HALL, Enoch, was born in Connecticut and in 1788 came to Isle La Motte, Vt., where he lived until his death in 1806, at the age of seventy. He was one of six families that settled in Isle La Motte from Guildhall, Vt., was one of the first three selectmen of the town in 1791, was a very active man in the interests of the community, and held many offices of public trust. He married Sarah Merrill, and his children were Nathaniel, Grace, and Elihu. The latter married Roxana Holcomb, and their children were James, Enoch, Hiram, Simon D, Ira, Laura, Carmi, Charlotte, Diana, Jeremiah, Mariah, and Lovisa. Carmi Hall was born in Isle La Motte and married Polly Pike, by whom he has these children: Ransom, Melissa, Ira A., Jerod P., Ellen M.. and Allen M. Hansom Hall married Charlotte A., daughter of Dyer and Martha P. (Hall) Hill, and his children are Addis 0. and Dyer H. The former is now a noted stenographer in Boston, and an inventor of a new system of phonography called Hall's Multum in Parvo Phonography. 

HILL, Caleb, born at Granville, N. Y., came to Isle La Motte, Vt., about 1806 among the first Bottlers of the town, where he remained until his death in 1814. He was a hotel keeper on the north end, and was shot by an American officer in the War of 1812 in his own house. He cleared several farms and owned a good share of the land on Isle La Motte at that time. He married Cynthia Strong, of Granville, N. Y., daughter of Seth Strong. Their children are Rhoda, Ira, Calvin, Nathan, Horace, Harry, Hiram, Caleb, Barbara, Maria, Charlotte, and Phoebe.  Calvin Hill was born at Granville. N. Y., and came here with his father. He married Mercy Pike, of Isle La Motte, March 14, 1816, daughter of Ezra and Polly (Garlick) Pike, and his children were Dyer, Cynthia, Nelson, Calvin, Mercy, Phoebe, Henry, and Franklin. He died at the age of thirty-six on June 25, 1831. His widow, Mercy Hill, still survives her husband at the age of ninety-three, residing on the homestead—the oldest person now living on Isle La Motte.  Dyer Hill was born on Isle La Motte in the same house where he has always lived, and is now seventy-two years of age. He married, first, Martha Hall, of Isle La Motte, daughter of Enoch and Hannah (Scott) Hall, and their children are Henry, Alice, Charlotte, Wilbur, and Julian. Henry and Julian graduated from the University of Vermont, Burlington, Henry being a lawyer and Julian a physician, the latter being located in Buffalo, N. Y. Dyer Hill married, second, Hannah Wait, of Isle La Motte, daughter of William and Betsey (Truman) Wait. His grandfather, Gardner Wait, drew a pension from his service in the Revolutionary war. Ezra Pike was also a soldier of the Revolution. Henry C. Hill was born in Isle La Motte in 1828, July 1st, and married Cornelia Scott, of La Motte, daughter of Harry and Cornelia (Wicker) Scott, July 1, 1852. His children are Elvira C, who married Dr. O. A. Holcombe, of Plattsburgh. N. Y., by whom he has one daughter, Jessie; Herbert E., who married Emma Chrystie, daughter of Rev. Robert Chrystie, and had two children, Edith C. and Hattie C, and died in 1882, March 10th; and Lena L, who, on August 19, 1885, married Frank H. Severance, now editor of the Buffalo Express Illustrated, and by whom she has one son, Hayward M.; Arthur H., now in New York city; and May A., who married R. E. Houghton, June 9, 1889, and has one son, Roland H.   Henry C. Hill has served as town clerk for two years, postmaster for sixteen years, was state senator in 1866-67, and has been a merchant for thirty-nine years. Arthur H. Hill married Kathleen W. Simons, June 22, 1891.

HOLCOMB, Jesse, was born in Connecticut and came to Isle La Motte, Vt., while young. He was among the first settlers of the town, and cleared a farm, where he lived until his death, at the age of seventy-six. He married Mehetable Winchell, and his children were Timothy, Martha, Amasa, Chloe, Spede, Timothy, 2d, Jesse, Electa, Mary, and Ephraim A. The latter was born in Isle La Motte, March 10, 1814, and married Mercy Hill, of Isle La Motte, who was born May 3, 1824, a daughter of Calvin and Mercy (Pike) Hill. Their children were Myron, Byron, and Mahlon B. The latter, a graduate of Burlington College, married Marcia M. Stearns, of Brasier, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., daughter of Nathan Stearns, and they have one son, Frank M. He is now a practicing physician at Keeseville, Essex county, N. Y. Byron T. Holcomb married Laura Duston, of Sun Prairie, Wis, daughter of Frederick Duston, and they have three children, Helen, Myron, and Frederick. Mr. Holcomb is now a resident of Chicago and Evanston, ILL., being engaged in a sugar refinery. He graduated at the University of Burlington. Ephraim A. Holcomb served in the Vermont legislature in 1842-43 and has held many offices of trust in the town.

PIKE, Ezra, was born in Massachusetts, and came from Hoosick, N. Y., among the first settlers, clearing a farm on which he died at the age of about sixty-eight. He was a pensioner of the war of the Revolution and held many offices of trust in the town of Isle La Motte. He married Polly Garlick, and his children were Ezra, Reuben, Jesse, Jarvis, Jerod, Henry, Sally, Terza, Lucy, Emeline, Mercy, Polly, and Anna. Ezra Pike was born in Massachusetts and came to Isle La Motte with his father, where he died at the age of eighty-three, in 1873.   He married Barbara Hill, of Isle La Motte, daughter of Caleb and Cynthia (Strong) Hill, and their children were William, Preston, Emily, Mariah, Albina, Theresa, Mary, Mehitable, and Seneca H. The latter, born on Isle La Motte, September 13, 1816, married, first, Cynthia E. Hall, of that town, on March 2, 1840, daughter of Rev. Ira and Cynthia (Wait) Hall, and his children by her are Perry.  Ambrose, Thererina, Seraphina, Ezra, Ira E., Seymour S., Sidney L., Fillmore, Linnie and Merritt L. He married, second, March 24, 1888, Martha, daughter of Hiram and Susan (Hall) Hall. Mr. Pike has served as representative of Isle La Motte two terms, and has been justice of the peace for several years. He is now side judge, and has been constable twenty-one years. He was twice elected high sheriff of his county, and was captain of the first company organized in the town during the late war, the company being an independent one. Martha Hall married, first, Winfield S., son of Charles and Lucy (Barney) Carew, and had one son, Herbert L. (deceased). Mr. Carew died March 17. 1876.

ROCHESTER, George, was born in Northumberland, England, and in 1819 came to Champlain among the early settlers, where he died in 1855, aged sixty-eight. He married Jane Yeman, of Northumberland, England, and his children were George, Waller, Thomas, Alexander, Nancy, and John. John Rochester was born at Champlain, N. Y., September 16, 1819, and married Nancy McGregor, of Alburgh, Vt., daughter of Duncan McGregor, and their children were Elenora and Elda A. He is now a resident farmer of Isle La Motte, where he has lived since 1865. He has been mate on a steam-boat for twenty-two years. Duncan McGregor was present when Caleb Hill was shot, and helped to extinguish the fire as it caught from the shot.

SCOTT, Henry, a cousin of Gen. Winfield Scott, born near Albany, N. Y., November 24, 1763, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and came to Grand Isle county with Ethan and Ira Allen, his .cousins, as one of the early settlers. He owned the southern part of the town, and died in March, 1833. He was a descendant of Cornelius Scott, who was a son of William and Sarah (Derrickson) Scott. The latter was a daughter of Cornelia Bogardus, who was a daughter of William Bogardus, who was a son of Annette or Anneke Webber Jansen, or Anneke Jans, who was a granddaughter of King William the Third. Cornelia's husband, Everordus Bogardus, was the first settled minister in New York city. Henry Scott married Christiana Rowley, and their children were Mary, born July 2, 1785; Attee, born September 14, 1786; Margaret, born April 1, 1788; Belinda, born August 19, 1789; Harry, born October 12, 1790; Christiana, born February 11, 1792; Simeon, born May 15, 1794; Hannah, born July 17, 1795; Cornelius, born April 28, 1797; Daniel, born July 8, 1799; Sullivan, born February 9, 1802; and Ethan, born March 12, 1803. Harry Scott married Cornelia, daughter of Joseph and Dolly (Knapp) Wicker. She was born in Hardwick, Mass., August 24,1794. Their children are George, Maria, Harriet, Allen, Wealthy, Puillia M., Cornelia L., Anson. Amasa, and Elvira.