John Burbank, a retired minister who lives just south of us in Bristol, Vt, has shared the genealogies he has prepared for Monkton families. John has Monkton roots, and he is an excellent researcher. His Monkton family records were originally started by his aunt, Ruth Dean Hathaway and his sister-in-law, Bertha Brown Hanson to which he has added much more data.
- Barnum
- Research initially followed the descent as Francis > Thomas, b. 1625 > Thomas, b. 1663 > Ebenezer b. 1712 but it has been determined that such a descent was not supportable and eliminated both Francis and Thomas b. 1663. The current supported line is: Thomas b. 1625 > Ebenezer b. 1682 > Ebenezer b. 1712.
- Beers
- It is claimed that the Beers family traces itself back to Martin Beers who was notary of the diocese of Rochester, England in 1486. This, however, is not substantiated by other research. The Monkton Beers were evidently in Addison Co. in the person of Eliakim in 1798 and the family name continued down to recent days. Daniel Beers was in Starksboro as early as 1800, evidently died before 1820, but his widow evidently remained as did some descendants, but the Beers name in Starksboro was not perpetuated there.
- Bentley
- Considerable research has gone into the Bentley family that had connections in Monkton VT. This documents a Connecticut line of Bentleys that is completely separate from the better known line of Bentleys from Rhode Island.
- Burritt
- Most of the data on the Burritt family was obtained from Mrs. George Larry Burritt of Stuarts Draft VA which she obtained from research in numerous records, cemeteries, etc. including a genealogy by Lewis L. Burritt. Also consulted was Burritt Family Genealogy, a manuscript by Mat Thomas of Hilton NY.
- Dean #1 & #2
- There were three Dean families who settled separately in Monkton although the first two were related: the ancestors and descendants of James6 who arrived first from Connecticut and/or Ohio and the descendants of Moses5, who came to Monkton from Cornwall CT.
- Dean #3
- The third Dean family, ancestors of the compiler, arrived in Monkton from Connecticut in the person of Nathaniel4 who died in Monkton in 1813.
- Hanson
- The parentage of Thomas Hanson is uncertain although there is a claim that he was a descendant of the Hanson’s of Rastrick in Yorkshire ENG. When he arrived in America is also unknown. He came to Dover NH in 1639 according to one researcher. He was granted 100 acres near Salmon Falls NH on 11/11/1658 probably old style for 11 Jan. He was admitted a freeman on 5, 4, 1661.
- Jewell
- Many of the Monkton Jewell’s are traced in The Descendants of Solomon Barton of Dutchess County, New York and Monkton, Vermont compiled by Joshua Lindley Barton. The ancestral line of Solomon is briefly traced in this work from Edward1 BARTON, a sea-captain in the Barbadoes Islands, Roger2, Joseph3, Caleb4, Solomon5. The compiler states that Caleb and his wife Rose “apparently accepted the Friends faith, the family previously having been chiefly Presbyterians.”
- Layn
- Ancestors and descendants of Truman “True” Layn b. 1822 d. 1902 Bristol VT.
- Little
- Both Gabriel and Mary Little were said to have been born in Canada on the 1880 Census listing of Mitchell Little giving where his parents were born. A recent researcher believes Gabriel Petit came from Yamasaka, QUE.
- McEntee
- The name is sometimes found spelled as Mcentee.
- Rotax
- Bertha Rotax is enumerated with her son in Monkton VT on the 1900 Census indicating that she immigrated in 1887. Probably Frederick Rotax also came then.
- Shattuck
- The Shattuck family has been rather well presented on Ancestry.com. Presented here will be the line of descent to Nathaniel (1768-1843) who was the first Shattuck known to settle in Monkton, Addison VT and from that point including some of his descendants.
- Smith
- Because of Mormon genealogical interest, the descendants of Robert1 Smith have had considerable attention. The Latter Day Saint’s prophet, Joseph6 Smith (Joseph5, Asael4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Robert1) was born when Joseph5 lived in Sharon VT. The family left Sharon after four crop failures and moved to Palmyra, Wayne Co. NY, where Joseph6 grew up. The Smiths traced here is a branch of the family that migrated from England to Ipswich, MA to Bennington, VT and then to Monkton in Addison Co. VT.
- Tatro
- The name used for the family in the Monkton – Starksboro – Bristol, Vermont area has had many variations, the most common being Tetreau, Tetrau, Tetreault, Tetrault, Tetro, Tatroe and Tatro. In this part of Vermont the latter is probably the most common.
- Tracy
- Daniel Tracy was one of the earliest settlers in the Town of Monkton VT. The Tracy Genealogy indicates that Daniel and Marry [sic] lived at Winsor and Great Barrington MA prior to VT.