Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-04
IN OUR OWN STATE.
REAL SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Two In WIndham County, Jonathan Bah
cock Of stratton and James c. Church
OF BrookIIne

Two In WIndham County, Jonathan Bah.
cock Of stratton and James c. Church
OF 8rookllne.
The last paper on the program at the
meeting of the State Historical society
held in Montpelier Thursday, was by wal
ter II. Crockett of st. Adams on 'Inci.
dents and Anecdotes of Revolutionary
Soldiers" Mr. Crockett said in part;
In accordance with a resolution adopted
at the last annual meeting of the YER
mont Society, Sons OF the American Rev
olution, which authorized an attempt to
ascertain as nearly as might be possible
the number of revolutionary soldiers
buried in this state, request for in
formation was made by the secretary
through the Vermont newspapers Sew
eral hundred replies were received from
nearly every section OF the United States
other names have been secured from YER
mont histories and gazeteers, and through
the kindly interest of the Daughters of the
American Revolution The largest number
of those names however, has been found
IN very rare copy of a list of Vermont
Revolutionary pensioners published MANY
years ago and secured by Senator Red
field Proctor. In all $500 names have
been compiled. The pension list referred
to is given by counties only and at the
time OF its compilation Lamoille county
had not been organized The names Of
1929 soldiers are found in this volume and
OF these only 172 or little more than five
per cent. served in the Vermont militia
Almost all were New England men. Mas
sachusetts furnished nearly a half or
I4os' windsor county reported SAG pen
slohers, more than any other county with
Rutland second and Windham third
There are In the list compiled the names
vi zoz9 soldiers which are accredited to
the towns in which they lived and were
buried. rms number contains 1858 names
N hn ,Ci1
the I5S names duplicated from the men,
sion list there are left 2471 names accred-
TIED only to counties. Out of the 246
towns and cities in the state 191 are rem
resented in the list Manchester leads
in the number of soldiers, reporting 24I
names
In prosecuting this investigation three
real sons of the revolution were found.
Jonathan Babcock of Stratton, aged "a
years Is the son of Robert Babcock of
Wardsboro, one of the 40 picked men who
guided Lieut. Col. William Barton Of tho
hhode Island Militia, latter the founder
or Barton, VT, to capture Sir William
Prescott, the British commander of Rhode
island Robert Babcock lived to the great
age of 104 years and six months. diving
Aug %, 1863
James c. Church of Brooklne IS years
old Is the youngest of 20 children born
10 Charles Church of Westminster who
enlisted as soldier at the age of 16
'N"S' III -. A HerTy OF ReadSbOrO.
aged 60 years, must be one of the young
est OF the real sons of the revolution in
the United States He is the son of Micah
Perry, who also enlisted at the age of 16
>, Many anecdotes of revolutionary SOL
dlers were given. William Cox of West
Falrlee, Adam Beals of ST Adams and
Lieut.. John Wyman of Dummerston
were present at and had a part In the IA
nous Boston tea party. Capt BENJAMIN
samson OF Roxbury rang the church bell
at Lexington, Mass, April 10, 1775, to
arouse the minute men on the approach
OF the British troops Names of soldiers
win Ethan Allen at the capture of tt
conderoga not previously given are John
Alexander of Brattleboro, Ebenezer An
6rews OF Mt. Holly. Gersham Beach of
SALISBURY, Enos Flanders of Sheffield.
mos, johnson of Newbury, Noah Jones
OF Shoreham and Samuel Laughton of
immersion The great age attained by
Revolutionary soldiers was mentioned.
several passing the century mark among
whom was John J. loyal of Swanton. who
lived to he 113 years old.