Cynthia, A gentle thought<g> Perhaps a bit of editing would help the side of your forwarded messages? Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] Listowner MAESSEX Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Rootsweb.com Donor NH native living in MD

This list is for Caledonia county. That being the case, I wish the Caledonia County listowner would put a stop to this nonsense of permitting anyone to post anything on the list. These long Connecticut River postings have nothing to do with Caledonia County despite the comments by the sender. It is, as one listowner stated in a similar situation when he cut off similar traffic, "shameless promotion of other lists at our expense of time and server space." VincenT E. Falter

This is being sent to the mailing lists that may have ancestors from Leverett, Franklin Co., Mass. If you subscribe to 2 or more of the list above, you will get mulitiple postings...just hit delete. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Book of Records by Walter Gunn,town clerk, 1812 (spelling is just as written in the book no changes have been made) Leverett: incorporated: March 5, 1774 (was part of Sunderland) bounded: north by Montague and Wendell east by Shutesbury south by Shutesbury and Amherst west by Sunderland villages: Leverett, Hillsboro, North Leverett, Moore's Corner, East Leverett Settled: about 1750 Early settlers: Nathan Adams Joseph Hubard Elisha Clary Moses Graves Isaac Marshall Solomon Gould Jonathan Hubbard Richard Montague ____Wilde Joseph Clary Joel Smith Absalom Scott Jeremiah Woodbury Those in town during time of incorporation --1774 Jonathan Hubbard Joseph Clary Moses Graves Joseph Clary,jr Nathan Adams Elisha Clary John Keet Jonathan Graves Jonathan Field Absalom Scott Daniel Smith William Field Jonathan Field,jr Jeremiah Woodbury Jonathan Field,3rd Joel Smith Sephen Ashley Solomon Gould Josiah Cowls(Coles) Moses Keep Seth Field - ------------------------------------------------------------- births: WEEKS: Ammiel and Sarah Cynthia b. June 10,1785 Eunice b. Feb 1,1787 Susannah b. Feb 20, 1789 COLES (crossed over and changed to Cowles) Burden and Sarah(Gardner) Reuben b. Sept 26, 1798 Roxa(nna) b. May 30, 1800 Webster b. Sept 21,1801 Almira b. Feb 13,1803 Nathaniel b., b. Oct 26, 1802 Abigail b. ..no date Asa b. Oct 21,1808 Rebecca..no date Lorinda..no date Nancy H. Sept 9,1914 Ichabod b. Dec 26,1815 THAYER: Deacon Hoshua born Aug 15,1758 in Milford,Mass Sarah Courtis born May 3, 1758 in Holiston,Mass. married: June 15, 1780 had the following children: Bethia born Aug 8,1781 at Milford Chapin b. Nov 14,1783 at Milford Jacob b. Aug 9,1786 died Aug 2,1816 Sarah b. May 15,1789 Achsah b. April 9, 1792 died Dec 8,1843 Judith b. Aug 15,1794 Martha b. Dec 17,1796 died Sept 4,1798 Joshua,jr. b. April 6, 1799 Elizabeth Courtis b. Dec 5,1803 Deacon Joshua Thayer departed from this life Dec 2, 1812 Sarah,wife of Joshua died April 20, 1822 --------------------- GARDNER: Lewis M. and Mary Catherine b. Sept 30, 1828 Mary Ann b. May 11, 1830 Hannah H. b. June 27,1832 - ----------------------------------- GARDNER,ANDREW and (wife name not given) Nabby b. Feb 26, 1775 Andrew b. Sept 21, 1777 Benjamin b. Mar 30, 1779 died Jan 18,1808 Sarah b. July 30, 1780 Elizabeth b, July 18,1782 died Apr.19,__ John b. Apr 5, 1784 died July 18, 1791 Charles b. Feb 27,1786 Caty b. Oct 7,1787 died May 16,1815 Elijah b. Aug 4,1788 Henry b. Noc 30,1790 died Sept 18, 1791 Eunice b. Sept 20, 1791 - -------------------------------------------- GARDNER: Jason and Cynthia Joseph b. Jan 1, 1833 Julia--twin - ------------------------------------------ GARDNER: Elijah born Aug 4, 1788 Nabby Holden,wife, born July 4, 1788 married Aug 5,1807, by Elder Elijah Montague children: Lewis More born Oct 10, 1808 Jason Courtis b. Aug 18, 1810 Elizabeth b. Aug 3, 1812 Daniel White b. Sept 12, 1814 Clary b. Dec 24,1816 Elijah b. Aug 8, 1819 Lucy b. Oct 7, 1821 Nabby b. Feb 8,1824 Sophia b. July 5, 1826 Isaac Holden..b. Nov 2, 1828 Tryphosa M. b. Dec 1, 1832 - ------------------------------------------- BOUTWELL: Ebenezer and Mary William born and died: Oct 5, 1803 Mary b. Oct 15, 1804 Roxanna b. May 16, 1806 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WOODBURY: Isaac born Dec 11,1788 Eunice,wife, born Apr.1,1793 married: no information written in Atemas Osgood..born Aug 2, 1813 Isaac Ward..b. July 12, 1815 Lucy..b, May 30, 1817 John Elmer..b. Feb 28,1820 died June 7,1821 Samuel Stillman..b. Apr 20,1822 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WOOD: Alden and Pheby (difficult to read maiden name..looks like Fitts) Mary Lucy b. July 26, 1819 died Feb 13, 1820 Asa b. Apr 12, 1820 Lucy Abbot b. Nov 24, 1822 died Sept 25,1824 James Fitts b. July 11,1825 Ira Wood b. Feb 11,1828 Horace b. June 12,1830 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KELLOGG: Henry and Susan (looks like Broad/Proad) marriage intentions filed 1823..no further information written children: Olive Marilla: born July 2, 1824 Charles Henry: b. Nov 16,1826 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GARDNER: Jason and Cynthia (Pratt) marriage int.filed in 1831 Joseph Julia twins: Jan 1, 1833 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- part 2 .....marriages.......to be continued Cynthia listowner [email protected] [email protected]

Donald: This is being sent to Caledonia County because of migration patterns of the Connecticut River Valley.....many of the later generations from settlers of the earlier settlements on the Connecticut River in Conn and Mass...migrated to Vermont between 1750-1820. Surnames given in the town histories give genealogist/family researchers clues as to where their surnames may have come from , especially if they have gone back far enough to do so. Maybe your surnames didnt migrate from the areas mentioned but at a later date (.that is if you dont see them on any of the early town histories from 1633-1750 in Mass or Conn.) I am in Mass but I have numerous ancestors scattered in Windham co.,Windsor Co, and Caledonia county of Vermont and they all orginated in the early towns of Mass and Conn. As to SMITH and witchcraft......there are several descendants from this Smith of Hadley living in Vermont. As for BLISS and PARSON families.....there are descendants all over Mass and Vt and some NH as well......I got email from several of them. Hope this answers your question........ Cynthia listowner [email protected] Donald L Smith wrote: > Curious as to why this is being sent to the VTCALEDO list? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 1:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VTCALEDO] Re: Witchcraft in Springfield and Hadley--another > witch...named SMITH > > Carol: > I am forwarding your email to my Conn River Valley list and the other > "sister lists" so others can see your Smith who was excuted for > witchcraft.......maybe there is another person on one of the lists that > share > your Smith name. > Cynthia > Listmanager > [email protected] > > Carol Houghton wrote: > Hello List > My 8th Grandfather was Phillip Smith of Hadley and the following is a > exerpt that I have in my files of his death "by witchcraft". > Philip SMITH - b. Apr. 30, 1632; bap. Nov. 1632, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; > d. Jan. 10, 1684/5, Hadley, MA, being "murdered with a hideous witchcraft," > in the words of Cotton Mather. Son of Samuel SMITH and Elizabeth SMITH. > Married about 1657, Wethersfield, CT. The following extracts provide the > story > of the death of Philip SMITH. >From The Magnalia Christi > Americana, > by Cotton Mather - 1702. > Mr. Philip Smith, aged about 50 years, a son of eminently virtuous parents, > a deacon of a church in Hadley, a member of the General Court, a justice in > the County Court, a selectman for the affairs of the town, a Lieutenant of > the troop, and which crowns all, a man for devotion, sanctity, gravity, and > all that was honest, exceeding exemplary. Such a man was in the winter of > the year 1684, murdered with an hideous witchcraft, that filled all those > parts of New England, with astonishment. He was, by his office concerned > about relieving the indigences of a wretched woman in the town; who being > > > dissatisfied at some of his just cares about her, expressed herself unto > him > > in such a manner, that he declared himself thenceforth apprehensive of > > receiving mischief at her hands. Early in January, he began to be very > > valetudinarious. He shewed such weanedness from the weariness of the > world, > > etc.... While he remained yet of a sound mind, he solemnly charged his > > brother to look well after him. Be sure (said he) to have a care for > me.... > > There shall be a wonder in Hadley.... In his distress he exclaimed much > upon > > the young woman aforesaid, and others, as being seen by him in the room. > > Some of the young men in the town being out of their wits at the strange > > calamities thus upon one of their most beloved neighbors, went three or > four > > times to give disturbance unto the woman thus complained of; and all the > > while they were disturbing her, he was at ease, and slept as a weary man; > > yea, these were the only times they perceived him to take any sleep in all > > his illness. Gally pots of medicine provided for the sick man were > > unaccountably emptied: audible scratchings were made about the bed, when > his > > hands and feet lay wholly still, and were held by others. They beheld fire > > sometimes on the bed; and when the beholders began to discourse of it, it > > vanished away. Divers people actually felt something often stir in the > bed, > > at a considerable distance from the man; it seemed as big as a cat, but > they > > could never grasp it. Several trying to lean on the bed's head, tho' the > > sick man lay wholly still, the bed would shake so as to knock their heads > > uncomfortably. Mr. Smith dies; the jury that viewed his corpse found a > > swelling on one breast, his back full of bruises, and several holes that > > seemed made with awls. After the opinion of all had pronounced him dead, > his > > countenance continued as lively as if he had been alive; his eyes closed > as > > in a slumber, and his nether jaw not falling down. Thus he remained from > > Saturday morning about sunrise, till Sabbathday in the aftenoon. When > those > > who took him out of the bed, found him still warm, tho' the season was as > > cold as had almost been known in any age; and a New England winter does > not > > want for cold. But on Monday morning they found the face extremely > tumified > > and discolored. It was black and blue, and fresh blood seemed running down > > his cheek upon the hairs. Divers noises were also heard in the room where > > the corpse lay; as the clattering of chairs and stools, whereof no account > > could be given. This was the end of so good a man. > > > > >From History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd - 1863. > > > > Mary Webster, the woman who disturbed Philip Smith, was sent to Boston, > > tried for witchcraft, and acquitted. The young men of Hadley tried an > > experiment upon her. They dragged her out of the house, hung her up until > > she was near dead, let her down, rolled her some time in the snow, and at > > last buried her in it, and there left her. But she survived, and died in > > 1696. No inhabitant of Hampshire Co. was ever executed for witchcraft. > > > > Carol Sherman Houghton > > > > Researching: Sherman, Briggs, Smith, Dexter, Carpenter, Lovejoy, > > Matthewson, Hall, Mosher in MA, RI and ME > > Houghton, Franklin, Palmer, Moore, Jewell, Rickerson in Pa, WVa, Va and NY > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at > Ancestry.com! > > Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------EE6FB8D5F0912EAD04F428B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FORWARDING from the Hartford County , Conn mailing list... if you subscribe to 2 or more of the above list, you will get mulitple postings...keep one and delete the rest. This is the list of settlers who were living in Windsor,Conn by 1640.....there are many surnames that you will recognize throughout the Conn-Mass-Vt-and western NH migrations that settled along the Connecticut River towns Windsor was actually settled in 1633-5,does anyone have the listing of the original settlers and where they came from ? Thanks Anne for contributing ! Cynthia listowner CTHARTFO-L Ct-River-Valley-L --------------EE6FB8D5F0912EAD04F428B2 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by toucan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA23459; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA10233; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: "afutch" <[email protected]> From: "afutch" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:30:45 -0400 Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Subject: [CTHARTFO] Windsor early settlers Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/162 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Can't help with the Wethersfield early settlers but these were the settlers in Windsor, CT, 1640. First Settlers of Windsor, CT as recorded in Town Records of 1640. Henry Wolcott, Esq. Humphrey Pinney Thomas Dibble Richard Vore Bigot Egleston Edward Griswold Daniel Clark Roger Ludlow, Esq. John Porter John Taylor Aaron Cook Owen Tudor Richard Oldage George Phillips Thomas Barber Isaac Shelden Brag Rossiter Roger Williams Thos. Thornton William Phelps Walter Filer Saml. Phelps John Drake George Phelps John Bissel Peter Tilton Joseph Loomis William Hill Eltwed Pomeroy Elias Parkman Capt. John Mason Henry Stiles John Strong Nicholas Palmer Robert Watson Thomas Dewey Thos. Bascomb John Whitfield Matthew Grant Nathan Gillet Abraham Randall Thomas Ford Thomas Holcomb Messrs. Newberry John Loomis James Marshall Wm. Hosford Thomas Stoughton Matthew Allyn Wm. Hayden John Hilyer Thos. Buckland Stephen Terry Wm. Hurlbert Nicholas Denslow Hope this is helpful to some. Anne Futch ==== CTHARTFO Mailing List ==== If you have something to share with the list...please do..be sure to list resources ============================== Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp --------------EE6FB8D5F0912EAD04F428B2--

