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From: Linda Dabulewicz <>
Subject: Re: [VTWINDHA] VTWINDHA Digest, Vol 6, Issue 59
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 15:56:45 -0400
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I live in the house built by Robert Harpurs' son:) The Vermont sufferers spent some time in the town of Harpursfield before moving to Jericho. Jericho is now called Bainbridge:) I live a few minutes from Bainbridge in Harpursville. Levi Redfield and the Russels and the Wilcox/Wilcoxon families lived in Brattleboro but most of the group lived in Guilford , Vermont. They already were acquainted with the area in NY because they had fought there during the Revolutionary War. Bixby and Smith fought at the battle of Saratoga and were given battlefield commissions after the commanders were all killed. Vermont did not give this band up easily. Ethan Allan et al followed the group to Jericho demanding they pay taxes they owed in Vermont. He took a cow from each household as payment for debt of $75. I think my ancestors may have had the last laugh. The cows were infected with TB. My proof is that it was said that TB was the family disease of the Redfields. The evidence is in the book Stones from the Walls of Jericho. I am very proud of my New England Ancestors and have found a great deal of information about them at GenealogyBank. Levi Redfield had written a small book about the Indian Wars .He is my most impressive ancestor. He travelled all around NY and New England as a Singing School Teacher. He also delivered newpapers across the wilderness. He participated in the battle of Providence Rhode Island and several battles in Massachusetts.He was at Saratoga and Ticonderoga. His wife was a Saint:) He was born in 1745 so no Spring Chicken. He died in 1836 in Bainbridge, NY at the home of his son Russell. He was buried in the Pioneer cemetery in Sidney , NY but a flood washed out his grave in the 1860's and he was reburied in the Congregational Cemetery in Otego, NY by his grandson. It took me years to find his grave.Linda

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> 1. Re: VTWINDHA Digest, Vol 6, Issue 58 (Linda Dabulewicz)
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> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:32:23 -0400
> From: Linda Dabulewicz <>
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> Stay safe everyone. I am a descendant of most of the Vermont Sufferers just 10 miles from Bainbridge , NY where they settled:) I have been ready to move 200 chickens living on pasture in a flood plain for two weeks now. This is very scary stuff and it looks like we wont be done after Katia leaves next week. There is another potential hurricane on a similar path after her. Be strong and vigilant.Linda DabulewiczPs here are a few of my Vermont ancestors. Ebenezer Kelly , Levi Redfield, Samuel Bixby, Alanath Bush, James Elliot, Deacon Israel Smith, Austin Lull, Russell, Wilcox, Mathewson, chaffee, there are more LOL
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> > 2. Re: Townshend and Irene (Dale & Karen Ameden)
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> > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:50:28 -0400
> > From: Ruth Barton <>
> > Subject: [VTWINDHA] Windham County today
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> > I have not ventured out in the area, too much damage and I feel I should
> > stay off the roads as much as possible and let the repair crews do their
> > work. I get my news of the area from the Brattleboro Reformer which has an
> > online version so those of you away could probably see it as well.
> >
> > I have not seen anything about Scott bridge so assume it is still standing.
> > I know our own West Dummerston covered bridge had water within 3-4 feet
> > from the deck at the height of the Irene event a week ago Sunday. It was
> > closed Sunday but opened again on Mon., I think after being checked by an
> > engineer and deemed safe.
> >
> > These days it is truly a case of "you can't get there from heah" in many
> > instances.
> >
> > Rain started here again on Sat. 3 Sept. and it is still raining, although
> > not as hard. Last night I had 5.5" in my rain gauge and another 2" this
> > morning, making a total of 7.5". Which we DIDN'T need. Ruth
> > --
> > Ruth Barton
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> > Dummerston, VT
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:52:24 -0400
> > From: "Dale & Karen Ameden" <>
> > Subject: Re: [VTWINDHA] Townshend and Irene
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> > The Scott Bridge is fine at the base of the Townshend Dam.
> > D&K's Jamaica Grocery
> > 3816 VT Route 30 - Jamaica, VT 05343
> > 802.874.4151
> > D&K's Property Maintenance
> > D&K's Redemption Center
> > Dale & Karen Ameden
> > 3417 VT Rte 30
> > Jamaica, VT 05343
> > 802.874.4160 802.874.4974
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> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 9:05 PM
> > Subject: [VTWINDHA] Townshend and Irene
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> > > Windham County folks,
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> > > I am concerned about the Scott Bridge and the adjacent old Scott farm
> > > along
> > > the West River near Townshend. This is my family's old farm property
> > > occupied by Ward Scott and his family in the 1800s..
> > > Anyone have any news?
> > >
> > > Jim Otton
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:18:44 -0500
> From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
> Subject: [VTWINDHA] Vermont Sufferers
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> On 9/7/2011 7:32 AM, Linda Dabulewicz wrote:
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> > Stay safe everyone. I am a descendant of most of the Vermont Sufferers just 10 miles from Bainbridge , NY where they settled:) I have been ready to move 200 chickens living on pasture in a flood plain for two weeks now. This is very scary stuff and it looks like we wont be done after Katia leaves next week. There is another potential hurricane on a similar path after her. Be strong and vigilant.Linda DabulewiczPs here are a few of my Vermont ancestors. Ebenezer Kelly , Levi Redfield, Samuel Bixby, Alanath Bush, James Elliot, Deacon Israel Smith, Austin Lull, Russell, Wilcox, Mathewson, chaffee, there are more LOL
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> Linda:
>
> I ran into the phrase "Vermont Sufferers" before, a long while back, and
> hadn't seen a definition. Found one now. Here is a good explanation:
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> <http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychenan/bnb1784h.htm>;
>
> This Web page suffers [!] from many typos and misspellings, so the
> following is a heavily edited version:
>
> -- The Vermont Sufferers were persons who, because of their allegiance
> to the government of New York during the controversy between it and
> Vermont, immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War, were
> dispossessed of their property [which they had purchased with titles
> from New York, declared invalid by Vermont]. As compensation [as early
> as 1787] they were granted lands in the township of Clinton (afterwards
> known as Jericho) embracing the whole or the major portions of the
> present towns of Bainbridge and Afton. --
>
> Many of the V.S. were soldiers in the regiment of Colonel Timothy
> Church, formerly of Brattleboro.
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> <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pylesglobal&id=I00389>;
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> It is ironic that the new land on which the V.S. settled had been
> granted to Robert Harper by the Indians, but New York repudiated that
> title....
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> I have *NOT* checked any of the facts asserted in the two Web pages to
> which I have provided links. Caveat lector.
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> Darrell
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