Essex GRAPES, Philip Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 962-963 Philip GRAPES came to Brunswick [Essex County, Vermont] in 1780, was chosen selectman in 1797, and first constable and collector in 1798, and collected the tax of one cent on each acre of land, granted by the legislature of the state of Vermont 10 November 1797 for the support of the Government. He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution some two or three years, and was killed by the fall of a tree in 1800. His widow Elizabeth survived him many years, and was the oldest person that ever died in town [Brunswick], being over one hundred years of age. [Philip GRAPES is mentioned as one of the signers of the application to organize the town of Brunswick, as shown by what follows, extracted from pages 962-963.] The town of Brunswick was organized in 1796; the preamble to the application is as follows: "The inhabitants of Brunswick, being for many years destitute of the privileges of an organized town, agreed in the year 1796, that the town should be organized, to have and use and benefit of the laws as organized towns have." The application was to David HYDE, Esq., and was signed by Jos. WAIT, Philip GRAPES, Nathaniel WAIT, and Jacob SCHOFF, free holders. The meeting was held at Nathan WAIT's dwelling house on Thursday, 31 March 1796; David HYDE was chosen moderator, and Jos. WAIT town clerk; Joseph WAIT, David HYDE, and John MERRILL, selectmen. Submitted by Cathy Kubly