Noah Piper

Noah Piper is the patriarch of the Piper family in Vermont. He was born in 1750 or 1752 in Action (Bolton), Massachusetts, and died at age 79 (or 77) on September 17, 1829 in Baltimore, Vermont.

Noah is a founding settler of Baltimore, Vermont sometime before 1788, when he owned 150 acres of land. His grandfather, Nathaniell Pyper, is the patriarch of the Piper family in America, having immigrated to Ipswich in the Massachusetts Colony in 1653 from Dartmouth, England.

His parents were John Piper and Ruth Clark, who had 7 children:

• John D. Piper, born 1737
• Judah Piper, born 1739
• Hannah Piper, born 1742
• Abel Piper, born 1746
• Noah Piper, born 1750/1752
• Cabel Piper, born 1752
• Joshua Piper, born 1800

Noah married Sarah Newton on March 29, 1773 in Templeton, Worcester County, MA. Their children were:

• Sarah Piper, born 1775
• Amos Piper, born 1776 (John Vincent Piper’s great-great-grandfather))
• Lucretia Piper, born 1777
• Ruth Piper, born 1779
• Prudy Piper, born 1780?
• Eunice Piper, born 1780
• Rufus Piper, born 1782
• John Piper, born 1791
• Levi Piper, born 1793

Noah served (in his late 20s) in the Revolutionary War, serving at the Battle of Saratoga on 1777. His older brother Abel had more extensive experience in the Revolutionary War, serving at Concord/Lexington (1775), the Battle of Dorchester Heights (1776) when George Washington forced the British out of Boston, and Saratoga (1777).

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1790 U.S. Census for Noah Piper.jpg
11 family members: One male over 16, 4 males under 16, and 6 females

1800 Census for Noah Piper
10 family members: One male under 10, 2 males between 10 and 16, 1 male between 16 and 26, and 1 male over 45; One female under 10, 2 females between 10 and 16, 1 female between 16 and 26, and 1 female over 45.

1810 Census for Noah Piper
6 family members; 2 males between 16 and 25, 1 male over 45; 1 female between 10 and 15, 1 female between 26 and 44, and 1 female over 45.

1820 Census for Noah Piper
4 family members; 1 male over 45, 1 female under 10, 1 female between 16 and 26, and 1 female over 45.

Migration of Noah's Father

Noah's Migration