Gazetteer and business directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84 . d there kept a public house. He was succeed-ed by his son EHas, whose grandsons, Justin and Ehas, first came to HartfordVt., establishing themselves in business at The Point in 1797-98, wherethey drove an extensive and prosperous trade for many years. The Lymantoll bridge, the brick factory and flume, at Hartford, now owned by E. & Morris, the aqueduct at The Point which brings the water from Cae-sars brook across the river, the old Lyman homestead,[the residence of Dr. Allen, Sr., and that of Col. C. S. Hamilton
Gazetteer and business directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84 . d there kept a public house. He was succeed-ed by his son EHas, whose grandsons, Justin and Ehas, first came to HartfordVt., establishing themselves in business at The Point in 1797-98, wherethey drove an extensive and prosperous trade for many years. The Lymantoll bridge, the brick factory and flume, at Hartford, now owned by E. & Morris, the aqueduct at The Point which brings the water from Cae-sars brook across the river, the old Lyman homestead,[the residence of Dr. Allen, Sr., and that of Col. C. S. Hamilton are among the relics of the manyenterprises these founders of Hartford were engaged in. They also early en-gaged in the manufacture of cotton cloths—one of the first in the State. Justin Lyman, the elder of the brothers, never made his home in Vermont,but resided in Hartford, Conn., where the brothers maintained a branchstore. He was born at Northampton, October 17, 1765, and died April 27,1834. Neither of his three children surviv^ed his death. Ehas Lyman was. ^ TOWN OF HARTFORD, I^I also boni at Northamoton, February 23, 1768. He married -Vrina White,of Hatfield, Mass., December 30, 1790, and died November 22, 1830, agedsixty-two years. Mrs. Lyman survived his death fourteen years, dying at theage of seventy-two years. They had a family of fourteen children. Eliasleft his fathers farm and commenced life for himself at the age of twenty-one,as a flat-boatman on the Connecticut river. His undoubted integrity andfund of energy and enterprise, however, soon placed him in the front, a posi-tion be ever after retained. Lewis Ljman, Eliass eldest son, was born atHatfield, Mass., December, 17. 1791, received a business education in hisfathers store, and ultimately became a partner in the business. He marriedMary Blake Bruce, of Boston, Mass., March i, 1821, and died January 29,1837, leaving a fine estate. He had a family of eight children, four of whom,Mary, (Mrs. S. J. Allen, Sr.,
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