Web site for the Fort is www.fortat4.com Great place right on Conn. River. Sandee from NH

Chapter IV continued "The Family of Dudley Chase" The wonder is how these boys were prepared for college. How did they learn even the rudiments of "some Latin and less Greek"? Many years after 1780-90 there were no English notes to the Latin grammar, or to "Sallust" or "Virgil", to aid the schoolboy or girl, as some of us know to our sorrow. These boys must have dug their way through with a determination that schoolboys of to-day never could bring to the "Lessons in Latin made Easy" in this period of the world. But one may venture to say that in these youngsters there were high aspirations, that their souls were filled with the gladness of a pure and happy youth, although they had never tasted of what may be called the pleasures of life. They had never danced at a ball, never seen a theatre, and had no idea of what is now called Society. If, as is said, the railroad is the harbinger of a new era in life, which brings with it the habits of urban civilization, art, music, books, and luxurious living, --- that was "not yet" for these boys. Fifty, yes, nearly seventy years after this period, the first railroad came up the valley of the Connecticut, in sight of Cornish plain. Prior to this, slow covered wagons brought goods from Boston, and the farmers in the winter carried in sleighs the products of the valley farms to market, and the farmer men and boys drove their fat cattle and sheep there in summer. That four of these boys at that time , so nearly of an age, should have been graduated at Dartmouth, and a fifth to have studied there (Ithamar, the father of Chief Justice Chase), is a very remarkable circumstance in itself. The course of study must have been fairly good. Some remarkable men were trained at Dartmouth about the time, -- for instance, Daniel Webster. The first child born in Cornish was Allace; and she as appears in letters written seventy years after by her youngest brother Philander, was his nurse, caring for him while his busy mother was attending to her great household, and playing with him in summer on the rocks which hemmed the banks of Connecticut, whence the children could look across to beautiful old Ascutney, green with the unequaled verdure of the Vermont hills in summer, and in winter grand with the mantle of snow. What native of this land but has Ascutney imprinted on his memory, a part of his soul forever? Allace Chase, born October, 1765, became in after years Mrs. ByBye Lake Cotton, and to her were given, by her father, another farm next to her sister, Lois Smith in Bethel. Here she lived, and died at an advanced age in 1844. She was a woman of superior attainments. It is tradition that she could repeat the whole of Homer's "Iliad", and that when her brothers were in college she kept up with them in Latin and Greek. She is also remembered as the most delightful of story tellers when she had time to give to the children. After the family came into the Church she was most earnest and influential in her efforts to build up the parish in Bethel. She was laid to rest in the church yard of the old church in Bethel. She had two daughters and one son. The son inherited the genius of his mother. He was Captain Salmon Chase Cotton, one of the earliest settlers of Grand Detour, Illinois, and one of the most charming of men, as all his old friends knew. One of the granddaughters of Allace Chase married William Henry Augustus Bissel, afterwards second bishop of his native state, Vermont. Another granddaughter married the Rev. Gemont Graves, of Burlington, Vermont. the latter is still living. (1903) Two sons came next, Daniel Corbett Chase, born January 13, 1769. He died in Philadelphia August 14, 1798, of yellow fever. Heber born, September 2, 1770, was a physician. He died in Demarara, South America, September 4, 1798. They were both unmarried. (Note; long paragraphs are broken into several for ease in reading, as in the following) Dudley, the fourth son of Dudley and Allace, was graduated at Dartmouth Coll e. He began the practice of law in 1794, in Randolph, Vermont, a town in Orange County, bordering, Bethel, in Windsor County. He was State's Attorney for Orange County from 1803 to 1817, United States Senator from Vermont from 1813 to 1817, Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1817 to 1821, and again United States Senator form 1824 to 1831. He died at his home in Randolph in 1846. The above is the brief record from a local history of Randolph. But to his friends and neighbors, and to all who knew him, he was much more than this. >From his early life, among the sturdy men of these times, he was the exemplar of thoroughness in everything that he did; he was the best farmer, had the best fences, the best and most beautiful garden, and all the working-tools about his home were cared for properly. He soon built the finest and best house in the country***, planted the finest orchards, raised the best apples, plums, and cherries that ever were seen in that country, and planned for the best and widest roads in Randolph (Center). He adopted, or rather cared for when necessary, (including two of Philander's sons at one time) telweve children, giving the girls a portion at their marriage and educating the boys. He had no children of his own. His success as a lawyer and statesman was known all over the country, and his honesty as a man and citizen never questioned. One wonders what this pure and noble man would think of the politician of to-day; the "log-rolling" of his time was of another sort. Some eminent lawyers were trained in the little office on his grounds, which is yet standing. He died at the home he built a hundred years ago. It stands embowered in the maples he planted, and looks as if it might stand hundreds of years longer. *(INDEED! it has for at least a hundred, I took a photo Sept 2000) He and his wife Olive rest in the old graveyard at Randolph Centre (Only one far as I know) Rachel Chase, the last daughter on the list, the childish companion of the little brother Philander, came to Vermont and spent her married life in Royalton on the White River. Her husband was Dr.Joseph Adam Denison, who was the authority in medical world for fifty years in that vicinity, as was his son of the same name, but whose life was cut short in comparatively early years. Many of them are professional men of standing in various parts of our country. Among these may be mentioned Dr. Charles Denison of Denver, and Prof. Charles Denison, University of Michigan. **Philander, the fifteenth child of Dudley and Allace Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, December 14, 1775. He was married in 1796 to Mary Fay, the daughter of Mary Page Fay and Daniel Fay, of Hardwick, Massachusetts. [*Will email (1) page with my photo taken of Dudley's house, along with one which I scanned from above book; showing then and now. (2) Have a photo page of Christ Church as it is today. It will be easier for this simple minded to attach both of these at same time to those who request at my email address. ** You will note that Philander was often referred to as "Little", even when he had grown full in statue --- later on you will read descriptions of "little" Philander. ] *** It is tradition that Dudley built his house in hopes that Randolph (Center) become the sate capital and his house used as the governor's mansion. That did not happen, nor did Randolph Center become the "center" of the Randolphs because of the railroad being laid in Randolph in the valley. End Chapter IV Harriet M.Chase hatchase@uswest.net

