John PADDOCK

                   PARENTS-CHILDREN: Birth Records of Pomfret, Vermont.

HISTORY:

       According to the records of John Chedel, John and Zenas Paddock came to
Pomfret on wednesday, April 21st, 1773.  John was a large man, utterly devoid
of fear.  He was four times the constable in Pomfret and in those days the
constable had much to do, as lawsuits and arrests were frequent.  He was slow
of speech and moderate in action.  He was one of the famous bear hunters in
this region.  It is said that when the day of his second marriage came, he
quite forgot the engagement, and was in the woods placidly burning brush when
the messenger of the waiting lady, who did not forget, hunted him up.  The
ceremony took place.  John Paddock was selectman in 1792 and 1793 and served
three times as moderator.  He was a coldier at the fort in Bethel in August
1781.