From website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrleansNewport.html Titled: TOWNSHIP INFORMATION - NEWPORT (VERMONT) Theophilus Grout from Charlestown, N.H., settled in Kirby, Vt., at an early date, where he reared a large family of children. His son Theophilus settled on the old homestead and reared three children. Josiah, the sixth child, married Sophronia Ayer, daughter of Carlton Ayer, of St. Johnsbury, and located on the old farm after the death of his brother, in 1849, where he resided until 1856, when he sold the place to his son George. Gen. William W., another son, now owns it. The surviving members of Josiah's family of ten children now reside as follows: Maj. Josiah and George, in Derby; Gen. Wm. W., Mrs. Charles H. Dwinell, and Victoria, in Barton; Mrs.Capt. Ford and James A., on the old homestead, and Theophilas in Newport village. The latter married Ellen A. Black, of Galveston, Texas, and has two children, Charles T. and Addie L. He is a prosperous lawyer.