APPENDIX. A list of the Town Clerks and Representatives of Brookfield from the tow n organization.

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1 APPENDIX A list of the Town Clerks and Representatives of Brookfield from the tow n organization. Date Town Clerks Representatives 1785 Timothy Cowles None 1786 Timothy Cowles Jonathan Pierce 1787 Timothy Cowles Timothy Cowles 1788 Timothy Cowles None 1789 Timothy Cowles 1790 Timothy Cowles 1791 Moses Hubbard 1792 Timothy Cowles Experience Fisk 1793 Moses Hubbard Elisha Allis 1794 Moses Hubbard Experience Fisk 1795 Elisha Allis Elisha Allis 1796 Moses Hubbard Elisha Allis 1797 Moses Hubbard Elisha Allis 1798 Moses Hubbard Elisha Allis 1799 Moses Hubbard 1800 Moses Hubbard 1801 Moses Hubbard 1802 Moses Hubbard 1803 Moses Hubbard 1804 Moses Hubbard 1805 Moses Hubbard 1806 Moses Hubbard 1807 Moses Hubbard 1808 Moses Hubbard 1809 Moses Hubbard 1810_ Moses Hubbard 1811 Moses Hubbard Barna Biglo w 1812 Moses Hubbard 1813 Elisha Alli s 1814 David Bigelow 1815 David Bigelow Moses Hubbard Jr Moses Hubbard Jr Moses Hubbard Jr. Moses Hubbard Jr Moses Hubbard Jr Moses Hubbard Jr Moses Hubbard Jr Seth G. Bigelow John Wheatle y 1826 Seth G. Bigelow 1827 Seth G. Bigelow 1828 Seth G. Bigelow 1829 Seth G. Bigelow 1830 Seth G. Bigelow 1831 Seth G. Bigelow Thomas Kingsbury 1834 Thomas Kingsbury John W. Hopkins 52

2 Date Town Clerks Representatives 1837 None 1838 Abel Bigelow 1839 Abel Bigelow 1840 Andrew W. Bigelow Aaron Cleaveland Jr Andrew W. Bigelow None 1842 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1843 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1844 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1845 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1846 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1847 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1848 Andrew W. Bigelow None 1849 Aaron Cleaveland Jr. Homer Hatch 1850 Homer Hatch 1851 Z.M. Upham Ariel Burnha m 1852 Z.M. Upham None 1853 Z.M. Upham None 1854 Z.M. Upham None 1855 Z.M. Upham Non e 1856 George Davenport W.E. Chamberli n 1857 Z.M. Upham W.E. Chamberlin 1858 Z.M. Upham J.B. Lyma n 1859 F.G. Biglow J.B. Lyman 1860 J.R. Cleaveland F.G. Biglow 1861 J.R. Cleaveland F.G. Biglow 1862 J.R. Cleaveland A list of the Treasurers and Selectmen of Brookfield from the town organization. Date Treasurers 1785 Jonathan Pierce 1786 Timothy Cowles 1787 Timothy Cowles 1788 Timothy Cowles 1789 Timothy Cowles 1790 Timothy Cowles John Paine William Wakefiel d Nathaniel Humphre y Hezekiah Gaylord William Wakefiel d Nathaniel Humphre y Hezekiah Gaylord Edward Ainsworth Amasa Bigelow Jonathan Pierce Paul Daviso n Hezekiah Gaylor d Josiah Smith Shubael Cross Josiah Smith Hezekiah Gaylord Experience Fisk Elisha Ellis Moses Hubbard Elisha Allis Elisha Allis Moses Hubbard David Bigelow Reuben Adam s Asshur Hatch 5 3

3 Date Treasurer 1795 John Pain e 1796 Asshur Hatch 1797 Asshur Hatch 1798 Asshur Hatch 1799 Asshur Hatch 1800 Asshur Hatch 1801 David Biglow 1802 David Bigelow Andrew Steel e 1806 Andrew Steel e 1807 David Bigelow Noah-Pain e Abner Pride Joseph Smalley Reuben Adam s Abner Pride David Bigelow Amasa Edson Reuben Adam s Reuben Adams Thomas Peck Reuben Adams Andrew Steel e Aaron Partridg e --- Solomon Smit h Solomon Smit h Solomon Smit h David Bigelow 5 4

4 Date Treasure r William M. Alvord 1823 William M. Alvord 1824 William M. Alvord 1825 David Bigelow Jr David Bigelow Jr David Bigelow Jr Cotton W. Alvord 1832 Cotton W. Alvord Joseph Bottum Barna Biglo w Elisha Allis Jr. Elisha Allis Jr. John Wheatle y Luke Clar k John W. Hopkins Elisha Allis Jr. Joel Hamblin Elisha Allis Jr. Joel Hamblin Enoch Slade Enoch Slad e Enoch Slad e Thomas Kingsbury David Bigelow Jr. Thomas Kingsbury David Bigelow Jr. Thomas Kingsbur y Salmon Edso n Salmon Edso n Homer Hatch Salmon Edso n Homer Hatch Sylvester Griswol d Homer Hatch Sylvester Griswol d Nathaniel Kingsbur y Nathaniel Kingsbur y Alvin Hovey Samuel Bates Nathaniel Kingsbury Alvin Hovey Samuel Bates Samuel Bates Daniel Kingsbur y John Herrick

5 Date Treasurer W.W. Ingalls 1842 W.W. Ingalls Andrew W. Bigelow 1845 Andrew W. Bigelow 1846 Andrew W. Bigelow 1847 Andrew W. Bigelow 1848 Andrew W. Bigelow 1849 Aaron Cleaveland Jr Z.M. Upham 1852 Z.M. Upha m 1853 Z.M. Upham 1854 Z.M. Upham Daniel Kingsbur y Squire Fulle r Squire Fulle r Enoch Slade John Wheatle y John Wheatle y Ariel Burnha m Ariel Burnha m Sprague Arnol d Ariel Burnha m Sprague Arnol d W.M. Alvord Sprague Arnol d W.M. Alvord F.G. Biglow W.M. Alvord F.G. Biglow John Griswold Jr. F.G. Biglow J.G. Smith Alvin Hovey 2d. J.G. Smith J.L. Lamson J.S. Allen J.G. Smith J.S. Allen J.S. Allen John Herrick 2d. John Herrick 2d. S.M. Biglow John Herrick 2d. S.M. Biglow Daniel-Col t S.M. Biglow Daniel Col t Abel Bigelow Abel Bigelo w W.E. Chamberli n Abel Bigelo w W.E. Chamberli n W.E. Chamberlin " B.C. Bagley W.C. Chamberli n B.C. Bagley Daniel Claflin Jr. B.C. Bagley Daniel Claflin Jr. Marshal P. Davis 56

6 Date Treasurer Selectmen 1855 Z.M. Upham 1856 George Davenpor t 1857 Z.M. Upha m 1858 Z.M. Upham 1859 F.G. Biglow 1860 J.R. Cleavelan d 1861 J.R. Cleavelan d 1862 J.R. Cleaveland Daniel Claflin Jr. Marshal P. Davis Daniel A. Morse John Herrick Alvin Hovey 2d. John Lamson Daniel A. Morse Alvin Hovey 2 d Ephraim F. Claflin Alvin Hovey 2d. Ephraim F. Claflin J.R. Lyman E.F. Claflin J.B. Lyman Charles Bulkle y J.B. Lyman Charles Bulkle y Zadock P. Fulle r Charles Bulkle y Zadock P. Fuller John Herric k Zadock P. Fulle r John Lamson Gordon P. Hibbard TOWN CLERKS Zenas Upham F.G. Bigelo w John R. Cleavelan d W. Penn Bigelo w Marshall Gree n W. Penn Bigelow Charles H. Bigelo w George Cran e Sophia E. Follansbee Arthur G. Bigelo w Mary W. Harford Edson P. Bigelow Florence Montgomery Feb. 12, 1850 to Feb. 18, Feb. 18, 1851 to Mar. 1, Mar. 1, 1859 to Feb. 15, 1860 Feb. 15, 1860 to Mar. 2, Mar. 2, 1875 to Mar. 3, 1885 Mar. 3, 1885 to Feb. 13, 1886 Feb. 13, 1886 to Feb. 21, Feb. 21, 1888 to Mar. 1, 1904 Mar. 1, 1904 to Mar. 2, 1909 Mar. 2, 1909 to Mar. 1, 1927 Mar. 1, 1927 to Mar. 4, 1930 Mar. 4, 1930 to Mar. 5, `Mar. 5, 1968 to Mar. 4, Mar. 4, 1975 to present *Footnote from page 1. The topographical map published by the U.S. Geological Survey shows elevations within the town ranging from less than 700 feet (on the Branch) to ove r 1,800 feet at several points and the Bea r Hill lookout tower at about 2,0000 feet above sea level.

