Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 43

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084

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The south part, 100 acres, of lot 24 was articled to Amos Wooster April 29, 1816, and rearticled to David Hale May 30, 1832. It was deeded to John J. Walbridge De- cember 29, 1836. The south middle part, 50 acres, of lot 24 was taken up by John E. Smith October 15, 1816. December 1, 1829, it was articled to Lewis Grover, and 90 acres were deeded to Israel Gregory April 8, 1837. The north middle part, 90 acres, of lot 24 was articled to Nathaniel Squires December 2, 1817, and to Jabez Hubbard December 1, 1829. Forty-four acres were transferred to Lewis Glover August 2, 1834, and was deeded to Jabez Hibbard November 19, 1833. The balance of 46 acres with a part of lot 16, was deeded to Jabez Hibbard June 1, 1834. The north part, 50 acres, of lot 24 was taken up by Elijah Blount May 14, 1818. It was articled to Will- iam Ruggles January 8, 1831, and deeded to Perry Davis March 21, 1836.

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The south part, 200 acres, of lot 27 was sold by article to David Smith July 24, 1815. It was deeded to James Mather November 27, 1829. The north part, 176 acres, of lot 27 was articled to Matthew Anderson April 9, 1816, and deeded to Robert Hunter Jan- uary 31, 1828.

Lot 28, 167 acres, was taken up by Daniel Gates June 20, 1815. The east part of this lot, 50 acres, was articled to Daniel Hunter December 25, 1829, and deeded to him February 12, 1833. The west part of the same lot, 117 acres, was transferred to Jona- than Delano February 18, 1832, and to Lucas A. Merrill, January 2, 1834. It was deeded to Willis S. Collins December 29, 1836.

The east part, 200 acres, of lot 29 was articled to Samuel Rosier September 22, 1809, and the east half of It was deeded to Jonathan Gates September 25, 1819. The west half of this part was deeded to Daniel Pratt March 5, 1814. The west part, 94 acres, of lot 29 was articled to Daniel Gates July 12, 1809, and was deeded to him October 13, 1814.

The east part of lot 30, 137 acres, was taken up July 14, 1809, by Darius Crippen. The article was renewed July 15, 1819 to Ptolemy Sheldon, to whom it was deeded January 29, 1823. The east middle part, 100 acres, of lot 30 was sold by article to Daniel Pratt December 22, 1809. It was deeded to Judah Colt September 20, 1819. The west part, 100 acres, of lot 30 was taken up by Jonathan Gates February 6, 1816. It was articled to Ashbel Kellogg June 11, 1828, and was deeded to John Hyde No- vember 11, 1833. The west middle part, 81 acres, of lot 30 was deeded to Elisha Mather July 1, 1835.

The southwest part, 493 acres, of lot 31 was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834. The north part, 75 acres, of lot 31 was taken up by Brigadier Bullard November 5, 1821, and was deeded to him January 8, 1827. The southeast part, 50 acres, of lot 31 was articled to Arba Chubb September 5, 1822. It was transferred to Darius Rosier December 28, 1830, and to Robert Anderson February 5, 1835. It was deeded to James Mather November 3, 1837.

The south part of lot 32, 84 acres, was deeded to Isaac Murwin October 8, 1822. Fifty acres of lot 32 were articled to Alonzo Barns May 24, 1824. This lot was trans- rerred to John W. Anderson, and on the 30th of July, 1834, was deeded to Montgomery Crofoot. The middle part, 70 acres, of lot 32 was articled to Calvin Ellenwood Decem- ber 15, 1823. Twenty-four acres were deeded to Brigadier Bullard January 6, 1832. Forty-six acres were transferred to Holman Jackson, and of this 30 acres were deeded to Brigadier Bullard, Nov. 17, 1834, and 16 acres December 20, 1833. The south mid- dle part, 50 acres, of lot 32 was taken up by Rowland Merwin December 4, 1823. De- cember 22, 1830, it was articled to Chandler Farnham, and was deeded to him January 26, 1837. The north part, 169 acres, of lot 32 was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834.

