John Rice, Jr. m. Cynthia Hunt, daughter of James and Judith Hunt, b. 9 Oct. 1812, of Dover, VT, at Wardsboro 24 June 1835. page 102 THE EARLY HUNT FAMILIES OF VERMONT, A Report for The Genealogical Society of Vermont Project Vermont 1791 by Mitchell J. Hunt 502 Church St. Willow Grove, PA 19090 October 1990 Transcribed by Jan Jordan

The Putney Historical Society, Putney, Vermont, has the Bible of Esther F. RICHARDSON family. As we are paring our holdings at this time we are offering this Bible to any family members that would take it and care for it. The family info contained in it has been transcribed and is posted below. If this is your family please contact me. Ruth Barton @ mrgjb@sover.net The births are listed only as births with no parents given and the marriges only the family member name, not who they married. I found this to be rather unusual but....... Holy Bible Printed for Mathew CAREY Philadelphia July 25, 1803 This one is large, very old and in poor condition and printed on poor quality paper. I went bug-eyed, cross-eyed and permanently eye strained to read it as accurately as possible. Where I wasn't sure I put ? after what I wasn't sure of . Ruth Barton Note in this Bible says, "This Bible was purchased by my Grandmother's (who was Esther F. RICHARDSON) father and given to her as a gift. Mary (Shelley) LIE She married James M. Shelley. 2 children born to them: Esther M. SHELLEY James Warren LeRoy SHELLEY Family Record: Marriages: James M. SHELLEY and Esther F. RICHARDSON were married Oct. 10, 1830 Births: Esther Miranda SHELLY Born July 4th 1833 James Warren LeRoy SHELLY born February 19th 1845 Jerva? RICHARDSON born May 20th 1767 Esther ------ born April ?9 th 1766 Tuesday married Sept 6th 1787 Adonivum? J. Richardson married Sept 7th 1825 Jhina? (no surname given)married Novem the 26,1807 Mehetable married February 2, 1811? Julia married March 5, 1822 Roxa married June 12, 1829 Esther F. RICHARDSON Married October the 10, 1830 These entries are unusual in that they do not tell who these people married, just that they were married. Births (new page): Rena RICHARDSON born June 3rd 1788 Thursday Jabra RICHARDSON born April 11th 1790 Sabbath day name blotted out February 16th 1792 Thursday Mehetable RICHARDSON born April 23rd 1794 Wednesday Meranda RICHARDSON born October 22nd 1796 Friday Julia Richardson born August 31st 1801 or 2 Monday Adonirum Judson? RICHARDSON born June 26th 1805 Wednesday Esther Fisher RICHARDSON born Oct 3th 1804 Tuesday Georg J. RICHARDSON Born Jan. 27, 1827 Maria RICHARDSON born August 20, 1828 Rena's only child Clarissa Ann WARES born Sept 9th? 1808 Friday Chandler Lovilla? SCOTT born May ? 1810? Wednesday Charles ----- SCOTT Born May 17, 1814 Maria Anjinett? SCOTT born April ? 1817 Juliann SCOTT born August 11, 1819 George O. SCOTT born Feb 9, 1822 Rena WARES death June ? 1813 She was 25 years and 15 days old Clarissa WARE died April 27, 1823 in the 15 year of her age Miranda TOWN death Jan 10, 1829 She was in the 33 year of her age William TOWN death July 12, 1860 (this whole line questionable) Deaths: Unkle Elijha RICHARDSONs death March 26? 1898 in the 45 year of his age Unkle John RICHARDSON death May 4, 1809 in the 74 year of his age Mom RICHARDSONs death August 30, 1809 in the 74 year of her age Dad? HIXSONs death December? 9, 1809 in the 68 year of hi age Mom HIXSON death Jan 4? 1810 in the 64 yer of her age Abijah ----- HIXSON death the 21 of February 1813? in the 26 year of his age Walter HIXSON death August 2nd 1813? 32 year age Sister Julia's death Sept 2, 1775 in the 17 year of her age My Mom's death Oct 2, 1775 in the 41 year of her age Brother THOMPSON death August 3, 1812? My Father's death March 21, 1816 in the 85 year of his age Sister THOMPSON death February 27, 1821? -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Putney Historical Society, Putney, Vermont, has the family Bible of the SHELLEY/RICHARDSON family. As we are paring our holdings at this time we are offering this Bible to any family members that would take it and care for it. The family info contained in it has been transcribed and is posted below. If this is your family please contact me. Ruth Barton @ mrgjb@sover.net Holy Bible with SHELLEY family vital statistics Published: American Bible Society New York 1852 This Bible was in the collection of the Putney Historical Society as of 23 May 2005. Marriages: James M. SHELLEY and Esther F. RICHARDSON were married Oct. 10, 1830 Leroy SHELLEY married Mary J. HEWETT, May 29, 1866 by Rev. Amos FOSTER Leroy SHELLEY and Flora P. BLOOD married Nov. 29, 1868 Births: Children of James M. & Esther SHELLEY Esther M. SHELLEY born July 4th 183? (last #is 3, 8, or 9) Leroy SHELLEY born February 19, 1845 Children of Leroy and Flora SHELLEY James N.? SHELLEY born Nov. 26, 1869 Mary Hewitt SHELLEY born April 24, 1871 Robert Roy SHELLEY born Dec. 21, 1876 Deaths James M. SHELLEY died July 31, 1898 Esther F. SHELLEY died Sept. 19 or 17, 1888 Esther M. SHELLY died Sept. 11, 1866 Leroy SHELLY died Nov. 2, 1891 Mary Jane SHELLEY died March 19, 1867 Robert R. SHELLEY died Dec 7, 1910 James Walter SHELLEY died Nov. 4, 1924 -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

You might also want to check out the following website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/windham/asylumwebpage.htm ************************************************* Rachel Duffalo <rduffalo@adelphia.net> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Westminster, Windham Co., Vermont Website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/town/westminster/Westminster.html Windham County Vermont Website http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/windham/index.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1621.1 Message Board Post: Hi Walt, The Vermont Asylum was built for the insane, The money came from a donation from a women by the name of Anna Marsh who died October 14,1834. The first patient to be admitted was on December 12,1836 and it took only nine months to fill the asylum up with 48 patients, with a new addition built in 1841 it would now accommodate 150 patients, in 1886 after fifty years of operation there were as many as 450 patients at a time. As of 1998 the Vermont Asylum is still a vital part of the mental health system. The name officially changed to The Brattleboro Retreat in 1893 as that was a more suitable and dignified name rather than using asylum. there is a book out on the story of Anna Marsh and her intent and the development of the facility, it is called Brattleboro Retreat 1834 - 1984. 150 yearts of caring, it was written by Esther Munroe Swift and Mona Beach. I myself have got a book called A Record of Burials at The Vermont Asylum from 1837 - 1900, the old cemetery still e! xists with only a handful of people still buried there, the rest of them was moved to the cemetery on South Main Street Brattleboro,Vt. I hope that this gives you a little info as to what you wanted to know. Howard Minch Keene,NH email cadillac@cheshire.net

This is a URL for history of the Brattleboro Retreat. In its day it was quite innovative. http://www.bratretreat.org/about/history.html

The Retreat was founded in the 1830s and was the first institution for the mentally ill in Vermont. It is a private, not-for-profit hospital. You might was to look at their web site Message Board Post: John Olmste(a)d of CT was a resident of the Brattleboro Retreat per 1920 and 1930 US Census. The listing on the two pages are all men and in 1930 all are patients. As he was born c1879 he could have been a Spanish-American War or WW-I veteran. Is the Retreat a private or public institution? Maybe a veterans home or an asylum of sorts. A brief historical background would probably be of interest to many readers. Walt Steesy Olmste(a)d Family Genealogist

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1621 Message Board Post: John Olmste(a)d of CT was a resident of the Brattleboro Retreat per 1920 and 1930 US Census. The listing on the two pages are all men and in 1930 all are patients. As he was born c1879 he could have been a Spanish-American War or WW-I veteran. Is the Retreat a private or public institution? Maybe a veterans home or an asylum of sorts. A brief historical background would probably be of interest to many readers. Walt Steesy Olmste(a)d Family Genealogist

Source, Rutland, Vt.Daily Herald--Tues. May 12, 1942. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. May 11--Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 at the Davis Memorial chapel for Joseph Edward Morse, 84, who died suddenly yesterday at his home on Elm Hill. The Rev. Fred H.Miller will officiate. The bearers will be Donald Metcalf, Lee Davis, Herbert Cheever and Leon Fuller.Burial will be in Rockingham cemetery. A carpenter by trade, Mr. Morse had lived here for 40 years. He was born July 23, 1858 at West Stewartstown,N.H. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Etta Brown Morse and a son, Charles of Windham. Joan H. Bixby

At 01:59 AM 5/15/2005, Rich wrote: >No Bennett data in Vermont Families in 1791 Vol. 1. > >I don't have volume 2. > >Richard G. Boyd >New/Used Genealogy books/newsletters >http://www.clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > >Glenn Bennett wrote: > >>If there is anyone with access to this book who could look for information regarding the Bennett or Bennet family in or around Windham County, I would be greatly appreaciative. At this point I am looking for any name recoginition that might help me begin working on an area I am having difficulties with. >>Thanks for your time, Gina Hi, Gina: I have volume 2, and would be glad to do a lookup with more information. There are almost three dozen BENNETT entries in the index. I will need one or more first names. Darrell Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/

I would like to piggyback on the request for a lookup of BENNET families. My names which are associated with Vermont are: Oliver BATES/Rebecca HART had children which had birthplaces of Randolph and Halifax, Vermont beginning in 1789. Some of the other children are just listed as being born in Vermont. Daniel HARRINGTON/Sarah CARPENTER had several children in Guilford, Vermont before moving to Brattleboro on their way to Halifax/W. Halifax. I'd appreciate a lookup to find out if there is any information about these families in either Vol. 1 or 2. Thank you, Sandy Sandy, Kennewick, WA, USA

No Bennett data in Vermont Families in 1791 Vol. 1. I don't have volume 2. Richard G. Boyd New/Used Genealogy books/newsletters http://www.clanboyd.info/books/forsale Glenn Bennett wrote: >If there is anyone with access to this book who could look for information regarding the Bennett or Bennet family in or around Windham County, I would be greatly appreaciative. At this point I am looking for any name recoginition that might help me begin working on an area I am having difficulties with. > >Thanks for your time, >Gina > > >==== VTWINDHA Mailing List ==== >General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, early to 1870 >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymondfamily/VermontVRto1870.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >

If there is anyone with access to this book who could look for information regarding the Bennett or Bennet family in or around Windham County, I would be greatly appreaciative. At this point I am looking for any name recoginition that might help me begin working on an area I am having difficulties with. Thanks for your time, Gina

Need proof and sources. We have received a source from the History of Woodstock and Genealogies of Woodstock Families 3:141 that show the following children WERE born in Woodstock, Windham County, CT: John Masters CALL b. August 17, 1760 Eunice CALL b Apr 5, 1760 (maybe this was suppose to be 1761) Betsey CALL b Jan 10, 1766 Electa b Mar 1775 Considering that James CALL, Senior with his 20 to 22 children, there had to be more children born between 1766 and 1775; (keep in mind he served out of State of Vermont in the Revolutionary War). He could have returned to Woodstock, CT. (in other words had children in another State then returned to CT). We are trying to locate ALL the children (with proof of where they were born and dates of their birth including sources) of James CALL, Sr & Hannah (Rebecca) MASTERS (aka MARSTERS, MASTES) he married her on March 8, 1757 in Leicester, Worcester, MA: There is proof that some were born in Woodstock, Windham County, CT; but not all of them were; Keep in mind that James CALL, Senior was married three (3) times and was known as a "wanderer". James CALL, Senior, born Sept 2, 1728 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA (son of Samuel and Abigail SPRAGUE) also served in the Revolutionary War but from the state of Vermont. We are seeking one Silas CALL, son??? or was he a nephew??? or a what kind of kin???, who married Polly (aka Polley) WHITNEY (daughter of Jonathan WHITNEY and Mary WOODARD). Silas married Polly on Oct 21, 1802 in Hartford, Windsor County, VT. This might mean that he grew up in VT; perhaps this Silas was born in VERMONT. Silas CALL & Polly WHITNEY had 12 (TWELVE) children: Of their known children and through census records, death records, marriage records, civil war affidavit(s), these children waver back and forth to where their father Silas CALL was born; Vermont & NH; never has CT been used as a birth place of their father: These are the children who say: Ira CALL--Father born in NH; mother born VT Harriet CALL--Father born in VT; Mother born VT Silas CALL--Father born NH; Mother born VT Ophelia CALL---Father born NH; Mother born MASS in one other source: Ophelia CALL--Father born VT; Mother born VT. Therefore, our Silas CALL who married Polly Whitney must have been born either in New Hampshire or Vermont. Here are the following children of James CALL and Hannah (aka Rebecca) MASTERS (aka MARSTERS, MASTES): Abigail CALL, born Jan 14, 1758 James CALL, born Mary 14, 1760 Eunice CALL, born 1761 John Masters CALL, born Aug 17, 1761 Asa CALL, born abt 1763 Luther CALL, born abt 1765 Betsy CALL born Jan 20, 1766 Mary CALL born abt 1767 Silas CALL born ??? some say 1769 Electa CALL born Mar 1775 Were ALL these children born in Woodstock, Windham County, CT???? I would think it was doubtful since James wandered around so much unless the wife stayed put. The fact that Silas married Polly in VT. The fact that James CALL, Sr, served in the Rev. War out of the state of VT. Someone out there has the proof and sources that we need; ancestry.com does not provide all sources; and a lot of that info has been copied from what someone else has entered. Thank you so much. Judy Harley6364@aol.com

