons that have appeared to take the oath of fidelity prescribed by the General Assembly of this state at a General Assembly of the State of CT holden at Hartford in said state on the second Thursday of May, A. D.( 1777."

HULDAH m
Levi Ives,
settled in Ludlow.
Children of
Huldah & Levi .
Clarissa. Olive.
Selina. Dolly.
Huldah. Sylvester.
Charles. Lorenda.
Levi. Sally.

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Austin Sr. is prob the 1805 Rep & church member.
Prob also the Rye crop austin. Son wd prob be in early teens

More About Butler Ives:
Military service: Revolutionary Soldier

 iv.       Elihu Ives7, born Feb 08, 1764 in Wallingford, CT; died Oct 18, 1834 in Ludlow, VT; married Phebe Ann Hall Feb 1792; born Jan 31, 1770; died Mar 09, 1852 in Cavendish, VT.

More About Elihu Ives:
Residence: Ludlow, VT

Notes for Phebe Ann Hall:
Alternate spelling of last name is Hull.

v.       Levi Ives7, born Apr 29, 1766; died Feb 27, 1849 in Ludlow, VT; married Hulda Griswold Abt. 1789; born Abt. 1766; died Feb 23, 1849.

More About Levi Ives:
Interred: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
Residence: Ludlow, VT

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Ives-Gilbert move to Ludlow

24393. Lazarus Ives. Born on 19 Oct 1715 in New Haven, CT.60 Lazarus was baptized in First Congregational Society, New Haven, on 8 Jul 1716.59 Lazarus died in 1762.59

On 28 Dec 1743 when Lazarus was 28, he married Mabel Punderson (42153) , d/oThomas Punderson (15 Jun 1678-29 Jul 1742) & Lydia Bradley (31323) (28 Nov 1685-1757), in New Haven, CT.60 Born on 19 Mar 1725/5 in New Haven, CT.60 Mabel died in 1765.59

Mabel, widow of Lazarus Ives.

24394. Lydia Ives. Born on 2 Oct 1733 in New Haven, CT.60 Lydia died in New Haven, CT, on 15 Dec 1778; she was 45.59

Children of John and Lydia (Ives) Gilbert, born in New Haven:
    i. Esther Gilbert, b. 6 Mar 1756, d. 11 Sep 1841 at New Haven, m. there 17 Dec 1777 Silas Hotchkiss (b. 10 Aug 1755 at New Haven, d. there 22 May 1848);
    ii. Jesse Gilbert, b. 19 Mar 1758, d. soon;
    iii. Lydia Gilbert, b. 4 Mar 1760, d. 10 Nov 1815 at Ludlow, VT, m. Rev. Peter Reed (b. ca. 1751, d. 6 Oct 1839 at Ludlow);
    iv. Jesse Gilbert, b. 1 Jun 1762, d. 5 Jun 1833 at Hamden, m. 25 Nov 1794 Lydia B. Owen (b. 15 Dec 1769 at Windsor, CT, d. 5 Feb 1857 at Hamden, dau. of Isaac & Zerviah (Griswold) Owen);
    v. Mary Gilbert, bp. 6 May 1764, d. young;
    vi. Bethia Gilbert, b. 6 Mar 1766, d. 22 Jan 1840, m. 26 Jun 1788 Chauncey Goodyear (b. 25 May 1765 at New Haven, d. 12 May 1845);
    vii. Eber Gilbert, b. 26 Dec 1767, m. Mabel Alling (dau. of Amos & Mabel (Hitchcock) Alling), removed to Ludlow, VT;
    viii. Ezra Gilbert, b. ca. 1770, d. young;
    ix. Martha Gilbert, b. 22 Jan 1772, m. Joseph Buckingham, removed to Amcram, Columbia Co., NY;
    x. Mary Gilbert, b. 9 May 1775, m. John Page of Wallingford; and
    xi. Miriam Gilbert, b. 11 Jan 1778, d. 30 Dec 1855 at Cornwall, CT, m. Samuel Pierce Johnson (b. 11 Sep 1768 at Cornwall, d. there 26 Jan 1849).59,6

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Vermont Composer friend of Charles Ives

Ruggles, Carl   b. March 11, 1876  d. October 24, 1971
Composer. His music has often been compared to that of his friend, Charles Ives, though unlike Ives' sprawling, exuberant works, Ruggles' compositions were short, highly concentrated and monolithic in their sound. They have such mystical titles as "Sun-Treader" (1931), "Angels" (1938), "Men and Mountains" (1941), and "Evocations" (1955). He spent more than a decade (1912 to 1923) writing an opera, "The Sunken Bell", only to destroy the manuscript; surviving sketches show that it would have been...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Evergreen Cemetery, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA

Mount Holly Ives

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The end of the war brought new settlers to VT. The first settler of the grants was Samuel Robinson, who began clearing land in Bennington in 1761.[6]

In the 28 years from 1763 to 1791, the non-Indian population of VT rose from 300 to 85,000.[7]

A fort at Crown Point had been built in 1759, and the Crown Point Military Road stretched across the Green Mountains from Springfield to Chimney Point, making traveling from the neighboring British colonies easier than ever before. Three colonies laid claim to the area. The Province of Massachusetts Bay claimed the land on the basis of the 1629 charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Province of New York claimed VT based on land granted to the Duke of York (later King James II) in 1664. The Province of New Hampshire, whose western limits had never been determined, also claimed VT, in part based upon a decree of George II in 1740. 0n March 5, 1740, George II ruled that Massachusetts's northern boundary in this area would be from a point near the Merrimack River due west (its present location). The boundary was surveyed by Richard Hasen in 1741, and Fort Dummer (Brattleboro), was found to be north of the line. Provisions and support for Fort Dummer were ordered by the Colonial Office from New Hampshire in the following years.[8]

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The history of VT naturally divides itself into nine periods : 1. The Indian. —This period extends to the opening of the French and Indian wars in 1689. In this portion of the work a brief sketch is given of the red men who once inhabited or traversed the territory now included in the State of VT. During this period Lake Champlain and its shores are for the first time looked upon by white men. Half a century after its discovery, the French build and garrison a fort upon one of its islands, and thus be- come the first white men to occupy any portion of the present State.
2. The French and Indian Wars.—This period extends from 1689 to 1760, during which time the French and English are at war. The Wilderness, as VT is now called, is used as a thoroughfare by both parties and their Indian allies, and sometimes also as a battle-ground. Both nations grant townships in the Wilderness and make feeble attempts at settlement, building forts or block-houses for their protection.
3. Early Settlement. —The early settlement period ex- tends from the close of the French and Indian wars in 1760 to the breaking out of the Revolutionary War in 1775. During this time many townships are granted by the Governor of New Hampshire, under the name of tlie New Hampshire Grants, and settlements are made. This gives rise to a controversy over the ownership of the lands, which lasts many years, and finally results in making the grants an independent State. This portion of the work gives an account of this controversy, and relates some of the novel methods employed by the New Hampshire grantees in defense of their rights, giving also something of a history of the life of the pioneer and his family.
4. The Revolutionary War. —Although extending over a space of about eight years only, this period (1775-1783) is rich in events. During the entire time the grants are involved in a twofold struggle : they are at war with England and at war with their neighbors. They also declare themselves independent, organize a government of their own, and become practically a republic, at the same time appealing to Congress to recognize them as an independent State, and grant them admission into the Union.
5. Rajiid Settlement. —This period extends from the close of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the breaking out of the War of 1812. Settlements spring up and grow rapidly, and a majority of the counties are formed. Ver- mont stoutly maintains her independence, and is finally admitted into the Union with the full consent of all concerned. Then follows a period of great growth and prosperity, and the settlers in the new State are happy and contented.
6. War of 1812. —This is a period of about two years, during which time the United States is at war with Great Britain, V
7. Transitions. —During this time slowly but surely great changes are being wrought—social, industrial, and commercial. These are brought about by various causes, prominent among which are the War of 1812, the develop- ment of resources, the emigration of the old stock, the in- coming of a foreign element, the telegraph, and the rail- roads. This period of nearly half a century extends from 1814 to 1861.
8. The Civil War.—This period extends from the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861 till its close in 1865. VTers make quick and generous response to the appeal to arms, and take an honorable part in a war whose sole object is the preservation of the Union.
9. VT since the Civil War. —This period extends from the close of the Civil War in 1865 to the present time (1904), giving something of an account of the growth and changes in these latter days and noting some of the important events of the period.

...The Wilderness during this Period.—It is not my purpose to relate events of this struggle other than those that took place within the region of the State, except as it may
be necessary to keep the connection. Being situated, as it were, at nearly an equal distance between the French and English settlements, the Wilderness was exposed to the depredations of both, and so did not invite settlement. During both the Colonial and the French and Indian wars, it was, however, a very important thoroughfare, and was repeatedly traversed by hostile
parties. It was oftentimes the scene of bloody battles be- tween the white settlers and hostile Indians, and at all times a favorite lurking-place for the latter.

was so often traveled by the French that it came to have the name of the French road, and the Winooski as the French river. The Indians oftener crossed from Lake Champlain to the CT River by way of the Otter Creek and Black (sometimes West) River, and this was known as the Indian road. Another route often taken by the Canadian Indians was by the way of the St. Francis River, Lake Memphremagog, Passumpsic and CT rivers. Schenectady Destroyed ; a French Custom—King William's War broke out in 1G89 and lasted eight years. Among the important expeditions of the French against the English was one against Schenectady, a town fourteen miles from Albany and on the Mohawk River. Frontenac, who was then the French governor of Canada, had been instructed to attempt the conquest of the English colonies in America. At his order, a force of 200 Frenchmen and fifty Indians set out from Montreal in the winter of 1690 ; and, proceeding through deep snows by the way of Lake Champlain and Lake George, they arrived at the little village of Schenectady about midnight. Learning through their spies that the place was in no condition for defense, they separated into small companies and in that manner entered the village so quietly that the inhabitants were not aware of danger until there was an enemy before nearly every house. A cruel massacre followed ; and in an incredibly short space of time the whole village was in flames. Sixty persons were killed, twenty-seven taken prisoners, and a few, escaping, fled half naked through the deep snows to Albany. It has been said that the French had two strong allies, the Algonquins and winter. True it is that it was their custom to make their attacks in winter ; and, like their Indian allies, with snow-shoe and toboggan, make nse of the ice-bound lakes and rivers. It was always witli feel- ings of relief that the English beheld the breaking up of the ice in the spring, for the danger of a winter's incursion was then considered to be over. The First English Expedition into VT. —In the same year that the expedition against Schenectady was made, the English determined to build a fort at what is now Chimney Point in Addison, and sent Jacob de Warm (sometimes written de Narm) for that purpose. The fort was built but not garrisoned, having been intended only as a stopping-place for troops to and from Canada. This was the first English expedition into VT.
Attack on Deerfield. —After an interval of about five years, in whicli there was peace between the rival nations. Queen Anne's War broke out (1702) and continued for eleven years. The first and principal move in this country was made by the French, in 1704, in an expedition against Deerfield, one of the frontier towns on the CT River. A force of 200 French and 142 Indians proceeded over the French road in midwinter wlien the snow was deep upon the ground. Their provision sleds, some of which were drawn by dogs, they left at West River guarded by a small number of their men. The remaining force hurried on to Deerfield, reaching there in the evening. Concealing themselves until the latter part of the night, when the guards had left the streets, they rushed into the village, finding easy access by means of the crusted drifts piled up to the very tops of the low palisades by which Deerfield was protected. A terrible slaughter of the unsuspecting people followed, and in a short time the town was well-nigh reduced to ashes. Forty-seven of the inhabitants had been slain ; and, soon after dawn, the victors were on their way to Canada, with over a hundred prisoners and considerable booty.

