19. Moses ROBINSON Governor
of Vermont(1) was born on Mar 26
1741 in Hardwick, MA.(25) He was buried
in 1813 in Bennington, VT, Bennington Center Cemetary.
(26) Grave number 216, location D-2 on Bennington Center Cemetary
map. He died on May 19 1813 in Oakham, MA.(12)
Revolutionary War soldier. Went to Pittsford in 1776. Colonel over Captain
Dewey's Company, as per Bennington Center Cemetary Register page 65 and 88.
Elected Governor of Vermont by Legislature in 1789.
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The Grant of Marshfield, Vermont, to the Stockbridge Indians
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Except for the unusual fact that the grantee was an Indian tribe, the grant and
charter to the town of Marshfield in Vermont were no different from others of
the period. Acting on a petition from the Mahicans at Stockbridge, Massachusetts,
the self- proclaimed independent state of Vermont granted a township to the tribe
in October 1781. At that time an expansionist Vermont laid claim to territory
in northeastern New York. The town granted the Stockbridge Indians, then looking
for a new area in which to settle, was within that claim. When this so-called
Western Union was dissolved in 1782, the grant was changed to encompass land
indisputably within Vermont's borders. The state legislature issued the new charter
on 22 June 1790. The Stockbridge tribe never actually settled the town given
to them, however. By the time of the issuance of the charter they had already
removed from Massachusetts to New Stockbridge, New York. Captain Isaac Marsh
purchased the township from the tribe, in a deed dated 29 July 1789, by paying
L140 "lawful money." Eighteen members of the tribe, including Hendrick
Aupaumut, tribal historian, signed the deed.
The Charter of Marshfield, Vermont
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas the Stockbridge tribe of INDIANS, have by petition requested
a grant of a Tract of unlocated land within this State in order for settling
a new plantation to be erected into a Township. WE HAVE therefore thought fit
for the due encouragement of their laudable designs & for other valuable
causes & considerations us hereunto moving, Do by these presents in the name
& by the authority of the freemen of the State of Vermont, Give & Grant
unto the said STOCKBRIDGE TRIBE OF INDIANS the tract of Land hereafter bounded
and described to them & their respective heirs & assigns forever; reserving
five full & equal seventy fifth parts to be appropriated to the following
uses Vizt. One full and Equal 75th part for the use of a seminary of College
within this State; One 75th part for the use & benefit of county grammar
Schools throughout this State; One 75th part to be given to the first settled
Minister of the GOSPEL in said Town forever to be disposed of for that use as
the inhabitants thereof shall direct, & One 75th part for the use & Support
of an English School or Schools within said Town forever. Which tract of Land
hereby given and granted as aforesaid is bounded & described as follows Vizt.
BEGINNING at the southwesterly corner of the Township of Cabot & running
south 54 D East six Miles in the southerly line of said Cabot to the southeasterly
corner thereof, Then continuing the same course until it intersects the westerly
line of Peacham, Then south 48 D West in the said line to the southwesterly corner
thereof, The south 36 D West three miles & a half to a great birch Tree marked
MARSHFIELD S E corner May 29th 1788, Then north 54 D West four Miles 63 chains
& 87 Links to a hemlock Tree standing in the easterly line of the Township
of MONTPELIER marked MARSHFIELD S W Corner 1788, Then north 36 D East one Mile
& six Chains to the northeasterly corner of MONTPELIER, Then North 54 D West
forty Chains to the southeasterly corner of the Township of Calais, The north
36 D East six miles to the bounds began at, containing twenty three thousand
and forty Acres. AND THAT the same be & hereby is incorporated into a Township
by the name of MARSHFIELD and ye Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit
said Township are declared to be infranchised & entitled to all the privileges
& immunities that the inhabitants of other incorporated Towns, do and ought
by the Laws & constitution of this State to exercise & enjoy.
TO HAVE and to HOLD the said grantd premises as above expressed with all privileges
& appurtenences thereto belonging and appertaining unto them & their
respective heirs & assigns forever upon the following conditions & reservations.
Vizt That each proprietor holding one 75th part in the Township of MARSHFIELD
aforesaid his heirs or assigns shall plant and cultivate five acres of Land and
build a house at least eighteen feet square on the floor or have one family settled
on each respective 75th part within four years from the time of the surveying
the outlines of said Township, on penalty of the forfeiture of his right or share
of Land respectively in said Township, who shall neglect or refuse to do the
duty aforesaid; & the same to revert to the freemen of this State to be by
their representatives regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle &
cultivate the same. The aforesaid Grant being made the 18th October 1782.
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed in Council
this 22d day of June AD 1790 in the 14th Year of the independence of this STATE
MOSES ROBINSON [Governer]
By his Excellency's command.
Joseph Fay, Secy.
From State Papers of Vermont, Volume 2: (Bellows Falls, 1922), 133- 134.
The above excerpted from "Lands Taken and Lands Given in Northern New England,"
Carlson, Richard G., ed., Rooted Like the Ash Trees: New England Indians and
the Land, Naugatuck, Conn.: Eagle Wing Press, Inc., 1987.
Mary FAY (daughter of Captain Stephen FAY and
Ruth CHILDS) was born on Oct 16 1743 in Hardwick, MA.
(12) She died on Feb 12 1801 in Bennington,
VT. Moses ROBINSON Governor of Vermont and Mary FAY had the following children:
59 i.
Mary ROBINSON was born on Apr 3 1765 in Bennington, VT. She died in Nov
1769 in Bennington, VT.
+60 ii.
Fay ROBINSON.
61 iii.
Elijah ROBINSON was born on Aug 12 1774 in Bennington, VT. He died in
Sep 1777 in Bennington, VT.
62 iv.
Elijah ROBINSON was born on Mar 15 1778 in Bennington, VT. He died on
Feb 26 1816 in Bennington, VT.
+63 v.
Hon., Captain Moses jr. ROBINSON.
+64 vi.
Aaron ROBINSON.
+65 vii.
Captain Samuel ROBINSON.
+66 viii.
Nathan ROBINSON.
Sussanah WARNER (daughter of Jonathan WARNER) was born on Jul 10 1767 in Hardwick, MA.(12)
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