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From: "Pauline Manosh" <>
Subject: [VT-L] Waterville, Vermont Lamoille County Some of the first families who permanently located here.
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:34:44 -0500

>From Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer
Waterville, Vermont Lamoille County
pg. 770 Vol. 2 part of General History.
I cannot tell who the first settler in town was. Among the first families
who permanently located here, were the Fletchers, Eatons, Olmsteads,
Cheneys, Willeys, Coddings, Wilburs, Leaches, Rices, and others. It is
probable that the majority of these came from New Hampshire. In common with
their neighbors of other settlements in this portion of the State, they were
obliged to endure many severe privations; situated a long distance from
points where the necessaries-to say nothing of the comforts and luxuries-of
life could be procured without great exertion and difficulty; with no money
or farm productions with which to exchange for such articles as were needful
for the preservation of life and health, even if they could have been easily
procured; with an uncleared forest surrounding them in all its sombre
gloominess, and backward seasons staring them in the face.
Polly

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