Subject: Cephas Kent, Dorset, VT Source: Farnsworth Memorial 2d Ed. - 1st Ed by Moses Farnsworth 1897. p.425 Jonathan Farnsworth/Ruth Shattuck Line, Groton, Mass. 1600s William J. Farnsworth b. Oct 6, 1777, son of Reuben Farnsworth & his wife, Anna Kellogg of Harvard, Mass., to Dorset, VT. William J. Farnsworth m. Lydia Kent, b. May 9, 1782, dau. of Cephas & Lydia (Sheldon) Kent, Jr. They lived in Dorset then removed to Manchester, VT. in 1821; he d. Dec 3, 1848; she d. July 7, 1862. Children: p.443 1. Alva Farnsworth b. Aug 15, 1804 m. Mary ___? They went to Utah in 1864 and became Mormons. His cousin, Moses Farnsworth wrote 1st edition of the Farnsworth Memorial in 1897. 2. Gad Farnsworth b. 1806 m. Eliza Littlefield of Manchester, VT. 3. Maria Farnsworth b. 1808 m. Orson Collins of Manchester, VT. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At a Meeting of the Committees of the several Townships on the New Hampshire Grants - West of the Range of Green Mountains, convened at the house of Mr. Cephas Kents in the Township of Dorset, VT, July 27th, 1775 - Voted as foll- ows, to wit: 1st Chose Mr. Nathan Clark, Chairman 2d Chose John Fasset, Clerk 3d The motion being made and seconded Whether this Convention shall prose- cute in choosing Field and other Offi- cers, according to the Provincial Con- gress and your Honour's directions. Passed in the affirmative: Then proceeded as follows: 4th Chose Mr. Seth Warner Lieutenant Colon- el for the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys, by a majority of forty-one to five. 5th Chose Mr. Samuel Spafford Major for said Regiment by a majority of twenty to seventeen. Source: - Rosters, Green Mountain Boys - file on request. A Brief History of DORSET, VERMONT Chartered August 20, 1761 It was in 1775 and 1776 that this town hosted the vitally important Dorset Conventions which set the stage for the creation of the Republic and later the state of Vermont. These meetings were held at the tavern of Cephas Kent on the West Road and today a marble monument marks that general location. http://www.dorsethistory.org/history.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Stephen Martindale fitted for college under Rev. William Jackson, D.D., of Dorset, and graduated at Middlebury Collegein 1806, and in 1807 married Diantha Kent, daughter of Cephas Kent, who was the son of Cephas Kent. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/LoreMartindale.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lucinda KENT (1785-1869) and Reuben FARNSWORTH (1787-1847) Cephas KENT (1754-1813) and Lydia SHELDON (1759-1846) Source: Steve Lawson's Webpages http://kinnexions.com/kinnexions/cousinsd.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the most famous sugar maples is known as the “Spirit of America.” Located in Dorset, Vermont, it may be 400 years old (assuming it’s still standing). Under its spreading limbs is the house of Cephas Kent, one of the original organizers of Vermont’s struggle for independence and statehood. The owner of the property, artist Dean Fausett, claims that the Green Mountain Boys were organized in the house in 1775. They were famous soldiers during the Revolutionary War. http://www.geobop.com/Symbols/plants/trees/Maples/