Essex 

GROUT, Jonathan

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 1002
(extracted from a section on the history of Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont)

Jonathan GROUT and Edward BUCKNAM, Esq. were among the twelve first settlers 
[of Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont], but at precisely what time they came 
into town is not known. Mr. GROUT appears to have been a man of some note, 
although we have been unable to learn very much of him. We learn, by some of 
the records, that there arose a "dispute" between him and the proprietors, 
but what the cause or nature of the contention might have been, we do not 
learn. Mr. BUCKNAM was one of a committee appointed to survey the town into 
lots, and he and Thomas DARLING performed that important service in 1787. 
There are probably no descendants of either of these men [Edward BUCKNAM or 
Thomas DARLING] residing in this town [Guildhall] at this time.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly