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RANDOLPH. Town in Orange County. Vermont grant to
Capt. Aaron Stores and seventy associates June 29, 1781. New York grant as Middlesex of 35,000 acres by Lt. Gov.
Colden, January 22, 1770, covered lands in Randolph and vicinity. See Wickham (New York grant).
RANDOM. Vermont grant. See Brighton.
READING. Town in Windsor County. New Hampshire grant of 23,000 acres to
Zedekiah Stone and sixty-one associates July 6, 1761. New York grant of 22,000 acres by
Gov. Tryon May 20, 1772, was a confirmation of New Hampshire charter.
READSBORO. Town in Huntington County. New Hampshire grants, one of 2,000
acres to Andrew F. Phillips August 11, 1764, and one of 3,000 acres to Robert Rogers, July
4, 1764, were of lands now in Readsboro. New York grant of 29,000 acres as Readsborough
by Lt. Gov. Colden to John Reade, April 24, 1770, covered lands now embraced in
Readsborough [sic] and Searsburg. The New York "Township of Cumberland" covered
Readsboro. See Cumberland.
RENSSELAERWICK. A New York patent dated November 4, 1685, which was
construed by the New York advocates to cover the south-west corner of Vermont.
RICHFORD. Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Jonathan Wells and fifty-nine associates August 21, 1780. Provision made for establishing line with
Berkshire and sale of a gore of land between Berkshire, Montgomery, Enosburgh and
Richford directed, 1802. So much of Laws of 1802 as directs sale of a gore of land between
Berkshire and Richford repealed, 1803.
RICHMOND. Town in Chittenden County. Incorporated out of parts of Jericho,
Williston and New Huntington October 27, 1794. Part of Bolton annexed October 25, 1804.
New York grant of 30,000 acres as Minto by Gov. Tryon, October 9, 1772, covered lands in
Richmond and vicinity.
RICHMOND. New York grant of 24,000 acres by Gov. Dunmore to
John Davan and company June 28, 1771; covered Wells and vicinity chartered by New Hampshire. Not
the present town of Richmond in Chittenden County.
RIPTON. Town in Addison County. Vermont grant of 24,000 acres to
Abel Thompson and fifty-nine associates April 13, 1781. New York grant by Lt. Gov. Colden of
24,000 acres to Samuel Avery & Co., August 16, 1774, and of 28,000 acres to Humphrey
Avery & Co., September 6, 1774, covered the towns of Lincoln, Ripton and Granville. Part
of Middlebury annexed, 1814. Part of Middlebury authorized to be annexed, 1829. Part of
Salisbury annexed, 1832. Part annexed to Lincoln, 1869.
ROCHESTER. Town in Windsor County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Asa Whitcomb, Dudley Chase and sixty-three associates July 30, 1781. Date of charter, August
30, 1781. Line with Hancock established, November 6, 1792. Line with Bethel established,
1821. Part of Pittsfield annexed, 1806. Part of Braintree annexed, 1824. Part of Hancock
annexed, 1834. Part of Goshen annexed, 1847.
ROCKINGHAM. Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to Samuel Johnson and sixty-eight associates December 28, 1752. Part authorized to be
annexed to Athens, 1846.
ROXBURY. Town in Washington County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Benjamin Emmons and sixty-four associates August 6, 1781.
ROYALTON. Town in Windsor County. New York grant by Lt. Gov.
Colden, November 13, 1769, of 30,000 acres, covering lands in Royalton and vicinity. Vermont grant
of 22,320 acres to Comfort Seaver and sixty-two associates December 20, 1781.
RUPERT. Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Capt. Samuel Robinson and sixty-one associates August 20, 1761. Provision for establishing
line with Pawlet, 1809.
RUTLAND, CITY OF. City in Rutland County. Part of the town of Rutland
incorporated into the City of Rutland, 1892. See Rutland, Town of.
RUTLAND, TOWN OF. Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 26,500
acres to John Murrey and sixty-three associates September 7, 1761. Vermont post-office
located at Town of Rutland, March 9, 1787; repealed, November 10, 1797. Union of parts
of Parkerstown and Rutland for school purposes, 1822. Part incorporated into Proctor,
1886. Part incorporated into West Rutland, 1886. Part incorporated into City of Rutland,
1892.
See Socialburgh (New York grant).
RYEGATE. Town in Caledonia County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Richard Jenness and ninety-three associates, September 8, 1763. Petition of New York for
confirmation of New Hampshire charter, June 15, 1772, advised to be granted when His
Majesty's instructions will permit grant to be made of said township. New York grant by
Lt. Gov. Colden of 20,000 acres June 20, 1775.
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