--part1_0.a5c66a63.2579bfcb_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.a5c66a63.2579bfcb_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <VTCHITTE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za03.mx.aol.com (rly-za03.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.99]) by air-za03.mail.aol.com (v66.4) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:16:00 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-za03.mx.aol.com (v66.4) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:15:04 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA25776; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:11:56 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:11:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <002701bf3dd1$fcccc280$bb5599d0@system02> From: "Pauline Manosh" <Pmanosh@pwshift.com> Old-To: "Bill Stinson" <stingoez@funtv.com>, <VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com> References: <199911302037.MAA10060@bl-3.rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: Robt Stinson Family Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:04:27 -0500 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 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Resent-Message-ID: <PIOjL.A.kSG.bIDS4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/424 X-Loop: VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VTCHITTE-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi, Information from Vermont Historical Gazetteer:Richmond, Vermont Chittenden County. Here is what is written: A Hunter's Story: In the early day one Isaiah Preston and one Stinson, two of the early settlers of this vicinity, went out on a moose hunt. They were not fortunate until they got several miles from home. It was in the winter time, and they, on account of the depth of snow, were obliged to travel on snow-shoes. Just at night they found and shot a large moose in a hollow near the south-west and of Mansfield mountain. The shades of night were coming on, they built a fire, dressed their moose, cooked their supper of moose meat, made a bed of evergreen boughs and laid down to pleasant dreams. After they had made preparation for a night's lodging in the woods, it being very cold, Preston said to Stinson that he would take the moose hide and wrap himself up in that, which he did, giving Stinson both of the blankets. They slept soundly and well, and were umolested and undisturbed, excepting by the distant howl of the wolves. Morning dawned, and Preston thought he would unrobe himself and help Stinson build the fire and cook their breakfast; but he found his hands and legs tied so tightly by the frozen hide that he must invritably have perished had it not been for the assistance of his companion. After being restored to liberty, they hung upon a tree the portion of the moose they could not carry, and backed the rest 8 or 10 miles on their backs to their hungry families. In this way the early settlers supplied themselves with game, it being their only meat. Many are their stories of hardships and hair breadth escapes of these iron-sinewed pioneers. Also from same book Vol. 1 Bolton, Vermont: The first actual settlements were made immediately after the war of the Revolution. The precise time does not appear upon the town records; yet as near as can be ascertained from the oldest inhabitant, it is evident that some of the first settlers came from the Connecticut river valley as soon as the war closed. That there were no settlements in this vicinity at the time when Capt. John Barnet was killed, is clear, for when he passed down the river there was nothing but an Indian trail through the woods where he was killed by the Tories. (one of the first settlers in Bolton was listed as Robert Stinson listed with others.) Polly Pmanosh@pwshift.com > Hi, > > My GGGGrandfather was Robert Stinson who lived in Bolton, VT from about > 1788 to 1806. He fought in the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. He > married Phebe Martin in December 1777 at Orange County. They had at > least five children. The boys were named Allen, Andrew, and William but > the girls are unknown. After Phebe died in 1804, Robert subsequently > sold his land in 1806 and moved to Franklin County, NY for some unknown > reason. > Any further information about Robert Stinson/Phebe Martin would be > appreciated. Are there any old churches or cemeteries remaining around > Bolton that date back as far as 1800? > > --part1_0.a5c66a63.2579bfcb_boundary--