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 Head of family
#Free White M<10
#Free White M10-16
#Free White M16-18
#Free White M16-26
#Free White M26-45
#Free White M 45+

#Free White F <10
#Free White F10-16
#Free White F16-26
#Free White F26-45
#Free White F45+
# foreigners not naturalized
#engaged agriculture
#engaged commerce
#engaged manufacture
# M Slaves<14
# M Slaves 14-26
# M Slaves 26-45
# M Slaves 45+
# F Slaves<14
# F Slaves 14-26
# F Slaves 26-45
# F Slaves 45+
# M Free Colored <14
# M Free Colored 14-26
# M Free Colored 26-45
# M Free Colored 45+
# F Free Colored <14
# F Free Colored 14-26
# F Free Colored 26-45
# F Free Colored 45+
# of all other persons except Indians not taxed

Columns for special counts, not to be included in the aggregate total. 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.

Count each individual in only one of the occupational columns. census taker had to judge which one the individual was primarily engaged in

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

Head of family
Address
# free white males & females

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

# slaves
# free colored persons six age groups
# deaf & dumb
# blind
# insane & idiotic in public or private charge
# employed in seven classes of occupation
# schools & # scholars
# white persons 20+ who could not read and write
# pensioners for Revolutionary or military service

1850 Census
name/ address/ age/ sex
color (white, black, mulatto)
whether deaf & 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
lace (state, territory or country) of birth
Married within the year
Attended school in the year?
Unable to read & write (if over 20)
Pauper or convict

1860 Census
name/ address/ age/ sex
color (white, black or mulatto)
deaf & dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
value of real estate & of personal estate owned (all free persons)
profession, occupation or trade each male & female 15+
place of birth (state, territory or country)
Married within the year
Attended school that year
Unable to read & write (if 20+)
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 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 ofVT). 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 ColonelBenedict 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.[citation needed]

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 desertersfrom 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.

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Notable members

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".

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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."

LITCHFIELD

Doolittle Great Aunts Uncles Siblings of Elizabeth

Child of Daniel DOOLITTLE and Mary ANDREWS is: 2 i. Nathan DOOLITTLE b. 26 Nov 1737 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, d. 3 May 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT.

Children of Daniel DOOLITTLE and Hannah CORNWALL are: + 3 i. Elizabeth DOOLITTLE b. 15 Oct 1700 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. 1 Apr 1772 in Wallingford, CT.Elizabeth DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 15 Oct 1700 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. 1 Apr 1772 in Wallingford, CT. She married Samuel BLAKESLEE Abt. 1720 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, son of Ebenezer BLAKESLEE and Hannah LUPTON. He b. Abt. 1697 in New Haven, CT, d. 4 Dec 1761 in Wallingford, CT.
Matthew DOOLITTLE b. 16 Apr 1703 in Wallingford, CT. 5 iii.
David DOOLITTLE b. Abt. 1705 in Middleton, CT. + 6 iv.
Daniel DOOLITTLE b. 3 Feb 1705/06 in Middleton, CT, d. Sep 1791 in Wallingford, CT.Daniel DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 3 Feb 1705/06 in Middleton, CT, d. Sep 1791 in Wallingford, CT. He marriedMartha MERRIMAN 16 Nov 1775 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. He married Elizabeth DAYTON 28 Sep 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, daughter of Isaac DAYTON and Elizabeth TODD. She b. 25 Sep 1711 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, d. Oct 1775 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Stephen DOOLITTLE b. 14 Sep 1709 in Wallingford, CT, d. 8 Nov 1772 in Wallingford, CT. He married Anna VANE 12 May 1737 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. 8 vi.
Abigail DOOLITTLE b. 6 May 1712 in Wallingford, CT, d. 8 Nov 1772 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. She married Aaron PARKER 17 Feb 1736/37 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. 9 vii.
Dinah DOOLITTLE b. 4 Oct 1714 in Wallingford, CT, d. 14 Sep 1719 in Wallingford, CT. 10 viii.
Ezra DOOLITTLE b. 24 Jul 1718 in Wallingford, CT, d. 24 Oct 1747 in Wallingford, CT. + 11 ix. Martha DOOLITTLE b. 16 Apr 1703 in Wallingford, CT, d. 1760 in Wallingford, CT. Martha DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 16 Apr 1703 in Wallingford, CT, d. 1760 in Wallingford, CT. She marriedTheophilus FENN 24 May 1722 in Wallingford, NewHaven, CT. He b. 31 Jan 1699/00 in Middleton, CT, d. 18 Dec 1748 in Wallingford, CT. She married John MOSS 2 Dec 1754 in Wallingford, NewHaven, CT. He b. 10 Nov 1682 in Wallingford, CT, d. 14 Mar 1775 in Wallingford, CT.

Hannah C. DOOLITTLE b. 27 Jan 1698/99 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. She married John WILLIAMS. 13 xi.
Joseph DOOLITTLE b. 3 Jul 1705 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. He married Rachel COLE 14 Mar 1727/28 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT.

Children of Daniel DOOLITTLE and Hannah CORNWALL are: + 14 i. Daniel DOOLITTLE b. 3 Mar 1705/06 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. Sep 1791 in North Haven, NH, CT. Daniel DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 3 Mar 1705/06 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. Sep 1791 in North Haven, NH, CT. He was buried in North Haven, NH, CT. He married Martha MERRIMAN 16 Nov 1775 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. He married Elizabeth DAYTON 28 Sep 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, daughter of Isaac DAYTON and Elizabeth TODD. She b. 25 Sep 1711 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, d. Oct 1775 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Hannah C. DOOLITTLE b. 27 Jan 1698/99 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. She married John WILLIAMS. + 3 iii.

Elizabeth DOOLITTLE b. 15 Oct 1700 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. 1 Apr 1772 in Wallingford, CT. Elizabeth DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 15 Oct 1700 in Middletown, MIddlesex, CT, d. 1 Apr 1772 in Wallingford, CT. She married Samuel BLAKESLEE Abt. 1720 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, son of Ebenezer BLAKESLEE and Hannah LUPTON. He b. Abt. 1697 in New Haven, CT, d. 4 Dec 1761 in Wallingford, CT.
Daniel DOOLITTLE b. 3 Feb 1705/06 in Middleton, CT, d. Sep 1791 in Wallingford, CT. Daniel DOOLITTLE (Daniel DOOLITTLE6, Abraham DOOLITTLE5, Edward DOOLITTLE4, Humphrey DOOLITTLE3, Humphry DOOLITTLE2, John DOOLITTLE1) b. 3 Feb 1705/06 in Middleton, CT, d. Sep 1791 in Wallingford, CT. He marriedMartha MERRIMAN 16 Nov 1775 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. He married Elizabeth DAYTON 28 Sep 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, daughter of Isaac DAYTON and Elizabeth TODD. She b. 25 Sep 1711 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, d. Oct 1775 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
. Ezra DOOLITTLE b. 24 Jul 1718 in Wallingford, CT, d. 24 Oct 1747 in Wallingford, CT.

11 FEB 1726 in Guilford, Vermont Death: 23 DEC 1803 in North Bennington, Vermont Thomas Hall received from his father a house and one acre lot, as his $500 portion of the estate. He purchased 50 acres and owned nearly as much more through his wife, all of which he sold in 1759 and purchased 100 acres on Good Hill Roxbury Parish, Woodbury, Conn. In 1778 he sold out in last full money for $2,600. and purchased about 40 acres in Williamston, Mass., and a right to three hundred and fifty in Cornwall Vermont, as well as the farm in North Bennington, Vermont. He moved from Woodbury, Conn. to North Bennington Vermont in 1779. He bought his 200 acre farm in what is what as discribed by hihs son, Nathaniel as as "obsure part of Benninton". That part of Bennington came to be known as Sage City, and in 1828, when the Bennington Post Office opened a branch in Sage CIty, the letters were addressed to North Bennington. In 1866, the town of North Bennington was incorporated.

In 1779 Thomas Hall built the farmhouse which is still located to the SOuth side of the Big House. Basicly in the backyard. Untill 1966 the Farm house ws the summer home of Hall Park McCullough, Thomas Hall's ggreat, great, great grandson. Charming the McCoulloghs ended up with everything up in vermont throught inhearitance.

In 1849 HIland Hall, Thomas's grandson inherited the families farm and moved his famliy to North Bennington. Hiland was not primarily interested in farming. Born in 1795 hiland at an early age developed an interest in politics and law. link There are Bishops and Bradley ancestors

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

Cornwall, VT

The settlement was commenced in 1774 by Asa Blodget, Eldad Andrus, Aaron Scott, Nathan Foot, William Douglas, James Bentley, Jr., Samuel Blodget, and Joseph Troup. When Ticonderoga was abandoned to the British in 1777, the settlers all fled to the south, and did not return till after the war.  In the winter of 1784, about thirty families came into the township from Connecticut." 

Gazetteer of Vermont, Hayward, 1849. 

      The original grantees of Cornwall were probably residents of Litchfield county, Connecticut. The charter granted to them was signed by Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, on the 3d day of November, 1761. 

