The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-04-30
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES,
No. s..

No. 8.
There seems TO have been considerable
discussion respecting the building house
of public worship and the matter was
brought Dip in number of town meetings,
committees were appointed, estimates of
cost made, sites offered gra,uitously, but
though timber was abundant, there seems
to have been considerable red tape in the
matter and no house was built for many
years, though there was public worship
held regularly at private houses.
"September ye goth, meeting opened.
Edward Aiken, Esq, chosen moderator.
Y1oted that house Be built for Publick
Worship. Said house to be built West
of Mr.. James Patterson's Dwelling
house, said Patterson will give half acre
of Land for ye above mentioned Purpose.
Meeting adjourned till we first Monday in
November"
This James Patterson, known as Capt.
James Patterson lived on the farm in
Thompsonburg now occupied by John
Stuart At first he erected log house
and subsequently erected the house in
which Mr.. Stuart now lives. The town
meeting was held there April %, 177S.
There are men now living in this town
who were personally acquainted with him
though he was an old man when they
were boys. He had at least three chill
dren: The eldest known as Col. --
Patterson, Polly and John, the latter
went West and died there. Col. Patter-
son had seven children: Hiram who lives
at No. Derry who married Haines,
Horace who lives in Massachusetts,
Arvilla, Beterich who married Thomas
Faulkner, father of Frank, John who
lives in Massachusetts married Caleff,
and Stephen who lives at Baldwinsville,
Mass. The captains daughter Polly
married Luther Martin of Weston. She
had two children, John and Mary Jane
who married Albert Chase who built and
lived in the house now occupied by Josiah
| Goddard.
Londonderry October ye 81, 1881.
"The inhabitance of said town are
hereby Reminded that their Town meet
| ing Held upon the goth of Sept. stands
Adjourned Till Monday ye Fifth day of
November att which Time they are to
meet att the Dwelling house of Mr..
James Patterson att one O'clock P. M.
Robert Mccormick Town Clerk.
! Robert Mccormick lived in the eastern
part of the town and when in 1892 Lon
donderry was divided found himself an
inhabitant of Windhnm. He had two
-o1s Robert and William. His widow
married John Cox, brother to William
whose son was killed near the Jarius Al
drich house by falling from the bridge.
November ye 9Th. Voted Relative to
the second article in ye Foregoing war
rant concerning the house to be Built for
Publick Worship that the Dimensions
thereof be 3s feet in Length and Thirty
in Breadth. Meeting adjourned until ye
18th of this Instant"
November ye 18th. Meeting continued.
Voted that the aforesaid meeting house
be one StoIie high. Voted that the above
Described house be set up, Boarded &
Shingled & Claboarded with sawed
Claboards, ye Floor Lsid with one Door
Hinged, said work to be Finished in jone
year from this time. A Committee
Chosen to Carry on and Forward sd
Building as far as before mentioned.
Said Committee, appointed by vote of
said Town, Edward Aiken, Esq, Capt.
James Hopkins, Capt, James Anderson,
Robert Millar, John Patterson. That
the aforesaid committee make an Estimate
of the whole cost of Building the meeting
house as far as is agreed upon, to be done
within the Term of one year, that sd
committee make rate of sd cost upon
the Inhabitance of said Town. That sd
Committee Put Valuation upon Days,
Boards, Shingles & Nails & Claboards.
That sd committee Shall Determine who
shall Provide sd articles. Voted that
the necessary Cost arising from the
Building of said house be Laid on ye in
habitance of sd Town by Poll & Estate
according to the Valuation of the Invoice
Taken this present year. Meeting ad-
ljourned until we 10Th Inst"
Robert Millar one of the selectmen of
this town in 1881 lived ON the farm now
occupied by John Ramsdell. His house
was an humble log hut that occupied the
site upon which Mr.. Ramsdell's house
now stands. He was brother to Capt.
Samuel Thompson's wife. He was
one Of the original settlers and struck the
| first blow on this farm. He had brother
John Millar who lived in log hut on the
site of Asa Howe's house, the first west
of the brook. On June Z, 1888 John
Millar sold his land to Capt. Samuel
Thompson and a few years after Robert
sold his to the same person. Daniel Mil
lar was brother of Robert and John and
settled on the Capt. James farm. He
built a log house there. He sold out
finally to Jonathan Buxton. John Millar
and his brothers, Robert and Daniel, did
not live in this town many years. John
and Robert moved to Manchester and
Daniel to New Hampshire. Their names
are not found on the grand list for 1899.
Capt. VIM. Thompson, from whom
these items are gathered, says that Johns
wife was regarded as witch, that his
father believed it though he. himself,
never thought so. Perhaps the Millars
thought that under those circumstances
it would be safer to get farther away
from Salem Massachusetts, where WITCH