This history begins with the early days when Royalton was first settled. It tells of the first settlers,  the Indian raids,  the social events such as husking parties and quilting bees, the churches, roads, the poor, the cemeteries, hotels, the militia, and so on. As the author tells the history of Royalton,  she also talks about the people. Many names are mentioned in this history. Some of the history reads like biographies, giving genealogical information. There are also many illustrations.

Sample Genealogy:

MORGAN FAMILY.

1. ISAAC [5] MORGAN (David [4],  Isaac [3],  Capt. John [2],  James [1]),  b. Apr. 26,  1730-31,  Preston,  Conn.; d. Nov. 2,  1815,  Roy.; m. (1) Oct. 31,  1751,  Zilpha Meech of Stonington,  Conn.,  who d. Jan. 19,  1763; m. (2) May 27,  1764,  Elizabeth W. Tracy of Preston,  b. 1745; d. June 17,  1823,  Roy.; bur. S. Roy. Cem. Mr. Morgan was one of the original grantees of the town. See 'Earliest Settlers.'

1. Nathan [6],  b. Sep. 15,  1753; one of the original grantees; so far as known not married; not listed after 1792.

2. Mary [6],  b. Dec. 10,  1755; m. Nov. 2,  1775,  James Marsh of Sharon.

3. Anna [6],  b. Mar. 1,  1758; d. before 1773,  prob.

4. Sybil [6],  b. Dec. 30,  1765.

5. Esther [6],  b. Mar. 12,  1769.

6. Joseph [6],  b. May 17,  1771.

7. Anna [6],  b. July 1,  1773.

2. viii. Isaac [6],  b. Feb. 3,  1776,  Roy.,  prob.

ix Daniel [6],  b. ____ 18,  1778,  Roy.

1. Elizabeth [6],  b. Sep. 15,  1780; prob. the Betsey who d. Sep. 30,  1848.

2. Eunice [6],  b. Jan. 6,  1783,  Roy.; m. Mar. 18,  1806,  Benjamin Burroughs of Tunbridge.

3. David [6],  b. May 25,  1785,  Roy. He m. Nov. 23,  1809,  Matilda Green of Woodstock; ch.: (a) Isaac,  b. Nov. 26,  1810,  Roy.; (b) Roswell,  b. Oct. 9,  1811,  Roy.; (c) Dolly,  b. Nov. 28,  1813,  Roy. In 1810 he bought of Benj. Dutton some small lots of land near Stevens’ bridge,  and sold them in 1813,  and does not appear as paying poll tax after that date.

The MORGAN genealogy continues on for another page and a half.

Surnames for which there are genealogies are listed below.

Abbott,  Adams,  Allen,  Ames,  Ashcraft,  Atherton,  Atwood,  Back,  Backus,  Bacon,  Bailey,  Baker,  Ballou,  Banister,  Barnes,  Barrett,  Bartholemew,  Bartlett,  Bean,  Beedle,  Belding,  Belknap,  Bennett,  Benson,  Benton,  Bigelow,  Bill,  Billings,  Bingham,  Black,  Blake,  Bliss,  Blodgett,  Bloss,  Boarman,  Bosworth,  Bowen,  Bowman,  Boyd,  Bradstreet,  Bright,  Brooks,  Brown,  Brownell,  Buck,  Burbank,  Button,  Cady,  Carver,  Chamberlain,  Chase,  Cheney,  Child,  Church,  Clapp,  Clark,  Cleveland,  Cloud,  Cole,  Corbin,  Cotton,  Cowdery,  Coy,  Crandall,  Culver,  Curtis,  Cutter,  Dana,  Danforth,  Davis,  Day,  Denison,  Densmore,  Dewey,  Dodge,  Doubleday,  Downer. Doyle,  Drew,  Dunham,  Durkee,  Dutton,  Dyer,  Eaton,  Ellis. Emerson,  Emery,  Evans,  Fairbanks,  Faneuf,  Fay,  Fee,  Felch,  Fish,  Flint,  Flynn,  Follet,  Folsom,  Foster,  Fowler,  Fox,  Francis,  Freeman,  French,  Gage,  Galusha,  Gardner,  Gates,  Gifford,  Gilbert,  Gillett,  Goddard,  Goff,  Goodell,  Graves,  Green,  Hackett,  Hall,  Hady,  Hartwell,  Harvey,  Haskell,  Hatch,  Havens,  Haynes,  Henry,  Hewitt,  Hibbard,  Hicks,  Hinkley,  Holt,  Howard,  Howe,  Hunt,  Hunter,  Huntington,  Hutchinson,  Ingraham,  Joiner,  Jones,  Jones,  Joy,  Kendall,  Kenney,  Kent,  Kenworthy,  Kimball,  Kingsbury,  Kinney,  Kinsman,  Kneeland,  Laird,  Lamb,  Lamphere,  Latham,  Lathrop,  Leavitt,  Lee,  Leonard,  Lesure,  Lincoln,  Lindley,  Lougee,  Lovejoy,  LuceLyman,  Lyons,  Manchester,  Manning,  Marcy,  Marshall,  Martin,  Mason,  Maxham,  McCullough,  McKenstry,  Merrill,  Metcalf,  Mils,  Miller,  Mills,  Moore,  Morey,  Morgan,  Morrill,  Morse,  Mosher,  Moxley,  Nevens,  Noble,  Northrop,  Packard,  Page,  Park,  Parker,  Parkhurst,  Partridge,  Paul,  Perrin.Phelps,  Pierce,  Pinney,  Pixley,  Plaisted,  Preston,  Ray,  Reynolds,  Rice,  Richardson,  Riggs,  Rix,  Robinson,  Rogers,  Root,  Ross,  Rude,  Rugg,  Rumrill,  Russ,  Russell,  Safford,  Sanborn,  Sargent,  Sawyer,  Searle,  Shepard,  Shipman,  Shirlock,  Skinner,  Slafter,  Smith,  Snow,  Soper,  Soutard,  Southgate,  Stanley,  Stearns,  Steele,  Stevens,  Stiles,  Storrs,  Taggart,  Tarbell,  Taylor,  Tenney,  Thacher,  Thomas,  Throop,  Tolles,  Trescott,  Tucker,  Tullar, Vesper, Walbridge, Walcott, Waldo, Waller, Ward, Washburn, Waterman, Webster, Wells, West, Wheat, Wheeler, Wheelok, Whitcomb, Whitney, Wight, Wild, Williams, Wills, Wilmot, Wilson, Winslow, Woodward, Woodworth, Woole, Wynne, Yeaton, Young.

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