Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-31

Hill above CentreyIIIe
some statements are being made. doubt-
less with sincerity, founded upon traditions
ana appearances, that the place of the fret
Westinghouse in Brattleboro il in nov
WOODS some 40 or so rods down the slone
wesC OF the cemetery on that hill, and not
Where Mr.. CIRCUITS second discourse fxes
V' Inc appearances do not show with
any certainty that any building ever stood
mere; and these statements must rest
wfnoIy upon the tradition. Such tradi-
elous are Always unreliable against records |
maui at Ihe time and preserved, and this |
one is weakened by one locating This house
upon the cellar hole in the corner of the |
pasture next west of the cemetery. and an |
other agreeing with this discourse. On |
tne plan of the town under the New |
hampshire charter FIVE acres were reserved |
OUT OF the 5O-acre lot No. 6, next to the |
centre line. This plan is said to have been |
destroyed by fire in the town clerks of |
uce more than hundred years ago, but |
several deeds of the lot refer to this Ieser- |
vation as having been so made. The place |
hxed upon in this discourse, the common
about it, and part of the cemetery are on |
this lot and doubtless on this reservation.
while neither of the other places is on the
lot even. This reservation was doubtless
made for public purposes, and the meeting
mouse would be more likely to be placed
upon 1t near the cemetery, as was usual in
those days, than elsewhere.
The earliest town record touching the
Westinghouse is that of the annual town
meeting on the first Tuesday in March,
1863, recording that "Israel Field was
chosen Surveyor & overseer of the high
ways to inspect & oversee that the road
from Nathaniel Church's to the Meeting
House, among others, was kept in good
order and repair. Nathaniel Church lived
northward, and this road led along on the
west side of the cemetery as it now is to
the meeting house, which would be where
this discourse of Mr.. Grout places it. The
next is that of the annual meeting in III,
which records that Henry Wells was chosen
surveyor of the road "from Edward Kings
place and John Alexander's by Oliver
Cookies to the Meeting House, then to
Esq. Wells's and the Mills, also from said
Road to Dea. Nicholss & to ye Mill that
way" that William Brace, jr., was chosen
surveyor of the 'road from Joseph Burt's
by Jacob Spaldin's to meet the Road that
Goes from Esq Wells's to the Meeting
House, also from said road to the Meeting
House by Richard Prouty's," and that
John HOughtOn was chosen surveyor of
) road "from the Windfalls by Capt. An
drews and Nathaniel Church's jr to Saw
, yer Wright's place & from said Road to
: Thomas Reeves, also from said road to the
: Meeting House." Oliver Cooke lived then
on what became the DR.. Dickerman place,
where Mr.. McVeigh now lives, and the
2 road from John AleXander's by there to
: the Westinghouse led along the west side
l of the cemetery as it now is, and was the
2 same road there as that from Nathaniel
2 Church's to the Westinghouse. Esquire
D Wells lived where the women's retreat is,
1 the mill was on Milestone brook at Main
street bridge, and the road from the meet
ing-house to EsqAire Wellss led into the
road as it now goes below the cemetery and
around by Mr. Thurber's and eastward
+ down the hills to Esquire Wells's. Deacon
Nichols lived east of the road leading from
r Mr.. Thurber's toward Centreville, and the
road that way to the mills led further east
:. ward and north of Mr.. Pratts to the tor
of the hill by Mr.. Crowells, part way
s down Green street, across to the top o.
n High street hill and into the other roac
where the Brooks House stands. The roat
to the meeting house by Richard Prouty''
l. came into the road to the Westinghouse b!
IT Oliver Cookies. The road from the Wind
falls by Capt. Andrewss and Nathanie
IS Church, ir.'s, to Sawyer Wright's place lee
IS along on the south side of Whetston
IS brook below West B:attleboro, and tn
s. road from that road to the meeting-hous
led ND from there on the west side OF Tn
v common, as shown on the chart accompa
h nying Mr.. CIRCUITS discourse, to the meet
r. ing-house. Thus there was road iron
t. the north, one from the east, and one iron
a the south leading to the Westinghouse Il
De 1771. as D laced in this discourse and not I
the place in the woods.
In the record of 1874 is this entry
"Brattleborough June ye %, 1714.
10 Road from We Meeting House to Ebent
III ger Hawse's Beginning at the Buryln
" Yard in the Centre Line from thence Rur
ming with the Centre Line on the sout
side of said line to the North side OF IN
1u Meeting House to William Cuen's land, ~
u THOMAS REEVE | Comrs,,
ne NOAH BENNETT !
Ebenezer Halves lived southwest
lie the schoolhouse near Mr.. Johnsons q
III the stage road to Marlboro ms Wa
'e' the first road west from the meeIin
". bonse and it passed this place in IL
in woods after reaching william McCune
'er land A road from the Westinghouse D.
he Ginning at the burying yard would not
A : road from this place, but from the Pla,
6vod in Mr.. CIRCUITS discourse. Judge wei
in procured grant of the W hole OF TINS 10"
he without any reservations from the proVln
it: Of New York to himself and others, Whl'
Ia was ali made over to him, and law W
10. nassed in 1913 authorizing trustees.
ry, towns 10 take grants of lands for meetin
NJ. houses to stand upon. July 30, l774'
decided to such trustees this land about u
isb Westinghouse as fixed in Mr.. Grout's d
he course described as commonly called al
of Known by the name of Meeting House III
+be . mari of which is used for buryl
,r. gr6nnd." and containing about SIX acre
ani With references to these roads as parts
nd the boundaries. These records seem
I've leave no doubt that the place fixed IN u
act discourse and shown upon the chart Is C =
in rect, The cellar hole in the corner OF OF.
t in mast is the place of house built
'ast RReniamin Butterfeld, jr., on about an a,
oy and a half of land bought by him. Dounu
' aS' a cast on the road that was west
: 5 Of the cemetery, before 1913; and in when
u lived live in 1776 and Levi Smith in IH
tradition has also said that this dwellil
house was afterwards the first meetl !
house. thus accounting for the cellar, !.
,ro az it Was probably built after the mee q,
% 90 was. and was certainly lived IN
iANNS 4 ID ot hers during the u