Thirty Years of Peace. —After the close of Queen Anne's War there was peace for over thirty years, but in the meantime VT history was making. Among the events of these years was the building of forts by both nations and the establisliment of the boundary-line be- tween Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Equivalent Lands. —On determining the boundaries between Massachusetts and CT, in 1713, acres of land, previously granted by Massachusetts, were found to come rightfully within the limits of CT. Massachusetts, wishing to retain all lands granted by her, entered into an agreement with her sister colony to give the latter a certain number of her acres as an equivalent for those taken. Tiie Equivalent Lands were located in four different places, one being above Northfield on the west bank of the CT River Avithin the limits of thepresent towns of Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Putney. The CT Colony then caused these lands to be sold at public auction. The purchasers, now being tenants
in common, made partition of their lands, and the tract above Northfield fell to William Dummer (afterward lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts), William Brattle, and three others, and was held by them for many years. Fort Dummer.—Between the years 1720 and 1725, a fierce warfare was carried on between the Abenaki Indians and the English settlers. Although the. French and English were then under treaty of peace, both the governors of Canada and the French missionaries constantly incited the Indians to deeds of hostility against the English. Northfield and Deerfield were then the frontier towns on the CT, and were comparatively well protected against the enemy. But to keep the enemy at a distance and thus render the safety of these towns more sure, it was voted by the Massachusetts government to build a fort somewhere above Northfield on the west side of the CT River, on lands called the Equivalent Lands. As some of the western Indians were to form a part of the garrison, it was voted to appropriate not only sufficient land for the fort, but also an additional five or six acres of interval land to be plowed up for the use of those Indians who should wish to bring their families with them.With the consent of Lieutenant-Governor Dummer, a site was chosen within the present bounds of Brattleboro ; and, in the spring of 1724, a fort was built and called Fort Dummer. It enclosed a third of an acre of ground and was about 180 feet square, made of hewn logs of yellow pine laid up log-house fashion and interlocking at the corners after the manner of a blockhouse. Upon the walls of the fort were boxes for sentries and platforms for the cannon. The houses were built within, having the wall of the fort answer for their outer sides. Its first garrison consisted of fifty-five men, of whom about a dozen were western Indians coming from the vicinity of the Hudson River. The fort was also fur-iiished with a chaplain, who acted as pastor to the soldiers and missionary to the Indians. Through the advice of Captain Joseph Kellogg, who had been for many years a prisoner in Canada, and who had there learned of the lucrative peltry trade carried on between the French and the western Indians, Fort Dummer was soon made an important trading-post. Here the western Indians, finding that they could make better bargains at this station than at the French trading-posts. came in large numbers, exchanging moose and deer skins and tallow for clothing, food, and the like. A few months after the completion of this fort, it was attacked by seventy hostile Indians ; and four or five of its occupants were killed or wounded. Within and around this fort grew up a settlement which was called Brattleboro. This has been called the first permanent settlement in VT, though it is possible that the town of Vernon, which was then a part of Northfield, Mass., was settled previous to this time. In Brattleboro was born John Sargent, probably the first white child born in the State. French Grants. —It was during this long interval of peace, and closely following 1725, that the French king made grants pf extensive areas of land, called seignories, on both sides of Lake Champlain, and extending south to Crown Point and Ticonderoga. These seignories were much larger than the townships granted by the English, and were measured by leagues instead of miles. A settle- ment was made at Alburg, of perhaps a dozen settlers, wliere there was erected a windmill of stone masonry and perhaps a church.
A French Settlement. —Notable among the French settlements on VT soil was that at Chimney Point, begun in 1730, forty years after the building of the fort there by the English, Here was built and garrisoned a stone Avindmill, and a blockhouse was also erected to serve as a citadel in times of danger. Northward from the fort and extending along the lake shore a few miles, the settlers built their log huts and planted their favorite marigold and lily, which bloomed in picturesque confusion around every doorway. Here might be seen well-cultivated gardens, flourishing orchards of plum and apple, and vast acres of wheat and corn. Here the farmer hunted the deer and moose, trapped the fur-bearing ani- mals, and fished in the lake, to provide meat and raiment for his family ; and here mothers reared their large families and sang quaint French lullabies to their babes. Gaily dressed children played about the doorways, and forest and meadow rang with the gay laughter of youth. Here the people worshiped in their one little church one day in seven, nor dreamed that their little colony would have an existence of but thirty years when English victories would force them back to Canada. About the time of the building of tliis fort. Fort St. Frederic was built on the opposite side of the lake. This was a position of great importance and was afterward called Crown Point. A French and Indian Village. — At an early day, French pioneers were associated with the Indians at Swanton, where at one time there was a village of about fifty huts. The stone church erected there by the French missionaries was undoubtedly the first edifice built exclusively for religious purposes in the Wilderness. This church was still standing in 1 759. The French also erected here a sawmill with a stockade fort to protect it, but this the English destro3^ed during the French and Indian War. In hisliistory of New Hampshire, Dr. Belknap tells us that the Indians in the vicinity of Missisquoi were in the habit of tapping the maples in the spring and making
sugar ; and from Graham's early history of VT we learn the process : " Large troughs were made out of the Pine Tree, sufficient to contain a tho nd gallons or up- wards ; the young Indians collected the sap into these troughs, the women in the meantime (for the men considered everything but war and hunting as beneath their dignity) made large fires for heating the stones necessary for the process ; when these were fit for their purpose, they plunged them into the sap in the troughs, and con- tinued the operation till they had boiled the sugar down to the consistence they wished." From this village frequent raiding parties went out into the country around, returning with scalps and prisoners Number One. —About the year 1736, Massachusetts ex- tended her grants northward on the CT River. One township only was granted west of the river and that was to extend from the Equivalent Lands northward to Great Falls (Bellows Falls). This at first went by the name of Number One, but was afterward called New Taunton, because most of its proprietors were from Taunton, Mass. A sawmill was there erected and a few families of set- tlers came. A few years afterward, when it had been de- cided that this township was within the territory of New Hampshire, the Governor of that province regi'anted it, changing its name to Westminister.
Settlement of Boundary-Line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.—A few years after the building of Fort Dummer, a dispute arose between Massachusetts and New Hampshire concerning the boundary between them. The former claimed that her territory extended north several miles farther than the present limits of that State, her claim extending to a line running through the base of Ascutney Mountain. New Hampshire contended that Massachusetts was placing the line too far north and was taking in territory that rightfully belonged to her, she placing the boundary between the two colonies at a line which runs through the Black Mountains. These overlapping claims caused much contention for perhaps the space of ten years ; when, in 1740, the King of England ended it by giving New Hampshire even more than she had demanded. This took from Massachusetts twenty-eight new townships, between the Merrimac and CT rivers, besides a large amount of vacant lands....

Scouting.—During the wars, many exploring parties were sent out from the forts on the CT to discover the position ^ blockhouse and force of the enemy and give warning of any threatened danger. It was the duty of the rangers to "scour the woods," and it was by no means an easy life. Often loaded down with a month's provisions, gun, hatchet and blanket, they pursued their course for the most part through thickly wooded country, sometimes following the waterways, sometimes climbing to the tops of the lofty mountains, ''there also to lodge on ye top and view morning and evening for smoaks " from the enemy's camp-fires. In summer, the ground was their only bed ; the sky above, or the sheltering branches of a tree, their only canopy. When the rivers and lakes were frozen over, and the snow was deepest, the enemy was most to be feared ; and, at such time, careful watch was necessary. Then they tramped all day on cumbersome snow-shoes, with all their senses alert, and with strained ears noting every sound. Wherever night found them, they ate their scant rations ; and, often with no fire to warm their benumbed bodies, in Indian fashion, they wrapped themselves in their blaiikets and lay down on their beds of spruce or hemlock, and passed the dreary night as best they could, while one of their number kept a lonely vigil near by.

... Granting of Townships; Settlements Begun.—In the few years of peace that followed King George's War,
Governor Wentvvorth made grants of fifteen townships within the present limits of VT. The first of these was granted in 1749. It was six miles square, and was situated six miles north of the Massachusetts line and twenty miles east of the Hudson River. It was surveyed the same year, but no settlement was made there for more than ten years. This was called Bennington in honor of Benning Wentworth. The fourteen other grants were east of the mountains, and comprised the greater part of the present Windham County. Settlements were begun, but were of slow growth because of the hostility of the Indians and the breaking out so soon of the French and Indian War, which drove many of the settlers to abandon their homes and seek places of greater safety farther from the frontier. Some of these charters were forfeited because of the inability of the proprietors to clear the required number of acres of land and to fulfil otlier conditions of the charters; but they were renewed several years after. Among the settlements started was that of Bellows Falls, where, we are told, the first iuhabitants subsisted almost entirely on the salmon and shad that came up the river to that place in great numbers. A second attempt was made to settle Putney, and here a fort was built re- sembling that of Dummer, only on a smaller scale ; and this was garrisoned by New Hampshire troops until peace was restored between the French and English in 1760....

The French and Indian War (1754-1760).—The French and Indian War, so called, was the fourth and last war and continued for about six years. It consisted of a series of English victories....

Taking of Crown Point and Ticonderoga.—Among the important English victories were the taking of Crown Point and Ticondei-oga, toward the close of this war. These were positions of great importance, commanding, as they did, the j^assage from Lake Champlain to Lake George. After abandoning these forts, the French went down the lake to Isle aux Noix, which is situated at the north end of the lake and commands the passage into Canada, leaving the " Gate of the Conntry " (as the Iroqnois had fitly named Lake Champlain) in undis^^uted possession of the English peojile. Here they resolved to make a bold stund against the English....

VT at the Close of the Long Contest.—In 1760
the long contest ended, and France gave up all claims in America. On the abandonment of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by the French, the French at Chimney Point and those at Swanton withdrew to Canada, but the Indians in large numbers made the Missisquoi Valley their home for many years ; and, indeed, they did so until the English came there to settle after the close of the Eevolutionary War. Many of the seignories granted by the French king had reverted to the crown because of non-settlement ; but some of them were, at the close of the war, still held by
their proprietors. When the lands of the Champlain
Valley were surrendered to the English, the proprietors asked that their charters be regranted to them ; but in most cases this was refused. At the close of the war the few settlers in the southeastern part of the State, with the Indians of Swanton,
comprised the entire population, probably not amounting
in all to over three hundred persons. Because of the fewness and unimportance of the settlements at this time,
it is customary to consider the close of the French and
Indian wars as the be- ginning of settlement
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New Hampshire Grants.—The French and Indian War
for a time put a stop to the granting of townships ; but, on
the cessation of hostilities, so many persons made application for lands, that Governor Wentworth, in the name of the king, began making extensive grants west of the CT, a large part of the land east of that river having
been alread}^ granted. In 1760 he had a survey made sixty miles along the CT, and three lines of townships laid out on
either side of the river. As applications increased, the surveys were extended westward beyond the mountains;
and, by the end of 1763, 138 townships in all had been
granted west of the CT River. These townships
covered the better part of the present State, extending from the CT River on the east to Lake Champlain on the west. The territory now began to be known
as the New Hampshire Grants. The king's object in allowing the governors to make such grants was to promote the settlement of the country and gain a revenue for the government through a small annual rent which was to be exacted. The governors of the colonies willingly made these grants, finding abundant
remuneration in the fees which they obtained for the grant- ing of the charters. Original Proprietors.—It is interesting to note how our VT towns came into existence. The original proprietors, usually men residing within the vicinity of each
other in the older New England settlements, would asso- ciate themselves together to the number of about sixty
;
and, deciding on some situation in the Wilderness which
they deemed would be acceptable, they would make application to Governor Wentworth to grant them a township there. Nothing was to be paid by the proprietors on
receiving the grants except a compensation to the governor
for the granting of the charters (usually about 1100) ; and
this they shared equally, together with the cost of a survey and sometimes the expense of opening a road to the grants, etc. These men were mainly either speculators or friends and followers of Governor Wentworth. Few of them ever so much as visited their possessions, but sought purchasers iu all the neighboring colonies, where they readily sold to tlie large army of home-seekers the lands which they had obtained by gift.
The New Hampshire Charters.—All the town charters issued by Benning Wentworth were of much the same form. By their provision the towns were laid out as nearly six miles square as the natural features would permit. Before any division of the land was made, a tract of land, as near the middle of the town as possible, was laid out in one-acre lots, one of which was to be alloted to each of the grantees. Making allowance for highways and unimprovable lands, such as rocks, ponds, rivers, monntains, etc., the land was then divided into sixty-odd equal shares. Wentworth, according to the custom of other governors of that time, reserved 500 acres (regarded as two shares) persuasion. One share was also set apart for the Church of England (the Episcopal Church), and another for the spreading of the gospel in foreign lands. Aside from one share which was reserved in each township for the benefit of schools, the remaining shares went to the grantees. In his history of the town of Hartford, Tucker tells us the manner in which the shares of that town were assigned. The names of proprietors were written on separate slips of paper, and the description of lots on other slips. The names of proprietors were then put in one receptacle, the description of lots in another; then some disinterested person drew one slijD of each kind, and the lot drawn with any proprietor's name was his property. The giant pines of that day were very valuable as masts for the king's navy. Some of these were from 150 to 200 feet in height, and a tree thirty-five inches in diameter was valued at $500. The charters required that all white and other pine trees fit for masting in the king's navy be reserved for that use, and none felled without his consent. Within the term of five years, every grantee was required to cultivate five acres of land for each fifty acres contained
in his share, and to continue to cultivate them thereafter on penalty of having his lands taken from him and re- granted to others. For the space of ten years, he was to pay a yearly rent of one ear of Indian corn on his town
lot; and after that time a yearly rent of one shilling for each 100 acres he owned. These rents were to be paid on
Christmas-day. The Early Settlers ; Who Were They ?—Soon after the French had retreated to Canada, and there was comparatively little danger of hostile incursions, the Wilderness was invaded by a throng of pioneers, who came to clear the land and upon it build their homes. These were, for the most part, young men witli little money, who had not the means to purchase lands in the older settlements where
the prices were mucli higher. Some (though these were
in the minority) possessed means, and were either original proprietors or those who had purchased from the proprietors vast acres of land, because they foresaw in speculation an opportunity to increase largely their fortunes, and were
willing to bear the privations necessary for that end. During the progress of the wars, farmer soldiers, in passing through, had noted the fertile lands and recognized
their possibilities. Rangers, many of whom were hunters and trappers, when on their perilous missions, had penetrated the forest wherever led an Indian trail or could be paddled the light canoe, and so had come to know what of value the forest held for them. Lumbermen had discov- ered its wealth of pine, oak, and other trees, and were cast- ing greedy eyes upon this longtime hunting-ground and
highway. Manufacturers and millwrights were not blind
to the power locked up in the swift-running streams, and knew that their hands had the cunning to undo the lock. As most of these soldiers were of New England origin,
it came to pass that the settlers of the Wilderness were mainly of the good old Puritan stock, from the older set- tlements of Massachusetts and CT, men of strong
constitutions and industrious habits. Rapid Growth of Settlements. —Old war-paths now be- came the ways of peace ; and the rapidity with which set- tlements sprang into existence was remarkable, considering
the difficulties which existed in the way of travel. No set- tlement was made in Bennington till 1761, though its char-ter was granted twelve years previous to that time ; but so rapid was its growth that in 1765 its inhabitants numbered 1,000 ; and it had mills, a church, schools, and a
militia company. Guilford, settled about the same time, soon became the largest town in the State as to numbers, and remained so for some years. Colonial Charters.—The kings of England, who made
large grants in this country, must have been densely igno- rant of the vast extent of the lands in America, as is shown
by the charters granted, which were often very vague in their phrasing. The charters of Massachusetts and CT gave to these colonies all lands extending west- ward to the Pacific Ocean, excepting any lands which might come in between that had previously been settled by other Christian nations. New York's charter, granted
in 1614, some years previous to either of these, gave to the Dutch all lands lying between the CT River and
the east shore of Delaware Bay. When, fifty years later. New York came into the possession of the English, King
Charles gave to his brother, the Duke of York, all lands included in the early charter. But in the meantime settlements had been made in both Massachusetts and CT beyond the CT River on land claimed alike by New York and these
colonies. The matter had been amicably settled, however ; and now for a long time it had been generally understood, both in England and America, that the eastern boundary
of New York was a line twenty miles east of Hudson River and running parallel to it. This was plainly shown by
the records and maps of that time.

