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DANBY. Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Jonathan Willard and sixty-one associates August 27, 1761. New York grant of 1,000 acres
to John Tudor by Gov. Tryon, February 20, 1772, covered lands in Danby. Annexation of
part to Mt. Tabor authorized, 1848.
DANVILLE. Town in Caledonia County. Vermont grant of 28,000 acres to
Jacob
Bailey, Jesse Leavenworth and associates October 31, 1786. New charter issued November
12, 18-2, to seventy-five grantees. Walden Gore annexed October 29, 1792. Part of
Deweysburgh annexed, 1810. Part of Cabot annexed, 1834. See Hillsborough (New York grant).
DELLINS GRANT. A New York grant made to Rev. Godfrey
Dellins, of Albany,
N.Y., September 3, 1696, and three years later set aside and annulled, as having been
obtained and issued by fraud. New York used this grant as showing that her claim of an
eastern boundary on the Connecticut River was an ancient one, insisting that the patent
covered a tract of land on the west side of Vermont twelve miles in width, commencing at
Charlotte and extending south about fifty miles. Hiland Hall in his Early History of
Vermont (insists that no part of the Dellins grant covered any Vermont land.
DEERFIELD. New York grant of 35,000 acres to
Samuel Wells & Co. by Gov.
Dunmore, June 20, 1771, now Burlington and vicinity, chartered by New Hampshire, 1761.
DERBY. Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Timothy
Andrews and fifty-nine associates, October 29, 1779. Black and Bell islands annexed and
Auditor of Accounts authorized to sell the islands, 1865. Line with Newport established,
1868. Annexation of Salem authorized, 1880.
DEWEYSBURGH. Vermont grant of a tract "containing 15 sixty fifty parts of a six
mile square township" to Capt. Elijah Dewey and fourteen associates February 28, 1782.
Annexed to Danville and Peacham November 2, 1810.
DORSET. Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Gideon Lyman, Esq., and sixty-three associates August 20, 1761. Annexation of part of Mt.
Tabor authorized, 1825 and 1832. See Chatham (New York grant); Princetown (New York grant); Arlington (New York
grant to J. Napier).
DOVER. Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grants of 2,000 acres each
to Lieut. Peter Brown, Lieut. Stephen Holland, and Lieut. James Tute July 6, 1764, were
of lands now embraced in the town of Dover. Incorporated out of south district of
Wardsboro, 1810. Annexation of a part of Somerset authorized, 1851. Line with Wilmington and Marlboro established, 1851 and 1852. Annexation of part of Wilmington
authorized, 1868. Part of Wilmington provisionally annexed, 1869. See Camden (New York grant).
DRAPER. New Hampshire grant. See Wilmington.
DUMMERSTON. Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant as Fullam of
19,360 acres to Simeon Stoddard and fifty associates December 26, 1753. Charter renewed
June 12, 1760, July 6, 1761, July 7, 1762, and June 7, 1764. Dummerston was part of a tract
of land granted by Massachusetts to Connecticut in exchange for lands granted by the
former in the territory of the latter by mistake, and Dummerston was sold at auction by
Connecticut in 1716 to Hon. William Dummer and Simeon Stoddard, Esq. part annexed
to Putney, 1846. Annexation of part of Putney authorized, 1870. Part annexed to Putney,
1892.
DUNBAR. New Hampshire grant. See Sudbury.
DUNCANSBOROUGH. Vermont grant; now Newport (q.v.).
DUNMORE. New York grant of 39,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to
John Woods
& Co. Aug. 8, 1770, in and near what is now Waterford.
DURHAM. New York grant of 38,000 acres by Gov. Tryon to
Benjamin Spencer
& Co. January 7, 1772; covered lands granted by New Hampshire in Clarendon and
Wallingford. One map has Durham in Shrewsbury. See Avery's Gore.
DUXBURY. Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to Rev. Isaac Brown and sixty-four associates June 7, 1763. See Windham.
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