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III .- EARLY SETTLEMENT.
There were undoubtedly a few very early locations made in this portion of Orange County, particularly along the disputed tract near the present line of New Jersey. To actually name the first settler cannot now be done with certainty after the lapse of a cen- tury and a half. Peter Kimber, Esq., now living at Unionville, and from whom much valuable informa- tion has been derived in the preparation of this chap- ter, states, from documents in his possession, that his great-grandfather, George Kimber, purchased the old homestead near Unionville in 1728, and settled there either then or very soon after. He had two sons, Peter and Samuel. Peter succeeded to the homestead, and Samuel, after living in this neighbor- hood for a time, went West and settled in Ohio.
The sons of Peter were George and James. George became the owner of the homestead, while James had a part of the farm. The present owner of this ven- erable residence is Peter Kimber, a son of George. He was born Ang. 14, 1806, and at the age of seventy- four still represents in the fourth generation the early pioneer upon the same farm. He has been elected justice of the peace for seven successive terms of four years each.
Among the records of " cattle-marks" in the clerk's office is the name of William Stenard, 1749. As- suming that this is not an error of the town clerk, his settlement must have been not many years later than that of Mr. Kimber. It is not easy to deter- mine his location. It is the opinion of Peter Kimber and others that the Stenards were originally residents upon the New Jersey side of the line not far from Unionville ; but that afterwards they removed further north into Minisink. This is sustained by the prob- ability that when the town books of Minisink were opened in 1789, settlers recorded the marks which they had had in nse for some years before, and had the date of their selection attached to the town rec- ords. Other names of the same family appear at a later date. In a similar way the name of Benjamin
Smith appears with the date of cattle-mark. 1769. He was very probably the first settler in the vicinity of the present Jolinston Station, which for many years was known as Smith's village. Jonathan Shep- herd's name appears under date of 1776. His location is mentioned below. Christian Schultz is mentioned as recording his cattle-mark 1773. He had mills in the north part of what is now the town of Wawa- yanda.
To more fully show early settlement we are fortunate in possessing the assessment-roll of 1775. It appears as assessment district No. 6, in the Goshen Precinct. We have no official description of its boundaries, as the books of Goshen Precinct were destroyed by fire. Joshua Davis was the assessor, and he resided a . mile or more south of Slate Hill, on the well-known homestead; but the name of Mr. Davis is included in another assessment-roll, showing that he did not re- side in the district which he appraised. It is evident that district 6, which we give below, began somewhat sonth of Mr. Davis' residence, and included a small portion of Wawayanda, with most or all of the terri- tory of the present town of Minisink. Possibly there may be names then belonging to what is now the vi- cinity of Centre Point, in the southeastern portion of the town of Greenville. This assessment-roll has a very important advantage over other early documents, as it gives a full list of all the residents at a date more than a hundred years ago, including even men with neither families nor homesteads, and assessed for only a trifling amount of personal property.
JOSHUA DAVIS, Assessor.
Estimate
Names.
Estimate of
Property.
Property.
£ x. d.
£ s. d.
Elias Oldfield
4 0 5
Hezekiah Lowrey.
Michael Crossman ..
1 17 4
Uriah Ferguson ..
2
CI
Godfrey Lutes.
I 12
Jucrease Mathers.
1 9 9
Peter Middaglı
2 18
Benjamin Ferguson.
2 0)
1
Jacob Cole ..
4 18 10
Elijah Inman.
6
6
Daniel Rosecraus
4
5 John Morrison.
5 12
9
Ebenezer Beers
0
0
Moses Whitehead
0
4
6
Benjamin Cole.
3
6
Crispas Strowbridge.
I
3
James Tayler.
0
G
C1
W'm. Morris.
0 19 2
James Stewart
2 10
George Kimball ( (Kim-
ber?)
4
S
llenry Hynes.
0
6
John Sweet
2 16 3
Samuel Westbrook.
4 14 S
Jonathan Tracy
1 9 7
Bryant Hamble.
3
S
James Clark
5 14
4
Martin Myers ..
4
0
Jacob Ferguson
3 10
8
1
) 10
John Kennedy
1 10
0
Alexander Campbell
]
1
Jolın Robertson
0 14 3
William Hatkins.
2
8
S
Nathaniel Pemberton.
0 17 3
Zephanialı Drake.
3 14
3
Nathaniel Mathers
0 19 9
John Ferguson
15 18
6
John Robertson.
1
8
0
Christopher Hynes.
3
Amos Wilcox
4 11
Jonathan Cooley
8 10
John Whittaker
3 13
9
Abraham Johnston.
1
2 10
John Davis
10
9
James Hamley.
1
3
1 Samnel Cole ..
6 1]
James Masters.
12
Jared Davenport.
1
William Lane
3
Peter Walling
1
7 ()
Inman Walling.
6 2 Samuel Haring
1
3
' " The above is a true list of the assessment taken in my District, Sept. 1775.
JOSHUA DAVIS."
The following additional facts, based upon the " cattle-marks" recorded in town clerk's office from 1795 to 1797, are given upon the authority of Peter Kimber, Charles E. Stickney, Oliver E. Wood, H. B. Allen, and others :
Names.
3
Anthony Westbrook. 2
Christopher Myers
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Capt. John Wisner resided about a mile and a half east of Unionville, on the present Ketcham place.
John Whittaker and Reuben Whittaker were early residents of Unionville, and a part of their estate is now owned by Samnel Pearson.
Hezekiah Wilcox and Amos Wilcox lived near Waterloo Mills.
John Kimball resided at Drowned Lands, Lower Road.
Cornelius Van Vliet lived on the present place of Matthew Decker. He had two sons, Samuel and John.
Philip Lee located about two miles northwest of Westtown. Smith Lee, a son, is still living in that vicinity, and Alexander, a grandson of Philip, resides on the old homestead. 1
Sylvanus Loree and Eda Loree (probably Lowrey) resided about two miles east of Unionville. They or their ancestors owned a large tract of land, most of which is now the Halstead property.
William Lane owned a large estate in the east part of Minisink. He came in there before the Revolu- tion. A portion of the same property is still in the hands of his descendants. The stone house, formerly the old homestead, was built in 1785.
Paul Lee resided near Philip Lee mentioned above, and a grandson, Lewis, now owns the same place.
Cotton Mather and Increase Mather, whose stanch old Massachusetts names indicate their native place, resided, the first near Westtown, the other east of I'nionville a mile and a half.
David Christie located on the present place of Andrew Yerks, not far from Unionville. He was a captain in the war of 1812.
John Dunkin lived west of Westtown. He owned a tannery.
Aaron Ferguson settled near Westtown.
James Ferguson lived near Gardnerville.
Jonathan Shepherd lived on the Drowned Lands, where the Roberts Sons now own.
Jonathan Sayre resided on the road from Union- ville to Westtown. Decatur Sayre, a son, is living in that neighborhood at the present time.
Noah Terry located near Gardnerville, on the present Osburn place.
Henry Tucker settled at Unionville, on the place where Lanson Dunn resides at the present time.
Jonathan Tuthill, a well-known citizen of peculiar characteristics, resided on the place now owned by H. R. Horton.
William Masters settled about one mile east of Unionville.
William McMullen located in the old Dr. Kearns neighborhood, west of Westtown.
Daniel Myers and John Myers lived northwest of Unionville, on the property now owned by David P. Clark. Daniel was the noted Indian fighter, who was in the Minisink battle.
John Ralphsnider resided on the " Lower Road."
John Rosecrans located where .John E. Dubois now resides.
Samuel Schoonover settled near Westtown.
Samuel Ferguson lived on property now owned by David P. Clark.
Wilhelmus Cole is supposed by Peter Kimber to have lived on the New Jersey side of the line. Ile was a surveyor of the early times.
William Horton resided near Westtown.
David Allen, well known as a cancer doctor, owned the place which is now the property of the heirs of Green Clark. His children were James, Samuel, Lathrop, Anna, Maria, Gabriel, Irena, William, Joseph, Phebe, Henry B. The last named is the well-known newspaper correspondent of Westtown.
John Beers located near Unionville.
Jonathan Casterline settled on the place now owned by Charles Goldsmith, about a mile northwest of Unionville.
James Clark's homestead was the present place of Eliakim Everett, near Unionville.
Benjamin Cole resided near Westtown.
Abram Clark was an early resident of Minisink, settling near Westtown.
Josiah Cole lived near Westtown.
Ezra Corwin settled not far from the same village.
John Neely was located in Minisink not long after the Revolution, and his descendants occupy to some extent the same property at the present time.
Jonathan Cooley was the first town clerk in 1789, and served two years. He was also chosen supervisor in 1793, and served four years consecutively. A de- scendant, Freegift Cooley, formerly owned the farm belonging in modern times to William H. Carpenter, in Wawayanda. The town clerk lived at Millsburgh.
Freegift Tuthill is a prominent name in the annals of the county. He was a member of the Goshen and Westtown Turnpike Company of 1812. Richard M. Tuthill was a member of the New York Legislature in 1845, and was subsequently deputy sheriff at New- burgh. His son, Charles H. Tuthill, served as town clerk in 1862 and 1863. Robert C. Tuthill had also served as town clerk in 1856 and 1857.
Hulet Clark is mentioned in the records as town clerk in 1819; supervisor in 1851, 1852, and 1853. His family was locally quite noted by reason of so many falling victims to the dysentery in 1825, six dying within sixteen days. Wm. H. Clark, member of Assembly, 1880-81, is a son of Hulet Clark.
Isaac Decker settled near Ridgebury in the year 1800. Dewitt Decker (of another family) was super- visor of Minisink in 1860 and 1861. His son, Henry D. Decker, served three years as town clerk, 1864-66.
Joshua Sayre was an early settler and a citizen of considerable prominence. He was a member of the New York Legislature in 1814, and supervisor of the town in 1820. His homestead was three-fourths of a mile south of Westtown, now owned by Dr. Topping, of New York. Daniel Dunning, grandson of Michael
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Dunning, of Goshen, removed to this town soon after the Revolution. His uncle, Benjamin Dunning, was killed at the battle of Minisink. Benjamin Dunning, a descendant of Daniel Dunning, was elected super- visor of the town for six conseentive years, beginning in 1814. He was also a member of the New York Legis- lature in 1824. John Bradner was a prominent citizen of early times. He was the first supervisor of the town, in 1788, and served four years consecutively.
FAMILIES IN TOWN, 1810 TO 1815.
Coming down to a later period, we find the means of giving an accurate list of the families residing on the present territory of Minisink sixty-seven years ago. The formation of the school districts in 1813 under the law of the previous year is recorded by giving the families included in each instead of by de- fining the boundaries. In the subsequent division into three towns some of these districts were inter- sected by the new lines, hence in giving them below some names may occur of persons who lived beyond what is now the boundary of Minisink, but the list must approximate very nearly to an accurate cata- logue.
District No. 6 was evidently on the territory of both Minisink and Wawayanda, but the people of the present time will no doubt be able to locate the families correctly, on whichever side of the line they may belong. The district included the families of Widow Milicent Shepherd, Isaac Conkling, William Jackson, Benjamin Chapman, Benjamin Doty, Abra- ham Shepherd, George Everett, Joseph Van Cleft, Michael A. Jones, Benjamin Ayres, Noah Terry, Jas- per Terry, Parshall Howell, Wm. Lane, David Lane, Wm. Horton, Thos. Ferguson, Joseph Stewart, James Lane, Jonathan Wood, Henry Taylor, William Lud- lum, John Stewart, Jonathan Tuthill, Phineas Terry.
District No. 7 included the following families, viz. : those of John Neely, Jr., John Barrett, Jeremiah Holly, John Jackson, Benjamin Smith, James Hulse, Paul Stark, John Roberts, Silas Hemingway, Reu- ben Cash and three tenants, Widow Jane Stewart, Widow Sarah Howell and sons, Silas Stewart, Luther Stewart, John S. Terry, Jonathan Seely, Widow Knapp and sons, Widow Davis, Joshua Davis, David Murray and one tenant, David Mulford, Garret Wood, John Neely, William Stewart. This is the Smith village district of modern times, with perhaps some changes of territory, now known as No. 6, of Mini- sink.
Old District No. 10 included the following famil- ies, viz .: those of Jonathan Sayre, Joshua Sayre, Thomas Grier, Aaron Ferguson and one tenant, Timo- thy Doty, Joseph True, Adonijah Hatfield, William Montgomery, Paul Lee, James Walling, Howel Reeve, Levi Decker, Jonah Van Auken, Joseph Clark, Widow J. Walling, David H. Slauson, Daniel Lee, Wm. Monell, Cotton Mather, Hezekiah Loree and one tenant, Daniel Brown, Richard Whitaker,
Jr., James Ferguson, Jacob Cole, John Mather, Sam- uel B. Cole, John D. Cole, Benjamin Stead, Edward Price, Israel Lee, Samuel Wright, Peter Bernard, Jonathan Mather, Widow C. Oakley, Philip Lee and one tenant, Henry Horton, David Allen, Anthony Clark, John Tine, Lewis Elston, Widow Aber, John Rosecrance, Jacob W. Cole. This is practically the Westtown District of old times, and, with some changes, the present Westtown District, now known as No. 4.
District No. 11, as formed in 1813, included the fol- lowing families, namely : those of Daniel Corwin, Silas Corwin, Morris Polly, Garret Birney, Josias Schoonover, William Oakley, Selah Corwin, Jona- than Brown, Widow James Neely, James Armstrong, Wilmot Halstead, Widow Sarah Knapp, Amos Stark, George Cook, Widow Hoyt, Peter Corwin, Freegift Cooley, Nathaniel Mather, Cyrus Skinner, John L. Mackey, John Short, David Norris, Moses Reed, George Goble, Samuel Carter, Charles Durland, Jr., James D. Wadsworth, George W. Goble. This is known as the " old Rome " District, and some of the above names doubtless belong in Wawayanda.
District No. 14, as formed in 1813, included the fol- lowing families, viz .: those of Widow Elizabeth Wis- ner, Increase Mather, Samuel Kimber, Abraham Clark, George Kimber, Joseph Hildreth, Nathaniel Chandler, Theodore H. Pierson, Heman Allen, Squire Lee, Sylvester Austin, Richard Whittaker, Peter Ayres, David Wright, Isaac Popino, Levi Moore, Martin Mires, John Hammet, Ephraim Ferguson, Widow Mary Bennet, Henry Brown, Joshua Case, Widow Esther Case, Jonathan Clark, James Clark, James Clark, Jr., Leonard Middaugh, James Gland, Jonathan Casterlin, David Christie, Widow Sarah Wilson, Widow Eunice Beers, Isaac Van Houston, Widow Catherine Clark, James Kimber, Widow Sarah Clark. This is the Unionville District, now No. 8, of Minisink.
District No. 15, as organized in 1813, included the following families, viz. : those of Caleb Jones, Amos Wilcox, Ebenezer Mead, John Case, Josephine West- fall, Daniel Myres, Samuel Ferguson, John Myres, John Myres, Jr., Jacob Myres, Charles Baird, Asa Wilcox, Hezekiah Wilcox, Nathan Wilcox, Benjamin Wilcox, Samuel Slauson, Daniel W. Myres, Nathan Spinner, Isaac Overton, John Garner, Jesse Carpen- ter, George W. Pelton, John Tuthill, Aaron Slauson, Benjamin Drake, William Buckbee, Elias Clausen, Victor Baird, Widow Doty, John Vail. This is the Waterloo District, now known as No. 1.
District No. 25 included the following families, viz. : those of Joseph Smith, David Allen, David Brown, Richard Whittaker, Jr., Hezekiah Loree, William Brown, John Tuthill, Anthony Clark, Ephraim Fer- guson, Richard MI. Tuthill, John Brundage, Cotton Mather, Phebe Bennet, Benjamin Kimber, Increase Mather, Nathan Wilcox, Peter Walker, Samuel Collins, Benjamin Ferguson, Widow Julia Brown,
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Martin Myres, James Ferguson, Thomas Ferguson, James Thompson, Widow Elizabethi Wisner, Samuel Kimber. This is the present Brown District, on the Lower Road, now numbered 5.
SLAVERY.
Records showing the birth of slaves are found in the town clerk's office. We give the first :
" A female mulatto child, named Charlotte, was born in this town by the mother, Mary, at the dwelling of the subscriber, on the 25th of March, 1809 ; also a male child, mulatto, named James, of the saine, born on the Ilth day of January, 1811, at the same place and town of Minisink. " April 2, 1811." " GEORGE PHILLIPS.
Similar notices are entered for record by Noah Terry, Urialı Hulse, James Dolson, Elizabeth Wis- ner, Joshua Davis, Esther Hornbeck, Josiah Rose- crance, Benjamin Sawyer, Silas Hulse, Nathan Hulse, Joseph Smith, Hezekiah Taylor, Jacob Cuddeback, Daniel Myres, Heman Allen, Jonathan Brown, Susan Carpenter, and several others.
EARLY PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Austin was an early doctor, about 1800 and later; he lived at Unionville. Dr. William Newkirk lived at Unionville ; properly the successor of Austin. Dr. Horton practiced for many years; resided at Westtown. Dr. John W. Rafferty lived at Westtown ; was somewhat eccentric, but a very skillful physician. Dr. Rosecrance was an early physician, of whom but little seems to be known. He died May 12, 1782, aged forty-five years.
IV .- ORGANIZATION.
The town of Minisink was formed by authority of the general act of March 7, 1788, and its territory was a part of the Goshen Precinct of earlier times. As has been explained in another place (see Deer- park), there was an early precinct under the name of Minisink which perhaps covered some part of the present town, but which is dropped from the records after the settlement of the New Jersey boundary line.
The town, as formed in 1788, included the present towns of Minisink, Greenville, Wawayanda, and that portion of the present town of Deerpark which lies south of the old county line. This large town took its name appropriately from the small triangle at its western extremity, though there was historical sig- nificanee in the name derived from a greater ex- tent of territory, and worthy to be perpetuated by one of the civil divisions of the county. In the sub- sequent erection of the towns of Deerpark, Wawa- yanda, and Greenville, the southeasterly portion of the ancient territory clung to the old name, as it had an undoubted right to, and the present town of Mini- sink perpetuates that name, though it is now entirely separated from "Old Minisink."
There are valuable books in the office of the town clerk: the record of estrays, the record of cattle- marks, and the birth of slaves. From these the names of the early inhabitants have been largely !
secured. Indeed these, added to the general assess- ment-roll of 1775, make the list so perfect that there can scarcely be a person omitted who was living on this territory at the time of the Revolution, though they may not be accurately located in every instance, either with reference to town boundaries or to neigh- borhoods in the town.
EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS.
The importance of the following records will be seen at a glance by remembering that they date front 1789, that the names therein contained are in many cases those of settlers who had already been located on their respective farms for many years, and that the town of Minisink as then organized included the territory of the three present towns of Minisink, Greenville, Wawayanda, and for thirty-six years (1789 to 1825) a portion of Deerpark also.
FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
"At an annual town-meeting held in and for the town of Minisink at the house of John Van Tuyl, on the first Tuesday in April, in the year of our Lord 1789, the following town-officers were chosen under the in- spection of John Bradner and Solomon Coykendall, Esquires, Justices, viz. : Jonathan Cooley, town clerk; John Bradner, supervisor; James Dolsen, Levi Van Etten, John Whittaker, assessors ; Moses Cortright, Amos Wil- cox, collectors; James Reeve, John Davis, Jr., poor-masters; James Dol- sen, Johu Van Tuyl, John Whitaker, Amos Wilcox, Moses Cortright, Michael Dunning, constables ; Elisha Eldred, Joseph Halstead, Joseph Manning, Solomon Coykendall, fence-viewers.
" The following were highway-masters :
" James Hulse, No. 1. Daniel Ward, No. 17.
Eusebius Austin, No. 2. Freegift Cooley, No. 18.
John Bradner, No. 3. John Knapp, No. 19.
John Kemble, No. 4. William Fullerton, No. 20.
Increase Mathers, No. 5.
Isaac Finch, No. 21.
William Lain, No 6. Abraham Harding, No. 22.
Thomas Bennett, No. 7.
Stephen Armstrong, No. 23. Sylvester Cortright, No. 24.
Isaialı Decker, No. 8.
John Davis, Jr., No. 9. Peter Coykendall, No. 25.
Cotton Mathers, No. 10.
Jonathan Woud, No. 26.
Israel Halleck, No. 11. Amos Wilcox, No. 27.
John Neely, No. 12.
Benjamin Cole, No. 28.
Jonathan Baily, No. 13.
Isaac Kenney, No. 29.
Samuel Benjamin, No. 14.
Christian Schultz, No. 30.
James Ilulse, Jr., No. 15.
Zephaniah Drake, No. 31."
Asa Dolsen, No. 16.
SECOND TOWN-MEETING.
" At an annual town-meeting held in and for the town of Minisink at the house of James Dolsen, Esquire, ou the first Tuesday in April, in the year of our Lord 1790, under the direction and inspection of John Brad- ner, James Dolsen, and John Davis, Esquires, Justices, who were all present, the following town officers were chosen : Jonathan Cooley, town clerk ; John Bradner, supervisor; James Dolsen, John Whittaker, Levi Van Etten, assessors ; William Lain, collector; James Reeve, William Lain, poor-masters; James Dolsen, Amos Wilcox, John Van Tuyl, com- missioners of highways; Nathan IIallock, Michael Dunning, Richard Decker, Amos Wilcox, constables; Jonathan Cooley, Capt. Harding, Joseph Manning, Levi Van Etten. Martinus Coykendall, James Clark, John Ferguson, James Brown, fence-viewers.