The south part, 150 acres, of lot 36 was taken up by Stephen Abbott October 31, 1811. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 36 was taken up by Elijah Deveraux October 31, 1811. The north part, 118 acres, of lot 36 was articled to Benoni Bennett Novem- ber 11, 1811. The lot was deeded as follows : The southeast part, 80 acres, to Harvey Smith November 1, 1819; the southwest part, 1163 acres, to Burden Hix November 1,

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1819; the north part, 118 acres, to Macey Platt November 29, 1819, and 534 acres to Stephen Chubb September 6, 1834.

The northwest part of lot 37, 120 acres, was articled to Henry Wilcox April 24, 1809, and to Aaron Shelley April 26, 1819. Seventy acres were deeded to Aaron Shel- ley April 22, 1825; and 50 acres to Nathan Shelley on the same day. The middle part, 113 acres, of lot 37 was taken up by Orin Gleason November 2, 1809. Sixty acres of this part were deeded to Elijah Babbitt November 5, 1819. Fifty-three acres were articled to Aaron Shelley November 3, 1819, and were subsequently deeded to him. Reuben Rowley took up the south part, 103 acres, of lot 37. Fifty-one and one-half acres of this were deeded to Nehemiah Pratt August 19, 1826, The balance, 51} acres, was articled to Alexander Forsyth September 9, 1820, and was deeded to Nehemiah Pratt November 8, 1833. The east part, 119 acres, of lot 37 was sold by article to Joseph Adams March 31, 1810. April 11, 1820, 593 acres were articled to Abigail Sa- gor, June 26, 1826, to Stephen Marks, and January 4, 1828, to Matthew Anderson, to whom they were deeded September 24, 1830. November 9, 1829, 59} acres were articled to Stephen Chubb. March 6, 1834, one-half acre was deeded to Jonathan De- lano, and on the same day 59 acres were articled to Silas Wilcox. This parcel was deeded to Mr. Wilcox September 24. 1836.

The west part of lot 38, 100 acres, was articled to Henry Drake November 4, 1811, and transferred November 5, 1819, to Aaron Shelley. It was deeded to John Proctor November 9, 1825. The west middle part, 100 acres, of lot 38 was taken up by Da- rius Crippen, jr., March 10, 1814. It was articled to John Nichols April 26, 1834, and was deeded to John H. Nichols July 1, 1835. The east middle part, 50 acres, of lot 38 was articled to Isaac Connell March 2, 1815. It was articled to Betsey Rosier March 3, 1826, to Winslow Pratt April 12, 1832, and was deeded to Ariel Wilcox January 19. 1836. The east and next to the last parts of lot 38 were taken up, the latter 90 acres by Adam Sanderson March 22, 1815, and the former, 68 acres, by Jonathan Gates October 7, 1815, They were deeded, the east 98 acres to William Lewis February 14, 1834, and the west 60 acres to John Dolly January 29, 1838.

The south part of lot 39, 60 acres, was taken up by Walker Fairfield November 13, 1816. The middle part, 56 acres, was articled to Ira Atwell October 20, 1823, and the north part, 56 acres, to Ambrose Shelley November 17, 1823. The lot was deeded, the southeast part, 70 acres, to Amos S. Samson January 1, 1835, and the balance, 102 acres, to James Seaton May 9, 1837.

The south middle part, 50 acres, of lot 40, was articled to John Farnham November 12, 1823. The north middle part, 50 acres, of lot 40 was articled to John Farnham November 12, 1823. It was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 40 was articled to Salmon Kingsley November 12, 1823, and deeded to John Young July 1, 1835. Fifty acres in the southern part of lot 40 were articled Samuel Kingsley November 12, 1823. They were deeded to John B. Lee Sep- tember 1, 1834. Fifty acres in the southern part of lot 40 were articled to Oliver Chapel April 6, 1823, and transferred to Samuel Anderson June 7, 1834. The land was deeded to John Farnham November 18, 1835. Fifty acres in the northern part of

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lot 40 were articled to Hiram Burch April 6, 1825. transferred to Johnson Brown Jan- uary 3, 1831, and deeded to John A. Rowley May 15, 1835. The north part, 57 acres, of lot 40 was articled to John W. Van Vranken October 4, 1826, and transferred to Winter Jackson March 11, 1835. It was deeded to John Lowber May 1, 1835.

Levi Atwell took up the southwest part, 50 acres, of lot 44 April 8, 1811, and re- ceived his deed May 31, 1832. Levi Atwell also took up the northwest part, 50 acres, of lot 44 April 8, 1811. It was deeded to him December 3, 1833. The east part, 268 acres, of lot 44 was taken up by Elijah Shaw September 6, 1811, and was articled to John Freeman September 8, 1819. It was deeded to him June 2, 1825.

The north part of lot 45, 327 acres, was taken up by William Sibley April 24, 1809. It was deeded to William B. Sterling and Alphonse Sterling April 23, 1819. The south part, 139 acres, of lot 45 was articled to Joseph Crofoot July 30, 1810. It was again articled July 31, 1820, to Constant Woodworth, and January 14, 1828, the west portion, 80 acres, was transferred to David Calkins, to whom it was deeded November 16, 1835. The east portion, 59 acres, of the same was transferred to David Earl August 21, 1828, and to Nathan Shelley January 10, 1834. It was deeded to him December 31, 1835.

The east part, 100 acres, of lot 46 was sold by article to Cotton M. Leach April 3, 1810. April 4, 1820, it was articled to Ebenezer Durkee, to whom it was deeded, January 17, 1834. The east middle part, 100 acres, of lot 46 was taken up by Ebenezer Durkee July 13, 1815. Sixty acres were articled to John Dolley July 13, 1823, and were deeded to him January 29, 1828. Forty acres of this east part were articled to Zebulon Whipple July 12, 1823, and were deeded to John Dolley February 19, 1835. The middle part, 76 acres, of lot 46 was articled to Spencer Whipple October 25, 1822, and was deeded to him December 5, 1835. The west middle part, 89 acres, of lot 46 was sold by article to Reuben Gunn October 30, 1822. October 23, 1832, 42 acres of this were articled to Harry Noble and were deeded to him May 13, 1835. Forty-seven acres of this part were articled to Zelotes Sheldon October 8, 1835; to Abraham Mont- rose December 28, 1837, and were deeded to the latter December 28, 1837 .. The west part, 50 acres, of lot 46, was articled to Joseph Griffith October 25, 1852, and trans- ferred to Griffith Williams July 28, 1834. It was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834.

The south part, 75 acres, of lot 47 was articled to Joseph Sawdey Oct. 11, 1823, and deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834. The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 47 was articled to Jeremiah Woodmancer December 26, 1825. December 24, 1834, it was again articled to Stephen N. Chubb to whom it was deeded December 1, 1835. The north part, 68 acres, of lot 47, and the north middle part, 62} acres of lot 48 were deeded to Jesse Smith March 1, 1833.

The south part, 50 acres, of lot 48 was taken up by Daniel Darrow May 5, 1826, and articled to Mary Darrow October 28, 1834. It was deeded to Elisha Hiscock Novem- ber 23, 1841. The north part, 50 acres, of lot 48 was articled to Charles Gillam Feb- ruary 6, 1828. It was transferred to George Graves April 22, 1834, and was deeded to Ambrose Shelley September 1, 1838. Fifty acres in the southern part of lot 48 were articled to David Ackerson, February 11, 1828, and were deeded to John Lowber May

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1, 1835. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 48 was articled to Thomas Acquerson Novem- ber 3, 1828, and was deeded to him June 18, 1835. The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 48 was articled to George Acquerson August 19, 1830, and was deeded to John Lowber May 1, 1835. Fifty acres in the northern part of lot 48 were articled to Spencer Whipple September 29, 1831, and deeded to John Lowber May 1, 1835.

Lot 52, 377 acres, were taken up by Truman Shaw April 9, 1811. April 10, 1819, 100 acres of this were articled to Robert Tompkins, and August 19, 1826, transferred to Stephen Warner, to whom the land was deeded October 20, 1831. April 10, 1819, 177 acres were articled to Robert Tompkins and February 27, 1828, transferred to Stephen Warner. February 1, 1834, the east portion, 117 acres, of this was deeded to Daniel Shaw, and January 3, 1834 the west portion, 60 acres, to Samuel Main. April 10, 1819, 100 acres, of lot 52 were articled to Robert Tompkins, and July 13, 1826, transferred to Isaac Stoddard. Half of this was deeded to Caty Stoddard and heirs, July 12, 1826, and half to Christopher Crandall May 23, 1837.

