Now available from Sleeper Books at www.sleeperco.com SUMMARY: Clarendon was granted by Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire on September 5, 1761 to Caleb Williams and others. At about the same time, Col. John Henry Lydius of Albany, New York granted much of the same land as a town called Durham. On April 3, 1771 Governor Dunmore of New York granted part of the same area as Socialborough. These three grants caused many problems for the settlers. The old military road from Charlestown, New Hampshire to Crown Point runs through the area and was traveled by soldiers who later came to settle. Many of the early settlers fought in the Revolutionary War. The first settlers arrived from Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1768 and by 1791 there were 258 families in the town. Shrewsbury was chartered on September 4, 1761 by Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire, to Samuel Ashley and sixty-three others. The town was organized on March 20, 1781. Most of the town lies in the Green Mountain range. The first settler was Capt. Lemuel White who came from Rockingham, Vermont in 1777. By 1791 there were 73 families in the town. The book includes three maps, Rutland County, Clarendon, and Shrewsbury, showing the location of each cemetery. The East Clarendon Cemetery and Laurel Glen Cemetery were recorded in sections to facilitate locating a stone. Included are all extant stones in the following Clarendon cemeteries: CHIPPENHOOK CEMETERY EAST CLARENDON CEMETERY POTTER CEMETERY HAVEN HILL CEMETERY SOUTH FLATS CEMETERY BUTTON-PRATT-SMITH CEMETERY PARKER CEMETERY BRIGGS-CAVANAUGH CEMETERY EDMUNDS CEMETERY OLD MARSH CEMETERY SPAFFORD CEMETERY WAIT CEMETERY RUTLAND JEWISH CEMETERY MATTESON CEMETERY TUBBS CEMETERY DEAN CEMETERY Included are all extant stones in the following Shrewsbury cemeteries: LAUREL GLENN CEMETERY PLUMLEY-PAGE CEMETERY FINNEY CEMETERY CENTER CEMETERY NORTHAM CEMETERY COLBURN-TABOR CEMETERY ETTA PIERCE STONE SHIPPEE FAMILY CEMETERY WOODWARD-WILDER CEMETERY WILDER CEMETERY BULLARD CEMETERY Top of Page |