Colonel Samuel Herrick and his Rangers were part of the Pawlet September 1777 Expedition forces during The Revolutionary War to capture enemy outposts including Mount Defiance. For many years after the defeat of Burgoyne the presence of Herrick’s Rangers in Pawlet was to clear the area of the remaining British soldiers and Loyalists. Then Colonel Samuel Herrick disappeared with no trace of his whereabouts. There were Herricks in the Danby/Pawlet area. The Herrick genealogy has ties to the Leach and Vail families. Members of the Herrick family continue to reside in Pawlet, and a brook and a road in Pawlet share the Herrick name.
I have had the pleasure to meet with Platt Herrick, 93 years old, and include his picture here. He gave me his genealogy papers which are amazing. He had a few stories to recount of his years in Pawlet with many more hours of stories and places to reveal. There is much to learn of the many families connected to the Revolution and their ancestors buried at the three cemeteries in Pawlet, Pawlet Cemetery Hill, Blossom Cemetery and The Mountain View Cemetery.
Here is the link to parts of the Herrick genealogy story and to his connection to the Leach family who still reside in Pawlet.
Herrick Genealogy
Leach Genealogy & Leach Family Farms of the Mettowee Valley
Herrick, Leach & Vail in Pawlet
Herrick in Danby
HERRICK
COLONEL SAMUEL HERRICK
THE HERRICK RANGERS WERE FORMED HERE IN PAWLET IN 1777
From The Pawlet Historical Society, “In 1777 during the Revolutionary War, Colonel Samuel Herrick and his Rangers and others set out from Pawlet to attack outposts of Fort Ticonderoga. Members of the Herrick family continue to reside in Pawlet, and a brook and a road in Pawlet share the Herrick name”