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Sudbury
Rutland County
Vermont

A Short History

Sudbury was chartered on 6 August 1763 by Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire.  As with many Vermont towns the charter was challenged by New York.  The same land was also chartered by Governor Wentworth in 1764 as Dunbar and by New York in 1767 as Halesborough.

By 1776 there were two roads in Sudbury:  the Crown Point Road and the Hubbardton Military Road.

The Congregational Church was established in 1791 and the first tavern in 1798.

Sudbury Congregational Church
Sudbury Congregational Church
 

1791 U. S. Census
Sudbury VT
[Males 16 & over / Males under 16 / Females]


  Reuben Allen. [1/1/2]. 
  Elisha Allen.  [1/1/2]. 
  Ebenezer Allen. [2/0/3]. 
  Elisha Barker. [1/4/3]. 
  Amasa Blanchard.  [2/1/5]. 
  David Bratten. [1/3/1]. 
  William Bush*. [1/2/1]. 
  Samuel Bullen [1/0/6]. 
  Roger Burr. [1/1/1]. 
  Jonas Conker.  [1/2/4]. 
  Benoni Farrand. [1/2/4]. 
  Zadock Foster.  [3/0/2]. 
  John Gage. [4/3/6]. 
  Andrus Gates.  [1/0/0]. 
  Abner Hall.  [3/3/1]. 
  John Hall.  [1/3/3]. 
  Isaac Huff.  [1/3/3]. 
  Aaron Jackson.  [1/2/2]. 
  Nathan Jackson.  [1/0/0]. 
  Platt Ketcham.  [1/1/2]. 
  Thomas Ketcham.  [1/5/6]. 
  David Kingsley.  [1/2/6]. 
  Joseph Little.  [3/1/4]. 
  Joseph Little, 2nd [1/1/2].		   Timothy Miller.  [2/2/5]. 
  Stephen Murray.  [1/2/4]. 
  Aaron Parks.  [1/2/1]. 
  Aaron Parmer**.  [1/1/1]. 
  Samuel Parmer**.  [2/0/1]. 
  William Parmer**.  [1/1/3]. 
  Paul Pond.  [1/3/1]. 
  Samuel Rainger#.  [3/2/3]. 
  Peter Reynolds.  [1/2/4].
  John Rickey##.  [2/0/2]. 
  Eli Rice.  [1/1/2]. 
  Ashbel Sanders.  [1/2/2]. 
  Benja Sanderson+.  [2/1/1]. 
  Benjamin Smith.  [1/2/1]. 
  Danl Smith.  [1/1/1]. 
  Phinehas Smith.  [ 1/0/2]. 
  Jeremiah Stone.  [1/1/3]. 
  Shalah Towner.  [1/0/1]. 
  Comfort Townes++.  [1/0/3]. 
  Joseph Warner.  [3/1/1]. 
  Asa Williams.  [2/0/2]. 
  Abel Wood.  [1/3/5]. 
  Joseph Wood.  [1/1/4].

                               *:Buck           ##:Richy
                              **:Palmer           +:Sanders
                               #:Ranger         ++:Towner

               From:  Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:Vermont, originally published
               by the Government Printing Office, 1907, republished Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD, 1992, p. 44.
 
 

The Hyde Manor Hotel
 

Hyde Manor ca 1920
Hyde Manor as it was

Hyde Manor - Summer 2000 Hyde Manor - ca 1998
Hyde Manor as it is today
 
 

Hyde Manor Ad Hyde Manor Garden Pool
 

Hyde Manor pictures ca 1898 Map of Hyde Manor ca 1898
 
 
 
 
 

Employees of the Hyde Manor Hotel
As recorded in the U. S. Censuses
 

1850
Jane Stiles, 25, b VT
Caroline Brown, 21, b NY
Amanda Bodfih, 19, b VT
Elizabeth Stevens, 20, b VT
Dolly Stevens, 18, b VT
Alexr Ayott, 22, b Canada East (Quebec)
Moses Ayott, 19, b Canada East (Quebec)
Hiram Grover, 17, b VT
John Delaney, 19, b Ireland
John Pitts, 22, b VT
Harrison Hyde, 18, b VT

1860
Mary Hines, 40, Cook, b Ireland
Anna Hines, 30, Cook, b Ireland
Mary Reader, 19, Servant, b Ireland
Kate Ryan, 20, Servant, b Ireland
Kate Teldon, 20, Servant, b Ireland
Ellen Caukin, 30, Servant, b Ireland
Mary Henderson, 25, Servant, b Ireland
Bridget Flyman, 25, Servant, b Ireland
Eliza Smith, 21, Servant, b NY
Wm. Gallon, 23, Farm Laborer, b NY
Saml Fallon, 22, Farm Laborer, b NY
John Conroy, 21, Farm Laborer, b Ireland
Marriett Gaumon, 18, Farm Laborer, b NY

1870
Jane Hinghton, 26, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Ann Hinghton, 45, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Bidget Donnelly, 28, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Alice Crane, 27, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Alice Ready, 17, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Mary Ready, 20, Domestic Servant, b Ireland
Richard Bazen, 26, Hostler, b Ireland
Lewis Gangru, 16, Farm Laborer, b Canada East (Quebec)

1880
Rosie Lombard, 21, Servant, b VT of Canadian parents
Maryan Cox, 23, Servant, b VT of Irish parents
Dolly Bosworth, 45, Servant, b VT
Jennie Fowler, 19, Servant, b NY
Eva Fowler, 20, Servant, b VT
Margie Cookman, 23, Servant, b Canada
___ Blackbird, 40, Servant, b MA
Mary Percell, 18, Servant, b VT
Ellen Percell, 20, Servant, b VT
Elna Howard, 27, Servant, b VT
Sarah Davica, 19, Servant, b VT
Mary Clark, 21, Servant, b Canada
R. Rogers, 17, Servant, b NY
Alx Bashaw, 23, Farm Laborer, b VT
William Ryan, 25, Farm Laborer, b VT
James Ryan, 20, Farm Laborer, b VT
David Douglas, 20, Hotel Clerk, b NY
Samuel Bockman, 45, Butcher, b Germany
  

  Name Change

  1852 - Henry C. Angel to Henry C. Sellick

From:  Scott Andrew Bartley, "Name Changes in Vermont", Vermont Genealogy, Jan2004  [Note:  Vermont Genealogy is a publication of the Vermont Genealogical Society.  Membership in this organization is recommended for researchers whose ancestors passed through Vermont.]  

Sudbury Bibliography

Margaret R.  Jenks, Benson, Hubbardton, and Sudbury Cemetery Inscription, Rutland County, Vermont, published by the compiler, 1993.
A complete listing of cemetery inscriptions from the town of Sudbury.

Arthur Keefe, Sudbury, Vermont: A Pictorial Record, published by the Sudbury Bicentennial Committee, 1978
A collection of photographs of the town supporting a town history and reminiscences.


Mary Anne Wheeler, Sudbury, Vermont:  Genealogies, Vital Records, and Census Records, Genealogical Society of Vermont Special Publication Number 8, (Rockport, ME: Picton Press), 2000, 406 pp.

A comprehensive study of the genealogies of the families of Sudbury, Vermont from its founding in 1763 until the end of the Civil War.  Some families who stayed in the local area are continued through the early 1900’s.  Family origins are provided as well as destination upon migrating from the town.  Transcriptions of the Congregational Church records with genealogical significance, the 1791 through 1880 U.S. Censuses, town birth, marriage and death records are transcribed.  Lists are provided of War of 1812 and Civil War soldiers from the town as well as lists of Congregational ministers.

Mary Anne Wheeler, “The Wheeler Family of Sudbury, Vermont”, Vermont Genealogy, Vol. 4, Nos. 2 & 3, Apr & Jul, 1999, pp. 69-78, 102-106
A genealogy of four generations of the Wheeler family starting with Seth Wheeler, Revolutionary War soldier.
Research Help

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