Marlboro, Vermont, USA (New Marlborough) (Ames Hill)
1849 - Marlborough

Windham Co. The town is well watered by the west branch of West River, Whetstone Brook, and Green River. It has a good soil, and is very productive in wheat, rye, and other grain, fruit and potatoes.

Here are a pleasant village, several fine trout ponds, various kinds of minerals and medicinal springs. Marlborough suffered some by the Indians, and did much for the cause of independence.

Boundaries. North by Newfane, and a part of Dover, east by Brattleborough, and a part of Dummerston, south by Halifax, and west by Wilmington.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced as early as the spring of 1763, by Abel Stockwell, from West Springfield, Mass., and Thomas Whitmore, from Middletown, Ct. Whitmore came in by the way of Halifax, and settled in the south part of the town, and Stockwell by the way of Brattleborough, and settled in the eastern border. These families spent nearly a year in tov/ n, and endured many hardships, without any knowledge of each other, each considering his own the only family in town, Whitmore brought his provisions from Deerfield, Mass., on his back, distance from twenty to thirty miles. Mrs. Whitmore spent most of the winter of 1765 alone, her husband being absent in the pursuit of his calling, as a tinker. Mrs. Whitmore was very useful to the settlers, both as a nurse and a midwife. She possessed a vigorous constitution, and frequently travelled through the woods on snow shoes, from one part of the town to another, both by night and day, to relieve the distressed. She lived to the advanced age of eighty/ seven years, officiated as midwife at more than 2,000 births, and never lost a patient.

First Ministers. A Congregational Church was organized in this town by Rev. Joseph Lyman, of Hatfield, Mass., in 1776, and in 1778 the Rev. Gershom C. Lyman was settled over it.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 857 bushels ; Indian corn, 2,982 bushels ; potatoes, .51,648 bushels ; hay, 3,695 tons ; maple sugar, 23,545 pounds ; wool, 8,439 pounds.

Distances. Eight miles south from Newfane, and twenty-four east from Bennington.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

Visit Marlboro, Vermont, USA (New Marlborough) (Ames Hill)
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.