"The following are highway-masters :
" George Little, No. 1. Cotton Mathers, No. 10.
Ensebius Austin, No. 2. James Stewart, No. 11.
Michael Dunning, No. 3. John Neely, No. 12.
Jonathan Shepherd, No. 4. . Elijah Wells, No. 13.
Increase Mathers, No. 5. Willianı Kimber, No. 14.
William Lain, No. 6. Samuel Moore, No. 15.
Thomas Bennett, No. 7. Nathaniel Cooley, No. 16.
Isaiah Decker, No. 8. Isaac Decker, No. 17.
John Davis, Esq., No. 9. Freegift Cooley, No. 18.
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Joshua Davis, No. 19.
Silas Hulse, No. 29.
William Fullerton, No. 20.
Christian Schultz, No. 30. Zephanialı Drake, No. 31.
James Polsen, No. 21.
Isaac Dolsen, No. : 2.
Nathan Arnout, No. 32.
Stephen Armstrong, No. 23.
John Van Tuyl, No. 33. Benjamin Cole, No. 34.
Moses Cortright, No. 24.
Shimer Chambers, No. 25.
Jacob Cole, No. 35.
John Ferguson, Jr., Na. 26.
Dauiel Myres, No. 36.
Amos Wilcox, No. 27.
Elias Oldfield, No. 37.
Alexander Campbell, No. 28. Benjamin Carpenter, No. 38. Juhu Finton, No. 39."
A law for raising a certain sum of money for the support of the poor of the town and for other pur- poses therein mentioned, passed on the first Tuesday in April, 1790, reads as follows :
" Be it ordered and ordained by the freeholders and iuhabitants of the town of Minisink in annual town-meeting assembled, and it is hereby ordered, ordained, and established by the authority aforesaid, That one hundred pounds be raised the present year for the support and main- tenance of the pour of the said town. And be it ordered by the authority aforesaid, that John Bradner, Esq., and Doct. Eusebius Austin do settle the poor account, and make a division of the poor with the other towus therein concerned. "
THE THIRD TOWN-MEETING.
" At an aunnal town-meeting held in and for the town of Minisink at the house of Amos Wilcox, on the first Tuesday of April, 1791, under the direction aud inspection of John Bradner, James Dolsen, and Jobu Davis, Esquires, who were all present, the following officers were chosen, viz. : Henry Tucker, town clerk ; Jonathan Cooley, Amos Wilcox, Levi Vau Etten, assessors; Elijah Van Auken, Amos Wilcox, John Vau Tuyl, com- missioners of highways; Jonathan Cooley, Amos Wilcox, poor-masters; Jaures Brown, collector; James Armstrong, Nathaniel Van Auken, Michael Duuniog, constables ; Jonathan Cooley, Capt. Harding, Joseph Manning, Levi Vao Etten, Martiuus Coykendall, James Clark, John For- goo, James Brown, fence-viewers.
Roud- Masters.
" Thomas Gale, No. 1.
William Fullerton, No. 20.
Dr. Austin, No. 2.
Isaac Finch, No. 21.
Michael Dunning, No. 3.
Isaac Dolsun, No. 22.
John Ferguson, No. 4.
Ebenezer Holly, No. 23.
Increase Mathers, Jr., No. 5.
Moses Cortright, Nu, 24.
William Ilorton, No. 6.
Nathaniel Van Anken, No. 25.
James Clark, No. 7.
John Manning, No. 26
James Brown, No. 8.
Amos Wilcox, No. 27.
John Davis, Jr., No. 9.
Andrew Christie, No. 28.
Silvanus Low, No. 10.
Elisha Hulse, No. 20.
Joseph llalstead, No. 11.
Christian Schultz, No. 30.
1830.
Joseph Davis
Merritt Il. Cash.
David II. Slausou.
John C. Owen.
1835-36 Isaac Cook.
1837
1838 Gideon W. Cock, Sr. 4.
1839
1840-41 Roswell Mead.
1842-43 John C. Wisner.
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