7 A Prince, but not of Wales ; a Shoemaker or a Tailor? *Footnote from page 29. Unfortunately the Rev. Mr. Wild's history of Brookfield was altered before appearing in Abby Hemenway's Gazeteer of Vermont and so errors have been repeated again and again as his origina l manuscript has never been published before. An English prince did indeed com e through Vermont. But not the Prince o f Wales. It was Edward Augustu s ( ), the fourth son of George II I (and five years younger than the Prince o f Wales.) He had been stationed with th e British army in Quebec and was ordered to join the fighting in the West Indies i n late By the time his equipment wa s organized it seemed less risky to travel overland to Boston than to sail fro m Halifax in mid-winter. He left Canada in January 1794, and crossing Lake Champlain the sledges carrying his belongings broke through th e ice and were lost; so from Burlington south he travelled "light" accompanied by about eight men. A New Hampshir e newspaper reported that he travelled without any retinue, just a couple o f Canadian sleighs various tales i n Hemenway to the contrary. Welcomed in Burlington by a committee of eminent men he is supposed to have stopped at Col. Jacob Davis' tavern in Montpelier. In Williamstown he stopped at Elijah Paine's. Paine, a Harvard graduate, had moved in 1784 to the ver y western corner of town near Mill Hill Roa d and in 1794 still was living in a log hous e according to his grandson Charles ' memoirs. Presumably it was at th e Paines' that the Prince asked whethe r they read anything but the Bible, and was told they also read Peter Pinda r 's writings which were popular and scorching satire s on the royal family. According to a March 6, 1794 Concord, N.H. newspaper account this reply "struck the Prince as dumb as an oyster." A few miles south of Elijah Paine's the Prince would have been in Brookfiel d (assuming his travelling an old road preexisting the 1799 Paine Turnpike), an d here comes the Wild/Hemenway tale o f Abner Pride, the cobbler (shoemaker), and the Prince 's audaciousness in kissing Mrs. Pride. Abner Pride took title in April 1794 to a 100-acre lot given to Mrs. Hepzibah Cross as the first woman settler i n Brookfield (where the Robert DeForge s live on East Street). No buildings were mentioned in the 1794 deed. South of the Pride lot is "E. Stratton's Inn," probably built before Ebenezer Stratton had owned anothe r 100-acre lot south of his inn or tavern since Barely six weeks after His Roya l Highness passed through Vermont, th e American Herald of Liberty (Exeter, N.H.) published an "Anecdote" on March 18th. Apparently stories about th e Prince 's trip were still good newspaper tidbits. Since the Wild/Hemenway version has been retold so many times here is the contemporary account. "ANECDOTE./Mr. Gwhelp, alias Princ e Edward, passed thro' Vermont, called o n a Greenmountain taylor, and bein g enamoured with his fair spouse, (for som e Princes, you must know, have passions as well as men) he extorted from her lips a KISS; and turning to her husband aske d him, How he felt, to see his wife kissed by a Prince? the Taylor forgetting "th e respect due to Princes," and to o ungrateful for the honor don ;z,him, very briskly applied his foot, to Mr. NED's posteriors; and then asked him, How i t made a Prince feel to have his BREEC H kicked by a TAYLOR?" Prince Edward, after whom Prince Edward Island is named, stayed in the West Indies about six months and returned t o Canada after the campaign was over. In 1799 he was made Duke of Kent. He final - ly married in 1818 at the age of 51, an d although he never was-prince of-wales-o r King, his only child became Queen Victoria. Unfortunately no diaries survive t o detail the Prince's Vermont journey s o the "anecdotes" copied from one newspaper to another are the only contemporary records, and they leave all to o much to the imagination. Abner Pride must have known something abou t leather working as he was appointed "Leather Sealer " for Brookfield two years later, but he is not called a cobbler in any town records. The question remains, did the Prince stop at a cobbler's (Wild, 1862) or at a tailor's (1794 newspaper), and where? Elizabeth A. Livingsto n February