Curious as to why this is being sent to the VTCALEDO list? -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 1:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [VTCALEDO] Re: Witchcraft in Springfield and Hadley--another witch...named SMITH Carol: I am forwarding your email to my Conn River Valley list and the other "sister lists" so others can see your Smith who was excuted for witchcraft.......maybe there is another person on one of the lists that share your Smith name. Cynthia Listmanager [email protected] Carol Houghton wrote: Hello List My 8th Grandfather was Phillip Smith of Hadley and the following is a exerpt that I have in my files of his death "by witchcraft". Philip SMITH - b. Apr. 30, 1632; bap. Nov. 1632, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; d. Jan. 10, 1684/5, Hadley, MA, being "murdered with a hideous witchcraft," in the words of Cotton Mather. Son of Samuel SMITH and Elizabeth SMITH. Married about 1657, Wethersfield, CT. The following extracts provide the story of the death of Philip SMITH. >From The Magnalia Christi Americana, by Cotton Mather - 1702. Mr. Philip Smith, aged about 50 years, a son of eminently virtuous parents, a deacon of a church in Hadley, a member of the General Court, a justice in the County Court, a selectman for the affairs of the town, a Lieutenant of the troop, and which crowns all, a man for devotion, sanctity, gravity, and all that was honest, exceeding exemplary. Such a man was in the winter of the year 1684, murdered with an hideous witchcraft, that filled all those parts of New England, with astonishment. He was, by his office concerned about relieving the indigences of a wretched woman in the town; who being > dissatisfied at some of his just cares about her, expressed herself unto him > in such a manner, that he declared himself thenceforth apprehensive of > receiving mischief at her hands. Early in January, he began to be very > valetudinarious. He shewed such weanedness from the weariness of the world, > etc.... While he remained yet of a sound mind, he solemnly charged his > brother to look well after him. Be sure (said he) to have a care for me.... > There shall be a wonder in Hadley.... In his distress he exclaimed much upon > the young woman aforesaid, and others, as being seen by him in the room. > Some of the young men in the town being out of their wits at the strange > calamities thus upon one of their most beloved neighbors, went three or four > times to give disturbance unto the woman thus complained of; and all the > while they were disturbing her, he was at ease, and slept as a weary man; > yea, these were the only times they perceived him to take any sleep in all > his illness. Gally pots of medicine provided for the sick man were > unaccountably emptied: audible scratchings were made about the bed, when his > hands and feet lay wholly still, and were held by others. They beheld fire > sometimes on the bed; and when the beholders began to discourse of it, it > vanished away. Divers people actually felt something often stir in the bed, > at a considerable distance from the man; it seemed as big as a cat, but they > could never grasp it. Several trying to lean on the bed's head, tho' the > sick man lay wholly still, the bed would shake so as to knock their heads > uncomfortably. Mr. Smith dies; the jury that viewed his corpse found a > swelling on one breast, his back full of bruises, and several holes that > seemed made with awls. After the opinion of all had pronounced him dead, his > countenance continued as lively as if he had been alive; his eyes closed as > in a slumber, and his nether jaw not falling down. Thus he remained from > Saturday morning about sunrise, till Sabbathday in the aftenoon. When those > who took him out of the bed, found him still warm, tho' the season was as > cold as had almost been known in any age; and a New England winter does not > want for cold. But on Monday morning they found the face extremely tumified > and discolored. It was black and blue, and fresh blood seemed running down > his cheek upon the hairs. Divers noises were also heard in the room where > the corpse lay; as the clattering of chairs and stools, whereof no account > could be given. This was the end of so good a man. > > >From History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd - 1863. > > Mary Webster, the woman who disturbed Philip Smith, was sent to Boston, > tried for witchcraft, and acquitted. The young men of Hadley tried an > experiment upon her. They dragged her out of the house, hung her up until > she was near dead, let her down, rolled her some time in the snow, and at > last buried her in it, and there left her. But she survived, and died in > 1696. No inhabitant of Hampshire Co. was ever executed for witchcraft. > > Carol Sherman Houghton > > Researching: Sherman, Briggs, Smith, Dexter, Carpenter, Lovejoy, > Matthewson, Hall, Mosher in MA, RI and ME > Houghton, Franklin, Palmer, Moore, Jewell, Rickerson in Pa, WVa, Va and NY > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > ============================== > Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! > Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp

List: I am repeating the early Springfield , Hampden Co.,Mass settlers due to the witches of Springfield that I put out on the lists last week. There have been numerous new subscribers that did not get the early town histories of settlers that I have been putting out since June. Also as usual...this is being sent out to several list...if you subscribe to two or more of the named list, you will get that many emails of the same.....just delete ( all subject headings will be the same) -------------------------- Settlers of Springfield, Mass by 1640 Many of these settlers became settlers of Hadley, Brimfield,Northampton,and other Connecticut River Valley(Mass) towns: 1635/6: from Roxbury,Mass: William Pynchon William Blake Thomas Woodford Thomas Ufford Henry Smith Jehu Burr John Cable John Reader Matthew Mitchell Samuel Butterfield Edmund Wood Jonas Wood Roger Ludlow John Searle Thomas Horton Thomas Mirack (Merrick?) Rowland Stebbins Rev.Samuel Chapin/Chapen John Matthews - ------------------------------------ after 1636/7 to 1640: John Leonard Robart Ashley John Woodcock Richard Everit John Alline(allin/Allen) Henry Burt Henry Gregory ___Chapman Samuell Hubbard Good: Bridgeman Samuel Wright Roger Pritchard William Warriner Rowl Stebbins Thomas Stebbins Will Warrner Rich: Sikes Widow Horton Eliz: Holyoke Elizur Holyoke Jon Dover Jno.Debble thomas Cooper Jno. Dober Rog.Ashley Alex. Edwards Jno.Clarke Katherine Johns Jno.Herman Nath. Bliss Wid.Haynes/Haines Tho. Thomson Rich: Exell Jos. Parsons Jno. Matthews Will. Branch Geo. Colton Grif. Jones Reice Bedortha Will. Vahan (Vaughan) Benj. Cooley Hugh Parsons Jno.Lumbard/Lombard Thomas Bridgeman Benjamin Munn James Osbourne(Osborne) Margaret Bliss Jonathan taylor Thomas Cooper Miles Morgan Francis Ball James Bridgeman John Hurmon George Langton Jonathan Burt First minister: Rev.George moxon first recorded marriage: 1640- Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon Resources: Springfield 1636-1886: History of Town and City: Mason Green Cynthia listowner: Ct-River-Valley-L CTHARTFO-L

Carol: I am forwarding your email to my Conn River Valley list and the other "sister lists" so others can see your Smith who was excuted for witchcraft.......maybe there is another person on one of the lists that share your Smith name. Cynthia Listmanager [email protected] Carol Houghton wrote: Hello List My 8th Grandfather was Phillip Smith of Hadley and the following is a exerpt that I have in my files of his death "by witchcraft". Philip SMITH - b. Apr. 30, 1632; bap. Nov. 1632, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; d. Jan. 10, 1684/5, Hadley, MA, being "murdered with a hideous witchcraft," in the words of Cotton Mather. Son of Samuel SMITH and Elizabeth SMITH. Married about 1657, Wethersfield, CT. The following extracts provide the story of the death of Philip SMITH. >From The Magnalia Christi Americana, by Cotton Mather - 1702. Mr. Philip Smith, aged about 50 years, a son of eminently virtuous parents, a deacon of a church in Hadley, a member of the General Court, a justice in the County Court, a selectman for the affairs of the town, a Lieutenant of the troop, and which crowns all, a man for devotion, sanctity, gravity, and all that was honest, exceeding exemplary. Such a man was in the winter of the year 1684, murdered with an hideous witchcraft, that filled all those parts of New England, with astonishment. He was, by his office concerned about relieving the indigences of a wretched woman in the town; who being > dissatisfied at some of his just cares about her, expressed herself unto him > in such a manner, that he declared himself thenceforth apprehensive of > receiving mischief at her hands. Early in January, he began to be very > valetudinarious. He shewed such weanedness from the weariness of the world, > etc.... While he remained yet of a sound mind, he solemnly charged his > brother to look well after him. Be sure (said he) to have a care for me.... > There shall be a wonder in Hadley.... In his distress he exclaimed much upon > the young woman aforesaid, and others, as being seen by him in the room. > Some of the young men in the town being out of their wits at the strange > calamities thus upon one of their most beloved neighbors, went three or four > times to give disturbance unto the woman thus complained of; and all the > while they were disturbing her, he was at ease, and slept as a weary man; > yea, these were the only times they perceived him to take any sleep in all > his illness. Gally pots of medicine provided for the sick man were > unaccountably emptied: audible scratchings were made about the bed, when his > hands and feet lay wholly still, and were held by others. They beheld fire > sometimes on the bed; and when the beholders began to discourse of it, it > vanished away. Divers people actually felt something often stir in the bed, > at a considerable distance from the man; it seemed as big as a cat, but they > could never grasp it. Several trying to lean on the bed's head, tho' the > sick man lay wholly still, the bed would shake so as to knock their heads > uncomfortably. Mr. Smith dies; the jury that viewed his corpse found a > swelling on one breast, his back full of bruises, and several holes that > seemed made with awls. After the opinion of all had pronounced him dead, his > countenance continued as lively as if he had been alive; his eyes closed as > in a slumber, and his nether jaw not falling down. Thus he remained from > Saturday morning about sunrise, till Sabbathday in the aftenoon. When those > who took him out of the bed, found him still warm, tho' the season was as > cold as had almost been known in any age; and a New England winter does not > want for cold. But on Monday morning they found the face extremely tumified > and discolored. It was black and blue, and fresh blood seemed running down > his cheek upon the hairs. Divers noises were also heard in the room where > the corpse lay; as the clattering of chairs and stools, whereof no account > could be given. This was the end of so good a man. > > >From History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd - 1863. > > Mary Webster, the woman who disturbed Philip Smith, was sent to Boston, > tried for witchcraft, and acquitted. The young men of Hadley tried an > experiment upon her. They dragged her out of the house, hung her up until > she was near dead, let her down, rolled her some time in the snow, and at > last buried her in it, and there left her. But she survived, and died in > 1696. No inhabitant of Hampshire Co. was ever executed for witchcraft. > > Carol Sherman Houghton > > Researching: Sherman, Briggs, Smith, Dexter, Carpenter, Lovejoy, > Matthewson, Hall, Mosher in MA, RI and ME > Houghton, Franklin, Palmer, Moore, Jewell, Rickerson in Pa, WVa, Va and NY > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > ============================== > Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! > Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp

Connecticut River Valley and "sister list": As usual this is being sent to several list blind copy so you will only get what you subscribe to not all 12 lists. I list only names and dates of early settlers and up to the War of 1812...no later. Do not ask me to do look ups for Wilbraham as all the names are listed below. Spelling is exactly as shown in the book...no changes made - ---------------------------------------------------- HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY by Louis Everts; 1879 Wibraham: formerly part of Springfield First settler: Nathaniel Hitchcock, 1730 following settlers: Noah Alvord,1732 Moses Burt, 1733 Daniel Warner,1734 Prior to 1741: Samuel Warner, Samuel Stebbins, David Merrick, David Chapin, John Jones, Abel Bliss, daniel Lamb, Thomas Merrick,David Warriner,Isaac Brewer, Moses Bartlett,, Aaron Parsons, Daniel Parsons, Cornelius Webb, benjamin Warriner, Benjamin Wright, Henry Wright, Thomas Glover, Joseph Sikes. After 1741: Jonathan Ely, Caleb Stebbins,, Daniel Caldwell, Joseph Sikes, Philip Lyon, Benoni Atchinson, Ezra Barker First child born: Comfort Warner,15 March 1734 (father:Daniel) First death: David Jones, Aug 19,1736 (son of David and Hannah) Established as town of Wilbraham : Jan 6,1741 Miitary: 1754: French-Indian War Capt Samuel Day, Lieut. Thomas Merrick, Ensign, Abel Bliss, soldiers: John Langdon, Timothy Wright,Philip Lyon, William King(jr), Daniel Cadwell, Paul Langdon, isaac Colton, Aaron Bliss, Aaron Alvord, Benjamin Warriner, Samuel Warner, Aaron Parsons, Benoni Atchinsons, Moses Bartlett, Thomas Dunham, Paul Hitchcock, Samuel Warner(jr), Samuel Warner (sr), Moses Warriner. Revolution: Capt: James Warriner, Lieut.Wm King, John Hitchcock,Lieut; sargents: Enos stebbins,Thomas King,Aaron Alvord, soldiers: Eleazer Smith, Samuel Day, Joshua Chaffee, Samuel Merrick, Asa Chaffee, Isaac Morris, Moses Colton, Chileab Merrick, Jonathan Cooley, Isaac Dunham, Ezekiel Russell, Reuben Thayer, Benjamin Farnham, Comfort Chaffee, Jesse Warner, Jesse Carpenter, Joshua Jones, Rowland Crocker, Darius Chaffee, Ebenezer Cadwell, Joshua Eddy, Enos Clark, Ezekiel Wright, Calvin Stebbins,Thomas Coleman, Gideon Burt, Abel King, Charles Brewer, Benjamin Colton, John Stearns., Otherniel Hitchock, Charles Ferry, Jonathan Sikes, Seth Clark, Abner Chapin, Nathan Sikes, Moses Simons, Phanuel Warner, Daniel Somers, Daniel Simons, Simon Stacy, John Chaffee, Ephriam Wright, Josiah Somers, John Davis, Reuben Shayler, Nathaniel Mighets, Ephriam Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Benjamin Chubb, Moses Rood, Eli Beebe, Simon Bates, Daniel Parsons, Robert MCMaster, John McLean, Stephen Wright, Joseph Abbott, Medad Stebbins, Luther Bliss, Ebenezer Steward, Zadock Bebee, Jesse Carpenter, John and Jabez Hancock, Isaac Morris, Moses Stebbins, James Shaw, Daniel Chapin,Judah Chapin,Jesse Lamphere, John Stebbins, Perez Hancock, Joseph Sexton, Gad lamb, Gordon Percival, Jonathan Leech, Luther Hitchcock, Jonathan Merrick, Benjamin Howard, Solomon Loomis, George Cooley, Timothy Worthington, Daniel Swetland, Solomon Lothrop, Oliver King, Jabin Cooley, David Wood, John Chatterton, Lemuel Whitney, Elijah Parsons, Judah Ely, Edward Morris, Judah Willey, David White, Matthew Keep, Asa Simonds, Aaron Howard, Levi Bannister, Paul Newton, John Calkins, Moses Albert, John Huntley, Joseph Cutt(colored), Zadock Benton, David Allin, Daniel Mason, John J.Sikes, Ethan Smith, Seth Warner, Ebenezer Thomas, Titus Amidon, Henry Wright, John Orcutt, Joseph Bumpsted, Zenas Cone, Gaius Stebbins, Kitteridge Davis, Emmons Lillie, Jonas Banton, Samuel Lyon, John Raymont, Asa Woodworth, Peleg Burdick, Phineas mason, Nathan Ainsworth, Jotham Carpenter, Chester Morris, Johnson Richardson, James Richardson, Jesse Elwell, Elphilet Hodges, Francis West, Caesar Merrick(colored), Oliver Sexton, Asa Hill, John Twing, Israel Conant Shays Rebellion:: no names given, "only a few were engaged in it" War of 1812: Ralph Bennett, Stephen Caldwell, Josel Lyman, Eleazer Hitchcock, Robert Sessions, Phineas Burr, and Solomon Jones. --------------------------- Cynthia list manager Ct-River-Valley-L

