Painter, Gamaliel
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 22, 1743, in New Haven, Conn. In 1773 he erected the first house in Middlebury, Vt. He was a delegate to the convention that declared the independence of Vermont in 1777. He was a state representative; judge of the county court, and councilor in 1813 and 1814; and a member of the first constitutional convention of Vermont in 1793. He was principal founder of Middlebury college, to which, at his death, he left a bequest of about ten thousand dollars. He died May 22, 1819, in Middlebury, Vt.