Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Mon. April 27, 1891. PROCTOR, VT. E. E. Blood, who was seriously injured by the kick of a horse which he was driving into the mill some two months ago, and who had apparently recovered from the effects of the accident and had for some little time been at work again, died suddenly from rupture of the heart on Saturday evening last. He had started from home to go to his place of work, when he was taken with hemorrhage and fell to the ground. Help was speedily procured and he was taken in a team to his house, but he expired before he reached it and in only a few minutes after being, first taken ill. An autopsy by Dr, Newell in the afternoon revealed the cause of death as above stated, as a direct result of the kick from the horse which struck him in the region of the heart. He leaves a widow but no children. C. E. Holden goes to Chicago within a few weeks to begin his labors as traveling salesman for the Chicago Marble company, a branch concern of the Vermont Marble company. One of the millinery establishments of this village will change proprietors in the near future on account of family affairs. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Mon. April 27, 1891. RUTLAND, VT. MRS. ALICE PECK ROUNDS. Mrs. Alice Peck Rounds, wife of J. P. Rounds, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock of pneumonia at her home on Elm street. Her age was 42 years. Mrs. Rounds had been in feeble health for several years,and an attack from the grip, which changed to pneumonia, found a constitution already weakened by long illness, and from the first her recovery could not be expected. She was born in East Dorset, and soon after her marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rounds moved to West Rutland. Three years ago they came to Rutland, where they have since resided. The funeral will be held at the house Tuesday at 9:45 a.m., and the burial will be in Dorset. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Sat. July 7, 1956. PITTSFORD, VT. July 6--Thorndyke E. Wing, 55, died early today at the Proctor Hospital following a short illness. He was born Nov. 19, 1900, in Brookline, N. Y.,the son of Frank and Laura (Savory) Wing. A resident for the past 10 years in Pittsford, he was a graduate of Amherst College. Besides his wife, Orpha, he is survived by a brother, Lumes of Islip, N.Y., two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Williams of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Mrs. Priscilla Downey of Montclair, N. J., and nieces and nephews. Services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Barnard Funeral Home in Pittsford. Officiating will be the Rev. George Paul. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kmuchmore6403 Surnames: Harrington, Harris, Britton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/4815/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am looking for information about an Alonzo Harrington who was in the Tiffin Ohio area around 1874. He is listed on my G-Grandfathers birth certificate 2/17/1874. But by 1880 my GG-grandmother had married Patrick Harris and he had adopted my G-Grndf - his name is Gordon Donald Harrington Harris. Any help would appreciated - I've run into a dead end Thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Aug. 30, 1943. CUTTINGSVILLE, VT. Schools in town will open Tuesday September 7. Miss Sunison of Middlebury will teach at the Center, and Mrs. Florence Cook of Mt. Holly will return to Cuttingsville. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bolan of Everett, Mass., is a guest of Mrs. L. J. Synder. Wesley Jordan has returned to his work in Chestnut Hill, Mass., after spending a week at his home. Mrs. Colburn of Ludlow who has been staying with Mrs. F. O. Foster, has returned home. Will Rowe is in Rutland receiving treatment for a recent injury. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Thur. Aug. 26, 1943. SOUTH POULTNEY, VT. Quilym L. Hughes of San Francisco visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Hughes. The Misses Elizabeth ,Linnie and Alice Roberts of East Orange, N. J., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Gilman of Truthville and Miss Ethel Fenton of East Poultney. Mary Morris, Frances Commons and Daniel Reese have returned to Albany, N.Y., after visiting Mrs. William F. Morris. Mrs. William Daniels of Granville, N.Y., visited her daughter, Mrs. Dan DeBonis, jr. Pvt. Stanley Rowland, stationed in San Francisco, is spending a furlough with his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Griffith. Mrs. Ellis Evans and granddaughters are spending several days in Springfield with her son, John E. Evans and family. Pfc. John D. Hughes of Rhode Island visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Hughes. Hugh R. Hughes and son, Quilym L. Hughes, have returned from New York were they visited Hughes' other son, Sergt. Robert Hughes. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Mon. Aug. 30, 1943. Page 7. RUTLAND, VT. Rutland Man's Brother Dies In Jap Prison Don A. Fournier of 55 Prospect street yesterday received word that his brother, Bernard Fournier, 34 formerly of Swanton, had died in a Japanese prison in Tokio on July 29. The young man was a chief radioman in the United States Navy, having been in the service for 15 years, His death was due to an intestinal ailment. He was taken prisoner at Corregidor and afterward was held in Camp Taiwan in Formosa. He was reported as missing by the War department about the middle of May 1942. Relatives received a message from him dated Mach of that year. Chief Radioman Fournier had served on many United States warships. He was on the presidential yacht Mayflower, when it was burned at its dock in 1934 and he was an eye witness to the burning of the dirigible Hindenburg at Lakewood, N.J. He leaves besides his brother here, three sisters, Mrs. Homer Holbrook of Swanton, with whom he made his home, Mrs. Ralph Griswold of Buskirk, N. Y., and Mrs. Grafton Griswold of Chatham, N. Y.; two brothers, Ernest Fournier of Riverside, R.I., and Oscar Fournier of Somerville, Mass., who is a member of the United States Army. Memorial services for the young man will be held at Swanton on Sunday,September 5. Mr and Mrs. Don Fournier of this city will attend the services. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BarbaraBoyajian40 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/439.682.696/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you are still on here I would like information regarding Gladys Dupree, she was my grandmothers sister. Thank you!! [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Drat, This definitely isn't my Job Prince. He was white, born in White Creek, Washington County, New York. I know he was deceased by 1831 because his father was Job Prince, Sr, died in 1827, in the estate file there is a letter from Joel Simonds dated 21 April 1831 Joel Simonds of Pawlett, Rutland County VT to John Sprott; equal undivided one-tenth part of lot in Moreau "being the same farm that Job Prince deceased was lawfully seized of at the time of his decease."...to convey all the interest that belonged to Job Prince Jr. deceased as heir of Job Prince aforesaid deceased." This was filed in Saratoga County, New York, after his mother, Rhoda Kibbe Prince, died in 1831. There is a possiblity Job, Jr. owned a business, probably a mill of some sort, when he died. Thanks for the help. One of these days, I'll get to VT to do some look ups. Annette Message: 8 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:11:03 -0700 (PDT) From: JEAN BUSHEY <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Rutland papers circa 1831 Prince Jr. To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Annette,I checked "Extracts from The Rutland Weekly Herald'for the year of 1831 ,By Dawn D Hance and Joann H Nichols.No one with the Prince name. Jean M [email protected] wrote: ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:36:01 -0400 From: Patty Pickett <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Rutland papers circa 1831 To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk t=en-us ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:46:11 -0400 From: "Joann H. Nichols" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Rutland papers circa 1831 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Patty, There is a lot online about this family. They weren't listed in the VT 1791 census, but I'm sure they were living in Guilford at the time, and I believe owned property. I am including them in the project I am doing on the "other free persons" who were heads of household in the 1791 VT census. For some reason they must have been missed. There was a Benjamin Wheaton in Brattleboro who was missed as well. I'll be speaking at the GSV meeting about these two as well as many from Orange and Windsor Counties. I also have a couple from Rutland County. Joann Patty Pickett wrote: > Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. > She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. > Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. > The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. > I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. > If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rangerrose Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/4814/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On a WWI registration card done in Sept 1918 one THOMAS GUTHRIE, aged 32, b May 4, 1886 and reporting he owns his own Garage, as well as being a farmer reports that his nearest relative is Jennie Guthrie Roberts, residing in W Pawlet I have found the following 1900 West Pawlet Roberts, Richard 31 Roberts, Jennie 27 Roberts, Milton 3 Roberts, Margaret 1mo b May 1900 1920 Pawlet Roberts, Jennie 47 widowed Roberts, Milton 23 Roberts, Esther E 16 Roberts, Florence 11 If you are related to these Roberts and can verify whether the Jennie is a GUTHRIE and sister to Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Source, Rutland (Vt) Daily Herald--Fri. Aug. 27, 1943, Page 3. FARNSWORTH FUNERAL HERE Doctor Says Fall Suffered Last June May Have Caused Rutland Man's Death. HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 26--A fall that Arthur Farnsworth, husband of screen actress Bette Davis, suffered at their New Hampshire home in June was said by Dr. Paul Moore tonight to have been the probable cause of his death last night. Funeral services for Farnsworth, a former commercial airplane pilot, will be held next week at Rutland, Vt. Farnsworth, western representative of a Minneapolis aeronautical equipment firm, was found lying unconscious on a sidewalk Monday. He died without regaining consciousness. An autopsy today disclosed he had suffered a basal skull fracture on the right side of his head, possibly at some time prior to the time he was found unconscious on the sidewalk. Miss Davis told Dr. Moore that in June Farnsworth started down stairs in his stocking feet to answer the telephone. " He slipped on the first landing and slid the full length of the stairs," Miss Davis related. " He landed on his back, struck the back of his head and quite severely scraped his back. he suffered the usual lameness for several days, but not being the complaining kind, he said nothing more about it. And I thought no more about it. " I realize now that little things that happened since, which I thought nothing of at the time, were the result of that fall, all of which have been confirmed by Dr. Moore. " At least to find a reason for a seemingly ridiculous accident is a relief and comfort." WORK DESCRIBED . Friends in this city yesterday expressed grief at the untimely death of Arthur Farnsworth, and told of some of the work he has been doing for the war effort. He was one of the few men familiar with all phases of a new instrument designed to deal with ice formation on aircraft. It was Farnsworth, they said, who through Hollywood connections, was instrumental in selling to military chiefs the use of cartoon films for mass instruction of young flyers, and he acted as technical adviser when some of the films were made. The films are said to depict the dangers and methods of coping with ice, thunderstorms, fog and other hazards which a pilot encounters. A telegram from Miss Davis, through her secretary, to Dr. A. W. Farnsworth, retired dentist at Lincoln avenue, gave no details of the tragedy. Reports from Hollywood said Miss Davis was grief stricken and under the care of a physician. Arthur's mother and his brother, Dan, are in Hollywood with Miss Davis. Mrs. Barbara Farnsworth Briggs of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Lucille Farnsworth DeBesche of New York, were expected to arrive at their North street home on the sleeper early this morning. Mrs. O. J. Maigne of North street, whose favorite nephew was the 34 year old air enthusiast, is in the care of her physician, Dr. H. H. Hanrahan, who yesterday ordered that she was not to receive visitors because of the frail condition of her health. ARTHUR AUSTIN FARNSWORTH is buried in Evergreen cemetery in Pittsford, Vt. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

That article was most interesting.

Source, Rutland (Vt) Daily Herald--Thur. Aug. 26, 1943. pages 1 & 2. Part #1. HEAD INJURY IS FATAL TO FARNSWORTH Rutland Native, Husband of Screen Star Bette Davis, Dies in Hollywood. Is Mysteriously Hurt. Son of Dr. and Mrs. Farnsworth Found on Boulevard With Broken Skull. HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25--Arthur Farnsworth, 34, husband of screen actress Bette Davis, died today of mysterious injuries received Monday. The injured man was found lying unconscious on Hollywood boulevard Monday, Dr. Paul Moore, his physician, said there was still no explanation as t how he was injured, other than the presumption that he fell and struck the base of his skull on the curb. Dr. Moore, who with Miss Davis was at the bedside when death came, said Farnsworth suffered a base fracture of the skull. Farnsworth never regained consciousness sufficiently to tell what happened, the physician said. Farnsworth and Miss Davis were married in Rimrock, Ariz., New Year Eve, December 31, 1940 in a ceremony that was unannounced and came as a surprise to most of their Hollywood friends. Two years before Farnsworth had been divorced from Betty Jane Aydelette, Boston and Barnstable, Mass., aviatrix and art designer. Miss Davis' first marriage was to H. O. Nelson, jr., leader of the high school in her native Newton, Mass. This marriage ended in divorce in 1938. The actress and Farnsworth renewed their friendship and they were married after she spent several vacations at a ski lodge in the White mountains at Littleton, N. H., where he was the assistant manager. Farnsworth was a commercial flyer. Farnsworth recently came here for a visit from Minneapolis, Minn., where he was connected with an airplane company. He was 34, Miss Davis the same age. FATHER GETS NEWS. "He was a good kid. He had everything to live for, a happy marriage and many interests including aviation," said Dr. A. W. Farnsworth of Lincoln avenue, veterinarian, and the proprietor of the Loganbrae, kennels, when he received the news last night of the death in Hollywood of his oldest son, Arthur. "Art was here last month, and at that time he was full of plans for the future He was interested in becoming a flying instructor at Los Angeles. He had interests in Minneapolis in war work with an aviation concern, and he was also acting as adviser in the making of a pilot training film for Walt Disney pictures. I just cannot understand it," Dr. Farnsworth said. Arthur Farnsworth was born in Rutland, (Vt.), December 15, 1909. He attended school in this city and was graduated from Rutland High school in 1927. Later he attended a business school in Boston. With his sister, the former, Miss Barbara Farnsworth, now Mrs. Roger Briggs of Louisville, Ky., and his brother, Dan, he was a member of the 'Bar-Dan-Art" Musical trio, widely known in Rutland and vicinity for a number of years. He studied piano, violin and vocal music. He received flying instruction at the Boston airport, and figured in two spectacular crashes in that section. In both instances he escaped without injury. In 1935, he was married to Miss Betty Jane Aydelette of Boston and Barnstable, Mass., an art designer. Soon afterwards he went into business with an oil burner manufacturing concern in Cambridge, Mass. He divorced from Miss Aydelette in 1938. >From Boston, according to Dr.Farnsworth, Arthur went to Littleton, N. H., where he became assistance manager of Peckett's on Sugar Hill ski lodge, where he first met the famous screen actress, Bette Davis, who later became his wife. First inclination of the romance between good-looking, blond, Arthur Farnsworth and Miss Davis leaked out when it became known that Bette has attached to a ledge in Franconia, N. H., a bronze plaque reading " To Arthur Farnsworth, Keeper of Stray Ladies." Miss Davis had gone to Sugar Hill for a rest upon the advice of her mother. When she returned to Hollywood it was only for a short time. She came back and purchased "Butternut Lodge," a summer place with 20 acres adjoining the Peckett property. The couple visited there this summer. After the purchase of "Butternut Lodge" in November, 1939. Arthur drove Miss Davis back to Hollywood. Their engagement was announced in March, 1940, and they were married the following New Year's eve in Rimrock, Ariz. The ceremony was performed at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Dart, the latter being the former Jane Bryan of the movies. Since that time Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth have made their home in Hollywood. Arthur had been a flying instructor there, and in recent years had been affiliated with the Minneapolis aviation concern, the Minneapolis Hunneywell company, and with the Walt Disney studios, according to his father. When Farnsworth sustained the injury on Monday which proved to be fatal, is wife, Miss Davis, immediately contacted the home of his mother, Mrs. Lucille Farnsworth at 23 North street, here. Mrs. Farnsworth had left for New York, to visit relatives. It was learned here last night that Mrs. Farnsworth had left by plane for Hollywood, after talking with Bette. It is believed that she did not arrive before her son died. Dan Farnsworth , brother of Arthur, left New York at 11 o'clock last night for the West coast. Before leaving he telephoned his father here, and said that he would communicate with him at noon today. There were no details available here as to the accident which caused Arthur Farnsworth's death. Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Roger Briggs of Louisville, Ky., who is expected to arrive in this city tonight, Mrs. John DeBeche of New York , and his brother, Dan, also of New York. He also leaves an aunt, Mrs. O. J. Maigne of North street. Funeral arrangements were not announced last night. When she appeared at the Rutland Memorial armory in a bond drive here in the winter of 1942 when the "Bette Davis ball" was given, the famous screen star said that because ahe was the wife of "Farny" she was a Rutlander by marriage. On the same night the couple attended a dance at the Meldon Intermediate school where Bette danced with the youngsters, and Arthur addressed the boys on aviation. He also danced with the girls of the school. The bond parties were outstanding successes. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Hi Kathy,Haynes,Willis H.,5-11-1844=9-11-1903 delia M. hyde,wife,6-19-1844 3-3-1898. You are right on the cemetery.HUMM,I wonder if this is a relative of my granddaughter in law.Whew!!She was Krystal Haynes from Middletown. I don't know much about the Haynes other than Willis married Delia Hyde, dau. of Alonzo and Adelia (Hodgekins) Hyde, sometime between 1870 and 1880. I don't think they had any children, or if they did they were born after 1880. I did find that Willis was the son of a Dr. Sylvanus Haynes (in census in 1870), and there were a number of Haynes in Middletown then. If you would like some extractions, let me know. Thanks for the information on the cemetery records. I had put Willis dates for Delia and vice versa. Kathy

Can anyone help me with a cemetery list for Pleasant View Cemetery in Middletown Springs? I copied some dates wrong (I think) for the birth and death dates for Willis & Delia (HYDE) HAYNES. I am hoping someone can look at the cemetery list and give me the correct dates for them. I know they are buried in Pleasant View. Thank you. Kathy Campbell

Hi Kathy,Haynes,Willis H.,5-11-1844=9-11-1903 delia M. hyde,wife,6-19-1844 3-3-1898. You are right on the cemetery.HUMM,I wonder if this is a relative of my granddaughter in law.Whew!!She was Krystal Haynes from Middletown. Jean m Kathy Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:

Othe Rutland names were the Jacksons, Langleys, Williams,Chows, Barbers, Freeman. I can't remember the rest without the folder. Several of the men served in the Civil War, 54th Mass Regiment, and we have a quarterly on them. Jim Davidson and I went through each census, and I did discover that some people were listed as black who were not. It was the judgement call of the census taker. One story was really quite interesting. The census taker had coded a Farrell woman from Rutland as a black woman. She was, in fact, born in Ireland to Irish parents. Some referred to her as the Black Irishwoman. This was in the 1870 or 1880 census, I think. Patty Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:46:11 -0400> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Rutland papers circa 1831> > Patty,> > There is a lot online about this family. They weren't listed in the VT > 1791 census, but I'm sure they were living in Guilford at the time, and > I believe owned property. I am including them in the project I am doing > on the "other free persons" who were heads of household in the 1791 VT > census. For some reason they must have been missed. There was a > Benjamin Wheaton in Brattleboro who was missed as well. I'll be > speaking at the GSV meeting about these two as well as many from Orange > and Windsor Counties. I also have a couple from Rutland County.> > Joann> > Patty Pickett wrote:> > Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties.> > She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women.> > Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way.> > The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family.> > I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found.> > If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah.> > _________________________________________________________________> > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy!> > http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> > > > List administrator> > [email protected]> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > > List administrator> [email protected]> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

Patty, There is a lot online about this family. They weren't listed in the VT 1791 census, but I'm sure they were living in Guilford at the time, and I believe owned property. I am including them in the project I am doing on the "other free persons" who were heads of household in the 1791 VT census. For some reason they must have been missed. There was a Benjamin Wheaton in Brattleboro who was missed as well. I'll be speaking at the GSV meeting about these two as well as many from Orange and Windsor Counties. I also have a couple from Rutland County. Joann Patty Pickett wrote: > Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. > She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. > Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. > The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. > I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. > If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! > http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us > > List administrator > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Last year I became quite involved in gathering local information on the earliest black families in Rutland and the area. One was the Abijah Prince and Lucy Terry Prince. Lucy was born abroad and brought here as a slave, educated and raised as a Christian and bought by Abijah. He died in 1794 and Lucy lived to 1821. She lived in Southern Vermont, areas of Windham and Bennington counties. She was a poet and writer, and she argued a case before the Vt. Supreme Court and she won it. She was an extraordinary women. Their children were: Tatnai, Cesar(fought in Rev. War), Drucille, Durexa, Alijah Jr. and Festus. Evidence was found in more northern territory (still in Vt.) that at least one of the sons travelled that way. The individual looking for the information in the old book and ledgers at the Rutland Historical Society was not able to find much to help to contribute to a book being written on the family. I have a folder at the Rutland Historical Society with what little we found. If your Job Prince is a black free man, he might be a grandchild of Lucy and Abijah. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

Source, Rutland Daily Herald-- Apr. 29, 1891. NORTH CLARENDON, VT. The patrons of W. W. Jenk's cheese factory begin to deliver milk May 1. Charles Pitts and Miss Ida Duclow were married last week. Their friends gave them a serenade Monday night, to which they responded in the usual manner. T. J. Bixby, J. B. Perry and J. C. Ingalls are better. The school taught by Miss Fannie Gorton will observe Arbor day with general exercises. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby