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From: Tucky Sancibrian <>
Subject: [VT-L] Town of Bloomfield, Vermont
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:38:10 -0500

Jean Coburn has kindly loaned me a book, Bloomfield, News and History,
Compiled and Edited by Roger Couture and Published by the Town of
Bloomfield Bicentennial Committee, 1978. I will start posting some of
the information therein.

Grand List of the Town of Bloomfield 1832

Joseph Stevens Ichabod Stevens John M. French
Selden Burbank Eben Burbank Heber Walling
Daniel Fuller Henry Fuller Martin
French
Arad Silver Samuel Healy Benjamin
Cook
Loren Lervy Prince Snow Hiram Clough

Aden Bartlett Seth Cushman Daniel
Holbrook
James L. Brown Erastus Ryther John Lovejoy
Reuben Learned Collins C. Lownsbury Levi Tolles
Ebenezer C. Beach John Bailey Otis Prentis
Gratis Spencer John French Edward
Smith
Collens How David Learned Ebenezer Lervy

1762 - Bloomfield was chartered under the name of "Minehead" in 1762.
Bloomfield was chartered to Rev. Noah Waddams and 63 others in 70 equal
shares.

In 1800 the populatiion of Bloomfield was 27. In 1802 Jonas Baker
surveyed the town. The following people were allowed to retain the lots
upon which they had made improvements:

Ayers & Raymond Fuller David Holbrook
James Frazier Timothy Ross
Peter Mills, Esq. Harvey Johnson
Gaius Kibbe Victory Jennison
A. Parmenter Cummings Buffington
Charles Ashley Co. Ashley
Abijah Mendil Isaac Lampkin
Daniel Austin Daniel Holbrook
Christopher Morey Ebenezer Wright
Stone Mills Job Holbrook, Jr.
Ebenezer Wright, Jr. William Babb.

In addition there were John French from Brattleboro, Joseph Stevens
Gratis Spencer and Samuel Healy.

Adam Bartlett was the only soldier from Bloomfield in the War of 1812.

Heber Walling has died at the age of 50 (1790-1840) from tombstone.

1843 - Jabez Baldwin (grandson of the first Jabez who built the first
house in 1789 in Stratford and cousin to Elisha and William who built
the Nulhegan Mill) rebuilt the Baldwin homestead in North Stratford on
the site of the original home.

1845 - List of Voters in the Town of Bloomfield:

Thomas Allen Isaac N. Bartlett Jonathan Bowker
John Bowman William Burbank Jonathan Bowker
Charles Cook Nathaniel B. Bowker Joseph C. Currier
Selden Burbank Horace C. David Milton Cook
Stephen A. Foss E. D. Davis Hiram Fuller
Martin French Jason Fuller Arad Silver
Henry Fuller Samuel N. Silver William R. Silver
Raymond Fuller, Jr. Ambrose Lervey David Stone
John Pulsifer Joseph Stevens Lovenius C. Peck
Ichabod Stevens William Stevens Orlando Shoff
Alva Stevens Prince Snow Gratis Spencer
Daniel H. Shoff Silas Wright Jeremiah Wright
Aden Bartlett J. W. Winter

That is it for today.

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