One of a Thousand/Estabrook, Adin C.

 

Estabrook, Adin C., son of Thomas and Sybil (brown) Estabrook, was born at Reading, Windsor county, Vermont, December 9, 1828. He is in the sixth generation from Thomas Estabrook, of England, who settled in Concord, 1660, and the eighth generation from Nicholas Brown, the first settler of Reading, Mass.

His early education began in his native town. When seventeen he went to school near Buffalo, N. Y., and from eighteen to

Adin C. Estabrook.

twenty attended the academy in Woodstock, Vt. At twenty he began to teach, still continuing his studies at the academy, and at twenty-five was chosen principal of Centerville Academy, Michigan, where he remained for two years. During that time he secured the arrest and sentence to prison for life of three murderers of his brother Thomas. Loss of health required him to return to the East.

On the 5th of January, 1857, in Woodstock, Vt., Mr. Estabrook was married to Emma W., daughter of Daniel and Rebekah (Dickerman) Tarbell. Their children are: Viola May and Athelia Gertrude.

After his return to the East, Mr. Estabrook engaged in various undertakings. He was a printer, a merchant, a postmaster under Lincoln, and was connected with the Vermont Central Railway at East Granville. In 1863 he sold his real estate and moved with his parents to Lunenburg, where he has since been engaged in the more congenial and peaceful work upon a farm.

In 1868 he accepted the office of school committee and has been interested in town affairs to the present time. In 1876 he was a representative in the state Legislature and served upon several committees, among others that of re-districting the State. In 1879 he wrote a brief history of Lunenburg for the Worcester County History.