History of Tinmouth, (Rutland County) Vermont United States of America

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Nathaniel Chipman, jurist, was born in Salisbury, Conn., Nov. 15, 1752; son of Samuel and Hannah (Austin) Chipman. John Chipman, his first American ancestor, came from England in 1630 and settled in Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale in 1777, served as a lieutenant in the revolutionary army at Valley Forge, Monmouth and White Plains, returned to Lithfield, Conn., studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1779, and settled in Tinmouth, Vt., where he, in addition to practising law, cultivated a farm and manufactured bar iron. He served in the general assembly of 1784-85. In 1786 he was elected assistant judge of the superior court and was chief justice 1789-91. In 1791 he was a commissioner to Congress to negotiate for the admission of Vermont, and on its admission President Washington appointed him United States district judge. In 1796 he was again elected chief justice, and in 1797 United States senator to succeed Isaac Tichenor, serving from 1797 to 1803. He then represented Tinmouth in the state legislature, 1806-11. He was chosen one of the council of censors in March, 1813, to review the constitution of the state. The same year he was elected chief justice of the state by the Federalists, but was displaced by the Republicans in 1815. He was professor of law in Middlebury college, 1816-43. He published several works on law, including: Sketches of the Principles of Government (1793; revised ed., 1833); Reports and Dissertations (1815), and in 1826 he revised the statutes of Vermont. He died at Tinmouth, Vt., Feb. 15, 1843.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Stephen Royce, governor of Vermont, was born in Tinmouth, Vt., Aug. 12, 1787; son of Stephen and Minerva (Marvin) Royce; grandson of Maj. Stephen Royce of the Continental army, and of Dr. Ebenezer (surgeon in the Continental army) and Sarah (Adams) Marvin, and a descendant of William Parker who came from England in 1633, and of Matthew Marvin who came to America in 1635 and was one of the original proprietors of Norfolk, Conn. He attended the common school at Tinmouth, an academy at Middlebury, and was graduated from Middlebury college in 1807. He taught school and studied law under his uncle, Ebenezer Marvin, and practised at Berkshire, Vt., 1809?11; at Sheldon, Vt., 1811?17, and at St. Albans, 1817?68. He was a representative from Sheldon to the state legislature, 1815?16, and from St. Albans, 1822?24; was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1823; a member of the committee appointed in 1816 to report on the constitutional amendment for choosing both presidential electors and representatives in congress by the district system; was state's attorney for Franklin county, 1816?18; county judge, 1825?26; judge of the supreme court, 1829?47 and chief justice, 1847?52. He was elected by the Whigs, governor of Vermont in 1854; was re-elected in 1855, and in 1856 retired to private life. He was never married. He died in East Berkshire, Vt., Nov. 11, 1868.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor