May 9
| The limpid lake lies languidly at rest, |
| So chaste, so cool, so calm; |
| -Grace Pearl Macomber |
1775- Allen's party reached the shore of the lake opposite Ticonderoga early in the evening, and Herrick, not having arrived, had to procure a supple of boats in the neighborhood. A large oar boat belonging to Major Skene, was seized by James Wilcox and Joseph Tyler, while other boats were procured from other quarters. In the meantime, Capt. Herrick captured young Major Skene, twelve negroes and about fifty dependents or tenants without firing a gun; took a large schooner and several small boats, afterwards joining Allen at Ticonderoga.
1790- Birth in Essex, Essex, county, of Henry H. Ross, son of Judge Daniel and Elizabeth (Gilliland) Ross, early pioneers in Champlain valley. General Ross became one of the able lawyers of this region and was first Judge of the County under the new constitution as his father had been under the old. In politics a Whig, on the dissolution of that party, he joined the northern wing on the Democracy and supported Douglas in 1860. His homestead, built in 1820, is an interesting landmark.
1812- Catherine Kilburn Marsh, daughter of George and Polly (Buel) Marsh, formerly from Litchfield, Conn., and Gilead Sperry from Manchester, Vt., were married by the Rev. Frederick Halsey. Catherine street was so named in honor of Mrs. Sperry, because her husband gave to the village that portion of the street which ran through his property.
1814- Capt. Daniel Pring entered the lake with the brig Linnet, five sloops, and thirteen galleys. Several of the enemy's vessels had been anchored near Rouses Point since the second of April when the northern end of the lake was free from ice.
1841- Henry Buck, son of Ephraim and Mary Buck, a young man of twenty-one was drowned in Lake Champlain. This is but one of many instances where families in the valley gave a child to the waters of the lake. The Thurbers of Rouses Point and Judge Levi Platt's family may be mentioned as examples.