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David Ives of Goshen was an officer - a First Lieutenant of the Green Mountain Boys. He was born 15 Jun 1740 Wallingford, CT s/o Father: Benjamin Ives Sgt. Mother: Hannah Moss Spouse: Eunice GILLET
He is probably the David Ives "of Goshen" who lays out Fairfield VT ~ 1766 for many residents of Fairfield and New Fairfield CT. This includes Northrops, Bradleys and Wakemans.

The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization first established in the 1760s in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants (which later became the state of VT). Headed by Ethan Allen and members of his extended family, they were instrumental in resisting New York's attempts to control the territory, over which it had won de jure control in a territorial dispute with New Hampshire.

When these disputes led to the formation of the VT Republic in 1777, the Green Mountain Boys became the state militia. Some companies served in the American Revolutionary War, including notably when the Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen captured fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain on May 10, 1775; the invasion of Canada in 1775; and the battles at Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777.

Following VT's admission to the Union in 1791, the original organization essentially disbanded. The Green Mountain Boys mustered again during the War of 1812, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. Today it is the informal name of the VT National Guard which comprises both the Army and Air National Guards.

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Historical unit

The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia organized in what is now southwestern VT in the decade prior to theAmerican Revolutionary War. They comprised settlers and land speculators who held New Hampshire titles to lands between the CT River and Lake Champlain, an area then known as the New Hampshire Grants, that is now modern VT. New York was given legal control of the area by a decision of the British crown and refused to respect the New Hampshire titles and town charters. Although a few towns with New York land titles, notably Brattleboro on the CT River, supported the change, the vast majority of the settlers in the sparsely populated frontier region rejected the authority of New York.

With several hundred members, the Green Mountain Boys effectively controlled the area where New Hampshire grants had been issued. They were led by Ethan Allen, his brother Ira Allen, and their cousins Seth Warner and Remember Baker. They were based at the Catamount Tavern in Bennington. By the 1770s, the Green Mountain Boys had become an armed military force and de facto government that prevented New York from exercising its authority in the northeast portion of theProvince of New York. New York authorities had standing warrants for the arrest of the leaders of the rebellious VTers, but were unable to exercise them. New York surveyors and other officials attempting to exercise their authority were prevented from doing so and in some cases were severely beaten, and settlers arriving to clear and work land under New York–issued grants were forced off their land, and sometimes had their possessions destroyed. At the same time, New York sought to extend its authority over the territory. During an event once known as the Westminster massacre, anti-Yorkers occupied the courthouse in Westminster to prevent a New York judge from holding court, and two men were killed in the ensuing standoff. Ethan Allen then went to Westminster with a band of Boys, and organized a convention calling for the territory's independence from New York.

When the American Revolutionary War started in 1775, Ethan Allen and a troop of his men, along with CT Colonel Benedict Arnold, marched up to Lake Champlain and captured the strategically important military posts at Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Fort George, all in New York. The Boys also briefly held St. John's in Québec, but retreated on word of arriving British regulars. The Green Mountain Boys later formed the basis of the VT militia that selected Seth Warner as its leader. Some of the Green Mountain Boys preferred to stick with Ethan Allen and were captured along with Allen in August 1775 in a bungled attempt to capture the city of Montreal. Some members of this unit wereCongressman Matthew Lyon and Lieutenant Benjamin Tucker. Benjamin Tucker joined the British Military during his capture, because of this his name was rebuked by Ethan Allen and his men.

VT eventually declared itself an independent nation in January 1777, and organized a government based in Windsor. The army of the VT Republic was based upon the Green Mountain Boys. Although VT initially supported the American Revolutionary War and sent troops to fight John Burgoyne's British invasion from Quebec in battles at Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777, VT eventually adopted a more neutral stance and became a haven for deserters from both the British and colonial armies. George Washington, who had more than sufficient difficulties with the British, brushed off Congressional demands that he subdue VT. During the Haldimand Affair some members of the Green Mountain Boys became involved in secret negotiations with British officials about restoring the Crown's rule over the territory.

The VT Army version of the Green Mountain Boys faded away after VT joined the United States as the 14th U.S. state in 1791, although the Green Mountain Boys mustered for the War of 1812, The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and following World War I as the VT National Guard.

The Flag of the Green Mountain Boys: the green represents the Green Mountains of VT where the militia hails, and the 13 stars in the field of blue represents the 13 American colonies.

• Ethan Allen – militia leader (general)
• Seth Warner – militia leader (colonel)
• Ira Allen – militia leader, and the founder of The University of VT (Ethan's brother)
• Remember Baker – militia member (captain) (Ethan's cousin)
• Ebenezer Allen – militia member (lieutenant) (Ethan's cousin)
• Matthew Lyon – militia member (second lieutenant), and future congressman
• Thomas Rowley – militia member and spokesman, known as the "Bard of the Green Mountains" who "Set the Hills on Fire".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Boys

The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the provincial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. The land grants, totaling about 135 (including 131 towns), were made on land claimed by New Hampshire west of the CT River, territory that was also claimed by the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the VT Republic, which later became the U.S. state of VT.

Also in 1741, New Hampshire native Benning Wentworth was appointed the first governor of New Hampshire of the 18th century who was not also a governor of Massachusetts. Wentworth chose to read New Hampshire's territorial claims broadly. He construed the decree setting the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border to mean that New Hampshire's jurisdiction extended as far west as the jurisdiction of Massachusetts extended. Since the Massachusetts boundary extended to a point 20 miles (32 km) east of the Hudson River, Wentworth assumed the area west of the CT belonged to New Hampshire. New York based its claim on the letters Patent granted the Prince Edward, Duke of York andAlbany all of the lands west of the CT River to Delaware Bay.

Grants

New Hampshire

Wentworth made the first grant, Bennington, a township west of the CT River, on January 3, 1749. Cautioned by New York to cease and desist, Wentworth promised to await the judgment of the king, and refrain from making more grants in the claimed territory until it was rendered, but in November 1753, New York reported that he continued to grant land in the disputed area. Grants briefly ceased in 1754, because of the French and Indian War, but in 1755 and 1757, Wentworth had a survey made 60 miles (97 km) up the CT River, and 108 grants were made, extending to the line 20 miles (32 km) east of the Hudson, and north to the eastern shore of Lake Champlain.

The grants were usually six miles (9.6 km) square (the standard size of a U.S. survey township, although the Public Land Survey System is not used in VT) and cost the grantee(s) £20. The grants were then subdivided amongst the proprietors, and six of the lots were set aside—one for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts(a missionary organization of the Church of England), one for the Church of England, one for the first clergyman to settle in the township, one for a school, and two for Wentworth himself. The permanent annual tax on each grant, called a quitrent, was one shilling, paid directly to the king or his representative.

New York

While Wentworth's land sales were underway, New York also issued land patents in the same area. However, in contrast to the New Hampshire grants, the New York patents were generally irregularly shaped and issued to wealthy landowners. The New Hampshire grants were "town-sized," and generally settled by middle-class farmers. Most of the New York boundaries were ignored in favor of the New Hampshire boundaries and designations once VT achieved statehood, and some of these New York patents are now referred to aspaper towns because they existed only on paper.

Royal adjudication

In September 1762, New York caught New Hampshire surveyors working on the east side of Champlain, provoking the former colony's government to reiterate its claim to the area, citing both its own patent and the New Hampshire letters patent of 1741. In March 1764, Wentworth released a statement to the effect that the resolution of jurisdictional dispute required a royal verdict, which he was certain would be made in his favor. Meanwhile, he encouraged his grantees to settle in the land and to cultivate and develop it.

New York appealed to the Board of Trade, requesting a confirmation of their original grant, which finally resolved the border dispute between New York and New Hampshire in favor of New York. The royal order of July 26, 1764 affirmed that "the Western bank of the CT, from where it enters the province of Massachusetts Bay as far north as the 45th degree of northern latitude, to be the boundary line between the said two provinces of New Hampshire and New York." Wentworth issued his final two grants on October 17 of that year: Walker and Waltham.

[edit]Invalidation

New York interpreted the decision as invalidating Wentworth's grants entirely—to the great dismay of area residents—and subsequently divided the territory into four counties,Albany, Charlotte, Cumberland and Gloucester. New York required that grantees surrender their charters, and in many cases buy their lands back from New York at greatly increased prices. Those who would not pay lost legal title to their lands, which New York then reassigned to others. The people, who would later become VTers, petitioned the governor of New York to confirm the New Hampshire Grants; he complied, in part, by declaring that no other grants should be made until the King's wishes were known. Land not previously granted by New Hampshire was considered open for distribution by New York's government.

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The New Hampshire Grants region petitioned Congress for entry into the American union as a state independent of New York in 1776.

In 1770, the New York Supreme Court (which included members holding competing titles to some of the Wentworth grants) advanced New York's case by declaring all of Wentworth's grants invalid. This infuriated residents of the area, includingEthan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, ultimately leading to the establishment of the self-declared VT Republicand general rebellion against the New York government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Grants

By the mid 1700s, New England was crowded.  Farmers in CT and Massachusetts had used up the good soil.  They wanted more land for themselves and their children.  They started to move to the land that is now part of VT.

Benning Wentworth was the Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.  He wanted the land west of the CT River to be part of his colony.  He granted this land to groups of settlers to start towns.  These towns were called the New Hampshire Grants.

In 1749, Wentworth chartered the first town which he named Bennington, after himself.  Some of the settlers bought land to start new farms.  After cutting down trees, they could plant crops like corn on their farms.  Other people, like Ethan Allen, wanted to sell their land to make money.

Governor Wentworth started 129 towns.  But there was a problem.  New York also thought that it owned the land north of Massachusetts and east to the CT River.  Both colonies wanted to start towns on the same land.

http://VThistory.org/explorer/VT-stories/becoming-a-state/the-new-hampshire-grants

How did the Green Mountain Boys help VT become VT?

Ethan Allen owned land in the New Hampshire Grants.  He did not want to lose his land to the Yorkers.  He also did not want to pay more money for his land.  Other settlers felt the same way.  After talking at the CatamountTavern in Bennington, these men joined together to start the Green Mountain Boys.

The Green Mountain Boys wanted to scare the Yorkers and chase them away.  When Dr. Samuel Adams tried to defend the Yorkers, he made the Green Mountain Boys angry.  Even though Adams owned land in the New Hampshire Grants, the Green Mountain Boys put him on trial at the Catamount Tavern.  They decided he was guilty.  To punish him, they tied a chair to the tavern's sign and made him sit in the chair for hours.  The tavern was a popular place in Bennington.  The supporters of the Grants probably yelled at Dr. Adams and kept him from helping the Yorkers.

Not all of the settlers supported the Green Mountain Boys.  Some people did not like that the Green Mountain Boys broke the law or scared Yorkers.  Many settlers paid money to New York to keep their land.

The Green Mountain Boys also protected VT during the Revolutionary War.  They helped Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.  At the Battle of Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys fought with the American troops to beat the British.

IVES ENOS VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1790
IVES ENOS JR VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1790
IVES ENOS VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1800
IVES ENOS JR VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1800
IVES JARED VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1800
IVES ENOS VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1810
IVES ENOS JR VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1810
IVES JARED VT ADDISON CORNWALL 1810

 14 Jun 1727 in , Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut
Christening: 14 Jun 1727 Rutland, Rutland, Vt.??
Death: 1805 Cornwall, Addison Co, Vermont
Burial: , , , Vermont
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East Haven, Essex

Joel Northrop, Joshua Austin, Jona Clark, Ezra Ives, Samuel Bishop, Abraham Bishop, Noah Smith Daniel Smith Israel Smith
from Charter

East Haven, VT
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East Haven lies in the western part of the county, in lat. 44º 30' and long. 5º 5', bounded northeast by Ferdinand, southeast by Granby, southwest by Victory and Burke, and northwest by Newark. It was chartered by Governor Chittenden, October 22, 1790, though none of the grantees ever settled in the town. “A request having been made to Joseph Heath, of Groton, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Caledonia, by the owners of more than one-sixteenth part of the lots of land in the township of East Haven, a proprietors' meeting, was called by him, August 31, 1810 to be holden in Newark, at the dwelling house of James Ball, November 15, 1810. At the meeting held on that day and the following days, Norris Walter was appointed moderator, and James Whitelaw, proprietors' clerk. Appointed Andrew Lockie a committee to lay out the town into lots of 106 acres each, to be divided into first, second and third division lots, an equal number to each." 

