Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-06
THE VERMONT

to have taken any active part in the con-
troversy about adhering to New York or
forming a new state. The organization of
this town under New York was maintained
till 1881, and he was the last town clerk of
that; an organization as a Vermont town
was then effected, and he was the first clerk
of that Judge Wells's title, under which
he sold the governors right to Esquire
Greenleaf, rested upon the New York title
which failed with the establishment of the
state of Vermont whose constitution rec
ognized the New Hampshire and repu-
dated the New York titles. This left
the title of Governor Wentworth to his
right reserved in force He had married
handsome Martha Hilton, one of his
servants, willed her all of his prop
erty and died; and she had been mar
ried to Col. Micael Wentworth at Ports
mouth and had Governor Wentworth's IT,
tie. Joseph Clark bought her title and
afterwards conveyed it to John HoughtOn,
who conveyed the new saw mill, house near
and lands to Josiah Arms who had a "shOp"
about where the house east of the road
now leading north from Centreville is.
Mr.. Arms afterwards sold to Judge Sam
uel Knight, who built the house and lived
where Stewart Pratt now does on Western
Avenue Esquire Greenleaf bought of
Joseph Clark six acres and 10 rods of land
adjoining the north side of the farm on
which he lived; it included the flat on
the east side of the road and part of the
pasture on the west side He died in
1908, aged 81, leaving this land which
was appraised by Joseph Clark and John
Steward at 600, one acre, two roOds and
20 rods of which, i'm the fiat where the new
house stands. was assigned to his widow
Eunice as her dover. The personal es-
tate, excepting a cart, a COW, a mans sad
die, some lumber and few farming tools,
was all assigned to her.
Mr.. Greenleaf was in occupation a mer
chant when he came here; and he took a
license as tavern-keeper at the May term
of court in 1772 at Westminster, as did
Christopher OsgoOd of Newfane, Samuel
Whitney of Marlborough, Nathan Willard
and Benjamin Butterlield, jr., of Brattle-
borough, and he probably kept some goods
for sale here for short time, but not
many. After the news of the battles at
Lexington and Concord reached here Solo
mon Phelps wrote a letter to his brother
Charles at Hadley, dated "New Mari
borough, May 1, ITO in which he wrote:
"We have all been alarmed at the bloody
news from Concord "Our people uni
versally stand ready TO assist you. Major
Hunt, Esq. Bridgman and Mr. Tute give
each a barrel of pork, besides considerable
wheat Mr.. Greenleaf told me he was
then instantly going to send 20 bushels of
| wheat flour for the use of the men at RoN-
| bury OF thereabouts' Some notes were
made in IT'S payable in salt "at Esq.
! GTeenleaf's, and some in wheat 'at Esq.
| Greenleli's house or the Grist Mill there
in marlborough" which indicates that
| he then had no store at which to make
| them payable. The house referred to was
| probably that at the Herrick place, and
the mill, Mr., Seth SIN this mill, which
were both in quite as lively a place as
/ Main street was then. Thus the history
of these parts woven into this novel seem,
/ to be somewhat misleading.