      The following are their names; Elias REED, Thomas Chipman, Murry LESTER, Samuel LEE, Josiah HEATH, James NICHOLS, Josiah DEAN, Ebenezer FLETCHER, Samuel KEEP, Roswell STEEL, Alexander GASTON, George NICHOLS, William NICHOLS, John JUDD, Timothy BROWNSON, Solomon LINSLEY, Andrew ESQUIRE, Moses BUCK, David COWLES, Moses READ the 3d, Zuriel JACOBS, William TRUMBULL, Stephen BENTON, Sarah NICHOLS, Benjamin SMALLEY, John WILLOBY, Joel REED, Joseph WILLIAMS, James NICHOLS, jr., Enoch SLAWSON, Phinehas HOLDCOM, Josiah WILLOBY, Samuel CHIPMAN, Thomas TUTTLE, Jabez TUTTLE, John SKINNER, Samuel HULBURD, Hannah AUSTIN, Ruluff WHITE, David AVERILL, Amos CHIPMAN, Jabez WILLIAMS, James SMITH, Andrew BROWNSON and John SCOVILL, one right; Samuel JUDD, Eleanor SMITH, Benjamin WOODRUFF, Jonah SANDFORD, William REED, Nathan BENTON, Abiel LINSLEY, John EVERTS, James LANDON, esq., James LANDON, jr., Ezekiel LANDON, Thomas LANDON, John HUTCHINSON, esq., William HAM, David REED, David STEVENS, Richard WIBERD, esq., Joseph NEWMARCH, esq., Samuel BEEBEE, Isaac BENTON.

      Owing to the glaring discrepancies between the town lines, as established by the charter, and a re-survey dated September 25, 1784, both of which were grossly inaccurate, a controversy arose beween Cornwall and Whiting, which in 1789 ripened into a law suit. The result being unfavorable to Cornwall, the proprietors thereof repeatedly petitioned the Legislature for a rehearing, which was probably granted. Orin Field, an early resident of Cornwall near the Whiting border, is quoted in Matthew's History of Cornwall as substantially saying:

The proprietors, after organizing under their charter, adopted the name of Cornwall, from a town in Litchfield county. Their early meetings were held in Salisbury, Conn. The proceedings at these meetings can be only inferred, however, as the record was burned in Connecticut in 1788. If there were, therefore, any general survey and allotments of land in the town previous to that time, all traces of the division lines were so far obliterated by the loss of the records that the settlers, while claiming under some original right, consulted their preferences respecting the location of their claims. Hence it frequently happened that lots claimed under the same right were situated in different parts of the town. These claims were denominated "pitches." Lots were also granted to settlers who had performed some town service, such as working on the highways, irrespective of the quantity of land previously granted, a method which resulted in unavoidable confusion and controversy, some of the later claimants finding no land unoccupied, "while many of the settlers, shrewdly observing the boundaries of the pitches occupied by their neighbors, after the lapse of years found vacant lots that had escaped the notice of surveyors and claimants, which they secured for themselves simply by having them surveyed, and the survey entered upon the record." The difficulties thus engendered were not removed for years, and undoubtedly retarded the settlement of Cornwall. The custom was not confined to this town, however, but prevailed in all or nearly all the towns in the State.

      The first settlers of Cornwall were Asa BLODGET, James BENTLEY, James BENTLEY, jr., Thomas BENTLEY, Joseph THROOP, Theophilus ALLEN, William DOUGLASS, Samuel BENTON, Eldad ANDRUS, Samuel BLODGET, Sardius BLODGET, Solomon LINSLEY, Aaron SCOTT and Nathan FOOT. They arrived and made their pitches in 1774. The eight first named selected their lands in the east part of the township, bounding on Otter Creek, and by the change of limits, in 1796 became inhabitants of Middlebury. The remaining six made their pitches in the northern and central parts of this town.

      In 1775 Ebenezer STEBBINS, Joel LINSLEY and John HOLLEY made their pitches, and in 1776 Jonah SANFORD, Obadiah WHEELER and James Marsh DOUGLASS settled their locations. None of these names except those of Solomon LINSLEY and Jonah SANFORD is endorsed on the charter. With these exceptions, and two or three others who came after the war, the surveys uniformly specify certain "original rights," on which their claims were leased.

Dr. Nathan FOOT, from Watertown, Conn., made his first pitch in the extreme east part of the town, on the verge of the swamp. The farm is not now occupied, but was afterward owned by his son Nathan, and in 1862 and later by Maria FOOT and William TURNER. A few years after his arrival here he built a second log house west of the highway, and later still a framed house. He died in Charlotte in 1807. Mrs. William TURNER is his great-granddaughter. These surveys were all made in 1774 by Judge Gamaliel PAINTER, of Middlebury.

Daniel FOOT, one of the four sons of Dr. Nathan FOOT, who settled in Cornwall, made a pitch for himself after the war, on the east side of the road, embracing land now owned by Henry LANE, some distance south of the MATTHEWs's homestead. He was a fearless, adventurous man, and bore a perilous part in the war. He died August 24, 1848, aged eighty-nine years.

      Nathan FOOT, jr., came to Cornwall with his father, and in addition to the latter's donation of land, purchased of him one hundred and twenty-five acres, and pitched some lots on his own account. He built and for many years kept, a tavern, on the site now occupied by Mrs. William TURNER. He died November 16, 1828.

      Abijah FOOT built on the corner northeast of the tavern of Nathan, jr., and after a few years sold to Dr. Daniel CAMPBELL. Mrs. FOOT was joint tenant of this lot with Abijah. He died at Cayuga, N. Y., in 1841, and Abijah died here in 1795. The property afterwards came into the hands of Dr. Frederick FORD.

