Source: Vermont Gazetteer of Vermont Heritage, Nat.Survey Co.,1976 "CHESTER.....first settlement in 1764 and the first charter was granted by Gov.Wentworth of New Hampshire 1744. Another charter was granted in 1761 under the name of "New Flamstead " and the settlers were from Massachusetts (doesnt mention town). In 1766 a charter was issued by New York under the name of Chester and under this charter the lands have been held. The name came from the Earl of Chester, Prince of Wales... One of the early settlers was Thomas Chandler and family in 1764. Chester was the shiretown of Cumberland County which was organized by New York in 1768. The settlers never liked the arrangment that placed them under New York control and on June 5,1770, a party of 30 men stormed the Court House (led by Nathan Stone) and demanded to know by whose authority the court functioned and that a lawyer John Grout be disbarred. The mob seized Grout and took him to Windsor where he was held prisoner and escaped. As result the court was moved to Westminster on May 19,1772. The first presiding judge of that court and caused no small amount of trouble for NY in the form of "Westminster Massacre" was the first settler, Thomas Chandler......." Cynthia listowner Rose2167@webtv.net wrote: > Hi, > > I am very interested in Chester, Vt...... > > thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VTWINDSO] Vermont Gazetteer of Vermont Heritage > Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:22:00 -0800 > Resent-From: VTWINDSO-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 14:21:40 -0500 > From: Cynthia <cyndylou3@earthlink.net> > Organization: Searching ancestors in :MA-NH-VT-ME-CT-RI & N.B.,Canada > List owner of Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com AND > Cthartfo-L@rootsweb.com AND VTWindsor-L@rootsweb.com > To: VTWINDSO-L@rootsweb.com > > Lists: > I bought a new book : the Beicentennial Edition : Gazetteer Vermont > Heritage.........it lists each town in Vermont and background history > which can be helpful in tracing Vermont ancestors. Remember that most > folks that settled Vermont migrated from Mass and Conn (especially in > the early years of Vermont). > any particular town you interested in ? will list requested and put > them on the list so everyone can see them > > Cynthia > listowner > > ==== VTWINDSO Mailing List ==== > Many of your ancestors migrated from Massachusetts and Connecticut to Vermont.....check out the following UrL for town histories that have been done on the Ct-River-Valley-L and the CtHartfo-L mailing list: > As of right now most of the towns listed are in Mass...however, there are Springfield(VT)marriages(several) > Listowner can be reached at : CLABBOTT@netscape.net > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi