History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 1 |
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... seems to have been built up as near the center as prac- ticable . The White river , the largest river east of the mountains , nearly sixty miles long , pursues its sinuous course through the town , having been frequently fed by hillside ...
... seems to have been built up as near the center as prac- ticable . The White river , the largest river east of the mountains , nearly sixty miles long , pursues its sinuous course through the town , having been frequently fed by hillside ...
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... seems to have relinquished his 8 acres in 1 L. , and to have taken the same number of acres in 31 D. , as later he holds 58 acres there . Some of these grantees remained here but a short time , and sold out for a mere song in most ...
... seems to have relinquished his 8 acres in 1 L. , and to have taken the same number of acres in 31 D. , as later he holds 58 acres there . Some of these grantees remained here but a short time , and sold out for a mere song in most ...
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... seems to have met some of the New York proprietors , Mr. Kelly in particular , and may have been offered inducements to begin settlement in the new town of Royalton , chartered two years before . He , like many other pioneers , was not ...
... seems to have met some of the New York proprietors , Mr. Kelly in particular , and may have been offered inducements to begin settlement in the new town of Royalton , chartered two years before . He , like many other pioneers , was not ...
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... seems to have taken no very active part in the affairs of Royalton , if one may judge from the rare occurrence of his name in the town records . He was once on a committee for building a bridge , and once was elected as highway surveyor ...
... seems to have taken no very active part in the affairs of Royalton , if one may judge from the rare occurrence of his name in the town records . He was once on a committee for building a bridge , and once was elected as highway surveyor ...
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... seems to have lived some of the time in Royalton . He was a resident of Royalton in 1779 , and chosen moderator at the March meeting . He was elected grand juryman in 1782. The next year he was on the Society commit- tee . In 1771 when ...
... seems to have lived some of the time in Royalton . He was a resident of Royalton in 1779 , and chosen moderator at the March meeting . He was elected grand juryman in 1782. The next year he was on the Society commit- tee . In 1771 when ...
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History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 1 ... Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy No preview available - 2015 |
History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 1 Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy No preview available - 2014 |
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Page 117 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 12 - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted and released and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances...
Page 115 - HEAR this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Page 10 - George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting...
Page 10 - Reign. 1. WITH these our Instructions you will receive our Commission under our Great Seal of England, constituting you our Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Province of New- Jersey.
Page 126 - Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Page 264 - Whiting, be, and they hereby are, formed into, constituted and made a body politic and corporate, by the name of The...
Page 108 - The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled and almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm upon my left.
Page 119 - Mott, a Frenchman, was his second. Their pilot, or leader, was a despicable villain, by the name of Hamilton, who had been made prisoner by the Americans at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777. He had been at Newbury and Royalton the preceding summer on parole of honor, left the latter plac'e with several others under pretence of going to survey lands in the northern part of this state, and went directly to the enemy. He was doubtless the first instigator of those awful depredations which were the bitter...
Page 14 - Provided further and upon Condition also nevertheless And we do hereby for us Our heirs and successors direct and appoint that this our present Grant shall be registered and entered...