      Samuel BARTHOLOMEW came from Watertown, Conn., in 1786, and settled north of Abijah FOOT, on the present farm of Joseph ADAMS. He devoted himself exclusively to the raising of fruits, but not profiting so highly as he expected, he removed to Kentucky about 1812, where he died a few years later. He was a man of social habits and intelligent mind, but carried a spirit of independence to an eccentric degree. He wrote poetry, and published one volume of nearly one hundred pages, entitled Will Wittling, or the Spoiled Child.

  William SLADE came from Washington, Conn., to Clarendon, Rutland county, about 1780, and three or four years later removed to Cornwall and made his pitch on the land now owned and occupied by John TOWLE, where he continued to reside until his death in 1826, at the age of seventy-three years. Being of vigorous and energetic nature and withal a born politician, he took an active part in the management of town affairs, and was sheriff of the county from 1810 to 1811. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was for a time on board the Jersey prison ship. He was a firm supporter of Madison during the War of 1812. His house was the birthplace of the Rev. Henry H. HUDSON, the Shakespearean critic and student. 

      In 1783 or '84 Jesse CHIPMAN settled on the farm now occupied by Peter BESETTE. In 1804 he sold to Ethan A. SHERWOOD, and removed from Cornwall. 

      James and Nathan CAMPBELL settled in 1793 on a lot embraced in the well known Benjamin STEVENS farm, and remained there, each in a log house, until 1793, when they sold to Benjamin STEVENS and removed from town. STEVENS came to Cornwall from Pittsford, Vt. He suffered a cruel imprisonment of three years' duration at Quebec during the War of the Revolution. He died June 16, 1815, aged fifty-three years. The site occupied by James CAMPBELL was afterwards the house of Dr. Solomon FOOT, father of Hon. Solomon FOOT, and Dr. Jonathan FOOT, a sketch of whose lives will be found in the chapters devoted to their respective professions. 

      Wait SQUIER built on the east side of the road about sixty rods south of STEVENS's house at an early day, but removed to New Haven in 1793. Opposite him Timothy SQUIER settled on the place now occupied by Joseph PARKER, his house standing on the high ground about sixty rods southwest of the present buildings. Further south on the west side of the road Solomon PLUMB settled on the place afterwards known as the ABBOTT farm, now occupied by Amos ATWOOD. 

      Shadrach NORTON settled in 1784 on the farm now owned by Charles STEVENS. In 1787 Benjamin HALL bought of Joseph PLUMB and located on the place now owned by J. M. STEVENS. Three years earlier Barzillai STICKNEY settled on the next farm south. He was chosen constable at the organization of the town. The same year Daniel SCOVEL, from Cornwall, Conn., located on the farm now the home of Walter ATWOOD, where he died in 1813. His brother, Ezra SCOVEL, settled also in 1784 on the present farm of H. S. SCOVEL, his grandson David B. WOODRUFF made his pitch and built his cabin east of Ezra SCOVEL and near the swamp. In 1794 he sold to Lemuel CHAPMAN, who lived there for some time. The place now owned and occupied by Douglass E. SEARL was originally settled by Eliakim MALLORY. It lies on the town line west of MALLORY's farm. Elisha FIELD, sr., bought one hundred acres of Eldad ADAMS, and in 1783 built thereon his log house. He b. in Amherst, Mass., in 1717, removed to Bennington in 1763, and thence to Cornwall in 1782. He died in 1791, in his seventy-third year. Franklin HOOKER is his great-grandson. Elisha FIELD, jr., settled in 1790 on the farm now occupied by Mrs. L. W. HALL. He died at the age of eighty-eight years in 1852. Among his descendants are B. S. FIELD and O. A. FIELD, grandsons, and their children, all of this town. Ebenezer NEWELL owned a lot north of the FIELD farm, which he afterwards sold in part to Richard MINER and in part to Harvey BELL, a cloth-dresser, who removed to Middlebury. 

      A.H. SPERRY, now a resident of Cornwall, is his great-grandson; Daniel SPERRY, son of David lived just north of him, and south of Jacob LINDSEY, sr., while across from the latter Wait WOOSTER lived. 

      On the farm owned at an early day by Alonzo L. BINGHAM, and now owned by Hon. Rollin J. JONES, Simeon SANFORD, of Litchfield, Conn., settled, having purchased from Jonah SANFORD, an original proprietor. Farther north David PRATT settled in 1793 on a farm purchased from Jared IVES. Deacon Amzi JONES, from Hoosick, N. Y., bought the place of PRATT about 1799, having lived for seven years previously below the bridge across Lemon Fair. He was a son of Zebulon JONES, who settled on the farm next the cemetery, now owned by W. M. EASTON. His descendants now living in Cornwall are Hon. Rollin J. JONES, Jason and his children, E. E. and Henry JONES, and Mrs. ROBINSON. 

      Jared IVES, from Cheshire, Conn., settled in 1787 on the west side of the road, north of David PRATT. Enos IVES lived nearly across the road from him. John ROCKWELL, jr., came to Cornwall from Ridgefield, Conn., in 1784, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, S. S. ROCKWELL. He first built on the west side of the road. He gradually acquired an extensive farm, which, after his death at the age of seventy-one years, September 5, 1825, become the property of his son, John ROCKWELL, who conveyed the farm to his son, the present owner, over a quarter of a century ago. John ROCKWELL, sr., followed his children to Cornwall, and lived on the place now occupied by W. C. WALLACE. He died September 9, 1825, aged ninety-two years. 

      Ezra and Isaac MEAD settled in 1786 on the west side of the road, north of John ROCKWELL. They sold to Jacob INGRAHAM. 

      Nathan JACKSON located on the east side of the road nearly across from Jacob INGRAHAM, and followed his occupation of blacksmithing. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and prided himself on enjoying the personal confidence of General Washington. 

      Rufus MEAD, brother of Ezra and Isaac, in 1786 bought of Abel WRIGHT the farm now occupied by Mrs. W. W. WRIGHT, and built, first at the base of the hill and afterward on the present highway. Of his sons, three, Hiram, Martin L. and Charles M., were graduated from Middlebury College, and another, Rufus, was for a number of years editor of the Middlebury Register. 

      Solomon MEAD bought of Abel WRIGHT in 1795 the farm now occupied by Azial HAMILTON. From him the farm passed to Timothy TURNER, Zenas SKINNER, and Reuben P. BINGHAM. Silas MEAD was located farther north on the present farm of S. S. ANDRUS. 

      On the farm where J. A. FOOT lived, his grandfather, David FOOT, from Watertown, Conn., settled at an early day. He had several sons who led prominent lives in town. His descendants here now are J. A. FOOT, grandson, R. A. FOOT, great-grandson, and his sons Abram and Frank. 

      On the WOOSTER farm, so called, just north of the Lemon Fair bridge, William DWINELL first built his log cabin near a spring on the east side of the road. He sold this farm to Deacon Amzi JONES, and he to Moses WOOSTER, who came from Virginia. He fought in the Revolution and was captured on Long Island, treated cruelly, and at a later day was confined in New York, where he was nearly starved on damaged provisions. He was the father of the Hon. Dorastus WOOSTER, formerly of Middlebury. The farm is now in the hands of L. H. PAYNE. 

      Isaac MEAD was an early settler on the farm now occupied by B. B. RICE. General Somers GALE afterwards lived on the farm. He was an influential citizen, and commanded a detachment at Plattsburgh in 1814. He b. in Panton in 1775; the family were driven to Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolution and obliged to stay there a while after its capture. His son, Dr. Nathan GALE, now resides in Orwell. Mrs. S. A. SANFORD is his granddaughter, and Mrs. Charles H. LANE, a descendant one degree further removed. 

      Simeon POWERS settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Martin WRIGHT, and in 1779 sold it to Matthew LEWIS. 

      Samuel SMITH was probably the first settler on the farm now owned by J. B, BENEDICT. 

      Amos PENNOYER, from Amenia, N. Y., settled about 1798 on the farm now owned and occupied by Mrs. M. J. ELLSWORTH. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and joined the volunteer forces in the War of 1812. 

      Jared ABERNATHY was the first settler on the farm now owned by J. W. and D. ABERNATHY, having bought the place in sections from Aaron SCOTT, Martha DOUGLASS and Samuel BENTON. Cyrus ABERNATHY, his father, had before that purchased of Samuel BENTON the farm next south. J. W. and Ann ABERNATHY are grandchildren of Jared. South of the elder Cyrus ABERNATHY, in 1784, Dr. Frederick FORD pitched a hundred acres, and built a log house on the site afterward occupied by the dwelling of P. B. WARNER. In 1795 Dr. Ford sold this estate to his brother-in-law, Moses GOODRICH, and removed to a more central location. 

      On the long since discontinued road which ran north from near the lands now owned by F. H. DEAN, formerly the residence of Mrs. SHERWOOD, to the early home of P. B. WARNER, were several settlers, among whom were Jabez WATROUS, Rev. Benjamin WOOSTER, Abbott TAMBLING, and Henry DAGGETT; the last two named built a dam across the stream and erected a saw-mill, but soon abandoned the enterprise. Some distance west of the road, near the brook, John GILMAN owned one hundred and thirty acres, on which his grantee, Daniel HUNTINGTON, lived until 1803. Deacon Jeremiah BINGHAM and Merrill BINGHAM afterwards occupied that place. 

