I am going to Grafton next week and will be researching in that area do you want a picture of the house? Give me the adress and I will be happy to take a picure for you. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Krause" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: [VTWINDHA] WOLF Genealogy > Hi All! > I am researching the family of John Casper Shana Wolf, (s. of Casper and > Catherine (Young) Wolfe, b. abt. 1750 in Germany; was a Hessian soldier, and > probably one of those surrendered by Gen. Burgoyne in 1777. They were > called "Conventioners" and marched to Boston where they were kept for a > time, later being allowed to work among the farmers who needed help. Mr. > Wolfe went to Leominister, Mass., and concluded to remain permanently in > this country. In 1778, when the officers called for him to join his > companions in their march to Virginia, he hid in the cellar of his > employer's house, until the officers gave up the search for him and > departed. In 1781 he married Rachel Battles of Leominister on Jan. 14, > 1781, where they resided for a time. The first record of their appearance in > Rockingham, [Windham Co., VT] is in 1784 when their second child, Mabel, was > baptized at the old town church. In 1787 he bought land about 2 miles north > of Saxtons River which he cleared, and built the house in which he lived the > rest of his life. It is said he planted the first apple trees in the > township of Rockingham, and when the first harvest was ripe he invited the > neighbors to come in and enjoy the rare fruit. He was elected tything-man > by the town in 1813. Alghough blessed with a large family, he left, at his > death, a more than ordinary estate for those times. His home was on the now > unused road leading from Saxtons River to Rockingham, next north of the > Timothy Clark, Jr. homestead. (taken from Lyman Hayes' History of the Town > of Rockingham, Vermont.) > > Is anyone else researching this family who would like to share information? > Thanks. > Gail Krause > 920-731-8121 > [email protected] > > > ==== VTWINDHA Mailing List ==== > GenConnect ~ Pension, have one? Post it at ~ > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Vt/WindhamPens > List Manager's address [email protected] > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >