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Carpenter Cousins Project
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HISTORY
OF THE
Town of Pittsford, Vermont
WITH
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
AND
FAMILY RECORDS
BY A. M. GAVERLY, M. D.
RUTLAND:
TUTTLE & CO., PRINTERS.
1872.
Page 78-79
About, the year 1770, some New York patentees attempted
to get possession of lands occupied by claimants under the New
Hampshire charters, and served upon them writs of ejectment,
returnable to the court at Albany. These actions were to be
tried in June, and although tile settlers had but little confidence
in the New York courts, they resolved to appear and defend
their rights. The first case for trial was that of John Small
against Isaac Carpenter, relating to land in Shaftsbury. The
council for the plaintiff produced the patent of his client
*
Early Hist, of Vt., page 109.
TEST CASE TRIED SHERIFFS RESISTED. 79
obtained from the Governor of New York, as the evidence of
his claim.. The counsel for the defendant offered in evidence
the New Hampshire charter dated August 20, 1761, four years
before the plaintiffs patent, together with authentic copies of
Governor Wentworth s commission, and the King s instruction,
authorizing him to grant lands.* But the court decided that
New York had always extended eastward to the Connecticut
river, and that consequently the New Hampshire charter was
null and void, and refused to allow it to be read to the jury.
As the result of this ruling, judgment was obtained for the
plaintiff; and this being a test case foreshadowed the verdict in
all the other cases. The result of this trial was not unexpected,
as it was well known that the Lieut.-Governor, the prosecuting
attorneys, and the presiding judge were interested parties in
these suits, all claiming lands in the disputed territory by virtue
of the New York title.
Page 260
Agreeable to order, the house took under consideration the
complaint of Col. Brownson against Jonathan Fassett, Esq.,
which was read, and Mr. Fassett not appearing, the evidence
in support of the complaint being heard, the question was put,
whether said complaint is supported, and that Jonathan Fassett,
Esq., be expelled from his seat as a member of this House ?
The yeas and nays on the question were required by Mr. Free
man, they stand as follows, viz. :
Yeas Mr. Dewey, Mr. Goodrich, Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Speaker, Mr. O. Smith, Mr. Canfield, Mr. Brownson, Mr.
Gray, Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Bristol, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Chipman,
.Mr. J. Burt, Mr. Marvin, Mr. Randall, Mr. Merriman, Mr.
Marsh, Judge Ward, Mr. Higley, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Asabel
Smith, Mr. Mott, Mr. C. Carpenter, Mr. Wilson, Mr. B. Burt,
Mr. Freeman, Mr. Bridgman, Mr. Clark, Mr. Spaulding, Mr.
Jewet, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wells, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Roberts, Mr.
Cook, Mr. Aiken, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Burgiss, Captain Ward,
Mr. B. Brown, Mr. Bisbee, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Davison, Mr.
Brigham, Mr. Heald, Mr. Emmons, Mr. Weld, Mr. Abida
Smith, Mr. Green, Mr. Cosseen, Mr. J. Carpenter, Mr. Parkhurst,
Mr. Bliss, Mr. Rosbrooks, Mr. Steel, Mr. Bartholomew,
Mr. Hall, Mr. P. Brown, Mr. Ferris, Mr. S. Lane, Mr. Loid,
Mr. J. Lane, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Butterfield.
So it passed unanimously in the affirmative.
"Thursday, March 1, 1787.
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CHAPTEK VII.
JTmmigrants and their Locations continued / Extracts from
the Proprietors Records ; Settlement of the Land-title
Controversy ; Vermont admitted into the Union ; Pay
ment of $30,000. 1.7901800.
During the next ten years, the agitation occasioned by the
war having subsided, the population of the town went on grad
ually increasing, while new openings were continually made in
the forest, a greater breadth of soil was brought under the
influence of husbandry, and the machinery of civil government
was moving gracefully along. This prosperous state of things,
combined with the natural fertility of soil, made the township
a desirable one for enterprising young men, who wished to
make pleasant homes for themselves in some promising region.
Among the number who located here in 1790, we find
Abraham Drury, John Woodward, Samuel Copley, Phineas
Hammond, Abraham Carpenter, Adget Lathrop and Nathan
B. Graham.
Page 267
Abraham Carpenter was born in Rehoboth, Mass., Sep
tember 23, 1739, and in the French war he enlisted in the
army and was sent through the wilderness to Crown Point
Fort, where he remained through one summer, acting, the most
of that time, as one of the guard at that fortress. How long
he remained in the army we are not informed, but when his
term of service had expired, he returned to Rehoboth and
commenced studying for the ministry. He married Elizabeth
Bliss, also of Rehoboth, who was born April 5, 1738, and after
their marriage they went to reside in Killingly, Conn., from
which town they removed to Plainfield, N. H., in 1774. He
was there ordained and settled over a Congregational Church,
the first in the township. From Plainfield he removed to
"Whipple Hollow, and of his labors there we shall have some
thing to say hereafter.
Page 271
The men who located here in 1792, were Ozias Crampton,
Daniel Carpenter, Alexander Ewings, William Baxter, Luther
Wicker, James Wicker, Frederick Wicker, Jeremiah Needham,
Daniel Lee, Oliver Bogue, and Jeremiah Powers, Sen.
Of the early life of Ozias Crampton we know nothing. He
came to Pittsford in 1792 and had the title of Doctor, but we
cannot learn that he ever practised medicine. He married
Anna, daughter of John Hitchcock, and resided a few years in
the house which was built and- occupied by Mr. Hitchcock
when he first came into the township. It stood a few rods
north of the house now owned and occupied by S. H. Kellogg,
Esq. He and Joseph Hitchcock, his wife s eldest brother,
bought the grist-mill and one-half of the saw-mill, the former
built by Elisha Rich and the latter by Elisha Adams who still
retained one-half of it. This purchase was made of John
Rotchem March 9, 1792, and the consideration was two hun
dred pounds. In 1800 Mr. Crampton sold his real estate in
Pittsford and moved to Pennsylvania where he afterwards
died. His widow and three sons returned to Pittsford, and in a
few months she married a man by the name of Crossman and
resided in the house standing in the lot northwest of the resi
dence of John Hitchcock, and now owned by H. F. Lothrop.
The father of Daniel Carpenter was born in England, came
to America when a young man, married Hannah Needham and
settled in Greenwich, Mass., where his son was born. The
latter, about the year 1775, married Lucy Nichols and located
in South Wilbraham where were born the following children,
viz.: 1st, Polly, born Nov. 27, 1776 ; 2d, John; 3d, Artemas;
4th, Daniel ; 5th, Caleb ; 6th, Lucy.
Mr. Carpenter made his first purchase in Ladd Hollow,*
*Ladd Hollow included a part of Chittenden and that part of Pittsford now
known as East Pittsiord.
272 HISTORY OF PITTSFOED.
Pittsford, Aug. 11, 1792. This purchase consisted of one
hundred acres of land,
" bounded on the north by Nathaniel
Ladd, on the east by town line ; on the south by the Governor s
right, and extends so far west as to include one hundred acres."
This land is described as …
Page 272
1792 – This land is described as "
lying on Little Eiver called East
Krick," and was purchased of John Simonds of Leominster,
Mass., being a part of the second-division of the original right
of John Hubbard. It is not known what time he removed hisfamily
into Pittsford, but probably soon after he made his pur
chase here. He and Nathaniel Ladd* are reputed to have
been the first two settlers in Ladd Hollow. Mr. Carpenter
made his first clearing and built a log house about where Mrs.
Eddy now lives. He afterwards built a house farther south,
where his son Artemas lived many years. It is now owned
by D. Gould. Mr. Carpenter died in 1811.
Page 286
Richard M. Powers, son of Jeremiah, formerly of Green
wich, Mass., was born December 25, 1775, and on the 9th of
March, 1796, he married Polly Carpenter who was born in
South Wilbraham, Mass., Nov. 27, 1775, but at the time of
their marriage was residing in her father s family in Chittenden,
Yt.
Page 319
Justus Powers, brother of the preceding, married Lucy, daugh
ter of Daniel Carpenter, and located with his parents on the
east side of the highway, opposite his brother. He moved to
Rutland about the year 1810.
Page 357
At the annual meeting in March, 1812, the town "voted
that .the Selectmen be a Committee to hear and grant the
Bequest of Israel Brewster, Jr., Samuel Button, Zelotes
Andrews, Josiah Parsons, Ira Parsons, Nathaniel Anson,
Jason Ladd, Justus Powers, Artemas and Caleb Carpenter to
be exonerated from paying their proportion for building the
three Bridges over Otter Creek and the one over Mill River
by Widow Cooley s, where the old ones were carried oif by the
late freshet, on account of their building Bridges over East
Creek near where they live.
