Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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WILLOUGHBY S RIVER. 



WILMINGTON. 



WINDHAM. 



them. The settlers returned after the 

 war, and in 17i?6 the town was organized. 

 Robert Donnelly was the first town clerk, 

 and Jonathan SpafFord the first represen- 

 tative. The religious denominations are 

 Congrcgationalists, Baptists, and Metho- 

 dists. Rev. Aaron Collins was settled 

 over the Congregational church January 

 29, 1800, and dismissed in 1803; Rev. 

 James Johnson was settled in October, 

 1818, and dismissed in October, 1S23; 

 Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue was settled from 

 May, 1824, to 1833; Rev. Jonathan Hurl- 

 but from 1834 to 1838, and Rev. Simeon 

 Farmelee since 1838. Their first meeting 

 house, built in 1797, was taken down a 

 few years ago, and a beautiful new one 

 of brick, 40 feet by 60, erected. The 

 other public buildings are a town house, 

 of brick, 30 feet by 42, and an acadejny, 

 of wood, 26 by 36, and two stories high. 

 Mrs. Susannah Hart died here in 1830, 

 aged 104 years, Mrs. Susannah Wells, 

 about 1811, aged 104, and Mrs. Rachel 

 Mann, aged 96. Mrs. Adocia Thatcher, 

 a daughter of the latter, is now living 

 here, aged 92, but she has not walked for 

 4.5 years. She has a sister in Stockholm, 

 N. Y., 100 years old, who formerly resi- 

 ded here. There are 7 persons now liv- 

 ing here who are over 84 years old, and 

 30 who are over 70. Gov. Thomas Chit- 

 tenden died here Aug. 2-5, 1797. (Sec 

 part srcojid, p. Ho.) Williston is a very 

 fine farming township. The surface is 

 diversified, but not moTintainous. The 

 soil is a rich loam, of a black or yellov/ 

 color, and produces abundant crops. Wi- 

 nooski river washes the border of this 

 township, and there are within it some 

 small streams, on which mills have been 

 erected, but there are only two which can 

 be called good mill privileges. Williston 

 contains 9 school districts, 6 saw mills, 

 4 stores, 2 taverns, and 2 tanneries. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840. — Horses, i21 ; cattle, 2,054; 

 sheep, 13,035 ; swine, 1,465 ; wheat, 

 bush. 2,726; barley, 40; oats, 19,970; 

 rye, 2,064; buckwheat, 406; Ind. corn, 

 7,526 ; potatoes, 42,529 ; hav, tons, 4,926 ; 

 sugar, lbs. 13,167 ; wool, 23,138. Popu- 

 lation, 1,554. 



Willoughby's Lake. See Westmore. 



Willoughby's River issues from Wil- 

 loughby's lake in Westmore, runs through 

 the south part of Brownington, and unites 

 with Barton river in the north part of 

 Barton. 



Wilmington, a post town in the wes- 

 tern part of W^indhara county, is in lat. 

 42° 52' and long. 4° 9', and is bounded 

 north by Dover and a jiart of Somerset, 

 east by Marlborough, south by Whiting- 

 ham, and west by Searsburgh. It lies 



17 miles east from Bennington, and 46 

 southwest from Windsor. The settle- 

 ment was commenced before the revolu- 

 tionary wnr by emigrants from Massachu- 

 setts and Connecticut, but the settlement 

 was, for several years, retarded in conse- 

 quence of the township having been twice 

 chartered by New-Hampshire, to dift'erent 

 proprietors, first by the name of Wilming- 

 ton, and afterwards by the name of Dra- 

 per. The first charter was dated April 

 25, 1751, and the second June 17, 1763. 

 The Congregatior.al church was organ- 

 ized here in 1780 and has had the follow- 

 ing ministers, Piev. Winslow Packard 

 from July 3, 1781 to Oct. 12, 1784; Rev. 

 Jonas Hatch from March 7, 1787 to Feb. 

 18, 1791; Rev. E. Fairbanks from Sept. 

 11, 1793 to Jan. 3, 1800 ; Rev. Alvan To- 

 bey from Sept. 1803 to Oct. ] 8, 181 ; Rev. 

 Wm. B. Stow from July, 1812 to Oct. 19, 

 1814; Rev. .Toel Wright from Oct. 28, 

 1829 to Jan.'2d, 1834 ; and Rev. Geo. But- 

 terfield the present minister settled June 

 5, 1839. The other denominations are 

 Baptists, Methodists and Universalists. 

 Tlie Rev. Mansfield Bruce is minister of 

 the Baptist church. The east and west 

 branch ofDeerfield river unite in this town- 

 ship,and there are two other considerable 

 streams called Beaver and Colcl brook. 

 There is one large natural pond, called 

 Ray's pond, on the outlet of which is a 

 grist mill. There is also a grist mill 

 on a branch ofDeerfield river. There 

 are in town 12 school districts and school- 

 houses, 2 grist, 8 saw and 1 fulling mill, 

 1 carding machine, I trip-hammer, 2 tav- 

 erns, 4 stores and 2 tanneries. Statistics 



of 1840. Horses, 253; cattle, 3,044; 



sheep, 2,920; swine, 1,133; wheat, bush. 

 1,1-52; oats, 8,962; rye, 895; buckwheat, 

 737; Indian corn, 1,618; potatoes, 66,- 

 110; hay, tons, 4,991 ; sugar, lbs. 81 ,159; 

 wool, 5,419. Population, 1,296. 



Windham, a post town in the north- 

 western part of Windham county, is in 

 lat. 43" 11' and long. 4° 19', and is boun- 

 ded north by Andover, east by Grafton, 

 south by Jamacia, and west by London- 

 derry. It lies 31 iniles northeast from 

 Bennington, and 25 southwest Irom Wind- 

 sor. This town was formerly a part of 

 Londonderry. It was set off, and with 

 the addition of a small gore of land called 

 Mack's Leg, was constituted a separate 

 township by the name of Windham. 

 Among the first settlers of this township 

 were Edward Aiken, James McCormick 

 and John Woodburn. It was organized 

 immediately after the division. The re- 

 ligious denominations are Congregation- 

 alists. Baptists, Methodists and Univer- 

 salists. The Rev. John Lawtuu was set- 



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