Myrth: Sharon has always been Sharon....it was formed in 1761 and granted by New Hampshire (no not Vermont until 1777 when Vermont became a state). Tinmouth was also formed in 1761 by granted by New Hampshire (Vermont-1777) Mt.Hope.....not a town and not in DeLorme's Atlas, not in "Redbook" by Ancestry, and nor is it in "Collecting Vermont Ancestors". Mt Hope could be an area or section of a town. there are several Vermonters here who might be able to help with Mt Hope........ Cynthia Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb. com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com----- From: Myrth Sunday <sundaym@win.bright.net> To: <VTWINDSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 7:38 PM Subject: [VTWINDSO] Windsor vt > Hi, > After reading the explanation on how the towns were divided up I was > wondering if my Burt ancestor was born in MT Hope or Tinmouth and > registered in Sharon Windsor, VT., and why they left NY at all. Anyone have > any idea why these people moved around so much, or whether Sharon was > called something else in 1789? > Myrth Sunday > > > ==== VTWINDSO Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/VTWINDSO-L/ > counties bordering the Conn River in Conn,Mass,Vt,NH > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > you can use either VtWindso-L OR Ct-River-Valley-L to search postings > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >