Lebbeus Egerton Explained

Lebbeus Egerton
Office1:	Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
Term Start1:	1839
Term End1:	1840
Alongside1:	Daniel Cobb, Jonathan Jenness
Predecessor1:	A. B. W. Tenney, Simeon Short, William Hebard
Successor1:	Timothy Short, Simeon Short, Nathaniel Wheatly
Term Start2:	1837
Term End2:	1838
Alongside2:	Daniel Cobb, Jonathan Jenness
Predecessor2:	A. B. W. Tenney, Thomas Keyes, William Hebard
Successor2:	A. B. W. Tenney, Simeon Short, William Hebard
Order3:	10th
Office3:	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
Term Start3:	1831
Term End3:	1835
Predecessor3:	Mark Richards
Successor3:	Silas H. Jennison
Office4:	Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Randolph
Term Start4:	1825
Term End4:	1827
Predecessor4:	Dudley Chase
Successor4:	Jacob K. Parish
Birth Date:	4 May 1773
Birth Place:	Norwich, Connecticut
Death Place:	Randolph, Vermont
Resting Place:	Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph, Vermont
Party:	Anti-Masonic
Spouse:	Catharine Doty Egerton (1774–1826) Elizabeth Potter Egerton (1781–1848)
Profession:	Farmer
Rank:	Captain
Branch:	United States Army Vermont Militia
Battles:	War of 1812 Plattsburgh campaign

Lebbeus Egerton (May 4, 1773 – August 18, 1846) was a Vermont militia officer and farmer who served as the tenth lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1831 to 1835.

Biography

Lebbeus Egerton was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on May 4, 1773.^[1] His family moved to Randolph, Vermont, in the early 1780s and Egerton became a farmer.^[2]

During the War of 1812 Egerton served as a captain. Initially commissioned in the 31st United States Infantry Regiment, Egerton subsequently raised and commanded a company in the Vermont militia during the Plattsburgh campaign, with Martin Flint as his second in command. Egerton later served as adjutant of a regiment.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Egerton served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1825 to 1827, and was a delegate to the 1828 Vermont constitutional convention. He was Randolph's Town Clerk from 1830 to 1833.^[7] During his life Egerton also served in other local offices, including town Selectman.^[8]

Active as an Anti-Mason, in 1831 Egerton was elected Lieutenant Governor and he served until 1835. Because the annual elections were three way races, Egerton did not receive the majority required by the Vermont constitution, so he was chosen each year by the Vermont Legislature.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

During the early to mid-1830s Egerton was responsible for designing and overseeing construction of the second Vermont State House.^{[16] [17] [18]}

From 1837 to 1838 and 1839 to 1840, Egerton served in the Vermont Senate.^{[19] [20] [21]}

Egerton died in Randolph on August 18, 1846, and was buried in Randolph Center Cemetery.^{[22] [23]}

His Randolph Center home still stands and is a privately owned residence.^{[24] [25]}

Other

His first name is sometimes written "Lebberis", "Libbeus" or "Lebbons", and his surname sometimes appears in records as "Edgerton".

Notes and References

1. http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/norwich11a.htm Vital Records of Norwich, 1659 – 1848
2. http://www.historicmapworks.com/Buildings/index.php?state=VT&city=Randolph%20Center&id=34001 Photos and records, Lebbeus Edgerton House
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=xkEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA998 The Vermont Historical Gazetteer
4. An Anxious Democracy: Aspects of the 1830s, by John J. Duffy and H. Nicholas Muller III, 1982, page 120
5. State of Vermont Roster of Soldiers in the War of 1812–14, prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, The Adjutant General, 1933, page 127
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=E9MQ3gQJYr4C&pg=PA441 History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769–1911
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=R7g3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=7NYGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA83 Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register
9. http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/governance/Majority/pdf/1831.pdf 1831 General Election results
10. http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/governance/Majority/pdf/1832.pdf 1832 General Election results
11. http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/governance/Majority/pdf/1834.pdf 1834 General Election results
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011635/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/elect/results1/pdf/stoff2ltgov.pdf General Election results, Lieutenant Governor, 1813–2008
13. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsunit01hollgoog#page/n10/mode/2up/search/lebbeus The Proceedings of the United States Anti-Masonic Convention, held at Philadelphia, September 11, 1830
14. http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201832.pdf/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201832%20-%200169.pdf Newspaper article, Vermont Anti-Masonic Convention
15. http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201834%20pdf/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201834%20-%200498.pdf Newspaper article, Vermont Anti-Masonic State Convention
16. https://books.google.com/books?id=9zcFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA14 Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont
17. https://books.google.com/books?id=B90NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont
18. https://books.google.com/books?id=SdwNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA437 Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont
19. https://books.google.com/books?id=fqUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont
20. https://books.google.com/books?id=-AA9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69 Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Pennsylvania
21. https://books.google.com/books?id=fy9FAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA9 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont
22. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/orange/randolph/cems/rand/egerton-fish.htm Transcript, Randolph Center Cemetery gravestones
23. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edgerton/~Obituaries/Lebbeus1773.jpg Death notice, Lebbeus Egerton
24. http://www.ourherald.com/news/2003-10-23/People/p01.html Newspaper article, History of an Old House
25. http://www.ourherald.com/news/2006-02-02/Front_page/f09.html Newspaper column, Runnion in Montpelier: 'Mim' Herwig Brings a Smile To the Vermont State House