VIETS, SETH, from Granby, Conn., 1780, settled on a farm near Charles
Phillips. He was a cousin of the Rt. Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, bishop of
the Eastern diocese, which, until 1823, included Vermont. He died in 1823, aged
85; his wife in 1817, aged 68.
VIETS, SETH, Jr., succeeded to the homestead and raised a large
family, among whom are Seth, who married a daughter of Samuel Taylor; Harvey,
who married Emeline, daughter of Seely Brown; Henry, Eunice and Mary, the widow
of Franklin Jones. Mr. Viets died in 1847, aged 75; his wife in 1859, aged 80.
VIETS, Capt. HENRY, married Harriet Shaw and is one of the oldest
residents of West Pawlet. They have raised four children: Harriet; Fayette, who
married Lura Davis; Helen, who married Amyll B. Searl, and Martin.
