Lemuel Bostwick (1758 - 1819)

Family Tree: New World - Part 144
Son of: Isaac Bostwick (1730) and Prudence (1733) GBFA
Born: 27/12/1758 in New Milford, Conn GBFA
Died: 17/12/1819 GBFA
Married: Polly (1764) GBFA
Children: Sally Maria (1786) , George Trail (1792) , Isaac Henry (1796) , Prudence (1799) , Polly (1803) GBFA

He was a privateer in the War of the Revolution. He was afterward engaged in the coasting trade, and went to the West Indies.
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He moved from New Milford to Hinesburg, Vt in 1787, and then settled in Mechanicsville, Vt on a lot owned by his father. 3 years later he moved to Pond Brook, Vt and there erected the first sawmills in 1791, a small grist mill in 1793, and then a carding machine. He served as Town Clerk and was representative from Hinesburg 1789, 1790, 1792, 1794, 1795, 1797, and 1801. He moved to New York State in 1816.
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