----- Original Message ----- From: <FIrock@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 4:08 PM Subject: [CRV] 1774 Map > Sorry, also have the map, and can't seem to get it right, tried to put on the > web page, but must not have done it right, website is: > > http://www.usgennet.org/~ahctfair/index.html I didn't find the link to where the map should be. BTW, <<First Newspaper- Hartford Current, October 29, 1764>> ^^^^^^^ You should spell that "Courant." http://www.ctnow.com/ Cheers, Warren (ex-denizen of West Hartford) > Anyone interested, $2.00 and snail mail apply....sorry it takes to much > of my time on the computer, and I can only go on maybe once a day > if that......I will copy and send asap...... > > Terre > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [Allen county library] > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp >

This continues the book: Town Records of Cambridge,Mass,City Clerk;1901 ------------------------------------------- The 8th of February 1635 New settlers.......town granted lotts to: John Haynes.....9 ackrs Tho Dudley.........6 ackrs Symon Bradstreet.....5 ackrs Mathew Allen..........5 Samuel Dudly.........3 Tho. Hosmer...........5 Will. Westwood.......5 William Peintrey......5 Andrew Warner.......4 John White.............2 William Wadsworth....3 James Homsted.........5 Tho.Scott............3 William Lewis.......2 Stephen Hart........2 Will Goodwine.......2 Tho. Hooker.........3 [later settled Hartford,Conn] Dan: Denison.......3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [same date] "Names of men whoe have houses in the towne at this present as onely are to be accounted as houses of the towne" John Haynes, Govr 6 moore in the towne Tho: Dudly Roger harlackenden Tho.Hooker Comfort Starr James Olmstead Clement Chapline Robert Bradith/Bradish George Steele Edward Stebing [stebbins] Tymo.Stanly Jonnas Austine Tho. ffifher [Fisher?] Peter Buckly Abrah. Morrill Tho. Beale Raph Hudson John Pratt William Spencer Tho.Spencer Barnab. Lambson John Arnold Tho.Wells John Woolcott James Ensigne Daniel Patrike Richard Lord _mph Vincent John Santly Mathew Allen William Andrews Richard Beats Tho. heywarde Will French John Ringe Nath Richards Widdow Sackett Symon Willard ------------ houses in Cowyard Rowe Nicho. Danforth Symon Bradstreet ---------------------------------------- In the westend of towne Raph Hudson William Spencer Nicho.Roberts Tho.Hosmer Symon Crosbey John Beniamen John Masters John talcott John Clarke John Bridge Guy Bambridge Richard Champnes Tho. Judd Robert Day Edmond Hunt William Wetherall John Maynard Tho. Shepard John Hopkins _______Marratt _ill Towne ___Hancocke Daniel Abbott ___ter Musse _______Wadsworth ____Lewis ___Readinge ______Besbeth ______^^ring _______^^ke John Gibson John Champnes Garrad haddon Antho. Couldbey William Mann William Joanes [Jones] Josiah Cobbett ------------------ houses by the pyne swampe Joseph Mygate --------------------------- south side of the river Richard Girlinge William Wetherall[sold to ___Benjamin and then to Edm.Angier] ------------------- by the Fresh Pond Gilbert Crackbone Walter Nicholes Will, Adams Richard Parke Widow Grenne [Greene?] ----------------------------- ------------ Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

Chapter IV THE FAMILY OF DUDLEY CHASE The three eldest girls, Mercy, Lois, Abigail, now have grown into capable young women, well prepared to become heads of homes, in all that was needed. About this time Deacon Chase acquired considerable wealth by the sale of his lands, and he evidently was an excellent business man. His farm furnished the family with means of comfortable support. In 1780 he began to consider ways and means for providing his young people with homes for themselves. For this object he proposed to invest in "more land." He therefore started out to explore the valley of the White River and its "West Branch" in particular. This journey was made on foot and alone;and late at night, weary and hungry, he made his camp at a point near the site of old Christ Church, in what is now called Bethel, in Vermont. Here he found a convenient (?) stone for a pillow, and doubtless made himself as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. He soon feel asleep and like Jacob of old, dreamed that he saw the "Angels of God ascending and descending a ladder down from Heaven, " and this he considered a token that he had found the land of promise. Upon awakening and resuming his search, he saw that meadow-lands up "the branch" were fair and fertile; he therefore concluded his purchase of a township of land, and named the same Bethel, the western portion, Gilead; and Bethel-Gilead it has been unto this day. Into this town of Bethel-Gilead came, not long after, several of Deacon Chase's daughters and their husbands, and one of his sons, Simeon. Mercy, born April 7, 1755, second child, and eldest daughter of Dudley and Allace Chase, married (Enos?) <<author's (?)>>Child. This couple came to Bethel-Gilead and there brought up a large family. Among their grandchildren were at least three clergymen, the Rev. George P. Commings, the Rev. Stephen Child, and the Rev. Henry Stafford. Lois Chase, third child of Dudley and Allace Chase, was born August 16, 1756. She married Benjamin Smith. The couple settled upon the fertile farm situated upon the West Branch of the White River in Bethel,Vermont. They were made happy by many children, most of whom emigrated to the far West. Among the grandchildren is Colonel Dudley Chase Smith, now living in Normal, Illinois. [BTW; the book I have has "Dudley Chase Smith, Normal, Illinois" hand written in the front. Pretty cool! huh!] Simeon Chase, second son of Dudley and Allace Chase, was born June 14, 1758. He settled upon a portion of the township of land called Bethel. He married Molly March. This couple had but two children. "Uncle Simeon" is remembered as a very handsome old man, always in his place at church, which still stands on what was his own land. He rests in God's Acre near old Christ Church among many of his kindred. Abigail, the third daughter, was born November 9, 1759. She married John Morse. They had several children, one of whom was the Rev. Intrepid Morse, who was a faithful servant of God and one of the earliest clergymen of Ohio. He always remained true to his first bishop. ( I am sure the author felt the need to point this out--- for reasons you will see much later). His honored grave is in God's Acre at Gambier (Ohio), and his memory is blessed in the hearts of old friends. Three sons came next upon the long list of the children of Deacon and Alllace Chase. Salmon, born July 14, 1761; Ithamar, September 27, 1762; Baruch, March 27, 1764. *Author's foot note: In a copy of the family record taken from the Chase family Bible, now owned by Joseph Dudley Dennison of Randolph, Vermont. It is stated that John, born in Sutton, April 30, 1754, was the oldest. He died in infancy. Of these their youngest brother, in his "Reminisces", says: "Salmon was a barrister in Portland , Maine, of whom the late Judge Dawes of Boston was heard to say that 'he never saw him enter the court but with feelings of respect.' " He died in 1806. It is probable that this young man must have left the paternal nest very early in life, as his brother gives no further record of his career and there is no mention that he was married. He was graduated at Dartmouth, and must have been among the first of her alumni. Ithamar, the next son, also studied at Dartmouth and was for many years a member of the Council of the State of New Hampshire. He died in Keen, New Hampshire, in 1819. He married a Miss Rallston, and of several children, sons and daughters, one was named Salmon Portland in honor of his uncle; his life story is on record in the annuals of his country. Baruch, the next son, also a graduate of Dartmouth, the last of the pre-Cornish children, was solicitor for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, for many years, and president of the Merrimac county bank. He died March 4, 1841, at his home in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He was a charming old man with a sweet gentle face. His wife was Miss Ellen Wiggin. She was a sister of Timothy Wiggin, of Manchester, England. Chapter IV to be continued Harriet M. Chase hatchase@uswest.net