Page 362
Caleb Carpenter, Ditto. (Private – enlisted in 1862)
Page 423-424
Warren Chaffee was the son of Simeon who was born in
Eehoboth, Mass., Feb. 5, 1772, married in 1796, and had the
following children : Stephen, Joel, Job, Carpenter, Amos and
Simeon. His wife died and he married a second wife, Fanny
Parsons, April 22, 1813, and by her he had Warren, Heman,
Christopher, Nathaniel and Susanna. These children were
born in Chittenden, Yt., to which town the parents removed
soon after their marriage. Warren was born January 13,
1814, and married, September 11, 1842, Chloe M. Paine, who
was born September 11, 1818. They located on the farm
424 HISTORY OF PITTSFOKD.
formerly owned by Josiah Parsons, in the southeasterly part
of Pittsford, where they now reside.
Page 449
Artemas Carpenter Powers, son of Richard Montgomery,
was born March 28, 1823, and married, February 15, 1853,
Juliana Douglas, who was born in Richmond, "Vt., January 1,
1827. They located on the home farm, where they have ever
since resided. Mr. Powers possesses business capacity, and has
held many offices of trust and responsibility.
Page 478
Walter North, the third son, was born in Middletown.
Nov. 5, 1817, and married, May 20, 1841, Betsey Carpenter,
who was born in Kingston, R. I., Sept. 16, 1813. They located
in Middletown, but removed to Springfield, Mass., and from
thence to Pittsford, Yt. Here he was one of a company who
converted the Barlow Mill into a paper manufactory. , Mr.
North returned to Springfield in 1869.
Page 514
freshet of 1811.
A saw-mill was built on East Creek in East Pittsford, about
the year 1808, by Artemas Carpenter. A few years later, Mr.
Carpenter built a grist-mill on the same stream, some rods
below the saw-mill. The grist-mill was run some ten or twelve
years only, but the saw-mill was kept in operation many
years.
Page 642
The present pastor, Elder Isaiah Cady Carpenter, com
menced his labors with the church July 7, 1865. " The church
agreed to give him $250, use of parsonage and firewood. The
annual pastor s donation, and aid from the convention not to
be reckoned in the above $250."t
Elder Carpenter s grandfather, Jonathan Carpenter, was
born in Seekonk, Mass., and married Rebecca Howard, of Ashford,
Conn., where they located and resided some years.
Their children were Elisha, Jonathan and Rebecca. Jona
than, the second son, married Elizabeth Bartlett, of Attleboro,
Mass., and located in Ashford, where both died. Their children
were Samuel H., Jonathan, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Lucretia, Cady
and Isaiah C.
The youngest son, the subject of this notice, was born in
Ashford, and was educated at the " Connecticut Literary and
Scientific Institute." He was first settled as pastor of the
Baptist Church in Templeton, Mass., where he labored seven
years. He was then employed in the interest of the Massa
chusetts Home Missionary Society three years. He subse
quently preached in Thompson, Conn., three years ; in Montville
three years ; in Russell, Mass., two years; in Londonderry,
Yt., two years ; in Newfane five years, and in Salem, N. Y.,
three years. From the latter town he came to Pittsford. He
is an earnest Christian and a faithful pastor, and his labors
here have been attended with more than ordinary success.
During his pastorate of a little more than six years, sixty-five
have been added to the church.
Page 643-644
DEACONS.
There were no regularly appointed deacons of the Baptist
Church till September 30, 1786, when Caleb Hendee,* Abel
Stevensf and Colburn Preston were elected to this office. The
other deacons have been :
Samuel Hendee and Ezra Spencer, elected October 16, 1841.
Roswell Woodcock and James R. Smith,}: elected February
11, 1843.
Samuel Hendee and Roswell Woodcock are the present
acting deacons.
In the year 1788, an effort was made by some individuals
living in that part of Pittsford known as Whipple Hollow,
together with persons living in that vicinity, in the north part
of Rutland, to form a religious society, and they petitioned the
Legislature for an act of incorporation. The prayer of the
petitioners was not granted, but they formed an association and
took the name of " Orange Parish." They held religious meet
ings, and occasionally had preaching by ministers living in the
vicinity. About the year 1790, they employed Rev. Abraham
Carpenter, from Plainfield, N. H., as their preacher. We have
* Died October 2, 1823. t Removed to Canada about 1796. J Died March 11, 1867.
644 HISTORY OF PITT8FORD.
already given some account of the early life of Mr. Carpenter.
Soon after he came to Pittsford a church was organized, and he
was installed as its pastor. The services on this occasion were
held at the house of Asa Stevens,* and Rev. Lemuel Haynes,
of Rutland, and Rev. Ithamar Hibbard, of Poultney, assisted
in the exercises.