Please, we need the proof that this Silas CALL is the son of James CALL and Hannah or Rebecca MASTERS. CALL, Silas born 1769 Woodstock, Windham County, CT. That this Silas CALL is the same Silas who married Polly (aka Polley) WHITNEY in Vermont. Judy

Hi Judy, Captain John CALL and Hannah KETTELL are my 8th great grandparents. My CALL line is John1, John 2, Richard3, Ebenezer4, Martha5. THANK YOU :) for posting data from the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record - Vol 5. Like your Silas CALL there were more than one Ebenezer CALL, my 5th great grandfather, living in the same area about the same time in Vermont. I'm trying to find the death date and place of Ebenezer CALL b. 13 Dec. 1730 in Leicester, Worcester, MA, between 1820-1834 in possibly Hartland, Windsor, VT; Geneva, Ontario, NY; Perry, Lake, OH, etc. Would you please send me the email address offlist of the person who helped you on the Middlesex County of MA list? Nice to meet a newly found cousin, Jan Jordan in VT <<Judy, HARLEY6364@aol.com>>

Please we are trying to find our connection to Silas CALL's parents: Silas CALL was born we believe between 1776 and 1784 possibly in New Hampshire. Silas was married to Polly (Polley) WHITNEY on Oct 21, 1802 in Hartford, Windsor Co.,VT. Polly WHITNEY was born Aug 6, 1785 in Halifax, Windham County,VT. Polly is the daughter of Jonathan WHITNEY and Mary (Polly) WOODARD. Jonathan WHITNEY probably from Malden, MASS. Silas and Polly CALL did migrate to New York; they had some of their THIRTEEN children in VT & possibly NH and rest in New York. Silas CALL appeared in the 1810 census (Syles CALL) in New York, Genesee County. Silas CALL appeared on the census in 1820 in Mentz, Cayuga County, NY. Silas CALL died about 1829 in ?Cayuga County, NY. He was ill with influenza about 1829. Polly WHITNEY CALL re-married to one Robert THOMPSON. Polly was living about 1832 in Horse Heads, Chemung Co., NY. Polly was living in 1840 in Addison, Steuben County, NY. Polly was ill with Apoplexy about 1844 in Addison, Steuben County, New York. Thank you any information you can provide us. Judy Harley6364@aol.com

"FRANK ROGERS. Residence: Halifax, Windham County, Vermont. Enlisted: May 28, 1862. Mustered into 9th Regiment, Co. K, July 9, 1862. Mustered out May 25, 1865." ROSTER OF VERMONTERS WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR, prepared and republished under the direction of Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General Vol 2 Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, page 377. Check out for this Union Soldier's data at http://www.vermontcivilwar.org Jan Jordan

For vital records lookup contact Doreen Aldrich Rockingham Town Clerk Po Box 339 Bellow Falls VT 05101 Tel: 18024634336 Fax: 18024631228 Email: rbftnclk@sover.net Hrs.: M-F 8:30-4:30 EDT. Jan Jordan

Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record - Vol 5, July, 1927 No. 3 compiled and submitted by Miss Mary Frances CALL of Syracuse, NY continued CAPTAIN JOHN CALL (Ensign John 2, Thomas 1) was baptized July, 1662; died May 4, 1732; married July 20, 1681, Martha LOWDEN, who was born at Charlestown, Mass., in 1659; died September 4, 1729. She was a daughter of Richard LOWDEN, who was born in England in 1612; died, in 1700; and Mary COLE, daughter of Ryse COLE and wife, Arrold or Arnold, who were in Charlestown in 1629. Richard LOWDEN and Anna COLE were married in 1640. The children of Captain John CALL and Martha LOWDEN were: 1. Mary, born 1682; died 1733. 2. Martha, born 1684; died before 1733. 3. John, born 1687; married April 26, 1711, Joanna BRIGDEN; married second March 11, 1725, Susanna LINDMAN; married third November 10, 1736, at Malden, Mass., Hannah SPRAGUE. 4. Hannah, born 1691; married John DIAMOND. 5. Jonathan, born 1694; married January 2, 1717, at Boston, Elizabeth TOWNSEND. 6. SAMUEL. 7. Richard, born 1703; married January 15, 1727, at Cambridge, Mary KING. to be continued with Samuel CALL. Judy _Harley6364@aol.com_ (mailto:Harley6364@aol.com)