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GAZETTEER OP VERMONT. 



Part III. 



HDNTINGTON RIVER. 



HYDEPARK. 



mond, east by Duxbury and Fayston, I 

 soutli by Avery's and Buel's gores, and 

 west by Slarksborougli and Hinesburgh, 

 It lies 20 miles west from Montpelier, and 

 15 southeast from Burlington. It was 

 cliartered June 7, 1763, to Edward Bur- 

 ling and others, by the name of New-Hun- 

 tington, and originall3' contained 36 square 

 miles. October 27, 1704, the northwes- 

 terly part of this township was annexed 

 to Richmond, and the northeasterly part 

 of Bolton ; and at the same time the north 

 part of Avery's and Buel's gores were ad- 

 ded to New-Huntington. In Oct., 1795, 

 ton. In October, 17!)5, the name was al- 

 tered to Huntington The settlement of 

 this township was commenced in March, 

 17c'6, by Jehiel Johns and Elisha Bradley, 

 emigrants from Manchester and Sunder- 

 land in this state. The town was organ- 

 ized in March, 17!)0, and Charles Brews- 

 ter was first town clerk. It was first rep- 

 resented in 17!)], by Jehiel Johns. The 

 religious denominations are Freewill Bap- 

 tists, Baptists and Methodists, and a union 

 meeting house was built here in 1836. 

 Peleg, son of Elisha Bradley, born Nov. 6, 

 1806, was the first child born in town. 

 Huntington river is the principal stream. 

 It affords some convenient mill privileg- 

 es. The surface of the tovvnship is very 

 uneven, consisting of high mountains and 

 deep gullies. That celebrated summit of 

 the Green Mountains, called Caviel's 

 Hump, is in the east part of this township. 

 There are some farms which produce tol- 

 erable crops, but the soil is, in most parts, 

 rocky and poor. Timber, such as is com- 

 mon to the mountain towns. There are 

 here 8 school districts, 6 good school 

 houses, 1 grist and 5 saw mills. Statis- 

 tics of 1840.— Horses, 210 ; cattle; 1,671 ; 

 sheep, 4,721; swine, 977; wheat, bu. 1,423; 

 oats, 5,649; rye, 47; buck wheat, 921; 

 Ind. corn, 3,615; potatoes, 24,987; hay, 

 tons, 2,596 ; sugar, lbs. 19,480 ; wool, 

 7,738. Population, 914. 



Hu.vTiNGTON RivKR rises in Lincoln, 

 runs through Starksborough and Hun- 

 tington, and joins VVinooski river in Rich- 

 mond. This is a very rapid stream, with 

 a gravel or stoney bottom, espesially after 

 it arrives within two or three miles of the 

 Winooski. Its length is about 20 miles. 



HuNTSBURGH. .Scc FrunhUn. 



HYDF.PARK,a post and siiire town in the 

 centre of Lamoille coiintj^, is in lat. 44° 

 .37' and long. 4° 26', and is bounded north- 



* Mr Johns came to iMancliester in 1767, was at 

 Rurliiigton with a dotachmciit (if MDiitgomery's 

 army in 1775, and died at Huntington in Aug 18-10, 

 aged 85 years. He «as a man of vigorous mind, 

 remarkably retonlive memory, and was more inti- 

 mately acquainted with the early history of the 

 western part of the slate, than any other person I 

 have ever met with. 



erly by Eden, easterly by Wolcott and a 

 small part of Craftsbury, southerly by 

 Morristown, and westerly by Johnson and 

 a part of Belvidere. It lies 27 miles north 

 from Montpelier, and .32 northeast from 

 Burlington ; was granted November 6, 

 1780, and chartered to Jedediah Hyde and 

 others August 27, J781, containing 23,- 

 040 acres. 'J'he original grantees were 

 mostly residents of Norwich, Conn., and 

 men who had distinguished themselves in 

 the land or naval service during the rev- 

 olutionary war. The settlement of this 

 township was commenced by John Mc- 

 Daniol, Esq., who removed his family 

 here July 4, 1787. He emigrated from 

 Northfield, N. H. At this time the near- 

 est settlements were at Johnson on the 

 west, and at Cabot on the east ; the for- 

 mer distant 8 miles and the latter about 

 26. The intervening country was a per- 

 fect wihlerness, with no road or guide ex- 

 cept marked trees. Through this wilder- 

 ness Mr. McDaniel conveyed his faniily 

 from Cabot to Hydepark. He was joined 

 the same season by Wm. Norton, from 

 New York ; and those two families were 

 the first and only families who wintered 

 in town that year. The next s])ringthey 

 were joined by Capt. Jedediah Hyde, Pe- 

 ter Martin, Jabez Fitch, Esq., and sons, 

 and Epliraim Garvin. These pioneers 

 were followed in a few years by Aaron 

 Keeler, Truman Sawyer, Oliver Noyes, 

 and Hon. N. P. Sawyer and others. The 

 first settlers experienced all the privations 

 usual in a wilderness. They were under 

 the necessity of getting their milling done 

 at Cambridge, 18 miles distant. The 

 town was named Hyde's Parkin the char- 

 ter, as a compliment to Capt. Jedediah 

 Hyde, the first named in that instrument. 

 Jedediah Hyde, Jr., was a proprietor, and 

 surveyed the town, and drew the charter 

 with a pen ; a part in German text, with 

 red ink, the rest with black ink, and all 

 the names in imitation of print ; it is on 

 parchment, and is a literary curiosity. It 

 is now in the possession of Major R. B. 

 Hyde, a son of the first named. The town 

 was organized in 1791. Jabez Fitch was 

 first town clerk, and Hon. N. P. Sawyer 

 was first representative. The most nu- 

 merous sect of Christians are Methodists. 

 They are supplied with preaching by their 

 circuit ministers. There are Universal- 

 ists. Christian brethren, a few Baptists 

 and Congregationalists. These have oc- 

 casional preaching. There is a town 

 house near the centre of the town, com- 

 modiously finished for a house of worship, 

 and is occupied for that purpose. The 

 town is healthy. Jabez Perkins Hyde 

 was the first male born in town, and Dia- 