Mr. Carpenter was a very devoted Christian, and a faithful
pastor, and under his ministry the church prospered. Few
pastors have secured a stronger hold upon the affections of his
people. He died, after a short illness, August 21, 1797, and
his remains were interred in the parish burying ground. His
wife, Elizabeth, died March 30, 1830, aged 92 years.f
After the death of Mr. Carpenter, the parish secured the
services of Rev, Mr. Norton, who was a man of some talent,
but wanting in characteristics so essential to success. Under
his ministry the religious interest in the society gradually
abated, dissensions sprung up among the members, the minister
soon left, and the meetings were discontinued.
The early history of the Methodist Church in this town is
involved in considerable obscurity. The first circuit on the
west side of the mountains in this State was organized in 1798,
and called the Yergennes Circuit. The first preacher appointed
to this circuit was Rev. Joseph Mitchell, who is described as
"a man of extraordinary natural powers; a shrewd, witty,
energetic and overwhelming preacher." Soon after he was
appointed to this circuit, probably in the fall of 1798, it was
announced that he would preach in Brandon on a particular
day. Col. Benjamin Cooley and his brother Caleb, having
* This was before the Meeting House was finished.
tThey had nine children ; four sons, Jesse, Cyrel, Abraham and Cyrus ; and
five daughters, two died in infancy, and Susanna, Elizabeth and Olive. Of the
sons, Jesse settled at Corinth, Vt., where he died ; Cyrel and Cyrus, we are in
formed, graduated at Dartmouth College, and studied medicine ; the former located
in Saratoga, N. Y. ; Abraham settled in Floyd, N. Y. Of the daughters, Susanna
married Nathaniel Allen, and died in Sudbury in 1888 ; Elizabeth married Charles
Moses, and died in Malone, N. Y., in 1812; Olive married John Wood.
Page 684
LIST OF SELECTMEN AND CONSTABLES Continued
l826!John Barnes, Harris Bogue, Artemas CarpenterjJeffrey Barnes.
l827 Art. Carpenter, Lyman Granger, G. Hammond,Jeffrey Barnes.
Page 695
CARPENTER, REV. ABRAHAM b September 23, 1739, m Elizabeth Bliss,
b April 5, 1738. Children Sous. 1, Jesse, located in Corinth, Vt. ; 2,
Cyrel, a physician, settled in Saratoga, N. Y. ; 3, Abraham, settled in
Floyd, N. Y. ; 4, Cyrus, a physician. Daughters 1, Susanna, m Nathaniel
Allen, d in Sudbury in 1838 ; 2, Elizabeth, m. Charles Moses, died in Malone,
N. Y., 1812 ; 3, Olive, m John Wood, d in Pittsford. The father d
in AVhipple Hollow, August 21, 1797 ; the mother d March 30, 1830.
CARPENTER, REV. ISAIAH C. m Nancy Cody. Children 1, George F.
b November 23, 1837, d September 9, 1840 ; 2, Edwin J. b May 22, 1840, m
Mary Patee ; 3, Mary A. b August 20, 1842, m John O. Spring; 4, Elon B.
b March 26, 1845, d 1870 ; 5, Marilla W. b May 28, 1846, m Charles Martin :
6, Arthur B. b March 12, 1854.
CARPENTER, DANIEL m Lucy Nichols. Children 1, Polly b Novem
ber 27, 1776, m Richard M. Powers ; 2, John, moved to the West ; 3,
Artemas, m 1st, Sally Lawrence, who died : m 2d, Nancy Wood ; 4,
Daniel ; 5, Caleb, m Meliuda Burr ; 6, Lucy, m Justus Powers.
Page 696
CHAFFEE, SIMEON b February 5, 1772, in Rehoboth, Mass., m March 20,
1796, _ , who died ; m 2d, April 22, 1813, Fanny Pearsons, b Janu
ary 11, 1782. Children Stephen, Joel, Job, Carpenter, Amos, Simeon,
Sophrona, Soloma, and Solana, by first wife ; Warren, Herman, Christo
pher, Nathaniel and Susannah, by second wife. The father d August 23,
1859 ; the mother, Fanny, d October 20, 1859.
Page 717
NORTH, WALTER s of Alvin, b November 5, 1817, m May 20, 1841,
Betsey Carpenter, b in South Kingston, R. I., September 16, 1813. Chil
drenI, Louisa J. b September 3, 1842, m April 22, 1869, William H.
Palmer ; 2, Arthur J. b December 10, 1843 ; 3, Helen E. b February 28,
1847. Mr. North resides now at Springfield, Mass.
Page 720
POWERS, JUSTUS 2d s of Jeremiah and Elizabeth, m Lucy, dr of
Daniel Carpenter.
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