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"Those in New Netherland and especially in New England, who have no means to build farm houses at first according to their wishes, dig a square pit in the ground, cellar fashion, six or seven feet deep, as long and as broad as they think proper, case the inside with wood all round the wall, and line the wood with bark of trees or some- thing else to prevent the caving in of the earth ; floor this cellar with plank and wainscot it over- head for a ceiling, raise a roof of spars clear up and cover the spars with bark or green sods, so that they can live dry and warm in these houses with their entire families for two, three and four years, it being understood that partitions are run through those cellars which are adapted to the size of the family. The wealthy and principal men in New England, in the beginning of the colonies, commenced their first dwelling houses in this fashion for two reasons ; firstly, in order not to waste time building and not to want for food the next season ; secondly, in order not to discourage poorer labor- ing people whom they brought over in numbers from Fatherland. In the course of three and four years, when the country became adapted to agri- culture, they built themselves handsome houses, spending on them several thousands."
It is not improbable that such were the houses in which the families of the pioneers in this county were first domiciled, for we have evidence of their extreme poverty in the fact that when, in 1702, the
* This list does not include the widows and orphans. See Colonial and Documentary Histories of New York.
66
52
66
Elizab : Town 9
Annsberry
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59
EARLY GROWTH OF DUCHESS COUNTY RETARDED.
Assembly voted {1,800 for the support of one hundred and eighty men to defend the frontiers, such was then the known indigence of the people of Duchess county, "that but eighteen pounds were apportioned for their quota of these levies," while a pro rata amount by counties would have been £150.
For many years the progress of settlement was slow, and not until near the middle of the eight- eenth century did the county become entitled to that proud distinction of being "populous and flourishing," as Judge Smith calls it in 1756, when it had become the second county in the Province in population, though only seventh in wealth. The settlement was begun in the midst of that bitter struggle between republicanism and monarchy which evolved the revolution by which the Prince of Orange ascended the English throne in 1688. The English-American colonies sympathized with the movement in England, and chafed under the jurisdiction of the detested Andros, which then ex- tended to New England, New York and New Jer- sey. The news of the Prince's invasion of Eng- land reached America in April, 1689 ; and the pre- viously matured movement which abolished the Andros government and restored to the colonies their charter rights was speedily consummated. New York shared the impulse but with less una- nimity, and the common people among the Dutch, led by Jacob Leisler and his son-in-law, Jacob Mil- borne, proclaimed the stadtholder, King of Eng- land. The bitter dissensions incident to the gov- ernmental changes wrought by this revolution, especially in this State, resulting, as they did in the execution of these leaders in 1691, through the perfidy of the faction who opposed the assumed authority of Leisler, and came into power with the advent of Col. Sloughter as Governor in that year, were not calculated to promote internal growth. The activity of the French at this period, also, was particularly distressing to the border settlements, and Schenectady was sacked and burned on the night of February 9, 1690. This disaster was so disheartening to the people of Albany that they resolved to abandon the place and retire to New York. Many were only deterred from doing so by the reproaches of the Mohawks. who had, during all these years, been the faithful allies of the En- glish, and, in conjunction with the other Iroquois nations, borne the brunt of French hostile aggres- sion.
The contentions between Leislerian and anti- Leislerian factions were protracted and acrinoni-
ous, and lent interest and animation to the Assem- bly elections for years. It was during this period, in 1701, that Duchess County, which had hitherto been thought "incapable of bearing the charge of a representation," " animated by the heat of the times, sent Jacob Rutsen and Adrien Garretsen to represent them in assembly."
September 10, 1692, Duchess and Ulster Coun- ties were required to raise eighty men for the pro- tection of Albany from the Indians during the winter,* and in April, 1693, the militia of these two counties, then commanded by Lieut .- Col. Henry Beekman, a Justice in Ulster County, num- bered 277, and consisted of four companies of foot and one of dragoons. We have no means of know- ing how many of these belonged to Duchess, though there is little doubt that the number was small.
In 1700, the militia of the two counties com- prised 325 men, who were formed into seven companies of foot and one of horse, under com- mand of Lieut .- Col. Jacob Rutsen, who repre- sented Duchess in the Assembly in 1701. A list of the officers in this year (1700) gives the earliest official list of names which has come under our observation. We believe, however, that only three belonged to this county, viz : Capt. Baltus Van Cleet, [Kleek,] Lieut. Mattyse Sleight, and Ensign John Ter Bus [Boss.] In 1698, the population of the two counties was 1,384 ; in 1703, 1,669 ;f and when we consider the fact that the population of Ulster alone in 1700 was 2,005, we may reasonably conclude that Duchess County's share in these fig- ures was indeed small.
In 1714, we are first given a detached census of Duchess County, which had then acquired govern- mental functions of her own. The document is one of great value in a historic point of view, as it gives us the names of the sixty-seven heads of families then resident in the county, (which, it must be understood, embraced what is now Put- nam County, and the towns of Clermont and Ger- mantown in Columbia County,) and the status of their families. The total number of souls was 445, of whom 29 were slaves. We deem the document of sufficient importance to be transcribed to these pages. The names are familiar ones to the resi- dents of the county, and many of them are per- petuated to the present generation.
* Duchess County was for some years provisionally attached to Ulster on account of the paucity of its inhabitants.
t In Doc. Hist. III., 966, this is stated to be the population of Ulster County alone ; and the number is made up of the residents of Pals, (Paltz,) Rochester, Marbletown, Hurley and Kingstown, thus proving that the population of Duchess is not included.
60
HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
A LIST OF THE INHABITANTS AND SLAVES IN THE COUNTY OF DUCHESS IN 1714.
NAMES.
Number of Male Persons above sixty years of age.
Number of Male Persons from
Number of Male Persons under
Number of Females above sixty.
Number of Females from six-
teen to sixty.
Number of Females under six-
Number of Slaves.
Jacob Kip
4
...
4
Jacob Plowgh
1
2
Matieis Slejt
-
I
I
Evert Van Wagenen ..
3
I
I
2
Lowrans Ostrout.
T
2
1
2
Peter Palmater
I
2
1
3
Maghell Pallmatir
I
2
...
I
2
2
William Tetsort
1
2
....
2
I
I
2
2
I
Peter Vely
I
1 1
I
2
Elena Van De Bogart.
4
I
4
I
John De Grave
Lenard Lewis
3
3
5
2
I
Bartolumus Hoogenboom
I
I
I
Baltus Van Kleck.
1
2
I
I
5
Frans Le Roy.
1
3
2
2
3
Barent Van Kleck
2
3
2
2
I
Harmen Rinders
I
3
I
Meindert Van Den Bogart
1
3
I
I
Johanes Van Kleck
2
2
I
Lenar Le Roy
-
2
I
2
Swart Van Wagenen.
1
2
3
4
Henry Beekman, Hendrick Sheffer,
Lowr'nce Kneckerbacker, Peter Oostrander,
Nicholas Hoffman, Benjamin Van Steenberg,
Martinus Hoffman,
Hans felte Sheffer,
Johnes Terbots
2
2
3
John Beuys
I
I
3
2
Abram Beuys
I H
I
Garatt Van Vleit
2
T
4
I
William Outen
I
Andreis Daivedes.
I
3
I
2
Frans De Langen
1
4
Aret Masten
I
I
1 1
3
James Husey
2
2
3
1
Roger Brett.
I
3
5
I
Fredricke Sipperly,
Basteaan Trever,
Isack Hendricks
I
T
Johannis Spaller,
Coenradt Berringer,
Peck De Wit
I
2
2
1
William Cole,
Peter Van Etten,
Cellitie kool
I
2
2
Hans Heyner,
William Simon,
Harmen Knickerbacker
I
1
2
2
I
I
I
1
Jacob Hoghtelingh
1
2
3
Johannis Backus,
Michaell Sipperly,
Willem Schot
I
3
3
Jacob Vosburgh
5
3
I
I
Tunis Pieterse
2
2
3
2
Hans Lambert,
Jacob Mowl,
Mathys Earnest,
Johannis Spoor Junjoor
I
I
5
1
3
2
Abraham Van Dusen
I
2
4
Willem Wijt
I
I
1
3
Louwerens knickerbacker.
I
2
I
henderck Sissum.
1
I
I
Aenderis Gerdener
2
1
I
I
Gysbert Oosterhout.
I
I
6
Johannis Dyckman Junjor.
T
I
I
Total ....
