166 THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



As the compiler of this index has read the history 

 written by Mr. Thompson, he has been impressed with the 

 great wealth of historical facts stored in the pages of the 

 work ; and it is his desire that the index, herewith trans- 

 mitted to the Society, will be of material assistance to the 

 historian and the general reader and that it will make the 

 history more useful for a ready work of reference. The 

 compiler also wishes to acknowledge the valuable service 

 rendered him by G. Harold Ellis, formerly of Northfield, 

 for his assistance in the work. 



William A. Ellis. 



East Orange, N. J., February 27, 191 3. 



REVEREND ZADOCK THOMPSON, A. M. 



One of the ablest historians and naturalists of Ver- 

 mont was the Rev. Zadock Thompson, born in Bridge- 

 water, Vermont, May 23, 1796, and son of Barnabas and 

 Sarah (Fuller) Thompson. 



The Thompson family is of Welsh descent and trace 

 their ancestry to John Thompson, (or Thomson) as he 

 spelled his name, born in the North of Wales in 1616. 

 About 1636 he emigrated to America, settling at Plymouth, 

 Mass. He was a capable carpenter and in company with 

 Richard Church built the first framed meeting house in 

 Plymouth,, in' 1637, He later removed to Sandwich where 

 he purchased a. fa^'m. .About 1640 he purchased a large 

 tract of land of William Weris-pa-quin, a sachem of the 

 Neponset tribe of Indians, about thirteen miles west of 

 Plymouth near the boundary lines of Bridgewater and 

 Middleboro in what was then known as Plymouth, but now 

 Halifax. Here he built his log cabin and cleared his farm. 