East Haven (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the western part of the town, on Road 5. The first settler in the town was John Walter, Jr., who moved here May 1, 1804, and located where Oscar F. Walter now lives. He was born in Winchester, Conn. and came to Vermont in 1799. He married Uneca Blakesly, who bore him fourteen children, ten of whom attained an adult age. His wife died March 5, 1848. He not only built the first house in the township, but also planted the first orchard. 

       Norris Walter, brother of John Jr., came next, in March, 1805, and located where William M. Smith now lives, on road 8. His children were Harriet, Elam, MerrittM., Clarissa S., Harlow B., Samuel, Emeline and Ann, most of whom became settled in town. The settlers who followed next were the families of Blake, Casey and Colfax, though they did not remain long. 

       The first birth in town was that of Clarissa S. Walter, and the first marriage was that of Harriet Walter and Peter Atwood. The first death was that of Jemima Colfax. The first school-house was built in 1832, and the first teacher was Betsey Blake. The first tavern was built by K. Hudson, in 1848. The town was organized July 28, 1845, when H.W. Belden was chosen town clerk; Russell Horsford, Jeremiah Lund and Abner Clagsdon, selectmen; and H.M. Lund, constable. The first representative was John Walter, for the years 1845-46. The postoffice was established in 1850, and Elijah Avery was the first postmaster. The burial ground was laid out in 1846, and the first person buried therein was Uneca, wife of John Walter, Jr.  The first saw-mill was built by Joseph Woods.  

(Source: Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT.; 1764-1887, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887, Page 439-440)

This excerpt was provided by Tom Dunn.

IVES AMOS VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1790
IVES EBENEZER VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1790
IVES JONAH VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1790
IVES LENT VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1790
IVES NATHANIEL VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1790
IVES LENT VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1800
IVES NATHANIEL VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1800
IVES LINT VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1810
IVES NATHL VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1810
IVES LENT VT RUTLAND WALLINGFORD 1820
IVES ELEANER VT RUTLAND MOUNT HOLLY 1820
IVES JONA VT RUTLAND MOUNT HOLLY 1820
IVES JONA JR VT RUTLAND MOUNT HOLLY 1820

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NORTHROP THOMAS VT CHITTENDEN FAIRFIELD 1790
WAKEMAN LEVI VT CHITTENDEN FAIRFIELD 1790 Levi Wakeman (William (Ens.) Wakeman2, Jabez Wakeman1) was born 13 Mar 1764 in Greenfield Hill, CT Colony, and died 5 Apr 1802 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT. He married Sarah Osborn 9 Jan 1787 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT. She was born Sep 1765 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, and died UNKNOWN. Children of Levi Wakeman and Sarah Osborn are: + 2 i. Lois Wakeman was born 8 Oct 1787, and died UNKNOWN. + 3 ii. Sarah Wakeman was born 22 Feb 1790, and died 14 Feb 1865. + 4 iii. William Wakeman was born 27 Mar 1793, and died 22 Nov 1881. 5 iv. Levi Hill Wakeman was born 28 Dec 1796, and died UNKNOWN.
(a number of Hulls descended from Jeheil of Norfolk, CT EDMUND JEHIEL LEVI LEWIS SAMUEL P THOMAS )
NORTHROP ABRAHAM VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1800
NORTHROP AMOS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1800
NORTHROP THOMAS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1800
WAKEMEN NATHAN VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1800
NORTHROP ABRAHAM VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1810
NORTHROP ISAAC VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1810
NORTHROP THOMAS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1810
WAKEMAN ISAAC VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1810
WAKEMAN NATHAN VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1810
NORTHROP ABRAHAM VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP AMOS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP HIRAM VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP ISAAC VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP THOMAS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP THOMAS JR VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
NORTHROP WILLYS VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
WAKEMAN ISAAC VT FRANKLIN FAIRFIELD 1820
Jeheil Hull (Cornelius killingworth) m. Almeda Northrop (Thomas Northrop6, Thomas Northrop5, Thomas Northrup4, William Northrup3, Joseph Northrup2, Joseph Northrup1) b. 11 JUN 1787 New Fairfield, CT, d. 14 MAR 1867 Fairfield, Franklin Co., VT. Bur. North Fairfield Herrick Cemetery, Fairfield, Franklin Co., VT. Almeda m.  Jehiel Hull 17 MAR 1805 Fairfield, VT. Jeheil b. 1 MAY 1784 in Whiting, Addison Co., VT, d. 3 DEC 1826 in Fairfield, VT. Bur. North Fairfield Herrick Cemetery, Fairfield, Franklin Co., VT.

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Amos 1790 Washington, CT
MyAmos is probably too young to be this Amos.Who is this Amos??? Could be Amos Wellman Northrop (Jonathan line) Although AJN has him Residence: BEF 1801 Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY 16 kids b. Fishkill 1781-1798. He does not marry until about 1781. Not likely he is Amos' father. Since he was a teacher did he move back and forth with the school season?
Is Amos Wellman Northrop the one listed in the Quaker Hill, NY store ledgers? 1790 Census 12200
1 male 16 or over
2 males under 16
2 females any age (Elijah 1790 Washington, CT there are a couple of Elijah's that can be confused. Likely he is the son of Samuel1718 & Lydia Thomas1723. b~ 1761 in Washington CT. m. Lucina Easton (Luxina)1764 (d/o Eliphalet Easton and Mary Gould is this Gould connected to Redding Goulds?) Eliphalet dies in Woodbury in 1785 Washington. Elijah D. 1829 in Humphreysville (Seymour), CT Served (American Revolutionary War) Pension Awarded a pension (#s36199). Did Elijah have any connection to mills and manufacturing in Humphreysville? Died in poorhouse. Can't find any direct connection to myAmos. Other Elijahs 1790-1820 in Lee, MA, Lenox, MA in Oneida - no township listed -- NY in 1810. Elijah in Lenox, MA. None in CT 1 male 16 and over(born 1774 or earlier -- prob at least 22 ~ born 1768 or earlier), 2 males under 16, 2 females Both Elijah and Amos are MIA in 1810. There are many usual suspects in Fairfield VT 1800 census http://dunhamwilcox.net/vt/fairfield_vt_census.htmthere are 3 unreadable northrops in Danby VT in 1810. Check Ira VT for ages.
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1800 Washington, CT (Elijah is in Washington at the time) (Warren has very few pages of names )

Elijah in 1810 Washington, CT is next to Amos Smith in 1800 he is next to MyAmos!! 1810 Washington has Elijah Northrop next to Amos Smith

