Chittenden

BOSTWICK, Lemuel

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 806 [extracted from a 
section on the history of Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont]

Lemuel BOSTWICK came from New Milford [Litchfield County, Connecticut] in 
1787. He had previously been the master of a coasting vessel, which business 
he left, and with a wife and one child came to try his fortune in the 
wilderness. He settled on a lot of which his father, Isaac BOSTWICK, was the 
original proprietor. In 1790 he shifted his situation to Pond brook, the 
most important water power in town. There he erected the first saw mill in 
1791, and a small grist mill in 1793, and soon after a carding machine, which 
he occupied until 1814. In 1816 he sold out and removed from town. He was a 
man of good ability and polished address, a gentleman of the old New England 
type. He was the first representative to the state legislature, and held the 
office of justice of the peace while he resided in town.

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