The middle of the north part of lot 53, 120 acres, was articled to Whitfield Rathbun April 28, 1809, and was deeded to William Burlingame April 9, 1819. The north part, 120 acres, of lot 53, with a large part of lot 45, was articled to William Sibley April 24, 1809. This northeast part was deeded to Zelotes Sheldon April 23, 1819. The north- west part, 125 acres, of lot 53, was taken up by Benjamin Deming March 19, 1810. March 20, 1820, it was articled to William Sherwood, and December 30, 1831, 78} acres were transferred to Milo Coon, to whom they were deeded November 16, 1835. August 12, 1833, 50 acres of the same were transferred to Israel Douglas, and were deeded to him May 15, 1835. The south part, 181 acres, of lot 53, was taken up by Cass & McCarthy November 2, 1809. November 3, 1819, 50 acres of this were trans- ferred to Andrew Stanley, to whom they were deeded December 24, 1824. November 3, 1819, 71 acres of this were articled to Silas A. Wade, and November 2, 1826, trans- ferred to Ambrose Shelley, to whom they were deeded November 4, 1830. November 18, 1819, 60 acres of this south part were articled to Keyes Wilder and were deeded to him June 11, 1823.

October 20, 1809, Andrew Jacobs took up the west part of lot 54. October 21, 1819, it was articled to Moses Hubbard, jr., and October 28, 1833, 50 acres were transferred to John Ackerson, and were deeded to him May 15, 1836. February 19, 1835, 49 acres of the same were transferred to John Ackerson, and were deeded to him May 15, 1836. February 19, 1835, 49 acres of the same were transferred to Israel Douglas, and were deeded to John Lowber May 1, 1835. October 28, 1833, 40 acres of the same were transferred to Wright Douglas, and were deeded to him September 20, 1835. April 26, 1833, 60 acres of this same land were transferred to John H. Nichols, who received his deed July 1, 1835. The east middle part, 110 acres, of lot 54, was taker. up by Jona- than Stout September 18, 1810. It was articled to Zelotes Sheldon November 13, 1822, transferred to Seth Tucker October 10, 1831, and was deeded to Zelotes Sheldon October 5, 1835. The east part, 112 acres, of lot 54, was taken up by John W. Perry October 23, 1822. November 4, 1830, 50 acres of this were deeded to Zelotes Sheldon and on the same day 62 acres of the same land were articled to Samuel Stanley. They were deeded to Zelotes Sheldon November 15, 1831.

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The south part, 50 acres, of lot 55, was articled to Amasa Wright December 31, 1823, and transferred to Keyes Wilder December 27, 1830. It was deeded to him December 24, 1824. The north part, 67 acres, of lot 55, was articled to Keyes Wilder June 6, 1825. It was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834.

The north and middle part of lot 56, was deeded : 200 acres to Reuben L. Gunn De- cember 21, 1833, and 50 acres to him January 19, 1836. The south part, 52 acres, of lot 56, was articled to Joseph Sandy, jr., July 27, 1825. It was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834. The south middle part, 56 acres, of lot 56, was articled to Enos Curtis July 27, 1825, and transferred to Jesse Rose August 15, 1833. It was deeded to Abner Carpenter October 1, 1838.

The Ridge, which at the beginning of this century was the avenue of travel between the eastern and western country, passes through this town from east to west, and an examination of the foregoing account of sales of land shows that the first purchases and settlements were made along this great highway. It appears that on the 3d of March, 1807, Elizabeth Gilbert received an article for 1231/2 acres of lot 39, half a mile east from Fairhaven on the north side of the road. In this case tradition agrees with the record that Mr. Gilbert was the first settler in the town. Probably he came at or near the time when their purchase was made. In the early winter of 1809 his dead body was found in the road, and it was supposed he died in a fit, as he was known to be subject to epileptic seizures. His family, consisting of his wife and Amy Scott, a niece, cut browse during the winter of 1809-10 for their stock, which consisted of a yoke of oxen and some cows and young cat- tle. Mrs. Gilbert sold the place in 1811 or 1812 and removed to Can- andaigua. On the 5th of April, 1808, Elliot and John Bassett received an article for 210 acres, the west part of lot 38, on the south side of the road, and immediately opposite to Mr. Gilbert's purchase. It is to be presumed that they settled there then or soon afterward. Seven years later the land was deeded to Ebenezer Bassett.

In 1809 articles were taken for land in the town by Isaac Bennett, Jabez Deming, Henry Drake, Levi Leach, Gideon Elliott, Abigal, Sager, Elijah Downer, Samuel Crippen, Oliver Hamblin, Whitfield Rathbun, Cotton Leach, Noah Burgess, Samuel Rosier, Daniel Gates Darius Crippen, Daniel Pratt, Henry Wilcox, Orrin Gleason, William Sibley, Earl H. McCarty. Turner's History of the Holland Purchase says : " Whitfield Rathbun was the pioneer upon all that part of the Ridge road in Orleans county embraced in the Holland Purchase." It

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has been shown that actual settlers were there two years prior to the time when Mr. Rathbun took an article for land. He was one of the earliest who came in 1809. Of the twenty who received articles in 1809 probably nearly all became actual settlers. Elijah Downer came in that year and located on lot 38, opposite Gilbert's. Samuel Crippen came at the same time and took up land on lot 39, at the present vil- lage of Fairhaven. Mr. Crippen sold to John Proctor, who cleared three acres and planted it with corn in the spring of 1811. In the fall of the same year he sewed five acres with wheat. Gideon Elliott came in 1809 and took up land on lot 74, about two miles east from Fairhaven. Mr. Elliott and a man named Sweet lived in a log house on this place. In 1809 Noah Burgess came from Canada, He coasted along the shore of the lake to the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, which he ascended to the head of still water. Thence the widow Gilbert with her oxen re- moved his effects to his place, on lot 23, second range, on the Ridge. Mr. Burgess was sick, but his wife, who was a stalwart woman, cut logs for a cabin and Mrs. Gilbert drew them together with her oxen. and they were notched and rolled up by some men who were passing and volunteered their assistance. Mr. Burgess soon sold this place and removed to where he had taken up land on lot 6, between Gaines village and Fairhaven. There he kept a tavern for several years, and there he died some forty years since.

In 1810 John Proctor, William McAllister, Noah Chaffee, Moses Bacon, Abel F. Andrews, James Mather, Chester W. Farr, Samuel Smith, Henry Luse Jacob Burgess, Joseph Adams, Joseph Crofoot, Cotton M. Leach, Benjamin Deming and Jonathan Stout received articles for land in Gaines.

In 1811 the grantees were William Bradner, Clarkson Brooks, Lansing Barley, Oliver Booth, Elijah Devereaux, Stephen Abbott, Benoni Bennett, Henry Drake, Levi Atwell, Elijah Shaw and Freeman Shaw.

John Anderson, the ancestor of most of the families of this name in Gaines, was of Scotch- Irish descent, and was born in Londonderry, N. H., in 1757, He was a Revolutionary soldier and was in the battle of Bunker Hill and at the taking of Ticonderoga. In 1782 he married Jane Archibald, and then settled in Ira, Vt., which town he represented in the Legislature of that State eight or ten years. He was a man of

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good intellect, of energy and perseverance, of great physical strength, and of cool and determined courage. In 1821 he removed with his family to Gaines and located on the Ridge, a mile and a half west from Gaines village, where he died in 1827. His children were Ann, Jane, John, Robert, Matthew, Betsey, Thomas A., Margaret, Nancy, Eli B. and Samuel F. Betsey died in Malone, N. Y., in 1813. All the others were early settlers in Gaines. Ann married Daniel Gates, of Rutland, Vt. In 1811 they came to Gaines and settled on lot 29, west of Gaines village. A few years later they removed to Carlton, where he died in 1858 and she in 1866. They were the parents of John, N. F., and Matthew A. Gates. The latter resides in Yates. Jane married Phineas Rowley, of Rutland. Vt. They removed to Gaines in 1815 and set- tled on lot 30, east from Fairhaven. John Anderson, jr., born in Ver- mont in 1785, came to Gaines in 1810 and settled on lot 22, west from the village. He was a man of positive character.

Hon. Robert Anderson was born in Ira, Vt., in 1787. He was a magistrate in his native town, and was a volunteer in the war of 1812. He came with his family to Gaines, where he had purchased 150 acres of lot 22, west from Gaines, with his brothers, Matthew and Dr. Thomas A. and their families, the latter driving a two horse lumber wagon with the women and children of the party, the other brothers driving each a team of four oxen, drawing each a wagon loaded with their goods and leading a cow behind. Robert moved into the house, the logs for which were cut by Mrs. Noah Burgess in 1809. The next year he built a small frame house. In 1817 he was appointed a justice of the peace and held the office till 1822, when he was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee county. He was supervisor of Gaines from 1818 to 1826 inclusive. He was a member of Assembly from Genesee county in 1822. Judge Anderson was not an office seeker.

Matthew Anderson was born in Ira, Vt., and represented that town in the Legislature of that State in 1814 or 1815. He was captain of a militia company which volunteered with him to go to Plattsburg in 1812. He removed to Gaines in 1816, and settled on lot 27 near Eagle Harbor. He died in September of that year.

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Dr. Thomas A. Anderson was born in Vermont in 1792. He prac- ticed medicine in Rutland, Vt., several years He married Sarah Whipple, of Malone, N. Y., and in 1816 came, with his two brothers, to Gaines and located at Fairhaven, where he practiced his profession for some years. He never had robust health. He died in 1829.

Samuel F. Anderson was born in 1802, and came with his father to Gaines. In 1836 he was married to Miss Mahala Phipps of Albion and they removed to Cassopolis, Mich. He was a representative in the Leg- islature of that State several years, and was a county judge.

Moses Bacon was born in Burlington, Conn., in 1787. In 1810 he came to Gaines and took up 200 acres of the south part of lot 37 at five corners. In part payment for his land he worked for the company on the Oak Orchard road. He was one of Capt. McCarty's company in the expedition against the British and Indians at Molyneaux tavern in December, 1813. In 1814 he went out again, and was in the battle of Fort Erie, where he was wounded in the neck, taken prisoner, and carried to Halifax. At the close of the war he returned home with his constitution impaired. He never fully recovered. He drew a pen - sion from the U. S. government. He married Miss Sarah Downer in 1814. He sold to his brothers, Hosea and Elias, a part of his farm and resided on the balance till his death in 1848.

John Proctor was born in Dunstable, Mass., in 1787. In 1810 he came to Gaines and purchased land near the Transit line. There he built a cabin and kept bachelor's hall. His nearest neighbors were seven miles distant east, two miles west, and at Batavia on the south. He returned to Dunstable on foot in December 1811. February II, 1812, he married Polly Cummings of that place, and the next day they started in a sleigh for their new home. In the winter of 1813-14 he went, with others, on an expedition against the British and Indians near Lewiston, and in September, 1814, with several others, he volun- teered to go to Fort Erie. They made several attacks on the enemy, and were engaged in the sortie. In these actions several bullets passed through his clothes, and one grazed his finger. Mr. Proctor was a prominent man at an early day in this region. He died in 1868.

Daniel Pratt, born in Oneida county in 1788, married Polly Bailey in 1809, came to Gaines in 1810 and settled on lot 30, west

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from the village. His wife died in 1812. Like many others he went east during the war of 1812, but returned after two years. In 1815 he was again married to Caroline Smith, who died in 1831. He died in 1845, on the farm which he first took up. During many years he was the town clerk.

Walter Fairfield was born in Pittsford, Vt., in 1788. In 1809 he married Polly Harwood, a native of the same place. In 1810 he bought a part of lot 5, on the Oak Orchard road, south from the Ridge, and early in the spring of 1811 brought his wife to Gaines, and occupied the house in which James Mather was then keeping bachelor's hall. By midsummer he had built a log house on his farm, covered it with bark, and floored with basswood puncheons a sufficient space to set a bed on, and into this they moved. Their nearest neighbors south on the Oak Orchard road were south of Tonawanda swamp. In the spring of 1812 several located at Albion, and he entertained at his house at one time, while they were building their cabins, Joseph Hart, William McAllister, Silas Benton, Elijah Darrow, and Frederick and John Holsenburg, and some of their families. He died in 1865, on the farm where he settled.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 43

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084