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Gazetteer of Vermont
by John Hayward
pub: Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 
     114 Washington Street, Boston - 1849
source: Library of Congress


        Pg 30-31
        
        BRAINTREE
        
        Orange Co. This town is watered by the third branch of White
      River, and Ayers' and Mill Brook, its tributaries. They are all
      sufficient for mills. Ayers' Brook rises in Roxbury and Brook-
      field, waters the north-east part of the town, and after re-
      ceiving Mill Brook from the west, unites with the third branch
      of White River, just below the west village in Randolph. Between
      Ayers' Brook and the third branch, is a large swell of land, and
      when MR. EBENEZER WATERS was surveying the township he said to
      those with him, "We will sit down here and dine with our hats
      on and call it Quaker Hill," and it has ever since been known by
      that name. Between the third branch and the head of White River,
      is a considerable mountain, which renders that part of the town-
      ship incapable of settlement. According to tradition, Ayers'
      Brook derives its name from a person by the name of Ayers, who,
      having run away from New England, became a guide to the French
      and Indians in their expeditions against the English, but who
      was taken and executed near this stream, about the year 1755.
      
        Boundaries. Northerly by Roxbury and Bloomfield, easterly by
      Rudolph, southerly by Bethel, and westerly by Granville.
      
        First Settlers. The settlement of the town was commenced about
      the year 1783, by SILAS FLINT, SAMUEL BASS, JACOB and SAMUEL
      SPEAR, and others, emigrants from Braintree and Sutton, Mass.
      S. FLINT'S wife was the first woman who came into the town and
      received in consequence a present of 100 acres of land from the
      proprietors. HIRAM, son of SAMUEL BASS, was the first child born
      in town. The first proprietors' meeting held within the town was
      at the house of JACOB SPEAR, September 19, 1786. The town was
      organized March 7, 1788, and ELIJAH FRENCH was first town clerk.
      It was first represented by ISAACH NICHOLS in 1791.
      
        First Ministers. The REV. AARON CLEVELAND was settled over
      the Congregational Church in 1801, and dismissed in 1807. The
      REV. AMMI NICHOLS was settled in 1807.
      
        Products of the Soil. Wheat, 3,680 bushels; Indian corn,
      4,880 bushels; potatoes, 42,010 bushels; hay, 3,581 tons;
      maple sugar, 18,800 pounds; wool, 12,860 pounds.
      
        Distances. Twenty-one miles south from Montpelier, and fourteen
      west by south from Chelsea. The Northern Railroad passes through
      this town.
      
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