      On the southern branch of a forked road, extending very early from P. B. WARNER's westwardly across Beaver Brook, one division passing the dwelling of Joseph K. SPERRY, and the other reaching S. S. ROCKWELL, resided David SEYMOUR, partly successor to Samuel BENTON. He sold to Isaac HULL in 1796. The road was discontinued more than sixty years ago. North of Jared ABERNATHY, Truman WHEELER made two pitches in 1783, building on the east side of the road; while between the two Benjamin HAMLIN built on thirteen acres of land, which he sold in 1803 to Abraham BALCOM. Cornelius BUTCHER settled north of WHEELER on a fifteen-acre lot, and in 1800 sold to Joseph HAMLIN, who had bought a lot fifteen years previously of Samuel BENTON. Still farther north John HAMLIN settled on the farm afterwards owned successively by his son Ira HAMLIN, and his grandson, Joseph HAMLIN. The farm so long occupied by Deacon Daniel WARNER was first settled by Benjamin HAMLIN, who was succeeded by John ROCKWELL, Cone ANDRUS, Elisha HURLBUT, and Philip WARNER, a cooper, who came here in 1806 and prosecuted his trade until his death in 1829. His descendants in Cornwall are P. D. WARNER, a grandson, and his children, R. B. WARNER and Mrs. E. A. THRALL, and H. C. WARNER, grandson also of Philip. The descendants of John HAMLIN are Joseph HAMLIN, grandson, Mrs. T. P. D. MATTHEWS, great-granddaughter, and Edward MATTHEWS, her son. 

      Levi SPERRY settled in 1788 on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Albert H. SPERRY, and received the farm as a gift from his father, David SPERRY. 

      In 1783 Thomas HALL pitched several hundred acres, including the present farm of William WRIGHT. His son David settled southwest from his dwelling. He sold fifty acres of his land in 1791 to Nathan INGRAHAM, afterwards owned by Pitts INGRAHAM. Elisha HURLBUT bought a lot of HALL in 1795, and in 1798 sold to John BOYNTON. William WRIGHT is a grandson of Pitts INGRAHAM, Mrs. J. K. WRIGHT being a daughter; S. C. PARKHILL and Mrs. H. J. MANCHESTER are also his grandchildren. South of Thomas HALL's, on the road to West Cornwall on land now owned by H. F. DEAN, the earliest settler was Jeremiah BINGHAM, jr., a nephew of Deacon BINGHAM. He was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1793 he sold to Deacon Jeremiah BINGHAM. 

      Hon. Hiland HALL, nephew of Thomas, above named, came from Bennington to Cornwall in the winter of 1783-84. He was kinsman to the late ex-governor, his namesake. He b. at Guilford, Conn., and removed early to Norfolk; served about three years as orderly sergeant and commissary. He died while on a visit to his father at Norfolk in 1789. He was the first treasurer of Cornwall in 1784, and first representative in the General Assembly in 1786. At the organization of Addison county he was appointed one of the judges of the County Court. He settled where Merrill BINGHAM now lives, having made his purchase of Thomas HALL and Erastus HATHEWAY. After his death the property passed into the hands of Aaron DELONG, who sold to Robert BINGHAM. He remained on the farm all the remaining years of his long life. The rest of the land of Erastus HATHEWAY came into the possession of Aaron DELONG in 1800, who was a prominent man in the early days of the town. His farm is also included in the land now owned by Merrill BINGHAM. 

      Deacon Jeremiah BINGHAM, who has already been mentioned, was one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and was chosen one of the first deacons. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and took an active part in the battle of Bennington, and was connected with the quartermaster's department of the garrison at Ticonderoga before the surrender of the fort to Burgoyne. He was a man of indomitable energy and unusual intelligence, a thorough student of the Scriptures, and a conscientious believer in the truths therein inculcated. He frequently wrote poetry for his own edification. He died at the age of ninety-four years

Concerning the setting off to Middlebury of a portion of Cornwall in 1796, further particulars will be found in the chapter on the history of Middlebury. 

      The early settlers of Cornwall were, almost without exception, men who were inclined by nature to pursuits purely agricultural. The fact of their settling in a town so fertile of soil and poor in water power and shipping facilities sufficiently attests that they hoped to gain a livelihood and more from the tilling of the ground. Communities of men are governed as absolutely by the beneficent and yet inflexible laws of nature's God as are the inanimate and the inorganic elements of creation. Houses must be built and repaired; boots, shoes and harnesses must be used; horses must be shod, and cloth must be woven and made into garments; consequently carpenters and coopers, shoe-makers and tanners, harness-makers and clothiers and blacksmiths are found among the early settlers of Cornwall, distributed in accordance with the convenience of their patrons. The following list of mechanics is taken from the invaluable History of Cornwall, by Rev. Lyman MATTHEWS: Before 1800 -- clothier, Harvey BELL; tanners and shoemakers, Abijah DAVIS, Felix BENTON, Elisha FIELD, Stephen BLACK, Jeremiah ROCKWELL; shoemakers, Samuel PECK, Thomas LANDON, William JONES, Daniel SAMSON; cooper and manufacturer of fan-mills, Samuel INGRAHAM; cooper, Elijah DURFEE; joiners, Asahel PHELPS, Elizur NEWELL, Jacob PECK, Thomas PRITCHARD, DAVIS & SQUIER, Daniel RICHARDSON, Ambrose JUDD, James WALKER; saddler and harness-maker, Abiel ROGERS; spinning-wheels, Calvin and Luther TILDEN; carpenters and joiners, Sanborn BEAN, John MAZUZAN, Reuben PECK, Cone ANDRUS. 

