Have never seen good information on exactly what Vermont soldiers role was in the War of 1812. Our Howe ancestors were in for 3 mo. from Grafton in Windham Co. VT. but cannot find where they went. Please, what would be a good resource for following a town's company? anne ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherrie Patterson <judpatterson@hotmail.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 5:06 PM Subject: [CRV] Vermont Information > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_5007_539d_4073 > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > ------=_NextPart_000_5007_539d_4073 > Content-Type: message/delivery-status > > Reporting-MTA: dns;mail.hotmail.com > Received-From-MTA: dns;mail.hotmail.com > Arrival-Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:59:41 -0700 > > Final-Recipient: rfc822;CT-RIVER-VALLEY@rootsweb.com > Action: failed > Status: 5.1.1 > Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 5.1.1 <CT-RIVER-VALLEY@rootsweb.com>... User unknown > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_5007_539d_4073 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; > Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:59:41 -0700 > Received: from 205.188.196.43 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 04 Sep 2000 20:59:40 GMT > X-Originating-IP: [205.188.196.43] > From: "Sherrie Patterson" <judpatterson@hotmail.com> > To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY@rootsweb.com > Subject: Vermont Information > Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:59:40 EDT > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > Message-ID: <F34wyJR5cTNrOXlMjK600006d09@hotmail.com> > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Sep 2000 20:59:41.0190 (UTC) FILETIME=[0B5BDA60:01C016B3] > > Hello group, I was talking to my cousin this afternoon about vermont and she > told me that she had some information that she send to me and I want to > forward it on to all of you.. > > > Vermont had its beginnings in a land controversy. Near the middle of the > eighteenth century, both Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New > Hampshire, and Lt. Governor Cadwallader Colden, representing the colonial > government of New York, claimed territory in what is now Vermont. > Massachusetts claimed a small part along Vermont's southern border. Each > government petitioned the king to validate their boundaries to include the > disputed Vermont land. However, the process of petitioning did not stop > either New Hampshire or New York from issuing grants for the same land to > their own proprietors and the proprietors in turn selling the land to > settlers. > > Settlers from lower New England and New York began to arrive in â€oThe > Grants,” as they were called, in the 1760s. Previous residents of the and > included a few French settlements in the northern part of the state, the > remainder of the Native American population in the region after the French > and Indian Wars, and some early New England settlers around Fort Dummer on > the Connecticut River. By 1760, most of these settlers, with the exception > of the remaining Abenaki tribe, had moved back to more populated areas in > New England and Canada. Life for those settling â€oThe Grants” consisted > of clearing rock-laden forests. The settlers were also faced with the > uncertainty as to whether the land they were homesteading was really theirs > or belonged to someone else who also thought they had a legitimate claim. > > The Vermont land controversy between New York and New Hampshire about the > grants was complicated by different types of land ownership practiced by the > two colonial governments. Those who received grants from New York were > generally from the upper classes and leased their land on a rental basis to > others who farmed it for them. New Hampshire grants were generally given to > middle class farmers and civic leaders, who in turn sold the land outright > to those who settled it and farmed it. England settled the controversy in > favor of New York in 1764â€"a decision unpopular with most Vermonters. > > This land controversy, the French and Indian War in the early 1750s, and the > onset of the American Revolution kept the number of actual settlers coming > into Vermont low. Vermont declared itself independent in 1777, not > answerable to England or the governors of New York or New Hampshire. Vermont > recognized the land grants made by New Hampshire only and began issuing > grants of its own for land previously not claimed. Settlement began in > earnest once the Revolution was concluded in 1783. At the same time, Vermont > attempted, with a good deal of ambivalence according to some historians, to > become part of the union, eventually achieving statehood in 1791. > > Initially, after statehood, population soared. Geography played a critical > role in the state's settlement. The Green Mountains run north-south through > the center of the state, leaving the rivers as the major east-west conduits > for travel and dividing the state into mountainous areas and river valleys, > flood plains, and rock-laden terrain. Lake Champlain, running along most of > the state's western border provided means of western migration to New York > and beyond. > > Today's roads generally follow the same migration trails as were cut during > the settlement period. Small farms, nestled among the valleys and in the > Lake Champlain region, and small industries using Vermont's forest resources > constituted the major economic life of the state. Merino sheep and Morgan > horses have also played their part in the attempt to create a reliable > economy. > > Following the War of 1812 a series of economic and meteorologic calamities > occurred, including the â€oYear of No Summer(1816). A major migration of > those leaving the state was the result. An influx of new settlers > French-Canadians, Italians, and Irish among them during the > mid-nineteenth century changed, somewhat, the population's ethnic > constitution. Vermont contributed more per capita from its treasury and from > its population of young men in the Civil War than any other state in the > Union. Between the 1860s and the 1970s there was little population growth. > In the twentieth century, a devastating flood in the central part of the > state in 1927 and the national depression in the 1930s made it difficult for > Vermont to recover economically. Tourism became a strong draw in the late > twentieth century, with recreational industry and a desire to retreat from > urban and suburban living as part of the impetus for new settlement today. > > The first settlers of Vermont carried on the early New England tradition of > recording events at the town level. The vital records are incomplete before > mandatory registration began in 1857. It is not uncommon to find an entire > family recorded as a family group before 1820. In some cases, although the > event was recorded in a particular town, it may have actually occurred in > another town or state where the family previously resided. Not all the > births were recorded, even for families that did report some. Marriages and > deaths in the pre-1857 period were less likely to be recorded. > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_5007_539d_4073-- > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Any misbehaving on this list will be warned --ONCE--no second chances.. > THIS WARNING ONLY APPEARS ONCE > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >