Biography of Viets Surname of Pawlet, VT Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years Hiel Hollister   1867 J. Munsell, Albany 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.