Chittenden

DORWIN [DARWIN?], Amasa, Samuel & Thomas

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 807

Three brothers [Samuel, Amasa and Thomas] DORWIN came from Lanesboro 
[Berkshire County], Massachusetts, to Hinesburgh [Chittenden County, Vermont].

Samuel DORWIN came to town [Hinesburgh] in 1785; he was born 16 March 1747 in 
Lanesboro [Berkshire County, Massachusetts], and died in Hinesburgh 
[Chittenden County, Vermont] in 1800. His children were: (1) Samuel Jr., 
who lived in Fairfax [Franklin County, Vermont] and died in 1815; (2) Urana, 
who married Calvin MURRAY, lived in Williston [Chittenden County, Vermont], 
and died in 1793; (3) Laura, who married Nathaniel NEWELL, of Charlotte 
[Chittenden County, Vermont], and died in 1812; (4) Dolly, who married Paul 
WHITNEY, lived in Hinesburgh, and died in 1814; and (5) Lyman, who was born 
25 March 1783 in Lanesboro [Berkshire County, Massachusetts], married Patty 
HILL about 1807, and had four children. Lyman DORWIN was a man of good mind, 
intelligent, liberal and faithful in all the relations of life. He was an 
active member of the Congregational church, and ever ready to do his full 
share to advance its interests. He had very largely the confidence of his 
fellow citizens, and twice represented the town in the Legislature. He 
[Lyman DORWIN] died 23 April 1848. His widow is yet living.

Thomas DORWIN came in 1805, with two sons, Canfield and Thomas Milton, the 
oldest of which had just attained his majority. He was an industrious and 
thrifty farmer. He [Thomas DORWIN] died in 1810, and his wife died of the 
epidemic in 1813, the first or second death of that disease in town. Thomas 
Milton DORWIN removed to Onondago [Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York], in 
1823, where he recently died. Canfield DORWIN has ever lived upon the old 
farm and yet survives.

Amasa DORWIN came here [Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont] before 1800, 
the precise year I am not able to learn. He stayed a few years and left in 
1802 for Pennsylvania.

Thomas DORWIN, the father [of Samuel, Amasa, and Thomas], was the oldest of a 
family of ten sons and four daughters, whose descendants are widely scattered 
throughout the States and Canada, comprising nearly if not quite all of the 
name in the New World. The original name was probably DARWIN. It is so 
spelled on older tombstones, and thus, it is believed, where the name occurs 
in England.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly