Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-23

The First Vermont Settlements Made
There about 1890.
a Chapter of Interesting Facts and
Documents.
The first settlements in what is now Yer.
mont have sometimes been said TO have been
made at Fort Dummer in now Brattleboro,
and sometimes at Chimney Point in now
Addison. They appear, in fact, to have
been made in what is now Vernon Fort
Dummer was built in l724, and French
fort at Chimney Point in 1880 Settle.
ments were made in that part Of N1rthiield,
now Vernon, as early as 1890 As they
were in Mortified when made, and that
continued 10 be town in the Province of
Massachusetts, Bay. and in the State of
Massachusetts afterward, the settlements
have been reckoned with those of Massa.
chusetts, and not usually with those Of YER
mont.
Settlements were made in Mortified
about 1872 were broken up and resumed
again about 1885 The territory was oc.
cupied 10y Indians whose claims were re-
moved by several purchases the town was
established by the Province of NIassachu
sets Bay, which then had jurisdiction to
beyond Rockingham 1t was laid out hy a
committee who reported
we appointed and ur1rrrda little brook called
Natanis, on the west side uf the Great RiVrrtp h.-
the bounds at the southprly end. then W., meas
ur.d about eight miles up the river tu "a lut. riy.
er that runs into the Great River and appointed
1t 10 run westerly three.auartrrs of a nil. from
the Great River: on the east side uf the river tn
come TO the lower end of the three little mead
uws that arr. i-low th, towns plot. and so To
run uD the river ,ipht miles nud three. tuil,..
and tI,r. .,,,art.. ,syt,t,. e,,,, H. ,,,, d..
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The Great River was the Connecticut and
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i' = 80 W. "'''' 'Ue' 10 U"''"s '"'' ~
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shall come. Know We That Nawelrt Gnn,,,nna.
Aspiambemrtt, Haddarawanset, Meganichcha.
wee the Indians mentioned and Tor good consid'
,', ~ pi'''''ar 10
trad. goods all read, m hand maid mr. secured f.,
satisfaction, the said indians above expressed doe
,"r themselves 'helr neirS executors give grant
rsss ,,r ,r,,t, 49,, ~, il, 'I,'s ,,.. ,'iy
bounds nf Nortba.ld INTO William Clarl,. 49,,
and John King sen. both of northampton being
agents ior the proprle'ors OF N"rthheld' which is
., ''''',u a. 'ol''"''n. va Soulhe''y Against a
Great river and ~. r,,p,,i,,, ,Iir.,t ,i
Gr-at River; the northerly side running 10 a river
on the west side OF the Great River called Wan.
sa i ~ s , ~, ''I m VA ',,,,'S m N.g |,'
eyes benefits advantages c,mmo.iitt..s and ar,,rt
enanccs there and thereunto belonging
Witnesses signed by
I'm SERVED CIR G1NGFni!A
Nm Nm CLAEkE iun AsPlAMBEMET
JosEpH ArHERroN MFGANiCHCfIA
I7An' 'HA'N'Ef
Inc river called Co"aS was MIL brook at
'ne hor'n eng oi Northfleiu street. Inc
autnofs Vi le"lPle ana oheluoh most eN-
'e"e". history Vi Nor'hneiu seem 10 nave
'noushl lhe river on Inc west SIDE oi the
''ea' i"Ner' 'aileu " ahascaVoK' was broad
"'"oA' puV On an ancient map III the IN
u'an ohrohicle est hiVer is laid down as
'ne ahtaStltguck anu II mas long been
k"o"h as tue ahtastlquet' Inc Indians
hau no written language ana their names
'"uin "o' oe expressed oy letters with eN
a'theSS' Inc same name would De spelt IN
u'"eIen' ways proah orook mas had no
su'i' name, auu the " "ahascAtok mentioned
III 'le ueeu was uouoIiess west hVer' mat
inns "oulu extend the bounds oi the deed
'urtner horth thhh those ot the town Is not
material ior they extend further beyond
III "luth' Inc Equivalent Lands mere were
ia'u out oy Matthe" Allyn, EOenezer fumry,
ana roger "oicott, November lOth, l'lI.
lhey were 10 oe located on the west side OF
the ureat RIVER above the then present
settlements lhelr southeastern bound was
P'ueeu a' the mouth oi the brook that
e"hP'ie'h ''Seh into the Cohhectlcut RIVER
at' the lower ehd ot the meade" about
an'ee ii'ieS south"ard oi tine west RIVER.
lnl9 was broad brook ana then supposed To
ue the horth bound "i Northteld. In I'2o
tne lInes were TesurNeyed py llmothy
p"Ignt uhuer direction oil committee and
tne nortn Nhe was established where the
nhe between the h""e and brldglnan, now
huo"aru' farms is.
III Los the General Court OF Aassachu
se''S Day granted TO Josiah Sartwell, some
times called Sa"tell'' what was called one
huh"red acres next north "i Northheld.
As iaiu out II included about l3O acres and
extended horth"ard about mile. lie built
lort there the next year, which stood
where the northernmost OF the two Howe
houses no" there stand and lived in 1t.
hls daughter Jennma, afterwards the fair
captive was then about seventeen years
Old and came with him. At about that
time other settlements north of the Ashue-
lot' ON both sides OF the Connecticut were
begun. In lI4O Joseph Stebbns settled on
the Stebbins place in the bend of the river,
and Orlando brldgman at the Hubbard
place, where he built fort across the road
from where the house now is. In the next
year the Province line between Massachu-
setts Bay and New Hampshire was estab-
lished, 1t was to run due west from
point three miles north of Pawtucket Falls
II was run 1t cut i0ur miles and i'' rods OF
been run correctly it would have cut off
about three and one'third miles more and