Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-11-21
BORO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Fl. 1890.

mings and Moses johnson built houses on
the street. and Benjamin Hutchins and
Samuel Skinner at the east part Of the
town in 1855 BY the middle Of that year
the number Of families had reached to fif-
teen
The boundary between the provinces Of
New Hampshire and New York was fixed
at the west bank of Connecticut river on
July 90, 1864, bringing this territory into
the latter. When this became known
new titles TO lands under the Province
Of New York were supposed by some
to be necessary. On May I'd, 1855, Col
Josiah Willard Of Winchester Medad Pom
eroy and eighteen associates applied TO the
governor of that Province for grant Of
Great Meadow, containing 10000 acres,
to be erected into township by the name
of Putney." A map, "of 1900 acres Of
land on the west side of Connecticut River
known by the name Of Great Meadow or
Pultney surveyed by Charles Baker for
Josiah Willard and others" was filed July
3O 1856, and a charter from Sir Henry
Moore, Baronet, Captain General Governor,
etc, to Josiah Willard, Joshua Hide Daniel
Hubbard, Josiah Willard, ir., Lois Butler,
Thomas Frink, jeremiah Hall, Joseph
Hammond, Thomas Hill, Eunice Willard
Elijah Alexander, Sampson Willard, John
Ellis, Henry Foster, Thomas Lee, Micah
Lawrence. John Gould, James Scott and
Nehemiah Houghton of "a tract of land on
the west side Of Connecticut River in the
County of Cumberland erected into Town
ship by the name of Putney containing
1880 acres Of Land and the usual allow
ances &C. was made November IA, 1866
Noah Sabn came from Rehoboth Mass, in
| 76s and built the first framed house in
town
When the county of Cumberland was es
provided for The first judges of this court
were Thomas Chandler of Chester, the shire
town, Joseph Lord of Putney and Samuel
Wells Of Brattleboro. On January 90, 1772,
Judge Lord wrote 10 Governor Tryon
| II have further to represent to your Ex-
Sixty Eighth year of my age and attended
with the infrmities common to advanced
years such as great Deafness, Loss Of Mem
ory, dimness of Sight and at times para
litic tremor in my hands &c which dis
qualife me for full free & Perfect Dis
charge of the offices of Second Judge of
the lnferiour Court of Common Pleas &
Justice of the Peace which have sustained
in the County for several years last past
and having desire 10 retire from Pubick
| business and spend the remainder Of my
Days in calm retirement therefrom &
concern myself in nothing else but doing
| good TO my numerous family < Neighbors
x Praying for the King, your Excellency
| x all others the Kings Officers & Prepare
| for a Glorious Immortality, Therefore
| Humbly Entreat your Excellency to ap-
| point some other Person to said Offices in
my room x sted." In answer to this re-
| quest Godsbrow Banyar. Secretary, wrote
/ from New York April Sd, l712 His Ex-
cellency desirous of retaining in Office the
most respectable Persons in the County
could not think of appointing any Person
Second Judge in your Stead He has how
ever added another Gentleman to the
Bench which after your faithful Service in
that County will give you an opportunity,
with less Prejudice to the public of taking
as little share Of the Burthen of the office
as shall be most agreeable to yourself 3"
A commission was accordingly issued to
Noah Sabin, April IA, l772 Judge Lords
youngest daughter, Sarah, was married to
Thomas Chandler, jr., Of Chester He
died December !, 1913. Capt. Thomas c.
Lord, noted hotel keeper of Braitleboro,
who kept the Vermont House which stood
where the town hall is, was his great grand
son. On April %, 1771, there we're 81
heads of families in town. Their names
were Abijah Moore, Joshua Parker Josh
ua Hyde, James Snow, John Butler, Eli
phalet Pierce, Andrew Grimes Michael
Law, Dennis Locking, Ephraim Pierce,
Moses Johnson, John Roberts, Charles
Kathan, William Pierce. Francis Cum
mings, James Cummings, Jonathan Hough-
ton, Benjamin Wilson, Noah Sabin, Mat
thew Cushing, Amos Halle, Dan. Sabin,
Daniel Cushing, Samuel Wheat, Jonathan
Clough Isaac Baird, William Wildman,
Aaron Carey, Jonas Moore, Elisha Allen,
Leonard Spaulding, Samuel skinner Joseph
Hartwell, Abraham Cady, Benjamin Hutch
ins, Philip Alexander, Nehemiah Howe,
John Perry, Joseph Perry, Joseph Lord,
Stephen Lord, Moses Cole, John Haven,
Jethro Brown, Daniel Pierce, Joseph Pierce,
Samuel Minott, Joseph Gushing, Thomas
Temple, Thomas White, Samuel Morse
When the question whether the court of
Common Pleas for Cumberland county
should, sit for the transaction of business or
not. Judge Sabin was conscientiously and
firmly Of the opinion that il should proceed
in the usual course. He was taken with
others to Northampton Jail for his part in
the transactions of March 18th, 1175, at
Westminster which resulted in the killing
of William French and Daniel Houghtou,
from which he was released by the author
tiles of the province of New York and
taken to New York city. He returned in
about year Many of the men of Putney
were present on that occasion at West
munster anu e"oh Paib III "pI'oaltlou W Jhe
sitting of the court.
In November, 1913, few persons, assum-
ing to be the county convention, made nom
nations for field officers Of the lower regi-
ment of militia of men, strongly suspected
of loyalty to the king and opposition to lib
erty. Inhabitants of Putney addressed a
letter dated December 6, 1915, ITO Colonel
William Williams of Draper, and Mr., Paul
Spooner to be communicated to the honor
able Provincial Congress at the City of New
York, in which they set forth the proceed
ings of these mine or ten arbitrary men :;
that good evidence could be procured
that the men they had nominated had lever
discovered an inimical spirit to the liberties
of America" that "al this doth sufficiently
prove that our liberties are, or near, at an