Suggested edit: Neri Cramton settled in Tinmouth, VT with his father, James Cramton a short time prior to the Revolution. He settled about one mile north of the hamlet of Tinmouth (Child, 1881, p. 251). At that time, Tinmouth was in the wilds of the New Hampshire grants, land disputed between New Hampshire and New York. Later, Neri became one of the Green Mountain Boys, who under the leadership of the Allen brothers. He fought the New York militia for possession of the land later to be known as Vermont. Neri Cramton was a revolutionary soldier, a member of Capt. John Spofford's Co. He also fought during the French and Indian Wars, in Scranton's 5th Co., under Col. Nathan Whiting, 2nd CT Regiment, in 1760.
Reputedly, Neri Cramton was bold and fearless as a soldier. He was at Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen's men on 10 May 1775. He was taken prisoner while part of a scouting mission. In order to gain his release, he took protection under Burgoyne. Returning home, he planned to return with his family to Litchfield, CT. They got as far as Arlington, VT when he learned there was to be a battle near Bennington. In spite of warnings that he would be hung if captured, he decided to join the fray, saying he could never be taken alive (Smith, H. P., 1886, p. 824 and Hemenway, Vol. III, p. 1143).
Later, he returned to Tinmouth, where he was active in the affairs of the town. He was tithingman at the Congregational Church in 1785.
Contributor: Cindy Walcott (48460179) • [email protected]
Reputedly, Neri Cramton was bold and fearless as a soldier. He was at Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen's men on 10 May 1775. He was taken prisoner while part of a scouting mission. In order to gain his release, he took protection under Burgoyne. Returning home, he planned to return with his family to Litchfield, CT. They got as far as Arlington, VT when he learned there was to be a battle near Bennington. In spite of warnings that he would be hung if captured, he decided to join the fray, saying he could never be taken alive (Smith, H. P., 1886, p. 824 and Hemenway, Vol. III, p. 1143).
Later, he returned to Tinmouth, where he was active in the affairs of the town. He was tithingman at the Congregational Church in 1785.
Contributor: Cindy Walcott (48460179) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Neri Cramton settled in Tinmouth, VT with his father, James Cramton a short time prior to the Revolution. He settled about one mile north of the hamlet of Tinmouth (Child, 1881, p. 251). At that time, Tinmouth was in the wilds of the New Hampshire grants, land disputed between New Hampshire and New York. Later, Neri became one of the Green Mountain Boys, who under the leadership of the Allen brothers. He fought the New York militia for possession of the land later to be known as Vermont. Neri Cramton was a revolutionary soldier, a member of Capt. John Spofford's Co. He also fought during the French and Indian Wars, in Scranton's 5th Co., under Col. Nathan Whiting, 2nd CT Regiment, in 1760.
Reputedly, Neri Cramton was bold and fearless as a soldier. He was at Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen's men on 10 May 1775. He was taken prisoner while part of a scouting mission. In order to gain his release, he took protection under Burgoyne. Returning home, he planned to return with his family to Litchfield, CT. They got as far as Arlington, VT when he learned there was to be a battle near Bennington. In spite of warnings that he would be hung if captured, he decided to join the fray, saying he could never be taken alive (Smith, H. P., 1886, p. 824 and Hemenway, Vol. III, p. 1143).
Later, he returned to Tinmouth, where he was active in the affairs of the town. He was tithingman at the Congregational Church in 1785.
Contributor: Cindy Walcott (48460179) • [email protected]
Reputedly, Neri Cramton was bold and fearless as a soldier. He was at Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen's men on 10 May 1775. He was taken prisoner while part of a scouting mission. In order to gain his release, he took protection under Burgoyne. Returning home, he planned to return with his family to Litchfield, CT. They got as far as Arlington, VT when he learned there was to be a battle near Bennington. In spite of warnings that he would be hung if captured, he decided to join the fray, saying he could never be taken alive (Smith, H. P., 1886, p. 824 and Hemenway, Vol. III, p. 1143).
Later, he returned to Tinmouth, where he was active in the affairs of the town. He was tithingman at the Congregational Church in 1785.
Contributor: Cindy Walcott (48460179) • [email protected]
Inscription
IN
memory of Lieut.
NERI CRAMTON
who died Sept. 20th
1827
in the 85th
year of his
age.
Ah! in what perils is vain life engaged?
The hardest frame of toil will die:
The all-surrounding heaven the vital air
is big with death.
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