Connecticut River Valley List: (and sister lists) How many of you know that there was a witchcraft frenzy in Springfield,Hampden County,Mass in 1650/1.......40 years before the Salem witchcraft trials ? "Ironically 2 women of the same name: Mary Parsons was involved. One was Mary Lewis who married a Hugh Parsons The other, Mary Bliss who married Joseph Parsons Mary(Lewis) was tried in 1651. She was a Catholic who had been separated from a previous husband for 7 years and got permission to remarry, and the 2nd husband was Hugh Parson who owned a sawmill and was a brick mason. Mary and Hugh had 2 children who died in infancy. It's suspected that the 2nd death drove Mary out of her mind. She accused Hugh of witchcraft and murder. Hugh was also accused by another woman in town who was convienced that Hugh put a spell on her. Mary later broke downand confessed to consorting with Satan and to killing her own baby, and was sent to Boston for trial. At the time,according to Picard, a historian at the Storrowton Village in West Springfield, there had been several stories of mothers in Connecticut smothering their babies and the courts took a hard line on them. Mary Lewis Parsons was condemned to death, not for witchcraft but for infanticide. When the jailers came to take Mary to the scaffold, she was so ill she couldnt move, they came back the next day and she was dead ( doesnt say how). In the meantime, Mary's husband Hugh had been in jail for a year and the jury convicted him of witchcraft but the court in Boston acquitted him in 1652. The other Mary(Bliss)and her husband Joseph Parsons, lived in the area what is now Longmeadow. This Mary apparently was high handed and haughty. Her speech was "forcible and she had domineering ways". When they lived in Springfield, Mary had walked around at night, and exhibiting other odd behavior. She would fall down, dead in her tracks and wake up failing around and not know where she was. (today she probably would be diagnosed as epilepsy or sleep walking but in those days..) Mary and Joseph moved to Northampton in 1656 and lived to regret it. Stories began to circulate about Mary from a visitor from Springfield. Before long, Mary was tried for witchcraft. after her acquittal, Joseph sued for slander the woman most responsible for spreading the rumors about his wife.....that woman was SARAH BRIDGEMAN, who was arrested, fined 10 pounds, and ordered to retract her statments. But the bitterness continued to simmer between the Parsons and Bridgeman families, flared up again in 1672 when Sarah's daughter died after only 2 years of marriage...Sarah had been dead for 2 years by then but the bereaved bridegroom seized the chance to accuse Mary(Bliss)Parsons of witchcraft for a second time. Mary was in Boston prison for 3 years before she was brought to trial, she spoke on her own behalf and was acquitted. By the time Salem was swept up in the witchcraft horror of 1692, Springfield had grown out of the witch scare. The 2 Marys are buried in the old cemetery in Hadley , lie near the judge who acquitted them. Mary "Molly" Webster , of Hadley, whose sour disposition was probably aggravated by the poverty that had befallen her and her husband. She was accused in 1683. in 1685, a gang of boys in the community decided to take matters in their own hands. They dragged Webster out of her house in winter, hanged her until she was nearly dead, rolled her around in the snow, buried her in it and left her for dead. Incredibly, Molly Webster survived and lived another 11 years...maybe out of sheer crankiness." There is much more but due to copyright laws, I just took sections of the story . If anyone wants to read the about it, the sources are listed below. Many early settlers of Springfield are in the books. Resources: Springfield Union-News: Aug 18,1999 (newspaper) Meadow City Milestones by Alice Manning: no date given A History of Springfield for the Young: 1923 Cynthia listmanager Ct-River-Valley

My ancestral lines include HASTINGS, HOLTON, JENKS in Caledonia. I am most interested in the history involved with their migration to Caledonia. Also with the history of Caledonia itself and related families. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Computer & Internet Consulting Services <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO] Caledonia List My CTRV to VTCALEDO ancestral lines include MINOR, WALKER, PALMER, BACON, KNIGHT, JUDSON, MARTIN. I also have an interest in the specific history involved with their migration to Caledonia. Tom At 11:04 PM 8/23/99 -0700, you wrote: >I would like to see some additional comments from other members >of this list on the recent and ongoing posts of genealogical >information from the lower Connecticut River. > >In my own family research we have several family lines that moved >north along the CT River Valley and settled in both Orange and >Caledonia Counties. > >In the prior situation a number of months ago on one of my lists >the material that was being posted had no New England Connection >where the present material does. > >Caledonia Cnty List manager >**************************************************** >James A. Streeter - SIR JAMES - [email protected] >President -- United States Internet Genealogical Society > USIGS Web Page -- http://www.usigs.org > >New Hampshire USGenWeb -- www.rootsquest.com/~usgwnhus/ >Sullivan Cnty Nh -- www.rootsquest.com/~usgwnhus/sullivan/ >Essex Cnty Ma -- www.rootsquest.com/~essexma/ >Caledonia Cnty Vt -- www.rootsquest.com/~sirjames/vt/caledonia/ >Lamoille Cnty Vt -- www.rootsquest.com/~sirjames/vt/lamoille/ > >Proud Supporter of USGenNet, RootsQuest and USRoots Tom Towle - IBSSG Computer and Internet Consulting Services [email protected] - http://www.sbcics.com (805) 969-4517 - P.O. Box 5448, Montecito, CA 93150 Corporate Member - HTML Writers Guild

Kevin, I must have been asleep at the wheel last week when this message first came through. I have some Hills from Caledonia County, VT in my database, my connection is Charlotte Hill who married into my Huntley line. I give a brief descendancy chart below of what is known to date. Do you have any further info on John Howard Hill and/or spouse Philindra Fuller? Thanks, Cheron DESCENDANCY CHART FOR JOHN HOWARD HILL 17 Aug 1999 Page 1 of 1 ============================================================ Name (Birth/Chr.-Death/Burial) Birth/Chr. Place - ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-- John Howard HILL (1804-1855) St. Johnsbury,Caledonia,VT sp-Philindra FULLER (1806-1861) St. Johnsbury,Caledonia,VT 2-- Louise HILL (1829- ) Glover,Orleans,VT sp-Frederick Porter CHENEY (1828-1896) Barre,VT 3-- Marion CHENEY (1854- ) Arcola,Washington,MN 3-- Reuben Howard CHENEY (1856- ) Arcola,Washington,MN sp-Nellie Adelaide BURROUGHS (1855- ) Glover,Orleans,VT 3-- Fred Nelson CHENEY (1858- ) Arcola,Washington,MN sp-Lula Irene DAVIS (1858- ) Glover,Orleans,VT 3-- Sophronia Louise CHENEY (1866- ) Glover,Orleans,VT sp-Edwin D. BICKFORD (1862- ) Glover,Orleans,VT 3-- Philinda CHENEY (1868- ) Glover,Orleans,VT 2-- Francis "Frank" D. HILL (1830-1864) Glover,Orleans,VT 2-- Satira HILL (1832-1896) Glover,Orleans,VT 2-- John L. HILL (1836-1896) Glover,Orleans,VT 2-- Charlotte HILL (1839-1888) Glover,Orleans,VT sp-Jonathan HUNTLEY (1838-1915) Waterford,Caledonia,VT 3-- Satira Louise HUNTLEY (1859- ) Marine,Washington,MN 3-- Louisa HUNTLEY (1860- ) Washington Co.,MN sp-Adelbert WILCOX ( - ) 3-- Lydia Philinda HUNTLEY (1862-1885) Washington Co.,MN 3-- Edna Marion HUNTLEY (1866-1888) Washington Co.,MN 2-- Amos HILL (1847-1915) Glover,Orleans,VT 2-- Daniel Phineas HILL (1849-1882) Glover,Orleans,VT sp-Elizabeth COOP ( - ) Kevin Spaulding wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a new subscriber to this list. I am looking for anyone who may be > researching the Hill surname in Caledonia Co. My 5G grandfather was > Thomas HILL Jr. (b. abt 1774, Acworth, NH, d. 10 Aug 1860, Waterford, > VT). He was married twice, the first being to Susannah FARR(?) (b. abt > 1779, d. 8 Oct 1808, Waterford, VT) and second to Jemima _____ (b. abt > 1784, d. 18 Dec 1863, Waterford, VT). I descend through his son Thomas > 3rd (b. 18 Oct 1798, Waterford, VT, d. 11 Feb 1873, St. Johnsbury, VT) > who married Cynthia (Fanny) ELDRIDGE (b. 3 Aug 1800, Walpole Twp., > Cheshire, NH), and then through their son Henry James HILL (b. 17 Jun > 1821, St. Johnsbury, VT). I believe that the first Thomas was the son > of another Thomas Hill who moved from Acworth, NH to Caledonia Co., VT > but I have not been able to confirm this yet. I would be interested in > comparing notes with anyone else who might be researching the Hill name > in this area. > > Regards, > > Kevin Spaulding

This is part 3 of 3 History of Amherst,Mass. For those who just signed up on the Ct-River-Valley list within the last 2 weeks may not have gotten part I and 2, please let me know. This is sent to 12 list as well as the Ct-River-Valley list..as all the list are "sister" list as we all are searching the early settlers of Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Then there's some who are searching for the settlers' children and grandchildren who later settled in Vermont and New Hampshire and then maybe, westward,and then some, stayed put and buried their roots deep. If you subscribe to more than 1 of these list, you will get multiple emails...sorry...unavoidable...the title (subject line) is the same for all 12...keep one and delete the rest. Cynthia listowner Ct-River-Valley-L (mailing list) - ----------------------------------- HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY LOUIS EVERTS: 1879 American Revolutionary War: AMHERST, HAMPSHIRE CO., MASS. The following were actively involved in the "tea party" in Boston; corresondence committees, inspection/safety committees, and of course,some were soldiers: My Note: many of the names were repeated over and over thoughout the list of those involved...if I repeat..sorry..just so many of them. the dates are 1774-1779. Capt.Reuben Dickinson Joseph Williams Moses Dickinson Jacob McDaniel Nathaniel Dickinson,jr John Dickinson Noah Dickinson Nathan Dickinson Hezekiah Belding Isaac Hubbard Ebenezer Dickinson Gideon Dickinson John Billings Lieut.Simeon Smith Thomas Hastings Elijah Baker Simeon Forbes(Fobes) Ebenezer Mattoon Martin Kellogg James Merrick Joseph Dickinson Lieut Ebenezer Mattoon,jr Josiah Warner Maj. Nathaniel Peck Timothy Green Henry J.Franklin Gideon Henderson Erza Rood Ebenezer Eastman Corporal Adam Rice Clement Marshall Ebenezer Kellogg John Hodden John Ingram thomas Morton John Dickinson(Hadley) Waitstill Dickinson Eldad Moody Martin Smith William May Ambrose Williams Samuel Buckman Giles Church David Pettis Caesar Pruitt daniel Ralef James Shay Shelah dickinson Richard Wait Nodiah Leonard,Captain Moses Cook Samuel Field Moses Hastings Simeon Pomeroy Isaac Goodale(goodell) Ebenezer Field Samuel Church James Henderick,Capt. Joel Moody Joseph Petty Stephen Smith Joseph Nash Amariah Dana Samuel Ingram Aaron Dickinson Martin Smith Elisha Dickinson Levi Clark Ethan Billings Henry Dyer John Lee Jonathan Edwards Timothy Smith Elijah Elmer John Fox Isaac Gould Nathaniel Edwards David Adams Firman Woods Daniel Lane Hezekiah Cowls John Hodden Elihu Dickinson Amasa Allen Noah Hawley Eneas Ralef Noah Gould John Workman James Barnes Simeon Peck,jr Samuel Gould,jr Benjamin Ralef Luke Coffin David Stockbridge David Blodgett Benjamin Buckman Dickinsons: Simeon,Levi,Zimri,and Elijah Elihu Hubbard Erza Day Silas Matthews David Town Matthew Moody Timothy Stockwell Nathaniel Butterfield Moses Alvord Nathan Abbott Joshua Burt John Burchet John Bush Jonas Burnett Enos Cook Judah Clark Israel Cole Sylvannus Chapin Benjamin Clough Adonijah Cole Samuel Dean Jonas Elwell Daniel Gould Enos Goodman Eliphalet Gaylord Joseph Goodale(goodell) Oliver Hastings Timothy Hilyard Elijah Hannum John Kibbee Ebenezer Kentfield Silas Lee Amos Lamb Elisha Moody William Montague Lewis Morgan Simeon Peck Jeremiah Pike James Persifield Daniel Plumly Daniel Reed Daniel Smith Aaron Smith Caleb Smith Paul Smith Elisha____ Stephen Shumway Amasa Shumway Enoch Thayer Samuel Taylor William Town William Town,2nd Jonathan Warner David Worthington Enos Woodbridge Sewall Warner Joshua Whitney William Waite Jeremiah Ballard,Capt. David Lard,lieut. Daniel Benjamin Medad dickinson Medad Moody Thomas Williams Giles Church John Dickinson Enos Cowls Amos Ayres Henry Chandler Nathaniel White Isaiah Carrier Samuel Bacon Caleb Dodge Ebenezer Darwin John Elwell Nathaniel Harrington Thomas Judd Amos Kellogg Daniel Kimball Zenas Leech John Montague William montague Isaac Marshall Jonathan Selden Benjamin Whitney Samuel Packard Ebenezer Taylor Francis Trainor John White Henry Franklin Daniel Church Jeremiah Cady Zachariah Hawley Jonathan Allen/Allin John Canada Nahum Darby William Ewing Hugh Canada Daniel Darby Josiah Pierce Carmi Wright Thomas Adams Joshua Woodbridge Owen Briggs Bezaleel Bowen Edmund Gould Elliott Gray Samuel Root Gideon Moon Aaron Barlett Joseph Robbins Simeon Morton -------------------------- The following were at the surrender of Burgoyne Oct 17,1781: (and they all collected a bounty !) Willis Coy Samuel Gould(killed) Reuben dickinson John Fox David Pettis Joseph Young Noadiah Lewis James Trumble Samuel Brown John Johnson Jonathan Battis --------------------------- TORIES of Amherst: Rev.David Parsons Josiah Chauncey and Isaac Simeon Strong,Esq. Lieut. John Field Ensign John Nash Solomon, William,Ebenezer Boltwood Deacon Simeon Clark Isaac Goodale Moses Cook Charles Chauncey Lieut. Robert Boltwood It appears that nothing serious was done to these folks, they were not allowed to vote in any meetings and had to turn in their firearms(which were returned at the end of the war). The ministers received their commissions from the royal Gov. Hutchinson and required to report to him and hence not permitted to preach..... ***********************End of Amherst History********* My Note: Seeing the list of the names of "tories" , many are the same names as listed above in those who were involved in the Rev.War....it appears that some father-sons-grandsons did not see eye to eye on breaking away from England. Cynthia listowner [email protected]

Fellow Listers: May Bean Hamilton & Elizabeth Bean - these two sisters are believed to have operated the Memphromagog House in Newport, VT. They lived in Island Pond, VT which is is next to the town of Charleston, VT. Does anyone have any information on either of these persons or the Memphromagog House? Here is what I have on these families. Thanks, Cherryl Notes for Andrew Bean: Reference - Life and Family of John Bean of Exeter and his Cousins by Bernie Bean "We do not know this list of his children with one exception. Nor do we know his wife's name. In March 1831 the family moved from Sandwich to W. Charleston, VT., where both Andrew and his wife died. In 1893 Andrew wrote a letter to Jacob Bean of Boston in which he gave the family pedigree as follows: Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, Josiah, David, John, Daniel, John. Thus one son of Andrew we know about is Andrew J. b. North Sandwich, 10 Oct 1821. Children of Andrew Bean and Hannah Briar are: 2 i. Elizabeth10 Bean. 3 ii. Lydia Bean. She married Husband Thurlow. 4 iii. May Bean. She married Husband Hamilton. 5 iv.Andrew Jackson Bean, born 10 October 1821; died 27 March 1863 in Moultonborough, NH, USA. 6 v. Mercy M. Bean, born 1823; died 1898. She married Leonard W. Huntington. + 7 vi. Hannah Bean, born 28 June 1826 in Charleston, Orleans, VT, USA; died 28 November 1910 in Merrimac, Essex, MA, USA. 7. Hannah10 Bean (Andrew9, Andrew8, Josiah7, David6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Donald2, Aaron1) was born 28 June 1826 in Charleston, Orleans, VT, USA, and died 28 November 1910 in Merrimac, Essex, MA, USA. She married Wilber Fiske Ball 19 February 1843, son of James Ball and Rhoda Palmer of Newark, VT. Wilber Ball military service: 3rd VT Volunteer Company 1 Children of Hannah Bean and Wilber Ball are: 2 i. Harriet Jane11 Ball, born 23 December 1843. + 3 ii. Emery Marncy deLafayette Ball, born 09 May 1845 in Newark, VT, USA. + 4 iii. Hannah Iola Ball, born 22 March 1847 in Concord, VT, USA. + 5 iv. Wilbur Fiske Ball, Jr., born 23 December 1851 in Littleton, NH, USA; died 15 June 1893. + 6 v. Lydia Thurlow Ball, born 18 July 1853 in Littleton, NH, USA. + 7 vi. Hannah Bean Ball, born 08 January 1856 in Groveton, NH, USA; died 05 December 1906. 8 vii. Lucius Wesley Ball, born 30 May 1858 in Lancaster, NH, USA; died 22 September 1863. 9 viii. Rhoda Arvilla Ball, born 22 December 1861 in Guildhall, VT, USA; died 14 September 1863. + 10 ix. Francis Herbert Ball, born 20 January 1866 in Lancaster, NH, USA; died 29 May 1931 in Newton, Rockingham, NH, USA. 11 x. Winifred Gertrude Ball, born 20 January 1868 in Maidstone, VT, USA; died 29 May 1931. She married Delbert E. Allen 19 October 1891.

Good Morning Folks Littleton Vermont existed from 1780 to 1797 in the geographic area which is now called Waterford Vermont. This area was in Orange County originally and later became Caledonia County. It is a beautiful town on the Connecticut River and is partially bound by Moore Reservoir. Mal Bevins, Chittenden County GENWEB Coordinator [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > VTCALEDO-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 33 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Or ["William L. Harvey" <[email protected]] > #2 Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton ["Robert H Goss" <[email protected]] > #3 Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton ["William L. Harvey" <[email protected]] > #4 Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton [Mariana <[email protected]>] > #5 [VTCALEDO-L] Caution with VRs, Was [Mariana <[email protected]>] > #6 [VTCALEDO-L] Re: Littleton, now Wa ["Darrell A. Martin" <[email protected]] > #7 [VTCALEDO] Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town o ["Robert H Goss" <[email protected]] > #8 [VTCALEDO] Hills from Caledonia Co [Kevin Spaulding <[email protected]] > #9 [VTCALEDO] Benjamin WOODS - Dunsta [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from VTCALEDO-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current Town name? > Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 14:49:35 -0700 > From: "William L. Harvey" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > My 4th Gr-Grandfather, Peleg BOWEN is said to be "of" the Town of > Littleton which is referred to as being in Orange County, Vermont, (for > a Land Deed in 1795) and as being in Caledonia Co., Vermont, (for a Land > Deed in 1797). > > I am transcribing these deeds for entry into my BOWEN database and could > work with Littleton changing from Orange to Caledonia affiliation but I > am unable to find what Town Littleton was merged with inasmuch as I am > out here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California > and Vermont references are few and far between. > > The current listings of Towns I have found on VTGenWeb Project do not > show a Littleton Town. > > Hopefully someone on this mail-list will be able to steer me in the > right direction? > > Thanks for your help- > > Bill Harvey > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current Town name? > Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 18:14:29 -0400 > From: "Robert H Goss" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Prior to becoming Caledonia County in th early 1800s, those town were in > Orange County. For that reason, early ancestral records are kept in the > County Court at Chelsea, VT. > > The map in the front of the book entitled Vermont Census 1800 shows the town > of Littleton was what is now the town of Waterford, VT and was in Orange > County at that time. Peleg Bowen is not listed although there are a number > of Bowens listed. > > If you have other Bowen names for that time, I'll look them up for you. > > Robert H. Goss > Jericho, VT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William L. Harvey <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 5:49 PM > Subject: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current > Town name? > > > My 4th Gr-Grandfather, Peleg BOWEN is said to be "of" the Town of > > Littleton which is referred to as being in Orange County, Vermont, (for > > a Land Deed in 1795) and as being in Caledonia Co., Vermont, (for a Land > > Deed in 1797). > > > > I am transcribing these deeds for entry into my BOWEN database and could > > work with Littleton changing from Orange to Caledonia affiliation but I > > am unable to find what Town Littleton was merged with inasmuch as I am > > out here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California > > and Vermont references are few and far between. > > > > The current listings of Towns I have found on VTGenWeb Project do not > > show a Littleton Town. > > > > Hopefully someone on this mail-list will be able to steer me in the > > right direction? > > > > Thanks for your help- > > > > Bill Harvey > > [email protected] > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current > Town name? > Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 16:02:13 -0700 > From: "William L. Harvey" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello Robert, > > Thanks very much for the clarification re: Littleton becoming > Waterford. > > Also, your comment about the early ancestral records being kept in the > County Court at Chelsea leads me to believe I might be able to find more > info about Peleg BOWEN there as his first ch., Joseph, was born in 1783 > and is listed with seven? others (en masse) in the Waterford VRs. There > were three of four other ch. of Peleg's (12 in total) that I found > recorded as being born in St. Johnsbury (VRs). > > Just took a peek at the Orange Co. VTGenWeb site and found a location > for the County Court as follows : Orange County Vital Records Office > Orange County Clerk > Courthouse > Chelsea, VT 05038 > (802) 685-4610 > > Hopefully I can contact them and find some additional data! > > I really appreciate your help in this matter. > > Bill Harvey > [email protected] > > Robert H Goss wrote: > > > > Prior to becoming Caledonia County in th early 1800s, those town were in > > Orange County. For that reason, early ancestral records are kept in the > > County Court at Chelsea, VT. > > > > The map in the front of the book entitled Vermont Census 1800 shows the town > > of Littleton was what is now the town of Waterford, VT and was in Orange > > County at that time. Peleg Bowen is not listed although there are a number > > of Bowens listed. > > > > If you have other Bowen names for that time, I'll look them up for you. > > > > Robert H. Goss > > Jericho, VT > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? > Current Town name? > Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:42:33 -0400 > From: Mariana <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > At 06:14 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Prior to becoming Caledonia County in th early 1800s, those town were in > >Orange County. For that reason, early ancestral records are kept in the > >County Court at Chelsea, VT. > > > >The map in the front of the book entitled Vermont Census 1800 shows the town > >of Littleton was what is now the town of Waterford, VT and was in Orange > >County at that time. Peleg Bowen is not listed although there are a number > >of Bowens listed. > > Robert, > What great information. > I have ca 1790 folk in Waterford....nice to know where I should look for them! > Also interesting that due east across the CT River from Waterford is > Littleton NH. > Mariana > > Mariana Bean Ruggles > [email protected] > Listowner MAESSEX Mail List > Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List > Rootsweb.com Donor > NH native living in MD > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO-L] Caution with VRs, Was Littleton etc. > Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:51:34 -0400 > From: Mariana <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Just something to keep in mind. > My husband has early folk in Waterford. All the children are recorded in > Waterford VR.....yet the first one was also recorded in MA, second recorded > in southwestern NH.....obviously the family was slowly moving north. > > Mariana Bean Ruggles > [email protected] > Listowner MAESSEX Mail List > Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List > Rootsweb.com Donor > NH native living in MD > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO-L] Re: Littleton, now Waterford > Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 19:44:12 -0500 > From: "Darrell A. Martin" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > At 02:49 PM 08/09/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >My 4th Gr-Grandfather, Peleg BOWEN is said to be "of" the Town of > >Littleton which is referred to as being in Orange County, Vermont, (for > >a Land Deed in 1795) and as being in Caledonia Co., Vermont, (for a Land > >Deed in 1797). > > > >I am transcribing these deeds for entry into my BOWEN database and could > >work with Littleton changing from Orange to Caledonia affiliation but I > >am unable to find what Town Littleton was merged with inasmuch as I am > >out here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California > >and Vermont references are few and far between. > > > >The current listings of Towns I have found on VTGenWeb Project do not > >show a Littleton Town. > > > >Hopefully someone on this mail-list will be able to steer me in the > >right direction? > > > >Thanks for your help- > > > >Bill Harvey > >[email protected] > > Hi, Bill: > > Due to their being a Littleton, NH literally across the river, Littleton, > VT was renamed Waterford at some time in the very late 1700's or early > 1800's. Both towns (who may at first have thought of themselves as one, > especially when Vermont was claiming a lot of territory along the east bank > of the Connecticut) were named after a Revolutionary War general. > Waterford, VT is now in Caledonia County. > > Darrell > > Darrell A. Martin > formerly of Springfield, Vermont > currently in exile in Addison, Illinois > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO] Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current Town name? > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:02:04 -0400 > From: "Robert H Goss" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Great to hear from you. I support the Barnet > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6914/barnet.htm > and Waterford > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6914/waterford.com > and am finally getting to the point where I can get time to travel that way > to gather facts to continue building those pages. > > Robert H. Goss > Jericho, VT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mariana <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:42 PM > Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? > Current Town name? > > > At 06:14 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote: > > >Prior to becoming Caledonia County in th early 1800s, those town were in > > >Orange County. For that reason, early ancestral records are kept in the > > >County Court at Chelsea, VT. > > > > > >The map in the front of the book entitled Vermont Census 1800 shows the > town > > >of Littleton was what is now the town of Waterford, VT and was in Orange > > >County at that time. Peleg Bowen is not listed although there are a > number > > >of Bowens listed. > > > > Robert, > > What great information. > > I have ca 1790 folk in Waterford....nice to know where I should look for > them! > > Also interesting that due east across the CT River from Waterford is > > Littleton NH. > > Mariana > > > > Mariana Bean Ruggles > > [email protected] > > Listowner MAESSEX Mail List > > Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List > > Rootsweb.com Donor > > NH native living in MD > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO] Hills from Caledonia Co. > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:51:55 -0400 > From: Kevin Spaulding <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi, > > I am a new subscriber to this list. I am looking for anyone who may be > researching the Hill surname in Caledonia Co. My 5G grandfather was > Thomas HILL Jr. (b. abt 1774, Acworth, NH, d. 10 Aug 1860, Waterford, > VT). He was married twice, the first being to Susannah FARR(?) (b. abt > 1779, d. 8 Oct 1808, Waterford, VT) and second to Jemima _____ (b. abt > 1784, d. 18 Dec 1863, Waterford, VT). I descend through his son Thomas > 3rd (b. 18 Oct 1798, Waterford, VT, d. 11 Feb 1873, St. Johnsbury, VT) > who married Cynthia (Fanny) ELDRIDGE (b. 3 Aug 1800, Walpole Twp., > Cheshire, NH), and then through their son Henry James HILL (b. 17 Jun > 1821, St. Johnsbury, VT). I believe that the first Thomas was the son > of another Thomas Hill who moved from Acworth, NH to Caledonia Co., VT > but I have not been able to confirm this yet. I would be interested in > comparing notes with anyone else who might be researching the Hill name > in this area. > > Regards, > > Kevin Spaulding > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTCALEDO] Benjamin WOODS - Dunstable NH to Lyndon VT > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:24:24 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I am interested in Benjamin WOODS (1767 - ? ) and his wife, > Bethiah TAYLOR. My husband descends from their son, > Oliver. > > Benjamin married in Dunstable NH and lived there until > about 1796, then moved to Lyndon, Caledonia Co. VT by > 1800. Dunstable records show 3 children born there (2 boys > and a girl), but the 1800 VT census shows he had only 1 boy. > I think that this was simply a mistake by the census-taker, > but does anyone know if Benjamin's son Benjamin Jr. (born > 1792) really did die in VT? > > Does anyone know where/when Benjamin and Bethiah died and > the names of any other children born in VT? > > I appreciate any help. > > Vickie Elam White

