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BURT, Benjamin (b. 1740 Mass. d. 1835 Westminster) 1 ROOT FAY WHITNEY HAPGOOD
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BURT, Benjamin (b. 1740 Mass. d. 1835 Westminster) 1 ROOT FAY WHITNEY HAPGOOD
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{"page_1": " BURT, Born:\nBENJAMIN (5), ( Asahel (4) Mass•\nJoseph (3), David (2), Henry (4)\n10 May 1740,\nNorthfield,\nMarried: Mary Root, dau. of Dea. Samuel Root of Westinister,\nVt.\nShe was b. in 174l and died in Bellows Falls, Vt.\n18 Dec 1831\nDied: 10 June 1835 aged 95 yrs, Westminister, Vt.\nRes:\nWestminster, Vt.\nChildren:\n1. Leonard b.\nm. lst Sarah Fay\nm. 2nd\nWhitney\n2. Azubah b. 1771; I. Solomon Hapgood\nlocated\nin the southeast corner of Rockingham and northeast\nof Westminster.\nland extended on\nthe Connecticut River\na\nhalf mile north\nand south of the town line between\nRockingham and Westminster and one mile west which is now covered by the villages of Bellows Falls and North West-\nminster He built the first saw and grist mill on\nSaxtons\nRiver.\nHe was prominent in all local affairs of the\nvicinity;\nserved in the French and Indian was as a member\nof the\nexpedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1759,\nand in the army\nthat marched\nto Montreal\nin 1760;\ncommissioned under King George III of England by\nGov. Tryon\nof N.Y. as \" Capt. of a Company of Foot in the in the town-\nship\nof Westminster\" in 1774, and retained his connection\nwith the government of that\nprovince late enough to be\ntermed a-\"Tory \"was present in his\nofficial\ntapacitylat：\nthe Westminster massacre, Mar! 13, 1775 and was the next day arrested by the Liberty men and imprisioned three\nOr\nfour days;\nwas treasurer of Cumberland county in 1775\nwhen the jail at Westminster was build;\nLiberty party\nabout 1780 and afterwards took an active part\nwith them.\nHe was quartermaster of the Regt. of Vt. troops sant to Guilford to\nsubdue the\nin 1784,\nEthan Allen.\nHis home was just over the line in West-\nminister and he\nrepresented\nthat town in the legislatures\nof 1781,\n86, 96, 97 and 98 and was a member of the\ngovernor's council in 1799 and 1800, taking a prominent "}
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2026-07-15 20:50:10
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