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For Lieutenant Governor-John Broome, 115; Oliver Phelps, 7.
For Senators-Jedediah Peek, 113; Henry Huntington, 113; Jedediah Sanger, 7; Moses Kent, 7.
For Members of Assembly - Alexander Rea, 140; Ezra Patter- son, 133; Elisha Granger, 133; Daniel W. Lewis, 13; Amos Platt, 9.
For Congress-Silas Halsey, 132; N. W. Howell, 15.
In June, 1803, the Holland Company having so far completed the Court House at Batavia, as to admit of holding the Courts in it, the courts of the county were first organized. The Judges were Ezra Platt, John H. Jones, and Benjamin Ellieott; Nathan Perry, was an assistant Justice. Timothy Burt, and Governeur Ogden, " being Attorneys of the Supreme Court; and John Greig, Richard Smith, and George Hosmer having been Attorneys of the Court of Ontario county," were admitted to practice in the new Court as Attorneys and Counsellors.
The first Grand Jury west of Genesee river, was organized at this term of the Courts. As it was the Pioneer Grand Jury, the author gives the names :-
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Alexander Rea, Asa Ransom, Peter Vandeventer, Daniel Henry, Samuel F. Geer, Lovell Churchill, Jabez Warren, Zera Phelps, Jotham Bemus, Seymour Kellogg, John A. Thompson, John Ganson, Jr., Isaac Smith, Elisha Farwell, Peter Shaeffer, Hugh M'Dermott, John M'Naughton, Luther Coe.
No indictment was found at this term of the Court.
The Courts convened again in November, 1803; same Judges present. Ebenezer F. Norton, Robert W. Stoddard, Jonathan T. Haight, John Collins, Daniel B. Brown, Jeremiah R. Munson, were admitted to praetiee as Attorneys.
The first issue joined in a court of record, west of Genesee river, was at this term. The parties were Rufus Hart, vs. Erasmus Enos.
An entry made upon the court records at this term, is as follows :- "Nathan Perry, assistant justice having withdrawn from
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the bench, a petition was presented from him for license to keep a ferry across the Niagara river, at a place called Black Rock."
At this term the jail limits for bailed debtors were prescribed. They consisted of the side walks of Batavia, "fifteen links wide," and several dwellings and yards, to allow the debtors access to board- ing houses; in all only about three acres of ground. The unfortu- nate debtor had to study a chart to avoid stepping over his bounds.
The next term of the Courts, was in June, 1804. Nearly half of the Grand Jury, were the same persons that served at the pre- vious term; as it required freeholders; for such only could serve at that early period. At this term an indictment was tried against three persons for misdemeanor. The jury was the first traverse jury drawn and organized in the new court of record. The names were as follows :-
William Rumsey, Joseph Selleck, Abel Rowe, John Forsyth, Benjamin Morgan, Alexander M'Donald, Peter Campbell, James Woods, Benjamin Gardner, Lovell Churchill, John Anderson, John M'Vean.
The first jury empannelled in a civil suit, were as follows :-
Job Pierce, Andrew Wortman, Gilbert Hall, John M'Naughton, Isaac Smith, Archileas Whitten, Isaac Sutherland, Samuel Davis, Ransom Harmon, Peter Vandeventer, Hugh M'Dermott, Jabez Fox.
At this term a license was given to Robert Lee, to keep a ferry over the Niagara river, at the " north end of the portage or carry- ing place." Daniel Curtiss, to keep a ferry on Genesee river, on road from Leicester to Geneseo. William G. Sydnor, to keep a ferry at the mouth of Cattaragus creek.
At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in June 1804. Hon. Ambrose Spencer presided. The first indictment for an offence in which the loss of life had been involved was at this term. The indictment was for manslaughter: - The People vs. Joseph Rhineberger. The offence was committed in what is now Allegany; occured in a drunken frolic. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to "States Prison at New York, for 10 years." He was defended by Judge Howell, Daniel B. Brown acting as assistant counsel. The jurors were :--
John Forsyth, Alexander M'Donald, Daniel M'Pherson, John M'- Vean, James Woods, John Anderson, Alexander Thompson, Benja- min Morgan, John M'Clanan, Orlando Hopkins, Benjamin Gardner.
NOTE .- Name of twelfth Juror not preserved.
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At the November term of the Courts, in 1805, Samuel Tupper, took his seat upon the bench. Josiah Robinson, and James T. Johnson, were admitted as Attorneys. 'Zenos Barker, was licensed to keep a ferry across Buffalo creek. This was upon the new road that had then just been opened up the Lake; the Pratt ferry as it was afterwards called. At the same time, John Crow, was licensed to keep a ferry below, to accommodate the travellers upon the beach of the Lake. James Barnes, was licensed to keep a ferry over the Genesee river, "near the house of Maria Berry." Benjamin Barton, Jr. was licensed to keep a ferry "between the towns of Northampton in the county of Genesce, and Northfield in the county of Ontario."
The first trial in a case of murder, was in June, 1807. Daniel D. Tompkins was the presiding Judge. James M'Lean stood indicted for the murder of William Orr. Judge Howell was pris- oner's counsel. He "challenged the array," upon the ground that prisoner being an alien, he was entitled to be tried by a jury, one half of whom were aliens .* The challenge was allowed. The jury were as follows :-
Citizens. - Benjamin Morgan, Ebenezer Cary, Samuel Geer, Worthy L. Churchill, John Oney, Daniel Fairbanks.
Aliens. - Duncan M'Lelland, James M'Lelland, John M'Pherson, John M'Vane, Daniel M'Kinney, Patrick Powers.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be hung in August, following.
The murder was committed near Caledonia Springs. M'Lean, Orr, and M'Laughlin were squatters on the forty thousand acre tract. The three had been together to the Springs, had drank each a glass of beer, but M'Lean was not intoxicated. A dispute arose about a whitewood tree that Orr had cut on land that M'Lean claimed. M'Lean struck Orr down with an axe, killing him at two blows; M'Laughlin interfering, met with a fate quite as summary and horrid. M'Lean staid that night in a hollow log near his house, and the next morning, took to the woods. The alarm was immedi- ately spread through all the new settlements west of Genesee river; Judge Platt called out the militia, who were distributed in squads and scoured the woods in all directions. After several days the fugitive ventured out of the forest, was endeavoring to make his
* A right then existing by common law, now abolished by statute.
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escape eastward, when he was recognized at a public house a few miles cast of Canandaigua, and arrested.
The circumstance created an intense excitement, in the new country, and at the execution of M'Lean the citizens collected at Batavia from all the settlements upon the Purchase. Such was the curiosity to witness an execution in those early days, that surviving pioneers remember that some settlements were almost entirely deserted; men women and children, on foot and on horseback, wending their way through forest paths, and woods roads, to Batavia.
As the village of Batavia enlarged, new houses were built where debtors wished to board, or mechanic shops where they could obtain employment, the jail limits were altered. Where a boarding house was included, a narrow walk was prescribed to get across to it, and access even to privies was prescribed by law and the surveyor's compass and chain. Such things once were, strange as they may now seem, in these days of a better appreciation of the relations and rights of debtor and creditor.
In all the early years there was considerable litigation, the sums involved generally small; seldom exceeding one hundred dollars. A large proportion of the indictments were for misdemeanors.
Once in every year, one of the" Judges of the Supreme Court would hold a Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer. Revered names occur upon the records from time to time :- Living- ston, Van Ness, Spencer, Platt, Yates, Tompkins. And attending upon their courts, mostly guests at the old "Keyes House," would be the early lawyers :- Howell, Porter, Hosmer, Matthews, Haight. Root, Marvin, Brown, Greig, Spencer, Walden; young men then, or but in the prime of life. How much of gay repartee, the ready joke, the keen encounter of wit, of joyous hilarity has the walls of that old primitive tavern witnessed! There is a long catalogue of rich anecdotes of early times, the venues of which are laid there, the names of the early lawyers involved. "Lawyer Root;"- " Alas poor Yorick!" When he would enjoy his joke, or display his wit, it mattered not at whose expense; even the high dignitaries of the Supreme Court were not always exempt. He ventured upon one occasion to tell one of them that a decision he had made was only equalled by a memorable one made by "Pontius Pilate;" and upon another occasion, when the presiding judge of a County fourt had decided that his conduct was "contemptuous;" he com-
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plimented the judge by saying, that "it was a very correct decision, - the only correct one he had made in the whole term."
Robert M. Stoddard was the first Sheriff of Genesce county; and David M' Cracken the first Under Sheriff and jailor. James W. Stevens was the first county Clerk; James Brisbane was his deputy.
The first six settlers on Holland Purchase who had deeds recorded were :- John Youngs, John Lamberton, William Rumsey, Isaac Sutherland, Samuel Geer, Benjamin Morgan. The first public library established upon the Holland Purchase, was in November 1804. A meeting for the purpose was convened at "the house of Abel Rowe;" Joseph Ellicott was the chairman of the meeting. The trustees were Richard Smith, William Rumsey, John Branan, Reuben Town, Nathaniel Coleman.
Ebenezer Mix was appointed deputy clerk of the county, in March, 1811.
Asher Bates succeeded Benjamin Barton, as sheriff, in 1808; Aaron Van Cleve succeeded Asher Bates in 1811.
From a book of miscellaneous records in Genesee county clerk's office, the author gathers some reminiscences :-
In 1811 a public library was established in Alexander. Alexander Rea, Harvey Hawkins, Seba Brainard, Samuel Latham, Henry Hawkins, Noah North, Ezra W. Osborn, were the trustees.
A Protestant Episcopal church was established in Sheldon, in 1811. The first church wardens were Joshua Mitchell and Fitch Chipman; the vestrymen were :- John Rolph, John W. Coleman, Seneca Reed, James Case, Philo Welton, James Ward. This was the first Episcopal church organized upon the Purchase. Bishop Hobart has visited this church when there was no other west of Allen's Hill, Ontario county, in his diocess.
In 1812, the "Union Religious Society," was established in Warsaw. At the preliminary meeting, Chauncey L. Sheldon acted as moderator, and Ezra Walker, as clerk. The trustees appointed were :- Isaac Phelps, Abraham Reed, John Munger, William Bristol, Zera Tanner, Shubael Goodspeed.
In 1812, a Baptist church was organized in Sheldon, (now Bennington.) Pelatiah Case, Darius Cross, Justin Loomis, Solomon King, William W. Parsons, Ezra Ludden, were appointed trustees.
In 1814, "The Trustees of the Society of Corinth," in Orange- ville, was organized. The trustees were Simcon Morse, Putnam Cowden, Jonathan Coburn, Zoar Blackmor, Noah Merrill.
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The Episcopal church at Batavia was organized in 1815. Rev. Alanson Welton officiated. John Hickox and Samuel Benedict, were first trustees; the first vestrymen were Richard Smith, Isaac Sutherland, Isaac Spencer, John Z. Ross, Chauncey Keyes, David C. Miller, Aaron Van Cleve, Oswald Williams; Simcon Cummings and Trumbul Cary were secretaries of the meeting.
In 1817, the "First Congregational Society" of the town of Batavia, was organized. The first trustees were Lemuel Foster, Wm. H. Bush, Horace Gibbs. The Rev. Calvin C. Colton, the since well known author, was one of the earliest ministers of this church.
The following list embraces the names, generally of the first six, (sometimes more and sometimes less,) of the persons who took contracts, and in most instances, became pioneer settlers, in all the townships upon the Holland Purchase, in which no contracts were taken previous to Jan. 1st., 1807. *
ELLICOTTVILLE. 1818.
T. 2, R. 1. 1810.
T. 5, R. 2. 1808.
Baker Leonard,
Azel Buckley,
Charles Swift,
Stephen Webb, Jr.
John Hopkins,
Eneas Garey,
Alvin Leavenworth,
Hyra Axtell,
Othniel Perry,
James Reynolds,
Daniel Willard.
William Vaughan,
Moses Chamberlin,
Andre Bennett,
Abel P. Wightman,
T. 14, R. 1. 1812. Oliver Benton,
Joshua Wilson.
David Goodwin,
Stephen Paine,
T. 6, R. 2. 1808. Joseph Maxson.
BARCELONA. Lyman Middington, James Ray,
James Healey.
Strong Warner,
M. M'Clintock,
T. 15, R. 1. 1808. John Barrett, Elliott Barrett,
Samuel Webster.
James B. Longhead, Dyer Carver,
Isaac Bennett,
T. 7, R. 2. 1808. John J. Drake,
George M. Fowl, James Post.
Samuel Crippen,
Silas Hodges,
Sylvanus Eldridge,
Christopher Tyler. Asa Cowles, Zephaniah Smith, Levi Appleby.
Abraham VanNess,
Clark Lewis,
Erastus Richards, Jason Smith, Joel S. Smith,
T. 2, R. 1. 1810. Chauncy Axtell,
Elijah Seaver,
Daniel Seaver
Peter Lott,
T. 1, R. 1. 1821. Hiram Lowell, Austin Cowles,
Henry Drake, Moses Bacon, Clarkson F. Brooks, John Proctor.
Alpheus Bascom,
William Adams,
James Waldron,
Dan Beach.
T. 2, R. 2 1821. James Reed,
T. 8, R. 2. 1809.
* With the exception of lands that were donated by the Holland Company to the Canal fund, and such townships as were sold at wholesale.
NOTE .- The year indicates the period when first contract was taken in the township.
John A. Bryan.
Philip Bonesteel,
Nathan Angel,
Russell Thrall,
Thomas Clute,
Silas Spencer,
David Gelatt,
Lathrop Vinton,
Asa Billings,
James Farnsworth,
Hiram Hill,
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T. 8, R. 2. 1809. Ebenezer Tyrrill, Gideon Bently. T. 14, R. 2. 1813. Gregory Storm, Selah Belden, Christopher Paine, Bela Benton, Abraham Matteson, John Doak.
T. 15, R. 2. 1809.
Andrew Jacox, Whitfield Rathbun, William Sibley, Cotton M. Leach. Noah Burgess, James Mather Henry Luce.
T. 2, R. 3. 1813. James Haskins, Israel Curtis Joel Wakefield, Rodolphus Scott, Joseph Smith, Alfred Dodge.
T. 3, R. 3. 1807. Jotham Blakesley, Barnabas Strong, John Brooks, Samuel Kimball, Asa Folsom, Simeon Hicks.
T. 5, R. 3. 1811.
Gideon Lewis, Ezekiel Runals, Samuel Blancher, Benjamin Jenks, Jr. William Parks. Peter Ten Broek, George Park.
T. 6, R. 3. 1810. Warren Stanley, Enoch Howlett, Ezekiel D. Runals, Rufus Metcalf, Earl Sawyer, Jonas Irish.
T. 7, R. 3. 1808
John Nichols, Silas Meech, Amasa Kilbourn, Samuel Nichols, Ahraham Jackson, Pørter Belknap.
T. 8, R. 3. 1809.
Samuel Coleman,
Joshua Gates,
David Woolcott, Erastus Wells, Guy Morgan, Abraham C. Hollenbeck.
T. 13, R. 3. 1810.
Jesse Lund, David Gary, Charles Bliss,
Levi Smith, John S. Wolcott, Nathan M'Cumber.
T. 14, R. 3. 1810. Andrew A Ellicott, Orange Wells,
Leonard Dresser,
Zeno Ross, Champion Wells,
Abel P. Sheldon,
Joel Briggs.
T. 15, R. 3. 1810.
Israel Douglass, Eli Moore, Ezra D. Barnes, Cyrus Daniels,
Elijah Hawley, Thomas Hawley.
T. 16, R. 3. Preserved Greenman, John Eaton, George Housman, Darius Knickerbocker. Giles Slater.
John Wallis,
Elisha Sawyer.
T. 7, R. 4. 1813.
Silas Knight, Cornelius Van Orsdal, Guy C. Irving, Rufus Wetherbee, Rollin Pratt.
T. 3, R. 4. 1813.
Lewis Wood, Seymour Bouton, Julius Underwood, Emery Wood.
T. 6, R 4. 1809. Aquilla Robbins, Joseph Edminster Jr., Seth Pratt, Elisha Daggett, Joseph Franklin.
T. 7, R. 4. 1809.
Abner Bump, Abraham Jackson,
Leonard Parker,
Silas Parker, Jacob Jackson, Simeon Wells,
Walter Hinckly, Abraham Smith.
T. 8, R. 4. 1811. Timothy Kirby,
Daniel H. Wooster,
Amasa Joslyn,
James Hall,
Leonard J. Paul,
Orrin Waters.
T. 11, R. 4. 1807. William Humphrey,
Emery Blodgett,
Joshua Bailey,
Josiah Lee.
Rufus Kidder,
Amos Humphrey,
David Long.
T. 13, R. 4. 1822. Benjamin Patterson, Solomon Force,
Augustus L. Barton,
Joseph Barber, Ezra N. Russell.
T. 14, R. 4. 1809. Alexander Coon,
Samuel C. Wells,
Joseph Hagaman, Elijah Bent,
Ezekiel Bentley,
Joshua Park, Eleazer Frary. David Demaray.
T. 15, K. 4. 1810.
Boaz Lambson, Seymour Murdock, Jonathan Cobb, Bostion Weatherwax,
Amos Barritt,
John F. Hunt, Israel Murdock.
T. 16, R. 4. 1815.
Zebediah Heath, Jemison Henry, William Weaver, Thomas Stafford, Reuben Peck, Zenas Conger.
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T 1, R. 5. 1823. Bareck Clark,
James Townsend Jr, Calvin Pratt.
T. 2, R. 5. 1820.
Andrew B. Northrop, David Orton, James Green, Andrew Allen, Isaac Eggleston.
T. 3, R. 5. 1815.
Russell Chapell,
Henry Willsy,
Thomas Barber, Willian Baxter, Oliver Marsh.
T. 6, R. 5. 1810.
Major Evans, Morton Crosby, Betheul Bishop, John Johnson, Dennis Riley, Benjamin Felch.
T. 7, R. 5. 1809.
Sumner Warren, William L. Warren, Ira P. Paine, Ebenezer Warren,
Ezra Nott.
T. 8, R. 5. 1807.
Abner Carrier, Arthur Humphrey, Ezekiel Colby, Jared Scott, Timothy Fuller, Asa Jones.
T. 11, R. 5. 1808.
Jonas Varney, Zoplier Beach, Samuel Huntington, Ephraim Salmon, James Harvey.
T. 13, R. 5. 1810.
Clark Beach, William B. Smith, Semar Sinclear, Nathan Bradley, Silas Pratt, Lawrence M'Mullen, Patrick Grace.
T. 16, R. 5. 1809.
Daniel Kemp,
Jacob Fitts,
John Landers,
Henry Palmer,
Hezekiah Brace, Dorastus Chapman.
T. 3, R. 6. 1811.
Daniel M'Kay,
Laurin Norton,
Orlando C. Fuller,
Elijah Gibbs,
Abraham Searle,
Alexander Wood.
T. 4, R. 6. 1813.
Ricketson Burlingam,
Harvey B. Hays,
Archalaus Brown,
Orrin Brown,
Amos Ingalls,
Grove Hurlbut.
T. 5, R. 6. 1816.
William Shultz,
George Shultz,
Andrew Frank,
Daniel Oyer,
Benjamin Rhoads,
Marsena Rhoads.
T. 6, R. 6. 1807.
Christopher Stone,
George Richmond,
Calvin Doolittle,
Samuel Cockran,
Joseph Yaw, Jr.
Benjamin Douglas.
T. 7, R. 6. 1808.
John Albro,
Stephen Pratt.
Luther Hibbard, James Vaughan, Lemuel Cooper, Luther Curtis.
T. 8, R. 6. 1819, Richard Buffum, Stephen Southwick, Ledowick Owen, Sylvester Owen, Richard Bowen, Martin Sprague.
T. 13, R. 6. 1810. Aaron Crego, John Stranahan, Abraham Flagg.
T. 13, R. 6 1810.
Palmer Utley, Daniel Hamlin,
John M. Cole.
T. 4, R. 7. 1818. Benjamin Chamberlin,
Nathaniel Fish,
Lathrop Vinton,
Edmund Kemp, Zina Finten,
Timothy Morgan.
T. 4, R. 7. 1816
Elisha Hicks, Daniel Kelly,
Philip Bonesteel,
Hiram Wells,
Ephraim Rolph.
Jabez Hull.
T. 6, R. 7. 1809.
William Smith,
Ephraim Hall, -
Samuel Hill,
Peter Pratt,
Stephen Peters,
Isaac Belot,
Samuel Nichols.
T. 7, R. 7 1809.
John Stewart, Amasa Ashman,
Solomon Field,
Thomas M'Gee,
Lyman Drake,
Smith Russell.
T. 13, R. 7 1808.
George Van Slyke, Peter Taylor,
Peter Conley,
Silas Pratt,
David Sprague,
Abraham Miller,
T. 2, R. 8. 1819.
Artemas Houghton, Philip Tome,
Jesse Hotchkiss,
Isaac Dow, Milton Holmes.
T. 3, R. 8. 1819.
Harlow Butler, Gurdon Cheesbrough Timothy Boardman, Asa Watson, Sargeant Morrill. William Foy.
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T. 4, R. 8. 1816.
Samuel Blanchard, James Godard, A. Smith Waterman, David Hammond, Jr. Jonathan Kennecutt, Paul Harvey.
T. 5, R. 8. 1820.
Abel M. Butler, John Beverly, Isaac W. Skinner, Job Mick, Barnard Cook, Chester Cook.
T. 6, R. 8. 1816.
Jacob Taylor, Abraham Gitlord, Nathaniel Rawson, Peter Boss, Luke Crandall, Charles M. Barden.
T. 7, R. 8. 1809.
Sylvester Hussey, Isaac Hathaway, Thomas Bills, Moses Eddy, George Southwick, Nathaniel Sisson, Abram Tucker.
T 13, R. 8 1807.
Edward Smith, Marvin Judd, Daniel Judd, Ozias Judd, Solomon Wolcott, Thomas Whiles, Benjamin Graham.
T. 15, R. S. 1810.
Benjamin Burgess, Abner Baley, Stephen Sheldon, Cyrus Coats, David Wood, Martin Sparbeck, George G. Scrafford. Garritt Gray.
T. 1. R. 9. 1821.
Alexander Van Horn, George Fenton, Joseph Russell, Reuben Owens, Mathias Boveo, William Sprague.
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T. 2, R. 9. 1821.
Howard Fuller,
James Powell,
Samuel J. York,
William Eames,
Howard Chapman,
Thomas Hovey,
Edmund Fuller.
T. 3, R. 9. 1815.
William Sears,
Edmund Mullett,
Daniel Philips,
Harry Davidson,
Peter Blanchard,
Rufus Wyllys.
T. 4, R. 9. 1818.
Edmund Dudley,
James Franklin,
James Franklin, Jr.
John Dye, ..
Nathaniel Cooper, Nathan Skinner,
Asher Glover, Harlow Beach.
T. 5, R. 9. 1810.
Sherebiah Lee,
Moses Morgan,
William Read,
Simeon Bunce,
Reuben Pitcher,
Ambrose C. Ford.
T. 6, R. 9 1815.
John Clark, Benjamin Waterman,
Joseph Brownel,
Joseph Weeks,
Elder Moses,
John Thatcher,
Frederick Bentley.
T. 8, R. 9. 1809. Adoniram Eldridge, Anderson Taylor, Aaron Salisbury, Martin Sprague, Gideon Dudley, Sylvester Maybee.
T. 1, R. 10. 1809.
Abiel Walton, Robert Russell, Thomas Russell, John True, George Sloan, Charles Bills.
T. 2, R. 10 1807.
Thomas R. Kennedy,
Stephen Radley, John Owen,
James Culverson,
Gideon Gilson,
John Brown, Abraham Tupper.
T. 3, R. 10 1815.
John Love Jr., James Battles,
Frederick Love,
James Bates,
Moses White,
Roswell Kenney.
T. 4, R. 10. 1815
Isaac Curtis, James Marks,
Joshua Bentley,
Gurdon Crandell,
Elisha Wilcox,
Jonathan Andrews,
Barber Babcock.
T. 5, R. 10. 1809.
Ezra Puffer, John Kent,
Daniel Whipple,
Samuel Hoppin,
Nathaniel Bown,
Calvin Collins,
Sylvester Morris.
T. 1, R. 1I. 1808
Robert Russell, Benjamin Dyer,
James Akin,
Joseph Akin,
Ebenezer Cheeney,
Nathan Lazell.
T. 2, R. 11. 1807. Eleazer Crocker,
Edward Shillitto,
William Wilson,
Thomas Bemis,
Jonas Seman,
Dyer Nichols.
T. 3, R. 11. 1809.
Amos Aikin, Seth Cole Jr.,
Stephen Jones Jr., William Gilmore, Orrin Adkins,
Samuel Sinclear.
T. 4, R. 11 1809.
Daniel Picket,
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T. 4, R. 11. 1809.
Asa Duran,
Samuel Newell,
Amos Thomas, Jr.
Seth Richardson,
Samuel Berry,
Robert Dickson,
Benjamin Miller,
Artemas Herrick,
Anselm Potter,-
Samuel Jemison,
John Daggett,
Caleb Hamilton.