I am interested in Benjamin WOODS (1767 - ? ) and his wife, Bethiah TAYLOR. My husband descends from their son, Oliver. Benjamin married in Dunstable NH and lived there until about 1796, then moved to Lyndon, Caledonia Co. VT by 1800. Dunstable records show 3 children born there (2 boys and a girl), but the 1800 VT census shows he had only 1 boy. I think that this was simply a mistake by the census-taker, but does anyone know if Benjamin's son Benjamin Jr. (born 1792) really did die in VT? Does anyone know where/when Benjamin and Bethiah died and the names of any other children born in VT? I appreciate any help. Vickie Elam White

Hi, I am a new subscriber to this list. I am looking for anyone who may be researching the Hill surname in Caledonia Co. My 5G grandfather was Thomas HILL Jr. (b. abt 1774, Acworth, NH, d. 10 Aug 1860, Waterford, VT). He was married twice, the first being to Susannah FARR(?) (b. abt 1779, d. 8 Oct 1808, Waterford, VT) and second to Jemima _____ (b. abt 1784, d. 18 Dec 1863, Waterford, VT). I descend through his son Thomas 3rd (b. 18 Oct 1798, Waterford, VT, d. 11 Feb 1873, St. Johnsbury, VT) who married Cynthia (Fanny) ELDRIDGE (b. 3 Aug 1800, Walpole Twp., Cheshire, NH), and then through their son Henry James HILL (b. 17 Jun 1821, St. Johnsbury, VT). I believe that the first Thomas was the son of another Thomas Hill who moved from Acworth, NH to Caledonia Co., VT but I have not been able to confirm this yet. I would be interested in comparing notes with anyone else who might be researching the Hill name in this area. Regards, Kevin Spaulding

Great to hear from you. I support the Barnet http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6914/barnet.htm and Waterford http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6914/waterford.com and am finally getting to the point where I can get time to travel that way to gather facts to continue building those pages. Robert H. Goss Jericho, VT ----- Original Message ----- From: Mariana <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [VTCALEDO-L] Town of Littleton, Orange or Caledonia Co.? Current Town name? > At 06:14 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Prior to becoming Caledonia County in th early 1800s, those town were in > >Orange County. For that reason, early ancestral records are kept in the > >County Court at Chelsea, VT. > > > >The map in the front of the book entitled Vermont Census 1800 shows the town > >of Littleton was what is now the town of Waterford, VT and was in Orange > >County at that time. Peleg Bowen is not listed although there are a number > >of Bowens listed. > > Robert, > What great information. > I have ca 1790 folk in Waterford....nice to know where I should look for them! > Also interesting that due east across the CT River from Waterford is > Littleton NH. > Mariana > > Mariana Bean Ruggles > [email protected] > Listowner MAESSEX Mail List > Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List > Rootsweb.com Donor > NH native living in MD >

Just something to keep in mind. My husband has early folk in Waterford. All the children are recorded in Waterford VR.....yet the first one was also recorded in MA, second recorded in southwestern NH.....obviously the family was slowly moving north. Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] Listowner MAESSEX Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Rootsweb.com Donor NH native living in MD

At 02:49 PM 08/09/1999 -0700, you wrote: >My 4th Gr-Grandfather, Peleg BOWEN is said to be "of" the Town of >Littleton which is referred to as being in Orange County, Vermont, (for >a Land Deed in 1795) and as being in Caledonia Co., Vermont, (for a Land >Deed in 1797). > >I am transcribing these deeds for entry into my BOWEN database and could >work with Littleton changing from Orange to Caledonia affiliation but I >am unable to find what Town Littleton was merged with inasmuch as I am >out here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California >and Vermont references are few and far between. > >The current listings of Towns I have found on VTGenWeb Project do not >show a Littleton Town. > >Hopefully someone on this mail-list will be able to steer me in the >right direction? > >Thanks for your help- > >Bill Harvey >[email protected] Hi, Bill: Due to their being a Littleton, NH literally across the river, Littleton, VT was renamed Waterford at some time in the very late 1700's or early 1800's. Both towns (who may at first have thought of themselves as one, especially when Vermont was claiming a lot of territory along the east bank of the Connecticut) were named after a Revolutionary War general. Waterford, VT is now in Caledonia County. Darrell Darrell A. Martin formerly of Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois [email protected]