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1800 Kent census

neighbor	birthplace	father	mother	birthyear	spouse	age
York Anthony FREEMAN Caroline, of Sharon, m York ANTHONY of Kent, Nov 23, 1820, by Frederick Gridley
Jacob Fuller Any connection to Capt.Revilio Fuller ? a nephew several times removed Mentioned in Hist of New Milford and Bridgewater married to Rebecca Baldwin b. Sherman Lived Kent D. Salisbury. daughter Adaline m. David Northrop of Sherman Father: Jacob FULLER b: ABT 1739 in Colchester or Kent, Litchfield Co., CT Mother: Elizabeth PAIN b: 26 DEC 1741 in Pomfret, CTBirth: 22 APR 1772 in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT 1 1
James Fuller m. Judith Main entire life in Kent 10010/00110 age 26-45 1755 1774 Name: Northrup Fuller 1 2 Birth: 8 APR 1750 2 Death: UNKNOWN Father: Fuller b: ABT. 1726 Mother: Sarah Northrup(Moses line)b: ABT. 1728 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Marriage 1 Mary Winters b: 1 APR 1755OR Father: Jacob FULLER b: ABT 1739 in Colchester or Kent, Litchfield Co., CT Mother: Elizabeth PAIN b: 26 DEC 1741 in Pomfret, CT12 DEC 1764 in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT 1 1
Zadoc Elwell Jabez ELWELL b: 1728 Franklin, Dutchess Co. N.YMother: Tabitha JONESPhoebe FOSTER
Amos Smith ? maybe Ridgefield Could also be brookfield/ Danbury Amos Smith or milford amos smith with no northrop connection Father: Jabez SMITH b: 12 Dec 1731 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT related to Seymour (Norwalk), Smith, Camp Jabez Smith in mentioned in History of Kent Mother: Rebecca NORTHRUP b: 25 Aug 1735 Ridgefield Father: John Northrup b: 17 JUN 1703 in Milford John is a brother of William of Greenfield Mother: Rebecca Roberts b: ABT. 1707 in Ridgefield, Sister Robah m.Lewis Northrop s/o Daniel (in NY) 1765-1774Marriage 1 Sarah KEELER b: WFT Est 1761-1785	26-35
Rebeccas siblings John Northrup b: 14 JAN 1728/29 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT William Northrup b: 26 OCT 1730 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Enos Northrup b: 14 SEP 1733 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Rebecca Northrup b: 25 SEP 1735 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT William Northrup b: 6 FEB 1737/38 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Ruth Northrup b: 11 JAN 1742/43 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Samuel Northrup b: 2 FEB 1745/46 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT
Amos Northrop 1 male (16 to 26) about age 22 1 female Rachel (b 1775) about age 25? Aner father? uncle?
Aner Ives in Woodbury in 1790 Father: Joseph IVES b: 10 DEC 1709 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT Mother: Mamre MUNSON b: 16 DEC 1712 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT dau of Samuel and Mary Preston gdau of Martha Bradley Marriage 1 Rachel WILMOT b: 11 AUG 1743 in New Haven, New Haven, CT13 JAN 1740 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT 1
Asahel IVES in Woodbury in 1790 Marriage 1 Elsey [IVES] b: ABT 1757 b: 25 JUN 1764 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
Aner IVES in Woodbury in 1790 Marriage 1 Sybil ?CASTLE
Gamaliel Fenn Father: John FENN b: 1714 Mother: S nna GIBSON b: Abt 1727 in Milford, New Haven, CT, c: 4 Jun 1727 Marriage 1 Ruth PORTER b: 17 May 1750 Ruth d/o Timothy John Northrop's (John(s/o John and Mary Porter) & Lois) brother-in-law Porter
Joseph Skiff, Jr.
David Bradley 12201 prob b 1753 parents Timothy Bradley b: 30 Apr 1721 NH, Mercy (Marcy) (Mary) Baldwin b: 1 Nov 1724 Milford kids b Kent m to Lydia Smith m. Lydia smith maybe d/o John FULLER b: 10 NOV 1697 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT Mother: Mary CORNWALL b: 21 NOV 1694 in Middletown, CT	1802 Moved from Kent, Litchfield, CT to Greene, NY where he bought 400 acres of land. Birth: 15 FEB 1753 in Woodbridge, New Haven, CT Death: 30 MAY 1837 in Genegantslet, Greene, NY
Asa Parks b. 1859 Plainfield m. 1793 Kent M. Margaret Fuller b. Kent 1766 d/o Jacob FULLER b: 1739 and Elizabeth PAINE b: 1741	In 1827, March 7th, the Kent Iron Works completed its purchase of the Wilson Forge property by buying for $250, "four shares, 1/4 each from Zacariah Winegar, and Garret Winegar, Asa Parks and Harvey Smith, a little north of the gristmill including land, water privileges, coalhouse, and tools, blacksmith shop standing on or near the opposite side of the highway (west) from said forge and 1/4 of its tools.
? Sol Chase b. 1767 s/o Solomon Chase and Rebecca Chamberlain
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John Howard
a Dutchess pioneer in Salisbury, Gerrit Winegar from old dutchess

MyAmos 1810 possibilities

William (Bill) BISHOP B. 5 Jun 1770 Of Betheleham, CT D. 2 Nov 1796 in ,,Ontario
Father: Ira BISHOP b: 1740 in Bethlehem, CT
Mother: Deborah THROOP b: 22 Apr 1741 in Lebanon, New London, CT

Marriage 1 Phebe BURGISS b: 2 Feb 1766 in Woodbury ,CTChildren

1. Julia BISHOP b: 1 May 1792 in Bethleham,CT

Name: Garry BISHOP Birth: ABT 1800 in of Washington, CT

Marriage 1 Emeline NORTHROP b: 23 MAY 1810 in New Milford, CT d/oAmos NORTHROP b: 11 OCT 1772 in New Milford,& Hannah ELDERKIN b: 1778 in Roxbury, M. 13 MAY 1833 in New Milford,CT 2Name: Naomi BISHOP B.16 JUN 1762 in New Haven, CT 1

Father: David BISHOP b: 30 JUL 1732 in New Haven, CT
Mother: Sarah AUSTIN b: in of New Haven, CT

Marriage 1 Drake NORTHRUP b: 1763 Married: 11 DEC 1783 Brookfield, CT 2Children

1. Albert NORTHRUP b: ABT 1789 CT

maybe an ives connection

ID: I7365 Anne NORTHROP _MARNM: Stone Birth: 20 MAY 1775 in New Milford,CT d. 8 MAR 1829 Kent,CT Burial: Bulls Bridge Cemetery,Kent 1 2

Father: Joel NORTHROP b: 16 MAR 1742 in Newtown,CT
Mother: Eunice MARSH b: 6 DEC 1744 in Mansfield,Tolland Co.,CT
Marriage 1 Elijah STONE b: 1770 in New Milford,CT Children

1. Joel N. STONE b: 1800 in Kent,Litchfield Co.,CT