T. 5, R. 11. 1809. Otliello Church,
T. 1, R. 13. 1811.
Israel Carpenter,
John M'Mahan,
Augustus Burnham,
Joseph Wall,
Nathan S. Roberts,
Chauncey Roberts,
Stephen Grover,
Jonn Allen,
Robert Sweet,
William Thurstan.
T. 2, R 13. 1807 Elisha Phillips,
T. 1, R. 15 1812.
Roswell Coe,
Josiah Carpenter,
Amos Beebe,
Willian Forbes,
Alanson Root,
Abraham Pier,
Mathew Nealy,
Joseph Prendergast
Josiah Phelps.
Daniel Frisbee,
Darius Sumner,
Joshua Woodward,
John Hemot,
William Armstrong,
Orrin Strong,
Jonathan Frost,
Alexander Findley,
Robert Dodge,
Rufus Frost,
Artemas Stowell,
Thomas Bemis.
Russel Morgan,
Francis Smith,
Benjamin E. Spear,
T. 4, R. 12. 1809. Jonathan Alverson,
Philo Hopson,
Nathan Thompson,
Ira W. Couch.
Elijah Drury.
[The reminiscences of pioneer settlement have so far in the main, been applicable to the first six years after land sales commenced. Those that will follow, will generally embrace the period from Jan 1, 1807, to the war of 1812; though in some instances, be extended along through the war, and up to 1820.]
Settlement upon the Purchase was rapid after the expiration of the first six years, and up to the commencement of the war. Gen- erally, when a pioneer had entered a new township, others soon followed, though there were many instances, where one, two and three families, were for several years isolated, their wilderness neighborhoods long and dreary miles away from any considerable settlements. In early years the geographical designations almost throughout the entire Purchase were made by the use of the term, "Settlements;" the name of the settlement, that of the first or most prominent pioneer settler. When there was but one, and
Barnabas Cole, Jr. Arva O. Austin, John Picket, Joseph Arnold.
Silas Gates,
Shadrack Scofield,
Peleg Redfield.
T. 4, R. 14. 1810.
Urial Johnson,
Joseph S. Pember,
John Dull,
Abiram Orton,
Robert Chappell,
Hugh Whitehall,
Horace Clough.
Ezekiel Griswold,
Isaac Carpenter.
T. 1, R. 12. 1810. Josiah Carpenter,
Heman Williams,
John J. Gibb,
William Harris,
Nathaniel Fenner,
Jonas Lamphear.
T. 3, R. 12. 1809. John Thompson,
John Thompson,
Ande Nobles,
Aaron Barney,
George Hascall.
T. 4, R. 13. 1809. Jolın Pratt,
T. 2, R. 15. 1811.
John Dexter,
T. 4, R. 12. 1809.
T. 3, R. 14. 1810.
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HOLLAND PURCHASE.
afterwards, when there were but four and five towns upon the entire Purchase, the detached neighborhoods, were necessarily thus dis- tinguished.
The progress of settlement in the first nine years, will be very distinctly indicated by the number of land sales made in each year: - In 1801, they were 40; in 1802, 56: in 1803, 230; in 1804, 300; in 1805, 415; in 1806, 524; in 1807, 607; in 1808, 612; in 1809, 1160.
A brief reference has already been made to the early settlements in Genesee and Wyoming. The narrative of Mr. Wilder and others, embraces some of the earliest advents in that quarter.
The pioneer settlers of Alexander have been noticed. The first framed house in town was erected by John and Samuel Latham, in 1810. A grist mill was erected by William Adams in 1807; the first death was of a man by the name of Whitting, in 1804; the first religious meeting was held in 1805, Elder Burton presiding. Two of the early citizens of the town, Jacob Seymour, and - -Sew- ard, were killed in the war of 1812. Henry Hawkins was the first merchant; Charles Chaffee, the first physician; the first mar- riage, was of Benjamin Moulton and Eunice Olney. The first school was organized in 1807; the first church, built in 1828. Among the early settlers of the town, there were :- Rodolphus Hawkins, Harvey Hawkins, Henry Hawkins, Rensselaer Hawkins, Elijah Root, Jr., Lillie Fisher, Royal Moulton, Ezekiel Lewis, Seba Brainard, Timothy Hawkins, Stephen Day, John Riddle, Caleb Blodgett, Emory Bloodgett, William Parish, Ezekiel Churchill.
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