      Between 1800 and 1860 the following mechanics carried on their respective trades, for a longer or shorter period, in town: Blacksmiths, William HAMILTON, Edward HAMILTON, William PECK, Shubael RIPLEY, Stephen HOLLIDAY, George WALKER; tanners and shoemakers, Asa BOND, Julius DELONG, Joseph MYERS, Mark W. MAZUZAN, Daniel FORD, Daniel VALE and _______TAYLOR; wheelwrights, William HAMILTON, Waterman SUNDERLAND, David CLARK; coopers, Jonathan PERRY, Philip WARNER; tailors, ______BROWN, H. E. RUST; carpenters and joiners, Salmon NORTH, Matthew WALLACE, Nathaniel WALLACE, Martin HOPKINS, Elijah FOOT, Calvin FOOT, Isaac MINER, Ebenezer MINER, Luther BALCOM, George BALCOM, Horace A. PINNEY, William BAXTER, James PIPER, P. N. COBB, E. C. CRANE; spinning-wheels, Benjamin ATWOOD. 

      The scanty water power afforded by the sluggish Lemon Fair and the other "thunder shower" streams in town has deterred manufacturers from attempting to build mills of much magnitude. A dam once constructed on land now owned by C. R. WITHERELL was soon abandoned. A saw-mill was also built at an early day on land formerly owned by Garrison W. FOOT, now belonging to A. H. SPERRY, and Jared ABERNATHY and Levi SPERRY, with both interested in opening it. About fifty rods below this mill David PRATT built and operated a grist-mill; Levi SPERRY also ran it for a time. The only other mill ever built in town was on the brook near the residence of Asa BOND in 1860. Luther TILDEN here built a saw-mill and operated also a carding-machine for a short time after 1816 or 1817. It frequently changed owners and has never been a pronounced success. 

      The first merchants in town were Mr. BALLARD and Israel C. JONES. Joshua STOCKWELL, Josiah AUSTIN, Daniel CAMPBELL, Hosea BROOKS, Israel C. MEAD, Samuel EVERTS, William H. REMSEN, P. W. COLLINS, Benjamin F. HASKELL, Calvin M. LEWIS, Ira BINGHAM, A. C. WICKER, Daniel SANFORD, Joel S. LANE, Sylvester B. ROCKWELL, and the Cornwall Mercantile Company have carried on business at different periods since the beginning of the century. The only store now in town is kept by Fred S. HASKELL. The building is owned by his father, Benjamin F. HASKELL, grandson of Joshua STOCKWELL, who built the rear part before 1820 and kept here for a time in company with Daniel SANFORD. B. F. HASKELL, sr., followed them about 1825 and traded here for forty years, selling out to Hugh G. BINGHAM. About 1853 B. F. HASKELL, sr., moved the building back and erected the front part as it now stands. Then he and B. F., jr., traded in company for about five years. After Hugh BINGHAM followed Kirk BINGHAM, Orren DALRYMPLE, Harvey TAYLOR, B. F. WALES, and others. Fred S. HASKELL began business here in September, 1878. 

The most prominent industry in town, and one for which her people are most widely known, is the raising of sheep. Immediately after the importation of Merino sheep from Spain, by Colonel HUMPHREY, of Connecticut, and later by Consul JARVIS, of Wethersfield, Vt., some of the farmers of Cornwall procured some of the variety for the purpose of improving their flocks. MERRILL and A. L. BINGHAM have been among the foremost of breeders. They began importing French Merinos about 1846. Hon. Rollin J. JONES, who contributes a valuable portion of our general chapter on sheep raising in the county, has been and still is one of the most prominent breeders and dealers in town, Sylvester B. ROCKWELL being for some time in company with him in introducing the French Merino in the West. M. B. WILLIAMSON, H. F. DEAN, Rollin LANE, Henry LANE, J. B. and Ira HAMLIN, Henry ROBBINS, C. H. JAMES, John TOWLE, Arthur FIELD, B. S. FIELD, L. W. PEET, W. H. and T. P. D. MATTHEWS, Edgar SANFORD and H. E. SANFORD are also at present engaged in the industry. 

      The Congregational Church of Cornwall, the first religious organization in Cornwall, was formed on the 1st of July, 1785, with the following members: Jared ABERNATHY, Stephen TAMBLING, James Marsh DOUGLASS, Jeremiah BINGHAM, Roswell POST, Daniel SAMPSON, Mary CHIPMAN, and Elizabeth IVES, and during the few weeks following August 21 Jesse CHIPMAN, Mrs. POST, Mrs. TAMBLING, Nathaniel COGSWELL and wife, Joel LINSLEY, Ethan ANDRUS, Isaac KELLOGG, Hiland HALL, and Mrs. IVES were added to the number. 

      On the 20th of July, 1787, a call was extended to the Rev. Thomas TOLMAN, and accepted on the 30th of August. Being the first pastor, he received as his right the lot of land set apart by the charter for the first settled minister, and in addition received from the town "a settlement." The first deacons were Jeremiah BINGHAM, Hiland HALL, and Father William SAMSON. The first meetings were held in Captain BENTON's barn; afterward at his house and the house of Joel LINSLEY. The first house of worship stood west of the highway on which the old red school-house formerly stood. It was completed, probably in the spring of 1791, and first occupied in the following autumn. Mr. TOLMAN was dismissed at his own request on the 11th of November, 1790. 

      In 1796 the place of worship was changed by vote to nearly the present site of the church edifice. The second pastor, Rev. Benjamin WOOSTER, was ordained February 22, 1797. He was dismissed in January, 1802. Notwithstanding the action of the town in reference to the site of the new meeting-house, the building was not commenced until 1803. Rev. Jedediah BUSHNELL was installed on the 25th of May, 1803. His successor, Rev Lamson MINER, served from November, 1836, until January 16, 1839. Rev. Jacob SCALES was installed July 3, 1839, and was dismissed June 16, 1842. Rev. Seagrove W. MAGILL was pastor from July 10, 1844, to the autumn of 1847. In 1846 the church building was entirely rebuilt and renovated at an expense of about $650. The present pastor of this church is Rev. M. C. STEBBINS. 

      The first stated Baptist preaching in Cornwall was by Elder Ephraim SAWYER, who began in 1792. The first church edifice was a log house a few rods north of the ridge near the cemetery. Elder SAWYER remained here until 1801. Measures looking to the erection of a new meeting-house were adopted in 1805 and early in 1807 the building was completed. From 1809 until 1824 Elder Henry GREEN filled the pastorate. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. PALMER, of Middlebury. Since the spring of 1855 there have been intermittent attempts to build up a church of the Methodist persuasion, but the number of persons here are too limited to support a church regularly. 

      The following figures indicate the variation from one decade of years to another of the population of Cornwall since the taking of the first U. S. census: 1791, 826; 1800, 1,163; 1810, 1,270; 1820, 1,120; 1830, 1,264; 1840, 1,163; 1850, 1,155; 1860, 977; 1870, 969; 1880, 1,070.  

Chapter XIX, pages 416-436  
History of the Town of Cornwall. 
"History of Addison County, Vermont,  
With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches 
of Some Of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers."  
Edited by H. P. Smith. Syracuse, N. Y. 
D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1886.

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ENOS SR. b.. 14 May 1727 Wallingford, CT
Death: 1805 in , , , Vermont OR after 1810
s/o Thomas IVES b: 30 May 1698 Wallingford, CT c: Cheshire, CT
& Rebecca HOTCHKISS c: 7 Jun 1696 New Haven CT
M 1 Anna COOK 

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ENOS JR. B. 25 Apr 1759 in Wallingford, ct
D.: 1827
m1 Ruth BINGHAM b: 1764 in Norwich

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David Ives of Goshen was an officer - a First Lieutenant of the Green Mountain Boys. He b. 15 Jun 1740 Wallingford, CT s/o Benjamin Ives Sgt. & Hannah Moss. David m.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. There is no record that names him as a surveyor. It is probably safe to speculate he was good in the wilderness. I susoect the David Ives listing 1757 is this David. He would have been 16-17. He served in Captain Solomon Buel's company of Litchfield, Ct. "On ye alarm for relief of Fort Willam Henry (Lake George) August, 1757 for 17 days". "In one of the most notorious incidents of the French and Indian War, Montcalm's Indian allies violated the agreed terms of surrender and attacked the British column, which had been deprived of ammunition, as it left the fort. They killed and scalped a significant number of soldiers, took as captives women, children, servants, and slaves, and slaughtered sick and wounded prisoners." Wikipedia

Given the placement of Lake George and period comments about the lines of supply, it should be no surprise that many veterans of the wars became familiat with areas of Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania.

Although not that close to Fairfield, VT (B), Lake George (A) is less than 50 miles from Castleton and just over 50 miles from Rutland, VT.

Record show David served during the Revolution. Later records show him in New Brunswick Canada. Stories differ on how that came to make that move.

The Green Mountain Boys, headed by Ethan Allen and members of his extended family, were a militia organization first established in the 1760s in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, (aka the New Hampshire Grants which later became the state of Vermont). The Green Mountain Boys were instrumental in resisting New York's attempts to control the territory.

During the Revolution some companies of the Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen, gained further recognition when they captured Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain ( May 10, 1775) during the invasion of Canada ( 1775);and the battles at Hubbardton and Bennington  (1777).