Information summarized from "Through Hopes and Dreams and Evergreens" published by the Sheffield Historical Society, September, 1993: None of the original grantees of Sheffield settled there. The first settlement was in 1794. The families were from Barrington, NH and settled in the southern part of town - they were the families of John and Richard Jenness, and James and Jonathan Gray. They were soon joined by Moses Foss, Ardchelaus Miles, Daniel Heard, and Stephen and Samuel Drown. Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT