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A council was called to organize a second Baptist Church of Wayne on March 20, 1819, and met at Frederick Townsend's. There were present delegates from other churches, as follows: Wayne, Elder E. Sanford, G. Bennett, Asa Yeoman ; Pultney, Peter Powers, S. Drew ; Second Milo, Elder Sutherland, John R. Powell, T. Bennett, Isaac Hedges, S. Sherman and others. Elder Powers was chosen moderator, Elder Bigelow, clerk. The following names are those of the consti- tuted members of this church when organized : Janna Osgood, Ephraim Wright, Joseph Sunderlin, Eli Northrup, Deborah Baker, Anna Baker, Susan Sunderlin, Catherine Sutton, Esther House, Clarissa Brown, Martha Kirkham, Hannah Townsend, Lydia Sunderlin, Lydia Wright, Olla Roblyer, Bethia Burr, Parthena Walker, Jana Osgood, Meriam Bennett, Sally Demond, Betsey Booth, Elizabeth Disbrow. On the 27th of March, 1819, the first regular church meeting was held. At this meeting Janna Osgood was moderator, J. Sunderlin, standing clerk. They voted to hold the church meeting on the first Saturday of each month at John Wright's. Elder Sutherland supplied the church with preaching on Wednesday, April 6, 1819. The following were baptized : W. Wortman, John Wright, C. Knapp, S. Crosby, Eunice Knapp, Lydia Chase, Elizabeth Rarick, Fanny Wortman. Wednesday, March 12, 1819, James A. Swarthout and Miss Jacoby were baptized. Sun- day, August 1, 1819, Elder Sutherland baptized Daniel Sunderlin and his sons, Dennis and Daniel W., Tippet, Ira and Eli Sunderlin, and three of their wives, Nancy S., Hannah and Fanny Sunderlin, Azariah Finch and wife, Nanah Silsbee, Polly Dakin, Nancy Long and Polly Burr. September 5, 1819, Stephen Robinson and wife, and Almeda Sunderlin were baptized. Jonathan Ketchum joined the church by letter April 8, 1820, and in October, 1821, the "Church voted that Brother Ketchum have the privilege of preaching in the bounds of the church." They erected their meeting- house in 1821 in Sunderlin Hollow, on the north side of the east and west road. The first meeting was held in this meeting-house April 6, 1822. In February, 1822, they chose Ephraim Wright and Charles Knapp deacons. When the town of ' Wayne was divided the greater part of the church society fell in Bar- rington, hence the name was changed to the Barrington Baptist Church, which name it now bears. The meeting-house is completely torn down,
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and nothing remains to mark its former location but the tombstones of its silent dead. They now have their house of worship in the village of Wayne. This Baptist Church had adopted resolutions that no mem- ber of the Baptist Church should belong to a secret society. At about this time a number of their leading members joined some Masonic order and the church promptly expelled them, which created no little commotion in this and other Baptist Churches in the association and community. The second minister that served this church was Daniel Sherwood, and he was followed by Jonathan Ketchum, who preached for them over twenty years. Jonathan Ferris was also a preacher for them at an early period. A daughter of Elder Ketchum is the wife of Sacket B. Wixson, of this town.
Warsaw Baptist Church .- This church was organized at a meeting held at the house of John Moore, March 20, 1838, the following per- sons, mostly from the Barrington and Second Milo Churches, consti- tuting the original membership : Tippett Sunderlin, Peter H. Crosby, Abraham Hopkins, Elam W. Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins, Samuel B. Seymour, John Moore, William Freeman, Robert E Baker, Stephen Robinson, John Smith, jr., Janna Osgood, Joseph Finton, James Baker, Stephen Smith, Larance Chubb, Susan Smith, Lucretia Kenyon, Re- becca Smith, Eliza Osgood, Thankful Finton, Almeda Sunderlin, Grace A. Beach, Naomi Hopkins, Rachel M. Hopkins, Rebecca Miles, Mary Oakley, Sabra Moore, Lucy Freeman, Alina Robinson, Sally Miles, Deborah Baker, Julia Baker, Mary S. Moore, Charity Baxter, Mahala Kinne. A meeting-house was built in 1838, at a cost of $1,200. The church was supplied by Simon Sutherland the first six months until the house was erected. Reuben P. Lamb was the first pastor, and he served three years. The next was Horace Spencer, and after him Da- vid B. Olney preached for this church twelve years, then J. S. Webber, one year; Reuben P. Lamb, three and a half years; A. J. Buel, one year; George Baptist, nine months; Lewis Brasted followed. The first deacons were Stephen Robinson and Abraham Hopkins, and subse- quently Tippett Sunderlin, Peter H. Crosby, John Wilkins, Richard Lawrence and Sacket B. Wixson and others have filled that office. John Moore was clerk three and one- half years, Peter H. Crosby twenty-one years, and Sacket B. Wixson seven years. The trustees
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have been : Tippett Sunderlin, eight years; Philo Chubb, twenty-three years; W. Kinne, ten years ; P. H. Crosby, fifteen years ; N. Kinne, three years; Samuel Williams, twelve years; R. E. Baker, one year ; John Gibbs, two years ; Darwin Sunderlin, three years ; Jesse C. Knapp, eight years ; Martin Wixson, five years; Daniel Tuttle, three years, The present house of worship was erected in 1867 and dedicated April 17, 1868. Its cost, with lot and furnishing, was $5,000. This church has had several important revivals during the fifty-three years of its history. In January, 1872, James Parker began preaching for the church; he preached eight years, and was still their beloved pastor when he was called away by death. Rev. C. Wardner preached from the spring of 1880, to the spring of 1883; Rev. A. D. Clark, from the spring of 1883 to October 1, 1887; Rev. James Nobbs, from January I, 1888, to August, 1891. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Walker. In 1886 and 1887 the church built a new parsonage, valued at about $1,200. The church at present is in a healthy condition, the mem- bership being 107, after dismissing by letter thirty-six to help consti- tute a church at Crosby. The present deacons are Joseph Fenton, R. A. Lawrence, Frank McDowell, Ed. Crosby ; present trustees, Mich- ael Powleson, J. S. Bailey, William Crosby ; present church clerk, Joseph Gibbs. S. B. Wixson had served as clerk, preceding J. Gibbs, for over twenty- five years.
A Presbyterian Church was organized at Warsaw September 21, 1830. It had fifteen members in 1832, twenty-nine in 1837, and ceased to ex- ist in 1840. The clergymen of that faith who labored with them were Benjamin B. Smith, J. S. Reasoner, Samuel T. Babbitt, and George T. Everest. The American Home Missionary Society aided in their support.
The Baptist Church at Crosby .- The Lake Keuka Baptist Church was organized May 15, 1888, at Crosby. At this time there was a number of Baptists living in the vicinity of Crosby who were too far from any place of worship to be any ways convenient. They organized a Sabbath-school at the Crosby school-house, where they also had preach- ing for a time in the afternoon on Sabbath, by the pastor from the Warsaw Baptist Church. There became quite an awakening under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Clark; also a desire to have a house of worship
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in their midst. Consequently, this little band of worshipers organized. The Rev. James Nobbs was chosen moderator, and C. Guile, clerk: The Rev. Mr. Sherer, of Penn Yan, and Rev. C. M. Bruce, from Milo, assisted in the organization. The following are the names of the con- stituent members : Isaac Crosby and wife, Henry Bullock and wife, Hermon Bullock and wife, Fred Crosby and wife, Mrs. B. M. Crosby, R. W. Weltch, his wife and two daughters, Frank and Ida, William I. Carr and wife, A. P. Wortman and wife, Susan Baily, Libby Baily, Mrs. C. Knapp, Mrs. C. Swarthout, Sarah M. Edwards, George W. Edwards and wife, E. Edwards, C. E. Guile and wife, Mrs. G. W. Fenton, Eliza Hewitt, Mrs L. B. Gipson, Minnie Gipson, Mrs. L. Janes, Timothy Janes and daughter Alice, also his two sisters Lydia and Mary, Mrs. K. Plasted, Will Burt and wife, Mrs. Albert Amadon, L. J. Bellows, Hattie Lee, James Grace, Mrs. B. Gardner. Thirty-six members came from the Warsaw Baptist Church, six from the Second Milo Church, and two from Penn Yan. Isaac Crosby and Henry Bull- ock were chosen deacons, Isaac Hewett, Herman Bullock, and Amos Swarthout, trustees, Leroy J. Bellows, church clerk. They proceeded at once to erect them a house, and now they have as neat a house of worship as they could desire ; church property valued at about $3,000. A goodly number have also been added by baptism, and some by let- ter until the present membership is eighty - seven. Pastor James Hobbs has preached for them from the organization of the church until the spring of 1891. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Walker.
Post-offices, Manufactures, etc -There are three post-offices in this town. Barrington post-office, situated at Warsaw; Crystal Springs at the springs, and Crosby at Crosby Landing, on the shore of Keuka Lake. Crosby village is situated on the east shore of Keuka Lake, in Barring- ton. It has its store, church, post office and school-house, two casket factories, and last but not least, a cluster of splendid houses, backed on the east by the beautiful vine-clad hills, and faced on the west by the silvery waters of Lake Keuka,-the dream-land of the soul through the heated season of the summer. It is in the midst of the grape-grow- ing region, and at this landing hundreds of tons of grapes are shipped annually. Some of the principal grape growers in the town are Joseph Crosby, J. Eagleston, I. Crosby, C. Plasted, estate G. Bullock, H. Bull-
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ock, E. Edwards, A. Amadon, S. Lamont, George Fenton, and hun- dreds of others. The basket factories deserve more than a passing notice. The proprietor of one is Hermon Bullock, that of the other George Fenton. Ten years ago the baskets were bunched up in doz- ens and sold by the dozen-a small pony business. But the demand has grown so rapidly that the mills have been furnished with all modern machinery for manufacturing baskets, and the largest logs are sawed and sliced out and turned until ready for the baskets ; and this year the output of baskets from both factories is 1,500,000, giving employment to twenty-five or thirty men and to fifty or sixty girls. The Bullock mills do the sawing and cutting for the McMath and Morgan factories at Penn Yan. The Fenton mills furnish the Niagara Grape Company with 100,000 baskets annually. Peaches, currants, and raspberries are raised to quite an extent, and other small fruit, so that evaporators may be counted by the dozen all over the town. Among the largest rasp- berry growers of the town at present are Delmer Knapp and D. B. Cor- nell. The largest apple orchard is owned by D. B. Cornell, consisting of fifteen acres and twenty varieties. There are six steamboat landings in Barrington : Fenton, North and South Crosby, J. Eagleston, Hawk, and S. Eagleston.
CHAPTER XXVI.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF POTTER.
A MONG the several divisions of Yates County, the town of Potter occupies a position on the northern boundary, abutting Ontario County. Its western boundary is Middlesex, its parent township; on the south is Jerusalem, and on the east Benton. According to the orig- inal survey, the greater part of the territory now of Potter was included by township eight, second range, but this was before the town had ac- quired either name or organization.
In the organization of the towns of old Ontario County, the territory now of Potter, together with Middlesex and other territory, was organ-
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ized into the jurisdictional district of Augusta, but the name was after- ward changed to Middlesex, and so continued until Potter was organ- ized within its substantially present boundaries, and given a name as one of the towns of Yates County. This was done April 26, 1832. But instead of including the exact area of township eight, second range, in the town of Potter, for the convenience of inhabitants residing on the west part of number eight, a strip of land half a mile in width, and ex- tending along the west boundary of the township, remained a part of Middlesex. In 1856, again for the convenience of inhabitants, one and one half square miles of land in the southeast corner of Middlesex was taken from the last- named town and annexed to Potter. Therefore Pot- ter as now constituted embraces about thirty-four and one-half square miles of territory, or its equivalent in acres about 22,000.
The principal water course of the town of Potter is Flint Creek, a stream of some magnitude, which crosses the town from southwest to northeast; but the land through which the water flows is so exceedingly low and level that the whole region on both sides of the stream is fre- quently submerged, and is generally of a marshy character, therefore unfit for cultivation. Across the southeast corner of the town flows the waters of the inlet of the west branch of Lake Keuka, while in the north- east quarter of the town are the waters of West River and its tribu- taries. The marsh lands of the township are rather more extensive than is desirable, and the fact that they extend through the central por- tions of the town detracts much from the general value of the region that is generally looked to for the best agricultural results. But, not- withstanding all this, Potter is by no means an unimportant subdivision of Yates County, and within its limits are found many farms as rich and productive as can be found in the county. Moreover, the town is well peopled and improved, and those who are dwellers therein are earnest in their endeavors, honest in their dealings, and generous and public- spirited in their contributions for local and general improvements. The town, too, has furnished its full share of public officers, as a reference to the civil lists of the county will disclose to the investigator.
Pioneers and Early Settlers .- In 1790 the first Federal census enu- meration was made. The returns then made showed that there dwelt in township eight, second range, seven families, the respective heads of
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which were Benjamin Tibbitts, Michael Pierce, Francis Briggs, Henry Lovell, William Hall, Arnold Potter and John Walford. These, there- fore, were the pioneers of the town, upon whom fell the burden and the hardships of clearing the lands and making the first improvements in a new and comparatively uninviting territory. They were soon afterward followed by other settlers, upon whom the burden fell none the less heavily, and to whom perhaps is due as much of honor and credit as to the first comers but generally there is accorded to the first half dozen or so of pioneers all the glory of pioneership in a new county.
Arnold Potter, as he has ever been commonly known, or, more cor- rectly, Benedict Arnold Potter, was not only the pioneer of the town that was named in his honor, but he was one of the most prominent and influential men in the whole region. He was at one time the owner of more than 35,000 acres of land in the old town of Augusta (which in- cluded Potter). He was born in 1761, and was the son of William Potter, the Friend's faithful follower and for some years most trusted counsel- or ; but he fell away from the faith and eventually became her enemy, but not bitter nor revengeful. The last years of the life of William Potter were spent with Arnold Potter, at his home in this town. Like his father, Arnold Potter was once a Friend, but he too became alien- ated from the society, but his wife remained true to the faith. She was Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Brown, sr. Their children were William, Arnold and Penelope Potter. Arnold Potter, the pioneer, died at Har- risburgh, Pa., in 1810, while on his way to Philadelphia with a drove of cattle. In a printed circular issued by him in 1800, Judge Potter ad- vertised for sale his land, in parcels; and he stated that on his tract of 16,000 acres there were two saw-mills and a grist- mill. The region at that time was called Potterstown. Thomas Hazard Potter, brother of Arnold, married Patience Wilkinson, sister of the Friend, and in 1790 settled in this town. He died in 1807, and his wife in 1819. Their children were Susan, Eliza and John.
Benjamin Brown, jr., married Penelope, the daughter of William Pot- ter, at the house of Arnold Potter in 1790. One child, Penelope, was born of this union. The second wife of Mr. Brown was Mary Lamb. Benjamin Brown was a Friend, likewise a prominent man in the town. He was interested in the saw and grist-mills built in Potter Hollow in 1793.
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Jesse and Joshua Brown, twin brothers, sons of James Brown, were pioneers in the town, making their settlement on lot 2, on land bought from Arnold Potter. Jesse sold out his interest to his brother, and moved to Benton. Joshua died in the town in 1832. His first wife was Clarissa Miner; his second Fanny Brown, and his third, a Widow Spen- cer. One child, Fanny, who married Ephraim Wheeler, was born of his second marriage.
Francis Briggs, the son of Peleg Briggs, a prominent Friend, was a pioneer on lot 6 in Potter, and there he lived nearly sixty years, and died in 1850. His first wife was Isabelle Albro; his second Olive Bell. The children of the first marriage were Mercy, Jacob, Joshua, Francis, Lydia, Margaret, Vaughn, Sally, William and Peleg. Isabelle and George Briggs were children of his second marriage.
Abel, Job and Caleb Briggs, brothers, were early settlers in the town, on land adjoining the Potter farm. Abel married Martha Dickinson, and had ten children : Harry, Gardner, Hiram, Eliza, Waity, Mercy, Warren, Lydia, Mary and Israel. Job married Susan Potter and had six children : William, John, Maria, Joel, Russell and Lucinda. Caleb married Mary Jones, and settled on the top of Potter Hill in 1817. They had eleven children : Marbra, Phineas, Mary, Betsey, Waity, Re- becca, Caleb, Pamelia and Samuel (twins), Joseph and Sarah.
George Bates married the daughter of Peleg Briggs, sr., and settled on lot 9 in Potter in 1789. Their children were Mercy, George, Peleg, David, Mary, Lucy and Anna. George, the pioneer, died in 1826.
In 1808, William and Priscilla (Raymond) Hall settled in Potter. Their children were William, Priscilla, Seth, Phebe, John and Lydia. Rows Perry, formerly a Quaker preacher of some note, became a resi- dent of Potter in 1791, when he worked by the month for Arnold and William Potter, receiving pay in land at fifty cents per acre. In 1794 he married Desiah Brown, sister to Arnold Potter's wife. Their children were Susan, Edmund, Rowland B., Fanny, Edward and Sally (twins), Benjamin, Ann, Robert and Mariette. Rows Perry died in 1853, and his wife in 1854.
In 1791 Jabez French visited this town and spent the greater part of that summer in surveying. In the fall he returned home, in Massachu- setts, for his wife, but was delayed in again coming back to the locality
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until 1794. The family settled near Rushville. They had eight chil- dren : Samuel, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Sarah, Jesse, Sophronia, Susan and Eunice.
William Bassett came to old Augusta in 1794, settling near Rushville. In 1796 he married Ann Blair, and reared a family of twelve children, ten of whom reached adult age. They were Nathaniel, Polly, Sally, Emily, Alexander, Samuel, Calista, Betsey, Thomas and Anna.
On the northwest corner lot in Potter, on the site of the present vil- lage called Rushville, in 1791 Elias Gilbert settled and built a house of poplar poles. His farm comprised 320 acres, which eventually be- came valuable land. The children of Elias Gilbert were Louisa, Jesse, Simon, Samuel, David, Solomon, Ephraim, Lydia and Richard.
Nathan Loomis and family came to Augusta in 1793 ; therefore he was a pioneer. His children were Chester, Lucy, James, Sally, Elisha, Amanda, Minerva and Benjamin.
Abial Thomas, wife and family settled on lot 9, third range, in Potter in 1801. Their children were Ashley, Vertie, Ambrose, Jeffrey, Lucy, Peleg, Eleanor, Mary, Lois and Janette.
In 1802 Dr. Jared Dyer became a settler in Potter, locating on lot 3, range three, where he practiced medicine until his death in 1813. His wife was Susanna Newell, by whom these children were born : Calista, Julia, Pierpont, Susan and Eliza.
Consider Bordwell was a native of Massachusetts, but he died a resi- dent of Potter, in 1850. His wife, whom he married in 1809, was Calista Dyer. Their children were Jared D., William H., Susan H., Charles L., Robert P., William W., James R. and Herbert.
In 1796 Jonas Wyman and family settled on lot 2, second farm range. His children were Polly, Betsey, John and Samuel.
George Green and his family settled on lot 4, third range in Potter in 1804. He died in 1851. He was a former soldier in the Revolu- tion ; in the town he was many years justice of the peace.
In 1796 Nathan Warner settled in the town. In 1798 he married Martha Card and located near George Green. Their children were Benjamin, Samuel W., James S., Martha, Hannah, Tamar, Sarah, Rachel R., William E. and Lydia J.
Job Card came into the town from Rhode Island in 1795. His wife
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was Martha Potter. Of their children, Potter G. married Betsey Hen- dricks of Potter ; Jabez T. married Eleanor Wheeler, and Hannah mar- ried Joshua Payne. Benoni Moon and Hannah, his wife, and their fam- ily moved into Potter in 1800. Theirs was one of the most numerous families in the town. Their locality was called Moontown, on Flint Creek. The family of George Howard settled on lot 9, fourth farm range, in 1802. His children were, by his first marriage, James, George, David, John, Justus and Amos. Benoni Howard was a son of George by a second marriage. Carey Clark was an early settler on lot II, range five. He succeeded pioneer Gaffle, and left a good family of descendants in the town.
In 1812 Alexander Parkman and family settled and lived about a mile and a half east of Rushville. The children were Erastus L., Sophia, Delanson E. and Cynthia D. Dr. Buffum Harkness came to the town in 1805, and practiced medicine until his death. His children were Allo- nia and Forrest; the latter also a doctor in the town. Nathan Webb, from Connecticut, settled in 1798 on lot II, range six, and died there in 1807. His wife was Polly Pratt, who died at the home of her son, Dr. Nathan Webb, in 1858. John F., Dorcas, Ruby, Amelia, Mary and Na- than Webb, jr., were children of Nathan and Polly Webb. Nicholas Van Zandt, the progenitor of a large family of children, settled in the town on lot 8, range four, in 1815. These children were Garrett, Lu- cretia, Anna, Maria, Margaret, Jecheliah, Lydia Jane, Amy, Garnetta, Isam and Samuel. Joseph H. Williams was an early settler near Rows Perry. Among his children were Abigail, Huldah, Sarah, Rachel, Laura, Joseph, Polly, John F., Ira C., and Margaret. Jeremiah Barber married Anna Van Zandt, and came with her father's family to the town. Their children were Culver S., Ira, Lydia, Maria, Jonathan S. and Ma- hala. John Tucker and his son in-law, Lindsley Warfield, became set- tlers in Potter in 1798 Abraham Florence, and his step-son, Peter Lawrence, came in 1807, and settled on lot 8, fifth farm range. Mr. Florence married Phebe A. Reynolds. Their children were Martha J., Andrew T., Phebe A., Sarah E., Peter R., Elizabeth and Charles F. Henry Van Wormer was an early settler on lot 9, fifth range. His wife was Elizabeth Horton, by whom these children were born: David, Will- iam, Hester, Elisha, John, Charity, Peter, Daniel and Abraham P. The
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Savage family settled in the town in 1797. Dr. Frederick Dutch was the founder of the Dutch settlement in Potter, and continued to live in the town until his death, about 1840. Philip and Elizabeth (Kishler) Dinturff, with their family located in this town on lot 12, second range, in 1800. Their children were Jacob and Philip. Jacob Shuman was another of the Dutch settlers in the town, having come here in 1794, and purchasing 134 acres of land for $168. Samuel H. Torrey was not a pioneer, but nevertheless a worthy settler. He resided near Rushville. His children were Nancy, Samuel, Larned, Henry, Augustus, Hiram, and Lucy.
Soon after the year 1800, Luke Conley, an Irishman, with his small family, came to Potter to live. The children in this family were Jane, John, Luke, William, Bartholomew, David R., Mary, James and Mi- chael B. Dr. James Hermans was not a pioneer of Potter, but was for many years one of its leading citizens. He came from Dutchess County and practiced medicine in the locality and a part of the time at the county seat. His wife was Eliza Hartt, by whom he had these children: Cornelia M., Emma S., Edwin J., Charles E., Henry C., Catharine E., William H. and Mary E. Deacon David Sutherland is remembered as having been one of the pioneers of Potter, his settlement having been made on lot 8, of the second range, in the year 1792. His wife was Lucre- tia Smith. Their children were Joseph, Andrew, Sarah, Elizabeth, Alex- ander, Susanna, James and Patrick. David Sutherland was four terms in the Assembly from Ontario County. In 1796 John Voak and Ra- chel, his wife, came to Potter, locating on lot 9, first range. Their chil- dren were Lydia, James, Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, John and Josiah. Deacon William Holton and family came from York County, Pa., in 1796, and settled on lot II, second range. His wife was. Mary Lieper, by whom were born these children: Francis, Janette, James, Samuel and Mary. In 1795 Abraham and Rachel Lane came from their former home in Milo and located west of the Potter place, on lot 3, of the second range. Eight children were in their family: John, Joseph, Mary, Jacob, Hannah, Isaac, Abraham and Rachel.
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