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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



MARSHFIELD. 



MEMPHREMAGOG LAKE. 



from Brattleboro' to Wilmington. There 

 are, in town, 13 school districts and 13 

 school houses, 9 saw, 2 grist and 1 fulling 

 mill, 1 carding machine, 1 store, 1 tan- 

 nery, 2 wheelwrights, 3 blacksmiths and 

 2 shoemakers. Statistics of 1840. — Hors- 

 es, 201 ; cattle, 2,067 ; sheep, 3,925 ; 

 swine, 936; wheat, bus. 857; barley, 

 438 ; oats, 5,040 ; rye, 911 ; buckwheat, 

 171 ; Indian corn, 2,982 ; potatoes, 51,- 

 648 ; hay, tons, 3,695 ; sugar, lbs. 23,.545; 

 wool, 8,439. Pop. 1,027. j.w.&w.s.n. 

 Marshfield, a post township in the 

 east part of Washington county, is in lat. 

 44° 19' and long 4" 38', and is bounded 

 northerly by Cabot, easterly by Peacham 

 and Harris' gore, southerly by Plainfield, 

 and westerly by Calais and a part of 

 Montpelier. It lies 12 miles northeast 

 from Montpelier, and 16 miles southwest 

 from Danville. This township was gran- 

 ted to the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, 

 October 16, 1782, and chartered to them 

 June 22, 1790, containing 23,040 acres. 

 The township was purchased of the In- 

 dians b}- Isaac Marsh, Esq , of Stockbridge 

 Mass., from whom the town derives its 

 name, for 1401. lawful money, and was 

 deeded to him, July 29, 1789. The deed 

 was signed by 18 Indians, who were then 

 residents of New Stockbridge, in Mont- 

 gomery county, N. Y. The improvements 

 were commenced here in the spring of 

 1790, by Martin and Calvin Pitkin from 

 East Hartford, Conn. They left the town 

 in the fall, and returned again the suc- 

 ceeding spring, accompanied by Gideon 

 Spencer. Thus, they continued to spend 

 the summer here, and abandon the town- 

 ship in the winter till 1794. This year, 

 Caleb Pitkin, Gideon Spencer and Aaron 

 Elmore moved their families here in the 

 winter, while the snow was more than 

 four feet deep. In the summer they were 

 joined by Ebenezer Dodge and family. 

 John Preston Davis, son of Ebenezer 

 Dodge, was born September 17, of this 

 year, and was the first child born in town. 

 March 1, 1795, Joshua, Stephen and Na- 

 thaniel Pitkin and Solomon Gilman mo- 

 ved into town. At this time, there were 

 five families, consisting of 20 persons here. 

 The town was organized, March 10, 1800. 

 Stephen Pitkin built the first saw mill, 

 in 1802, and the first grist mill in 1818. 

 The religious denominations are Congre- 

 gationalists. Baptists, Metiiodists and 

 Christians. Elder John Capron of the 

 Christian order is the only resident min- 

 ister. A union meeting house was built 

 here in 1826. There are in town 7 per- 

 sons over 85 and one over 97 years old. 

 Winooski river runs through the town- 

 9h\p in a southerly direction, and is the 



only stream of consequence. The sur- 

 face of this township is very uneven. 

 That part of it west of the river is tim- 

 bered with hard wood, and the soil is 

 good. East of the river the timber con- 

 sists principally of evergreens, and the 

 surface is broken, wet and stoney. The 

 eastern part is considerably unsettled. 

 This town is watered principally by Wi- 

 nooski river. In this stream is here a 

 fall, said to be 500 feet in the distance of 

 .30 rods. A good view of it maj' be had 

 from the road leading from Marshfield to 

 Cabot, and it is worthy the attention of 

 the traveller. In the northeast part of 

 the town is a considerable natural pond. 

 The rocks are principally slate and gran- 

 ite. In the north part of the town is a 

 small village, containing a meeting house, 

 I tavern, 1 store, 1 saw and 1 grist mill, 

 1 clover mill, and 1 clapboard and shingle 

 machine. There are in town 13 school dis- 

 tricts, 11 school houses, 1 grist, 1 clover 

 and 6 saw mills, and 1 carding machine. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 227 ; cattle, 

 2,187; sheep, 4,863 ; swine, 525 ; wheat, 

 bus. 2,351 ; barley, 93; oats, 14,466 ; rye, 

 451 ; buckwheat, 1,477 ; Ind. corn, 3,202; 

 potatoes, 50,256; hay, tons, 3,966; sugar, 

 lbs. 14,790; wool, 6,731. Pop. 1,156. 



MARVI^"^ Gore, annexed to the east 

 part of Highgate, October 23, 1806. 



McI.NDOES Falls, a considerable fall in 

 Connecticut river at the head of boat nav- 

 igation on that stream, and opposite the 

 southeast corner of Barnet. 



McQuAM Bay, a large open bay in the 

 western part of Swanton. 



McQuAM Creek, a small, sluggish 

 creek connecting Missisco river with Mc 

 Quam bay, and separating Hog Island 

 from the main land. 



Med WAV. Parker's gore was annexed 

 to this township, November 7, 1804, and 

 the whole incorporated into a township 

 by the name ofParkerstown. See Parkers- 

 town. 



Memphremagog Lake, is 30 miles in 

 length, and two or three miles wide. It 

 lies mostly in Canada, only seven or eight 

 miles of the south end extending into Ver- 

 mont. This lake is situated about half 

 way between Connecticut river and lake 

 Champlain, and that part within this state 

 lies between the towns of Derby and 

 Newport. A bay extends south into Or- 

 leans. This lake covers about 1.5 square 

 miles in Vermont, and receives from this 

 state Clyde, Barton and Black river. The 

 waters of this lake are discharged to the 

 north by what is called Magog Outlet, in- 

 to the river St. Francis, and through that 

 into St. Peters lake, about 15 miles below 

 the mouth of tlie river Richelieu. Up- 



