Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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HUhBARDTON. 



IIUBBARDTON RIVER. 



HUNTINGTON. 



merits. The present minister is Elder 

 Barna Allen. This church consists of 68 

 members. Their meeting house is in the 

 southeast part of the town, and was built 

 in 1800. The Congregational church was 

 formed in 1782. The Rev. Ithamer Hib- 

 bard took charge of it in 1798, and contin- 

 ued pastor till his death, which happened 

 March 2, 1802. After him the Rev. John 

 Ransom and Rev. Samuel Cheever, la- 

 bored here for some time. In 1818, this 

 society erected a meeting house. In 1819, 

 the Rev. Sherman Kellogg was settled 

 and continued till 1823. The Rev. Ho- 

 ratio Flagg was settled January 24, 1828, 

 and dismissed June 10, 1834. The pres- 

 ent minister is the Rev. William C. Den- 

 ison. Their meeting house being burnt 

 in January, 1837, a new one was erected 

 in 1838. The church consists of 104 mem- 

 bers. The Methodist church, organized in 

 1809, consists of about 4.3 members, and 

 is supplied by circuit preachers. A socie- 

 ty of Universalists was formed here in 

 1830, by the Rev. Kiltridge Haven, who 

 has preached here a portion of the time. 

 This town has suffered much by fire, ma- 

 ny valuable buildings having been de- 

 stroyed within a few years. The Rev. 

 Ithamer Hibbard, who served as chaplain 

 in the army during the revolution, came 

 to this town in 1798^ was a pious and use- 

 ful man, and something of a poet. He 

 was the father of 20 children, some of 

 whom became useful ministers of the gos- 

 pel. Doct. Theophilus Flao-g came here 

 in 179], and was the first physician. He 

 was useful and much respected, and died 

 Sept. 5, 1807, leaving a handsome prop- 

 erty. James Whelpley, Esq. came here 

 in 1787. He held many important offices, 

 and was with all a great hunter. He 

 died in 1838, aged 90 years. Nathan 

 Rumsey, Esq. was a soldier of the revolu- 

 tion, came here in 1785, was the first 

 merchant, and built the first grist mill. 

 He joined the army during the last war, 

 was taken prisoner at fort Erie and car- 

 ried to Halifax, where he died in 1815. 

 Seven persons have died here between 

 90 and 100 years old, and 18 between 80 

 and 90. There are now living 27 between 

 70 and 80, and 10 between 80 and 90.* 

 The dysentery prevailed in 1803, and tjie 

 epidemic of 1813 carried off about 40, 

 mostly in the vigor of manhood. The 

 surface of the township is uneven and 

 somewhat mountainous. The most noted 

 summit is Mount Zion, so named by 

 Ethan Allen. There are several natural 



* Mr. Amo.s Cluircliill, who ftirnklietl tlie materi- 

 al-! for this article, and mur.h other interesting m,Tt- 

 ter wliich we regret that we are obligerl to omit for 

 tlio want of room, is the only person living in town 

 who was liere in tiic beginning of 1763. 



ponds, the largest of which is Gregory's 

 pond, which is about 3 miles long and 1 

 broad, and lies partly in Sudbury. At its 

 outlet are excellent mill privileges owned 

 by Gideon Horton, Esq., on which are a 

 saw and grist mill, trip-hammer, woollen 

 factory, &c., surrounded by a pleasant 

 little village. Berbe's pond, situated a 

 mile northwest of the centre of the town, 

 is 1.^ mile long and a mile wide, and dis- 

 charges south into lake Bombazine, and 

 on the outlet are a saw and grist mill, 

 carding machine, i^c, owned by S. B. 

 Walker, Esq. Round pond, Marsh pond, 

 Keeler's pond, Black pond,and Howland's 

 pond, are smaller. The latter discharo-es 

 into Otter creek. The town is well tim- 

 bered with hard wood and hemlock. Pine 

 was formerly plenty, but is now become 

 scarce. The soil is various. The eastern 

 part is hard pan covered with rich muck, 

 is very good for grass and spring crops, 

 and when new frequently yielded 40 bush- 

 els of wheat to the acre. Good Indian 

 corn is raised on this land, when manured 

 and then ridged by turning two furrows 

 together. In other parts the soil is slaty 

 loam, and better suited to the production 

 of winter grain. Plaster, ashes and lime 

 are here found to be very beneficial for 

 manures. Springs of good water are 

 common, and in the south west part of 

 the town is a spring said to possess pre- 

 cisely the same properties as the celebra- 

 ted springs in Clarendon, and around it 

 are large quantities of calcareous tufa. 

 Iron ore, and silver and zinc are said to 

 have been found in small quantities, and 

 the geological character of the township 

 is very interesting, but has not been very 

 scientifically examined. There are in 

 town 9 school districts and school houses, 

 3 ministers, 1 physician, 1 temperance 

 tavern, 2 stores, 2 tanneries, 1 small wool- 

 len factory, 2 grist and 9 saw mills, &c. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 155 ; cattle, 

 869; sheep, 10,516 ; swine, 411; wheat, 

 bus. 1 ,849 ; oats, 2,023 ; rye, 1 ,411 ; buck- 

 wheat, 45 ; Indian corn, 2,957 ; potatoes, 

 12,800 ; hay, tons, 3,138 ; sugar, lbs. 

 5,557; wool, 29,862. Population, 719. A. c. 



HuBiiARDTON RiVER, rises from several 

 small ponds in Sudbury, runs southwest- 

 erly through Gregory's pond in Hubbard- 

 ton, through Benson, and falls into tlie 

 head of East bay in West-Haven. In its 

 course it affords several very irood mill 

 privileges. Its length is about"20 miles. 



HuNOERFORD. Name altered to Shel- 

 don, November 8, 1792. .See Sheldon. 



Huntington, a post town in the soutli- 

 east part of Chittenden county, is in 

 lat. 44° 20' and long. 4^^ 5', and is boun- 

 ded north by Bolton and a part of Rich* 



