Walpole as it was and as it is : containing the complete civil history of the town from 1749 to 1879, together with a history of all the church organizations; also, a history of one hundred and fifty families that settled in the town previous to 1820, with biographical sketches of a large number of its prominent citizens, and also, a census of the town taken April 1, 1878 . r four surviving boys are all substantial, reliable citizensand have never dishonored their progenitors. Burt, Moses, one of the old Revolutionary patriots, was theson of Aaron Burt, of Northiield, Mass., a wholesa
Walpole as it was and as it is : containing the complete civil history of the town from 1749 to 1879, together with a history of all the church organizations; also, a history of one hundred and fifty families that settled in the town previous to 1820, with biographical sketches of a large number of its prominent citizens, and also, a census of the town taken April 1, 1878 . r four surviving boys are all substantial, reliable citizensand have never dishonored their progenitors. Burt, Moses, one of the old Revolutionary patriots, was theson of Aaron Burt, of Northiield, Mass., a wholesale mer-chant there of whom the first settlers of Walpole used to pur-chase goods before a store was opened here. Moses was born inNorthiield, Feb. 14, 1756 and came to Walpole in 1775, withSamuel Wiers, and purchased what was then known as theChandler meadows. Aug. 14, 1777, when he and another manwere stooking wheat they heard the reports of cannon at thebattle of Bennington and they immediately left home for thescene of strife. (See narrative.) He enlisted in the army forthree months and when the time expired he returned to Wal-pole; but was soon drafted to serve nine months longer, whichterm he served out. In 1783 he married Submit Iioss, sup- i. 2£~^ FAMILY HISTORY. 221 posed to have been an inhabitant of this town, and bad tenchildren. I. Roxana, b. Apr. 8, 1784 ; m. William Blanchardand had ten children. (See Blanchard family.) II. Abiathar,b. Sep. 10, 1786; d. at Westmoreland, Oct. 11, 1875; m. Mehit-able Turner, of Mansfield, Ct. b. 1788 ; d. 1864. Ch. 1st Livonia,2d Philenia, 3d Mehitable, 4th Abiathar, jr., 5th Eleazer, 6thAbiathar, 7th Eliza, 8th Mary, 9th Ursula Sophia, 10th Sub-mit Ross, 11th Eunice Caroline, all born between 1806 and1827. III. Ross, b. 1788; d. 1806. IV. Moses, jr., b. 1790; V. Luther, b. Aug. 8,1792; d. Nov. 1, 1866. He was a far-mer by occupation, and by industry, economy and the exerciseof good judgment accumluated a good property, bes
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