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From: "Pauline Manosh" <>
Subject: [VT-L] Waterville, Vermont Lamoille County "By E. Henry Willey"
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 17:08:40 -0500


Mary,
>From Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer
Vol. 2 pg. 768- 769 Waterville, Vermont Lamoille County
This township is situated in the northeastern part of Lamoille Co; lat 44
33/; bounded, N. by Bakersfield and Belvidere, E. by Belvidere and Johnson,
s. by Cambridge, and W. by Fletcher and Cambridge; and was chartered, Oct.
26, 1788, to James Whitelaw, James Savage and William Coit, by the name of
Coit's Gore. At that time its area consisted of 11,000 acres. To the town
has since been annexed, what was originally the south-eastern corner of
Bakersfield, and also, of that portion of Belvidere, known as the "Leg."
When chartered, there were but one or two families within its limits. In
1824, the population of the gore having increased to about 350, steps were
taken for the organization of a town. Accordingly, at the request of several
of the citizens, the General Assembly, at its October session, A. D; 1824,
passed an enabling act, relative to the town organization; and Nov. 13th,
following, on petition of Sylvanus Eaton, Joseph Rowell, Ezra Sherman and J.
C. Holmes, legal voters and residents of the town (?) the first town meeting
was held, for the election of provisional officers, who were to serve in
their several capacities, until the annual "March Meeting: of the succeeding
year. The following were elected : Sylvanus Eaton, moderator; Moses Fisk,
clerk; J. C. Holmes, Antipas Fletcher and Luther Poland, selectmen. At the
first regular town meeting, held on Tuesday, March 1825, the following
officers were elected:--Sylvanus Eaton, moderator; Moses Fisk, clerk; J.C.
Holmes, Ephraim Stevens and Luther Poland, selectmen; Isaac Merrick, Stephen
Leach and Josiah Potter, listers.
For several years after the town was organized, no election for town
representative, took place. I do not know the reason for this non-action,
and owing to imperfections in the records of the town, am unable to fix the
date of the first representative election held in the town; but think it
quite probable that Waterville was first represented in the General
Assembly, about the year 1829--Luther Polarnd was the first representative;
Amos Willey, the second. The following are the names of several of our
representatives. (I have not been able to obtain a complete list)
James M. Hotchkiss, several years; Moses Fisk, several years; Abram
Hartshorn 2 years, Elias Willey, 3 years; S. L. Heminway, 2 years; E. H.
Shattuck, 3 years, Simeon Giddings, 2 years; V. B. Page, 2 years; B. F.
Willey, 1 year; N. P. Bragg, 1 year; Wm. Wilbur, Wliphalet Brush and Osgood
McFarland have also served this town as representatives.
Polly

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