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PART
I.
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Record of Proceedings Preparatory to
the Centennial Anni‑
versary, &c.,............................................................... 9 [
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Historical Address,—C. K. Field,........................................... 15 [
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Biographical Sketches,—C. K. Field,...................................... 34 [
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Ebenezer Allen,
Austin Birchard,
Aaron Crosby,
Ward Eager,
Charles K. Field,
Esther S. Field,
Martin Field,
Roswell Martin
Field, Daniel Fisher,
Lewis Grout,
Ephraim Holland,
Moses Kenney,
Pardon T. Kimball,
Luke Knowlton,
Luke Knowlton
Jr., P. H. Knowlton,
Ephraim Holland
Newton,
Marshall Newton Sr.,
Marshall Newton,
Aaron C. Robinson,
Hezekiah Robinson,
Hollis T. Robinson,
Jonathan
Robinson Sr.,
Jonathan
Robinson Jr.,
Hezekiah Taylor,
William H. Williams,
William L. Williams,
Otis Warren,
Elhanan Wheeler,
John Wheeler,
Toasts and Responses,........................................................ 98 [
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Historical Notes,................................................................. 105 [
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"The Vermont Free Press,"................................................... 113 [
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The Sleeping Beauty,........................................................... 117 [
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Centennial Discourse,......................................................... 123 [
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Sketch of Proceedings, ....................................................... 142 [ HTML Pages 142-148
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PART
II.
Original Charter,.................................................................... 151 [ HTML Pages 151-153
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First Town Officers.............................................................. 154 [ Pages 154 PDF 50kb ]
Family Genealogies,.............................................................. 155 [ HTML Pages 155-176
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Sawtell Family Sermon,........................................................ 177 [
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Longevity, Long Married Life, &c.,.................................... 185 [
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Roads and Bridges,............................................................... 186
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Extracts from first Town Records, &c.,............................ 188
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Collection of Taxes
School Districts and Schools,............................................... 190
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Pondville Baptist Church,................................................... 194
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First Universalist Church,................................................... 198
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Methodism in Newfane,...................................................... 201
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Cemeteries,............................................................................ 202
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Fayetteville,........................................................................... 205
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Williamsville,........................................................................ 211
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Pondville,.............................................................................. 220
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War Record, ......................................................................... 225
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Sons of Newfane Murdered in Louisiana,........................ 243
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Town Officers, 1774-1876,.................................................. 245
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Moderators, Selectmen,
Town Treasurers,
Listers,
First Constables
Grand List, 1874,.................................................................. 250
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ADDENDA
ERRATA
VOTE AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF
THE HISTORY OF NEWFANE.
At it
town meeting, held at School House Hall, in Williamsville, on the 7th day of
March, A. D. 1876, it was voted to have seven hundred copies of the
"History of the Town and Church" published, together with the
proceedings at the Centennial Celebration; and that one copy be furnished,
free, to each family in town, the excess to be sold and the proceeds paid into
the town treasury.
Voted,
To have a committee of three appointed to prepare and publish the aforesaid
history at the expense of the town. Chose as said committee: J. J. Green, Rev.
Charles Burnham and J. H. Merrifield.
D. A. DICKINSON, Town Clerk
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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
In
the preparation of this volume, old records have been consulted not only, but
thoroughly searched. Some things before in doubt have been settled. Where
authorities apparently equally trustworthy have disagreed, we have adopted that
view which seemed to have the best evidence in its favor, after diligently
comparing and sifting the statements made. Notwithstanding all this, it will
doubtless come to pass that some, as they read these pages, will say of
certain things here recorded, "I do not believe that, I know that is not
so." If the question should be asked, why you so believe, and how you know
? perhaps you would say, " We have often heard the old people state these
circumstances very differently." True, we have heard all these stories,
and, after careful consideration, have reached the results set forth in this
volume.
To
illustrate, one writer says there were but six families in town when the church
was organized while the biographer of the Morse family sets the number at
twenty. A careful examination of all the conflicting traditions, indicates
beyond a reasonable doubt that there were at least fourteen families here in
June, 1774, and perhaps twenty.
We
cannot close these remarks without returning our sincere thanks to the
descendants of the early pioneers and all those who, by their hearty
co-operation in this enterprise, have rendered invaluable aid in the
researches that have been necessary to complete this volume.
Committee.
JOSEPH J. GREEN,
CHARLES BURNHAM,
JOHN H. MERRIFIELD,