Sorry, also have the map, and can't seem to get it right, tried to put on the web page, but must not have done it right, website is: http://www.usgennet.org/~ahctfair/index.html Anyone interested, $2.00 and snail mail apply....sorry it takes to much of my time on the computer, and I can only go on maybe once a day if that......I will copy and send asap...... Terre

Hi everyone, After a death in the family, (last week) I have put my web pages on hold for now......still don't have the time, and if anyone from the connfairproject list is here, I will post to that list also....I am just not into working on the computer at this time. I have received three 1800 books, all three have bio's in them, one is poets from England, and one on poets in America. The other one is Records of living officers of the Navy. The book from England is missing a few pages from the index, so that could take longer...the others are fine. I can look up your names, but if I find them, hate to say, you could send me $2.00 and I will make a copy. They are at least a page long (if not more) I could let you know...this would cover copy and postage, sorry, I just don't have the time to type this all out, otherwise, I would put it on a web page....I just wanted to help in some way, but like I said, just don't have it in me to sit and type, too much still going on. Thanks, and hope I can help you...... Terre

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Thank you everyone for your kind response to my question. I have been on many lists and have unsubscribed after a while but have stayed with this one for this very reason (and the fact that it is so interesting; Cindy, you have done a terrific job!) This list rocks! Ken Roberts

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The names on the tablet that I just posted.......I said the tablet was in Jamestown,Va when it should have said Yorktown,Va where George Washington checked mated Cornwallis and ended the Rev.War. ------------ Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

There is a tablet located in Jamestown,VA., on the original settlement site from the Daughters of the American Revolution of Massachusetts : ----- the tablet [dated 1907] lists the following ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Massachusetts:[remember Maine was part of Mass then] Capt. William White Lieut Samuel Rogers Serg. James Willimas Joseph Allen Seth Andrew William Antibel James Battles Justus Burck John Burk Abel Cain Jonathan Chase Daniel Cornish William Gould James Grandy Stephen Hammond Aesop Harding James Hayward William Herrington James Rix/Dix Javob Jones Benjamin Kemball Stephen Linsey James McCarter Caesar Molton William Mosher Solomon Newton James Parmenter John Ricards Seth Sampson Nathaniel Sargent Edward Snow Nathan Taft Daniel Thomas Isaiah Thomson Asa Toun [Town?] Colley Wallis George Webster James Wetherbee James Whiting **Silas Whitney --------------------------------------------------------- Connecticut Capt Zeanas Barnum Ensign Ebenzer Daggett Caleb Benton Ezra Downer David Goodrich Samuel Manning Timothy Mansfield Timothy Parker Josias Poheague Stephen Wade James Wasson ----------------------------------------- New Hampshire Colonel Alexander Scammell ------------ Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor

This message specifies what kind of book Ken wants.............. "Historic Towns of the Connecticut River Valley" by George Roberts; Heritage Books, 1992 http://www.heritagebooks.com Goes town by town from Saybrook,Conn to Windsor,Vt........ starting with settlement and there are some names mentioned of settlers....pictures.....etc.,,,,,,easy reading and interesting. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sailor817@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:26 PM Subject: [CRV] Re:History Lesson ?/ LIFE OF PHILANDER CHASE #3 > Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good > book re. the history of the CRV? > Ken > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Ken: What kind of book are you looking for on the CRV ? history ? novel ? etc. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sailor817@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:26 PM Subject: [CRV] Re:History Lesson ?/ LIFE OF PHILANDER CHASE #3 > Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good > book re. the history of the CRV? > Ken > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Ken I "just happen to have" a brochure re "The Fort At No.4" since my sister and her family were reenactors there for a few seasons. It is located on N.H. Route 11 "approximately 1 mile north of the village of Charlestown; one-half mile south of the springfield, VT - Charlestown, N.H. exit No. 7 off I-91. -Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sailor817@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 20, 2000 12:26 PM Subject: [CRV] Re:History Lesson ?/ LIFE OF PHILANDER CHASE #3 > Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good > book re. the history of the CRV? > Ken > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

That would be in Charlestown, NH Joan > Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good > book re. the history of the CRV? > Ken > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Chapter IV Continued PIONEER LIFE Of the young men who were born before coming to Cornish, now grown to manhood, there were four, Simeon, Salmon, Ithamar, Baruch; for these woods and streams furnished infinite delight, mingled with enough pleasure, while adding to the resources of the family by their tributes of venison and wild birds from the forest, and trout from the cool streams coming to meet the beautiful river from the north. No doubt the boys hunted for the wild honey which wild bees had stored for many summers in the wilderness, and searched and found where the hill strawberries grew and the wild raspberries ripened cool and sweet under the beech trees and in the partially cleared land, where sweet blackberries tempted their sisters into dangerous fields out of sight of the smoke of the big chimney at the home. In the winter, when the moon shone bright up and down the frozen river, what a pleasure, to slide or skate or drive a sled with all their might, their young hearts beating with joy of mere living! The humorous side of life gave these children a certain pleasure which any of the same class could not appreciate; besides, by some means, they had books, scarce as they must have been. Of newspaper there could have been none; what Deacon Chase knew about the Revolution was brought to his ears by transmission from mouth to mouth by settlers down the Connecticut. The farmer of to-day may profitably look back, through the vista of one hundred and twenty-three years, to the days when the farmer of 1780 worked his woodland acres by means of a rude plough, fashioned in part by his own hand, and propelled by an ox team. All the tools were more or less made at home, at least the parts constructed of wood. The grain, most of it, rye and oats, was threshed by flais (???) made of very hard wood, and fastened by leather thongs at the joint. These flails are curiosities now, but their cheery thump from the open barn doors on sunny days in winter is one of the memories of the childhood of people now living. "Faning mills" were not then invented, and cleaning the grain from fine dust and straws was done by means of a "cradle" manipulated by the farmer's strong arms. Added to these little inconveniences, matches were not in use for nearly sixty years after this period. The coals on the big kitchen hearth stone were not allowed to go out at night, but were carefully covered with ashes; or should such a dire accident occur, fire must be produced by means of a flint and tinder box, or the hot coals sent from the neighbors, if within reach. Imagine the situation in the dark night in mid winter with a child ill with a sudden croup! Smoking was not made easy in those days; the kitchen tongs, heavy as they were, held the hot coal to the plug weed, finely shredded, or the tallow candle was held to the cob pipe, ere the soothing weed might console its owner. But perhaps these stalwart young Chases were not addicted to or held in bonds by this habits. Mistress Allace for all these busy years was the mainspring in this extraordinary household. From 1764 to 1785 great changes occurred in her family. End Chapter IV Harriet M. Chase hatchase@uswest.net

verbatim unless: ...... shows parts chosen not to be included. ( ) My notes CHAPTER III - Pioneer Life The family life begun so happily in the log cabin on the banks of the Connecticut was a very busy period during the winter following the events of that summer, so pleasantly described by Mistress Allace in the last chapter. Any one familiar with pioneer life can imagine what it was for the mother of a large family, shut in by wintry storms in a log cabin, without neighbors, and without access to aid in time of sickness or serious accident. Doctors and nurses there were none, but this family seems to have been cared for especially as, of fifteen children born to them in an incredibly short period, but one died in infancy; the reaming fourteen grew up to be men and women of a type well known in the annuals of New England, "makers of history" in the true sense of the word. There is no record of how the years passed with Mistress Allace and her husband, but we naturallly conclude that as the "rising prospects of the family, " before alluded to , continued to cheer them on, additional house room must quickly have become a necessity. How soon the house of "Cornish plain" was built is not now apparent,but as the seven very soon became ten sturdy boys and girls, we imagine that so thrifty a couple made flitting to three miles south of their first home in a short time. Meanwhile, local history indicates that the settlers from Massachusetts and Connecticut were not only creeping up the river valley, but penetrating year by year into the fertile lands of White River, in Vermont, and its tributary streams, the "East and West Branch." At Royalton, on the White River, in 1780, there was a considerable settlement, which was that year burned by the Indians; several persons murdered and others taken prisoners, --- in every building was destroyed except a small shed which still stands. Some of these prisoners returned to their homes after two years among the Indians. Randolph, Vermont was first settled in 1776. In 1780, the Indians, on their triumphant way from the burning of Royalton, captured seven men in Randolph, half of the male population of the town. These all returned after a captivity of two years. It may be taken for granted that, before the birth of young Philander in 1775, December 14th, this large family of young people and their parents had plenty of work to do in providing for the needs of the younger ones , as well as their own. Deacon Chase, who was of Puritan stock, and his wife, kept a firm hand upon all these youngsters. Happily, however, for both himself and his children, he had a keen sense of humor, which most of them shared with him. The three girls born before coming to Cornish were now old enough to be of great help to their mother. As soon as possible Deacon Chase provided cows for the comfort and sustenance of the growing family. Butter and cheese was made by wife and children. Sheep were also brought into the country; the wife and daughters were provided with spinning wheels, and it was not long before a hand -loom and all necessary implements for the manufacture of woolen cloth were provided, to wit; the wheels, reels, reeds, shuttles, etc. (the following bear some explaining by an interested/informed reader) Carding the wool by hand for spinning must have been necessary, for the "rolls"" could not then have been made by machinery, and this was also the work of women in a New England household. In due time flax was raised upon the farm, and then it underwent an elaborate process, --- pounding in brakes, "swingling" with a swingle knife, and beating with a beetle, until it became soft, and then it was "hetchelled." All this was work for a man. When the flax was thus prepared came the woman's work, spinning. This was done by means as of the "little wheel", and was a work of much nicety and carefulness. No doubt Mistress Chase took this delicate work to herself. As this period all the cloth and linen for family use was made at home, --flannel and woolen cloth for underwear, coats, and trousers; yarn for stockings and mittens; linen for sheets and pillow-cases, towels and tablecloths; heavy yarn for bedspreads woven in curious and even beautiful patterns, - all these and more were women's work. Beside these, there was hard work for women when hogs were killed and lard was to be "tried out, " sausages made, pickling and preparing hams and bacon, and salting the fat pork; and then when the fat beef was killed there was another process of picking and salting. And then candles were to be made after the tallow was "tried out." Add to this the fact that all the ordinary cooking was done over a fire in the big fireplace, --- frying, boiling, and broiling, -- much of the baking in an Dutch oven, potatoes roasted in the ashes, and the bread mostly from Indian corn and rye; while pies and cakes were baked in a brick oven, with beans and meats, all prepared by women's work. Soap and starch were also made at home with infinite labor and painstaking. After orchards began to bear fruit, cider was made in great quantities, and cider brandy of domestic manufacture furnished enough of the necessary (?) <authour's ? mark> stimulant for men of that day. Barrels of apple-sauce were provided for winter use also. Sugar was made in early spring from the sap of maple trees, although involving much labor both outdoors and in the kitchen. It was a gala time for the children when the snow, still on the ground, began to melt, and the boys got out the big kettles and the sap-tubs and hied (???) themselves to the sugar bush. Chp.4 Cont'd

Yes, at Charlestown, NH. There is a reconstructed "Old Fort at No. 4" there, which is a great place to visit, with lots of programs, renactments of events, and publications, including one on the early history of the fort. They have a Web site and an email address: fortat4@cyberportal.net You might try Walter Hard's "The Connecticut" written in 1947, so probably out of print now. There don't seem to be any recent comprehensive histories of the CRV. Sylvia On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 Sailor817@aol.com wrote: > Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good > book re. the history of the CRV? > Ken > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gene.Library) > listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Where was Fort #4 located on the Connecticut? Can anyone recommend a good book re. the history of the CRV? Ken