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From: "Pauline Manosh" <>
Subject: [VT-L] Capt. Phineas Heath and Capt. David Nutting Berkshire, Vermont Franklin County
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:49:55 -0500

Hi Dot,
>From Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer:
Berkshire, Vermont Franklin County
Vol. 2 pg. 110
In A.D. 1793, and the year following a few additional inhabitants arrived,
among whom were Capt. Phineas Heath and Capt. David Nutting, Revolutionary
officers. They were in humble circumstances and with large families; but
possessing good natural talents, and improved by their associations and
experience in military service, were interesting men, and added much to the
little society of Mississquoi River valley in which they settled. About the
time Mr. Jonathan Carpenter, a man of shrewdness and strong common sense,
moved into the town and began a farm on the high land rising westerly from
Missisque River, and a little to the N. E. of the present residences of
William Sampson and Gilman Pratt. James Adams also established himself
nearly three miles farther to the N. W. and about one mile and a half N. of
the present Berkshire Center. Settlements now began to increase rapidly, and
within 10 years every considerable portion of the town had become dotted
with new openings and long houses.
Polly

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