chuck: I have an ancestor who was a Vermont Sufferer...I have some
references re Them but I have not found original records that really
help..My family was from Guilford VT and you can get a map Or I will send it
to you of their land there and then the VT sufferers plots in Bainbridge..I
have traveled to Guilford and to Bainbridge trying to trace Burrows and
Wilkins and will answer your questions tomorrow..Please send me your regular
mail or fax so I can send you a copy of the maps and other infor...if you
already have received this from someone else let me know and I won't
duplicate... Gwen
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Lynch <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: Vermont Sufferers


>         Can someone refer me to an authoritative source that describes the
plight
> of the "VERMONT SUFFERERS" and the settlement that redressed their
> 'sufferings'?
>
>         I understand that from about 1772 to early in 1786  jurisdiction
over a
> portion of what is now southwestern Vermont was claimed by both New York
> and Vermont.  As a consequence a number of civil and military officers
> commissioned by the State of New York, were, nonetheless, driven from
their
> homes, imprisoned, one killed, others wounded, had their estates
> confiscated and sold.
>
>         Ultimately, in response to a petition by or on behalf of these
'sufferers'
> the petition was favorably considered and a committee recommended that the
> State of NY grant the petitioners a Township of Eight Miles Square.
> Consequently, something less than 41,000 acres in the Township of what
> became Bainbridge in Chenango Co., NY was granted to the members of this
class.
>
>         Where was the territory that was in dispute?
>
>         Is there a list of the individuals claiming injury and the nature
and
> extent of their suffering?
>
>         Is there a list of the grants to individuals?  Was it of a
specified
> portion of the larger tract; i. e., how was each individual's share of the
> grant described?
>
>         Were there any conditions on the grant, e. g., did they have to
take
> possession within a specified time; were there limitations on conveying
> their interest in it?
>
>         At least two of my ancestors are referred to as "Vermont
Sufferers" in a
> newspaper article or in correspondence among family members but without
> specifying the details.
>
>         I would be most grateful for your recommendations or referrals.
>
>         Gratefully,
>                                                                 Chuck
Lynch
>