According to family tradition, Silas Aldrich, at age 16, was a member of Maj. Robert Rogers' Rangers who destroyed a village of the St. Francis Indians in 1759. Silas' first acquaintance with Vermont is said to have been made during the Rangers' retreat down the Connecticut River. He is said to have been "so impressed by the beauty of the scenery that he resolved, when the war should be over, he would return and settle in that locality."
Silas was an early settler of Moore Town (now Bradford), Vermont. He first appears in the records there in 1774, when he married Alice Collins. The Bradford town history, drawing on a manuscript prepared by Eliza Barrett, Silas' great-granddaughter, characterizes him as "a man of an even, peaceable disposition, and of strictly temperate habits, even in those days, when the use of intoxicating liquors was well-nigh universal."
According to Aldrich Genealogy by George Aldirch, he was born Jan. 7, 1743, and was the son of Edward and Dinah (Aldrich) Aldrich. However, this is not certain, and the Aldrich Family Association believes he was likely born in Rhode Island or Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Aldrich and Eunice Peck.
Father of Phebe (Aldrich) Martin, Betsey (Aldrich) Muzzey, Richard Aldrich,
Asa Aldrich, Silas Aldrich, Elsy (Aldrich) Brown, Abigail (Aldrich) (Parker) Chase, and Ephraim Aldrich.
Silas was an early settler of Moore Town (now Bradford), Vermont. He first appears in the records there in 1774, when he married Alice Collins. The Bradford town history, drawing on a manuscript prepared by Eliza Barrett, Silas' great-granddaughter, characterizes him as "a man of an even, peaceable disposition, and of strictly temperate habits, even in those days, when the use of intoxicating liquors was well-nigh universal."
According to Aldrich Genealogy by George Aldirch, he was born Jan. 7, 1743, and was the son of Edward and Dinah (Aldrich) Aldrich. However, this is not certain, and the Aldrich Family Association believes he was likely born in Rhode Island or Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Aldrich and Eunice Peck.
Father of Phebe (Aldrich) Martin, Betsey (Aldrich) Muzzey, Richard Aldrich,
Asa Aldrich, Silas Aldrich, Elsy (Aldrich) Brown, Abigail (Aldrich) (Parker) Chase, and Ephraim Aldrich.
According to family tradition, Silas Aldrich, at age 16, was a member of Maj. Robert Rogers' Rangers who destroyed a village of the St. Francis Indians in 1759. Silas' first acquaintance with Vermont is said to have been made during the Rangers' retreat down the Connecticut River. He is said to have been "so impressed by the beauty of the scenery that he resolved, when the war should be over, he would return and settle in that locality."
Silas was an early settler of Moore Town (now Bradford), Vermont. He first appears in the records there in 1774, when he married Alice Collins. The Bradford town history, drawing on a manuscript prepared by Eliza Barrett, Silas' great-granddaughter, characterizes him as "a man of an even, peaceable disposition, and of strictly temperate habits, even in those days, when the use of intoxicating liquors was well-nigh universal."
According to Aldrich Genealogy by George Aldirch, he was born Jan. 7, 1743, and was the son of Edward and Dinah (Aldrich) Aldrich. However, this is not certain, and the Aldrich Family Association believes he was likely born in Rhode Island or Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Aldrich and Eunice Peck.
Father of Phebe (Aldrich) Martin, Betsey (Aldrich) Muzzey, Richard Aldrich,
Asa Aldrich, Silas Aldrich, Elsy (Aldrich) Brown, Abigail (Aldrich) (Parker) Chase, and Ephraim Aldrich.
Silas was an early settler of Moore Town (now Bradford), Vermont. He first appears in the records there in 1774, when he married Alice Collins. The Bradford town history, drawing on a manuscript prepared by Eliza Barrett, Silas' great-granddaughter, characterizes him as "a man of an even, peaceable disposition, and of strictly temperate habits, even in those days, when the use of intoxicating liquors was well-nigh universal."
According to Aldrich Genealogy by George Aldirch, he was born Jan. 7, 1743, and was the son of Edward and Dinah (Aldrich) Aldrich. However, this is not certain, and the Aldrich Family Association believes he was likely born in Rhode Island or Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Aldrich and Eunice Peck.
Father of Phebe (Aldrich) Martin, Betsey (Aldrich) Muzzey, Richard Aldrich,
Asa Aldrich, Silas Aldrich, Elsy (Aldrich) Brown, Abigail (Aldrich) (Parker) Chase, and Ephraim Aldrich.
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