89
*120
I
97
98 *29
Jury Adam Soefelt,
Wm. Van Vreedingburgh,
Philip foelandt,
Isaac Kip,
[Junr.,
Andries Widerwox,
Roeloff Kip,
Frau Neker,
Jacob Kip,
Christophell Snyder, Abraham Kip,
Marten Tiel,
Mathys Sleght,
Arnout Viele,
Evert Van Wagenen,
I
2
1
I
Thomas Sanders
H
2
2
Catrine Lasink Wedo
1
1 -
2
I
Peter Lasink
1
4
-ey Scouten .
W
3
2
I
Mellen Springsteen
.
2
I
2
Barent Van Benthuysen, Willem Freer,
Philip Londen,
Teunis Freer,
Hendrick Kip,
Jury Ackert,
Nicholas Row,
Evert Knickerbacker,
Jury Soefelt,
Nicholas Bonesteel,
Zacharias Haber,
Jacobus Van Etten, Junr.,
Peter De Boyes
John Breines
I
I
Jeurey Springsten.
4
I
I
Jury Feder,
Wendell polver,
Adaam Van alsted
I
I
2
- I
Dirck Wesselse
I
2
I
2
5
Hans felte Wollever,
David Richart,
henderick bretsiert
I
Roelif Duijtser
1
3
2
I
1
Adam Oostrander,
Andries Hermans,
Simon Kool,
Michael Polver,
Godfreed Hendrick,
Johannis Weaver,
Wendel Yager,
Wm. Van Vreedinburgh,
Jacob Drom,
Johannis Kip,
Martinus Shoe,
Arie Hendrickse,
* The third column foots up to 121, and the seventh, to 30, which would make the total number 447 ; but the error probably occurs in the columns, though the above is a copy of the table.
The next census of Duchess, taken in 1723, gives the county a population of 1,083. Of this number 43 were "negroes and other slaves." In 1731, the population had increased to 1,727, of
whom 112 were "blacks." Up to this period Duchess was the least populous county in the Province ; but in 1737, with a population of 3,418, of whom 262 were "blacks," it outranked Kings, Orange and Richmond. June 2, 1738, Lieut .- Gov. Clarke, in answer to queries from the Board of Trade, states the population of the county, "ex- cept the High Lands," to be 3,086, including 262 "blacks ;" so that here we have approximately the population of the county, as at present constituted, at that period. In 1740, we have a "list of the freeholders " in the county, certified by "Ja. Wilson, Sheriff." They number 235. In no other form have we so many of the names of the settlers of that early period. Their honorable connection with the history of the county as the pioneers in its subjugation from the wilderness they found it, to the fair Eden as their descendants now enjoy it, is sufficient to raise them from the vale of personal obscurity in which many of them doubtless lived, and justly entitles them to recognition in these pages. We transcribe and thus hand down to posterity the names * of this venerated band, as follows :-
.
I
I
John Kip
1
5
2
I
2
John Ostrom . .
2
3
T
3
1
I
-
Henry Van Der Burgh
Elias Van Bunchoten
2
I 1
I
I
1
3
-
2
Johanis Dyckman Sienjer
Johannis P. Snyder,
William Scott,
Joseph Rykert,
-
I
Abraham Vosburgh
I
I
2
Whilliam Ostrander.
sixteen to sixty years of age.
sixteen.
teen.
I
Hendrick Pells
.
I
H I
* Doc. Hist. I., 693, 694 ; IV., 184, 205 ; Col. Hist. V., 702, 929 ; VI., 133-134.
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6 1
LIST OF FREEHOLDERS IN 1740.
Lowrence Tiel, Jacob Cool,
Philip More,
Jan Van Benthuysen, Zacharias Smith,
Josias Ross,
Gysbert Westfall, Henry Filkin, Francis Hagaman,
Arent Oostrander,
Philip Feller,
Jacob Van Wagenen,
John Gay, Isaac Filkin,
Mathys Du Bois, Marcus Van Bomell,
Jan Ostrom,
Roeloff Ostrom,
Rudolphus Swartwoudt, Mathewis Van Keuren,
Simon Flegelaer,
Augustine Creed,
Hendrick Willsie,
Jacob Hoff,
Lowrence Hoff,
Isaac Germain,
Elias Van Buntschoten, Jacobus Van Bomell, Thomas Lewis, Henry Vandenburgh, John Concklin, Jacob Low,
Richard Sackett,
Johannis Van Kleek,
Gerret E. Van Wagenen, Simon Freer,
Isaac Runnells,
Mosis De Graaff,
Isaac Runnells, Junr.,
Frans Van Dyck,
Nehemiah Runnells,
Myndert Vandenbogart, Hendrick Ostrom,
Nicholas Van Wagenen, Peter Palmer,
Nathaniell Marshall,
Joseph Palmer,
Jacob Van Campen,
John Runnells,
Samuell Palmer, Joshua Palmer,
Bowdewine La Count, Lowrence Gerbrantz,
Manuell Gonselesduck, William Palmer, Peter Lassing, Isaac Lassing,
Robert Kidney, Peter Veile, John Emons, Magiel Pells,
William Lassing,
Abraham Freer, Junr.,
Christophell Van Bomell, Peter Palmatier,
Arie Van Vliet,
Gybsert Peelen,
Johannis Van Benthuys'n, John Lossee,
William Syfer,
Johannis Willsie,
William Smith Secundus, Johannis Ter Boss, Isaac Dollson, Teunis Van Vliet, Hendrick Van Tessell,
Alexander Griggs, Jacobus De Yeo, James Auchmoty, Samuell Mathews, George Ellsworth, Johannis Dollson, Jacob De Witt,
Robert Britt, Jacobus Ter Boss,
Cornelis Van Wyck,
Francis Britt,
David De Dutcher, John Cook, John Carman,
Nicholas Koens, Nicholas Emigh, Hendrick Owl, Mosis Nauthrup, Stephen Crego, Peter Simpson, John Gamble, William Humphreys, Francis Nellson,
Hendrick Rosekrans, Thomas Langdon, John Baily, Christian Du Bois, Jacobus Swartwout, Theodorus Van Wyck, Benjaınin Hasbrook, Willem Schutt, George Brinckerhoff,
Daniell Boss, Ephraime Bloome,
Thomas Davinport, Isaac Van Amburgh, Peter Du Bois, Junr., Cornelis Bogardus, Jacobus De Peyster, John Calkin, Junr.,
John Brinckerhoff, Cornelis Lossee,
Lowrence Lossee, Jonathan Du Bois, Jacob Du Bois, John Montross, Johannis Van Voorhees, Peter Mufford,
Coert Van Voorhees, John flewellen,
Johannis Van Voorhees, William Drake, Hendrick Philip, [Junr., Joshua Griffen, William Ver Planck, Simon La Roy,
Johannis Middellaer, Samuel Hallstead, Daniel Yeomans, Ahaswarus Van Kleek,
Cornelis Willsie,
Maes Oostrander, Peter Outwater,
Abraham Swartwoudt, Jacob Brinckerhoff,
Isaac Brinckerhoff, Hendrick Mufford,
Baltus J. Van Kleek, Marten Shenk,
Baltus B. Van Kleek, Mathew DuBois, Jr.,
Abraham DeGraeff .*
In 1746, Duchess had a population of 8,806, in- cluding 500 " blacks." In 1749, it was diminished to 7,912, of whom 421 were "blacks ;" but in the next seven years there was an increase nearly equal to one hundred per cent. ; for in 1756, there were 13,289 white, and 859 black inhabitants, making a total of 14,148. At that time its population ex- ceeded that of any other county in the Province, except Albany, which had 17,424 inhabitants. Westchester had 13,257, and New York only 13,- 040. Judge Smith in describing it in that year, (1756,) says :--
"The south part of the county [now Putnam] is mountainous and fit only for iron works, but the rest contains a great quantity of good upland well watered. The only villages in it are Poughkeepsie and the Fish Kill, though they scarce deserve the name. The inhabitants on the banks of the river are Dutch, but those more easterly, Englishmen, and, for the most part,emigrants from Connecticut and Long Island. There is no episcopal church in it. The growth of this county has been very sud- den, and commenced but a few years ago. With- in the memory of persons now living, it did not contain above twelve families; and, according to the late returns of the militia, it will furnish at present, above two thousand five hundred fighting men."
From this time till the close of the century the county increased rapidly both in population and wealth ; since that time there has been a more uniform but almost constant increase in popula- tion. The only important exception, (and, indeed, with the exception of the year 1835, the only one,) was in 1814, when it was reduced from 51,363, in
* In this, as in the preceding list, we have adherred to the orthography in the original. (See Doc. Hist. I., 205-208.) It will not be difficult to recognize many of these names among those of the present inhabitants of Duchess county, though the latter have been somewhat modernized.
Goese Van Wagenen, Hendrickus Heermans, Lowrence Oosterhout, Peter Tippell, Albartus Shriver, Stephen Frelick,
Lewis Du Bois,
John Rosekrans, Teunis Van Buntskoten, Gideon Ver Veelen,
Isaac Germain, Junr., Josias Crego, Isaac Tietsort,
Barnardus Swartwoudt, Johannis Tappon,
Barent Van Kleek, Frans La Roy, Lowrence Van Kleek, Jacobus Van Den Bogart, Frans Filkin,
Hendrick Ter Boss,
62
HISTORY OF. DUCHESS COUNTY.
1810, to 43,708, by the erection, in 1812, of Put- nam county, which had a population in 1814 of 9,353. From 22,404 in 1771; 32,636, in 1786; and 45,266 in 1790; it had increased at the close of the century to 47,775 ; thus, not only holding the position it had gained in 1756, but far out- stripping every other county in the State, except New York, which nearly doubled its population in the decade from 1790 to 1800, having the latter year a population of 60,515 against 33, 131 in 1790. Washington, which most nearly approached Duchess in 1800, had 35,792 inhabitants; Colum- bia came next, with 35,472 and Albany next with 34,103. Most of the others were far be- low it, and none approached it within fifteen thousand. In 1813, Spafford describes it as "one of the most opulent farming counties in the State ;" and adds, "in agriculture, no county ex- ceeds this in the style of improvement, and none has a greater respectability of character, engaged in practical farming." In domestic manufactures, also, it, took advanced rank, having in 1810, a larger number of fulling-mills than any other county in the State. It ranked fourth in the number of carding machines-25 ; first in the number of cot- ton factories-5-equaling Oneida; first in the number of tanneries-80-double the number of any other county in the State, except Montgomery, Orange and Ulster, which had respectively 45, 49 and 41 ; only fifth in the number of breweries-2 ; ninth in the number of distilleries -- 25 ; third in the number of paper mills-2 ; first in the number of hatteries-22-doubling the number of any other county, except Saratoga, which had fourteen; and in the front rank, but equaled by five others, in the number of oil-mills-3 ; also in the number of trip hammers-7-being equaled by one other county only. But it had neither blast nor air fur- nace, nor blomary, a feature which at present forms an important part of its industries.
If we look at the quantity of its manufactured products at that period, we find that it held a no less prominent position. It ranked ninth in the number of looms-1,342-and eighth in the num- ber of yards of woolen cloth manufactured- 128,655 ; fifth in the number of yards of linen cloth-230,404; first in the number of hides and skins tanned-42,714; sixth in the number of gal- lons brewed-18,000 ; twentieth in the number of gallons distilled-24,450 ; first in the number of reams of paper made-15,000; second in the number of hats made-12,450 ; fifth in the number of gallons of oil produced-3,500. The product
of its fulling-mills and cotton-factories is not given ; neither for more than five of its twenty-five carding machines. In 1811, it had fourteen post-offices ; a number equaled by only two other counties- Chenango and Otsego-and exceeded by four- Oneida, Ontario, Suffolk and Washington .*
The subjoined table shows the population of the county at different periods :-
1714.
445
1820 46,615
1723 .
1,083
1825
46,698
1731.
1,727
1830 . 50,926
1737.
.3,418
1835 - 50,704
1746.
8,806
1840 . 52,398
1749
7,912
1845
. 55, 124
1756
14,148
1850 . 58,992
I77I
22,404
1855 . 60,635
1786.
32,636
1860
.64,94I
I790
45,266
1865 ..
. 65, 192
1 800
47,775
1870
· 74,041
1810
51,363
1875
76,334
1814.
43,708
I880 79,273
Happily the pioneers of Duchess county were never harassed by those distressing Indian wars, which desolated other counties and swept away both the settler and his improvements ; neither were they cursed with a sterile soil. They were left to develope their agricultural, commercial and mechanical enterprises without extraneous hind- rance. The soil, which possesses a fertility un- known to the lands in many portions of the State, responded generously to the moderate exertions of the husbandman ; and during the many years while their less fortunate neighbors could only by the most pinching industry coax from an almost barren soil a scanty subsistence, they had acquired titles of un- doubted validity to their lands, and were enjoying the blessings which flow from a moderate compe- tence.
The county occupies one of the most pictur- esque portions of the Hudson Valley ; and while its fertility attracted and held the agriculturist, its beauty, not less than its excellent institutions of learning and religion, for which it is justly noted, attracted persons of wealth, culture and refinement, who sought homes within its borders because of its æsthetic associations and influences. Hence a steady and healthy growth has been maintained for many years ; and though it has been outstripped in the competitive race for population it can point to the many commercial and manufacturing enter- prises within its borders, and with just pride, refer the stranger to the no less gratifying evidences of wealth, prosperity and contentment exhibited by
* Spafford's Gazetteer of 1813, 6, 50, 73. Doc. Hist. I., 695, 696, 697. Col. Hist. VI., 392, 550 ; VIII., 457, Census Reports.
63
ENROLLMENT OF QUAKERS IN 1755.
the tillers of the soil, who have supplemented nature by improving an already beautiful country and transformed it from its pristine wilderness to the productive and attractive farms which adorn its hillsides and valleys .*
Though the pioneers were not molested by the savage natives whose fair possessions they acquired, their herds and flocks did not enjoy equal immu- nity from the savage denizens of the forest. Early in the eighteenth century the aid of the State Legis- lature was invoked for the destruction of these depredators. In 1726 and again in 1728, that body passed laws for the destruction of wolves in Albany, Duchess and Orange counties. In 1741 an act was passed "to encourage the destroying of wolves and panthers in Duchess county," which was "much infested with those creatures." A like act was passed the following year, and applied also to Ulster and Orange counties. The record says : "the inhabitants of these counties finding the for- mer acts insufficient, this act is passed hoping it will prove more effectual." The hope would seem to have been realized, for we find no further legis- lative enactments against these pests, whose charge it was probably thought safe to relegate to local agencies.
Swine were no less objects of solicitude with the State Legislature ; for in 1728, again in 1730, and again in 1736, acts were passed to prevent their running at large in the county. The provi- dent care of this august body was directed even to the regulation of wagon ruts in the county, an act having been passed for that purpose in 1734. The record says: "One or two counties in the Province having formerly obtained acts of Assembly to make their waggons of a larger and equal size, this county having observed the benefitt the people have had by it are desirous to tread in their steps."}
In April, 1755, an enrollment was made of the Friends or Quakers in the county who claimed exemption from military duty, pursuant to an act of the Assembly passed February 19, 1755, for regulating the militia of the Colony. They were found to be quite numerous in the eastern part of the county, especially upon the Oblong tract. They were chiefly immigrants from Long Island and Rhode Island and were of British origin. The
names of many of these estimable people, who, like the Moravians previously referred to, suffered bitter persecutions at the hands of the dominant religious party, are familiar to the present genera- tion, and we give them as we find them recorded, with their locations * and occupations :-
Joshua Shearman, Beekman Precinct, do.
Shoemaker.
Moses Shearman,
Laborer.
Daniel Shearman,
do.
do
Joseph Doty,
do.
Blacksmith.
John Wing, do
Farmer.
Zebulon Ferris, (Oblong) do.
do.
Joseph Smith, son of Richard, do do.
Robert Whiteley,
Oblong,
Farmer,
Elijah Doty,
Oblong House,
Carpenter.
Philip Allen,
Oblong, do.
Farmer.
James Aiken,
do.
Blacksmith.
Abraham Chase, son of Henry,
do.
Farmer.
David Hoeg,
John Hoeg,
Farmer.
Jonathan Hoeg,
do.
Blacksmith.
Amos Hoeg, son of John,
do.
Laborer.
William Hoeg, son of David,
do.
Farmer.
Ezekiel Hoeg,
do.
Laborer.
Judah Smith,
do
Tailor.
Mathew Wing,
do.
Timothy Dakin,
do.
Farmer.
Jonathan Dakin,
do.
Laborer. do.
John Fish,
do.
Farmer.
Reed Ferris,
do.
Shoemaker.
Benjamin Ferris Junr.,
do.
Laborer.
Joseph Akin,
do.
Blacksmith.
Israel Howland,
do.
Farmer.
Elisha Akin,
do.
do.
Isaac Haviland,
do.
Blacksmith.
Nathan Soule, son of George,
do.
Farmer.
James Birdsall,
do.
Laborer.
Daniel Chase,
do.
Farmer.
Silas Mossher,
Oswego in Beekman Precinct,
do
William Mosher,
do.
do.
Silvester Richmond,
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