Hi, Not sure if this will help. In Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer: Pittsfield, Vermont Rutland county: pg. 936 Vol. 3 A Congregational Church was formed Sept. 17, 1803, by the Rev. Martin Fuller of Royalton, consisting of 16 members, viz. Nath'l Stone, Nathan Stone, Levi Partridge, Asa Gilbert, Isaac Eddy, Betsey Eddy, John Gaius, Ruth Gaius, Dan'l Bow, RHODA STONE, Molly Blossom, Hannah Gilbert, Molly Bow, Elizabeth Durkee, Rebecca Stone and Lydia Hayden, being inhabitants of Stockbridge and Pittsfield, chose Nathan'l Stone for their moderator, and Isaac Eddy, scribe: which church was supplied with preaching by various ministers from abroad; some by voluntary service, others being hired for longer or shorter periods, as they could provide means-among whom were, Archibald Cambell, Elder Rich, a very corpulent man, who would walk with his staff from Pittsford, a distance of 12 miles across the Green Mountain, through the woods, when the road was barely cut out, and not much worked. The church was composed of members both in Stockbridge and Pittsfield, and was for many years called "the church of Stockbridge and Pittsfield." (Vol. 3 pg. 880 Pawlet, Vermont Local Government: by the laws of 1779, after the State government had gone into operation, a large share of criminal offenses were punishable by whipping on the naked back, from ten to one hundred lasses, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense. For several crimes they were required to wear in some conspicuous place on their garments the initial letter of the crime they had committed in addition to the whipping. These laws inflicting corporal punishment were continued and modified from time to time until about 1816. We ourselves remember an instance of its infliction on a young lad who was convicted of theft, by SIMON STONE, second constable. ( There is another Simon Stone listed in my index for Brattleboro, Vermont " but I do not have any information on him.") ( There is Ebenezer Grout listed in my index for Dummerston, Vermont Windham County again, I do not have any information on him.) Polly Pmanosh@pwshift.com > HI, > I have been looking for a marriage record for Canadian gr gr parents > to no avail. The time period would have been about 1830 give or take a > few years. I wrote to the VT state records office and they had no > record of their marriage. I think the family was Baptist at that time. > From other postings, it seems people have found a lot of marriages > records in Highgate and Franklin. Can anyone please help me with other > ideas. I have searched every place I can think of in Canada. > The names I am looking for are Ebenezer Groat and Rhoda (Stone). > She was the daughter of Simon and Anna Stone. > Thanks very much! > Audrey Growt